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squad-56be5523acb8001400a50330,what california city last hosted the super bowl,YouTube_5,investment by sequoia capital between november two thousand five and april two thousand six youtube s early headquarters were situated above a pizzeria and japanese restaurant in san mateo california the domain name w w w dot youtube dot com was activated on february fourteen two thousand five and the website was developed over the subsequent months the first youtube video was entitled me at the zoo and shows founder karim at the san diego zoo the video was uploaded on april twenty three two thousand five and can still be
squad-56d71ed50d65d2140019837d,how many broadcast television partners does the nfl have,American_football_81,league in the world with an average attendance of almost seventy thousand persons during the twenty eleven n f l season the n f l championship game the super bowl is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide it is played between the champions of the national football conference n f c and the american football conference afc and its winner is awarded the vince lombardi trophy collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three
squad-5730a314069b5314008321ec,which regions have temperate climates,Stephens_City%2c_Virginia_18,one climate stephens city is located in the humid subtropical climate zone koppen climate classification cfa exhibiting four distinct seasons its climate is typical of mid atlantic u s areas removed from bodies of water the town is located in plant hardiness zone seven throughout the town and surrounding frederick county indicating a temperate climate spring and fall are warm with low humidity while winter is cool with annual snowfall averaging fifteen point zero inches thirty eight c m average winter lows tend to be around thirty f one c from
squad-56f86966aef2371900626054,what work is useful for pastors,Martin_Luther_99,i would rather see them all devoured for i acknowledge none of them to be really a book of mine except perhaps the bondage of the will and the catechism the small catechism has earned a reputation as a model of clear religious teaching it remains in use today along with luther s hymns and his translation of the bible luther s small catechism proved especially effective in helping parents teach their children likewise the larger catechism was effective for pastors using the german vernacular they expressed the apostles creed in simpler more personal trinitarian language he
squad-5727482bf1498d1400e8f5a6,what type of education is sometimes present at religious schools in addition to the secular curriculum,The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_86,joseph smith taught that the glory of god is intelligence accordingly the church emphasizes education maintaining brigham young university brigham young university idaho formerly ricks college and brigham young university hawaii the church also has religious education programs seminary is a program for high school students held daily in conjunction with the school year the institutes of religion program serves young adults between the ages of eighteen and thirty and those enrolled in post secondary education institutions with church owned buildings near college campuses designated for the purpose of religious education and cultural socialization in addition the church
squad-57339eb9d058e614000b5ef9,what does the national museum boast having from adolf hitlers private collection,Hofgarten_(Munich)_5,were executed for a non violent campaign against hitler s regime the side towards the residenz includes flowers in a design by carl effner from eighteen hundred fifty three and there are arcades to the west and the north including many wall paintings related to the history of bavaria the hofgartentor eighteen hundred sixteen the first building in munich by leo von klenze leads
squad-56e1c4fce3433e140042314f,ac and nc are complexity classes typically associated with what type of circuit,Computational_geometry_9,given a polygon partition its interior into triangles mesh generation boolean operations on polygons the computational complexity for this class of problems is estimated by the time and space computer memory required to solve a given problem instance section one point one point two geometric query problems in geometric query problems commonly known as geometric search problems the input consists of two parts the search space part and the query part which varies over the problem instances the search space typically needs to be preprocessed in a way that multiple queries can be answered efficiently some
squad-5705f7c875f01819005e77dc,where does southern californias megalopolis standard in terms of population nationwide,Munich_43,hundred one the figure had doubled again to five hundred thousand since then munich has become germany s third largest city in nineteen hundred thirty three eight hundred forty thousand nine hundred one inhabitants were counted and in nineteen hundred fifty seven munich s population passed the one million mark forty nine point three per cent of munich s residents are not affiliated with any religious group and this
squad-572a12381d0469140077972d,what does high levels of inequality do to growth in poor countries,Wage_reform_in_the_Soviet_Union%2c_1956%e2%80%9362_21,example coal miners saw their working day shortened to six hours some rises were very steep in the case of engineering enterprises quotas were raised by sixty five percent the number of wage rates and wage scales was drastically reduced this not only cut bureaucracy but also ensured that workers would be more eager to take on a wider range of tasks time workers for example would be paid the same regardless of which task they carried out during their shift this allowed managers to better distribute labour and reduce the frequency of bottlenecks occurring in production they could do this because workers would be paid a similar rate no matter what they undertook so it became easier to move workers between
squad-5706139252bb891400689866,what kind of university is the california institute of technology,Lee_University_1,lee university is a private coeducational university located in cleveland tennessee it is affiliated with the church of
squad-572ffbaa947a6a140053cee8,western governments considered islamists to be the lesser of two evils when compared to whom,Cold_War_143,communist governments besides continuing carters policy of supporting the islamic opponents of the soviet union and the soviet backed pdpa government in afghanistan the cia also sought to weaken the soviet union itself by promoting political islam in the majority muslim central asian soviet union additionally the cia encouraged anti communist pakistan s inter services intelligence isi agency to train muslims from around the world to participate in the jihad against the soviet union section seven point three polish solidarity movement and martial law pope john paul ii provided a
squad-57265200708984140094c238,which country was worried that the us would invade the middle east,Cold_War_39,and the truman doctrine by nineteen hundred forty seven us president harry s truman s advisers urged him to take immediate steps to counter the soviet union s influence citing stalin s efforts amid post war confusion and collapse to undermine the us by encouraging rivalries among capitalists that could precipitate another war in february nineteen hundred forty seven the british government announced that it could no longer afford to finance the greek monarchical military regime in its civil war against communist led insurgents the american government s response to this announcement was the adoption of containment the
squad-572973f76aef051400154f0a,any even number larger than what cannot be considered prime,Parity_of_zero_2,is the additive identity element of the group of even integers and it is the starting case from which other even natural numbers are recursively defined applications of this recursion from graph theory to computational geometry rely on zero being even not only is zero divisible by two it is divisible by every integer in the binary numeral system used by computers it is especially relevant that zero is divisible by every power of two in this sense zero is the most even number of all among the general public the parity of zero can be a source of confusion in
squad-56f81393aef2371900625dac,what scripture did luther use to back up his opinion that churchmen were not infallible,Martin_Luther_50,maier von eck however was determined to expose luther s doctrine in a public forum in june and july fifteen nineteen he staged a disputation with luther s colleague andreas karlstadt at leipzig and invited luther to speak luther s boldest assertion in the debate was that matthew four eighteen p m does not confer on popes the exclusive right to interpret scripture and that therefore neither popes nor church councils were infallible for this eck branded luther a new jan hus referring to the czech reformer and heretic burned at the stake in fourteen fifteen
squad-5727e21e4b864d1900163f36,what shakespeare scholar is a faculty member at harvard,Hamlet_38,belleforest directly or through the ur hamlet remains unclear most scholars reject the idea that hamlet is in any way connected with shakespeare s only son hamnet shakespeare who died in one thousand five hundred ninety six at age eleven conventional wisdom holds that hamlet is too obviously connected to legend and the name hamnet was quite popular at the time however stephen greenblatt has argued that the coincidence of the names and shakespeare s grief for the loss of his son may lie at the heart of the tragedy he notes that the name of hamnet sadler the stratford neighbour after whom
squad-57373d0cc3c5551400e51e87,how many elements did aristotle believe the terrestrial sphere to be made up of,Planetary_habitability_42,habitability the earth s moon appears to play a crucial role in moderating the earth s climate by stabilising the axial tilt it has been suggested that a chaotic tilt may be a deal breaker in terms of habitability minus i e a satellite the size of the moon is not only helpful but required to produce stability template m n this position remains controversial template f n section two point three geochemistry it is generally assumed that any extraterrestrial life that might exist will be based on the same fundamental chemistry as found on earth as the four elements most vital for life carbon hydrogen
squad-571ce7f25efbb31900334e3e,in what compound is oxygen found in small amounts in the atmosphere,Rhea_(moon)_16,of a tenuous atmosphere exosphere it consists of oxygen and carbon dioxide in proportion of roughly five to two the surface density of the exosphere is from one hundred five to one hundred six molecules in a cubic centimeter depending on local temperature the main source of oxygen is radiolysis of water ice at the surface by ions supplied by the magnetosphere of saturn the source of the carbon dioxide is less clear but it may be related to oxidation of the organics present in ice or to outgassing of the moon s interior section four
squad-5725d16aec44d21400f3d61d,how many plant species make up the total in the rainforest,Fauna_of_Australia_2,are filled by placental mammals australia is home to two of the five known extant species of monotremes and has numerous venomous species which include the platypus spiders scorpions octopus jellyfish molluscs stonefish and stingrays uniquely australia has more venomous than non venomous species of snakes the settlement of australia by indigenous australians more than forty thousand years ago and by europeans from seventeen hundred eighty eight has had a significant impact on the fauna hunting the introduction of non native species and land management practices involving the
squad-56d7205e0d65d21400198391,which wireless company had exclusive streaming rights on mobile phones,HTTP_cookie_93,only supports cookies on forty five per cent of its phones in addition some gateways and networks verizon alltel and metropcs strip cookies while other networks simulate cookies on behalf of their mobile devices there are also dramatic variations in the wireless markets around the world for example in the united kingdom ninety four per cent of the devices support wireless cookies while in the united states only forty seven per cent support them the support for cookies is greater in the far east where wireless devices are more commonly used to access the
squad-5729f799af94a219006aa708,the function of long lived memory cells is an example of what kind of immune response,Introduction_to_viruses_56,destroy other virus infected cells section six point three point two adaptive immunity of animals specific immunity to viruses develops over time and white blood cells called lymphocytes play a central role lymphocytes retain a memory of virus infections and produce many special molecules called antibodies these antibodies attach to viruses and stop the virus from infecting
squad-56f85e71a6d7ea1400e175c7,what were many pastors unable to do,Martin_Luther_96,the new order of worship during their visitation of electoral saxony which began in fifteen twenty seven they also assessed the standard of pastoral care and christian education in the territory merciful god what misery i have seen luther wrote the common people knowing nothing at all of christian doctrine and unfortunately many pastors are well nigh unskilled and incapable of teaching section eight point one catechisms luther devised the catechism as a method of imparting the basics of christianity to the congregations in
squad-56f8507fa6d7ea1400e1754d,by whom did st paul say all authorities were appointed,Martin_Luther_79,the things that are caesar s saint paul had written in his epistle to the romans thirteen one seven that all authorities are appointed by god and therefore should not be resisted this reference from the bible forms the foundation for the doctrine known as the divine right of kings or in the german case the divine right of the princes second the violent actions of rebelling robbing and plundering placed the peasants outside the law of god and empire so they deserved death in body and soul if only as highwaymen and murderers
squad-57113f83b654c5140001fc2c,what product was notably shipped in vessels equipped with double and triple expansion engines,RMS_Titanic_6,gross tonnage the hull was exactly the same length as titanic s sister ship olympic titanic contained two reciprocating four cylinder triple expansion inverted steam engines and one low pressure parsons turbine which powered three propellers there were twenty nine boilers fired by one hundred fifty nine coal burning furnaces that made possible a top speed of twenty three knots forty three k m forward slash h only three of the
squad-56f7f2e0aef2371900625cb2,what position did luther have in wittenberg,Martin_Luther_24,fifteen twelve he was awarded his doctor of theology and on twenty one october fifteen twelve was received into the senate of the theological faculty of the university of wittenberg having been called to the position of doctor in bible he spent the rest of his career in this position at the university of wittenberg
squad-56f8c2ee9b226e1400dd0f46,besides the arguments with rome and his own fellow reformers what scandal contributed to luthers failing health,Martin_Luther_168,eye from fifteen thirty one to fifteen forty six his health deteriorated further the years of struggle with rome the antagonisms with and among his fellow reformers and the scandal which ensued from the bigamy of the philip of hesse incident in which luther had played a leading role all may have contributed in fifteen thirty six he began to suffer from kidney and bladder stones and arthritis and an ear infection ruptured an ear drum in december fifteen forty four he began to feel the effects of angina his poor physical health made him short tempered and even harsher in
squad-56de1645cffd8e1900b4b5d0,who was edward the confessors half brother,William_the_Conqueror_12,and perhaps to challenge harold as king one story implicates earl godwin of wessex in alfred s subsequent death but others blame harold emma went into exile in flanders until harthacnut became king following harold s death in ten forty and his half brother edward followed harthacnut to england edward was proclaimed king after harthacnut s death in june ten forty two section two early life william was born in ten twenty seven or ten twenty eight at falaise normandy most likely towards the end of ten twenty eight he was the
squad-570953a7efce8f15003a7dfe,what year did bskyb and virgin media have a dispute over the carriage of sky channels on cable tv,Richard_Branson_17,uk cable t v broadband and telephone company n t l forward slash n t l telewest for almost one pound sterling billion as part of the sale the company pays a minimum of eight pound sterling five pence million per year to use the virgin name and branson became the company s largest shareholder citation needed the new company was launched with much fanfare and publicity on eight february two thousand seven under the name virgin media the decision to merge his virgin media company with n t l was in order to integrate both of the companies compatible parts of commerce branson used to own three quarters of virgin mobile whereas now he owns fifteen percent of the new virgin media company in
squad-56f802c6a6d7ea1400e17379,what did giving money to the church absolve the giver from,Martin_Luther_29,the money of poor believers rather than with his own money luther objected to a saying attributed to johann tetzel that as soon as the coin in the coffer rings the soul from purgatory also attested as into heaven springs he insisted that since forgiveness was god s alone to grant those who claimed that indulgences absolved buyers from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error christians he said must not slacken in following christ on account of such false assurances however this oft quoted saying of tetzel was by no
squad-570d28bdb3d812140066d4a3,what political party is strongest in melbournes working class suburbs,Waterfall_Gully%2c_South_Australia_35,and economically liberal suburb many of its residents being high income earners have benefited from the coalition government s economic policies the residents are primarily of british descent and show higher than average religious devotion this fits in well with the demographic of a stereotypical liberal party voter however progressive parties such as the australian labor party and australian democrats also poll well in the area waterfall gully is part of the state electoral district of bragg which has been held since two thousand two by liberal m p vickie chapman in
squad-572fe60fb2c2fd140056858c,besides germany and switzerland where else is lake constance,Munich_146,e salzburg and innsbruck se garmisch partenkirchen s and lindau s w terminate at munich allowing direct access to the different parts of germany austria and italy traffic is however often very heavy in and around munich traffic jams are commonplace during rush hour and at the beginning and end of major holidays in germany in no small part due to poor traffic light changing patterns and synchronisation there are few green waves or
squad-573093598ab72b1400f9c5b1,which historic empire used cultural imperialism to sway local elites,History_of_the_world_17,empire fell under the domination of various germanic tribes in the fifth century and these polities gradually developed into a number of warring catholic states the remaining part of the roman empire in the eastern mediterranean was henceforth known as the byzantine empire centuries later a large part of western europe became the holy roman empire comprising a number of states in what is now germany and italy in china dynasties would similarly rise and fall the most remarkable if short lived of these was the mongol empire which seized almost all of eurasia s landmass missing only western europe and japan islam which began in arabia
squad-56f88eafaef2371900626195,what did luther insist was present in the bread and wine,Martin_Luther_122,oecolampadius differed on the significance of the words spoken by jesus at the last supper this is my body which is for you and this cup is the new covenant in my blood one corinthians eleven twenty three a m two six luther insisted on the real presence of the body and blood of christ in the consecrated bread and wine which he called the sacramental union while his opponents believed god to be only spiritually or symbolically present zwingli for example denied jesus s ability to be in more than one place at a time but luther stressed his ubiquity
squad-573361404776f4190066093c,what type of architecture is represented in the majestic churches,Francis_Petre_34,this imposing structure sits on the slopes of dunedin s botanical gardens close to the university of otago and is a triumph of restraint the castle atmosphere is there almost a scottish baronial castle but the battlements are merely hinted at by stepped gables large bay windows allowing light to flood in again merely hint at the gothic one has to study them closely to perceive that they consist of a series of lancet type windows the large octagonal chimneys reflect the design rather than being an ostentation this design could have been a grim bombastic faux castle yet appears as a comfortable dwelling complete with loggia and conservatory a
squad-57115ac550c2381900b54a7a,along with electric motors what type of engines superseded piston steam engines,Fossil_fuel_15,engines fossil fuel power stations and other uses prior to the latter half of the eighteenth century windmills or watermills provided the energy needed for industry such as milling flour sawing wood or pumping water and burning wood or peat provided domestic heat the wide scale use of fossil fuels coal at first and petroleum later to fire steam engines enabled the industrial revolution at the same time gas lights using natural gas or coal gas were coming into wide use the invention of the internal combustion engine
squad-5728eff82ca10214002daadc,the immune system protects organisms against what,Introduction_to_viruses_61,dna that bacteriophages inject into bacterial cells section six point four prevention and treatment of viral disease in humans and other animals section six point four point one vaccines vaccination is a way of preventing diseases caused by viruses vaccines simulate a natural infection and its associated immune response
squad-57340d124776f419006617c3,where did many spanish catholic move after british takeover in florida,Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region_31,to two caciques who were captured and killed by the spanish estimated numbers of calusa at the beginning of the occupation of the spanish ranged from four thousand to seven thousand the society endured a decline of power and population after carlos by sixteen hundred ninety seven their number was estimated to be about one thousand in the early eighteenth century the calusa came under attack from the yamasee to the north and asked to be removed to cuba where almost two hundred died of illness soon they were relocated again to the florida keys
squad-57267b755951b619008f7435,in what borough of new york city is abc headquartered,Kilometre_11,manhattan new york city central park in new york city is eight hundred forty nine metres wide it extends roughly east and west from fifth avenue to eighth avenue also known as central park west the distance between eighth avenue and madison avenue one block east of fifth avenue is one thousand eleven metres
squad-56f88c37aef2371900626178,what was the marburg colloquy meant to establish,Martin_Luther_121,in october fifteen twenty nine philip i landgrave of hesse convoked an assembly of german and swiss theologians at the marburg colloquy to establish doctrinal unity in the emerging protestant states agreement was achieved on fourteen points out of fifteen the exception being the nature of the eucharist minus the sacrament of the lord s supper an issue crucial to luther the theologians including zwingli melanchthon martin bucer and johannes oecolampadius differed on the significance of the words spoken by jesus at the last supper this is my body which is for you
squad-56f848e0a6d7ea1400e1752f,when did luther return to wittenberg,Martin_Luther_67,it was his duty to act section five return to wittenberg luther secretly returned to wittenberg on six march fifteen twenty two
squad-56f87000aef2371900626073,what did luther use to celebrate worship,Martin_Luther_95,of his alternative to the catholic mass luther s service however included congregational singing of hymns and psalms in german as well as of parts of the liturgy including luther s unison setting of the creed to reach the simple people and the young luther incorporated religious instruction into the weekday services in the form of the catechism he also provided simplified versions of the baptism and marriage services luther and his colleagues introduced the new order of worship during their visitation of electoral saxony which began in fifteen twenty seven they also assessed the standard of pastoral care and christian
squad-57337ea24776f41900660bd0,what was warsaw the most diverse of in poland,Klaip%c4%97da_Revolt_24,once germany restored its might it would be much easier to recapture the region from weaker lithuania than from larger poland already on february twenty two nineteen hundred twenty two the germans unofficially informed the lithuanians that they were not opposed to lithuanian action in klaipda and that understandably such a stance would never be officially declared such attitudes were later confirmed in other unofficial german lithuanian communications and even during the revolt when berlin urged local germans not to hinder the lithuanian plans when the allies contemplated turning klaipda into a free city like danzig polish foreign minister konstanty skirmunt believed that such a free city would hurt the polish interest by
squad-572fdd03a23a5019007fcaa0,what party had a victory in the two thousand fifteen uk election,Brownhills_19,the town had been part of the walsall north constituency since nineteen hundred fifty five when it had been transferred from the now defunct cannock constituency at the two thousand five general election the conservative party won a majority of five thousand five hundred seven and forty seven point four per cent of the vote in aldridge brownhills labour won thirty three point five per cent of the vote liberal democrats twelve point three per cent the british national party four point one per cent and the united kingdom independence party two point eight per cent the turnout was sixty four per cent slightly higher than the national turnout of sixty one point three per cent the swing to the conservatives
squad-57282036ff5b5019007d9da0,what channel shows repeats of the doctor who shows,The_Mighty_Boosh_37,ayoade as script editor the show is due to be aired on bbc three on november fifteenth two thousand seven gary numan is scheduled to make a cameo appearance in an episode slated to air on the fifteenth of november also making cameos are the horrors rev and snell formerly from the band towers of london members of the d j group team disgusting which noel fielding has been named king of and some members of the band dead dog in black bag filming for series three finished on one september two thousand seven after seven weeks series three started airing on bbc three from thu fifteen nov at ten thirty p m with repeats on the following sunday the whole of the next episode is available on the bbc three website section five
squad-57261dab38643c19005ad039,some of the income went to the purchase of arms which exacerbated political tension especially in which area,Cold_War_117,movements displeasing the united states jamaica began pursuing closer relations with the cuban government as a result of michael manley s election in nineteen hundred seventy two the united states covert response included financing manley s political opponents the instigation of mutiny in the jamaican army and the fitting out of a private mercenary army against the manley government violence ensued moreover the middle east continued to be a source of contention egypt which received the bulk of its arms and economic assistance from the ussr was a troublesome client with a reluctant soviet union
squad-56e1c2eee3433e1400423138,decision problems capable of being solved by a deterministic turing machine while maintaining adherence to polynomial time belong to what class,P_versus_NP_problem_7,are time how many steps it takes to solve a problem and space how much memory it takes to solve a problem in such analysis a model of the computer for which time must be analyzed is required typically such models assume that the computer is deterministic given the computer s present state and any inputs there is only one possible action that the computer might take and sequential it performs actions one after the other in this theory the class p consists of all those decision problems defined below that can be solved on a deterministic sequential machine in an
squad-572fd6aa04bcaa1900d76da2,how many days does the parliament have to nominate a first minister after a general election,Oriel_College%2c_Oxford_15,all the fellows should always be insisted on so the provost could not push an election in a thin meeting and fellows should be admitted immediately after their election on january twenty eight provost say obtained a recommendation for twitty s election from the king but it was withdrawn on february thirteen following the vice chancellor s refusal to swear twitty into the university and the bishop s protests at court during the early seventeen hundred twenties a constitutional struggle began between the provost and the fellows culminating in a lawsuit in seventeen hundred twenty one henry edmunds was elected as a fellow by nine votes to three
squad-5726e9c65951b619008f8248,the earliest items in the jewelry collection come from which ancient civilization,Silver_8,bandage materials section three history silver from anglo saxon seolfor compare old high german silabar ag is from the latin argentum has been known since ancient times it is mentioned in the book of genesis and slag heaps found in asia minor and on the islands of the aegean sea indicate that silver was being separated from lead as early as the fourth millennium b c silver has been used for thousands of years for ornaments and utensils for trade and as the basis for many monetary systems its value as a precious metal was long considered second only to gold in ancient egypt and medieval europe it was
squad-572972f46aef051400154ef3,where do most plants have chloroplasts,Phylloquinone_0,phylloquinone phylloquinone is a polycyclic aromatic ketone based on two methyl fourteen naphthoquinone with a three p h y t y l substituent it is a fat soluble vitamin that is stable to air and moisture but decomposes in sunlight it is found naturally in a wide variety of green plants particularly leaves since it functions as an electron acceptor during photosynthesis forming part of the electron transport chain of photosystem i table of contents
squad-57296f293f37b319004783a3,what is the name of the property that designates a number as being prime or not,Parity_of_zero_12,above section one point two defining parity the precise definition of a mathematical term such as even meaning integer multiple of two is ultimately a convention unlike even some mathematical terms are purposefully constructed to exclude trivial or degenerate cases prime numbers are a famous example before the twentieth century definitions of primality were inconsistent and significant mathematicians such as goldbach lambert legendre cayley and kronecker wrote that one was prime
squad-56f884cba6d7ea1400e17707,who noticed that luthers view of the soul after death differed from later theologians,Martin_Luther_127,however luther affirmed the continuation of one s personal identity beyond death for example in his smalcald articles he described the saints as currently residing in their graves and in heaven franz august otto pieper argues that luther s apparent teaching of soul sleep german seelenschlaf was a source of embarrassment to some later lutherans such as johann gerhard this was also the view of lessing seventeen hundred fifty five in his analysis of late lutheran orthodoxy to these passages luther s commentary on
squad-5730a0778ab72b1400f9c60b,what was thought to decide a persons behavior,Thought_19,a computer in other instances solutions may be found through insight a sudden awareness of relationships in developmental psychology jean piaget was a pioneer in the study of the development of thought from birth to maturity in his theory of cognitive development thought is based on actions on the environment that is piaget suggests that the environment is understood through assimilations of objects in the available schemes of action and these accommodate
squad-56e1dc62cd28a01900c67bcd,what is an example of a problem that rests within the np complexity class,P_versus_NP_problem_12,n p hard problems need not be in n p i e they need not have solutions verifiable in polynomial time for instance the boolean satisfiability problem is n p complete by the cook levin theorem so any instance of any problem in n p can be transformed mechanically into an instance of the boolean satisfiability problem in polynomial time the boolean satisfiability problem is one of many such n p complete problems if any n p complete problem is in p then it would follow that p equals n p unfortunately many important problems have been shown
squad-57270817708984140094d8c8,in which year did the va theatre performance galleries open,Stephens_City%2c_Virginia_49,the shooting the memorial garden was opened on april sixteen two thousand nine the second anniversary of the shooting the park was built by the shenandoah chapter of virginia tech alumni association which is based in nearby winchester virginia the family drive in theatre a two screen drive in theater is located near the town on u s route eleven just south of stephens city it is one of eight drive ins in the state of virginia stephens city is also the location of the annual newtown heritage festival held each memorial day weekend the two day event features many crafts a tractor wagon ride through town
squad-573027d6a23a5019007fce9e,how did the party overthrow the elected government in nineteen eighty nine ,Cold_War_82,nationalizing the british owned anglo iranian oil company in nineteen hundred fifty one winston churchill told the united states that mosaddegh was increasingly turning towards communism the pro western shah mohammad reza pahlavi assumed control as an autocratic monarch the shah s policies included the banning of the communist tudeh party and general suppression of political dissent by savak the shah s domestic security and intelligence agency in guatemala a cia backed military coup ousted the left wing president jacobo arbenz guzman in nineteen hundred fifty four the post arbenz government a military junta
squad-57280f0d3acd2414000df35d,in what year did doctor who state that he was the last time lord,Coronation_Street_62,his career on the show writing over one hundred fifty episodes between nineteen hundred sixty one and nineteen hundred sixty nine paul abbott was a story editor on the programme in the nineteen hundred eighties and began writing episodes in nineteen hundred eighty nine but left in nineteen hundred ninety three to produce cracker for which he later wrote before creating his own highly acclaimed dramas such as touching evil and shameless russell t davies one was briefly a storyliner on the programme in the mid one nine hundred nineties also writing the script for the direct to video special viva las vegas he too has become a noted writer of his own high profile television drama programmes including queer as folk and the two thousand five revival of doctor who
squad-56f8ac579e9bad19000a02bd,what did this affair cause to luthers reputation,Martin_Luther_149,was one of the worst mistakes luther made and next to the landgrave himself who was directly responsible for it history chiefly holds luther accountable brecht argues that luther s mistake was not that he gave private pastoral advice but that he miscalculated the political implications the affair caused lasting damage to luther s reputation section seventeen anti judaism and antisemitism luther wrote about the jews throughout his
squad-56f8225ea6d7ea1400e173f5,who got a safe conduct pass for luther to come and leave the event,Martin_Luther_55,twenty eight january to twenty five may fifteen twenty one with emperor charles v presiding prince frederick iii elector of saxony obtained a safe conduct for luther to and from the meeting johann eck speaking on behalf of the empire as assistant of the archbishop of trier presented luther with copies of his writings laid out on a table and asked him if the books were his and whether he stood by their contents luther confirmed he was their author but requested time to think about the answer to the second question he prayed consulted
squad-572763a8708984140094dcda,what position at abc did thomas murphy stay on for after stepping down as president,Christopher_Cox_56,consequences and side effects while the actual effects of this temporary action will not be fully understood for many more months if not years knowing what we know now i believe on balance the commission would not do it again cox stepped down as chairman of the sec at the end of the bush administration on january twenty two thousand nine section four current career following his tenure at the sec and a two four year career in elected and appointed office that included service in the legislative executive and judicial branches of the u s government cox returned to his home in southern california and the practice of law which had been his pre washington profession he
squad-57274971708984140094dbbe,who attends loreto normanhurst,Altrincham_63,altrincham grammar school for girls language blessed thomas holford catholic college maths and computing loreto grammar school for girls science and saint ambrose college maths and computing altrincham grammar school for girls was described in its two thousand five ofsted report as outstanding with an outstanding sixth form loreto grammar a voluntary aided catholic grammar school was also described in its two thousand five ofsted report as outstanding with an
squad-5725b41838643c19005acb82,what president is credited with the original notion of putting americans in space,NASA_2,two history section two point one space race following the soviet space program s launch of the world s first man made satellite sputnik one on october four nineteen hundred fifty seven the attention of the united states turned toward its own fledgling space efforts the u s congress alarmed by the perceived threat to american security and technological leadership urged immediate and swift action president dwight d eisenhower and his advisers counseled more deliberate measures several months of debate produced agreement that a new federal
squad-56de16ca4396321400ee25c7,when was the battle of hastings,William_the_Conqueror_5,the throne to him and that harold had sworn to support william s claim william built a large fleet and invaded england in september ten sixty six decisively defeating and killing harold at the battle of hastings on fourteen october ten sixty six after further military efforts william was crowned king on christmas day ten sixty six in london he made arrangements for the governance of england in early ten sixty seven before returning to normandy several unsuccessful rebellions followed but by ten seventy five william s hold on england was mostly secure allowing him to
squad-56e1e9dfe3433e14004231fd,what class is most commonly not ascribed to the graph isomorphism problem in spite of definitive determination,P_versus_NP_problem_21,n p intermediate they are some of the very few n p problems not known to be in p or to be n p complete the graph isomorphism problem is the computational problem of determining whether two finite graphs are isomorphic an important unsolved problem in complexity theory is whether the graph isomorphism problem is in p n p complete or n p intermediate the answer is not known but it is believed that the problem is at least not n p complete if graph isomorphism is n p complete the polynomial time hierarchy collapses to its second level since it is widely believed
squad-56f7ffadaef2371900625d5f,in fifteen seventeen who was luthers bishop,Martin_Luther_27,can justify man the benefits of good works could be obtained by donating money to the church on thirty one october fifteen seventeen luther wrote to his bishop albert of mainz protesting the sale of indulgences he enclosed in his letter a copy of his disputation of martin luther on the power and efficacy of indulgences which came to be known as the ninety five theses hans hillerbrand writes that luther had no intention of confronting the church but saw his disputation as a scholarly objection to church practices and the tone of the writing is accordingly searching
squad-56dfa1d34a1a83140091ebd4,how many siblings did tesla have,Martin_Luther_171,said we want to practice christian love toward them and pray that they convert but also that they are our public enemies and if they could kill us all they would gladly do so and so often they do luther s final journey to mansfeld was taken because of his concern for his siblings families continuing in their father hans luther s copper mining trade their livelihood was threatened by count albrecht of mansfeld bringing the industry under his own control the controversy that ensued involved all four mansfeld counts albrecht philip john george and gerhard
squad-57287b322ca10214002da3c1,in what sector are jobs beginning to decrease,Herne_Bay%2c_Kent_42,fourteen thousand seven hundred eleven of the town s residents were in employment whereas there were only eight thousand one hundred four jobs within the town one of the largest employers is the centrally located supermarket which as of january two thousand six was considering further expansion it is one of the major attractions to the town s shopping centre however there are fears that its expansion could lead it to become too dominant at the cost of smaller shops in the town apart from tourism and retail many jobs are also provided in the manufacturing industry mainly located in industrial estates on the outskirts of the town which produce goods such as kitchen furniture
squad-56d9943fdc89441400fdb57a,how many panthers players were chosen for the two thousand fifteen seasons pro bowl,Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_27,the waiting period was waived for ten players deemed exceptionally notable most recently wayne gretzky who was inducted in nineteen hundred ninety nine following wayne gretzky s retirement the board of directors determined that the waiting period would no longer be waived for any player except under certain humanitarian circumstances three hall of fame members came out of retirement and resumed a career in the national league gordie howe guy lafleur and mario lemieux there is also a category for media honourees the elmer ferguson memorial award is
squad-56f8b9839e9bad19000a03c3,what did roland bainton say about luthers position on jews,Martin_Luther_164,agreed arguing that it was because the nazis were already anti semites that they revived luther s work hans j hillerbrand agreed that to focus on luther was to adopt an essentially ahistorical perspective of nazi antisemitism that ignored other contributory factors in german history similarly roland bainton noted church historian and luther biographer wrote one could wish that luther had died before ever on the jews and their lies was written his position was entirely religious and in no respect racial other scholars argue that even if his
squad-57285841ff5b5019007da19c,what is the name of the museum and research center for near eastern studies that is owned by the university,Chicago_42,three one two two eight zero two six six zero tu one zero am eight pm w su one zero am five pm art of all types from around the world made since nineteen hundred forty five ten dollars six dollars student free tu after five pm oriental institute part of the university of chicago one of the best collections of ancient egyptian and near eastern archeology in the world shedd aquarium one thousand two hundred s lake shore drive plus one three one two nine three nine two four three eight located on the museum campus the shedd aquarium is home to a large collection of marine life from throughout the world the pacific northwest themed oceanarium features dolphins whales and other animals from the region as well as a panoramic view of lake michigan museum of science and industry in chicago fifty seven hundred s lake shore drive plus one seven seven three six eight four one four one four adler planetarium and astronomy museum thirteen hundred s lake shore drive plus one three one two nine two two seven eight two seven section four point
squad-56bebd713aeaaa14008c9331,how long will the event at santa clara convention center last,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_I_%e2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace_30,about whether the film would be finished in time two weeks prior to its debut lucasfilm pushed the release date up from may twenty one nineteen hundred ninety nine to may nineteen nineteen hundred ninety nine at the showest convention lucas stated that the change was to give the fans a head start by allowing them to view it over the week and allowing families the chance to view on the weekends in a nod toward his future with digital technology lucas stated that the film would be released on four digital projectors on june eighteen nineteen hundred ninety nine eleven charity premieres were staged across the united states on may sixteen nineteen hundred
squad-5711488ab654c5140001fc3f,how many crank rotations are there in an engine cycle,Bicycle_19,the drivetrain begins with pedals which rotate the crank arms which are held in axis by the bottom bracket attached to one crank arm may be one or more chainrings or sprockets which drive the chain which in turn rotates the rear wheel via the rear sprockets cassette or freewheel a gearing system is used to vary the number of rear wheel revolutions produced by each turn of the pedals since cyclists legs are most efficient over a narrow range of cadences a variable gear ratio is helpful to maintain an optimum pedalling speed while
squad-56f86d30a6d7ea1400e17607,what group did luther want to understand his works,Martin_Luther_105,of works will have to say faith alone justifies us and not works luther s translation used the variant of german spoken at the saxon chancellery intelligible to both northern and southern germans he intended his vigorous direct language to make the bible accessible to everyday germans for we are removing impediments and difficulties so that other people may read it without hindrance published at a time of rising demand for german language publications luther s version quickly became a popular and influential bible translation as
squad-56f8046faef2371900625d71,whose saying about freeing souls from purgatory was often quoted,Martin_Luther_29,the money of poor believers rather than with his own money luther objected to a saying attributed to johann tetzel that as soon as the coin in the coffer rings the soul from purgatory also attested as into heaven springs he insisted that since forgiveness was god s alone to grant those who claimed that indulgences absolved buyers from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error christians he said must not slacken in following christ on account of such false assurances however this oft quoted saying of tetzel was by no
squad-56f82989aef2371900625e6b,what was planned for luther by frederick iii after the meeting,Martin_Luther_60,section four at wartburg castle luther s disappearance during his return trip was planned frederick iii elector of saxony had him intercepted on his way home by masked horsemen and escorted to the security of the wartburg castle at eisenach during his stay at wartburg which he referred to as my patmos luther translated the new testament from greek into german and poured out doctrinal and polemical writings these included a renewed attack on archbishop albrecht of mainz whom he shamed into halting the sale of indulgences in his
squad-56f88c37aef237190062617a,what one point was not agreed on that was dear to luther,Martin_Luther_121,in october fifteen twenty nine philip i landgrave of hesse convoked an assembly of german and swiss theologians at the marburg colloquy to establish doctrinal unity in the emerging protestant states agreement was achieved on fourteen points out of fifteen the exception being the nature of the eucharist minus the sacrament of the lord s supper an issue crucial to luther the theologians including zwingli melanchthon martin bucer and johannes oecolampadius differed on the significance of the words spoken by jesus at the last supper this is my body which is for you
squad-571a53d410f8ca1400304fe6,granite is made up largely of what chemical compound,Planetary_habitability_46,nitrogen along with their most basic compounds such as carbon dioxide carbon monoxide methane ammonia and water are gaseous at warm temperatures in the hot region close to the sun these volatile compounds could not have played a significant role in the planets geological formation instead they were trapped as gases underneath the newly formed crusts which were largely made of rocky involatile compounds such as silica a compound of silicon and oxygen accounting for oxygen s relative abundance outgassing of volatile compounds through the first volcanoes would have contributed to the formation of the planets
squad-57273eecf1498d1400e8f521,what effect did genghis khans career have on communication and trade across asia,Transport_in_Laos_4,ethnic groups to rely entirely on pack baskets and horse packing for transportation the road system is not extensive a rudimentary network begun under french colonial rule and continued from the nineteen hundred fifties has provided an important means of increased intervillage communication movement of market goods and a focus for new settlements in mid one nine hundred ninety four travel in most areas was difficult and expensive and most laotians traveled only limited distances if at
squad-570d2af0fed7b91900d45c94,how does victoria rank as to population density,Sarajevo_18,a population density of about twenty one seventy three people per square kilometer the novo sarajevo municipality is the most densely populated part of sarajevo with about seventy five twenty four inhabitants per square kilometer while the least densely populated is the stari grad with seven hundred forty two inhabitants per square kilometer war changed the ethnic and religious profile of the city while it had long been known as a multicultural city or europe s jerusalem muslims bosniaks returned to form an even greater proportion of people in nineteen hundred ninety one bosniaks formed fifty per cent of the population followed by eastern orthodox serbs with thirty three per cent and roman catholic
squad-5732b6b5328d981900602021,what is the largest city of poland,Chicago_35,ethnically polish population outside of polish capital of warsaw making it one of the most important polonia centers it is also considered to be the second largest serbian city in the world after belgrade which has a population of two million there are one million sixty one thousand nine hundred twenty eight households of which twenty eight point nine per cent have children under the age of eighteen living with them thirty five point one per cent are married couples living together eighteen point nine per cent have a female householder with no husband present and forty point four per cent are non families of all households thirty two point six per cent are made up
squad-573362b94776f41900660976,what type of architecture is the palace of four windows an impressive example of,Neuschwanstein_Castle_91,but deferred repeatedly neuschwanstein the symbolic medieval knight s castle was not ludwig ii s only huge construction project it was followed by the rococo style lustschloss of linderhof palace and the baroque palace of herrenchiemsee a monument to the era of absolutism linderhof the smallest of the projects was finished in eighteen hundred eighty six and the other two remain incomplete
squad-572fc41f947a6a140053cc80,who decides who gets to speak in the chamber debates,United_States_House_of_Representatives_40,a quorum is always assumed to be present unless a quorum call explicitly demonstrates otherwise any member may make a point of order that a quorum is not present if the presiding officer accepts the point of order a quorum call may be held although a majority of members are not normally present during debates objections that a quorum is not present are rarely made during debates a member may only speak if called upon by the presiding officer the presiding officer may determine which members to recognize and may therefore control the course of debate all speeches must be addressed to the presiding officer using the words mister speaker or madam
squad-570d28bdb3d812140066d4a5,which party is strongest in victorias northwestern and eastern regions,East_Goscote_8,called long furrow adjacent to the village is beedles lake golf club east goscote is represented on charnwood borough council by councillor cathy duffy the only elected represented in the locality from the far right british national party table of contents
squad-57286d7d4b864d19001649e2,what video game series did alex seropian make,Age_of_Empires_49,bungie studios chose ensemble studios to develop halo wars which is an r t s game in their halo series they said one of the reasons they chose to work with ensemble was because of the awesometastic age of empires series they also noted that ensemble was the perfect choice to realize the original vision of halo which started life as an r t s
squad-571ccc00dd7acb1400e4c15e,what does photosynthesis release into the earths atmosphere,Oxygen_2,as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by cyanobacteria algae and plants during photosynthesis and is used in cellular respiration for all complex life oxygen is toxic to anaerobic organisms which were the dominant form of early life on earth until o two began to accumulate in the atmosphere two point five billion years ago another form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude
squad-56e77c6737bdd419002c4020,who is expected to lead the family in spiritual mentorship,Han_dynasty_86,unlike the practice in later dynasties the father usually sent his adult married sons away with their portions of the family fortune daughters received a portion of the family fortune through their marriage dowries though this was usually much less than the shares of sons a different distribution of the remainder could be specified in a will but it is unclear how common this was women were expected to obey the will of their father then their husband and then their adult son in old age however it is known from contemporary sources that there were
squad-56d6f0770d65d2140019826a,when was the last super bowl in california,College_football_15,national champion for example in two thousand three the associated press and bowl championship series chose different champions which is precisely what the system was designed to prevent the two thousand five season did produce a consensus national champion with the usc trojans and texas longhorns facing each other as the only two major teams to finish the regular season undefeated texas beat usc forty one to thirty eight in the rose bowl the season concludes with series of all star bowl games in january these include the east west shrine game the gridiron classic the hula bowl and the senior bowl however the gridiron classic was recently declared canceled for
squad-5705fc3a52bb89140068976e,what is the high end of the temperature range in winter,Exmoor_13,but due to the modifying effect of the sea the range is less than in most other parts of the uk january is the coldest month with mean minimum temperatures between one c thirty four f and two c thirty six f july and august are the warmest months in the region with mean daily maxima around twenty one c seventy f in general december is the month with the least sunshine and june the sunniest the south west of england has a favoured location with respect to the azores high pressure when it extends its influence north eastwards towards the uk particularly in summer
squad-5726c0c5dd62a815002e8f7a,what trading route joined khwarezmia and the mongol empire,Han_dynasty_30,river valley of north india and anxi the parthian empire all of these countries eventually received han embassies these connections marked the beginning of the silk road trade network that extended to the roman empire bringing han items like silk to rome and roman goods such as glasswares to china from roughly one hundred fifteen to sixty b c han forces fought the xiongnu over control of the oasis city states in the tarim basin han was eventually victorious and established the protectorate of the
squad-572768d9708984140094dd14,the walt disney company is a part owner of what vod streaming service,YouTube_11,at two hundred dollars million noting progress in advertising sales in november two thousand eight youtube reached an agreement with m g m lions gate entertainment and c b s allowing the companies to post full length films and television episodes on the site accompanied by advertisements in a section for us viewers called shows the move was intended to create competition with websites such as hulu which features material from n b c fox and disney in november two thousand nine youtube launched a version of shows available to uk
squad-56f855caaef2371900625ff6,what did luther fear to cause him to avoid marriage,Martin_Luther_84,but luther s wedding set the seal of approval on clerical marriage he had long condemned vows of celibacy on biblical grounds but his decision to marry surprised many not least melanchthon who called it reckless luther had written to george spalatin on thirty november fifteen twenty four i shall never take a wife as i feel at present not that i am insensible to my flesh or sex for i am neither wood nor stone but my mind is averse to wedlock because i daily expect the death of a heretic before marrying luther had been living on the plainest food and as he admitted
squad-572969f51d046914007793de,how many major chloroplast replication models have been suggested,Folding%40home_62,a difference of several orders of magnitude the development of models to predict the mechanisms of membrane fusion will assist in the scientific understanding of how to target the process with antiviral drugs in two thousand six scientists applied markov state models and the folding at home network to discover two pathways for fusion and gain other mechanistic insights following detailed simulations from folding at home of small cells known as vesicles in two thousand seven the pande lab introduced a new
squad-57114dfb50c2381900b54a56,what is the typical working fluid in a steam engine,Caesium_49,or nineteen point two pounds per gallon coupled with the relatively benign nature of most caesium compounds reduces the requirement for toxic high density suspended solids in the drilling fluid a significant technological engineering and environmental advantage unlike the components of many other heavy liquids caesium formate is relatively environment friendly the caesium formate brine can be blended with potassium and sodium formates to decrease the density of the fluids down to that of water one g cm three or eight point three pounds per gallon furthermore it is biodegradable and reclaimable and may be recycled
squad-56e202e9e3433e1400423243,what complex measurements were defined by on the computational complexity of algorithms,Computational_geometry_11,preprocess a set of points in order to efficiently find which point is closest to a query point ray tracing given a set of objects in space produce a data structure that efficiently tells which object a query ray intersects first if the search space is fixed the computational complexity for this class of problems is usually estimated by the time and space required to construct the data structure to be searched in the time and sometimes an extra space to answer queries for the case when the search space is allowed to vary see dynamic problems section one point one point three dynamic problems yet another major class is the dynamic
squad-572689b6dd62a815002e8894,which train company provides local and regional services,Sheffield_68,services to liverpool manchester hull lincoln ely and norwich sheffield also has good links with its neighbouring towns and cities barnsley doncaster and rotherham the main station for all these services is sheffield station on the south eastern edge of the city centre the station at meadowhall serves all trains travelling northeast except the fastest passenger rail services through sheffield are provided by midland mainline virgin trains central trains transpennine express and northern rail section seven point one point three coaches sheffield is an important hub in the national network of long distance buses coaches and there
squad-5727f746ff5b5019007d9963,what was the only year that a full series was not filmed since two thousand five ,Star_Trek_23,members have signed on for two sequels the script for the twelfth film is projected for completion around december two thousand nine with the film s release scheduled for mid two zero one one coinciding with the forty fifth anniversary of star trek abrams was not the first team to propose a reboot an attempt was also made by j michael straczynski and bryce zabel to reboot the franchise with the crew of the original series but paramount ignored the proposal as they were not even willing to talk about star trek section two point five franchise ownership the original series began production under desilu productions with the merger of
squad-56e7560937bdd419002c3e8b,what type of approaches for primary school are available that are different than the norm,Management_of_multiple_sclerosis_3,at the same time different alternative treatments are pursued by many patients despite the paucity of supporting comparable replicated scientific study this article focuses on therapies for standard mis borderline forms of mis have particular treatments that are excluded table of contents section one
squad-56e10b6ee3433e1400422b27,what kind of engines did the biplane design have,RMS_Titanic_6,gross tonnage the hull was exactly the same length as titanic s sister ship olympic titanic contained two reciprocating four cylinder triple expansion inverted steam engines and one low pressure parsons turbine which powered three propellers there were twenty nine boilers fired by one hundred fifty nine coal burning furnaces that made possible a top speed of twenty three knots forty three k m forward slash h only three of the
squad-572fc49d04bcaa1900d76ccd,what do msps who are not in the chamber when the division bell rings return to do,United_States_House_of_Representatives_45,a personal identification card to record his vote at one of forty four voting stations in the chamber votes are almost always held by electronic device secondly the house may conduct a teller vote members hand in colored cards to indicate their votes green for yea red for nay and orange for present i e to abstain teller votes are normally held only when the computer system breaks down finally the house may conduct a roll call vote the clerk reads the list of members of the house each of whom announces his vote when his name is called this procedure is reserved for very formal votes such as the election of a speaker due to the time consumed by calling over four hundred names
squad-56f867e3a6d7ea1400e175d7,what was one of luthers most personal writings,Martin_Luther_98,the lord s prayer baptism and the lord s supper luther incorporated questions and answers in the catechism so that the basics of christian faith would not just be learned by rote the way monkeys do it but understood the catechism is one of luther s most personal works regarding the plan to collect my writings in volumes he wrote i am quite cool and not at all eager about it because roused by a saturnian hunger i would rather see them all devoured for i acknowledge none of them to be really a book of mine except perhaps the bondage of the will and the catechism
squad-57378b141c456719005744a2,in what sense must you be observing the curvature of space time,Big_Bang_42,which limits the events in the future that we will be able to influence the presence of either type of horizon depends on the details of the f l r w model that describes our universe our understanding of the universe back to very early times suggests that there is a past horizon though in practice our view is also limited by the opacity of the universe at early times so our view cannot extend further backward in time though the horizon recedes in space if the expansion of the universe continues to accelerate there is a future horizon as well section three
squad-571c3a685efbb31900334db4,what type of compounds does oxygen most commonly form,Oxygen_0,oxygen oxygen is the element with atomic number eight and represented by the symbol o it is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table and is a highly reactive nonmetallic period two element that readily forms compounds notably oxides with almost all other elements at standard temperature and pressure two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen a colorless odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium
squad-56f80143aef2371900625d68,whose saying about purgatory did martin luther object to,Martin_Luther_29,the money of poor believers rather than with his own money luther objected to a saying attributed to johann tetzel that as soon as the coin in the coffer rings the soul from purgatory also attested as into heaven springs he insisted that since forgiveness was god s alone to grant those who claimed that indulgences absolved buyers from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error christians he said must not slacken in following christ on account of such false assurances however this oft quoted saying of tetzel was by no
squad-572837402ca10214002da0f7,who does not take a position on the canonicity of doctor who stories by other media,Doctor_Who_0,doctor who doctor who is a british science fiction television programme produced by the bbc the programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious and eccentric time lord known as the doctor who travels through time and space in his time machine the tardis an acronym for time and relative dimension s in space which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue nineteen hundred fifties british police box with his companions he explores time and space faces a variety of foes and
squad-56f84485aef2371900625f74,after rejecting compulsory confession what did luther call for,Martin_Luther_64,it rejected compulsory confession and encouraged private confession and absolution since every christian is a confessor in november luther wrote the judgement of martin luther on monastic vows he assured monks and nuns that they could break their vows without sin because vows were an illegitimate and vain attempt to win salvation luther made his pronouncements from wartburg in the context of rapid developments at wittenberg of which he was kept fully informed andreas karlstadt supported by the ex augustinian gabriel zwilling embarked on a radical programme of reform there in
squad-56f8bbb09e9bad19000a03dd,what did paul rose say luther added to german thought,Martin_Luther_166,paul rose argues that he caused a hysterical and demonizing mentality about jews to enter german thought and discourse a mentality that might otherwise have been absent since the nineteen hundred eighties lutheran church denominations have repudiated martin luther s statements against the jews and have rejected the use of them to incite hatred against lutherans section eighteen
squad-5730de74f6cb411900e244fc,unlike confirmation and profession of faith what is a sacrament in the umc,Catholic_Church_55,although invincible ignorance in itself is not a means of salvation section four point three sacraments according to the council of trent christ instituted seven sacraments and entrusted them to the church these are baptism confirmation the eucharist reconciliation penance anointing of the sick formerly called extreme unction one of the last rites holy orders and holy matrimony sacraments are visible rituals that catholics see as signs of god s
squad-5726a9ff708984140094cd4f,which british monarch appears above the frame around the arches and entrance,Woodside_Park_tube_station_5,entrance with ticket office is at the end of a cul de sac woodside park road adjacent to the car park entrance this leads on to the southbound platform a victorian post box with the initials v r victoria regina for queen victoria is set into the front wall of the station it seems to date from the construction of the station the entrance leading on to the northbound platform is also at the end of a cul de sac station road a turning off holden road there is no automatic ticket barrier at the latter entrance just outside this
squad-570d4e6cb3d812140066d671,how are victorian cabinet members chosen,Canada_37,though wielding these powers almost always on the advice of the appointed queen s privy council for canada in practice the only body to direct the use of the executive powers is the cabinet minus a committee of the privy council made up of ministers of the crown all of whom are responsible to the elected house of commons the cabinet is headed by the prime minister who holds the conventional position of head of government to ensure the stability of government the governor general will usually appoint the person who is the current leader of the political party that can obtain the confidence of a plurality in the house of commons
squad-57267383dd62a815002e8556,what area is newcastles milder winters and cooler summers most similar to,Peterborough_96,section nine geography section nine point one climate according to the koppen classification the british isles experience a maritime climate characterised by relatively cool summers and mild winters compared with other parts of the country east anglia is slightly warmer and sunnier in the summer and colder and frostier in the winter owing to its inland position furthest from the landfall of most atlantic depressions cambridgeshire is one of the driest counties in the uk receiving on average less than two feet six hundred m m of rain per year the mean annual daily duration of bright sunshine is four hours and twelve
squad-573098f38ab72b1400f9c5d4,when did the colonization of india occur,British_Empire_20,east india company to administer colonies and overseas trade this period until the loss of the thirteen colonies after the american war of independence towards the end of the eighteenth century has subsequently been referred to as the first british empire section two point one americas africa and the slave trade the caribbean initially provided england s most important and lucrative colonies but not before several attempts at colonisation failed an attempt to establish a
squad-56e190bce3433e1400422fcc,what answer denotes that an algorithm has accepted an input string,P_versus_NP_problem_65,outputs yes or no if there is an algorithm say a turing machine or a computer program with unbounded memory that can produce the correct answer for any input string of length n in at most c n k steps where k and c are constants independent of the input string then we say that the problem can be solved in polynomial time and we place it in the class p formally p is defined as the set of all languages that can be decided by a deterministic polynomial time turing machine that is where
squad-573005b9947a6a140053cf6c,secular arab nationalism was blamed for both the defeat of arab troops as well as what type of stagnation,Marshall_Plan_18,recovery in europe could not go forward without the reconstruction of the german industrial base deciding that an orderly prosperous europe requires the economic contributions of a stable and productive germany unless west germany became the engine of growth the economic stagnation of europe became inevitable in addition the power and popularity of indigenous communist parties in several western european states worried the united states in both france and italy the crisis of the postwar era had provided fuel for their communist parties which had become
squad-56e1f10ee3433e1400423224,what lies between l and p that prevents a definitive determination of the relationship between l and p,P_versus_NP_problem_6,cryptography algorithm research artificial intelligence game theory multimedia processing and many other fields table of contents section one context the relation between the complexity classes p and n p is studied in computational complexity theory the part of the theory of computation dealing with the resources required during computation to solve a given problem the most common resources are time how many steps it takes to solve a problem and space how much memory it takes to solve a problem in such analysis
squad-56f8a6969e9bad19000a025c,what is gods expression of eternal will according to luther,Martin_Luther_144,that the church consists only of essentially holy people on the other hand luther also points out that the ten commandments minus when considered not as god s condemning judgment but as an expression of his eternal will that is of the natural law minus also positively teach how the christian ought to live this has traditionally been called the third use of the law for luther also christ s life when understood as an example is nothing more than an illustration of the ten commandments which a christian should follow in his or her vocations on a daily basis the ten commandments and the beginnings of the renewed life of
squad-5729f3883f37b319004785f4,what does kuznets curve predict about income inequality given time,Simon_Kuznets_25,the hypothesis that in countries which wereon the early stages of economic development income inequality increased first but as far as national economy was growing it tended to decrease this assumption formed the basis of so called kuznets curve empirical conception kuznets helped the u s department of commerce to standardize the measurement of g n p he disapproved however of its use as a general indication of welfare writing that the welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a
squad-5726887e708984140094c917,are ctenophores predators vegetarian or parasitic,Fauna_of_Australia_62,purple sea urchin and the white urchin which have been able to take over marine habitats and form urchin barrens due to the over harvesting of their natural predators which include abalone and rock lobster introduced invertebrate pests include the asian mussel new zealand green lipped mussel black striped mussel and the northern pacific seastar all of which displace native shellfish there are many unique marine crustaceans in australian waters the best known class to which all the edible species of crustacean belong is malacostraca the warm waters of northern australia are home to many
squad-56e190bce3433e1400422fcb,what will the output be for a member of the language of a decision problem,P_versus_NP_problem_65,outputs yes or no if there is an algorithm say a turing machine or a computer program with unbounded memory that can produce the correct answer for any input string of length n in at most c n k steps where k and c are constants independent of the input string then we say that the problem can be solved in polynomial time and we place it in the class p formally p is defined as the set of all languages that can be decided by a deterministic polynomial time turing machine that is where
squad-5706111a52bb89140068984e,how many lines run out of downtown los angeles,Adelaide_Metro_12,diesel hydraulic railcars there are six rail lines all terminating at adelaide railway station in the c b d they are gawler central proceeds north from the adelaide railway station for forty two k m terminating at gawler central station gawler this is the most frequent and heavily patronised line on the network on weekdays some services terminate at gawler station noarlunga centre proceeds
squad-570d47b8b3d812140066d631,how many narrow gauge rail lines were previously government owned,Indian_Railways_0,indian railways template indian railways infobox indian railways iry is the state owned railway company of india indian railways has a monopoly on the country s rail transport it is also one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world transporting just under five billion passengers and almost three hundred fifty million tonnes of freight annually ir is the world s largest commercial
squad-571a49de4faf5e1900b8a94c, helps the biospher from uv,Oxygen_3,form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude ozone layer but is a pollutant near the surface where it is a by product of smog oxygen was independently discovered by joseph priestley in wiltshire in seventeen hundred seventy four and carl wilhelm scheele in uppsala a year earlier but priestley is usually given priority because he published his findings first the name oxygen was coined in seventeen hundred seventy seven by antoine lavoisier whose experiments with
squad-56f852fba6d7ea1400e17570,how old was martin luther when he married,Martin_Luther_82,one of twelve nuns he had helped escape from the nimbschen cistercian convent in april fifteen twenty three when he arranged for them to be smuggled out in herring barrels suddenly and while i was occupied with far different thoughts he wrote to wenceslaus link the lord has plunged me into marriage katherina was twenty six years old luther was forty one years old on thirteen june fifteen twenty five the couple was engaged with johannes bugenhagen justus jonas johannes apel philipp melanchthon and lucas cranach the elder and
squad-572a0e4b6aef051400155215,what is an example of a virus that uses antigenic variation,Introduction_to_viruses_69,by a similar strategy using lamivudine and other anti viral drugs have been developed in both diseases the drugs stop the virus from reproducing and the interferon kills any remaining infected cells hiv infections are usually treated with a combination of antiviral drugs each targeting a different stage in the virus s life cycle there are drugs that prevent the virus from attaching to cells others that are nucleoside analogues and some poison the virus s enzymes that it needs to reproduce the success of these drugs is
squad-5705eb3375f01819005e7764,what is the name given to the district that is associated with the motion picture industry,Ronald_Reagan_30,to nineteen hundred fifty two and in nineteen hundred fifty nine reagan led sag through eventful years that were marked by labor management disputes the taft hartley act house committee on un american activities huac hearings and the hollywood blacklist era section two point three point one secret fbi informant in hollywood during the late nineteen hundred forties reagan and his wife provided the fbi with names of actors within the motion picture industry whom they believed to be communist sympathizers
squad-56d729ec0d65d21400198432,how many yards did the interception gain when the ball was tipped away from manning,American_football_18,play between teams the neutral zone was created along the width of the football field goals were lowered to three points in nineteen hundred nine and touchdowns raised to six points in nineteen hundred twelve the field was also reduced to one hundred yards long but two one zero yard long end zones were created and teams were given four downs instead of three to advance the ball ten yards the roughing the passer penalty was implemented in nineteen hundred fourteen and eligible players were first allowed to catch the ball anywhere on the field in
squad-56d9a419dc89441400fdb679,what field type is usually chosen for super bowl games,Rynearson_Stadium_2,ub stadium being the other in nineteen hundred ninety two the seats were expanded south from each grandstand but not connected giving the stadium the look of an unfinished horseshoe this was done to conform to the new division i a rules for minimum stadium size originally a grass field the field has been artificial since nineteen hundred ninety one and was upgraded to fieldturf in two thousand five lighting was added in nineteen hundred seventy four partially due to the detroit wheels of the world football league using the stadium as their home field the stadium was named for the late elton j rynearson sr who coached football at eastern michigan for twenty six seasons his
squad-57274a1edd62a815002e9a9a,what article of the grundgesetz grants the right to make private schools,First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution_47,similarly some states have adopted under their protections for free speech the pruneyard doctrine which prohibits private property owners whose property is equivalent to a traditional public forum often shopping malls and grocery stores from enforcing their private property rights to exclude political speakers and petition gatherers this doctrine has been rejected as a matter of federal constitutional law but is meeting growing acceptance as a matter of state law section four point seven political speech the
squad-5730bd00069b5314008322da,which country today is a remnant of the ottoman empire,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_8,particularly in the baltic and black seas the british however had been determined since the crimean war in the eighteen hundred fifties to slow russian expansion at the expense of ottoman turkey the sick man of europe with the completion of the suez canal in eighteen hundred sixty nine the prospect of russia seizing a portion of the ottoman seacoast on the mediterranean potentially threatening the strategic waterway was of great concern to the british british policymakers were also apprehensive about the close proximity of the tsar s territorially expanding empire in central asia to india triggering a series of
squad-56f7c8aba6d7ea1400e1727d,what did luther think was the only source of knowledge of god,Martin_Luther_2,by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor luther taught that salvation is not earned by good deeds but received only as a free gift of god s grace through faith in jesus christ as redeemer from sin his theology challenged the authority of the pope of the roman catholic church by teaching that the bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized christians to be a holy priesthood those who identify with luther s teachings are called lutherans his translation of the bible into the
squad-56f8541da6d7ea1400e17578,at what point in the day was the couple married,Martin_Luther_83,the couple was engaged with johannes bugenhagen justus jonas johannes apel philipp melanchthon and lucas cranach the elder and his wife as witnesses on the evening of the same day the couple was married by bugenhagen the ceremonial walk to the church and the wedding banquet were left out and were made up two weeks later on twenty seven june some priests and former monks had already married including andreas karlstadt and justus jonas but luther s wedding set the seal of approval on clerical marriage he had long condemned vows of celibacy on biblical grounds but his decision to marry
squad-56f8b7189e9bad19000a038b,who claimed luthers writings were a blueprint of actions against jews,Martin_Luther_160,experience luther had already suggested preventive measures against the jews and their expulsion from german territory according to daniel goldhagen bishop martin sasse a leading protestant churchman published a compendium of luther s writings shortly after kristallnacht for which diarmaid macculloch professor of the history of the church in the university of oxford argued that luther s writing was a blueprint sasse applauded the burning of the synagogues and the coincidence of the day writing in the introduction on ten november nineteen hundred thirty eight on luther s birthday
squad-570614ff52bb89140068988b,the bruins belong to which college,Sigi_Schmid_2,united states with his family when he was a child he played college soccer from nineteen hundred seventy two to nineteen hundred seventy five at the university of california los angeles ucla where he was a starting midfielder in each of his four years he coached his former college team the ucla bruins between nineteen hundred eighty and nineteen hundred ninety nine during that period he became one of the most successful collegiate coaches of all time leading the bruins to a record of three two two six three three three wins losses draws the team made sixteen consecutive playoff appearances from nineteen hundred eighty three to nineteen hundred ninety eight winning the national championship in nineteen hundred
squad-5737898f1c45671900574498,who came up with the theory of relativity,Quantum_optics_2,the study of the nature and effects of light as quantized photons the first indication that light might be quantized came from max planck in eighteen hundred ninety nine when he correctly modelled blackbody radiation by assuming that the exchange of energy between light and matter only occurred in discrete amounts he called quanta it was unknown whether the source of this discreteness was the matter or the light in nineteen hundred five albert einstein published the theory of the photoelectric effect it appeared that the only possible explanation for the effect was the existence of particles of light called photons later niels bohr showed that the
squad-5725b888ec44d21400f3d454,how many people could apollo be projected to hold,Orion_(spacecraft)_27,the mpcv s crew module is larger than apollo s and can support more crew members for short or long duration spaceflight missions the service module fuels and propels the spacecraft as well as storing oxygen and water for astronauts the service module s structure is also being designed to provide locations to mount scientific experiments and cargo section three point one crew module the orion c m will hold four crew members compared to a maximum of three in the smaller apollo c m or seven in the larger space shuttle despite its conceptual resemblance to the nineteen hundred
squad-56f827caa6d7ea1400e1743a,when was the edict of worms presented,Martin_Luther_58,inserted before may god help me only in later versions of the speech and not recorded in witness accounts of the proceedings over the next five days private conferences were held to determine luther s fate the emperor presented the final draft of the diet of worms on twenty five may fifteen twenty one declaring luther an outlaw banning his literature and requiring his arrest we want him to be apprehended and punished as a notorious heretic it also made it a crime for anyone in germany to give luther food or shelter it permitted anyone to kill
squad-56bf5e7b3aeaaa14008c95f7,how many different tv networks are considered to be the principal partners when it comes to broadcasting nfl events,American_football_81,league in the world with an average attendance of almost seventy thousand persons during the twenty eleven n f l season the n f l championship game the super bowl is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide it is played between the champions of the national football conference n f c and the american football conference afc and its winner is awarded the vince lombardi trophy collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three
squad-56f85cf0aef237190062601d,what did the new mass allow as regards ceremony,Martin_Luther_94,but omitted everything that smacks of sacrifice and the mass became a celebration where everyone received the wine as well as the bread he retained the elevation of the host and chalice while trappings such as the mass vestments altar and candles were made optional allowing freedom of ceremony some reformers including followers of huldrych zwingli considered luther s service too papistic and modern scholars note the conservatism of his alternative to the catholic mass luther s service however included congregational singing of hymns and psalms in german as well as of parts
squad-56e1cbe2cd28a01900c67baf,what would need to remain constant in a multiplication algorithm to produce the same outcome whether multiplying or squaring two integers,Computational_geometry_12,the search space is allowed to vary see dynamic problems section one point one point three dynamic problems yet another major class is the dynamic problems in which the goal is to find an efficient algorithm for finding a solution repeatedly after each incremental modification of the input data addition or deletion input geometric elements algorithms for problems of this type typically involve dynamic data structures any of the computational geometric problems may be converted into a dynamic one at the cost of increased processing time for example the range searching problem may be converted into the dynamic range searching problem by
squad-57096f37200fba1400367fe9,does bskyb carry any control over the picture quality of a channel,S4C_1,with most english language programming being rebroadcast from channel four analogue reception of which is unavailable to the vast majority of wales on digital television via which welsh viewers can also receive channel four s four c provides an entirely welsh language service known as s four c digidol s four c digital table of contents section one programming s four c s remit is to provide a service which is in the welsh language in peak viewing hours s four c does not produce programmes of its own instead it commissions programmes in welsh from the bbc and
squad-572a05eb3f37b31900478657,policies which reduce the inequality associated effects of unemployment support what type of growth,Simon_Kuznets_37,in wealthier countries economic growth narrowed the difference by noting patterns of income inequality in developed and underdeveloped countries he proposed that as countries experienced economic growth the income inequality first increases and then decreases the reasoning was that in order to experience growth countries had to shift from agricultural to industrial sectors while there was little variation in the agricultural income industrialization led to large differences in income additionally as
squad-570d4030fed7b91900d45da2,what type of rail line is pacific national,Transport_in_Laos_18,china with vientiane laos via bangkok thailand to dawei myanmar on february twenty three twenty thirteen part of the new railway line started operations it spans from yuxi south of kunming capital of china s southern yunnan province to mengzi on the route to the vietnamese border and is mainly intended for freight transport with a maximum speed of one hundred twenty k m forward slash h the new line replaces the one zero zero year old
squad-572fca7eb2c2fd1400568477,who has the role of holding the scottish government to account,Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom_23,by the government rather than by the sovereign are used to make simple government regulations and to make government appointments furthermore orders in council are used to grant the royal assent to laws passed by the legislative authorities of british crown dependencies distinct from orders in council are orders of council whilst the former are made by the sovereign on the advice of the privy council the latter are made by members of the privy council without the participation of the sovereign they are issued under the specific authority of acts of parliament and are normally used to regulate public institutions the sovereign furthermore issues royal charters on the advice of the privy council
squad-56f8c7029e9bad19000a04a0,to where was luthers final journey,Martin_Luther_171,said we want to practice christian love toward them and pray that they convert but also that they are our public enemies and if they could kill us all they would gladly do so and so often they do luther s final journey to mansfeld was taken because of his concern for his siblings families continuing in their father hans luther s copper mining trade their livelihood was threatened by count albrecht of mansfeld bringing the industry under his own control the controversy that ensued involved all four mansfeld counts albrecht philip john george and gerhard
squad-5730bd00069b5314008322d9,who did the ottoman empire ally with in ww i,British_Empire_102,to coordinate imperial policy under the terms of the concluding treaty of versailles signed in nineteen hundred nineteen the empire reached its greatest extent with the addition of one million eight hundred thousand square miles four million seven hundred thousand km two and thirteen million new subjects the colonies of germany and the ottoman empire were distributed to the allied powers as league of nations mandates britain gained control of palestine transjordan iraq parts of cameroon and togo and tanganyika the
squad-5727efabff5b5019007d98e2,who is the producer of doctor who,Doctor_Who_4,a backdoor pilot in the form of a nineteen hundred ninety six television film the programme was relaunched in two thousand five produced in house by bbc wales in cardiff the first series was produced by the bbc series two and three had some development money contributed by the canadian broadcasting corporation c b c which was credited as a company producer doctor who also spawned spin offs in multiple media including the current television programmes torchwood and the sarah jane adventures the standalone k nine and a single nineteen hundred eighty one pilot episode of k nine and company the doctor has been
squad-56f8c43d9b226e1400dd0f62,what other aspect of luthers life was affected by his health,Martin_Luther_169,drum in december fifteen forty four he began to feel the effects of angina his poor physical health made him short tempered and even harsher in his writings and comments his wife katharina was overheard saying dear husband you are too rude and he responded they are teaching me to be rude his last sermon was delivered at eisleben his place of birth on fifteen february fifteen forty six three days before his death it was entirely devoted to the obdurate jews whom it was a matter of great urgency to expel from
squad-56f7f15aa6d7ea1400e172ef,what did luthers degree in fifteen nine concern,Martin_Luther_23,more work to distract him from excessive introspection and ordered him to pursue an academic career in fifteen oh seven he was ordained to the priesthood and in fifteen oh eight began teaching theology at the university of wittenberg he received a bachelor s degree in biblical studies on nine march fifteen oh eight and another bachelor s degree in the sentences by peter lombard in fifteen oh nine on nineteen october fifteen twelve he was awarded his doctor of theology and on twenty one october fifteen twelve was received into the senate of the theological faculty of the
squad-56f87531a6d7ea1400e1766f,when did luther produce a hymnic version of the lords prayer,Martin_Luther_110,rather than catechetical and twentieth century lutherans rarely use the hymn because of the perceived difficulty of its tune luther s fifteen thirty eight hymnic version of the lord s prayer vater unser im himmelreich corresponds exactly to luther s explanation of the prayer in the small catechism with one stanza for each of the seven prayer petitions plus opening and closing stanzas the hymn functioned both as a liturgical setting of the lord s prayer and as a means of examining candidates on specific catechism questions the extant manuscript shows multiple revisions demonstrating
squad-57112686b654c5140001fbd3,along with geothermal and nuclear what is a notable non combustion heat source,Fossil_fuel_4,amounting to an eighty six point four per cent share for fossil fuels in primary energy consumption in the world non fossil sources in two thousand six included hydroelectric six point three per cent nuclear eight point five per cent and geothermal solar tide wind wood waste amounting nine percent world energy consumption was growing about two point three per cent per year fossil fuels are non renewable resources because they take millions of years to form and reserves are being depleted much
squad-56d6ee6e0d65d21400198254,how many sites did the nfl narrow down super bowl fifty s location to,American_football_81,league in the world with an average attendance of almost seventy thousand persons during the twenty eleven n f l season the n f l championship game the super bowl is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide it is played between the champions of the national football conference n f c and the american football conference afc and its winner is awarded the vince lombardi trophy collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three
squad-56f8b7189e9bad19000a038a,who did the churches claim had suggested expulsion of jews from germany,Martin_Luther_165,jews and their lies was written his position was entirely religious and in no respect racial other scholars argue that even if his views were merely anti judaic their violence lent a new element to the standard christian suspicion of judaism ronald berger writes that luther is credited with germanizing the christian critique of judaism and establishing anti semitism as a key element of german culture and national identity paul rose argues that he caused a hysterical and demonizing mentality about jews to enter german thought and discourse
squad-5725c3a9ec44d21400f3d505,which court is the highest court in the european union,European_Economic_Community_30,not national origin most other institutions including the european court of justice have some form of national division of its members section four institutions there were three political institutions which held the executive and legislative power of the eec plus one judicial institution and a fifth body created in nineteen hundred seventy five these institutions except for the auditors were created in nineteen hundred fifty seven by the eec but from nineteen hundred sixty seven onwards they applied to all three communities the council represents governments the parliament represents citizens and the commission represents the european
squad-56f7f15aa6d7ea1400e172ed,when was luther called by von staupitz to wittenberg,Martin_Luther_23,more work to distract him from excessive introspection and ordered him to pursue an academic career in fifteen oh seven he was ordained to the priesthood and in fifteen oh eight began teaching theology at the university of wittenberg he received a bachelor s degree in biblical studies on nine march fifteen oh eight and another bachelor s degree in the sentences by peter lombard in fifteen oh nine on nineteen october fifteen twelve he was awarded his doctor of theology and on twenty one october fifteen twelve was received into the senate of the theological faculty of the
squad-5729f1c13f37b319004785e7,in many countries what kind of pay gap is there,Race_Against_Time%3a_Searching_for_Hope_in_AIDS-Ravaged_Africa_12,dismissed at international conferences and by african governments lewis identifies the gender discrimination that occurs even within the un organization whose management staff was dominated by males he links the world bank and imf conditions of low social spending on education and healthcare by governments of recipient countries to the rampant spread of aids in those same countries the disease decimated africa s working age and farming population leading to famine he calls on the international financial institutions to pay reparations in the form of debt relief lewis concludes that dramatic changes are required to meet the millennium development goals by
squad-571ce5055efbb31900334e2e,how much damage does breathing oxygen in space conditions cause,Space_elevator_66,flatten the elevator cable horizontally across the surface of the earth perhaps a hundred kilometers surprisingly the stress on the cable is not significantly increased since the elevator is tens of thousands of kilometers long the percentage increase is tiny and no major damage is predicted section five point six sabotage sabotage is a relatively unquantifiable problem a space elevator might prove an attractive target for a terrorist or other politically motivated attack concern over sabotage may have an effect on location adding the constraint of avoiding unstable territories to the existing requirement of an equatorial site section
squad-56bea9923aeaaa14008c91ba,what does afc stand for,American_football_81,league in the world with an average attendance of almost seventy thousand persons during the twenty eleven n f l season the n f l championship game the super bowl is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide it is played between the champions of the national football conference n f c and the american football conference afc and its winner is awarded the vince lombardi trophy collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three
squad-56f884cba6d7ea1400e17708,what theologian differed in views about the soul from luther,Martin_Luther_127,however luther affirmed the continuation of one s personal identity beyond death for example in his smalcald articles he described the saints as currently residing in their graves and in heaven franz august otto pieper argues that luther s apparent teaching of soul sleep german seelenschlaf was a source of embarrassment to some later lutherans such as johann gerhard this was also the view of lessing seventeen hundred fifty five in his analysis of late lutheran orthodoxy to these passages luther s commentary on
squad-56f81393aef2371900625dad,what did johann eck call luther,Martin_Luther_50,maier von eck however was determined to expose luther s doctrine in a public forum in june and july fifteen nineteen he staged a disputation with luther s colleague andreas karlstadt at leipzig and invited luther to speak luther s boldest assertion in the debate was that matthew four eighteen p m does not confer on popes the exclusive right to interpret scripture and that therefore neither popes nor church councils were infallible for this eck branded luther a new jan hus referring to the czech reformer and heretic burned at the stake in fourteen fifteen
squad-5727c69d3acd2414000dec15,what was the trend of female student population from one thousand nine hundred seventy s and deyond,Altrincham_30,and wales and by nineteen hundred seventy one this had increased to twenty eight point eight per cent compared with twenty four per cent nationally parallel to this increase in the middle classes of altrincham was the decline of the working class population in nineteen hundred thirty one thirty point three per cent were working class compared with thirty six per cent in england and wales by nineteen hundred seventy one this had decreased to eighteen point six per cent in altrincham and twenty six per cent nationwide the rest of the population was made up of clerical workers and skilled manual workers the change in social structure in altrincham was at a similar rate to that of the rest of the nation but was biased towards the
squad-57282358ff5b5019007d9dde,what is jacksonvilles hottest recorded temperature,Canada_67,the north coastal british columbia is an exception and enjoys a temperate climate with a mild and rainy winter on the east and west coast average high temperatures are generally in the low twenties c seventies f while between the coasts the average summer high temperature ranges from twenty five to thirty c seventy five to eighty five f with occasional extreme heat in some interior locations exceeding forty c one hundred four f for a more complete description of climate across canada
squad-5710eca0a58dae1900cd6b3a,in what english colony were huguenot settlers promised land,British_Empire_25,hundred nine shipwreck there of the virginia company s flagship and in sixteen hundred fifteen was turned over to the newly formed somers isles company the virginia company s charter was revoked in sixteen hundred twenty four and direct control of virginia was assumed by the crown thereby founding the colony of virginia the london and bristol company was created in sixteen hundred ten with the aim of creating a permanent settlement on newfoundland but was largely unsuccessful in sixteen hundred twenty plymouth was founded as a haven for puritan religious separatists later known
squad-572928bf6aef051400154af0,how many gold medals did kenya win during the beijing olympics,Kristin_Otto_3,at the nineteen hundred eighty six world championships in madrid where she won four gold medals one hundred m freestyle two hundred m individual medley four one hundred m medley relay and four one hundred m freestyle relay and two silver medals fifty m freestyle one hundred m butterfly her success continued the following year at the nineteen hundred eighty seven european championships where she won five gold medals at the nineteen hundred eighty eight seoul olympic games she once again was expected to win olympic gold she won six gold medals as well as setting world records in the fifty m freestyle one hundred m freestyle one hundred m backstroke and one hundred m butterfly otto retired from swimming in nineteen hundred eighty nine she currently works as a
squad-5706111a52bb89140068984d,how many lines does the commuter rail system have,Sarajevo_27,available in the city as well section seven transportation sarajevo s location in a valley between mountains make it a compact city narrow city streets and a lack of parking areas restrict automobile traffic but allow better pedestrian and cyclist mobility the two main streets are titova street and the east west zmaj od bosne dragon of bosnia highway the trans european highway corridor five c runs through sarajevo connecting it to budapest in the north and ploce in the south electric tramways in operation since eighteen hundred eighty five are the oldest form of public transportation in the city citation needed there are seven tramway lines supplemented by four trolleybus lines and numerous bus routes the main
squad-5728f9882ca10214002dab5d,the innate immune system responds in a generic way meaning it is what,Introduction_to_viruses_53,section six point three host resistance section six point three point one innate immunity of animals animals including humans have many natural defences against viruses some are non specific and protect against many viruses regardless of the type this innate immunity is not improved by repeated exposure to viruses and does not retain a
squad-5730ac782461fd1900a9cf76,what was germanys central interest,Marshall_Plan_126,during the nineteen hundred sixties and nineteen hundred seventies they argued that the plan was american economic imperialism and that it was an attempt to gain control over western europe just as the soviets controlled eastern europe in a review of west germany s economy from nineteen hundred forty five to nineteen hundred fifty one german analyst werner abelshauser concluded that foreign aid was not crucial in starting the recovery or in keeping it going the economic recoveries of france italy and belgium cowen found also
squad-5727d9c43acd2414000dee17,starting in what year has harvard topped the academic rankings of world universities,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_51,the most successful international rugby union team in history when world rankings were introduced by the irb in october two thousand three the all blacks were ranked second in november two thousand three they briefly occupied first and then third before moving back into second by december that year since june two thousand four the all blacks have been ranked number one in the world their test match record against all nations listed in order of total matches updated to twenty one july two thousand seven is as follows section five players section five point one current squad the squad for the
squad-5725b41838643c19005acb83,how many people were on the project that followed project mercury,Mercury_(planet)_66,requiring another large delta v to do anything other than rapidly pass by mercury in order to land safely or enter a stable orbit the spacecraft must rely entirely on rocket motors since aerobraking is ruled out because the planet has very little atmosphere a trip to mercury actually requires more rocket fuel than that required to escape the solar system completely as a result only two space probes have visited the planet so far section seven point three point one mariner ten the first spacecraft to
squad-56f895339e9bad19000a017a,what was faiths greatest enemy according to luther,Martin_Luther_17,expressing particular interest in aristotle william of ockham and gabriel biel he was deeply influenced by two tutors bartholomaeus arnoldi von usingen and jodocus trutfetter who taught him to be suspicious of even the greatest thinkers and to test everything himself by experience philosophy proved to be unsatisfying offering assurance about the use of reason but none about loving god which to luther was more important reason could not lead men to god he felt and he thereafter developed a love hate relationship with
squad-572855973acd2414000df927,how many public charter schools does the university run,Esperanto_60,taught by volunteers in more recent years teaching websites like lernu have become popular esperanto instruction is occasionally available at schools including four primary schools in a pilot project under the supervision of the university of manchester and by one count at sixty nine universities however outside china and hungary these mostly involve informal arrangements rather than dedicated departments or
squad-572821ceff5b5019007d9db6,when was the third period of high viewership for the doctor who series,Doctor_Who_4,a backdoor pilot in the form of a nineteen hundred ninety six television film the programme was relaunched in two thousand five produced in house by bbc wales in cardiff the first series was produced by the bbc series two and three had some development money contributed by the canadian broadcasting corporation c b c which was credited as a company producer doctor who also spawned spin offs in multiple media including the current television programmes torchwood and the sarah jane adventures the standalone k nine and a single nineteen hundred eighty one pilot episode of k nine and company the doctor has been
squad-571ccd9b5efbb31900334dfa,while producing oxygen what gas does a zeolite sieve absorb,Oxygen_4,he published his findings first the name oxygen was coined in seventeen hundred seventy seven by antoine lavoisier whose experiments with oxygen helped to discredit the then popular phlogiston theory of combustion and corrosion oxygen is produced industrially by fractional distillation of liquefied air use of zeolites to remove carbon dioxide and nitrogen from air electrolysis of water and other means uses of oxygen include the production of steel plastics and textiles rocket propellant oxygen therapy and life support in aircraft submarines
squad-572a0bfaaf94a219006aa77b,changes in rainfall reduced what kind of vegetation cover in the amazon basin,2006_Atlantic_hurricane_season_20,atlantic on september one klotzbach s team also revised its season estimate to thirteen named storms five hurricanes and two major hurricanes citing a larger volume of the saharan air layer and an el nino trend in the pacific the team again reduced the number of tropical storms expected for the season a month later on october three with an updated forecast of eleven named storms six hurricanes and two major hurricanes citing the ongoing el nino
squad-57297d421d046914007794e5,how many modern types of primality tests for general numbers n are there,Big_Bang_64,deuterium close but formally discrepant for four he and a factor of two off for seven li in the latter two cases there are substantial systematic uncertainties nonetheless the general consistency with abundances predicted by b b n is strong evidence for the big bang as the theory is the only known explanation for the relative abundances of light elements and it is virtually impossible to tune the big bang to produce much more or less than twenty to thirty per cent helium indeed there is no obvious reason outside of the big bang that for example the young universe i e before star
squad-5725b41838643c19005acb7f,what project put the first americans into space,NASA_7,proving that rendezvous and docking with another vehicle in space was possible and gathering medical data on the effects of weightlessness on humans section two point two apollo program following the success of the mercury and gemini programs the apollo program was launched to try to do interesting work in space and possibly put men around but not on the moon the direction of the apollo program was radically altered following president john f kennedy s announcement on may twenty five nineteen hundred sixty one that the united states should commit itself to landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth by
squad-573750f51c45671900574467,what describes the proportionality of acceleration to force and mass,Isaac_Newton_55,newton s first law also known as the law of inertia states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and that an object in uniform motion tends to stay in uniform motion unless acted upon by a net external force newton s second law states that an applied force f on an object equals the rate of change of its momentum p with time mathematically we may write that vec f equals frac d vec p d t equals frac d d t m vec v equals vec v frac d m d t plus m
squad-5705eb3375f01819005e7767,other than the motion picture and television industry what other major industry is centered in los angeles,VJing_16,owego new york called experimental television center founded in nineteen hundred seventy one made contributions to the development of many artists by gathering the experimental hardware created by video art pioneers nam june paik steve rutt and bill etra and made the equipment available to artists in an inviting setting for free experimentation many of the outcomes debuted at the nightclub hurrah which quickly became a new alternative for video artists who could not get their avant garde productions aired on regular broadcast outlets similarly music video development was happening in other major cities around the world providing an alternative to mainstream television a notable image processor is the sandin image
squad-571cac5d5efbb31900334dd4,before the formation of which planet did sol lose oxygen sixteen ,Oxygen_2,as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by cyanobacteria algae and plants during photosynthesis and is used in cellular respiration for all complex life oxygen is toxic to anaerobic organisms which were the dominant form of early life on earth until o two began to accumulate in the atmosphere two point five billion years ago another form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude
squad-56e768ce37bdd419002c3f67,where has there been very well known cases of teacher misconduct,Alzheimer%27s_disease_85,cognitive behavioural therapy and the teaching of coping strategies either individually or in group have demonstrated their efficacy in improving caregivers psychological health section ten point three notable cases as alzheimer s disease is highly prevalent many notable people have developed it well known examples are former united states president ronald reagan and irish writer iris murdoch both of whom were the subjects of scientific articles examining how their cognitive capacities deteriorated with the disease other notable cases
squad-56f7ffadaef2371900625d60,what was luthers disputation of martin luther on the power and efficacy of indulgences later called,Martin_Luther_27,can justify man the benefits of good works could be obtained by donating money to the church on thirty one october fifteen seventeen luther wrote to his bishop albert of mainz protesting the sale of indulgences he enclosed in his letter a copy of his disputation of martin luther on the power and efficacy of indulgences which came to be known as the ninety five theses hans hillerbrand writes that luther had no intention of confronting the church but saw his disputation as a scholarly objection to church practices and the tone of the writing is accordingly searching
squad-56e1c4fce3433e1400423150,bqp and qma are examples of complexity classes most commonly associated with what type of turing machine,P_versus_NP_problem_25,to factor an n bit integer however the best known quantum algorithm for this problem shor s algorithm does run in polynomial time unfortunately this fact doesnt say much about where the problem lies with respect to non quantum complexity classes section five does p mean easy all of the above discussion has assumed that p means easy and not in p means hard an assumption
squad-57274b35f1498d1400e8f5d7,along with private individuals and organizations what groups sometimes runs ergnzungsschulen,Ko%c5%a1ice_48,students in addition each of university of economics in bratislava slovak university of agriculture in nitra and catholic university in ruomberok have one faculty based in the city there are thirty eight public elementary schools six private elementary schools and three religious elementary schools overall they enroll twenty thousand one hundred fifty eight pupils the city s system of secondary education some middle schools and all high schools consists of twenty gymnasia with seven thousand six hundred ninety two students twenty four specialized high schools with
squad-5726e773f1498d1400e8ef6a,for what league does abc broadcast games on christmas day,Yao_Ming_27,after the rockets were eliminated from the playoffs jeff van gundy was dismissed as head coach three days later the rockets signed former sacramento kings coach rick adelman who was thought to focus more on offense than the defensive minded van gundy on november nine two thousand seven yao played against fellow chinese nba and milwaukee bucks player yi jianlian for the first time the game which the rockets won one hundred four to eighty eight was broadcast on nineteen networks in china and was watched by over two hundred million people in china alone making it one of the most watched nba games in history in the two thousand eight nba all star game
squad-5725bad5271a42140099d0c0,which oil producer is a close ally of the united states,1973_world_oil_market_chronology_12,war october seven iraq nationalizes exxon and mobil shares in basrah petroleum company representing twenty three point seven five percent equity in the company october eight opec meets with oil companies to discuss revision of nineteen hundred seventy one tehran agreement and oil prices negotiations fail october sixteen the gulf six iran iraq abu dhabi kuwait saudi arabia and qatar unilaterally
squad-5727f5622ca10214002d9a44,how many seasons did the bbc produce doctor who,The_Mighty_Boosh_35,also on bbc two although in a different order and with the mild swearing censored or edited out the censors were not infallible in their task however in one case a word that had been bleeped out in a particular scene was left written in fully legible form on howard s back seconds later a second series began showing on bbc three on twenty six july two thousand five though strangely with a smaller budget a full length preview of the following week s episode was available online at the bbc s boosh webpage series one was released on d v d region two on august twenty nine two thousand five and series two on february thirteen two thousand six series one and two have also been released on d v d region four in australia
squad-572908c13f37b31900477fbf,innate cells can act as mediators in the activation of what branch of the immune system,Introduction_to_viruses_56,destroy other virus infected cells section six point three point two adaptive immunity of animals specific immunity to viruses develops over time and white blood cells called lymphocytes play a central role lymphocytes retain a memory of virus infections and produce many special molecules called antibodies these antibodies attach to viruses and stop the virus from infecting
squad-56d9cb47dc89441400fdb835,how many plays was denver kept out of the end zone after getting the ball from newton,American_football_18,play between teams the neutral zone was created along the width of the football field goals were lowered to three points in nineteen hundred nine and touchdowns raised to six points in nineteen hundred twelve the field was also reduced to one hundred yards long but two one zero yard long end zones were created and teams were given four downs instead of three to advance the ball ten yards the roughing the passer penalty was implemented in nineteen hundred fourteen and eligible players were first allowed to catch the ball anywhere on the field in
squad-56beb97c3aeaaa14008c92dc,what team did rivera play for in super bowl xx,Barack_Obama_108,game while wearing a white sox jacket he is also primarily a chicago bears fan in the n f l but in his childhood and adolescence was a fan of the pittsburgh steelers and recently rooted for them ahead of their victory in super bowl xliii twelve days after obama took office as president in june nineteen hundred eighty nine obama met michelle robinson when he was employed as a summer associate at the chicago law firm of sidley austin assigned for three months as obama s adviser at the firm robinson joined him at group social functions but declined his initial requests
squad-5705eb3375f01819005e7768,other than universal and warner brothers what other company runs a major record company,Digital_audio_17,recording in nineteen hundred seventy nine popular digital multitrack recorders produced by sony and mitsubishi in the early nineteen hundred eighties helped to bring about digital recording s acceptance by the major record companies the nineteen hundred eighty two introduction of the cd popularized digital audio with consumers section three technologies digital audio broadcasting dab h d
squad-57264e455951b619008f6f69,can the president of the council vote on important matters related to the european central bank,European_Economic_Community_40,was only the consultation procedure which meant parliament had to be consulted although it was often ignored the single european act gave parliament more power with the assent procedure giving it a right to veto proposals and the cooperation procedure giving it equal power with the council if the council was not unanimous in nineteen hundred seventy and nineteen hundred seventy five the budgetary treaties gave parliament power over the community budget the parliament s members up until nineteen hundred seventy nine were national m p s serving part time in the parliament the
squad-5711619950c2381900b54ab3,in an atmospheric engine what does air pressure push against,Air-tractor_sledge_21,the air tractor were cartographer alfred hodgeman and surgeon leslie whetter the air tractor made slow progress hauling its train of sledges and about ten miles sixteen k m out from the base its engine began experiencing difficulty bickerton shut it down and the three set up camp at four am the next morning the party set off again but the engine continued to struggle oil ejected from an idle cylinder and the cylinder s lack of compression led bickerton to suspect broken piston rings to be the root of the problem this would take only a matter of hours to fix as he later recorded these thoughts were brought to a sudden close by the engine without any warning
squad-56f845dba6d7ea1400e1751a,when did luther start preaching prophetic faith,Martin_Luther_66,december fifteen twenty one luther wrote a sincere admonition by martin luther to all christians to guard against insurrection and rebellion wittenberg became even more volatile after christmas when a band of visionary zealots the so called zwickau prophets arrived preaching revolutionary doctrines such as the equality of man adult baptism and christ s imminent return when the town council asked luther to return he decided it was his duty to act
squad-56d729180d65d2140019842a,how many yards was the field goal that made the score thirteen seven in super bowl fifty ,Apogee_Stadium_23,feet thirty nine thousand six hundred m two on forty six acres nineteen ha of land stands on the north east and west sides of the stadium seat thirty thousand eight hundred fifty and form a horseshoe shape around a standard american football field the field s surface is powerblade h p plus a type of artificial turf comprising synthetic fibers with a rubber and sand infill unlike fouts field apogee stadium does not have an all weather running track and spectarors are set approximately thirty three feet ten m closer to the field the home side
squad-56f88c37aef2371900626176,when did philip i convene an assembly to set doctrine in the protestant states,Martin_Luther_121,in october fifteen twenty nine philip i landgrave of hesse convoked an assembly of german and swiss theologians at the marburg colloquy to establish doctrinal unity in the emerging protestant states agreement was achieved on fourteen points out of fifteen the exception being the nature of the eucharist minus the sacrament of the lord s supper an issue crucial to luther the theologians including zwingli melanchthon martin bucer and johannes oecolampadius differed on the significance of the words spoken by jesus at the last supper this is my body which is for you
squad-572867543acd2414000df9a3,what is the name of the co ed community service fraternity,Bill_Clinton_14,fulbright while in college he became a brother of alpha phi omega and was elected to phi beta kappa clinton was also a member of the order of demolay a youth group affiliated with freemasonry but he never became a freemason he is a member of kappa kappa psi honorary band fraternity upon graduation he won a rhodes scholarship to university college oxford where he studied philosophy politics and economics though because he had switched programs and had left early for yale university he did not receive a degree there he developed an interest in rugby union playing at oxford and later for the little rock rugby club in arkansas
squad-57339a554776f41900660e74,where are some of the best medical facilities in east central europe located,Eastern_Bloc_0,eastern bloc the term eastern bloc or communist bloc refers to the former communist states of central and eastern europe generally the soviet union and the countries of the warsaw pact the terms communist bloc and soviet bloc were also used to denote groupings of states aligned with the soviet union although these terms might
squad-56de1645cffd8e1900b4b5d2,who did edward make archbishop of canterbury,William_the_Conqueror_46,in ten fifty two with armed forces and a settlement was reached between the king and the earl restoring the earl and his family to their lands and replacing robert of jumieges a norman whom edward had named archbishop of canterbury with stigand the bishop of winchester no english source mentions a supposed embassy by archbishop robert to william conveying the promise of the succession and the two norman sources that mention it william of jumieges and william of poitiers are not precise in their chronology of when this visit took place count herbert ii of maine died in
squad-56f8074faef2371900625d7c,how long did it take for the theses printing to spread thought germany,Martin_Luther_35,for the practice of the indulgence sales and to the bishop of brandenburg luther s superior it wasnt until january fifteen eighteen that friends of luther translated the ninety five theses from latin into german printed and widely copied making the controversy one of the first in history to be aided by the printing press within two weeks copies of the theses had spread throughout germany within two months throughout europe luther s writings circulated widely reaching france england and italy as early as fifteen nineteen students thronged to wittenberg
squad-56bead5a3aeaaa14008c91ec,how many teams have been in the super bowl eight times,College_football_14,numerous computer rankings and human polls is used to determine the top two teams in the country the two teams compete for the championship in one of the four b c s bowls this system is not without controversy some critics argue that the system unfairly favors teams from large conferences and that the process used to select the teams can be just as ambiguous as the earlier poll system also to add to the controversy the bowl championship series champion has not always been the undisputed national champion for example in two thousand three the associated press and bowl championship series chose different champions which is precisely what the system was designed to prevent
squad-56f86d30a6d7ea1400e17608,why did he want to make the language accessible to people,Martin_Luther_105,of works will have to say faith alone justifies us and not works luther s translation used the variant of german spoken at the saxon chancellery intelligible to both northern and southern germans he intended his vigorous direct language to make the bible accessible to everyday germans for we are removing impediments and difficulties so that other people may read it without hindrance published at a time of rising demand for german language publications luther s version quickly became a popular and influential bible translation as
squad-5728e5224b864d1900165035,what type of goals are usually done skirting the law,Catholic_Church_85,calls for a preferential option for the poor while canon law prescribes that the christian faithful are also obliged to promote social justice and mindful of the precept of the lord to assist the poor the church enumerates corporal works of mercy and spiritual works of mercy as follows
squad-572a019f3f37b31900478643,bacteria often secrete what kind of proteins to ingest a physical barrier,Introduction_to_viruses_60,viruses such as salicylic acid nitric oxide and reactive oxygen molecules section six point three point four resistance to bacteriophages the major way bacteria defend themselves from bacteriophages is by producing enzymes which destroy foreign dna these enzymes called restriction endonucleases cut up the viral dna that bacteriophages inject into bacterial cells section six point four prevention and treatment
squad-572fd7b8947a6a140053cd3e,how many general questions are available to opposition leaders,Order_of_Canada_12,save for those appointed in an honorary capacity the constitution of the order of canada also specifies that the reigning monarch the incumbent governor general and since nineteen hundred seventy one his or her spouse and former viceroys and viceregal consorts are to be included as companions of the order though these individuals also do not count towards the one hundred sixty five person maximum as of july two thousand nine there were one hundred seventy living companions including four honorary since nineteen hundred ninety four substantive members are the only regular citizens who are empowered to administer the canadian oath of
squad-572fc80b04bcaa1900d76d12,how many ministries of the scottish government does a committee typically correspond to,United_States_House_of_Representatives_50,fall under its jurisdiction committees have extensive powers with regard to bills they may block legislation from reaching the floor of the house standing committees also oversee the departments and agencies of the executive branch in discharging their duties standing committees have the power to hold hearings and to subpoena witnesses and evidence the house also has one permanent committee that is not a standing committee the permanent select committee on intelligence furthermore the congress includes joint committees which include members of both the senate and the house of representatives some joint committees oversee independent government bodies for instance the joint committee on the library
squad-570d4329fed7b91900d45dd9,what did the finding of gold in victoria cause,Waterfall_Gully%2c_South_Australia_10,by this time however adelaide was supplied by newer reservoirs in other areas such as happy valley a number of small scale silver lead mines were dug during the latter part of the nineteenth century and attracted the interest of cornish settlers the mines were of poor quality especially compared to the richness of the nearby wheal watkins at glen osmond the victorian gold rush in the mid one eight hundred zeros attracted many miners and young men from all over australia and struck the final blow to the waterfall gully mines where
squad-5727ef664b864d1900164060,what is it called when the tax rate and base amount increase simultaneously,Wage_reform_in_the_Soviet_Union%2c_1956%e2%80%9362_22,the frequency of bottlenecks occurring in production they could do this because workers would be paid a similar rate no matter what they undertook so it became easier to move workers between tasks a major change was made in the way overfulfillment was rewarded progressive piece rates where rates increased as outputs grew were ended and workers were paid a one off bonus upon overachieving a quota where bonus rates were retained for each percentage of overfulfillment they were capped for example in engineering bonuses could not exceed twenty percent of their normal earnings lastly workers whose tasks were considered too important to be paid on a piece rate basis were
squad-572faec7b2c2fd1400568337,who opened the new parliament building on october nine two thousand four ,Flag_of_Canada_25,and inspired by the flag of the royal military college of canada in kingston ontario the design was approved unanimously by the committee on october twenty nine nineteen hundred sixty four and later passed by a majority vote in the house of commons on december fifteen nineteen hundred sixty four the senate added its approval two days later queen elizabeth ii proclaimed the new flag on january twenty eight nineteen hundred sixty five it was inaugurated on february fifteen nineteen hundred sixty five at an official ceremony held on parliament hill in ottawa in the presence of governor general
squad-56f80fdfaef2371900625d99,when did archbishop albrecht send luthers letter containing the ninety five theses to rome,Martin_Luther_45,and magdeburg did not reply to luther s letter containing the ninety five theses he had the theses checked for heresy and in december fifteen seventeen forwarded them to rome he
squad-5729e02f1d04691400779639,in a progressive tax what increases as the taxable base amount increases,Ronald_Reagan_94,along with reagan s nineteen hundred eighty one cut in the top regular tax rate on unearned income he reduced the maximum capital gains rate to only twenty per cent reagan later set tax rates on capital gains at the same level as the rates on ordinary income like salaries and wages with both topping out at twenty eight per cent reagan has remained popular as an antitax hero despite raising taxes eleven times over the course of his presidency all in the name of fiscal responsibility
squad-5733f9fa4776f4190066161f,who captured fort beausejour,Battle_of_the_Somme_57,until the villages were captured the first british effort to seize guillemont on eight august was a debacle on eighteen august a larger effort began involving three british corps as well as the french but it took until three september before guillemont was in british hands attention now turned to ginchy which was captured by the sixteenth irish division on nine september the french had also made progress and once ginchy fell the two armies were linked near combles the british now had an almost straight front line from near mouquet farm in the north west to combles in the south east providing a suitable jumping off position for another large scale attack in
squad-56bf159b3aeaaa14008c950a,how many teams have played in the super bowl eight times,College_football_14,numerous computer rankings and human polls is used to determine the top two teams in the country the two teams compete for the championship in one of the four b c s bowls this system is not without controversy some critics argue that the system unfairly favors teams from large conferences and that the process used to select the teams can be just as ambiguous as the earlier poll system also to add to the controversy the bowl championship series champion has not always been the undisputed national champion for example in two thousand three the associated press and bowl championship series chose different champions which is precisely what the system was designed to prevent
squad-56f8907faef23719006261b2,when was the augsburg confession signed,Martin_Luther_136,in fifteen thirty aiming to unite the empire against the turks to achieve this he needed first to resolve the religious controversies in his lands considering with love and kindness the views of everybody he asked for a statement of the evangelical case and one was duly devised by luther melanchthon and their colleagues at wittenberg melanchthon drafted the document known as the augsburg confession and travelled with the elector s party to augsburg where it was read to the emperor and diet on twenty five june fifteen thirty luther was left behind at the coburg fortress in southern saxony because he remained under
squad-572a142e3f37b319004786b9,complement proteins bind to what kind of molecules on the surface of microbes in order to elicit an immune response,Helicobacter_pylori_14,h pylori senses the ph gradient within the mucus layer by chemotaxis and swims away from the acidic contents of the lumen towards the more neutral ph environment of the epithelial cell surface h pylori is also found on the inner surface of the stomach epithelial cells and occasionally inside epithelial cells it produces adhesins which bind to membrane associated lipids and carbohydrates and help it adhere to epithelial cells for example the adhesin baba binds to the lewis b antigen displayed on the surface of stomach
squad-5705e26d75f01819005e76d7,what are the ties that best described what the eight counties are based on,Confederate_government_of_Kentucky_6,war the state had strong economic ties with ohio river cities such as pittsburgh and cincinnati while at the same time sharing many cultural social and economic links with the south unionist traditions were strong throughout the commonwealth s history and with economic ties to both the north and the south kentucky had little to gain and much to lose from a war between the states additionally many slaveholders felt that the best protection for slavery was within the union the presidential election of eighteen hundred sixty reflected kentucky s mixed heritage when the state gave joshua fry bell forty five per cent
squad-56e1e9dfe3433e14004231fe,what finite hierarchy implies that the graph isomorphism problem is np complete,P_versus_NP_problem_21,n p intermediate they are some of the very few n p problems not known to be in p or to be n p complete the graph isomorphism problem is the computational problem of determining whether two finite graphs are isomorphic an important unsolved problem in complexity theory is whether the graph isomorphism problem is in p n p complete or n p intermediate the answer is not known but it is believed that the problem is at least not n p complete if graph isomorphism is n p complete the polynomial time hierarchy collapses to its second level since it is widely believed
squad-572fe60fb2c2fd140056858d,what mountainous region is lake constance by,Munich_0,munich munich forward slash mjunk forward slash german munchen pronounced mncn listen bavarian minga pronounced m is the capital and largest city of the german state of bavaria on the river isar north of the bavarian alps munich is the third largest city in germany after berlin and hamburg with a population of around one forty nine million the munich metropolitan region is home to five point six million people the name of the city is derived from the old
squad-56f848e0a6d7ea1400e17532,what are the eight sermons called that luther preached in march one thousand five hundred twenty two ,Martin_Luther_68,luther secretly returned to wittenberg on six march fifteen twenty two during my absence he wrote to the elector satan has entered my sheepfold and committed ravages which i cannot repair by writing but only by my personal presence and living word for eight days in lent beginning on invocavit sunday nine march luther preached eight sermons which became known as the invocavit sermons in these sermons he hammered home the primacy of core christian values such as
squad-571c3a685efbb31900334db5,compared to other elements how abundant does oxygen rank,Oxygen_1,odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the earth s crust oxygen constitutes eighty eight point eight per cent of the mass of water and twenty point nine per cent of the volume of air all major classes of structural molecules in living organisms such as proteins carbohydrates and fats contain oxygen as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by
squad-572657d9dd62a815002e8234,what changes the mineral content of a rock,Oil_shale_7,rocks tar sands and petroleum reservoir rocks humic coals and carbonaceous shale while tar sands have been created by biodegradation of oil the kerogen in oil shales has not yet been naturally transformed into petroleum by heat and pressure coal contains a higher percentage of organic matter than oil shale in commercial grades of oil shale the ratio of organic matter to mineral matter is about seventy five five to one five five at the same time the organic matter in oil shale has an atomic ratio of hydrogen to carbon approximately the same as for crude oil and four to five
squad-56f84485aef2371900625f71,when did luther broaden his attacks to include core church doctrines,Martin_Luther_63,in the summer of fifteen twenty one luther widened his target from individual pieties like indulgences and pilgrimages to doctrines at the heart of church practices in on the abrogation of the private mass he condemned as idolatry the idea that the mass is a sacrifice asserting instead that it is a gift to be received with thanksgiving by the whole congregation his essay on confession whether the pope has the power to require it rejected compulsory confession and encouraged private confession and absolution since every christian is a confessor in
squad-56f8c5909b226e1400dd0f81,what did luther say would allow the jews to stay,Martin_Luther_170,three days before his death it was entirely devoted to the obdurate jews whom it was a matter of great urgency to expel from all german territory according to leon poliakov james mackinnon writes that it concluded with a fiery summons to drive the jews bag and baggage from their midst unless they desisted from their calumny and their usury and became christians luther said we want to practice christian love toward them and pray that they convert but also that they are our public enemies and if they could kill us all they would
squad-5729fa40af94a219006aa711,what kind of deprivation results in diminished immune response and lower antibody production,Major_depressive_disorder_122,and an effect similar to those for conventional antidepressants for non seasonal depression adding light therapy to the standard antidepressant treatment was not effective for non seasonal depression where light was used mostly in combination with antidepressants or wake therapy a moderate effect was found with response better than control treatment in high quality studies in studies that applied morning light treatment and with people who respond to total or partial sleep deprivation both analyses noted poor quality short duration and small size of most of the reviewed studies there is a small
squad-571c97e2dd7acb1400e4c11f,how is oxygen ranked as abundant in the universe,Oxygen_1,odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the earth s crust oxygen constitutes eighty eight point eight per cent of the mass of water and twenty point nine per cent of the volume of air all major classes of structural molecules in living organisms such as proteins carbohydrates and fats contain oxygen as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by
squad-57281cb22ca10214002d9e1e,how many doctor who soundtracks have been released since two thousand five ,Harry_Potter_3,theme is death although it is primarily considered to be a work of children s literature there are also many other themes in the series such as love and prejudice english language versions of the books are published by bloomsbury in the united kingdom scholastic press in the united states allen and unwin in australia and raincoast books in canada through twenty ten the first six books have been made into films by warner brothers it is the highest grossing film series of all time the seventh book is being made into two movies which are currently scheduled to be released nearly eight months apart part i on november nineteen twenty ten and the series finale on
squad-56e0bb9f7aa994140058e6cb,how did tesla finance his work,John_Day_(printer)_8,him in legal proceedings after day s death it was stated that these particular patents were worth between two hundred pound sterling and five hundred pound sterling per year roughly on the order of forty thousand pound sterling per year in two thousand section three actes and monuments in fifteen sixty three day undertook the work for which he is best known john foxe s actes and monuments day and foxe probably met through cecil and the two became close collaborators there is a tradition that foxe who revised and added material while the book was being set in type actually lived at day s shop during the production of the book it is certain that he did visit at least weekly
squad-56f84d33aef2371900625fb3,when did the german peasants war happen,Martin_Luther_73,war despite his victory in wittenberg luther was unable to stifle radicalism further afield preachers such as zwickau prophet nicholas storch and thomas muntzer helped instigate the german peasants war of one thousand five hundred twenty four to twenty five during which many atrocities were committed often in luther s name there had been revolts by the peasantry on a smaller scale since the fifteenth century luther s pamphlets against the church and the hierarchy often worded with liberal phraseology
squad-572fc8a904bcaa1900d76d1f,what is set up to scrutinize private bills submitted by party outsiders,Finance_and_Expenditure_Committee_1,of the former public accounts committee in nineteen hundred sixty two the public expenditure committee was established and became the most influential parliamentary committee in new zealand establishing a strong reputation for itself principally because it enjoyed powers of investigation not granted to other committees and because it attracted able and ambitious members it was the only committee able to set up its own inquiries without reference from the house had subcommittees chaired by opposition members and
squad-56e1aff7cd28a01900c67a69,what fixed set of factors determine the actions of a deterministic turing machine,Free_will_68,is hidden from either player and no random events such as dice rolling occur in the game nevertheless strategy games like chess and especially go with its simple deterministic rules can have an extremely large number of unpredictable moves by analogy emergentists suggest that the experience of free will emerges from the interaction of finite rules and deterministic parameters that generate infinite and unpredictable behaviour yet if all these events were accounted for
squad-56f8b9839e9bad19000a03c2,when was luthers writings about the jews ignored according to johannes wallmann,Martin_Luther_163,nevertheless his misguided agitation had the evil result that luther fatefully became one of the church fathers of anti semitism and thus provided material for the modern hatred of the jews cloaking it with the authority of the reformer johannes wallmann argues that luther s writings against the jews were largely ignored in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and that there was no continuity between luther s thought and nazi ideology uwe siemon netto agreed arguing that it was because the nazis were already anti semites that they revived luther s work hans j hillerbrand
squad-5730c810aca1c71400fe5aaa,who are the chief administrators of the church,Catholic_Church_22,schism and earlier divisions some eastern catholic churches are governed by a patriarch who is elected by the synod of the bishops of that church others are headed by a major archbishop others are under a metropolitan and others consist of individual eparchies the roman curia has a specific department the congregation for the oriental churches to maintain relations with them section two point three dioceses parishes and religious orders individual countries regions or
squad-56f8afbc9b226e1400dd0e09,as what did robert michael view luthers violent language towards the jews,Martin_Luther_154,jews property and money and smashing up their homes so that these poisonous envenomed worms would be forced into labour or expelled for all time in robert michael s view luther s words we are at fault in not slaying them amounted to a sanction for murder luther s recommendations for how to treat the jews was a clear reference to the sharp mercy of deuteronomy thirteen the punishments prescribed by moses for those who led others to false gods luther spoke out against the jews in saxony
squad-56f84485aef2371900625f75,what did luther tell monks and nuns about their vows,Martin_Luther_64,it rejected compulsory confession and encouraged private confession and absolution since every christian is a confessor in november luther wrote the judgement of martin luther on monastic vows he assured monks and nuns that they could break their vows without sin because vows were an illegitimate and vain attempt to win salvation luther made his pronouncements from wartburg in the context of rapid developments at wittenberg of which he was kept fully informed andreas karlstadt supported by the ex augustinian gabriel zwilling embarked on a radical programme of reform there in
squad-5730c737b54a4f140068cc54,what is the only organization which may speak officially for the church,The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_57,sacred and does not discuss them publicly non members or members without a temple recommend are not permitted to attend or observe these ordinances however the general public member or non member is invited to attend an open house of the temple prior to its dedication section four point three general conference twice a year spring and autumn the church holds general conference in which the prophet and other leaders speak from temple square in salt lake city utah these talks given in several sessions over two days are carried worldwide by radio television satellite and internet broadcasts they are translated into numerous languages and are later made available on d v d complete with
squad-57309bfb8ab72b1400f9c5e8,what was the idealized value of imperialism,Andrew_Carnegie_27,as the gospel of wealth in the pall mall gazette the article was the subject of much discussion carnegie argued that the life of a wealthy industrialist should comprise two parts the first part was the gathering and the accumulation of wealth the second part was for the subsequent distribution of this wealth to benevolent causes the philanthropy was key to making the life worthwhile carnegie was also known to be a great journalist this came about from his experience in constantly writing to newspapers and to their editors his knowldge in reading newspapers stems from a habit from his childhood he also would go on to publish three books on travel one of them entitled round the world he began writing while travel england and scotland in eighteen hundred ninety eight carnegie tried to arrange for independence for the philippines as the end of the spanish american war neared the united states bought the philippines from spain for twenty dollars million usd to counter what he
squad-57265aaf5951b619008f706d,how many auricles do most species have,Australian_ringneck_1,species were recognized in the genus barnardius the port lincoln parrot barnardius zonarius and the mallee ringneck barnardius barnardi but the two species readily interbred at the contact zone and are now considered one species currently four subspecies are recognised each with a distinct range in western australia the ringneck competes for nesting space with the rainbow lorikeet an introduced species to protect the ringneck culls of the lorikeet are sanctioned by authorities in this region overall though the ringneck is not a threatened species table of contents
squad-56e1b62ecd28a01900c67aa4,complexity theory classifies problems based on what primary attribute,P_versus_NP_problem_45,research efforts to solve the problem have led to several new techniques in particular some of the most fruitful research related to the p equals n p problem has been in showing that existing proof techniques are not powerful enough to answer the question thus suggesting that novel technical approaches are required as additional evidence for the difficulty of the problem essentially all known proof techniques in computational complexity theory fall into one of the following classifications each of which is known to be insufficient to prove that p n p
squad-56d70daa0d65d21400198335,normally silver what color was used for the number fifty ,Gold_standard_26,see indian rupee nineteen hundred zero united states de jure throughout the decade of the eighteen hundred seventies deflationary and depressionary economics created periodic demands for silver currency however such attempts generally failed and continued the general pressure towards a gold standard by eighteen hundred seventy nine only gold coins were accepted through the latin monetary union composed of france italy belgium switzerland and later greece even though silver was in theory a circulating medium section three
squad-56dde0ba66d3e219004dad75,when was the duchy of normandy founded,William_the_Conqueror_8,lands were divided after his death normandy went to his eldest son robert and his second surviving son william received england table of contents section one background norsemen first began raiding in what became normandy in the late eighth century permanent scandinavian settlement occurred before nine hundred eleven when rollo one of the viking leaders and king charles the simple of france reached an agreement surrendering the county of rouen to rollo the lands around rouen became the core of the later duchy of normandy normandy may have been
squad-56f84e63aef2371900625fc4,how did luther express the destruction,Martin_Luther_75,muntzer in thuringia and michael gaismair in tyrol the revolts turned into war luther sympathised with some of the peasants grievances as he showed in his response to the twelve articles in may fifteen twenty five but he reminded the aggrieved to obey the temporal authorities during a tour of thuringia he became enraged at the widespread burning of convents monasteries bishops palaces and libraries in against the murderous thieving hordes of peasants written on his return to wittenberg he explained the gospel teaching on wealth condemned the violence as the devil s work
squad-5726e5ac708984140094d51e,what movie awards show does abc currently hold the rights to,List_of_accolades_received_by_Ratatouille_2,worldwide the film is on the two thousand seven top ten lists of multiple critics including michael sragow of the baltimore sun as number one a o scott of the new york times carina chocano of the los angeles times and joe morgenstern of the wall street journal as number two it was nominated for five academy awards including original score achievement in sound editing achievement in sound mixing original screenplay and animated feature film
squad-5730bc308ab72b1400f9c73d,who reigned over the ottoman empire when it was at its most powerful,Martin_Luther_131,at the time of the marburg colloquy suleiman the magnificent was besieging vienna with a vast ottoman army luther had argued against resisting the turks in his fifteen eighteen explanation of the ninety five theses provoking accusations of defeatism he saw the turks as a scourge sent to punish christians by god as agents of the biblical apocalypse that would destroy the antichrist whom luther believed to be the papacy and the roman church he consistently rejected the idea of a
squad-5728eb1a3acd2414000e01c7,what do some people protest against,Same-sex_marriage_in_Spain_30,june two thousand five there was a public protest against the law protesters minus led by people s party members spanish bishops and the spanish family forum foro espanol
squad-56f82b25a6d7ea1400e17458,what did luther explain about acquiring gods grace,Martin_Luther_62,sin all humans are sinners by nature he explained and god s grace which cannot be earned alone can make them just on one august fifteen twenty one luther wrote to melanchthon on the same theme be a sinner and let your sins be strong but let your trust in christ be stronger and rejoice in christ who is the victor over sin death and the world we will commit sins while we are here for this life is not a place where justice resides in the summer of fifteen twenty one luther widened his target from individual pieties like indulgences and pilgrimages to doctrines
squad-56f86966aef2371900626056,how did luther show the trinity in his catechisms,Martin_Luther_100,catechism was effective for pastors using the german vernacular they expressed the apostles creed in simpler more personal trinitarian language he rewrote each article of the creed to express the character of the father the son or the holy spirit luther s goal was to enable the catechumens to see themselves as a personal object of the work of the three persons of the trinity each of which works in the catechumen s life that is luther depicted the trinity not as a doctrine to be learned but as persons to be known the father creates the son redeems and the spirit
squad-57266cc9f1498d1400e8df52,what were shipbuilding and engineering important to newcastle for in the nineteen th century,Shaw_and_Crompton_10,revolution and cotton shaw and crompton owes much of its history to the industrial revolution in particular to nineteenth century cotton spinning which brought rapid expansion prosperity and economic growth by nineteen hundred thirteen shaw and crompton had one sixth of the spindles of the oldham parliamentary borough nearby oldham which lay within this borough was the largest and most productive cotton spinning town in the world in the post war boom of nineteen hundred nineteen to twenty investors did not have the time to build new mills and so were prepared to pay vastly inflated sums for shares in existing companies many mills were refloated at valuations
squad-5727ff083acd2414000df1ac,what is the level of inequality in underdeveloped countries,Race_Against_Time%3a_Searching_for_Hope_in_AIDS-Ravaged_Africa_12,dismissed at international conferences and by african governments lewis identifies the gender discrimination that occurs even within the un organization whose management staff was dominated by males he links the world bank and imf conditions of low social spending on education and healthcare by governments of recipient countries to the rampant spread of aids in those same countries the disease decimated africa s working age and farming population leading to famine he calls on the international financial institutions to pay reparations in the form of debt relief lewis concludes that dramatic changes are required to meet the millennium development goals by
squad-56f8225ea6d7ea1400e173f2,when did luther appeared before the diet of worms,Martin_Luther_58,inserted before may god help me only in later versions of the speech and not recorded in witness accounts of the proceedings over the next five days private conferences were held to determine luther s fate the emperor presented the final draft of the diet of worms on twenty five may fifteen twenty one declaring luther an outlaw banning his literature and requiring his arrest we want him to be apprehended and punished as a notorious heretic it also made it a crime for anyone in germany to give luther food or shelter it permitted anyone to kill
squad-56bf38383aeaaa14008c956d,what was the number of seventeen interceptions that peyton manning had by end of the year,Sigi_Schmid_14,for three years straight nineteen hundred ninety five to ninety seven and ncaa coach of the year in nineteen hundred ninety seven after ucla defeated the university of virginia to win a third ncaa championship a reporter for the richmond times dispatch wrote that after winning just two titles in seventeen postseason appearances ucla had finally shed its underachiever label the writer also applauded schmid s decision to move the team s leading striker into a midfield position which led to the player scoring the winning goal
squad-5727482bf1498d1400e8f5a5,along with muslims jews and protestant christians what religious group notably operates private schools,Munich_44,forty nine point three per cent of munich s residents are not affiliated with any religious group and this ratio represents the fastest growing segment of the population as in the rest of germany the roman catholic and protestant churches have experienced a continuous slow decline in their memberships as of thirty one december twenty ten thirty six point eight per cent of the city s inhabitants were roman catholic
squad-571cd703dd7acb1400e4c186,what does the film of oxide on metals delay,Zinc_62,galvanization which is the coating of iron or steel to protect the metals against corrosion is the most familiar form of using zinc in this way in two thousand nine in the united states fifty five per cent or eight hundred ninety three thousand tonnes of the zinc metal was used for galvanization zinc is more reactive than iron or steel and thus will attract almost all local oxidation until it completely corrodes away a protective surface layer of oxide and carbonate z n five oh six company three two forms as the zinc corrodes this protection lasts even after the zinc layer is scratched but degrades
squad-571cc8815efbb31900334dee,where on earth is free oxygen found,Yttrium_30,in concentrations between ten and one hundred fifty ppm dry weight average of twenty three ppm and in sea water at nine ppt lunar rock samples collected during the american apollo project have a relatively high content of yttrium yttrium has no known biological role though it is found in most if not all organisms and tends to concentrate in the liver kidney spleen lungs and bones of humans there is normally as little as zero point five milligrams found within the entire human body human breast milk
squad-56bf717d3aeaaa14008c9639,which video gaming company debuted their ad for the first time during super bowl fifty ,Final_Fantasy_VI_91,sgi demo or final fantasy x not related to the actual tenth game in the final fantasy series final fantasy x was a short demonstration produced by square using characters and settings from final fantasy vi produced using new silicon graphics inc sgi onyx workstations acquired by square the demo was square s first foray into three d graphics and many assumed that it was a precursor to a new final fantasy title for the nintendo sixty four video game console which also used sgi hardware square however had not yet committed to nintendo s console at the time
squad-56f8c5909b226e1400dd0f7d,where was luthers last sermon preached,Martin_Luther_174,coelius shouted loudly reverend father are you ready to die trusting in your lord jesus christ and to confess the doctrine which you have taught in his name a distinct yes was luther s reply an apoplectic stroke deprived him of his speech and he died shortly afterwards at two forty five am on eighteen february fifteen forty six aged sixty two in eisleben the city of his birth he was buried in the castle church in wittenberg beneath the pulpit the funeral was held by his friends johannes bugenhagen and philipp melanchthon a
squad-5725bc7138643c19005acc1e,from what country did the first person in space come from,NASA_2,two history section two point one space race following the soviet space program s launch of the world s first man made satellite sputnik one on october four nineteen hundred fifty seven the attention of the united states turned toward its own fledgling space efforts the u s congress alarmed by the perceived threat to american security and technological leadership urged immediate and swift action president dwight d eisenhower and his advisers counseled more deliberate measures several months of debate produced agreement that a new federal
squad-5729f60caf94a219006aa6f3,in us states what happens to the life expectancy in less economically equal ones,Herne_Bay%2c_Kent_30,three per cent unemployed two per cent students with jobs three per cent students without jobs eighteen per cent retired seven per cent looking after home or family six per cent permanently sick or disabled and two per cent economically inactive for other reasons this was roughly in line with the national figures except for the number of people in retirement this figure nationally was significantly lower at fourteen per cent of the town s residents aged sixteen to seventy four twelve per cent had a higher education qualification or the equivalent compared with twenty per cent nationwide according to office for national
squad-56f8c43d9b226e1400dd0f61,what made luther even more short tempered than usual,Martin_Luther_168,eye from fifteen thirty one to fifteen forty six his health deteriorated further the years of struggle with rome the antagonisms with and among his fellow reformers and the scandal which ensued from the bigamy of the philip of hesse incident in which luther had played a leading role all may have contributed in fifteen thirty six he began to suffer from kidney and bladder stones and arthritis and an ear infection ruptured an ear drum in december fifteen forty four he began to feel the effects of angina his poor physical health made him short tempered and even harsher in
squad-56f86966aef2371900626055,what are the catechisms of martin luther written in,Martin_Luther_100,catechism was effective for pastors using the german vernacular they expressed the apostles creed in simpler more personal trinitarian language he rewrote each article of the creed to express the character of the father the son or the holy spirit luther s goal was to enable the catechumens to see themselves as a personal object of the work of the three persons of the trinity each of which works in the catechumen s life that is luther depicted the trinity not as a doctrine to be learned but as persons to be known the father creates the son redeems and the spirit
squad-56f8ae099e9bad19000a02ef,what did luther try to do for the jews,Martin_Luther_170,three days before his death it was entirely devoted to the obdurate jews whom it was a matter of great urgency to expel from all german territory according to leon poliakov james mackinnon writes that it concluded with a fiery summons to drive the jews bag and baggage from their midst unless they desisted from their calumny and their usury and became christians luther said we want to practice christian love toward them and pray that they convert but also that they are our public enemies and if they could kill us all they would
squad-5705f36452bb89140068971c,in the definition based off the mountain range which region would the desert portions of north los angeles county be included in,Titan_(moon)_70,discovered by cassini in two thousand six this range lies in the southern hemisphere and is thought to be composed of icy material and covered in methane snow the movement of tectonic plates perhaps
squad-57296d571d04691400779416,any number larger than one can be represented as a product of what,Parity_of_zero_18,fact that positive numbers have unique factorizations means that one can determine whether a number has an even or odd number of distinct prime factors since one is not prime nor does it have prime factors it is a product of zero distinct primes since zero is an even number one has an even number of distinct prime factors this implies that the mobius function takes the value one equals one which is necessary for it to be a multiplicative function and for the mobius inversion formula to work section two point one not being odd a
squad-5730b6592461fd1900a9cfd1,in which continent besides asia were major gains made by the british empire in the late nineteen th century,History_of_the_world_24,as well in the nineteenth century britain gained control of the indian subcontinent egypt and malaya the french took indochina while the dutch occupied indonesia the british also occupied several of the areas still populated by neolithic peoples including australia new zealand and south africa and as in the americas large numbers of british colonists began to emigrate to these areas this era also saw the industrial revolution a major transformation of the world s economies it began in britain and used new modes of production such as the factory mass production and mechanisation to produce a wide array of materials
squad-5726f0e35951b619008f82fa,has there ever been anyone charged with importing drugs from canada for personal medicinal use,Fentanyl_27,lofentanil is an analogue of fentanyl with a potency slightly greater than carfentanil a number of other fentanyl analogues exist which are classified in the usa as schedule i drugs meaning that they have no currently accepted medical use many of these drugs have been sold on the street as china white these drugs include three methylfentanyl thought to be the active constituent of kolokol one a chemical weapon three methylthiofentanyl acetyl methylfentanyl
squad-5727705f5951b619008f89f5,what production company produced the animated series the flintstones for abc,Some_Enchanted_Evening_(The_Simpsons)_16,animation being cartoonish was that the doors behaved liked rubber when slammed the style of hanna barbera featured the use of cartoon sounds which they did not want either the producers considered aborting production on the series if the next episode bart the genius turned out as this episode but fortunately it turned out to suffer only a few easily fixable problems afterwards the producers entreated fox to push the air date for the series premiere back several months which was then switched to simpsons roasting on an open fire which had to be aired in december being a
squad-57283c464b864d19001647ca,how many professional schools does the university of chicago have,Sheffield_63,there are also seven private schools most notably birkdale
squad-57377083c3c5551400e51edf,what can scales and spring balances measure between two forces by using static equilibrium,Action_potential_4,of ions that makes possible not only action potentials but the resting cell potential arises through the work of pumps in particular the sodium potassium exchanger while the cell is at resting cell potential the electric forces between the sodium and potassium of the neuron is counterbalanced by the diffusive forces creating a state of equilibrium changes in membrane permeability and the onset and cessation of ionic currents reflect the opening and closing of voltage gated ion channels which provide portals through the membrane for ions residing in and spanning the membrane these proteins sense and respond to changes in transmembrane potential see one for an illustration the
squad-56e1b754cd28a01900c67ac0,decision tree is an example of what type of measure,Computational_geometry_16,in the previously mentioned example of computer graphics in cad applications the changing input data are often stored in dynamic data structures which may be exploited to speed up the point in polygon queries in some contexts of query problems there are reasonable expectations on the sequence of the queries which may be exploited either for efficient data structures or for tighter computational complexity estimates for example in some cases it is important to know the worst case for the total time for the whole sequence of n queries rather than for a single query see also amortized analysis section two numerical computational geometry this branch is also known as
squad-56f881e3a6d7ea1400e176f3,what composer used luthers hymns in his works,Martin_Luther_117,christ became the main hymn for christmas he wrote for pentecost nun bitten wir den heiligen geist and for easter christ ist erstanden christ is risen based on victimae paschali laudes luther s hymns inspired composers to write music johann sebastian bach included several verses as chorales in his cantatas and based chorale cantatas entirely on them namely christ lag in todes banden b w v four as early as possibly seventeen hundred seven in his second annual cycle seventeen hundred
squad-5727dd2e4b864d1900163eba,harvard yale regatta predates the game by how many years,Moe_Berg_15,baseball instincts in his senior season he was captain of the team and had a three hundred thirty seven batting average batting six hundred eleven against princeton s arch rivals harvard and yale crossan cooper princeton s second baseman and berg communicated plays in latin when there was a man on second base on june twenty six nineteen hundred twenty three yale defeated princeton five minus one at yankee stadium to win the big three title berg had an outstanding day getting two hits in four at bats two minus four with a single and a double and making several marvelous plays at shortstop
squad-57269aa65951b619008f77ae,which type of law concerns the eus governance structure,Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949_38,removing the ability of the lords to delay legislation that arises as a result of manifesto commitments and reducing their ability to delay other legislation to a period of sixty days section six see also lords reform constitutional law section seven notes
squad-56f8c7029e9bad19000a04a4,for whom was luther concerned about in mansfeld,Martin_Luther_171,said we want to practice christian love toward them and pray that they convert but also that they are our public enemies and if they could kill us all they would gladly do so and so often they do luther s final journey to mansfeld was taken because of his concern for his siblings families continuing in their father hans luther s copper mining trade their livelihood was threatened by count albrecht of mansfeld bringing the industry under his own control the controversy that ensued involved all four mansfeld counts albrecht philip john george and gerhard
squad-5728f9882ca10214002dab5a,what part of the innate immune system identifies microbes and triggers immune response,Introduction_to_viruses_61,dna that bacteriophages inject into bacterial cells section six point four prevention and treatment of viral disease in humans and other animals section six point four point one vaccines vaccination is a way of preventing diseases caused by viruses vaccines simulate a natural infection and its associated immune response
squad-572917ff6aef051400154a60,has the tourism sector had growth or reduction,Reykjav%c3%adk_3,days it has continued to see population growth in past years as well as growth in areas of commerce and industry reykjavik was recently ranked first on grist magazine s
squad-56e756bc37bdd419002c3e97,what does co teaching get the students to focus on,Parity_of_zero_3,of two in this sense zero is the most even number of all among the general public the parity of zero can be a source of confusion in reaction time experiments most people are slower to identify zero as even than two four six or eight some students of mathematics and some teachers think that zero is odd or both even and odd or neither researchers in mathematics education propose that these misconceptions can become learning opportunities studying equalities like zero two equals zero can address students doubts about calling zero a number and using it in
squad-5729efab3f37b319004785d1,what are one of the key cell types of the adaptive immune system,Introduction_to_viruses_34,rna making viral proteins which all assemble to form new virus particles there are six basic overlapping stages in the life cycle of viruses in living cells attachment is the binding of the virus to specific molecules on the surface of the cell this specificity restricts the virus to a very limited type of cell for example the human immunodeficiency virus hiv infects only human t cells because its surface protein gp one two zero can only react with cd four
squad-56f82989aef2371900625e6d,what did luther call his stay a wartburg castle,Martin_Luther_60,section four at wartburg castle luther s disappearance during his return trip was planned frederick iii elector of saxony had him intercepted on his way home by masked horsemen and escorted to the security of the wartburg castle at eisenach during his stay at wartburg which he referred to as my patmos luther translated the new testament from greek into german and poured out doctrinal and polemical writings these included a renewed attack on archbishop albrecht of mainz whom he shamed into halting the sale of indulgences in his
squad-57268885dd62a815002e886a,how far is newcastles airport from the center of town,RAF_Northolt_0,raf northolt raf northolt iata n h t icao egwu is a royal air force station in the london borough of hillingdon in west london england approximately ten kilometers six miles north of london heathrow airport it also handles a large number of civilian flights although the aerodrome is closer to ruislip than to northolt the area was known as northolt when the airfield was built opened in may nineteen hundred fifteen for aircraft of the royal flying corps it
squad-572673f5708984140094c69d,what type of gradients are formed by faulting and other deformational processes,Enceladus_36,like figure six reveal that many of enceladus s craters are heavily deformed through viscous relaxation and fracturing viscous relaxation allows gravity over geologic time scales to deform craters and other topographic features formed in water ice reducing the amount of topography over time the rate at which this occurs is dependent on the temperature of the ice warmer ice is easier to deform than colder stiffer ice viscously relaxed craters tend to have domed floors or are recognized as craters only by a raised circular rim seen at center just below the terminator in figure six dunyazad the large crater seen in figure eight just left of top center is a prime example of a viscously
squad-56be53b8acb8001400a50316,in what year did roger goodell call super bowl fifty an important game for us as a league,American_football_4,football as of twenty twelve nearly one point one million high school athletes and seventy thousand college athletes play the sport in the united states annually the national football league the most popular american football league has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world its championship game the super bowl ranks among the most watched club sporting events in the world and the league has an annual revenue of around ten dollars billion table of contents section one etymology and names in the united states american football is referred to as
squad-56f8c2ee9b226e1400dd0f47,what did luther begin to experience in fifteen thirty six ,Martin_Luther_168,eye from fifteen thirty one to fifteen forty six his health deteriorated further the years of struggle with rome the antagonisms with and among his fellow reformers and the scandal which ensued from the bigamy of the philip of hesse incident in which luther had played a leading role all may have contributed in fifteen thirty six he began to suffer from kidney and bladder stones and arthritis and an ear infection ruptured an ear drum in december fifteen forty four he began to feel the effects of angina his poor physical health made him short tempered and even harsher in
squad-56beb2a03aeaaa14008c9230,how many nfl teams have gone fifteen one in one season,American_football_18,play between teams the neutral zone was created along the width of the football field goals were lowered to three points in nineteen hundred nine and touchdowns raised to six points in nineteen hundred twelve the field was also reduced to one hundred yards long but two one zero yard long end zones were created and teams were given four downs instead of three to advance the ball ten yards the roughing the passer penalty was implemented in nineteen hundred fourteen and eligible players were first allowed to catch the ball anywhere on the field in
squad-56e1e9dfe3433e14004231ff,to what level would the polynomial time hierarchy collapse if graph isomorphism is np complete,P_versus_NP_problem_21,n p intermediate they are some of the very few n p problems not known to be in p or to be n p complete the graph isomorphism problem is the computational problem of determining whether two finite graphs are isomorphic an important unsolved problem in complexity theory is whether the graph isomorphism problem is in p n p complete or n p intermediate the answer is not known but it is believed that the problem is at least not n p complete if graph isomorphism is n p complete the polynomial time hierarchy collapses to its second level since it is widely believed
squad-572821ceff5b5019007d9db4,fans blame the poor viewership of the late eighty s to competition from what show,Coronation_Street_28,nineteen hundred seventy five the nineteen hundred seventy seven birth of tracy langton the murder of ernest bishop in nineteen hundred seventy eight a lorry crashing into the rovers return in nineteen hundred seventy nine and the marriage of brian tilsley and gail potter also in nineteen hundred seventy nine coronation street had little competition within its primetime slot and certain critics suggested that the programme had grown complacent moving away from socially viable storylines and again presenting a dated view of working class life section three point three the nineteen hundred eighties between nineteen hundred eighty and nineteen hundred eighty nine coronation street underwent some of the biggest changes since its launch by may
squad-5725bd4b38643c19005acc32,who was kennedys vice president,Ralph_Yarborough_12,the democratic primary and cruised on to victory in the general election against republican roy whittenburg as a senator yarborough got congress to pass and john f kennedy to sign a bill making padre island a national seashore ralph yarborough rode in the dallas texas motorcade where john f kennedy was assassinated in nineteen hundred sixty three yarborough was in the same convertible as vice president lyndon b johnson ladybird johnson and secret service agent rufus youngblood only two cars away from the presidential limousine in nineteen hundred sixty four yarborough again won the primary without a runoff and went on to general election victory
squad-5730069004bcaa1900d77031,how many branches does the rhine branch into,Docklands_Light_Railway_7,on thirty one august the system was lightweight with stations and trains only a single articulated vehicle long the three branches together totalled thirteen k m were connected by a flat triangular junction near poplar services ran tower gateway island gardens and stratford island gardens meaning that the north side of the junction was not used in regular passenger service section one point two first extensions the initial system proved to have insufficient capacity as the docklands area developed into a major financial centre and employment zone
squad-56e7578a37bdd419002c3eac,how common of a type was corporal punishment in schools,Erotic_spanking_4,implements a spanking may be carried out with the use of a bare hand or with a spanking implement such as a paddle strap hairbrush or belt other implements can be used such as a cane riding crop whip switch rod birch gloves sneakers slippers roller up newspapers plastic bottles the action is called bottling rulers even a yardstick or martinet see category spanking implements erotic spankings are commonly combined with other forms of sexual foreplay such as oral sex sexual roleplaying and forward slash or ageplay the most common type of erotic spanking is administered on the bare buttocks but can also be combined with bondage in order to heighten sexual arousal and feelings of helplessness section two point
squad-56beb2a03aeaaa14008c9232,what was the last super bowl the broncos participated in,American_football_110,millions viewers and was the third straight year the super bowl broke the record in twenty fourteen super bowl xlviii broke super bowl xlvi s record for viewers with one hundred eleven point five million viewers nine of the top ten most watched television programs of all time in the united states are super bowls section eight variations and related sports canadian football the predominant form of football in canada is closely related to american football minus both sports developed from rugby and the two sports are considered to be
squad-57297781af94a219006aa4a3,which theorem would be invalid if the number one were considered prime,Parity_of_zero_13,and significant mathematicians such as goldbach lambert legendre cayley and kronecker wrote that one was prime the modern definition of prime number is positive integer with exactly two factors so one is not prime this definition can be rationalized by observing that it more naturally suits mathematical theorems that concern the primes for example the fundamental theorem of arithmetic is easier to state when one is not considered prime it would be possible to similarly redefine the term even in a way that no longer includes zero
squad-5733d2dbd058e614000b6339,what territory was ceded to britain,British_Empire_64,in eighteen hundred fifteen britain was again the beneficiary of peace treaties france ceded the ionian islands malta which it had occupied in seventeen hundred ninety seven and seventeen hundred ninety eight respectively mauritius saint lucia and tobago spain ceded trinidad the netherlands guyana and the cape colony britain returned guadeloupe martinique french guiana and reunion to france and java and suriname to the netherlands while gaining control of ceylon seventeen hundred ninety five to eighteen hundred fifteen section three
squad-57378b141c4567190057449f,what theory best explains gravity,Big_Bang_31,with dark energy but with less space and everything closer together gravity had the upper hand and it was slowly braking the expansion but eventually after numerous billion years of expansion the growing abundance of dark energy caused the expansion of the universe to slowly begin to accelerate dark energy in its simplest formulation takes the form of the cosmological constant term in einstein s field equations of general relativity but its composition and mechanism are unknown and more generally the details of its equation of state and relationship with the standard model of particle physics
squad-57338160d058e614000b5bfb,how often are elections for the counsel held,United_States_House_of_Representatives_25,with a plurality of votes not necessarily an absolute majority wins the sole exception is louisiana which uses runoff voting seats vacated during a term are filled through special elections representatives and delegates serve for two year terms while the resident commissioner serves for four years once elected a representative continues to serve until the expiry of his term death or resignation furthermore the constitution permits the house to expel any member with a two thirds vote in the history of the united states only five members have been expelled from the house three of them were removed in eighteen hundred sixty one for supporting the
squad-572f5703a23a5019007fc577,what is the other country the rhine separates switzerland to,Iron_Curtain_38,which retained its full independence the majority of european states to the east of the iron curtain developed their own international economic and military alliances such as comecon and the warsaw pact section three point three point two west of the iron curtain to the west of the iron curtain the countries of western europe northern europe and southern europe along with austria west germany liechtenstein and switzerland operated market economies with the exception of a period of fascism in spain until the nineteen hundred seventies and portugal
squad-56f848e0a6d7ea1400e17530,what did luther think was required to stop the violence,Martin_Luther_68,luther secretly returned to wittenberg on six march fifteen twenty two during my absence he wrote to the elector satan has entered my sheepfold and committed ravages which i cannot repair by writing but only by my personal presence and living word for eight days in lent beginning on invocavit sunday nine march luther preached eight sermons which became known as the invocavit sermons in these sermons he hammered home the primacy of core christian values such as
squad-573792ee1c456719005744bc,what are the wave particles called that mediate all electromagnetic phenomena,Quantum_optics_3,effect it appeared that the only possible explanation for the effect was the existence of particles of light called photons later niels bohr showed that the atoms were also quantized in the sense that they could only emit discrete amounts of energy the understanding of the interaction between light and matter following from these developments not only formed the basis of quantum optics but also were crucial for the development of quantum mechanics as a whole however the subfields of quantum mechanics dealing with matter light interaction were principally regarded as research into matter rather than into light and hence one rather spoke of atom physics and
squad-572925491d046914007790c4,how many kenyans are living below the poverty level,Namibia_5,approximately half the population live below the international poverty line of u s one dollar twenty five a day and the nation has suffered heavily from the effects of hiv forward slash aids with fifteen per cent of the adult population infected with hiv in two thousand seven table of contents section one history the dry lands of namibia were inhabited since early times by bushmen damara namaqua and since about the fourteenth century ad by immigrating bantu who came with the bantu expansion the first europeans to disembark and explore the region were the portuguese navigators diogo cao in fourteen eighty five and bartolomeu dias
squad-57269698dd62a815002e8a6c,how many universities does newcastle have,Munich_122,composed of academics and members of the ministries of education and research of the federation and the german states lander only the two munich universities and the technical university of karlsruhe now part of karlsruhe institute of technology have held this honour and the implied greater chances of attracting research funds since the first evaluation round in two thousand six ludwig maximilian university of munich lmu founded in one thousand four hundred seventy two in
squad-571a484210f8ca1400304fbe,what is the second most abundant element,Helium_5,is the second most abundant in the observable universe being present in in the universe in masses more than twelve times those of all the other elements heavier than helium combined helium s abundance is also similar to this in our own sun and jupiter this high abundance is due to the very high binding energy per nucleon of helium four with respect to the next three elements after helium lithium beryllium and boron this helium four binding energy also accounts for its commonality as a product in both
squad-571cd88ddd7acb1400e4c190,what gas does the airline exothermic reaction produce,Helium_18,an oil drilling operation in nineteen hundred three in dexter kansas produced a gas geyser that would not burn kansas state geologist erasmus haworth collected samples of the escaping gas and took them back to the university of kansas at lawrence where with the help of chemists hamilton cady and david mcfarland he discovered that the gas consisted of by volume seventy two per cent nitrogen fifteen per cent methane a combustible percentage only with sufficient oxygen one per cent hydrogen and twelve per cent an unidentifiable gas
squad-5726e1fcdd62a815002e93c7,which famous dutch artist who painted the night watch is represented in the drawings collection of the va,Adam_Elsheimer_0,adam elsheimer adam elsheimer b fifteen seventy eight in frankfurt am main germany minus d sixteen hundred ten in rome italy was an influential artist in the early seventeenth century he was noted for his small scale paintings that included a variety of light effects he is credited with being an influence on other artists such as rembrandt and peter paul rubens elsheimer was one of ten children and the son of a tailor he was apprenticed to artist philipp uffenbach in his early
squad-573407d7d058e614000b6815,what british general negotiated at montreal,Canadians_39,in english canada the settlement of the west brought significant eastern orthodox immigrants from eastern europe and mormon and pentecostal immigrants from the united states the earliest documentation of jewish presence in canada occurs in the seventeen hundred fifty four british army records from the french and indian war in seventeen hundred sixty general jeffrey amherst first baron amherst attacked and won montreal for the british in his regiment there were several jews including four among his officer corps most notably lieutenant aaron hart who is considered the father of canadian jewry the islamic sikh hindu and buddhist communities although
squad-5705fec152bb89140068977b,generally speaking what size are the earthquakes that hit southern california,Mount_Pinatubo_17,found that small landslides rather than any eruptive activity were responsible on march fifteen nineteen hundred ninety one a succession of earthquakes was felt by villagers on the north western side of the volcano further earthquakes of increasing intensity were felt over the next two weeks and it became clear some kind of volcanic activity was imminent on april two the volcano awoke with phreatic eruptions occurring near the summit along a one point five k m long fissure over the next few weeks small eruptions continued dusting the surrounding areas with ash seismographs
squad-56d9b389dc89441400fdb6ed,how many people are likely to visit justin herman plaza during the week of the super bowl,American_football_101,the second most played sport basketball had around one million participants in high school and thirty four thousand in college the super bowl is the most popular single day sporting event in the united states and is among the biggest club sporting events in the world in terms of t v viewership the n f l makes approximately ten dollars billion annually football also plays a significant role in american culture the super bowl is considered a de facto national holiday and in parts of the country like texas the sport has been compared to a religion football is also linked to
squad-573098f38ab72b1400f9c5d2,european imperialism was focused on what,European_Economic_Community_25,to the newly consolidated european union which merged in the other two pillars however euratom remained distinct this was originally proposed under the european constitution but that treaty failed ratification in two thousand five section two aims and achievements the main aim of the eec as stated in its preamble was to preserve peace and liberty and to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of europe calling for balanced economic growth this was to be accomplished through the establishment of a customs union with a common external tariff
squad-56bec0353aeaaa14008c934f,what will the fifty given to the super bowl winner weigh in pounds,American_football_26,the bidding war for players ended in nineteen hundred sixty six when the two leagues agreed on a merger that would take full effect in nineteen hundred seventy this agreement provided for a common draft that would take place each year and it instituted an annual championship game to be played between the champions of each league that game began play in nineteen hundred sixty six and came to be known as the super bowl college football maintained a tradition of postseason bowl games each bowl game would be associated with a particular conference and earning a spot in a bowl game was the reward for winning a conference
squad-56e1ce08e3433e14004231a8,a problem set that that is hard for the expression np can also be stated how,P_versus_NP_problem_12,n p hard problems need not be in n p i e they need not have solutions verifiable in polynomial time for instance the boolean satisfiability problem is n p complete by the cook levin theorem so any instance of any problem in n p can be transformed mechanically into an instance of the boolean satisfiability problem in polynomial time the boolean satisfiability problem is one of many such n p complete problems if any n p complete problem is in p then it would follow that p equals n p unfortunately many important problems have been shown
squad-56f8b4d79b226e1400dd0e76,what action by luther added to antisemitism in germany,Martin_Luther_156,the jews was doomed to perdition josel asked the city of strasbourg to forbid the sale of luther s anti jewish works they refused initially but relented when a lutheran pastor in hochfelden used a sermon to urge his parishioners to murder jews luther s influence persisted after his death throughout the one thousand five hundred eighties riots led to the expulsion of jews from several german lutheran states luther was the most widely read author of his generation and he acquired the status of a prophet within germany according to the prevailing view among historians his anti jewish rhetoric contributed
squad-572749d7dd62a815002e9a94,what was the first television series to feature an openly gay character,Coronation_Street_42,tackling issues such as drug dealers eco warriors religious cults and a transsexual park quit in nineteen hundred ninety eight after deciding that he had done what he intended to do he maintained that his biggest achievement was the introduction of hayley patterson the first transsexual character on british soap viewers were somewhat alienated by the new look coronation street and the media voiced disapproval having received criticism of being too out of touch corrie now struggled to emulate the more modern brookside and eastenders in the daily mirror victor lewis smith wrote apparently it doesnt matter that this is a first class soap opera superbly
squad-572973f76aef051400154f0e,what type of numbers are always multiples of two ,Parity_of_zero_12,above section one point two defining parity the precise definition of a mathematical term such as even meaning integer multiple of two is ultimately a convention unlike even some mathematical terms are purposefully constructed to exclude trivial or degenerate cases prime numbers are a famous example before the twentieth century definitions of primality were inconsistent and significant mathematicians such as goldbach lambert legendre cayley and kronecker wrote that one was prime
squad-56f87531a6d7ea1400e17673,what do later versions of the lords prayer hymn still use,Martin_Luther_111,and as a means of examining candidates on specific catechism questions the extant manuscript shows multiple revisions demonstrating luther s concern to clarify and strengthen the text and to provide an appropriately prayerful tune other sixteenth minus and twentieth century versifications of the lord s prayer have adopted luther s tune although modern texts are considerably shorter luther wrote aus tiefer not schrei ich zu dir from depths of woe i cry to you in one thousand five hundred twenty three as a hymnic version of psalm one hundred thirty and sent it as a sample to encourage evangelical
squad-5725ceb989a1e219009abf0b,was the lm intended to return to earth at all,Orion_(spacecraft)_65,another large celestial body since december nineteen hundred seventy two establishing a semi permanent or permanent presence on the moon would provide humans with some working forward slash living experience in radically different non earth environments projects mercury and gemini built up experience for apollo s subsequent success to the moon in much the same way returning to the moon would provide experience prior to exploring mars the apollo program was not a straight shot to the moon it included several precursor missions to test new capabilities and gain experience in much the
squad-56f87531a6d7ea1400e17671,what was the hymn meant to examine students on,Martin_Luther_110,rather than catechetical and twentieth century lutherans rarely use the hymn because of the perceived difficulty of its tune luther s fifteen thirty eight hymnic version of the lord s prayer vater unser im himmelreich corresponds exactly to luther s explanation of the prayer in the small catechism with one stanza for each of the seven prayer petitions plus opening and closing stanzas the hymn functioned both as a liturgical setting of the lord s prayer and as a means of examining candidates on specific catechism questions the extant manuscript shows multiple revisions demonstrating
squad-5725c743ec44d21400f3d54a,who has the power to initiate legislation within the european union,European_Economic_Community_28,nineteen hundred seventy three with the accession of denmark ireland and the united kingdom greece spain and portugal joined in the nineteen hundred eighties following the creation of the eu in nineteen hundred ninety three it has enlarged to include a further fifteen countries by two thousand seven member states are represented in some form in each institution the council is also composed of one national minister who represents their national government each state also has a right to one european commissioner each although in the european commission they are not supposed to represent their national interest but that of the
squad-571cc6f85efbb31900334de5,what is the clarity of liquid oxygen,Rhea_(moon)_16,of a tenuous atmosphere exosphere it consists of oxygen and carbon dioxide in proportion of roughly five to two the surface density of the exosphere is from one hundred five to one hundred six molecules in a cubic centimeter depending on local temperature the main source of oxygen is radiolysis of water ice at the surface by ions supplied by the magnetosphere of saturn the source of the carbon dioxide is less clear but it may be related to oxidation of the organics present in ice or to outgassing of the moon s interior section four
squad-572a18a4af94a219006aa7e2,how long does it take for the effects to manifest as changes to economic growth,Marshall_Plan_17,recovery of europe was delayed and that to nurse europe back to economic health the marshall plan scrapped the early postwar economic chains of germany vladimir petrov concludes that as a result of the early punitive occupation of germany the allies delayed by several years the economic reconstruction of the wartorn continent by july nineteen hundred forty seven washington realized that economic recovery in europe could not go forward without the reconstruction of the german industrial base deciding that an orderly prosperous europe
squad-5726241189a1e219009ac2df,on an international level which industrys competitive positions is affected,Canada_75,if not most towns in the northern part of the country where agriculture is difficult exist because of a nearby mine or source of timber canada also has a sizeable manufacturing sector centred in southern ontario and quebec with automobiles and aeronautics representing particularly important industries canada is highly dependent on international trade especially trade with the united states the nineteen hundred eighty nine canada us free trade agreement fta and nineteen hundred ninety four north american free trade agreement nafta which included mexico touched off a dramatic
squad-56f85cf0aef237190062601c,what parts of the original catholic mass did luther leave out of his new mass,Martin_Luther_94,but omitted everything that smacks of sacrifice and the mass became a celebration where everyone received the wine as well as the bread he retained the elevation of the host and chalice while trappings such as the mass vestments altar and candles were made optional allowing freedom of ceremony some reformers including followers of huldrych zwingli considered luther s service too papistic and modern scholars note the conservatism of his alternative to the catholic mass luther s service however included congregational singing of hymns and psalms in german as well as of parts
squad-5728223cff5b5019007d9dc6,how is winter weather in jacksonville described as,Peterborough_96,section nine geography section nine point one climate according to the koppen classification the british isles experience a maritime climate characterised by relatively cool summers and mild winters compared with other parts of the country east anglia is slightly warmer and sunnier in the summer and colder and frostier in the winter owing to its inland position furthest from the landfall of most atlantic depressions cambridgeshire is one of the driest counties in the uk receiving on average less than two feet six hundred m m of rain per year the mean annual daily duration of bright sunshine is four hours and twelve
squad-572fd8efb2c2fd14005684fb,when was there a reduction in the number of scottish mps,McGillicuddy_Serious_Party_33,section eight younger pretenders some of the party s original members were upset when their lifetime membership was cancelled in july two thousand five a mcgillicuddy serious party put out a press release announcing plans to participate in the two thousand five general election one initial policy was to replace m p s with harmless jargon generators the press release was put out by a former member without the knowledge of the clan mcgillicuddy s senior members and the mcgsp s former leadership after intense discussions
squad-571cd703dd7acb1400e4c185,what does oxygen cause to form on metals,Zinc_120,in excess of five hundred ppm in soil interfere with the ability of plants to absorb other essential metals such as iron and manganese there is also a condition called the zinc shakes or zinc chills that can be induced by the inhalation of freshly formed zinc oxide formed during the welding of galvanized materials the u s food and drug administration fda has stated that zinc damages nerve receptors in the nose which can cause anosmia reports of anosmia were also observed in the nineteen hundred thirties when
squad-56f86680a6d7ea1400e175cf,to whom was the large catechism directed,Martin_Luther_97,one catechisms luther devised the catechism as a method of imparting the basics of christianity to the congregations in fifteen twenty nine he wrote the large catechism a manual for pastors and teachers as well as a synopsis the small catechism to be memorised by the people themselves the catechisms provided easy to understand instructional and devotional material on the ten commandments the apostles creed the lord s prayer baptism and the lord s supper luther incorporated questions and answers in the catechism so that the basics of christian faith would
squad-56f855caaef2371900625ff3,what was luthers marriage seen as by others,Martin_Luther_83,the couple was engaged with johannes bugenhagen justus jonas johannes apel philipp melanchthon and lucas cranach the elder and his wife as witnesses on the evening of the same day the couple was married by bugenhagen the ceremonial walk to the church and the wedding banquet were left out and were made up two weeks later on twenty seven june some priests and former monks had already married including andreas karlstadt and justus jonas but luther s wedding set the seal of approval on clerical marriage he had long condemned vows of celibacy on biblical grounds but his decision to marry
squad-571bb2269499d21900609cad,are atmospheric oxygen levels going up down or staying the same,Saturn_13,by friction as they fall down through the lighter hydrogen section two atmosphere the outer atmosphere of saturn consists of about ninety six point three per cent molecular hydrogen and three point two five per cent helium trace amounts of ammonia acetylene ethane phosphine and methane have also been detected the upper clouds on saturn are composed of ammonia crystals while the lower level clouds appear to be composed of either ammonium hydrosulfide nh four sh or water the atmosphere of saturn is significantly deficient in helium relative to the abundance of the elements in the sun the quantity of elements heavier than helium are not known precisely but the proportions are assumed to match the primordial abundances from the formation of the solar system
squad-56f7cdc2a6d7ea1400e17292,what profession did martins father want his son to pursue,Martin_Luther_14,as a whore and bath attendant he had several brothers and sisters and is known to have been close to one of them jacob hans luther was ambitious for himself and his family and he was determined to see martin his eldest son become a lawyer he sent martin to latin schools in mansfeld then magdeburg in fourteen ninety seven where he attended a school operated by a lay group called the brethren of the common life and eisenach in fourteen ninety eight the three schools focused on the so called trivium grammar rhetoric
squad-5727d3843acd2414000ded6a,post two thousand eight undergraduate students are required to complete how many general education classes towards degree,Petrozavodsk_State_University_4,peoples were organized university teachers organized meetings with high school students and talked about opportunities they could get at the university the so called open door days were organized regularly as a result competition for admission was two three student per place special attention was paid to the improving of the level of teacher s qualification they could take an additional vacation in order to complete master and doctoral p h d theses the number of graduate students was about forty to fifty each year in nineteen hundred seventies special attention was paid to the technical equipment of the university eight
squad-571bb2269499d21900609caa,what element makes up almost half of the earths crust by mass,Oxygen_1,odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the earth s crust oxygen constitutes eighty eight point eight per cent of the mass of water and twenty point nine per cent of the volume of air all major classes of structural molecules in living organisms such as proteins carbohydrates and fats contain oxygen as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by
squad-56e0ecd37aa994140058e7d6,where did the exposition take place,Xanadu_Houses_9,century of progress exposition in chicago introduced air conditioning forced air heating circuit breakers electric eye doors citation needed and other innovative features mason believed xanadu house would alter people s views of houses as little more than inanimate passive shelters against the elements no one s really looked at the house as a total organic system said mason who was also the architecture editor of the futurist magazine the house can have intelligence and each room can have intelligence the estimated cost of construction
squad-5737898f1c45671900574496,what planet did astrophysisist predict to explain the problems with mercury,Mercury_(planet)_39,and perturbations by the known planets notably by the french mathematician le verrier it was hypothesized that another planet might exist in an orbit even closer to the sun to account for this perturbation other explanations considered included a slight oblateness of the sun the success of the search for neptune based on its perturbations of the orbit of uranus led astronomers to place great faith in this explanation and the hypothetical planet was even named vulcan however in the early twentieth century
squad-5729d878af94a219006aa66b,what controls wages in a purely capitalist mode of production,Wage_reform_in_the_Soviet_Union%2c_1956%e2%80%9362_39,processes of their own when existing processes were not suitable this was a condition only seen to such an extent in the west in industries that were insulated from market forces because this was common in soviet industry workers and managers in the soviet union had many reasons to work together in the setting of wages quotas and skill expectations even after the wage reform filtzer wrote that mikhail gorbachev attempted a very similar series of wage reforms in nineteen hundred eighty six which ultimately failed and had to be replaced with a decentralised system in nineteen hundred ninety one section six notes
squad-5725f07f89a1e219009ac0be,which nasa orbiter photographed evidence of each site on the moon that a manned apollo mission landing occurred,NASA_22,publicly acclaimed but performing science from nineteen hundred ninety seven to date two thousand four has been the mars global surveyor orbiter since two thousand one the orbiting mars odyssey has been searching for evidence of past or present water and volcanic activity on the red planet nasa expects to continue exploring the red planet with more spacecraft such as the mars reconnaissance orbiter which will reach mars in two thousand six the space shuttle columbia disaster in two thousand three which killed seven astronauts and caused a two nine month hiatus in space shuttle flights triggered a serious
squad-5725be0fec44d21400f3d4a7,where was the manned spacecraft center located,Chris_Hadfield_3,the craft on two spacewalks including the first by a canadian on this mission the crew used the canadarm two robotic arm to support assembly of the new international space station from two thousand one to two thousand three hadfield was nasa s director of operations at the yuri gagarin cosmonaut training center in star city russia hadfield retired from the canadian forces as a colonel in two thousand three after twenty five years of service he is now a civilian csa astronaut and is chief of robotics for the nasa astronaut office at the johnson space center in houston
squad-56bf21b43aeaaa14008c9526,what was the last super bowl that took place at sun life stadium in miami,2012_phenomenon_106,hits include two thousand twelve it aint the end two thousand ten performed by jay sean and till the world ends two thousand eleven performed by britney spears in february two thousand twelve american automotive company g m aired an advertisement during the annual super bowl football game in which a group of friends drive chevrolet silverados through the ruins of human civilization following the twenty twelve apocalypse when the whereabouts of one of their friends is queried it is revealed that he died because he drove a ford in two thousand eleven the mexico tourism board stated its intentions to use
squad-572651f9f1498d1400e8dbf0,how often do parliament elections take place,European_Economic_Community_41,over the community budget the parliament s members up until nineteen hundred seventy nine were national m p s serving part time in the parliament the treaties of rome had required elections to be held once the council had decided on a voting system but this did not happen and elections were delayed until nineteen hundred seventy nine see european parliament election nineteen hundred seventy nine after that parliament was elected every five years in the following twenty years it gradually won company decision powers with the council over the adoption of legislation the right to approve or reject the appointment of the commission president and the commission as a whole
squad-572759c1f1498d1400e8f6cb,in twenty thirteen fourteen nbc finished behind what network in the ratings,The_West_Wing_28,led to cost overruns and schedule slips and he opted to leave the show after the fourth season following increasing personal problems including an arrest for possession of illegal drugs thomas schlamme also left the show after the fourth season john wells the remaining executive producer took the helm after their departure the show aired its series finale on sunday may fourteen two thousand six it had suffered a significant ratings fall after being placed in the same timeslot as abc s top twenty hit extreme makeover home edition and c b s top thirty hit cold case section five critical reactions the west wing offers a rare glimpse into the inner
squad-572909ebaf94a219006a9fc9,what branch is independant of the other branches,First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution_62,broadcasters but only on a content neutral basis section six petition and assembly the right to petition the government has been interpreted as extending to petitions of all three branches the congress the executive and the judiciary the supreme court has interpreted redress of grievances broadly thus it is possible for one to request the government to exercise its powers in furtherance of the general public good however a few times congress has directly limited the right to petition
squad-5725b888ec44d21400f3d453,how many people could the mercury capsule hold,Transit_of_Venus_19,death section three point two seventeen hundred sixty one and seventeen hundred sixty nine in sixteen hundred sixty three scottish mathematician james gregory had suggested in his optica promota that observations of a transit of the planet mercury at widely spaced points on the surface of the earth could be used to calculate the solar parallax and hence the astronomical unit aware of this a young edmond halley made observations of such a transit in sixteen hundred seventy six from saint helena but was disappointed to find that there had been only one other observation of the event and was not satisfied that the resulting calculation of the solar parallax at forty five
squad-56f87000aef2371900626072,what art forms did luther use to connect his hymns,Martin_Luther_107,translations such as william tyndale s english bible fifteen twenty five forward a precursor of the king james bible section ten hymns luther was a prolific hymn writer authoring hymns such as ein feste burg ist unser gott a mighty fortress is our god based on psalm forty six luther connected high art and folk music also all classes clergy and laity
squad-56f7cb10a6d7ea1400e17284,what book did martin luther translate to impact german culture,Martin_Luther_106,at a time of rising demand for german language publications luther s version quickly became a popular and influential bible translation as such it made a significant contribution to the evolution of the german language and literature furnished with notes and prefaces by luther and with woodcuts by lucas cranach that contained anti papal imagery it played a major role in the spread of luther s doctrine throughout germany the luther bible influenced other vernacular translations such as william tyndale s english bible fifteen twenty five forward a precursor of the king james bible
squad-56e777e500c9c71400d77178,how long are students required to learn welsh,Welsh_language_41,most notably the university of wales bangor under the national curriculum school children in wales must study welsh up to the age of sixteen according to the welsh language board two over a quarter of children in wales attend schools which teach predominantly through the medium of welsh the remainder study welsh as a second language in english medium schools specialist teachers of welsh called athrawon bro support the teaching of welsh in the national curriculum
squad-56d9bc13dc89441400fdb75f,what cellular carrier had the only contract for the super bowl to be shown on smartphones,HTTP_cookie_92,to unreliability confusion and bugs web developers should therefore be aware of this issue and implement measures to handle such situations section nine point three inconsistent support by devices the problem with using mobile cookies is that most devices do not implement cookies for example nokia only supports cookies on sixty per cent of its devices while motorola only supports cookies on forty five per cent of its phones in addition some gateways and networks verizon alltel and metropcs
squad-57273581708984140094daec,what kind of water body is rumored to be obscuring genghis khans burial site,Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region_35,on the miami river or little river a large shell mound on the little river marks where a village once stood though little remains of the tequesta society a site of archeological importance called the miami circle was discovered in nineteen hundred ninety eight in downtown miami that may be the remains of a tequesta structure its significance has yet to be determined though archeologists and anthropologists continue to study it the spanish however wrote of the tequesta that they were greatly feared by sailors who suspected them of torturing and killing survivors of shipwrecks spanish priests wrote that the tequesta
squad-572f64ccb2c2fd14005680b8,what happened to the rate of flow in the rhine during the rhine straightening program,Hurricane_Claudette_(2003)_25,areas were severely damaged by the hurricane in western texas heavy rainfall of up to five inches one hundred thirty m m temporarily sparked widespread growth of wildflowers in a normally arid landscape the rainfall restored the flow of the rio grande at big bend national park which had ceased in the area due to lack of rainfall in addition the precipitation increased the water level in the amistad national recreation area to four feet
squad-5729582b1d046914007792e4,how many chloroplast lineages are there,Fauna_of_Australia_35,and endangered corroboree frog the tree frogs from family hylidae are common in high rainfall areas on the north and east coasts there are seventy seven australian species from three genera the eighteen species from two genera of the microhylidae frogs are restricted to the rainforests the smallest species the scanty frog is from this family there is a single species from the world s dominant frog group family ranidae minus the australian wood frog minus which only occurs in the queensland rainforests as elsewhere there has been a precipitous decline in australia s frog populations in recent years although the full reasons for the
squad-56f8ce779b226e1400dd103f,when is luther commemorated by the church of england,Martin_Luther_178,and a feast day in the episcopal united states calendar of saints in the church of england s calendar of saints he is commemorated on thirty one october section nineteen works and editions exegetica opera latina minus latin exegetical works
squad-573062662461fd1900a9cdf7,imperialism extends a countrys power and what,Boshin_War_1,origins in dissatisfaction among many nobles and young samurai with the shogunate s handling of foreigners following the opening of japan during the prior decade increasing western influence in the economy led to a decline similar to other asian colonies of the west at the time an alliance of western samurai particularly the domains of chsh satsuma and tosa and court officials secured control of the imperial court and influenced the young emperor meiji tokugawa yoshinobu the sitting shogun realizing the futility of his situation abdicated political power to the
squad-56f867e3a6d7ea1400e175db,what translation of luthers is still used today,Martin_Luther_106,at a time of rising demand for german language publications luther s version quickly became a popular and influential bible translation as such it made a significant contribution to the evolution of the german language and literature furnished with notes and prefaces by luther and with woodcuts by lucas cranach that contained anti papal imagery it played a major role in the spread of luther s doctrine throughout germany the luther bible influenced other vernacular translations such as william tyndale s english bible fifteen twenty five forward a precursor of the king james bible
squad-5726d4a45951b619008f7f6a,some non british works in the british galleries were imported from which continent,British_Empire_68,of territory and roughly four hundred million people were added to the british empire victory over napoleon left britain without any serious international rival other than russia in central asia unchallenged at sea britain adopted the role of global policeman a state of affairs later known as the pax britannica and a foreign policy of splendid isolation alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies britain s dominant position in world trade
squad-56bf3fd53aeaaa14008c9595,how many teams has manning played for that reached the super bowl while he was on their team,American_football_89,grew to challenge that of the n f l the two leagues merged in the nineteen hundred seventy season and all afl teams joined the n f l an earlier minor league the all america football conference was in play from nineteen hundred forty six to nineteen hundred forty nine two aafc teams the cleveland browns and the san francisco
squad-56bec6573aeaaa14008c93ed,who is the present quarterback of the broncos,Saltine_cracker_challenge_3,nature and persistence of the tennessee volunteers quarterback at the time peyton manning having been bet that he could not eat six saltines manning attempted them one by one and failed trying again he stacked them on top of each other and succeeded his roommate concluded even something that was a joke he was out to prove he can do it he can eat six saltine crackers and he did he works out techniques he can do on everything before the two thousand one to two thousand two season penn state lady lions basketball coach
squad-56de16ca4396321400ee25c5,where did harold ii die,William_the_Conqueror_67,section five point four battle of hastings after defeating harald hardrada and tostig harold left much of his army in the north including morcar and edwin and marched the rest south to deal with the threatened norman invasion he probably learned of william s landing while he was travelling south harold stopped in london and was there for about a week before marching to hastings so it is likely that he spent about a week on his march south averaging about twenty seven miles forty three kilometres per day for the distance of approximately two hundred
squad-56f7eba8a6d7ea1400e172d1,what did luther think reason could not be used to test,Martin_Luther_17,expressing particular interest in aristotle william of ockham and gabriel biel he was deeply influenced by two tutors bartholomaeus arnoldi von usingen and jodocus trutfetter who taught him to be suspicious of even the greatest thinkers and to test everything himself by experience philosophy proved to be unsatisfying offering assurance about the use of reason but none about loving god which to luther was more important reason could not lead men to god he felt and he thereafter developed a love hate relationship with
squad-56f827caa6d7ea1400e1743c,besides declaring luther to be an outlaw and banning his works what else was decided,Martin_Luther_58,inserted before may god help me only in later versions of the speech and not recorded in witness accounts of the proceedings over the next five days private conferences were held to determine luther s fate the emperor presented the final draft of the diet of worms on twenty five may fifteen twenty one declaring luther an outlaw banning his literature and requiring his arrest we want him to be apprehended and punished as a notorious heretic it also made it a crime for anyone in germany to give luther food or shelter it permitted anyone to kill
squad-56d71d9d0d65d21400198374,what is the name of the trophy that all super bowl winners receive,American_football_81,league in the world with an average attendance of almost seventy thousand persons during the twenty eleven n f l season the n f l championship game the super bowl is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide it is played between the champions of the national football conference n f c and the american football conference afc and its winner is awarded the vince lombardi trophy collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three
squad-56f86e91aef237190062606b,whose english translation of the bible did the luther bible influence,Martin_Luther_106,at a time of rising demand for german language publications luther s version quickly became a popular and influential bible translation as such it made a significant contribution to the evolution of the german language and literature furnished with notes and prefaces by luther and with woodcuts by lucas cranach that contained anti papal imagery it played a major role in the spread of luther s doctrine throughout germany the luther bible influenced other vernacular translations such as william tyndale s english bible fifteen twenty five forward a precursor of the king james bible
squad-571c3c47dd7acb1400e4c09d,in what major portion of living things is oxygen found,Oxygen_2,as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by cyanobacteria algae and plants during photosynthesis and is used in cellular respiration for all complex life oxygen is toxic to anaerobic organisms which were the dominant form of early life on earth until o two began to accumulate in the atmosphere two point five billion years ago another form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude
squad-571cca4add7acb1400e4c152,at first what did oxygen and iron combine to form,Ediacaran_biota_46,take advantage of ephemerally abundant nutrients in algal blooms but for large size never to be favourable the environment would have to be very different indeed a primary size limiting factor is the amount of atmospheric oxygen without a complex circulatory system low concentrations of oxygen cannot reach the centre of an organism quickly enough to supply its metabolic demand on the early earth reactive elements such as iron and uranium existed in a reduced form these would react with any free oxygen produced by photosynthesising organisms oxygen would not be able to build up in the atmosphere until all the iron had rusted producing banded iron formations and other reactive elements had also been oxidised donald canfield detected records of the first significant quantities of atmospheric oxygen just before the first ediacaran fossils appeared and the presence of atmospheric oxygen was soon heralded as a possible trigger for the ediacaran radiation oxygen seems to have
squad-57283ce72ca10214002da14d,how many bafta tv awards has doctor who won,Doctor_Who_3,professionals many of whom grew up watching the series it has received recognition from critics and the public as one of the finest british television programmes including the bafta award for best drama series in two thousand six and five consecutive wins at the national television awards since two thousand five in the drama category the programme originally ran from nineteen hundred sixty three to nineteen hundred eighty nine after an unsuccessful attempt to revive regular production with a backdoor pilot in the form of a nineteen hundred ninety six television film the programme was relaunched in two thousand five produced in house by bbc
squad-56f7c651aef2371900625bf9,what did the church do when luther refused to retract his writings,Martin_Luther_1,the protestant reformation he strongly disputed the claim that freedom from god s punishment of sin could be purchased with money he confronted indulgence salesman johann tetzel with his ninety five theses in one thousand five hundred seventeen his refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of pope leo x in fifteen twenty and the holy roman emperor charles v at the diet of worms in fifteen twenty one resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor luther taught that salvation is not earned by good deeds but received only
squad-571c3a685efbb31900334db2,what is the atomic number of the element oxygen,Oxygen_0,oxygen oxygen is the element with atomic number eight and represented by the symbol o it is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table and is a highly reactive nonmetallic period two element that readily forms compounds notably oxides with almost all other elements at standard temperature and pressure two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen a colorless odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium
squad-572fb059947a6a140053cb82,what happened to the building on george iv bridge when the parliament was done with it,Ruthin_6,in the town now known as ruthin school a fee paying school although a number of scholarships are awarded to local children in one thousand five hundred ninety goodman also established christ s hospital for twelve poor persons around saint peter s church on the square and he was also dean of westminster for forty years one thousand five hundred sixty one to sixteen hundred one during the english civil war the castle survived an eleven week siege after which it was demolished by order of parliament the castle was rebuilt in the nineteenth century as a country house and is now a luxury hotel the ruthin castle hotel to distinguish it from the less expensive but still architecturally interesting castle hotel on
squad-5726487b5951b619008f6ee0,harold winstons supported which countrys during its six day war,Cold_War_118,egypt which received the bulk of its arms and economic assistance from the ussr was a troublesome client with a reluctant soviet union feeling obliged to assist in both the nineteen hundred sixty seven six day war with advisers and technicians and the war of attrition with pilots and aircraft against pro western israel despite the beginning of an egyptian shift from a pro soviet to a pro american orientation in nineteen hundred seventy two under egypt s new leader anwar el sadat rumors of imminent soviet intervention on the egyptians behalf during the nineteen hundred seventy three yom kippur war
squad-572816213acd2414000df42a,what workshop helped with the creation of the doctor who theme,Doctor_Who_2,itunes traffic and illegal downloads it has been recognised for its imaginative stories creative low budget special effects during its original run and pioneering use of electronic music originally produced by the bbc radiophonic workshop the show is a significant part of british popular culture in the united kingdom and elsewhere it has become a cult television favourite the show has influenced generations of british television professionals many of whom grew up watching the series it has received recognition from critics and the public as one of the finest british television
squad-56e75f5500c9c71400d7703b,if the teacher focuses on maintaining order what does this take time away from,Parallel_computing_7,computers specialized hardware or any combination of the above frequency scaling was the dominant reason for improvements in computer performance from the mid one nine hundred eighties until two thousand four the runtime of a program is equal to the number of instructions multiplied by the average time per instruction maintaining everything else constant increasing the clock frequency decreases the average time it takes to execute an instruction an increase in frequency thus decreases runtime for all compute bound
squad-5705f09e75f01819005e77a7,what was the percentage of people that voted in favor of the pico act of one thousand eight hundred fifty nine ,Harvey_Milk_81,before the first step is always hostility and after that you can sit down and talk about it citing the potential infringements on individual rights former governor of california ronald reagan voiced his opposition to the proposition as did governor jerry brown and president jimmy carter the latter in an afterthought following a speech he gave in sacramento the proposition lost by more than a million votes astounding gay activists on election night in san francisco seventy five percent voted against it section six black monday on november ten nineteen hundred seventy eight ten months after
squad-570614ff52bb89140068988a,what other kind of sport is popular in southern california,American_football_100,united states and rural areas while college football is most popular in the southern united states and among people with graduate and post graduate degrees football is also the most played sport by high school and college athletes in the united states in a twenty twelve study the ncaa estimated there were around one point one million high school football players and nearly seventy thousand college football players in the united states in comparison the second most played sport basketball had around one million participants in high school and thirty four thousand in college the super bowl
squad-56f8ce779b226e1400dd1040,on what english calendar is luther commemorated,Martin_Luther_177,honoured on eighteen february with a commemoration in the lutheran calendar of saints and a feast day in the episcopal united states calendar of saints in the church of england s calendar of saints he is commemorated on
squad-571077ecb654c5140001f90c,what trading company helped settle huguenots near the cape,British_Empire_82,cape to cairo the dutch east india company had founded the cape colony on the southern tip of africa in sixteen hundred fifty two as a way station for its ships travelling to and from its colonies in the east indies britain formally acquired the colony and its large afrikaner or boer population in eighteen hundred six having occupied it in seventeen hundred ninety five in order to prevent its falling into french hands following the invasion of the netherlands by france british immigration began to rise after eighteen hundred twenty and pushed
squad-56f881e3a6d7ea1400e176f4,what did bach base entirely on luther chorales,Martin_Luther_117,christ became the main hymn for christmas he wrote for pentecost nun bitten wir den heiligen geist and for easter christ ist erstanden christ is risen based on victimae paschali laudes luther s hymns inspired composers to write music johann sebastian bach included several verses as chorales in his cantatas and based chorale cantatas entirely on them namely christ lag in todes banden b w v four as early as possibly seventeen hundred seven in his second annual cycle seventeen hundred
squad-571cde695efbb31900334e19,besides fats fatty acids and amino acidswhat other organic compounds contain oxygen,Oxygen_1,odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the earth s crust oxygen constitutes eighty eight point eight per cent of the mass of water and twenty point nine per cent of the volume of air all major classes of structural molecules in living organisms such as proteins carbohydrates and fats contain oxygen as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by
squad-5728d9403acd2414000e001f,what group of people cannot be part of civil disobedience,Fuck_35,section two point three freedom of expression in nineteen hundred seventy one the u s supreme court decided that the mere public display of fuck is protected under the first and fourteenth amendments and cannot be made a criminal offense in nineteen hundred sixty eight paul robert cohen had been convicted of disturbing the peace for wearing a
squad-5726eb76f1498d1400e8efdb,what does the immune system protect against,Introduction_to_viruses_6,from plasmids pieces of dna that can move between cells while others may have evolved from bacteria viral infections often cause disease in humans and animals however they are usually eliminated by the immune system conferring lifetime immunity to the host for that virus antibiotics have no effect on viruses but antiviral drugs have been developed to treat life threatening infections vaccines that produce lifelong immunity can prevent some viral infections
squad-5730b776069b5314008322be,in what year was irene elizabeth stroud convicted in a church trial,Treaty_of_Devol_25,it but no idea what was going on twenty four june two thousand five have just checked the source text and the date in the first line when the crusade
squad-572a0bebaf94a219006aa772,the southern part of the amazon forest was mainly impacted by drought in what year,Elfin_woods_warbler_24,factors contribute to the destruction of the elfin woods warbler s habitat humans and nature human related habitat destruction includes the construction of communication towers acquisition of timber and expansion of roads and trails nature s contribution comes from natural disasters such as forest fires and hurricanes the elfin woods warbler was placed on the united states federal candidate list for endangered species act in nineteen hundred eighty two in two thousand five a group of scientists scholars artists and environmentalists petitioned the bush
squad-571bb2269499d21900609cab,what is the atomic number for oxygen,Oxygen_0,oxygen oxygen is the element with atomic number eight and represented by the symbol o it is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table and is a highly reactive nonmetallic period two element that readily forms compounds notably oxides with almost all other elements at standard temperature and pressure two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen a colorless odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium
squad-5730b255396df919000962b4,who had established the russian empire to its former glory prior to one thousand nine hundred twenty one ,George_Lansbury_62,such as lansbury who had opposed the war found themselves unpopular and he failed to retake his bow and bromley seat the herald re emerged as a daily paper in march nineteen hundred nineteen under lansbury s direction it maintained a strong and ultimately successful campaign against british intervention in the russian civil war in february nineteen hundred twenty lansbury travelled to russia where he met lenin and other bolshevik leaders he published an account what i saw in russia but the impact of the visit was overshadowed by accusations that the herald was being financed from
squad-57267f1cdd62a815002e8743,what entity in canada handles substitution regulations for television shows,Canada_89,canadian culture are supported by federal government programs laws and institutions such as the canadian broadcasting corporation c b c the national film board of canada n f b and the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission c r t c canada is a geographically vast and ethnically diverse country there are cultural variations and distinctions from province to province and region to region canadian culture has also been greatly influenced by immigration from all over the world many canadians value
squad-57272ce1f1498d1400e8f43d,what river did genghis khan cross before defeating the main tangut army,Yellow_River_Cantata_0,yellow river cantata table of contents section one creating and influence during second sino japanese war in november nineteen hundred thirty eight when chinese wuhan city was occupied by japanese troops guang weiran aka zhang guangnian a chinese famous poet led the third squad of anti enemy troupe across the yellow river from its east bank near hukou in yichuan county of shaanxi province to lu liangshan anti japanese base area on the way they themself arrived and walked through the area which was occupied by steepy gorges and rushing
squad-572657d9dd62a815002e8230,an igneous rock is a rock that crystallizes from what,Chrysoberyl_8,before the magma becomes completely solid allowing concentration of rare elements to proceed so far that they produce their own distinctive minerals the resulting rock igneous in appearance but formed at a low temperature from a water rich melt with large crystals of the common minerals such as quartz and feldspar but also with elevated concentrations of rare elements such as beryllium lithium or niobium often forming their own minerals is called a pegmatite the high water content of the magma made it possible for the crystals to grow quickly so pegmatite crystals are often quite large which increases the likelihood of gem specimens forming chrysoberyl can also grow in the country rocks near
squad-573361404776f4190066093d,when was st johns cathedral constructed,Trafford_77,of shrewsbury and salford and the church of england diocese of manchester there are two grade i listed churches in trafford saint werburgh s church in warburton is a timber framed church and dates back to at least the fourteenth century all saints church in urmston was constructed in eighteen hundred sixty eight by e w pugin and is considered to be one of his best works of the eleven grade ii listed buildings in trafford seven are churches hale chapel in hale the church of saint john the divine in sale church of saint mary the virgin in bowdon saint martin s church in sale saint michael s church in
squad-56f7fde8a6d7ea1400e17368,why was tetzel seeking money in germany,Martin_Luther_26,johann tetzel a dominican friar and papal commissioner for indulgences was sent to germany by the roman catholic church to sell indulgences to raise money to rebuild saint peter s basilica in rome roman catholic theology stated that faith alone whether fiduciary or dogmatic cannot justify man and that only such faith as is active in charity and good works fides caritate formata can justify man the benefits of good works could be obtained by donating money to the church on thirty one october fifteen seventeen
squad-572754cd5951b619008f8867,which major cities in eastern europe were not destroyed by the mongol invasion,History_of_Russia_2,nine hundred eighty eight beginning the synthesis of byzantine and slavic cultures that defined russian culture for the next millennium kievan rus ultimately disintegrated as a state because of the mongol invasion of rus in one thousand two hundred thirty seven to one thousand two hundred forty during that time a number of regional magnates in particular novgorod and pskov fought to inherit the cultural and political legacy of kievan rus after the thirteenth century
squad-56f8094aa6d7ea1400e17391,when did luthers writings to spread to france england and italy,Martin_Luther_36,luther s writings circulated widely reaching france england and italy as early as fifteen nineteen students thronged to wittenberg to hear luther speak he published a short commentary on galatians and his work on the psalms this early part of luther s career was one of his most creative and productive three of his best known works were published in fifteen twenty to the christian nobility of the german nation on the babylonian captivity of the church and on the freedom of a christian
squad-56d6f3500d65d21400198292,how many panthers defense players were selected for the pro bowl,Hockey_Hall_of_Fame_26,each nominee candidates must receive the support of seventy five per cent of the members of the committee present or a minimum of ten votes in any given year a maximum of four players two builders and one referee or linesman are inducted as members player and on ice officials must have been retired for a minimum of three years to be eligible for nomination builders may be active or inactive the waiting period was waived for ten players deemed exceptionally notable most recently wayne gretzky who was inducted in nineteen hundred ninety nine
squad-57097141200fba1400367ffa,what was ntl telewest re branded to in twenty seven ,Richard_Branson_17,uk cable t v broadband and telephone company n t l forward slash n t l telewest for almost one pound sterling billion as part of the sale the company pays a minimum of eight pound sterling five pence million per year to use the virgin name and branson became the company s largest shareholder citation needed the new company was launched with much fanfare and publicity on eight february two thousand seven under the name virgin media the decision to merge his virgin media company with n t l was in order to integrate both of the companies compatible parts of commerce branson used to own three quarters of virgin mobile whereas now he owns fifteen percent of the new virgin media company in
squad-572ff35f947a6a140053ce66,besides viniculture what is the other dominate economic sector in the middle rhine,Namibia_41,thus take into account people who do not actually rely on the formal economy for their survival agreement has been reached on the privatisation of several more enterprises in coming years with hopes that this will stimulate much needed foreign investment however reinvestment of environmentally derived capital has hobbled namibian per capita income one of the fastest growing areas of economic development in namibia is the growth of wildlife conservancies these conservancies are particularly important to the rural generally unemployed population section five point two tourism namibia generally attracts eco tourists
squad-57287b322ca10214002da3c0,in what sector are jobs beginning to increase,Canada_72,the growth of the manufacturing mining and service sectors has transformed the nation from a largely rural economy into one primarily industrial and urban as with other first world nations the canadian economy is dominated by the service industry which employs about three quarters of canadians however canada is unusual among developed countries in the importance of the primary sector with the logging and oil industries being two of canada s most important canada is one of the few developed nations that is a net exporter of energy atlantic canada has vast offshore deposits of
squad-56f7ffadaef2371900625d62,which thesis questions the popes actions in building the basilica of st peter with the money of the poor,Martin_Luther_28,of confronting the church but saw his disputation as a scholarly objection to church practices and the tone of the writing is accordingly searching rather than doctrinaire hillerbrand writes that there is nevertheless an undercurrent of challenge in several of the theses particularly in thesis eighty six which asks why does the pope whose wealth today is greater than the wealth of the richest crassus build the basilica of saint peter with the money of poor believers rather than with his own money luther objected to a saying attributed to johann tetzel that as
squad-57377083c3c5551400e51ee2,objects of constant density are proportional to volume by what force to define standard weights,Dyson_sphere_13,of collision or of eclipsing one another they would be totally stationary with regard to the star and independent of one another as the ratio of radiation pressure and the force of gravity from a star are constant regardless of the distance provided the statite has an unobstructed line of sight to the surface of its star such statites could also vary their distance from their central star the practicality of this approach is questionable with modern material science but cannot yet be ruled out a statite deployed around our own sun would have to have an overall density of seventy eight grams per square meter of sail to
squad-57299d1c1d04691400779581,what theorem remains valid in unique factorization domains,Parity_of_zero_17,for even numbers from another perspective taking the rules obeyed by positive even numbers and requiring that they continue to hold for integers forces the usual definition and the evenness of zero section two mathematical contexts countless results in number theory invoke the fundamental theorem of arithmetic and the algebraic properties of even numbers so the above choices have far reaching consequences for example the fact that positive numbers have unique factorizations means that one can determine whether a number has an even or odd number of distinct prime factors since one is
squad-56e126dae3433e1400422c7c,what kind of fiction is teslas work featured in,Transhumanism_53,techno utopian societies however science fiction s depictions of enhanced humans or other posthuman beings frequently come with a cautionary twist the more pessimistic scenarios include many horrific or dystopian tales of human bioengineering gone wrong in the decades immediately before transhumanism emerged as an explicit movement many transhumanist concepts and themes began appearing in the speculative fiction of authors such as robert a heinlein lazarus long series nineteen hundred forty one to eighty seven a e van vogt
squad-5726bd655951b619008f7ca1,how many soldiers did genghis khan send against kuchlug and qara khitai,Kargil_War_17,two divisions of the indian army numbering twenty thousand plus several thousand from the indian paramilitary forces and the air force were deployed in the conflict zone the total number of indian soldiers that were involved in the military operation on the kargil drass sector was thus close to thirty thousand the number of infiltrators including those providing logistical backup has been put at approximately five thousand at the height of the conflict this figure includes troops from pakistan administered kashmir that were involved in the war providing additional artillery support section three point two protection of national highway no one a the terrain of kashmir is mountainous and at high
squad-56f86680a6d7ea1400e175ce,when did luther write the large catechism,Martin_Luther_97,one catechisms luther devised the catechism as a method of imparting the basics of christianity to the congregations in fifteen twenty nine he wrote the large catechism a manual for pastors and teachers as well as a synopsis the small catechism to be memorised by the people themselves the catechisms provided easy to understand instructional and devotional material on the ten commandments the apostles creed the lord s prayer baptism and the lord s supper luther incorporated questions and answers in the catechism so that the basics of christian faith would
squad-56f81537aef2371900625db4,what did luther need to do to avoid excommunication,Martin_Luther_52,warned luther with the papal bull edict exsurge domine that he risked excommunication unless he recanted forty one sentences drawn from his writings including the ninety five theses within sixty days that autumn johann eck proclaimed the bull in meissen and other towns karl von miltitz a papal nuncio attempted to broker a solution but luther who had sent the pope a copy of on the freedom of a christian in october publicly set fire to the bull and decretals at wittenberg on ten december fifteen twenty an act he defended in why the pope and his recent
squad-570614ff52bb89140068988e,the two listed teams play for which ncaa group,American_football_82,the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three divisions division i division ii and division iii division i football is further divided into two subdivisions the football bowl subdivision f b s and the football championship subdivision f c s the champions of division i f c s division ii and division iii are determined through ncaa sanctioned playoff systems while the division i f b s champion is largely determined by various polls
squad-57114f0050c2381900b54a68,along with mills and mines in what industrial locations did steam drive machines,Oldham_21,prominent and famous of the stott mill architects he established his own practice in eighteen hundred eighty three and designed over a hundred mills in several countries his factories which improved upon his father s fireproof mills accounted for a forty per cent increase in oldham s spindles between eighteen hundred eighty seven and nineteen hundred fourteen although textile related engineering declined with the processing industry leading to the demise of both stotts and platts other engineering firms existed notably electrical and later electronic engineers ferranti in eighteen hundred ninety six ferranti went into receivership in nineteen hundred ninety three but some of its former works continue in other
squad-5729f24baf94a219006aa6dd,what profession does simon kuznets have,Simon_Kuznets_0,simon kuznets simon smith kuznets forward slash kznts forward slash forward slash kznts forward slash russian ipa smn bramvt kznts april thirty nineteen hundred one minus july eight nineteen hundred eighty five was an american economist statistician demographer and economic historian who received the nineteen hundred seventy one nobel memorial prize in economic sciences for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development kuznets made a decisive contribution to the transformation of economics into empirical
squad-572811434b864d190016438e,who was the first doctor to travel with a married couple,Doctor_Who_6,one another they are all meant to be aspects of the same character the doctor is currently portrayed by matt smith who took up the role after david tennant s final appearance in an episode broadcast on one january twenty ten a fifth series of the relaunched programme began on three april twenty ten in which the eleventh doctor is accompanied by amy pond portrayed by karen gillan later in the season the doctor gained a second companion in rory williams portrayed by arthur darvill table of contents section one history
squad-56e75a9037bdd419002c3ec9,where does the pupil remain while in detention,Princess_Beatrice_of_York_5,beatrice began her early education at the independent upton house school in windsor in nineteen hundred ninety one from there she and her sister both attended the independent coworth park school from nineteen hundred ninety five beatrice continued her education at the independent saint george s school in ascot where she was a pupil from two thousand to two thousand seven having been diagnosed with dyslexia as a child she delayed sitting her gcse exams for one year she remained at saint george s to take her a levels
squad-57115b8b50c2381900b54a8c,high pressure steam engines were small enough that they could be used in what application,Manchester_Bolton_&_Bury_Canal_34,the collieries being so close to industry along the canal s length the boats used to transport coal were short and narrow and each contained a row of boxes used for carrying coal each box had a base of two halves hinged and held closed with chains these boxes would be lifted out of the boats positioned by crane over a bunker or cart and emptied by releasing the chains on the base this design helped keep the canal competitive as it increased the speed with which loading and unloading of the boats could be performed the canal would often freeze in winter so an icebreaker was used to ensure the canal remained
squad-56e1ec83cd28a01900c67c0b,the integer factorization problem essentially seeks to determine if the value of of an input is less than what variable,Parity_of_zero_19,for it to be a multiplicative function and for the mobius inversion formula to work section two point one not being odd a number n is odd if there is an integer k such that n equals two k plus one one way to prove that zero is not odd is by contradiction if zero equals two k plus one then k equals one forward slash two which is not an integer since zero is not odd if an unknown number is proven to be odd then it cannot be zero this apparently trivial observation can provide a convenient and revealing proof explaining why a number is nonzero a
squad-56f7eddca6d7ea1400e172db,what did martins father view his entering the cloister as a waste of,Martin_Luther_20,and entered a closed augustinian friary in erfurt on seventeen july fifteen oh five one friend blamed the decision on luther s sadness over the deaths of two friends luther himself seemed saddened by the move those who attended a farewell supper walked him to the door of the black cloister this day you see me and then not ever again he said his father was furious over what he saw as a waste of luther s education
squad-5730cb8df6cb411900e244c3,what is the least number of members a board of trustees can have,United_States_House_of_Representatives_47,open for three hours from three a m to six zero a m the two thousand five vote on cafta was open for one hour from eleven p m to twelve zero a m an october two thousand five vote on facilitating refinery construction was kept open for forty minutes the presiding officer may vote like any other member if a vote is tied the presiding officer does not have a casting vote unless he has not yet cast his vote instead motions are decided in the negative when ties arise section five committees the house uses committees as well as their subcommittees for a variety of purposes including the review of bills and the oversight of the executive branch the appointment of committee members is formally made by the whole house but the choice of members is
squad-56f8541da6d7ea1400e1757b,who married the wedding couple,Martin_Luther_83,the couple was engaged with johannes bugenhagen justus jonas johannes apel philipp melanchthon and lucas cranach the elder and his wife as witnesses on the evening of the same day the couple was married by bugenhagen the ceremonial walk to the church and the wedding banquet were left out and were made up two weeks later on twenty seven june some priests and former monks had already married including andreas karlstadt and justus jonas but luther s wedding set the seal of approval on clerical marriage he had long condemned vows of celibacy on biblical grounds but his decision to marry
squad-5729fd111d046914007796a7,cells of the site of an infection in a plant undergo what process to prevent spread of the disease,Introduction_to_viruses_41,or years this is often the case with herpes viruses viruses such as epstein barr virus often cause cells to proliferate without causing malignancy but viruses such as papillomaviruses are an established cause of cancer when a cell s dna is damaged by a virus and if the cell cannot repair this often triggers apoptosis one of the results of apoptosis is destruction of the damaged dna by the cell itself some viruses have mechanisms to limit apoptosis so that the host cell does not die before progeny
squad-5726c4b5dd62a815002e8fda,the sculpture of amida nyorai that is included in the vas japanese art collection is dated to which century,Imagism_10,plays in london and the success of gilbert and sullivan s operetta the mikado eighteen hundred eighty five direct literary models were available from a number of sources including f v dickins s eighteen hundred sixty six hyak nin isshiu or stanzas by a century of poets being japanese lyrical odes the first english language version of the hyakunin isshu a thirteenth century anthology of one hundred tanka the early twentieth century critical writings and poems of sadakichi hartmann and contemporary french language translations the american poet ezra pound was introduced to the group in april nineteen hundred nine
squad-56f8a6969e9bad19000a025d,teaching christians how they should live is what use of the law,Martin_Luther_144,that the church consists only of essentially holy people on the other hand luther also points out that the ten commandments minus when considered not as god s condemning judgment but as an expression of his eternal will that is of the natural law minus also positively teach how the christian ought to live this has traditionally been called the third use of the law for luther also christ s life when understood as an example is nothing more than an illustration of the ten commandments which a christian should follow in his or her vocations on a daily basis the ten commandments and the beginnings of the renewed life of
squad-571154c72419e31400955588,what marine engines were less efficient than steam turbines,RMS_Titanic_6,gross tonnage the hull was exactly the same length as titanic s sister ship olympic titanic contained two reciprocating four cylinder triple expansion inverted steam engines and one low pressure parsons turbine which powered three propellers there were twenty nine boilers fired by one hundred fifty nine coal burning furnaces that made possible a top speed of twenty three knots forty three k m forward slash h only three of the
squad-572656e4dd62a815002e81fe,within the eu which court believes they have the final word deciding on eus competence,European_Economic_Community_42,with the council over the adoption of legislation the right to approve or reject the appointment of the commission president and the commission as a whole and the right to approve or reject international agreements entered into by the community section four point five court the court of justice of the european communities was the highest court of on matters of community law and was composed of one judge per state with a president elected from among them its role was to ensure that community law was applied in the same way across all states and to settle legal disputes between institutions
squad-57300e2604bcaa1900d770b8,what type of sanctions has the us directed at iran,Ronald_Reagan_75,the country s economic malaise arguing in this present crisis government is not the solution to our problems government is the problem the reagan presidency began in a dramatic manner as reagan was giving his inaugural address fifty two u s hostages held by iran for four hundred forty four days were set free section eight point one point one assassination attempt on march thirty nineteen hundred eighty one only sixty nine days into the new administration reagan his press secretary james brady washington police officer thomas
squad-5725b56589a1e219009abd21,what program helped develop space travel techniques that project apollo used,NASA_7,proving that rendezvous and docking with another vehicle in space was possible and gathering medical data on the effects of weightlessness on humans section two point two apollo program following the success of the mercury and gemini programs the apollo program was launched to try to do interesting work in space and possibly put men around but not on the moon the direction of the apollo program was radically altered following president john f kennedy s announcement on may twenty five nineteen hundred sixty one that the united states should commit itself to landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth by
squad-56bf41013aeaaa14008c959e,what position did newton play during super bowl fifty ,American_football_60,in a typical play the quarterback calls the play and the center passes the ball backwards and under his legs to the quarterback in a process known as the snap the quarterback then either hands the ball off to a back throws the ball or runs with it himself the play ends when the player with the ball is tackled or goes out of bounds or a pass hits the ground without a player having caught it a forward pass can only be legally attempted if the passer is behind the line of scrimmage the offense is given a series of four plays known as downs if the offense advances
squad-5711541350c2381900b54a70,what nationality was arthur woolf,Iron_Curtain_6,the term iron curtain was first coined by queen elisabeth of the belgians after world war i to describe the political situation between belgium and germany in nineteen hundred fourteen however first usage of iron curtain perhaps should be attributed to british author arthur machen eighteen hundred sixty three to nineteen hundred forty seven who used the term in his eighteen hundred ninety five novel the three impostors the door clanged behind me with the noise of thunder and i felt that an iron curtain had fallen on the brief passage of my life it is interesting to note the english translation of a russian text shown immediately
squad-5728128cff5b5019007d9c76,supplies from jacksonville were in support of which faction in the civil war,Stephens_City%2c_Virginia_9,when the american civil war broke out in eighteen hundred sixty one the majority of newtown s young men joined confederate forces during the war the town was between the lines nominally controlled by the union but with much confederate partisan activity on may twenty four eighteen hundred sixty two stonewall jackson s confederate forces advanced northward on the valley pike and attacked union troops at newtown general george henry gordon of the second massachusetts infantry ordered his federal troops to make a stand the skirmishing involved heavy artillery fire but gordon s men retreated without loss of the important supply wagons
squad-57378c9b1c456719005744a9,what magnetic and electric force acts on a charge,Space_elevator_3,there are two related concepts worth mentioning a space fountain and a very tall compressive structure i e a structure that stands on its own a space fountain would use pellets fired up from the ground by a mass driver the pellets traveling through the center of a tower these pellets would impart their kinetic energy to the tower structure via electromagnetic drag as they traveled up and again as their direction was reversed by a magnetic field at the top thus the structure would not be supported by the compressive strength of its materials and could be hundreds of kilometers high unlike tethered space elevators which have to be placed near the equator a
squad-56f8989f9e9bad19000a01a5,how did luther view the ottoman turks,Martin_Luther_131,at the time of the marburg colloquy suleiman the magnificent was besieging vienna with a vast ottoman army luther had argued against resisting the turks in his fifteen eighteen explanation of the ninety five theses provoking accusations of defeatism he saw the turks as a scourge sent to punish christians by god as agents of the biblical apocalypse that would destroy the antichrist whom luther believed to be the papacy and the roman church he consistently rejected the idea of a
squad-56d6f4030d65d2140019829e,how many games did the broncos lose during their regular two thousand fifteen season,Yao_Ming_21,the best shooting performance in the playoffs in rockets history however the rockets lost four of their last five games and lost game seven by forty points the largest game seven deficit in nba history yao s final averages for the series were twenty one point four points on sixty five per cent shooting and seven point seven rebounds section two point two injury plagued seasons two thousand five to two thousand eleven after missing only two games out of two hundred forty six in his first three years of nba play yao endured an extended period on the inactive list in his fourth season after developing osteomyelitis in the big toe on
squad-56f897059b226e1400dd0c5d,what did luther state as a means of discouraging mistreatment of jews,Martin_Luther_152,realize who or what they are in the sight of god in fifteen twenty three luther advised kindness toward the jews in that jesus christ was born a jew but only with the aim of converting them to christianity when his efforts at conversion failed he grew increasingly bitter toward them luther s other major works on the jews were his sixty thousand word treatise von den juden und ihren lugen on the jews and their lies and vom schem hamphoras und vom geschlecht christi on the holy name and the lineage of christ both published in one thousand five hundred forty three
squad-571cc5c45efbb31900334ddd,to what type of organisms is oxygen toxic,Oxygen_2,as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by cyanobacteria algae and plants during photosynthesis and is used in cellular respiration for all complex life oxygen is toxic to anaerobic organisms which were the dominant form of early life on earth until o two began to accumulate in the atmosphere two point five billion years ago another form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude
squad-5706094b52bb8914006897e1,southern californias economy can be described as one of the largest in the united states and what other characteristic,Lewisville%2c_Texas_52,was below the poverty line which is approximately half of the texas state average of sixteen point eight per cent the city s top employers include jpmorgan chase lewisville independent school district and vista ridge mall although the city s economy is relatively diverse a number of industries have become prevalent automobile dealerships have flourished in the city including huffines auto dealerships and village auto group which was ranked as one of the top powerhouses of the new economy by black enterprise in two thousand because of the city s proximity to dallas and fort worth a number of food distribution companies have branches in lewisville including
squad-571ccc00dd7acb1400e4c15c,in how many places is oxygen stored in its cycle,Evolution_17,on the relationship of the three domains of life archea bacteria eukaryota or the origin of life attempts to shed light on the earliest history of life generally focus on the behavior of macromolecules particularly rna and the behavior of complex systems though the origins of life are murky other milestones in the evolutionary history of life are well known the emergence of oxygenic photosynthesis around three billion years ago and the subsequent emergence of an oxygen rich non reducing atmosphere can be traced through the formation of banded iron deposits and later red beds of
squad-5725b77889a1e219009abd55,what apollo mission was the sixth moon landing,NASA_11,follow on projects to construct a space station establish a lunar base and launch a human mission to mars by nineteen hundred ninety were proposed but with the end to procurement of saturn and apollo hardware there was no capability to support these the near disaster of apollo thirteen where an oxygen explosion nearly doomed all three astronauts helped to recapture attention and concern but although missions up to apollo twenty were planned apollo seventeen was the last mission to fly under the apollo banner the program ended because of budget cuts in part due to the vietnam war and the desire to develop a
squad-56d99179dc89441400fdb56c,how many games did the panthers lose in the regular season before super bowl fifty ,Hogettes_7,at redskins football games and children s charities section one point one origin of the name in the nineteen hundred eighties the washington redskins offensive line coach joe bugel began to refer to his lineman as hogs the hogs were credited for much of the redskins success in the eighties and early nineties including four super bowl appearances and three super bowl wins in a one zero season period from nineteen hundred eighty two to nineteen hundred ninety one the group began wearing pig noses and named themselves the hogettes in reference to the hogs and to the washington redskins official
squad-571cd5b1dd7acb1400e4c178,in what process is the uptake from oxygen necessary,Oxygen_2,as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by cyanobacteria algae and plants during photosynthesis and is used in cellular respiration for all complex life oxygen is toxic to anaerobic organisms which were the dominant form of early life on earth until o two began to accumulate in the atmosphere two point five billion years ago another form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude
squad-56f8c9719e9bad19000a04e0,what event took away his ability of speech,Martin_Luther_174,coelius shouted loudly reverend father are you ready to die trusting in your lord jesus christ and to confess the doctrine which you have taught in his name a distinct yes was luther s reply an apoplectic stroke deprived him of his speech and he died shortly afterwards at two forty five am on eighteen february fifteen forty six aged sixty two in eisleben the city of his birth he was buried in the castle church in wittenberg beneath the pulpit the funeral was held by his friends johannes bugenhagen and philipp melanchthon a
squad-57114b1a2419e31400955578,full size working engines on what vehicles sometimes use oscillating cylinder steam engines,Tank_68,research is also ongoing in armour systems and new propulsion units one clear trend is the increasing number of electrical and communication systems on a tank such as thermal scopes and higher powered radios if tank designs switched to electrical motors like some other heavy construction equipment rather than a direct drive transmission or used electromagnetic guns as is being studied for ships there would still be a need for a good power plant the turbine engine long ago supplanted piston engines in both military aircraft and ships but whether it will be successful
squad-56f8c9719e9bad19000a04e2,on what date did luther die,Martin_Luther_0,martin luther martin luther ten november fourteen eighty three minus eighteen february fifteen forty six was a german priest and professor of theology who initiated the protestant reformation he strongly disputed the claim that freedom from god s punishment of sin could be purchased with money he confronted
squad-56f85cf0aef2371900626019,when did luther write a german mass,Martin_Luther_93,evolution in luther s thought and practice in response to demands for a german liturgy luther wrote a german mass which he published in early one thousand five hundred twenty six he did not intend it as a replacement for his fifteen twenty three adaptation of the latin mass but as an alternative for the simple people a public stimulation for people to believe and become christians luther based his order on the catholic service but omitted everything that smacks of sacrifice and the mass became a celebration where everyone received the wine as well as the bread he
squad-56de3d594396321400ee26ca,where was ralph earl of,William_the_Conqueror_100,the earl of hereford conspired to overthrow william in the revolt of the earls ralph was at least part breton and had spent most of his life prior to ten sixty six in brittany where he still had lands roger was a norman son of william fitzosbern but had inherited less authority than his father held ralph s authority seems also to have been less than his predecessors in the earldom and this was likely the cause of the revolt the exact reason for the rebellion is unclear but it was launched at the wedding of ralph to a relative of roger held at exning
squad-5727ef664b864d1900164061,what tax rate has a direct relationship with income inequality,Ronald_Reagan_94,along with reagan s nineteen hundred eighty one cut in the top regular tax rate on unearned income he reduced the maximum capital gains rate to only twenty per cent reagan later set tax rates on capital gains at the same level as the rates on ordinary income like salaries and wages with both topping out at twenty eight per cent reagan has remained popular as an antitax hero despite raising taxes eleven times over the course of his presidency all in the name of fiscal responsibility
squad-56e7673a37bdd419002c3f53,what is the largest type of misconduct being reviewed by the media,Catholic_Church_131,citing canon one thousand three hundred seventy eight of canon law and other church laws section seven point three sex abuse cases in the nineteen hundred nineties and two thousands the issue of sexual abuse of minors by catholic clergy and monastics became the subject of civil litigation criminal prosecution media coverage and public debate in countries around the world the church was criticised for its handling of abuse complaints when it became
squad-56e0ecd37aa994140058e7d8,what type of power was displayed at the worlds fair by westinghouse and tesla,Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London_20,kensington was electrified with a four rail system and a jointly owned test train operated a shuttle service between february and november nineteen hundred zero having proven the practicality of electric traction the two companies set up a joint committee to select a supplier of equipment for the electrification of their networks the committee s preferred system was a three thousand volt three phase alternating current system proposed by hungarian electrical engineering company ganz the system delivered current by overhead conductor wires and was cheaper than alternatives using power rails and required fewer
squad-56f86b44a6d7ea1400e175f9,according to luther what justifies us,Martin_Luther_39,in new ways he became convinced that the church was corrupt in its ways and had lost sight of what he saw as several of the central truths of christianity the most important for luther was the doctrine of justification minus god s act of declaring a sinner righteous minus by faith alone through god s grace he began to teach that salvation or redemption is a gift of god s grace attainable only through faith in jesus as the messiah this one and firm rock which we call the doctrine of justification he wrote is the chief article of the whole christian doctrine which comprehends the understanding of
squad-570d32e4fed7b91900d45d05,what government set standards do all schools have to meet,Some_Thoughts_Concerning_Education_32,second treatise on government sixteen hundred eighty nine he contends that it is the parents duty to educate their children and to act for them because children though they have the ability to reason when young do not do so consistently and are therefore usually irrational it is the parents obligation to teach their children to become rational adults so that they will not always be fettered by parental ties section three point three academic curriculum locke does not dedicate much space in some thoughts concerning education to outlining a specific curriculum he is more concerned
squad-56de49564396321400ee277a,what continent are the canarian islands off the coast of,Arctic_tern_10,tern in its life will travel a distance equal to going to the moon and back about five hundred thousand miles one example of this bird s remarkable long distance flying abilities involves an arctic tern ringed as an unfledged chick on the farne islands northumberland uk in summer nineteen hundred eighty two which reached melbourne australia in october nineteen hundred eighty two a sea journey of over twenty two thousand k m fourteen thousand mi in just three months from fledging another example is that of a chick ringed in labrador canada on twenty three july nineteen hundred twenty eight it was found in south africa four months
squad-56e1ec83cd28a01900c67c0e,what is the most well known algorithm associated with the integer factorization problem,P_versus_NP_problem_23,vertices the integer factorization problem is the computational problem of determining the prime factorization of a given integer phrased as a decision problem it is the problem of deciding whether the input has a factor less than k no efficient integer factorization algorithm is known and this fact forms the basis of several modern cryptographic systems such as the rsa algorithm the integer factorization problem is in n p and in company n p and even in up and company up if the problem is n p complete the polynomial time
squad-56f8a6969e9bad19000a025e,what did luther consider christs life,Martin_Luther_144,that the church consists only of essentially holy people on the other hand luther also points out that the ten commandments minus when considered not as god s condemning judgment but as an expression of his eternal will that is of the natural law minus also positively teach how the christian ought to live this has traditionally been called the third use of the law for luther also christ s life when understood as an example is nothing more than an illustration of the ten commandments which a christian should follow in his or her vocations on a daily basis the ten commandments and the beginnings of the renewed life of
squad-572826634b864d19001645c0,compared to the rest of florida how does jacksonvilles filipino population rank,Sheffield_11,their religion the largest quinary group is twenty minus to two four year olds nine point two per cent mainly because of the large university population forty five zero plus section one point two districts
squad-57275650708984140094dc61,how many affiliates carry the abc network feed in four hundred eighty i standard definition,Rock-paper-scissors_50,network fox sports net section eleven point one point one world championship results since two thousand two section eleven point one point two tour
squad-572680865951b619008f74ea,what was the first public building to be lit by electric light in newcastle,Oriel_College%2c_Oxford_53,a seminar room and the college s main lecture theatre the bronze plaque in the lobby commemorates sir philip s father captain charles william harris after whom the building is named the building was opened by john major then prime minister on august ten nineteen hundred ninety three section two point five rectory road bordered by the cowley road this site was formerly nazareth house a residential care home convent minus goldie wing shown left larmenier house and neighbouring cottages on rectory road are its surviving buildings nazareth
squad-57300f8504bcaa1900d770d4,what monarchy did western troops protect,History_of_Saudi_Arabia_35,iraqi troops began massing on the border of kuwait and some feared that they were about to invade saudi arabia king fahd allowed american and coalition soldiers to be stationed in saudi arabia to counter the iraqi threat many muslims were angered by this move because it allowed foreign armies to be stationed in their holiest land king fahd played a key role before and during the nineteen hundred ninety one persian gulf war saudi arabia accepted the kuwaiti royal family and four hundred thousand refugees while allowing western and arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of kuwait the following year king fahd s action also
squad-572746addd62a815002e9a60,rather than taxation what are private schools largely funded by,Hunter_College_High_School_30,department of education there is no tuition fee and it is publicly funded while the school s curriculum strikes a balance for achievement
squad-572a14af3f37b319004786c1,what are the agents detected by the immune system called,Folding%40home_54,protein which may be involved in many diseases including cancer in twenty eleven folding at home began simulations of the dynamics of the small knottin protein eeti which can identify carcinomas in imaging scans by binding to surface receptors of cancer cells interleukin two il two is a protein that helps t cells of the immune system attack pathogens and tumors unfortunately its use as a cancer treatment is restricted due to
squad-56f89a959b226e1400dd0ca0,how did luther view islam,Martin_Luther_134,wrote a prayer for national deliverance from the turks asking god to give to our emperor perpetual victory over our enemies in fifteen forty two luther read a latin translation of the quran he went on to produce several critical pamphlets on the islamic faith which he called mohammedanism or the turk though luther saw the muslim faith as a tool of the devil he was indifferent to its practice let the turk believe and live as he will just as one lets the papacy and other false christians live he opposed banning the publication of the quran wanting it exposed to
squad-572742bd5951b619008f8787,residential construction can generate what is not carefully planned,Oil_shale_49,the ecosystem in the mining area combustion and thermal processing generate waste material in addition the atmospheric emissions from oil shale processing and combustion include carbon dioxide a major greenhouse gas environmentalists oppose production and usage of oil shale as it creates even more greenhouse gases than conventional fossil fuels experimental in situ conversion processes and carbon capture and storage technologies may reduce some of these concerns in the future but at the same time they may cause other problems including groundwater pollution
squad-57264a8cdd62a815002e808c,what is the main executive body of the eu,European_Economic_Community_28,nineteen hundred seventy three with the accession of denmark ireland and the united kingdom greece spain and portugal joined in the nineteen hundred eighties following the creation of the eu in nineteen hundred ninety three it has enlarged to include a further fifteen countries by two thousand seven member states are represented in some form in each institution the council is also composed of one national minister who represents their national government each state also has a right to one european commissioner each although in the european commission they are not supposed to represent their national interest but that of the
squad-572987e46aef051400154fa5,if qnine and athree six or nine how many primes would be in the progression,Countdown_(game_show)_30,points are awarded for some games there are many ways to reach the target exactly however not all games are solvable and for some selections it is impossible even to get within ten there is a tactical element in selecting how many large numbers to include one
squad-56f8c8469e9bad19000a04c6,when were the negotiations finished in mansfeld,Martin_Luther_172,own control the controversy that ensued involved all four mansfeld counts albrecht philip john george and gerhard luther journeyed to mansfeld twice in late fifteen forty five to participate in the negotiations for a settlement and a third visit was needed in early fifteen forty six for their completion the negotiations were successfully concluded on seventeen february fifteen forty six after eight pm he experienced chest pains when he went to his bed he prayed into your hand i commit my spirit you have redeemed me o lord
squad-56f8ca289b226e1400dd1009,what portion of luthers last statement was in german,Martin_Luther_175,he was buried in the castle church in wittenberg beneath the pulpit the funeral was held by his friends johannes bugenhagen and philipp melanchthon a year later troops of luther s adversary charles v holy roman emperor entered the town but were ordered by charles not to disturb the grave a piece of paper was later found on which luther had written his last statement the statement was in latin apart from we are beggars which was in german
squad-57267640f1498d1400e8e078,where is the oldest known rock in the world located,Ediacaran_biota_59,region of morphospace and after an initial burst of diversification changes little for the rest of its existence section seven point one avalon type assemblage the avalon type assemblage is defined at mistaken point in canada the oldest locality with a large quantity of ediacaran fossils the assemblage is easily dated because it contains many fine ash beds which are a good source of zircons used in the uranium lead method of radiometric dating these fine grained ash beds also preserve exquisite detail constituents of this biota appear to survive through until the
squad-56d7282f0d65d21400198409,what did gano hit on his forty four yard field goal attempt,American_football_47,in professional play and is slightly less successful at amateur levels while the two point conversion is a much riskier play with a higher probability of failure a field goal worth three points is scored when the ball is placekicked or dropkicked through the uprights and over the crossbars of the defense s goalposts after a pat attempt or successful field goal the scoring team must kick the ball off to the other team a safety is worth two points and is scored by the defense it occurs when the ball carrier is tackled in his own end
squad-56f851b1a6d7ea1400e1755e,who defeated the rebels at the battle of frankenhausen,Martin_Luther_80,the peasants outside the law of god and empire so they deserved death in body and soul if only as highwaymen and murderers lastly luther charged the rebels with blasphemy for calling themselves christian brethren and committing their sinful acts under the banner of the gospel without luther s backing for the uprising many rebels laid down their weapons others felt betrayed their defeat by the swabian league at the battle of frankenhausen on fifteen may fifteen twenty five followed by muntzer s execution brought the revolutionary stage of the reformation to a close
squad-5726a9ff708984140094cd4e,what building material does the entrance hall and flanking staircases use predominantly,Neuschwanstein_Castle_29,in various types of rock the white limestone used for the fronts came from a nearby quarry the sandstone bricks for the portals and bay windows came from schlaitdorf in wurttemberg marble from untersberg near salzburg was used for the windows the arch ribs the columns and the capitals the throne hall was a later addition to the plans
squad-570d4a6bfed7b91900d45e14,what was the name of the eastern half of the colony of one thousand seven hundred eighty eight ,British_Empire_57,the british government turned to the newly discovered lands of australia the western coast of australia had been discovered for europeans by the dutch explorer willem jansz in sixteen hundred six and was later named new holland by the dutch east india company but there was no attempt to colonise it in seventeen hundred seventy james cook discovered the eastern coast of australia while on a scientific voyage to the south pacific ocean claimed the continent for britain and named it new south wales in seventeen hundred seventy eight joseph banks cook s botanist on the voyage presented evidence to the government on the suitability of botany bay for the
squad-56f8837aa6d7ea1400e17701,where did luther describe the resting place of the saints,Martin_Luther_127,however luther affirmed the continuation of one s personal identity beyond death for example in his smalcald articles he described the saints as currently residing in their graves and in heaven franz august otto pieper argues that luther s apparent teaching of soul sleep german seelenschlaf was a source of embarrassment to some later lutherans such as johann gerhard this was also the view of lessing seventeen hundred fifty five in his analysis of late lutheran orthodoxy to these passages luther s commentary on
squad-56f7eba8a6d7ea1400e172cf,what fields of study did martin luther prefer,Martin_Luther_16,for what has been described as a day of rote learning and often wearying spiritual exercises he received his master s degree in fifteen oh five in accordance with his father s wishes luther enrolled in law school at the same university that year but dropped out almost immediately believing that law represented uncertainty luther sought assurances about life and was drawn to theology and philosophy expressing particular interest in aristotle william of ockham and gabriel biel he was deeply influenced by two
squad-5727c8863acd2414000dec4a,how many residential dorms house upper class sophomore jr and sr students,University_of_Rhode_Island_3,the university is a member of the atlantic ten conference the eastern collegiate hockey association and the ncaa division i division i aa for football the wide range of athletic facilities include keaney gymnasium meade stadium mackal field house tootell aquatic center uri soccer complex beck field and uri softball field other facilities available for students include fitness rooms indoor track swimming and diving pools twelve tennis courts and two beach volleyball courts among others
squad-56f8989f9e9bad19000a01a8,who did luther view to be the antichrist,Martin_Luther_132,the biblical apocalypse that would destroy the antichrist whom luther believed to be the papacy and the roman church he consistently rejected the idea of a holy war as though our people were an army of christians against the turks who were enemies of christ this is absolutely contrary to christ s doctrine and name on the other hand in keeping with his doctrine of the two kingdoms luther did support non religious war against the turks in fifteen twenty six he argued in whether soldiers can be in a state of grace that national defence is reason for a just war by fifteen twenty nine in on
squad-56d9a637dc89441400fdb69a,since denver chose white what colors did carolina wear in super bowl fifty ,Coronation_Street_53,at a film developing company affected the entire itv network and virtually all the programming on itv had to return to using black and white including coronation street the strike was resolved in early nineteen hundred seventy one and the last black and white episode aired on february eight nineteen hundred seventy one since this date the serial has aired in colour except for the opening sequence of the fortieth anniversary episode which began in black and white although this was done for effect not as a necessity section four point two theme music the show s theme music a solo cornet piece with clarinet and double bass accompaniment reminiscent of northern band music was written by eric
squad-5726c3b3708984140094d0d1,what metal was used in inalchuqs execution,1937_Fox_vault_fire_17,content extracted each can contained about five cents worth of silver the salvaged metal returned two thousand dollars section three legacy although twentieth century fox officials at the time remarked that only old films were destroyed
squad-56f85bb8aef237190062600f,what did luther try to avoid in setting up his church,Martin_Luther_89,based on personal faith and experience and a territorial church including all in a given locality if he were forced to choose he would take his stand with the masses and this was the direction in which he moved from fifteen twenty five to fifteen twenty nine he established a supervisory church body laid down a new form of worship service and wrote a clear summary of the new faith in the form of two catechisms to avoid confusing or upsetting the people luther avoided extreme change he also did not wish to replace one controlling system with another he
squad-5705eccb52bb8914006896ba,which region of california is palm springs located in,1968_Illinois_earthquake_2,an area of five hundred eighty thousand square miles one million five hundred thousand km two in studying its cause scientists discovered the cottage grove fault in the southern illinois basin within the region millions felt the rupture reactions to the earthquake varied some people near the epicenter did not react to the shaking while others panicked a future earthquake in the region is extremely likely seismologists and geologists estimate a ninety per cent chance of a magnitude six to seven tremor before twenty fifty five likely originating in the wabash valley
squad-5728023a4b864d19001641f6,how many doctor who christmas specials have been shown,Coronation_Street_66,has become fully scheduled additional episodes have been aired during the weekly schedule of itv one at certain times notably in two thousand four when between november twenty two and november twenty six eight episodes were shown as the extra monday episode used to be for special storylines an extra friday episode is occasionally used section five point two coronation street overseas coronation street is also shown in many countries worldwide being the centre of the t v schedule in ireland and is aired on independent television station tv three ireland which simulcasts with itv in canada episodes of coronation
squad-56f89a959b226e1400dd0c9f,what were mohammedanism and the turk,History_of_the_world_17,empire fell under the domination of various germanic tribes in the fifth century and these polities gradually developed into a number of warring catholic states the remaining part of the roman empire in the eastern mediterranean was henceforth known as the byzantine empire centuries later a large part of western europe became the holy roman empire comprising a number of states in what is now germany and italy in china dynasties would similarly rise and fall the most remarkable if short lived of these was the mongol empire which seized almost all of eurasia s landmass missing only western europe and japan islam which began in arabia
squad-571127a5a58dae1900cd6cc8,in what geographical portion of wales is abercynon located,Exmoor_8,with its huge waterfalls and caves the cliffs provide one of the longest and most isolated seacliff traverses in the uk the south west coast path at six hundred thirty miles one thousand fourteen k m the longest national trail in england and wales starts at minehead and runs along all of exmoor s coast there are small harbours at lynmouth porlock weir and combe martin once important for coastal trade their primary use now is for pleasure sailing and fishing section one point two rivers the high ground forms the catchment area for numerous rivers and
squad-572754fff1498d1400e8f661,having existing utility lines marked lessens the likelihood of what,Indian_Railways_42,booked two months in advance to avoid a generally static waiting list during this season the reserved compartments are swamped by many without a reserved ticket railway ticket prices are particularly affected by the fact that india in general is a price sensitive market as a public utility the government subsidises the prices as increasing ticket prices often translates into widespread discontent and most often political damage this therefore imposes a strong constraint on the pace at which indian railways can expand or modernise itself in many places pedestrians
squad-56f7f2e0aef2371900625cb0,when did martin luther receive his doctor of theology,Martin_Luther_24,fifteen twelve he was awarded his doctor of theology and on twenty one october fifteen twelve was received into the senate of the theological faculty of the university of wittenberg having been called to the position of doctor in bible he spent the rest of his career in this position at the university of wittenberg
squad-56f8c5909b226e1400dd0f7e,when was luthers last sermon,Martin_Luther_169,drum in december fifteen forty four he began to feel the effects of angina his poor physical health made him short tempered and even harsher in his writings and comments his wife katharina was overheard saying dear husband you are too rude and he responded they are teaching me to be rude his last sermon was delivered at eisleben his place of birth on fifteen february fifteen forty six three days before his death it was entirely devoted to the obdurate jews whom it was a matter of great urgency to expel from
squad-57114dfb50c2381900b54a55,what working fluid is used in a mercury vapor turbine,Mercury_(planet)_65,million kilometers into the sun s gravitational potential well starting from the earth s orbital speed of thirty k m forward slash s the change in velocity delta v the spacecraft must make to enter into a hohmann transfer orbit that passes near mercury is large compared to other planetary missions the potential energy liberated by moving down the sun s potential well becomes kinetic energy requiring another large delta v to do anything other than rapidly pass by mercury in order to land safely or enter
squad-5730aa52069b531400832220,where did france win a war in the one thousand nine hundred fifty s,European_Economic_Community_26,calling for balanced economic growth this was to be accomplished through the establishment of a customs union with a common external tariff common policies for agriculture transport and trade enlargement of the eec to the rest of europe for the customs union the treaty provided for a ten per cent reduction in custom duties and up to twenty per cent of global import quotas progress on the customs union proceeded much faster than the twelve years planned however france faced some setbacks due to their war with algeria section three members
squad-5725ea6889a1e219009ac09f,how old were some of the oldest rock samples found on the moon,Evolution_8,extremely rare or only happens under conditions very unlike those of modern earth the nineteen hundred fifty three miller urey experiment suggests that conditions on the ancient earth may have permitted abiogenesis since abiogenesis is rare or impossible under modern conditions and the evolutionary process is exceedingly slow the diversity and complexity of modern life requires that the earth be very old on the order of billions of years this is compatible with geological evidence that the earth is approximately four point six billion years old see timeline of evolution information
squad-56f84a60aef2371900625fa1,what type of people were being brought back to the way of truth,Martin_Luther_71,jurist jerome schurf wrote to the elector oh what joy has doctor martin s return spread among us his words through divine mercy are bringing back every day misguided people into the way of the truth luther next set about reversing or modifying the new church practices by working alongside the authorities to restore public order he signalled his reinvention as a conservative force within the reformation after banishing the zwickau prophets he now faced a battle not only against the established church but against radical reformers who threatened the new order by
squad-5729f4b41d0469140077968b,what co receptor recruits molecules inside the t cell that are responsible for cell activation,Introduction_to_viruses_34,rna making viral proteins which all assemble to form new virus particles there are six basic overlapping stages in the life cycle of viruses in living cells attachment is the binding of the virus to specific molecules on the surface of the cell this specificity restricts the virus to a very limited type of cell for example the human immunodeficiency virus hiv infects only human t cells because its surface protein gp one two zero can only react with cd four
squad-56bec2013aeaaa14008c9375,what version of windows supported the cbs sports app,Stretford_73,nineteen hundred twenty two section ten sports
squad-56f80143aef2371900625d6b,what church money collector said that the sould would spring from purgatory through monetary donations,Martin_Luther_29,the money of poor believers rather than with his own money luther objected to a saying attributed to johann tetzel that as soon as the coin in the coffer rings the soul from purgatory also attested as into heaven springs he insisted that since forgiveness was god s alone to grant those who claimed that indulgences absolved buyers from all punishments and granted them salvation were in error christians he said must not slacken in following christ on account of such false assurances however this oft quoted saying of tetzel was by no
squad-56f8074faef2371900625d79,when was luthers ninety five theses translated into german,Martin_Luther_35,for the practice of the indulgence sales and to the bishop of brandenburg luther s superior it wasnt until january fifteen eighteen that friends of luther translated the ninety five theses from latin into german printed and widely copied making the controversy one of the first in history to be aided by the printing press within two weeks copies of the theses had spread throughout germany within two months throughout europe luther s writings circulated widely reaching france england and italy as early as fifteen nineteen students thronged to wittenberg
squad-57274118dd62a815002e9a1c,what television show for abc was an adaptation of the one thousand nine hundred forty seven film wyoming kid,Julesburg%2c_Colorado_1,located less than a mile south of the nebraska border according to the colorado historical society the original trading post was named for jules beni julesburg was featured in the nineteen hundred sixty episode the story of julesburg of the syndicated television series pony express nineteen hundred fifty nine to nineteen hundred sixty james best and sebastian cabot guest starred in the segment julesburg was on the pony express eighteen hundred sixty to eighteen hundred sixty one route from missouri to california the second episode nineteen hundred fifty five of the abc western cheyenne starring clint walker is entitled julesburg in
squad-56e19724cd28a01900c679f9,in addition to the traveling salesman problem what is another example of a function problem,P_versus_NP_problem_20,problems in n p not known to be in p or n p complete it was shown by ladner that if p n p then there exist problems in n p that are neither in p nor n p complete such problems are called n p intermediate problems the graph isomorphism problem the discrete logarithm problem and the integer factorization problem are examples of problems believed to be n p intermediate they are some of the very few n p problems not known to be in p or to be n p complete the graph
squad-56f855caaef2371900625ff7,what did melanchthon call the marriage,Martin_Luther_84,but luther s wedding set the seal of approval on clerical marriage he had long condemned vows of celibacy on biblical grounds but his decision to marry surprised many not least melanchthon who called it reckless luther had written to george spalatin on thirty november fifteen twenty four i shall never take a wife as i feel at present not that i am insensible to my flesh or sex for i am neither wood nor stone but my mind is averse to wedlock because i daily expect the death of a heretic before marrying luther had been living on the plainest food and as he admitted
squad-5726938af1498d1400e8e449,how often do parliament elections take place,European_Economic_Community_41,over the community budget the parliament s members up until nineteen hundred seventy nine were national m p s serving part time in the parliament the treaties of rome had required elections to be held once the council had decided on a voting system but this did not happen and elections were delayed until nineteen hundred seventy nine see european parliament election nineteen hundred seventy nine after that parliament was elected every five years in the following twenty years it gradually won company decision powers with the council over the adoption of legislation the right to approve or reject the appointment of the commission president and the commission as a whole
squad-56e7477700c9c71400d76f23,what is a course of study called,Welsh_language_41,most notably the university of wales bangor under the national curriculum school children in wales must study welsh up to the age of sixteen according to the welsh language board two over a quarter of children in wales attend schools which teach predominantly through the medium of welsh the remainder study welsh as a second language in english medium schools specialist teachers of welsh called athrawon bro support the teaching of welsh in the national curriculum
squad-56e200e4cd28a01900c67c18,in the most basic sense what did a turing machine emulate,Ray_Kurzweil_8,started the company kurzweil computer products inc and led development of the first omni font optical character recognition system a computer program capable of recognizing text written in any normal font before that time scanners had only been able to read text written in a few fonts he decided that the best application of this technology would be to create a reading machine which would allow blind people to understand written text by having a computer read it to them aloud however this device required the invention of two enabling technologies the c c d
squad-56e1b754cd28a01900c67abf,communication complexity is an example of what type of measure,P_versus_NP_problem_6,cryptography algorithm research artificial intelligence game theory multimedia processing and many other fields table of contents section one context the relation between the complexity classes p and n p is studied in computational complexity theory the part of the theory of computation dealing with the resources required during computation to solve a given problem the most common resources are time how many steps it takes to solve a problem and space how much memory it takes to solve a problem in such analysis
squad-57269526dd62a815002e8a4f,how many of the schools in newcastle are independent,Sheffield_63,there are also seven private schools most notably birkdale
squad-571cbe35dd7acb1400e4c13f,on what scale would scientists show measurements of vegetation,Global_Assessment_of_Functioning_0,global assessment of functioning the global assessment of functioning gaf is a numeric scale through one hundred used by mental health clinicians and doctors to rate the social occupational and psychological functioning of adults the scale is presented and described in the d s m iv t r on page thirty two children and adolescents under the age of eighteen are evaluated on the children s global assessment scale
squad-56f85e71a6d7ea1400e175c3,when did luther introduce the new worship,Martin_Luther_95,of his alternative to the catholic mass luther s service however included congregational singing of hymns and psalms in german as well as of parts of the liturgy including luther s unison setting of the creed to reach the simple people and the young luther incorporated religious instruction into the weekday services in the form of the catechism he also provided simplified versions of the baptism and marriage services luther and his colleagues introduced the new order of worship during their visitation of electoral saxony which began in fifteen twenty seven they also assessed the standard of pastoral care and christian
squad-56f88eafaef2371900626197,what did luthers opponents think that it meant about gods presence,Martin_Luther_122,oecolampadius differed on the significance of the words spoken by jesus at the last supper this is my body which is for you and this cup is the new covenant in my blood one corinthians eleven twenty three a m two six luther insisted on the real presence of the body and blood of christ in the consecrated bread and wine which he called the sacramental union while his opponents believed god to be only spiritually or symbolically present zwingli for example denied jesus s ability to be in more than one place at a time but luther stressed his ubiquity
squad-56f8c8469e9bad19000a04c9,what is psalm thirty one five ,Martin_Luther_173,he experienced chest pains when he went to his bed he prayed into your hand i commit my spirit you have redeemed me o lord faithful god ps thirty one five the common prayer of the dying at one am he awoke with more chest pain and was warmed with hot towels he thanked god for revealing his son to him in whom he had believed his companions justus jonas and michael coelius shouted loudly reverend father are you ready to die trusting in your lord jesus christ and to confess the doctrine which you have taught in his
squad-56e127bccd28a01900c6765b,on which magazines cover did tesla appear in nineteen thirty one ,The_Thriving_Cult_of_Greed_and_Power_15,bound booklets which disputed points from behar s article the fact vs fiction piece was a quarter inch thick booklet which criticized behar s article and asserted behar s article omits the information on the dozens of community service programs conducted by scientologists which have been acknowledged by community officials one of the advertisements in usa today accused time of promoting adolf hitler and nazi germany and featured a nineteen hundred thirty six issue of time which had hitler s picture on the front cover the church of scientology sent out a news release condemning time s horrible history of supporting fascism and said that the article was written because time had been pressured by vested interests
squad-5727478cf1498d1400e8f59e,who receives higher salaries at private schools that charge higher tuition,Bill_Clinton_25,made reform of the arkansas education system a top priority the arkansas education standards committee chaired by clinton s wife attorney and legal services corporation chair hillary rodham clinton succeeded in reforming the education system transforming it from the worst in the nation into one of the best many have considered this the greatest achievement of the clinton governorship clinton and the committee were responsible for state educational improvement programs notably more spending for schools rising opportunities for gifted children an increase in vocational education raising of teachers salaries inclusion of a wider variety of courses and compulsory
squad-572fcc43b2c2fd140056847d,what is the name of matters outside the legislative ability of the scottish parliament,United_States_Congress_2,through direct election the united states constitution vests all legislative powers of the federal government in the congress the powers of congress are limited to those enumerated in the constitution all other powers are reserved to the states and the people through acts of congress congress may regulate interstate and foreign commerce levy taxes organize the federal courts maintain the military declare war and exercise certain other necessary and proper powers the house and senate are coequal houses however there are some special powers granted to one chamber only the senate s advice and consent is required to confirm presidential nominations to high level executive and judicial positions and for the ratification of treaties bills for raising revenue must originate in the house of representatives and only the house may initiate any
squad-57284d484b864d1900164904,when was the gerald ratner athletics center constructed,Sheffield_42,were built for the world student games which the city hosted in nineteen hundred ninety one they include the don valley international athletics stadium which is the largest athletics stadium in the uk with a capacity of fifty thousand five hundred sheffield arena and ponds forge international diving and swimming complex where olympic medallist leon taylor trains there are also facilities for golf climbing and bowling as well as a newly inaugurated two thousand three national ice skating arena icesheffield the sheffield ski village is the largest artificial ski resort in europe and is due to undergo a major expansion soon the city also has three indoor
squad-5725f07f89a1e219009ac0bf,the flags on the moon left by the us manned apollo missions are all still standing save for which missions flag,NASA_8,on may twenty five nineteen hundred sixty one that the united states should commit itself to landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth by nineteen hundred seventy thus apollo became a program to land men on the moon the gemini program was started shortly thereafter to provide an interim spacecraft to prove techniques needed for the now much more complicated apollo missions after eight years of preliminary missions including nasa s first loss of astronauts with the apollo one launch pad fire the apollo program achieved its goals with apollo eleven which landed neil armstrong and buzz
squad-56f8074faef2371900625d7d,how long did it take for the theses to spread through europe,Martin_Luther_35,for the practice of the indulgence sales and to the bishop of brandenburg luther s superior it wasnt until january fifteen eighteen that friends of luther translated the ninety five theses from latin into german printed and widely copied making the controversy one of the first in history to be aided by the printing press within two weeks copies of the theses had spread throughout germany within two months throughout europe luther s writings circulated widely reaching france england and italy as early as fifteen nineteen students thronged to wittenberg
squad-57300911947a6a140053cfb6,when did germanic tribes cross the rhine to migrate,History_of_the_world_16,the han empire fell into civil war in two hundred twenty whilst its roman counterpart became increasingly decentralised and divided around the same time section five age of kingdoms throughout the temperate zones of eurasia and north africa large empires continued to rise and fall the breakup of the roman empire around the fifth century ad coincided with the spread of christianity westward from the middle east the western part of the roman empire fell under the domination of various germanic tribes in the fifth century and these polities gradually developed into a number of warring catholic states the remaining
squad-5726e985dd62a815002e94dc,when was ambulatory care pharmacy approved as its own certification,Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories_27,of his original certificate of live birth long form birth certificate accompanying the letter was a written request from judith corley obama s personal counsel requesting a waiver of the department s policy of issuing only computer generated certificates corley stated that granting the waiver would relieve the department of the burden of repeated inquiries into the president s birth records on april twenty five twenty eleven fuddy approved the request and witnessed the copying process as the health department s registrar issued the certified copies the same day corley personally visited the department headquarters in honolulu to pay the required fee on obama s behalf
squad-57273799f1498d1400e8f4be,what graphic designer designed the abc logo in its most known form,NeXT_12,that a two dollars billion company with forty three hundred plus people couldnt compete with six people in blue jeans the suit was eventually dismissed before trial in nineteen hundred eighty six jobs recruited the famous graphic designer paul rand to create a brand identity costing one hundred thousand dollars rand created a one zero zero page brochure detailing the brand including the precise angle used for the logo twenty eight and a new company name next the first major outside investment
squad-56bf2afe3aeaaa14008c9544,what year did the the saints hit a thirteen record,Sigi_Schmid_38,on october twenty four two thousand nine seattle defeated f c dallas two to one giving schmid his one hundred twenty fifth career m l s regular season win this win moved schmid past bob bradley for the most wins in m l s history he led seattle to the playoffs where in the first round the dynamo defeated the team one to zero in overtime of the second leg seattle was the first expansion team to make the playoffs in an inaugural season since the nineteen hundred ninety eight chicago fire when the league was just two years old the team
squad-57113639a58dae1900cd6d18,how many expansion stages are used by the triple expansion engine,Folding%40home_95,testing stages include internal beta and advanced before a final full release across folding at home folding at home s work units are normally processed only once except in the rare event that errors occur during processing if this occurs for three different users the unit is automatically pulled from distribution the folding at home support forum can be used to differentiate between issues arising from problematic hardware and bad work units section five point two cores specialized molecular dynamics
squad-5725e6f6ec44d21400f3d72d,what month and year was apollo thirteen launched,Orion_(spacecraft)_6,spacecraft effectively replaced the conceptual orbital space plane osp which itself was proposed after the failure of the lockheed martin x three three program to produce a replacement for the space shuttle the name is derived from the constellation of orion and was also used on the apollo sixteen lunar module that carried astronauts john w young and charlie duke to the lunar surface in april nineteen hundred seventy two after the replacement of sean okeefe nasa s procurement schedule and strategy changed as described above in july two thousand four before he was named nasa
squad-56dfa2c54a1a83140091ebf2,what disease did tesla contract in eighteen seventy three ,Edgar_Allan_Poe_36,however the actual cause of death remains a mystery from as early as eighteen hundred seventy two cooping was commonly believed to have been the cause and speculation has included delirium tremens heart disease epilepsy syphilis meningeal inflammation cholera and rabies section two point one griswold s memoir the day edgar allan poe was buried a long obituary appeared in the new york tribune signed ludwig it was soon published throughout the country the piece began edgar allan poe is dead he died in baltimore the day before yesterday this announcement will startle many but few will be grieved by it
squad-5726b6e05951b619008f7b99,the ribas drawing collection of what italian architect is considered the largest in the world,Palladian_architecture_0,palladian architecture palladian architecture is a european style of architecture derived from the designs of the italian architect andrea palladio one thousand five hundred eight to one thousand five hundred eighty the term palladian normally refers to buildings in a style inspired by palladio s own work what is recognised as palladian architecture today is an evolution of palladio s original concepts this evolution of palladianism as a style began in the seventeenth century and continued to develop
squad-571c96095efbb31900334dbc,what component of water is more soluble than nitrogen,Oxygen_1,odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the earth s crust oxygen constitutes eighty eight point eight per cent of the mass of water and twenty point nine per cent of the volume of air all major classes of structural molecules in living organisms such as proteins carbohydrates and fats contain oxygen as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by
squad-56f8a4e99e9bad19000a0255,what did luther claim the church would have to comprise if the law were not taught,Martin_Luther_144,that the church consists only of essentially holy people on the other hand luther also points out that the ten commandments minus when considered not as god s condemning judgment but as an expression of his eternal will that is of the natural law minus also positively teach how the christian ought to live this has traditionally been called the third use of the law for luther also christ s life when understood as an example is nothing more than an illustration of the ten commandments which a christian should follow in his or her vocations on a daily basis the ten commandments and the beginnings of the renewed life of
squad-572982e66aef051400154f92,what is the name of one type of computing method that is used to find prime numbers,Parallel_computing_70,top five zero zero ranking is a m p p section three point two point three point three grid computing distributed computing is the most distributed form of parallel computing it makes use of computers communicating over the internet to work on a given problem because of the low bandwidth and extremely high latency available on the internet distributed
squad-5726545f708984140094c2a5,the legislative body the council are made up of what type of individuals,European_Economic_Community_36,section four point two council the council of the european communities was a body holding legislative and executive powers and was thus the main decision making body of the community its presidency rotated between the states every six months and it is related to the european council which was an informal gather of national leaders started in nineteen hundred sixty one on the same basis as the council the council was composed of one national ministers from each state however the council meets in various forms depending upon the topic for example if agriculture was being discussed the council would be composed of each national
squad-57293f353f37b3190047819b,which ipcc author criticized the tar,An_Inconvenient_Truth_17,scientific american that an inconvenient truth shocked me out of my doubting stance fourteen however in a june twenty six two thousand six editorial in the wall street journal climatologist and global warming skeptic richard lindzen criticized the movie and questioned its claims fifteen a response to lindzen s piece disputes the basis for his claims as allegedly not supported by currently available data sixteen gore discusses the possibility of a sudden rise in sea level of twenty feet were a major polar ice sheet to collapse this should not be confused with the more certain
squad-570d4c3bfed7b91900d45e32,what was the incident over taxes at ballarat called,Eureka_Rebellion_0,eureka rebellion the eureka stockade was a miners revolt in eighteen hundred fifty four in victoria australia against the officials supervising the gold mining region of ballarat due to many reasons including heavily priced mining items and the expense of a digging license it is often regarded as being an event of equal significance to australian history as the storming of the bastille was to french history but almost equally often dismissed as an event of
squad-57300888b2c2fd1400568775,how many legions in five bases were along the rhine by the romans,George_Washington%27s_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River_36,as this effort involved most of the army eight crossing points were used at some of them the ice had frozen two to three inches four to seven c m thick and was capable of supporting soldiers who crossed the ice on foot at other crossings the conditions were so bad that the attempts were abandoned for the day it was new years eve before the army and all of its baggage was back in new jersey this was somewhat fortunate as the enlistment period of john glover s regiment along with a significant number of others was expiring at the end of the year and many of these men including most of glover s wanted to go home where a
squad-56f80fdfaef2371900625d98,how much of the indulgences went to rome,Martin_Luther_46,to luther s letter containing the ninety five theses he had the theses checked for heresy and in december fifteen seventeen forwarded them to rome he needed the revenue from the indulgences to pay off a papal dispensation for his tenure of more than one bishopric as luther later noted the pope had a finger in the pie as well because one half was to go to the building of saint peter s church in rome pope leo x was used to reformers and heretics and he responded slowly with great care as is proper over the next three years he deployed a series of
squad-5730ac6b8ab72b1400f9c672,what is that power that enables us to love,Free_will_82,of an omniscient some philosophers follow philo of alexandria in holding that free will is a feature of a human s soul and thus that animals lack free will jewish philosophy stresses that free will is a product of the intrinsic human soul using the word neshama from the hebrew root n s h m or meaning breath in islam the theological issue is not usually how to reconcile free will with god s foreknowledge but with god s jabr or divine commanding power al ashari developed an acquisition or dual agency form of compatibilism in which human free will and divine jabr were both asserted and which became a cornerstone of the dominant ashari position the philosopher soren kierkegaard claimed that divine omnipotence cannot be separated from divine goodness as a truly omnipotent and good being god could create beings with true freedom over god
squad-57268ff9f1498d1400e8e3e8,who is newcastles primary bus operator in the city proper,Peterborough_45,and was abandoned in favour of motor buses in nineteen hundred thirty when the company was merged into the eastern counties omnibus company today bus services in the city are operated by several companies including the stagecoach group cambus and viscount and delaine buses despite its large scale growth peterborough has the fastest peak and off peak travel times for a city of its size in the uk due to the construction of the parkways the local transport plan anticipates expenditure totalling around one hundred eighty pound sterling million for the period up to twenty ten on major road schemes to accommodate development the peterborough
squad-56f7f2e0aef2371900625cb4,what degree did martin luther receive on nineteen october one thousand five hundred twelve ,Martin_Luther_24,fifteen twelve he was awarded his doctor of theology and on twenty one october fifteen twelve was received into the senate of the theological faculty of the university of wittenberg having been called to the position of doctor in bible he spent the rest of his career in this position at the university of wittenberg
squad-56f897059b226e1400dd0c61,when did luther write an extreme treatise against the jews,Martin_Luther_153,vom schem hamphoras und vom geschlecht christi on the holy name and the lineage of christ both published in one thousand five hundred forty three three years before his death luther argued that the jews were no longer the chosen people but the devil s people he referred to them with violent vile language luther advocated setting synagogues on fire destroying jewish prayerbooks forbidding rabbis from preaching seizing jews property and money and smashing up their homes so that these poisonous envenomed worms would be forced into labour or expelled
squad-56f8575aaef2371900626000,what did luther state he would not exchange for his life with his wife,Martin_Luther_87,luther confided to michael stiefel on eleven august fifteen twenty six my katie is in all things so obliging and pleasing to me that i would not exchange my poverty for the riches of croesus section eight
squad-572684f5dd62a815002e87ff,who was rca president in nineteen forty two ,Economic_Club_of_New_York_9,was u s comptroller of the currency from eighteen hundred ninety two to eighteen hundred ninety three and later president of the chase national bank other notable chairmen included wendell l wilkie nineteen hundred thirty eight to nineteen hundred forty the republican party nominee for president in nineteen hundred forty radio and television pioneer david sarnoff nineteen hundred forty to nineteen hundred forty two james p warburg nineteen hundred thirty four to nineteen hundred thirty six financial advisor to president franklin d roosevelt rand v araskog nineteen hundred eighty seven to nineteen hundred ninety former ceo of itt corp edmund t
squad-56e1d9fee3433e14004231cb,the hardest problems in np can be analogously written as what class of problems,P_versus_NP_problem_11,whose solution may still be verified in polynomial time that is any n p problem can be transformed into any of the n p complete problems informally an n p complete problem is a n p problem that is at least as tough as any other problem in n p n p hard problems are those at least as hard as n p complete problems i e all n p problems can be reduced in polynomial time to them n p hard problems need not be in n p i e they need not have solutions verifiable in polynomial time for
squad-573368e54776f41900660a53,why is warsaws flora very rich in species,Blue_whale_28,possible reasons maintenance of inter individual distance species and individual recognition contextual information transmission e g feeding alarm courtship maintenance of social organization e g contact calls between females and males location of topographic features
squad-5725c071271a42140099d12b,where did it join in the direction of its flow,Antarctic_krill_26,easterly direction near the continent the east wind drift runs counterclockwise at the front between both large eddies develop for example in the weddell sea the krill schools drift with these water masses to establish one single stock all around antarctica with gene exchange over the whole area currently there is little knowledge of the precise migration patterns since individual krill cannot yet be tagged to track their movements section five point one
squad-571c96095efbb31900334dbf,in what type of water does oxygen dissolve more slowly,Seawater_11,the ratios of solutes differ dramatically for instance although seawater contains about two point eight times more bicarbonate than river water based on molarity the percentage of bicarbonate in seawater as a ratio of all dissolved ions is far lower than in river water bicarbonate ions also constitute forty eight per cent of river water solutes but only zero point one four per cent of all seawater ions differences like these are due to the varying residence times of seawater solutes sodium and chlorine have very long residence times while calcium vital for carbonate
squad-5725c95f38643c19005accf5,what would be needed to host a larger population,History_of_the_world_5,pnas one hundred one p nine five five one nine five five five agriculture led to several major changes it allowed far larger population densities it also created and allowed for the storage of food surpluses that could support people not directly involved in food production the development of agriculture allowed the creation of the first cities the development of cities has led to what has been called civilisation first in the sumerian civilisation of lower mesopotamia three thousand five hundred b c then in egypt along the nile three thousand b c and harappa in the indus valley two thousand five hundred b c there is evidence of elaborate cities with high levels of social and economic
squad-5725f39638643c19005acefb,were the restored tapes able to have color added to them to enhance the picture or did they remain black and white,Begotten_(film)_1,but as merhige revealed citation needed during q and a sessions its primary inspiration was a near death experience he had when he was nineteen after a car crash the film features no dialogue but rather uses harsh and uncompromising images of human pain and suffering to tell its tale the film was shot on black and white reversal film and then every frame was painstakingly rephotographed for the look that is seen the only colors are black and white there are no half tones this is intended to add to the eerie atmosphere of the movie as sometimes the viewer cannot
squad-56f7f2e0aef2371900625cb3,where did luther spend his career,Martin_Luther_24,fifteen twelve he was awarded his doctor of theology and on twenty one october fifteen twelve was received into the senate of the theological faculty of the university of wittenberg having been called to the position of doctor in bible he spent the rest of his career in this position at the university of wittenberg
squad-573368e54776f41900660a57,how many botanical gardens does warsaw have,Chicago_35,ethnically polish population outside of polish capital of warsaw making it one of the most important polonia centers it is also considered to be the second largest serbian city in the world after belgrade which has a population of two million there are one million sixty one thousand nine hundred twenty eight households of which twenty eight point nine per cent have children under the age of eighteen living with them thirty five point one per cent are married couples living together eighteen point nine per cent have a female householder with no husband present and forty point four per cent are non families of all households thirty two point six per cent are made up
squad-57266193dd62a815002e832b,in the layered model of the earth the outermost layer is what,Titan_(moon)_93,enough organic material exists on titan to start a chemical evolution analogous to what is thought to have started life on earth while the analogy assumes the presence of liquid water for longer periods than is currently observable several theories suggest that liquid water from an impact could be preserved under a frozen isolation layer it has also been observed that liquid ammonia oceans could exist deep below the surface one model suggests an ammonia water solution as much as two hundred k m deep beneath a water ice crust conditions that while extreme by terrestrial standards are such that life could indeed survive
squad-56f8599aa6d7ea1400e175b2,what did luther write as an outline of the new faith,Martin_Luther_89,based on personal faith and experience and a territorial church including all in a given locality if he were forced to choose he would take his stand with the masses and this was the direction in which he moved from fifteen twenty five to fifteen twenty nine he established a supervisory church body laid down a new form of worship service and wrote a clear summary of the new faith in the form of two catechisms to avoid confusing or upsetting the people luther avoided extreme change he also did not wish to replace one controlling system with another he
squad-5728349dff5b5019007d9eff,what rainforest covers the majority of the amazon basin in south america,Puerto_Rican_amazon_22,the amazon quickly came to rely on these crops as its main food source and so became seen as a pest local farmers repelled or hunted the bird if possible as agriculture expanded the amazon s habitat disappeared further and its population declined the species was historically found in mature or old growth forests in puerto rico at all elevations and in holes cliffs and other diverse habitats at lower elevations the species could be found at medium elevations in the guajataca state forest until nineteen hundred ten and the rio abajo state forest until
squad-56be8e613aeaaa14008c90d3,what is the afc short for,American_football_81,league in the world with an average attendance of almost seventy thousand persons during the twenty eleven n f l season the n f l championship game the super bowl is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide it is played between the champions of the national football conference n f c and the american football conference afc and its winner is awarded the vince lombardi trophy collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three
squad-572973f76aef051400154f0d,besides one three and seven what other number must all primes greater than five end with,Mainland_Chinese_Braille_64,followed by one equals two equals three equals four equals five equals six equals seven equals eight equals nine equals
squad-571cc6f85efbb31900334de6,what substance is used to make high quality liquid otwo ,Silver_6,reactions for example the production of formaldehyde from methanol and air by means of silver screens or crystallites containing a minimum ninety nine point nine five weight percent silver used to make solder and brazing alloys electrical contacts and high capacity silver zinc and silver cadmium batteries silver sulfide also known as silver whiskers is formed when silver electrical contacts are used in an atmosphere rich in hydrogen sulfide silver fulminate is a powerful explosive silver chloride can be made transparent and is used as a cement for glass silver iodide has been used in attempts to seed clouds to
squad-572685cd5951b619008f7573,the va has its origins in which world exposition,Queen_Victoria_53,but neither had sufficient support and victoria was forced to appoint palmerston as prime minister napoleon iii since the crimean war britain s closest ally visited london in april eighteen hundred fifty five and from seventeen to twenty eight august the same year victoria and albert returned the visit napoleon iii met the couple at dunkirk and accompanied them to paris they visited the exposition universelle a successor to albert s eighteen hundred fifty one brainchild the great exhibition and napoleon i s tomb
squad-56f87e95aef237190062610b,whose tune did luther adapt for the hymn of psalm sixty seven ,Martin_Luther_114,our lord reflects the structure and substance of his questions and answers concerning baptism in the small catechism luther adopted a preexisting johann walter tune associated with a hymnic setting of psalm sixty seven s prayer for grace wolf heintz s four part setting of the hymn was used to introduce the lutheran reformation in halle in fifteen forty one preachers and composers of the eighteenth century including j s bach used this rich hymn as a subject for their own work although its objective baptismal theology was displaced by more subjective hymns under the influence of
squad-56bec6ac3aeaaa14008c93ff,what award has marlee matlin won,Rosa_Parks_68,popular item in the museum is a sculpture of parks sitting on a bus bench the documentary mighty times the legacy of rosa parks received a two thousand two nomination for academy award for documentary short subject she also collaborated that year in a t v movie of her life starring angela bassett the united states senate passed a resolution on october twenty seven two thousand five to honor parks by allowing her body to lie in honor also known as lie in state in the u s capitol rotunda the house of representatives approved the resolution on october twenty eight since the founding of the practice of lying
squad-56f8aa749b226e1400dd0da7,what sacrament accords christians renewed life,Eucharistic_theology_96,the sacrament is partaken in remembrance of the blood and body of jesus christ it is viewed as a renewal of the covenant made at baptism which is to take upon oneself the name of jesus as such it is considered efficacious only for baptized members in good standing however the unbaptized are not forbidden from communion and it is traditional for children not yet baptized baptism occurs only after the age of eight to participate in communion in anticipation of baptism those who partake of the sacrament
squad-56f851b1a6d7ea1400e1755d,what did luther deny the rebels,Martin_Luther_80,the peasants outside the law of god and empire so they deserved death in body and soul if only as highwaymen and murderers lastly luther charged the rebels with blasphemy for calling themselves christian brethren and committing their sinful acts under the banner of the gospel without luther s backing for the uprising many rebels laid down their weapons others felt betrayed their defeat by the swabian league at the battle of frankenhausen on fifteen may fifteen twenty five followed by muntzer s execution brought the revolutionary stage of the reformation to a close
squad-56e1b62ecd28a01900c67aa6,what is the most critical resource measured to in assessing the determination of a turing machines ability to solve any given set of problems,P_versus_NP_problem_6,cryptography algorithm research artificial intelligence game theory multimedia processing and many other fields table of contents section one context the relation between the complexity classes p and n p is studied in computational complexity theory the part of the theory of computation dealing with the resources required during computation to solve a given problem the most common resources are time how many steps it takes to solve a problem and space how much memory it takes to solve a problem in such analysis
squad-57115b8b50c2381900b54a8d,what were steam engines used as a source of,Tank_55,and decrease maintenance needs these vehicles lack the superior off road mobility of tracked vehicles but might be more suited for rapid reaction forces due to increased strategic mobility section six power plants the tank s power plant supplies power for moving the tank and for other tank systems such as rotating the turret or electrical power a radio tanks fielded in wwi all used petrol gasoline engines as power plants in the second world war there was a mix of power plant types used a lot of tank engines were adapted aircraft engines as the cold war started tanks had almost all switched over to using diesel improved multi fuel
squad-573361404776f4190066093f,the house of the baryczko merchant family is a notable example of what type of architecture,Palladian_architecture_3,architecture buildings by palladio himself are all in venice and the veneto they include villa capra and villa badoer as well as santa maria della salute in venice in palladio s architectural treatises as well as the buildings he designed and built he followed the principles defined by the roman architect vitruvius and his fifteenth century disciple leone battista alberti who adhered to principles of classical roman architecture based on mathematical proportions rather than the rich ornamental style also characteristic of the renaissance palladio always
squad-57376c50c3c5551400e51ece,if a force is pointing horizontally to the northeast how many forces can you split the force into,Montreal_46,laval and two to the north shore since montreal is on an island the directions used in the city plan do not precisely correspond with compass directions as they are oriented to the geography of the island north and south are defined on an axis roughly perpendicular to the saint lawrence river and the riviere des prairies north is towards riviere des prairies and south is towards the saint lawrence east and west directions are defined as roughly parallel to the saint lawrence river which flows southwest to northeast and the riviere des prairies east is downstream and west is upstream boulevard saint laurent divides montreal into east and west sectors streets that lie on both sides of boulevard saint laurent are divided into two parts which have
squad-56f87392aef237190062609d,why have modern lutherans stopped using the hymn,Martin_Luther_109,faith prefiguring luther s one thousand five hundred twenty nine three part explanation of the apostles creed in the small catechism luther s hymn adapted and expanded from an earlier german creedal hymn gained widespread use in vernacular lutheran liturgies as early as fifteen twenty five sixteenth century lutheran hymnals also included wir glauben all among the catechetical hymns although eighteenth century hymnals tended to label the hymn as trinitarian rather than catechetical and twentieth century lutherans rarely use the hymn because of the perceived difficulty of its tune luther s
squad-57264cac708984140094c1b3,what made the oil crisis worse in the us,1973_world_oil_market_chronology_0,nineteen hundred seventy three world oil market chronology january eleven u s phase iii price controls begin allows for voluntary instead of mandatory price control on all u s prices this does not prevent a sharp rise in
squad-572837402ca10214002da0f5,what company created doctor who,Doctor_Who_7,rory williams portrayed by arthur darvill table of contents section one history doctor who first appeared on bbc television at five fifteen p m g m t on twenty three november nineteen hundred sixty three following
squad-56f7cb10a6d7ea1400e17288,what did martin luthers marriage allow,Martin_Luther_83,the couple was engaged with johannes bugenhagen justus jonas johannes apel philipp melanchthon and lucas cranach the elder and his wife as witnesses on the evening of the same day the couple was married by bugenhagen the ceremonial walk to the church and the wedding banquet were left out and were made up two weeks later on twenty seven june some priests and former monks had already married including andreas karlstadt and justus jonas but luther s wedding set the seal of approval on clerical marriage he had long condemned vows of celibacy on biblical grounds but his decision to marry
squad-5729f3883f37b319004785f2,what is a a developing economys level of inequality bulging out called,Simon_Kuznets_25,the hypothesis that in countries which wereon the early stages of economic development income inequality increased first but as far as national economy was growing it tended to decrease this assumption formed the basis of so called kuznets curve empirical conception kuznets helped the u s department of commerce to standardize the measurement of g n p he disapproved however of its use as a general indication of welfare writing that the welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a
squad-572fd1c4947a6a140053cd04,what vote on a bill takes place in stage three ,United_States_Congress_53,the bill but the full house holds the power to accept or reject committee amendments after considering and debating a measure the committee votes on whether it wishes to report the measure to the full house a decision not to report a bill amounts to a rejection of the proposal both houses provide for procedures under which the committee can be bypassed or overruled but they are rarely used if reported by the committee the bill reaches the floor of the full house the house may debate and amend the bill the precise procedures used by the house of representatives and the senate differ a final vote on the bill follows central party discipline is not as strong in congress as it is in parliamentary systems and in the senate it is weaker than in the
squad-572ff293947a6a140053ce52,what did industry do to the rhine until the one thousand nine hundred eighty s,Oil_shale_5,management and air pollution the industry has foundered in australia due to opposition
squad-56f86680a6d7ea1400e175d0,for whom was the small catechism meant,Martin_Luther_97,one catechisms luther devised the catechism as a method of imparting the basics of christianity to the congregations in fifteen twenty nine he wrote the large catechism a manual for pastors and teachers as well as a synopsis the small catechism to be memorised by the people themselves the catechisms provided easy to understand instructional and devotional material on the ten commandments the apostles creed the lord s prayer baptism and the lord s supper luther incorporated questions and answers in the catechism so that the basics of christian faith would
squad-5729081d3f37b31900477fae,what is the process in which neutrophils move towards the site of inflammation called,Helicobacter_pylori_14,h pylori senses the ph gradient within the mucus layer by chemotaxis and swims away from the acidic contents of the lumen towards the more neutral ph environment of the epithelial cell surface h pylori is also found on the inner surface of the stomach epithelial cells and occasionally inside epithelial cells it produces adhesins which bind to membrane associated lipids and carbohydrates and help it adhere to epithelial cells for example the adhesin baba binds to the lewis b antigen displayed on the surface of stomach
squad-5725c743ec44d21400f3d54c,what court is able to interpret european union law,European_Economic_Community_30,not national origin most other institutions including the european court of justice have some form of national division of its members section four institutions there were three political institutions which held the executive and legislative power of the eec plus one judicial institution and a fifth body created in nineteen hundred seventy five these institutions except for the auditors were created in nineteen hundred fifty seven by the eec but from nineteen hundred sixty seven onwards they applied to all three communities the council represents governments the parliament represents citizens and the commission represents the european
squad-573088da069b53140083216b,where was friedrich ratzel born,Nobel_Prize_20,emil von behring during the eighteen hundred nineties von behring developed an antitoxin to treat diphtheria which until then was causing thousands of deaths each year section one point three second world war in nineteen hundred thirty eight and nineteen hundred thirty nine adolf hitler s third reich forbade three laureates from germany richard kuhn adolf friedrich johann butenandt and gerhard domagk from accepting their prizes each man was later able to receive the diploma and medal even though
squad-572915621d0469140077902f,what kind of missions are the armed forces regularly deployed for,Canada_48,member of nato in nineteen hundred forty nine during the cold war canada was a major contributor to un forces in the korean war and founded the north american aerospace defense command norad in cooperation with the united states to defend against aerial attacks from the soviet union canada has played a leading role in un peacekeeping efforts during the suez crisis of nineteen hundred fifty six lester b pearson eased tensions by proposing the inception of the united nations peacekeeping force canada has since served in fifty peacekeeping missions including every un peacekeeping effort
squad-572870b2ff5b5019007da225,what university alumni member was known for his work on portfolio theory,Eugene_Fama_0,eugene fama eugene francis gene fama forward slash fm forward slash born february fourteen nineteen hundred thirty nine is an american economist and nobel laureate in economics often referred to as the father of finance best known for his empirical work on portfolio theory asset pricing and stock market behaviour he is currently robert r mccormick distinguished service professor of finance at the university of chicago booth school of business in two thousand thirteen he shared the nobel memorial prize in economic sciences jointly with robert shiller and lars peter hansen the research papers in economics project ranked
squad-5726b6e05951b619008f7b9c,which architect famous for designing londons st paul cathedral is represented in the riba collection,Weymouth%2c_Dorset_7,from weymouth dorset there is now a monument to that effect on the side of weymouth harbour the notable architect sir christopher wren was the member of parliament for weymouth for seventeen hundred two and also held control of nearby portland s quarries from sixteen hundred seventy five to seventeen hundred seventeen interestingly when he designed saint paul s cathedral wren had it built out of portland stone the famous stone originating from portland s quarries sir james thornhill was born in the white hart public house in weymouth and in seventeen hundred twenty two became m p for melcome regis in later life he became a famous artist and coincidentally
squad-571cd88ddd7acb1400e4c18f,what type of reaction is present in the emergency oxygen generator of an airplane,Hydrochloric_acid_17,the hydrogen gas forming chemically pure h c l gas as the reaction is exothermic the installation is called a h c l oven the resulting pure hydrogen chloride gas is absorbed in demineralized water resulting in chemically pure hydrochloric acid section three point two organic synthesis the largest production of
squad-572a096e6aef0514001551e6,the restriction modification system is used by bacteria for protection from what pathogens,Introduction_to_viruses_71,biological entity in aquatic environments there are about one million of them in a teaspoon of seawater and they are essential to the regulation of saltwater and freshwater ecosystems most of these viruses are bacteriophages which are harmless to plants and animals they infect and destroy the bacteria in aquatic microbial communities and this is the most important mechanism of recycling carbon in the marine environment the organic molecules released from the bacterial cells by the viruses stimulates fresh bacterial and algal
squad-57281940ff5b5019007d9d45,what type of movies were produced in jacksonvilles thirty studios,1937_Fox_vault_fire_20,and prints destroyed including the negatives of buster keaton s silent films with the company also present was the original negative of d w griffith s way down east which fox had purchased with the intent of remaking the negative for the controversial christie productions sponsored film the birth of a baby and films by smaller studios such as atherton productions peck s bad boy corporation principal pictures and serial producing archival material intended for the museum of modern art s film library was lost as well
squad-5710968aa58dae1900cd6a86,families with french names in south africa speak what language today,Namibia_30,british and french ancestry make up about seven per cent of the population they form the second largest population of european ancestry both in terms of percentage and actual numbers in sub saharan africa after south africa most namibian whites and nearly all those of mixed race speak afrikaans and share similar origins culture and religion as the white and coloured populations of south africa a smaller proportion of whites around thirty thousand trace their family origins directly back to german colonial settlers and maintain german cultural and educational institutions nearly all portuguese settlers came to the
squad-56f86e91aef2371900626067,at the time of martin luther what was in demand,Martin_Luther_106,at a time of rising demand for german language publications luther s version quickly became a popular and influential bible translation as such it made a significant contribution to the evolution of the german language and literature furnished with notes and prefaces by luther and with woodcuts by lucas cranach that contained anti papal imagery it played a major role in the spread of luther s doctrine throughout germany the luther bible influenced other vernacular translations such as william tyndale s english bible fifteen twenty five forward a precursor of the king james bible
squad-56f85bb8aef2371900626011,what role did luther play in other areas churches,Martin_Luther_90,to avoid confusing or upsetting the people luther avoided extreme change he also did not wish to replace one controlling system with another he concentrated on the church in the electorate of saxony acting only as an adviser to churches in new territories many of which followed his saxon model he worked closely with the new elector john the steadfast to whom he turned for secular leadership and funds on behalf of a church largely shorn of its assets and income after the break with rome for luther s biographer martin brecht this partnership was the beginning of a questionable and
squad-56f80ccfaef2371900625d86,where did luther explain his idea of justification,Martin_Luther_126,melanchthon through his life luther maintained the idea that the soul was unconscious in death and from this luther came also to dispute traditional interpretations of some bible passages such as the parable of the rich man and lazarus this also led luther to reject the idea of torments for the saints it is enough for us to know that souls do not leave their bodies to be threatened by the torments and punishments of hell but enter a prepared bedchamber in which they sleep in peace however luther affirmed the continuation of one s personal identity beyond death for example in his smalcald articles he
squad-572864dd4b864d1900164979,how many soldiers were in each tumen,Battle_of_the_Somme_87,one hundred sixty four thousand fifty five for the german killed or missing the average casualties per division consisting of circa ten thousand soldiers on the british sector up until nineteen november was eighty twenty six sixty three twenty nine for the four canadian divisions seven thousand four hundred eight for the new zealand division eight thousand one hundred thirty three for the forty three british divisions and eight thousand nine hundred sixty for the three australian divisions the british daily loss rate during the battle of the somme was two thousand nine hundred forty three men which exceeded the loss rate during the
squad-572a0b101d046914007796ec,along with drought what is one other factor that is pushing the amazon rainforest towards a tipping point,Jaguar_55,of its remaining range particularly in the amazon basin and the adjoining gran chaco and pantanal the major risks to the jaguar include deforestation across its habitat increasing competition for food with human beings poaching hurricanes in northern parts of its range and the behaviour of ranchers who will often kill the cat where it preys on livestock when adapted to the prey the jaguars has been shown to take cattle as a large portion of its diet while land clearance for grazing is a problem for the species the jaguar population may have increased when
squad-57273d8bf1498d1400e8f502,refineries process chemical power generation mills and manufacturing plants are under what sector of construction,Herne_Bay%2c_Kent_42,fourteen thousand seven hundred eleven of the town s residents were in employment whereas there were only eight thousand one hundred four jobs within the town one of the largest employers is the centrally located supermarket which as of january two thousand six was considering further expansion it is one of the major attractions to the town s shopping centre however there are fears that its expansion could lead it to become too dominant at the cost of smaller shops in the town apart from tourism and retail many jobs are also provided in the manufacturing industry mainly located in industrial estates on the outskirts of the town which produce goods such as kitchen furniture
squad-5728f6446aef0514001548e5,what immune system is activated by the innate response,Introduction_to_viruses_55,these barriers and enters the host other innate defences prevent the spread of infection in the body a special hormone called interferon is produced by the body when viruses are present and this stops the viruses from reproducing by killing the infected cell and its close neighbours inside cells there are enzymes that destroy the rna of viruses this is called rna interference some blood cells engulf and destroy other virus infected cells section six point three point two adaptive immunity of animals
squad-571ce7f25efbb31900334e42,aside from oxides what other compounds comprise a large portion of the earths crust,Asteroid_belt_36,are more common toward the inner region of the belt within two five au of the sun the spectra of their surfaces reveal the presence of silicates and some metal but no significant carbonaceous compounds this indicates that their materials have been significantly modified from their primordial composition probably through melting and reformation they have a relatively high albedo and form about seventeen per cent of the total asteroid population m type metal rich asteroids form about ten per cent of the total population their spectra resemble that
squad-572a020f6aef05140015519a,what are environmentalists concerned about having released from the amazon region,Oil_shale_49,the ecosystem in the mining area combustion and thermal processing generate waste material in addition the atmospheric emissions from oil shale processing and combustion include carbon dioxide a major greenhouse gas environmentalists oppose production and usage of oil shale as it creates even more greenhouse gases than conventional fossil fuels experimental in situ conversion processes and carbon capture and storage technologies may reduce some of these concerns in the future but at the same time they may cause other problems including groundwater pollution
squad-56bf5b933aeaaa14008c95ed,what is the name of the trophy given to anyone who plays on the winning team in a super bowl,American_football_81,league in the world with an average attendance of almost seventy thousand persons during the twenty eleven n f l season the n f l championship game the super bowl is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide it is played between the champions of the national football conference n f c and the american football conference afc and its winner is awarded the vince lombardi trophy collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three
squad-57265700dd62a815002e8210,how many residents of seville died of plague in sixteen forty nine ,Harvey_Milk_87,then adding after being drowned out by shouts of disbelief and the suspect is supervisor dan white milk was forty eight years old moscone was forty nine within an hour white called his wife from a nearby diner she met him at a church and escorted him to turn himself in to the police many residents left flowers on the steps of city hall that evening a spontaneous gathering began to form on castro street moving toward city hall in a candlelight vigil their numbers were estimated between twenty five thousand and forty thousand spanning the width of market street extending the mile and a half two point four k m from castro street the next day the bodies of moscone
squad-56e20a3ae3433e140042324e,how many combinatory and graph theoretical problems formerly believed to be plagued by intractability did karps paper address,P_versus_NP_problem_30,p n p according to polls many computer scientists believe that p n p a key reason for this belief is that after decades of studying these problems no one has been able to find a polynomial time algorithm for any of more than three thousand important known n p complete problems see list of n p complete problems these algorithms were sought long before the concept of n p completeness was even defined karp s twenty one n p complete problems among the first found were all well known existing problems at the time they were shown to be n p complete furthermore the
squad-5727dc473acd2414000dee45,how many weight rooms are in the malkin athletic center,Monifieth_High_School_2,recently the school renovated many of its facilities including the reception area new changing rooms increased singing rooms in the music department the installation of many interactive whiteboards in classrooms and the renovation of toilet facilities yet to be implemented the school operates a house system with three houses balmossie dalhousie and panmure the pupils are separated into these for registration classes in the majority of cases although there has been some exceptions in senior classes and they also compete in these houses in sporting events throughout the year the house that performs the best overall wins the house trophy at the end of the year which is presented in an awards ceremony other prizes awarded at the prize giving ceremony include subject prizes s three to
squad-5725d8a3271a42140099d292,who was the original pilot for the first apollo mission,NASA_6,during the five hour flight of friendship seven once mercury proved that human spaceflight was possible project gemini was launched to conduct experiments and work out issues relating to a moon mission the first gemini flight with astronauts on board gemini iii was flown by virgil gus grissom and john w young on march twenty three nineteen hundred sixty five nine other missions followed showing that long duration human space flight was possible proving that rendezvous and docking with another vehicle in space was possible and gathering medical data on the effects of weightlessness on humans section two point two
squad-56f80ccfaef2371900625d84,when did luther publish on the bondage of the will,Martin_Luther_40,one and firm rock which we call the doctrine of justification he wrote is the chief article of the whole christian doctrine which comprehends the understanding of all godliness luther came to understand justification as entirely the work of god this teaching by luther was clearly expressed in his fifteen twenty five publication on the bondage of the will which was written in response to on free will by desiderius erasmus fifteen twenty four luther based his position on predestination on saint paul s epistle to the ephesians two eight one zero
squad-573330444776f41900660758,what pope as a native of poland,Catholic_Church_117,contemporary issues section seven point one social justice issues in nineteen hundred seventy eight pope john paul ii formerly archbishop of krakow in then communist poland became the first non italian pope in four hundred fifty five years his two seven year pontificate was one of the longest in history mikhail gorbachev the president of the soviet union credited the polish pope with hastening the fall of communism in europe the catholic
squad-57268a8fdd62a815002e88cf,how many phases was the metro opened in between one thousand nine hundred eighty and one thousand nine hundred eighty four ,Vaughan_Metropolitan_Centre_(TTC)_1,to open in twenty sixteen when the extension of the line is finished the t t c has not decided how this will affect fare pricing t t c bus riders are now required to pay extra fare when their bus crosses steeles however in nineteen hundred sixty eight five subway stations opened inside the ttc s fare two region at the time islington royal york old mill victoria park and warden yet no extra fare was required to reach those stations geographically this will be the northernmost station in the system
squad-572ff932a23a5019007fcbd5,what type of role that islamism seeks makes it a somewhat controversial concept,Shahnon_Ahmad_2,a controversial political satire the book makes allegorical references to the ruling coalition government barisan nasional b n its major component party united malays national organisation umno and former malaysian prime minister mahathir bin mohamed there were attempts by the government to ban this book and to strip shahnon of his literary title
squad-572fd6aa04bcaa1900d76da0,what month every four years are the ordinary general elections held on,Second_Malaysia_Plan_5,in discontent among the non malays who mostly supported the opposition parties that favoured reducing or eliminating affirmative action for the bumiputra in the nineteen hundred sixty nine general election a victory parade held on may twelve by supporters of the opposition led to a retaliatory rally on may thirteen by the united malays national organisation umno a major party in the governing alliance coalition however the rally soon
squad-5730d523aca1c71400fe5b05,who assist elders in the sacraments of holy communion and baptism,Catholic_Church_72,see clerical marriage but after becoming a roman catholic priest a man may not marry see clerical celibacy unless he is formally laicised all clergy whether deacons priests or bishops may preach teach baptise witness marriages and conduct funeral liturgies only bishops and priests can administer the sacraments of the eucharist reconciliation penance and anointing of the sick only bishops can administer the sacrament of holy orders which ordains someone
squad-56f897059b226e1400dd0c5f,who did luther strike out against in later years,Martin_Luther_150,luther wrote about the jews throughout his career though only a few of his works dealt with them directly luther rarely encountered jews during his life but his attitudes reflected a theological and cultural tradition which saw jews as a rejected people guilty of the murder of christ and he lived within a local community that had expelled jews some ninety years earlier he considered the jews blasphemers and liars because they rejected the divinity of jesus whereas christians believed jesus was the messiah at
squad-571154c72419e31400955587,what percentage of electricity was made by steam turbine in the one thousand nine hundred ninety s,History_of_the_world_25,of the world s economies it began in britain and used new modes of production such as the factory mass production and mechanisation to produce a wide array of materials faster and for less labour than previous methods the world economy became based on coal new methods of transport such as railways and steam ships made the world a smaller place section seven twentieth century main article the twentieth century in review the twentieth century saw the domination of the world by europe wane and the united states and the soviet union rise as superpowers after nineteen hundred ninety the soviet union collapsed and the united states became what some have termed
squad-5730b4282461fd1900a9cfc7,what policy did stalin implement shortly after lenins death,Eastern_Bloc_111,steps towards socialism were enforced and kremlin leaders sought to strengthen control therein initially stalin directed systems that rejected western institutional characteristics of market economies democratic governance dubbed bourgeois democracy in soviet parlance and the rule of law subduing discretional intervention by the state the resulting states aspired to total control of a political center backed by an extensive and active repressive apparatus and a central role of marxist leninist
squad-572918bd3f37b31900478015,what is the second largest contrubtor to kenyas gdp,Namibia_37,given infection rates this large as well as a looming malaria problem it may be very difficult for the government to deal with both the medical and economic impacts of this epidemic section five economy namibia s economy consists primarily of mining twelve point four per cent of the gross domestic product in two thousand seven agriculture nine five per cent and manufacturing fifteen four per cent in terms of revenue mining is the biggest contributor to namibia s economy accounting for twenty five per cent of the country s income namibia is the fourth largest exporter of non fuel minerals in africa and the world s fifth largest producer of uranium there has been significant investment in uranium mining and namibia is set to become the
squad-57269526dd62a815002e8a52,what religion is st cuthberts high school dominated by,Brownhills_55,in two thousand six watling street s key stage two results were the best in the walsall area there are three other primary schools in the town saint bernadette s catholic primary school brownhills west primary school millfield primary school and one in clayhanger holy trinity church of england primary school section eight religious sites brownhills has a church of england church saint james a roman catholic church saint bernadette three methodist churches including one in clayhanger two spiritualist churches and a pentecostal
squad-572a07a86aef0514001551d2,what characteristic in recent years has been strongly tied with health in developed countries,Simon_Kuznets_36,analysis of modern underdeveloped countries distinct experiences section two point four kuznets curve among his several discoveries which sparked important theoretical research programs was his discovery of the inverted u shaped relation between income inequality and economic growth nineteen hundred fifty five nineteen hundred sixty three in poor countries economic growth increased the income disparity between rich and poor people in wealthier countries economic growth narrowed the difference by noting patterns of income inequality in developed and
squad-5726bc505951b619008f7c7a,in which year did the jameel gallery of islamic art opened,Museum_of_Bad_Art_11,abhors a vacuum and all other housework in two thousand six this format continues on the museum s website a second gallery opened in two thousand eight at the somerville theatre in davis square somerville massachusetts where the collection was placed near both the women s and men s restrooms although the original gallery is free and open to the public the second is only free with admission to the theater exhibitions titled bright colors forward slash dark emotions and know what you like forward slash paint how you feel have been held in the academic gallery at montserrat college of art in beverly
squad-572867543acd2414000df9a5,how many fraternities form the university of chicago interfraternity council,Chicago_3,with several colloquial nicknames chicago is ranked by the globalization and world cities study group and network as one of the ten alpha world cities chicago is known for its cultural and ethnic diversity and frontier and political history its unique cuisine skyscrapers and sports teams are also the most recognized symbols of the city table of contents section one history section one point one early days during the mid seventeen hundred zeros the chicago area was inhabited primarily by potawatomis who took the place of the miami and sauk and fox who had
squad-56e1ddfce3433e14004231d6,what is a particular problem in biology that would benefit from determining that p np,P_versus_NP_problem_39,would have enormous implications for logistics many other important problems such as some problems in protein structure prediction are also n p complete if these problems were efficiently solvable it could spur considerable advances in biology but such changes may pale in significance compared to the revolution an efficient method for solving n p complete problems would cause in mathematics itself according to stephen cook research
squad-56f8bd509b226e1400dd0ef0,who else did luther use violent rhetoric towards,Martin_Luther_132,the biblical apocalypse that would destroy the antichrist whom luther believed to be the papacy and the roman church he consistently rejected the idea of a holy war as though our people were an army of christians against the turks who were enemies of christ this is absolutely contrary to christ s doctrine and name on the other hand in keeping with his doctrine of the two kingdoms luther did support non religious war against the turks in fifteen twenty six he argued in whether soldiers can be in a state of grace that national defence is reason for a just war by fifteen twenty nine in on
squad-57271c235951b619008f860c,what is an example of major civil disobedience in south africa,Namibia_3,which imposed their laws and apartheid policy in nineteen hundred sixty six uprisings and demands by african leaders led the united nations to assume direct responsibility over the territory changing the name to namibia in nineteen hundred sixty eight and recognizing south west africa people s organization swapo as official representative of the namibian people in nineteen hundred seventy three namibia however remained under south african administration during this time following internal violence south africa installed an interim administration in namibia in nineteen hundred eighty five namibia obtained full independence from south africa in nineteen hundred ninety with the
squad-572944e03f37b319004781e1,when was the ipcc fourth assessment report published,Fuck%3a_Word_Taboo_and_Protecting_Our_First_Amendment_Liberties_2,and made it available on the social science research network he had trouble finding a publisher for the article it was rejected by the kansas law review less than half an hour after submission his article was published in two thousand seven in the cardozo law review both the paper and subsequent book received favorable reception from news sources and library trade publications choice current reviews for academic libraries described the book as a sincere analysis of the word and its history of censorship
squad-57297547af94a219006aa45b,what number did early greeks not regard as a true number,Parity_of_zero_13,and significant mathematicians such as goldbach lambert legendre cayley and kronecker wrote that one was prime the modern definition of prime number is positive integer with exactly two factors so one is not prime this definition can be rationalized by observing that it more naturally suits mathematical theorems that concern the primes for example the fundamental theorem of arithmetic is easier to state when one is not considered prime it would be possible to similarly redefine the term even in a way that no longer includes zero
squad-56f8ae099e9bad19000a02ec,who did luther write about but seldom met,Martin_Luther_150,luther wrote about the jews throughout his career though only a few of his works dealt with them directly luther rarely encountered jews during his life but his attitudes reflected a theological and cultural tradition which saw jews as a rejected people guilty of the murder of christ and he lived within a local community that had expelled jews some ninety years earlier he considered the jews blasphemers and liars because they rejected the divinity of jesus whereas christians believed jesus was the messiah at
squad-56f8c9719e9bad19000a04e3,where was luther buried,Martin_Luther_175,he was buried in the castle church in wittenberg beneath the pulpit the funeral was held by his friends johannes bugenhagen and philipp melanchthon a year later troops of luther s adversary charles v holy roman emperor entered the town but were ordered by charles not to disturb the grave a piece of paper was later found on which luther had written his last statement the statement was in latin apart from we are beggars which was in german
squad-56bf2afe3aeaaa14008c9545,when did the packers arrive at a record of thirteen ,Apogee_Stadium_18,the contract apogee also received one luxury suite in the new stadium and premium tickets to other unt events section one point four opening the stadium hosted its first game on september ten twenty eleven when the mean green lost forty eight to twenty three against the university of houston cougars despite the concerted efforts of the university and the athletic department the first home game at the new stadium did not sell out and the game attracted twenty eight thousand seventy five spectators two thousand seven hundred seventy five fewer than full capacity although attendees reception to the opening game was generally positive attendance dropped to twenty one thousand one hundred eighty one for the second home game against the indiana university hoosiers by the third home game against the florida atlantic university owls
squad-56f8a2969e9bad19000a022e,how did luther respond to agricola,Martin_Luther_141,in wittenberg these theses asserted that the law is no longer to be taught to christians but belonged only to city hall luther responded to these theses with six series of theses against agricola and the antinomians four of which became the basis for disputations between one thousand five hundred thirty eight and fifteen forty he also responded to these assertions in other writings such as his fifteen thirty nine open letter to c guttel against the antinomians and his book on the councils and the church from the same year in his theses and disputations against the antinomians
squad-56f80604a6d7ea1400e17387,what story has little foundation in truth,Martin_Luther_30,christians he said must not slacken in following christ on account of such false assurances however this oft quoted saying of tetzel was by no means representative of the official catholic teaching on indulgences but rather more a reflection of his capacity to exaggerate yet if tetzel overstated the matter in regard to indulgences for the dead his teaching on indulgences for the living was pure according to scholars walter kramer gotz trenkler gerhard ritter and gerhard prause the story of the posting on the door even though it has settled as one of the pillars of history
squad-56f85bb8aef2371900626010,where was luther mostly concentrating his efforts on reform,Martin_Luther_90,to avoid confusing or upsetting the people luther avoided extreme change he also did not wish to replace one controlling system with another he concentrated on the church in the electorate of saxony acting only as an adviser to churches in new territories many of which followed his saxon model he worked closely with the new elector john the steadfast to whom he turned for secular leadership and funds on behalf of a church largely shorn of its assets and income after the break with rome for luther s biographer martin brecht this partnership was the beginning of a questionable and
squad-56f87760aef23719006260cd,what is the basis of the hymn,Martin_Luther_112,from depths of woe i cry to you in one thousand five hundred twenty three as a hymnic version of psalm one hundred thirty and sent it as a sample to encourage evangelical colleagues to write psalm hymns for use in german worship in fifteen twenty four luther developed his original four stanza psalm paraphrase into a five stanza reformation hymn that developed the theme of grace alone more fully because it expressed essential reformation doctrine this expanded version of aus tiefer not was designated as a regular component of several regional lutheran liturgies and was widely used at funerals including
squad-57115ac550c2381900b54a77,what type of engines became popular for power generation after piston steam engines,Submarine_89,there were other power sources attempted oil fired steam turbines powered the british k class submarines built during the first world war and in following years but these were not very successful this was selected to give them the necessary surface speed to keep up with the british battle fleet steam power was resurrected in the nineteen hundred fifties with the advent of the nuclear powered steam turbine driving a generator which is now used in all large submarines by removing the requirement for atmospheric oxygen these submarines can stay submerged indefinitely so long as food supplies remain air is recycled and water distilled from the ocean these vessels nevertheless always have
squad-5729fa40af94a219006aa710,disruptions in sleep can lead to increase in what chronic conditions,Management_of_multiple_sclerosis_39,in a similar way other factors such as disturbed sleep chronic pain poor nutrition or even some medications can contribute to fatigue medical professionals are therefore encouraged to identify and modify them there are also different medications used to treat fatigue such as amantadine or pemoline as well as psychological interventions of energy conservation but the effects of all of them are small fatigue is therefore a very difficult symptom to manage pain acute pain is mainly due to optic neuritis with corticosteroids being the best treatment available as well as trigeminal neuralgia lhermitte s sign or
squad-56f8225ea6d7ea1400e173f3,of what was the diet of worms an assembly,Martin_Luther_54,of worms the enforcement of the ban on the ninety five theses fell to the secular authorities on eighteen april fifteen twenty one luther appeared as ordered before the diet of worms this was a general assembly of the estates of the holy roman empire that took place in worms a town on the rhine it was conducted from twenty eight january to twenty five may fifteen twenty one with emperor charles v presiding prince frederick iii
squad-572743fb708984140094db94,the one thousand nine hundred seventy s allowed which network to move in to first place in the ratings,American_football_25,the nfl s dominance the afl began in relative obscurity but survived for several years due to a television contract with the abc network competition for players heated up in nineteen hundred sixty five when the afl new york jets signed rookie joe namath to a then record us four hundred thirty seven thousand dollars contract a five year forty dollars million n b c television contract followed which helped to sustain the young league the bidding war for players ended in nineteen hundred sixty six when the two leagues agreed on a merger that would take full effect in nineteen hundred seventy this
squad-572689b6dd62a815002e8891,how many hours can one expect to ride the train from newcastle to kings cross,Herne_Bay%2c_Kent_49,south herne bay is around one hour and thirty minutes from london by fast service train a national express coach service also runs between london victoria and ramsgate around every two to three hours during daytime a selection of trains run to london s cannon street station primarily for business commuting there is a stagecoach bus service running every twenty minutes to neighbouring whitstable and canterbury where many herne bay residents go to work and shop an hourly bus service runs to the seaside resort of margate thirteen miles twenty one k m to the east of herne bay the a two nine nine road also known as the
squad-56f7f15aa6d7ea1400e172ec,who asked luther to teach theology at the university of wittenberg,Martin_Luther_22,confession he would later remark if anyone could have gained heaven as a monk then i would indeed have been among them luther described this period of his life as one of deep spiritual despair he said i lost touch with christ the savior and comforter and made of him the jailor and hangman of my poor soul johann von staupitz his superior concluded that luther needed more work to distract him from excessive introspection and ordered him to pursue an academic career in fifteen oh seven he was ordained to the priesthood
squad-56f7c8aba6d7ea1400e1727b,what did martin luther believe achieved gods grace,Martin_Luther_42,infused into them through faith that is why faith alone makes someone just and fulfills the law he wrote faith is that which brings the holy spirit through the merits of christ faith for luther was a gift from god the experience of being justified by faith was as though i had been born again his entry into paradise no less was a discovery about the righteousness of god a discovery that the just person of whom the bible speaks as in romans one seventeen a m lives by faith he explained his concept of
squad-57308ddc396df919000961a6,what were the native inhabitants of australia called,Fauna_of_Australia_66,used as food included insects like the bogong moth and larvae collectively called witchetty grubs and molluscs the use of fire stick farming in which large swathes of bushland were burnt to facilitate hunting modified both flora and fauna minus including large herbivores with a specialised diet such as the flightless birds from the genus genyornis the role of hunting and landscape modification by aboriginal people in the extinction of the australian megafauna is debated the impact of aborigines on native species populations is widely considered to be less significant than that of the european settlers whose impact on the landscape has been on a relatively
squad-5726e5ac708984140094d51c,which awards show has its rights rotated among the four major networks on a yearly basis,Star_Trek_69,has also won thirty one emmy awards section eight see also section nine notes
squad-572fbea404bcaa1900d76c5d,how many seats are in the debating chamber,Same-sex_marriage_in_Spain_19,seats and by the democratic union of catalonia and was approved by one hundred thirty one yes and one hundred nineteen no votes and two abstentions as
squad-56ddde6b9a695914005b9628,in what country is normandy located,William_the_Conqueror_8,lands were divided after his death normandy went to his eldest son robert and his second surviving son william received england table of contents section one background norsemen first began raiding in what became normandy in the late eighth century permanent scandinavian settlement occurred before nine hundred eleven when rollo one of the viking leaders and king charles the simple of france reached an agreement surrendering the county of rouen to rollo the lands around rouen became the core of the later duchy of normandy normandy may have been
squad-573098c12461fd1900a9cee5,what is the largest denomination within the wider methodist movement,Eucharistic_theology_64,where the bread is dipped into the common cup and both elements are consumed together is becoming more common among many methodists the united methodist church believes in the real presence of jesus christ in holy communion
squad-5726f4a0708984140094d6ed,the paintings donated by john sheepshanks were by artists of which nationality,Edward_Clifford_4,portrait gallery united states are among the public collections holding work by edward clifford table of contents section one artists with similar names there are two other artists with similar names edward charles clifford eighteen hundred fifty eight to nineteen hundred ten was a british artist who painted victorian interior scenes in oil paint edward m clifford was an american landscape and portrait painter active in illinois in the early nineteenth century
squad-56bf71e73aeaaa14008c9640,how many other contestants did the company that had their ad shown for free beat out,Countdown_(game_show)_2,from nine randomly chosen letters three numbers rounds in which the contestants must use arithmetic to make a random target number from six other numbers and the conundrum a buzzer round in which the contestants try to be first to solve a nine letter anagram during the series heats the winning contestant returns the next day until he or she has accumulated eight wins the best contestants are invited back for the series finals which are decided in knockout format contestants of exceptional skill have received national media coverage and the programme as a whole is widely recognised and parodied within british culture table of contents section one history section one point one origins countdown is based on the
squad-572a03a06aef0514001551ab,a complete loss of rainforest cover may be caused by what type of emissions,Oil_shale_49,the ecosystem in the mining area combustion and thermal processing generate waste material in addition the atmospheric emissions from oil shale processing and combustion include carbon dioxide a major greenhouse gas environmentalists oppose production and usage of oil shale as it creates even more greenhouse gases than conventional fossil fuels experimental in situ conversion processes and carbon capture and storage technologies may reduce some of these concerns in the future but at the same time they may cause other problems including groundwater pollution
squad-572900f73f37b31900477f69,what is one of the first responses the immune system has to infection,Helicobacter_pylori_22,risk of developing peptic ulcers or stomach cancer than those infected with strains lacking the island following attachment of h pylori to stomach epithelial cells the type iv secretion system expressed by the cag pai injects the inflammatory inducing agent peptidoglycan from their own cell wall into the epithelial cells the injected peptidoglycan is recognized by the cytoplasmic immune sensor nod one which then stimulates expression of cytokines that promote inflammation the type iv secretion apparatus also injects the
squad-56d99b7bdc89441400fdb5c8,what coach left the broncos after the season prior to super bowl fifty ,Terry_Fox_11,and crashed into the back of a pickup truck while his car was left undriveable fox emerged with only a sore right knee he again felt pain in december but chose to ignore it until the end of basketball season by march nineteen hundred seventy seven the pain had intensified and he finally went to a hospital where he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma a form of cancer that often starts near the knees fox believed his car accident weakened his knee and left it vulnerable to the disease though his doctors argued there was no connection he was told that his leg had to be
squad-5711607f2419e314009555cd,what is the power to weight ratio of a steam plant compared to that of an internal combustion engine,Winter_service_vehicle_46,that snow melting vehicles have a much lower capacity than the equivalent plough or blower vehicle the largest snow melter can remove five hundred tonnes of snow per hour compared to the five thousand tonnes per hour capacity of any large snow blower however snow melters are far more environmentally friendly than gritters as they do not spray hazardous materials and pollutants from the road surface can be separated from the meltwater and disposed of safely in addition as the snow is melted on board the costs of removing the collected snow from the site is removed
squad-56f8ac579e9bad19000a02b9,what did philip i wish to do around one thousand five hundred thirty nine ,Martin_Luther_147,luther became implicated in the bigamy of philip i landgrave of hesse who wanted to marry one of his wife s ladies in waiting philip solicited the approval of luther melanchthon and bucer citing as a precedent the polygamy of the patriarchs the theologians were not prepared to make a general ruling and they reluctantly advised the landgrave that if he was determined he should marry secretly and keep quiet about the matter as a result on four march fifteen forty philip married a second wife margarethe von der sale with melanchthon and bucer among the witnesses however philip was unable to
squad-5737a7351c456719005744f2,what is the only form kinetic energy can change into,Mercury_(planet)_65,million kilometers into the sun s gravitational potential well starting from the earth s orbital speed of thirty k m forward slash s the change in velocity delta v the spacecraft must make to enter into a hohmann transfer orbit that passes near mercury is large compared to other planetary missions the potential energy liberated by moving down the sun s potential well becomes kinetic energy requiring another large delta v to do anything other than rapidly pass by mercury in order to land safely or enter
squad-56f86e91aef2371900626068,what work of luthers became popular,Martin_Luther_106,at a time of rising demand for german language publications luther s version quickly became a popular and influential bible translation as such it made a significant contribution to the evolution of the german language and literature furnished with notes and prefaces by luther and with woodcuts by lucas cranach that contained anti papal imagery it played a major role in the spread of luther s doctrine throughout germany the luther bible influenced other vernacular translations such as william tyndale s english bible fifteen twenty five forward a precursor of the king james bible
squad-572801823acd2414000df1fb,in what year did the serial format change for the doctor who series,Doctor_Who_4,a backdoor pilot in the form of a nineteen hundred ninety six television film the programme was relaunched in two thousand five produced in house by bbc wales in cardiff the first series was produced by the bbc series two and three had some development money contributed by the canadian broadcasting corporation c b c which was credited as a company producer doctor who also spawned spin offs in multiple media including the current television programmes torchwood and the sarah jane adventures the standalone k nine and a single nineteen hundred eighty one pilot episode of k nine and company the doctor has been
squad-56e12005cd28a01900c67618,who did he fire,Eastern_Bloc_147,workers when strikers set ruling sed party buildings aflame and tore the flag from the brandenburg gate sed general secretary walter ulbricht left berlin a major emergency was declared and the soviet red army stormed some important buildings with hours soviet tanks arrived but they did not immediately fire upon all workers rather a gradual pressure was applied approximately sixteen soviet divisions with twenty thousand soldiers from the group of soviet forces in germany using tanks as well as
squad-56d98f0ddc89441400fdb559,how many times prios has the sun life stadium had super bowls,Apogee_Stadium_17,apogee for the naming rights to the new stadium and the name was changed to apogee stadium according to the contract apogee will pay eleven dollars eight cents million of the twenty dollars million deal in cash over twenty years including graduated annual payments beginning at three hundred twelve thousand dollars and ending in three payments of one dollar million the remaining eight dollars twenty nine cents million will be in the form of in kind services as part of the contract apogee also received one luxury suite in the new stadium and premium tickets to other unt events section one point four opening the stadium hosted its first game on september ten twenty eleven when the mean
squad-570961aa200fba1400367f18,what platform caused bskyb to end their analogue service,S4C_11,on freesat and sky digital s four c two has two audio feeds allowing viewers to select between an untranslated version and an english only version where all welsh spoken is translated into english in addition to the analogue t v signal transmitted throughout wales s four c along with united news and media owned the company s four c digital networks sdn sdn was awarded the uk wide contract to provide half a digital multiplex worth of programming the
squad-572a1046af94a219006aa78f,what are both branko milanovic and joseph stiglitz,Joseph_Stiglitz_0,joseph stiglitz joseph eugene stiglitz formemrs fba born february nine nineteen hundred forty three is an american economist and a professor at columbia university he is a recipient of the nobel memorial prize in economic sciences two thousand one and the john bates clark medal nineteen hundred seventy nine he is a former senior vice president and chief economist of the world bank and is a former member and chairman of the us president s council of economic advisers he is known for his critical view of the management of globalization laissez faire economists whom he calls free market fundamentalists and some
squad-572669a9dd62a815002e8419,the presence or absence of what can be used to determine the relative age of the formations in which they are found,Ediacaran_biota_7,organisms table of contents section one history the first ediacaran fossils discovered were the disc shaped aspidella terranovica in eighteen hundred sixty eight their discoverer a murray a geological surveyor found them useful aids for correlating the age of rocks around newfoundland however since they lay below the primordial strata the cambrian strata that were then thought to contain the very first signs of life it took four years for anybody to dare propose they could be fossils elkanah billings proposal was dismissed by his peers
squad-56f88c37aef2371900626179,how many of the fifteen points of discussion were agreed on,Martin_Luther_121,in october fifteen twenty nine philip i landgrave of hesse convoked an assembly of german and swiss theologians at the marburg colloquy to establish doctrinal unity in the emerging protestant states agreement was achieved on fourteen points out of fifteen the exception being the nature of the eucharist minus the sacrament of the lord s supper an issue crucial to luther the theologians including zwingli melanchthon martin bucer and johannes oecolampadius differed on the significance of the words spoken by jesus at the last supper this is my body which is for you
squad-572ff07304bcaa1900d76ef5,the rhine is the longest river in what country,Munich_0,munich munich forward slash mjunk forward slash german munchen pronounced mncn listen bavarian minga pronounced m is the capital and largest city of the german state of bavaria on the river isar north of the bavarian alps munich is the third largest city in germany after berlin and hamburg with a population of around one forty nine million the munich metropolitan region is home to five point six million people the name of the city is derived from the old
squad-56f826a7a6d7ea1400e17429,why is the statement doubtful in the eyes of scholars,Martin_Luther_57,luther is sometimes also quoted as saying here i stand i can do no other recent scholars consider the evidence for these words to be unreliable since they were inserted before may god help me only in later versions of the speech and not recorded in witness accounts of the proceedings over the next five
squad-56f7f2e0aef2371900625cb1,when did luther enter into the senate of the theology faculty of the university of wittenberg,Martin_Luther_24,fifteen twelve he was awarded his doctor of theology and on twenty one october fifteen twelve was received into the senate of the theological faculty of the university of wittenberg having been called to the position of doctor in bible he spent the rest of his career in this position at the university of wittenberg
squad-56de17f9cffd8e1900b4b5e2,when was scotland invaded by william,William_the_Conqueror_95,built a causeway to subdue the isle of ely where hereward the wake and morcar were hiding hereward escaped but morcar was captured deprived of his earldom and imprisoned in ten seventy two william invaded scotland defeating malcolm who had recently invaded the north of england william and malcolm agreed to peace by signing the treaty of abernethy and malcolm probably gave up his son duncan as a hostage for the peace perhaps another stipulation of the treaty was the expulsion of edgar the atheling from malcolm s court william then
squad-5727cd7dff5b5019007d958f,what sport attracts most tourists to jacksonville,Gaisce_%e2%80%93_The_President%27s_Award_3,a youth club green schools tidy towns helping with children personal skill minus e g ecdl musical instrument dance singing lessons web design learn a foreign language no sport allowed physical recreation e g walking cycling tennis badminton golf soccer gaelic rugby swimming a marathon adventure journey forward slash research minus e g adventure center european walk forward slash cycle mountain hike canoeing those who would be unable to accomplish this due to a physical disability perform a suitable replacement activity such as research or residential project gold only
squad-56e1efa0e3433e140042321a,in what complexity class do complement problems of np problems exist,P_versus_NP_problem_31,twenty one n p complete problems among the first found were all well known existing problems at the time they were shown to be n p complete furthermore the result p equals n p would imply many other startling results that are currently believed to be false such as n p equals company n p and p equals ph it is also intuitively argued that the existence of problems that are hard to solve but for which the solutions are easy to verify matches real world experience on
squad-56f89a959b226e1400dd0ca1,what purpose would luther have in not wanting to ban the quran,Martin_Luther_135,will just as one lets the papacy and other false christians live he opposed banning the publication of the quran wanting it exposed to scrutiny section fourteen augsburg confession shaken by the siege of vienna charles v convened the imperial diet at augsburg in fifteen thirty aiming to unite the empire against the turks to achieve this he needed first to resolve the religious controversies in his lands
squad-5728eff82ca10214002daadd,what are the agents the immune system detects known as,Folding%40home_54,protein which may be involved in many diseases including cancer in twenty eleven folding at home began simulations of the dynamics of the small knottin protein eeti which can identify carcinomas in imaging scans by binding to surface receptors of cancer cells interleukin two il two is a protein that helps t cells of the immune system attack pathogens and tumors unfortunately its use as a cancer treatment is restricted due to
squad-57266c015951b619008f7237,when was the ability to use radioactive isotopes to date rock formations developed,George_Gamow_8,and george gamow europe s first cyclotron was designed in nineteen hundred thirty two george gamow and lev mysovskii submitted a draft design for consideration by the academic council of the radium institute which approved it the cyclotron was not completed until nineteen hundred thirty seven section two radioactive decay in the early twentieth century radioactive materials were known to have characteristic exponential decay rates or half lives at the same time radiation emissions were known to have certain
squad-57115f652419e314009555ba,what was the nationality of jernimo de ayanz y beaumont,Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region_20,leon was not the first spaniard to make contact with the native people of florida during his second visit to south florida ponce de leon was killed by the calusa and the tribe gained a reputation for violence to cause future explorers to avoid them in the more than two hundred years the calusa had relations with the spanish they were able to resist the attempts to missionize them the calusa were referred to as carlos by the spanish which may have sounded like calos a variation of the muskogean word kalo meaning black or powerful much of what is known about the calusa was provided by hernando de escalante
squad-572faec7b2c2fd1400568333,where has the official home of the scottish parliament been since two thousand four ,Justin_Trudeau_13,he slept at his friend s ottawa apartment justin and his brothers returned to ottawa for the start of the school year but lived only on the top floor of stornoway while repairs continued on the bottom floor his mother purchased and moved into a new home nearby at ninety five queen victoria avenue in ottawa s new edinburgh in september nineteen hundred seventy nine the trudeaus returned to prime minister s official residence in february nineteen hundred eighty following his father s return to the prime ministership his father originally intended trudeau begin his
squad-572665ff708984140094c4c6,rocks on top of a fault that are cut are always older or younger than the fault itself,Oberon_(moon)_22,crust the canyons obliterated parts of the older surface the cracking of the crust was caused by the expansion of oberon by about zero point five per cent which occurred in two phases corresponding to the old and young canyons the nature of the dark patches which mainly occur on the leading hemisphere and inside craters is not known some scientists hypothesized that they are of cryovolcanic origin analogs of lunar maria while others think that the impacts excavated dark material buried beneath the pure ice crust in the latter case oberon should be at least partially differentiated with
squad-56f826a7a6d7ea1400e17428,who said here i stand i can do no other,Martin_Luther_57,luther is sometimes also quoted as saying here i stand i can do no other recent scholars consider the evidence for these words to be unreliable since they were inserted before may god help me only in later versions of the speech and not recorded in witness accounts of the proceedings over the next five
squad-56f7c651aef2371900625bf5,of what nationality was martin luther,Martin_Luther_0,martin luther martin luther ten november fourteen eighty three minus eighteen february fifteen forty six was a german priest and professor of theology who initiated the protestant reformation he strongly disputed the claim that freedom from god s punishment of sin could be purchased with money he confronted
squad-5728fb002ca10214002dab6d,what is secreted by the respiratory tract to trap microorganisms,Helicobacter_pylori_13,to colonize the stomach h pylori must survive the acidic ph of the lumen and burrow into the mucus to reach its niche close to the stomach s epithelial cell layer the bacterium has flagella and moves through the stomach lumen and drills into the mucoid lining of the stomach many bacteria can be found deep in the mucus which is continuously secreted by mucous cells and removed on the luminal side to avoid being carried into the lumen h pylori senses the ph gradient within the mucus layer by chemotaxis and swims away from the acidic contents of the lumen towards the
squad-56f8094aa6d7ea1400e17395,besides publishing to the christian nobility of the german nation and on the babylonian captivity of the church what other work did luther produce in fifteen twenty ,Martin_Luther_36,luther s writings circulated widely reaching france england and italy as early as fifteen nineteen students thronged to wittenberg to hear luther speak he published a short commentary on galatians and his work on the psalms this early part of luther s career was one of his most creative and productive three of his best known works were published in fifteen twenty to the christian nobility of the german nation on the babylonian captivity of the church and on the freedom of a christian
squad-56f8b2499b226e1400dd0e3e,what did josel ask the city of strasbourg to forbid the sale of,Martin_Luther_156,the jews was doomed to perdition josel asked the city of strasbourg to forbid the sale of luther s anti jewish works they refused initially but relented when a lutheran pastor in hochfelden used a sermon to urge his parishioners to murder jews luther s influence persisted after his death throughout the one thousand five hundred eighties riots led to the expulsion of jews from several german lutheran states luther was the most widely read author of his generation and he acquired the status of a prophet within germany according to the prevailing view among historians his anti jewish rhetoric contributed
squad-56d70daa0d65d21400198332,when did the nfl announce that it would not use roman numbers to designate the super bowl number,American_football_110,millions viewers and was the third straight year the super bowl broke the record in twenty fourteen super bowl xlviii broke super bowl xlvi s record for viewers with one hundred eleven point five million viewers nine of the top ten most watched television programs of all time in the united states are super bowls section eight variations and related sports canadian football the predominant form of football in canada is closely related to american football minus both sports developed from rugby and the two sports are considered to be
squad-5727590df1498d1400e8f6ba,two thousand eleven twelve saw abc drop to four th in ratings among what important demographic,Greatest_Hits_(Lost)_12,american viewers making lost the fifteenth most watched series of the week this was consistent with previous lost episodes in the same timeslot the first half was viewed by eleven point nine million and the audience increased to twelve point eight million in the second half the episode received a five two forward slash fourteen in the key adults eighteen to forty nine demographic placing it as the top rated scripted program for the night in canada greatest hits was seen by eight hundred seventy five zero people ranking twenty seventh for the week in the united kingdom the episode attracted one point two one million viewers and was the second most watched program
squad-5730b541396df919000962c5,what policy gave britain dominance in world trade,British_Empire_51,possession is seen by historians as the event defining the transition between the first and second empires in which britain shifted its attention away from the americas to asia the pacific and later africa adam smith s wealth of nations published in seventeen hundred seventy six had argued that colonies were redundant and that free trade should replace the old mercantilist policies that had characterised the first period of colonial expansion dating back to the protectionism of spain and portugal the growth of trade
squad-56f8507fa6d7ea1400e1754f,what kind of death did luther say the revolting peasants deserve,Martin_Luther_80,the peasants outside the law of god and empire so they deserved death in body and soul if only as highwaymen and murderers lastly luther charged the rebels with blasphemy for calling themselves christian brethren and committing their sinful acts under the banner of the gospel without luther s backing for the uprising many rebels laid down their weapons others felt betrayed their defeat by the swabian league at the battle of frankenhausen on fifteen may fifteen twenty five followed by muntzer s execution brought the revolutionary stage of the reformation to a close
squad-56f85bb8aef2371900626013,what unintended development did the relationship with the elector have on church government,Martin_Luther_91,and income after the break with rome for luther s biographer martin brecht this partnership was the beginning of a questionable and originally unintended development towards a church government under the temporal sovereign the elector authorised a visitation of the church a power formerly exercised by bishops at times luther s practical reforms fell short of his earlier radical pronouncements for example the instructions for the visitors of parish pastors in electoral saxony fifteen twenty eight drafted by melanchthon with luther s approval stressed the role of repentance
squad-572feddda23a5019007fcb5d,what happened with the rate of flow in the rhine with the straightening program,Wage_reform_in_the_Soviet_Union%2c_1956%e2%80%9362_22,the frequency of bottlenecks occurring in production they could do this because workers would be paid a similar rate no matter what they undertook so it became easier to move workers between tasks a major change was made in the way overfulfillment was rewarded progressive piece rates where rates increased as outputs grew were ended and workers were paid a one off bonus upon overachieving a quota where bonus rates were retained for each percentage of overfulfillment they were capped for example in engineering bonuses could not exceed twenty percent of their normal earnings lastly workers whose tasks were considered too important to be paid on a piece rate basis were
squad-56d99179dc89441400fdb56d,how many teams up to super bowl fifty have been to the championship game eight times,College_football_13,one division i a football is the only ncaa sport which doesnt decide its champion with a playoff in the past the unofficial national champion was determined by various polls such as the associated press poll c n n forward slash usa today coaches poll and the united press international poll this system was problematic as two polls often named different champions since nineteen hundred ninety eight the national championship has been determined by the bowl championship series this formula incorporating numerous computer rankings and human polls is used to determine the top two teams in the country the two teams compete for the championship in one of the four b c s
squad-57297781af94a219006aa4a7,if one were to be considered as prime what would the sieve of eratosthenes yield for all other numbers,Parity_of_zero_12,above section one point two defining parity the precise definition of a mathematical term such as even meaning integer multiple of two is ultimately a convention unlike even some mathematical terms are purposefully constructed to exclude trivial or degenerate cases prime numbers are a famous example before the twentieth century definitions of primality were inconsistent and significant mathematicians such as goldbach lambert legendre cayley and kronecker wrote that one was prime
squad-56e181d9e3433e1400422fa0,in a computational problem what can be described as a string over an alphabet,Computational_geometry_9,given a polygon partition its interior into triangles mesh generation boolean operations on polygons the computational complexity for this class of problems is estimated by the time and space computer memory required to solve a given problem instance section one point one point two geometric query problems in geometric query problems commonly known as geometric search problems the input consists of two parts the search space part and the query part which varies over the problem instances the search space typically needs to be preprocessed in a way that multiple queries can be answered efficiently some
squad-57274eca5951b619008f8802,what religions schools were integrated into new zealand public schools between one thousand nine hundred seventy nine and one thousand nine hundred eighty four ,Herne_Bay%2c_Kent_53,schools there are two smaller primary in the town centre saint philip howard catholic school and grosvenor house the latter is a school for pupils permanently excluded from mainstream schooling the village schools are herne primary school herne church of england junior school herne church of england infant and nursery school briary primary school in greenhill hampton primary school and reculver church of england primary school the voluntary controlled church of england schools are owned by the church but like the other schools are run by kent county council in two thousand six reculver church of england primary school achieved the best key stage
squad-56f7fde8a6d7ea1400e17369,what theology states that faith alone isnt enough to justify man,Sola_gratia_1,to the teaching of the roman catholic church of the day during the reformation protestant leaders and theologians generally believed the roman catholic view of the means of salvation to be a mixture of reliance upon the grace of god and confidence in the merits of one s own works performed in love the reformers posited that salvation is entirely comprehended in god s gifts i e god s act of free grace dispensed by the holy spirit according to the redemptive work of jesus christ alone consequently they argued that a sinner is not accepted by
squad-5726e1fcdd62a815002e93c5,approximately how many old masters works are included in the va collection,Oldham_107,it has established itself as a cultural focus for oldham and has developed one of the largest and most varied permanent collections in north west england the current collection includes over twelve thousand social and industrial history items more than two thousand works of art about one thousand items of decorative art more than eighty thousand natural history specimens over one thousand geological specimens about three thousand archaeological artefacts fifteen thousand photographs and a large number of books pamphlets and documents oldham is now home to a newly built state of the art art gallery gallery oldham which was completed in february two thousand two
squad-5725c948ec44d21400f3d579,what did the lunar module provide to help get the apollo thirteen home safely,Orion_(spacecraft)_25,propulsion system and expendable supplies both are based substantially on the apollo command and service modules apollo c s m flown between nineteen hundred sixty seven and nineteen hundred seventy five but include advances derived from the space shuttle program going with known technology and known solutions lowers the risk according to neil woodward director of the integration office in the exploration systems mission directorate the m p c v resembles its apollo era predecessors but its technology and capability are more advanced it is designed to support long duration deep
squad-5711648850c2381900b54ac4,during the compression stage of the rankine cycle what state is the working fluid in,Helium_57,the projected density at zero k and twenty five bar is zero point one eight seven zero point zero zero nine g forward slash m l section two point three point one helium i state below its boiling point of four point two two kelvin and above the lambda point of two point one seven hundred sixty eight kelvin the isotope helium four exists in a normal colorless liquid state called helium i like other
squad-56de52614396321400ee27fe,what tradition were the saint evroul monks known for,Choir_12,the earliest notated music of western europe is gregorian chant along with a few other types of chant which were later subsumed or sometimes suppressed by the catholic church this tradition of a cappella choir singing lasted from sometime between the times of saint ambrose fourth century and gregory the great sixth century into the late middle ages during the later middle ages a new type of choral singing involving multiple melodic parts called organum became predominant for certain functions later developments included clausulae conductus and the motet which was to become a predominant renaissance form during the renaissance choral music was the
squad-56d99b7bdc89441400fdb5cb,what foot was injured on manning that sidelined him in week ten ,Yao_Ming_34,weeks of consulting it was decided that yao would undergo surgery in order to repair the broken bone in his left foot he did not play the entire two thousand nine to ten season for the two thousand ten to eleven season the rockets said they would limit yao to twenty four minutes a game with no plan to play him on back to back nights their goal was to keep yao healthy in the long term on december sixteen twenty ten it was announced that yao had developed a stress fracture in his left ankle related to an older injury and would miss the rest of the season in january twenty eleven he was voted as the western conference starting center for the twenty eleven
squad-56e7550700c9c71400d76fc8,who teaches in secondary schools,Welsh_language_41,most notably the university of wales bangor under the national curriculum school children in wales must study welsh up to the age of sixteen according to the welsh language board two over a quarter of children in wales attend schools which teach predominantly through the medium of welsh the remainder study welsh as a second language in english medium schools specialist teachers of welsh called athrawon bro support the teaching of welsh in the national curriculum
squad-572669a9dd62a815002e841a,the principle of faunal succession was developed one hundred years before whose theory of evolution,Evolution_44,and nineteen hundred eighties however that a significant number of universities had departments that specifically included the term evolutionary biology in their titles section three history of evolutionary thought the idea of biological evolution has existed since ancient times but the modern theory wasnt established until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with scientists such as jean baptiste lamarck and charles darwin while transmutation of species was accepted by a sizeable number of scientists before eighteen hundred fifty nine it was the publication of charles
squad-56beae423aeaaa14008c91f4,how many times was cam newton sacked,Cleveland_Street_scandal_29,labouchere s accusations were rebutted by the attorney general sir richard webster who was also the prosecutor in the newton case charles russell who had prosecuted parke and was defending newton sat on the liberal benches with labouchere but refused to be drawn into the debate after an often passionate debate over seven hours during which labouchere was expelled from parliament after saying i do not believe lord salisbury and refusing to withdraw his remark the motion was defeated by a wide margin two hundred six to sixty six
squad-5706143575f01819005e7951,the los angeles clippers are a team belonging to which sport,Michael_Jordan_79,making him the first former nba player ever to become the majority owner of a league franchise during the twenty eleven nba lockout the new york times wrote that jordan led a group of ten to fourteen hardline owners wanting to cap the players share of basketball related income at fifty percent and as low as forty seven journalists observed that during the labor dispute in nineteen hundred ninety eight jordan had told washington wizards then owner abe pollin if you cant make a profit you should sell your team jason whitlock of foxsports dot com called jordan a sellout
squad-56e77b8c00c9c71400d77194,how many types of religious or spiritual teachers are there in christianity,Jesus_118,debated with jewish authorities on the subject of god performed some healings taught in parables gathered followers and was crucified on pilate s orders section four point three portraits of jesus modern research on the historical jesus has not led to a unified picture of the historical figure partly because of the variety of academic traditions represented by the scholars ben witherington states that there are now as many portraits of the historical jesus as there are
squad-56bec0dd3aeaaa14008c9357,on what television station could an american viewer watch the game,YouTube_11,at two hundred dollars million noting progress in advertising sales in november two thousand eight youtube reached an agreement with m g m lions gate entertainment and c b s allowing the companies to post full length films and television episodes on the site accompanied by advertisements in a section for us viewers called shows the move was intended to create competition with websites such as hulu which features material from n b c fox and disney in november two thousand nine youtube launched a version of shows available to uk
squad-573792ee1c456719005744ba,what was used to create a new electromagnetic theory to reconcile the troubles with electromagnetic theory as it used to stand,Schr%c3%b6dinger%27s_cat_2,described as a paradox devised by austrian physicist erwin schrodinger in nineteen hundred thirty five it illustrates what he saw as the problem of the copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects resulting in a contradiction with common sense the scenario presents a cat that may be both alive and dead depending on an earlier random event although the original experiment was imaginary similar principles have been researched and used in practical applications the thought experiment is also often featured in theoretical discussions of the
squad-57264e455951b619008f6f66,did the european court of justice rule the defendant in the case of commission v edith cresson broke any laws,The_Thriving_Cult_of_Greed_and_Power_31,risked a fine of about three thousand four hundred dollars as well as a potential three months of jail time for the swiss digest editor in chief a hearing on the injunction was set for november eleven two thousand one and the injunction was later lifted by the swiss court in january two thousand one a united states federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of the church of scientology international s case against time warner in its opinion the united states court of appeals for the second circuit ruled that time warner had not published the thriving cult of greed and power with an actual intent of malice a standard that must be met for libel cases involving individuals and
squad-573786b51c4567190057448e,what could be attributed to gravity acceleration around the earth,Isaac_Newton_62,the question was not whether gravity existed but whether it extended so far from earth that it could also be the force holding the moon to its orbit newton showed that if the force decreased as the inverse square of the distance one could indeed calculate the moon s orbital period and get good agreement he guessed the same force was responsible for other orbital motions and hence named it universal gravitation a contemporary writer william stukeley recorded in his memoirs of sir isaac newton s life a conversation with newton in
squad-57273b69dd62a815002e99d8,which network began airing the tgif comedy family matters for the one thousand nine hundred ninety seven ninety eight season,Nick_Bakay_3,in living color and appeared as stu dunfy the host of the fictional game show the dirty dozens he worked at comedy central writing and appearing on numerous shows beginning in two thousand bakay worked as a producer on the c b s hit comedy the king of queens where he also wrote and acted in several episodes in two thousand six bakay created wrote and voiced a cartoon for comedy central called the adventures of baxter and mcguire which was recently nominated for an emmy in the best broadband comedy category currently he serves as a producer and does voice over work for the fox comedy
squad-57274b35f1498d1400e8f5d6,how are ergnzungsschulen funded,Lee_University_17,for the two thousand nine to two thousand ten academic year is eight thousand six hundred eighty dollars per semester tuition and fees are five thousand eight hundred five dollars per semester and room and board plus other assorted fees are three thousand four hundred seventy five dollars per semester section five athletics the school s sports teams are named the flames with membership in the naia division i aa naia the flames offer thirteen team sports for their men and women student athletes the available men s sports are baseball basketball cross country golf j v
squad-56f85cf0aef237190062601a,what did luther not mean for the new mass to replace,Martin_Luther_93,evolution in luther s thought and practice in response to demands for a german liturgy luther wrote a german mass which he published in early one thousand five hundred twenty six he did not intend it as a replacement for his fifteen twenty three adaptation of the latin mass but as an alternative for the simple people a public stimulation for people to believe and become christians luther based his order on the catholic service but omitted everything that smacks of sacrifice and the mass became a celebration where everyone received the wine as well as the bread he
squad-573750f61c45671900574469,what has an equivalence between mass and space time,Big_Bang_103,the earliest moments of the universe s history the penrose hawking singularity theorems require the existence of a singularity at the beginning of cosmic time however these theorems assume that general relativity is correct but general relativity must break down before the universe reaches the planck temperature and a correct treatment of quantum gravity may avoid the singularity some proposals each of which entails untested hypotheses are models including the hartle hawking no boundary condition in which the whole of space time is finite the big bang does represent the limit of
squad-5730b255396df919000962b0,who along with russia supported post ww ii communist movements,Iron_Curtain_3,was the only country in europe to violently overthrow its communist regime table of contents section one analogous terms throughout the cold war the term curtain would become a common euphemism for boundaries minus physical or ideological minus between communist and capitalist states an analogue of the iron curtain the bamboo curtain surrounded the people s republic of china as the standoff between the west and the countries of
squad-5729fc3d1d0469140077969f,tumor antigens are complexed with mhc class i molecules in the same way as what antigens,Introduction_to_viruses_34,rna making viral proteins which all assemble to form new virus particles there are six basic overlapping stages in the life cycle of viruses in living cells attachment is the binding of the virus to specific molecules on the surface of the cell this specificity restricts the virus to a very limited type of cell for example the human immunodeficiency virus hiv infects only human t cells because its surface protein gp one two zero can only react with cd four
squad-56f80ad1a6d7ea1400e1739e,what to luther had the church lost sight of,Martin_Luther_38,section two point one justification by faith from fifteen ten to fifteen twenty luther lectured on the psalms the books of hebrews romans and galatians as he studied these portions of the bible he came to view the use of terms such as penance and righteousness by the catholic church in new ways he became convinced that the church was corrupt in its ways and had lost sight of what he saw as several of the central truths of christianity the
squad-56de0f6a4396321400ee257f,who was the normans main enemy in italy the byzantine empire and armenia,First_Crusade_5,pope gregory vii called for the milites christi soldiers of christ to go to the aid of the byzantine empire in the east the byzantines had suffered a serious defeat at the hands of the seljuk turks at the battle of manzikert three years previously this call while largely ignored and even opposed combined with the large numbers of pilgrimages to the holy land in the eleventh century focused a great deal of attention on the east reports of muslims abusing christian pilgrims travelling to jerusalem and other middle eastern holy sites further stoked the crusading zeal it was pope urban ii
squad-57270541dd62a815002e97c9,in which century were the four devonshire hunting tapestries woven,Oriel_College%2c_Oxford_71,of shallow drinking vessel was quite common in the middle ages but the only other mazers in oxford are three dating from the fifteenth century and one standing mazer from one thousand five hundred twenty nine to thirty all belonging to all souls thirdly is a coconut cup one of six in oxford the oriel cup has silver gilt mounts and dates from the first quarter of the sixteenth century among the later plate are two flagons two pattens and a chalice which date from sixteen hundred forty to forty one the larger pieces of buttery plate include the sanford and heywood grace cups dated sixteen hundred fifty four to fifty five
squad-56f8b7189e9bad19000a038c,who agreed with the burning of synagogues,Martin_Luther_160,experience luther had already suggested preventive measures against the jews and their expulsion from german territory according to daniel goldhagen bishop martin sasse a leading protestant churchman published a compendium of luther s writings shortly after kristallnacht for which diarmaid macculloch professor of the history of the church in the university of oxford argued that luther s writing was a blueprint sasse applauded the burning of the synagogues and the coincidence of the day writing in the introduction on ten november nineteen hundred thirty eight on luther s birthday
squad-56d98b33dc89441400fdb53e,how many tackles did von miller accomlish by himself in the game,American_football_13,maintain their undefeated records each team held the ball gaining no ground for an entire half this block game proved extremely unpopular with spectators and fans of both teams a rule change was necessary to prevent this strategy and a reversion to the scrum was considered until camp passed a rule in eighteen hundred eighty two that stated that a team would have three downs or tackles to advance the ball five yards failure to do so would forfeit control of the ball to the other team this change made american
squad-572656e4dd62a815002e81fb,what type of vote must the council pass in order to approve of any changes recommended by parliament,European_Economic_Community_22,the commission of the european communities however after the treaty of maastricht parliament gained a much bigger role maastricht brought in the codecision procedure which gave it equal legislative power with the council on community matters hence with the greater powers of the supranational institutions and the operation of qualified majority voting in the council the community pillar could be described as a far more federal method of decision making the treaty of amsterdam transferred responsibility for free movement of persons e g visas illegal immigration asylum from the justice and home
squad-56bf738b3aeaaa14008c9655,how many color analysts were involved with super bowl fifty ,American_football_27,games each bowl game would be associated with a particular conference and earning a spot in a bowl game was the reward for winning a conference this arrangement was profitable but it tended to prevent the two top ranked teams from meeting in a true national championship game as they would normally be committed to the bowl games of their respective conferences several systems have been used since nineteen hundred ninety two to determine a national champion of college football the first was the bowl coalition in place from nineteen hundred ninety two to nineteen hundred ninety four this was replaced in nineteen hundred ninety five by the bowl
squad-57107c24a58dae1900cd69e9,william would eventually gain what throne,William_the_Conqueror_0,william the conqueror william i old norman williame i c ten twenty eight minus nine september ten eighty seven usually known as william the conqueror and sometimes william the bastard was the first norman king of england reigning from one thousand sixty six until his death in ten eighty seven the descendant of viking raiders he had been duke of normandy since ten thirty five under the style william ii after a long struggle to establish his power by ten sixty his hold on normandy was secure
squad-56f867e3a6d7ea1400e175da,what work of luthers is seen as a clear religious teaching,Martin_Luther_99,i would rather see them all devoured for i acknowledge none of them to be really a book of mine except perhaps the bondage of the will and the catechism the small catechism has earned a reputation as a model of clear religious teaching it remains in use today along with luther s hymns and his translation of the bible luther s small catechism proved especially effective in helping parents teach their children likewise the larger catechism was effective for pastors using the german vernacular they expressed the apostles creed in simpler more personal trinitarian language he
squad-5727d88b4b864d1900163e5e,how many museums comprise harvard art museums,Munich_84,three redundant exhibition buildings which are under a protection order were converted to house the verkehrsmuseum which houses the land transport collections of the deutsches museum deutsches museum s flugwerft schleissheim flight exhibition centre is located nearby on the schleissheim special landing field several non centralised museums many of those are public collections at ludwig maximilians universitat show the expanded state
squad-57264991f1498d1400e8db31,where did the residents of antioch flee to,Siege_of_Antioch_12,but while they were gone yaghi siyan made a sortie out of the gate of saint george on december twenty nine and attacked raymond s encampment across the river at talenki raymond was able to turn him back but was not able to capture the city itself meanwhile bohemund and robert were attacked by an army under duqaq of damascus which had marched north to come to antioch s aid although the crusaders were victorious here as well they were forced to retreat to antioch with little food the month ended inauspiciously for both sides there was an earthquake on december thirty and the aurora borealis the next night and the following weeks saw such unseasonably bad rain and cold weather that duqaq had to return home without further engaging the crusaders section
squad-56f8c7029e9bad19000a04a1,what was luther involved in dealing with the minds in mansfeld,Martin_Luther_172,own control the controversy that ensued involved all four mansfeld counts albrecht philip john george and gerhard luther journeyed to mansfeld twice in late fifteen forty five to participate in the negotiations for a settlement and a third visit was needed in early fifteen forty six for their completion the negotiations were successfully concluded on seventeen february fifteen forty six after eight pm he experienced chest pains when he went to his bed he prayed into your hand i commit my spirit you have redeemed me o lord
squad-56d71ed50d65d2140019837c,which television network aired the super bowl,YouTube_11,at two hundred dollars million noting progress in advertising sales in november two thousand eight youtube reached an agreement with m g m lions gate entertainment and c b s allowing the companies to post full length films and television episodes on the site accompanied by advertisements in a section for us viewers called shows the move was intended to create competition with websites such as hulu which features material from n b c fox and disney in november two thousand nine youtube launched a version of shows available to uk
squad-56f82454a6d7ea1400e173fc,to whom was johann eck the assistant,Martin_Luther_55,twenty eight january to twenty five may fifteen twenty one with emperor charles v presiding prince frederick iii elector of saxony obtained a safe conduct for luther to and from the meeting johann eck speaking on behalf of the empire as assistant of the archbishop of trier presented luther with copies of his writings laid out on a table and asked him if the books were his and whether he stood by their contents luther confirmed he was their author but requested time to think about the answer to the second question he prayed consulted
squad-572648ed5951b619008f6f04,which country was the last to receive the disease,Queen_Victoria_107,denmark juan carlos i and queen sofia of spain victoria s youngest son leopold was affected by the blood clotting disease haemophilia b and two of her five daughters alice and beatrice were carriers royal haemophiliacs descended from victoria included her great grandsons tsarevich alexei of russia alfonso prince of asturias and infante gonzalo of spain the presence of the disease in victoria s descendants but not in her ancestors led to modern speculation that her true
squad-5727f678ff5b5019007d9958,what network showed a doctor who film,Homer%27s_Odyssey_(The_Simpsons)_17,one five january twenty one nineteen hundred ninety it was the highest rated show on the fox network that week
squad-5730ea71b54a4f140068cce4,in what year was the commission on pan methodist cooperation and union formed,Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898_18,in two thousand the north carolina general assembly established the eighteen hundred ninety eight wilmington race riot commission to develop a historical record of the event and to assess the economic impact of the riot on blacks locally and across the region and state the commission was company chaired by state legislator thomas e wright whose two thousand seven campaign finance scandal seemed to damage the prospects of the commission s proposed legislation in january two thousand seven the north carolina democratic party officially acknowledged and renounced the actions by party leaders during the wilmington insurrection and the white supremacy campaigns section five
squad-57268525dd62a815002e8808,how many cinemas are currently housed at one site,Herne_Bay%2c_Kent_56,well presented there are several community drama groups such as theatrecraft which produces three shows a year including an annual pantomime at the kings hall theatre other groups regularly hold productions at the little theatre and the open air theatre in the park on the grounds of strode park house in herne the town s only cinema the kavanagh is part of a greco inspired building that incorporates the heron s swimming pool and the council offices there are a number of drinking venues especially in the town centre and on the seafront there are nightclubs social clubs and many pubs including one in the recently renovated seafront bandstand
squad-57377c98c3c5551400e51eff,if the apparant force of two fermions is repulsive what is the spin function,Parallel_computing_19,conditions describe when the two are independent and can be executed in parallel for pi let ii be all of the input variables and oi the output variables and likewise for pj p i and p j are independent if they satisfy i j cap o i equals varnothing i i cap o j equals varnothing
squad-571c3c47dd7acb1400e4c09e,what life process produces oxygen in the presence of light,Oxygen_2,as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by cyanobacteria algae and plants during photosynthesis and is used in cellular respiration for all complex life oxygen is toxic to anaerobic organisms which were the dominant form of early life on earth until o two began to accumulate in the atmosphere two point five billion years ago another form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude
squad-5729e2b76aef0514001550d1,what is very important for the growth of the economy,Simon_Kuznets_38,there was little variation in the agricultural income industrialization led to large differences in income additionally as economies experienced growth mass education provided greater opportunities which decreased the inequality and the lower income portion of the population gained political power to change governmental policies he also discovered the patterns in savings income behavior which launched
squad-56f81537aef2371900625db7,when did pope leo x excommunicate luther,Martin_Luther_53,publicly set fire to the bull and decretals at wittenberg on ten december fifteen twenty an act he defended in why the pope and his recent book are burned and assertions concerning all articles as a consequence luther was excommunicated by pope leo x on three january fifteen twenty one in the bull decet romanum pontificem section three diet of worms the enforcement
squad-56f87e95aef237190062610d,what famous composer used a lutheran hymn in his work,Martin_Luther_117,christ became the main hymn for christmas he wrote for pentecost nun bitten wir den heiligen geist and for easter christ ist erstanden christ is risen based on victimae paschali laudes luther s hymns inspired composers to write music johann sebastian bach included several verses as chorales in his cantatas and based chorale cantatas entirely on them namely christ lag in todes banden b w v four as early as possibly seventeen hundred seven in his second annual cycle seventeen hundred
squad-56e1cbe2cd28a01900c67bae,what measurement of time is used in polynomial time reduction,P_versus_NP_problem_65,outputs yes or no if there is an algorithm say a turing machine or a computer program with unbounded memory that can produce the correct answer for any input string of length n in at most c n k steps where k and c are constants independent of the input string then we say that the problem can be solved in polynomial time and we place it in the class p formally p is defined as the set of all languages that can be decided by a deterministic polynomial time turing machine that is where
squad-56bf21b43aeaaa14008c9525,how many times has a super bowl taken place at miamis sun life stadium,Apogee_Stadium_2,bowl it was constructed at a cost of seventy eight dollars million after a contentious student body election in two thousand eight it was originally named mean green stadium but was renamed when resnet provider apogee purchased the naming rights in twenty eleven the stadium hosted its first major event on september ten twenty eleven when the mean green lost forty eight to twenty three against the university of houston cougars the facility houses various amenities including luxury boxes and an alumni pavilion and uses environmental technology it is the first newly built stadium to achieve leadership in energy and environmental design leed platinum certification it can be reached by road but because of
squad-572a20816aef0514001552e5,what is the usual form of the governments wealth redistribution,Laissez-faire_1,interventionism and taxation by the state beyond what is necessary to maintain individual liberty peace security and property rights laissez faire is supported by proponents of
squad-57264efddd62a815002e8134,what is the speed limit set to reduce consumption,Interstate_35_14,i three five splits again into i three five w and i three five e in the minneapolis forward slash saint paul minnesota area the mile and exit numbering sequence continues along i three five e at one sharp turn in i three five w near the junction with i nine four it is advised to slow to thirty five mph fifty five k m forward slash h although many drivers are able to maintain the speed limit of fifty five mph ninety k m forward slash h additionally it is not possible to go from westbound i nine four to northbound i three five w from southbound i three five w to eastbound i nine four from eastbound i nine four to southbound i three five e and from northbound i three five e to westbound
squad-56e11996e3433e1400422be0,other than the us and britain what was the other main country that tesla had patents granted,Icos_12,against lilly icos soon after receiving a broad us patent for pde five inhibitors in october two thousand two the united states patent and trademark office ordered a reexamination of the patent and as in britain the examiner found that pde five inhibitors were not a new invention by pfizer voiding the patent in canada pfizer moved to block sales of cialis five months after it was approved there arguing that there could be consumer backlash against pfizer should cialis be pulled from the market months later as a result of an ongoing patent lawsuit a federal judge refused saying he could not imagine demonstrations in the street or storming of the barricades because one impotence medicine is made unavailable section one point one point two
squad-5726581fdd62a815002e823a,which sized cars were the least demanded cars in the crisis,Compact_Cassette_68,aka the ghetto blaster or boom box a name used commonly only in the usa which combined the portable cassette deck with a radio tuner and speakers capable of producing significant sound levels these devices became synonymous with urban youth culture in entertainment which led to the somewhat derisive nickname ghetto blaster applications for car stereos varied widely auto manufacturers in the u s typically would fit a cassette slot into their standard large radio faceplates europe and asia would standardize on din and double din sized faceplates in the nineteen hundred eighties a
squad-57113639a58dae1900cd6d1c,what class of ships is an example of large passenger liners,RMS_Titanic_3,and jean louis michel have made titanic persistently famous in the years since table of contents section one construction the titanic was a white star line ocean liner built at the harland and wolff shipyard in belfast ireland and was designed to compete with rival company cunard line s lusitania and mauretania titanic along with its olympic class sisters olympic and the soon to be built britannic originally named gigantic three were intended to be the largest most luxurious ships ever to operate titanic was designed by harland and wolff chairman lord pirrie head of harland and wolff s design department thomas andrews and general manager alexander carlisle with the plans regularly sent to white star line s managing director j bruce ismay for suggestions and approval construction
squad-56f80ad1a6d7ea1400e1739d,what did luther decide about the catholic church,Martin_Luther_38,section two point one justification by faith from fifteen ten to fifteen twenty luther lectured on the psalms the books of hebrews romans and galatians as he studied these portions of the bible he came to view the use of terms such as penance and righteousness by the catholic church in new ways he became convinced that the church was corrupt in its ways and had lost sight of what he saw as several of the central truths of christianity the
squad-5711119cb654c5140001fae6,what area in modern day canada received huguenot immigrants,Montreal_7,the treaty of paris in seventeen hundred sixty three ended the french and indian war and france chose to keep guadaloupe instead of its quebec colony now a british colony and with immigration no longer limited to members of the roman catholic religion the city began to grow from british immigration in seventeen hundred seventy five american revolutionists briefly held the city but soon left when it became apparent that they could not take and hold canada more and more english speaking merchants continued to arrive in what had by then become known as montreal and soon the main language of commerce in the city was english the golden era of fur trading began in the city with the advent of the locally owned north west company the
squad-572922206aef051400154a8a,what is the main religion in kenya,Brownhills_34,per cent other western european countries zero point one six per cent eastern europe zero point two one per cent africa zero point two five per cent far east zero point four four per cent south asia zero point zero four per cent middle east zero point one seven per cent north america and zero point zero three per cent oceania religion was recorded as seventy nine point five six per cent christian zero point five six per cent muslim zero point two three per cent hindu zero point zero nine per cent buddhist zero point zero six per cent jewish and zero point three four per cent sikh
squad-57114e8d50c2381900b54a5b,what limits the rankine cycles efficiency,Caesium_66,devices caesium fluoride or caesium aluminium fluoride are used in fluxes formulated for the brazing of aluminium alloys that contain magnesium section four point eight prognostications magnetohydrodynamic m h d power generating systems were researched but failed to gain widespread acceptance caesium metal has also been considered as the working fluid in high temperature rankine cycleturboelectric generators caesium salts have been evaluated as antishock reagents to be used following the administration of arsenical drugs because of their effect on heart rhythms however they are less likely to
squad-5729f3883f37b319004785f1,who plotted the relationships between levels of income and inequality,Simon_Kuznets_36,analysis of modern underdeveloped countries distinct experiences section two point four kuznets curve among his several discoveries which sparked important theoretical research programs was his discovery of the inverted u shaped relation between income inequality and economic growth nineteen hundred fifty five nineteen hundred sixty three in poor countries economic growth increased the income disparity between rich and poor people in wealthier countries economic growth narrowed the difference by noting patterns of income inequality in developed and
squad-56f8a6969e9bad19000a025b,what do the ten commandments teach christians how to do,Martin_Luther_144,that the church consists only of essentially holy people on the other hand luther also points out that the ten commandments minus when considered not as god s condemning judgment but as an expression of his eternal will that is of the natural law minus also positively teach how the christian ought to live this has traditionally been called the third use of the law for luther also christ s life when understood as an example is nothing more than an illustration of the ten commandments which a christian should follow in his or her vocations on a daily basis the ten commandments and the beginnings of the renewed life of
squad-5729da0faf94a219006aa675,what does many workers willing to work for a lot of time competing for a job that only requires a few workers result in,Prisoner%27s_dilemma_67,who have also followed this practice mutual defection the result is a reduction in the level of competition yet if a participant maintains their natural weight cooperating they will most likely compete against a stronger opponent who has lost considerable weight advertising is sometimes cited as a real life example of the prisoner s dilemma when cigarette advertising was legal in the united states competing cigarette manufacturers had to decide how much money to spend on advertising the effectiveness of firm
squad-5733266d4776f41900660716,what year did king sigismund iii vasa move his court to warsaw,Bona_Sforza_31,was a duchess of brunswick luneburg wife of henry v duke of brunswick luneburg anna eighteen october fifteen twenty three minus nine september fifteen ninety six was a king of poland and grand duke of lithuania wife of stefan batory catherine one november fifteen twenty six minus sixteen september fifteen eighty three was a queen of sweden and grand duchess of finland wife of john iii
squad-56f7cdc2a6d7ea1400e1728e,when was martin luther born,Martin_Luther_12,martin luther was born to hans luder or ludher later luther and his wife margarethe nee lindemann on ten november fourteen eighty three in eisleben germany then part of the holy roman empire he was baptized as a catholic the next morning on the feast day of saint martin of tours his family moved to mansfeld in fourteen eighty four where his father was a leaseholder of copper mines and
squad-56e77e4a00c9c71400d771b2,what is the name of the mystical type of islam,History_of_Saudi_Arabia_10,while the muslim arab elite engaged in conquest some devout muslims zahid began to question the piety of indulgence in a worldly life emphasizing rather poverty humility and avoidance of sin based on renunciation of bodily desires devout muslim ascetic exemplars such as hasan al basri would inspire a movement that would evolve into sufism for the umayyad aristocracy islam was viewed as a religion for arabs only the economy of the umayyad empire was based on the assumption that a majority of non muslims dhimmis would pay taxes to the minority of
squad-57296eee6aef051400154e8f,what shape are plastoglobuli,Iapetus_(moon)_7,examples of names used include the craters charlemagne and baligant and the northern bright region roncevaux terra the one exception is cassini regio the dark region of the moon named after the region s discoverer giovanni cassini section three physical characteristics the low density of iapetus indicates that it is mostly composed of ice with only a small twenty per cent amount of rocky materials unlike most moons its overall shape is neither spherical nor ellipsoid but has a bulging waistline and squashed poles also its unique
squad-573735e8c3c5551400e51e75,who develped the theory of relativity,Big_Bang_14,originally suggested by friedmann but advocated by albert einstein and richard tolman and fritz zwicky s tired light hypothesis after world war ii two distinct possibilities emerged one was fred hoyle s steady state model whereby new matter would be created as the universe seemed to expand in this model the universe is roughly the same at any point in time the other was lemaitre s big bang theory advocated and developed by george gamow who introduced big bang nucleosynthesis b b n and whose associates ralph alpher and robert herman
squad-5730b07c8ab72b1400f9c699,what states that united methodist theology is at once catholic evangelical and reformed,Eucharistic_theology_72,methodists believe that holy communion should not only be available to the clergy in both forms the bread and the cup but to the layman as well according to article xix of the articles of religion in the book of discipline of the methodist church section three
squad-56f87000aef2371900626074,what did luther use as accompaniment to his hymns,Martin_Luther_95,of his alternative to the catholic mass luther s service however included congregational singing of hymns and psalms in german as well as of parts of the liturgy including luther s unison setting of the creed to reach the simple people and the young luther incorporated religious instruction into the weekday services in the form of the catechism he also provided simplified versions of the baptism and marriage services luther and his colleagues introduced the new order of worship during their visitation of electoral saxony which began in fifteen twenty seven they also assessed the standard of pastoral care and christian
squad-5729d44b1d04691400779611,what do the top four hundred richest americans have more of than half of all americans combined,Andrew_Carnegie_26,royal family the cover depicted an upended royal crown and a broken scepter the book created considerable controversy in the uk the book made many americans appreciate their country s economic progress and sold over forty thousand copies mostly in the u s in eighteen hundred eighty nine carnegie published wealth in the june issue of the north american review after reading it gladstone requested its publication in england where it appeared as the gospel of wealth in the pall mall gazette the article was the subject of much discussion carnegie argued that the life of a wealthy industrialist
squad-5730ac6b8ab72b1400f9c673,prevenient grace allowas those tainted by what to make a choice to accept or reject gods salvation in christ,Council_of_Trent_34,reception of grace understanding the protestant faith alone doctrine to be one of simple human confidence in divine mercy the council rejected the vain confidence of the protestants stating that no one can know who has received the grace of god furthermore the council affirmed against protestant doctrine that the grace of god can be forfeited through mortal sin the greatest weight in the council s decrees is given to the sacraments the seven sacraments were reaffirmed and the eucharist pronounced to be a true propitiatory sacrifice as well as a
squad-571166352419e314009555f2,what does the steam generated by a nuclear power plant drive,Tank_68,research is also ongoing in armour systems and new propulsion units one clear trend is the increasing number of electrical and communication systems on a tank such as thermal scopes and higher powered radios if tank designs switched to electrical motors like some other heavy construction equipment rather than a direct drive transmission or used electromagnetic guns as is being studied for ships there would still be a need for a good power plant the turbine engine long ago supplanted piston engines in both military aircraft and ships but whether it will be successful
squad-57273b69dd62a815002e99d6,what year did abcs tgif end,Coronation_Street_44,up in a media frenzy prime minister tony blair even passed comment on deirdre s sentencing in parliament deirdre was freed after three weeks with granada stating that they had always intended for her to be released in spite of the media interest section three point five the two thousands on eight december two thousand the show celebrated its fortieth year by broadcasting a live hour long episode the prince of wales made a cameo in the episode appearing in a pre recorded segment as himself in an itv news bulletin report presented by trevor mcdonald earlier in the year one three year old sarah platt tina obrien had fallen pregnant
squad-56f8074faef2371900625d7b,who translated and printed luthers ninety five these,Martin_Luther_35,for the practice of the indulgence sales and to the bishop of brandenburg luther s superior it wasnt until january fifteen eighteen that friends of luther translated the ninety five theses from latin into german printed and widely copied making the controversy one of the first in history to be aided by the printing press within two weeks copies of the theses had spread throughout germany within two months throughout europe luther s writings circulated widely reaching france england and italy as early as fifteen nineteen students thronged to wittenberg
squad-56f88c37aef2371900626177,who was philip i,Martin_Luther_147,luther became implicated in the bigamy of philip i landgrave of hesse who wanted to marry one of his wife s ladies in waiting philip solicited the approval of luther melanchthon and bucer citing as a precedent the polygamy of the patriarchs the theologians were not prepared to make a general ruling and they reluctantly advised the landgrave that if he was determined he should marry secretly and keep quiet about the matter as a result on four march fifteen forty philip married a second wife margarethe von der sale with melanchthon and bucer among the witnesses however philip was unable to
squad-56f84a60aef2371900625f9d,how quick was the effect of luthers preaching,Martin_Luther_70,change the effect of luther s intervention was immediate after the sixth sermon the wittenberg jurist jerome schurf wrote to the elector oh what joy has doctor martin s return spread among us his words through divine mercy
squad-57275409708984140094dc35,after apartheid what types of schools are referred to as model c schools,Namibia_48,at university standard two and a national university three in nineteen hundred ninety eight there were four hundred thousand three hundred twenty five namibian students in primary school about eighty per cent of those eligible and one hundred fifteen thousand two hundred thirty seven students in secondary schools about thirty four per cent of those eligible the pupil teacher ratio in nineteen hundred ninety nine was estimated at thirty two one with about eight per cent of the g d p being spent on education most schools in namibia are state run however there are a few private and semi private schools that serve the country s education system
squad-57272dd55951b619008f869b,what did genghis khan do to the tangut imperial family after their surrender,Han_dynasty_44,guangwu made luoyang his capital in twenty five ad and by twenty seven ad his officers deng yu and feng yi had forced the red eyebrows to surrender and executed their leaders for treason from twenty six until thirty six ad emperor guangwu had to wage war against other regional warlords who claimed the title of emperor when these warlords were defeated china reunified under the han the period between the foundation of the han dynasty and wang mang s reign is known as the western han dynasty
squad-56f8b4d79b226e1400dd0e78,whose writings were widely quoted by the third reich,Martin_Luther_157,his generation and he acquired the status of a prophet within germany according to the prevailing view among historians his anti jewish rhetoric contributed significantly to the development of antisemitism in germany and in the nineteen hundred thirties and nineteen hundred forties provided an ideal underpinning for the national socialists attacks on jews reinhold lewin writes that whoever wrote against the jews for whatever reason believed he had the right to justify himself by triumphantly referring to luther according to michael just about every anti jewish book printed in the third reich contained references to
squad-571c83f3dd7acb1400e4c0d9,what is the bond order of dioxygen molecules,DNA_repair_11,dna results in an altered configuration of the molecule which can be rapidly detected by the cell specific dna repair related molecules are attracted to and bind at or near the site of damage inducing other molecules also to bind and form a complex that enables repair to take place the types of molecules involved and the mechanism of repair that takes place is based on the type of damage on the dna molecule whether the cell has entered into a state of senescence the phase of the cell cycle that the cell is in section two point one single strand damage in order to repair damage to one of the two helical domains of dna there are numerous
squad-5737821cc3c5551400e51f1a,in what century was quantum mechanics made,Introduction_to_viruses_16,in the twentieth century there are three main theories of the origins of viruses
squad-56f7c8aba6d7ea1400e1727e,to luther what were all baptized christians considered to be,Martin_Luther_2,by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor luther taught that salvation is not earned by good deeds but received only as a free gift of god s grace through faith in jesus christ as redeemer from sin his theology challenged the authority of the pope of the roman catholic church by teaching that the bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge and opposed sacerdotalism by considering all baptized christians to be a holy priesthood those who identify with luther s teachings are called lutherans his translation of the bible into the
squad-5725de30ec44d21400f3d6ed,what type of mixture was created to replace the pure oxygen atmosphere inside the cabin,Orion_(spacecraft)_29,with provision for the flight crew to take over in an emergency previous american spacecraft gemini apollo and space shuttle have all required manual piloting for docking improved waste management facilities with a miniature camping style toilet and the unisex relief tube used on the space shuttle whose system was based on that used on skylab and the international space station based on the soyuz salyut and mir systems this eliminates the use of the much hated plastic apollo bags used by the apollo crews a nitrogen forward slash oxygen n two forward slash o two mixed atmosphere at either sea level one hundred one three kpa or fourteen point six nine psi or slightly reduced fifty five two to seventy point three kpa or eight point zero one to ten point two zero psi pressure much more advanced computers than
squad-57108ee6a58dae1900cd6a1e,what time of day did these reformed supposedly gather to engage in huguenot rituals,Eucharistic_theology_87,calvin and leaders of the church of zurich who followed zwingli it demonstrates that at least the successors of zwingli held to the real spiritual presence view most commonly attributed to calvin and reformed protestantism some christian denominations that hold this view include the united church of christ the baptist church the disciples of christ and the mennonites the plymouth brethren hold the lord s supper or the breaking of bread instituted in the upper room on christ s betrayal night to be the weekly remembrance feast enjoyed on all true christians they celebrate the supper in
squad-56f7cdc2a6d7ea1400e17291,into what religion was martin luther baptized,Martin_Luther_12,martin luther was born to hans luder or ludher later luther and his wife margarethe nee lindemann on ten november fourteen eighty three in eisleben germany then part of the holy roman empire he was baptized as a catholic the next morning on the feast day of saint martin of tours his family moved to mansfeld in fourteen eighty four where his father was a leaseholder of copper mines and
squad-56d98fbfdc89441400fdb565,when was the last time california hosted a super bowl,College_football_15,national champion for example in two thousand three the associated press and bowl championship series chose different champions which is precisely what the system was designed to prevent the two thousand five season did produce a consensus national champion with the usc trojans and texas longhorns facing each other as the only two major teams to finish the regular season undefeated texas beat usc forty one to thirty eight in the rose bowl the season concludes with series of all star bowl games in january these include the east west shrine game the gridiron classic the hula bowl and the senior bowl however the gridiron classic was recently declared canceled for
squad-56f7ef96aef2371900625c75,how did luther describe his time in the order,Martin_Luther_22,confession he would later remark if anyone could have gained heaven as a monk then i would indeed have been among them luther described this period of his life as one of deep spiritual despair he said i lost touch with christ the savior and comforter and made of him the jailor and hangman of my poor soul johann von staupitz his superior concluded that luther needed more work to distract him from excessive introspection and ordered him to pursue an academic career in fifteen oh seven he was ordained to the priesthood
squad-5737432bc3c5551400e51e99,whose first law of motion says that unless acted upon be forces objects would continue to move at a constant velocity,Isaac_Newton_55,newton s first law also known as the law of inertia states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and that an object in uniform motion tends to stay in uniform motion unless acted upon by a net external force newton s second law states that an applied force f on an object equals the rate of change of its momentum p with time mathematically we may write that vec f equals frac d vec p d t equals frac d d t m vec v equals vec v frac d m d t plus m
squad-571a53d410f8ca1400304fe7,oxygen exists in the atmosphere by way of what,Oxygen_4,he published his findings first the name oxygen was coined in seventeen hundred seventy seven by antoine lavoisier whose experiments with oxygen helped to discredit the then popular phlogiston theory of combustion and corrosion oxygen is produced industrially by fractional distillation of liquefied air use of zeolites to remove carbon dioxide and nitrogen from air electrolysis of water and other means uses of oxygen include the production of steel plastics and textiles rocket propellant oxygen therapy and life support in aircraft submarines
squad-570614ff52bb89140068988c,what is the name of the team from usc,College_football_15,national champion for example in two thousand three the associated press and bowl championship series chose different champions which is precisely what the system was designed to prevent the two thousand five season did produce a consensus national champion with the usc trojans and texas longhorns facing each other as the only two major teams to finish the regular season undefeated texas beat usc forty one to thirty eight in the rose bowl the season concludes with series of all star bowl games in january these include the east west shrine game the gridiron classic the hula bowl and the senior bowl however the gridiron classic was recently declared canceled for
squad-56f84b68aef2371900625faa,what did the radical reformers cause in the new order,Martin_Luther_72,banishing the zwickau prophets he now faced a battle not only against the established church but against radical reformers who threatened the new order by fomenting social unrest and violence section six peasants war despite his victory in wittenberg luther was unable to
squad-56de3ebc4396321400ee26e7,what was the name of bohemonds nephew,Siege_of_Antioch_10,with food on the southern and eastern side of the city was the hilly area known as mt silpius where the citadel and the iron gate were located section three first siege by mid november bohemund s nephew tancred had arrived with reinforcements and a genoese fleet had sailed into the port at saint symeon bringing extra food and supplies the siege dragged on and in december godfrey fell ill and food supplies that had been plentiful were running out with the approaching winter at the end of the month bohemund and robert of flanders took about
squad-572746d3dd62a815002e9a66,what did the public health cigarette smoking act ban,Prisoner%27s_dilemma_67,who have also followed this practice mutual defection the result is a reduction in the level of competition yet if a participant maintains their natural weight cooperating they will most likely compete against a stronger opponent who has lost considerable weight advertising is sometimes cited as a real life example of the prisoner s dilemma when cigarette advertising was legal in the united states competing cigarette manufacturers had to decide how much money to spend on advertising the effectiveness of firm
squad-5725be0f271a42140099d117,which type of climate may have allowed the rainforest to spread across the continent,Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region_1,following large game the paleo indians found an arid landscape that supported plants and animals adapted to desert conditions climate changes six thousand five hundred years ago brought a wetter landscape large animals became extinct in florida and the paleo indians slowly adapted to the new conditions archaeologists call the cultures that resulted from the adaptations archaic peoples they were better suited for environmental changes than their ancestors and created many tools with the resources they had approximately five thousand years ago the climate shifted again to cause
squad-572fd8efb2c2fd14005684fa,how many members can voters choose to represent the constituency,European_Economic_Community_29,has a right to one european commissioner each although in the european commission they are not supposed to represent their national interest but that of the community prior to two thousand four the larger members france germany italy and the united kingdom have had two commissioners in the european parliament members are allocated a set number seats related to their population however these since nineteen hundred seventy nine have been directly elected and they sit according to political allegiance not national origin most other institutions including the european court of justice have some form of national division of its members
squad-57274ca8dd62a815002e9aa5,what country has the most illiterate adults in the world,Bidet_8,particularly in japan india and south korea almost all houses in the arab world including lebanon syria jordan kuwait saudi arabia qatar and united arab emirates are equipped with bidets although france is the country where the word bidet originated not every house is equipped with one especially the smaller or cheaper flats as well as recent constructions also almost all the houses in argentina paraguay and uruguay are equipped with bidets although they do
squad-56d9b4ebdc89441400fdb708,what day was super bowl fifty media day switched to,Coronation_Street_52,prerecorded fifteen minutes later when the programme went fully networked on march three nineteen hundred sixty one broadcast days changed to monday and wednesday the last regular epiosde to be shown live aired on february three nineteen hundred sixty one from episode one until november nineteen nineteen hundred sixty nine the programme was broadcast in black and white broadcast switched to colour from twenty four november nineteen hundred sixty nine but in october nineteen hundred seventy a technician s strike at a film developing company affected the entire itv network and virtually all the programming on itv had to return to using black and white including coronation street
squad-5737898f1c45671900574499,who first showed that newtons theory of gravity was not as correct as another theory,Isaac_Newton_3,and studied the speed of sound in mathematics newton shares the credit with gottfried leibniz for the development of calculus he also demonstrated the generalized binomial theorem developed the so called newton s method for approximating the zeroes of a function and contributed to the study of power series in a two thousand five poll of the royal society asking who had the greater effect on the history of science newton was deemed much more influential than albert einstein table of contents section one biography
squad-56f8afbc9b226e1400dd0e08,what did luther contend the jews to be,Martin_Luther_153,vom schem hamphoras und vom geschlecht christi on the holy name and the lineage of christ both published in one thousand five hundred forty three three years before his death luther argued that the jews were no longer the chosen people but the devil s people he referred to them with violent vile language luther advocated setting synagogues on fire destroying jewish prayerbooks forbidding rabbis from preaching seizing jews property and money and smashing up their homes so that these poisonous envenomed worms would be forced into labour or expelled
squad-5727f0b1ff5b5019007d98f3,who relaunched doctor who in twenty five ,This_Is_Wonderland_3,january twenty five two thousand five and the third season began on november twenty three two thousand five the first season d v d collection went on sale in early september of that year repeats of the first and second season currently air on canadian digital television station c b c country canada table of contents
squad-56f8bbb09e9bad19000a03db,other scholars contend that luthers words lent what element to christian suspicion of jews,Martin_Luther_165,jews and their lies was written his position was entirely religious and in no respect racial other scholars argue that even if his views were merely anti judaic their violence lent a new element to the standard christian suspicion of judaism ronald berger writes that luther is credited with germanizing the christian critique of judaism and establishing anti semitism as a key element of german culture and national identity paul rose argues that he caused a hysterical and demonizing mentality about jews to enter german thought and discourse
squad-57309bfb8ab72b1400f9c5e6,theories on imperialism use which country as a model,The_Coral_Island_34,early victorian proponents of british imperialism toward self consciousness and anxiety about colonial domination she locates this anxiety in what she calls the rhetoric of excess that features in the descriptions of cannibalism and especially in the accounts of fijian savagery provided by bloody bill most notably that of the sacrifice of children to the eel gods and the missionary a representative of the london missionary society an emblematic figure of colonial fiction others have also linked popular boys fiction of the period with imperialism joseph bristow s empire boys nineteen hundred ninety one claimed to see an imperialist manhood which shaped british attitudes towards empire and masculinity the novel s portrayal of pacific culture and the effects of
squad-5706149552bb891400689881,how many teams did los angeles used to have,American_football_89,grew to challenge that of the n f l the two leagues merged in the nineteen hundred seventy season and all afl teams joined the n f l an earlier minor league the all america football conference was in play from nineteen hundred forty six to nineteen hundred forty nine two aafc teams the cleveland browns and the san francisco
squad-56f89a959b226e1400dd0c9d,what book did luther read in fifteen forty two ,Martin_Luther_134,wrote a prayer for national deliverance from the turks asking god to give to our emperor perpetual victory over our enemies in fifteen forty two luther read a latin translation of the quran he went on to produce several critical pamphlets on the islamic faith which he called mohammedanism or the turk though luther saw the muslim faith as a tool of the devil he was indifferent to its practice let the turk believe and live as he will just as one lets the papacy and other false christians live he opposed banning the publication of the quran wanting it exposed to
squad-573786b51c45671900574490,what is included along with gravitational acceration and mass of the earth in a formula about rotation about the earth,George_Gamow_19,carl friedrich von weizsacker on planetary formation in the early solar system gamow published another paper in the british journal nature in nineteen hundred forty eight in which he developed equations for the mass and radius of a primordial galaxy which typically contains about one hundred billion stars each with a mass comparable with that of the sun citation needed section five big bang nucleosynthesis george gamow was the father of the hot big bang theory of the expanding universe he was
squad-57308ddc396df919000961a4,imperialism is most often associated with which sovereignty,British_Empire_154,the remainder are self governing to varying degrees and are reliant on the uk for foreign relations and defence the british government has stated its willingness to assist any overseas territory that wishes to proceed to independence where that is an option british sovereignty of several of the overseas territories is disputed by their geographical neighbours gibraltar is claimed by spain the falkland islands and south georgia and the south sandwich islands are claimed by argentina and the british indian ocean territory is claimed by mauritius and seychelles the
squad-572a06866aef0514001551be,what nationality are researchers richard g wilkinson and kate pickett,Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region_39,was occupied by the united kingdom the term seminolie was first used by a british indian agent in a document dated seventeen hundred seventy one their beginnings are vague but records show that creeks invaded the florida peninsula conquering and assimilating what was left of pre columbian societies into the creek confederacy the mixing of cultures is evident in the language influences present among the seminoles various muskogean languages notably hitchiti and creek as well as timucuan in the early nineteenth century an indian agent explained the seminoles this
squad-571ccc00dd7acb1400e4c15d,what process is responsible for the planets oxygen content,Oxygen_2,as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by cyanobacteria algae and plants during photosynthesis and is used in cellular respiration for all complex life oxygen is toxic to anaerobic organisms which were the dominant form of early life on earth until o two began to accumulate in the atmosphere two point five billion years ago another form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude
squad-57283db6ff5b5019007d9fc0,in what year will the barack obama presidential center be finished,Barack_Obama_52,protection and affordable care act in a major space policy speech in april twenty ten obama announced a planned change in direction at nasa the u s space agency he ended plans for a return of human spaceflight to the moon and ended development of the ares i rocket ares v rocket and constellation program he is focusing funding which is expected to rise modestly on earth science projects and a new rocket type as well as research and development for an eventual manned mission to mars missions to the international space station are expected to continue until two thousand twenty on december twenty two twenty ten obama signed the dont ask dont tell repeal act of twenty ten a bill that provides for repeal of the dont ask dont tell policy of nineteen hundred ninety three that has prevented gay and lesbian people from serving openly in the united states armed forces repealing dont ask dont tell had been a key campaign promise that
squad-571c4132dd7acb1400e4c0b3,why is priestley usually given credit for being first to discover oxygen,Oxygen_3,form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude ozone layer but is a pollutant near the surface where it is a by product of smog oxygen was independently discovered by joseph priestley in wiltshire in seventeen hundred seventy four and carl wilhelm scheele in uppsala a year earlier but priestley is usually given priority because he published his findings first the name oxygen was coined in seventeen hundred seventy seven by antoine lavoisier whose experiments with
squad-572870b2ff5b5019007da222,what nobel memorial prize in economic sciences winner is also a university alumni member,Ronald_Reagan_100,profit tax in nineteen hundred eighty eight which had previously increased dependence on foreign oil some economists such as nobel prize winners milton friedman and robert a mundell argue that reagan s tax policies invigorated america s economy and contributed to the economic boom of the nineteen hundred nineties other economists such as nobel prize winner robert solow argue that the deficits were a major reason why reagan s successor george h w bush reneged on a campaign promise and raised taxes during reagan s
squad-572998673f37b319004784d6,where do cicadas spend the majority of their lives,Fauna_of_Australia_15,these rare blind earless carnivores spend most of their time underground little is known about them the marsupial omnivores include the bandicoots and bilbies order peramelemorphia there are seven species in australia most of which are endangered these small creatures share several characteristic physical features a plump arch backed body with a long delicately tapering snout large upright ears long thin legs and a thin tail the evolutionary origin of this group is unclear but they share characteristics from both carnivorous and herbivorous marsupials the
squad-5727f0b1ff5b5019007d98f4,what doctor who spin off only made it as far as a pilot episode,Doctor_Who_4,a backdoor pilot in the form of a nineteen hundred ninety six television film the programme was relaunched in two thousand five produced in house by bbc wales in cardiff the first series was produced by the bbc series two and three had some development money contributed by the canadian broadcasting corporation c b c which was credited as a company producer doctor who also spawned spin offs in multiple media including the current television programmes torchwood and the sarah jane adventures the standalone k nine and a single nineteen hundred eighty one pilot episode of k nine and company the doctor has been
squad-5705fb7f52bb891400689753,other than la which other county do many people commute to,Florida_Highway_Patrol_17,college reunion bike week and race week civilian community service officers are stationed in the tampa bay area and the orlando area with fourteen in hillsborough county fourteen in pinellas county and four in orange county these non sworn officer positions are responsible for responding to and investigating minor crashes where there are no criminal charges involved and providing assistance to stranded motorists community service officers are not armed nor do they have any arrest authority they wear a distinctive colored uniform which consists of a white shirt with f h p patches and black trousers to
squad-5730bc308ab72b1400f9c73f,the ottoman empire controlled territory on three continents africa asia and which other,History_of_the_world_17,empire fell under the domination of various germanic tribes in the fifth century and these polities gradually developed into a number of warring catholic states the remaining part of the roman empire in the eastern mediterranean was henceforth known as the byzantine empire centuries later a large part of western europe became the holy roman empire comprising a number of states in what is now germany and italy in china dynasties would similarly rise and fall the most remarkable if short lived of these was the mongol empire which seized almost all of eurasia s landmass missing only western europe and japan islam which began in arabia
squad-572a0ce11d046914007796fe,what food bacteria is an example of intracellular pathogenesis,Pathogenic_bacteria_3,diseases such as pneumonia which can be caused by bacteria such as streptococcus and pseudomonas and foodborne illnesses which can be caused by bacteria such as shigella campylobacter and salmonella pathogenic bacteria also cause infections such as tetanus typhoid fever diphtheria syphilis and leprosy table of contents section one history koch s postulates proposed by robert koch in eighteen hundred ninety are criteria designed to establish a causal relationship between a causative
squad-5730bf03069b5314008322eb,the umc supports federal funding for research on embryos created for what purpose,University_of_Bras%c3%adlia_12,more than two hundred sixty formally constituted research groups work in more than four hundred different laboratories investigating close to eight hundred ninety different areas this research is supported by such programs as the technological and scientific initiation program pibic and the special training program pet which also offers scholarships to gifted undergraduates among other agencies programs are funded by the c n p q the capes the research and projects funding program finep the technological and scientific development support program padct and the federal district research support foundation fapdf other key players
squad-56d728a10d65d21400198413,how many yards was the pass on the first drive,American_football_19,was implemented in nineteen hundred fourteen and eligible players were first allowed to catch the ball anywhere on the field in nineteen hundred eighteen section two point three the professional era the first instance of professional play in american football was on november twelve eighteen hundred ninety two when william pudge heffelfinger was paid five hundred dollars to play a game for the allegheny athletic association in a match against the pittsburgh athletic club this is the first recorded instance of a player being
squad-56f85cf0aef237190062601b,for whom was this new mass intended,Martin_Luther_93,evolution in luther s thought and practice in response to demands for a german liturgy luther wrote a german mass which he published in early one thousand five hundred twenty six he did not intend it as a replacement for his fifteen twenty three adaptation of the latin mass but as an alternative for the simple people a public stimulation for people to believe and become christians luther based his order on the catholic service but omitted everything that smacks of sacrifice and the mass became a celebration where everyone received the wine as well as the bread he
squad-5726431d271a42140099d7f5,where can ctenophores be found in large amounts,Deinosuchus_19,specimens of deinosuchus were found in rocks that date to the campanian stage of the late cretaceous period the oldest examples of this genus lived approximately eighty ma and the youngest lived around seventy three ma the distribution of deinosuchus specimens indicates that these giant crocodilians may have preferred estuarine environments in the aguja formation of texas where some of the largest specimens of deinosuchus have been found these massive predators probably inhabited brackish water bays although some specimens have also been found in
squad-5725e152271a42140099d2d0,was the testing of the lm during apollo five a failure or a success,NASA_7,proving that rendezvous and docking with another vehicle in space was possible and gathering medical data on the effects of weightlessness on humans section two point two apollo program following the success of the mercury and gemini programs the apollo program was launched to try to do interesting work in space and possibly put men around but not on the moon the direction of the apollo program was radically altered following president john f kennedy s announcement on may twenty five nineteen hundred sixty one that the united states should commit itself to landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth by
squad-572fbfa504bcaa1900d76c73,which month is the first in the year parliament takes a two week vacation,Scout_Moor_Wind_Farm_15,april two thousand six janet anderson member of parliament for rossendale and darwen asked
squad-56e1febfe3433e1400423236,what eponymous variation of arithmetic presents a decision problem not evidenced in p,P_versus_NP_problem_17,problems that operate not on normal input but on a computational description of the input are known to be exptime complete because it can be shown that p exptime these problems are outside p and so require more than polynomial time in fact by the time hierarchy theorem they cannot be solved in significantly less than exponential time examples include finding a perfect strategy for chess on an n n board and some other board games the problem of deciding the truth of a statement in presburger arithmetic requires even more time fischer
squad-570963a5200fba1400367f34,what kind of company is sky uk limited,Angel_(company)_0,angel company angel is a american telecommunications company supplying interactive voice response call center technology and voice applications to businesses over the internet using the software as a service model angel is a subsidiary of microstrategy angel technology integrates with products from both microstrategy and salesforce dot com table of contents section one history angel was developed by the ceo of microstrategy michael j saylor
squad-56dde1d966d3e219004dad8d,who upon arriving gave the original viking settlers a common identity,William_the_Conqueror_8,lands were divided after his death normandy went to his eldest son robert and his second surviving son william received england table of contents section one background norsemen first began raiding in what became normandy in the late eighth century permanent scandinavian settlement occurred before nine hundred eleven when rollo one of the viking leaders and king charles the simple of france reached an agreement surrendering the county of rouen to rollo the lands around rouen became the core of the later duchy of normandy normandy may have been
squad-5729f69caf94a219006aa6fa,what is the process by which the antigenantibody complex is processed in to peptides,Alzheimer%27s_disease_20,also written as a beta or a beta amyloid is a fragment from a larger protein called amyloid precursor protein app a transmembrane protein that penetrates through the neuron s membrane app is critical to neuron growth survival and post injury repair in alzheimer s disease an unknown process causes app to be divided into smaller fragments by enzymes through proteolysis one of these fragments is fibrils of beta amyloid which form clumps that deposit outside neurons in dense formations known as
squad-5727f3193acd2414000df0a9,what type of lord is doctor who,Doctor_Who_0,doctor who doctor who is a british science fiction television programme produced by the bbc the programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious and eccentric time lord known as the doctor who travels through time and space in his time machine the tardis an acronym for time and relative dimension s in space which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue nineteen hundred fifties british police box with his companions he explores time and space faces a variety of foes and
squad-5728510f4b864d1900164938,the academic body of the university is made up of how many professional schools,Sheffield_63,there are also seven private schools most notably birkdale
squad-57264a8cdd62a815002e808f,for each of the twenty eight member states how many commissioners are represented for each one,European_Economic_Community_28,nineteen hundred seventy three with the accession of denmark ireland and the united kingdom greece spain and portugal joined in the nineteen hundred eighties following the creation of the eu in nineteen hundred ninety three it has enlarged to include a further fifteen countries by two thousand seven member states are represented in some form in each institution the council is also composed of one national minister who represents their national government each state also has a right to one european commissioner each although in the european commission they are not supposed to represent their national interest but that of the
squad-56f87392aef2371900626099,when did luther write wir glauben all an einen gott,Martin_Luther_108,feste burg ist unser gott a mighty fortress is our god based on psalm forty six luther connected high art and folk music also all classes clergy and laity men women and children his device for this linking was the singing of german hymns in connection with worship school home and the public arena luther s fifteen twenty four creedal hymn wir glauben all an einen gott we all believe in one true god is a three stanza confession of faith prefiguring luther s one thousand five hundred twenty nine three part explanation of the apostles creed in the small catechism luther s hymn adapted
squad-572fc659b2c2fd140056844a,who contributes to members business in addition to the proposer,United_States_House_of_Representatives_41,which members to recognize and may therefore control the course of debate all speeches must be addressed to the presiding officer using the words mister speaker or madam speaker only the presiding officer may be directly addressed in speeches other members must be referred to in the third person in most cases members do not refer to each other by name but by state using forms such as the gentleman from virginia or the gentlewoman from california before legislation reaches the floor of the house the rules committee normally passes a rule to govern debate on that measure for instance the committee determines if amendments to the bill are permitted an
squad-572f5533a23a5019007fc55d,what is the largest city the rhine runs through,First_Crusade_25,more immediately visible than the far away muslims many people wondered why they should travel thousands of miles to fight non believers when there were already non believers closer to home the crusaders moved north through the rhine valley into well known jewish communities such as cologne and then southward jewish communities were given the option of converting to christianity or be slaughtered most would not convert and as news of the mass killings spread many jewish communities committed mass suicides in horrific scenes thousands of jews were massacred despite some attempts by local clergy and secular authorities to shelter them the massacres were justified by the claim that urban s speech at
squad-56f8989f9e9bad19000a01a7,since luther believed that the turks were sent by god what was their purpose,Martin_Luther_131,at the time of the marburg colloquy suleiman the magnificent was besieging vienna with a vast ottoman army luther had argued against resisting the turks in his fifteen eighteen explanation of the ninety five theses provoking accusations of defeatism he saw the turks as a scourge sent to punish christians by god as agents of the biblical apocalypse that would destroy the antichrist whom luther believed to be the papacy and the roman church he consistently rejected the idea of a
squad-57373a9fc3c5551400e51e7b,what has partical physics made to describe sub atomic forces,Big_Bang_32,composition and mechanism are unknown and more generally the details of its equation of state and relationship with the standard model of particle physics continue to be investigated both observationally and theoretically all of this cosmic evolution after the inflationary epoch can be rigorously described and modeled by the cdm model of cosmology which uses the independent frameworks of quantum mechanics and einstein s general relativity as noted above there is no well supported model describing the action prior to ten fifteen seconds or so apparently a new
squad-57267ebfdd62a815002e872e,horizontal layers of what are pulled along a surface into a back stop in analog versions of orogenic wedge experiments,Ediacaran_biota_63,storms most fossils are preserved as imprints in microbial mats but a few are preserved within sandy units section seven point three nama type assemblage the nama assemblage is best represented in namibia three dimensional preservation is most common with organisms preserved in sandy beds containing internal bedding dima grazhdankin believes that these organisms represent burrowing organisms while guy narbonne maintains they were surface dwellers these beds are sandwiched between units comprising interbedded sandstones siltstones and shales with microbial mats where present usually containing fossils the environment is interpreted as sand bars formed at the mouth of a delta s distributaries section seven point four
squad-572816213acd2414000df42c,when was the last season that this original theme was used,Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire_7,audience s attention for the duration of an episode they proposed doing three seven minute shorts per episode and four specials until the audience adjusted in the end the producers gambled by asking fox for thirteen full length episodes the series was originally planned to premiere earlier in the fall of nineteen hundred eighty nine with the episode some enchanted evening but due to major problems with the animation of that episode the series began on december seventeen with this episode some enchanted evening instead aired as the season finale the episode being the first to air lacked
squad-56e1ded7cd28a01900c67bd5,what is the name for a problem that meets ladners assertion,P_versus_NP_problem_20,problems in n p not known to be in p or n p complete it was shown by ladner that if p n p then there exist problems in n p that are neither in p nor n p complete such problems are called n p intermediate problems the graph isomorphism problem the discrete logarithm problem and the integer factorization problem are examples of problems believed to be n p intermediate they are some of the very few n p problems not known to be in p or to be n p complete the graph
squad-56f80ad1a6d7ea1400e1739c,what sections of church dogma did luther come to view in another way,Martin_Luther_38,section two point one justification by faith from fifteen ten to fifteen twenty luther lectured on the psalms the books of hebrews romans and galatians as he studied these portions of the bible he came to view the use of terms such as penance and righteousness by the catholic church in new ways he became convinced that the church was corrupt in its ways and had lost sight of what he saw as several of the central truths of christianity the
squad-56dde0379a695914005b9636,what is the original meaning of the word norman,William_the_Conqueror_0,william the conqueror william i old norman williame i c ten twenty eight minus nine september ten eighty seven usually known as william the conqueror and sometimes william the bastard was the first norman king of england reigning from one thousand sixty six until his death in ten eighty seven the descendant of viking raiders he had been duke of normandy since ten thirty five under the style william ii after a long struggle to establish his power by ten sixty his hold on normandy was secure
squad-572975073f37b31900478419,what does atp mean,DNA_repair_6,loop without any histone association consequently mtdna is far more prone to damage than ndna because it lacks the structural protection afforded by histone proteins in addition the highly oxidative environment inside mitochondria that exists due to the constant production of adenosine triphosphate atp via oxidative phosphorylation makes mtdna even more prone to damage section one point two sources of damage dna damage can be subdivided into two main types endogenous processes such as attack by reactive oxygen radicals produced from normal metabolic byproducts spontaneous mutation agents
squad-56f852fba6d7ea1400e1756f,how old was katharina when she married luther,Martin_Luther_82,one of twelve nuns he had helped escape from the nimbschen cistercian convent in april fifteen twenty three when he arranged for them to be smuggled out in herring barrels suddenly and while i was occupied with far different thoughts he wrote to wenceslaus link the lord has plunged me into marriage katherina was twenty six years old luther was forty one years old on thirteen june fifteen twenty five the couple was engaged with johannes bugenhagen justus jonas johannes apel philipp melanchthon and lucas cranach the elder and
squad-57376df3c3c5551400e51ed9,static friction balances what force when there is no movement of an object on a surface,Isaac_Newton_55,newton s first law also known as the law of inertia states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and that an object in uniform motion tends to stay in uniform motion unless acted upon by a net external force newton s second law states that an applied force f on an object equals the rate of change of its momentum p with time mathematically we may write that vec f equals frac d vec p d t equals frac d d t m vec v equals vec v frac d m d t plus m
squad-5705e63175f01819005e7720,the cities of los angeles and san diego are a part of which state,Interstate_15_in_Arizona_0,interstate fifteen in arizona interstate fifteen i one five a transcontinental interstate highway from san diego california to the canadian border passes through mohave county in the far northwest corner of the u s state of arizona despite its length of twenty nine forty three miles forty seven point three six k m and isolation from the rest of the state in the remote arizona strip it is notable for the scenic section through the virgin river gorge
squad-56f89a959b226e1400dd0c9e,what type of writings did the reading of the quran bring out in luther,Martin_Luther_134,wrote a prayer for national deliverance from the turks asking god to give to our emperor perpetual victory over our enemies in fifteen forty two luther read a latin translation of the quran he went on to produce several critical pamphlets on the islamic faith which he called mohammedanism or the turk though luther saw the muslim faith as a tool of the devil he was indifferent to its practice let the turk believe and live as he will just as one lets the papacy and other false christians live he opposed banning the publication of the quran wanting it exposed to
squad-572838323acd2414000df739,in what year did a doctor first become nominated for a best actor award,Maisie_Williams_1,portal award for best young actor two thousand twelve bbc radio one teen award for best british actor twenty thirteen scream award for best ensemble nomination two thousand eleven and young artist award for best performance in a t v series supporting young actress nomination twenty thirteen table of contents section
squad-57097141200fba1400367ff9,when was virgin media rebranded from ntl telewest,Richard_Branson_17,uk cable t v broadband and telephone company n t l forward slash n t l telewest for almost one pound sterling billion as part of the sale the company pays a minimum of eight pound sterling five pence million per year to use the virgin name and branson became the company s largest shareholder citation needed the new company was launched with much fanfare and publicity on eight february two thousand seven under the name virgin media the decision to merge his virgin media company with n t l was in order to integrate both of the companies compatible parts of commerce branson used to own three quarters of virgin mobile whereas now he owns fifteen percent of the new virgin media company in
squad-5711607f2419e314009555cf,what plants create most electric power,Submarine_89,there were other power sources attempted oil fired steam turbines powered the british k class submarines built during the first world war and in following years but these were not very successful this was selected to give them the necessary surface speed to keep up with the british battle fleet steam power was resurrected in the nineteen hundred fifties with the advent of the nuclear powered steam turbine driving a generator which is now used in all large submarines by removing the requirement for atmospheric oxygen these submarines can stay submerged indefinitely so long as food supplies remain air is recycled and water distilled from the ocean these vessels nevertheless always have
squad-56f7eba8a6d7ea1400e172ce,what did luther think the study of law meant,Martin_Luther_16,for what has been described as a day of rote learning and often wearying spiritual exercises he received his master s degree in fifteen oh five in accordance with his father s wishes luther enrolled in law school at the same university that year but dropped out almost immediately believing that law represented uncertainty luther sought assurances about life and was drawn to theology and philosophy expressing particular interest in aristotle william of ockham and gabriel biel he was deeply influenced by two
squad-56f8c0cd9b226e1400dd0f37,who found that protestants voted for nazis more than catholics,Martin_Luther_161,applauded the burning of the synagogues and the coincidence of the day writing in the introduction on ten november nineteen hundred thirty eight on luther s birthday the synagogues are burning in germany the german people he urged ought to heed these words of the greatest antisemite of his time the warner of his people against the jews according to professor dick geary the nazis won a larger share of the vote in protestant than in catholic areas of germany in elections of nineteen hundred twenty eight to november nineteen hundred thirty two at the heart of scholars debate about luther s influence is whether it is
squad-5725c743ec44d21400f3d54b,who elects the members of the european parliament,European_Economic_Community_31,onwards they applied to all three communities the council represents governments the parliament represents citizens and the commission represents the european interest essentially the council parliament or another party place a request for legislation to the commission the commission then drafts this and presents it to the council for approval and the parliament for an opinion in some cases it had a veto depending upon the legislative procedure in use the commission s duty is to ensure it is implemented by dealing with the day to day running of the union and taking others to court if they fail to comply after
squad-56e1aba0e3433e1400423097,what is the most commonplace model utilized in complexity theory,P_versus_NP_problem_28,of such algorithms can be surprisingly low a famous example is the simplex algorithm in linear programming which works surprisingly well in practice despite having exponential worst case time complexity it runs on par with the best known polynomial time algorithms second there are types of computations which do not conform to the turing machine model on which p and n p are defined such as quantum computation and randomized algorithms
squad-5726bc505951b619008f7c7c,some of the objects held in the jameel gallery of islamic art come from which european country,Rosary_88,nineteen hundred thirty one section nine gallery of rosary in marian art since the seventeenth century the rosary began to appear as an element in key pieces of roman catholic marian art often in art that depicts the virgin mary key examples include murrillo s madonna with the rosary at the museo del prado in spain and the statute of madonna with rosary at the church of san nazaro maggiore in milan
squad-56f7fde8a6d7ea1400e1736a,what does mans justification depend on in faith,Martin_Luther_26,johann tetzel a dominican friar and papal commissioner for indulgences was sent to germany by the roman catholic church to sell indulgences to raise money to rebuild saint peter s basilica in rome roman catholic theology stated that faith alone whether fiduciary or dogmatic cannot justify man and that only such faith as is active in charity and good works fides caritate formata can justify man the benefits of good works could be obtained by donating money to the church on thirty one october fifteen seventeen
squad-56becaf93aeaaa14008c9483,how many field goals did mcmanus kick in the game,Alexi_Salamone_5,goals and four assists in five matches
squad-5730b7ce069b5314008322c5,which country besides the cuba did the united states try to annex in eighteen ninety eight ,Andrew_Carnegie_28,as the end of the spanish american war neared the united states bought the philippines from spain for twenty dollars million usd to counter what he perceived as imperialism on the part of the united states carnegie personally offered twenty dollars million usd to the philippines so that the filipino people could buy their independence from the united states however nothing came of this gesture and the philippine american war ensued section one point one industrialist section one point one point one eighteen hundred eighty five to nineteen hundred zero empire of steel carnegie made his fortune in the steel industry controlling the most extensive integrated iron and
squad-56bf53e73aeaaa14008c95cb,how many people were estimated to go to the different game themed events during the week prior to super bowl fifty in the city it was held in,American_football_101,the second most played sport basketball had around one million participants in high school and thirty four thousand in college the super bowl is the most popular single day sporting event in the united states and is among the biggest club sporting events in the world in terms of t v viewership the n f l makes approximately ten dollars billion annually football also plays a significant role in american culture the super bowl is considered a de facto national holiday and in parts of the country like texas the sport has been compared to a religion football is also linked to
squad-572666d9dd62a815002e83b5,who granted newcastle a new charter in fifteen eighty nine ,Peterborough_9,early as the thirteenth century was that of having a prison for felons taken in the soke in fifteen seventy six bishop scambler sold the lordship of the hundred of nassaburgh which is coextensive with the soke to queen elizabeth i who gave it to lord burghley and from that time until the nineteenth century he and his descendants the earls and marquesses of exeter had a separate gaol for prisoners arrested in the soke the abbot formerly held four fairs of which two saint peter s fair granted in eleven eighty nine and later held on the second tuesday and wednesday in july and the brigge fair granted in fourteen thirty nine and later held on the first
squad-5725f39638643c19005acefa,which company was tasked with trying to restore the original tapes,Compact_Cassette_85,tool to spread the music of unsigned acts especially within tape trading networks various legal cases arose surrounding the dubbing of cassettes in the uk in the case of c b s songs v amstrad nineteen hundred eighty eight the house of lords found in favor of amstrad that producing equipment that facilitated the dubbing of cassettes in this case a high speed twin cassette deck that allowed one cassette to be copied directly onto another did not constitute the infringement of copyright in a similar case a shop owner who rented cassettes and sold blank tapes was not liable for copyright infringement even though it was clear that
squad-5725b33f6a3fe71400b8952d,when did the one thousand nine hundred seventy three oil crisis begin,1973_world_oil_market_chronology_12,war october seven iraq nationalizes exxon and mobil shares in basrah petroleum company representing twenty three point seven five percent equity in the company october eight opec meets with oil companies to discuss revision of nineteen hundred seventy one tehran agreement and oil prices negotiations fail october sixteen the gulf six iran iraq abu dhabi kuwait saudi arabia and qatar unilaterally
squad-57274eca5951b619008f8803,what city along with hamilton wellington and christchurch is one of the largest in new zealand,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_89,section seven home grounds unlike many other major rugby nations new zealand does not have an official stadium for its national team instead the all blacks play their test matches at a variety of venues throughout new zealand in two thousand five and two thousand six the all blacks played matches at eden park auckland north harbour stadium albany westpac stadium wellington jade stadium formerly called lancaster park christchurch waikato stadium hamilton and carisbrook dunedin prior to the construction of westpac
squad-5725e28f38643c19005ace23,what type of saturn was originally going to be used for apollo eight ,Titan_(moon)_8,around sixteen hundred fifty christiaan huygens discovered this first observed moon orbiting saturn with the first telescope they built huygens attributes his discovery of titan partly to the quality of his telescope and partly to luck he named it simply saturni luna or luna saturni latin for saturn s moon publishing in the sixteen hundred fifty five tract de saturni luna observatio nova after giovanni domenico cassini published his discoveries of four more moons of saturn between sixteen hundred seventy three and sixteen hundred eighty six astronomers fell into the habit of referring to these and titan as saturn i through v with titan then in fourth position other early
squad-571c3c47dd7acb1400e4c0a0,what form of oxygen is composed of three oxygen atoms,Oxygen_3,form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude ozone layer but is a pollutant near the surface where it is a by product of smog oxygen was independently discovered by joseph priestley in wiltshire in seventeen hundred seventy four and carl wilhelm scheele in uppsala a year earlier but priestley is usually given priority because he published his findings first the name oxygen was coined in seventeen hundred seventy seven by antoine lavoisier whose experiments with
squad-572fd1c4947a6a140053cd03,how many parts does the consideration of a bill in stage three have,Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949_12,originated in and had been approved by the commons and imposed a maximum legislative delay of one month for money bills those dealing with taxation and two years for other types of bill the speaker was given the power to certify which bills are classified as money bills if a money bill is not passed by the lords without amendment within one month after it is received the bill can be presented for royal assent without being passed by the lords for other public bills the nineteen hundred eleven act originally provided that a rejected bill would become law without the lords consent if it were passed by the commons in three successive sessions provided that two years elapsed between second reading of the bill and its final passing in the commons the nineteen hundred eleven act still allowed the lords
squad-5737477bc3c5551400e51ea6,what applies to equally to constant velocity motion as it does to rest,Isaac_Newton_55,newton s first law also known as the law of inertia states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and that an object in uniform motion tends to stay in uniform motion unless acted upon by a net external force newton s second law states that an applied force f on an object equals the rate of change of its momentum p with time mathematically we may write that vec f equals frac d vec p d t equals frac d d t m vec v equals vec v frac d m d t plus m
squad-56e7578a37bdd419002c3ea9,what was the usual type of school discipline,Prince_William%2c_Duke_of_Gloucester_13,who over protected the boy his father birched him until he agreed to walk by himself corporal punishment was usual at the time and such treatment would not have been considered harsh section two education gloucester s language acquisition was delayed he did not speak correctly until the age of three and consequently the commencement of his education was postponed by a year the reverend samuel pratt a cambridge graduate was appointed the duke s tutor in sixteen hundred ninety three lessons concentrated on geography mathematics latin and french
squad-56f8ac579e9bad19000a02bc,who does history view as accountable for the error philip i made and luthers advice in the matter,Martin_Luther_146,to service to the neighbor in the common daily vocations of this perishing world in the twentieth century there have been attempts to show that the third use of the law was a typical reformed doctrine and that luther himself never taught this but in light of luther s disputations against the antinomians and other texts this position cannot be maintained section sixteen philip of hesse controversy from december fifteen thirty nine luther became implicated in the bigamy of philip i landgrave of hesse who wanted to marry one of his wife s ladies in waiting philip
squad-57281d494b864d19001644bf,how many city officials were indicted due to corruption,Kenneth_Lay_11,ultimately paul oneill was chosen for the position instead together with his wife linda lay had five children and twelve grandchildren section two indictment and trial on july seven two thousand four lay was indicted by a grand jury in houston texas for his role in enron s collapse lay was charged in a six five page indictment with eleven counts of securities fraud wire fraud and making false and misleading statements the trial commenced on january thirty
squad-571cc3dedd7acb1400e4c149,what kind of field is necessary to produce a magnet effect in oxygen molecules,Helium_53,magnetic and electric fields for example in the solar wind together with ionized hydrogen the particles interact with the earth s magnetosphere giving rise to birkeland currents and the aurora section two point three solid and liquid phases unlike any other element helium will remain liquid down to absolute zero at normal pressures this is a direct effect of quantum mechanics
squad-571c3a685efbb31900334db6,under normal conditions what do two atoms of oxygen form,Oxygen_1,odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the earth s crust oxygen constitutes eighty eight point eight per cent of the mass of water and twenty point nine per cent of the volume of air all major classes of structural molecules in living organisms such as proteins carbohydrates and fats contain oxygen as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by
squad-570d4030fed7b91900d45d9f,who owns the rail lines in victoria,Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore)_2,hundred ninety five zero point seven six zero million while the bus network saw an eight one per cent drop in ridership in the same period this trend is expected to continue as current public transport policies promote the expansion of the rail network at the expense of bus services which are withdrawn or reduced to avoid duplication of services the m r t has sixty four operating stations with one hundred nine point four kilometres of lines and operates on standard gauge the rail lines have been constructed by the land transport authority a department of the government of singapore which allocates operating concessions to the profit based corporations s m r t corporation and s b s transit
squad-5725e36f89a1e219009ac03c,what day did the apollo eleven crew return to earth,NASA_9,of astronauts with the apollo one launch pad fire the apollo program achieved its goals with apollo eleven which landed neil armstrong and buzz aldrin on the moon s surface on july twenty nineteen hundred sixty nine and returned them to earth safely on july twenty four armstrong s first words upon stepping out of the eagle lander captured the momentousness of the occasion that s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind twelve men would set foot on the moon by the end of the apollo program in december nineteen hundred seventy two nasa had won the moon race and in some senses this
squad-56d9a0eadc89441400fdb63e,who was the first quarterback to take two teams to more than one super bowl,Saltine_cracker_challenge_3,nature and persistence of the tennessee volunteers quarterback at the time peyton manning having been bet that he could not eat six saltines manning attempted them one by one and failed trying again he stacked them on top of each other and succeeded his roommate concluded even something that was a joke he was out to prove he can do it he can eat six saltine crackers and he did he works out techniques he can do on everything before the two thousand one to two thousand two season penn state lady lions basketball coach
squad-56d9ca0adc89441400fdb823,how many of the following three fourth quarter drives after the field goal makng the score sixteen ten ended in punts,American_football_18,play between teams the neutral zone was created along the width of the football field goals were lowered to three points in nineteen hundred nine and touchdowns raised to six points in nineteen hundred twelve the field was also reduced to one hundred yards long but two one zero yard long end zones were created and teams were given four downs instead of three to advance the ball ten yards the roughing the passer penalty was implemented in nineteen hundred fourteen and eligible players were first allowed to catch the ball anywhere on the field in
squad-5726581fdd62a815002e823d,which countrys imports became the de facto mass market leaders,Boshin_War_5,of the unequal treaties with the western powers due to the persistence of saig takamori a prominent leader of the imperial faction the tokugawa loyalists were shown clemency and many former shogunate leaders were later given positions of responsibility under the new government the boshin war testifies to the advanced state of modernization already achieved by japan as it utilized and followed a level of development similar to industrialized western nations but in turn rejecting western enforced free trade which would have undermined its economy the already high involvement of western nations especially of britain and france in the
squad-5729e1101d04691400779641,what is an important factor contributing to inequality for individuals,Mary_Wollstonecraft_43,at one point but says this is not because of an innate deficiency of mind but because men have denied them access to education wollstonecraft is most intent on illustrating the limitations that women s educations have placed on them poetically she writes taught from their infancy that beauty is woman s sceptre the mind shapes itself to the body and roaming round its gilt cage only seeks to adorn its prison the implication of the statement is that without the damaging ideology encouraging young women from an early age to focus their attention on beauty and outward accomplishments women could achieve much more it is debatable to what extent wollstonecraft believed that women were equal to men
squad-5728e8212ca10214002daa6c,what type of government investigations apply to civil disobedience,Controversy_3,in the light of company in many cultures table of contents section one legal controversy in the theory of law a controversy differs from a legal case while legal cases include all suits criminal as well as civil a controversy is a purely civil proceeding for example the case or controversy clause of article three of the united states constitution section two clause one states that the judicial power shall extend to
squad-571cc3dedd7acb1400e4c147,in experiments a bridge of what element can be built between poles of a magnet,Space_elevator_62,section five point three corrosion corrosion is a major risk to any thinly built tether which most designs call for in the upper atmosphere atomic oxygen steadily eats away at most materials a tether will consequently need to either be made from a corrosion resistant material or have a corrosion resistant coating adding to weight gold and platinum have been shown to be practically immune to atomic oxygen several far more common materials such as aluminum are damaged very slowly and could be repaired as needed section five point four material defects any structure as large as a space elevator will have
squad-56f81537aef2371900625db3,when did the pope warned luther of excommunication,Martin_Luther_53,publicly set fire to the bull and decretals at wittenberg on ten december fifteen twenty an act he defended in why the pope and his recent book are burned and assertions concerning all articles as a consequence luther was excommunicated by pope leo x on three january fifteen twenty one in the bull decet romanum pontificem section three diet of worms the enforcement
squad-56f88690a6d7ea1400e17726,who pointed out that the passage under dispute actually refers to a living man,Martin_Luther_129,from luther while gottfried fritschel pointed out in eighteen hundred sixty seven that it actually refers to the soul of a man in this life homo enim in hac vita tired from his daily labour defatigus diurno labore who at night enters his bedchamber sub noctem intrat in cubiculum suum and whose sleep is interrupted by dreams henry eyster jacobs english translation from eighteen hundred ninety eight reads
squad-5728f7774b864d1900165132,antigens bind to what in order to elicit a response of the immune system,Folding%40home_54,protein which may be involved in many diseases including cancer in twenty eleven folding at home began simulations of the dynamics of the small knottin protein eeti which can identify carcinomas in imaging scans by binding to surface receptors of cancer cells interleukin two il two is a protein that helps t cells of the immune system attack pathogens and tumors unfortunately its use as a cancer treatment is restricted due to
squad-56f86966aef2371900626053,which work of luthers is effective in teaching children,Martin_Luther_99,i would rather see them all devoured for i acknowledge none of them to be really a book of mine except perhaps the bondage of the will and the catechism the small catechism has earned a reputation as a model of clear religious teaching it remains in use today along with luther s hymns and his translation of the bible luther s small catechism proved especially effective in helping parents teach their children likewise the larger catechism was effective for pastors using the german vernacular they expressed the apostles creed in simpler more personal trinitarian language he
squad-57060f3e75f01819005e7922,what is the central business district of san diego,Harvey_Milk_71,democratic club if he wanted the city s gay votes a quarter of san francisco s voting population milk however became moscone s closest ally on the board of supervisors the biggest targets of milk s ire were large corporations and real estate developers he fumed when a parking garage was slated to take the place of homes near the downtown area and tried to pass a commuter tax so office workers who lived outside the city and drove into work would have to pay for city services they used milk was often willing to vote against feinstein and other more tenured members of the board initially he agreed with fellow supervisor dan white whose district was located two miles south of the castro that a mental
squad-570963a5200fba1400367f36,what other digital tv service took sky uk limiteds most popular spot,BBC_Radio_4_9,f m in most of great britain parts of ireland and the north of france l w throughout the united kingdom and in parts of northern europe and the atlantic north of the azores to about twenty degrees west m w in some areas dab digital t v including freeview freesat sky and virgin media and on the internet section two history the bbc home service was the predecessor of radio four and broadcast between nineteen hundred thirty nine and nineteen hundred sixty seven it had regional variations and was broadcast on medium wave with a network of v h f f m transmitters being added from nineteen hundred fifty five onwards
squad-56dfa1d44a1a83140091ebd6,what language did tesla study while in school,George_Gamow_2,some of his books are still in print more than a half century after their original publication and have become classic but still relevant introductions to fundamental principles of mathematics and science table of contents section one early life and career gamow was born in odessa russian empire his father taught russian language and literature in high school and his mother taught geography and history at a school for girls in addition to russian gamow learned to speak some french from his mother and german from a tutor gamow learned fluent english in his college years and later most of his early publications were in german or russian but he later switched to
squad-5705e63175f01819005e7724,in which cardinal direction from los angeles is san diego,Hurricane_Ismael_14,over the open waters of the pacific ocean however when a northward motion became apparent the government of mexico issued a tropical storm warning from manzanillo colima to cabo corrientes and for the islas marias shortly thereafter the warning was extended to los mochis and issued for the eastern coast of baja california sur south of twenty five n ten hours before ismael made its final landfall the mexican government issued a hurricane warning from mazatlan to los mochis prior to the arrival of the hurricane
squad-571cc8815efbb31900334def,at what temperatures is otwo more soluble,Helium_62,isotope helium three also has a superfluid phase but only at much lower temperatures as a result less is known about such properties in the isotope helium three helium ii is a superfluid a quantum mechanical state of matter with strange properties for example when it flows through capillaries as thin as ten seven to ten eight m it has no measurable viscosity however when measurements were done between two moving discs a viscosity
nq--5156262494346608389,how many episodes in game if thrones season seven ,Star_Trek_35,geordi la forge and the android data portrayed by brent spiner the show premiered on september twenty eight nineteen hundred eighty seven and ran for seven seasons ending on may twenty three nineteen hundred ninety four unlike the previous television outings the program was syndicated instead of airing on network television it had the highest ratings of any of the star trek series and was the hashtag one syndicated show during the last few years of its original run allowing it to act as a springboard for ideas in other series many relationships and races introduced in t n g became the basis of episodes in deep space nine and voyager it
nq-1996292107460275608,where was the movie a walk among the tombstones filmed,An_Inconvenient_Truth_21,film opened in new york city and los angeles on wednesday may twenty four two thousand six on memorial day weekend it grossed an average of ninety one thousand four hundred forty seven dollars per theater the highest of any movie that weekend and a record for a documentary though it was only playing on four screens at the time nineteen at the two thousand six sundance film festival the movie received a three time standing ovation it was also screened at the cannes film festival and was the opening night film at the twenty seventh durban international film festival on june fourteen two thousand six an
nq--7416755475743802921,who is in charge of ratifying treaties in the us,United_States_Senate_52,make an appointment during a congressional recess without the senate s advice and consent the recess appointment remains valid only temporarily the office becomes vacant again at the end of the next congressional session nevertheless presidents have frequently used recess appointments to circumvent the possibility that the senate may reject the nominee furthermore as the supreme court held in myers v united states although the senate s advice and consent is required for the appointment of certain executive branch officials it is not necessary for their removal the senate also has a role in the process of ratifying treaties the constitution provides that the president may only ratify a treaty if two thirds of the senators vote to grant advice and consent however not all international agreements are considered treaties and therefore do not require the senate s approval congress has passed laws authorizing the president to conclude executive agreements without action by the senate similarly the
nq--1027463814348738734,pace maker is associated with which body organ,Terry_Fox_23,was skeptical of his dedication but agreed to support fox once he had acquired sponsors and requested he get a medical certificate from a heart specialist stating that he was fit to attempt the run fox was diagnosed with left ventricular hypertrophy minus an enlarged heart minus a condition commonly associated with athletes doctors warned fox of the potential risks he faced though they did not consider his condition a significant concern they endorsed his participation when he promised that he would stop immediately if he began to experience any heart problems a second letter was sent to several corporations seeking donations
nq-8594030243394572667,how many senators are there in the us senate,United_States_Senate_0,united states senate the united states senate is one of the two chambers of the congress of the united states the other being the house of representatives in the senate each state is equally represented by two members as a result the total membership of the body is currently one hundred senators serve for six year terms that are staggered so elections are held for approximately
nq-707884739571001560,season two attack on titan how many episodes,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_II_%e2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones_34,examine the storyline action scenes and love story and a set of twelve short web documentaries cover the overall production of the film the attack of the clones d v d also features a trailer for a mockumentary style short film known as r two d two beneath the dome some stores offered the full mockumentary as an exclusive bonus disc for a small extra charge the film gives an alternate look at the life of the droid r two d two the story which lucas approved was meant for laughs section four reaction although many saw the film as an improvement over
nq--5061370765188535062,how many quarterbacks have a receiving touchdown in the superbowl,American_football_31,n f h s teams are strongly advised to number their offensive players according to a league suggested numbering scheme section three point one offensive unit the role of the offensive unit is to advance the football down the field with the ultimate goal of scoring a touchdown the offensive team must line up in a legal formation before they can snap the ball an offensive formation is considered illegal if there are more than four players in the backfield or fewer than five players numbered fifty to seventy nine on the offensive line
nq--2040762149245803825,what channel is abc on in phoenix arizona,Interstate_15_in_Arizona_0,interstate fifteen in arizona interstate fifteen i one five a transcontinental interstate highway from san diego california to the canadian border passes through mohave county in the far northwest corner of the u s state of arizona despite its length of twenty nine forty three miles forty seven point three six k m and isolation from the rest of the state in the remote arizona strip it is notable for the scenic section through the virgin river gorge
nq--234095069418298051,who is regarded as the founder of psychoanalysis,Major_depressive_disorder_103,cognitive therapy psychoanalysis is a school of thought founded by sigmund freud which emphasizes the resolution of unconscious mental conflicts psychoanalytic techniques are used by some practitioners to treat clients presenting with major depression a more widely practiced eclectic technique called psychodynamic psychotherapy is loosely based on psychoanalysis and has an additional social and interpersonal focus in a meta analysis of three controlled trials of short psychodynamic
nq--7689623500784530408,what is the term of an official in the house of representatives,United_States_House_of_Representatives_21,in each election cycle the fact that over ninety per cent of house members are nearly guaranteed reelection every two years due to lack of electoral competition has been criticized because it can be seen as against one of the main principles of democracy fair competition the legal gerrymandering of the house combined with the institutionalized gerrymandering of the senate and the electoral college have been criticized as being antithetical to democracy and representative government article i section two of the constitution sets forth three qualifications for representatives each representative must
nq--8946826352712324685,where was the summer olympics held in twenty twelve ,Elizabeth_II_83,embarked on royal tours of other commonwealth states on her behalf on four june jubilee beacons were lit around the world the queen opened the twenty twelve summer olympics on twenty seven july and the paralympics on twenty nine august twenty twelve in london making her the first head of state to open two olympic games in two different countries she also opened the nineteen hundred seventy six summer olympics in montreal for the london olympics she played herself in a short film as part of the opening ceremony alongside daniel craig as james bond on four april twenty thirteen
nq-756385103791298508,who does the voice of stewie family guy,American_Airlines_Flight_11_7,in all ninety two people on board were killed including david angell the creator and executive producer of the television sitcom frasier his wife lynn angell and actress berry berenson family guy creator seth macfarlane had been scheduled to be on the flight but arrived at the airport late section one point one boarding mohamed atta the ringleader of the attacks and a fellow hijacker abdulaziz al omari arrived at portland international jetport at five forty one a m eastern daylight time on september eleven two thousand one they boarded colgan air flight fifty nine thirty which was scheduled to depart at
nq--2885325042912800073,who sings the christmas song all i want for christmas is you,Love_Actually_43,redding songs in director s cuts joanna by scott walker the uk release of the soundtrack features an additional score track by craig armstrong pm s love theme and sometimes performed by gabrielle however it does not include wherever you will go by the calling the us disc replaced the girls aloud version of jump with the pointer sisters original recording craig armstrongs song glasgow love theme was also used in the movie but did not appear on the soundtrack all i want for christmas is you was written and originally recorded by mariah carey although they were not included on the soundtrack album the paul anka song puppy love performed by s club juniors and bye bye baby by the bay city rollers are
nq--6369883426836653455,what is the center of heredity in a cell,DNA_32,structure of dna provides a simple mechanism for dna replication here the two strands are separated and then each strand s complementary dna sequence is recreated by an enzyme called dna polymerase this enzyme makes the complementary strand by finding the correct base through complementary base pairing and bonding it onto the original strand as dna polymerases can only extend a dna strand in a five to three direction different mechanisms are used to copy the antiparallel strands of the double helix in this way the base on the old strand dictates which base appears on the new strand and the cell ends up with a perfect copy of its dna section four genes and genomes dna is located in the cell nucleus
nq-948404872815326552,where is the ucla usc game being played,Sigi_Schmid_13,the two two game season ucla outscored their opponents sixty one to sixteen the team continued to thrive in the following season part of their success coming from schmid s decision to move cobi jones from a midfield position to forward jones later played for schmid in the m l s and became a top player for the national team schmid was named the mountain pacific sports federation coach of the year for three years straight nineteen hundred ninety five to ninety seven and ncaa coach of the year in nineteen hundred ninety seven after ucla
nq-2083919204265709212,who has the most big ten championships in football,Rynearson_Stadium_3,as their home field the stadium was named for the late elton j rynearson sr who coached football at eastern michigan for twenty six seasons his teams compiled a record of one one four five eight one five in one six year period from nineteen hundred twenty five to thirty rynearson s teams won forty games tied two and lost just four aerial view of rynearson stadium rynearson stadium track emu convocation
nq--443161487340218392,when does scully come back in season two ,Baby_Gender_Mentor_20,eight innovation of the year section three accuracy of the test disputed at least forty women have come forward to say their baby gender mentor tests predicted the wrong sex according to a national public radio n p r report the company has explained certain inaccurate results as being the result of a vanishing twin a fetus that stopped growing soon after fertilization vanishing twin syndrome occurs when one of the fetuses in a twin pregnancy spontaneously aborts usually during the first trimester the fetal tissue is absorbed by either the other twin the
nq-8466196474705624263,who was running as vice president in nineteen eighty four ,Martha_Layne_Collins_32,chose collins to preside over the nineteen hundred eighty four democratic national convention in san francisco this engagement prevented collins from serving as chair of the state delegation to the convention that designation was given to collins son steve prior to the convention walter mondale the presumptive presidential nominee interviewed collins as a possible vice presidential candidate before choosing geraldine ferraro as his running mate a writer for the miami herald later opined based on interviews with mondale advisors that collins was never given serious consideration by mondale and that
nq-6766518966445775953,who wants a heart in the wizard of oz,The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_14,they presumed he was their ruler and began building the emerald city finding himself in a country of witches the soon to be designated wizard saw the need to maintain anonymity hence his appearances to dorothy and the others which are revealed as clever for the dawn of the twentieth century special effects the wizard tries to persuade the scarecrow the tin woodman and the cowardly lion that what they lack are not brains or a heart or courage but faith in themselves but he still agrees to meet each of them and to give them
nq-6013074568970466569,where did chocolate originate the americas spain asia,British_Empire_14,own empire by this time spain had become the dominant power in the americas and was exploring the pacific portugal had established trading posts and forts from the coasts of africa and brazil to china and france had begun to settle the saint lawrence river later to become new france section one point one plantations of ireland although england trailed behind other european powers in establishing overseas colonies it had been engaged during the sixteenth century in the settlement
nq-9062886943819260445,who made the most free throws in nba history,Michael_Jordan_51,however this year jordan was beaten for the nba m v p award by karl malone the bulls again advanced to the finals where they faced malone and the utah jazz the series against the jazz featured two of the more memorable clutch moments of jordan s career he won game one for the bulls with a buzzer beating jump shot in game five with the series tied at two jordan played despite being feverish and dehydrated from a stomach virus in what is known as the flu game jordan scored thirty eight points including the game deciding three pointer with twenty five seconds remaining
nq-7202839397155314666,how long do former presidents get secret service protection,Ronald_Reagan_207,his election as president reagan received a lifetime gold membership in the screen actors guild was inducted into the national speakers association speaker hall of fame and received the united states military academy s sylvanus thayer award in nineteen hundred eighty nine reagan was made an honorary knight grand cross of the order of the bath one of the highest british orders this entitled him to the use of the post nominal letters g c b but by not being the citizen of a commonwealth realm not to be known as sir ronald reagan only two american presidents have
nq--1403561686055024600,what language is the olympic anthem sang in,Olympic_flame_0,olympic flame the olympic flame or olympic fire is a symbol of the olympic games commemorating the theft of fire from the greek god zeus by prometheus its origins lie in ancient greece when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient olympics the fire was reintroduced at the olympics in nineteen hundred twenty eight and it has been part of the modern olympic games ever since the modern torch relay was
nq-5721484771051022882,who is mowglis main enemy in the jungle book,Scar_(The_Lion_King)_94,to color code evil for the film s target audience similarly author edward schiappa wrote in his book beyond representational correctness rethinking criticism of popular media that scar s voice was simply meant to convey the sort of upper class snobbishness evinced by george sanders s performance as shere khan in the jungle book more recently the possibility of an incestuous relationship involving simba his mate nala scar and mufasa has surfaced according to johnson cheu author of diversity in disney films
nq-4165492677619036185,who has won more national championships michigan or ohio state,Rynearson_Stadium_3,as their home field the stadium was named for the late elton j rynearson sr who coached football at eastern michigan for twenty six seasons his teams compiled a record of one one four five eight one five in one six year period from nineteen hundred twenty five to thirty rynearson s teams won forty games tied two and lost just four aerial view of rynearson stadium rynearson stadium track emu convocation
nq-4344803622779505142,what was the first capital city of australia,British_Empire_59,until eighteen hundred forty the australian colonies became profitable exporters of wool and gold mainly due to gold rushes in the colony of victoria making its capital melbourne the richest city in the world and the largest city after london in the british empire during his voyage cook also visited new zealand first discovered by dutch explorer abel tasman in sixteen hundred forty two and claimed the north and south islands for the british crown in seventeen hundred sixty nine and seventeen hundred seventy respectively initially
nq--7908232203484304663,how many episodes in series seven of game of thrones are there,George_V_93,andrew pritchard in the two thousand five british t v drama documentary the first black britons julian wadham in the two thousand seven t v drama my boy jack michael gambon in the twenty ten film the king s speech james fox in the twenty eleven film w e guy williams in twenty thirteen in the series four of downton abbey and in bbc documentary king george and queen mary section seven titles styles honours and arms section seven point one titles and styles three june
nq--7098974543435369122,a type of basic rock popular in the one thousand nine hundred eighty s,The_Smashing_Pumpkins_67,also list of alternative rock artists timeline of alternative rock section
nq-3337415792007864057,where does blood go when it leaves the pulmonary artery,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_7,sah in a person known to have fits is often diagnostic of an arteriovenous malformation as a result of the bleeding the body releases large amounts of adrenaline and similar hormones this leads to a sharp increase in the blood pressure the heart comes under substantial strain and neurogenic pulmonary edema accumulation of fluid in the lungs cardiac arrhythmias irregularities in the heart rate and rhythm electrocardiographic changes and cardiac arrest in three per cent of cases may occur rapidly after the onset of hemorrhage subarachnoid hemorrhage may also occur in people who have suffered a head injury
nq--366699919824131906,perth is the capital of which australian state,Robert_Garran_55,work in nineteen hundred thirty two he was selected on the advice of now attorney general john latham to chair the indian defence expenditure tribunal to advise on the dispute between india and the united kingdom regarding the costs of the military defence of india in nineteen hundred thirty four along with john keating william somerville and david gilbert he formed a committee which prepared the case for union the government of australia s official reply to the secessionist movement in the state of western australia garran was also involved
nq--3600432421032150277,who lives at the end of king lear,Edgar_Allan_Poe_8,poe and actor david poe jr he had an elder brother william henry leonard poe and a younger sister rosalie poe edgar may have been named after a character in william shakespeare s king lear a play the couple was performing in eighteen hundred nine his father abandoned their family in eighteen hundred ten and his mother died a year later from consumption poe was then taken into the home of john allan a successful scottish merchant in richmond virginia who dealt in a variety of goods including tobacco cloth wheat tombstones and slaves the allans served as a foster family but never
nq--3050660247343080399,how many points are scored for a touchdown in american football,American_football_44,gunners line up split outside of the line and race down the field aiming to tackle the punt returner p r the player that catches the punt section four rules section four point one scoring in american football the winner is the team that has scored the most points at the end of the game there are multiple ways to score in a football game the touchdown worth six points is the most valuable scoring play in american football a touchdown is scored when a live ball is advanced into caught in or
nq-1496876286718225625,who built the tower of london in ten sixty six ,Westminster_Abbey_7,seat of learning in england after oxford and cambridge it was here that the first third of the king james bible old testament and the last half of the new testament were translated the new english bible was also put together here in the twentieth century section two coronations since the christmas day coronation of william the conqueror in ten sixty six all english monarchs except lady jane grey edward v and edward viii who did not have coronations have been crowned in the abbey the archbishop of canterbury is the traditional cleric in the coronation ceremony saint edward s chair the throne on which british sovereigns are seated at the moment of coronation is
nq-3921893340037155734,when did the first movie of harry potter come out,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_I_%e2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace_41,lists and nineteenth on the all time domestic list when adjusted for inflation the phantom menace also accumulated a number of box office records it broke the record for the largest single day gross for a single movie by earning more than twenty eight dollars million opening day it was not until the two thousand one film harry potter and the sorcerer s stone was released that these numbers were greatly superseded the phantom menace in a record five days passed the one hundred dollars million mark breaking the record set by the lost world by twenty four hours the record has since been reduced to just two days by pirates of the caribbean dead man s chest
nq-923934477516364422,who enforces the charter of rights and freedoms,First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution_69,the european convention on human rights for example permits restrictions in the interests of national security territorial integrity or public safety for the prevention of disorder or crime for the protection of health or morals for the protection of the reputation or the rights of others for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary and in practice these loopholes have been interpreted quite broadly by the courts of europe the first amendment was one of the first guarantees of religious freedom neither the english bill of rights nor the french declaration of rights contains an equivalent guarantee section eight
nq--5736274930849469764,when does the day of the dead end,Grim_Fandango_8,number nine train double n that cuts the journey down to four minutes the travel agents of the department of death act as the grim reaper to escort the souls from the mortal world to land of the dead and then determine which mode of transport the soul has merited each year on november two there is a large festival celebration of the day of the dead the souls in the land of the dead appear as skeletal calaca figures alongside them are demons that have been summoned to help with the more mundane tasks of day to day life such as auto maintenance the souls themselves can suffer death within death by being sprouted the result of being shot with
nq--7525814017949926060,what are the spices in chinese five spice powder,Masala_chai_3,tea the base tea is usually a strong black tea so that the various spices and sweeteners do not overpower it however a wide variety of teas can be and are used to make chai sweetener plain white sugar is sufficient though unprocessed sugar molasses honey and other sweeteners can be used for various flavors milk or other such creamers spices cardamom cinnamon ginger peppercorn and cloves are some of the most common elements though chai masala can be made with such varied ingredients as nutmeg chocolate or licorice chai can be prepared in
nq--3513582807303361660,what was the full name of the titanic,RMS_Titanic_0,r m s titanic r m s titanic also s s titanic was the second of a trio of superliners intended to dominate the transatlantic travel business one owned by the white star line and built at the harland and wolff shipyard in belfast ireland titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world at the time of its launching during titanic s maiden voyage it struck an iceberg at eleven forty pm ship s time on sunday evening april fourteen nineteen hundred twelve and sank two
nq-8122014815961110057,where does sound travel fastest solid liquid or gas,Helium_104,of sound and high value of the heat capacity ratio it is also useful in supersonic wind tunnels and impulse facilities because it diffuses through solids at three times the rate of air helium is used as a tracer gas to detect leaks in high vacuum equipment and high pressure containers helium mixed with a heavier gas such as xenon is useful for thermoacoustic refrigeration due to the resulting high heat capacity ratio and low prandtl number the inertness of helium has environmental advantages over
nq--7769128346512554192,who plays yoda in revenge of the sith,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_II_%e2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones_43,palpatine is optimistic about the future of the republic and believes in negotiating with the separatists despite the risk of war samuel l jackson as mace windu windu is a jedi master sitting on the jedi council who wearily watches the republic senate s politics christopher lee as count dooku dooku a former jedi master and suspect in obi wan s investigation frank oz as the voice of yoda yoda is a jedi master of an unknown species in addition to sitting on the jedi council yoda is the instructor for the young jedi initiates temuera
nq--7697487810686930412,who sings the song ill never forget you,Love_Actually_43,redding songs in director s cuts joanna by scott walker the uk release of the soundtrack features an additional score track by craig armstrong pm s love theme and sometimes performed by gabrielle however it does not include wherever you will go by the calling the us disc replaced the girls aloud version of jump with the pointer sisters original recording craig armstrongs song glasgow love theme was also used in the movie but did not appear on the soundtrack all i want for christmas is you was written and originally recorded by mariah carey although they were not included on the soundtrack album the paul anka song puppy love performed by s club juniors and bye bye baby by the bay city rollers are
nq-8281535833205122078,of which country is sofia the capital city,Eastern_Bloc_101,were instituted to liquidate any independent political forces in that same month annihilation of the opposition in bulgaria began on the basis of continuing instructions by soviet cadres at a late september nineteen hundred forty seven meeting of all communist parties in szklarska porba eastern bloc communist parties were blamed for permitting even minor influence by non communists in their respective countries during the run up to the marshall plan section four point two berlin blockade and airlift in former german capital berlin
nq-7983190845818424390,who will take the throne after the queen dies,Elizabeth_II_86,time since nineteen hundred seventy three that she has not attended the meeting she was represented at the summit by her son charles prince of wales the queen is the longest lived and second longest reigning monarch of the united kingdom and the second longest serving current head of state after king bhumibol adulyadej of thailand she does not intend to abdicate though the proportion of the sovereign s duties performed by prince charles is expected to continue to increase as elizabeth reduces her commitments section four public perception and character
nq-2503275827954984607,computer based models of real life situation are called,Bioinformatics_48,integrate many different data types such as proteins small molecules gene expression data and others which are all connected physically and forward slash or functionally systems biology involves the use of computer simulations of cellular subsystems such as the networks of metabolites and enzymes which comprise metabolism signal transduction pathways and gene regulatory networks to both analyze and visualize the complex connections of these cellular processes artificial life or virtual evolution attempts to understand evolutionary processes via the computer
nq--1520776679270199355,what emperor took over france after the reign of terror,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_II_%e2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones_48,be scary and really young section six historical and cultural allusions observers believe that palpatine s rise to power is very similar to that of adolf hitler in nazi germany as chancellor of germany the latter was granted emergency powers as was chancellor palpatine comparisons have been made to octavian minus who became augustus the first emperor of rome minus and to napoleon bonaparte who rose to power in france from seventeen hundred ninety six to seventeen hundred ninety nine octavian was responsible for the deaths of several hundred political opponents well before he was
nq-6195554329194765070,when was the abacus invented in ancient china,Han_dynasty_150,rolled scrolls made from bamboo strips sewn together with hempen string these were passed through drilled holes and secured with clay stamps the oldest known chinese piece of hard hempen wrapping paper dates to the second century b c the standard papermaking process was invented by cai lun fifty to one hundred twenty one ad in one hundred five ad the oldest known surviving piece of paper with writing on it was found in the ruins of a han watchtower that had been abandoned in
nq--3389544804198746835,what are the joyful mysteries of the holy rosary,Rosary_42,praise incline your aid to me o god o lord make haste to help me glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen section four mysteries of the rosary the mysteries of the rosary are meditations on episodes in the life and death of jesus from the annunciation to the ascension and beyond known as the joyful or joyous mysteries the
nq--1095269275993222300,the general term for software that is designed to damage disable or steal data is,Java_(software_platform)_77,section six point five security the java platform provides a security architecture which is designed to allow the user to run untrusted bytecode in a sandboxed manner to protect against malicious or poorly written software this sandboxing feature is intended to protect the user by restricting access to certain platform features and apis which could be exploited by malware such as accessing the local filesystem running arbitrary commands or accessing communication networks in recent years
nq-5108477420886439064,who sold the most records elvis or the beatles,Roy_Orbison_10,to manage their first tour but his own schedule forced him to turn down what was to become an astounding success even as the british invasion swept america in nineteen hundred sixty four orbison s single oh pretty woman broke the beatles stranglehold on the top ten soaring to no one on the billboard charts the smash hit record sold more copies in its first ten days of release than any four five rpm up to that time and would go on to sell more than seven million copies in nineteen hundred sixty six orbison signed a contract with m g m records and starred in m g m studios western musical motion picture the fastest guitar alive in which he would perform several songs from an album of the same name
nq--4054205284200755552,which came first the walking dead comic or show,Worst_Episode_Ever_16,section three cultural references in order to demonstrate the durability of radioactive man hashtag one thousand comic book guy pours soda on it which bounces off and instead damages a batch of lesser comics on top of the batch is an issue of bongo comics a comic book written by matt groening creator of the simpsons the comedian gallagher voiced by dan castellaneta not the actual comedian is shown doing his routine with a watermelon during a flashback while in the android s dungeon
nq--8958554260105256647,who has the most number one single hits,Rush_(band)_4,and symphony x rush has won a number of juno awards and was inducted into the canadian music hall of fame in nineteen hundred ninety four over the course of their careers the individual members of rush have been acknowledged as being some of the most proficient players on their respective instruments with each band member winning several awards in magazine readers polls as a group rush possesses twenty four gold records and fourteen platinum three multi platinum records according to the riaa rush s sales statistics place them fourth behind the beatles the rolling stones and aerosmith for the most consecutive gold or platinum albums by a rock band rush also ranks seventy eighth in u s album sales
nq--2615988099636476869,who comes after the president if he dies,United_States_Secretary_of_State_3,the secretary of state is fourth in line to succeed the presidency coming after the vice president the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate see united states presidential line of succession federal law three u s c twenty provides that a presidential resignation must be accomplished by written communication from the president to the office of the secretary of state this has occurred once when president richard nixon resigned on august nine nineteen hundred seventy four via a letter to secretary of state henry kissinger when there is a vacancy in the office of secretary of state it is exercised by another member of the cabinet as was common in earlier history or in more recent times by a subaltern official of the state
nq--3137549228567557230,what are the five pillars of faith of islam,Rosary_35,the theological virtues for the increase of faith for the increase of hope for the increase of charity the glory be to the father prayer announce the mystery the our father on the large bead the hail mary on each of the adjacent ten small beads the glory be to the father the fatima prayer is commonly added here as a pious addition o my jesus forgive us our
nq-9078092620239351027,where was the movie five hundred days of summer filmed,An_Inconvenient_Truth_21,film opened in new york city and los angeles on wednesday may twenty four two thousand six on memorial day weekend it grossed an average of ninety one thousand four hundred forty seven dollars per theater the highest of any movie that weekend and a record for a documentary though it was only playing on four screens at the time nineteen at the two thousand six sundance film festival the movie received a three time standing ovation it was also screened at the cannes film festival and was the opening night film at the twenty seventh durban international film festival on june fourteen two thousand six an
nq--964116613551607138,who won the two thousand seventeen ncaa mens basketball tournament,Michael_Jordan_115,ncaa national championship minus university of north carolina at chapel hill nineteen hundred eighty one to eighty two acc freshman of the year minus nineteen hundred eighty one to eighty two two consensus ncaa all american first team minus nineteen hundred eighty two to eighty three nineteen hundred eighty three to eighty four acc men s basketball player of the year minus nineteen hundred eighty three to eighty four usbwa college player of the year minus nineteen hundred eighty three to eighty four naismith college player of the year minus nineteen hundred eighty three to eighty four john r wooden award minus nineteen hundred eighty three to eighty four adolph rupp trophy minus nineteen hundred
nq--4544825586005995775,what is the second largest country in asia,Economy_of_Africa_2,despotism have also contributed to africa s poor economy the biggest contrast in terms of development has been between africa and the economy of asia the african economic outlook report specifically mentions that africa s trade with china has multiplied by ten since two thousand one reaching over usd one hundred billion in two thousand eight the economies of china and india have grown rapidly while latin america has also experienced moderate growth lifting millions above subsistence living by contrast much of africa has stagnated and even regressed in terms of foreign trade investment per capita income and other economic growth measures poverty has had widespread effects including low life
nq-7399729722473359987,country with most olympic gold medals all time,American_football_95,and france would rank among a third tier all of these countries rank far below the united states which is dominant at the international level football is not an olympic sport but it was a demonstration sport at the nineteen hundred thirty two summer olympics the ifaf was seeking recognition from the international olympic committee ioc and finally received provisional recognition in december two thousand thirteen with a vote expected to take place by twenty seventeen and could be a medal sport by the twenty twenty four olympics several major obstacles hinder the ifaf
nq--7483795661822231594,who was the oldest man elected president of usa,Rosa_Parks_69,in the u s capitol rotunda the house of representatives approved the resolution on october twenty eight since the founding of the practice of lying in state in the rotunda in eighteen hundred fifty two parks was the thirty first person the first woman the first american who had not been a u s government official and the second non government official after frenchman pierre lenfant to lie in state she was also the second black person to lie in state after jacob chestnut one of the two united states capitol police officers who were fatally shot by russell eugene weston jr on july twenty four nineteen hundred ninety eight former president ronald reagan had
nq--5788404421382393209,who do you meet at the gates of heaven,Saint_Peter_138,century more than many medieval attributes this continued to be depicted in the renaissance and afterwards by the fifteenth century peter is more likely to be bald on the top of his head in the western church but he continues to have a good head of hair in orthodox icons the depiction of saint peter as literally the keeper of the gates of heaven popular with modern cartoonists see next section is not found in traditional religious art but peter usually heads groups of saints flanking god in heaven on the right hand side viewer s left of god narrative images of peter include several scenes
nq--3165901349277199099,how many levels of protein structure are there,George_Gamow_31,section six dna and rna after the discovery of the structure of dna in nineteen hundred fifty three by francis crick james d watson maurice wilkins and rosalind franklin gamow attempted to solve the problem of how the order of the four different kinds of bases adenine cytosine thymine and guanine in dna chains could control the synthesis of proteins from amino acids crick has said that gamow s suggestions helped him in his own thinking about the problem as related by crick gamow
nq-7163132803738849961,who played guitar on my guitar gently weeps,Phil_Collins_24,anthem another day in paradise with david crosby on backing vocals the song went to number one on the billboard charts at the end of nineteen hundred eighty nine and won collins a grammy for record of the year nineteen hundred ninety in the process it became the last hashtag one hit of the nineteen hundred eighty s other songs included something happened on the way to heaven do you remember us release only and i wish it would rain down the latter featured long time friend eric clapton on guitar songs about apartheid and homelessness demonstrated collins turn to politically driven songs this theme reoccurred in
nq-8239463385147663167,is jaffa cakes a biscuit or a cake,Birthday_cake_2,which will come true if all the candles can be blown out in one breath but many people make a wish if it takes them more than one breath another tradition is to smear out the name of the person for good luck before slicing the cake for serving birthday cakes are usually sponge cakes although many other designs can be used one of the most popular flavors is chocolate the u s patent hashtag six three hundred nineteen five hundred thirty is a method
nq--8411218336314702052,where is arachidonic acid found in the body,Zinc_92,organisms after iron and it is the only metal which appears in all enzyme classes in proteins z n ions are often coordinated to the amino acid side chains of aspartic acid glutamic acid cysteine and histidine the theoretical and computational description of this zinc binding in proteins as well as that of other transition metals is difficult there are two to four grams of zinc distributed throughout the human body most zinc is in the brain muscle bones kidney and liver with the highest concentrations in the prostate and parts of the eye semen is particularly
nq--2632887614940393027,who won three stanley cups in a row,Montreal_42,leading up to the race molson indy festivities begin three days prior to the race and are held in the latin quarter around saint denis street on thirteen july nineteen hundred eighty two montreal hosted the first baseball all star game outside the united states current professional franchises montreal canadiens est nineteen hundred nine national hockey league awarded stanley cup twenty four times last professional franchises montreal
nq--7098436211686405768,who won the icc under nineteen world cup two thousand eighteen ,Kargil_War_62,impact of the war in the sporting arena was also visible during the india pakistan clash in the nineteen hundred ninety nine cricket world cup which coincided with the kargil timeline the game witnessed heightened passions and was one of the most viewed matches in the tournament section nine notes section ten references the cause and consequences of the nineteen hundred ninety nine
nq-5186266244253617463,five cities with the highest population in europe,Munich_0,munich munich forward slash mjunk forward slash german munchen pronounced mncn listen bavarian minga pronounced m is the capital and largest city of the german state of bavaria on the river isar north of the bavarian alps munich is the third largest city in germany after berlin and hamburg with a population of around one forty nine million the munich metropolitan region is home to five point six million people the name of the city is derived from the old
nq--5708450771125029505,who is the largest supermarket chain in the uk,Brownhills_47,average distance travelled to work by brownhills residents was ten thirty six k m the vast majority sixty two per cent travelled to work by car one of the town s largest employers is t and s stores a subsidiary of tesco p l c whose depot in the town employs approximately one thousand people brownhills was also formerly home to the wirings manufacturer electrium s last uk based factory but this has closed with manufacturing shifted overseas and commercial staff moved to a new site in cannock in two thousand six the site was converted into a mixed use facility dubbed toll point
nq-3333632246774892382,what is the dogs name in wizard of oz,The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_7,him when each traveler meets the wizard he appears each time as someone or something different to dorothy the wizard is a giant head the scarecrow sees a beautiful woman the tin woodman sees a ravenous beast the cowardly lion sees a ball of fire the wizard agrees to help each of them but his help is conditional one of them must kill the wicked witch of the west who rules over the winkie country once dorothy toto the scarecrow the tin woodman and the cowardly lion arrive in the winkie
nq-5890236133057512627,who was elected president in mexico in twenty ,Economic_Club_of_Canada_7,of ukraine may twenty eight two thousand eight bill clinton forty second president of the united states april twenty five two thousand eight stephen harper prime minister of canada march seven two thousand eight vicente fox former president of mexico oct twenty six two thousand four dalton mcguinty premier of ontario september twenty three two thousand eight david wilkins us ambassador to canada november twenty four two thousand eight paul cellucci former us ambassador to canada two thousand three the ambassador criticized canada s position on
nq-2466911194726715273,who was the first baseball player to be featured on a postage stamp,Harvey_Milk_69,headlines as he became the first openly gay non incumbent man in the united states to win an election for public office he likened himself to pioneering african american baseball player jackie robinson and walked to city hall arm in arm with jack lira stating you can stand around and throw bricks at silly hall or you can take it over well here we are the castro district was not the only neighborhood to promote someone new to city politics a single mother carol ruth silver a chinese american gordon lau and an african american woman ella hill hutch were all firsts for the city sworn in with milk along with daniel white a former police officer and firefighter who spoke of how proud he was that his
nq--2589499784483960722,communities of similar organisms found in a particular environment are called,Evolution_42,event in geological time species are created by speciation and disappear through extinction section two evolutionary biology evolutionary biology is a subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species as well as their change over time evolutionary biology is a kind of meta field because it includes scientists from many traditional taxonomically oriented disciplines for example it generally includes scientists who may have a specialist training in particular organisms such as mammalogy
nq--7011448454774306489,who took the first steps on the moon in nineteen sixty nine ,NASA_9,of astronauts with the apollo one launch pad fire the apollo program achieved its goals with apollo eleven which landed neil armstrong and buzz aldrin on the moon s surface on july twenty nineteen hundred sixty nine and returned them to earth safely on july twenty four armstrong s first words upon stepping out of the eagle lander captured the momentousness of the occasion that s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind twelve men would set foot on the moon by the end of the apollo program in december nineteen hundred seventy two nasa had won the moon race and in some senses this
nq-179878424839453416,how many times have real madrid won the champions league in a row,Yao_Ming_3,and was named to the all nba team five times he reached the nba playoffs four times and the rockets won a first round series in the two thousand nine postseason their first playoff series victory since nineteen hundred ninety seven however yao missed two hundred fifty regular season games due to foot and ankle injuries in his final six seasons he is one of china s best known athletes with sponsorships with several major companies his rookie year in the nba was the subject of a documentary film the year of the yao and he company wrote along with nba analyst ric bucher an autobiography titled yao a life in two worlds table of contents section one career in china
nq-7354980942032766409,what states were most affected by the dust bowl,1968_Illinois_earthquake_17,isolated reports were received from boston mobile alabama pensacola florida southern ontario arkansas minnesota tennessee georgia kansas ohio mississippi kentucky north carolina south carolina missouri west virginia alabama nebraska iowa oklahoma south dakota pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin presumably because of shaking the worst affected areas were in the general area of evansville indiana
nq--4134525477156146029,which country has won maximum number of gold medal in asian game two thousand fourteen ,Yao_Ming_69,team nba all rookie first team two thousand three nba rookie all star game two thousand four gold medal winner with team china at the two thousand one two thousand three two thousand five fiba asian championship m v p of the two thousand one two thousand three two thousand five fiba asian championship all tournament team fiba world championship two thousand two chinese basketball association champion two thousand one to two rebounding leader in cba in two thousand one to two two thousand three sporting news rookie of the year
nq--7475618662654372287,what is the name of the weapon the grim reaper carries,Grim_Fandango_24,because he has the robe and the scythe but really he s just punching the clock the division of the game into four years was a way of breaking the game s overall puzzle into four discrete sections several film noir movies were inspiration for much of the game s plot and characters tim schafer stated that the true inspiration was drawn from films like double indemnity in which a weak and undistinguished insurance salesman finds himself entangled in a murder plot the design and early plot are fashioned after films such as chinatown and glengarry glen ross several scenes in grim fandango are directly
nq--7596137699185694907,where does the coral sea meet the pacific ocean,The_Coral_Island_6,ballantyne never visited the coral islands of the south pacific relying instead on the accounts of others that were then beginning to emerge in britain which he exaggerated for theatrical effect by including plenty of gore and violence meant to titillate his juvenile readership his ignorance of the south pacific caused him to erroneously describe coconuts as being soft and easily
nq--4112499438130311497,where is the protien made in the cell,DNA_33,which base appears on the new strand and the cell ends up with a perfect copy of its dna section four genes and genomes dna is located in the cell nucleus of eukaryotes as well as small amounts in mitochondria and chloroplasts in prokaryotes the dna is held within an irregularly shaped body in the cytoplasm called the nucleoid the dna is usually in linear chromosomes in eukaryotes and circular chromosomes in prokaryotes in the human genome there is approximately three billion base pairs of dna arranged into forty six chromosomes the genetic information in a genome is held within genes a gene is a unit of heredity and is a region of dna that influences a
nq-7288569830118181286,what are bulls used for on a farm,Rare_Breeds_Canada_1,a rare breeds priority list that separates livestock breeds into critical endangered vulnerable at risk and recovering categories to assist with the preservation of these breeds r b c coordinates a breeding program which uses host farms to manage small breeding groups which are used to build new flocks of animals as the new groups are created animals are selected for breeding a moved to new host farms where the process is repeated with the continuous selection of breeding stock and expansion of the host farm program the goal is to prevent rare livestock breeds especially those native to canada from going extinct r b c
nq-6403691727808631943,where is wind power used most in the united states,Helium_20,natural gas the greatest reserves of helium were in the hugoton and nearby gas fields in southwest kansas and the panhandles of texas and oklahoma this enabled the united states to become the world s leading supplier of helium following a suggestion by sir richard threlfall the united states navy sponsored three small experimental helium production plants during world war i the goal was to supply barrage balloons with the non flammable lighter than air gas a total of two hundred thousand cubic
nq-8163716911432361139,who sold out jesus for thirty pieces of silver,Jesus_74,and the woes of the pharisees in which jesus criticizes them and calls them hypocritical judas iscariot one of the twelve apostles approaches the jewish elders and strikes a bargain with them in which he undertakes to betray jesus and hand him over to them for a reward of thirty silver coins section three point eight point two last supper the last supper is the final meal that jesus shares with his twelve apostles in jerusalem before his crucifixion the last
nq-72470187726524890,where was part of the classic surfing movie endless summer filmed,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_20,lock andy haden had dived out of a line out in an attempt to earn a penalty however the penalty awarded by referee roger quittenton was actually against welsh lock geoff wheel for jumping off the shoulder of frank oliver the all blacks only loss on the tour was the famous twelve to zero defeat by irish province munster at thomond park made famous by the john breen play alone it stands section one point four controversial tours the nineteen hundred seventy six all blacks tour of south africa generated much controversy and led to the boycott of the nineteen hundred seventy six summer olympics in montreal by thirty three african nations the all blacks again failed to win the test series in south africa
nq-4522288767022012901,who scored the most points in a game nba history,Michael_Jordan_18,other than wilt chamberlain to score three thousand points in a season averaging a league high thirty seven point one points on forty eight point two per cent shooting in addition jordan demonstrated his defensive prowess as he became the first player in nba history to record two hundred steals and one hundred blocks in a season despite jordan s success magic johnson won the league s most valuable player award the bulls reached forty wins and advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year however they were again swept by the celtics section two point one mid career pistons
nq--7518405190999038417,who was assassinated during a visit to sarajevo in bosnia,Sarajevo_10,in eighteen hundred fifty but were replaced by the austria hungarian empire as part of the treaty of berlin eighteen hundred seventy eight who formally annexed bosnia and herzegovina in nineteen hundred eight sarajevo was industrialized by austria hungary who used the city as a testing area for new inventions such as tramways before installing them in vienna in the event that triggered world war i archduke franz ferdinand of austria and his wife sophie duchess of hohenberg were assassinated in sarajevo on june twenty eight nineteen hundred fourteen by a serb nationalist with most of the balkan offensives occurring near belgrade sarajevo largely escaped the war without damage
nq-199896377614951764,where is natural gas found in the us,Helium_20,natural gas the greatest reserves of helium were in the hugoton and nearby gas fields in southwest kansas and the panhandles of texas and oklahoma this enabled the united states to become the world s leading supplier of helium following a suggestion by sir richard threlfall the united states navy sponsored three small experimental helium production plants during world war i the goal was to supply barrage balloons with the non flammable lighter than air gas a total of two hundred thousand cubic
nq-2451097261567036397,in nineteen forty five which party came into power in england,George_Lansbury_49,when they lost their parliamentary majority in the general election of january nineteen hundred ten they were dependent on the votes of the four zero odd labour members to lansbury s dismay labour did not use this leverage to promote votes for women instead giving the government virtually unqualified support to keep the conservatives out of power lansbury had failed to win election as labour s candidate at bow and bromley in january nineteen hundred ten however the continuing political crisis which developed from david lloyd george s controversial nineteen
nq-8959238068572804006,where was the louisiana purchase signed in eighteen three ,British_Empire_46,hundred sixty three involving france britain and the other major european powers the signing of the treaty of paris seventeen hundred sixty three had important consequences for the future of the british empire in north america france s future as a colonial power there was effectively ended with the recognition of british claims to rupert s land and the ceding of new france to britain leaving a sizeable french speaking population under british control and louisiana to spain spain ceded florida
nq--4750130423799874111,this type of nuclear decay effectively turns a proton into a neutron,Caesium_22,neutron poison and transmutes frequently to stable one three six xe before it can decay to one three five cs because of its beta decay to one three seven mba one three seven cs is a strong emitter of gamma radiation its half life makes it the principal long lived fission product along with nine zero sr both are responsible for radioactivity of spent nuclear fuel after several years of cooling up to several hundred years after use for example one three seven cs together with nine zero sr currently generate the largest source of radioactivity generated in the area around the chernobyl disaster it is not feasible
nq--7621748922939316823,what is the main religion in british columbia,Canadians_35,culture with christianity on decline having once been central and integral to canadian culture and daily life commentators have suggested that canada has come to enter a post christian period in a secular state with irreligion in canada on the rise the practice of religion is now generally considered a private matter throughout society and within the state the two thousand eleven canadian census reported that sixty seven point three per cent of canadians identify as being christians of this number catholics make up the largest group accounting for thirty eight point seven percent of the population the largest protestant denomination
nq-5364680911815100032,how many seasons of the glades were made,Meerkat_Manor_9,commissioned for animal planet international by executive producer and commissioning editor mark wild filming for a one three episode series took seven to eight months and was limited to the kalahari spring and summer seasons as meerkats are less active during winter series three was filmed from november two thousand six through april two thousand seven and series four began filming in october two thousand seven most scenes were filmed on location at the kuruman river reserve where the kalahari meerkat project that the meerkats are a part of is based however the meerkats seen in
nq--7520682400646360503,what is the meaning of the name gomez,Ima_Hogg_9,mien as ever gracious nature favor a man with and her name is ima even though it was unusual for the time ima hogg had no middle name her first name was taken from her uncle thomas hogg s epic civil war poem the fate of marvin which featured two young women named ima and leila according to virginia bernhard s biography of ima hogg there are some who believe that james stephen hogg named his only daughter ima hogg to attract the attention of texas voters in a year when he was running in a close race for district attorney of the seventh district in texas which he won alternatively
nq--8006002028754190814,who had the most governmental power under the articles of confederation,United_States_Congress_30,are reserved to the states respectively or to the people section four checks and balances the constitution provides certain checks and balances among the three branches of the federal government the influence of congress on the presidency has varied from one period to another it depends largely on the leadership and the political influence of the president the authors of the constitution expected the greater power to lie with congress and that is one reason they are described in article one under the first half dozen presidents power seems to have been evenly divided between the president and congress in part because early presidents largely restricted their vetoes to claims of unconstitutionality andrew jackson eighteen
nq--278447034238251050,how many episodes in my name is earl season four ,Mornington_Crescent_tube_station_3,lifts could be replaced the intention was to open it within one year however the poor state of neglect that the station had been previously kept in meant other work had to be completed and the station was closed for most of the nineteen hundred nineties amidst talk of it closing permanently however a concerted campaign to reopen the station was launched as the station is held in fond regard due to the popular bbc radio four panel game i m sorry i havent a clue which frequently features the game round mornington crescent a complex game which takes its name from the station the station was reopened on twenty seven april nineteen hundred ninety eight
nq-3642025747201578819,who won the battle of saratoga in seventeen seventy seven ,George_Washington%27s_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River_32,from the river only three americans were killed and six wounded while twenty two hessians were killed with ninety eight wounded the americans captured one thousand prisoners and seized muskets powder and artillery section seven return to pennsylvania following the battle washington had to execute a second crossing that was in some ways more difficult than the first in the aftermath of the battle the hessian supplies had been plundered and in spite of washington s explicit orders for its destruction casks of captured rum were opened so some of the celebrating troops got drunk probably contributing to
nq--1946610520886668272,who succeeds the speaker of the house as president,United_States_Secretary_of_State_3,the secretary of state is fourth in line to succeed the presidency coming after the vice president the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate see united states presidential line of succession federal law three u s c twenty provides that a presidential resignation must be accomplished by written communication from the president to the office of the secretary of state this has occurred once when president richard nixon resigned on august nine nineteen hundred seventy four via a letter to secretary of state henry kissinger when there is a vacancy in the office of secretary of state it is exercised by another member of the cabinet as was common in earlier history or in more recent times by a subaltern official of the state
nq-7808442793714993461,what was the alliance between great britian russia and france known as,Edward_VII_83,brothers than father and son and on edward s death george wrote in his diary that he had lost his best friend and the best of fathers i never had a cross word with him in my life i am heart broken and overwhelmed with grief edward was lauded as peacemaker but had been afraid that his nephew the german emperor wilhelm ii would tip europe into war four years after edward s death world war i broke out the naval reforms he had supported and his part in securing the triple entente between britain france and russia as well as his
nq-6566044826284732272,bosnia and herzegovina croatia macedonia and slovenia all used to be parts of,Eastern_Bloc_171,consider yugoslavia not to be a member after it broke with soviet policy in the nineteen hundred forty eight tito stalin split eastern bloc was sometimes used interchangeably with the term second world and was opposed by the western bloc the soviet aligned members of the eastern bloc besides the soviet union are often referred to as satellite states of the soviet union in the nineteen hundred twenties eastern bloc was used to refer to a loose alliance of eastern and central european countries other countries that were not soviet socialist republics not
nq--3975410771448678514,what us president is the only president to become an eagle scout,Ronald_Reagan_181,two years eight months and twenty three days longer than john adams whose record he surpassed he is now the second longest lived president just forty five days fewer than gerald ford he was the first united states president to die in the twenty first century and his was the first state funeral in the united states since that of president lyndon b johnson in nineteen hundred seventy three his burial site is inscribed with the words he delivered at the opening of the ronald reagan presidential library i know in my heart that man is good
nq-1869734979236490493,who was the king of england in seventeen fifty six ,Westminster_Abbey_9,subsequently most kings and queens of england were buried here although henry viii and charles i are buried at saint george s chapel windsor castle as are all monarchs and royals since george ii aristocrats were buried in side chapels and monks and people associated with the abbey were buried in the cloisters and other areas one of these was geoffrey chaucer who was buried here as he had apartments in the abbey as he was employed as master of the kings works other poets were buried around chaucer in what became known as poets corner abbey musicians such as henry purcell were also buried in their place of work subsequently it became an honour to be buried or memorialised
nq--6230694167244306035,how many times has the saints won the super bowl,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_26,win however the new zealand team suffered an outbreak of food poisoning before the final despite this they took hosts south africa to extra time before losing to joel stransky s drop goal section one point six professional era the professional era in rugby union began in nineteen hundred ninety five marked by creation of the sanzar group a combination of south africa new zealand and australia which was formed with the purpose of selling t v rights for two new competitions the domestic super twelve competition and the tri nations the first tri nations was contested in nineteen hundred ninety six with the all blacks winning all four of their tests to take the trophy the nineteen
nq--7876533033876892996,who is the speaker in shooting an elephant,Execution_by_elephant_8,humans to kill other humans being crushed by captive elephants is also a major occupational hazard for elephant keepers in zoos several such fatalities are reported annually while working as a police officer for the british colonial government in burma in nineteen hundred twenty six george orwell was forced to deal with an incident in which a domestic elephant went rogue and killed a man by stepping on him orwell describes the incident in his famous essay shooting an elephant noting that the friction of the great beast s foot had stripped the skin from his back as neatly as one skins a
nq-679914466501587278,who is under the mask of darth vader,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_II_%e2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones_42,skywalker natalie portman as senator padme amidala padme has recently been elected senator of naboo after serving two terms as queen hayden christensen as anakin skywalker anakin skywalker is a padawan learner under obi wan kenobi and known as the chosen one he is believed to be the jedi to bring balance to the force ian mcdiarmid as chancellor palpatine former galactic senator from naboo chancellor palpatine is optimistic about the future of the republic and believes in negotiating with the separatists despite the risk of war samuel l
nq-7984467382413205263,who is the sixth president of the united states,John_Quincy_Adams_0,john quincy adams john quincy adams july eleven seventeen hundred sixty seven minus february twenty three eighteen hundred forty eight was an american diplomat and politician who served as the sixth president of the united states from march four eighteen hundred twenty five to march four eighteen hundred twenty nine he was a member of the federalist democratic republican national republican and later anti masonic and whig parties adams was the son of the second president john adams and his wife abigail adams the name quincy having come from abigail s maternal
nq--8497815888777511426,who is mostly responsible for writing the declaration of independence,John_Locke_17,in the declaration of independence the reference to a long train of abuses such was locke s influence that thomas jefferson wrote bacon locke and newton i consider them as the three greatest men that have ever lived without any exception and as having laid the foundation of those superstructures which have been raised in the physical and moral sciences today most contemporary libertarians claim locke as an influence but locke s influence may have been even more profound in the realm of epistemology locke redefined subjectivity or self and intellectual historians such as charles taylor and jerrold
nq-7217222058435937287,where was the world economic forum held this year,World_Economic_Forum_0,world economic forum the world economic forum wef is a swiss nonprofit foundation based in cologny geneva recognized by the swiss authorities as the international institution for public private cooperation its mission is cited as committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business political academic and other leaders of society to shape global regional and industry agendas the forum is best known for its annual winter meeting in davos a mountain resort in graubunden in the eastern alps region of switzerland the meeting brings together some two thousand five hundred top business leaders international political leaders selected intellectuals and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world often this location alone is used to identify
nq--4909301147922823976,who did puerto rico belong to before the us,Puerto_Rican_amazon_17,aside from dna tests males and females can only be distinguished by behavioral differences during the breeding season immature birds have plumage similar to adults section three population and distribution the precise distribution of the puerto rican amazon before the arrival of spanish colonialists is uncertain because of a lack of contemporary records and then the extermination of the indigenous taino people but the species was apparently widespread and abundant there is also evidence the species may have inhabited other nearby islands such as antigua barbuda and the virgin islands
nq-8095779539186493860,how many us states are commonwealths and which states are they,Confederate_government_of_Kentucky_6,war the state had strong economic ties with ohio river cities such as pittsburgh and cincinnati while at the same time sharing many cultural social and economic links with the south unionist traditions were strong throughout the commonwealth s history and with economic ties to both the north and the south kentucky had little to gain and much to lose from a war between the states additionally many slaveholders felt that the best protection for slavery was within the union the presidential election of eighteen hundred sixty reflected kentucky s mixed heritage when the state gave joshua fry bell forty five per cent
nq-3214492048900653601,where is the suez canal located on a map,British_Empire_87,britain leverage joint anglo french financial control over egypt ended in outright british occupation in eighteen hundred eighty two the french were still majority shareholders and attempted to weaken the british position but a compromise was reached with the eighteen hundred eighty eight convention of constantinople which made the canal officially neutral territory with french belgian and portuguese activity in the lower congo river region undermining orderly incursion of tropical africa the berlin conference of eighteen hundred eighty four to eighty five was held to regulate the
nq--642255764943734268,who played santa in the santa clause movies,The_Cat_in_the_Hat_(film)_15,lawrence as schweitzer paris hilton as female club goer frank welker as the voice of nevins the waldens pet dog candace brown as secretary works for humberfloob victor brandt as the narrator who tells the story revealed to be the cat using a silly voice at the end daran norris as announcer clint howard as kate the caterer tim allen was originally planned to play the role of the cat but dropped out at the last minute since he was filming for the santa clause two coincidentally spencer breslin appeared in both the cat in the hat and
nq--8796908941087141957,how many seasons of rules of engagement is there,Star_Trek_18,upn and thus the first star trek series since the original that was shown on a major network the show lasted seven seasons until two thousand one making it the longest running show in upn s short history a new prequel star trek t v series enterprise set before the tos was produced after voyager ended enterprise did not enjoy the high ratings of its predecessors and by the series third season upn threatened to cancel enterprise fans launched a campaign reminiscent of the one that saved the third season of the original series paramount reacted to the fan requests the same way it
nq-6497460116946232542,the plane of earths orbit is called the,2012_phenomenon_51,chief among these astronomical ideas is the concept of the galactic alignment section three point two point one precession in the solar system the planets and the sun lie roughly within the same flat plane known as the plane of the ecliptic from our perspective on earth the ecliptic is the path taken by the sun across the sky over the course of the year the twelve constellations that line the ecliptic are known as the zodiac and annually the sun passes through all of them in turn additionally over time the sun s annual cycle appears to recede very slowly
nq--2145172594044894665,what city was zeus the patron god of,Olympic_flame_5,history for the ancient greeks fire had divine connotations minus it was thought to have been stolen from the gods by prometheus therefore fire was also present at many of the sanctuaries in olympia a fire permanently burned on the altar of hestia in olympia during the olympic games which honoured zeus additional fires were lit at his temple and that of his wife hera the modern olympic flame is ignited at the site where the temple of hera used to stand fire did not appear at the modern olympics until nineteen hundred twenty eight dutch architect jan wils had included a tower in his design for the olympic
nq--6368410672402918489,where is geothermal energy used the most in the us,Daylight_saving_time_21,energy use dst s effect on lighting energy use is noticeable mainly in residences a two thousand seven study found that the earlier start to d s t that year had little or no effect on electricity consumption in california a two thousand seven study estimated that winter daylight saving would prevent a two per cent increase in average daily electricity consumption in great britain a two thousand eight study examined billing data in indiana before and after it adopted d s t in two thousand six
nq--2768248554730702231,who played pink in pink floyd the wall,Pink_Floyd_73,would be acted by professional actors with no dialogue waters was screen tested but quickly discarded and they asked bob geldof to accept the role of pink geldof was initially dismissive condemning the wall s storyline as bollocks eventually won over by the prospect of participation in a significant film and receiving a large payment for his work geldof agreed screened at the cannes film festival in may nineteen hundred eighty two pink floyd minus the wall premiered in the uk in july nineteen hundred eighty two section three point two the final cut in nineteen hundred eighty two
nq-2019544776477780298,public companies are part of what economic sector,Indian_Railways_33,personnel operating commercial and safety branches report to the respective divisional manager and are in charge of operation and maintenance of assets further down the hierarchy tree are the station masters who control individual stations and the train movement through the track territory under their stations administration apart from these zones a number of public sector undertakings psu are under the administrative control of the ministry of railways some of these psu s are indian railways catering and tourism corporation konkan
nq--1734387556815204713,what category was hurricane charley when it hit florida,2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season_23,in the post storm analysis on july five hurricane dennis formed in the eastern caribbean it crossed grenada before intensifying into a category four hurricane the strongest ever recorded in july with a pressure of nine hundred thirty mbar hpa dennis struck cuba at full force then made a final landfall on the florida panhandle
nq-3022939638183417538,who has won the most fone grand prix,1995_Japanese_Grand_Prix_0,nineteen hundred ninety five japanese grand prix the nineteen hundred ninety five japanese grand prix formally the xxi fuji television japanese grand prix was a formula one motor race held on october twenty nine nineteen hundred ninety five at the suzuka circuit suzuka it was the sixteenth and penultimate race of the nineteen hundred ninety five formula one season the race contested over fifty three laps was won by michael schumacher for the benetton team after starting from pole position
nq--6570496346595660652,what are the main crops grown in the united states,Han_dynasty_99,complex high profile or unresolved cases were often deferred to the minister of justice in the capital or even the emperor in each han county was several districts each overseen by a chief of police order in the cities was maintained by government officers in the marketplaces and constables in the neighborhoods section three point five food the most common staple crops consumed during han were wheat barley foxtail millet proso millet rice and beans commonly eaten fruits and
nq-2701074088023820739,how many episodes curse of oak island season five ,The_Coral_Island_0,the coral island the coral island a tale of the pacific ocean eighteen
nq--3814898166370130166,who took over the dutch colony in north america,History_of_the_world_22,americans had never before encountered and over ninety per cent of them were killed in a series of devastating epidemics the europeans also had horses steel and guns that allowed them to hold a decisive military advantage over the americans the aztec and incan empires were destroyed as were many of the cultures of north america gold and resources from the americas began to be shipped to europe while at the same time large numbers of european colonists began to emigrate to the west the portuguese and spanish empires were at first predominant but soon the more northern french english and dutch began to dominate the atlantic in a series of wars fought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
nq-6697062628462423578,who won game four of the two thousand nba finals,Michael_Jordan_26,in an unusual ending to the fourth and final game isiah thomas led his team off the court before the final seconds had concluded most of the pistons went directly to their locker room instead of shaking hands with the bulls the bulls compiled an outstanding fifteen to two record during the playoffs and advanced to the nba finals for the first time in franchise history where they beat the los angeles lakers four games to one perhaps the best known moment of the series came in game two when attempting a dunk jordan avoided a potential sam perkins block by switching the ball from his right hand to his
nq-4313270809530812562,what does sip stand for in the ngn ims context,Interactive_voice_response_38,voip the increased usage of voip in voice networks is likely to affect how ivr will be used in voice networks this is due to the introduction of protocols such as session initiation protocol sip the introduction of sip means that point to point communications is no longer restricted to voice calls but can now be extended to multimedia technologies such as video this will bring a new meaning to automated services as ivr extends its reach to video calls many ivr manufacturers are currently working on ivvr interactive voice and video response systems especially for the mobile phone networks the use of video will give ivr systems
nq--4747832956913377153,what is the common name for gravitational force,Oort_cloud_28,the orbits of bodies in the outer solar system pulling them towards the galactic centre in the charted regions of the solar system these effects are negligible compared to the gravity of the sun at the outer reaches of the system however the sun s gravity is weaker and the gradient of the milky way s gravitational field plays a far more noticeable role because of this gradient galactic tides can deform an otherwise spherical oort cloud stretching the cloud in the direction of the galactic centre and compressing it along the other two axes these
nq-2484343456230333941,book series about the end of the world,Lee_University_45,known for company authoring the left behind series
nq--6061300821306485918,how do you spell padawan from star wars,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_II_%e2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones_42,skywalker natalie portman as senator padme amidala padme has recently been elected senator of naboo after serving two terms as queen hayden christensen as anakin skywalker anakin skywalker is a padawan learner under obi wan kenobi and known as the chosen one he is believed to be the jedi to bring balance to the force ian mcdiarmid as chancellor palpatine former galactic senator from naboo chancellor palpatine is optimistic about the future of the republic and believes in negotiating with the separatists despite the risk of war samuel l
triviaqa-qg_2407,on july twenty one one thousand nine hundred sixty nine who became the first man to set foot on the moon,NASA_9,of astronauts with the apollo one launch pad fire the apollo program achieved its goals with apollo eleven which landed neil armstrong and buzz aldrin on the moon s surface on july twenty nineteen hundred sixty nine and returned them to earth safely on july twenty four armstrong s first words upon stepping out of the eagle lander captured the momentousness of the occasion that s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind twelve men would set foot on the moon by the end of the apollo program in december nineteen hundred seventy two nasa had won the moon race and in some senses this
triviaqa-qb_3573,what was painter rubens first name,Adam_Elsheimer_0,adam elsheimer adam elsheimer b fifteen seventy eight in frankfurt am main germany minus d sixteen hundred ten in rome italy was an influential artist in the early seventeenth century he was noted for his small scale paintings that included a variety of light effects he is credited with being an influence on other artists such as rembrandt and peter paul rubens elsheimer was one of ten children and the son of a tailor he was apprenticed to artist philipp uffenbach in his early
triviaqa-sfq_7766,which scientist said i dont know what weapons world war three will be fought with but world war four will be fought with sticks and stones,Big_Bang_14,originally suggested by friedmann but advocated by albert einstein and richard tolman and fritz zwicky s tired light hypothesis after world war ii two distinct possibilities emerged one was fred hoyle s steady state model whereby new matter would be created as the universe seemed to expand in this model the universe is roughly the same at any point in time the other was lemaitre s big bang theory advocated and developed by george gamow who introduced big bang nucleosynthesis b b n and whose associates ralph alpher and robert herman
triviaqa-sfq_15801,which indigenous people call their country aotearoa,Longest_word_in_English_28,l one zero n respectively the embedded number representing the number of letters between the first and the last section five place names there is some debate as to whether a place name is a legitimate word the longest officially recognized place name in an english speaking country is taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu eighty five letters which is a hill in new zealand the name is in the mori language in canada the longest place name is dysart
triviaqa-bb_439,what was the name of the argentine navy cruiser which was torpedoed and sunk during the one thousand nine hundred eighty two falklands war,Submarine_83,states lost two nuclear submarines during this time uss thresher and scorpion the thresher was lost due to equipment casualty although the exact nature of the loss of the scorpion is not known one possible explanation is an equipment failure the united kingdom employed nuclear powered submarines against argentina in nineteen hundred eighty two during the two nations dispute over the falkland islands the sinking of the antiquated cruiser ara general belgrano by h m s conqueror was the first sinking by a nuclear powered submarine in wartime section four point ten major submarine incidents since two thousand main article major submarine incidents since two thousand
triviaqa-qw_4376,the tiergarten german for animal garden is the name of both a park and a locality in which city,Munich_33,of particulate in the air environmental groups such as greenpeace have staged large protest rallies to urge the city council and the state government to take a harder stance on pollution today the crime rate is low compared with other large german cities such as hamburg or berlin for its high quality of life and safety the city has been nicknamed toytown three among the english speaking residents german
triviaqa-qw_4121,the dardanelles and the bosporus straits which separate europe from the mainland of asia run through which country,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_8,particularly in the baltic and black seas the british however had been determined since the crimean war in the eighteen hundred fifties to slow russian expansion at the expense of ottoman turkey the sick man of europe with the completion of the suez canal in eighteen hundred sixty nine the prospect of russia seizing a portion of the ottoman seacoast on the mediterranean potentially threatening the strategic waterway was of great concern to the british british policymakers were also apprehensive about the close proximity of the tsar s territorially expanding empire in central asia to india triggering a series of
triviaqa-tc_2524,which crusade was led by philip ii augustus of france and richard i of england,Fourth_Crusade_3,another crusade against the muslims the crusaders had lost jerusalem to the ayyubid dynasty which ruled all of syria and egypt and only a few cities along the coast were still held by the crusader kingdom of jerusalem now centered on acre the third crusade had also established a kingdom on cyprus pope innocent iii succeeded to the papacy in one thousand one hundred ninety eight and the preaching of a new crusade became the goal of his pontificate his call was largely ignored by the european monarchs the germans were struggling against papal power and england and
triviaqa-qf_298,what colour is the cross on the greek flag,Order_of_the_Bath_14,the military badge is a gold maltese cross of eight points enamelled in white each point of the cross is decorated by a small gold ball each angle has a small figure of a lion the centre of the cross bears three crowns on the obverse side and a rose a thistle and a shamrock emanating from a sceptre on the reverse side both emblems are surrounded by a red circlular ring bearing the motto of the order which are in turn flanked by two laurel branches above a scroll bearing the words ich dien in gold letters the civil badge is a plain gold oval bearing three crowns on the obverse side and a rose a thistle and a shamrock emanating from a sceptre on the reverse
triviaqa-qw_3500,which sixteen th century venetian born jacopo robusti studied under titian and painted st george and the dragon belshazzars feast the last supper and paradise,Catholic_Church_101,section six point four medieval renaissance and baroque periods the catholic church was the dominant influence on western civilisation from late antiquity to the dawn of the modern age it was the primary sponsor of romanesque gothic renaissance mannerist and baroque styles in art architecture and music renaissance figures such as raphael michelangelo leonardo da vinci botticelli fra angelico tintoretto titian bernini and caravaggio are examples of the
triviaqa-qb_3740,who became leader of the british conservative party in july one thousand nine hundred sixty five ,Elizabeth_II_52,although the queen dismissed him in a formal declaration and the international community applied sanctions against rhodesia his regime survived for over a decade in february nineteen hundred seventy four british prime minister edward heath advised the queen to call a general election in the middle of her tour of the austronesian pacific rim requiring her to fly back to britain the election resulted in a hung parliament heath s conservatives were not the largest party but could stay in office if they formed a coalition with the liberals heath only resigned when discussions on forming a coalition
triviaqa-qf_527,what is the worlds most popular non alcoholic drink,Masala_chai_2,the spice mixture is sold as chai masala chai is widely popular in india even more popular than coffee is in the united states and is also a relatively popular beverage in coffeehouses in other countries there is no fixed recipe or preparation method for masala chai and many families in india have their own special versions of the tea due to the huge range of possible variations chai can be considered a class of tea rather than a specific kind but all chai has four basic components tea the base tea is usually a strong black tea so that the various spices and sweeteners do not overpower it however a wide variety of teas
triviaqa-jp_1393,what video game created by notch is the best selling pc game of all time,Minecraft_20,then teleported back to their original spawn point in the overworld and if certain criteria are met will receive the exclusive achievement the end section two development the developer of minecraft markus persson aka notch had previously worked on games such as wurm online and as a game developer for king dot com for over four years minecraft development began in may ten not in citation given two thousand nine soon after persson had quit his job at king dot com in order to concentrate more on independent development persson was inspired to create
triviaqa-qw_66,what is the name of the international cricket ground in brisbane australia,George_Lansbury_16,and terms of employment for several months the family lived in extreme squalor before lansbury secured release from the contract back in brisbane he worked for a while at the newly built brisbane cricket ground as a keen follower of the game he hoped to see the visiting english touring team play but as lansbury s biographer raymond postgate records he learned that cricket watching was not a pleasure for workmen throughout his time in australia lansbury sent letters home revealing the truth about conditions facing immigrants to
triviaqa-bb_1172,which element is mixed with gold to make red gold,Silver_14,the cost of gold now however silver is relatively cheap compared to other precious metals and a mass of silver is now worth only about one forward slash sixty the same mass of gold in turn copper is about one forward slash seventy as valuable as silver section five isotopes naturally occurring silver is composed of the two stable isotopes ag one zero seven and ag one zero nine with ag one zero seven being the most abundant fifty one point eight three nine per cent natural abundance twenty eight radioisotopes have been characterized with the most stable being ag one zero five with a half life of forty one twenty nine days ag one one one with a half life of
triviaqa-qw_11830,lake neuchatel is in which country,Kandersteg_0,kandersteg kandersteg is a municipality in the district of frutigen in the canton of berne in switzerland it is located along the valley of the river kander west of the jungfrau massif it is noted for its spectacular mountain scenery and sylvan alpine landscapes tourism is a very significant part of its economic life today it is a year round outdoors mecca for hiking trails and mountain climbing as well as downhill and cross country skiing table
triviaqa-sfq_10536,how many symphonies did brahms compose,Charles_Ives_21,michael tilson thomas is an enthusiastic exponent of ives s symphonies as is musicologist jan swafford and his work is regularly programmed in europe at the same time ives is not without his critics many people still find his music bombastic pompous and others strangely enough timid in that the fundamental sound of european traditional music is still present in his works his onetime supporter elliot carter called his work incomplete though perhaps this is a case of killing one s father artistically section four list of selected works note because
triviaqa-odql_7016,the tv serie mad men is set in which decade,Three_Laws_of_Robotics_77,the laws asimov believed helped foster the rise of stories in which robots are lovable star wars being his favorite example where the laws are quoted verbatim such as in the buck rogers in the twenty fifth century episode shgoratchx it is not uncommon for asimov to be mentioned in the same dialogue however the nineteen hundred sixties german t v series raumpatrouille minus die phantastischen abenteuer des raumschiffes orion space patrol minus the phantastic adventures of space ship orion bases episode three huter des gesetzes guardians of the law
triviaqa-qw_274,which country used to be called southern rhodesia,British_Empire_148,of rhodesia as zimbabwe the new hebrides as vanuatu in nineteen hundred eighty and belize in nineteen hundred eighty one meant that aside from a scattering of islands and outposts and the acquisition in nineteen hundred fifty five of an uninhabited rock in the atlantic ocean rockall the process of decolonisation that had begun after the second world war was largely complete in nineteen hundred eighty two britain s resolve in defending its remaining overseas territories was tested when argentina invaded the falkland islands acting on a long standing claim that
triviaqa-wh_3188,edward the black prince was the father of which english king,William_the_Conqueror_43,in the duchy section four english and continental concerns in ten fifty one the childless king edward of england appears to have chosen william as his successor to the english throne william was the grandson of edward s maternal uncle richard ii duke of normandy the anglo saxon chronicle in the d version states that william visited england in the later part of ten fifty one perhaps to secure confirmation of the succession or perhaps william was attempting to secure aid for his troubles
triviaqa-tc_1773,in which country did the internet start,HTTP_cookie_9,the site montulli applied for a patent for the cookie technology in nineteen hundred ninety five and us five million seven hundred seventy four thousand six hundred seventy was granted in nineteen hundred ninety eight support for cookies was integrated in internet explorer in version two released in october nineteen hundred ninety five the introduction of cookies was not widely known to the public at the time in particular cookies were accepted by default and users were not notified of their presence the general public learned about cookies after the financial times published an article about them on february twelve
triviaqa-tc_664,in which state was gene vincent born,Chesty_Puller_2,one early life through world war i puller whose nickname was inspired by his barrel chest was born in west point virginia he was a distant relative of u s army general george s patton he resigned from the virginia military institute after his freshman year to enlist as a private in the marine corps in august nineteen hundred eighteen serial number
triviaqa-qb_10302,the one thousand nine hundred ninety two film waynes world was a spin off of a sketch from which us television show,300_(film)_63,section seven popular culture three hundred has been spoofed in various media spawning the this is sparta internet meme with parodies also appearing in film and television these include the short united three hundred which won the movie spoof award at the two thousand seven m t v movie awards skits based upon the film have appeared on saturday night live and robot chicken the latter of which mimicked the visual style of three hundred in a parody set during the american revolutionary war titled seventeen hundred seventy six twentieth century fox released meet the
triviaqa-sfq_18852,from which country does the cheese emmental originate,Cheese_35,also play a large role in the eventual flavor of aged cheeses most cheeses are made with starter bacteria from the lactococci lactobacilli or streptococci families swiss starter cultures also include propionibacter shermani which produces carbon dioxide gas bubbles during aging giving swiss cheese or emmental its holes some fresh cheeses are curdled only by acidity but most cheeses also use rennet rennet sets the cheese into a strong and rubbery gel compared to the fragile curds produced by acidic coagulation alone it also allows curdling at a lower acidity important because flavor making bacteria are inhibited in high acidity
triviaqa-sfq_13640,swede gunder hagg held the athletics world record for which event until the six th may one thousand nine hundred fifty four ,Four-minute_mile_3,runners authorities of sports medicine have long speculated that a three minute mile is beyond the capacity of human beings but that it may be possible with advances in genetic engineering however considering the world record in the four zero zero m is forty three point one eight seconds held by michael johnson and a three minute mile would take just under forty five seconds per four hundred meters it may be possible table of contents section one see also world record progression for the mile run athletics middle distance track event
triviaqa-sfq_23893,which roman historian was the son in law of agricola the roman governor of britain,Saint_Peter_124,book forged states that scholars now widely recognize that when the author indicates that he wrote the book through silvanus he is indicating not the name of his secretary but the person who was carrying his letter to the recipients the letter refers to roman persecution of christians apparently of an official nature the roman historian tacitus and the biographer suetonius do both record that nero persecuted christians and tacitus dates this to immediately after the fire that burned rome in sixty four christian tradition for example
triviaqa-qb_446,the one thousand nine hundred fifty s mau mau uprising was against the british occupation of which country,British_Empire_142,rhodesia were all granted independence by nineteen hundred sixty eight british withdrawal from the southern and eastern parts of africa was not a peaceful process kenyan independence was preceded by the eight year mau mau uprising in rhodesia the nineteen hundred sixty five unilateral declaration of independence by the white minority resulted in a civil war that lasted until the lancaster house agreement of nineteen hundred seventy nine which set the terms for recognised independence in nineteen hundred eighty as the new nation of zimbabwe in the mediterranean a guerrilla
triviaqa-qw_3344,with what sport is dennis compton associated,Nick_Drake_16,enrolling at cambridge that october his tutors found him to be a bright student but unenthusiastic and unwilling to apply himself to study dann notes that he had difficulty connecting with staff and fellow students alike and points out that official matriculation photographs from this time reveal a sullen and unimpressed young man cambridge placed much emphasis on its rugby and cricket teams yet by this time drake had lost interest in playing sport preferring to stay in his college room smoking marijuana and listening to and playing music according to fellow student now psychiatrist brian wells they were the rugger buggers and we were the cool people smoking dope in september nineteen hundred
triviaqa-bb_1357,which planet in our solar system has the shortest year,Mercury_(planet)_0,mercury planet mercury template proneng is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system orbiting the sun once every eighty eight days it ranges in brightness from about two zero to five point five in apparent magnitude but is not easily seen as its greatest angular separation from the sun greatest elongation is only twenty eight three it can only be seen in morning or evening twilight comparatively little is known about the planet the only spacecraft to approach mercury was mariner ten from nineteen hundred seventy four to nineteen hundred
triviaqa-bb_418,how many pennies were in a british pre decimal pound one hundred twenty two hundred two hundred four or two hundred forty ,Han_dynasty_139,section five point two taxation and property aside from the landowner s land tax paid in a portion of their crop yield the poll tax and property taxes were paid in coin cash the annual poll tax rate for adult men and women was one hundred twenty coins and twenty coins for minors merchants were required to pay a higher rate of two hundred forty coins the poll tax stimulated a money economy that necessitated the minting of over twenty eight billion
triviaqa-sfq_720,the old faithful geyser is in which american national park,Temple_Square_6,building in two thousand the church purchased the block of main street between this block and temple square and connected the two blocks with a plaza called the west church plaza a museum and genealogy library are located on the block west of temple square in two thousand one the church completed a new twenty one thousand seat conference center on the block north of temple square because of these facilities temple square and the surrounding blocks has become a popular tourist destination with five million visitors annually more than the grand canyon or yellowstone national park the grounds which feature a number of gardens often host concerts and other events during the christmas holiday season hundreds of thousands of lights sparkle from
triviaqa-odql_13782,complete the name of the church of england diocese bath and ,Michael_Evans_(bishop)_1,michael evans spent some time as an assistant priest then studied for a master of theology degree at the university of london for four years nineteen hundred seventy five to nineteen hundred seventy nine subsequently returning to saint john s seminary for eight years as lecturer in doctrine during his time within the roman catholic church bishop michael has held many and varied posts ranging from the chaplain of a convent school to chairman of the archdiocese of southwark s justice and peace coordinating committee from nineteen hundred ninety five until two thousand three he served as parish priest at saint augustine s church in tunbridge wells on fourteen february two thousand three pope
triviaqa-jp_4212,on what body of water did jesus supposedly walk,Jesus_99,these include the doubting thomas episode and the appearance on the road to emmaus where jesus meets two disciples the catch of one hundred fifty three fish is a miracle by the sea of galilee after which jesus encourages peter to serve his followers before he ascends into heaven jesus commissions his disciples to spread his teachings to all the nations of the world luke twenty four fifty one states that jesus is then carried up into heaven the ascension account is elaborated in acts
triviaqa-sfq_3028,which illness caused edward viis coronation to be delayed by six weeks,Edward_VII_44,family at a time of widespread anti semitism edward attracted criticism for openly socialising with jews edward vii was crowned at westminster abbey on nine august nineteen hundred two by the eight zero year old archbishop of canterbury frederick temple who died only four months later the coronation had originally been scheduled for twenty six june but two days before on twenty four june edward was diagnosed with appendicitis appendicitis was generally not treated operatively and carried a high mortality rate but developments in anaesthesia and antisepsis in the preceding
triviaqa-qb_5547,on which side of the road do motorists drive in australia,British_Empire_159,as in churches railway stations and government buildings can be seen in many cities that were once part of the british empire individual and team sports developed in britain particularly football cricket rugby lawn tennis and golf were also exported the british choice of system of measurement the imperial system continues to be used in some countries in various ways the convention of driving on the left hand side of the road has been retained in much of the former empire political boundaries drawn by the british did not always reflect homogeneous ethnicities
triviaqa-odql_7023,alex turner is the lead vocalist of which rock band,Sheffield_47,the highly influential post punk group the comsat angels hail from sheffield nineteen hundred ninety eight mercury music prize award winners gomez are also connected to sheffield as some of the founding members went to sheffield university the arctic monkeys who have recently exploded onto the uk music scene with their mercury music prize winning fastest selling debut album of all time and two brit awards two thousand seven milburn little man tate the long blondes the dodgems the math rock band six five daysofstatic bromheads jacket and classic rockers firegarden are amongst recent additions to the list the city is also the base for a well developed
triviaqa-qg_4327,what planets orbit takes it the furthest away from the sun,90377_Sedna_30,size of earth ejected outward by neptune early in the solar system s formation and currently in an elongated orbit between eighty and one hundred seventy au from the sun mike brown s various sky surveys have not detected any earth sized objects out to a distance of about one hundred au however it is possible that such an object may have been scattered out of the solar system after the formation of the inner oort cloud it has been suggested that sedna s orbit is the result of influence by a large binary companion to the sun thousands of au distant one such hypothetical companion is
triviaqa-jp_4302,what was abolished by the supreme court in nineteen seventy two but reinstated in nineteen seventy six ,Execution_by_elephant_18,had been abolished by the british after they overthrew the kandyan kingdom in eighteen hundred fifteen but the king s execution elephant was still alive and evidently well remembered his or her former duties sirr comments
triviaqa-sfq_7223,when brian deane scored the first ever goal in the premier league in nineteen ninety two against man utd for which club was he playing,Sheffield_39,a collective of cricketers formed the world s first ever official football club sheffield f c and by eighteen hundred sixty there were fifteen football clubs in sheffield there are now two local clubs in the football league sheffield united and sheffield wednesday both of which formed from cricket clubs and two major non league sides sheffield f c and hallam f c which also formed from cricket clubs these are the two oldest club sides in the world and in addition hallam f c still play at the world s oldest football ground near the suburb of crosspool sheffield and hallam contest what has become known as the sheffield derby whilst united
triviaqa-wh_252,which one st world war battle of one one saw sixty british casualties on the first day the battle lasted from july to november resulting in a british advance of one kilometres,Battle_of_the_Somme_0,battle of the somme the battle of the somme also known as the somme offensive fought from july to november nineteen hundred sixteen was among the largest battles of the first world war with more than one point five million casualties it is also one of the bloodiest military operations recorded the allied forces attempted to break through the german lines along a one two mile nineteen k m front north and south of the river somme in northern france one purpose of the battle was to draw german forces away from the battle of verdun however by its end the
triviaqa-qb_2805,the tumut hydroelectric power station is in which australian state,Eureka_Rebellion_1,often regarded as being an event of equal significance to australian history as the storming of the bastille was to french history but almost equally often dismissed as an event of little long term consequence although the revolt failed it was a watershed event in australian politics and is often described controversially as the birth of australian democracy table of contents section one background the australian colony of victoria a peaceful and sparsely populated region of farmers and graziers was declared separate from new south wales on one july eighteen hundred fifty one this tranquility
triviaqa-jp_755,torchwood was a spin off of what popular tv show,Doctor_Who_4,a backdoor pilot in the form of a nineteen hundred ninety six television film the programme was relaunched in two thousand five produced in house by bbc wales in cardiff the first series was produced by the bbc series two and three had some development money contributed by the canadian broadcasting corporation c b c which was credited as a company producer doctor who also spawned spin offs in multiple media including the current television programmes torchwood and the sarah jane adventures the standalone k nine and a single nineteen hundred eighty one pilot episode of k nine and company the doctor has been
triviaqa-qf_3026,how many grooves are there on a forty five rpm record,DNA_8,rule is a bacterial virus called pbs one that contains uracil in its dna the double helix is a right handed spiral as the dna strands wind around each other they leave gaps between each set of phosphate backbones revealing the sides of the bases inside see animation there are two of these grooves twisting around the surface of the double helix one groove is twenty two angstroms wide and the other twelve angstroms wide the larger groove is called the major groove while the smaller narrower groove is called the minor groove the narrowness of the minor groove means that the edges of the bases are more accessible in the major groove as a result proteins like transcription factors that can bind to specific sequences in double stranded dna usually read the sequence by
triviaqa-qz_4101,what is the name of the company that owned the spaceship red dwarf,Esperanto_96,spoken and appears on signs in the film blade trinity in the british comedy red dwarf arnold rimmer is seen attempting to learn esperanto in a number of early episodes including kryten in the first season signs on the titular spacecraft are in both english and esperanto esperanto is used as the universal language in the far future of harry harrison s stainless steel rat and deathworld stories musician stephen kellogg has acknowledged that his song shady esperanto and the young hearts from his
triviaqa-sfq_24662,bye bye love in nineteen fifty seven was the first hit single for which duo,Roy_Orbison_12,the david lynch film blue velvet lynch also featured a spanish version of crying in his film mulholland drive section one point one other artists a number of other artists have recorded songs written by orbison including the everly brothers don gibson linda ronstadt don mclean mireille mathieu chris isaak dwight yoakam and van halen singer sonny james would have a number one hit on the country music charts with a cover of orbison s only the lonely section one point two international fame roy orbison first toured australia with the rolling stones in nineteen hundred sixty three and would build a devout following there a few songs that had only reasonable success in north america
triviaqa-sfq_13503,who led a revolt against the normans in ten seventy from stronghold on the isle of ely ,William_the_Conqueror_94,but after he was killed in february ten seventy one at the battle of cassel robert became count he was opposed to king william s power on the continent thus the battle of cassel not only lost the king an important supporter but also upset the balance of power in northern france in ten seventy one william defeated the last rebellion of the north earl edwin was betrayed by his own men and killed while william built a causeway to subdue the isle of ely where hereward the wake and morcar were hiding hereward escaped
triviaqa-sfq_17049,complete the general chemical rule acid plus base gives salt plus what,Caesium_40,imp gal twelve thousand u s gal of mineral water had to be evaporated to yield two hundred forty kilograms five hundred thirty l b of concentrated salt solution the alkaline earth metals were precipitated either as sulfates or oxalates leaving the alkali metal in the solution after conversion to the nitrates and extraction with ethanol a sodium free mixture was obtained from this mixture the lithium was precipitated by ammonium carbonate potassium rubidium and caesium form insoluble salts with chloroplatinic acid but these salts show a slight difference in solubility in hot water
triviaqa-odql_6798,by what name do czechs know their capital city prague,Ko%c5%a1ice_20,later the german occupation of hungary led to the deportation of koice s entire jewish population of twelve thousand and an additional two thousand from surrounding areas via cattle cars to the concentration camps for their eventual murder the town was captured by soviets in january nineteen hundred forty five and for a short time it became a temporary capital city of the restored czechoslovak republic until the soviet red army reached prague among other acts the koice government programme was declared on five april nineteen hundred forty five after the communist party seized power in czechoslovakia in february nineteen hundred forty eight the
triviaqa-qw_8312,whose birth and death are commemorated on the same day,Westminster_Abbey_14,commemorated william shakespeare buried stratford upon avon sir winston churchill buried bladon oxfordshire benjamin disraeli first earl of beaconsfield buried hughenden manor buckinghamshire adam lindsay gordon buried australia ten two zero century christian martyrs from across the world are depicted in statues above the great west door unveiled in nineteen hundred ninety eight these are from left to right maximilian kolbe manche masemola janani luwum elizabeth of russia martin luther king jr
triviaqa-qw_11123,michael phelps who during the summer olympics two thousand twelve brought his swimming medal total to a record eighteen golds represents which country,S12_(classification)_4,who all won medals in their class at the two thousand eight paralympics american swimmers who have been classified by the united states paralympic committee as being in this class include katie robinson alexandra stafford and carly stevason section six records in the s one two fifty m freestyle long course the men s world record is held by the ukraine s maksym veraksa and the women s world record is held by russia s oxana savchenko in the s one two one hundred m freestyle long course the
triviaqa-qw_6209,in greek mythology who were the band of heroes who accompanied jason to colchis in his quest to find the golden fleece,Greek_mythology_70,argonauts the only surviving hellenistic epic the argonautica of apollonius of rhodes epic poet scholar and director of the library of alexandria tells the myth of the voyage of jason and the argonauts to retrieve the golden fleece from the mythical land of colchis in the argonautica jason is impelled on his quest by king pelias who receives a prophecy that a man with one sandal would be his nemesis jason loses a sandal in a river arrives at the court of pelias and the epic is set in motion nearly every member of the next generation of heroes as well as
triviaqa-qw_1581,in beach volleyball and indoor volleyball what is the maximum number of contacts that a team can have with the ball before it crosses the net,American_football_75,for a first down the chain crew stays on the sidelines during the game but if requested by the officials they will briefly bring the chains on to the field to measure a typical chain crew will have at least three people minus two members of the chain crew will hold either of the two sticks while a third will hold the down marker the down marker a large stick with a dial on it is flipped after each play to indicate the current down and is typically moved to the approximate spot of the ball the chain crew system has been used for over one hundred years and is considered to be an accurate measure of distance
triviaqa-odql_11543,which cambridge college was attended by anthony blunt kim philby and guy burgess,Isaac_Newton_11,king s school who persuaded his mother to send him back to school so that he might complete his education this he did at the age of eighteen achieving an admirable final report in june sixteen hundred sixty one he was admitted to trinity college cambridge according to john stillwell he entered trinity as a sizar at that time the college s teachings were based on those of aristotle but newton preferred to read the more advanced ideas of modern philosophers such as descartes and astronomers such as copernicus galileo and kepler in sixteen hundred sixty five he discovered the generalized binomial theorem and began to develop a
triviaqa-qg_2852,a former software engineer who created the comic strip character dilbert,Dilbert_principle_0,dilbert principle the dilbert principle refers to a nineteen hundred nineties satirical theory stating that companies should promote their worst employees to managerial positions so as to prevent them from directly affecting the consumer s experience the term was coined by scott adams an mba graduate from berkeley and creator of the dilbert comic strip adams explained the principle in a nineteen hundred ninety six wall street journal article adams expanded his study of the dilbert principle in a satirical nineteen hundred ninety six book of the same name which is required or recommended reading at some management and business programs one two three four five the book has sold more than a million copies and was on the new york times
triviaqa-bb_2862,the syrah grape variety makes wine that is,Durian_50,dispersal method in particular the red durian exemplifying the primitive fruit of flowering plants since the early nineteen hundred nineties the domestic and international demand for durian in the association of southeast asian nations asean region has increased significantly partly due to the increasing affluence in asia section five uses section five point one culinary durian fruit is used to flavour a wide variety of sweet edibles such as traditional malay candy ice kachang dodol rose biscuits and
triviaqa-sfq_22996,which is the only english football team in the top four divisions to have a latin word in its name,Aston_Villa_F.C%2e_5,won its first fa cup in eighteen hundred eighty seven with captain archie hunter becoming one of the game s first household names aston villa were one of the dozen teams that competed in the inaugural football league in eighteen hundred eighty eight with one of the club s directors william mcgregor being the league s founder aston villa emerged as the most successful english club of the victorian era with numerous league titles and fa cup wins in eighteen hundred ninety seven the year villa won the double they moved into their present home the aston lower grounds the name of villa park came about through fan usage and no official declaration was made that listed the name as villa park aston villa won their sixth fa cup in nineteen hundred twenty soon after though
triviaqa-odql_241,protons and neutrons are both examples of which class of sub atomic particle that takes its name from the greek for heavy,Big_Bang_24,ten six seconds quarks and gluons combined to form baryons such as protons and neutrons the small excess of quarks over antiquarks led to a small excess of baryons over antibaryons the temperature was now no longer high enough to create new proton antiproton pairs similarly for neutrons antineutrons so a mass annihilation immediately followed leaving just one in one thousand ten of the original protons and neutrons and none of their antiparticles a similar process happened at about one second for electrons and positrons after these annihilations
triviaqa-odql_9397,in which play by william shakespeare does the quote all that glisters is not gold appear,William_Shakespeare_41,november sixteen hundred four and thirty one october sixteen hundred five including two performances of the merchant of venice after sixteen hundred eight they performed at the indoor blackfriars theatre during the winter and the globe during the summer the indoor setting combined with the jacobean fashion for lavishly staged masques allowed shakespeare to introduce more elaborate stage devices in cymbeline for example jupiter descends in thunder and lightning sitting upon an eagle he throws a thunderbolt the ghosts fall on their knees the actors in shakespeare s company included the famous richard burbage william kempe henry condell and john
triviaqa-tc_783,what is osbert lancaster best known for producing,The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_20,have asserted that the images and characters used by baum and denslow closely resembled political images that were well known in the eighteen hundred nineties they state that baum and denslow did not simply invent the lion tin man scarecrow yellow brick road silver slippers cyclone monkeys emerald city little people uncle henry passenger balloons witches and the wizard these were all common themes in the editorial cartoons of the previous decade baum and denslow like most writers used the materials at hand that they knew best
triviaqa-qw_2544,what is the astronomical term for the measure of the reflective ability of a heavenly body,Enceladus_31,ridged terrain often bordering the smooth areas in addition extensive linear cracks and scarps were observed given the relative lack of craters on the smooth plains these regions are probably less than a few hundred million years old accordingly enceladus must have been recently active with water volcanism or other processes that renew the surface the fresh clean ice that dominates its surface gives enceladus probably the most reflective surface of any body in the solar system with a visual geometric albedo of one thirty eight because it reflects so much sunlight the mean surface temperature at noon only reaches
triviaqa-bt_2352,cape verde was formerly a dependency of which european country,British_Empire_14,own empire by this time spain had become the dominant power in the americas and was exploring the pacific portugal had established trading posts and forts from the coasts of africa and brazil to china and france had begun to settle the saint lawrence river later to become new france section one point one plantations of ireland although england trailed behind other european powers in establishing overseas colonies it had been engaged during the sixteenth century in the settlement
triviaqa-sfq_15984,king charles ii nicknamed which us state then colony old dominion for its loyalty to the crown during the commonwealth,Washington_and_Old_Dominion_Railroad_0,washington and old dominion railroad washington and old dominion railroad is a former railroad located in northern virginia now used as a recreational trail table of contents
triviaqa-sfq_10994,willow reed grasshopper and dartford are species of which bird,Exmoor_28,tree species is sessile oak quercus petraea the shrub layer is very sparse and the ground flora includes bracken bilberry and a variety of mosses the heaths have strong breeding populations of birds including whinchat saxicola rubetra and stonechat saxicola torquata wheatear oenanthe oenanthe are common near stone boundary walls and other stony places grasshopper warbler locustella naevia breed in scrub and tall heath trees on the moorland edges provide nesting sites for redpoll acanthis flammea common buzzard buteo buteo
triviaqa-qw_10968,to what office in the usa was henry kissinger appointed in nineteen seventy three ,The_West_Wing_31,in the third season compared the show s depiction of the west wing to the real thing many former west wing denizens applauded the show s depiction of the west wing including advisor david gergen press secretary dee dee myers secretary of state henry kissinger chief of staff leon panetta deputy chief of staff karl rove and former presidents gerald ford jimmy carter and bill clinton while critics often praised the west wing for its writing others faulted the show as unrealistically optimistic a large part of this criticism came from the perceived naivete of the characters television critic heather havrilesky
triviaqa-bb_7844,which film star of brokeback mountain fame died on twenty two jan two thousand eight ,Jake_Gyllenhaal_16,to work and he wanted to explore himself and i couldnt be more excited about the performance he gives brokeback mountain which starred gyllenhaal after overcoming initial reluctance and heath ledger as two sheep herders who secretly fall in love in the nineteen hundred sixties won the golden lion prize at the venice film festival the film went on to win four golden globe awards four bafta awards and three academy awards gyllenhaal was nominated for an academy award in the category of best supporting actor for his performance but lost to george clooney gyllenhaal also won the best supporting actor bafta for the same role and received a best supporting actor nomination and best film ensemble nomination from the screen actors guild shortly after
triviaqa-qb_10149,what colour is the liqueur galliano,Green_and_golden_bell_frog_14,a creamy white or pale yellow stripe bordered above with gold and below with black extends from behind the eye across the tympanum to the groin this stripe rises to form a dorso lateral fold towards the groin another stripe of the same colour begins below the eye and continues to the shoulder the abdomen is cream or white and has a coarsely granular texture the legs are green bronze or a combination of both and the inside thigh and groin are blue green males develop a yellowish colouration to the vocal sac on the throat when mature the pupil is restricted to a horizontal slit
triviaqa-qb_3093,raclette tilsit and sbrinz are all types of which foodstuff,Cheese_24,cheeses are periodically bathed in a saltwater brine as they age making their surfaces amenable to a class of bacteria the reddish orange smear bacteria which impart pungent odors and distinctive flavors washed rind cheeses can be soft limburger semi hard munster or hard appenzeller section three point three other categories categorizing cheeses by firmness is a common but inexact practice the lines between soft semi soft semi hard and hard are arbitrary and many types of cheese are made in softer or firmer variations harder cheeses have a lower moisture content than softer cheeses they are
triviaqa-qw_5723,how many books in the bibles old testament are included in the catholic version but not in the protestant one,Liturgy_of_the_Hours_68,in literary style nevertheless to the regret of many they also lost something of their old charm of simplicity and fervour pope pius xii allowed the use of a new translation of the psalms from the hebrew and established a special commission to study a general revision concerning which all the catholic bishops were consulted in nineteen hundred fifty five his successor pope john xxiii implemented these revisions in nineteen hundred sixty section seven point three revision following the second vatican council section seven point three point one latin typical editions following the second vatican
triviaqa-qz_3477,which part of the human body produces insulin,Menatetrenone_1,mk four is one of the nine forms of vitamin k two mk four is produced via conversion of vitamin k one in the body in the testes pancreas and arterial walls while major questions still surround the biochemical pathway for the transformation of vitamin k one to mk four studies demonstrate the conversion is not dependent on gut bacteria occurring in germ free rats and in
triviaqa-sfq_24329,which son of a famous drummer played drums for the who at glastonbury this year he has toured with them since one thousand nine hundred ninety six ,Oasis_(band)_58,but white s problematic personal life was impeding on his professional commitments with oasis recording sessions continued with proud mary drummer terry kirkbride brought in to temporarily take over drums before the band asked zak starkey minus drummer of the who and johnny marr and son of the beatles drummer ringo starr minus to join them he performed on all oasis touring dates on the subsequent world tour as well as all of the promo videos for the singles however as he isnt introduced yet as an official member of the band he wasnt featured on the album s sleeve and rarely appeared with the rest of them in promotional activities such as interviews and photo shoots in
triviaqa-qb_2932,what is the official language of nicaragua,Canadians_43,one million seventy two thousand five hundred fifty five first language speakers punjabi four hundred thirty thousand seven hundred five spanish four hundred ten thousand six hundred seventy german four hundred nine thousand two hundred and italian four hundred seven thousand four hundred ninety less than one percent of canadians just over two hundred fifty thousand individuals can speak an aboriginal language about half this number one hundred twenty nine thousand eight hundred sixty five reported using an aboriginal language on a daily basis english and french are recognized by the constitution of
triviaqa-sfq_3544,the nags head was the local pub in which tv comedy series,Richard_Branson_37,shows including friends baywatch birds of a feather only fools and horses the day today a special episode of the comedy goodness gracious me and tripping over branson made several appearances during the nineties on the bbc saturday morning show live and kicking where he was referred to as the pickle man by comedy act trev and simon in reference to branston
triviaqa-qw_13295,if you travel due south from detroit michigan what is the first country you reach,Canada_0,canada template edit first section canada template ipaeng is a country occupying most of northern north america extending from the atlantic ocean in the east to the pacific ocean in the west and northward into the arctic ocean it is the world s second largest country by total area and shares land borders with the united states to the south and northwest the lands have been inhabited for millennia by aboriginal peoples beginning in the late fifteenth century british and french expeditions explored and later settled the atlantic coast
triviaqa-qb_9651,which british monarch introduced the george cross,George_VI_65,cross on the entire island fortress of malta in nineteen hundred forty three he was posthumously awarded the ordre de la liberation by the french government in nineteen hundred sixty one of only two people the other being churchill to be awarded the medal after nineteen hundred forty six there are a number of geographical features roads and institutions named after george vi these include king george hospital in london king george vi reservoir in surrey united kingdom king george vi highway and king george station in
triviaqa-bb_1955,human depression illness is sometimes called,Major_depressive_disorder_158,outlet or relief forward slash in word or sigh or tear english writer samuel johnson used the term the black dog in the seventeen hundred eighties to describe his own depression and it was subsequently popularized by depression sufferer former british prime minister sir winston churchill social stigma of major depression is widespread and contact with mental health services reduces this only slightly public opinions on treatment differ markedly to those of health professionals alternative treatments are held to be more helpful than pharmacological ones which are viewed
triviaqa-qw_5487,what is the least number of shots that a competitor can take to complete eighteen holes of golf,Tee_9,an african american dentist doctor george franklin grant obtained a patent for an improved golf tee this tee consisted of a wood cone with a rubber sleeve to support the ball but it is not known to have ever been marketed british patent hashtag twelve thousand nine hundred forty one of eighteen hundred eighty nine british patent hashtag three thousand nine hundred sixteen of eighteen hundred ninety two u s patent hashtag five hundred seventy eight hundred twenty one combined golf tee and score card eighteen hundred ninety six british patent hashtag two hundred fifty three of eighteen hundred ninety six british patent hashtag fourteen thousand two hundred ninety two of eighteen hundred ninety seven u s patent hashtag six hundred thirty eight nine hundred twenty doctor george franklin grant eighteen hundred ninety nine u s patent one million six hundred seventy thousand two hundred sixty seven william lowell sr in nineteen hundred twenty five these and other variations failed to catch on as most golfers whether because of tradition habit or concerns about the rules continued using heaps of sand it took a strong marketing effort by doctor william lowell sr in the nineteen hundred twenties to bring manufactured tees into widespread use
triviaqa-qb_3648,who became us president john kennedys vice president in nineteen sixty one ,Austin%e2%80%93Bergstrom_International_Airport_9,by the air force the twelve thousand two hundred fifty foot thirty seven thirty four m long runway was reconditioned when austin bergstrom was built the runway is dedicated to former president lyndon baines johnson runway one seven l forward slash three five r is a new nine thousand foot twenty seven forty three m runway on the east side of the terminal and parallel with runway one seven r forward slash three five l this runway is dedicated to former congressman j j jake pickle the runways are watched over by a new two zero story air traffic control tower the tower used by the air force was demolished
triviaqa-qb_1751,which breed of dog is marley in the two thousand eight film marley and me,Guide_dog_4,later by the british guide dog association section two breeds early on trainers recognized which breeds produced dogs with the most appropriate temperaments for this work so that now golden retrievers labradors and sometimes german shepherd dogs are more likely than dogs of other breeds to be chosen although by no means does this indicate that only these three are appropriate for example boxers are also used but as they have a long adolescence they are less common another popular breed is a golden retriever forward slash labrador
triviaqa-qz_122,how many verses make up the national anthem god save the queen,Elizabeth_II_59,removed the role of the british parliament from the canadian constitution but the monarchy was retained trudeau said in his memoirs that the queen favoured his attempt to reform the constitution and that he was impressed by the grace she displayed in public and the wisdom she showed in private section three point four nineteen hundred eighties during the nineteen hundred eighty one trooping the colour ceremony and only six weeks before the wedding of charles prince of wales and lady diana spencer six shots were fired at the queen from close range as she rode down the mall on her horse burmese
triviaqa-qg_2820,portrayed by fess parker on tv what frontier legend born on august seventeen seventeen six represented the state of tennessee as a representative for six years and lost his life at the alamo,Davy_Crockett_0,davy crockett david crockett david de crocketagne august seventeen seventeen hundred eighty six minus march six eighteen hundred thirty six was an american folk hero usually referred to as davy crockett he represented tennessee in the u s congress went to texas and died at the alamo table of contents section one early life crockett was born in greene county tennessee descendant from
triviaqa-bb_3631,charlotte tjs adelphi barfly joiners and forum arewere names in what uk market sector,Sheffield_48,six five daysofstatic bromheads jacket and classic rockers firegarden are amongst recent additions to the list the city is also the base for a well developed and thriving unsigned music scene sheffield also has a small urban music scene this consists of r n b uk hiphop grime and speed garage it is home to artists such as noxcuse hoodz underground the red eye knights and constant creation it is part of the yorkshire hip hop scene the speed garage scene has surfaced in sheffield with a unique modern sound compared to older speed garage born from the nightclub niche the music
triviaqa-qg_1497,electric picket and split rail are all types of what,Iron_Curtain_58,the area was very difficult to approach and heavily fortified in the nineteen hundred fifties and nineteen hundred sixties a double barbed wire fence was installed fifty metres one hundred sixty f t from the border the space between the two fences were laden with land mines the minefield was later replaced with an electric signal fence about one kilometre zero point six two mi from the border and a barbed wire fence along with guard towers and a sand strip to track border violations regular patrols sought to prevent
triviaqa-qz_2289,wayne rooney scored his first senior goal against which club,Gilberto_Silva_2,matches in august of two thousand two he joined arsenal for four pound sterling five pence million with whom he has won the two thousand four fa premier league and two fa cup trophies in his first four seasons with the club he played one hundred sixty one games and scored twelve goals on nineteen august two thousand six he scored arsenal s first ever competitive goal at the newly built emirates stadium he was made vice captain of arsenal in
triviaqa-qw_3582,the english cities of gloucester and worcester are on which river,Wyvern_2,temperament during the middle ages they were supposedly the most useful of all dragons to sorcerers as they had the unique ability to work easily with spells wyvern is also a term used in herefordshire and worcestershire to unite the two main cities as the rivers wye and severn run through hereford and worcester respectively for example one of the local radio stations is called wyvern f m and its first logo in nineteen hundred eighty two featured a wyvern dragon a golden wyvern featured on the flag of wessex and is depicted on the bayeux tapestry the wyvern was the emblem of the midland railway which ran in great britain until nineteen hundred twenty three the midland railway centre in derbyshire
triviaqa-dpql_1818,which whale not james is most commonly known as the singing whale,Humpback_whale_15,at once it is perhaps the most spectacular act of cooperation among marine mammals humpback whales are preyed upon by orcas the result of these attacks is generally nothing more serious than some scarring of the skin however it is likely that young calves are sometimes killed section four whale song alongside its aerial acrobatics the humpback whale is well known for its long and complex song the whale repeats patterns of low notes that vary in amplitude and frequency in consistent patterns over a period of
triviaqa-sfq_13260,which childrens tv programme which first appeared in november one thousand nine hundred sixty nine has won a record one hundred twenty two emmy awards in all categories,Jim_Henson_20,separately from the realistic segments on the street but after a poor test screening in philadelphia pennsylvania the show was revamped to integrate the two and place much greater emphasis on henson s work though henson would often downplay his role in sesame street s success it is one of the longest running u s television shows in history and has received one hundred nine emmy awards to date more than any other t v show cooney frequently praised his work and in nineteen hundred ninety the public broadcasting service called him the spark that ignited our fledgling broadcast service the success of sesame street also
triviaqa-sfq_6781,who was the first astronomer royal,Isaac_Newton_34,newton unofficially moved the pound sterling from the silver standard to the gold standard by creating a relationship between gold coins and the silver penny in the law of queen anne these were all great reforms at the time adding considerably to the wealth and stability of england it was his work at the mint rather than his earlier contributions to science that earned him a knighthood from queen anne in seventeen hundred five newton was made president of the royal society in seventeen hundred three and an associate of the french academie des sciences in his position at the royal society newton made an enemy of john flamsteed the astronomer royal
triviaqa-sfq_19473,which planet which has moons named after characters from shakespeare and pope was discovered by herschel in seventeen eighty one ,Rhea_(moon)_3,vii the names of all seven satellites of saturn then known come from john herschel son of william herschel discoverer of the planet uranus and two other cronian moons mimas and enceladus in his eighteen hundred forty seven publication results of astronomical observations made at the cape of good hope wherein he suggested the names of the titans sisters and brothers of cronos saturn in roman mythology be used section two physical characteristics section two point one size mass and internal structure rhea is an
triviaqa-qw_7439,which company was founded by bill gates and paul allen in albuquerque new mexico on four april one thousand nine hundred seventy five to develop and sell basic interpreters for a new microcomputer the altair eight thousand eight hundred ,Microsoft_Bob_1,have not succeeded and let s stop table of contents section one origins microsoft bob was designed for windows ninety five and windows n t and intended to be a user friendly interface for microsoft windows supplanting the program manager the project leader for bob was karen fries a microsoft researcher the design was based on research by professors clifford nass and byron reeves of stanford university at one point bill gates s wife melinda gates worked as one of the marketing managers on the project microsoft originally owned the domain name bob dot com but traded it to bob kerstein for the windows two zero zero zero dot com domain name
triviaqa-qb_274,author jrr tolkien was born in which country,Troye_Sivan_2,one point one personal life sivan was born in johannesburg south africa he moved to australia when
triviaqa-bt_2321,how was monday october nineteen nineteen known in the world of finance,Black_5,connotations to color metaphors for race a black day in these cultures would refer to a sad or tragic day the romans already marked fasti days with white stones and nefasti days with black e g the black september in jordan refers to a month in which thousands were killed black monday stock crash of october nineteen nineteen hundred eighty seven black tuesday is the day of the stock market crash in nineteen hundred twenty nine which is the start of the great depression black wednesday caused britain to pull out of the erm black
triviaqa-qw_1553,which previously independent country an archipelago in the indian ocean two thousand five hundred fifty km one thousand five hundred thirty miles off the coast of africa united with tanganyika to form tanzania in nineteen sixty four ,Zanzibar_women%27s_national_football_team_8,section two background and development of women s football zanzibar is a territory consisting of two main islands unguja forward slash zanzibar and pemba and is a semi autonomous part of tanzania with its own government as of the two thousand two census it had a total population of nine hundred eighty four thousand six hundred twenty five women s football in africa has not developed compared to elsewhere because of a variety of factors including limited access to education poverty amongst women in the wider society and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights
triviaqa-qb_5929,which english religious leader founded the religious society of friends quakers in the seventeen th century,Eucharistic_theology_92,suspension forward slash memorialism the bread and wine remind us of jesus body and blood see george fox quakers understand all of life as being sacramental and thus do not practice baptism or holy communion we believe in the baptism of the holy spirit and in communion with that spirit if the believer experiences such spiritual baptism and communion then no rite or ritual is necessary the quaker ideal is to make every meal at every table a lord s supper quakers and
triviaqa-qw_9015,charlie sheen starred as which character in the tv series two and a half men,Alan_Harper_(Two_and_a_Half_Men)_0,alan harper two and a half men alan jerome harper is a fictional character from the c b s sitcom two and a half men he s the hapless father of jake harper and the brother of charlie harper he s portrayed by jon cryer alan enjoys late night runs on the beach sometimes while being chased by the police table of contents section one major storylines alan is shy when it comes to women and the relationships he has formed have often failed making him the
triviaqa-qg_726,what american industrialist is credited as the father of the modern assembly line,Chicago_53,the demand for food products and chicago s transportation network ensured that goods could be delivered quickly to soldiers all over the northern united states second meat packing plants began to utilize ice before this time meat production and distribution facilities otherwise known as disassembly plants had to shut down in the hot summer months more operating months meant hundreds of thousands of new man hours in which people could work the efficiency of chicago s meat packing industry and its disassembly plants inspired others such as henry ford when he developed model t assembly lines today we consider industries such as steel oil and banking to be
triviaqa-wh_2270,an apartment in which building has been the official london residence of the mp for buckingham since june two thousand nine ,Sheffield_29,eighties was fundamental to the development of modern high strength low alloy steels further innovations continue with new manufacturing technologies and techniques being developed by the sheffield universities and the organisations on the advanced manufacturing park while iron and steel have long been the main industries of sheffield coal mining has also been a major industry particularly in the outlying areas and the palace of westminster in london was built using limestone from quarries in the nearby village of anston other areas of employment include call centres the city council universities and hospitals sheffield currently produces more steel per year than at
triviaqa-odql_4218,who was the liberal prime minister of great britain from one thousand eight hundred fifty five to one thousand eight hundred fifty eight ,Queen_Victoria_53,but neither had sufficient support and victoria was forced to appoint palmerston as prime minister napoleon iii since the crimean war britain s closest ally visited london in april eighteen hundred fifty five and from seventeen to twenty eight august the same year victoria and albert returned the visit napoleon iii met the couple at dunkirk and accompanied them to paris they visited the exposition universelle a successor to albert s eighteen hundred fifty one brainchild the great exhibition and napoleon i s tomb
triviaqa-sfq_9926,how many dot positions are usually used in each letter of the braille system,Braille_0,braille the braille system devised in eighteen hundred twenty one by louis braille is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write each braille character or cell is made up of six dot positions arranged in a rectangle containing two columns of three dots each a dot may be raised at any of the six positions to form sixty four combinations counting the space in which no dots are raised for reference purposes a particular combination may be described by naming the positions where
triviaqa-bb_3596,what is confit meat cooked and preserved in,Bakkwa_3,was made using leftover meats from festivals and banquets they were preserved with sugar and salt and then kept for later consumption and was the preferred method at a time when refrigeration was not available the meat from these celebrations is trimmed of the fat sliced marinated and then smoked after smoking the meat is cut into small pieces and stored for later it was said that the distinguishing feature behind the preperation was in the marination and the recipe is often closely guarded contemporarily however the meat is
triviaqa-sfq_11794,which is the main river that flows through munich,Munich_0,munich munich forward slash mjunk forward slash german munchen pronounced mncn listen bavarian minga pronounced m is the capital and largest city of the german state of bavaria on the river isar north of the bavarian alps munich is the third largest city in germany after berlin and hamburg with a population of around one forty nine million the munich metropolitan region is home to five point six million people the name of the city is derived from the old
triviaqa-sfq_7286,which element takes its name from the persian for gold coloured,Yttrium_4,less electronegative than the next member of period five zirconium yttrium is the first d block element in the fifth period the pure element is relatively stable in air in bulk form due to passivation resulting from the formation of a protective oxide y two o three film on its surface this film can reach a thickness of ten m when yttrium is heated to seven hundred fifty c in water vapor when finely divided however yttrium is very unstable in air shavings or turnings of the metal can ignite in air at temperatures
triviaqa-bb_1415,anosmia is the lack of which of the senses in humans,Zinc_121,that zinc damages nerve receptors in the nose which can cause anosmia reports of anosmia were also observed in the nineteen hundred thirties when zinc preparations were used in a failed attempt to prevent polio infections on june sixteen two thousand nine the fda said that consumers should stop using zinc based intranasal cold products and ordered their removal from store shelves the fda said the loss of smell can be life threatening because people with impaired smell cannot detect leaking gas or smoke and cannot tell if food has spoiled before they eat
triviaqa-qg_2238,in orbit from one thousand nine hundred seventy three to one thousand nine hundred seventy nine what was the name of the first space station launched by nasa which met a firey end over the pacific ocean and parts of western australia on july eleven one thousand nine hundred seventy nine ,NASA_15,that exists today has its genesis here america s first space station skylab occupied nasa from the end of apollo until the late nineteen hundred seventies section two point four shuttle era the space shuttle became the major focus of nasa in the late nineteen hundred seventies and the nineteen hundred eighties planned to be a frequently launchable and mostly reusable vehicle four space shuttles were built by nineteen hundred eighty five the first to launch columbia did so on april twelve nineteen hundred eighty one the shuttle was not all good news for nasa minus flights were much more expensive than initially projected and even after
triviaqa-qw_491,saratoga and yorktown usa are the sites of the defeat of which armies,Battle_of_the_Somme_56,on twenty three september the germans began constructing the siegfried stellung called the hindenburg line by the british on the fourth army s front the struggle for high wood delville wood and the switch line dragged on the boundary between the british and french armies lay south east of delville wood beyond the villages of guillemont and ginchy here the british line had not progressed significantly since the first day of the battle and the two armies were in echelon making progress impossible until the villages were captured the first british effort to seize guillemont on eight august was a debacle on eighteen august a larger effort began involving three british
triviaqa-sfq_13986,which is the main sport played at the basin reserve in wellington new zealand,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_9,was against australia on fifteen august nineteen hundred three at the sydney cricket ground resulting in a twenty two to three win a representative new zealand team first toured britain in nineteen hundred five since referred to as the originals reference to the team by the name all blacks first appeared during this tour when according to team member billy wallace a london newspaper reported that the new zealanders played as if they were all backs wallace claimed that due to a typographical error subsequent references were to all blacks this is likely myth however as the name also describes their playing uniform of black shirts shorts and socks the
triviaqa-jp_2992,who was the only female prime minister of the united kingdom,Pierre_Trudeau_55,queen elizabeth on april seventeen nineteen hundred eighty two following this trudeau commented in his memoirs i always said it was thanks to three women that we were eventually able to reform our constitution the queen who was favourable margaret thatcher who undertook to do everything that our parliament asked of her and jean wadds who represented the interests of canada so well in london the queen favoured my attempt to reform the constitution i was always impressed not only by the grace she displayed in public at all times but by the wisdom she showed in private conversation trudeau s approval ratings slipped after the bounce from the nineteen hundred
triviaqa-sfq_22019,what word is used to describe the process of giving birth by animals such as dogs and wolves,Jaguar_26,gestation period lasts ninety three to one hundred five days females give birth to up to four cubs and most commonly to two the mother will not tolerate the presence of males after the birth of cubs given a risk of infant cannibalism this behaviour is also found in the tiger the young are born blind gaining sight after two weeks cubs are weaned at three months but remain in the birth den for six months before leaving to accompany their mother on hunts they will continue in their mother s company for one to two years before leaving to establish a territory for themselves
triviaqa-jp_4251,in what city would you find yale university,Cory_Booker_7,east palo alto california after stanford booker was awarded a rhodes scholarship to study at the university of oxford where he earned an honors degree in u s history in nineteen hundred ninety four as a member of the queen s college he earned his juris doctor in nineteen hundred ninety seven from yale law school where he operated free legal clinics for low income residents of new haven connecticut at yale booker was a founding member of the chai society now the eliezer society a big brother with big brothers big sisters of america and was active in the national black law students association
triviaqa-sfq_10035,who won the one thousand nine hundred fifty two us presidential election,Cold_War_70,a new look for the containment strategy calling for a greater reliance on nuclear weapons against us enemies in wartime dulles also enunciated the doctrine of massive retaliation threatening a severe us response to any soviet aggression possessing nuclear superiority for example allowed eisenhower to face down soviet threats to intervene in the middle east during the nineteen hundred fifty six suez crisis section five point two warsaw pact and hungarian revolution while stalin s death in nineteen hundred fifty three slightly relaxed tensions the situation in europe remained an uneasy armed truce
triviaqa-tc_288,which highway was revisited in a classic sixty s album by bob dylan,Oasis_(band)_63,and the second for dont believe the truth as best album following in the footsteps of the previous five studio albums dont believe the truth also entered the uk album charts at hashtag one the sleeve of the new album was also more understated than earlier designs subsequently emanating a different tone compared to the band s previous albums and it also featured the logo from their first albums andy bell has likened the album to forever changes by love highway sixty one revisited by bob dylan and revolver by the beatles though there are permeating influences from the kinks and rolling stones in may
triviaqa-qb_6386,according to british superstition marry in when and youll live to rue the day,Queen_Victoria_21,in albert was not yet ready to marry the parties did not undertake a formal engagement but assumed that the match would take place in due time section three early reign victoria turned eighteen on twenty four may eighteen hundred thirty seven and a regency was avoided on twenty june eighteen hundred thirty seven william iv died at the age of seventy one and victoria became queen of the united kingdom in her diary she wrote i was awoke at six oclock by mamma who told me the archbishop of canterbury and lord conyngham were here and wished to see me i got out of bed
triviaqa-qg_3679,what device uses radio waves bounced off of objects to identify their range altitude direction and speed,Mercury_(planet)_60,and electronics of the ussr academy of sciences lead by vladimir kotelnikov became first to bounce radar signal off mercury and receive it starting radar observations of the planet three years later radar observations by americans gordon pettengill and r dyce using three zero zero meter arecibo observatory radio telescope in puerto rico showed conclusively that the planet s rotational period was about fifty nine days italian astronomer giuseppe colombo noted that this value was about
triviaqa-odql_6990,by which treaty of one thousand seven hundred thirteen did spain cede gibraltar and minorca to great britain,British_Empire_41,in seventeen hundred one england portugal and the netherlands sided with the holy roman empire against spain and france in the war of the spanish succession which lasted until seventeen hundred fourteen at the concluding treaty of utrecht philip renounced his and his descendants right to the french throne and spain lost its empire in europe the british empire was territorially enlarged from france britain gained newfoundland and acadia and from spain gibraltar and minorca gibraltar became a critical
triviaqa-bb_1061,what section of a qwerty keyboard can type most english words left or right,Longest_word_in_English_41,perpetuity proprietor typewriter requietory repertoire tripertite and pourriture the word teetertotter used in north american english is longer at twelve letters although it is usually spelled with a hyphen the longest words typable by alternating left and right hands are antiskepticism and leucocytozoans respectively on a dvorak keyboard the longest left handed words are papaya kikuyu opaque and upkeep kikuyu is typed entirely with the index finger and so the
triviaqa-dpql_6251,the walker art gallery is in which uk city,Lego_25,d v d contained a version of the camelot musical sequence redone with lego minifigures and accessories artists have also used lego sets with one of the more notorious examples being polish artist zbigniew libera s lego concentration camp a collection of mocked up concentration camp themed lego sets one the little artists have created an entire modern art collection in a lego gallery art craziest nation was shown at the walker art gallery in liverpool uk two another notable example is the award winning music video for the song fell in love with a girl by the white stripes director michel gondry filmed a live version
triviaqa-bb_6630,in which country is the european court of human rights,European_Economic_Community_1,english speaking world was an international organisation created with a view to bring about economic integration including a common market among its six original members belgium france germany italy luxembourg and the netherlands the eec was created by the treaty of rome of nineteen hundred fifty seven it gained a common set of institutions along with the european coal and steel community ecsc and the european atomic energy community euratom as one of the european communities under the nineteen hundred sixty five merger treaty treaty of brussels the eec was subsumed into the european union upon its creation in nineteen hundred ninety three
triviaqa-jp_2062,what city celebrates the original oktoberfest,Oktoberfest_1,after the colloquial name of the fairgrounds theresienwiese themselves the oktoberfest is an important part of bavarian culture having been held since eighteen hundred ten other cities across the world also hold oktoberfest celebrations modeled after the original munich event the munich oktoberfest originally took place during the sixteen days up to and including the first sunday in october in nineteen hundred ninety four the schedule was modified in response to german reunification so that if the first sunday in october falls
triviaqa-qw_1694,vishnu and shiva are gods in which religion,Swastika_17,of egypt beginning in twenty six thirty b c arguing that these were already well established and codified at the time of the symbol s diffusion as an argument ex silentio this point has little value as a positive proof the swastika symbol is prominent in hinduism which is considered the parent religion of buddhism and jainism both dating from about the sixth century b c
triviaqa-dpql_4666,which european country has the worlds oldest national flag,European_Economic_Community_28,nineteen hundred seventy three with the accession of denmark ireland and the united kingdom greece spain and portugal joined in the nineteen hundred eighties following the creation of the eu in nineteen hundred ninety three it has enlarged to include a further fifteen countries by two thousand seven member states are represented in some form in each institution the council is also composed of one national minister who represents their national government each state also has a right to one european commissioner each although in the european commission they are not supposed to represent their national interest but that of the
triviaqa-qb_3581,who was the last catholic monarch to reign over england,Prince_William%2c_Duke_of_Gloucester_1,he was their only child to survive infancy styled duke of gloucester he was viewed by contemporaries as a protestant champion because his birth seemed to cement the protestant succession established in the glorious revolution that had deposed his catholic grandfather james ii the previous year gloucester s mother was estranged from her brother in law and cousin william iii and her sister mary ii but supported links between them and her son he grew close to his uncle william who created him a knight of the garter and his aunt mary
triviaqa-tc_1686,which us president won the nobel peace prize in nineteen twenty ,George_Lansbury_60,president woodrow wilson in his peace note of january nineteen hundred seventeen the paper also gave sympathetic coverage to conscientious objectors and to irish and indian nationalists lansbury used the pages of the daily herald to welcome the february nineteen hundred seventeen revolution in russia as a new star of hope arisen over europe at an albert hall rally on eighteen march nineteen hundred eighteen he hailed the spirit and enthusiasm of this
triviaqa-qz_2291,how meny times have liverpool won the europion cup,Anfield_36,group games and a quarter final the first international match hosted at anfield was between england and ireland in eighteen hundred eighty nine england won the match six to one anfield was also the home venue for several of england s international football matches in the early nineteen hundred zeros and for the welsh team in the later part of that century anfield has also played host to five fa cup semi finals the last of which was in nineteen hundred twenty nine the most recent international to be hosted at anfield was england s two to one victory over uruguay on one march
triviaqa-jp_3131,suffrage is the right to do what,Eureka_Rebellion_14,right of every citizen to have a voice in making the laws he is called on to obey that taxation without representation is tyranny the meeting also decided to secede from the united kingdom if the situation did not improve the demands of the ballarat reform league encompassed manhood suffrage the right for all men to vote abolition of the property qualifications for members of parliament payment of members of parliament voting by secret ballot short term parliaments equal electoral districts abolition of diggers
triviaqa-jp_2509,what world leader introduced glasnost and perestroika,Cold_War_160,sector despite initial skepticism in the west the new soviet leader proved to be committed to reversing the soviet union s deteriorating economic condition instead of continuing the arms race with the west partly as a way to fight off internal opposition from party cliques to his reforms gorbachev simultaneously introduced glasnost or openness which increased freedom of the press and the transparency of state institutions glasnost was intended to reduce the corruption at the top of the communist party and moderate the abuse of power in the central committee glasnost also enabled increased
triviaqa-qg_488,feb fifteen fifteen four saw the birth of what famed italian physicist mathematician astronomer and philosopher who discovered the first four moons of jupiter,Comet_Shoemaker%e2%80%93Levy_9_18,then on its way to a rendezvous with jupiter scheduled for nineteen hundred ninety six while the impacts would take place on the side of jupiter hidden from earth galileo then at a distance of one point six au from the planet would be able to see the impacts as they occurred jupiter s rapid rotation would bring the impact sites into view for terrestrial observers a few minutes after the collisions two other satellites made observations at the time of the impact the ulysses spacecraft primarily designed for solar observations was pointed towards jupiter from its location two point six au away and the
triviaqa-qb_9196,chatham dockyard which closed in nineteen eighty four and is now a visitor centre is located in which english county,Sheerness_0,sheerness coordinates fifty one twenty six twenty eight n forty five thirty eight e forward slash fifty one four thousand four hundred ten n zero seven thousand six hundred five e sheerness template proneng is a town located beside the mouth of the river medway on the northwest corner of the isle of sheppey in north kent england with a population of twelve thousand it is the largest town on the island sheerness began as a fort built in the sixteenth century to protect the river medway from naval invasion because of the raid on the medway in sixteen hundred sixty seven the secretary to the admiralty samuel pepys established a royal navy dockyard in the town in sixteen hundred sixty nine where warships were built and
triviaqa-sfq_2516,in which country did the battle of el alamein take place,Cold_War_119,new leader anwar el sadat rumors of imminent soviet intervention on the egyptians behalf during the nineteen hundred seventy three yom kippur war brought about a massive american mobilization that threatened to wreck detente although pre sadat egypt had been the largest recipient of soviet aid in the middle east the soviets were also successful in establishing close relations with communist south yemen as well as the nationalist governments of algeria and iraq indirect soviet assistance to the palestinian side of the israeli palestinian conflict included support for yasser arafat s palestine
triviaqa-bb_7837,how many gold medals did great britain win at the two thousand eight summer olympics,Elizabeth_II_83,embarked on royal tours of other commonwealth states on her behalf on four june jubilee beacons were lit around the world the queen opened the twenty twelve summer olympics on twenty seven july and the paralympics on twenty nine august twenty twelve in london making her the first head of state to open two olympic games in two different countries she also opened the nineteen hundred seventy six summer olympics in montreal for the london olympics she played herself in a short film as part of the opening ceremony alongside daniel craig as james bond on four april twenty thirteen
triviaqa-qb_5752,apart from white what colour are the other two triangles on the bmw logo,Royal_Automobile_Club_11,of the main trunk roads in the uk for members to summon help although they were never as numerous as aa boxes there was a measure of cooperation between the two motoring clubs keys fitted both types of box and members messages were passed on the telephones were installed in locked boxes painted in royal blue with the rac logo badge mounted on the top of the box members were provided with a key to the boxes when they joined the club members cars were identified by a metal club badge usually affixed to the radiator grill
triviaqa-bb_4336,what colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant,Elfin_woods_warbler_21,cup shaped and made from small roots and twigs dry leaves of chusquea abietifolia and b wadsworthii and dry panicum maximum leaves the interior is made from fibers of c abietifolia dry leaves and other plant matter females lay two to three white colored eggs with red brown spots the chick s diet consists of insects minus parents have been observed offering lepidopteran and orthopteran adults and lepidopteran larvae to hatchlings section five threats and conservation
triviaqa-qg_1914,responsible for such novels as burmese days keep the aspidistra flying and coming up for air british author eric blair was popularly known as whom,Cold_War_8,featuring themes of espionage and the threat of nuclear warfare table of contents section one origins of the term at the end of world war ii english author and journalist george orwell used cold war as a general term in his essay you and the atomic bomb published october nineteen nineteen hundred forty five in the british newspaper tribune contemplating a world living in the shadow of the threat of nuclear warfare orwell wrote in
triviaqa-jp_2179,in which country would you find a tgv train,Transport_in_Andorra_0,transport in andorra this article concerns transport in andorra andorra is a country in europe whose transport infrastructure is largely road based there are no railways in andorra although the government is considering a new public transport system metro aeri this would be an elevated cable metro system that would glide above the city s river andorra has a network of roads with a total length of two six nine km of which one nine eight km are paved leaving seven one km of unpaved road the main road to the north france goes through the envalira pass which is two thousand four hundred nine m high
triviaqa-odql_736,who is currently fifth in line to the throne,Princess_Beatrice_of_the_United_Kingdom_0,princess beatrice of the united kingdom the princess beatrice beatrice mary victoria feodore later princess henry of battenberg fourteen april eighteen hundred fifty seven minus twenty six october nineteen hundred forty four was a member of the british royal family she was the fifth daughter and youngest child of queen victoria and prince albert of saxe coburg and gotha the current king of spain juan carlos is her great grandson beatrice s childhood coincided with victoria s grief following the death of her husband prince
triviaqa-qw_10361,a bean bag is a substitute for what item of furniture,Ima_Hogg_41,pay she championed a visiting teacher program for children with emotional problems and began art education programs in the schools for black students hogg declined to run for a second term section four point one furniture and art collector hogg and her brothers were avid art collectors she owned a large collection including native american art and works by picasso chagall matisse and modigliani her interest in collecting began during her convalescence in philadelphia her first purchase in nineteen hundred twenty two was a spanish foot chair or queen anne maple chair with carved feet she researched the early american furniture market extensively
triviaqa-qw_949,in what sport would one bully off,Women%27s_squash_in_Australia_1,hockey horse racing squash table tennis and shooting during the nineteen hundred fifties australian women competed in squash at the empire games one player who had success at these games was heather mckay some of the best known australian squash players include heather blundell mckay during blundell mckay s squash career she only lost twice she won the british amateur title seven times starting in nineteen hundred sixty two and she won the australian championship eight times starting in nineteen hundred sixty in nineteen hundred sixty there was a mass demonstration of the sport at a school in roseville new south wales where female students learned a number of skills including the forehand drive in
triviaqa-qb_3618,which are the only mammals to have wings,Fauna_of_Australia_21,rat kangaroo is the smallest macropod and the only species that is not bipedal while the male red kangaroo is the largest reaching a height of about two m and weighing up to eighty five kg section two point two placental mammals australia has indigenous placental mammals from two orders the bats order chiroptera represented by six families and the mice and rats order rodentia family muridae bats and rodents are relatively recent arrivals to australia bats probably arrived from asia and they are present in the fossil record only from as recently as fifteen mya
triviaqa-sfq_22644,once the longest street in the world yonge pronounced young street has its southern end in which city the ice hockey hall of fame stands on a corner with front street,Old_City_Hall_(Toronto)_0,old city hall toronto toronto s old city hall was home to city council from eighteen hundred ninety nine to nineteen hundred sixty six and remains one of the city s most prominent structures it is at the corner of queen and bay streets opposite the new city hall in the centre of downtown toronto it has a distinctive clock tower
triviaqa-bb_4623,what cantonese mixed bite size food means literally touch the heart,Dim_sum_0,dim sum dim sum chinese cantonese ipa tmsquaresmone jyutping dim two sam one mandarin pinyin dinxn wade giles tien hsin literally dot heart or order heart meaning order to one s heart s content also commonly translated as touch the heart dotted heart or snack a cantonese term is usually a light meal or brunch eaten sometime from morning to early afternoon with family or friends classical dim sum includes buns dumplings and rice rolls which contain a range of ingredients including beef chicken pork prawns and vegetarian options
triviaqa-qw_10342,in the middle ages what were built in canterbury york lincoln salisbury lichfield and winchester,Peterborough_79,front was originally founded as a monastery in ad six hundred fifty five and re built in its present form between eleven eighteen and twelve thirty eight it has been the seat of the bishop of peterborough since the diocese was created in fifteen forty one peterborough cathedral is known for its imposing early english gothic west front which with its three enormous arches is without architectural precedent and with no direct successor the cathedral has the distinction of having had two queens buried beneath its paving katherine of aragon and mary queen of scots the remains of queen mary were later removed to westminster abbey by her son james i when he became king of
triviaqa-dpql_3010,liverpool played against whom in the first ever match of the day in nineteen sixty four ,Gilberto_Silva_26,to see his career out with the club led to gilberto extending his arsenal contract to june two thousand nine a month later this loyalty was repaid when on october eighteen two thousand five gilberto made his first appearance for arsenal as captain against sparta prague although gilberto had a period of bad form during the winter months of the season his good defensive performances during the latter stages of the uefa champions league in particular games against real madrid juventus f c and villarreal c f gained him praise on may seventeen two thousand six gilberto played for arsenal in the uefa champions league final against f c barcelona which arsenal lost two to one
triviaqa-qw_1963,the first paralympic games to officially tie in with the summer olympics were held in nineteen sixty in which city,Sporting_Wheelies_and_Disabled_Association_3,the paraplegic welfare association in queensland sport for people with spinal cord injuries was gaining popularity following the first paralympic games in rome in nineteen hundred sixty and the queensland sports and social club for the disabled played an active role in promoting disability sport and raising funds for queensland athletes selected for national and international competitions in nineteen hundred seventy seven the club became a registered charity in its own right as the paraplegic and quadriplegic sport association of queensland by the following year the association had extended its programs and services to include people with physical disabilities other than spinal cord injuries the decision was made to change to the current name to reflect the association s broader
triviaqa-bt_2493,from which language do we get the word yacht,Ocarina_4,the song and dance that accompanied the ocarina the ocarina went on to become popular in european communities as a toy instrument its earliest use in europe dates back to the nineteenth century in budrio a town near bologna italy where giuseppe donati transformed the ocarina from a toy which only played a few notes into a more comprehensive instrument known as the first classical ocarinas the word ocarina in the bolognese dialect means little goose the earlier form was known in europe as a gemshorn which was made from animal horns of the chamois dutch gems the ocarina
triviaqa-bt_1974,what nationality is singer vanessa paradis,Avril_Lavigne_6,lavigne was born in belleville ontario canada the daughter of judith rosanne judy nee loshaw and jean claude lavigne her father who is of french canadian descent named her avril after the french word for the month of april she has an older brother matthew and a younger sister michelle a daughter of a working class family lavigne at the age of two began singing church songs along with her mother the family moved to napanee ontario when lavigne was five years old in nineteen hundred ninety eight lavigne won a competition to sing with fellow canadian singer shania twain on
triviaqa-qb_7813,which english peer and courtier has been the most popular candidate proposed for the authorship of shakespeares works,William_Shakespeare_74,one authorship around one hundred fifty years after shakespeare s death doubts began to emerge about the authorship of shakespeare s works alternative candidates proposed include francis bacon christopher marlowe and edward de vere the earl of oxford although all alternative candidates are almost universally rejected in academic circles popular interest in the subject particularly the oxfordian theory has continued into the twenty first century section seven point two religion some scholars claim that members of shakespeare s
triviaqa-odql_8515,what colour is the star on the national flag of liberia,Flag_of_Canada_9,similar to the popularized canadian heritage leaf the points of the maple leaf were determined by taking various designs and putting them in a wind tunnel to see what was most visually appealing the design of the maple leaf used on the flag was designed by jacques saint cyr in nineteen hundred twenty one king george v proclaimed the official colours of canada as red from saint george s cross and white from the french royal emblem since king charles vii the department of canadian heritage has listed the various colour shades for printing ink that should be used when reproducing the canadian flag these include fip
triviaqa-qg_3077,general augusto pinochet was the former dictator of which south american country,Cold_War_115,in chile the socialist party candidate salvador allende won the presidential election of nineteen hundred seventy becoming the first democratically elected marxist to become president of a country in the americas general augusto pinochet carried out a violent coup against the government on september eleven nineteen hundred seventy three and quickly consolidated all political power as a military dictator actions that were welcomed by the us allende s reforms of the economy were rolled back and leftist opponents were killed or detained in internment camps under the direccion de inteligencia nacional dina
triviaqa-jp_742,trick question what was eleanor roosevelts maiden name,Hillary_Clinton_62,derisively to the clintons as company presidents or sometimes the arkansas label billary the pressures of conflicting ideas about the role of a first lady were enough to send clinton into imaginary discussions with the also politically active eleanor roosevelt from the time she came to washington she also found refuge in a prayer group of the fellowship that featured many wives of conservative washington figures triggered in part by the death of her father in
triviaqa-tc_3108,what is the name of the theory that the universe appears the same wherever and whenever viewed,Big_Bang_14,originally suggested by friedmann but advocated by albert einstein and richard tolman and fritz zwicky s tired light hypothesis after world war ii two distinct possibilities emerged one was fred hoyle s steady state model whereby new matter would be created as the universe seemed to expand in this model the universe is roughly the same at any point in time the other was lemaitre s big bang theory advocated and developed by george gamow who introduced big bang nucleosynthesis b b n and whose associates ralph alpher and robert herman
triviaqa-odql_10511,known as orator what was the name of one of the leading speakers at the rally in manchester in eighteen nineteen which led to the peterloo massacre,Peterloo_Massacre_10,a great assembly was organised by the manchester patriotic union a group agitating for parliamentary reform the secretary of the union joseph johnson wrote to the well known radical orator henry hunt asking him to chair a large meeting planned for manchester on two august eighteen hundred nineteen in his letter johnson wrote unknown to either johnson or
triviaqa-wh_1820,what is prince williams second christian name,George_VI_9,impatience to see the new one born on such a sad day but rather more dear to me especially as he will be called by that dear name which is a byword for all that is great and good consequently he was baptised albert frederick arthur george at saint mary magdalene s church near sandringham three months later a as a great grandson of queen victoria he was known formally as his highness prince albert of york from birth within the family he was known informally as bertie
triviaqa-qz_2260,the river danube flows into which sea,USS_Missouri_(BB-63)_25,and entered phaleron bay piraeus greece the following day for an overwhelming welcome by greek government officials and citizens she had arrived in a year when there were ominous russian overtures and activities in the entire balkan area greece had become the scene of a communist inspired civil war as russia sought every possible extension of soviet influence throughout the mediterranean region demands were made that turkey grant the soviets a base of seapower in the dodecanese islands and joint control of the turkish straits leading from the black sea into the mediterranean the voyage of missouri to the eastern mediterranean comforted
triviaqa-tc_2208,where was the american venue of the live aid concert,Phil_Collins_20,later known as the phenix horns throughout the nineteen hundred eighties both on solo and genesis tracks in nineteen hundred eighty five collins was invited to perform at live aid at both wembley stadium in the u k and j f k stadium in philadelphia united states he accomplished this by performing earlier in the day at wembley as both a solo artist and alongside sting he then boarded the concorde to perform his solo material and drum for led zeppelin and eric clapton in philadelphia his solo success as well as his concurrent career with genesis influenced a nineteen hundred
triviaqa-dpql_2210,when david killed goliath how many of his five stones did he use,Archimedes_2,of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time he used the method of exhaustion to calculate the area under the arc of a parabola with the summation of an infinite series and gave a remarkably accurate approximation of pi he also defined the spiral bearing his name formulas for the volumes of surfaces of revolution and an ingenious system for expressing very large numbers archimedes died during the siege of syracuse when he was killed by a roman soldier despite orders that he should not be harmed cicero describes visiting the tomb of archimedes which was surmounted by a
triviaqa-dpql_5538,which city in the usa suffered a huge fire in eighteen seventy one allegedly started by a cow,Chicago_13,revised several times since and may be found in chapter sixty five of the illinois compiled statutes section one point four great chicago fire in eighteen hundred seventy one most of the city burned in the great chicago fire the damage was immense three hundred people had died eighteen thousand buildings were destroyed and nearly one hundred thousand of the city s three hundred thousand residents were left homeless one of the factors attributed to the fire s spread was the abundance of wood the streets sidewalks and many buildings were built of wood due to the extensive damage the city needed to be rebuilt which gave city planners a clean slate to fix the problems of the past in
triviaqa-qg_633,the home row for what keyboard layout is from left to right aoeuidhtbs ,Longest_word_in_English_42,words are papaya kikuyu opaque and upkeep kikuyu is typed entirely with the index finger and so the longest one fingered word on the dvorak keyboard there are no vowels on the right hand side and so the longest right handed word is crwth section seven point two common words in general text ross eckler has noted that most of the longest english words are not likely to occur in general text meaning non technical present day text seen by casual readers in which the author did not specifically intend to
triviaqa-qg_2053,the preamble to the un charter adopted on june twenty six one thousand nine hundred forty five states we the peoples of the united nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of what,Canada_47,strong attachment to the british empire and commonwealth in english canada led to major participation in british military efforts in the second boer war the first world war and the second world war since then canada has been an advocate for multilateralism making efforts to resolve global issues in collaboration with other nations canada joined the united nations in nineteen hundred forty five and became a founding member of nato in nineteen hundred forty nine during the cold war canada was a major contributor to un forces in the korean war and founded the
triviaqa-tc_2901,what is secreted by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar levels,Siesta_10,maintenance zone ends in some individuals postprandial dip a brief drop in blood glucose levels caused by the body s normal insulin response to a heavy meal may produce drowsiness after the meal that can encourage a nap however the appearance of the dip is primarily circadian as it occurs also in the absence of the meal section three siesta in other cultures the concept of a midday nap is also prominent in other tropical or subtropical
triviaqa-bb_6520,in the history of the universe what term refers to immediately after the big bang,Big_Bang_106,in the latter model the big bang was preceded by a big crunch and the universe endlessly cycles from one process to the other chaotic inflation in which universal inflation ends locally here and there in a random fashion each end point leading to a bubble universe expanding from its own big bang proposals in the last two categories see the big bang as an event in a much larger and older universe or multiverse and not the literal beginning section seven religious interpretations
triviaqa-qb_3697,monterrey puebla and toluca are cities in which country,2012_phenomenon_107,it is revealed that he died because he drove a ford in two thousand eleven the mexico tourism board stated its intentions to use the year twenty twelve without its apocalyptic connotations as a means to revive mexico s tourism industry which had suffered as the country gained a reputation for drug wars and kidnapping the initiative hopes to draw on the mystical appeal of the maya ruins on twenty one december twenty eleven the maya town of tapachula in chiapas activated an eight foot digital clock counting down the days until the end of b ak tun thirteen while in izapa
triviaqa-bb_5314,the equatorial republic of kiribatis kiritimati christmas island among the first land to see each new dayyear is in which ocean,The_Coral_Island_0,the coral island the coral island a tale of the pacific ocean eighteen
triviaqa-odql_4052,who were the first ever winners of the fa cup in eighteen seventy two ,Sunderland_A.F.C%2e_21,the remainder of the decade saw mid table finishes until the league and fa cup were suspended for the duration of the second world war some football was still played as a morale boosting exercise in the form of the football league war cup sunderland were finalists in the tournament in nineteen hundred forty two but were beaten by wolverhampton wanderers for sunderland the immediate post war years were characterised by significant spending the club paid
triviaqa-qw_3199,miami beach in florida borders which ocean,Jersey_Shore_shark_attacks_of_1916_1,new jersey atlantic ocean coastline five swimmers were attacked by at least one shark resulting in the deaths of three men and one boy one victim survived table of contents section one victims charles van sant twenty three was killed on july one nineteen hundred sixteen while swimming with a chesapeake bay retriever in chest deep water about forty yards from shore at beach haven new jersey it is believed that the particular paddling rhythm of the dog movements in the water was what attracted the shark to the scene charles bruder twenty seven was killed on july six nineteen hundred sixteen while swimming approximately one hundred thirty yards from shore in spring lake new jersey lester stillwell twelve was killed on july twelve nineteen hundred sixteen in matawan fifteen miles from the ocean in matawan creek w stanley fisher twenty four was killed by the shark after diving into the water in an attempt to save lester stillwell joseph dunn one two year old survivor of the july twelve
triviaqa-qb_292,who was the first hanover king of england,House_of_Hanover_0,house of hanover the house of hanover the hanoverians were a german royal dynasty which succeeded the house of stuart as kings of great britain in seventeen hundred fourteen they also ruled hanover in germany their original posession it is sometimes referred to as the house of brunswick hanover line the first hanoverian rulers george i and george ii were from hanover in what is now germany the hanoverians were descended from henry the lion and were
triviaqa-odql_7981,the south african currency unit the rand is divided into a hundred what,MIDI_Tuning_Standard_6,forward slash two hundred fourteen equals sixty one cents this higher resolution allows a logarithmic representation of pitch in which the semitone is divided into twelve eighty two equals two hundred fourteen equals sixteen thousand three hundred eighty four parts which means the octave is divided into one hundred ninety six thousand six hundred eight logarithmically equal parts these parts are exactly one hundred forward slash sixteen thousand three hundred eighty four cents
triviaqa-qg_158,what popular opera penned by george bizet is a story about a female cigarette factory worker,Bart_the_Genius_18,in the episode sending the program a letter and vitti an autographed copy of her book the conductor of the opera the family attends is named boris csupowski a reference to animator gabor csupo the opera attended by the family is carmen by french composer georges bizet the song that bart mocks is a famous aria called the toreador song section four reception and legacy in a nineteen hundred ninety one interview jon vitti described bart the genius
triviaqa-qb_5316,what type of food dish is a london particular,Bar%2c_Vinnytsia_Oblast_51,the main local newspaper is the barchany which discusses the local news mostly the other newspaper is the podolsky krai which provides information on the local news and developments section fifteen cuisine bar s cuisine has formed and evolved in the historical process of the food selection and preparation through many centuries presently bar is a most important cultural and gastronomical center in ukraine bar offers its own peculiar cuisine including the ukrainian red soup the ukrainian varennyky with the meet potato cheese the ukrainian shashlyk with the pork and beef meet prepared at open fire
triviaqa-odql_11589,which american state shares borders with michigan indiana kentucky west virginia and pennsylvania,John_Quincy_Adams_17,the cumberland road into ohio with surveys for its continuation west to saint louis the beginning of the chesapeake and ohio canal the construction of the delaware and chesapeake canal and the portland to louisville canal around the falls of the ohio the connection of the great lakes to the ohio river system in ohio and indiana and the enlargement and rebuilding of the dismal swamp canal in north carolina one of the issues which divided the administration was protective tariffs henry clay was a supporter but adams vice president john c calhoun was an opponent the position of adams was unknown because his
triviaqa-sfq_16428,which european country has the same flag as chad a blue yellow and red tricolour,Iron_Curtain_2,as the leading country physically the iron curtain took the form of border defenses between the countries of europe in the middle of the continent the most notable border was marked by the berlin wall and its checkpoint charlie which served as a symbol of the curtain as a whole the events that demolished the iron curtain started in discontent in poland and continued in hungary german democratic republic east germany bulgaria czechoslovakia and romania romania was the only country in europe to violently overthrow its communist regime table of
triviaqa-qz_2223,the bible tells of three wise men visiting jesus after his birth but in which of the gospels does this appear,Jesus_36,she places the newborn in a manger luke two one seven an angel announces the birth to some shepherds who go to bethlehem to see jesus and subsequently spread the news abroad luke two eight two zero after the presentation of jesus at the temple joseph mary and jesus return to nazareth in matthew one one one two wise men or magi from the east bring gifts to the young jesus as the king of the jews herod hears of jesus birth and wanting him killed orders the murder
triviaqa-qg_3341,september twenty three one thousand nine hundred thirty nine saw the death of what famed neurologist best known for founding the field of psychoanalysis,Major_depressive_disorder_103,cognitive therapy psychoanalysis is a school of thought founded by sigmund freud which emphasizes the resolution of unconscious mental conflicts psychoanalytic techniques are used by some practitioners to treat clients presenting with major depression a more widely practiced eclectic technique called psychodynamic psychotherapy is loosely based on psychoanalysis and has an additional social and interpersonal focus in a meta analysis of three controlled trials of short psychodynamic
triviaqa-qw_9299,in norse mythology who was best known for carrying a hammer,Swastika_10,sun wheel german sonnenrad a name also used as a synonym for the sun cross tetraskelion greek four legged especially when composed of four conjoined legs compare triskelion thor s hammer from its supposed association with thor the norse god of thunder but this may be a misappropriation of a name that properly belongs to a y shaped or t shaped symbol see thomas wilson below hooked cross dutch hakenkruis german hakenkreuz finnish hakaristi norwegian hakekors and italian croce uncinata the black spider
triviaqa-qf_995,what is the human bodys hardest bone,Deinosuchus_6,overall appearance of deinosuchus was not considerably different from that of modern crocodilians deinosuchus had an alligator like broad snout with a slightly bulbous tip each premaxilla contained four teeth with the pair nearest to the tip of the snout being significantly smaller than the other two each maxilla the main tooth bearing bone in the upper jaw contained twenty one or twenty two teeth the tooth count for each dentary tooth bearing bone in the lower jaw was at least twenty two
triviaqa-odql_8712,what name is given to the temperature of two hundred seventy three point fifteen degrees celsius,Heike_Kamerlingh_Onnes_7,large at absolute zero others including kamerlingh onnes felt that a conductor s electrical resistance would steadily decrease and drop to nil augustus matthiessen pointed out when the temperature decreases the metal conductivity usually improves or in other words the electrical resistivity usually decreases with a decrease of temperature on eight april nineteen hundred eleven kamerlingh onnes found that at four point two k the resistance in a solid mercury wire immersed in liquid helium suddenly vanished he immediately realized the significance of the discovery
triviaqa-dpql_3252,which island in kent is the second largest of englands isles,Sheerness_17,east the main rock type of the isle of sheppey is london clay which covers most of north kent along with most of the kent coast the uninhabited coastal areas of the island have been designated sites of special scientific interest due to their wildlife and geological features the nearest towns to sheerness are minster one mile one point six k m to the east and queenborough one mile one point six k m to the south the villages of minster on sea and halfway houses are one mile one point six k m to the southeast and the village of grain is two miles three point two k m to the west across the river
triviaqa-qw_6673,what is a white dwarf,Open_cluster_29,instead it is thought that most of them probably originate when dynamical interactions with other stars cause a binary system to coalesce into one star once they have exhausted their supply of hydrogen through nuclear fusion medium to low mass stars shed their outer layers to form a planetary nebula and evolve into white dwarfs while most clusters become dispersed before a large proportion of their members have reached the white dwarf stage
triviaqa-jp_2847,what is the only country in which the komodo dragon is found in the wild,Durian_67,a saying in indonesian ketibaan durian runtuh which translates to getting a fallen durian means receiving an unexpected luck or fortune nevertheless signs warning people not to linger under durian trees are found in indonesia a naturally spineless variety of durian growing wild in davao philippines was discovered in the nineteen hundred sixties fruits borne from these seeds also lacked spines since the bases of the scales develop into spines as the fruit matures sometimes spineless durians are
triviaqa-qb_816,in medicine epiphora affects which part of the human body,Disability_10,of functioning disability and health icf produced by the world health organization distinguishes between body functions physiological or psychological e g vision and body structures anatomical parts e g the eye and related structures impairment in bodily structure or function is defined as involving an anomaly defect loss or other significant deviation from certain generally accepted population standards which may fluctuate over time activity is defined as the execution of a task or action the icf
triviaqa-qw_2197,saint augustine the oldest city in the usa is in which state,Black_Seminoles_6,their settlement at fort mose founded in seventeen hundred thirty eight was the first legally sanctioned free black town in north america but not all the slaves escaping south found military service in saint augustine to their liking it is likely that many more runaway slaves sought refuge in wilderness areas in northern florida where their knowledge of tropical agriculture and resistance to tropical diseases served them well most of the blacks who pioneered florida were gullah people who had escaped from the rice plantations in south carolina and later georgia as gullahs they had preserved much of their
triviaqa-qb_2461,king louie akela and ziggy are all characters in which disney film,Scar_(The_Lion_King)_29,grumbling deja joked the growling sound could be heard in his recording so we had to record that part of his dialog all over again as a result of irons prominent british accent critics have compared both the actor and scar to shere khan the villain of disney s the jungle book nineteen hundred sixty seven voiced by english actor george sanders section one point three design and characterization the studio originally dismissed the lion king as a risk because at the time it was believed that the greatest films starred people concerned about the novelty of the film disney ceo
triviaqa-qg_248,january eighteen one thousand nine hundred thirty six saw the death of what english writer and youngest recipient of the nobel prize in literature responsible for such classics as the jungle book the man who would be king gunga din and if,Imagism_6,audience volumes of verse published in that time included thomas hardy s the dynasts christina rossetti s posthumous poetical works ernest dowson s poems george meredith s last poems robert service s ballads of a cheechako and john masefield s ballads and poems future nobel prize winner william butler yeats was devoting much of his energy to the abbey theatre and writing for the stage producing relatively little lyric poetry during this period in nineteen hundred seven the nobel prize for literature was awarded to rudyard kipling the origins of imagism are to be found in two poems
triviaqa-sfq_5589,of which us state is springfield the capital,Minneapolis_2,many connected by parkways in the chain of lakes and the grand rounds scenic byway minneapolis was once the world s flour milling capital and a hub for timber and today is the primary business center between chicago illinois and seattle washington america s most literate city minneapolis has cultural organizations that draw creative people and audiences to the city for theater visual art writing and music the community s diverse population has a long tradition of charitable support through progressive public social programs and through private and corporate philanthropy the name minneapolis is attributed to the city s first
triviaqa-dpql_3468,who produced the illustrated collection of poems songs of innocence and experience,Song_of_Innocence_1,hundred sixty eight by capitol records axelrod sought to capitalize on the experimental climate of popular music at the time and composed the album as a suite like tone poem based on songs of innocence a seventeen hundred eighty nine illustrated collection of poems by william blake it was recorded at capitol studios in los angeles with an orchestra and studio musicians including keyboardist and conductor don randi guitarist al casey bassist carol kaye and drummer earl palmer song of innocence is an instrumental jazz fusion album that incorporates elements of classical rock funk pop and theatre music it is arranged for bass drums and string instruments and is
triviaqa-sfq_20231,st johns is the capital of which canadian province,Canada_63,in eastern canada the saint lawrence river widens into the gulf of saint lawrence the world s largest estuary which contains the island of newfoundland south of the gulf the canadian maritimes protrude eastward along the appalachian mountain range from northern new england and the gaspe peninsula of quebec new brunswick and nova scotia are divided by the bay of fundy which experiences the world s largest tidal variations ontario and hudson bay dominate central canada
triviaqa-sfq_10657,derailleur systems are the gears on what type of device,Bicycle_lighting_11,by schmidt shimano renak enparlite and joule in the u s dynamo lights need to be mail ordered or web ordered as virtually no bicycle shops still carry them some lamps for dynamo systems have a back up power source called a stand light to provide illumination when the bicycle is not in motion while other systems can accept an external battery to provide this function higher end dynamo systems have built in over voltage protection for the lamps to avoid bulb burnout at high speed
triviaqa-bt_2079,what sport is played by the cincinnati bengals,American_football_2,the end of a game wins american football evolved in the united states originating from the sport of rugby football the first game of american football was played on november six eighteen hundred sixty nine between two college teams rutgers and princeton under rules resembling rugby and soccer a set of rule changes drawn up from eighteen hundred eighty onward by walter camp the father of american football established the snap eleven player teams and the concept of downs and later rule changes legalized the forward
triviaqa-sfq_22922,which english monarch founded eton college in the fifteen th century,Oriel_College%2c_Oxford_10,henry vi sanctioned an arrangement whereby the town was to pay the college twenty five pound sterling a year from the fee farm in exchange for decayed property allegedly worth thirty pound sterling a year which the college could not afford to keep in repair the arrangement was cancelled in fourteen fifty section one point two early modern in sixteen hundred forty three a general obligation was imposed on oxford colleges to support the royalist cause in the english civil war the king called
triviaqa-odql_4053,what is the name of the police chief in the simpsons,Homer%27s_Odyssey_(The_Simpsons)_14,otto mann chief wiggum jasper beardley although he does not speak until bart the general sam and larry mister and missus winfield and sherri and terri mister burns and waylon smithers also appear for the first time although their voices were heard over the power plant s pa system in simpsons roasting on an open fire section three cultural references the episode s title comes from the greek epic poem odyssey traditionally attributed to the legendary poet homer on the bus bart sings
triviaqa-qw_11088,on the buttons of a vcr or dvd player what does the sign in the shape of a square mean,Compact_Cassette_54,the markings of piano key controls soon were standardized and are a legacy still emulated on many software control panels these symbols are commonly a square for stop a right pointing triangle for play double triangles for fast forward and rewind a red dot for record and a vertically divided square two rectangles side by side for pause stereo recorders eventually evolved into high fidelity and were known as cassette decks after the reel to reel decks hi fi
triviaqa-dpql_6223,which city was formerly known as edo,Boshin_War_38,keisuke shinsengumi troops under hijikata toshizo the guerilla corps yugekitai under hitomi katsutar as well as several more french advisers fortant garde marlin bouffier on october twenty six edo was renamed tokyo and the meiji period officially started aizu was besieged starting that month leading to the mass suicide of the byakkotai white tiger corps young warriors after a protracted month long battle aizu finally admitted defeat on november six section five hokkaid
triviaqa-sfq_18968,which european country has switzerland to the west austria to the east,Iron_Curtain_38,which retained its full independence the majority of european states to the east of the iron curtain developed their own international economic and military alliances such as comecon and the warsaw pact section three point three point two west of the iron curtain to the west of the iron curtain the countries of western europe northern europe and southern europe along with austria west germany liechtenstein and switzerland operated market economies with the exception of a period of fascism in spain until the nineteen hundred seventies and portugal
triviaqa-odql_8321,the freedom cup is contested annually between the rugby union teams of new zealand and which other country,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_0,new zealand national rugby union team the all blacks are new zealand s national rugby union team rugby union is new zealand s national sport with the all blacks a formidable power in international rugby achieving a winning record against all nations the all blacks compete annually with the australian rugby team the wallabies and the south african rugby team the springboks in the tri nations series in which they also contest the bledisloe cup with australia the all blacks have been tri nations champions seven
triviaqa-qb_7991,geocentrism is the belief that which planet is the centre of the universe,Big_Bang_50,which together with hubble s law have no other explanation astronomical redshifts are extremely isotropic and homogenous supporting the cosmological principle that the universe looks the same in all directions along with much other evidence if the redshifts were the result of an explosion from a center distant from us they would not be so similar in different directions measurements of the effects of the cosmic microwave background radiation on the dynamics of distant astrophysical systems in two thousand proved the copernican principle that the earth is not in a central position on a cosmological scale radiation from the big
triviaqa-sfq_1062,who was appointed as englands first astronomer royal,Isaac_Newton_34,newton unofficially moved the pound sterling from the silver standard to the gold standard by creating a relationship between gold coins and the silver penny in the law of queen anne these were all great reforms at the time adding considerably to the wealth and stability of england it was his work at the mint rather than his earlier contributions to science that earned him a knighthood from queen anne in seventeen hundred five newton was made president of the royal society in seventeen hundred three and an associate of the french academie des sciences in his position at the royal society newton made an enemy of john flamsteed the astronomer royal
triviaqa-bb_1886,what is the climate change agreement aimed at stabilizing greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere named after the japanese city in which participating nations agreed its framework in nineteen ninety seven ,An_Inconvenient_Truth_10,was a slow one gore s nineteen hundred ninety two book earth in the balance dealing with a number of environmental topics reached the new york times bestseller list as vice president during the clinton administration gore pushed for the implementation of a carbon tax to modify incentives to reduce fossil fuel consumption and thereby decrease emission of greenhouse gases it was partially implemented in nineteen hundred ninety three he helped broker the nineteen hundred ninety seven kyoto protocol an international treaty designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions however it was not ratified in the
triviaqa-sfq_14570,arthur thistlewood led which failed conspiracy in eighteen twenty ,Peterloo_Massacre_67,autumn of eighteen hundred nineteen and the discovery and foiling of the cato street conspiracy to blow up the cabinet that winter by the end of the year the government had introduced legislation later known as the six acts to suppress radical meetings and publications and by the end of eighteen hundred twenty every significant working class radical reformer was in jail civil liberties had declined to an even lower level than they were before peterloo historian robert reid has written that it is not fanciful to compare the restricted freedoms of the british worker in the post peterloo period in the early nineteenth century with those of the black south african in the post sharpeville period of the
triviaqa-qw_9282,the jurassic period is known for the appearance on earth of what,Jurassic_18,the jurassic period about four or five of the twelve clades of planktonic organisms that exist in the fossil record either experienced a massive evolutionary radiation or appeared for the first time section three point two terrestrial on land large archosaurian reptiles remained dominant the jurassic was a golden age for the large herbivorous dinosaurs known as the sauropods camarasaurus apatosaurus diplodocus brachiosaurus and many others that roamed the land late in the period
triviaqa-qg_3883,on oct twenty eight one thousand eight hundred eighty six the rotund one himself grover cleveland officially dedicated what highly visited statue,Ronald_Reagan_138,required employers to attest to their employees immigration status and granted amnesty to approximately three million illegal immigrants who entered the united states prior to january one nineteen hundred eighty two and had lived in the country continuously critics argue that the employer sanctions were without teeth and failed to stem illegal immigration upon signing the act at a ceremony held beside the newly refurbished statue of liberty reagan said the legalization provisions in this act will go far to improve the
triviaqa-sfq_4619,what part of the human body is affected by iritis,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_5,and loss of the pupillary light reflex may reflect brain herniation as a result of rising intracranial pressure pressure inside the skull intraocular hemorrhage bleeding into the eyeball may occur in response to the raised pressure subhyaloid hemorrhage bleeding under the hyaloid membrane which envelops the vitreous body of the eye and vitreous hemorrhage may be visible on fundoscopy this is known as terson syndrome occurring in three to thirteen per cent of cases and is more common in more severe sah oculomotor nerve abnormalities affected eye looking
triviaqa-dpql_580,the combination acts of one thousand seven hundred ninety nine one thousand eight hundred were repealed in eighteen twenty four what had they banned,Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949_24,for the two thousand one general election so depending upon how the convention is interpreted the attempt to block it could be taken as a breach the threat of the parliament acts has been employed by several british governments to force the lords to accept its legislation in at least three cases the procedure set out in the parliament acts was started but the legislation was approved by the house of lords as a result of the government making concessions these were temperance scotland act nineteen hundred thirteen which allowed the voters in a district to hold a poll to vote on whether their district went dry or remained wet trade union and labour relations amendment act nineteen hundred seventy six which amended the trade union and labour relations act nineteen hundred seventy four to reverse
triviaqa-sfq_2984,who was the texas governor who was shot and wounded when john f kennedy was assassinated,Ralph_Yarborough_5,first run for state office resulted in a third equals place finish in the democratic primary for state attorney general in nineteen hundred thirty eight against the sitting lieutenant governor he served in world war ii after nineteen hundred forty three achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel historically texas has been a one party state of the democratic party democrats would win every statewide office a majority of the congressional delegation and large majorities in the state legislature thus general elections were formalities and the real battles took place in the democratic party primaries the democratic primaries would be heated battles between the conservative wing pre presidency lyndon baines johnson governor allan shivers john connally and the liberal wing with which yarborough identified that
triviaqa-bb_7279,who became lord mayor of london in thirteen ninety seven ,Jack_Sheppard_28,eventually emulating dick whittington to become lord mayor of london sheppard s tale was revived in the first half of the nineteenth century a melodrama jack sheppard the housebreaker or london in seventeen hundred twenty four by w t moncrieff was published in eighteen hundred twenty five more successful was william harrison ainsworth s third novel entitled jack sheppard which was originally published in bentley s miscellany from january eighteen hundred thirty nine with illustrations by george cruikshank overlapping with the
triviaqa-qw_145,what was the confrontation between the united states and the soviet union that was at its peak in october one thousand nine hundred sixty two ,Cold_War_4,hundred fifty three the suez crisis nineteen hundred fifty six the berlin crisis of nineteen hundred sixty one the cuban missile crisis nineteen hundred sixty two the vietnam war nineteen hundred fifty nine to nineteen hundred seventy five the yom kippur war nineteen hundred seventy three the soviet war in afghanistan nineteen hundred seventy nine to nineteen hundred eighty nine and the able archer nato military exercises nineteen hundred eighty three the conflict was instead expressed through military coalitions strategic conventional force deployments extensive aid to client states espionage massive propaganda campaigns conventional and nuclear arms races appeals to neutral nations rivalry at sports
triviaqa-qb_941,the battle of vimy ridge took place in which country during world war l,Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge_0,battle of vimy ridge the battle of vimy ridge was one of the opening battles in a larger british campaign known as the battle of arras it is also considered a seminal event in canadian history for the primary role canadian forces played in the attack table of contents section one overview vimy located in northern france was one of the most heavily defended points on the entire western front and was thought to be an impregnable fortress the german army had fortified it with tunnels three rows of trenches behind barbed wire
triviaqa-qb_1830,in september two thousand six the government of prime minister thaksin shinawatra was overthrown in which asian country,YouTube_36,republic of china morocco shut down access to youtube in two thousand eight thailand blocked youtube between two thousand six and two thousand seven due to offensive videos relating to king bhumibol adulyadej turkey blocked access to youtube between two thousand eight and twenty ten after controversy over videos deemed insulting to mustafa kemal ataturk the block was lifted briefly but reimposed in november twenty ten on december three two thousand six iran temporarily blocked access to youtube along with several other sites after declaring them as
triviaqa-qg_3670,what kind of singing from the italian for manner of the church features singers without any musical accompaniment,Choir_3,accompaniment singing without accompaniment is typically called a cappella singing although this usage is discouraged by the choral journal the publication of american choral directors association one when singing with instrumental accompaniment the accompanying instruments can consist of practically any instruments one several or a full orchestra for rehearsals a piano accompaniment is often used even if a different instrumentation is planned for performance or for a cappella music choirs can be categorized by
triviaqa-sfq_5904,which country did tsar nicholas i of russia call the sick man of europe,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_8,particularly in the baltic and black seas the british however had been determined since the crimean war in the eighteen hundred fifties to slow russian expansion at the expense of ottoman turkey the sick man of europe with the completion of the suez canal in eighteen hundred sixty nine the prospect of russia seizing a portion of the ottoman seacoast on the mediterranean potentially threatening the strategic waterway was of great concern to the british british policymakers were also apprehensive about the close proximity of the tsar s territorially expanding empire in central asia to india triggering a series of
triviaqa-qf_2867,on which day is halloween celebrated,Martin_Luther_178,and a feast day in the episcopal united states calendar of saints in the church of england s calendar of saints he is commemorated on thirty one october section nineteen works and editions exegetica opera latina minus latin exegetical works
triviaqa-qz_1453,what is the largest city in turkey,The_World_Without_Us_17,cyprus abandoned in nineteen hundred eighty six and nineteen hundred seventy four respectively weisman finds their structures crumbling as weather does unrepaired damage and other life forms create new habitats in turkey weisman contrasts the construction practices of the rapidly growing istanbul as typical for large cities in lesser developed countries with the underground cities at cappadocia due to a large demand for housing in istanbul much of it was developed quickly with whatever material was available and could collapse in a major earthquake or other natural disaster cappadocia was built thousands of years ago out of
triviaqa-qw_12459,between one thousand nine hundred eighty seven and two thousand six ratu sir kamisese mara commodore frank bainimarama mahendra chaudhry laisenia qarase lieutenant colonel sitiveni rabuka george speight and ratu josefa iloilo were involved in the politics of which country,Elizabeth_II_67,for that country s politically divisive meech lake accord prompting criticism from opponents of the constitutional amendments including pierre trudeau the same year the elected fijian government was deposed in a military coup elizabeth as monarch of fiji supported the attempts of the governor general ratu sir penaia ganilau to assert executive power and negotiate a settlement coup leader sitiveni rabuka deposed ganilau and declared fiji a republic by the start of nineteen hundred ninety one republican feeling in britain had risen because of press estimates of the queen s
triviaqa-qb_8316,steve jobs ronald wayne and steve wozniak founded which company in nineteen seventy six ,NeXT_1,by apple computer company founder steve jobs after his forced resignation from apple next introduced the first next computer in nineteen hundred eighty eight and the smaller nextstation in nineteen hundred ninety sales of the next computers were relatively limited with estimates of about fifty thousand units shipped in total nevertheless its innovative object oriented nextstep operating system and development environment were highly influential next later released much of the nextstep system as a programming environment standard called openstep next withdrew from the hardware
triviaqa-qb_4442,who plays nellie forbush in the two thousand one remake of the film south pacific,Uma_Thurman_10,hot issue thurman made her film debut in nineteen hundred eighty eight with four films her first were the high school comedy johnny be good and the teen thriller kiss daddy goodnight at the age of seventeen but both films were only marginally successful and failed to gain her notice thurman s next role was a part in the film the adventures of baron munchausen with a budget of forty six dollars million usd and box office receipts of only eight dollars million the film was a commercial failure her third role as cecile de volanges in dangerous liaisons was her breakthrough role which brought thurman to the attention of the film industry and the general public actresses glenn close and michelle pfeiffer would earn oscar nominations for their performances and
triviaqa-bb_4422,what is mexicos most commonly used language,Canadians_42,section two point two languages a multitude of languages are used by thirty five million canadians with english and french the official languages being the mother tongues of approximately sixty per cent and twenty per cent of canadians respectively in twenty eleven nearly six point eight million canadians listed a non official language as their mother tongue some of the most common non official first languages include chinese mainly cantonese one million seventy two thousand five hundred fifty five first language speakers punjabi four hundred thirty thousand seven hundred five spanish four hundred ten thousand six hundred seventy german four hundred nine thousand two hundred and italian four hundred seven thousand four hundred ninety
triviaqa-odql_10829,what is the family home of cavendishs dukes of devonshire,Matthew_Brettingham_20,in seventeen hundred fifty nine to design a great country house to equal holkham hall lord leicester holkham s owner and brettingham s employer was a particular hero of curzon curzon was a tory from a very old derbyshire family and he wished to create a showpiece to rival the nearby chatsworth house owned by the whig duke of devonshire whose family were relative newcomers in the county having arrived little more than two hundred years earlier however the duke of devonshire s influence wealth and title were far superior to curzon s and he managed neither to complete his house nor to match the devonshire s influence the william cavendish fourth
triviaqa-sfq_9446,the two wives of king john of england shared which forename,Battle_of_Aljubarrota_20,names of the kings are used because in english they both translate as john i which is confusing at this time fourteenth century castile did not belong to spain that country appeared only in the end of the fifteenth century with the marriage of isabella of castile and ferdinand of aragon the rulers together of present day aragon catalonia valencia and the balearic islands the catholic monarchs
triviaqa-qw_9488,the language known as putonghua guoyu gwok yu and huayu is spoken in taiwan malaysia and singapore and where else that it is the official language,French_language_in_Laos_1,and commercial language and is also studied by over a third of students in laos table of contents section one history the french language was introduced to laos in the nineteenth century when french explorers arrived in laos trying to make inroads into china after colonizing vietnam the french did not pay much attention to the kingdom of lan xang but established a counsulate in present day luang prabang the actual catalysts for the establishment of colonial protectorate over lao cultural regions
triviaqa-qb_4157,what is the art of hand making cricket bats called,Cane_toad_38,attempts have been made to make use of dead cane toads which can number in the thousands and cause hygiene problems this includes processing the carcasses into liquid fertilisers their skin can also be used as a leather for clothing and accessories in the australian states where the cane toad is common cruelty towards the toad has become popular such as injuring the animals with golf clubs or cricket bats however this is not effective as the force exerted by a golf club or cricket bat is not sufficient to kill the animals immediately and their poison remains toxic after their death in
triviaqa-qf_2219,what is the usual colour of an aircrafts black box,Florida_Highway_Patrol_47,a patch on the left shoulder the orange emblem with the word florida spelled out silver collar ornament f h p on the left lapel and the winged wheel ornament on the right signifying traffic a badge chain whistle army pink trousers with a one inch black stripe from waist to hem black riding britches and one pair of black plain toed riding boots completed the uniform instructions were to wear riding britches and boots on each friday saturday and sunday until the forest green uniforms were phased out also part of the uniform was the graphite blue stetson hat sam browne three gun belt plus handcuff and cartridge cases radio
triviaqa-qz_2713,which economist wrote the wealth of nations,Simon_Kuznets_0,simon kuznets simon smith kuznets forward slash kznts forward slash forward slash kznts forward slash russian ipa smn bramvt kznts april thirty nineteen hundred one minus july eight nineteen hundred eighty five was an american economist statistician demographer and economic historian who received the nineteen hundred seventy one nobel memorial prize in economic sciences for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development kuznets made a decisive contribution to the transformation of economics into empirical
triviaqa-dpql_3842,what is the value of the letter k in the game of scrabble,Chess_34,open files and dark or light squares the most basic step in evaluating a position is to count the total value of pieces of both sides the point values used for this purpose are based on experience usually pawns are considered worth one point knights and bishops about three points each rooks about five points the value difference between a rook and a bishop or knight being known as the exchange and queens about nine points the king is more valuable than all of the other pieces combined since its checkmate loses the game but in practical terms in the endgame the king as a fighting piece
triviaqa-jp_3355,by area what is the biggest country entirely in the southern hemisphere,Titan_(moon)_48,in height titan s surface is marked by broad regions of bright and dark terrain these include xanadu a large reflective equatorial area about the size of australia it was first identified in infrared images from the hubble space telescope in nineteen hundred ninety four and later viewed by the cassini spacecraft the convoluted region is filled with hills and cut by valleys and chasms it is criss crossed in places by dark lineaments sinuous topographical features resembling ridges or crevices these may represent tectonic activity which would indicate that xanadu is geologically young
triviaqa-sfq_12333,the germans called it the siegfried line what did the allies call it,Battle_of_the_Somme_56,on twenty three september the germans began constructing the siegfried stellung called the hindenburg line by the british on the fourth army s front the struggle for high wood delville wood and the switch line dragged on the boundary between the british and french armies lay south east of delville wood beyond the villages of guillemont and ginchy here the british line had not progressed significantly since the first day of the battle and the two armies were in echelon making progress impossible until the villages were captured the first british effort to seize guillemont on eight august was a debacle on eighteen august a larger effort began involving three british
triviaqa-qg_50,eddie lou and clancy are the face of law and order on what long running tv show,George_V_91,series edward and missus simpson keith varnier in the nineteen hundred seventy eight l w t drama series lillie rene aranda in the nineteen hundred eighty film the fiendish plot of doctor fu manchu andrew gilmour in the nineteen hundred eighty five australian miniseries a thousand skies david ravenswood in the nineteen hundred ninety australian t v miniseries the great air race john warner in the nineteen hundred ninety one rte t v drama the treaty david troughton in the nineteen hundred ninety nine bbc t v drama all the king s men rupert frazer in the
triviaqa-sfq_23258,caroline of brunswick was married to which british king,House_of_Hanover_3,sixty to eighteen hundred twenty george iv r eighteen hundred twenty to eighteen hundred thirty william iv r eighteen hundred thirty to eighteen hundred thirty seven victoria r eighteen hundred thirty seven to nineteen hundred one when victoria died the royal house name changed to the dynasty to the house of saxe coburg gotha after her husband prince albert of saxe coburg gotha her grandson king george v changed the name to house of windsor to avoid anti german feelings in the uk during world war i however the current british monarch is a direct descendant of george i and the act of settlement requires the monarch to be a protestant descendant of sophia electress of hanover under salic law the current head of the house is ernst august of hanover the streets of brisbane s central business district are named after members of the house of hanover streets running parallel with queen street are named for female members with streets running perpendicular named after male members
triviaqa-qz_547,what is the longest word can be typed using only the top row of letters on a typewriter,Braille_12,for representing shorthand produced on a machine which embosses a paper tape and for representing mathematics nemeth braille and musical notation braille music section one point three writing braille braille may be produced using a slate and a stylus in which each dot is created from the back of the page writing in mirror image by hand or it may be produced on a braille typewriter or perkins brailler or produced by a braille embosser attached to a computer it may also be rendered using a
triviaqa-qb_915,what colour is the cross on the national flag of denmark,Esperanto_105,speakers in eighteen hundred eighty seven the flag was approved in nineteen hundred five by delegates to the first conference of esperantists at boulogne sur mer a version with an e superimposed over the green star is sometimes seen other variants include that for christian esperantists with a white christian cross superimposed upon the green star and that for leftists with the color of the field changed from green to red in nineteen hundred eighty seven a second flag design was chosen in a contest organized by the uea celebrating the
triviaqa-bb_5904,tom parker who famously managed elvis presley was known by the title of and as the,Bob_Dylan_15,recorded several songs under the pseudonym blind boy grunt for broadside magazine a folk music magazine and record label dylan made two important career moves in august nineteen hundred sixty two he legally changed his name to robert dylan and signed a management contract with albert grossman grossman remained dylan s manager until nineteen hundred seventy and was notable both for his sometimes confrontational personality and for the fiercely protective loyalty he displayed towards his principal client dylan would subsequently describe grossman thus he was kind of like a colonel tom parker figure you could smell him coming tensions between grossman and john hammond led to hammond being replaced as the producer of dylan s second album by the young african american jazz producer tom wilson by
triviaqa-jp_838,in what city is coney island located,Stuyvesant_High_School_61,stuyvesant admits students from the new york city area only but some do travel from long island and new jersey section six point one controversy section six point one point one
triviaqa-qb_2221,brown american rainbow and cutthroat are all types of which fish,Fauna_of_Australia_45,that many of these freshwater species are still ancient in origin these species include freshwater lampreys herrings catfish rainbowfish and some fifty species of gudgeon including the sleepy cod native freshwater game fish include the barramundi murray cod and golden perch two species of endangered freshwater shark are found in the northern territory a number of exotic freshwater fish species including brown brook and rainbow trout atlantic and chinook salmon redfin perch carp and mosquitofish have been introduced to australian waterways
triviaqa-dpql_2327,the husband of lara lewington in which field is martin lewis a tv expert,Race_Against_Time%3a_Searching_for_Hope_in_AIDS-Ravaged_Africa_10,and cold war ideologues as historical influences on the african situation but focuses on the effects of international finance institutions conditional loans since the late nineteen hundred eighties in the second chapter lewis discusses his history in africa beginning in the nineteen hundred sixties as an english teacher in ghana he contrasts africa of the nineteen hundred sixties shedding colonial rule optimistic in future prospects with africa of the two thousands struggling with aids and increasingly widespread hunger he acknowledges the brain drain trend noting there are more malawian doctors in manchester than in malawi in the third chapter lewis examines how the un world
triviaqa-qb_3790,ommatophobia is the irrational fear of which part of the body,Disability_10,of functioning disability and health icf produced by the world health organization distinguishes between body functions physiological or psychological e g vision and body structures anatomical parts e g the eye and related structures impairment in bodily structure or function is defined as involving an anomaly defect loss or other significant deviation from certain generally accepted population standards which may fluctuate over time activity is defined as the execution of a task or action the icf
triviaqa-jp_1626,what magazine was started by hugh hefner,The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy_31,the book are taken from unpublished letters to playboy magazine where the authors were working as associate editors while they wrote the novels among the oddest the suggestion that adam weishaupt founder of the bavarian illuminati killed george washington and took on his identity as president of the united states is often noted in illuminati conspiracy discussion proponents of this theory point to washington s portrait on the united states one dollar bill which they suggest closely resembles the face of weishaupt section three point two fnord one of the most well known concepts in the book is the fnord a word coined by the writers of principia discordia
triviaqa-jp_2192,which us state is the land of lincoln,Chicago_12,of twenty years chicago grew from four thousand people to over ninety thousand the eighteen hundred sixty republican national convention in chicago nominated home state candidate abraham lincoln at the election of april twenty three eighteen hundred seventy five the voters of chicago choose to operate under the illinois cities and villages act of eighteen hundred seventy two chicago still operates under this act in lieu of a charter the cities and villages act has been revised several times since and may be found in chapter sixty five of the illinois compiled statutes
triviaqa-qz_2426,in which decade were zip codes introduced in the usa,Stephens_City%2c_Virginia_13,section one point two twentieth century to present the twentieth century brought improvements to energy and domestic systems electrical service was introduced in nineteen hundred fifteen and in nineteen hundred forty one just before world war ii the town installed a water system the construction of interstate eighty one i eight one during the early nineteen hundred sixties depressed business development in the town the wagon road which had been made part of u s route eleven had led traffic through the center of town but the interstate passed less than a tenth of a mile to the east encouraging development east of town and causing the downtown businesses to decline
triviaqa-qg_1341,whom was ronald reagan referring to when he uttered the famous phrase evil empire in a one thousand nine hundred eighty three speech,Ronald_Reagan_111,the forward march of freedom and democracy will leave marxism leninism on the ash heap of history on march three nineteen hundred eighty three he predicted that communism would collapse stating communism is another sad bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages even now are being written in a speech to the national association of evangelicals on march eight nineteen hundred eighty three reagan called the soviet union an evil empire after soviet fighters downed korean air lines flight
triviaqa-qw_12689,areas on the canadian eastern coast share their name with two breeds of dog newfoundland and which other,Canada_54,and manitoba central canada consists of quebec and ontario atlantic canada consists of the three maritime provinces new brunswick prince edward island and nova scotia along with newfoundland and labrador eastern canada refers to central canada and atlantic canada together three territories yukon northwest territories and nunavut make up northern canada provinces have a large degree of autonomy from the federal government territories somewhat less each has its own provincial or territorial
triviaqa-qw_11463,what is the name for a natural satellite that orbits a planet,Mercury_(planet)_8,the moon the chinese korean japanese and vietnamese cultures refer to the planet as the water star based on the five elements the hebrews named it kokhav hamah the star of the hot one the hot one being the sun mercury is smaller though still having a greater mass than the biggest of the natural satellites in our solar system ganymede and titan table of contents section one internal structure mercury is one of the four terrestrial planets being a rocky body like the earth it is the smallest of the four with a diameter of forty eight seventy nine k m at its equator mercury consists of approximately seventy per cent metallic and thirty per cent silicate material the density of the planet is the second highest in the solar system at five point four three g forward slash cmcube
triviaqa-dpql_4099,in which city did the gangland st valentines day massacre take place,Chicago_6,dearborn massacre during the war of eighteen hundred twelve section one point two incorporation on august twelve eighteen hundred thirty three the town of chicago was incorporated with a population of three hundred fifty the first boundaries of the new town were kinzie desplaines madison and state streets which included an area of about three eighths of a square mile one kmsquare within seven years the primarily french and native american town had a population of over four thousand chicago was granted a city charter by illinois on march four eighteen hundred thirty seven the opening of the illinois and michigan canal in eighteen hundred
triviaqa-odql_12355,yellowknife is the capital of which canadian territory,Canada_23,most notably the canadian pacific railway opened the prairies to settlement with the dominion lands act and established the north west mounted police to assert its authority over this territory in eighteen hundred ninety eight after the klondike gold rush in the northwest territories the canadian government decided to create the yukon territory as a separate territory in the region to better control the situation under liberal prime minister wilfrid laurier continental european immigrants settled the prairies and alberta and saskatchewan became provinces in nineteen
triviaqa-qb_1580,which city hosted the one thousand nine hundred ninety two summer olympic games,Olympic_flame_12,comes to the panathinaiko stadium stadium of the eighteen hundred ninety six summer olympics to start the global torch relay the night was very windy and the torch lit by the athens two thousand four organizing committee gianna angelopoulos daskalaski blew out due to wind but was re lit this was the only time that the olympic torch flame was put out another means of catching attention has been the lighting of the fire in the stadium at the nineteen hundred ninety two barcelona games paralympic archer antonio rebollo shot a burning arrow into the cauldron from a platform at the opposite end of the stadium two years later the olympic fire was brought into the stadium of lillehammer by a ski jumper at
triviaqa-bb_8050,jimmy wales and larry sanger founded which website in twenty one ,Richard_Branson_52,fund raisers reserve dinners raising over seventy five thousand dollars in one evening towards his virgin unite charity in march two thousand eight richard branson hosted an environmental gathering at his private island necker island in the caribbean with several prominent entrepreneurs celebrities and world leaders they discussed global warming related problems facing the world hoping that this meeting will be a precursor to many more future discussions regarding similar problems former british prime minister tony blair wikipedia company founder jimmy wales and larry page of google were in attendance
triviaqa-sfq_17363,which element has the chemical symbol cs,Caesium_0,caesium caesium or cesium forward slash unsupported input sizim forward slash see zee m is the chemical element with the symbol c s and atomic number fifty five it is a soft silvery gold alkali metal with a melting point of twenty eight c eighty three f which makes it one of only five metals that are liquid at or near room temperature caesium has physical and chemical properties similar to those of rubidium and potassium the metal is extremely reactive and pyrophoric reacting with water even at
triviaqa-wh_1524,which british prime minister married clementine hozier on september twelve th one thousand nine hundred eight ,Oldham_38,hundred six general election when he won the election for manchester north west as a liberal m p after he became the prime minister of the united kingdom in nineteen hundred forty churchill was made a honorary freeman of the borough of oldham on april two nineteen hundred forty one section three geography at fifty three thirty two thirty nine n two seven zero eight w forward slash fifty three fifty four thousand four hundred seventeen n two one hundred sixteen thousand eight hundred eighty nine winvalid arguments have been passed to the hashtag coordinates function fifty three point five four four four minus two point one one six nine
triviaqa-qb_495,what was the name of the cunard ocean liner which was launched on twenty th september one thousand nine hundred six ,RMS_Titanic_3,and jean louis michel have made titanic persistently famous in the years since table of contents section one construction the titanic was a white star line ocean liner built at the harland and wolff shipyard in belfast ireland and was designed to compete with rival company cunard line s lusitania and mauretania titanic along with its olympic class sisters olympic and the soon to be built britannic originally named gigantic three were intended to be the largest most luxurious ships ever to operate titanic was designed by harland and wolff chairman lord pirrie head of harland and wolff s design department thomas andrews and general manager alexander carlisle with the plans regularly sent to white star line s managing director j bruce ismay for suggestions and approval construction
triviaqa-qb_7011,which famous english highwayman was hanged for horse stealing in april one thousand seven hundred thirty nine ,Brownhills_5,of only eight people beyond ogley hay lay catshill another hamlet which pre dated brownhills and which lay within the parish of shenstone during the seventeenth century shallow mine workings began to develop in the area and in seventeen hundred fifty nine a turnpike was erected in the catshill area a local legend claims that dick turpin once vaulted the barricade on his horse to avoid paying the toll although this is demonstrably false as turpin was executed in seventeen hundred thirty nine twenty years before the turnpike s construction in seventeen hundred ninety four brownhills now in the plural was included in a list of local settlements mentioned in an act of parliament
triviaqa-jp_1177,what is the name for a person who tried to turn base metals into gold,Silver_9,for thousands of years for ornaments and utensils for trade and as the basis for many monetary systems its value as a precious metal was long considered second only to gold in ancient egypt and medieval europe it was often more valuable than gold associated with the moon as well as with the sea and various lunar goddesses the metal was referred to by alchemists by the name luna one of the alchemical symbols for silver is a crescent moon with the open part on the left see picture right the metal mercury was thought of as a kind of silver though the two elements are chemically unrelated its latin and english names hydrargyrum watery silver and quicksilver respectively
triviaqa-odql_311,livorno pisa and siena are three of the largest cities in which italian region,Cecina%2c_Tuscany_0,cecina tuscany cecina is a comune municipality of twenty eight thousand three hundred twenty two inhabitants in the province of livorno in the italian region tuscany located about eighty k m southwest of florence and about thirty k m southeast of livorno the territory of cecina borders the following municipalities bibbona casale marittimo castellina
triviaqa-bt_4410,which chinese city gave its name to the forcing of men to become sailors against their will,Hong_Kong_action_cinema_5,generally published in serialized form in newspapers these were tales of heroic sword wielding warriors often featuring mystical or fantasy elements this genre was quickly seized on by early chinese films particularly in the movie capital of the time shanghai starting in the nineteen hundred twenties wuxia titles often adapted from novels for example nineteen hundred twenty eight s the burning of the red lotus monastery and its eighteen sequels were hugely popular and the genre dominated chinese film for several years the boom came to an
triviaqa-sfq_11235,political leader mustafa kemal is better known by what name,YouTube_36,republic of china morocco shut down access to youtube in two thousand eight thailand blocked youtube between two thousand six and two thousand seven due to offensive videos relating to king bhumibol adulyadej turkey blocked access to youtube between two thousand eight and twenty ten after controversy over videos deemed insulting to mustafa kemal ataturk the block was lifted briefly but reimposed in november twenty ten on december three two thousand six iran temporarily blocked access to youtube along with several other sites after declaring them as
triviaqa-bb_9390,loosely translated aleph beth gimel daleth are the first four letters of what alphabet,Braille_26,which do not use the latin alphabet the blocks are generally assigned to the new alphabet according to how it is transliterated into the latin alphabet and the alphabetic order of the national script and therefore the natural order of latin braille is disregarded such is the case with russian greek hebrew arabic and chinese in greek for example gamma is written as latin g despite the fact that it has the alphabetic position of c hebrew beth the second letter of the alphabet and cognate with the latin letter b is
triviaqa-odql_12854,which chemical element is the most abundant in the average human body making up around sixty five percent of actual composition,Oxygen_1,odorless tasteless diatomic gas with the formula o two oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the earth s crust oxygen constitutes eighty eight point eight per cent of the mass of water and twenty point nine per cent of the volume of air all major classes of structural molecules in living organisms such as proteins carbohydrates and fats contain oxygen as do the major inorganic compounds that comprise animal shells teeth and bone oxygen in the form of o two is produced from water by
triviaqa-qw_9245,raph koster brad mcquaid mark jacobs brian green and j todd coleman are influential in mmorpg design what is mmorpg,Dungeons_&_Dragons_60,role playing soundtrack and computer games such as the mmorpg dungeons and dragons online stormreach hobby and toy stores sell dice miniatures adventures and other game aids related to d and d and its game offspring section four references in popular culture as the popularity of d and d grew throughout the late nineteen hundred seventies and nineteen hundred eighties the game was referenced more and more in popular culture numerous games films and cultural references based on d and d or d and d like fantasies characters or adventures have been ubiquitous since the end of the nineteen hundred seventies typically though by no means exclusively d and d players are portrayed
triviaqa-bb_3805,the german dosenwerfen the french chamboule tout and the british aunt sally are,Countdown_(game_show)_3,have received national media coverage and the programme as a whole is widely recognised and parodied within british culture table of contents section one history section one point one origins countdown is based on the french game show des chiffres et des lettres numbers and letters created by armand jammot the format was brought to britain by marcel stellman a belgian record executive who had watched the french show and believed it could be popular overseas yorkshire television purchased the format and commissioned a series of eight shows under the title calendar countdown which were to be part of
triviaqa-qw_11614,what information technology company was founded by sergey brin and larry page,Search_engine_optimization_13,page will be reached by a web user who randomly surfs the web and follows links from one page to another in effect this means that some links are stronger than others as a higher pagerank page is more likely to be reached by the random surfer page and brin founded google in nineteen hundred ninety eight google attracted a loyal following among the growing number of internet users who liked its simple design off page factors such as pagerank and hyperlink analysis were considered as well as on page factors to enable google to avoid the kind of manipulation seen in search engines that only considered
triviaqa-bb_4745,the volcano olympic mons three times taller than mount everest and the highest peak in the solar system is on,Mercury_(planet)_42,other planets being eight point six two arcseconds per century for venus three point eight four for earth one point three five for mars and ten point zero five for fifteen sixty six icarus section five point two spin orbit resonance for many years it was thought that mercury was synchronously tidally locked with the sun rotating once for each orbit and keeping the same face directed towards the sun at all times in the same way that the same side of the moon always faces the earth however radar observations in nineteen hundred sixty five proved that the planet has a three two spin orbit resonance rotating three times for every two revolutions around the sun the eccentricity of mercury s orbit makes this resonance stable at perihelion when the solar tide is strongest the sun is nearly
triviaqa-sfq_15759,nagaland is a constituent state of which se asian country,Bicycle_43,greatly changed their methods of production now almost none of them produce their own frames many newer or smaller companies only design and market their products the actual production is done by asian companies for example some sixty percent of the world s bicycles are now being made in china despite this shift in production as nations such as china and india become more wealthy their own use of bicycles has declined due to the increasing affordability of cars and motorcycles one of the major reasons for the proliferation of chinese made bicycles in foreign markets is the lower cost of labour in china section three
triviaqa-qg_307,killing both the second us female astronaut in space judith resnik and the first participant in the teacher in space project what nsa shuttle was lost on january twenty eight one thousand nine hundred eighty six ,Ronald_Reagan_127,now strongly urged to cancel the visit the president responded that it would be wrong to back down on a promise he had made to chancellor kohl he ultimately attended the ceremony where two military generals laid a wreath the disintegration of the space shuttle challenger on january twenty eight nineteen hundred eighty six proved a pivotal moment in reagan s presidency all seven astronauts aboard were killed on the night of the disaster reagan delivered a speech written by peggy noonan in which he said
triviaqa-wh_610,wolframite is the most abundant ore of which metal called wolfram in swedish having the chemical symbol w and atomic number seventy four it is widely used in light bulbs and x ray tubes,Caesium_6,molybdenum nickel platinum tantalum or tungsten it forms well defined intermetallic compounds with antimony gallium indium and thorium which are photosensitive it mixes with the other alkali metals except with lithium and the alloy with a molar distribution of forty one per cent caesium forty seven per cent potassium and twelve per cent sodium has the lowest melting point of any known metal alloy at seventy eight c one hundred eight f a few amalgams have been studied c s h g two is black with a purple metallic lustre while c s h g is golden coloured also with a
triviaqa-sfq_1916,malachite is an ore of which metal,Zinc_2,which is an alloy of copper and zinc has been used since at least the tenth century b c impure zinc metal was not produced in large scale until the thirteenth century in india while the metal was unknown to europe until the end of the sixteenth century alchemists burned zinc in air to form what they called philosopher s wool or white snow the element was probably named by the alchemist paracelsus after the german word zinke german chemist andreas sigismund marggraf is normally given credit for
triviaqa-qw_9990,the treaty of kiel between the uk sweden and denmark norway was intended to ease hostilities relating to which war,British_Empire_61,announced plans to buy large tracts of land and establish colonies in new zealand on six february eighteen hundred forty captain william hobson and around forty maori chiefs signed the treaty of waitangi this treaty is considered by many to be new zealand s founding document but differing interpretations of the maori and english versions of the text have meant that it continues to be a source of dispute section three point three war with napoleonic france britain was challenged again by france under napoleon in a struggle that
triviaqa-qw_5128,what is the common name for hydrocephalus a pathological condition whereby fluid is retained within the skull,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_43,hydrocephalus obstruction of the flow of cerebrospinal fluid may complicate sah in both the short and long term it is detected on c t scanning on which there is enlargement of the lateral ventricles if the level of consciousness is decreased drainage of the excess fluid is performed by therapeutic lumbar puncture extraventricular drain a temporary device inserted into the one of the ventricles or occasionally a permanent shunt relief of hydrocephalus can lead to an enormous improvement in a person s condition fluctuations in blood pressure and electrolyte disturbances as well as pneumonia and cardiac
triviaqa-qf_1414,how many james bond films did pierce brosnan do,Elizabeth_II_83,embarked on royal tours of other commonwealth states on her behalf on four june jubilee beacons were lit around the world the queen opened the twenty twelve summer olympics on twenty seven july and the paralympics on twenty nine august twenty twelve in london making her the first head of state to open two olympic games in two different countries she also opened the nineteen hundred seventy six summer olympics in montreal for the london olympics she played herself in a short film as part of the opening ceremony alongside daniel craig as james bond on four april twenty thirteen
triviaqa-jp_1350,what were pangaea and gondwana,Fauna_of_Australia_6,of the continent as australia drifted it was to some extent isolated from the effects of global climate change the unique fauna that originated in gondwana such as the marsupials survived and adapted in australia after the miocene fauna of asian origin were able to establish themselves in australia the wallace line the hypothetical line separating the zoogeographical regions of asia and australasia marks the tectonic boundary between the eurasian and indo australian plates this continental boundary prevented the formation of land bridges and resulted in a distinct
triviaqa-qw_1849,what is the name for the point in the lunar orbit when the moon is nearest to the earth,90377_Sedna_2,exceptionally long and elongated orbit taking approximately eleven thousand four hundred years to complete and distant point of closest approach to the sun at seventy six au have led to much speculation about its origin the minor planet center currently places sedna in the scattered disc a group of objects sent into highly elongated orbits by the gravitational influence of neptune however this classification has been contested because sedna never comes close enough to neptune to have been scattered by it leading some astronomers to conclude that it is in fact the first known member of the inner oort cloud
triviaqa-jp_3344,what city state was ruled by lorenzo de medici,Angelo_Fabroni_0,angelo fabroni angelo fabroni seventeen hundred thirty two minus eighteen hundred three was an italian historian born at marradi near florence fabroni was a priest and head of the university of pisa from seventeen hundred sixty nine he became an editor of giornale de letterati in seventeen hundred
triviaqa-qg_2790,according to greek legend king midas was blessed by the god bacchus with the gift that all he touched would turn to what,Archimedes_17,section two discoveries and inventions section two point one the golden crown the most widely known anecdote about archimedes tells of how he invented a method for determining the volume of an object with an irregular shape according to vitruvius a new crown in the shape of a laurel wreath had been made for king hiero ii and archimedes was asked to determine whether it was of solid gold or whether silver had been added by a dishonest goldsmith archimedes had to solve the problem without damaging the crown so he could not melt it down into a regularly shaped body in order to
triviaqa-sfq_5476,the name of which russian spacecraft means travelling companion or satellite,Laika_12,suffix nik as a pun on sputnik or referred to her as curly her true pedigree is unknown although it is generally accepted that she was part husky or other nordic breed and possibly part terrier a russian magazine described her temperament as phlegmatic saying that she did not quarrel with other dogs the soviet union and united states had previously sent animals only on sub orbital flights three dogs were trained for the sputnik two flight albina mushka and laika soviet space life scientist oleg gazenko selected
triviaqa-wh_2865,darwin is the capital of which australian state,Cyclone_Tracy_26,however as many as sixty per cent of darwin s nineteen hundred seventy four population were no longer living in the city in nineteen hundred eighty in the years that followed darwin was almost entirely rebuilt and now shows little resemblance to the darwin of december nineteen hundred seventy four until nineteen hundred seventy four the northern territory had had minimal self government with a federal minister being responsible for the territory from canberra however the cyclone and subsequent response highlighted problems with this that led directly to the decision of malcolm fraser whitlam s successor as prime minister
triviaqa-qw_3733,what was the occupation of st peter the leader of the apostles,Saint_Peter_2,petrine authorship of both the gospel of mark was traditionally thought to show the influence of peter s preaching and eyewitness memories several other books bearing his name the acts of peter gospel of peter preaching of peter apocalypse of peter and judgment of peter are rejected by the catholic church as apocryphal according to new testament accounts peter was one of twelve apostles chosen by jesus from his first disciples originally a fisherman he was assigned a leadership role and was with jesus during events witnessed by only a few apostles such as the
triviaqa-bb_4306,in physics what is a substance that continually deformsflows under applied stress including liquids gases and plasmas,Helium_59,of refraction of one point zero two six which makes its surface so hard to see that floats of styrofoam are often used to show where the surface is this colorless liquid has a very low viscosity and a density one eighth that of water which is only one fourth the value expected from classical physics quantum mechanics is needed to explain this property and thus both types of liquid helium are called quantum fluids meaning they display atomic properties on a macroscopic
triviaqa-jp_2261,which country was once led by fw de klerk,World_Economic_Forum_6,and the arab israeli war saw the annual meeting expand its focus from management to economic and social issues and for the first time political leaders were invited to the annual meeting in january nineteen hundred seventy four political leaders soon began to use the annual meeting as a neutral platform the davos declaration was signed in nineteen hundred eighty eight by greece and turkey helping them turn back from the brink of war in nineteen hundred ninety two south african president f w de klerk met with nelson mandela and chief mangosuthu buthelezi at the annual meeting their first joint appearance outside south africa at the nineteen hundred ninety four annual meeting israeli foreign minister shimon peres and plo chairman yasser
triviaqa-bb_890,oster monath was the anglo saxon name for which month of the year,Pope_Anacletus_5,the name given to him in the canon of the mass removed thirteen july as a feast day for saint anacletus the fourteen february nineteen hundred sixty one instruction of the congregation for rites on the application to local calendars of pope john xxiii s motu proprio rubricarum instructum of twenty five july nineteen hundred sixty decreed that the feast of saint anacletus on whatever ground and in whatever grade it is celebrated is transferred to twenty six april under its right name saint cletus use of this
triviaqa-qw_7702,the battle of balaclava was in which war,British_Empire_79,war was a disaster for britain when russia invaded the turkish balkans in eighteen hundred fifty three fears of russian dominance in the mediterranean and middle east led britain and france to invade the crimean peninsula in order to destroy russian naval capabilities the ensuing crimean war eighteen hundred fifty four to fifty six which involved new techniques of modern warfare and was the only global war fought between britain and another imperial power during the pax britannica was a resounding defeat for russia the situation remained
triviaqa-sfq_13987,what is the name of the co founder of apple computers who died in october two thousand eleven ,4chan_42,questioning david kernell the son of democratic tennessee state representative mike kernell the stock price of apple inc fell significantly in october two thousand eight after a hoax story was submitted to cnn s user generated news site ireport dot com claiming that company ceo steve jobs had suffered a major heart attack the source of the story was traced back to four chan in may two thousand nine members of the site attacked youtube posting pornographic videos on the site a four chan member acknowledged being part of the attack
triviaqa-qb_3869,one of the wonders of the modern world the catacombs of alexandria are in which country,Saint_Peter_40,tradition ascribes the epistles first and second peter to apostle peter as does the text of second peter itself first peter implies the author is in babylon which has been held to be a coded reference to rome one peter five thirteen a m although babylon was an important fortress city in egypt just north of today s cairo and this fact is combined with the greetings from marc one peter five thirteen a m who is regarded as founder of the church of alexandria egypt thus other scholars put the first peter epistle
triviaqa-sfq_21832,which european countrys flag consists of three equal horizontal bands of white green and red,Iron_Curtain_37,republic of bulgaria the people s republic of poland the people s republic of hungary the czechoslovak socialist republic the people s republic of romania the people s republic of albania which re aligned itself in the nineteen hundred sixties away from the soviet union and towards the people s republic of china soviet installed governments ruled the eastern bloc countries with the exception of the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia which retained its full independence the majority of european states to the east of the iron curtain developed their own
triviaqa-sfq_1833,nephritis is a condition in humans where which part of the body becomes inflamed,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_59,adpkd a hereditary kidney condition is known to be associated with cerebral aneurysms in eight per cent of cases but most such aneurysms are small and therefore unlikely to rupture as a result screening is only recommended in families with adpkd where one family member has suffered a ruptured aneurysm an aneurysm may be detected incidentally on brain imaging this presents a conundrum as all treatments for cerebral aneurysms are associated with potential complications the international study of unruptured intracranial aneurysms isuia provided prognostic
triviaqa-qb_10132,in which country is the river darling,Peterborough_41,to london stansted and from liverpool lime street to norwich via the main line north of peterborough then the nottingham to grantham line peterborough has a business airport with a paved runway at holme and a recreational airfield hosting a well known parachute school at sibson the river nene made navigable from the port at wisbech to northampton by seventeen hundred sixty one passes through the city centre and a rather pretty green bridge carries the railway over the river it was built in eighteen hundred forty seven by lewis cubitt who was more famous for his bridges in australia india and south america apart from some minor repairs in nineteen hundred ten the steel bands
triviaqa-odql_10997,which film studio produced the bugs bunny cartoons,Some_Enchanted_Evening_(The_Simpsons)_15,envisioned for the show at the time there were only a few choices for animation style usually they would either follow the style of disney warner brothers or hanna barbera disney and warner brothers cartoons had a universe that was bendy and the characters seemed to be made of rubber the producers wanted a realistic environment in which the characters and objects could not do anything that was not possible in the real world one example with the early animation being cartoonish was that the doors behaved liked rubber when slammed the style of hanna barbera featured the use of cartoon
triviaqa-sfq_17796,name the space craft that exploded seventy two seconds after lift off killing all seven crew members in nineteen eighty six ,Ronald_Reagan_127,now strongly urged to cancel the visit the president responded that it would be wrong to back down on a promise he had made to chancellor kohl he ultimately attended the ceremony where two military generals laid a wreath the disintegration of the space shuttle challenger on january twenty eight nineteen hundred eighty six proved a pivotal moment in reagan s presidency all seven astronauts aboard were killed on the night of the disaster reagan delivered a speech written by peggy noonan in which he said
triviaqa-qw_14136,the ship andrea gail features in which one thousand nine hundred ninety seven book and two thousand film,Hurricane_Grace_(1991)_17,height was reported by an offshore buoy extreme coastal flooding occurred along the coast of the mid atlantic and northeastern u s with effects as far north as newfoundland and as far south as jamaica the noreaster eventually transitioned into another hurricane that made landfall in nova scotia a ship known as the andrea gail was lost along with her six crew members during the storm the story of the andrea gail inspired sebastian junger s nineteen hundred ninety seven book the perfect storm and a two thousand motion picture
triviaqa-odql_13489,what is the title of the first number one uk hit single for oasis,Oasis_(band)_13,l a and fly to san francisco without telling anyone when oasis manager tracked him down they decided to take a trip to las vegas to calm noel down legend has it that he met a couple on their honeymoon there the woman thought he resembled george harrison and that after a long conversation they persuaded him to rejoin oasis the song talk tonight one of the b sides to some might say is thought to be written for this woman oasis soon had their first uk hashtag one with some might say the first single from their second album and the only track on the second album to feature mccarroll in late
triviaqa-qw_12818,what relation was marlin to nemo in the film finding nemo,Worst_Episode_Ever_19,to the nineteen hundred sixty suspense novel what ever happened to baby jane martin s mother tries to sell comic book guy several items relating to the star wars film series including carrie fisher s anti jiggle breast tape george lucas handwritten original script of star wars episode iv a new hope and a film of a supposed alternate ending for the series where it is revealed that luke s father is chewbacca a representative of plan nine comics sells two thousand issues of biclops to milhouse this is a reference to plan nine from outer
triviaqa-qb_3930,armistice day or remembrance day takes place during which month of the year,Old_City_Hall_(Toronto)_4,on queen street is the cenotaph erected to honour the dead from world i and world war ii during rememberance day cermonies every november eleven the building is sometimes used to film movies and television shows such as this is wonderland table of contents section one see also toronto city hall minus current city hall saint lawrence market minus home of
triviaqa-sfq_23085,what name meaning sewer in latin is given to the singular bodily orifice found in birds reptiles and amphibian that is used for both excretory and reproductive functions,Short-beaked_echidna_11,the echidna shows periods of torpor or deep hibernation because of the low body temperature of the short beaked echidna it becomes sluggish in very hot and very cold weather like all monotremes it has one orifice for the passage of faeces urine and reproductive products which is known as the cloaca the male has internal testes no external scrotum and a highly unusual penis with four knobs on the tip the gestating female develops a pouch on its underside where it raises its young the musculature of the short beaked echidna has a number of unusual aspects the panniculus
triviaqa-bb_1181,what is each section of ten beads on a rosary called,Rosary_55,as the prayers are recited by not having to keep track of the count mentally the mind is supposed to be freed to meditate on the mysteries a five decade rosary contains five groups of ten beads a decade with additional large beads before each decade the hail mary is said on the ten beads within a decade while the lord s prayer is said on the large bead before each decade a new mystery is meditated upon at each of the large beads some rosaries particularly
triviaqa-qw_1197,in the international radio alphabet how many are traditional male given names,Vowel_20,languages y as in english and w as in welsh there is necessarily not a direct one to one correspondence between the vowel sounds of a language and the vowel letters many languages that use a form of the latin alphabet have more vowel sounds than can be represented by the standard set of five vowel letters in the case of english the five primary vowel letters can represent both long and short vowel sounds some of the long vowel sounds in english are actually diphthongs furthermore in english some vowel sounds are represented by combinations of vowel letters such as the ea in beat or by a vowel letter and an approximant letter as the ow
triviaqa-jp_3723,what major american city is located on puget sound,SpongeBob_SquarePants_9,was based on the real life city of seattle being located underwater much of the city s
triviaqa-odql_5663,the father of three peter griffin is the title character of which american animated tv series,Tom_Bosley_5,off as tom bosley in the family guy episode road to europe brian and stewie griffin find themselves on a train in switzerland stewie remarks that he sees tom bosley brian questions what tom bosley would be doing on the train to which stewie has no response similarly in the animated program the oblongs the people of the hill community briefly mention plans for the community including a tom bosley day
triviaqa-qf_952,which p describes the chasing pack in a cycling race,Prisoner%27s_dilemma_64,examined the program manager s dilemma in an article published in defense at and l a defense technology journal another example concerns a well known concept in cycling races for instance in the tour de france consider two cyclists halfway in a race with the peloton larger group at great distance behind them the two cyclists often work together mutual cooperation by sharing the tough load of the front position where there is no shelter from the wind if neither of the cyclists
triviaqa-odql_2538,which ball sport is played on a court eighteen metres long by nine metres wide,Bar%2c_Vinnytsia_Oblast_19,some other governmental buildings in the downtown the bar city library is a well known modern library in ukraine because it has the digital library with internet there is a big sport stadium to play football basketball volleyball in the center of the city there is a new swimming pool building not far away from the stadium the students from the humanitarian minus pedagogical college like to make the sport exercises and play the sport games during their lessons at the stadium the local football team plays the football games at the stadium regularly the pop
triviaqa-qf_3499,what type of tree was newton supposedly sitting under when he formulated his theory of gravity,Isaac_Newton_60,a popular story claims that newton was inspired to formulate his theory of universal gravitation by the fall of an apple from a tree cartoons have gone further to suggest the apple actually hit newton s head and that its impact somehow made him aware of the force of gravity john conduitt newton s assistant at the royal mint and husband of newton s niece described the event when he wrote about newton s life
triviaqa-sfq_5373,in which month does the salmon fishing season begin,This_Is_Wonderland_3,january twenty five two thousand five and the third season began on november twenty three two thousand five the first season d v d collection went on sale in early september of that year repeats of the first and second season currently air on canadian digital television station c b c country canada table of contents
triviaqa-odql_14728,charlotte is the largest city by population in which american state,Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898_17,over the years african american historian helen edmunds began to address the violence in her work negro in fusion politics in the nineteen hundred fifties and was followed by leon prather s work we have taken a city in the nineteen hundred eighties democracy betrayed was edited by david cecelsi and timothy tyson during the centennial and the work by lerae umfleet for the eighteen hundred ninety eight wilmington race riot commission was released in two thousand six in two thousand the north carolina general assembly established the eighteen hundred ninety eight wilmington race riot commission to develop a historical record of the event and to
triviaqa-qg_3333,sep twenty one one thousand nine hundred eighty one saw the confirmation of which associate justice the first female supreme court justice,Ronald_Reagan_157,he underwent a third skin cancer operation on his nose section eight point four judiciary during his nineteen hundred eighty campaign reagan pledged that if given the opportunity he would appoint the first female supreme court justice that opportunity came in his first year in office when he nominated sandra day oconnor to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of justice potter stewart in his second term reagan elevated william rehnquist to succeed warren burger as chief justice and named antonin scalia to fill the vacant
triviaqa-tc_2841,which rodent rears its young called kittens in a nest called a drey,Tawny_owl_33,nests squirrel dreys or holes in buildings and readily takes to nest boxes it nests from february onwards in the south of its range but rarely before mid march in scandinavia the glossy white eggs are forty eight x thirty nine m m one point eight nine x one point five four in in size and weigh thirty nine g one point four oz of which seven per cent is shell the typical clutch of two or three eggs is incubated by the female alone for thirty days to hatching and the altricial downy chicks fledge in a further thirty five to thirty nine days the young usually
triviaqa-odql_11553,which state was created by the lateran treaty of one thousand nine hundred twenty nine ,Catholic_Church_110,been seized by the armies of king victor emmanuel ii of italy eighteen hundred sixty one to eighteen hundred seventy eight rome itself was seized in eighteen hundred seventy and the pope became the prisoner in the vatican in nineteen hundred twenty nine the lateran treaties created the vatican city as a sovereign and independent nation in return for the vatican relinquishing its claim to the former territories of the papal states italy also paid the vatican
triviaqa-qw_5355,what was the original surname of t e shaw an raf aircraftsman who was killed in a motorbike accident in nineteen thirty five ,Robert_Garran_45,american interests garran also met other political and military leaders at the conference including t e lawrence an oxford youth of twenty nine minus he looks eighteen who was modest and without any affectation in a company of two or three he could talk very interestingly but at a larger gathering he was apt to be dumb following the war garran worked with professor harrison moore of the university of melbourne and south australian judge professor jethro brown
triviaqa-qw_5554,what passes between the sun and earth to make a solar eclipse,Transit_of_Venus_1,visible against and hence obscuring a small portion of the solar disk during a transit venus can be seen from earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the sun the duration of such transits is usually measured in hours the transit of two thousand twelve lasted six hours and forty minutes a transit is similar to a solar eclipse by the moon while the diameter of venus is more than three times that of the moon venus appears smaller and travels more slowly across the face of the sun because it is much farther away from earth transits of venus are among the rarest of predictable astronomical phenomena
triviaqa-qw_2021,who was the first man sent into space in nineteen sixty one ,Titanium_11,to make medical equipment and in pipe forward slash tank lining in food processing its inertness and ability to be attractively colored makes it a popular metal for use in body piercing titanium has the unusual ability to osseointegrate enabling use in dental implants titanium has occasionally been used in construction the one five zero foot forty five m memorial to yuri gagarin the first man to travel in space in moscow is made of titanium for the metal s attractive color and association with rocketry the guggenheim museum bilbao and the cerritos library were the first buildings respectively in europe and north america to be sheathed in titanium panels
triviaqa-bt_585,where was the first penal colony in australia situated,British_Empire_58,claimed the continent for britain and named it new south wales in seventeen hundred seventy eight joseph banks cook s botanist on the voyage presented evidence to the government on the suitability of botany bay for the establishment of a penal settlement and in seventeen hundred eighty seven the first shipment of convicts set sail arriving in seventeen hundred eighty eight britain continued to transport convicts to new south wales until eighteen hundred forty the australian colonies became profitable exporters of wool and gold mainly due to gold rushes in the
triviaqa-sfq_14106,what was the name of the meeting held in july one thousand nine hundred forty five to discuss punishment of nazi germany,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_47,the allied victory in may the soviets effectively occupied eastern europe while the us had much of western europe in occupied germany the us and the soviet union established zones of occupation and a loose framework for four power control with the ailing french and british at the potsdam conference starting in late july nineteen hundred forty five the allies met to decide how to administer the defeated nazi germany which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier on may seven and may eight nineteen hundred forty five ve day serious differences emerged over the future development
triviaqa-qw_4953,canberra is the capital of which country,Robert_Garran_63,daley a long time civic administrator of the australian capital territory emphasised garran s contribution to the early development of the city of canberra particularly its cultural life remarking at a celebratory dinner for garran in nineteen hundred fifty four that
triviaqa-sfq_625,in which us state is the university of harvard to be found,John_Quincy_Adams_6,languages he entered harvard college and graduated in seventeen hundred eighty eight adams house at harvard college is named in honor of adams and his father he apprenticed as a lawyer with theophilus parsons in newburyport massachusetts from seventeen hundred eighty seven to seventeen hundred eighty nine he was admitted to the bar in seventeen hundred ninety one and began practicing law in boston section two early political career george washington appointed adams minister to the netherlands in seventeen hundred ninety four and to portugal in seventeen hundred ninety six when the elder adams became president he appointed his son in seventeen hundred ninety seven as minister to prussia at washington s urging
triviaqa-qw_8684,which europeans have been proved to have reached north america before christopher columbus,Canada_10,and in southern ontario from nine thousand five hundred years ago europeans first arrived when the vikings settled briefly at lanse aux meadows circa ad one thousand the next europeans to explore canada s atlantic coast included john cabot in fourteen ninety seven for england and jacques cartier in fifteen thirty four for france seasonal basque whalers and fishermen would subsequently exploit the region between the grand banks and tadoussac for over a century french explorer samuel de champlain arrived in sixteen hundred three and
triviaqa-sfq_10967,which is the only country on mainland europe to be in the same time zone as the uk,Iron_Curtain_38,which retained its full independence the majority of european states to the east of the iron curtain developed their own international economic and military alliances such as comecon and the warsaw pact section three point three point two west of the iron curtain to the west of the iron curtain the countries of western europe northern europe and southern europe along with austria west germany liechtenstein and switzerland operated market economies with the exception of a period of fascism in spain until the nineteen hundred seventies and portugal
triviaqa-qf_1178,what name was given to the eleven states that fought the union in the us civil war,Stephens_City%2c_Virginia_9,when the american civil war broke out in eighteen hundred sixty one the majority of newtown s young men joined confederate forces during the war the town was between the lines nominally controlled by the union but with much confederate partisan activity on may twenty four eighteen hundred sixty two stonewall jackson s confederate forces advanced northward on the valley pike and attacked union troops at newtown general george henry gordon of the second massachusetts infantry ordered his federal troops to make a stand the skirmishing involved heavy artillery fire but gordon s men retreated without loss of the important supply wagons
triviaqa-wh_1647,in which book of the old testament does the destruction of the walls of jericho occur,First_Crusade_44,of the estimated seven thousand knights who took part in the princes crusade only about one thousand five hundred remained faced with a seemingly impossible task their morale was raised when a priest by the name of peter desiderius claimed to have had a divine vision instructing them to fast and then march in a barefoot procession around the city walls after which the city would fall in nine days following the biblical example of joshua at the siege of jericho on july eight ten ninety nine the crusaders performed the procession as instructed by desiderius the genoese troops led by commander guglielmo embriaco had
triviaqa-qf_1239,who followed hugh gaitskell as leader of the labour party,Hereditary_peer_46,of the labour government of harold wilson in nineteen hundred sixty four the practice of granting hereditary peerages abruptly stopped since nineteen hundred sixty four only five hereditary peerages have been granted two the dukedom of york and the earldom of wessex for members of the royal family and three additional creations the viscountcy of whitelaw the viscountcy of tonypandy and the earldom of stockton under margaret thatcher s government in the
triviaqa-odql_7938,the announcement came in november one thousand nine hundred seventy eight that which member of the royal family was to join the armed forces,Prince_Harry_16,authorities it was later reported that while in afghanistan harry had helped gurkha troops repel an attack from taliban insurgents not in citation given and performed patrol duty in hostile areas not in citation given his tour made harry the first member of the royal family to serve in a war zone since his uncle the duke of york flew helicopters during the falklands war for his service harry was presented with an operational service medal for afghanistan by his aunt the princess royal at the combermere barracks in may two thousand eight in october two thousand eight it was announced that
triviaqa-odql_847,which one thousand nine hundred ninety three film starring tom cruise was about a young lawyer who eventually realised that the wealth of the memphis law firm he worked for emanated from the mafia,Bill_Clinton_34,rose law firm at which hillary rodham clinton was a partner arose clinton argued the questions were moot because all transactions with the state had been deducted before determining hillary s firm pay further concern arose when bill clinton announced that with hillary voters would be getting two presidents for the price of one while campaigning for u s president the then governor clinton returned to arkansas to see that ricky ray rector would be executed after killing a police officer and a civilian rector shot himself in the head leading to what his lawyers said was a state where he could still talk but
triviaqa-odql_14554,who was the father of the prophet muhammad the founder of islam,History_of_Saudi_Arabia_17,nineteen minus eighteen hundred nineteen amir turki ibn abdallah ibn muhammad first time eighteen hundred nineteen minus eighteen hundred twenty amir turki ibn abdallah ibn muhammad second time eighteen hundred twenty four minus eighteen hundred thirty four amir mushari ibn abd al rahman ibn mushari eighteen hundred
triviaqa-qz_2309,the sign of four was a detective story written by which author,Edward_Low_52,that so little has been written and sung of this man of might for he was as worthy of story and of song as was blackbeard sir arthur conan doyle in his work the green flag described low as savage and desperate and a man of amazing and grotesque brutality the new york times said low and his crew became the terror of the atlantic and his depredations were committed on every part of the ocean from the coast of brazil to the grand banks of newfoundland low has featured on stamps and commemorative currency around the caribbean a postage stamp featuring
triviaqa-bt_976,who in nineteen fifty six said we are not at war with egypt we are in armed conflict,British_Empire_134,troops would withdraw from the suez canal zone and that sudan would be granted self determination by nineteen hundred fifty five with independence to follow sudan was granted independence on one january nineteen hundred fifty six in july nineteen hundred fifty six nasser unilaterally nationalised the suez canal the response of anthony eden who had succeeded churchill as prime minister was to collude with france to engineer an israeli attack on egypt that would give britain and france an excuse to intervene militarily and retake the canal eden
triviaqa-tc_3130,what is the milky way,Oort_cloud_32,between the sun s oort cloud and the gravitational fields of near by stars or giant molecular clouds the orbit of the sun through the plane of the milky way sometimes brings it in relatively close proximity to other stellar systems for example during the next ten million years the known star with the greatest possibility of perturbing the oort cloud is gliese seven hundred ten this process also serves to scatter the objects out of the ecliptic plane potentially also explaining the cloud s spherical distribution in nineteen hundred eighty four physicist richard a
triviaqa-dpql_3202,a british newspaper was relaunched as the sun in nineteen sixty four what was its name prior to that,George_Lansbury_55,section four point two war daily herald and bolshevism the daily herald began as a temporary bulletin during the london printers strike of nineteen hundred ten to eleven after the strike ended lansbury and others raised sufficient funds for the herald to be relaunched in april nineteen hundred twelve as a socialist daily newspaper the paper attracted
triviaqa-odql_7808,in which bay are the belcher islands located,Canada_63,in eastern canada the saint lawrence river widens into the gulf of saint lawrence the world s largest estuary which contains the island of newfoundland south of the gulf the canadian maritimes protrude eastward along the appalachian mountain range from northern new england and the gaspe peninsula of quebec new brunswick and nova scotia are divided by the bay of fundy which experiences the world s largest tidal variations ontario and hudson bay dominate central canada
triviaqa-qg_4549,where do you find the bridal veil american and horseshoe falls,Kilometre_7,section three point one niagara falls section three point two the mall london section three point three kowloon minus hong kong crossing section three point four central park
triviaqa-qz_5580,which roman emperor was allegedy killed by his wife aggripina in adfifty four ,Amanita_phalloides_2,poisoning including possibly the deaths of roman emperor claudius and holy roman emperor charles vi it has been the subject of much research and many of its biologically active agents have been isolated the principal toxic constituent is amanitin which damages the liver and kidneys often fatally no antidote is known
triviaqa-odql_10612,shawn carter is the real name of which rap singer,Nigga_5,the realest niggaz the geto boys real negro shit jay z s jigga that nigga and snoop dogg s for all my niggaz and bitches ol dirty bastard uses the term seventy six times in his nigga please album not including repetitions in choruses this is reflected in the term s wide use in modern american gang culture according to a texas monthly article about houston gangs many hispanic street gang members call each other niggah however its use has spread beyond north america the portuguese comedy show gato fedorento uses the word nigga in an audio sketch where the four individuals say they are niggas
triviaqa-qg_2895,which us president who had a birthday on august nineteen was born in hope arkansas,Bill_Clinton_8,bill clinton was born william jefferson blythe iii at julia chester hospital in hope arkansas his father william jefferson blythe jr was a traveling salesman who died in an automobile accident three months before bill was born his mother virginia dell cassidy nineteen hundred twenty three to nineteen hundred ninety four traveled to new orleans to study nursing soon after he was born she left bill in hope with grandparents eldridge and edith cassidy who owned and ran a small grocery store at a time when the southern united states was segregated racially
triviaqa-sfq_23595,in twenty six who became the uks first woman secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs,Scout_Moor_Wind_Farm_16,april two thousand six janet anderson member of parliament for rossendale and darwen asked margaret beckett then secretary of state for environment food and rural affairs whether the development would meet the provisions of the commons bill regarding the protection of and public access to common land the reply from jim knight parliamentary under secretary of state for rural affairs landscape and biodiversity was that t hese applications are made under section one hundred forty seven of the inclosure act eighteen hundred forty five consideration is given under these provision to the effect of the
triviaqa-sfq_8582,which city was known as edo before assuming its current name in eighteen sixty eight ,Boshin_War_38,keisuke shinsengumi troops under hijikata toshizo the guerilla corps yugekitai under hitomi katsutar as well as several more french advisers fortant garde marlin bouffier on october twenty six edo was renamed tokyo and the meiji period officially started aizu was besieged starting that month leading to the mass suicide of the byakkotai white tiger corps young warriors after a protracted month long battle aizu finally admitted defeat on november six section five hokkaid
triviaqa-sfq_18519,what is the state capital of the us state of new jersey,George_Washington%27s_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River_6,in the new york area most of washington s army crossed the delaware river into pennsylvania north of trenton new jersey and destroyed or moved to the western shore all boats for miles in both directions howe and cornwallis rather than attempting to immediately chase washington further established a chain of outposts from new brunswick to burlington including ones at bordentown and trenton and ordered his troops into winter quarters section two washington s army washington encamped the army near mckonkey s ferry not far from the crossing site
triviaqa-bb_777,how many suspects are in a normal game of cluedo,Perfect_Dark_20,once a player is killed they are regenerated elsewhere in the level once again unarmed the overall objective of the game is determined by the scenario being played of which there are six combat minus the traditional deathmatch mode capture the case minus perfect dark s equivalent of capture the flag hold the briefcase minus players must take a briefcase and survive with it for as long as possible one point is received for every set number of seconds the case is held if the player with the
triviaqa-qg_3229,on sept eighteen one thousand nine hundred forty seven which branch of the us military became an independent branch following forty years under the leadership of the army,Revolt_of_the_Admirals_2,security act of nineteen hundred forty seven that act created a unified national military establishment a national security council n s c central intelligence agency cia and an independent united states air force the generals of the newly formed air force proposed the doctrine that strategic bombing particularly with nuclear weapons was all that would be needed to win any future war to support such a doctrine of course the air force would need to build a large fleet of long range heavy bombers and so their projects should receive large amounts of funding beginning with the b three six peacemaker bomber the admirals of the
triviaqa-qw_446,which bass guitarist songwriter singer and horn player best known as part of the who died in june two thousand two ,Baba_O%27Riley_13,set of music related to the lifehouse project and on several townshend compilations and videos section four personnel roger daltrey lead vocals pete townshend lead vocals middle eight synthesizer piano guitar john entwistle bass keith moon drums dave arbus violin section five accolades and use in popular culture baba
triviaqa-wh_1891,in italy if you were served mortadella what foodstuff would you be about to eat ,Munich_107,traditionally eaten only before twelve p m noon a tradition dating to a time before refrigerators these morsels are often served with sweet mustard and freshly baked pretzels leberkas bavarian baked sausage loaf often served with potato salad is another delicacy of the region the most famous soup might be the leberknodel soup leberknodel is a bread dumpling seasoned with liver and onions schweinsbraten pot roasted
triviaqa-qb_5669,barney the owl is a mascot of which english football club,Tawny_owl_21,of the wood owl genus strix part of the typical owl family strigidae which contains all species of owl other than the barn owls within its genus the tawny s closest relatives are hume s owl strix butleri formerly considered to be conspecific its larger northern neighbour the ural owl s uralensis and the north american barred owl s varia the early middle pleistocene strix intermedia is sometimes considered a paleosubspecies of the tawny owl which would make it that species immediate
triviaqa-wh_256,who wrote the opera dido and aeneas,Henry_Purcell_27,l macy accessed march seventeen two thousand six grovemusic dot com subscription access section three media section four see also list of compositions by henry purcell dido and aeneas king arthur the fairy queen
triviaqa-dpql_482,which p was the last king of troy according to greek mythology,Greek_mythology_82,the wooden image of pallas athena the palladium finally with athena s help they built the trojan horse despite the warnings of priam s daughter cassandra the trojans were persuaded by sinon a greek who feigned desertion to take the horse inside the walls of troy as an offering to athena the priest laocoon who tried to have the horse destroyed was killed by sea serpents at night the greek fleet returned and the greeks from the horse opened the gates of troy in the total sack that followed priam and his remaining sons were slaughtered the trojan women passed into slavery in various
triviaqa-sfq_23372,how is his holiness tenzin gyatso better known,Jesus_151,of elisha and a student of john the baptist the reincarnation of elijah some buddhists including tenzin gyatso the fourteenth dalai lama regard jesus as a bodhisattva who dedicated his life to the welfare of people the new age movement entertains a wide variety of views on jesus theosophists from whom many new age teachings originated refer to jesus as the master jesus and believe that christ after various incarnations occupied the body of jesus
triviaqa-dpql_2379,who wrote the collection of gothic horror stories entitled in a glass darkly in eighteen seventy two ,Sex_and_sexuality_in_speculative_fiction_17,early works that showed sexually open characters to be morally impure include the first lesbian vampire story carmilla eighteen hundred seventy two by sheridan le fanu collected in in a glass darkly the nineteen hundred fifteen utopian novel herland by charlotte perkins gilman depicts the visit by three men to an all female society in which women reproduce by parthenogenesis
triviaqa-qw_4081,dsseldorf is a major city in which country,Munich_91,is the second largest collection in germany of artifacts and objects from outside europe while the bavarian national museum and the adjoining bavarian state archaeological collection in prinzregentenstrasse rank among europe s major art and cultural history museums the nearby schackgalerie is an important gallery of german nineteenth century paintings the former dachau concentration camp is sixteen k m ten mi outside the city section eight point three
triviaqa-dpql_5239,at the time the spice girls became famous what was scary spices surname,Chris_Moyles_43,code rules for an incident in which he referred to female listeners as dirty whores a listener objected to an item in which the presenter discussed people who urinated in the shower he considered that the presenter s reference to women who did this as dirty whores was unacceptable at this time of the morning on five june two thousand eight when former spice girls singer melanie brown visited the programme much to his enjoyment she consensually let him grope both of her breasts live on air to which he gave a running commentary of the precise topography of each it arose from his enquiry into whether her breasts had been surgically enhanced section five point two pay controversies
triviaqa-qg_2927,with an atomic weight of twenty two what element named for members of greek mythology uses the symbol ti,Titanium_0,titanium titanium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol ti and atomic number twenty two it is a light strong lustrous corrosion resistant including resistance to sea water and chlorine transition metal with a white silvery metallic color titanium is used in strong light weight alloys most notably with iron and aluminum and its most common compound titanium dioxide is used in white pigments this element occurs in numerous minerals with the main sources being rutile and ilmenite
triviaqa-wh_3000,what nationality was the tennis player judy teggart who lost to billie jean king in the one thousand nine hundred sixty eight ladies single final at wimbledon,Women%27s_tennis_in_the_United_States_3,bibliography section five see also women s tennis in australia
triviaqa-bt_2325,on which river is the city of ely,M62_motorway_19,section one point two point six east of ferrybridge the sections between ferrybridge and north cave were the last sections of the motorway to be conceived and built one of the most notable features is the bridge crossing the river ouse west of goole a structure nearly one mile long rising to thirty meters above ground level which commenced construction in january nineteen hundred seventy three the bridge was delayed due to steel supplies being a chronic headache and a partial collapse of the framework caused by bolts joining a cross beam to a trestle shearing the problems with the ouse bridge pushed the opening of the whole section east of
triviaqa-qw_5633,mallard mandarin red crested pochard teal muscovy and eider are all types of what,Han_dynasty_101,chickens mandarin ducks geese cows sheep pigs camels and dogs various types were bred specifically for food while most were used as pets turtles and fish were taken from streams and lakes commonly hunted game such as owl pheasant magpie sika deer and chinese bamboo partridge were consumed seasonings included sugar honey salt and soy sauce beer and wine were regularly consumed section three point six
triviaqa-sfq_10524,from which shakespeare play does the line a plague on both your houses come,William_Shakespeare_55,marks a change from the traditional to the freer style shakespeare combined the two throughout his career with romeo and juliet perhaps the best example of the mixing of the styles by the time of romeo and juliet richard ii and a midsummer night s dream in the mid one thousand five hundred nineties shakespeare had begun to write a more natural poetry he increasingly tuned his metaphors and images to the needs of the drama itself shakespeare s standard poetic form was blank verse composed in iambic pentameter in practice this meant that his verse was usually unrhymed and consisted of ten syllables to a line spoken with a stress on every second syllable the
triviaqa-sfq_21670,las vegas is in which us state,Interstate_15_in_Arizona_4,approximately twenty three thousand vehicles per day the highway is also a part of the canamex corridor a trade corridor in north america linking edmonton in canada and mexico city the highway enters the state in mohave county northeast of mesquite and las vegas nevada paralleling the old us ninety one heading northeast on an alignment north of the river the first interchange is exit eight at littlefield where old us ninety one turns north to avoid the gorge i one five crosses
triviaqa-bb_1165,mount lascar is in which south american country,Mount_Pinatubo_48,over antarctica reached its largest ever size until then with the fastest recorded ozone depletion rates the eruption of mount hudson in chile in august nineteen hundred ninety one also contributed to southern hemisphere ozone destruction with measurements showing a sharp decrease in ozone levels at the tropopause when the aerosol clouds from pinatubo and hudson arrived another noticeable effect of the dust in the atmosphere was the appearance of lunar eclipses normally even at mid eclipse the moon is still visible although much dimmed but in the year following the pinatubo eruption the moon was hardly visible at
triviaqa-bt_2651,in which canadian territory is the klondike,Canada_23,most notably the canadian pacific railway opened the prairies to settlement with the dominion lands act and established the north west mounted police to assert its authority over this territory in eighteen hundred ninety eight after the klondike gold rush in the northwest territories the canadian government decided to create the yukon territory as a separate territory in the region to better control the situation under liberal prime minister wilfrid laurier continental european immigrants settled the prairies and alberta and saskatchewan became provinces in nineteen
triviaqa-tc_2744,what name is given to the change of state from liquid to gas,Helium_61,two helium ii state liquid helium below its lambda point begins to exhibit very unusual characteristics in a state called helium ii boiling of helium ii is not possible due to its high thermal conductivity heat input instead causes evaporation of the liquid directly to gas the isotope helium three also has a superfluid phase but only at much lower temperatures as a result less
triviaqa-qg_1692,june five two thousand four saw the death of what man the forty th president of the united states,Ronald_Reagan_0,ronald reagan ronald wilson reagan forward slash unsupported input rnld wlsn ren forward slash february six nineteen hundred eleven minus june five two thousand four was the fortieth president of the united states nineteen hundred eighty one to eighty nine prior to that he was the thirty third governor of california nineteen hundred
triviaqa-tb_2018,what is the more common name for the order coleoptera which contains more species than any other order in the animal kingdom,Fauna_of_Australia_53,full extent of invertebrate diversity is uncertain ninety per cent of insects and molluscs are considered endemic invertebrates occupy many ecological niches and are important in all ecosystems as decomposers pollinators and food sources the largest group of invertebrates is the insects comprising seventy five per cent of australia s known species of animals the most diverse insect orders are the coleoptera with twenty eight thousand two hundred species of beetles and weevils the lepidoptera with twenty thousand eight hundred sixteen species including butterflies and moths and twelve thousand seven hundred eighty one species of hymenoptera
triviaqa-bt_3010,what was the first national park in the usa,M-185_(Michigan_highway)_8,on harsens island no part of m one eight five has been listed on the national highway system a network of roadways important to the country s economy defense and mobility over a half million people travel along the trunkline in a year mackinac island has been a tourist destination since the late nineteenth century the island was the country s second national park after yellowstone until the land was given to michigan in eighteen hundred ninety five to become its first state park m one eight five has been recognized in the press for its unique role as the only state highway
triviaqa-qw_8461,which country set up the committee on public information from april one thousand nine hundred seventeen to june one thousand nine hundred nineteen to run a propaganda campaign using newsprint posters radio telegraph cable and movies to broadcast its message including fabrications for example images of enemy soldiers killing babies and hoisting them on bayonets and told citizens to seek out spies which led to the creation of patriotic organizations which spied tapped telephones and opened mail in an effort to ferret out spies and traitors that is anyone who called for peace questioned the wars progress or criticized government policies,Red_Scare_17,act eighteen usc twenty three eighty five making it a crime to knowingly or willfully advocate abet advise or teach the duty necessity desirability or propriety of overthrowing the government of the united states or of any state by force or violence or for anyone to organize any association which teaches advises or encourages such an overthrow or for anyone to become a member of or to affiliate with any such association and required federal registration of all foreign nationals although principally deployed against communists the smith act was also used against right wing political threats such as the german american bund and the perceived racial disloyalty of the
triviaqa-qb_9432,national flag day is celebrated in estonia during which month of the year,Samantha_Smith_23,which fostered student exchanges between the united states and the former soviet union until it became dormant in nineteen hundred ninety five the first monday in june of each year is designated as samantha smith day by the law of maine and there is a statue of samantha smith near the maine state museum in augusta which portrays smith releasing a dove while a bear cub is resting at her feet the bear cub represents both maine and russia a washington state elementary school was also named after smith section two point three russian federation after the collapse of the soviet union in nineteen hundred ninety one the extensive coverage by the russian media of all events related to samantha smith
triviaqa-qb_6004,which british monarch was the first head of the commonwealth,George_VI_0,george vi george vi albert frederick arthur george fourteen december eighteen hundred ninety five minus six february nineteen hundred fifty two was king of the united kingdom and the dominions of the british commonwealth from eleven december nineteen hundred thirty six until his death he was the last emperor of india and the first head of the commonwealth as the second son of king george v
triviaqa-bb_1916,a colony of britain until one thousand nine hundred fifty six with the capital city of khartoum the south of what african country became an independent state in july two thousand eleven ,British_Empire_134,troops would withdraw from the suez canal zone and that sudan would be granted self determination by nineteen hundred fifty five with independence to follow sudan was granted independence on one january nineteen hundred fifty six in july nineteen hundred fifty six nasser unilaterally nationalised the suez canal the response of anthony eden who had succeeded churchill as prime minister was to collude with france to engineer an israeli attack on egypt that would give britain and france an excuse to intervene militarily and retake the canal eden
triviaqa-tc_298,which was the only eastern bloc country to participate in the one thousand nine hundred eighty four la olympics,Cold_War_168,wave that swept across central and eastern europe overthrew the soviet style communist states such as poland hungary czechoslovakia and bulgaria romania being the only eastern bloc country to topple its communist regime violently and execute its head of state section eight point four soviet dissolution gorbachev s permissive attitude toward eastern europe did not initially extend to soviet territory even bush who strove to maintain friendly relations condemned the january nineteen hundred ninety one killings in latvia and lithuania privately warning that economic ties would be frozen if the
triviaqa-qf_3656,which american city experienced an earthquake in the early hours of january seventeen th one thousand nine hundred ninety four ,American_Airlines_Flight_11_1,by five al qaeda terrorists on september eleven two thousand one as part of the september eleven attacks they deliberately crashed it into the north tower of the world trade center in new york city killing all eighty seven people aboard plus the hijackers and an unconfirmed number in the building s impact zone the aircraft involved a boeing seven six seven two two three er was flying american airlines daily scheduled morning transcontinental service from logan international airport in boston massachusetts to los angeles international airport in los angeles california fifteen minutes into the flight the
triviaqa-bb_751,who was the longest reigning british king,Queen_Victoria_91,on twenty three september eighteen hundred ninety six victoria surpassed her grandfather george iii as the longest reigning monarch in english scottish and british history the queen requested that any special celebrations be delayed until eighteen hundred ninety seven to coincide with her diamond jubilee which was made a festival of the british empire at the suggestion of colonial secretary joseph chamberlain the prime ministers of all the self governing dominions were invited and the queen s diamond jubilee procession through london included troops from all over the empire the parade paused
triviaqa-dpql_6278,in which commonwealth country are the southern alps,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_6,monro discovered the sport while completing his studies at christ s college finchley england the first game in new zealand took place in may eighteen hundred seventy in nelson between the nelson club and nelson college the first union canterbury was formed in eighteen hundred seventy nine in eighteen hundred eighty two new zealand s first internationals were played when the southern rugby union later the new south wales rugby union toured the country the tourists played auckland provincial clubs twice wellington twice and once each against canterbury otago and west coast north island winning four games and losing three two years later the first new zealand team to go
triviaqa-sfq_11961,in which building is napoleon bonaparte buried,Queen_Victoria_54,the exposition universelle a successor to albert s eighteen hundred fifty one brainchild the great exhibition and napoleon i s tomb at les invalides to which his remains had only been returned in eighteen hundred forty and were guests of honour at a one thousand two hundred guest ball at the palace of versailles on fourteen january eighteen hundred fifty eight an italian refugee from britain called orsini attempted to assassinate napoleon iii with a bomb made in england the ensuing diplomatic crisis destabilised the government and palmerston resigned derby was reinstated as
triviaqa-wh_3390,which german word meaning armour was applied to certain army divisions in world war ii,Tank_11,such as the panzer i which was originally intended for training use only these fast moving tanks and other armoured vehicles were a critical element of the german blitzkrieg however they fared poorly in direct combat with british tanks and suffered severely against the soviet t three four which was superior in armour and weaponry by the end of the war all forces had dramatically increased their firepower and armour for instance the p z panzer i had only two machine guns and the p z iv the heaviest early war german design had a light seven five mm design and weighed under twenty tonnes by the end of the war the
triviaqa-qw_13372,when the one thousand nine hundred ninety two maastricht treaty established the european union and led to a common currency in europe what was the currency called,500_euro_note_4,and the n c b s of the eurozone countries national central banks have received the right to issue the seven different euro notes from the ecb in practice the n c b s of the zone issue and withdraw euro notes the european central bank does not own an office containing cash and has not been involved in any operations involving cash section one point one before the introduction the euro was founded at the date of one january nineteen hundred ninety nine after which it began being the currency of over three hundred million europeans for the first three years of its existence it was a currency which was used only in accounting
triviaqa-qb_3897,which month of the year comes third alphabetically,Pope_Clement_I_31,orthodox church of alexandria on the twenty ninth of the month of hatour twenty five november julian equivalent to eight december gregorian due to the current one three day julian gregorian calendar offset according to the coptic church synaxarium he suffered martyrdom in ad one hundred during the reign of emperor trajan ninety eight to one hundred seventeen he was martyred by tying his neck to an anchor and casting him into the sea the record of the twenty ninth of the coptic month of hatour states that this saint was born in rome to
triviaqa-qw_14000,how many military conflicts have been generally given the name of world war,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_90,and an adviser to harry truman who used the term during a speech before the south carolina state legislature on april sixteen nineteen hundred forty seven since the term cold war was popularized in nineteen hundred forty seven there has been extensive disagreement in many political and scholarly discourses on what exactly were the sources of postwar tensions in the american historiography there has been disagreement as to who was responsible for the quick unraveling of the wartime alliance between nineteen hundred forty five and nineteen hundred forty seven and on whether the conflict between the two superpowers was inevitable or could have been avoided
triviaqa-qg_4147,how long do nfl football teams have to get a play off the play clock,American_football_58,than their defined length due to play stoppages minus the average n f l game lasts slightly over three hours time in a football game is measured by the game clock an operator is responsible for starting stopping and operating the game clock based on the direction of the appropriate official a separate clock the play clock is used to determine if a delay of game infraction has been committed if the play clock expires before the ball has been snapped or free kicked a delay of game foul is called on the offense the play clock is set to forty seconds in professional and college
triviaqa-sfq_22962,which wirral born radio one disc jockey died in peru in twenty four ,Chris_Moyles_40,he said he would take the virginity of charlotte church when she reached sixteen when first arrived at radio one john peel took a dislike to moyles and accused him of being a d l t in waiting moyles retorted that peel was a kenny everett in waiting because kenny everett s dead and it s only a matter of time before john pops his clogs later moyles and john peel became very close friends with peel appearing on his show a couple of times and moyles being one of the d j s to broadcast an emotional show on twenty six october two thousand four the day after peel s death in september two thousand eight moyles along with other british radio presenters
triviaqa-tb_1408,the battle of the plains of abraham in seventeen fifty nine a pivotal battle in the seven years war fought between the english and the french is the only major confrontation ever to have taken place in what country,Canadians_39,in english canada the settlement of the west brought significant eastern orthodox immigrants from eastern europe and mormon and pentecostal immigrants from the united states the earliest documentation of jewish presence in canada occurs in the seventeen hundred fifty four british army records from the french and indian war in seventeen hundred sixty general jeffrey amherst first baron amherst attacked and won montreal for the british in his regiment there were several jews including four among his officer corps most notably lieutenant aaron hart who is considered the father of canadian jewry the islamic sikh hindu and buddhist communities although
triviaqa-odql_7606,who was the german mathematician who developed differential calculus independently of newton in sixteen seventy five ,Isaac_Newton_14,did not give a full account until seventeen hundred four meanwhile leibniz began publishing a full account of his methods in sixteen hundred eighty four moreover leibniz s notation and differential method were universally adopted on the continent and after eighteen hundred twenty or so in the british empire whereas leibniz s notebooks show the advancement of the ideas from early stages until maturity there is only the end product in newton s known notes newton claimed that he had been reluctant to publish his calculus because he feared being mocked for it newton had a very close relationship with swiss mathematician nicolas fatio de duillier who from the beginning was
triviaqa-odql_11166,which company produces the video game console xbox three hundred sixty ,Perfect_Dark_61,based around a completely new engine timesplitters and its sequels bear many gameplay and presentational similarities to goldeneye and perfect dark including a similar manual aiming system missions with structured objectives cheat options unlockable through quick level completions and the earning of multiplayer awards meanwhile rare began development of a prequel titled perfect dark zero for the nintendo gamecube but was purchased from nintendo by microsoft in two thousand two soon after it was announced that perfect dark zero would in fact be an xbox title later it was decided instead
triviaqa-qb_9242,the recreation ground kingsholm stadium and the memorial ground are all english venues for which sport,Sheffield_40,f c still play at the world s oldest football ground near the suburb of crosspool sheffield and hallam contest what has become known as the sheffield derby whilst united and wednesday contest the steel city derby sheffield also has close ties with snooker due to the fact that the city s crucible theatre is the venue for the world snooker championships the english squash open is also held there every year the international open bowls tournament is held in sheffield at ponds forge the city also boasts the sheffield eagles rugby league sheffield tigers rugby union sheffield sharks basketball sheffield steelers ice hockey and
triviaqa-jp_3142,what is the name for the outer layer of the earth,Climate_change_17,volcanism is a process of conveying material from the crust and mantle of the earth to its surface volcanic eruptions geysers and hot springs are examples of volcanic processes which release gases and forward slash or particulates into the atmosphere eruptions large enough to affect climate occur on average several times per century and cause cooling by partially blocking the transmission of solar radiation to the earth s surface for a period of a few years the eruption of mount pinatubo in nineteen hundred ninety one the second largest terrestrial eruption of the twentieth century after the nineteen hundred
triviaqa-jp_3497,what us state has the most coastline,Iron_Curtain_4,an analogue of the iron curtain the bamboo curtain surrounded the people s republic of china as the standoff between the west and the countries of the iron and bamboo curtains eased with the end of the cold war the term fell out of any but historical usage the short distance between russia and the u s state of alaska in the bering sea became known as the ice curtain during the cold war a field of cacti surrounding the u s naval station at guantanamo bay planted by cuba was occasionally termed the cactus curtain section two pre cold war
triviaqa-dpql_3982,who composed the music for billy elliot the musical,Scar_(The_Lion_King)_40,villain shere khan a tiger section one point four music scar sings the musical number be prepared written by songwriters elton john and tim rice while contemplating mufasa s death plot and bringing the hyenas along described as the film s darkest song a pompous fascistic paean to usurpers the musical sequence depicts the lion as a big cat fascist according to business insider in addition to loosely basing the character on adolf hitler to further
triviaqa-qw_12149,how long does it take to travel ten km at sixty kilometres per hour,Munich_134,with limited stops on dedicated tracks a magnetic levitation train called transrapid which was to have run at speeds of up to four hundred k m forward slash h two hundred forty nine mph from the central station to the airport in a travel time of ten minutes had been approved but was cancelled in march two thousand eight because of cost escalation and after heavy protests lufthansa opened its second hub at the airport when terminal two was opened in two thousand three
triviaqa-qw_13070,in twenty eight government in bhutan was changed from an absolute monarchy to what,Queen_Victoria_104,respectively are still widely admired they and others conclude that as a person victoria was emotional obstinate honest and straight talking through victoria s reign the gradual establishment of a modern constitutional monarchy in britain continued reforms of the voting system increased the power of the house of commons at the expense of the house of lords and the monarch in eighteen hundred sixty seven walter bagehot wrote that the monarch only retained the right to be consulted the right to encourage and the right to warn as victoria s monarchy became more symbolic than political
triviaqa-qb_5408,john curtin became prime minister of which country in nineteen forty one ,McGillicuddy_Serious_Party_32,mark servian k t julian a long time party deputy leader adrian holroyd cecil g murgatroyd who subsquently stood against australia prime minister bob hawke under the imperial british conservative party banner sam buchanan steve richards donna demente and penny bousfield section eight younger pretenders some of the party s original members were upset when their lifetime membership was cancelled in
triviaqa-sfq_16994,what is the term for the thousands of rocky or icy bodies orbiting the sun between jupiter and mars,Asteroid_belt_0,asteroid belt the asteroid belt is the region of the solar system located roughly between the orbits of the planets mars and jupiter it is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets the asteroid belt is also
triviaqa-sfq_9308,titan is a satellite of which planet,Titan_(moon)_0,titan moon titan template proneng or as ancient greek or saturn vi is the largest moon of saturn the only natural satellite known to have a dense atmosphere and the only object other than earth for which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found titan is the sixth ellipsoidal moon from saturn frequently described as a planet like moon titan has a diameter roughly fifty per cent larger than earth s moon and
triviaqa-qw_2164,what is the median of one three five six seven nine and five ,American_football_51,line in professional play and at the three yard line in college play numerals that display the yard lines in multiples of ten are placed along both sides of the field goalposts are at the center of the plane of each of the two end lines the crossbar of these posts is ten feet three meters above the ground with vertical uprights at the end of the crossbar eighteen feet six inches six m apart for professional and collegiate play and twenty three feet four inches seven m apart for high school play the uprights extend vertically ten yards
triviaqa-bb_5249,which nation in twenty fourteen saw the abdication of juan carlos and the ascension of felipe vi,Vittorio_Emanuele%2c_Prince_of_Naples_6,in the italian constitution that barred the male descendants of the house of savoy from setting foot in the italian republic was abolished permitting victor emmanuel to re enter the country after november ten on his first trip home in over half a century he and the princess of naples paid a courtesy call on pope john paul ii at the vatican on may twenty one two thousand four following a dinner held by king juan carlos i of spain on the eve of the wedding of his son felipe prince of asturias victor emmanuel punched his cousin and arch rival amadeo the duke of aosta
triviaqa-qb_9353,which planet in our solar system takes around one hundred sixty five earth years to orbit the sun,Mercury_(planet)_40,explanations considered included a slight oblateness of the sun the success of the search for neptune based on its perturbations of the orbit of uranus led astronomers to place great faith in this explanation and the hypothetical planet was even named vulcan however in the early twentieth century albert einstein s general theory of relativity provided the explanation for the observed precession the effect is very small the mercurian relativistic perihelion advance excess is just forty two ninety eight arcseconds per century therefore it requires a little over twelve million orbits for a full excess turn similar but much smaller effects operate for other planets being eight point six two arcseconds per century for venus three point eight four for earth one point three five for mars and ten point zero five for fifteen sixty six icarus section five point two spin orbit resonance
triviaqa-odql_2889,one of only two moons in our soar system larger than mercury which is the largest satellite of saturn,Saturn_4,not counting hundreds of moonlets within the rings titan saturn s largest and the solar system s second largest moon after jupiter s ganymede is larger than the planet mercury and is
triviaqa-sfq_19023,what is the fruit of a tree of the genus malus,Isaac_Newton_65,are claimed to be the apple tree which newton describes the king s school grantham claims that the tree was purchased by the school uprooted and transported to the headmaster s garden some years later the staff of the now national trust owned woolsthorpe manor dispute this and claim that a tree present in their gardens is the one described by newton a descendant of the original tree can be seen growing outside the main gate of trinity college cambridge below the room newton lived in when he studied there the national fruit collection at brogdale can supply grafts from their tree ref nineteen hundred forty eight to seven hundred twenty nine which appears identical to flower of kent a coarse fleshed cooking variety section seven
triviaqa-qf_792,who designed the queens wedding dress,Elizabeth_II_29,nineteen hundred forty seven at westminster abbey they received twenty five hundred wedding gifts from around the world because britain had not yet completely recovered from the devastation of the war elizabeth required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown which was designed by norman hartnell in post war britain it was not acceptable for the duke of edinburgh s german relations including his three surviving sisters to be invited to the wedding the duke of windsor formerly king edward viii was not invited either elizabeth gave birth to her first child prince
triviaqa-odql_9934,who was the renowned english botanist who accompanied capt james cook on his first voyage in seventeen sixty eight and is credited with introducing eucalyptus mimosa and acacia to europe,British_Empire_57,the british government turned to the newly discovered lands of australia the western coast of australia had been discovered for europeans by the dutch explorer willem jansz in sixteen hundred six and was later named new holland by the dutch east india company but there was no attempt to colonise it in seventeen hundred seventy james cook discovered the eastern coast of australia while on a scientific voyage to the south pacific ocean claimed the continent for britain and named it new south wales in seventeen hundred seventy eight joseph banks cook s botanist on the voyage presented evidence to the government on the suitability of botany bay for the
triviaqa-dpql_5358,calabrese is a variety of which vegetable of the cabbage family,Coleslaw_5,it includes cheese onion and has salad cream instead of mayonnaise another variant broccoli slaw uses shredded raw broccoli in place of the cabbage section three see also other slaws and similar dishes
triviaqa-qb_8277,in february one thousand nine hundred eighty seven which uk airline was privatised and listed on the london stock exchange,Montr%c3%a9al%e2%80%93Mirabel_International_Airport_22,section three airline service mirabel initially opened with service from local airlines air canada c p air and quebecair as well as airlines from more than fifteen countries including aer lingus aeroflot air france alitalia british airways csa el al iberia k l m lufthansa olympic airways sabena sas swissair and tap these airlines had their national country flags posted in front of the terminal on the inauguration of mirabel
triviaqa-sfq_6074,what was the codename for the german invasion of russia in nineteen forty one ,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_27,no agreement for soviet axis entry was ever reached section five wartime alliance nineteen hundred forty one to nineteen hundred forty five throughout world war ii the soviet nkvd s mole kim philby had access to high importance british mi six intelligence and passed it to the soviets on june twenty two nineteen hundred forty one germany broke the molotov ribbentrop pact with operation barbarossa the invasion of the soviet union through the territories that the two countries had previously divided stalin switched his cooperation from hitler to churchill britain and the soviets signed a formal alliance but
triviaqa-odql_8499,on a computer keyboard what symbol is shared with the key on which the number seven appears,Esperanto_31,j h sh and u respectively a more recent x convention has gained ground since the advent of computing this system replaces each diacritic with an x after the letter producing the six digraphs c x g x h x j x s x and ux there are computer keyboard layouts that support the esperanto alphabet and some systems use software that automatically substitutes
triviaqa-odql_11725,which island was home to odysseus,Tethys_(moon)_7,with a darker zone in between the western hemisphere of tethys is dominated by a huge impact crater called odysseus whose four hundred k m diameter is nearly two forward slash five of that of tethys itself the crater is now quite flat or more precisely it conforms to tethys spherical shape like the craters on callisto without the high ring mountains and central peaks commonly seen on the moon and mercury this is most likely due to the slumping of the weak tethyan icy crust over geologic time the second major feature seen on tethys is a huge valley called ithaca chasma
triviaqa-qg_1834,the first civilians executed for espionage in the united states for passing atomic bomb secrets to the soviets what couple were given the electric chair in nineteen fifty three ,Red_Scare_12,after its most famous supporter and namesake senator joseph mccarthy mccarthyism coincided with increased popular fear of communist espionage consequent to a soviet eastern europe the berlin blockade nineteen hundred forty eight to forty nine the chinese civil war the confessions of spying for the soviet union given by several high ranking u s government officials and the korean war section two point one internal causes of anti communist fear the events of the late nineteen hundred forties the trial of ethel and julius rosenberg the iron curtain nineteen hundred forty five to nineteen hundred ninety one around eastern europe and the soviet union s
triviaqa-qw_3257,what is the name of the dark nebula in the constellation orion that is approximately one thousand five hundred light years from earth,Hubble_Space_Telescope_92,image in two thousand one to celebrate the eleventh anniversary of the launch of hubble nasa polled internet users to find out what they would most like hubble to observe and they overwhelmingly selected the horsehead nebula four a heritage project image of the nebula was released on twenty four april two thousand one the eleventh anniversary of the launch section eight future nasa considers a repair mission by astronauts to be unreasonably dangerous and the general consensus is that a robotic mission would have virtually no chance of success without intervention h s t will re enter the earth s
triviaqa-qz_1670,which team beat american samoa thirty one in a qualifying match for the world cup but still failed to qualify,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_31,canada and tonga before winning one of the most competitive matches of the tournament against wales they defeated south africa a team they had never beaten at the world cup twenty nine to nine but lost again to australia twenty two to ten in the semi final in sydney afterwards mitchell was fired by the nzru and replaced by graham henry henry s tenure began with a double victory over reigning world champions england in two thousand four the two games had an aggregate score of seventy two to fifteen with the all blacks keeping england try less despite the winning start to henry s tenure the tri nations was a mixed success with two wins and two losses the competition was the
triviaqa-odql_7861,in which country will the two thousand nineteen rugby union world cup be played,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_50,marc ellis with most tries in a match six versus japan in nineteen hundred ninety five and grant fox with most points in one tournament one hundred twenty six in nineteen hundred eighty seven section four point three overall the all blacks have a positive win record against every nation they have played they have won three hundred fourteen of the four hundred twenty four matches played a win percentage of seventy four point zero six per cent see table by this measure the all blacks are the most successful international rugby union team in history when world rankings were introduced by the irb in october two thousand three the all blacks were ranked second in november
triviaqa-dpql_608,which one thousand nine hundred seventy six nobel laureate popularised monetarist theory,Ronald_Reagan_100,profit tax in nineteen hundred eighty eight which had previously increased dependence on foreign oil some economists such as nobel prize winners milton friedman and robert a mundell argue that reagan s tax policies invigorated america s economy and contributed to the economic boom of the nineteen hundred nineties other economists such as nobel prize winner robert solow argue that the deficits were a major reason why reagan s successor george h w bush reneged on a campaign promise and raised taxes during reagan s
triviaqa-bb_7930,in which war was the battle of bunker hill fought,George_Washington%27s_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River_1,seventeen hundred seventy six during the american revolutionary war was the first move in a surprise attack organized by george washington against the hessian forces in trenton new jersey planned in partial secrecy washington led a column of continental army troops across the icy delaware river in a logistically challenging and dangerous operation other planned crossings in support of the operation were either called off or ineffective but this did not prevent washington from successfully surprising and defeating the troops of johann rall quartered in trenton the army crossed the river back to pennsylvania this time burdened by prisoners and military stores taken as a result of the battle washington s army then crossed the river a third time at the end of the year
triviaqa-odql_4592,an american aided coup in chile in nineteen seventy three deposed which president,Cold_War_115,in chile the socialist party candidate salvador allende won the presidential election of nineteen hundred seventy becoming the first democratically elected marxist to become president of a country in the americas general augusto pinochet carried out a violent coup against the government on september eleven nineteen hundred seventy three and quickly consolidated all political power as a military dictator actions that were welcomed by the us allende s reforms of the economy were rolled back and leftist opponents were killed or detained in internment camps under the direccion de inteligencia nacional dina
triviaqa-jp_2516,what is the most popular ice cream flavor in america,Conventional_sex_3,that enjoys vanilla sex as well as other flavours of sex such as b d s m this is presumably coined in reference to neapolitan ice cream which has layers of different colors including a layer of vanilla flavour rather than being a reference to the inhabitants of naples vanilla sex may also be intended by the user to indicate caucasian in the stereotypical but unfounded belief that such cultures are less sexually adventurous and promiscuous than others generally speaking there is a much broader variance of sexual behavior within individual cultures than between them and no such stereotype holds up under scrutiny the term could also be used to refer to vaginal intercourse
triviaqa-qw_8893,how many us states border lake superior,Florida_Highway_Patrol_49,by the end of nineteen hundred forty four there were thirteen stations statewide in operation with mobile units in all the patrol cars monitoring services with the larger police departments were provided communication was established with georgia and alabama by placing receivers in stations along the borders which proved very beneficial for all three states section four point one war and the patrol when world war ii erupted in europe many troopers enlisted other troopers were called up for defense work because of the war it was hard to get and keep patrol officers the patrol s sworn officers were down to
triviaqa-qw_11324,in what country between the one thousand nine hundred fifty s and one thousand nine hundred eighty would one have found rusticated youth,Iron_Curtain_3,was the only country in europe to violently overthrow its communist regime table of contents section one analogous terms throughout the cold war the term curtain would become a common euphemism for boundaries minus physical or ideological minus between communist and capitalist states an analogue of the iron curtain the bamboo curtain surrounded the people s republic of china as the standoff between the west and the countries of
triviaqa-qb_3078,the hel peninsula is part of which european country,Lard_13,the partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in vegetable shortening chef and food writer rick bayless is a prominent proponent of the virtues of lard for certain types of cooking it is also again becoming popular in the united kingdom among aficionados of traditional british cuisine this led to a lard crisis in early two thousand six in which british demand for lard was not met due to demand by poland and hungary who had recently joined the european union for fatty cuts of pork that had served as an important source of lard
triviaqa-bb_6229,what often poisonous compound cn found in fruit seeds and stones named from greek for dark blue comprises carbon and nitrogen,Iapetus_(moon)_12,and the bright region is divided into roncevaux terra north of the equator and saragossa terra south of it the original dark material is believed to have come from outside iapetus but now it consists principally of lag from the sublimation of ice from the warmer areas of iapetus s surface it contains organic compounds similar to the substances found in primitive meteorites or on the surfaces of comets earth based observations have shown it to be carbonaceous and it probably includes cyano compounds such as frozen hydrogen cyanide polymers on september ten
triviaqa-bb_7175,who was the first reigning british monarch to make an official visit to the usa,George_VI_0,george vi george vi albert frederick arthur george fourteen december eighteen hundred ninety five minus six february nineteen hundred fifty two was king of the united kingdom and the dominions of the british commonwealth from eleven december nineteen hundred thirty six until his death he was the last emperor of india and the first head of the commonwealth as the second son of king george v
triviaqa-sfq_18559,what element is the main constituent of anthracite,Hydrochloric_acid_33,of living bone material specialized bone resorbing cells called osteoclasts also produce hydrochloric acid to dissolve bone hydrogen ions react with carbonated hydroxyapatite the main mineral in bone and break it down into ca two plus h three po four h two co three and water section five point two chemical weapons phosgene cocl two was a common chemical warfare agent used in world war i the main effect of phosgene results from the dissolution of the gas in the mucous membranes deep in the lung where it is converted by hydrolysis into carbonic
triviaqa-bt_805,born in nineteen seventy which female has been a presenter on the tv shows the big breakfast and live kicking,Chris_Moyles_6,within the year moyles was promoted to a saturday breakfast then saturday mid morning slot from one zero am one pm after standing in regularly for kevin greening and zoe ball on the radio one breakfast show moyles s next promotion came in october nineteen hundred ninety eight when he took control of the drivetime show from four five four five pm the show was extended to three five four five pm in february two thousand one moyles has been joined on the air throughout the years by different producers broadcast assistants newsreaders and from nineteen hundred ninety eight by his sidekick david comedy
triviaqa-sfq_10097,which english football team has played home games at st andrews stadium since one thousand nine hundred six ,Norwich_City_F.C%2e_16,for the first time since the nineteen hundred sixties worthington avoided the threat of relegation and the following season led city to a playoff final at the millennium stadium which norwich lost against birmingham city on penalties the two thousand three to four campaign saw the club win the first division title finishing eight points clear of second placed west brom f c and returned to the top flight for the first time since nineteen hundred ninety five for much of the two thousand four to five season however the club struggled and despite beating manchester united two to zero and newcastle united two to one towards the end of the season a last day six to zero defeat away to fulham condemned them to
triviaqa-qw_10186,john and david lloyd represented great britain in the early one thousand nine hundred seventy s at what sport,Women%27s_squash_in_Australia_1,hockey horse racing squash table tennis and shooting during the nineteen hundred fifties australian women competed in squash at the empire games one player who had success at these games was heather mckay some of the best known australian squash players include heather blundell mckay during blundell mckay s squash career she only lost twice she won the british amateur title seven times starting in nineteen hundred sixty two and she won the australian championship eight times starting in nineteen hundred sixty in nineteen hundred sixty there was a mass demonstration of the sport at a school in roseville new south wales where female students learned a number of skills including the forehand drive in
triviaqa-jp_4221,what king is the most mentioned person in the bible after jesus,Jesus_32,his gospel with the genealogy of jesus before giving an account of jesus birth he traces jesus ancestry to abraham through david luke three twenty two a m discusses the genealogy after describing the baptism of jesus when the voice from heaven addresses jesus and identifies him as the son of god luke traces jesus ancestry through adam to god the nativity is a prominent element in the gospel of luke comprising over ten percent of the text and being three times as long as matthew s nativity text luke s
triviaqa-qw_2610,who won a nobel prize in nineteen eighteen for his law of radiation and is the originator of quantum theory,Quantum_optics_2,the study of the nature and effects of light as quantized photons the first indication that light might be quantized came from max planck in eighteen hundred ninety nine when he correctly modelled blackbody radiation by assuming that the exchange of energy between light and matter only occurred in discrete amounts he called quanta it was unknown whether the source of this discreteness was the matter or the light in nineteen hundred five albert einstein published the theory of the photoelectric effect it appeared that the only possible explanation for the effect was the existence of particles of light called photons later niels bohr showed that the
triviaqa-sfq_10702,the naval battle of coronel took place during which war,Battle_of_the_Somme_0,battle of the somme the battle of the somme also known as the somme offensive fought from july to november nineteen hundred sixteen was among the largest battles of the first world war with more than one point five million casualties it is also one of the bloodiest military operations recorded the allied forces attempted to break through the german lines along a one two mile nineteen k m front north and south of the river somme in northern france one purpose of the battle was to draw german forces away from the battle of verdun however by its end the
triviaqa-sfq_8809,which metal is obtained from the mineral ore haematite,Neuschwanstein_Castle_126,iii two eighty four k g six point three l b found june two thousand three on the austrian side near reutte the meteorite is classified as an enstatite chondrite with unusually large proportions of pure iron twenty nine per cent enstatite and the extremely rare mineral sinoite si two n two o section seven panoramas section eight notes section nine references section ten sources
triviaqa-odql_12237,in which city was king george ii born,House_of_Hanover_1,george i and george ii were from hanover in what is now germany the hanoverians were descended from henry the lion and were thus members of the ancient welf dynasty holders of the british crown also served as electors of hanover see personal union beginning in eighteen hundred fourteen when hanover was made into a kingdom the british monarch also served jointly as king of hanover the thrones of the united kingdom and hanover diverged in eighteen hundred thirty seven as the throne of hanover unlike that of the u k was under the salic law and so did not pass to queen victoria and
triviaqa-bt_3539,in which county is leeds castle,Sheerness_14,borough council as of the two thousand seven local elections three of those seats were held by the labour party and one by the sheppey first party swale borough council is responsible for running local services such as recreation refuse collection and council housing kent county council is responsible for education social services and trading standards both councils are involved in town planning and road maintenance from eighteen hundred ninety four to nineteen hundred sixty eight sheerness formed its own local government district sheerness urban district and lay within the administrative county of kent over much of the past century the labour party has received the most support
triviaqa-jp_3260,what is either a city in germany or a type of fragrance,Munich_125,people the others being berlin hamburg and cologne the city is also the economic centre of southern germany the initiative neue soziale marktwirtschaft insm new social market economy and the wirtschaftswoche business weekly magazine awarded munich the top score in their comparative survey for the third time in june two thousand six munich topped the ranking of the magazine capital in february two thousand five for the economic prospects between two thousand two and twenty eleven
triviaqa-bb_4648,ss ancon was the first ship to navigate what single vowelled passage on fifteen august one thousand nine hundred fourteen ,SS_Ohioan_(1914)_9,boilers that drove a single screw propeller at a speed of twelve knots twenty two k m forward slash h section two early career when ohioan began sailing for american hawaiian the company shipped cargo from east coast ports via the straits of magellan to west coast ports and hawaii and vice versa eastbound shipments were primarily sugar and pineapple from hawaii but westbound cargoes were more general in nature following the opening of the panama canal on fifteen august nineteen hundred fourteen american hawaiian ships switched to take that route as
triviaqa-qw_4906,where was the siege of the alamo,Davy_Crockett_6,each man was promised about four thousand six hundred five acres nineteen kmsquare of land as payment on six february eighteen hundred thirty six crockett and about a dozen remaining men rode into san antonio de bexar section three texas revolution he took part in the battle of the alamo february twenty three minus march six eighteen hundred thirty six and was assigned to defend the south palisade in front of the chapel the texas forces of
triviaqa-qb_304,which british prime minister said of downing street one of the most precious jewels in the national heritage,Ronald_Reagan_219,this time in the british capital of london outside the american embassy grosvenor square the unveiling was supposed to be attended by reagan s wife nancy but she did not attend former secretary of state condoleezza rice took her place and read a statement on her behalf further to the former first lady s absence president reagan s friend and the british prime minister during reagan s presidency baroness thatcher was also unable to attend due to frail health
triviaqa-qg_1739,the world cup opens on friday which country is hosting this year,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_47,two world cup the all blacks have won the world cup once in the nineteen hundred eighty seven inaugural competition held in new zealand and australia in nineteen hundred ninety one they lost their semi final to australia before winning the playoff for third in nineteen hundred ninety five they improved by reaching the final before losing in extra time to hosts south africa however controversy surrounds the final with many suspecting the all blacks were poisoned one their worst world cup was their fourth place in nineteen
triviaqa-qb_8111,tallahassee is the capital of which us state,Florida_Highway_Patrol_1,department of highway safety and motor vehicles table of contents section one organization the department of highway safety and motor vehicles is a cabinet agency which reports to the governor and the florida cabinet the dhsmv s headquarters is located in the neil kirkman building tallahassee florida electra theodorides bustle is the executive director of d h s m v mister david westberry serves as deputy executive director the director of the florida highway patrol christopher allen knight holds the rank of colonel it has five separate bureaus the bureau of investigations is commanded by a major while the other four bureaus are each commanded by a deputy director a lt
triviaqa-sfq_18989,george lansbury et al founded which newspaper in nineteen twelve ,George_Lansbury_3,except for a short period of doubt sustained him through his life elected to parliament in nineteen hundred ten he resigned his seat in nineteen hundred twelve to campaign for women s suffrage and was briefly imprisoned after publicly supporting militant action in nineteen hundred twelve lansbury helped to establish the daily herald newspaper and became its editor throughout the first world war the paper maintained a strongly pacifist stance and supported the october nineteen hundred seventeen russian revolution these positions contributed to lansbury s failure to be elected to parliament in nineteen hundred eighteen he devoted himself to local
triviaqa-sfq_19768,inone thousand nine hundred eighteen women over what age were given the right to vote,United_States_Senate_17,as a result three individuals that were constitutionally disqualified due to age were admitted to the senate twenty nine year old henry clay eighteen hundred six and twenty eight year olds armistead mason eighteen hundred sixteen and john eaton eighteen hundred eighteen such an occurrence however has not been repeated since in nineteen hundred thirty four rush holt was elected to the senate at the age of twenty nine he waited until he turned thirty to take the oath of office likewise joseph biden was elected to the senate shortly before his thirtieth birthday in nineteen hundred seventy two he had passed his thirtieth birthday by the time the senate conducted its swearing in ceremony for that year s electees in january nineteen hundred
triviaqa-jp_1979,what is the japanese word for japan,Toilets_in_Japan_62,including toilet paper a toilet brush a sink etcetera however there are some japan specific accessories that are rarely found outside of japan section four point one the sound princess many japanese women are embarrassed at the thought that someone else can hear them while they are doing their business on the toilet a condition known as paruresis to cover the sound of bodily functions many women flushed
triviaqa-jp_232,what country became democratic after the death of generalsimo franco,Same-sex_marriage_in_Spain_1,socialist government led by president jose luis rodriguez zapatero began a campaign for its legalization which would include adoption by same sex couples after much debate a law permitting same sex marriage was passed by the cortes generales spain s bicameral parliament composed of the senate and the congress of deputies on thirty june two thousand five and published on two july two thousand five same sex marriage officially became legal in spain on sunday three july two thousand five the ratification of this law has not
triviaqa-qf_590,in which month of one thousand nine hundred twenty nine did the st valentines day massacre take place,Queen_Victoria_69,the prince of wales contracted typhoid fever the disease that was believed to have killed his father and victoria was fearful her son would die as the tenth anniversary of her husband s death approached her son s condition grew no better and victoria s distress continued to general rejoicing he pulled through mother and son attended a public parade through london and a grand service of thanksgiving in saint paul s cathedral on twenty seven february eighteen hundred seventy two and republican feeling subsided on the last day of february eighteen hundred seventy two two days
triviaqa-dpql_1648,which composers operas are famously staged in the town of bayreuth say bye royt,Munich_93,weber richard wagner gustav mahler richard strauss max reger and carl orff with the munich biennale founded by hans werner henze and the a devantgarde festival the city still contributes to modern music theatre the nationaltheater where several of richard wagner s operas had their premieres under the patronage of ludwig ii of bavaria is the home of the bavarian state opera and the bavarian state orchestra next
triviaqa-sfq_5135,of which european country is fado the national music,European_Economic_Community_28,nineteen hundred seventy three with the accession of denmark ireland and the united kingdom greece spain and portugal joined in the nineteen hundred eighties following the creation of the eu in nineteen hundred ninety three it has enlarged to include a further fifteen countries by two thousand seven member states are represented in some form in each institution the council is also composed of one national minister who represents their national government each state also has a right to one european commissioner each although in the european commission they are not supposed to represent their national interest but that of the
triviaqa-wh_3298,comprising around two thirds of the earths mass what is found between the core of the earth and its crust,Mercury_(planet)_11,estimate that mercury s core occupies about forty two per cent of its volume for earth this proportion is seventeen per cent recent research strongly suggests mercury has a molten core surrounding the core is a six hundred k m mantle it is generally thought that early in mercury s history a giant impact with a body several hundred kilometers across stripped the planet of much of its original mantle material resulting in the relatively thin mantle compared to the sizable core alternative theories are discussed below mercury s crust is thought to be one hundred to two hundred k m thick one distinctive feature of mercury s surface are numerous narrow ridges some extending over several hundred kilometers it is
triviaqa-tb_1946,in genetics who is the woman who lived approximately one hundred ninety two hundred years ago and who was the most recent woman from whom all living humans today descend,Mitochondrial_Eve_1,only from one s mother this finding implies that all living humans have a female line of descent from a woman whom researchers have dubbed mitochondrial eve based on the molecular clock technique of correlating elapsed time with observed genetic drift eve is believed to have lived about one hundred fifty thousand years ago one hundred forty eight thousand b c phylogeny suggests she lived in africa table of contents section one importance of eve although she was named after the biblical eve mitochondrial eve was not the sole living human female of her day as many as
triviaqa-jp_2191,who is the only english king to abdicate voluntarily,George_VI_30,eleven december nineteen hundred thirty six edward viii abdicated in order to marry his mistress wallis simpson who was divorced from her first husband and divorcing her second edward had been advised by british prime minister stanley baldwin that he could not remain king and marry a divorced woman with two living ex husbands edward chose abdication in preference to abandoning his marriage plans thus albert became king a position he was reluctant to accept the day before the abdication he went to london to see his mother queen mary he wrote in his diary
triviaqa-qb_7640,la marcha real the royal march is the national anthem of which country,Same-sex_marriage_in_Spain_25,king of spain gave his royal assent to law thirteen forward slash two thousand five on one july two thousand five the law non religious
triviaqa-sfq_17941,who succeeded nelson mandela as south african president,Race_Against_Time%3a_Searching_for_Hope_in_AIDS-Ravaged_Africa_24,in the case of governments and donating profits in the case of businesses several reviewers noted that the book could be used as an effective tool to educate about the hiv forward slash aids crisis and the plight of the people of sub saharan africa an article in the new york times in october two thousand five reported on the book s criticism of south africa government singling out president thabo mbeki and health minister manto tshabalala msimang lewis claimed that the south african programs were half hearted and confusing a spokesperson for the health ministry characterized lewis as a biased and uninformed judge of south africa s
triviaqa-bb_113,dame ninette de valois the eminent ballet teacher director and founder of the royal ballet and birmingham royal ballet was born in which country,George_V_51,princess marie louise and princess helena victoria of schleswig holstein dropped their territorial designations in letters patent gazetted on eleven december nineteen hundred seventeen the king restricted the style his or her royal highness and the titular dignity of prince or princess of great britain and ireland to the children of the sovereign the children of the sons of the sovereign and the eldest living son of the eldest living son of a prince of wales the letters patent also stated that the titles of
triviaqa-sfq_14380,in greek mythology which of the olympian gods was the goddess of fertility agriculture horticulture grain and harvest,Greek_mythology_55,the second type tales of punishment involves the appropriation or invention of some important cultural artifact as when prometheus steals fire from the gods when tantalus steals nectar and ambrosia from zeus table and gives it to his own subjects revealing to them the secrets of the gods when prometheus or lycaon invents sacrifice when demeter teaches agriculture and the mysteries to triptolemus or when marsyas invents the aulos and enters into a musical contest with apollo ian morris considers prometheus adventures as a place between the
triviaqa-qb_650,what is the name of the jewish spring festival which celebrates the exodus of the israelites from egypt,Jesus_18,ad acts as an upper bound for the date of crucifixion the dates for paul s conversion and ministry can be determined by analyzing paul s epistles and the book of acts astronomers since isaac newton have tried to estimate the precise date of the crucifixion by analyzing lunar motion and calculating historic dates of passover a festival based on the lunisolar hebrew calendar the most widely accepted dates derived from this method are april seven thirty ad and
triviaqa-qz_6834,how many us states are prefixed by the word new,United_States_Congress_24,foreign nations and among the states coin money establish post offices and post roads issue patents and copyrights fix standards of weights and measures establish courts inferior to the supreme court raise and maintain the armed forces declare war and make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers there are additional powers other parts of the constitution grant for instance congress has the power to admit new states to the union article four other powers have been granted or confirmed by constitutional amendments congress has the power to break deadlocks in the electoral college if no presidential candidate achieves an electoral majority the house may elect the president from the three candidates with the highest numbers of electoral votes
triviaqa-jp_3651,what national capital is less than one hundred kilometers from tallinn,Tallinn_33,aland finland saint petersburg russia rostock germany the most popular passenger lines connect tallinn to helsinki approximately eighty kilometres north of tallinn in less than one hour and twenty minutes by hydrofoil or four hours by conventional ferry the fares are reasonably priced section ten partner cities tallinn participates in international town twinning schemes to foster good international relations partners include united kingdom minus dartford united kingdom united states minus los gatos california
triviaqa-bb_3834,what common chemical compound type including many natural fats and essential oils results from replacing the hydrogen of an acid by an alkyl or other organic group,Zinc_86,likely due to the natural buildup of this heavy metal in the prostate section six point five use in organic chemistry there are many important organozinc compounds organozinc chemistry is the science of organozinc compounds describing their physical properties synthesis and reactions among important applications is the frankland duppa reaction in which an oxalate ester rococoor reacts with an alkyl halide rx zinc and hydrochloric acid to the hydroxycarboxylic esters rrcohcoor the
triviaqa-sfq_8071,which chemical element atomic number seventy four used to be called wolfram,Yttrium_23,expected to be less stable than their ground state seven eight my eight four my eight five my nine six my nine eight m one y one zero zero my and one zero two my have longer half lives than their ground states as these isomers decay by beta decay rather than isomeric transition section two history in seventeen hundred eighty seven army lieutenant and part time chemist carl axel arrhenius found a heavy black rock in an old quarry near the swedish village of ytterby now part of the stockholm archipelago thinking that it was an unknown mineral containing the newly discovered element tungsten he named it ytterbite and sent samples to
triviaqa-dpql_481,which p shot the arrow that killed achilles by striking him on his heel,Greek_mythology_81,the consequent deaths in battle of achilles friend patroclus and priam s eldest son hector after hector s death the trojans were joined by two exotic allies penthesilea queen of the amazons and memnon king of the ethiopians and son of the dawn goddess eos achilles killed both of these but paris then managed to kill achilles with an arrow before they could take troy the greeks had to steal from the citadel the wooden image of pallas athena the palladium finally with athena s help they built the trojan horse despite the warnings of priam s
triviaqa-bb_779,what colour is the inner ring of an olympic archery target,Green_and_golden_bell_frog_14,a creamy white or pale yellow stripe bordered above with gold and below with black extends from behind the eye across the tympanum to the groin this stripe rises to form a dorso lateral fold towards the groin another stripe of the same colour begins below the eye and continues to the shoulder the abdomen is cream or white and has a coarsely granular texture the legs are green bronze or a combination of both and the inside thigh and groin are blue green males develop a yellowish colouration to the vocal sac on the throat when mature the pupil is restricted to a horizontal slit
triviaqa-qf_3252,what does a tadpole become,Green_and_golden_bell_frog_11,the green and golden bell frog was found in the brickpit the tennis courts were built at another location and the population has been monitored since its discovery the green and golden bell frog has become an unofficial mascot for the homebush bay area the green and golden bell frog occurs on two islands off the east coast of australia broughton island off port stephens and bowen island at jervis bay it has been introduced to new zealand where it has become common and to the pacific islands of new caledonia and new hebrides section three physical description the green and golden bell frog is a large
triviaqa-sfq_2198,in nineteen eighty six the prime minister of which european country was assassinated while returning home from the cinema,Edward_VII_54,in appointing a prime minister on foreign soil instead of returning to britain in june nineteen hundred eight edward became the first reigning british monarch to visit the russian empire despite refusing to visit in nineteen hundred six when anglo russian relations were strained in the aftermath of the russo japanese war the dogger bank incident and the tsar s dissolution of the duma the previous month edward visited the scandinavian countries becoming the first british monarch to visit sweden section seven political opinions edward involved himself heavily in discussions over army
triviaqa-qz_3392,true or false sharks do not blink,Blue_whale_5,as a further separate subspecies in the indian ocean but it is most likely that these blue whales are pygmy blue whales and this designation does not therefore have a listing in the red list of threatened species both subdivisions are still questioned by some scientists genetic analysis may yet show there are just two true subspecies the specific name musculus is latin and could mean muscular but it can also be interpreted as little mouse linnaeus who named the species in his seminal work of seventeen hundred fifty eight would have known this and given his sense of humour may have intended the ironic double meaning
triviaqa-qw_14421,what name is given to the declaration of aims and policies of a political party before an election,Parliament_Acts_1911_and_1949_17,were mentioned in the government s manifesto dates from this time salisbury believed that since in being returned to power the government was given a clear mandate for the policies proposed in its manifesto it would be improper for the lords to frustrate such legislation acts passed under the parliament act display an modified form of enacting formula the usual enacting formula
triviaqa-jp_4308,with what country did the united states re establish diplomatic relations in twenty fifteen ,Namibia_25,section three point two foreign relations namibia follows a largely independent foreign policy with lingering affiliations with states that aided the independence struggle including libya and cuba with a small army and a fragile economy the namibian government s principal foreign policy concern is developing strengthened ties within the southern african region a dynamic member of the southern african development community namibia is a vocal advocate for greater regional integration namibia became the one hundred sixtieth member of the united nations on twenty three april nineteen hundred ninety on its independence it became the fiftieth member of the commonwealth
triviaqa-bb_5274,in october two thousand fourteen hudhud was a catastrophic what affecting parts of india and nepal earthquake cyclone influenza or computer virus,2006_Atlantic_hurricane_season_5,and the steady presence of a robust secondary high pressure area to the azores high centered around bermuda all factors known to inhibit tropical cyclone activity contributed to a slow season there were no tropical cyclones after october two
triviaqa-sfq_17940,in which north american city would you find a baseball team called theblue jays,Old_City_Hall_(Toronto)_2,first floor exterior when it opened on september eighteen eighteen hundred ninety nine it was the largest building in toronto and the largest municipal building in north america toronto city council moved to the new city hall in nineteen hundred sixty five and soon after plans were made to start construction of the eaton centre the original plans called for old city hall to be knocked down and replaced by a number of skyscrapers leaving only the cenotaph or in one plan the clock tower in the front
triviaqa-sfq_10701,in popular music how is paul hewson better known,U2_9,notice board in search of musicians for a new band six people responded setting up in his kitchen mullen was on drums with paul hewson bono on lead vocals david evans the edge and his older brother dik evans on guitar adam clayton a friend of the evans brothers on bass guitar and initially ivan mccormick and peter martin two other friends of mullen mullen later described it as the larry mullen band for about ten minutes then bono walked in and blew any chance i had of being in charge soon after the group settled on the name feedback because it was one of
triviaqa-sfq_24964,in which uk county is lydd airport,Sheerness_14,borough council as of the two thousand seven local elections three of those seats were held by the labour party and one by the sheppey first party swale borough council is responsible for running local services such as recreation refuse collection and council housing kent county council is responsible for education social services and trading standards both councils are involved in town planning and road maintenance from eighteen hundred ninety four to nineteen hundred sixty eight sheerness formed its own local government district sheerness urban district and lay within the administrative county of kent over much of the past century the labour party has received the most support
triviaqa-qb_3029,a craniotomy is the surgical removal of a portion of which part of the human body,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_33,requires a craniotomy opening of the skull to locate the aneurysm followed by the placement of clips around the neck of the aneurysm coiling is performed through the large blood vessels endovascularly a catheter is inserted into the femoral artery in the groin and advanced through the aorta to the arteries both carotid arteries and both vertebral arteries that supply the brain when the aneurysm has been located platinum coils are deployed that cause a blood clot to form in the aneurysm obliterating it the decision as to which treatment is undertaken is typically made by a multidisciplinary team consisting of a
triviaqa-jp_3690,in what country did bossa nova music originate,Caetano_Veloso_2,teles velloso seu zeca a government official and claudionor viana teles velloso dona cano a housewife he was born in the city of santo amaro da purificacao in bahia a state in the northeastern area of brazil but moved to salvador the state capital as a college student in the mid one nine hundred sixties soon after the move veloso won a music contest and was signed to his first label he became one of the founders of tropicalismo with a group of several other musicians and artists including his sister maria bethania in the same period however the brazilian government at the time viewed veloso s music and
triviaqa-qw_15677,zirconium hafnium and rutherfordium are elements in the same group in the periodic table of elements and transition metals what is the fourth member of this group,Titanium_0,titanium titanium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol ti and atomic number twenty two it is a light strong lustrous corrosion resistant including resistance to sea water and chlorine transition metal with a white silvery metallic color titanium is used in strong light weight alloys most notably with iron and aluminum and its most common compound titanium dioxide is used in white pigments this element occurs in numerous minerals with the main sources being rutile and ilmenite
triviaqa-qb_8916,which city is the de facto capital of the european union,European_Economic_Community_45,the european community pillar covered the following areas section six see also brussels and the european union delors commission european commission european customs information portal ecip european institutions in strasbourg history of the european communities nineteen hundred fifty eight to nineteen hundred seventy two
triviaqa-sfq_17151,which country won the mens football gold medal at the two thousand twelve olympics,2012_phenomenon_106,hits include two thousand twelve it aint the end two thousand ten performed by jay sean and till the world ends two thousand eleven performed by britney spears in february two thousand twelve american automotive company g m aired an advertisement during the annual super bowl football game in which a group of friends drive chevrolet silverados through the ruins of human civilization following the twenty twelve apocalypse when the whereabouts of one of their friends is queried it is revealed that he died because he drove a ford in two thousand eleven the mexico tourism board stated its intentions to use
triviaqa-qb_4550,what is the longest river in canada,Canada_64,are divided by the bay of fundy which experiences the world s largest tidal variations ontario and hudson bay dominate central canada west of ontario the broad flat canadian prairies spread toward the rocky mountains which separate them from british columbia in western canada the mackenzie river flows from the great slave lake to the arctic ocean a tributary of a tributary of the mackenzie is the south nahanni river which is home to virginia falls a waterfall about twice as high as niagara falls northern canadian
triviaqa-dpql_1965,what colour is pistachio flavoured ice cream,Durian_1,the fruit can grow up to thirty centimetres twelve in long and fifteen centimetres six in in diameter and typically weighs one to three kilograms two to seven l b its shape ranges from oblong to round the colour of its husk green to brown and its flesh pale yellow to red depending on the species the edible flesh emits a distinctive odour strong and penetrating even when the husk is intact regarded by some as fragrant others as overpowering and offensive the smell evokes reactions from deep appreciation to intense disgust the odour has led to the
triviaqa-odql_2,which chinese games name literally means in english little sparrow,Outline_of_chess_72,or games involving an artistic layout such as mahjong solitaire or some video games board game game in which counters or championship eighteen hundred
triviaqa-wh_2747,which president of the usa has daughters named malia ann and natasha or more famously sasha,Barack_Obama_109,requests to date they began dating later that summer became engaged in nineteen hundred ninety one and were married on october three nineteen hundred ninety two the couple s first daughter malia ann was born on july four nineteen hundred ninety eight followed by a second daughter natasha sasha on june ten two thousand one the obama daughters attended the private university of chicago laboratory schools when they moved to washington d c in january two thousand nine the girls started at the private sidwell friends school the obamas have a portuguese water dog named bo a gift from senator ted kennedy applying the
triviaqa-bb_7728,who at two thousand eight plays doctor gregory house in the tv series house,Pilot_(House)_1,house the episode premiered on the fox network on november sixteen two thousand four it introduces the character of doctor gregory house played by hugh laurie a maverick antisocial doctor and his team of diagnosticians at the fictional princeton plainsboro teaching hospital in new jersey the episode features house s attempts to diagnose a kindergarten teacher after she collapses in class house was created by david shore who got the idea for the curmudgeonly title character from a doctor s visit initially producer bryan singer wanted an american to play house but british actor
triviaqa-bt_3661,what was moses elder brother called,The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_30,aaronic priesthood and the melchizedek priesthood the aaronic priesthood also called the levitical priesthood is considered to be a lesser priesthood tracing its roots to aaron the brother of moses through john the baptist joseph smith jr and oliver cowdery said that they received this priesthood on may fifteen eighteen hundred twenty nine when they were ordained by john the baptist in eighteen hundred thirty five smith and cowdery clarified that this authority was the aaronic or levitical priesthood the melchizedek priesthood or the holy priesthood after the order of the son of god is recognized as a higher order of priesthood or the high priesthood and traces its roots to melchizedek who was such a great high priest
triviaqa-qb_9423,the formula one sepang international circuit is in which country,Bintulu_29,engineering electrical and electronic engineering bintulu is also home of sarawak first and only flying academy gulf golden international flying academy ggifa is the one of only two of seven flying academy in malaysia which have college status it currently has more than one hundred cadet pilots in the college section four transportation air links bintulu is accessible by air and road the completion of the pan borneo highway has connected bintulu by road to
triviaqa-odql_3223,who was the founder of the mormon church,The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_4,gordon b hinckley section one point one early history the church of jesus christ of latter day saints was organized in fayette new york on april six eighteen hundred thirty under the leadership of joseph smith jr smith was raised in northwestern new york where he reported a number of heavenly visions and visitations by angels according to his own account while he was an adolescent during the early eighteen hundred twenties smith saw god the father and jesus christ in what is known as the first vision smith also said he was told where to find an ancient record referred to as the golden plates from an angel named moroni and dictated a translation of those plates which he published in eighteen hundred thirty as the book of mormon
triviaqa-qw_7807,players form scrums in which sport,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_52,is as follows section five players section five point one current squad the squad for the two thousand seven rugby world cup there are only twenty nine players named
triviaqa-dpql_3627,what literally means submission to god in arabic,Martin_Luther_134,wrote a prayer for national deliverance from the turks asking god to give to our emperor perpetual victory over our enemies in fifteen forty two luther read a latin translation of the quran he went on to produce several critical pamphlets on the islamic faith which he called mohammedanism or the turk though luther saw the muslim faith as a tool of the devil he was indifferent to its practice let the turk believe and live as he will just as one lets the papacy and other false christians live he opposed banning the publication of the quran wanting it exposed to
triviaqa-jp_722,what english city was originally built by the romans as a spa in sixty ad,Longest_word_in_English_22,was invalidated by the international code of zoological nomenclature aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic at fifty two letters describing the spa waters at bath england is attributed to doctor edward strother sixteen hundred seventy five to seventeen hundred thirty seven the word is composed of the following elements aequeo equal latin aequo salino containing salt latin salinus calcalino calcium latin calx ceraceo
triviaqa-tc_1340,in which country was the first permanent bungee jumping site situated,Zorbing_1,some operators have constructed inflatable wooden or metal ramps there are two types of orbs harnessed and non harnessed non harness orbs carry up to three riders while the harness orbs are constructed for one to two riders double harness spheres have different slope requirements and must only be operated in specific locations the longer runs are approximately half a mile the first zorbing site was established in rotorua new zealand by david and andrew akers table of contents section one history hamster balls hard plastic single layer spheres made for small rodent
triviaqa-odql_6828,aboard which ship did japan sign the surrender at the end of world war ii,USS_Missouri_(BB-63)_0,uss missouri b b six three the third uss missouri b b six three mighty mo or big mo is a u s navy battleship notable as the final battleship to be built by the united states the second to last in the world after h m s vanguard and the site of the japanese surrender at the end of world war ii she was one of the iowa class fast battleship designs planned in nineteen hundred thirty eight by the preliminary design branch at the bureau of construction and repair missouri was ordered on twelve june nineteen hundred forty and her keel was
triviaqa-qg_3338,what seattle weekly cartoonist was forced to go into hiding last week after major asshat imam anwar al awlaki issued a fatwa suggesting she be killed for her everybody draw muhammed day,YouTube_39,draw mohammed day pakistan again blocked access to youtube citing growing sacrilegious content on january twenty four twenty ten libya blocked access to youtube after it featured videos of demonstrations in the libyan city of benghazi by families of detainees who were killed in abu salim prison in nineteen hundred ninety six and videos of family members of libyan leader muammar al gaddafi at parties the blocking was criticized by human rights watch some schools have blocked access to youtube citing the inability to determine what sort of video material might be accessed by students youtube was awarded
triviaqa-sfq_24275,what is the capital city of saudi arabia,History_of_Saudi_Arabia_22,section five nineteen hundred zeros to nineteen hundred forties the third saudi state was founded by the late king ibn saud of saudi arabia in nineteen hundred two ibn saud captured riyadh the al saud dynasty s ancestral capital from the rival al rashid family continuing his conquests abdul aziz subdued al hasa the rest of nejd and the hejaz between nineteen hundred thirteen and nineteen hundred twenty six boundaries with jordan iraq and kuwait were established by a series of treaties negotiated in the nineteen hundred twenties with two neutral zones created one with iraq and the other with kuwait on january
triviaqa-odql_12299,in which part of the human body would you find the sphenoid bone,Deinosuchus_37,the reconstructed skull became the best known specimen of deinosuchus and brought public attention to this giant crocodilian for the first time numerous additional specimens of deinosuchus were discovered over the next several decades most were quite fragmentary but they expanded knowledge of the giant predator s geographic range as noted by christopher a brochu the osteoderms are distinctive enough that even bone granola can adequately confirm the presence of deinosuchus better cranial material was also found by two thousand two
triviaqa-bt_4354,which tube station stands at the northern end of the piccadilly line,Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London_44,south to connect to the c and s l r at kennington in conjunction with a reconstruction of the c and s l r and its nineteen hundred twenty six extension from clapham common to morden the c l r was extended to ealing broadway in nineteen hundred twenty permission for an extension of the line to richmond was obtained in nineteen hundred thirteen and again in nineteen hundred twenty but was not used later during nineteen hundred thirty two and nineteen hundred thirty three the piccadilly tube was extended at both ends in the north from finsbury park to cockfosters and in the west from hammersmith
triviaqa-bb_7027,the globally popular tv franchiseseries relaunched by chris evans and matt leblanc is,Chris_Moyles_32,that moyles was looking to relaunch his television career rumours suggested that he had been offered his own show by itv moyles has spoken of a desire to transfer the format of his radio show to the stage but otherwise has thus far stayed clear of a conventional t v format moyles played himself in an episode of the drama hotel babylon which aired on fifteen february two thousand seven and appeared on a celebrity version of dale s supermarket sweep that broadcast on the same day he has appeared as a guest on numerous british television shows including the ninth series of top gear the charlotte church show the f word the friday night project richard and judy
triviaqa-sfq_4719,what was queen victorias first christian name,Queen_Victoria_0,queen victoria victoria alexandrina victoria twenty four may eighteen hundred nineteen minus twenty two january nineteen hundred one was the monarch of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland from twenty june eighteen hundred thirty seven until her death from one may eighteen hundred seventy six she used the additional title of empress of india victoria was the daughter of prince edward duke of kent and strathearn the fourth son of
triviaqa-sfq_7781,in what year was the battle of stamford bridge,William_the_Conqueror_65,on eight september section five point three tostig and hardrada s invasion harold s brother tostig and harald hardrada invaded northumbria in september ten sixty six and defeated the local forces under morcar and edwin at the battle of fulford near york king harold received word of their invasion and marched north defeating the invaders and killing tostig and hardrada on twenty five september at the battle of stamford bridge the norman fleet finally set sail two days later landing in england at pevensey bay on twenty eight september william then
triviaqa-bb_6693,what african nation is known in parts of asia by the local names of two of its famous cities marrakech and fes,Bidet_7,area bidets are common bathroom fixtures in many southern european countries especially italy spain portugal croatia slovenia and greece some american countries especially brazil peru cuba paraguay argentina chile and uruguay some of africa especially egypt and morocco and some parts of asia particularly in japan india and south korea almost all houses in the arab world including lebanon syria
triviaqa-odql_206,the existance of which planet was mathematically,Mercury_(planet)_39,and perturbations by the known planets notably by the french mathematician le verrier it was hypothesized that another planet might exist in an orbit even closer to the sun to account for this perturbation other explanations considered included a slight oblateness of the sun the success of the search for neptune based on its perturbations of the orbit of uranus led astronomers to place great faith in this explanation and the hypothetical planet was even named vulcan however in the early twentieth century
triviaqa-bb_1412,the japanese musical instrument the shamisen or samisen or sangen has traditionally how many strings the answer in japanese and the earlier chinese is in the name,Trichord_0,trichord in music especially in musical set theory a trichord is a collection of three pitch classes often one of the four ordered trichords in a tone row or set form trichords may be used to create derived rows and invariance
triviaqa-qf_3563,in which canadian city is the lions gate bridge,Terry_Fox_67,in two thousand eight terry fox was named a national historic person of canada a recognition given by the canadian government to those persons who are considered to have played a nationally significant role in the history of the country fox s designation was due to his status as an enduring icon his personal qualities and for the manner in which the marathon of hope had captivated the country and resonated deeply with canadians fox s mother betty fox was one of eight people to carry the olympic flag into b c place stadium at the opening ceremonies of the twenty ten winter olympics in vancouver the games saw the terry fox award
triviaqa-qb_8318,in greek mythology who did flute playing shepherd marsyas challenge to a music contest the winner of which flayed marsyas to death for his presumption,Greek_mythology_55,the second type tales of punishment involves the appropriation or invention of some important cultural artifact as when prometheus steals fire from the gods when tantalus steals nectar and ambrosia from zeus table and gives it to his own subjects revealing to them the secrets of the gods when prometheus or lycaon invents sacrifice when demeter teaches agriculture and the mysteries to triptolemus or when marsyas invents the aulos and enters into a musical contest with apollo ian morris considers prometheus adventures as a place between the
triviaqa-sfq_6978,in the tv series dads army what was the name of captain mainwarings wife,William_Brydon_3,saving the doctor s life the episode was made the subject of a famous painting by the victorian artist lady elizabeth butler who portrayed doctor brydon hobbling to the gates of the jalalabad fort perched on his dying horse the painting is titled remnants of an army in eighteen hundred fifty seven he was a regimental doctor at lucknow and survived his second siege that of the lucknow residency june minus november eighteen hundred fifty seven being badly wounded in the thigh at one stage his wife published a memoir
triviaqa-tc_2814,what id the name given to the study of birds,Puerto_Rican_amazon_8,section one taxonomy and evolution the puerto rican amazon was described by dutch ornithologist pieter boddaert in seventeen hundred eighty three it belongs to the large neotropical genus amazona commonly known as amazons these birds have also been given the generic epithet of parrot by the american ornithologists union hence puerto rican parrot is an alternative common name in north america the indigenous taino people called it the iguaca an onomatopoeic name that resembled the parrots flight call there are two recognized
triviaqa-qb_891,according to the bible who was the only apostle to witness the crucifixion of jesus,Jesus_1,modern scholars of antiquity agree that a historical jesus existed although there is little agreement on the reliability of the gospel narratives and how closely the biblical jesus reflects the historical jesus most scholars agree that jesus was a jewish preacher from galilee was baptized by john the baptist and was crucified in jerusalem on the orders of the roman prefect pontius pilate scholars have constructed various portraits of the historical jesus which often depict him as having one or more of the following roles the leader of an
triviaqa-qg_2373,what color is the lowest level of the homeland security advisory system,Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London_30,upper floor the stations had flat roofs and were designed to accommodate upward extension for commercial development most stations were provided with between two and four lifts and an emergency spiral staircase in a separate shaft at platform level the wall tiling featured the station name and an individual geometric pattern and colour scheme designed by green the uerl used a westinghouse automatic signalling system operated through electrified track circuits this controlled signals based on the presence or absence of a train on the track ahead signals incorporated an arm that
triviaqa-sfq_9645,who judged aphrodite more beautiful than hera or athena,Priapus_1,which gave rise to the medical term priapism table of contents section one relationship with other deities he was described as the son of aphrodite by dionysus hermes zeus or pan depending on the source according to legend hera cursed him with impotence ugliness and foul mindedness while he was still in aphrodite s womb in revenge for the hero paris having the temerity to judge aphrodite more beautiful than hera the other gods refused to allow him to live on mount olympus and threw him down to earth
triviaqa-bb_4796,by the year two thousand ten there were roughly how many bicycles worldwide,Bicycle_0,bicycle the bicycle bike or cycle is a pedal driven human powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame one behind the other first introduced in nineteenth century europe bicycles now number approximately one billion worldwide providing the principal means of transportation in many regions notably china and the netherlands citation needed they also
triviaqa-odql_3259,football in which decade of the twenty th century did the white ball come into official use,American_football_105,c f l american football also has a long history in mexico which was introduced to the sport in eighteen hundred ninety six american football was the second most popular sport in mexico in the nineteen hundred fifties with the game being particularly popular in colleges the los angeles times notes that the n f l claims over sixteen million fans in mexico which places the country third behind the us and canada american football is played mexico both professionally and as part of the college sports system japan was introduced to the sport in
triviaqa-sfq_12214,the esa was thirty five years old in twenty ten for what does the s stand,Orion_(spacecraft)_39,the service module will likely be manufactured by eads astrium in bremen germany nasa announced on january sixteen twenty thirteen that esa will construct the service module for exploration mission one in twenty seventeen the european space agency will use hardware from their current automated transfer vehicle to construct a compatible service module to the spacecraft section three point four launch abort system in the event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent a launch escape system called the launch
triviaqa-dpql_1865,of which saxon kingdom was offa a king,Peterborough_5,antonine itinerary of the late second century the roman fen causeway is also visible at flag fen peterborough gildenburgh burgus sancti petri is shown by its original name medeshampstede to have been a saxon village before ad six hundred fifty five when saxulf a monk founded the monastery on land granted to him for that purpose by peada king of mercia the peterborough chronicle or later anglo saxon chronicle was composed here by monks the town s name was altered to burgh between ad nine hundred ninety two and one thousand five after abbot kenulf had built a defensive wall
triviaqa-qw_10951,who had a hit record in nineteen ninety with u cant touch this,U_Can%27t_Touch_This_1,francisco bay and as being magic on the mic which hammer says combines with rick james s beat that you cant touch to create the perfect rap song while some critics especially in the gangsta rap community disliked the song enough people approved of it to secure the grammys for best r and b song and best rap solo performance a brand new category at the time for mc hammer this song was parodied
triviaqa-bb_1967,what notable vastly wealthy budapest born financier announced his retirement from managing external investment funds in twenty eleven ,Esperanto_82,family but sometimes occurs in a family of devoted esperantists the most famous native speaker of esperanto is businessman george soros teodoro schwartz his father was an esperantist also notable is young holocaust victim petr ginz whose drawing of the planet earth as viewed from the moon was carried aboard the space shuttle columbia in two thousand three s t s one zero seven section five point two culture esperanto speakers can access an international culture including a large
triviaqa-bb_2326,what is the currency of pakistan,Gold_standard_26,see indian rupee nineteen hundred zero united states de jure throughout the decade of the eighteen hundred seventies deflationary and depressionary economics created periodic demands for silver currency however such attempts generally failed and continued the general pressure towards a gold standard by eighteen hundred seventy nine only gold coins were accepted through the latin monetary union composed of france italy belgium switzerland and later greece even though silver was in theory a circulating medium section three
triviaqa-qz_5999,which jazz saxophonist was nicknamed bird,Dizzy_Gillespie_7,section one point two the rise of bebop with charlie parker gillespie jammed at famous jazz clubs like minton s playhouse and monroe s uptown house where the first seeds of bebop were planted gillespie s compositions like groovin high woody n you anthropology and a night in tunisia sounded radically different harmonically and rhythmically than the swing music popular at the time one of their first and greatest small group performances together was only issued in two thousand five a concert in new york s town hall on june twenty two nineteen hundred
triviaqa-qf_2140,in which country would you find the city of ghent,Tallinn_34,dartford united kingdom united states minus los gatos california united states germany minus schwerin m v germany belgium minus ghent belgium sweden minus malmo sweden latvia minus rga latvia united states minus annapolis maryland united states netherlands minus groningen the netherlands tallinn also has a mutual friendship with the city of portland oregon united states section eleven see also battle of lyndanisse eurovision song contest two thousand two legends of tallinn tallinn t v tower
triviaqa-dpql_5636,which two countries took part in the short kargil war in nineteen ninety nine ,Kargil_War_0,kargil war the kargil war also known as the kargil conflicttemplate f n was an armed conflict between india and pakistan that took place between may and july nineteen hundred ninety nine in kashmir the cause of the war was the infiltration of pakistani soldiers and kashmiri militants into positions on the indian side of the line of control which serves as the de facto border between the two nations pakistan blamed the fighting entirely on independent kashmiri insurgents however documents left behind by
triviaqa-odql_14306,the seven brightest stars of ursa major form the plough what is this called in north america,Open_cluster_36,which half the original cluster members will have been lost range from one hundred fifty to eight hundred million years depending on the original density after a cluster has become gravitationally unbound many of its constituent stars will still be moving through space on similar trajectories in what is known as a stellar association moving cluster or moving group several of the brightest stars in the plough of ursa major are former members of an open cluster
triviaqa-tc_2900,which teeth are the third molars and are always the last to erupt,Evolution_13,or structure may exist with little or no purpose in one organism though they have a clear purpose in others the human wisdom teeth and appendix are common examples section one point one point two genetic sequence evidence comparison of the genetic sequence of organisms reveals that organisms that are phylogenetically close have a higher degree of sequence similarity than organisms that are phylogenetically distant for example neutral human dna sequences are approximately one point two per cent divergent based on substitutions from those of their nearest genetic relative the chimpanzee one six per cent from gorillas four and six point six per cent
triviaqa-sfq_25254,which us city began as a trading post on the chisholm trail in the one thousand eight hundred sixty s and is now the largest city in kansas,Interstate_35_9,city i three five has a major junction with i four zero and spurs into i two three five through the north central inner city section one point three kansas between the oklahoma state line and emporia i three five is part of the kansas turnpike this section of interstate serves wichita and passes through the flint hills area at emporia i three five branches off on its own alignment this free section of i three five provides access to ottawa before entering the kansas city metropolitan area where it serves johnson county and kansas city kansas section one point four missouri in missouri i three five interstate thirty five i three five is an interstate highway that
triviaqa-odql_1683,although both her parents are australian in which us state was nicole kidman born,Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories_7,obama s father s immigration file also clearly states barack obama being born in hawaii one of his high school teachers who was acquainted with his mother at the time remembered hearing about the day of his birth obama s parents were divorced in nineteen hundred sixty four he attended kindergarten in nineteen hundred sixty six to nineteen hundred sixty seven at noelani elementary school in honolulu in nineteen hundred sixty seven his mother married indonesian student lolo soetoro who was also attending the university of hawaii and the family moved to jakarta indonesia where they remained until obama was ten years old obama then returned to honolulu to live with his
triviaqa-dpql_592,i drove all night in nineteen ninety three was the last solo uk chart entry for which singer,Roy_Orbison_22,and are generally regarded as orbison s best work since his success of the nineteen hundred sixties he was the posthumous winner of the nineteen hundred ninety one grammy award for best male pop vocal performance and in nineteen hundred ninety two the popular i drove all night and heartbreak radio appeared on the posthumous album king of hearts produced by jeff lynne at the direction of his second wife barbara roy orbison was interred december fifteenth nineteen hundred eighty eight in the westwood village memorial park cemetery in westwood california his two sons and their mother claudette who predeceased him had been laid to rest at his request in the woodlawn memorial park cemetery in nashville tennessee section two
triviaqa-qg_3551,in what south american country was unrepentant asshat che guevara and his band of merry men captured and ultimately executed,Copa_Libertadores_3,jose de sucre bernardo ohiggins and jose gervasio artigas it is one of the most prestigious club trophies in the sport along with uefa champions league table of contents section one qualifying in the beginning only the national champions of the major south american federations namely argentina bolivia
triviaqa-jp_4544,what bridge connects the two peninsulas of michigan,M-185_(Michigan_highway)_17,point the next area along m one eight five is also sparsely developed as it passes along griffin cove other than a few newer residential developments the sights are limited to brown s brook which features a picnic area and interpretive nature trial and the views of the mackinac bridge as the trunkline rounds both heriot and perrot points between the markers for miles six and seven is the devil s kitchen another popular tourist stopping point at jacker point near mile seven is the west bluff stairs leading up the bluff to pontiac s lookout further along there is a marker commemorating the filming of a scene from
triviaqa-sfq_19462,in four hundred eighty bc leonidas led his three hundred spartans against the persian army led by xerxes in which land battle,300_(film)_6,that sparta must not go to war as leonidas departs a messenger from xerxes appears rewarding the ephors for their covert support defying the ephors leonidas follows his plan gathering three hundred of his best soldiers along the way to thermopylae they are joined by arcadians and various other greeks they construct a wall at thermopylae to contain the approaching persian advance meanwhile leonidas encounters ephialtes a hunchbacked spartan whose parents fled sparta to spare him certain infanticide ephialtes asks to redeem his father s name by joining leonidas
triviaqa-qb_6527,how often does a national census take place in britain,United_States_House_of_Representatives_16,apportioned among the states on the basis of population as determined by the census conducted every ten years each state however is entitled to at least one representative the only constitutional rule relating to the size of the houses says the number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand see article i section two as population of the united states increased congress regularly increased the size of the house after the census to account for growth but the limit became obsolete when congress fixed the size of the house at four hundred thirty five seats in nineteen hundred eleven see public law sixty two to five the figure was
triviaqa-qz_76,what colour is the number ten on the door of ten downing street white yellow or brown,1910_London_to_Manchester_air_race_28,hundred ten during a luncheon at the savoy hotel in london presided over by the editor of the daily mail thomas marlowe grahame white was given a consolation prize of an inscribed white silver bowl filled with red and white roses section two
triviaqa-qz_685,which cult film starring harrison ford was based on the story do androids dream of electric sheep,Cyberpunk_27,the flip side of cyberpunk a cyberprep world assumes that all the technological advancements of cyberpunk speculation have taken place but that life is happy rather than gritty and dangerous since society is leisure driven uploading is more of an art form or a medium of entertainment while advanced body modifications are used for sports and pleasure section three film and television the film blade runner nineteen hundred eighty two adapted from philip k dick s do androids dream of electric sheep is set in a dystopian future in which manufactured beings called replicants are slaves used on space colonies and are legal prey on earth to various bounty hunters who retire kill them although blade runner was not extravagantly
triviaqa-qb_7187,punchestown racecourse is in which european country,Ryanair_30,from aldergrove in northern ireland but ryanair does not operate there the last low cost airline to compete directly with ryanair on the uk forward slash ireland routes was go fly minus which had to pull out due to mounting losses section seven services main article ryanair destinations ryanair currently serves about two hundred routes between one hundred four airports in eighteen european countries its main hub is london stansted airport ryanair has other bases throughout europe at brussels barcelona girona dublin dub frankfurt am main h h n london luton airport liverpool milan b g y prestwick pik rome cia shannon international airport and stockholm skavsta airport most smaller airports
triviaqa-qw_7568,what sport is featured in invictus a two thousand nine film directed by clint eastwood,Prince_Harry_39,the royal foundation of the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry company founded with his brother invictus games president of the invictus games as part of the walking with the wounded south pole allied challenge twenty thirteen harry became the first member of the royal family to reach the south pole section five personal life harry enjoys playing many sporting activities playing competitive polo and skiing and motocross prince harry is a supporter of arsenal football club harry is also a keen rugby union fan and supported england s bid to host the twenty fifteen rugby world cup
triviaqa-qb_6291,what generally is the par on a three hundred yard golf hole,Tee_6,trees cut down to manufacture the tees and allow golf courses to lower costs by not having to deal with the broken wooden tees on their courses according to the r and a rule book for a tee to be legal it must not be longer than four inches one hundred one point six m m and it must not be designed or manufactured in such a way that it could indicate the line of play or influence the movement of the ball section two point one history the development of the tee was the last major change to the rules of golf before this golf
triviaqa-jp_3954,in what beijing square were democracy activists massacred in nineteen eighty nine ,Hamlet_127,gu wuwei s nineteen hundred sixteen the usurper of state power an amalgam of hamlet and macbeth was an attack on yuan shikai s attempt to overthrow the republic in nineteen hundred forty two jiao juyin directed the play in a confucian temple in sichuan province to which the government had retreated from the advancing japanese in the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the protests at tiananmen square lin zhaohua staged a nineteen hundred ninety hamlet in which the prince was an ordinary individual tortured by a loss of meaning in this production the actors playing hamlet claudius and
triviaqa-wh_2826,name the year norfolk farmer tony martin shootsand kills a sixteen year old burglar in his farmhouse uk fuel protesters almost bring the country to a standstill and paula yates and robin day both sadly die,Oasis_(band)_76,two thousand q award best live act two thousand one nme award hero of the year minus liam gallagher two thousand three nme awards best uk band artist of the year and best haircut minus liam gallagher two thousand five nme award best music d v d minus definitely maybe q awards best album minus dont believe the truth and people s choice award two thousand six nme awards best video minus the importance of being idle section five grammy awards history nineteen hundred ninety seven minus
triviaqa-sfq_6038,nigel farage is the leader of which political party,Altrincham_20,hundred forty five until nineteen hundred ninety seven when it became part of the newly created constituency of altrincham and sale west since its formation altrincham and sale west has been represented in the house of commons by the conservative m p graham brady at the two thousand five general election the conservatives won a majority of seven thousand one hundred fifty nine and forty six point four per cent of the vote labour won thirty point three per cent of the vote liberal democrats twenty one point seven per cent and the united kingdom independence party one point seven per cent this is one of only a small number of seats in the north west held by the conservative party and the only one in greater manchester
triviaqa-odql_6295,by what name was australia known before british colonisation,British_Empire_57,the british government turned to the newly discovered lands of australia the western coast of australia had been discovered for europeans by the dutch explorer willem jansz in sixteen hundred six and was later named new holland by the dutch east india company but there was no attempt to colonise it in seventeen hundred seventy james cook discovered the eastern coast of australia while on a scientific voyage to the south pacific ocean claimed the continent for britain and named it new south wales in seventeen hundred seventy eight joseph banks cook s botanist on the voyage presented evidence to the government on the suitability of botany bay for the
triviaqa-qb_1757,how many stars are on the national flag of new zealand,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_7,and once each against canterbury otago and west coast north island winning four games and losing three two years later the first new zealand team to go overseas toured new south wales new zealand played and won eight games the first tour by a british team took place in eighteen hundred eighty eight when a british isles team toured australia and new zealand although no test matches were played the players were drawn mainly from england and the scottish borders although there were representatives from all four home unions section one point two international competition begins the year eighteen hundred ninety two saw the formation of the new zealand rugby football union nzrfu
triviaqa-qb_7360,italy is divided into how many regions,Iapetus_(moon)_26,ridge that runs along the center of cassini regio about one thousand three hundred k m long twenty k m wide thirteen k m high it was discovered when the cassini spacecraft imaged iapetus on december thirty one two thousand four parts of the ridge rise more than twenty k m above the surrounding plains the ridge forms a complex system including isolated peaks segments of more than two hundred k m and sections with three near parallel ridges within the bright regions there is no ridge but there are a
triviaqa-tc_282,dave gilmore and roger waters were in which rock group,Pink_Floyd_1,influential groups in the history of popular music pink floyd were founded in nineteen hundred sixty five by students s y d barrett nick mason roger waters and richard wright they gained popularity performing in london s underground music scene during the late nineteen hundred sixties and under barrett s leadership released two charting singles and a successful debut album the piper at the gates of dawn nineteen hundred sixty seven david gilmour joined as a fifth member in december nineteen hundred sixty seven barrett left the band in april nineteen hundred sixty eight due to deteriorating mental health
triviaqa-jp_3307,what taxonomic rank comes between family and species,Bobcat_5,table of contents section one taxonomy there had been debate over whether to classify this species as lynx rufus or felis rufus as part of a wider issue regarding whether the four species of lynx should be given their own genus or be placed as a subgenus of felis the lynx genus is now accepted and the bobcat is listed as lynx rufus in modern taxonomic sources johnson et al report that lynx shared a clade with the puma leopard cat prionailurus and domestic cat felis
triviaqa-odql_10143,the two thousand seven film three hundred is a fictionalised retelling of which battle,300_(film)_14,wisdom as astinos captain artemis eldest son stephen mchattie as the loyalist a loyal spartan politician peter mensah as persian messenger kelly craig as oracle girl tyler neitzel as young leonidas robert maillet as uber immortal giant section three production producer gianni nunnari was not the only person planning a film about the battle of thermopylae director michael mann already planned a film of the battle based on the book gates of fire nunnari discovered frank miller s graphic novel three hundred which
triviaqa-qz_68,what is the second lightest chemical element,Helium_48,that all other chemical elements after hydrogen and helium today acount for only two per cent of the mass of atomic mater in the universe helium four by contrast makes up about twenty three per cent of the universe s ordinary matter nearly all the ordinary matter which isnt hydrogen section two point two gas and plasma phases helium is the least reactive noble gas after neon and thus the second least reactive of all
triviaqa-bb_319,how many oscars did the one thousand nine hundred ninety four film forrest gump win,But_I%27m_a_Cheerleader_54,and enjoyable curve called the film an incredible comedy and said that with this and her other work babbit has redefined lesbian film section six point three awards the film won the audience award and the graine de cinephage award at the two thousand creteil international women s film festival an annual french festival which showcases the work of female directors also that year it was nominated by the political film society of america for the p f s award in the categories of human rights and expose but lost out to the green mile and boys dont
triviaqa-bb_5336,the cabasa used especially in latin music is what sort of instrument,Drum_0,drum for other kinds of drums see drum disambiguation a drum is a percussion musical instrument consisting of a membrane called a drumhead that is usually stretched taut over a cylindrical tube that is open at the other end the membrane is struck either with the hand or some other object like a drumstick and the tube forms a resonating chamber for the resulting sound a drummer is a person who plays the drums in most popular music and jazz drums usually refers to a drum kit or set of drums and drummer to the band member or person who plays them in the past drums were used as a means of communication see drum communication examples of drums ashiko basler drum bass drum
triviaqa-qb_8036,artiodactyla suidae is the scientific name for which farm animal,The_Livestock_Conservancy_2,albc maintains a conservation priority list that divides endangered breeds of horses asses sheep goats cattle rabbits pigs and poultry into five categories based on population numbers and historical interest the organization has published several books and works with breed registries and other groups on several aspects of breed preservation including genetic testing historical documentation animal rescue and marketing preservation of genetic material is of special interest to the albc and for a period of time it maintained a gene bank that was later transferred to the united states department of agriculture it has also developed and
triviaqa-sfq_1807,which racecourse home to the king george vi steeplechase is situated at sunbury on thames,Edward_VII_78,still suffering from severe bronchitis alexandra returned from visiting her brother king george i of greece in corfu a week later on five may the following day the king suffered several heart attacks but refused to go to bed saying no i shall not give in i shall go on i shall work to the end between moments of faintness the prince of wales shortly to be king george v told him that his horse witch of the air had won at kempton park that afternoon the king replied yes i have heard of it i am very glad
triviaqa-qg_4124,whats missing amphibians fish mammals reptiles invertebrates,Cladistics_15,insist that groups reflect phylogenies and often make use of cladistic techniques but allow both monophyletic and paraphyletic groups as taxa a monophyletic group is a clade comprising an ancestral form and all of its descendants and so forming one and only one evolutionary group a paraphyletic group is similar but excludes some of the descendants that have undergone significant changes for instance the traditional class reptilia excludes birds even though they evolved from the ancestral reptile similarly the traditional invertebrates
triviaqa-qf_475,what year was the final harry potter book harry potter and the deathly hallows released,Chris_Moyles_56,isbn nine trillion seven hundred eighty billion ninety one million nine hundred fourteen thousand one hundred seventy two moyles chris four october two thousand seven the difficult second book ebury press isbn nine trillion seven hundred eighty billion ninety one million nine hundred twenty two thousand four hundred twenty nine
triviaqa-jp_1658,what was the central meeting place of ancient rome,United_States_Senate_4,out of a desire to have two houses to check each other one house was intended to be a people s house that would be very sensitive to public opinion the other house was intended to be a more reserved more deliberate forum of elite wisdom that represented the state legislatures the constitution provides that the approval of both chambers is necessary for the passage of legislation the exclusive powers enumerated to the senate in the constitution are regarded as more important than those exclusively enumerated to the house as a result the responsibilities of the senate the upper house are more extensive than those of the house of representatives the lower house the senate of the united states was named after the ancient roman senate the chamber of the united states senate is located in the north wing of the capitol building in washington d c the national capital the house
triviaqa-odql_6731,in shakespeares hamlet what was the name of hamlets mother,Hamlet_9,of hamlet is prince hamlet of denmark son of deceased king hamlet and his wife queen gertrude the story opens on a chilly night at elsinore the danish royal castle francisco one of the
triviaqa-qg_1545,portrayed by james doohan what was the actual name of the engineer on the starship enterprise who was commonly called scotty,Star_Trek_II%3a_The_Wrath_of_Khan_24,chief engineer montgomery scott james doohan navigator hikaru sulu george takei and communications officer uhura nichelle nichols nichols and gene roddenberry took issue with elements of the film including the naval references and militaristic uniforms nichols also defended roddenberry when the producers believed he was the source of script leaks takei had simply not wanted to reprise his role until shatner persuaded him to return kelley felt that mccoy speaking his catchphrase he s dead jim during spock s death scene would ruin the moment s seriousness so
triviaqa-wh_1291,having held the position since two thousand four richard wallace is the editor of which daily newspaper,Tower_Block_of_Commons_7,get on with the job actually learning something from their hosts oaten even goes so far as to get a petition going to have the mould ravaged tower block knocked down but it s clear that neither is entirely comfortable in their new homes in a column in the daily mail suzanne moore says that on the show the politicians came over not as evil just incredibly sheltered kevin maguire wrote in the daily mirror that the programme showed snobbery on the part of the channel four executives who approved the show and described the participating politicians as publicity seeking and fools he poured particular scorn on oaten saying his participation is no
triviaqa-dpql_4570,which artery is the main source of blood for the leg,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_33,requires a craniotomy opening of the skull to locate the aneurysm followed by the placement of clips around the neck of the aneurysm coiling is performed through the large blood vessels endovascularly a catheter is inserted into the femoral artery in the groin and advanced through the aorta to the arteries both carotid arteries and both vertebral arteries that supply the brain when the aneurysm has been located platinum coils are deployed that cause a blood clot to form in the aneurysm obliterating it the decision as to which treatment is undertaken is typically made by a multidisciplinary team consisting of a
triviaqa-sfq_23812,which hymn traditionally closes the last night of the proms,Jesus_68,reaffirms that jesus is the son of god as in his baptism and the command listen to him identifies him as god s messenger and mouthpiece section three point eight final week betrayal arrest trial and death the description of the last week of the life of jesus often called passion week occupies about one third of the narrative in the canonical gospels starting with a description of the triumphal entry into jerusalem
triviaqa-qw_15629,in sport what is the next country in the sequence china sweden usa usa china germany canada ,American_football_94,runs tournaments such as the ifaf world championship which is held every four years since nineteen hundred ninety nine the ifaf women s world championship the ifaf u one nine world championship and the flag football world championship the ifaf also organizes the annual international bowl game at the international level canada mexico and japan are considered to be second tier while austria germany and france would rank among a third tier all of these countries rank far below the united states which is dominant at the international level
triviaqa-bb_8084,what is the capital of colombia,Omayra_S%c3%a1nchez_9,the colombian congress criticism of scientific and civil defense agencies for scaremongering and that the government and army were preoccupied with the guerrilla campaign in bogota the national capital which was then at its height colombia s worst natural disaster the armero tragedy as it came to be known was the twentieth century s second deadliest volcanic disaster surpassed only by the nineteen hundred two eruption of mount pelee and the fourth deadliest eruption recorded since one thousand five hundred ad its lahars were the deadliest in volcanic history
triviaqa-bt_3029,who was the roman god of the sun,Greek_mythology_107,tradition caused the major roman gods to adopt characteristics of their greek equivalents the gods zeus and jupiter are an example of this mythological overlap in addition to the combination of the two mythological traditions the association of the romans with eastern religions led to further syncretizations for instance the cult of sun was introduced in rome after aurelian s successful campaigns in syria the asiatic divinities mithras that is to say the sun and baal were combined with apollo and helios into one sol invictus with conglomerated
triviaqa-sfq_7459,richard joseph daley was the infamous mayor of which major us city in the one thousand nine hundred sixty s,Chicago_27,the council takes official action through the passage of ordinances and resolutions section three point one politics the modern era of politics is still in many ways dominated by machine politics a style honed and perfected by richard j daley after his election in nineteen hundred fifty five further evidence of this is the fact that his son richard m daley is the current mayor another point of interest is the party leanings of the city for much of the last century chicago has been considered one of the largest democratic strongholds in the united states for
triviaqa-odql_8215,the meat substitute quorn is named after a village in which english county,East_Goscote_0,east goscote east goscote is a village and civil parish in the charnwood district of leicestershire england just north of syston it is a medium sized village with a population of approximately three thousand the village is twinned with fleury sur andelle france the name is taken from east goscote one of the old hundreds an area of land purported to be able to support one hundred families of leicester the goscote hundred or wapentake is mentioned in the domesday book this was later split
triviaqa-qw_14348,one of the largest countries in africa derived its food wealth for thousands of years from the regular flooding of which river,History_of_the_world_3,ninth millennium b c with the adoption of agriculture although research has tended to concentrate on the fertile crescent area of the middle east archaeology in the americas east asia and southeast asia indicates that agricultural systems using different crops and animals may well have developed at similarly early dates as might be expected agriculture was particularly important in areas which became the cradles of early civilisations such as the yellow river valley in china the nile in egypt and the indus valley some peoples such as aborigines of australia and the bushmen of southern africa did not use agriculture until relatively
triviaqa-qw_14602,dragon boat racing as part of a complex of ceremonies is thought to have originated where,Swastika_19,the use of the swastika by the indigenous bon faith of tibet as well as syncretic religions such as cao dai of vietnam and falun gong of china is thought to be borrowed from buddhism as well similarly the existence of the swastika as a solar symbol among the akan civilization of southwest africa may have been the result of cultural transfer along the african slave routes around fifteen hundred ad the existence
triviaqa-jp_419,who was the wife of zeus and the mother of ares,Priapus_1,which gave rise to the medical term priapism table of contents section one relationship with other deities he was described as the son of aphrodite by dionysus hermes zeus or pan depending on the source according to legend hera cursed him with impotence ugliness and foul mindedness while he was still in aphrodite s womb in revenge for the hero paris having the temerity to judge aphrodite more beautiful than hera the other gods refused to allow him to live on mount olympus and threw him down to earth
triviaqa-dpql_909,who declared the one thousand nine hundred thirty six summer olympic games open both names required,Olympic_flame_1,olympics the fire was reintroduced at the olympics in nineteen hundred twenty eight and it has been part of the modern olympic games ever since the modern torch relay was introduced by adolf hitler at the berlin games of nineteen hundred thirty six as part of an effort to turn the games into a glorification of the third reich one but despite its nazi origin the torch ceremony is still practiced as of two thousand six table of contents section one usage traditionally the olympic torch is lit by the sun on mount olympus and the torch carrier brings the flame on foot to the site of the olympic games
triviaqa-tb_1933,scientist ernest rutherford once said all science is just what subject while comparing the rest to stamp collection,George_Gamow_43,as an educator gamow recognized and emphasized fundamental principles that were unlikely to become obsolete even as the pace of science and technology accelerated he also conveyed a sense of excitement with the revolution in physics and other scientific topics of interest to the common reader gamow himself sketched the many illustrations for his books which added a new dimension to and complemented what gamow intended to convey in the text wherever it was essential he was unafraid to introduce mathematics but he tried to
triviaqa-qw_8126,what is the minimum number of points needed to win a tiebreak in tennis such as in the hopman cup for mixed doubles on the atp and wta tours for doubles and sometmes in usta league play,Countdown_(game_show)_28,all be used decimals and fractions are not allowed only integers may be used at any stage of the calculation points are awarded for the closest solution and again both contestants score if the solutions are equally close ten points are given for an exact answer seven points for a non exact solution up to five from the target and five points for a solution between six and ten from the target if neither contestant can get within ten no
triviaqa-jp_3226,on what railroad was harriet tubman a conductor,Rosa_Parks_66,freedom conductor award given by the national underground railroad freedom center the next year parks was awarded the congressional gold medal the highest award given by the u s legislative branch she also received the detroit windsor international freedom festival freedom award and was a guest of president bill clinton during his nineteen hundred ninety nine state of the union address also that year time magazine named parks one of the twenty most influential and iconic figures of the twentieth century eighteen in two thousand her home state awarded her the alabama academy of honor as well as the first governor s medal of honor for extraordinary courage she was also awarded
triviaqa-qz_2111,the yalu river forms a sort of natural border between china and which of its neighbours,Iron_Curtain_66,bamboo curtain the border between north korea and south korea is very comparable to the former inner german border particularly in its degree of militarisation but it has never conventionally been considered part of any iron curtain section three point five point one helmstedt marienborn crossing grensovergang helmstedt marienborn paspoortcontrole personenautos four j p g grensovergang helmstedt marienborn paspoortcontrole vrachtautos j p g grensovergang helmstedt marienborn lichtmast commandotoren brug j p g grensovergang helmstedt marienborn lichtmast two j p g section four fall of the iron curtain following a period of economic and political stagnation the soviet union decreased intervention in eastern bloc politics mikhail gorbachev decreased adherence to the brezhnev doctrine which held that if socialism were threatened in any state then other socialist governments
triviaqa-odql_5462,which greek philosopher taught at the lyceum,Catholic_Church_105,of europe scholastic theologians and philosophers such as the dominican priest thomas aquinas studied and taught at these studia aquinas summa theologica was an intellectual milestone in its synthesis of the legacy of ancient greek philosophers such as plato and aristotle with the content of christian revelation section six point five doctrinal disputes and schisms in the eleventh century strained relations between the
triviaqa-wh_51,name the manufacturer of the british world war ii bomber the lancaster,Stretford_14,town by the promise of work in the new industries at trafford park during the second world war trafford park was largely turned over to the production of war materiel including the avro manchester heavy bomber and the rolls royce merlin engines used to power both the spitfire and the lancaster that resulted in stretford being the target for heavy bombing particularly during the manchester blitz of nineteen hundred forty on the nights of twenty two forward slash twenty three and twenty three forward slash twenty four december nineteen hundred forty alone one hundred twenty four incendiaries and one hundred twenty high explosive bombs fell on the town killing seventy three people and injuring many more among the buildings
triviaqa-qb_7921,said to be the birthplace of the rules of association football parkers piece is in which english city,College_football_4,began in eighteen hundred seventy four at a meeting in cambridge massachusetts between harvard university and montreal quebec s mcgill university the mcgill team played a rugby style game while harvard was isolated from other u s colleges by the fact that it played under rules which allowed greater handling of the ball than soccer the teams agreed to play under compromise rules the harvard students took to the rugby rules and adopted them as their own walter camp known as the father of american football is credited with changing the game from a variation of rugby into a unique sport camp is responsible for pioneering the play from scrimmage earlier games featured a rugby scrum most of the modern elements of
triviaqa-qb_2344,the uefa union of european football associations was founded in which european country in nineteen fifty four ,American_football_107,with over fifteen thousand participants and over one hundred teams play in the kantoh collegiate football association kcfa the college champion plays the champion of the x league a semi pro league where teams are financed by corporations in the rice bowl to determine japan s national champion outside of north america and japan europe is a major target for expansion of the game the sport is played in european countries such switzerland which has american football clubs in every major city and germany where the sport has
triviaqa-jp_4365,what area of florida can be described as a slow moving sixty mile wide river,Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region_49,of everglades and were the best fire fighters the national park service could recruit when everglades national park caught fire in times of drought as metropolitan areas in south florida began to grow the seminoles became closely associated with the everglades simultaneously seeking privacy and serving as a tourist attraction wrestling alligators and selling craftworks as of two thousand eight there were six seminole reservations throughout florida featuring casino gaming that support the tribe
triviaqa-qw_11968,who first identified and isolated nucleic acids the precursor to identifying dna,DNA_63,between the descendants of sally hemings and thomas jefferson this usage is closely related to the use of dna in criminal investigations detailed above indeed some criminal investigations have been solved when dna from crime scenes has matched relatives of the guilty individual section eight history dna was first isolated by friedrich miescher who discovered a substance he called nuclein in eighteen hundred sixty nine in nineteen hundred twenty nine this discovery was followed by phoebus levene s identification of the base sugar and phosphate nucleotide unit levene suggested that dna consisted of a string of nucleotide units linked together through the phosphate groups however levene thought the chain was short and the bases repeated in a fixed order in nineteen hundred
triviaqa-sfq_6043,which philosopher wrote thus spoke zarathustra between one thousand eight hundred eighty three and one thousand eight hundred eighty five ,Jesus_153,to jesus as a great moral teacher critics of jesus included celsus in the second century and porphyry who wrote a one five volume attack on christianity as a whole in the nineteenth century nietzsche was highly critical of jesus whose teachings he considered to be anti nature in their treatment of topics such as sexuality in the twentieth century bertrand russell wrote in why i am not a christian that jesus was not so wise as some other people have been and he was certainly not superlatively wise section six depictions despite the lack of biblical references
triviaqa-qz_644,what is the second most common word in written english,Longest_word_in_English_43,english words are not likely to occur in general text meaning non technical present day text seen by casual readers in which the author did not specifically intend to use an unusually long word according to eckler the longest words likely to be encountered in general text are deinstitutionalization and counterrevolutionaries with twenty two letters each a computer study of over a million samples of normal english prose found that the longest word one is likely to encounter on an everyday basis is uncharacteristically at twenty letters section eight humour
triviaqa-dpql_3659,which international cricket side had its best year ever in twenty fourteen with five test wins,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_8,home unions section one point two international competition begins the year eighteen hundred ninety two saw the formation of the new zealand rugby football union nzrfu representing seven unions not including canterbury otago and southland the first sanctioned new zealand side toured new south wales in eighteen hundred ninety four and the following year new zealand played its first home international game losing eight to six to new south wales the team s first true international match was against australia on fifteen august nineteen hundred three at the sydney cricket ground resulting in a twenty two to three win a representative new zealand
triviaqa-jp_3292,what medical board game features body parts such as charley horse and spare ribs,SpongeBob_SquarePants_81,edition monopoly board game life and operation board
triviaqa-qw_14800,one of australias oldest and most important industrial disputes and the subject of henry lawsons poem freedom on the wallaby in eighteen ninety one brought central queensland to the brink of civil war what group of people was involved,Eureka_Rebellion_42,and in the pubs and in memorial events in ballarat in addition key figures such as lalor and humfray were still around and in the public eye eureka had not been forgotten minus it was readily remembered and a flag similar to the eureka flag was flown above the barcaldine shearers strike camp in the eighteen hundred ninety one australian shearers strike and in the poetry of henry lawson such as flag of the southern cross eighteen hundred eighty seven eureka a fragment eighteen hundred eighty nine the fight at eureka stockade eighteen hundred ninety and freedom on the wallaby eighteen hundred ninety one in
triviaqa-qb_2957,the fictional character disco stu appears in which us cartoon tv series,Some_Enchanted_Evening_(The_Simpsons)_10,section two production even though this episode aired as the last episode of the first season it was the first episode in production and was intended to be the first episode to air from the half hour show the series is a spin off from the tracey ullman show in which the family already appeared in a series of animated one minute shorts the characters were already created but had to be further developed in order to carry a half hour show the episode was therefore meant as an introduction to the characters simpsons creator matt groening
triviaqa-bb_3148,sic bo is a chinese game of,Backgammon_0,backgammon backgammon is a board game for two players in which pieces are moved after each roll of the dice a player wins by removing all of his pieces from the board there are many variants of backgammon most of which share common traits backgammon is a member of the tables family one of the oldest classes of board games in the world although luck plays an important role there is a large scope for strategy with each roll of the dice a player must choose from numerous options for moving his pieces and anticipate possible counter moves by the opponent
triviaqa-qz_418,what is the only letter of the alphabet which does not appear in any of the names of the fifty american states,Braille_28,and occurring in that part of the arabic alphabet between historic o and q esperanto letters with circumflexes and are written as those letters without circumflexes with a filled sixth dot the used in esperanto also is as the u but the first dot is moved to the second place greater differences occur in chinese braille in the case of mandarin braille which is based on zhuyin rather than the latin
triviaqa-qz_3154,which town in east sussex now stands on the site of the battle of hastings,William_the_Conqueror_91,and at the end of the process only two native english bishops remained in office along with several continental prelates appointed by edward the confessor in ten seventy william also founded battle abbey a new monastery at the site of the battle of hastings partly as a penance for the deaths in the battle and partly as a memorial to those dead section seven troubles in england and the continent section seven point one danish raids and rebellion in the north although sweyn had promised to leave england he returned in spring ten seventy raiding
triviaqa-qz_4706,which company were responsible for the production of the spitfire,RAF_Northolt_3,to polish airmen who lost their lives in the second world war can be seen near the southeastern corner of the airfield a true scale g r p replica of a supermarine spitfire is mounted alongside the formal entrance road near to a group of historic hangars that were once camouflaged as a suburban housing estate the urban setting of the airfield came to prominence in august nineteen hundred ninety six when a spanish learjet twenty five overran the runway twenty five to collide with a van heading eastward on the busy adjacent a four zero western avenue the aircraft was carrying an actress needing to reach the nearby pinewood studios in buckinghamshire
triviaqa-qf_1210,the majority of the land area of africa lies in which hemisphere,Night_3,and after an equinox the ratio of night to day changes more rapidly in locations near the poles than in locations between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn in the northern hemisphere denmark has shorter nights in june than india has in the southern hemisphere antarctica has longer nights in june than chile has the northern and southern hemispheres of the world experience the same patterns of night length at the same latitudes but the cycles are six months apart so that one hemisphere experiences long nights winter while the other is experiencing short nights summer near the two poles extreme variations in daylight hours result in a continuous day for a portion of the summer followed by continuous
triviaqa-sfq_312,mt aconcagua the highest peak in the western hemisphere stands in which south american country,Cold_War_116,back and leftist opponents were killed or detained in internment camps under the direccion de inteligencia nacional dina additionally the continent wide south american operation condor employed by dictators in argentina brazil bolivia chile uruguay and paraguay to suppress leftist dissent was backed by the united states which sometimes accurately perceived soviet or cuban support behind these opposition movements displeasing the united states jamaica began pursuing closer relations with the cuban government as a result of michael manley s
triviaqa-odql_8247,in which sport is april fifteen th celebrated as jackie robinson day to remember the day in nineteen forty seven when he became the first black player of the modern era,Bob_Ferguson_(infielder)_1,and after baseball became a professional sport in addition to playing and managing he served as president of the national association of professional base ball players from eighteen hundred seventy two through eighteen hundred seventy five the sport s first entirely professional league his character and unquestioned honesty was highly regarded during a period in baseball history where the game s reputation was badly damaged by gamblers and rowdy behavior by players and fans however his bad temper and stubbornness were traits that created trouble for him at times during his career and caused him to be disliked by many his nickname
triviaqa-dpql_2681,which london underground line provides a regular service to all heathrow terminals,Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London_1,baker street and waterloo railway the charing cross euston and hampstead railway and the great northern piccadilly and brompton railway it was also the parent company from nineteen hundred two of the district railway which it electrified between nineteen hundred three and nineteen hundred five the uerl is a precursor of today s london underground its three tube lines form the central sections of today s bakerloo piccadilly and northern lines the uerl struggled financially in the first years after the opening of its lines and narrowly avoided bankruptcy
triviaqa-qw_2260,what is the last name of oprah,Truthiness_23,truthiness was also used to describe the frey controversy by usa today in its january fifteen two thousand six issue by several other publications including the new york times and by the television news program nightline on its october twenty three and january twenty six editions oprah winfrey also discussed truthiness with frank rich on her show in reference to the frey controversy and the column truthiness one hundred one rich had recently published in the new york times they also mentioned colbert s role in popularizing truthiness on january twenty seven m s n b c ran a commentary titled oprah
triviaqa-odql_5519,which is the largest island off the west coast of north america,Canada_19,established for all british north american provinces by eighteen hundred forty nine the signing of the oregon treaty by britain and the united states in eighteen hundred forty six ended the oregon boundary dispute extending the border westward along the forty ninth parallel and paving the way for british colonies on vancouver island eighteen hundred forty nine and in british columbia eighteen hundred fifty eight canada launched a series of western exploratory expeditions to claim rupert s land and the arctic region the canadian population grew rapidly because of high birth rates british immigration was offset
triviaqa-qw_9997,on thirty one may two thousand ten the president of which country announced his resignation after local politicians criticised comments he made in relation to overseas military deployments,Marshall_Plan_24,announced his truman doctrine on twelve march nineteen hundred forty seven to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures with an aid request for consideration and decision concerning greece and turkey also in march nineteen hundred forty seven former u s president herbert hoover in one of his reports from germany argued for a change in u s occupation policy amongst other things stating
triviaqa-bb_6612,in which ocean are the canary islands,2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season_54,the eastern atlantic on november twenty three it approached but never attained hurricane strength delta became extratropical on the twenty eighth shortly before striking the canary islands at full force causing seven deaths and toppling el dedo de dios a famous land formation on gran canaria hurricane epsilon formed as a tropical storm on november twenty nine in a hostile environment in the middle of the atlantic it reached hurricane strength on december two and defied forecasting by persisting for
triviaqa-tc_604,in greek mythology who were arges brontes and steropes,List_of_Greek_mythological_figures_131,point four the hundred handed ones hecatoncheires briareus or aegaeon gyes cottusgeit section one point five cyclopes arges brontes steropes polyphemus section one point six river gods achelous or in contemporary greek acheron
triviaqa-sfq_13031,who was british prime minister at the end of the second world war,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_50,incorporation of socialist economies into a world trade system were marginalized the uk was represented by a new prime minister clement attlee who had replaced churchill after the labour party s defeat of the conservatives in the nineteen hundred forty five general election one week after the potsdam conference ended the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki added to soviet distrust of the united states when shortly after the attacks stalin protested to u s officials when truman offered the soviets little real influence in occupied japan the immediate end of war material shipments from america to the ussr
triviaqa-qf_2053,darwin is the capital of which australian territory,Cyclone_Tracy_26,however as many as sixty per cent of darwin s nineteen hundred seventy four population were no longer living in the city in nineteen hundred eighty in the years that followed darwin was almost entirely rebuilt and now shows little resemblance to the darwin of december nineteen hundred seventy four until nineteen hundred seventy four the northern territory had had minimal self government with a federal minister being responsible for the territory from canberra however the cyclone and subsequent response highlighted problems with this that led directly to the decision of malcolm fraser whitlam s successor as prime minister
triviaqa-qw_81,what was the name of the ibm computer that defeated world chess champion garry kasparov in nineteen ninety seven ,Ray_Kurzweil_51,human players by nineteen hundred ninety eight and most likely in that year in fact the event occurred in may nineteen hundred ninety seven when chess world champion garry kasparov was defeated by ibm s deep blue computer in a well publicized chess tournament perhaps most significantly kurzweil foresaw the explosive growth in worldwide internet use that began in the nineteen hundred nineties at the time of the publication of the age of intelligent machines there were only two point six million internet users in the world and the medium was unreliable difficult to use and deficient in content
triviaqa-odql_12573,royton north shaw and werneth are wards in which metropolitan borough council,Shaw_and_Crompton_34,to nineteen hundred seventy four shaw and crompton formed its own local government district crompton urban district and lay within the administrative county of lancashire under the local government act nineteen hundred seventy two the town s independent urban district status was abolished and shaw and crompton has since one april nineteen hundred seventy four formed part of the metropolitan borough of oldham within greater manchester since nineteen hundred eighty seven shaw and crompton has had civil parish status and its own parish council giving it some limited local government autonomy from that of the wider metropolitan
triviaqa-qw_1587,which us tv series is set in the princeton plainsboro teaching hospital,Pilot_(House)_1,house the episode premiered on the fox network on november sixteen two thousand four it introduces the character of doctor gregory house played by hugh laurie a maverick antisocial doctor and his team of diagnosticians at the fictional princeton plainsboro teaching hospital in new jersey the episode features house s attempts to diagnose a kindergarten teacher after she collapses in class house was created by david shore who got the idea for the curmudgeonly title character from a doctor s visit initially producer bryan singer wanted an american to play house but british actor
triviaqa-bt_1568,in which town or city were most of the bowie knives made,Sheffield_1,people two thousand five and it is one of the eight largest english cities outside london that form the english core cities group the city became world famous in the nineteenth century for its production of steel many innovations in the industry were developed locally including crucible and stainless steel this fuelled an almost tenfold increase in the population during the industrial revolution it gained its city charter in eighteen hundred ninety three and became officially titled the city of sheffield international competition caused a decline in local industry during the nineteen hundred seventies and nineteen hundred eighties and at the same time the national coal
triviaqa-qb_777,in nineteen fifty one which european country saw the abdication of king leopold lll in favour of his son baudouin,Victoria%2c_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden_9,daughter she is one of only four female heirs apparent in the world the other three being her goddaughter catharina amalia princess of orange princess elisabeth of belgium and princess leonor princess of asturias section four declaration of majority victoria s declaration of majority took place in the hall of state at the royal palace of stockholm on fourteen july nineteen hundred ninety five as of the day she turned eighteen she became eligible to act as head of state when the king is not in country victoria made her first public speech on this occasion located on the dais
triviaqa-qb_5216,what type of plant is a nardoo,Triceratops_30,teeth of which only a fraction were in use at any given time tooth replacement was continuous and occurred throughout the life of the animal they functioned by shearing in a vertical to near vertical orientation the great size and numerous teeth of triceratops suggests that they ate large volumes of fibrous plant material with some suggesting palms and cycads and others suggesting ferns which then grew in prairies section four point two functions of the horns and frill there has been
triviaqa-sfq_21536,which commonwealth country was the first outside the uk to broadcast dr who,Elizabeth_II_1,accession on six february nineteen hundred fifty two elizabeth became head of the commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent commonwealth countries the united kingdom canada australia new zealand south africa pakistan and ceylon her coronation the following year was the first to be televised from nineteen hundred fifty six to nineteen hundred ninety two the number of her realms varied as territories gained independence and some realms became republics today in addition to the first four of the aforementioned countries elizabeth is
triviaqa-bb_2572,as at two thousand twelve goulburn correctional centre is considered the highest security prison of which country,Waterfall_Gully%2c_South_Australia_27,workers are employed in professional or white collar fields the average age in waterfall gully is increasing though at a lesser rate than in australia as a whole waterfall gully has the second highest proportion of under eighteens in the city of burnside and the second lowest number of couples without children family numbers are also stable two point six with only a per cent drop between the nineteen hundred ninety six and two thousand one censuses also of note is the high occurrence of religious affiliation seventy three per cent in waterfall gully in comparison to the adelaide and national
triviaqa-odql_921,which british daily newspaper is published in the berliner format,Peterloo_Massacre_68,to compare the restricted freedoms of the british worker in the post peterloo period in the early nineteenth century with those of the black south african in the post sharpeville period of the late twentieth century one direct consequence of peterloo was the foundation of the manchester guardian newspaper in eighteen hundred twenty one by a group of non conformist manchester businessmen headed by john edward taylor a witness to the massacre the prospectus announcing the new publication proclaimed that it would zealously enforce the principles of civil and religious liberty warmly advocate the cause of reform endeavour to assist in the diffusion of just principles of political economy and
triviaqa-qw_10529,what is the early english name for the road that went from london through lincoln and york to hadrians wall,Peterborough_43,agency navigation starts at the junction with the northampton arm of the grand union canal and extends for ninety one miles one hundred forty seven k m ending at bevis hall just upstream of wisbech the tidal limit used to be woodston wharf until the dog in a doublet lock was built five miles eight k m downstream in nineteen hundred thirty seven the a one forward slash a one m broadly follows the path of the historic great north road from saint paul s cathedral at the heart of london through peterborough junction seventeen continuing north a further three hundred thirty five miles five hundred thirty nine k m to central edinburgh ermine street
triviaqa-sfq_14439,which us president had the middle name rudolph,Ronald_Reagan_181,two years eight months and twenty three days longer than john adams whose record he surpassed he is now the second longest lived president just forty five days fewer than gerald ford he was the first united states president to die in the twenty first century and his was the first state funeral in the united states since that of president lyndon b johnson in nineteen hundred seventy three his burial site is inscribed with the words he delivered at the opening of the ronald reagan presidential library i know in my heart that man is good
triviaqa-qw_13977,what is kept in the sump of a motor car engine,Zinc_80,naphthenate is used as wood preservative zinc in the form of z d d p is also used as an anti wear additive for metal parts in engine oil section six point four dietary supplement zinc is included in most single tablet over the counter daily vitamin and mineral supplements preparations include zinc oxide zinc acetate and zinc gluconate it is believed to possess antioxidant properties which may protect against accelerated aging of the skin and muscles of the body studies differ as to its
triviaqa-qb_2545,in cooking one hundred ninety degrees celsius is the equivalent to which gas mark,Aggie_Bonfire_21,by nineteen hundred eighty four the logs were sloping only fourteen degrees the spiral arrangement of the logs was designed to make bonfire collapse into itself in a twisting motion thus protecting spectators although the tradition stated that if bonfire burned through midnight then a and m would win the following day s football game the introduction of the wedding cake design drastically reduced the time it took for bonfire to fall sometimes burning for only thirty or forty five minutes while the bonfires of the nineteen hundred sixties were constructed in five to ten days working primarily
triviaqa-bb_7700,who wrote the books les miserables and the hunchback of notre dame,William_Shakespeare_70,also spread abroad among those who championed him were the writers voltaire goethe stendhal and victor hugo during the romantic era shakespeare was praised by the poet and literary philosopher samuel taylor coleridge and the critic august wilhelm schlegel translated his plays in the spirit of german romanticism in the nineteenth century critical admiration for shakespeare s genius often bordered on adulation that king shakespeare the essayist thomas carlyle wrote in eighteen hundred forty does not he shine in crowned sovereignty over us all as the noblest gentlest yet strongest of rallying signs indestructible the
triviaqa-qb_7241,the largest known volcano in our solar system is on which planet,Mercury_(planet)_42,other planets being eight point six two arcseconds per century for venus three point eight four for earth one point three five for mars and ten point zero five for fifteen sixty six icarus section five point two spin orbit resonance for many years it was thought that mercury was synchronously tidally locked with the sun rotating once for each orbit and keeping the same face directed towards the sun at all times in the same way that the same side of the moon always faces the earth however radar observations in nineteen hundred sixty five proved that the planet has a three two spin orbit resonance rotating three times for every two revolutions around the sun the eccentricity of mercury s orbit makes this resonance stable at perihelion when the solar tide is strongest the sun is nearly
triviaqa-dpql_4891,which is heaviest of all naturally occurring elements,Yttrium_15,mostly by the s process seventy two per cent but also by the r process twenty eight per cent the r process consists of rapid neutron capture of lighter elements during supernova explosions the s process is a slow neutron capture of lighter elements inside pulsating red giant stars yttrium isotopes are among the most common products of the nuclear fission of uranium occurring in nuclear explosions and nuclear reactors in terms of nuclear waste management the most important isotopes of yttrium are nine one y and nine zero y
triviaqa-qg_4076,tomorrow marks the anniversary of the debut of what long running childrens television series originally produced by the childrens television workshop,Some_Thoughts_Concerning_Education_58,twentieth century according to cleverley and phillips the television show sesame street is also based on lockean assumptions its aim has been to give underprivileged children especially in the inner cities the simple ideas and basic experiences that their environment normally does not provide in many ways despite locke s continuing influence as these authors point out the twentieth century has been dominated by the nature vs nurture debate in a way that locke s century was not locke s optimistic
triviaqa-qg_1555,may twenty eight one thousand nine hundred ninety eight saw the death of what saturday night live alum and voice of lionel hutz and troy mcclure on the simpsons who was shot while he slept by his wife brynn omdahl,Troy_McClure_13,simpsons he was voiced by phil hartman and first appeared in the episode homer vs lisa and the
triviaqa-qb_8250,the royal shakespeare company is based in which british town,William_Shakespeare_75,section seven point two religion some scholars claim that members of shakespeare s family were catholics at a time when catholic practice was against the law shakespeare s mother mary arden certainly came from a pious catholic family the strongest evidence might be a catholic statement of faith signed by john shakespeare found in seventeen hundred fifty seven in the rafters of his former house in henley street the document is now lost however and scholars differ on its authenticity in fifteen ninety one the authorities reported that john had missed church for fear of process for debt
triviaqa-odql_9518,written and first recorded in nineteen thirty seven one oclock jump became the theme tune of which orchestra,Civilization_II_32,feeling begins great wall of china minus gethsemane sun tzu s war academy minus gethsemane trevor jones and randy edelman s soundtrack to the last of the mohicans colossus minus main title great lighthouse minus elk hunt marco polo s embassy minus the kiss magellan s expedition minus promontory united nations minus the glade part ii or various other sources oracle minus theme from harry s game by clannad women s suffrage minus swinging at the daisy chain by the count basie orchestra hoover dam minus a remix version of arkam bridge from the soundtrack of the p c game mechwarrior two ghost bears legacy by gregory alper and jeehun hwang manhattan project minus i
triviaqa-sfq_14798,for what does the g stand in the navigational aid usually known as a gps,Ronald_Reagan_114,system reagan announced on september sixteen nineteen hundred eighty three that the global positioning system would be made available for civilian use free of charge once completed in order to avert similar navigational errors in future under a policy that came to be known as the reagan doctrine reagan and his administration also provided overt and covert aid to anti communist resistance movements in an effort to rollback soviet backed communist governments in africa asia and latin america reagan deployed the cia s special
triviaqa-tc_56,what claimed the life of singer kathleen ferrier,Dizzy_Gillespie_21,arts he died of pancreatic cancer in nineteen hundred ninety three aged seventy five and was buried in the flushing cemetery queens new york mike longo delivered a eulogy at his funeral he was also with gillespie on the night he died at the time of his death dizzy was survived by his widow lorraine willis gillespie a daughter jazz singer jeanie bryson and a grandson radji birks bryson barrett gillespie had two funerals one was a baha i funeral at his request at
triviaqa-sfq_2764,what is the anatomical name for the upper jaw bone,Deinosuchus_6,overall appearance of deinosuchus was not considerably different from that of modern crocodilians deinosuchus had an alligator like broad snout with a slightly bulbous tip each premaxilla contained four teeth with the pair nearest to the tip of the snout being significantly smaller than the other two each maxilla the main tooth bearing bone in the upper jaw contained twenty one or twenty two teeth the tooth count for each dentary tooth bearing bone in the lower jaw was at least twenty two
triviaqa-jp_3130,what unsinkable ship sank in april one thousand nine hundred twelve ,RMS_Titanic_69,were lost also similar to titanic was hans hedtoft in january nineteen hundred fifty nine hans hedtoft a danish liner sailing from greenland struck an iceberg and sank hans hedtoft was also on its maiden voyage and was boasted to be unsinkable because of its strong design historians have noted that two thirds of the passengers and crew were lost on titanic the ratio has been repeated with the sinking of r m s lusitania and the sinking of the r m s leinster thirteen both were sunk by german u boats in world war one section eight popular culture the sinking of titanic has been the basis for many novels describing
triviaqa-qb_6562,all saints day is celebrated on the one st of which month,1755_Lisbon_earthquake_2,magnitude nine on the richter scale with an epicenter in the atlantic ocean about two hundred k m west southwest of cape saint vincent table of contents section one the earthquake the earthquake struck on the morning of november one the all saints day catholic holiday contemporary reports state that the earthquake lasted between three and a half and six minutes causing gigantic fissures five meters wide to rip apart the city center the survivors rushed to the open space of the docks for safety and watched as the water receded revealing a sea floor littered by lost cargo and old shipwrecks several tens of minutes after the earthquake an enormous tsunami engulfed the harbor and downtown
triviaqa-qz_4991,another name for the holy wars between the christian states of europe against the saracens,First_Crusade_6,the east reports of muslims abusing christian pilgrims travelling to jerusalem and other middle eastern holy sites further stoked the crusading zeal it was pope urban ii who first disseminated to the general public the idea of a crusade to capture the holy land with the famous words deus vult god wills it section one point one the east in the late eleventh century western europe s immediate neighbour to the southeast was the byzantine empire who were fellow christians but who had long followed a separate orthodox rite under emperor alexius i comnenus the empire was largely confined to europe and the western coast
triviaqa-sfq_16684,in which country are the two thousand nineteen rugby union world cup finals to be held,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_50,marc ellis with most tries in a match six versus japan in nineteen hundred ninety five and grant fox with most points in one tournament one hundred twenty six in nineteen hundred eighty seven section four point three overall the all blacks have a positive win record against every nation they have played they have won three hundred fourteen of the four hundred twenty four matches played a win percentage of seventy four point zero six per cent see table by this measure the all blacks are the most successful international rugby union team in history when world rankings were introduced by the irb in october two thousand three the all blacks were ranked second in november
triviaqa-qw_3962,the naval base pearl harbour is in which us state,Chesty_Puller_5,forty engagements during the ensuing five years against the caco rebels in march nineteen hundred twenty four he returned stateside and was again commissioned as a second lieutenant afterward completing assignments at the marine barracks in norfolk virginia basic school in philadelphia pennsylvania and with the tenth marine artillery regiment in quantico virginia he was assigned to the marine barracks at pearl harbor hawaii in july nineteen hundred twenty six and in san diego california in nineteen hundred twenty eight in december nineteen hundred twenty eight puller was assigned to the nicaraguan national guard detachment where he earned his first navy cross he returned stateside in july nineteen hundred thirty one and completed the
triviaqa-wh_1000,the upper house of the canadian parliament is known as the senate what is the lower house called,Canada_39,six two thousand six the federal parliament is made up of the queen and two houses an elected house of commons and an appointed senate each member in the house of commons is elected by simple plurality in a riding or electoral district general elections are called by the governor general when the prime minister so advises while there is no minimum term for a parliament a new election must be called within five years of the last general election members of the senate whose seats are apportioned on a regional basis are chosen by the prime minister and formally appointed by the governor general
triviaqa-qb_1767,la paz is the administrative capital of which south american country,La_Paz_1,la paz la paz is the administrative capital of bolivia as well as the departmental capital of la paz department as of the two thousand one census the city of la paz had a population of about one million la paz is situated in a chasm below a plateau at an altitude of thirty six hundred meters alongside the la paz river atop the plateau is the city of el alto where the international airport is located founded in fifteen forty eight by alonso de mendoza at the site of the native american settlement called chuquiago the full name of the city was originally nuestra senora de la paz meaning our lady of peace the name commemorated the restoration of peace following the insurrection of gonzalo pizarro and fellow conquistadors two years earlier against blasco nunez vela the first viceroy of peru in eighteen hundred twenty five after the decisive victory of the republicans at ayacucho over the spanish army in the course of the south american wars of independence the
triviaqa-sfq_13921,in which city are the baseball team the dodgers based,Moe_Berg_56,scholar spy in nineteen hundred ninety four nicholas dawidoff wrote a biography the catcher was a spy the mysterious life of moe berg section six see also chicago white sox all time roster los angeles dodgers all time roster section seven notes
triviaqa-sfq_234,who was walter mondales running mate in the one thousand nine hundred eighty four us presidential election,Martha_Layne_Collins_32,chose collins to preside over the nineteen hundred eighty four democratic national convention in san francisco this engagement prevented collins from serving as chair of the state delegation to the convention that designation was given to collins son steve prior to the convention walter mondale the presumptive presidential nominee interviewed collins as a possible vice presidential candidate before choosing geraldine ferraro as his running mate a writer for the miami herald later opined based on interviews with mondale advisors that collins was never given serious consideration by mondale and that
triviaqa-qg_3766,name the ingredients that make up that classic american favorite the big mac,Longest_word_in_English_16,in t v and film advertising in nineteen hundred seventy five the seven one letter but several word advertising jingle twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun read two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun was first used in a mcdonald s restaurant advertisement to describe the big mac sandwich section three constructions the english language permits the legitimate extension of existing words to serve new purposes by the addition of prefixes and suffixes this is sometimes referred to as agglutinative construction this process can create arbitrarily long
triviaqa-qz_5301,what was the capital of the united states between one thousand seven hundred eighty five and one thousand seven hundred ninety ,Black_Seminoles_17,section three blacks in the seminole wars from the time of the founding of the united states the existence of armed black communities in florida was a major concern for american slave owners slaveholders sought return of florida s black fugitives in the treaty of new york seventeen hundred ninety the first treaty ratified after the adoption of the united states constitution general andrew jackson targeted florida s maroon communities in eighteen hundred sixteen
triviaqa-qw_2492,which planet weighs more than all the other planets of our solar system combined,Saturn_7,are also oblate but to a lesser extent saturn is the only planet of the solar system that is less dense than water although saturn s core is considerably denser than water the average specific density of the planet is zero point six nine g forward slash cmcube due to the gaseous atmosphere saturn is only ninety five earth masses compared to jupiter which is three hundred eighteen times the mass of the earth but only about twenty per cent larger than saturn
triviaqa-sfq_6118,the caloris basin is the largest crater on which planet,Mercury_(planet)_20,impactors down during this time the planet was volcanically active basins such as the caloris basin were filled by magma from within the planet which produced smooth plains similar to the maria found on the moon craters on mercury range in diameter from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers across the largest known craters are the enormous caloris basin with a diameter of thirteen hundred k m and the skinakas basin with a diameter of sixteen hundred zero k m but known only from low resolution earth based imaging of the non mariner imaged hemisphere the impact which created the caloris basin was so powerful that it caused lava eruptions
triviaqa-sfq_23271,in greek mythology who was the queen of the gods also the wife and sister of zeus,Priapus_1,which gave rise to the medical term priapism table of contents section one relationship with other deities he was described as the son of aphrodite by dionysus hermes zeus or pan depending on the source according to legend hera cursed him with impotence ugliness and foul mindedness while he was still in aphrodite s womb in revenge for the hero paris having the temerity to judge aphrodite more beautiful than hera the other gods refused to allow him to live on mount olympus and threw him down to earth
triviaqa-qg_1439,we know it as myanmar today by what name was it known before one thousand nine hundred eighty nine ,Transport_in_Laos_18,china with vientiane laos via bangkok thailand to dawei myanmar on february twenty three twenty thirteen part of the new railway line started operations it spans from yuxi south of kunming capital of china s southern yunnan province to mengzi on the route to the vietnamese border and is mainly intended for freight transport with a maximum speed of one hundred twenty k m forward slash h the new line replaces the one zero zero year old
triviaqa-qz_603,in which city would you find ohare international airport,Chicago_0,chicago template chicagoinfobox two chicago illinois minus officially the city of chicago and colloquially known as chicago the second city and the windy city minus is the third largest city of the united states after new york city and los angeles and is the largest inland city of the nation according to the two thousand census it has a population of two million eight hundred ninety six thousand sixteen people classified as a world class city it
triviaqa-sfq_22194,in arthurian legend the fisher king is is the keeper of which relic,Neuschwanstein_Castle_80,tapestry furniture and other handicraft generally refers to the king s favorite themes the grail legend the works of wolfram von eschenbach and their interpretation by richard wagner the eastward drawing room is adorned with themes from the lohengrin legend the furniture sofa table armchairs and seats in a northward alcove minus is
triviaqa-wh_1190,which dutch govenor in sixteen sixty four tried to resist the british seizure of new york,Stuyvesant_High_School_4,stuyvesant high school is named after peter stuyvesant the last dutch governor of new netherland before the ownership of the colony was transferred to england in sixteen hundred sixty four the school was established in nineteen hundred four as a manual training school for boys hosting one hundred fifty five students and twelve teachers in nineteen hundred seven it moved from its original location at two hundred twenty five east twenty third street to a building designed by c b j snyder at three hundred forty five east fifteenth street where it remained for the following eighty five years its reputation for excellence in math and science continued to grow and enrollment was restricted based on previous
triviaqa-bt_685,what is the name of the official publication of the jehovas witnesses,American_Standard_Version_14,use more of the suggestions the american team had preferred since the british team used few of their suggestions in the first place even in the later version which they had published incorporating some of them interestingly while many of the suggestions of the american scholars were based on the differences between american and british usage many others were based on differences in scholarship and what the american revisers felt the best translation to be consequently there were several changes to the k j v text in the asv that were not present in the r v the american standard version has passed into antiquity and with the expired copyright it has passed into the public domain rare antique editions are extremely hard to find literature departments of various congregations of the jehovah s witnesses in the usa report that the watchtower society no longer prints the american standard version holy bible nor any other bible other than the watchtower s own new world translation and kingdom interlinear translations and thus no longer supplies
triviaqa-bt_2111,what is the smallest canadian province,List_of_Canadian_Idol_finalists_3,and theo tams newfoundland and labrador had the most runner ups with two rex goudie and craig sharpe prince edward island was the only province to never have had a finalist there has never been a canadian idol finalist from a canadian territory toronto ontario was the hometown for the most canadian idol finalists with five followed by abbotsford british columbia with four rob james dwight deon and drew wright were twenty eight at the time their season s final round began making them the
triviaqa-qb_9902,marble arch in london was once the ceremonial entrance to which british palace,Istana_Negara%2c_Jalan_Istana_8,front of the istana negara there is the main entrance which resembles an arch on each side of the arch are two guard posts to shelter two members of the cavalry in their full dress uniform similar to the ones at buckingham palace london in the grounds of the palace is a guard house for the members of the royal malay regiment one of the two household division units in the
triviaqa-odql_8556,what name is given to the large triangular sail carried forward or opposite the main sail in yachting,Richard_Branson_35,did not break branson s record in september two thousand eight branson and his children made an unsuccessful attempt at an eastbound record crossing of the atlantic ocean under sail in the ninety nine feet thirty m sloop virgin money the boat also known as speedboat is owned by n y y c member alex jackson who was a company skipper on this passage with branson and mike sanderson after two days four hours winds of force seven to nine strong gale and seas of forty feet twelve m a monster wave destroyed the spinnaker washed a ten man life raft overboard and severely ripped the mainsail she eventually continued to saint george s bermuda in march two thousand ten richard tried for the world record of putting
triviaqa-qb_8699,ereuthophobia is the irrational fear of which colour,Computer_accessibility_5,about eight per cent of people mostly males suffer from some form of colour blindness in a well designed user interface colour should not be the only way of distinguishing between different pieces of information however the only colours that matter are colours that people with a deficiency might confuse which generally means red and green and blue and green an example in web accessibility is a set of guidelines one and two accessible two web portals designed for people developing reading skills are peepo dot com three minus try typing a letter with
triviaqa-tc_1914,sun yat sen overthrew the emperor in which country establishing a republic after two thousand years of imperial rule,Han_dynasty_44,guangwu made luoyang his capital in twenty five ad and by twenty seven ad his officers deng yu and feng yi had forced the red eyebrows to surrender and executed their leaders for treason from twenty six until thirty six ad emperor guangwu had to wage war against other regional warlords who claimed the title of emperor when these warlords were defeated china reunified under the han the period between the foundation of the han dynasty and wang mang s reign is known as the western han dynasty
triviaqa-sfq_5258,astigmatism is a condition affecting which part of the body,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_5,and loss of the pupillary light reflex may reflect brain herniation as a result of rising intracranial pressure pressure inside the skull intraocular hemorrhage bleeding into the eyeball may occur in response to the raised pressure subhyaloid hemorrhage bleeding under the hyaloid membrane which envelops the vitreous body of the eye and vitreous hemorrhage may be visible on fundoscopy this is known as terson syndrome occurring in three to thirteen per cent of cases and is more common in more severe sah oculomotor nerve abnormalities affected eye looking
triviaqa-qb_5271,which city hosted the one thousand nine hundred eighty summer olympics which were boycotted by over sixty nations,Cold_War_138,and technology shipments to the ussr and demanding a significant increase in military spending and further announced that the united states would boycott the nineteen hundred eighty moscow summer olympics he described the soviet incursion as the most serious threat to the peace since the second world war section seven point two reagan and thatcher in january nineteen hundred seventy seven four years prior to becoming president ronald reagan bluntly stated in a conversation with richard v allen his basic expectation in relation to the cold war my idea of american policy toward the soviet union is simple and some would say
triviaqa-sfq_19652,what colour is the cross on the finnish flag,S%c3%a1pmi_5,hundred seventy six fjellner described the sami as sons and daughters of the sun the flag s circle represents the sun red and the moon blue the flag has the sami colours red green yellow and blue pantone colour formula is red four eight five c green three five six c yellow one one six c and blue two eight six c section three area the area covered by lapland lies mostly north of the arctic circle the western portion is an area of fiords deep valleys glaciers and mountains the highest point being mount kebnekaise
triviaqa-bt_435,what is the state capital of maryland,Palladian_architecture_38,can be said of many houses in the american palladian style the only two structures in the united states minus from the colonial period minus that can be definitively attributed to designs from the four books are the hammond harwood house in annapolis maryland and the first monticello the design source for the hammond harwood house is villa pisani at montagnana and the first monticello is villa cornaro at piombino dese drayton hall and the miles brewton house in south carolina come next in influence one of the adaptations made to palladianism in america was that the piano nobile now tended to be placed on the
triviaqa-bb_1824,sukhoi and tupolev are aircraft manufacturers of what nation,Submarine_26,i and are being converted to carry tomahawk guided missiles instead for russia see list of nato reporting names for ballistic missile submarines the british royal navy possess a single class of four ballistic missile submarines what r n call bombers for their function the vanguard class the royal navy s previous ballistic missile submarine class was the resolution class which also consisted of four boats the resolutions named after battleships to convey the fact they were the new capital ships were decommissioned upon vanguard s entering service in the nineteen hundred nineties france operates a force de frappe including a nuclear ballistic submarine fleet
triviaqa-sfq_25989,what was the name of the country prior to being renamed as namibia,Namibia_1,war of independence its capital and largest city is windhoek german windhuk namibia is a member state of the united nations un the southern african development community sadc the african union au the commonwealth of nations and many other international organisations it has been given many names the land of contrasts the land god made in anger the ageless land for many years it was known only as south west africa but it adopted the name namibia after the namib desert it is the second most sparsely populated country in the world after mongolia the dry lands of namibia were inhabited since early times by bushmen
triviaqa-dpql_206,what colour hair did charles dickens character david copperfield have,Theory_of_Colours_27,blue red green and vice versa thus all intermediate gradations reciprocally evoke each other the simpler colour demanding the compound and vice versa goethe theory of colours section two newton and goethe due to their different approaches to a common subject many misunderstandings have arisen between newton s mathematical understanding of optics and goethe s experiential approach because newton understands white light to be composed of individual colours and goethe sees colour arising from the interaction of light and dark they
triviaqa-qb_9604,who became us president in nineteen thirteen ,Red_Scare_5,oliver wendell holmes u s attorney general alexander mitchell palmer and immigration officials on june two nineteen hundred nineteen in eight cities eight bombs simultaneously exploded one target was the washington d c house of u s attorney general palmer where the explosion killed the bomber who evidence indicated was an italian american radical from philadelphia pennsylvania afterwards palmer ordered the u s justice department to launch the palmer raids nineteen hundred nineteen to twenty one yet in nineteen hundred eighteen before the bombings president woodrow wilson had pressured the congress to
triviaqa-tb_1170,which island in the mediterranean was the center of the minoan civilization ca two thousand six hundred one thousand four hundred bce the oldest civilization in europe,Greek_mythology_20,for the bull of poseidon since the origin and blame for these evils were attributed to daidalos and he was loathed for them he became the subject of the proverb section one point two archaeological sources the discovery of the mycenaean civilization by german amateur archaeologist heinrich schliemann in the nineteenth century and the discovery of the minoan civilization in crete by british archaeologist sir arthur evans in the twentieth century helped to explain many of the questions about homer s epics and provided archaeological
triviaqa-qb_804,what disease was robert the bruce king of scotland said to have died of in thirteen twenty nine ,Pathogenic_bacteria_4,and leprosy table of contents section one history koch s postulates proposed by robert koch in eighteen hundred ninety are criteria designed to establish a causal relationship between a causative microbe and a disease section two diseases each pathogenic species has a characteristic spectrum of interactions with its human hosts section two point one conditionally pathogenic some organisms such as staphylococcus or streptococcus can cause skin infections pneumonia meningitis and
triviaqa-bb_1438,what that you might wear may be welted,Some_Thoughts_Concerning_Education_24,locke s emphasis he argues because bodies will endure anything that from the beginning they are accustomed to furthermore in order to prevent a child from catching chills and colds locke suggests that his feet to be washed every day in cold water and to have his shoes so thin that they might leak and let in water whenever he comes near it locke s emphasis locke posited that if children were accustomed to having sodden feet a sudden shower that wet their feet would not cause them to catch a cold
triviaqa-odql_5460,who became the first president of newly independent ghanain nineteen fifty seven ,Elizabeth_II_47,the twenty third canadian parliament becoming the first monarch of canada to open a parliamentary session two years later solely in her capacity as queen of canada she revisited the united states and toured canada despite learning upon landing at saint john s newfoundland that she was pregnant with her third child in nineteen hundred sixty one she toured cyprus india pakistan nepal and iran on a visit to ghana the same year she dismissed fears for her safety even though her host president kwame nkrumah who had replaced her as head of state
triviaqa-jp_2776,what type of whale was moby dick,Humpback_whale_36,by wheelock college here similar photographic identification projects have subsequently begun in the north pacific and other areas around the world section nine in fiction in moby dick a novel where the chief whale protagonist is a sperm whale herman melville describes the humpback whale as the most gamesome and light hearted of all the whales making more gay foam and white water than any other of them the extinction of humpback whales was a plot element of the film star trek iv the voyage home in the film an alien space probe arrives at
triviaqa-odql_10836,which king of the uk had the nickname the uncle of europe,Edward_VII_41,king of the united kingdom emperor of india and in an innovation king of the british dominions he chose to reign under the name edward vii instead of albert edward the name his mother had intended for him to use declaring that he did not wish to undervalue the name of albert and diminish the status of his father with whom the name should stand alone the number vii was occasionally omitted in scotland even by the national church in deference to protests that the previous edwards were english kings who had been excluded from scotland by
triviaqa-sfq_1385,an encephalogram is an x ray photograph of which part of the human body,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_48,so called angiogram negative subarachnoid hemorrhage sah that does not show an aneurysm with four vessel angiography carries a better prognosis than sah with aneurysm however it is still associated with a risk of ischemia rebleeding and hydrocephalus perimesencephalic sah bleeding around the mesencephalon in the brain however has a very low rate of rebleeding or delayed ischemia and the prognosis of this subtype is excellent the prognosis of head trauma is thought to be influenced in part by the location and amount of subarachnoid bleeding it is difficult to isolate the effects of sah
triviaqa-sfq_13223,which organisation is the largest private land owner in britain,Exmoor_39,believe that there are big cats living in the wild in england section five government and politics the national park seventy one per cent of which is in somerset and twenty nine per cent in devon has a resident population of ten thousand six hundred it was designated a national park in nineteen hundred fifty four under the nineteen hundred forty nine national parks and access to the countryside act the largest landowners are the national trust which owns over ten per cent of the land and the national park authority which owns about seven per cent other areas are owned by the forestry commission crown estate and water
triviaqa-bb_2522,the word husband is derived from the ancient old norse meanings of house and what activity,Oldham_4,saxon signifying oldness or antiquity and ham saxon a house farm or hamlet however oldham is known to be a derivative of aldehulme undoubtedly an old norse name it is believed to be derived from the old english ald combined with the old norse holmi or holmr meaning old promontory or outcrop possibly describing the town s hilltop position it has alternatively been suggested that it may mean holm or hulme of a farmer named alda the name is understood to date from eight hundred sixty five during the period of danish mercia section one point two
triviaqa-jp_338,what group was led by mullah mohammad omar,Prince_Harry_15,were participating in the nato led afghan war rumours that were confirmed in february the following year when the british ministry of defence revealed that harry had secretly been deployed as a forward air controller to helmand province in afghanistan the revelation came after the media minus notably the german newspaper bild and australian magazine new idea not in citation given minus breached the blackout placed over the information by the canadian and british authorities it was later reported that while in afghanistan harry had helped gurkha troops repel an attack from taliban insurgents not in citation given and
triviaqa-qw_1792,what is the term used for a driver on memorial day weekend attempting to race in the indianapolis five hundred during the day and the coca cola six hundred during the night,Oriel_College%2c_Oxford_65,the first ever double headship in torpids rowing over as head of the river in both the men s and women s first divisions however in summer eights the men s first viii were awarded spoons after being bumped every day on the afternoons of the thursday friday and saturday of seventh week in trinity term the boat club hosts the annual oriel regatta events in this competition include side by side racing for eights coxed fours pairs and single sculls the course runs upstream from the longbridges boathouse to past the end of boathouses on christ church island and are conducted in knock out
triviaqa-qw_7995,the giant marbles rock formation in the usa is in which national park,Adrianne_Wadewitz_16,she died from head injuries sustained a week earlier in a rock climbing fall at joshua tree national park sue gardner the executive director of the wikimedia foundation described wadewitz s death as a huge loss and said she may have been wikipedia s single biggest contributor on female authors and women s history obituaries for her were published in the new york times the los angeles times the washington post the sydney
triviaqa-sfq_1703,which south african soldier statesman fought against the british in the boer war then on the side of the allies in both world wars and was instrumental in the founding of the league of nations in nineteen nineteen ,George_VI_55,burma in january nineteen hundred forty eight palestine divided between israel and the arab states in may nineteen hundred forty eight and the republic of ireland in nineteen hundred forty nine in nineteen hundred forty seven the king and his family toured southern africa the prime minister of the union of south africa jan smuts was facing an election and hoped to make political capital out of the visit george was appalled however when instructed by the south african government to shake hands only with whites and referred to his south african bodyguards as the
triviaqa-sfq_13702,which king of england had two wives both named isabella,Battle_of_Aljubarrota_20,names of the kings are used because in english they both translate as john i which is confusing at this time fourteenth century castile did not belong to spain that country appeared only in the end of the fifteenth century with the marriage of isabella of castile and ferdinand of aragon the rulers together of present day aragon catalonia valencia and the balearic islands the catholic monarchs
triviaqa-qw_8802,which of the continents is the smallest in area,Fauna_of_Australia_18,they vary in size from the little pygmy possum weighing just seven g to the cat sized common ringtail and brushtail possums the sugar and squirrel gliders are common species of gliding possum found in the eucalyptus forests of eastern australia while the feathertail glider is the smallest glider species the gliding possums have membranes called patagiums that extend from the fifth finger of their forelimb back to the first toe of their hind foot these membranes when outstretched allow them to glide between trees the macropodiformes are divided into three families that are found in all australian environments
triviaqa-odql_11428,the meltdown two thousand six is the second in which series of films,300_(film)_34,t n t agreed to a three year deal instead of the more typical five year deal section six reception section six point one box office three hundred was released in north america on march nine two thousand seven in both conventional and imax theaters it grossed twenty eight million one hundred six thousand seven hundred thirty one dollars on its opening day and ended its north american opening weekend with seventy million eight hundred eighty five thousand three hundred one dollars breaking the record held by ice age the meltdown for the biggest opening weekend in the month of march
triviaqa-odql_13669,what nation put the first manmade satellite in orbit the three first man in space and the first woman in space,NASA_2,two history section two point one space race following the soviet space program s launch of the world s first man made satellite sputnik one on october four nineteen hundred fifty seven the attention of the united states turned toward its own fledgling space efforts the u s congress alarmed by the perceived threat to american security and technological leadership urged immediate and swift action president dwight d eisenhower and his advisers counseled more deliberate measures several months of debate produced agreement that a new federal
triviaqa-sfq_196,in which country was kung fu expert bruce lee born,Hong_Kong_action_cinema_30,more spectacular hong kong pop cinema that would successfully compete with the post star wars summer blockbusters from america section five point one jackie chan and the modern kung fu film by nineteen hundred eighty three chan branched out into action films which though they still used martial arts were less limited in scope setting and plot his first film in this vein project a saw the official formation of the jackie chan stunt team and added elaborate dangerous stunts to the fights and typical slapstick humor at one
triviaqa-sfq_5570,what is the capital of australias northern territory,Cyclone_Tracy_17,construction began clearing debris and working to restore power they sealed off damaged water hydrants and activated pumps to reactivate the city s water and sewerage systems section two point two evacuation and the public response major general alan stretton the director of the national disasters organisation and the minister for the northern territory rex patterson arrived at darwin airport late on christmas day and quickly took charge of the relief effort after an assessment of the situation and meetings with the department of the northern territory and relevant minister he concluded that darwin s
triviaqa-sfq_6935,in which part of new york city is brooklyn situated,Stuyvesant_High_School_61,stuyvesant admits students from the new york city area only but some do travel from long island and new jersey section six point one controversy section six point one point one
triviaqa-sfq_2852,what was the name of the space shuttle which disintegrated over texas on re entry into the earths atmosphere in february two thousand three with the loss of all seven crew members,NASA_18,be achieved as the shuttle mir missions began and once more a russian craft this time a full fledged space station docked with an american vehicle this cooperation continues to the present day with russia and america the two biggest partners in the largest space station ever built the international space station iss the strength of their cooperation on this project was even more evident when nasa began relying on russian launch vehicles to service the iss following the two thousand three columbia disaster which grounded the shuttle fleet for well over two years costing over one hundred billion
triviaqa-qz_5217,the asian tsunami or boxing day tsunami that hit thailand indonesia and many other countries happened in what year,Canada_51,canada s disaster assistance response team dart has participated in three major relief efforts in the past two years the two hundred member team has been deployed in relief operations after the december two thousand four tsunami in south asia hurricane katrina in september two thousand five and the kashmir earthquake in october two thousand five in february two thousand seven canada italy britain norway and russia announced their funding commitments to launch a one dollar five cents billion project to help develop vaccines they said could save millions of lives in poor nations and called on
triviaqa-dpql_6290,which philosopher and writer said god is always on the side of heaviest battalions,Isaac_Newton_63,gravitation a contemporary writer william stukeley recorded in his memoirs of sir isaac newton s life a conversation with newton in kensington on fifteen april seventeen hundred twenty six in which newton recalled when formerly the notion of gravitation came into his mind it was occasioned by the fall of an apple as he sat in contemplative mood why should that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground thought he to himself why should it not go sideways or upwards but constantly to the earth s centre in similar terms voltaire wrote in his essay on epic poetry seventeen hundred twenty seven sir
triviaqa-bb_4540,famous for die welt als wille und vorstellung arthur schopenhauer one thousand seven hundred eighty eight one thousand eight hundred sixty was a german,William_Shakespeare_70,also spread abroad among those who championed him were the writers voltaire goethe stendhal and victor hugo during the romantic era shakespeare was praised by the poet and literary philosopher samuel taylor coleridge and the critic august wilhelm schlegel translated his plays in the spirit of german romanticism in the nineteenth century critical admiration for shakespeare s genius often bordered on adulation that king shakespeare the essayist thomas carlyle wrote in eighteen hundred forty does not he shine in crowned sovereignty over us all as the noblest gentlest yet strongest of rallying signs indestructible the
triviaqa-qb_5808,vendredi is french for which day of the week,Catholic_liturgy_17,is the outstanding occasion for the liturgy but no day not even any hour is excluded from celebrating the liturgy the sole exception is for the eucharistic liturgy on good friday and on holy saturday before the easter vigil when it is not celebrated the liturgy of the hours consecrates to god the whole course of day and night lauds and vespers morning and evening prayer are the principal hours to these are added one or three intermediate prayer periods
triviaqa-bb_14,who became germanys first female chancellor,Cleavage_(breasts)_14,her merely an object for his sexual gratification are your senses so gross as to look on these breasts minus the respectable treasures of nature the united states in two separate incidents in two thousand seven southwest airlines crews asked travelers to modify their clothing to wear sweaters or to leave a plane because they did not consider the amount of cleavage displayed to be acceptable german chancellor angela merkel created controversy when she wore an extremely low cut dress to the opening of the oslo opera on april twelve two thousand eight
triviaqa-qw_11176,what is the surname of sisters and singers dannii and kylie,Spinning_Around_31,featured the piano riff of finally a nineteen hundred ninety one song by american recording artist cece peniston minogue was unable to complete the tour as she was diagnosed with early breast cancer and had to cancel the australian leg of the tour after undergoing treatment and recovery she resumed the concert tour in the form of showgirl the homecoming tour in two thousand seven and performed spinning around with combined elements of her previous singles shocked and what do i have to do the song was performed as part of the beach party act of the kyliex two zero zero eight tour during which minogue was dressed as a sequinned sailor a medley of spinning around shocked what do i
triviaqa-bb_4640,the ancient symbol the fylfot is more controversially commonly known as what derived from sanskrit wellbeing from su good and asti being,Swastika_5,by individuals and groups to convince westerners to look past the swastika s recent association with the nazis to its prehistoric origins table of contents section one etymology and alternative names the word swastika is derived from the sanskrit svastika meaning any lucky or auspicious object and in particular a mark made on persons and things to denote good luck it is composed of
triviaqa-qf_178,which band started life as feedback and then became the hype before settling on their current name,U2_12,in march nineteen hundred seventy eight during a farewell concert in the presbyterian church hall in howth which featured the hype playing covers dik ceremoniously walked offstage the remaining four band members completed the concert playing original material as u two steve averill a punk rock musician and family friend of clayton s had suggested six potential names from which the band chose u two for its ambiguity and open ended interpretations and because it was the name that they disliked the least on saint patrick s day in nineteen hundred seventy eight u two
triviaqa-jp_1742,what company purchased skype in twenty eleven ,Perfect_Dark_61,based around a completely new engine timesplitters and its sequels bear many gameplay and presentational similarities to goldeneye and perfect dark including a similar manual aiming system missions with structured objectives cheat options unlockable through quick level completions and the earning of multiplayer awards meanwhile rare began development of a prequel titled perfect dark zero for the nintendo gamecube but was purchased from nintendo by microsoft in two thousand two soon after it was announced that perfect dark zero would in fact be an xbox title later it was decided instead
triviaqa-tb_1385,the one thousand eight hundred twenty seven battle of navarino in which the ottomanegyptian armada was destroyed by a combined british french and russian navy is notable for being the last battle to be fought with sailing ships it is a conflict in the war of independence of which country,Submarine_55,was the nordenfelt i a fifty six tonne nineteen point five metre long spindle shaped vessel similar to the resurgam with a range of two hundred forty kilometres and armed with a single torpedo in eighteen hundred eighty five greece fearful of the return of the ottomans purchased it nordenfelt then built the nordenfelt ii a thirty metre long submarine with twin torpedo tubes which he sold to a worried ottoman navy nordenfelt s efforts culminated in eighteen hundred eighty seven with the nordenfelt iv with twin motors and twin torpedoes it was sold to the worried russians but proved unstable ran aground and was scrapped the first fully capable
triviaqa-sfq_11850,who played luke skywalker in the one thousand nine hundred seventy seven original star wars film,Annandale_High_School_10,section seven notable alumni dave grohl musician nirvana and foo fighters nineteen hundred eighty six to nineteen hundred eighty seven did not graduate annandale h s mark hamill actor luke skywalker in star
triviaqa-odql_11908,which planet has a diameter that is closest to that of the earth,Planetary_habitability_32,than their larger cousins such bodies tend to lose the energy left over from their formation quickly and end up geologically dead lacking the volcanoes earthquakes and tectonic activity which supply the surface with life sustaining material and the atmosphere with temperature moderators like carbon dioxide low mass is partly a relative label the earth is considered low mass when compared to the solar system s gas giants but it is the largest by diameter and mass and densest of all terrestrial bodies template f n it is large enough along with venus to retain an atmosphere through gravity
triviaqa-qb_1415,in the uk tv series mr bean what model car does mr bean drive,Formula_One%3a_Built_to_Win_4,player enters a user name the player has to start out driving a mini cooper without an international racing license from there the player must earn the rankings needed to get better performing vehicles and automobile parts these cars consist of the vector w two the ferrari f four zero and finally a formula one race car most of the game is driven with these vehicles drivers must also be prepared to negotiate their way through civilian traffic which all resemble the nineteen hundred ninety volkswagen beetles that were also used for civilian vehicles in the video games
triviaqa-bb_6017,bedrock is the home city of which eponymous one thousand nine hundred sixty s cartoon showfamily the most successful adult tv franchise for three decades prior to the simpsons,Dinosaur_80,the development of computer generated imagery further enhanced that fantasy and also allowed the production of documentaries nineteen hundred ninety nine bbc series walking with dinosaurs is a notable example dinosaurs however are not only depicted as cold blooded reptiles but also as warm loving and even with friendly personalities either to appeal to young children such as the nineteen hundred seventies show land of the lost the nineteen hundred nineties dinosaurs and the more recent barney and friends for cartoons the flintstones showcased a stone age family living with dinosaurs while comic strips such as calvin and hobbes and the far
triviaqa-qz_2841,which country grows the largest number of mangoes,Yttrium_35,lree ore contains two per cent or three per cent of yttrium the largest deposits were found in india and brazil in the early nineteenth century making these two countries the largest producers of yttrium in the first half of that century xenotime a ree phosphate is the main hree ore containing up to sixty per cent of yttrium as yttrium phosphate ypo four the largest mine for this mineral is the bayan obo deposit in china making china the largest exporter for hree since the closure
triviaqa-odql_14584,which period in the paleozoic era came between the silurian and the carboniferous,Exmoor_4,devonian and early carboniferous periods the name devonian comes from devon as rocks of that age were first studied and described here as this area of britain was not subject to glaciation the plateau remains as a remarkably old landform quartz and iron mineralisation can be detected in outcrops and subsoil the underlying rocks are covered by moors and supported by wet acid soil the highest point on exmoor is dunkery beacon at one thousand seven hundred four feet five hundred nineteen m it is also the highest point in somerset section one point one coastline
triviaqa-sfq_22161,which top german football club play home games at the allianz stadion,Munich_79,perlach ramersdorf area which houses the swimming area michaelibad one of the largest in munich section seven sports section seven point one football munich is home to several professional football teams including bayern munich germany s most successful club and a multiple uefa champions league winner the munich area currently has three clubs bayern munich eighteen hundred sixty munich and s p v g g unterhaching in the bundesliga two bundesliga and three liga
triviaqa-qw_9154,which game that contained many dd features and references including a computer controlled dungeon master created in nineteen seventy five by will crowther on a dec pdp ten computer the first widely used adventure game was significantly expanded in nineteen seventy six by don woods that inspired a group of students at mit to write a game called zork in the summer of one thousand nine hundred seventy seven for the pdp ten minicomputer which became quite popular on the arpanet,Monkey_Island_(series)_30,were featured in their own lucasarts adventure game sam and max hit the road section three point five the secret none of the games explicitly reveal the secret of monkey island although creator ron gilbert has stated that the secret was not revealed in any of the games and that the true secret would be revealed if he got to work on the fifth entry in the series lechuck himself when asked in the second and third games refuses to answer the question guybrush can eventually prod lechuck to confess that he does not know what the secret is gilbert stated that he never told anyone what the true secret of monkey island is a large article about the subject can be found here gilbert stated in a two thousand four interview that when the game
triviaqa-tc_2114,what color golf balls are used on the golf course in antarctica,Titan_(moon)_25,and trace amounts of other gases such as hydrocarbons including ethane diacetylene methylacetylene acetylene propane cyanoacetylene hydrogen cyanide carbon dioxide carbon monoxide cyanogen argon and helium the orange color as seen from space must be produced by other more complex chemicals in small quantities
triviaqa-qb_5598,in humans gorham disease affects which part of the body,Gaucher%27s_disease_1,and bone marrow symptoms may include enlarged spleen and liver liver malfunction skeletal disorders and bone lesions that may be painful severe neurologic complications swelling of lymph nodes and occasionally adjacent joints distended abdomen a brownish tint to the skin anemia low blood platelets and yellow fatty deposits on the sclera persons affected most seriously may also be more susceptible to infection the disease shows autosomal recessive inheritance and therefore affects both males and females it is named after
triviaqa-sfq_7665,in childrens cartoons which character lives in a pineapple under the sea,SpongeBob_SquarePants_4,make it the longest running show episode wise in nickelodeon s history surpassing rugrats table of contents section one characters spongebob squarepants is an extremely energetic and optimistic sea sponge although his appearance more closely resembles a kitchen sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea with his pet snail gary who meows like a cat although gary only speaks in a few episodes the characters have shown an ability to understand him living two houses down from spongebob is his best friend patrick star a dim witted yet friendly pink starfish who lives under a rock living between the two is squidward
triviaqa-sfq_3048,in new zealand of what are kowhai and titoki native species,Fauna_of_Australia_19,outstretched allow them to glide between trees the macropodiformes are divided into three families that are found in all australian environments except alpine areas the hypsiprymnodontidae with the musky rat kangaroo as its only member the potoroidae with ten species and the macropodidae which had fifty three members in australia but some species are extinct the potoroidae include the bettongs potaroos and rat kangaroos small species that make nests and carry plant material with their tails the macropodiae include kangaroos wallabies and associated species size varies widely
triviaqa-qz_3431,which italian fashion designer was shot dead on the steps of his miami mansion in nineteen ninety seven ,Ali_G_3,memorable interview was with a fashion designer he suggested that the wonderbra should be banned as it misleads men into thinking that a woman s breasts are larger than they are he retold a story of having been disappointed when a girl he had pulled proved to have been wearing a wonderbra he also asked his interviewee if he was pleased gianni versace was killed because it meant less competition and he suggested that he d heard a rumour that calvin klein did it this was a clear satire on the feuding which followed the deaths of the rappers tupac shakur and the notorious b i g other examples of his style of interviewing include
triviaqa-qw_2173,from which sport do we get the expression par for the course,Tee_2,section one etymology the word tee is derived from the scottish gaelic word tigh meaning house and is related to the house in curling the coloured circles this would make sense as the first golf tees were within a circle of one club length round the hole nowadays modern courses have separate designated tee boxes for each hole for example the ninth hole of a course is played from the ninth tee
triviaqa-tc_1114,which star trek star directed three men and a baby,Star_Trek_II%3a_The_Wrath_of_Khan_2,of the enterprise must stop him from acquiring a powerful terraforming device named genesis the film concludes with the death of enterprise crewmember spock leonard nimoy beginning a story arc that continues with the nineteen hundred eighty four film star trek iii the search for spock and concludes with nineteen hundred eighty six s star trek iv the voyage home after the lackluster critical and commercial response to star trek the motion picture series creator gene roddenberry was forced out of the sequel s production executive producer harve bennett wrote the film s original outline which jack b sowards developed into a
triviaqa-odql_5927,the crossbill belongs to which bird family,American_goldfinch_0,american goldfinch the american goldfinch carduelis tristis also known as the eastern goldfinch and wild canary is a north american bird in the finch family it is migratory ranging from southern canada to north carolina during the breeding season and from just south of the
triviaqa-qb_8494,wrigley field in chicago usa is a venue for which sport,The_Green_(Dartmouth_College)_14,in eighteen hundred twenty four a hanover ordinance permitted the playing at ball or any game in which ball is used on the public common in front of dartmouth college confirming the green s ongoing use as an athletic field cricket was among the games regularly played on the green in the eighteenth century and old division football was played by the eighteen hundred twenties dartmouth s first intercollegiate matches in baseball eighteen hundred sixty six track and field eighteen hundred seventy five football eighteen hundred eighty one and tennis eighteen hundred eighty four took place there the college built its
triviaqa-bb_1937,considered the largest food company globally at two thousand eleven nestl was founded and is headquartered in what country,Logitech_2,brand name logicool since a company named logitec that focuses on computer peripheral devices already existed in that country since nineteen hundred eighty two its parent company has used the logitec brand name since nineteen hundred seventy four in the uk they trade under logi u k limited because of another company called logitech based on the outskirts of glasgow scotland it manufactures precision cutting lapping and polishing equipment for the materials processing industry though logitech s registered office is located in apples switzerland it has offices in fremont california as well as throughout europe asia and the americas logitech s
triviaqa-sfq_4400,in what year was the most recent census in the uk,Westgate-on-Sea_26,aged under sixteen or a person aged sixteen to eighteen who was in full time education there was a high percentage of households made up of individuals compared with the percentage for the whole of england the average household size was two point seven four the town has a low proportion of non white people compared to national figures the ethnicity recorded in the two thousand one census was ninety seven point four per cent white one point zero per cent mixed race zero point four per cent chinese zero point six per cent other asian zero point three per cent black and zero point three per cent other the amount of foreign born residents is relatively low with the place of birth of
triviaqa-qb_2456,in our solar system which is the sixth planet from the sun,Saturn_0,saturn saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second largest planet in the solar system
triviaqa-bb_3629,which organization launched the firefox smartphone operating system in twenty thirteen targeting the developing world,SeaMonkey_1,ten two thousand five the mozilla foundation announced that they would not release any further official versions of the suite beyond one seven x since they are now focused on the standalone applications firefox and thunderbird however the foundation emphasized that they would still provide infrastructure for community members who wished to continue development in effect this means that the suite will still continue to be developed but now by the seamonkey council instead of the mozilla foundation section one point one naming to avoid confusing organizations that still want to use the original mozilla suite the new product needed a new name on april one two thousand five
triviaqa-qz_3833,bonar law is the only prime minister not born in the uk in which country was he born,Ronald_Reagan_193,union had an insatiable drive for military power but he also sensed it was being eaten away by systemic failures impossible to reform she later said ronald reagan had a higher claim than any other leader to have won the cold war for liberty and he did it without a shot being fired said brian mulroney former prime minister of canada he enters history as a strong and dramatic player in the cold war former president lech wasa of poland acknowledged reagan was one of the world leaders who made a major
triviaqa-qb_9334,the board game pachisi originated in which country,Chess_50,section four history section four point one predecessors chess is commonly believed to have originated in northwest india during the gupta empire where its early form in the sixth century was known as caturaga sanskrit four divisions of the military minus infantry cavalry elephants and chariotry represented by the pieces that would evolve into the modern pawn knight bishop and rook respectively the earliest evidence of chess is found in the neighboring sassanid persia around six hundred where the game came to be known under the name chatrang chatrang is evoked inside three epic romances
triviaqa-qw_12439,the region of catalonia is part of which country,Battle_of_Aljubarrota_20,names of the kings are used because in english they both translate as john i which is confusing at this time fourteenth century castile did not belong to spain that country appeared only in the end of the fifteenth century with the marriage of isabella of castile and ferdinand of aragon the rulers together of present day aragon catalonia valencia and the balearic islands the catholic monarchs
triviaqa-bb_3778,in music theory what is the relative minor chord of c major,Song_of_Innocence_5,section one background in nineteen hundred sixty eight david axelrod gained national fame for his controversial mass composition mass in f minor which he wrote in a contemporary rock vein for the electric prunes axelrod who was challenged by what he described as a new breed of record buyer who is more sophisticated in his thinking was one of several los angeles based musical
triviaqa-jp_2987,what olympics like event is for athletes with physical disabilities,Disability_62,four section eight point two adapted sports the paralympic games meaning alongside the olympics are now held after the summer and winter olympics the paralympic games include athletes who have a wide range of disabilities in two thousand six the extremity games was formed for people with physical disabilities specifically limb loss or limb difference to be able to compete in extreme sports the college park industries a manufacturer of prosthetic feet organized this event to give disabled athletes a venue to compete in this increasingly popular sports genre
triviaqa-dpql_1491,the cover of which of pink floyds lp covers features battersea power station,Pink_Floyd_3,albums the dark side of the moon nineteen hundred seventy three wish you were here nineteen hundred seventy five animals nineteen hundred seventy seven the wall nineteen hundred seventy nine and the final cut nineteen hundred eighty three the dark side of the moon and the wall became two of the best selling albums of all time wright left pink floyd in nineteen hundred seventy nine followed by waters in nineteen hundred eighty five gilmour and mason continued as pink floyd wright rejoined them as a session musician and later a band member the three produced two more albums a momentary lapse of reason nineteen hundred eighty seven and the division bell nineteen hundred ninety four and toured until nineteen hundred
triviaqa-bb_476,the first apollo moon landing,NASA_9,of astronauts with the apollo one launch pad fire the apollo program achieved its goals with apollo eleven which landed neil armstrong and buzz aldrin on the moon s surface on july twenty nineteen hundred sixty nine and returned them to earth safely on july twenty four armstrong s first words upon stepping out of the eagle lander captured the momentousness of the occasion that s one small step for a man one giant leap for mankind twelve men would set foot on the moon by the end of the apollo program in december nineteen hundred seventy two nasa had won the moon race and in some senses this
triviaqa-qw_12852,the australian tennis open is played in what city,British_Empire_59,until eighteen hundred forty the australian colonies became profitable exporters of wool and gold mainly due to gold rushes in the colony of victoria making its capital melbourne the richest city in the world and the largest city after london in the british empire during his voyage cook also visited new zealand first discovered by dutch explorer abel tasman in sixteen hundred forty two and claimed the north and south islands for the british crown in seventeen hundred sixty nine and seventeen hundred seventy respectively initially
triviaqa-qb_3500,the lord advocate is the chief law officer in which european country,Hereditary_peer_2,as evidenced by the case of life peers table of contents section one ranks and titles the various ranks of the peerage are in descending order of rank duke marquess earl viscount and baron the feminine equivalents are duchess marchioness countess viscountess and baroness respectively in scotland however baron is a feudal rank and not one of the peerage the scottish equivalent to the english barony is the lordship of parliament the male holder thereof being known as a lord of parliament the house of lords lists the prince of wales as a
triviaqa-sfq_23533,which vegetable has the latin name alium cepa,Chicago_4,during the mid seventeen hundred zeros the chicago area was inhabited primarily by potawatomis who took the place of the miami and sauk and fox who had controlled the area previously the name chicago originates from checagou chick ah goo ah or checaguar which in the potawatomi language means wild onions or skunk the area was so named because of the smell of rotting marshland onions that used to cover it the first non native settler in chicago was jean baptiste point du sable a haitian of african descent who settled on the chicago river in the seventeen hundred seventies and married a local potawatomi woman in
triviaqa-dpql_1197,celandine topaz and gamboge are shades of which colour,Chrysoberyl_2,frequently encountered natural gemstone and lies at eight point five on the hardness scale between corundum nine and topaz eight an interesting feature of its crystals are the cyclic twins called trillings these twinned crystals have a hexagonal appearance but are the result of a triplet of twins with each twin oriented at one hundred twenty to its neighbors and taking up one hundred twenty of the cyclic trilling if only two of the three possible twin orientations are present a v shaped twin results ordinary chrysoberyl is yellowish green and transparent to translucent when the mineral exhibits good pale green to yellow color and is transparent then it is used as a gemstone the three main varieties of chrysoberyl are ordinary yellow to green chrysoberyl cat s eye or cymophane and alexandrite yellow green chrysoberyl was referred to as chrysolite during the victorian and edwardian eras which caused confusion
triviaqa-qb_406,singer and musician bono called which venue rock and rolls great cathedral,U2_59,returning to arenas after nearly a decade of stadium productions a heart shaped stage and ramp permitted greater proximity to the audience following the september eleven attacks the new album gained added resonance and in october u two performed at madison square garden in new york city bono and the edge later said these new york city shows were among their most memorable and emotional performances in early two thousand two u two performed during halftime of super bowl xxxvi which si dot com ranked as the best halftime show in super bowl history
triviaqa-wh_3113,which six letter japanese word describes a class of professional women in japan who are trained from girlhood to dance and entertain social gatherings of men,Kimono_49,ascribed to hiyoku worn in this way section five point two layering in modern day japan the meanings of the layering of kimono and hiyoku are usually forgotten only maiko and geisha now use this layering technique for dances and subtle erotic suggestion usually emphasising the back of the neck modern japanese brides may also wear a traditional shinto kimono which is worn with a hiyoku traditionally kimonos were worn with hiyoku or floating linings hiyoku can be a second kimono worn beneath the first and give the traditional layered look to the kimono often in modern kimonos the hiyoku is simply the name for the double sided lower half of the kimono which may be exposed to other eyes depending on how the kimono is worn old fashioned
triviaqa-qz_1046,who is the last english born player to win the mens singles title at wimbledon,Anfield_39,title professional tennis was played at anfield on boards on the pitch us open champion bill tilden and wimbledon champion fred perry entertained the crowds in an exhibition match in nineteen hundred fifty eight an exhibition basketball match featuring the harlem globetrotters was held at the ground the nineteen hundred ninety one world club challenge rugby league match between the penrith panthers winners of the australian n s w r l premiership and the wigan warriors winners of the european super league was held at the ground in front of twenty thousand one hundred fifty two people in
triviaqa-sfq_7352,of what type of rock is the rock of gibraltar made,Neuschwanstein_Castle_28,in eighteen hundred eighty and in eighteen hundred eighty four the king was able to move into the new building in the same year the direction of the project passed to julius hofmann after dollmann had fallen from the king s favor the palace was erected as a conventional brick construction and later encased in various types of rock the white limestone used for the fronts came from a nearby quarry
triviaqa-wh_91,in which decade was the bbcs current affairs programme panorama first broadcast,Coronation_Street_21,sixty nine in spite of rising popularity with viewers coronation street was criticised by some for its outdated portrayal of the urban working class and its representation of a community that was a nostalgic fantasy after the first episode in nineteen hundred sixty the daily mirror printed the programme is doomed from the outset for there is little reality in this new serial which apparently we have to suffer twice a week by nineteen hundred sixty seven critics were suggesting that the programme no longer reflected life in nineteen hundred sixties britain but reflected how life was in the nineteen hundred fifties granada hurried to update the programme with the hope of introducing more issue driven stories
triviaqa-sfq_23929,what type of creature is a fennec,Island_fox_2,one description the island fox is significantly smaller than the gray fox and even slightly smaller than a domestic house cat and is the second smallest of all foxes after the fennec fox citation needed typically the head and body length is forty eight to fifty c m eighteen to twenty in shoulder height twelve to fifteen c m four to six in and the tail is eleven to twenty nine c m four to eleven in long which is notably shorter than the
triviaqa-tc_1324,how old was woody herman when he founded his own orchestra,Roy_Orbison_2,more than thirty years table of contents section one his life born in vernon texas he was raised in the tiny oil town of wink texas with music a part of his family life two misconceptions stubbornly continue to surface about roy one that he was an albino and two that he wore his trademark dark glasses because he was blind or nearly so neither are correct although his myopia required thick corrective lenses at age thirteen he organized his first band the wink westerners and when not singing with the band he spent his time playing guitar and writing songs recognizing that a career in music was a long shot after graduating high school the group disbanded
triviaqa-qz_5082,what is the currency of india,Gold_standard_26,see indian rupee nineteen hundred zero united states de jure throughout the decade of the eighteen hundred seventies deflationary and depressionary economics created periodic demands for silver currency however such attempts generally failed and continued the general pressure towards a gold standard by eighteen hundred seventy nine only gold coins were accepted through the latin monetary union composed of france italy belgium switzerland and later greece even though silver was in theory a circulating medium section three
triviaqa-bt_1690,in the year two thousand charity shield match which player was sent off,Gilberto_Silva_33,robbie savage and roy keane are very strong in the challenge gilberto is more passive when he defends rather than tackle a player he is more likely to shadow him thus pushing him back as a result he has an unusually clean record for a defensive midfielder he has twice gone forty five games or more without receiving a single booking during his arsenal career this mentality earns him both praise and criticism gilberto is good at helping to defend against oppponents who play a long ball game because he often man marks the opposition s attacking target man this cuts off the opposition s supply to the strikers and thus forces the long ball team to play through the midfield
triviaqa-qb_2038,spud shot and hand are all types of what,Boshin_War_64,point one individual guns numerous types of more or less modern smoothbore guns and rifles were imported from countries as varied as france germany the netherlands britain or the united states and coexisted with traditional types such as the tanegashima japanese matchlock most shogunate troops used buchse gewehr smoothbore guns which had been imported in japan since around eighteen hundred forty initially from the netherlands by takashima akiho these guns were rather ancient and had limited capabilities with an effective lethal range of about fifty meters
triviaqa-qf_3403,at which sport could you win the victor barna award,Women%27s_squash_in_Australia_1,hockey horse racing squash table tennis and shooting during the nineteen hundred fifties australian women competed in squash at the empire games one player who had success at these games was heather mckay some of the best known australian squash players include heather blundell mckay during blundell mckay s squash career she only lost twice she won the british amateur title seven times starting in nineteen hundred sixty two and she won the australian championship eight times starting in nineteen hundred sixty in nineteen hundred sixty there was a mass demonstration of the sport at a school in roseville new south wales where female students learned a number of skills including the forehand drive in
triviaqa-qb_1494,sandygate road football and cricket stadium is in which english city,Sheffield_41,the city also boasts the sheffield eagles rugby league sheffield tigers rugby union sheffield sharks basketball sheffield steelers ice hockey and sheffield tigers speedway teams sheffield is home to two thousand four world superbike champion james toseland and of climber joe simpson former athlete and world record holder sebastian coe grew up in the city and began his career as a member of the hallamshire harriers many of sheffield s extensive sporting facilities were built for the world student games which the city hosted in nineteen hundred ninety one they include the don valley international athletics stadium which is the largest athletics stadium in
triviaqa-tc_2836,what name is given to the study of animal behavior,Meerkat_Manor_29,of individuals and the factors that affect reproduction and survival interfering in the natural processes would render the research results invalid there is one exception to this rule researchers will euthanize meerkats that contract tuberculosis to prevent outbreaks that would threaten both the meerkat population and nearby cattle section three point one awards meerkat manor was nominated for a two thousand five jackson hole wildlife film festival award in the animal behaviour
triviaqa-qg_517,how many points on the maple leaf that plays such a significant role in the flag of our neighbor to the north canada,Flag_of_Canada_31,westminster december eleven the union flag can also be flown at the national war memorial or at other locations during ceremonies that honour canadian involvement with forces of other commonwealth nations during times of war the maple leaf flag always precedes the union flag with the former occupying the place of honour the union flag is also part of the provincial flags of ontario and manitoba forming the canton of these flags a modified version is used on the flag of british columbia and the flag of newfoundland and labrador is a stylized version of the union jack several of
triviaqa-qw_11725,what is an alternative name for members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints,The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_68,saints both being appellations accepted among latter day saints themselves the nickname mormon arose soon after the publication of the book of mormon in eighteen hundred thirty although originally used pejoratively to refer to the church or its members the term came to be used widely within the church the church requests that the official name the church of jesus christ of latter day saints be used where possible stating this full name was given by revelation from god to joseph smith in eighteen hundred thirty eight it also encourages the use of the church or the church of jesus christ as shortened references although l d s church is commonly used within the church s own publications and the church officially uses mormon as a descriptive term
triviaqa-sfq_16328,which constituency did harold macmillan represent when he was prime minister,George_Lansbury_103,lansbury was seventy six years old when he resigned the labour leadership he did not however retire from public life in the general election of november nineteen hundred thirty five he kept his seat at bow and bromley labour now led by attlee improved its parliamentary representation to one hundred fifty four lansbury devoted himself entirely to the cause of world peace a quest that took him in nineteen hundred
triviaqa-qb_2377,sinology is the study of the language history and culture of which country,French_language_in_Laos_1,and commercial language and is also studied by over a third of students in laos table of contents section one history the french language was introduced to laos in the nineteenth century when french explorers arrived in laos trying to make inroads into china after colonizing vietnam the french did not pay much attention to the kingdom of lan xang but established a counsulate in present day luang prabang the actual catalysts for the establishment of colonial protectorate over lao cultural regions
triviaqa-qb_2710,quicksilver is another name for which metallic element,Silver_9,for thousands of years for ornaments and utensils for trade and as the basis for many monetary systems its value as a precious metal was long considered second only to gold in ancient egypt and medieval europe it was often more valuable than gold associated with the moon as well as with the sea and various lunar goddesses the metal was referred to by alchemists by the name luna one of the alchemical symbols for silver is a crescent moon with the open part on the left see picture right the metal mercury was thought of as a kind of silver though the two elements are chemically unrelated its latin and english names hydrargyrum watery silver and quicksilver respectively
triviaqa-bt_1833,in which county did eccles cakes originate,Oldham_32,section two governance section two point one civic history lying within the historic county boundaries of lancashire since the early twelfth century oldham was recorded in twelve twelve as being one of five parts of the thegnage estate of kaskenmoor which was held on behalf of king john by roger de montbegon and william de nevill the other parts of this estate were crompton glodwick sholver and werneth oldham later formed a township within the ancient ecclesiastical parish of prestwich cum oldham in the hundred of salford in eighteen hundred twenty six
triviaqa-qg_3556,brass is an alloy of what two metals,Zinc_1,most abundant element in the earth s crust and has five stable isotopes the most common zinc ore is sphalerite zinc blende a zinc sulfide mineral the largest mineable amounts are found in australia asia and the united states zinc production includes froth flotation of the ore roasting and final extraction using electricity electrowinning brass which is an alloy of copper and zinc has been used since at least the tenth century b c impure zinc metal was not produced in
triviaqa-dpql_3121,curacao was a colony of which country,British_Empire_65,guiana and reunion to france and java and suriname to the netherlands while gaining control of ceylon seventeen hundred ninety five to eighteen hundred fifteen section three point four abolition of slavery under increasing pressure from the british abolitionist movement the british government enacted the slave trade act in eighteen hundred seven which abolished the slave trade in the empire in eighteen hundred eight sierra leone was designated an official british colony for freed
triviaqa-qb_8861,what is the currency of lithuania,Klaip%c4%97da_Revolt_43,by a guaranteed six month position and a wage of two litas a day section four reaction and aftermath france protested lithuanian actions and issued direct military threats demanding to restore status quo ante britain protested but refrained from threats there was fear that lithuania had soviet support which meant that if either france or poland initiated a military response soviet russia would intervene possibly causing another war poland protested but also feared wider repercussions it offered military assistance but only if france and britain approved on january seventeen nineteen hundred twenty three the
triviaqa-dpql_4319,who was the leader of frances vichy government during world war ii,Pierre_Trudeau_11,when pierre was in his mid teens and this hit him and the family very hard pierre remained very close to his mother for the rest of her life according to long time friend and colleague marc lalonde the contemporary clerically influenced dictatorships of antonio de oliveira salazar in portugal francisco franco in spain and marshal philippe petain in vichy france were seen as models to many young intellectuals educated at elite jesuit schools in quebec lalonde asserts that trudeau s later intellectual development as an intellectual rebel anti establishment fighter on behalf of unions and promoter of religious
triviaqa-qb_2020,selenology is the scientific study of which celestial body,Enceladus_4,enceladus is one of only three outer solar system bodies along with jupiter s moon io and neptune s moon triton where active eruptions have been observed analysis of the outgassing suggests that it originates from a body of sub surface liquid water which along with the unique chemistry found in the plume has fueled speculations that enceladus may be important in the study of astrobiology the discovery of the plume has added further weight to the argument that material released from enceladus is the source of the e ring in may two thousand eleven nasa scientists at an encedalus focus group conference reported
triviaqa-wh_371,which american president is credited with the quote if you cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen,Red_Scare_22,senator mccarran introduced the mccarran internal security act of nineteen hundred fifty that was passed by the u s congress and which modified a great deal of law to restrict civil liberties in the name of security president truman declared the act a mockery of the bill of rights and a long step toward totalitarianism because it represented a government restriction on the freedom of opinion he vetoed the act but his veto was overturned by congress much of the bill eventually was repealed the second red scare profoundly altered the temper of american society its later characterization as anti intellectual may be seen as contributory to the
triviaqa-qw_13880,who is the current in twenty fourteen president of the ioc,Munich_81,the city s ice hockey club is ehc munich section seven point four olympics munich has also hosted the nineteen hundred seventy two summer olympics and was one of the host cities for the two thousand six football world cup which was not held in munich s olympic stadium but in a new football specific stadium the allianz arena munich bid to host the twenty eighteen winter olympic games but lost to pyeongchang in september twenty eleven the dosb president thomas bach confirmed that
triviaqa-bb_8371,what is the state capital of new south wales australia,Robert_Garran_18,planned to give at the university of sydney but which failed to attract a sufficient number of students nevertheless the book was both unique and popular as one of the few books on the topic at the time with the first edition quickly selling out soon after its publication the premier of new south wales george reid who had been elected as a new south wales delegate to the eighteen hundred ninety seven to eighteen hundred ninety eight constitutional convention invited garran to be his secretary at the convention reid appointed him secretary of the drafting
triviaqa-bb_6777,the ancient pre scientific system of classifying all universal matter as waterairfireearthaether is called the classical,Saturn_47,used to classify natural elements in ancient hebrew saturn is called shabbathai its angel is cassiel its intelligence or beneficial spirit is agiel layga and its spirit darker aspect is zazel lzaz in ottoman turkish urdu and malay its
triviaqa-qf_2136,las vegas is situated in which us state,Interstate_15_in_Arizona_4,approximately twenty three thousand vehicles per day the highway is also a part of the canamex corridor a trade corridor in north america linking edmonton in canada and mexico city the highway enters the state in mohave county northeast of mesquite and las vegas nevada paralleling the old us ninety one heading northeast on an alignment north of the river the first interchange is exit eight at littlefield where old us ninety one turns north to avoid the gorge i one five crosses
triviaqa-qw_13284,travelling up the st lawrence river from its mouth which is the first major city on its shores,Montreal_2,montreal is situated in the southwest of quebec approximately two hundred kilometres one hundred twenty miles southwest of quebec city the provincial capital and one hundred fifty kilometres ninety miles east of ottawa the federal capital the city sits on the island of montreal at the confluence of the saint lawrence river and ottawa river the island divides the saint lawrence between the main channel and riviere des prairies the city also includes a total of seventy four nearby islands such as ile des soeurs ile bizard ile sainte helene and ile notre dame the city is spread over an area of four hundred eighty two point eight four km two one hundred eighty six point four three square miles table of contents section one history main article history of montreal the area known today as montreal had been
triviaqa-bb_9108,who wrote the opera carmen,Bart_the_Genius_18,in the episode sending the program a letter and vitti an autographed copy of her book the conductor of the opera the family attends is named boris csupowski a reference to animator gabor csupo the opera attended by the family is carmen by french composer georges bizet the song that bart mocks is a famous aria called the toreador song section four reception and legacy in a nineteen hundred ninety one interview jon vitti described bart the genius
triviaqa-bt_2750,el prat airport serves which european city,Ryanair_12,ciampino and barcelona girona increasing the total to eleven hubs section two point four recent history during two thousand four michael oleary warned of a bloodbath during the winter from which only two or three low cost airlines would emerge the expectation being that these would be ryanair and easyjet a modest loss of three euro three cents million in the second quarter of two thousand four was the airline s first recorded loss for fifteen years indicating turbulent times in the low fares market however the enlargement of the european union in two thousand four is expected to lead to more new routes as ryanair and other budget airlines tap the markets of the eu accession countries
triviaqa-bb_2854,as at two thousand twelve an olympic gold medal is mainly made of what metal,Olympic_flame_26,two thousand summer olympics cathy freeman a track and field athlete she won the gold medal in the four hundred m at these olympics two thousand two winter olympics the entire u s ice hockey team that won the olympic gold medal in nineteen hundred eighty two thousand four summer olympics nikolaos kaklamanakis windsurfer olympic windsurfing class nineteen hundred ninety six olympic gold medalist two thousand four olympic silver medalist interestingly the athens flame was also blown out at the end of the games by one zero year old fotini papeleonidopoulou
triviaqa-wh_2368,which team recently knocked manchester city out of this seasons capital one cup,Oldham_91,club in eighteen hundred ninety five as pine villa football club oldham athletic have achieved both league and cup successes particularly under joe royle in the nineteen hundred nineties they were football league runners up in the last season before the outbreak of the first world war but were relegated from the football league first division in nineteen hundred twenty three they reached the football league cup final in nineteen hundred ninety and won the football league second division title in nineteen hundred ninety one ending sixty eight years outside the top flight they secured their top division status a year later to become founder members of the new premier league but were relegated after two seasons despite reaching that
triviaqa-jp_2336,what agency protects the us president,Ronald_Reagan_76,only sixty nine days into the new administration reagan his press secretary james brady washington police officer thomas delahanty and secret service agent timothy mccarthy were struck by gunfire from would be assassin john hinckley jr outside the washington hilton hotel although close to death during surgery reagan recovered and was released from the hospital on april eleven becoming the first serving u s president to survive being shot in an assassination attempt the attempt had great influence on reagan s popularity
triviaqa-sfq_5599,in which us state is new haven,Victoria%2c_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden_5,rapplinge church on the island of oland section two education victoria studied for a year nineteen hundred ninety six forward slash ninety seven at the universite catholique de louest at angers in france and in the fall term of nineteen hundred ninety seven participated in a special program following the work of the riksdag from nineteen hundred ninety eight to two thousand victoria resided in the united states where she studied various subjects at yale university new haven connecticut in may nineteen hundred ninety nine she was an intern at the swedish embassy in washington d c victoria completed a study program at the government offices in two thousand one in two thousand three victoria s education continued with visits to swedish businesses a study and intern program in agriculture and forestry as well as
triviaqa-odql_10497,who was the british prime minister at the time of queen victorias ascension to the throne,Queen_Victoria_24,teviotdale who became king ernest augustus i of hanover he was her heir presumptive until she married and had a child at the time of her accession the government was led by the whig prime minister lord melbourne who at once became a powerful influence on the politically inexperienced queen who relied on him for advice charles greville supposed that the widowed and childless melbourne was passionately fond of her as he might be of his daughter if he had one and victoria probably saw him as a father figure her coronation took
triviaqa-wh_3265,barnacles crabs and lobsters belong to which class of marine life,Fauna_of_Australia_62,purple sea urchin and the white urchin which have been able to take over marine habitats and form urchin barrens due to the over harvesting of their natural predators which include abalone and rock lobster introduced invertebrate pests include the asian mussel new zealand green lipped mussel black striped mussel and the northern pacific seastar all of which displace native shellfish there are many unique marine crustaceans in australian waters the best known class to which all the edible species of crustacean belong is malacostraca the warm waters of northern australia are home to many
triviaqa-qf_1033,what letter is to the right of q on a typewriter,Esperanto_28,q w x or y except in unassimilated foreign names the two eight letter alphabet is all letters are pronounced approximately as in the ipa with the exception of c and the letters with diacritics section three point two point one writing diacritic letters the letters with diacritics found in the latin extended a section of the unicode standard once caused problems with printing and computing this was particularly true
triviaqa-qf_1183,which black and white marine creature is the largest member of the dolphin family,Humpback_whale_14,technique is called bubble net fishing a group of whales swim rapidly in wide circles around and under a school of fish blowing air through their blowholes the bubbles form a visual barrier that serves to confine the school within an ever tighter area the whales then suddenly swim upwards and through the bubble net mouths agape swallowing thousands of fish in one gulp this technique can involve a ring of bubbles up to thirty metres in diameter and the cooperation of a dozen animals at once it is perhaps the most spectacular act of cooperation among marine mammals humpback whales are preyed upon by orcas the
triviaqa-qw_6502,the island of taiwan is off the coast of where,Transport_in_Laos_11,the laotian ministry of transportation entered into discussion with vietnam to discuss the possibility of opening a new railway line from thakhek in laos through the m gi pass to tan p railway station in vietnam s qung binh province on the north south railway the proposed line would continue to the coast at vung ang a port in ha tnh province which would provide landlocked laos with access to the south china sea according to plans established by asean the
triviaqa-sfq_6152,in which daily newspaper does the business cartoon alex appear,Peterborough_77,lifestyle magazine the evening telegraph is now owned by east midlands newspapers limited part of johnston press plc its website peterborough today is updated six days a week the ets sister paper the peterborough citizen eighteen hundred ninety eight and the peterborough herald and post nineteen hundred eighty nine a replacement for the peterborough standard established eighteen hundred seventy two are weekly papers delivered free to every home in the city the herald and post is owned by midland weekly media limited part of trinity mirror plc the publisher emap which specialises in the production of magazines and the organisation of business events
triviaqa-jp_1227,what does the french word noir mean in english,Nigga_0,nigga nigga is a term used in african american vernacular english that began as an eye dialect form of the word nigger which is derived ultimately from the latin word niger meaning the color black table of contents section one use in language in practice its use and meaning are heavily dependent on context presently the word nigga is used more liberally among younger members of all races and ethnicities in the united states although its use by persons not of african descent is still widely viewed as unacceptable and hostile even when used without intentional prejudice in addition to african americans asian americans
triviaqa-qb_3768,the bledisloe cup is contested by australia and new zealand in which sport,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_0,new zealand national rugby union team the all blacks are new zealand s national rugby union team rugby union is new zealand s national sport with the all blacks a formidable power in international rugby achieving a winning record against all nations the all blacks compete annually with the australian rugby team the wallabies and the south african rugby team the springboks in the tri nations series in which they also contest the bledisloe cup with australia the all blacks have been tri nations champions seven
triviaqa-odql_4122,napoleon called this the battle of mont saint jean by what name do we know it,Peterloo_Massacre_60,the population of manchester and surrounding districts were horrified and outraged this was the first public meeting at which journalists from a number of important distant newspapers were present and within a day or so of the event accounts were published as far away as london leeds and liverpool the london and national papers shared the horror felt in the manchester region and the feeling of indignation throughout the country became intense the name peterloo was coined immediately by the radical manchester observer combining the name of the meeting place saint peter s field with the battle of waterloo fought four years earlier the poet percy bysshe shelley was living in italy at the
triviaqa-bb_1292,in what month is the munich oktoberfest beer festival held,Oktoberfest_0,oktoberfest oktoberfest is the world s largest fair held annually in munich bavaria germany it is one six day festival running from late september to the first weekend in october with more than six million people from around the world attending the event every year to the locals it is not called oktoberfest but die wiesn after the colloquial name of the fairgrounds theresienwiese themselves the oktoberfest is an important part of
triviaqa-qw_3732,which country launched the space station skylab in nineteen seventy three ,NASA_14,from all having lost the space race the soviet union had along with the usa changed its approach on july seventeen nineteen hundred seventy five an apollo craft finding a new use after the cancellation of apollo eighteen was docked to the soviet soyuz nineteen spacecraft although the cold war would last many more years this was a critical point in nasa s history and much of the international company operation in space exploration that exists today has its genesis here america s first space station skylab occupied nasa from the end of apollo until the late nineteen hundred seventies section two point four
triviaqa-wh_2759,which type of hat takes its name from an one thousand eight hundred ninety four novel by george du maurier where the title character has the surname oferrall,Jack_Sheppard_32,it has been described as the exemplary climax of the pictorial novel dramatized pictorially the story generated a form of cultural mania embellished by pamphlets prints cartoons plays and souvenirs not repeated until george du maurier s trilby in eighteen hundred ninety five by early eighteen hundred forty a cant song from buckstone s play nix my dolly pals fake away was reported to be deafening us in the streets public alarm at the possibility that young people would emulate sheppard s behaviour led the lord chamberlain to ban
triviaqa-odql_12514,which metal is added to steel to produce stainless steel,Raney_nickel_5,as zinc or chromium may be added this is done to enhance catalytic activity and as such this third metal is called a promoter note that the addition of a promoter changes the alloy and its resulting phase diagram to that of a ternary alloy leading to different quenching and leaching properties during activation section one point two activation the porous structure of the catalyst arises from the selective removal of aluminium from alloy particles using aqueous sodium hydroxide the simplified leaching reaction is given by the following chemical equation
triviaqa-wh_2955,irish writer and poet oscar wilde who died in nineteen is buried in which european country,Edgar_Allan_Poe_46,instead of ink poe was also known as a writer of fiction and became one of the first american authors of the nineteenth century to become more popular in europe than in the united states poe is particularly respected in france in part due to early translations by charles baudelaire baudelaire s translations became definitive renditions of poe s work throughout europe poe s early detective fiction tales starring the fictitious c auguste dupin laid the groundwork for future detectives in literature sir arthur conan doyle said each of poe s detective stories is a root from
triviaqa-qw_8245,center offensive guard offensive tackle tight end wide receiver fullback running back quarterback defensive end defensive tackle nose guard linebacker cornerback safety nickelback and dimeback are positions in which sport,American_football_3,football established the snap eleven player teams and the concept of downs and later rule changes legalized the forward pass created the neutral zone and specified the size and shape of the football american football as a whole is the most popular sport in the united states professional football and college football are the most popular forms of the game with the other major levels being high school and youth football as of twenty twelve nearly one point one million high school athletes and seventy thousand college athletes play the sport in the united
triviaqa-sfq_24521,which british comedian and actor played dr gregory house in the us tv series house,Pilot_(House)_1,house the episode premiered on the fox network on november sixteen two thousand four it introduces the character of doctor gregory house played by hugh laurie a maverick antisocial doctor and his team of diagnosticians at the fictional princeton plainsboro teaching hospital in new jersey the episode features house s attempts to diagnose a kindergarten teacher after she collapses in class house was created by david shore who got the idea for the curmudgeonly title character from a doctor s visit initially producer bryan singer wanted an american to play house but british actor
triviaqa-sfq_3322,what is the meaning of the arabic word hezbollah the shiite muslim group,Ronald_Reagan_104,the beirut barracks bombing resulted in the deaths of two hundred forty one american servicemen and the wounding of more than sixty others by a suicide truck bomber reagan sent a white house team to the site four days later led by his vice president george h w bush reagan called the attack despicable pledged to keep a military force in lebanon and planned to target the sheik abdullah barracks in baalbek lebanon training ground for hezbollah fighters but the mission was later aborted on february seven nineteen hundred eighty four
triviaqa-qw_385,which peninsula has the mediterranean sea to the south the aegean sea to the west and the black sea to the north and is separated from europe by the dardanelles and the bosphorus,First_Crusade_7,who had long followed a separate orthodox rite under emperor alexius i comnenus the empire was largely confined to europe and the western coast of anatolia and faced many enemies the normans in the west and the seljuks in the east further east anatolia syria palestine and egypt were all under muslim control but were politically and to some extent culturally fragmented at the time of the first crusade which certainly contributed to the crusade s success anatolia and syria were controlled by the sunni seljuks formerly in one large empire great seljuk but by this point divided
triviaqa-qw_7700,celadon is a shade of what colour,Chrysoberyl_19,has been around for almost one hundred years and shows a characteristic purple mauve colour change which does not really look like alexandrite because there is never any green section three cymophane translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl is called cymophane or cat s eye cymophane has its derivation also from the greek words meaning wave and appearance in reference to the haziness that visually distorts what would normally be viewed as a well defined surface of a cabochon this effect may be combined with a cat eye effect in
triviaqa-sfq_11719,the term the fourth wall would be used for an imaginary wall in what type of building,Iron_Curtain_9,incidentally this same passage provides a definition of nihilism adopted by raoul vaneigem guy debord and other situationists as the intention of situationist intervention the first english use of the term iron curtain applied to the border of communist russia in the sense of an impenetrable barrier was derived from the safety curtain used in theatres and used in nineteen hundred twenty by ethel snowden in her book through bolshevik russia another known usage is recorded in a nineteen hundred twenty four essay by g k chesterton in the
triviaqa-qg_3574,what successful no frills airline is headquartered at love field in dallas and is one of the few that doesnt charge a baggage handling fee,Austin%e2%80%93Bergstrom_International_Airport_14,memphis minneapolis forward slash street paul northwest airlink operated by mesaba airlines memphis northwest airlink operated by pinnacle airlines detroit indianapolis memphis southwest airlines gates seven to twelve baltimore forward slash washington chicago midway dallas love el paso harlingen houston hobby las vegas los angeles lubbock midland forward slash odessa nashville orlando phoenix san diego
triviaqa-sfq_5282,what type of animal is a corvid,Dinosaur_48,analysis strengthens the case for the link particularly for a branch of theropods called maniraptors skeletal similarities include the neck pubis wrists semi lunate carpal arm and pectoral girdle shoulder blade clavicle and breast bone reproduction biology a discovery in a tyrannosaurus rex skeleton provided more evidence that dinosaurs and birds evolved from a common ancestor and for the first time allowed paleontologists to sex a dinosaur when laying eggs female birds have a special type of bone called a medullary bone that
triviaqa-qw_1068,from which country was fulgencio batista ousted in nineteen fifty nine ,Cold_War_93,the july twenty six movement seized power in january nineteen hundred fifty nine toppling president fulgencio batista whose unpopular regime had been denied arms by the eisenhower administration diplomatic relations between cuba and the united states continued for some time after batista s fall but president eisenhower deliberately left the capital to avoid meeting cuba s young revolutionary leader fidel castro during the latter s trip to washington in april leaving vice president richard nixon to conduct the meeting in his place eisenhower s officials were not sure as to whether castro was a communist but
triviaqa-sfq_15753,in which sport is the vince lombardi awarded,American_football_81,league in the world with an average attendance of almost seventy thousand persons during the twenty eleven n f l season the n f l championship game the super bowl is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide it is played between the champions of the national football conference n f c and the american football conference afc and its winner is awarded the vince lombardi trophy collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the united states behind baseball and pro football the ncaa the largest collegiate organization is divided into three
triviaqa-sfq_11409,what was the capital of poland prior to warsaw,Catholic_Church_117,contemporary issues section seven point one social justice issues in nineteen hundred seventy eight pope john paul ii formerly archbishop of krakow in then communist poland became the first non italian pope in four hundred fifty five years his two seven year pontificate was one of the longest in history mikhail gorbachev the president of the soviet union credited the polish pope with hastening the fall of communism in europe the catholic
triviaqa-qf_316,in which year did south korea hold its first grand prix motor race,Richard_Branson_28,would be sponsoring the new brawn g p team with discussions also under way about introducing a less dirty fuel in the medium term after the end of the season and the subsequent purchase of brawn g p by mercedes branson invested in an eighty per cent buyout of manor grand prix with the team being renamed to virgin racing branson and tony fernandes owner of air asia and lotus f one racing had a bet for the twenty ten f one season where the team s boss should work on the winner s airline for a day dressed as a stewardess fernandes escaped as the winner of the bet as lotus racing ended tenth in the championship while virgin racing ended twelfth and last branson and somerset county s natirar resort development in new jersey on the natirar estate opened in late two thousand nine with the ninety acres culinary center it includes a restaurant run by chef david felton cooking school wine school working farm luxury resort and spa the
triviaqa-qb_6073,on june four th one thousand nine hundred seventy nine joe clark became the sixteen th and youngest prime minister of which country,Justin_Trudeau_0,justin trudeau justin pierre james trudeau p c m p born december twenty five nineteen hundred seventy one is a canadian politician who is the twenty third and current prime minister of canada as well as the leader of the liberal party the second youngest canadian prime minister after joe clark he is also as the eldest son of former prime minister pierre trudeau the first child of a previous prime minister to hold the post trudeau was born in ottawa and attended college jean de brebeuf he earned a ba in english literature from mcgill university in nineteen hundred ninety four and a bed from the university of british columbia in nineteen hundred ninety eight he gained a high public profile in october two thousand when he delivered a
triviaqa-qg_1054,a year ago today saw an explosion on what gulf of mexico oil drilling platform operated by bp,Deepwater_Horizon_9,louisiana at a water depth of approximately five thousand feet one thousand five hundred m the macondo prospect exploration rights were acquired by b p in two thousand nine with the prospect jointly owned by b p sixty five per cent anadarko twenty five per cent and moex offshore two thousand seven ten per cent deepwater horizon was still working on the macondo site on twenty april twenty ten when a violent explosion occurred leading to destruction of the rig and resulting oil spill the well was in the final stages of completion at the time its cement casing was injected and hardening and the rig was due to move shortly to its next role as a semi permanent production platform at the nile site following by a return to the kaskida field the exploratory work was described as concluded and permission had already been requested from m m s to terminate operations at
triviaqa-qw_3576,which pair of films starred uma thurman as the bride daryl hannah as her arch nemesis and lucy liu as cottonmouth,Uma_Thurman_2,liaisons nineteen hundred eighty eight pulp fiction nineteen hundred ninety four gattaca nineteen hundred ninety seven and kill bill two thousand three to four table of contents section one early life and education thurman was born in boston massachusetts her half swedish half german mother nena von schlebrugg b nineteen hundred forty one was briefly married in nineteen hundred sixty four to timothy leary after the two were introduced by salvador dali the marriage ended in divorce less than a year later and in nineteen hundred sixty seven she married thurman s
triviaqa-qw_1239,in which us state are the catskill mountains,New_York_State_Route_174_0,new york state route one hundred seventy four new york state route one hundred seventy four also known as n y one hundred seventy four is a state highway in the county of
triviaqa-qb_2234,who designed st pauls cathedral in london,Weymouth%2c_Dorset_7,from weymouth dorset there is now a monument to that effect on the side of weymouth harbour the notable architect sir christopher wren was the member of parliament for weymouth for seventeen hundred two and also held control of nearby portland s quarries from sixteen hundred seventy five to seventeen hundred seventeen interestingly when he designed saint paul s cathedral wren had it built out of portland stone the famous stone originating from portland s quarries sir james thornhill was born in the white hart public house in weymouth and in seventeen hundred twenty two became m p for melcome regis in later life he became a famous artist and coincidentally
triviaqa-qw_4371,excluding antarctica which continent reaches the furthest south,Jaguar_44,along the us mexico border as currently proposed will reduce the viability of any population currently residing in the united states by reducing gene flow with mexican populations and prevent any further northward expansion for the species the historic range of the species included much of the southern half of the united states and in the south extended much farther to cover most of the south american continent in total its northern range has receded one thousand kilometers southward and its southern range two thousand k m northward ice age
triviaqa-bt_189,to whom was bob dylan supposed to be singing it aint me babe,Bob_Dylan_20,many of his most famous early songs first reached the public through more immediately palatable versions by other performers such as joan baez who became dylan s advocate as well as his lover baez was influential in bringing dylan to national and international prominence by recording several of his early songs and inviting him onstage during her own concerts others who recorded and had hits with dylan s songs in the early and mid one nine hundred sixties included the b y r d s sonny and cher the hollies peter paul and mary manfred mann and the turtles most attempted to impart a pop feel and rhythm to the songs while dylan and baez performed them mostly as sparse folk pieces the cover versions became so ubiquitous that c b s started to promote him with the tag nobody
triviaqa-qb_3180,what colour are the two stars on the national flag of syria,Esperanto_105,speakers in eighteen hundred eighty seven the flag was approved in nineteen hundred five by delegates to the first conference of esperantists at boulogne sur mer a version with an e superimposed over the green star is sometimes seen other variants include that for christian esperantists with a white christian cross superimposed upon the green star and that for leftists with the color of the field changed from green to red in nineteen hundred eighty seven a second flag design was chosen in a contest organized by the uea celebrating the
triviaqa-qz_1197,what colour is the bottom stripe on the us flag,Flag_of_Canada_10,vii the department of canadian heritage has listed the various colour shades for printing ink that should be used when reproducing the canadian flag these include fip red general printing ink no zero to seven hundred twelve inmont canada limited no four t five one five seven seven monarch inks no sixty two thousand five hundred thirty nine forward slash zero rieger inks no
triviaqa-sfq_18471,euclid of alexandria established the foundations of which branch of mathematics,Isaac_Newton_18,differences and was the first to use fractional indices and to employ coordinate geometry to derive solutions to diophantine equations he approximated partial sums of the harmonic series by logarithms a precursor to euler s summation formula and was the first to use power series with confidence and to revert power series he also discovered a new formula for calculating pi he was elected lucasian professor of mathematics in sixteen hundred sixty nine in that day any fellow of cambridge or oxford had to be an ordained anglican priest however the terms of the lucasian professorship required that the holder not be active in the church presumably so as to
triviaqa-qb_1435,which country was invaded by iraq in nineteen ninety ,History_of_Saudi_Arabia_34,of the iran iraq war and aided iraq s war strained economy king fahd played a major part in bringing about the august nineteen hundred eighty eight cease fire between iraq and iran and in organizing and strengthening the gulf cooperation council g c c a group of six persian gulf states dedicated to fostering regional economic cooperation and peaceful development section nine nineteen hundred nineties in august nineteen hundred ninety saddam hussein s forces invaded kuwait iraqi troops began massing on the border of kuwait and some feared that they were about to invade saudi arabia king fahd allowed american and coalition soldiers to be
triviaqa-sfq_2934,which sport requires an oval pitch and an oval ball,American_football_52,and collegiate play and twenty three feet four inches seven m apart for high school play the uprights extend vertically ten yards on professional fields a minimum of ten yards on college fields and a minimum of ten feet on high school fields goal posts are padded at the base and orange ribbons are normally placed at the tip of each upright the football itself is an oval ball similar to balls used in rugby or australian rules football at all levels of play the football is inflated to
triviaqa-jp_3129,phil collins was a drummer and singer in what band,Phil_Collins_0,phil collins philip david charles collins born january thirty nineteen hundred fifty one in chiswick london england better known as phil collins is a british rock forward slash pop musician he is best known as the lead singer and drummer of progressive rock group genesis and as a grammy winning solo artist in total collins sang the lead vocals
triviaqa-qw_10332,which ocean is closest to the capital of the usa,Broad_Creek%2c_North_Carolina_2,to the east bogue sound is separated from the atlantic ocean to the south by bogue banks part of north carolina s barrier islands known as the crystal coast the broad creek community is bordered on the north by croatan national forest north carolina highway twenty four passes through the community leading east twelve miles nineteen k m to morehead city and west eight miles thirteen k m to cape carteret newport is seven miles eleven k m to
triviaqa-qg_2451,a coyote is a slang term used to describe someone who smuggles what across the us border,Iron_Curtain_5,surrounding the u s naval station at guantanamo bay planted by cuba was occasionally termed the cactus curtain section two pre cold war usage there are various earlier usages of the term iron curtain russian zheleznyj zanaves german eiserner vorhang czech elezna opona slovak elezna opona hungarian vasfuggony romanian cortina de fier italian cortina di ferro serbian gvozdena zavesa estonian raudne eesriie bulgarian zhelyazna zavesa pre dating churchill the usage of the term goes back to the babylonian talmud tractate sota three eight b which refers to a mechitza shel barzel an iron barrier or divider even an iron barrier cannot separate the people of israel from their heavenly father it was previously thought the term iron curtain was first coined by queen elisabeth of the belgians after world war i to describe the political situation between belgium and germany
triviaqa-jp_1403,what country does waterford crystal come from,Palladian_architecture_26,only one room deep were deliberately deceitful in giving a false impression of size section six irish palladianism during the palladian revival period in ireland even quite modest mansions were cast in a neo palladian mould palladian architecture in ireland subtly differs from that in england while adhering as in other countries to the basic ideals of palladio it is often truer to them minus perhaps because it was often designed by architects who had come directly from mainland europe and therefore were not influenced by the evolution that palladianism was undergoing in britain or perhaps because ireland was more
triviaqa-bb_4441,which european nation was the colonial power of indonesia for three hundred fifty years until officially ceding control in december one thousand nine hundred forty nine ,Marshall_Plan_132,equaled the funds these countries used to finance their military actions against their colonial subjects in east asia in french indochina and the netherlands east indies respectively the marshall plan was said to have set the stage for large amounts of private u s investment in europe establishing the basis for modern transnational corporations the netherlands used a significant portion of the aid it received to re conquer indonesia in the indonesian national revolution and was forced into joining the korean war in nineteen hundred fifty
triviaqa-sfq_11956,in which castle is shakespeares hamlet set,Hamlet_147,q two texts branagh s hamlet runs for around four hours branagh set the film with late nineteenth century costuming and furnishings and blenheim palace built in the early eighteenth century became elsinore castle in the external scenes the film is structured as an epic and makes frequent use of flashbacks to highlight elements not made explicit in the play hamlet s sexual relationship with kate winslet s ophelia for example or his childhood affection for yorick played by ken dodd in two thousand michael almereyda s hamlet set the story in contemporary manhattan with ethan hawke playing hamlet as a film
triviaqa-qg_3166,september nine nine nine saw what made an official language of canada,Canada_95,language canada s two official languages are english and french official bilingualism in canada is law defined in the canadian charter of rights and freedoms the official languages act and official language regulations it is applied by the commissioner of official languages english and french have equal status in federal courts parliament and in all federal institutions the public has the
triviaqa-dpql_2948,ashkenazic and sephardic cuisines are associated with which ethnic group,Maus_1,biography spiegelman portrays different ethnic groups as different species of animals jews are depicted as mice template l l maus germans as cats french as frogs poles as pigs americans as dogs swedes as reindeer and gypsies as moths the use of anthropomorphism a familiar device from children s cartoons and comic strips was an ironic nod to nazi propaganda auschwitz with the contemporary life of art vladek and their surroundings as
triviaqa-sfq_26163,which sport had previously been known as whiff whaff and gossima,Women%27s_squash_in_Australia_1,hockey horse racing squash table tennis and shooting during the nineteen hundred fifties australian women competed in squash at the empire games one player who had success at these games was heather mckay some of the best known australian squash players include heather blundell mckay during blundell mckay s squash career she only lost twice she won the british amateur title seven times starting in nineteen hundred sixty two and she won the australian championship eight times starting in nineteen hundred sixty in nineteen hundred sixty there was a mass demonstration of the sport at a school in roseville new south wales where female students learned a number of skills including the forehand drive in
triviaqa-jp_463,what city has the busiest airport system,Munich_132,international airport iata muc icao eddm is the second largest airport in germany and seventh largest in europe after london heathrow paris charle de gaulle frankfurt amsterdam madrid and istanbul ataturk it is used by about thirty four million passengers a year and lies some thirty k m nineteen mi north east of the city centre it replaced the smaller munich riem airport in nineteen hundred ninety two the airport can be reached by suburban train lines s eight
triviaqa-qz_3898,how many times did steffi graf win the ladies singles at wimbledon,Women%27s_squash_in_Australia_1,hockey horse racing squash table tennis and shooting during the nineteen hundred fifties australian women competed in squash at the empire games one player who had success at these games was heather mckay some of the best known australian squash players include heather blundell mckay during blundell mckay s squash career she only lost twice she won the british amateur title seven times starting in nineteen hundred sixty two and she won the australian championship eight times starting in nineteen hundred sixty in nineteen hundred sixty there was a mass demonstration of the sport at a school in roseville new south wales where female students learned a number of skills including the forehand drive in
triviaqa-sfq_5734,in geometry what name is given to a straight line from the circumference to the centre of a circle or sphere,Dyson_sphere_25,light would otherwise be completely hidden if assuming a radius of one au then the compressive strength of the material forming the sphere would have to be immense any arbitrarily selected point on the surface of the sphere can be viewed as being under the pressure of the base of a dome one au in height under the sun s gravity at that distance indeed it can be viewed as being at the base of an infinite number of arbitrarily selected domes but as much of the force from any one arbitrary dome is counteracted by those of another the net force on that point is immense but finite no known or theorized
triviaqa-sfq_19820,which roman emperor committed suicide in sixty eight ad after being declared an enemy of the state by the senate,Saint_Peter_50,months after the disastrous fire that destroyed rome for which the emperor wished to blame the christians this dies imperii regnal day anniversary was an important one exactly ten years after nero ascended to the throne and it was as usual accompanied by much bloodshed traditionally roman authorities sentenced him to death by crucifixion according to the apocryphal acts of peter he was crucified head down tradition also locates his burial place where the basilica of saint peter was later built directly beneath the basilica s high altar clement of rome in his letter to the corinthians
triviaqa-odql_8510,nicknamed the diamond state which us state shares borders with pennslyvania new jersey and maryland,George_Washington%27s_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River_38,from congressional coffers in philadelphia did a significant number of men agree to stay with the army another six weeks washington then adopted a fortified position just south of the assunpink creek across the creek from trenton in this position he successfully beat back one assault on january two seventeen hundred seventy seven which he followed up with a decisive victory at princeton the next day in the following days the british withdrew to new brunswick and the continental army entered winter quarters in morristown new jersey section nine legacy at the time of the crossing washington s army included a significant number of people who played important roles in the formation and early days of the united states of america these included future president james monroe future chief justice of the united states john marshall alexander hamilton a future secretary of the treasury and arthur saint clair who later served as president of the continental congress and governor of the northwest territory both sides of the delaware river where the crossing took place have been preserved in
triviaqa-jp_3296,anemia can be caused by a deficiency of what dietary mineral,Zinc_120,in excess of five hundred ppm in soil interfere with the ability of plants to absorb other essential metals such as iron and manganese there is also a condition called the zinc shakes or zinc chills that can be induced by the inhalation of freshly formed zinc oxide formed during the welding of galvanized materials the u s food and drug administration fda has stated that zinc damages nerve receptors in the nose which can cause anosmia reports of anosmia were also observed in the nineteen hundred thirties when
triviaqa-bb_3814,meaning quiet loud what is the full modern italian name for the piano,Matthew_Brettingham_15,the piano nobile distinguishable only by its tall pedimented windows this arrangement devoid of pilasters and a pediment giving prominence to the central bays at roof height was initially too severe for the english taste even by the fashionable palladian standards of the day early critics declared the design insipid however the interior design of norfolk house was to define the london town house for the next century with a circuit of reception rooms around a grand staircase the staircase hall replacing the italian traditional inner courtyard or two storey hall this arrangement of salons allowed guests at large parties to circulate having
triviaqa-qb_525,a mahout is a person who works tends and rides which animal,War_elephant_14,the driver called a mahout and usually numidian who was responsible for controlling the animal the mahout also carried a chisel blade and a hammer to cut through the spinal cord and kill the animal if the elephant went berserk despite these disadvantages elephants were the ancient world s equivalent of a heavy tank such as the second world war panzer section three battles some notable battles involving war
triviaqa-sfq_18514,alfred munnings was famous for his paintings of what,William_Brydon_3,saving the doctor s life the episode was made the subject of a famous painting by the victorian artist lady elizabeth butler who portrayed doctor brydon hobbling to the gates of the jalalabad fort perched on his dying horse the painting is titled remnants of an army in eighteen hundred fifty seven he was a regimental doctor at lucknow and survived his second siege that of the lucknow residency june minus november eighteen hundred fifty seven being badly wounded in the thigh at one stage his wife published a memoir
triviaqa-odql_12481,who is the twin sister of sebastian in shakespeares twelfth night,Julia_Stiles_17,section two point three stage career stiles performed on stage in eve ensler s the vagina monologues in the summer of two thousand two and appeared as viola the lead role in shakespeare in the park s production of twelfth night with jimmy smits reviewing the production ben brantley of the new york times saluted stiles as the thinking teenagers movie goddess who put him in mind of a young jane fonda in the spring of two thousand four she made her london stage debut opposite aaron eckhart in a revival of david mamet s play oleanna at the garrick theatre section two point four other work on
triviaqa-odql_12368,in september one thousand six hundred forty five after the surrender of which city was prince rupert dismissed by charles i,Hereditary_peer_20,next they note the date for parliament s calling and the reason for its calling this portion of the writ differs based on whether parliament is at the time sitting or prorogued or dissolved then after commanding the recipient to attend the writ indicates that the sovereign him or herself witnesses it that the sovereign may not deny writs of summons to qualified peers in sixteen hundred twenty six king charles i ordered that the writ of summons of john digby first earl of bristol not issue lord bristol had been charged with treason but was never tried he
triviaqa-sfq_14351,of which country is manama the capital,Sophie%2c_Countess_of_Wessex_19,the fiftieth anniversary independence day celebrations in saint lucia a joint address from both houses of the barbados parliament and a visit to sites affected by the recent volcanic eruptions in montserrat section five criticism the countess of wessex has been criticised for accepting two sets of jewels from the royal family of bahrain during an official day long visit to the country in december twenty eleven as she and her husband returned to the uk from a trip to afghanistan she was given one set by bahrain s king and a second set by the country s prime minister
triviaqa-bb_5507,what rare noble gas element used in lighting was discovered in eighteen ninety eight and named after greek new,Helium_83,csfheo and n ch three four fheo are derivatives of a metastable f heo anion first theorized in two thousand five by a group from taiwan if confirmed by experiment such compounds will end helium s chemical nobility and the only remaining noble element will be neon citation needed helium has been put inside the hollow carbon cage molecules the fullerenes by heating under high pressure the
triviaqa-sfq_16522,which artist painted monarch of the glen,Queen_Victoria_64,rumours of a romantic connection and even a secret marriage appeared in print and the queen was referred to as missus brown the story of their relationship was the subject of the nineteen hundred ninety seven movie missus brown a painting by sir edwin henry landseer depicting the queen with brown was exhibited at the royal academy and victoria published a book leaves from the journal of our life in the highlands which featured brown prominently and in which the queen praised him highly palmerston died in eighteen hundred sixty five and after a brief ministry
triviaqa-qb_9820,in january one thousand nine hundred sixty eight who was chosen as leader of the communist party in czechoslovakia,Eastern_Bloc_157,czechoslovakia called the prague spring took place in nineteen hundred sixty eight the event was spurred by several events including economic reforms that addressed an early nineteen hundred sixties economic downturn the event began on five january nineteen hundred sixty eight when reformist slovak alexander dubek came to power in april dubek launched an action program of liberalizations which included increasing freedom of the press freedom of speech and freedom of movement along with an economic emphasis on consumer goods the possibility of a multiparty government
triviaqa-wh_2051,the hunchback of notre dame by victor hugo is one of the greatest ever french novels what is the original french title of the book ,Francis_Petre_30,to saint paul s cathedral in london it is conceivable that the greatest influence behind this great structure was benoit haffreingue during petre s formative years studying under haffreingue in france haffreingue had been the driving force of the reconstruction of the cathedral of notre dame in boulogne sur mer a french cathedral that has a very similar plan to to that of the blessed sacrament including the controversial siting of the dome over the altar rather than the centre of the cathedral the cathedral constructed of concrete sheathed in oamaru limestone was widely acclaimed causing the famous author george bernard
triviaqa-bb_3208,the four radioactive series titled thorium neptunium radiumuranium and actinium all decay eventually to stable isotopes of what element,The_World_Without_Us_20,that would be left would be aluminum dishwasher parts stainless steel cookware and plastic handles the longest lasting evidence on earth of a human presence would be radioactive materials ceramics bronze statues and mount rushmore in space the pioneer plaques the voyager golden record and radio waves would outlast the earth itself breaking from the theme of the natural environment after humans weisman considers what could lead to the sudden complete demise of humans without serious damage to the built and natural environment that scenario he concludes is extremely unlikely he also considers
triviaqa-jp_3241,canuck is a nickname for someone from what country,Canadians_48,section three see also canuck demographics of canada list of canadians persons of national historic significance canada minus wikipedia book
triviaqa-sfq_5941,the remains of which ancient city were discovered by heinrich schliemann in the one thousand eight hundred seventy s,Swastika_22,africa and south america section two point one adoption of the swastika in the west the discovery of the indo european language group in the eighteen hundred zeros led to a great effort by archaeologists to link the pre history of european peoples to the ancient aryans following his discovery of objects bearing the swastika in the ruins of troy heinrich schliemann consulted the leading sanskrit scholars of the day emile burnouf and max muller schliemann concluded that the swastika was a specifically aryan symbol
triviaqa-dpql_831,which islands were ceded to britain by spain in seventeen seventy one ,British_Empire_148,of rhodesia as zimbabwe the new hebrides as vanuatu in nineteen hundred eighty and belize in nineteen hundred eighty one meant that aside from a scattering of islands and outposts and the acquisition in nineteen hundred fifty five of an uninhabited rock in the atlantic ocean rockall the process of decolonisation that had begun after the second world war was largely complete in nineteen hundred eighty two britain s resolve in defending its remaining overseas territories was tested when argentina invaded the falkland islands acting on a long standing claim that
triviaqa-qg_1585,the voice of bugs bunny daffy duck porky pig sylvester the cat tweety bird foghorn leghorn yosemite sam wile e coyote woody woodpecker barney rubble mr spacely speed buggy captain caveman heathcliff speedy gonzales elmer fudd and hundreds of others which american voice actor was born on may thirty one thousand nine hundred eight ,Jim_Henson_51,henson is tributed both as himself and as kermit the frog on the hollywood walk of fame the only other person to receive this honor is mel blanc the voice actor of bugs bunny the classes of nineteen hundred ninety four nineteen hundred ninety eight and nineteen hundred ninety nine at the university of maryland college park umcp commissioned a life size statue of henson and kermit the frog which was dedicated on september two hundred forty two thousand three henson s sixty seventh birthday the statue cost two hundred seventeen thousand dollars and is displayed outside the umcp student union in
triviaqa-qg_347,what ology is the scientific study of the structure of earth,Planetary_habitability_32,than their larger cousins such bodies tend to lose the energy left over from their formation quickly and end up geologically dead lacking the volcanoes earthquakes and tectonic activity which supply the surface with life sustaining material and the atmosphere with temperature moderators like carbon dioxide low mass is partly a relative label the earth is considered low mass when compared to the solar system s gas giants but it is the largest by diameter and mass and densest of all terrestrial bodies template f n it is large enough along with venus to retain an atmosphere through gravity
triviaqa-qw_1297,what was the name of sir fred hoyles theory an alternative to the big bang that said that there was continuous creation of matter between galaxies so that as galaxies get further apart new ones develop between them,Big_Bang_14,originally suggested by friedmann but advocated by albert einstein and richard tolman and fritz zwicky s tired light hypothesis after world war ii two distinct possibilities emerged one was fred hoyle s steady state model whereby new matter would be created as the universe seemed to expand in this model the universe is roughly the same at any point in time the other was lemaitre s big bang theory advocated and developed by george gamow who introduced big bang nucleosynthesis b b n and whose associates ralph alpher and robert herman
triviaqa-qw_6046,lee kuan yew and goh chok tong were the first two prime ministers of which country,Disneyland_with_the_Death_Penalty_7,mornings only to discover that the city state s physical past has almost entirely vanished he gives an overview of the history of singapore from the founding of modern singapore by sir stamford raffles in eighteen hundred nineteen to the japanese occupation and the establishment of the republic in nineteen hundred sixty five he concludes that modern singapore effectively a single party state and capitalist technocracy is a product first and foremost of the vision of three decade prime minister lee kuan yew as an aside he quotes a headline from the south china morning post detailing the trial of a cadre of economists a government official and a
triviaqa-jp_1421,in what country is the religion of shinto commonly practiced,Esperanto_108,the irish political party eirigi has recently adopted the green star as its emblem partly in support of esperanto as an international language instead of english citation needed section five point nine religion esperanto has served an important role in several religions such as oomoto from japan and the bahai faith from iran and has been encouraged by others section five point nine point one oomoto the oomoto religion encourages the use of esperanto among its followers and includes zamenhof as one of its deified spirits section five point nine point two
triviaqa-tb_422,the documentary lousy little sixpence one thousand nine hundred eighty three and the feature film rabbit proof fence two thousand two focus on stolen generations in which country,Tasmanian_devil_29,nineteen hundred eighty nine and nineteen hundred ninety four tasmanian devils are popular with domestic and international tourists because of their unique personality the tasmanian devil has been the subject of numerous documentaries and non fiction children s books the most recent australian documentary on the tasmanian devil terrors of tasmania directed and produced by david parer and elizabeth parer cook was released in two thousand five the documentary follows a female devil called manganinnie through breeding season and the birth and rearing of her young the documentary also looks at the effect of devil facial tumor disease and the
triviaqa-dpql_2028,which element is the main polluting substance in acid rain,Fossil_fuel_33,with virtual certainty meaning ninety nine per cent sure that s a significant jump from likely or sixty six per cent sure in the group s last report in two thousand one mahlman says his role in this year s effort involved spending two months reviewing the more than one thousand six hundred pages of research that went into the new assessment combustion of fossil fuels generates sulfuric carbonic and nitric acids which fall to earth as acid rain impacting both natural areas and the built environment monuments
triviaqa-qb_606,the hotel matignon is the official residence of the prime minister of which european country,Edward_VII_49,one of his most important foreign trips was an official visit to france in may nineteen hundred three as the guest of president emile loubet following a visit to the pope in rome this trip helped create the atmosphere for the anglo french entente cordiale an agreement delineating british and french colonies in north africa and ruling out any future war between the two countries the entente was negotiated between the french foreign minister theophile delcasse and the british foreign secretary lord lansdowne signed in
triviaqa-bt_2504,in yachting how many crew are there in the flying dutchman class,George_V_9,local artist tattoo a blue and red dragon on his arm and was received in an audience by the emperor meiji george and his brother presented empress haruko with two wallabies from australia dalton wrote an account of their journey entitled the cruise of h m s bacchante between melbourne and sydney dalton recorded a sighting of the flying dutchman a mythical ghost ship when they returned to britain queen victoria complained that her grandsons could not speak french or german and so they spent six months in lausanne
triviaqa-sfq_14642,former blue peter presenter konnie hug married which presenter and comic writer in twenty ten ,Help_Me_Anthea%2c_I%27m_Infested_2,as frightful charlie brooker thought turner came across as a hard judgemental piece of work who spends most of her time haranguing the human inhabitants for living in filth and the resulting programme feels like a strange psychodrama in which the punters are caught between unfeeling vermin on one side and an unfeeling former blue peter presenter on the other jeremy paxman used it as an example of the perceived low quality and lack of public value of bbc three programmes in an interview with the bbc chairman sir michael lyons on newsnight along with my man boobs and me my dog is as
triviaqa-bb_743,in which country were the one thousand nine hundred forty eight winter olympics held,Kandersteg_International_Scout_Centre_19,campfire pioneering competition and barbecue as well as a wide range of daily activities such as trails nature workshops hiking rock climbing crafts mountain biking paragliding river rafting and trips to various parts of switzerland in the winter the programme offers a range of alpine snow activities such as downhill or cross country skiing and snowboarding there are also a variety of other activities in and around kandersteg like sledging curling ice skating snow shoeing and caving throughout the year they offer programme activities for groups the exact possibilities will depend on when you visit and options vary with each season by
triviaqa-bb_6461,what is four fifths divided by four fifths,S4C_25,gathering in one place such as shopping carts at a grocery store and golf carts at a golf course these idents were produced by proud creative a london based design firm in two thousand seven another new set of live action idents debuted featuring live rendered dynamic elements which react to the voice of the continuity announcers an effect similar to the initial idents of bbc four minus but utilizing live action footage instead of three d rendered footage section five funding and regulation s four c is financed from its advertising revenue and a fixed annual grant from the uk department for culture media and sport d c m s receiving nine four m of funding in two thousand seven pound sterling in
triviaqa-jp_2004,solidarity is a political movement in what country,Iron_Curtain_68,a wave of revolutions occurred throughout the eastern bloc in april nineteen hundred eighty nine the solidarity organization was legalized in the people s republic of poland and captured ninety nine per cent of available parliamentary seats these elections in which anti communist candidates won a striking victory inaugurated a series of peaceful anti communist revolutions in central and eastern europe that eventually culminated in the fall of communism on august nineteen nineteen hundred eighty nine more than six hundred east germans attending the
triviaqa-sfq_1798,what name is given to the gap between the a and b rings of saturn after the italian astronomer who first discovered it in sixteen seventy five ,Saturn_59,other moons in the solar system have liquid water oceans covered by kilometers of icy crust what s different here is that pockets of liquid water may be no more than tens of meters below the surface on september twenty two thousand six a cassini probe photograph revealed a previously undiscovered planetary ring outside the brighter main rings of saturn and inside the g and e rings apparently
triviaqa-sfq_9999,edward oxford and rodney maclean et al tried to assassinate which british monarch,Edward_VII_4,and the rise of socialism he died in nineteen hundred ten in the midst of a constitutional crisis that was resolved the following year by the parliament act nineteen hundred eleven which restricted the power of the unelected house of lords table of contents section one early life and education edward was born at ten forty eight a m in the morning on nine november eighteen hundred forty one in buckingham palace he was the eldest son and second child of queen victoria and her husband and first cousin prince albert of saxe coburg and gotha he was
triviaqa-bb_2094,what number is hurricane on the beaufort scale,Meteorological_history_of_Hurricane_Katrina_6,circulation moving on and merging with the aforementioned second tropical wave as a result the criteria for keeping the same name and identity were not met section two first landfall as the atmospheric conditions surrounding tropical depression twelve were favorable for tropical development the system began to intensify and was upgraded to tropical storm katrina on the morning of august twenty four a burst of convection allowed katrina to become the fourth hurricane of the two thousand five season
triviaqa-sfq_17180,the islands of hoy sanday and westray belong to which island group,Cattle_egret_19,islands including south georgia marion island the south sandwich islands and the south orkney islands a small flock of eight birds was also seen in fiji in two thousand eight in addition to the natural expansion of its range cattle egrets have been introduced into a few areas the species was introduced to hawaii in nineteen hundred fifty nine and to the chagos archipelago in nineteen hundred fifty five successful releases were also made in the seychelles and rodrigues but attempts to introduce the species to mauritius failed numerous birds
triviaqa-qb_733,which mediterranean island gained independence in nineteen fifty nine under the presidency of archbishop makarios,John_of_Ibelin%2c_the_Old_Lord_of_Beirut_5,was deposed and the island was placed under imperial control but he resisted with military force and outside nicosia on july fourteen twelve twenty nine he defeated the imperial bailiffs that frederick had left on the island after returning home in april frederick sent an army to the east in twelve thirty one under the marshal of the empire which attempted to invade cyprus john was able to repel the invasion but the imperial fleet sailed to beirut which they besieged and almost captured the marshal riccardo filangieri was able to establish himself in jerusalem and tyre which he had regained by treaty in twelve twenty nine but not in beirut or the capital in acre in acre john s supporters formed a commune of which john himself was
triviaqa-sfq_14368,at which school was captain hook educated,Prince_Harry_7,like his father and brother harry was educated at independent schools he started at jane mynors nursery school and the pre preparatory wetherby school both in london following this he attended ludgrove school and after passing the entrance exams was admitted to eton college where he studied geography art history and art at a level the decision to place harry at eton went against the windsor family tradition of sending children to gordonstoun harry s grandfather father two uncles and two cousins all attended it did make harry follow in the
triviaqa-bb_2826,an analgesic drug is commonly called a,Fentanyl_0,fentanyl fentanyl also known as fentanil brand names sublimaze actiq durogesic duragesic fentora onsolis instanyl abstral lazanda and others is a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic with a rapid onset and short duration of action it
triviaqa-qz_127,what colour is the cross on the national flag of switzerland,Order_of_the_Bath_14,the military badge is a gold maltese cross of eight points enamelled in white each point of the cross is decorated by a small gold ball each angle has a small figure of a lion the centre of the cross bears three crowns on the obverse side and a rose a thistle and a shamrock emanating from a sceptre on the reverse side both emblems are surrounded by a red circlular ring bearing the motto of the order which are in turn flanked by two laurel branches above a scroll bearing the words ich dien in gold letters the civil badge is a plain gold oval bearing three crowns on the obverse side and a rose a thistle and a shamrock emanating from a sceptre on the reverse
triviaqa-bb_4865,what communal cooking methodequipment derives from french melted,Cheese_46,about eighty two c one hundred eighty f acid set cheeses including halloumi paneer some whey cheeses and many varieties of fresh goat cheese have a protein structure that remains intact at high temperatures when cooked these cheeses just get firmer as water evaporates some cheeses like raclette melt smoothly many tend to become stringy or suffer from a separation of their fats many of these can be coaxed into melting smoothly in the presence of acids or starch fondue with wine providing the acidity is a good example of a smoothly melted cheese dish elastic stringiness is a quality that is sometimes enjoyed in dishes including pizza and welsh rabbit
triviaqa-qg_890,to the tune of almost forty six million dollars in then dollars what noted philanthropist funded the construction of one thousand six hundred eighty seven public libraries between one thousand eight hundred eighty six and one thousand nine hundred twenty three ,Andrew_Carnegie_42,three thousand libraries located in forty seven states carnegie also built libraries in canada and overseas in the united kingdom including the republic of ireland australia new zealand the west indies and fiji he also donated fifty thousand pound sterling to help set up the university of birmingham in eighteen hundred ninety nine as vanslyck nineteen hundred ninety one showed the last years of the nineteenth century saw acceptance of the idea that free libraries should be available to the american public but the design of the idealized free library was the subject of prolonged and heated debate on one hand the library profession
triviaqa-bb_9279,what widely used symbol is known variously around the world by names such as monkeys tail snail little mouse and asperand,Swastika_60,ruling subsequently allowed falun gong followers in germany to continue the use of the emblem section five point six native american traditions the swastika was a widely used native american symbol it has been found in excavations of mississippian era sites in the ohio valley it was widely used by many southwestern tribes most notably the navajo among different tribes the swastika
triviaqa-tc_2506,which country is known to its people as suomen tasavalta,Finnish_sauna_0,finnish sauna for many people the only true sauna is the finnish sauna detailed here the word sauna is now commonly used to mean many types of sweat bathing facility some of which predate the finnish version for the modern global sauna variants see sauna the finnish sauna is a substantial part of the finnish culture there are five million inhabitants and over two million saunas in finland minus an average of one per household for finnish people the sauna
triviaqa-tb_1166,what is the largest country with a single time zone,Daylight_saving_time_57,or five hours depending on the time of year western china iceland and other areas skew time zones westward in effect observing d s t year round without complications from clock shifts for example saskatoon saskatchewan is at one hundred six thirty nine w longitude slightly west of center of the idealized mountain time zone one hundred five w but the time in saskatchewan is central standard time ninety w year round so saskatoon is always about sixty seven minutes ahead of
triviaqa-qf_2752,in us motor racing what colour flag would the driver see for one lap to go,Flag_of_Canada_0,flag of canada the national flag of canada also known as the maple leaf and lunifolie french for the one leafed is a red flag with a white square in its centre featuring a stylized one one pointed red maple leaf its adoption in nineteen hundred sixty five marked the first time a national flag had been officially adopted to replace the
triviaqa-qb_497,which european city had the worlds first birth control clinic,European_Economic_Community_23,amsterdam transferred responsibility for free movement of persons e g visas illegal immigration asylum from the justice and home affairs jha pillar to the european community jha was renamed police and judicial company operation in criminal matters p j c c as a result both amsterdam and the treaty of nice also extended codecision procedure to nearly all policy areas giving parliament equal power to the council in the community in two thousand two the treaty of paris which established the ecsc expired having reached its fifty year limit as the first treaty it was the only one with a limit no attempt was made to renew its mandate instead the treaty of nice transferred
triviaqa-jp_2368,what river separates texas and mexico,Interstate_35_1,has such divisions in two stretches both through twin cities the highway splits into interstate three five e dallas and saint paul and interstate three five w fort worth and minneapolis interstate thirty five does not directly connect to either international border i thirty five s southern terminus is a traffic signal in laredo texas just short of the united states mexico border travelers going south can take one of two toll bridges across the rio grande and the mexican border straight ahead into juarez lincoln international bridge or via interstate thirty five business through downtown laredo into gateway to the americas international bridge to the north i three five terminates in duluth minnesota with connections to canada from the interstate s
triviaqa-sfq_14598,in kiplings the jungle book what kind of creature is hathi,War_elephant_16,b c battle of the hydaspes river three hundred twelve b c battle of gaza three hundred one b c battle of ipsus two hundred eighty b c battle of heraclea two hundred seventy nine b c battle of asculum two hundred seventeen b c battle of raphia two hundred two b c battle of zama one hundred ninety b c battle of magnesia one hundred sixty four b c battle of beth zur forty six b c battle of thapsus twelve fourteen capture of cremona by frederick ii holy roman emperor section four war elephants in popular culture rudyard kipling s the jungle book contains two stories in which war elephants appear toomai of the elephants and her majesty s servants j r r tolkien s fictional war beast oliphaunt is modelled on war elephants age of empires a real time strategy computer game features war elephants as a melee or a ranged elephant archers unit section five
triviaqa-bb_297,jenny shipley was the first female prime minister of which country,Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom_12,and on occasion senior parliamentarians are appointed privy counsellors although the privy council is primarily a british institution officials from some other commonwealth realms are also appointed to the body the most notable continuing instance is new zealand whose prime minister senior politicians chief justice and court of appeal judges are conventionally made privy counsellors as formerly were the prime ministers and chief justices of canada and australia prime ministers of some other commonwealth countries which retain the queen as their sovereign continue to be sworn as privy counsellors though the practice is declining the
triviaqa-bb_7164,mary mallon was effectively imprisoned for life in new york for being an irresponsible immune carrier of what disease,Queen_Victoria_68,republic a republican rally in trafalgar square demanded victoria s removal and radical m p s spoke against her in august and september eighteen hundred seventy one she was seriously ill with an abscess in her arm which joseph lister successfully lanced and treated with his new antiseptic carbolic acid spray in late november eighteen hundred seventy one at the height of the republican movement the prince of wales contracted typhoid fever the disease that was believed to have killed his father and victoria was fearful her son would die as
triviaqa-qw_2268,the foxtrot a dance introduced to great britain around one thousand nine hundred fourteen originated in which country,British_Empire_6,some of which were reclassified as dominions by the start of the twentieth century germany and the united states had eroded some of britain s economic lead subsequent military and economic tensions between britain and germany were major causes of the first world war during which britain relied heavily upon its empire the conflict placed enormous financial and population strain on britain although the empire achieved its largest territorial extent immediately after world war i britain was no longer a peerless
triviaqa-tc_2850,which mammal constructs a lodge in which to store food rear young and pass the winter,Aztalan_State_Park_5,and a hole in the roof let out the smoke pits in the house stored foods like corn nuts and seeds in woven bags while perishable foods like meat were probably stored outside prior to cooking the site was well chosen to provide a variety of food sources and other resources the staple of the diet was corn and other plants were also gathered as food such as acorns hickory nuts and berries the main source of meat was deer and they also caught and ate beaver elk fox muskrats and raccoons they also hunted birds turtles and mussels and caught fish in the crawfish river directly next to the site
triviaqa-bb_5816,which religion has ten states of the mind including neutrality rapture realization and bodhisattva,History_of_the_world_11,a duley noted cultural development was the introduction of philosophy and religion in both east and west over time a great variety of religions developed around the world with hinduism and buddhism in india zoroastrianism in persia being some of the earliest major faiths in the east three schools of thoughts were to dominate chinese thinking until the modern day these were daoism legalism and confucianism the confucian tradition which would attain predominance looked not to the force of law but to the power and example of tradition for political morality in the west the greek philosophical tradition represented
triviaqa-bb_2616,the term photovoltaic refers to technology in what renewable energy,Space_elevator_28,power beaming and solar power other possible designs use energy from regenerative braking of down climbers passing energy to up climbers as they pass magnetospheric braking of the cable to dampen oscillations tropospheric heat differentials in the cable ionospheric discharge through the cable and other concepts the primary power methods laser and microwave power beaming have significant problems with both efficiency and heat dissipation on both sides although with optimistic numbers for future technologies they are feasible climbers must be paced at optimal timings so as to minimize cable stress and
triviaqa-jp_3850,who is said to have gained enlightenment sitting under the bodhi tree,Immortality_31,is according to the qualities of their actions this constant process of becoming ceases at the fruition of enlightenment bodhi at which a being is no longer subject to causation karma but enters into a state that the buddha called amata deathlessness however in buddhism there is no belief in an eternal soul anatta and some sects also believe in rather a collection of habits and memories in a dynamic process of constant change at enlightenment the kammic seeds sankharas or samskaras for all future becoming and
triviaqa-sfq_13527,the currency of venezuela is named after which revolutionary,Effects_of_Hurricane_Ivan_in_the_Lesser_Antilles_and_South_America_10,seven when the eye of the hurricane passed near grenada hurricane warnings were in effect for saint vincent and the grenadines trinidad and tobago and grenada subsequently a tropical storm warning was issued for the northern coast of venezuela through the guajira peninsula of colombia on venezuela citizens in coastal areas of sucre and isla margarita were moved to safer areas and several thousands were evacuated due to the hurricane the simon bolivar international airport as well as three other mainland airports were
triviaqa-odql_13680,what mission was the fifth human space flight of project apollo the third human voyage to the moon and the first manned mission to land on the moon,NASA_8,on may twenty five nineteen hundred sixty one that the united states should commit itself to landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth by nineteen hundred seventy thus apollo became a program to land men on the moon the gemini program was started shortly thereafter to provide an interim spacecraft to prove techniques needed for the now much more complicated apollo missions after eight years of preliminary missions including nasa s first loss of astronauts with the apollo one launch pad fire the apollo program achieved its goals with apollo eleven which landed neil armstrong and buzz
triviaqa-sfq_1821,which adjective is used when pertaining to the fox,Island_fox_7,years in the wild and for up to eight years in captivity section three ecology and behavior its preferred habitat is complex layer vegetation with a high density of woody perennially fruiting shrubs the fox lives in all of the island biomes including temperate forest temperate grassland and chaparral with no island supporting more than one thousand foxes the island fox eats fruits insects birds eggs
triviaqa-bb_5317,name tchaikovskys famous ballet which begins on christmas eve,Lemmings_(video_game)_43,tchaikovsky s nutcracker suite dance of the little swans from tchaikovsky s swan lake twang a song that uses melodies from traditional song ten green bottles chopin s funeral march and wagner s here comes the bride london bridge is falling down the english folk tune forest green which has been adapted into the hymn all beautiful the march of days and the carol o little town of bethlehem mixed with the melody from the movie the good the bad and the ugly she ll be coming round the mountain how much is that doggie in the window exclusive to the
triviaqa-qg_1929,used as an alloy in making high speed cutting tools mo is the symbol for what silver white metallic element,Yttrium_46,material enhancer small amounts of yttrium zero point one to zero point two per cent have been used to reduce the grain sizes of chromium molybdenum titanium and zirconium it is also used to increase the strength of aluminium and magnesium alloys the addition of yttrium to alloys generally improves workability adds resistance to high temperature recrystallization and significantly enhances resistance to high temperature oxidation see graphite nodule discussion below yttrium can be used to deoxidize vanadium and other non ferrous
triviaqa-dpql_2497,in shakespeares play what is the name of hamlets mother,Hamlet_1,on his uncle claudius firstly for murdering the old king hamlet claudius s brother and prince hamlet s father and secondly for then succeeding to the throne and marrying gertrude the king hamlet s widow and mother of prince hamlet the play vividly portrays real and feigned madness from overwhelming grief to seething rage minus and explores themes of treachery revenge incest and moral corruption three different early versions of the play have survived these are known as the first quarto q one the second quarto q two and the first folio f one each has lines and even
triviaqa-sfq_7366,john chapter eleven verse thirty five is the shortest verse in the bible how many words make up the verse,Liturgy_of_the_Hours_21,by another psalm at evening prayer this consists of two psalms or one psalm divided into two parts and a scriptural canticle taken from the new testament a short passage from scripture a responsory typically a verse of scripture but sometimes liturgical poetry a canticle taken from the gospel of luke the canticle of zechariah benedictus for morning prayer and the canticle of mary magnificat for evening prayer
triviaqa-qg_1644,may thirty one one thousand nine hundred eleven saw the launching of the hull of what moderately famous cruise ship which took almost a year to complete but a mere two hours and forty minutes to sink,RMS_Titanic_2,believed to be unsinkable it was a great shock that despite the advanced technology and experienced crew titanic sank with a great loss of life the media frenzy about titanic s famous victims the legends about what happened on board the ship the resulting changes to maritime law and the discovery of the wreck in nineteen hundred eighty five by a team led by robert ballard and jean louis michel have made titanic persistently famous in the years since table of contents section one construction the titanic was a white star line ocean liner built at the harland and wolff shipyard in belfast ireland and was designed to compete with rival company cunard
triviaqa-tb_0,the one thousand eight hundred ten betrothal of princess theresa to crown prince ludwig not only resulted in the meadow where the event took place to be named theresienwiese but also started what,Munich_105,in honour of the marriage of crown prince ludwig to princess therese of saxe hildburghausen the festivities were closed with a horse race and in the following years the horse races were continued and later developed into what is now known as the oktoberfest despite its name most of oktoberfest occurs in september it always finishes on the first sunday in october unless the german national holiday on three october tag der
triviaqa-wh_1706,which film of two thousand five directed by sam mendes is based on former marine and author anthony swafford and his pre desert storm experiences in saudi arabia and fighting in kuwait,Jake_Gyllenhaal_14,section one point four brokeback mountain and the future two thousand five was a very prolific year for gyllenhaal who starred in the critically praised films proof jarhead and brokeback mountain in proof featuring gwyneth paltrow and anthony hopkins gyllenhaal plays a math major who tries to convince paltrow s character to publish a solution to a problem puzzling the mathematical community in jarhead gyllenhaal played against his usual sensitive yet disturbed roles by displaying an aggressive masculinity as a violent us marine during the first gulf war the public reaction to
triviaqa-sfq_23674,to which family of birds do linnets belong,American_goldfinch_0,american goldfinch the american goldfinch carduelis tristis also known as the eastern goldfinch and wild canary is a north american bird in the finch family it is migratory ranging from southern canada to north carolina during the breeding season and from just south of the
triviaqa-sfq_18543,who was the first football nation to win the world cup outside their own continent,Gilberto_Silva_10,a selecao by luiz felipe scolari for the two thousand two world cup qualification games he made his international debut against chile on october seven coming on as a substitute on november seven he made his debut in the starting line up of the national team against bolivia his international career continued to flourish in early two thousand two he scored twice against bolivia and once against iceland in two thousand two he was a surprise inclusion in the brazil squad for the two thousand two fifa world cup in south korea and japan he was expected to play a bit part in the tournament however
triviaqa-dpql_5846,in egyptian mythology what was personified by the god geb,Begotten_(film)_10,relatively obvious christian myths are present in the impregnation of mother earth by god akin to the impregnation of mary by the holy spirit the same myth is partly present in ancient egyptian mythology where isis impregnates herself with the penis of the killed god osiris and gives birth to horus
triviaqa-bb_7406,who became the new french president in twenty seven ,Barack_Obama_101,french president nicolas sarkozy in a february two thousand nine poll conducted by harris interactive for france twenty four and the international herald tribune obama was rated as the most respected world leader as well as the most powerful in a similar poll conducted by harris in may two thousand nine obama was rated as the most popular world leader as well as the one figure most people would pin their hopes on for pulling the world out of the economic downturn obama won best spoken word album grammy awards for abridged audiobook versions of dreams from my father in february two thousand six and for the audacity of hope in february two thousand eight his concession speech after the new hampshire primary
triviaqa-qw_769,if you were from the cayman islands which is part of the british west indies what sort of passport would you have,British_Empire_145,achieved independence in nineteen hundred sixty six and the remainder of the eastern caribbean islands in the nineteen hundred seventies and nineteen hundred eighties but anguilla and the turks and caicos islands opted to revert to british rule after they had already started on the path to independence the british virgin islands cayman islands and montserrat opted to retain ties with britain while guyana achieved independence in nineteen hundred sixty six britain s last colony on the american mainland british honduras became a self governing colony in nineteen hundred sixty four and was
triviaqa-tc_938,who or what was gentle ben in the sixty s tv series,Nick_Bakay_5,and plunders but later on he cant bear being with elaine because of the intense body odor she acquired from being in jerry s car in the that seventy s show episode ski trip he plays gus a gay truckdriver attracted to kelso he has also reprised his role as salem on the t v series the simpsons and boy meets world bakay was the sidekick on two late night talk shows night after night with allan havey and dennis miller s short lived show he was also the voice of norbert on the hit nick show the angry beavers he also made an appearance as a priest in the show king of queens
triviaqa-odql_5312,which former american president who was born on nine th january nine died on the twenty eight th april nine nine after suffering a stroke,Ronald_Reagan_163,as president in nineteen hundred ninety two reagan established the ronald reagan freedom award with the newly formed ronald reagan presidential foundation his final public speech was on february three nineteen hundred ninety four during a tribute to him in washington d c and his last major public appearance was at the funeral of richard nixon on april twenty seven nineteen hundred ninety four section nine point one alzheimer s disease section nine point one point one announcement and reaction in august nineteen hundred ninety four at the age of eighty three reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer s disease an incurable neurological
triviaqa-sfq_21242,in which new york borough is central park situated,Kilometre_11,manhattan new york city central park in new york city is eight hundred forty nine metres wide it extends roughly east and west from fifth avenue to eighth avenue also known as central park west the distance between eighth avenue and madison avenue one block east of fifth avenue is one thousand eleven metres
triviaqa-sfq_11478,in the british army which commissioned rank is indicated by a crown on each shoulder,Florida_Highway_Patrol_2,holds the rank of colonel it has five separate bureaus the bureau of investigations is commanded by a major while the other four bureaus are each commanded by a deputy director a lt colonel the bureau of field operations north and west with troops a b c f and h the bureau of field operations south and east with troops d e g k and l the bureau of special operations training leadership program planning fleet and property accreditation and policy aviation employee selection recruitment background investigation polygraph and budget and the bureau of law enforcement support
triviaqa-dpql_2636,which vitamin assists in blood clotting,Phylloquinone_3,of anticoagulant factors protein c and s it is commonly used to treat warfarin toxicity and as an antidote for coumatetralyl vitamin k is also required for bone protein formation section three see also vitamin k menatetrenone
triviaqa-qb_5209,who wrote the screenplay for the one thousand nine hundred ninety four film four weddings and a funeral,Jim_Henson_47,the image of a growing number of performers singing just one person was especially powerful it was recreated for the nineteen hundred ninety television special the muppets celebrate jim henson and inspired screenwriter richard curtis who attended the london service to write the growing orchestra wedding scene of his two thousand three film love actually section eight business legacy the jim henson company and the jim henson foundation continued after his death producing new series and specials jim henson s creature shop founded by henson also continues to
triviaqa-sfq_186,what is the name of hamlets mother in the shakespeare play of the same name,Hamlet_1,on his uncle claudius firstly for murdering the old king hamlet claudius s brother and prince hamlet s father and secondly for then succeeding to the throne and marrying gertrude the king hamlet s widow and mother of prince hamlet the play vividly portrays real and feigned madness from overwhelming grief to seething rage minus and explores themes of treachery revenge incest and moral corruption three different early versions of the play have survived these are known as the first quarto q one the second quarto q two and the first folio f one each has lines and even
triviaqa-sfq_3811,which singer had a number one hit album in twenty eight entitled hard candy,Spinning_Around_16,of seven thousand five hundred units with first week sales of over eighty thousand units spinning around debuted atop the uk singles chart on the chart date of one july two thousand becoming minogue s first number one single in a decade her previous chart topping single was tears on my pillow from her second studio album enjoy yourself nineteen hundred eighty nine in total spinning around is minogue s fifth number one single in the united kingdom minogue became one of the two artists to have a number one single in three consecutive decades achieving this in the nineteen hundred eighties nineteen hundred nineties and two thousands the other artist to hold this distinction is american recording artist madonna whose song
triviaqa-qf_1555,encephalitis affects which part of the body,Ten_percent_of_the_brain_myth_9,studies of brain damage if ninety per cent of the brain is normally unused then damage to these areas should not impair performance instead there is almost no area of the brain that can be damaged without loss of abilities even slight damage to small areas of the brain can have profound effects evolution the brain is enormously costly to the rest of the body in terms of oxygen and nutrient consumption it can require up to twenty per cent of the body s energy more than any other organ despite making up only two per cent of the human body by weight if ninety per cent of it were unnecessary there would be a large survival
triviaqa-odql_8204,which metal is produced by the bessemer process,Sheffield_28,innovations in these fields have been made in sheffield benjamin huntsman discovered the crucible technique in the seventeen hundred forties at his workshop in handsworth this process was made obsolete in eighteen hundred fifty six by henry bessemer s invention of the bessemer converter thomas boulsover invented sheffield plate silver plated copper in the early eighteenth century stainless steel was invented by harry brearley in nineteen hundred twelve and the work of f b pickering and t gladman throughout the nineteen hundred sixties seventies and eighties was fundamental to the development of modern high strength low alloy steels further innovations continue with new manufacturing technologies and techniques being
triviaqa-qg_2658,the current chairman of the federal reserve system ben bernanke took over for what adherent to objectivism the second longest tenured in that position,Gold_standard_42,prominent economists have expressed sympathy with a hard currency basis and have argued against fiat money including former us federal reserve chairman alan greenspan and macro economist robert barro greenspan famously argued the case for returning to a gold standard in his nineteen hundred sixty six paper gold and economic freedom in which he described supporters of fiat currencies as welfare statists hell bent on using monetary printing presses to finance deficit spending in debates with us congressman doctor ron paul greenspan has argued that
triviaqa-qw_2920,what is the honour system founded by napoleon in eighteen two that has five classes including grand cross and officer,Edward_VII_89,of the order of the star of india twenty four may eighteen hundred sixty seven knight of the order of the thistle eighteen march eighteen hundred sixty eight knight of the order of saint patrick twenty one april eighteen hundred sixty eight member of the privy council of ireland thirty may eighteen hundred seventy seven knight grand cross of the order of saint michael and saint george twenty one june eighteen hundred eighty seven knight grand commander of the order of the indian empire six may eighteen hundred ninety six knight grand cross of the royal victorian order twenty two june eighteen hundred ninety seven great master of the order of the bath may eighteen hundred fifty two spain knight of the order of the golden fleece of spain march eighteen hundred fifty nine kingdom of portugal knight grand cross of the order of the tower and sword of portugal march eighteen hundred sixty three second french empiregrand officer of the legion of honour of france twenty seven september eighteen hundred sixty four sweden knight of the order of the seraphim of sweden eighteen hundred sixty nine kingdom of prussia knight of the
triviaqa-wh_2003,formula one on which racetrack was the world champion ayrton senna killed,1994_San_Marino_Grand_Prix_19,official time of death was given however as two seventeen p m local time meaning that senna had been killed instantly the cause of death established by an autopsy was that a piece of the car s suspension pierced his helmet and skull the nineteen hundred ninety four imola layout which had been in place since nineteen hundred eighty one was never again used for a formula one race the circuit was heavily modified following the race including a change at tamburello minus also the scene of a major accident for gerhard berger in nineteen hundred eighty nine minus from a high speed corner to a much slower chicane the fia also changed the regulations governing formula one car design
triviaqa-qw_6825,in which novel does michael henchard sell his wife and child for five guineas,Wife_selling_(English_custom)_49,his wife henchard sells her to a stranger for five guineas he becomes a successful businessman and rises to the position of mayor but the return of his wife many years later prompts his fall back into penury the custom was also referred to in the nineteenth century french play le marche de londres commenting on the drama and contemporary french attitudes on the custom in eighteen hundred forty six the writer angus b reach complained they reckon up a long and visionary list of our failings they would as readily give up their belief in the geographical and physical existence of london as in the astounding fact that in england a husband sells his wife exactly as he sells his
triviaqa-qz_2194,who was part man part machine all cop and hailed from a futuristic detroit,Cyberpunk_31,where the film is set as new york s last cyberpunk neighborhood the robocop series has a more near futuristic setting where at least one corporation omni consumer products is an all powerful presence in the city of detroit until the end of the world nineteen hundred ninety one shows another example where cyberpunk provides an assumed background and a plot device to an otherwise mood and character driven story gattaca nineteen hundred ninety seven directed by andrew niccol is a futuristic film noir whose mood drenched dystopia provides a good example of biopunk anime has contained cyborgs and other plausibly cyberpunk elements since the early nineteen hundred sixties witness the series eight man nineteen hundred sixty three about a
triviaqa-wh_1780,the atwenty three road connects london to which coastal resort in east sussex,Hellingly_Hospital_Railway_0,hellingly hospital railway the hellingly hospital railway was a light railway owned and operated by east sussex county council used to deliver coal and passengers to hellingly hospital a psychiatric hospital near hailsham via a spur from the london brighton and south coast railway s cuckoo line at hellingly railway station the railway was constructed in eighteen hundred ninety nine and opened to passengers on twenty july nineteen hundred three following its
triviaqa-qb_6086,davide santon dino zoff and simone barone have all played for which national football team,1994_San_Marino_Grand_Prix_0,nineteen hundred ninety four san marino grand prix template f one race report infobox the nineteen hundred ninety four san marino grand prix was a formula one motor race held on may one nineteen hundred ninety four at the autodromo enzo e dino ferrari in imola italy it was the third race of the nineteen hundred ninety four formula one season and the first race of the season to be held in europe the race weekend was marred by the deaths of austrian roland ratzenberger and
triviaqa-wh_154,which coronation street character who died in twenty six apparently had twenty five girlfriends at various times and four wives,Coronation_Street_50,jamie and warren until this time mike baldwin had been portrayed as an only child with his father appearing in the programme between nineteen hundred eighty and nineteen hundred eighty two confirming the fact between two thousand and two thousand seven a range of storylines have been featured such as the bigamy of peter barlow maya sharma s revenge on former lover dev alahan katy harris murdering her father and subsequently committing suicide charlie stubbs s psychological abuse of shelley unwin the deaths of mike baldwin and fred elliott the murder of charlie stubbs and the discovery of an unexploded world war ii bomb in the back garden of no four coronation street
triviaqa-tc_219,the flag of libya is a plain rectangle of which color,Calcutta_Flag_0,calcutta flag the calcutta flag was one of the first unofficial flags of india it was designed by schindra prasad bose and unfurled on august seven nineteen hundred six at parsi bagan square greer park calcutta the flag had three horizontal bands of equal width with the top being orange the centre yellow and the bottom green in colour it had eight half opened lotus flowers on the top stripe and a picture of the sun and a crescent moon on the bottom stripe vande mataram was inscribed in the centre in
triviaqa-dpql_3955,what is the official summer sport of canada,Canada_92,the crown and the r c m p canada s official national sports are ice hockey winter and lacrosse summer hockey is a national pastime and the most popular spectator sport in the country it is the most popular sport canadians play with one sixty five million active participants in two thousand four canada s six largest metropolitan areas minus toronto montreal vancouver ottawa calgary and edmonton minus have franchises in the national hockey league n h l and there are more canadian players in the league than from all
triviaqa-sfq_21482,what is the name of the commercial airport which opened in twenty five on the site of the former raf finningley,Sheffield_69,and northern rail section seven point one point three coaches sheffield is an important hub in the national network of long distance buses coaches and there are direct services from distant cities such as plymouth and edinburgh section seven point one point four air the closest international airport to sheffield is doncaster sheffield which is located eighteen miles from the city centre the airport opened on april twenty eight two thousand five and is served mainly by budget airlines and currently handles around one million passengers a year sheffield city airport opened in nineteen hundred ninety seven but due in part to its short runway and lack of radar has
triviaqa-qw_11099,with what is fifa usually associated,Burundi_women%27s_national_football_team_6,development of women s football in africa faces several challenges including limited access to education poverty amongst women in the wider society and fundamental inequality present in the society that occasionally allows for female specific human rights abuses when quality female footballers are produced many leave the country for better opportunities elsewhere another issue facing women s football is institutional most of the funding for the sport in africa comes from fifa not from the national football federation federation de football du burundi has the fifa trigammed of bdi inside burundi a
triviaqa-sfq_12905,what was the name of the democratic government of germany in the one thousand nine hundred twenty s and early one thousand nine hundred thirty s destroyed by adolf hitler,Munich_23,was put down on three may nineteen hundred nineteen by the freikorps while the republican government had been restored munich subsequently became a hotbed of extremist politics among which adolf hitler and the national socialism rose to prominence in nineteen hundred twenty three hitler and his supporters who were then concentrated in munich staged the beer hall putsch an attempt to overthrow the weimar republic
triviaqa-wh_122,over how many complete furlongs is the chester cup now run,John_Douglas_(architect)_42,three storey gatehouse at the main entrance to the park with a high hipped roof and turrets and the paddocks eighteen hundred eighty two to eighty three another large house this time for the duke s land agent in chester city centre his designs included the grosvenor club and north and south wales bank eighteen hundred eighty one to eighty three in eastgate street built in stone and brick with a turret and a stepped gable and one hundred forty two foregate street for the cheshire county constabulary eighteen hundred eighty four with a shaped gable in flemish style section four point two
triviaqa-sfq_22938,which indoor sport includes a side wall front wall and a tin,Women%27s_squash_in_Australia_2,in nineteen hundred sixty there was a mass demonstration of the sport at a school in roseville new south wales where female students learned a number of skills including the forehand drive in nineteen hundred sixty eight australia had thirty total professional squash players amongst both genders only two of these players were female yvonne barlow and a melbourne based player in nineteen hundred sixty eight australia was one of the most important squash playing countries there were a large number of players of both genders and a large number of courts in sydney there were eighty five squash buildings each building had an average of five courts table of contents section one see also netball in australia women s
triviaqa-qf_3213,it is said that you cant sink in this sea what sea is it,Seawater_6,result in unusually salty water the salinity in isolated bodies of water for example the dead sea can be considerably greater still the density of surface seawater ranges from about one thousand twenty to ten twenty nine k g forward slash m three depending on the temperature and salinity deep in the ocean under high pressure seawater can reach a density of ten fifty k g forward slash m three or higher seawater ph is limited to the range seven point five and eight point four the speed of sound in seawater is about one thousand five hundred m forward slash s and varies
triviaqa-dpql_3210,when people talk about lgbt rights what does the t represent,Same-sex_marriage_in_Spain_31,people s party members spanish bishops and the spanish family forum foro espanol de la familia said they had rallied one point five million people against what they considered an attack on the traditional family the government s delegation in madrid counted one hundred sixty six thousand at the same event two weeks after this protest coinciding with gay pride day felgt federacion estatal de lesbianas gays transexuales y bisexuales minus the spanish lesbian gay and transgender organization estimated
triviaqa-sfq_10508,in twenty ten which country saw the red shirt rebellion,YouTube_35,turned upside down youtube claimed that this was a new layout twenty ten youtube temporarily released a textp mode which translated the colors in the videos to random upper case letters youtube claimed in a message that this was done in order to reduce bandwidth costs by one dollar per second section four censorship and filtering several countries have blocked access to youtube including as of december twenty ten youtube is blocked in the people s republic of china morocco shut down access to youtube in two thousand eight thailand blocked youtube between two thousand six and two thousand seven due to
triviaqa-odql_14658,two hundred thirty eight ad is known in roman history as the year of the how many emperors,Catholic_Church_92,of this early christian community it interprets the confession of peter found in the gospel of matthew as christ s designation of saint peter the apostle and his successors the bishops of rome to be the temporal head of his church a doctrine known as apostolic succession section six point two spread throughout the roman empire conditions in the roman empire facilitated the spread of new ideas the empire s well defined network of roads and waterways allowed for easier travel
triviaqa-qw_6561,what part of the world has been ruled by aelle ceawlin ethelberht rdwald edwin oswald oswy wulfhere ethelred ethelbald offa cnwulf and egbert,William_the_Conqueror_77,section six point one first actions william remained in england after his coronation and tried to reconcile the native magnates the remaining earls minus edwin of mercia morcar of northumbria and waltheof of northampton were confirmed in their lands and titles waltheof was married to william s niece judith daughter of adelaide and a marriage between edwin and one of william s daughters was proposed edgar the atheling also appears to have been given lands ecclesiastical offices continued to be held by the same bishops as
triviaqa-sfq_4963,biologically speaking what name is given to an organ that serves no evident purpose,Evolution_12,at what time a lineage developed and can be used to demonstrate the continuity between two different lineages through transitional fossils paleontologists investigate evolution largely through analysis of fossils phylogeny the study of the ancestry of species has revealed that structures with similar internal organization may perform divergent functions vertebrate limbs are a common example of such homologous structures a vestigial organ or structure may exist with little or no purpose in one organism though they have a clear purpose in others the human wisdom teeth and appendix are common examples section one point one point two
triviaqa-qf_1138,eight fort ville marie was the original name of which canadian city,Montreal_6,individuals arrived to enlarge the settlement that eventually became known as montreal ville marie became a centre for the fur trade and the iroquois resumed their attacks on the settlement despite the continuous attacks ville marie prospered as a centre for the catholic religion and the fur trade as well as a base for further exploration into new france until a peace treaty was signed in seventeen hundred one between the iroquois and the french a few buildings from this era remain in the area known today as vieux montreal and in a few places around the island the treaty of paris in seventeen hundred sixty three ended the french and indian war and france chose to keep guadaloupe instead of its quebec colony now a british colony and
triviaqa-odql_12205,which pop group originally called garden wall changed their name when it was said they were born their first top ten hit was follow you follow me in nineteen seventy eight ,Phil_Collins_13,of a home eight track as the decade closed genesis began a shift from their progressive rock roots and toward pop music although their nineteen hundred seventy eight album and then there were three contained progressive rock influences it also featured their first uk top ten and us top forty single follow you follow me in the nineteen hundred eighties the group scored a string of successful albums including duke nineteen hundred eighty abacab nineteen hundred eighty one and invisible touch nineteen hundred eighty six the latter album s title track reached number one on the american billboard charts the only genesis song to do so
triviaqa-odql_6850,on which course will the ebor handicap and the knavesmire stakes be run in august,Peterloo_Massacre_21,the day the revised meeting date of sixteen august however coincided with the horse races at york a fashionable event at which b y n g had entries in two races he once again wrote to the home office saying that although he would still be prepared to be in command in manchester on the day of the meeting if it was thought really necessary he had absolute confidence in his deputy commander lieutenant colonel guy lestrange
triviaqa-bb_2691,what is the japanese word for the sash worn as a belt in traditional dress kimonos and martial arts uniforms etc,Kimono_0,kimono the kimono is the national costume of japan originally the word kimono literally meant thing to wear ki wearing and mono thing but now has come to denote a particular type of traditional full length japanese garment the standard plural of the word kimono in english is kimonos one but the unmarked japanese plural kimono is also sometimes found kimonos are t shaped straight lined robes that fall to the ankle with collars and wide full length sleeves kimonos are wrapped around the body always with the left side over the right except when dressing the dead for burial and secured by a wide belt called an obi which is
triviaqa-qf_12,ford prefect came from a star in which constellation,Orion_(spacecraft)_23,ended and development of the original orion vehicle was renamed as the m p c v planned to be launched on top of an alternative space launch system following cost overruns and schedule delays caused by insufficient funding the obama administration proposed cancellation of the constellation program in february twenty ten which was signed into law eleven october however the orion spacecraft continued to be developed because it supported new presidential goals section two point four twenty twelve an inflatable seal between the clean room and the orion space capsule which is superior to the ones
triviaqa-qw_15255,how many films were made by director sir peter jackson from tolkiens short book the hobbit,Jack_Sheppard_35,several times in the twentieth century including three silent movies the hairbreadth escape of jack sheppard nineteen hundred zero robbery of the mail coach nineteen hundred three and jack sheppard nineteen hundred twenty three a book the road to tyburn by christopher hibbert nineteen hundred fifty seven a british costume drama where s jack directed by james clavell with tommy steele in the title role nineteen hundred sixty nine an unrealised film project of filmfour productions in two thousand jack sheppard and jonathan wild for which benjamin ross who would have been director company wrote the screenplay with john preston with tobey maguire and harvey keitel slated
triviaqa-qw_1851,what does the gaelic phrase sinn fein mean,British_Empire_106,of the empire s security was a serious concern in britain at the same time the empire was vital to the british economy in nineteen hundred nineteen the frustrations caused by delays to irish home rule led members of sinn fein a pro independence party that had won a majority of the irish seats at westminster in the nineteen hundred eighteen british general election to establish an irish assembly in dublin at which irish independence was declared the irish republican army simultaneously began a guerrilla war against the british administration the anglo irish war
triviaqa-qw_7650,what profession had been followed by yorick a character in shakespeares hamlet,Hamlet_24,with one of them who unearths the skull of a jester whom hamlet once knew yorick alas poor yorick i knew him horatio ophelia s funeral procession approaches led by her mournful brother laertes distraught at the lack of ceremony due to the actually deemed suicide and overcome by emotion laertes leaps into the grave cursing hamlet as the cause of her death hamlet interrupts professing his own love and grief for ophelia he and laertes grapple but the fight is broken up by claudius and gertrude claudius reminds laertes of the
triviaqa-qw_5900,after sporadic visits by european explorers and merchants from the seventeen th century onwards the eastern half of which continent was claimed by the british in seventeen and officially settled as a penal colony on twenty six january seventeen ,British_Empire_57,the british government turned to the newly discovered lands of australia the western coast of australia had been discovered for europeans by the dutch explorer willem jansz in sixteen hundred six and was later named new holland by the dutch east india company but there was no attempt to colonise it in seventeen hundred seventy james cook discovered the eastern coast of australia while on a scientific voyage to the south pacific ocean claimed the continent for britain and named it new south wales in seventeen hundred seventy eight joseph banks cook s botanist on the voyage presented evidence to the government on the suitability of botany bay for the
triviaqa-qb_7025,the halle orchestra was founded in which british city,Stretford_51,but this was removed when the a five six was widened during world war ii the building was used for concerts including one given by a young julie andrews it also played host to the halle orchestra after the orchestra s own home the free trade hall was bombed and severely damaged during the manchester blitz of nineteen hundred forty after a change of ownership in nineteen hundred fifty the cinema was renamed the stretford essoldo it continued to operate as a cinema until nineteen hundred sixty five when it was converted into a bingo hall which it remained until its closure in nineteen hundred ninety five the building has been unused since then it was designated a grade ii listed building in nineteen
triviaqa-sfq_3308,which part of the earths structure lies between the outer core and the crust,Mercury_(planet)_11,estimate that mercury s core occupies about forty two per cent of its volume for earth this proportion is seventeen per cent recent research strongly suggests mercury has a molten core surrounding the core is a six hundred k m mantle it is generally thought that early in mercury s history a giant impact with a body several hundred kilometers across stripped the planet of much of its original mantle material resulting in the relatively thin mantle compared to the sizable core alternative theories are discussed below mercury s crust is thought to be one hundred to two hundred k m thick one distinctive feature of mercury s surface are numerous narrow ridges some extending over several hundred kilometers it is
triviaqa-sfq_12189,who was the first overseas manager to win the premier league title,Gilberto_Silva_14,to some players at the club including gilberto there was also an issue of obtaining a uk work permit for gilberto despite the complications gilberto ended a summer of speculation and joined arsenal on august seven two thousand two for a fee of four pound sterling five pence million upon signing gilberto arsenal manager arsene wenger said what i like was the fact that he kept things simple he can play all across the midfield but the holding role just in front of the defence is what he does best when gilberto moved to england and began training with arsenal he bought a house in saint albans south hertfordshire having been used to life in
triviaqa-jp_124,what dance craze was named after a city in south carolina,Zelda_Fitzgerald_13,a newspaper article about one of her dance performances quoted her as saying that she cared only about boys and swimming she developed an appetite for attention actively seeking to flout convention whether by learning the african american dance known as the charleston or by wearing a tight flesh colored bathing suit to fuel rumors that she swam nude her father s reputation was a safety net preventing her social ruin southern women of the time were expected to be delicate docile and accommodating sayre s antics were shocking to those around her and she became along with her childhood friend and future hollywood starlet tallulah
triviaqa-bb_1584,what common substance has the chemical formula nacl,Winter_service_vehicle_35,later batches of grit as a result operators must regularly purchase large quantities of rock salt depleting a finite resource and damaging the environment through dangerous and polluting salt mining in some areas of the world including berlin dropping salt is prohibited altogether except on the highest risk roads plain sand without any melting agents is spread instead although this protects the environment it is more labour intensive as more gritting runs are needed and as the sand is insoluble it tends to accumulate at the sides of the road making it more difficult for buses to pull in at bus stops other areas use alternative chemicals which are less harmful to the environment and cause less corrosion damage to metallic structures the u s state of oregon uses magnesium chloride a relatively cheap chemical similar in molecular structure to sodium chloride but less reactive while new zealand uses calcium magnesium acetate which avoids the environmentally harmful chloride ion altogether urea is sometimes used to
triviaqa-bb_6860,jazz musician jelly roll morton played which instrument,Song_of_Innocence_10,how to read and orchestrate complex music charts from jazz musicians during the nineteen hundred fifties randi conducted the orchestra and played both piano and organ on the album axelrod preferred listening to a session from a recording booth like his contemporary igor stravinsky and explained in an interview for the los angeles times that way the sounds dont seem to go all over the place music seems so small in a studio axelrod originally wanted some of the album s compositions to feature a large scale choir but was uncertain if he could find the appropriate ensemble as a result he recorded an entirely instrumental album and included one blake setting for each section of the score section three composition a
triviaqa-wh_2485,the lack of which vitamin caused scurvy in the early days of the navy,Ribena_9,association was judged by the united kingdom advertising standards authority to have been advertised in a misleading manner and that claims that the drink did not encourage tooth decay should be removed from the packaging the opinion was upheld by a hearing in the high court in two thousand four two high school students anna devathasan and jenny suo from pakuranga college in auckland new zealand conducted a science experiment to determine the vitamin c levels of their favourite fruit drinks as ribena advertising refers to four times the vitamin c of oranges they were surprised to discover the levels of vitamin c were much lower at twenty two m g forward slash one zero zero ml in the syrup compared with another product just juice at seventy two m g forward slash one zero zero ml after contacting the manufacturers of ribena their
triviaqa-qb_3830,blinky mr teeny and jub jub are all animals in which us animated television series,Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire_11,szyslak mister burns barney gumble patty and selma ned and todd flanders santa s little helper snowball ii dewey largo and lewis all make their first appearances in this episode snowball i is mentioned for the first time and waylon smithers can be heard over the speaker at the power plant but he is not seen section four reception the episode was nominated for two emmy awards in nineteen hundred ninety outstanding animated program and outstanding editing for a miniseries or special because simpsons roasting
triviaqa-odql_1493,who founded the quakers in the seventeen th century,Eucharistic_theology_92,suspension forward slash memorialism the bread and wine remind us of jesus body and blood see george fox quakers understand all of life as being sacramental and thus do not practice baptism or holy communion we believe in the baptism of the holy spirit and in communion with that spirit if the believer experiences such spiritual baptism and communion then no rite or ritual is necessary the quaker ideal is to make every meal at every table a lord s supper quakers and
triviaqa-jp_2645,what is the capital of oz,The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz_16,one last time the wizard appoints the scarecrow by virtue of his brains to rule in his stead just as they are rising into the air however toto leaps from the basket after a cat and dorothy goes after him leaving the wizard to rise and float away dorothy turns to the winged monkeys to carry her and toto home but they cannot cross the desert surrounding oz the citizens of the emerald city advise that glinda the good witch of the south may be able to send dorothy and toto home they the scarecrow the tin woodman and the cowardly lion journey to
triviaqa-qb_4716,on a standard dartboard which number lies between twelve and twenty ,MIDI_Tuning_Standard_2,is the number of octaves above the four four zero h z concert a it is negative if the frequency is below that pitch multiplying it by twelve gives the number of semitones above that frequency adding sixty nine gives the number of semitones above the c five octaves below middle c since four hundred forty h z is a widely used standard concert a e g usa uk and since that is represented in midi terms by the integer sixty nine nine semitones above middle c which is sixty this gives a real number which expresses pitch in a manner consistent with midi and
triviaqa-qw_12922,which red dwarf star approximately four point two light years distant in the constellation of centaurus is the nearest star to the sun,Oort_cloud_0,oort cloud the oort cloud forward slash rt forward slash or the opik oort cloud finnish opik ort is a hypothesized spherical cloud of comets which may lie roughly fifty thousand au or nearly a light year from the sun this places the cloud at nearly a quarter of the distance to proxima centauri the nearest star to the sun the kuiper
triviaqa-sfq_10099,three of the contiguous states of the usa have pacific coastlines washington and california are two which is the third,Fin_whale_35,by nineteen hundred seventy five the population estimate had declined to between eight thousand and sixteen thousand surveys conducted in nineteen hundred ninety one nineteen hundred ninety three nineteen hundred ninety six and two thousand one produced estimates of between one thousand six hundred and three thousand two hundred fin whales off california and two hundred eighty to three hundred eighty fin whales off oregon and washington the miniumum estimate for the california oregon washington population as defined in the u s pacific marine mammal stock assessments two thousand five is about two thousand five hundred surveys near the pribilof islands in the bering sea indicated a substantial increase in the
triviaqa-dpql_3578,joe gargery is a character in which charles dickens novel,Hamlet_101,later dickens s great expectations contains many hamlet like plot elements it is driven by revenge motivated actions contains ghost like characters abel magwich and miss havisham and focuses on the hero s guilt academic alexander welsh notes that great expectations is an autobiographical novel and anticipates psychoanalytic readings of hamlet itself about the same time george eliot s the mill on the floss was published introducing maggie tulliver who is explicitly compared with hamlet
triviaqa-bb_7939,what is the colour of the bull of an archery target,Green_and_golden_bell_frog_14,a creamy white or pale yellow stripe bordered above with gold and below with black extends from behind the eye across the tympanum to the groin this stripe rises to form a dorso lateral fold towards the groin another stripe of the same colour begins below the eye and continues to the shoulder the abdomen is cream or white and has a coarsely granular texture the legs are green bronze or a combination of both and the inside thigh and groin are blue green males develop a yellowish colouration to the vocal sac on the throat when mature the pupil is restricted to a horizontal slit
triviaqa-odql_7980,what name is given to the hot molten rock found under the surface of the earth,Chrysoberyl_7,or opalescence that reminds one of an eye of a cat when cut to produce a cabochon the mineral forms a light green specimen with a silky band of light extending across the surface of the stone table of contents section one occurrence chrysoberyl forms as a result of pegmatitic processes melting in the earth s crust produces relatively low density molten magma which can rise upwards towards the surface as the main magma body cools water originally present in low concentrations became more concentrated in the molten rock because it could not be incorporated into the crystallization of solid minerals the remnant magma thus becomes richer in water and also in rare elements that similarly do not fit in the crystal structures of major rock forming minerals the water extends the temperature range downwards before the magma becomes completely solid allowing concentration of rare elements to proceed so far that they produce their own distinctive minerals the resulting rock igneous in appearance but formed at a low temperature
triviaqa-wh_2493,what type of beverage does a barista prepare and serve,Masala_chai_2,the spice mixture is sold as chai masala chai is widely popular in india even more popular than coffee is in the united states and is also a relatively popular beverage in coffeehouses in other countries there is no fixed recipe or preparation method for masala chai and many families in india have their own special versions of the tea due to the huge range of possible variations chai can be considered a class of tea rather than a specific kind but all chai has four basic components tea the base tea is usually a strong black tea so that the various spices and sweeteners do not overpower it however a wide variety of teas
triviaqa-qw_3063,who was the american who in eighteen seventy one collected animals and freaks for a travelling circus menagerie and museum which by one thousand eight hundred seventy two was billing itself as the greatest show on earth,Triceratops_26,are commonly portrayed as herding animals there is currently no solid evidence that they lived in herds unlike other horned dinosaurs some of which are known from sites preserving dozens or hundreds of individuals all triceratops finds known at present preserve only solitary individuals however these remains are very common for example bruce erickson a paleontologist of the science museum of minnesota has reported having seen two hundred specimens of t prorsus in the hell creek formation of montana similarly barnum brown claimed to have seen over five hundred skulls in the field because triceratops teeth horn fragments frill fragments and other skull
triviaqa-sfq_13224,tybalt is a character in which of shakespeares plays,William_Shakespeare_32,romeo and juliet the famous romantic tragedy of sexually charged adolescence love and death and julius caesar based on sir thomas north s fifteen seventy nine translation of plutarch s parallel lives which introduced a new kind of drama according to shakespearean scholar james shapiro in julius caesar the various strands of politics character inwardness contemporary events even shakespeare s own reflections on the act of writing began to infuse each other shakespeare s so called tragic period lasted from about sixteen hundred zero to sixteen hundred eight though he also wrote the so called problem plays
triviaqa-dpql_2624,which country was founded by muhammed ali jinnah,Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories_49,that obama obtained indonesian citizenship and thus may have lost u s citizenship when he lived there as a child as an attempt to prove that obama was no longer a u s citizen or held dual citizenship some claim his nineteen hundred eighty one trip to pakistan took place at a time when there was supposedly a ban on united states passport holders entering that country which would in turn have required him to use a non u s passport there was in fact no such ban a new york times article and u s state department travel advisories from nineteen hundred eighty one make it clear that travel to pakistan by u s passport holders was legal at that time an
triviaqa-tc_2252,which state on the gulf of mexico is nearest the end of the alphabet,Interstate_35_0,interstate thirty five interstate thirty five i three five is a north south interstate highway in the central united states i three five stretches from laredo texas on the u s mexico border to duluth minnesota at minnesota highway sixty one london road and twenty sixth avenue east many interstates used to have splits or spurs indicated with suffixed letters n forward slash s forward slash e forward slash w but i three five is the only one that still has such divisions in two stretches both through twin cities the highway splits into interstate three five e dallas and saint paul and interstate three five w fort
triviaqa-qw_546,what is another word for a post mortem,Jack_the_Ripper_47,profiling at the end of october robert anderson asked police surgeon thomas bond to give his opinion on the extent of the murderer s surgical skill and knowledge the opinion offered by bond on the character of the whitechapel murderer is the earliest surviving offender profile bond s assessment was based on his own examination of the most extensively mutilated victim and the post mortem notes from the four previous canonical murders he wrote
triviaqa-qw_2135,on british television john steed and emma peel were known collectively as what,The_Adventures_of_Tintin_28,a british nineteen hundred eighties technopop band was named the thompson twins after the tintin characters though strictly speaking only one of the characters was named thompson the other was thomson minus without the p stephen duffy a former member of duran duran performed the minor hit single kiss me under the name tintin around the same time as the thompson twins had their success but had to drop the name under pressure of a copyright infringement suit the australian psychedelic rock band tin tin was named after tintin indian film actress tabu has said in an interview that as a child she wanted to marry tintin in two early episodes of the avengers t v show mister steed patrick
triviaqa-jp_2095,if i sail on the neva river past the hermitage museum what city am i in,Saint_Petersburg_4,port on the baltic sea saint petersburg is often described as the most western city of russia among cities of the world with over one million people saint petersburg is the northernmost the historic centre of saint petersburg and related groups of monuments constitute a unesco world heritage site saint petersburg is also home to the hermitage the largest art museum in the world a large number of foreign
triviaqa-qg_1652,based on market cap who was declared the top technology company this week stopping microsofts nearly twenty year run on top,NeXT_39,original business plan new products based on openstep were released including openstep enterprise a version for microsoft s windows n t the company also launched webobjects a platform for building large scale dynamic web applications many large businesses including dell disney worldcom and the bbc used this webobjects software apple still uses it for the itunes store and most of its corporate website section one point four nineteen hundred ninety six after next apple computer announced an intention to acquire next on december twenty nineteen hundred
triviaqa-sfq_25812,ferrybridge services are located on which uk motorway,M62_motorway_18,of the village of tingley to build the eponymous interchange section one point two point five between the m one and a one two contracts were awarded for the section of the m six two between lofthouse and ferrybridge in nineteen hundred seventy two and both were completed in nineteen hundred seventy four on the first contract care was needed at the crossing of the river calder due to the alluvial bedrock while on the second precautions were taken as the length was built on old coal mine workings section one point two point six east of ferrybridge the sections between ferrybridge and north cave were the last sections of the motorway
triviaqa-qb_3516,in which european country is the port of st malo,Chess_57,italians giovanni leonardo di bona giulio cesare polerio and gioachino greco and spanish bishop ruy lopez de segura developed elements of openings and started to analyze simple endgames in the eighteenth century the center of european chess life moved from the southern european countries to france the two most important french masters were francois andre danican philidor a musician by profession who discovered the importance of pawns for chess strategy and later louis charles mahe de la bourdonnais who won a famous series of matches with the irish master
triviaqa-qb_1683,which member of the british royal family married on the twenty nine th april two thousand eleven ,Princess_Elizabeth_of_Clarence_0,princess elizabeth of clarence her royal highness princess elizabeth of clarence elizabeth georgiana adelaide december ten eighteen hundred two zero march four eighteen hundred twenty one was a member of the british royal family a granddaughter of king george iii at the time of her birth she was third in the line of succession to the british throne princess elizabeth was born on december ten eighteen hundred twenty at saint james s palace london her father was h r h the prince william duke of clarence the third eldest son of king george iii her
triviaqa-wh_527,in which african country did the mau mau rebellion break out in october one thousand nine hundred fifty two ,British_Empire_142,rhodesia were all granted independence by nineteen hundred sixty eight british withdrawal from the southern and eastern parts of africa was not a peaceful process kenyan independence was preceded by the eight year mau mau uprising in rhodesia the nineteen hundred sixty five unilateral declaration of independence by the white minority resulted in a civil war that lasted until the lancaster house agreement of nineteen hundred seventy nine which set the terms for recognised independence in nineteen hundred eighty as the new nation of zimbabwe in the mediterranean a guerrilla
triviaqa-odql_14686,in which country is the annual international alphorn festival held,World_Economic_Forum_11,initiatives rises section three activities section three point one annual meeting in davos the flagship event of the foundation is the invitation only annual meeting held during the winter at the end of january in davos switzerland bringing together chief executive officers from its one thousand member companies as well as selected politicians representatives from academia ngos religious leaders and the media in an alpine winter environment the town is small enough to allow participants to meet anywhere outside the sessions and allows them the greatest opportunities to attend receptions organized by companies and countries the participants are also taking part in role playing events such
triviaqa-qw_2320,a two stroke engine used in such devices as chainsaws is fuelled by a mixture of petrol and what other liquid,Fossil_fuel_14,where bitumen is found mixed with sand and clay are becoming more important as sources of fossil fuel oil shale and similar materials are sedimentary rocks containing kerogen a complex mixture of high molecular weight organic compounds which yield synthetic crude oil when heated pyrolyzed these materials have yet to be exploited commercially these fuels are employed in internal combustion engines fossil fuel power stations and other uses prior to the latter half of the eighteenth century windmills or watermills provided the
triviaqa-qw_7795,an isbn is an identification number found on what item,Chris_Moyles_56,isbn nine trillion seven hundred eighty billion ninety one million nine hundred fourteen thousand one hundred seventy two moyles chris four october two thousand seven the difficult second book ebury press isbn nine trillion seven hundred eighty billion ninety one million nine hundred twenty two thousand four hundred twenty nine
triviaqa-qw_6866,the rio grande forms the border of texas with what other area,Interstate_35_1,has such divisions in two stretches both through twin cities the highway splits into interstate three five e dallas and saint paul and interstate three five w fort worth and minneapolis interstate thirty five does not directly connect to either international border i thirty five s southern terminus is a traffic signal in laredo texas just short of the united states mexico border travelers going south can take one of two toll bridges across the rio grande and the mexican border straight ahead into juarez lincoln international bridge or via interstate thirty five business through downtown laredo into gateway to the americas international bridge to the north i three five terminates in duluth minnesota with connections to canada from the interstate s
triviaqa-qb_5390,which island group in the south atlantic was once known as the sebald islands,British_Empire_148,of rhodesia as zimbabwe the new hebrides as vanuatu in nineteen hundred eighty and belize in nineteen hundred eighty one meant that aside from a scattering of islands and outposts and the acquisition in nineteen hundred fifty five of an uninhabited rock in the atlantic ocean rockall the process of decolonisation that had begun after the second world war was largely complete in nineteen hundred eighty two britain s resolve in defending its remaining overseas territories was tested when argentina invaded the falkland islands acting on a long standing claim that
triviaqa-odql_11657,the ore mountains form a border between germany and which country,Iron_Curtain_75,germany adopted the west german currency all border controls ceased and west german chancellor helmut kohl convinced gorbachev to drop soviet objections to a reunited germany within nato in return for substantial german economic aid to the soviet union section five monuments there is an iron curtain monument in the southern part of the czech republic at approximately forty eight fifty two thirty three n fifteen fifty two twenty five e forward slash forty eight eighty seven thousand five hundred eighty three n fifteen eighty seven thousand three hundred sixty one e a few hundred meters of the original fence and one of the guard towers has remained installed there are interpretive signs in czech and english that explain the history
triviaqa-qw_1524,after he had directed australia it was reported that baz luhrmanns next project was a film based on which book by f scott fitzgerald,Zelda_Fitzgerald_34,and depressed in april nineteen hundred twenty four they left for paris section one point four expatriation after arriving in paris they soon relocated to antibes on the french riviera while scott was absorbed writing the great gatsby zelda became infatuated with a dashing young french
triviaqa-sfq_16690,the song of simeon canticle is also known by which latin name,Liturgy_of_the_Hours_26,or four and one hundred thirty three forward slash one hundred thirty four minus may always be used as an alternative to the psalm s appointed on weekdays a short reading from scripture the responsory in manus tuas domine into your hands lord the canticle of simeon nunc dimittis from the gospel of luke framed by the antiphon salva nos save us lord a concluding prayer a short blessing noctem quietam et finem perfectum concedat nobis dominus omnipotens amen marian antiphon without versicle and concluding prayer either one of the four traditional seasonal antiphons or sub tuum or another antiphon approved by the local episcopal
triviaqa-qg_2955,starting thirty years of conflict the eritrean war of independence broke out on sept one one one as eritrean separatists fought for independence from what country,Cold_War_121,ethiopian emperor haile selassie was overthrown in a nineteen hundred seventy four coup by the derg a radical group of ethiopian army officers led by the pro soviet mengistu haile mariam who built up relations with the cubans and soviets when fighting between the somalis and ethiopians broke out in the nineteen hundred seventy seven to nineteen hundred seventy eight somali ethiopian ogaden war barre lost his soviet support and allied with the united states cuban troops took part in the war on the side of the ethiopians the nineteen hundred seventy four portuguese carnation
triviaqa-bb_8468,in greek mythology who gave king midas the power to turn everything he touched into gold,Greek_mythology_56,the aulos and enters into a musical contest with apollo ian morris considers prometheus adventures as a place between the history of the gods and that of man an anonymous papyrus fragment dated to the third century vividly portrays dionysus punishment of the king of thrace lycurgus whose recognition of the new god came too late resulting in horrific penalties that extended into the afterlife the story of the arrival of dionysus to establish his cult in thrace was also the subject of an aeschylean trilogy in another tragedy
triviaqa-qw_4910,what was the first name of de gaulle the first president of french fifth republic from one thousand nine hundred fifty nine to one thousand nine hundred sixty nine ,Cold_War_105,kosygin embraced the notion of detente section six point one french nato withdrawal the unity of nato was breached early in its history with a crisis occurring during charles de gaulle s presidency of france from nineteen hundred fifty eight onwards de gaulle protested at the united states strong role in the organization and what he perceived as a special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom in a memorandum sent to president dwight d eisenhower and prime minister harold macmillan on september seventeen nineteen hundred fifty eight he argued for the creation of a tripartite directorate that would put france on an equal footing with the united states and the
triviaqa-sfq_8796,in music how many crotchets make up a semibreve,Trichord_0,trichord in music especially in musical set theory a trichord is a collection of three pitch classes often one of the four ordered trichords in a tone row or set form trichords may be used to create derived rows and invariance
triviaqa-sfq_2414,to whom did the risen jesus say touch me not,Jesus_98,meet either one or two beings men or angels dressed in bright robes mark sixteen nine and john eight fifteen p m indicate that jesus appears to mary magdalene first and luke twenty four one states that she is one of the myrrhbearers after the discovery of the empty tomb jesus makes a series of appearances to the disciples these include the doubting thomas episode and the appearance on the road to emmaus where jesus meets two disciples the catch of
triviaqa-tb_294,what type of helpful businesses operate on the basis of the rochdale principles that were formulated in eighteen forty four ,Prisoner%27s_dilemma_70,is dependent of what the other firm chooses there is no dominant strategy and this is not a prisoner s dilemma the outcome is though similar in that both firms would be better off were they to advertise less than in the equilibrium sometimes cooperative behaviours do emerge in business situations for instance cigarette manufacturers endorsed the creation of laws banning cigarette advertising understanding that this would reduce costs and increase profits across the industry this analysis is likely to be pertinent in many other business situations
triviaqa-qf_3005,beethoven wrote only one opera can you name it,George_V_84,and lived a life that later biographers would consider dull because of its conventionality he was unintellectual and lacked the sophistication of his two royal predecessors on returning from one evening at the opera he wrote went to covent garden and saw fidelio and damned dull it was nonetheless he was earnestly devoted to britain and its commonwealth he explained it has always been my dream to identify myself with the great idea of empire he appeared hard working and became widely admired
triviaqa-sfq_901,what is the name of beethovens only opera,George_V_84,and lived a life that later biographers would consider dull because of its conventionality he was unintellectual and lacked the sophistication of his two royal predecessors on returning from one evening at the opera he wrote went to covent garden and saw fidelio and damned dull it was nonetheless he was earnestly devoted to britain and its commonwealth he explained it has always been my dream to identify myself with the great idea of empire he appeared hard working and became widely admired
triviaqa-sfq_23723,mark bolland is the current dutch born ceo of which retail chain,Elderly_Instruments_4,servicing more than three hundred small retail businesses table of contents section one history in nineteen hundred
triviaqa-qb_10262,what the note is at the twelve th fret of the one st and six th strings of a standard tuned six string guitar,The_Smashing_Pumpkins_59,corgan acknowledged that a chord he jokingly claimed as the pumpkin chord a g hashtag octave chord at the eleventh fret of a guitar with the low e string played over it used as the basis for cherub rock drown and other songs was in fact previously used by jimi hendrix other early influences cited by corgan include cream the stooges and blue cheer regarding the band s influence upon other groups greg kot wrote in two thousand one whereas nirvana spawned countless mini nirvanas the pumpkins remain an island unto themselves still some artists and bands have mentioned the pumpkins as an influence such
triviaqa-qb_4219,who was british prime minister between winston churchills two terms in office,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_50,incorporation of socialist economies into a world trade system were marginalized the uk was represented by a new prime minister clement attlee who had replaced churchill after the labour party s defeat of the conservatives in the nineteen hundred forty five general election one week after the potsdam conference ended the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki added to soviet distrust of the united states when shortly after the attacks stalin protested to u s officials when truman offered the soviets little real influence in occupied japan the immediate end of war material shipments from america to the ussr
triviaqa-wh_3778,what was the name of the german encryption machine whose code was deciphered at bletchley park during world war ii,Submarine_66,hundred forty to expand the production facilities and get the mass production started more than a thousand submarines were built until the end of the war germany put submarines to devastating effect in the second battle of the atlantic in world war ii such as attempting but ultimately failing to cut off britain s supply routes by sinking more ships than britain could replace over a prolonged period of time germany targeted the supply lines because britain is a nation reliant on imports for food and industry although the u boats had been updated in the intervening years the major innovation was improved communications facilitated with the famous enigma cypher machine this allowed for mass attack tactics in what popularly became known as a wolf pack
triviaqa-qb_7937,who became british prime minister in october one thousand nine hundred twenty two ,George_Lansbury_74,in may nineteen hundred twenty three the conservative prime minister andrew bonar law resigned for health reasons in december his successor stanley baldwin called another election in which the
triviaqa-odql_2606,with which common fish is gooseberry sauce most often served,Munich_111,white radish cut in thin slices and salted and munchner wurstsalat munich s famous sausage salad with thinly sliced knackwurst marinated in vinegar and oil with onions on a bed of lettuce popular grilled meals include steckerlfisch which is usually mackerel but may also be a local fish such as trout or whitefish speared on a wooden stick grilled and smoked on
triviaqa-wh_3711,what in the world of the internet is an isp,4chan_68,six isp bans section six point one at and t temporary ban on july twenty six two thousand nine at and t s d s l branch temporarily blocked access to the img dot four chan dot org domain host of forward slash b forward slash and forward slash r nine k forward slash which was initially believed to be an attempt at internet censorship and met with hostility on four chan s part on july twenty seven two thousand nine at and t issued a statement claiming that the block was put in place after an at and t customer was affected by a denial of service attack
triviaqa-sfq_9678,the willow tree belongs to which genus,Common_chiffchaff_31,its breeding areas in the spring and among the last to leave in late autumn when breeding it is a bird of open woodlands with some taller trees and ground cover for nesting purposes these trees are typically at least five metres sixteen f t high with undergrowth that is an open poor to medium mix of grasses bracken nettles or similar plants its breeding habitat is quite specific and even near relatives do not share it for example the willow warbler p trochilus prefers younger trees while the wood warbler p sibilatrix prefers less undergrowth in winter the chiffchaff uses a
triviaqa-bb_7188,tallinn is the capital of which country,Tallinn_0,tallinn template infobox linn tallinn recent historical name reval is the capital city and main seaport of estonia it is located on estonia s north coast to the baltic sea eighty kilometres south of helsinki table of contents section one etymology the origin of the name tallinn a is certain to be estonian although the original meaning of the name is debated it is usually thought to be derived from taani linn a meaning danish castle forward slash town latin castrum danorum however it could
triviaqa-qg_1340,the first us space station was launched on may fourteen one thousand nine hundred seventy three what was it called,NASA_15,that exists today has its genesis here america s first space station skylab occupied nasa from the end of apollo until the late nineteen hundred seventies section two point four shuttle era the space shuttle became the major focus of nasa in the late nineteen hundred seventies and the nineteen hundred eighties planned to be a frequently launchable and mostly reusable vehicle four space shuttles were built by nineteen hundred eighty five the first to launch columbia did so on april twelve nineteen hundred eighty one the shuttle was not all good news for nasa minus flights were much more expensive than initially projected and even after
triviaqa-sfq_2101,what is the american word for a short hand typist,Braille_12,for representing shorthand produced on a machine which embosses a paper tape and for representing mathematics nemeth braille and musical notation braille music section one point three writing braille braille may be produced using a slate and a stylus in which each dot is created from the back of the page writing in mirror image by hand or it may be produced on a braille typewriter or perkins brailler or produced by a braille embosser attached to a computer it may also be rendered using a
triviaqa-odql_5844,pd is the chemical symbol for which element,Zinc_90,palladium a key step in the catalytic cycle is a transmetalation in which a zinc halide exchanges its organic substituent for another halogen with the palladium nickel metal center the fukuyama coupling is another coupling reaction but this one with a thioester as reactant forming a ketone organozinc compounds usually contain zinc in plus two oxidation state but compound in plus one state are also known such as decamethyldizincocene section seven biological role zinc is an essential trace element necessary for
triviaqa-dpql_2091,had war not intervened which city would have hosted the one thousand nine hundred sixteen olympics,Olympic_flame_1,olympics the fire was reintroduced at the olympics in nineteen hundred twenty eight and it has been part of the modern olympic games ever since the modern torch relay was introduced by adolf hitler at the berlin games of nineteen hundred thirty six as part of an effort to turn the games into a glorification of the third reich one but despite its nazi origin the torch ceremony is still practiced as of two thousand six table of contents section one usage traditionally the olympic torch is lit by the sun on mount olympus and the torch carrier brings the flame on foot to the site of the olympic games
triviaqa-jp_1791,what island country lies off the southeast tip of india,Trincomalee_1,is a port city on the east coast of sri lanka about one hundred ten miles northeast of kandy the city is built on a peninsula which divides the inner and outer harbours it is one of the main centers of tamil speaking culture on the island historically referred to as gokanna or gokarna it has been a sea port that has played a major role in maritime and
triviaqa-dpql_2134,which group of large insects includes hawkers and darters named for their flying styles,Insect_4,adults develop through a series of nymphal stages the higher level relationship of the hexapoda is unclear fossilized insects of enormous size have been found from the paleozoic era including giant dragonflies with wingspans of fifty five to seventy c m twenty two to twenty eight in the most diverse insect groups appear to have coevolved with flowering plants insects typically move
triviaqa-sfq_17324,which french canadian became prime minister of canada in nineteen sixty eight ,Canada_30,under successive liberal governments of lester b pearson and pierre trudeau a new canadian identity emerged canada adopted its current maple leaf flag in nineteen hundred sixty five in response to a more assertive french speaking quebec the federal government became officially bilingual with the official languages act of nineteen hundred sixty nine non discriminatory immigration acts were introduced in nineteen hundred sixty seven and nineteen hundred seventy six and official multiculturalism in nineteen hundred seventy one waves of non european immigration had changed the face of the country
triviaqa-odql_1565,which us state is called old dominion,Washington_and_Old_Dominion_Railroad_0,washington and old dominion railroad washington and old dominion railroad is a former railroad located in northern virginia now used as a recreational trail table of contents
triviaqa-sfq_23460,name either of the cities served by robin hood airport,Sheffield_66,robin hood doncaster sheffield airport and the humber ports the sheffield parkway connects the city centre with the motorways the a five seven and a six one roads are the major trunk roads through sheffield linking sheffield with manchester worksop barnsley and chesterfield section seven point one point two national rail the main line south from sheffield links the city to the east midlands and london providing direct services to nottingham derby leicester bedford the fastest train sheffield to london is two hours also running through sheffield is the main ne forward slash s w cross country line which links the east of scotland and northeast of
triviaqa-qb_3577,coleopterology is the study of which insects,Fauna_of_Australia_53,full extent of invertebrate diversity is uncertain ninety per cent of insects and molluscs are considered endemic invertebrates occupy many ecological niches and are important in all ecosystems as decomposers pollinators and food sources the largest group of invertebrates is the insects comprising seventy five per cent of australia s known species of animals the most diverse insect orders are the coleoptera with twenty eight thousand two hundred species of beetles and weevils the lepidoptera with twenty thousand eight hundred sixteen species including butterflies and moths and twelve thousand seven hundred eighty one species of hymenoptera
triviaqa-qw_9338,in which sea is the the grenadines island chain,Puerto_Rican_amazon_10,and mona island a v gracilipes inhabited culebra island and is now extinct it is unclear whether it was substantially different from the nominate subspecies section one point one evolutionary history there is no evidence that the west indies were connected to a continent in the past and thus the various native bird species are assumed to be descended from those that immigrated to the caribbean at some point some small species would have encountered problems traversing large bodies of water but parrots have flight strength and various behavioral characteristics that would facilitate over water dispersion most caribbean bird species originate from central north and south america
triviaqa-wh_925,which other colour along with yellow and green appears on the flag of gabon,Flag_of_Canada_34,unofficial flag originally circulated by its promoters to demonstrate the unity of canada at rallies for the no side during the lead up to the nineteen hundred ninety five quebec referendum the design was chosen to represent the francophone population on the nation s maple leaf flag by adding blue stripes roughly in proportion to the number of canadians who are primarily french speaking to the red sections the blue was chosen because it is the main colour that is used on the flag of quebec in quebec the provincial flag a blue cross with four fleurs de lis is often considered a national flag along
triviaqa-qg_2066,luminol a chemical that exhibits chemiluminescence is often used by forensic examiners to try and detect trace amounts of what,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_12,examined for xanthochromia the yellow appearance of centrifugated fluid more sensitive is spectrophotometry measuring the absorption of particular wavelengths of light for detection of bilirubin a breakdown product of hemoglobin from red blood cells xanthochromia and spectrophotometry remain reliable ways to detect sah several days after the onset of headache an interval of at least twelve hours between the onset of the headache and lumbar puncture is required as it takes several hours for the hemoglobin from the red blood cells to be metabolized into bilirubin as only ten per cent of people admitted to the emergency department with a
triviaqa-odql_2997,which hollywood actor was married to uma thurman one thousand nine hundred ninety eight two thousand four ,Uma_Thurman_34,only lasted two years reportedly caused by the little time they spent together due to their busy acting schedules on may one nineteen hundred ninety eight she married actor ethan hawke after the two had met at the set of gattaca prior to their engagement hawke had proposed twice before she accepted thurman herself acknowledged that they married early because she had become pregnant at the time of their wedding she was seven months along they have two children a daughter maya ray b eight july nineteen hundred ninety eight and a son levon roan b fifteen january two thousand two hawke also dedicated his novel for karuna to her in two thousand three thurman and hawke separated and in two thousand four the couple filed for divorce
triviaqa-odql_3850,michael jackson was one of ten children who is the youngest born in nineteen sixty six ,Katherine_Jackson_4,a few occasions had committed adultery one of which resulted in the birth of a daughter in nineteen hundred seventy four missus jackson is a devout jehovah s witness section two point two family controversies in an unauthorized biography of janet jackson a confrontational family incident was described this biography claims that in nineteen hundred seventy nine katherine and her two youngest children randy and janet engaged in a confrontation with a woman who worked for joseph s company katherine had often accused joe of cheating on her with this woman that incident was re dramatized for the miniseries the jacksons an american dream however in the
triviaqa-odql_7403,a carioca is an inhabitant of which south american city,Caetano_Veloso_6,to brazilian music as new minus illuminating the tradition of brazilian music and paving the way for future innovation veloso moved to the bahian port city of salvador as a teenager the city in which gilberto lived and a center of afro brazilian culture and music one n nineteen hundred sixty five he moved again to rio de janeiro with his sister maria bethania also a musician shortly after the move veloso won a lyrics contest for his composition um dia and was signed to philips records beginning in nineteen hundred sixty seven with collaborators including bethania gilberto gil
triviaqa-jp_243,what country did the reagan administration illegally sell arms to,Ronald_Reagan_140,may become americans reagan also said the employer sanctions program is the keystone and major element it will remove the incentive for illegal immigration by eliminating the job opportunities which draw illegal aliens here section eight point two point four iran contra affair in nineteen hundred eighty six a scandal shook the administration stemming from the use of proceeds from covert arms sales to iran to fund the contras in nicaragua which had been specifically outlawed by an act of congress the iran contra affair
triviaqa-qw_4069,who succeeded prince rainier of monaco,George_VI_13,queen victoria died on twenty two january nineteen hundred one and the prince of wales succeeded her as king edward vii prince albert moved up to third in line to the throne after his father and elder brother section two military career and education from nineteen hundred nine albert attended the royal naval college osborne as a naval cadet in nineteen hundred eleven he came bottom of the class in the final examination but despite this he progressed to the royal naval college dartmouth when
triviaqa-qb_7920,queen joan of navarre who was imprisoned for witchcraft was the stepmother of which english monarch,Bona_Sforza_31,was a duchess of brunswick luneburg wife of henry v duke of brunswick luneburg anna eighteen october fifteen twenty three minus nine september fifteen ninety six was a king of poland and grand duke of lithuania wife of stefan batory catherine one november fifteen twenty six minus sixteen september fifteen eighty three was a queen of sweden and grand duchess of finland wife of john iii
triviaqa-sfq_13483,what was michelle obamas maiden name,Barack_Obama_108,game while wearing a white sox jacket he is also primarily a chicago bears fan in the n f l but in his childhood and adolescence was a fan of the pittsburgh steelers and recently rooted for them ahead of their victory in super bowl xliii twelve days after obama took office as president in june nineteen hundred eighty nine obama met michelle robinson when he was employed as a summer associate at the chicago law firm of sidley austin assigned for three months as obama s adviser at the firm robinson joined him at group social functions but declined his initial requests
triviaqa-wh_2164,in seventeen three isaac newton succeeded which of his rivals as president of the royal society,Isaac_Newton_22,he was able to produce a superior instrument to the refracting telescope due primarily to the wider diameter of the mirror in sixteen hundred seventy one the royal society asked for a demonstration of his reflecting telescope their interest encouraged him to publish his notes on colour which he later expanded into his opticks when robert hooke criticized some of newton s ideas newton was so offended that he withdrew from public debate the two men remained enemies until hooke s death newton argued that light is composed of particles or corpuscles which were refracted by accelerating toward the denser medium but he had to
triviaqa-sfq_18532,charlotte of mecklenburg strelitz was the wife of which king of great britain,Queen_Victoria_5,within the united kingdom and was marked by a great expansion of the british empire she was the last british monarch of the house of hanover her son and successor edward vii belonged to the house of saxe coburg and gotha the line of his father table of contents section one birth and family victoria s father was prince edward duke of kent and strathearn the fourth son of the reigning king of the united kingdom george iii until eighteen hundred seventeen edward s niece princess charlotte of wales was the only legitimate grandchild of george iii her death in eighteen hundred seventeen
triviaqa-qb_4284,which line on the london undergound rail system is the only line which interconnects with every other line,Docklands_Light_Railway_42,two thousand six a proposal to extend the d l r to charing cross station running from either the bank or tower gateway d l r branches was revealed the idea originating from a d l r horizon study is in very early stages at the moment but would involve extending the line from in bored tunnels under central london to the charing cross jubilee line platforms which would be brought back to public use these platforms are on a spur that branches off the current jubilee line and are not used by passenger trains while not confirmed it is probable that the scheme would also use the existing overrun tunnels between the charing
triviaqa-qf_338,the spanish call which animal caballo,The_Livestock_Conservancy_34,tacky to see if it was truly a descendant of colonial spanish stock and during the organization s initial field investigations it was found that many surviving members of the breed fit the physical type for spanish horses in two thousand seven the albc partnered with the equus survival trust in a project to preserve the breed that included dna sampling the creation of a new studbook and mapping the genetics of the breed the albc participated in the rescue of the wilbur cruce strain of colonial spanish horse when the area in which it lived was to be turned over to a land conservation program that required domestic
triviaqa-qb_1812,in february one thousand nine hundred thirty eight roberto m ortiz became president of which south american country,Cold_War_116,back and leftist opponents were killed or detained in internment camps under the direccion de inteligencia nacional dina additionally the continent wide south american operation condor employed by dictators in argentina brazil bolivia chile uruguay and paraguay to suppress leftist dissent was backed by the united states which sometimes accurately perceived soviet or cuban support behind these opposition movements displeasing the united states jamaica began pursuing closer relations with the cuban government as a result of michael manley s
triviaqa-jp_3715,what type of bridge was used to bring water to roman cities,Manchester_Bolton_&_Bury_Canal_26,bridges cuttings raised bankings and aqueducts much of the document details the work required to convert the canal to broad gauge a five point seven five mile nine point two five k m length between oldfield lane in salford and giants seat locks in outwood was navigable with three f t eight in one point one two m of water the remaining work included strengthening the banks to increase the water depth to five feet one point five m and gravelling of half of the towpath between giants seat locks and ringley bridge two locks had been erected with a small section of
triviaqa-qb_6653,what number shirt did england rugby union player jonny wilkinson wear in the two thousand eleven world cup,Stretford_76,club since nineteen hundred ten when the club moved to its present old trafford ground the western end of which is still unofficially called the stretford end old trafford was originally the home of manchester cricket club but became the home of lancashire county cricket club in eighteen hundred sixty four upon that club s formation the ground is on talbot road stretford where it has been since eighteen hundred fifty six similar to its counterpart one end of the old trafford cricket ground is called the stretford end it has been a test venue since eighteen hundred eighty four and has hosted three world cup semi finals after the two thousand five ashes test when more than twenty thousand fans had to be turned away the
triviaqa-qz_4226,which wedding anniversary is celebrated with paper,Oktoberfest_2,in nineteen hundred ninety four the schedule was modified in response to german reunification so that if the first sunday in october falls on the first or second then the festival would go on until october three german unity day thus the festival is now seventeen days when the first sunday is october two and eighteen days when it is october one in twenty ten the festival lasted until the first monday in october to mark the anniversary of the event the festival is held in an area named the theresienwiese field or meadow
triviaqa-qw_12722,where are new zealands parliament buildings,Francis_Petre_3,public and private buildings many of which are still standing in and around dunedin today his private houses are among the most distinguished and sought after in new zealand however he is chiefly remembered for the monumental roman catholic cathedrals of wellington christchurch and dunedin which survive today as testimony to his talent and architectural expertise table of contents section one early life the petres were an aristocratic family from ingatestone in essex england francis petre s immediate family was one of the first and most prominent colonial families of new zealand petre bay chatham island was named after them as
triviaqa-odql_12627,in which country was england rugby union player dylan hartley born,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_73,of the tournament an all black from nineteen hundred eighty four to nineteen hundred ninety three grant fox was one of the all blacks greatest point scorers with ten sixty seven points including six hundred forty five test points fox played forty six tests including the nineteen hundred eighty seven world cup final against france known as the iceman michael jones was one of the greatest open side flankers of all time born in auckland new zealand jones first played international rugby for samoa then for the all blacks playing fifty five tests between nineteen hundred eighty seven and nineteen hundred ninety eight due to his christian faith jones never played rugby on sundays resulting in him not playing in the nineteen
triviaqa-qb_765,which european country hosted the one thousand nine hundred fifty six winter olympic games,Alexi_Salamone_2,by the skating associaton for the blind and handicapped s a b a h he has been a member of the u s national sledge hockey team since two thousand three twice representing his country at the winter paralympics at the two thousand six winter paralympics in turin italy salamone was part of the american team that won the bronze medal the united states featured in group b of the tournament and won two of their three group games three to zero against japan and six to one over sweden a one to two defeat in the match against germany meant the usa faced group a
triviaqa-qw_3011,what is the name for the infection of living tissues such as skin lung or bowel by bacteria,Pathogenic_bacteria_5,some organisms such as staphylococcus or streptococcus can cause skin infections pneumonia meningitis and even overwhelming sepsis a systemic inflammatory response producing shock massive vasodilation and death yet these organisms are also part of the normal human flora and usually exist on the skin or in the nose without causing disease section two point two intracellular other organisms invariably cause disease in humans such as the rickettsia which are
triviaqa-bt_2652,a varsovian is a native of which capital city,Chicago_35,ethnically polish population outside of polish capital of warsaw making it one of the most important polonia centers it is also considered to be the second largest serbian city in the world after belgrade which has a population of two million there are one million sixty one thousand nine hundred twenty eight households of which twenty eight point nine per cent have children under the age of eighteen living with them thirty five point one per cent are married couples living together eighteen point nine per cent have a female householder with no husband present and forty point four per cent are non families of all households thirty two point six per cent are made up
triviaqa-sfq_21761,the carnegie family fortune was built around andrew carnegies success in manufacture in which industry,Andrew_Carnegie_0,andrew carnegie andrew carnegie properly pronounced krnegi but commonly krngi or krngi twenty five november eighteen hundred thirty five minus eleven august nineteen hundred nineteen was a scottish born american industrialist businessman and a major philanthropist he was an immigrant as a child with his parents he built pittsburgh s carnegie steel company which was later merged with elbert h gary s federal steel company and several smaller companies to create u s steel with the fortune he made from business he turned to philanthropy and interests in education founding the carnegie corporation of new york carnegie endowment for international
triviaqa-odql_12228,matt busby played for manchester city from one thousand nine hundred twenty eight to one thousand nine hundred thirty six which club did he play for from one thousand nine hundred thirty six to one thousand nine hundred forty one ,Anfield_38,venue for many other events during the mid twenties anfield was the finishing line for the city marathon liverpool held an annual race which started from saint george s plateau in the city centre and finished with a lap of anfield boxing matches were regularly held at anfield during the inter war years including a number of british boxing championships on twelve june nineteen hundred thirty four nel tarleton beat freddie miller for the world featherweight title professional tennis was played at anfield on boards on the pitch us open champion bill tilden and wimbledon
triviaqa-qb_365,aconcagua is the highest mountain in which mountain range,Black_vulture_13,it is not found in high altitude regions c a foetens named by martin lichtenstein in eighteen hundred seventeen is known as the andean black vulture it is approximately the same size as c a atratus the markings on the undersides of the primaries are smaller than those of the other subspecies and the underwing coverts are darker it is found in the andes range from northern ecuador through peru northern bolivia paraguay uruguay and the lowlands of chile section one point one
triviaqa-qw_6477,which city since the fourteen th century bc has been controlled by israelites judaeans babylonians persians greeks hasmoneans romans byzantines arabs mamluks turks and the british and for a short time after world war ii was occupied by israel and jordan,First_Crusade_10,more concerned with consolidating their own territories and gaining control of their neighbours than with cooperating against the crusaders elsewhere in nominal seljuk territory were the ortoqids in northeastern syria and northern mesopotamia they controlled jerusalem until ten ninety eight in eastern anatolia and northern syria a state was founded by danishmend a seljuk mercenary the crusaders did not have significant contact with either group until after the crusade the hashshashin were also becoming important in syrian affairs egypt and much of palestine were controlled by the arab shiite
triviaqa-qw_10479,the english football team played the world cup final in nineteen sixty six in what coloured shirts,Anfield_7,on one september eighteen hundred ninety two against rotherham town liverpool won seven to one liverpool s first football league match at anfield was played on nine september eighteen hundred ninety three against lincoln city liverpool won four to zero in front of five thousand spectators a new stand capable of holding three thousand spectators was constructed in eighteen hundred ninety five on the site of the present main stand designed by architect archibald leitch the stand had a distinctive red and white gable and was similar to the main stand at newcastle united s ground saint james park
triviaqa-odql_10084,in which us state did the airship hindenburg crash,Imperial_Airlines_Flight_201%2f8_7,official flight engineer assigned to the flight who was sitting next to him as would emerge in later testimony at the post crash hearing this crewing combination led to confusion in the cockpit during the final flight segment as to who was making the decisions and giving the orders as pilot in command and who was operating the engine and fuel controls as flight engineer section two flight history the four engined chartered propliner departed columbia south carolina at three twenty four p m est and landed in newark new jersey at
triviaqa-bb_1551,the moons of which planet are named after shakespearian characters,Oberon_(moon)_4,on january eleven seventeen hundred eighty seven on the same day he discovered uranus s largest moon titania he later reported the discoveries of four more satellites although they were subsequently revealed as spurious for nearly fifty years following their discovery titania and oberon would not be observed by any instrument other than william herschel s although the moon can be seen from earth with a present day high end amateur telescope all of the moons of uranus are named after characters created by william shakespeare or alexander pope the name oberon was derived from oberon the king of the fairies in a midsummer night s dream the names of
triviaqa-sfq_4808,on which record label did elvis presley launch his career,Roy_Orbison_3,singing with the band he spent his time playing guitar and writing songs recognizing that a career in music was a long shot after graduating high school the group disbanded and roy orbison went to north texas state college in nineteen hundred fifty five orbison left college determined to give music a serious try with a new band named the teen kings he headed for memphis tennessee and to sun records there roy orbison along with jerry lee lewis carl perkins johnny cash and elvis presley recorded for sam phillips many of the earliest songs he recorded were produced by sam phillips but the rockabilly and blues sounds of sun s artists did not bring orbison much
triviaqa-tc_2767,what is the force that opposes the relative motion of two bodies that are in contact,Isaac_Newton_58,action there is an equal and opposite reaction this leads to an apparent paradox exemplified by a man pulling a stone along the ground with a string the tension in the string acts equally on the man and the stone pulling the man back and the stone forward to the same degree thus no net force is experienced by the man forward slash string forward slash stone combination and it cannot move the resolution depends on considering the forces acting on each body individually the force on the stone is more than that required to overcome friction so the stone moves and if the man does not move the string becomes slack and the stone stops but when he does move maintaining
triviaqa-qw_13216,what is a name for the abstract study of topics such as quantity structure space and change,Evolution_38,that provides the mathematical structure for the study of the process of microevolution macroevolution works through large scale changes in gene frequencies in a population over a long period of time and is usually taken to refer to events that result in speciation the evolution of a new species an absolute distinction between macroevolution and microevolution isnt normally drawn by biologists for a number of reasons including no definition of what constitutes a macroevolutionary change mutations to existing species resulting in entirely new species have been observed in the
triviaqa-qw_6702,set up in nineteen fifty four as a merger of smaller groups the front de libration nationale fought a war for independence from france until one thousand nine hundred sixty two when the french government signed a cease fire agreement the fln became the only legal party in which country,British_Empire_141,blowing through this continent macmillan wished to avoid the same kind of colonial war that france was fighting in algeria and under his premiership decolonisation proceeded rapidly to the three colonies that had been granted independence in the nineteen hundred fifties sudan the gold coast and malaya were added nearly ten times that number during the nineteen hundred sixties britain s remaining colonies in africa except for self governing southern rhodesia were all granted independence by nineteen hundred sixty eight british withdrawal from the southern and eastern parts of africa was not a peaceful process
triviaqa-odql_548,in which city were the one thousand nine hundred eighty four summer olympics held,Harvey_Milk_78,you d sure have a helluva lot more nuns running around attendance at gay pride marches during the summer of nineteen hundred seventy eight in los angeles and san francisco swelled an estimated two hundred fifty thousand to three hundred seventy five thousand attended san francisco s gay freedom day parade newspapers claimed the higher numbers were due to john briggs organizers asked participants to carry signs indicating their hometowns for the cameras to show how far people came to live in the castro district milk rode in an open car carrying a sign saying i m from woodmere n y he gave a version of what became his most famous speech the hope speech that the san francisco examiner said
triviaqa-bb_6114,what dramatically fictionalised king actually ruled the scots one thousand forty fifty seven ,William_Shakespeare_35,him in king lear the old king commits the tragic error of giving up his powers triggering scenes which lead to the murder of his daughter and the torture and blinding of the duke of gloucester according to the critic frank kermode the play offers neither its good characters nor its audience any relief from its cruelty in macbeth the shortest and most compressed of shakespeare s tragedies uncontrollable ambition incites macbeth and his wife lady macbeth to murder the rightful king and usurp the throne until their own guilt destroys them in turn in this play shakespeare adds a supernatural element to the tragic structure his last major
triviaqa-sfq_23794,with which sport do you associate the coventry bees,Peterborough_72,runners raced through the flat streets of peterborough for the half marathon supported by thousands of spectators along the course peterborough phantoms are the city s ice hockey team playing in the english premier ice hockey league speedway a form of motorcycle racing is also a popular sport in peterborough with races being held at the east of england showground section six point four media there is a major radio transmitter at morborne approximately eight miles thirteen k m west of peterborough for national f m radio bbc radios one to four and classic f m and bbc radio cambridgeshire this facility includes a five hundred five
triviaqa-wh_3326,which geological period came between the triassic and cretaceous periods,Jurassic_8,divisions the jurassic period of time is usually broken into early middle and late jurassic subdivisions also known as lias dogger and malm in europe the corresponding terms for the rocks are lower middle and upper jurassic the
triviaqa-sfq_23473,which musical instrument is albert schweitzer known to have played,Kevin_Bowyer_9,from the renaissance and baroque periods onwards and has shown an appreciation for the qualities of historical instruments in such music he is the only person to have played and recorded kaikhosru sorabji s first organ symphony in its entirety he was
triviaqa-qw_6212,of the twenty six times that the one hundred metres has been included in the olympic games to two thousand eight which country has won the most gold medals sixteen ,S12_(classification)_3,classification organisers of the paralympic games have the option of including the following events on the paralympic programme five zero m one zero zero m and four zero zero m freestyle one zero zero m backstroke one zero zero m breaststroke one zero zero m butterfly two zero zero m individual medley and four x one zero zero m freestyle relay and four x one zero zero m medley relay section five competitors swimmers who have competed in this classification include anna efimenko deborah font and ana garcia arcicollar who all won medals in their class at the two thousand eight paralympics american swimmers who have been classified by the united states paralympic committee as being in this
triviaqa-qw_10086,in twenty six stephen harper became the prime minister of which country,Economic_Club_of_Canada_10,u s senator and two thousand eight republican presidential nominee june twenty two thousand eight thomas daquino chief executive and president canadian council of chief executives jan sixteen two thousand eight stephane dion leader of the opposition and the liberal party october twelve two thousand seven brian mulroney prime minister of canada nineteen hundred eighty four minus nineteen hundred ninety three september nineteen two thousand seven general rick hillier former chief of the defence staff canadian forces may twenty five two thousand seven david wilson chair ontario securities commission april twenty six
triviaqa-qg_1358,what noted film director and producer born on may fourteen one thousand nine hundred forty four founded the theatre audio company thx and the visual effects company industrial light and magic among others,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_II_%e2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones_33,director george lucas producer rick mccallum editor and sound designer ben burtt ilm animation director rob coleman and ilm visual effects supervisors pablo helman john knoll and ben snow eight deleted scenes are included along with multiple documentaries which include a full length documentary about the creation of digital characters and two others that focus on sound design and the animatics team three featurettes examine the storyline action scenes and love story and a set of twelve short web documentaries cover the overall production of the film the
triviaqa-tc_2295,in which city was john lennon murdered,American_Airlines_Flight_11_33,and are buried with other unidentified remains at this park suqami s passport survived the crash and landed in the street below soaked in jet fuel it was picked up by a passerby who gave it to a new york city police department n y p d detective shortly before the south tower collapsed investigators retrieved mohamed atta s luggage which had not been loaded onto the flight in it they found omari s passport and driver s license a videocassette for a boeing seven hundred fifty seven flight simulator a folding knife and pepper spray in a recording a few months later in afghanistan al qaeda s leader osama bin laden
triviaqa-qg_48,twenty one st december two thousand twelve according to those of us who go in for this sort thing is the date of the end of the world a faulty interpretation of which civilizations calendar system accounts for this,2012_phenomenon_96,fear or anxiety over the possibility of the world ending in december twenty twelve while an average of ten percent agreed with the statement the mayan calendar which some say ends in twenty twelve marks the end of the world with responses as high as twenty percent in china thirteen percent in russia turkey japan and korea and twelve percent in the united states where sales of private underground blast shelters have increased noticeably since two thousand nine at least one suicide has been directly linked to fear of a twenty twelve apocalypse with several more anecdotally reported a
triviaqa-qw_12256,on which coast of south america would you find the country of venezuela,2012_phenomenon_26,dates back to the time of christopher columbus who was compiling a work called libro de las profecias during the voyage in fifteen oh two when he first heard about the maia on guanaja an island off the north coast of honduras influenced by the writings of bishop pierre dailly columbus believed that his discovery of most distant lands and by extension the maya themselves was prophesied and would bring about the apocalypse end times fears were widespread during the early years of the spanish conquest as the result of popular astrological predictions in europe of a second great flood for the year one thousand five hundred twenty four in the early
triviaqa-odql_7849,how many wheels are there on a sulky,Bicycle_4,known as pushbikes draisines or hobby horses to use the draisine first introduced to the public in paris by the german baron karl von drais in eighteen hundred eighteen the operator sat astride a wooden frame supported by two in line wheels and pushed the vehicle along with his forward slash her feet while steering the front wheel scottish blacksmith kirkpatrick macmillan refined this in eighteen hundred thirty nine by adding a mechanical crank drive to the rear wheel thus creating the first true bicycle in the modern
triviaqa-tc_1977,south pacific was set during which war,Trincomalee_16,and defeat them all king parakramabahu i used gokanna trincomalee as his eastern port to launch a successful invasion of burma in the twelfth century an english sea captain and historical chronicle writer named robert knox came ashore by chance near trincomalee and surrendered to the dissawa official of the king of kandy in sixteen hundred fifty nine hence it was an important trade city between sri lanka and the outside world and one of the british empire s most important ports in asia during the second world war as a catalyst for
triviaqa-jp_1408,what country is the largest oil producer in africa,1973_world_oil_market_chronology_7,libya nationalizes bunker hunt concession nigeria acquires thirty five percent participation in shell b p concession june fourteen nixon administration imposes six zero day economy wide price freeze superseding special rule no one for oil companies aug libya nationalizes fifty one percent of occidental petroleum concession and of the oasis consortium august seventeen
triviaqa-sfq_5573,which us president was the last to have been born in the nineteenth century,Ezra_Taft_Benson_0,ezra taft benson ezra taft benson august four eighteen hundred ninety nine minus may thirty nineteen hundred ninety four was president of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints from nineteen hundred eighty five until his death earlier he served as united states secretary of agriculture for both of the administrations of president dwight d eisenhower table of contents section one biography born on a farm in whitney idaho he was the oldest of eleven children began his academic career at utah state university he was a nineteen hundred twenty six graduate of
triviaqa-bt_1604,in which country was queen elizabeth eleven when she heard of her fathers death,George_VI_61,age of fifty six his daughter elizabeth flew back to britain from kenya as queen elizabeth ii from nine february for two days his coffin rested in saint mary magdalene church sandringham before lying in state at westminster hall from eleven february his funeral took place at saint george s chapel windsor castle on the fifteenth he was interred initially in the royal vault until he was transferred to the king george vi memorial chapel inside saint george s on twenty six march nineteen hundred sixty nine in
triviaqa-odql_10039,which capital city is known as beograd by its inhabitants,Chicago_35,ethnically polish population outside of polish capital of warsaw making it one of the most important polonia centers it is also considered to be the second largest serbian city in the world after belgrade which has a population of two million there are one million sixty one thousand nine hundred twenty eight households of which twenty eight point nine per cent have children under the age of eighteen living with them thirty five point one per cent are married couples living together eighteen point nine per cent have a female householder with no husband present and forty point four per cent are non families of all households thirty two point six per cent are made up
triviaqa-qb_2833,how many players are on the field in a baseball team,Rock-paper-scissors_17,winning more throws out of three wins typically nine three throw sets are played to determine a match winner should players tie the set is considered drawn and the match would continue the three throw sets can also be called runs this variant called p r p s or professional r p s can offer more strategic ideas for both players since the player winning the first throw of their three throw set can gain significant advantage over the opponent for that set when a player leads after the first throw
triviaqa-qb_7286,in the game of cluedo what colour is the piece that represents mrs peacock,Theory_of_Colours_26,magenta section one point seven goethe s colour wheel goethe anticipated ewald hering s opponent process theory two by proposing a symmetric colour wheel he writes the chromatic circle is arranged in a general way according to the natural order for the colours diametrically opposed to each other in this diagram are those which reciprocally evoke each other in the eye thus yellow demands violet orange blue red green and vice versa thus all intermediate gradations reciprocally evoke each other the simpler colour demanding
triviaqa-sfq_9606,what is the residence of the duke of devonshire,Matthew_Brettingham_20,in seventeen hundred fifty nine to design a great country house to equal holkham hall lord leicester holkham s owner and brettingham s employer was a particular hero of curzon curzon was a tory from a very old derbyshire family and he wished to create a showpiece to rival the nearby chatsworth house owned by the whig duke of devonshire whose family were relative newcomers in the county having arrived little more than two hundred years earlier however the duke of devonshire s influence wealth and title were far superior to curzon s and he managed neither to complete his house nor to match the devonshire s influence the william cavendish fourth
triviaqa-sfq_18275,who was the defence lawyer in the leopold and loeb murder trial of one thousand nine hundred twenty four ,Free_will_36,morally responsible for their actions and if so in what sense incompatibilists tend to think that determinism is at odds with moral responsibility it seems impossible that one can hold someone responsible for an action that could be predicted from the beginning of time hard determinists say so much the worse for free will and discard the concept clarence darrow the famous defense attorney pleaded the innocence of his clients leopold and loeb by invoking such a notion of hard determinism during his summation he declared conversely
triviaqa-sfq_5799,what colour was the chillingham bull,Blue_whale_10,the flippers are three to four metres long the upper side is grey with a thin white border the lower side is white the head and tail flippers are generally uniformly grey coloured whilst the back and sometimes the flippers are usually mottled the degree of mottling varies substantially from individual to individual some may have a uniform grey colour
triviaqa-qw_10729,what is referred to as earths sister planet due to its similar size and mass,Planetary_habitability_32,than their larger cousins such bodies tend to lose the energy left over from their formation quickly and end up geologically dead lacking the volcanoes earthquakes and tectonic activity which supply the surface with life sustaining material and the atmosphere with temperature moderators like carbon dioxide low mass is partly a relative label the earth is considered low mass when compared to the solar system s gas giants but it is the largest by diameter and mass and densest of all terrestrial bodies template f n it is large enough along with venus to retain an atmosphere through gravity
triviaqa-qz_5520,what is the state capital of florida,Florida_Highway_Patrol_1,department of highway safety and motor vehicles table of contents section one organization the department of highway safety and motor vehicles is a cabinet agency which reports to the governor and the florida cabinet the dhsmv s headquarters is located in the neil kirkman building tallahassee florida electra theodorides bustle is the executive director of d h s m v mister david westberry serves as deputy executive director the director of the florida highway patrol christopher allen knight holds the rank of colonel it has five separate bureaus the bureau of investigations is commanded by a major while the other four bureaus are each commanded by a deputy director a lt
triviaqa-qw_16558,in which country was saddam hussein president one thousand nine hundred seventy nine two thousand three being deposed and then hanged in twenty six ,Ronald_Reagan_180,silvio berlusconi and interim presidents hamid karzai of afghanistan and ghazi al yawer of iraq after the funeral the reagan entourage was flown back to the ronald reagan presidential library in california where another service was held and president reagan was interred at the time of his death reagan was the longest lived president in u s history having lived ninety three years and one hundred twenty days two years eight months and twenty three days longer than john adams whose record he surpassed he is now the second
triviaqa-bb_6701,on a standard english qwerty keyboard the percent percent sign is above the number,MIDI_Tuning_Standard_2,is the number of octaves above the four four zero h z concert a it is negative if the frequency is below that pitch multiplying it by twelve gives the number of semitones above that frequency adding sixty nine gives the number of semitones above the c five octaves below middle c since four hundred forty h z is a widely used standard concert a e g usa uk and since that is represented in midi terms by the integer sixty nine nine semitones above middle c which is sixty this gives a real number which expresses pitch in a manner consistent with midi and
triviaqa-dpql_2666,nino farina was the first world champion of what,1994_San_Marino_Grand_Prix_17,and four laps later berger retired from the race with handling problems larini briefly took the lead as schumacher pitted but the order was restored when larini took his own pit stop ten laps from the finish the rear right wheel came loose from michele alboreto s minardi as it left the pit lane leaving two ferrari and two lotus mechanics needing hospital treatment michael schumacher won the race ahead of nicola larini and mika hakkinen giving him a maximum thirty points after three rounds of the nineteen hundred ninety four formula one season it was the only podium finish of larini s career and the first of just two occasions when he obtained world championship points at the podium
triviaqa-sfq_19776,what was the capital of the confederacy in the american civil war,Confederate_government_of_Kentucky_28,to the confederacy for reasons unexplained by the delegates doctor luke p blackburn a native kentuckian living in mississippi was invited to accompany the commissioners to richmond though davis had some reservation about the circumvention of the elected general assembly in forming the confederate government he concluded that johnson s request had merit and on november twenty five recommended kentucky for admission to the confederacy kentucky was admitted to the confederacy on december ten eighteen hundred sixty one
triviaqa-jp_2971,what movie took place on the moon of pandora,Pandora_(moon)_2,moons approach to within about one thousand four hundred km pandora also has a three two mean motion resonance with mimas from its very low density and relatively high albedo it seems likely that pandora is a very porous icy body there is a lot of uncertainty in these values however so this remains to be confirmed the two thousand nine movie avatar takes place on a fictive moon called pandora allegedly located in the alpha centauri star system
triviaqa-jp_663,what canadian provinces name is latin for new scotland,Canada_63,in eastern canada the saint lawrence river widens into the gulf of saint lawrence the world s largest estuary which contains the island of newfoundland south of the gulf the canadian maritimes protrude eastward along the appalachian mountain range from northern new england and the gaspe peninsula of quebec new brunswick and nova scotia are divided by the bay of fundy which experiences the world s largest tidal variations ontario and hudson bay dominate central canada
triviaqa-tc_1069,in which american state is the isabella stewart gardner museum,Museum_of_Bad_Art_22,with their level of skill the museum dedicated a show to relentless creativity in an exhibition titled i just cant stop that was covered by local news and c n n other artists are clearly technically proficient but attempted an experiment that did not end well dean nimmer a professor at the massachusetts college of art also holding the title of moba s executive director of good taste noted the parallels between the museum of bad art s standards and those of other institutions they take the model of a museum of fine arts and apply the same kind of
triviaqa-bb_6062,what is othree o followed by the number three usually shown in sub script,Oxygen_3,form allotrope of oxygen ozone o three helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation with the high altitude ozone layer but is a pollutant near the surface where it is a by product of smog oxygen was independently discovered by joseph priestley in wiltshire in seventeen hundred seventy four and carl wilhelm scheele in uppsala a year earlier but priestley is usually given priority because he published his findings first the name oxygen was coined in seventeen hundred seventy seven by antoine lavoisier whose experiments with
triviaqa-odql_12284,who wrote the opera gloriana for the coronation of queen elizabeth ii,Henry_Purcell_22,is among the baroque composers who has had a direct influence on modern rock and roll according to pete townshend of the who purcell was among his influences particularly evident in the opening bars of the who s pinball wizard the title song from the sound track of the film a clockwork orange is from purcell s music for the funeral of queen mary purcell also had a strong influence on the composers of the english musical renaissance of the early twentieth century most notably benjamin britten who created and performed a realisation of dido and aeneas and whose young person s guide to the orchestra is based on a theme from purcell s abdelazar
triviaqa-bb_3847,which animal provided the etymological and scientific derivation of a vaccine,Cattle_egret_4,this species removes ticks and flies from cattle but it can be a safety hazard at airfields and has been implicated in the spread of tick borne animal diseases table of contents
triviaqa-tc_2400,in which country were motorized ambulances first used,Cyclone_Elita_21,of france united states germany and japan sent a total of two hundred eighty seven thousand dollars two thousand four usd in assistance the government of france sent a plane with food medicine and other equipment to the affected areas the government of germany sent aid to be used for foods and medicines on february twenty seven the government of japan sent aid to the country including tents generators and plastic sheets officials distributed emergency relief items to the affected areas including rice sugar soap candles matches and water purification tablets in morondava in toliara province
triviaqa-qw_9384,antananarivo is the capital of which country,Cyclone_Elita_22,areas including rice sugar soap candles matches and water purification tablets in morondava in toliara province the government distributed four tons of rice seed while in ambatolampy in antananarivo province the government sent ten tons of rice additionally the world food programme sent eighty tons of flour to the nation the combined efforts of the united nations and aid agencies repaired the schools and distributed meals to the families affected by the disaster workers in association with the madagascar red cross set up a water system that provided about
triviaqa-bb_1997,what symbols does the comic book hero captain america have on his shield and chest,Esperanto_106,in nineteen hundred eighty seven a second flag design was chosen in a contest organized by the uea celebrating the first centennial of the language it featured a white background with two stylised curved e s facing each other dubbed the jubilea simbolo jubilee symbol it attracted criticism from some esperantists who dubbed it the melono melon because of the design s elliptical shape it is still in use though to a lesser degree than the traditional symbol known as the verda stelo green star section five point eight
triviaqa-sfq_4319,who wounded achilles in the heel leading to his death,Greek_mythology_81,the consequent deaths in battle of achilles friend patroclus and priam s eldest son hector after hector s death the trojans were joined by two exotic allies penthesilea queen of the amazons and memnon king of the ethiopians and son of the dawn goddess eos achilles killed both of these but paris then managed to kill achilles with an arrow before they could take troy the greeks had to steal from the citadel the wooden image of pallas athena the palladium finally with athena s help they built the trojan horse despite the warnings of priam s
triviaqa-odql_14339,which nobel prize did patrick white win in nineteen seventy three ,Imagism_6,audience volumes of verse published in that time included thomas hardy s the dynasts christina rossetti s posthumous poetical works ernest dowson s poems george meredith s last poems robert service s ballads of a cheechako and john masefield s ballads and poems future nobel prize winner william butler yeats was devoting much of his energy to the abbey theatre and writing for the stage producing relatively little lyric poetry during this period in nineteen hundred seven the nobel prize for literature was awarded to rudyard kipling the origins of imagism are to be found in two poems
triviaqa-odql_14070,which american city is home to the basketball side the wizards,Michael_Jordan_62,of the spring and summer of two thousand one in training holding several invitation only camps for nba players in chicago in addition jordan hired his old chicago bulls head coach doug collins as washington s coach for the upcoming season a decision that many saw as foreshadowing another jordan return section two point eight washington wizards comeback on september twenty five two thousand one jordan announced his return to professional play with the wizards indicating his intention to donate his salary as a player to a relief effort for the victims of the september eleven two thousand one attacks in an
triviaqa-odql_14628,according to figures released by the ons what was the most popular name for baby boys in twenty twelve ,Prince_Harry_45,house may contact the press complaints commission p c c if the pictures are used by british publications saint james s palace confirmed that harry was in the photographs said that he was essentially a victim of sexting in a private moment and contacted the press complaints commission upon hearing that a number of british newspapers were considering publishing the photographs on twenty four august the sun newspaper published photographs polls conducted in the united kingdom in november twenty twelve showed harry to be the third most popular member of the royal family after william and the queen rumours have persisted that harry
triviaqa-bt_3188,which ocean would you cross if you travelled from brisbane to los angeles,Terry_Fox_26,section two point two trek across canada the marathon began on april twelve nineteen hundred eighty when fox dipped his right leg in the atlantic ocean near saint john s newfoundland and filled two large bottles with ocean water he intended to keep one as a souvenir and pour the other into the pacific ocean upon completing his journey at victoria british columbia fox was supported on his run by doug alward who drove the van and cooked meals fox was met with gale force winds heavy rain and a snowstorm in the first days of his run he was initially
triviaqa-sfq_11824,common arctic and sooty are all varieties of which bird,Arctic_tern_15,individuals eight other calls have been described from begging calls made by females during mating to attack calls made while swooping at intruders while the arctic tern is similar to the common and roseate terns its colouring profile and call are slightly different compared to the common tern it has a longer tail and mono coloured bill while the main differences from the roseate are its slightly darker colour and longer wings the arctic tern s call is more nasal and rasping than that of the common and is easily distinguishable from that of the roseate this bird s closest relatives
triviaqa-dpql_6097,which modern day country staged the sailing events for the one thousand nine hundred eighty moscow olympics,Tallinn_10,the independence of the estonian republic tallinn became the capital of the independent estonia after world war ii started estonia was annexed by the ussr as a result of coup with help of the red army in nineteen hundred forty to forty one and later invaded by nazi germany in nineteen hundred forty one to forty four after nazi retreat in nineteen hundred forty four it was restored as part of the ussr again after the annexion into the soviet union tallinn became the capital of the estonian s s r during the nineteen hundred eighty summer olympics
triviaqa-bb_1960,a schism normally refers to a split within what sort of institution,Catholic_Church_22,schism and earlier divisions some eastern catholic churches are governed by a patriarch who is elected by the synod of the bishops of that church others are headed by a major archbishop others are under a metropolitan and others consist of individual eparchies the roman curia has a specific department the congregation for the oriental churches to maintain relations with them section two point three dioceses parishes and religious orders individual countries regions or
triviaqa-qb_7165,the koppen classification system is used for classifying what,Lewisville%2c_Texas_22,the city is located on the barnett shale a geological formation containing a large amount of natural shale gas section two point one climate and weather lewisville s climate is classified as humid subtropical its koppen climate classification is cfa meaning that it has a temperate climate does not have a dry season and has a hot summer according to the united states department of agriculture lewisville is located in a hardiness zone of eight a the city is not frequently affected by extreme weather but in nineteen hundred sixty one hurricane carla brought eighty six miles
triviaqa-dpql_4895,luzon is an island of which country,Mount_Pinatubo_0,mount pinatubo template mtnbox start template mtnbox coor d m template mtnbox volcano template mtnbox finish mount pinatubo is an active volcano located on the island of luzon in the philippines at the intersection of the borders of the provinces of zambales bataan and pampanga before nineteen hundred ninety one the mountain was inconspicuous and heavily eroded it was covered in dense forest which supported a population of several thousand indigenous people the aeta who had fled to the mountains from the
triviaqa-qg_3181,first proposed by hg wells in a one thousand nine hundred three story what military staple saw its first action during the battle of the somme september one thousand nine hundred sixteen ,Tank_5,six nineteen hundred fifteen although initially termed landships by the admiralty the initial vehicles were colloquially referred to as water carriers later shortened to tanks to preserve secrecy the word tank was used to give the workers the impression they were constructing tracked water containers for the british army in mesopotamia and it was made official on december twenty four nineteen hundred fifteen the first tank became operational when captain h w mortimore of the royal navy took a mark i into action at delville wood during the battle of the somme on september
triviaqa-odql_8089,what is the former name of tuvalu,Elizabeth_II_95,and two thousand seven revealed strong support for elizabeth and referenda in tuvalu in two thousand eight and saint vincent and the grenadines in two thousand nine both rejected proposals to become republics elizabeth has been portrayed in a variety of mediums by many notable artists during her reign including painters lucian freud peter blake juliet pannett chinwe chukwuogo roy terence cuneo tai shan schierenberg and pietro annigoni notable photographers of elizabeth have included cecil beaton yousuf
triviaqa-qw_5318,what was first demonstrated by alexander graham bell at the philadelphia exhibition in eighteen seventy six ,Monument_to_the_Great_Fire_of_London_16,section five see also bell telephone memorial a twentieth century monumental combining granite foundations with brass castings commemorating the invention of the telephone history of london section six references section seven further reading on a grander scale the outstanding career of sir christopher wren isbn zero zero zero seven one zero seven seven five seven hardback isbn zero zero zero seven one zero seven seven six five
triviaqa-qg_2075,the principal author of the us constitution and writer of over one three of the federalist papers which us president the four th was cic during the war of one one ,United_States_Congress_5,in which each state was equally represented and in which each state had a veto over most action the ineffectiveness of the federal government under the articles led congress to summon the convention of seventeen hundred eighty seven originally intended to revise the articles of confederation it ended up writing a completely new constitution james madison called for a bicameral congress the lower house elected directly by the people and the upper house elected by the lower house the smaller states however favored a unicameral congress with equal representation for the states eventually a compromise was reached the house of representatives to provide proportional representation
triviaqa-dpql_1428,which element is integral to all organic compounds,Planetary_habitability_43,that might exist will be based on the same fundamental chemistry as found on earth as the four elements most vital for life carbon hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen are also the commonest chemically reactive elements in the universe indeed simple biogenic compounds such as amino acids have been found in meteorites and in interstellar space these four elements by weight make up over ninety six percent of earth s collective biomass carbon has an unparalleled ability to bond with itself and to form a massive array of intricate and varied structures making it an
triviaqa-odql_12819,which animal completes the name of the stop motion animated childrens tv series raa raa the noisy ,Cyw_3,which are used as short animated bumpers into programmes the characters are a lion named llew an elephant named p l w m p a small fuschia coloured bird named deryn a giraffe named jangl a bulldog named bolgi and the channel mascot c y w a small female chick c y w is a commerical channel in the same format as its parent s four c and thus also features a break bumper consisting of the word c y w disappearing gradually off the screen the end of break bumper is the direct reverse with the word rebuilding itself back onto the screen section two the future in
triviaqa-bb_6382,the highest grossing hand drawn animated film in history is,Scar_(The_Lion_King)_30,the lion king as a risk because at the time it was believed that the greatest films starred people concerned about the novelty of the film disney ceo jeffrey katzenberg decided to divide the studio into two separate animated films the lion king and pocahontas the latter of which was dubbed the home run because it was expected to be the more successful of the two projects naturally disney s more seasoned and experienced animators gravitated towards pocahontas while the studio s newer animators were relegated to working on the lion king dubbing themselves the b team however allers received
triviaqa-sfq_25891,the office of the president of which south american country is la casa rosada the pink house,Cold_War_116,back and leftist opponents were killed or detained in internment camps under the direccion de inteligencia nacional dina additionally the continent wide south american operation condor employed by dictators in argentina brazil bolivia chile uruguay and paraguay to suppress leftist dissent was backed by the united states which sometimes accurately perceived soviet or cuban support behind these opposition movements displeasing the united states jamaica began pursuing closer relations with the cuban government as a result of michael manley s
triviaqa-qb_7738,what is zoophobia a fear of,Learned_helplessness_1,and damaging it is a well established principle in psychology a description of the effect of inescapable punishment such as electrical shock on animal and by extension human behaviour learned helplessness may also occur in everyday situations where environments in which people experience events in which they feel or actually have no control over what happens to them such as repeated failure prison war disability famine and drought may tend to foster learned helplessness an
triviaqa-bb_9001,american jazz musician john coltrane is famous for playing which instrument,Bud_Shank_2,he worked with charlie barnet before moving on to kenton and the west coast jazz scene he also had a strong interest in what might now be termed world music playing bossa nova in the early nineteen hundred fifties years before it became a craze and in nineteen hundred sixty two fusing jazz with indian traditions in collaboration with indian composer and sitar player ravi shankar in the first decades of his career shank played the flute as a second instrument but during the nineteen hundred eighties dropped it and became purely an alto saxophonist in two thousand five he formed the bud shank big band in los
triviaqa-qw_6195,geoff capes twice the worlds strongest man won two olympic games gold medals in which sport,Louise_Ellery_2,in twenty eleven she was an act academy of sport scholarship holder training and based in canberra in preparation for the twenty twelve summer paralympics section two twenty ten commonwealth games ellery won gold medal in the women s f three two thirty four forward slash fifty two forward slash fifty three shot put as a competitor in the f three two class with a throw of six point one seven metres this was australia s first gold medal in the track and field events at the twenty ten delhi commonwealth games which took place at the jawaharlal nehru stadium delhi
triviaqa-qw_14869,what is the name of a book where photographs or stamps are kept,Pulitzer_Prize_5,photography in black and white or color which may consist of a photograph or photographs a sequence or an album feature writing minus for a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime consideration to high literary quality and originality international reporting minus for a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs including united nations correspondence investigative reporting minus for a distinguished example of investigative reporting by an individual or team
triviaqa-qb_4391,what is the medical term for high blood pressure,Subarachnoid_hemorrhage_46,but trends for survival are improving of those who survive hospitalization more than a quarter have significant restrictions in their lifestyle and less than a fifth have no residual symptoms whatsoever delay in diagnosis of minor sah mistaking the sudden headache for migraine contributes to poor outcome factors found on admission that are associated with poorer outcome include poorer neurological grade systolic hypertension a previous diagnosis of heart attack or sah liver disease more blood and larger aneurysm on the initial c t scan location of an aneurysm in the posterior
triviaqa-qb_4561,what is the us state capital of alabama,Rosa_Parks_3,maternal grandparents mother and younger brother sylvester and began her lifelong membership in the african methodist episcopal church her mother leona homeschooled rosa until she was eleven when she enrolled in the industrial school for girls in montgomery where her aunt lived taking academic and some vocational courses she then went on to a laboratory school set up by the alabama state teachers college for negroes for secondary education now known as alabama state university but was forced to drop out to care for her grandmother and later her mother after she grew ill under jim crow laws it was quite easy to separate
triviaqa-qb_4738,what colour jumper does fictional character rupert the bear wear,Flag_of_Canada_10,vii the department of canadian heritage has listed the various colour shades for printing ink that should be used when reproducing the canadian flag these include fip red general printing ink no zero to seven hundred twelve inmont canada limited no four t five one five seven seven monarch inks no sixty two thousand five hundred thirty nine forward slash zero rieger inks no
triviaqa-qb_3200,what type of leaves does a koala feed on,Fauna_of_Australia_16,the evolutionary origin of this group is unclear but they share characteristics from both carnivorous and herbivorous marsupials the marsupial herbivores are classified in the order diprotodontia and further into the suborders vombatiformes phalangeriformes and macropodiformes the vombatiformes include the koala and the three species of wombat one of australia s best known marsupials the koala is an arboreal tree dwelling species that feeds on the leaves of some one hundred twenty species of eucalyptus wombats on the other hand live on the ground and feed on grasses sedges
triviaqa-jp_2523,what was mumbai formerly called,Indian_Railways_12,k r is constituted as a separately incorporated railway with its headquarters at belapur c b d navi mumbai although it still comes under the control of the railway ministry and the railway board the calcutta metro is owned and operated by indian railways but is not a part of any of the zones it is administratively considered to have the status
triviaqa-wh_2521,what colour are hydrangea flowers in acidic soil,John_Fraser_(botanist)_19,he continued on to the piedmont region of the appalachians discovering phlox stolonifera creeping phlox in georgia along the southeastern edge of the southern blue ridge and in seventeen hundred eighty seven arrived in pickens county near cherokee land during the chickamauga wars there he collected what became known later as magnolia fraseri fraser gave his contemporary william bartram his original specimen of magnolia fraseri the specimen is housed in the walter herbarium in the british museum of natural history collection the hortus kewensis recorded sixteen new plants as having been
triviaqa-qf_2369,what is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the united states,Braille_28,and occurring in that part of the arabic alphabet between historic o and q esperanto letters with circumflexes and are written as those letters without circumflexes with a filled sixth dot the used in esperanto also is as the u but the first dot is moved to the second place greater differences occur in chinese braille in the case of mandarin braille which is based on zhuyin rather than the latin
triviaqa-qb_6356,for how many years was richard iii king of england,William_the_Conqueror_152,william was born between ten fifty six and ten sixty died two august eleven hundred king of england killed in the new forest henry was born in late ten sixty eight died one december eleven thirty five king of england married edith of scotland daughter of malcolm iii of scotland his second wife was adeliza of louvain adeliza or adelida adelaide died before one thousand one hundred thirteen reportedly betrothed to harold ii of england probably a nun of saint
triviaqa-sfq_5378,the uss langley was the countrys first type of which vessel,Ship_commissioning_2,most modern naval vessel embodying every advantage of advanced technology is only as good as those who man her prior to commissioning the new ship undergoes sea trials during which deficiencies needing correction are uncovered the preparation and readiness time between christening launching and commissioning may be as much as three years for a nuclear powered aircraft carrier to as brief as twenty days for a world war ii landing ship the monitor of american civil war fame was commissioned less than three weeks after launch commissioning in the early united states navy under sail was attended by no ceremony an officer designated to command a new ship received orders similar to those issued to captain
triviaqa-odql_13209,in which polish city did lech wasa begin work in the lenin shipyard in nineteen sixty seven ,Klaip%c4%97da_Revolt_25,to hinder the lithuanian plans when the allies contemplated turning klaipda into a free city like danzig polish foreign minister konstanty skirmunt believed that such a free city would hurt the polish interest by allowing germany to maintain its influence in the region skirmunt instead supported the transfer of the region to lithuania if poland would secure unrestricted trade via the neman river and the port at the same time poland was preoccupied by other issues assassination of president gabriel narutowicz economic crisis territorial disputes in silesia tense relations with soviet russia and paid less attention to klaipda lithuania understood that a military action against polish interest in the region could resume the polish lithuanian war to counter the expected backlash from poland and france the lithuanians looked for an ally in
triviaqa-qb_9909,edith cresson became the first female prime minister of which european country,Queen_Victoria_67,of months and at the end of the year his liberal rival william ewart gladstone was appointed prime minister victoria found gladstone s demeanour far less appealing he spoke to her she is thought to have complained as though she was a public meeting rather than a woman in eighteen hundred seventy republican sentiment in britain fed by the queen s seclusion was boosted after the establishment of the third french republic a republican rally in trafalgar square demanded victoria s removal and radical m p s spoke against her in
triviaqa-bt_2025,what is the official animal of canada,Canada_91,national symbols are influenced by natural historical and first nations sources particularly the use of the maple leaf as a canadian symbol dates back to the early eighteenth century and is depicted on its current and previous flags the penny and on the coat of arms other prominent symbols include the beaver canada goose common loon the crown and the r c m p canada s official national sports are ice hockey winter and lacrosse
triviaqa-jp_3659,ulster constitutes the northern part of what island,British_Empire_107,was declared the irish republican army simultaneously began a guerrilla war against the british administration the anglo irish war ended in nineteen hundred twenty one with a stalemate and the signing of the anglo irish treaty creating the irish free state a dominion within the british empire with effective internal independence but still constitutionally linked with the british crown northern ireland consisting of six of the thirty two irish counties which had been established as a devolved region under the nineteen hundred twenty government of ireland act immediately
triviaqa-qb_9036,what is the atomic number of helium,Helium_0,helium helium pronounced forward slash hilim forward slash deprecated template is the chemical element with atomic number two and is represented by the symbol he it is a colorless odorless tasteless non toxic inert monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic
triviaqa-odql_10351,what name is given to the contents of an estate were no will has been left,Howard_Hughes_79,k m north of las vegas the man asked for a ride to las vegas dropping him off at the sands hotel dummar said the man told him he was hughes dummar then claimed that days after hughes s death a mysterious man appeared at his gas station leaving an envelope containing the will on his desk unsure if the will was genuine and unsure of what to do dummar left the will at the l d s church office in a trial lasting seven months the mormon will was eventually rejected by the nevada court in june nineteen hundred seventy eight as a forgery the court declared that hughes had died intestate hughes us two dollars five billion estate was eventually split in nineteen hundred
triviaqa-sfq_18243,who was the eight th president of the united states from eight eight ,John_Quincy_Adams_19,more during his presidency adams and clay set up a new party the national republican party but it never took root in the states in the elections of eighteen hundred twenty seven adams and his supporters lost control of congress new york senator martin van buren a future president and follower of jackson became one of the leaders of the senate much of adams political difficulties were due to his refusal on principle to replace members of his administration who supported jackson on the grounds that no one should be removed from office except for incompetence for example his postmaster general
wq-dev_694,who is the prime minister of jamaica west indies,Prince_Harry_33,charitable ambitions the foundation is the culmination of the princes charitable lives so far in march twenty twelve harry led an official visit to belize as part of the queen s diamond jubilee celebrations he continued to the bahamas and jamaica where the prime minister portia simpson miller is considering severing ties between jamaica and the constitutional monarchy he next visited brazil to attend the great campaign as an ambassador of the twenty twelve olympics to the twenty sixteen rio olympics on twelve august twenty twelve harry represented the queen at the closing ceremony of the
wq-dev_24,where did edgar allan poe died,Edgar_Allan_Poe_22,and the city in the sea he returned to baltimore to his aunt brother and cousin in march eighteen hundred thirty one his elder brother henry who had been in ill health in part due to problems with alcoholism died on august one eighteen hundred thirty one section one point three publishing career after his brother s death poe began more earnest attempts to start his career as a writer he chose a difficult time in american publishing to do so he was the first well known american to try to live by writing alone and was hampered by the lack of an international copyright law publishers often pirated copies of british
wq-dev_935,where was osama bin laden killed,Barack_Obama_94,of osama bin laden in a large compound in abbottabad pakistan a suburban area thirty five miles from islamabad cia head leon panetta reported this intelligence to president obama in march twenty eleven meeting with his national security advisers over the course of the next six weeks obama rejected a plan to bomb the compound and authorized a surgical raid to be conducted by united states navy seals the operation took place on may one twenty eleven resulting in the death of bin laden and the seizure of papers and computer drives and disks from the compound bin laden s body was identified through dna testing and buried at sea several hours later within minutes of the president s announcement from washington d c late in the evening on may one there were spontaneous celebrations around the country as
wq-dev_1939,what form of government does canada,Canada_33,in integrating the two economies canadian nationalists continued to worry about their cultural autonomy as american television shows movies and corporations became omnipresent however canadians take special pride in their system of universal health care and their commitment to multiculturalism section three government and politics canada is a constitutional monarchy with elizabeth ii queen of canada as head of state the canadian monarch also serves as head of
wq-dev_1145,where did romney graduated college,Archibald_MacLeish_5,had served as president of rockford college he grew up on an estate bordering lake michigan he attended the hotchkiss school from nineteen hundred seven to nineteen hundred eleven before entering yale university where he majored in english was elected to phi beta kappa and was selected for the skull and bones society he then enrolled in harvard law school where he served as an editor of the harvard law review in nineteen hundred sixteen he married ada hitchcock his studies were interrupted by world war i in which he served first as an ambulance driver and later as a captain of artillery he
wq-dev_1038,who was wesley snipes,Luka_Magnotta_7,an adult film actor who was himself convicted of murder in two thousand nine in addition these profiles were also responsible political and social topics by march twenty twelve more than two months before lin s murder these online personas were already associating magnotta s name with both necrophilia and serial killing magnotta has also been alleged to have potential links to white supremacy groups two users on stormfront who posted in a similar writing style purportedly expressed magnotta s views against chinese and jewish people as well as rants about the slander and bullying
wq-dev_1337,what all did ben franklin invent,Glasses_14,lens in the treatment of myopia nearsightedness however it was not until sixteen hundred four that johannes kepler published in his treatise on optics and astronomy the first correct explanation as to why convex and concave lenses could correct presbyopia and myopia section one point three later developments the american scientist benjamin franklin who suffered from both myopia and presbyopia invented bifocals in seventeen hundred eighty four to avoid having to regularly switch between two pairs of glasses
wq-dev_1409,what are the major languages spoken in the united kingdom,S4C_4,hours on analogue s four c shows programmes produced for channel four in the rest of the uk usually a few days later to make them more accessible to english speakers all welsh language programming carry english subtitles on teletext page eight hundred eighty eight sometimes marketed as transl eight eight eight with welsh subtitles on page eight hundred eighty nine both subtitle languages are also available on digital television platforms for speakers of english who are learning welsh certain programmes particularly those during the dysgu am twelve slot planed plant bach and planed plant carry subtitles on page eight hundred eighty nine of
wq-dev_232,what countries have spanish as the national language,Same-sex_marriage_in_Spain_43,carry out the preliminary paperwork for a same sex marriage at least one of the marrying partners must be a spanish citizen residing in the consular demarcation however the marriage itself can only take place at the consulate if local laws recognize same sex marriages spanish consulates in boston brussels amsterdam toronto montreal ottawa and cape town as of march two thousand seven in all other cases the partners must marry in spanish territory two non resident foreigners cannot marry in spain as at least one of the partners must be a spanish citizen two resident foreigners can do so
wq-dev_1226,what form of government does australia use,Robert_Garran_24,hundred one the annotated constitution commonly referred to simply as quick and garran soon became the standard work on the constitution and is still regarded as one of the most important works on the subject section three public service on the day that federation was completed and australia created one january nineteen hundred one garran was made a commander of the order of saint michael and saint george c m g and was appointed secretary and permanent head of the attorney general s department by the first attorney general of australia
wq-dev_1339,what team does jeremy lin play for two thousand thirteen ,Yao_Ming_2,was born in shanghai started playing for the shanghai sharks as a teenager and played on their senior team for five years in the chinese basketball association cba winning a championship in his final year after negotiating with the cba and the sharks to secure his release yao was selected by the houston rockets as the first overall pick in the two thousand two nba draft yao was selected to start for the western conference in the nba all star game eight times and was named to the all nba team five times he reached the nba playoffs four times and the rockets won a first round series in the two thousand nine postseason their first
wq-dev_227,where were the seneca indians located,New_York_State_Route_174_10,located along a geological feature known as a mapped sedimentary bedrock unit known as the marcellus formation the formation is named for an outcrop found near the town of marcellus new york during a geological survey in eighteen hundred thirty nine section two history section two point one old roads the village of marcellus was first settled in seventeen hundred ninety four at the intersection of two transportation routes an old iroquois trail running east west later to become the seneca turnpike and the north south nine mile creek at the beginning of the nineteenth century land travel along the nine mile creek was very
wq-dev_1565,where does houston dynamo play,Yao_Ming_2,was born in shanghai started playing for the shanghai sharks as a teenager and played on their senior team for five years in the chinese basketball association cba winning a championship in his final year after negotiating with the cba and the sharks to secure his release yao was selected by the houston rockets as the first overall pick in the two thousand two nba draft yao was selected to start for the western conference in the nba all star game eight times and was named to the all nba team five times he reached the nba playoffs four times and the rockets won a first round series in the two thousand nine postseason their first
wq-dev_586,what type of cancer did larry hagman have,Gaucher%27s_disease_15,mutations are at an increased risk of parkinson s disease a study of one thousand five hundred twenty five gaucher patients in the united states suggested that while cancer risk is not elevated particular malignancies non hodgkin lymphoma melanoma and pancreatic cancer occurred at a two to three times higher rate section five classification and genetics the three types of gaucher s disease are inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion both parents must be carriers in order for a
wq-dev_923,what countries does england border,British_Empire_4,and asia a series of wars in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with the netherlands and france left england and then following union between england and scotland in seventeen hundred seven great britain the dominant colonial power in north america and india the independence of the thirteen colonies in north america in seventeen hundred eighty three after the american war of independence caused britain to lose some of its oldest and most populous colonies british attention soon turned towards asia africa and the
wq-dev_857,what other states border florida,Black_Seminoles_0,black seminoles the black seminoles are descendants of free africans and some runaway slaves who escaped from coastal south carolina and georgia into the florida wilderness beginning as early as the late sixteen hundred zeros they joined with the native americans inhabiting florida at the same period together the two groups formed
wq-dev_1694,what was shakespeares wife called,William_Shakespeare_77,way section seven point three sexuality few details of shakespeare s sexuality are known at eighteen he married the two six year old anne hathaway who was pregnant susanna the first of their three children was born six months later on twenty six may fifteen eighty three however over the centuries readers have pointed to shakespeare s sonnets as evidence of his love for a young man others read the same passages as the expression of intense friendship rather than sexual love at the same time the twenty six so called dark lady sonnets addressed to a married woman are
wq-dev_800,what war did the us lose the most soldiers,Cold_War_174,have great impact on their countries and help shape their society policy and foreign relations military expenditures by the us during the cold war years were estimated to have been eight dollars trillion while nearly one hundred thousand americans lost their lives in the korean war and vietnam war although the loss of life among soviet soldiers is difficult to estimate as a share of their gross national product the financial cost for the soviet union was far higher than that incurred by the united states in addition to the loss of life by uniformed soldiers millions died in the superpowers proxy wars
wq-dev_1003,who was the prime minister of pakistan in nineteen ninety nine ,Kargil_War_32,between the army chief and a senior pakistani general where the latter is recorded saying the scruff of the militants necks is in our hands although pakistan dismissed it as a total fabrication as the indian counter attacks picked up momentum pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif flew to meet u s president bill clinton on july four to obtain support from the u s a clinton rebuked sharif however and asked him to use his contacts to rein in the militants and withdraw pakistani soldiers from indian territory clinton would later reveal in his book that sharif s moves were perplexing since the indian pm had travelled to lahore to promote bilateral talks aimed at resolving
wq-dev_1280,who was president after franklin d roosevelt,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_48,nine weeks earlier on may seven and may eight nineteen hundred forty five ve day serious differences emerged over the future development of germany and eastern europe at potsdam the us was represented by a new president harry s truman who on april twelve succeeded to the office upon roosevelt s death truman was unaware of roosevelt s plans for post war engagement with the soviet union citation needed and more generally uninformed about foreign policy and military matters the new president therefore was initially reliant on a set of advisers including ambassador to the soviet
wq-dev_486,what kind of government did the united states have after the revolution,British_Empire_157,and is spoken by about one and a half billion as a first second or foreign language the spread of english from the latter half of the twentieth century has been helped in part by the cultural influence of the united states itself originally formed from british colonies except in africa where nearly all the former colonies have adopted the presidential system the english parliamentary system has served as the template for the governments for many former colonies and english common law for legal systems the british judicial committee of the privy council still serves as the
wq-dev_458,what war did hitler lose,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_27,no agreement for soviet axis entry was ever reached section five wartime alliance nineteen hundred forty one to nineteen hundred forty five throughout world war ii the soviet nkvd s mole kim philby had access to high importance british mi six intelligence and passed it to the soviets on june twenty two nineteen hundred forty one germany broke the molotov ribbentrop pact with operation barbarossa the invasion of the soviet union through the territories that the two countries had previously divided stalin switched his cooperation from hitler to churchill britain and the soviets signed a formal alliance but
wq-dev_77,what capital of austria,Hundertwasserhaus_0,hundertwasserhaus the hundertwasser house vienna german hundertwasserhaus is an apartment house in vienna austria designed by austrian architect friedensreich hundertwasser this landmark of vienna is located in the three district kegelgasse thirty four to thirty eight forward slash lowengasse forty one to forty three at forty eight twelve twenty six n sixteen twenty three thirty nine e forward slash forty eight twenty thousand seven hundred twenty two n sixteen thirty nine thousand four hundred seventeen e the house was built between nineteen hundred eighty three and nineteen hundred eighty six by architect univ prof joseph krawina it features undulating floors
wq-dev_1527,what political party does barack obama represent,Barack_Obama_96,presidents bill clinton and george w bush and from many countries around the world section four point four twenty ten midterm election obama called the november two twenty ten election where the democratic party lost sixty three seats in and control of the house of representatives humbling and a shellacking he said that the results came because not enough americans had felt the effects of the economic recovery section five cultural and political image obama s family history upbringing and ivy league education differ markedly from those of african american politicians who launched their
wq-dev_446,what music period did beethoven live in,Charles_Ives_0,charles ives charles edward ives october twenty eighteen hundred seventy four minus may nineteen nineteen hundred fifty four was an american composer of classical music he is widely regarded as one of the first american classical composers of international significance table of contents section one biography charles was born in danbury connecticut the son of a us army bandmaster he was given music lessons by his father at an early age and later studied under horatio parker
wq-dev_352,what did albert speer design,Olympic_flame_6,fire did not appear at the modern olympics until nineteen hundred twenty eight dutch architect jan wils had included a tower in his design for the olympic stadium for the nineteen hundred twenty eight amsterdam olympics and came up with the idea of having a fire burn throughout on july twenty eight nineteen hundred twenty eight an employee of the amsterdam electricity board lit the first olympic fire in this so called marathontower known as the klm s ashtray by the locals the idea of an olympic flame was met with enthusiasm and was incorporated as a symbol of olympism german sports official and sports scientist carl diem
wq-dev_364,what bible do catholics follow,Council_of_Trent_30,ultimate interpreter of scripture also the bible and church tradition not mere customs but the ancient tradition that made up part of the catholic faith were equally authoritative the relationship of faith and works in salvation was defined following controversy over martin luther s doctrine of justification by faith alone other catholic practices that drew the ire of reformers within the church such as indulgences pilgrimages the veneration of saints and relics and the veneration of the virgin mary were strongly reaffirmed though abuses of them such as the sale of indulgences were forbidden
wq-dev_1214,what countries require travel visas for us citizens,Cold_War_172,to influence world affairs after the dissolution of the soviet union the post cold war world is widely considered as unipolar with the united states the sole remaining superpower the cold war defined the political role of the united states in the post world war ii world by nineteen hundred eighty nine the us held military alliances with fifty countries and had five hundred twenty six thousand troops posted abroad in dozens of countries with three hundred twenty six thousand in europe two thirds of which in west germany and about one hundred thirty thousand in asia mainly japan and south korea the
wq-dev_1000,what countries included in oceania,Cane_toad_26,there are introduced populations in australia florida papua new guinea the philippines the ogasawara and ryukyu islands of japan most caribbean islands and many pacific islands including hawaii and fiji the introductions generally failed to control the targeted pests most of which were later controlled by the use of insecticides since then the cane toad has itself become a pest in the host countries posing a serious threat to native animals the introduction of the cane toad has had a particularly great impact on australian biodiversity this is probably due to the large number
wq-dev_438,what university did romney graduated from,Barack_Obama_1,african american to hold the office obama previously served as a united states senator from illinois from january two thousand five until he resigned following his victory in the two thousand eight presidential election born in honolulu hawaii obama is a graduate of columbia university and harvard law school where he was the president of the harvard law review he was a community organizer in chicago before earning his law degree he worked as a civil rights attorney in chicago and taught constitutional law at the university of chicago law school from nineteen hundred ninety two to two thousand four he served
wq-dev_1922,what offices did theodore roosevelt hold,United_States_Congress_8,influence in particular committee chairmen remained particularly strong in both houses until the reforms of the nineteen hundred seventies during the long administration of president franklin d roosevelt nineteen hundred thirty three to forty five the democratic party controlled both houses of congress both the republicans and the democrats were in control at various points during the next decade however after winning the elections of nineteen hundred fifty four the democratic party was the majority party in both houses of congress for most of the next forty years the republicans finally returned to a majority position in both houses of congress in the election of nineteen hundred ninety four the republicans have controlled both houses since except that the democrats held the senate briefly from two thousand one to two thousand three section two composition the house of representatives consists of four hundred thirty five members representing the fifty states
wq-dev_1265,what was john tyler,John_Quincy_Adams_0,john quincy adams john quincy adams july eleven seventeen hundred sixty seven minus february twenty three eighteen hundred forty eight was an american diplomat and politician who served as the sixth president of the united states from march four eighteen hundred twenty five to march four eighteen hundred twenty nine he was a member of the federalist democratic republican national republican and later anti masonic and whig parties adams was the son of the second president john adams and his wife abigail adams the name quincy having come from abigail s maternal
wq-dev_719,which political party does barack obama represent,Barack_Obama_96,presidents bill clinton and george w bush and from many countries around the world section four point four twenty ten midterm election obama called the november two twenty ten election where the democratic party lost sixty three seats in and control of the house of representatives humbling and a shellacking he said that the results came because not enough americans had felt the effects of the economic recovery section five cultural and political image obama s family history upbringing and ivy league education differ markedly from those of african american politicians who launched their
wq-dev_1166,when did we start war with iraq,Hillary_Clinton_6,after moving to the state clinton was elected the first female senator from new york she is the only first lady ever to have run for public office following the september eleven two thousand one terrorist attacks she supported military action in afghanistan and the iraq war resolution but subsequently objected to the george w bush administration s conduct of the war in iraq and continued to oppose most of its domestic policies clinton was reelected to the senate in two thousand six running in the two thousand eight
wq-dev_1196,where did african american slaves come from,Black_Seminoles_37,and african people cherokee freedmen zambo cafuzo garifuna ian hancock afro seminole creole
wq-dev_2028,who is the current leader of france two thousand ten ,Barack_Obama_101,french president nicolas sarkozy in a february two thousand nine poll conducted by harris interactive for france twenty four and the international herald tribune obama was rated as the most respected world leader as well as the most powerful in a similar poll conducted by harris in may two thousand nine obama was rated as the most popular world leader as well as the one figure most people would pin their hopes on for pulling the world out of the economic downturn obama won best spoken word album grammy awards for abridged audiobook versions of dreams from my father in february two thousand six and for the audacity of hope in february two thousand eight his concession speech after the new hampshire primary
wq-dev_322,what has ian somerhalder acted in,Boone_Carlyle_0,boone carlyle template infobox lost character one boone carlyle is a fictional character on the abc television series lost played by ian somerhalder template spoiler table of contents section one biography section one point one prior to oceanic flight eight hundred fifteen boone is the chief operating officer of his mother s wedding business he assumes that position shortly after the death of his stepfather boone
wq-dev_198,what are the landlocked countries in latin america,Jaguar_40,from mexico through central america and into south america including much of amazonian brazil the countries included in this range are argentina belize bolivia brazil colombia costa rica particularly on the osa peninsula ecuador french guiana guatemala guyana honduras mexico nicaragua panama paraguay peru suriname united states and venezuela the jaguar is now extinct in el
wq-dev_1189,what is the capital of italy today,Catholic_Church_110,been seized by the armies of king victor emmanuel ii of italy eighteen hundred sixty one to eighteen hundred seventy eight rome itself was seized in eighteen hundred seventy and the pope became the prisoner in the vatican in nineteen hundred twenty nine the lateran treaties created the vatican city as a sovereign and independent nation in return for the vatican relinquishing its claim to the former territories of the papal states italy also paid the vatican
wq-dev_1792,where is midlothian scotland,William_the_Conqueror_86,on christmas day ten sixty nine and then proceeded to buy off the danes he marched to the river tees ravaging the countryside as he went edgar having lost much of his support fled to scotland where king malcolm iii was married to edgar s sister margaret waltheof who had joined the revolt submitted along with gospatric and both were allowed to retain their lands but william was not finished he marched over the pennines during the winter and defeated the remaining rebels at shrewsbury before building castles at chester and
wq-dev_366,what language do british speak,Politics_and_the_English_Language_0,politics and the english language politics and the english language nineteen hundred forty six is one of george orwell s most famous essays he examines political writing and writing in general in english diagnoses its serious faults and suggests remedies in particular orwell states his beliefs of what writers should
wq-dev_1212,what did mark zuckerberg study,Facebook_1,city workplace school and region the website s name stems from the colloquial name of a book given to incoming students at zuckerberg s high school alma mater phillips exeter academy the book shows the faces and names of the school s students and faculty mark zuckerberg founded facebook with fellow computer science major students and his roommates dustin moskovitz and chris hughes while he was a student at harvard university website membership was initially limited to harvard students but was expanded to other
wq-dev_1722,what are some good books like looking for alaska,Northern_pintail_14,northern areas of eurasia south to about poland and mongolia and in canada alaska and the midwestern united states it winters mainly south of its breeding range reaching almost to the equator in panama northern sub saharan africa and tropical south asia small numbers migrate to pacific islands particularly hawaii where a few hundred birds winter on the main islands in shallow wetlands and flooded agricultural habitats transoceanic journeys also occur a bird that was caught and ringed in labrador canada was shot by a hunter in england nine
wq-dev_971,what style of music did bessie smith perform,Chicago_44,chicago is also arguably the nation s second most prominent theatre destination after broadway in new york the city s many theatres including the landmark chicago theatre on state and lake attract some a wide variety of plays and musicals the chicago civic opera also hosts some of the world s premier operas section four point four music for its youth as compared to eastern cities chicago has made many significant pop cultural contributions in the field of music chicago is well known for its chicago blues but it is also the birthplace of the house style of music whose history is related to the development and fostering of the techno electronic style of music in nearby detroit the rock band
wq-dev_1866,what is the state name of new york city,Hunter_College_High_School_21,hunter college high school hunter college high school colloquially known as hunter or h c h s is a new york city
wq-dev_883,who was king george vi married to,George_VI_62,to the king george vi memorial chapel inside saint george s on twenty six march nineteen hundred sixty nine in two thousand two fifty years after his death the remains of his widow queen elizabeth the queen mother and the ashes of his younger daughter princess margaret who both died that year were interred in the chapel alongside him section nine legacy in the words of labour m p george hardie the abdication crisis of nineteen hundred thirty six did more for republicanism than fifty years of
wq-dev_794,who does the voice for darth vader,Scar_(The_Lion_King)_64,a film that features the voices of several well known a list actors namely irons as scar matthew broderick as simba james earl jones as mufasa and whoopi goldberg as shenzi the lion king has since gone on to be acclaimed as one of the most impressive arrays of voice talents ever utilized in an animated film critics have repeatedly singled out irons performance praising it extensively cindy white of ign called irons performance deliciously smarmy while
wq-dev_1122,what type of government does russia have two thousand ten ,History_of_Russia_10,in march nineteen hundred eighteen however by the late nineteen hundred eighties with the weaknesses of its economic and political structures becoming acute the communist leaders embarked on major reforms which led to the fall of the soviet union the history of the russian federation is brief starting from the late nineteen hundred ninety one russia was recognized as the legal successor to the soviet union on the international stage however russia
wq-dev_480,where does name pennsylvania come from,British_Empire_27,rhode island sixteen hundred thirty six as a colony tolerant of all religions and connecticut sixteen hundred thirty nine for congregationalists the province of carolina was founded in sixteen hundred sixty three with the surrender of fort amsterdam in sixteen hundred sixty four england gained control of the dutch colony of new netherland renaming it new york this was formalised in negotiations following the second anglo dutch war in exchange for suriname in sixteen hundred eighty one the colony of pennsylvania was founded by william penn the
wq-dev_399,what disease does robin roberts have,DNA_repair_25,associated with reduced dna repair function include fanconi s anemia hereditary breast cancer and hereditary colon cancer section three point four chronic dna repair disorders chronic disease can be associated with increased dna damage for example smoking cigarettes causes oxidative damage to the dna and other components of heart and lung cells resulting in the formation of dna adducts molecules that disrupt dna dna damage has now been shown to be a causative factor in diseases from atherosclerosis to alzheimer s where patients have a lesser capacity for dna repair in their brain cells mitochondrial dna damage has also been
wq-dev_1455,what capital city of brazil,University_of_Bras%c3%adlia_4,a sports center a seismological observatory several physical experiment facilities including plasma liquid crystals complex fluids and optical spectroscopy an animal research laboratory a library with a huge archive a restaurant for students a farm for ecological agricultural and forestry research and an ecological station university of brasilia is about to build its own technological park the university was one of the first in brazil to offer the continuous evaluation program in portuguese programa de avaliacao seriada pas an alternative way for high school students to get into college without having to pass by the two phases of vestibular the
wq-dev_173,what countries are part of the baltic,Origins_of_the_Cold_War_25,it parts of eastern finland in june the soviets issued an ultimatum demanding bessarabia bukovina and the hertza region from romania after which romania caved to soviet demands for occupation that month the soviets also annexed the baltic countries of lithuania estonia and latvia from august nineteen hundred thirty nine to june nineteen hundred forty one when germany broke the pact and invaded the soviet union relations between the west and the soviets deteriorated further when the soviet union and germany engaged in an extensive economic relationship by which the soviet union
wq-dev_1395,what other countries does south africa share borders with,Namibia_0,namibia namibia officially the republic of namibia is a country in southern africa whose western border is the atlantic ocean it shares borders with angola and zambia to the north botswana and zimbabwe to the east and south africa to the south and east it gained independence from south africa on twenty one march nineteen hundred ninety following the namibian war of independence its capital and largest city is windhoek german windhuk namibia is a member state of the united nations un the southern african
wq-dev_1970,what was the government like in virginia colony,Stephens_City%2c_Virginia_6,lord fairfax of cameron the land baron of the area the matter was settled amicably town lots were laid out beginning in seventeen hundred fifty four and on september twenty one seventeen hundred fifty eight lewis stephens petitioned the colonial government of virginia in williamsburg for a town charter the virginia general assembly approved the charter for the town of stephensburgh on october twelve seventeen hundred fifty eight the mostly german speaking residents soon left off the h the town was usually spelled stephensburg by the start of the revolutionary
wq-dev_1193,what team did jeremy lin go to,Yao_Ming_10,from playing for china the cba stipulated that yao would have to return to play for the national team they also said they would not let him go to the united states unless the houston rockets would take him first overall after assurances from team yao that the rockets would draft yao with their number one pick the cba gave permission on the morning of the draft for yao to play in the u s when the rockets selected yao with the first pick of the draft he became the first international player ever to be selected first overall without having previously played u s college basketball section two nba career section two point one initial years
wq-dev_945,what political system did spain have,Queen_Victoria_104,respectively are still widely admired they and others conclude that as a person victoria was emotional obstinate honest and straight talking through victoria s reign the gradual establishment of a modern constitutional monarchy in britain continued reforms of the voting system increased the power of the house of commons at the expense of the house of lords and the monarch in eighteen hundred sixty seven walter bagehot wrote that the monarch only retained the right to be consulted the right to encourage and the right to warn as victoria s monarchy became more symbolic than political
wq-dev_350,what countries share a land border with indonesia,Cold_War_125,declared independence under the left wing revolutionary front for an independent east timor fretilin in november nineteen hundred seventy five supported by australia and the united states suharto s indonesia invaded in december the beginning of an occupation that would last a quarter century section six point five sino american rapprochement as a result of the sino soviet split tensions along the chinese soviet border reached their peak in nineteen hundred sixty nine and united states president richard nixon decided to use the conflict to shift the balance of power towards the west in the
wq-dev_494,where is the university of maryland medical school,Creagerstown%2c_Maryland_13,maryland
wq-dev_397,what are the school colors for harvard university,Facebook_7,crimson facemash used photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine houses placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the hotter person to accomplish this zuckerberg hacked into the protected areas of harvard s computer network and copied the house s private dormitory id images perhaps harvard will squelch it for legal reasons without realizing its value as a venture that could
wq-dev_1125,what area of science did sir isaac newton study,Isaac_Newton_12,such as copernicus galileo and kepler in sixteen hundred sixty five he discovered the generalized binomial theorem and began to develop a mathematical theory that would later become calculus soon after newton had obtained his degree in august of sixteen hundred sixty five the university closed down as a precaution against the great plague although he had been undistinguished as a cambridge student newton s private studies at his home in woolsthorpe over the subsequent two years saw the development of his theories on calculus optics and the law of gravitation section one point two middle years section one point two point one mathematics
wq-dev_1510,what are staffordshire terriers,Black_Russian_Terrier_0,black russian terrier the black russian terrier russian sobaka stalina stalin s dog or simply b r t is a breed of dog developed originally as a guard dog and police dog it is rare outside its native country and is just starting to be recognized elsewhere for example it is one of the akc s most recently recognized breeds gaining full status in july two thousand four this breed is the largest of all terriers table of contents section one description section one point one appearance the black russian terrier gives the impression of
wq-dev_1804,what do people speak in uk,Politics_and_the_English_Language_0,politics and the english language politics and the english language nineteen hundred forty six is one of george orwell s most famous essays he examines political writing and writing in general in english diagnoses its serious faults and suggests remedies in particular orwell states his beliefs of what writers should
wq-dev_503,what language is spoken in switzerland,French_language_in_Laos_0,french language in laos french is spoken by a significant minority in laos laos is the second largest francophone nation in asia the others being vietnam and cambodia french is used as a diplomatic and commercial language and is also studied by over a third of students in laos table of contents section one history
wq-dev_1624,what language tunisia,French_language_in_Laos_0,french language in laos french is spoken by a significant minority in laos laos is the second largest francophone nation in asia the others being vietnam and cambodia french is used as a diplomatic and commercial language and is also studied by over a third of students in laos table of contents section one history
wq-dev_736,what caused the embargo against cuba,Cold_War_93,the july twenty six movement seized power in january nineteen hundred fifty nine toppling president fulgencio batista whose unpopular regime had been denied arms by the eisenhower administration diplomatic relations between cuba and the united states continued for some time after batista s fall but president eisenhower deliberately left the capital to avoid meeting cuba s young revolutionary leader fidel castro during the latter s trip to washington in april leaving vice president richard nixon to conduct the meeting in his place eisenhower s officials were not sure as to whether castro was a communist but
wq-dev_2020,what are the mountains in northern italy called,Munich_35,northern edge of the alps at an altitude of about five hundred twenty m one seven hundred six four f t asl the local rivers are the isar and the wurm munich is situated in the northern alpine foreland the northern part of this sandy plateau includes a highly fertile flint area which is no longer affected by the folding processes found in the alps while the southern part is covered with morainic hills between these are fields
wq-dev_1921,where did the crimean war take place,British_Empire_79,war was a disaster for britain when russia invaded the turkish balkans in eighteen hundred fifty three fears of russian dominance in the mediterranean and middle east led britain and france to invade the crimean peninsula in order to destroy russian naval capabilities the ensuing crimean war eighteen hundred fifty four to fifty six which involved new techniques of modern warfare and was the only global war fought between britain and another imperial power during the pax britannica was a resounding defeat for russia the situation remained
wq-dev_848,where are the nordic countries,Iron_Curtain_38,which retained its full independence the majority of european states to the east of the iron curtain developed their own international economic and military alliances such as comecon and the warsaw pact section three point three point two west of the iron curtain to the west of the iron curtain the countries of western europe northern europe and southern europe along with austria west germany liechtenstein and switzerland operated market economies with the exception of a period of fascism in spain until the nineteen hundred seventies and portugal
wq-dev_225,what state is mount st helens in,Samantha_Smith_23,which fostered student exchanges between the united states and the former soviet union until it became dormant in nineteen hundred ninety five the first monday in june of each year is designated as samantha smith day by the law of maine and there is a statue of samantha smith near the maine state museum in augusta which portrays smith releasing a dove while a bear cub is resting at her feet the bear cub represents both maine and russia a washington state elementary school was also named after smith section two point three russian federation after the collapse of the soviet union in nineteen hundred ninety one the extensive coverage by the russian media of all events related to samantha smith
wq-dev_1529,where did emperor constantine die,Fourth_Crusade_59,the latins and his execution at constantinople not long after alexius iii was himself captured by boniface and sent to exile in southern italy one year after the conquest of the city emperor baldwin was decisively defeated at the battle of adrianople on fourteen april twelve oh five by the bulgarians and was captured and later executed by the bulgarian emperor kaloyan two years after that on four september twelve oh seven boniface himself was killed in an ambush by the bulgarians and his head was sent
wq-dev_1187,where are english speakers distributed,Welsh_language_0,welsh language welsh cymraeg or y gymraeg not to be confused with welsh english the english language as spoken in wales is a member of the brythonic branch of celtic spoken natively in the western part of britain known as wales cymru and in the chubut valley a welsh immigrant colony in the patagonia region of argentina there are also speakers of welsh throughout the world most notably in england the united states and australia table of contents section one status the two thousand one census gives a figure of twenty point five per cent of the population of wales as welsh speakers up from eighteen point five per cent in nineteen hundred ninety one
wq-dev_1438,what did the ancient mayans predict,2012_phenomenon_20,interpretation was repeated by other scholars through the early nineteen hundred nineties in contrast later researchers said that while the end of the thirteenth b ak tun would perhaps be a cause for celebration it did not mark the end of the calendar there is nothing in the maya or aztec or ancient mesoamerican prophecy to suggest that they prophesied a sudden or major change of any sort in twenty twelve said mayanist scholar mark van stone the notion of a great cycle coming to an end is completely a modern invention in
wq-dev_1382,what other countries border argentina,Jaguar_40,from mexico through central america and into south america including much of amazonian brazil the countries included in this range are argentina belize bolivia brazil colombia costa rica particularly on the osa peninsula ecuador french guiana guatemala guyana honduras mexico nicaragua panama paraguay peru suriname united states and venezuela the jaguar is now extinct in el
wq-dev_878,who do islamic people pray to,Jesus_139,states that jesus is a stumbling block who makes the majority of the world to err and serve a god other than the lord section five point three islamic views in islam jesus isa is considered to be a messenger of god allah and the messiah al masih who was sent to guide the children of israel bani israil with a new scripture the gospel injil muslims regard the gospels of the new testament as inauthentic and believe that jesus original message was lost and that muhammad came later to restore it belief in jesus and all other
wq-dev_229,what state is washington dc located,Demon_Cat_0,demon cat demon cat or d c is the name given to the ghost of a cat which is purported to haunt the government buildings of washington d c the story of the demon cat dates back to the days when cats were brought into the basement tunnels of the capitol buildings to kill rats legend states that the demon cat is one who never left its home is supposedly the basement crypt of the capitol which was originally intended as a burial chamber for president george washington
wq-dev_876,who does japan import from,Maid_caf%c3%a9_1,was established in akihabara tokyo japan in march two thousand one but maid cafes are becoming increasingly popular as they have done so the increased competition has made some use unusual tactics in order to attract customers they have also expanded overseas to countries like china south korea taiwan hungary the czech republic france mexico canada and the united states table of contents section one costume and appearance the maid costume varies from cafe to cafe but most are based upon the costume of french maids often composed of a dress a
wq-dev_1457,what kind of currency does mexico use,Gold_standard_45,the currency he proposed was called the islamic gold dinar and it was defined as four point two five grams of twenty four carat one hundred per cent gold mahathir mohamad promoted the concept on the basis of its economic merits as a stable unit of account and also as a political symbol to create greater unity between islamic nations the purported purpose of this move would be to reduce dependence on the united states dollar as a reserve currency and to establish a non debt backed currency in accord with islamic law against the charging of interest one however to date mahathir s proposed
wq-dev_716,what language group does germany belong to,Namibia_34,the younger generation the most widely understood language is english both afrikaans and english are used primarily as a second language reserved for public sphere communication but small first language groups exist throughout the country while the official language is english most of the white population speaks either german or afrikaans even today ninety years after the end of the german colonial era the german language plays a leading role as a commercial language afrikaans is spoken by sixty per cent of the white community german is spoken by thirty two per cent english is spoken by seven per cent and portuguese by one per cent portuguese is spoken by blacks and
wq-dev_378,which continental congress approve the declaration of independence,United_States_Congress_4,proceedings congress meets in the u s capitol in washington d c the term congress may also refer to a particular meeting of the congress reckoned according to the terms of representatives thus as of two thousand six the one hundred ninth congress is in session table of contents section one history the congress of the united states derives from first continental congress a meeting of representatives of twelve of great britain s thirteen north american colonies in the autumn of seventeen hundred seventy four on four july seventeen hundred seventy six the second continental congress declared thirteen former colonies independent states referring to them as the united states of america under the articles of confederation congress was a unicameral body in which each state was equally represented and in which each state had a veto over most action the ineffectiveness of the federal government under the articles led congress to
wq-dev_1541,what type of music did antonio vivaldi play,Rush_(band)_77,touches of spanish and classical music into rush s guitar driven sound during the nineteen hundred seventies taking a backseat to lee s keyboards in the nineteen hundred eighties lifeson s guitar returned to the forefront in the nineteen hundred nineties and especially on two thousand two s vapor trails during live performances he is still responsible for cuing various guitar effects the use of bass pedal synthesizers and backing vocals section four point three neil peart section four point three point one music peart is commonly regarded
wq-dev_782,what countries does nafta include,Cold_War_53,and radio free europe britain france the united states canada and eight other western european countries signed the north atlantic treaty of april nineteen hundred forty nine establishing the north atlantic treaty organization nato that august the first soviet atomic device was detonated in semipalatinsk kazakh s s r following soviet refusals to participate in a german rebuilding effort set forth by western european countries in nineteen hundred forty eight the us britain and france spearheaded the establishment of west germany from the three western zones of occupation in april nineteen hundred
wq-dev_118,who fought in the gulf war one thousand nine hundred ninety one ,History_of_Saudi_Arabia_35,iraqi troops began massing on the border of kuwait and some feared that they were about to invade saudi arabia king fahd allowed american and coalition soldiers to be stationed in saudi arabia to counter the iraqi threat many muslims were angered by this move because it allowed foreign armies to be stationed in their holiest land king fahd played a key role before and during the nineteen hundred ninety one persian gulf war saudi arabia accepted the kuwaiti royal family and four hundred thousand refugees while allowing western and arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of kuwait the following year king fahd s action also
wq-dev_1940,who do islamic people follow,Jesus_139,states that jesus is a stumbling block who makes the majority of the world to err and serve a god other than the lord section five point three islamic views in islam jesus isa is considered to be a messenger of god allah and the messiah al masih who was sent to guide the children of israel bani israil with a new scripture the gospel injil muslims regard the gospels of the new testament as inauthentic and believe that jesus original message was lost and that muhammad came later to restore it belief in jesus and all other
wq-dev_100,what language is spoken in haiti today,French_language_in_Laos_0,french language in laos french is spoken by a significant minority in laos laos is the second largest francophone nation in asia the others being vietnam and cambodia french is used as a diplomatic and commercial language and is also studied by over a third of students in laos table of contents section one history
wq-dev_1424,what form of government do we have in the philippines,Namibia_23,in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic whereby the president of namibia is elected to a five year term and is both the head of state and the head of government and of a multi party system executive power is exercised by the government legislative power is vested in both the government and the bicameral parliament the national assembly and the national council the judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature in two thousand eight namibia ranked sixth on the ibrahim index of african governance out of forty eight sub saharan african countries the ibrahim index is a
wq-dev_987,what does barbara bush do for work,Hillary_Clinton_185,fifty percentage point difference in approval between new york s democrats and republicans northern illinois university political science professor barbara burrell s two thousand study found that clinton s gallup poll favorability numbers broke sharply along partisan lines throughout her time as first lady with seventy to ninety percent of democrats typically viewing her favorably while only twenty to forty percent of republicans did university of wisconsin madison political science professor charles franklin analyzed her record of favorable versus unfavorable ratings in public opinion polls
wq-dev_1543,what is samuel langhorne clemens well known for,Eureka_Rebellion_45,and disappeared from sight the writer samuel clemens better known as mark twain visited the victorian goldfields in eighteen hundred ninety five following his visit he said of the eureka stockade
wq-dev_133,where did dolly parton grow up,Rosa_Parks_9,some time soon after nineteen hundred forty four she held a brief job on the maxwell air force base a federally owned area where racial segregation was not allowed and rode on an integrated trolley speaking to her biographer parks noted you might just say maxwell opened my eyes up parks also worked as a housekeeper and seamstress for a white couple clifford and virginia durr the politically liberal durrs became her friends and encouraged parks to attend and eventually helped sponsor her in the highlander folk school an education center for workers rights and racial equality in monteagle tennessee in the summer of nineteen hundred
wq-dev_149,what do portuguese people speak,Namibia_34,the younger generation the most widely understood language is english both afrikaans and english are used primarily as a second language reserved for public sphere communication but small first language groups exist throughout the country while the official language is english most of the white population speaks either german or afrikaans even today ninety years after the end of the german colonial era the german language plays a leading role as a commercial language afrikaans is spoken by sixty per cent of the white community german is spoken by thirty two per cent english is spoken by seven per cent and portuguese by one per cent portuguese is spoken by blacks and
wq-dev_593,what kind of disease does montel williams have,Management_of_multiple_sclerosis_35,and disinhibition this dyad was called euphoria sclerotica by the first authors that described the disease during the nineteenth century and affects ten per cent of patients on the other hand cognitive deficits appear in approximately fifty per cent of the people with the disease anticholinesterase drugs such as donepezil commonly used in alzheimer disease although not approved yet for multiple sclerosis have shown efficacy in improving cognitive functions psychological interventions are also useful in the treatment of cognitive and emotional deficits
wq-dev_497,who was the father of king george vi,George_VI_0,george vi george vi albert frederick arthur george fourteen december eighteen hundred ninety five minus six february nineteen hundred fifty two was king of the united kingdom and the dominions of the british commonwealth from eleven december nineteen hundred thirty six until his death he was the last emperor of india and the first head of the commonwealth as the second son of king george v
wq-dev_215,where was elvis costello born,Prince_Harry_3,troop leader in two thousand seven to two thousand eight he served for seventy seven days in helmand afghanistan but he was pulled out following publication of the story in an australian magazine he returned to afghanistan for a two zero week deployment in two thousand twelve to two thousand thirteen with the army air corps table of contents section one early life harry was born at saint mary s hospital in paddington london england on fifteen september nineteen hundred eighty four he was baptised on twenty one december nineteen hundred eighty four at saint george s chapel at windsor castle by the archbishop of
wq-dev_2023,where are the nato headquarters located,Cold_War_105,kosygin embraced the notion of detente section six point one french nato withdrawal the unity of nato was breached early in its history with a crisis occurring during charles de gaulle s presidency of france from nineteen hundred fifty eight onwards de gaulle protested at the united states strong role in the organization and what he perceived as a special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom in a memorandum sent to president dwight d eisenhower and prime minister harold macmillan on september seventeen nineteen hundred fifty eight he argued for the creation of a tripartite directorate that would put france on an equal footing with the united states and the
wq-dev_808,what games will be on nfl network this year,American_football_24,the new york giants that is still referred to as the greatest game ever played the game a twenty three to seventeen overtime victory by the colts was seen by millions of television viewers and had a major impact on the popularity of the sport this helped football to become the most popular sport in the united states by the mid one nine hundred sixties a rival the american football league afl arose in nineteen hundred sixty and challenged the nfl s dominance the afl began in relative obscurity but survived for several years due to a television contract with the abc network
wq-dev_632,what color jerseys do the redskins wear at home,Kimono_36,between men s kimono are in the fabric the typical kimono has a subdued dark color black dark blues greens and browns are common fabrics are usually matte some have a subtle pattern and textured fabrics are common in more casual kimono more casual kimono may be made in slightly brighter colors such as lighter purples greens and blues sumo wrestlers have occasionally been known to wear quite bright colors such as fuchsia the most formal style of kimono is plain black with five kamon on the chest shoulders and back slightly less formal is the three kamon kimono these are usually paired with white undergarments and
wq-dev_1829,what type of religion did massachusetts have,Montreal_27,speak both french and english while thirty seven per cent speak only french and seven per cent speak only english while the official language of montreal is french services are also commonly offered in english in downtown and tourist areas as well as in areas designated as bilingual boroughs the city has well established irish italian jewish greek arab asian hispanic haitian and portuguese communities along with smaller communities of people from almost every nation in the world the irish have been settling in montreal and the province of quebec for centuries as they saw it as a more inviting place than many other parts of the british empire the irish and french shared a common religion roman catholicism this made
wq-dev_903,where turkish people originate,YouTube_32,not have local channel versions plans for youtube to create a local version in turkey have run into problems since the turkish authorities asked youtube to set up an office in turkey which would be subject to turkish law youtube says that it has no intention of doing this and that its videos are not subject to turkish law turkish authorities have expressed concerns that youtube has been used to post videos insulting to mustafa kemal ataturk and some material offensive to muslims in march two thousand nine a dispute between youtube and the british royalty collection agency p r s for music led to premium music videos
wq-dev_1243,what banjo does scott avett play,Elderly_Instruments_38,addressed the issue by changing the phrase first to famous maker copy and then to classic bluegrass banjo copy gibson persisted with the complaint and asked for unspecified damages gibson later issued a press release stating that the lawsuit had been settled in the same year gibson severed its contract with elderly as a retailer of gibson products citing a contract stipulation that retailers should not carry any competing brands of banjos and mandolins elderly had been one of nine retailers selling the specialized gibson bluegrass line of banjos and mandolins although
wq-dev_1475,what type of guitar does johnny depp play,Cyberpunk_30,johnny mnemonic nineteen hundred ninety five was not successful but detailed gibson s world rather faithfully director darren aronofsky set his debut feature nineteen hundred ninety eight in a present day new york city but one built with a cyberpunk aesthetic according to the d v d commentary he and his production team deliberately used antiquated machines like five one forward slash four inch floppy disks to echo the technological style of brazil nineteen hundred eighty five and create a cyberpunk feel aronofsky describes chinatown where the film is set as new york s last cyberpunk neighborhood the robocop series has a more near futuristic setting where at least one corporation omni consumer
wq-dev_1093,what lands did henry hudson discover,Canada_12,acadians settled the present day maritimes while french fur traders and catholic missionaries explored the great lakes hudson bay and the mississippi watershed to louisiana the french and iroquois wars broke out over control of the fur trade the english established fishing outposts in newfoundland around sixteen hundred ten and colonized the thirteen colonies to the south a series of four intercolonial wars erupted between sixteen hundred
wq-dev_1618,what teams has manny ramirez played for,Moe_Berg_30,may twenty three nineteen hundred thirty but his knee would not allow him to play every day he ended up getting into only twenty games the whole season and finished with a one hundred fifteen batting average during the winter he took a job with the respected wall street law firm satterlee and canfield now satterlee stephens burke and burke the cleveland indians picked up berg on april two nineteen hundred thirty one when chicago put him on waivers but he only played in ten games and had thirteen at bats and only one hit for the entire season the indians gave berg his unconditional release in
wq-dev_585,what did king henry viii rule,William_the_Conqueror_119,assessed that year for the defence of england against an invasion by king cnut iv of denmark although english and norman forces remained on alert throughout ten eighty five and into ten eighty six the invasion threat was ended by cnut s death in july ten eighty six section eight william as king section eight point one changes in england minus castles forests and nobles as part of his efforts to secure england william ordered many castles keeps and mottes built minus among them the central keep of the tower of london
wq-dev_1918,what are members of the house of representatives called,United_States_House_of_Representatives_1,of representatives is currently fixed at four hundred thirty five by the reapportionment act of nineteen hundred twenty nine though congress could increase that number each representative serves for a two year term and may be reelected an unlimited number of times the presiding officer of the house is known as the speaker the present house delegations by state are shown in the article list of u s states by population the bicameral congress arose from the desire of the founding fathers to create a house of the people that would closely resemble and follow public opinion in addition to a more deliberative
wq-dev_904,what state is barack obama from,Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories_36,conversation before the passage in which she clarifies her meaning obama was not born in mombasa he was born in america the translator says after talking to the woman another response later says obama in hawaii hawaii she says he was born in hawaii sarah obama shed more light on the controversy in a two thousand seven interview with the chicago tribune in the interview obama s paternal step grandmother stated that six months after barack obama sr and ann dunham were married she received a letter at her home in kenya announcing the birth of barack obama ii
wq-dev_1759,what three states border florida,Black_Seminoles_7,florida were gullah people who had escaped from the rice plantations in south carolina and later georgia as gullahs they had preserved much of their african language and culture heritage and their african leadership structure these gullah pioneers built their own settlements based on rice and corn agriculture and they proved to be effective allies to the indians escaping into florida at the same time a new influx of freedom seeking blacks reached florida during the american revolution seventeen hundred seventy five to eighty three when several thousand american slaves agreed to fight for the british in exchange for liberty the black loyalists florida was under british
wq-dev_1300,what city does fulham play in,Camden_Town_tube_station_3,during construction on both lines the northbound platform is directly above the southbound platform at the apex of the v is a junction allowing northbound trains to take either of the branches north and likewise allow the trains south from the branches to join the single southbound track this resulted in four connecting tunnels when the ccehr and city and south london lines were joined together after the city and south london line became part of london underground a short extension from the euston terminus of the city and south london was built to connect with each of the two northerly branches this added
wq-dev_523,what is the largest nation in europe,Saint_Petersburg_4,port on the baltic sea saint petersburg is often described as the most western city of russia among cities of the world with over one million people saint petersburg is the northernmost the historic centre of saint petersburg and related groups of monuments constitute a unesco world heritage site saint petersburg is also home to the hermitage the largest art museum in the world a large number of foreign
wq-dev_623,what kind of government system did ancient egypt have,British_Empire_133,and the conservatives believed that britain s position as a world power relied on the continued existence of the empire with the base at the suez canal allowing britain to maintain its pre eminent position in the middle east in spite of the loss of india however churchill could not ignore gamal abdul nasser s new revolutionary government of egypt that had taken power in nineteen hundred fifty two and the following year it was agreed that british troops would withdraw from the suez canal zone and that sudan would be granted self determination by nineteen hundred fifty five with independence to follow
wq-dev_1981,what state did john adams live in,John_Quincy_Adams_6,languages he entered harvard college and graduated in seventeen hundred eighty eight adams house at harvard college is named in honor of adams and his father he apprenticed as a lawyer with theophilus parsons in newburyport massachusetts from seventeen hundred eighty seven to seventeen hundred eighty nine he was admitted to the bar in seventeen hundred ninety one and began practicing law in boston section two early political career george washington appointed adams minister to the netherlands in seventeen hundred ninety four and to portugal in seventeen hundred ninety six when the elder adams became president he appointed his son in seventeen hundred ninety seven as minister to prussia at washington s urging
wq-dev_802,what musical instruments does justin bieber play,Love_Actually_23,i want you out of the house straight away you wee motherless mongrel sam too is especially forlorn about something eventually revealing that he is in love with an american girl from his school also named joanna olivia olson who he assumes does not know he exists after seeing billy mack s new video in a store window he comes up with a plan based on the premise that girls love musicians even the really weird ones get girlfriends with daniel s encouragement sam teaches himself to play the drums eventually acting as top for joanna s performance of all i want for christmas is you at the borough wide school play unfortunately sam s drumming fails to secure joanna s attention the way he had hoped after the play daniel consoles sam who is also heartbroken
wq-dev_395,what state is the steelers from,Barack_Obama_108,game while wearing a white sox jacket he is also primarily a chicago bears fan in the n f l but in his childhood and adolescence was a fan of the pittsburgh steelers and recently rooted for them ahead of their victory in super bowl xliii twelve days after obama took office as president in june nineteen hundred eighty nine obama met michelle robinson when he was employed as a summer associate at the chicago law firm of sidley austin assigned for three months as obama s adviser at the firm robinson joined him at group social functions but declined his initial requests
wq-dev_1851,what countries are located near egypt,Cold_War_118,egypt which received the bulk of its arms and economic assistance from the ussr was a troublesome client with a reluctant soviet union feeling obliged to assist in both the nineteen hundred sixty seven six day war with advisers and technicians and the war of attrition with pilots and aircraft against pro western israel despite the beginning of an egyptian shift from a pro soviet to a pro american orientation in nineteen hundred seventy two under egypt s new leader anwar el sadat rumors of imminent soviet intervention on the egyptians behalf during the nineteen hundred seventy three yom kippur war
wq-dev_1937,who is captain james cook facts,British_Empire_59,until eighteen hundred forty the australian colonies became profitable exporters of wool and gold mainly due to gold rushes in the colony of victoria making its capital melbourne the richest city in the world and the largest city after london in the british empire during his voyage cook also visited new zealand first discovered by dutch explorer abel tasman in sixteen hundred forty two and claimed the north and south islands for the british crown in seventeen hundred sixty nine and seventeen hundred seventy respectively initially
wq-dev_1375,which state did anne hutchinson found,Edgar_Allan_Poe_33,from the repeated loss of women throughout his life including his wife increasingly unstable after his wife s death poe attempted to court the poet sarah helen whitman who lived in providence rhode island their engagement failed purportedly because of poe s drinking and erratic behavior however there is also strong evidence that whitman s mother intervened and did much to derail their relationship poe then returned to richmond and resumed a relationship with a childhood sweetheart sarah elmira royster section two death on october three eighteen hundred forty nine poe was found on the streets of baltimore delirious
wq-dev_725,what states does the sierra nevada run through,Interstate_15_in_Arizona_4,approximately twenty three thousand vehicles per day the highway is also a part of the canamex corridor a trade corridor in north america linking edmonton in canada and mexico city the highway enters the state in mohave county northeast of mesquite and las vegas nevada paralleling the old us ninety one heading northeast on an alignment north of the river the first interchange is exit eight at littlefield where old us ninety one turns north to avoid the gorge i one five crosses
wq-dev_67,what kind of cancer did carl wilson have,George_VI_56,when instructed by the south african government to shake hands only with whites and referred to his south african bodyguards as the gestapo despite the tour smuts lost the election the following year and the new government instituted a strict policy of racial segregation section eight illness and death the stress of the war had taken its toll on the king s health exacerbated by his heavy smoking and subsequent development of lung cancer among other ailments including arteriosclerosis and possibly buerger s disease a
wq-dev_341,what countries share borders with spain,Iron_Curtain_39,market economies with the exception of a period of fascism in spain until the nineteen hundred seventies and portugal until nineteen hundred seventy four and military dictatorship in greece nineteen hundred sixty seven to nineteen hundred seventy four democratic governments ruled these countries most of the states of europe to the west of the iron curtain with the exception of neutral switzerland liechtenstein austria sweden finland malta and ireland allied themselves with the united states and canada within nato economically the european community
wq-dev_1699,who played kirk,Star_Trek_26,hundred sixty nine star trek also known as tos or the original series debuted in the united states on n b c on september eight nineteen hundred sixty six the show tells the tale of the crew of the starship enterprise and its five year mission to boldly go where no man has gone before the original nineteen hundred sixty six to sixty nine television series featured william shatner as captain james t kirk leonard nimoy as spock deforest kelley as doctor leonard bones mccoy james doohan as montgomery scotty scott nichelle nichols as uhura george takei as hikaru sulu and walter koenig as pavel
wq-dev_820,what are the names of harry potter movies in order,Harry_Potter_(film_series)_1,granger are portrayed by daniel radcliffe rupert grint and emma watson respectively the harry potter film franchise is the highest grossing film series of all time when not adjusted for inflation with over six billion dollars in worldwide receipts currently the series consists of seven motion pictures all of which unadjusted for inflation are on the all time list of thirty highest grossing films worldwide with the first and fifth films among the top ten the final instalment in the series harry potter and the deathly hallows is split into two feature length parts part one was released in november twenty ten while part two is
wq-dev_532,what does david beckham play,Peterborough_93,broadcaster and biologist author and broadcaster prof brian j ford who attended the king s school and still lives in eastrea near whittlesey local businessman cav peter boizot mbe omri founder of the pizza express restaurant chain has supported the cultural and sporting life of the city including a spell as owner and chairman of the posh west ham united footballer matthew etherington started his career in the youth academy at peterborough united where former england goalkeeper david seaman mbe first began to make a name for himself and blackburn rovers and england midfielder david bentley was born in peterborough the utilitarian
wq-dev_954,what was pink floyds first album,Pink_Floyd_1,influential groups in the history of popular music pink floyd were founded in nineteen hundred sixty five by students s y d barrett nick mason roger waters and richard wright they gained popularity performing in london s underground music scene during the late nineteen hundred sixties and under barrett s leadership released two charting singles and a successful debut album the piper at the gates of dawn nineteen hundred sixty seven david gilmour joined as a fifth member in december nineteen hundred sixty seven barrett left the band in april nineteen hundred sixty eight due to deteriorating mental health
wq-dev_564,what is arkansas state capitol,Hillary_Clinton_37,she was keeping the name hillary rodham to keep their professional lives separate and avoid apparent conflicts of interest and because it showed that i was still me although her decision upset their mothers bill clinton had lost the congressional race in nineteen hundred seventy four but in november nineteen hundred seventy six was elected arkansas attorney general and so the couple moved to the state capital of little rock there in february nineteen hundred seventy seven rodham joined the venerable rose law firm a bastion of arkansan political and
wq-dev_123,what all does google now do,Merkle_tree_1,the log of the number of nodes of the tree this contrasts with hash lists where the amount is proportional to the number of nodes the concept is named after ralph merkle table of contents section one uses hash trees can be used to verify any kind of data stored handled and transferred in and between computers currently the main use of hash trees is to make sure that data blocks received from other peers in a peer to peer network are received undamaged and unaltered and even to check that the other peers do not lie and send fake blocks suggestions have been made to use hash trees in trusted computing systems sun microsystems has used hash trees in the z f s file system hash trees are used in google wave protocol git
wq-dev_53,who won the battle of gettysburg union or confederate,Stephens_City%2c_Virginia_9,when the american civil war broke out in eighteen hundred sixty one the majority of newtown s young men joined confederate forces during the war the town was between the lines nominally controlled by the union but with much confederate partisan activity on may twenty four eighteen hundred sixty two stonewall jackson s confederate forces advanced northward on the valley pike and attacked union troops at newtown general george henry gordon of the second massachusetts infantry ordered his federal troops to make a stand the skirmishing involved heavy artillery fire but gordon s men retreated without loss of the important supply wagons
wq-dev_1129,when does daylight saving end in new zealand two thousand twelve ,Francis_Petre_56,n z photographs of new zealand architecture
wq-dev_1242,what are all the names of the harry potter books,Harry_Potter_1,involving the evil wizard lord voldemort who killed harry s parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world and subjugate non magical people muggles since the june thirty nineteen hundred ninety seven release of the first novel harry potter and the philosopher s stone retitled harry potter and the sorcerer s stone in the united states the books have gained immense popularity critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide the series has also had some share of criticism including concern for the increasingly dark tone as of june two thousand eight the book series has sold more than four hundred million copies and
wq-dev_944,what was van halen first album,Roy_Orbison_12,the david lynch film blue velvet lynch also featured a spanish version of crying in his film mulholland drive section one point one other artists a number of other artists have recorded songs written by orbison including the everly brothers don gibson linda ronstadt don mclean mireille mathieu chris isaak dwight yoakam and van halen singer sonny james would have a number one hit on the country music charts with a cover of orbison s only the lonely section one point two international fame roy orbison first toured australia with the rolling stones in nineteen hundred sixty three and would build a devout following there a few songs that had only reasonable success in north america
wq-dev_1108,what radio station is npr on in nyc,Podcast_29,these trials were extended in january two thousand five to bbc radio four s in our time nineteen also in january two thousand five c b c radio began a trial with its weekly national science and technology show quirks and quarks twenty which has offered listeners real audio mp three and ogg downloads since february nineteen hundred ninety six the c b c trial also included c b c radio three s canadian music podcast as well as limited podcasting of cbla s popular metro morning toronto show united states national public radio member stations w n y c and k c r w adopted the format for many of their productions march saw virgin radio become the first uk
wq-dev_1739,who is the voice of eric cartman on south park,Trapped_in_the_Closet_(South_Park)_3,for re broadcast on march fifteen two thousand six the episode chef s chocolate salty balls was shown instead comedy central representatives stated this change was made as a tribute to isaac hayes but south park creators trey parker and matt stone thought otherwise they issued a satirical statement saying they parker and stone were servants of the dark lord xenu hayes the voice of chef asked to be released from his contract shortly before the start of the tenth season the reason for his departure as reported by matt
wq-dev_187,what did stephen hawking study,Big_Bang_102,that ultimately galaxy clusters stars planets atoms nuclei and matter itself will be torn apart by the ever increasing expansion in a so called big rip section six speculative physics beyond big bang theory while the big bang model is well established in cosmology it is likely to be refined in the future little is known about the earliest moments of the universe s history the penrose hawking singularity theorems require the existence of a singularity at the beginning of cosmic time
wq-dev_1913,where did rob kardashian go to school,Christopher_Cox_1,cox was born in saint paul minnesota after graduating from saint thomas academy in mendota heights minnesota in nineteen hundred seventy cox earned his b a at the university of southern california in nineteen hundred seventy three following an accelerated three year course he was also a member of delta tau delta fraternity in nineteen hundred seventy seven he earned both an m b a from harvard business school and a j d from harvard law school where he was an editor of the harvard law review in nineteen hundred seventy seven to seventy eight he served as law clerk to judge herbert y c choy of the u s court of appeals for the ninth circuit in
wq-dev_1313,who were demeters siblings,Greek_mythology_44,according to classical era mythology after the overthrow of the titans the new pantheon of gods and goddesses was confirmed among the principal greek deities were the olympians residing atop mount olympus under the eye of zeus the limitation of their number to twelve seems to have been a comparatively modern idea besides the olympians the greeks worshiped various gods of the countryside the goat god pan nymphs spirits of rivers naiads who dwelled in springs dryads who were spirits of the trees
wq-dev_1766,what language do russians speak,Translit_2,language transliteration from english letters is particularly important for users who are only familiar with the english keyboard layout and hence could not type quickly in a different alphabet even if their software would actually support a keyboard layout for another language some programs such as the russian language word processor hieroglyph provide typing by transliteration as an important feature the rest of the article concerns itself with the first meaning of the word that is rendering foreign words into a different alphabet if the relations between letters and sounds are similar in both languages a transliteration may be almost the same as a transcription in practice there are also some mixed transliteration forward slash transcription systems that transliterate a part of the original script and transcribe the rest greeklish
wq-dev_667,what is the capital of republic of ireland,Palladian_architecture_29,of palladianism in ireland is the magnificent castletown near dublin designed by the italian architect alessandro galilei sixteen hundred ninety one to seventeen hundred thirty seven it is perhaps the only palladian house in ireland to have been built with palladio s mathematical ratios and one of the two irish mansions which claim to have inspired the design of the white house in washington other fine examples include russborough designed by richard cassels an architect of german origin who also designed the palladian rotunda hospital in dublin and florence court county fermanagh irish palladian country houses often have
wq-dev_1479,who is dustin johnson the golfer,Howard_Hughes_8,laboratory in his will that he signed in nineteen hundred twenty five at age nineteen because howard sr s will had not been updated since allene s death hughes inherited seventy five per cent of the family fortune on his nineteenth birthday hughes was declared an emancipated minor enabling him to take full control of his legacy hughes was an outstanding and enthusiastic golfer from a young age often scoring near par figures and held a handicap of three during his twenties he played frequently with top players including gene sarazen hughes rarely played competitively and gradually gave up his interest in the sport hughes dropped out of rice university shortly after his father s death on
wq-dev_1896,what form of government does the united states have,British_Empire_157,and is spoken by about one and a half billion as a first second or foreign language the spread of english from the latter half of the twentieth century has been helped in part by the cultural influence of the united states itself originally formed from british colonies except in africa where nearly all the former colonies have adopted the presidential system the english parliamentary system has served as the template for the governments for many former colonies and english common law for legal systems the british judicial committee of the privy council still serves as the
wq-dev_398,where is the university of the rockies located,George_Gamow_42,of mathematics on august nineteen nineteen hundred sixty eight gamow died at age sixty four in boulder colorado and was buried there in green mountain cemetery the physics department tower at the university of colorado at boulder is named for him section eight writings gamow was a highly successful science writer with several of his books still in print more than a half century after their initial publication as an educator gamow recognized and emphasized fundamental principles that were unlikely to become obsolete even as the pace of science and technology
wq-dev_1486,what school did mark zuckerberg attend,Facebook_1,city workplace school and region the website s name stems from the colloquial name of a book given to incoming students at zuckerberg s high school alma mater phillips exeter academy the book shows the faces and names of the school s students and faculty mark zuckerberg founded facebook with fellow computer science major students and his roommates dustin moskovitz and chris hughes while he was a student at harvard university website membership was initially limited to harvard students but was expanded to other
wq-dev_1073,when was the most recent earthquake in haiti,Bill_Clinton_112,leader kim jong il kim issued a pardon since then clinton has been assigned a number of other diplomatic missions he was named united nations special envoy to haiti in two thousand nine in response to the twenty ten haiti earthquake u s president barack obama announced that clinton and george w bush would coordinate efforts to raise funds for haiti s recovery clinton continues to visit haiti to witness the inauguration of refugee villages and to raise funds for victims of the earthquake in twenty ten clinton announced support of and delivered the keynote address for the inauguration of n t r
wq-dev_1988,what did joe biden study in college,Elizabeth_II_14,son she would have lost her position as first in line as her brother would have been heir apparent and above her in the line of succession elizabeth received private tuition in constitutional history from henry marten vice provost of eton college and learned french from a succession of native speaking governesses a girl guides company the first buckingham palace company was formed specifically so that she could socialise with girls her own age later she was enrolled as a sea ranger in nineteen hundred thirty nine elizabeth s parents toured canada and the united states as
wq-dev_786,what are the mountains in northern spain,Common_chiffchaff_13,song it was initially named p brehmii but the type specimen of that taxon is not an iberian chiffchaff this species is found in portugal and spain west of a line stretching roughly from the western pyrenees via the mountains of central spain to the mediterranean the iberian and common chiffchaffs company occur in a narrow band along this line apart from the northernmost section the precise course of the contact zone is not well documented a long distance migrant this
wq-dev_1525,who were we fighting in the gulf war,History_of_Saudi_Arabia_34,of the iran iraq war and aided iraq s war strained economy king fahd played a major part in bringing about the august nineteen hundred eighty eight cease fire between iraq and iran and in organizing and strengthening the gulf cooperation council g c c a group of six persian gulf states dedicated to fostering regional economic cooperation and peaceful development section nine nineteen hundred nineties in august nineteen hundred ninety saddam hussein s forces invaded kuwait iraqi troops began massing on the border of kuwait and some feared that they were about to invade saudi arabia king fahd allowed american and coalition soldiers to be
wq-dev_101,what are the names of the city states in ancient greece,Fourth_Crusade_61,to byzantine rule in twelve twenty four various latin french lordships throughout greece minus in particular the duchy of athens and the principality of the morea minus provided cultural contacts with western europe and promoted the study of greek there was also a french cultural work notably the production of a collection of laws the assises de romanie assizes of greece the chronicle of morea appeared in both french and greek and later italian and aragonese versions impressive remains of crusader castles and
wq-dev_1575,what products andor services does google offer customers,JavaScript_70,for game and simulation logic maxwell render rendering software provides an ecma standard based scripting engine for tasks automation google apps script in google spreadsheets and google sites allows users to create custom formulas automate repetitive tasks and also interact with other google products such as gmail many irc clients like chatzilla or xchat use javascript for their scripting abilities spinetix products media players and software use spidermonkey javascript engine to allow scripting through javascript within s v g
wq-dev_384,what was robert burns famous for,Bob_Dylan_0,bob dylan bob dylan born robert allen zimmerman may twenty four nineteen hundred forty one in duluth minnesota is an american singer songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades much of dylan s most celebrated work dates from the nineteen hundred sixties when he became an informal chronicler and a reluctant figurehead of american unrest a number of his songs such as blowin in the wind and the times they are a changin became anthems of the civil rights movements his most recent studio album modern times released on august twenty nine two thousand six entered the u s album chart at number one and that same year was named album of the year by rolling stone magazine dylan s early lyrics incorporated
wq-dev_787,where is the riviera casino,Formula_One%3a_Built_to_Win_6,around the world elements from the nineteen hundred ninety and nineteen hundred ninety one formula one seasons have been used for this video game because this game is based on the career of a race car driver who is trying to go from rags to riches the beginning of the game provides a slow and conservative period designing an unbeatable car from the parts that they purchased in parts shops helps improve the handling acceleration braking and maximum speed of their vehicle it is possible to develop millionaire or even multimillionaire race car drivers by being successful at the slot machine game at the las vegas portion of the game which may be visited at any time even though the player must manually turn his or her entire bank account into casino tokens
wq-dev_1355,what school did robert f kennedy go to,Klaus_Schwab_3,a doctorate in engineering from the swiss federal institute of technology and a master of public administration from the john f kennedy school of government at harvard university additionally he has been the recipient of over a dozen honorary doctorates and is an honorary professor of the ben gurion university of israel and the china foreign affairs university section three professional life schwab was professor of business policy at the university of geneva from nineteen hundred seventy two to two thousand two he is the author of several books since nineteen hundred seventy nine he has published the global
wq-dev_726,what language is spoken in greek,Transliteration_4,sense are used in situations where the original script is not available to write down a word in that script while still high precision is required for example traditional or cheap typesetting with a small character set editions of old texts in scripts not used any more such as linear b some library catalogues see w w w dot ifla dot org forward slash vii forward slash s one three forward slash pubs forward slash isbdg zero dot h t m for example the greek language is written in the two four letter greek alphabet which overlaps with but differs from the two six letter version of the roman alphabet in which english is written etymologies in english dictionaries often identify greek words as ancestors of words used in english consequently most such dictionaries transliterate the greek words into roman letters transliteration in the broader sense is a necessary process when using words or concepts
wq-dev_78,what type of cancer did eva peron have,Coronation_Street_46,harsh criticism from both viewers and critics in an attempt to compete with eastenders issue led storylines were introduced such as toyah battersby s rape roy and hayley cropper abducting their foster child sarah platt s internet chatroom abduction and alma halliwell s death of cervical cancer such storylines were unpopular with viewers and ratings dropped and in october two thousand one macnaught was abruptly moved to another granada department and carolyn reynolds took over corrie continued to struggle in the ratings with eastenders introducing some of its strongest stories in two thousand two kieran roberts was appointed as producer and aimed to
wq-dev_430,what instruments does justin bieber use,The_Smashing_Pumpkins_10,debut album gish with producer butch vig at his smart studios in madison wisconsin for twenty thousand dollars in order to gain the consistency he desired corgan often played all instruments save drums which created tension in the band the music fused heavy metal guitars psychedelia and dream pop garnering them comparisons to jane s addiction gish became a minor success with the single rhinoceros receiving some airplay on modern rock radio after releasing the lull ep in october nineteen hundred ninety one on caroline records the band formally signed with virgin records which was affiliated with
wq-dev_957,what language did the sioux indians speak,French_language_in_Laos_9,and elders however the english language has continued to threaten the french language in laos as it is seen as the language of international commerce and some schools have also made english a mandatory subject laos is also a member of la francophonie section two characteristics the french spoken in laos is based on standard parisian french but has some minor differences in vocabulary as in other french dialects of asia mixtures of lao are sometimes added into french giving it
wq-dev_199,what type of government does iraq have now,Namibia_23,in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic whereby the president of namibia is elected to a five year term and is both the head of state and the head of government and of a multi party system executive power is exercised by the government legislative power is vested in both the government and the bicameral parliament the national assembly and the national council the judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature in two thousand eight namibia ranked sixth on the ibrahim index of african governance out of forty eight sub saharan african countries the ibrahim index is a
wq-dev_1688,what did bernie mac died of,Jim_Henson_42,he was placed on a mechanical ventilator to help him breathe but his condition deteriorated rapidly into septic shock despite aggressive treatment with multiple antibiotics only twenty hours later on may sixteen nineteen hundred ninety henson died from organ failure at the age of fifty three the cause of death was first reported as streptococcus pneumonia a bacterial infection bacterial pneumonia is usually caused by streptococcus pneumoniae an alpha hemolytic species of streptococcus henson however died of organ failure due to infection by streptococcus pyogenes
wq-dev_377,what school did michael jordan attend,Michael_Jordan_11,two seasons of high school play as a senior he was selected to the mcdonald s all american team after averaging a triple double twenty nine point two points eleven point six rebounds and ten point one assists in nineteen hundred eighty one jordan earned a basketball scholarship to the university of north carolina at chapel hill where he majored in cultural geography as a freshman in coach dean smith s team oriented system he was named acc freshman of the year after he averaged thirteen point four points per game p p g on fifty three four per cent shooting field goal percentage he made the game winning jump shot in the nineteen hundred
wq-dev_1158,who did australia fight in the first world war,British_Empire_97,time maintaining the policy of splendid isolation germany was rapidly rising as a military and industrial power and was now seen as the most likely opponent in any future war recognising that it was overstretched in the pacific and threatened at home by the imperial german navy britain formed an alliance with japan in nineteen hundred two and with its old enemies france and russia in nineteen hundred four and nineteen hundred seven respectively section five point one first world war britain s fears of war with germany were realised in nineteen hundred fourteen with
wq-dev_1473,what currency does cyprus use,500_euro_note_5,cash section one point one before the introduction the euro was founded at the date of one january nineteen hundred ninety nine after which it began being the currency of over three hundred million europeans for the first three years of its existence it was a currency which was used only in accounting euro banknotes and coins were introduced on one january two thousand two and on that day it replaced the former cash of the eurozone twelve as it was then national currencies like the irish pound and the austrian schilling section one point two after the introduction the changeover period during which the former currencies notes and coins were exchanged for those of the euro lasted about two months until twenty eight february two thousand two the official
wq-dev_695,what role did paul mccartney play in the beatles,Stoneham%2c_Massachusetts_13,mike ness singer for punk band social distortion frank ogrady u s olympic hockey player bill peirce libertarian candidate for governor of ohio in two thousand six paul f perry member of the a cappella singing group the blanks featured on the television show scrubs john rojak bass trombonist for the american brass quintet marcos valles member of boston rock band parker house and theory joe vitiello major league baseball player from nineteen hundred ninety five to two thousand three john
wq-dev_1920,who is rick scott,Harvey_Milk_64,biographer randy shilts noted that broader historical forces were fueling his campaign milk s most successful opponent was the quiet and thoughtful lawyer rick stokes who was backed by the alice b toklas memorial democratic club stokes had been open about his homosexuality long before milk had and had experienced more severe treatment once hospitalized and forced to endure electroshock therapy milk however was more expressive about the role of gay people and their issues in san francisco politics stokes was quoted saying i m just a businessman who happens to be gay and expressed the view that any normal person could also be
wq-dev_1095,who did william shakespeare marry,William_Shakespeare_8,about a quarter of a mile from his home grammar schools varied in quality during the elizabethan era but the curriculum was dictated by law throughout england and the school would have provided an intensive education in latin grammar and the classics at the age of eighteen shakespeare married the two six year old anne hathaway the consistory court of the diocese of worcester issued a marriage licence on twenty seven november fifteen eighty two two of hathaway s neighbours posted bonds the next day as surety that there were no impediments to the marriage the couple may have arranged the ceremony in some haste since the worcester chancellor allowed the marriage banns to be read
wq-dev_1174,what cancer did jackie kennedy die of,Gaucher%27s_disease_15,mutations are at an increased risk of parkinson s disease a study of one thousand five hundred twenty five gaucher patients in the united states suggested that while cancer risk is not elevated particular malignancies non hodgkin lymphoma melanoma and pancreatic cancer occurred at a two to three times higher rate section five classification and genetics the three types of gaucher s disease are inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion both parents must be carriers in order for a
wq-dev_367,what makes elvis presley famous,Roy_Orbison_7,in a manner that broke with all traditions roy orbison s vocal range was impressive he had a three octave range and his songs were melodically and rhythmically advanced and lyrically sophisticated three songs written and recorded by orbison only the lonely oh pretty woman and crying are in the grammy hall of fame in two thousand four rolling stone magazine named those three songs plus in dreams on its list of the five hundred greatest songs of all time in nineteen hundred eighty nine roy orbison was inducted posthumously into the national academy of popular music forward slash songwriters hall of fame elvis presley called roy the greatest singer in
wq-dev_1027,where do the blackhawks play,Michael_Jordan_67,in a playoff appearance for the wizards and jordan was often unsatisfied with the play of those around him at several points he openly criticized his teammates to the media citing their lack of focus and intensity notably that of the number one draft pick in the two thousand one nba draft kwame brown with the recognition that two thousand two to three would be jordan s final season tributes were paid to him throughout the nba in his final game at his old home court the united center in chicago jordan received a four minute standing ovation the miami heat retired the number twenty three jersey on april eleven
wq-dev_1875,what type of political system is brazil,British_Empire_157,and is spoken by about one and a half billion as a first second or foreign language the spread of english from the latter half of the twentieth century has been helped in part by the cultural influence of the united states itself originally formed from british colonies except in africa where nearly all the former colonies have adopted the presidential system the english parliamentary system has served as the template for the governments for many former colonies and english common law for legal systems the british judicial committee of the privy council still serves as the
wq-dev_938,who was queen elizabeth ii mom,George_VI_62,to the king george vi memorial chapel inside saint george s on twenty six march nineteen hundred sixty nine in two thousand two fifty years after his death the remains of his widow queen elizabeth the queen mother and the ashes of his younger daughter princess margaret who both died that year were interred in the chapel alongside him section nine legacy in the words of labour m p george hardie the abdication crisis of nineteen hundred thirty six did more for republicanism than fifty years of
wq-dev_228,what is william taft known for,Bill_Clinton_0,bill clinton william jefferson bill clinton born william jefferson blythe iii august nineteen nineteen hundred forty six is an american politician who served as the forty second president of the united states from nineteen hundred ninety three to two thousand one inaugurated at age forty six he was the third youngest
wq-dev_933,what political party did andrew johnson belong to,Ronald_Reagan_203,to do almost anything wrong and not get blamed for it public reaction to reagan was always mixed the oldest president was supported by young voters and began an alliance that shifted many of them to the republican party reagan did not fare well with minority groups especially african americans this was largely due to his opposition to affirmative action policies however his support of israel throughout his presidency earned him support from many jews and he became the first republican ever to win the jewish vote he emphasized
wq-dev_1885,what does god shiva represent,God_8,and the islamic concept of god the dharmic religions differ in their view of the divine views of god in hinduism vary by region sect and caste from monotheistic to polytheistic the view of god in buddhism is almost non theist in modern times some more abstract concepts have been developed such as process theology and open theism conceptions of god held by individual believers vary so widely that there is no clear consensus on the nature of god the contemporaneous french philosopher michel henry has however proposed a phenomenological approach and definition of god as phenomenological essence of
wq-dev_2017,what party was abe lincoln part of,John_Quincy_Adams_18,tariffs henry clay was a supporter but adams vice president john c calhoun was an opponent the position of adams was unknown because his constituency was divided after adams lost control of congress in eighteen hundred twenty seven the situation became more complicated by signing into law the tariff of eighteen hundred twenty eight also known as the tariff of abominations extremely unpopular in the south he limited his chances to achieve more during his presidency adams and clay set up a new party the national republican party but it never took root in the states in the
wq-dev_588,what wars did robert e lee served in,Star_Wars%3a_Episode_II_%e2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones_50,states of america the official name of the separatist group is the confederacy of independent systems the name of the government army the grand army of the republic is the same in both star wars and the american civil war and both palpatine and lincoln took extensive warmaking powers and suspended many civil rights war journalism combat films and footage of world war ii combat influenced the documentary style camera work of the battle of geonosis even to the point that hand held shakes were digitally added to computer generated sequences in addition much world war ii footage features the german army s marches through the streets of
wq-dev_1662,where is english spoken around the world,Welsh_language_0,welsh language welsh cymraeg or y gymraeg not to be confused with welsh english the english language as spoken in wales is a member of the brythonic branch of celtic spoken natively in the western part of britain known as wales cymru and in the chubut valley a welsh immigrant colony in the patagonia region of argentina there are also speakers of welsh throughout the world most notably in england the united states and australia table of contents section one status the two thousand one census gives a figure of twenty point five per cent of the population of wales as welsh speakers up from eighteen point five per cent in nineteen hundred ninety one
wq-dev_641,what hemisphere is africa located in,Titan_(moon)_70,discovered by cassini in two thousand six this range lies in the southern hemisphere and is thought to be composed of icy material and covered in methane snow the movement of tectonic plates perhaps
wq-dev_1550,what is the name of king george vi wife,George_VI_62,to the king george vi memorial chapel inside saint george s on twenty six march nineteen hundred sixty nine in two thousand two fifty years after his death the remains of his widow queen elizabeth the queen mother and the ashes of his younger daughter princess margaret who both died that year were interred in the chapel alongside him section nine legacy in the words of labour m p george hardie the abdication crisis of nineteen hundred thirty six did more for republicanism than fifty years of
wq-dev_428,what states make up the midwest us,Bobcat_9,and new brunswick l rufus floridanus rafinesque southeastern united states and inland to the mississippi valley up to southwestern missouri and southern illinois l rufus superiorensis peterson and downing western great lakes area including upper michigan wisconsin southern ontario and most of minnesota l rufus baileyi merriam southwestern united states and northwestern mexico l rufus californicus mearns california west of the sierra nevada l
wq-dev_1439,where is spanish spoken most,Esperanto_18,or executed the use of esperanto was effectively banned until nineteen hundred fifty six after the spanish civil war francoist spain persecuted the anarchists and catalan nationalists among which esperanto was extended but in the nineteen hundred fifties the esperanto movement was tolerated again section two official use esperanto has never been an official language of any recognized country however there were plans at the beginning of the twentieth century to establish neutral moresnet as the world s first
wq-dev_1865,what did jesus do for living,Jesus_120,life the portraits of jesus constructed in these quests often differ from each other and from the image portrayed in the gospels the mainstream profiles in the third quest may be grouped according to whether they portray jesus primarily as an apocalyptic prophet a charismatic healer a cynic philosopher the true messiah or an egalitarian prophet of social change each of these types has a number of variants and some scholars reject the basic elements of some portraits however the
wq-dev_1255,what type of cancer did eva peron die from,Coronation_Street_46,harsh criticism from both viewers and critics in an attempt to compete with eastenders issue led storylines were introduced such as toyah battersby s rape roy and hayley cropper abducting their foster child sarah platt s internet chatroom abduction and alma halliwell s death of cervical cancer such storylines were unpopular with viewers and ratings dropped and in october two thousand one macnaught was abruptly moved to another granada department and carolyn reynolds took over corrie continued to struggle in the ratings with eastenders introducing some of its strongest stories in two thousand two kieran roberts was appointed as producer and aimed to
wq-dev_214,which continents were part of the roman empire,History_of_the_world_16,the han empire fell into civil war in two hundred twenty whilst its roman counterpart became increasingly decentralised and divided around the same time section five age of kingdoms throughout the temperate zones of eurasia and north africa large empires continued to rise and fall the breakup of the roman empire around the fifth century ad coincided with the spread of christianity westward from the middle east the western part of the roman empire fell under the domination of various germanic tribes in the fifth century and these polities gradually developed into a number of warring catholic states the remaining
wq-dev_204,what is the capital of modern egypt,Saint_Peter_40,tradition ascribes the epistles first and second peter to apostle peter as does the text of second peter itself first peter implies the author is in babylon which has been held to be a coded reference to rome one peter five thirteen a m although babylon was an important fortress city in egypt just north of today s cairo and this fact is combined with the greetings from marc one peter five thirteen a m who is regarded as founder of the church of alexandria egypt thus other scholars put the first peter epistle
wq-dev_852,what province is toronto in seven letters ,Vaughan_12,vaughan section six education york university in north york ontario lies on the toronto side of the toronto vaughan border it is a major comprehensive university with more than forty three thousand students enrolled through ten different faculties there are also a number of elementary and high schools in vaughan which operate under the york region district school board section seven notes h t t p forward slash forward slash w w w dot city dot vaughan dot on dot ca forward slash vaughan forward slash council forward slash election forward slash candidates dot c f m
wq-dev_1321,where did the gallipoli war take place,Battle_of_the_Somme_53,offensive the farm was finally overrun on twenty six september and the garrison surrendered the following day by the time new zealand s artillery gunners were withdrawn from the line in october nineteen hundred sixteen they had fired more than five hundred thousand shells at the germans in the fighting at pozieres and mouquet farm the australian divisions suffered over twenty three thousand casualties if the losses from fromelles on nineteen july are included australia had sustained more casualties in six weeks in france than they had in the eight months of the battle of gallipoli the new zealanders suffered eight thousand casualties in six weeks nearly one per
wq-dev_1399,what products does the united states export,Marshall_Plan_77,mostly used for the purchase of goods from the united states the european nations had all but exhausted their foreign exchange reserves during the war and the marshall plan aid represented almost their sole means of importing goods from abroad at the start of the plan these imports were mainly much needed staples such as food and fuel but later the purchases turned towards reconstruction needs as was originally intended in the latter years under pressure from the united states congress and with the outbreak of the korean war an increasing amount of the
wq-dev_1827,what can do in new york,Kilometre_11,manhattan new york city central park in new york city is eight hundred forty nine metres wide it extends roughly east and west from fifth avenue to eighth avenue also known as central park west the distance between eighth avenue and madison avenue one block east of fifth avenue is one thousand eleven metres
wq-dev_1032,who played captain kirk in star trek movie,Star_Trek_26,hundred sixty nine star trek also known as tos or the original series debuted in the united states on n b c on september eight nineteen hundred sixty six the show tells the tale of the crew of the starship enterprise and its five year mission to boldly go where no man has gone before the original nineteen hundred sixty six to sixty nine television series featured william shatner as captain james t kirk leonard nimoy as spock deforest kelley as doctor leonard bones mccoy james doohan as montgomery scotty scott nichelle nichols as uhura george takei as hikaru sulu and walter koenig as pavel
wq-dev_3,who plays ken barlow in coronation street,Coronation_Street_59,seventy six he still retains links with coronation street often advising on storylines h v kershaw harry kershaw was the script editor for coronation street when the programme began in nineteen hundred sixty working alongside tony warren kershaw was also a script writer for the programme and the show s producer between nineteen hundred sixty two and nineteen hundred seventy one he remains the only person along with john finch to have held the three posts of script editor writer and producer kershaw continued to write for the programme until his retirement in january nineteen hundred eighty eight adele rose was the longest serving coronation street writer completing four hundred fifty five scripts between nineteen hundred sixty one and nineteen hundred ninety eight she went on to create byker grove
wq-dev_819,where was bin laden found and killed,Barack_Obama_94,of osama bin laden in a large compound in abbottabad pakistan a suburban area thirty five miles from islamabad cia head leon panetta reported this intelligence to president obama in march twenty eleven meeting with his national security advisers over the course of the next six weeks obama rejected a plan to bomb the compound and authorized a surgical raid to be conducted by united states navy seals the operation took place on may one twenty eleven resulting in the death of bin laden and the seizure of papers and computer drives and disks from the compound bin laden s body was identified through dna testing and buried at sea several hours later within minutes of the president s announcement from washington d c late in the evening on may one there were spontaneous celebrations around the country as
wq-dev_179,what artistic movement did henri matisse belong to,Hilda_Rix_Nicholas_50,world at the time was complex and her style was affected by vigorous debate around the emergence of modernism which was being resisted by local critics her experience of this more conservative australia and the effects of the deaths of all those close to her contributed to rix nicholas abandoning her more experimental art and returning to more academic and figurative subjects this ultimately had a detrimental effect on the long term trajectory of her career pigot also argues that her refusal to conform to the gendered expectations of the australian artistic
wq-dev_1735,where do most of the people live in russia,Saint_Petersburg_3,usually omitted leaving petersburg peterburg in common parlance russians may drop burg minus as well leaving only peter pronounced as piter ipa pitr saint petersburg was founded by tsar peter the great on twenty seven o s sixteen may seventeen hundred three from seventeen hundred thirteen to seventeen hundred twenty eight and from seventeen hundred thirty two to nineteen hundred eighteen saint petersburg was the capital of russia in nineteen hundred eighteen the central government bodies moved from saint petersburg then named petrograd to moscow it is russia s second largest city after moscow with four six million inhabitants saint petersburg is a major european cultural centre and an important russian port on the baltic sea saint petersburg is often described as the most western city of russia among cities of the world
wq-dev_1463,what language do people from the uk speak,S4C_4,hours on analogue s four c shows programmes produced for channel four in the rest of the uk usually a few days later to make them more accessible to english speakers all welsh language programming carry english subtitles on teletext page eight hundred eighty eight sometimes marketed as transl eight eight eight with welsh subtitles on page eight hundred eighty nine both subtitle languages are also available on digital television platforms for speakers of english who are learning welsh certain programmes particularly those during the dysgu am twelve slot planed plant bach and planed plant carry subtitles on page eight hundred eighty nine of
wq-dev_16,what countries are part of the uk,Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom_32,the courts of law the commune concilium common council or parliament and the magnum concilium great council or the assembly of all the peers of the realm all are still in existence but the magnum concilium has not been formally summoned since sixteen hundred forty several other privy councils have advised the sovereign england and scotland once had separate privy councils but the act of union seventeen hundred seven which united the two countries into great britain replaced both with a single body ireland on the other hand continued to have a separate privy council even after the act of union eighteen hundred zero the irish privy council
wq-dev_1064,where did the australian floods take place,Hilda_Rix_Nicholas_73,was also elected an associate to the organisation in that year at the end of nineteen hundred twenty six rix nicholas and dorothy richmond together returned to australia energised by her success rix nicholas purchased a car filled its rear compartment with painting equipment and the pair set out to paint the landscape ranging from canberra and the monaro plains to the south up into central queensland this included a publicity attracting occasion where she painted figures on the beach at bondi reported by various publications including australian magazine the home
wq-dev_54,what country did adolf hitler control,Iron_Curtain_44,he had built up the eastern bloc protective belt of soviet controlled nations on his western border and wanted to maintain this buffer zone of states combined with a weakened germany under soviet control fearing american political cultural and economic penetration stalin eventually forbade soviet eastern bloc countries of the newly formed cominform from accepting marshall plan aid in czechoslovakia that required a soviet backed czechoslovak coup detat of nineteen hundred forty eight the brutality of which shocked western powers
wq-dev_1277,where is tennessee river,Confederate_government_of_Kentucky_14,congressional seats confederate sympathizers won only the jackson purchase region which was economically linked to tennessee by the cumberland and tennessee rivers believing defeat at the polls was certain many southern rightists had boycotted the election of the one hundred twenty five thousand votes cast unionists captured close to ninety thousand southern sympathizers were dealt a further blow in the august five election for state legislators this election resulted in veto proof unionist majorities of seventy six to twenty four in the house and twenty seven to eleven in the senate from that time
wq-dev_1806,what position did lebron james play,Michael_Jordan_81,posted a seven to fifty nine record their one hundred six winning percentage was the worst in nba history i m not real happy about the record book scenario last year it s very very frustrating jordan said later that year section five player profile jordan was a shooting guard who was also capable of playing small forward the position he would primarily play during his second return to professional basketball with the washington wizards jordan was known throughout his career for being a strong clutch performer he decided numerous
wq-dev_1258,when will the world end mayans,2012_phenomenon_17,maud worcester makemson wrote that the completion of a great period of thirteen b ak tuns would have been of the utmost significance to the maya in nineteen hundred sixty six michael d coe wrote in the maya that there is a suggestion that armageddon would overtake the degenerate peoples of the world and all creation on the final day of the thirteenth b ak tun thus our present universe would be annihilated in december twenty twelve note e when the great cycle of the long count reaches completion
wq-dev_327,what two continents is turkey on,Azerbaijan_0,azerbaijan azerbaijan template ipaeng uk forward slash zban forward slash us azerbaijani azrbaycan officially the republic of azerbaijan azerbaijani azrbaycan respublikas is the largest and most populous country in the south caucasus region of eurasia located at the crossroads of eastern europe and western asia it is bounded by the caspian sea to the east russia to the north georgia to the west and northwest armenia to the southwest and iran to the south the azerbaijani exclave of nakhchivan is bordered by armenia to the north and east iran to the south and turkey to the west and southwest
wq-dev_1708,what are dallas cowboys colors,Leonard_Independent_School_District_1,was rated recognized by the texas education agency the school s mascot is the tiger and the colors are blue and gold their mascot s name is paws table of contents
wq-dev_1673,what political party was hitler in,Munich_24,who were then concentrated in munich staged the beer hall putsch an attempt to overthrow the weimar republic and seize power the revolt failed resulting in hitler s arrest and the temporary crippling of the nazi party which was virtually unknown outside munich the city once again became a nazi stronghold when the national socialists took power in germany in nineteen hundred thirty three the national socialist
wq-dev_1012,what to do in hollywood ca this weekend,Luka_Magnotta_28,in the unsolved murder and decapitation of hervey medellin lapd later announced that they did not believe he was involved in the crime the animal rights group last chance for animals claimed responsibility for posting youtube videos linking him to the unsolved hollywood sign murder in an attempt to lure magnotta into contacting them
wq-dev_700,where is french spoken most,Canadians_6,by twenty thirty one nearly one half of canadians above the age of fifteen will be foreign born or have one foreign born parent section one point one immigration the french originally settled new france in present day quebec and ontario during the early part of the seventeenth century approximately one hundred irish born families would settle the saint lawrence valley by seventeen hundred zero assimilating into the canadien population and culture the french also settled the acadian
wq-dev_1873,where is traditional chinese used,Bakkwa_1,its name implies refers to a form of meat presevation and preperation originating in china and still common in some places with hokkien influence in malaysia and singapore bakkwa has become a highly popular gift offered to visitors and accquaintances during the chinese new year as well as amongst corporations although some
wq-dev_1717,what did thomas jefferson do before he became president,John_Quincy_Adams_6,languages he entered harvard college and graduated in seventeen hundred eighty eight adams house at harvard college is named in honor of adams and his father he apprenticed as a lawyer with theophilus parsons in newburyport massachusetts from seventeen hundred eighty seven to seventeen hundred eighty nine he was admitted to the bar in seventeen hundred ninety one and began practicing law in boston section two early political career george washington appointed adams minister to the netherlands in seventeen hundred ninety four and to portugal in seventeen hundred ninety six when the elder adams became president he appointed his son in seventeen hundred ninety seven as minister to prussia at washington s urging
wq-dev_86,which country does greenland belong to,Edward_VII_19,and his wife established marlborough house as their london residence and sandringham house in norfolk as their country retreat they entertained on a lavish scale their marriage met with disapproval in certain circles because most of queen victoria s relations were german and denmark was at loggerheads with germany over the territories of schleswig and holstein when alexandra s father inherited the throne of denmark in november eighteen hundred sixty three the german confederation took the opportunity to invade and annex schleswig holstein queen victoria was of two minds whether it was a suitable
wq-dev_524,where was the first gulf war fought,USS_Missouri_(BB-63)_54,korea in nineteen hundred ninety missouri again took part in the rimpac exercise with ships from australia canada japan and korea in addition to united states navy ships section one point five gulf war nineteen hundred ninety to nineteen hundred ninety one on two august nineteen hundred ninety iraqi dictator saddam hussein invaded the tiny emirate of kuwait in the middle of the month president george h w bush sent the first of several hundred thousand troops along with a strong force of naval support to saudi arabia and the persian gulf area to support a multi national force in a standoff with the iraqi dictator
wq-dev_1471,what famous people came from delaware,Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories_103,widespread media coverage moderate republican representative michael castle was booed and heckled during a july two thousand nine town hall meeting in georgetown delaware when he told a woman protesting about obama s birth certificate if you re referring to the president there he is a citizen of the united states n b c nightly news reported that other members of congress often hear the issue too an anonymous congressman told the program that he was reluctant to advertise his own town hall meetings for fear of this issue drowning out everything else a
wq-dev_975,who was the vice president under ronald reagan,Ronald_Reagan_209,to have it given to him for personal reasons dwight d eisenhower received it as a commemoration of u s japanese relations on january eighteen nineteen hundred ninety three reagan s former vice president and sitting president george h w bush awarded him the presidential medal of freedom the highest honor that the united states can bestow reagan was also awarded the republican senatorial medal of freedom the highest honor bestowed by republican members of the senate on reagan s eighty seventh birthday in nineteen hundred ninety eight washington national airport
wq-dev_66,what is the currency of puerto rico called,Worst_Episode_Ever_17,is shown doing his routine with a watermelon during a flashback while in the android s dungeon nelson examines a comic book called the death of sad sack a reference to both the american comic strip the sad sack and the death of superman story arc when homer and comic book guy enter moe s tavern moe says get out and take your sacagawea dollars with you to one of his customers a sacagawea dollar is a united states dollar coin which has been minted since two thousand
wq-dev_1497,what to see in montreal downtown,Montreal_33,places in montreal downtown montreal centre ville is at the foot of mount royal whose expanse forms a major urban park downtown contains dozens of notable skyscrapers including one thousand de la gauchetiere twelve fifty rene levesque and ieoh ming pei s place ville marie this cruciform office tower built in nineteen hundred sixty two sits atop an underground shopping mall which forms the nexus of montreal s underground city one of the world s largest with indoor access to over one thousand six hundred shops restaurants
wq-dev_872,where bin laden got killed,Barack_Obama_94,of osama bin laden in a large compound in abbottabad pakistan a suburban area thirty five miles from islamabad cia head leon panetta reported this intelligence to president obama in march twenty eleven meeting with his national security advisers over the course of the next six weeks obama rejected a plan to bomb the compound and authorized a surgical raid to be conducted by united states navy seals the operation took place on may one twenty eleven resulting in the death of bin laden and the seizure of papers and computer drives and disks from the compound bin laden s body was identified through dna testing and buried at sea several hours later within minutes of the president s announcement from washington d c late in the evening on may one there were spontaneous celebrations around the country as
wq-dev_622,where did the taliban began,Prince_Harry_15,were participating in the nato led afghan war rumours that were confirmed in february the following year when the british ministry of defence revealed that harry had secretly been deployed as a forward air controller to helmand province in afghanistan the revelation came after the media minus notably the german newspaper bild and australian magazine new idea not in citation given minus breached the blackout placed over the information by the canadian and british authorities it was later reported that while in afghanistan harry had helped gurkha troops repel an attack from taliban insurgents not in citation given and
wq-dev_1758,where do they speak afrikaans,Namibia_30,british and french ancestry make up about seven per cent of the population they form the second largest population of european ancestry both in terms of percentage and actual numbers in sub saharan africa after south africa most namibian whites and nearly all those of mixed race speak afrikaans and share similar origins culture and religion as the white and coloured populations of south africa a smaller proportion of whites around thirty thousand trace their family origins directly back to german colonial settlers and maintain german cultural and educational institutions nearly all portuguese settlers came to the
wq-dev_1926,when did the libyan conflict start,Hillary_Clinton_154,some regimes while supporting protesters against others as the libyan civil war took place clinton s shift in favor of military intervention was a key turning point in overcoming internal administration opposition and gaining the backing for and arab and u n approval of the twenty eleven military intervention in libya she later used u s allies and what she called convening power to help keep the libyan rebels unified as they eventually overthrew the gaddafi regime in april
wq-dev_1828,what currency does france accept,500_euro_note_1,and has been used since the introduction of the euro in its cash form in two thousand two it is one of the highest value banknotes in the world worth around six hundred seventy us four thousand three hundred dollars c n y fifty one thousand three hundred j p y six hundred c h f or four hundred thirty g b p the note is used in the twenty two countries which have it as their sole currency with twenty legally adopting it with a population of about three hundred thirty two million it is the largest note measuring one six zero x eight two mm and has a purple colour scheme the five hundred euro
wq-dev_1824,what type of currency do they use in spain,500_euro_note_4,and the n c b s of the eurozone countries national central banks have received the right to issue the seven different euro notes from the ecb in practice the n c b s of the zone issue and withdraw euro notes the european central bank does not own an office containing cash and has not been involved in any operations involving cash section one point one before the introduction the euro was founded at the date of one january nineteen hundred ninety nine after which it began being the currency of over three hundred million europeans for the first three years of its existence it was a currency which was used only in accounting
wq-dev_1632,what to visit in london city,Sheffield_29,eighties was fundamental to the development of modern high strength low alloy steels further innovations continue with new manufacturing technologies and techniques being developed by the sheffield universities and the organisations on the advanced manufacturing park while iron and steel have long been the main industries of sheffield coal mining has also been a major industry particularly in the outlying areas and the palace of westminster in london was built using limestone from quarries in the nearby village of anston other areas of employment include call centres the city council universities and hospitals sheffield currently produces more steel per year than at
wq-dev_573,where did melba beals live,Mom_&_Me_&_Mom_19,oldest of six children of her trinidadian father and her irish mother baxter s family was violent yet religious and musical baxter who was to remain a startling beauty met angelou s father bailey johnson a dietitian and cook in nineteen hundred twenty four upon johnson s return from serving in world war i they married and moved to california where angelou and her older brother bailey jr were born when she was three and bailey was five their parents divorced and sent their children by train with identification tags and no adult supervision to live with their paternal grandmother annie henderson in stamps arkansas
wq-dev_1340,what is steve nash nationality,American_football_103,hosting many high school college and professional games steve deace of usa today wrote that americans are passionate about football because it embodies everything we love about american exceptionalism merit is rewarded not punished masculinity is celebrated not feminized people of various beliefs and backgrounds minus a melting pot if you will minus must unify for a common goal for the team to be successful implicit rules such as playing through pain and sacrificing for the better of the team are promoted in professional football culture in canada the game has a significant
wq-dev_197,what places make up new england,William_the_Conqueror_4,county of maine in the one thousand fifties and early one thousand sixties william became a contender for the throne of england then held by his childless first cousin once removed edward the confessor there were other potential claimants including the powerful english earl harold godwinson who was named the next king by edward on the latter s deathbed in january ten sixty six william argued that edward had previously promised the throne to him and that harold had sworn to support william s claim william built a large fleet and invaded england in september
wq-dev_555,what did drew barrymore go to rehab for,Ford_Nation_15,world five episodes of the web series aired with some episodes broken up into several parts no new episode has been filmed since april twenty fourteen when mayor ford went into rehab for two months following the emergence of a new video of him smoking crack cocaine section four notes video of announcement loewen peter august sixteen twenty thirteen ford nation is bigger than you think ottawa citizen
wq-dev_1330,what is the most populated state in united states,Cougar_81,of humans the total is greater than fifty three because some attacks had more than one victim by two thousand four the count had climbed to eighty eight attacks and twenty deaths within north america the distribution of attacks is not uniform the heavily populated state of california has seen a dozen attacks since nineteen hundred eighty six after just three from eighteen hundred ninety to nineteen hundred eighty five including three fatalities lightly populated new mexico reported an attack in two thousand eight the first there since nineteen
wq-dev_1752,what did f scott fitzgerald do,Zelda_Fitzgerald_1,sayre is pronounced to rhyme with fair in montgomery alabama was an american novelist and the wife of writer f scott fitzgerald she was an icon of the nineteen hundred twenties dubbed by her husband the first american flapper after the success of his first novel this side of paradise nineteen hundred twenty the fitzgeralds became celebrities the newspapers of new york saw them as embodiments of the jazz age and the roaring twenties young seemingly wealthy beautiful and energetic even as a child her audacious behavior was the subject of montgomery gossip shortly after finishing high
wq-dev_64,what other books did charles dickens write,Jack_Sheppard_29,which was originally published in bentley s miscellany from january eighteen hundred thirty nine with illustrations by george cruikshank overlapping with the final episodes of charles dickens oliver twist an archetypal newgate novel it generally remains close to the facts of sheppard s life but portrays him as a swashbuckling hero like hogarth s prints the novel pairs the descent of the idle apprentice into crime with the rise of a typical melodramatic character thames darrell a foundling of aristocratic birth who defeats his evil uncle to recover his fortune
wq-dev_859,what are the predominant religions in russia,Canada_85,per cent of canadians declare no religious affiliation and the remaining six point three per cent are affiliated with religions other than christianity of which the largest is islam numbering one point nine per cent followed by judaism at one point one per cent canadian provinces and territories are responsible for education each system is similar while reflecting regional history culture and geography the mandatory school age ranges between five to seven to sixteen to eighteen years contributing to an adult literacy rate that is ninety nine per cent
wq-dev_1098,what kind of music did franz liszt compose,Charles_Ives_4,and as with hector berlioz ives had a fascination with outdoor music and with instrumentation his attempts to fuse these two musical pillars and his devotion to beethoven would set the direction for his musical life ives published a large collection of his songs many of which had piano parts which echoed modern movements begun in europe including bitonality and pantonality he was himself an accomplished pianist capable of improvising in a variety of styles including those which were then quite new he composed two string quartets and a other works of chamber music though he is now best
wq-dev_1352,who is on the board of facebook,Facebook_76,brian cuban the brother of mark cuban the owner of dallas mavericks in his blog post says holocaust denial is repulsive and ignorant and calling facebook ceo mark zuckerberg to remove the groups techcrunch ceo michael arrington says facebook s stubbornness on not removing the groups is wrong and offensive cnet s writer chris matyszczyk calls facebook s holocaust denial repulsive and ignorant section five litigation section five point one connectu in
wq-dev_1077,what language do the russian speak,Transliteration_2,language transliteration from english letters is particularly important for users who are only familiar with the english keyboard layout and hence could not type quickly in a different alphabet even if their software would actually support a keyboard layout for another language some programs such as the russian language word processor hieroglyph provide typing by transliteration as an important feature the rest of the article concerns itself with the first meaning of the word that is rendering foreign words into a different alphabet if the relations between letters and sounds are similar in both languages a transliteration may be almost the same as a transcription in practice there are also some mixed transliteration forward slash transcription systems that transliterate a part of the original script and transcribe the rest greeklish
wq-dev_1523,when is the last time the pittsburgh steelers won a superbowl,Barack_Obama_108,game while wearing a white sox jacket he is also primarily a chicago bears fan in the n f l but in his childhood and adolescence was a fan of the pittsburgh steelers and recently rooted for them ahead of their victory in super bowl xliii twelve days after obama took office as president in june nineteen hundred eighty nine obama met michelle robinson when he was employed as a summer associate at the chicago law firm of sidley austin assigned for three months as obama s adviser at the firm robinson joined him at group social functions but declined his initial requests
wq-dev_1379,what did franz liszt do to earn a living,Ima_Hogg_29,her brother william took her to new york city during her stay she immersed herself in concerts and museums in nineteen hundred seven she vacationed in germany and enjoyed her time so much that she chose to remain in europe to continue her piano studies for the next two years she studied music in vienna under franz xaver scharwenka pianist to the court of francis joseph i of austria and in berlin under martin krause after returning from europe hogg settled in houston with her brother william although the city had a population of about one hundred thousand it had no museums or parks and no professional theater music or ballet groups hogg chose to teach
wq-dev_1568,what university did obama graduated from,Barack_Obama_1,african american to hold the office obama previously served as a united states senator from illinois from january two thousand five until he resigned following his victory in the two thousand eight presidential election born in honolulu hawaii obama is a graduate of columbia university and harvard law school where he was the president of the harvard law review he was a community organizer in chicago before earning his law degree he worked as a civil rights attorney in chicago and taught constitutional law at the university of chicago law school from nineteen hundred ninety two to two thousand four he served
wq-dev_611,where was st peter killed,Saint_Peter_55,or as being an invention by the author of the acts of peter death after crucifixion head down is unlikely to be caused by suffocation the usual cause of death in ordinary crucifixion a medieval tradition citation needed was that the mamertine prison in rome is the place where peter was imprisoned before his execution catholic tradition holds that his inverted crucifixion occurred on the spot now occupied by the clementine chapel in the grottoes of saint peter s basilica in nineteen hundred fifty human bones were found buried underneath the altar of saint peter s basilica the bones have been claimed by
wq-dev_597,what style of music does john mayer play,U2_32,realising that u two had no tradition and that their knowledge of music from before their childhood was limited the group delved into american and irish roots music friendships with bob dylan van morrison and keith richards motivated the band to explore blues folk and gospel music and focused bono on his skills as a songwriter and lyricist for their fifth album the joshua tree the band wanted to build on the unforgettable fire s textures but instead of out of focus experimentation they sought a harder hitting sound that used the limitation of strict song
wq-dev_1251,which countries speak germanic languages,Language_6,of what germans call german some like to make parallels to biology where it is not always possible to make a well defined distinction between one species and the next in either case the ultimate difficulty may stem from the interactions between languages and populations see dialect or august schleicher for a longer discussion the concepts of ausbausprache abstandsprache and dachsprache are used to make finer distinctions about the degree of difference between languages or dialects section two point one origins of human language scientists do not yet
wq-dev_1138,where honduras in the world,Jaguar_40,from mexico through central america and into south america including much of amazonian brazil the countries included in this range are argentina belize bolivia brazil colombia costa rica particularly on the osa peninsula ecuador french guiana guatemala guyana honduras mexico nicaragua panama paraguay peru suriname united states and venezuela the jaguar is now extinct in el
wq-dev_1895,what body of water does st lawrence river flow into,Canada_63,in eastern canada the saint lawrence river widens into the gulf of saint lawrence the world s largest estuary which contains the island of newfoundland south of the gulf the canadian maritimes protrude eastward along the appalachian mountain range from northern new england and the gaspe peninsula of quebec new brunswick and nova scotia are divided by the bay of fundy which experiences the world s largest tidal variations ontario and hudson bay dominate central canada
wq-dev_1771,what is the islamic belief,Jesus_141,islam considers jesus to be neither the incarnation nor the son of god islamic texts emphasize a strict notion of monotheism tawhid and forbid the association of partners with god which would be idolatry shirk the quran says that jesus himself never claimed divinity and predicts that at the last judgment jesus will deny having ever made such a claim quran five one hundred sixteen like all prophets in islam jesus is considered a muslim and believed to have preached that his followers should adopt the straight path as commanded by
wq-dev_1140,where do i vote milwaukee wisconsin,Steven_Avery_22,stating that since avery and dassey are both state prisoners the president cannot pardon them a pardon in this case would need to be issued at the state level by the appropriate authorities wisconsin governor scott walker has stated that he would not be pardoning avery a second petition titled initiate a federal investigation of the sheriff s offices of manitowoc county and calumet county wisconsin was submitted to petitions dot whitehouse dot gov on january seven
wq-dev_248,what state new york city belong to,Stuyvesant_High_School_60,stuyvesant admits students from the new york city area only but some
wq-dev_1818,what state is saint louis university in,Martha_Layne_Collins_9,were active in local politics working for the campaigns of several democratic candidates and hall frequently joined them stuffing envelopes and delivering pamphlets door to door martha attended shelbyville high school where she was a good student and a cheerleader she frequently competed in beauty pageants and won the title of shelby county tobacco festival queen in nineteen hundred fifty four after high school she enrolled at lindenwood college an all woman college in saint charles missouri after one year at lindenwood she transferred to the university of kentucky in lexington kentucky while there she was active in many clubs including the chi omega
wq-dev_2006,what race is vanessa carlton,Vanessa_Carlton_2,and a brother named edmund who is a member of his school s a capella group and who attends saint andrew s school in delaware she is of scandinavian descent on her father s side and of russian jewish descent on her mother s although she was not raised in any religion she has referred to herself as jewish and said she was spiritual she began playing the piano as a toddler and received tutoring from her mother after returning from disneyland at the age of two carlton played it s a small world on the piano this event inspired carlton s mother to expose carlton to various classical composers such as mozart and eric satie she attended the school of american ballet in new york city beginning at age fourteen
wq-dev_189,what region of the world is egypt associated with,Cold_War_119,new leader anwar el sadat rumors of imminent soviet intervention on the egyptians behalf during the nineteen hundred seventy three yom kippur war brought about a massive american mobilization that threatened to wreck detente although pre sadat egypt had been the largest recipient of soviet aid in the middle east the soviets were also successful in establishing close relations with communist south yemen as well as the nationalist governments of algeria and iraq indirect soviet assistance to the palestinian side of the israeli palestinian conflict included support for yasser arafat s palestine
wq-dev_2026,what are the seven sacraments of the catholic church,Catholic_liturgy_7,administering the sacraments christ provides the graces of which they are signs however a recipient s own lack of proper disposition to receive the grace conveyed can block their effectiveness in that person the sacraments presuppose faith and in addition their words and ritual elements nourish strengthen and give expression to faith there are seven sacraments which the church lists in the following order baptism confirmation eucharist penance also called confession and reconciliation anointing of the sick holy orders
wq-dev_1200,where did the mississippi river end,Chicago_7,chicago was granted a city charter by illinois on march four eighteen hundred thirty seven the opening of the illinois and michigan canal in eighteen hundred forty eight allowed shipping from the great lakes through chicago to the mississippi river and so to the gulf of mexico the first rail line to chicago the galena and chicago union railroad was completed the same year chicago would go on to become the transportation hub of the united states with its road rail water and later air connections chicago also became home to national retailers offering catalog shopping using these connections like montgomery ward and sears
wq-dev_1645,what is new france,Canada_1,by aboriginal peoples beginning in the late fifteenth century british and french expeditions explored and later settled the atlantic coast france ceded nearly all of its colonies in north america in seventeen hundred sixty three after the seven years war in eighteen hundred sixty seven with the union of three british north american colonies through confederation canada was formed as a federal semi autonomous polity this began an accretion of additional provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the united kingdom highlighted by the statute of westminster in nineteen hundred thirty one and
wq-dev_1747,when does the world end according to the mayans time,2012_phenomenon_25,supposes changes in human consciousness martin sacalxot of the office of the procurador de los derechos humanos guatemala s human rights ombudsman p d h said that the end of the calendar has nothing to do with the end of the world or the year two thousand twelve section one point three prior associations the european association of the maya with eschatology dates back to the time of christopher columbus who was compiling a work called libro de las profecias during the voyage in fifteen oh two when he first heard about the
wq-dev_626,what does the missouri river bisect,Rice%2c_Minnesota_2,fields the mississippi river is located west of rice and little rock lake is located east u s highway ten serves as a main route in the community section two history originally an ojibway territory sand prairie saw its first settlers of european origin in the autumn of eighteen hundred forty four under a mandate of the united states government and after the ojibway ceded their land in the treaty of eighteen hundred thirty seven the territory of minnesota was established in eighteen hundred forty nine
wq-dev_1211,where are you from in malayalam,Bidet_8,particularly in japan india and south korea almost all houses in the arab world including lebanon syria jordan kuwait saudi arabia qatar and united arab emirates are equipped with bidets although france is the country where the word bidet originated not every house is equipped with one especially the smaller or cheaper flats as well as recent constructions also almost all the houses in argentina paraguay and uruguay are equipped with bidets although they do
wq-dev_1889,who was vice president with bill clinton,Bill_Clinton_38,on the more liberal side of the party remained suspicious many democrats who had supported ronald reagan and bush in previous elections switched their support to clinton clinton and his running mate al gore toured the country during the final weeks of the campaign shoring up support and pledging a new beginning clinton won the nineteen hundred ninety two presidential election forty three point zero per cent of the vote against republican incumbent george h w bush thirty seven four per cent of the vote and billionaire populist ross perot who ran as an independent eighteen nine per cent of the vote on a platform focusing on domestic issues a
wq-dev_749,who was president in nineteen eighty eight in the united states,Ronald_Reagan_194,the cold war former president lech wasa of poland acknowledged reagan was one of the world leaders who made a major contribution to communism s collapse section eleven point two domestic and political legacy ronald reagan reshaped the republican party led the modern conservative movement and altered the political dynamic of the united states more men voted republican under reagan and reagan tapped into religious voters the so called reagan democrats were a result of his presidency after leaving office reagan became an
wq-dev_98,who was vice president when jfk was president,Ralph_Yarborough_12,the democratic primary and cruised on to victory in the general election against republican roy whittenburg as a senator yarborough got congress to pass and john f kennedy to sign a bill making padre island a national seashore ralph yarborough rode in the dallas texas motorcade where john f kennedy was assassinated in nineteen hundred sixty three yarborough was in the same convertible as vice president lyndon b johnson ladybird johnson and secret service agent rufus youngblood only two cars away from the presidential limousine in nineteen hundred sixty four yarborough again won the primary without a runoff and went on to general election victory
wq-dev_312,who plays captain kirk in star trek,Star_Trek_26,hundred sixty nine star trek also known as tos or the original series debuted in the united states on n b c on september eight nineteen hundred sixty six the show tells the tale of the crew of the starship enterprise and its five year mission to boldly go where no man has gone before the original nineteen hundred sixty six to sixty nine television series featured william shatner as captain james t kirk leonard nimoy as spock deforest kelley as doctor leonard bones mccoy james doohan as montgomery scotty scott nichelle nichols as uhura george takei as hikaru sulu and walter koenig as pavel
wq-dev_1230,what to see in christchurch new zealand,New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team_90,formerly called lancaster park christchurch waikato stadium hamilton and carisbrook dunedin prior to the construction of westpac stadium in nineteen hundred ninety nine wellington s test venue was athletic park athletic park was the venue for the first all blacks test match in new zealand against great britain in nineteen hundred four the first home test match played outside the main centres of auckland christchurch dunedin or wellington was in nineteen hundred ninety six at mclean park in napier the nineteen hundred eighty seven rugby world cup final was played at eden
wq-dev_950,when is the rainy season in bangkok thailand,2006_Atlantic_hurricane_season_20,atlantic on september one klotzbach s team also revised its season estimate to thirteen named storms five hurricanes and two major hurricanes citing a larger volume of the saharan air layer and an el nino trend in the pacific the team again reduced the number of tropical storms expected for the season a month later on october three with an updated forecast of eleven named storms six hurricanes and two major hurricanes citing the ongoing el nino
wq-dev_760,what party does barack obama belong to,Barack_Obama_96,presidents bill clinton and george w bush and from many countries around the world section four point four twenty ten midterm election obama called the november two twenty ten election where the democratic party lost sixty three seats in and control of the house of representatives humbling and a shellacking he said that the results came because not enough americans had felt the effects of the economic recovery section five cultural and political image obama s family history upbringing and ivy league education differ markedly from those of african american politicians who launched their
wq-dev_1373,where was john f kennedy when he got shot,Ralph_Yarborough_12,the democratic primary and cruised on to victory in the general election against republican roy whittenburg as a senator yarborough got congress to pass and john f kennedy to sign a bill making padre island a national seashore ralph yarborough rode in the dallas texas motorcade where john f kennedy was assassinated in nineteen hundred sixty three yarborough was in the same convertible as vice president lyndon b johnson ladybird johnson and secret service agent rufus youngblood only two cars away from the presidential limousine in nineteen hundred sixty four yarborough again won the primary without a runoff and went on to general election victory
wq-dev_1171,who did darth vaders voice,Scar_(The_Lion_King)_64,a film that features the voices of several well known a list actors namely irons as scar matthew broderick as simba james earl jones as mufasa and whoopi goldberg as shenzi the lion king has since gone on to be acclaimed as one of the most impressive arrays of voice talents ever utilized in an animated film critics have repeatedly singled out irons performance praising it extensively cindy white of ign called irons performance deliciously smarmy while
wq-dev_316,what did shakespeare become famous for,William_Shakespeare_0,william shakespeare william shakespeare baptised twenty six april fifteen sixty four minus twenty three april sixteen hundred sixteen a was an english poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer in the english language and the world s pre eminent dramatist he is often called england s national poet and the bard of avon or simply the bard his surviving works consist of thirty eight plays b one hundred fifty four sonnets two long narrative poems
wq-dev_172,what do you call members of the senate,United_States_Senate_6,without the consent of the state concerned the district of columbia and territories are not entitled to any representation as there are presently fifty states the senate has one hundred members the senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the senior senator and their counterpart is the junior senator this convention however does not have any official significance senators serve for terms of six years each the terms are staggered so that approximately one third of the senate seats are up for election every two years the staggering of the terms is arranged such that both
wq-dev_1403,who was canadian prime minister in nineteen ninety three ,Elizabeth_II_66,and after thatcher s replacement as prime minister by john major the queen gave two honours in her personal gift to thatcher appointment to the order of merit and the order of the garter former canadian prime minister brian mulroney said elizabeth was a behind the scenes force in ending apartheid in south africa in nineteen hundred eighty seven in canada elizabeth publicly pronounced her support for that country s politically divisive meech lake accord prompting criticism from opponents of the constitutional amendments including pierre trudeau the
wq-dev_1444,what are the beliefs of the roman catholic,Catholic_Church_0,catholic church the catholic church also known as the roman catholic church is the world s largest christian church with one point two billion members the catholic hierarchy includes cardinals and bishops and is led by the bishop of rome known as the pope the church teaches that it is the one true church divinely founded by jesus christ it also teaches that its bishops are the successors of christ s apostles and that the bishop of rome as the
wq-dev_939,what type of art did pablo picasso paint,Imagism_3,directness of presentation and economy of language as well as a willingness to experiment with non traditional verse forms the focus on the thing as thing an attempt at isolating a single image to reveal its essence also mirrors contemporary developments in avant garde art especially cubism although imagism isolates objects through the use of what ezra pound called luminous details pound s ideogrammic method of juxtaposing concrete instances to express an abstraction is similar to cubism s manner of synthesizing multiple perspectives into a single image citation needed table of contents section one
wq-dev_512,who were mary shelley,Mary_Wollstonecraft_2,after two unsuccessful affairs with henry fuseli and gilbert imlay wollstonecraft married the philosopher william godwin one of the forefathers of the anarchist movement she was also the mother of mary shelley the author of frankenstein wollstonecraft died at the age of thirty eight due to complications from childbirth leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts today wollstonecraft is considered a foundational thinker in feminist philosophy her early advocacy of women s equality and her attacks on conventional femininity and the degradation of women presaged the later emergence of the feminist movement feminist scholars and activists have cited both her philosophical
wq-dev_1910,where was shakespeare born at,William_Shakespeare_6,section one life section one point one early life william shakespeare was the son of john shakespeare a successful glover and alderman originally from snitterfield and mary arden the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer he was born in stratford upon avon and baptised on twenty six april fifteen sixty four his unknown birthday is traditionally observed on twenty three april saint george s day this date which can be traced back to an eighteenth century scholar s mistake has
wq-dev_52,what did george orwell died of,Henry_Purcell_17,pieces he died at his house in dean s yard westminster in sixteen hundred ninety five at the height of his powers he was only in his mid thirties his wife and three of his six children survived him his widow died in seventeen hundred six having published a number of his works including the now famous collection called orpheus britannicus in two volumes printed in sixteen hundred ninety eight and seventeen hundred two respectively the cause of purcell s death is unclear one theory is that he caught a chill after returning late from the theatre one night to find that his wife had locked him out another is that he succumbed to chocolate poisoning perhaps the most likely is that he died of tuberculosis the beginning
wq-dev_851,what is the capital of modern day egypt,Barack_Obama_79,al arabiya on march nineteen obama continued his outreach to the muslim world releasing a new year s video message to the people and government of iran this attempt at outreach was rebuffed by the iranian leadership in april obama gave a speech in ankara turkey which was well received by many arab governments on june four two thousand nine obama delivered a speech at cairo university in egypt calling for a new beginning in relations between the islamic world and the united states and promoting middle east peace on june twenty six two thousand nine in response to the iranian government s actions towards protesters following iran s two thousand nine presidential election obama said the
wq-dev_1584,what disease did bernie mac die of,Alzheimer%27s_disease_16,although aggressiveness can still be present extreme apathy and exhaustion are much more common results patients will ultimately not be able to perform even the most simple tasks without assistance muscle mass and mobility will deteriorate to the point where they are bedridden and they will also lose the ability to feed themselves death occurs from some external factor such as pressure ulcers or pneumonia and not from the disease itself section two pathophysiology section two point one
wq-dev_1345,when were south australian women given the right to vote,Robert_Garran_12,and states such as new south wales who were in favour of free trade in garran s view a clause proposed at the convention which allowed for tariffs against international trade while ensuring free trade domestically the predecessor to the final section ninety two of the australian constitution expressed the terms on which new south wales was prepared to face the lion garran became involved with the work of edmund barton who would later be the first prime minister of australia but at the time was the de facto
wq-dev_1127,which country in north america is divided into provinces,Canada_54,and manitoba central canada consists of quebec and ontario atlantic canada consists of the three maritime provinces new brunswick prince edward island and nova scotia along with newfoundland and labrador eastern canada refers to central canada and atlantic canada together three territories yukon northwest territories and nunavut make up northern canada provinces have a large degree of autonomy from the federal government territories somewhat less each has its own provincial or territorial
trec-242,what was the name of the famous battle in eighteen thirty six between texas and mexico,Davy_Crockett_7,battle of the alamo february twenty three minus march six eighteen hundred thirty six and was assigned to defend the south palisade in front of the chapel the texas forces of one hundred eighty to two hundred fifty were overwhelmed by the one thousand three hundred sixteen hundred mexican soldiers tradition has it that crockett went down fighting inside the alamo controversial evidence has come to light since nineteen hundred fifty five jose enrique de la pena diary indicating that there may have been a half dozen or so survivors with crockett perhaps among them taken prisoners by mexican general manuel fernandez castrillon after the battle and
trec-2271,what class of drug is xanax,Major_depressive_disorder_63,like alcohol the benzodiazepines are central nervous system depressants this class of medication is commonly used to treat insomnia anxiety and muscular spasms similar to alcohol benzodiazepines increase the risk of developing major depression this increased risk of depression may be due in part to the adverse or toxic effects of sedative hypnotic drugs including alcohol on neurochemistry such as decreased levels of serotonin and norepinephrine or activation of immune mediated inflammatory pathways in the brain
trec-722,what film or films has jude law appeared in,Uma_Thurman_1,moving to acting in nineteen hundred eighty eight thurman performs predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low budget and major studio films ranging from romantic comedies and drama to science fiction and action thrillers she is best known for her films released in the nineteen hundred nineties and two thousands specifically those with director quentin tarantino her most popular films include dangerous liaisons nineteen hundred eighty eight pulp fiction nineteen hundred ninety four gattaca nineteen hundred ninety seven and kill bill two thousand three to four table of contents section one early life and education thurman was
trec-2101,what country was catherine the great from,John_Fraser_(botanist)_6,for catherine czar of russia in seventeen hundred ninety five paul i of russia in seventeen hundred ninety eight and for the dowager empress maria feodorovna in eighteen hundred six he issued nursery catalogues c seventeen hundred ninety and seventeen hundred ninety six and had an important herbarium that was eventually sold to the linnean society table of contents section one family and early life section one point one family fraser was born during the age of enlightenment at tomnacross the aird inverness shire on fourteen
trec-1525,what university did thomas jefferson found,Edgar_Allan_Poe_12,sarah elmira royster before he registered at the one year old university of virginia in february eighteen hundred twenty six to study languages the university in its infancy was established on the ideals of its founder thomas jefferson it had strict rules against gambling horses guns tobacco and alcohol but these rules were generally ignored jefferson had enacted a system of student self government allowing students to choose their own studies make their own arrangements for boarding and report all wrongdoing to the faculty the unique system was still in chaos and there was a high drop out rate during his
trec-2323,what american feminist appeared on a silver dollar,Bicycle_45,the new woman of the late nineteenth century especially in britain and the united states the bicycle was recognised by nineteenth century feminists and suffragists as a freedom machine for women american susan b anthony said in a new york world interview on february two eighteen hundred ninety six let me tell you what i think of bicycling i think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world it gives women a feeling of freedom and self reliance i stand and rejoice every time i see a woman ride by on a wheel the picture of free
trec-451,where is mccarren airport,Burns_Municipal_Airport_0,burns municipal airport burns municipal airport iata bno icao kbno faa lid bno is a city owned public use airport located five nautical miles six mi nine k m east of the central business district of burns a city in harney county oregon united states it is included in the national plan of integrated airport systems for two thousand eleven to two thousand fifteen which categorized it as a general aviation
trec-1489,what continent is india on,British_Empire_71,asia the company s army had first joined forces with the royal navy during the seven years war and the two continued to cooperate in arenas outside india the eviction of napoleon from egypt seventeen hundred ninety nine the capture of java from the netherlands eighteen hundred eleven the acquisition of singapore eighteen hundred nineteen and malacca eighteen hundred twenty four and the defeat of burma eighteen hundred twenty six from its base in india the company had also been engaged in an increasingly profitable opium export trade to china since the seventeen hundred thirties
trec-lfb000063,who is the president of the united states,Barack_Obama_0,barack obama barack hussein obama ii listeni forward slash brk husen obm forward slash born august four nineteen hundred sixty one is the forty fourth and current president of the united states he is the first african american to hold the office obama previously served as a united states senator from illinois from january two thousand five until
trec-1691,where was the movie somewhere in time filmed,M-185_(Michigan_highway)_28,equivalent to two dollars sixty two cents million in twenty fifteen tourists were detoured inland and uphill to access the island s various tourist attractions in nineteen hundred seventy nine while filming somewhere in time a car was brought on the island for christopher reeve s character to drive the next time that a vehicle was permitted on the island was on july six nineteen hundred ninety eight to commemorate the original ordinance that prohibited cars from mackinac island a nineteen hundred one geneva steam powered car toured the island and was exhibited in marquette park
trec-2013,how many stripes are on the american flag,Flag_of_Canada_8,and environment of what is now canada since the seventeen hundred zeros the number of points on the leaf has no significance on the flag they do not for instance represent the ten provinces plus one point for the territories such as the australian commonwealth star denotes some of the first canadian flags had thirteen to fifteen maple leaf points earlier official designs of the maple leaf on the red ensign and elsewhere had more than thirty points and a short stem when shown alone similar to the popularized canadian heritage leaf the points of the maple leaf were determined by taking various designs and putting them in a wind tunnel to see
trec-1590,what do grasshoppers eat,Mourning_dove_29,and the seeds of pokeberry amaranth canary grass corn sesame and wheat when their favorite foods are absent mourning doves will eat the seeds of other plants including buckwheat rye goosegrass and smartweed mourning doves can be afflicted with several different parasites and diseases including tapeworms nematodes mites and lice the mouth dwelling parasite trichomonas gallinae is particularly severe while a mourning dove will sometimes host it without symptoms it will often cause yellowish growth in
trec-1190,what color is indigo,Chrysoberyl_14,in the green spectrum and the red spectrum alexandrite appears greenish in daylight where a full spectrum of visible light is present and reddish in incandescent light which emits less green and blue spectrum this color change is independent of any change of hue with viewing direction through the crystal that would arise from pleochroism alexandrite from the ural mountains in russia can be green by daylight and red by incandescent light other varieties of alexandrite may be yellowish or pink in daylight and a columbine or raspberry red by incandescent light stones that show a dramatic color change and strong colors e g red to green are rare and sought after according to a popular but controversial story alexandrite was discovered by the finnish mineralogist nils gustaf nordenskiold seventeen
trec-2356,what instrument did louis armstrong play,Dizzy_Gillespie_3,both by the example of his playing and as a mentor to younger musicians he also used a trumpet whose bell was bent at a forty five degree angle rather than a traditional straight trumpet this was originally the result of accidental damage but the constriction caused by the bending altered the tone of the instrument and gillespie liked the effect table of contents section one biography section one point one early life and career john birks dizzy gillespie was the youngest of
trec-lfb000001,who is assassinated usa president,Black_Seminoles_22,by eighteen hundred thirty eight u s general thomas sydney jesup succeeded in separating the interests of the black and seminole warriors by offering security and promises of freedom to the blacks his act was the only emancipation of rebellious african americans prior to the emancipation of the southern slaves by president abraham lincoln in eighteen hundred sixty three
trec-143,where does most of the marijuana entering the united states come from,Silver_12,silver is found in native form combined with sulfur arsenic antimony or chlorine and in various ores such as argentite ag two s and horn silver agcl the principal sources of silver are copper copper nickel gold lead and lead zinc ores obtained from canada mexico peru australia and the united states this metal is also produced during the electrolytic refining of copper commercial grade fine silver is at least ninety nine nine per cent pure silver and purities greater than ninety nine point nine nine nine per cent are available mexico is the largest silver producer according to the secretary of economics of mexico
trec-lfb000002,what nationality is grrmartin,But_I%27m_a_Cheerleader_33,effort to cast people of color for minor roles in an effort to combat what she describes as racism at every level of making movies from the beginning she intended the characters of mike played by rupaul dolph dante basco and andre douglas spain to be african american asian and hispanic respectively she initially considered arsenio hall for
trec-1520,what is the capital of kentucky,Confederate_government_of_Kentucky_0,confederate government of kentucky the confederate government of kentucky was a shadow government established for the commonwealth of kentucky by a self constituted group of southern sympathizers during the american civil war the shadow government never replaced the elected government in frankfort which had strong union sympathies neither did it
trec-1740,what is the stanley cup made of,Oriel_College%2c_Oxford_69,and cover in silver gilt past estimates on its dating from one thousand four hundred sixty to seventy are thought mistaken and circa thirteen fifty with later decoration was later expounded it was bought in fourteen ninety three for four pound sterling eighteens one d under the mistaken belief that it had belonged to edward ii in a college inventory of plate dated december twenty one fifteen ninety six it is named as the founder s cup the second notable piece of plate is a mazer of maplewood with silver gilt mounts dating from one thousand four hundred seventy to eighty five on the edge of the rim is a
trec-1810,where are the british crown jewels kept,Queen_Victoria_91,on twenty three september eighteen hundred ninety six victoria surpassed her grandfather george iii as the longest reigning monarch in english scottish and british history the queen requested that any special celebrations be delayed until eighteen hundred ninety seven to coincide with her diamond jubilee which was made a festival of the british empire at the suggestion of colonial secretary joseph chamberlain the prime ministers of all the self governing dominions were invited and the queen s diamond jubilee procession through london included troops from all over the empire the parade paused
trec-424,what do you call a group of geese,Northern_pintail_2,names the male has a very distinctive brown grey and white appearance whereas the female has mainly light brown plumage and a shorter tail the male s call is a mellow whistle whereas the female quacks like a mallard the northern pintail is a bird of open wetlands which nests on the ground often some distance from water it feeds by dabbling for plant food and adds small invertebrates to its diet during the nesting season it is highly gregarious when not breeding forming large mixed flocks with other species of duck
trec-2268,what instrument does the concertmaster of an orchestra usually play,Charles_Ives_24,central park in the dark for chamber orchestra eighteen hundred ninety eight to nineteen hundred seven the unanswered question for chamber group nineteen hundred eight violin sonata no one nineteen hundred three to eight piano sonata no one nineteen hundred two to nine violin sonata no two nineteen hundred two to ten robert browning overture nineteen hundred eleven a symphony new england holidays nineteen hundred four to thirteen string
trec-2359,what countrys soldiers hid in the trojan horse,Greek_mythology_82,the wooden image of pallas athena the palladium finally with athena s help they built the trojan horse despite the warnings of priam s daughter cassandra the trojans were persuaded by sinon a greek who feigned desertion to take the horse inside the walls of troy as an offering to athena the priest laocoon who tried to have the horse destroyed was killed by sea serpents at night the greek fleet returned and the greeks from the horse opened the gates of troy in the total sack that followed priam and his remaining sons were slaughtered the trojan women passed into slavery in various
trec-797,what was poes birthplace,Edgar_Allan_Poe_1,and is considered part of the american romantic movement best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre poe was one of the earliest american practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre he is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction he was the first well known american writer to try to earn a living through writing alone resulting in a financially difficult life and career he was born as edgar poe in boston massachusetts poe s parents died when he was young
trec-1701,where was president lincoln buried,Ronald_Reagan_212,awarded reagan its naval heritage award for his support of the u s navy and military in both his film career and while he served as president congress authorized the creation of the ronald reagan boyhood home national historic site in dixon illinois in two thousand two pending federal purchase of the property on may sixteen of that year nancy reagan accepted the congressional gold medal the highest civilian honor bestowed by congress on behalf of the president and herself following reagan s death the united
trec-2294,what continent is india on,British_Empire_71,asia the company s army had first joined forces with the royal navy during the seven years war and the two continued to cooperate in arenas outside india the eviction of napoleon from egypt seventeen hundred ninety nine the capture of java from the netherlands eighteen hundred eleven the acquisition of singapore eighteen hundred nineteen and malacca eighteen hundred twenty four and the defeat of burma eighteen hundred twenty six from its base in india the company had also been engaged in an increasingly profitable opium export trade to china since the seventeen hundred thirties
trec-2358,who was responsible for the killing of duncan in macbeth,William_Shakespeare_35,him in king lear the old king commits the tragic error of giving up his powers triggering scenes which lead to the murder of his daughter and the torture and blinding of the duke of gloucester according to the critic frank kermode the play offers neither its good characters nor its audience any relief from its cruelty in macbeth the shortest and most compressed of shakespeare s tragedies uncontrollable ambition incites macbeth and his wife lady macbeth to murder the rightful king and usurp the throne until their own guilt destroys them in turn in this play shakespeare adds a supernatural element to the tragic structure his last major
trec-555,what was the name of the titanics captain,RMS_Titanic_16,director j bruce ismay and the ship s builder thomas andrews who was on board to observe any problems and assess the general performance of the new ship section two point one disaster on the night of sunday april fourteen the temperature had dropped to near freezing and the ocean was completely calm there was no moon out and the sky was clear captain smith in response to iceberg warnings received via wireless over the last few days had altered titanic s course around ten miles twenty k m south of the normal shipping route that sunday at one forty five pm a message from the steamer amerika warned that large icebergs lay in titanic s path
trec-1519,where was hans christian anderson born,Victoria%2c_Crown_Princess_of_Sweden_39,seven december two thousand three ian persson son of leonie persson princess ingrid alexandra of norway born twenty one january two thousand four prince christian of denmark born fifteen october two thousand five diana agnes astrid engsall daughter of andrea engsall isabella chloe nilsson daughter of caroline kreuger and jesper nilsson princess eleonore of belgium born sixteen april two thousand eight princess leonore duchess of gotland born twenty february twenty fourteen princess katharina of saxe coburg and gotha
trec-lfb000014,where is taipei city,Peking_opera_6,reflected its start in the capital city jing and the form of the performance xi from nineteen hundred twenty seven to nineteen hundred forty nine beijing was known as beiping and beijing opera was known as pingju to reflect this change finally with the establishment of the people s republic of china the name of beijing theatre in mainland china became jingju in taiwan this type of opera is known as guoju national theatre style reflecting disputes over the true seat of the chinese government section two history section two point one origins it is regarded that beijing opera was born when the
trec-1747,where is the national hurricane center located,2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season_23,in the post storm analysis on july five hurricane dennis formed in the eastern caribbean it crossed grenada before intensifying into a category four hurricane the strongest ever recorded in july with a pressure of nine hundred thirty mbar hpa dennis struck cuba at full force then made a final landfall on the florida panhandle
trec-2107,what is the currency of denmark,Gold_standard_24,monetary union denmark norway and sweden at two thousand four hundred eighty krone to one k g gold eighteen hundred seventy five netherlands at one guilder to zero point six zero four eight g gold eighteen hundred seventy six france internally eighteen hundred seventy six spain at thirty one pesetas to nine g gold eighteen hundred seventy eight finland at thirty one marks to nine g gold eighteen hundred seventy nine austria see austrian florin and
trec-303,who is the prophet of the religion of islam,The_Twelve_Imams_1,according to the theology of twelvers the successor of muhammad is an infallible human individual who not only rules over the community with justice but also is able to keep and interpret the divine law and its esoteric meaning the prophet and imams words and deeds are a guide and model for the community to follow as a result they must be free from error and sin and must be chosen by divine decree or nass through the prophet it is believed in twelver and ismaili shia islam that aql a divine wisdom was the source of the souls of the prophets and imams and gave them esoteric knowledge called hikmah
trec-151,where did dylan thomas die,Bob_Dylan_11,what i was going to do as soon as i left home was just call myself robert allen it sounded like a scottish king and i liked it however in reading down beat magazine he discovered there was a saxophonist named david allyn dylan adds i d seen some poems by dylan thomas dylan and allyn sounded similar robert dylan robert allyn the letter d came on stronger section one point two relocation to new york and record deal dylan dropped out of college at the end of his freshman year in january nineteen hundred sixty one he moved to new york city hoping to perform there and visit his musical idol woody guthrie who was seriously ill with huntington s disease in
trec-621,name an art gallery in new york,Museum_of_Bad_Art_58,science researchers tested the consistency of responses between people asked to make gut judgments versus those who gave conscious well reasoned responses regarding the quality of various pieces of art the researchers showed respondents images from moba and new york s museum of modern art moma and asked them to rate each painting on a scale with two ends representing very attractive and very unattractive the study found that those who reasoned in conscious thought were neither more accurate nor as consistent in their ratings
trec-lfb000064,who invented the telephone,Interactive_voice_response_6,tone dialing methodology bell unveiled the first telephone that could dial area codes using d t m f technology at the seattle world fair in nineteen hundred sixty two d t m f telephones enabled the use of inband signaling i e they transmit digital codes in the same three hundred h z to three k h z range occupied by the human voice despite the fact that more companies began using the system in the nineteen hundred seventies to automate tasks in call centers the technology was still costly and complicated which made for
trec-1731,how often does the united states government conduct an official population census,United_States_House_of_Representatives_16,apportioned among the states on the basis of population as determined by the census conducted every ten years each state however is entitled to at least one representative the only constitutional rule relating to the size of the houses says the number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand see article i section two as population of the united states increased congress regularly increased the size of the house after the census to account for growth but the limit became obsolete when congress fixed the size of the house at four hundred thirty five seats in nineteen hundred eleven see public law sixty two to five the figure was
trec-1404,how many chromosomes does a human zygote have,DNA_33,which base appears on the new strand and the cell ends up with a perfect copy of its dna section four genes and genomes dna is located in the cell nucleus of eukaryotes as well as small amounts in mitochondria and chloroplasts in prokaryotes the dna is held within an irregularly shaped body in the cytoplasm called the nucleoid the dna is usually in linear chromosomes in eukaryotes and circular chromosomes in prokaryotes in the human genome there is approximately three billion base pairs of dna arranged into forty six chromosomes the genetic information in a genome is held within genes a gene is a unit of heredity and is a region of dna that influences a
trec-1629,where is mae west buried,Dizzy_Gillespie_21,arts he died of pancreatic cancer in nineteen hundred ninety three aged seventy five and was buried in the flushing cemetery queens new york mike longo delivered a eulogy at his funeral he was also with gillespie on the night he died at the time of his death dizzy was survived by his widow lorraine willis gillespie a daughter jazz singer jeanie bryson and a grandson radji birks bryson barrett gillespie had two funerals one was a baha i funeral at his request at
trec-2141,how many justices does the united states supreme court have,Canada_42,violate the constitution the supreme court of canada is the highest court and final arbiter and is led by the right honourable madam chief justice beverley mclachlin p c its nine members are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister all judges at the superior and appellate levels are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and minister of justice after consultation with non governmental legal bodies the federal cabinet appoints justices to superior courts at the provincial and territorial levels judicial posts at the lower provincial and territorial levels are filled by their
trec-2007,how many years are there in a french presidents term,Montreal_20,for the public study of pending matters and for making the appropriate recommendations to the council they also review the annual budget forecasts for departments under their jurisdiction a public notice of meeting is published in both french and english daily newspapers at least seven days before each meeting all meetings include a public question period the current standing committees have a two year term there are seven standing committees in addition the city council may decide to create special committees at any time each standing committee is made up of seven to nine members including a chairman and a vice chairman the members are all elected municipal officers with the exception of a representative of the government of quebec on the public security committee see also parliamentary representation in montreal two thousand four section three
trec-1680,what country was ruled by king arthur,Prince_William%2c_Duke_of_Gloucester_4,the act of settlement seventeen hundred one which settled the throne of england on electress sophia of hanover a cousin of king james and her protestant heirs table of contents section one birth and health in late sixteen hundred eighty eight in what became known as the glorious revolution the roman catholic king james of england scotland and ireland was deposed by his protestant nephew and son in law dutch stadtholder william henry of orange william and his wife james s elder daughter mary were recognised by the english and scottish parliaments as king
trec-1366,what currency does luxembourg use,Gold_standard_46,and to establish a non debt backed currency in accord with islamic law against the charging of interest one however to date mahathir s proposed gold dinar currency has failed to become an accomplished fact two three section six gold as a reserve today during the nineteen hundred nineties russia liquidated much of the former ussr s gold reserves while several other nations accumulated gold in preparation for the economic and monetary union the swiss franc left a full gold convertible backing however gold reserves are held
trec-2115,in what canadian province are most people of french descent,Canada_98,defined by first official language spoken constitute seventy three per cent and twenty three point six per cent of the population respectively although eighty five per cent of french speaking canadians live in quebec there are substantial francophone populations in ontario alberta and southern manitoba with an acadian population in the northern and southeastern parts of new brunswick constituting thirty five per cent of that province s population as well as concentrations in southwestern nova scotia and on cape breton island ontario has the largest french speaking population outside quebec
trec-2123,when was john lennon born,John_Fraser_(botanist)_7,point one family fraser was born during the age of enlightenment at tomnacross the aird inverness shire on fourteen october seventeen hundred fifty his father was donald fraser a k a donald down a patronymic descriptive of hair color traditional amongst the scots highlanders his mother was mary mclean and his siblings included a brother james b sixteen march seventeen hundred fifty three and sister
trec-748,why is jane goodall famous,Bart_the_Genius_17,blocks a reference to albert einstein s mass energy equivalence equation a picture of einstein also appears on the wall of doctor pryor s office at one point homer erroneously refers to einstein as the inventor of the light bulb doctor pryor compares bart s proposed work among ordinary children to jane goodall s study of chimpanzees goodall was pleased to be mentioned in the episode sending the program a letter and vitti an autographed copy of her book the conductor of the opera the family attends
trec-1224,what is mold,Cheese_18,processing to change its nature entirely and do not consider it to ever violate kosher law see cheese and kashrut as cheese is a dairy food under kosher rules it cannot be eaten in the same meal with any meat many vegetarians avoid any cheese made from animal based rennet most widely available vegetarian cheeses are made using rennet produced by fermentation of the fungus mucor miehei vegans and other dairy avoiding vegetarians do not eat real cheese at all but some vegetable based substitute cheeses usually soy based are available even in cultures with long cheese traditions it is not unusual to find people who perceive cheese especially pungent smelling or mold bearing varieties such as limburger or
trec-773,what city is logan airport in,American_Airlines_Flight_11_9,but he boarded without incident the flight from portland departed on time and arrived in boston at six forty five a m three other hijackers waleed al shehri wail al shehri and satam al suqami arrived at logan airport at six forty five a m having left their rental car in the airport parking facility at six fifty two a m marwan al shehhi the hijacker pilot of united airlines flight one hundred seventy five made a call from a pay phone in logan airport to atta s cell phone since they were not given boarding passes for flight eleven in portland atta and omari checked in and went through security in boston in
trec-lfb000013,what color does a snow owl have,American_goldfinch_12,molt when the bright color of the male s summer plumage is needed to attract a mate once the spring molt is complete the body of the male is a brilliant lemon yellow a color produced by carotenoid pigments from plant materials in its diet with a striking jet black cap and white rump that is visible during flight the female is mostly brown lighter on the underside with a yellow bib after the autumn molt the bright summer feathers are replaced by duller plumage becoming buff below and olive brown above with a pale yellow face and bib the autumn plumage is almost
trec-806,what part of your body contains the corpus callosum,Thought_13,that then send signals to the spinal cord and brain motor neurons receive signals from the brain and spinal cord and cause muscle contractions and affect glands interneurons connect neurons to other neurons within the brain and spinal cord neurons respond to stimuli and communicate the presence of stimuli to the central nervous system which processes that information and sends responses to other parts of the body for action neurons do not go through mitosis
trec-1823,what number did michael jordan wear,Michael_Jordan_45,the nba through a two word press release i m back the next day jordan donned jersey number forty five his number with the barons as his familiar twenty three had been retired in his honor following his first retirement he took to the court with the bulls to face the indiana pacers in indianapolis scoring nineteen points the game had the highest nielsen rating of a regular season nba game since nineteen hundred seventy five although he hadnt played an nba game in a year and a half jordan played well upon his return making a game winning jump shot against atlanta in his fourth game back he
trec-1085,what is the distance in miles from the earth to the sun,Transit_of_Venus_18,before sunset horrocks observations allowed him to make a well informed guess as to the size of venus as well as to make an estimate of the distance between the earth and the sun he estimated that distance to be fifty nine point four million miles ninety five point six g m zero point six three nine au about two thirds of the actual distance of ninety three million miles one hundred forty nine point six million k m but a more accurate figure than any suggested up to that time the observations were not published until sixteen hundred sixty one well after horrocks death section three point two seventeen hundred sixty one and seventeen hundred sixty nine in sixteen hundred sixty three scottish mathematician james gregory
trec-lfb000037,what is name of us president,Barack_Obama_0,barack obama barack hussein obama ii listeni forward slash brk husen obm forward slash born august four nineteen hundred sixty one is the forty fourth and current president of the united states he is the first african american to hold the office obama previously served as a united states senator from illinois from january two thousand five until
trec-lfb000036,which organ directly works to protect the human body from disease,Introduction_to_viruses_54,against many viruses regardless of the type this innate immunity is not improved by repeated exposure to viruses and does not retain a memory of the infection the skin of animals particularly its surface which is made from dead cells prevents many types of viruses from infecting the host the acidity of the contents of the stomach kills many viruses that have been swallowed when a virus overcomes these barriers and enters the host other innate defences prevent the spread of infection in the body a special hormone called
trec-1283,what is a panic disorder,Mental_disorder_0,mental disorder a mental illness is a disorder of the brain that results in a disruption in a person s thinking feeling moods and ability to relate to others mental illness is distinct from the legal concepts of sanity and insanity mental health mental hygiene behavioral health and mental wellness are all terms used to describe the state or absence of mental illness most psychologists attribute mental illness to organic forward slash neurochemical causes that can be treated with psychiatric medication psychotherapy
trec-1962,what country is know as the land of the rising sun,Bidet_8,particularly in japan india and south korea almost all houses in the arab world including lebanon syria jordan kuwait saudi arabia qatar and united arab emirates are equipped with bidets although france is the country where the word bidet originated not every house is equipped with one especially the smaller or cheaper flats as well as recent constructions also almost all the houses in argentina paraguay and uruguay are equipped with bidets although they do
trec-lfb000020,which company is tim cook the ceo of,4chan_42,questioning david kernell the son of democratic tennessee state representative mike kernell the stock price of apple inc fell significantly in october two thousand eight after a hoax story was submitted to cnn s user generated news site ireport dot com claiming that company ceo steve jobs had suffered a major heart attack the source of the story was traced back to four chan in may two thousand nine members of the site attacked youtube posting pornographic videos on the site a four chan member acknowledged being part of the attack
trec-1415,where does the vice president live when in office,United_States_Senate_19,the president pro tempore committee chairmen and some other officials are generally from the majority party they have counterparts for instance the ranking members of committees in the minority party the constitution provides that the vice president of the united states serves as the president of the senate and holds a vote which can only be cast to break a tie by convention the vice president presides over very few senate debates attending only on important ceremonial occasions such as the swearing in of new senators or at times when his vote may be needed to break a tie the constitution also authorizes the senate to elect a president pro tempore latin for
trec-700,what is another name for nearsightedness,Glasses_21,corrective lenses modify the focal length of the eye to alleviate the effects of nearsightedness myopia farsightedness hyperopia or astigmatism as people age the eye s crystalline lens loses elasticity resulting in presbyopia which limits their ability to change focus the power of a lens is generally measured in diopters over the counter reading glasses are typically rated at plus one zero to plus four zero diopters
trec-2211,how large of a litter does a rat have at one time,Bobcat_24,kittens had the smallest range at about three s q mi seven kmsquare research has shown that dispersal from the natal range is most pronounced with males reports on seasonal variation in range size have been equivocal one study found a large variation in male range sizes from sixteen s q mi forty one kmsquare in summer up to forty s q mi one hundred kmsquare in winter another found that female bobcats especially those which were
trec-1080,what french ruler was defeated at the battle of waterloo,British_Empire_63,were therefore ones in which britain invested large amounts of capital and resources to win french ports were blockaded by the royal navy which won a decisive victory over a franco spanish fleet at trafalgar in eighteen hundred five overseas colonies were attacked and occupied including those of the netherlands which was annexed by napoleon in eighteen hundred ten france was finally defeated by a coalition of european armies in eighteen hundred fifteen britain was again the beneficiary of peace treaties
trec-711,what are the names of the tourist attractions in reims,Tallinn_24,mare west of the city preserves aspects of estonian rural culture and architecture section eight point one toompea this area was once the home of the nobility and bishops of estonia occupying an easily defensible site overlooking the surrounding districts the major attractions are the walls and various bastions the russian orthodox alexander nevsky cathedral built during the period of russification by the tsarist russian government and the lutheran cathedral toomkirik section eight point two lower town this area is one of the best preserved old towns in europe and the authorities are continuing its rehabilitation after years of neglect the must see sights include raekoja plats town hall square the town walls and towers notably fat margaret and kiek in de kok and saint olaf church tower one hundred twenty four metres
trec-320,where is romania located,Iron_Curtain_2,as the leading country physically the iron curtain took the form of border defenses between the countries of europe in the middle of the continent the most notable border was marked by the berlin wall and its checkpoint charlie which served as a symbol of the curtain as a whole the events that demolished the iron curtain started in discontent in poland and continued in hungary german democratic republic east germany bulgaria czechoslovakia and romania romania was the only country in europe to violently overthrow its communist regime table of
trec-2196,what ocean are the gilbert islands in,The_Coral_Island_0,the coral island the coral island a tale of the pacific ocean eighteen
trec-225,who is the greek god of the sea,Greek_mythology_19,provide important details of myth some of it sourced from lost greek works these preservers of myth include hesychius lexicon the suda and the treatises of john tzetzes and eustathius the christian moralizing view of greek myth is encapsulated in the saying forward slash en panti muthi kai to daidalou musos in every myth there is also the defilement of daidalos on which subject the encyclopedic sudas reported of the role of daedalus in satisfying the unnatural lust of pasiphae for the bull of poseidon since the origin and blame for these evils were attributed to daidalos and he was loathed for them he
trec-1993,how many official languages does switzerland have,Namibia_32,missionary work during the eighteen hundred zeros drew many namibians to christianity while most namibian christians are lutheran there also are roman catholic methodist anglican african methodist episcopal and dutch reformed christians represented there are some jews aswell muslims in the country constitute approximately three per cent of the population section four point three language the official language is english until nineteen hundred ninety german and afrikaans were also official languages when namibia became independent of south africa the new namibian government wanted to avoid accusations of preferential treatment for either the
trec-2228,what country was the battle of verdun fought in,Battle_of_the_Somme_5,and had to comply with french policy in january nineteen hundred sixteen the french commander general joseph joffre had agreed to the bef making their main effort in flanders but after further discussions in february the decision was reached to mount a combined offensive where the french and british armies met astride the somme river in picardy plans for the joint offensive on the somme had barely begun to take shape when the germans launched the battle of verdun on twenty one february nineteen hundred sixteen as the french committed themselves to defending verdun their capacity to carry out their role on the somme disappeared and the burden shifted more to the british france would end up contributing
trec-lfb000071,what is the capital of holland,Tallinn_29,and sas operate between tallinn and european cities such as amsterdam berlin brussels copenhagen helsinki london kiev milan moscow stockholm and warsaw in addition there is an hourly helicopter service to helsinki operated by copterline advertised as the fastest capital to capital link in the world copterline leaves from linnahall an events hall on the outskirts of the old town section nine point three rail and road the edelaraudtee railway company operates train services from tallinn to tartu valga turi viljandi tapa
trec-2103,what confederate general was responsible for the defeat at gettysburg,George_Washington%27s_crossing_of_the_Delaware_River_8,first arrived at mckonkey s ferry he had four to six thousand men although one thousand seven hundred soldiers were unfit for duty and needed hospital care in the retreat across new jersey washington had lost precious supplies as well as losing contact with two important divisions of his army general horatio gates was in the hudson river valley and general charles lee was in western new jersey with two thousand men washington had ordered both generals to join him but gates was delayed by heavy snows en route and lee who did not have a high opinion of washington delayed following repeated orders preferring to remain on the british flank near morristown
trec-1128,what are the two houses of the legislative branch,United_States_Congress_0,united states congress all pages beginning with congressional the united states congress is the legislature of the united states federal government it is bicameral comprising the house of representatives and the senate the house of representatives has four hundred thirty five members each representing a congressional district and serving a two year term house seats are apportioned among the states by population each state has two senators regardless of population there are one hundred
trec-1379,what is cerebral palsy,Computer_accessibility_2,disability such as paralysis cerebral palsy or carpal tunnel syndrome impairments due to aging in free software contexts accessibility is often abbreviated to a one one y where the number eleven refers to the number of letters omitted this parallels the abbreviations of internationalization and localization as i one eight n and l one zero n respectively table of contents section one considerations for specific disabilities section one point one
trec-260,what does nafta stand for,Canada_76,hundred eighty nine canada us free trade agreement fta and nineteen hundred ninety four north american free trade agreement nafta which included mexico touched off a dramatic increase in trade and economic integration with the us since two thousand one canada has successfully avoided economic recession and has maintained the best overall economic performance in the g eight since the mid one nine hundred nineties canada s federal government has posted annual budgetary surpluses and has steadily paid down the national debt section nine demographics
trec-778,woodrow wilson was president of which university,Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences_13,and international relations at princeton university is the first non economist by profession to win the prize section five controversies and criticisms some critics argue
trec-1265,what currency do they use in brazil,Gold_standard_14,states to facilitate growing trade beginning with the conquest of the aztec and inca empires spain had access to stocks of new gold for coinage in addition to silver the wide availability of milled and cob gold coins made it possible for the west indies to make gold the only legal tender in seventeen hundred four the circulation of spanish coins would create the unit of account for the united states the dollar based on the spanish silver real and philadelphia s currency market would trade in spanish colonial coins section three point two the crisis of silver currency and bank notes
trec-2072,how did brandon lee die,Roy_Orbison_20,had been written about her by roy two years later the family home at old hickory lake in hendersonville tennessee burned to the ground while roy was touring in england and two of his three young sons anthony and roy jr died in the fire the youngest boy wesley at the time only three was saved by roy s parents these events affected him profoundly but after a few years he would continue to play to loyal audiences all across the globe tragedy would strike again when in nineteen hundred seventy three orbison s elder brother grady lee orbison died in a motor vehicle accident in henderson tennessee when on his way to visit roy for thanksgiving section one point five his death several
trec-1672,what latin american country is the leading exporter of sugar cane,British_Empire_22,sixteen hundred twenty four barbados sixteen hundred twenty seven and nevis sixteen hundred twenty eight the colonies soon adopted the system of sugar plantations successfully used by the portuguese in brazil which depended on slave labour and at first dutch ships to sell the slaves and buy the sugar to ensure that the increasingly healthy profits of this trade remained in english hands parliament decreed in sixteen hundred fifty one that only english ships would be able to ply their trade in english colonies this
trec-2023,what continent is the worlds largest dessert on,Namibia_10,ceded to namibia in nineteen hundred ninety four upon the end of apartheid in south africa section two geography at eight hundred twenty five thousand four hundred eighteen km two three hundred eighteen thousand six hundred ninety six s q mi namibia is the world s thirty fourth largest country after venezuela after mongolia namibia is the least densely populated country in the world two five inhabitants per square kilometre six five forward slash s q mi the namibian landscape consists generally of five geographical areas each with characteristic abiotic conditions and vegetation with some variation within and overlap between them the central plateau the namib desert the escarpment the bushveld and
trec-10101,who invented dynamite ,Alfred_Nobel_10,cap on three september eighteen hundred sixty four a shed used for the preparation of nitroglycerin exploded at the factory in heleneborg stockholm killing five people including nobel s younger brother emil dogged by more minor accidents but unfazed nobel went on to build further factories focusing on improving the stability of the explosives he was developing nobel invented dynamite in eighteen hundred sixty seven a substance easier and safer to handle than the more unstable nitroglycerin dynamite was patented in the us
trec-lfb000012,how to store electricity,Read-only_memory_6,programmable read only memory can be erased by exposure to ultraviolet light then rewritten via an eprom programmer repeated exposure to ultraviolet light will eventually destroy the eprom but it generally takes many exposures before the eprom becomes unusable earoms electrically alterable read only memory can be modified a bit at a time but writing is intended to be an infrequent operation most of the time the memory is used as a rom earom may be used to store critical system setup information in a non volatile way for many applications earom has been supplanted by cmos ram backed up by a lithium battery eeprom such as flash memory electrically erasable read only memory
trec-1885,what language do they officially speak in new caledonia,Canadians_44,using an aboriginal language on a daily basis english and french are recognized by the constitution of canada as official languages thus all federal government laws are enacted in both english and french with government services available in both languages two of canada s territories give official status to indigenous languages in nunavut inuktitut and inuinnaqtun are official languages alongside the national languages of english and french and inuktitut is a common vehicular language in territorial government in the northwest territories the
trec-1563,who started the protestant reformation,Martin_Luther_0,martin luther martin luther ten november fourteen eighty three minus eighteen february fifteen forty six was a german priest and professor of theology who initiated the protestant reformation he strongly disputed the claim that freedom from god s punishment of sin could be purchased with money he confronted
trec-1947,what country did catherine the great rule,Alexandra_of_Denmark_2,one eighteen hundred forty four at yellow palace an eighteenth century town house at eighteen amaliegade right next to the amalienborg palace complex in copenhagen her father was prince christian later king christian ix of denmark her mother was the former princess louise of hesse cassel although of royal blood her family lived a comparatively normal life and though they did not possess great wealth they nevertheless made spectacular marriages her sister princess dagmar for instance would become maria feodorovna wife of tsar alexander iii of russia and mother of nicholas ii as
trec-1245,what is the location of lake champlain,Canada_64,are divided by the bay of fundy which experiences the world s largest tidal variations ontario and hudson bay dominate central canada west of ontario the broad flat canadian prairies spread toward the rocky mountains which separate them from british columbia in western canada the mackenzie river flows from the great slave lake to the arctic ocean a tributary of a tributary of the mackenzie is the south nahanni river which is home to virginia falls a waterfall about twice as high as niagara falls northern canadian
trec-508,where is los vegas,Star_Trek_3,las vegas closed in september two thousand eight beginning with the original television series and continuing with the subsequent films and series the franchise has created a cult phenomenon and has spawned many pop culture references table of contents section one conception and setting as early as nineteen hundred sixty gene roddenberry had drafted a proposal for the science fiction series which would become star trek although he publicly marketed it as a western in outer space a so called wagon train to the stars minus he privately told friends that he was actually modeling it on jonathan swift s gulliver s travels intending each
trec-1557,what was the first satellite in space,NASA_2,two history section two point one space race following the soviet space program s launch of the world s first man made satellite sputnik one on october four nineteen hundred fifty seven the attention of the united states turned toward its own fledgling space efforts the u s congress alarmed by the perceived threat to american security and technological leadership urged immediate and swift action president dwight d eisenhower and his advisers counseled more deliberate measures several months of debate produced agreement that a new federal
trec-892,what makes black hills south dakota a tourist attraction,Triceratops_42,are not identified is also the official state fossil of south dakota and the official state dinosaur of wyoming section six references section seven links triceratops in the dino directory triceratops short summary and good color illustration
trec-1093,what is pastrami made of,Bakkwa_3,was made using leftover meats from festivals and banquets they were preserved with sugar and salt and then kept for later consumption and was the preferred method at a time when refrigeration was not available the meat from these celebrations is trimmed of the fat sliced marinated and then smoked after smoking the meat is cut into small pieces and stored for later it was said that the distinguishing feature behind the preperation was in the marination and the recipe is often closely guarded contemporarily however the meat is
trec-lfb000034,how many legs does an ant have,Antarctic_krill_10,to the seasonality of their food supply which is limited in the dark winter months under the ice section three point one filter feeding main article filter feeder the antarctic krill manages to directly utilize the minute phytoplankton cells which no other higher animal of krill size can do this is accomplished through filter feeding using the krill s highly developed front legs providing for an efficient filtering apparatustemplate m n the six thoracopods legs attached to the thorax form
trec-2293,how many times a day do observant muslims pray,Rosary_32,mary reported as a private revelation by fortuna agrelli in naples italy in eighteen hundred eighty four the novena is performed by praying five decades of the rosary each day for twenty seven days in petition the second phase which immediately follows it consists of five decades each day for twenty seven days in thanksgiving and is prayed whether or not the petition has been granted during the novena the meditations rotate among the joyful sorrowful and glorious mysteries
trec-839,what time of year do most people fly,Daylight_saving_time_54,districts go even further and do not always agree on start and end dates for example to start d s t in two thousand six tasmania shifted clocks forward on one october western australia on three december and the remaining d s t observing areas on twenty nine october start and end dates vary with location and year since nineteen hundred ninety six european summer time has been observed from the last sunday in march to the last sunday in october previously the rules were not uniform across the european union starting in two thousand seven most of the united states and canada
trec-996,how do you measure earthquakes,1968_Illinois_earthquake_9,ninety one nineteen hundred three nineteen hundred five nineteen hundred twelve nineteen hundred seventeen nineteen hundred twenty two b nineteen hundred thirty four nineteen hundred thirty nine nineteen hundred forty seven nineteen hundred fifty three nineteen hundred fifty five and nineteen hundred fifty eight since nineteen hundred sixty eight other earthquakes have occurred in the same region in nineteen hundred seventy two nineteen hundred seventy four nineteen hundred eighty four and two thousand eight section two geology the quake s epicenter was slightly northwest of
trec-231,who was the president of vichy france,Pierre_Trudeau_11,when pierre was in his mid teens and this hit him and the family very hard pierre remained very close to his mother for the rest of her life according to long time friend and colleague marc lalonde the contemporary clerically influenced dictatorships of antonio de oliveira salazar in portugal francisco franco in spain and marshal philippe petain in vichy france were seen as models to many young intellectuals educated at elite jesuit schools in quebec lalonde asserts that trudeau s later intellectual development as an intellectual rebel anti establishment fighter on behalf of unions and promoter of religious
trec-976,who was elected president of south africa in nineteen ninety four ,Richard_Branson_47,global conflicts on eighteen july two thousand seven in johannesburg south africa nelson mandela announced the formation of a new group the elders in a speech he delivered on the occasion of his eighty ninth birthday the founding members of this group are desmond tutu graca machel kofi annan ela bhatt gro harlem brundtland jimmy carter li zhaoxing mary robinson and muhammad yunus the elders is independently funded by a group of founders including branson and gabriel desmond tutu serves as the chair of the elders who will use their collective skills to catalyse peaceful resolutions to long standing conflicts articulate new approaches to global issues that are causing or may cause immense human suffering and share wisdom by helping to connect voices all over the world they will work together over the next several months
trec-lfb000041,what is the capital of france,British_Empire_46,hundred sixty three involving france britain and the other major european powers the signing of the treaty of paris seventeen hundred sixty three had important consequences for the future of the british empire in north america france s future as a colonial power there was effectively ended with the recognition of british claims to rupert s land and the ceding of new france to britain leaving a sizeable french speaking population under british control and louisiana to spain spain ceded florida
trec-1585,what is the chief religion for peru,Altrincham_64,loreto grammar a voluntary aided catholic grammar school was also described in its two thousand five ofsted report as outstanding with an outstanding sixth form section eight religion as of the two thousand one uk census seventy six point five per cent of altrincham s residents reported themselves as being christian one point seven per cent muslim zero point seven per cent hindu two point eight per cent jewish zero point two per cent buddhist and zero point one per cent sikh
trec-642,whos the lead singer of the led zeppelin band,Rush_(band)_73,this topic section four point one geddy lee geddy lee s high register vocal style has always been a signature of the band minus and sometimes a focal point for criticism especially during the early years of rush s career when lee s vocals were high pitched with a strong likeness to other singers like robert plant of led zeppelin although his voice has softened over the years it is often described as a wail his instrumental abilities on the other hand are rarely criticized an award winning musician lee s style technique and ability on the bass guitar have proven influential in the rock and heavy metal genres inspiring such players as steve harris of iron maiden john myung of dream theater les claypool of primus and cliff burton of metallica among others
trec-10103,who is barrack obama,Barack_Obama_44,became the first african american to be elected president obama delivered his victory speech before first days the inauguration of barack obama as the forty fourth president and joe biden as
trec-266,where was pythagoras born,Mercury_(planet)_54,sky and hermes when visible in the evening however greek astronomers came to understand that the two names referred to the same body with pythagoras being the first greek to propose the idea section seven point two ground based telescopic research the first telescopic observations of mercury were made by galileo in the early seventeenth century although he observed phases when he looked at venus his telescope was not powerful enough to see the phases of mercury in sixteen hundred thirty one
trec-10080,what is the name of kirks starship,Star_Trek_0,star trek star trek is an american science fiction entertainment series the original star trek was an american television series created by gene roddenberry which debuted in nineteen hundred sixty six and ran for three seasons following the interstellar adventures of captain james t kirk and the crew of the federation starship enterprise these adventures were continued in an animated
trec-10085,what is the nearest planet to the sun,Mercury_(planet)_0,mercury planet mercury template proneng is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system orbiting the sun once every eighty eight days it ranges in brightness from about two zero to five point five in apparent magnitude but is not easily seen as its greatest angular separation from the sun greatest elongation is only twenty eight three it can only be seen in morning or evening twilight comparatively little is known about the planet the only spacecraft to approach mercury was mariner ten from nineteen hundred seventy four to nineteen hundred
trec-2035,how many stomachs does a cow have,Saltine_cracker_challenge_6,in a two thousand one the early show episode tom bergeron took a bet that he could not eat four saltines in a minute and after attempting them all at once he lost forty dollars jane clayson asked the staff member who had started the bet how she knew the challenge to which she replied college indeed several college newspapers have noted the phenomenon on campus in a july two thousand eight episode of good morning america ted allen revealed that the food detectives techs were unable to eat six saltines in a minute all four anchors then
trec-2050,what dissolves gold,Hydrochloric_acid_3,of h c l gas table of contents section one history hydrochloric acid was first discovered around the year eight hundred by islamic alchemist jabir ibn hayyan geber by mixing common salt with vitriol sulphuric acid jabir discovered or invented many important chemicals and wrote his findings in over twenty books which carried his chemical knowledge of hydrochloric acid and other basic chemicals for hundreds of years jabir s invention of the gold dissolving aqua regia consisting of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid contributed to the effort of alchemists tried to find the philosopher s stone in the middle ages hydrochloric acid was known to european alchemists as
trec-108,which company created the internet browser mosaic,Embrace%2c_extend_and_extinguish_21,companies besides microsoft introduced proprietary non standards compliant extensions for example in nineteen hundred ninety five netscape implemented the font tag among other h t m l extensions without seeking review from a standards body with the rise of internet explorer the two companies became locked in a dead heat to out implement each other with non standards compliant features in two thousand four to prevent a repeat of the browser wars and the resulting morass of conflicting standards apple inc maker of safari mozilla foundation maker of firefox and opera
trec-10047,who is the author of neuromancer,Cyberpunk_16,november nineteen hundred eighty three in amazing science fiction stories volume fifty seven number four three the term was quickly appropriated as a label to be applied to the works of bruce sterling john shirley william gibson rudy rucker michael swanwick pat cadigan lewis shiner richard kadrey and others of these sterling became the movement s chief ideologue thanks to his fanzine cheap truth see also john shirley s articles on sterling and rucker four william gibson with his novel neuromancer nineteen hundred eighty four is likely the most famous writer connected with the term cyberpunk he emphasized style character development and atmosphere over traditional science fiction tropes and neuromancer was awarded the hugo nebula
trec-488,what continent is bolivia on,Black_vulture_12,and broader than those of the other subspecies and the underwing coverts are lighter than those of c a foetens it is found in central america and northern south america to the south the range extends to the coastal regions of peru on the west and the lowlands of bolivia on the east to the north it stretches to sonora in western mexico and san luis potosi in eastern mexico it is not found in high altitude regions c a foetens named by martin lichtenstein in eighteen hundred
trec-1973,what player on a basketball team usually plays the post or pivot position,American_football_60,in a typical play the quarterback calls the play and the center passes the ball backwards and under his legs to the quarterback in a process known as the snap the quarterback then either hands the ball off to a back throws the ball or runs with it himself the play ends when the player with the ball is tackled or goes out of bounds or a pass hits the ground without a player having caught it a forward pass can only be legally attempted if the passer is behind the line of scrimmage the offense is given a series of four plays known as downs if the offense advances
trec-534,where is windsor castle,Elizabeth_II_17,was rejected by elizabeth s mother who declared the children wont go without me i wont leave without the king and the king will never leave princesses elizabeth and margaret stayed at balmoral castle scotland until christmas nineteen hundred thirty nine when they moved to sandringham house norfolk from february to may nineteen hundred forty they lived at royal lodge windsor until moving to windsor castle where they lived for most of the next five years at windsor the princesses staged pantomimes at christmas in aid of the queen s wool fund which
trec-lfb000015,who wrote the lord of the rings,Dungeons_&_Dragons_28,designed for gaming could be seen in glorantha s board games among others ultimately however dungeons and dragons represents a unique blending of these elements the theme of d and d was influenced by mythology pulp fiction and contemporary fantasy authors of the nineteen hundred sixties and nineteen hundred seventies the presence of halflings elves dwarves half elves orcs dragons and the like often draw comparisons to the work of j r r tolkien gygax maintained that he was influenced very little by the lord of the rings although the owners of that work s copyright forced the name changes of hobbit to halfling ent to treant and balrog to type vi demon balor stating that he included these
trec-1123,who invented the telephone,Interactive_voice_response_6,tone dialing methodology bell unveiled the first telephone that could dial area codes using d t m f technology at the seattle world fair in nineteen hundred sixty two d t m f telephones enabled the use of inband signaling i e they transmit digital codes in the same three hundred h z to three k h z range occupied by the human voice despite the fact that more companies began using the system in the nineteen hundred seventies to automate tasks in call centers the technology was still costly and complicated which made for
trec-1417,who was the first person to run the mile in less than four minutes,Four-minute_mile_0,four minute mile the four minute mile in athletics is the running of a mile sixteen hundred nine metres in under four minutes it was once thought to be impossible but has now been achieved by many male athletes on may six nineteen hundred fifty four the englishman roger bannister ran the first sub four minute mile in recorded history at three minutes fifty nine point four seconds six weeks later john landy an australian followed suit with three fifty eight a m breaking bannister s record in november two thousand five forbes magazine declared after interviewing a number of sports experts that
trec-2281,what american commodore demanded that japan trade with the united states,Boshin_War_7,one early discontent against the shogunate for the two centuries prior to eighteen hundred fifty four japan had severely limited exchange with foreign nations with the notable exceptions of korea via tsushima qing china via the rykys and the dutch through the trading post of dejima in eighteen hundred fifty four commodore perry opened japan to global commerce with the implied threat of force thus initiating a period of rapid development in foreign trade and westernization in large part due to the humiliating terms of the unequal treaties as agreements like those conveyed by perry are called the shogunate
trec-39,who was chosen to be the first black chairman of the military joint chiefs of staff,Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_22,position of vice chairman was created by the goldwater nichols act of nineteen hundred eighty six to complement the c j c s as well as to delegate some of the chairman s responsibilities particularly resource allocation through the joint requirements oversight council jroc general colin l powell nineteen hundred eighty nine to ninety three was the first and as of two thousand eleven the only african american to serve on the joint chiefs of staff general peter pace vice chairman two thousand one to five chairman two thousand five to seven was the first marine to serve in either position no woman has