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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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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
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-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--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--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-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--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--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-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--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--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-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--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--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-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--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-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--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
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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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_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-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-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-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-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
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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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_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
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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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