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Q173007 Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, (19 May 1928 – 16 December 1982) was an influential English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of Lotus Cars.In 1952 he founded the sports car company Lotus Cars. Chapman initially ran Lotus in his spare time, assisted by a group of enthu... |
Q8046366 Yabe (矢部町, Yabe-machi) was a town located in Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 11,820 and a density of 39.88 persons per km². The total area was 296.42 km².On February 11, 2005, Yabe, along with the village of Seiwa (also from Kamimashiki Distr... |
Q7405699 Saloni (Urdu: April 26 سالونا; 1950 – 15 October 2010) was a Pakistani film actress of the late 1960s, and early 1970s. She remained a successful actress and gave numerous successful films. |
Q15966925 William R. Cook (born 1963) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1989 at Brown University. His research concentrates on object-oriented programming, programming languages, modeling languages, and ... |
Q5082558 Charles Smith Wilcox (December 21, 1852 – October 11, 1909) was a merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1894 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1909 as a Liberal-Conservative member.He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of James Wilco... |
Q16844501 The Maltese Third Division 2007–08 (known as BOV 3rd Division due to sponsorship reasons) was the 8th season and started on 21 September 2007 and finished on 18 May.For the first time the Division was divided into two sections:A and B.Section A consisted of 10 teams and Section B of 9.The winners of Section A... |
Q6769161 Mark Parry (born 21 May 1970, Wrexham) is a former Welsh footballer. He made five appearances in The Football League for Chester City during 1987–88.Parry scored on his debut in The Football League for Chester in a 2–2 draw at Southend United on 22 August 1987 when wearing the number seven shirt. The 17-year-o... |
Q4872003 The Battle of Pecos River was fought in 1864 during the Navajo Wars. United States Army troops and Apache Scouts defeated a force of Navajo warriors next to the Pecos River in New Mexico. It is notable for being one of the many Indian war battles involving the California Column. |
Q5089311 Cheenavala (transl. Fishing net) is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, produced and directed by Kunchacko. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles. The film has musical score and songs composed by M. K. Arjunan. |
Q554671 Gazimağusa District is a district of Northern Cyprus It is divided into three sub-districts: Mağusa Sub-district, Akdoğan Sub-district and Geçitkale Sub-district. Its capital is Famagusta (Turkish: Gazimağusa).Its population was 69,838 in the 2011 census. The current Governor is Beran Bertuğ. İskele District wa... |
Q868075 The Diocese of Cloyne (Irish: Deoise Chluana) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel (also known as Munster). Following the resignation of bishop John Magee, the diocese was administered by its metropolitan, Dermot Clifford, until the... |
Q7436454 Scott H. DeLisi (born 1953) is the former United States Ambassador to Uganda. On January 24, 2012, President Obama nominated DeLisi as ambassador to Uganda. |
Q7351967 Roberto Carlos Ávalos Pino (born 16 June 1980) is a former Chilean footballer who played as midfielder. |
Q4737054 Altwood Church of England School is the only Church of England secondary school in Maidenhead.Altwood School is an academy. The school draws pupils from across Maidenhead, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. |
Q12329073 Nivaagaard is a historic property in Nivå in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now home to an art gallery and the park is open to the public. |
Q12236901 The following is a list of players who have played for Zamalek SC, an Egyptian football club. |
Q17037366 Atalani "John" Asiata (born 19 April 1993) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, five-eighth and lock for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. He was part of the Cowboys' 2015 NRL premiership and 2016 World Club Challenge winning sides. He has represented both Samoa and Tonga at i... |
Q14834922 Cycnidolon batesianum is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by White in 1855. |
Q22004814 Muswell Hill is a 0.2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Brill in Buckinghamshire. The local planning authorities are Buckinghamshire County Council and Aylesbury Vale District Council. It is listed by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee as a Geological Conservation Revie... |
Q3765826 Giorgio William Vizzardelli (August 23, 1922 – August 11, 1973) was an Italian serial killer. |
Q729331 The Boeing Model 247 was an early United States airliner, considered the first such aircraft to fully incorporate advances such as all-metal (anodized aluminium) semimonocoque construction, a fully cantilevered wing and retractable landing gear. Other advanced features included control surface trim tabs, an aut... |
Q4767063 Anna Rebecca Hall Roosevelt (March 17, 1863 – December 7, 1892) was an American socialite. She was the mother of First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt. Anna was described as a celebrated beauty. |
Q7876440 Ubayd-Allah ibn Abd-Allah was a sahaba. He retold the event of the pen and paper as he heard from Ibn Abbas. |
Q6604722 Some market segments are referred to by acronyms and initials: |
Q539174 Strandzha (Bulgarian: Странджа, also transliterated as Strandja; Turkish: Istranca or Yıldız) is a mountain massif in southeastern Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey. It is in the southeastern part of the Balkans between the plains of Thrace to the west, the lowlands near Burgas to the north, and the Blac... |
Q8009600 Gunnery Sergeant William Gary Walsh (April 7, 1922 – February 27, 1945) was a United States Marine who heroically sacrificed his life to save the lives of his fellow Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. For his actions on February 27, 1945, he posthumously received the Medal of Honor. |
Q127802 Uki Goshi (浮腰) is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. It is classified as a hip technique, Koshi-Waza. Uki goshi ... |
Q6465150 The Universidad de La Salle is a catholic and lasallian university, founded in 1964. It is a private institution of higher education, having 4 locations: 3 in Bogotá DC- one in the downtown area, in Chapinero, and in the northern section of city. There is also a campus in El Yopal, Casanare in the East of the ... |
Q3999988 Goodbye Tsugumi (TUGUMI) is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな）in 1989 and translated into English in 2002 by Michael Emmerich.Goodbye Tsugumi was made into a movie in 1990, directed by Jun Ichikawa. |
Q5108334 Christopher Jack Michael Turner (born 26 August 1990) is an English professional footballer who played in the Football League, as a Midfielder for Accrington Stanley. He currently plays for Northern Premier League Division One North side Nelson. |
Q7560183 Something Wicked was a quarterly horror, science fiction, and fantasy print magazine published in South Africa by InklessMedia Publishing. The magazine was founded by Joe Vaz in 2006. Their first issue was published in the Spring of 2006. In July, 2011, it switched to a monthly on-line format. |
Q1060533 Joudreville is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. |
Q4995088 Bulbophyllum marginatum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. |
Q6165254 Javanshir Mehdikhan Vаkilov (Azerbaijani: Cavanşir Mehdixan oğlu Vəkilov) (February 7, 1951 – August 23, 2013) was an Azerbaijani diplomat, candidate of historical science since 1988, public and political figure, writer and pedagogue. |
Q8563447 Fisty is an unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky, United States. Fisty is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 550 and Kentucky Route 721 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Hindman. Fisty has a post office with ZIP code 41743.The name is said to have come from a local who went by "Fisty Sam" Combs.... |
Q17149210 The Paramount Cabinaire was a 1920s designed cabin biplane, designed by Walter J. Carr and produced by the Paramount Aircraft Corporation. Only eight were completed before production ceased. |
Q7857574 Twelve: Fifty One is the second album released by pop-acoustic duo Krissy & Ericka under the label MCA Music.The album's promotional single, "12:51", charted on the Philippine Charts and debuted at 6.The album was only available in Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia After 1 week of release. Krissy and Ericka ... |
Q5739606 Cala Salada is a cove on the Spanish island of Ibiza. It is in the municipality of Sant Antoni de Portmany and is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of the town of Sant Antoni de Portmany. The village of Santa Agnès de Corona is 5.4 miles (8.7 km) north east of the beach. |
Q20731775 Arthur Bayly Crosse (1831 – 1909) was Archdeacon of Furness from 1882 until 1892.He was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1854. After curacies in Trimingham and Great Yarmouth he held posts at Kessingland, Biarritz and Barrow-in-Furness before his appointment as Archdeacon; an... |
Q24450450 Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It was created in 2015, under the terms of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, from the civil parish of Tushingham cu... |
Q309635 Pietro Lorenzetti (or Pietro Laurati; c. 1280 – 1348) was an Italian painter, active between c.1306 and 1345. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimensional and spatial arrangements, the brothers foreshadowed the ar... |
Q15063142 An urban township or urban town is a designation of a unit of local government in Minnesota as prescribed by Minnesota Statues 2004, 368.01. A town (township) within 20 miles of the city hall of a city of over 200,000 (i.e., within 20 miles of downtown Minneapolis or St. Paul), or a town with a population of... |
Q4010119 Aircraft dope is a plasticised lacquer that is applied to fabric-covered aircraft (both full-size and flying models). It tightens and stiffens fabric stretched over airframes, which renders them airtight and weatherproof.Typical doping agents include nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate and cellulose acetate buty... |
Q7527635 Colonel Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet DL (1782 – 14 September 1847) was an Irish soldier and Whig politician. |
Q7063590 Nottingham Arkwright Street was a railway station in Nottingham on the former Great Central Main Line which ran from Manchester Piccadilly to London Marylebone. The station opened with the line in 1899 and closed in 1963 as part of rationalisation; it reopened four years later upon the closure of Nottingham Vi... |
Q7111501 Out in the Blue is the twelfth studio album by Australian singer Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 24 November 2007 as both a single-disc and limited double-disc edition. The majority of the songs on the album were written by Barnes, many of them in relation to his recent heart surgery. Neil Finn contributed th... |
Q4597173 The 2000 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 35th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons offense scored 252 points while the defense gave up 413 points. It was Jessie Tuggle’s 14th and final season with the Falcons, before being waived in the 2001 off-season. He subsequently retired. ... |
Q3462405 Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset is a parish municipality in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.The municipality is named after Hilary of Poitiers and the county of Dorset in England. |
Q740 Cobalt is a chemical element with the symbol Co and atomic number 27. Like nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.Cobalt... |
Q878984 Thurisind (Latin: Turisindus, died c. 560) was king of the Gepids, an East Germanic Gothic people, from c. 548 to 560. He was the penultimate Gepid king, and succeeded King Elemund by staging a coup d'état and forcing the king's son into exile. Thurisind's kingdom, known as Gepidia, was located in Central Europ... |
Q4699821 Ajith Nivard Cabraal (born 14 December 1954) is a former governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, holding the post from 1 July 2006 until his resignation on 9 January 2015. |
Q6654839 Live 1976–1993 is a four-disc live album of music by Parliament-Funkadelic and George Clinton recorded between 1976 and 1993. Footage of the 1976 concert was released on the George Clinton: The Mothership Connection DVD in 1998. This material has been issued in different configurations in different markets. Th... |
Q4674335 Aclophoropsis is a genus of minute sea snails with left-handed shell-coiling, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Triphoridae. |
Q7399627 Sahibzadi Shajar Ara Begum (August 15, 1926 - December 27, 2000) was one of the daughters of Waris Ali Mirza by one of his wives, Zeenat-un-nisa Begum. The princess’ father, Waris Ali Mirza was the Nawab of Murshidabad. Shajar Ara Begum was born and educated in India but she moved to London in 1961. She kept h... |
Q1195236 Vietnamese mythology (Vietnamese: Thần-thoại Việt-nam) comprises national myths of the Vietnamese people together with popular aspects of folk religion in Vietnam. |
Q382271 Pavel Alexandrovich Viskovatov (Russian: Па′вел Алекса′ндрович Вискова′тов, also: Висковатый, Viskovatyi; 6 December 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 29 April 1905 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian historian of literature, editor, pedagogue and librettist (his were the lyrics to Anton Rubinstein's op... |
Q18149089 Anthony Compagno (January 29, 1921 – April 8, 1971) was an American football fullback who played three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 21st round of the 1943 NFL Draft. He played college football at Saint Mary's College of ... |
Q20648994 Pale Horses is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band mewithoutYou. The record was produced by Will Yip.On June 10, 2015, the record became available for streaming on Vice's Noisey website.The artwork was painted in 1978 by longtime collaborator Vasily Kafanov, who also painted the artwork for the... |
Q21427387 Elstree 1976 is a 2015 documentary film about the making of the original Star Wars film and the legacy that it left behind. |
Q13514748 Hypena namaqualis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in South Africa. |
Q12081974 The ski cap is a type of field cap used by several German-speaking or German-influenced armed forces from 19th century till present. The design originates from imperial Austria-Hungary, but is best known for its widespread use as M43 field cap (Einheitsmütze) used by the German Wehrmacht and SS, during World... |
Q935900 Daniel Saul Goldin (born July 23, 1940) served as the 9th and longest-tenured Administrator of NASA from April 1, 1992, to November 17, 2001. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush and also served under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. |
Q2902614 David Ussishkin (Hebrew: דוד אוסישקין; born 1935) is an Israeli archaeologist and professor emeritus of archaeology. |
Q7851969 Tulashboy Doniyorov (born March 30, 1981) is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Asian country. |
Q525226 The Haus am Horn is a domestic house in Weimar, Germany, designed by Georg Muche. It was built for the Bauhaus Werkschau (English: Work show) exhibition which ran from July to September 1923. It was the first building based on Bauhaus design principles, which revolutionized 20th century architectural and aesthe... |
Q5389149 Erin Gilreath (born August 11, 1980) is an American hammer thrower.Her personal best is 73.87 meters, achieved in June 2005 in Carson, California. She attended the University of Florida. |
Q11487189 Kuniyoshi Hironaka (弘中邦佳, Hironaka Kuniyoshi, born June 17, 1976) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division. He has formerly competed for the UFC, Shooto, DREAM, and Pancrase. |
Q5455688 Fitzroy F. A. Bedeau (born August 29, 1944) is a politician and former police officer from the island of Grenada. From 1998 until 2005 he served as the commissioner of the Royal Grenada Police Force. In 2004, he dealt with the chaos that resulted from Hurricane Ivan hitting Grenada, which eventually resulted ... |
Q4284218 Yuki Matsushita (松下 裕樹, Matsushita Yūki, born December 7, 1981 in Takasaki, Gunma) is a Japanese football player for Tochigi City. |
Q23056 "Leave the World Behind" is a song by Swedish DJs and producers Axwell, Ingrosso, Angello and Dutch-Filipino DJ and Producer Laidback Luke. It features Canadian singer Deborah Cox. |
Q3331788 Mystère à Shanghai is a 1950 French crime film directed by Roger Blanc, produced by Hans Herwig and starring Paul Bernard, Hélène Perdrière and Maurice Teynac. It is based on the novel La Nuit du 12 au 13 by Stanislas-André Steeman. In Shanghai, a Chinese criminal organisation plans to kill Herbert Aboody if ... |
Q3399386 The mid back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. Although there is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the exact mid back unrounded vowel between close-mid [ɤ] and open-mid [ʌ] because no language is known to distinguish all three, ⟨ɤ⟩... |
Q6817298 Menophra nakajimai is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Taiwan. |
Q16193836 Niraj Sah is an actor and writer in the Hindi film industry. He works in feature films and serials. |
Q16150821 Alexandra Ashley Hughes (born 31 July 1985), known by her stage name Allie X, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She began her career as an indie pop artist in Toronto in the mid-2000s, playing with local bands and writing and recording a handful of self-released albums. After relocating to Los Angeles, Cal... |
Q22006454 Nomadic Way (3 March 1985 – May 2012) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was a successful stayer on the flat and was a top class hurdler under National Hunt rules, switching between the two codes in a racing career which lasted from October 1987 until January 1993.Racing... |
Q20641666 Marcos Yuri Gonçalves da Silva de Souza (born 28 June 1994), simply known as Yuri, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for FC Montceau Bourgogne in the French Championnat National 2 as a forward. |
Q25001943 XHSAV-FM is a radio station on 92.7 FM in San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, known as La Primerísima. |
Q3924128 Prospero Colonna, Duke of Rignano, Prince of Sonnino (18 July 1858 – 16 September 1937) was an Italian politician and aristocrat. He was twice mayor of Rome (1899–1905, 1914–1919). He served in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Kingdom of Italy. |
Q6072321 Perezia magellanica is a species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is the type species of its genus. It is found in Argentina and Chile. |
Q3889421 The Sahara Desert ecoregion, as defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), includes the hyper-arid center of the Sahara, between 18° and 30° N. It is one of several desert and xeric shrubland ecoregions that cover the northern portion of the African continent. |
Q735979 The Forest House is a fantasy novel by American writers Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson, though the latter is uncredited by the publisher. It is a prequel to Bradley's Arthurian novel The Mists of Avalon.The plot of The Forest House is based on that of the opera Norma, relocated from Gaul to Britain,... |
Q3492041 Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer (1588, Kadaň; 1626, Macau) was an astronomer and a Jesuit missionary. His name in China was Qi Weicai (祁維材). |
Q6631061 These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1965: |
Q1106713 Germaine Dieterlen (15 May 1903 in Paris – 13 November 1999 in Paris) was a French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologist Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a large range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study o... |
Q8018429 Dr. William Sidney ("Sid") Gilchrist, (1901–1970), born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, spent 38 years as a medical missionary in Angola (formerly Portuguese West Africa). |
Q7920847 Vera sto Dexi (Greek: Βέρα στο Δεξί; English translation: wedding ring on the right [hand]) is a Greek television soap opera. Created by Helena Akrita and Yiorgos Kiritsis, Vera sto Dexi combines elements of drama, mystery, adventure and occasionally comedy. The series stars Katia Dandoulaki, Kostas Kazakos, M... |
Q1639029 The Black Ice is the second novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. |
Q1677875 Jacques-Yves Henckes (born 12 October 1945, in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish jurist Henckes first gained office in 1975, when he was elected to the communal council of Luxembourg City representing the Democratic Party (DP). He first entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1984, but lost his seat in the electi... |
Q1098218 Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1972. This was the 5th season of the NASL. |
Q2447426 The Slovakia national basketball team (Slovak: Slovenské národné basketbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in international basketball competition. The supervising body is the Slovak Basketball Association (SBA). Slovakia is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having slit from Czechoslova... |
Q5288951 Synkowce [sɨŋˈkɔft͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Sokółka and 60 km (37 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok. |
Q13115017 Santhosh AechikanamMalayalam: സന്തോഷ് ഏച്ചിക്കാനം is a South Indian contemporary short story writer from Kerala. He is one of the newcomers in Malayalam literature. He was born in kanhangad , Kasargod district in Kerala. Santhosh was engaged with politics during his college days. He never came first in the co... |
Q4593069 The 1997–98 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 66th Japan Figure Skating Championships to be held. They were held in Kobe from December 12–14, 1997. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. As well as crowning the national cha... |
Q2340943 Johanna Tukiainen (born 29 July 1978) is a Finnish former television personality and singer. |
Q17074325 Mazraeh-ye Mohammad Ali Gerashi (Persian: مزرعه محمدعلي گراشي, also Romanized as Mazra‘eh-ye Moḩammad ‘Alī Gerāshī) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Larestan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported. |
Q20708059 Helcystogramma chalybea is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Brazil. |
Q27703157 Fun Mom Dinner is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Alethea Jones, from a screenplay by Julie Rudd. It stars Katie Aselton, Toni Collette, Bridget Everett, Molly Shannon, Adam Scott, and Adam Levine.The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2017. It was released on Au... |
Q14828540 Acalolepta cariosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1866. It is known from Sumatra, Borneo and Malaysia. |
Q39074345 Jyoti Singh is a US-based actress of Indian origin. She is also the director of Yadvi - The Dignified Princess, a biopic on Maharani Yaduvanshi Kumari, the daughter of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. |
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