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Named after John Adams, and located in New Hampshire, which mountain acts as a wall to the glacial cirque known as the The Great Gulf? | Great Gulf
The Great Gulf is a glacial cirque, or amphitheater-like valley head formed from a glacier by erosion, located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The cirque's walls are formed, from south to north, by the mountainsides of Mount Washington (6,288 ft/1917 m), Mount Clay (5,533 ft/1686 m), Mount Jefferson... | Huntington Ravine
Huntington Ravine is a glacial cirque on Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is named for Joshua H. Huntington, the Principal Assistant to State Geologist Charles H. Hitchcock (1836–1919) for the Geological Survey of New Hampshire.
Of the four major cirques on Mount Washington... | 68,600 | hotpotqa-train |
What does the retail chain founded by Lars Larsen sell? | Jysk (store)
Jysk A/S (corporately styled JYSK; , franchises in other countries operate under various names) is a Danish retail chain, selling household goods such as mattresses, furniture and interior décor. Jysk is the largest Danish retailer operating internationally. In total, the companies have 2,586 stores in 50 ... | Lars Larsen
Lars Larsen may refer to:
- Lars Larsen (1758–1844), Danish merchant, ship-owner and shipbuilder
- Lars Larsen (footballer, born 1951), Danish former footballer
- Lars Larsen (footballer, born 1978), Danish footballer for Randers FC
- Lars Larsen (footballer, born 1970), Danish footballer for Örebro SK
- La... | 68,601 | hotpotqa-train |
What period of time did the Chester Mystery Plays and Medieval theatre become popular? | Chester Mystery Plays
The Chester Mystery Plays is a cycle of mystery plays originating in the city of Chester, England and dating back to at least the early part of the 15th century.
History.
A record of 1422 shows that the plays took place at the feast of Corpus Christi and this appears to have continued until 1521. ... | this oral tradition were recorded in the 18th century, at a time when the industrial revolution began to break up the rural communities in which the plays were performed.
Modern productions of Medieval theatre Mystery plays.
Mystery Plays are still produced regularly throughout the United Kingdom. The local cycles were... | 68,602 | hotpotqa-train |
In what year were the parents of Prince Octavius of Great Britain married? | Prince Octavius of Great Britain
Prince Octavius (23 February 1779 – 3 May 1783) was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Six months after the death of his brother Prince Alfred, Octavius was inoculated with the smallpox virus. Several days lat... | Prince Alfred of Great Britain
Prince Alfred (22 September 1780 – 20 August 1782) was a member of the British Royal Family as the fourteenth child and ninth and youngest son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Alfred became ill after his inoculation against the smallpox virus; h... | 68,603 | hotpotqa-train |
What Zoological Garden was opened two years before the Manchester Zoological Gardens opened in 1838? | Belle Vue Zoological Gardens
Belle Vue Zoological Gardens was a large zoo, amusement park, exhibition hall complex and speedway stadium in Belle Vue, Manchester, England, opened in 1836. The brainchild of John Jennison, the gardens were initially intended to be an entertainment for the genteel middle classes, with form... | River Zoo.
Little River Zoo was a zoo in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. In 2010 it held about 400 animals. It closed in March 2011.
Manchester Zoological Gardens.
The Manchester Zoological Gardens opened in 1838, on a site between Broom Lane and Northumberland Street in Broughton, Salford, England.
Manito Park and Zo... | 68,604 | hotpotqa-train |
"Get Back" and "1" are both works released by what band? | Get Back
"Get Back" is a song recorded by the British rock band the Beatles and written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Lennon–McCartney), originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". A different mix of the song later became the closing track of "Let It Be" (1... | Get Wiser
Get Wiser is the fourth studio album by the reggae band SOJA that was released in January 2006. The album release party was held at The State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia and was filmed for the "Get Wiser Live DVD".
Track listing.
1. Open My Eyes
2. By My Side (feat. (Junior Marvin)
3. My Life Alone
4. F... | 68,605 | hotpotqa-train |
This Italian inventor shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with an inventor who contributed significantly to the development of what? | Karl Ferdinand Braun
Karl Ferdinand Braun (6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Braun contributed significantly to the development of radio and television technology: he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi "for their contributions to the ... | Zhores Alferov
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (, ; ; 15 March 1930 – 1 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic of Belarusian ethnicity who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. He was the inventor of the heterotransistor and shared the 2000 Nobel Priz... | 68,606 | hotpotqa-train |
Are Austrocedrus and Balsamorhiza both genuses? | Balsamorhiza
Balsamorhiza is a genus of plants in the sunflower family known commonly as balsamroots. These are perennials with fleshy taproots and caudices bearing erect stems and large, basal leaves. Atop the tall stems are showy yellow sunflower-like blooms. Balsamroots are native to western North America (United St... | Balsamorhiza rosea
Balsamorhiza rosea (rosy balsamroot) is a North American species of plants in the sunflower tribe within the aster family. It is native to the northwestern United States, in Washington and Oregon.
"Balsamorhiza rosea " is an herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. It has flower heads, usually borne one at... | 68,607 | hotpotqa-train |
What type of steel was used in mid–20th century developments and was a Raphael S. Soriano specialty? | Mid-century modern
Mid-century modern (MCM) is the design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965. The term, employed as a style descriptor as early as the mid-1950s, was reaffirmed in 1983 by Cara Greenberg in the title of her book, "Mid-Century Mode... | the Getty Center in Los Angeles. His contemporaries include Ezra Stoller and Hedrich Blessing Photographers. In 1947, Julius Shulman asked architect Raphael Soriano to build a mid-century steel home and studio in the Hollywood Hills.
Some of his architectural photographs, like the iconic shots of Frank Lloyd Wright's o... | 68,608 | hotpotqa-train |
Naval Officer Training Command Newport is a unit of Naval Education and Training Command which was once the homeport for what? | Officer Training Command Newport
Naval Officer Training Command Newport (or more simply, Officer Training School) is a unit of Naval Education and Training Command, located on Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island that is responsible to the Chief of Naval Education and Training for the development of civilians... | chain of command.
Subordinate Commands Officer Training Command, Newport.
Officer Training Command Newport is the command unit of NSTC that is responsible to develop civilians, enlisted, and newly commissioned personnel for service in the fleet as Naval Officers. This is accomplished through many different programs fro... | 68,609 | hotpotqa-train |
What nationality were Ida Georgina Moburg and Jean Sibelius? | Ida Georgina Moberg
Ida Georgina Moberg (b. 13 Feb 1859, d. 2 Aug 1947) was a Finnish composer and conductor. She was born in Helsinki, and took piano and singing lessons as a child.
She studied theory and composition from 1883-1884 at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Later, she studied counterpoint under R. Faltin an... | himself, who dedicated a number of his songs to her and she was their first interpreter. There exists a manuscript score of the song "Spring is flying", Op. 13, No. 4, with an inscription from Sibelius ""To Ida Ekman, the incomparable "Sibelius singer", with gratitude from Jean Sibelius"". She gave the first performanc... | 68,610 | hotpotqa-train |
Lloyd Fredendall had forces defeated by Rommel at which battle in the Tunisia campaign? | Battle of Kasserine Pass
The Battle of Kasserine Pass was a battle of the Tunisia Campaign of World War II that took place in February 1943. Kasserine Pass is a gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountains in west central Tunisia.
The Axis forces, led by "Generalfeldmarschall" Erwin Rommel, were primarily from ... | Lloyd Fredendall
Lieutenant General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall (December 28, 1883 – October 4, 1963) was a senior officer of the United States Army who fought during World War II. He is best known for his command of the Central Task Force landings during Operation Torch, and his command of the II Corps during the early s... | 68,611 | hotpotqa-train |
Was Claude Sautet or Brian Helgeland born first? | Claude Sautet
Claude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French author and film director.
Biography.
Born in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Sautet first studied painting and sculpture before attending a film university in Paris where he began his career and later became a television producer. He filmed h... | Helgeland (surname)
Helgeland is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Asbjørn Helgeland (born 1966), Norwegian footballer and manager
- Brian Helgeland (born 1961), American screenwriter, film producer and director
- Sjur Helgeland (1858–1924), Norwegian musician and composer | 68,612 | hotpotqa-train |
Nancy Steiner developed costumes for a 2009 supernatural drama film directed by whom? | Nancy Steiner
Nancy Steiner is an American costume designer. Her credits include "Little Miss Sunshine", "Lost in Translation", "The Lovely Bones", "The Good Girl" and "The Virgin Suicides".
Her career started in the late 1980's styling bands for music videos and assisting on films and commercials. Some of the bands Na... | 1 Chor 2 Mastikhor
1 Chor 2 Mastikhor, is a 2017 Indian-Costa Rican comedy-drama film directed by Prabhakar Sharan and produced under the banner of Pacific Investment Corporation.
The film stars Nancy Dobles, Prabhakar Sharan, Mario Chacón, José Castro and Scott Steiner. The movie was released on 15 December 2017.
The... | 68,613 | hotpotqa-train |
Matthew Saunders plays footbal in a club based where (city, county, country)? | Hemel Hempstead Town F.C.
Hemel Hempstead Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Affiliated to the Hertfordshire County Football Association, they are currently members of and play at Vauxhall Road.
History.
The club was established in 1885 as Apsley En... | Televisa owns a Mexican first division footbal-soccer team (Club América) and the Stadium where it plays (Estadio Azteca).
- TeleHit (HD) - a channel devoted to pop music and comedic shows that usually are not safe secure to be shown in open TV.
- Telemundo Internacional - Shows telenovelas, programs, news and more ori... | 68,614 | hotpotqa-train |
Between Arap Mosque and Atatürk Olympic Stadium, which building was constructed earlier? | Atatürk Olympic Stadium
The Ataturk Olympic Stadium (, ) located in İkitelli, a district in the western outskirts of Istanbul, is the largest-capacity stadium of Turkey. The stadium is named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. Its construction began in 1999 and was co... | Atatürk Swimming Complex
The Atatürk Swimming Complex is a swimming centre in Adana, featuring two outdoor olympic size swimming pools and an indoor semi-olympic swimming pool. The building was opened in 1936, and re-constructed in 2009 at a cost of 6.5 million TL. The complex was the venue of the legendary Adana Demir... | 68,615 | hotpotqa-train |
In what year was the choreographer with whom Laz Brotherston has collaborated knighted? | Matthew Bourne
Sir Matthew Christopher Bourne (born 13 January 1960) is an English choreographer. His work includes contemporary dance and dance theatre. He has received multiple awards and award nominations, including the Laurence Olivier Award, Tony Award and Drama Desk Award, and he has also received several Honorar... | Verde traps the poignancy of evanescence, of something about to happen, or what it looks like after it has happened: the trace of an event, or the after-murmur of the heart.
Work Projects in collaboration.
Verde has collaborated with other artists, including: the French choreographer, Daria Fain on the "Commoning" proj... | 68,616 | hotpotqa-train |
What type of film was directed by Kevin Smith and had Brandon Routh as a supporting role? | Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a 2008 American sex comedy romantic drama film written, directed and edited by Kevin Smith and starring Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks. It was released on October 31, 2008.
Plot.
Zack Brown and Miri Linky are roommates in Monroeville, Pennsylvania (a Pittsburgh s... | Brandon Routh
Brandon James Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he played the titular superhero of the film "Superman Returns", and in 2011, he played... | 68,617 | hotpotqa-train |
What year did Rene Russo star in the American thriller film Nightcrawler? | Rene Russo
Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American actress, producer, and former model. Russo began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on several magazine covers such as "Vogue" and "Cosmopolitan". She made her film debut in the 1989 comedy "Major League", and rose to international p... | Ransom (1996 film)
Ransom is a 1996 American crime thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon. The film stars Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Brawley Nolte, Delroy Lindo, Liev Schreiber, Evan Handler, Donnie Wahlberg, and Lili Taylor. Gibson was nominated for a Golden Glo... | 68,618 | hotpotqa-train |
What fictional character that fights terrorism is played by the actor who played a Dothraki in seaons 1 & 2 of Game of Thrones? | Walter O'Brien (character)
Walter O'Brien is the fictional lead character in the American drama television series, "Scorpion". The character is inspired by the Irish businessman and information technologist Walter O'Brien. The character, played by actor Elyes Gabel, follows a loose trajectory of Walter O'Brien's real-l... | Khal Drogo
Khal Drogo is a fictional character in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin and in the first two seasons of its television adaptation, "Game of Thrones".
Introduced in 1996's "A Game of Thrones", Drogo is a "khal", a leader of the Dothraki, a tribe of w... | 68,619 | hotpotqa-train |
In how many disciplnes does the first college where Sam Boyle Jr. was the head coach for offer degrees in? | Sam Boyle
Samuel Alexander Boyle Jr. (November 28, 1876 – October 30, 1923) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (1898–1899), Pennsylvania State University (1899), Dickinson College (1900), and Ohio Wesleyan University (1901–1902), compiling ... | Sam Winterbotham
Sam Winterbotham (born 1 October 1973) is a British college tennis coach and former college player. He was the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers men's tennis team of the University of Tennessee. Winterbotham was previously an assistant coach for the Baylor Bears where he helped guide the team to t... | 68,620 | hotpotqa-train |
Kaarlo Uskela, born 4 March 1878 in Tampere, a city in Pirkanmaa, in which country? | Kaarlo Uskela
Kaarlo Uskela, born 4 March 1878 in Tampere, died 19 April 1922 in Helsinki, was a Finnish satiric author, poet and anarchist. Uskela is best known of his 1921 anthology "Pillastunut runohepo" which was banned in 1933, eleven years after Uskela's death.
Uskela was born into a working-class family in Tampe... | Kaarlo Mäkinen (1892–1980), Finnish freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion
- Kaarlo Maaninka (born 1953), former Finnish long distance runner
- Kaarlo Rantanen (born 1988), Finnish football player currently playing for FC Lahti
- Kaarlo Sarkia (1902–1945), Finnish poet
- Kaarlo Soinio (1888–1960), Finnish gymnast and ... | 68,621 | hotpotqa-train |
Are Dalian and Guanghan both in Sichuan province? | Guanghan
Guanghan () is a county-level city in Deyang, Sichuan province, China, and only from Chengdu. The predominant industries are tourism, pharmaceuticals and the supply of building material.
Guanghan has an area of , a population of 590,000, with urban population of 170,000. A major part of the tourism is the near... | enjoys the reputations of "the Cradle of Chinese Civil Aviation Pilots".
CAFUC is the only full-time regular institution of higher education mainly for civil aviation pilots and controllers, from which nearly 90% civil aviation captains and 50% air traffic controllers graduated. With its headquarter located in Guanghan... | 68,622 | hotpotqa-train |
Which opera Pelléas et Mélisande and Die schweigsame Frau has fewer acts ? | Die schweigsame Frau
Die schweigsame Frau ("The Silent Woman"), Op. 80, is a 1935 comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss with libretto by Stefan Zweig after Ben Jonson's "Epicoene, or the Silent Woman".
Composition history.
Since "Elektra" and "Der Rosenkavalier", with only the exception of "Intermezzo", all prev... | Pelléas et Mélisande (Sibelius)
Pelléas et Mélisande ("Pelléas och Mélisande"), Op. 46, is incidental music by Jean Sibelius for Maurice Maeterlinck's 1892 play "Pelléas and Mélisande". Sibelius composed in 1905 ten parts, overtures to the five acts and five other movements. It was first performed at the Swedish Theatr... | 68,623 | hotpotqa-train |
Some Days You Gotta Dance was released on this album, which debuted in which position on the Billboard 200? | Fly (Dixie Chicks album)
Fly is the fifth studio album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 1999. The album was very successful for the group, debuting at No. 1 on the "Billboard" 200. It has received diamond status by the RIAA on June 25, 2002 in the United States, for shipments of 10 million units.
The ... | songwriter and producer for Ne-Yo’s “I Ain’t Gotta Tell You” from the album "In My Own Words" which topped the Billboard 200. He also was the songwriter and producer for the songs “Kick Push II” and “What It Do” for "Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor", which debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 in 2006. Howard worked o... | 68,624 | hotpotqa-train |
The 2012 South American Footballer of the Year, given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, a professional footballer from what country? | Neymar
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (; born 5 February 1992), commonly known as Neymar Jr. or simply Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for French club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his dribbling, fi... | 2011 South American Footballer of the Year
The 2011 South American Footballer of the Year, given to the best football player in South America by Uruguayan newspaper El País through voting by journalists across the continent, was awarded to Neymar of Santos on December 31, 2011.
Neymar became the second Santos player to... | 68,625 | hotpotqa-train |
What baseball park, located in Atlanta Georgia is home to the Atlanta Braves baseball team? | 2016 Atlanta Braves season
The 2016 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 20th and last season of home games at Turner Field before moving to SunTrust Park, 51st season in Atlanta and 146th season overall. They finished in last place in the National League East Division.
The Braves played 22 extra-inning games during t... | Turner Field
Turner Field was a stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1997 to 2016, it served as the home ballpark to the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Originally built as Centennial Olympic Stadium in 1996 to serve as the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics, the stadium was converted into a ba... | 68,626 | hotpotqa-train |
What sport did Jeremy Howe play? | Jeremy Howe
Jeremy Howe (born 29 June 1990) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Melbourne Football Club from 2011 to 2015.
Originally from Dodges Ferry in the Southern Football League, Howe represen... | , the question remained: Which animals? What is 'unnecessary' suffering? Quakers forbid hunting for sport altogether. Philosopher Jeremy Bentham wrote in 1789: the question is not 'Can they "reason"?' nor 'Can they "talk"?' but 'Can they "suffer"?'.
- Influence of astronomers and geologists. Unexpectedly, astronomers a... | 68,627 | hotpotqa-train |
Rich Burlew, an American author, game designer, and graphic designer is best known for a webcomic that satirizes tabletop role-playing games and what else? | The Order of the Stick
The Order of the Stick (OOTS) is a comedic webcomic that satirizes tabletop role-playing games and medieval fantasy. The comic is written and drawn by Rich Burlew, who illustrates the comic in a stick figure style.
Taking place in a magical world that loosely operates by the rules of the 3.5 edit... | Ken Rolston
Ken Rolston is an American computer game and role-playing game designer best known for his work with West End Games and on the computer game series "The Elder Scrolls". In February 2007, he elected to join the staff of computer games company Big Huge Games to create a new role-playing game.
Rolston has a ma... | 68,628 | hotpotqa-train |
Olivia Olson played the character Joanna in the 2017 sequel that was directed by whom? | Red Nose Day Actually
Red Nose Day Actually is a 2017 British romantic comedy television short film, acting as both a sequel to the 2003 feature film "Love Actually", and a part of the fund-raising event Red Nose Day 2017. "Love Actually" writer and director Richard Curtis returns alongside cast members Hugh Grant, Lia... | on who is drawing her. Rynda later called this "one of the coolest parts" about the character's animation due to the fact that "every artist leaves a little bit of their own taste and sensibilities in what they draw."
Marceline is voiced by Olivia Olson. When production on "Adventure Time" began, Ward contacted his fri... | 68,629 | hotpotqa-train |
Tosca starred the tenor who was of what nationality? | Franco Corelli
Franco Corelli (8 April 1921 – 29 October 2003) was an Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976. Associated in particular with the spinto and dramatic tenor roles of the Italian repertory, he was celebrated universally for his powerhouse voice, electrifying top notes... | point, Blachut had mostly portrayed lyric tenor parts, but in Prague he began to sing works from the dramatic repertoire, especially in operas by Janáček, Dvořák, and Smetana. On 3 February 1942 he starred in the world premiere of František Škroup's "Columbus" (composed in 1855). Outside the Czech repertoire, he sang A... | 68,630 | hotpotqa-train |
What role is the twin of Elaine Thompson most notable for playing in the television series "Casualty"? | Odin's People
Odin's People was an Irish folk trio active in the 1960s, made up of twins Elaine and Derek Thompson and Larry Johns. They released two singles on the Major Minor label in 1967. | future wife, Dee Sadler, an actress playing Maggie, who had to be rescued from a cave before hospitalisation. Thompson has currently played the role of Charlie for over 30 years, and is the only remaining character from the original cast. In 2004 his character went on a six-month sabbatical, which remains his most nota... | 68,631 | hotpotqa-train |
Who produces the Mexican telenovela that features "Saturno" as its main theme? | Caer en tentación
Caer en tentación (English: "Fall Into Temptation") is a Mexican telenovela produced by Giselle González for Televisa, and it started airing on Mexican broadcast channel Las Estrellas on 18 September 2017, and concluded on 11 February 2018. Based on the Argentine drama by Erika Halvorsen and Gonzalo D... | , topping the chart for three weeks. Its music video, directed by Pedro Torres and filmed in black-and-white, features Miguel reminiscing at a bar about a woman who deceived him. The third single, "Todo y Nada", reached number three on the Hot Latin Songs and number one on the "Billboard" Latin Pop Airplay charts. "Tod... | 68,632 | hotpotqa-train |
"To Go Home" is an EP released by a singer-songwriter from what city? | To Go Home
To Go Home is an EP released by M. Ward in 2007 for Merge Records. The title track, originally by Daniel Johnston, is also found on M. Ward's 2006 album "Post-War".
Track listing.
All songs by Matt Ward except where noted.
1. "To Go Home" (Daniel Johnston) – 4:04
2. "Cosmopolitan Pap" – 1:58
3. "Human Punchi... | Black & Grey (EP)
Black & Grey is an extended play by Canadian pop rock band Black & Grey. It was released November 30, 2013 in Canada and was recorded at Soundpark Studios.
The EP features guest vocals from singer/songwriter Christina Maryanna Phillips on the track "Broken," and rapper/hip hop artist Blake Francis... | 68,633 | hotpotqa-train |
Glass House was derived from the house designed by whom? | Farnsworth House
The Farnsworth House was designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. It is a one-room weekend retreat in what then was a rural setting, located 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Chicago's downtown, on a 60-acre (24 ha) estate site adjoining the Fox River, south of the city o... | OBE FSA FRIBA contends that Burton's Palm House 'could have a just claim as the world's most important surviving Victorian glass and iron structure'. Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace was derived almost entirely from the glasshouse work of Decimus Burton and Richard Turner. Subsequent to his retirement there, Decimus desi... | 68,634 | hotpotqa-train |
On Giants' Shoulders was written in 1998 by Melvyn Bragg, the book was assembled after a series of interviews Bragg had with current scientists about the world's greatest scientists such as which English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recogni... | On Giants' Shoulders
On Giants' Shoulders was written in 1998 by Melvyn Bragg. The book was assembled after a series of interviews Bragg had with current scientists about the world's greatest scientists such as Archimedes, Isaac Newton and Einstein. Bragg, who brands himself as a "non-scientist", conducted these interv... | of history were geniuses.
The book's title is taken from Newton's 1675 quote: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
Inspiration.
In the introduction to "On Giants' Shoulders" Bragg writes that the world of science was one of mystery and could not be entered nor understood by non-scienti... | 68,635 | hotpotqa-train |
Moves and Heavy Metal, are which type of publication? | Heavy Metal (magazine)
Heavy Metal is an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine, known primarily for its blend of dark fantasy/science fiction and erotica and steampunk comics. In the mid-1970s, while publisher Leonard Mogel was in Paris to jump-start the French edition of "National Lampoon", he discovere... | characters were also noted as an inspiration for the male characters, with Ishiwatari saying they needed to be "chivalrous person-like characters", and citing Anji Mito "the most closest to this type". The female ones, on the other hand, have not followed a standard, with Ishiwatari only remarking that they needed to l... | 68,636 | hotpotqa-train |
In which 2016 film starred one of the voice actors from Fable III? | ) and "Spectre" (2015).
In 2016, she starred in the critically acclaimed film "Moonlight", a performance which earned her several accolades, including Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Harris was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New ... | , as well as games such as "Fable III", "Killzone" and "Xenoblade Chronicles". In 2016, he joined the voice cast of "Thomas & Friends", as the voice of Flying Scotsman. Most recently, he has voiced Robozuna For ITV/Netflix, Sadie Sparks for Disney, Dalamation Street for Disney, and is the narrator for the Little Prince... | 68,637 | hotpotqa-train |
Saint Vitus and Pentagram had what in common when it came to the music industry? | Saint Vitus (band)
Saint Vitus is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1979. They are one of the first doom metal bands, alongside Pentagram, Witchfinder General, Trouble and Pagan Altar. Having released nine studio albums to date, Saint Vitus never achieved a popular breakthrough, but have exerted gre... | Saint Vitus (venue)
Saint Vitus is a bar and music venue located in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Opened in April 2011, the venue is known for its heavy metal atmosphere. Some notable metal bands that have played there include Pentagram and Black Anvil. In April 2014, the surviving members of Nirva... | 68,638 | hotpotqa-train |
Are both Jingmen and Kangding cities in China? | Jingmen
Jingmen () is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the prefecture is 2,873,687 (2010 population census). The urban area of Jingmen City has a population of about 400,000. Jingmen is so n... | Jiaozuo–Liuzhou railway
The Jiaozuo–Liuzhou railway or Jiaoliu railway (), is a major trunkline railroad in China between Jiaozuo in central China and Liuzhou in southern China. The line is long and runs north–south through four provinces. The line was built between 1969 and 1978.
Major cities along route include Jiao... | 68,639 | hotpotqa-train |
How many students did the school, from which Corey Snide would graduate, have in 2005 ? | Corey Snide
Corey Snide (born December 19, 1993) is an American actor and dancer best known for his performance as Billy in "Billy Elliot the Musical" based on the hit film "Billy Elliot". Snide is a graduate of Colonie Central High School (class of 2011), and of Juilliard (class of 2015).
Career.
He began dancing at t... | led them to the Eurobowl semifinal and the Norwegian championship. He has previously played in France, Sweden and Germany. He is a graduate of the University of Sioux Falls, where he was the starting QB and still holds many school records.
Teams.
Teams Senior team.
The Jets have been able to attract players from all ov... | 68,640 | hotpotqa-train |
Robert A. Kotick is CEO of which American video game developer? | Bobby Kotick
Robert A. Kotick (born 1963) is an American businessman who serves as CEO of Activision Blizzard. He was the head of several technology companies early in his career. He purchased a stake in Activision in 1990, and became CEO the next year. Kotick engineered the Activision Blizzard merger, and he became CE... | "Drum Villain"", ""Keyboard Hero"", ""Drum Hero"" and ""Band Hero"". Analysts speculated that future "Guitar Hero" would need to include additional instrument peripherals in order to compete against former "Guitar Hero" developer Harmonixs "Rock Band". Activision's CEO Bobby Kotick and early previews of the game reveal... | 68,641 | hotpotqa-train |
Other than Valerie Bowman, who else wrote Regency romance novels? | Valerie Bowman
Valerie Bowman is an author of historical romance novels, and specifically Regency romance novels.
Bowman's first book, "Secrets of a Wedding Night", was nominated for a Best First Historical Romance Award from RT Book Reviews. "The Unexpected Duchess", the first book in Bowman's Playful Brides series, r... | Caris Roane
Caris Roane is an author of paranormal romance novels. As Valerie King she is also the author of Regency romance novels and won a 2005 Career Achievement Award for Regency Romance from "Romantic Times".
The Guardians of Ascension Series.
Caris Roane’s Guardians of Ascension series is about winged vampire wa... | 68,642 | hotpotqa-train |
Who is one of the greatest Irish writers and poets of all time, Theodore H. White or Brendan Behan? | Brendan Behan
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish writers of all time.
An Irish republican and a volunteer in ... | Sayers. The outstanding modernist prose writer in Irish was Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and prominent poets included Máirtín Ó Direáin, Seán Ó Ríordáin and Máire Mhac an tSaoi. Prominent bilingual writers included Brendan Behan (who wrote poetry and a play in Irish) and Flann O'Brien. Two novels by O'Brien, "At Swim Two Birds" ... | 68,643 | hotpotqa-train |
are The Betrayal – Nerakhoon and The Square both documentaries ? | The Betrayal – Nerakhoon
The Betrayal — Nerakhoon is a 2008 documentary film directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath.
Synopsis.
It is about an immigrant from Laos living in New York City. The film centres on the family's flight from Laos after the United States Secret War in Laos and the difficulty of assimil... | documentaries about Laos the "Nerakhoon" or “The Betrayal,” is widely known and follows a family that fled Laos in the 1970s and follows their post-Vietnam War story in the United States.
In 2007 the full-length feature movie "Sabaidee Luang Prabang" “Good Morning Luang Prabang” was released by Thai director Sakchai De... | 68,644 | hotpotqa-train |
What is the name of the paternal grandfather of Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones ? | David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (born 3 November 1961), styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is an English furniture maker and a former chairman of the auction house Christie's UK. The son of Princess Margaret... | , Dominican politician and lawyer, current Vice President and former First Lady of the Dominican Republic
- Margarita Aliger (1915–1992), Soviet poet and journalist
- Margarita Argúas (1902-1986), Argentine academic and judge
- Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones (born 2002), twentieth in line for the British throne
- Marga... | 68,645 | hotpotqa-train |
In the 2010 census what was the population of the city which the Path 64 Marketplace substation is near ? | Boulder City, Nevada
Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada. It is approximately southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2010 census, the population of Boulder City was 15,023.
The community took its name from Boulder Canyon. Boulder City is one of only two cities in Nevada that prohibits gambling (the other being Pa... | Eldorado - Marketplace - McCullough substation complex. For the Path 64 wire, the line terminates at Marketplace substation, where the long Path 63 wire from Arizona also terminates.
Power transmission capacity.
The lone 500 kV power line can transmit 1,200 MW of electrical power. | 68,646 | hotpotqa-train |
In which country does the singer who co-hosted the2012 Echo Klassik Awards with Nina Eichinger live ? | Rolando Villazón
Rolando Villazón Mauleón (born February 22, 1972) is a French/Mexican tenor. He now lives in France, and in 2007 he became a French citizen.
Villazón has published several books, including the novels "Malabares" and "Paladas de sombra contra la oscuridad" which have been translated into French and Germ... | 2011 Echo Klassik Awards
The 2011 Echo Klassik Awards were held on October 2, 2011. It is the 19th edition of the Deutsche Phono-Akademie's annual Echo Klassik awards for classical music. The ceremony took place in the Konzerthaus Berlin and was broadcast on ZDF. It was hosted by Thomas Gottschalk.
Winners.
The winners... | 68,647 | hotpotqa-train |
What is the titration invented by the Danish chemist famous for the concept of pH used for? | Sørensen formol titration
The Sørensen formol titration(SFT) invented by S. P. L. Sørensen in 1907 is a titration of an amino acid with potassium hydroxide in the presence of formaldehyde. It is used in the determination of protein content in samples.
If instead of an amino acid an ammonium salt is used the reaction pr... | absorbed at 517 nm.
Formol titration, invented by the Danish chemist S. P. L. Sørensen in 1907, utilizes formaldehyde in the presence of potassium or sodium hydroxide to measure amino acid concentration and ammonia with the aid of a pH meter. The reagents will also react with proline which can give a slightly higher YA... | 68,648 | hotpotqa-train |
Are both Jennifer Nettles and Aaron Barrett country singer and songwriters? | Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Odessa Nettles (born September 12, 1974) is an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. She is the lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush, and prior to this she fronted the Atlanta-based bands Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band. She also charted a... | Sugarland
Sugarland is an American country music duo consisting of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles (lead vocals) and Kristian Bush (vocals, guitar, mandolin). Sugarland was founded in 2002 by Kristen Hall (vocals, guitar) with Bush and became a trio after hiring Jennifer Nettles.
Signed to Mercury Nashville Records... | 68,649 | hotpotqa-train |
What WWII Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy was on the board of the American Cable and Radio Corporation? | William Halsey Jr.
Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr., KBE (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959), known as Bill Halsey or "Bull" Halsey, was an American admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the o... | from active service in March 1947 but, as a Fleet Admiral, he was not taken off active duty status.
Halsey was asked about the weapons used to win the war and he answered:
Halsey joined the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1946. Upon retirement, he joined the board of two subsidiaries of the... | 68,650 | hotpotqa-train |
Inked is a tattoo lifestyle digital media company that bills itself as the outsiders' insider media, Katherine von Drachenberg, known as Kat Von D, born on which date, a tattooed woman,tattoo artist, model, musician, entrepreneur, and television personality, have appeared on "Inked"'s cover? | Kat Von D
Katherine von Drachenberg, known as Kat Von D (born March 8, 1982), is an American tattoo artist, model, musician, author, entrepreneur, and television personality. She is best known for her work as a tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show "LA Ink", which premiered in the United States on August 7, ... | tattoos by Westerners who do not follow traditional customs regarding respectful display of images of Buddhas or deities.
In popular culture.
- "Inked" (magazine), a tattoo lifestyle digital media company that bills itself as the outsiders' insider media
- See List of tattoo TV shows
See also.
See also Styles.
- Black-... | 68,651 | hotpotqa-train |
Are Daniel Vacek and Patty Fendick both former tennis players? | Patty Fendick
Patty Fendick (born March 31, 1965) is a former professional women's tennis player and is the former women's tennis program head coach at University of Texas.
She was born on March 31, 1965 in Sacramento, California and played at the collegiate level at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA tea... | Patty (given name)
Patty is the given name, a diminutive form of Patricia, or a diminutive form of Patrick in some forms of English (notably Australian).
It may refer to:
People.
- Patricia Patty Berg (1918-2006), American LPGA golfer
- Patty Berg (politician) (born 1942), American politician
- Patty Donahue (1956–1996... | 68,652 | hotpotqa-train |
This CarniK Con meme development, involving duct tape, was based on an animated Nickelodeon series created by what marine biologist? | SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. T... | patronage".
Reception.
"The Film Daily" gave the film a mostly positive review, calling it a "... world of entertainment to offer those who relish lively rhythms." The "New York Times"' Bosley Crowther did not think highly of the film, saying that the "... music, gags and slapstick designed to entertain our troops ..."... | 68,653 | hotpotqa-train |
The Secret Garden lyrics are by a playwright who recieved what award in 1983? | The Secret Garden (musical)
The Secret Garden is a musical based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's script and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon. It premiered on Broadway in 1991 and ran for 709 performances.
The story is set in the early years of the 20th c... | wrote the book and lyrics for the musical "The Secret Garden", an adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel "The Secret Garden", and won the Tony Award for Best Book in 1991. Her work in musical theatre continued with the book and lyrics for the musical "The Red Shoes", which failed on Broadway in 1993. Her one-a... | 68,654 | hotpotqa-train |
What high school in Prairie Village, Kansas, US, is operated by in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, and enrolled 27,521 students in the 2016–2017 school year? | Shawnee Mission School District
The Shawnee Mission School District (Kansas Unified School District 512) is one of the major school districts in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is in northeast Johnson County, Kansas, and enrolled 27,648 students in the 2017–2018 school year. As of 2018, the district comprises fiv... | Kansas City Christian School
Kansas City Christian School is a private Christian school located in Prairie Village, Kansas. There are approximately 600 students enrolled from preschool through high school. It was formed on July 5, 1951.
There have been three main campuses over the years, and the current location for th... | 68,655 | hotpotqa-train |
Ginislao Paris played trombone with an orchestra founded in what year? | Ginislao Paris
Ginislao Paris (1852-after 1917) was an Italian composer and musician in Tsarist Russia who played trombone with the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra in St. Petersburg. He also played mandolin, founding the first mandolin orchestra in Russia, "The society of amateur Mandolinists and Guitarists" in the 18... | Andreyev's Russian orchestra on domra before giving up playing on stage in favour of his ballet career.
Ginislao Paris played in the same orchestra with another Italian, flautist Ernesto Köhler, who also played mandolin and wrote the first mandolin method book in Russia, (First edition published by J.H. Zimmermannin 1... | 68,656 | hotpotqa-train |
Don Loren Harper's credits include a 1998 American science fiction disaster film that was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by who? | Don L. Harper
Don Loren Harper is a Los Angeles-based film composer, songwriter, conductor, and arranger whose credits include films such as "The Guardian", "National Treasure", "Training Day", "Armageddon", "The Rock", "Twister", "Broken Arrow", "Assassins", and "Speed". Harper composed and conducted the music for Dis... | Enemy of the State (film)
Enemy of the State is a 1998 American action-thriller film directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and written by David Marconi. The film stars Will Smith and Gene Hackman, with Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Gabriel Byrne, Dan Butler, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, and Regina Ki... | 68,657 | hotpotqa-train |
What role did Sara Mingardo play in the three act opera, by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, which premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan? | Falstaff (opera)
Falstaff () is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and scenes from "Henry IV", parts 1 and 2. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan.
Verdi wrote "Falstaff", which ... | , and the composer and librettist provided an alternative happy ending to the work, a common practice with drama and opera at one time.
Giuseppe Verdi and librettist Arrigo Boito adapted Shakespeare's play to "Otello", an Italian grand opera in four acts that was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 5 Feb... | 68,658 | hotpotqa-train |
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