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In which country of the UK was designer Laura Ashley born? | in Wales at her grandmother's home, 31 Station Terrace, She was raised in a civil service family as a Strict Baptist. The chapel she attended in Dowlais (Hebron) was Welsh language and although she could not understand it, she loved it, especially the singing. Educated at Marshall's School in Merthyr Tydfil until 1932,... | Laura Ashley
Laura Ashley (7 September 1925 – 17 September 1985) was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture in the 1960s. The Laura Ashley style is characterised by Romantic English designs — often wi... | 1,200 | triviaqa-train |
If something is sigmate, it is in the shape of which letter of the English alphabet? | Latin alphabet
The Latin or Roman alphabet, is the writing system originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.
Etymology.
Due to its use in writing Germanic, Romance and other languages first in Europe and then in other parts of the world and due to its use in Romanizing writing of other languages... | PledgeMusic.com issued statements via their website but the situation continues. PledgeMusic.com continues to invite artists to start new projects and for fans to make pledges to those projects.
Fraud Trial.
On February 15, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission began a court case in the United States distri... | 1,201 | triviaqa-train |
On an Ordnance Survey map, what does ‘PA’ represent? | out of date. The scale and detail of this mapping project is unique. By 2009, around 440 million TOIDs had been assigned, and the database stood at 600 gigabytes in size. Currently (March 2011), OS claims 450 million TOIDs. As of 2005, "OS MasterMap" was at version 6; 2010's version 8 includes provision for Urban Paths... | map of 1890 shows "The Gate" public house).
- T P. TF466217. (also 1834-6)
The six digit National grid References of the marked positions on the 1824 map are taken from an equivalent modern map. The four digit references are much less accurate, being taken from an Ordnance Survey map by inspection of Wright Fig.3. The ... | 1,202 | triviaqa-train |
Who became Speaker of the House of Commons in June 2009? | 2009 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
The 2009 election of the Speaker of the House of Commons occurred on 22 June 2009 following the resignation of Michael Martin as Speaker during the parliamentary expenses scandal. Martin was the first Speaker since Sir John Trevor in 1695 to be forced out of office.... | Williams was the last parliamentary survivor of those who were elected in Wilson's 1964 election win. As Father of the House, Williams presided over the Commons Speaker election on 22 June 2009. He stood down from the Commons at the 2010 general election.
Personal life.
He married (Mary) Patricia Rees in June 1957 in B... | 1,203 | triviaqa-train |
Which US Vice President had a pet Cocker Spaniel called Checkers? | this capacity, four vice presidents have been able to announce their own election to the presidency: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, and George H. W. Bush. Conversely, John C. Breckinridge, in 1861, Richard Nixon, in 1961, and Al Gore, in 2001, all had to announce their opponent's election. In 1969, Vic... | were mostly Lutheran pastors and their wives. Her poetic talents grew in the cultural circles of the pastors' houses. Her poems grew large followings which brought connections, enough to support her family's financial struggles. In January 1760 Karsch arranged for her abusive, alcoholic husband to be pressed into the P... | 1,204 | triviaqa-train |
What was a member or supporter of the Parliamentary Party called during the English Civil War? | kingdom. Many English Parliamentarians were suspicious of such a move, fearing that such a new kingdom might destroy old English traditions which had bound the English monarchy. As Charles shared his father's position on the power of the crown (James had described kings as "little gods on Earth", chosen by God to rule ... | O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, but this proved a vain errand. At length, after many entreaties, he was allowed to resign the treasurership, but before he could arrange to leave Ireland he died.
Wallop's eldest son, Sir Henry Wallop (1568-1642), who acted as his father's deputy in Ireland, left an only son, Robert Wallop (160... | 1,205 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Paddy Maguire’s wife in the UK tv series ‘Shameless’? | 2007 until 27 February 2007. It featured the biggest cast change in the show's nine-year run, with many characters from the first three series departing and many new characters introduced to replace them. Most notably, the series saw the introduction of the Maguire family as main characters rather than the antagonists ... | List of Shameless (American TV series) characters
The following is a list of the fictional characters appearing in the American comedy-drama television series "Shameless", created by Paul Abbott. The series was first broadcast on January 9, 2011 on the Showtime network. It is based on the UK series of the same name.
"S... | 1,206 | triviaqa-train |
What are the patterns called which are applied to the hands of Indian women using Henna? | Henna
Henna (), also known as Mehndi in Hindi, and Chinah in Hebrew, is a dye prepared from the plant "Lawsonia inermis", also known as hina, the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet , the sole species of the genus "Lawsonia".
"Henna" can also refer to the temporary body art resulting from the stain... | ancient Indian subcontinent. It is typically applied during weddings - for brides. In Rajasthan, the grooms are given designs that are often as elaborate as those for brides. In Assam, apart from marriage, it is broadly used by unmarried women during Rongali bihu.
Muslims in Afghanistan also started to use it as an ind... | 1,207 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1885 novel ‘King Solomon’s Mines’? | King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English a... | In Search of King Solomon's Mines
In Search of King Solomon's Mines is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah.
Overview.
Shah's search began with a map in Jerusalem. The map showed a trail leading to the fabled mines of King Solomon, who built the first temple of Israel out of gold, mined from the land of Oph... | 1,208 | triviaqa-train |
The meadow flower ‘Ranunculus acris’ is better known by what name? | Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus acris is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, and is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia. Common names include meadow buttercup, tall buttercup, common buttercup and giant buttercup.
Description.
Ranunculus acris is a herbaceous perennia... | of construction in 1794 . As built, the canal severed the course of a brook and a culvert was made below the canal to accommodate this. A landslip blocked this and the waters were impounded on the offside of the canal. The new lake and canal became one and the lake was officially known as Crime Bank Reservoir, but it i... | 1,209 | triviaqa-train |
Which animal is the symbol of the Rastafari religion? | there are various Rastas who went from believing that Haile Selassie was both God incarnate and the Second Coming of Jesus to seeing him as something distinct.
On being crowned, Haile Selassie was given the title of "King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah". Rastas use this title for Hail... | could assist this campaign. The Obama Administration declined to pardon Garvey in 2011, writing that its policy is not to consider requests for posthumous pardons.
There have been several proposals to make a biopic of Garvey's life. Those mentioned in connection with the role of Garvey have included the Jamaican-born a... | 1,210 | triviaqa-train |
How many times has jockey Richard Dunwoody won the English Grand National? | laps of 16 fences, the first 14 of which are jumped twice. Horses completing the race cover a distance of , the longest of any National Hunt race in Britain. As part of a review of safety following the 2012 running of the event, from 2013 to 2015 the start was moved forward away from the crowds and grandstands, reducin... | 1981 Grand National;
- West Tip, who ran in six consecutive Nationals and won once in 1986;
- Richard Dunwoody, the jockey who rode West Tip and Miinnehoma to victory and who competed in 14 Grand Nationals, being placed in eight;
- Brian Fletcher, a jockey who won the race three times (including Red Rum's first victory... | 1,211 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’? | The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero, a compl... | and songs that evoke the spirit of enchantment on the island. It explores many themes including magic, betrayal, revenge, and family. In act four, a wedding masque serves as a play-within-the play, and contributes spectacle, allegory, and elevated language. Though "The Tempest" is listed in the First Folio as the first... | 1,212 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the airship that burst into flames at Lakenhurst Naval Station, New Jersey in 1937? | Zinc mines were also a major industry, especially the Sterling Hill Mine.
History 20th century.
New Jersey prospered through the Roaring Twenties. The first Miss America Pageant was held in 1921 in Atlantic City, the Holland Tunnel connecting Jersey City to Manhattan opened in 1927, and the first drive-in movie was sho... | until it was destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937 while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service with the loss of 36 lives. This was the last of the great airship disaste... | 1,213 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, what was Arachne turned into after beating Athena in a weaving contest? | spider. Spiders are the largest order in the class, which also includes scorpions, ticks, mites, harvestmen, and solifuges. In 2019, a molecular phylogenetic study also placed horseshoe crabs in Arachnida.
Almost all extant arachnids are terrestrial, living mainly on land. However, some inhabit freshwater environments ... | ) was the daughter of a famous dyer in Tyrian purple in Hypaipa of Lydia, and a weaving student of Athena. She became so conceited of her skill as a weaver that she began claiming that her skill was greater than that of Athena herself. Athena gave Arachne a chance to redeem herself by assuming the form of an old woman ... | 1,214 | triviaqa-train |
Which British poet had a relationship with Fanny Brawne? | Fanny Brawne
Frances "Fanny" Brawne Lindon (9 August 1800 – 4 December 1865) was the fiancée and muse to English Romantic poet John Keats.
As Fanny Brawne, she met Keats, who was her neighbour in Hampstead, at the beginning of his brief period of intense creative activity in 1818. Although his first written impressions... | love sonnet "Bright Star" (perhaps revised for her) as a declaration. It was a work in progress which he continued at until the last months of his life, and the poem came to be associated with their relationship. "All his desires were concentrated on Fanny". From this point there is no further documented mention of Isa... | 1,215 | triviaqa-train |
What type of gas was used by the Germans against the French for the first time, at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915? | - Action of Hooge 19 and 30 July, 9 August
Battle Battle of Gravenstafel Ridge (22–23 April 1915).
On 22 April 1915 at about , the German Army released of chlorine gas over a front between the hamlets of Langemark () and Gravenstafel () on the Allied line held by French Territorial and Moroccan and Algerian troops of t... | salient of ground, held at great cost at the First Battle of Ypres five months earlier. On 22 April 1915 the Germans used poison gas on the Western Front for the first time, and heavy casualties were sustained by the British and French troops.
On 27 April 1915, with a French counterattack to the north of the salient ma... | 1,216 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’? | Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper "The Graphic" in 1891, then in book form in three volumes in 1891, and as a single volume in 1892.... | d'Urbervilles" (1891).
"Tess of the d’Urbervilles" displays many highly illusionist qualities, which is typical of realist fiction. The novel presents a primarily believable and highly detailed account of rural people and rural life at the end of the 19th century and is situated in Hardy’s semi-fictional "Wessex". This... | 1,217 | triviaqa-train |
The perfume L’Interdit by Givenchy was created in 1957 for which actress? | , ties, tableware, upholstery and kimonos. Hubert de Givenchy was chosen to design the interior of Hilton hotels around the world, and even a car (the Continental Mark V).
In 1976, Givenchy Inc. (offices and showrooms) arrived on New York’s Fifth Avenue.
History 1979–1985: LVMH era.
Later, Hubert de Givenchy was electe... | Xeryus
Xeryus is a men's "eau de toilette" manufactured by Givenchy.
The cologne was introduced in 1986 and comes in a spray bottle.
Its scent is a blend of citrus, violet, jasmine, spices, musk and amber.
A follow-up perfume "Xeryus Rouge" created by Firmenich was introduced in 1996.
See also.
- Parfums Givenchy
- Per... | 1,218 | triviaqa-train |
Who starred as mathematician John Nash in the 2001 film ‘A Beautiful Mind’? | A Beautiful Mind (film)
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman. It was inspired by a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 1998 book of the same name by Sy... | Alicia Nash
Alicia Esther Nash (née Lardé Lopez-Harrison; January 1, 1933 – May 23, 2015) was a Salvadoran-American physicist. The wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr., she was a mental-health care advocate, who gave up her professional aspirations to support her husband and son who were both diagnosed with schi... | 1,219 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first day of Lent called? | councils attempted to set things "right". Caesarius of Arles (470–542) protested around 500 CE in his sermons against the pagan practices. Centuries later, his statements were adapted as the building blocks of the "Indiculus superstitionum et paganiarum" ("small index of superstitious and pagan practices"), which was d... | for what is called by most churches "Sunday School."
In common with other Christian denominations derived from the 16th century Puritanism, many Friends do not observe religious festivals (e.g. Christmas, Lent, or Easter), but instead believe that Christ's birth, crucifixion, and resurrection, should be commemorated ev... | 1,220 | triviaqa-train |
The Clee hills are in which English county? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of... | Severn Valley Railway runs from Bridgnorth into Worcestershire along the Severn Valley, terminating at Kidderminster Town.
Because of its valley location and character, Church Stretton is sometimes referred to as "Little Switzerland". Nearby are the old mining and quarrying communities on the Clee Hills, notable geolog... | 1,221 | triviaqa-train |
Which men’s sport was transferred permanently from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympic Games from 1924? | to NHL players for the first time. Canada and the United States were favoured to win the tournament as they both fielded more NHL players than European countries, but surprisingly neither team won any medals and it was the Czech Republic who prevailed. The Czech team was mainly composed of domestic pros with some addit... | History.
Figure skating was first contested as an Olympic sport at the 1908 Summer Olympics, in London, United Kingdom. As this traditional winter sport could be conducted indoors, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved its inclusion in the Summer Olympics program. It was featured a second time at the Antwe... | 1,222 | triviaqa-train |
In 1930, Australian cricketer Don Bradman scored a world record how many runs in 415 minutes at Sydney Cricket Ground? | to the ground in the 1920–21 season to watch the Fifth Test of the Australia and England series. In that game Charlie Macartney scored 170 to help seal a win for Australia.
Bradman scored the highest ever first-class innings of 452 at the SCG for New South Wales against Queensland in 1928–29. This record was surpassed ... | Don Bradman.
- Youngest Australian batsman and fourth youngest in the world to reach 6000 runs in Test cricket.
- Fastest Australian batsman to reach 3,000 One Day International (ODI) runs.
- Fifth player to win the Allan Border Medal more than once.
- First cricketer to win the McGilvray Medal four times.
- Only the s... | 1,223 | triviaqa-train |
The dairy product ‘Skyr’ originated in which country? | Skyr
Skyr is an Icelandic cultured dairy product. It has the consistency of Greek yogurt, but a milder flavor. Skyr can be classified as a fresh sour milk cheese (similar to curd cheese eaten in Germany and Russia) but is consumed like a yogurt. It has been a part of Icelandic cuisine for centuries.
Skyr has a slightl... | Ymer (dairy product)
Ymer is a Danish soured milk product which has been known since 1930. It is made by fermenting whole milk with the bacterial culture "Lactococcus lactis". When producing fermented milk products such as yogurt, ymer, filmjölk, skyr, qvark and A-38, and also when producing cheese, one can add lactic ... | 1,224 | triviaqa-train |
The cocktail ‘Death in the Afternoon’, consisting of Absinthe and Champagne, was invented by which American author? | Death in the Afternoon (cocktail)
Death in the Afternoon, also called the Hemingway or the Hemingway Champagne, is a cocktail made up of absinthe and Champagne, invented by Ernest Hemingway. The cocktail shares a name with Hemingway's book "Death in the Afternoon", and the recipe was published in "So Red the Nose, or B... | to absinthe are sometimes given a different name, but are also sometimes still referred to as Death in the Afternoon. Some recipes direct the person making the cocktail to use ingredients in addition to the Champagne and absinthe; Valerie Mellma recommends that a sugar cube and several dashes of bitters be added to the... | 1,225 | triviaqa-train |
Lactuca Sativa is the Latin name for which common vegetable? | of the world. Plants generally have a height and spread of . The leaves are colorful, mainly in the green and red color spectrums, with some variegated varieties. There are also a few varieties with yellow, gold or blue-teal leaves. Lettuces have a wide range of shapes and textures, from the dense heads of the iceberg ... | Oleic acid
Oleic acid is a fatty acid that occurs naturally in various animal and vegetable fats and oils. It is an odorless, colorless oil, although commercial samples may be yellowish. In chemical terms, oleic acid is classified as a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid, abbreviated with a lipid number of 18:1 "cis"-9.... | 1,226 | triviaqa-train |
Halloumi cheese originated on which Mediterranean island? | . The dish may be ancient: dried beans of Neolithic age have been found near Nazareth.
Cooking Ottoman.
Ottoman cuisine has given rise to the cuisines of modern Turkey, parts of the Balkans, Cyprus, and Greece. A distinctive element is the family of small flaky pastries called börek. These are popular and widespread ac... | curds are a main ingredient in poutine, which originated in the 1950s in rural Quebec, Canada. It consists of french fries topped with fresh cheese curds, covered with brown gravy and sometimes additional ingredients.
See also.
- Cottage Cheese
- Fried cheese
- Halloumi
- Leipäjuusto (Finnish squeaky cheese)
- List of ... | 1,227 | triviaqa-train |
What is the favourite food of fictional characters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? | pouch of Pizza Crunchabungas, pizza-flavored corn snacks in the shape of pizzas (the commercial starred the Ninja Turtles as Will Vinton-created claymations); Hostess Ninja Turtles Pudding Pies, featuring a green sugar crust and vanilla pudding inside; and Royal OOZE Gelatin Desserts, distributed by Nabisco under "Roya... | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2014 American superhero film based on the fictional superhero team of the same name. It is the fifth film in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film series and the first in the reboot series. It features the main characters portrayed by a new ca... | 1,228 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Dream of Gerontius’ is the 1900 work of which English composer? | The Dream of Gerontius
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment before God and settling into Purgatory. Elgar disapproved of... | Television Networks.
The headquarters of the Kabul Soccer Club is located in Concord.
Points of interest.
- Baldwin Community Park and the Concord Senior Center
- Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
- Buchanan Field Airport
- Camp Concord at South Lake Tahoe, a family-oriented summer camp, although not located in Concord,... | 1,229 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Davy Crockett in the 1960 film ‘The Alamo’? | The Alamo (1960 film)
The Alamo is a 1960 American historical epic war film about the 1836 Battle of the Alamo produced and directed by John Wayne and starring Wayne as Davy Crockett. The picture also stars Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B. Travis, and the supporting cast features Frankie A... | three-episode 1988–89 revival was made entitled "The New Adventures of Davy Crockett", in which Tim Dunigan took over Fess Parker's famous role. Johnny Cash played an older Davy in a few scenes set before he went to Texas.
In 2002, Disney (under its Touchstone Pictures label) would revisit the subject of Davy Crockett ... | 1,230 | triviaqa-train |
Which 18th Century author wrote ‘Clarissa’ (or ‘The History of a Young Lady), said to be the longest novel in the English language? | Clarissa
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by English writer Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a young woman, Clarissa Harlowe, whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family. The Harlowes are a recently wealthy family whose preoccupation wit... | Sophia Briscoe
Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s) was the 18th-century English author of two epistolary novels. Little is known of her life.
Novels.
Briscoe was the author of the epistolary novels "Miss Melmoth; or the New Clarissa" (1771) and "The Fine Lady: A Novel" (sometimes "The Fine Lady; or a history of Mrs. Montague", ... | 1,231 | triviaqa-train |
In 1951, Jean Lee was the last woman to be executed in which country? | HM Prison Pentridge
Her Majesty's Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison that was first established in 1851 in Coburg, Victoria. The first prisoners arrived in 1851. The prison officially closed on 1 May 1997.
Pentridge was often referred to as the "Bluestone College", "Coburg College" or "College of Knowledge". The... | Wanda Jean Allen
Wanda Jean Allen (August 17, 1959 – January 11, 2001) was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of Gloria Jean Leathers, 29, her longtime girlfriend. Allen was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. She was the sixth woman to be executed since executions resumed in Ok... | 1,232 | triviaqa-train |
Which country singer was known as ‘The Man in Black’? | was played by most country bands. Rockabilly was most popular with country fans in the 1950s, and 1956 could be called the year of rockabilly in country music, with Johnny Cash emerging as one of the most popular and enduring representatives of the rockabilly genre; rockabilly was also a starting point for eventual roc... | Deep in the Heart of Texas (film)
Deep in the Heart of Texas is a 1942 black-and-white western released in the United States starring Johnny Mack Brown as a man instrumental in restoring Texas. It was directed by western director Elmer Clifton. The film is situated just after the close of the American Civil War in Texa... | 1,233 | triviaqa-train |
The Rimac River is in which South American country? | Rímac River
The Rímac River is located in western Peru and is the most important source of potable water for the Lima and Callao Metropolitan Area.
The river is part of the Pacific watershed and has a length of 204 km. The river begins in the highlands of the Huarochirí Province in the Lima Region and its mouth is loca... | direction is mainly to the northwest. Upstream it is the natural border between the districts of Chicla and San Mateo. The confluence with the Rimac River is south of Chicla.
The Yuraqmayu dam which was erected near the village of Yuraqmayu at was erected in 1995. It is high and long. It is operated by Edegel. The rese... | 1,234 | triviaqa-train |
Which British Prime Minister declared ‘Peace in our time’ in September 1938? | island. The piece, as expected due to its subject matter, is unusual for its heavy tone, taking a darker approach than the comedic feel featured in most of Coward's plays.
The play takes its title from the common misquotation of Conservative leader Neville Chamberlain's phrase during a massively publicized speech after... | at Munich in September 1938, Dunglass accompanied him. Having gained a short-lived extension of peace by acceding to Hitler's territorial demands at the expense of Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain was welcomed back to London by cheering crowds. Ignoring Dunglass's urging he made an uncharacteristically grandiloquent speech,... | 1,235 | triviaqa-train |
Which part of the body does a cariogenic affect? | Tooth decay
Tooth decay, also known as dental caries or cavities, is a breakdown of teeth due to acids made by bacteria. The cavities may be a number of different colors from yellow to black. Symptoms may include pain and difficulty with eating. Complications may include inflammation of the tissue around the tooth, too... | but is an area where significant clearcuts have occurred recently as timberland is converted to wreath brush production.
The other watersheds in Columbia contain the main stem of the Pleasant River in the northern part of town, including the Great Heath described below. The West Branch of the Pleasant River rises in tw... | 1,236 | triviaqa-train |
Which BBC Radio 2 host includes ‘The Tracks of My Years’ in his weekday programme? | replaced by Ken Bruce and later Derek Jameson; Jimmy Young and his lunchtime news and current affairs show; David Hamilton on mid-afternoons, John Dunn at what became known as drivetime.
On Monday 6 January 1975, the broadcasting hours for BBC Radio 2 were reduced due to budget cuts at the BBC. The former 5am2am schedu... | Ride", "Late Night Extra" and, from March 1974, "The Early Show". Bates left BBC Radio 2 in January 1976 and joined BBC Radio 1 in May the same year standing in for Tom Browne to host the Sunday Top 20 show before presenting the Sunday morning show two months later
Broadcasting career.
Broadcasting career BBC Radio 1.
... | 1,237 | triviaqa-train |
In Sikhism, what is the practice of allowing one’s hair to grow naturally, as a symbol of respect for the perfection of God’s creation? | Kesh (Sikhism)
In Sikhism, Kesh (sometimes Kes) is the practice of allowing one's hair to grow naturally out of respect for the perfection of God's creation. The practice is one of The Five Kakaars, the outward symbols ordered by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699 as a means to profess the Sikh faith. The hair is combed twice d... | hair tidy, a symbol of not just accepting what God has given, but also an injunction to maintain it with grace. The Guru Granth Sahib said hair should be allowed to grow naturally; this precludes any shaving for both men and women. In the Guru's time, some holy men let their hair become tangled and dirty. The Guru said... | 1,238 | triviaqa-train |
In humans, glossitis is the inflammation of which part of the body? | Glossitis
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Glossitis can mean soreness of the tongue, or more usually inflammation with depapillation of the dorsal surface of the tongue (loss of the lingual papillae), leaving a smooth and erythematous (reddened) surface, (sometimes specifically termed atrophic glossitis). In a wider sense, glossitis can mean inf... | lesions and gives positive response with patch testing. Acute (short term) exposure to the allergen (the substance triggering the allergic response) causes non-specific inflammation and possibly mucosal ulceration. Chronic (long term) exposure to the allergen may appear as chronic inflammatory, lichenoid (lesions resem... | 1,239 | triviaqa-train |
Tuber melanosporum is a variety of which luxury food? | black truffles are used to refine the taste of meat, fish, soups and risotto. Unlike white truffles, the aroma of black truffles does not diminish when they are heated, but becomes more intense.
In Spain, where black truffles are often used in cooking, one truffle dish is known as blanched eggs, or huevos escaldados in... | not appear to be conserved in Bacteria or Archaea. In all orthologs, the most-conserved region was near the end of the protein where the conserved domains are (see below). Orthologs for the human FAM214A protein were found as far back as Tuber melanosporum, Talaromyces stipitatus, and Aspergillus nidulans, which all di... | 1,240 | triviaqa-train |
In which Scottish city is the Robert Gordon University? | , and there were doubts over the number of officially designated cities. The royal burghs of Edinburgh and Perth anciently used the title "civitas", but the term "city" does not seem to have been used before the 15th century. Unlike the situation in England, in Scotland there was no link between the presence of a cathe... | in 1886, which is one of the oldest established colleges of art in the UK. The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and the Built Environment, was one of the first architectural schools to have its training courses recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Both are now part of Robert Gordon University... | 1,241 | triviaqa-train |
The Davis Cup is a challenge trophy contested by men in which sport? | Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to ... | .
Domestic cups Men Canadian Championship.
The Canadian Championship is contested by men's teams at the division 1 & 2 level.
Domestic cups Men Inter-Provincial Cup.
The Inter-Provincial Cup is a two-legged home-and-away series at the division 3 level played between the season champions of League1 Ontario and the Premi... | 1,242 | triviaqa-train |
How many stars are on the national flag of Turkey? | Flag of Turkey
The flag of the Republic of Turkey, often referred to as the Turkish flag () is a red flag featuring a white star and crescent. The flag is often called ' (the red flag), and is referred to as ' (the red banner) in the Turkish national anthem. The current design of the Turkish flag is directly derived fr... | , all five stars of the Southern Cross are presented on the Australian flag, and they are white with seven points, except for the additional smaller fifth star in the Southern Cross which has only five points on this flag. Some similarities to the United States flag with the red and white stripes are noted as well such... | 1,243 | triviaqa-train |
Which animal is known as the ‘Earth Pig’? | Aardvark
The aardvark ( ; "Orycteropus afer") is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike other insectivores, it has a long pig-like snout, which is used to sni... | production, as such, is not allowed in many northern European countries, such as in Finland. In Finland, giving feed, drink or other nutrition which is known to be dangerous to an animal which is being cared for is prohibited, as well as failing to give nutrients the lack of which is known to cause the animal to fall i... | 1,244 | triviaqa-train |
The ‘Pastry War’ of 1838 was an invasion of which country by France, after a French pastrycook accused local officers of looting his shop? | 1848. In 1852, the president of the French Republic, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon I's nephew, was proclaimed emperor of the second Empire, as Napoleon III. He multiplied French interventions abroad, especially in Crimea, in Mexico and Italy which resulted in the annexation of the duchy of Savoy and the county of ... | Stéphane Tréand
Stéphane Tréand is a French pastry chef from Brignoles, France, Meilleur Ouvrier de France recipient, pastry instructor, and restaurateur residing in California, USA.
Career.
Tréand's career began in a bakery in Northern France when he was sixteen years old. While apprenticing at the local shop, he atte... | 1,245 | triviaqa-train |
What is the national flower of South Africa? | king protea is the national flower of South Africa and as such lends its name to the national cricket team, whose nickname is "the Proteas" In the early 1990s there was a political debate as to how and if the flower should be incorporated onto the national rugby teams shirts, perhaps replacing the controversial springb... | the National flower of South Africa, and the Strelitzia, the flower of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).
Active Service.
1. South Africa, Anglo-Zulu War 1879
2. South Africa, Anglo-Boer War 18991902
3. Relief of Ladysmith 1900
4. Natal, Bambatha Rebellion 1906
5. South West Africa 19141915
6. East Africa 19161918
7. Rand Mine... | 1,246 | triviaqa-train |
Meles Zenawi became Prime Minister of which country in 1995? | Meles Zenawi
Meles Zenawi Asres (, "mäläs zenawi asräs"; , name by birth:- Legesse Zenawi Asres; 9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian politician who was the 13th Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 to his death in 2012. From 1989, he was the chairman of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the hea... | government, the other members being Meles Zenawi (President) and Siye Abraha (Minister of Defence). His position was Prime Minister of the Transitional Government, in which capacity he served from 6 June 1991 until 22 August 1995, when President Meles Zenawi succeeded him as Prime Minister. While in power, he realized ... | 1,247 | triviaqa-train |
The Burgos Cathedral is in which European country? | Gothic sculptural set of the 13th century in Spain. It is dedicated to the archaic theme of Christ in Majesty, but using an innovative plastic.
The central element and artistically most refined is the tympanum, whose execution is attributed to a French artist referred to as the Master of the Beau Dieu of Amiens. What i... | the Art Nouveau style far beyond its usual application as a surface decoration.
Design Plan.
While never intended to be a cathedral (seat of a bishop), the Sagrada Família was planned from the outset to be a cathedral-sized building. Its ground-plan has obvious links to earlier Spanish cathedrals such as Burgos Cathedr... | 1,248 | triviaqa-train |
Which champion racehorse, who died in 1932, was sometimes referred to as ‘Australia’s Wonder Horse’? | in 1834. Australia's first country racing club was established at Wallabadah in 1852 and the Wallabadah Cup is still held on New Year's Day (the current racecourse was built in 1898).
In Australia, the most famous racehorse was Phar Lap (bred in New Zealand), who raced from 1928 to 1932. Phar Lap carried to win the 193... | was a strongly built bay horse with one white foot, standing 15.2 hands high. He was bred by William Etwall, of Longstock near the Hampshire town of Andover, after which the colt was named. He was sired by Bay Middleton, an unbeaten champion racehorse who won the 2000 Guineas and the Derby in 1836. He was also a highly... | 1,249 | triviaqa-train |
Mountjoy Prison is in which European city? | Mountjoy Prison
Mountjoy Prison (), founded as Mountjoy Gaol and nicknamed "The Joy", is a medium security prison located in Phibsborough in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. It has the largest prison population in Ireland.
The current prison warden is Brian Murphy.
History.
Mountjoy was designed by the British military e... | felt under his lord, and thus shame him, was a common feature of early Irish society and this tactic was fully incorporated into the Brehon legal system. The tradition is ultimately most likely part of the still older Indo-European tradition of which the Irish were part.
The tactic was used by physical force republican... | 1,250 | triviaqa-train |
Napoleon and Snowball appear in which 1945 novel? | old. Mr. Jones, having moved away after giving up on reclaiming his farm, has also died. The pigs start to resemble humans, as they walk upright, carry whips, drink alcohol and wear clothes. The Seven Commandments are abridged to just two phrases: ""All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."" ... | before the revolution, the animals storm the farmhouse to overthrow Napoleon and avenge the deaths of Snowball, Boxer, and their compatriots. Napoleon tries to summon his guard dogs, but they are too drunk to respond, while the pigs in attendance are too scared to face the invading horde. The animals trample Napoleon a... | 1,251 | triviaqa-train |
What is the US state capital of Illinois? | decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.
The capital of Illinois is Springfield, which is located in the central part of the state. Alt... | Columbus, Ohio
Columbus ( ) is the state capital and the largest city of and the most populous city in the U.S. State of Ohio. With a population of 892,533 as of 2018 estimates, it is the 14th-most populous city in the United States and one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation. This makes Columbus the thir... | 1,252 | triviaqa-train |
The Nigerian port of Lagos lies on which Gulf? | Nigeria
Nigeria (), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal C... | Nigerian Ports Authority
The Nigerian Ports Authority ("NPA") is a federal government agency that governs and operates the ports of Nigeria. The major ports controlled by the NPA include: the Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port in Lagos; Calabar Port, Delta Port, Rivers Port at Port Harcourt, and Onne Port. Oper... | 1,253 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county is the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch? | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorks... | novel is centred upon southern Yorkshire and northern Nottinghamshire in England. Castles mentioned within the story include Ashby de la Zouch Castle (now a ruin in the care of English Heritage), York (though the mention of Clifford's Tower, likewise an extant English Heritage property, is anachronistic, it not having ... | 1,254 | triviaqa-train |
Who played hitman Martin Q Blank in the 1997 film ‘Grosse Pointe Blank’? | Grosse Pointe Blank
Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 American black comedy crime film directed by George Armitage and starring John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin and Dan Aykroyd. Cusack plays an assassin who returns to his hometown to attend a high school reunion. The film received positive reviews from critics and gr... | who attends his high school reunion in the comedy film "Grosse Pointe Blank".
- In the 2008 political satire film "War, Inc.", Cusack plays Brand Hauser, a hitman posing as a trade show producer.
- Forest Whitaker portrayed a hitman influenced by Bushidō warriors in "".
- In the 2005 black comedy "The Matador", Pierce ... | 1,255 | triviaqa-train |
In surfing, ‘Men in Grey Suits’ is another name for what? | waves that are produced by reef breaks are some of the best in the world. Famous reef breaks are present in Padang Padang (Indonesia), Pipeline (Hawaii), Uluwatu (Bali), and Teahupo'o (Tahiti).
The physics of surfing Surf breaks Ledge break.
A ledge break is formed by steep rocks ledges that makes intense waves because... | in 1969. "But what it all comes down to is the weekly paycheck, isn't it?" Alexander Liberman, the editorial director of Condé Nast Publications, called Gunzburg "One of the most civilized men in Paris."
Known for his minimalist wardrobe of black, grey, and white—his grey suits were made by Knize & Co., the Viennese ta... | 1,256 | triviaqa-train |
John Ridd is the hero of which novel by R D Blackmore? | . He has been described as "proud, shy, reticent, strong-willed, sweet-tempered, and self-centred." Apart from his novel "Lorna Doone", which has enjoyed continuing popularity, his work has gone out of print.
Biography.
Richard Doddridge Blackmore was born on 7 June 1825 at Longworth in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), one... | Alice Lorraine
Alice Lorraine: a tale of the South Downs is a sensation novel by R. D. Blackmore, published in 1875. Set in Sussex and Spain during the Napoleonic Wars, the novel recounts the divergent tales of the eponymous heroine and her brother in their efforts to save the noble Lorraine family from ruin.
Plot summ... | 1,257 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nickname of the Beijing National Stadium? | Beijing National Stadium
Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is a stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog & de Meuron, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and CADG, which ... | Beijing National Aquatics Center
The Beijing National Aquatics Center (), also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube (), is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olym... | 1,258 | triviaqa-train |
In January 1986 who did George Younger succeed as British Secretary of State for Defence? | for seven years. He subsequently succeeded Michael Heseltine as Secretary of State for Defence in 1986 when Heseltine resigned from the cabinet over a dispute about helicopters known as the Westland crisis.
Later years.
Younger quit the cabinet in 1989, and joined the Royal Bank of Scotland, becoming its chairman in 19... | Defence (1983–1986)
2. George Younger, Secretary of State for Defence (1986–1989)
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
1. Leon Brittan, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1985–1986)
2. Paul Channon, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1986–1987)
- Secretary of State for Education and Science
1. Si... | 1,259 | triviaqa-train |
An Aswang, or Asuwang, is a mythical vampire-like creature in the folklore of which Asian country? | this category as the weredog, though the creature does not necessarily transform into a dog. Ramos reasons that the werecreature of a given region is named after their most ferocious creature. As such, Europe has werewolves and India weretigers. The Philippines has no indigenous wolf population, thus making weredog the... | This episode uses a figure taken from Filipino folklore, the Aswang, a creature (someone with an evil side let loose) something like a cross between a vampire and a werewolf, a humanoid shape-shifter that feeds on unborn infants of pregnant women.
- "" (2015–2016), the fifth season of the FX anthology series "American ... | 1,260 | triviaqa-train |
An Izba is a type of log house traditional to which country? | Izba
An izba () is a traditional Russian countryside dwelling. Often a log house, it forms the living quarters of a conventional Russian farmstead. It is generally built close to the road and inside a yard, which also encloses a kitchen garden, hay shed, and barn within a simple woven stick fence. Traditional, old-styl... | settles, allowances in plumbing, wiring, and ducting runs, and fasteners for the walls themselves to prevent uplift.
See also.
- Burdei
- Izba
- Kit house
- Log cabin
- Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum, Kentucky
- Carpathian Wooden Churches
- The Hess Homestead
External links.
- National Park Service informat... | 1,261 | triviaqa-train |
Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde are the enemies of which game character? | Dots, and includes four roving multi-colored ghosts: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. There is a passageway from the left side of the screen to the right side, one energizer in each of the four quadrants, and bonus fruits that appear in each level.
The objective of the game is to accumulate as many points as possible by... | score as much as possible. If a player dies a respawn power up appears and if collected brings back one player into play.
The ghosts involved in gameplay are the traditional foursome of Blinky (red), Pinky (pink), Inky (cyan), and Clyde (orange); Sue (purple), Funky (green), and Spunky (gray); and a new ghost aptly nam... | 1,262 | triviaqa-train |
Jacob’s Creek wine comes from which country? | Jacobs Creek (Australia)
Jacobs Creek, formerly known as Jacob's Creek, is a small creek located in Mid North region of the Australian state of South Australia.
Course and features.
Jacobs Creek rises in the Barossa Ranges and flows westward through the wine-producing region of the Barossa Valley, approximately north o... | )
- Julia Child Cookbook Award (Wine, Beer & Spirits) 1996 ("Oz Clarke’s Wine Atlas")
- Le Prix Lanson 1997 ("Wine Guide" CD-ROM)
- Le Prix du Champagne Lanson Special Millennium Award 1999 (for outstanding contribution to wine education and communication during previous decade)
- Jacob’s Creek Silver Ladle 1999 ("Wine... | 1,263 | triviaqa-train |
The Creamfields Dance Music Festival takes place annually in which English county? | Creamfields
Creamfields is a dance music festival series founded and organised by British club promoter Cream, with its UK edition taking place on August Bank Holiday weekend, with a number of international editions held across various territories worldwide.
First held in 1998 in Winchester, the festival moved to Cream... | one of the most important musical events in Liverpool's calendar. It is Europe's largest free music event and takes place every August. Other well established festivals in the city include Africa Oyé and Brazilica which are the UK's largest free African and Brazilian music festivals respectively. The dance music festiv... | 1,264 | triviaqa-train |
The London Bridge, built in 1831, was transported stone by stone to which US state? | As the bridge was taken apart, each piece was meticulously numbered. The blocks were then shipped via the Panama Canal to California and trucked from Long Beach to Arizona. The bridge was reconstructed by Sundt Construction at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and re-dedicated on 10 October 1971. The reconstruction of Rennie'... | granite were more easily transported.
There were three major granite quarries on the moor: Haytor, Foggintor and Merrivale. The granite quarries around Haytor were the source of the stone used in several famous structures, including the New London Bridge, completed in 1831. This granite was transported from the moor vi... | 1,265 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was women’s football officially introduced into the Summer Olympics? | ETA terrorist organisation launched attacks in the region, including the 1991 Vic bombing that killed ten people in a town that would also hold events.
Terrorism affected the last two Olympic Games held in the United States. During the Summer Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, a bomb was detonated at the Centennial ... | It also introduced ice hockey to Sweden in 1920, before the 1922 establishment of the Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Before the 1925 establishment of the Swedish Bandy Association, the Swedish Football Association also administered organized bandy in Sweden.
In 1906 the name Svenska Fotbollförbundet (Swedish Football ... | 1,266 | triviaqa-train |
Which sea creature has been adopted as the symbol of the Parramatta Rugby League Club in Sydney, Australia? | union team competes in Sydney in international matches such as the Bledisloe Cup, Rugby Championship, and World Cup. Sydney is home to nine of the sixteen teams in the National Rugby League competition: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Penrith Panthers, Parramatta E... | History of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The history of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles dates back to 1932 when the Manly-Warringah Junior Rugby Football League was founded. In 1947 the New South Wales Rugby Football League included two additional teams: Manly-Warringah DRLFC and Parramatta DRLFC. The new club adopted ... | 1,267 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of Mildred’s sister in the UK television sitcom ‘George and Mildred’? | , Tristram, who gets on well with George, much to the chagrin of Jeffrey (particularly because Jeffrey supports the Conservative Party, while George puts socialist ideas into Tristram's head). In series three, Ann gives birth to a second child; Tarquin.
Mildred's snobbish sister Ethel and her rich husband Humphrey occa... | Sheila Fearn
Sheila Fearn (born 3 October 1940 in Leicester) is a retired British actress best known for playing Audrey, the sister of Terry Collier in BBC situation comedies "The Likely Lads" and "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?", and also later on as Ann Fourmile, the next door neighbour in the Thames Televisio... | 1,268 | triviaqa-train |
The Buckingham Fountain, built in 1927, is in which US city? | Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark in the center of Grant Park. Dedicated in 1927, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace of Versailles, it is meant to allegorically represent Lake Michigan. It op... | March "Phoenix" was at Saugor and by 4 May Malacca. She was in the 3rd division of transports, which sailed from Malacca on 14 June. By 5 July she was at Balambangan and by 4 August Batavia. She was back at Diamond Harbour on 19 October and Calcutta on 15 November. Homeward bound, she was at Saugor on 23 December and M... | 1,269 | triviaqa-train |
Euronext is an electronic stock exchange based in which European city? | .
However, shareholders were rewarded well for their investment. The company paid an average dividend of over 16% per year from 1602 to 1650. Financial innovation in Amsterdam took many forms. In 1609, investors led by Isaac Le Maire formed history's first bear market syndicate, but their coordinated trading had only a... | . The process is similar to the New York Stock Exchange. One or more NASDAQ market makers will always provide a bid and ask price at which they will always purchase or sell 'their' stock.
The Paris Bourse, now part of Euronext, is an order-driven, electronic stock exchange. It was automated in the late 1980s. Prior to ... | 1,270 | triviaqa-train |
The alcoholic drink Absinthe originated in which European country? | Sinatra.
History Bans.
Absinthe became associated with violent crimes and social disorder, and one modern writer claims that this trend was spurred by fabricated claims and smear campaigns, which he claims were orchestrated by the temperance movement and the wine industry. One critic claimed:
Edgar Degas's 1876 paintin... | in-cheek concoction that contributed to a 1935 collection of celebrity recipes. The directions are as follows: "Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly."
Styles.
Most categorical alcoholic beverages have re... | 1,271 | triviaqa-train |
The company ‘Longines’ are famous for manufacturing which luxury items? | Suisse de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie" (SMH). SMH became the Swatch Group in 1988 and Longines continued without R&D and production activities of its own.
Motto and slogan.
The company motto/slogan of Longines is "Elegance is an attitude".
Watch manufacturing.
In December 2018, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) r... | J. M. Weston
J.M. Weston is a French luxury shoe company founded by Édouard Blanchard in 1891, in Limoges. It is renowned for its handmade shoes for men. They also produce a full line of leather goods ranging from belts and briefcases to luggage items. The company's most famous models are the 677 Chasse (a sturdy outdo... | 1,272 | triviaqa-train |
Who became Prime Minister of New Zealand in August 1989? | Party. After graduating she lectured in political studies at the university. Clark entered local politics in 1974 in Auckland but was not elected to any position. Following one unsuccessful attempt, she was elected to Parliament in as the member for Mount Albert, an electorate she represented until 2009.
Clark held num... | David Lange
David Russell Lange ( ; 4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989.
A lawyer by profession, Lange was first elected to the New Zealand Parliament in the Mangere by-election of 1977. He soon gained a reputation for cutti... | 1,273 | triviaqa-train |
Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock play sisters from a long line of witches in which 1998 film? | of the same name, and starred in "The Peacemaker" (1997) as White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly, opposite George Clooney. The latter film grossed US$110 million worldwide. Kidman starred in comedy "Practical Magic" (1998) with Sandra Bullock as two witch sisters who face a curse which threatens to prevent them e... | in Terrence Malick's remake of "The Thin Red Line" (1998). Meanwhile, after numerous delays, "Lost Souls" (2000), which was filmed in 1998, was finally released.
He appeared as a low-level bank clerk who purchases a Russian mail-order bride (Nicole Kidman) in "Birthday Girl" (2001). He next played opposite Sandra Bullo... | 1,274 | triviaqa-train |
Actress Audrey Hepburn won her only Oscar for which film? | ballet with Sonia Gaskell. She moved to London in 1948, where she continued her ballet training with Marie Rambert. She began performing as a chorus girl in West End musical theatre productions. Following minor appearances in several films, Hepburn starred in the 1951 Broadway play "Gigi" after being spotted by French ... | in the months after it opened. Critic Pauline Kael praised Wyler's achievement:
Directing career 1960s.
In 1968 he directed Barbra Streisand in her debut film, "Funny Girl", costarring Omar Sharif, which became a huge financial success. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and like Audrey Hepburn in her first st... | 1,275 | triviaqa-train |
On a mobile phone keypad, the letters ‘tuv’ are on which number button? | because the discoverer did not know what they were
Definition and usage Classical definition.
The Consistori del Gay Saber was the first literary academy in the world and held the Floral Games to award the best troubadour with the "violeta d'aur" top prize. Guilhem Molinier, a member of the academy, gave a definition o... | screen.
- Nokia X3-01 is a Chinese specific release, which supports the country's CDMA/EV-DO wireless technology. The phone has a 2.4-inch QVGA-display, FM radio, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash and support for a number of specific services in China.
- Nokia X3-02 offers both a touch screen and ... | 1,276 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the tavern in London where the Masonic Grand Lodge of England was founded in the 18th Century? | "the Home Constitutions".
History.
History Moderns and Antients in English Freemasonry.
Prior to 1717 there were Freemasons' lodges in England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the earliest known admission of non-operative masons being in Scotland. On St John's Day, 24 June 1717, three existing London lodges and a Westminst... | meeting place was the Spire Tavern c. 1814, and that the first R.W.M. was Lieut. Charles Durie.
In 1717 four Lodges in London agreed to form the Premier Grand Lodge of England. The Grand Lodge of Scotland was not established until 1736. When in the second quarter of the 18th century the Grand Lodge of England made chan... | 1,277 | triviaqa-train |
Actress Betty Joan Perske is better known by what name? | Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall (, born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Ac... | Gary Williams (wrestler)
Gary William Gallant (born June 2, 1972) better known by his ring name "Wildman" Gary Williams has been competing in Canadian independent wrestling circuits since the 1990s. Williams is also a musician, actor and a bodyguard for VIP artists and personnel. Williams first passion is professional ... | 1,278 | triviaqa-train |
Which cigarette brand was launched in 1924 with the slogan ‘Mild As May’? | Marlboro (cigarette)
Marlboro (, ) is an American brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the United States, and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the United States. Richmond, Virginia, is the location of the largest Marlboro... | as the cigarette which "travels the smoke further", referencing the longer 85mm length. Their famous slogan during the '50s and early '60s was "OUTSTANDING..."and" they are MILD!"
In 1994, Pall Mall and Lucky Strike were purchased by Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation as the former American Tobacco company shed its... | 1,279 | triviaqa-train |
‘On Stranger Tides’ and ‘Dead Man’s Chest’ are subtitles of which series of films? | plot device.
The story was also the inspiration for the "Monkey Island" video game series by LucasArts and for the fourth installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, "".
Plot.
In 1718, French puppeteer John Chandagnac sails to Jamaica on the British ship "Vociferous Carmichael". He aims to confront his u... | was successful at the box office, with each film grossing over $650 million, and all but "Dead Men Tell No Tales" at some point ranking among the fifty highest-grossing films of all time. It also became the first ever series to have multiple films passing the billion dollar mark in box office revenues with "Dead Man's ... | 1,280 | triviaqa-train |
How many pins are on a SCART connector, used to connect video equipment? | SCART
SCART (from , "Radio and Television Receiver Manufacturers' Association") is a French-originated standard and associated 21-pin connector for connecting audio-visual (AV) equipment.
It is also known as (or Peritelevision) (especially in France), 21-pin EuroSCART (Sharp's marketing term in Asia), Euroconector (in ... | range of audio and video equipment. Originally available in grey, all cables were replaced by black versions (which also differ in design) with the launch of the Xbox 360 S in June/July 2010.
All official cables (except for the HDMI cable) connect to the Xbox 360's AV connector and are compatible with all Xbox 360 mode... | 1,281 | triviaqa-train |
Pomiculture is the cultivation of what? | chief pomologist. An important focus of the division was to publish illustrated accounts of new varieties and to disseminate research findings to fruit growers and breeders through special publications and annual reports. During this period Andrew Jackson Downing and his brother Charles were prominent in Pomology and H... | 0.3% are of other or undeclared nationalities.
History.
The first documentary record of the locality Covăsânț dates back to 1333.
Economy.
The commune's economy is mainly agricultural, characterized by livestock-breeding based on cattle-breeding, pomiculture and viticulture.
The main industry is agriculture.
Tourism.
C... | 1,282 | triviaqa-train |
In September 2011, who became the oldest living artist to have a number one album, with Duets II, in the US charts? | Duets II (Tony Bennett album)
Duets II is an album by Tony Bennett, released on September 20, 2011. It was released in conjunction with Bennett's 85th birthday and is a sequel to his previous duet album, "". "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" was released on iTunes as a free download on August 2, 2011.
Awards and honors.
... | Cheek to Cheek" won a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.
Commercial performance.
"Cheek to Cheek" debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 with 131,000 copies sold in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, earning Gaga her third consecutive number-one album and the second for Bennett. It also topp... | 1,283 | triviaqa-train |
Tom, Barbara, Jerry and Margo are all characters in which 1970’s UK television sitcom? | The Good Life (1975 TV series)
The Good Life is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television. It ran from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978 on BBC One and was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. Opening with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old London plastics designer, it relates the joys and miseries he and h... | cut their monetary requirements to the minimum, with varying success.
Their actions horrify their kindly but conventional neighbours, Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Margo and Jerry were intended to be minor characters, but their relationship with one another and the Goods became an essential element. Under the influence o... | 1,284 | triviaqa-train |
Russian dessert ‘Pashka’ is traditionally eaten during which religious holiday? | Paskha
Paskha (also spelled "pascha", or "pasha"; ; ; "Easter") is a Russian festive dish made in Eastern Orthodox countries which consists of food that is forbidden during the fast of Great Lent. It is made during Holy Week and then brought to Church on Great Saturday to be blessed after the Paschal Vigil. The name of... | Krayasat
Krayasat (, ; food for the Sat Rite), is a Thai dessert prepared for Buddhist religious events. It is commonly served during the Festival of Offerings to the Dead, a Thai holiday. It is made from peanuts, sugar cane, sticky rice, sesame and coconut. Krayasat is similar in appearance to a granola bar, but with ... | 1,285 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the jockey who won the 2011 English Grand National on Ballabriggs? | Catterick on 18 January 2008, he was ridden for the first time by Jason Maguire who would go on to be the jockey with which he is most closely associated. At the sixth time of asking, and having finished runner up three times, he finally got off the mark as a chaser, winning a Class 4 Beginners' Chase at Bangor.
In 201... | Hunt jockey and won the 2011 Grand National on Ballabriggs. | 1,286 | triviaqa-train |
In the UK television series ‘Sharpe’, starring Sean Bean, what is Sharpe’s first name? | Sean Bean
Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959), credited professionally as Sean Bean (), is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet" in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success... | late. However, Cornwell does not write as though they did, only a small detachment led by Sharpe, separated from the regiment during the hurried retreat of the previous year.
Adaptations.
A 1993 TV adaptation of the same name was produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network in the UK starring Sean Bea... | 1,287 | triviaqa-train |
The diameter of a standard CD measures how many centimetres? | pure spermaceti candle weighing one sixth of a pound and burning at a rate of 120 grains per hour. Germany, Austria and Scandinavia used the Hefnerkerze, a unit based on the output of a Hefner lamp.
It became clear that a better-defined unit was needed. Jules Violle had proposed a standard based on the light emitted by... | in the US) is a music single released on a mini Compact Disc that measures in diameter, rather than the standard . They are manufactured using the same methods as standard full-size CDs, and can be played in most standard audio CD players and CD-ROM disc drives.
The format was first released in the United States, Unite... | 1,288 | triviaqa-train |
Olympus is the highest peak on which Mediterranean island? | in clockwise order are Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco; Malta and Cyprus are island countries in the sea. In addition, the Gaza Strip and the British Overseas Territories of ... | , and west of Turkey. It has a long coastline with the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea, and includes the island of Crete and many smaller islands. Mainland Greece covers about 80% of the total territory and is largely mountainous. The largest mountain group is the Pindus Range which forms the spine of the Greek ma... | 1,289 | triviaqa-train |
In the nursery rhyme, who met a Pieman going to the fair? | Simple Simon (nursery rhyme)
"Simple Simon" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19777.
Lyrics.
The rhyme is as follows;
Origins.
The verses used today are the first of a longer chapbook history first published in 1764. The character of Simple Simon may have been in circu... | To market, to market
"To market, to market", "To market, to market, to buy a fat pig" or To market, to buy a fat pig is a nursery rhyme which is based upon the traditional rural activity of going to a market or fair where agricultural produce would be bought and sold. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19708.
Lyri... | 1,290 | triviaqa-train |
Who became US Secretary of State in 2009? | the presidency, coming after the vice president, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the president pro tempore of the Senate. Six secretaries of state have gone on to be elected president. Others, including Henry Clay, William Seward, James Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton ha... | died in Demopolis, Alabama, and was buried there in Riverside Cemetery's Glover Mausoleum. His daughter, Ida Ashe Lyon (1845-1912), married physician William Mecklenburg Polk, and was the mother of Frank Polk, who served as counselor to the Department of State through World War One and later became the first US Under S... | 1,291 | triviaqa-train |
In Britain, ‘The Habeas Corpus Act’ of 1679 was passed during the reign of which monarch? | Habeas Corpus Act 1679
The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of Parliament in England (31 Cha. 2 c. 2) during the reign of King Charles II. It was passed by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of "habeas corpus", which required a court to examine the la... | "habeas corpus" was first codified by the Habeas Corpus Act 1679, following judicial rulings which had restricted the effectiveness of the writ. A previous act had been passed in 1640 to overturn a ruling that the command of the Queen was a sufficient answer to a petition of "habeas corpus". Winston Churchill, in his c... | 1,292 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1984 film did Johnny Depp make his debut film appearance? | A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven, and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment of a series and stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund as Fred Krueger, and Johnny Depp ... | to take place concurrently with the 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles. As such, the production team decided to incorporate real footage of the earthquake's structural damage into the film.
Craven had intended to ask Johnny Depp, whose feature film debut was in the first film, to make an appearance as himself, b... | 1,293 | triviaqa-train |
Which English actor played Pinhead in eight of the ‘Hellraiser’ series of films? | the Cenobite leader Pinhead (Doug Bradley). Pinhead decides to release her, but he and his followers are killed by Channard, who has become a Cenobite himself. With help of a teenage girl, Tiffany (Imogen Boorman), who unknowingly assisted Channard in opening the box, Kirsty and Tiffany escape the Cenobite world and cl... | Hellraiser (franchise)
Hellraiser is a horror franchise that consists of ten films, a series of books, various comic books, and additional merchandise and media. The franchise is based on the novella "The Hellbound Heart" by English author Clive Barker, who would go on to write and direct the adaptation of his story, t... | 1,294 | triviaqa-train |
Which star of the US television series ‘Friends’ made their film debut in the 1993 film ‘Leprechaun’? | Leprechaun (film)
Leprechaun is a 1993 American comedy horror film written and directed by Mark Jones. It stars Warwick Davis in the title role and Jennifer Aniston in her film debut. Davis plays a vengeful leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his pot of gold. As he hunts them, they attempt to locate his gold to... | a teenager going to summer camp in the made-for-television film "Camp Cucamonga" (1990), and as a spoiled daughter followed by a vengeful leprechaun in the horror film "Leprechaun" (1993). A 2014 retrospective from "Entertainment Weekly" identified "Leprechaun" as her worst role, and Aniston herself has expressed embar... | 1,295 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the hotel in the 1980 film ‘The Shining’, starring Jack Nicholson? | Jack's infamous typewriter scene when the invisible Buffy types "All work and no play makes Doris a dull girl" on an antagonistic social worker's word processor.
In the 2005 film "Hostel", the main characters stay in room 237 of the hostel in Slovakia.
Steven Spielberg, a close friend of Kubrick, included a sequence de... | Shining
Shining or The Shining may refer to:
Horror.
- "The Shining" (novel), a 1977 novel by Stephen King
- "The Shining" (film), a 1980 film by Stanley Kubrick starring Jack Nicholson
- "The Shining" (TV miniseries), a 1997 television miniseries
- "The Shining" (opera), a 2016 opera by Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell
... | 1,296 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the title roles in the 1941 film ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’? | Tracy in the lead, the studio bought the negative and the rights to both the Mamoulian version and the earlier 1920 silent version, paying $1,250,000. Every print of the 1931 film that could be located was recalled and destroyed and for decades the film was believed lost. The Tracy version was much less well received a... | Hyde.
- 1989, TV UK, with Laura Dern and Anthony Andrews in the dual role. This version was adapted by J. Michael Straczynski.
- 1990, TV U.S., "Jekyll & Hyde", a made-for-television film starring Michael Caine in the title roles. Adds in the story Jekyll's sister-in-law character (Cheryl Ladd), who is raped by Hyde.
-... | 1,297 | triviaqa-train |
The 1953 film ‘House of Wax’, starring Vincent Price, is set in which city? | House of Wax (1953 film)
House of Wax is a 1953 American color 3-D horror thriller film, about a disfigured sculptor who repopulates his destroyed wax museum by murdering people and using their wax-coated corpses as displays. Directed by Andre DeToth and starring Vincent Price, it is a remake of Warner Bros.' "Mystery ... | House of Wax
House of Wax may refer to:
- a wax museum
- "House of Wax" (1953 film), a 1953 3D horror film starring Vincent Price
- "House of Wax" (2005 film), a 2005 horror film starring Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray
- House of Wax (EP), an EP by Insane Clown Posse
- "House of Wax", a song on the 2007 album ... | 1,298 | triviaqa-train |
Which UK-based film company, founded in 1934, was best known for producing horror films between the mid 1950’s until the 1970’s? | Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of gothic horror films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involved classic horror characters such as Baron Frankenstein, Count Dracula, and Th... | few plays under the fatherly guidance of Kapoor.
Along with other films that Sagar himself directed, he wrote the story and screenplay for Raj Kapoor's superhit "Barsaat". He founded the film and television production company known as Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd.) a.k.a. Sagar Arts in 1950. He produced and directed many film... | 1,299 | triviaqa-train |
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