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The 1957 film ‘The Curse of Frankenstein’ was based on a novel by which author? | The Curse of Frankenstein
The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions, loosely based on the novel "Frankenstein" (1818) by Mary Shelley. It was Hammer's first colour horror film, and the first of their Frankenstein series. Its worldwide success led to several sequels, and the stud... | it to the recording sessions for the soundtrack.
Following his scores to "X the Unknown" and "Quatermass 2", Bernard scored Hammer's first horror film, "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957). This included some music he had originally composed for "The Duchess of Malfi". Next came "Dracula" (1958), in which the title cue f... | 1,300 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1971 film ‘Willard’, the title character has a strange affinity for which creatures? | Willard (1971 film)
Willard is a 1971 American horror film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine. Based on the novel "Ratman's Notebooks" by Stephen Gilbert, the film was nominated for an Edgar Award for best picture. The supporting cast included Elsa Lanchester in one of her last perfo... | Kenichi Matsuyama
, real name , is a Japanese actor.
He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films "Death Note", "" and "" in 2008, as well as voicing Gelus in the "Death Note" animated adaptation. He was cast to play lead character Toru W... | 1,301 | triviaqa-train |
Jason Vorhees is a fictional character, who uses a machete on his victims, in which series of films? | Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees () is the main character from the "Friday the 13th" series. He first appeared in "Friday the 13th" (1980) as the young son of camp cook-turned-killer Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S. Cunningham and Tom... | A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films, a television series, novels, and comic books. The films began with the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) created by Wes Craven. The series revolves around the fictional character Fr... | 1,302 | triviaqa-train |
The 1992 film ‘Candyman’ is based on which short story by Clive Barker? | Barker has an interest in film production. He wrote the screenplays for "Underworld" and "Rawhead Rex" (1986), both directed by George Pavlou. Displeased by how his material was handled, he moved to directing with "Hellraiser" (1987), based on his novella "The Hellbound Heart". After his film "Nightbreed" (1990) floppe... | Clive Barker
Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English writer, film director, and visual artist. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the "Books of Blood", which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has... | 1,303 | triviaqa-train |
The plot of which 1999 film revolves around a giant, 30-foot long man-eating crocodile of Black Lake, Maine? | Lake Placid (film series)
Lake Placid is an American series of monster horror/comedy films created by David E. Kelley. Produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the series began with "Lake Placid" (1999) directed by Steve Miner, and was followed by five television sequels, "Lake Placid 2" (2007) dir... | " (2015) directed by A. B. Stone and being a crossover with the "Anaconda" series, and "" (2018) directed by Darrell Roodt. Each installment revolves around the presence of giant, 30-foot-long man-eating crocodiles in the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, and the efforts of various groups to capture or destroy t... | 1,304 | triviaqa-train |
Daniel Radcliffe stars as solicitor Arthur Kipps in which 2012 film? | Following the success of Harry Potter, his subsequent roles include lawyer Arthur Kipps in the Edwardian horror film "The Woman in Black" (2012), famed beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the independent film "Kill Your Darlings" (2013), Victor Frankenstein's assistant Igor in the science fiction fantasy "Victor Frankenstein" ... | Wallis.
- In October 2004, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 56-minute version in its Saturday Play slot, adapted by Mike Walker. It starred James D'Arcy as Arthur Kipps, was directed by John Taylor and was a Fiction Factory production.
- In February 2012, a film adaptation was released, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the role of ... | 1,305 | triviaqa-train |
What type of fruit is a Comice? | on pear tree leaves.
For best and most consistent quality, European pears are picked when the fruit matures, but before they are ripe. Fruit allowed to ripen on the tree often drops before it can be picked, and in any event will be hard to pick without bruising. Pears store (and ship) well in their mature but unripe st... | undertook a black fast beyond three days and that one should follow this biblical guideline. In addition to the normal fast and black fast, some undertake what is referred to as the Daniel Fast (or Partial Fast) in which only one type of food (e.g., fruit or fruit and non-starchy vegetables) is consumed. In a Daniel Fa... | 1,306 | triviaqa-train |
“There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s” what? | gender representation in the company.
Mastercard Contactless.
Mastercard Contactless (formerly branded Paypass) is an EMV-compatible, "contactless" payment feature similar to American Express' ExpressPay, and Visa payWave. All three use the same symbol as shown on the right. It is based on the ISO/IEC 14443 standard th... | , Sacai, Simone Rocha, Christopher Kane and Olympia Le Tan.
Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, and others were hosted at colette in pop-up shops.
Reputation.
Karl Lagerfeld said of colette: "It’s the only shop where I go because they have things no one else has. I buy watches, telephones, jewellery there - everything really. ... | 1,307 | triviaqa-train |
There are only three coniferous trees native to the British Isles. The Scots Pine and the Yew are two native species, what is the third? | cones. Ripe cones may remain on the plant for a varied amount of time before falling to the ground; in some fire-adapted pines, the seeds may be stored in closed cones for up to 60–80 years, being released only when a fire kills the parent tree.
In the families Podocarpaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Taxaceae, and one Cupressa... | Callitris
Callitris is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are 16 recognized species in the genus, of which 13 are native to Australia and the other three ("C. neocaledonica, C. sulcata") native to New Caledonia. Traditionally, the most widely used common name is cypress-pine, a name... | 1,308 | triviaqa-train |
In which battle of 1513 was the Scottish king James IV killed? | James IV of Scotland
James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was the King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 to his death. He assumed the throne following the death of his father, King James III, (1451/52–1488, reigned 1460–1488) at the Battle of Sauchieburn, a rebellion in which the younger James played an indirect rol... | large ransom, James returned to Scotland in 1424; to restore his authority, he used ruthless measures, including the execution of several of his enemies. He was assassinated by a group of nobles. James II continued his father's policies by subduing influential noblemen but he was killed in an accident at the age of thi... | 1,309 | triviaqa-train |
Before 1966 the Republic of Botswana was a protectorate of the British Government and was known as what? | chiefs to make Christianity a state religion, and changed a great deal of Tswana customary law as a result. Christianity became the de facto official religion in all the chiefdoms by World War I.
History Colonialism and the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
During the Scramble for Africa the territory of Botswana was coveted ... | of the Protectorate was relocated from South Africa's Mafikeng to the Protectorate's Gaborone in February 1965. A month later self-rule was granted to the Protectorate. Norman-Walker was the last Commissioner of the Protectorate and was there to prepare for the independence, though he had very little to do in his short... | 1,310 | triviaqa-train |
Near which local village does the river Gwenfro rise? | rises at a number of small springs south and east of the village of Bwlchgwyn, including a place called "Ffynnon y Ceirw" ("spring of the stags"). It flows eastwards for several miles through a rather deep valley, and is joined by several other streams; it then passes through Wrexham town centre, where it is largely cu... | 800 pupils are divided. These are Alun, Bers, Clywedog, Dyfrdwy, Erddig, Gwenfro and Hafod. These are named after local rivers and places - the River Alun, Bersham, River Clywedog, River Dee, Erddig and the River Gwenfro.
According to the latest Estyn inspection report conducted in 2014, forty per cent of pupils come f... | 1,311 | triviaqa-train |
Which coniferous species of tree now found in Britain, introduced from other countries, is unique in that it sheds its yellow needles in Autumn, making it Britain's only deciduous conifer? | on the plant for several (2–40) years before falling, but five genera ("Larix", "Pseudolarix", "Glyptostrobus", "Metasequoia" and "Taxodium") are deciduous, shedding the leaves in autumn and leafless through the winter. The seedlings of many conifers, including most of the Cupressaceae, and "Pinus" in Pinaceae, have a ... | as a deciduous conifer and hence loses its needles each autumn. Staghorn sumac is abundant in many areas of the sanctuary.
"Elaeagnus umbellata" (autumn olive) was planted in the 1950s under the recommendation of the then Michigan Department of Conservation (now the Michigan Department of Natural Resources), as the shr... | 1,312 | triviaqa-train |
In the Beijing Olympics Britain did particularly well in swimming and cycling but in other sports less well. Louis Smith won a Bronze medal, but was our only medal winner in which sport? | Olympics could be targeted by terrorist groups, disruption from pro-Tibetan protesters, and religious persecutions.
There were also claims that several members of China's women's gymnastics team, including double gold medal winner He Kexin, were too young to compete under the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique's ... | were added later after complications with the Spanish team. Three medals were won, two by Tim Brabants, who had previously won a bronze at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. This exceeded the target of two set by UK Sport.
Cycling.
Team GB's cycling squad for Beijing totalled twenty five entrants in the four disciplines. Inc... | 1,313 | triviaqa-train |
Born in Holland, who is regarded as the finest woodworker to have worked in England. Noted for his Baroque garlands of still life framing mirrors and doorways, examples of his workmanship are seen in many buildings including St Paul's, Hampton Court and Bleheim palaces. | the King and Queen's apartments are linked by the Galerie des Glaces. However, at Hampton Court the linking gallery is of more modest proportions and decoration. The King's staircase was decorated with frescos by Antonio Verrio and delicate ironwork by Jean Tijou. Other artists commissioned to decorate the rooms includ... | England, and the only one whose name is widely known among the general public. Most of his work is in lime (tilia) wood, especially decorative Baroque garlands made up of still-life elements at about life size, made to frame mirrors and decorate the walls of churches and palaces, but he also produced furniture and smal... | 1,314 | triviaqa-train |
In which battle of 1403 was Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, killed? | Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Sir Henry Percy KG (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), commonly known as Sir Harry Hotspur, or simply Hotspur, was a late-medieval English nobleman. He was a significant captain during the Anglo-Scottish wars. He later led successive rebellions against Henry IV of England and was slain at the Battle of ... | Lake Don Pedro, California
Lake Don Pedro is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California. Lake Don Pedro sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Lake Don Pedro's population was 1,077.
Geography.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of , virtually all... | 1,315 | triviaqa-train |
Before 1966, the kingdom of Lesotho was a British crown colony with what name? | Sesotho word meaning "red sandstones".
History.
Maseru was founded by the British as a small police camp in 1869, following the conclusion of the Free State–Basotho Wars when Basutoland became a British protectorate. Maseru is located at the edge of the "conquered territories" relinquished to the Orange Free State (now... | , a British protectorate) was annexed to the Cape Colony in 1871, but became separate again (as a crown colony) in 1884. When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, there were moves by the UK to include Lesotho. However, in October 1966, the Kingdom gained full independence. Despite formal independence, the whit... | 1,316 | triviaqa-train |
"Sporting firsts - Who was the first British cyclist to win the ""green jersey"" in the Tour de France? (The green jersey is for the leader in the points classification and is awarded to the champion sprinter)" | Pélissier (1930), Eddy Merckx (1970, 1974), and Freddy Maertens (1976). Mark Cavendish has the most mass finish stage wins with 30 as of stage 14 in 2016, ahead of André Darrigade and André Leducq with 22, François Faber with 19, and Eddy Merckx with 18. The youngest Tour de France stage winner is Fabio Battesini, who ... | win the stage.
Classification leadership.
There were several classifications in the 1999 Tour de France. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey;... | 1,317 | triviaqa-train |
Ian Huntley was convicted of the murders of two schoolgirls in 2002. In waht village did the murders take place? | Soham murders
The Soham Murders occurred in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England, on 4 August 2002. The victims were two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Aimee Chapman. Their bodies were found near RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, on 17 August 2002, by local farm worker, Keith Pryer.
Ian Kevin Huntley, a caretaker at... | was reduced to a 40-year minimum term. Huntley murdered two 10-year-old girls in August 2002, but by the time he was convicted 16 months later, the Home Secretary had been stripped of powers to set minimum terms for life sentence prisoners, and that decision was instead left to the High Court.
Perhaps the most notable ... | 1,318 | triviaqa-train |
Which general introduced martial law in Poland in 1981? | Army Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Military Council of National Salvation ("Wojskowa Rada Ocalenia Narodowego", WRON) usurped for itself powers reserved for wartime, hence the name. The plan was presented to the government of the Soviet Union before the declaration in March 1981.
Appearing on Polish television at 6:00 a.m. ... | the Jagiellonian University.
In the 1980s Gizbert-Studnicki participated in the work of the Citizens' Center for Legislative Initiatives of Solidarity.
On December 14, 1981, the day after the martial law was introduced in Poland, Studnicki together with Krzysztof Płeszka and Tomasz Strzelczyk published a legal opinion ... | 1,319 | triviaqa-train |
"Which group had number 1 hits in the 1980's with ""It's a sin"", ""Heart"" and "" Always on my mind""?" | Lee's version had stalled at number 45 on the country charts in 1972, other performers reached the top 20 in the United States and elsewhere with their own versions: Elvis Presley in 1972; John Wesley Ryles in 1979; Willie Nelson's Grammy Award-winning version in 1982; and Pet Shop Boys in 1987.
Elvis Presley version.
... | 4. "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" (second version)
5. "Suburbia"
6. "Paninaro"
7. "It's a Sin"
8. "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
9. "Rent"
10. "Always on My Mind"
11. "Heart"
12. "Domino Dancing"
13. "Left to My Own Devices"
14. "It's Alright"
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"The film director Oliver Stone won 2 ""Best Director"" oscars. His first in 1987 was for ""Platoon"". His second, in 1990, was for what film?" | Platoon (film)
Platoon is a 1986 American anti-war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It is the first film of a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Stone, followed by "Born on ... | was "Driving Miss Daisy", which received nine nominations. At the 62nd Oscars, Stone won a second Academy Award for Best Director; he had previously won the award for "Platoon". The film also won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing; "Driving Miss Daisy", "The Bear", "Glory" and "The Fabulous Baker Boys" had also be... | 1,321 | triviaqa-train |
In the chemical Periodic Table how many chemical elements are included in the group reffered to as the Halogens? | Halogen
The halogens () are a group in the periodic table consisting of five chemically related elements: Fluorine (F), Chlorine (Cl), Bromine (Br), Iodine (I), and Astatine (At). The artificially created element 117 (Tennessine, Ts) may also be a halogen. In the modern IUPAC nomenclature, this group is known as group ... | example, group 17 elements are the halogens; and group 18 are the noble gases. Also displayed are four simple rectangular areas or blocks associated with the filling of different atomic orbitals.
The organization of the periodic table can be used to derive relationships between the various element properties, and also ... | 1,322 | triviaqa-train |
In the chemical Periodic Table how many chemical elements are included in the group reffered to as the Noble Gases? | The number of protons in the atomic nucleus also determines its electric charge, which in turn determines the number of electrons of the atom in its non-ionized state. The electrons are placed into atomic orbitals that determine the atom's various chemical properties. The number of neutrons in a nucleus usually has ver... | Noble gas compound
Noble gas compounds are chemical compounds that include an element from the noble gases, group 18 of the periodic table. Although the noble gases are generally unreactive elements, many such compounds have been observed, particularly involving the element xenon. From the standpoint of chemistry, the ... | 1,323 | triviaqa-train |
"Sporting Firsts - Who was the first golfer for 35 years to achieve an ""albatross"" at the US Masters tournament this year? (an albatross is a score of three under par at any hole)" | history, Miguel Ángel Jiménez while defending his BMW PGA Championship title in 2009, Paul Lawrie in the final round of the 2009 Open Championship, Shaun Micheel on the final day of the 2010 U.S. Open, only the second ever in that competition, Pádraig Harrington in the 2010 WGC-HSBC Champions, Louis Oosthuizen on the f... | better score than a birdie.
Hole scores Albatross.
Albatross means three shots under par (−3) (the albatross being one of the largest birds); also called a double eagle in the US. It is an extremely rare score and occurs most commonly on par-fives with a strong drive and a holed approach shot. Holes-in-one on par-four ... | 1,324 | triviaqa-train |
Timothy McVeigh was executed in the United States in 2001 for a bombing atrocity in which 168 people were killed and over 800 injured. In which state capital city did the atrocity take place? | Oklahoma City bombing
The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States on April 19, 1995. Perpetrated by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the bombing happened at 9:02 am and killed at least 168 people, injured more than... | in Oklahoma by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols killed 168 people and it was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the history of the United States. McVeigh stated that it was committed in retaliation for the government's actions at Ruby Ridge and Waco.
Eric Rudolph executed a series of terrorist attacks between ... | 1,325 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the East German leader tried for high treason in 1993? | Erich Honecker
Erich Honecker (; 25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was a German politician who was the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). As party leader he worked closely with Moscow (which had a large army stationed in East Germany). He controlled the government of the German Democratic Repu... | SS and gain public sympathy for the Nazi cause. In 1943 the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to force the VBDL to unite with the Patriotic Union, which greatly annoyed Goop, who then resigned as party leader.
According to court testimonials, he was a member of the Waffen SS until 1943.
In 1946, Goop, along wit... | 1,326 | triviaqa-train |
On this day, April 17th, in 1961, which infamous conflict took place in the Caribbean with major immediate political repercussions? | of Strategic Air Command (SAC) forces to DEFCON 2.
The Kennedy administration remained essentially committed to the Cold War foreign policy inherited from the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. In 1961, the U.S. had 50,000 troops based in South Korea, and Kennedy faced a three-part crisis: the failure of the Bay of... | . Following a period of tension, in April 1984 the Indian Army launched Operation Meghdoot with the aim of capturing the glacier. Pakistan responded in kind, but Indian troops had already occupied the major mountain passes west of the glacier and captured many strategic points. Both countries established military posts... | 1,327 | triviaqa-train |
The tombs of almost all British monarchs are located within the UK. One of the few exceptions is William I (The Conqueror). Near which French town or city is his burial place? | the Danes. In 1086 William ordered the compilation of the "Domesday Book", a survey listing all the landholdings in England along with their pre-Conquest and current holders. William died in September 1087 while leading a campaign in northern France, and was buried in Caen. His reign in England was marked by the constr... | 1907 revealing a British chariot burial site from the 1st or 2nd century BC, in which a chariot was buried horse and all. A tumulus on a local farm was opened up to reveal an ancient burial site containing 15 skeletons. Roman pottery and flint axe and arrowheads are frequently found in and around Hunmanby.
Given by Wil... | 1,328 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest landlocked country in the world with an area of over a million square miles? | .
Several countries have coastlines on landlocked bodies of water, such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea. Since these seas are in effect lakes without access to wider seaborne trade, countries such as Kazakhstan are still considered landlocked. Although the Caspian Sea is connected to the Black Sea via the man-made ... | List of islands of Wyoming
The following is a list of islands of Wyoming. Occupying 97,814 square miles (253,348 km²), the state of Wyoming is the 10th largest state in the country. It is the sixth largest state to not have an ocean coastline. Despite being landlocked, Wyoming does contain islands; the state contains 7... | 1,329 | triviaqa-train |
The tombs of almost all Britih monarchs are located within the UK. One of the few exceptions is George I. Near which German town or city is his burial place? | George I of Great Britain
George I (George Louis; ; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727.
George was born in Hanover and inherited t... | is the southwest endpoint of the Levantine Sea in the eastern Mediterranean. It is located in Cyrenaica to the north-east of Bayda.
Geography Beach.
The Mediterranean coast of Libya is almost long, and nearly all its beaches are far from forests or significant vegetation. Being one of the few exceptions, Ras al-Helal ... | 1,330 | triviaqa-train |
Graphology is the study of what? | Dean found that no particular school of graphology fared better than any other... In fact, no graphologist of any stripe was able to show reliably better performance than untrained amateurs making guesses from the same materials. In the vast majority of studies, neither group exceeded chance expectancy.
Dunning conclud... | 's been trying to decipher the contents of the page with help from the graphology book stolen from Julius' chest. Logan Dritch arrives, and insists on having a private word with Twiggy. Lydia takes Joe and Esme into the study where she explains that she has a collection of over 300 windsprites in a fish tank on the boo... | 1,331 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the world's deepest lake? | 1996. Rosatom plans to build a laboratory near Baikal, in conjunction with an international uranium plant and to invest $2.5 billion in the region and create 2,000 jobs in the city of Angarsk.
Lake Baikal is a popular destination among tourists from all over the world. According to the Russian Federal State Statistics ... | the country through the Southern region with its northern part being the deepest. It is the world's eighth largest freshwater lake and Africa's third largest lake. Sometimes known as the Lake of Stars, Lake Malawi is the country's largest contributor to its tourism industry due to its unmatched splendor and diversity o... | 1,332 | triviaqa-train |
"Who joined Roy Jenkins, Bill Rogers and Shirley Williams as the Social Democrats ""Gang of Four""?" | there.
He received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath in 1978.
Return to Parliament (1982–1987).
Return to Parliament (1982–1987) Leadership of the Social Democratic Party.
As one of the so-called "Gang of Four", Roy Jenkins was a founder of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in January 1981... | separate subspecies.
External links.
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: "Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica" (Tatra chamois) — "Critically endangered animal". | 1,333 | triviaqa-train |
"Which politician was the first rail fatality, killed under the wheels of Stephenson's ""Rocket"" in 1830?" | was led by "Northumbrian" driven by George Stephenson, and included "Phoenix" driven by his son Robert, "North Star" driven by his brother Robert Sr. and "Rocket" driven by assistant engineer Joseph Locke. The day was marred by the death of William Huskisson, the Member of Parliament for Liverpool, who was struck and k... | 2-2-0
Under Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and no trailing wheels. This configuration, which became very popular during the 1830s, was commonly called the Planet type after the ... | 1,334 | triviaqa-train |
Numbers - how many lines are in a limerick ? | taxation, local roads and social housing in the city. The council comprises elected ward Councillors with an appointed full-time CEO as the city (and county) manager. Local elections are held every five years and the Councillors annually elect a Cathaoirleach or chairman to chair the council. The current Cathaoirleach ... | an entire limerick typeset in two lines:
In Lear's limericks, the first and last lines usually end with the same word rather than rhyming. For the most part they are truly nonsensical and devoid of any punch line or point. They are completely free of the bawdiness with which the verse form is now associated. A typical ... | 1,335 | triviaqa-train |
"In ""Les Miserables"", what is the name of the policeman who continually tracks down the hero Jean Valjean ?" | Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel "Les Misérables". Hugo depicts the character's 19-year-long struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sister's children during a time of economic depression and various attempts to escape from pr... | the musical "Les Miserables» ( «Les miserables»), based on the novel by Victor Hugo. 30-year-old Oleg Vinnik played the role of Jean Valjean (Jean Valjean) - the hero, who in the beginning of the musical 46, and in the final - 80 years. Another important role was the Black Prince - Death (Der Tod) in the musical "Eliza... | 1,336 | triviaqa-train |
"In ""Les Miserables"", what is the name of the little orphan girl adopted by the hero Jean Valjean ?" | on the side of the mayor's house) and has her cared for. He learns of Cosette, Fantine's daughter, and tries to pay off the Thénardiers (who are abusing Cosette).
Javert then apologizes to "M. Madeleine", and tells him that the "real" Jean Valjean has been found and is to be tried the next day. Javert also asks that he... | the musical "Les Miserables» ( «Les miserables»), based on the novel by Victor Hugo. 30-year-old Oleg Vinnik played the role of Jean Valjean (Jean Valjean) - the hero, who in the beginning of the musical 46, and in the final - 80 years. Another important role was the Black Prince - Death (Der Tod) in the musical "Eliza... | 1,337 | triviaqa-train |
Prime Minister Harold McMillan had what Christian name, although he preferred to be known by his middle name, Harold ? | Harold Macmillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative Party statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Dubbed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability.
Macmillan served in the Gren... | the Christian Democrats.
Most significantly, Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963, based his philosophy of government on what he summarised in the 1938 book "The Middle Way".
Modern usage.
The Third Way has been defined as such:
Modern usage Usage by social democrats.
A social democratic variant ... | 1,338 | triviaqa-train |
"In which T.V. Detective series did ""Charlie Hungerford"" appear ?" | Bergerac (TV series)
Bergerac is a British television series set in Jersey, which ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Jim Bergerac, who initially is a detective sergeant in Le ... | rating for season 2 on Metacritic. Ken Tucker of "Entertainment Weekly" dubs the series "a very good new show that needs a more vivid title and more of NBC's promotional oomph" and praising the portrayal of Charlie Crews by the "beloved" Damian Lewis. In contrast, Gina Bellafante of "The New York Times" noted that the ... | 1,339 | triviaqa-train |
"The controversial book ""The Naked Ape"" appeared in 1967. Who was the author ?" | The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal (Hardback: ; Reprint: ) is a 1967 book by zoologist and ethologist Desmond Morris that looks at humans as a species and compares them to other animals. "The Human Zoo", a follow-up book by Morris that examined the behaviour of people in cities, was pu... | Annie Jacobsen
Annie Jacobsen (born June 28, 1967) is an American investigative journalist, author, and a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist. She was a contributing editor to the "Los Angeles Times Magazine" from 2009 until 2012. Jacobsen writes about war, weapons, security, and secrets. Jacobsen is best known as the author ... | 1,340 | triviaqa-train |
What was the Roman name for Scotland ? | Scotland during the Roman Empire
Scotland during the Roman Empire refers to the protohistorical period during which the Roman Empire interacted with the area that is now Scotland, which was known to them as "Caledonia". Roman legions arrived around 71, having conquered the Celtic tribes of "Britain" (England and Wales... | Dere Street
Dere Street or Deere Street is a modern designation of a Roman road which ran north from Eboracum (York), crossing the Stanegate at Corbridge (Hadrian's Wall was crossed at the Portgate, just to the north) and continuing beyond into what is now Scotland, later at least as far as the Antonine Wall. Portions ... | 1,341 | triviaqa-train |
"At the recent Cheltenham festival, the horse ""Hurricane Fly"" won the Champion hurdle. Who trains this horse ?" | Flat racing.
As a two-year-old in France in 2006, Hurricane Fly ran four times, failing to win but finishing second twice. In the following year he won two races including the listed Prix Omnium II (beating the subsequent Champion Stakes winner Literato) but finished well beaten when moved up to Group class in races su... | 2014 Champion Hurdle
The 2014 Champion Hurdle was a horse race held at Cheltenham Racecourse on Tuesday 11 March 2014. It was the 84th running of the Champion Hurdle.
The winner was J. P. McManus's Jezki, a six-year-old gelding trained in Ireland by Jessica Harrington, who was winning the race for the first time. The w... | 1,342 | triviaqa-train |
"In which T.V. Detective series did ""DCI Michael Jardine"" appear ?" | Michael Jardine
Detective Chief Inspector Michael "Mike" Jardine was a long-running character in the television series Taggart.
Jardine served as Detective Sergeant and the show's secondary character from 1987 to 1994, assuming the job of his predecessor, Peter Livingstone. When Jim Taggart died, he became the show's m... | List of Midsomer Murders characters
This is a list of characters that appear in the British murder mystery series "Midsomer Murders".
Main characters.
Main characters DCI Tom Barnaby.
Detective Chief Inspector Thomas "Tom" Geoffrey Barnaby (John Nettles) (series 1–13)—A senior member of Causton CID, Barnaby used to wor... | 1,343 | triviaqa-train |
"The controversial book ""The Female Eunuch"" appeared in 1970. Who was the author ?" | Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer (; born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century. Specializing in English and women's literature, she has held academic positions in England at the Unive... | , psychologist Gabor Maté, Michel Odent, and others. Mama was launched by internationally bestselling parenting author and psychology professor Steve Biddulph, who described the book's insights as "really important". In an interview with the ABC, founder of the Read Clinic and widely published psychologist Dr. John Irv... | 1,344 | triviaqa-train |
"Which famous western movie ends with the line :- ""The old man was right- only the farmers won. We lost. We will always lose "" ?" | or groups of bandits terrorising small towns such as in "The Magnificent Seven". Or revisionist westerns like "I Walk the Line" (1970) depict sheriffs dueling.
Early Westerns were mostly filmed in the studio, as in other early Hollywood films, but when location shooting became more common from the 1930s, producers of W... | wants to stay with Petra. Chris and Vin bid farewell to the village elder, who tells them that only the villagers have really won, whereas the gunslingers are "like the wind, blowing over the land and passing on." As they pass the graves of their fallen comrades, Chris admits, "The Old Man was right. Only the farmers w... | 1,345 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the southernmost city in Australia ? | movement originated in Australia, and the volunteer lifesaver is one of the country's icons. Nationally, other popular sports include horse racing, basketball, and motor racing. The annual Melbourne Cup horse race and the Sydney to Hobart yacht race attract intense interest. In 2016, the Australian Sports Commission re... | Sellicks Beach, South Australia
Sellicks Beach is an outer southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia which is located in the local government area of the City of Onkaparinga and is the southernmost extent of the Adelaide metropolitan area.
There are housing development projects being undertaken in Sellicks Beach. Th... | 1,346 | triviaqa-train |
What was the Roman name for Ireland ? | Hibernia
Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland. The name "Hibernia" was taken from Greek geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe (c. 320 BC), Pytheas of Massilia called the island "Iérnē" (written ). In his book "Geographia" (c. 150 AD), Claudius Ptolemaeus ("Ptolemy")... | had been Roman for over three hundred and fifty years. Amongst the enemies of Roman Britain were the Picts of central and northern Scotland, and the Gaels known as Scoti, who were raiders from Ireland. Also vexatious were the Saxons, the name Roman writers gave to the peoples who lived in the northern part of what is n... | 1,347 | triviaqa-train |
Of the months of the year, which would score highest on plain squares as a word in the game of scrabble ? | sold.
Selchow and Righter bought the trademark to the game in 1972. JW Spear began selling the game in Australia and the UK on January 19, 1955. The company is now a subsidiary of Mattel. In 1986, Selchow and Righter was sold to Coleco, which soon after went bankrupt. Hasbro purchased the company's assets, including "S... | premium squares can lead to scoring situations that would be rare or impossible in a typical Scrabble game. For example, it is possible to place a new word that simultaneously covers a triple letter score (TL) and a triple word score (TW), or a new word that covers a double word score (DW) and a triple word score (TW),... | 1,348 | triviaqa-train |
Which country produces 70 % of all European olive oil ? | the most significant. An olive branch (or leaf, depending on translation) was brought back to Noah by a dove to demonstrate that the flood was over
(Book of Genesis, 8:11). The olive is listed in Deuteronomy 8:8 as one of the seven species that are noteworthy products of the Land of Israel.
Symbolic connotations Ancien... | of olive oil in the world. It produces around 45% of all Spanish production and 20% of world's production. For this reason the province is also known as "World Capital of Olive Oil". There are more than 66 million of olive trees, spread over a surface of 550,000 hectares. The province alone produces more olive oil than... | 1,349 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the opera ""Les Troyens"" ?" | , Hérold and Adam. In this climate, the operas of the French-born composer Hector Berlioz struggled to gain a hearing. Berlioz's epic masterpiece "Les Troyens", the culmination of the Gluckian tradition, was not given a full performance for almost a hundred years.
In the second half of the 19th century, Jacques Offenba... | she taught costume history at the Academy of Applied Arts in Munich.
In 2006 she was responsible for the creation of the costumes with the revival of the opera "Les Troyens" at the Paris Bastille Opera; she realised the costumes according to the original designs of Herbert Wernicke who had produced the opera in 2000 fo... | 1,350 | triviaqa-train |
In the electromagnetic spectrum, which type of wavelength has the longest wavelength. It's main uses are in communication. | .
Types of radiation Radio frequency.
Radio waves are emitted and received by antennas, which consist of conductors such as metal rod resonators. In artificial generation of radio waves, an electronic device called a transmitter generates an AC electric current which is applied to an antenna. The oscillating electrons ... | can be classified in several ways.
Classification of methods Type of radiative energy.
The types of spectroscopy are distinguished by the type of radiative energy involved in the interaction. In many applications, the spectrum is determined by measuring changes in the intensity or frequency of this energy. The types of... | 1,351 | triviaqa-train |
The battle for Stalingrad was one of the turning points of the second world war. Who was the commander of the Russian forces in this battle ? | Motorized Infantry, covered 400 km. Paulus had requested permission to "withdraw the 6th Army behind the Don," but was rejected. According to Paulus' comments to Adam, "There is still the order whereby no commander of an army group or an army has the right to relinquish a village, even a trench, without Hitler's consen... | 1942 film "The Defence of Tsaritsyn" concerns the 1918 Battle for Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War, a battle in which Joseph Stalin played a prominent role. In 1942, Tsaritsyn, by then renamed Stalingrad, was in the midst of the decisive Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point of the Second World War.
Honours and a... | 1,352 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the opera ""Dido and Aeneas"" ?" | Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. It was composed no later than July 1688, and had been performed at Josias... | Didone (opera)
Didone is an opera by Francesco Cavalli, set to a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello (later librettist for Claudio Monteverdi). The opera was first performed at Venice's Teatro San Cassiano during 1640.
The plot is based on Virgil's "Aeneid" (Book 4 in particular), though Busenello, in his second l... | 1,353 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Irish actor, born in Dublin, starred in the movies ""in Bruges"" ""Fright Night"" and ""Total Recall"" ?" | Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell (; born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. Farrell appeared in the BBC drama "Ballykissangel" in 1998, made his film debut in the Tim Roth-directed drama "The War Zone" in 1999, and was discovered by Hollywood when Joel Schumacher cast him as the lead in the war drama "Tigerland" in 2000. He th... | Picture Musical or Comedy.
Farrell starred in the black comedy film "Horrible Bosses" (2011), for which he received critical praise, along with the comedy-horror film "Fright Night" (2011) and the sci-fi action film "Total Recall" (2012), both remakes, and McDonagh's second feature, the black comedy crime film "Seven P... | 1,354 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the President of Argentina ? | Chief of Staff.
As helicopters, a Sikorsky S-70 (H-01) and two Sikorsky S-76 (H-02 and H-03) also make-up the fleet, with an additional Air Force Bell 212, as needed. During Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández administration AAP used different aircraft for their global flights, most notably Boeing 747 loaned from Ae... | Elections in Argentina
"This article is about voting, elections, and election results in Argentina. For details of Argentine government institutions and political parties, see Politics of Argentina."
At the national level, Argentina elects a head of state (the President) and a legislature. The franchise extends to all ... | 1,355 | triviaqa-train |
Robert Langdon is the main character of which famous novel published in 2003 ? | Robert Langdon
Professor Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his "Robert Langdon" book series: "Angels & Demons" (2000), "The Da Vinci Code" (2003), "The Lost Symbol" (2009), "Inferno" (2013) and "Origin" (2017). He is a Harvard University professor of history of art and "symbology" ... | Northwest Passage (novel)
Northwest Passage is an historical novel by Kenneth Roberts, published in 1937. Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of Robert Rogers, the leader of Rogers' Rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the British du... | 1,356 | triviaqa-train |
What two word term is used to describe the music craze of the late 60s and early 70s that included a counterculture of young people and Hippies in the United States and featured acts such as Blue Mink, The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful and The mammas and the Papas ? | park destroyed, which led to a two-week occupation of the city of Berkeley by the California National Guard. Flower power came into its own during this occupation as hippies engaged in acts of civil disobedience to plant flowers in empty lots all over Berkeley under the slogan "Let a Thousand Parks Bloom".
In August 19... | , during which a profusion of Byrds-influenced acts flooded the American and British charts. In particular, the Byrds' influence can be discerned in mid-1960s recordings by acts such as the Lovin' Spoonful, Barry McGuire, the Mamas & the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Turtles, We Five, Love, and Sonn... | 1,357 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the coastal headland at the southern end of Torbay in Devon lying to the South East of Brixham ? It includes a lighthouse that was built in 1906, the site of an Iron Age fort and refreshment cafe. | years, swallowing up villages and towns such as St Marychurch, Cockington, Churston Ferrers and Galmpton, though the latter maintains a rural feel thanks to tight conservation measures. The borough of Torbay is bordered by the South Hams to the south and west, and by Teignbridge to the north. Nearby towns include Totne... | Brixham
Brixham is a small fishing town and civil parish in the district of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Brixham is at the southern end of Torbay, across the bay (Tor Bay) from Torquay, and fishing and tourism are the major industries of the town. At the time of the 2011 census it had a ... | 1,358 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1955 play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' ? | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the "plantation home in the Mississippi Delta" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relati... | "Bus Stop" (1955) Tony Award nominee, Best Play
- "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1955) Tony Award nominee, Best Play
References.
- "The American Presidency Project"
- Lifetime Honors - National Medal of Arts
External links.
- The Library of Congress exhibit
- Public Leadership in the Arts Awards listing, 1998 | 1,359 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of Greenpeace International ? | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 39 countries and an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Greenpeace was founded in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, Canadian and US ex-pat environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is t... | within the organization's inner workings and can be primarily credited with transforming the organization from a small, vociferous Canadian pressure group into the highly efficient international movement it is today. Bohlen was a strong supporter of the creation of Greenpeace International and the move of the group's h... | 1,360 | triviaqa-train |
The shape of the chocolate bar Toblerone is supposedly modelled on which famous mountain ? | (1876–1941) in Bern, Switzerland, in 1908. Emil Baumann, the cousin of Theodor Tobler, created the unique recipe consisting of milk chocolate including nougat, almonds and honey and Theodor Tobler came up with the distinctive triangular shape and packaging.
The triangular shape of the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps is c... | Toblerone
Toblerone (; German: ) is a Swiss chocolate bar brand currently owned by US confectionery company Mondelēz International, Inc., which was formerly Kraft Foods, the company that acquired the product from former owner Jacobs Suchard in 1990. It is produced in the capital city of Switzerland, Bern, and the bear ... | 1,361 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund ? | International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), also known as the Fund, is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment an... | holds the headquarters of important international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization of American States. The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty took place in Washington; this treaty established NATO, which took part in the Cold War, and by its end, Washington w... | 1,362 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year - Prince Edward leaves the Marines just three months after joining, the book Spycatcher is released, race riots break out in the Chapeltown area of Leeds and the Pet Shop Boys reach number 1 in the UK charts with the record 'It's a Sin' ? | would frequently be offered bribes to falsify sales logs.
History Electronic-age charts.
From 1983 to 1990, the chart was financed by BPI (50 percent), "Music Week" (38 percent) and the BBC (12 percent). On 4 January 1983 the chart compilation was assumed by the Gallup Organization, which expanded the chart with a "Nex... | decided to leave the band.
Lost in Paradise was released after a break of six years since their previous album, "Journey of Life". After touring and promoting the last album, Polydor/Universal released the promotional single "It's a Sin", a cover of the Pet Shop Boys song (2003). The band took some time off and Claudia... | 1,363 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year - Anna Ford becomes the first female news reader on ITV, the charity Motability is founded, Bulgarian dissident Geogi Markov is killed with a poison tipped umbrella and Althea and Donna reach number 1 in the UK charts with 'Uptown Ranking' ? | Ford was thirty by the time she joined Granada Television as a researcher in 1974. Initially, she was told she was too old to be a newsreader, but became a reporter and newsreader on Granada Reports. She joined the BBC in January 1977, but only after several months obtaining security clearance from MI5 because she was ... | Whitechapel in a racially motivated attack which mobilises the British Bangladeshi community to protest.
- 20 August: Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al airline bus in London.
- 7 September: Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is stabbed with a poison-tipped umbrella as he walks across Waterloo Bridge, probably on orde... | 1,364 | triviaqa-train |
In which film of 1958 did Janet Leigh play a character named Morganna ? | with numerous similarities to Alfred Hitchcock's later film "Psycho", which was produced two years after "Touch of Evil"; in it, she plays a tormented newlywed in a Mexican border town. Leigh would later describe shooting the film as a "great experience," but added: "Universal just couldn't understand it, so they recut... | Madden in "The Big Valley". In 1958, he guest starred as a particularly greedy bounty hunter who clashes with Steve McQueen's character of Josh Randall in the CBS western series, "".
Biography.
Though Mills did much television work, he also found regular work in motion pictures. He is probably best known as the suspici... | 1,365 | triviaqa-train |
Who designed Marble Arch in London ? | Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the we... | Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch
The Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch, is a Church of England parish church in the Marble Arch district of London, England. It is dedicated to the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a Gothic revival building designed by Sir Walter Tapper and built in 1912–1913. ... | 1,366 | triviaqa-train |
On a standard London Monopoly board which is the most expensive of the Orange properties, costing £200 to purchase? | (Pall Mall)", "Advance to Reading Railroad (Kings Cross Station)" and "Go Back Three Spaces".
In all, during game play, Illinois Avenue (Trafalgar Square) (Red), New York Avenue (Vine Street) (Orange), B&O Railroad (Fenchurch Street Station), and Reading Railroad (Kings Cross Station) are the most frequently landed-upo... | refers to the station and street's unpopularity with some of London owing to their distrust of the police force. Because of its relatively hidden location and proximity to Piccadilly Circus, the street suffers from crime, which has led to Westminster City Council gating off the Man in the Moon Passage so service vehicl... | 1,367 | triviaqa-train |
By the Sleepy Lagoon is the title tune to which famous radio programme? | Rediffusion London.
Several pieces of light music are used on BBC Radio 4 to the present day, with Eric Coates's "By the Sleepy Lagoon" being the theme of "Desert Island Discs", Arthur Wood's "Barwick Green" the theme of "The Archers" and Ronald Binge's "Sailing By" preceding the late-night shipping forecast.
Decline a... | Westminster and Knightsbridge. The work transformed Coates's status from moderate prominence to national celebrity when the BBC chose the "Knightsbridge" march from the suite as the signature tune for its new and prodigiously popular radio programme "In Town Tonight", which ran from 1933 to 1960. Another work written a... | 1,368 | triviaqa-train |
Which film of 1990 features a character named Paul Sheldon, an author who is rescued and then tortured by a woman named Annie Wilkes? | Annie Wilkes
Anne Marie Wilkes Dugan, usually known as Annie Wilkes, is the main antagonist in the 1987 novel "Misery", by Stephen King. In the 1990 film adaptation of the novel, Annie Wilkes was portrayed by Kathy Bates, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal. The American Film Institute included... | agreed to play the part. Caan commented that he was attracted by how Sheldon was a role unlike any other of his, and that "being a totally reactionary character is really much tougher." According to Reiner, it was Goldman who suggested that Kathy Bates, then unknown, should portray Annie Wilkes.
Reception.
On Rotten To... | 1,369 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous crime duo were killed on May 23rd 1934 on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana? | from Ruston. Both of them came to Arcadia to identify the bodies because the Barrow gang had kidnapped them in Ruston in 1933. Parker reportedly had laughed when she discovered that Darby was an undertaker. She remarked that maybe someday he would be working on her; Darby did assist Bailey in the embalming.
Deaths Fune... | like Clyde. Whatever chance she had for clemency had just been reduced." "The Dallas Journal" ran a cartoon on its editorial page, showing an empty electric chair with a sign on it saying "Reserved", adding the words "Clyde and Bonnie".
Deaths.
Barrow and Parker were killed on May 23, 1934, on a rural road in Bienville... | 1,370 | triviaqa-train |
Popular mainly since the 1960s, what ten letter word is the name of the lightweight waist-length jacket made of cotton, polyester, wool or suede, usually with traditional Fraser tartan or check patterned lining? It is said to have earned its nickname due to the fact that it was often worn by one of the lead characters ... | City to set up practice in town. Newspaper editor Matthew Swain (Warner Anderson) tells him people usually try to get away from towns like Peyton Place, not move to them. Matthew's third cousin Allison MacKenzie (Mia Farrow), a close friend of classmate Norman Harrington (Christopher Connelly), has begun to fall in lov... | Waxed jacket
A Waxed jacket is a type of hip-length raincoat made from waxed cotton cloth, iconic of British and Irish country life. Today it is commonly worn for outdoor rural pursuits such as hunting, shooting and fishing. It is a cotton jacket made water-resistant by a paraffin-based waxing, typically with a tartan ... | 1,371 | triviaqa-train |
With an area of 1,438 square kilometres which is England's oldest National Park? It became established on April 17th, 1951. | 1949 Act came about after a prolonged campaign for public access to the countryside in the United Kingdom with its roots in the Industrial Revolution. The first 'freedom to roam' bill was introduced to Parliament in 1884 by James Bryce but it was not until 1931 that a government inquiry recommended the creation of a 'N... | . It covers an area of 16.95 square kilometres (41.87 acres).
Beyond the railway bridge, which crosses the Sutton Park Line and separates the Lichfield Road and High Street, is the Anchorage Road conservation area which protects buildings such as Moat House by William Wilson. The conservation area was designated on 15 ... | 1,372 | triviaqa-train |
Which popular radio show, a follow up to the earlier Children's Favourites was hosted by Ed Stewart from 1968 to 1979 and had the introductory tune 'Morningtown Ride', a song made famous by The Seekers? | signature tune until the mid-1960s was "Puffin' Billy" by Edward White played by the Melodi Light Orchestra.
Later versions.
McCulloch made his last broadcast in 1965 and several other presenters were tried including Leslie Crowther. After Radio 1 and Radio 2 were launched, the show was renamed Junior Choice and simult... | 17,000,000 ($ in today's terms) and merged into Paramount Pictures.
Career Activities 1960–1979.
The 1960 Broadway musical "Wildcat" ended its run early when Ball became too ill to continue in the show. The show was the source of the song she made famous, "Hey, Look Me Over", which she performed with Paula Stewart on "... | 1,373 | triviaqa-train |
Which soft drink, described as having a unique flavour, was first nationally marketed in the USA in 1904 and has had many advertising slogans including 'what's the worst that can happen' in 2008? | the rum and coke, which may also contain lime juice. Some homemade fruit punch recipes, which may or may not contain alcohol, contain a mixture of various fruit juices and a soft drink (e.g. ginger ale). At ice cream parlors and 1950s-themed diners, ice cream floats, and specifically root beer floats, are often sold. E... | black, edible seeds. The fruit has a soft texture with a sweet and unique flavour. China produced 50% of the world total of kiwifruit in 2017.
Etymology.
Early varieties were described in a 1904 nursery catalogue as having "...edible fruits the size of walnuts, and the flavour of ripe gooseberries", leading to the name... | 1,374 | triviaqa-train |
With an area of 1,641 square kilometers, which is England's newest National Park? It became established on April 1st 2011? | Parks (Scotland) Act 2000, and from this two Scottish national parks, the Cairngorms and Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, were created. Of the original twelve proposed English and Welsh national parks, two remained undesignated going into the new millennium - the Cambrian Mountains and Cornish Coast. The New Forest becam... | Wakatobi Regency
Wakatobi Regency is an islands and regency located in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The capital of the regency is located in Wangi-Wangi, which is established by virtue of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 29 of 2003 dated 18 December 2003. It has an area of 823 square kilometers and in the year... | 1,375 | triviaqa-train |
Which football club won the old first division title for the first time in their history back in 1972 ? | 12 clubs (Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke (now Stoke City), West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers), known as The Football League. When the League admitted additional members from the rival Football Alliance in... | Marsaxlokk F.C.
Marsaxlokk Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Marsaxlokk, which currently plays in the Maltese Second Division. The club was founded in 1949. Marsaxlokk won the Maltese Premier League title for the first time in their history, after finishing as league champions for the 2006–07 se... | 1,376 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor played the title role of architect David Vincent in the 1960's TV series The Invaders? | Roy Thinnes
Roy Thinnes (born April 6, 1938) is an American television and film actor best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967–68 television series "The Invaders". He also played Alfred Wentworth in the pilot episode of "Law & Order", and he starred in the 1969 British science fiction f... | of "TV Guide" (April 9–15, 1966 issue) for his one and only time to date. The TV series "The Invaders" soon followed, with Thinnes playing an architect named David Vincent who accidentally witnesses the arrival of aliens from another planet and wages a seemingly hopeless one-man campaign against them. The series became... | 1,377 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor played the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson in the 1960's TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea? | Richard Basehart and David Hedison.
Show history.
Show history Pilot episode.
The pilot episode "Eleven Days to Zero" was filmed in color but shown in black-and-white. It introduces the audience to the futuristic nuclear submarine S.S.R.N. "Seaview" and the lead members of her crew, including the designer and builder o... | "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", co-starring with Barbara Eden and Walter Pidgeon, who played the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson. Ansara later appeared in an episode of the television series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", playing the rebel sub commander Captain Ruiz in "Killers Of The Deep" (1966). He also appea... | 1,378 | triviaqa-train |
Pattie Boyd was the first wife of which famous pop-star who she married on January 21st 1966 ? | Pattie Boyd
Patricia Anne Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is an English model and photographer. She was one of the leading international models during the 1960s and, with Jean Shrimpton, epitomised the British female "look" of the era. Boyd married George Harrison in 1966 and experienced the height of the Beatles' popularity... | . Harrison later said that when he went house-hunting, "It was the first one I saw, and I thought, that'll do." He was joined there months later by wife-to-be Pattie Boyd. Harrison and Boyd were married on 21 January 1966, and lived in the house until 1970, when Harrison purchased Friar Park, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordsh... | 1,379 | triviaqa-train |
In which country can you find Ben Gurion International Airport, the country's largest? | Ben Gurion Airport
Ben Gurion Airport () , commonly known by its Hebrew acronym as "Natbag" (), is the main international airport of Israel and the busiest airport in the country, located on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod, which is about northwest of Jerusalem and to the southeast of Tel Aviv. Named in 1973 ... | Rephaim into Jerusalem. While the Tel Aviv-to-Jerusalem high-speed railway line, which is expected to open for passenger service in the fourth quarter of 2018, is designed to avoid the Nahal Sorek route and shorten the line, the older railway along Nahal Sorek has been refurbished and remains in use. It connects the co... | 1,380 | triviaqa-train |
Screened on January 19th 2011, which actress played the title role in the one-off BBC programme Hattie which centred on the life of Carry-On actress Hattie Jacques? | In 2011 Jacques and Le Mesurier's marriage was the subject of a BBC Four biographical film called "Hattie", which focused on Jacques's affair with John Schofield. She was played by Ruth Jones, who Robin Le Mesurier thought "had captured my mother perfectly". Jones was thrilled at playing Jacques whom she considered to ... | is buried at Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt in France.
Her elusiveness was such that her former colleagues and friends discovered she had died only after a "Where are They Now?" feature appeared in "Films and Filming" a number of years after her death.
She was played by the actress Marcia Warren in the 2011 TV play "Hattie", a ... | 1,381 | triviaqa-train |
Which play, written in 1923 by English playwright Arnold Ripley depicts a group of travellers stranded in a waiting room at a remote railway station? | The Ghost Train (play)
The Ghost Train is a theatre comedy suspense thriller, written in 1923 by the English actor and playwright Arnold Ridley.
The story centres upon the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight, and are increasingly threatened by a... | 2010 Bollywood film "The Waiting Room", directed by Maneej Premnath and produced by Sunil Doshi, four passengers waiting in a remote South Indian railway station are stranded there on a rainy night. A serial killer is on the prowl, targeting the passengers of the waiting room, creating intense fear among them.
In other... | 1,382 | triviaqa-train |
The city of Melbourne, in Australia, lies on which river? | the Town of Melbourne to a City".
The city's initial boundaries, as set down in Act 8 Victoria No. 12 (19 December 1844) extended from Point Ormond in Elwood up Barkly Street and Punt Road to the Yarra River, along the river to Merri Creek at Abbotsford, then west along Brunswick Road to Moonee Ponds Creek, then south ... | Muckleford, Victoria
Muckleford is a small regional area in central Victoria, Australia. The area, also known as Wattle Flat, lies along the Muckleford Creek, a minor tributary of the Loddon River approximately 127 kilometres northwest of the Melbourne City Centre and within the jurisdiction of the Mount Alexander Shir... | 1,383 | triviaqa-train |
Published in 1952, who was the subject of the book Diary of a Young Girl? | the initial draft, and the material was posthumously edited into a publishable manuscript by their respective executors, only to be superseded in later decades by unexpurgated editions prepared by scholars.
Copyright and ownership of the originals.
Copyright and ownership of the originals Anne Frank Fonds.
In his will,... | Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (book)
Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (or "The Diary of a Lost Girl") is a book by the German author Margarete Böhme (1867-1939). It purportedly tells the true story of Thymian, a young woman forced by circumstance into a life of prostitution. When first published in 1905, the book was said to be a... | 1,384 | triviaqa-train |
Released in the year 2000 what was the title of the TV film that followed the relationship between Carry On film actors Sid James, played by Geoffrey Hutchins and Barbara Windsor, played by Samantha Spiro? | affair with "Carry On" co-star Barbara Windsor lasting more than 10 years. The affair was dramatised in the 1998 stage-play "Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick" and its 2000 television adaptation "Cor, Blimey!". James's obsession with Windsor was such that it was rumoured that her then husband Ronnie Knight had all of ... | character. Samantha Spiro "felt a sense of responsibility" playing Barbara Windsor, who appears as herself in the final scene.
Basis in reality.
The drama is a fictionalised account of the affair which happened between Windsor and James. Fellow "Carry On" actors Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey and Joa... | 1,385 | triviaqa-train |
Which play, written by Arthur Miller in 1949 features the lead character named Willie Loman? | of Biff's failure to live up to Willy's expectations. As Biff and Happy, dissatisfied with their lives, fantasize about buying a ranch out West, Willy becomes immersed in a daydream. He praises his sons, now younger, who are washing his car. The young Biff, a high school football star, and the young Happy appear. They ... | 10, 1949, at the Morosco Theatre, directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman, Mildred Dunnock as Linda, Arthur Kennedy as Biff, and Cameron Mitchell as Happy. The play was commercially successful and critically acclaimed, winning a Tony Award for Best Author, the New York Drama Circle Critics' Awar... | 1,386 | triviaqa-train |
In which country can you find Haneda Airport, one of its countries most important dealing with domestic flights? | Haneda Airport
, commonly known as , Tokyo Haneda Airport, and Haneda International Airport , is one of the two primary airports that serve the Greater Tokyo Area, and is the primary base of Japan's two major domestic airlines, Japan Airlines (Terminal 1) and All Nippon Airways (Terminal 2), as well as Air Do, Skymark ... | was the only airport for Seoul from its original construction during the Korean War. Multiple airports were built in and around Seoul immediately before, during, and after the war. The most famous was on Yeouido, which once served as the country's gateway to the world.
Upon opening in March 2001, Incheon International ... | 1,387 | triviaqa-train |
Published in 1924, who was the author of the adventure book The Land That Time Forgot? | , Victor Hugo, Emilio Salgari, Louis Henri Boussenard, Thomas Mayne Reid, Sax Rohmer, Edgar Wallace, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Adventure novels and short stories were popular subjects for American pulp magazines, which dominated
American popular fiction between the Progressive Era and the 1950s. Several pulp magazine... | The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
"The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes stories collected between 1921 and 1927 as "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". It was first published in the January 1924 issues of "The Strand Magazine" in London and "H... | 1,388 | triviaqa-train |
The city of Warsaw in Poland stands on which river? | Warsaw
Warsaw ( ; ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and its population is officially estimated at 1.78 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 8th most-populou... | During the Invasion of Poland (1939), much of the district was badly damaged by the German Luftwaffe, which targeted the city's residential areas and historic landmarks in a campaign of terror bombing. Following the Siege of Warsaw, parts of the Old Town were rebuilt, but immediately after the Warsaw Uprising (August–O... | 1,389 | triviaqa-train |
The Battle of Shiloh of 1862, also known as The Battle of Pittsburg Landing was a battle that took place during which war? | American Civil War
The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy). The most studied and written about episode in U.S. history, the Civil War began primarily as a result of the long-standing controver... | Ferry was later purchased by a wealthy landowner, David Robinson. The city was renamed "Savannah" after Savannah, Georgia, the hometown of Rudd's wife, Elizabeth.
History Battle of Shiloh.
Hardin County was the site of the 1862 Battle of Shiloh (also known as the "Battle of Pittsburg Landing") during the Civil War. The... | 1,390 | triviaqa-train |
The remake of which popular TV series of the 1960s saw James Caviezel in the main role and was filmed in Swakopmund in Namibia? | role of Jesus in the latest installment of "The Word of Promise".
Caviezel starred in "The Prisoner", a remake of the British science fiction series "The Prisoner", in November 2009. From 2011 to 2016, he starred in the CBS drama series "Person of Interest" as John Reese, a former CIA agent who now works for a mysterio... | -ROMs" which, of course, were not around when the television show aired in the 1960s). In addition to adapting all of the original episodes aired on the 1959-1964 TV series, the radio series has also adapted some "Twilight Zone" TV scripts which were never produced, scripts from other Serling TV productions, and new st... | 1,391 | triviaqa-train |
Which female singer reached number one in the UK charts in October 1979 with a record entitles One Day At A Time? | by any song in Irish Chart history.
Cristy Lane version.
"One Day at a Time" became best known among country fans when recorded by American country gospel singer Cristy Lane. Lane had started enjoying mainstream success in the late 1970s through the release of several secular hits, including "Let Me Down Easy" and "Sim... | Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album "It's Time" as well as his 2007 album "Call Me Irresponsible" – which reached number one... | 1,392 | triviaqa-train |
The American TV series Three's A Crowd that ran from 1984 to 1985 was loosely based on which BBC series that featured Richard O'Sullivan? | Three's a Crowd
Three's a Crowd (also known as Three's Company, Too in the "Three's Company" syndication package) is an American sitcom produced as a spin-off continuation of "Three's Company" that aired on ABC from September 25, 1984 (only one week after the final episode of "Three's Company" was broadcast) until Apri... | A documentary series commissioned by the SABC about South Africa's participation in World War II. Hosted by Dewar McCormack.
- "Three's a Crowd"
- "Three's Company"
- Throb (TV Series 1986–1988) - Throb is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 6, 1986 to May 21, 1988.
- "ThunderCats" 1980s (1985) ... | 1,393 | triviaqa-train |
The Battle of Bomarsund of 1854 was a battle that took place during which war? | had started, his camps were submerged in mud and there was no bread. Learning of the fall of Kars he withdrew to the Ingur. The Russians did nothing and he evacuated to Batum in February of the following year.
Battles Baltic theatre.
The Baltic was a forgotten theatre of the Crimean War. Popularisation of events elsewh... | of major battles of the war.
- Battle of Sinop, 30 November 1853
- Siege of Silistra, 5 April – 25 June 1854
- First Battle of Bomarsund, 21 June 1854
- Second Battle of Bomarsund, 15 August 1854
- Siege of Petropavlovsk, 30–31 August 1854, on the Pacific coast
- Battle of Alma, 20 September 1854
- Siege of Sevastopol,... | 1,394 | triviaqa-train |
Which male singer reached number one in the UK charts in February 1977 with a record entitled When I Need You? | When I Need You
"When I Need You" is a popular song written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager. Its first appearance was as the title track of Hammond's 1976 album "When I Need You". Leo Sayer's version, produced by Richard Perry, was a massive hit worldwide, reaching number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three we... | platinum in Canada. The peak of his career came in 1977, when he scored two consecutive US number one hits, first with the disco-styled "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (a Grammy Award winner for the year's best Rhythm and Blues Song), followed by the romantic ballad, "When I Need You" (1977), which reached number one i... | 1,395 | triviaqa-train |
On a mobile phone keyboard the letters JKL are on which number button? | for computer gaming — either regular keyboards or keyboards with special gaming features, which can expedite frequently used keystroke combinations.
A keyboard is also used to give commands to the operating system of a computer, such as Windows' Control-Alt-Delete combination. Although on Pre-Windows 95 Microsoft opera... | HTC ChaCha
The HTC ChaCha (also known as HTC Chachacha or HTC Status) is an Android smartphone that was announced by HTC in February 2011 at the Mobile World Congress, alongside its sister phone, the HTC Salsa.
The ChaCha is primarily designed for text messaging, and also features tight integration with the social netw... | 1,396 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Thought Police' feature in whic famous novel of 1949? | ".
In the year 1984, the government of Oceania, dominated by the Inner Party, use the Newspeak language to control the speech, actions, and thought of the population, by defining "unapproved thoughts" as "thoughtcrime" and "crimethink"; for such actions, the "Thinkpol" arrest Winston Smith, the protagonist of the story... | Thought Police
In the novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949), by George Orwell, the Thought Police ("Thinkpol") are the secret police of the superstate Oceania, who discover and punish "thoughtcrime", personal and political thoughts unapproved by the Party. The Thinkpol use criminal psychology and omnipresent surveillance... | 1,397 | triviaqa-train |
William Lyon Mackenzie King, more famously known as Bill King was Prime Minister of which country during World War II ? | First World War. Though few major policy innovations took place during his premiership, he was able to synthesize and pass a number of measures that had reached a level of broad national support. Scholars attribute King's long tenure as party leader to his wide range of skills that were appropriate to Canada's needs. H... | after Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, who was the Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682, and again from 1689 to 1698.
The World War II Allies' met during the First and Second Quebec Conference (in 1943 and 1944 respectively). During these conferences, officials including American President Franklin Dela... | 1,398 | triviaqa-train |
Which moon of the planet Jupiter shares its name with the alias of the character Rosalind when she disguises herself as a man in Shakespeare's As You like It? | four large Galilean moons discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Ganymede, the largest of these, has a diameter greater than that of the planet Mercury.
Jupiter has been explored on several occasions by robotic spacecraft, most notably during the early "Pioneer" and "Voyager" flyby missions and later by the "Galileo" o... | Golding employed it for works of serious intent.
Authorship.
There is no evidence from the Elizabethan era to indicate the author of "Sir Clymon and Sir Clamydes." Scholars and critics have proposed George Peele, Thomas Preston, Robert Wilson, and one Richard Bower. No convincing case has been made for any single candi... | 1,399 | triviaqa-train |
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