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Which French comedian is best known for his portrayal of an irascible Italian village priest at war with the town's Communist mayor in the Don Camillo series of motion pictures? | Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan town located in the province of Turin. He was a comedy star who first gained... | mortal sin for a Catholic to vote for the Communist party and excommunicating all its supporters. In practice, however, many Communists remained religious: Emilia was known to be an area where people were both religious and communists. Giovanni Guareschi wrote his novels about Don Camillo describing a village, Brescell... | 30,200 | triviaqa-train |
Which classic 1966 film by Gillo Pontecorvo was shown in the Pentagon in 2003 with the flyer reading as follows? How to win a battle against terrorism and lose the war of ideas. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range. Women plant bombs in cafes. Soon the entire Arab population builds to a mad fervor. Sound famili... | Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo (; 19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film "La battaglia di Algeri" ("The Battle of Algiers", 1966) was released. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1966.
His other f... | The Wide Blue Road
The Wide Blue Road () is a 1957 Italian romance drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and Maleno Malenotti.
Plot.
The story follows the harsh rugged life of a poor fisherman on a small island off the Dalmatian coast. In a desperate effort to improve the lives of his family he begins to fish illegal... | 30,201 | triviaqa-train |
What series of documentary films directed by Michael Apted follow the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old? | Charles Furneaux did not get into Oxford, saying in "21 Up" he was glad to have avoided the "prep school–Marlborough–Oxbridge conveyor belt" by going to Durham University instead; however, he later attended Oxford as a post-graduate student. Charles has worked in journalism in varying capacities over the years, includi... | Up (film series)
The "Up" series is a series of documentary films produced by Granada Television for ITV that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old. So far the documentary has had nine episodes spanning 56 years (one episode every seven years) all of which were ... | 30,202 | triviaqa-train |
David Chase, the creator of which super-hit TV series called the movie Goodfellas his inspiration? | "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters" poll.
"Goodfellas" inspired director David Chase to make the HBO television series "The Sopranos". Chase said ""Goodfellas" is the Koran for me." He also told Peter Bogdanovich: ""Goodfellas" is a very important movie to me and "Goodfellas" really plowed that ... I found that movie v... | Christopher, Imperioli thought that series creator David Chase was unimpressed with his audition and thus was surprised to be offered the part. Chase also said he wanted Imperioli because he had appeared in "Goodfellas".
Biography.
Christopher Moltisanti is born in 1969 to Richard "Dickie" Moltisanti, a soldier in the ... | 30,203 | triviaqa-train |
It's not just the title, even the profits were corpulent. What ethnic 2002 romantic comedy is the highest-grossing film to never have been number one on the weekly North American box-office charts? | My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with non-Greek upper middle class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant ... | ultimately grossed over $368.7 million worldwide, becoming one of the top romantic films of the 21st century. It was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2002 in the United States and Canada, with USD$241,438,208, and the highest-grossing romantic comedy in history. Domestically, it also held the record for the highest-g... | 30,204 | triviaqa-train |
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of the Charles de Gaulle Airport from 1988 until 2006 may have been the inspiration behind what 2004 movie? | Mehran Karimi Nasseri
Mehran Karimi Nasseri ( pronounced ; born 1946), also known as Sir, Alfred Mehran, is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized for unknown reasons. His autobiography has been publ... | created
- Diaspora, a mass movement of population, usually forced by war or natural disaster
- Emergencybnb, a website to find accommodation for refugees
- Emergency evacuation
- Forced displacement in popular culture
- Homo sacer, a banned person who may be killed by anybody
- Human migration
- Language analysis for t... | 30,205 | triviaqa-train |
The title of which 2003 movie comes from the work of Dr. Duncan MacDougall who sought to measure the weight purportedly lost by a human body when the soul departed it upon death? | 21 grams experiment
The 21 grams experiment refers to a scientific study published in 1907 by Duncan MacDougall, a physician from Haverhill, Massachusetts. MacDougall hypothesized that souls have physical weight, and attempted to measure the mass lost by a human when the soul departed the body. MacDougall attempted to ... | the patients lost "three-fourths of an ounce" (21.3 grams) in weight, coinciding with the time of death. MacDougall disregarded the results of another patient on the grounds the scales were "not finely adjusted", and discounted the results of another as the patient died while the equipment was still being calibrated. M... | 30,206 | triviaqa-train |
In The Matrix films, the hovercraft of Morpheus is named after which ancient ruler of Babylon? | Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II (; from Akkadian "Nabû-kudurri-uṣur", meaning "O god Nabu, preserve/defend my firstborn son"; Biblical Hebrew: – "Nəḇūḵaḏreʾṣṣar" or – "Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar"; Biblical Aramaic: – "Nəḇūḵaḏneṣṣar"), king of Babylon c. 605 BC – c. 562 BC, was the longest-reigning and most powerful monarch of ... | is then able to eject Neo's body from the Matrix powerplant and retrieve him from the cold sewers where the machines patrol. Morpheus takes a risk in helping Neo escape the Matrix, as human minds that live too long in the Matrix may have trouble in comprehending the reality. Initially, Neo does experience denial when M... | 30,207 | triviaqa-train |
A landmark legislation in the 1930s in the US that is designed to protect a child actor's earnings by depositing some of them in trust funds was named after which 'kid'? | they were not in charge of this money. Jackie Coogan earned millions of dollars from working as a child actor only to see most of it squandered by his parents. In 1939, California weighed in on this controversy and enacted the Coogan Bill which requires a portion of the earnings of a child to be preserved in a special ... | contracts that involve the transfer of intellectual property.
This law requires a child actor's employer to set aside 15% of the earnings in a trust (often called a Coogan Account), and codifies issues such as schooling, work hours and time off.
External links.
- Coogan Law: Full Text (SAG-AFTRA 2019)
- For informatio... | 30,208 | triviaqa-train |
What 2004 sci-fi film starring Vin Diesel that was a sequel to Pitch Black received poor reviews from critics who called it 'riddickulous'? | ), which attracted the attention of director Steven Spielberg, who was developing "Saving Private Ryan". Spielberg re-wrote elements of the film to allow Diesel to feature, which helped kickstart his career. He subsequently voiced the title character in "The Iron Giant" (1999), and gained a reputation as an action star... | from Vin Diesel), "Pitch Black" is too derivative and formulaic to fully recommend to sci-fi or action fans".
Roger Ebert gave the film 2 out of 4 stars. He gives the film credit for some promising story elements and a nice look, but expresses disappointment that more wasn't done with the alien world and that he was un... | 30,209 | triviaqa-train |
While shooting a movie in 1981, Warren Beatty lectured his extras on the capitalist exploitation of labour, attempting to inspire them. A magazine called it the 4th dumbest decision in movie history because the extras went on strike, demanding higher wages! What film was Beatty making? | Warren Beatty
Henry Warren Beatty ("né" Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards – four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for "Reds" ... | routinely tuned its instruments a half-step higher than standard tuning in those days to get more brightness or pop to the sound, returning to standard pitch in the 1960s.
The popularity of Foggy Mountain Breakdown resurged years later when it was featured in the 1967 film "Bonnie and Clyde", which introduced the song ... | 30,210 | triviaqa-train |
Which country is the largest producer of tungsten (75% of world's output)? | structure.
- Tungsten(V) chloride WCl, a black solid which adopts a dimeric structure.
- Tungsten(VI) chloride WCl, which contrasts with the instability of MoCl.
Organotungsten compounds are numerous and also span a range of oxidation states. Notable examples include the trigonal prismatic W(CH) and octahedral W(CO).
P... | 's largest underground tungsten mine. Most of the growth in the mineral resources area was in the production of industrial minerals, the area in which future mining activities will most likely be concentrated, mostly for domestic consumption.
Minerals.
Austria produces 2.5% of the world's graphite, ranking 10th in the ... | 30,211 | triviaqa-train |
Who played guitar and was a founder of the 'Hot Club of France' (Quintette du Hot Club de France)? | Quintette du Hot Club de France
The Quintette du Hot Club de France, often abbreviated "QdHCdF" or "QHCF", ("The Quintet of the Hot Club of France") was a jazz group founded in France in 1934 by guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli and active in one form or another until 1948.
One of the earliest... | Louis Vola
Louis Vola (La Seyne-sur-Mer, France, 6 July 1902 – 15 August 1990, Paris), was a French double-bassist known for his work with the Quintette du Hot Club de France. He is the godfather of guitarist Francois Vola.
As well as the Hot Club de France, Vola played bass for Ray Ventura, Duke Ellington and singer C... | 30,212 | triviaqa-train |
Which desert separates Egypt and Israel? | Despite its small size, Israel is home to a variety of geographic features, from the Negev desert in the south to the inland fertile Jezreel Valley, mountain ranges of the Galilee, Carmel and toward the Golan in the north. The Israeli coastal plain on the shores of the Mediterranean is home to most of the nation's popu... | Jordanian campaign (1967)
The Jordanian campaign of 1967 was part of the broader Six-Day War, in which Israel inflicted a devastating defeat on Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. For Israel, it was the most significant part of the war, as it resulted in the capture of many Jewish monuments by the Israelis.
Background.
On ... | 30,213 | triviaqa-train |
Whose autobiography was Goodbye To All That? | Good-Bye to All That
Good-Bye to All That is an autobiography by Robert Graves which first appeared in 1929, when the author was 34 years old. "It was my bitter leave-taking of England," he wrote in a prologue to the revised second edition of 1957, "where I had recently broken a good many conventions". The title may al... | of composer and musician Joey Bushkin. After their divorce in 1981, Lerner was ordered to pay her a settlement of $50,000. Lerner wrote in his autobiography (as quoted by "The New York Times"): "All I can say is that if I had no flair for marriage, I also had no flair for bachelorhood." One of his ex-wives reportedly s... | 30,214 | triviaqa-train |
How many chromosomes are in a human body cell? | the nuclear genome) and in the mitochondria (the mitochondrial genome). In humans the nuclear genome is divided into 46 linear DNA molecules called chromosomes, including 22 homologous chromosome pairs and a pair of sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome is a circular DNA molecule distinct from the nuclear DNA. Alth... | . The microtubules then pull the chromatids apart toward the centrosomes, so that each daughter cell inherits one set of chromatids. Once the cells have divided, the chromatids are uncoiled and DNA can again be transcribed. In spite of their appearance, chromosomes are structurally highly condensed, which enables these... | 30,215 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Lieutenant Gerard Chasing for four years in the TV series The Fugitive? | .
Cast and characters Main cast Dr. Richard Kimble.
The show's lead, and the only character seen in all 120 episodes, was Dr. Richard David Kimble (David Janssen), based in part on the story of Sam Sheppard.
Though Dr. Richard Kimble was a respected pediatrician in the fictional small town of Stafford, Indiana, it was ... | -Canadian actor, best known for the roles of Lt. Philip Gerard in the hit TV series "The Fugitive" and Professor Victor Bergman in the 1970s science fiction series "", in London (d. 2008)
- Died: Arrigo Boito, Italian poet and composer, member of the Scapigliatura movement in Italy (b. 1842)
June 11, 1918 (Tuesday).
- ... | 30,216 | triviaqa-train |
Which Charlie Chaplin film satirized Adolf Hitler? | contemporary American values. The film "The Great Dictator" (1940) by Charlie Chaplin is itself a parody of Adolf Hitler; Chaplin later declared that he would have not made the film if he had known about the concentration camps.
In the United States 1950s, satire was introduced into American stand-up comedy most promin... | 1940), Charlie Chaplin satirized not only Adolf Hitler but the institution of dictatorship itself.
A benevolent dictatorship refers to a government in which an authoritarian leader exercises absolute political power over the state but is perceived to do so with regard for benefit of the population as a whole, standing ... | 30,217 | triviaqa-train |
Under which zodiac sign was Jesus born? | celestial coordinate system. According to calculations by modern astrophysics, the zodiac was introduced between 409 and 398 BC and probably within a very few years of 401 BC Unlike modern astronomers, who place the beginning of the sign of Aries at the place of the Sun at the vernal equinox, Babylonian astronomers fix... | Scorpio (astrology)
Scorpio (♏) is the eighth astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation of Scorpius. It spans 210°–240° ecliptic longitude. Under the tropical zodiac (most commonly used in Western astrology), the Sun transits this sign on average from October 23 to November 22. Under the sider... | 30,218 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the hero in the play Death of a Salesman? | magazine covers. Happy lies to her, making himself and Biff look like they are important and successful. (Happy claims that he attended West Point and that Biff is a star football player.)
- Letta: Miss Forsythe's friend.
Summary.
As a flute melody plays, Willy Loman returns to his home in Brooklyn one night, exhausted... | produced in Bengali as "'Pheriwalar Mrityu"' by the theater group Nandikar. Director Feroz Khan adapted the play in Hindi and English by the name "Salesman Ramlal" played by Satish Kaushik and with the role of his son portrayed by Kishore Kadam.
Reception In China.
"Death of a Salesman" was welcomed in China. There, Ar... | 30,219 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first female to be the speaker of the House of Commons? | and apolitical officer who does not belong to any party—only during the middle of the 19th century.
Over 150 individuals have served as Speaker of the House of Commons. Their names are inscribed in gold leaf around the upper walls of Room C of the House of Commons Library. Betty Boothroyd, elected in 1992, was the firs... | go on to become the first female Speaker of the House of Commons.
- David Waddington was the Conservative candidate. He had been called to the Bar in 1951.
- The local Liberal association nominated David Chadwick. In March, when it was first known that there would be a by-election, the Liberal Party approached Sir Lear... | 30,220 | triviaqa-train |
Which aircraft company built a model called the Comet? | De Havilland Comet
The de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland at its Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It featured an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turboj... | acquired by the Croydon Aircraft Company based at Old Mandeville Airfield, near Gore, New Zealand, where it is currently still under construction.
G-RCSR is a reproduction Comet based on the original construction drawings, being built by Ken Fern in parallel with the restoration of "Black Magic" at Derby.
In popular cu... | 30,221 | triviaqa-train |
In which harbour did the Mary Rose sink in 1545? | array of objects used by the crew. Many of the artefacts are unique to the "Mary Rose" and have provided insights into topics ranging from naval warfare to the history of musical instruments. The remains of the hull have been on display at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard since the mid-1980s while undergoing restoratio... | docked at Honfleur because she was too big for the harbour at Dieppe. Most historians have accepted the account of the Scottish historian George Buchanan that after this, the French allowed her to rot at Brest. Norman MacDougall in 1991 suggested that under her new French name, she may have been used in the French atta... | 30,222 | triviaqa-train |
Who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus boat in 1969-70? | Biblical figure Moses was placed may have been made from papyrus.
The adventurer Thor Heyerdahl built two boats from papyrus, "Ra" and "Ra II", in an attempt to demonstrate that ancient African or Mediterranean people could have reached America. He succeeded in sailing "Ra II" from Morocco to Barbados. Fishermen in the... | of reed boats.
Heyerdahl wanted to demonstrate that ancient Mediterranean or African people could have crossed the Atlantic and reached the Americas by sailing with the Canary Current. In 1969, Heyerdahl constructed a reed boat he named "Ra" after the ancient Egyptian sun god. Its design was based on ancient Egyptian m... | 30,223 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the RAF Officer Training School? | France and Germany. RAF pilots achieve 210 to 290 flying hours per year. French and German Air Force pilots achieved only 180 and 150 flying hours across their fleets respectively.
Personnel Officers.
Officers hold a commission from the Sovereign, which provides the legal authority for them to issue orders to subordina... | sine waves, also at RAF Yatesbury and with an instructor named Chadwick. This version was initially called Domie or Doomie, and "Life" noted that Doomie was used by the RAF. REME claimed that the name came from their training school, nicknamed "Chad's Temple"; the RAF claimed that it arose from Chadwick House at a Lanc... | 30,224 | triviaqa-train |
What was the capital of Brazil before Brasilia? | variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
Brazil was inhabited by... | from 1914 - 1991 when the capital was moved to Abuja. Abuja is a capital like Washington, DC in United States and Brasilia in Brazil in that it was built from scratch specifically to be a capital.
In 1991, Ibrahim Babangida, the Military President and other government functions moved to the newly built capital. This wa... | 30,225 | triviaqa-train |
On which body of water does Kampala stand? | The city is near Lake Victoria.
Geography Climate.
Kampala has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system.
A facet of Kampala's weather is that it features two annual wetter seasons. While the city does not have a true dry season month, it experiences heavier precipitation ... | Slack water
Slack water, also known as 'the stand of the tide', is a short period in a body of tidal water when the water is completely unstressed, and there is no movement either way in the tidal stream, and which occurs before the direction of the tidal stream reverses. Slack water can be estimated using a tidal atla... | 30,226 | triviaqa-train |
What is the modern name of Dutch Guiana? | be regarded as the source of the Courantyne and the boundary. The British government in 1900 replied that the issue was already settled by the longstanding acceptance of the Kutari as the boundary.
In 1962, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, on behalf of Suriname, which had become a constituent country of the Kingdom, fin... | Sir Walter Raleigh and some Italian, Spanish, Dutch, French and Portuguese expeditions were looking for the wonderful Guiana empire that gave its name to the present day countries of the Guianas.
Several expeditions went in search of these fabulous places, but returned empty-handed, or brought less gold than they had h... | 30,227 | triviaqa-train |
What is the former name of Cape of Good Hope? | first European to reach the cape was the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias on 12 March 1488, who named it the "Cape of Storms" ("Cabo das Tormentas"). It was later renamed by John II of Portugal as "Cape of Good Hope" ("Cabo da Boa Esperança") because of the great optimism engendered by the opening of a sea route to ... | West Africa
- Dutch Guinea, or Dutch New Guinea, another name for Netherlands New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Indonesian Papua
- French Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea
- German Guinea, another name for the former colonies of Kamerun and Togoland in West Africa
- German Guinea, or G... | 30,228 | triviaqa-train |
On which Island is the Japanese Capital Tokyo to be found? | Tokyo
, officially , one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. , the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of th... | southern Kyushu.
The early capitals of Nara and Kyoto lay within the western area, and their Kansai dialect retained its prestige and influence long after the capital was moved to Edo (modern Tokyo) in 1603. Indeed, the dialect of Tokyo has several western features not found in other eastern dialects.
The Hachijō langu... | 30,229 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the Easter Uprising in Ireland? | Easter Rising
The Easter Rising (), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in the First W... | In the mid-1960s, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem continued to release live albums: "Recorded Live in Ireland", "Freedom's Sons", and "In Concert". In 1966, they also participated in the making of "The Irish Uprising", an educational recording with music, speeches, and a historical booklet, celebrating the fiftieth... | 30,230 | triviaqa-train |
Which London landmark now stands on the site of the Tyburn Tree/Gallows? | England, a prominent gallows stood at Tyburn, on what is now Marble Arch. Later executions occurred outside Newgate Prison, where the Old Bailey now stands.
Examples.
- Hangman's Elm
- Triberg Gallows
See also.
- Capital punishment
- Dule Tree
- Gibbet
- Jail tree
- Moot hill
External links.
- BBC Article about British... | and was demolished later that same year.
The arch also stands close to the former site of the Tyburn gallows (sometimes called "Tyburn Tree"), a place of public execution from 1388 until 1793.
External links.
- AboutBritain.com information | 30,231 | triviaqa-train |
Which waterproof material was produced by Joseph Kagan in the 1950's? | Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan
Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan (6 June 1915 – 17 January 1995) was a Lithuanian-British industrialist and the founder of Kagan Textiles, of Elland, which made raincoats from the waterproof Gannex fabric he had invented. Gannex raincoats were worn by Prime Minister Harold Wilson, a friend of his. Ka... | 1819. Production of rubberised coats soon spread all over the UK. Every kind of coat was produced with rubberized material including riding coats and coats supplied to the British Army, British railways, and UK police forces.
Early coats had problems with smell, stiffness, and a tendency to melt in hot weather, but Han... | 30,232 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the first London Street to be lit by gas lamp? | .
Although the history is uncertain, David Melville has been credited with the first house and street lighting in the United States, in either 1805 or 1806 in Newport, Rhode Island. The first well-recorded public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall, London, on January 28, 1807, by Winsor. In 1812, Pa... | Bemis lit his factory with gas illumination from 1812 to 1813. The use of gas lights in Rembrandt Peale's Museum in Baltimore in 1816 was a great success. Baltimore was the first American city with gas street lights; Peale's Gas Light Company of Baltimore on February 7, 1817 lit its first street lamp at Market and Lemo... | 30,233 | triviaqa-train |
What is the chemical name for vitamin B2? | From NHANES 2011–2012, estimates were that 8% of women and 3% of men consumed less than the RDA. When compared to the lower Estimated Average Requirements, fewer than 3% did not achieve the EAR level.
Riboflavin deficiency (also called ariboflavinosis) results in stomatitis including painful red tongue with sore throat... | are any functional groups attached to the main carbon chain. The main carbon chain is the longest possible continuous chain. The chemical ending denotes what type of molecule it is. For example, the ending "ane" denotes a single bonded carbon chain, as in "hexane" ().
Another example of IUPAC organic nomenclature is cy... | 30,234 | triviaqa-train |
In which US city was the first telephone exchange set up? | the impetus for the creation of a whole new industrial sector.
As with the invention of the telephone itself, the honor of "first telephone exchange" has several claimants. One of the first to propose a telephone exchange was Hungarian Tivadar Puskás in 1877 while he was working for Thomas Edison. The first experimenta... | Dorn, David Ball, , and others. In 1965, while working as an operator at the international telephone exchange, Raworth and Barry Hall set up Goliard Press, which published, amongst others, Charles Olson's first British collection. These ventures into publishing made an important contribution to a new found British inte... | 30,235 | triviaqa-train |
The Paris-Dakar rally stars in France but end in which country? | Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, but due to security threats in Mauritania, which led to the cancellation ... | Tourism in Mauritania
Introduction.
Following Mauritania’s independence from France in 1960, at which time the vast majority of the country was still nomadic, European tourism developed slowly. In part this was attributable to the Western Sahara War in which Mauritania was briefly engaged, but the driving distance from... | 30,236 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the nearest British town to Beachy Head? | Beachy Head
Beachy Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex, England. It is situated close to Eastbourne, immediately east of the Seven Sisters.
Beachy Head is located within the administrative area of Eastbourne Borough Council which owns the land, forming part of the Eastbourne Downland Estate. The cliff is the highes... | Beachy Head (disambiguation)
Beachy Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex, England. It may also refer to:
- Battle of Beachy Head (disambiguation)
- RAF Beachy Head, a former Royal Air Force radar station
- MV "Beachy Head", a Point-class sealift ship
- Beachy Head, a former name of Easyworld, a defunct British indie... | 30,237 | triviaqa-train |
Which river runs through the Vale of Evesham? | Evesham
Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, southern England with a population of 24,428, according to the 2011 census. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesham, an area comprising the flood... | Evesham Vale Light Railway
The Evesham Vale Light Railway operates in Evesham Country Park in Worcestershire, England, where it opened in August 2002.
Constructed at gauge, the line runs for over through the park, including a lengthy section through the fruit orchards. Passengers are conveyed throughout the year, alth... | 30,238 | triviaqa-train |
Which British Foreign Minister, later Prime Minister, is associated with Gunboat Diplomacy? | depicted by their naval assets. A country negotiating with a Western power would notice that a warship or fleet of ships had appeared off its coast. The mere sight of such power almost always had a considerable effect, and it was rarely necessary for such boats to use other measures, such as demonstrations of firepower... | Cases in which this has ended with China acquiring foreign land have led to accusations of "debt-trap diplomacy". Other analysts have concluded that China is likely trying to "stockpile international support for contentious political issues."
In 2018, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad cancelled two China-funded... | 30,239 | triviaqa-train |
Who said guns will make us powerful but butter will make us fat? | the best known use of the phrase (in translation) was in Nazi Germany. In a speech on January 17, 1936, Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels stated: "We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns." Referencing the same concept, sometime in ... | !" is about this concept.
The Prodigy's 1997 album "The Fat of the Land" has the following text on the fold-out booklet: "We have no butter, but I ask you /Would you rather have butter or guns? /Shall we import lard or steel? Let me tell you /Preparedness makes us powerful. /Butter merely makes us fat."
This phrase as ... | 30,240 | triviaqa-train |
When Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped by Israeli Agents, in which country was he found? | Adolf Eichmann
Otto Adolf Eichmann (; ; 19 March 1906 – 1 June 1962) was a German-Austrian Nazi SS-"Obersturmbannführer" (Senior Assault Unit Leader) and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. He was tasked by SS-"Obergruppenführer" (Senior Group Leader) Reinhard Heydrich with facilitating and managing the logis... | March 1935, while Eichmann was unaware that he had been found after 15 years on the run. The architect of Germany's "Final Solution" genocide, Eichmann eluded capture after the end of World War II.
- 11 May – In Buenos Aires, four Mossad agents abduct the fugitive Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, in order that he cou... | 30,241 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the capital city of the Assyrian Empire? | Adad I, Iptar-Sin, Bazaya, Lullaya, Shu-Ninua and Sharma-Adad II appear to have had peaceful and largely uneventful reigns
Assyria remained strong and secure; when Babylon was sacked and its Amorite rulers deposed by the Hittite Empire and subsequently fell to the Kassites in 1595 BC, both powers were unable to make an... | deified form of the city of Assur, which dates from c. 2600 BC and was the capital city of the Old Assyrian Empire. During the various periods of Assyrian conquest, such as the Upper Mesopotamian Empire of Shamshi-Adad I (c. 1754 BC – c. 1721 BC) Assyrian imperial propaganda proclaimed the supremacy of Ashur and declar... | 30,242 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the faith healer employed by Glenn Hoddle for the 1998 England World Cup squad? | Ruud Gullit – to the club.
Managerial career England.
Hoddle's three-year reign at Chelsea came to an end in 1996 when he accepted the England manager's job on 2 May that year. He guided England to qualification for the 1998 World Cup, securing the team's entry with a 0–0 draw in Rome against Italy. He caused controver... | those people who upset me the most. I don't want to name them because I want it to be a surprise when I get them back."
Hoddle's reign itself was riddled with ridicule over his religious convictions and insistence on employing a faith healer as part of the set-up. Things were made worse because the side's results did n... | 30,243 | triviaqa-train |
Phil Silvers wrote Nancy with the Laughing Eyes about which entertainer's daughter? | with W. C. Fields in "Tales of Manhattan" (also 1942) which was cut from the original release, but restored decades later in home video issues. Silvers also appeared in "Lady Be Good" (1941), "Coney Island" (1943), "Cover Girl" (1944), with Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth, and "Summer Stock" (1950). When the studio system... | Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:32
2. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Cahn, Styne) – 2:01
3. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" (Brooks Bowman) – 4:11
4. "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:14
5. "I Thought About You" (Johnny Mercer, Van Heusen) – 2:55
6. "Night and Da... | 30,244 | triviaqa-train |
Which metal is obtained from minerals haematite and magnetite? | to a quantitative one.
Symbolic role.
Iron plays a certain role in mythology and has found various usage as a metaphor and in folklore. The Greek poet Hesiod's "Works and Days" (lines 109–201) lists different ages of man named after metals like gold, silver, bronze and iron to account for successive ages of humanity. T... | , cytochromes c function as the final component that transfers electrons to the metal oxide.
Terminal electron acceptors.
A wide range of Fe(III)-bearing minerals have been observed to function as terminal electron acceptors, including magnetite, hematite, goethite, lepidocrocite, ferrihydrite, hydrous ferric oxide, sm... | 30,245 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a mistress called Clara Petacci? | Clara Petacci
Clara Petacci, known as Claretta Petacci (; 28 February 1912 – 28 April 1945), was a mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, and was executed with him by partisans.
Family.
Clara Petacci's father was Dr. Francesco Petacci, primary physician of Pope Pius XI. Her sister was actress Miriam di San ... | Petacci
Petacci is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Clara Petacci (1912–1945), Italian mistress
- Emilio Petacci (1886–1965), Italian film actor | 30,246 | triviaqa-train |
The former Labour Minister Gerald Kaufman has his constituency in which city? | the party did not have individual membership until 1918 but operated as a conglomerate of affiliated bodies. The Fabian Society provided much of the intellectual stimulus for the party. One of the first acts of the new Liberal Government was to reverse the Taff Vale judgement.
The People's History Museum in Manchester ... | British Conservative MP and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Baroness Jay, British Labour politician and former Leader of the House of Lords
- Roy Jenkins, former Labour Cabinet minister and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK), President of the European Commission, Chancellor of the Universi... | 30,247 | triviaqa-train |
Sir Humphry Repton achieved fame in the 18th century in which sphere of activity? | joined John Palmer in a venture to reform the mail-coach system, but while the scheme ultimately made Palmer's fortune, Repton again lost money.
Repton's childhood friend was James Edward Smith, who encouraged him to study botany and gardening; Smith reproduces a long letter from Repton in his "Letter and Correspondenc... | empowered division of the large parish of Willesden as one of its eight prebends. The manor house is long-demolished. Landscape designer Humphry Repton transformed the focal 10 acres of Brondesbury Park, a varying demense but in most years 54 acres in the 18th and 19th century, when he designed the garden. The house ha... | 30,248 | triviaqa-train |
Name the Italian composer of 'The Pines of Rome'. | Ottorino Respighi
Ottorino Respighi ( , , ; 9 July 187918 April 1936) was an Italian violinist, composer and musicologist, best known for his trilogy of orchestral tone poems: "Fountains of Rome" (1916), "Pines of Rome" (1924), and "Roman Festivals" (1928). His musicological interest in 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century mu... | tone poems "The Fountains of Rome" (1916) and "The Pines of Rome" (1924)
- Nino Rota (1911–1979), composer of film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti
- John Serry Sr. (1915-2003), Italian-American composer of music for the Free-bass system Accordion including "American Rhapsody" (195... | 30,249 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county are the Howardian Hills? | 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... | of the Yorkshire Wolds the River Hull flows southwards to join the Humber Estuary at Kingston upon Hull.
The western Pennines are drained by the River Ribble which flows westwards, eventually reaching the Irish Sea close to Lytham St Annes.
Geography Natural areas.
The countryside of Yorkshire has acquired the common n... | 30,250 | triviaqa-train |
A National Hunt flat race is generally known as what? | horses experience on a racecourse before beginning a career in Jumps Racing. Because of the lack of fences and hurdles, the horses sometimes run faster; however the low quality of many of these races, and that horses are only taking part to gain experience, often results in a slow pace. Bumpers are typically put at the... | Listowel's major race festival, the harvest festival, which was originally known as the North Kerry Hunt Steeplechase Meeting takes place each year in September over seven days with both national hunt and flat races taking place. It is one of the final festivals to take place in the summer, the last before Christmas an... | 30,251 | triviaqa-train |
Bigos, a form of sauerkraut, is a national dish from which country? | great number of variants, often simply using what ingredients are at hand. It is often claimed that there are as many recipes as there are cooks in Poland.
In the region of Greater Poland, ' typically contains tomato paste and is seasoned with garlic and marjoram. Kuyavian ' is often made from red cabbage as well as wh... | Bosniak Muslim communities in the Balkans, the dish is made without bacon or pork, with poultry, beef, or lamb; sometimes lamb pastrami or beef sujuk are used as cured, smoked flavoring for the dish.
Polish bigos is a similar dish, both meals probably stemming from common traditional Slavic sauerkraut predecessor dishe... | 30,252 | triviaqa-train |
In the 20th century Henri Cartier-Bresson achieved fame in what area of activity? | forest while Debussy's "String Quartet" was played. Although Cartier-Bresson took a portable camera (smaller than a Brownie Box) to Côte d'Ivoire, only seven photographs survived the tropics.
Early life Photography.
Returning to France, Cartier-Bresson recuperated in Marseille in late 1931 and deepened his relationship... | and suicide.
Crosby's life in Paris was at the crossroads of early 20th-century Paris literary and cultural life. He numbered among his friends some of the most famous individuals of the early 20th century, including Salvador Dalí, Ernest Hemingway, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Polly took the name Caresse, and Crosby and... | 30,253 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the British director of the 1994 film 'Shallow Grave'? | in Hertfordshire.
Mike Leigh emerged as a significant figure in British cinema in the 1990s, with a series of films financed by Channel 4 about working and middle class life in modern England, including "Life Is Sweet" (1991), "Naked" (1993) and his biggest hit "Secrets & Lies" (1996), which won the Palme d'Or at Canne... | Film Award – Best Film
- 1994 San Sebastian International Film Festival
- Silver Seashell – Best Director
Music.
Music Track listing.
1. Leftfield – "Shallow Grave" – 4:38
2. Simon Boswell – "Shallow Grave Theme" – 3:30
3. Nina Simone – "My Baby Just Cares for Me" – 3:38
4. Simon Boswell – "Laugh Riot" – 3:02
5. Leftfi... | 30,254 | triviaqa-train |
Which metal has a low-grade version called spelter, often used for sculptural casting? | twentieth-century Art Nouveau and Art Deco figures and lamps were often made of spelter. The metal has been used since about the 1860s to make statues, tablewares, and lamps that resemble bronze. Spelter is soft and breaks easily. To test for spelter, scratch the base of the piece. Bronze will appear as bright yellow w... | This imagery manifested in texture and surface related to landscapes or sensuous forms of the human body. His intent was to create jewelry incorporating a meaningful statement about form, texture, color, and image. He regarded his jewelry as compositions and the scale was determined by the human body. He embellished hi... | 30,255 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Steven Spielberg's 1997 film telling the story of a slave ship mutiny? | Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), and "Jurassic Park" (1993), which became archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking.
Spielberg transitioned into addressing serious issues in his later work with "The Color Purple" (1985), "Empire... | for Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" (1975) in a scene of the film. He "took it to mean that Wes Craven...was saying "'Jaws" was just pop horror. What I have here is real horror.'" This inspired Raimi to include a ripped "The Hills Have Eyes" poster in his film "The Evil Dead" (1981), as a humorous way of telling Craven "No, ... | 30,256 | triviaqa-train |
Which island, home to a monastery, lies off the coast of South Wales opposite Tenby? | Boats sail from Tenby's harbour to the offshore monastic Caldey Island. St Catherine's Island is tidal and has a 19th century Palmerston Fort.
History.
With its strategic position on the far west coast of Britain, and a natural sheltered harbour from both the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea, Tenby was a natural settle... | island off the south west coast of the isle of Anglesey in Wales between Porth China and Porth Cwyfan
- Gateholm – A small tidal island off the south west coast of Pembrokeshire in the south west side of Wales
- Mumbles Head – a headland sited on the western edge of Swansea Bay on the southern coast of Wales
- St Cathe... | 30,257 | triviaqa-train |
William Lamb was the family name of which 19th century titled British Prime Minister? | a day visiting and writing to her, and she responded with enthusiasm.
Lord Melbourne's tutoring of Victoria reached two points of serious political damage: first, the Lady Flora Hastings affair, followed not long after by the Bedchamber Crisis. Victoria's reputation suffered in an 1839 court intrigue when Hastings, one... | called Trincomalee "the finest harbour in the world", while the British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger called the city "the most valuable colonial possession on the globe, as giving to our Indian Empire a security which it had not enjoyed from its establishment" and the harbour "the finest and most advantageou... | 30,258 | triviaqa-train |
Three female trainers have won the Grand National, Jenny Pitman is one name either of the other two, | of the public took part in the event before it was discontinued in 2010.
In 2009, Mon Mome became the longest-priced winner of the National for 42 years when he defied outside odds of 100/1 to win by 12 lengths. The victory was also the first for trainer Venetia Williams, the first female trainer to triumph since Jenny... | 1983 Grand National
The 1983 Grand National (Known as the 1983 Sun Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 137th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 9 April 1983.
The race was won by Corbiere, the first Grand National winner to ... | 30,259 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the Velvet Revolution take place in 1989 ? | Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989 formed part of a revolutionary wave in the late 1980s and early 1990s that resulted in the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. The period is sometimes called the Fall of Nations or the Autumn of Nations, a play on the term Spring of Nations that is... | constitutionality of federal enactments and disputes over competencies between the Federation and the Republics. The Constitution anticipated adoption of an enactment dealing in detail with Constitutional Court, but that did not happen until 1991, precluding the factual establishment of the Court. Officially the need f... | 30,260 | triviaqa-train |
The Ford Sierra replaced which car model? | Ford Sierra
The Ford Sierra is a mid-size car or large family car that was built by Ford Europe from 1982 to 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Quément. The code used during development was "Project Toni" Its name came from the Spanish word for mountain range.
The Ford Sierra was first unv... | sales of a single model regardless of its power source, with 1,493 units sold, surpassing the Ford Sierra, which sold 1,454 units in May 1986. In July 2016, when new car registrations are break down by type of powertrain, for the first time a plug-in hybrid, the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV, listed as the top selling new... | 30,261 | triviaqa-train |
The Bridge referred to locally as The Blinking Eye Bridge, or the Winking Eye Bridge spans which river? | Gateshead Millennium Bridge
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne in North East England between Gateshead's Quays arts quarter on the south bank, and the Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. Opened for public use in 2001, the award-winning structur... | the-vertical parabolic arch. To raise the bridge, this whole assembly rotates as a single, rigid structure. As the arch tilts lower, the pathway rises, each counterbalancing the other so that a minimum of energy is needed. The resultant appearance in motion leads to it sometimes being called the "eyelid bridge", since ... | 30,262 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Royal Navy Frigate featured in the Radio Comedy Series The Navy Lark? | series "The Navy Lark" featured a fictitious warship ("HMS "Troutbridge"") and ran from 1959 to 1977.
See also.
- List of ship names of the Royal Navy (a full historical list)
- Bibliography of 18th–19th century Royal Naval history
- The Royal British Legion
- The Royal Hospital School
- Future of the Royal Navy
- Her ... | HMS Valkyrie
The name HMS "Valkyrie" was borne by a ship and a training establishment of the Royal Navy:
- (F05) was a First World War V class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1918 she was sold to be scrapped in 1936.
- was a stone frigate training establishment situated on Douglas Head on the Isle of Man... | 30,263 | triviaqa-train |
La Vuelta is the Spanish equivalent of which famous sporting event? | Tour Masters 1000 singles titles. Marc Márquez is the leading Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and is a five-time MotoGP world champion. Carolina Marín is the leading Spanish badminton player being one-time Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion and four-time European Champion. Miguel Induráin is the leadi... | Vuelta a La Rioja
The Vuelta a La Rioja () is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour.
The event is facing financial challenges in 2009. Wrote velonews.com:
Economic woes in Spain have forced organizers to reduce the formerly three-day ... | 30,264 | triviaqa-train |
Which cathedral houses the bones of the Venerable Bede? | Saxon founder of Portsmouth. The "Liber Vitae" of Durham Cathedral names two priests with this name, one of whom is presumably Bede himself. Some manuscripts of the "Life of Cuthbert", one of Bede's works, mention that Cuthbert's own priest was named Bede; it is possible that this priest is the other name listed in the... | ca. AD 580) an existing church which the Venerable Bede says had been in use in the late Roman period but had fallen into disuse. As Bede specifically names it, this church was dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, a city located near where Bertha grew up.
Upon Augustine's arrival he used St Martin's as his mission headq... | 30,265 | triviaqa-train |
Which character sings the song ”As long as he needs me” in the musical Oliver? | old to thieve himself, who now teaches young boys to pick pockets. Oliver is completely unaware of any criminality, and believes that the boys make handkerchiefs rather than steal them. Oliver is introduced to Fagin and his boys, and is taught their ways ("You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two").
The next day, Oliver meet... | Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver!
Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Dave Pike performing compositions by Lionel Bart from the musical "Oliver!" which was recorded in 1962 for the Moodsville label.
Reception.
AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars.
Track listing.... | 30,266 | triviaqa-train |
In Morse code, a single dot represents which letter of the alphabet? | "graphs"), namely concrete written representations of symbols, and different glyphs representing the same grapheme are called allographs. Hence a grapheme can be regarded as an abstraction of a collection of glyphs that are all semantically equivalent.
For example, in written English (or other languages using the Latin... | got some of their demands and they adopted the cat as their mascot.
The name "Black Cat" has been used for numerous anarchist-affiliated collectives and cooperatives, including a well-known music venue in Austin, Texas (which was closed following a July 6, 2002 fire) and a now-defunct "collective kitchen" in the Unive... | 30,267 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to a medicinal extract in a solution of alcohol? | for 7 to 12 hours (depending on herb used). For most macerates, 10 hours is used.
Tinctures are alcoholic extracts of herbs, which are generally stronger than herbal teas. Tinctures are usually obtained by combining 100% pure ethanol (or a mixture of 100% ethanol with water) with the herb. A completed tincture has an e... | alcohol than a loaf of bread.
Hires Root Beer was promoted as "The Temperance Drink" and "the Greatest Health-Giving Beverage in the World." Hires advertised aggressively, believing "doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody ELSE does."
One of the ... | 30,268 | triviaqa-train |
The Contra Dam, also known as the Verzasca Dam, is in which country? | Contra Dam
The Contra Dam, commonly known as the Verzasca Dam and the Locarno Dam, is an arch dam on the Verzasca River in the "Val Verzasca" of Ticino, Switzerland. The dam creates Lago di Vogorno upstream of Lake Maggiore and supports the 105 MW Verzasca hydroelectric power station. It was constructed between 1961 an... | ) to Locarno (Stazione di Locarno)
- Locarno (Church of Sant'Antonio) (Overnight Rest in Parco Robinson)
- Tenero-Contra (Verzasca Dam)
- Locarno (Stazione di Locarno) to Interlaken (Interlaken Ost)
- Interlaken (Kleine Rugen Wiese)
- Stechelberg (PostAuto Stop - Hotel Stechelberg then on to Alpenhof Stechelberg)
The f... | 30,269 | triviaqa-train |
What is the largest species of rodent in the world? | Capybara
The capybara ("Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris") is a mammal native to South America. It is the largest living rodent in the world. Also called chigüire, chigüiro (in Colombia and Venezuela) and carpincho, it is a member of the genus "Hydrochoerus", of which the only other extant member is the lesser capybara ("Hydr... | Panay cloudrunner
The Panay cloudrunner ("Crateromys heaneyi") is the second-largest cloud rat, a squirrel-like rodent that is found on the island of Panay in the Philippines. It is the most endangered rodent species in Panay, and one of the only few known cloud rat species in the world.
Discovery.
The Panay cloudrunne... | 30,270 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Greek goddess of the hunt, the equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana? | Diana (mythology)
Diana (Classical Latin: ) is a Roman goddess of the hunt, the Moon, and nature, associated with wild animals and woodland. She is equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, and absorbed much of Artemis' mythology early in Roman history, including a birth on the island of Delos to parents Jupiter and Lato... | (Maria Makiling), Tagalog mountain goddess associated with Mount Makiling
- Mayari (Bulan), goddess of the moon
- Kan-Laon, Visayan god of time associated with the volcano Kanlaon
- Tala, Tagalog goddess of the morning and evening star
Roman mythology.
- Bacchus - god of wine, nature, pleasure and festivity; equivalent... | 30,271 | triviaqa-train |
Band leader Glenn Miller was an accomplished player of which musical instrument? | landing a good spot in Ben Pollack's group in Los Angeles. He also played for Victor Young, which allowed him to be mentored by other professional musicians. In the beginning he was the main trombone soloist of the band. But when Jack Teagarden joined Pollack's band in 1928, Miller found that his solos were cut drastic... | that year.
Gray was passed over for the job of leading the postwar "ghost" Glenn Miller Orchestra, reportedly because the Miller Estate felt he did not have the pop-star qualities they wanted in a new leader. Instead, they approached Ray McKinley, who was not interested, and finally hired Tex Beneke whose talents as vo... | 30,272 | triviaqa-train |
Jefferson City is the state capitol of which American state? | Jefferson City, Missouri
Jefferson City, officially the City of Jefferson and informally Jeff City, is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri and the 15th most populous city in the state. It is also the county seat of Cole County and the principal city of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, the second-... | street grid of Iowa City. The axes are defined by Iowa Avenue and Capitol Street. The exact center is marked by the Iowa Old Capitol Building, which was used as the first state capitol.
The borders of the Pentacrest are Jefferson Street on the north, Washington Street on the south, Madison Street on the west, and Clint... | 30,273 | triviaqa-train |
Only You was a 1982 hit single, reaching No.2 in the UK charts for which group? | , Johnossi, The Pack A.D., Air Supply and Royal Blood.
When electronic sequencers became widely available in the 1980s, this made it easier for two-member bands to add in musical elements that the two band members were not able to perform. Sequencers allowed bands to pre-program some elements of their performance, such... | few songs the two had written together, Charlie Simpson joined the band. After signing to Universal in 2002, Busted released their first single, "What I Go To School For", from their self-titled debut album in September that year, which quickly became No. 3 in the UK charts. "Year 3000" soon followed and became a hit a... | 30,274 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the UK Prime Minister when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space? | which is generally regarded as an English honour.
Historically it has also been common to grant prime ministers a peerage upon retirement from the Commons, elevating the individual to the Lords. Formerly, the peerage bestowed was usually an earldom. The last such creation was for Harold Macmillan, who resigned in 1963.... | announced by its new General Manager, Antony G. Paton, that it would formally reopen on 1 March 2015. The hotel reopened on 26 October 2015, being formally declared open by the President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena.
Celebrity guests.
Celebrity guests include Mahatma Gandhi; the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin; ... | 30,275 | triviaqa-train |
The adjective vulpine relates to which animal? | Fox
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. Foxes have a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or "brush").
Twelve species belong to the monophyletic "true foxes" group of genus "Vulpes". Approx... | traumatic. We established Voiceless less than 12 months after, and have not looked back since." Brian has published a history of Voiceless in his autobiography "The Lives of Brian."
Animal Protection.
Voiceless identifies itself as an animal protection institute. For Voiceless, animal protection is a term which encompa... | 30,276 | triviaqa-train |
England cricketer, James Taylor plays for which county side? | James Taylor (cricketer, born 1990)
James William Arthur Taylor (born 6 January 1990) is a former English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler, Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major... | Sarah Taylor (cricketer)
Sarah Jane Taylor (born 20 May 1989) is an English cricketer. She is a wicket keeper-batter known for her free-flowing stroke play, opening the batting in one-day matches and batting in the middle order in Tests. She was a member of the England team which retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008... | 30,277 | triviaqa-train |
Which road linked Rome to Brindisi? | Appian Way
The Appian Way (Latin and Italian: "Via Appia") is one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy. Its importance is indicated by its common name, recorded by Statius:
The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, ... | of which the most famous is the triumphal arch erected in honour of Trajan by the senate and people of Rome in 114, with important reliefs relating to its history. Enclosed in the walls, this construction marked the entrance in Benevento of the Via Traiana, the road built by the Spanish emperor to shorten the path from... | 30,278 | triviaqa-train |
In physics, what is the S I unit of force? | "Book of Optics" ("Kitab al-Manathir") hugely influenced thinking across disciplines from the theory of visual perception to the nature of perspective in medieval art, in both the East and the West, for more than 600 years. Many later European scholars and fellow polymaths, from Robert Grosseteste and Leonardo da Vinci... | is uniform in space, the magnet is subject to no net force, although it is subject to a torque.
A wire in the shape of a circle with area "A" and carrying current "I" has a magnetic moment of magnitude equal to "IA".
Physics Magnetization.
The magnetization of a magnetized material is the local value of its magnetic mo... | 30,279 | triviaqa-train |
In Morse code, which letter of the alphabet is represented by a single dash? | Alphabet
An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or graphemes) that represent the phonemes (basic significant sounds) of any spoken language it is used to write. This is in contrast to other types of writing systems, such as syllabaries (in which each character represents a syllable) and logogra... | Many of the high-rises of this era were constructed in a Victorian or Queen Anne architecture, which led to the Miles Lewis comment that Melbourne had become a "Queen Anne Chicago". None of them, however, were preserved and most were torn down between the 1960s and early 70s.
- 20th century
Melbourne was the first city... | 30,280 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first monarch to use Buckingham Palace as their official residence? | least 150 years. It was acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became known as "The Queen's House". During the 19th century it was enlarged, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, who constructed three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace became ... | best-known English architects working at the time of the foundation of the United Kingdom was Sir Christopher Wren. He was employed to design and rebuild many of the ruined ancient churches of London following the Great Fire of London. His masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, was completed in the early years of the United... | 30,281 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the presenter of Sounds of the Sixties on BBC Radio 2? | and does not broadcast adverts.
BBC Radio 2's last closedown was at 2:02am on 27 January 1979. Sarah Kennedy (who later became a daily early-morning presenter from 1993 until her departure in August 2010) was at the Newsdesk after Brian Matthew finished "Round Midnight". From 2am to 5am the following night, listeners h... | Wooltones displays a rougher electric edge, once described by Spencer Leigh (radio presenter) BBC Radio Merseyside as 'Sounds as if you are all spaced and stretched out on the floor' and by Liverpool Gigs as 'Their songs give me traumatic sixties flashbacks and I wasn't even alive then!' Whereas Mark Barton in Godisint... | 30,282 | triviaqa-train |
The Potala Palace is a place of interest in which Asian city? | Potala Palace
The Potala Palace () in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Chinese invasion. It is now a museum and World Heritage Site.
The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythical abode of the bodhisattva Avalokite... | palace got its name from a hill on Cape Comorin at the southern tip of India—a rocky point sacred to the bodhisattva of compassion, who is known as Avalokitesvara, or Chenrezi. The Tibetans themselves rarely speak of the sacred place as the "Potala", but rather as "Peak Potala" ("Tse Potala"), or most commonly as "the ... | 30,283 | triviaqa-train |
What is the largest species of lizard in the world? | London Zoo in 1927. A Komodo dragon was exhibited in 1934 at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., but it lived for only two years. More attempts to exhibit Komodo dragons were made, but the lifespan of these animals was very short, averaging five years in the National Zoological Park. Studies done by Walter Auffenberg... | Texas alligator lizard
The Texas alligator lizard ("Gerrhonotus infernalis") is a species of lizard in the subfamily Gerrhonotinae found in the central region of the American state of Texas, and south into Mexico.
Description.
The Texas alligator lizard is a medium-sized lizard, attaining a maximum total length (includ... | 30,284 | triviaqa-train |
Alabama 3 performed the theme song for which major American TV series? | Alabama 3
Alabama 3 are an English electronic band, founded in Brixton, London in 1995. Their track "Woke Up This Morning" was used for the opening credits of the TV series "The Sopranos". In the United States, the band is known as A3, to avoid legal conflict with the country music band Alabama.
Every member of the gro... | ", and sang in "The Telephone Hour" number in "Bye Bye Birdie". He also sang in the group that performed the theme song of the TV series "Batman".
Bryant was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in Tarrant, Alabama. He attended Birmingham Southern College and the Birmingham Conservatory of Music before receiving a S... | 30,285 | triviaqa-train |
The Quetzal is the official currency of which country? | Guatemalan quetzal
The quetzal (; code: GTQ) is the currency of Guatemala, named after the national bird of Guatemala, the resplendent quetzal. In ancient Mayan culture, the quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. It is divided into 100 "centavos," or "lenes" in Guatemalan slang. The plural is "quetzales".
... | of cocoa seeds in the Aztec empire, which they used as currency, and for the highly prized quetzal feathers used by the nobility. It would become the first area to produce coffee, introduced by an Italian entrepreneur on the La Chacara farm. Coffee is cultivated on the slopes of these mountains mostly between 600 and 1... | 30,286 | triviaqa-train |
Band leader Benny Goodman was an accomplished player of which instrument? | use of both lips and even to use new fingering techniques. He had his old finger calluses removed and started to learn how to play his clarinet again—almost from scratch."
Goodman commissioned compositions for clarinet and chamber ensembles or orchestra that have become standard pieces of classical repertoire. He premi... | jazz
Steve Buckley, a British jazz musician is renowned for using the penny whistle as a serious instrument. His whistle playing can be heard on recordings with Loose Tubes, Django Bates and his album with Chris Batchelor Life As We Know It. Les Lieber is a celebrated American Jazz Tinwhistle player. Lieber has played ... | 30,287 | triviaqa-train |
Harrisburg is the state capitol of which American state? | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg ( ; Pennsylvania German: "Harrisbarrig") is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 49,229, it is the 15th largest city in the Commonwealth. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna Rive... | this was confirmed in the early twentieth century. Time standards based on Earth rotation were replaced (or initially supplemented) for astronomical use from 1952 onwards by an "ephemeris time" standard based on the Earth's orbital period and in practice on the motion of the Moon. The invention in 1955 of the caesium a... | 30,288 | triviaqa-train |
England cricketer Jos Buttler plays for which county side? | for Lancashire in English domestic cricket having previously played for Somerset. He also plays for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Buttler holds the record for the fastest ODI century by an England player and is regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen in the world. Buttler's ability to r... | Jos Buttler
Joseph Charles Buttler (born 8 September 1990) is an English international cricketer who is currently vice-captain of the England cricket team in limited overs cricket. A right-handed batsman, he usually fields as a wicket-keeper and has represented England in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 ... | 30,289 | triviaqa-train |
"""All that glisters is not gold"" is a quote from which Shakespeare play?" | The popular form of the expression is a derivative of a line in William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice", which employs the word "glisters," a 17th-century synonym for "glitters." The line comes from a secondary plot of the play, the puzzle of Portia's boxes (Act II - Scene VII - Prince of Morocco):
Panning ... | "All that glitters is not gold".
- "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" – poem by Thomas Gray which ends "Nor all, that glisters, gold"
External links.
- Context of Shakespeare's quote at enotes.com | 30,290 | triviaqa-train |
Paragon railway station is in which English city? | Hull Paragon Interchange
Hull Paragon Interchange is an integrated rail, bus and coach station in the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. The G.T. Andrews-designed station was originally named "Paragon Station", and together with the adjoining Station Hotel, it opened in 1847 as the new Hull terminus for the gr... | bus station was erected adjacent to the north of the station in the mid 1930s. In the early 2000s plans for an integrated bus and rail station were made, as part of a larger development including a shopping centre; St Stephen's shopping centre, a hotel, housing, and music and theatre facilities. The new station, named ... | 30,291 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang the theme song to Dad's Army? | (played by David Niven) is named Lieutenant Jim Perry.
Music.
The show's theme tune, "" was Jimmy Perry's idea, intended as a gentle pastiche of wartime songs. It was the only pastiche in the series, as the other music used was contemporary to the 1940s. Perry wrote the lyrics himself and composed the music with Derek ... | Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?
"Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Jurgen Klinsmann?" is a song by the English band Tonedef All Stars. It is set to the tune of the "Dad's Army" theme tune, "" The song was released to coincide with the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
History.
The song was created as part of a com... | 30,292 | triviaqa-train |
Which is Britain's largest national park? | 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... | Estate, have formed part of the South Downs National Park. In April 2019, the Art Deco Worthing Pier was dubbed the best in Britain.
The area around Worthing has been populated for at least 6,000 years and contains Britain's greatest concentration of Stone Age flint mines, which are some of the earliest mines in Europe... | 30,293 | triviaqa-train |
Alex Polizzi is known as the Hotel Inspector on Channel 4, how is she known in a series on BBC2? | Two series, "", which focuses on her turning around family businesses, not just hotels. The first series aired in 2012; the second in 2013; a third in 2014 and a fourth has been confirmed to air in 2015. Polizzi also presented a revisited series called "The Fixer Returns" in 2013, as well as a Christmas special, which ... | Alex Polizzi
Alex Polizzi (born Alessandra Maria Luigia Anna Polizzi di Sorrentino; 28 August 1971) is an English television personality, hotelier, and businesswoman. Since 2008, she has appeared on the British television series "The Hotel Inspector" on Channel 5.
Early life.
Polizzi comes from a family of hoteliers, w... | 30,294 | triviaqa-train |
Who held the post of First Lord of the Admiralty at the outbreak of the First World War and was appointed to the post again two days after the outbreak of the Second World War? | . Meanwhile, Nazi-Soviet political rapprochement and economic co-operation gradually stalled, and both states began preparations for war.
Course of the war Western Europe (1940–41).
In April 1940, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway to protect shipments of iron ore from Sweden, which the Allies were attempting to cut of... | Munich Agreement, Chamberlain reshuffled his Cabinet and appointed Runciman as Lord President of the Council. He held that post until the outbreak of the Second World War.
Family.
Lord Runciman of Doxford married Hilda, daughter of James Cochran Stevenson, in 1898. They had two sons and three daughters. Their daughter ... | 30,295 | triviaqa-train |
Which country in the Middle East has Doha as its capital? | State John Foster Dulles defined the Middle East as "the area lying between and including Libya on the west and Pakistan on the east, Syria and Iraq on the North and the Arabian peninsula to the south, plus the Sudan and Ethiopia." In 1958, the State Department explained that the terms "Near East" and "Middle East" wer... | ) and Middle East (Dubai) to central Asian and Afghanistan market. The government plans to link the Chabahar free trade area to Iran's main rail network, which is connected to Central Asia and Afghanistan as well.
Transportation.
Chabahar is connected to multimodal transportation through air, sea and roads. Its Konarak... | 30,296 | triviaqa-train |
David Beckham retired in 2013 after playing 10 games for which French club? | David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, (; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. He played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain and the England national team, for whi... | Andy Bernal
Andrew Bernal (born Andrés Bernal; 16 May 1966 in Canberra, Australia) is a former professional football defender, and later football agent and personal assistant for David Beckham.
Playing career.
Playing career Club career.
Bernal had played almost 100 games of Spanish club football whilst on loan to Alba... | 30,297 | triviaqa-train |
The 2010 film Money Never Sleeps is the sequel to which 1987 film? | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (also known as Wall Street 2 or Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps) is a 2010 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone, a sequel to "Wall Street" (1987). It stars Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon... | , many journalists connected to the financial industry were reportedly shown advance screenings of the film.
Despite opening to positive reception at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, "Money Never Sleeps" received mixed reviews from critics. Though failing to meet its critical expectations, the film was successful at the ... | 30,298 | triviaqa-train |
Which American author wrote The Witches of Eastwick? | The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1984 novel by American writer John Updike. A sequel, "The Widows of Eastwick", was published in 2008.
Plot.
The story, set in the fictional Rhode Island town of Eastwick in the late 1960s, follows the witches Alexandra Spofford, Jane Smart, and Sukie Rougemont, who a... | Peter Guber
Howard Peter Guber (born March 1, 1942) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, educator and author. He is Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber's most recent films from Mandalay Entertainment include "The Kids Are All Right", "Soul Surfer" and "Bernie". He has also produced "Rain Man",... | 30,299 | triviaqa-train |
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