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Limestone is classed as which of the three main rock types? | % are syenites and 0.3% peridotites and dunites. The oceanic crust is 99% basalt, which is an igneous rock of mafic composition. Granites and similar rocks, known as meta-granitoids, form much of the continental crust. Over 700 types of igneous rocks have been described, most of them having formed beneath the surface o... | into limestone, which is seen in the Cougar Brook area. Veins of marble are present in the metamorphic rock of the high peaks. Although erosion and the effects of the glaciers are constantly grinding down the mountain peaks, the pressure of the underlying rock continues to drive them upward. Geologists have classed the... | 30,500 | triviaqa-train |
Which concert venue is the home of the Northern Sinfonia? | Royal Northern Sinfonia
Royal Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, founded in Newcastle upon Tyne and currently based in Gateshead. For the first 46 years of its history, the orchestra gave the bulk of its concerts at the Newcastle City Hall. Since 2004, the orchestra has been resident at Sage Gateshead. I... | on what was only the second UK performance of his Second Symphony, dating from 1970.
The internationally renowned City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's home venue is Symphony Hall, which in acoustic terms is widely considered to be one of the greatest concert halls of the 20th century and also hosts concerts by many ... | 30,501 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the founder and first Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet? | contributions to the popularity of ballet worldwide. His choreographic notation and other materials relating to it have been preserved in the Sergeyev Collection, part of the theatre collection of the Harvard University Library.
History Prima ballerina assoluta.
The Royal Ballet is one of the few ballet companies in th... | brought under the direction of Frédéric Flamand in 1991, who renamed the company Charleroi/Danse and shifted the focus of the troupe entirely onto modern dance.
Jeanne Brabants was the founder and original Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet of Flanders. She was succeeded as Artistic Director by Rus Valery Panov, the... | 30,502 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nationality of record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt? | Usain Bolt
Usain St Leo Bolt (; born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter. He is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Owing to his achievements and dominance in sprint competition, he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.
A nine-time Olympic gol... | A&M
- Best Female College Athlete -- Brittney Griner, Baylor
- Best International Athlete -- Usain Bolt, Sprinter
- Best Record-Breaking Performance -- Michael Phelps, Swimmer
- Breakthrough Athlete of the Year -- Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers
- Best Male Action Sports Athlete --Nyjah Huston, Skateboarder
- Bes... | 30,503 | triviaqa-train |
Which sporting event traces its roots to a match between Britain and the US at Gleneagles in 1921? | redeveloped in preparation for hosting the 40th Ryder Cup Matches in 2014 played on the PGA Centenary Course.
Facilities.
Gleneagles has three golf courses: the King's Course, Queen's Course and PGA Centenary Course, previously known as the Monarch's Course. There is also a nine-hole course called the PGA National Acad... | stroke play qualification followed by knock-out match play.
The first international match between Great Britain and the United States was played at Gleneagles on 6 June 1921, the day before the start of the 1921 event.
Although Gleneagles was open for golf in 1919, the Gleneagles Hotel was not opened until June 1924, j... | 30,504 | triviaqa-train |
Which stage musical features The Lambeth Walk and Leaning on a Lamp Post? | , and it became one of his most popular and best-remembered songs. The sheet music for the song was published by Cinephonic Music Co Ltd. of London, at two shillings.
A version by Herman's Hermits, credited as "Leaning on the Lamp Post", reached No. 9 on the US Hot 100 in 1966. The song was added into the 1985 product... | Company
- The Lambeth Walk – Bill, Sally and The Company
- Act 2
- The Sun Has Got His Hat On – The Hon. Gerald Bolingbroke, Lady Jaqueline and Ensemble
- Take It on the Chin – Sally
- Once You Lose Your Heart (Reprise) – Sally
- Song of Hareford -Duchess Maria, Bill and Ensemble
- Love Makes the World Go Round – Bill ... | 30,505 | triviaqa-train |
"Which tennis player won the ""golden grand slam"" of all four grand slam titles and an Olympic Gold in 1986?" | biggest rival Rafael Nadal is regarded as the greatest competitor in tennis history by some former players and is regarded to have the potential to be the greatest of all time. Nadal is regarded as the greatest clay court player of all time.
Players Greatest female players.
As with the men there are frequent discussion... | weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2006 season:
- Andre Agassi (born April 29, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada) He became a professional in 1986, won eight Grand Slam championships and competed in 15 Grand Slam finals, and was a 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He won four Australian Open titles and achi... | 30,506 | triviaqa-train |
Which common wildflower has the Latin name Bellis Perennis? | and after certain surgical procedures, as well as for blunt trauma in animals. Typically, the plant is harvested while in flower when intended for use in homeopathy.
"Bellis perennis" flowers have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea (or the leaves as a salad) for treatment of disorders of t... | slime moulds and photosynthetic protists with their taxonomically related non-photosynthetic groups (but excluding Microsporidia)."
The purpose of a formal name is to have a single name that is accepted and used worldwide for a particular plant or plant group. For example, the botanical name "Bellis perennis" denotes a... | 30,507 | triviaqa-train |
According to Homer, what was the name of the Cyclops blinded by Odysseus? | way home from Troy, after a raid on Ismarus in the land of the Cicones, he and his twelve ships are driven off course by storms. They visit the lethargic Lotus-Eaters and are captured by the Cyclops Polyphemus while visiting his island. After Polyphemus eats several of his men, Polyphemus and Odysseus have a discussion... | hubris." As he sails away from the island of the Cyclopes, he shouts his name and boasts that nobody can defeat the "Great Odysseus". The Cyclops then throws the top half of a mountain at him and prays to his father, Poseidon, saying that Odysseus has blinded him. This enrages Poseidon, causing the god to thwart Odysse... | 30,508 | triviaqa-train |
Written in 1830 which composer's major symphony has the alternative title Episode in the Life of an Artist? | Hats off, Gentlemen! A genius!") and Hector Berlioz, whom he praised for creating music of substance. On the other hand, Schumann disparaged the school of Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner. Among Schumann's associates at this time were composers Norbert Burgmüller and Ludwig Schuncke (to whom Schumann dedicated his "Tocca... | Symphony No. 10 (Schubert)
Schubert's Symphony No. 10 in D major, D 936A, is an unfinished work that survives in a piano sketch. Written during the last weeks of the composer's short life, it was only properly identified in the 1970s. It has been orchestrated by Brian Newbould in a completion that has subsequently been... | 30,509 | triviaqa-train |
Which European country's currency is the forint? | .
In Europe, during the 18th century, the classic non-national states were the "multiethnic" empires, the Austrian Empire, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Hungary, the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire and smaller nations at what would now be called sub-state level. The multi-ethnic empire was an abs... | followed by the next multiple 5+2 win on 10 February, when a Hungarian player won the country's biggest-ever lottery prize (overtaking the most famous 5/90 "Ötöslottó"'s record with 5092 million Forint, which was 19˙216˙280,26 EUR as in the currency of 28 November 2003).
History.
The Eurojackpot lottery was proposed in... | 30,510 | triviaqa-train |
With what type of shop is Charing Cross Road in London traditionally associated? | been known as the new Booksellers' Row as it is home to nearly twenty antiquarian and second-hand independent bookshops.
It was the temporary home of an eight-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart while he was touring Europe in 1764. For almost four months the Mozart family lodged with barber John Couzin. According to some ... | ), Frederick Joseph Ricketts was married to Miss Annie Louisa Holmes at the Parish Church of All Saints, Tooting Graveney, South London, on 5 September 1907. Annie (Nan) Holmes came from a musical background, her brother being a partner in the London music publishing house of Walsh, Holmes and Company. Ricketts met his... | 30,511 | triviaqa-train |
Who is declared King at the end of Macbeth? | , immediately begins to harbour ambitions of becoming king.
King Duncan welcomes and praises Macbeth and Banquo, and declares that he will spend the night at Macbeth's castle at Inverness; he also names his son Malcolm as his heir. Macbeth sends a message ahead to his wife, Lady Macbeth, telling her about the witches' ... | more important, and he weights the tragedies much more heavily. In this he differed from Johnson, who thought Shakespeare best at comedy. The greatest of the plays were tragedies—particularly "Macbeth", "Othello", "King Lear", and "Hamlet"—and Hazlitt's comments on tragedy are often integrated with his ideas about the ... | 30,512 | triviaqa-train |
To which order of mammals does the lemur belong? | rodents, bats and Soricomorpha (shrews and others). The next three are the Primates (apes, monkeys, and others), the Cetartiodactyla (cetaceans and even-toed ungulates), and the Carnivora (cats, dogs, seals, and others).
In cladistics, which reflect evolution, mammals—along with dinosaurs, and by extension, birds—are c... | Plasmodium lemuris
Plasmodium lemuris is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium" subgenus "Vinckeia".
Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. lemuris" has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.
Taxonomy.
This species was first described by Huff and Hoogstraal in 1963 in the black l... | 30,513 | triviaqa-train |
The TV series The Wire was set in which US city? | of the show for its poor ratings. The "Baltimore City Paper" was so concerned that the show might be cancelled that it published a list of ten reasons to keep it on the air, including strong characterization, Omar Little, and an unabashedly honest representation of real world problems. It also worried that the loss of ... | Film Studios is located in an old retail space in the downtown and serves as a set location for episodic television programs. Maple Ridge's film roots go back to the 70s when scenes for the feature film 'Rambo' were shot here. Over time the City has become a background for a number of films and TV series including The ... | 30,514 | triviaqa-train |
In which English city was Isambard Kingdom Brunel born in 1806? | revolutionised naval engineering: the (1838), the (1843), and the (1859).
In 2002, Brunel was placed second in a BBC public poll to determine the "100 Greatest Britons". In 2006, the bicentenary of his birth, a major programme of events celebrated his life and work under the name "Brunel 200".
Early life.
Isambard King... | Isambard Brunel
Isambard Brunel may refer to individuals from three generations of the engineering dynasty:
- Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849), French-born engineer who settled in England
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), English mechanical and civil engineer
- Isambard Brunel Junior (1837–1902), son of Isamba... | 30,515 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted The Ambassadors, which hangs in the National Gallery? | with a record-setting grant of £87,500 from the Treasury, brought the Gallery's "golden age of collecting" to an end, as its annual purchase grant was suspended for several years thereafter. When the Gallery purchased Holbein's "Ambassadors" from the Earl of Radnor in 1890, it did so with the aid of private individuals... | that of George Washington as the champion of American independence. Le Ray honored him with a commissioned portrait painted by Joseph Duplessis, which now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. After his return, Franklin became an abolitionist and freed his two slaves.... | 30,516 | triviaqa-train |
Who had their first UK number one hit in May 1999 with Swear It Again? | November 2001, Chart Information Network (CIN) changed its name to "The Official UK Charts Company".
History Internet era.
In January 2004, MyCokeMusic launched as the "first significant download retailer". Legal downloading was initially small, with MyCokeMusic selling over 100,000 downloads during its first three mon... | .
"I Swear" officially debuted on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs for the week of December 18, 1993.
All-4-One version.
Several months after John Michael Montgomery had released his original version, All-4-One recorded their own version with record producer David Foster.
All-4-One's version hit number one in num... | 30,517 | triviaqa-train |
Brideshead is the seat of which family in Evelyn Waugh's novel? | story.
Plot "Et In Arcadia Ego".
In 1923, protagonist and narrator Charles Ryder, an undergraduate studying history at a college very like Hertford College, Oxford, is befriended by Lord Sebastian Flyte, the younger son of the aristocratic Lord Marchmain and an undergraduate at Christ Church. Sebastian introduces Charl... | The Loved One
The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy (1948) is a short, satirical novel by British novelist Evelyn Waugh about the funeral business in Los Angeles, the British expatriate community in Hollywood, and the film industry.
Conception.
"The Loved One" was written as a result of Evelyn Waugh's trip to Hollyw... | 30,518 | triviaqa-train |
Which American band, formed in 1965, included amongst its members John and Michelle Phillips? | to their daughter, Chynna Phillips, who later became vocalist of the 1990s pop trio Wilson Phillips.
Life and career 1965–1969: The Mamas & the Papas.
After her marriage to John Phillips at age eighteen, the couple relocated to New York City, where they began writing songs together. There, Phillips was a founding membe... | The Mark Four
The Mark Four was an English pop rock band from Hertfordshire, England that was formed in 1963. Members included Kenny Pickett (vocals), Eddie Phillips (guitar), John Dalton (bass), Mick Thompson (guitar) and Jack Jones (drums).
The group recorded its first single in March 1964, and released it in May of ... | 30,519 | triviaqa-train |
In which state of the USA would you find the cities of Macon and Savannah? | Savannah, Georgia
Savannah () is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in th... | on their past two competitive seasons. The Shamrocks would complete an unprecedented third straight undefeated GRU regular season with a 9-0 record defeating Atlanta Old White, Augusta, Columbus, Hilton Head, North Atlanta, Athens, High Country, Gwinnett and Macon by an average margin of 64-5. Savannah once again parti... | 30,520 | triviaqa-train |
Which creature has three species: plains, mountain and Grevy's? | Zebra
Zebras ( , ) are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black-and-white striped coats. Their stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds. Unlike their closest relatives, horses and d... | Albert Garzia
Albert Garzia (born 27 July 1977) is a Maltese composer, musician and music teacher. He started his musical training as an accordionist at an early age under Dorselle Mifsud with whom he also studied piano performance later on. Even though he initially graduated in Industrial Electronics, his fascination ... | 30,521 | triviaqa-train |
At which London station was a statue of John Betjeman unveiled in 2007? | ) and more extensively in "London's Historic Railway Stations" in 1972, defending the beauty of 12 stations. He led the campaign to save Holy Trinity, Sloane Street in London when it was threatened with demolition in the early 1970s.
He fought a spirited but unsuccessful campaign to save the Propylaeum, known commonly ... | glare, Deep blue above us fades to whiteness where, A misty sealine meets the wash of air. / John Betjeman, 1906 – 1984, poet, who saved this glorious station"". The statue was unveiled by the poet's daughter, Candida Lycett Green and the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion on 12 November 2007. | 30,522 | triviaqa-train |
Who won Best Actor Oscars for the roles of Father Edward Flanagan and Manuel Fidelio? | 1921. Under Father Flanagan's direction, Boys Town grew to be a large community with its own boy-mayor, schools, chapel, post office, cottages, gymnasium, and other facilities where boys between the ages of 10 and 16 could receive an education and learn a trade. Flanagan did not believe in the reform school model, and ... | Serbian Oscars of Popularity, and a Golden Arena for Best Actor nomination.
Biography.
Milivojević was born in Belgrade to Serbian parents. His gained acting interest from his father, Milivoje Milivojević (1929-2002) who was a prominent actor. He began his career in 1983 with supporting roles in "" and "". His first cr... | 30,523 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the only man to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer under both Harold Wilson and James Callaghan? | 6 April 1965. Across his two periods in office, Wilson presided over significant increases in the overall tax burden in the UK. In 1974, three weeks after forming a new government, Wilson's new chancellor Denis Healey partially reversed the 1971 reduction in the top rate of tax from 90% to 75%, increasing it to 83% in ... | detonated at 3:00 in the afternoon China Standard Time (0700 UTC).
- Harold Wilson was asked by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following the triumph of his Labour Party. Immediate appointments to the First Wilson ministry included Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner as ... | 30,524 | triviaqa-train |
In the Tin Tin stories, how do we know the character who is called Professeur Tournesol in the original French works? | particularly fond of rum and of Scotch whisky, especially Loch Lomond; his bouts of drunkenness are often used for comic effect, but sometimes get him into serious trouble.
Characters Professor Calculus.
Professor Cuthbert Calculus ("Professeur Tryphon Tournesol" in Hergé's original version; "tournesol" is the French w... | and had to give up the role. Despite this, and the fact that the Tin Man's makeup was changed to a safer aluminum paste, Ebsen went on to outlive both Bolger and Haley. Haley based his breathy speaking style in the movie on the voice he used for telling his son bedtime stories. His portrayal of the character is by far ... | 30,525 | triviaqa-train |
By what name are David Myers and Simon King known in the title of several TV series? | Hairy Bikers
David Myers (born 8 September 1957) and Simon "Si" King (born 20 October 1966) collectively known as the Hairy Bikers, are British television presenters who have fronted the series "The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook", "The Hairy Bikers Ride Again", "The Hairy Bakers", "The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain", "Th... | Framed (TV series)
Framed is a British television crime drama series, created and written by acclaimed author Lynda La Plante, adapted from her novel of the same name. The four-part series, broadcast on ITV, ran from 27 November to 18 December 1992 and followed police officer Lawrence Jackson (David Morrissey), who whi... | 30,526 | triviaqa-train |
Which group of Lakeland peaks includes Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle? | Pavey Ark
Pavey Ark is a fell in the English county of Cumbria. It is one of the Langdale Pikes, lying to the north of Great Langdale, in the heart of the Lake District, immediately to the north-east of Harrison Stickle.
Topography.
From the shores of Stickle Tarn, Pavey Ark gives the impression of being a rocky ridge.... | because of its uninspiring appearance, being just a slight rise on the moorland between Harrison Stickle and High Raise. Indeed, many people do not regard it as a separate fell, considering it just the outlying highest point of the spectacular Pavey Ark cliffs. Wainwright’s comments on the fell are not positive, saying... | 30,527 | triviaqa-train |
In which Asian country is Tagalog spoken? | transcontinental railroad. By 1852, the number of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco had jumped to more than 20,000. A wave of Japanese immigration to the United States began after the Meiji Restoration in 1868. In 1898, all Filipinos in the Philippine Islands became American nationals when the United States took over... | was people, with a density of .
People from Cavinti are being called by nearby towns as ""kabintiin"".
Demographics Language.
The language spoken in the town is the national language of the country: Filipino language (Tagalog). The medium of instruction in schools are English and Tagalog languages.
Economy.
Cavinti is ... | 30,528 | triviaqa-train |
Not counting the City of London, which is the smallest city in England by population? | to the east is Covent Garden, an area housing speciality shops. The city is the home of Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose musicals have dominated the West End theatre since the late 20th century. The United Kingdom's Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Royal Opera, and English National Opera are based in London and perform... | Warwickshire Police
Warwickshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Warwickshire in England. It was known as Warwickshire Constabulary until 2001. It is the second smallest territorial police force in England and Wales after the City of London Police, with only 823 (full-time equivalents) r... | 30,529 | triviaqa-train |
Russia is the largest republic which emerged from the former Soviet Union; which is the second largest? | However, by December all except Russia and Kazakhstan had formally declared independence. During this time, Yeltsin took over what remained of the Soviet government, including the Moscow Kremlin. The final blow was struck on 1 December when Ukraine, the second most powerful republic, voted overwhelmingly for independen... | other states of the former Soviet Union.
Demographics and society In the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijanis are by far the largest ethnic group in The Republic of Azerbaijan (over 90%), holding the second-largest community of ethnic Azerbaijanis after neighboring Iran. The literacy rate is very high, and is estimate... | 30,530 | triviaqa-train |
Up until 1959, Karachi was the capital of Pakistan. Which city was capital from 1959 to 1969 whilst Islamabad was being built? | Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ) is the capital city of Pakistan, and is federally administered as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital, Islamabad is noted for its high standards of living, safety, and abundant greenery.
With a population of 1,... | List of capitals in Pakistan
This is a list of capital cities of Pakistan and its current and former provinces, territories, and states.
National capital.
Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14 August 1967, exactly 20 years after the country's independence. The first capital of Pakistan was the coast... | 30,531 | triviaqa-train |
What was Coco Chanel's real first name? | Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer, businesswoman, and Nazi collaborator. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and popul... | title Earl of Eltham as a courtesy title. His younger children became Lord/Lady (Christian Name) Cambridge.
Vera Bate Lombardi, Coco Chanel's muse and PR representative, was rumoured to be Adolphus' illegitimate daughter. Hal Vaughan, in his 2012 biography of Coco Chanel ('Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret ... | 30,532 | triviaqa-train |
What kind of bird is a kakapo, which is endemic to New Zealand? | temperature changes and usually occurs when the normal territories also become inhospitable due to lack of food. Some species may also be nomadic, holding no fixed territory and moving according to weather and food availability. Parrots as a family are overwhelmingly neither migratory nor sedentary but considered to ei... | and distinctive bird species in New Zealand are the kiwi, kea, takahe, kakapo, mohua, tui and the bellbird. The tuatara is a notable reptile endemic to New Zealand.
Geography Climate.
The Pacific Islands are ruled by a tropical rainforest and tropical savanna climate. In the tropical and subtropical Pacific, the El Niñ... | 30,533 | triviaqa-train |
Pudong International Airport serves which Far Eastern city? | Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of two international airports of Shanghai and a major aviation hub of China. Pudong Airport mainly serves international flights, while the city's other major airport Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport mainly serves domestic and regi... | after William Terrell Dawson, a Georgian physician and grandson of the namesake to Terrell Hall. In his will, Dawson donated $150,000 for the creation of a trust to benefit agricultural education at UGA. In 1971, the school added an annex to Dawson Hall and later renamed it after Mary Spiers who was dean of the School ... | 30,534 | triviaqa-train |
Klaipeda is the main port sewing which EU country? | Klaipėda
Klaipėda (, ; , Samogitian: "Klaipieda", ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County.
The city has a complex recorded history, partially due to the combined regional importance of the usually ice-free Port of Klaipėda at the mou... | more than 5400 employees work at FEZ investor and supporting companies, which is 7,3% of Klaipeda's talent pool.
Location.
Klaipeda FEZ is located in the south-eastern part of the city of Klaipėda, near the main transport Klaipeda-Vilnius highway. The distance to the Port of Klaipeda is 8 km, while to Palanga Internati... | 30,535 | triviaqa-train |
Which group had a 1968 number 1 hit with 'Baby, Come Back'? | Baby, Come Back (The Equals song)
"Baby, Come Back" is a song written by Eddy Grant, and originally performed and recorded by his band the Equals.
The Equals version.
The Equals were a group from North London, England. "Baby, Come Back" is a mixture of rock and roll and beat, very much reflecting the London sound of th... | Peter Beckett is an English musician and songwriter who has written songs for many prominent recording artists, his own bands and solo work, and for several films. He is likely best known as the lead singer and guitarist for 1970s soft rock group Player, which scored a U.S. number 1 hit in 1977 with "Baby Come Back".
-... | 30,536 | triviaqa-train |
Which Austrian composed the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito'? | La clemenza di Tito
Background.
In 1791, the last year of his life, Mozart was already well advanced in writing ' by July when he was asked to compose an "opera seria". The commission came from the impresario Domenico Guardasoni, who lived in Prague and who had been charged by the Estates of Bohemia with providing a ne... | at the Washington Opera, and the Austrian premiere at Volksoper Wien. She is a regular guest of the annual Lieder festival "Schubertiade Schwarzenberg" in Vorarlberg, Austria. Her regular collaborators include Helmut Deutsch and Simon Keenlyside.
Kirchschlager resides in Vienna. She has a son, Felix, from her marriage ... | 30,537 | triviaqa-train |
In James Fenimore Cooper's novel who is 'The Last of the Mohicans'? | North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by British colonists.
The novel is set primarily in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughter... | The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)
The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 American epic historical drama film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. It was written and directed by Michael Mann and was based on James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 novel "The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757" and George B. Seitz's ... | 30,538 | triviaqa-train |
Which country's team won the 2011 Women's Football World Cup? | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup was the sixth FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the world championship for women's national association football teams. It was held from 26 June to 17 July 2011 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in October 2007. Japan won the final against th... | Korea, which competes internationally under the name of "Korea Republic", has qualified for ten FIFA World Cups including the most recent 2018 tournament (Asian record), and co-hosted the 2002 World Cup, finishing in 4th place. Also in 2010, the country's under-17 women's team won the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup i... | 30,539 | triviaqa-train |
The wording R. Mutt on a urinal appears in a work of art by which artist? | landscape architecture, installation art, rock art, and megalithic monuments.
Legal definitions of "work of art" are used in copyright law; "see ".
Theories.
Marcel Duchamp critiqued the idea that the work of art should be a unique product of an artist's labour, representational of their technical skill or artistic cap... | " places a strong emphasis on those who have been carrying the torch in the past two decades, struggling against the odds of a music industry that has become less and less interested in quality, as well as the steadily decreasing attention span of the average music user. The interviews also touch upon the impact of mod... | 30,540 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the subject of the biopic film 'Great Balls of Fire!'? | Great Balls of Fire
"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 popular song recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records and featured in the 1957 movie "Jamboree". It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. The Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 recording was ranked as the 96th greatest song ever by "Rolling Stone". The song is in AABA fo... | .
- The title of the 1989 biopic, "Great Balls of Fire!" about Lewis, played by Dennis Quaid, is derived from the song title.
- One of the Detours on the first leg of "The Amazing Race 28" is named "Great Bulls of Fire", a play on the song's title.
- In 2017, WWE held a professional wrestling event titled "Great Balls ... | 30,541 | triviaqa-train |
Krubera, the deepest known cave at over 2000 metres deep, is in which country of south-east Europe? | at .
Geography and climate Topography.
The landscape within the nation's boundaries is quite varied. Western Georgia's landscape ranges from low-land marsh-forests, swamps, and temperate rainforests to eternal snows and glaciers, while the eastern part of the country even contains a small segment of semi-arid plains. F... | ), rather than the top-down exploration typical for vertical caves.
On August 19, 1998, a team led by Polish caver Andrzej Ciszewski discovered a connection between Lamprechtsofen and the PL-2 cave system, which established the height difference of the united cave system as . This new discovery made Lamprechtsofen the ... | 30,542 | triviaqa-train |
Name the English general who surrendered to American forces at Saratoga in 1777. | Battles of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne led a large invasion army southward from Canada in the Champlain Valley,... | was in the Convention Army that surrendered after the battle, among about 5,900 troops that surrendered at Saratoga. The prisoners arrived at Cambridge, Massachusetts on 8 November 1777. William Phillips commanded the Convention Army until he was exchanged for American General Benjamin Lincoln in 1780; then Hamilton be... | 30,543 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the Booker Prize in 2001 with 'True History of the Kelly Gang'? | True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey, based loosely on the history of the Kelly Gang. It was first published in Brisbane by the University of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize in the same year. D... | Booker Prize winning novel "True History of the Kelly Gang". In the upcoming film adaptation of the novel, Power will be portrayed by Russell Crowe, along side George MacKay as Kelly.
References.
Convict records: http://www.convictrecords.com.au/convicts/johnson/henry/59304
External links.
- Photos of Harry Power from ... | 30,544 | triviaqa-train |
The film 'De-Lovely' is a biopic on which musician's life? | De-Lovely
De-Lovely is a 2004 musical biopic directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Jay Cocks is based on the life and career of Cole Porter, from his first meeting with his wife, Linda Lee Thomas, until his death. It is the second biopic about the composer, following 1946's "Night and Day".
Plot.
As he is about ... | Be Lovely Day", which received radio airplay. According to Polish music manager Maja Sablewska, nobody knew who Margaret was but her voice was "ubiquitous". The singer also provided vocals for the 2012 biopic "Bokser" ("Boxer") and the 2012 documentary film "Beauty and the Breast".
Life and career 2012–2013: Breakthrou... | 30,545 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did the Battle of Vitoria take place during the Peninsular War? | Battle of Vitoria
At the Battle of Vitoria (21 June 1813) a British, Portuguese and Spanish army under General the Marquess of Wellington broke the French army under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Jourdan near Vitoria in Spain, eventually leading to victory in the Peninsular War.
Background.
In July 18... | he transferred with Jean Lannes to the Iberian peninsula. There he participated in the French capture of Zaragoza and in several important actions of the long Peninsular War, including the Battle of Albuera and the Battle of Vitoria.
During the Hundred Days, Gazan eventually joined Napoleon's cause, although he did not... | 30,546 | triviaqa-train |
Name the 19th century American artist famous for his illustrated book 'The Birds of America'. | The Birds of America
The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, containing illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States. It was first published as a series in sections between 1827 and 1838, in Edinburgh and London. Not all of the specimens illustrated in the work were... | acquired a lifelong fondness for Japanese kitsch.
Professional career.
Khuzami began working in New York City as a restorer of 19th-century paintings. Next she became connected with the publishing business and received a steady stream of commissions for romance novel book cover illustrations from several leading publis... | 30,547 | triviaqa-train |
Who was captain of the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia in 2011, who abandoned his ship? | Costa Concordia
Costa Concordia () was a built in 2004 by the Fincantieris Sestri Ponente yards in Italy and operated from 2005 until 2012 by the Costa Crociere subsidiary of Carnival Corporation. It was wrecked off the coast of Isola del Giglio in Italy on 13 January 2012 due to a collision with a submerged rock; the ... | ship.
De Falco, who led the Captaincy in Livorno, assumed the coordination of the rescues to the cruise unit in difficulty. During the radio and telephone communications between the operating room of the Livorno Captaincy and the "Costa Concordia", taken by De Falco and Schettino, the naval officer ordered, in vain, fo... | 30,548 | triviaqa-train |
Sky Harbor International Airport serves which US state capital? | , and other communities throughout the state.
By road, the airport terminals are served by East Sky Harbor Boulevard, which is mainly fed by Interstate 10, Arizona State Route 143, and Arizona State Route 202.
Ground transportation PHX Sky Train.
The Phoenix Sky Train is an automated people-mover, much like other airpo... | Sky Harbor – American's western hub. American flies approximately 20 million passengers a year through PHX, which is about 55,000 people per day. Currently American has about 46% of the market share at PHX, making it the airport's largest airline.
- Washington–National – American's hub for the capital of the United Sta... | 30,549 | triviaqa-train |
Which Npower Football League Division 2 club plays at home at the Kassam Stadium? | Kassam Stadium
The Kassam Stadium (also known as Grenoble Road) is the home of Oxford United Football Club, and is named after the ground's owner and former chairman of the football club, Firoz Kassam.
The Kassam Stadium currently hosts League One (third tier) games although Oxford were relegated to Division Three (fo... | Club records Attendances.
- Largest home attendance
- Manor Ground: 22,750 against Preston North End, FA Cup quarter-final, 29 February 1964.
- Kassam Stadium: 12,243 against Leyton Orient, Football League Two (level 4), 6 May 2006.
- Highest home Football League attendance: 18,740 against Birmingham City, Division Two... | 30,550 | triviaqa-train |
'Sanditon' was an unfinished novel by which 18th/19th century author? | Jane Austen
Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable... | The Sense of the Past
The Sense of the Past is an unfinished novel by the American author Henry James that was published in 1917, a year after James' death. The novel is at once an eerie account of time travel and a bittersweet comedy of manners. A young American trades places with a remote ancestor in early 19th centu... | 30,551 | triviaqa-train |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the first female African head of state - in which country? | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa.
Ellen Eugenia Johnson was born in Monrovia to a Gola father and Kru-German mother. She was educated at ... | "just don't want a woman to be President in Africa."
On December 22, 2005, Weah withdrew his protests, and in January Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first democratically elected female Head of State in the history of the African Continent, and the first native female African Head of State since Empress Zauditu, who ... | 30,552 | triviaqa-train |
In New Zealand Aoraki is the native name for which natural feature? | (the waters of greenstone) or "Te Waka o Aoraki" (the canoe of Aoraki) for the South Island. Early European maps labelled the islands North (North Island), Middle (South Island) and South (Stewart Island / Rakiura). In 1830, mapmakers began to use "North" and "South" on their maps to distinguish the two largest islands... | was meant to incorporate symbolic natural elements, including:
- Stone, for stability and immortality
- Arborvitae trees, for strength and to live for centuries
- Water, able to purify and regenerate
- Darkness and Light, the transition between tragedy and new life
A prime feature in the garden includes 13 steel I-beam... | 30,553 | triviaqa-train |
Mr Jaggers and the clerk Wemmick appear in which of Dickens' novels? | Great Expectations
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel: a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens's second novel, after "David Copperfield", to be fully narrated in the first person. T... | Eastgate House, Rochester
Eastgate House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan townhouse in Rochester, Kent, England. It is notable for its association with author Charles Dickens, featuring as Westgate in "The Pickwick Papers" and as the Nun's House in "The Mystery of Edwin Drood". Now a Dickens Museum, the grounds of Eastg... | 30,554 | triviaqa-train |
Which island 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... | 30,555 | triviaqa-train |
Deneb is the brightest star of which constellation? | Deneb
Deneb is a first-magnitude star in the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. Deneb is one of the vertices of the asterism known as the Summer Triangle and the "head" of the Northern Cross. It is the brightest star in Cygnus and the 19th brightest star in the night sky, with an average apparent magnitude of 1.25. A b... | to be prototype of ACYG variables.
Physical characteristics Possible spectroscopic companion.
Deneb has been reported as a possible single line spectroscopic binary with a period of about 850 days, where the spectral lines from the star suggest cyclical radial velocity changes. Later investigations have found no eviden... | 30,556 | triviaqa-train |
The town of Ystad and its area are largely the setting for the exploits of which literary and TV detective? | Ystad
Ystad () is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. The settlement dates back to the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre and tourist attraction. The detective series "Wallander", created by Henning Mankell, is s... | swordplay to present the reader with a short, light science fiction detective novel." David Pringle characterized it as "[l]ight-hearted planetary romance -- or fantasy in an ostensibly science fictional setting."
Both Boucher and Robins note the novel's primacy in the "Viagens" series, suggesting they see its primary ... | 30,557 | triviaqa-train |
The site of the old English and pirate harbour of Port Royal is to be found where in the Caribbean? | spit, destroying nearly all of the rebuilt city, submerging additional portions, and tilting The Giddy House, an artillery storage room built c. 1880 that is today a minor tourist attraction.
Today, the area is a shadow of its former self with a population of less than 2,000 that has little to no commercial or politica... | , it developed into an important port of trade and became an administrative centre. In 1671 the Welsh pirate Henry Morgan crossed the Isthmus of Panamá from the Caribbean side and destroyed the city. The town was relocated some kilometers to the west at a small peninsula. The ruins of the old town, Panamá Viejo, are pr... | 30,558 | triviaqa-train |
Benghazi is the chief town of which province in Libya? | and a council of elders ("gerontes"). Later in the 4th century BC, during the unsettled period which followed Alexander's death, the city backed the losing side in a revolt by the Spartan adventurer Thibron; trying to create an empire for himself, he was defeated by the Cyreneans and their allies.
After the marriage ar... | Benghazi Governorate
Benghazi Governorate was one of the governorates (muhafazah) of Libya from 1963 to 1983. Its capital was the town of Benghazi.
- Beida Governorate - east
- Misrata Governorate - west
- Sebha Governorate - west
- Ubari Governorate - west
See also.
- Benghazi Province | 30,559 | triviaqa-train |
The Rhodope Mountains lie mostly in which East European country? | Rhodope Mountains
The Rhodopes (; , ; , "Rodopi"; ) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Golyam Perelik is its highest peak at . The mountain range gives its name to the terrestrial ecoregion Rodope montane mixed forests that belongs in... | the Sub-Balkan valleys, the Rila–Rhodope massif to the south-west, the Upper Thracian Plain and the Strandzha mountains to the south-east. The country has a dense network of rivers but with the notable exception of the Danube, they are mostly short and with low water flow. The average annual precipitation is 670 mm; th... | 30,560 | triviaqa-train |
Moya Greene is the Chief Executive of which UK company? | Moya Greene
Dame Moya Marguerite Greene DBE (born 10 June 1954) is a Canadian businesswoman who was the chief executive (CEO) of the Royal Mail until 2018, having previously been CEO of Canada Post.
Early life and education.
Moya Marguerite Greene was born on 10 June 1954, in St John’s, Newfoundland, the daughter of Au... | Simon Thompson, chairman
- Jean-Sébastien Jacques, chief executive officer
- Jakob Stausholm, chief financial officer
- "Non-Executive Directors"
- David Constable
- Megan Clark AC
- Ann Godbehere
- Moya Greene
- Simon Henry
- Sam Laidlaw
- Michael L'Estrange AO
Operations.
Rio Tinto's main business is the production o... | 30,561 | triviaqa-train |
According to mythology Hermes wore talaria to aid him. What were they? | Talaria
Talaria (; , or , ) are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek messenger god Hermes (Roman equivalent Mercury). They were said to be made by the god Hephaestus of imperishable gold and they flew the god as swift as any bird. The name is from the Latin , neuter plural of , "of the ankle".
Appearances.
The talaria... | , Jason, and many others.
The central figure in the mythology of alchemy is Hermes Trismegistus (or Thrice-Great Hermes). His name is derived from the god Thoth and his Greek counterpart Hermes. Hermes and his caduceus or serpent-staff, were among alchemy's principal symbols. According to Clement of Alexandria, he wrot... | 30,562 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Holmes in the recent TV series entitled 'Sherlock'? | . There are at least 250 societies worldwide, including Australia, Canada (The Bootmakers of Toronto), India, and Japan (whose society has 80,000 members). Fans tend to be called "Holmesians" in Britain and "Sherlockians" in the United States, though recently "Sherlockian" has also come to refer to fans of the Benedict... | -act play and Gillette's spoof. Billy has appeared in the films "Sherlock Holmes" (1922), "Sherlock Holmes" (1932) and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1939). In the episode of the TV series "Sherlock" entitled "The Abominable Bride", Billy makes an appearance played by Adam Greaves-Neal, who previously played an o... | 30,563 | triviaqa-train |
Mulhacen, the highest peak on mainland Spain, lies in which range? | Mulhacén
Mulhacén () is the highest mountain in continental Spain and in the Iberian Peninsula. It is part of the Sierra Nevada range in the Cordillera Penibética. It is named after Abu l-Hasan Ali, known as "Muley Hacén" in Spanish, the penultimate Muslim King of Granada in the 15th century who, according to legend, w... | Vignemale
The Vignemale (Occitan: "Vinhamala", Aragonese: "Comachibosa", Catalan: "Vinyamala"), at 3,298 metres, is the highest of the French Pyrenean summits (the highest in the whole of the range is Pic d'Aneto). It lies on the border between the Department of Hautes-Pyrénées ("Nauts Pirenèus" / "Hauts Pirenèus"), in... | 30,564 | triviaqa-train |
Miss Pross and Jarvis Lorry are characters in which of Dickens' novels? | Miss Pross
Miss Pross is a character in Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities".
Miss Pross is the no-nonsense governess and friend of Lucie Manette. She is also the sister of Solomon Pross (later revealed to be the spy known as John Barsad).
She accompanies Lucie to Dover when Lucie goes to France to retrieve h... | the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Film Editing. The story is set in the French Revolution and deals with two men who love the same woman.
The film is generally regarded as the best cinematic version of Dickens' novel.
Plot.
Lucie Manette (Elizabeth Allan) and her servant and companion Miss Pross (Edna May Oli... | 30,565 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology by what name are mountain nymphs known? | List By location.
The following is a list of groups of nymphs associated with this or that particular location. Nymphs in such groupings could belong to any of the classes mentioned above (Naiades, Oreades, and so on).
List Others.
The following is a selection of names of the nymphs whose class was not specified in the... | Carius
In Greek mythology, Carius or Karios (Ancient Greek: Κάριος) was the son of Zeus and Torrhebia. His mother's name is connected to Torrhebos, name of a city in Lydia. According to Hellanicus, there was a mountain named Karios (Carius) near this city, with the sanctuary of Carius situated on it. Nicolaus Damascenu... | 30,566 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the jazz trumpet musician leading the Tijuana Brass? | began his recording career as a vocalist at Dot Records under the name of Dore Alpert. "Tell It to the Birds" was recorded as the first release on the Alpert & Moss label Carnival Records. When Alpert and Moss found that there was prior usage of the Carnival name, they renamed the label A&M Records.
The Tijuana Brass y... | . It was here where he was introduced to free jazz, leading him to meet Mark Lockheart. In the 1980s John Eacott got a ‘Psion Organiser’ and started to experiment with computer programming.
Life Working Life (1982 – present).
On graduating from Sussex University, England, in 1982 BA Music, Eacott's career as a musician... | 30,567 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Russian author of 'Taras Bulba' and 'Dead Souls'? | Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba (; ) is a romanticized historical novella by Nikolai Gogol. It describes the life of an old Zaporozhian Cossack, Taras Bulba, and his two sons, Andriy and Ostap. The sons study at the Kiev Academy and then return home, whereupon the three men set out on a journey to the Zaporizhian Sich (the Zap... | ", were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in the Russian Empire ("The Government Inspector", "Dead Souls"). The novel "Taras Bulba" (1835) and the play "Marriage" (1842), along with the short stories "Diary of a Madman", "The Tale of... | 30,568 | triviaqa-train |
Who revolutionised the high jump when winning the Olympic Gold medal in 1968? | innovator at Oregon State University, Dick Fosbury, who would bring the high jump into the next century. Taking advantage of the raised, softer landing areas by then in use, Fosbury added a new twist to the outmoded Eastern Cut-off. He directed himself over the bar head and shoulders first, sliding over on his back and... | dash before transferring to Centennial High School in Compton. At Centennial, he was joined by Charles Dumas, who had transferred from Jefferson High School. One year removed from winning the Olympic gold medal and being the first person to jump 7 feet, Dumas winning the high jump was a foregone conclusion. But it was ... | 30,569 | triviaqa-train |
In which book of the Bible do the Ten Commandments appear? | Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (, "Aseret ha'Dibrot"), also known as the Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in the Abrahamic religions. The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Hebrew Bible, in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. The command... | Alternatives to the Ten Commandments
Several alternatives to the Ten Commandments have been promulgated by different persons and groups, which intended to improve on the lists of laws known as the Ten Commandments that appear in the Bible. Lists of these kinds exist in many different cultures and times. They are someti... | 30,570 | triviaqa-train |
Which personality of the American West is buried next to her partner Frank Butler? | Frank E. Butler
Francis E. Butler (January 30, 1847 (baptized)November 21, 1926) was an Irish American marksman who performed in Wild West variety shows. He was married to sharpshooter Annie Oakley, and while his birth date is listed on his and Oakley's U.S. passport application as February 25, 1852, the obituary for B... | Brittany K. Barnett
Brittany K. Barnett ("née" Byrd) is an American attorney and criminal justice reform advocate. Through the organization Buried Alive, which she co-founded with Sharanda Jones and Corey Jacobs, she came to national attention when she and her co-counsel, MiAngel Cody, litigated the release of 17 peopl... | 30,571 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the Mau Mau revolt against British rule? | Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, the Kenya Emergency, and the Mau Mau Revolt, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as "Mau Mau", and the British colonists.
Dominated by the Kikuyu people, Meru ... | emotion rather than reason. Mau Mau was "perverted tribalism" that sought to take the Kikuyu people back to "the bad old days" before British rule. The official British explanation of the revolt did not include the insights of agrarian and agricultural experts, of economists and historians, or even of Europeans who had... | 30,572 | triviaqa-train |
Blue Vinney cheese is made in Sturminster, in which English county? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of... | the different areas; warlike tribal states become states ready to produce and to sell. In the Planalto (the high plains), the most important states were those of Bié and Bailundo, the latter being noted for its production of foodstuffs and rubber. The colonial power, Portugal, becoming ever richer and more powerful, wo... | 30,573 | triviaqa-train |
Who was George W Bush's opponent in the 2004 US Presidential election? | president, so it may never be known who the faithless elector was. It is not even known whether the vote for Edwards was deliberate or unintentional; the Republican Secretary of State and several of the Democratic electors have expressed the opinion that this was an accident.
Results Electoral vote error in New York.
N... | worked on Thad Cochran’s campaigns and has gone on to help elect more governors and US Senators than any other current Republican media consultant. Stevens worked for Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign and was part of George W. Bush's media team in 2000 and 2004. His book "The Big Enchilada" is a chronicle of Bush's... | 30,574 | triviaqa-train |
On TV how were Cyril Mead and Edward McGinnis known? | Little and Large
Little and Large are a British comedy double act comprising straight man Syd Little (Born Cyril Mead in 1942) and comic Eddie Large (born Edward McGinnis in Glasgow in 1941). They formed their partnership in 1962, originally appearing as singers in local pubs around north-west England. According to an ... | Shepherd Mead
Shepherd Mead, born Edward Mead (April 26, 1914 – August 15, 1994) was an American writer. He is best known as the author of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," which was adapted into a hit Broadway show and motion picture.
Biography.
Mead, a native of St. Louis, graduated with an A.B. fro... | 30,575 | triviaqa-train |
The novels 'The Long Goodbye' and 'Farewell, My Lovely' feature which fictional detective? | private investigator character, Sam Spade. His style of crime fiction came to be known as "hardboiled", which is described as a genre that "usually deals with criminal activity in a modern urban environment, a world of disconnected signs and anonymous strangers." "Told in stark and sometimes elegant language through th... | My Lovely" was due to the rights for the latter being unavailable (being held by the makers of the 1975 film adaptation).
The shows were released on CD under the BBC Radio Collection label between 2001 and 2004.
Episodes.
- The Big Sleep (1977)
- The High Window (1977)
- The Lady in the Lake (1977)
- The Little Sister ... | 30,576 | triviaqa-train |
Water ouzel and water crake are alternative names for which British bird? | Dipper
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
Taxonomy.
The genus "Cinclus" was introduced by the German naturalist Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1797 with the w... | impinge on urban areas, there are cost implications, estimated in one German study at several million euros per corn crake. The corn crake does not appear to be seriously threatened on its wintering grounds and may benefit from deforestation, which creates more open habitats.
In culture.
Most rails are secretive wetlan... | 30,577 | triviaqa-train |
Who published the fairy story of Snow White? | ", show considerable reworking from the oral form. The Grimm brothers were among the first to try to preserve the features of oral tales. Yet the stories printed under the Grimm name have been considerably reworked to fit the written form.
Literary fairy tales and oral fairy tales freely exchanged plots, motifs, and el... | her as a threat. He orders that she wear a pair of red-hot iron slippers and dance in them until she drops dead for the attempted murder of Snow White.
Inspiration.
Many scholars have theorized about the possible origins of the tale. In 1994, a German historian named Eckhard Sander published "Schneewittchen: Märchen od... | 30,578 | triviaqa-train |
Henri Dunant founded the Red Cross after which 1859 battle? | Henry Dunant
Henry Dunant (born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 1828 – 30 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman and social activist. He was the visionary, promoter and co-founder of the Red Cross.
During a business trip in 1859, Dunant was witness to the aftermath of the Battle of S... | " sailed to Philadelphia in mid September in preparation for a charter.
Red Cross ship.
On 28 September 1944, "El Oriente" was chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross, reflagged as a Swiss ship, and renamed SS "Henry Dunant" (sometimes erroneously spelled as "Henri Dunant"), after Red Cross movement f... | 30,579 | triviaqa-train |
In the Old Testament, who is the sister of Moses and Aaron? | Aaron
Aaron ( or ; "Ahärôn") was a prophet, high priest, and the brother of Moses in the Abrahamic religions. Knowledge of Aaron, along with his brother Moses, comes exclusively from religious texts, such as the Bible and Quran.
The Hebrew Bible relates that, unlike Moses, who grew up in the Egyptian royal court, Aaron... | describes Moses as a Manifestation of God and his brother Aaron a minor prophet; Moses spoke on behalf of God, and Aaron spoke on behalf of Moses (Exodus 4:14-17). Furthermore, the other prophets of the Old Testament such as Jeremiah, David, Solomon, Ezekiel, and Isaiah are described as minor prophets as they came in t... | 30,580 | triviaqa-train |
Bruce Dickinson is singer with which 'heavy metal' group founded in 1975? | , India on 1 February 2008, consisted of 24 concerts in 21 cities, travelling nearly 50,000 miles in the band's own chartered aeroplane, named "Ed Force One". They played their first ever concerts in Costa Rica and Colombia and their first shows in Australia and Puerto Rico since 1992.
The tour led to the release of a ... | Kraken (band)
Kraken is a rock band founded in Medellín, Colombia, in 1983. The current lineup consists of Andrés Leiva (guitar), Ricardo Wolff (guitar), Julian Puerto (drums), Luis Alberto Ramírez (bass guitar), and Rubén Gelvez (electronic keyboards). The sound of the band is characterized by a mixture of hard rock a... | 30,581 | triviaqa-train |
Written in 1962, 'Dead Cert' was whose first novel? | Dead Cert (1974 film)
Dead Cert is a 1974 crime film directed by Tony Richardson. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dick Francis.
Plot.
A young jockey investigates strange deadly accidents that involve his race horse.
Cast.
- Scott Antony as "Alan York"
- Geoffrey Bateman as "Everest"
- John Bindon a... | The Favorite
The Favorite may refer to:
- "The Favorite" (1935 film), a Argentine musical film
- "The Favorite" (1976 film), a two-part film based on the novel "Dead Cert"
- "The Favorite" (1989 film), a Swiss-American drama film
- "The Favorite" (novel), a novel by Valentin Pikul, written in 1979-82
See also.
- "The F... | 30,582 | triviaqa-train |
In the play 'Hamlet' what was the name of the Norwegian prince? | Francisco — a soldier
- Reynaldo — Polonius's servant
- Ghost — the ghost of Hamlet's father
- Fortinbras — prince of Norway
- Gravediggers — a pair of sextons
- Player King, Player Queen, Lucianus, etc. — players
Plot.
Plot Act I.
The protagonist of "Hamlet" is Prince Hamlet of Denmark, son of the recently deceased Ki... | What a piece of work is a man
"What a piece of work is man!" is a phrase within a monologue by Prince Hamlet in William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Hamlet is reflecting, at first admiringly, and then despairingly, on the human condition.
The speech.
The monologue, spoken in the play by Prince Hamlet to Rosencr... | 30,583 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister, holding office for just 119 days in 1827? | Consequently, the Prime Minister with the total shortest period in office was George Canning, whose sole term lasted 119 days from 12 April 1827 until his death on 8 August 1827.
The Prime Minister with the longest period between the start of their first appointment and the end of their final term was the Duke of Portl... | Canning and the Tories split between Peel and Wellington's Ultra-Tories and the Canningites. Canning then invited several Whigs to join his cabinet. However, his health collapsed and he died in office in August 1827, after just 119 days in office, the shortest tenure of any British Prime Minister.
Early life.
Canning w... | 30,584 | triviaqa-train |
Which poet wrote 'Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough'? | Slough (poem)
"Slough" is a ten-stanza poem by Sir John Betjeman, first published in his 1937 collection "Continual Dew".
The British town of Slough was used as a dump for war surplus materials in the interwar years, and then abruptly became the home of 850 new factories just before World War II. The sudden appearance ... | Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough / It isn't fit for humans now..."
The Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant comedy "The Office" is set on Slough Trading Estate. The opening sequence shows several locations in Slough and the Crossbow House building on the Trading Estate where fictional paper merchants Wernham Hogg are ... | 30,585 | triviaqa-train |
The name of which Spanish region means 'very hard' in English? | in San Agustín, Huila, Lost city (an archaeological site with a series of terraces carved into the mountainside, a net of tiled roads and several circular plazas) and also stand out the large villages mainly built with stone, wood, cane and mud.
Architecture during the period of conquest and colonization is mainly deri... | of Japanese and Kenyan researchers in mud flow deposits in the Nakali region of northern Kenya's Rift Valley Province, giving the genus its scientific name which means "Nakali ape". Fossil remains of several other primate species were also present at the dig site.
Anatomy and relationships.
The fossil teeth were covere... | 30,586 | triviaqa-train |
Which city, on the River Leine, is the capital of the German federal state of Lower Saxony? | Leine
The Leine (; Old Saxon "Lagina") is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and it is long.
The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver, the river enters Lower Saxony and runs northwards.
Important towns alon... | Leine-Heide Cycle Path
The Leine-Heide Cycle Path () is a long-distance cycle path in Germany that has a total length of and runs through the German federal states of Thuringia, Lower Saxony and Hamburg. Until 2009 it was called the Leine Cycle Path after the River Leine and ended north of the river's confluence with t... | 30,587 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the Tonton Macoute revolt against French rule? | Tonton Macoute
The Tonton Macoute () or simply the Macoute was a special operations unit within the Haitian paramilitary force created in 1959 by dictator François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. In 1970 the militia was renamed the ' (VSN"', Volunteers of the National Security). Haitians named this force after the Haitian mytholo... | - "The Comedians" (1966) is about the struggle of a former hotel owner against the Tonton Macoute. It was adapted into a feature film starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov and Alec Guinness.
- "Ton-Ton Macoute!", a 1970 album by Johnny Jenkins.
- "Heaven Knows," a song by Robert Plant on his album "N... | 30,588 | triviaqa-train |
Stinking Bishop cheese is made in Dymock, in which English county? | Stinking Bishop cheese
Stinking Bishop is a washed-rind cheese produced since 1972 by Charles Martell and Son at Hunts Court Farm, Dymock, Gloucestershire, in the south west of England. It is made from the milk of Gloucester cattle.
History.
By 1972 there were just 68 Gloucester breed heifers left in the world. Charles... | roads diverged in a yellow wood" in Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken", which was a gentle satire on his great friend, and fellow Dymock Poet, Edward Thomas. In 2011 the village featured on "Countryfile", where the Dymock poets were looked into in more detail.
Dymock is the origin of the Dymock Red, a cider apple, and S... | 30,589 | triviaqa-train |
Released in 1997, 'Race 'n' Chase' was the original title of the first video game in which series? | Grand Theft Auto (video game)
Grand Theft Auto is an action-adventure video game developed by DMA Design and published by BMG Interactive. It was first released in Europe and North America in October 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. It was later re-released on 12 December 1997 in Europe and 30 June 1998 in North ... | an original black cabinet as a donation.
In 2016 Binary Star Software released a dual title cartridge called "Nox / Death Chase". The release of "Death Chase" recreates the look, feel, and play of the 1970s Death Race on the 1980s Vectrex vector graphics home video game system.
External links.
- The Dot Eaters entry on... | 30,590 | triviaqa-train |
Who broke the world long jump record by 55 cm when winning the Olympic Gold medal in 1968? | 1982, Lewis continued his dominance, and for the first time it seemed someone might challenge Bob Beamon's world record of in the long jump set at the 1968 Olympics, a mark often described as one of the greatest athletic achievements ever. Before Lewis, had been exceeded on two occasions by two people: Beamon and 1980 ... | Williams won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki; her winning distance of 6.24 m was a new Olympic record and 1 cm short of Fanny Blankers-Koen's world record set in 1943. Also at Helsinki, Williams finished in sixth place in the shot put and 10th in the discus throw.
In February 1954, Will... | 30,591 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the lateral deviation of the big toe causing pain at the joint, usually caused by ill-fitting footwear? | sac or an osseous (bony) anomaly on the metatarsophalangeal joint. The larger part of the bump is a normal part of the head of the first metatarsal bone that has tilted sideways to stick out at its distal (far) end.
Bunions are commonly associated with a deviated position of the big toe toward the second toe, and the d... | podagra in ancient Greek medicine and is a common arthritis caused by deposition of monosodium urate crystals within the joints. Gout usually affects the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe and later the other joints of the feet and hands. Hippocrates considered gout to be the result of an accumulation of on... | 30,592 | triviaqa-train |
Which tennis player won six consecutive majors in 1983-84 but did not achieve a calendar Grand Slam in doing so? | when the ITF edited the description to eliminate all confusion. As it now stands, "The Grand Slam titles are the championships of Australia, France, the United States of America and Wimbledon. Players who hold all four of these titles in one calendar year achieve the 'Grand Slam'."
When Martina Navratilova won the 1984... | attained these in the pre-Open Era.
- "Combined" refers to singles, same sex doubles and mixed doubles titles.
- Margaret Court holds 62 titles; however, she attained part of these in the pre-Open Era.
- The Australian Open was held in December, so although Navratilova won 6 straight majors from Wimbledon 1983, she did... | 30,593 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest borough of New York? | Boroughs of New York City
New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called "boroughs": The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. All five boroughs are part of New York City, and each borough is coterminous with a respective county. The boroughs of Queens and The Bronx are con... | has Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus lines and an MTA rapid transit line, the Staten Island Railway, which runs from the ferry terminal at St. George to Tottenville. Staten Island is the only borough that is not connected to the New York City Subway system. The free Staten Island Ferry connects the borou... | 30,594 | triviaqa-train |
The Battle of Borodino took place during the Napoleonic Wars, in which country is Borodino? | Battle of Borodino
The Battle of Borodino (; ) was a battle fought on 7 September 1812 in the Napoleonic Wars during the French invasion of Russia.
The fighting involved around 250,000 troops and left at least 70,000 casualties, making Borodino the deadliest day of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon's " launched an attack a... | Nikolai Gagarin
Prince ("Knyaz") Nikolai Sergeevich Gagarin (князь Николай Сергеевич Гагарин; July 12, 1784—July 25, 1842)
Born in London to the Rurikid Gagarin family, Prince Gagarin was appointed to the Highest command of the 1st infantry during a drawing up of the Moscow military force (July 1812). He took part in t... | 30,595 | triviaqa-train |
Which poet wrote 'The Raven'? | Poetry
Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, "poiesis", "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.
Poetry has a very lon... | - Michiyo Okusu as Okichi
- Isao Yamagata as Boss Tohachi
- Hisashi Igawa as Eigoro
- Masao Mishima as Gonbei
- Kunie Tanaka as storyteller
Reception.
Reception Critical response.
Thomas Raven, in a review for freakengine, wrote that "[t]his film represents another major step forward for the series. Director Kazuo Ikeh... | 30,596 | triviaqa-train |
Which city, by the River Rhine is the capital of the German federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia? | by the many castles and fortifications built along it. In the modern era, it has become a symbol of German nationalism.
Among the biggest and most important cities on the Rhine are Cologne, Düsseldorf, Rotterdam, Strasbourg and Basel.
Name.
The variants of the name of the Rhine in modern languages are all derived from ... | Kleve
Kleve (English: Cleves; ; ; ; ) is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the river Rhine. From the 11th century onwards, Cleves was capital of a county and later a duchy. Today, Cleves is the capital of the district of Cleves in the German state of North Rhine-Westphal... | 30,597 | triviaqa-train |
What is the married surname of the Princess Royal's daughter, Zara? | Zara Tindall
Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall (née Phillips; born 15 May 1981) is a member of the British royal family, an equestrian and Olympian. She is the daughter of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips and the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II.
Tindall won the Eventing World Championship in Aachen in 2006. The sam... | his studies at The Prince Royal's College in Chiang Mai and in 1898 he transferred to the Ratchawitthayalai School in Bangkok. In 1901 he moved back to Chiang Mai.
He married Princess Chanthon, maiden name Na Chiang Mai, and the two had one daughter, Princess Wongchan. He later married Princess Phathra, maiden name Na ... | 30,598 | triviaqa-train |
Who presents 'Sounds of the Seventies' on Sundays on Radio 2? | Tony Blackburn, Ken Bruce, Jeremy Vine, Mark Radcliffe, Jo Whiley, Paul Gambaccini, Gary Davies, Johnnie Walker and Bob Harris.
As well as having most listeners nationally, it ranks first in many regions above local radio stations. BBC Radio 2 played to 27% of the available audience in 2006.
In February 2007, Radio 2 r... | London and Radio Berkshire. He returned to Radio 2 on 31 December 2016, opening with Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".
Blackburn now presents "Sounds of the 60s" on BBC Radio 2, having taken over in 4 March 2017 from Brian Matthew, who hosted it for 27 years. The show is broadcast live on Saturday mornings, and he now ... | 30,599 | triviaqa-train |
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