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After rising near Mallerstang in the Yorkshire Dales, which river flows through Kirkby Stephen arc Appleby-in-Westmoreland on its way to the sea? | Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen () is a civil parish and small market town in Cumbria, in North West England, historically it was part of Westmorland. The town is located on the A685, surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, and about from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. The River Eden rises away in t... | Force, just before it meets Ais Gill Beck, is the highest waterfall along its journey to the sea).
The steep-sided dale of Mallerstang later opens out to become the Vale of Eden. The river flows through Kirkby Stephen and Appleby-in-Westmorland, and receives the water of many becks flowing off the Pennines to the east,... | 31,300 | triviaqa-train |
In mythology, the Maenads {pronounced 'my-nads') were frenzied followers of which god or goddess? | southern Greece they were described as "Bacchae", "Bassarides", "Thyiades", "Potniades", and other epithets.
The term maenad has come to be associated with a wide variety of women, supernatural, mythological, and historical, associated with the god Dionysus and his worship.
In Euripides' play "The Bacchae", maenads of ... | in this way. To understand the play of Euripides one must only know about the religious ecstasy called Dionysiac, the most common moment maenads are displayed in art. In Euripides' play and other art forms and works, the Dionysiac only needs to be understood as the frenzied dances of the god which are direct manifestat... | 31,301 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the novel ""Barchester Towers""?" | Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers, published in 1857 by Anthony Trollope, is the second novel in his series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". Among other things it satirises the antipathy in the Church of England between High Church and Evangelical adherents. Trollope began writing this book in 1855. He wrote... | Bishop Proudie, also Doctor Proudie, acts as the bishop over the diocese of Barchester. His wife is Mrs. Proudie, and both characters were introduced in the preceding "Barchester Towers" novel.
- Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly, also Doctor Grantly, is archdeacon of Barchester and rector of Plumstead Episcopi. He is marr... | 31,302 | triviaqa-train |
What commissioned rank in the British Army is equivalent to that of Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force? | Brigadier
Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. In other countries, it is a non-commissioned rank (e.g. Spain, Italy, France, the N... | Group captain
Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in many air forces. Group captain has a NATO rank code of OF-5, meaning that it ranks above wing commander, immediately below air commodore and is the equivalent of the naval rank of captain and the rank of colonel in other services.
While the rank originated in... | 31,303 | triviaqa-train |
Designed by Edvard Eriksen, which bronze statue in Copenhagen is based on a Hans Christian Andersen character? | to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Little Mermaid," "The Nightingale," "The Snow Queen," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Little Match Girl," and "Thumbelina." His stories have i... | Statue of Hans Christian Andersen, Rosenborg Castle Gardens
The Statue of Hans Christian Andersen in Rosenborg Castle Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, is a bronze statue of famous Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.
Description.
Saabye's sculpture depicts Andersen in a sitting position addressing his audience. The scul... | 31,304 | triviaqa-train |
What is the principal currency unit of Paraguay? | member of the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Lima Group. Also, the city of Luque, in Asuncion's Metropolitan Area, is the seat of the CONMEBOL. The Guarani culture is very influential and more than 90% of the people speak different forms of the Guarani language in ... | Paraguayan guaraní
The guaraní (, plural: "guaraníes"; sign: ₲; code: PYG) is the national currency unit of Paraguay. The guaraní was divided into 100 céntimos but, because of inflation, céntimos are no longer in use.
The currency sign is .
History.
The law creating the guaraní was passed on 5 October 1943, and replace... | 31,305 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the international appreciation society of Laurel and Hardy? | as The Sons of the Desert, named after a fictitious fraternal society featured in the film of the same name.
Early careers.
Early careers Stan Laurel.
Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire, England into a theatrical family. His father, Arthur Joseph J... | Howell III (2,9,13), Dustin Johnson (2,4,7,9,13), Michael Kim (2), Brooks Koepka (2,4,9,13), Matt Kuchar (2,9,13), Marc Leishman (2,8,9,13), Adam Long, Troy Merritt (2), Phil Mickelson (2,7,9,13), Keith Mitchell (2), Francesco Molinari (2,4,8,9), Kevin Na (2), Andrew Putnam (2,9), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Xander Schauffele... | 31,306 | triviaqa-train |
Near which northern town, now a city, did the last battle of the English Civil War take place, in 1648? | met with a repulse and he had to settle down to a long siege.
In the North of England, Major-General John Lambert fought a successful campaign against several Royalist uprisings, the largest being that of Sir Marmaduke Langdale in Cumberland. Thanks to Lambert's successes, the Scottish commander, the Duke of Hamilton, ... | an iguanodon. The iguanodon relates to the discovery in the 19th century of the fossilised remains of that dinosaur, now in the Natural History Museum in London. Maidstone has had the right to a town gaol since 1604.
During the English Civil War, the Battle of Maidstone took place in 1648, resulting in a victory for th... | 31,307 | triviaqa-train |
Which dancing troupe was founded by irishwoman Margaret Kelly at the Folies Bergere, France in 1932? | Margaret Kelly (dancer)
Margaret Leibovici OBE (née Kelly; 24 June 1910 – 11 September 2004), known as Miss Bluebell, was an Irish dancer who was the founder of the Bluebell Girls dance troupe.
Biography.
Margaret Kelly was born in Dublin on 24 June 1910 at the Rotunda Hospital. She never knew her parents. An Irish pri... | the contract she signed with the Folies-Bergere (for January 1902) and briefly mentioned her plans to bring over the standby girl still waiting in America. The troupe returned to Germany in December to entertain at Berlin's Circus Schumann where they ended the year, preparing for another year of extensive touring.
The ... | 31,308 | triviaqa-train |
"In a tale from Apuleius's ""The Golden Ass"", who did Cupid fall in love with and eventually marry?" | housed in a cave with Lucius the ass. Charite starts crying, so an elderly woman who is in league with the thieves begins to tell her the story of Cupid and Psyche.
Psyche is the most beautiful woman on earth, and Venus jealously arranges for Psyche's destruction, ordering her son Cupid to arrange for her to fall in lo... | while he has his way with the wife, and afterwards has the husband carry it to his house.
Filostrato narrates this tale, which Boccaccio certainly took from Apuleius's "The Golden Ass", the same source as tale V, 10.
Seventh day Third tale (VII, 3).
Friar Rinaldo lies with his godchild's mother: her husband finds him i... | 31,309 | triviaqa-train |
Which philosopher was a tutor to Alexander the Great? | Aristotle
Aristotle (; "Aristotélēs", ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been called the "Father of Western Philosophy". His writings cove... | Alexander Isius, 2nd-century military commander of the Aetolians
- Alexander of Acarnania (d. 191 BC), confidante of Antiochus III the Great
- Alexander Lychnus, early 1st-century BC poet and historian
- Alexander Polyhistor, Greek scholar of the 1st century
- Alexander of Myndus, ancient Greek writer on zoology and di... | 31,310 | triviaqa-train |
The Quetzal is the principal unit of 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".
... | Functional currency
Functional currency refers to the main currency used by a business or unit of a business. It is the monetary unit of account of the principal economic environment in which an economic entity operates.
International Accounting Standards (IAS) and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) p... | 31,311 | triviaqa-train |
"The songs 'Too darn hot"" and ""True love"" come from which Cole Porter musical which was filmed in 1956 starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly?" | True Love (Cole Porter song)
"True Love" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and was published in 1956. The song was introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the musical film "High Society." "True Love" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The Crosby–Kelly version, accompanied by Johnny ... | Anything Goes (1936 film)
Anything Goes is a 1936 American musical film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles and Ida Lupino. Based on the stage musical "Anything Goes" by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, the stage version contains songs by Cole Porter. The film is about a y... | 31,312 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor was born David McDonald in Scotland in 1971, taking his stage name from a member of the Pet Shop Boys? | David Tennant
David John Tennant ("né" McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his roles as the tenth incarnation of The Doctor in the BBC sci-fi series "Doctor Who" (2005–2010), Giacomo Casanova in the BBC comedy-drama serial "Casanova" (2005), Barty Crouch, Jr in the fantasy film "Harr... | he passed an audition for the Academy, becoming one of their youngest students and studying there between the ages of 17 and 20. After discovering that there was another David McDonald already represented by the actor's union Equity, he took his stage name from Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant after reading a copy o... | 31,313 | triviaqa-train |
What is traditionally given to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary in the UK? | 35th Jade, 40th Ruby, 45th Sapphire, 50th Gold, 60th Diamond, and 70th Platinum. In English speaking countries the first, wooden, gift was cut on the day of celebration and then presented to the wife as a finished article before the next two quarter days had passed. The modern tradition may have originated in medieval ... | , BBC head of audio and music becomes Acting Director-General following George Entwistle's resignation.
- 13 November – A parliamentary reception is held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UK Singles Chart, which launched on 14 November 1952. Among guests at the event are Tony Blackburn and the latest presenter o... | 31,314 | triviaqa-train |
Which film and TV actor is the son of actress Wanda Ventham? | Fendahl" (1977) and as Faroon in "Time and the Rani" (1987). Her appearance in "Image of the Fendahl" was opposite Denis Lill. Ventham and Lill would later play Pamela and Alan Parry in the sitcom "Only Fools and Horses".
In 2014, she and her husband Timothy Carlton appeared in the BBC adaptation of "Sherlock" as the p... | whether Jackson was German or Russian}
- The Myloki – methods from The Mysterons {Captain Scarlet}; ideology from the unnamed aliens that attacked Earth in the 1980s
- Doctor Ventham – Colonel Virginia Lake {UFO; named after actress Wanda Ventham}
- In addition, the Doctor has a nightmare early in the book, in which he... | 31,315 | triviaqa-train |
More famous for a series of crime stories, who wrote the 1891 adventure story ‘The White Company’? | Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published "A Study in Scarlet", the first of four novels and more than fifty short stories about Holmes and... | The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (short story)
"The Adventure of the Clapham Cook" is a short story by crime fiction writer Agatha Christie. It features the writer's famous detective Hercule Poirot and his companion Captain Arthur Hastings. The story was first published in 1924 in the British weekly journal, "The Sket... | 31,316 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Captain Phillips in the 2013 film of that name? | Captain Phillips (film)
Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical drama-thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi. The film is inspired by the true story of the 2009 "Maersk Alabama" hijacking, an incident during which merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips was taken ho... | escape and set out after Crawford (Marc Silver), the man who had actually committed the crime for which they had been sentenced. Pursuing them the aggressive, ruthless, and cold-hearted Captain Betty Phillips (Jeannie Wilson), a female prison guard. "Captain Betty" was an amalgam of "Warden Beatty", the prison guard ch... | 31,317 | triviaqa-train |
In 1981, which was the first Space Shuttle to be launched into orbit? | Tests and has no orbital capability. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery", and "Atlantis". Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: "Challenger" in 1986 and "Columbia" in 2003, with a total of fourteen astronauts killed. A fifth operational (and sixth in total... | aboard the "Raffaello" Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM). After resupplying the space station, "Atlantis" returned to Earth, landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility at 09:57 UTC on 21 July, and concluding thirty years of Space Shuttle operations. Two days before landing, "Atlantis" deployed PSSC-... | 31,318 | triviaqa-train |
A flittermouse is an archaic name for which animal? | particular bat species can directly influence what kinds of prey are available to it.
Ecology.
Flight has enabled bats to become one of the most widely distributed groups of mammals. Apart from the high Arctic, the Antarctic and a few isolated oceanic islands, bats exist in almost every habitat on Earth. Tropical areas... | seen in the archaic English name for the animal, "musquash". Because of the association with the "musky" odor, which the muskrat uses to mark its territory, and its flattened tail, the name became altered to musk-beaver; later it became "muskrat" due to its resemblance to rats.
Similarly, its specific name "zibethicus"... | 31,319 | triviaqa-train |
Graham Moffatt played Albert alongside which comedian in a series of films in the 1930s? | Graham Moffatt
Graham Victor Harold Moffatt (6 December 1919 – 2 July 1965) was an English character actor and comedian who was most active in the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for a number of films where he appeared with Will Hay and Moore Marriott as 'Albert': an insolent, overweight, overgrown-schoolboy type cha... | of bluster and dishonesty that makes his films irresistible".
During his time with Gainsborough Hay worked with Marcel Varnel, Val Guest, Charles Hawtrey, and Marriott Edgar, as well as Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt, who were Hay's straight men in a number of his films. Moffatt played Albert, the overweight, insole... | 31,320 | triviaqa-train |
For which Rugby Union club does Owen Farrell play? | Owen Farrell
Owen Andrew Farrell (born 24 September 1991) is an English professional rugby union player, currently playing for Premiership Rugby side Saracens. Farrell has played international rugby for England since 2012, has previously played for the British and Irish Lions and has been the Captain of England since 2... | Club career Leicester Tigers.
On 8 November 2009, he became the youngest Rugby Union player to make his professional debut in England, breaking the record of international teammate Owen Farrell, at just 16 years and 237 days old when Leicester played Leeds in the LV= Cup. His debut was doubly notable as his brother Joe... | 31,321 | triviaqa-train |
Protium and tritium are isotopes of which element? | Hydrogen atom
A hydrogen atom is an atom of the chemical element hydrogen. The electrically neutral atom contains a single positively charged proton and a single negatively charged electron bound to the nucleus by the Coulomb force. Atomic hydrogen constitutes about 75% of the baryonic mass of the universe.
In everyday... | kinetic isotope effect: due to their larger masses, heavier isotopes tend to react somewhat more slowly than lighter isotopes of the same element. This is most pronounced by far for protium (), deuterium (), and tritium (), because deuterium has twice the mass of protium and tritium has three times the mass of protium.... | 31,322 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Francois Hollande succeed as French President in 2012? | not to. He was succeeded by Nicolas Sarkozy on 16 May 2007.
Following a further change, the constitutional law on the modernisation of the institutions of the Fifth Republic, 2008, a president cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac are the only presidents to date who have s... | countries worldwide) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On 21 June 2012 Yamina Benguigui was confirmed as Minister for la Francophonie in the French Government.
On 30 June 2012 the French President Francois Hollande asked Yamina Benguigui to succeed to Former French Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin as his authorize... | 31,323 | triviaqa-train |
In Hans Anderson’s tale, the princess could feel the presence of a pea under how many mattresses? | Samling. Første Hefte. 1835."). "The Princess and the Pea" was the third tale in the collection, with "The Tinderbox" (""Fyrtøiet""), "Little Claus and Big Claus" (""Lille Claus og store Claus"") and "Little Ida's Flowers" (""Den lille Idas Blomster""). The booklet was priced at twenty-four shillings (the equivalent of... | Hair". In the first, a retelling of "The Princess and the Pea", the Prince finally finds a girl he really loves. Sick of his parents rejecting potential wives when they do not feel a pea under 100 mattresses, he slips his bowling ball under her mattresses when his parents have her over. In "The Other Frog Prince", the ... | 31,324 | triviaqa-train |
Charles Guiteau assassinated which US President in 1881? | Charles J. Guiteau
Charles Julius Guiteau (; September 8, 1841June 30, 1882) was an American writer and lawyer who assassinated United States President James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881. Guiteau falsely believed he had played a major role in Garfield's victory, for which he should be rewarded with a consulship. He was ... | the conference. Naval reform continued under Arthur, if on a more modest scale than Garfield and Hunt had envisioned, ultimately ending in the construction of the Squadron of Evolution.
Assassination.
Assassination Guiteau and shooting.
Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled office seeker, at the Baltim... | 31,325 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the eponymous hunch-backed court jester in Verdi’s opera of 1851? | Rigoletto
Rigoletto () is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play "Le roi s'amuse" by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumpha... | , the Finnish Opera was, in turn, taken over by the Foundation of the Finnish National Opera, and acquired its present name.
Between 1918 and 1993 the home of the opera was the Alexander Theater, which had been assigned to the company on a permanent basis. The home was inaugurated with an opening performance of Verdi’s... | 31,326 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Swedish arms manufacturing company formed in 1646 and located in Karlskoga? | and eight waterdriven hammers for bar iron were established. Most of these were still operating in the 1860s, but the dominating iron works was the one in nearby Bofors. In 1871, Bofors produced 6,124 metric tons of iron, more than any other plant in Sweden. In 1882, Karlskoga parish ("socken") had 11,184 inhabitants.
... | Karlskoga Municipality
Karlskoga Municipality ("Karlskoga kommun") is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga.
Karlskoga was formed as rural municipality when the first Swedish local government acts came into force in 1863. In 1925 the southern part was detached, ... | 31,327 | triviaqa-train |
The late James Avery played Uncle Phil in which 1990s US TV series? | James Avery (actor)
James LaRue Avery (November 27, 1945 – December 31, 2013) was an American actor, voice actor, and poet. He was best known for his roles as Phillip Banks in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", Steve Yeager in "The Brady Bunch Movie", and Haroud Hazi Bin in "Aladdin (TV series)".
Early life.
Avery was born... | Sparks (TV series)
Sparks is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 26, 1996, to March 2, 1998. The series stars James Avery, Robin Givens, Terrence Howard, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Kym Whitley and Arif S. Kinchen. The sitcom is set in Compton, California, and is about the everyday lives of a family of lawyers ru... | 31,328 | triviaqa-train |
Which European country has had four kings named Valdemar in the Middle Ages? | 991), daughter of an earlier Byzantine Emperor Romanos II (r. 959–963). By the late 10th century Italy had been drawn into the Ottonian sphere after a period of instability; Otto III (r. 996–1002) spent much of his later reign in the kingdom. The western Frankish kingdom was more fragmented, and although kings remained... | height varying between . During the Middle Ages, the structure was reinforced with palisades and masonry walls, and was used by Danish kings as a gathering point for Danish military excursions, including a series of crusader raids against the Slavs of the south Baltic. In particular, the 12th-century King Valdemar the ... | 31,329 | triviaqa-train |
In which US city is the Alamo, the site of the 1836 battle and siege located? | Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killin... | El Degüello
The Degüello (Spanish: "El toque a degüello") is a bugle call, notable in the US for its use as a march by Mexican Army buglers during the 1836 Siege and Battle of the Alamo to signal that the defenders of the garrison would receive no quarter by the attacking Mexican Army under General Antonio López de San... | 31,330 | triviaqa-train |
What form of carbon was first isolated by Dr Andire Geim and Kostya Novoselov of Manchester University - ts development earned them a Nobel Prize in 2010? | researchers at the University of Manchester and IMT. The team published their findings in October 2004 in "Science".
Graphene consists of one-atom-thick layers of carbon atoms arranged in two-dimensional hexagons, and is the thinnest material in the world, as well as one of the strongest and hardest. The material has m... | .
The University of Manchester was the birthplace of Chemical Engineering.
The world's first steerable radio telescope at Jodrell Bank was built at the University by Bernard Lovell.
Since 1906, when former student Joseph Thompson won the Nobel Prize in Physics, the faculty and its antecedent institutions have produced... | 31,331 | triviaqa-train |
In Malay it means muddy estuary; what is the capital of Malaysia? | Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo). Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime bor... | Muara, Brunei
Muara is a town in the north-easternmost part of Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It is officially known in Malay as (literally 'Muara Town') but administered as a village-level subdivision under the mukim or subdistrict of Serasa; Muara has no municipal body. It is home to Muara Port, the main and only dee... | 31,332 | triviaqa-train |
In the CYMK colour model for printing, for what does the C stand? | , and it is often difficult to visualize the way in which the color will turn out post-printing because of this.
Comparison with RGB displays Spectrum of printed paper.
To reproduce color, the CMYK color model codes for absorbing light rather than emitting it (as is assumed by RGB). The 'K' component absorbs all wavele... | when it starts. A transactional print job may involve a hundred, a thousand, or a few million impressions. Many digital printing system's controllers are designed to ingest the entire job, arrange its resources according to the size of the job and then begin printing the job last page first so that what is produced is ... | 31,333 | triviaqa-train |
Sarah Lund is the central character in which Danish detective series, shown on BBC Four? | ", Armando Iannucci's cutting political satire, "The Thick of It", "The Chaser's War on Everything", "Flight of the Conchords", "Mad Men" and Danish thriller "The Killing".
The channel broadcasts a mixture of art and science documentaries, vintage drama (including many rare black-and-white programmes), and non-English ... | Bureau of Investigation in TV series The Mentalist 2008-2015.
- Dr Eve Lockhart is a forensic pathologist assigned to a cold case squad in the British TV series Waking the Dead, subsequently the lead character in The Body Farm, a spin-off series.
- Kate Lockley was a Los Angeles police detective played by Elisabeth Röh... | 31,334 | triviaqa-train |
Which charity has been supported by the comedy called The Secret Policeman's Balls? | The Secret Policeman's Ball
The Secret Policeman's Ball is the name informally used for the long-running series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians but later included... | , I did not know about torture in the world." Bob Geldof and Ultravox singer Midge Ure first met and worked together at 1981's "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball" which was the first benefit show that either of them had performed at. Geldof credits the "Secret Policeman's Ball" series with having inspired his own chari... | 31,335 | triviaqa-train |
Which space shuttle, it touched down in July 2011, brought NASA's shuttle programme to an end? | Tests and has no orbital capability. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery", and "Atlantis". Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: "Challenger" in 1986 and "Columbia" in 2003, with a total of fourteen astronauts killed. A fifth operational (and sixth in total... | space-based solar power satellites, which have been historically unfeasible due to high launch costs. According to business publication Management Today, Skylon has been discussed as a possible replacement for NASA's Space Shuttle programme.
Research and development programme Funding.
Speaking in June 2011, REL estimat... | 31,336 | triviaqa-train |
Which Australian-brn brothers played cricket for Surrey and England in the 1990's? | England continued to do well at home against weaker opponents such as India, New Zealand and a West Indies side beginning to fade but struggled badly against improving sides like Pakistan and South Africa. Atherton had offered his resignation after losing the 1997 Ashes series 3–2 having been 1–0 up after two matches –... | he toured England with an Australian Schools under-16 representative team during the 2007 English cricket season, aged 15. Whiteman played representative cricket for Western Australia at both under-17 and under-19 level, and also played several games for the Australian under-19 cricket team in 2009, against the Indian ... | 31,337 | triviaqa-train |
"Jim Kerr is lead singer of which band, who had 1985 hit with ""Don't You (Forget About Me)""?" | Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. The most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s, they achieved five UK Albums chart number one albums and have sold more than 60 million albums. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour.
The band scored ... | Line" – 4:37
3. "The American" – 3:33
Track listing 1990 CD: Virgin / THEME10 (UK).
1. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" – 6:35
2. "Up on the Catwalk" (extended version) – 7:36
3. "A Brass Band in African Chimes" – 9:24
Personnel.
- Jim Kerr – lead vocals
- Charlie Burchill – guitar, keyboards
- Mick MacNeil – composer, ke... | 31,338 | triviaqa-train |
Cambodia is bordered by Thailand, Vietnam, and which other country? | -US Khmer Republic, the deposed king gave his support to his former enemies, the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge emerged as a major power, taking Phnom Penh in 1975 and later carrying out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, when they were ousted by Vietnam and the Vietnamese-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea,... | estimated at between one and three million persons.
Vietnamese invasion and famine.
On December 25, 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and soon took over most of the country, establishing a pro-Vietnamese government to rule Cambodia, which they called the People's Republic of Kampuchea. Tens of thousands of Cambodians were... | 31,339 | triviaqa-train |
"Which of Beethoven's symphonies is known as 'The Choral""?" | at the end of the premiere of his Ninth Symphony in 1824, he had to be turned around to see the tumultuous applause of the audience because he could hear neither it nor the orchestra. His hearing loss did not prevent him from composing music, but it made playing at concerts—a lucrative source of income—increasingly dif... | " (2005)
- Schumann's Symphonies No. 3 and No. 4 (2004)
- Schumann's Symphonies No. 1 and No. 2 (2004)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (2003)
- Beethoven's Symphonies No. 2 and No. 7 (2003)
- Beethoven's Symphonies No. 4 and No. 8 (2003)
- Beethoven's Symphonies No. 1 and No. 6 "Pastoral" (2003)
- Beethoven's | 31,340 | triviaqa-train |
Which former party leader is MP for Chingford and Woodford Green? | Chingford and Woodford Green (UK Parliament constituency)
Chingford and Woodford Green is a Conservative held constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by Iain Duncan Smith of the Conservative Party.
Boundaries.
The London Borough of Waltham Forest w... | had been "no such talks" between them, and provoked attacks on the European Union by some members of the party.
Duncan Smith was re-elected comfortably in Chingford and Woodford Green at the 2005 general election, almost doubling his majority. He has been Member of Parliament for Chingford and Woodford Green since 1997... | 31,341 | triviaqa-train |
Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, was the mother of two 15th c. Kings of England. Name either | Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was an English noblewoman, the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), and the mother of two kings of England, Edward IV and Richard III. Cecily Neville was known as "the Rose of Raby", because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, and "Proud... | Cecily
Cecily is a given name, one of the English forms of Latin Cecilia. Notable people with the name include:
- Cecily Adams (1958–2004), American actress, casting director, and lyricist
- Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington (1460–1529), English peeress
- Cecily Brown (born 1969), British painter
- Cecily Lefort ... | 31,342 | triviaqa-train |
In measurement, which Greek letter is applied to the prefix micro-, equal to 10-6? | .
Another diacritic used in Greek is the diaeresis (), indicating a hiatus.
This system of diacritics was first developed by the scholar Aristophanes of Byzantium ( 257 – 185/180 BC), who worked at the Musaeum in Alexandria during the third century BC. Aristophanes of Byzantium also was the first to divide poems into ... | - the SI prefix "micro-", which represents one millionth, or 10. Lowercase letter "u" is often substituted for "μ" when the Greek character is not typographically available; for example the unit "microfarad", correctly "μF", is often rendered as "uF" or "ufarad" in technical documents.
- the micron "μ", an old unit now... | 31,343 | triviaqa-train |
"Who presents ""I've Never Seen Star Wars"" on BBC Radio 4?" | I've Never Seen Star Wars (radio series)
I've Never Seen Star Wars is a comedy talk show broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Hosted by comedian Marcus Brigstocke, each episode features a celebrity guest trying out experiences that are new to them, but common to many others. The title comes from the show's producer and creator, B... | show "I've Never Seen Star Wars" on BBC Radio 4 since 2008, transferring it to TV for one series as "I've Never Seen Star Wars" for BBC Four in 2009.
From 2013 to 2015, he hosted "The Brig Society" on BBC Radio 4.
In September 2017, BBC Radio 4 broadcast his first serious drama, "The Red", drawing on his own experience... | 31,344 | triviaqa-train |
The South Downs Way runs from Winchester to which Sussex town? | administrative counties (along with three county boroughs: Brighton, Hastings and, from 1911, Eastbourne).
Economy.
Much of the Sussex Weald consists of wet sticky clays or drought-prone acid sands and is often broken up into small irregular fields and woods by the topography, making it unsuitable for intensive arable ... | aside from Woodcroft Halt, built during World War II for naval personnel), because the gradient in the area was deemed too steep to allow a station to be constructed.
It formerly marked the Western end of the South Downs Way, which has now been extended to Winchester but several paths still join the village to the Way,... | 31,345 | triviaqa-train |
Which London borough was granted Royal Borough status marking the Queen's Silver Jubilee? | streets decorated motor vehicles as historical events from Britain's past, and drove them about town, organising their very own parades. In London alone there were over 4000 organised parties for individual streets and neighbourhoods. Throughout the entire day, onlookers were greeted by the Queen many times as she made... | after the Jubilee. The under-construction "Fleet line" of the London Underground was renamed the Jubilee line, and given a silver line colour, though it did not open until 1979. Other places named after the Jubilee were the Silver Jubilee Walkway and the Jubilee Gardens in South Bank, London. The Silver Jubilee Bridge ... | 31,346 | triviaqa-train |
Who has played Jack Worthing and Lord Henry Wotton in films by Oscar Wilde? | who had previously adapted "An Ideal Husband" by Wilde, made the 2002 film; it stars Colin Firth (Jack), Rupert Everett (Algy), Judi Dench (Lady Bracknell), Reese Witherspoon (Cecily), Frances O'Connor (Gwendolen), Anna Massey (Miss Prism), and Tom Wilkinson (Canon Chasuble). Parker's adaptation includes the dunning so... | Lord Henry Wotton, resides in the Albany. In Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895), the character John (Jack) Worthing has a set at the Albany (number B.4), where he lives while staying in London under the assumed name of Ernest.
A. J. Raffles, the gentleman burglar created by E. W. Hornung who ... | 31,347 | triviaqa-train |
Malawi is bordered by Zambia, Mozambique, and which other country? | Malawi
Malawi (, or ; or [maláwi]), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. Malawi spans over and has an estimated population of ... | Geography.
The flora and fauna are much influenced by the geography of the region. Malawi is a land-locked country, dominated by the Great Rift Valley which has a north – south orientation, and is long and between wide. The main feature is Lake Malawi which forms much of the eastern boundary of the country. The lake is... | 31,348 | triviaqa-train |
Which Greek philosopher left Athens for the island of Euboea after the death of his pupil Alexander the Great, in fear of anti-Macedonian feeling? | Aristotle
Aristotle (; "Aristotélēs", ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been called the "Father of Western Philosophy". His writings cove... | History Aftermath.
Alexander the Great had led a coalition of the Greek states to war with Persia in 336 BC, but his Greek soldiers were hostages for the behavior of their states as much as allies. His relations with Athens were already strained when he returned to Babylon in 324 BC; after his death, Athens and Sparta ... | 31,349 | triviaqa-train |
Of what is philology the study? | The main character in the Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language film in 2012, "Footnote", is a Hebrew philologist, and a significant part of the film deals with his work.
See also.
- "American Journal of Philology"
- Codicology
- Elocution
- Etymology
- Palaeography
- Stylistics
- Western canon
- Textual scho... | With philology, archaeology, and art history, scholars seek understanding of the history and culture of a civilisation, through critical study of the extant literary and physical artefacts, in order to compose and establish a continual historic narrative of the Ancient World and its peoples. The task is difficult due t... | 31,350 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Verdi opera includes 'The Anvil Chorus""?" | Anvil Chorus
The Anvil Chorus is the English name for the ' (Italian for "Gypsy chorus"), a chorus from act 2, scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera "Il trovatore". It depicts Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn – hence its English name – and singing the praises of hard work, good wine, and Gypsy women. The ... | “The Snow Maiden”",“Procession of the Nobles: from Mlada; Sibelius: Finlandia; Stravinsky/Isaac: Dance Infernale and Berceuse & Finale; Strauss, J Radetzky March; Verdi: “Anvil Chorus” from Il Travatore; (Webber) "Selections from “The Phantom of the Opera"”; (Williams) "Dry Your Tears, Afrika from “Amistad”
"REPERTORY... | 31,351 | triviaqa-train |
Which Premiership football side are nicknamed the Canaries? | Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or City) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, that competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football, after winning the 2018-19 EFL Championship title.
They were first promoted to the top flight i... | Dapto Canaries
The Dapto Canaries are an Australian rugby league football team based in the Wollongong suburb of Dapto. The club are a part of Country Rugby League and have competed in the Illawarra Rugby League premiership since its inception in 1911.
History, colours and emblem.
The Dapto Canaries were established in... | 31,352 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of the father and son English cricketers who have both played for Nottinghamshire and in successful Ashes series? | club's most successful season came in 1987, as Rice and Hadlee marked their departure with the double of County Championship and NatWest Trophy. Chris Broad and Tim Robinson continued the club's long tradition of batting excellence into the England team but for some years the club struggled to repeat those achievements... | Frederick Stocks
Frederick Stocks is the name of two English first-class cricketers, who were father and son:
- Frederick Stocks senior (1883–1954) played fleetingly for Northamptonshire
- Frederick Stocks junior (1918–1996) had a much long career for Nottinghamshire | 31,353 | triviaqa-train |
"Who played headmistress Miss Fritton and her brother in the 2007 film 'St. Trinians""?" | a new film, "St Trinian's", was released. The cast included Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Russell Brand, Lily Cole, Talulah Riley, Stephen Fry, and Gemma Arterton. Reviews were mixed. A second new St Trinian's film, "", was released in 2009.
- The first series
2. "The Belles of St Trinian's" (1954)
3. "Blue Murder at St... | The Belles of St. Trinian's
The Belles of St Trinian's is a British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's school, released in 1954. It and its sequels were inspired by British cartoonist Ronald Searle. Directed by Frank Launder and written by Launder and Sidney Gilliat, it was the first of a series of four film... | 31,354 | triviaqa-train |
Which African country has a flag which is a vertical tricolour of blue, yellow and red, similar to the flag of Romania? | is coincidentally very similar to the civil flag of Andorra and the state flag of Chad. The similarity with Chad's flag, which differs only in having a darker shade of blue (indigo rather than cobalt), has caused international discussion. In 2004, Chad asked the United Nations to examine the issue, but then-president o... | Flag of Senegal
The flag of Senegal () is a tricolour consisting of three vertical green, yellow and red bands charged with a five-pointed green star at the centre. Adopted in 1960 to replace the flag of the Mali Federation, it has been the flag of the Republic of Senegal since the country gained independence that year... | 31,355 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name of garden plants in the Tagetes genus and Calendula genus? | useful pioneer plant in the reclamation of disturbed land.
The florets of "Tagetes erecta" are rich in the orange-yellow carotenoid lutein and are used as a food colour (INS-number E161b) in the European Union for foods such as pasta, vegetable oil, margarine, mayonnaise, salad dressing, baked goods, confectionery, dai... | Tagetes
Tagetes is a genus of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). It was described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
The genus is native to North and South America, but some species have become naturalized around the world. One species, "T. minuta", is considered a nox... | 31,356 | triviaqa-train |
Which of Mahler's symphonies is entitled 'The Resurrection'? | the period of the Second Temple, there developed a diversity of beliefs concerning the resurrection. The concept of resurrection of the physical body is found in 2 Maccabees, according to which it will happen through recreation of the flesh. Resurrection of the dead also appears in detail in the extra-canonical books o... | , conducting the first performance of Gustav Mahler's music in Scandinavia, a movement of the "Resurrection" symphony in 1909 (see the Finnish Music Information Centre link.)
Although Melartin was chiefly a lyricist, the symphony was central to his musical output. He wrote six symphonies (1902–1924) and was the first F... | 31,357 | triviaqa-train |
Which British PM served for the longest time, his single term of 20 years, 314 days being longer than even the combined multiple terms of any other Prime Minister? | Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
The article lists the records of Prime Ministers of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom since 1721.
Period of service.
The Prime Minister with the longest single term was Sir Robert Walpole, lasting 20 years and 315 days from 3 April 1721 until 11 February 1742. This... | have served 20 years and 314 days as Prime Minister, the longest single term ever, and also longer than the accumulated terms of any other British Prime Minister.
- January 14 – Death of Edmond Halley; James Bradley succeeds him as Astronomer Royal in Great Britain.
- January 24 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman ... | 31,358 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the novels ""A Week in December"" and 'Birdsong""?" | A Week in December
A Week in December is a novel by British writer Sebastian Faulks, published in 2009. The story is set in London, England over a week in December 2007.
Plot.
The book begins with the elaborate seating plan of a dinner party. It ends once that dinner party has taken place. Sophie, the wife of a newly e... | 1989; in the same year he published "The Girl at the Lion d'Or", the first of his historical novels set in France. In 1991 he left "The Independent", though wrote for various newspapers as a freelancer for the next ten years.
Following the success of "Birdsong" (1993), Faulks quit journalism to write full-time. He has ... | 31,359 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shakespeare play is set in Vienna? | Plutarch's "Parallel Lives"—which introduced a new kind of drama. According to Shakespearean scholar James Shapiro, in "Julius Caesar," "the various strands of politics, character, inwardness, contemporary events, even Shakespeare's own reflections on the act of writing, began to infuse each other".
In the early 17th c... | her love. Tennyson's version is set in Lincolnshire, not Vienna as in the Shakespeare play. This makes the characters completely English. Additionally, the scene within the poem does not have any of the original context but the two works are connected in imagery with the idea of a dull life and a dejected female named ... | 31,360 | triviaqa-train |
A dessert of peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream was created by Auguste Escoffier in honour of which performer? | attracting a distinguished and moneyed clientele, headed by the Prince of Wales. Gregor von Görög, chef to the royal family, was an enthusiast of Escoffier's zealous organization. Aristocratic women, hitherto unaccustomed to dining in public, were now "seen in full regalia in the Savoy dining and supper rooms".
Escoffi... | ). It is now owned by Lady Vestey's sons, Sam (3rd Baron Vestey) and Mark, who reside in the United Kingdom. The house was designed by John Harry Grainger, father of the composer Percy Grainger, and a close friend of Melba's father David Mitchell.
Melba's name is associated with four foods, all of which were created in... | 31,361 | triviaqa-train |
"Vocalist Roland Orzabal had the 1985 hit ""Everybody Wants to Rule the World' with which band?" | Smith met as teenagers in Bath, Somerset, England. The duo became session musicians for the band Neon, where they first met future Tears For Fears drummer Manny Elias. Neon also featured Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher who went on to become Naked Eyes. Smith and Orzabal's professional debut came with the band Graduate, a mod... | 's about everybody wanting power, about warfare and the misery it causes."
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was co-written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes, with production from the Dave Bascombe with engineering. It was released in 1985 through Phonogram, Mercury and Vertigo Records as the third sing... | 31,362 | triviaqa-train |
Who was re-elected Prime Minister of Canada in May 2011? | Prime Minister–designate of Canada refers to the person who has been designated as the future prime minister by the Governor General, after either winning a general election, forming a confidence and supply government, or forming a coalition government. The term does not apply to incumbent prime ministers.
Activities p... | Ahmet Davutoğlu
Ahmet Davutoğlu (; born 26 February 1959) is a Turkish academic, politician and former diplomat who was the Prime Minister of Turkey and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from August 2014 to May 2016. He previously served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2014 and as chief ... | 31,363 | triviaqa-train |
Which 2011 BBC drama series, starring Romola Garai and Ben Wishaw, centred around a 1950's current affairs TV programme? | The Hour (2011 TV series)
The Hour is a British television drama series broadcast on BBC. The series was centred on a new current-affairs show being launched by the BBC in June 1956, at the time of the Hungarian Revolution and Suez Crisis. It stars Ben Whishaw, Dominic West, and Romola Garai, with a supporting cast inc... | - 1972: "Emma", a six-part BBC miniseries, starring Doran Godwin as Emma
- 1996: "Emma", an ITV TV film, starring Kate Beckinsale as Emma
- 2009: "Emma", a four-part BBC miniseries, starring Romola Garai as Emma
Adaptations Web.
- 2013: "Emma Approved", a YouTube web series produced by Pemberley Digital and developed b... | 31,364 | triviaqa-train |
David Walliams swam 140 miles of the River Thames in 2011 to raise funds for which charity? | Seven of his books have been adapted into television films. Walliams was awarded an OBE, for his services to charity and the arts, in 2017. His charity work includes swimming the English Channel, Strait of Gibraltar and River Thames, raising millions of pounds for the BBC charity Sport Relief.
Early life and education.... | Marlow and Henley. In 2011 comedian David Walliams swam the from Lechlade to Westminster Bridge and raised over £1 million for charity.
In non-tidal stretches swimming was, and still is, a leisure and fitness activity among experienced swimmers where safe, deeper outer channels are used in times of low stream.
Sport Me... | 31,365 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature to have been born in Britain? | by Spanish novelists on the noteworthy silence of the older generation of Spanish novelists on the Francoist pasts of public intellectuals, appeared below a photograph of Cela during the Nobel ceremony in Stockholm in 1989.
The choice of the 2004 laureate, Elfriede Jelinek, was protested by a member of the Swedish Acad... | Vargas Llosa
Vargas Llosa is the surname of two prominent Peruvian intellectuals who are father and son.
- Mario Vargas Llosa, born in 1936, is a novelist, journalist, politician and essayist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2010.
- Álvaro Vargas Llosa, born in 1966, is a writer and political commentator on i... | 31,366 | triviaqa-train |
Kingsford Smith Airport serves which Commonwealth city? | when conditions require. Runway 16R/34L is presently the longest operational runway in Australia, with a paved length of and between the zebra thresholds.
History Modern history.
By the 1960s, the need for a new international terminal had become apparent, and work commenced in late 1966. Much of the new terminal was de... | Bradfield found that preparations for war included much work for expanding and designing various aerodromes and airports. First working for the Queensland Main Roads Department and later with the Commonwealth Department of Civil Aviation, Bradfield's first assignments were to design aerodromes at Bowen, Mackay, Rockham... | 31,367 | triviaqa-train |
Which left-handed golfer won the US Masters three times, in 2004, 2006, and 2010? | the par-3 course has been played on Wednesday, the day before the first round.
Nicklaus has the most Masters wins, with six between 1963 and 1986. Tiger Woods has won five. Palmer has won four. Five have won three titles at Augusta: Jimmy Demaret, Sam Snead, Gary Player, Nick Faldo, and Phil Mickelson. Player, from Sou... | Brian Harman
Brian Harman (born January 19, 1987) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is one of the few left-handed players on tour.
Amateur career.
In college, Harman was a three-time 2nd Team All-American on the University of Georgia golf team. He won the 2005 NCAA Preview and the 2006 Is... | 31,368 | triviaqa-train |
Lucy Snow is the heroine of which Charlotte Bronte novel? | of internal obstruction in October 1842. Charlotte returned alone to Brussels in January 1843 to take up a teaching post at the school. Her second stay was not happy: she was homesick and deeply attached to Constantin Héger. She returned to Haworth in January 1844 and used the time spent in Brussels as the inspiration ... | the book was written to given an answer to the question "what if there was a fantastical cause underlying the social constraints and limited choices confronting a heroine in a novel by Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte?".
Partial bibliography.
Partial bibliography The Last Rune series.
- "Beyond the Pale" (1998)
- "The K... | 31,369 | triviaqa-train |
Give either of the real forenames of 'Count' Basie. | Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
In 1935, Basie formed his own jazz orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group for a... | "Count Basie and His Barons of Rhythm," moved from Kansas City to Chicago, where they honed their repertoire at a long engagement at the Grand Terrace Ballroom. Right from the start, Basie's band was noted for its rhythm section. Another Basie innovation was the use of two tenor saxophone players; at the time, most ban... | 31,370 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the Mr Men has extremely long arms? | Mr. Men
Mr. Men is a series of children's books by English author Roger Hargreaves commencing in 1971. From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author, but with female characters were published. A similar series of animal characters known as Timbuctoo started in 1978. After Hargreaves's death ... | sixteen party but remains unseen. According to London, her mother never stays in one place for long, seeming to disappear off the face of the Earth. According to Mr. Moseby, she has extremely strong arms. In "Twister: Part 3" she was said to be Mr. Tipton's third wife.
- Stepmother 1 (unseen) Mr. Tipton's fourth ex-wif... | 31,371 | triviaqa-train |
The luxury Maybach car models are to be discontinued in 2013, which car company produces them? | Maybach
Maybach Motorenbau () is a defunct German car manufacturer that today exists as a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz. The company was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach and his son, originally as a subsidiary of "Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH", and it was known as "Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH" until 1999.
In 1960, Mayba... | built in 1929 had side sections that could be lowered completely to allow it to be used as a car in a parade. In 1998, DaimlerChrysler AG's competitor, BMW AG, purchased the ultra-luxury brand Rolls-Royce. The Maybach brand name was reintroduced in 2002 to be a direct challenger to BMW's top vehicle, the Rolls-Royce Ph... | 31,372 | triviaqa-train |
Albert II is currently king of which country? | Albert II of Belgium
Albert II (born 6 June 1934) reigned as the King of the Belgians, from 1993 until his abdication in 2013.
King Albert II is the son of King Leopold III and Queen Astrid, born princess of Sweden. He is the younger brother of Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg and King Baudouin, whom he ... | political agent for the South West Frontier with headquarters at Sambalpur. He made a few paintings during his stay at Sambalpur by an unknown artist which are currently with the British Library and Victoria and Albert Museum.
History Vajrayana Buddhism.
Although it is generally accepted that Tantric Buddhism first dev... | 31,373 | triviaqa-train |
What is a cricket umpire signalling when he holds out one arm horizontally? | No-ball
In cricket, a no-ball is an illegal delivery to a batsman. It is also the Extra run awarded to the batting team as a consequence. For most cricket games, especially amateur ones, the definition of all forms of no-ball is from the MCC "Laws of Cricket"
The delivery of a no-ball results in one run – two under som... | Billy Bowden
Brent Fraser "Billy" Bowden (born 11 April 1963) is a cricket umpire from New Zealand. He was a player until he began to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis. He is well known for his dramatic signalling style which includes the famous "crooked finger of doom" out signal. On 6 February 2016, Bowden stood in hi... | 31,374 | triviaqa-train |
In Shakespeare's Macbeth, King Duncan has two sons, one is Malcolm, name the other. | . In accordance with her plan, she frames Duncan's sleeping servants for the murder by placing bloody daggers on them. Early the next morning, Lennox, a Scottish nobleman, and Macduff, the loyal Thane of Fife, arrive. A porter opens the gate and Macbeth leads them to the king's chamber, where Macduff discovers Duncan's... | Dunfermline Abbey in Fife he is not definitely associated with major religious establishments or ecclesiastical reforms.
Background.
Malcolm's father Duncan I became king in late 1034, on the death of Malcolm II, Duncan's maternal grandfather and Malcolm's great-grandfather. According to John of Fordun, whose account i... | 31,375 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the leader of the Labour Party when they were defeated in the 1979 General Election? | 1979 United Kingdom general election
The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats. The election w... | Fine Gael but after the 1969 general election he believed that there was a need for a new approach. When the Labour Party and Fine Gael formed the National Coalition government following the 1973 general election he was appointed Minister for Labour.
In 1977 he was narrowly defeated by Frank Cluskey for the leadership ... | 31,376 | triviaqa-train |
Grey Street, named after Prime Minister Earl Grey, is a major street in which British city? | .
In popular culture Commemoration and tea.
Earl Grey tea, a blend which uses bergamot oil to flavour the brew, is named after Grey.
Grey is commemorated by Grey's Monument in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, which consists of a statue of Lord Grey standing atop a high column. The monument was once struck by lightnin... | Earl Grey, British Prime Minister in the 1830s and author of the Reform Bill of 1832. He reputedly received a gift, probably a diplomatic perquisite, of tea flavoured with bergamot oil. A "Grey's Tea" is known from the 1850s, but the first known published references to an "Earl Grey" tea are advertisements by Charlton ... | 31,377 | triviaqa-train |
Which outlaw was shot and killed by Bob Ford? | Robert Ford (outlaw)
Robert Newton Ford (January 31, 1862 – June 8, 1892) was an American outlaw best known for killing his gang's leader Jesse James in April 1882, to collect a reward and a promised amnesty for past crimes. For about a year, Ford and his older brother Charles performed paid re-enactments of the killin... | Late April 1875 - The killing of a Pinkerton agent Jack Ladd.
- July 7, 1876 - Missouri Pacific Railroad robbery at Otterville, Missouri.
Death.
On September 7, 1876 Miller was shot and killed by townspeople in the robbery attempt on the First National Bank of Northfield, along with outlaw Bill Chadwell and bank cashie... | 31,378 | triviaqa-train |
Who presents the TV quiz show 'The Chase'? | Walsh, presenter of the British version, was featured as the show's host, while UK chaser Mark Labbett (nicknamed "The Beast", which is "la bête" in French) and "Jeopardy!" champion Brad Rutter were the chasers.
After Fox passed up the opportunity to add the series to its lineup, Game Show Network (GSN), in conjunction... | Tarik Filipović
Tarik Filipović (born 11 March 1972) is a Croatian television presenter and actor. He has appeared in over 800 theatre plays since his debut in 1985. He has also been in many films and TV dramas produced throughout the areas of former Yugoslavia.
He presents quiz shows "Tko želi biti milijunaš?" (Croati... | 31,379 | triviaqa-train |
Which author, in 1859, founded the weekly magazine 'All The Year Round', a successor to 'Household Words'? | Household Words
Household Words was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's "Henry V": "Familiar in his mouth as household words."
History.
During the planning stages, titles originally considered by Dickens included "The Robin", "The Household ... | the words "Pumping Station to Paddling Pool", and vice versa. Space presumably prevented the full description of the Thrunscoe terminus as the Sewage Outfall Pumping Station.
"03:" In 1972 Cleethorpes Borough Council (CBC) invested in significant changes to the railway. The line was extended northwards on a new alignme... | 31,380 | triviaqa-train |
Fleance appears in Shakespeare's Macbeth, whose son is he? | Fleance
Fleance (or Fléance) is a figure in legendary Scottish history. He was depicted by 16th-century historians as the son of Lord Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, and the ancestor of the kings of the House of Stuart. Fleance is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth", in which the Three Witches ... | Shakespeare's play is adapted from Holinshed's "Chronicles", a history of the British Isles written during the late 16th century. In Holinshed, Fleance escapes Macbeth and flees to Wales, where he fathers a son who later becomes the first hereditary steward to the King of Scotland.
In real life, 'Steward' eventually be... | 31,381 | triviaqa-train |
What type of which fish is an albacore? | are referred to as finfish (or fin fish) to distinguish them from these other animals.
A typical fish is ectothermic, has a streamlined body for rapid swimming, extracts oxygen from water using gills or uses an accessory breathing organ to breathe atmospheric oxygen, has two sets of paired fins, usually one or two (rar... | deployment to observe the deformation of the Juan de Fuca and Gorda Plates, as well as topics ranging from megathrust earthquakes to volcanic arc structure in the Pacific Northwest. The Hawaiian PLUME (Plume-Lithosphere Undersea Melt Experiment) was an onshore/offshore (predominantly offshore) deployment to better unde... | 31,382 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the captain of the Wales rugby union team who was sent off in the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup? | win 26–19. They eventually won all their Championship matches, conceding only two tries in the process, to claim another Grand Slam. Later that year Wales defeated Australia 21–18 in Cardiff, but then started a six-year, 23-game winless streak against the southern hemisphere nations of Australia, New Zealand and South ... | Wales at the Rugby World Cup
The Wales national rugby union team have played in all eight Rugby World Cup tournaments. Their best finishes were third placing in 1987, when they beat Australia in the bronze final, and fourth placing in 2011.
The 1987 tournament was Wales' most successful; they won all three pool matches... | 31,383 | triviaqa-train |
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct carries which canal over the River Dee? | Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (; ) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in north east Wales. The 18-arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was completed in 1805 having taken ten years to design and build. I... | aqueduct carries the canal over the River Ceiriog at Chirk, and there are tunnels nearby at Whitehouses, Chirk, and Ellesmere.
The canal also forms the boundary on two sides of the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve. In 2009 an eleven-mile section of the canal from Gledrid Bridge near Rhoswi... | 31,384 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible, which king of Israel was the husband of Jezebel? | is one of the most universally accepted archaeological sites from the biblical period At around 850 BCE, the Mesha Stele, written in Old Hebrew alphabet, records a victory of King Mesha of Moab against king Omri of Israel and his son Ahab.
History Relations between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
For the first sixty ... | Building, following CSIRO's departure for new laboratories at Long Pocket, Indooroopilly.
In 1952 about of the site was transferred to the Brisbane City Council and then on to the State Electricity Authority for the development of the Tennyson Power Station, which has since been demolished to make way for riverside apa... | 31,385 | triviaqa-train |
Give either of the real forenames of 'Bix' Beiderbecke? | Bix Beiderbecke
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer.
Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone. His solos on seminal recordings such... | Young Man with a Horn (novel)
Young Man with a Horn is a 1938 novel by Dorothy Baker that is loosely based on the real life of jazz cornet player Bix Beiderbecke. The novel was adapted for the movie "Young Man With a Horn" (1950) with Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day. and real-life Bix Beiderbecke friend and coll... | 31,386 | triviaqa-train |
The Headrow is a major street in which British city? | The Headrow
The Headrow is an avenue in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England.
It is one of the most important thoroughfares in Central Leeds, hosting many of the city's civic and cultural buildings including Leeds Town Hall, Leeds Central Library, Leeds Art Gallery, The Henry Moore Institute and The Light. Some ... | Paramount Theatre. Headrow House was constructed in the 1950s. The redevelopment is designed in a uniform neo-baroque style similar to Regent Street in London also designed by Reginald Blomfield. The buildings are clad in red brick and Portland stone as opposed to Portland stone only on Regent Street. The development o... | 31,387 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the Mr Men is covered in bandages? | Mr. Men
Mr. Men is a series of children's books by English author Roger Hargreaves commencing in 1971. From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author, but with female characters were published. A similar series of animal characters known as Timbuctoo started in 1978. After Hargreaves's death ... | appears as a tall man usually in a hooded jacket. He is also covered in bandages which is explained by Mr. Nire as due to being a victim of an accident and having suffered severe burns. However, Shinuhe has also joked about being an actual resurrected Egyptian Mummy. Regardless of that, he seems to be fond of ancient E... | 31,388 | triviaqa-train |
Perth, Western Australia lies on which river? | expedition on behalf of the New South Wales colonial government. He established a convict-supported military garrison at King George III Sound, at present-day Albany, and on formally took possession of the western third of the continent for the British Crown. This was followed by the establishment of the Swan River Col... | Walpole, Western Australia
Walpole is a town in the south-western region of Western Australia, located approximately south southeast of Perth and west of Denmark.
Location and description.
Walpole lies very close to the northern point of the Walpole Inlet, from which it takes its name.
The inlet in turn is named for th... | 31,389 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the manager of Burnley FC when they won promotion to the Premier League in 2009? | weeks of the competition saw Burnley finish comfortably above the relegation places, ensuring that they remained in the Championship.
The following season Burnley's poor early-season results led to the departure of manager Steve Cotterill in November 2007. His replacement was St Johnstone manager Owen Coyle. Coyle subs... | 2008. He held the job for only one year, before leaving at the end of the 2009 season. He later was appointed the head coach of USM FC, at that time a club who had just won promotion from 2009 Malaysia FAM League to 2010 Malaysia Premier League by finishing in 3rd place. Earlier in his career, he had coached the team f... | 31,390 | triviaqa-train |
Which US TV series, originally broadcast in the late 1980s and early 1990s, was set in the offices of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak? | show in 1991, between the fictional characters of C.J. Lamb (played by Amanda Donohoe) and Abby (Michele Greene).
The show tied itself into the events of the Los Angeles riots of 1992, which were prompted by the acquittal of four white police officers who were put on trial for the videotaped beating of African American... | Mickey Mouse Club" theme song, and Donald is soon arrested after he tries (unsuccessfully) to testify his innocence (he claimed that the kidnapper was either Minnie Mouse, "the guy who framed Roger Rabbit", the Wicked Witch or Porky Pig). Donald is to be represented by the legal firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and K... | 31,391 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did the following events occur; Helen Sharman became the first Briton in space, Tim Berners-Lee established the first website and Robert Maxwell died? | website was built at CERN. Despite this being an international organisation hosted by Switzerland, the office that Berners-Lee used was just across the border in France. The website was put online on 6 August 1991 for the first time:
It provided an explanation of what the World Wide Web was, and how people could use a ... | Project Juno
Project Juno was a private British space programme which selected Helen Sharman to be the first Briton in space.
As the United Kingdom did, at that time, not have a human spaceflight programme (until the UK joined the human spaceflight elements of ESA's exploration programme in December 2012, which led to ... | 31,392 | triviaqa-train |
Who walked out of an interview with Robin Day in 1982 about defence cuts after the Falklands War? | October 1982, during a "Newsnight" interview with the Conservative Secretary of State for Defence John Nott, pursuing cuts in defence expenditure, in particular Royal Navy, he posed the question: "Why should the public on this issue believe you, a transient, here today and, if I may say so, gone tomorrow politician rat... | in the conflict to prevent further cuts.
Background.
After Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982, the British government resolved to recapture them. At the time, the British defence planning was focused on the Cold War. The nearest airfield to the Falklands and usable for RAF operations was on Ascensio... | 31,393 | triviaqa-train |
As at April 2013, who presents the Saturday afternoon Radio 2 show 'Pick of the Pops'? | on 8 April 2000. The regular weekly edition ended in August 2004, with limited broadcast of special editions.
"Pick of the Pops" then returned on a weekly basis in September 2005 with Winton at the helm. The BBC announced moved "Pick of the Pops" to a Saturday slot in April 2009.
Winton bowed out of "Pick of the Pops" ... | to the station after being suspended.
2000s.
2000s 2000.
- February – BBC Radio 2 presents its first annual "BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards".
- 3 April – Janice Long begins presenting the night time show.
- 21 October – comedian Jack Docherty joins the station to host "Saturday Night Jack". The show lasts three months.
- Dale... | 31,394 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first military engagement of the American Civil War? | Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1861
The following is a list of engagements that took place in 1861 during the American Civil War.
History.
The war started on April 12 when Confederate forces commanded by General P. G. T. Beauregard opened fire on the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charlest... | Gallinas massacre
The Gallinas massacre or the Gallinas Mountains massacre was an engagement of the Apache Wars on September 2, 1861 between a war party of Mescalero Apache warriors and four Confederate soldiers in the Gallinas Mountains of what is now Lincoln County, New Mexico. The incident occurred early in the Amer... | 31,395 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the ground-breaking 'thought experiment' proposed by an Austrian Scientist in 1935? | Thought experiment
A thought experiment (,"Gedanken-Experiment", or "Gedankenerfahrung") considers a hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences.
The common goal of a thought experiment is to explore the potential consequences of the principle in question:
Given the structure ... | Knowledge argument
The knowledge argument (also known as Mary's room or Mary the super-scientist) is a philosophical thought experiment proposed by Frank Jackson in his article "Epiphenomenal Qualia" (1982) and extended in "What Mary Didn't Know" (1986). The experiment is intended to argue against physicalism—the view ... | 31,396 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 'Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis'? | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, also known as the Tallis Fantasia, is a work for string orchestra by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. It was composed in 1910 and performed for the first time on 10 September that year at Gloucester Cathedral for the Three Choirs Fes... | , from stormy and impassioned to tranquil, from mysterious to exuberant. Among the most familiar of his other concert works are "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" (1910) and "The Lark Ascending" (1914). His vocal works include hymns, folk-song arrangements and large-scale choral pieces. He wrote eight works for sta... | 31,397 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote under the pen name Currer Bell? | their assumed names Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. The pseudonyms veiled the sisters' sex while preserving their initials; thus Charlotte was Currer Bell. "Bell" was the middle name of Haworth's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls whom Charlotte later married, and "Currer" was the surname of Frances Mary Richardson Currer who ... | Emperor". With Thomas Meech he wrote a series of novels beginning with "The Eagle" (1906) under the pen name Paul Urquhart. He also wrote for newspapers and magazines, sometimes under the pen name Lionel Day. He also wrote some Sexton Blake books, but he is better known for his own detective creation Havlock Preed.
He ... | 31,398 | triviaqa-train |
Which presenter of the BBC Radio 4's daily news magazine 'PM' became a stand-in presenter for the Andrew Marr show following Marr's stroke? | September.
From January until June, there was no fixed cover presenter. The guest presenters who appeared included: Jeremy Vine, Sophie Raworth, James Landale, Eddie Mair, Sian Williams, Susanna Reid and Nick Robinson. From 9 June, Vine and Raworth became the regular presenters and began to alternate presenting duties ... | Andrew Marr
Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British political commentator and television presenter. Beginning his career as a political commentator, he subsequently edited "The Independent" newspaper (1996–1998) and was political editor of BBC News (2000–2005). He began hosting a political progra... | 31,399 | triviaqa-train |
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