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Who became U.S. Secretary of State early in 2013, replacing Hilary Clinton? | the presidency, coming after the vice president, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the president pro tempore of the Senate. Six secretaries of state have gone on to be elected president. Others, including Henry Clay, William Seward, James Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton ha... | to Hillary Clinton during the primary cycle, and then to Barack Obama during the general election campaign. He prepared Clinton and Obama for debates. When Clinton became U.S. Secretary of State, Sullivan joined as her deputy chief of staff and Director of Policy Planning, and he travelled with her to 112 countries.
He... | 31,400 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the children's book The Gruffalo? | The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo is a children's book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse, the protagonist of the book, taking a walk in the woods. The book has sold over 13 million copies, has won several prizes for children's literature, and has been devel... | up, etc.
- 2002 Children's Book Award: "Room on the Broom"
- 2003 WHSmith Children's Book of the Year Award: "Room on the Broom"
- 2003 Experian Big 3 Award: "Room on the Broom"
- 2003 Experian Big 3 Award: "Spinderella"
- 2004 British Book Awards: "The Gruffalo"
- 2004 Stockport Book Awards: "The Gruffalo"
- 2004 Book... | 31,401 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous landmark is found on Mount Lee? | Mount Lee
Mount Lee is a peak in the Santa Monica Mountains, located in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Hollywood Sign is located on its southern slope.
History.
The original unnamed peak was one of the "three sisters" along with Cahuenga and Burbank peaks, the current flattened top being a result of... | Mount Judd (Nuneaton)
Mount Judd, also known as the Nuneaton Nipple, is a man-made hill and landmark near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. It is the former spoil tip of the Judkins Quarry, which extracted granite in the area. Mount Judd is a famous local landmark and in 2018 was voted the United Kingdom's "best landmar... | 31,402 | triviaqa-train |
What 153 mile footpath goes from Farnham to Dover? | to 1936.
Dover has two long distance footpaths: the Saxon Shore Way and the North Downs Way. Two National Cycle Network routes begin their journey at the town.
The Port of Dover is a 20-minute walk from Dover Priory railway station.
The Dover to Dunkirk ferry route was originally operated by ferry operator Norfolkline.... | behind the Old Workshop pub, the Old Walls Vineyard and Shute Fruit and Produce, a pick your own field.
There is a small beach on the estuary, known locally as Down Steps, The River Beach or Red Rock. It is reached via a footpath from the village that crosses the main Teignmouth to Newton Abbot road and the railway, an... | 31,403 | triviaqa-train |
Which English King fought at the battle of Bannockburn? | Battle of Bannockburn
The Battle of Bannockburn ( or ) on 23 and 24 June 1314 was a Scottish victory by King of Scots Robert the Bruce against the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence. Though it did not bring overall victory in the war, which would go on for 14 more years, it was ... | morning. Monthermer warned Bruce by sending him the sum of twelve pence and a pair of spurs. Bruce took the hint and he and his squire quickly departed the English court for Scotland. After the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, at which Monthermer fought and was captured, Robert, now the victorious King of Scots, discharg... | 31,404 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the only French metropolitan department never visited by the Tour de France, prior to the 100th tour in 2013? | of its Indian possessions after its defeat in the Seven Years' War (1756–63). Its European territory kept growing, however, with notable acquisitions such as Lorraine (1766) and Corsica (1770). An unpopular king, Louis XV's weak rule, his ill-advised financial, political and military decisions as well as the debauchery... | years and 8 months old.
Career 2013.
Having started out the season with finishing 8th overall at Volta a Catalunya and 4th overall at Tour de Suisse, there were high hopes for the Pinot in July. As it was the 100th edition of the Tour de France, Pinot had a lot of pressure put on him before the race as the only french ... | 31,405 | triviaqa-train |
Born James Newell Osterberg Jr. in 1947, which pop star fronted a TV campaign for car insurance in 2009? | Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), better known as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. Designated the "Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited multip... | Eric", "Don't Eat the Neighbours" and "Bromwell High".
She fronted a TV ad campaign for Hallmark in the UK, and appeared alongside Darren Boyd as one half of a married couple for a series of Direct Line insurance TV ads in 2012.
She was a contestant in the 2003 BBC charity singing contest, "Comic Relief does Fame Acade... | 31,406 | triviaqa-train |
First published in 1929, for which character is Belgian George Remi best known? | dEUS are well known. In the heavy metal scene, bands like Machiavel, Channel Zero and Enthroned have a worldwide fan-base.
Belgium has produced several well-known authors, including the poets Emile Verhaeren, Robert Goffin and novelists Hendrik Conscience, Georges Simenon, Suzanne Lilar, Hugo Claus and Amélie Nothomb. ... | and science fiction. The stories feature slapstick humour, offset by dashes of sophisticated satire and political or cultural commentary.
History.
History "Le Vingtième Siècle": 1929–1939.
Georges Prosper Remi, best known under the pen name Hergé, was employed as an illustrator at "Le Vingtième Siècle" (""The Twentieth... | 31,407 | triviaqa-train |
In The Goodies TV series a martial art form known as 'Eckythump' was practised using which foodstuff as a weapon? | had a string of successful chart singles penned by Bill Oddie. In 1974–75, they chalked up five hit singles in twelve months: "The Inbetweenies", "Black Pudding Bertha", "Nappy Love" and "Funky Gibbon" (all performed during the episode "The Goodies – Almost Live"), and "Make a Daft Noise for Christmas".
"Funky Gibbon" ... | Singlestick
Singlestick, also known as cudgels, refers to both a martial art that uses a wooden stick as well as the weapon used in the art. It began as a way of training sailors in the use of swords such as the sabre or the cutlass. Canne de combat, a French form of stick fighting, is similar to singlestick play, whic... | 31,408 | triviaqa-train |
Which group performed the first ever song in the first episode of Top of the Pops in 1964? | Dickenson Road in Rusholme, Manchester.
DJ Jimmy Savile presented the first show live from the Manchester studio (with a brief link to Alan Freeman in London to preview the following week's programme), which featured (in order) Dusty Springfield with "I Only Want to Be with You", the Rolling Stones with "I Wanna Be You... | four hit singles Dolan ever had in the UK (all of these hits performed better in the Irish Charts).
In Ireland, the song peaked at number 2 in August 1969, the same week it was Number 3 in the UK. It has been claimed that Dolan was the first Irish star to appear on "Top of the Pops", although this supposes that neither... | 31,409 | triviaqa-train |
Which Welsh professional Rugby player, who was capped 100 times for his country, became the first openly gay rugby playerin 2009? | Gareth Thomas (rugby)
Gareth Thomas (born 25 July 1974), nicknamed "Alfie", is a Welsh former professional rugby footballer, who represented Wales in both rugby union and rugby league. With 100 test match appearances he was the most capped Welsh rugby union player until he was overtaken by Stephen Jones in September 20... | David Morgan Jenkins
David "Dai" Morgan Jenkins (22 May 1901 – 22 April 1968) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. As an amateur union player he represented Kenfig Hill, Treorchy and Glamorgan Police RFC, while as a professional rug... | 31,410 | triviaqa-train |
Under whose leadership did the RMT become one of Britain's fastest growing Trade Unions between 2002 and 2008? | National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (commonly known as the RMT) is a British trade union covering the transport sector. It is currently presided by Michelle Rodgers and its current general secretary is Mick Cash.
The RMT is one of Britain's f... | trade unionism. He was regarded as part of the Awkward Squad, a loose grouping of left-wing union leaders who came to power in a series of electoral victories beginning in 2002. After he became leader, the RMT's membership increased from around 57,000 in 2002 to more than 80,000 in 2008, making it one of Britain's fast... | 31,411 | triviaqa-train |
Who is known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the middle ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Comer of Westminster Abbey? | towns had more than one such enterprise. Universities also spread throughout Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. Lay literacy rates rose, but were still low; one estimate gave a literacy rate of ten percent of males and one percent of females in 1500.
The publication of vernacular literature increased, with Dante (d... | Nontsizi Mgqwetho
Nontsizi Mgqwetho was a South African poet who is widely regarded as "the first and only female poet to have written a substantial body of poetry in isiXhosa". She is well known for her poetry which was published in "Umteteli wa Bantu", a multilingual weekly Johannesburg newspaper, from 23 October 192... | 31,412 | triviaqa-train |
Which word describes a painting or sculpture of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead Christ? | 1450, with the Neapolitan Francesco Laurana specializing in young women in meditative poses, while Antonio Rossellino and others more often depicted knobbly-faced men of affairs, but also young children. The portrait medal invented by Pisanello also often depicted women; relief plaquettes were another new small form of... | is especially marked by 2 sculpture a representative the Virgin Mary and the other Christ on the cross.
La Primaube counts also two memorials a war memorial represent a soldier of the war of 14 dead and another more recent monument with the memory of the soldiers aveyronnais dead for France in Algeria, Maroc and Tunisi... | 31,413 | triviaqa-train |
Which range of mountains in France and Switzerland gives its name to the middle period of the Mesozoic era? | Mesozoic
The Mesozoic Era ( or ) is an interval of geological time from about . It is also called the Age of Reptiles and the Age of Conifers.
The Mesozoic ("middle life") is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon, preceded by the Paleozoic ("ancient life") and succeeded by the Cenozoic ("new life"). The era... | on the peninsula represent the continuation of the Acroceraunian Mountains, which is the highest and most extensive mountain range system that extends parallel to the Ionian Sea. Created during the mesozoic era of the cretaceous and paleogene period, the crests of the mountain range form a northwest-southeast line with... | 31,414 | triviaqa-train |
Which former member of the Clash formed the Justice Tonight Band to promote awareness of the Hillsborough Justice campaign? | Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)
Michael Geoffrey Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, singer and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, co-founder and songwriter for The Clash until 1983. In 1984, he formed Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts. Jones has played with the group Carbon/Si... | the track "Hillbilly Man".
Recent projects The Justice Tonight Band.
In late 2011, Jones agreed to play songs by the Clash live again, collaborating with Pete Wylie and members of the Farm to form The Justice Tonight Band. The band formed with the aim of promoting awareness of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign. The Jus... | 31,415 | triviaqa-train |
The concept of 'cloud-cuckoo land' originated with which Ancient Greek playwright? | Literary sources.
Aristophanes, a Greek playwright, wrote and directed a drama "The Birds", first performed in 414 BC, in which Pisthetaerus, a middle-aged Athenian persuades the world's birds to create a new city in the sky to be named "Nubicuculia" or Cloud Cuckoo Land (, '), thereby gaining control over all communic... | Movie", Michelangelo is among the Master Builders that meet in Cloud Cuckoo Land where he was seen working on a sculpture. During the fight in Bricksburg, Michelangelo and William Shakespeare are showing riding with Abraham Lincoln on his rocket chair.
Introduced in "The Lego Movie" and "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Pa... | 31,416 | triviaqa-train |
John James Audubon is famous for his paintings of what? | John James Audubon
John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His ma... | " in an outdoor setting (1820s), and is said to have introduced the first azaleas to America. Under his supervision, the gardens of Magnolia on the Ashley became well known in the antebellum period for their azaleas and live oak trees. They were photographed by Mathew Brady, who would later become famous for his photog... | 31,417 | triviaqa-train |
The President of France and the Bishop of Urgell are the joint rulers of which country? | Co-Princes of Andorra
The Co-Princes of Andorra or the Co-Monarchs of Andorra are jointly the head of state ("cap d'estat") of the Principality of Andorra, a landlocked microstate lying in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. Founded in 1278 by means of a treaty between the Bishop of Urgell and the French Count of Fo... | The first two issues of the comic were also bundled with "free gifts", a cardboard Captain Britain mask in the first issue and a Captain Britain boomerang in the second, such novelties being a tradition with British comic book launches. Chris Claremont left the series after ten issues, midway through the "Doctor Synne"... | 31,418 | triviaqa-train |
Who was on the British throne 1100-1135? | 's son, the future King Henry II, mounted a small mercenary invasion of England in 1147 but the expedition failed, not least because Henry lacked the funds to pay his men. Surprisingly, Stephen himself ended up paying their costs, allowing Henry to return home safely; his reasons for doing so are unclear. One potential... | (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135) was king from 1100 to 1135, ruling through the Curia regis. When he ascended to the throne he granted the Charter of Liberties, a series of decrees and assurances to the barons. Probably the most important statement in the charter is at the beginning, where the king admits ""that by the merc... | 31,419 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of Rwanda? | Kigali
Kigali () is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre. The city has been Rwanda's economic, cultural, and transport hub since it became capital at independence in 1962. The city hosts the main residence and offices of the President of Rwanda and government ministries. The... | African equatorial region cities could be found in what is today Congo, DR Congo, Angola, Zambia, Rwanda and Burundi. In what is now DR Congo, Musumba was the capitol city of Lunda.
Important cities:
- M'banza-Kongo, capital of the Kongo Empire
- Ryamurari, capital of the Ndorwa kingdom (Rwanda)
- Kiguba, capital of th... | 31,420 | triviaqa-train |
In which Shakespeare play are the following characters, Mistress Margaret Page and Master George Page? | on money. He decides, to obtain financial advantage, that he will court two wealthy married women, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Falstaff decides to send the women identical love letters and asks his servants – Pistol and Nym – to deliver them to the wives. When they refuse, Falstaff sacks them, and, in revenge, the... | after being dishonorably discharged from the Confederate Army. Upon his arrival, the rascally Falstaff woos the wives of two wealthy and pre-occupied cattle ranchers in order to gain their husbands' land and money. But the ladies are wise to Falstaff's scheme.
Characters and cast.
- Col. John Falstaff - Randy Quaid
- F... | 31,421 | triviaqa-train |
Name the character played by Bruce Willis in the 'Die Hard' films? | Die Hard (film series)
The "Die Hard" series is an American action film series that originated with Roderick Thorp's novel "Nothing Lasts Forever". All five films revolve around the character of John McClane (portrayed by Bruce Willis), a New York City/Los Angeles police detective who continually finds himself in the m... | -playing game, "Dungeons & Dragons", to drive its plot. It borrowed heavily from its lore, characters, and creatures as in the first installment where the group played "D&D" to save Fat Neil's life. The Dean's character, Joseph Gordon Diehard, is an homage to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's portrayal of a younger Bruce Willis i... | 31,422 | triviaqa-train |
What is the chemical symbol for Zinc? | Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. Zinc is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a blue-silvery appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 of the periodic table. In some respects zinc is chemically similar to magnesium: both elements ex... | Cadmium
Cadmium is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. This soft, silvery-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury. Like zinc, it demonstrates oxidation state +2 in most of its compounds, and like mercury, it has a lower melting point than th... | 31,423 | triviaqa-train |
Name the film where a knickerless Sharon Stone crosses her legs. | as Catherine Tramell in another Verhoeven film, the erotic thriller "Basic Instinct" (1992), for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She received further critical acclaim with her performance in Martin Scorsese's crime drama "Casino" (1995), garnering t... | Gloria (1999 American film)
Gloria is a remake of the 1980 film of the same name written and directed by John Cassavetes. It was directed by Sidney Lumet and stars Sharon Stone as Gloria. It is also notable as George C. Scott's final theatrically-released film. The supporting cast also includes Jeremy Northam, Cathy Mo... | 31,424 | triviaqa-train |
Who was on the British throne 1199-1216? | monarchs Richard I and John. Nevertheless, Henry managed to expand his kingdom, forming what is retrospectively known as the Angevin Empire. Upon Henry's death, his elder son Richard succeeded to the throne; he was absent from England for most of his reign, as he left to fight in the Crusades. He was killed besieging a... | Bobo of San Teodoro
Bobo of San Teodoro (died 9 October 1199) was an Italian cardinal.
He was relative of Pope Celestine III, who named him cardinal-deacon of San Teodoro on 20 February 1193. He subscribed papal bulls between 4 March 1193 and 19 June 1199. His death is recorded in the necrology of the Vatican Basilica,... | 31,425 | triviaqa-train |
Who holds the record as the longest serving county cricket captain? | of its claims have been made by the county club which was founded in 1841.
As the popularity of organised cricket grew throughout England, more county clubs came into contention and, by the mid-1860s, they included the short-lived Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Lancashire, Middlesex and Yorkshire. At this time and into the... | He was now 38 and a serious bout of pneumonia meant he could not play for half the season, though his 15th year as Kent captain equalled he Lord Harris's record and made him the longest serving post-war captain in county cricket. His vice-captain and successor Mike Denness led Kent for most of the season; they fell to ... | 31,426 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of Bahrain? | Manama
Manama ( "" ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 157,000 people. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very diverse population. After periods of Portuguese and Persian control and invasions from the ruling dynasties of Saudi Arabia ... | Bahrain Central Market, Marina, Pearl and City Center Roundabout as well the Abraj Al Lulu (Pearl Towers) apartment complex, which is named after the Pearl Monument. Also near the destroyed roundabout are some of the city's major remaining landmarks, including the Bahrain World Trade Center and the Bahrain Financial Ha... | 31,427 | triviaqa-train |
California is bordered by 3 states, Arizona and Nevada are two name the third, | Nevada
Nevada () is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 32nd most populous, but the 9th least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly th... | Mahonia fremontii
Mahonia fremontii (syn. "Berberis fremontii") is a species of barberry known by the common name Frémont's mahonia (after John C. Frémont).
Distribution.
"Mahonia fremontii" is native to mountainous regions of the US states of Arizona, Nevada, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. It reaches a hei... | 31,428 | triviaqa-train |
'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you' is the first line of which piece of work by Rudyard Kipling? | 1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story. His children's books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".
Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the U... | can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!"
Excerpt from poem by Rudyard Kipling, 1865 - 1936 | 31,429 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was the actress Julie Christie born? | critical recognition for her work, including Oscar nominations for the independent films "Afterglow" (1997) and "Away from Her" (2007).
Early life.
Christie was born on 14 April 1940 at Singlijan Tea Estate, Chabua, Assam, British India. She has a younger brother, Clive, and an older (now deceased) half-sister, June, f... | 1 peau.
- Julie Bowen (born 1970), an American TV actress
- Julie Burchill (born 1959), an English writer and columnist
- Julie Chen (born 1970), an American television news anchor and producer
- Julie Christie (born 1941), a British actress
- Julie Chu (born 1982), American ice hockey player
- Julie Clarke (born 1971)... | 31,430 | triviaqa-train |
What is the chemical symbol for Tungsten? | Tungsten
Tungsten, or wolfram, is a chemical element with the symbol W and atomic number 74. The name "tungsten" comes from the former Swedish name for the tungstate mineral "scheelite", "tung sten" or "heavy stone". Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively combined with other elements in ch... | - Perth Glory
- Runner-up
- W-League: 2014
Honours International.
- Canada
- Summer Olympic Games: Bronze Medal, 2016
- Canada U20
Runner-up
- CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2012
External links.
- Canada player profile
- Washington Spirit player profile | 31,431 | triviaqa-train |
Who had the nickname the Galloping Gourmet? | Graham Kerr
Graham Kerr (born 22 January 1934) is an Scottish cooking personality who is best known for his 1969–1971 television cooking show "The Galloping Gourmet".
Early life.
Kerr was born in London, and his Scottish parents were established hoteliers. As a result, much of his childhood was spent among European che... | the chance to be bandmates with artists such as Charles Mingus and Wes Montgomery, as well as with Ernest Harold "Benny" Bailey, who had recently vacated Gillespie's band and Albert Thornton "Al" Grey who would later go on to join Gillespie's band. Hampton obviously had an ear for talent and a love for bebop. Carter to... | 31,432 | triviaqa-train |
Name the film where a Scottish Village awakens only once every hundred years? | Brigadoon
Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. Songs from the musical, such as "Almost Like Being in Love", have become standards. The story involves two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day e... | is dead. Once again, the Lilac Fairy quells the hubbub and reminds the King and Queen that Aurora is merely asleep. The princess is carried off to bed, and the Lilac Fairy casts a spell of slumber over the entire kingdom, which will only be broken when Aurora awakens. A thick layer of thorny plants grows over the palac... | 31,433 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first British monarch to abdicate? | , abdication was a much more routine element of succession.
Historical examples The Roman Empire.
Among the most notable abdications of antiquity are those of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the Dictator, in 79 BC; Emperor Diocletian in AD 305; and Emperor Romulus Augustulus in AD 476.
Historical examples The British Empire an... | extraction rights to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, later called British Petroleum (BP). Though Iran was officially neutral at the start of World War II, its monarch was friendly towards the Axis. Following the 1941 Allied Invasion of Iran, Reza Shah was forced to abdicate in favour of his son Mohammad Reza Shah, who u... | 31,434 | triviaqa-train |
Which film did the Oscar winning song 'Secret Love' come from? | Secret Love (Doris Day song)
"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) for "Calamity Jane", a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role. Ranked as a number 1 hit for Day on both the "Billboard" and "Cash Box", the song also afforded Day a ... | Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", an Oscar-winning song from the 1946 Walt Disney film "Song of the South", which got into the Top 10 in 1963. The Blossoms landed a weekly part on "Shindig!", one of the top music shows of the era. They were part of the highly acclaimed "Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special", which aired on NBC.
"Chr... | 31,435 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist painted 'The Cardplayers'? | The Card Players
The Card Players is a series of oil paintings by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne. Painted during Cézanne's final period in the early 1890s, there are five paintings in the series. The versions vary in size, the number of players, and the setting in which the game takes place. Cézanne ... | David Ryckaert III. Rubens's "Garden of Love" ("c". 1634–5; Prado Museum) belongs to these traditions.
Genre painting Monumental genre scenes.
Whereas elegant company scenes and works by Brouwer and his followers were often small in scale, other artists looked to Caravaggio for inspiration and painted large-scale, thea... | 31,436 | triviaqa-train |
In the acronym OFSTED, what one word do the letters ST represent? | e.g. American Telephone and Telegraph Company → AT&T). Some well-known commercial examples dating from the 1890s through 1920s include "Nabisco" ("National Biscuit Company"), "Esso" (from "S.O.", from "Standard Oil"), and "Sunoco" ("Sun Oil Company").
Another driver for the adoption of acronyms was modern warfare, with... | were one single word, or to initialize each word to a common acronym such as DLG or DLC.
In cases where the acronym is employed, Facebook automatically changes to lower-case all letters except the first. (Use of periods, e.g. D.L.G., will result in a message telling users that "Profile names can't have too many periods... | 31,437 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible who as the 11th son of Jacob? | "Jesus of Nazareth" (e.g., Mark 10:47). Jesus' neighbors in Nazareth refer to him as "the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon" (Mark 6:3), "the carpenter's son" (Matthew 13:55), or "Joseph's son" (Luke 4:22). In John, the disciple Philip refers to him as "Jesus son of Joseph fr... | as wise as Solomon. Another person with the same Hebrew name (though spelled "Calcol" in the King James Version) is listed in 1 Chronicles as the son of Zerah, the son of Judah (son of Jacob).
C Chelal.
See Kelal.
C Chelluh.
Chelluh, Cheluhi, or Cheluhu is the name given in Ezra 10:35 for one of the men who married for... | 31,438 | triviaqa-train |
'Frailty thy name is woman' is a quotation from which of Shakespeare's plays? | Thy name is
"______, thy name is ______" is a snowclone used to indicate the completeness with which something or somebody (indicated by the second part) embodies a particular quality (indicated by the first part), usually a negative one.
History.
In most instances, the usage is an allusion to the Shakespearean play "H... | Kara talks to Barry Allen.
External links.
- "Frailty, thy name is woman", from "The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy" | 31,439 | triviaqa-train |
Established in 1386 which is the oldest university in Germany? | Frame Road ("Deutsche Fachwerkstraße") connects towns with examples of these structures.
Germany's most-visited landmarks include e.g. Neuschwanstein Castle, Cologne Cathedral, Berlin Bundestag, Hofbräuhaus Munich, Heidelberg Castle, Dresden Zwinger, Fernsehturm Berlin and Aachen Cathedral. The Europa-Park near Freibur... | the oldest university in Germany. In November 1386, Marsilius of Inghen was elected first rector of the university. As a motto for the seal, he chose "semper apertus"—i.e., "the book of learning is always open."
The university grew up quickly and in March 1390, 185 students were enrolled at the university
Early develop... | 31,440 | triviaqa-train |
Which part of the body is the hallux? | Toe
Toes are the digits (fingers) of the foot of a tetrapod. Animal species such as cats that walk on their toes are described as being "digitigrade". Humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are described as being "plantigrade"; "unguligrade" animals are those that walk on hooves at the tips of ... | Ciliary body
The ciliary body is a part of the eye that includes the ciliary muscle, which controls the shape of the lens, and the ciliary epithelium, which produces the aqueous humor. The vitreous humor is produced in the non-pigmented portion of the ciliary body. The ciliary body is part of the uvea, the layer of tis... | 31,441 | triviaqa-train |
Gangnam, made famous in the song 'Gangnam Style' by Psy, is a wealthy suburb of which city? | South Korea, Psy performed "Gangnam Style" during a free concert that he held outside the Seoul City Hall. More than 80,000 fans attended the event, leading to the closure of part of the city center and an increase in subway operations. While Psy was in the US, it was announced that he, as ambassador of the Formula One... | circuited the "traditional reluctance" of radio stations to play foreign-language songs. The song is also underlining a shift in how money is being made in the music business. Although Psy earned more than US$60,000 from music sales of "Gangnam Style" in South Korea alone, he and his music label YG Entertainment have r... | 31,442 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous race was first organised in 1903 to increase sales for the magazine L'Auto? | The Tour de France appealed from the start not just for the distance and its demands but because it played to a wish for national unity, a call to what Maurice Barrès called the France "of earth and deaths" or what Georges Vigarello called "the image of a France united by its earth."
The image had been started by the 1... | Utrecht, Netherlands
- 2017: Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2019: Brussels, Belgium
- 2021: Copenhagen, Denmark
Broadcasting.
The Tour was first followed only by journalists from "L'Auto", the organisers. The race was founded to increase sales of a floundering newspaper and its editor, Desgrange, saw no reason to allow rival pu... | 31,443 | triviaqa-train |
Which bottled sauce is made using malt vinegar, spirit vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, anchovies, tamarind extract, onions, garlic, spice, and flavouring? | Rites of Zhou" in the 3rd century BC.
Sauces need a liquid component. Sauces are an essential element in cuisines all over the world.
Sauces may be used for sweet or savory dishes. They may be prepared and served cold, like mayonnaise, prepared cold but served lukewarm like pesto, cooked and served warm like bechamel o... | In the UK, the bottle is well known to consumers for both its shape and the orange and black label.
The precise recipe has been a secret, but an original 19th-century list of ingredients was found in a skip at the factory in 2009 and includes vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, anchovies, tamarind extract, onions and garli... | 31,444 | triviaqa-train |
What is the 'collective name of the books included in the Roman Catholic Bible but not the Protestant Bible? | the first editions of the King James Bible without the Apocrypha were bound. Similarly, in 1782–83 when the first English Bible was printed in America, it did not contain the Apocrypha.
19th-century developments.
In 1826, the National Bible Society of Scotland petitioned the British and Foreign Bible Society not to pri... | Dating the Bible
The four tables give the most commonly accepted dates or ranges of dates for the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, the Deuterocanonical books (included in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bibles, but not in the Hebrew and Protestant bibles) and the New Testament, including, where possible, hypotheses abou... | 31,445 | triviaqa-train |
Juries in criminal cases in Scotland uniquely consist of how many members? | which was then subject to appeal. Sheriffs executed the decision of the court. These procedures enabled Henry II to delegate authority without endowing his subordinates with too much power. ("Henry II" 293)
In 1215 the Catholic Church removed its sanction from all forms of the ordeal—procedures by which suspects up to ... | jury has 16-23 members, and its proceedings are not open to the public. Unlike a petit jury, defendants and their attorneys do not have the right to appear before the grand jury.
Federal jury trial rights Criminal juries Petit jury.
A petit jury, also known as a trial jury, is the standard type of jury used in criminal... | 31,446 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of Scott's ship on his 1911 expedition to the South Pole? | 1911. Amundsen named his camp Polheim and the entire plateau surrounding the Pole "King Haakon VII Vidde" in honour of King Haakon VII of Norway. Robert Falcon Scott returned to Antarctica with his second expedition, the Terra Nova Expedition, initially unaware of Amundsen's secretive expedition. Scott and four other m... | The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Scientific Station is the southernmost habitation on Earth. It is continuously inhabited. Its name honors Roald Amundsen, whose Norwegian expedition reached the Geographic South Pole in December 1911, and Robert F. Scott, whose British expedition of five men reached the South Pole about on... | 31,447 | triviaqa-train |
Tom Hanks won the best actor Oscar in 1993 and 1994, who is the only other actor to win the award in successive years? | a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for "Forrest Gump" (1994). In 1995, Hanks became one of only two actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years, with Spencer Tracy being the other. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Fi... | films.
Demme won the Academy Award for "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)—one of only three films to win all the major categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress). Inspired by his friend Juan Suárez Botas's illness with AIDS and fueled by his own moral convictions, Demme then ... | 31,448 | triviaqa-train |
The name of which chemical element means 'acid-producing'? | -known elements (e.g., gold, mercury, iron) were kept in most countries. National differences emerged over the names of elements either for convenience, linguistic niceties, or nationalism. For a few illustrative examples: German speakers use "Wasserstoff" (water substance) for "hydrogen", "Sauerstoff" (acid substance)... | minerals. Being abundant in native form, sulfur was known in ancient times, being mentioned for its uses in ancient India, ancient Greece, China, and Egypt. In the Bible, sulfur is called brimstone, which means "burning stone". Today, almost all elemental sulfur is produced as a byproduct of removing sulfur-containing ... | 31,449 | triviaqa-train |
60% of which country's wine is produced in the Mendoza region? | Mendoza Province
The Province of Mendoza () is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is marked... | , the Luján de Cuyo region is known particular for its Malbec which seems to thrive in this region as a mean annual temperature of . Historically the San Rafael region to the south and San Martín region to the east of the city of Mendoza were important centers for wine production. San Rafael was also awarded DOC status... | 31,450 | triviaqa-train |
Which Russian city reverted to its former name, Nizhniy Novgorod, in 1990? | Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod (; ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is a city in Russia and the administrative center (capital) of Volga Federal District and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. From 1932 to 1990, it was known as Gorky (, ), after the writer Maxim Gorky, who was born there.
The city is an important economic, tr... | Kaliningrad" (Kalinin-city) of its largest city, renamed in 1946 to commemnorate Mikhail Kalinin
- Kazan (former Imperial Russian governorate): (compare the name of the city of Kazan)
- Khabarovsk Krai: the Khabarovsk region. The city of Khabarovsk took its name from the explorer Yerofey Khabarov
- Leningrad Oblast: fr... | 31,451 | triviaqa-train |
In the Tour de France, the leader of which classification wears the 'polka dot jersey'? | both time trials – and Bernhard Kohl – third on general classification and King of the Mountains – had tested positive.
After winning the 2010 Tour de France, it was announced that Alberto Contador had tested positive for low levels of clenbuterol on 21 July rest day. On 26 January 2011, the Spanish Cycling Federation ... | Development Fund, which believed such a race could promote the province to a world audience. The proposed race was sanctioned by UCI in late 2012 and given a 2.1 classification, making it one of the highest rated events on the UCI America Tour.
Classifications.
The race had six individual classifications, and the leade... | 31,452 | triviaqa-train |
'Let me have men about me who are fat' is a quotation from which of Shakespeare's plays? | prose comedy into the histories of the late 1590s, "Henry IV, parts 1" and "2", and "Henry V". His characters become more complex and tender as he switches deftly between comic and serious scenes, prose and poetry, and achieves the narrative variety of his mature work. This period begins and ends with two tragedies: "R... | - Smoky Burgess at SABR (Baseball BioProject)
- Smoky Burgess at The Deadball Era
- Smoky Burgess obituary at the New York Times
- "Catcher With A Belly", by Frank Yeutter, Baseball Digest, May 1953
- "let Me Have Men About Me That Are Fat...", by Walter Bingham, Sports Illustrated, June 22, 1959
- "Catcher With The Hi... | 31,453 | triviaqa-train |
With which pop group is Frank Zappa associated? | reissued by Verve in 1968. It is an "incredible ambitious musical project", a "monument to John Cage", which intertwines orchestral themes, spoken words and electronic noises through radical audio editing techniques.
Late 1960s: the Mothers of Invention New York period (1966–1968).
The Mothers of Invention played in Ne... | , he became a session musician in Los Angeles. From then until the early 1970s – and on a more occasional basis until the 1980s – he played on hundreds of recordings covering not only jazz but also rock, pop, folk, and gospel. He became one of the members of the Wrecking Crew, a group of session musicians often associa... | 31,454 | triviaqa-train |
Which car manufacturer currently produces models called Cruze and Trax? | Chevrolet Trax
The Chevrolet Trax is a subcompact crossover SUV manufactured by Chevrolet since 2013. The car is based on the GM Gamma II platform, which is shared with the Chevrolet Aveo/Sonic, as well as the Opel Mokka/Buick Encore.
History.
History 2012.
The concept was first unveiled at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, w... | Scale slot car system introduced in the late 1970s
- Toy State – More toy-like plastic cars and trucks, but many farm and other products are fairly realistic.
- Trax Models – Australian cars mainly in 1:43 scale – made in China. Owned by Top Gear.
- Traxxas – American manufacturer model nitro and electric car producer ... | 31,455 | triviaqa-train |
Roy Williamson wrote which folk song, sung as an anthem before Scotland's Rugby Union matches? | Flower of Scotland
"Flower of Scotland" (, ) is a Scottish song, frequently performed at special occasions and sporting events as the unofficial national anthem of Scotland.
The song was composed in the mid-1960s by Roy Williamson of the folk group the Corries. It was first heard publicly in a 1967 BBC television seri... | Calon Lân
Calon Lân is a Welsh song, the words of which were written in the 1890s by Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) and sung to a tune by John Hughes. The song was originally written as a hymn, but has become firmly established as a rugby anthem, associated with the Welsh rugby union, being sung before almost every Test matc... | 31,456 | triviaqa-train |
What is the_ minimum number of darts needed to-complete a game of 501 (finishing but not starting with a double)? | Scandinavian countries, the United States, Australia and elsewhere.
History.
History Dartboard.
The dartboard may have its origins in the cross-section of a tree. An old name for a dartboard is "butt"; the word comes from the French word "but", meaning "target".
It is generally said that the standard numbering plan wit... | 180 (video game)
180 is a darts video game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit family and MSX.
Gameplay.
The player competes in 501 darts against other darts players waiting in a championship tournament with normal darts rules applying, subtracting your score from 501 to zero whilst fin... | 31,457 | triviaqa-train |
McCloud was loosely based on which Clint Eastwood film? | city" was adapted from the 1968 Don Siegel film, "Coogan's Bluff", starring Clint Eastwood. Herman Miller, who was responsible for the story of "Coogan's Bluff" and co-wrote the screenplay with Dean Riesner and Howard A. Rodman, is credited as the creator of "McCloud". "Coogan's Bluff" reflects Richard Thorpe's 1942 fi... | Honkytonk Man
Honkytonk Man is a 1982 American musical drama film set in the Great Depression. Clint Eastwood, who produced and directed, stars with his son, Kyle Eastwood. Clancy Carlile's screenplay is based on his novel of the same name. This was Marty Robbins' last appearance before he died. The story of Eastwood's... | 31,458 | triviaqa-train |
The Wachau (say Vak-ow) is a principal wine growing area of which country? | Wachau
The Wachau () is an Austrian valley with a picturesque landscape formed by the Danube river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of Lower Austria, located midway between the towns of Melk and Krems that also attracts "connoisseurs and epicureans" for its high-quality wines. It is in length and w... | dark age from which it did not emerge until the time of Charlemagne in the late 8th and early 9th century. Under the rule of the Holy Roman Empire, the monastic influences of the Christian church continued to promote and sustain viticulture in the area. Much as the monasteries mapped out and planted plots along choice ... | 31,459 | triviaqa-train |
What is the middle name of US President Barack Obama? | Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to be elected to the presidency. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Il... | Barack Obama Academy
Barack Obama Academy is a small alternative middle school in Oakland, California. It is part of the Oakland Unified School District. It became notable as the first middle school in the United States to be officially named or renamed after US President Barack Obama in March 2009. The middle school, ... | 31,460 | triviaqa-train |
Which part of the body is the axilla? | Axilla
The axilla (also, armpit, underarm or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the joint where the arm connects to the shoulder. It also provides the under-arm sweat gland.
In humans, the formation of body odor happens mostly in the axillary region. These odorant substances serve as pheromones which ... | Ciliary body
The ciliary body is a part of the eye that includes the ciliary muscle, which controls the shape of the lens, and the ciliary epithelium, which produces the aqueous humor. The vitreous humor is produced in the non-pigmented portion of the ciliary body. The ciliary body is part of the uvea, the layer of tis... | 31,461 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did the First Battle of St Albans, the first battle of the Wars of the Roses, take place? | First Battle of St Albans
The First Battle of St Albans, fought on 22 May 1455 at St Albans, 22 miles (35 km) north of London, traditionally marks the beginning of the Wars of the Roses in England. Richard, Duke of York, and his allies, the Neville earls of Salisbury and Warwick, defeated a royal army commanded by Edmu... | Second Battle of St Albans
The Second Battle of St Albans was a battle of the English Wars of the Roses, fought on 17 February 1461, at St Albans in Hertfordshire. The army of the Yorkist faction under the Earl of Warwick attempted to bar the road to London north of the town. The rival Lancastrian army used a wide outf... | 31,462 | triviaqa-train |
In which Puccini opera does Lieutenant Pinkerton appear? | Verdi, onward, exercising tremendous influence on his successors Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, and Benjamin Britten.
After Verdi, the sentimental "realistic" melodrama of verismo appeared in Italy. This was a style introduced by Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" that cam... | Opera Company (so named because it performed in English-language translations).
In 1906, Puccini wrote a third version, which was performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In 1907, Puccini made several changes in the orchestral and vocal scores, and this became the fourth version, which was performed in Paris.
I... | 31,463 | triviaqa-train |
Which tree belongs to the genus Betula? | fraxinus" ‘ash (tree)’. This root is presumably derived from *"bʰreh₁ǵ-" ‘to shine’, in reference to the birch's white bark. The Proto-Germanic rune "berkanan" is named after the birch.
The generic name "betula" is from Latin, which is a diminutive borrowed from Gaulish "betua" (cf. Old Irish "bethe", Welsh "bedw").
Ec... | bunyi" or "bunya-bunya" in various Australian Aboriginal languages was colloquially named the Bunya Pine by Europeans. However, "Araucaria bidwillii" is not a pine tree (of the genus "Pinus"). It belongs to the same genus as the monkey puzzle tree ("Araucaria araucana") and is commonly referred to as the "false monkey ... | 31,464 | triviaqa-train |
Which car manufacturer currently produces models called Colt and Outlander? | Mitsubishi Outlander
The Mitsubishi Outlander is a mid-size crossover SUV manufactured by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. It was originally known as the Mitsubishi Airtrek when it was introduced in Japan in 2001, and was based on the Mitsubishi ASX concept vehicle exhibited at the 2001 North American Internationa... | but was called back from its restoration base at Masterton by Toll Rail in 2007. Stored at Hutt Workshops, the locomotive deteriorated until purchased by Steam Inc. for preservation in 2012. It is currently under restoration.
Only two of the locomotives, Ds 1429 and 1431 are currently mainline certified although there ... | 31,465 | triviaqa-train |
Which book of the New Testament follows the four Gospels? | historical Jesus.
Books Acts of the Apostles.
The Acts of the Apostles is a narrative of the apostles' ministry and activity after Christ's death and resurrection, from which point it resumes and functions as a sequel to the Gospel of Luke. Examining style, phraseology, and other evidence, modern scholarship generally ... | Gospel Book
The Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels (Greek: , "Evangélion") is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament – normally all four – centering on the life of Jesus of Nazareth and the roots of the Christian faith. The term is also used of the... | 31,466 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given in darts when a player hits a single, double and treble of the same number in his turn? | Round the Clock (also called Around the World, 20 to 1, and Jumpers) is a game involving any number of players where the objective is to hit each section sequentially from 1 to 20 starting after a starting double.
Games Other games and variants Shanghai.
Shanghai is played with at least two players. The standard versio... | If they succeed that number of points will be added to their score. If they fail, their score will be halved. If the selected score is 51 for example, a player can elect to hit the 17 three times. If however he misses with his second dart and hits the 2 instead, he must then hit double 16 with his last dart to avoid pe... | 31,467 | triviaqa-train |
Which tree belongs to the genus Fraxinus? | produces one of the smallest tree seeds. The great diversity in tree fruits and seeds reflects the many different ways that tree species have evolved to disperse their offspring.
For a tree seedling to grow into an adult tree it needs light. If seeds only fell straight to the ground, competition among the concentrated ... | as shown in image below.
Nomenclature and etymology.
The genus name "Melia" is derived from (), the Greek word used by Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC) for "Fraxinus ornus", which has similar leaves. The species "azedarach" is from the French 'azédarac' which in turn is from the Persian 'āzād dirakht' (ازادرخت ) meani... | 31,468 | triviaqa-train |
Give either of the middle names of Prime Minister David Cameron? | David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He identifies as a one-nation conservat... | Horsegate
Horsegate can either mean:
- The News International phone hacking scandal based on the revelation that British Prime Minister David Cameron had ridden a horse loaned to former "News of the World" editor, Rebekah Brooks by the Metropolitan Police.
or
- The 2013 horse meat contamination scandal – Horsegate was ... | 31,469 | triviaqa-train |
Off which island is there a group of rocks with a lighthouse called the Casquets? | Les Casquets
Les Casquets or (The) Casquets ( ); is a group of rocks 13 km northwest of Alderney and are part of an underwater sandstone ridge. Other parts which emerge above the water are the islets of Burhou and Ortac. Little vegetation grows on them.
Origin of name.
Theories as to the origin of the name include:
- ... | Little Ross
Little Ross is a 29-acre island with a lighthouse on the Solway Coast south of the town of Kirkcudbright in Galloway, Scotland. It is next to Meikle Ross on the mainland, which is a headland, and there are two small rocks off it, Sugarloaf and Fox Craig. The island can only be accessed by private boat or he... | 31,470 | triviaqa-train |
Which American folk singer wrote 'This Land is Your Land'? | This Land Is Your Land
"This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940, based on an existing melody, a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire", in critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." Wh... | The Travellers (band)
"For other meanings of the term see The Travellers (disambiguation)"
"For the American folk trio see Travelers 3"
The Travellers were a Canadian folk singing group which formed in the summer of 1953. They are best known for their rendition of a Canadian version of "This Land Is Your Land" with lyr... | 31,471 | triviaqa-train |
"Which novel begins with the line ""The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there""?" | L. P. Hartley
Leslie Poles Hartley (30 December 1895 – 13 December 1972) was a British novelist and short story writer. Although his first fiction was published in 1924, his career was slow to take off. His best-known novels are the "Eustace and Hilda" trilogy (1944–47) and "The Go-Between" (1953). The latter was made ... | adding that, "It took us nine years to correct the mistakes of the past and to do what everyone would have expected of us; treat the family with the respect and empathy they deserve. We had to learn from this tragedy and do things differently, and this remains our commitment".
Analysing King's report, the BBC's busines... | 31,472 | triviaqa-train |
The garden centre group Dobbies is owned by which retail company? | 1984 Dobbies continued to operate principally as a seed merchant. It was then bought out by David Barnes, managing director of Waterers. Between 1984 and 1989 Dobbies opened five new garden centres in Scotland.
The company was floated on the Stock Exchange in 1997 and this led to Dobbies expanding their garden centre o... | Homebase
Homebase is a British home improvement retailer and garden centre with stores across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Founded by Sainsbury's and GB-Inno-BM in 1979, the company was owned by Home Retail Group from October 2006, until it was sold to the Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers in February 2... | 31,473 | triviaqa-train |
Which duo's films included 'Towed in the Hole', 'Pardon Us' and 'Blockheads'? | . He converted his silent movie studio to sound in late 1928 and began releasing talking shorts in early 1929. In the days before dubbing, foreign language versions of the Roach comedies were created by reshooting each film in the Spanish, French, and sometimes Italian and German languages. Laurel & Hardy, Charley Chas... | and an album "Handsome" which included two compositions by Rod in collaboration with Dury. After the band's demise, Ian and Rod continued writing and this work produced "England's Glory" recorded by Max Wall and "What a Waste", later recorded by Ian and The Blockheads which became Ian's first Top Ten hit.
As well as pl... | 31,474 | triviaqa-train |
Shrub Hill is a railway station in which cathedral city? | cities that wish to gain the distinction of a lord mayor. The 2002 competition was entered by Bath, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chichester, Derby, Exeter, Gloucester, Lancaster, Lincoln, St Albans, St David's, Salford, Southampton, Sunderland, Truro, Wolverhampton and Worcester; the successful candidate was Exeter. In 2012 a ... | extirpated the attraction. Magnetic Hill, on the city's northwest outskirts, is the city's most famous attraction. The Magnetic Hill area includes (in addition to the phenomenon itself), a golf course, major water park, zoo, and an outdoor concert facility. A $90 million casino/hotel/entertainment complex opened at Mag... | 31,475 | triviaqa-train |
The main show court at the Australian Open Tennis Championships held in at Melboume Park is named after which male player? | He was capable of making more shots than anybody. His two volleys were great. His overhead was enormous. He had the most natural tennis mind with the most natural tennis physique."
Before and during the open era, Rod Laver remains the only male player in history to have won the calendar year Grand Slam twice in 1962 an... | Margaret Court Arena
Margaret Court Arena is an Australian tennis and multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue located in Melbourne, Victoria. The arena, which was built in 1987, has a capacity of 7,500. The venue is part of the National Tennis Centre at Melbourne Park, which is part of the Melbourne Sports and Ent... | 31,476 | triviaqa-train |
The Earl of Warwick, known as the 'kingmaker' was killed at which battle in 1471? | Edward's brother, George, Duke of Clarence, Warwick instead restored Henry VI to the throne. The triumph was short-lived, however: on 14 April 1471, Warwick was defeated by Edward at the Battle of Barnet, and killed.
Warwick's historical legacy has been a matter of much dispute. Historical opinion has alternated betwee... | maternal uncle Richard Neville (below named).
3. Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), known as the 'Kingmaker', married Lady Anne Beauchamp and had issue.
4. Sir Thomas Neville (c. 1429–1460), who was knighted in 1449 and died at the Battle of Wakefield. He was the second husband of Maud Stanhope (30 Augu... | 31,477 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the monster killed by Beowolf in the Anglo Saxon poem? | the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland (Götaland in modern Sweden) and later becomes king of the Geats. Afte... | No Such Thing (film)
No Such Thing (previously titled Monster, ) is a 2001 United States-Icelandic film directed by Hal Hartley. It tells the story of Beatrice (Sarah Polley), a journalist whose fiancé is killed by a monster in Iceland. The story is based very loosely on the Anglo-Saxon epic "Beowulf". It was screened ... | 31,478 | triviaqa-train |
Which 19th century French painter's works include The Gleaners and The Angelus , both of which were extensively reproduced at the time? | Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet (; October 4, 1814 – January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement.
Life and work.
Life and work Youth.
Millet w... | not being removed by his culture.
- "Carrie": Cordelia asks whether the attractive "hottie" demon "Carries" Angel when they first meet. Carrie's main power is telekenesis, which Jheira also exhibits when threatened.
- Édouard Manet: Going under cover as a museum guide, Angel gives a professional exegesis on one of this... | 31,479 | triviaqa-train |
Which film actor is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola? | he did not have enough time to prepare for the role and director Darren Aronofsky preferred Mickey Rourke for the lead part. Rourke would go on to receive an Academy Award nomination for his performance.
In an interview with slashfilm.com, Aronofsky said of Cage's decision to leave the film that "Nic was a complete gen... | were composer Carmine Coppola and actress Italia Pennino, and his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata. Through his father, he is a nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and of actress Talia Shire, and the cousin of directors Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, film producer Gian-Carlo C... | 31,480 | triviaqa-train |
Free Jazz and The Shape of Jazz to Come are landmark albums by which innovative jazz saxophonist? | Paul Gonsalves. Serge Chaloff, Gerry Mulligan, Pepper Adams and Leo Parker brought the baritone saxophone to prominence as a solo instrument. Steve Lacy renewed attention to the soprano saxophone in the context of modern jazz and John Coltrane boosted the instrument's popularity during the 1960s. Smooth jazz musician K... | Cry of Jazz" is racist and no different that the White Citizens Council, which Bland again dismisses.
Jazz in 1959.
In contrast to the claim made in "The Cry of Jazz" that "jazz is dead", 1959 is widely considered a landmark year of innovation in jazz due to the release of four groundbreaking albums: "Kind of Blue" by ... | 31,481 | triviaqa-train |
Who captained 'The Beagle' on which Charles Darwin sailed to the Galapagos Islands? | with captain Robert FitzRoy, emphasising that this was a position for a gentleman rather than "a mere collector". The ship was to leave in four weeks on an expedition to chart the coastline of South America. Robert Darwin objected to his son's planned two-year voyage, regarding it as a waste of time, but was persuaded ... | which included the complete first chapter of James A. Maitland's novel "The Lawyer's Story", in which a lawyer's increased business makes him hire an extra copying clerk.
The ten sketches of "The Encantadas" go back to Melville's whaling years, during which he visited the Galapagos Islands, supplemented with material f... | 31,482 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only US President never to have married? | President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
In contemporary times, the presiden... | is a former Vice President of the United States and Mitchell is the only person to have been Deputy President pro tempore who has never held one or both of the two highest offices of the US government.
In 1988 Mitchell was reelected with 81% of the vote, the largest margin of victory in a Senate election that year and ... | 31,483 | triviaqa-train |
Whose first solo hit was Suedehead which reached No.5 in 1988? | Suedehead
"Suedehead" is the debut solo single by English singer Morrissey, released in February 1988.
The single charted higher than any of the singles released by his former band the Smiths, entering the UK Singles Chart at No. 6 and then peaking at No. 5 the week after. "Suedehead" peaked at No. 2 in Ireland, No. 8 ... | 1972 he had joined up with the Ball brothers and singer Frank Aiello to form Bedlam, whose eponymous album was recorded for Chrysalis and released in August 1973.
With Powell's session work at RAK and subsequent solo success (including "Dance with the Devil", which reached No. 3 in the UK singles chart during January ... | 31,484 | triviaqa-train |
In which island group is Scapa Flow to be found? | Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow (; ) is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. Its sheltered waters have played an important role in travel, trade and conflict throughout the centuries. Vikings anchored their longships in Scapa Flow more t... | port. Her place in the group was taken by the battleship , which steamed from Scapa Flow to reinforce the task force.
The escorts made an asdic contact on 2 May, which the destroyer and minesweeper attacked. The submarine was damaged and forced to the surface; it was found to be the Polish "Jastrzab", which was assigne... | 31,485 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the second athlete to run a mile in under 4 minutes? | Two months later, during the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games hosted in Vancouver, B.C., two competing runners, Australia's John Landy and Bannister, ran the distance of one mile in under four minutes. The race's end is memorialised in a photo, and later a statue, of the two, with Landy looking over his left ... | Roger Bannister
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (23 March 1929 – 3 March 2018) was a British middle-distance athlete and neurologist who ran the first sub-4-minute mile.
At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place. This achievement strengthened his resolv... | 31,486 | triviaqa-train |
David Niven won his only Oscar for which film? | David Niven
James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, memoirist and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in "A Matter of Life and Death", Phileas Fogg in "Around the World in 80 Days", and Sir Charles Lytton ("the Phantom") in "The Pink Panther." He won the ... | Aileen Quinn in her film debut.
Films with Neil Simon.
Over an 18-year period Stark produced eleven scripts by acclaimed playwright Neil Simon, including "The Sunshine Boys" (1975), for which George Burns won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; "Murder by Death" (1976), featuring an eclectic cast of Eileen Brennan, Tr... | 31,487 | triviaqa-train |
"'Descartes said ""Cogito ergo sum"". What does this Latin phrase mean?" | sum" the ""ego sum cogitans"" (I am a thinking being) as the thinking substance with his ontological interpretation. It can also be considered that "Cogito ergo sum" is needed before any living being can go further in life".
Predecessors.
Although the idea expressed in "cogito, ergo sum" is widely attributed to Descart... | him off to do chores. On a couple of occasions, Barry even confesses to having listened to the conversations (asking what does a certain phrase mean, or even offering to repeat what Curtis said). This prompts questions from some over whether Diane properly punishes him for lying and eavesdropping.
- Greg Wilkins is a h... | 31,488 | triviaqa-train |
Ashgabat is the capital of which country, a former Soviet republic in Asia? | Ashgabat
Ashgabat (, ) — formerly named Poltoratsk () between 1919 and 1927, is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan in Central Asia, situated between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range.
The city was founded in 1881, and made the city of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924. Much o... | Rolan Gusev
Rolan Aleksandrovich Gusev (; born 17 September 1977 in Ashgabat) is a former Russian football midfielder.
Biography.
Gusev was born on 17 September 1977 in Ashgabat, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union but moved to Moscow at the age of 9. He attended the Dynamo Moscow football school.
Career.
C... | 31,489 | triviaqa-train |
Which US President served the shortest term? | meeting, and Harrison asked him to read aloud a handwritten note which said simply "William Henry Harrison, President of the United States". He then announced: "William Henry Harrison, President of the United States, tells you, gentlemen, that, by God, John Chambers shall be governor of Iowa!"
Harrison's only official ... | Muslim League, a successful vote of no-confidence movement in the National Assembly by Republicans and Awami Party effectively ended Chundrigar's term when he was forced to resign from his office on 11 December 1957.
Chundrigar served the shortest term of any Prime Ministers' tenure served in Pakistan: 17 October 1957 ... | 31,490 | triviaqa-train |
Snow Hill is a railway station in which British city? | Birmingham Snow Hill railway station
Birmingham Snow Hill is a railway station in Birmingham City Centre, England. It is one of the three main city-centre stations in Birmingham along with and .
Snow Hill was once the main station of the Great Western Railway in Birmingham, and at its height it rivalled New Street stat... | Snow Hill, London
Snow Hill is a location in the City of London. Historically it was the site of one of the City of London water conduits, which on days of great celebration was made to run with red and white wine, the last occasion being the anniversary of the coronation of George I in 1727.
Holborn Viaduct railway st... | 31,491 | triviaqa-train |
The Kingdom of Dahomey became which modem African republic? | Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey () was an African kingdom (located within the area of the present-day country of Benin) that existed from about 1600 until 1894, when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by the French, and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau a... | Tegbesu, was favored by Agaja. Agaja reportedly told Tegbesu that he was the future king, but his brother Zinga was still the official heir.
History End of the kingdom.
The kingdom fought the First Franco-Dahomean War and Second Franco-Dahomean War with France. The kingdom was reduced and made a French protectorate in ... | 31,492 | triviaqa-train |
The main show court at the French Open Tennis Championships held at Roland Garros in Paris is named after which female player? | of the ITF.
In 1926, promoter C. C. Pyle established the first professional tennis tour with a group of American and French tennis players playing exhibition matches to paying audiences. The most notable of these early professionals were the American Vinnie Richards and the Frenchwoman Suzanne Lenglen. Once a player "t... | French Open
The French Open (), officially Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May. The venue is named after the French aviator Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second ... | 31,493 | triviaqa-train |
What is the chemical symbol for cobalt? | Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element with the symbol Co and atomic number 27. Like nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
Cob... | it, but before long the Mask flew into the sea. Axonn opened a secret tunnel so the Toa Inika could go down into the Pit and find the mask, while on the surface, the Toa Nuva were rescued by the Voya Nui resistance team.
Upon emerging out into the dark water of Pit, a blast of energy from the Mask of Life transformed t... | 31,494 | triviaqa-train |
At which battle of 1346 did Edward III's son win his spurs? | up with English forces in Flanders. It was not Edward's initial intention to engage the French army, but at Crécy, just north of the Somme, he found favourable terrain and decided to fight a pursuing army led by Philip VI. On 26 August, the English army defeated a far larger French army in the Battle of Crécy. Shortly ... | Suffolk did not receive major grants from Edward IV either, although de la Pole continued to support him in arms when necessary, and when Edward lost his throne in 1470, Suffolk was not trusted by the new Lancastrian regime. Suffolk fought for Edward at the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury but did not join Edward's inn... | 31,495 | triviaqa-train |
Which French neo-impressionist painted Sunday Afternoon at the Island of La Grande Jatte? | A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte () painted in 1884, is Georges Seurat's most famous work. It is a leading example of pointillist technique, executed on a large canvas. Seurat's composition includes a number of Parisians at a park on the banks of th... | combined with further research into natural aging of paints to digitally rejuvenate the painting.
Acquisition by the Art Institute of Chicago.
In 1923, Frederic Bartlett was appointed trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago. He and his second wife, Helen Birch Bartlett, loaned their collection of French Post-Impression... | 31,496 | triviaqa-train |
Julius Caesar's warning about the 'Ides' of March refers to which day of the month? | Greek astronomers. Plutarch's account claims he ended the former chaos of the calendar by employing 12 months totaling 354 days—the length of the lunar and Greek years—and biennial intercalary months of 22 days.
According to Livy's Periochae, the beginning of the consular year changed from March to January 1 in 154 BC ... | presence in Rome most likely had an effect on the events at the Lupercalia festival a month before Caesar's assassination. Mark Antony attempted to place a royal diadem on Caesar's head, which he refused. This was most likely a staged performance, perhaps to gauge the Roman public's mood about accepting Hellenistic-sty... | 31,497 | triviaqa-train |
Which Colorado mountain is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains? | rocky mass". The first mention of their present name by a European was in the journal of Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre in 1752, where they were called "'".
Geography.
The Rocky Mountains are often defined as stretching from the Liard River in British Columbia south to the Rio Grande in New Mexico. The Rockies vary ... | Greenhorn Mountain
Greenhorn Mountain is the highest summit of the Wet Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent peak is located in the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, southwest by west (bearing 238°) of the Town of Rye, Colorado, United States, on the boundary ... | 31,498 | triviaqa-train |
The Birth of Venus by Botticelli hangs in an art gallery in which city? | Sandro Botticelli
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli (, ), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, a movement that Giorgio Vasari would characterize less than a hundred years later... | ' names. Farmer "put in a lot of references to literature and fictional authors... Most of the alien names in Venus were formed by transposing the letters of English or non-English words."
The title and paperback cover art are a reference to an Italian Renaissance tempera painting by Sandro Botticelli, "The Birth of Ve... | 31,499 | triviaqa-train |
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