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Which breed of sheep did Beatrix Potter breed at Hilltop Farm and help to save from extinction? | . With the proceeds from the books and a legacy from an aunt, in 1905 Potter bought Hill Top Farm in Near Sawrey, a village in the Lake District which at that time was in Lancashire. Over the following decades, she purchased additional farms to preserve the unique hill country landscape. In 1913, at the age of 47, she ... | Nilgiri sheep
Nilgiri sheep is a breed of sheep found only in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu State in India. It is bred in the hilly parts of Nilgiri and known for its fine wool. A national plan has been implemented to save the Nilgiri sheep from certain extinction is on way by National Bureau of Animal Genetic Conser... | 31,900 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the horror stories ""The Fog"", ""The Dark"" and ""The Rats""?" | a human being. Rumbo, one of the characters from "Fluke" also turns up in "The Magic Cottage". "Once..." includes another reference to the character of Rumbo (along with an in-joke of elven folk having names of reversed titles of Herbert's previous novels; 'Hanoj', 'Niamod', 'Noom' etc.).
"Nobody True" continues the th... | whose spirit inhabits the darkness.
Herbert's seventh book, "The Dark" is one which explores religious and supernatural themes, part of a trend that began with the author's third novel, "The Survivor". His first two books, "The Rats" and "The Fog", fit more into the science fiction horror genre. One thing which connect... | 31,901 | triviaqa-train |
Founded in 1932 by J.R.D. Tata as Tata Airlines what is it now called? | Air India
Air India is the flag carrier airline of India, headquartered at New Delhi. It is owned by Air India Limited, a government-owned enterprise, and operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving 94 domestic and international destinations. The airline has its hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Ne... | 4.3% of global volumes, and is expected to record annual passenger traffic of 520 million by 2037. IATA estimated that aviation contributed $30 billion to India's GDP in 2017, and supported 7.5 million jobs - 390,000 directly, 570,000 in the value chain, and 6.2 million through tourism.
Civil aviation in India traces i... | 31,902 | triviaqa-train |
"What is added to gin to make a ""Gimlet"" cocktail?" | 1930), which specifies one half Plymouth Gin and one half Rose's Lime Juice Cordial. However, modern tastes are less sweet, and generally provide for at least two parts gin to one part of the lime and other non-alcoholic elements (see recipes below).
The derivation of the name of the cocktail is contested. It may be na... | Long vodka
A long vodka is a vodka-based cocktail, popular throughout Scotland and known to be served in some parts of England.
Origins.
The long vodka is claimed to have been invented in Lancashire, England in 1978 by Jacky Bevan. Bevan was a barmaid who, instead of making a gin gimlet as requested, accidentally made ... | 31,903 | triviaqa-train |
What is the SI unit of conductance? | Siemens (unit)
The siemens (symbol: S) is the derived unit of electric conductance, electric susceptance, and electric admittance in the International System of Units (SI). Conductance, susceptance, and admittance are the reciprocals of resistance, reactance, and impedance respectively; hence one siemens is redundantly... | approved by SI and its use is discouraged. The term is formed by writing "farad" backwards, in much the same way as the unit "mho" (unit of conductance, also not approved by SI) is formed by writing "ohm" backwards.
The term "daraf" was coined by Arthur E. Kennelly. He used it from at least 1920.
History.
The terms "el... | 31,904 | triviaqa-train |
Jamaican born nurse Mary Seacole was a heroine of what war? | . In her autobiography she explains how she heard of soldiers that she had cared for in the 97th and 48th regiments were being shipped back to England in preparation for the fighting on the Crimean Peninsula.
Crimean War, 1853–56.
The Crimean War lasted from October 1853 until 1 April 1856 and was fought between the Ru... | as his "seriously subversive" attitude towards the mainstream British history education model meant that the show inevitably incorporated sociopolitical comment. Perhaps most explicitly, Scots-Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole was deliberately championed in both a sketch and later song as a forgotten heroine in the shadow of... | 31,905 | triviaqa-train |
"Who painted ""The Light of the World"" and ""The Lady of Shallot""?" | lady's eyes is symbolic of the distance he feels from society. The fact that she sees them only reflected through a mirror signifies the way in which Shalott and Tennyson see the world—in a filtered sense. This distance is therefore linked to the artistic licence Tennyson often wrote about.
Cultural influence.
Cultural... | stories.
- "Iliad" by King Wraith is a dialog between Achilles and Hector, characters from Homer's The Iliad.
- "I Have Seen The Future" by The Bravery is a song inspired by Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".
- "I Robot" by the UK Subs is based on "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov.
- "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry based o... | 31,906 | triviaqa-train |
What was the Bronze Age civilisation based on Crete? | Minoan civilization
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, flourishing from c. 2700 to c. 1450 BC until a late period of decline, finally ending around 1100 BC. It represents the first advanced civilization in Europe, leaving behind massive building... | did not lead to the development of permanent habitation or manufacturing on the island. Instead, those in search of obsidian arrived by boat, beaching it in a suitable cove and cutting pieces of the volcanic glass from the quarries.
The position of Milos, between mainland Greece and Crete, and its possession of obsidia... | 31,907 | triviaqa-train |
"A ""Tom Collins"" cocktail consists of gin, soda water, sugar and what other ingredient?" | Tom Collins essentially formed a "Gin and Sparkling Lemonade" when sweetened with the gum syrup. The type of gin used by Thomas was not specified in his 1876 book, but was most likely Old Tom if that was responsible for the change in the drink's name. If, alternatively, the change in name was caused by the popularity o... | Limeade cocktail
A limeade cocktail is a cocktail that has limeade as an ingredient.
Examples.
Examples Trios.
- Cherry amaretto limeade (amaretto, cherry juice, limeade)
- Watermelon Jolly Rancher frozen margarita (Jolly Rancher Infused Tequila, lime juice, simple syrup)
Examples Others.
- Beer limeade (light-colored ... | 31,908 | triviaqa-train |
The serial killer Albert de Salvo was given what nickname? | Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler is the name given to the murderer or murderers of 13 women in the Boston, Massachusetts, area during the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed to Albert DeSalvo based on his confession, details revealed in court during a separate case, and DNA evidence linking him to the last vic... | Robert Nixon (serial killer)
Robert Nixon (ca. 1919-June 16, 1939) was an American serial killer, born in the small town of Tallulah, Louisiana around 1919, who confessed to five murders and multiple assaults, including the Los Angeles "brick bat murders" of 1937. Depicted with racist imagery in the mainstream press af... | 31,909 | triviaqa-train |
"Who played Sheriff Sam McCloud in the 1970s TV series ""McCloud""?" | McCloud (TV series)
McCloud is an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1977. The series starred Dennis Weaver, and for six of its seven years on the air it aired as part of the "NBC Mystery Movie" rotating wheel series that was produced for the network by Universal Television. The show was ce... | of "Brewster McCloud", a 1970 film by Robert Altman
- Sam McCloud, main character of McCloud (TV series), an American television police drama that aired from 1970 to 1977
- Louise "Lou" McCloud, from the television series "The Young Riders"
- Ace McCloud, one of the main character from the television series "The Centur... | 31,910 | triviaqa-train |
Where, in 1977, did a KLM 747 collide with a Pan Am 747 resulting in nearly six hundred fatalities? | Boeing 747 to carry fare-paying passengers in 1970 (N736PA), was involved in the Tenerife disaster on March 27, 1977, the deadliest aviation accident in history. On that day, "Clipper Victor" operated a charter flight, PA 1736, from Los Angeles to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Spain, via New York. The aircraft, alo... | began preparations for departure. By this time the airport had become surrounded in fog. "Clipper Victor" was instructed to taxi along the active runway after KLM Flight 4805 (a Boeing 747-200). The pilot of the KLM aircraft commenced takeoff without clearance and collided with Pan Am 1736 while it was still taxiing on... | 31,911 | triviaqa-train |
Sacha is a diminutive form of what name? | Sasha (name)
Sasha is a unisex name which originated in Eastern and Southern European countries as the shortened version of Alexander and Alexandra or their regional alternatives. It is also used as a surname, although very rarely. Alternative spellings include: ' ( – Russian, Serbo-Croatian), ' ( – Bulgarian), ' ( – M... | to "Marivanna", a stereotypical female teacher's name). "Vovochka" is a diminutive form of "Vova", which in turn is a shortened version of "Vladimir", creating the "little boy" effect. His fellow students bear similarly diminutive names. This "little boy" name is used in contrast with Vovochka's wisecracking, adult, of... | 31,912 | triviaqa-train |
The serial killer David Berkowitz was given what nickname? | young women with long dark hair. NYPD sergeant Richard Conlon stated that police were "leaning towards a connection in all these cases". Composite sketches were released of the black-haired Lauria–Valenti shooter and the blond Lomino–DeMasi shooter, and Conlon noted that police were looking for multiple "suspects", not... | Robert Nixon (serial killer)
Robert Nixon (ca. 1919-June 16, 1939) was an American serial killer, born in the small town of Tallulah, Louisiana around 1919, who confessed to five murders and multiple assaults, including the Los Angeles "brick bat murders" of 1937. Depicted with racist imagery in the mainstream press af... | 31,913 | triviaqa-train |
On the death of Christian Dior in 1957, who succeeded him as head of the House of Dior? | of Dior in chaos, and general manager Jacques Rouët considered shutting down operation worldwide. This possibility was not received graciously by Dior licensees and the French fashion industry; the Maison Dior was too important to the financial stability of the industry to allow such an action. To bring the label back ... | .
Christian Dior appeared on the cover of "TIME" dated 4 March 1957. The designer soon afterwards died from a third heart attack on 24 October 1957. The captivating impact of Dior's creative fashion genius earned him recognition as one of history's greatest fashion figures. Kevin Almond for "Contemporary Fashion" wrote... | 31,914 | triviaqa-train |
Sharing its name with a European capital, with which ship did the Italian liner Andrea Doria collide in 1956 with the loss of forty six lives? | . The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. This accident remains the worst maritime disaster to occur in United States waters since the sinking of the in 1915.
The incident and its aftermath were heavily covered by the news media. While the rescue efforts were both successful and commendable,... | of Chrysler's auto show exhibit for 1957 and was shipped from Turin by Ghia to New York City in July 1956. The car was shipped on the ocean liner SS "Andrea Doria", which was involved in a collision off the coast of Massachusetts and sank, with the loss of fifty-one lives and all cargo.
A "fascinating casualty" of the ... | 31,915 | triviaqa-train |
Which Football League team plays its home games at Huish Park? | Huish Park
Huish Park is a football stadium located in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The stadium has been home to Yeovil Town F.C. since its completion in 1990, following their relocation from Huish. Huish Park has a capacity of 9,565 (of which two stands are all-seated, totalling 5,212 seats) with terraces behind each of... | more than 81,000 against Manchester United at Maine Road. They play their home games at Huish Park. The Somerset FA is the governing body of football in the county of Somerset. The association was formed in 1885. There are several minor football leagues in the county, including the Weston super Mare and District League... | 31,916 | triviaqa-train |
Which retailer produces and markets the Kindle eBook? | longer battery life. In July 2010, online bookseller Amazon.com reported sales of e-books for its proprietary Kindle outnumbered sales of hardcover books for the first time ever during the second quarter of 2010, saying it sold 140 e-books for every 100 hardcover books, including hardcovers for which there was no digit... | Magical Clockwork: The Art of Writing the Poem" - 2000
- "Holding True: Essays on Being a Writer" - 2008, 2010 eBook, 2017 Kindle Paperback
- "Writing Reader-Friendly Poems Plus Writing Exercises" - 2011 eBook, 2017 Kindle Paperback
Bibliography Children's literature.
- "The Hidden Valley Mystery" - 2010 eBook, 2017 Ki... | 31,917 | triviaqa-train |
Who captained HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's voyage, and is remembered in the name of a shipping forecast area? | than the volcanoes gradually sinking so that the coral reefs around the island kept building themselves close to sea level and became an atoll as the volcano disappeared below. This was a theory he would examine when they reached such islands.
Voyage Galápagos Islands.
A week out of Lima, "Beagle" reached the Galápagos... | Darwin's frog
Darwin's frog ("Rhinoderma darwinii"), also called the southern Darwin's frog is a rhinodermatid frog native to the forest streams of Chile and Argentina. It was first described by the French zoologist André Marie Constant Duméril and his assistant Gabriel Bibron in 1841, and is named after Charles Darwin... | 31,918 | triviaqa-train |
"Who composed, in 1909, ""A Fantasia on a Theme of 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... | orchestra or band over and above the symphonies. They include two of his most popular works—the "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" (1910, revised 1919), and "The Lark Ascending", originally for violin and piano (1914); orchestrated 1920. Other works that survive in the repertoire in Britain are the "Norfolk Rhapsod... | 31,919 | triviaqa-train |
Inspector Bucket is a policeman in which Charles Dicken's novel? | Bleak House
Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20 episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of "Bleak House" is a... | and empty rhetoric.
Characters Minor characters.
- Mr Gridley is an involuntary party to a suit in Chancery (based on a real case, according to Dickens's preface), who repeatedly seeks in vain to gain the attention of the Lord Chancellor. He threatens Mr Tulkinghorn and then is put under arrest by Inspector Bucket, but... | 31,920 | triviaqa-train |
Which company makes the Wii games console? | Wii
The Wii ( ; known unofficially as the Nintendo Wii) is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others... | modern times.
Adaptations Other media.
The novel has been the inspiration for several video games. For the Apple II, Online Systems released "Mystery House" in 1980. On the PC, The Adventure Company released "" in 2005, the first in a series of PC games based on Christie novels. In February 2008, it was ported to the W... | 31,921 | triviaqa-train |
Which rugby union club play their home games at Adams Park? | was extended by an extra 977 seats to take its capacity to 2,026. This was done mainly to be able to accommodate more away fans in one place when the need arose. However, the capacity was kept at 10,000 by reducing the official capacity of the standing areas at the Valley End and on the paddock in front of the Main Sta... | Royal Marines based in Taunton and Exeter together with a number of local rugby union players keen to try the 13-man code. The Vikings play at Hyde Park which is the home of the Taunton R.F.C., a rugby union club, which was formed in 1875.
The Taunton Tigers is a semi-professional basketball team competing in the Engli... | 31,922 | triviaqa-train |
Following the 1420 Treaty of Troyes, which king became Regent of France and successor to the French throne? | Henry V of England
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his early death in 1422. He was the second English monarch of the House of Lancaster. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War a... | the war was dominated by the Kingdom of England. Initial English successes, notably at the famous Battle of Agincourt, coupled with divisions among the French ruling class, allowed the English to gain control of large parts of France. In 1420, the Treaty of Troyes was signed, by which the English king married the Frenc... | 31,923 | triviaqa-train |
"Who, in 1831, composed ""Symphonie Fantastique""?" | Symphonie fantastique
Leonard Bernstein described the symphony as the first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature, and because history suggests Berlioz composed at least a portion of it under the influence of opium. According to Bernstein, "Berlioz tells it like it is. Y... | "Symphonie fantastique"): Olga Borodina, Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev cond. (Philips, rec. 05/2003)
- "Cléopâtre" (with works by Barber, Ravel and Britten): Jennifer Larmore, Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalma cond. (Cedille Records, rec. 08/2006)
- "Cléopâtre" (with "Symphonie fantastique"): Susan Graham, Ber... | 31,924 | triviaqa-train |
"Which actress played the victim in the shower scene in the 1960 film ""Psycho""?" | Psycho (1960 film)
Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano. It stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles, and Martin Balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film centers on an enco... | the film in "The New York Times", critic Caryn James wrote: "Despite its creaky plot, "The Seventh Victim" is one of Lewton's best movies, a triumph of style over sense." She also noted a "terrifying scene that anticipates "Psycho" [in which] Mary is shocked by a visitor who breaks in while she showers." Other historia... | 31,925 | triviaqa-train |
"Because of its location in Washington DC which US government department is nicknamed ""Foggy Bottom""?" | It also borders the very affluent neighborhood of Georgetown.
Foggy Bottom is thought to have received its name due to an atmospheric quirk of its low lying, marshy riverside location, which made it susceptible to concentrations of fog, and later, industrial smoke. The United States Department of State gained the meto... | Campuses of George Washington University
The campus of the George Washington University (GW), originated on College Hill, a site bounded by 14th Street, Columbia Road, 15th Street and Florida Avenue, NW in Washington, DC. After relocating to the downtown financial district in the 1880s and then to Foggy Bottom in 1912,... | 31,926 | triviaqa-train |
Liam Gallagher is the lead singer of which group? | Liam Gallagher
William John Paul Gallagher (born 21 September 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the rock band Oasis, and later served as the singer of Beady Eye, before performing as a solo artist after the dissolution of both bands. His eccentric dress sense and abrasive ... | one of the most popular and most memorable Unplugged sessions.
- Oasis were due to tape the show at the Royal Festival Hall on August 23, 1996, when lead singer Liam Gallagher pulled out at the last minute, citing a sore throat. The band performed despite this, with songwriter and guitarist Noel Gallagher handling the ... | 31,927 | triviaqa-train |
On what London thoroughfare is the finish of the London marathon? | Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and athlete John Disley. It is organised by Hugh Brasher (son of Chris) as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the race begins at three separate points around Blackheath and finishes in The Mall alongside ... | Bev Jenkins
. The race was watched by UK Athletics' Bud Baldero
On 18 April 2004, she stood on the Blackheath, London starting line not knowing what was to come. But as a relatively unknown runner she burst into the public conscience by becoming the first British woman in the London Marathon. She was so unknown that on... | 31,928 | triviaqa-train |
Enoch Powell was MP for which constituency between 1950 and 1974? | contempt for the Commonwealth and his urging that the UK should end any remaining pretence that it was a world power.
Entry into politics Election to Parliament.
After unsuccessfully contesting the Labour Party's ultra-safe seat of Normanton at a by-election in 1947 (when the Labour majority was 62 per cent), he was el... | vote in the Smethwick constituency for the first time since 1950, Faulds defeated Griffiths in the 1966 general election and became Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency until his retirement in 1997. (The constituency was renamed Warley East in 1974.) Smethwick remained the focus of much racial tension ... | 31,929 | triviaqa-train |
Which Wolverhampton Wanderers player scored on his England debut against Scotland at Hampden Park in 1989? | guidance of new manager Graham Turner and the goals of Steve Bull, who would ultimately score a club record 306 goals, the team reached the final of the inaugural play-offs but were denied promotion by Aldershot. Building on that, the team achieved both the Fourth and Third Division championships in the next two season... | club.
International career.
Allen made his England debut at the age of 23, in a 3–0 friendly win against Switzerland in Zurich on 28 May 1952. He had to wait almost two years for his second cap, which came against Scotland on 3 April 1954, the same day that his club West Bromwich Albion were playing rivals Wolverhampto... | 31,930 | triviaqa-train |
In which Spanish city does a famous bull run take place in Italy? | de España") is 12 October, the anniversary of the Discovery of America and commemorate Our Lady of the Pillar feast, patroness of Aragon and throughout Spain.
There are many festivals and festivities in Spain. Some of them are known worldwide, and every year millions of people from all over the world go to Spain to exp... | around the world.
The brand also organises and sponsors the famous Red Bull Batalla de los Gallos. A freestyle competition of hip hop which takes place every year in many spanish speaking countries.
In 2013, it started an artist development program called Red Bull Sound Select. Randy Randall, of No Age, said he was oka... | 31,931 | triviaqa-train |
In which novel by Charles Dickens does the character Magwitch appear? | Copperfield" seemed to reflect her disabilities, Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed, and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. Masses of the illiterate poor chipped in ha'pennies to have each new monthly episode read to them, opening up ... | .
- Abel Magwitch, a leading character in the novel "Great Expectatations" by Charles Dickens
- Abel Rosnovoski, lead character in the novel Kane and Abel, by Jeffrey archer
- Abel, protagonist in W.H. Hudson's novel "Green Mansions"
- Abel Nightroad, in the anime "Trinity Blood"
- Abel (DC Comics), a host of horror co... | 31,932 | triviaqa-train |
Which symbol is represented by a figure 8 on its side, known as a lemniscate? | Infinity symbol
The infinity symbol (sometimes called the lemniscate) is a mathematical symbol representing the concept of infinity.
History.
The shape of a sideways figure eight has a long pedigree; for instance, it appears in the cross of Saint Boniface, wrapped around the bars of a Latin cross. However, John Wallis ... | Lemniscate of Bernoulli
In geometry, the lemniscate of Bernoulli is a plane curve defined from two given points "F" and "F", known as foci, at distance 2"a" from each other as the locus of points "P" so that "PF"·"PF" = "a". The curve has a shape similar to the numeral 8 and to the ∞ symbol. Its name is from "lemniscat... | 31,933 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the 2009 Rugby Union World Sevens Cup held in Dubai? | Melrose where the first rugby sevens game was played. The women's tournament was inaugurated at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens held in Dubai.
In men's Rugby World Cup Sevens, the New Zealand have won the tournament three times, Fiji have won it twice, and England and Wales have won a single tournament each, while , Au... | 2008 Dubai Sevens
The Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition was held on November 28 and November 29 at The Sevens, a brand-new facility built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. It was the fi... | 31,934 | triviaqa-train |
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in which country? | Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Kosciuszko is mainland Australia's highest mountain, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, part of the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves, in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Crack... | studying Law in the University of Barcelona, and ended his studies in Madrid. He was a member of the so-called "Generation of the 50s", along with writers such as Ángel González, José Manuel Caballero, José Ángel Valente and Jaime Gil de Biedma. They shared a moral or politic commitment and a renewed attention to the l... | 31,935 | triviaqa-train |
Which band had hits with Sad Moon Rising' and 'Proud Mary'? | Proud Mary
"Proud Mary" is a rock n' roll song written by John Fogerty and first recorded by his band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song was released by Fantasy Records as a single from the band's second studio album, "Bayou Country", which was released by the same record company in January 1969. The single is gene... | 3:32
9. "Joy of My Life" – 3:55
10. "Down on the Corner" – 2:57
11. "Centerfield" – 3:54
12. "Swamp River Days" – 4:25
13. "Hot Rod Heart" – 3:41
14. "The Old Man Down the Road" – 4:23
15. "Bad Moon Rising" – 2:18
16. "Fortunate Son" – 4:11
17. "Proud Mary" – 4:01
18. "Travelin' Band" | 31,936 | triviaqa-train |
Which TV family live at 742 Evergreen Terrace? | The Simpsons house
742 Evergreen Terrace is the most commonly used fictional street address in Springfield of the Simpson family home in the animated sitcom, "The Simpsons" and in the feature film "The Simpsons Movie". In the series, the house is owned by Homer and Marge Simpson, who live with their three children Bart... | 742 Evergreen Terrace would (probably) be located slightly less than halfway up the block, on the east side of the street. A point would be mapped at that location along the street, perhaps offset a distance to the east of the street centerline.
Address interpolation Complicating factors.
However, this process is not a... | 31,937 | triviaqa-train |
Which London tube station has the longest escalator? | to the east is Covent Garden, an area housing speciality shops. The city is the home of Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose musicals have dominated the West End theatre since the late 20th century. The United Kingdom's Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Royal Opera, and English National Opera are based in London and perform... | escalator led into the station, one of the last on the London Underground system that had not been replaced as a consequence of the King's Cross fire in 1987.
Marylebone has direct connections with just a single Tube line, unlike many other London termini such as and . There is no direct interchange with the Circle lin... | 31,938 | triviaqa-train |
What is the non-medical name given to people who suffer from kyphosis? | Kyphosis
Kyphosis (from Greek κυφός "kyphos", a hump) is an abnormally excessive convex curvature of the spine as it occurs in the thoracic and sacral regions. (Abnormal inward concave "lordotic" curving of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine is called lordosis.) Kyphosis can be called roundback or Kelso's hun... | may remain for several days. However 0.6% to 6.0% of people may suffer from anaphylaxis, which can be fatal if left untreated. Common symptoms include dizziness, chest pain, nausea, severe sweating, low blood pressure, loss of breath, and slurred speech. More than 80 deaths have been recorded from red imported fire ant... | 31,939 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Jupiter's largest moon? | Characteristics.
The physical and orbital characteristics of the moons vary widely. The four Galileans are all over in diameter; the largest Galilean, Ganymede, is the ninth largest object in the Solar System, after the Sun and seven of the planets, Ganymede being larger than Mercury. All other Jovian moons are less th... | Outline of the Moon
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Moon:
Moon – Earth's only permanent natural satellite. It is one of the largest natural satellites in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that it orbits (its prima... | 31,940 | triviaqa-train |
Who in May 2009 was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson? | Lana Clarkson
Lana Jean Clarkson (April 5, 1962 – February 3, 2003) was an American actress and fashion model. During the 1980s, she rose to prominence in several sword-and-sorcery films. In 2003, she was shot and killed inside the home of record producer Phil Spector. He was charged with second-degree murder, and was ... | first of his two murder trials for the 2003 death of Lana Clarkson in his California mansion. "Spector" received largely mixed to positive reviews from critics, particularly for Mirren and co-star Al Pacino's performances, and was nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, also winning Mirren a Screen Actors Guild Awa... | 31,941 | triviaqa-train |
In which city was the Titanic built? | are much smaller than Stirling council area.
Current practice of granting city status City councils Wales.
Cardiff, Newport and Swansea are principal areas and have city councils. The city councils of Bangor, St Asaph and St Davids are community councils with limited powers.
Current practice of granting city status Cit... | Museums.
Southampton's maritime museum was originally housed in The Wool House on the edge of Town Quay which included a small exhibition about the "Titanic". To mark the centenary of the "Titanic"s voyage a larger exhibition, "Southampton’s Titanic Story", has been developed for a new £15 million museum in the city ce... | 31,942 | triviaqa-train |
Which saint, whose feast day is 25 July, is the patron saint of travellers, sailors and drivers? | at St Christopher and go on reassured”, sometimes translated as “Behold St Christopher and go your way in safety”); Saint Christopher medals and holy cards in Spanish have the phrase “Si en San Cristóbal confías, de accidente no morirás” (“If you trust St. Christopher, you won’t die in an accident”).
Veneration and pat... | , which for women is heavily embroidered.
The patron saint of the seat and municipality is Saint James, locally called Señor Santiago, whose feast day is 25 July. Traditional dances featuring locally designed sarapes are performed accompanied by drums and violins. The most common dance is called the Danza de Pastoras, ... | 31,943 | triviaqa-train |
'The Arnolfini Marriage' is a famous 1434 painting by whom? | Arnolfini Portrait
The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is a 1434 oil painting on oak panel by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck. It forms a full-length double portrait, believed to depict the Italian merch... | 's 1434 Arnolfini Marriage. The form of the lettering on this wing identifies both the donor and date, and is heavily influenced by van Eyck's elegant, almost decorative, inscriptions.
The painting is typical of early commissioned altarpiece in that the donor is not include in the central devotional scene. Instead he i... | 31,944 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nationality of golfer Angel Cabrera? | with uphill and Scott a downhill right to left 12 footer. Cabrera's putt was a turn away from dropping in, giving Scott a chance to win with his putt. Scott made the putt defeating Cabrera and bringing Australia their first ever green jacket.
Although Cabrera was fully exempt on the PGA Tour, he occasionally competed i... | Nano Cabrera
Nano Cabrera is a singer, guitarist, and composer born in Condado, Puerto Rico, who was a member of Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, the musical group that brought popularity to typical Puerto Rican music during the last quarter century. He was a close friend of Tony Croatto, and is a cousin of golfer Ángel Cab... | 31,945 | triviaqa-train |
Which element has the chemical symbol Na? | Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na (from Latin "natrium") and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 of the periodic table, because it has a single electron in its outer shell, which it readily donates, creating a positively ... | that mankind has discovered is considered to have been deposited later by meteorites which contained the element. This supposedly explains why, in prehistory, gold appeared as nuggets on the earth's surface.
d-block elements Mercury.
Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also know... | 31,946 | triviaqa-train |
In which novel by Charles Dickens does the character Dick Swiveller appear? | whimsical names. The likes of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes, Pip, Miss Havisham, Sydney Carton, Charles Darnay, David Copperfield, Mr Micawber, Abel Magwitch, Daniel Quilp, Samuel Pickwick, Wackford Squeers, and Uriah Heep are so well known as... | to Great Britain and the wider world following his disappearance from the story, before being found injured and drowned in the River Seine after the story's conclusion. The character was named after the novelist's younger brother, Frederick Dickens.
- Mr. Garland, a kind-hearted man, father of Abel Garland and employer... | 31,947 | triviaqa-train |
How many operas comprise the Ring Cycle? | concept of the "Gesamtkunstwerk" ("total work of art"), by which he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama. He described this vision in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these ideas most fully in the first half of the four-ope... | project to bring the entire Ring Cycle to Southeast Asia by the year 2010. Various delays afflicted the project and it has yet to resume. He has conducted the Thailand premieres of many key repertoire operas such as Thaïs, Otello, and The Rape of Lucretia. He embarked on a venture to conduct all of Mahler's symphonies ... | 31,948 | triviaqa-train |
Which sea lies between New Zealand and Australia? | New Zealand
New Zealand ( ) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island ("Te Ika-a-Māui"), and the South Island ("Te Waipounamu")—and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasma... | Norfolk Ridge
The Norfolk Ridge is a long submarine ridge running between New Caledonia and New Zealand, about 1300 km off the east-coast of Australia.
It is part of a complex region of ridges between the crust of the Pacific Basin and the continental crust of Australia. Little is known about the Norfolk Ridge; however... | 31,949 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister of Britain at the time of King Edward VIII's abdication in 1936? | address the nation. Stanley Baldwin, a master of the radio broadcast in the 1920s and 1930s, reached a national audience in his talks filled with homely advice and simple expressions of national pride. Churchill also used the radio to great effect, inspiring, reassuring and informing the people with his speeches during... | by American architect G. Albert Lansburgh for the hotel's Empire Room. In January 1937, a mural depicting the abdication of Britain's King Edward VIII in December 1936 to marry American divorcée and socialite, Wallis Simpson, was added to the bar. This mural came at a time when the abdication crisis was world news and ... | 31,950 | triviaqa-train |
In fiction, who lives at 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging? | could never be harmed so long as he lived in the care of his mother's blood; in this case, his Aunt Petunia. This charm would not expire until Harry turned 17.
Other mentioned places in Little Whinging are Magnolia Crescent somewhat around the corner and a playground at a bit of a distance to Privet Drive which before ... | , a kitchen, a sitting room and a conservatory downstairs (apart from the cupboard under the stairs).
The name of the street refers to the hedges that enclose many suburban gardens, as Rowling liked the idea of enclosure. In the novels and films, the Dursleys' home is in a respectable and boring neighbourhood where the... | 31,951 | triviaqa-train |
What type of headgear is named after a hatmaker born in New Jersey in 1830? | Stetson
Stetson is a brand of hat manufactured by the John B. Stetson Company.
Founded in 1865, John B. Stetson Company began when the founder headed west and created the original hat of the pioneering American West, the “Boss of the Plains”. This Western hat would become the cornerstone of Stetson's hat business and i... | at . The settlement was named for the pioneer Hatmaker family, which included Aaron, the cider-maker, and Peter, the grocer and first postmaster. A post office operated from May 23, 1887, until August 31, 1894, and from January 5, 1899, until June 15, 1900.
- Snow Prairie is a historical locale and former post office n... | 31,952 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the planet discovered in 1781 by William Herschel? | nebulae in 1802 (2,500 objects) and in 1820 (5,000 objects). The resolving power of the Herschel telescopes revealed that many objects called nebulae in the Messier catalogue were actually clusters of stars. On 13 March 1781 while making observations he made note of a new object in the constellation of Gemini. This wou... | the fifth overall selection and the first defensive player selected.
Eagles owner Leonard Tose was enthusiastic about his team's choice, noting that it had Harris at number 4 on its draft board, behind only the first three selections of the lottery — quarterbacks Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, and Dan Pastorini.
Tose t... | 31,953 | triviaqa-train |
Which US actress, star of TV and films, died in June 2009 in Santa Monica, aged 62? | " (2000).
Fawcett was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006, and she died three years later at age 62. The 2009 NBC documentary "Farrah's Story" chronicled her battle with the disease. She posthumously earned her fourth Emmy nomination for her work as a producer on the documentary.
Early life.
Fawcett was born on February... | began to decline and he suffered a stroke and a nervous breakdown. He died in Santa Monica, California in 1952, aged 67.
The third season of tv show True Detective features a character named Roland West, which it is speculated is in tribute to the director.
Death of Thelma Todd.
West has long been considered a murder s... | 31,954 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Jenny Von Westphalen marry in 1843? | Jenny von Westphalen
Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Westphalen (12 February 1814 – 2 December 1881) was a theater critic, political activist, and the wife of the philosopher Karl Marx. They became engaged in 1836 and married in 1843. They had seven children.
Background.
Jenny von Westphalen was born in the small town o... | in the northern part of the Aras River and borders upon Armenia and Iran.
There exists a Mesozoic relief and cretaceous, volcanic and sedimentary rocks are spread in the territory of the rayon. Remains of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods spread in mountainous territories are dated back to a period of 150-200 thousan... | 31,955 | triviaqa-train |
Which French port was the Titanic's first port of call after it left Southampton? | which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. However, "Titanic" carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved hard to launch during the sinking.
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, "Titanic" called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland ... | York" was berthed in Southampton beside . The three-inch steel hawsers that secured her were torn from their moorings when the much larger (leaving port to begin her ill-fated maiden voyage to New York City) passed by, creating a suction effect. A collision was narrowly avoided when "Titanic's" captain, Edward Smith, o... | 31,956 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Roman goddess of love? | Venus (mythology)
Venus (, Classical Latin: ) is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. Julius Caesar claimed her as ... | youngest". Iuventas, "Youth", was one of two deities who "refused" to leave the Capitol when the building of the new Temple of Capitoline Jove required the exauguration of deities who already occupied the site.
Juno is the equivalent to Hera, the Greek goddess for love and marriage. Juno is the Roman goddess of love a... | 31,957 | triviaqa-train |
For which newspaper did Superman work? | a front for Superman's activities. Although his name and history were taken from his early life with his adoptive Earth parents, everything about Clark was staged for the benefit of his alternate identity: as a reporter for the "Daily Planet", he receives late-breaking news before the general public, has a plausible re... | Action Comics" until 1947. Burnley's work was often credited to other artists. In the 1945 Batman newspaper strips which Burnley penciled, the stylized Bob Kane signature logo appears, although Kane had not worked on the sequence. The version of Superman he created was noted for its carefully drawn musculature, which s... | 31,958 | triviaqa-train |
In 1904, which term was used to describe the unofficial alliance between France and Britain? | the British from the European unification process, seeking to build its own standing in continental Europe. However, since 1904, France has maintained an "Entente cordiale" with the United Kingdom, and there has been a strengthening of links between the countries, especially militarily.
France is a member of the North ... | Stately quadrille
"Stately quadrille" is a term popularly used to describe the constantly shifting alliances between the Great Powers of Europe during the 18th century. The ultimate objective was to maintain the balance of power in Europe to stop any one alliance or country becoming too strong. It takes its name from t... | 31,959 | triviaqa-train |
Valparaiso is a city and port in which South American country? | Valparaíso
Valparaíso (; ) is a major city, seaport, and educational centre in the commune of Valparaíso, Chile. "Greater Valparaíso" is the third largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located about northwest of Santiago by road and is one of the South Pacific's most important seaports. Valparaíso is ... | is a duty-free port and prices on imported goods are lower than in other parts of the South Pacific Ocean. Governor H. Rex Lee signed a law making Pago Pago a duty-free port in May 1967.
It is a wealthier city than nearby Apia, capital of Samoa.
Economy Tourism.
Tourism in American Samoa is centered around Pago Pago. I... | 31,960 | triviaqa-train |
Daniel Deronda was the last novel written by which English novelist? | Daniel Deronda (TV series)
Daniel Deronda is a British television serial drama adapted by Andrew Davies from the George Eliot novel of the same name. It was directed by Tom Hooper, produced by Louis Marks, and was first broadcast in three parts on BBC One from 23 November to 7 December 2002. The serial starred Hugh Dan... | a year of completing "Adam Bede", she finished "The Mill on the Floss", dedicating the manuscript: "To my beloved husband, George Henry Lewes, I give this MS. of my third book, written in the sixth year of our life together, at Holly Lodge, South Field, Wandsworth, and finished 21 March 1860."
Her last novel was "Danie... | 31,961 | triviaqa-train |
Playing the zither brought fame to which female musician? | . A "Time" magazine film preview stated that "the famous musical score by Anton Karas" would have the audience "in a dither with his zither".
This new popularity for the zither lasted until well into the 1960s with many successful albums during the period from performers such as Karas, Ruth Welcome, and Shirley Abicair... | met Karas by coincidence at a party in Vienna, where he was playing the zither. Reed brought Karas to London, where the musician worked with Reed on the score for six weeks. Karas stayed at Reed's house during that time. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote, "Has there ever been a film where the music more perfectly suited th... | 31,962 | triviaqa-train |
Evelyn Glennie achieved musical fame as what type of musician? | the young musician, whose first instruments were the mouth organ and the clarinet. Other major influences were Glenn Gould, Jacqueline du Pré and Trilok Gurtu. She studied at Ellon Academy and the Royal Academy of Music, and was also a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland. She was a member of the Cults Pe... | Australia in the 2015 Australia Day honours for "significant service to music as a composer, conductor, musician, performer and musical director."
O'Boyle has written for, conducted, directed and collaborated with many artists including Evelyn Glennie, Adam Lopez, James Morrison, The Whitlams, Tommy Emmanuel, Kate Cebe... | 31,963 | triviaqa-train |
Which country does footballer Michael Essien represent at international level? | Michael Essien
Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Sabail in the Azerbaijan Premier League, as a midfielder. He has also been capped for the Ghana national team more than 50 times.
Essien started his career playing for Liberty Professionals in Ghana. In 2000, h... | Connor Peters
Connor Peters (born 12 January 1996) is footballer. Born in England, he represents Antigua and Barbuda at international level.
Club career.
In November 2015 he joined Stansted before moving onto Haringey Borough in January 2016.
International career.
Peters was one of eight overseas based players who comm... | 31,964 | triviaqa-train |
Confessions of an English Opium Eater, was a work by which essayist? | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. The "Confessions" was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight..."
Fi... | William Styron
William Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work.
Styron was best known for his novels, including:
- "Lie Down in Darkness" (1951), his acclaimed first work, published when he was 26;
- "The Confessions of Nat Tur... | 31,965 | triviaqa-train |
Paramaribo is a city and port in which South American country? | Paramaribo
Paramaribo (; nicknamed Par′bo) is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's population. The historic inner city of Paramaribo has been a UNESC... | is a duty-free port and prices on imported goods are lower than in other parts of the South Pacific Ocean. Governor H. Rex Lee signed a law making Pago Pago a duty-free port in May 1967.
It is a wealthier city than nearby Apia, capital of Samoa.
Economy Tourism.
Tourism in American Samoa is centered around Pago Pago. I... | 31,966 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to inhabitants of Los Angeles? | the world, vital to trade within the Pacific Rim.
The Los Angeles metropolitan area has a gross metropolitan product of $1.044 trillion (), making it the third-largest economic metropolitan area in the world, after Tokyo and New York. Los Angeles has been classified an "alpha world city" according to a 2012 study by a ... | area approximately 10,000 years ago. The Native Americans established villages, known as "rancherias", throughout the countryside. One of these settlements was within the boundaries of what was to become Rancho Los Feliz. Archeological surveys have found evidence of a substantial rancheria that existed in the mouth of ... | 31,967 | triviaqa-train |
Which golf course is situated at Virginia Water? | Virginia Water
Virginia Water is a commuter town or village in northern Surrey, home to the Wentworth Estate and the Wentworth Club. The place occupies a large minority of the Borough of Runnymede. Its name is shared with the lake on its western boundary: Windsor Great Park. Virginia Water is close to the M25, M4 and M... | , rugby, cricket and bowling areas in the Hamilton Palace Sports Ground alongside the Mausoleum. Strathclyde Park provides access to world class water-sport facilities and Strathclyde Park Golf Course. Hamilton Golf Club is situated across the Avon Water in nearby Ferniegair.
The Hamilton Lawn Tennis Club provide the t... | 31,968 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Greek goddess of the harvest? | . The myth describes how he pursued Demeter, who hid from him among the horses of King Onkios, but even in the form of a mare, she could not conceal her divinity. In the form of a stallion, Poseidon caught and raped her. Demeter was furious at Poseidon's assault; in this furious form, she became known as "Demeter Eriny... | of fertility and the earth
- Pilumnus, nature god who ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy
- Pomona, goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards
- Silvanus, tutelary spirit or deity of woods and fields and protector of forests
- Terra, primeval goddess personifying the earth; equivalent to the Greek godde... | 31,969 | triviaqa-train |
Which series of wars lasted from 1808 to 1814? | France from the east, while the Peninsular War spilled over into southwestern France. Coalition troops captured Paris at the end of March 1814 and forced Napoleon to abdicate in early April. He was exiled to the island of Elba, and the Bourbons were restored to power. However, Napoleon escaped in February 1815, and rea... | .
Modern Regency fiction Military fiction.
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars that were declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815, coinciding almost exactly with the Regency Era. They include the War between Britain and France, which lasted from 1803 to 1814. Mil... | 31,970 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county is Caister-on-Sea? | Caister-on-Sea
Caister-on-Sea, also known colloquially as Caister, is a large village in Norfolk in England, United Kingdom, close to the large town of Great Yarmouth. It is a seaside resort and busy holiday destination on the "Golden Mile", with its main attraction being its sandy "Georgian Beach". It is home to Great... | name "Gariannonum" has been thought to derive from a Celtic root meaning "babbling river," which may refer to the River Yare at Burgh Castle, although the derivation is uncertain. The military function of Caister-on-Sea is also open to doubt. Both sites probably operated together and one, or possibly even both, were kn... | 31,971 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the poem The Deserted Village? | The Deserted Village
The Deserted Village is a poem by Oliver Goldsmith published in 1770. It is a work of social commentary, and condemns rural depopulation and the pursuit of excessive wealth.
The location of the poem's deserted village is unknown, but the description may have been influenced by Goldsmith's memory of... | witnessed this scene in 1761. In the same year, Nuneham Courtenay was removed to make way for Nuneham Park. Its owner—Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt—moved the village away. There are a number of other concordances between Nuneham Courtenay's destruction and the contents of "The Deserted Village". At Nuneham Courtena... | 31,972 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the first computer to beat a chess champion? | Deep Blue (chess computer)
Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. It is known for being the first computer chess-playing system to win both a chess game and a chess match against a reigning world champion under regular time controls.
Deep Blue won its first game against a world champion on 10 February... | first computer to beat a GM in a tournament. Its rating for performance in this tournament of 2745 (USCF scale) was the highest obtained by a computer player. Interplay Entertainment releases "Battle Chess" featuring animated pieces.
- 1989 – Deep Thought loses two exhibition games to Garry Kasparov, the reigning world... | 31,973 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor and comedian had a hit record in 1975 with The Ugly Duckling? | Mike Reid (actor)
Michael Reid (19 January 1940 – 29 July 2007) was an English comedian, actor, author and occasional television presenter from London who is best remembered for playing the role of Frank Butcher in "EastEnders" and hosting the popular children's TV show "Runaround". He was noted for his gravelly voice ... | Reid's well-known catchphrases included 'Terrific' (pronounced with the emphasis on each syllable), 'Turn It In' and 'Move Yer Arris'.
He capitalised on his initial success with a one-off hit record, a novelty version of "The Ugly Duckling" recorded on Pye records. In 1975 it reached number 10 in the BBC singles chart.... | 31,974 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county is Chipping Norton? | Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about southwest of Banbury and northwest of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 6,337.
History.
History Pre-1800.
The Rollright Stones, a stone circle... | , immigrants from Chipping Norton, England who settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. William was a bailiff in Chipping Norton in 1634, and Ipswich town records first mention him in 1637, which brackets their migration to the intervening time period, when Sarah was around 7–10 years old.
Sarah married English immigrant Joh... | 31,975 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1990 film earned Kathy Bates a Best Actress Oscar? | Lune."
Bates' performance in the 1990 horror film "Misery", based on the book of the same name by Stephen King, marked her Hollywood breakthrough. Her role as Annie Wilkes was met with widespread critical acclaim and she subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – M... | and Kathy Bates star as Paul and Annie, with Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth and Frances Sternhagen as the only major supporting actors. Kathy Bates won the 1990 Best Actress Oscar for her performance.
Director Balu Mahendra loosely adapted the novel into a Tamil film titled "Julie Ganapathi" in 2003.
Adaptations Sta... | 31,976 | triviaqa-train |
Which golf course is situated in Sutton Coldfield? | clubs and courses. In the south of Sutton Coldfield is Walmley Golf Club and Pype Hayes Golf Course. There are also Aston Wood Golf Club, Moor Hall Golf Club, Sutton Coldfield Golf Club, Little Aston and Boldmere Golf Club. Nearby is The Belfry, a hotel with a renowned golf complex whose Brabazon course has hosted the ... | There are also several nature reserves including Plants Brook Nature Reserve, in Walmley, and Hill Hook Nature Reserve. On the border between Sutton Coldfield and Erdington is the extensive Pype Hayes Park and adjacent golf course, with the park falling within Tyburn ward but the golf course in Sutton New Hall.
Places ... | 31,977 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the female presenter of the 1970s TV show `Tiswas'? | Granada Television and Southern Television being among the last to pick up the show in 1979. Tyne Tees and Ulster finally decided to take "Tiswas" for its final series in 1981. The smallest broadcaster in the network, Channel Television, did not carry the programme.
Most famously hosted by Chris Tarrant between 1974 an... | 2005 when the show was taken over by Les Ross.
James is married to agent and entrepreneur Mike Smith. They have three sons. She lives near Effingham, Surrey, and has retained a close friendship with "Tiswas" producer and fellow presenter Chris Tarrant and his former wife Ingrid who live in nearby Esher.
Some 25 years a... | 31,978 | triviaqa-train |
Whom did Malcolm Williamson succeed as master of the Queens Music? | . In 1952 he converted to Roman Catholicism. From 1953 he studied with Elisabeth Lutyens and Erwin Stein. His first major success was with his Piano Concerto No. 1, premiered by Clive Lythgoe at the 1958 Cheltenham Festival to a standing ovation. Williamson was a prolific composer at this time, receiving many commissio... | albums, and his discography is highlighted by “The French Romantics” series which has drawn extensive radio airplay and enthusiastic critical praise. Critic Scott Cantrell called one of his albums “possibly the most exciting organ recording I’ve ever heard.”
Among several noted composers who have dedicated works to Joh... | 31,979 | triviaqa-train |
Which German philosopher wrote Critique of Pure Reason? | of the esteemed philosophers of the eighteenth century and onward have attended, taught, and developed their works in university. Early examples include: Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
After these individuals, the Classical conception had al... | . When the young boy was declared the spiritual leader of all of Mongolia, suddenly the Gelugpa were faced with the possibility of war with the former military superpower of Asia. While the Mongol Empire was long past its zenith, this was nonetheless a frightening prospect and the Dalai Lama sought the first possible m... | 31,980 | triviaqa-train |
In 'The Wizard of Oz' what did Dorothy have to say to get back to Kansas? | , the balloon disembarks with the Wizard, leaving Dorothy. Glinda appears and tells Dorothy the ruby slippers have the power to return her to Kansas if she taps her heels together three times repeating "There's no place like home." Dorothy complies and wakes up in her bedroom surrounded by her family and friends, inclu... | great powers in the past, but nowadays her powers have weakened. She is not able to help Dorothy return home and she never heard of Kansas, therefore she sends Dorothy to the great Wizard of Oz who lives in the Emerald City to help her get back home. She gives Dorothy a basket of food, the shoes of the Wicked Witch of ... | 31,981 | triviaqa-train |
Which German theoretical physicist was the best known for enunciating the 'uncertainty principle'? | -defined conjugate properties expressed by a single value.
Introduced first in 1927, by the German physicist Werner Heisenberg, it states that the more precisely the position of some particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can be known, and vice versa. The formal inequality relating the standard deviati... | . He married Elisabeth Schumacher, also the child of a professor, and they had seven children. He received his doctorate in 1923 from the physicist Arnold Sommerfeld, and went to Copenhagen to study quantum mechanics with Niels Bohr in 1924, when he was 22, and replaced Bohr's assistant, H. A. Kramers. In 1926, The Uni... | 31,982 | triviaqa-train |
What disease did Robert the Bruce die of? | granting the privilege of unction at the coronation of future Kings of Scots.
It remains unclear just what caused the death of Robert, a month before his fifty-fifth birthday. Contemporary accusations that Robert suffered from leprosy, the "unclean sickness"—the present-day, treatable Hansen's disease—derived from Engl... | disease, for a total of 234 fatalities.
Commanders.
- Colonel Theophilus Lyle Dickey - resigned February 16, 1863
- Colonel Martin R. M. Wallace - mustered out November 3, 1864
See also.
- List of Illinois Civil War Units
- Illinois in the American Civil War
References.
- "A Horse to Live and a Greyhound to Die: Early ... | 31,983 | triviaqa-train |
Which Australian wicket-keeper and batsman hit 100 sixes in his test march career? | Shane Warne, Justin Langer, Matthew Hayden, Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting. Following the 2006/07 Ashes series which Australia won 5 nil, Australia slipped in the rankings after the retirements of key players. In the 2013/14 Ashes series, Australia again defeated England 5 nil and climbed... | keeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket until it was surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015 and the most by an Australian in Test cricket.
His strike rate is amongst the highest in the history of both ODI and Test cricket; his century against England at Perth in December 2006 is the fourth-fastest century in all T... | 31,984 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the conductor of the Halle orchestra for nearly three decades? | again in crisis, having diminished in size to 30 players. Over the next 27 years, from 1943 to 1970, the orchestra's next music director, Sir John Barbirolli, restored the Hallé to national prominence. Together, they made many recordings, including the first recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 8, of which... | tied to EMI, and made more than seventy recordings for Decca, starting in December 1964. Later Decca sessions were conducted by Boult, Britten, Giulini, Maazel, Claudio Abbado, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Munch, Leopold Stokowski, and in 1967 Christoph von Dohnányi, who three decades later became the orchestra's chief ... | 31,985 | triviaqa-train |
Which Dickens novel features Dotheboys Halls? | Charles Mathews, and Dickens learnt his "monopolylogues", (farces in which Mathews played every character), by heart. Then, having learned Gurney's system of shorthand in his spare time, he left to become a freelance reporter. A distant relative, Thomas Charlton, was a freelance reporter at Doctors' Commons, and Dicken... | of Collins’ disabled characters. He plays only a small part in the novel, but Collins drew another and more significant blind character in Lucilla, the heroine of his 1872 novel Poor Miss Finch.
Much of the novel is set in Cornwall, one of Collins’ favourite English counties, which also features in his early melodrama ... | 31,986 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor played the part of Captain Smith in the 1997 film `Titanic'? | Bernard Hill
Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English film, stage and television actor. He is known for playing Yosser Hughes, the troubled "hard man" whose life is falling apart in Alan Bleasdale's groundbreaking 1980s TV drama "Boys from the Blackstuff" and, more recently, as the Duke of Norfolk in the BBC ... | in Rhos-on-Sea in North Wales.
Legacy.
In 1979's "S. O. S. Titanic" Lowe was played by Karl Howman seen today in Eastenders. Lowe was portrayed by Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd in the 1997 blockbuster movie "Titanic". The film depicted Lowe rescuing first-class passenger Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) from the freezing... | 31,987 | triviaqa-train |
Which winner of X Factor had the best selling single of 2008? | , Alexandra Burke, Joe McElderry, Matt Cardle, Little Mix, James Arthur, Sam Bailey, Ben Haenow, Louisa Johnson, Matt Terry, Rak-Su and Dalton Harris. Winners receive a recording contract with record label Syco Music with a stated value of £1 million. This includes a cash payment to the winner, but the majority is allo... | , “Wherever You Are has no real competition for the race to top the charts on Christmas Day and the single is now one of the top 20 best-selling music products of all-time at Amazon.co.uk, a tremendous achievement for a single”. Following the second day of release, some 242,000 copies of the single had been sold, makin... | 31,988 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only horse racing course in Northamptonshire? | Arbury Hill (Badby) and Thenford.
In the 1st century BC, most of what later became Northamptonshire became part of the territory of the Catuvellauni, a Belgic tribe, the Northamptonshire area forming their most northerly possession. The Catuvellauni were in turn conquered by the Romans in 43 AD.
The Roman road of Watli... | Singapore Turf Club
The Singapore Turf Club was founded in 1842 as the Singapore Sporting Club to operate the Serangoon Road Race Course at Farrer Park Field . It is today the only horse-racing club in Singapore and is part of the Malayan Racing Association (MRA), which also regulates the three Turf Clubs in Malaysia, ... | 31,989 | triviaqa-train |
The national flag of Germany is a tricolour with three horizontal bands. What colour is the top band? | Flag of Germany
The flag of Germany or German flag () is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: black, red, and gold (). The flag was first adopted as the national flag of modern Germany in 1919, during the Weimar Republic, until 1933.
Since the mid-19th centu... | Flag of Iran
The flag of Iran (, ), also known as the Three-Coloured Flag (پرچم سه رنگ ایران, "Parcame se rang Irân" ), is a tricolour comprising equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with the national emblem ("Allah") in red centred on the white band and the takbir written 11 times in the Kufic script in whit... | 31,990 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Greek word meaning ""curdling"" is used in medicine for the formation of a blood clot?" | to the wall of a blood vessel. They occur in large vessels such as the heart and aorta, and can restrict blood flow but usually do not block it entirely. They appear grey-red with alternating light and dark lines (known as lines of Zahn) which represent bands of entrapped white blood cells and red blood cells (darker).... | Sclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy (the word reflects the Greek "skleros", meaning "hard")
is a procedure used to treat blood vessels or blood vessel malformations (vascular malformations) and also those of the lymphatic system. A medicine is injected into the vessels, which makes them shrink. It is used for children and youn... | 31,991 | triviaqa-train |
"In his famous poem, precisely how many daffodils did Wordsworth see ""at a glance""?" | ownership. He decided to turn away from the long poem he was working on ("The Recluse") and devote more attention to publishing "Poems in Two Volumes", in which "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" first appeared.
Revised version.
Wordsworth revised the poem in 1815. He replaced "dancing" with "golden"; "along" with "beside"... | open to members of the general public.
Notable people.
Just south of Pooley Bridge on the lake's eastern shore is "Eusemere", where anti-slavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson (1760–1846) lived; the house gives one of the best views of the lower reach of Ullswater. William and Dorothy Wordsworth were friends of Clarkson an... | 31,992 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1790 Mozart opera features the heroines Dorabella and Fiordiligi? | and fellow Mason Michael Puchberg; "a pitiful sequence of letters pleading for loans" survives. Maynard Solomon and others have suggested that Mozart was suffering from depression, and it seems that his output slowed. Major works of the period include the last three symphonies (Nos. 39, 40, and 41, all from 1788), and ... | Nantes, the Canadian Opera Company, Karlsruhe Opern, Lübeck Opern, L’Esplanade de Saint-Étienne, the Opéra de Montréal, the Opéra-Théâtre de Metz, and the Opéra de Chambre de Genève.
Recognised for her Mozart heroines – Donna Anna, Fiordiligi, Pamina, Contessa, Constanze, Vitellia – Sharon Coste also sings several lead... | 31,993 | triviaqa-train |
Which British cyclist won four stages of the 2008 Tour de France? | and the sprinters' teams trying to get them back. In the first stage, the sprinters won, with Thor Hushovd winning the stage, but in the second stage, four cyclists managed to stay away. The fourth stage was a time trial, won by Stefan Schumacher, who took over the lead. In the fifth stage, the sprinters won the battle... | David Millar
David Millar (born 4 January 1977) is a Scottish former professional road racing cyclist.
He spent much of his career at two teams, Cofidis from 1997 to 2004 and Garmin-Sharp from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the Tour de France, five of the Vuelta a España and one stage of the Giro d'Italia. He ... | 31,994 | triviaqa-train |
"Which English king married the sister of the ""Princes in the Tower""?" | Dynastically, all English monarchs after 1066 ultimately claim descent from the Normans; the distinction of the Plantagenets is merely conventional, beginning with Henry II (reigned 1154–1189) as from that time, the Angevin kings became "more English in nature"; the houses of Lancaster and York are both Plantagenet cad... | Yorkist king Richard III on Bosworth Field and married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and sister to the Princes in the Tower, to unite the houses. In 1490, a young Fleming, Perkin Warbeck, appeared and claimed to be Richard, the younger of the Yorkist "Princes in the Tower" and, thus, a pretender to the Engli... | 31,995 | triviaqa-train |
What name was given to Haydn's symphony No. 96 as a result of a chandelier falling and narrowly missing the audience at its first performance? | Symphony No. 96 (Haydn)
The Symphony No. 96 in D major, Hoboken I/96, was completed by Joseph Haydn in 1791 as part of the set of symphonies composed on his first trip to London. It was first performed at the Hanover Square Rooms in London on 11 March 1791. Although it is the fourth of the twelve London symphonies (num... | Ballets de cour
Ballet de cour ("court ballet") is the name given to ballets performed in the 16th and 17th centuries at courts.
The court ballet was a gathering of noblemen and women, as the cast and audience were largely supplied by the ruling class. The festivities, which were descendants of festivals, processions a... | 31,996 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother die? | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. She was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Dominions from her husband's accession in 1936 until... | woman known as "Miss B", who was left quadriplegic last year as a result of a burst blood vessel in her neck, is granted the right to die by the High Court.
- 9 April – Funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother takes place at Westminster Abbey, London. The burial takes place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
- 23 Apri... | 31,997 | triviaqa-train |
Who started off selling newspapers, became the First Lord of the Admiralty in the 1870s and was immortalised in Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore? | Minister identified Sir Joseph Porter with W. H. Smith, a politician who had recently been appointed First Lord of the Admiralty despite having neither military nor nautical experience. Sullivan was delighted with the sketch, and Gilbert read a first draft of the plot to Carte in mid-January.
Following the example of h... | of Palmerston. In 1874 Smith was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury when Disraeli returned as Prime Minister. In 1877, he became First Lord of the Admiralty. It has been claimed that Smith's appointment was the inspiration for the character of Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1878 comic oper... | 31,998 | triviaqa-train |
What was the title of Sir Walter Scott's first novel of 1814 which he set around the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion? | Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include "Ivanhoe", "Rob Roy", "Old Mortality", "The Lady of ... | Redgauntlet
Redgauntlet (1824) is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in Dumfries, Scotland in 1765, and described by Magnus Magnusson (a point first made by Andrew Lang) as "in a sense, the most autobiographical of Scott's novels." It describes the beginnings of a fictional "third" Jacobite Rebellion, and incl... | 31,999 | triviaqa-train |
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