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Which Glen Miller recording of 1941 was the first record ever to be awarded a gold disc? | for sales of 100,000 copies of "The Window Cleaner". The first gold disc was awarded by RCA Victor (under division imprint Bluebird Records) to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in February 1942, celebrating the sale of 1.2 million copies of single "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Another example of a company award is the gold re... | was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on 2 August 1971.
The act succeeded again in 1972 with "Too Late to Turn Back Now" (U.S. R&B #5, Hot 100 #2); both songs were written by Eddie Cornelius. This also sold over one million copies with a gold disc awarded in August 1972.
While the group fa... | 32,000 | triviaqa-train |
What number Pennsylvania Avenue is the address of the White House? | White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and... | North Lawn (White House)
The North Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, is bordered on the north by Pennsylvania Avenue with a wide view of the mansion, and is screened by dense plantings on the east from East Executive Drive and the Treasury Building, and on the west from West Executive Drive and the Old Executi... | 32,001 | triviaqa-train |
What is the only US state capital to have a 3-word name? | also known as the New Hampshire Grants and claimed by New York)
- West Virginia, 1863, from Virginia (Trans-Allegheny region counties) during the Civil War
Congress is under no obligation to admit states, even in those areas whose population expresses a desire for statehood. Such has been the case numerous times during... | the end of the twentieth century. He called this in a 2003 work 'the return of cosmopolitan capital'. His book of the same name charted historically how capitalism had merged with the state system and was now beginning to demerge. However he fully recognised what he called 'the inertia' of the national state, not only ... | 32,002 | triviaqa-train |
"Who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1975 with the song ""Let me be the one""?" | Let Me Be the One (The Shadows song)
"Let Me Be the One" was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, written by Paul Curtis and performed in English by the band The Shadows.
The song was performed ninth on the night (following Yugoslavia's Pepel in Kri with "Dan ljubezni" and preceding Malta's R... | 'one-off' specials. These included "Lulu At Bern's Restaurant" in 1969; a show recorded in Sweden with the Young Generation; 1970's "The Young Generation Meet Lulu" (also recorded in Sweden) and "Bruce Forsyth Meets Lulu" in 1975.
Life and career Eurovision Song Contest.
On 29 March 1969, she represented the United Kin... | 32,003 | triviaqa-train |
In Norse mythology, who was the goddess of the underworld? | Hel (being)
In Norse mythology, Hel is a being who presides over a realm of the same name, where she receives a portion of the dead. Hel is attested in the "Poetic Edda", compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the "Prose Edda", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In addition, sh... | - Hine-nui-te-pō, goddess of night and death and the ruler of the underworld in Māori mythology
Norse.
- Nótt, female personification of night
Roman.
- Diana Trivia, goddess of the hunt, the moon, crossroads, equivalent to both Artemis and Hekate.
- Latona, a mother goddess of day and night, an equivalent to the goddes... | 32,004 | triviaqa-train |
Which George Bernard Shaw play is subtitled 'A Metabiological Pentateuch'? | "As usual with Mr Shaw, the play is about an hour too long", although containing "much entertainment and some profitable reflection". Ervine in "The Observer" thought the play brilliant but ponderously acted, except for Edith Evans as Lady Utterword.
Shaw's largest-scale theatrical work was "Back to Methuselah", writte... | Buoyant Billions
Buoyant Billions (1948) is a play by George Bernard Shaw. Written at the age of 92, it was his last full-length play. Subtitled "a comedy of no manners", the play is about a brash young man courting the daughter of an elderly billionaire, who is pondering how to dispose of his wealth after his death, a... | 32,005 | triviaqa-train |
Which English king was the son of Lord Darnley and Mary Queen of Scots? | title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was ' ("King of the English"). Canute the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period ' remained standard, with occasional use of ' ("King of England"). From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of ' or "". In... | and the outspoken Lord Bothwell, as well as her enemies, such as the Protestant preacher John Knox. Tensions mount between Mary and Elizabeth, with Mary marrying Lord Darnley, an English Catholic claimant to the English throne, in the hopes of taking England. In France, Catherine has to protect her son, King Charles IX... | 32,006 | triviaqa-train |
For which professional rugby league club did athlete Dwain Chambers play one match in 2008? | in 2002.
Chambers returned to competition in June 2006, and won gold with his teammates in the 4×100 m at the 2006 European Championships. He tried other sports, including a spell with the Hamburg Sea Devils of the NFL Europa league and a rugby league trial with Castleford. Sprinting success came over 60 m when he won ... | to play in the Super 14. However, following a disappointing 2011 season - where he only started six of the Reds' 18 matches - Chambers was released by the club after missing a place in their thirty-man 2012 squad. He was named on the bench for the Reds Super 15 final victory over the Crusaders in 2011 — which featured ... | 32,007 | triviaqa-train |
Which is Spain's third most populated city after Madrid and Barcelona? | Cerralbo ("Museo Cerralbo") houses a private collection of ancient works of art, artefacts and other antiquities collected by Enrique de Aguilera y Gamboa, 17th Marquis of Cerralbo.
The National Museum of Anthropology ("Museo Nacional de Antropología") provides an overview of different cultures, with objects and human ... | the province of Madrid, which was until then conventionally included in the historical region of New Castile.
The Community of Madrid is the third most populous in Spain with 6,549,979 (2018) inhabitants mostly concentrated in the metropolitan area of Madrid. It is also the most densely populated autonomous community. ... | 32,008 | triviaqa-train |
Which planet has the densest atmosphere consisting mostly of carbon dioxide? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the... | , which are home to over 50 percent of all the species on the planet. Oceans regulate climate and weather as well as providing nutrition for a vast variety of species, humans included. Covering such an extensive part of the planet has allowed the oceans to absorb a large portion of the carbon dioxide () from the atmosp... | 32,009 | triviaqa-train |
In which organ of the body are worn-out red blood cells removed and antibodies synthesised? | Spleen
The spleen is an organ found in virtually all vertebrates. Similar in structure to a large lymph node, it acts primarily as a blood filter. The word spleen comes .
The spleen plays important roles in regard to red blood cells (erythrocytes) and the immune system. It removes old red blood cells and holds a reserv... | Cold agglutinin disease
Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of high concentrations of circulating cold sensitive antibodies, usually IgM and autoantibodies that are also active at temperatures below , directed against red blood cells, causing them to agglutinate and ... | 32,010 | triviaqa-train |
For his portrayal of which real life character did Philip Seymour Hoffman win the 2006 Best Actor Oscar? | Came Polly" (2004). He began to occasionally play leading roles, and for his portrayal of the author Truman Capote in "Capote" (2005), won multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hoffman's profile continued to grow and he received three more Oscar nominations for his supporting work as a brutall... | who met up with a dangerous wanted drifter played by Matt Dillon.
- The 2005 film "Capote", for which Philip Seymour Hoffman was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character, profiled the author as he traveled across Kansas while writing "In Cold Blood" (although most of the film it... | 32,011 | triviaqa-train |
"""Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife"" is a line written by which poet?" | . She exclaims that it is "... too absurd – too soon – to think of, by far!" He bitterly agrees that it is absurd, but when she corrects him, saying that it is only "too soon", he is emboldened to ask once again for her hand in marriage. She accepts, and the two are quietly married.
Title.
Hardy took the title from Tho... | Hiya was from the hills and Ujan was a trekker by hobby, they enjoyed the breathtaking scenery and relived their good old days, far away from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. By that time in Kolkata, scheming Manjari had a co-hort in Vicky, Ujan's cousin brother and the two started to make plans to keep Ujan and Hiy... | 32,012 | triviaqa-train |
The moons of Uranus are named after characters in the works of Shakespeare and which other English writer and poet? | moon"), in science fiction. Natural satellites of other planets are generally named after mythological figures. Satellites of Uranus are named after characters from works by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope.
When natural satellites are first discovered, they are given provisional designations such as "S/2010 J 2" ... | the rings have been detected by the disturbance they create in the surrounding ring material, though this is thought to be only a small sample of the total population of such objects.
Uranus has 27 named moons, five of which are massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium. There are another 13 inner moons t... | 32,013 | triviaqa-train |
"Who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with the song ""Long Live Love""?" | Long Live Love (Olivia Newton-John song)
"Long Live Love" was the British entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 in Brighton, United Kingdom. It was sung by Olivia Newton-John in English.
The song's composers, Valerie Avon and Harold Spiro, had worked together as staff writers for Belwin Mills Publishing since 197... | a Grammy for Best Country Female and an Academy of Country Music award for Most Promising Female Vocalist.
In 1974, Newton-John represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Long Live Love". The song was chosen for Newton-John by the British public out of six possible entries. (Newton-Joh... | 32,014 | triviaqa-train |
"What year did the Queen describe as her ""annus horribilis""?" | Annus horribilis
Origin of phrase.
The phrase "annus horribilis" was used in 1891 in an Anglican publication to describe 1870, the year in which the Roman Catholic church defined the dogma of papal infallibility.
Elizabeth II.
The expression was brought to modern prominence by Queen Elizabeth II in a speech to Guildha... | personally because he has given his royal assent and tacit approval to what they perceive to be a liberal agenda in Spain and a secularism of Spanish life.
The monarchy became subject to sharpened criticism during the financial crisis, particularly 2012 which became a kind of "annus horribilis" for the monarchy, as mem... | 32,015 | triviaqa-train |
A photograph of which actress did Judge Roy Bean always carry in his wallet? | for the slightest infraction of "his laws", but there are no hangings on the family-oriented series. The storekeeper role is stressed more than that of the bartender. Bean's Langtry is not named for the English actress Lillie Langtry, who visited there after Bean's death. Instead, Langtry is named for George Langtry, a... | jobs for widows or abandoned women, there was always a steady supply of women in the trade.
Even apart from traditional vice, corrupt practices were common in Texas during this period, often enabling vice activities to thrive, especially in the frontier areas. Among the more famous examples was "Judge" Roy Bean, an ent... | 32,016 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the carbohydrate found in the cell walls of fruits and used in the setting of jams and jellies? | cookbook defines it as a cooked and jelled puree. The term "jam" refers to a product made of whole fruit cut into pieces or crushed, then heated with water and sugar to activate its pectin before being put into containers:
Pectin is mainly D-galacturonic acid connected by α (1–4) glycosidic linkages. The side chains of... | Osteomeles schwerinae
Osteomeles schwerinae is a species of plant native to China. Its flowers are white and resemble those of hawthorn species. It produces small, white, round berries that are actually pomes. The fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or used to make jellies and jams. The fruits have a sweet flavor. I... | 32,017 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the structure under a balloon or airship that holds the crew and passengers? | Cameron Balloons.
Construction Gondola.
The term "gondola" is used to describe a crew car of an airship, slung beneath the centre of the envelope. These may be short, for cockpit and landing gear alone, or longer to provide passenger space. Early gondolas were open structures slung beneath the envelope, while later one... | who carry out the balloon flights and is affiliated to the following organisations:
- Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
- British Balloon & Airship Club (BBAC)
- British Association of Balloon Operators (BABO)
Since 2002, Virgin Balloon Flights has been the trading name for AirXcite Limited.
In 2006 it acquired a N-355 b... | 32,018 | triviaqa-train |
Which pie-making company in Baxenden in Lancashire, has bright insect-green wagons delivering to chippies across the region? | to the town and, in honour, the town named the Gallery for her family. Opened 21 September 1921 the Gallery is home of probably Europe's most significant collection of Tiffany glass chiefly consisting of over one hundred and forty pieces of his Favrile, or ‘hand-made', Glass. The gallery also has a collection of oil pa... | Byrne Dairy
Byrne Dairy is a regional dairy company headquartered in Syracuse, New York. It was founded during the Great Depression in 1933, delivering milk bottles to New Yorkers by horse-wagons. The company is privately run and has expanded, distributing across the Upstate New York region, supplying many wholesale an... | 32,019 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the estuary at the mouths of the rivers Ouse and Trent? | Shaw Reach near Linton-on-Ouse, about six miles downstream of the confluence of the River Swale with the River Ure. It then flows through the city of York and the towns of Selby and Goole before joining with the River Trent at Trent Falls, near the village of Faxfleet, to form the Humber Estuary.
The Ouse's system of t... | , roughly equidistant between the mouths of the River Ouse and the Cuckmere. The Ouse valley was a wide tidal estuary with its mouth nearly closed by a shingle bar, but the tidal mudflats and salt marshes have been "inned" (protected from the tidal river by dykes) to form grassy freshwater marshes (grazing marsh). To t... | 32,020 | triviaqa-train |
What record did Jeanne Calment reach in 1995? | sharp" until the end of her life.
Health and lifestyle Supercentenarian clinical study.
Bertrand Jeune, Robine and other researchers compared Jeanne Calment with nearly 20 people worldwide who had been verified to have reached at least 115 years of age. They concluded that the lives of these people differed widely and ... | monthly revenue of 2,500 francs (€380) until her death. Raffray died in 1995, by which time Calment had received more than double the apartment's value from him, and his family had to continue making payments. Calment commented on the situation by saying, "in life, one sometimes makes bad deals." In 1985, she moved int... | 32,021 | triviaqa-train |
What is the most common name for the eggplant? | Eggplant
Eggplant (US, Australia), aubergine (UK), or brinjal (South Asia and South Africa) is a plant species in the nightshade family Solanaceae. "Solanum melongena" is grown worldwide for its edible fruit.
Most commonly purple, the spongy, absorbent fruit is used in various cuisines. Although often considered a vege... | what is arguably a change of name.
There are many reasons to undertake renaming, with political motivation being the primary cause; for example many places in the former Soviet Union and its satellites were renamed to honour Stalin. Sometimes a place reverts to its former name (see for example de-Stalinization). One o... | 32,022 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the blue or white cheese, made from full cream milk and manufactured in the parts of Leicestershire around Melton Mowbray? | and Welsh halfbred.
The Leicestershire County Show is held on the first Bank Holiday in May each year and includes animal showings, trade exhibitions, and show jumping. Melton Mowbray Market is an important regional livestock market.
Field sports remain an important part of the rural economy of Leicestershire, with sta... | Danish Blue Cheese
Danablu, often marketed under the trademark Danish Blue Cheese within North America, is a strong, blue-veined cheese. This semi-soft creamery cheese is typically drum- or block-shaped and has a white-to-yellowish, slightly moist, edible rind. Made from full fat cow's milk and homogenised cream, it ha... | 32,023 | triviaqa-train |
On the banks of which river does the city of Quebec stand? | to the Quebec City region, limited to the North by the Laurentian Mountains and to the South by the Appalachians. It mainly covers the areas of the Centre-du-Québec, Laval, Montérégie and Montreal, the southern regions of the Capitale-Nationale, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Mauricie and includes Anticosti Island, the Minga... | Quebec, under the command of Le Moyne, was on its way to help defend New Orleans from the Chickasaw, who were attacking the city on behalf of England. While on their journey down the Ohio River towards the Mississippi River, they met with local chiefs in a village on the banks of the Scioto, which was probably Lower Sh... | 32,024 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Roman numeral for 500? | ΔΕΚΑ" for 10, "Η" from "ΗΕΚΑΤΟΝ" for 100, etc. or modified "Π" like "��" for 50 an "��" for 500.
The Attic numerals were later replaced in Greece by the classical Greek system, that also used letters to denote numbers, like the Romans, and a different set of letters for each power of 10. However, the similarities ended... | being suffered in a conclave with Alfonso Visconti having several broken bones.
Election of Paul V.
Following the disruption, a vote was taken and it became clear that Toschi lacked the support needed for election by two votes. The leaders of the competing factions met to select a compromise candidate and Camillo Borgh... | 32,025 | triviaqa-train |
Which author created the CIA agent Jack Ryan? | Jack Ryan (character)
John Patrick Ryan, Sr. is a fictional character created by author Tom Clancy and featured in his Ryanverse novels, which have consistently topped the New York Times bestseller list over 30 years. Since Clancy’s death in 2013, four other authors have continued the Ryan franchise and its other conne... | CIA operative Jack Ryan. Dafoe played John Clark, a CIA agent conducting a covert operation against a drug cartel in Colombia with Jack Ryan. Dafoe portrayed the poet T. S. Eliot in the drama "Tom & Viv" (also in 1994), which tells the story of Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, who was played by Mira... | 32,026 | triviaqa-train |
What structure was moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham in 1854? | Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace may refer to:
Places.
Places United Kingdom.
- The Crystal Palace, built in 1851 originally in Hyde Park, then relocated to south London in 1854 and destroyed by fire in 1936
- The Great Exhibition, the event the building was built for, sometimes also known as the "Crystal Palace" Exhibiti... | company and proposed that the edifice be erected on a property named Penge Place that had been excised from Penge Common at the top of Sydenham Hill.
The construction of the building began on Sydenham Hill in 1852. The new building, while incorporating most of the constructional parts of the Hyde Park building, was so ... | 32,027 | triviaqa-train |
British Airways was formed between 1971 and 1974 by the merger of two airlines - name either. | L-1011 TriStar series 1 widebodies on BEA's behalf, with an option on six more for either BEA or BOAC. BEA was to take delivery of its first widebodied aircraft during the fourth quarter of 1974.
On 1 September 1972, BEA became the British European Airways Division of the newly formed British Airways Group.
In its 1973... | History of British Airways
British Airways (BA), the United Kingdom's national airline, was formed in 1974 with the merger of the two largest UK airlines, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA), and including also two smaller regional airlines, Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airl... | 32,028 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish soup's name derives from its main ingredients, chicken and leeks? | of cock-a-leekie soup, leek and potato soup, and "vichyssoise", as well as plain leek soup.
Because of their symbolism in Wales (see below), they have come to be used extensively in that country’s cuisine. Elsewhere in Britain, leeks have come back into favor only in the last 50 years or so, having been overlooked for ... | Borscht
Borscht () is a sour soup common in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. In English, the word "borscht" is most often associated with the soup's variant of Ukrainian origin, made with beetroots as one of the main ingredients, which give the dish its distinctive red color. The same name, however, is also used for a... | 32,029 | triviaqa-train |
Which Russian jeweller of French decent is famous for his intricate Easter Eggs of gold and diamonds, which he made for the Russian Tsars? | transition to the following period – were the masterful creations of the Russian artist Peter Carl Fabergé, working for the Imperial Russian court, whose Fabergé eggs and jewellery pieces are still considered as the epitome of the goldsmith's art.
History Europe and the Middle East 18th Century/Romanticism/Renaissance.... | House of Fabergé
The House of Fabergé (; Russian: Дом Фаберже) is a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by Gustav Faberge, using the accented name "Fabergé". Gustav's sons, Peter Carl and Agathon, and grandsons followed him in running the business until it was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1... | 32,030 | triviaqa-train |
Of which tribe was Boudicca the queen? | Boudica
Boudica or Boudicca (; also Boadicea or Boudicea , and known in Welsh as ) was a queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She died shortly after its failure and was said to have poisoned herself. She is considered a British folk... | MV Boudicca
MV "Boudicca is a cruise ship owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. She was built in 1973 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland as Royal Viking Sky" for Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskap, Trondheim, which placed the ship in Royal Viking Line service.
Prior to entering service with her current owner... | 32,031 | triviaqa-train |
What American state's capital is Montgomery? | site of sporting events hosted by the area's colleges and universities. The Alabama State University Hornets play in NCAA Division I competition in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The football team plays at Hornet Stadium, the basketball teams play at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome, and the baseball team plays at... | as the college came under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. As the college and the South struggled to rebuild following the Civil War, college leaders believed they needed to relocate the institution to a more populous city, and they chose the state's capital, Montgomery.
In 1908 they purchased a 58-acre ... | 32,032 | triviaqa-train |
What was the punishment of the six Trade Unionists, the Tolpuddle Martyrs? | International Transport Workers Federation, the International Federation of Journalists, the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance or Public Services International.
Criticisms.
In the United States, the outsourcing of labour to Asia, Latin America, and Africa has been partially driven by increasing costs of uni... | The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum in Tolpuddle, Dorset, features displays and interactive exhibits about the martyrs and their effect on trade unionism.
Cultural and historical significance.
A monument was erected in their honour in Tolpuddle in 1934, and a sculpture of the martyrs, made in 2001, stands in the village in fr... | 32,033 | triviaqa-train |
Roy Plomley was, in 1944, the creator and first presenter of which radio programme? | Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942.
Each week a guest, called a 'castaway' during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that t... | Thames Television. Jimmy Edwards, Frankie Howerd, Beryl Reid and Willie Rushton were regular panellists. Guest panellists were Steve Davis, Robert Dougall, Britt Ekland, Roy Plomley, Magnus Pyke, Shaw Taylor and Barbara Woodhouse.
2007 revival.
The radio show was revived in 2007. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and was... | 32,034 | triviaqa-train |
In France, a charcuterie is a shop specialising in which meat? | or rabbit), poultry, game birds, veal, and pork livers. Pork fatback is often used for the fat portion of forcemeat, as it has a somewhat neutral flavor.
In US usage, there are four basic styles of forcemeat. Straight forcemeats are produced by progressively grinding equal parts pork and pork fat with a third dominant ... | October 1940: butter, cheese, meat, coffee, "charcuterie", eggs, oil; in July 1941: and as the war went on: chocolate, fish, dried vegetables, (like peas and beans), potatoes, fresh vegetables, wine, tobacco... Products could be bought only upon presentation of coupons attributed to specific items and on the specific w... | 32,035 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor played Al Jolson in The Jolson Story and it sequel? | of the first talking picture, "The Jazz Singer" (1927), he starred in a series of successful musical films during the 1930s. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with "The Jolson Story" (1946), for wh... | Jolson Sings Again
Jolson Sings Again is a 1949 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Levin, and the sequel to "The Jolson Story", both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. The film received three Oscar nominations at the 22nd Academy Awards.
Synopsis.
In this follow-up to "The Jolson Story", we ... | 32,036 | triviaqa-train |
Which town in Southwest Belgium, twinned with Bootle in 1967, was on 21 August 1914, the site of the first World War I battle between British and German forces? | town was known as "Parisius", a Latin name that would later become "Paris" in French. Christianity was introduced in the middle of the 3rd century AD by Saint Denis, the first Bishop of Paris: according to legend, when he refused to renounce his faith before the Roman occupiers, he was beheaded on the hill which became... | two more divisions were sent later.
Belgium.
Belgium Battle of Haelen, 12 August.
The Battle of Haelen ("Halen") was a cavalry battle at the beginning of World War I. Haelen (Halen in Dutch) was a small market town along the principal axis of advance of the German imperial army and provided a good crossing point over t... | 32,037 | triviaqa-train |
In the TV series 'Upstairs Downstairs' what was the name of the butler played by Gordon Jackson? | detail to make the characters more realistic. Honor Blackman was short-listed for the role of Lady Marjorie and George Cole for that of the butler, Hudson. Jean Marsh was already slated to take the part of Rose Buck, the headhouse parlourmaid. Eileen Atkins was scheduled to play the other maid, Sarah Moffat, opposite J... | for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. The following year, it won for Outstanding Limited Series and Gordon Jackson won for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Series, while Angela Baddeley was nominated for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama... | 32,038 | triviaqa-train |
In melodrama, who was the supplier of fillings for Mrs Lovatt's pies? | a favourite theme. This included dramatizations of the murderous careers of Burke and Hare, Sweeney Todd (first featured in "The String of Pearls" (1847) by George Dibdin Pitt), the murder of Maria Marten in the Red Barn and the bizarre exploits of Spring Heeled Jack. The misfortunes of a discharged prisoner is the the... | and the pie manufacturer Sargent can trace their pie making back to 1891.
In South Australia, Balfours and Vili's have been making pies for over 100 years. Both of these pie makers supply pies to various venues hosting Australian rules football games.
Produced in Western Australia, Mrs Mac's Pies are sold nationwide, f... | 32,039 | triviaqa-train |
What did Letchworth become in 1963 and Welwyn in 1969? | Letchworth
Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with a population of 33,600. It is a former civil parish.
The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded (the other two being Willian and Norton) – all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The... | AC bonus and usually some kind of protective ability.
- Helmet: These items provide low AC bonuses and their abilities may vary depending on the class of the helmet.
- Steed: Steeds are the standard way to give movement to characters. Steeds are most common for the Fighter and Rogue classes.
- Gauntlet: This is a newer... | 32,040 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county is Framlingham Castle? | Framlingham Castle
Framlingham Castle is a castle in the market town of Framlingham in Suffolk in England. An early motte and bailey or ringwork Norman castle was built on the Framlingham site by 1148, but this was destroyed by Henry II of England in the aftermath of the revolt of 1173–4. Its replacement, constructed b... | used in this way until 1839 when the facility was closed; the castle was then used as a drill hall and as a county court. In 1913, Pembroke College placed Framlingham into the guardianship of the Commissioner of Works. During the Second World War, Framlingham Castle was used by the British military as part of the regio... | 32,041 | triviaqa-train |
Celtic Crusaders join the Rugby League Superleague in 2009, in which town or city is the club based? | Crusaders Rugby League
Crusaders Rugby League () was a professional rugby league club based in Bridgend and later in Wrexham, Wales. They played for six seasons in the Rugby Football League competitions, including three years in the Super League from 2009 to 2011.
Founded as Celtic Crusaders in 2005 initially based in ... | had various groups of supporters form their own rugby league teams such as the Celtic Crusaders Vagabonds who played in the Isle of Man and the Celtic Barbarians based in Wrexham. The club has several notable fans like Welsh rugby union international Gavin Henson, TNA wrestler Rob Terry, Plaid Cymru politician Janet Ry... | 32,042 | triviaqa-train |
To within 10 either way, how many seats are there in the US House of Representatives? | in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected. The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435. As of the 2010 Census, the largest delegation is that of California, with fifty-three representatives. Seven states have only one representative: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dak... | 2012, the party that won a plurality of the votes actually won fewer seats in the House of Representatives.
In New Zealand, the rule predicted the distribution of seats between the two largest parties for most elections prior to election reform. From the 1940s onwards until 1993, after which the rule was irrelevant bec... | 32,043 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the poem 'Not waving but drowning'? | Not Waving but Drowning
"Not Waving but Drowning" is a poem by the British poet Stevie Smith. It was published in 1957 as part of a collection of the same title. The most famous of Smith's poems, it gives an account of a drowned man whose distressed thrashing in the water had been mistaken for waving. The poem was acco... | the outrageous wit of her youth and more reflection on suffering, faith and the end of life. Her best-known poem is "Not Waving but Drowning". She was awarded the Cholmondeley Award for Poets in 1966 and won the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry in 1969. She published nine volumes of poems in her lifetime (three more were ... | 32,044 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name of the fruit Prunus Armeniaca? | Prunus armeniaca
Prunus armeniaca (meaning Armenian plum), the most commonly cultivated apricot species, also called ansu apricot, Siberian apricot, Tibetan apricot, is a species of "Prunus", classified with the plum in the subgenus "Prunus". The native range is somewhat uncertain due to its extensive prehistoric culti... | mottling. Adults have been recorded on wing from October to April.
Larvae have been reared from the fruit of grape "Vitis" species, "Prunus domestica", "Prunus armeniaca" and "Prunus persica". They bore into the fruit of their host plant. It is not thought to be an introduced pest in Chile, but a native species that ha... | 32,045 | triviaqa-train |
What was the official residence of the monarch between 1698 and 1837? | during Royal Ascot, an annual race meeting that is part of the social calendar. The sovereign's official residence in Scotland is the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The monarch stays at Holyrood for at least one week each year, and when visiting Scotland on state occasions.
Historically, the Palace of Westminste... | 1702 until 1837. Ambassadors are still accredited to the Court of St. James's and several members of the Royal family still maintain apartments there, e.g., HRH Princess Alexandra and HRH The Princess Royal.
- Kensington Palace – a royal residence since 1689 (but not used by the monarch since the 18th century)
- Palace... | 32,046 | triviaqa-train |
The site of the Battle of Flodden Field is in which county? | Battle of Flodden
The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton (Brainston Moor) was a military combat in the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English victory. The battle was fought in Branxton in the county of Northumberland in no... | of the fallen. A register of royal charters was kept and published as the "Register of the Great Seal of Scotland". The battle was mentioned because of the declaration James IV had made at Twiselhaugh respecting the heritage of the heirs of potential casualties, which waived feudal fees. Some of the lands noted were th... | 32,047 | triviaqa-train |
Published in 1826 whose song, a rendition of 'Ave Maria', is classified as Opus 52 no 6? | Ave Maria (Schubert)
"'" ("'", D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6, 1825), in English: "Ellen's Third Song", was composed by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Opus 52, a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's popular epic poem "The Lady of the Lake", loosely translated into German.
It has become one of Schubert's most popula... | Gesang III, D839, Op 52 no 6, 1825), Ellen's third song in English, as part of his Opus 52, a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's popular epic poem "The Lady of the Lake", and was translated into German by Adam Storck, used in the final segment of Walt Disney's "Fantasia", opening with the greeting "Ave Maria" (... | 32,048 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1966 western featured the characters Tuco, Blondie and Angel Eyes? | forgot to kill me off in "For A Few Dollars More"".
The film's working title was "I due magnifici straccioni" ("The Two Magnificent Tramps"). It was changed just before shooting began when Vincenzoni thought up "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" ("The Good, the Ugly, the Bad"), which Leone loved. In the United States, U... | and is used for the three main characters, with a different instrument used for each one: flute for Blondie (Man with No Name), Arghilofono (Ocarina) for Angel Eyes, and human voices for Tuco.
It is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most original film scores in history. The score complements the film's Am... | 32,049 | triviaqa-train |
Which rock 'n roll icon had a US and UK hit in 1956 with 'Long Tall Sally'? | Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent. Chuck Berry's 1955 classic "Maybellene" in particular features a distorted electric guitar solo with warm overtones created by his small valve amplifier. However, the use of distortion was predated by electric blues guitarists such as Joe Hill Louis, Guitar Sl... | appeared in stereo in the UK: the "Long Tall Sally" EP and "I'm Down".
In October 1980, the album was divided into two single albums, and released as budget LPs in both the UK and the United States. "Rock 'n' Roll Music: Volume 1" (UK LP: EMI/Music for Pleasure MFP 50506, 24 October 1980; US LP: Capitol SN-16020, 27 Oc... | 32,050 | triviaqa-train |
According to mythology, who was rescued by Perseus after being chained to a rock as a sacrifice? | Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (; ) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for Polydectes and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. He was the son of Zeus and the mortal Danaë, as well as the half-brother and great-grandfather of Heracles.
Etymology.
Bec... | Wisner – piano
- Ace Tesone – bass
- Dave Levin – drums | 32,051 | triviaqa-train |
The Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks are in which US state? | Zion National Park
Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. A prominent feature of the park is Zion Canyon, which is long and up to deep. The canyon walls are reddish and tan-colored Navajo Sandstone eroded by the North Fork of the Virgin River. The lowes... | acres in U.S. National Forests, many state parks, and other protected lands. In fact, this region has the highest concentration of parklands in North America. Lake Powell, in foreground, is not a natural lake but a reservoir impounded by Glen Canyon Dam.
National parks (from south to north to south clockwise):
- Petrif... | 32,052 | triviaqa-train |
What is the fruit of the shrub/plant Rubus Idaeus? | .
Tiliroside from raspberry is a potent tyrosinase inhibitor and might be used as a skin-whitening agent and pigmentation medicine.
Raspberry fruit may protect the liver.
Chemistry.
Vitamin C and phenolics are present in red raspberries. Most notably, the anthocyanins cyanidin-3-sophoroside, cyanidin-3-(2(G)-glucosylru... | It requires light, often alkaline soils. The species spreads by seeds and stolons. Its natural range covers most of Europe and western Asia. It is especially abundant in riversides, especially in shady areas and ravines. It grows in the margins of forests or unforested areas as woods in regeneration, prickly woodland f... | 32,053 | triviaqa-train |
Robert the Bruce is buried in which town? | concluded between Scotland and England with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, by which Edward III renounced all claims to sovereignty over Scotland.
Robert died in June 1329. His body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey, while his heart was interred in Melrose Abbey and his internal organs embalmed and placed in St Serf’... | Robert Bruce (tea planter)
Robert Bruce was a Scottish gentleman who introduced the tea plantations in Assam in the early 19th century.
He is buried in the cemetery in Tezpur town.
Assam.
Bruce learned from Maniram Datta Barua, a native nobleman, that Singhpo grew tea that was unknown to the rest of the world. Singhpo ... | 32,054 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the former eastern bloc countries, now a member of the EU is the only one to have adopted the euro as its currency? | officially ceased to be legal tender on 31 December 2001, though the exchange period lasted for two months more. Even after the old currencies ceased to be legal tender, they continued to be accepted by national central banks for periods ranging from several years to indefinitely (the latter for Austria, Germany, Irela... | , Europe day (9 May) – as for the flag and the anthem,
- A single currency, the euro – the euro, if indeed it is a symbol of unity for all who use it as opposed to being adopted by practical or economic considerations, has been adopted by some countries outside of the EU, but not by all EU member states in the bloc, al... | 32,055 | triviaqa-train |
Sir Thomas Bertram owns which estate in an 1814 novel? | Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until 1821.
The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when he... | we discover that Miss Mary Crawford has twenty thousand pounds and that Mr Henry Crawford is not handsome.
- Scene 3: Chapter Three: Sir Thomas Bertram's Farewell In which Sir Thomas Bertram leaves for Antigua.
- Scene 4: Chapter Four: Landscape Gardening In which Mr Rushworth proposes a trip to Sotherton, his estate.
... | 32,056 | triviaqa-train |
The site of the Battle of Naseby is in which county? | Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby was a decisive engagement of the First English Civil War, fought on 14 June 1645 between the main Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model Army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. It was fought near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshir... | is carried over the river by an early nineteenth century ashlar bridge which is a Grade II listed structure. To the east of Lubenham, the river passes Old Lubenham Hall, part of an H-plan house built in the late sixteenth century and modified in the early eighteenth century. King Charles I is believed to have stayed th... | 32,057 | triviaqa-train |
The LHC is operated by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, by what initials is this organisation known? | gained a considerable amount of attention from outside the scientific community and its progress is followed by most popular science media. The LHC has also inspired works of fiction including novels, TV series, video games and films.
CERN employee Katherine McAlpine's "Large Hadron Rap" surpassed 7 million YouTube vie... | Linköpings HC
Linköpings Hockey Club, often known by its initials LHC, or colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is an ice hockey team based in Linköping, Sweden that plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien).
Linköping's women's football team, Linköpings FC, is affiliated with and financially backe... | 32,058 | triviaqa-train |
Whose Law states that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules? | the Boltzmann constant is the ideal gas constant divided by the Avogadro number, and formula_5 is the root-mean-square speed. Thus the ideal gas law states that internal energy is directly proportional to temperature. This direct proportionality between temperature and internal energy is a special case of the equiparti... | the ideal behavior and the law holds only approximately, but is still a useful approximation for scientists.
Mathematical definition.
The law can be written as:
or
where
This law describes how, under the same condition of temperature and pressure, equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules. For com... | 32,059 | triviaqa-train |
A biography of which pop group was subtitled 'The World's First Supergroup'? | the group will remain together. In other instances, the group may become the primary project of the members' careers. It became popular in late 1960s rock music for members of already successful groups to record albums together, after which they normally split up. Charity supergroups, in which prominent musicians perfo... | Thank You for the Music (album)
Thank You for the Music (subtitled "A Collection of Love Songs") is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in November 1983 in the United Kingdom by the record company Epic. The compilation features 14 tracks, including the singles "I Have a Dream", "Chiquitit... | 32,060 | triviaqa-train |
On which island did St John write Revelations? | John of Patmos
John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine or John the Theologian; Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος; ) is the author named as John in the Book of Revelation, the apocalyptic text forming the final book of the New Testament. The text of Revelation states that John was on Patmos, a Greek isla... | John wrote Ferrara's second film, "Ms. 45" (1981).
A notable Ferrara film in which St. John did not write the screenplay was "Bad Lieutenant" (1992). A devout Catholic, St. John refused to work with Ferrara on that particular film because of its blasphemous images. St. John also tried to dissuade Ferrara and Harvey Kei... | 32,061 | triviaqa-train |
Which Mediterranean island is associated with the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite? | Athens' growing naval power enabled it to compel other league states to comply with its policies. Athens ended its campaigns against Persia in 450 BC, after a disastrous defeat in Egypt in 454 BC, and the death of Cimon in action against the Persians on Cyprus in 450.
While Athenian activity against the Persian empire ... | Aphrodite
Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus, which is named after the Roman goddess , with whom Aphrodite was extensively syncretized. Aphrodite's major symbols include myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans... | 32,062 | triviaqa-train |
What is the American equivalent of the 'Financial Times'? | institutions, the "Financial Times" is considered the most important business read, reaching 36% of the sample population, 11% more than "The Wall Street Journal" (WSJ), its main rival. "The Economist", which was once 50% owned by "FT", reaches 32%. "FT"'s "The Banker" also proved vital reading, reaching 24%. In additi... | Varian Rule
The Varian Rule holds that "A simple way to forecast the future is to look at what rich people have today; middle-income people will have something equivalent in 10 years, and poor people will have it in an additional decade." It is attributed to Google’s chief economist Hal Varian. Andrew McAfee first call... | 32,063 | triviaqa-train |
Which radio comedian's catch-phrase was 'right monkey'? | Al Read
Al Read (3 March 1909 – 9 September 1987) was a British radio comedian active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Read was born in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire and was a sausage maker in his father's business. He became known as a popular after-dinner speaker with wry and well-observed humour in clubs. In 1950 Re... | halo surrounding the top which lights up every time the Angels win a home game. Fans also use the saying, "Just another Halo victory", as the late Angels broadcaster Rory Markas, who would say the catch phrase after each win.
The Angels organization was the first North American team to employ the use of thundersticks.
... | 32,064 | triviaqa-train |
In which country would you find the holy city of the Islamic religion, Mecca? | Mecca
Mecca, also spelled Makkah, is a city in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. inland from Jeddah, in a narrow valley above sea level, south of Medina, its population in 2012 was 2 million, although visitors more than triple this number every year during the "Ḥajj" ("Pilgrimage"), held in the twelfth Muslim lunar mo... | country, which fell far below the requirements of the population.
Like other religions, large amounts of illegal underground activities took place among Muslims who operated underground presses, organized unofficial Islamic communities and pilgrimages to local holy places. The Hajj to Mecca was nearly impossible for mo... | 32,065 | triviaqa-train |
"In the story of ""Alice in Wonderland"", what kind of creature did Alice find on top of a toadstool, smoking a hookah?" | from a Caterpillar: Alice comes upon a mushroom and sitting on it is a blue Caterpillar smoking a hookah. The Caterpillar questions Alice and she admits to her current identity crisis, compounded by her inability to remember a poem. Before crawling away, the caterpillar tells Alice that one side of the mushroom will ma... | rabbit, now incarnated as a rapping, hip-hop “White Chocolate,” becomes the first of many encounters with eccentric characters who have found their way into Wonderland, including a boozy Glinda the Good Witch (who has a very strange relationship with her munchkins), a hookah smoking Penispillar in his mushroom forest a... | 32,066 | triviaqa-train |
Jezebel, was the wife of which biblical King? | Ahab
Ahab (; ; ; ) was the seventh king of Israel since Jeroboam I, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Scriptures. The Hebrew Bible presents Ahab as a wicked king, particularly for condoning Jezebel's influence on religious policies and his principal role behind ... | in contrast to the "republican source", which places the Philistine victory against the Israelites at Mount Gilboa (,).
According to , after Jehu kills King Jehoram, he confronts Jezebel in Jezreel and urges her eunuchs to kill Jezebel by throwing her out of a window. They comply, tossing her out the window and leaving... | 32,067 | triviaqa-train |
What was the Christian name of the Spanish painter Goya? | Francisco Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and throughout his long career was a commentator and chronicler of his era. Immensely successf... | sketches and drawings can be found in:
- the British Museum and
- Getty Museum – sketch of an artist in his studio
- Goya (Spanish 1746- 1828) was a painter and print maker and made an important contribution to the art of drawing.
- The Italian Sketchbook created in the 1770s and currently in the Museo del Prado
- Eigh... | 32,068 | triviaqa-train |
Which model of Rolls-Royce motor car has the same name as a bomber aircraft? | cars Rolls-Royce Twenty.
After the First World War, Rolls-Royce successfully avoided attempts to encourage British car manufacturers to merge. Faced with falling sales of the 40/50 Silver Ghost in short-lived but deep postwar slumps Rolls-Royce introduced the smaller, cheaper Twenty in 1922, effectively ending the one-... | International Rescue machines.
Other International Rescue machines "FAB 1".
A six-wheeled Rolls-Royce motor car used by Lady Penelope and her chauffeur, Parker. The car has an aircraft-style canopy and is fitted with many gadgets including an air-cooled machine-gun located behind the Rolls-Royce grille.
Other Internati... | 32,069 | triviaqa-train |
Which Belgian city hosted the 1920 summer Olympics? | 1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
In March 1912, during the 13th session of the IOC, Belgium's bid to host the 1920 Summer Olympics was made by Baron Édouard de Laveleye, president... | the Winter edition of 1922 (which predated the first Winter Olympics).
The sailing events were held in Ostend, Belgium, and two in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Host city selection.
In March 1912, during the 13th session of the IOC, the bid on the behalf of Belgium to host the 1920 Summer Olympics. It was made by Baron Édoua... | 32,070 | triviaqa-train |
"Which town is ""celebrated"" in the song ""Dirty Old Town""?" | Dirty Old Town
"Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by the Dubliners and has been recorded by many others.
History.
The song was written about Salford, Lancashire, England, the city where MacColl was born and brought up. It was originally composed for an interlude to cover an... | Dirty Old Town (film)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists: Dirty Old Town is a 2003 concert film by director Justin Mitchell documenting a day in the life of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists on Coney Island. The bulk of the footage is of the band's energetic performance at the Siren Music Festival, interspersed with interviews, board... | 32,071 | triviaqa-train |
"What was the forename of the French Painter ""Manet""?" | Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (; ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Born into an upper-class household with strong political connections, Manet rejecte... | paintings was peasant life, showing more of an alignment with the established French Barbizon school and the artist Millet than with newer artists Manet and Courbet. Though his interest in depicting natural light parallels that of the early impressionists, there is no evidence of direct influence as he was already a pl... | 32,072 | triviaqa-train |
"Which comedian founded the satirical magazine ""Private Eye""?" | satiric stand-up comedian George Carlin acknowledged the influence "The Realist" had in his 1970s conversion to a satiric comedian.
A more humorous brand of satire enjoyed a renaissance in the UK in the early 1960s with the satire boom, led by such luminaries as Peter Cook, Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller, and Dudley Moo... | Willie Rushton
William George Rushton (18 August 1937 – 11 December 1996) was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the satirical magazine "Private Eye".
Early life.
Rushton was born 18 August 1937 in 3 Wilbraham Place, Chelsea, London, the only son of John and Veronica Rushton. ... | 32,073 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded an airline in the 1930s in the USA, which developed into the modern company TWA (Trans-World Airlines)? | Trans World Airlines
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline that existed from 1930 until 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors. With American, United, and Eastern, it wa... | Jack Frye
William John "Jack" Frye (March 18, 1904 - February 3, 1959) was an aviation pioneer in the Airline Industry. Frye founded Standard Air Lines which eventually took him into a merger with Trans World Airlines (TWA) where he became President. Frye is credited for turning TWA into a world class airline during hi... | 32,074 | triviaqa-train |
The largest department store in the world is in New York City, what is its name? | , departmentalization, vertical and horizontal integration, volume sales, and free services for customers such as waiting rooms and free delivery of purchases. His innovations were quickly copied by other department stores.
In 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy founded Macy's as a dry goods store. Benjamin Altman and Lord & Tay... | , Seoul, South Korea. Lotte Department Store offers retail consumer goods and services and is one out of 8 business units of Lotte Shopping. Other Lotte retail companies include discount storeLotte Mart and supermarket Lotte Super.
Wholesale marts Department stores Shinsegae Department Store.
Shinsegae is a South Korea... | 32,075 | triviaqa-train |
What word, other than blackmail, is used to describe the criminal offence of demanding money with menaces? | is no statutory offence of blackmail in Scotland. The common law offence of extortion is similar. Extortion is the offence of using threat of harm to demand money, property or some advantage from another person. It does not matter whether the demand itself is legitimate (such as for money owed) as the offence can still... | and liable to level 4 imprisonment (15 years maximum).
Laws by country Australia South Australia.
The offence of blackmail is created by Part 6B Section 172 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935.
Section 172 provides that a person who menaces another intending to get the other to submit to a demand is guilty of bl... | 32,076 | triviaqa-train |
Which sign of the zodiac is represented by a mythical centaur? | , Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
The twelve astrological signs form a celestial coordinate system, or even more specifically an ecliptic coordinate system, which takes the ecliptic as the origin of latitude and the Sun's position at vernal equinox as the origin of longitude.
Na... | Mithuna (astrology)
Mithuna is the third sign in Indian astrology. The Mithuna is equivalent to the Gemini in Tropical Zodiac. The only difference is that Mithuna is represented by a man and a woman. Mithuna stands for couple (which Mithuna is represented by). The dates occupied under this sign are June 16 to July 15. ... | 32,077 | triviaqa-train |
"In the film ""The Absent-Minded professor"" what substance was invented by Fred MacMurray?" | later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, 1963's "Son of Flubber".
The original 1961 film was one of the first Disney films to be colorized (for the 1986 video release), and, along with 1959's "The Shaggy Dog" and 1963's "Son of Flubber", it is one of Disney's few black-and-white films to be produced after 1... | The Absent-Minded Professor
The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American comic science fiction family film produced by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story "A Situation of Gravity" by Samuel W. Taylor. The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton Un... | 32,078 | triviaqa-train |
"The ""Nimrod"" reconnaissance aircraft is based on which former passenger aircraft?" | there was a boom in general aviation, both private and commercial, as thousands of pilots were released from military service and many inexpensive war-surplus transport and training aircraft became available. Manufacturers such as Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft expanded production to provide light aircraft for the new m... | 2006 Royal Air Force Nimrod crash
On 2 September 2006, a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Nimrod suffered an in-flight fire and subsequently crashed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing all fourteen crew members on board. The crash, which occurred during a reconnaissance flight, was the biggest single loss of life suffered... | 32,079 | triviaqa-train |
Io is one of the moons of which planet? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the... | longitudes of the moons (the second equals sign ignores libration).
This relation makes a triple conjunction impossible. (A Laplace resonance in the Gliese 876 system, in contrast, is associated with one triple conjunction per orbit of the outermost planet, ignoring libration.) The graph illustrates the positions of th... | 32,080 | triviaqa-train |
"Which actor founded London's ""Mermaid"" Theatre?" | Mermaid Theatre
The Mermaid Theatre was a theatre encompassing the site of Puddle Dock and Curriers' Alley at Blackfriars in the City of London, and the first built in the City since the time of Shakespeare. It was, importantly, also one of the first new theatres to abandon the traditional stage layout; instead a singl... | Marc Sinden
Marc Sinden (born 9 May 1954) is an English film director, actor and theatre producer.
Sinden has worked in film and theatre (mainly in London's West End) as both actor and producer and directed the documentary series "Great West End Theatres", detailing the history of the 40 major playhouses in London. He ... | 32,081 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only British monarch to have had an Epsom Derbywinner during his/her reign? | themselves are a minor or incapacitated. Special provisions were made for Queen Elizabeth II by the Regency Act 1953, which stated that the Duke of Edinburgh (the Queen's husband) could act as regent in these circumstances. Since reaching adulthood (in November 1966), Charles, Prince of Wales, has been first in line fo... | Foster Bell
Foster Bell (1814 - 1857) was a British jockey who most notably won the 1845 Epsom Derby on The Merry Monarch.
Bell was little known before his Derby win, and is considered to have been a lucky winner of the race, winning by a length on the 40/1 outsider in an incident-packed race. It would be the only win ... | 32,082 | triviaqa-train |
Which lake was created by the building of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile in the 1960s? | Sudan as Lake Nubia), the larger part of which is in Egypt.
Courses In Egypt.
Below the Aswan High Dam, at the northern limit of Lake Nasser, the Nile resumes its historic course.
North of Cairo, the Nile splits into two branches (or distributaries) that feed the Mediterranean: the Rosetta Branch to the west and the Da... | Aswan Dam
The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is an embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Low Dam initially completed in 1902 downstream. Based on the success of the Low Dam, then at its maxi... | 32,083 | triviaqa-train |
"Which local golf course is properly called ""Royal Liverpool""?" | horse race to be televised in high-definition in the UK.
Sport Golf.
The Royal Liverpool Golf Club, situated in the nearby town of Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula, has hosted The Open Championship on a number of occasions, most recently in 2014. It also hosted the Walker Cup in 1983.
Sport Greyhound Racing.
Liverpool ... | the south west.
Sport.
The village is surrounded by many golf courses, one being the world-famous Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Hillside also has its own golf club which is split from the Royal Birkdale Golf Course by the local Birkdale and Ainsdale Hills Local Nature Reserve and in part, runs along the Liverpool - Southpo... | 32,084 | triviaqa-train |
"In the Aintree Grand National, how many fences are jumped before one reached ""Beecher's Brook"" for the first time?" | Chase and Becher Chase in the December meeting. Within the large National course there is also the smaller Mildmay course containing hurdles and fences. These fences are made of traditional National Hunt material. The National and Mildmay courses used to share the water jump, but the water jump is no longer used on the... | has made it a target for animal rights activists. While course officials have repeatedly taken safety measures over the years, such as improving veterinary facilities and reducing the severity of fences, some have campaigned for further modifications or the abolition of the event that was inaugurated in 1839.
After the... | 32,085 | triviaqa-train |
Which film brought John Mills his only Oscar? | John Mills
Sir John Mills, (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. On screen, he often played people who are not at all exceptional, but become heroes because of their common sense, generosity and good ju... | in "The Family Way" (1966), which featured Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett and John Mills in the leading roles. Head won a leading role in the Oscar-nominated film "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (1971), alongside Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson. Despite these successes, he received little public attention in the next ten years (exc... | 32,086 | triviaqa-train |
Which county cricket team won the championship six times in the 20th century, although their last outright success was in 1934? | .
Cricket is the subject of works by noted English poets, including William Blake and Lord Byron. "Beyond a Boundary" (1963), written by Trinidadian C. L. R. James, is often named the best book on any sport ever written.
In the visual arts, notable cricket paintings include Albert Chevallier Tayler's "Kent vs Lancashir... | 2016 Women's County Championship
The 2016 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 20th cricket Women's County Championship season. The Championship was won by Kent who recorded their seventh championship, setting a new record for the number of championships won. The runners-up were Sussex.
This was the last season ... | 32,087 | triviaqa-train |
"Name the piece of classical music associated with the advertising slogan ""Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet""?" | jazz rendition of Bach's Air on the G String, played by Jacques Loussier and his trio, which is still frequently associated with the brand.
The advertisements featured in television, radio and cinema commercials, various print media, and on billboards. The slogan and the entire campaign was created by the Collett Dicke... | Heineken but accidentally spills it all into the sand; so instead he lights up a Hamlet cigar.
Since the ban on tobacco advertising in the UK (which banned tobacco adverts on television in 1991) and much of Europe was implemented during the 1990s, the adverts are no longer aired; they are also no longer shown in cinema... | 32,088 | triviaqa-train |
Which lake was formed by the damming of the Zambezi River? | Indian Ocean.
The Zambezi's most noted feature is Victoria Falls. Other notable falls include the Chavuma Falls at the border between Zambia and Angola, and Ngonye Falls, near Sioma in Western Zambia.
There are two main sources of hydroelectric power on the river, the Kariba Dam, which provides power to Zambia and Zimb... | Canyon Lake (Arizona)
Canyon Lake is one of four reservoirs that were formed by the damming of the Salt River in the U.S. state of Arizona.
The lake was formed by the Mormon Flat Dam, which was completed in 1925 after two years of construction. Canyon Lake, with a surface area of , is the third and smallest of four lak... | 32,089 | triviaqa-train |
The Babington Plot was intended to dethrone which English monarch? | , visited England as an ambassador to the court of Queen Elizabeth I, to negotiate an Anglo-Moroccan alliance against Spain. Elizabeth "agreed to sell munitions supplies to Morocco, and she and Mulai Ahmad al-Mansur talked on and off about mounting a joint operation against the Spanish". Discussions, however, remained ... | examine the letters and seal up the papers and effects of Mary Queen of Scots, who was then a prisoner at Chartley Castle. It was at this time that the Babington Plot for carrying off the Queen of Scots, was discovered. He had intended to surprise her guards and attendants, and to carry her off while she was taking the... | 32,090 | triviaqa-train |
John Torode and Gregg Wallace are the judges on which TV programme? | Gregg Wallace
Gregg Allan Wallace (born 17 October 1964) is an English media personality, presenter, writer, and former grocer, known for co-presenting "MasterChef", "Celebrity MasterChef" and "" on BBC One and BBC Two. He has jokingly referred to himself as "just the fat, bald bloke on "MasterChef" who likes pudding".... | Wallace and John Torode because the skin of the chicken was not crispy. "I like the rendang flavour, there's a coconut sweetness. However, the chicken skin isn't crispy. It can't be eaten and all the sauce is on the skin so I can't eat it," Wallace said during his judging of her dish. Many commentators, particularly fr... | 32,091 | triviaqa-train |
In which Mississippi town was Elvis Presley born? | . Two of the five deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history have occurred in the state. These storms struck Natchez, in southwest Mississippi (see The Great Natchez Tornado) and Tupelo, in the northeast corner of the state. About seven F5 tornadoes have been recorded in the state.
Geography Ecology, flora, and fauna.
Mississ... | June Juanico
June Juanico (born 19 November 1938) is an Elvis Presley fan from Biloxi, Mississippi, whom the famous rock 'n' roll singer dated in 1955 and 1956, for instance, when he took three weeks of vacation after having recorded his songs "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" in the studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
Elvis ... | 32,092 | triviaqa-train |
Lawrence Fox plays the sidekick of which TV detective? | . This type of sidekick is rarely encountered in fiction, because the hero runs the risk of being upstaged by them. However, examples of successful such pairings include Inspector Morse and his sidekick Detective Sergeant Robbie Lewis, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick Archie Goodwin, Hiro Nakamura and his sidekick Ando Masa... | - Taylor Holmes as Earl Howser, Attorney
- Howard Smith as Warden
- Karl Malden as Sergeant William Cullen
- Anthony Ross as Big Eddie Williams
- Millard Mitchell as Detective Shelby
- J. Scott Smart as Skeets
Production.
Production Development.
"Kiss of Death" is based on a story by former district attorney Lawrence B... | 32,093 | triviaqa-train |
Lawrence Fox married which actress in January 2008? | ) in London in 2002, and John Ford's 17th-century play "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" in 2005. Between 2006 and 2007 he starred in "Treats" by Christopher Hampton with his future wife, Billie Piper. In April 2007, Fox lost his temper with a paparazzi photographer outside the Garrick Theatre in London where he was performing... | millionaire, and her great-grandmother was the actress Hilda Hanbury, sister of Lily Hanbury. Her grandfather was Robin Fox, a theatrical agent. Through Hanbury, she is related to the Terry family of actors.
In 2000 Fox was engaged to the comedian Vic Reeves and subsequently dated Toby Mott. In July 2005, she married t... | 32,094 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1960s TV programme was based on a book by Grace Metalious? | Grace Metalious
Grace Metalious (September 8, 1924 – February 25, 1964) was an American author known for her controversial novel "Peyton Place", one of the best-selling works in publishing history.
Early life.
Marie Grace DeRepentigny was born into poverty and a broken home in the mill town of Manchester, New Hampshire... | Earthquake!"
4. "The Vision"
5. "The Clearing"
6. "Tree of Voices"
7. "River & Desert"
8. "Lava & Flood"
9. "The First Toruk Makto"
Music Vocalists.
- Priscilia le Foll - From 2015 to Present
Filming.
On 18 January 2016, it was announced via the Toruk Facebook page that filming for an upcoming DVD had been completed an... | 32,095 | triviaqa-train |
In the game Monopoly, which property completes the set with Trafalgar Square and the Strand? | Strand, London
Strand (or the Strand) is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster, Central London. It runs just over from Trafalgar Square eastwards to Temple Bar, where the road becomes Fleet Street inside the City of London, and is part of the A4, a main road running west from inner London.
The road's name com... | '
Pall Mall is part of a group of three squares on the British "Monopoly" board game, alongside Whitehall and Northumberland Avenue. All three streets converge at Trafalgar Square. Rising house prices across London mean a small flat on Pall Mall, which is in the lowest-priced third of properties on the board, now sells... | 32,096 | triviaqa-train |
Graves Disease is caused by a malfunction of which gland in the human body? | " bears structural similarity with the human thyrotropin receptor and was hypothesized to contribute to the development of thyroid autoimmunity arising for other reasons in genetically susceptible individuals.
In the 1990s, it was suggested that "Y. enterocolitica" may be an associated condition with both diseases havi... | Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, one of the most important and seminal works in mathematical logic and philosophy.
- Karl F. Sundman solves the "n"-body problem for "n"=3.
Medicine.
- Harvey Cushing identifies Cushing's disease, caused by a malfunction of the pituitary gland.
- Solomon Carter Fuller first names Alzheime... | 32,097 | triviaqa-train |
Graham Nash of the pop group Crosby, Stills & Nash was a former member of which British group? | Graham Nash
Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Nash is known for his light tenor voice and for his songwriting contributions as a member of the English pop/rock group the Hollies and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash became an American citizen on ... | It was certified platinum by the RIAA with sales of 1,850,000.
Background.
The genesis of the album lies in recordings made by Stephen Stills and Graham Nash at intervals in 1980 and 1981 and the album was originally slated to be a Stills–Nash project. They employed Art Garfunkel, Timothy B. Schmit, and others to sing ... | 32,098 | triviaqa-train |
The Hungarian stew, goulash is flavoured with which pepper? | into chunks, seasoned with salt, and then browned with sliced onion in a pot with oil or lard. Paprika is added, along with water or stock, and the goulash is left to simmer. After cooking a while, garlic, whole or ground caraway seed, or soup vegetables like carrot, parsley root, peppers (green or bell pepper) and cel... | is made with sausage and known as Kartoffelgulasch ("potato goulash"). Bell pepper is sometimes added.
Outside Hungary.
Thick stews similar to "pörkölt" and the original cattlemen stew are popular throughout almost all the former Austrian-Hungarian Empire, from Northeast Italy to the Carpathians. Like "pörkölt," these ... | 32,099 | triviaqa-train |
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