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Which sport is played for the Corbillon Cup? | Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: players must allow a ball played ... | volleyball is an individual or team sport similar to aquatic volleyball adapted for play in the shallow water of a beach.
Beach volleyball.
A variation of the game rivaling the original sport of volleyball in popularity, beach volleyball evolved from the recreational games of volleyball played on many beaches around th... | 32,400 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the opera Aida? | in the French capital, and Verdi's "Rigoletto" was performed instead. "Aida" eventually premiered in Cairo in late 1871. Contrary to popular belief, the opera was not written to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, for which Verdi had been invited to write an inaugural hymn, but had declined. The plot bears... | her stage debut in Hamburg, as Aida and Santuzza, later appearing in Berlin, Vienna, London. She sang at the Salzburg Festival in 1934, as Donna Anna and Alice Ford, and made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1936, as Donna Anna. In 1938, she created, in Hamburg, the role of Hester Prynne in "The Scarlet Letter", an oper... | 32,401 | triviaqa-train |
What was the surname of Malcolm X? | Malcolm X
Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. He is best known for his controversial advocacy for the rights of blacks; some consider him a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms f... | . Later, Malcolm X also said Muhammad had engaged in extramarital affairs with young Nation secretariesa serious violation of Nation teachings. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot and killed while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights, New York. In March 1966, three NOI members were convict... | 32,402 | triviaqa-train |
What is the chemical symbol for arsenic? | Characteristics Isotopes.
Arsenic occurs in nature as a monoisotopic element, composed of one stable isotope, As. As of 2003, at least 33 radioisotopes have also been synthesized, ranging in atomic mass from 60 to 92. The most stable of these is As with a half-life of 80.30 days. All other isotopes have half-lives of u... | the Republic of India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, besides, by convention, the island nation of Sri Lanka and other islands of the Indian Ocean, such as the Maldives.
The term "Indian continent" is first introduced in the early 20th century, when most of the territory was part of British India.
The Hindu Kush,... | 32,403 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the first space shuttle to travel in space? | Tests and has no orbital capability. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery", and "Atlantis". Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: "Challenger" in 1986 and "Columbia" in 2003, with a total of fourteen astronauts killed. A fifth operational (and sixth in total... | to then President Nixon, expressed concern that the word "shuttle" brought to mind 2nd class travel and suggested instead words like "Space Clipper", "Pegasus", and "Starlighter." Shortly after Nixon cemented the "space shuttle" program name in a January 1972 memo announcing the program would proceed.
Space Shuttle orb... | 32,404 | triviaqa-train |
Who formulated the laws of electromagnetism? | the electrons of neighboring atoms.
There are numerous mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field. In classical electrodynamics, electric fields are described as electric potential and electric current. In Faraday's law, magnetic fields are associated with electromagnetic induction and magnetism, and Maxwel... | principle of locality.
Coulomb's law of electric forces was initially also formulated as instantaneous action at a distance, but was later superseded by Maxwell's Equations of electromagnetism which obey locality.
In 1905 Albert Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity postulated that no material or energy can travel f... | 32,405 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional character's first name was Endeavour? | Endeavour (TV series)
Endeavour is a British television detective drama series. It is a prequel to the long-running "Inspector Morse" and, like that series, is set primarily in Oxford. Shaun Evans portrays the young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a detective constable, and later as a detective sergeant, with t... | story keeping the grey coloration. Since December 1984, reprints of the first issue have displayed the original grey coloring, with the fictional canon specifying that the Hulk's skin had initially been grey.
Lee gave the Hulk's alter ego the alliterative name "Bruce Banner" because he found he had less difficulty reme... | 32,406 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the Emperor Concerto? | Classical period onwards follow the structure of sonata form. Final movements are often in rondo form, as in J.S. Bach's E Major Violin Concerto.
Classical concerto Violin concertos.
Mozart wrote five violin concertos, all in 1775. They show a number of influences, notably Italian and Austrian. Several passages have le... | Japan" and dedicated to the then-current Emperor, Hirohito) was composed in 1936, with the Third Piano Concerto following in 1938 (named "Kamikaze," after a popular civil aircraft). In 1940 he wrote two cantatas to celebrate the 2600th year of the Emperor. He also wrote musicals and film music.
After the Second World W... | 32,407 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the Clock Symphony? | Symphony No. 101 (Haydn)
The Symphony No. 101 in D major (Hoboken 1/101) is the ninth of the twelve London symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as The Clock because of the "ticking" rhythm throughout the second movement.
Composition, premiere, and reception.
Haydn completed the symphony in 1793 or ... | and composed a song about a clock with a syncopated rhythm. The idea of the title reportedly occurred to him before he wrote the music. In a few hours he wrote the music, scored it for orchestra and then mailed it to Boston Symphony Hall. Fiedler had the orchestra parts copied from the score. Then, with a three-day pas... | 32,408 | triviaqa-train |
Which children's book was subtitled There and Back Again? | The Hobbit
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the "New York Herald Tribune" for best juvenile fiction. The book remains popul... | Rascal (book)
Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era, often referred to as Rascal, is a 1963 children's book by Sterling North about his childhood in Wisconsin.
Publication.
"Rascal" was published in 1963. The book is a remembrance of a year in his childhood during which he raised a baby raccoon named "Rascal".
Plot summary.... | 32,409 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nickname of gangster George Nelson? | Baby Face Nelson
Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), known by the alias George Nelson and Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber in the 1930s. He was given the nickname Baby Face due to his youthful appearance and small stature, although few dared call him that to his face. Criminal asso... | Machine Gun Kelly
George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954), better known by his nickname "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, during the prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. He is most well known for the kidnapping of the oi... | 32,410 | triviaqa-train |
What is the currency of China? | Renminbi
The renminbi (Ab RMB; ; sign: 元/¥; code: CNY) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China. The Yuan () is the basic unit of the renminbi, but is also used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts where "Chinese yuan" is widely used to refer to the renminb... | OECD 2010 )
- Why China's exchange rate is a red herring alternative view by the chairman of "Intelligence Capital", Eswar Prasad, suggesting those advocating for China to appreciate are misguided ("VoxEU", April 2010).
- Q. What is a 'currency war'? – view from a journalist in Korea, the hosts of the November 2010 G20... | 32,411 | triviaqa-train |
What subject was added as a Nobel Prize in 1969? | of Alfred Nobel in left profile on the obverse (front side of the medal). The Nobel Prize medals for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature have identical obverses, showing the image of Alfred Nobel and the years of his birth and death (1833–1896). Nobel's portrait also appears on the obverse of the... | appears to save what? lives? no, banks." He added, "Marx was never so right as now", and predicted "the worst is still to come."
Awards and accolades.
- 1995 - Camões Prize
- 1998 - Nobel Prize in Literature
- 2004 - America Award
- 2009 - São Paulo Prize for Literature — Shortlisted in the Best Book of the Year catego... | 32,412 | triviaqa-train |
Which Labour Party shadow cabinet member is married to trade union activist Jack Dromey? | Pensions.
He was previously the Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union and the Treasurer of the Labour Party. He is married to Harriet Harman.
Early life and career as a trade unionist.
Dromey was born to Irish parents in Brent and raised in Kilburn, London. He was educated at Cardinal Vaug... | Jack Dromey
John Eugene Joseph Dromey (born 29 September 1948) is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington since the 2010 general election and was appointed Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government in the Ed Miliband shadow fron... | 32,413 | triviaqa-train |
What is the study of fungi called? | Mycology
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans as a source for tinder, medicine, food, and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as toxicity or infection.
A biologist specializing in mycology ... | views. The other current books in the "What is?" series include ""What is Love?, What is Death?, What is Beautiful?, What is Funny?, What is Right?, What is Peace?, What is Money?, What is Dreaming?, What is a Friend?, What is True?, What is a Family?, What is a Feeling?" The series is now also translated into 15 langu... | 32,414 | triviaqa-train |
Superintendent Mullet, played by Bruce Alexander, was the boss of which 'TV detective? | A Touch of Frost
A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television (later ITV Studios) for ITV from 6 December 1992 until 5 April 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield. Writing credit for the three episodes in the first 1992 series went to Richard Harris.
The seri... | ", directed by Laurence Moody and broadcast in 1983, introduced the character Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) Jim Taggart (played by Mark McManus until his death in 1994), a tough and experienced detective who had worked his way up through the ranks. His original sidekick was Detective Sergeant (DS) Peter Livingstone (... | 32,415 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented the hovercraft in 1959? | during the 1930s, and his L-5 fast-attack boat reached in testing. However, the start of World War II put an end to Levkov's development work.
During World War II, an American engineer, Charles Fletcher, invented a walled air cushion vehicle, the "Glidemobile". Because the project was classified by the U.S. government,... | . The engine had electric start and the craft had fiberglass composite spring landing gear. The airframe consisted of bolted 6061-T6 aluminum tube, with 6061 T-6 extruded angle. The craft took off, flew, and landed at about . Palmer’s trikes were not developed further and remained in obscurity. Rolland Magallon from Fr... | 32,416 | triviaqa-train |
How many strings are there on a normal sized ukulele? | strings. Early versions of the violin and fiddle, by comparison, emerged in Europe through instruments such as the gittern, a four-stringed precursor to the guitar, and basic lutes. These instruments typically used catgut (animal intestine) and other materials, including silk, for their strings.
History Renaissance to ... | B-E-A is the easiest way to tune it as there are only two strings that need to be re-tuned.
Related instruments.
Ukulele varieties include hybrid instruments such as the guitalele (also called guitarlele), banjo ukulele (also called banjolele), harp ukulele, lap steel ukulele, and the ukelin. It is very common to find ... | 32,417 | triviaqa-train |
Which edible element has the E number E175? | chemical process which would be encountered in the human body.
Soluble compounds (gold salts) such as gold chloride are toxic to the liver and kidneys. Common cyanide salts of gold such as potassium gold cyanide, used in gold electroplating, are toxic by virtue of both their cyanide and gold content. There are rare cas... | number of an element temporarily called Unseptpentium
- Paragraph 175, a provision of the German Criminal Code that made homosexual acts between males a crime, and in early revisions the provision also criminalized bestiality. Also a 2000 documentary, Paragraph 175
See also.
- E175 (disambiguation)
- List of highways n... | 32,418 | triviaqa-train |
On the 2014 Winter Olympic Games who did the British men's curling team play in the final? | as the shooter's rock crosses the t-line during the delivery, is becoming more popular, especially in Canada. This system allows each team 38 minutes per 10 ends, or 30 minutes per 8 ends, to make strategic and tactical decisions, with 4 minutes and 30 seconds an end for extra ends. The "thinking time" system was imple... | Later that year, the team took bronze at the 2013 European Championships
February 2014 saw Andrews make his Team GB Winter Olympic debut at the 2014 Winter Olympics alongside David Murdoch, Michael Goodfellow, Tom Brewster and Greg Drummond. The team went on to win the Silver medal at the Olympics.
After their Olympic... | 32,419 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did actor Clive Dunn die in 2012? | . After the cancellation of "Grandad" in 1984, he disappeared from the screen, and retired to Portugal. Following the success of the "Grandad" record, Dunn released several other singles, but Dunn never hit the charts again.
He was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1971, when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.
Per... | (b. 1909)
- 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)
- 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor (b. 1920)
- 2012 –... | 32,420 | triviaqa-train |
Shinto is the main religion in which country? | Japan at first had a similar union between imperial law and universal or Buddha law, but these later became independent sources of power.
Throughout the Americas, Native Americans never had a concept of "religion" and any suggestion otherwise is a colonial imposition by Christians.
Though traditions, sacred texts, and ... | , where the purpose is to teach moral values rather than to teach ethics as an academic subject. However, despite the stated secular stance, references to the majority religions of Shinto and Buddhism are sometimes made in class texts.
Lebanon.
Being a secular country, with no state religion, Lebanon is expected to hav... | 32,421 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1986 film The Fly? | The Fly (1986 film)
The Fly is a 1986 American science-fiction body horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. Loosely based on George Langelaan's 1957 short story of the same name, the fi... | The Fly II
The Fly II is a 1989 American science fiction horror film directed by Chris Walas. The film stars Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga, and is a sequel to the 1986 film "The Fly", itself a remake of the 1958 film of the same name. Stoltz's character in this sequel is the adult son of Seth Brundle, a scientist who b... | 32,422 | triviaqa-train |
Which English rugby union club plays its home matches at Kingston Park? | Kingston Park (stadium)
Kingston Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is used mostly for rugby union and rugby league matches and is the home stadium of RFU Championship side Newcastle Falcons and Kingston Press League 1 Rugby League side Newcastle Thunder. . From 2007 to 2... | Huddersfield R.U.F.C.
Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union team situated in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the domestic National League 2 North having won promotion from National League 3 North as champions at the end of the 2016-17 season. The club also competes in... | 32,423 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the series of 21 historical novels featuring Richard Sharpe? | Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell, (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has written historical novels primarily on English history in five series, and one series of cont... | series Sharpe stories.
Cornwell's first series of historical novels features the adventures of Richard Sharpe, an English soldier during the Napoleonic Wars, in particular the Peninsular Wars once Arthur Wellesley was sent to lead the campaign against Napoleon's forces on the Iberian Peninsula. The first 11 books of th... | 32,424 | triviaqa-train |
Which monarch wrote A Defence of the Seven Sacraments? | Quarterly, Azure three fleurs-de-lys Or (for France) and Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or (for England)".
In 1535, Henry added the "supremacy phrase" to the royal style, which became "Henry the Eighth, by the Grace of God, King of England and France, Defender of the Faith, Lord of Ireland and of the Church... | . He was thus susceptible to whoever had his ear.
This contributed to a state of hostility between his young contemporaries and the Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. As long as Wolsey had his ear, Henry's Roman Catholicism was secure: in 1521, he had defended the Roman Catholic Church from Martin Luther's accusa... | 32,425 | triviaqa-train |
The Yas Marina circuit used in Formula 1 for the first time in 2009, is the venue for which Grand Prix? | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix () is a Formula One motor race. It was announced in early 2007 at the Abu Dhabi F1 Festival in the United Arab Emirates. The first race took place on 1 November 2009, held at the Hermann Tilke designed Yas Marina Circuit.
On 25 June 2008 the FIA announced the provisional Fo... | the championship also taking place at the circuit during the following week.
- The series travelled to Singapore for the first time in its history, supporting the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix.
- The round at Istanbul Park was removed from the calendar after the Turkish Grand Prix was discontinued.
- The round at Yas Marin... | 32,426 | triviaqa-train |
ln Greek myth who is the muse of love poetry? | , only fragmentary descriptions of Aristarchus' idea survive. Eratosthenes, using the angles of shadows created at widely separated regions, estimated the circumference of the Earth with great accuracy. In the 2nd century BC Hipparchus of Nicea made a number of contributions, including the first measurement of precessi... | of the Symbolist poets along with the conventions of courtly love to describe love between women, also finding examples of heroic women in history and myth. Sappho was an especially important influence and they studied Greek so as to read the surviving fragments of her poetry in the original. Both wrote plays about her... | 32,427 | triviaqa-train |
Give either of Lawrence of Arabia's Christian names. | T. E. Lawrence
Thomas Edward Lawrence, (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer. He was renowned for his liaison role during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his ac... | the parentheses that surround the citation. For example:
"The Christian Writer's Manual of Style" also states that a citation that follows a block quotation of text may either be in parentheses flush against the text, or right-aligned following an em-dash on a new line. For example:
Abbreviating book names.
The names o... | 32,428 | triviaqa-train |
Which Labour Party shadow cabinet member is married to fellow MP Ed Balls? | other Wakefield MPs (his wife Yvette Cooper, Mary Creagh and Jon Trickett), fought an unsuccessful High Court legal action against the Boundary Commission's proposals.
In March 2007, he was selected to be the Labour Party candidate for the new Morley and Outwood constituency, which contained parts of the abolished Norm... | Douglas Alexander
Douglas Garven Alexander (born 26 October 1967) is a British Labour Party politician who served in the Cabinet from 2006 to 2010 under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in the roles of Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for International ... | 32,429 | triviaqa-train |
What does a nephrologist study? | an artificial method of replacing some kidney function to prolong life. Renal transplantation replaces kidney function by inserting into the body a healthier kidney from an organ donor and inducing immunologic tolerance of that organ with immunosuppression. At present, renal transplantation is the most effective treatm... | into contact with it while bathing. These included:
- urinary complaints,
- blistering and peeling of skin,
- hair turning blue or green,
- diarrhoea and vomiting, and
- joint pains.
Health effects Long-term.
A 1999 report in the "British Medical Journal" concluded that some victims had suffered "considerable damage" t... | 32,430 | triviaqa-train |
In which city was Bonnie Prince Charlie born? | April 1746 effectively ended the Stuart cause, and subsequent attempts (such as a planned French invasion in 1759) failed to materialise. His escape from Scotland after the uprising led him to be portrayed as a romantic figure of heroic failure in later representations.
Early life.
Charles was born in the Palazzo Muti,... | . The area around St James' Church has the highest concentration of listed buildings in Manchester, outside the city centre.
History River Mersey.
Didsbury was one of the few places between Stretford and Stockport where the River Mersey could be forded, which made it significant for troop movements during the English C... | 32,431 | triviaqa-train |
Chief Superintendent Strange, played by James Grout, was the boss of which TV detective? | The Doctor in "Shelley" (1982), Mr McAllister in "The Beiderbecke Affair" (1984), the Inspector in "The Box of Delights" (1984), Prof. George Bunn in "A Very Peculiar Practice" (1988), Granville Bennett in "All Creatures Great and Small", Chief Superintendent Strange in "Inspector Morse" and Mr. Justice Ollie Oliphant ... | the most well-known character played by James Grout, who died in 2012. When the character was introduced in "Endeavour" in 2013 he was given Grout's Christian name, James, in the diminutive format 'Jim'.
Character.
Numerous photographs, plaques, and model ships seen in the background of his office as Chief Superintende... | 32,432 | triviaqa-train |
Which property completes this group of 3 on the Monopoly board? Piccadilly, Coventry Street and where? | Coventry Street
Coventry Street is a short street in the West End of London, connecting Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square. Part of the street is a section of the A4, a major road through London. It is named after the politician Henry Coventry, secretary of state to Charles II.
The street was constructed in 1681 for... | refers to the station and street's unpopularity with some of London owing to their distrust of the police force. Because of its relatively hidden location and proximity to Piccadilly Circus, the street suffers from crime, which has led to Westminster City Council gating off the Man in the Moon Passage so service vehicl... | 32,433 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented Meccano in 1900? | Meccano
Meccano is a model construction system created in 1898 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The system consists of reusable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, and plastic parts that are connected together using nuts and bolts. It enables the building of working models and mec... | Denys Fisher
Denys Fisher (11 May 1918 – 17 September 2002) was an English engineer who invented the spirograph toy and created the company Denys Fisher Toys.
He left Leeds University to join the family firm, Kingfisher (Lubrication) Ltd. In 1960 he left the firm to set up his own company, Denys Fisher Engineering, in ... | 32,434 | triviaqa-train |
How many strings are there on a balalaika? | Balalaika
The balalaika (, ) is a Russian stringed musical instrument with a characteristic triangular wooden, hollow body and three strings. Two strings are usually tuned to the same note and the third string is a perfect fourth higher. The higher-pitched balalaikas are used to play melodies and chords.The instrument ... | thus produces louder sounds). This calls for an arrangement that lets the strings vibrate freely, but also conducts those vibrations efficiently to the larger surface. A bridge is the customary means for accomplishing this. The bridge conducts the vibrations of the strings to a hollowed out chamber in a number of instr... | 32,435 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2014 Winter Olympic Games who did the British women's curling team defeat to win a bronze medal? | introduced to Switzerland and Sweden before the end of the 19th century, also by Scots. Today, curling is played all over Europe and has spread to Brazil, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Korea.
The first world championship for curling was limited to men and was known as the "Scotch Cup", held in Falkirk and E... | a Russian, Soviet, or Unified Team flagged team did not win the gold medal. China also won its first ever team Winter Olympic medal in the women's curling event with a bronze. The women's short track speed skating team swept the gold medals in all four events. China also won three medals in freestyle skiing aerials.
Wa... | 32,436 | triviaqa-train |
Tokay wine comes from which European country? | Tokaji
Tokaji ( ) or Tokay is the name of the wines from the Tokaj wine region (also "Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region" or "Tokaj-Hegyalja") in Hungary or the adjoining Tokaj wine region in Slovakia. This region is noted for its sweet wines made from grapes affected by noble rot, a style of wine which has a long history in t... | the European Union, and an earlier 1993 agreement, the "Tokaj" name (including other forms of spelling) has been given Protected Designation of Origin status. From March 2007, wine producers in France and Italy have no longer been allowed to use the "Tokay" or "Tocai" name for their wines, which were made from two unre... | 32,437 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of Edna Everage's much put upon travelling companion and bridesmaid? | joined on stage by supporting dancers and an accompanist during the musical numbers. Only one actor ever regularly shared the stage with Humphries, and this was during the Edna segments: English actress Emily Perry played Edna's long-suffering bridesmaid from New Zealand, Madge Allsop, whose character never spoke.
Hump... | " ("but these were certainly not those of a follower let alone an accomplice of a criminal regime") and asked his critics for forgiveness.
Media references.
- W. G. Sebald's novel "The Rings of Saturn" (1995; English trans., 1998) refers to Waldheim, though not by name.
- As a much-heralded invited guest on Dame Edna E... | 32,438 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did DJ John Peel die in 2004? | completed by Sheila and journalist Ryan Gilbey. It was published in October 2005 under the title "Margrave of the Marshes". A collection of Peel's miscellaneous writings, "The Olivetti Chronicles", was published in 2008.
Life and career Death.
Peel died suddenly at the age of 65 from a heart attack on 25 October 2004, ... | John Peel and Sheila: The Pig's Big 78s: A Beginner's Guide
John Peel And Sheila: The Pig's Big 78s: A Beginner's Guide is a compilation consisting of music originally published on 78 rpm shellac records. British radio DJ John Peel and his wife Sheila Ravenscroft began compiling the record in 2004, with Sheila completi... | 32,439 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Playboy's first Sweetheart (later Playmate) of the month in 1953? | addition, "casting calls" are held regularly in major US cities to offer opportunities for women to test for "Playboy". Until just prior to the death of Hugh Hefner, he personally selected each Playmate of the Month and every Playmate of the Year, taking into account an annual readers' poll.
According to "Playboy", the... | Kathy Shower
Kathleen Ann Shower (born March 8, 1953 as Kathleen Ann Schrauer) is an American model and actress. Known as Kathy Shower she is "Playboy's" Playmate of the Month for May 1985 and Playmate of the Year for 1986. At the time of her first appearance, she was the oldest woman ever to appear as a Playboy Playma... | 32,440 | triviaqa-train |
For which TV programme was the Liberty Bell March the theme tune? | "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
The march is often associated with the British TV comedy program "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969–74), which used the version performed by the Band of the Grenadier Guards as a signature tune. The use of the melody by the British comedy troupe Monty Python is ironic; the bouncy melod... | the tune of "The Liberty Bell March" (also known on the show as the theme from "Monty Python").
- Graeme Garden singing "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" to the tune of "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside".
- Graeme Garden singing "Evil Has No Boundaries" by Slayer to the tune of "Wonde... | 32,441 | triviaqa-train |
Manila is on which Philippine island? | of human life around present-day Manila is the nearby Angono Petroglyphs, dated to around 3000 BC. Negritos, the aboriginal inhabitants of the Philippines, lived across the island of Luzon, where Manila is located, before the Malayo-Polynesians migrated in and assimilated them.
Manila was an active trade partner with t... | to the north by the municipalities of San Vicente and Roxas, and to the south by the municipality of Aborlan. It is approximately from the Philippine capital of Manila, from Panay Island, and from Zamboanga City on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
Barangays.
Administratively and politically, Puerto Princesa ... | 32,442 | triviaqa-train |
Name the President of Ireland. | Michael D. Higgins
Michael Daniel Higgins (; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician who has served as the President of Ireland since November 2011.
Higgins is a politician, poet, sociologist, and broadcaster. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency and was Minister for Arts, Culture and th... | Court of Ireland unless the name "Ireland" was used. Increasingly positive relations between the two states required the two states to explore imaginative work-arounds to the disagreement. For example, while the United Kingdom would not agree to refer to Mary Robinson as "President of Ireland" on an official visit to Q... | 32,443 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in `Downton Abbey'? | home and seat of the Earl and Countess of Grantham, along with their children and distant family members. Each series follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family, their friends, and their servants during the reign of King George V.
Cast.
The main cast of the Crawley family is led by Hugh Bonneville as Robert C... | then became the first episode of the series when it aired on BBC Two in February 2008.
"Freezing" is written by James Wood and directed by Simon Curtis.
Trivia.
- Elizabeth McGovern is herself an Oscar-nominated actress who moved to London to live with her husband, Simon Curtis.
- From 2010 to 2015, McGovern and Bonnev... | 32,444 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the TV series 'The West Wing'? | The West Wing
The West Wing is an American serial political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 14, 2006. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior staff are l... | Awards, a debut season record surpassed only by "The West Wing." The show received 98 Emmy nominations during its run.
Background.
MTM Enterprises developed the series on behalf of NBC, appointing Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll as series writers. The writers were allowed considerable creative freedom and created a se... | 32,445 | triviaqa-train |
Which football team formerly played their home games at Roker Park? | Roker Park
Roker Park was an English football stadium situated in Roker, Sunderland. The stadium was the seventh home of the English football club Sunderland A.F.C. from 1898 to 1997 before the club moved to the Stadium of Light. Near the end of the stadium's history, its capacity was around 22,500 with only a small pa... | Houston Cougars football
The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston. The team is commonly referred to as "Houston" or "UH" (spoken as "U of H"). The UH football program is a member of the American Athletic Conference West Division. Since the 20... | 32,446 | triviaqa-train |
Viscount Severn is the son of which member of the royal family? | James, Viscount Severn
James, Viscount Severn (James Alexander Philip Theo Mountbatten-Windsor; born 17 December 2007), is the younger child and only son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and the youngest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is 12th i... | Saint John of Jerusalem
- Member of the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II
- Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
- Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Lady Louise Windsor:
- Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- James, Viscount Severn:
- Recipient... | 32,447 | triviaqa-train |
'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways' is a line written by which poet? | Sonnets from the Portuguese
Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and published first in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection was acclaimed and popular during the poet's lifetime and it remains so.
Title.
Barrett Browning was initially hesitant to p... | her courtship by Robert Browning c.1845–46) of which the most famous will be no. 43 ("How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.") (Sonnets first printed separately in Boston 1866; see also "Poems" 1844, 1853, 1856)
- November 19 – Alfred Tennyson succeeds Wordsworth as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom after Samuel ... | 32,448 | triviaqa-train |
Of what is emetophobia a fear? | ." given to emetophobic people, respondents gave many different reasons as to why they became emetophobic. Among some of the causes listed were several severe bouts of vomiting as children and being firsthand witnesses to many severe vomiting in others due to illness, pregnancy or alcoholism.
Treatments.
Treatments Ass... | ASD, children are less likely to outgrow their selective eating behaviors and most likely should meet with a clinician to address their eating issues.
Signs and symptoms Anxiety disorder.
Specific food avoidances could be caused by food phobias that cause great anxiety when a person is presented with new or feared food... | 32,449 | triviaqa-train |
Orchestral conductor Leopold Stokowski was born in 1882 in which capital city? | "Antoni", per the Polish spelling. There is some mystery surrounding his early life. For example, he spoke with an unusual, non-British accent, though he was born and raised in London. On occasion, Stokowski gave his year of birth as 1887 instead of 1882, as in a letter to the "Hugo Riemann Musiklexicon" in 1950, which... | , conductor and composer
- Leopold Mozart (1719–1787), composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist; father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977), orchestral conductor
- Politics
- Chris Leopold (born 1968), Louisiana politician
- Josef Leopold (1889–1941), Austrian Nazi politician
- Religion
- Sain... | 32,450 | triviaqa-train |
The site of Pompeii is close to which modern city? | Pompeii
Pompeii () was an ancient Roman city near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area (e.g. at Boscoreale, Stabiae), was buried under of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ... | Archaeologists have been studying and recording graffiti in Pompeii since the 1800s. These documentations remain the best evidence of over 90 percent of recorded graffiti from the area, which has not survived the elements.
Graffiti Samples Pompeii House of Maius Castricius.
This domestic residence shows that ancient gr... | 32,451 | triviaqa-train |
dim. is the abbreviated form of which musical term? | Dynamics (music)
In music, the dynamics of a piece is the variation in loudness between notes or phrases. Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail. However, dynamics markings still require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: for instance a "piano" (quiet) m... | , and considers the other candidate as "just a friend", but withholds a confession to avoid hurting feelings. An example of this is in the Broadway hit musical "Wicked," in which dim-witted Fiyero first displays affection for Glinda the Good Witch, but then falls for Elphaba, the supposedly Wicked Witch. But in this la... | 32,452 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the First Taranaki War start on March 17th 1860? | their lands, villages and treasures.
By 1860, it was tacitly recognised that British law prevailed in the settlements and Māori custom elsewhere, though the British, who by then outnumbered Māori, were finding this fact increasingly irksome. One commentator observed, with reference to Waitara: "We seem to be fast appro... | a detachment of troops on the "Nugget" on 21 June 1860, three months after the start of the Waitara war in the Taranaki Region. He served as a medical officer in the First Taranaki War, the Invasion of Waikato and in subsequent campaigns. He left the Imperial Army, joining the Colonial Forces, and became their Surgeon-... | 32,453 | triviaqa-train |
Of which Canadian province is Halifax the capital? | Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, formally known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It had a population of 403,131 in 2016, with 316,701 in the urban area centred on Halifax Harbour. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were a... | as Moncton. The Halifax Railway Station also serves as the terminus for Maritime Bus, which serves destinations across the Maritimes.
Halifax Stanfield International Airport serves Halifax and most of the province, providing scheduled flights to domestic and international destinations. The airport served 4,083,188 pass... | 32,454 | triviaqa-train |
Which female crime writer is an occasional crime-solving companion to Hercule Poirot in Agatha Christie's novels? | to let a man capable of manipulating Hastings in such a manner go on.
Recurring characters Mrs Ariadne Oliver.
Detective novelist Ariadne Oliver is Agatha Christie's humorous self-caricature. Like Christie, she is not overly fond of the detective whom she is most famous for creating–in Ariadne's case, Finnish sleuth Sv... | S. Thompson, Truman Capote and Thomas Pynchon.
20th-century genre literature.
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was a crime writer of novels, short stories and plays, who is best remembered for her 80 detective novels as well as her successful plays for the West End theatre. Christie's works, particularly those featuring the... | 32,455 | triviaqa-train |
Complete the title of the debut novel by Marina Lewycka 'A Short History of
.in Ukrainian'. | English Literature in 1969. She began, but did not complete, a PhD at King's College London.
Career.
She was a lecturer in media studies at Sheffield Hallam University until her retirement in March 2012.
Works.
Lewycka's debut novel "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian" won the 2005 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Pr... | publishers.
In 2004 Svitlana Pyrkalo's second novel, "Don’t Think About Red" (), was published by Fakt publishers, Kyіv.
In 2007 Fakt also published her collection of essays on food, travel and Ukrainian identity "Egoist's Kitchen" (). In 2007 Svitlana Pyrkalo also translated into Ukrainian the novel "Two Caravans" by ... | 32,456 | triviaqa-train |
Kate Winslet won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in which 2008 film? | including "Quills" (2000) and "Iris" (2001), which were not widely seen.
The science fiction romance "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004), in which Winslet was cast against type in a contemporary setting, proved to be a turning point in her career, and she gained further recognition for her performances in "F... | British actress Kate Winslet portrayed Hoffman in the 2015 film "Steve Jobs". Winslet won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
On the nature of ... | 32,457 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shipping Forecast area lies south of South Utsire and north of German Bight? | Faeroes
- Southeast Iceland
The areas were already roughly as listed above by 1949. In 1955, meteorologists from countries with North Sea coastlines met and recommended that the UK's sea area 'Heligoland' be renamed 'German Bight' to reflect more general usage amongst the nations concerned. They also recommended the di... | generation in periods where there is little wind. Additional to this an energy storing flywheel exists to help out when for a short time more power is needed.
Climate.
Climate Shipping forecast.
Utsira (under the spelling "Utsire") gives its name to "North Utsire" and "South Utsire", two of the sea areas of the British... | 32,458 | triviaqa-train |
Rhea and Iapetus are the second and third largest 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... | were surrounded by discs of material that gradually coalesced into moons. However, a proposed model for the formation of Titan may also shine a new light on the origin of Rhea and Iapetus. In this model, Titan was formed in a series of giant impacts between pre-existing moons, and Rhea and Iapetus are thought to have f... | 32,459 | triviaqa-train |
Bernie Brewer, Billy the Marlin and the Phillie Phanatic are team mascots in which US sport? | Routh era when he was allowed to keep all of his off-field income, the Marlins split appearance money with the mascot's portrayer – the team's portion going to the team's charitable foundation.
Topps featured Billy the Marlin in their 2007 Opening Day Baseball series as card #198, released 03/14/2007.
Current activitie... | Anderson holding a post-show press conference in a parody of pre-game and post-game news conferences. However, the "reporters" turned out to be mascots Wally, Mr. Met, Slugggrrr, Billy the Marlin, Clark the Cub and the Phillie Phanatic.
- A 2016 ad features Miami Marlins mascot Billy the Marlin allegedly pulling a pran... | 32,460 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of the Nobel Prize winning scientist (1901-1954)
Fermi? | due to having fled Germany when the Nazis came to power. The Meitner and Strassmann roles in the research was not fully recognised until years later, when they joined Hahn in receiving the 1966 Enrico Fermi Award.
Controversies and criticisms Emphasis on discoveries over inventions.
Alfred Nobel left his fortune to fin... | for junior-high students.
External links.
- Village of Fisher | 32,461 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of Tommy and Tuppence - the married sleuths, who appear in several novels and short stories by Agatha Christie? | detective novel published in 1930 by Dorothy Sayers.
Plot introduction.
The Beresfords' old friend Mr Carter, from a government intelligence agency, arrives bearing a proposition for the adventurous duo. They are to take over 'the International Detective Agency', a recently cleaned-out spy stronghold, and pose as the o... | The Secret Adversary
The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and... | 32,462 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the TV series Futurama'? | Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and is revived in the 31st century. Fry finds work at an interplanetary delivery company. ... | "Powerpuff Girls") – father/scientist who created the Powerpuff Girls, among several other wacky things
- Wheeljack ("Transformers") – Autobot engineer and inventor
- Doctor Zoidberg ("Futurama") – lobster-like creature working as the company doctor for Planet Express
In television animation Mad scientists.
- Dr. Arkev... | 32,463 | triviaqa-train |
Which rugby league team formerly played their home games at Hilton Park? | Hilton Park (stadium)
Hilton Park was a multi-purpose stadium in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was the home of Leigh RLFC rugby league club and Leigh Genesis football club. It had a capacity of approximately 10,000.
The stadium was demolished in February 2009.
History.
In 1947, Leigh Rugby League Club moved to... | Newcastle Thunder
The Newcastle Thunder are a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They play in the Bet Fred League 1 competition, the third tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom. They play their home matches at Kingston Park, also home to rugby union side Newcastle Falcons. The cl... | 32,464 | triviaqa-train |
Who is alleged to have said in his writing 'A little learning is a dangerous thing'? | An Essay on Criticism
An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744). It is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human, to forgive divine," "A little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently misquoted as "A little knowledge is a dang'rous thing... | traditional manner and sets up residence near the mundumugu, who lives apart from the village. The mundumugu threatens a drought unless she follows tradition.
"The Lotus and the Spear"Three young men have died in unusual circumstances. The mundumugu must find and overcome the cause.
"A Little Knowledge"Koriba is traini... | 32,465 | triviaqa-train |
In the pre-nationalisation period which railway company is missing from the 'Big Four' - GWR, LMS, LNER and
.? | SR)
The companies were formed as a result of the Railways Act 1921, in a process known as "The Grouping" (of the railways), which came into effect on 1 January 1923.
On 1 January 1948 the companies were nationalised to form British Railways as a result of the Transport Act 1947.
Characterisation.
The three larger compa... | railway rolling stock that the company is best remembered, exporting to most parts of the new and old worlds. It supplied vehicles to all four of the pre-nationalisation "big four" railway companies (LMS, SR, LNER and GWR), British Rail, Pullman (some of which are still in use) and Wagons-Lits, plus overseas railways w... | 32,466 | triviaqa-train |
Which car company is named after the founder of Detroit? | global revenues in 2017 of $156.7 billion. In 2008, Ford produced 5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at around 90 plants and facilities worldwide.
History.
History 20th century.
Henry Ford's first attempt at a car company under his own name was the Henry Ford Company on November 3, 1901, whi... | Hudson Motor Car Company
The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1954. In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator to form American Motors Corporation (AMC). The Hudson name was continued through the 1957 model year, after which it was discontinued.
Compan... | 32,467 | triviaqa-train |
On the London Underground map, what colour is the District Line? | line presented the Metropolitan with a problem – so successful was the suburban traffic that, by the early 1930s, the lines into Baker Street were becoming overloaded, a problem which was exacerbated by the post-war flight from the City of London to the West End of London.
At first, the Metropolitan had advocated a new... | publicity. London Overground also uses the TfL corporate typeface, New Johnston, on its signage, publicity, stationery and on its fleet of trains. In common with other TfL services, the Overground is denoted by its own colour, a vivid orange (Pantone 158C). The use of an orange colour was inherited from the former East... | 32,468 | triviaqa-train |
Which common flower has the Latin name 'Bellis Perennis'? | and after certain surgical procedures, as well as for blunt trauma in animals. Typically, the plant is harvested while in flower when intended for use in homeopathy.
"Bellis perennis" flowers have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea (or the leaves as a salad) for treatment of disorders of t... | slime moulds and photosynthetic protists with their taxonomically related non-photosynthetic groups (but excluding Microsporidia)."
The purpose of a formal name is to have a single name that is accepted and used worldwide for a particular plant or plant group. For example, the botanical name "Bellis perennis" denotes a... | 32,469 | triviaqa-train |
The Oresund Bridge links Copenhagen to which city? | it is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.
Originally a Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in th... | Coast Line (Denmark)
The Coast Line () is a regional railway line between Helsingør (Elsinore) and Copenhagen in Denmark. It was opened in 1897, and it is today the busiest railway line in Denmark. The Coast Line, along with an extensive network of railways in Scania, are run by DSB Øresund, part of DSB.
Its original t... | 32,470 | triviaqa-train |
How is World War 2 known to the Russians? | at least 600,000 deaths. In 1933, a major famine struck the country, causing the deaths of 3 to 7 million people.
Before the start of World War II in 1939, the Soviets signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression agreement with Nazi Germany, after which the USSR invaded Poland on 17 September 1939. In June 1941... | of non-carrying addition or subtraction had to be done. Note: little information is available from TICOM as to how this device functioned.
The Finnish predecessor to the Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency, during the early period of World War II had captured and turned over to the Germans, a Russian 5-figure book whi... | 32,471 | triviaqa-train |
Who led the investigations into the Bill Clinton / Monica Lewinsky affair? | Clinton's first term in 1995 as an intern at the White House and was later an employee of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Some believe that Clinton began a personal relationship with her while she worked at the White House, the details of which she later confided to Linda Tripp, her Defense Department co... | of forensic investigations.
Linda Tripp Privacy Act case.
Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto gained nationwide attention representing whistleblower Linda Tripp regarding her revelations of Monica Lewinsky's involvement in the sex scandal that brought about the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. The revelations that Lewinsky an... | 32,472 | triviaqa-train |
In which TV series did the voice of Michael Angelis replace that of Ringo Starr? | 's Radio City Music Hall. Having played his own set beforehand, Starr joined McCartney for the finale and performed "With a Little Help from My Friends", among other songs. Starr also appeared on-stage during Microsoft's June 2009 E3 press conference with Yoko Ono, McCartney and Olivia Harrison to promote "" video game... | well as writing the scripts once the original stories had been filmed. Mitton was able to move each engine's eyes in real time – not stop-frame animation– by using a radio control linked to a motor mounted behind them, and there was a sculpted mask that could be changed to give different facial expressions. The role of... | 32,473 | triviaqa-train |
Ian Kilminster, better known as `Lemmy', is singer with which group? | Lemmy
Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), was an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead.
Lemmy's music was one of the foundations of the heavy metal genre. He was known for his appearanc... | side. Out of a crew of approximately 711 men, 547 died as a result. This was one of the largest ships sunk by U-boats during the war.
In 1915, "U-24" claimed another noted victim, the passenger steamer , causing 44 deaths, including three Americans. "Arabic" sank in 10 minutes. This escalated the U-boat fear in the U.S... | 32,474 | triviaqa-train |
Which US President was the first to live in 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... | musician on harp and piano.
Personal life.
During her time in Washington, D.C. she met and began to be courted by Frederick Dent Grant, oldest son of US President Ulysses Simpson Grant. They eventually married Grant in her parents’ home on October 20, 1874, with the President and First Lady in attendance. She was twent... | 32,475 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does the cheese `Manchego' come? | Manchego
Manchego (officially , ) is a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the Manchega breed. It is aged between 60 days and 2 years.
Manchego has a firm and compact consistency and a buttery texture, and often contains small, unevenly distributed air pockets. The colour of the chees... | milk, and Mexican "manchego" is made with cows’ milk or cows’ and goats’ milks. Many of Mexico's cheeses are regional specialties, but the most common ones mentioned here are known and made throughout the country. Most of the time, cheese is used to top dishes as a condiment rather than as a main ingredient.
The most b... | 32,476 | triviaqa-train |
Buddy Rich was famous for his playing of which instrument? | endorser of Ludwig, Slingerland, and Rogers drums. While endorsing Slingerland in the '60s and '70s, Rich sometimes used a Fibes snare drum together with a Slingerland drum kit. He switched exclusively to Ludwig in the late 1970s through the early 1980s. While recovering from a heart attack in 1983, Rich was presented ... | of the Far East. Later in the 1950s he worked often with Bud Freeman and Eddie Condon. He also played with Charlie Ventura, Red Norvo, Clark Terry, Ralph Sutton, Sy Oliver, and Doc Severinsen. He freelanced during the 1960s with many bands and in the 1970s he started recording for Harry Lim under the Famous Door record... | 32,477 | triviaqa-train |
What name has been used by three Scottish kings, eight Popes and three Russian Tsars? | appeared in the form "Great Russia" (), which is more typical of the 17th century, whereas the state was also known as "Great-Russian Tsardom" ().
According to prominent historians like Alexander Zimin and Anna Khoroshkevich, the continuous use of the term "Moscovia" was a result of traditional habit and the need to di... | Pechersk Lavra, wrote that the Russian people were a union of three branches— Great Russia, Little Russia, and White Russia—under the sole legal authority of the Moscow Tsars. The term "Little Russia" has been used in Ukrainian chronicles by Samiilo Velychko, in a chronicle of the Hieromonk Leontiy (Bobolinski), and in... | 32,478 | triviaqa-train |
'Britain's Got Talent' judge Amanda Holden's first TV appearance was in 1991 on which programme? | .
Early life.
Although born in Portsmouth, Holden spent much of her childhood in Bishop's Waltham and aged 9 she joined Bishop’s Waltham Little Theatre Company. She attended Swanmore Secondary School (now Swanmore College), where a teacher recalled that she had a natural talent on stage. At 16 she moved to Bournemouth... | Les Misérables" in the first round of the third series of "Britain's Got Talent", which was watched by over 10 million viewers when it aired on 11 April 2009. Programme judge Amanda Holden remarked upon the audience's initially cynical attitude, and the subsequent "biggest wake-up call ever" upon hearing her performanc... | 32,479 | triviaqa-train |
Which football league club moved from Belle Vue and played their first game at the new Keepmoat Stadium on New Year's Day 2007? | the home kit
Kits and sponsorship Player of the Year.
The following players have won Doncaster Rovers Player of the year award.
Other teams.
Doncaster Rovers Belles have historically been one of the most successful sides in the women's game, however over recent years, partly due to highly controversial FA decisions and... | beat at home, with the Belle Vue ground unofficially renamed 'The House of Pain'. John Wright rescued Doncaster from liquidation in 2001 and oversaw the steady growth of the club, while St John remained coach.
History 2005–2006: Doncaster Lakers.
At the end of the 2005 season Dragons was dropped and Doncaster Rugby Lea... | 32,480 | triviaqa-train |
What is the most famous group of dolmens in England called? | ' (transliteration "líthos" meaning "stone"). "Megalith" also denotes one or more rocks hewn in definite shapes for special purposes. It has been used to describe buildings built by people from many parts of the world living in many different periods. The term was first used in reference to Stonehenge by Algernon Herbe... | and portal dolmens found in Brittany, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Wales, and elsewhere consist of a large flat stone supported by three, four, or more standing stones. They were covered by a stone cairn or earth barrow.
In Italy, dolmens can be found especially in Sardinia. There are more than 100 d... | 32,481 | triviaqa-train |
Which pretender to the English throne styled himself as Richard 4th? | The term "pretender" may apply to claimants with arguably genuine rights (as the various pretenders of the Wars of the Roses who regarded the "de facto" monarch as a usurper). It may also be used for those possessing an arguable right to a position who do "not" actively claim it, as well as impostors with wholly fabric... | to the Albanian Crown. As he himself stated, his title was not "King of Albania" but "King of the Albanians", which includes the irredentistic claim to Kosovo and part of Macedonia. Since Crown Prince Leka's death in late November, 2011, the main pretender to the Albanian Throne is H.R.H. The Prince Leka of Albania. Pr... | 32,482 | triviaqa-train |
What is the meaning of the prefix Kil- or Cill- in Irish place names? | -speaking grandchildren). By the mid-18th century, English was becoming a language of the Catholic middle class, the Catholic Church and public intellectuals, especially in the east of the country. Increasingly, as the value of English became apparent, the prohibition on Irish in schools had the sanction of parents. On... | flows in an easterly direction and, before joining the Tweed, is joined in turn by Kilbucho Burn, Broughton Burn and Holms Water, each of which forms valleys containing the parishes that bear their names.
The origin of the name Glenholm is obviously the valley of the Holms. Kilbucho, also spelled Kilbeuhhoe, Kilbochoe,... | 32,483 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing in the Nevada Desert during September 2007, when the plane he was piloting failed to return? | Steve Fossett
James Stephen "Steve" Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industr... | adventurer Dick Smith, who was about to launch an expedition to recover the "Kookaburra" from the Tanami Desert. Smith was keen to get directions from the man who had found the missing plane in 1929, in spite of receiving advice against taking the word of someone from the "cap and goggles" era. He rediscovered the "Koo... | 32,484 | triviaqa-train |
The law of the sea divides it into three zones, internal Waters, territorial Waters and which other? | With Respect to Coastal Fisheries in Certain Areas of the High Seas", and stated in its operative clause:
the Government of the United States regards it as proper to establish conservation zones in those areas of the high seas contiguous to the coasts of the United States wherein fishing activities have been or in the ... | Review said the Georgian Navy protects Georgia’s territorial waters and contributes to the collective maritime defence in the Black Sea region.
The Georgian Navy was abolished in 2009 and was incorporated into the Coast Guard, which is not structurally part of the Defense Forces, but rather it is a subunit of the Borde... | 32,485 | triviaqa-train |
Which engineer designed the WW2 fighter plane, the 'Hurricane'? | early 1930s between RAF officials and British aircraft designer Sir Sydney Camm on the topic of a proposed monoplane derivative of the Hawker Fury biplane. There was an institutional preference at the time for biplanes and a lack of interest from the Air Ministry, but Hawker chose to continue refining their monoplane p... | which prevented Navy patrol plane crew members' penises from freezing to their urine elimination pipes. He designed inlet ducts for the F-104 Starfighter, the C-130 transport aircraft, and the F-90 fighter.
Career The Skunk Works.
In December 1954 Rich was transferred to the Skunk Works, the secret research and develop... | 32,486 | triviaqa-train |
Who was depicted on the reverse of the last English pound note? | based on the 22 carat fine guinea. Fixed in weight at to the troy pound from 1670, this coin's value varied considerably until 1717, when it was fixed at 21 shillings (21/-, 1.05 pounds). However, despite the efforts of Sir Isaac Newton, Master of the Mint, to reduce the guinea's value, this valuation overvalued gold r... | and Bank of Scotland, still prints its own banknotes.
Banknotes 2009 issue.
The current designs were released in autumn 2009. The obverse designs feature famous Scots while the reverse designs feature Scotland's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Banknotes Previous issue.
The previous series of Clydesdale notes each depicted... | 32,487 | triviaqa-train |
What was invented by the Chinese, imported into Britain from Italy by Charles lst and known to the Arabs as 'sherbet'? | Ice cream
Ice cream (derived from earlier iced cream or cream ice) is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from dairy milk or cream, or soy, cashew, coconut or almond milk, and is flavored with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and any spice, such as cocoa or vanilla.... | Italy towel
The Italy towel, also known as the Korean exfoliating mitt, is a mass-produced bath product used to scrub and peel the outermost layer of skin; it was invented in Busan by Kim Pil-gon in 1962. Since then, the Italy towel has become a household item in Korean homes and a staple item in Korean saunas. The Kor... | 32,488 | triviaqa-train |
Which country imports the biggest volume of Champagne from France? | , who were seeking their independence from Great Britain (realised in the Treaty of Paris (1783)). The financial crisis aggravated by France's involvement in the American Revolutionary War was one of many contributing factors to the French Revolution. Much of the Enlightenment occurred in French intellectual circles, a... | hub, the airport now has several international routes to destinations in Europe and the Maghreb.
Transport Infrastructures Inland and International freight transport.
Transport Infrastructures Inland and International freight transport Dunkirk harbour.
Dunkirk Harbour is one of the biggest seaports of France. It is the... | 32,489 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nationality of former Moto GP World Champion Casey Stoner? | Casey Stoner
Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is a retired Australian professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and .
Stoner served as a test and development rider for Ducati from 2016 to 2018.
Born in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Ki... | - Casey Stoner
The film includes appearances by the aforementioned 9-times World champion, Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha), two-time champion, Casey Stoner (Ducati Corse), 2010 Champion Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha), American former World Superbike Champions, Ben Spies (Yamaha Tech 3), and double-winner Colin Edwards (Yama... | 32,490 | triviaqa-train |
Who, in 1616, announced important observations on blood circulation? | , only 28% of cardiovascular surgeries were performed in the ambulatory care setting.
Society and culture.
In Ancient Greece, the heart was thought to be the source of innate heat for the body.
The circulatory system as we know it was discovered by William Harvey
Other animals.
While humans, as well as other vertebrat... | from the heart. From 1597 to 1602, Harvey studied arts and medicine at Padua, and made a careful study of the heart and the movement of blood. By 1616, he was presenting in lectures his case for the circulation of the blood, but it was not until 1628 that he published it in his classic work, "De Motu Cordis et Sanguini... | 32,491 | triviaqa-train |
Which major city is located on the River Loire, approximately 50 kilometres from the Atlantic coast? | west through Tours and Nantes until it reaches the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean) at Saint-Nazaire. Its main tributaries include the rivers Nièvre, Maine and the Erdre on its right bank, and the rivers Allier, Cher, Indre, Vienne, and the Sèvre Nantaise on the left bank.
The Loire gives its name to six departments: Loi... | due to catchment degradation which has resulted in lagoon deterioration. River-mouth lagoons on MSG beaches are not well explained in international literature.
River-mouth lagoons on mixed sand and gravel beaches Hapua case study.
The hapua located at the mouth of the Rakaia River stretches approximately three kilometr... | 32,492 | triviaqa-train |
"Who played Yosser Hughes in the acclaimed TV series ""The Boys From The Black Stuff'?" | Yosser Hughes
Jimmy "Yosser" Hughes is a fictional character from Alan Bleasdale's 1982 (written in 1978) television series "Boys from the Blackstuff", set in Liverpool, portrayed by Bernard Hill.
Appearance and family.
Yosser appears as a tall man in his mid-thirties who wears predominantly black clothes and has a dis... | Television series "Crown Court", the episode entitled "The Jolly Swagmen"
Career "Boys from the Blackstuff".
Hill first came to prominence as Yosser Hughes, a Liverpool working class man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring system, in Alan Bleasdale's BBC "Play for Today" programme, "The Black Stuff", and its s... | 32,493 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the cyclist from the Isle of Man who won six stages in the 2009 Tour de France? | program detected in May 2010. and the King of the Mountains title was retroactively awarded to Egoi Martínez. Mark Cavendish won six stages, including the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, but was beaten in the points classification by Thor Hushovd, who consequently won the green jersey.
Teams.
20 teams were invited t... | Games riding for Isle of Man. After not winning a medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics he did not compete on track until 2015, subsequently winning with Wiggins in 2016 a third world championship title in the madison, and individually a silver medal in the Omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
As a road cyclist, Cavendish t... | 32,494 | triviaqa-train |
Which theatre was Abraham Lincoln attending when he was assassinated? | Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the follow... | , Taylor began a theatre career and became best known as a playwright, with up to 100 plays staged during his career. Many were adaptations of French plays, but these and his original works cover a range from farce to melodrama. Most fell into neglect after his death, but "Our American Cousin" (1858), which achieved gr... | 32,495 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the tomb of Saint Ignatius Loyola? | was kept in the archives of the Jesuit order for about 150 years, until the Bollandists published the text in "Acta Sanctorum".
Death and canonization.
Ignatius died in Rome on 31 July 1556, as a result of the Roman Fever, a severe case of malaria that recurred in Rome, Italy, at different points in history. An autopsy... | Cave of Saint Ignatius
The Cave of Saint Ignatius is a sanctuary declared as a Local Cultural Heritage that includes a baroque church and a neoclassical building in Manresa (Catalonia), which was created to honor the place where, according to tradition, Saint Ignatius of Loyola shut himself in a cave to pray and do pen... | 32,496 | triviaqa-train |
The character Charlie Hungerford, played by Terence Alexander, appeared in which TV series? | Terence Alexander
Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama "Bergerac", which ran for nine series on BBC One between 1981 and 1991.
Early life and career.
Alexander was born in London, the son of... | Fuata. In 1986, he recruited Whai Ngata to start up the Māori department on Television New Zealand.
Acting roles.
In 1966 Leonard appeared in the film "Don't Let It Get You", which was directed by John O'Shea. At the time, Leonard was employed as the public relations officer in Rotorua.
Leonard played the part of Charl... | 32,497 | triviaqa-train |
in which 1964 Gerry and the Pacemakers film did Cilla Black appear? | 20 years, until the mid-1980s success of fellow Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Another of their most famous songs, "Ferry Cross the Mersey", refers to the River Mersey that flows past Liverpool.
History.
Gerry Marsden formed the group in 1959 with his brother Fred, Les Chadwick, and Arthur McMahon. They riva... | Cross the Mersey" – Gerry & The Pacemakers 1964
22. "Can't Buy Me Love" – Ella Fitzgerald 1964
23. "I've Been Wrong Before" – Cilla Black 1965
24. "In My Life" – The Beatles 1965
25. "Land of a Thousand Dances" – The Action 1965
26. "Alfie" – Cilla Black 1966
27. "Michelle" – David and Jonathan 1966
28. "Step Inside Lo... | 32,498 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote ""March of the Meanies"" for the Beatles' cartoon film ""Yellow Submarine""?" | members grew increasingly strained, their individual tastes became more apparent. The minimalistic cover artwork for the White Album contrasted with the complexity and diversity of its music, which encompassed Lennon's "Revolution 9" (whose musique concrète approach was influenced by Yoko Ono), Starr's country song "Do... | Blue Meanies (Yellow Submarine)
The Blue Meanies are a fictional army of fierce though buffoonish music-hating beings and the main antagonists in the surreal 1968 Beatles cartoon film "Yellow Submarine". They allegorically represent all the bad people in the world. Their visual appearance was mostly designed by Heinz E... | 32,499 | triviaqa-train |
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