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What is the capital of the Austrian province of Tyrol? | Tyrol (state)
Tyrol (; ; ; ) is a federal state ("Bundesland") in western Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical Princely County of Tyrol. It is a constituent part of the present-day Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino (together with South Tyrol and Trentino in Italy). The capital of Tyrol is Innsb... | of the Alps.
Etymology.
The province is generally known as Trentino. The name derives from Trento, the capital city of the province. Originally, the term was used by the local population only to refer to the city and its immediate surroundings. Under former Austrian government, which began in the 19th century (previous... | 32,800 | triviaqa-train |
"Who composed the 1862 opera ""Beatrice et Benedict'?" | , Hérold and Adam. In this climate, the operas of the French-born composer Hector Berlioz struggled to gain a hearing. Berlioz's epic masterpiece "Les Troyens", the culmination of the Gluckian tradition, was not given a full performance for almost a hundred years.
In the second half of the 19th century, Jacques Offenba... | August 1961
- Desdemona in "Othello", Stratford October 1961, Aldwych, October 1962
- Varya in "The Cherry Orchard", Aldwych, December 1961 and October 1962
- Polly Peachum in "The Beggar's Opera", Aldwych, July 1963
Other work included:
- Beatrice in "Beatrice et Benedict" (concert version) Royal Festival Hall, Novemb... | 32,801 | triviaqa-train |
Who, in the Old Testament, ordered the building of the Golden Calf? | Ten Commandments (), he left the Israelites for forty days and forty nights. The Israelites feared that he would not return and demanded that Aaron make them "gods" to go before them (). Aaron gathered up the Israelites' golden earrings and ornaments, constructed a "molten calf" and they declared: "These "[be]" thy god... | Holies, an act that is considered blasphemous in all three Abrahamic religions. He ordered golden statues of himself to be placed prominently and worshiped three times a day. This touches on both the golden calf story found in both the Old Testament and the Quran. In reference to the Book of Revelation, Carpathia intro... | 32,802 | triviaqa-train |
"In ""The Simpson"", what is the name of Bart's school principal?" | suffers from attention deficit disorder. His lack of smarts can also be attributed to the hereditary "Simpson Gene", which affects the intelligence of most male members of the Simpson family. Although he gets into endless trouble and can be sadistic, shallow and selfish, Bart also exhibits many qualities of high integr... | Bart's Not Dead
"Bart's Not Dead" is an episode of the animated television series "The Simpsons". This is the first episode of the thirtieth season and 640th episode of the series. In this episode, the son Bart Simpson fakes a miracle cure and is then approached by a Christian filmmaker who wants to make an adaptation ... | 32,803 | triviaqa-train |
"Who, in about 1759, painted the picture ""The Shrimp Girl"", now in the National Gallery, London?" | The Shrimp Girl
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London.
The painting, a relatively late work by Hogarth, is one of several in which he experimented with a loose, almost impressionistic style comparable to the work o... | he painted a self-portrait, which is now in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Career Bath.
In 1759, Gainsborough and his family moved to Bath, living at number 17 The Circus. There, he studied portraits by van Dyck and was eventually able to attract a fashionable clientele. In 1761, he ... | 32,804 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only Far Eastern country to have been a member of OPEC, being so from 1962 to 2008? | ethnic groups and descendants of Dutch colonisers. Today, there is some degree of fluency by either educated members of the oldest generation or legal professionals, as specific law codes are still only available in Dutch.
Demographics Religion.
While the constitution stipulates religious freedom, the government offici... | Discogobio
Discogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish that are found in eastern Asia. So far the 16 species have only been identified from China (11 species) and Vietnam (5 species) wherein each species is endemic to the country in which it is found.
Species.
- "Discogobio antethoracalis"
- "Discogobio bismargaritus"
- "Di... | 32,805 | triviaqa-train |
What is the heraldic term for right? | and putting one whole coat in each half. Impalement replaced the earlier dimidiation – combining the dexter half of one coat with the sinister half of another – because dimidiation can create ambiguity between, for example, a bend and a chevron. "Dexter" (from Latin "dextra", right) means to the right from the viewpoin... | features 1) golden double hook and 2) the top left and bottom right of each includes a six-pointed golden star. The double hook is referred to in common parlance as Wolfsangel. The Wolfsangel ("wolf-hook") is a German term for certain heraldic charges. It represents a stylized wolf-hook, a German wolf-hunting device. A... | 32,806 | triviaqa-train |
How many links are there in a surveyor's chain? | Gunter's chain
Gunter's chain (also known as Gunter’s measurement) is a distance measuring device used for surveying. It was designed and introduced in 1620 by English clergyman and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1626). It enabled plots of land to be accurately surveyed and plotted, for legal and commercial purposes... | commonly used in scientific diving. It is a line laid to guide the diver on a survey along the line. In cases where position along the line must be accurately specified, a surveyor's tape or chain may be used as the transect line.
Working procedures common to scientific diving Searches.
Searches are often required to f... | 32,807 | triviaqa-train |
"Who, in 1856, painted the picture ""The Blind Girl, now in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery?" | The Blind Girl
The Blind Girl (1856) is a painting by John Everett Millais which depicts two itinerant beggars, presumed to be sisters, one of whom is a blind musician, her concertina on her lap. They are resting by the roadside after a rainstorm, before travelling to the town of Winchelsea, visible in the background.
... | Autumn Leaves" (1856), Manchester City Art Gallery.
- "The Blind Girl" (1856), Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.
- "L'Enfant du Regiment" (1856), Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut.
- "" (1857).
- "The Escape of a Heretic" (1857), Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.
- "Only a Lock of Hair" (1857–58), Manchester C... | 32,808 | triviaqa-train |
What, in 1985, was Madonna's first UK No. 1? | Vision Quest", a romantic drama film. Its soundtrack contained two new singles, her U.S. number-one single, "Crazy for You", and another track "Gambler". She also played the title role in the 1985 comedy "Desperately Seeking Susan", a film which introduced the song "Into the Groove", her first number-one single in the ... | Ultrabeat. During this tour, Scooter performed a retooled version of "I'm Lonely" from "Jumping All Over The World"; the single was released in Germany on 18 April 2008. "The Question Is What Is The Question" was released in the UK the same week, charting at No.49. The band made international news in May 2008 when "Jum... | 32,809 | triviaqa-train |
The organisation 'Mensa' takes its name from the Latin for which everyday object? | , can be either on the altar or near it, and it is desirable that the crucifix remain even outside of liturgical celebrations.
Christianity In Western Christian churches Protestant Churches.
A wide variety of altars exist in various Protestant denominations. Some Churches, such as the Lutheran, have altars very similar... | Mensa".
There is no single formal Densa organisation; instead, various projects using that name exist as informal groups, usually meant by their founders as a joke rather than a serious organisation. Even within Mensa itself, a SIG (special interest group, an informal sub-group of Mensans sharing a particular common in... | 32,810 | triviaqa-train |
"Whose 2010 autobiography, is called ""Decision Points""?" | and Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives shortly thereafter. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election. Bush was elected... | ", and "Autobiography", and most specially from Ignatius' "Spiritual Exercises", whose purpose is "to conquer oneself and to regulate one's life in such a way that no decision is made under the influence of any inordinate attachment." The "Exercises" culminate in a contemplation whereby one develops a facility to "find... | 32,811 | triviaqa-train |
What type of rocket was used to launch the Apollo spacecraft? | " for these functions. Apollo used Saturn family rockets as launch vehicles, which were also used for an Apollo Applications Program, which consisted of Skylab, a space station that supported three crewed missions in 1973–74, and the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, a joint US-Soviet Union Earth-orbit mission in 1975.
Apollo... | through 8 were test flights under for the Soviet Moonshot during the Moon race. The Soyuz 7K-L1 (also mentioned just as L1) spacecraft was used for the Moon-aimed missions, stripped down to make it possible to launch around the Moon from the Earth. They were launched on the Proton rocket which was just powerful enough ... | 32,812 | triviaqa-train |
In the British Police Force, what rank is indicated by a crown on each shoulder? | out by the British government, which includes voluntarily submitting themselves to inspection by the HMIC. Their vehicles share similarities with the vehicles owned by forces based in the UK, such as the use of Battenburg markings.
List of British Overseas Territories Police Services/Forces:
The fourteen British Overse... | 's crown (in yellow on dark blue or black backing). A similar smaller badge with yellow circle around the CD and crown was used for the beret, though a large number used their silver ARP badge on their head wear.
The branch of service a member belonged to was shown on their shoulder titles. Additionally, there were ins... | 32,813 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional detective lived at 56b Whitehaven Mansions? | Florin Court
Florin Court is an Art Deco / Streamline Moderne residential building on the eastern side of Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London.
The building has been used as Whitehaven Mansions, the fictional London residence of Agatha Christie's character Hercule Poirot, in the LWT television series "Agatha Chris... | Chrystal Falls
Chrystal Falls is a novel series that was written over seven books by various ghost writers dealing with the residents of a fictional (and fiercely divided) Pennsylvania town. The books were published by Scholastic in the mid-1980s.
Plot summary.
Chrystal Falls is a mill community in Pennsylvania which i... | 32,814 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Shakespeare play opens with the words ""Now is the winter of our discontent""?" | Virgil. In 1623, in conjunction with the publication of the First Folio, the Droeshout engraving was published.
Shakespeare has been commemorated in many statues and memorials around the world, including funeral monuments in Southwark Cathedral and Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
Plays.
Most playwrights of the peri... | as a benevolent Richard, and by mangling Shakespearean text ("Now is the summer of our sweet content made o'ercast winter by these Tudor clouds ...")
Richard Loncraine's 1995 film, starring Ian McKellen, is set in a fictional fascist England in the 1930s, and based on an earlier highly successful stage production. Only... | 32,815 | triviaqa-train |
"Which comedian, a director of Fulham FC, had the catch phrase ""You Lucky People'?" | You Lucky People
You Lucky People is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Tommy Trinder, Mary Parker and Dora Bryan. Originally titled "Get Fell In", the film was renamed to match Trinder's familiar catchphrase. It was shot in a rival French process to CinemaScope, called 'CameraScope', wit... | Syd Walker
Syd Walker (22 March 1886, in Salford, Lancashire – 13 January 1945, in Hove, Sussex) was a British actor and comedian. He was a music hall comic and a regular on BBC radio's "Band Waggon" (1938–1939) as Mr. Walker, a philosophic rag-and-bone man with the popular catch phrase "what would you do, chums?" He w... | 32,816 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Basque national sport? | immensely popular and the best-paid sportsmen of their time. The first official competitions were organized in the 1920s and led to the world championship in the 1950s.
In 1924, the United States built its first fronton, in Miami. Jai-Alai is used for betting. During the '80s and '90s, Jai-Alai was especially popular i... | €65 million.
The territory has an unofficial 'national' team which plays occasional friendlies, but not competitive matches against conventional national teams. Navarre has its own representative side which convenes rarely.
Cycling as a sport is popular in the Basque Country. Miguel Indurain, born in Atarrabia (Navarre... | 32,817 | triviaqa-train |
Amadeus I ruled which Country 1870-1873? | the king, she was a Daughter of France. She was a younger sister of Louis XIII of France and Elisabeth of France. She was also an older sister of Nicholas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Gaston, Duke of Orléans and Henrietta Maria of France. Christine was a sister-in-law of Philip IV of Spain through Élisabeth and of Charles I... | , the Queen gave birth to
- Alfonso, who replaced his older sister, becoming heir apparent and Prince of Asturias.
Isabella II was induced to abdicate in 1870. Amadeus of Savoy was elected new monarch.
Heirs to Amadeus I.
During Amadeus I's short reign, the heir apparent was his son,
- Emmanuel Philibert, who was creat... | 32,818 | triviaqa-train |
Money Ponds is a suburb of which Australian City? | density suburbs on the outskirts of the urban area. The term 'middle suburbs' is also used. Inner suburbs, such as Te Aro in Wellington, Eden Terrace in Auckland, Prahran in Melbourne and Ultimo in Sydney, are usually characterised by higher density apartment housing and greater integration between commercial and resid... | Dunlop, Australian Capital Territory
Dunlop is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Dunlop is at the far north-west edge of Canberra, near the border with the state of New South Wales. Approximately north-west of the city, Dunlop is next to the subu... | 32,819 | triviaqa-train |
Tom Jones sang the title song of which Bond film? | It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat", the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film "Thunderball", "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Delilah", "She's a Lady", "Kiss" and "Sex Bomb".
Jones made his acting debut playing the lead role in the 1979 television film "Pleasure Cove". He played himself in Tim Burton's 1996 film ... | Rapetti Mogol, which eventually created 126 songs, began in 1960 with the song "Crumbs of Kisses" or Briciole di baci starring Mina and "Devil" Diavolo sung by Jimmy Fontana.
"Uno dei tanti" or "One of the Many" sung by Tony Dallara and Joe Paths, was brought to international success by Tom Jones under the title "I (Wh... | 32,820 | triviaqa-train |
The Bactrian Camel is named after a region in which country? | , notably earlier than what had been previously estimated from North American fossils. Speciation began first in Lamini as the alpaca came into existence 10 million years ago (late Pleistocene). Nearly two million years later, the Bactrian camel and the dromedary emerged as two independent species.
The Bactrian camel a... | , which were both named after him. He also described what was then considered to be a wild population of Bactrian camel. In the 21st century, the Wild Bactrian camel was shown to be a separate species from the domestic Bactrian camel. Przhevalsky's writings include five major books written in Russian and two English tr... | 32,821 | triviaqa-train |
Henry McCarty was the real name of which wild western character? | Jesse James, Billy the Kid, the Dalton Gang, Black Bart, Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch and hundreds of others who preyed on banks, trains, stagecoaches, and in some cases even armed government transports such as the Wham Paymaster Robbery and the Skeleton Canyon Robbery. Some of the outlaws, such as Jesse James, wer... | that he was "really lucky" with the name Eragon, "because it's just dragon with one letter changed." Also, Paolini commented that he thought of both parts of the name "Eragon" - "era" and "gone" - as if the name itself changes the era in which the character lives. He thought the name fit the book perfectly, but some of... | 32,822 | triviaqa-train |
Which painter used his neighbours in the village of Cookham as the subjects of many of his works? | Cookham
Cookham is a historic village and civil parish on the River Thames in the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire in England. It is notable as the home of the artist Stanley Spencer. It is north-north-east of Maidenhead on the county boundary with Buckinghamshire and sits opposite the neighbouring village of Bour... | Weekly Press ca. 1899–1907. Many of these works depict Māori subjects surrounded by endemic flowers and foliage and are available for inspection at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Although he was best known for his skills in chromolithography he was a designer and painter, working in watercolours and oils. One of his o... | 32,823 | triviaqa-train |
From which disease did Robert the Bruce die? | granting the privilege of unction at the coronation of future Kings of Scots.
It remains unclear just what caused the death of Robert, a month before his fifty-fifth birthday. Contemporary accusations that Robert suffered from leprosy, the "unclean sickness"—the present-day, treatable Hansen's disease—derived from Engl... | disease, for a total of 234 fatalities.
Commanders.
- Colonel Theophilus Lyle Dickey - resigned February 16, 1863
- Colonel Martin R. M. Wallace - mustered out November 3, 1864
See also.
- List of Illinois Civil War Units
- Illinois in the American Civil War
References.
- "A Horse to Live and a Greyhound to Die: Early ... | 32,824 | triviaqa-train |
"In the film ""Goldfinger"" what was the name of Shirley Eaton's character, fatally painted in gold?" | Goldfinger (film)
Goldfinger is a 1964 British spy film and the third installment in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and ... | . Following rehearsals, studio recording for the serial began on Saturday 20 August and was completed on 6 September 1977.
Wanda Ventham, playing Thea, had previously appeared in "The Faceless Ones", and would subsequently appear in "Time and the Rani", her three appearances were each ten years apart: 1967, 1977 and 19... | 32,825 | triviaqa-train |
Jack Point is a character in which Gilbert & Sullivan opera? | The Yeomen of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid, is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 3 October 1888, and ran for 423 performances. This was the eleventh collaboration of fourteen between Gilbert and Sullivan.
... | Sullivan operas lived much longer (for example Decima Moore and Nancy McIntosh).
Lely died in Glasgow on 29 February 1944, at the age of 91. The date of his death is ironic for a Gilbert and Sullivan tenor, in that 29 February, leap day, is the birthday of the tenor character, Frederic, in "The Pirates of Penzance", wh... | 32,826 | triviaqa-train |
David Cameron represents which parliamentary constituency? | David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witney from 2001 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He identifies as a one-nation conservat... | salary.
Parliamentary career Since the 2010 general election.
Following the 2010 general election, Lidington was appointed Minister for Europe. In August 2016 following the resignation of David Cameron, Lidington was appointed a CBE in the 2016 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours for his services to the government as ... | 32,827 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of Chechnya? | incorporated as Grozny Urban Okrug. The city also serves as the administrative center of Groznensky Municipal District, but not of the corresponding administrative district.
Administrative and municipal status City divisions.
For administrative purposes, the city is divided into four city districts: Leninsky, Zavodskoy... | masked and military camouflage uniformed gunmen headed in the direction Chechnya on 4 July 2003. The kidnapping incident took place in Altievo, which is a village just outside the former capital city and bordertown of Nazran.
Since the kidnapping, authorities have not heard from kidnappers or learned of any information... | 32,828 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Pre-Raphaelite artist painted ""The Death of Ophelia""?" | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (later known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The three founders were joined by William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson, Fr... | destiny on the verge of death: the vulnerable woman is a popular subject among Pre-Raphaelite artists. Also, Millais utilizes bright, intense colours in the landscape to make the pale Ophelia contrast with the nature behind her. All this is evident in the vivid attention to detail in the brush and trees around Ophelia,... | 32,829 | triviaqa-train |
Who was elected by the Apostles to replace Judas? | Matthias.
Due to his notorious role in all the gospel narratives, Judas remains a controversial figure in Christian history. For instance, Judas's betrayal is seen as setting in motion the events that led to Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection, which, according to traditional Christian theology, brought salvation to h... | of Tarsus is numbered among the Seventy Disciples.
- Joseph Barsabbas – In the Christian New Testament, Joseph Justus (also known as Barsabbas) figures momentarily in the casting of lots among the 120 or so gathered together after the Ascension of Jesus, to replace Judas Iscariot and bring the Apostles again to the num... | 32,830 | triviaqa-train |
Sanditon was the novel left uncompleted at the time of the death of which author? | Sanditon
Sanditon (1817) is an unfinished novel by the English writer Jane Austen. In January 1817, Austen began work on a new novel she called "The Brothers", later titled "Sanditon" upon its first publication in 1925, and completed eleven chapters before stopping work in mid-March 1817, probably because her illness p... | a historical romance in honour of the prince's daughter's marriage.
In the last year of her life, Austen revised "Northanger Abbey" (1817), wrote "Persuasion" (1817), and began another novel, eventually titled "Sanditon", which was left unfinished at her death. Austen did not have time to see "Northanger Abbey" or "Per... | 32,831 | triviaqa-train |
The plays 'The Barber of Seville' and 'Marriage of Figaro' were written by whom? | The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro (, ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre B... | Hilary has appeared on a number of occasions with Travelling Opera, for whom he conducted Cosi Fan Tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen and The Barber of Seville. In 1991 he conducted for the French company Ballet du Nord, the first ever danced version of Mozart's Requiem in a double bill with Stravinsky's Apollo at L... | 32,832 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the Ringo Kid in the 1938 film 'Stagecoach'? | Stagecoach (1939 film)
Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay, written by Dudley Nichols, is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows a group of strangers ... | the "Puyo Puyo" video game series
- Ringo Brown, from the Australian soap opera "Neighbours"
- Ringo Noyamano, from the manga and anime series "Air Gear"
- Ringo Seto, a character in "Angelic Layer"
- Jimmy Ringo, from the 1950 film "The Gunfighter"
- The Ringo Kid, from the film "Stagecoach" and its remakes
- Ringo Ro... | 32,833 | triviaqa-train |
Michael Caine won his first Oscar for his role in which film? | of his greatest critical success in the 1980s, with "Educating Rita" (1983), earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 1986, he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters".
Caine played Ebenezer Scrooge in "The Muppet Christmas ... | film, so he and casting agents approached his good friend and then roommate Michael Caine: not one to then snub a role about a common man, Caine agreed to do it. He won huge acclaim for the breakthrough role of his career and continued to land better parts.
Music.
The original film soundtrack featured jazz saxophonist ... | 32,834 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the novel ""Les Miserables""?" | Les Misérables
Les Misérables () is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title. However, several alternatives have been used, including ... | published thirty years later in 1862, Hugo depicts the period leading up to the rebellion, and follows the lives and interactions of several characters over a twenty-year period. The novel begins in the year of Napoleon Bonaparte's final defeat and climaxes with the battles of the June Rebellion. An outspoken republica... | 32,835 | triviaqa-train |
Which horse racing bet entails a series of a multiple of 5 selections? | horse to win the English Triple Crown. Woodbine Racetrack (1956) in Toronto is home of the Queen's Plate (1860), Canada's premier Thoroughbred stakes race, and the North America Cup (1984), Canada's premier Standardbred stakes race. It is the only race track in North America which stages Thoroughbred and Standardbred (... | the Grand National and Royal Ascot, and international races including the Dubai World Cup and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
"The Morning Line".
"The Morning Line" was a Saturday morning look at the day's live horse racing on Channel 4. It provided tips and advice for the forthcoming day's racing. The show featured con... | 32,836 | triviaqa-train |
Which disease used to be called infantile paralysis? | to the virus, and is quite possibly an incidental deviation of a normal gastrointestinal infection. The mechanisms by which poliovirus spreads to the CNS are poorly understood, but it appears to be primarily a chance event – largely independent of the age, gender, or socioeconomic position of the individual.
Pathophysi... | focused on how much information is available on the web that an individual does not consent to. More so, disease outbreak researchers can study social-media based patterns to decrease the time it takes to detect an outbreak, an emerging field of study called infodemiology. Within the realm of ecological fieldwork, part... | 32,837 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the current presenter of Radio 4s 'Desert Island Discs' | Plowright. She was replaced by Kirsty Young, who interviewed illustrator Quentin Blake for her first show, broadcast on 1 October 2006. On 30 August 2018, it was announced that Young was going on sick leave due to complications of fibromyalgia, and that 6 Music presenter Lauren Laverne would temporarily take over. In J... | Joy Worth
Joy Worth was a BBC radio presenter, active in the 1940s and 1950s, who appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs" on 17 Oct 1952.
External links.
- 1943 photo of Worth and a colleague | 32,838 | triviaqa-train |
The Primrose League referred to the supporters of which Prime Minister? | on the conduct of public affairs for the common good;
3. To encourage and help our members to improve their professional competence as leaders;
4. To fight for free enterprise.
Foundation.
The primrose was known as the "favourite flower" of Benjamin Disraeli, and so became associated with him. Queen Victoria sent a wre... | during the Third Battle of Gaza.
Commemoration.
When news of the death of Primrose reached the UK, the Prime Minister David Lloyd George paid tribute in the House of Commons on 19 November 1917, alongside his report of the death of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude:
Responding to the Prime Minister, the fo... | 32,839 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the incidental music to Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt'? | including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Thamos, King of Egypt" music, Ludwig van Beethoven's "Egmont" music, Carl Maria von Weber's "Preciosa" music, Franz Schubert's "Rosamunde" music, Felix Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" music, Robert Schumann's "Manfred" music, Georges Bizet's "L'Arlésienne" music, and Edvar... | . 7
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 8
- Concert Overture "In Autumn", Op. 11
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13
- Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
- Incidental music to Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's play "Sigurd Jorsalfar", Op. 22
- Incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt", Op. 23
- "Ballade in the Fo... | 32,840 | triviaqa-train |
The Collegiate Church of St Peter, also known as Westminster Abbey, is an example of what type of place of worship falling under the direct jurisdiction of the British monarch? | status of a cathedral. Since 1560, the building is no longer an abbey or a cathedral, having instead the status of a Church of England "Royal Peculiar"—a church responsible directly to the sovereign.
According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as Thorn ... | List of Westminster Abbey organists
This is a list of Westminster Abbey organists. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as "Westminster Abbey", is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... | 32,841 | triviaqa-train |
Name the last ruling house of Imperial Germany? | House of Hohenzollern. Berlin remained its capital, and Otto, Prince of Bismarck remained Chancellor, the head of government. As these events occurred, the Prussian-led North German Confederation and its southern German allies were still engaged in the Franco-Prussian War.
The German Empire consisted of 26 states, most... | ".
House of Luxembourg.
Long before the present Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was established, the House of Luxembourg was a powerful family in Germany, supplying several Holy Roman Emperors. The last of these was "Sigismund" (1368–1437), also King of Hungary and Bohemia. His daughter "Elisabeth of Bohemia (1409–1442)" sur... | 32,842 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote a novel based on the ""Titanic"" story entitled ""Every Man For Himself'?" | Every Man for Himself (novel)
Every Man for Himself is a novel written by Beryl Bainbridge that was first published in 1996 and is about the 1912 RMS "Titanic" disaster. The novel won the 1996 Whitbread Prize, and was a nominee of the Booker Prize. It also won the 1997 .
Plot synopsis.
The novel is narrated by 22-year-... | The Man Who Loved Clowns
The Man Who Loved Clowns is a 1992 novel by June Rae Wood about coping with mental disability in the family. The story is based on Wood's personal experience of life with her brother Richard, who himself had Down's Syndrome. Wood also wrote a sequel, entitled Turtle on a Fence Post, set one yea... | 32,843 | triviaqa-train |
The Wokingham Stakes is run annually at which race course? | Wokingham Stakes was divided into two or three separate classes, but it became a single race in 1874.
The Wokingham Stakes is now contested on the final day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting.
Winners since 1980.
- "Weights given in stones and pounds."
Earlier winners.
- 1874: Josephine
- 1875: Albanus
- 1876: The Man... | Secretariat Stakes
The Secretariat Stakes is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of . Held annually in mid August, it is the brother of both the Arlington Million and the Beverly D. Stakes and is raced on the same day and on the same turf course at ... | 32,844 | triviaqa-train |
John Galliano is the principal couturier for which fashion house? | John Galliano
John Charles Galliano (born November 28, 1960) is a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who was the head designer of French fashion companies Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996), Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011), and his own label John Galliano (1988 to 2011). At present, Galliano is the c... | 1996, Sirop opened his own couture house, and less than a year later he was admitted to the exclusive "Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture Parisienne", making his house one of the ten official French couture fashion houses. This entitles its principal designer to be called a "grand couturier".
Sirop has high-profile... | 32,845 | triviaqa-train |
Which make of rocket propels research hardware for the European Space Agency? | Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana. The main European launch vehicle Ariane 5 is operated through Arianespace with ESA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing this launch vehicl... | . On November 5, 1971, Europa-2 was launched for the first time, but unsuccessfully. The failure of the rocket led to the consideration of a Europa-3 rocket design. However, Europa-3 was never created and the lack of funding prompted the merging of the European Launcher Development Organisation and the European Space R... | 32,846 | triviaqa-train |
In which overseas territory is the launch site for Ariane probes? | . For the Apollo programme, an adjacent spaceport, Kennedy Space Center, was constructed, and achieved the first manned mission to the lunar surface (Apollo 11) in July 1969. It was the base for all Space Shuttle launches and most of their runway landings. For details on the launch complexes of the two spaceports, see ... | , intended for future Ariane 6 launches. This facility is located at .
Facilities ELS / Soyuz at CSG.
ESA has built ELS () at for launching Russian-built Soyuz-2 rockets. The first Soyuz launch from ELS was postponed several times, but launched on October 21, 2011.
ELS is located on the territory of Sinnamary commune, ... | 32,847 | triviaqa-train |
The detective Albert Campion was created by which author? | Albert Campion
Albert Campion is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Margery Allingham. He first appeared as a supporting character in "The Crime at Black Dudley" (1929), an adventure story involving a ring of criminals, and would go on to feature in another 18 novels and over 20 ... | , British detective novelist who created the Albert Campion series | 32,848 | triviaqa-train |
What substance is the basis of the artists paint tempera? | such as egg yolk, milk (in the form of casein) and a variety of plant gums.
Technique Egg tempera.
The most common form of classical tempera painting is "egg tempera". For this form most often only the contents of the egg yolk is used. The white of the egg and the membrane of the yolk are discarded (the membrane of the... | paint that even artists asked him if he painted in tempera. He had painted on canvas but with the painting of his plant subjects he felt closer to the earth if he worked on wood. One medium that he used and was very skilled was painting in oil on rice pith. This is very thin, like tissue paper although not paper at all... | 32,849 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the Private Detective in Imperial Rome, Marcus Didius Falco? | Marcus Didius Falco
Marcus Didius Falco is the fictional central character and narrator in a series of historical mystery crime novels by Lindsey Davis. Using the concepts of modern detective stories (with Falco as the private investigator, roughly translated into the classical world as a "delator" or "private informer... | adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco (the hero of the author's 20-volume Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series, published from 1989 to 2010). Albia, a widow, works as a "delatrix" (a detective or private informer) in ancient Rome, like Falco.
The cover of the UK hardback edition has an image of a golden apple with a ... | 32,850 | triviaqa-train |
Mark Forrest and Nick Bailey are DJs on which Radio Station? | Classic FM (UK)
Classic FM (stylised as Classic M) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations. The station broadcasts classical music.
Overview.
Classic FM broadcasts nationally on FM, DAB digital radio, Freeview, satellite and cable television and is available internationally by streaming... | to more of an adult contemporary format. In 1972, WKAP decided to compete with the two Top 40 stations in the Lehigh Valley, WAEB 790 AM, which played current music, and WEEX 1230 AM, which played oldies music. WKAP's adult top 40 format emulated West Coast giant KCBQ in San Diego. Some of the original WKAP DJs were Ke... | 32,851 | triviaqa-train |
The first FA Cup Final took place where? | a final (in 2007). For the first decade of the competition, the Kennington Oval was used as the semi-final venue. In the period between this first decade and the reopening of Wembley, semi-finals were played at high-capacity neutral venues around England; usually the home grounds of teams not involved in that semi-fina... | 42, and he also played in 5 cup ties. Liverpool won the 1963-64 league championship, four points clear of Manchester United.
In the 1964–65 season Lawrence and Liverpool were unable to repeat the previous season's achievements, finishing in 7th place and a full 17 points behind winners Manchester United. However, a cup... | 32,852 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Republican candidate defeated by Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election? | President in 2008. In November 2006, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani led in the polls, followed closely by Arizona Senator John McCain. The media speculated that Giuliani's pro-choice stance on abortion and McCain's age and support of the unpopular Iraq War would be detriments to their candidacies. Giuliani... | was modified with the effect that, had the 2008 presidential election been held under the new boundaries, Democratic nominee Barack Obama would have received a share of the vote 1.5 percentage points greater than that which he achieved under the former boundaries.
Randolph S. Vance ran as a write-in candidate.
District... | 32,853 | triviaqa-train |
DS Hathaway works with which TV detective? | Sergeant Hathaway
James Hathaway is the CID Detective Inspector working with Inspector Lewis in the ITV detective series "Lewis" (known as "Inspector Lewis" in the United States). He is played by Laurence Fox.
Hathaway holds the rank of Detective Sergeant until the penultimate series of Lewis in 2014, in which he is pr... | Rebus invites him onto an undercover operation in "The Hanging Garden" in which Morton is shot in the chest and killed.
Police Detective Sergeant Brian Holmes.
Detective Sergeant Brian Holmes is a police officer who first appears in the novel "Hide and Seek" in the rank of DC, he reappears in "Strip Jack" being promote... | 32,854 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer, who died 200 years ago in 1809, wrote a series of 'London' symphonies? | Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn (; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio. His contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".
Hay... | pianists is still played today.
He wrote at least two symphonies, the second, in G minor, premiered by the orchestra of the Royal College of Music in London in 1908 (November 19) with the composer conducting.
Carse died in 1958 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Donation to the Horniman.
In 1947 he donated his collection o... | 32,855 | triviaqa-train |
Folk/blues singer/guitarist Steven Gene Wold is known by which nickname? | Seasick Steve
Steven Leach (born 1951), commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American blues musician who has taken on the name Steven Gene Wold and claims to have been born in 1941. He plays mostly personalized guitars and sings, usually about his early life doing casual work.
Life and career.
Life and career Childho... | Cat Iron
Cat-Iron, real name William Carridine ['Cat-Iron' was not his actual nickname, but a mishearing of his surname by his "discoverer"], (September 8 1898 in Roxie, Mississippi United States – November 11 1958 in Natchez, Mississippi) was an African-American blues singer and guitarist.
During the folk and blues re... | 32,856 | triviaqa-train |
At the 2009 Academy Awards who won the Oscar for Best Director for his film 'Slumdog Millionaire'? | Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel "Q & A" (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup, telling the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Patel as Jamal, and filmed in India, the film was directed by Danny Boyle, w... | Kidman and Rooney Mara, which premiered to rave reviews and "Oscar buzz" at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is based on the Brierley's memoir "A Long Way Home". Patel won the BAFTA awards for 'Best Supporting Actor'. At the 89th Academy Awards, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Lion... | 32,857 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish malt whisky, sold in a distinctive bottle, is produced by William Grant's and 'made without compromise'? | distillery, where he worked for 20 years. His wife, Elizabeth, had nine children.
Throughout this period of his life he saved money to set himself up as a distiller. In 1886, he quit his job, purchased the necessary land, materials and machines, and built the Glenfiddich Distillery with the help of his 9 children. On C... | House of Hazelwood
House of Hazelwood is a brand of art deco-inspired blended Scotch whisky, owned and produced by William Grant & Sons. The whisky is made with spirit produced at Girvan grain distillery, Kininvie malt distillery and spirit from the Grant family's private collection.
The House of Hazelwood range was cr... | 32,858 | triviaqa-train |
A new sculpture, by Spaniard Jaume Plensa, is being completed alongside the M62 in St Helens, what is it called? | landmark site of a former colliery near St Helens, Merseyside, as part of the Big Art Project, a major national public art initiative linked to Channel 4. Unveiled in spring 2009, "Dream" consists of an elongated white structure tall, weighing 500 tons, which has been carved to resemble the head and neck of a young wom... | £1.9 million and it is hoped it will become as powerful a symbol in North West England as Antony Gormley's "Angel of the North" is in North East England.
Jaume Plensa himself stated "When I first came to the site I immediately thought something coming out of the earth was needed. I decided to do a head of a nine-year-o... | 32,859 | triviaqa-train |
Which motorway links Southampton and Portsmouth? | is crossed by three road bridges (the M275 motorway, the A3 road, and the A2030 road), a railway bridge, and two footbridges.
Portsea Island, which forms part of the Hampshire Basin, is low-lying: the majority of its surface area on the island is less than above sea level. The highest natural elevation on Portsea Isla... | , was built around the same time. The M40 motorway was completed in January 1991, giving the area its second motorway link with London, as well as improving its links with the South Coast seaports of Southampton and Portsmouth, along with the university city of Oxford.
In 2003, Britain's first toll motorway, the M6 Tol... | 32,860 | triviaqa-train |
Of which nationalised industry was Peter Parker appointed Chairman in 1976? | Peter Parker (British businessman)
Sir Peter Parker KBE LVO (30 August 1924 – 28 April 2002) was a British businessman and chairman of the British Railways Board from 1976 to 1983.
Early life.
Parker was born in France on 30 August 1924 but spent part of his childhood in Shanghai where his father worked for an oil comp... | sarcasm, as he was replaced by Michael Foot, who was only seven months younger than himself. Short was also nine months younger than Callaghan, who had dropped him from the cabinet.
Peerage.
He was made a life peer as Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria on 28 January 1977, a few months after he had... | 32,861 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the Vice President of the USA? | 29. During his first year in office (through January 24, 2018), Mike Pence cast eight tie breaking votes; his predecessor, Joe Biden, did not cast any during his eight years in office.
As the framers of the Constitution anticipated that the vice president would not always be available to fulfil this responsibility, the... | - Form partnerships with other professional societies
Legal Structure and Board.
The Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders is a non-profit scientific organization (501 c3) registered in the United States of America and Switzerland. The president is Prof. Stefan Anker, Germany who is also vice-president ... | 32,862 | triviaqa-train |
King Charles 2nd founded the Royal Hospital in 1682, how are the occupants known? | a Chelsea Pensioner (i.e. a resident), if they have found themselves in a time of need and are "of good character". They must not, however, have any dependent spouse or family, and former Officers must have served at least 12 years in the ranks before receiving a commission.
The gardens of the Royal Hospital are Grade ... | Statue of Charles II, Royal Hospital Chelsea
The statue of Charles II stands in the Figure, or Middle, Court of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. The sculptor was Grinling Gibbons, and the statue was executed around 1680–1682. The king founded the Royal Hospital in 1682 as a home for retired army veterans. The statu... | 32,863 | triviaqa-train |
In which London Square is the Royal Court Theatre? | Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. In 1956 it was acquired by and remains the home of the E... | in the 1949 film "The Hasty Heart" (starring Ronald Reagan and Patricia Neal) playing the African warrior Blossom, which role Martins also undertook in the stage production. In the 1950s he made other appearances on the London stage, including in adaptations of "Cry, the Beloved Country" (Trafalgar Square Theatre, 1954... | 32,864 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer, born 200 years ago in 1809, wrote 'Scottish' and 'Italian' symphonies? | core repertory items and are frequently performed. Of the Eighth Symphony (1822), Schubert completed only the first two movements; this highly Romantic work is usually called by its nickname "The Unfinished". His last completed symphony, the Ninth (1826) is a massive work in the Classical idiom.
Of the early Romantics,... | 1732–1795), German composer of 28 symphonies
- Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Austrian composer, one of the best-known Classical composers of symphonies, he wrote 106 examples, combining wit and structural clarity (see the list of symphonies by Joseph Haydn and the )
- Franz Ignaz von Beecke (1733–1803), German composer of ... | 32,865 | triviaqa-train |
The currency of which European country is the kuna? | would be ethnically and politically homogeneous. Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks insisted they were ethnically distinct although many communities had a long history of intermarriage. Presently Slovenia (89% Slovene), Croatia (90.4% Croat) and Serbia (83% Serb) could be classified as nation states per se, whereas North Maced... | consumer spending. Inflation remained tame and the currency, the kuna, stable.
The country rebounded from a mild recession in 1998/1999 and achieved notable economic growth during the following years. The unemployment rate would continue to rise until 2001 when it finally started falling. Return of refugees accelerated... | 32,866 | triviaqa-train |
Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons are two of the National Parks in Wales, name the third? | The Brecon Beacons National Park.
The Brecon Beacons are one of four ranges of mountains and hills in South Wales which make up the Brecon Beacons National Park. The National Park was established in 1957, the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in 1952.
Mount... | such wind farm in the world. Other wind farms are found on inland, mostly upland sites, but there are none in the Snowdonia and Brecon Beacons national parks.
Political geography.
Political geography Border between Wales and England.
The modern border between Wales and England was largely defined by the Laws in Wales A... | 32,867 | triviaqa-train |
DS Hazel Wallace works with 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... | Harker as WPC/DS Hazel Wallace (1992—2003)
- Matt Bardock as DC/DS Clive Barnard (1992—1997)
- Sally Dexter as DC/DS Maureen Lawson (1994—2003)
- Neil Stuke as Frank Nash (1996)
- Russell Hunter as Rab Prentice (1996)
- Susannah Doyle as Liz Maud (1997)
- Philip Jackson as Billy Sharpe (1999—2005)
- Paul Jesson as Bill... | 32,868 | triviaqa-train |
Under the rule of the White Witch it is always winter but never Christmas - in whose novel? | White Witch
Jadis is the main antagonist of "The Magician's Nephew" and of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in C. S. Lewis's series, "The Chronicles of Narnia". She is commonly referred to as the White Witch in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", as she is the Witch who froze Narnia in the Hundred Years Winte... | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV serial)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a British children's television drama first broadcast by the BBC in 1988. It was the first series of "The Chronicles of Narnia" that ran from 1988 to 1990.
Plot.
In the magical land of Narnia, there is always winter but never ... | 32,869 | triviaqa-train |
Which colourful, noisy bird, found across Europe, northwest Africa and Asia, is found in a woodland habitat? The common variety has the scientific name Garrulus Glandarius? | will also bury the acorns of other oak species, and have been cited by the National Trust as a major propagator of the largest population of Holm oak ("Q. ilex") in Northern Europe, situated in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Jays have been recorded carrying single acorns as far as 20 km, and are credited with the rapid ... | down the middle of the back and along each side.
Range.
It is widespread and common across Europe, Asia, and North America, and also found in North Africa south through to Ethiopia.
It can be found almost anywhere in south/central England and Wales although never, it seems, in large numbers. Its distribution becomes mo... | 32,870 | triviaqa-train |
Which jazz musician, he played the tenor sax and clarinet, was nicknamed 'Prez'? | Goodman hired pianist Teddy Wilson, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and guitarist Charlie Christian to join small groups. In the 1930s, Kansas City Jazz as exemplified by tenor saxophonist Lester Young marked the transition from big bands to the bebop influence of the 1940s. An early 1940s style known as "jumping the blues... | Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson (December 25, 1920 – June 23, 2000) was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine the Thad Jones/M... | 32,871 | triviaqa-train |
Whose 'Plays Pleasant' included `Candida' and 'You Never Can Tell'? | George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty ... | in the Square, Circle Rep, the New York Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, New York City Center and the National Actors Theatre.
Among the notable productions he stage managed were "Our Town" with Spalding Gray and Eric Stoltz, "Timon of Athens" with Brian Bedford, "Heartbreak House" with Rosemary Harris and R... | 32,872 | triviaqa-train |
Which North Yorkshire town is home to the Green Howards Regimental Museum, a castle and Fresh Radio? | Fresh Radio
Fresh Radio was a local radio station broadcasting to the Yorkshire Dales in northern England on two medium wave (AM) frequencies and three FM frequencies. It was also heard online via the Fresh Radio website.
Transmission.
Two of the three AM frequencies were originally to be switched off by April 2007 and... | Private Richard Henry Burton
- Private Henry Tandey was awarded his VC for actions during his service with the 'Dukes' and donated his medals to the Regimental Museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire. On special occasions and parades he would sign them out to wear. The last time he signed them out he died. Unknowingly, the m... | 32,873 | triviaqa-train |
The borders of 4 African countries meet at one point, name any one of the 4 countries. | in 1964 by the Office of the Geographer of the United States Department of State. and appears in the "Encyclopædia Britannica", as well as in the "World Factbook" articles on Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, dating as far back as 1990.
History.
An early instance of four political divisions meeting at a point is... | Dreiländerspitze
The Dreiländerspitze is one of the higher mountains in the Silvretta range in the eastern Alps, at 3,197 metres. The borders of Graubünden (Switzerland), Vorarlberg (Austria) and Tyrol (Austria) meet at the peak. Its name ("Dreiländerspitze" means "peak of three countries") refers to a meeting point be... | 32,874 | triviaqa-train |
In which constellation is the Horsehead Nebula? | the southern constellations Carina and Vela, or Venus' Mirror in the constellation of Orion.
Terminology.
The word "constellation" comes from the Late Latin term , which can be translated as "set of stars"; it came into use in English during the 14th century. The Ancient Greek word for constellation is ἄστρον. These te... | and Hazen
- The Horsehead Nebula in the 19th Century, by Waldee
- Detection of new nebulae by photography, by Pickering
- Horsehead Nebula at ESA/Hubble
- The Horsehead Nebula at the Astro-Photography site of Mr. T. Yoshida.
- The Horsehead-Nebula and neighboring structures in a classical view
- The Horsehead Nebula on... | 32,875 | triviaqa-train |
Which English footballer was the first to be transferred for £1 million in 1979? | Trevor Francis
Trevor John Francis (born 19 April 1954) is an English former footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, Scotland, Italy and the United States. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. He scored the win... | footballer to be transferred for a fee in excess of £1 million; within weeks, he scored the winning goal in the European Cup Final.
1979–93: Decline and fall.
Smith invested the proceeds of the Francis sale in experienced players and took Birmingham straight back to the First Division in 1980. After a poor start to the... | 32,876 | triviaqa-train |
Which Irish author was Sir Henry Irving's business manager? | a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society.
Irving is widely acknowledged to be one of the inspirations for Count Dracula, the title character of the 1897 novel "Dracula" whose author, Bram Stoker, was business manager of the theatre.
Life and career.
Irving was born to a workin... | the author presented her with the full rights to the play.
Arthur made her second appearance on Broadway in "Sister Mary", which ran from May 15 to 29, 1894. Later that year she went to England, where she made her London debut on February 1, 1895, as leading woman, next to Ellen Terry, in Sir Henry Irving's Lyceum Thea... | 32,877 | triviaqa-train |
Queen Victoria assumed which title on 1st January 1877? | Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer... | Alba was a Grandee of the first class twelve times over. As heir-male of James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick he also claimed the English title of Duke of Berwick, and used the title when staying with Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle.
He married Maria del Rosario, 22nd Countess of Siruela on 10 December 1877 at Madrid... | 32,878 | triviaqa-train |
Which footballer has played and scored in every season in the Premiership? | goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively. Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league.
Awards.
Awards Trophy.
The... | Oriol Ripol
Oriol Ripol (born 6 September 1975, in Barcelona) is a rugby union footballer from Spain.
He previously played for Rotherham, Northampton, Worcester Warriors (whom he left in 2011.) and Sale Sharks, and has represented the Barbarians. In the 2005–2006 season, Ripol started the final and scored a try as Sale... | 32,879 | triviaqa-train |
In which constellation is the Crab Nebula? | a given celestial object is found to convey its approximate location in the sky. The Flamsteed designation of a star, for example, consists of a number and the genitive form of the constellation name.
Other star patterns or groups called asterisms are not constellations per se but are used by observers to navigate the ... | observations of a supernova, SN 185,
- 1006 – Ali ibn Ridwan and Chinese astronomers observe the brightest (magnitude −7.5) recorded supernova, SN 1006, which is observed in the constellation of Lupus,
- 1054 – Chinese, American Indian and Arab astronomers observe the SN 1054, the Crab Nebula supernova explosion,
- 118... | 32,880 | triviaqa-train |
As whom were John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd known in the title of a 1980 film? | The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on "Saturday Night Live". Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respectively, as lead vocalist 'Joliet' Jake Blues and harmonica pl... | , one of the longest tenures in the show's history. He arrived at Saturday Night Live the same week as Bill Murray with whom he ended up sharing an office overlooking 50th Street, but he mostly began writing at "SNL" with Al Franken, Tom Davis, and Dan Aykroyd. His first stretch as writer for the show ran from 1976 to ... | 32,881 | triviaqa-train |
How is the cocktail consisting of vodka, cranberry juice and grapefruit juice known? | wedge. Proportions vary, with sources giving a recommended vodka-to-juice ratio of 1/4, 1/3.7, 1/2 and 1/1.5, while other sources do not recommend precise proportions. Some sources recommend lime juice instead of a lime wedge garnish.
Related drinks.
The Cape Codder is related to a number of other cocktails such as the... | Cape Codder (cocktail)
The Cape Cod or Cape Codder (also known as vodka cranberry) is a type of cocktail consisting of vodka and cranberry juice. Some recipes also call for squeezing a lime wedge over the glass and dropping it into the drink. The name refers to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a peninsula and popular tourist d... | 32,882 | triviaqa-train |
What colour coats are worn in Pontin's holiday camps? | many different roles to fulfil in any given week.
Similar staff.
Butlins remained the largest holiday camp chain in the UK, but smaller camps copied the redcoat style of staffing. In the 1960s, Fred Pontin adopted the Bluecoat to represent at Pontins holiday camps, and at some point, Harry Warner decided Warners' holid... | although most of the holiday facilities are the other side of Selsey.
There were Pontin's holiday camps at Selsey and Bracklesham Bay, although they are now both closed. The Pontin's at "Broadreeds", Selsey, has been redeveloped, and was the only site that was near to "the Bill". However both the "modern" Admiralty Cha... | 32,883 | triviaqa-train |
"Mendelssohn's ""Wedding March"" was composed as incidental music to which Shakespeare play?" | Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music (Op. 61) to Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches, generally being played on a church pip... | study of the play in "Shakespeare Our Contemporary", in which Kott notes the phallic properties of the donkey, and argues that Oberon deliberately degrades Titania by exposing her to this monstrous sexuality. In Brook's staging, Bottom entered Titania's bower carried by the fairies, one of whom thrust his upraised arm ... | 32,884 | triviaqa-train |
"In which opera does Wagner's Bridal Chorus (popularly known as ""Here comes the bride"") feature?" | Bridal Chorus
The "Bridal Chorus" () from the 1850 opera "Lohengrin" by German composer Richard Wagner – who also wrote the libretto – is a march played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout the Western world. In English-speaking countries it is generally known as "Here Comes the Bride" or "Weddin... | from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, "Ten Lemmings" (a track that uses melodies from traditional song "Ten Green Bottles", Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2 (the part used as funeral march), Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" (popularly known as "Here Comes the Bride")), "London Bridge is Falling Down", the English folk tune "Forest Green" (... | 32,885 | triviaqa-train |
Near which city is Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' set? | rises and vanishing into the woods.'"
In the first production of Emma Rice as the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe (2016), she has carried the play to Indies, with Indian characters, probably a reference to Gervinus. Changing the characters from Athenians to "Hoxton Hipsters" and creating an all-male love trian... | Wicker Park (film)
Wicker Park is a 2004 American romantic thriller drama film directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger and Matthew Lillard. It is a remake of the 1996 French film "L'Appartement", which in turn is loosely based on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It was n... | 32,886 | triviaqa-train |
Appropriately, which animal appears on the flag of the city of Berlin? | In 1985, she wrote and performed "Care-A-Lot", the theme to "The Care Bears Movie". Also in 1985, she scored and performed (with David Sanborn) the soundtrack to the Martin Ritt-directed movie "Murphy's Romance". The soundtrack, again produced by Adler, included the songs "Running Lonely" and "Love For The Last Time (T... | seen in the "Gyps" vulture killed due to diclofenac. They found extensive visceral gout, lesions and uric acid deposits in the liver, kidney and spleen, as well as deposits of diclofenac residue in tissues. Steppe eagles are opportunistic scavengers, which may expose them to the risk of diclofenac poisoning.
Cultural s... | 32,887 | triviaqa-train |
In which city was the artist Vermeer born in 1632? It features in many of his paintings. | Vermeer painted mostly domestic interior scenes. "Almost all his paintings are apparently set in two smallish rooms in his house in Delft; they show the same furniture and decorations in various arrangements and they often portray the same people, mostly women."
He was recognized during his lifetime in Delft and The Ha... | The Lacemaker (Vermeer)
The Lacemaker is a painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), completed around 1669–1670 and held in the Louvre, Paris. The work shows a young woman dressed in a yellow shawl, holding up a pair of bobbins in her left hand as she carefully places a pin in the pillow on which she i... | 32,888 | triviaqa-train |
What Italian city is called Leghorn in English? | Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It has traditionally been known in English as Leghorn ( , ).
History.
History Origins.
The origins of Livorno are controv... | . John Augustus Richter was a partner with Domenico Bartoli another scagliolist in London beginning in 1767 and continuing through the 1777 or 1778. Bartoli emigrated from the port city of Livorn, Italy (often referred to in English as Leghorn) and, after working for almost 10 years with Richter, moved on to Ireland. O... | 32,889 | triviaqa-train |
Which state did John Kennedy represent as senator? | John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. He served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of ... | to two four-year terms to represent central Jefferson County as State Senator from 1995 to 2003—the first Democrat elected in the district in 30 years.
In 2000, he helped lead a team that succeeded in a Democratic takeover of the Colorado State Senate for the first time since John F. Kennedy was president. He has assis... | 32,890 | triviaqa-train |
Which state did Bill Clinton represent as senator? | Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to the presidency, he was the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992, and the attorney general... | has invited al-Qazwini on several occasions to represent the Shia-Muslim community. Al-Qazwini has met with Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, as well as with then-Senator Barack Obama. He has also received invitations from the U.S. State and Defense Departments. He also made an appearance in the award-winning... | 32,891 | triviaqa-train |
For which French rugby union club does Jonny Wilkinson play? | Jonny Wilkinson
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, CBE (born 25 May 1979) is an English former rugby union player. A fly-half, he played for Newcastle Falcons and Toulon and represented England and the British and Irish Lions. He is particularly known for scoring the winning drop goal in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final and is wi... | List of England national rugby union players
List of England national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test de... | 32,892 | triviaqa-train |
For which Italian side did Graeme Souness play from 1984 to 1986? | Graeme Souness
Graeme James Souness (; born 6 May 1953) is a Scottish retired professional football player, who played as a midfielder, and manager.
Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s, player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s and captain of the Scotland national team. He also... | Argyle.
Evans originally joined Plymouth Argyle in December 1987 as an associate schoolboy. He made his first team debut in December 1990 at the age of 17, and signed his first professional contract in March 1991.
He was a member of Neil Warnock's Plymouth side which won promotion from the Third Division via the play-o... | 32,893 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the English archaeologist (1874-1939) noted as the primary discoverer of Tutankhamen's tomb? | KV62
KV62 is the standard Egyptological designation for the tomb of young pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, now renowned for the wealth of valuable antiquities that it contained. Howard Carter discovered it in 1922 underneath the remains of workmen's huts built during the Ramesside Period; this explains w... | ), English archaeologist, Egyptologist and primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun, lived at 19 Collingham Gardens.
- Sir William Orpen (1878–1931), Irish portrait painter, lived at 8 South Bolton Gardens.
- Agatha Christie (1890-1971), English creator of Hercule Poirot, lived in Cresswell Place
- Alfred Hitchcoc... | 32,894 | triviaqa-train |
In which county is Hay on Wye of bookshops fame? | Park boundary near the B4350, Brecon Road. From this point, it follows the National Park boundary to the River Wye and the river back to the Dulas Brook.
The Town Council consists of a Mayor, Deputy Mayor and eight councillors.
Hay also participates in the election of a councillor to Powys County Council as part of a l... | Wye. The town was formerly served at Hay-on-Wye railway station by the train services which closed in 1963 under the Beeching Axe.
Book town.
Hay-on-Wye is a destination for bibliophiles in the United Kingdom, still with two dozen bookshops, many selling specialist and second-hand books, although the number has decline... | 32,895 | triviaqa-train |
Which prison features in Dickens's 1855 novel 'Little Dorrit'? | , and the family (except for Charles, who stayed behind to finish his final term of work) moved to Camden Town in London. The family had left Kent amidst rapidly mounting debts, and, living beyond his means, John Dickens was forced by his creditors into the Marshalsea debtors' prison in Southwark, London in 1824. His w... | Ferry features in Charles Dickens's novel "Little Dorrit" when Arthur Clennam visits Meagles and crosses to Ham and back one morning. It is further commemorated in a song of 1878 written and composed by Theo Marzials (1850–1920).
The rival Hammerton's Ferry commenced operation in 1908. The Earl of Dysart again brought ... | 32,896 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1952 play 'The Crucible'? | The Crucible
The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted... | was directed by Ivo van Hoveand featured an original score composed by Philip Glass./poem
Historical accuracy.
In 1953, the year the play debuted, Miller wrote, ""The Crucible" is taken from history. No character is in the play who did not take a similar role in Salem, 1692." This does not appear to be accurate as Mill... | 32,897 | triviaqa-train |
On which river does St Petersburg lie? | Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg () is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city).
Situated on the N... | which is said to lie 300 feet (90 metres) directly beneath the church on top of West Wycombe hill. In Greek mythology, the River Styx separated the mortal world from Hades, and the subterranean position of the Inner Temple directly beneath St Lawrence's Church was supposed to signify Heaven and Hell.
The theory that th... | 32,898 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1985 film which actress was 'Desperately Seeking Susan'? | Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 American comedy-drama film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. Set in New York, the plot involves the interaction between two women – a bored housewife and a bohemian drifter – linked by various messages in the personal col... | Vision Quest", a romantic drama film. Its soundtrack contained two new singles, her U.S. number-one single, "Crazy for You", and another track "Gambler". She also played the title role in the 1985 comedy "Desperately Seeking Susan", a film which introduced the song "Into the Groove", her first number-one single in the ... | 32,899 | triviaqa-train |
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