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In the 1986 film 'Hannah and her Sisters' who played Hannah? | Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 American comedy-drama film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family over two years that begins and ends with a family Thanksgiving dinner. The film was written and directed by Woody Allen, who stars along with Mia Farrow as Hannah, Michael Caine a... | two years between two Thanksgivings. In the film, Farrow starred as the titular Hannah opposite Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest (both of whom portray her sisters), and Michael Caine as her husband. Released in the fall of 1986, "Hannah and Her Sisters" was a box-office hit, grossing $35 million in the United States du... | 32,900 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1987 film did Robert De Niro portray the gangster Al Capone? | him. One story, however, has Capone, having discovered that three of his men—Scalise, Anselmi, and Giunta—were conspiring against him with a rival gangster, Joe Aiello, reportedly arranging for the conspirators to dine with him and his bodyguards. After a night of drinking, Capone beat the men with a baseball bat and t... | Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill is a 2008 American buddy cop crime thriller film directed by Jon Avnet, and starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. This is the second film (the first one is "Heat") in which De Niro and Pacino appear together in the same scenes (both De Niro and Pacino starred in "The Godfather Part II", b... | 32,901 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1965 Bob Dylan album features the songs `Mr Tambourine Man', 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' and 'Maggie's Farm'? | Maggie's Farm
"Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album "Bringing It All Back Home" on March 22 of that year. Like many other Dylan songs of the 1965–66 period, "Maggie's Farm" is based in electric blues. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on ... | /No Limit" (7/24 afternoon workshop)
- Daytime rehearsal with electric band
- "Maggie's Farm" (7/25 night performance)
- "Like a Rolling Stone" (7/25 night performance)
- "Mr Tambourine Man" (7/25 night performance)
- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (7/25 night performance)
External links.
- "The Other Side of the Mirro... | 32,902 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1984 Bruce Springsteen album features the songs 'Dancing In The Dark', 'Glory Days' and 'My Hometown'? | My Hometown
"My Hometown" is a single by Bruce Springsteen off his "Born in the U.S.A." album, that was the record-tying seventh and last top 10 single to come from it, peaking at #6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart. It also topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart, making the song Springsteen's only #1 song on... | The Amity Affliction album), 2010
Art, entertainment, and media Music Songs.
- "Glory Days" (Just Jack song)
- "Glory Days" (Bruce Springsteen song)
- "Glory Days", SKE48 song from the setlist "Te wo Tsunaginagara (While Holding My Hands)," which was also sung by AKB48, HKT48, JKT48, and SNH48
- "Glory Days", The Feder... | 32,903 | triviaqa-train |
What is the county town of County Kerry? | , and the fourth-largest by population. Uniquely, it is bordered by only two other counties: County Limerick to the east and County Cork to the south-east. The county town is Tralee. The diocesan seat is Killarney, which is one of Ireland's most famous tourist destinations. The Lakes of Killarney, an area of outstandin... | Knightstown, County Kerry
Knightstown (, meaning "Town of the Knight") is the largest settlement on Valentia Island, County Kerry, in Ireland. It lies within the townland of Farranreagh, at the eastern tip of the island. As of the CSO census of 2016, Knightstown had a population of 243.
History.
In 1830 Maurice FitzGer... | 32,904 | triviaqa-train |
What is the county town of County Mayo? | Island, while the Benwee Head cliffs in Kilcommon Erris drop almost perpendicularly into the Atlantic Ocean.
- The northwest areas of County Mayo have some of the best renewable energy resources in Europe, if not the world, in terms of wind resources, ocean wave, tidal and hydroelectric resources
Geography Local govern... | (Ballynakill) and "Inis Bó Fine"/(*Inishbofin (County Galway)).
The area of County Galway in which Connemara lies is known as Iar Connacht i.e. the portion of County Galway west of Lough Corrib and a small piece of County Mayo.
Other branches of the Conmaicne located in what is now County Galway included the Conmaícne ... | 32,905 | triviaqa-train |
In which city did the final of the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League take place? | 2010–11 UEFA Champions League
The 2010–11 UEFA Champions League was the 56th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 19th under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was held at Wembley Stadium in London on 28 May 2011, where Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3–1.... | against Portsmouth, but they lost to Everton in the fourth round. The tournament winners were Manchester City, who defeated Stoke City in the final with Yaya Touré scoring the only goal of the match in the 74th minute.
The FA Cup winners are normally entitled to a place in the next season's UEFA Europa League unless th... | 32,906 | triviaqa-train |
Which character in Eastenders is played by the actress Cheryl Fergison? | Cheryl Fergison
Cheryl Fergison (born 27 August 1965) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Heather Trott in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders".
Career.
After training at Rose Bruford College, Fergison started playing the role of Heather Trott on the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" on 26 June 2007. Th... | Phytoecia orientis
Phytoecia orientis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1908.
Subspecies.
- "Phytoecia orientis orientis"
- "Phytoecia orientis medionigripennis"
- "Phytoecia orientis camerunica"
- "Phytoecia orientis togolana" | 32,907 | triviaqa-train |
Which character in Coronation Street is played by the actress Katherine Kelly? | Katherine Kelly (actress)
Katherine Kelly (born 19 November 1979) is an English actress. She portrayed Becky McDonald in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" from 2006 to 2012. From 2013 to 2016, she played Lady Mae in the ITV drama series "Mr Selfridge". In March 2019, she starred in ITV drama "Cheat" as Leah.
Early... | See Brummie for more examples.
- Coventry: the actor Clive Owen, in the films "Sin City" and "King Arthur". Singer-songwriter Terry Hall, lead vocalist with The Specials.
- Yorkshire:
- Barnsley: in the 1969 film "Kes", the lead characters, David Bradley and Freddie Fletcher, both have very broad Barnsley accents, whic... | 32,908 | triviaqa-train |
Which Egyptian president was toppled from power due to popular unrest in 2011? | , before returning to office after mass demonstrations by the Egyptian public. President Mubarak also resigned on 11 February 2011 after eighteen days of protest against his regime.
The president may resign by delivering his resignation to the People's Assembly under the 2012 and 2014 Constitutions.
Presidential campai... | Libya.
Background.
In 2011, a NATO-backed uprising toppled Libya's longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi, and the country has witnessed instability and unrest ever since. Egyptian authorities have long expressed concern over the instability in eastern Libya spilling over into Egypt due to the rise of jihadist movements there,... | 32,909 | triviaqa-train |
Which American authoress wrote the novels 'Ethan Frome' and 'The Age of Innocence'? | The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence is a 1920 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It was her twelfth novel, and was initially serialized in 1920 in four parts, in the magazine "Pictorial Review". Later that year, it was released as a book by D. Appleton & Company. It won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, m... | .
- "The Age of Innocence" (138 minutes) directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 1993, starring Daniel Day Lewis, Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfeiffer.
- "The Reef " (88 minutes) directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and released in 1999.
- "The House of Mirth" (140 minutes) directed by Terence Davies and released in 200... | 32,910 | triviaqa-train |
Which American author wrote the novels 'Sophie's Choice' and 'The Confessions of Nat Turner'? | Sophie's Choice (novel)
Sophie's Choice is a 1979 novel by American author William Styron. It concerns the relationships between three people sharing a boarding house in Brooklyn: Stingo, a young aspiring writer from the South, and the Jewish scientist Nathan Landau and his lover Sophie, a Polish Catholic survivor of t... | would not contest the next general election.
Here is the full transcript of the interview for BBC Radio's "World at One" programme on 21 May 2009:
""I think I behaved, if I may say so, impeccably. I've done nothing criminal, that's the most awful thing, and do you know what it's about? Jealousy. I've got a very, very l... | 32,911 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1973 Terence Malick film did Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek play a couple of psychotic murderers? | Terrence Malick
Terrence Frederick Malick (; born November 30, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Malick began his career as part of the New Hollywood film-making wave with the films "Badlands" (1973), about a murderous couple on the run in the American badlands, and "Days of Heaven" (1978)... | Joyce Horman
Joyce Marie Horman (born December 3, 1944) is an American human rights activist. She is known as the wife of journalist Charles Horman, who went missing in 1973 while the couple was living in Santiago, Chile. Her search for what happened to him was chronicled in the 1982 film "Missing", in which she was po... | 32,912 | triviaqa-train |
In Arthurian legend, who was the father of King Arthur? | empire. Many elements and incidents that are now an integral part of the Arthurian story appear in Geoffrey's "Historia", including Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, the magician Merlin, Arthur's wife Guinevere, the sword Excalibur, Arthur's conception at Tintagel, his final battle against Mordred at Camlann, and final ... | King Ban
Ban is the King of Benwick or Benoic in Arthurian legend, specifically the "Lancelot propre" of the Vulgate Cycle. He is the father of Sir Lancelot and Sir Hector de Maris, the brother of King Bors, and an early ally of King Arthur.
Role in Arthurian romances.
Ban's wife Elaine is the sister to King Bors' wife... | 32,913 | triviaqa-train |
Which surname connects a current cabinet minister, a Formula 1 World Champion of the 1970s and a former Liverpool striker? | One drivers like Sébastien Bourdais, Antônio Pizzonia and Giorgio Pantano.
Other former F1 drivers, like Jackie Stewart, Gerhard Berger, Alain Prost and Niki Lauda returned to F1 as team owners while their former competitors have become colour commentators for TV coverage such as James Hunt (BBC), Martin Brundle (BBC, ... | as often. In 2010 a new tyre was introduced which was designed to improve performance.
Historically a hard compound 'wet' tyre was used but to compete with Rotax Max in performance levels, a softer, stickier tyre was introduced into the formula for the 2005 season.
Notable figures.
TKM has continually been the breeding... | 32,914 | triviaqa-train |
Which surname connects a current member of the cabinet, an Open Golf Champion and a former Leeds United striker? | with Jock Stein, who also lasted just 44 days before leaving to manage Scotland. The board appointed Jimmy Adamson but he was unable to stop the decline and in 1980 Adamson resigned and was replaced by former player Allan Clarke. Despite spending freely on players, he was unable to stem the tide and the club was relega... | .
- Camelo Tacusalme - Professional footballer who plays as a defender for JPV Marikina in the Philippines Football League.
- Joshua Beloya — Professional football player who plays as a striker for Ilocos United in the Philippines Football League. Former member of the Philippines national U-23 football team and the Phi... | 32,915 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the 1830 work `Symphonie Fantastique'? | Symphonie fantastique
Leonard Bernstein described the symphony as the first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature, and because history suggests Berlioz composed at least a portion of it under the influence of opium. According to Bernstein, "Berlioz tells it like it is. Y... | 1824, attending the Conservatory in 1826, and won the "Prix de Rome" for his compositions in 1830. He was working on his most famous work, the "Symphonie Fantastique", at the time of the July 1830 revolution. It had its premiere on 4 December 1830.
Three Paris theaters were permitted to produce operas under Louis Phili... | 32,916 | triviaqa-train |
Which American state's flag contains an image of a bear? | Flag of the United States
The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag or U.S. flag, is the national flag of the United States. It consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifical... | Georgia, 1776" is inscribed outside the arms.
The reverse (back) of the seal contains an image of Georgia's coast, with a ship (bearing the American flag) arriving to take aboard tobacco and cotton, symbolizing Georgia's export trade. A second, smaller boat represents the state's "internal traffic." Towards the left of... | 32,917 | triviaqa-train |
Which American state's flag contains an image of a bison? | Ohio River at the Falls of the Ohio and ran west, crossing the Wabash River near Vincennes, Indiana. In Senator Thomas Hart Benton's phrase saluting these sagacious path-makers, the bison paved the way for the railroads to the Pacific.
Behavior and ecology.
Bison are migratory and herd migrations can be directional as ... | Georgia, 1776" is inscribed outside the arms.
The reverse (back) of the seal contains an image of Georgia's coast, with a ship (bearing the American flag) arriving to take aboard tobacco and cotton, symbolizing Georgia's export trade. A second, smaller boat represents the state's "internal traffic." Towards the left of... | 32,918 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the current manager of West Bromwich Albion football club? | Mowbray led the Baggies to Wembley again, this time in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, where they lost 1–0 to Portsmouth. One month later, Albion were promoted to the Premier League as winners of the Championship, but were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 campaign. Mowbray left the club to manage Celtic and was repla... | Slaven Bilić
Slaven Bilić (; born 11 September 1968) is a Croatian football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of English club West Bromwich Albion.
Bilić, who played as a defender, began his career in 1988 with his hometown club Hajduk Split, later having succes... | 32,919 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the current coach of the English national cricket team? | was not at ease with his team, particularly star batsman Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen succeeded Vaughan as captain in June 2008, after England had been well beaten by South Africa at home. The poor relationship between the two came to a head on the 2008–09 tour to India. England lost the series 1–0 and both men resigned ... | Dougie Brown
Douglas Robert Brown (born 29 October 1969) is a Scottish former cricketer who is the current head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team. Brown represented the Scottish national team as an all-rounder at One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International level, having earlier played One Day I... | 32,920 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the US Presidency in the 1996 Presidential Election? | the same, though Pat Buchanan for a time was widely speculated to be planning on bolting to the Taxpayers' Party should the expected Republican nominee, Senator Bob Dole, name a Pro-Choice running-mate. When Jack Kemp, who is Pro-Life, was tapped for the position Buchanan agreed to endorse the Republican ticket. Again,... | the presidency. President Bryan served one term from 1897 to 1901, declining to run for re-election in 1900 as he believed that presidents should only serve one term. In spite of this, in 1915, he revealed to the American public that he intended to prevent the expected Republican presidential nominee Theodore Roosevelt... | 32,921 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the unsuccessful Democrat nominee for the US Presidency in the 1984 Presidential Election? | Reagan in 1980, which shifted the tectonic plates of the political landscape in favor of the Republicans for years to come.
History 1980–2000.
With the ascendancy of the Republicans under Ronald Reagan, the Democrats searched for ways to respond yet were unable to succeed by running traditional candidates, such as form... | Al Smith 1932 presidential campaign
Al Smith, former governor of New York and the 1928 Democratic presidential nominee, ran an unsuccessful campaign for the party's 1932 presidential nomination. He ultimately lost to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his one-time political ally (and gubernatorial successor), who would go on t... | 32,922 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Estonian name for Estonia? | disaster and bad example of Olkiluoto plant), Eesti Energia has shifted its main focus to shale oil production that is seen as much more profitable business.
Estonia has a strong information technology sector, partly owing to the Tiigrihüpe project undertaken in the mid-1990s, and has been mentioned as the most "wired"... | the Parliament expressed their support for Estonia. E.g. Brian Crowley said
I would like to join my colleagues in firstly giving our solidarity and support to the Estonian Government and to the Estonian people and, secondly, in denouncing the bully-boy tactics of the Russian Government in what they have attempted to cr... | 32,923 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the last Horse.to win the English Triple Crown? | the First World War) have won the English Triple Crown. The most recent – and only winner since World War II – was Nijinsky, in 1970. For many years, it was considered unlikely that any horse would ever win the English Triple Crown again. In the winter of 2006/2007, however, trainer Jim Bolger was training his unbeaten... | Affirmed
Affirmed (February 21, 1975 – January 12, 2001) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the eleventh winner of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Affirmed was also known for his famous rivalry with Alydar, whom he met ten times, including in all three Triple Crown races. Affirmed was... | 32,924 | triviaqa-train |
Who owned the Rolls Razor washing machine company which crashed in 1963? | John Bloom (businessman)
John Bloom (8 November 1931 – 3 March 2019) was an English entrepreneur, best known for his role in the "Washing Machine Wars" of 1962–64 when he drastically reduced prices by direct sales that cut out the retailers. His company Rolls Razor made great inroads into the market but several manufac... | Rolls Razor
Rolls Razor Limited was a British company known first for its manufacture of a sophisticated safety-razor and later, under new ownership, an "affordable" twin-tub washing machine.
Origins: razor.
The eponymous product was a sophisticated safety-razor which promoted with the slogan "The razor that is stroppe... | 32,925 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the first Chancellor of West Germany in 1949 and was a founder of The Christian Democrats? | Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963. He was co-founder and first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) (until 1966), a Christian Democratic... | the band Crazy Horse and later for Neil Young, died of an overdose of alcohol and Valium, on the same day that he was fired by Young, who had given him fifty dollars and an airplane ticket.
November 19, 1972 (Sunday).
- In elections in West Germany, the Social Democrat Party led by Chancellor Willy Brandt, in coalition... | 32,926 | triviaqa-train |
In 1994 who was the last Formula One driver to be killed in a racing accident on the track? | circuit racing cars ever. To reduce engine power output and thus speeds, the FIA limited fuel tank capacity in , and boost pressures in , before banning turbocharged engines completely in .
The development of electronic driver aids began during the 1980s. Lotus began to develop a system of active suspension, which firs... | Elio de Angelis
Elio de Angelis (26 March 1958 – 15 May 1986) was an Italian racing driver who participated in Formula One between and , racing for the Shadow, Lotus and Brabham teams. He was killed in an accident while testing the Brabham BT55 at the Paul Ricard circuit, near the "commune" of Le Castellet, France, in ... | 32,927 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the Oscar winning film, The Kings Speech? | The King's Speech
The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work to... | The Mambo Kings
The Mambo Kings is a 1992 French–American musical drama film based on the 1989 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" by Oscar Hijuelos. Directed by Arne Glimcher, it stars Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty and Maruschka Detmers. Set in the early 1950s, the stor... | 32,928 | triviaqa-train |
Which film won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in April 2011? | ; "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) was the first animated film nominated for Best Picture. "Up" (2009) and "Toy Story 3" (2010) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees from five to ten.
"Waltz with Bashir" (2008) is the only animated film ever nominated for Best Foreign Lan... | Chris Williams (director)
Chris Williams (born December 19th, 1968) is a Canadian-American animator, film director, screenwriter, and voice actor. He directed the short film "Glago's Guest" and co-directed "Bolt", which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2009; "Big Hero 6", which won the Oscar for... | 32,929 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Mo Mowlam in the 2009 television drama, Mo? | 2005. The film starred Julie Walters as Mowlam. "Mo" was broadcast on 31 January 2010 and attracted over 3.5 million viewers, making it Channel 4's highest-rated drama since 2001. The film was also a critical success, with MP Adam Ingram claiming that it "brought home the essence of Mo". "Mo" was nominated for a BAFTA ... | "Rab C. Nesbitt".
In 2010 Lewis portrayed Adam Ingram in the Channel 4 drama "Mo," a biopic of former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mo Mowlam, a role that saw him nominated for a BAFTA Television Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor. He went on to appear alongside actor Kevin McKidd in BBC Scotland'... | 32,930 | triviaqa-train |
How many strings are there on a classical guitar? | being able to play dyads and chords. Another innovation occurred when the bow harp was straightened out and a bridge used to lift the strings off the stick-neck, creating the lute.
This picture of musical bow to harp bow is theory and has been contested. In 1965 Franz Jahnel wrote his criticism stating that the early a... | Ten-string guitar
There are many varieties of ten-string guitar, including:
- Both electric and acoustic guitars.
- Instruments used principally for classical, folk and popular music.
- Both coursed and uncoursed instruments.
Uncoursed ten-stringed guitars.
Uncoursed ten-stringed guitars Yepes' ten-string guitar.
The e... | 32,931 | triviaqa-train |
Whose book The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ won the Man Booker Prize of 2014? | The Narrow Road to the Deep North (novel)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is the sixth novel by Richard Flanagan. It received critical acclaim on its release, and won the 2014 Man Booker Prize.
Overview.
The book tells the story of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by memories of a love affair with his uncl... | 2014) The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (for "The Narrow Road to the Deep North")
- (2014) Australian Prime Minister's Literary Prize (for "The Narrow Road to the Deep North")
- (2015) Margaret Scott Prize (for "The Narrow Road to the Deep North")
- (2016) The Athens Prize for Literature (for "The Narrow Road to the Dee... | 32,932 | triviaqa-train |
Deacon Blue took their name from ‘Deacon Blues’, a song on the album ‘Aja’ by which American jazz/rock duo? | Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1972 by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Blending rock, jazz, traditional pop, R&B, and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics, the band enjoyed critical and commercial ... | the mass market. We worked for ourselves and still do." – Donald Fagen
The Scottish pop/rock band Deacon Blue took their name from this song. William Gibson's book "Mona Lisa Overdrive" features a gang called the Deacon Blues.
Personnel.
- Walter Becker – bass
- Donald Fagen – synthesizer, vocals
- Larry Carlton & Lee ... | 32,933 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer gave her first headline live performance in 35 years at the Hammersmith Apollo in August 2014? | of Destiny, Motörhead, and Robbie Williams. In September 1979 Gary Numan recorded his Touring Principle show at the venue.
Kate Bush released a video and record EP of her concerts at the Odeon from her first tour in 1979. Duran Duran recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon on 16 November 1982 and released "Live at Hammersmit... | the singer revealed the support dates were never meant to happen and only occurred due to Rodgers insistence. Down 'n' Outz will, however, play a secret headline performance (likely to be the only headline gig in the band's existence) on 13 April 2011 in Holmfirth.
The band released a DVD, Down n Outz: Live at the Hamm... | 32,934 | triviaqa-train |
Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston worked for the Cold Case unit in which police procedural TV series that ran from 2000-2011? | Trevor Eve
Trevor John Eve (born 1 July 1951) is an English film and television actor. In 1979 he gained fame as the eponymous lead in the detective series "Shoestring" and is also known for his role as Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd in BBC television drama "Waking the Dead". He is the father of three children, in... | series, "The Unforgiven", was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, with Sue Johnston, Claire Goose, Wil Johnson and Holly Aird reprising their roles. All five episodes were written by series creator Barbara Machin.
Plot.
Plot Overview.
The programme follows the work of a special police team that investigates "cold cases", which u... | 32,935 | triviaqa-train |
Whose accession to the throne of England created the Union of the Scottish/English Crowns in 1603? | title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was ' ("King of the English"). Canute the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period ' remained standard, with occasional use of ' ("King of England"). From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of ' or "". In... | Commonwealth realms inherit the throne by virtue of the line of descent from the House of Stuart (Union of the Crowns 1603), combining the lines of succession of the kingdoms of England and Scotland going back to the 9th century. The succession to the English throne can be argued to originate with the House of Wessex, ... | 32,936 | triviaqa-train |
Tirich Mir is the highest peak in which mountain range of central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, which is considered a sub-range of the Himalayas and one of the Greater Ranges of Asia? | Tirich Mir
Tirich Mir (Khowar/Pashto/) (alternatively Terich Mir, Terichmir and Turch Mir) is the highest mountain of the Hindu Kush range, and the highest mountain in the world outside of the Himalayas-Karakoram range, located in Chitral District of Pakistan. The mountain was first climbed on 21 July 1950 by a Norwegi... | Bernina Range
The Bernina Range is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. It is considered to be part of the Rhaetian Alps within the Central Eastern Alps. It is one of the highest ranges of the Alps, covered with many glaciers. Piz Bernina (), its highest peak, is the most easterly fou... | 32,937 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the third most populous city in Wales after Cardiff and Swansea? | Cardiff city centre); the Tinkinswood burial chamber, near St Nicholas (about west of Cardiff city centre), the Cae'rarfau Chambered Tomb, Creigiau (about northwest of Cardiff city centre) and the Gwern y Cleppa Long Barrow, near Coedkernew, Newport (about northeast of Cardiff city centre), all show that people had set... | . The last official census stated that the city, metropolitan and urban areas combined concluded to be a total of 462,000 in 2011; the second most populous local authority area in Wales after Cardiff.
During the 19th-century industrial heyday, Swansea was the key centre of the copper-smelting industry, earning the nick... | 32,938 | triviaqa-train |
One of two English dancers, along with Margot Fonteyn, to be recognised as a ‘prima ballerina assoluta’, who founded the English National Ballet in 1951? | English National Ballet
English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin and based at Markova House in South Kensington, London, England. Along with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet, it is one of the four major ballet companies in Grea... | Russes, was invited to become one of the founder dancers of the Royal Ballet. She was designated the company's first Prima ballerina, and was later recognised as a Prima ballerina assoluta.
Margot Fonteyn trained at the Royal Ballet School and spent her entire career with the company. As a gift for her 60th birthday, s... | 32,939 | triviaqa-train |
Which building society, mutualised in 2000 and nationalised and part sold to Abbey National in 2008, used a bowler hats logo in its marketing? | 2003, the bank rebranded as Abbey, and in November 2004, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group, with a rebrand following in February 2005. In January 2010, the savings business of Bradford & Bingley was combined with the bank, and Abbey National plc was renamed Santander UK plc. Prior to th... | 1946, when Renault was nationalised.
Marketing and branding Typeface.
Marketing and branding Typeface Renault MN.
Both the Renault logo and its documentation (technical as well as commercial) historically used "Renault MN," a custom typeface developed by British firm Wolff Olins. This type family is said to have been d... | 32,940 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Sky TV comedy sports panel game hosted by James Corden with Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Rednapp as team captains? | and "Mock The Week". "8 Out of 10 Cats" is based on opinion polling; "What's My Line?" is about occupations; "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" and "Face the Music" center on music; "A League of Their Own" and "A Question of Sport" are sports-themed; "Was It Something I Said?", "Quote... Unquote" and "Who Said That?" feature q... | Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain is a British television comedy panel game show that has aired on ITV from 18 April until 23 May 2017 and is hosted by Alexander Armstrong with Frank Skinner and Jonathan Ross as the team captains. The series is produced by Chalkboard TV for ITV. The goal is for the two ... | 32,941 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the father of Alexander the Great? | Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon (; 382–336 BC) was the king ("basileus") of the kingdom of Macedon from until his assassination in . He was a member of the Argead dynasty of Macedonian kings, the third son of King Amyntas III of Macedon, and father of Alexander the Great and Philip III. The rise of Macedon, i... | Julius Alexander, who was the Roman Client King of the Kingdom of Cetis. The Kingdom of Cetis was a small region in Cilicia.
Her paternal grandparents were the Judean Prince Alexander and his unnamed wife. Through her father, Julia was the great, granddaughter of Cappadocian Princess Glaphyra and Judean Prince Alexande... | 32,942 | triviaqa-train |
Which ventriloquist do you associate with Orville the Duck and Cuddles the Monkey? | Cuddles the Monkey
Cuddles the Monkey was one half of Keith Harris's puppet act, the sidekick and nemesis of Orville the Duck. The monkey was orange, with a blue face. He wore a white shirt collar and blue tie, and his catchphrase was "I hate that duck." In the TV show actress Ruth Verrall played the part of Cuddles wh... | a one-off strip where Orville the Duck is caught and destroyed by a Government respond unit during a bird flu epidemic after being betrayed by Cuddles the Monkey.
- Harold and Fred - they make ladies dead! – A one-off strip in which serial killers Harold Shipman and Fred West compete to be the first to murder a new fem... | 32,943 | triviaqa-train |
Although courted by his political opponent, Stephen Douglas, Mary Todd chose to marry which future American president? | President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
In contemporary times, the presiden... | In an era when the perceived threat of communism was a major domestic issue, Chotiner advised the future president to link his liberal opponent, Representative Jerry Voorhis, to a political organization which was believed to be communist-dominated. Nixon was elected, and hired Chotiner to run his 1950 Senate campaign a... | 32,944 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of former USSR republic of Kyrgystan? | Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan ( ; "Kırğızstan" ()), officially the Kyrgyz Republic (; ), and also known as Kirghizia ( ), is a country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country with mountainous terrain. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west and southwest, Tajikistan to the southwest and Ch... | the USSR in 1991. The former Soviet republics struggled to survive on their own after it collapsed, facing economic hardships and civil conflicts. In an attempt to remedy their issues and make capitalism work, the splinter states reformed as the Republic of Zaftra in 2015.
Republic of Ravnui
The Republic of Ravnui is B... | 32,945 | triviaqa-train |
In which city can you see the original statue of the Venus de Milo? | sea-goddess Amphitrite, venerated on Milos. It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at high. Part of an arm and the original plinth were lost following the statue's discovery. It is currently on permanent display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The statue is named after Aphrodite's Roman name, Venus, an... | , which he said are atmospheric and convey the meaning of a song implicitly. "See No Evil" opens with the narrator's flights of fancy and closes with an imperative about limitless possibilities: "Runnin' wild with the one I love / Pull down the future with the one you love". In the refrain to "Venus", the narrator fall... | 32,946 | triviaqa-train |
At the 2012 London Olympics Ireland won only one gold medal - at which sport? | , Qatar, and Brunei entered female athletes for the first time, so that every currently eligible country has sent a female competitor to at least one Olympic Games. Women's boxing was included for the first time, thus the Games became the first at which every sport had female competitors. These were the final Olympic G... | of Sport / Cycling Australia track sprint coach. He had a very successful 2004 Athens Olympics with Ryan Bayley winning two gold medals, Anna Meares one gold medal and one bronze medal and Shane Kelly winning a bronze medal. After the being track sprint coach at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where the Australian team won ... | 32,947 | triviaqa-train |
In which of the United States is Cape Cod? | of 473,616 in the Gulf states, most academics regard the figure as too low. Anthropologist Henry F. Dobyns believed that the populations were much higher, suggesting 1,100,000 along the shores of the gulf of Mexico, 2,211,000 people living between Florida and Massachusetts, 5,250,000 in the Mississippi Valley and tribu... | 2006 Grand Prix de Denain
The 2006 Grand Prix de Denain was the 48th edition of the Grand Prix de Denain cycle race and was held on 13 April 2006. The race was won by Jimmy Casper. | 32,948 | triviaqa-train |
Which son of Eric the Red is considered to be the first European to land in North America? | Erik the Red
Erik Thorvaldsson ( 950 – 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, remembered in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first settlement in Greenland. According to Icelandic sagas, he was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson. He the... | as "candlefish") by allowing them to rot, adding boiling water, and skimming off the oil. This oil is extremely nutritious and, unlike many other fats, contains desirable fatty acids. Other important imports were smoked eulachons and dried red laver seaweed. "Grease" and smoked eulachons are still considered by many to... | 32,949 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the US animated series ‘Family Guy’ in 1998? | Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children, Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog, Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of ... | Chris Griffin
Christopher Cross “Chris” Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series "Family Guy". He is the middle child of Peter and Lois Griffin and brother of Stewie and Meg Griffin. He is voiced by Seth Green and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in a ... | 32,950 | triviaqa-train |
The Limehouse Declaration, issued on 25th January 1981, effectively launched which UK political party? | the so-called 'Gang of Four' signalled their intent to leave the Labour Party and form a Council for Social Democracy, as they felt the party had been taken over by the left-wing members. This Council became the basis for the British Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The declaration was launched on a small bridge on Narro... | Limehouse Declaration
The Limehouse Declaration was a statement issued on 25 January 1981 by four senior British Labour politicians, all MPs or former MPs and Cabinet Ministers: Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams. It became known as the Limehouse Declaration as it was made from David Owen's Lond... | 32,951 | triviaqa-train |
In the nursery rhyme, when Lucy Locket lost her pocket who found it? | 17th to 19th centuries. Skirts or dresses of the time had a slit at the waistline to allow access to the pocket which hung around the woman's waist by a ribbon or something similar.
The rhyme was first recorded by James Orchard Halliwell in 1842, but there is evidence that it was popular in Britain and America at least... | Lucy Locket
"Lucy Locket" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19536.
Lyrics.
Common modern versions include:
Another version
Tune.
The song shares its tune with "Yankee Doodle" which emerged in North America in the mid-eighteenth century, but it is not clear which set of lyrics... | 32,952 | triviaqa-train |
In The Planets by Gustav Holst, which planet is the Magician? | something of the aesthetic, Matthews suggests, of Debussy's "Nocturnes" or "La mer". Holst began composing "The Planets" in 1914; the movements appeared not quite in their final sequence; "Mars" was the first to be written, followed by "Venus" and "Jupiter". "Saturn", "Uranus" and "Neptune" were all composed during 191... | The Planets
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst.
From its premiere to the present day, the su... | 32,953 | triviaqa-train |
What subatomic particle was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932? | night. He devised a simple apparatus that consisted of a cylinder containing a polonium source and beryllium target. The resulting radiation could then be directed at a material such as paraffin wax; the displaced particles, which were protons, would go into a small ionisation chamber where they could be detected with ... | Oops-Leon
Oops-Leon is the name given by particle physicists to what was thought to be a new subatomic particle "discovered" at Fermilab in 1976. The E288 experiment team, a group of physicists led by Leon Lederman who worked on the E288 particle detector, announced that a particle with a mass of about 6.0 GeV, which d... | 32,954 | triviaqa-train |
Complete the name of the US baseball team the Atlanta _______. | virtually every nationality on the globe. For traditional Southern fare, one of the city's most famous establishments is The Varsity, a long-lived fast food chain and the world's largest drive-in restaurant. Mary Mac's Tea Room and Paschal's are more formal destinations for Southern food.
Sports.
Atlanta is home to pro... | former minor league baseball team
- Arellano Chiefs, the athletic team of Arellano University
- Atlanta Chiefs, a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia
- Exeter Chiefs, a rugby union team in England
- Hartford Chiefs, a former minor league baseball franchise representing Hartford, Connecticut
- Johnstown Chiefs, an ice... | 32,955 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the school in Croydon attended by Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, and Adele among many other performers? | Leona Lewis
Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer, songwriter, actress, model and activist. She was born and raised in the London Borough of Islington in London, where she attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. Lewis achieved national recognition when she won the third series ... | technology, based in Selhurst, which has produced stars such as Adele, Jessie J, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, Katie Melua, Katy B, Kate Nash, Imogen Heap, Rizzle Kicks, Dane Bowers and members of the Feeling & the Kooks. Independent of such institutions, Croydon is also the home of artists like Nosferatu D2, Magic Broth... | 32,956 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1987 film concerns the experiences of disc jockey Adrian Cronauer? | Adrian Cronauer
Adrian Joseph Cronauer (September 8, 1938 – July 18, 2018) was a United States Air Force Airman 1st Class and radio personality whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film "Good Morning, Vietnam".
Background in radio.
Cronauer w... | Ahalt – Circuit Court Judge, Prince George's County, Maryland; founder and CEO of VirtualCourthouse.com, WCL/JD '67
- Terrence Boyle – Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina; nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (US Senate confirmati... | 32,957 | triviaqa-train |
In John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath, what is the name of the family whose journey across the USA is traced? | starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad; Fonda was nominated for the best actor Academy Award.
"Grapes" was controversial. Steinbeck's New Deal political views, negative portrayal of aspects of capitalism, and sympathy for the plight of workers, led to a backlash against the author, especially close to home. Claiming the book... | The Grapes of Wrath (opera)
The Grapes of Wrath is an opera in three acts composed by Ricky Ian Gordon to a libretto by Michael Korie based on John Steinbeck’s 1939 novel of the same title. It premiered on February 10, 2007 at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota in a production by Minneso... | 32,958 | triviaqa-train |
Which British scientist lived at Down House, Kent, now in the care of English Heritage? | Down House
Down House is the former home of the English naturalist Charles Darwin and his family. It was in this house and garden that Darwin worked on his theories of evolution by natural selection which he had conceived in London before moving to Down.
The Grade I listed building stands in Luxted Road south of Downe,... | Peter Ellis (architect)
Peter Ellis (1805–1884) was a British architect from Liverpool.
From the mid-1840s he lived at 40 Falkner Square, a house which he designed and on which an English Heritage Blue Plaque is now sited.
Buildings.
Peter Ellis designed Oriel Chambers in 1864 at the corner of Water Street and Covent G... | 32,959 | triviaqa-train |
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts built in 1809-1810 during the Peninsular War to defend which city? | Lines of Torres Vedras
The Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts and other military defences built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet, and h... | were positioned to fire on ships attempting to approach the chain, and outlying redoubts were well placed to defend land routes into West Point.
Examples where redoubts played a crucial role in military history:
- Battle of Poltava (1709)
- Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
- Battle of Yorktown (1781) where Alexander Hamilt... | 32,960 | triviaqa-train |
Which Australian Prime Minister disappeared, presumed drowned in 1967? | Harold Holt
Harold Edward Holt, (5 August 190817 December 1967), was an Australian politician who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1966 until his presumed drowning death in 1967. He was the leader of the Liberal Party during that time.
Holt was born in Sydney, but lived in Melbourne from a... | former politician, had always been that they would be too closely involved with Australian personalities and issues to perform their constitutional role impartially. This became an acute issue for Casey in December 1967, when Holt disappeared, presumed drowned.
Casey could have commissioned McMahon, the Deputy Leader o... | 32,961 | triviaqa-train |
The Skeleton Coast is to be found in which African country? | Skeleton Coast
The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic coast of Namibia and south of Angola from the Kunene River south to the Swakop River, although the name is sometimes used to describe the entire Namib Desert coast. The Bushmen of the Namibian interior called the region "The Land God Made in Anger",... | . Its well-preserved fossil skeleton was found on the southern coast of Peru together with an early Eocene species "Perudyptes devriesi" (comparable in size to the living King penguin), and the remains of three other previously undescribed penguin species, all of which seem to have preferred the tropics over colder lat... | 32,962 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 17th century verse play Samson Agonistes? | Samson Agonistes
Samson Agonistes (from Greek Σαμσών ἀγωνιστής, "Samson the champion") is a tragic closet drama by John Milton. It appeared with the publication of Milton's " Paradise Regain'd" in 1671, as the title page of that volume states: "Paradise Regained / A Poem / In IV Books / To Which Is Added / Samson Agoni... | Volpone" and "The Alchemist".
Blank verse was not much used in the non-dramatic poetry of the 17th century until "Paradise Lost", in which Milton used it with much license and tremendous skill. Milton used the flexibility of blank verse, its capacity to support syntactic complexity, to the utmost, in passages such as t... | 32,963 | triviaqa-train |
The song Too Darn Hot features in which musical? | for their fantasy "Finian's Rainbow" (1947, 725 performances); and Cole Porter found inspiration in William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" for "Kiss Me, Kate" (1948, 1,077 performances). The American musicals overwhelmed the old-fashioned British Coward/Novello-style shows, one of the last big successes of whi... | Too Hot
Too Hot may refer to:
- "Too Hot" (Alanis Morissette song), 1991
- "Too Hot" (Kool & the Gang song), 1979
- "Too Hot" (Coolio song), 1995
- "Too Hot" (Prince Buster song), 1967
- "Too Darn Hot" | 32,964 | triviaqa-train |
The memoirs of Jennifer Worth form the basis of which BBC TV drama series? | Jennifer Worth
Jennifer Worth RN RM (25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British nurse and musician. She wrote a best-selling trilogy of memoirs about her work as a midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: "Call the Midwife", "Shadows of the Workhouse" and "Farewell to The East End... | Happy Families (1985 TV series)
Happy Families is a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which was a BBC series first broadcast in 1985. It recounts the tale of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It stars Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Dawn French as the Cook and Adrian Edmondson as her imbecilic grandson Guy.
P... | 32,965 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scot won a Gold medal at the 1991 World Athletics Championships and a Silver medal at the 1988 Olympics in the 10000 metres – she also won the London Marathon in 1996? | Shah (2013), and Helen Skelton (2014–15). The commentators between for the Marathon on the BBC were David Coleman, Ron Pickering, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickinson, Steve Cram, Stuart Storey, Paula Radcliffe, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Liz McColgan and Rob Walker.
BBC live coverage Theme tune.
The theme tune used by the BB... | ) at the 2013 London Marathon brought the issue into the spotlight again.
Occasionally, athletes with a disability reach a level at which they can compete against able-bodied athletes. Legally blind Marla Runyan ran in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1999 Pan American Games. Os... | 32,966 | triviaqa-train |
FOUR, released last year is a chart-topping album by which boy band, their last with five members? | early 2000s when acts such as the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, A1 and Westlife, among others, dominated the top of the "Billboard" and pop charts, in the early 2010s with the emergence of new boy bands such as JLS, Big Time Rush and One Direction, and in the late 2010s with pop groups such as BTS.
History.
History Early hi... | . With four chart-topping singles, TVXQ gained widespread media attention in Japan following the release of their fourth Japanese album "The Secret Code" (2009). However, despite their commercial success, the group plunged into legal turmoil and internal conflict when members Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu attempted to s... | 32,967 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only ‘dragon’ to have appeared in every series of Dragons’ Den? | in series 4, Peter Jones continued to question an entrepreneur after his own declaration.) This concluding phase may range from a few minutes if the Dragons don't perceive the business plan as credible, to much longer when complex conditions are negotiated. The Dragons often ridicule contestants, on grounds that vary w... | - Peter Casey, a businessman from Derry who formerly appeared on the Irish version of the television series, "Dragons' Den" for the show's fifth and sixth series.
- Gavin Duffy, businessman from Kildare and has been a dragon on "Dragons' Den" since it first broadcast in 2009.
- Joan Freeman, founded Pieta House, a suic... | 32,968 | triviaqa-train |
Which Football League club is known as the Spireites? | Chesterfield F.C.
Chesterfield Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Chesterfield play their home games at the 10,504 capacity Proact Stadium, havin... | , and later that evening travelled to London for the Football League Awards in which he won League 2 Player of the Year, beating Scott Hogan and Sam Winnall to win the prize. After defeating Fleetwood over two legs in the Football League Trophy area final, Roberts had the chance to play at Wembley for the second time i... | 32,969 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to metals such as gold and silver which are unreactive and not readily subject to corrosion? | The term noble metal is commonly used in opposition to "base metal". Noble metals are resistant to corrosion or oxidation, unlike most base metals. They tend to be precious metals, often due to perceived rarity. Examples include gold, platinum, silver, rhodium, iridium and palladium.
In alchemy and numismatics, the ter... | and platinum are highly corrosion-resistant. Gold-coated foils and thin layers of gold on exposed surfaces are therefore used to protect the spacecraft from the harsh environment. Thin layers of silicon dioxide deposited on the surfaces can also protect metals from the effects of atomic oxygen; e.g., the Starshine 3 sa... | 32,970 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the Juilliard School of Music? | Juilliard School
The Juilliard School () is a performing arts conservatory located in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as o... | Max Lifchitz
Max Lifchitz (born 1948 in Mexico City) is a classical pianist, composer, and conductor.
Lifchitz was born and grew up in Mexico City. After one year of study in Mexico, he moved to the United States in 1966 and graduated from The Juilliard School of Music and Harvard University. He has appeared in concert... | 32,971 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1984 film relates the experiences of photographer Dith Pran? | Dith Pran
Dith Pran (; 27 September 1942 – 30 March 2008) was a Cambodian photojournalist. He was a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian genocide and the subject of the film "The Killing Fields" (1984).
Early life.
Dith was born in Siem Reap, Cambodia near Angkor Wat. His father worked as a public works official. He l... | b. 1928)
- Ron Slinker, wrestler (b. 1945)
- Helen Yglesias, writer (b. 1915)
- March 30
- Douglas Kent Hall, American writer and photographer (b. 1938)
- Dith Pran, Cambodian-born American photojournalist (b. 1942)
- March 31 – Jules Dassin, film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, and husband of Melina Mercouri,... | 32,972 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Abraham Lincoln’s vice president 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... | housed the art department. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The Harlan–Lincoln House now serves as a museum that contains memorabilia from both the Harlan and Lincoln families. Mary Todd Lincoln’s mourning veil, a collar fragment believed to be from the coat President Lincoln wo... | 32,973 | triviaqa-train |
Master of the House is a song featuring in which musical? | smart shows like "Of Thee I Sing" (1931) were artistic steps forward beyond revues and other frothy entertainments of the early 20th century and led to such groundbreaking works as "Show Boat" (1927) and "Oklahoma!" (1943). Some of the most famous musicals through the decades that followed include
"West Side Story" (19... | "Babylon" and "Monolith". On the Congorock remix of the Laidback Luke song "Pogo" featuring British grime rapper "MC Majestic" there is a heavy hardcore bass sound, similar to that in moombahton and hard dance. The recent song "Synthemilk" with Daddy's Groove is mainly electro house but some snare drums are audible. Th... | 32,974 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the novel published this year that was originally the first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird? | Horton Foote. Since 1990, a play based on the novel has been performed annually in Harper Lee's hometown.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" was Lee's only published book until "Go Set a Watchman", an earlier draft of "To Kill a Mockingbird", was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her ... | of many of the characters from "To Kill a Mockingbird". According to Lee's agent Andrew Nurnberg, "Mockingbird" was originally intended to be the first book of a trilogy: "They discussed publishing "Mockingbird" first, "Watchman" last, and a shorter connecting novel between the two." This assertion has been discredited... | 32,975 | triviaqa-train |
Francis II was the last man to hold which imperial title, abolished in 1806? | to form the Concert of Europe and the Holy Alliance, ushering in an era of conservatism in Europe. The German Confederation, a loose association of Central European states was created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to organize the surviving states of the Holy Roman Empire. The Congress was a personal triumph for Fra... | Electorate of Württemberg
The Electorate of Württemberg was a short-lived State of the Holy Roman Empire on the right bank of the Rhine river. In 1803, Napoleon raised the Duchy of Württemberg to the Electorate of Württemberg, the highest form of a princedom in the Holy Roman Empire. However, soon afterward, on 1 Janua... | 32,976 | triviaqa-train |
Which apple brandy is named after a district in Normandy? | Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is an apple or pear brandy from Normandy in France.
History.
History In France.
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known Norman distillation was carried out by Gilles Picot, Lord de Gouberville, in 1553, and the guild for cider dist... | French: "cidre de glace"). For this product, the apples are frozen either before or after being harvested. Its alcohol concentration is 9–13 % ABV.
A popular apéritif in Normandy is "pommeau", a drink produced by blending unfermented apple juice and apple brandy in the barrel (the high alcoholic content of the spirit p... | 32,977 | triviaqa-train |
Which Swiss tennis player won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in 2015 with her Indian partner Leander Paes? | is the most attended league in Europe. In 2009, Switzerland hosted the IIHF World Championship for the 10th time. It also became World Vice-Champion in 2013 and 2018. The numerous lakes make Switzerland an attractive place for sailing. The largest, Lake Geneva, is the home of the sailing team Alinghi which was the firs... | Leander Paes
Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian professional tennis player.
Paes has won eight doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He holds a career Grand Slam in men's doubles and mixed doubles, and achieved the rare men's doubles/mixed doubles double at the 1999 Wimbledon tournament... | 32,978 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the Bermondsey by-election in 1983 for the Liberal Party – he held his seat until the 2015 General Election when he lost it as a Liberal Democrat? | constituency.
A new Bermondsey constituency was created for the 1950 general election including Rotherhithe, was and abolished for the 1983 election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark and Bermondsey constituency.
History.
The 1983 by-election was one of the most bitterly contested by-elections in the Un... | in 1987. He lost it narrowly as a Liberal Democrat MP to the Conservative Jonathan Evans in the 1992 general election. The Liberal Democrats regained the seat in the 1997 election and held it until 2015, when Chris Davies won it for the Conservatives. Davies retained his seat at the 2017 general election with an increa... | 32,979 | triviaqa-train |
In Russian cuisine what kind of food are blini? | festival, but also constitute a common breakfast dish. The word "blin" (singular of blini) comes from Old Slavic "mlin", which means "to mill". Blini had a somewhat ritual significance for early Slavic peoples in pre-Christian times since they were a symbol of the sun, due to their round form. They were traditionally p... | among other items. Russian vodka and caviar are among the food that attracts foreigners, along with honey, blini, pelmeni, shchi soup and other products and dishes of Russian cuisine.
Regions and localities associated with specific souvenirs and products.
- Caviar: Primorye Territory; Sakhalin; Kamchatka
- Honey: Bashk... | 32,980 | triviaqa-train |
In the nursery rhyme, where did Doctor Foster go in a shower of rain? | It was suggested by Boyd Smith (1920) that the rhyme may be based on a story of Edward I of England travelling to Gloucester, falling off his horse into a puddle, and refusing to return to the city thereafter. There is a rhyme published in "Gamer Gurton's Garland" (1810) with a similar form:
This variant and the late d... | Doctor Foster
"Doctor Foster" is an English language nursery rhyme that has appeared in many anthologies since the nineteenth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19288.
The rhyme.
The rhyme was first published in its modern form in 1844, although the rhyming of 'puddle' with 'middle' suggests that it may h... | 32,981 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the regular presenter of 'The Official Chart' on Radio One? | Yates and Vernon Kay. Jameela Jamil was announced as the new presenter of "The Official Chart". Matt Edmondson moved to weekend mornings with Tom Deacon briefly replacing him on Wednesday nights. Dan Howell and Phil Lester, famous YouTubers and video bloggers, joined the station. The changes took effect in January 2013... | sees many new faces joining the network, including the singer Katrina Leskanich and former Radio 1 presenter Lynn Parsons, who present overnight shows on weekdays and weekends respectively. Johnnie Walker also joins Radio 2 as a regular presenter hosting the afternoon drivetime show (Monday to Thursday). Sally Boazman ... | 32,982 | triviaqa-train |
Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem claims to be the oldest pub in England, in which city is it? | . There are 50 settlements which have been designated city status in England, while the wider United Kingdom has 66.
While many cities in England are quite large, such as Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Bradford, Nottingham, population size is not a prerequisite for city status. Traditio... | Bardeh Rasheh, Baneh
Bardeh Rasheh (; also known as Bardeh Rash and Barderash) is a village in Shuy Rural District, in the Central District of Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 44, in 8 families. | 32,983 | triviaqa-train |
The Lusitania was sunk, with much loss of life, on May 7th of which year? | RMS Lusitania
RMS "Lusitania" was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany two years later.
"Lusitania" held the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing and was briefly t... | In 1916 the was torpedoed three times and sunk off the southern coast of Ireland by , noted as the same submarine responsible for the tragic sinking of the "Lusitania" the year before. Five lives were lost and the ship stayed afloat for almost three days before foundering.
- On 21 November 1916, the second sister ship ... | 32,984 | triviaqa-train |
Michael Phelps has won 22 Olympic medals, more than any other person, how many of these were Gold? | . My sisters and myself fell in love with the sport, and we decided to swim." When Phelps was in the sixth grade, he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). By the age of 10, he held a national record for his age group (in the 100-meter butterfly) and began to train at the North Baltimore Aq... | List of multiple Olympic medalists
This article provides a list of multiple Olympic medalists, i.e. those athletes who have won multiple Olympic medals at either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games.
American swimmer Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian, having won 28 medals in both individual ... | 32,985 | triviaqa-train |
In which city was the Alfa Romeo car company founded in 1910? | 1970s the all-new Alfa Romeo Pomigliano d'Arco plant (near Naples) was completed. When in 1972 the Alfasud produced there became the first Alfa Romeo passenger car manufactured outside Milan, the word "Milano", the curved lines and the hyphen between "Alfa" and "Romeo" were eliminated from the badge on all Alfa Romeos.... | Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. () is an Italian luxury car manufacturer, founded by Frenchman Alexandre Darracq as Società Anonima Italiana Darracq (SAID), a company that would produce and sell special Darracq models for Italy. In late 1909, the Italian Darracq cars were selling slowly, and the Italian partne... | 32,986 | triviaqa-train |
Which common English word is derived from the ancient Greek word meaning 'a place for viewing'? | theatres and larger community theatres will generally have a technical director and a complement of designers, each of whom has a direct hand in their respective designs.
Sub-categories and organization.
There are many modern theatre movements which go about producing theatre in a variety of ways. Theatrical enterprise... | Andreu
Andreu () is a common Catalan and southern French given name of Ancient Greek origin, which also appears as a surname. The word Andreu is derived etymologically from the ancient Greek vocabulary word "andros", the genitive of "aner"/"man", and so means "of the man". Thus, the name Andreu takes the meaning the on... | 32,987 | triviaqa-train |
In which county is Peveril Castle? | Peveril Castle
Peveril Castle (also Castleton Castle or Peak Castle) is a ruined 11th-century castle overlooking the village of Castleton in the English county of Derbyshire. It was the main settlement (or "caput") of the feudal barony of William Peverel, known as the Honour of Peverel, and was founded some time betwee... | for the king's visit, the north wall and bridge were repaired. After significant work in 1250–52 (£60 spent), 1272–1275 (£40) and 1288–1290 (£151), it is likely that the castle buildings were complete by 1300. King Henry gave Prince Edward (later King Edward I) Peveril Castle along with the County Palatine of Chester w... | 32,988 | triviaqa-train |
Who raised the land speed record to over 394mph driving the Railton Special in 1947, he died on Loch Ness in 1952 in an attempt to break the water speed record? | Railton Special
The Railton Special, later rebuilt as the Railton Mobil Special, is a one-off motor vehicle designed by Reid Railton and built for John Cobb's successful attempts at the land speed record in 1938.
It is currently on display at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, England.
Design.
The vehicle was power... | World Water Speed Record. He commissioned from "Vospers" the jet-engine powered speedboat "Crusader", and selected the long water loch of Loch Ness in Scotland for the speed trial.
Death.
Cobb was killed at the age of 52 on 29 September 1952 whilst attempting to break the world Water Speed Record at Loch Ness, piloting... | 32,989 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the architect for the proposed Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral begun in 1933 of which only the crypt was completed? | the 1980s.
History Lutyens' design.
Following the purchase of the former Brownlow Hill workhouse site in 1930, Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) was commissioned to provide a design which would be an appropriate response to the Giles Gilbert Scott-designed Neo-gothic Anglican cathedral then being built further along Hope S... | , topped with towers and a 510-foot dome, with commissioned sculpture work by Charles Sargeant Jagger and W. C. H. King. Work on this magnificent building started in 1933, but was halted during the Second World War. After the war, the project ended due to a shortage of funding, with only the crypt completed. A model of... | 32,990 | triviaqa-train |
Who, in 1947 at the age of 31, became the youngest Cabinet Minister since Pitt the Younger when he was appointed President of the Board of Trade? | British political tradition of referring to political trends by suffixing 'man'. Other memorable phrases attributed to Wilson include "the white heat of the [technological] revolution", and "a week is a long time in politics", meaning that political fortunes can change extremely rapidly. In his broadcast after the 1967... | years later, he became Secretary for Overseas Trade, in which capacity he made several official trips to the Soviet Union to negotiate supply contracts.
The boundaries of his Ormskirk constituency was significantly altered before the general election of 1950. He stood instead for the new seat of Huyton near Liverpool, ... | 32,991 | triviaqa-train |
Pennsylvania borders which of the Great Lakes? | "upper great lakes". This designation, however, is not universal. Those living on the shore of Lake Superior often refer to all the other lakes as "the lower lakes", because they are farther south. Sailors of bulk freighters transferring cargoes from Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to ports on L... | Canada they were known as the Mississaugas—both deriving from tribal & subtribal names of the Anishinaabeg. The French migrated west, settling the colony of Illinois around 1680, which claimed all the land between the Great Lakes, Ohio River, Mississippi River & Appalachian mountains. Together with their native allies,... | 32,992 | triviaqa-train |
After whom is the oyster dish, invented in New Orleans in 1899, named because of the intense richness of the sauce? | Oysters Rockefeller
Oysters Rockefeller consists of oysters on the half-shell that have been topped with a rich sauce of butter, parsley and other green herbs, and bread crumbs, then baked or broiled. Lemon wedges are the typical garnish.
The original sauce may or may not include spinach, a popular shortcut for achievi... | Eggs Sardou
Eggs Sardou is a Louisiana Creole cuisine dish made with poached eggs, artichoke bottoms, creamed spinach and Hollandaise sauce. It is on the menu of many Creole restaurants in New Orleans, including Antoine's, where eggs Sardou was invented, and Brennan's. Eggs Sardou is named for Victorien Sardou, a famou... | 32,993 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the huge pre-Roman hill fort near Dorchester? | of Britain by Romans, Saxons and Vikings.
Historiography.
Excavations at hillforts in the first half of the 20th century focussed on the defenses, based on the assumption that hillforts were primarily developed for military purposes. The exception to this trend began in the 1930s with a series of excavations undertaken... | Durnovaria, Dorchester
- Jordan Hill, Romano-Celtic Temple
- Waddon Hill, near Beaminster
England Durham.
- Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields
- Binchester Roman Fort, (called Vinovia by the Romans), Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland
- Concangis, Chester-Le-Street
- Longovicium, Lanchester, Roman fort with reservoirs, ... | 32,994 | triviaqa-train |
Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries in South America, name the other. | bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. It includes twelve sovereign states (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela), a part of France (Fre... | the Brazilian government to a foreigner, for his services in the development of regional transport infrastructure.
Biography.
Born in Bolivia, one of two landlocked South American countries, the son of industrialist Ramón Rivero and the nephew of poet Adela Zamudio, he was educated at the Swiss Federal Institute of Tec... | 32,995 | triviaqa-train |
What is the currency of Bolivia? | Bolivian boliviano
The boliviano (sign: Bs ISO 4217 code: BOB) is the currency of Bolivia. It is divided into 100 cents or centavos in Spanish. Boliviano was also the name of the currency of Bolivia between 1864 and 1963.
First boliviano.
The first boliviano was introduced in 1864. It was equivalent to eight "soles" or... | .
Ecuador withdrew from ALBA in August 2018.
History Common currency.
In October 2009, ALBA leaders agreed at a summit in Bolivia to create a common regional currency. "The document is approved," said Bolivian President Evo Morales, the summit host. President Hugo Chávez (Venezuela) announced "The sucre [is] an autonom... | 32,996 | triviaqa-train |
Which British person has won the most Olympic Gold medals? | are Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, who have won six gold (and one silver) medals each in track cycling; two British Olympians come next with five gold medals – fellow cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins, and Sir Steve Redgrave, who won five gold medals in five consecutive Games in rowing, a record for an endurance event. Sailo... | Jonas Høgh-Christensen
Jonas Høgh-Christensen (born 21 May 1981) is a Danish sailor, winner of the Finn Gold Cup in 2009. He has represented Denmark in the Finn class at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics at which he won the silver medal, narrowly missing out on the gold to British sailor Sir Ben Ainslie, who that... | 32,997 | triviaqa-train |
In which ballet does the Sugar Plum Fairy appear? | with Christmas, through cultural phenomena such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker" (Composed by Tchaikovsky, 1892), as well as the line "Visions of sugar plums danced in their heads," from Clement C. Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" (1823), better known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas".
In the chi... | on the celesta theme from the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy".
- The song "Dark Ballet" by American singer-songwriter Madonna samples the melody of "Dance of the Reed Flutes" (Danish Marzipan) which is often mistaken for "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy". The song also relied on the lesser known harp cadenza from "Waltz ... | 32,998 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport or game is Judit Polgar the highest ranked female although she has never taken part in the Women's World Championship? | Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE.
Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, where competition is either "mixed" (containi... | in the world rankings
- Vladimir Kramnik, former world champion (2000–2007) and world number three
- Hikaru Nakamura U.S. number two
- Judit Polgar, highest ranked woman
- Michael Adams, English number two
- Luke McShane, English number one
- Gawain Jones, British Champion and English number four
2012 Classic: 1–10 Dec... | 32,999 | triviaqa-train |
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