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What is the name of the area in Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon? | Directly facing the southeastern shore of the Lake is a bi-level hall called Bethesda Terrace, which contains an elaborate fountain on its lower level. Bethesda Terrace connects to Central Park Mall, a landscaped walkway and the only formal feature in the Greensward Plan. Near the southwestern shore of the lake is Stra... | John Lennon Peace Monument
The John Lennon Peace Monument, also known as the European Peace Monument, is a peace monument entitled Peace & Harmony in Liverpool, England, dedicated to the memory of John Lennon. "Peace & Harmony" was unveiled by Julian and Cynthia Lennon at a ceremony in Chavasse Park, Liverpool, on Satu... | 33,700 | triviaqa-train |
In which band did Ringo Starr play immediately before he joined the Beatles? | Rory Storm and the Hurricanes to join them. A 4 September session at EMI yielded a recording of "Love Me Do" featuring Starr on drums, but a dissatisfied Martin hired drummer Andy White for the band's third session a week later, which produced recordings of "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me" and "P.S. I Love You".
Marti... | Like Dreamers Do
"Like Dreamers Do" is a song written by Paul McCartney in 1959 and is one of the earliest written songs credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was most notably performed by the Beatles at their unsuccessful 1 January 1962 audition for Decca Records. This performance, which took place before Ringo Starr joine... | 33,701 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the plays The Browning Version and Separate Tables? | Separate Tables
Separate Tables is the collective name of two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, both taking place in the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. The first play, entitled "Table by the Window", focuses on the troubled relationship between a disgraced Labour politician and h... | - 1948 "The Browning Version
- 1949 "Adventure Story"
- 1950 "Who is Sylvia?" (filmed as "The Man Who Loved Redheads")
- 1952 "The Deep Blue Sea"
- 1953 "The Sleeping Prince" (filmed as "The Prince and the Showgirl")
- 1954 "Separate Tables"
- 1958 "Variation on a Theme"
- 1960 "Ross"
- 1960 "Joie de Vivre", a musical ... | 33,702 | triviaqa-train |
Which was Shakespeare's shortest play? | "Henry VI", written in the early 1590s during a vogue for historical drama. Shakespeare's plays are difficult to date precisely, however, and studies of the texts suggest that "Titus Andronicus", "The Comedy of Errors", "The Taming of the Shrew," and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" may also belong to Shakespeare's earlie... | of the play," while still keeping the language. Miller believes the fusion works well because ""The Simpsons" and "Macbeth" are both about dysfunctional families. The TV show's lasted because it has this basic humanity, while the play is one of Shakespeare's shortest, bloodiest works and has some of his best-known line... | 33,703 | triviaqa-train |
In which modern day country would you have found the majority of the Hittite Empire? | into the modern populations of the Levant, Turkey and Mesopotamia.
During the 1920s, interest in the Hittites increased with the founding of the modern Republic of Turkey and attracted the attention of Turkish archaeologists such as Halet Çambel and Tahsin Özgüç. During this period, the new field of Hittitology also in... | ”according to the small sutu-measure.” A tablet records garments manufactured over two preceding years, the eponym years of Ištar-eris and that of Assur-da’issunu, which "are given to Siqi-ilani for the caravan-trade to the country Kinahhi (Canaan)” in the eponym year of Usat-marduk.
Biography Hittite correspondence.
I... | 33,704 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish malt whisky is produced by 'the sixteen men of Tain'? | The Sixteen Men of Tain
The Sixteen Men of Tain is the tenth studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in March 2000 through Gnarly Geezer Records (United States), Polydor Records (Japan) and JMS–Cream Records (Europe); a remastered edition was reissued in 2003 through Globe Music Media Arts. The album's tit... | Glenfiddich
Glenfiddich is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky owned and produced by William Grant & Sons in Dufftown, Scotland. "Glenfiddich" means "valley of the deer" in Scottish Gaelic, which is why the Glenfiddich logo is a stag.
Glenfiddich is the world's best-selling single-malt whisky and also the most awarded... | 33,705 | triviaqa-train |
In 'The Box of Delights', the Bishop of Tatchester is rescued from his abductors in time for Christmas - who is the author? | The Box of Delights
The Box of Delights is a children's fantasy novel by John Masefield. It is a sequel to "The Midnight Folk", and was first published in 1935.
Plot.
Kay Harker is returning from boarding school when he finds himself mixed up in a battle to possess a magical box. It allows the owner to shrink in size, ... | the country, this is the time for the country to help me, whoever knows where my dad is should please contact me." Michael Obi was found alive on 22 August 2011, in the Nigerian city of Kano. His abductors were reported to be in police custody. On 26 June 2018, a few hours before a FIFA World Cup match, Mikel was infor... | 33,706 | triviaqa-train |
Which jazz musician, he played the vibraphone, was nicknamed 'Bags'? | Milt Jackson
Milton "Bags" Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating ... | Fats Sadi
"Fats" Sadi Pol Lallemand (23 October 1927, Andenne, Belgium – 20 February 2009, Huy) was a Belgian jazz musician, vocalist, and composer who played vibraphone and percussion. He chose the name "Sadi" because he disliked his last name, which means "the German" in French. He led a quartet and nonet and won the... | 33,707 | triviaqa-train |
The football club BATE Borisov made their debut in the European Champions League this season, in which country do they play? | FC BATE Borisov
FC BATE Borisov (, ; , "FK BATE Borisov" ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusian Premier League, of which they are the reigning champions and are the league's most successful club with 15 titles, 13 won consecutively. The club has also w... | 2008–09 in Belgian football
The 2008–09 football season in Belgium, which is the 106th season of competitive football in the country.
European Club Results.
"Note that the Belgian team's score is given first"
As Cercle Brugge did not desire to play in the Intertoto Cup, Germinal Beerschot took their place but where imm... | 33,708 | triviaqa-train |
Which East Yorkshire town has squares called 'Saturday Market' and 'Wednesday Market', England's most impressive church that isn't a cathedral and England's oldest state school? | that "Isurium Brigantum" (now known as Aldborough) was the capital town of their "civitas" under Roman rule. Six of the nine Brigantian "poleis" described by Claudius Ptolemaeus in the "Geographia" fall within the historic county. The Parisi, who controlled the area that would become the East Riding of Yorkshire, might... | Boston has two weekly newspapers, the "Boston Standard" and the "Boston Target", and a community radio station called Endeavour Radio.
Boston's market is held every Wednesday and Saturday in one of England's largest market places, with an additional market and outside auction held on Wednesdays on Bargate Green.
Boston... | 33,709 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous novelist wrote the 1948 novel 'The Heart of the Matter' and the 1957 play 'The Potting Shed'? | The Potting Shed
The Potting Shed is a 1957 play by Graham Greene in three acts. The psychological drama centers on a secret held by the Callifer family for nearly thirty years.
The patriarch of the family is dying and James, his estranged son, appears unexpectedly. He can remember nothing about a mysterious moment tha... | )
- "The Heart of the Matter" (1948)
- "The Third Man" (1949) (novella written as a preliminary to Greene's screenplay for the film "The Third Man")
- "The End of the Affair" (1951)
- "Twenty-One Stories" (1954) (short stories)
- "Loser Takes All" (1955)
- "The Quiet American" (1955)
- "The Potting Shed" (1956) | 33,710 | triviaqa-train |
In maths and physics, what name is given to any quantity that has both magnitude and direction? | Euclidean vector
In mathematics, physics, and engineering, a Euclidean vector (sometimes called a geometric or spatial vector, or—as here—simply a vector) is a geometric object that has magnitude (or length) and direction. Vectors can be added to other vectors according to vector algebra. A Euclidean vector is frequent... | for the means to be combined (or averaged) must be the same in magnitude and direction, that is, equally weighted. When means are assigned different coefficients (either in magnitude or direction, or both), the contrast is testing for a difference between those means. A "contrast" may be any of: the set of coefficients... | 33,711 | triviaqa-train |
Which UK city is overlooked by Cave Hill? | railway track in the early 1820s as dwellings for quarry workers. Some of the local avenues and streets bear the name 'Waterloo', in reference to their geological origins.
Tourism and recreation.
Cave Hill Country Park, Belfast Zoo and Belfast Castle are magnets for locals and tourists alike. In the 18th century the to... | in Wales and the UK is Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, deep and containing around of passageways.
- The deepest cave in England is the Three Counties System which is deep between the entrance of Large Pot, and the deepest point reached by diving in Gavel Pot.
- The deepest cave in Scotland is Cnoc nan Uamh ('hill of the caves') in A... | 33,712 | triviaqa-train |
The 19th century movement for the unification of Italy was known by what name? | improvements, banks, railways and free trade. He opened a newspaper as soon as censorship allowed it: "Il Risorgimento" called for the independence of Italy, a league of Italian princes, and moderate reforms. He had the ear of the king and in 1852 became prime minister. He ran an efficient active government, promoting ... | Chan Santa Cruz
Chan Santa Cruz was the name of a shrine in Mexico of the Maya Cruzob (or Cruzoob) religious movement. It was also the name of the town that developed around it (now known as Felipe Carrillo Puerto) and, less formally, the late 19th-century indigenous Maya state, in what is now the Mexican state of Quin... | 33,713 | triviaqa-train |
The cricket pavilion at the Queen's Park Oval has been named after which player, the island's most famous cricketer? | Park Oval, as were two of the ODI matches. The ground hosted two Tests of the 1997–98 tour by England, the second of which in February saw the West Indies defeated by England. The West Indian captain during the match, Brian Lara, went on to be the leading run scorer at the Queen's Park Oval in ODI matches, as well as h... | a tree within the boundary ropes
(the others being St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, United Kingdom and VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen, Netherlands), and any cricketer that scores a century or takes a five-wicket haul in a match at the City Oval gets to plant a tree at the ground. The City Oval Pavilion is based on t... | 33,714 | triviaqa-train |
Which daily newspaper has a column called 'Mandrake'? | publication for legal notices and proclamations rather than a proper newspaper; In 1764, the "Quebec Gazette" was first printed 21 June 1764 and remains the oldest continuously published newspaper in North America as the "Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph". It is currently published as an English-language weekly from its offi... | the world. He wrote a weekly column called "Father Kizito's Notebook" from 1995 to 2001, in the Sunday edition of the Daily Nation, which is Kenya’s most widely read newspaper.
In 1999, the Episcopal Conference of Kenya instructed him to plan and set up Waumini Radio, a national Catholic FM station. The station began ... | 33,715 | triviaqa-train |
In which series of films does the character John McClane appear? | John McClane
John McClane is the main protagonist of the "Die Hard" film series. He is portrayed by Bruce Willis. He is known for his sardonic one-liners, including the famous catchphrase "Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker".
Character portrayal.
John McClane was originally based on the fictional character Detective Joe Lelan... | in the series, Bruce Willis expressed his desire to retire the John McClane character in a sixth and final film. By September 2017, Wiseman publicly floated that he was casting for a young version of John McClane for his self-written origin story called "John McClane", whose plot was rumored to borrow heavily from the ... | 33,716 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the TV series 'ER' set? | ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and medical doctor Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning over 15 seasons. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Television, in association wit... | Queen's (TV series)
Queen's (), also known as Queen's Glass Slipper, is a 2007 Taiwanese romantic comedy television series starring Tang Zhen Gang and Joelle Lu. It started to air on March 3, 2007. It is based on the Korean comic series "Queen's" (퀸즈) by Ha Sung-Hyen (하성현).
Synopsis.
Tie Xiong has been in love with his... | 33,717 | triviaqa-train |
Which daily newspaper was first issued in 1900 at the price of ½d (halfpenny) and from 1914 came under the control of Lord Beaverbrook? | , the "Daily Express" became the largest-selling newspaper in the world, with a circulation of 3,706,000. Beaverbrook launched the "Sunday Express" in December 1918, but it only established a significant readership after John Junor became its editor in 1954. In 1923, in a joint deal with Lord Rothermere, Beaverbrook bo... | " formed an alliance with the other great press baron, Lord Beaverbrook. Their opponent was the Conservative Party politician and leader Stanley Baldwin. By 1929 George Ward Price was writing in the "Mail" that Baldwin should be deposed and Beaverbrook elected as leader. In early 1930 the two Lords launched the United ... | 33,718 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest of the asteroids? | families exist with significant populations, including the near-Earth objects. Individual asteroids are classified by their characteristic spectra, with the majority falling into three main groups: C-type, M-type, and S-type. These were named after and are generally identified with carbon-rich, metallic, and silicate (... | Hygiea family
The Hygiea or Hygiean family of asteroids is a grouping of dark, carbonaceous C-type and B-type asteroids in outer asteroid belt, the largest member of which is 10 Hygiea. About 1% of all known asteroids in the asteroid belt belong to this family.
Characteristics.
By far the largest member is 10 Hygiea, a... | 33,719 | triviaqa-train |
In ice skating, what was the maximum mark that a judge could give to a competitor (in competitions up to 2006)? | to individual requirements.
Blades are about 3/16 inch () thick. When viewed from the side, the blade of a figure skate is not flat, but curved slightly, forming an arc of a circle with a radius of . This curvature is referred to as the "rocker" of the blade. The "sweet spot" is the part of the blade on which all spins... | Competitions in Taidō include "Jissen" (sparring), "Hokei" (which is similar to kata), and "Tenkai", which is a made-up fight, where one "hero" defeats five opponents during the last part of a 30-second bout. In Tenkai the judges give points to the competing teams in a similar manner as is done in for instance figure s... | 33,720 | triviaqa-train |
Which sea lies between Saudi Arabia and the Sudan? | United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast and Yemen to the south; it is separated from Israel and Egypt by the Gulf of Aqaba. It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland and mountains. As of October 2018, the Saudi econ... | be a client state of Iran and had involved, in a limit level, sanctions against Sudan as well as providing Darfur rebels and the Saudi Government also called for the separation of South Sudan, which was finally achieved in 2011. Saudi Arabia also called to charge Sudan's al-Bashir for the "genocide" in Darfur, although... | 33,721 | triviaqa-train |
Gibraltar Point stands on the English coast, in which county? | Gibraltar Point
Gibraltar Point national nature reserve is an area of about on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.
The reserve is owned by Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey District Council and is administered by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. The reserve comprises two parallel ridges of sand dunes—the "ea... | Lowestoft Lighthouse
Lowestoft Lighthouse is a lighthouse operated by Trinity House located to the north of the centre of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk. It stands on the North Sea coast close to Ness Point, the most easterly point in the United Kingdom. It acts as a warning light for shipping passing along... | 33,722 | triviaqa-train |
Which angel is reputed to have given the word of God (the Koran) to Mohammed? | to that cave, in the year 610 the angel Gabriel appeared to him and commanded Muhammad to recite verses that would be included in the Quran. Consensus exists that the first Quranic words revealed were the beginning of Surah .
Muhammad was deeply distressed upon receiving his first revelations. After returning home, Muh... | of Islam", followers of the 10th century orthodox theologian al-Ashari. Acknowledging the absolute oneness of God, the Motazelites reasoned therefore that the Koran could not legitimately be thought the co-eternal word of God, which was the orthodox view, but was rather created. There was place therefore for a realm of... | 33,723 | triviaqa-train |
In 'The Simpsons', who is headmaster of the school that Bart attends? | 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... | was also a 1960s series similar to that of Batman.
References in popular culture References in animation Referenced in "The Simpsons" Other Simpsons references to Batman.
- The spinning scene transitions, a feature of the 1960s series, are parodied in several episodes.
- Adam West guest stars in Mr. Plow as he attends ... | 33,724 | triviaqa-train |
Which physicist is credited with the 'Quantum Theory'? | from classical physics in that energy, momentum, angular momentum and other quantities of a bound system are restricted to discrete values (quantization); objects have characteristics of both particles and waves (wave-particle duality); and there are limits to the precision with which quantities can be measured (uncert... | J. R. Tucker
John R. Tucker (1946 – April 12, 2014) was an American physicist who made several contributions to the fields of electronics, physics and microwave theory, known for generalizing the microwave mixer theory and presenting the body of work, known as the "Tucker theory", and for his fundamental theoretical co... | 33,725 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the character 'Mike Hammer'? | Velda.)
In other media.
Several movies and radio and television series have been based on the books in the Hammer series. The actor most closely identified with the character in recent years has been Stacy Keach, who portrayed Hammer in a CBS television series, "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer", which ran from 1984–1987 ... | Bond novels; created character Lincoln Rhyme in novels including "The Bone Collector"
- Erin Gilreath (class of 1998), hammer throw at 2004 Olympics
- Alex Green (class of 1982), NFL defensive back (1987)
- Mike Hall (class of 2000), sportscaster and ESPN "Dream Job" winner
- Sean Hayes (class of 1988), Emmy Award-winn... | 33,726 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the TV series 'Gray's Anatomy' set? | developed the pilot and continues to write for the series; she is also one of the executive producers, along with Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Krista Vernoff, Rob Corn, Mark Wilding, and Allan Heinberg. Although the series is set in Seattle (at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, later renamed), it is filmed primarily i... | "Gray's Anatomy" as he mentally diagnoses a patient's condition.
External links.
- Online version of "Gray's Anatomy" — The complete 20th U.S. edition of Gray's "Anatomy of the Human Body", published in 1918.
- Online audio recording of the text of the same edition in five parts: 12345
- First edition of "Gray's Anatom... | 33,727 | triviaqa-train |
Millfield and Downside are public schools in which English county? | Downside School
Downside School is a co-educational Catholic independent school for children aged 11 to 18, located in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, between Westfield and Shepton Mallet in Somerset, south west England, attached to Downside Abbey. It has both boarding and day pupils.
Originally a school for English Catholic b... | John Norman (cricketer)
John William Norman (born 22 August 1936) is an English retired dentist and former first-class cricketer.
Born at Maidstone, Norman was educated at Downside School, before moving to Millfield School in September 1954 in order to improve his chances of entering the University of Cambridge to stud... | 33,728 | triviaqa-train |
Which spirit is found in a Metropolitan cocktail? | distinguish distilled alcoholic drinks from non-distilled ones.
As examples, this term does not include beverages such as beer, wine, mead, sake, or cider, as they are fermented but not distilled. These all have a relatively low alcohol content, typically less than 15%. Brandy is a liquor produced by the distillation o... | as the image of Rasske.
In 1982, the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company acquired Heublein Inc. for $1.4 billion. RJR Nabisco sold the division to Grand Metropolitan in 1987. Grand Metropolitan merged with Guinness to form Diageo in 1997.
Sales and popularity of Heublein's Brass Monkey spirit cocktail increased in the 1980s... | 33,729 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shakespeare play begins 'If music be the food of love, play on'? | magic, and comic lowlife scenes. Shakespeare's next comedy, the equally romantic "Merchant of Venice", contains a portrayal of the vengeful Jewish moneylender Shylock, which reflects Elizabethan views but may appear derogatory to modern audiences. The wit and wordplay of "Much Ado About Nothing", the charming rural set... | calypso. He relocated to Norfolk, Virginia, where he opened a record store in 1953. That store, Frankie's Got It, was located on Granby Street but has closed. Its motto was Shakespeare's "If music be the food of love, play on!", which later became a song on a Bonds B-side.
Apart from his hits with Bonds, his most famou... | 33,730 | triviaqa-train |
The angel Moroni appears in which religious book? | and told me where they were; and gave me directions how to obtain them.
However, on May 2, 1838, a few months before Smith's statement in "Elders' Journal", Smith began dictating a church history that included a detailed account of his visits from the angel. In this text, Smith identified the angel as "Nephi", which is... | Latter-day Saints. The angel Moroni statue, which stands atop the tallest tower, is tall and weighs . Although the temple appears to not have any windows, from the inside the thinly cut marble appears translucent. The Washington D.C. temple has a total floor area of , making it the third largest LDS temple. It holds si... | 33,731 | triviaqa-train |
Blackpool is found on the English coast as well as in Lancashire, in which county is it? | central town with the suffix "-shire", for example Yorkshire. Former kingdoms, which became earldoms in the united England did not feature this formulation; so for Kent, the former kingdom of the Jutes, "Kentshire" was not used. Counties ending in the suffix "-sex", the former Saxon kingdoms, are also in this category.... | Starr Gate
Starr Gate is in the South Shore district of Blackpool in the county of Lancashire, England. It is located at the southwest end of Blackpool on the Fylde coast, adjacent to the Squires Gate district of Blackpool.
The place is named after the spiky ""Starr"" grass which grows on the local sand hills to the so... | 33,732 | triviaqa-train |
In which month is George Washington Day celebrated in the USA? | Washington's Birthday
Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States, who was born on February 22, 1732. Since the Uniform Federal Holidays Act of 1971, its observance can occur from February 15 ... | Honesty Day
Honesty Day is celebrated on April 30 in the United States to encourage honesty and straightforward communication in politics, relationships, consumer relations and historical education. It was invented by M. Hirsh Goldberg, who chose the last day of April for two reasons. First, since the first day of that... | 33,733 | triviaqa-train |
In 'The Simpsons', who has two children named Tod and Rod? | family also owns a dog, Santa's Little Helper, and a cat, Snowball V, renamed Snowball II in "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot". Both pets have had starring roles in several episodes.
The show includes an array of quirky supporting characters, which include Homer's co-workers (also friends) Lenny Leonard and Carl Carlson, the sc... | children's program on "The Simpsons". Groening, who grew up in Portland, was likely aware of Anders' show on KPTV. However, in interviews, Groening has mentioned that it was Ramblin' Rod's predecessor on KPTV, a clown named Rusty Nails, who served as a partial inspiration for the Krusty character.
Trivia.
In autumn of ... | 33,734 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first Prime Minister to live in 10 Downing Street? | the British monarch, and the Palace of Westminster, the meeting place of both houses of parliament.
Originally three houses, Number 10 was offered to Sir Robert Walpole by King George II in 1732. Walpole accepted on the condition that the gift was to the office of First Lord of the Treasury rather than to him personall... | 11 Downing Street
11 Downing Street (sometimes referred to as just Number 11) is the official residence of Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer (who traditionally also has the title of Second Lord of the Treasury). The residence, in Downing Street in London, was built alongside the official residence of the Prime Mini... | 33,735 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did Kaiser Wilhelm II live from 1918 until his death in 1941? | of the German General Staff. This broad delegation of authority gave rise to a "de facto" military dictatorship whose authorisation of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram led to the United States' entry into the conflict in April 1917. Losing the support of the German army, Wilhelm abdicated and f... | Wilhelm II, German Emperor
Wilhelm II or William II (; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor ("Kaiser") and King of Prussia. He reigned from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918 shortly before Germany's defeat in World War I.
The eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, Wilhelm's first co... | 33,736 | triviaqa-train |
In which films do the characters Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore appear? | Ray Stantz
Raymond "Ray" Stantz, PhD is a fictional character from the "Ghostbusters" franchise. He appears in the films "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Ghostbusters II" (1989), "Casper" (1995, as a cameo), the animated television series "The Real Ghostbusters" and "Extreme Ghostbusters", and the video games Beeline's "Ghostbu... | and one of the three doctors of parapsychology, along with Dr. Peter Venkman and Dr. Ray Stantz.
Creation and conception.
The character of Egon Spengler was named after Oswald Spengler and a classmate of Ramis at Senn High School, Egon Donsbach, a Hungarian refugee.
Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd a... | 33,737 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2009 Tour de France which British Olympic medallist finished 4th overall? | achievement was later voided by the UCI in October 2012 following his non-dispute of a doping accusation by USADA, and fourth place Bradley Wiggins was promoted to the podium. Andy Schleck, second overall, won the young riders' competition as he had the previous year. Franco Pellizotti originally won the polka dot jers... | rockstar." Rolland won the 19th stage at the top of Alpe d'Huez, beating Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sánchez and two-time Tour champion Alberto Contador. The victory also won him the white jersey, which he successfully defended in the 20th stage, as he finished the Tour 10th overall.
Cycling career Bbox Bouygues Telec... | 33,738 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 'The Boys From Brazil'? | The Boys from Brazil (film)
The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 British-American science fiction thriller film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, and features James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Anne Meara, Denholm Elliott, and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles. The film is b... | with a sense of menace that Mengele's "boys from Brazil" constitute. Instead, we get Lieberman's fuddy-duddy humanism and vague assurances that the boys are not really dangerous. And this is supposed to be a "movie"." Jack Kroll of "Newsweek" wrote that "the thoughts aren't quite deep enough even for a thriller ... Hey... | 33,739 | triviaqa-train |
The life of 15th century French serial killer Gilles de Rais is believed to be the basis of which story by Charles Perrault? | Bluebeard
"Bluebeard" (French: "Barbe bleue") is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in "Histoires ou contes du temps passé". The tale tells the story of a wealthy violent man in the habit of murdering his wives and... | , "IDEA". That publication folded after two issues. In 1983 he wrote and performed in a play, "The Wickedest Man in the World", about Gilles de Rais, a 15th-century French serial killer of children.
That year, Parfrey moved east to Hoboken, New Jersey, and began working at New York City's Strand Bookstore. In 1984, wit... | 33,740 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology who killed Hector? | myths about relationships between male gods and male heroes became more and more frequent, indicating the parallel development of pedagogic pederasty ("eros paidikos", ), thought to have been introduced around 630 BC. By the end of the fifth century BC, poets had assigned at least one eromenos, an adolescent boy who wa... | Anchialus
In Greek mythology, the name Anchialus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγχίαλος) may refer to:
- Anchialus, a Greek warrior who fought at Troy and was killed by Hector.
- Anchialus of Taphos, father of Mentes.
- Anchialus, a Phaeacian who participated in the games in honor of Odysseus.
References.
- Homer, "The Iliad" with a... | 33,741 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the character 'Sam Spade'? | Sam Spade
Sam Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel, "The Maltese Falcon". Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett.
"The Maltese Falcon", first published as a serial in the pulp magazine "Black Mask", is the only full-length novel in which Spade ap... | in Orange County, CA, but was coaxed back one more time to Hollywood. Her final film role was a reprise of her 'Effie Perine' character in a Maltese Falcon spoof of the Sam Spade story "The Black Bird", starring George Segal as Sam Spade, Jr., who in the storyline, was forced to continue his father's work and to keep h... | 33,742 | triviaqa-train |
What was the real name of the pirate, Blackbeard? | Blackbeard
Edward Teach or Edward Thatch ( – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War... | . The show getting in a few last digs at NBC. Plenty of Grizz and Dot Com. What appeared to be the show’s real crew in the final "TGS" shot. The return of Jonathan. Tracy spelling out his name for Kenneth’s receptionist ("‘R’ as in the pirate noise, ‘A’ as in the Fonzie noise"). Jenna having actual feelings even when s... | 33,743 | triviaqa-train |
In which city were the World Swimming Championships held in July 2009? | 2009 World Aquatics Championships
The 2009 World Aquatics Championships () or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from July 17 to August 2, 2009. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.... | adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were rebranded as "World Para" championships.
History.
History World Para Swimming Championships (Long Course).
The first World Para Swimming Championships were held from 2 December until 7 December, 2017, in Mexico C... | 33,744 | triviaqa-train |
Wellingborough and Oundle are public schools in which English county? | Wellingborough
Wellingborough ( ) is a large market town in the Wellingborough district of Northamptonshire, England, from Northampton on the north side of the River Nene.
Originally named "Wendelingburgh" (the stronghold of Wændel's people), the Anglo-Saxon settlement is mentioned in the "Domesday Book" as "Wendelbur... | House School, Brackley
Independent schools Senior and all-through schools.
- Bosworth Independent College, Northampton
- Northampton High School
- Oundle School, Oundle
- Overstone Park School, Overstone
- Pitsford School, Pitsford
- Quinton House School, Upton
- St Andrew's College, Northamtpon
- St Peter's Independen... | 33,745 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did Idi Amin settle and die after his exile from Uganda? | of Idi Amin have returned to Uganda.
Culture Sport.
Boxing contributes the largest number of Olympic medals for Uganda. The Uganda National Boxing Team is called The Bombers.
The country has an increasingly successful national basketball team. It is nicknamed "The Silverbacks," and made its debut at the 2015 FIBA Afric... | Jeddah, the same city where Idi Amin, the late dictator of Uganda, lived in exile until his death in 2003, after being removed from power in 1979, at the end of the Ugandan-Tanzanian War.
Other close associates and family members who attempted to leave the country via Tunis-Carthage International Airport were prevented... | 33,746 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2009 Tour de France which British cyclist won six stages? | program detected in May 2010. and the King of the Mountains title was retroactively awarded to Egoi Martínez. Mark Cavendish won six stages, including the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, but was beaten in the points classification by Thor Hushovd, who consequently won the green jersey.
Teams.
20 teams were invited t... | 1993 Tour. He returned in 1994, but withdrew after six stages.
Just prior to LeMond's departure the team acquired the British track cyclist Chris Boardman, a time trial specialist. Riding for the team, Boardman won the Prologue of the Tour de France in 1994, 1997 and 1998.
The team also acquired a young Australian trac... | 33,747 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only body of water in Scotland to be called a lake as opposed to a loch? | water called lakes. The Lake of Menteith, an Anglicisation of the Scots "Laich o Menteith" meaning a "low-lying bit of land in Menteith", is applied to the loch there because of the similarity of the sounds of the words "laich" and "lake". Until the 19th century the body of water was known as the "Loch of Menteith". Th... | Loch Sgadabhagh
Loch Sgadabhagh or Loch Scadavay is a body of water on the island of North Uist, Scotland. The name may be of Old Norse derivation meaning "lake of tax bay" although if so, the reason is obscure. Loch Sgadabhagh is the largest loch by area on North Uist although Loch Obisary has about twice the volume.
... | 33,748 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 'Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man'? | Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is a novel by Siegfried Sassoon, first published in 1928 by Faber and Faber. It won both the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, being immediately recognised as a classic of English literature. In the years since its first appearance, it h... | Cuthbert Bradley
Cuthbert Edward Bradley (1861– 25 November 1941) was an English painter, sporting writer and magazine illustrator.
Biography.
Cuthbert Bradley was the eldest son of The Reverend Edward Bradley (1827 – 1889), who wrote under the pen name, 'Cuthbert Bede'. He graduated from King's College London, where h... | 33,749 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the brightest of the asteroids? | 4 Vesta
Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of . It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology.
Vesta is the second-mo... | List of Aten asteroids
This is a list of Aten asteroids, a group of near-Earth objects. , there are 1125 known Atens, most of which remain provisionally designated without a number, as they have not been observed at two or more oppositions. The list is divided into named members, brightest, notable and other record hol... | 33,750 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology who killed Achilles? | that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow. Later legends (beginning with Statius' unfinished epic "Achilleid", written in the 1st century AD) state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel because, when his mother Thetis dipped him in... | Polites of Troy
In Greek mythology, Polites () was the legitimate son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. He was a prince of Troy, and brother of 49 other children, including 12 daughters. He was killed by Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus), son of Achilles, who then killed his father.
Mythology.
Mythology Early life.
Polites was born ... | 33,751 | triviaqa-train |
Which group released the album 'A Hundred Million Suns'? | A Hundred Million Suns
A Hundred Million Suns is the fifth album by Northern Irish alternative rock band Snow Patrol. The album was written by Snow Patrol and was produced by longtime producer Jacknife Lee, who has previously produced albums for Bloc Party, R.E.M., and U2. The songs were recorded through the summer of ... | the 21st century on UK radio – propelled the band to greater international fame. The album topped the UK Albums Chart and was the best-selling British album of the year, selling over 6 million copies worldwide. In 2008, the band released their fifth studio album, "A Hundred Million Suns"; then, in 2009, they released t... | 33,752 | triviaqa-train |
Prunus persica is the scientific name of which fruit? | Peach
The peach ("Prunus persica") is a deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China between the Tarim Basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Mountains, where it was first domesticated and cultivated. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach or a nectarine.
The specific name "persica" refers to its wid... | native to southwest Asia and southeast Europe. It was known to the ancient Greeks as "God's fruit" (, "Diós pŷrós"), hence the scientific name of the genus. Its English name probably derives from Persian "Khormaloo" خرمالو literally "date-plum", referring to the taste of this fruit which is reminiscent of both plums an... | 33,753 | triviaqa-train |
Henry Cecil Booth patented which household appliance in 1901? | and large ferris wheels for amusement parks in London, Blackpool, Paris, and Vienna. He also worked on the design of engines for Royal Navy battleships.
Career Vacuum cleaner.
Booth is known for introducing one of the first powered vacuum cleaners. Before Booth introduced his version of the vacuum cleaner, cleaning ma... | as 'Griffiths' Improved Vacuum Apparatus for Removing Dust from Carpets'. Although an electric cleaner is patented in 1901 by H. Cecil Booth, Griffiths' design is more similar to modern portable cleaners than Booth's cart-mounted device.
1905: Herbert Austin begins making cars at Longbridge, many improvements in mass c... | 33,754 | triviaqa-train |
Which word is defined as 'an Arctic plain with permanently frozen subsoil'? | fears of ancient carbon being released from thawing permafrost, leading to methane and carbon dioxide production by micro-organisms. Release of methane and carbon dioxide stored in permafrost could cause abrupt and severe global warming, as they are potent greenhouse gases.
Climate change is also predicted to have a la... | by law, not to access given by a person (as established by the Six Carpenters' Case).
United Kingdom.
United Kingdom England.
In English law, trespass to land involves the "unjustifiable interference with land which is in the immediate and exclusive possession of another". Land is defined as the surface, subsoil, airsp... | 33,755 | triviaqa-train |
The film Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey, is based on the book of the same name by which modern British writer? | Yes Man (film)
Yes Man is a 2008 comedy film directed by Peyton Reed, written by Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul, and Andrew Mogel and starring Jim Carrey and co-starring Zooey Deschanel. The film is based loosely on the 2005 book of the same name by British humorist Danny Wallace, who also makes a cameo appearance in th... | DVD series "Liken the Scriptures" occasionally shows missionaries.
Missionaries were featured in the PBS documentary "Get the Fire" (2003), as well as in the Tony Award-winning satirical Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon". Hollywood portrayed missionaries in "Yes Man" (2008) starring Jim Carrey, and British film "Mi... | 33,756 | triviaqa-train |
Which fruit has varieties called Concorde, Packham and Cornice? | flight. This aircraft was the first Air France Concorde to open service to Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., and New York and had flown 17,824 hours. It is on display at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport.
Operational history Retirement British Airways.
British Airways conducted a North Ame... | is about 2.5 meters. Amur grape seedlings bloom at about the fifth year. The plant prefers loose acidic soil and cannot tolerate excessive lime. Amur grapes respond positively to the introduction of highly acidic peat. They fruit best in full sun.
Some grape varieties resulting from crossing other species with Amur gra... | 33,757 | triviaqa-train |
The title of Agatha Christie's novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side is taken from a line in which poem? | without explanation. Despite all attempts to revive her, Heather is pronounced dead.
Mrs. Bantry informs Marple about the events surrounding the fête and the frozen look on Marina's face, comparing it to a phrase from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott". Detective-Inspector Dermot Craddock spearheads the... | The Mirror Crack'd
The Mirror Crack'd is a 1980 British mystery film based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel "The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" (1962) and directed by Guy Hamilton. It stars Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson and Pierce Brosnan.... | 33,758 | triviaqa-train |
What specific part of the body is affected by blepharitis? | and oily eyelid gland deposits.
Eyelid hygiene: "Remove lid margin debris" immediately after the warm compresses by gently washing the eyelids with a warm, wet, soapy washcloth to remove accumulated debris. Use a diluted, hypoallergenic baby shampoo. Gently rub along the lid margins, keeping the eyes shut. Too much soa... | or "rosacea-associated" blepharitis Symptoms
Symptoms include a foreign body sensation, matting of the lashes, and burning. Collarette around eyelashes, a ring-like formation around the lash shaft, can be observed. Other symptoms include loss of eyelashes or broken eyelashes. The condition can sometimes lead to a chala... | 33,759 | triviaqa-train |
With which musical instrument is Vladimir Ashkenazy associated? | prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and the first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels in 1956. He shared the first prize in the 1962 International Tchaikovsky Competition with British pianist John Ogdon. As a student, like many in that period, he was harassed by ... | Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andris Nelsons, Valery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Heinrich Schiff, Maria Kliegel and Heinz Holliger have admired his playing.
Activities.
Mr. Beitan is passionate in charity activities and is working with the cultural foundations to bring artist and instrument together by encouraging philanthropists ... | 33,760 | triviaqa-train |
Java and the Malayan Peninsula are separated by which stretch of water? | of the Peninsula. They form the southernmost section of the central cordillera which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus (the Peninsula's narrowest point) into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra while the south coast is separated from the i... | Geography of Singapore
Singapore is a very small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore has a total land area of .
The Singapore area comprises mainland and other islands. The mainland of Singapore measures from east... | 33,761 | triviaqa-train |
What is the state capital of Kentucky? | President Jefferson Davis and U.S. President Abraham Lincoln were born in Kentucky.
On January 30, 1900, Governor William Goebel, flanked by two bodyguards, was mortally wounded by an assassin while walking to the State Capitol in downtown Frankfort. Goebel was contesting the Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899, wh... | Capital punishment in Kentucky
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Legal process.
When the Commonwealth's Attorney seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous.
Kentucky is the only state without provision on what happens if the penalty phase of th... | 33,762 | triviaqa-train |
Sternus vulgaris is the scientific name for which common bird? | the weight of evidence has shifted towards granting them full family status as a more basal member of the Sturnidae-Mimidae group, derived from an early expansion into Africa.
Usually the starlings are considered a family, as is done here. Sibley & Monroe included the mimids in the family and demoted the starlings to t... | Primula vulgaris
Primula vulgaris, the common primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and parts of southwest Asia. The common name is primrose, or occasionally common primrose or English primrose to distinguish it from other "Primula"... | 33,763 | triviaqa-train |
'Last of the Summer Wine' is the creation of which comic writer? | Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of "Comedy Playhouse" on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. From 1983 to 2010, Alan J. W. Be... | Gallery.
- Marty Feldman, comic writer and comedian, began his career aged 15 as part of a circus-style act at Dreamland Funpark in Margate.
- Melanie and Martina Grant, twin actresses, were born in Margate and now live in Ramsgate.
- Trevor Howard, film stage and television actor, was born in Cliftonville, Margate.
- ... | 33,764 | triviaqa-train |
'Out Of The Silent Planet' and 'The Screwtape Letters' are works of which author, better known for his children's books? | from the effects of the two world wars. An informal literary discussion group associated with the English faculty at the University of Oxford, were the "Inklings", with the major fantasy novelists C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as its main members. C. S. Lewis published the first installment of "The Chronicles of Nar... | Imagination Essays and Reviews" (2013)
Fiction.
- "The Pilgrim's Regress" (1933)
- Space Trilogy
1. "Out of the Silent Planet" (1938)
2. "Perelandra" (aka "Voyage to Venus") (1943)
3. "That Hideous Strength" (1945)
- "The Screwtape Letters" (1942)
- "The Great Divorce" (1945)
- The Chronicles of Narnia
1. "The Lion, | 33,765 | triviaqa-train |
Frances Gumm was the real name of which famous actress? | Lorna Luft, who herself became an actress and singer, on November 21, 1952, and to Joey Luft on March 29, 1955.
Later career Hollywood comeback.
Garland appeared with James Mason in the 1954 Warner Bros. film "A Star Is Born", the first musical remake of the 1937 film. She and Sidney Luft, her then-husband, produced th... | He had invested a great deal of love, money, and energy in this film, which was a self-absorbed tale of a famous director (played by Guru Dutt) who falls in love with an actress (played by Waheeda Rehman, Dutt's real-life love interest). "Kaagaz Ke Phool" failed at the box office and Dutt was devastated. All subsequent... | 33,766 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the source of the Blue Nile? | , Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan and Egypt. In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt and Sudan.
The Nile has two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile. The White Nile is considered to be the headwaters and primary stream of the Nile itself. The Blue Nile, however, is... | areas of 485,477 hectares (354,297 terrestrial).
Ecological Characteristics.
Lake Tana is the largest national freshwater body, accounting for 50 % of the total inland waters of the country, and is the source of the Abbay of Blue Nile River. The Biosphere Reserve is an important fish resource and is home to up to 67 di... | 33,767 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first Department Store in London? | to be attired." In the late 1920s, Dr. A. J. Cronin, the novelist, was appointed the medical officer of Whiteleys, and in 1927 rival store Selfridges purchased the business. The building was designated a Grade II listed building in 1970.
On 26 July 1989 Whiteleys was re-opened as a shopping centre. The shopping centre ... | J L Dixons
J L Dixons department store opened in Southend, England, in 1913 and shut its doors in 1973.
Background.
The store was located on the corner of London Road and what was called The Broadway, now known as the High Street with its main competitors being Keddies & Brightwells. The site was re-developed in 1938 ... | 33,768 | triviaqa-train |
John McEnroe was married to which film actress? | two ranked player.
By 1986, the pressures of playing at the top had become too much for McEnroe to handle, and he took a six-month break from the tour. It was during this sabbatical that on August 1, 1986, he married actress Tatum O'Neal, with whom he had already had a son, Kevin (1986). They had two more children, Sea... | Annie McEnroe
Anne McEnroe (born c.1956) is an American film actress who had roles in the 1980s and 1990s, including "Wall Street" and "Beetlejuice". She is married to Edward R. Pressman, whom she met on the set of The Hand, which he produced.
External links.
- Annie McEnroe(Aveleyman) | 33,769 | triviaqa-train |
In World War II who designed the Mosquito Fighter/Bomber? | De Havilland Mosquito
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engine shoulder-winged multi-role combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War, unusual in that its frame is constructed mostly of wood. It was nicknamed "The Wooden Wonder", or "Mossie". Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production... | radar, it was one of the Royal Air Force's main night fighters. Similarly, the also highly successful de Havilland Mosquito fast bomber was later adapted for both day and night fighter use.
United States.
During the late 1930s, Bell Aircraft of the United States designed the YFM-1 Airacuda "bomber destroyer". Very larg... | 33,770 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the only British King to be crowned on the field of battle? | British Empire. Fourteen overseas territories remain under British sovereignty.
After independence, many former British colonies joined the Commonwealth of Nations, a free association of independent states. The United Kingdom is now one of 16 Commonwealth nations, a grouping known informally as the Commonwealth realms,... | mistake of supporting the claims of the pretender Lambert Simnel, who claimed to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, the rightful heir of the House of York. Simnel was an imposter, but is known to have born a striking resemblance to the real Warwick, who was a prisoner in the Tower of London, where he remained... | 33,771 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the mongoose in Rudyard Kipling' s 'The Jungle Book'? | book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowgli's. Another important theme is of law and freedom; the stories are not about animal ... | The Jungle Book (1994 film)
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 live-action American adventure film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel, from a story by Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman. It is the second film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company of the Mowgli... | 33,772 | triviaqa-train |
'The Monkey Bread tree' is another name for which African tree? | Adansonia
Adansonia is a genus of deciduous trees known as baobabs. They are found in arid regions of Madagascar, mainland Africa, Arabia, and Australia. The generic name honours Michel Adanson, the French naturalist and explorer who described "Adansonia digitata".
In the early 21st century, baobabs in southern Africa ... | Piliostigma thonningii
Piliostigma thonningii is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae.
Common names of this tree include camel's foot tree, monkey bread, monkey biscuit tree, Rhodesian bauhinia and wild bauhinia.
"P. thonningii" grows quickly relative to... | 33,773 | triviaqa-train |
What is the more common name for the landrail? | crakes in his prose works too, and his writings help to clarify the distribution of this rail when it was far more widespread than now.
The Finnish poet Eino Leino also wrote about the bird in his poem "Nocturne".
poem
The corncrake's song rings in my ears,
above the rye a full moon sails
/poem
The proverbial use of t... | a methyl group to a DNA acceptor. In practice, many molecules are not referred to using this terminology due to more prevalent common names. For example, RNA Polymerase is the modern common name for what was formerly known as RNA nucleotidyltransferase, a kind of nucleotidyl transferase that transfers nucleotides to th... | 33,774 | triviaqa-train |
In which children's TV programme, narrated by Derek Jacobi, would you see Iggle-Piggle and Upsy-Daisy? | of actors in costume, puppetry and computer animation. The characters include Iggle Piggle, Makka Pakka, Upsy Daisy, the Tombliboos, the Pontipines / the Wottingers, the Haahoos, the Ninky Nonk and the Pinky Ponk.
The series was announced in , and twenty episodes were first broadcast in . Two series were made, with 100... | war days, their confederacy expanded to areas from Kentucky and Virginia north. All of the members of the Confederacy, except the Oneida and Tuscarora, allied with the British during the Revolutionary War, and were forced to cede their land after the war. Most moved to Canada after the Treaty of Canandaigua in 1794, so... | 33,775 | triviaqa-train |
What is name of the piece of leather on which a barber sharpens a cut throat razor? | damage it because such use will impact the micro-alignment of the edge. Depending on use and condition, the blade can be sharpened occasionally by using a razor hone. Strops prepared with pastes containing fine grit are also used for honing but are not recommended for the inexperienced user, as they can easily rake off... | chatted with the barber during his shave. After the shave was completed, McCullough grabbed the barber's razor and cut his throat from ear to ear and slashed his wrists. He was rushed to Lawrence Memorial Hospital where he died on March 25. McCullough's funeral was held on March 28 in Brookline. He is interred at Woodl... | 33,776 | triviaqa-train |
What word for a straw or wicker basket was used as a unit of measurement, and in the north for a coal-scuttle or a beehive? | Beehive
A beehive is an enclosed, man-made structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus "Apis" live and raise their young. Though the word beehive is commonly used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes "nest" from "hive". "Nest" is used to discuss colo... | do not use coal sometimes use a coal scuttle decoratively.
Origin.
The word "scuttle" comes, via Middle English and Old English, from the Latin word "Scutula", meaning a shallow pan. An alternative name, "hod", derives from the Old French "hotte," meaning "basket," and is also used in reference to boxes used to carry b... | 33,777 | triviaqa-train |
Who is reputed to have said, 'Today, I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon'? after discoveries at Mycenae? | first evidence of this coming from the shaft graves discovered in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann. Schliemann's shaft graves came to be known as Circle A to distinguish them from the Circle B graves which were found at a later date, although Circle B are the earlier graves dated c. 1650 BC to c. 1550 BC and entirely within... | Upon discovering a human skull beneath a gold death mask in one of the tombs, he declared: "I have gazed upon the face of Agamemnon". Christos Tsountas, another member of the ASA, cleared a significant portion of the citadel during his excavations of the site beginning in 1884 and ending in 1902. Afterwards, Tsountas a... | 33,778 | triviaqa-train |
Which American Indian Lakota chief is the subject of a monument, begun in 1948, in the Black Hills of South Dakota? | ), the Crazy Horse Memorial, and the Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, the world's largest mammoth research facility.
Attractions in the Northern Hills include Spearfish Canyon, historic Deadwood, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, held each August. The first Rally was held on August 14, 1938 and the 75th Rally in 2015 saw m... | Center for American Indian Health are two notable non-profit organizations.
Education.
Rapid City institutions of higher education include the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Oglala Lakota College's He Sapa College Center, Black Hills State University - Rapid City University Center (includes classes and de... | 33,779 | triviaqa-train |
Which country is bordered by Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary and Ukraine? | Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; ), officially the Republic of Bulgaria (, "", ), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Va... | like Dutch and English are becoming more important. Parents today chose to raise their children in the Dutch language.
Usage Media.
In the media Gronings is used frequently. For example, on the local radio station "Radio Noord", Gronings is used by the presenters and listeners. On local television Gronings is used less... | 33,780 | triviaqa-train |
Tempranillo is the main grape used in which Spanish wine? | country is ninth in worldwide consumptions with Spaniards drinking, on average, 21.6 litres (5.706 US gal) per person a year. The country has an abundance of native grape varieties, with over 400 varieties planted throughout Spain though 80 percent of the country's wine production is from only 20 grapes—including the r... | In Costers del Segre, the grape is often used in Bordeaux-style blend while in Aragon (with in 2008), Navarra ( in 2008) and Castilla-La Mancha () sometimes blending with Tempranillo and other local Spanish wine grape varieties. Spain's neighbor on the Iberian peninsula, Portugal, has only a very limited amount of Merl... | 33,781 | triviaqa-train |
Where does Marsala wine come from? | least ten years
Marsala wine was traditionally served as an aperitif between the first and second courses of a meal. Contemporary diners will serve its drier versions chilled with Parmesan (stravecchio), Gorgonzola, Roquefort, and other spicy cheeses, with fruits or pastries, and the sweeter at room temperature as a de... | the early fortune of Balestrate was tied in with the rising popularity of sweet Marsala wine. In previous times it was the place where much of the grape crop was grown for the island's famous Marsala wine.
Economy.
Today Balestrate's main industry is fishing and tourism. A small town of nearly 6000 most of the year, Ba... | 33,782 | triviaqa-train |
"Who played Aragorn in the film ""Lord of the Rings""?" | of the Rings". Kari Väänänen portrayed him in the 1993 Finnish television miniseries "Hobitit".
In the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy (2001–2003) directed by Peter Jackson, Aragorn is played by Danish-American actor Viggo Mortensen who took over the role from Stuart Townsend after four days of shooting because Jackso... | List of original characters in The Lord of the Rings film series
This is a list of original characters of note found in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".
Brego.
Brego the Horse belonged to King Théoden's son, Théodred, who had just been killed in a battle with Orcs. Aragorn ... | 33,783 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Heston Blumenthal's restaurant in Bray, Berkshire? | Heston Blumenthal
Heston Marc Blumenthal OBE (; born 27 May 1966) is a British celebrity chef. He is the proprietor of The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, one of five restaurants in Great Britain to have three Michelin stars; it was voted No. 1 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2005.
Blumenthal owns the restaurant Din... | The Hind's Head
The Hind's Head, also called The Hinds Head, is a gastropub in Bray, Berkshire. The pub dates from the 15th century, and was converted into a restaurant in the 1920s. It was awarded a single Michelin star in the 2013 edition of the Michelin Guide. It has been owned by chef Heston Blumenthal since 2004.
... | 33,784 | triviaqa-train |
"Which newspaper was once called the ""Daily Herald""?" | Daily Herald (Columbia, Tennessee)
The Daily Herald is a daily newspaper in Columbia, Tennessee. The newspaper is published six days a week Sunday through Friday; the paper does not publish on Saturday. Although it is primarily distributed to Maury County, Tennessee its Newspaper Designated Market (N.D.M.) stretches in... | Cootamundra Herald
The Cootamundra Herald also published as "The Cootamundra Daily Herald" is a bi-weekly English language newspaper published in Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.
Newspaper history.
The newspaper was established in 1877 by Mr Frederic Pinkstone who was editor of the paper until in 1916 he was fo... | 33,785 | triviaqa-train |
"The ""Daily Sketch"" merged with which newspaper in 1971?" | the "Daily Graphic". In 1952, Kemsley decided to sell the paper to Associated Newspapers, the owner of the "Daily Mail", who promptly revived the "Daily Sketch" name in 1953. The paper struggled through the 1950s and 1960s, never managing to compete successfully with the "Daily Mirror", and in 1971 it was closed and me... | Louis Kirby
Louis Kirby (30 November 1928–14 October 2006) was a British newspaper editor.
In 1971, the "Sketch" merged with the "Mail". "Sketch" editor David English was appointed as editor of the merged newspaper, leaving Kirby as acting editor of the last editions of the "Sketch". He then moved to join English, beco... | 33,786 | triviaqa-train |
Which Englishman is credited with the discovery of oxygen? | helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation. However, ozone present at the surface is a byproduct of smog and thus a pollutant.
Oxygen was isolated by Michael Sendivogius before 1604, but it is commonly believed that the element was discovered independently by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in Uppsala, in 1773 or ear... | buried within Jupiter's much larger magnetic field and would show only as a local perturbation of the field lines. The satellite has a thin oxygen atmosphere that includes O, O, and possibly O (ozone). Atomic hydrogen is a minor atmospheric constituent. Whether the satellite has an ionosphere associated with its atmosp... | 33,787 | triviaqa-train |
Which British chemist/inventor first isolated the chemical element sodium? | compounds. Sodium is the sixth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and exists in numerous minerals such as feldspars, sodalite, and rock salt (NaCl). Many salts of sodium are highly water-soluble: sodium ions have been leached by the action of water from the Earth's minerals over eons, and thus sodium and chlori... | historically resulted in potassium first being isolated from the ashes of plants (potash), which in turn gave the element its modern name. The high concentration of potassium in plants means that heavy crop production rapidly depletes soils of potassium, and agricultural fertilizers consume 93% of the potassium chemica... | 33,788 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the Greek muse of history? | even then there was some variation in both their names and their attributes: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Euterpe (flutes and lyric poetry), Thalia (comedy and pastoral poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Terpsichore (dance), Erato (love poetry), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry), and Urania (astronomy).
According to Pau... | the ancient Greek philosopher Phanias, who was a pupil of Aristotle. The town is also famed in history for being the birthplace of Sappho, the legendary lyric poet also called the "Tenth Muse" and of Theophrastus, the father of classical botany. The ancient city walls are still visible from when it was an important tra... | 33,789 | triviaqa-train |
Tolpuddle is in which English county? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of... | It derives from the Old English , a river-name meaning fen or marsh, and "tūn", meaning farmstead. Several settlements along the river derive their names from it. In the upper reaches Piddletrenthide and Piddlehinton retain the piddle rivername, whereas downstream Puddletown, Tolpuddle, Affpuddle, Briantspuddle and Tur... | 33,790 | triviaqa-train |
In which city did the Peterloo Massacre occur? | Peterloo Massacre
The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on 16 August 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000–80,000 who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation.
The end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 had resulted in periods of famine a... | did send his 116 troops in response, but he appears not to have been present for the disastrous attack on the assembled crowd. Fifteen people died and hundreds were wounded. The government and landowners viewed the yeomanry's actions at Peterloo as a courageous defence against insurrection. Following the Peterloo Massa... | 33,791 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Scottish-born physician and author wrote ""A Study in Scarlet""?" | A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1886, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a co... | George Alexander Gibson
Dr George Alexander Gibson FRSE FRCPE LLD (27 January 1854 – 18 January 1913) was a Scottish physician, medical author and amateur geologist. As an author he wrote on the diverse fields of both geology and heart disease. The Gibson Memorial Lecture is named after him. He was the first to discove... | 33,792 | triviaqa-train |
"Which French author wrote ""The Black Tulip""?" | The Black Tulip
The Black Tulip is a historical novel written by Alexandre Dumas, père.
Plot.
The story begins with a historical event — the 1672 lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister) Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, by a wild mob of their own countrymen — conside... | for the David Glass Ensemble. His 1994 play "Tulip Futures" concerned Tulip mania, the seventeenth century speculation on tulips which nearly bankrupt the Dutch economy. Tulip Futures was nominated for the Peggy Ramsay Award.
"Iceman" is a black comedy about the war on drugs: an undercover policeman gets so deep into h... | 33,793 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote ""Our Man in Havana""?" | Our Man in Havana
Our Man In Havana (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the British author Graham Greene. He makes fun of intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants. The book predates the Cuban Missile Crisis, but certain aspects of the plot, not... | Germans fictitious reports, which garnered them expenses and bonuses to add to their basic salary.
One of the agents was "Garbo", a Spanish double agent in Lisbon, who gave his German handlers disinformation, by pretending to control a ring of agents all over England. In fact, he invented armed forces movements and ope... | 33,794 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote ""Elegy in a Country Churchyard?" | Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. Originally titled "Stanzas Wrote in a C... | him to hold his two livings.
Duncombe died at Canterbury 19 January 1786 and was buried there. He married in 1761 Susanna, daughter of Joseph Highmore. She and an only daughter survived him.
Works.
Among his many poems the best known were
- ‘An Evening Contemplation in a College, being a Parody on the “Elegy in a Count... | 33,795 | triviaqa-train |
A word spelt the same backwards and forwards is called what? | Palindrome
A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward, such as "madam" or "racecar" or the number "10801." Sentence-length palindromes may be written when allowances are made for adjustments to capital letters, punctuation, and word dividers, such as... | the track and on the roads.
Fosbury Flop.
Dick Fosbury was the first to do what is now called the "Fosbury Flop" to the High Jump. He learned to take advantage of the new foam landing pads (another technical innovation introduced in this era) by jumping over the bar backwards. Canadian Debbie Brill started doing the "B... | 33,796 | triviaqa-train |
Frederick Delius was born where? | in 1962 by his more dedicated followers, continues to promote knowledge of the composer's life and works, and sponsors the annual Delius Prize competition for young musicians.
Life.
Life Early years.
Delius was born in Bradford in Yorkshire. He was baptised as "Fritz Theodor Albert Delius", and used the forename Fritz ... | Hans Haym
Hans Haym (29 November 1860 – 15 February 1921) was a German conductor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As musical director in the town of Elberfeld he championed the works of the then unknown English composer Frederick Delius before that composer's works were heard in his native country.... | 33,797 | triviaqa-train |
In which city was L S. Lowry born? | L. S. Lowry
Laurence Stephen Lowry (; 1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist. Many of his drawings and paintings depict Pendlebury, Lancashire, where he lived and worked for more than 40 years, and also Salford and its surrounding areas.
Lowry is famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial d... | Hilda Margery Clarke
Hilda Margery Clarke (born 10 June 1926) is an English painter and art gallery curator who was a friend and student of L. S. Lowry.
Biography.
Born in Manchester as the younger daughter of Frank Thompson, she met Lowry when she was aged 14. Her maternal grandfather, architect Arthur Mattinson, had ... | 33,798 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city was called Deva by the Romans? | Deva Victrix
Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a legionary fortress and town in the Roman province of Britannia on the site of the modern city of Chester. The fortress was built by the Legio II "Adiutrix" in the AD 70s as the Roman army advanced north against the Brigantes, and rebuilt completely over the next few deca... | and numbers in the full zodiac. Nādi texts use this concept of Nādi as the basic unit for prediction. That is why they are called "Nādi amshas".
"Chandra Kalā Nadi", which is also known as "Deva Keralam", was published by Sagar Publications in 1992, edited and translated into English by R Santhanam. It is a compilation... | 33,799 | triviaqa-train |
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