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"""Being and Nothingness"" was a 1946 work by which French philosopher?" | Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology (), sometimes published with the subtitle A Phenomenological Essay on Ontology, is a 1943 book by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. In the book, Sartre develops a philosophical account in support of his existentialism, dealing with topic... | the later Buddhism.
Nishida was the first to thoroughly expand the Eastern notion of nothingness in the Continental paradigm and is thus responsible for bringing to the West a clearer understanding of the Buddhist notion of non-being.
It can also be associated more recently, with the emphasis placed upon absence or def... | 34,000 | triviaqa-train |
"""The Concept of Irony"" was a 1820s philosophical work by which Dane?" | crime fiction television series, "Columbo". The character Lt. Columbo is seemingly naïve and incompetent. His untidy appearance adds to this fumbling illusion. As a result, he is underestimated by the suspects in murder cases he is investigating. With their guard down and their false sense of confidence, Lt. Columbo is... | themes.
Life and work.
Armstrong's work has covered a range of themes including art, beauty, and civilisation. His work focuses on restoring traditional ways of thought by their modern application. Positive reviews of Armstrong's books have noted his accessible style and the importance of reviving the concepts of which... | 34,001 | triviaqa-train |
"Which poet guided Dante through Hell in ""The Divine Comedy""?" | Virgil's "Aeneid" (written between 29 and 19 BCE); and the Indian epics, the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata". Epic poetry, including the "Odyssey", the "Gathas", and the Indian "Vedas", appears to have been composed in poetic form as an aid to memorization and oral transmission in prehistoric and ancient societies.
Ot... | descended from Latin, in composing their greatest works. The oldest literary pieces written in Florentine go as far back as the 13th century. Florence's literature fully blossomed in the 14th century, when not only Dante with his "Divine Comedy" (1306–1321) and Petrarch, but also poets such as Guido Cavalcanti and Lapo... | 34,002 | triviaqa-train |
Which great Assyrian city is named in the opening line of the poem Cargoes by John Masefield? | Adad I, Iptar-Sin, Bazaya, Lullaya, Shu-Ninua and Sharma-Adad II appear to have had peaceful and largely uneventful reigns
Assyria remained strong and secure; when Babylon was sacked and its Amorite rulers deposed by the Hittite Empire and subsequently fell to the Kassites in 1595 BC, both powers were unable to make an... | 1923.
"Salt-Water Poems and Ballads" includes "Sea-Fever" and "Cargoes", two of Masefield's best known poems.
"Sea-Fever".
"Sea-Fever" first appeared in "Salt-Water Ballads" – Masefield's first volume of poetry published in 1902 in London by Grant Richards.
In "The Collected Poems of John Masefield" the opening line wa... | 34,003 | triviaqa-train |
Which Chuck Berry song is performed by Marty McFly at the end of the film Back to the Future? | Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry refined and develope... | Marty McFly, Marvin Berry and the Starlighters in the film, was recorded by Harry Waters, Jr. as Marvin Berry and Mark Campbell as Marty McFly, and the guitar solo by Tim May. (Campbell and May received a "Special Thanks" acknowledgment in the film's end credits, with the recording credit going to the fictional charact... | 34,004 | triviaqa-train |
To which Tom Jones song is the final striptease performed in the film The Full Monty? | Fear City" (1984), by Abel Ferrara, about a mass-murderer who terrorizes dancers working at a seedy strip club in Times Square, New York City. The erotic drama "9½ Weeks" (1986) depicted Kim Basinger stripping to the tune of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Joe Cocker. "Stripped to Kill" (1987) was an exploitation film f... | The Full Monty
The Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber and Hugo Speer. The screenplay was written by Simon Beaufoy. The film is set in Sheffield, England and, starting off with a travelogue of th... | 34,005 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name coined by Arthur Cayley to a group of numbers displayed in rows and columns to form a rectangular array? | .
The size of a matrix is defined by the number of rows and columns that it contains. A matrix with "m" rows and "n" columns is called an "m" × "n" matrix or "m"-by-"n" matrix, while "m" and "n" are called its "dimensions". For example, the matrix A above is a 3 × 2 matrix.
Matrices with a single row are called "row ve... | Varieties of bands Zero bands.
A left zero band is a band satisfying the equation
- "xy" = "x",
whence its Cayley table has constant rows.
Symmetrically, a right zero band is one satisfying
- "xy" = "y",
so that the Cayley table has constant columns.
Varieties of bands Rectangular bands.
A rectangular band is a band "S... | 34,006 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the 6th book of the New Testament following the four gospels and Acts of The Apostles? | message of Christ was sent to the Gentiles because the Jews rejected it. Luke–Acts can be also seen as a defense of (or "apology" for) the Jesus movement addressed to the Jews: the bulk of the speeches and sermons in Acts are addressed to Jewish audiences, with the Romans serving as external arbiters on disputes concer... | British Library, Add. 14470
British Library, Add. 14470, Syriac manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 5th or 6th century. It is one of the oldest manuscript of Peshitta with complete text of the New Testament.
Contents.
- Pericope Adulterae
- Four Gospels (usual or... | 34,007 | triviaqa-train |
What is the penultimate book of the New Testament? | in which this order originated and were later inserted after 2 Thessalonians and before Philemon. Hebrews was variously incorporated into the "Corpus Paulinum" either after 2 Thessalonians, after Philemon (i.e. at the very end), or after Romans.
The New Testament of the 16th-century Luther Bible continues, to this day,... | as on par with the Old Testament. A four gospel canon (the "Tetramorph") was asserted by Ireanaeus, who refers to it directly.
The oldest list of books for the New Testament canon is the Muratorian fragment dating to c. 170. It shows that by 200 there existed a set of Christian writings somewhat similar to what is now ... | 34,008 | triviaqa-train |
"The song ""I Could Have Danced All Night"" comes from which musical?" | adapted for musical films, such as "West Side Story", "My Fair Lady", "The Sound of Music", "Oliver!" and "Chicago".
Definitions and scope Comparisons with opera.
Musical theatre is closely related to the theatrical form of opera, but the two are usually distinguished by weighing a number of factors. First, musicals ge... | . Zoe Tyler then asked her to sing the final lines from her audition piece, "I Could Have Danced All Night".
In week four she sang "Songbird" by Christine McVie, which resulted in her being named the unofficial "Maria of the night". Andrew Lloyd Webber chose her to perform "Truly Scrumptious" with the children from the... | 34,009 | triviaqa-train |
The word poodle for the breed of dog originated from which language? | Poodle
Poodles are a group of formal dog breeds, the Standard Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle. The origin of the breed is still discussed, with a prominent dispute over whether the poodle descends from Germany as a type of water dog, or from the French Barbet.
Ranked second most intelligent dog breed just behin... | root (linguistics)|root]] of the verb "tithēmi" = "I place").
- The dog breed [[labradoodle|"labrad•oodle"]] (a cross between a [[Labrador Retriever]] and [[Poodle]]) has been rebracketed to "labra•doodle" leading to the "doodle" suffix in other poodle crossbreeds such as the [[goldendoodle]] and Aussiedoodle.
- The wo... | 34,010 | triviaqa-train |
Which breed of dog originated in Germany, and is known in that country as the German Mastiff? | Great Dane
The Great Dane is a German breed of domestic dog known for its giant size.
The record holder for the tallest dog ever is a Great Dane called Zeus (died September 2014; aged 5), who measured from paw to shoulder. The tallest living dog is another Dane named Freddy, measuring .
History.
In Austria and Germany ... | Bully Kutta
The Bully Kutta, also known as, Indian Mastiff or Pakistani Mastiff is a type of large-sized working dog that originated in the Indian subcontinent, dating back to the 16th century. The Bully Kutta is a working dog used for hunting and guarding. The dog breed is popular in the Punjab region of India and Pak... | 34,011 | triviaqa-train |
"Who plays Sheldon Cooper in ""The Big Bang Theory""?" | won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series four times for Jim Parsons. It has so far won seven Emmy Awards from 46 nominations. Parsons also won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series in 2011. The series has so far won 56 awards from 216 nominations. It has also spawned a pr... | plays a role in several episodes, including "Star Mitzvah", in which he deceives Frasier into believing a speech is written in Hebrew when it is really in the Klingon language.
The main characters from the sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", especially Sheldon Cooper, make various references to and are big fans of "Star Trek... | 34,012 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote ""Love on The Dole""?" | Love on the Dole
Love on the Dole is a novel by Walter Greenwood, about working class poverty in 1930s Northern England. It has been made into both a play and a film.
The novel.
Walter Greenwood's novel (1933) was written during the early 1930s as a response to the crisis of unemployment, which was being felt locally, ... | journalists, and politicians, who were all moved by its description of poverty, but, more importantly, by its account of a working-class community attempting to deal with that poverty with dignity and intelligence. Reviewing the American edition of the novel, Iris Barry wrote that, ""Love on the Dole" is the real thing... | 34,013 | triviaqa-train |
Regan and Goneril are two of King Lear's daughters, who is the third? | King Lear of Britain, elderly and wanting to retire from the duties of the monarchy, decides to divide his realm among his three daughters, and declares he will offer the largest share to the one who loves him most. The eldest, Goneril, speaks first, declaring her love for her father in fulsome terms. Moved by her flat... | Goneril
Goneril is a character in Shakespeare's tragic play "King Lear" (1605). She is the eldest of King Lear's three daughters. Along with her sister Regan, Goneril is considered a villain, obsessed with power and overthrowing her elderly father as ruler of the kingdom of Britain. Her aggression is a rare trait for a... | 34,014 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of Yemen | 200 islands, including the largest island in the Middle East, Socotra. Yemen is a member of the Arab League, United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Yemen's constitutionally stated capital is the city of Sana'a, but the city has been under Houthi rebel control since February 20... | Aden Governorate
Aden ( "ʻAdan") is a governorate of Yemen, including the city of Aden. At the 2004 census it had a population of 589,419. The ancient capital, the port city of Crater, was located here.
Aden was under British rule in the period from 1839 to 1967. In 1967, after years of struggle, Aden and other souther... | 34,015 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of Bhutan? | Thimphu
Thimphu (; ; formerly spelt as Thimbu or Thimpu) is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's "dzongkhags", the Thimphu District. The ancient capital city of Punakha was replaced as capital by Thimph... | Bhutan News Service
Bhutan News Service, abbreviated as BNS, is the first news agency of Bhutan. It is run as an independent news agency by Bhutanese refugee journalists since 2004 from Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. This is, probably, first of its kind considering a very few refugee media or journalism in exile... | 34,016 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Mrs Bandaranaike become Prime Minister of Ceylon? | Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (, ; 17 April 1916 – 10 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman. She became the world's first non-hereditary female head of government in modern history, when she was elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960. She ser... | to his cabinet as the first Minister of Health and Local Government of Ceylon and he was elected as the Leader of the House. Effectively this made Bandaranaike the most senior member of the cabinet, after the Prime Minister. In fact, Senanayake had Sir Oliver Goonetilleke discuss with Bandaranaike as leader of the Sinh... | 34,017 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last British King to rule over Ireland? | , George III, Britain's American colonies were lost, the former colonies having formed the United States of America, but British influence elsewhere in the world continued to grow, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created by the Acts of Union 1800.
From 1811 to 1820, George III suffered a severe ... | Reform
Origins.
The building that was to become Government Buildings was the last major public building constructed under British rule in Ireland. The foundation stone for the building was laid by King Edward VII in 1904. It was built on the site of a row of Georgian houses that were being controversially demolished on... | 34,018 | triviaqa-train |
"The poem ?Funeral Blue? begins with the words ""Stop all the clocks.."". Who wrote it?" | Funeral Blues
"Funeral Blues" or "Stop all the clocks" is a poem by W. H. Auden. An early version was published in 1936, but the poem in its final, familiar form was first published in "The Year's Poetry" (London, 1938).
Titles and versions.
The first, and less widely known, version of the poem, written and published i... | self-destroying climber Michael Ransom) an examination of Auden's own motives in taking on a public role as a political poet. This play included the first version of "Funeral Blues" ("Stop all the clocks"), written as a satiric eulogy for a politician; Auden later rewrote the poem as a "Cabaret Song" about lost love (w... | 34,019 | triviaqa-train |
What is the county town of the Scottish county of Angus? | , Bute, Banff, Caithness, Clackmannan, Cromarty, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Elgin, Fife, Kinross, Kirkcudbright, Linlithgow, Nairn, Orkney & Zetland, Peebles, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Sutherland, Stirling and Wigtown; those appointed for life were Perth, Forfar and Ayr; those held at pleasure were Aberdeen, Berwick, Edinb... | .
- Aberdeen Angus — both the city of Aberdeen and the county of Angus
- Aberdeen roll — the city of Aberdeen
- Angus beef and Angus burger — the county of Angus
- Arbroath smokie — fish from the town of Arbroath, Angus
- Selkirk bannock — raisin bread from the town of Selkirk, Scottish Borders
- Bonchester cheese — Bo... | 34,020 | triviaqa-train |
On which Scottish Island is the town of Lochmaddy? | Lochmaddy
Lochmaddy (, "Loch of the Hounds") is the administrative centre of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. "Na Madaidhean" (the wolves/hounds) are rocks in the bay after which the loch, and subsequently the village, are named. Lochmaddy is within the parish of North Uist.
Geography.
Lochmaddy lies on the ... | Lochboisdale
Lochboisdale () is the main village and port on the island of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Lochboisdale is within the parish of South Uist, and is situated on the shore of Loch Baghasdail at the southern end of the A865.
History.
The town profited from the herring boom in the 19th century, and a s... | 34,021 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of British Columbia's most popular ski resort, which was home to the alpine skiing events in the 2010 Winter Olympics? | 's government, 85% of the province's land base was transferred from Government Reserve to management by the Ministry of Forests, reporting of deputy ministers was centralized to the Premier's Office, and NDP-instigated social programs were rolled back, with then-Human Resources Minister infamously demonstrating a golde... | 2007)
Winter sports.
During the 1984 Winter Olympics, the mountains of Bjelašnica, Jahorina and Igman hosted the skiing events. These are the most visited skiing mountains in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Jahorina ski resort was the site of the women's alpine skiing events. The men's alpine events were held at Bjelašnica. At Igm... | 34,022 | triviaqa-train |
At which battle of 1471 was Richard Neville aka Warwick the Kingmaker killed? | Edward's brother, George, Duke of Clarence, Warwick instead restored Henry VI to the throne. The triumph was short-lived, however: on 14 April 1471, Warwick was defeated by Edward at the Battle of Barnet, and killed.
Warwick's historical legacy has been a matter of much dispute. Historical opinion has alternated betwee... | Richard Neville
Richard Neville may refer to:
- Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), "Warwick the Kingmaker", English noble, fought in the Wars of the Roses
- Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400–1460), Yorkist leader during the Wars of the Roses, father of the 16th Earl of Warwick
- Richard Nevil... | 34,023 | triviaqa-train |
'All that glisters is not gold' is a line from which Shakespeare play? | The popular form of the expression is a derivative of a line in William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice", which employs the word "glisters," a 17th-century synonym for "glitters." The line comes from a secondary plot of the play, the puzzle of Portia's boxes (Act II - Scene VII - Prince of Morocco):
Panning ... | "All that glitters is not gold".
- "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" – poem by Thomas Gray which ends "Nor all, that glisters, gold"
External links.
- Context of Shakespeare's quote at enotes.com | 34,024 | triviaqa-train |
In the Lake District National Park, as what are Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle and Pike of Stickle collectively known? | Pavey Ark
Pavey Ark is a fell in the English county of Cumbria. It is one of the Langdale Pikes, lying to the north of Great Langdale, in the heart of the Lake District, immediately to the north-east of Harrison Stickle.
Topography.
From the shores of Stickle Tarn, Pavey Ark gives the impression of being a rocky ridge.... | (2,500 ft)
2. Sergeant Man, 736 m (2,415 ft)
3. Harrison Stickle, 736 m (2,415 ft)
4. Ullscarf, 726 m (2,382 ft)
5. Thunacar Knott, 723 m (2,372 ft)
6. Pike of Stickle, 709 m (2,326 ft)
7. Pavey Ark, 700 m (2,297 ft)
8. Loft Crag, 680 m (2,231 ft)
9. High | 34,025 | triviaqa-train |
Who owned a teddy bear called Archibald Ormsby-Gore? | Archibald Ormsby-Gore
Archibald Ormsby-Gore, better known as Archie, was the teddy-bear of English poet laureate John Betjeman. Together with a toy elephant known as Jumbo, he was a lifelong companion of Betjeman's.
Betjeman brought his bear with him when he went up to university at Oxford in the 1920s, and as a result... | Archibald Ormsby-Gore.
- Lady Julia Flyte – The elder daughter of Lord and Lady Marchmain, who comes out as a debutante in the beginning of the story, eventually marrying Rex Mottram. Charles loves her for much of their lives, due in part to her resemblance to her brother Sebastian. Julia refuses at first to be control... | 34,026 | triviaqa-train |
After China, India and the USA, what is the world's most populous country? | . In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
The Indian subcontinent was home to the Indus Valley Civilisation of the bronze age. In India's Iron Age, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism were composed, s... | List of states and union territories of India by population
India is a union of 29 states and 7 union territories. As of 2011, with an estimated population of 1.2 billion, India is the world's second most populous country after the People's Republic of China. India occupies 2.4% of the world's land and is home to 17.5%... | 34,027 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 and the Peace Prize in 1962? | people who have received two Nobel Prizes in sciences (see Multiple laureates below).
Specially distinguished laureates.
Specially distinguished laureates Multiple laureates.
Four people have received two Nobel Prizes. Marie Curie received the Physics Prize in 1903 for her work on radioactivity and the Chemistry Prize ... | DNA, which in turn made it possible for geneticists to crack the DNA code of all organisms.
In his later years he promoted nuclear disarmament, as well as orthomolecular medicine, megavitamin therapy, and dietary supplements. None of the latter have gained much acceptance in the mainstream scientific community.
For his... | 34,028 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer was played by Diana Ross in the 1972 film 'Lady Sings The Blues'? | Lady Sings the Blues (film)
Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 American biographical drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie about jazz singer Billie Holiday, loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from one of Holiday's most popular songs. It was produced by Motown Productions for Paramount P... | CD in the U.S. Clark became famous in England as the "white negress" (a nickname meant as a compliment), because the six-foot platinum blonde, blue-eyed soul singer toured with fellow Motown artists, who were predominantly black.
Clark co-wrote the screenplay for the 1972 motion picture "Lady Sings the Blues" starring ... | 34,029 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister of the UK at the time of the abdication of Edward VIII? | address the nation. Stanley Baldwin, a master of the radio broadcast in the 1920s and 1930s, reached a national audience in his talks filled with homely advice and simple expressions of national pride. Churchill also used the radio to great effect, inspiring, reassuring and informing the people with his speeches during... | by American architect G. Albert Lansburgh for the hotel's Empire Room. In January 1937, a mural depicting the abdication of Britain's King Edward VIII in December 1936 to marry American divorcée and socialite, Wallis Simpson, was added to the bar. This mural came at a time when the abdication crisis was world news and ... | 34,030 | triviaqa-train |
Dustin Hoffman played the role of an autistic savant in the film 'Rain Man'. Who played the part of his younger brother Charlie? | he loves the film:
Next came director Barry Levinson's "Rain Man" (1988), where Hoffman starred as an autistic savant, opposite Tom Cruise. Levinson, Hoffman and Cruise worked for two years on the film, and Hoffman's performance gained him his second Academy Award. Behind Hoffman's motivation for doing the film, he has... | . Renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote about him in a chapter on prodigies in his book "An Anthropologist on Mars".
In 1989, Wiltshire appeared on the cover of "You" magazine with actor Dustin Hoffman, who had portrayed autistic savant Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 Oscar-winning film, "Rain Man", which Wiltshire consi... | 34,031 | triviaqa-train |
The oldest extant version of the Bible made by Jerome in the 4th century is known by which name? | was made, the people in the courtyard were to prostrate themselves completely as they heard it spoken aloud. As the Temple has not been rebuilt since its destruction in 70 , most modern Jews never pronounce YHWH but instead read Adonai ("My Lord") during prayer and while reading the Torah and as HaShem ("The Name") at ... | in the 16th century by French printer Robert Estienne and is now usually cited by book, chapter, and verse. The division of the Hebrew Bible into verses is based on the "sof passuk" cantillation mark used by the 10th-century Masoretes to record the verse divisions used in earlier oral traditions.
The oldest extant copy... | 34,032 | triviaqa-train |
Which US city is the setting for the TV drama series 'Treme' (pronounced Tremmay)? | Zahn, and features musical performances by several New Orleans-based artists.
The series takes its name from Tremé, a neighborhood of New Orleans. It begins three months after Hurricane Katrina as the residents, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians, try to rebuild their lives, their ... | Treme (TV series)
Treme ( ) is an American television drama series created by David Simon and Eric Overmyer that aired on HBO. The series premiered on April 11, 2010, and concluded on December 29, 2013, comprising four seasons and 36 episodes. The series features an ensemble cast, including Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown,... | 34,033 | triviaqa-train |
Which city is linked to the motorway network by the M32? | M32 motorway
The M32 is a motorway in South Gloucestershire and Bristol, England, which at roughly is one of Britain's shortest. It provides a link from the M4, a major motorway linking London and South Wales, to Bristol city centre and is maintained by Highways England, the national roads body.
The motorway was planne... | removed by 1958. Plans to use the disused trackbed as part of a light rail scheme linking the city centre to the northern suburbs were formed in the late 1990s, with the aim of an operational scheme by 2008, but the plans had been shelved by 2004. It was suggested in 2008 that the trackbed could be used as a cycle path... | 34,034 | triviaqa-train |
How high, in feet, is a hockey goal (not ice hockey)? | Russia and much of Eastern Europe. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the formal governing body for international ice hockey, with the IIHF managing international tournaments and maintaining the IIHF World Ranking. Worldwide, there are ice hockey federations in 76 countries.
In Canada, the United States,... | the ball much like in ice or grass hockey.
Game play.
Moscow Broomball follows the typical layout of a ball-and-goal game like football or hockey – get the ball into the opponents' goal – and there are few rules beyond that, other than for safety. Feet may be used to stop the ball but not to propel it (this rule is int... | 34,035 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Commander-in-Chief of American ground forces in planning the invasion of France in 1944 and Commander of the US 1st Army on D Day? | Service Command, assumed command of First Army until Headquarters, First Army was activated in Bristol, England in January 1944 under command of General Omar Bradley.
History World War II.
First Army's entry into World War II began in October 1943 as Bradley returned to Washington, D.C. to receive his command and began... | planning for the invasion of Europe before Eisenhower's appointment. and moulded the plan into the final version, which was executed on 6 June 1944. That process was shaped by Eisenhower and the land forces commander for the initial part of the invasion, General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery.
SHAEF remained in the United ... | 34,036 | triviaqa-train |
What substance crystallises in the gall bladder to form gall stones? | gallstone formation.
Cholesterol modifying medications can affect gallstone formation. Statins inhibit cholesterol synthesis and there is evidence that their use may decrease the risk of getting gallstones. Fibrates increase cholesterol concentration in bile and their use has been associated with an increased risk of g... | and no mention of malignancy or pain (tenderness) was made. These points are commonly misquoted or confused in the medical literature.
Exceptions.
Exceptions to Courvoisier's law imply that a stone is responsible for jaundice and a non-tender, palpable gall bladder. Typically gall bladder stones form slowly which allow... | 34,037 | triviaqa-train |
Plato was the pupil of which famous teacher? | Plato
Plato (; "Plátōn", in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.
He is widely considered the pivotal figure... | Polus
Polus (Greek: Πῶλος, "colt"; fl. c. 5th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek philosophical figure best remembered for his depiction in the writing of Plato. He was a pupil of the famous orator Gorgias, and teacher of oratory from the city of Acragas, Sicily.
Ideas.
All that is known of Polus derives from the Socrati... | 34,038 | triviaqa-train |
In the Second World War, what was Operation Avalanche? | Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place on 3 September 1943 during the early stages of the Italian Campaign of World War II. The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising General Mark W. Clark'... | Hall opened in 1929 with a capacity of 1,200.
The warehouse buildings rose from the Regent's Canal without a towpath to interrupt development, giving direct access to the canal. A row of Victorian workshops was built on Wadeson Street in what was a historically Jewish precinct. This became very overcrowded with 572 inh... | 34,039 | triviaqa-train |
Who is chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra? | plaster, was replaced with concrete. In 1997 Libor Pešek resigned as principal conductor and was given the title of conductor laureate. He was succeeded by Petr Altrichter who continued in the post until 2001, being followed by Gerard Schwarz. Schwarz resigned in 2006 and his place as principal conductor was taken by t... | Czech Philharmonic. Since 2007, Pešek has been chief conductor of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. He is scheduled to stand down as its chief conductor at the close of the 2018-2019 season.
In the UK, Pešek was music director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) from 1987 to 1998, and now holds th... | 34,040 | triviaqa-train |
Kelly Sotherton won an Olympic bronze medal in which athletics event in the 2004 games? | following disqualification for doping offences of the teams finishing in third and fourth place.
Sotherton received her bronze medal from the 4x400 metre relay at the London Anniversary Games on 21st July 2018 along with her team mates. She then received her second bronze medal from the Heptathlon two months later on 1... | the bronze medal was awarded to the 2004 bronze medalist Kelly Sotherton, .
Records broken.
During these 2008 Summer Olympic Games, 17 new Olympic records and 5 new world records were set in the athletics events.
See also.
- Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
External links.
- Official IAAF website
- Olympics Pic... | 34,041 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of JFK Airport in New York prior to 1963? | as New York International Airport and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. Following John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport as a tribute to the 35th President.
History.
History Construction and early operations.
John F. Kennedy International Airport was... | JFK (disambiguation)
JFK are the initials by which John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), the 35th President of the United States, was often referred to.
JFK may also refer to:
Transportation in the United States.
- John F. Kennedy International Airport, serving New York City (IATA code and commonly used name "JFK")
- Howard Bea... | 34,042 | triviaqa-train |
Which literary heroine was played in a 2011 film by Mia Wasikowska? | As of June 2018, it is the 31st-highest-grossing film of all time.
From March to May 2010, Wasikowska filmed Cary Fukunaga's adaptation of "Jane Eyre", in which she starred as the title character opposite Michael Fassbender as Mr. Rochester. She began reading the novel after completion of "Alice in Wonderland", during ... | , set in present-day England; the characters are inspired by those in Carroll's novels.
- "Alice in Murderland" (2010) A horror movie based on characters from "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland".
- "Alice in Wonderland", (2010), a film by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in which a 19-year-old Alice pl... | 34,043 | triviaqa-train |
Which motorway connects Glasgow and Edinburgh? | mid-2005 at Crownpoint Road with Lottery Funding and City grants to serve community needs in the area. Now called the "Glasgow Club Crownpoint Sports Complex", the centre provides service such as sports facilities, health advice, stress management, leisure and vocational classes. To the north of the East End lie the tw... | hour to Rugeley with fewer trains in the evenings and on Sundays. There is also a suburban station at Bescot.
Walsall is extremely well connected within the UK road network as it is served by the M6 which connects the M1 motorway towards London and M74 motorway towards Glasgow. There are three nearby junctions which se... | 34,044 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional town was the setting for the TV series 'Z-Cars'? | Z-Cars
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Lancashire. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
The series differed sharply from earlier police procedurals. With its l... | Second Verdict
Second Verdict is a six-part BBC television series from 1976, of dramatised documentaries in which classic criminal cases and unsolved crimes from history were re-appraised by fictional police officers. In "Second Verdict", Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor reprised for a final time their double-act as D... | 34,045 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is Verdi's opera 'Aida' set? | Aida
Aida () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 December 1871, in a performance conducted by Giovanni Bottesini. Today the work holds a central pl... | UK, and Australia. In 1995 she established a studio in California to develop an interior design business.
The San Diego Opera commissioned her to design the costumes for her first opera, "The Magic Flute", in 2001. Rhodes continued her association with the San Diego Opera in 2004 when she designed the set and costumes ... | 34,046 | triviaqa-train |
How high is the post on which the ring and net are suspended in netball? | was played over only two weeks. According to Proteas captain Elsje Jordaan, it was hoped that the competition would create an opportunity for players to become professional.
The American Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) hosts two tournaments each year: the Caribbean Netball Association (CNA) Under 16 Champions... | high mortality numbers, a greater number of fish must be caught in order to offset post catch death.
Muroami.
Muroami is a destructive artisan fishing method employed on coral reefs in Southeast Asia. An encircling net is used with pounding devices, such as large stones fitted on ropes that are pounded onto the coral r... | 34,047 | triviaqa-train |
Which organ in the body secretes insulin and glucagon to regulate blood sugar levels? | at Rockefeller University in 1915, but World War I interrupted his work and he did not return to it.
In 1916, Nicolae Paulescu developed an aqueous pancreatic extract which, when injected into a diabetic dog, had a normalizing effect on blood-sugar levels. He had to interrupt his experiments because of World War I, and... | Blood sugar regulation
Blood sugar regulation is the process by which the levels of blood sugar, primarily glucose, are maintained by the body within a narrow range. This tight regulation is referred to as glucose homeostasis. Insulin, which lowers blood sugar, and glucagon, which raises it, are the most well known of ... | 34,048 | triviaqa-train |
Which Russian general led the defence of Moscow and the relief of Stalingrad during World War II? | Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (30 September 1895 – 5 December 1977), a Russian career-officer in the Red Army, attained the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943. He served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces and Deputy Minister of Defense during World War II, and... | the Moscow Regional Party Committee in 1938, a post he held until his death.
During the German-Soviet War, Shcherbakov served as the head of the political directorate of the Red Army (with the rank of colonel general) in Moscow, and at the same time was director of the Soviet Information Bureau. According to Antony Be... | 34,049 | triviaqa-train |
The Vinson Massif is the highest mountain area in which continent? | Vinson Massif
Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located about from the South Pole. Vinson Massif was discovered in January... | in turn, clearly differentiate three geographic areas in the Land of O'Higgins: the western slope, the central plateau and the eastern slope.
Antartandes reach the 3239 meters of altitude in the Mount Hope.
Within the land claimed by Chile, in southwest of the territory are the highest summits of the Antarctic continen... | 34,050 | triviaqa-train |
How many spoons are there in a full set of Apostle spoons? | century in Europe as spoons used at table (often produced in sets of thirteen, the thirteenth, showing Jesus, usually being referred to as the 'Saviour' or 'Master' spoon). The British Museum in London has a set from England dating from 1536–7 which has a figure of the Virgin Mary on the thirteenth spoon. By the sixtee... | station when the couple are being seen off on their honeymoon and the scene she creates with her entreaties to Merrick which are later revealed to regard Hari Kumar's imprisonment.
Barbie buys a set of silver Apostle spoons as a wedding gift. In order to make up for having the wedding out of town, Mildred throws a buff... | 34,051 | triviaqa-train |
A standard (Double 6) set of Dominoes contains how many dominoes? | deck" or "pack". The traditional Sino-European domino set consists of 28 dominoes, featuring all combinations of spot counts between zero and six. A domino set is a generic gaming device, similar to playing cards or dice, in that a variety of games can be played with a set.
The earliest mention of dominoes is from Song... | round, the dominoes are placed face side down, shuffled, and drawn by players to form their hands. Using the double-nine set,
players draw dominoes as follows:
- 2–4 players: 10 dominoes each
- 5–6 players: 9 dominoes each
- 7–8 players: 7 dominoes each
Any remaining dominoes are placed to one side, forming the "boney... | 34,052 | triviaqa-train |
The River Volga flows into which sea? | Volga River
The Volga (; ) is the longest river in Europe with a catchment area of 1,350,000 square kilometres. It is also Europe's largest river in terms of discharge and drainage basin. The river flows through central Russia and into the Caspian Sea, and is widely regarded as the national river of Russia, being an im... | Veslyana River
Veslyana River () – is a river in Perm Krai and Komi Republic, Russia, a left tributary of the Kama River, which in turn is a tributary of the Volga River.
It starts in the southeastern portion of Ust-Kulomsky District of the Komi Republic, about from the border with Perm Krai. It flows through the Gayn... | 34,053 | triviaqa-train |
Found on bottles, what is the meaning of A.B.V.? | 50 mL of water, then mix the two together. The resulting volume of solution will likely not measure 100 mL due to the change of volume on mixing.
Typical levels.
Details about typical amounts of alcohol contained in various beverages can be found in the articles about them.
Alcohol proof.
Another way of specifying the ... | has been introduced to Puerto Rico by a licensed distributor there, V. Suárez & Co. Inc., of Guaynabo, intended to be sold cheaply. The can is black with a blue "V9" and is labeled as 5.9% alc./vol.
In the province of Ontario (and most of Canada), Keystone Light is available in bottles, cans, and tall cans at 4.0% A.B.... | 34,054 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the national flower of Mexico? | Dahlia
Dahlia ( or ) is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico. A member of the Asteraceae (or Compositae), dicotyledonous plants, related species include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia. There are 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flow... | Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary located 100 nautical miles (185 kilometers) offshore of Galveston, Texas in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
Underlying salt domes forced the seafloor upward in various areas of the Gulf o... | 34,055 | triviaqa-train |
Which royal title is held by Prince Edward? | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964) is the youngest of four children and the third son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was third in line of succession to the British throne; he is 11th. Th... | in recognition of Sandringham House, which was one of the King's favourite residences. Edward held the title Prince of Wales for 59 years, making him the longest-serving holder.
A derivative of the badge is that used by the Prince's Trust, a charitable organisation that helps young people.
Many pubs in the UK are named... | 34,056 | triviaqa-train |
How many astronauts have walked on the Moon? | a "space tourist" (as of 2019, nobody has yet qualified for this status)
Space travel milestones.
The first human in space was Soviet Yuri Gagarin, who was launched on April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1 and orbited around the Earth for 108 minutes. The first woman in space was Soviet Valentina Tereshkova, who launched on ... | Purdue University College of Engineering
The Purdue University College of Engineering is one of eight major academic divisions, or "colleges", of Purdue University. Established in 1874 with programs in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, the college now offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in more than a dozen discipline... | 34,057 | triviaqa-train |
Which title is held by Princess Margaret's son David Armstrong Jones? | Monaco with her mother.
She went to St Mary's School, Wantage, where she was described as being "more interested in lacrosse than Latin". After leaving St Mary's School, she went on to study art in Italy. She also attended a finishing school in Switzerland.
Career.
In 1989, she joined Sotheby's as a trainee. She then w... | . Her youngest son Geoffrey Pole married well, to Constance, daughter of Edmund Pakenham, and inherited the estate of Lordington in Sussex.
Margaret's own favour at Court varied. She had a dispute over land with Henry VIII in 1518; he awarded the contested lands to the Duchy of Somerset, which had been held by his Beau... | 34,058 | triviaqa-train |
"Known in English as ""The Soldiers Song"" is the national anthem of which European country?" | said the Irish lyrics sound worse than the English ones, which rhyme and so are easier to learn.
Ulster unionists regard the anthem as specific to the Republic of Ireland, not symbolic of the whole island of Ireland, and deprecate its use with United Ireland symbolism as irredentism. (The symbolism of flags in Northern... | the song was first sung by the bard himself at a session in Besant Theosophical College in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh on February 28, 1919. The song enthralled the college authorities and they adopted the English version of the song as their prayer song which is sung till today. Margaret Cousins (an expert in European... | 34,059 | triviaqa-train |
Which letter in Morse Code is represented by Dot Dash? | Morse code
Morse code is a character encoding scheme used in telecommunication that encodes text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations called "dots" and "dashes" or "dits" and "dahs". Morse code is named for Samuel F. B. Morse, an inventor of the telegraph.
The International Morse Code ... | "volenti non fit injuria" and, as an alternative, contributory negligence by Conradie.
Findings.
The court held that both drivers had been negligent, and that the negligence of each was equally to blame. Vorster had been "volens" in respect of the mechanical hazards, over which the drivers had no reasonable or immediat... | 34,060 | triviaqa-train |
Who devised and created the Blake's Seven TV series? | Blake's 7
Blake's 7 (sometimes styled Blakes7) is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also created the Daleks for the television series "Doctor Who". The script editor was Chris Boucher.... | Star Cops
Star Cops is a British science fiction television series first broadcast on BBC2 in 1987. It was devised by Chris Boucher, a writer who had previously worked on the science fiction television series "Doctor Who" and "Blake's 7" as well as crime dramas such as "Juliet Bravo" and "Bergerac". Set in the year 202... | 34,061 | triviaqa-train |
"Known in English as ""Royal March"", the national anthem of which country has no words?" | modern period, some European monarchies adopted royal anthems. Some of these anthems have survived into current use. "God Save the King/Queen", first performed in 1619, remains the royal anthem of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms. "La Marcha Real", adopted as the royal anthem of the Spanish monarchy in 17... | Ode" for King Edward VII. The words were further modified to fit the original tune, and the result has since become a fixture at the Last Night of the Proms, and an English sporting anthem.
In Canada, the Philippines and the United States, the "Trio" section "Land of Hope and Glory" of March No. 1 is often known simply... | 34,062 | triviaqa-train |
Which English football club play home games at Roots Hall? | Roots Hall
Roots Hall is a football stadium located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The stadium is the home ground of the League One football club Southend United. With a capacity of 12,392 Roots Hall is the largest football stadium in Essex, and is the current venue for the final of the Essex Senior Cup. Plans are... | The village is home to the amateur football club Wyre Villa, who play in the West Lancashire League, part of the English football league system. They play their home games at Hall Gate Park on the edge of the village. The most successful season in the club's history to date was in 1996-97 when they were West Lancashire... | 34,063 | triviaqa-train |
In which British city was Saint Enoch's Railway Station? | the arcaded approach embankments (now containing shops and restaurants) can be seen to the east of the shopping centre's car park on Osborne Street. Although the short remaining section which once led into the station now goes nowhere, the southern section remains as a freight line along the route of the Glasgow City U... | Varshavsky railway station
Varshavsky station (, "Varshavsky vokzal"), or Warsaw station, is a former passenger railway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia, now home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation.
History.
The station was originally built in 1851 for a rail line, completed in 1858, from... | 34,064 | triviaqa-train |
Which English football club are nicknamed the Shakers? | Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. The team finished the 2018–19 season as runners-up in EFL League Two to win promotion at the first attempt and will return to EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system... | List of Rochdale A.F.C. seasons
Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Rochdale in Greater Manchester. The club plays in the Football League One, the third tier in the English football league system. The club's colours are black and blue and they pla... | 34,065 | triviaqa-train |
Hagiology is a branch of Literature dealing with the lives and stories of whom? | of Jacob de Voragine compiled a great deal of medieval hagiographic material, with a strong emphasis on miracle tales. Lives were often written to promote the cult of local or national states, and in particular to develop pilgrimages to visit relics. The bronze Gniezno Doors of Gniezno Cathedral in Poland are the only ... | , he also introduces stories from historical chronicles, collections of anecdotes, and all types of high-esteemed literature. His talent for perception of deeper meanings behind outward appearances enables him to turn details of everyday life into illustrations of his thoughts. The idiosyncrasy of `Attar's presentation... | 34,066 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the first London Underground railway line? | London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London, England and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
The Underground has its origins in the Metropo... | and cause breakdowns, and there was a problem with voltage drop. Some sections of tramway track still have the slot rails visible.
A third rail supplied power to the world's first electric underground railway, the City & South London Railway, which opened in 1890 (now part of the Northern line of the London Underground... | 34,067 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county can the Prime Minister's country house Chequers be found? | 10 Downing Street, in London, has been the official place of residence of the Prime Minister since 1732; they are entitled to use its staff and facilities, including extensive offices. Chequers, a country house in Buckinghamshire, gifted to the government in 1917, may be used as a country retreat for the Prime Minister... | including the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Stowe Landscaped Gardens near Buckingham, and the River Thames. The Ridgeway Path, a long-distance footpath, passes through the county. The county also has many historic houses. Some of these are opened to the public by the National Trust, such as Waddesd... | 34,068 | triviaqa-train |
Which is generally considered to be Shakespeare's last play, written in 1611? | poetry and were considered his most successful tragedies by the poet and critic T.S. Eliot.
In his final period, Shakespeare turned to romance or tragicomedy and completed three more major plays: "Cymbeline", "The Winter's Tale," and "The Tempest", as well as the collaboration, "Pericles, Prince of Tyre". Less bleak th... | often thought.
Evidence of at least some initial societal discomfort with "The Shrew" is, perhaps, to be found in the fact that John Fletcher, Shakespeare's successor as house playwright for the King's Men, wrote "The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed" as a sequel to Shakespeare's play. Written "c."1611, the play tells... | 34,069 | triviaqa-train |
'Barwick Green' is the theme tune to which radio serial? | Barwick Green
"Barwick Green" is the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera "The Archers". A "maypole dance" from the suite "My Native Heath" written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood, it is named after Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire's West Riding.
The recording used between 1950 and the 1990... | for the scripts.
Theme tune Serious events.
At times, a cliffhanger involving the death of a major character or a disaster was marked by the traditional closing theme being replaced by the final dramatic section of "Barwick Green" involving trombones, cymbals and the closing bars of the signature tune - known as the "d... | 34,070 | triviaqa-train |
To within 1 year either side, in which year did the half crown cease to be legal tender in the U | on 1 January 1970, the year before the United Kingdom adopted decimal currency on Decimal Day. During the English Interregnum of 1649–1660, a republican half crown was issued, bearing the arms of the Commonwealth of England, despite monarchist associations of the coin's name. When Oliver Cromwell was made Lord Protecto... | , which was considered legal tender within the city during the year following its issue. The Chamber had the fiberglass sculpture moved to its present location at the Flin Flon Tourist Park in 1962.
- "Natcherly," Capp's bastardization of "naturally," turns up occasionally in popular culture — even without a specifical... | 34,071 | triviaqa-train |
The US Presidential retreat Camp David is in which state? | unpaid and accruing interest. Civil and political unrest loomed.
Following the successful resolution of commercial and fishing disputes between Virginia and Maryland at the Mount Vernon Conference in 1785, Virginia called for a trade conference between all the states, set for September 1786 in Annapolis, Maryland, with... | Park, which is home to Catoctin Furnace. At this point, Catoctin Mountain Park, which contains the Camp David Presidential retreat, is to the north of the road. The byway continues to Smithsburg. From Smithsburg, the loop of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway heads south to Wolfsville and follows MD 17 through a... | 34,072 | triviaqa-train |
'Approaching Menace' is the theme tune to which TV quiz show? | Mastermind (TV series)
Mastermind is a British television game show for the BBC. Its creator, Bill Wright, drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by the Gestapo during World War II. The show featured an intimidating setting and challenging questions. Four and in later contests five or six contestan... | led by Duffy and Amy Winehouse, [...] the song's go-for-broke, very modern re-imagining of Spector's "Wall of Sound" proves to be more authentic and entertaining than most other recent attempts". It has also received comparisons to Girls Aloud's previous single, "Can't Speak French". It has also claimed, by Terry Wogan... | 34,073 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1845 poem 'Home Thoughts from Abroad'? | Home Thoughts from Abroad
Home Thoughts, from Abroad is a poem by Robert Browning. It was written in 1845 while Browning was on a visit to northern Italy, and was first published in his "Dramatic Romances and Lyrics".
In 1995, "Home Thoughts" was voted 46th in a BBC poll to find the United Kingdom's favourite poems. | to Browning's work.
Today Browning's critically most esteemed poems include the monologues "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came", "Fra Lippo Lippi", "Andrea Del Sarto", and "My Last Duchess". His most popular poems include "Porphyria's Lover", "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix", the diptych "Meeting at... | 34,074 | triviaqa-train |
Which Daphne du Maurier novel is centred around a coaching house on Bodmin Moor? | "Jamaica Inn", and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now/Not After Midnight".
Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive.
Her parents were the actor/manager Sir Gerald du Maurier and stage actress Muriel Beaumont, and her ... | My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier, published in 1951. Like the earlier "Rebecca", it is a mystery-romance, set primarily on a large estate in Cornwall.
The story has its origins in a portrait of Rachel Carew at Antony House in Cornwall, which du Maurier saw and took as ins... | 34,075 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the deputy leader of the Labour Party? | of Deputy Prime Minister has been revived and held by senior politicians in the governing party. The previous Labour deputy leader, John Prescott, held this post from 1997 to 2007. However, the deputy leader is essentially a party official and there is no constitutional link between the two roles. The former Labour Bri... | Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (UK)
The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party is a senior politician in the British Labour Party. The post is currently held by Tom Watson, who was elected as deputy on 12 September 2015.
History.
Unlike other political party leaders, the Labour leader does not have the power to appoint o... | 34,076 | triviaqa-train |
In which year were both the Chernobyl and Challenger Shuttle disasters? | Tests and has no orbital capability. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery", and "Atlantis". Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: "Challenger" in 1986 and "Columbia" in 2003, with a total of fourteen astronauts killed. A fifth operational (and sixth in total... | the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency.
The Chernobyl, along with the space shuttle "Challenger" disaster, the Three Mile Island accident, and the Bhopal disaster have been used together as case studies, both by the US government and by third parties, in research concerning the root causes of such dis... | 34,077 | triviaqa-train |
Which Verdi opera is based on the play Le Roi S'amuse by Victor Hugo? | able to reduce his operatic workload and sought to establish himself as a landowner in his native region. He surprised the musical world by returning, after his success with the opera "Aida" (1871), with three late masterpieces: his Requiem (1874), and the operas "Otello" (1887) and "Falstaff" (1893).
His operas remain... | 's 16th – was first performed on 16 November 1850.
Composition history.
Before "Luisa Miller" was staged in Naples, Verdi had offered the San Carlo company another work for 1850, with the new opera to be based on Victor Hugo's "Le roi s'amuse" from a libretto to be written by Salvadore Cammarano. But his experience wit... | 34,078 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the Potala Palace? | Potala Palace
The Potala Palace () in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Chinese invasion. It is now a museum and World Heritage Site.
The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, the mythical abode of the bodhisattva Avalokite... | Leh
Leh is a City in the Leh district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, the seat of which was in the Leh Palace, the former mansion of the royal family of Ladakh, built in the same style and about the same time as the Potala Palace in Tibet, the chief resid... | 34,079 | triviaqa-train |
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery? | would join the United States as a slave or free state. By 1860, the total number of slaves reached almost four million, and the American Civil War, beginning in 1861, led to the end of slavery in the United States. In 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves held in the Confederate States;... | Bazaar organized by the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society.
- "National Anti-Slavery Standard" (1840–70): the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society, the paper published continuously until the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870.
- "The Unconstitutio... | 34,080 | triviaqa-train |
Near which English city is the National Space Centre? | National Space Centre
The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side the city of Leicester, England, next to the River Soar. Many of ... | . The shopping mall has 3,700 parking spaces and a retail gross leasable area of . The building also house an additional of office space and condominiums.
The project cost is estimated at SEK 6,1 billion and the mall is owned by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield with Peab as the main contractor. Located near the Solna commute... | 34,081 | triviaqa-train |
In the Rugrats, who is Tommy Pickles' younger brother? | , "Rugrats" began to receive a boost in ratings and popularity due to constant reruns on Nickelodeon.
In 1996, Klasky Csupo Animation began producing new episodes, and the show's fourth season began in 1997. As a result of the show's popularity, a series of theatrical films were released over the next five years: "The ... | Tommy Pickles
Thomas Malcolm “Tommy” Pickles is a fictional character, created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó, who serves as the protagonist in the Nickelodeon animated series "Rugrats" and later as a main character in its spin-off, "All Grown Up!".
Character history.
Character history Development.
The inspiration be... | 34,082 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer had No. 1 albums with Escapology in 2002 and Take the Crown in 2012? | Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer-songwriter and entertainer. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1989 to 1995, but achieved greater commercial success with his solo career, beginning in 1997. Williams has released seven UK number 1 singles and all ... | concept band 1 Giant Leap on their single "My Culture", which reached number nine in the UK. His next two albums, "Escapology" (2002) and "Intensive Care" (2005), maintained this success, both topping the UK Albums Chart, and contained the international top-five hits "Feel" and "Tripping". Williams released his first l... | 34,083 | triviaqa-train |
Sanditon is an unfinished novel by whom? | by Gustave Flaubert, "Weir of Hermiston" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Good Soldier Švejk" by Jaroslav Hašek, "Suite française" by Irène Némirovsky, "" by Truman Capote, "The Last Tycoon" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Uncertain Times" by Richard Yates, "Sanditon" by Jane Austen, "Mount Analogue" by René Daumal, "The Pale ... | "Persuasion" (1817) Film and television.
"Persuasion" (1817) Film and television Looser adaptations.
- The plot of Helen Fielding's "" (2001) is loosely based on "Persuasion".
"Sanditon" (1817/1925).
"Sanditon" (1817/1925) Film and television.
"None"
"Sanditon" (1817/1925) Film and television Looser adaptations.
- "Wel... | 34,084 | triviaqa-train |
In which country are the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held? | Clarke, the land would aid a potential bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The land exchanged would be used as the site of an aquatics centre. In the same article, Mayor Clarke raised the question of the Australian Federal Government's commitment to a 2018 Commonwealth Games bid in light of the Government's support fo... | )
- Emily Whitlock (19)
National teams.
England has national men's and women's teams, that represent the country in international competitions.
Commonwealth Games.
England players compete in the squash events of the Commonwealth Games, which are held every 4 years. Most recently, in the 2018 games, English players Jame... | 34,085 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was the Russian submarine Kursk sunk and the USS Cole attacked in Aden? | Russian submarine Kursk (K-141)
K-141 "Kursk" (, transl. , meaning "Nuclear-powered submarine "Kursk"") was an Oscar II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy.
On 12 August 2000, K-141 "Kursk" was lost when it sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 personnel on board.
Construction.
K-141 "... | "Splendid" was present, along with the US Navy submarines and
at the Russian war games during which the Russian submarine "Kursk" exploded and sank, resulting in the loss of that submarine and all 118 sailors and officers on board. Despite the conclusions of independent forensic inquiries and the eventual corroboratin... | 34,086 | triviaqa-train |
Possessed by Thor, what was Mjolnir? | and Jack Kirby. In "Thor" #140 (May 1967) it was referred to as "Mjolnar" (spelt with an "a" not an "i").
In a 2002 documentary with Kevin Smith, Lee says his brother Larry Lieber made up the name of Thor's hammer referring to the hammer's original name, the "Uru Hammer". Later, writer Roy Thomas changed the name of t... | into his berserker state and throws himself into Malekith as the other Thors sense the powers of the God Tempest. Captain America and Sif defend Daredevil who whispers to Thor to wield the Storm of Storms. When the God Tempest arrives on Earth, it starts to rain fire and ice. As the symbiote-possessed Acolytes are harm... | 34,087 | triviaqa-train |
The hymn The Sorrowful Mother Stood is better known by what Latin name? | from the General Roman Calendar as a duplicate of the feast on 15 September. Each of the two celebrations had been called a feast of "The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary" (Latin: "Septem Dolorum Beatae Mariae Virginis") and included recitation of the Stabat Mater as a sequence. Since then, the 15 September fea... | Alma Dolens
Teresita Pasini ("née" dei Bonfatti, 1869-1948), better known by her pseudonym Alma Dolens, was a prominent Italian pacifist, suffragist, and journalist. "Alma Dolens" is a combination of the Latin "alma" meaning "soul" or "heart" with the Latin participle "dolens" meaning "pained" or "grieving"; the name c... | 34,088 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only British prime minister born outside the British Isles? | Law resigned in May 1923, and died later that year. He was the shortest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century (211 days in office), and is sometimes called "The Unknown Prime Minister".
Early life and education.
Law was born on 16 September 1858 in Kingston (now Rexton), New Brunswick, to Eliza Kidston Law an... | List of Greeks who were born outside modern Greece Military and political leaders.
- Stephanos Skouloudis (1838–1928): Constantinople, Ottoman Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
- Georgios Theotokis (1844–1916): Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands then part of the British Empire; Prime Minister of Greece
- Spyrido... | 34,089 | triviaqa-train |
From what London terminus station do you depart on a journey to Southampton? | . Most rail lines terminate around the centre of London, running into eighteen terminal stations, with the exception of the Thameslink trains connecting Bedford in the north and Brighton in the south via Luton and Gatwick airports. London has Britain's busiest station by number of passengers – Waterloo, with over 184 m... | Nine Elms railway station
Nine Elms Railway Station in the London district of Battersea was opened on 21 May 1838 as the London terminus of the London & Southampton Railway which on the same day became the London and South Western Railway. The building in the neo-classical style was designed by Sir William Tite. The st... | 34,090 | triviaqa-train |
What is the historical name for the disease scrofula? | , the patent medicine Swaim's Panacea was advertised to cure scrofula.
In 1768 the Englishman John Morley produced a handbook entitled "Essay on the Nature and Cure of Scrophulous Disorders, Commonly Called the King's Evil". The book starts by listing the typical symptoms and indications of how far the disease had prog... | affairs for AARP, notes that what is normal and what is disease strongly depend on a historical context. David Gems, assistant director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing, argues that aging should be viewed as a disease. In response to the universality of aging, David Gems notes that it is as misleading as arguing that... | 34,091 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the Amalienborg Palace? | Amalienborg
Amalienborg () is the home of the Danish royal family, and is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists of four identical classical palace façades with rococo interiors around an octagonal courtyard (); in the centre of the square is a monumental equestrian statue of Amalienborg's founder, King Frederick ... | 's inner city is often referred to as "Middelalderbyen" (the medieval city). However, the city's most distinctive district is Frederiksstaden, developed during the reign of Frederick V. It has the Amalienborg Palace at its centre and is dominated by the dome of Frederik's Church (or the Marble Church) and several elega... | 34,092 | triviaqa-train |
"What was advertised with the slogan ""the totally tropical taste""?" | Lilt
Lilt is a brand of soft drink manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company and sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Gibraltar, and the Seychelles only. During the 1970s and 1980s, Lilt was promoted with the advertising slogan, "the totally tropical taste". Between 2008 and 2014, the Coca Cola company reduced the number o... | In East-Germany, the cigarette was widespread, especially among prison inmates. In West-Germany, the brand was hardly sold because it was difficult to obtain.
After the German reunification, the brand was advertised with the slogan that she was an ""attack on the taste of the unification"".
In popular culture.
In popul... | 34,093 | triviaqa-train |
Which organisation's address is 'The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire'? | .
The headquarters of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is on the outskirts of the town, having moved to The Lodge in 1961. The Shuttleworth Collection is also nearby, around south west of Sandy.
History.
An archaeological dig in May 2006 revealed that the area may have been settled earlier than 250 ... | a Utah Transit Authority light rail station in Sandy, Utah
- Sandy Heath transmitting station, a television station in Bedfordshire, England
- Sandy Lodge tube station, in Hertfordshire, England, later renamed "Moor Park tube station"
- Sandy Springs station, a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority metro station... | 34,094 | triviaqa-train |
Philip K Dick's short story We Can Remember It For you Wholesale was the basis for which 1990 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger? | nonfiction writing on these themes was published posthumously as "The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick" (2011). He died in 1982 in Santa Ana, California, at the age of 53, due to complications from a stroke.
A variety of popular Hollywood films based on Dick's works have been produced, including "Blade Runner" (1982), "Total... | the display, when a strict etiquette must be followed.
The pillar on one side of the "tokonoma", called "toko-bashira" (床柱), is usually made of wood, specially prepared for the purpose. It can range from a seemingly raw trunk with bark still attached, to a square piece of heart wood with very straight grain. The choice... | 34,095 | triviaqa-train |
The island of Murano in the Venice Lagoon is famous for what product? | in 1506 and artworks by Giovanni Bellini, and the Palazzo da Mula. Glass-related attractions include the many glassworks, some Mediaeval and most open to the public, and the Murano Glass Museum, housed in the large Palazzo Giustinian.
Murano glassmaking.
Murano's reputation as a center for glassmaking was born when the... | Pietro Delfino
Pietro Delfino or Delfin, O.S.B. Cam., (born at Venice in 1444; died 16 January 1525) was an Italian Camaldolese monk, patristic scholar, theologian, abbot, and Superior General of his religious Order.
Life.
Pietro Delfin was a patrician of Venice, member of the famous Delfin family, one of the oldest no... | 34,096 | triviaqa-train |
Which football league club play their home games at Adams Park? | Adams Park
Adams Park is an association football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Built in 1990, it is the home ground of Wycombe Wanderers F.C. and, since 2016, Reading F.C. Women. Between 2003 and 2006, the stadium was known as the Causeway Stadium under a naming rights deal, before reverting to its former n... | Junior Football Club, which competes in the Northern Football League. They play their home games at Research Park, located on Main Road, Research. Research Cricket Club and Eltham Collegians Cricket Club were both Diamond Valley Cricket Association teams based in Research, until they merged in 2010 to form one club. Th... | 34,097 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of North Korea? | Capital of Korea
Korea has had a number of capitals. Korea is a peninsula in East Asia, currently the peninsula is divided into two countries: North Korea, capital Pyongyang, and South Korea, capital Seoul.
During Gojoseon.
Gojoseon:
- Unknown
- Pyongyang — Second capital (post 400 BCE)
During the Three Kingdoms of Kor... | views. The other current books in the "What is?" series include ""What is Love?, What is Death?, What is Beautiful?, What is Funny?, What is Right?, What is Peace?, What is Money?, What is Dreaming?, What is a Friend?, What is True?, What is a Family?, What is a Feeling?" The series is now also translated into 15 langu... | 34,098 | triviaqa-train |
Whch British king had ten children by his mistress, the actress, Dorothea Jordan? | Dorothea Jordan
Dorothea Jordan (22 November 17615 July 1816) also known interchangeably as Mrs Jordan, and previously Miss Francis or Miss Bland, was an Anglo-Irish actress, courtesan, and the mistress and companion of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, for 20 years (1791-1811) while he was Duke of Clar... | ; of the ten illegitimate children of Dorothea Jordan, Irish actress and mistress of 20 years to the Duke of Clarence, care for the five boys was initially assumed by their father and his households, and custody and care for the girls given to Jordan.
Notably, any such historical claim of descent is accompanied by cont... | 34,099 | triviaqa-train |
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