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What was the first pitched battle of the English civil War? | Pitched battle
A pitched battle or set piece battle is a battle in which both sides choose the fighting location and time. Either side has the option to disengage before the battle starts or shortly thereafter.
A pitched battle is not a chance encounter such as a skirmish, or where one side is forced to fight at a time... | 1642 – the first pitched battle of the English Civil War – prisoners were held in Caesar's and Guy's Towers. During the Second English Civil War prisoners were again held at the castle, including those from the Battle of Worcester in 1651. A garrison was maintained in the castle complete with artillery and supplies fro... | 34,700 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the 'Orange’ Revolution take place between 2004 and 2005? | Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution () was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter intimidatio... | a second time later that year, but she failed to build on her cross country success at the 2004 Athens Games and finished in sixteenth place in the 10,000 m Olympic final. She delivered in the long race at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships the following year, however, as she edged between Tirunesh Dibaba ... | 34,701 | triviaqa-train |
Which pirate’s ship was called Queen Anne’s Revenge? | Queen Anne's Revenge
Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach or Edward Thatch). Although the date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, it was believed she was built for merchant service in Bristol in 1710 and named "Conc... | , who looted the ships but released them and the prisoners. Leaving Charles Town, Richards was berated by Teach for failing to burn a ship from Boston.
Teach took his fleet north, where the "Queen Anne’s Revenge" and another sloop were beached and wrecked at Topsail Inlet. Teach took the fleet’s treasure and a small cr... | 34,702 | triviaqa-train |
According to the video trailer promoting a 2014 spiritual movie, Autobiography of a Yogi was the only book on the iPad of which person who died on Oct 5, 2011? | have been three generations of the iPad Pro. The first generation came with 9.7" and 12.9" screen sizes, while the second came with 10.5" and 12.9" sizes, and the third with 11" and 12.9" sizes. The iPad Pros have unique features such as the Smart Connector, which are exclusive to this series of iPads.
History.
Apple c... | California. Scattered throughout these hills are residences of members who live on the ranch. Norman Paulsen died in 2006.
Early Sunburst.
Norman Paulsen, who started the Sunburst community in the late 1960s as a small group, was a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, "Autobiograp... | 34,703 | triviaqa-train |
The Pushkar Fair, an annual event in the desert state of Rajashtan in India, witnesses sales of thousands of livestock with a focus on what? | Pushkar Fair
The Pushkar Fair, also called the Pushkar Camel Fair or locally as Kartik Mela or Pushkar ka Mela is an annual multi-day livestock fair and cultural fête held in the town of Pushkar (Rajasthan, India). The fair starts with the Hindu calendar month of Kartik and ends on the Kartik Purnima, which typically o... | Grange Fair
The Grange Fair is an annual fair and camping event held in Centre Hall in Centre County, Pennsylvania each year since 1874. The fair is typically held in the last full week of August.
It consists of thousands of people camping at the fairgrounds in large, green, rented tents with asphalt floors. Thousands ... | 34,704 | triviaqa-train |
On the way to the Vatican Museums are the Sistine Chapel (which obviously features Michelangelo's frescoes) and a suite of rooms that features frescoes of what other great? | pendentives he painted twelve Biblical and Classical men and women who prophesied that God would send Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind, and around the upper parts of the windows, the "Ancestors of Christ".
In 1515, Raphael was commissioned by Pope Leo X to design a series of ten tapestries to hang around the l... | 's photography exhibition.
- December – Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes: Completion of restoration work on Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican.
- Bill Gates founds Corbis Corporation as Interactive Home Systems to license rights to visual media for digital display.
- The Keith Haring Foundat... | 34,705 | triviaqa-train |
French artist Yves Klein created a series of works he called Anthropometry using what as paint brushes? | the study of all aspects of human physical growth.
Individual variation Auxologic Height.
Human height varies greatly between individuals and across populations for a variety of complex biological, genetic, and environmental factors, among others. Due to methodological and practical problems, its measurement is also su... | make the image, using the models as "living brushes". This type of work he called "Anthropometry". Other paintings in this method of production include "recordings" of rain that Klein made by driving around in the rain at 70 miles per hour with a canvas tied to the roof of his car, and canvases with patterns of soot cr... | 34,706 | triviaqa-train |
Because it was worn by recently freed slaves in Ancient Rome, what cap became the symbol of liberty? | in front of friends and family, or just a simple invitation to recline with the family at dinner.
A felt cap called the Pileus was given to the former slave as symbol of manumission.
Slaves were freed for a variety of reasons; for a particularly good deed toward the slave's owner, or out of friendship or respect. Somet... | killed in the demonstrations, and to call for the repression of those they considered counter-revolutionary.
During the French Revolution, many in the Paris crowds also wore a red phrygian cap, a symbol of liberty, modeled after the caps worn in ancient Rome by freed slaves; but the colors of the Revolution finally bec... | 34,707 | triviaqa-train |
What name was given to the group of hedonistic British and Irish aristocrats who lived in an area overlapping Kenya and Uganda between the 1920s and the 1940s? | husband was tried and acquitted. See also the Happy Valley set.
Controversy associated with "the Happy Valley set".
The "Happy Valley set" was largely a group of hedonistic British and Anglo-Irish aristocrats and adventurers who settled in the Happy Valley region of the Wanjohi Valley near the Aberdare mountain range, ... | East African Revival
The East African Revival () was an important renewal movement within Protestant Evangelicalism in East Africa during the late 1920s and 1930s. Initially associated with the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Belgian Ruanda-Urundi in 1929, it spread to Uganda Protectorate (British Uganda), Tanganyik... | 34,708 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the person of religious history whose pardon was the subject of a 1950 novel by Pär Lagerkvist as well as a 1961 portrayal by Anthony Quinn? | Barabbas
Barabbas (; "Yeshua Bar ʾAbbaʾ", literally "son of the father") is a figure mentioned in the New Testament, in which he is an insurrectionary held by the Roman governor at the same time as Jesus, and whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, while keeping Jesus as a prisoner.
Biblical accou... | his "String Quartet" of 1956 as his Opus 1. His musical output is focused around themes of 'solitude, death, love, and landscape'; these themes are already evident in his song cycle "Aftonland" ("Evening Land", 1959), a setting of poems by the Swedish poet Pär Lagerkvist, which brought him national recognition. The 196... | 34,709 | triviaqa-train |
The Marie de' Medici Cycle is a series of twenty-four paintings by which artist? | a work. The human figure has been one of the contrast subjects of art since the first stone age cave paintings, and has been reinterpreted in various styles throughout history. Some artists well known for figure painting are Peter Paul Rubens, Edgar Degas, and Édouard Manet.
Types of painting Illustration painting.
Ill... | was roughly 24,000 guilders for the 292 square meters, which calculates to about 82 guilders, or 1,512 dollars, per square meter.
The Paintings "The Destiny of Marie de' Medici".
The first painting of the narrative cycle, "The Destiny of Marie de' Medici", is a twisting composition of the three Fates on clouds beneath ... | 34,710 | triviaqa-train |
So what if he failed, he tried, didn't he? The Hellenic Air Force Academy was renamed after which mythological character in 1967? | Hellenic Air Force Academy
The Hellenic Air Force Academy (, abbr. ΣΙ (SI)) is a military academy responsible for supplying the Hellenic Air Force with pilots, aeronautical engineers and air traffic / air defence controllers. It was founded in 1919 as the Military Academy of Aviation (Στρατιωτική Σχολή Αεροπλοΐας) and ... | Nikolaos Stapas
Air Chief Marshal Nikolaos Stapas (, 1937 – 14 June 2011) was a Greek Air Force officer and Chief of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff.
He was born in 1937 in the village of Sykea in Laconia. He entered the Hellenic Air Force Academy and graduated in 1958. During the Greek military junta of 1967–1974... | 34,711 | triviaqa-train |
What controversial objects of the world of culture are by far the biggest attraction in the purpose built Duveen Gallery of the British Museum? | gallery for the Parthenon sculptures. Designed by the American architect John Russell Pope, it was completed in 1938. The appearance of the exhibition galleries began to change as dark Victorian reds gave way to modern pastel shades. However, in August 1939, due to the imminence of war and the likelihood of air-raids, ... | marked and space left should they be returned to Athens.
In Britain, the acquisition of the collection was supported by some, while some others, such as Lord Byron, likened the Earl's actions to vandalism or looting. Following a public debate in Parliament and its subsequent exoneration of Elgin, he sold the Marbles to... | 34,712 | triviaqa-train |
In an Aesop fable that shows the power of persuasion over force, what element fights the sun? | " Aesop, but that might simply have been a compilation of fables ascribed to him. Various Classical authors name Aesop as the originator of fables. Sophocles, in a poem addressed to Euripides, made reference to the North Wind and the Sun. Socrates while in prison turned some of the fables into verse, of which Diogenes ... | Aesop, it is in the version where the monkey forcibly uses the cat's paw. La Fontaine's modified version of 1679 can only be regarded as original for the detail of persuasion rather than compulsion. It was translated by neither of La Fontaine's main 18th century English translators, Bernard de Mandeville (1704) and Cha... | 34,713 | triviaqa-train |
America's oldest and still-running wooden roller coaster that can be found at Coney Island has what 'stormy' name? | development as an amusement area continued through the end of World War II. The opening of Deno's Wonder Wheel in 1920, the Riegelmann Boardwalk in 1923, the Coney Island Cyclone in 1927, and the Parachute Jump in 1941 contributed to the area's quality as an amusement destination. In particular, the Riegelmann Boardwal... | Thunderbolt (1925 roller coaster)
The Thunderbolt was a wooden roller coaster located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It operated from 1925 until 1982 and remained standing until it was demolished in 2000. It was designed by John Miller. In June 2013, it was announced that a new steel roller coaster would be con... | 34,714 | triviaqa-train |
The Spoonmaker's Diamond is a major attraction of a museum at what location that used to be the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for 400 years? | Spoonmaker's Diamond
The Spoonmaker's Diamond () is an 86 carat (17.2g) pear-shaped diamond in the Imperial Treasury exhibitions at the Topkapi Palace Museum and its most valuable single exhibit. It is considered the fourth largest diamond of its kind in the world.
Set in silver, surrounded by a double row of 49 Old-mi... | of the Spoonmaker's diamond and how it came to the Ottoman Empire is not known. One version of the Spoonmaker's history is that a French officer named Pigot purchased the diamond from the Maharajah of Madras in 1774 (less than 10 years after Sir George Pigot received the Pigot diamond) and brought it to France from Ind... | 34,715 | triviaqa-train |
The planet Dagobah is the site of exile of which wise master voiced by Frank Oz throughout a seminal series? | Dagobah
Dagobah is a fictional planet and eponymous star system appearing in the "Star Wars" films "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", a deleted scene from "", and other media. It is depicted as a world of murky swamps, steaming bayous, and jungles, resembling Earth during the Carboniferous period.
It i... | is heard in the Big Finish audio play "Sympathy for the Devil", voiced by Mark Gatiss. In this alternate version of events, the Third Doctor — now voiced by David Warner — does not arrive for his exile on Earth until 1997 and the Master has been trapped on the planet while a series of extraterrestrial disasters occurre... | 34,716 | triviaqa-train |
Two punsters who call themselves Ol' Chumbucket and Cap'n Slappy designated September 19 as the annual what day? Arrrrrrrrrrr! | International Talk Like a Pirate Day
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (on September 19) is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon, U.S., who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. ... | unwritten rules of the competition(s) and provide guidance and support for future events. Under the umbrella title of "Punsters United Nearly Yearly" (a.k.a. PUNY) this collection of loosely knit wits continues to be the public face of the event through its website, Yahoo Group and Facebook page. Gary Hallock retired a... | 34,717 | triviaqa-train |
Mohini the enchantress is the only female manifestation of which male deity of the Hindu pantheon known for his avatars? | Mohini
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, "") in Hindu mythology is a goddess and the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a "femme fatale", an enchantress, who maddens lovers, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into the Hindu mythology in the narrative epic of the "Mahabharata... | grounded preoccupations of ordinary life." A male deity is a god, while a female deity is a goddess.
Religions can be categorized by how many deities they worship. Monotheistic religions accept only one deity (predominantly referred to as God), polytheistic religions accept multiple deities. Henotheistic religions acce... | 34,718 | triviaqa-train |
A Japanese painting in the simplistic style of haiga is also likely to contain what? | Haiku
1. The essence of haiku is "cutting" ("kiru"). This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a "kireji" ("cutting word") between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.
2. Tradit... | up the mecha and various weapons using power-orbs obtained from defeating enemies as well as storyline cut scenes. These cut scenes also occasionally contain lesbian adult content.
Lastly, in the late 1990s, a new Internet fad began, owing to simplistic software development kits such as the Japanese RPG Maker series (1... | 34,719 | triviaqa-train |
If Lisa Gherardini the wife of Francesco del Giocondo is the subject of Da Vinci's masterpiece (Mona Lisa), who is the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer who was the subject of Klimt's record setting 1907 painting? | financial success. Many of his paintings from this period included gold leaf. Klimt had previously used gold in his "Pallas Athene" (1898) and "Judith I" (1901), although the works most popularly associated with this period are the "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" (1907) and "The Kiss" (1907–08).
Klimt travelled littl... | is Leonardo da Vinci's painting titled "Mona Lisa", which is thought to be a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Francesco del Giocondo.
Types of painting Still life.
A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects—which may be either natural (food, flowers, p... | 34,720 | triviaqa-train |
What is the missing word in graffiti artist Banksy's 2005 compilation ___ and Piece? | , a prostitute, apparently of great beauty, whose services were much in demand. Another shows a phallus accompanied by the text, "mansueta tene" ("handle with care").
Disappointed love also found its way onto walls in antiquity:
Ancient tourists visiting the 5th-century citadel at Sigiriya in Sri Lanka scribbled over 1... | before the word "KING". Tit-for-tat overpainting continued at the site with artwork and insults including a picture of Top Cat leaning on a gravestone with the words "R.I.P. Banksy's career".
This incident led to online arguments and a graffiti war with many of Banksy's other works being altered by "Team Robbo" - notab... | 34,721 | triviaqa-train |
The trickster god Anansi who has a prominent place in African folklore is what type of creature? | and all of the wisdom that the Spider had stored inside of it spilled out of it. To make matters even worse, a storm arrived and caused a mighty rain throughout the forest. The deluge of rainwater covered the ground and washed the wisdom that had spilled away from them, until it washed into the river stream nearby. The... | Man, since he had been affected by similar power fluctuations, and was left unable to tap into the powers of Earth-borne animals. There, they were both sucked into the Tantu Totem, where, like in Zatanna's vision, they were trapped in Anansi's net. Anansi, the Trickster God of African folklore, revealed his powers and ... | 34,722 | triviaqa-train |
One of the most recognized pieces of Japanese art from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Hokusai that depicts a huge tidal wave is titled The Great Wave off what place? | Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai (, ; , ; October 31, 1760 – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series which includes the internationally iconic print, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa".
Hokusai cre... | Liaoxisaurus
Liaoxisaurus is a genus of simodeosaurid choristodere, a type of crocodile-like aquatic reptile. It is known from a partial specimen found in Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Jiufotang Formation, Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. "Liaoxisaurus" was named in 2005 by Gao Chunling, Lü Junchang, and colleague... | 34,723 | triviaqa-train |
Spirits known as loa are appeased by the practitioners of what belief system? | Voodoo
Voodoo may refer to:
Religions.
- Candomblé Jejé, also known as Brazilian Vodum, one of the major branches ("nations") of Candomblé
- Tambor de Mina, a syncretic religion that developed in northern Brazil
- Cuban Vodú, a syncretic religion that developed in the Spanish Empire
- Dominican Vudú, a syncretic relig... | up of a number of different groups who migrated south to Mali and the Ivory Coast in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Ethnic groups Senufo Religion.
The Senufo are a very animistic society; they believe that the ancestor spirits are responsible for all events that occur, and if they are not appeased through proper ritual t... | 34,724 | triviaqa-train |
Kamadhenu the wish-granting cow, Kaustubha the jewel, and Parijat the divine flowering tree are some of the items that emerged during what episode of Hindu mythology? | classical elements) in the icon. Dattatreya is sometimes depicted holding the divine cow in one of his hands.
Birth and children.
The "Mahabharata" (Adi Parva book) records that Kamadhenu-Surabhi rose from the churning of the cosmic ocean ("Samudra manthan") by the gods and demons to acquire "Amrita" (ambrosia, elixir ... | . Lakshmi came out of the ocean bearing lotus, along with divine cow Kamadhenu, Varuni, Parijat tree, Apsaras, Chandra(the moon) and Dhanvantari with Amrita(nectar of immortality). When she appeared, she had a choice to go to Devas or Asuras. She chose Devas' side and among thirty deities, she chose to be with Vishnu. ... | 34,725 | triviaqa-train |
The distinctive wooden carved and bright red colored Dala horses are associated with which country? | Dalecarlian horse
A Dalecarlian horse or Dala horse (; Swedish: "Dalahäst") is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia). In the old days the Dalecarlian horse was mostly used as a toy for children; in modern times it has become a symbol of Dalarn... | has, however, become much more common and widespread than others. It is stoutly carved and painted bright red with details and a harness in white, green, yellow and blue.
History.
It was in the small log cabins deep in the forests during the long winter nights in front of a log fire that the forerunner of the Dala hors... | 34,726 | triviaqa-train |
What links the English towns of Barton and Hessle? | , Kirk Ella, West Ella, North Ferriby and Swanland.
Chalk-quarrying was a major industry at Hessle into the 20th century and quarries can still be seen in the west of the town, the largest being the Humber Bridge Country Park, which is a popular tourist attraction. Part of it is known as Little Switzerland (Little Swit... | level 13 on the English football league system pyramid. The clubs also have a large section of junior teams playing in the Hull Boys Sunday Football League. Also, there is a cricket team and a rugby team at the Hessle rugby club near the foreshore.
External links.
- MyHessle.com – a hyper-local website covering everyth... | 34,727 | triviaqa-train |
In which country can the world's largest deposit of nickel be found? | a mixture of Ni-rich natural silicates known as garnierite. Major production sites include the Sudbury region in Canada (which is thought to be of meteoric origin), New Caledonia in the Pacific, and Norilsk in Russia.
Nickel is slowly oxidized by air at room temperature and is considered corrosion-resistant. Historical... | Moore oxide deposits. The mined ore is processed with gold cyanidation. Pyrite and sphalerite are the main sulfide minerals found in the 120 m thick volcanic conglomerates and agglomerates, which constitute the world's second largest sulphidation gold deposit.
Between Bonao and Maimón, Falconbridge Dominicana has been ... | 34,728 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the mother of Helen of Troy? | Leda (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Leda (; Ancient Greek: Λήδα ) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen. Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and later art of Leda and the Swan.
Family.
Leda was the daughter of the Aetolian King Thestius hence she was also called Thestias. Her mother wa... | the commands of her father.
- Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
- Electra, handmaiden of Helen who fastened her mistress' sandals when she went to the walls of Troy.
- Electra, sister of Cadmus, of whom he named after the Electran gate at Thebes. She might be instead the mother of Cadmus because later wr... | 34,729 | triviaqa-train |
Which male singer, in 2008, topped the UK/USA album charts with album 'Home before Dark'? | Home Before Dark
Home Before Dark is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. Released on May 5, 2008; it was the artist's second album for American Recordings.
"Home Before Dark" received generally positive reviews from critics upon its release and topped the national albums charts i... | albums ever released, which has granted it a platinum certification four times. Worldwide, it has sold over 700,000 copies by the end of 2007 and about 2 million copies to date. It has been certified as Platinum in Germany and Hungary, and Gold in Austria, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland; Dark Passion Play is also the m... | 34,730 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible, what is the fourth book of the Old Testament? | 1611 King James Version.
Empty table cells indicate that a book is absent from that canon.
Several of the books in the Eastern Orthodox canon are also found in the appendix to the Latin Vulgate, formerly the official bible of the Roman Catholic Church.
Composition.
The first five books – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, boo... | Asimov's Guide to the Bible
Asimov's Guide to the Bible is a work by Isaac Asimov that was first published in two volumes in 1968 and 1969, covering the Old Testament and the New Testament (including the Catholic Old Testament, or deuterocanonical, books (See Catholic Bible) and the Eastern Orthodox Old Testament books... | 34,731 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer wrote 'The Rite of Spring' in 1913? | The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring (; ) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first ... | Sam Raphling
Sam Raphling (March 19, 1910, Fort Worth, Texas - January 8, 1988, New York City) was an American composer and pianist. He studied under Artur Schnabel at the University of Michigan.He wrote in a variety of musical genres, including orchestral works, chamber pieces, and vocal art songs; the latter of which... | 34,732 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the books 'The Devil Wears Prada' and 'Chasing Harry Winston'? | with new business partner, Fenway Partners, bought Bruce out from the company for $54.1 million.
Legacy.
Winston was among the most noted jewelers in the world, well-known to the general public. In the 1953 musical film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" includes the spoken interje... | delicious sequel to The Devil Wears Prada." Richmond Times-Dispatch called it, "An excellent page turner for summer vacation." BookReporter wrote, 'The reader is pulled into the glitz and glamour reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller "The Devil Wears Prada" and the movie adaptation.' "The Washington Post" said, ... | 34,733 | triviaqa-train |
On television who live at 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield? | The Simpsons house
742 Evergreen Terrace is the most commonly used fictional street address in Springfield of the Simpson family home in the animated sitcom, "The Simpsons" and in the feature film "The Simpsons Movie". In the series, the house is owned by Homer and Marge Simpson, who live with their three children Bart... | that is not yet added to the geographic information system database.
While there might be a 742 Evergreen Terrace in Springfield, there might also be a 742 Evergreen Terrace in Shelbyville. Asking for the city name (and state, province, country, etc. as needed) can solve this problem. Boston, Massachusetts has multiple... | 34,734 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the rumba originate? | Rumba
The term rumba may refer to a variety of unrelated music styles. Originally, "rumba" was used as a synonym for "party" in northern Cuba, and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complex of secular music styles known as Cuban rumba. Since the early 20th century the term has been used in different cou... | , Y-107 was automated except for mornings; finally, on May 7, Garth Brooks' "The Dance" closed out the country format.
After a day of stunting with construction noises, Big City flipped the quadrocast to Spanish contemporary hits under the branding "Rumba 107.1". The format did horribly. A major reason for this, and ma... | 34,735 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Italian dessert made from coffee soaked biscuit, layered with sweetened cream cheese? | Tiramisu
Tiramisu (from the Italian language, spelled "tiramisù" , meaning "pick me up" or "cheer me up") is a coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers (savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted... | Café liégeois
Café liégeois is a cold dessert made from lightly sweetened coffee, coffee flavoured ice cream and chantilly cream.
Refrigerate a large glass filled with the required amount of sweetened coffee, and add the ice cream and chantilly just prior to serving. Often crushed roasted coffee beans are put on top of... | 34,736 | triviaqa-train |
The Eustachian tube links the pharynx to which other part of the body? | , ventilation can be provided by a surgical puncturing of the eardrum to permit air equalization, known as myringotomy. The eardrum would normally naturally heal and close the hole, so a tiny plastic rimmed grommet is inserted into the hole to hold it open. This is known as a tympanostomy tube. As a child grows, the tu... | of the temporal bone, its extremity presenting a jagged margin which serves for the attachment of the cartilaginous part.
Structure Cartilaginous part.
The cartilaginous part of the Eustachian tube is about 24 mm in length and is formed of a triangular plate of elastic fibrocartilage, the apex of which is attached to t... | 34,737 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the hardworking horse in the George Orwell book 'Animal Farm'? Its character represented the proletariat. | Although the animals win the battle, they do so at great cost, as many, including Boxer the workhorse, are wounded. Boxer eventually collapses while working on the windmill. Although Boxer is clearly taken away in a knacker's van, Squealer quickly assures the animals that the van had been purchased from the knacker by ... | in 1992 entitled "Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs", a reference to a line in the song.
- In 1945, George Orwell referenced the song in the book "Animal Farm" with an animal version of heaven named Sugarcandy Mountain.
- In William Kennedy's 1979 novel "Ironweed," the character Rudy sings lines from the... | 34,738 | triviaqa-train |
New Hall Prison is situated close to which English town or city? | HM Prison New Hall
HM Prison New Hall is a Closed Category prison for female adults, juveniles and young offenders. The prison is located in the village of Flockton (near Wakefield) in West Yorkshire, England. New Hall is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
History.
In 1933, New Hall became the first prison to im... | originally constructed to house a dozen or so steam locomotives, is now the premises of a major commercial vehicle hire company. In the 1880s, Wortley became incorporated into the expanding (then) town of Leeds.
Wortley is divided into three areas: New Wortley, Upper Wortley and Lower Wortley.
New Wortley is the area c... | 34,739 | triviaqa-train |
Which elite car company manufacture the Carrera GT model of car? | Porsche Carrera GT
The Porsche Carrera GT (Project Code 980) is a mid-engine sports car that was manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche between 2004–2007. "Sports Car International" named the Carrera GT number one on its list of Top Sports Cars of the 2000s, and number eight on Top Sports Cars of All Ti... | , 1957 was the Lincoln Capri, and the last car produced was a white chocolate Lincoln Town Car which rolled off the line at 12:55pm on May 31, 2007.
The plant was mainly used for the manufacture of Lincolns and the Ford Thunderbird. The Lincoln Town Car and the Ford GT were also produced there. Production of the Lincol... | 34,740 | triviaqa-train |
In geometry, how many sides does a hendecagon have? | Hendecagon
In geometry, a hendecagon (also undecagon or endecagon) or 11-gon is an eleven-sided polygon. (The name "hendecagon", from Greek "hendeka" "eleven" and "gon–" "corner", is often preferred to the hybrid "undecagon", whose first part is formed from Latin "undecim" "eleven".)
Regular hendecagon.
A "regular hend... | (a degree-2 vertex must have two straight angles or one reflex angle); (ii) if the vertex has degree formula_5, the smallest formula_6 polygon vertex angles sum to over formula_7; (iii) the vertex angles add to formula_8, and must be angles of regular polygons of positive integer sides (of the sequence formula_9). The ... | 34,741 | triviaqa-train |
What is Australia's national flower? | List of Australian floral emblems
This is a list of Australian floral emblems. It encompasses the national flower and the official flowers of the constituent states.
After the Federation of Australia that took place in 1901, the upsurge in nationalism led to the search for an official national floral emblem. Archibald ... | victoriae" dependent upon a suitable fire regime for successful regeneration. Other threats to the species include susceptibility to "Phytophthora cinnamomi" dieback, and the loss of flowers due to harvesting for the cut flower trade. However, it is not currently considered endangered, partly because a significant prop... | 34,742 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the apple-based liqueur from Normandy? | Normandy
Normandy (; ; ; from Old French , plural of "Normant", originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is the northwesternmost of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy is divided into five administrative departments: Calvados, Eure,... | although basil is sometimes used in cocktails that go well with it, e.g. many strawberry cocktails. The name "smash" comes from the idea that on a hot day, one takes whatever fruit is on hand and smashes it all together to make a refreshing beverage. Generally a smash will have crushed ice.
Examples.
- Apple bourbon sm... | 34,743 | triviaqa-train |
Seoul is the capital of South Korea. 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... | Gyeonggi province. Almost a quarter of South Koreans live in Seoul, half of South Koreans live in the metropolitan area, along with over 275,000 international residents.
Located on the Han River, Seoul has been a major settlement for over 2,000 years, with its foundation dating back to 18 B.C. when Baekje, one of the T... | 34,744 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the mother of Achilles? | Thetis
Thetis (; ), is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, or one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus.
When described as a Nereid in Classical myths, Thetis was the daughter of Nereus and Doris, and a granddaughter ... | . Nothing is said there about who Eurypylus' mother was, but all ancient sources that do mention Eurypylus' mother say that she was Astyoche, who was (usually) Priam's sister. Eurypylus led a large force of Mysian to fight on the side of Troy during the final stages of the Trojan War. Eurypylus was a great warrior, and... | 34,745 | triviaqa-train |
Which female singer, in 2008, topped the UK and US album charts with the album 'Spirit'? | reappeared at number 17 (nearly eight years after its original appearance on the charts).
The first number-one hit never released physically was "Run" by Leona Lewis, the 11th song in total to reach number one on downloads alone. Unlike the previous 10, it did not receive a physical release in subsequent weeks (althoug... | one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. In the US, Lewis became the first UK solo artist to debut at number one with a debut album, with "Spirit". The lead single, "Bleeding Love", spent seven weeks at number one in the UK where it became the best-selling single of 2007. She achieved international recogniti... | 34,746 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1923-1924? | title in an official act was Benjamin Disraeli, who signed the Treaty of Berlin as "Prime Minister of her Britannic Majesty" in 1878.
Strictly, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ireland) was William Pitt the Younger. The first Prime Minister of the current United Kingdom, i.e. the Uni... | , reaching the semi-finals, and teamed up with Molla Bjurstedt Mallory at the 1923 Monte Carlo tournament. In 1923 he won the doubles title of the South of France championships. He was the captain of British tennis teams on tour in Europe, South Africa and India.
In 1924 he founded the International Lawn Tennis Club of... | 34,747 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of the American state of Kansas? | newspaper man William Allen White.
Demographics Regions Southeast Kansas.
Southeast Kansas has a unique history with a number of nationally registered historic places in this coal-mining region. Located in Crawford County (dubbed the Fried Chicken Capital of Kansas), Pittsburg is the largest city in the region and the ... | and he continued to channel much of the fund's money to that cause.
Leaders of the women's movement were furious at being denied money that rightfully belonged to them, especially when they desperately needed it to finance what they had hoped would be a pivotal campaign in Kansas by the American Equal Rights Associatio... | 34,748 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible, what book comes immediately after Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? | Apostolic Fathers (generally considered orthodox) and the New Testament Apocrypha (including both orthodox and heretical works).
The New Testament is a collection of 27 books of 4 different genres of Christian literature (Gospels, one account of the Acts of the Apostles, Epistles and an Apocalypse). These books can be ... | in the twentieth century to be John Wenham and B.C. Butler. Wenham's work which gained him recognition among Bible scholars and lay persons was his work "Easter Enigma" which offered Bible exegesis that argued for the harmony of the gospel accounts. As a result of these two works Wenham is frequently cited in regard to... | 34,749 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer wrote 'The Threepenny Opera' (Die Driegroschenoper) in 1928? | The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera () is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, "The Beggar's Opera", and four ballads by François Villon, with music by Kurt Weill. Although there is debate as to how much, if any, ... | his opinion, and by Anton Webern.
His best-known work is "The Threepenny Opera" (1928), a reworking of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" written in collaboration with Bertolt Brecht. Engel directed the original production of "The Threepenny Opera" in 1928. It contains Weill's most famous song, "Mack the Knife" (""). The ... | 34,750 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the tango originate? | related to its contemporary Candombe in Buenos Aires and Montevideo). It is believed that this candombe existed and was practised in Argentina since the first slaves were brought into the country.
Although the word "tango" to describe a music/dance style had been printed as early as 1823 in Havana, Cuba, the first Arge... | which in turn colored the bottoms of their moccasins black.
Due to language and cultural patterns, anthropologists believe the Niitsitapi did not originate in the Great Plains of the Midwest North America, but migrated from the upper Northeastern part of the country. They coalesced as a group while living in the forest... | 34,751 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the dog that belonged to the cowboy Roy Rogers? | , Bullet. His show was broadcast on radio for nine years and then on television from 1951 through 1957. His productions usually featured a sidekick, often Pat Brady, Andy Devine, George "Gabby" Hayes, or Smiley Burnette. In his later years, Rogers lent his name to the franchise chain of Roy Rogers Restaurants.
Biograph... | . He makes the acquaintance of a singing cowboy named Roy (Rogers) and a sexy saloon performer with the masculine name of Mike (Russell), who has to fend off Junior's persistent advances. A grizzled local character also befriends Junior and continues offering him advice, eventually finding the hiding place of his fathe... | 34,752 | triviaqa-train |
Lindholme Prison is situated dose to which English town or city? | HM Prison Lindholme
HM Prison Lindholme is a Category C/D men's prison located near Hatfield Woodhouse in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Lindholme is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated in close proximity to Hatfield and Moorland prisons
History.
The site was orig... | a Category D prison wing, was converted into an Immigration Removal Centre.
The annual budget for running Lindholme was £18.3 million in 2011-12, and the cost per prisoner for 2010 was £32,757. This budget does not include the costs of providing educational facilities or healthcare, which are separately funded.
On 14 J... | 34,753 | triviaqa-train |
Which Mexican plant is sometimes called the Flower of the Holy Night or Mexican Flame Leaf? | Poinsettia
The poinsettia ( or ) ("Euphorbia pulcherrima") (also known as "Christmas Flower") is a commercially important plant species of the diverse spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). The species is indigenous to Mexico. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral di... | Chiranthodendron
Chiranthodendron is a flowering plant genus in the family Malvaceae. It comprises a single species of tree, Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.
Names.
The tree is called the devil's, monkey's or Mexican hand tree or the hand-flower in English, the árbol de las manitas ("tree of little hands") in Spanish, a... | 34,754 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the best actress award at the 2008 Oscar awards ceremony for her role in the film 'La Vie En Rose'? | 1998.
Track listings.
- 10" Single (1947)
1. "La Vie en rose"
2. "Un refrain courait dans la rue"
References in popular culture.
References in popular culture Biopics.
Two films about Piaf named after the song's title have been produced. The first one, a 1998 documentary, used archive footage and interviews with Raquel... | Pauline Burlet
Pauline Burlet (born 9 April 1996) is a Belgian actress, who starred as 'Lili Franchet' in the French TV series "Résistance".
Her first major role was in the 2007 film, "La Vie en rose", as a young Edith Piaf. Burlet won a Magritte Award in 2014 for "most promising actress" for her performance in "The Pa... | 34,755 | triviaqa-train |
Who said in 1935 'Guns will make us powerful, butter will only make us fat'? | the best known use of the phrase (in translation) was in Nazi Germany. In a speech on January 17, 1936, Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels stated: "We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns." Referencing the same concept, sometime in ... | !" is about this concept.
The Prodigy's 1997 album "The Fat of the Land" has the following text on the fold-out booklet: "We have no butter, but I ask you /Would you rather have butter or guns? /Shall we import lard or steel? Let me tell you /Preparedness makes us powerful. /Butter merely makes us fat."
This phrase as ... | 34,756 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor was married to Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright? | of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet, and Lady Macbeth. Later in life, she performed as a character actress in a few films.
At the time, the public strongly identified Leigh with her second husband, Laurence Olivier, who was her spouse fr... | .
- Laurence first married actress, Jill Esmond (see Esmond). Later, he married actress, Vivien Leigh. Finally, he married actress, Joan Plowright (see Plowright). With Esmond he has son and director, Tarquin Olivier. With Plowright he has son and director, Richard Olivier, actress, Tamsin Olivier, and actress, Julie K... | 34,757 | triviaqa-train |
On which river is High Force Waterfall? | High Force
High Force is a waterfall on the River Tees, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, County Durham, England. The waterfall is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and European Geopark.
The whole of the River Tees plunges over a precipice (cliff edge which is almost vertical) in ... | the river enters Ullswater. The Old Norse word "fors", waterfall, has been adopted into several northern English dialects and is widely used for waterfalls, with the English spelling 'Force'. Thus, The waterfall on gravel-bank river.
Tourism.
Aira Force lies on land owned by the National Trust. The Trust purchased the ... | 34,758 | triviaqa-train |
Which American football team won the first Superbowl in 1967? | Super Bowl I
The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, known retroactively as Super Bowl I and referred to in some contemporaneous reports, including the game's radio broadcast, as the Super Bowl, was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Cali... | Eric Marty
Eric Marty is an American football coach and former player. He played football and graduated from Chapman University, and NCAA Division III school. He still holds six school records including highest single game and season completion percentage, most career 300 yard passing games, and longest completion for ... | 34,759 | triviaqa-train |
In the novels by Baroness Orczy what was the real name of the Scarlet Pimpemel? | Emma Orczy
Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who... | there were 92.20 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $35,456, and for a family was $42,036. Males had a median income of $31,154 versus $19,423 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,929. About 10.90% of families and 12.60% of the population were below the poverty line, includi... | 34,760 | triviaqa-train |
In the TV sitcom Frasier, what was the name of Martin Crane's dog? | the episode "Breaking the Ice", for example, he finds it easier to say the words "I love you" to both his dog Eddie and Duke than he does to either of his sons; when he finally does so, Martin has first heavily imbibed of alcohol, and cannot look Frasier or Niles in the eye as he does so. He is certainly less comfortab... | Bebe Neuwirth
Beatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth (; born December 31, 1958) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. On television, she played Lilith Sternin, Frasier Crane's wife, on both the TV sitcom "Cheers" (in a starring role) and its spin-off "Frasier" (in a recurring guest role). The role won her two Emmy Awards. On s... | 34,761 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the HQ of Unesco? | East. Egypt, Israel, and Madagascar are also vying for the position but have yet to express a direct or indirect proposal. Both Qatar and Egypt lost in the 2017 bid against France.
The list of the Directors-General of UNESCO since its establishment in 1946 is as follows:
Governing bodies General Conference.
This is the... | events were organised by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee to raise awareness of the photonics sector; the closure of the IYL 2015 in Andorra was celebrated at the headquarters of the Parliament of Andorra; Member of the Duma and Nobel Laureate Zhores Alferov spoke on the IYL 2015 and topics of light technolog... | 34,762 | triviaqa-train |
In the Batman films, how is Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot better known? | Penguin (character)
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) is a fictional supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character made his first appearance in "Detective Comics" #58 (December 1941) and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Th... | , entertainment, media.
Arts, entertainment, media Fictional characters.
- Spook (comics), a DC Comics enemy of Batman
- Spook, a character from the cartoon series "Top Cat"
- Spook, a character in the comic strip "The Wizard of Id"
- Spooks, characters from "The Wardstone Chronicles" series
Arts, entertainment, media ... | 34,763 | triviaqa-train |
On which course is the Scottish Grand National run? | Scottish Grand National
The Scottish Grand National is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Ayr, Scotland, over a distance of about 4 miles (3 miles 7 furlongs and 176 yards, or 6,397 metres) and during its running there are 27 fences to be... | West of Scotland Grand National, predecessor of the Scottish Grand National, is first run, at a course near Houston, Renfrewshire.
Births.
- 14 March – George Henry, painter (died 1943)
- 10 April – Arthur Melville, painter of Oriental subjects (died 1904)
- 7 December – Ned Haig, butcher and rugby union player notable... | 34,764 | triviaqa-train |
Whose plays included 'Design for Living' and 'Present Laughter'? | Design for Living
Design for Living is a comedy play written by Noël Coward in 1932. It concerns a trio of artistic characters, Gilda, Otto and Leo, and their complicated three-way relationship. Originally written to star Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt and Coward, it was premiered on Broadway, partly because its risqué sub... | volumes of autobiography. Books of his song lyrics, diaries and letters also have been published. Some of his plays, such as "Hay Fever", "Private Lives", "Design for Living", "Present Laughter" and "Blithe Spirit", have entered the regular theatre repertoire. His stage and film acting and directing career spanned six ... | 34,765 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the Bolivar the main unit of currency? | Venezuelan bolívar
The main currency of Venezuela since 20 August 2018 has been the bolívar soberano (sovereign bolivar) (sign: Bs.S. or Bs.; plural: "bolívares soberanos;" ISO 4217 code: VES). Since that date, it has been due to replace the bolívar fuerte ("strong bolívar", sign: Bs.F., ISO 4217 code: VEF) after a tra... | took over as the main currency. Yang was the first currency that used decimal system as it was divided in 100 equal fun, though it did not last long.
Won was introduced in 1902 as the official currency unit replacing yang at 1 won = 5 yang. The bank of Korea was established in 1909 but soon after in 1910 Imperial Japan... | 34,766 | triviaqa-train |
How many counters does each player have in a game of backgammon? | in 2006 from Cannes and later the 'Backgammon Million' tournament held in the Bahamas in January 2007 with a prize pool of one million dollars, the largest for any tournament to date. In 2008, the World Series of Backgammon ran the world's largest international events in London, the UK Masters, the biggest tournament e... | is divided into 3 sectors, and each one is timed differently with different counters for Air Points.
The player wins a game by reaching the finish line before time runs out. Upon finishing a slope, the player has the option to view a replay of the run and then reaches a Results screen which report the time taken to com... | 34,767 | triviaqa-train |
Who released an album in 1973 called Billion Dollar Babies? | Billion Dollar Babies
Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and went on to be certified p... | , by 1973, would see the release of the number one album, "Billion Dollar Babies" album, a year after the success of "School's Out"; Cooper subsequently became established as one of the biggest acts in the world. After the disbanding of Cooper's group, Ezrin continued his collaboration with Cooper, as the latter embark... | 34,768 | triviaqa-train |
Angelina Jolie is the daughter of which film actor? | Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie (; née Voight, formerly Jolie Pitt, born June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. The recipient of such accolades as an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.
Jolie made her screen debut as ... | " (XXXTentacion album)
- Shiloh Fernandez (born 1985), American actor
- Shiloh Jolie-Pitt (born 2006), daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
- Shiloh Keo (born 1987), American football player
- Shlomit Malka (born 1993), Israeli fashion model sometimes called Shiloh Malka
- Shiloh Strong (born 1978), American actor,... | 34,769 | triviaqa-train |
Which instrument did Glen Miller play? | landing a good spot in Ben Pollack's group in Los Angeles. He also played for Victor Young, which allowed him to be mentored by other professional musicians. In the beginning he was the main trombone soloist of the band. But when Jack Teagarden joined Pollack's band in 1928, Miller found that his solos were cut drastic... | elder brother and immediately was inspired to try to play the instrument. Miller discovered the blues via his connection to Willie Dixon. "I went to school with Willie's kids," Miller said, "and Willie did one of the first blues programs in Chicago. Once, he brought in this little kid named Lucky Peterson" and Miller n... | 34,770 | triviaqa-train |
Sydney is the state capital of which Australian state? | — New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), South Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS), Victoria (VIC) and Western Australia (WA) — and two major mainland territories — the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the Northern Territory (NT). In most respects, these two territories function as states, except that the Commonweal... | in 1908, was planned as the capital city of Australia and is Australia's most notable and ambitious example of civic planning. The city was designed to be the Federal Capital following the federation of the six Australian colonies which formed the Commonwealth of Australia. The new nation required a capital that was lo... | 34,771 | triviaqa-train |
In which religion is the Torah a sacred text? | closet", and kodesh is derived from "kadosh", or "holy".
Torah translations.
Torah translations Aramaic.
The Book of Ezra refers to translations and commentaries of the Hebrew text into Aramaic, the more commonly understood language of the time. These translations would seem to date to the 6th century BCE. The Aramaic ... | guiding principles which dictate physical, mental, spiritual, or historical elements considered important to a specific religion. The terms 'sacred' text and 'religious' text are not necessarily interchangeable in that some religious texts are believed to be sacred because of their nature as divinely or supernaturally ... | 34,772 | triviaqa-train |
Of what is Vexillology the study? | vexillophile.
History.
The study of flags, or vexillology, was formalized by the U.S. scholar and student of flags Whitney Smith in 1961 with the publication of "The Flag Bulletin". During his lifetime, Smith organized various flag organizations and meetings including the first International Congress of Vexillology (IC... | Heraldry
Heraldry () is a broad term, encompassing the design, display, and study of armorial bearings (known as "armory"), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank, and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch of heraldry, concerns the design and transmission of the... | 34,773 | triviaqa-train |
"Which modem ""A"" road mainly follows the Roman road Watling Street?" | London forms part of the A2 road. The route from London to Wroxeter forms much of the A5 road. At various points along the historic route, the name Watling Street remains in modern use.
Name.
The original Celtic and Roman name for the road is unknown and the Romans may not have viewed it as a single path at all, dividi... | roads cross the town. The M2 motorway runs along its southern edge, from the town centre. The main road through the town, the A2, follows the ancient Watling Street, the Roman road between London and Canterbury. The most northerly road runs close to the southern bank of the river. The Chatham Main Line has a railway st... | 34,774 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality was the artist Hieronymus Bosch? | Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch (, , ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/Netherlandish painter and draughtsman from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work contains fantastic illustrations of religious concepts and narratives. ... | Wilhelm Fraenger
Wilhelm Fraenger (5 June 1890 – 19 February 1964) was a German art historian.
Fraenger was born in Erlangen. He was a specialist in the epoch of the German Peasants' War and of the mysticism of the Late Middle Ages. He wrote important studies of Jerg Ratgeb, Matthias Grünewald and Hieronymus Bosch. His... | 34,775 | triviaqa-train |
Which astronaut hit a golf ball on the moon in February 1971? | 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 ... | most accurate landing of the Apollo missions. At age 47, he became the fifth, the oldest, and the earliest-born person to walk on the Moon, and the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to do so. During the mission, he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. He was Chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1963 t... | 34,776 | triviaqa-train |
Who married Liam Gallagher in 1997? | as the only member remaining from The Rain. The album featured their first song written by Liam rather than Noel, "Little James", a melody written for Liam's ex-wife Patsy Kensit's son, James Kerr. This song, along with the album as a whole, received generally mixed reviews.
Oasis's next album, "Heathen Chemistry" (200... | Group members.
Group members Natalie Appleton.
Natalie Appleton was born May 14, 1973 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and married Liam Howlett in June 2002. She has a daughter named Rachel Howlett who was born May 19, 1992 and a son, Ace Howlett, born March 2, 2004.
Group members Nicole Appleton.
Nicole Appleton was bo... | 34,777 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Boromir in the film version of The Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Jackson? | portrayed as blameless and heroic throughout.
Portrayal in adaptations.
In both Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film and in the subsequent BBC Radio serial, Boromir is played by Michael Graham Cox. In the former, he is dressed in barbarian garb, which is a total departure from Tolkien's text.
Boromir is played by Carl-Kri... | the Rings", Frodo is played by Ian Holm, who later played Bilbo in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings".
In the 1993 television miniseries "Hobitit" by Finnish broadcaster Yle, Frodo is played by Taneli Mäkelä.
In "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy (2001–2003) directed by Peter Jackson, Frodo is... | 34,778 | triviaqa-train |
Who was known as the Acid Bath Murderer? | . The same year that Haigh was jailed for fraud, Betty gave birth while he was in prison, although she gave the baby girl up for adoption and left Haigh. His conservative family ostracised him from then onwards.
Haigh then moved to London in 1936, and became chauffeur to William McSwan, a wealthy owner of amusement arc... | the Isle of Wight was given to the de Redvers family in 1101 who were known as "Lords of the Isle of Wight". However the last of them was Izabel de Forz (also known as Isabella de Fortibus; 1237–1293), who was known informally as the "Queen of the Isle of Wight". Forz was visited shortly before her death by King Edward... | 34,779 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the University of Warwick situated? | Horticulture Research International.
Campus Main campus.
The main Warwick campus occupies between the City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire. The original buildings of the campus are in contemporary 1960s architecture. The campus contains all of the main student amenities, all but four of the student halls of ... | T. F. Green Airport Connector Road
The Airport Connector Road, also known as the T. F. Green Airport Connector Road or simply the T. F. Green Airport Connector, is a short, unnumbered highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island that connects Interstate 95 with T. F. Green Airport. The route, which is long, is a limited-a... | 34,780 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the nightclub singer who is the central character of the musical 'Cabaret'? | cabaret performer Sally Bowles.
A sub-plot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub. The club serves as a metaphor for ominous political development... | Broadway production at the Bon Soir musical theater.
In the early 1960s Hampton was contracted as a house singer at the Lions Den nightclub. in 1964 she nearly lost the use of her voice due to some damage to her vocal chords, but recovered. Hampton wrote and recorded her signature song, "Life Is What You Make It", also... | 34,781 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the steep cliff on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome which was used as an execution site for murderers/traitors? | Tarpeian Rock
The Tarpeian Rock (; Latin: ' or '; ) is a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, overlooking the Roman Forum in Ancient Rome. It was used during the Roman Republic as an execution site. Murderers, traitors, perjurors, and larcenous slaves, if convicted by the "quaestores parricidii", ... | Athenaeum (ancient Rome)
The Athenaeum was a school ("ludus") founded by the Emperor Hadrian in Rome, for the promotion of literary and scientific studies (ingenuarum artium) and called Athenaeum from the town of Athens, which was still regarded as the seat of intellectual refinement. The Athenaeum was situated near th... | 34,782 | triviaqa-train |
At which film festival is the Golden Bear awarded? | Golden Bear
The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. The winners of the first Berlin International Film Festival in 1951 were determined by a German panel,... | small therapeutic boarding school located in Montana
- "Chrysalis" (sculpture), a 1990 public artwork by Beth Sahagian
- Chrysalis School (Woodinville, WA), a US private school
- , a Greek steamship in service 1911-17
- Chrysalis, a nationwide nonprofit organization, see director and board member Brett Ratner
- Chrysal... | 34,783 | triviaqa-train |
Archibald Primrose was Prime Minister 1894-95, what was his title? | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his gr... | in a common professional fraternity."
Church would go on to help found the National Rifle Association in 1871; he and his newspaper remained fixtures in the political firmament for decades.
From 1894-95, the newspaper's naval editor was Winston Churchill — not the future British prime minister, but rather a recent grad... | 34,784 | triviaqa-train |
The global collection of what is stored in a vault in Svalbard on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen? | held at the vault was 967,216, representing over 13,000 years of agricultural history.
Construction.
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland's prime ministers ceremonially laid "the first stone" on 19 June 2006.
The seedbank is inside a sandstone mountain on Spitsbergen Island, and employs robust security systems... | Once named Spitsbergen after its largest island, the Svalbard archipelago was made a part of Norway — not a dependency — by the Svalbard Act of 1925. Since this date, it has been a region of Norway, with a Norwegian-appointed governor resident at the administrative centre of Longyearbyen. Limitations on the imposition ... | 34,785 | triviaqa-train |
The bell, Great Peter is in the northwest tower of which cathedral? | York Minster
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarc... | landmark in St. Petersburg, built between 1712 and 1733 inside the Peter and Paul Fortress. Both the cathedral and the fortress were originally built under Peter the Great and designed by Domenico Trezzini. The cathedral is the burial place of all Russian Emperors from Peter I to Nicholas II, with the exception of Pete... | 34,786 | triviaqa-train |
Which county cricket team play home games at Wantage Road? | County Cricket Ground, Northampton
The County Ground is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, England. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club.
It is known to be a venue which favours spinners, and in the last County Championship game of 2005, Northamptonshire's two spin bowler... | Isthmian League and have played at Ram Meadow since moving from Kings Road in the 1970s. They share the use of Ram Meadow with their feeder club and reserve team Team Bury, who are associated with the football academy at West Suffolk College and play in Division One of the Eastern Counties League.
Suffolk County Cricke... | 34,787 | triviaqa-train |
Which opera features a 'Prisoner's Chorus'? | Leonore No. 3" overture in this location.
Synopsis.
Two years prior to the opening scene, the Spanish nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose certain crimes of a rival nobleman, Pizarro. In revenge, Pizarro has secretly imprisoned Florestan in the prison over which he is governor. Simultaneously, Pizarro ... | Russian nationalist composer, like the members of the Kuchka. It has many elements in common with Russian nationalist operas which preceded it, notably Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Maid of Pskov" and Tchaikovsky's opera "The Oprichnik", both of which were also set in the times of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. It also... | 34,788 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish football team is nicknamed the 'Pars'? | Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in the Scottish Championship. Dunfermline play at East End Park, are nicknamed The Pars and are currently managed by former striker Stevie Crawford.
The Pars' mos... | Scottish association football, and a founding member of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) which governs the Laws of the Game. As a result of this key role in the development of the sport Scotland is one of only four countries to have a permanent representative on the IFAB; the other four representativ... | 34,789 | triviaqa-train |
Which bird has the Latin name Pica Pica? | DNA found that magpies in east and northeast China are genetically very similar to each other but differ from those in northwest China and Spain.
Taxonomy and systematics Etymology.
Magpies were originally known as simply "pies". This comes from a proto-Indoeuropean root meaning "pointed", in reference to either the be... | this awkward effort to bring back a less-than-engaging cartoon bird."
Reception Web series.
Despite the negative reviews, a web series based on Woody Woodpecker was made in 2018, with director Alex Zamm returning to direct a few episodes.
Release.
The film was first released in theaters in Brazil (under the name of Pic... | 34,790 | triviaqa-train |
Under what name does Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta perform? | Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is known for her unconventionality, provocative work and visual experimentation. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school ... | and simpler version of what became "Wiz Warz"
- "Knightmare" (1983)
- "Faster, Harder, More Challenging Q*bert" (1983) – developed under Mylstar name
- "Screw Loose" (1983) – developed under Mylstar name
- "Tylz" (1984) – developed under Mylstar name
- "Video Vince and the Game Factory" (1984) – developed under Mylstar... | 34,791 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Chancellor of Germany immediately before Angela Merkel? | Germany, while the CDU is a male-dominated, socially conservative party with strongholds in western and southern Germany, and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, has deep Catholic roots.
Following Merkel's election as CDU Leader, the CDU was not able to win in subsequent state elections. As early as February 2001 her r... | or she will be sworn in immediately as new Federal Chancellor.
The current German " is Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
The former German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany had the equivalent position of ' ("Chancellor of the Reich") as the head of the executive. Between 1871 and 1918, t... | 34,792 | triviaqa-train |
Who, along with Karl Ferdinand Braun, won a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909 for their work on wireless telegraphy? | Karl Ferdinand Braun
Karl Ferdinand Braun (6 June 1850 – 20 April 1918) was a German inventor, physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. Braun contributed significantly to the development of radio and television technology: he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi "for their contributions to the ... | der Wissenschaften der DDR. Based on a recommendation of the Wissenschaftsrat, it was reestablished on January 1, 1992.
The institute is named after Ferdinand Braun (1850–1918), who received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1909 for his contributions on the development of wireless telegraphy.
Business areas and research.... | 34,793 | triviaqa-train |
Which city was known in Roman times as Glevum? | . Many buildings changed use but were not destroyed. There were growing barbarian attacks, but these were focused on vulnerable rural settlements rather than towns. Some villas such as Great Casterton in Rutland and Hucclecote in Gloucestershire had new mosaic floors laid around this time, suggesting that economic prob... | ("Glevum") and Caerwent ("Venta Silurum"). Although historians think it likely that there was a small Roman fort in the area, the only evidence found so far has been of Roman material and burials, rather than buildings.
After the Romans left, Chepstow was within the southern part of the Welsh kingdom of Gwent, known as... | 34,794 | triviaqa-train |
Doris Speed played which part in Coronation Street? | and Doris Speed (haughty landlady Annie Walker) took two months' leave due to bereavement. The audience of ITV's other flagship soap opera "Crossroads" increased markedly at this time, as its established cast, such as Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon), grew in popularity. These sudden departures forced the writing team to ... | job was in 1916 at the Old Queen's Theatre in Farnworth, and he also had a spell as actor-director at the Hippodrome theatre in Wigan.
Leslie's best known role is as Jack Walker, genial landlord of the Rovers Return Inn in television soap "Coronation Street". Jack ran the pub alongside his wife Annie (played by Doris ... | 34,795 | triviaqa-train |
Which Fleetwood Mac album of 1977 sold 15 million copies and remained in the UK charts for more than eight years? | Mac", reached No. 1 in the U.S. "Rumours" (1977), Fleetwood Mac's second album after the arrival of Buckingham and Nicks, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles and remained at number one on the American albums chart for 31 weeks. It also reached the top spot in various countries around the world and won a Grammy Award for ... | with Status Quo. "Frampton Comes Alive" was released in early January, debuting on the charts on 14 February at number 191. The album was on the "Billboard" 200 for 97 weeks, of which 55 were in the top 40, of which 10 were at the top. The album beat, among others, Fleetwood Mac's "Fleetwood Mac" to become the top sell... | 34,796 | triviaqa-train |
Alan Rusbridger is the editor of which newspaper? | an article published in the latter would never be credited to "The Times".
In some cases a Sunday edition is an expanded version of a newspaper from the same publisher; in other cases, particularly in Britain, it may be a separate enterprise, e.g., "The Observer", not affiliated with a daily newspaper from its founding... | List of Principals of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
A list of Principals of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. The head of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford is called the Principal. The current Principal is the former newspaper editor Alan Rusbridger, since 2015.
References. | 34,797 | triviaqa-train |
The liner Mauretania was launched in 1906 as a sister ship to which other liner? | of these threats the Cunard Line was determined to regain the prestige of dominance in ocean travel not only for the company, but also for the United Kingdom. By 1902, Cunard Line and the British government reached an agreement to build two superliners, "Lusitania" and "Mauretania", with a guaranteed service speed of n... | 5,000 from his father. This was one of the world's first shipyards to build ships in steel, and the original steam engine on the site also provided electric lighting to the neighbourhood.
The company later merged with Swan Hunter's yard to become Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson in 1903. This Company became the most ... | 34,798 | triviaqa-train |
At which school were Tom Brown's Schooldays spent? | Tom Brown's School Days
Tom Brown's School Days (sometimes written "Tom Brown's Schooldays", also published under the titles "Tom Brown at Rugby", "School Days at Rugby", and "Tom Brown's School Days at Rugby") is an 1857 novel by Thomas Hughes. The story is set in the 1830s at Rugby School, a public school for boys. H... | in the Victorian era with "Tom Brown's Schooldays", by Thomas Hughes. "Tom Brown's Schooldays" laid down a basic structure which has been widely imitated, for example in Anthony Buckeridge's 1950s "Jennings" books.
Both "Tom Brown's Schooldays" and "Harry Potter" involve an average eleven-year-old, better at sport than... | 34,799 | triviaqa-train |
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