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Who presented Police Five on television? | Shaw Taylor
Eric Stanley Taylor (26 October 1924 – 17 March 2015), known professionally as Shaw Taylor, was a British actor and television presenter, best known for presenting the long-running five-minute crime programme "Police 5".
Early life and career.
Taylor served in the RAF and trained at RADA. He then acted on s... | been diversionary maneuvers. No motive for the crime has been determined. Over 900 people who were connected to the victim were questioned by the police, and the initial investigation produced a list of five initial suspects. All five were eventually cleared after producing alibis.
The case aroused nationwide interest ... | 35,300 | triviaqa-train |
In which UK county is Corfe Castle? | Corfe Castle
Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The first phas... | Mills teaches courses at undergraduate and graduate levels, including the subject "Indigenous Perspectives on Reincarnation and Rebirth". She has also published in many different journals and published book chapters.
Mills received a BA and a Doctorate from Harvard University.
Selected publications.
- Mills, A. (1986).... | 35,301 | triviaqa-train |
Who has won Best Leading Actor Oscars for his roles in ‘Milk’ and ‘Mystic River’? | Milk (film)
Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, ... | the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama "Sweet and Lowdown" (1999) and the drama "I Am Sam" (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for "Mystic River" and a second one in 2008 for "Milk". He has also won a Best Actor Award at the... | 35,302 | triviaqa-train |
Which country staged the final of the 2012 EUFA European Championship? | UEFA Euro 2012
The 2012 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 July 2012, was co-hosted for the first time by Poland and Ukraine, and w... | and played in 2 European Cup Winners' Cup games. Clarke won a Tyler All Ireland Cup final medal with Rovers against Finn Harps and was a squad member when Rovers also won the FAI Cup in a controversial final against Sligo Rovers.
In January 1979 he moved to Larne F.C. but the transfer fell through and he ended up joini... | 35,303 | triviaqa-train |
‘All American Prophet’, ‘Baptize Me’ and ‘l am Africa’ are songs from which musical, currently playing at the Prince of Wales theatre? | "I Am Here for You [Reprise]"). However, Price unceremoniously dumps him as mission companion. Cunningham is crushed and alone, but when Nabulungi comes to him, wanting to learn more about the Book of Mormon and having convinced the villagers to listen to him, Cunningham finds the courage to take control of the situati... | the song into a full length, made-for-television musical, also called "Copacabana", writing many additional songs and expanding the plot suggested by the song.
This film version was then further expanded by Manilow, Feldman, and Sussman into a full-length, two-act stage musical, again titled "Copacabana", which ran at ... | 35,304 | triviaqa-train |
Which Irish-born ballerina, who died aged 102 in 2001, founded the Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet? | contributions to the popularity of ballet worldwide. His choreographic notation and other materials relating to it have been preserved in the Sergeyev Collection, part of the theatre collection of the Harvard University Library.
History Prima ballerina assoluta.
The Royal Ballet is one of the few ballet companies in th... | Melissa Hamilton
Melissa Hamilton (born 2 August 1989) is a Northern Irish ballerina and a First Soloist with the Royal Ballet, London.
Biography.
Hamilton was born in Belfast and spent most of her child life in Dromore, County Down. Beginning dance training at the Jennifer Bullick School of Ballet aged four, she went ... | 35,305 | triviaqa-train |
Which English engineer (1907-1996) is usually credited with inventing the jet engine? | , especially, sustained operation.
The first patent for using a gas turbine to power an aircraft was filed in 1921 by Maxime Guillaume. His engine was an axial-flow turbojet, but was never constructed, as it would have required considerable advances over the state of the art in compressors. Alan Arnold Griffith publish... | Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage (; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Considered by some to be a "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the f... | 35,306 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the third most populous city in Scotland after Glasgow and Edinburgh? | city outside the Central Belt is Aberdeen.
In general, only the more accessible and larger islands remain inhabited. Currently, fewer than 90 remain inhabited. The Southern Uplands are essentially rural in nature and dominated by agriculture and forestry. Because of housing problems in Glasgow and Edinburgh, five new t... | Glasgow
Glasgow (, , ; ; ) is the most populous city in Scotland, and the third most populous city in the United Kingdom, as of the 2017 estimated city population of 621,020. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the local authority ... | 35,307 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of the former USSR republic of Tajikistan? | the OSCE in October 2010 for its censorship and repression of the media. The OSCE claimed that the Tajik Government censored Tajik and foreign websites and instituted tax inspections on independent printing houses that led to the cessation of printing activities for a number of independent newspapers.
Russian border tr... | addition to the issues that Tajikistan voluntarily transfers the competence of the USSR". According to the former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan H. Hamidov, "Declaration was the first document towards independence. For example, it is the fifth article that had given the Supreme Council of the Republi... | 35,308 | triviaqa-train |
Hamilcar Barca was the father of which famous general, born in 247BC? | terror inside the city. In response, Hamilcar began to harass the rebel supply lines and soon the rebels were placed in a state of siege. Spendius and Matho were joined by a force commanded by a Libyan chief named Zarzas, and the 50,000 strong army under Spendius moved away from Carthage. Using tactics later made famou... | broadcast area, WPHC failed to attract significant listenership. In October of the same year, WPHC adopted its current format. WPHC changed their call letters back to WXJC-FM.
On November 5, 2018, WXJC-FM changed their call letters to WYDE-FM and changed their format from southern gospel/talk (which moved to WXJC-FM 10... | 35,309 | triviaqa-train |
Denis Waterman is the only original cast member still starring in which TV series about the Met’s Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad? | had been commissioned, to be broadcast in 2012 and 2013. James Bolam, who played the part of Jack Halford, left the show, claiming that it had "become stale", making his final regular appearance in the first episode of Series 9 and a guest appearance in Series 10, episode 8. In the fourth episode, Denis Lawson joined t... | by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, who also were the only producers and songwriters of Minogue's two albums after her debut. However, this album featured additional production by some minor producers. When the song was first in the making, Minogue had announced she would be leaving the cast of the TV series "Neighbours", t... | 35,310 | triviaqa-train |
How many strings are there on a standard violin? | repeated rhythm in time signature. Benjamin Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" demands its use in the "Percussion" Variation. Dmitri Shostakovich uses it in his Fourteenth Symphony in the movement 'At the Sante Jail'. Some violinists, however, object to this style of playing as it can damage the fini... | fingerboard affect how easily the violin may be played. Fingerboards are dressed to a particular transverse curve, and have a small lengthwise "scoop," or concavity, slightly more pronounced on the lower strings, especially when meant for gut or synthetic strings. Many authentic old instruments have had their necks res... | 35,311 | triviaqa-train |
In which city can you see the original statue of Michelangelo’s David? | David (Michelangelo)
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. "David" is a marble statue of the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.
"David" was originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets... | of the classical orientation of the Capitoline, in a symbolic gesture turning Rome’s civic center to face away from the Roman Forum and instead in the direction of Papal Rome and the Christian church in the form of St. Peter’s Basilica. This full half circle turn can also be seen as Michelangelo’s desire to address the... | 35,312 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1848 novel 'Vanity Fair’? | Vanity Fair (novel)
Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sk... | to criminal investigations Anthrax case.
Foster returned to advise the FBI during the investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks. He later wrote an article for "Vanity Fair" about his investigation of Steven Hatfill, a virologist who had been labeled a "person of interest" by Attorney General John Ashcroft. In an Octobe... | 35,313 | triviaqa-train |
Widowed at 25, Martha Custis, nee Dandridge, later married which future American president? | full-length portrait painting of General George Washington to her as a gift. It was displayed in their home at Mount Vernon in the New Room.
Dower slaves, estate, death and interment.
Although her father had owned fifteen to twenty slaves, her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, owned nearly three hundred, making him o... | Martha Dandridge at the St. Peter's Church where Martha attended and Custis was a vestryman. Custis's father John disapproved of the relationship but eventually relented. After a two-year courtship, Custis and Dandridge were married on May 15, 1750. The couple lived at Custis's plantation called the White House in New ... | 35,314 | triviaqa-train |
Adapted by Richard Bean from a 1743 original work by Goldoni, which play became a West End hit in 2011, and on Broadway in 2012, starring James Corden? | One Man, Two Guvnors
One Man, Two Guvnors is a play by Richard Bean, an English adaptation of "Servant of Two Masters" (), a 1743 Commedia dell'arte style comedy play by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni. The play replaces the Italian period setting of the original with Brighton in 1963. The play opened at the Natio... | Venetian language, regional vernacular, and colloquialisms. Goldoni also wrote under the pen name and title "Polisseno Fegeio, Pastor Arcade", which he claimed in his memoirs the "Arcadians of Rome" bestowed on him.
One of his best known works is the comic play "Servant of Two Masters", which has been translated and ad... | 35,315 | triviaqa-train |
Which building society, demutualised in 1997 and acquired by Santander in 2008, was once advertised by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie using a slogan claiming to attract to ‘a smarter investor’? | companies such as Marks and Spencer, Twinings, Kenco, Vauxhall, Honda, Direct Line, Calpol, Heineken, Alliance & Leicester (a series of adverts which also featured Hugh Laurie), After Eights, Trebor, Panama cigars, Virgin Media and Orange Mobile. He has also filmed an advertisement where he explains the essence of Brit... | for this release. They are forecast to include an improved boot up sequence and log-in screen, dropping Unity 2D in favor of lower hardware requirements for Unity 3D, wrap around dialogs and toolbars for the head-up display and a "vanilla" version of Gnome-Shell as an option. The release would likely include GNOME 3.6,... | 35,316 | triviaqa-train |
K2 is the highest peak in which mountain range centred on the historic region of Kashmir? It is considered a sub-range of the Himalayas and one of the Greater Ranges of Asia. | mountain range runs west-northwest to east-southeast in an arc long. Its western anchor, Nanga Parbat, lies just south of the northernmost bend of Indus river. Its eastern anchor, Namcha Barwa, is just west of the great bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (upper stream of the Brahmaputra River). The Himalayan range is bo... | Great Himalayas
The Great Himalayas orGreater Himalayas (Hindi: महान हिमालय or हिमाद्रि) is the highest mountain range of the Himalayan Range System.This range is separated from Trans Himalaya mountain range by the Main Central Thrust Fault, and lies north of it.Entities the range is within include [Pakistan], China, I... | 35,317 | triviaqa-train |
Which Cabinet member is the MP for Chingford and Woodford Green? | Edinburgh, the son of Wilfrid George Gerald "W. G. G." Duncan Smith, a decorated Royal Air Force flying ace of the Second World War, and Pamela Summers, a ballerina. His parents married in 1946. One of his maternal great-grandmothers was Ellen Oshey, a Japanese woman living in Beijing who married Pamela's maternal gran... | had been "no such talks" between them, and provoked attacks on the European Union by some members of the party.
Duncan Smith was re-elected comfortably in Chingford and Woodford Green at the 2005 general election, almost doubling his majority. He has been Member of Parliament for Chingford and Woodford Green since 1997... | 35,318 | triviaqa-train |
HDL and LDL, standing for high- and low-density lipoproteins, are popularly known as the good and bad forms of which organic molecules? | source, the hormone glucagon signals the breakdown of the TGs by lipase to release free fatty acids (FFA). TGs are water-insoluble, non-polar neutral fats. These are not the structural components of biological membranes.TGs synthesis and storage mostly occurs in liver and adipose tissue. FFA and glycerol must be activa... | Evacetrapib
Evacetrapib was a drug under development by Eli Lilly & Company (investigational name LY2484595) that inhibits cholesterylester transfer protein (CETP inhibitor). CETP collects triglycerides from very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) or low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and exchanges them for cholesteryl esters... | 35,319 | triviaqa-train |
Which country will host the UEFA Euro team championship tournament in 2016? | UEFA Euro 2016
The 2016 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA. It was held in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Spain were the two-time defe... | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament is a football competition that is being played from March 2019 to March 2020 to determine the 24 UEFA member men's national teams that will advance to the UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament. The competition is linked with the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Na... | 35,320 | triviaqa-train |
In which town in Cumbria is Jennings Brewery located ? | Jennings Brewery
Jennings Brewery was established as a family concern in 1828 in the village of Lorton, between Buttermere and Cockermouth in the Lake District, England. The brewery was started by John Jennings Snr, son of William Jennings (a maltster). Jennings brewed exclusively in Lorton until 1874 when its present ... | Hotel, Rowrah – 1924
- William Joseph Brough: Railway Hotel, Rowrah – 1928
The Railway Hotel Rowrah underwent alterations in 1955/1956 while remaining under the ownership of the Jennings Brewery.
Additional National archive records, held in Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library, Whitehaven, indicate the sale ... | 35,321 | triviaqa-train |
Who has won Best Leading Actress Oscars for her roles in ‘Million Dollar Baby’ and ‘Boys Don’t Cry’? | Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood, and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. The film follows an underappreciated boxing trainer, the mistakes that haunt him from his past, and his quest for atonement by helpin... | Best Director nomination for Scorsese, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cate Blanchett), and Alan Alda for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Despite having a leading tally, the film ended up with only five Oscars: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Art Direction, ... | 35,322 | triviaqa-train |
Which Cabinet member is the MP for Runnymede and Weybridge? | Runnymede and Weybridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Runnymede and Weybridge is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 creation by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, a Conservative.
Boundaries.
The constituency contains the whole of the area of Runnym... | 11,818 votes, Hammond only polling 14.5% of the vote. He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1997 general election for the newly created Surrey seat of Runnymede and Weybridge. He won the seat with a majority of 9,875 and has remained its MP since. He made his maiden speech on 17 June 1997.
In Parliament he serv... | 35,323 | triviaqa-train |
Which English engineer (1910-1999) is usually credited with inventing the hovercraft? | during the 1930s, and his L-5 fast-attack boat reached in testing. However, the start of World War II put an end to Levkov's development work.
During World War II, an American engineer, Charles Fletcher, invented a walled air cushion vehicle, the "Glidemobile". Because the project was classified by the U.S. government,... | )
- 1989 – Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (b. 1917)
- 1991 – David Ruffin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- 1996 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, 6th President of India (b. 1913)
- 1999 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (b. 1910)... | 35,324 | triviaqa-train |
Thackeray took his novel’s title ‘ Vanity Fair’ from which author’s work The Pilgrim’s Progress’? | the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's best-loved books.
Title.
The book's title comes from John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress", a Dissenter allegory first published in 1678. In that work, "Vanity Fair" refers to a stop along the pilgrim's route: a never-ending fair held in a town called Vanity, which is meant to repre... | satire of the Newgate school of crime fiction, it ended up being more of a picaresque tale. He also began work, never finished, on the novel later published as "A Shabby Genteel Story".
Thackeray is probably best known now for "Vanity Fair". In contrast, his large novels from the period after "Vanity Fair", which were ... | 35,325 | triviaqa-train |
Which city stands at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers? | were killed. The city itself marks the western extent of the Sava River basin area especially prone to flooding, spanning from Zagreb to confluence of the river in Belgrade, Serbia.
East of Zagreb, the river turns southeast again further through the Central Croatia, to the Sisak-Moslavina County, the city of Sisak, rea... | the Drava, Sava, Drina, Tisza, and southern Morava rivers with the Danube". Bowlus emphasized that the orientation of the Frankish marcher organization was focused on the south-east territories which also supports Great Moravia's southern position. Martin Eggers suggested the original location of Moravia was centered a... | 35,326 | triviaqa-train |
Before embarking on her solo career, Beyonce Knowles was best known as the lead singer in which girl group? | second studio album, CrazySexyCool (1994), remains the best-selling album by a girl group in the United States (Diamond certification), while selling over 14 million copies worldwide. Destiny's Child emerged in the late 1990s and sold more than 60 million records.
Despite the dying popularity of girl groups in the US i... | Kahi
Park Ji-young (Korean: 박지영; born on December 25, 1980), better known by her stage name Kahi (Korean: 가희), is a South Korean singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for being the former leader of the girl group After School before embarking on a solo singing and acting career.
Early life.
Kahi was born in Dae... | 35,327 | triviaqa-train |
Who has played Dick Tracy, Bugsy Siegel and Clyde Barrow on film? | makes everyone demand the best of themselves. Warren stays with a picture through editing, mixing and scoring. He plain works harder than anyone else I have ever seen."
Early life.
Henry Warren Beaty was born March 30, 1937, in Richmond, Virginia. His mother, Kathlyn Corinne ("née" MacLean), was a teacher from Nova Sco... | Beatty's desire to make and star in a film about Bugsy Siegel can be traced all the way back to the late 1970s and early 1980s. After completing "Reds", Beatty had several projects that he wanted to do but his two dream projects were to produce, star, and possibly direct the life story of Howard Hughes and the life sto... | 35,328 | triviaqa-train |
Pearl Roundabout has been a scene of political protests, in which city is it? | Pearl Roundabout
The GCC Roundabout, known as Pearl Roundabout or Lulu Roundabout (Arabic: "", "Roundabout of the pearl(s)") was a roundabout located near the financial district of Manama, Bahrain. The roundabout was named after the pearl monument that previously stood on the site and was destroyed on March 18, 2011 by... | the morning of March 18, 2011, the government tore down the Pearl Monument, announcing on state broadcaster BTV that the monument had been "violated" and "desecrated" by the "vile" anti-government protests, and had to be "cleansed." In the government's haste, a migrant crane worker was crushed to death by a falling cem... | 35,329 | triviaqa-train |
Which TV period drama is based on the writings of Flora Thompson and features the characters Dorcas Lane, Thomas Brown and Laura Timmins? | Ladies Companion" for a 300-word essay about Jane Austen. She later wrote extensively, publishing short stories and magazine and newspaper articles. She was also a keen self-taught naturalist; many of her nature articles were anthologised in 1986.
In 1938 Thompson sent some essays on her country childhood to Oxford Uni... | Father Brown (2013 TV series)
Father Brown is a British television detective period drama which began airing on BBC One on 14 January 2013. It features Mark Williams as the eponymous crime-solving Roman Catholic priest. The series is loosely based on short stories by G. K. Chesterton.
Plot.
The series is set during the... | 35,330 | triviaqa-train |
Which company manufactured the World War 2 'A6M Zero' fighter aircraft? | maneuverable designs such as the Japanese Nakajima Ki-27, Nakajima Ki-43 and Mitsubishi A6M Zero and Italy's Fiat G.50 and Macchi MC.200. In contrast, designers in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States believed that the increased speed of fighter aircraft would create "g"-forces unbearabl... | They shot down 5,954 aircraft, more than any other American fighter in Europe. In the Pacific Theater, the A6M Zero gave Japan air superiority for much of the early part of the war, but suffered against newer naval fighters such as the F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair which exceeded the Zero in performance and durability. T... | 35,331 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the founder of the Wikileaks website? | WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks () is an international non-profit organisation that publishes news leaks, and classified media provided by anonymous sources. Its website, initiated in 2006 in Iceland by the organisation Sunshine Press, claimed in 2016 to have released online 10 million documents in its first 10 years. Julian Assan... | Legislative district of Cavite City
The Legislative District of Cavite City was the representation of Cavite City in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic from 1943 to 1944. As with other provinces and chartered cities at the time, the representatives of Cavite City to the National ... | 35,332 | triviaqa-train |
In the grounds of which house is the Emperor Fountain? | Emperor Fountain
The Emperor Fountain stands in the grounds of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.
History.
In 1843 Tsar Nicholas I of Russia informed the Duke that he was likely to visit Chatsworth the following year. In anticipation of this ... | to the people of Odessa. The transfer of ownership took place on 10 November 1806. Nowadays the garden is home to a bandstand and is the traditional location for outdoor theater in the summertime. Numerous sculptures can also be found within the grounds as well as a musical fountain, the waters of which are computer co... | 35,333 | triviaqa-train |
Which model of Ford car took its name from an Italian alpine resort? | sales increase 19%. Fleet sales account for 39 percent of Chrysler's sales and 31 percent for GM's.
Operations Europe.
At first, Ford in Germany and Ford in Britain built different models from one another until 1965, when the Ford Transit and later the Ford Escort and the Ford Capri became common to both companies. In ... | was replaced by a two-door fastback version of the Hillman Hunter which stayed in production until 1976.
Sunbeam Sunbeam Alpine 1.5 Litre.
Series I. From 1959 to 1968 a quite different 1½-litre car with the same name and an up-to-date prominently finned shape for its body was made on a modified Hillman Husky chassis. A... | 35,334 | triviaqa-train |
Whose film roles include Terry Malloy, Stanley Kowalski and Vito Corleone? | Vito Corleone
Vito Andolini Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" and in the first two of Francis Ford Coppola's film trilogy. He is portrayed by Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" and then, as a young man, by Robert De Niro in "The Godfather Part II". He is an orphaned Sicilian immigran... | He is credited with helping to popularize the Stanislavski system of acting, having studied with Stella Adler in the 1940s. He is often regarded as one of the first actors to bring Method Acting (built from the Stanislavski system) to mainstream audiences.
He initially gained acclaim and an Academy Award nomination fo... | 35,335 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first chairman of Radio 4's 'The News Quiz' in 1977, a role later filled for many years by Barry Took? | The News Quiz
The News Quiz is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
History.
"The News Quiz" was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently, it was chaired by Simon Hoggart, Barry Took (until 1995), and then again by Simon Hoggart until March 2006. Hoggart was replaced by Sand... | by Took and featured Bob Hoskins and Donald Gee. He was involved in two further television series on the issue, "Your Move" and "Write Away".
In 1977 Took hosted his own comedy sketch show, "Took and Co". Also featuring Robin Bailey, Chris Emmett, Andrew Sachs and Gwen Taylor, the series ran for seven episodes late at ... | 35,336 | triviaqa-train |
At 325m Beacon Batch is the highest point in which range of English hills? | sandstone and Silurian volcanic rocks. The latter are quarried for use in road construction and as a concrete aggregate. The Mendips were considerably higher and steeper 200 to 300 million years ago, and subsequent erosion has resulted in a range of surface features including gorges, dry valleys, screes, swallets and o... | Worcestershire Beacon
Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as "The Beacon", is a hill whose summit at is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies ent... | 35,337 | triviaqa-train |
As one of his twelve Labours, Heracles was sent to steal which animals from Diomedes? | . She refused the sacrifice because it reflected glory on Hercules. The Bull was released and wandered into Marathon, becoming known as the Marathonian Bull. Theseus would later sacrifice the bull to Athena and/or Apollo.
Labours Eighth: Mares of Diomedes.
The eighth labour was to bring back the Mares of Diomedes, whic... | him mad, which led him to murder his family and this later led to him undertaking his famous labours. Hera assigned Heracles to labour for King Eurystheus at Mycenae. She attempted to make almost each of Heracles' twelve labours more difficult. When he fought the Lernaean Hydra, she sent a crab to bite at his feet in t... | 35,338 | triviaqa-train |
Used in cookery in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, what is `Jaggery'? | explosion along the coast lines, overfishing, the pollution of coastal areas and global warming.
Some Caribbean islands have terrain that Europeans found suitable for cultivation for agriculture. Tobacco was an important early crop during the colonial era, but was eventually overtaken by sugarcane production as the reg... | Coconut milk
Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts. The opacity and rich taste of coconut milk is due to its high oil content, most of which is saturated fat. Coconut milk is a traditional food ingredient used in Southeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, and East Afr... | 35,339 | triviaqa-train |
John Galliano was dismissed from his post as chief designer at which fashion house? | John Galliano
John Charles Galliano (born November 28, 1960) is a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who was the head designer of French fashion companies Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996), Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011), and his own label John Galliano (1988 to 2011). At present, Galliano is the c... | 1994 and studied fashion design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. After five months of internship with John Galliano, he worked as an assistant to one of his teachers, the Belgian designer Wim Neels. In the following years he worked for various brands, including Bernhard Willhelm and Patrick Van Ommeslaeghe... | 35,340 | triviaqa-train |
What year did the Good Friday Agreement come into effect? | 10 April 1998:
1. a multi-party agreement by most of Northern Ireland's political parties (the Multi-Party Agreement);
2. an international agreement between the British and Irish governments (the BritishIrish Agreement).
The agreement set out a complex series of provisions relating to a number of areas including:
- The... | the Gaisce Awards and met Bertie Ahern.
Initial reaction.
Initial reaction Ireland.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny linked the visit to the Good Friday Agreement being put into full effect. The Queen was welcomed by Irish President Mary McAleese. The First Minister of Northern Ireland and Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Ro... | 35,341 | triviaqa-train |
What year did the burning of the Reichstag take place? | Reichstag fire
The Reichstag fire (, ) was an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, on Monday 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Hitler's government stated that Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch council communist, was ... | Two other chroniclers, Hall and Speed, suggest that the actual burning did not take place until September.
The fate of the image of Our Lady of Doncaster is not stated, and beyond the Archbishop's action in seizing it we have no means of knowing what did happen to the statue. A famous letter from Bishop Hugh Latimer t... | 35,342 | triviaqa-train |
Goodwood racecourse is in which county? | Goodwood Racecourse
Goodwood Racecourse is a horse-racing track five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, in England controlled by the family of the Duke of Richmond, whose seat is nearby Goodwood House. It hosts the annual Glorious Goodwood meeting in late July and early August, which is one of the highlights of th... | to the north of Chichester. The Goodwood Estate Company is a diverse portfolio of businesses which includes: Goodwood Racecourse, a 4,000 acre organic farm, two eighteen hole golf courses, Goodwood Aerodrome and Flying School, and a 91 bedroom hotel. The Group employs over 550 people and attracts 800,000 visitors to th... | 35,343 | triviaqa-train |
What is the SI unit of magnetic flux? | , assisted by Wilhelm Weber, implicitly defined the second as a base unit when he quoted the Earth's magnetic field in terms of millimetres, grams, and seconds. Prior to this, the strength of the Earth's magnetic field had only been described in relative terms. The technique used by Gauss was to equate the torque induc... | internal energy.
Definition, units, and measurement Units.
The unit for magnetic moment in International System of Units (SI) base units is A⋅m, where A is ampere (SI base unit of current) and m is meter (SI base unit of distance). This unit has equivalents in other SI derived units including:
where N is newton (SI der... | 35,344 | triviaqa-train |
"Who composed the ""Threepenny Opera""?" | 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, ... | Gary Yershon
Gary Bernard Stewart Yershon (born 2 November 1954 in London) is an English composer. His works include music for theatre, radio, television, film, and dance. He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He began his career as an actor. He worked as writer/translator (e.g. "Ruslan and Lyudmi... | 35,345 | triviaqa-train |
'Windmills of your mind' was hit in 1969 for which artist? | in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top songs in American cinema. A cover by Sting was used in the 1999 remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair".
Composition/original recording.
In the original 1968 film "The Thomas Crown Affair", the song is heard – sung by Noel Harrison – during opening credits; and, during the film,... | - Scott Walker ("Scott 2" - 1968)
- The Icelandic rendering "Regn Óréttlætisins" was recorded by Hljómar for their 1968 eponymous album.
- Jimmie Rodgers ("The Windmills of Your Mind" - 1969)
- Rita Reys ("Rita Reys sings Burt Bacharach" - 1971)
- the Pretenders (on the multi-artist album for the soundtrack to the film... | 35,346 | triviaqa-train |
Which South American national team has won the Copa de America most times? | 1916, against Sweden in Stockholm, where the U.S. won 3–2.
The U.S. fielded a team in the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, the first ever World Cup to be played. The U.S. began group play by beating Belgium 3–0. The U.S. then earned a 3–0 victory over Paraguay, with FIFA crediting Bert Patenaude with two of the goals. In Nov... | for Turkish side Beşiktaş J.K., among other clubs such as Boca Juniors, Sevilla and Internazionale, as well as playing a big role in Chile's 2010 and 2014 World Cup squads.
"La Cato" is the 3rd team that has won the most tournaments at a national level. The club has won 13 national tournaments and one international cup... | 35,347 | triviaqa-train |
"Who composed the opera ""The Merry Widow""?" | national composer of Austria. The Theater an der Wien never failed to draw huge crowds when his stage works were first performed. After many of the numbers the audience would call noisily for encores.
Franz von Suppé, a contemporary of Strauss, closely modeled his operettas after Offenbach. The Viennese tradition was c... | - Giovanna Seymour in "Anna Bolena", Indianapolis Opera
- Hanna in "The Merry Widow", Indianapolis Opera/San Antonio Symphony
- Violetta in "La Traviata", Austin Lyric/Madison Opera
- Lucy Lockett in "The Beggar's Opera", Opera Theater of Saint Louis
- "Angelina", Opera Theater of Saint Louis
- Tessa in "The Gondoliers... | 35,348 | triviaqa-train |
What dynastic family name of Cleopatra? | Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Philopator (; 69 – 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, nominally survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexan... | Emesa and her father was a maternal grandson of the Ptolemaic Greek Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman Triumvir Mark Antony.
The name "Alexion" is a variant of the ancient Greek name "Alexander". The name "Alexander" was a dynastic name in the Emesani Royal Family; the Seleucid dynasty; the Ptolemaic dynasty and pe... | 35,349 | triviaqa-train |
A quagga, now extinct, bore qresemblance to which other mammal? | oug-ga". The name is still used colloquially for the plains zebra. The quagga was originally classified as a distinct species, "Equus quagga", in 1778 by Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert. Traditionally, the quagga and the other plains and mountain zebras were placed in the subgenus "Hippotigris".
Much debate has occurr... | .
The bluebuck was hunted to extinction by European settlers; in 1774 Thunberg noted that it was becoming increasingly rare. The German biologist Hinrich Lichtenstein claimed that the last bluebuck had been shot in 1799 or 1800. The bluebuck is the first historically recorded large African mammal to become extinct, fol... | 35,350 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the role of the 'Riddle? in the 1960s TV series Batman? | Batman". One affiliate refused to air the series. The network insisted it needed the extra advertising revenue.
The Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, and the Mad Hatter, villains who originated in the comic books, all appeared in the series, the plots for which were deliberately villain-driven. Acc... | him to work on TV shows such as the 1960s "Batman" TV series and the ABC Lennon Sisters variety hour (1969–1970), among others. Though long-time friends with Riddle, Raffell had a falling out with the arranger during studio sessions in the 1960s due to both musicians' strong personalities. Raffell played in the sax sec... | 35,351 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the novel ""Lovely Bones""?" | The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The novel received critic... | 2002; originally published in 1999), Back Bay Books,
- "The Lovely Bones" (novel, 2002), Little, Brown,
- "The Almost Moon" (novel, 2007), Little, Brown,
External links.
- "Meet the Writers" at "Barnes & Noble" (includes detailed interview from the July/August 2002 issue of "Book" magazine)
- Interview at Powells.com
-... | 35,352 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the play ""Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf'?" | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee first staged in 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive an unwitting younger couple, Nick and Honey, as guests... | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a 1978 television play by Alan Bennett, produced by London Weekend Television and directed by Stephen Frears. The title of the play is a parody of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", which in turn plays on the title of the Disney song "Who's Afraid of ... | 35,353 | triviaqa-train |
Edward Heath was MP for which constituency? | reserves to counter currency speculators.
In 1987, he was nominated in the election for the Chancellorship of the University of Oxford but lost to Roy Jenkins as a result of splitting the Conservative vote with Lord Blake.
Heath continued to serve as a backbencher MP for the London constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup... | the CRD, acting as ‘external affairs adviser’ to Edward Heath while the latter was leader of the opposition. He served Margaret Thatcher in the same capacity from 1975 to 1976. He achieved the rank of assistant director with special responsibility for European affairs,
He contested the Coventry North East constituency ... | 35,354 | triviaqa-train |
How many times did Martina Navratilova win the Wimbledon woman's singles championship? | Traditionally, Wandsworth Boys School in Sutherland Grove, Southfields and Mayfield Girls School on West Hill in Wandsworth, both now defunct, were the schools of choice for selection of BBGs. This was possibly owing to their proximity to the club. BBGs have an average age of 15, being drawn from the school years nine ... | Williams's next tournament was Wimbledon, where she defeated Russian Vera Zvonareva in the final without facing a break point and breaking the serve of Zvonareva three times. She did not lose a set in the tournament.
After the match, Martina Navratilova said that Williams is in the top five of all the women's tennis pl... | 35,355 | triviaqa-train |
ES is the chemical symbol for which element? | Einsteinium
Einsteinium is a synthetic element with the symbol Es and atomic number 99. As a member of the actinide series, it is the seventh transuranic element.
Einsteinium was discovered as a component of the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952, and named after Albert Einstein. Its most common isotop... | friend's name out of mourning.
The stony-iron Pallasite meteorites are not connected to the Pallas asteroid, being instead named after the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas. The chemical element palladium, on the other hand, was named after the asteroid, which had been discovered just before the element.
As with oth... | 35,356 | triviaqa-train |
The dunnock is more commonly known as what bird? | Dunnock
The dunnock ("Prunella modularis") is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. Dunnocks have also been successfully introduced into New Zealand. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, which otherwise consists of mountain species. Other common... | The Canary Islands oystercatcher was in all likelihood a bird of the rocky shore rather than sandy beaches; although it might have been driven from the latter as they were much more utilized by humans – which it tended to avoid (Bannerman 1963). What is known about its feeding habits indicates that had always been less... | 35,357 | triviaqa-train |
Name the cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and England who scored 7,249 runs and 22 centuries in test matches? | are also played at the Cheltenham cricket festival at the College Ground, Cheltenham and matches have also been played at the Gloucester cricket festival at The King's School, Gloucester.
Gloucestershire's most famous players have been W. G. Grace, whose father founded the club, and Wally Hammond, who scored 113 centur... | List of international cricket centuries by Younis Khan
Younis Khan (also spelled as Younus Khan) is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on thirty-four and seven occa... | 35,358 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the strait separating Norway and Denmark? | west and the northern and central European mainland to the east and south, including Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via t... | Øresund
Øresund or Öresund (, ; ; ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of and the width varies from to . It is wide at its narrowest point between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in S... | 35,359 | triviaqa-train |
Who was on the throne of England in 1150? | regions theoretically part of his Kingdom. After the death of his former patron Henry I, David supported the claims of Henry's daughter and his own niece, Empress Matilda, to the throne of England. In the process, he came into conflict with King Stephen and was able to expand his power in northern England, despite his ... | Hodierna of St Albans
Hodierna of St Albans (fl. 1150–1210) was the mother of Alexander Neckam and wet nurse of Richard I of England. Hodierna is also known as Audierne.
According to legend, Richard I and Alexander Neckam were born on the same day. The astrological significance of these two births may be the reason Hod... | 35,360 | triviaqa-train |
"The cult film ""Assault on Precinct 13"" was directed by whom?" | .
Carpenter had hoped to make a Howard Hawks-style Western like "El Dorado" or "Rio Lobo", but when the $100,000 budget prohibited it, Carpenter refashioned the basic scenario of "Rio Bravo" into a modern setting. Carpenter employed the pseudonym "John T. Chance" for his original version of script, entitled "The Anders... | 1984). However, many of Carpenter's films from the 1970s and the 1980s have come to be considered as cult classics, and he has been acknowledged as an influential filmmaker. The cult classics that Carpenter has directed include "Dark Star" (1974), "Assault on Precinct 13" (1976), "The Thing" (1982), "Christine" (1983),... | 35,361 | triviaqa-train |
Gordon Brown is MP for which constituency? | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (UK Parliament constituency)
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath is a county constituency representing the areas around the towns of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, in Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election from most of th... | Rachel Squire (Labour) was the MP for Dunfermline West constituency from 1992 until the major revision of the composition of Scottish parliamentary constituencies for the 2005 general election. Gordon Brown was MP for the neighbouring Dunfermline East constituency from which some territory was given to Dunfermline and ... | 35,362 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible who was the wife of Boaz? | Hebrew for "truth").
These three books are also the only ones in Tanakh with a special system of cantillation notes that are designed to emphasize parallel stichs within verses. However, the beginning and end of the book of Job are in the normal prose system.
Hebrew Bible Ketuvim The five scrolls ("Hamesh Megillot").
T... | Boaz, Missouri
Boaz is an unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri, United States. Boaz is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is located approximately seven miles southwest of Nixa and is about five miles east of Clever.
A post office called Boaz was established... | 35,363 | triviaqa-train |
What part of the brain is predominantly associated with memory? | cortex and sends its output out to different parts of the brain also. The input comes from secondary and tertiary sensory areas that have processed the information a lot already. Hippocampal damage may also cause memory loss and problems with memory storage. This memory loss includes retrograde amnesia which is the los... | (MS), disease-associated myelin-specific T cells from the blood are predominantly co-stimulation-independent effector-memory T cells that express high numbers of K1.3 channels. T cells in MS lesions in postmortem brain lesions are also predominantly effector-memory T cells that express high levels of the K1.3 channel. ... | 35,364 | triviaqa-train |
Adele has had several recent album successes, in which English city was she born? | from "25". Two more singles from "25" were released in 2016: "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" and "Water Under the Bridge". While on stage at London's O2 Arena on 17 March, Adele announced that she would be headlining on the Pyramid Stage at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival, which was later confirmed by the festival's o... | and John released their 32nd and most recent studio album together, "Wonderful Crazy Night", in 2016.
Collaboration with other artists.
In addition to writing for Elton John, Taupin has also written lyrics for use by other composers, with notable successes including "We Built This City", which was recorded by Starship,... | 35,365 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the French underground resistance who fought against Germany in WWII? | .
Networks and movements Maquis.
The Maquis () were rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called "maquisards", during the Occupation of France in World War II. Initially, they were composed of men who had escaped into the mountains to avoid conscription into Vichy France's Service du travail obligatoire ... | anti-Napoleonic coalitions in 1814, by the Prussian army in 1870–71, and by Nazi Germany beginning in June 1940, during WWII, when it was bombed by US Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses, before the liberation of Dijon by the French Army and the French Resistance, 11 September 1944.
Geography.
Dijon is situated at the hea... | 35,366 | triviaqa-train |
On which West Indian island was cricketer Gary Sobers born? | Garfield Sobers
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Gary or Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, he is widely considered to be cricket's greatest ever all-r... | Lawrence Rowe
Lawrence George Rowe (born 8 January 1949) is a former West Indian cricketer.
Rowe, also known as "Yagga", was an elegant right-handed batsman described by Michael Holding, his team mate, as "the best batsman I ever saw". It was felt that his ability was so extraordinary that Gary Sobers believed he could... | 35,367 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible who was the wife of Ahab? | Ahab
Ahab (; ; ; ) was the seventh king of Israel since Jeroboam I, the son and successor of Omri, and the husband of Jezebel of Sidon, according to the Hebrew Scriptures. The Hebrew Bible presents Ahab as a wicked king, particularly for condoning Jezebel's influence on religious policies and his principal role behind ... | Omri
Omri (, "‘Omri"; fl. 9th century BC) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the sixth king of Israel. He was a successful military campaigner who extended the northern kingdom of Israel. Other monarchs from the House of Omri are Ahab, Ahaziah, Joram, and Athaliah. Like his predecessor, king Zimri, who ruled for only ... | 35,368 | triviaqa-train |
The port of Pusan is in which country? | Busan
Busan (), formerly Romanized as Pusan and now officially is South Korea's second most-populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.5 million inhabitants. It is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern Korea, with its port—Korea's busiest and the fifth-busiest in the world —only abou... | months and permanently maintain diplomatic missions in each country. The Japanese would confer with the Ministry of Rites; the Korean envoy would be received by the Foreign Office.
- Under Article 3, Japan would use the Japanese and Chinese languages in diplomatic communiques, while Korea would use only Chinese.
- Arti... | 35,369 | triviaqa-train |
Who was on the throne of England in 1472? | Edward IV of England
Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist king. The first half of his rule was marred by the violence associated with the Wars of the Roses, but he overcame the Lancastrian... | Juan, Marqués de Villena (elevated, in 1472, to 1st Duke of Escalona), and his family in 1470–1475. There were many negotiations for her marriage to someone who could defend her succession. On 26 October 1470, she was betrothed and then married by proxy to Charles, Duke of Guienne, brother of Louis XI of France, and ag... | 35,370 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology who drowned while swimming the Hellespont? | was said that Helle, the daughter of Athamas, was drowned at the Dardanelles in the legend of the Golden Fleece. Likewise, the strait was the scene of the legend of Hero and Leander, wherein the lovesick Leander swam the strait nightly in order to tryst with his beloved, the priestess Hero, and was drowned in a storm.
... | Kalamos
Kalamos (Ancient Greek: Κάλαμος, "reed, reed pen"; ) is a Greek mythological figure Kalamos, son of Maiandros (god of the Maeander river).
Greek mythology.
A story in Nonnus's "Dionysiaca" tells about the love of two youths, Kalamos and Karpos, the son of Zephyrus and Chloris. Karpos drowned in the Meander riv... | 35,371 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the group of French speaking people living in areas of Southern Belgium? | "the French-speaking Community of Belgium" for clarity.
The Community has its own parliament, government, and administration. Its official flag is identical to the Walloon Flag, which is also the official flag of the Walloons of Wallonia.
Wallonia is home to 80% of all Francophone Belgians, with the remaining 20% resid... | TV Vlaanderen
TV Vlaanderen is a digital satellite television and terrestrial television service provider for the Flanders region in Belgium.
TV Vlaanderen's customers are mostly people living in Flanders. However, as TV Vlaanderen is officially available to the whole of Belgium, TV Vlaanderen also has many Flemish cus... | 35,372 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the Mafia code of silence? | Omertà
Omertà (, ) is a Southern Italian code of silence and code of honor that places importance on silence in the face of questioning by authorities or outsiders; non-cooperation with authorities, the government, or outsiders; and willfully ignoring and generally avoiding interference with the illegal activities of o... | approach. It is constructed in red brick with stone dressings. With its twisting chimneys, turrets and gables, it is a mixture of Devey's usual Jacobean style and the French Renaissance architecture of Waddesdon Manor. This is especially noticeable on the concave roof to the round tower, and the gable on the garden fac... | 35,373 | triviaqa-train |
How are the first ten amendments to the US Constitution collectively known? | to reconcile their bills after disagreeing over whether to ratify Articles One and Two. All three later ratified the Constitutional amendments originally known as Articles Three through Twelve as part of the 1939 commemoration of the Bill of Rights' sesquicentennial: Massachusetts on March 2, Georgia on March 18, and C... | which originated in the rear of the cabin.
A radio programme broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on 26 November 2007 advanced the theory that the accident was the result of a missile strike or bomb, and that the true cause has been suppressed by the French Government under secrecy laws.
On 10 May 2011 Michel Laty, a former army t... | 35,374 | triviaqa-train |
In which English building is the world's oldest working clock, dating back to 1386? | Salisbury cathedral clock
The Salisbury cathedral clock is a large iron-framed clock without a dial, in Salisbury Cathedral, England. Supposedly dating from about 1386, it is said to be the oldest working clock in the world, although similar claims are made for other clocks. Previously in a bell-tower which was demolis... | to within two minutes per day if it had been wound twice per day.
In 1790, the old bell tower 'on the ditch of the close of the canons of the said church' mentioned in the deed of 1386 which had housed the clock was demolished, so the clock was moved to the Cathedral's central tower. In 1884, a new clock was installed ... | 35,375 | triviaqa-train |
Ascorbic acid is an essential dietary requirement, how is it more commonly known? | Vitamin C
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid and -ascorbic acid, is a vitamin found in various foods and sold as a dietary supplement. It is used to prevent and treat scurvy. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient involved in the repair of tissue and the enzymatic production of certain neurotransmitters. It is required... | phospholipids. Some dietary fat is necessary to facilitate absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) and carotenoids. Humans and other mammals have a dietary requirement for certain essential fatty acids, such as linoleic acid (an omega-6 fatty acid) and alpha-linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid) because th... | 35,376 | triviaqa-train |
What was the surname of the British father and son who shared the Nobel Prize for physics in 1915? | William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician, and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son Lawrence Bragg – the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics: ""for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays"".... | father and son, shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in crystallography. The earliest structures were generally simple and marked by one-dimensional symmetry. However, as computational and experimental methods improved over the next decades, it became feasible to deduce reliable atomic positions for mo... | 35,377 | triviaqa-train |
Norman Cook, known as Fat Boy Slim, began his music career as a member of which chart-topping group? | Fatboy Slim
Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook; 31 July 1963), known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English DJ, musician, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the Hull-based indie rock band The Housemartins, who achieved a UK ... | award-winning composer and musician Guy Barker, Halyon became a music, art and film club which held regular events for both up-and-coming and established artists. The club attracted an extraordinarily eclectic audience, from Terry Gilliam to Mo Mowlam, Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim) to Alan Rickman and hundreds of others i... | 35,378 | triviaqa-train |
How many points make 'game' in rubber bridge? | . The value of the penalty depends on the number of undertricks, whether the declaring side is vulnerable or not vulnerable and whether the contract was undoubled, doubled or redoubled.
Without a double or redouble, every undertrick has a fixed cost of 100 or 50 points. The scores for (re)doubled undertricks are such t... | Sacrifice (bridge)
In duplicate bridge, a sacrifice is a deliberate bid of a contract that is unlikely to make in the hope that the points will be less than the points likely to be gained by the opponents in making their contract. In rubber bridge, a sacrifice is an attempt to prevent the opponents scoring a game or ru... | 35,379 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the organic food company founded by Prince Charles? | Social interests Natural environment.
Since the early 1980s, Charles has promoted environmental awareness. Upon moving into Highgrove House, he developed an interest in organic farming, which culminated in the 1990 launch of his own organic brand, Duchy Originals, which now sells more than 200 different sustainably pro... | Clover Food Lab
Clover Food Lab is a fast food chain, founded in 2008 by MIT material science graduate and Harvard MBA Ayr Muir, which operates food trucks and restaurants in Massachusetts, United States. The company serves a simple menu that changes day to day and with the seasons based on what is available from local... | 35,380 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1985 agreement between many EC states led to the removal of border controls between those countries? | in justice and home affairs and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development. For travel within the Schengen Area, passport controls have been abolished. A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the e... | the European Council of 28 and 29 June 1985, where the majority decided to call an Intergovernmental Conference to review to Community treaties.
The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the cold war, German reunification and the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty led to the UEF campaign for European Democracy which i... | 35,381 | triviaqa-train |
The song 'O Fortuna' is to be found in which Carl Orff musical work? | Carl Orff
Carl Orff (; – ) was a German composer and music educator, best known for his cantata "Carmina Burana" (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education.
Life.
Life Early life.
Carl Orff was born in Munich on 10 July 1895, the son of Paula (Köstler) and Heinrich Orff. His f... | Dark Side of the Chant
The Dark Side of the Chant is Gregorian's 13th album, released in 2010. It features songs which are originally made by artists varying from AC/DC and the Dutch band Within Temptation to their own work.
Track listing.
1. "O Fortuna" (Carl Orff)
2. "Stripped" (Depeche Mode)
3. "All I Need" (Within ... | 35,382 | triviaqa-train |
The Nazi regime was Germany's Third Reich, which was the First Reich? | ), meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", the first two being the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and the German Empire (1871–1918). The Nazi regime ended after the Allies defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.
Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by the President of the Weimar Republic, Paul... | pressure from Hitler. In an act of anticipatory obedience to the Nazi regime, UFA management fired several Jewish employees on March 29, 1933. In the summer of 1933, the Nazi regime created the Film Chamber of the Reich, which adopted regulations officially excluding Jewish filmmakers from all German studios.
History N... | 35,383 | triviaqa-train |
Sisters Kate and Bianca appear in which of Shakespeare's plays? | in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew".
Sources.
"Othello" has its source in the 1565 tale "Un Capitano Moro" from "Gli Hecatommithi" by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio. While no English translation of Cinthio was available in Shakespeare's lifetime, it is probable that Shakespeare knew both the Italian original ... | . Bateman and one of her sisters, Ellen, showed early theatrical talent, and the senior Batemans devoted themselves to managing their daughters' careers.
Kate began appearing on stage by the age of five, at a time when child prodigies were something of a rage in the United States. After performing with Ellen around the... | 35,384 | triviaqa-train |
Which Impressionist painted 'The Card Players'? | younger artists greatly admired. They were soon joined by Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, and Armand Guillaumin.
During the 1860s, the Salon jury routinely rejected about half of the works submitted by Monet and his friends in favour of works by artists faithful to the approved style. In 1863, the Salon jury rejected M... | Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings of subjects that ranged from prostitutes and brothels to scenes of middle-class family life. For instance, she made orient-influenced "Girl with a Fan" , a morphine addict in "Woman in an Armchair" , a group of nude prostitutes in "La Salon", cultured women in "Card Player... | 35,385 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the presenter of TV programme Dragons Den? | Dragons' Den (British TV programme)
Dragons' Den is a British television programme, presented by Evan Davis. The format of the show is owned by Sony Pictures Television and is based on the original Japanese programme, which has been sold around the world. The programme has been produced by BBC Manchester since its ince... | caliber sniper rifle.
It also made a brief appearance in the BBC motoring programme "Top Gear" on BBC Two, when the P50 was featured more extensively and the Trident was introduced as a "sports version". Co-presenter James May described the Peel Trident as "something out of "The Jetsons"", and co-presenter Jeremy Clar... | 35,386 | triviaqa-train |
From 1956 until his death in 2008 in which country did Arthur C Clarke live? | , he joined the British Interplanetary Society. In 1945, he proposed a satellite communication system using geostationary orbits. He was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1946–1947 and again in 1951–1953.
Clarke emigrated from England to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) in 1956, to pursue his interest ... | was never performed live by Pink Floyd, but Gilmour resurrected the piece for his solo tour in 2006. One of these performances features on Gilmour's 2007 DVD "Remember That Night" and also the vinyl version of his 2008 live album, "Live in Gdańsk".
"Childhood's End" was the last song Pink Floyd released to have lyrics ... | 35,387 | triviaqa-train |
Which film saw Sean Connery's last portrayal of James Bond? | 2020, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, "Spectre" (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There have also been two independent productions of Bond films: "Casino Royale" (a 1967 spoof) and... | ", to his son's chagrin. Some have also posited that C.L. Moore’s science fiction character Northwest Smith may have also influenced Lucas and Spielberg in their naming choice.
Lucas has said on various occasions that Sean Connery's portrayal of British secret agent James Bond was one of the primary inspirations for Jo... | 35,388 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nickname of TV presenter Richard Hammond? | and from 1986 to 1988 attended Harrogate College of Art and Technology.
Career.
After graduation, Hammond worked for several BBC radio stations, including Radio Cleveland, Radio York, Radio Cumbria, Radio Leeds, Radio Newcastle and Radio Lancashire, before auditioning for "Top Gear".
Career "Top Gear".
Hammond became ... | Chanidapa Pongsilpipat
Chanidapa Pongsilpipat, (; ; born July 15, 1988) in Thailand, is a Thai actress, model and presenter. She is best known for her role in the 2007 film, "The Love of Siam" as Donut. Now she is with Channel 3 and has starred in many TV series with the TV channel since 2013. Her nickname is Best. Her... | 35,389 | triviaqa-train |
In which country does the factual series Ice Road Truckers take place? | Ice Road Truckers
Ice Road Truckers (commercially abbreviated IRT) is an American reality television series that premiered on History Channel, on June 17, 2007. It features the activities of drivers who operate trucks on seasonal routes crossing frozen lakes and rivers, in remote Arctic territories in Canada and Alaska... | Addiction"
- "My Fishing Place"
- "River to Reef"
- "The Last Cast"
Programming Current programming Reality.
- "American Restoration"
- "Hardcore Pawn" (repeats)
- "Ice Road Truckers"
- "Ink Masters"
- "Outback Truckers"
- "Pawn Stars"
- "Restoration Garage"
- "Swamp People"
Programming Current programming Factual.
- "... | 35,390 | triviaqa-train |
"What does the ""S"" in HBOS stand?" | than the 275p price at which HBOS raised funds earlier in 2008. The price was later altered to 0.605 Lloyds shares per HBOS share.
To avoid another Northern Rock-style collapse, the UK government announced that should the takeover go ahead, they would allow it to bypass competition law.
Alex Salmond, Scotland's First M... | 's overtake meant that "He is ready to stand up to Michael and he is not afraid of what will happen if Michael does not lift."
The race result meant that Coulthard narrowed the gap to Michael Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship to twelve points. Häkkinen remained in third place, six points ahead of Barrichello. Fis... | 35,391 | triviaqa-train |
Which retail company used Julie Walters in its adverts? | you do have the sensation of entering someone else's mind and of looking through someone else's eyes." Walters starred in Asda's Christmas 2007 TV advertising campaign. She also appeared alongside Patrick Stewart in UK Nintendo DS Brain Training television advertisements, and in a public information film about smoke al... | Leather adverts have previously featured Richard Stapley, Paolo Di Canio, Ralph Ineson, Julie Walters and Paul Merton. The Julie Walters advert featured her singing, with the final line "Imperial Leather: our only comfort in life." The Paul Merton series of adverts included a commercial where he attempts to interview a... | 35,392 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous mountain is known as the Six Grandfathers to the Lakota Sioux Indians? | Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son Lincoln Borglum. T... | exclusively with the French.
The Canadian Sioux had traveled north from America. Those around Wood Mountain were known as Titunwan or Tetons; members of the Hunkpapa sub-band. Tetons is another term for a Lakota Sioux. The Lakota Sioux would eventually settle in the Wood Mountain area.
History Lifestyle of original peo... | 35,393 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Britain's youngest Olympian at the 2008 games? | title.
On the road Nicole Cooke's win in the women's road race provided the first Olympic gold for an athlete from Wales since Richard Meade in 1972.
Cycling Road.
- Men
- Women
Cycling Track.
- Sprint
- Pursuit
- Keirin
- Omnium
Diving.
A total of ten divers were part of Team GB in the individual and synchronised divi... | youngest winner was the Scottish swimmer Ian Black, who won a European gold in 1958 at the age of 17.
Daley qualified for the Beijing 2008 Olympics in the individual 10m dive competition and, following the retirement of 2004 silver medallist Leon Taylor, in the 10m platform synchro competition. Some in the British medi... | 35,394 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is the Music of Black Origin Awards better known? | History.
Kanya King launched the MOBO awards in 1996, aiming to establish a platform for music that, according to King, encompasses urban, hip hop, R&B and reggae. After failing to raise support for her plan, she raised funds by re-mortgaging her house.
History 1996.
- Best Album: Goldie - "Timeless"
- Best Single: Gab... | About how the village came to have the name Daubach nothing is known. What is known, however, is that the name was written "Daupach" in 1377, thus showing at least that the village has had a similar name for well over six hundred years. It lay on the road that led from Meisenheim and Sobernheim by way of Eckweiler (a n... | 35,395 | triviaqa-train |
Defeat at which battle caused the French to leave Vietnam in the 1960's? | Bien Phu, U.S. carriers sailed to the Gulf of Tonkin and the U.S. conducted reconnaissance flights. There were also talks between the French and Americans in which the possible use of three tactical nuclear weapons was considered, though reports of how seriously this was considered and by whom are vague and contradicto... | for this correspondence but eventually escaped to Poland. The War of the Spanish Succession forced much of the Austrian army to leave Hungary, creating an opportunity to revolt. The Kurucs, or the anti-Habsburg rebels, began an uprising headed by Rákóczi. However, very few nobles supported the revolution. Additionally,... | 35,396 | triviaqa-train |
Which stage musical is based on the songs of Take That? | June 1995, Williams was photographed by the press partying with Oasis at the Glastonbury Festival. During this month the band offered him an ultimatum; he was to adhere to the band's responsibilities or leave before their scheduled world tour. Williams chose the latter. Williams claimed he was bored with Barlow's leade... | Mulan Jr.
Mulan Jr. is a one-act stage musical based on the 1998 Disney animated film "Mulan", which in turn was based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan and the story "Fa Mulan" by Robert D. San Souci. The adaptation mixes songs featured in the 1998 film as well as deleted songs from the film, including the revival of... | 35,397 | triviaqa-train |
Where in England beside Liverpool would you find a regional Tate Gallery? | Tate, which consists of a network of four museums: Tate Britain, which displays the collection of British art from 1500 to the present day; Tate Modern, also in London, which houses the Tate's collection of British and international modern and contemporary art from 1900 to the present day; Tate Liverpool (founded in 19... | Guy, New York
- 2013 Ornament and Reproach, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver // Hangmen of England, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- 2014 Ornament and Reproach, Murray Guy, New York // Burn the Diaries, MUMOK — Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; // Camden Arts Centre, London
- 2015 You're a nice guy to ... | 35,398 | triviaqa-train |
"What is the name for the ""Code of Living"" followed by the Samurai?" | grasp the long and the short swords and to die". He also ordered his followers to put forth great effort in studying the military classics, especially those related to loyalty and filial piety. He is best known for his quote: "If a man does not investigate into the matter of Bushido daily, it will be difficult for him ... | (Kazuki Kitamura), the samurai who had appeared after Matoba's unit had been sent back in time, seeks him out and asks him what he is actually living for when he is not interested in saving the world. This challenge rekindles Kashima's interest, and he agrees to come along.
As the recovery team arrives, they rescue a y... | 35,399 | triviaqa-train |
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