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Who made his last film appearance in Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets? | Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and is also the last film to feature Richard Harris as Professor Albus Dumbledore, due to his death that same year. Its story follows Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the Heir of Salazar Slytherin op... | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is an action-adventure video game published by Electronic Arts based on J.K. Rowling's novel "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and the film of the same name. It was the second to last game released for the Game Boy Colo... | 35,400 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous US actor made his last film appearance in the film Solyent Green? | Soylent Green
Soylent Green is a 1973 American dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston and Leigh Taylor-Young. Edward G. Robinson appears in his final film. Loosely based on the 1966 science fiction novel "Make Room! Make Room!" by Harry Harrison, it combines both police proce... | "Veliki poduhvat". In 1964 he won the "Silver Arena" award as Best Actor in the Pula Film Festival of Yugoslavian Films for the Fadil Hadžić movie "Službeni položaj". His last appearance was in "Amnezija" in 1994. However it was his performance as the medieval Bosnian Dervish in the 1974 movie "Derviš i smrt" (The Derv... | 35,401 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last English manager of Chelsea? | freehold with the club in 1992 by doing a deal with the banks of the property developers, who had been bankrupted by a market crash. Chelsea's form in the new Premier League was unconvincing, although they did reach the 1994 FA Cup Final with Glenn Hoddle. It was not until the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manag... | fashion, with only two clubs in the English professional leagues using player-managers at that time.
The chief executive of the League Managers Association stated his belief that the increased workload for managers had made combining the two roles difficult. The last permanent player-manager in the top flight of Englis... | 35,402 | triviaqa-train |
Which stretch of water runs around Iran, Oman and The United Arab Emirates? | the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. Its central location in Eurasia and Western Asia, and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, give it geostrategic importance. Tehran is the political and economic center of Iran, and the largest and most populous city in Western Asia with more t... | United Arab Emirates and Oman also raised concerns that habitats of species such as the hawksbill turtle, greater flamingo, and booted warbler may be destroyed. The dolphins that frequent the gulf in northern waters around Iran are also at risk. Recent statistics and observations show that dolphins are at danger of ent... | 35,403 | triviaqa-train |
Which man other than Billy McNeill and Martin O'Neil has managed both Aston Villa and Celtic? | Withe
- Paul McGrath
- Peter McParland
- Charlie Aitken
- William McGregor
- George Ramsay
- Billy Walker
Non-playing staff.
Non-playing staff Notable managers.
The following managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge or have been notable for Villa in the context of the League, for example Jozef Vengloš w... | in 1987–88, the club's centenary season. He also managed Clyde, Aberdeen, Manchester City and Aston Villa. In 2015, Celtic installed a statue outside Celtic Park of McNeill holding aloft the European Cup, an iconic image in their history.
Early life.
McNeill was born on 2 March 1940 in Bellshill, Lanarkshire. His fathe... | 35,404 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nickname of TV presenter James May? | James May
James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter of the motoring programme "Top Gear" alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond from 2003 until 2015. As of 2016 he is a director of the production company W. Chump & Sons (founded ... | 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... | 35,405 | triviaqa-train |
Which world famous city in Eire stands on the River Lee? | River Lee
The River Lee (Irish: "An Laoi") is a river in Ireland. It rises in the Shehy Mountains on the western border of County Cork and flows eastwards through Cork, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's city centre is built, and empties into the Celtic Sea at Cork Harbour o... | to locals and foreigners that with the decline of passenger traffic, the ferry terminal was losing its purpose.
Demolition.
The Ferry Terminal which was alongside the famous Sentosa Musical Fountain and Fountain Gardens, were demolished on 26 March 2007. The demolishing ceremony was witness by prime minister Lee Hsien... | 35,406 | triviaqa-train |
Which ancient structure ran from Old Kirkpatrick, Dumbartonshire to Bo'ness Falkirk? | " of Brythonic.
History.
History Roman.
Bo'ness has important historical links to the Roman period and marks the eastern extent of the Antonine Wall which stretched from Bo'ness to Old Kilpatrick on the west coast of Scotland. The Antonine Wall was named as an extension to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Herita... | Bo'ness
Borrowstounness (commonly known as Bo'ness ( )) is a coastal parish in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Historically part of the county of West Lothian, it sits on a hillside on the south bank of the Firth of Forth within the Falkirk council area, north-west of Edinburgh and east of Falkirk. At the 2001 census... | 35,407 | triviaqa-train |
In 1995 Dave Grohl formed which pop band? | have written their best hits yet.
The Foo Fighters' seventh studio album, "Wasting Light", was released on April 12, 2011. It is the first Foo Fighters album to reach No. 1 in the United States. Despite rumors of a hiatus, Grohl confirmed in January 2013 that the band had completed writing material for their follow-up ... | .
Homme was formerly the and guitarist of the stoner rock band Kyuss from 1987 to 1995. He has produced a musical improv series with other musicians (mostly from the Palm Desert Scene) known as The Desert Sessions since 1997. He formed a new project in 2009 called Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and John Paul Jon... | 35,408 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only 20th century president to be carved onto Mount Rushmore? | 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... | South Dakota, near the town of Berne. Like the nearby Mount Rushmore National Memorial, it is a monument carved out of a mountainside. The sculpture was begun by Polish-American sculptor Korczak Ziółkowski, who had worked under Gutzon Borglum on Mount Rushmore, in 1948. Plans call for the completed monument to be wide ... | 35,409 | triviaqa-train |
In which English city would you find a district called Portishead? | when the town supported the Royalists, but surrendered to Fairfax in 1645. Guns were also placed at Battery Point during World War II. The King Road was the site of a naval action in 1758 when HMS Antelope captured HMS Belliqueux, one of a French squadron returning from Quebec.
A mill was built on Welhay stream but thi... | became easily accessible in webshops offering worldwide shipping services or by other means of shopping for said items. Also photo booths that you could decorate called Purikura (プリクラ) booths which were mostly located in the electronic district of Tokyo, Akihabara; these booths were a thing to do for "gyaru" enthusiast... | 35,410 | triviaqa-train |
St Catherine's Point is the most southerly tip of which British island? | online since 2010, and in 2017 started broadcasting on FM 104.6. The station operates from the Riverside Centre in Newport.
The island is also covered by a number of local stations on the mainland, including the BBC station BBC Radio Solent broadcast from Southampton.
The island's not-for-profit community radio station... | Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly () are an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in England, being over further south than the most southerly point of the British mainland at Lizard Point.
The population of all the islands at the 2011 census was 2... | 35,411 | triviaqa-train |
After whom is the New Orleans main airport named? | , African and Latin American cultures. The city's unique musical heritage was born in its colonial and early American days from a unique blending of European musical instruments with African rhythms. As the only North American city to have allowed slaves to gather in public and play their native music (largely in Congo... | D. H. Holmes
D. H. Holmes was a New Orleans department store and later a New Orleans-based chain of department stores. The company was founded in 1842 by Daniel Henry Holmes, after whom it is named. In 1849 he moved his headquarters to Canal Street, where he developed his first department store. He followed the model o... | 35,412 | triviaqa-train |
Where did Thomas Cook organise his first package holiday to go to? | "walking from Market Harborough to Leicester to attend a meeting of the Temperance Society". With the opening of the extended Midland Counties Railway, he arranged to take a group of temperance campaigners from Leicester Campbell Street railway station to a teetotal rally in Loughborough, eleven miles away. On 5 July 1... | Thomson Holidays and First Choice part of TUI AG and Thomas Cook AG. Under these umbrella brands are different holiday operators catering to different markets, such as Club 18-30 or traveleze. Budget airlines have also created their own package holiday divisions such as Jet2holidays or Japan Airlines's J-Pack special.
... | 35,413 | triviaqa-train |
In most parts of the world castrated bulls are called bullocks what are they called in USA? | for a cow is about nine months long. A newborn calf's size can vary among breeds, but a typical calf weighs between . Adult size and weight vary significantly among breeds and sex. Steers are generally killed before reaching . Breeding stock may be allowed a longer lifespan, occasionally living as long as 25 years. The... | , such as the in Spain, also often used in post-run bullfighting, and Camargue cattle in Occitan France, which are not fought. Actual bulls (non-castrated male cattle) are typically used in such events.
The most famous bull-run – what a capitalized "the Running of the Bulls" most often refers to in English – is the hel... | 35,414 | triviaqa-train |
In 1979, Trevor Francis became the first footballer to be transferred for a fee of £1 million, when he moved from Birmingham City to which club? | , the club raised money by selling Bob Latchford to Everton for a British record fee of £350,000, but without his goals the team struggled. Sir Alf Ramsey briefly managed the club before Jim Smith took over in 1978. With relegation a certainty, the club sold Trevor Francis to Nottingham Forest, making him the first pla... | for England: Harry Hibbs with 25 caps while a Birmingham player.
- First player to play in the World Cup Finals: Gil Merrick for England against Belgium in Basel on 17 June 1954. Ken Green was also in England's 17-man travelling squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup Finals but did not play.
Player records Transfers.
Trevor... | 35,415 | triviaqa-train |
"In the Dickens novel, ""The Pickwick Papers"", who sued Mr Pickwick for breach of promise?" | The Pickwick Papers
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was Charles Dickens's first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of "Sketches by Boz", published in 1836 (most of Dickens' novels were issued in shilling instal... | uses much irony. After Elizabeth rejects Darcy and then realizes she loves him, she comments "no such happy marriage could now teach the admiring multitude what connubial felicity really was" as if she herself is aware that she is a character in a romance novel. Later, she tells Darcy in thanking him for paying off Wic... | 35,416 | triviaqa-train |
Nadezhda von Meck was the patron of which great composer, and to whom he dedicated his fourth symphony? | Nadezhda von Meck
Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (; 13 January 1894) was a Russian business woman who became an influential patron of the arts, especially music. She is best known today for her artistic relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, supporting him financially for thirteen years, so that he could devote him... | Nadezhda von Meck, that he wanted "very much" to dedicate it to her, and that he would write on it "Dedicated to My Best Friend". He had begun composing the symphony not long after Meck had entered his life. He would complete it in the aftermath of his catastrophic marriage and claimed she would find in it "an echo of ... | 35,417 | triviaqa-train |
Who owned the famous racehorse Shergar? | has never admitted any role in the theft.
The Aga Khan, Shergar's owner, sent the horse for training in Britain in 1979 and 1980. Shergar began his first season of racing in September 1980 and ran two races that year, where he won one and came second in the other. In 1981 he ran in six races, winning five of them. In J... | Hamza" examined the controversial preacher Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri who has since been jailed in the UK. For a period of six months in 2002-03 "Crash" was filmed for RTÉ. It focused on the car crash epidemic that blights the Irish nation. "Emmet" was an account of the Republican revolutionary Robert Emmet who was hang... | 35,418 | triviaqa-train |
"Which English Renaissance dramatist and poet wrote the 17th century play, ""Volpone""?" | Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours. He is best known for the satirical plays "Every Man in His Humour" (1598), "Volpone, or The Fox" (c. 16... | Rochefoucauld family whose origins go back to Charente, where he had his residence.
- Théophile de Viau, 17th-century Baroque poet and dramatist.
- Cyrano de Bergerac, 17th-century novelist and playwright. He was from a "Dordognaise" aristocratic family from Bergerac, although he never lived there in his entire life.
-... | 35,419 | triviaqa-train |
Which political commentator and writer published a controversial biography of Prince Charles in 1995, much of it concerning the collapse of his marriage to Princess Diana? | not consider Diana romantically until mid-1980. While they were sitting together on a bale of hay at a friend's barbecue in July, he mentioned Mountbatten's death, to which Diana replied that Charles had looked forlorn and in need of care during his uncle's funeral. Soon, according to Charles's chosen biographer, Jonat... | – A controversial new biography of Diana, Princess of Wales, "Diana: Her True Story", written by Andrew Morton, is published, revealing that she has made five suicide attempts following her discovery that The Prince of Wales had resumed an affair with his previous girlfriend Mrs Parker-Bowles shortly after Prince Willi... | 35,420 | triviaqa-train |
In which BBC magazine style TV programme do John Craven, Julia Bradbury and Matt Baker take part? | John Craven
John Raymond Craven, (born 16 August 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for presenting the BBC programmes "Newsround", "Countryfile" and "Beat the Brain".
Early life.
Craven was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at Leeds Modern School. Craven's father was ... | Diarmuid Gavin, Cleve West, Toby Buckland, Anne Swithinbank, Matt Biggs and David Domoney.
In previous years the shows featured the Gardeners' World Magazine Theatre, award winning show gardens, grow your own garden, Floral Marquee and Floristry Master-classes.
Celebrity guests are commonplace with familiar names such ... | 35,421 | triviaqa-train |
Who has taken over the TV role of Doctor Who, from actor David Tennant? | the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008. However, on 29 October 2008, he announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. He played the Doctor in four special episodes in 2009, before his final episode aired on 1 January 2010, where he was replaced by the eleve... | actor David Tennant, who had just taken the role of the Tenth Doctor, described the relationship between the Doctor and Rose as "basically a love story without the shagging". He later stated that Rose was the Doctor's girlfriend, though it was never explicitly stated on screen.
The Doctor's relationship with Rose inten... | 35,422 | triviaqa-train |
Who conducted the famous Panorama interview with Princess Diana in 1995? | little doubt that she had been in a relationship with him. However, the Princess denied any romantic relationship with Hoare, whom she described as a friend, and said that "a young boy" was the source of the nuisance calls made to Hoare. She was also linked by the press to rugby union player Will Carling and private eq... | was a major source, and it alleged that he had a five-year affair with Diana, Princess of Wales from 1986 to 1991. Diana confirmed the affair in her 1995 "Panorama" interview. The following year, the film "Princess in Love" by David Greene was released, based on the book, with Julie Cox and Christopher Villiers playing... | 35,423 | triviaqa-train |
Which Kent batsman has the same surname as a two-syllable point of the compass? | appointed in January 2018, replacing Sam Northeast. In total 33 men have been appointed as club captain, beginning with Lord Harris in 1875. Colin Cowdrey captained the side for the longest span in the County Championship era, serving between 1957 and 1971. Ted Dillon led the county to the County Championship title thr... | expressed with the sign in the International Phonetic Alphabet, but the sign is nonetheless traditionally used for RP in most of the literature on the topic.
Voiceless plosives (, , , ) are aspirated at the beginning of a syllable, unless a completely unstressed vowel follows. (For example, the is aspirated in "impasse... | 35,424 | triviaqa-train |
In which modern day country is the site of the 1704 Battle of Blenheim? | way to ignore Dutch wishes was by the use of secrecy and guile, set out to deceive his Dutch allies by pretending to simply move his troops to the Moselle – a plan approved of by The Hague – but once there, he would slip the Dutch leash and link up with Austrian forces in southern Germany. "My intentions", wrote the Du... | Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace (pronounced ) is a monumental country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the principal residence of the Dukes of Marlborough, and the only non-royal, non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built be... | 35,425 | triviaqa-train |
"Which English novelist and poet, wrote the 19th century novel, ""The Woodlanders""?" | The Woodlanders
The Woodlanders is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It was serialised from May 1886 to April 1887 in "Macmillan's Magazine" and published in three volumes in 1887. It is one of his series of Wessex novels.
Plot summary.
The story takes place in a small woodland village called Little Hintock, and concerns the ef... | Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
- Hermann Broch convert; author of modernist novels, "The Death of Virgil" and "The Sleepwalkers"
- Heinrich Seuse Denifle Austrian Dominican friar; historian and paleographer
- Alfred Döblin novelist; wrote the novel "Berlin Alexanderplatz" before he converted to Catholicism in 1941
- H... | 35,426 | triviaqa-train |
"In the Dickens novel, ""The Pickwick Papers"", who is Mr Pickwick's manservant?" | later arranges for Jingle and his servant Job Trotter to pursue their fortune in the West Indies.
When Mrs. Bardell herself is sent to the Fleet Prison Pickwick learns that the only way he can relieve her suffering is by paying her costs in the action against himself, thus at the same time releasing himself from the pr... | , Holborn in "David Copperfield".
- Wegg, Silas A villainous ballad-seller with a wooden leg who finds Harmon's will and attempts to blackmail the Boffins with it ("Our Mutual Friend").
- Weller, Samuel Mr Pickwick's manservant and valet is one of the most popular characters in Dickens' works. He counsels his master wi... | 35,427 | triviaqa-train |
Agadir is a major city in which African country? | .
In 1884, Charles de Foucauld described in "Reconnaissance au Maroc" (Reconnaissance in Morocco) his rapid passage to Agadir from the east:
On the pretext of a call for help from German companies in the valley of the Souss, Germany decided on 1 July 1911, to extend its interests in Morocco and assert a claim on the co... | List of listed buildings in Banchory-Devenick, Aberdeenshire
This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Banchory-Devenick in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
See also.
- List of listed buildings in Aberdeenshire
References.
- All entries, addresses and coordinates are based on data from Historic Scotland. This data fa... | 35,428 | triviaqa-train |
The vicuna is the smallest species of which group of animals? | in Peru increased from 6,000 to 75,000 with protection by game wardens. Currently, the community of Lucanas conducts a "chaccu" (herding, capturing, and shearing) on the reserve each year to harvest the wool, organized by the National Council for South American Camelids (CONACS).
The wool is sold on the world market fo... | , place, and type of fish on a standardized post card, and submits this card to a fisheries agency or conservation organization.
- Bag limits – A bag limit is a law imposed on hunters and fishermen restricting the number of animals within a specific species or group of species they may kill and keep.
- Minimum landing ... | 35,429 | triviaqa-train |
Mostar and Banja Luka are the two largest cities in which country? | Bosnia up until the formation of the short-lived Herzegovina Eyalet in the 1830s, which remerged in the 1850s, after which the entity became commonly known as "Bosnia and Herzegovina".
On initial proclamation of independence in 1992, the country's official name was the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina but following t... | , Pristina, Skopje, Sarajevo and Ohrid.
Airports List of airports.
Yugoslavia contained the following airports, listed here grouped by the country or territory in which they are now located:
- Banja Luka Airport, Banja Luka
- Mostar Airport, Mostar
- Sarajevo Airport, Sarajevo
- Tuzla Airport, Tuzla
- Bol Airport, Bol
... | 35,430 | triviaqa-train |
Which musical features the song 'Getting to know you'? | extraordinary collection of some of musical theatre's best loved and most enduring classics, including "Carousel" (1945), "South Pacific" (1949), "The King and I" (1951) and "The Sound of Music" (1959). Some of these musicals treat more serious subject matter than most earlier shows: the villain in "Oklahoma!" is a sus... | ." She said she "thinks" that 'What About Us' part means "me and you getting together". She did point out that she did know that the song was about "making you happy" and that the track was good for the summer and will get you on the dancefloor. Rochelle Humes said that the band had recorded a new track, which features... | 35,431 | triviaqa-train |
The song '76 Trombones' comes from which musical? | Seventy-Six Trombones
"Seventy-Six Trombones" is the signature song from the 1957 musical play "The Music Man" (1957), written by Meredith Willson. The song also appeared in the 1962 film and in the made-for-TV movie adaptation in 2003. The piece is also commonly played by marching and military bands. The song's openin... | band that arranges the musical score for drums, guitars, banjos, accordions, trombones, trumpets, flutes, keyboards, saxophones, clarinets, and various percussional instruments. The musical takes a well known play, theme, or story and uses it as inspiration, but with a new script that includes jokes about professors, c... | 35,432 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shakespeare play is set during the Trojan War? | Troilus and Cressida" is indeed one of his most intriguing plays ever written. She believed Shakespeare wrote a grand existential statement with "Troilus and Cressida", and that it was a new kind of contemporary tragedy.
Sources.
The story of Troilus and Cressida is a medieval tale that is not part of Greek mythology; ... | "Delphos". Greene's source for an Apollonian oracle on this island likely was the "Aeneid", in which Virgil wrote that Priam consulted the Oracle of Delos before the outbreak of the Trojan War and that Aeneas after escaping from Troy consulted the same Delian oracle regarding his future.
Analysis and criticism Debates ... | 35,433 | triviaqa-train |
Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure is mainly set in which city? | Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the "First Folio" of 1623, where it was listed as a comedy, the play's first recorded performance occurred in 1604. The play's main themes include justice, "morality and mercy... | at least most of the surviving copies bear a dedication to her; but others are dedicated to any one of four other individuals.
No direct source for the play has been identified, other than Massinger's own earlier play, "A New Way to Pay Old Debts," which was modeled on Thomas Middleton's "A Trick to Catch the Old One".... | 35,434 | triviaqa-train |
In Dad's Army' what is the forename of Captain Mainwaring's wife? | the highlight of my day". It is frequently implied that he is trapped in a loveless and unhappy marriage to Elizabeth, his unseen wife, who is domineering, neurotic and withholding of affection. For example, in the 5th series episode "If the Cap Fits..." Mainwaring reveals he learned to play the bagpipes on his honeymo... | of World War II uniforms, helmets and other artifacts, and a reconstruction of Captain Mainwaring's church hall office from "Dad's Army".
Captain Mainwaring's office is housed in a 1930s beach hut requisitioned by the military during World War II and features several authentic Home Guard uniforms, a screen-used uniform... | 35,435 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the writer of the novels 'Sad Cypress', 'N or M' and 'Sparkling Cyanide'? | Sad Cypress
Sad Cypress is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March 1940 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at eight shillings and threepence (8/3) – the first price rise for a UK Chri... | & short stories by featured detective Tommy and Tuppence.
- "Partners in Crime" (1929 collection of related short stories)
- "N or M?" (1941 novel)
- "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" (1968 novel)
List of novels & short stories by featured detective Colonel Race.
- "The Man in the Brown Suit" (1924 novel)
- "Sparkling Cya... | 35,436 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novels The Light that Failed', 'Captains Courageous' and 'Stalky and Co'? | The Light That Failed
The Light That Failed is a novel by the Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling that was first published in "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine" dated January 1891. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan and Port Said. It follows the... | Ryu Soo-young
Ryu Su-young (born Eo Nam-seon on September 5, 1979) is a South Korean actor. He made his first appearance on television as a college student on a cooking show in 1998, then starred in the controversial film "Summertime" (2001). This was followed by supporting roles in TV dramas such as "Successful Story ... | 35,437 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Denis Compton's elder brother? | In 2009, Compton was posthumously inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The Denis Compton Oval and a stand at Lord's Cricket Ground are both named in his honour.
Cricket career.
Cricket career Early years.
Compton was born and brought up in what was then the urban district of Hendon, which later became part of Gr... | he succeeded Joe Mercer as Arsenal captain, but relinquished the armband soon after, saying Mercer deserved the honour more.
Compton went on to win the FA Cup in 1949–50, scoring a last-minute equaliser in the Gunners' semi-final against Chelsea, heading a corner kick from his brother Denis to level the match 2–2; Arse... | 35,438 | triviaqa-train |
In which town was Oliver Cromwell born, in 1599? | as only four of his personal letters survive along with a summary of a speech that he delivered in 1628. He became an Independent Puritan after undergoing a religious conversion in the 1630s, taking a generally tolerant view towards the many Protestant sects of his period. He was an intensely religious man, a self-styl... | Cromwell (1901–1943), US Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Keith Cromwell (born 1979), American professional lacrosse player
- Nolan Cromwell (born 1955), American football player
- Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland 1653–58, great-great nephew of Thomas Cromwell
- Other persons ... | 35,439 | triviaqa-train |
In which city was Dr Samuel Johnson born, in 1709? | "The Life of Samuel Johnson", described by Walter Jackson Bate as "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature".
Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, Johnson attended Pembroke College, Oxford, for just over a year, but a lack of funds forced him to leave. After working as a teacher, he moved... | - December 5 – Phillis Wheatley (born 1753), American poet, died in poverty while working on a second book of poetry, subsequently lost
- December 13 – Dr. Samuel Johnson (born 1709), English writer, poet, lexicographer, editor and literary critic
- Lê Quý Đôn (born 1726), Vietnamese, philosopher, poet, encyclopedist a... | 35,440 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the literary character Violet Elizabeth Bott? | Just William (book series)
The "Just William" series is a sequence of thirty-nine books written by English author Richmal Crompton. The books chronicle the adventures of the unruly schoolboy William Brown.
Published over a period of almost fifty years, between 1921 and 1970, the series is notable for the fact that the ... | lisp is on the "s" (dogs → ) but in some books it changes to the "r" (princess → ).
- Mr. & Mrs. Bott – Introduced early in the series as new inhabitants to the village, Mr. and Mrs. Bott are a nouveau riche millionaire couple who spoil their daughter Violet Elizabeth. Mr. Bott made his millions by patenting and sellin... | 35,441 | triviaqa-train |
In which Australian state is Mount Kosciusko? | mountain history can be found in books by H.P.G. Clews and in the cited A.E.J. Andrews' book "Kosciusko: The Mountain in History".
The name of the mountain was previously spelt "Mount Kosciusko", an Anglicisation, but the spelling "Mount Kosciuszko" was officially adopted in 1997 by the Geographical Names Board of New ... | Australian Alpine Club
The Australian Alpine Club was founded in 1950 and is one of the oldest continually existing Alpine clubs in Australia. it was founded in 1950 by Charles Anton. Huts were constructed in the "backcountry" close to Mount Kosciusko, including Kunama Hut, which opened for the 1953 season. A rope tow ... | 35,442 | triviaqa-train |
In which Australian state is Lake Eyre? | Lake Eyre
Lake Eyre ( ), officially known as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, contains the lowest natural point in Australia, at approximately below sea level (AHD), and, on the rare occasions that it fills, is the largest lake in Australia, covering . The shallow endorheic lake is the depocentre of the vast Lake Eyre basin and ... | , Ranken, and Sandover rivers; and flows through 26 billabongs. As the Georgina flows south into the Channel Country, it reaches it confluence with Eyre Creek that, in times of peak flow, empties into the Warburton River and ultimately into Lake Eyre.
The basin of the Georgina totals around , or about the same size as ... | 35,443 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the oldest man to become Poet Laureate? | varied according to circumstances, and the custom ceased to be obligatory after Pye's death. The office fell into some contempt before Robert Southey, but took on a new lustre from his personal distinction and that of successors Wordsworth and Tennyson. Wordsworth stipulated before accepting the honour that no formal e... | floors part of People's Story Museum, ground floor a public house.
- Lodge Canongate Kilwinning Number 2 1736, the oldest purpose built masonic lodge still used for its original purpose, officially "Lodge no. 2" attended by Robert Burns who was Invited to become their poet laureate.
- Chessel's Court, 1745.
- Morocco L... | 35,444 | triviaqa-train |
How many points are scored for potting a red ball in billiards? | The invention as well as the exact date of origin of carom billiards is somewhat obscure but is thought to be traceable to 18th-century France.
There is a large array of carom billiards disciplines. Some of the more prevalent today and historically are (chronologically by apparent date of development): "straight rail",... | is portrayed as the protected home of many Norse Gods and immortal beings. (See Asgard for mythological references.)
Beyond the Galaxy Seventh Dimension.
In "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, " Ford says he has heard of a planet in the seventh dimension that got used as a ball in a game of intergalactic bar bi... | 35,445 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible who became leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses? | in the Sinai are memorialized in the Jewish and Samaritan festivals of Passover and Sukkoth, and the giving of the Torah in the Jewish celebration of Shavuoth.
Forty years after the Exodus, following the death of the generation of Moses, a new generation, led by Joshua, enters Canaan and takes possession of the land in... | and "erimmenoi", but in the Textus Receptus the first adjective here is , "eklelymenoi". According to Bengel's Gnomon, "the reading ἐκλελυμένοι is clearly deficient in authority".
English translations vary widely in how they translate these two adjectives:
The portrayal of "sheep without a shepherd" reflects Moses' pra... | 35,446 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as leader of the Soviet Union in 1964? | Khrushchev's party colleagues removed him from power in 1964, replacing him with Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and Alexei Kosygin as Premier.
Khrushchev was born in 1894 in the village of Kalinovka, which is close to the present-day border between Russia and Ukraine. He was employed as a metal worker during his yo... | in 1962 — succeeded by Zhivkov — allowing the latter to remain the unchallenged leader of Bulgaria.
Preparations.
In October 1964 two members of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Ivan Todorov-Gorunia and Tzolo Krastev, began to plot against Zhivkov. The conspirators were hardline communists, influ... | 35,447 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader in 1985? | rule, which was among the many factors that led to his downfall in 1964. In the early 1970s, there was a brief détente of relations with the United States, but tensions resumed with the Soviet–Afghan War in 1979. In 1985, the last Soviet premier, Mikhail Gorbachev, sought to reform and liberalize the economy through hi... | Brezhnev also scored some diplomatic advances with the non-aligned world, such as a 1971 friendship pact with India, and the close relations the Soviet Union enjoyed with several Arab countries after Soviet material support in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. After his death in 1982, Brezhnev was succeeded by Yuri Andropov,... | 35,448 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1921 opera The Love for Three Oranges'? | The Love for Three Oranges
The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33, also known by its French language title (, "Lyubov' k tryom apel'sinam"), is a satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev. Its French libretto was based on the Italian play "L'amore delle tre melarance" by Carlo Gozzi. The opera premiered at the Auditorium Theatre... | the only events on the Australian roster that remain without a second qualifier.
Melissa Gorman failed to meet the qualification time for the 800 m freestyle at the championships themselves, however was included in the team to swim this event after qualifying for the 10 km marathon swimming event.
During the early hour... | 35,449 | triviaqa-train |
Who took over the Radio 2 breakfast show in 2010 succeeding Terry Wogan? | the year with Chris Evans taking over. "The Times" published an ode to Terry: "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone. Terry Wogan is abandoning his microphone", and novelist Allison Pearson commented: "Heard the one about the Irishman who reminded the British of what they could be at their best? His name was Terry... | Weekend Wogan
Weekend Wogan was a Sunday morning radio programme on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom, which was presented by Sir Terry Wogan. The show, which began its run on 14 February 2010, marked Sir Terry's return to the airwaves following his decision to step down as presenter of the weekday breakfast show, "Wak... | 35,450 | triviaqa-train |
Walter Sickert was a leading figure in which group of London based painters? | Walter Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 186022 January 1942) was a British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artist in early 20th century London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid and late 20th century.
... | ' subjects. Despite Leighton's reforms of the Royal Academy the Summer Exhibition remained mainly closed to these painters, leading to the foundation in 1886 of the New English Art Club as an exhibition space in London for French-influenced painters. The New English Art Club in turn suffered a schism in 1889 between th... | 35,451 | triviaqa-train |
What is the SI unit of Electrical Charge? | Coulomb
The coulomb (symbol: C) is the International System of Units (SI) unit of electric charge. It is the charge (symbol: "Q" or "q") transported by a constant current of one ampere in one second:
Thus, it is also the amount of excess charge on a capacitor of one farad charged to a potential difference of one volt:
... | Farad (disambiguation)
The farad (symbol: F) is an SI derived unit of electrical capacitance.
Farad or FARAD may also refer to:
- Farád, a village in Hungary
- Farad, California, a former settlement in United States
- Farad Azima, British industrialist, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist
- FARAD, the Faraday Ac... | 35,452 | triviaqa-train |
Which US state is known as the Hoosier State? | Indiana
Indiana is a U.S. state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. Indiana... | 60 east of Richmond called Williamsburg Road; west of Richmond the road is known as Midlothian Turnpike
- US 250 Broad Street and Broad Street Road
- US 301 north portion is Chamberlayne Ave and Chamberlyane Road; south portion is Jefferson Davis Highway (concurrent with US 1)
- US 360 east of Richmond called Mechanics... | 35,453 | triviaqa-train |
Which unit of the Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve is abbreviated to HAC? | Honourable Artillery Company
The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII and is considered the second oldest military corps in the world. Today, it is a registered charity whose purpose is to attend to the "better defence of the realm". This purpose is primarily a... | 1906. To compensate the HAC for this omission, that medal was awarded to its members with a special ribbon to distinguish it from regular awards, a distinction continued with subsequent Territorial and reserve long service awards, including the current Volunteer Reserves Service Medal.
- Following the formation of the ... | 35,454 | triviaqa-train |
If you had the initials FRIBA after your name, what would your profession be? | Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its charter granted in 1837 and Supplemental Charter granted in 1971.
History.
Origina... | 2. What is your least favorite word?
3. What turns you on?
4. What turns you off?
5. What sound or noise do you love?
6. What sound or noise do you hate?
7. What is your favorite curse word?
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
9. What profession would you not like to do?
10. If heaven exis... | 35,455 | triviaqa-train |
In another life Gyles Brandreth was an MP for which constituency? | One Show" in 2010–2011, "Looking for Happiness" in 2013–2014 and "Word Power" in 2015–2016.
Brandreth has also written a book entitled "Have You Eaten Grandma?" which is about the English language and correct grammar.
Politics.
Brandreth was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), representing the City of Chester, fr... | part comedy series about the election related news of the day. He co-wrote and co-starred in a 2006 Radio 4 sitcom "Living with the Enemy" with former Conservative MP Gyles Brandreth. Revell played alternative comedian turned alternative therapist Nick Reynolds, with Brandreth as Conservative MP turned media personalit... | 35,456 | triviaqa-train |
Before being ennobled Lord Sebastian Coe was MP for which constituency? | world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.
Following Coe's retirement from athletics, he was a member of parliament for the Conservative Party from 1992 to 1997 for Fal... | but Simon returned in 1922 as MP for Spen Valley. He went on to become one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, before being ennobled in 1940 as Viscount Simon, when he became Lord Chancellor.
See also.
- Walthamstow constituency
- Walthamstow
- 1897 ... | 35,457 | triviaqa-train |
Prior to the US Dollar, what was the currency of Ecuador? | SUCRES en oro ó giros oro” (promises to pay the bearer at sight FIVE SUCRES in gold or gold exchange). The gold clause was retained on Banco Central's notes until 1939.
1927–1932 Sucre (gold exchange standard) Coin.
The great variety in type and size of the copper and nickel coins introduced between 1914 and 1925 was a... | account for all transactions in a clearinghouse. Its value derives from a basket of currencies from the member countries, weighted according to the relative size of the economies.
The treaty explicitly limits the backing assets of the basket of currencies to financial securities denominated in the respective currencies... | 35,458 | triviaqa-train |
On which West Indian island is the volcano Mount Pelee situated? | Mount Pelée
Mount Pelée (pronounced ; meaning "bald mountain" or "peeled" mountain") is a volcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles island arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of stratified layers of hardened ash and solidified lava. The vo... | depths of .
The volcano was climbed by English born American geographer George Davidson in 1867 who conducted some important geographical and geological research into the volcano area and the Makushin valley.
Geography.
Mount Makushin is located on the northern Unalaska Island, which is situated to the west of the town... | 35,459 | triviaqa-train |
In the recent London summer Olympics, where was the majority of the Triathlon event(s) held? | host the world this summer".
Development and preparation Venues.
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games used a mixture of new venues, existing and historic facilities, and temporary facilities, some of them in well-known locations such as Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade. After the Games, some of the new facilities wil... | Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed relay
4x Mixed Relay Triathlon was part of the triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics programme. The event consisted of a relay with each athlete performing of swimming, of cycling, and of running. It was held on 21 August 2014 at Xuanwu Lake. The teams were made... | 35,460 | triviaqa-train |
In the recent London Olympics where were the rowing events held? | place at Dorney Lake), which generally take place in the summer season. Time trials occur in the UK during the winter, and are referred to as Head races. In the US, head races (usually about 5k, depending on the body of water) are rowed in the fall, while 2k sprint races are rowed in the spring and summer.
Rowing is un... | 1908 European Rowing Championships
The 1908 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held in the Swizz city of Lucerne. The competition, held on 30 August, was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+). Many of the rowers had a month earlier competed at the 1908 Summer... | 35,461 | triviaqa-train |
Stephen Hester is the CEO of which bank? | . The promissory notes developed into an assignable instrument which could circulate as a safe and convenient form of money backed by the goldsmith's promise to pay, allowing goldsmiths to advance loans with little risk of default. Thus, the goldsmiths of London became the forerunners of banking by creating new money b... | were disrupted. Some customers were unable to withdraw cash using ATMs or to see bank account details. Others faced fines for late payment of bills because the system could not process direct debits.
Stephen Hester, CEO of the RBS Group, said that the problem was caused by a software upgrade. Unite union leaders critic... | 35,462 | triviaqa-train |
Which US space shuttle exploded shortly after take-off in January 1986? | Tests and has no orbital capability. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery", and "Atlantis". Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: "Challenger" in 1986 and "Columbia" in 2003, with a total of fourteen astronauts killed. A fifth operational (and sixth in total... | North Korean Studies at the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, United States, reports that "Like his father [Kim Jong-Il] during his lifetime, Kim Jong-un has so far avoided a cult of personality around himself that would include statues, street and place names, or images in pins or in apartments. He inh... | 35,463 | triviaqa-train |
"Who provided the voice of Charlie Townsend in TV's ""Charlie's Angels""?" | John Forsythe providing the voice of their boss, the unseen Charlie Townsend, who directed the crime-fighting operations of the "Angels" over a speakerphone. There were a few casting changes: after the departure of Fawcett and Jackson came the additions of Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack, and Tanya Roberts.
Despite mixed rev... | (Fuji TV edition) (The President (Stanley Anderson))
- "Bewitched" (Narrator)
- "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" (Dr. Iannis (John Hurt))
- "Charlie's Angels" (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
- "Charlie's Angels" (film) (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
- "" (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
- "Cutthroat Island" (Ainslee (Patrick Malahi... | 35,464 | triviaqa-train |
What are the chemically identical species of atom with the same atomic number but different mass numbers called? | . The explanation for these different isotopes awaited the discovery of the neutron, an uncharged particle with a mass similar to the proton, by the physicist James Chadwick in 1932. Isotopes were then explained as elements with the same number of protons, but different numbers of neutrons within the nucleus.
History o... | an atom. Since protons and neutrons have approximately the same mass (and the mass of the electrons is negligible for many purposes) and the mass defect of nucleon binding is always small compared to the nucleon mass, the atomic mass of any atom, when expressed in unified atomic mass units (making a quantity called the... | 35,465 | triviaqa-train |
Who was UN chief weapons inspector in Iraq from January 2000-June 2003? | Hans Blix of Sweden to be the Commission's Executive Chairman. He served from 1 March 2000 until the end of June 2003, roughly 3 months after Iraq had been invaded.
With no ongoing inspections on the ground in Iraq, political tension escalated in the period 2000-2002 and, in the aftermath of September 11 attacks in 200... | : 1991 –Deputy Chief Inspector for biological weapons of the United Nations Special Commission in Iraq (UNSCOM); 1995-1998 –Member of Council of Founders, Geneva Center for Security Policy; 1999-2003 Member of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters to the UN Secretary General (in 2003 –Chairman of the Board); 2000-2... | 35,466 | triviaqa-train |
"Who released the 1995 hit album ""Jagged Little Pill""?" | Jagged Little Pill
Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album, and international debut, by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, released on June 13, 1995 through Maverick. It was her first album to be released worldwide as her first two albums were released only in her native Canada. Morissette began work on the album ... | the Pandavas on the field of Kurukshetra), and many Arya kings, possessed of soldiers and animals, encountered Arjuna in battle (14,73). He battled with the Kasis, the Angas, the Kosalas, the Kiratas, and the Tanganas (14,83)
References in Mahabharata Arjuna's conquests after Kurukhsetra War Absence of Brahmins among K... | 35,467 | triviaqa-train |
Who, in 1642, constructed a mechanical calculating machine? | in 1642, Blaise Pascal decisively solved these particular problems with his invention of the mechanical calculator. Co-opted into his father's labour as tax collector in Rouen, Pascal designed the calculator to help in the large amount of tedious arithmetic required; it was called Pascal's Calculator or Pascaline.
Thom... | , by those expressible in the lambda calculus). This assumption is now known as the Church–Turing thesis.
History of the problem.
The origin of the " goes back to Gottfried Leibniz, who in the seventeenth century, after having constructed a successful mechanical calculating machine, dreamt of building a machine that co... | 35,468 | triviaqa-train |
"Who directed the 1939 film ""Gone With The Wind""?" | , tragic plays ("Dark Victory"), westerns ("Stagecoach"), and comedies ("Ninotchka").
Each of the five nominees for Best Director of 1939 went on to become a legendary film director with multiple acclaimed films to his credit: Frank Capra, Victor Fleming, John Ford, Sam Wood, and William Wyler.
Top-grossing films.
Thes... | Second Fiddle (1939 film)
Second Fiddle is a 1939 American musical romance film directed by Sidney Lanfield, starring Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallée and Lyle Talbot and released by 20th Century Fox. The score was composed by Irving Berlin. The screenplay involves a Hollywood publicity agent who falls in love wi... | 35,469 | triviaqa-train |
Which Greek dramatist wrote the three Theban Plays? | Sophocles
Sophocles (; "Sophoklēs", ; 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than or contemporary with those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays during the course o... | Menander
Menander (; "Menandros"; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His record at the City Dionysia is unknown but may well have been similarly spectacular.
One of the most p... | 35,470 | triviaqa-train |
"Who had a 1995 hit album with ""Stanley Road""?" | the role went to Phil Daniels. Sting played Jimmy's friend and fellow mod, the Ace Face. The soundtrack was Jones' first appearance on a Who record, performing on newly written material not on the original album. The film was a critical and box office success in the UK and appealed to the growing mod revival movement. ... | his death, and a close friend of all of those in the band.
Writing and production.
There had been a delay between 1995's "About Time" and the recording of this album, which occurred in the fall of 1996. During the "About Time" tour, founding member Jason Thirsk took a hiatus from Pennywise to try to control his then-gr... | 35,471 | triviaqa-train |
Sabah is a state of which SE Asian independent federation? | Sabah
Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's Kalimantan region to the south. The Federal Territory of Labuan is an island just off the Sabah coast. Sabah shares maritime borders with Vietnam t... | although not independent countries (both are Special regions of China), are also members of the AHF.
One of IHF's six continental confederations, the AHF was formed officially on 26 August 1974 in Tehran (Imperial State of Iran), on the sidelines of the 7th Asian Games 1974. The AHF headquarters is located in Kuwait Ci... | 35,472 | triviaqa-train |
Eleanor of Aquitaine was married to which English king? | birth of her second daughter Alix, Louis agreed to an annulment, as 15 years of marriage had not produced a son. The marriage was annulled on 21 March 1152 on the grounds of consanguinity within the fourth degree. Their daughters were declared legitimate, custody was awarded to Louis, and Eleanor's lands were restored ... | in La Rochelle's citizens surrendering the city to Louis after the failure of English relief to emerge. The siege of La Rochelle was the crowning event of the Capetian conquest of Poitou from the Plantagenets. With Poitou in Capetian hands, only Gascony remained under Plantagenet rule on the continent.
Background.
The ... | 35,473 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was HRH Prince Harry born; the first Apple Macintosh went on sale; the UK coal industry strike began? | success. Over the next few years, Apple shipped new computers featuring innovative graphical user interfaces, such as the original Macintosh in 1984, and Apple's marketing advertisements for its products received widespread critical acclaim. However, the high price of its products and limited application library caused... | CRT screen along with a TV tuner card. This did not prove to be a success, as only 10,000 units of Macintosh TV were sold up to its discontinuation in 1994.
Apple's next foray into the television industry came with the Apple Interactive Television Box, also in 1994. Apple Interactive Television Box was a collaboration ... | 35,474 | triviaqa-train |
Which NW Algerian town was the HQ of the French Foreign Legion? | Mounted Saharan Squadron of the Foreign Legion() received the missions to assure surveillance and policing.
The independence of Algeria from the French in 1962 was traumatising since it ended with the enforced abandonment of the barracks command center at Sidi Bel Abbès established in 1842. Upon being notified that the... | and locally recruited (Indochinese) units, the battle has become associated particularly with the paratroops of the Foreign Legion.
During the Indochina War, the Legion operated several armoured trains which were an enduring "Rolling Symbol" during the chartered course duration of French Indochina. The Legion also oper... | 35,475 | triviaqa-train |
"Who directed the 1943 film ""Casablanca""?" | Casablanca (film)
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz based on Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced stage play "Everybody Comes to Rick's". The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid; it also features Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, P... | Background to Danger
Background to Danger is a 1943 World War II spy film starring George Raft and featuring Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre.
Based on the novel "Uncommon Danger" by Eric Ambler and set in politically neutral Turkey (an atmospheric studio version), the screenplay was credited to W.... | 35,476 | triviaqa-train |
What speeds up a chemical reaction, but is itself left unchanged? | example is photosynthesis, in which most plants use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose, disposing of oxygen as a side-product. Humans rely on photochemistry for the formation of vitamin D, and vision is initiated by a photochemical reaction of rhodopsin. In fireflies, an enzyme in the abdomen... | is then used to accelerate a chemically inert propellant to speeds far higher than achieved in a chemical rocket. Such drives produce feeble thrust, and are therefore unsuitable for quick maneuvers or for launching from the surface of a planet. But they are so economical in their use of
reaction mass that they can keep... | 35,477 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Greek dramatist wrote ""The Birds"", ""The Frogs"", ""The Wasps"", etc?" | The Wasps
The Wasps ( "Sphēkes") is the fourth in chronological order of the eleven surviving plays by Aristophanes, the master of an ancient genre of drama called 'Old Comedy'. It was produced at the Lenaia festival in 422 BC, a time when Athens was enjoying a brief respite from the Peloponnesian War following a one-y... | 388 BCE), a leading source for Greek Old Comedy
- "The Acharnians" (425 BCE)
- "The Knights" (424 BCE)
- "The Clouds" (423 BCE)
- "The Wasps" (422 BCE)
- "Peace" (421 BCE)
- "The Birds" (414 BCE)
- "Lysistrata" (411 BCE)
- "Thesmophoriazusae" (c. 411 BCE)
- "The Frogs" (405 BCE) | 35,478 | triviaqa-train |
What is the unusual feature of the Canadian sphynx cat? | Sphynx cat
The Sphynx cat is a breed of cat known for its lack of coat (fur). Hairlessness in cats is a naturally occurring genetic mutation; however, the Sphynx cat, as a breed, was developed through selective breeding, starting in the 1960s. The skin should have the texture of chamois, as it has fine hairs, or they m... | genetically distinct from the Canadian Sphynx. The hair coat is unique in appearance in that it resembles the coat of an opossum when mostly coated. Standards call for a solid black roan coat, a wedge-shaped head, and a lithe body of solid weight without excessive bulk. Lykoi are said to be friendly and unchallenging i... | 35,479 | triviaqa-train |
(Stephen Patrick) Morrissey came to prominence in the 1980's with which alternative rock band? | for his trademark quiff and witty and sardonic lyrics. Deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated the image of a sexually ambiguous social outsider who embraced celibacy. The Smiths released three further studio albums—"Meat Is Murder", "The Queen Is Dead", and "Strangeways, Here We Come"—and had a string of hi... | Stevie Mann
Stephen Patrick Mann (born 20 February 1976 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter and Music Producer, who is known for being the lead singer of rock band Nine Lies. He is second cousin to fellow Irish singer songwriter Damien Rice.
Personal life.
Mann was born and grew up on the Falls ... | 35,480 | triviaqa-train |
Roller (Inline) hockey comprises of how many members per team? | and games. The Galway Statute enacted in Ireland in 1527 banned certain types of ball games, including games using "hooked" (written "hockie", similar to "hooky") sticks.
By the 19th century, the various forms and divisions of historic games began to differentiate and coalesce into the individual sports defined today. ... | hockey" refers to quad skate roller hockey
- "inline hockey" refers to inline skate roller hockey
- "recreation" refers to fitness skating and jam skating (recreational dance skating)
- "aggressive" refers to skateboarding and aggressive inline skating
USARS also accepts organizations (teams and leagues) and noncompeti... | 35,481 | triviaqa-train |
Which Wiltshire town was twinned with Walt Disney World, Florida, in 2009? | near Devizes.
In 1794 it was decided at a meeting at the Bear Inn in Devizes to raise a body of ten independent troops of Yeomanry for the county of Wiltshire, which formed the basis for what would become the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, who served with distinction both at home and abroad, during the Boer War, World War I... | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., known as Walt Disney World Company before March 2009, was created in 1967 as the company that owned and operated Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida. The resort opened in 1971 and the land was owned by Walt Disney World Company, Walt Disne... | 35,482 | triviaqa-train |
The entertainment company, Cirque de Soleil, has its HQ in which city? | Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (, "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian (Quebecois) entertainment company and the largest theatrical producer in the world. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 7 July 1984, by two form... | Cirque (disambiguation)
Cirque may refer to:
- Cirque, an amphitheatre-like valley head
- "Cirque" (album), a 2000 album by Biosphere
- Cirque Corporation, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based company which developed and commercialized the first successful capacitive touchpad
- Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian entertainment compan... | 35,483 | triviaqa-train |
"""Miss You Nights"" was a No. 3 hit single for which Irish group?" | Miss You Nights
"Miss You Nights" is a song written by Dave Townsend and made famous worldwide by Cliff Richard. The song has been recorded by numerous other artists, most notably Westlife, who released it as the second track on a double A-side single in 2003. The Westlife single reached number 3 in the UK singles char... | his comeback. The lead single on the album was "Miss You Nights" which came to be regarded by many fans as his best ever song. Although it was released in November 1975, it did not make the UK charts until early 1976, eventually peaking at No.15.
The follow-up, "Devil Woman" showed a new harder-edged side to Richard's... | 35,484 | triviaqa-train |
Opened in July, 1955, where is Disneyland Park, Disney's first? | Disneyland
Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built to completion under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. It was originally the only attraction on the property... | Disneyland History.
Disneyland History Tomorrowland 1955–1966: The "original" Tomorrowland incarnation.
The first Tomorrowland opened at Disneyland on July 17, 1955, with only several of its planned attractions open, due to budget cuts. The construction of the park was rushed, so Tomorrowland was the last land to be fi... | 35,485 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year: The Wall Street Crash; Italy and the Vatican signed the Lateran Treaty; Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st president of America | Wall Street Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 or the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash that occurred in late October 1929. It started on October 24 ("Black Thursday") and continued until October 29, 1929 ("Black Tuesday"), when share prices on the New Yo... | of the three Lateran Pacts, signed for King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and for Pope Pius XI by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri in the Lateran Palace (hence the name by which they are known).
The Lateran Treaty included a political treaty, which created the state of the V... | 35,486 | triviaqa-train |
Which philosopher founded the Stoics? | Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Stoicism is a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. According to its teachings, as social beings, the path to eudaimonia (happiness) for hu... | Quintus Sextius
Quintus Sextius the Elder (; ; fl. c. 50 BC) was a Roman philosopher, whose philosophy combined Pythagoreanism with Stoicism. His praises were frequently celebrated by Seneca.
Life.
Sextius was born no later than 70 BC. He founded a school of philosophy combining some features of the Pythagoreans with o... | 35,487 | triviaqa-train |
Which philosopher founded the Cynics? | to outline these themes was Antisthenes, who had been a pupil of Socrates in the late 5th century BC. He was followed by Diogenes, who lived in a ceramic jar on the streets of Athens. Diogenes took Cynicism to its logical extremes, and came to be seen as the archetypal Cynic philosopher. He was followed by Crates of Th... | Epicurus
Epicurus (341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and sage who founded a highly influential school of philosophy now called Epicureanism. He was born on the Greek island of Samos to Athenian parents. Influenced by Democritus, Aristotle, Pyrrho, and possibly the Cynics, he turned against the Platonism of h... | 35,488 | triviaqa-train |
Who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914? | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and Franz Ferdinand's wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. Princip was one of a grou... | The Day That Shook the World
The Day That Shook the World (, lit. "The Sarajevo Assassination") is a 1975 Czechoslovak-Yugoslav-German co-production film directed by Veljko Bulajić, starring Christopher Plummer and Florinda Bolkan. The film is about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in S... | 35,489 | triviaqa-train |
What is the opposite of perihelion? | are the unique suffixes commonly used. Typically, for other host systems the generic suffix, "-apsis", is used instead..
Perihelion and aphelion.
Perihelion and aphelion Inner planets and outer planets.
The two images below show the positions of perihelion and the aphelion in the orbits of the planets of the Solar Syst... | raise at Pendant Publishing, which is merging with a Japanese conglomerate to avoid bankruptcy, and is publishing Kramer's coffee table book. She has also reunited with her boyfriend Jake Jarmel. George remarks to Jerry in Monk's Café that every decision he has ever made has been wrong, and that his life is the exact o... | 35,490 | triviaqa-train |
Which cathedral has the tallest spire in England? | brings to mind Salisbury Cathedral. Its 403-foot (123-m) spire, built between 1320 and 1380, is one of the tallest of the period anywhere in the world. A similar but slightly smaller spire was built at the Church of All Saints, Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England, which indicates the popularity of the spire sprea... | that remains from the Medieval period that has not been entirely rebuilt. However, it was greatly surpassed in height by the spires of Lincoln and Old St. Paul’s. At Lincoln, between the early 14th century and 1548, the central tower was surmounted by the tallest spire in the world at about but this fell in a storm. Li... | 35,491 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the Battle of Trafalgar? | Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
Twenty-seven British ships of the line led ... | day, the ceremony in the cemetery commemorates those who died in the Battle of Trafalgar. A general restoration of the Trafalgar Cemetery was undertaken in the 1980s. In 1990, responsibility for the maintenance of the cemetery was transferred to the Gibraltar Heritage Trust, which completed repairs of the gates and wal... | 35,492 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the Battle of Agincourt? | Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt ( ) was one of the greatest English victories in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt in northern France. England's unexpected victory against a numerically superior French army boosted English morale and prestige, crip... | the fortress at Canossa in Emilia Romagna and to the events surrounding his journey, which took place in and around January 1077.
- Magna Carta – Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum, is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions.
- Batt... | 35,493 | triviaqa-train |
At which racecourse is the St Leger run? | St Leger Stakes
The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 115 yards (2,921 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
Established in 1776, the St Leger ... | VRC St Leger
The VRC St Leger is a Listed Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 2800 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on ANZAC Day.
The race name is the only surviving one as other race clubs around Australia have eliminated the long dist... | 35,494 | triviaqa-train |
"Who sang the theme song for the 1974 Bond film, ""The Man with the Golden Gun""?" | popular film weapons, which surveyed approximately 2,000 film fans.
On 10 October 2008, it was discovered that one of the golden guns used in the film, which is estimated to be worth around £80,000, was missing (suspected stolen) from Elstree Props, a company based at Hertfordshire studios.
Production Music.
The theme ... | is a spoof of the golden gun used in the James Bond novel "The Man with the Golden Gun". Unlike the one from the James Bond series, this is a gold-plated Thompson/Center Contender with extremely powerful expanding bullets of piercing or explosive force.
Music.
The song Stephen Chow sang while playing the piano is 李香蘭 b... | 35,495 | triviaqa-train |
Which army officer, later a Confederate General led the attack, which captured John Brown and his band of rebels at Harpers Ferry in 1859? | , Morgan's Raid into Ohio and the New York City draft riots. Robert E. Lee's strike into Pennsylvania was repulsed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania despite Pickett's famous charge and other acts of valor. Southern newspapers assessed the campaign as "The Confederates did not gain a victory, neither did the enemy."
September... | as a major issue allowed unionists to remain a powerful force in the South.
In October 1859, abolitionist John Brown led raid on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of initiating a slave revolt. Brown's plan failed miserably, and the majority of his party was killed or captured. In the aftermath of th... | 35,496 | triviaqa-train |
"The film, ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" was based on the novel by which English authoress?" | Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London. She writes about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic relati... | ray version of the film was released. A Collective Edition of the film was released in 2004 with new bonus material including; The Bridget Phenomenon, The Young And The Mateless, Portrait Of The Makeup Artist, Domestic and International TV Spots, Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason Theatrical Trailer, Bridget Jones's Dia... | 35,497 | triviaqa-train |
Which Lancashire wicketkeeper scored a century in only his 4th first class match in 1987? | the 2005 season. While Watkinson expected backlash from the fans, he said that "they were tremendously understanding about the injury situation". The squad underwent changes, with six players leaving – including Martin and Chris Schofield – and six joining, as well as a change of captain from wicket-keeper Warren Hegg ... | Khurshid Ahmed (cricketer)
Khurshid Ahmed (born 1934) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1952 and 1953.
A wicketkeeper-batsman, Khurshid Ahmed toured England with Pakistan Eaglets in 1952. He was selected as the reserve wicketkeeper for Pakistan's first Test tour, to India in 1952-53, but... | 35,498 | triviaqa-train |
Nollywood is the colloquial name given to the film industry of which country? | Cinema of Nigeria
The cinema of Nigeria, often referred to informally as Nollywood, consists of films produced in Nigeria; its history dates back to as early as the late 19th century and into the colonial era in the early 20th century. The history and development of the Nigerian motion picture industry is sometimes gen... | the state of Kerala.
- Sandalwood refers to the Kannada language film industry in Karnataka, India.
- Jollywood refers to the film industry of Jharkhand state, or cinema in Nagpuri dialect.
- Ollywood is the colloquial name given to the Odia language movie industry in Odisha, India.
- Kariwood refers to the Pakistani ... | 35,499 | triviaqa-train |
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