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"The adjective ""cervine"", is used when pertaining to which animal?" | of fables and other literary works since the inception of writing. Stags were used as symbols in the latter Sumerian writings. For instance, the boat of Sumerian god Enki is named the "Stag of Azbu". There are several mentions of the animal in the Rigveda as well as the Bible. In the Indian epic Ramayana, Sita is lured... | thēriakē"), a feminine adjective signifying "pertaining to animals", from "θηρίον" ("thērion"), "wild animal, beast". The ancient bestiaries included information—often fanciful—about dangerous beasts and their bites. When cane sugar was an exotic Eastern commodity, the English recommended the sugar-based treacle as an ... | 36,200 | triviaqa-train |
According to tradition, the Greek mythological monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, menaced seafarers in which stretch of water? | an origin story as a beautiful nymph who gets turned into a monster.
The strait where Scylla dwelled has been associated with the Strait of Messina between mainland Italy and Sicily, for example, as in Book Three of Virgil's "Aeneid". The idiom "between Scylla and Charybdis" has come to mean being forced to choose betw... | You Take" and "King of Pain," "Wrapped Around Your Finger" was a personal song for Sting. He said in an interview, Every Breath You Take,' 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' were all about my life."
Sting described "Wrapped Around Your Finger" as "a spiteful song about turning the tables on someone who had been in charge." L... | 36,201 | triviaqa-train |
The atomic number of a chemical element, is determined by the numbers of which particle, in its nucleus? | the mass of an atom is located in the nucleus, with a very small contribution from the electron cloud. Protons and neutrons are bound together to form a nucleus by the nuclear force.
The diameter of the nucleus is in the range of () for hydrogen (the diameter of a single proton) to about for the heaviest atom uranium. ... | Essex, and Walter Ralegh. The allegations concerning her relationship with Essex were particularly strong in 1596 and 1597. Whether there was any truth in the rumours remains unknown.
They made their principal home at Knowsley Hall, and had five children:
- Lady Anne Stanley (c.1600 – February 1657), married firstly, S... | 36,202 | triviaqa-train |
Courtney Walsh first played cricket for which county side in England in 1984, remaining with them until 1998? | class matches, in addition to the five Tests,
defeating Somerset in May and Kent in June. The other nine first-class matches, and the First Test, were all drawn:
Sussex,
Gloucestershire,
Worcestershire,
Lancashire,
Northamptonshire,
Leicestershire,
Glamorgan,
Nottinghamshire,
and Essex. During the match against Glouces... | at Old Trafford against South Africa in 1998. He also toured New Zealand representing England. Throughout his career he used a bat nicknamed the "Gussy Hitter", the blade of which was designed by his mother.
Although born in Lancashire, Fraser played all of his county cricket for Middlesex in a first-class career spann... | 36,203 | triviaqa-train |
Which film star did Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, marry in August 2002? He filed for divorce just 108 days later. | Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. She is the only child of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, as well as the sole heir to her father's estate. Presley has developed a career in the music business and has issued three albums. She ha... | - Brian Presley, American actor
- Elvis Presley, American singer, musician, film actor and philanthropist
- Gerald Presley, Canadian bobsledder
- Gladys Presley, Elvis Presley's mother
- Harold Ray Presley, American law enforcement officer
- Hovis Presley, English comedian
- Jenna Presley, American porn star
- Jim Pres... | 36,204 | triviaqa-train |
Who is currently the Secretary General of the United Nations? | Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UNSG or just SG) is the head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The Secretary-General serves as the chief administrative officer of the United Nations. The role of the United Natio... | . The UN maintains its presence in Iraq through the Assistance Mission and the United Nations Country Team (UNCT), which regroups the 20 UN agencies currently operating in Iraq. Former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Sérgio Vieira de Mello was among 22 killed in a 2003 suicide attack carr... | 36,205 | triviaqa-train |
In heraldry, which word describes the right hand side of the shield? | and putting one whole coat in each half. Impalement replaced the earlier dimidiation – combining the dexter half of one coat with the sinister half of another – because dimidiation can create ambiguity between, for example, a bend and a chevron. "Dexter" (from Latin "dextra", right) means to the right from the viewpoin... | Empire".
Another branch of the House of Babanin appeared in the 17th century with the head originating from Tula by the name of Roman Nikitich (Роман Никитич), whose grandfather was Vasily Stapanovich Babanin (Василий Степанович Бабанин), a duman clerk, participated in the contact with the Poles in 1686.
Heraldry.
The ... | 36,206 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nationality of aircraft designer Anthony Fokker? | Anthony Fokker
Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer. He is most famous for the fighter aircraft he produced in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane.
After the ... | which Platz was able to bring forth new revolutionary ideas to aircraft design, while Anthony Fokker implemented them in prototype aircraft. Platz became the head designer at the Fokker factory in Amsterdam after World War I.
Platz is now largely credited with designing the innovative Fokker D.VII fighter aircraft. So... | 36,207 | triviaqa-train |
Who became heir to the throne of France as a result of the Treaty of Troyes in 1420? | Henry V of England
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his early death in 1422. He was the second English monarch of the House of Lancaster. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War a... | VI of France, the Treaty of Troyes (1420) recognised Henry V as regent and heir apparent to the French throne and he was subsequently married to Charles's daughter, Catherine of Valois.
Following this arrangement, everything seemed to point to the formation of a union between the kingdoms of France and England, in the ... | 36,208 | triviaqa-train |
Which Daily Mirror journalist wrote for many years under the pen name of Cassandra? | William Connor
Sir William Neil Connor (26 April 1909 – 6 April 1967) was an English journalist for "The Daily Mirror" who wrote under the pseudonym of "Cassandra".
Biography.
William Connor wrote a regular column for over 30 years between 1935 and 1 February 1967 with a short intermission for the Second World War, his... | were the ages of two years old and ten days old, respectively.
Career.
Career Journalist and author.
In 1901, Castellanos began writing and illustrating for the daily paper, "La Discusión," as city reporter, critic, and caricaturist. His contributions to this periodical were signed with his pen-name “Scarpia.” In a sho... | 36,209 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw the very first Edinburgh Festival? | List of Edinburgh festivals
This is a list of arts and cultural festivals regularly taking place in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which runs alongside it. The latter is the larges... | and went into comedy full-time.
Career.
"Totally Tom" first started performing together in 2010, conducting a UK university tour and launching online their short film "High Renaissance Man", which became an online hit.
2011 saw the duo perform at Underbelly Limited at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for which they were ... | 36,210 | triviaqa-train |
Which biblical city was the capital of Assyria and was sacked by the Babylonians and the Medes in 612BC? | unsuccessfully agitate against Assyrian rule. Nergal-ushezib, an Elamite, murdered the Assyrian prince and briefly took the throne. This led to the infuriated Assyrian king Sennacherib invading and subjugating Elam and sacking Babylon, laying waste to and largely destroying the city. Sennacherib was soon murdered by hi... | , Persians, Sagartians and Parthians, into a large and powerful Median-dominated force. The Medes, Persians, Parthians, Chaldeans and Babylonians formed an alliance that also included the Scythians and Cimmerians to the north.
While Sin-shar-ishkun was fighting both the rebels in Assyria and the Chaldeans and Babylonia... | 36,211 | triviaqa-train |
Bungay Castle is in which English county? | Bungay
Bungay is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Suffolk. It lies in the Waveney valley, west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a meander of the River Waveney.
History.
The origin of the name of Bungay is thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon title "Buninc... | patrol boat "Piloto Pardo".
See also.
- List of United States Navy ships
- List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy
References.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - USS Arapaho (ATF-68) – ex USS Arapaho (AT-68) (1943 - 1944) | 36,212 | triviaqa-train |
"Who was the male star of the film ""Man Of La Mancha""?" | was financed by an Italian production company, Produzioni Europee Associates, and shot in Rome. However, it is entirely in English, and all of its principal actors except for Sophia Loren are either British or American. (Gino Conforti, who plays the Barber, is an American of Italian descent.) The film was released by U... | he played both Miguel de Cervantes and his fictional creation Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha", the motion picture adaptation of the 1965 hit Broadway musical, opposite Sophia Loren. The film was a critical and commercial failure, criticised for using mostly non-singing actors. His singing was dubbed by tenor Simon Gi... | 36,213 | triviaqa-train |
Which long running television detective series is based upon the novels of Caroline Graham? | best known as the writer of the "Chief Inspector Barnaby" series, dramatised for television as "Midsomer Murders". The first Inspector Barnaby novel, "The Killings at Badger's Drift", was published in 1988. Since then she has written six more, with the last novel "A Ghost in the Machine" published in 2004 . The first f... | Harry Morgan (Dexter)
Detective Harrison "Harry" Morgan is a fictional character in the Showtime television series "Dexter" and the novels by Jeff Lindsay upon which it is based. In the television series he is portrayed by James Remar. Harry is Dexter Morgan's adoptive father, now deceased. For the first two seasons of... | 36,214 | triviaqa-train |
Besides China and Cambodia, which other country has a border with Vietnam? | -US Khmer Republic, the deposed king gave his support to his former enemies, the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge emerged as a major power, taking Phnom Penh in 1975 and later carrying out the Cambodian genocide from 1975 until 1979, when they were ousted by Vietnam and the Vietnamese-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea,... | not restored until 1990, while diplomatic relations with Malaysia were not established until 1974. China's conflict with the government of Vietnam over the support of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia resulted in the Sino-Vietnamese War and other border conflicts. China's relationship with Singapore is good, and the latter i... | 36,215 | triviaqa-train |
In Italian, the word Duomo means which building? | rib vaults. This created higher and wider bays, into which he installed larger windows, which filled the end of the church with light. Soon afterwards he rebuilt the facade, adding three deep portals, each with a tympanum, an arch filled with sculpture illustrating biblical stories. The new facade was flanked by two to... | Gothic building, finished in the 16th century by architect Pietro Lombardo, featuring interventions from the 18th century also. The interior houses an altar dedicated to the Madonna, in the right aisle, and the altarpiece of patriarch Pellegrino II (1195−1204), a silver retable which had been inscribed in Latin by the ... | 36,216 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon? | Poseidon
Poseidon (; , ) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and
horses. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes. His Roman equivalent is Neptune.
Poseidon was protector of seafarers, and of many Helleni... | (Μελίτη), one of the naiads, daughter of the river god Aegaeus, and one of the many loves of Zeus and his son Heracles. Her son was Hylas.
- Neptuniibacter and Neptunomonas: Neptunius, the Roman god of the sea, equivalent of the Greek Poseidon.
- Nereida: A Nereid, which are sea nymphs daughters of Nereus.
- Nisaea (ge... | 36,217 | triviaqa-train |
Who most famously had a horse name Bucephalus? | Bucephalus
Bucephalus or Bucephalas (; , from "bous", "ox" and "kephalē", "head" meaning "ox-head") ( – June 326 BC) was the horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of antiquity.
Ancient accounts state that Bucephalus died after the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC, in what is now modern Punjab ... | is said to be where Bucephalus is buried.
The legend of Bucephalus grew in association with that of Alexander, beginning with the fiction that they were born simultaneously: some of the later versions of the Alexander Romance also synchronized the hour of their death. The pair forged a sort of cult in that, after them... | 36,218 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the currency used in Sudan? | the cost to print the new currency was US$156 million. Banknotes of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 pounds were issued. The 1-pound note was replaced by a coin at the end of November 2011.
Banknotes Third Pound.
Banknotes of the third pound are similar in style to those of the second pound but with changes in colour scheme, the... | Moldovan leu
The leu (sign: L; ISO 4217 code: MDL) is the currency of Moldova. Like the Romanian leu, the Moldovan leu (plural: lei) is subdivided into 100 bani (singular: ban). The name of the currency originates from a Romanian word which means "lion".
History.
Between 1918 and 1940 and again between 1941 and 1944, w... | 36,219 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel Cannery Row? | writing, giving many of his works a distinct sense of place.
Salinas, Monterey and parts of the San Joaquin Valley were the setting for many of his stories. The area is now sometimes referred to as "Steinbeck Country". Most of his early work dealt with subjects familiar to him from his formative years. An exception was... | Bay Aquarium
Further reading.
- NPR's Morning Edition: "Ed Ricketts and the 'Dream' of Cannery Row"
- "The Stevenson Plan, A Novel of the Monterey Peninsula" (M. Bryce Ternet, 2013)
External links.
- Cannery Row
- The Cannery Row Foundation
- The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection: Cannery Row, Historic Monterey
- City of M... | 36,220 | triviaqa-train |
If you have committed regicide who would you have killed? | , in 1587. Elizabeth had originally been excommunicated by Pope Pius V, in "Regnans in Excelsis", for converting England to Protestantism after the reign of Mary I of England. The defeat of the Spanish Armada and the "Protestant Wind" convinced most English people that God approved of Elizabeth's action.
The regicide o... | later that day. Bryan said that if he had not been interrupted he would have eaten Loudwell's flesh.
Background Trial.
On 15 March 2005, Bryan pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to two manslaughters on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Judge Giles Forrester said: "You killed on these last two occasions because it... | 36,221 | triviaqa-train |
In heraldry which word describes an animal with its body resting on its leg and with its head raised? | term which can only apply to winged quadrupeds; "naiant" and "hauriant", terms applying principally to fish; "glissant" and "nowed", terms applying to serpents. Serpents also sometimes appear in a circular form, biting their own tail, but this symbol, called an Ouroboros, was imported ready-made into heraldry, and so i... | ).
Heraldry.
A "Paschal Lamb" is a charge used in heraldry, for example as the crest of the Davie Baronets, and is blazoned: "A paschal lamb" This charge is depicted as a lamb standing with body facing towards the dexter (viewer's left), with nimbus, and with head facing forwards (or turned looking backwards to siniste... | 36,222 | triviaqa-train |
What was the forename of writer Proust (1871-1922)? | Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922), known as Marcel Proust, was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel "À la recherche du temps perdu" ("In Search of Lost Time"; earlier rendered as "Remembrance of Things Past"), published... | Complete Paintings of Cezanne", published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
"The Shock of the New", published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
1971 "Proust and Painting Proust 1871-1922", a Centennial Volume, edited by Peter Quennel, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
1965 "The New Generation": 1965 introduction and notes to an exhi... | 36,223 | triviaqa-train |
In which modern day country is the birthplace of the geneticist Gregor Mendel? | century (more than three decades later) with the rediscovery of his laws. Erich von Tschermak, Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns and William Jasper Spillman independently verified several of Mendel's experimental findings, ushering in the modern age of genetics.
Life and career.
Mendel was born into a German-speaking family ... | for the genetic evaluation of domestic livestock.
- Ronald Fisher – English statistician, evolutionary biologist, eugenicist and geneticist.
- Jay Lush – pioneering animal geneticist who made important contributions to livestock breeding. He is sometimes known as the father of modern scientific animal breeding.
- Grego... | 36,224 | triviaqa-train |
What are Fly in Nevada, USA, El Tatio in Chile and Strokker in Iceland? | . The second area is located between a creek and a hill and includes an artificial pool for tourists.
The field once numbered 67 geysers and more than three hundred hot springs. Many vents are linked to fractures that run northwest-southeast or southwest-northeast across the field. Some geyser fountains reached heights... | electrical power. , about 10.9 gigawatt geothermal energy are produced on Earth, not all of this production is linked to active volcanism. In the case of Chile however various legal and economic hurdles have so far prevented substantial development of geothermal energy in the country.
The earliest references to geother... | 36,225 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the orchestral pieces the Lark Ascending and The Pilgrim's Progress? | Vaughan Williams to write a musical work of the same name, which is now more widely known than the poem. He originally composed it in 1914 for violin and piano. It premiered in 1920 in Shirehampton, Bristol, the same year the composer re-scored it for solo violin and orchestra. This version, now the more often performe... | "On Wenlock Edge" Hampson/Tear(tenors)
- "Lark Ascending" Kennedy(violin)
- Walton, William
- "Symphony 1"
- "Cello Concerto" Lyn Harrell (cello)
- "Belshazzar's Feast" Hampson (tenor)
- Webern, Anton
- "6 Orchestral Pieces" BCMG
- Weill, Kurt
- "7 Deadly Sins"
- Various Composers
- Leaving Home 1 – "Rhythm/Eastern Eur... | 36,226 | triviaqa-train |
Around 1503, who painted the Coronation of the Virgin, now to be found in the Vatican museum? | The Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the Stanze di Raffaello decorated by Raphael, are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. In 2017, they were visited by 6 million people, which combined makes it the 4th most visited art museum in the world. It is one of the largest museums in... | with Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, Lorenzo painted some frescoes in the Chapterhouse of the convent of San Francesco (Prato) and the panel "Coronation of the Virgin", once in Santa Felicita. Lorenzo carried the subject of "Coronation of the Virgin" into his work for the Medici Chapel in Santa Croce, Florence. This work, co... | 36,227 | triviaqa-train |
In the bible the book of Lamentations is ascribed to which of the prophets? | , the book ends with a message of hope of a righteous ruler who extends salvation to his righteous subjects living in the Lord's kingdom on earth.
Synopsis Latter Prophets Jeremiah.
The Book of Jeremiah ("Yirmiyahu" [ירמיהו]) can be divided into twenty-three chapters, which are organized into five sub-sections or books... | Lamentations Rabbah
The Midrash on Lamentations or Eichah Rabbah (Hebrew: איכה רבה) is a midrashic commentary to the Book of Lamentations ("Eichah").
It is one of the oldest works of midrash, along with Bereshit Rabbah and the Pesiḳta ascribed to Rab Kahana.
Names.
The midrash is quoted, perhaps for the first time, by ... | 36,228 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the film version of the musical Hair? | the ensemble during previews to take the role of Danny Zuko in a tour of "Grease". Reviews were generally negative, and critics accused the production of "showing its gray". Few major revivals of "Hair" followed until the early 1990s.
A movie version of "Hair", with a screenplay by Michael Weller, was directed by Miloš... | I Dream of Jeanie (film)
I Dream of Jeanie is a 1952 American historical musical film based on the songs and life of Stephen Foster who wrote the song "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" from which the title is taken. The film was directed by Allan Dwan for Republic Pictures and was shot in Trucolor.
The film is also kn... | 36,229 | triviaqa-train |
Which Prime Minister twice succeeded J Ramsay Macdonald? | address the nation. Stanley Baldwin, a master of the radio broadcast in the 1920s and 1930s, reached a national audience in his talks filled with homely advice and simple expressions of national pride. Churchill also used the radio to great effect, inspiring, reassuring and informing the people with his speeches during... | poet, and Christian minister
- Hector MacDonald (1853–1903), Scottish Major-General of the British Army under Lord Kitchener
- John Alexander Macdonald (1815–1891), first Prime minister of Canada, usually referred to as John A. Macdonald.
- John L. MacDonald (1838–1903), Scottish-American national politician
- Pirie Ma... | 36,230 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional Police Officer was created by M C Beaton? | Marion Chesney
Marion Gibbons (née Chesney; born 1936) is a Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels since 1979. She has written numerous successful historical romance novels under a form of her maiden name, Marion Chesney, including the Travelling Matchmaker and Daughters of Mannerling series.
Using the pseudonym... | ), English photographer
- David Cardinal Beaton, (1494–1545), last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation.
- Ewan Beaton, (born 1969), Canadian judoka
- James Beaton, (1473–1539), Archbishop of Glasgow
- James Beaton II, (1517–1603), Archbishop of Glasgow
- James Wallace Beaton, (born 1943), Queen's Police Officer
... | 36,231 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last king of ancient Rome? | around 509 BC, when the last of the seven kings of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, was deposed by Lucius Junius Brutus and a system based on annually elected magistrates and various representative assemblies was established. A constitution set a series of checks and balances, and a separation of powers. The most important mag... | like the novel, take place in ancient Rome during the reign of Nero. The art direction and costume design were by Mitchell Leisen, who also acted as assistant director. Karl Struss was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. It is the third and last in DeMille's biblical trilogy, following "The Ten Comm... | 36,232 | triviaqa-train |
In Geography, one time zone usually represents how many degrees of longitude? | the North Pole up. A specific longitude may then be combined with a specific latitude (usually positive in the northern hemisphere) to give a precise position on the Earth's surface.
There is no other physical principle determining longitude directly but with time. Longitude at a point may be determined by calculating ... | negative longitudes are west of the Prime Meridian. Latitude and longitude are usually expressed in that sequence, latitude before longitude.
Precision.
The radius of the semi-major axis of the Earth at the equator is 6,378,137.0 meters resulting in a circumference of 40,075,161.2 meters. The equator is divided into 36... | 36,233 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel Vile Bodies? | Vile Bodies
Vile Bodies is a 1930 novel by Evelyn Waugh satirising the bright young things: decadent young London society after World War I.
Title.
The original title was to be "Bright Young Things", which went on to be that of Stephen Fry's 2003 film adaptation. Waugh changed it because he thought the phrase had becom... | few years later.
Years of celebrity.
Years of celebrity Recognition.
Waugh's first biographer, Christopher Sykes, records that after the divorce friends "saw, or believed they saw, a new hardness and bitterness" in Waugh's outlook. Nevertheless, despite a letter to Acton in which he wrote that he "did not know it was p... | 36,234 | triviaqa-train |
"What was being advertised by Lorraine Chase when she used the words ""Nah, Luton Airport""" | Lorraine Chase
Lorraine Chase (born 16 July 1951) is an English actress and former model. She became well known for her strong cockney accent and frequent use of cockney slang, and found fame through a series of television adverts for Campari before embarking on an acting career. She is best known for playing the role ... | she could remember". The mother alerted the police and a six-week investigation was launched during which Took was unaware that his family knew what had been happening.
Took was arrested at Luton airport in April 2007 following a police investigation that uncovered 742 chat room logs in which Took boasted about a child... | 36,235 | triviaqa-train |
What was the code name for the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945? | flying for about three hours, while still nearly from Hiroshima, he and his pilot saw a great cloud of smoke from the bomb. After circling the city to survey the damage they landed south of the city, where the staff officer, after reporting to Tokyo, began to organize relief measures. Tokyo's first indication that the ... | Hiroshima, the first target, was selected to show the power of America's new weapon. The second bombing, of Nagasaki, was intended to demonstrate that the USA had a large arsenal. At 11:02 A.M. local time on August 9, 1945, the atomic bomb, nicknamed Fat Man as its code name by Robert Serber in the United States (after... | 36,236 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the FA Cup in 1923, the year it was first played at Wembley? | from the 1982 replay, was ticketed.
The first event held at the stadium was the FA Cup Final on 28 April 1923 between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United. This is known as the White Horse Final. Such was the eagerness of fans and casual observers to attend the final at the new national stadium that vast numbers of peo... | played at Wembley since 1923. The tie involved Arsenal, who had played in the previous two FA Cup Finals and were a strong First Division side, and two time F.A. Cup winners West Ham United, a Second Division side that had only ever played at Wembley five times before and were huge underdogs on the day.
Present as the ... | 36,237 | triviaqa-train |
Will's Neck is the highest point in which range of hills? | Quantock Hills
The Quantock Hills is a range of hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England. The Quantock Hills were England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, being designated in 1956, and consist of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land.
Natural England have designated the Quant... | places of interest in the surrounding villages.
Etymology.
The name first appears in Saxon charters in around AD 880 as "Cantuctun" and two centuries later in the Domesday Book as "Cantoctona" and "Cantetone". The name means "settlement by a rim or circle of hills"; "Cantuc" is Celtic for a rim or circle, and "-ton" or... | 36,238 | triviaqa-train |
Which TV comic character worked for Radio Norwich? | Radio Norwich
Radio Norwich is a fictional radio station in Norwich, England, in the television series "I'm Alan Partridge". It contains elements from both BBC Local Radio and Independent Local Radio.
The title character, played by Steve Coogan, can be seen on-air at the beginning of several episodes, usually hosting p... | Shweta Sinha
Shweta Sinha is an Indian actress and model, popularly knows as "Pari" for her role in the TV serial "Sasural Simar Ka" on Colors TV which she has been a part of since more than six years. She plays the role of Pari Bharadwaj which is a grey comic character. She has also worked in many popular Indian TV sh... | 36,239 | triviaqa-train |
The SWALEC Stadium will become a Test cricket ground in 2009, in which town or city is it? | Sophia Gardens (cricket ground)
Sophia Gardens Cardiff (), also known as the Cardiff Wales Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It is located in Sophia Gardens on the River Taff. It is home to Glamorgan County Cricket Club and is listed as an international Test cricket venue.
County cricket.
The venue is ho... | the County Ground site or new stadium for Swindon Town, hence the reasons for minor modifications until a new stadium becomes a reality.
Relocation was first proposed around the year 2000, but since then redevelopment appears to have been the preferred option.
In September 2009 Swindon Town announced that the County Gr... | 36,240 | triviaqa-train |
Which language is common to Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism? | "daily morality", which McDaniel states is stereotyped in some books as the "only form of Hindu religion with a belief in karma, cows and caste"; and Bhakti or devotional Hinduism, where intense emotions are elaborately incorporated in the pursuit of the spiritual.
Michaels distinguishes three Hindu religions and four ... | vegetarianism and many go to great lengths even to avoid harming insects.
Buddhism is the third major religion to emerge in India, and its teachings also include "ahimsa". Buddhism teaches vegetarianism (though not as strictly as Jainism), and many Buddhists practice life release in which animals destined for slaughter... | 36,241 | triviaqa-train |
How many seats are there in the US Senate? | its population size, is equally represented by two senators who serve staggered terms of six years. There being at present 50 states in the Union, there are currently 100 senators. From 1789 to 1913, senators were appointed by legislatures of the states they represented; they are now elected by popular vote, following ... | parties and coalitions draw up 12-person slates, as there are 12 seats being contested. The same is true for local legislatures, depending on how many seats are up, where elections are done via plurality-at-large voting. Parties and coalitions issue sample ballots to prospective voters that show the candidates in their... | 36,242 | triviaqa-train |
Which video game involves the main character in a search for 3 'Scions' with the final action taking place in the great pyramid of Atlantis? | foremost a game, which must be understood in terms of its rules, interface, and the concept of play that it deploys. Espen J. Aarseth argues that, although games certainly have plots, characters, and aspects of traditional narratives, these aspects are incidental to gameplay. For example, Aarseth is critical of the wid... | Monster Rancher DS
Monster Rancher DS, known as in Japan, is a life simulation video game developed by Cing and published by UFO Interactive Games for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on August 7, 2008 and in North America on August 3, 2010. The game was not released in Europe.
Gameplay.
The game, taking place... | 36,243 | triviaqa-train |
What did Hubert Cecil Booth first patent in 1902? | and large ferris wheels for amusement parks in London, Blackpool, Paris, and Vienna. He also worked on the design of engines for Royal Navy battleships.
Career Vacuum cleaner.
Booth is known for introducing one of the first powered vacuum cleaners. Before Booth introduced his version of the vacuum cleaner, cleaning ma... | University of Iraklio in Crete, was formerly a member of the team of doctors working with free diving legend, Jacques Mayol. The event was planned to help raise awareness of underwater contamination as part of a larger seabed cleanup project conducted by the Greek, non-profit underwater conservation organization, BIOS.... | 36,244 | triviaqa-train |
In which part of the British Isles is Carisbrooke Castle? | Carisbrooke Castle
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport), Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial.
Early history.
The site of Carisbrooke Castle may have been occupied in pre-Roman times. A ru... | site of the old Carisbrooke railway station lies on the grounds of Christ the King College in the lower part of the field, which is at the end of Purdy Road. The bank is all that remains of the old line.
When in 1917 the British royal family changed its name from the "House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" to the "House of Windso... | 36,245 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor was a Dad's Army regular and also appeared in the film 'Ben Hur'? | John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation comedy "Dad's Army" (1968–77). A self-confessed "jobbing actor", Le Mesurier appeare... | , the episode guest stars Maurice LaMarche, a regular on "The Critic", who voices George C. Scott as well as Jay Sherman's belch. Phil Hartman also makes a brief appearance as an actor resembling Charlton Heston portraying Judah Ben-Hur in Mr. Burns' film. Rainier Wolfcastle's line, "on closer inspection, these are loa... | 36,246 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the sonnet 'How do I love thee'? | , Thomas Gray, William Wordsworth and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Early twentieth-century American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay also wrote mostly Petrarchan sonnets.
"On His Blindness" by Milton, gives a sense of the Petrarchan rhyme scheme:
poem style="margin-left: 2em"
When I consider how my light is spent (A)
To ser... | Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning, whom they called Pen. She died in Florence in 1861. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband shortly after her death.
Elizabeth's work had a major influence on prominent writers of the day, including the American poets Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. She is reme... | 36,247 | triviaqa-train |
The LHC has been built to research nuclear physics, for what does the H stand? | Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and most powerful particle collider and the largest machine in the world. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) between 1998 and 2008 in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and hundreds of universities and... | for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia. In 2008 he was elected a Member of the JINR Scientific Council.
Since 2007 he has been the Head of Department of Crystal Physics at Kharkiv National University.
There was developed the unique growing technology by which scientists obtained optically homogeneous single cryst... | 36,248 | triviaqa-train |
Bourbon whisky is named after a county in which US state? | Bourbon whiskey
Bourbon whiskey is a type of American whiskey, a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn. The name ultimately derives from the French Bourbon dynasty, although the precise inspiration for the whiskey's name is uncertain; contenders include Bourbon County in Kentucky and Bourbon Street in N... | (matured solely in second fill bourbon casks) and a 30-year-old. Previously named Knockdhu after the distillery, the whisky was renamed anCnoc in 1994 to avoid confusion with Knockando.
Knockdhu Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky is currently bottled under the Gaelic name "anCnoc" meaning "the hill".
Awards.
anCnoc Hig... | 36,249 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a UK number 1 hit in 1955 with the song 'Stranger in Paradise'? | Tony Bennett (1953), but other versions by The Four Aces (backed by the Jack Pleis Orchestra) and Tony Martin also received popular favor in 1954. Bennett's version reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in May 1955. It was not until 1955 that "Kismet", and thus the songs from the show, came to London. It was Benne... | was an up-tempo big band number with a bold, brassy sound and a double tango in the instrumental break; it topped the charts for eight weeks.
Later that year, the producers of the upcoming Broadway musical "Kismet" had Bennett record "Stranger in Paradise" as a way of promoting the show during a New York newspaper stri... | 36,250 | triviaqa-train |
Which video game is set in Liberty City? | projects into the market to begin recouping production costs has led to a greater occurrence of missed deadlines, rushed games and the release of unfinished products.
Development Downloadable content.
A phenomenon of additional game content at a later date, often for additional funds, began with digital video game dist... | StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released worldwide in July 2010 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A sequel to the 1998 video game "StarCraft" and its expansion set "", the game is... | 36,251 | triviaqa-train |
Dolomite is an ore of which metal? | a maximum around the center of the transition metal series, as these elements have large numbers of delocalized electrons.
Although most elemental metals have higher densities than most nonmetals, there is a wide variation in their densities, lithium being the least dense (0.534 g/cm) and osmium (22.59 g/cm) the most d... | the waterfront.
Operations and facilities SJPC.
Marine terminals operated by South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC), which also oversees the Port of Paulsboro and the Port of Salem:
- Balzano Terminal (formerly the Beckett Street Terminal) is a bulk and break bulk cargo complex that handles wood products, steel products,... | 36,252 | triviaqa-train |
Who is MP for Hampstead and Highgate? | including three wards from the neighbouring borough of Brent.
Some areas here were amongst the wealthiest in the UK, but the seat always had an intellectual, artistic middle-class vote associated with the intelligentsia (see main page on Hampstead). It also contained Kilburn, with its large Irish community (also intell... | Iraq War.
Her constituency boundaries changed for the 2010 general election. The Gospel Oak and Highgate wards became part of Holborn & St Pancras, and the new Hampstead & Kilburn constituency switched into Brent to include Brondesbury, Kilburn and Queens Park wards (from the old Brent East and Brent South seats). On 6... | 36,253 | triviaqa-train |
Sir Joseph Porter and Ralph Rackstraw are characters in which Gilbert and Sullivan opera? | ranks", a delighted Josephine says that she "will hesitate no longer". The Captain and Sir Joseph rejoice, but Josephine is now more determined than ever to marry Ralph.
Dick Deadeye intercepts the Captain and tells him of the lovers' plans to elope. The Captain confronts Ralph and Josephine as they try to leave the sh... | Pinafore". The captain's daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. She abides by her father's wishes at first, but Sir Joseph's advocacy of the equality of humankind encourages Ralph and Joseph... | 36,254 | triviaqa-train |
"The character of Archie Bunker in the American comedy series, ""All in the Family"", was based on which character from a BBC series?" | variety of topics. Archie appears in all but seven episodes of the series (three were missed because of a contract dispute between Carroll O'Connor and Norman Lear in ).
Archie was modeled after Norman Lear's father Herman Lear and on Alf Garnett from the BBC1 sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part". In 1999, "TV Guide" ranked ... | Gloria Stivic
Gloria Stivic (née Bunker), is a fictional character played by Sally Struthers on the American situation comedy "All in the Family" (which aired on the CBS television network from 1971 until 1979) and the spin-off series "Gloria" (CBS, 1982–83). She was the only child of Archie and Edith Bunker, and she w... | 36,255 | triviaqa-train |
"Who won the Oscar for best actress in 1977, for her title role in the film, ""Annie Hall""?" | Annie Hall
Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. Produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe, the film stars the director as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the film's e... | 1977), which won her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.
She had a supporting role in "Annie Hall" (1977) before starring in lead roles in "Popeye" (1980) and "The Shining" (1980). Later, Duvall appeared in "Time Bandits" (1981), "Frankenweenie" (1984), "Roxanne" (19... | 36,256 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of the Canadian province of Manitoba? | Canadian Air Division and Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters. 17 Wing of the Canadian Forces is based at CFB Winnipeg; the Wing has three squadrons and six schools. It supports 113 units from Thunder Bay to the Saskatchewan/Alberta border, and from the 49th parallel north to the high Arctic. 17 Wing acts as a deployed ... | . The Act applies to areas of the province where there are significant Francophone communities, namely Eastern Ontario and Northern Ontario. Elsewhere, sizable French-speaking minorities are found in southern Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Port au Port Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, where ... | 36,257 | triviaqa-train |
The Ministry for State Security of Communist East Germany was more commonly known by which abbreviated name? | millions of East Germans were laid open, so that any citizen could inspect their personal file on request; these files are now maintained by the Stasi Records Agency.
Creation.
The Stasi was founded on 8 February 1950. Wilhelm Zaisser was the first Minister of State Security of the GDR, and Erich Mielke was his deputy.... | . Officers of the recently established East Germany Ministry for State Security considered that his published articles, which they studied in close detail, were deeply damaging to the German Democratic Republic.
Life Abduction and imprisonment.
Karl Wilhelm Fricke was kidnapped in West Berlin on 1 April 1955. Five days... | 36,258 | triviaqa-train |
In which area of the world is Queen Maud Land situated? | Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island () is an uninhabited subantarctic high island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at , thus locating it north of and outside the Antarctic Treaty System. It lies at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote island in the world, approximately n... | Maud Subglacial Basin
Maud Subglacial Basin () is a large subglacial basin situated southward of the Wohlthat Mountains in southern Queen Maud Land. Seismic soundings in the area were made by United States Antarctic Research Program field parties in several seasons from 1964–68. It was so named by the Advisory Committe... | 36,259 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the husband of Elizabeth Taylor, killed in an air crash in 1958? | Cat in the screen adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) a career "high point", although it coincided with one of the most difficult periods in her personal life. After completing "Raintree Country", she had divorced Wilding and married producer Mike Todd. She had completed only two we... | in 1985, Obote was overthrown and following a brief period of military rule, was replaced by Yoweri Museveni. In 1986, Elizabeth was appointed ambassador to the United States, a job she held until 1988. Later that year, Nyabongo, an aviation engineer, was killed in a plane crash at the age of 32.
Following the death of... | 36,260 | triviaqa-train |
What name is usually given to the larvae of insects, such as the dragonfly or mayfly? | is secreted, the epidermis releases a mixture of enzymes that digests the endocuticle and thus detaches the old cuticle. When this stage is complete, the insect makes its body swell by taking in a large quantity of water or air, which makes the old cuticle split along predefined weaknesses where the old exocuticle was ... | turn red like males, while immature males are yellow like females and slowly reach their red coloration.
Biology and behavior.
The flight period extends from April to mid October, but this dragonfly is more common in late summer.
Adults feed on soft-bodied flying insects. After mating females usually fly in tandem wi... | 36,261 | triviaqa-train |
Allan Quartermain is the hero of which adventure novel, first published in 1895? | Allan Quatermain
Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" and its sequels. "Allan Quatermain" was also the title of a book in this sequence. An English big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Ce... | The Ivory Child
The Ivory Child is a novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain.
Plot.
While Quartermain visits Lord Randall, two foreigners come asking for Macumazana -- that is, asking for Allan Quartermain by the name he used among the Africans. The two visitors are Harut and Marut, priests and doctors of ... | 36,262 | triviaqa-train |
The Bloody Assizes under Judge Jeffries occurred during the reign of which English King? | .
Following the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, an attempt by James II to reintroduce Roman Catholicism—a century after its suppression by the Tudors—led to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, in which he was deposed by Parliament. The Crown was then offered by Parliament to James II's Protestant daughter and son-in-... | - 1013 - Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard received submission of western thegns at Bath
- 1088 - Siege of Ilchester
- 1191 - Discovery of "King Arthur's" tomb at Glastonbury
- 1497 - Perkin Warbeck's rebellion supported by Somerset men
- 1643 - Battle of Lansdowne
- 1645 - Siege of Taunton during the English Civil War
- 168... | 36,263 | triviaqa-train |
Alan Breck Stewart is one of the leading characters in which adventure novel, first published in 1886? | Kidnapped (novel)
Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine "Young Folks" from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and ... | 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, Hilary Mantel, and Seamus Heaney. A sequel, "Catriona", was published in 1893. The novel is set around 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in th... | 36,264 | triviaqa-train |
With the Atomic Number 3, which is the first metal in the Periodic Table of elements? | in (usually ionic) compounds, such as pegmatitic minerals, which were once the main source of lithium. Due to its solubility as an ion, it is present in ocean water and is commonly obtained from brines. Lithium metal is isolated electrolytically from a mixture of lithium chloride and potassium chloride.
The nucleus of ... | Modern Periodic Table. In a period, the number of valence electrons increases (mostly for light metal/elements) as we move from left to right side. However, in a group this periodic trend is constant, that is the number of valence electrons remains the same.
Valency.
Valency in the periodic table across a period first ... | 36,265 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the actress wife of Clark Gable, killed in an air crash in 1942? | Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American film actress. She was particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. She was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s.
Lombard was born into a wealt... | Glenda McKay
Glenda McKay (born 2 February 1971) is a British actress.
She is best known for playing the character of Rachel Hughes on the popular ITV soap "Emmerdale" from 1988 until the character was killed off in 1999, in an iconic scene where she is pushed of a cliff by Graham Clark.
Glenda's brother Craig McKay al... | 36,266 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the underwater plateaus, which lie off the South East coast of Newfoundland, and which form a fishing area of major importance? | French fishermen dominated the island's south coast and Northern Peninsula. The decline of the fisheries, the wasting of the shoreline forests, and an overstocking of liquor by local merchants influenced the Whitehall government in 1675 to decline to set up a colonial governor on the island.
After 1713, with the Treaty... | Soudan Banks
The Soudan Banks are a group of underwater high points and reefs off the coast of Africa, known for their good fishing yields as fishing banks. They are administered by Mauritius. The five banks (actually a single feature) lie on the Mascarene plateau. North Soudan contains large salmon stocks. South Souda... | 36,267 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the book on which the 1959 film, ""Ben Hur' was based?" | Ben-Hur (1959 film)
Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic drama film, directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of , "Ben-Hur" was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel "". The screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg, but includes... | .
In the 1959 film directed by William Wyler, Ben-Hur was played by Charlton Heston who won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Marlon Brando, Burt Lancaster and Rock Hudson turned down the role before Heston accepted it. In this version, Ben-Hur becomes a Christian at the Crucifixion of Christ; whereas in the book Ben-H... | 36,268 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded David Lloyd George as British Prime Minister in 1922? | Conservatives and of the press baron Lord Northcliffe (who owned both "The Times" and the "Daily Mail"). Besides the Prime Minister, the five-member War Cabinet contained three Conservatives (Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords Lord Curzon, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House ... | Lloyd George Society
The Lloyd George Society is an organisation connected with, but not formally affiliated to, the Liberal Democrats. It is named after David Lloyd George, the Welsh Liberal politician who was British prime minister from 1916-1922. The Society was founded in the late 1950s by Liberals in Wales when it... | 36,269 | triviaqa-train |
Yosemite National Park lies in which American State? | State of California, however, retained control of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. Muir also helped persuade local officials to virtually eliminate grazing from the Yosemite high country.
The newly created national park came under the jurisdiction of the United States Army's Troop I of the 4th Cavalry on May 19, 189... | Kibbie
Kibbie may refer to:
- Kibbeh, a dish of meat mixed with bulgur and spices, popular in the Middle East
- Kibbie Dome, a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium
- Jack Kibbie, Iowa State Senator
- Kibbie Lake, a lake which lies in the Yosemite National Park in the USA
See also.
- Kibbee, a list of people with the s... | 36,270 | triviaqa-train |
Because of its appearance, what common alternative name is given to iron pyrites? | group.
Bravoite is a nickel-cobalt bearing variety of pyrite, with 50% substitution of Ni for Fe within pyrite. Bravoite is not a formally recognised mineral, and is named after Peruvian scientist Jose J. Bravo (1874–1928).
Distinguishing similar minerals.
It is distinguishable from native gold by its hardness, brittl... | Jesse (given name)
Jesse is a mostly masculine name of English and Dutch origin, derived from the Hebrew name Yishay (). It is a common first name in many English-speaking countries. Despite being similar in appearance, it is unrelated in its origin to the feminine name Jessica.
Cognates.
- Arabic: Yassa ()
- Catalan: ... | 36,271 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the 50th and last state to become part of the USA? | be used in a pejorative sense, meaning an area or region is perceived to be under excessive American cultural or military influence or control. In various countries around the world, people who believe their local or national culture has become too Americanized sometimes use the term "51st state" in reference to their ... | 1995 Houston Cougars football team
The 1995 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 50th year of season play for Houston and the last season as a member of the Southwest Conference. T... | 36,272 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name for the flower Bellis Perennis? | and after certain surgical procedures, as well as for blunt trauma in animals. Typically, the plant is harvested while in flower when intended for use in homeopathy.
"Bellis perennis" flowers have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea (or the leaves as a salad) for treatment of disorders of t... | been hit during the artillery duel. On the morning of the 28th August the garrison, accompanied by their families and other camp followers, marched out of Carrickfergus. A cavalry escort under Sir William Russell was provided to accompany them some of the way towards Jacobite-controlled Newry. Soon after they set off, ... | 36,273 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality was the pirate William 'Captain' Kidd who was hanged in 1701? | William Kidd
William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd (c. 1654 – 23 May 1701), was a Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean. Some modern historians, for example Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton (see Books), deem his piratical repu... | 1598 duel; freed by pleading benefit of clergy
- Jørgen Jørgensen (1780–1841) – a Danish adventurer, who was on board one of the ships that established the first settlement in Tasmania in 1801; governor of Iceland for two months in 1809; a British spy – held in Newgate for theft before transport to Tasmania in 1825
- W... | 36,274 | triviaqa-train |
Where are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund? | International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), also known as the Fund, is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment an... | is the White House, outside of the neighborhood.
Foggy Bottom is also home to numerous international and American organizations. The World Bank buildings, the International Finance Corporation, the International Monetary Fund, the Office of Personnel Management, DAR Constitution Hall of the Daughters of the American Re... | 36,275 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of OPEC (Organisation of Petrol Exporting Countries)? | OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is an intergovernmental organization of nations, founded in 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna, Austria. the then 14 member countries accounted for an esti... | through the organization's agreements about oil production and price levels. In fact, economists often cite OPEC as a textbook example of a cartel that cooperates to reduce market competition, as in this definition from OECD's "Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law":
International commodity ... | 36,276 | triviaqa-train |
Which pirate commanded the ship the Queen Anne's Revenge? | Queen Anne's Revenge
Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by the pirate Blackbeard (Edward Teach or Edward Thatch). Although the date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, it was believed she was built for merchant service in Bristol in 1710 and named "Conc... | to become editor of "The Public Ownership Review", Swift was involved in the Altruria Colony, an experiment in cooperative industry and farming in the Santa Rosa Valley, and was an organizer of the socialist Equality Colony in Skagit County, Washington. In 1901, Swift, who was openly critical of President William McKin... | 36,277 | triviaqa-train |
Who was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca in 1981? | Mehmet Ali Ağca
Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish assassin and Grey Wolves member who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving 19 years of imprisonment in Italy where ... | ", i.e., that it has engaged in "Black Operations". After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Counter-Guerrilla were used to fight the militant PKK (cf. Susurluk scandal), which has since its inception been regarded as a major threat. Mehmet Ali Agca was part of the group in the ending 1970s.
Counter-Guerilla's ex... | 36,278 | triviaqa-train |
How many bones does the adult human body have? | is a mineralized tissue of two types, cortical bone and cancellous bone. Other types of tissue found in bones include bone marrow, endosteum, periosteum, nerves, blood vessels and cartilage.
In the human body at birth, there are over 300 bones, but many of these fuse together during development, leaving a total of 206 ... | mainly by the liver. Both hormones operate on most tissues of the body, have many other functions, and continue to be secreted throughout life; with peak levels coinciding with peak growth velocity, and gradually subsiding with age after adolescence. The bulk of secretion occurs in bursts (especially for adolescents) w... | 36,279 | triviaqa-train |
Which language does the word Safari originate from? | Safari
A safari () is an overland journey, usually a trip by tourists in Africa. In the past, the trip was often a big-game hunt, but today, safaris are often to observe and photograph wildlife—or hiking and sightseeing, as well.
Etymology.
The Swahili word "safari" means "journey," originally from the Arabic سفر (safa... | , and is related to either Dutch "fokken" and German "ficken" or Norwegian "fukka".
- The word "crap" did not originate as a back-formation of British plumber Thomas Crapper's surname, nor does his name originate from the word "crap", although the surname may have helped popularize the word. The surname "Crapper" is a ... | 36,280 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek myth which was the sacred mountain of Apollo, and home to the muses? | of a sanctuary to them at Troezen said to have been built by the mythical Ardalus.
The Muses were venerated especially in Boeotia, in the Valley of the Muses near Helicon, and in Delphi and the Parnassus, where Apollo became known as "Mousagetes" ("Muse-leader") after the sites were rededicated to his cult.
Often Muse-... | , such as Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, and Henri Matisse, creating new works that combined all the arts.
Among his new works, during 1928 in Paris, Balanchine premiered "Apollon musagète" (Apollo and the muses) in a collaboration with Stravinsky; it was one of his most innovative ballets, combining classical ballet... | 36,281 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek myth who solved the Riddle of the Sphinx? | often took their subjects from myth, but their treatment became gradually less narrative and more allusive. Greek lyric poets, including Pindar, Bacchylides and Simonides, and bucolic poets such as Theocritus and Bion, relate individual mythological incidents. Additionally, myth was central to classical Athenian drama.... | of Classical Mythology".
The sphinx was the emblem of the ancient city-state of Chios, and appeared on seals and the obverse side of coins from the 6th century B.C. until the 3rd century CE.
Greece Riddle of the Sphinx.
The Sphinx is said to have guarded the entrance to the Greek city of Thebes, asking a riddle to trav... | 36,282 | triviaqa-train |
Which European country has the Kuna as its currency? | would be ethnically and politically homogeneous. Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks insisted they were ethnically distinct although many communities had a long history of intermarriage. Presently Slovenia (89% Slovene), Croatia (90.4% Croat) and Serbia (83% Serb) could be classified as nation states per se, whereas North Maced... | the European community ever since. The country was a leading proponent of the EU single currency, the euro, long before it had been put into circulation. Together with the other founding euro members, it adopted the new physical currency on January 1, 2002. On that date Spain terminated its historic peseta currency and... | 36,283 | triviaqa-train |
Which member of the Royal Family also has the titles Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich? | two sons by her second husband predeceased her, the title became extinct upon her death in 1794.
The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1947 when Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, on the morning of his wedding to Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II), was made Baron Greenwich, of Greenwich ... | law Philip Mountbatten, when he married Princess Elizabeth. Subsequently, Elizabeth was styled "HRH The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh" until her accession in 1952. The subsidiary titles of the dukedom are Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, of Greenwich in the County of London. Like the dukedom, these tit... | 36,284 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of Greenpeace International? | Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 39 countries and an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Greenpeace was founded in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, Canadian and US ex-pat environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is t... | within the organization's inner workings and can be primarily credited with transforming the organization from a small, vociferous Canadian pressure group into the highly efficient international movement it is today. Bohlen was a strong supporter of the creation of Greenpeace International and the move of the group's h... | 36,285 | triviaqa-train |
Until 31.12.2005, the tolar was the currency of which European country? | Slovenian tolar
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 8 October 1991 until the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2007. It was subdivided into 100 "stotinov" (cents). The ISO 4217 currency code for the Slovenian tolar was "SIT". From October 1991 until June 1992, the acronym "SLT" was in use.
History.
The name... | in 2012. Formerly, visitors used a special currency, the Tolar, to pay for beer and food at the festival. Now it is a magnetic card, to which visitors can load any amount of cash.
The first smaller version of Czech Beer Festival outside the country was held in September 2010 in Frankfurt, the next year has spread also... | 36,286 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the brother of Sherlock Holmes? | ancestors" were "country squires". In "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", he claims that his grandmother was sister to the French artist Vernet, without clarifying whether this was Claude Joseph, Carle, or Horace Vernet. Holmes's brother Mycroft, seven years his senior, is a government official. Mycroft has a uni... | The Hound of the Baskervilles". Two previous Watsons appear in the film: Terence Rigby who played Watson to Tom Baker's Holmes in 1982s "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and Thorley Walters who played Watson three times previously; with Christopher Lee as Holmes in "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace", with Douglas ... | 36,287 | triviaqa-train |
What was the maiden name of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor? | Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson (born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 1896 – 24 April 1986), later known as the Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite whose intended marriage to the British king Edward VIII caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication.
Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Her f... | - House of Windsor, the house or dynasty of the present British Royal Family
- Windsor (surname), including a list of people with the name
- Windsor Davies, English actor
Title.
- The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
- Wallis Simpson (Wallis, Duchess of Windsor), wife of the Duke
- Duke ... | 36,288 | triviaqa-train |
b In the Flintstones cartoons what is the name of Fred and Wilma's daughter? | them to change it to a girl since "girl dolls sell a lot better than boy dolls". Although most "Flintstones" episodes were stand-alone storylines, Hanna-Barbera created a story arc surrounding the birth of Pebbles. Beginning with the episode "The Surprise", aired midway through the third season (January 25, 1963), in w... | Rubbles arrange a trip to Rockapulco in an attempt to save the Flintstones' marriage.
Shortly after their arrival, a thief, Xavier, steals a diamond from a jewelry store and is chased by the guard into the same hotel the Flintstones and Rubbles are staying at. In the ensuing chaos, Xavier's bag is switched with Wilma's... | 36,289 | triviaqa-train |
Botswana was until 1966 known as what? | chiefs to make Christianity a state religion, and changed a great deal of Tswana customary law as a result. Christianity became the de facto official religion in all the chiefdoms by World War I.
History Colonialism and the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
During the Scramble for Africa the territory of Botswana was coveted ... | Botswana First Division North
The Botswana First Division North (currently known as the Debswana First Division North due to sponsorship reasons) is the second-tier professional football league in Botswana. Founded in 1966 after Botswana was granted independence, it is administered by the Botswana Football Association ... | 36,290 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional family live at 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield? | The Simpsons house
742 Evergreen Terrace is the most commonly used fictional street address in Springfield of the Simpson family home in the animated sitcom, "The Simpsons" and in the feature film "The Simpsons Movie". In the series, the house is owned by Homer and Marge Simpson, who live with their three children Bart... | that is not yet added to the geographic information system database.
While there might be a 742 Evergreen Terrace in Springfield, there might also be a 742 Evergreen Terrace in Shelbyville. Asking for the city name (and state, province, country, etc. as needed) can solve this problem. Boston, Massachusetts has multiple... | 36,291 | triviaqa-train |
What are the Friendly Islands in the Pacific now known as? | Tonga
Tonga (; Tongan: "Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga"), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited. The total surface area is about scattered over of the southern Pacific Ocean. The state has a population of 100,651 people, of whom 7... | answers, and over the next few years officially purged them as ministers and then as members.
Being forced by IYM to be on their own, the Beans thus became innovators. In 1889 they reorganized their local meeting as the College Park Association of Friends, which over the following decades became the hub of otherwise-un... | 36,292 | triviaqa-train |
Grantley Adams is the airport of which Caribbean island? | Grantley Herbert Adams
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC (28 April 1898 – 28 November 1971), was a Barbadian and British West Indian statesman. Adams was a founder of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), and he was named in 1998 as one of the National Heroes of Barbados.
Early life.
Adams was born at Colliston, Governmen... | the airport as being inside the capital. Grantley Adams Airport is the main air transportation hub for the Eastern Caribbean.
The terrain is relatively flat and quite suburban. The airport lies in the south-eastern portion of parish of Christ Church, close to the southern tip of the island. The airport has easy access ... | 36,293 | triviaqa-train |
What was the constituency of former Prime Minister Tony Blair? | Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997. As of 2017, Blair is the last British Labour Party leader to have wo... | Labour candidate for Bristol East and former MP Kerry McCarthy revealed information about postal votes cast in the constituency on Twitter. Avon and Somerset police said they were "looking into a possible alleged breach of electoral law". Bristol City Council stated: "This is a criminal matter and [it] will be for the ... | 36,294 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the first X-rated film to have won the Oscar for Best Picture? | mainstream films were released with an X rating, such as "Midnight Cowboy", "Medium Cool", "Last Summer", "Last of the Mobile Hot Shots", "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", "A Clockwork Orange", "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song", "Fritz the Cat", "Last Tango in Paris" and "The Evil Dead". (Films that achieved critical... | Best Picture winner to win fewer than three Academy Awards until "Spotlight" in 2016.
Some consider this film among the worst to have ever won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won that award over highly rated films such as "High Noon", "The Quiet Man", "Ivanhoe" and "Singin' in the Rain". The American film m... | 36,295 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the densest planet in the solar system? | Solar System
The Solar System is the gravitationally bound planetary system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of the objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest are the eight planets, with the remainder being smaller objects, such as the five dwarf planets and small Solar Sys... | droplets. These clouds obscure the surface of Venus from optical imaging, and reflect about 75% of the sunlight that falls on them. The geometric albedo, a common measure of reflectivity, is the highest of any planet in the Solar System. This high reflectivity potentially enables any probe exploring the cloud tops suff... | 36,296 | triviaqa-train |
Which rock singer's real name is Paul Hewson? | "Bono Vox of O'Connell Street", and finally just "Bono". "Bono Vox" is an alteration of "Bonavox", a Latin phrase which translates to "good voice". It is said he was nicknamed "Bono Vox" by his friend Gavin Friday. He initially disliked the name; however, when he learned it translated to "good voice", he accepted it. H... | "R U the Girl?", "The Real Housewives of Atlanta", and in the documentary "". She also co-wrote and produced the Justin Bieber song "Where Are You Now?", which appeared as a bonus track on the Australian and Wal-Mart versions of the singer's debut album "My World 2.0".
Publications, Organizations and Awards.
Smith has ... | 36,297 | triviaqa-train |
Which prison is located at Princetown in Devon? | Wessex during the eighth and ninth centuries. The western boundary with Cornwall was set at the River Tamar by King Æthelstan in 936. Devon was later constituted as a shire of the Kingdom of England.
The north and south coasts of Devon each have both cliffs and sandy shores, and the county's bays contain seaside resort... | keyboard
- Trevor Spencer - drums
- Alan Tarney - bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, vocals
Production.
- Producer: Alan Tarney
- Mixing: Ashley Howe, Assistant: David Kemp
- Mastering: John Dent
- Art direction: Peter Wagg | 36,298 | triviaqa-train |
Which musician, 1890-1967, was known as 'The King of Jazz'? | ("Music Hath Charms", played by Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang). After an elephant squirts water on a monkey in a tree, the monkey throws a coconut at the elephant. It misses and hits Whiteman on the head. The bump on his head forms into a crown. Master of Ceremonies Charles Irwin then remarks, "And that's how Paul Whiteman... | Edgar Manning
Edgar (Eddie) Manning (1889 or 1890 – 8 February 1931), was a Jamaican jazz musician and criminal who became known as the "dope-king" of 1920s London.
Manning was born in Jamaica but had settled in London by 1916.
See also.
- Brilliant Chang
External links.
- http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/75563 | 36,299 | triviaqa-train |
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