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The Prime Minister's Question Time is held on which weekday? | Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister's Questions (often abbreviated to PMQs and officially known as Questions to the Prime Minister, while colloquially known as Prime Minister's Question Time) is a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom, currently held as a single session every Wednesday at noon when the ... | would have a bearing on the question as to whether the Prime Minister has acted reasonably for not ... calling a by-election to fill a vacancy", because when a by-election should be held is a "polycentric matter which would involve considerations which go well beyond mere practicality and the Prime Minister could justi... | 36,500 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does LEGO originate? | of Ole Kirk Christiansen, in Billund, Denmark. In 1916, Christiansen purchased a woodworking shop in Billund which had been in business since 1895. The shop mostly helped construct houses and furniture, and had a small staff of apprentices. The workshop burned down in 1924 when a fire ignited some wood shavings. Ole Ki... | Certificate of Formula Compliance
A Certificate of Formula Compliance (often abbreviated to COFC) is a document used primarily for Health and Beauty Products in international trade.
Unlike a Certificate of Origin (which traditionally states from what country the shipped goods originate, but "originate" in a CO does no... | 36,501 | triviaqa-train |
In the Beverly Hillbillies what is the name of Milburn Drysdale's Secretary? | Miss Jane Hathaway. Of all the Clampett clan, he is the most eager to embrace city life. A running gag is that Jethro is known as the "six-foot stomach" for his huge appetite: in one episode, he eats a jetliner's entire supply of steaks; in another, Jethro tries to set himself up as a Hollywood agent for cousin "Bessie... | played "Hank Salamanca" a musician guest at the farm on The Real McCoys, episode 32 "The McCoy Sound".
- 1964 – "This is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Hurts You" "Route 66", Episode 113 in the fourth and last season, fourth to last episode.
- 1969 – "The Beverly Hillbillies" – Milburn Drysdale's nephew, Air Force ace J... | 36,502 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1991 film, if Geena Davis played Thelma, who played the part of Louise? | Sarandon in Ridley Scott's road film "Thelma & Louise" (1991), playing friends who embark on a road trip with unforeseen consequences. A critical and commercial success, the film is considered a classic, as it influenced other films and artistic works and became a landmark of feminist film. She received an Academy Awar... | Across the Tracks"; Pitt portrayed Joe Maloney, a high school runner with a criminal brother, played by Rick Schroder. After years of supporting roles in film and frequent television guest appearances, Pitt attracted wider recognition in his supporting role in Ridley Scott's 1991 road film "Thelma & Louise". He played ... | 36,503 | triviaqa-train |
Paul McCartney and Wings provided the title song for which 1973 James Bond film? | Forever".
Roger Moore was appointed to the role of 007 for "Live and Let Die" (1973). He played Bond a further six times over twelve years, before being replaced by Timothy Dalton for two films. After a six-year hiatus, during which a legal wrangle threatened Eon's productions of the Bond films, Irish actor Pierce Bros... | Madhapar. Even today, the Mughalsarai Yard is largest railway yard of Indian Railways and second largest in Asia.
In East Indian Railway in 1915, Gaya to Katras doubling of 56 miles was done by Jagmal Raja of Nagor as main contractor and Bhimjee Raja of Nagor and Ratna Govind of Madhapar working as sub-contractor. Next... | 36,504 | triviaqa-train |
Although the island of Corfu is part of Greece, its north eastern tip lies just off the coast of which other country? | of the peaks", derives from the Byzantine Greek Κορυφαί (Koryphai) (crests or peaks), denoting the two peaks of "Palaio Frourio".
Geography.
The northeastern edge of Corfu lies off the coast of Sarandë, Albania, separated by straits varying in width from . The southeast side of the island lies off the coast of Thesprot... | Lefkada. Each of the islands remained part of the Venetian "Stato da Màr" until Napoleon Bonaparte dissolved the Republic of Venice in 1797, annexing Corfu. The Ionian Islands are situated in the Ionian Sea, off the west coast of Greece. Cythera, the southernmost, is just off the southern tip of the Peloponnese and Cor... | 36,505 | triviaqa-train |
"In the 1980's, on which TV game show did Leslie Crowther proclaim, ""Come on Down""?" | in for Mike Reid. He was also host of the first British version of the game show "The Price is Right", from 1984 to 1988, during which time his "Come on down!" catchphrase became familiar. In 1994, Crowther said that when "The Price is Right" was axed in May 1988, the producers never bothered to contact him directly. I... | Leslie Crowther
Leslie Douglas Sargent Crowther, CBE (6 February 1933 – 29 September 1996) was an English comedian, actor, TV presenter, and game show host.
Biography.
Crowther was born in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. At the end of 1944, he moved to London with his parents, but was evacuated for a few months to the... | 36,506 | triviaqa-train |
"Who has written a series of novels, entitled ""The Dark Tower"", of which the first, in 1982, was entitled, ""The Gunslinger""?" | The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
The Gunslinger is a fantasy novel by American author Stephen King, the first volume in the "Dark Tower" series.
"The Gunslinger" was first published in 1982 as a fix-up novel, joining five short stories that had been published between 1978 and 1981. King substantially revised the novel in... | issue run of "" and the single-issue release of "", the two-issue run of "Evil Ground" was included in a collected paperback edition entitled "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Last Shots" and released by Marvel on October 8, 2013 (). The series was also included in the hardcover release of "The Dark Tower: The Gunsling... | 36,507 | triviaqa-train |
Bandleaders Benny Goodman and Woody Herman both normally played which instrument? | C, i.e. concert middle C, on a piccolo clarinet), though some B clarinets go down to E to enable them to match the range of the A clarinet. On the B soprano clarinet, the concert pitch of the lowest note is D, a whole tone lower than the written pitch. Most alto and bass clarinets have an extra key to allow a (written)... | bandleaders Woody Herman and Benny Goodman; Tiger Ward; John Brady; Hi Bevins; Nick Nagorka and trumpeter Vince Shank who later would play with Russ Morgan. The Serenaders had four trumpets, two trombones, five saxophones, and four rhythm instruments. Wally Kinnan once said, "We were beginning to talk seriously about t... | 36,508 | triviaqa-train |
"Which English racecourse, dubbed ""The Home of National Hunt Racing"", is situated in Prestbury Park?" | Prestbury, Gloucestershire
Prestbury is a medium-sized village near the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is on the outskirts of Cheltenham, and forms part of the borough of Cheltenham, despite retaining its own parish council as a civil parish. It is part of the Tewkesbury parliamentary constituenc... | Towcester Racecourse
Towcester Racecourse is a horse racing course at Towcester (pronounced "Toe-ster") in Northamptonshire, England. Recently rebuilt, it hosts National Hunt racing race meetings (over jumps) in the Winter months. It is situated on the Easton Neston estate. A greyhound racing track was opened in 2014 a... | 36,509 | triviaqa-train |
Name the 1956 film, in which Kirk Douglas portrayed the artist Vincent Van Gogh. | . The letters have been collected and published in book form as "The Letters of Vincent van Gogh".
The relationship between the two brothers was the subject of the movie "Vincent & Theo" (1990), directed by Robert Altman. It also formed an important part of the film "Lust for Life" (1956), which was directed by Vincent... | by Irving Stone, was adapted into a film of the same name. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and George Cukor and produced by John Houseman. The 1956 film starred Kirk Douglas as Vincent van Gogh and Anthony Quinn as Paul Gauguin. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including best actor and best supporti... | 36,510 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor, born in Prescot in 1757, was the brother of famous actress Sarah Siddons? | Sarah Siddons
Sarah Siddons ("née" Kemble; 5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh-born English actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified".
She was the elder sister of John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hat... | Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse
Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse is a 1784 oil painting by Joshua Reynolds.
Mrs. Sarah Siddons:
Sarah Siddons was a well-known actress of the 18th century who became famous for her role as Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. Born Sarah Kemble, aged 18 she married William Siddons, also an actor,... | 36,511 | triviaqa-train |
The cluster of stars, known as The Pleiades, lies in which constellation? | a given celestial object is found to convey its approximate location in the sky. The Flamsteed designation of a star, for example, consists of a number and the genitive form of the constellation name.
Other star patterns or groups called asterisms are not constellations per se but are used by observers to navigate the ... | that it follows the Pleiades during the nightly motion of the celestial sphere across the sky. Forming the profile of a Bull's face is a "V" or "K"-shaped asterism of stars. This outline is created by prominent members of the Hyades, the nearest distinct open star cluster after the Ursa Major Moving Group. In this prof... | 36,512 | triviaqa-train |
"In 1926, which American bandleader, the self-dubbed, ""King of Jazz"", hired, and thus helped launch the career of singer Bing Crosby?" | Syncopation Idea closed", they worked in the Will Morrissey Music Hall Revue. They honed their skills with Morrissey. When they got a chance to present an independent act, they were spotted by the Paul Whiteman organization. Whiteman needed something different to break up his musical selections, and Crosby and Rinker f... | Bob Crosby
George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats was a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. On TV, Bob Crosby gu... | 36,513 | triviaqa-train |
Although the Dodecanese Islands are part of Greece, they lie just a few miles off the coast of which other country? | and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at in length, featuring a large number of islands, of w... | Saronic Islands
- Cyclades
- Dodecanese (Southern Sporades)
- Crete
Geographical features
Physical geography Mainland Ionian Islands.
The Ionian Islands are a group of seven islands. The six northern islands lie off the western coast of Greece, in the Ionian Sea. The other island, Kythira, lies off the southern tip of ... | 36,514 | triviaqa-train |
"What was the name of the song, sung by Carly Simon, which was used as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film, ""The Spy Who Loved Me""?" | the supertanker exteriors were filmed. On 5 December 1976, with principal photography finished, the 007 Stage was formally opened by former Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Production Music.
The theme song "Nobody Does It Better" was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, written by Carole Bayer Sager, and performed by Carly Simon.... | ", the James Bond theme was featured in a Funk-inspired version of the tune reflecting the music of Blaxploitation films popular at the time. After that in 1974 John Barry composed the theme and song but sung by Lulu. The brief quote of the theme in the pre-credits music of "The Spy Who Loved Me", titled "Bond 77", fea... | 36,515 | triviaqa-train |
"Which action in World War H, had the code name, ""Operation Dynamo""?" | destroyers, at least three French destroyers, and a variety of civilian merchant ships, while others had to wade out from the beaches, waiting for hours in shoulder-deep water. Some were ferried to the larger ships by what came to be known as the Little Ships of Dunkirk, a flotilla of hundreds of merchant marine boats,... | Arnold Scheme
The Arnold Scheme was established to train British RAF pilots in the United States of America during World War II. Its name derived from US General Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the United States Army Air Forces, the instigator of the scheme, which ran from June 1941 to March 1943.
Background.
In the early ye... | 36,516 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only West Indian bowler to take over 500 wickets in Test cricket? | From the mid-late 1970s to the early 1990s, the West Indies team was the strongest in the world in both Test and One Day International cricket. A number of cricketers who were considered among the best in the world have hailed from the West Indies: Sir Garfield Sobers, Lance Gibbs, George Headley, Brian Lara, Clive Llo... | Heath Streak
Heath Hilton Streak (born 16 March 1974) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer who played for and captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team. By his statistical record, he is the best bowler to have played for Zimbabwe. He is the only Zimbabwean bowler to have taken over 100 Test wickets and... | 36,517 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the particle in an atom which carries a negative charge? | Electron
The electron is a subatomic particle, symbol or , whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no known components or substructure. The electron has a mass ... | unidentified scalar particle responsible for the cosmic inflation.
- A spurion is the name given to a "particle" inserted mathematically into an isospin-violating decay in order to analyze it as though it conserved isospin.
- What is called "true muonium", a bound state of a muon and an antimuon, is a theoretical exoti... | 36,518 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who nightly swam the Hellespont to meet his lover? | was said that Helle, the daughter of Athamas, was drowned at the Dardanelles in the legend of the Golden Fleece. Likewise, the strait was the scene of the legend of Hero and Leander, wherein the lovesick Leander swam the strait nightly in order to tryst with his beloved, the priestess Hero, and was drowned in a storm.
... | Adrastus (mythology)
Adrastus (Ancient Greek: Ἄδραστος; Ionic: Adrestus Ἄδρηστος means "inescapable") refers to several individuals in Greek mythology:
- Adrastus, king of Argos.
- Adrastus, father of Eurydice, the wife of King Ilus of Troy. He is otherwise unknown, but the Hellespont town or city of Adrastea may be na... | 36,519 | triviaqa-train |
There are two cathedrals in Dublin, Christ Church and St Patrick's, neither belonging to the Roman Catholic faith. To which minority faith do they belong? | often decorated with a cross pattée.
The cross pattée retains its link to Patrick to the present day. For example, it appears on the coat of arms of both the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh and the Church of Ireland Archdiocese of Armagh. This is on account of Patrick being regarded as the first bishop of the Dioc... | Silken Thomas" in 1534. After the excommunication of Henry VIII in 1538 no Roman Catholic archbishop was nominated by Rome until Hugh Curwen in 1555, in the brief reign of Queen Mary.
Cathedrals.
From the Middle Ages, the seat of the Archbishop of Dublin was Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, although for many centuries,... | 36,520 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1970's American TV detective series, was created by film writer Abby Mann? | 1963).
While working for television, he created the series "Kojak", starring Telly Savalas. Mann was executive producer, but was also credited as a writer on many episodes. His other writing credits include the screenplays for the television films "The Marcus-Nelson Murders", "The Atlanta Child Murders", "", and "Indic... | Against the Wall (TV series)
Against the Wall is an American police drama television series created by Annie Brunner. The series starred Rachael Carpani as Abby Kowalski, a police detective who recently joined the Internal Affairs division of the Chicago Police Department.
The series was broadcast in the United States ... | 36,521 | triviaqa-train |
On winning the US Masters in 2003, which man became the only Canadian to win one of golf's major titles? | on Tiger Woods' off-the-course behavior. "It's not simply the degree of his conduct that is so egregious here," Payne said, in his opening speech. "It is the fact he disappointed all of us and more importantly our kids and grandkids."
The 2003 tournament was won by Mike Weir, who became the first Canadian to win a men'... | . He won all five Major events, disc golf's first Grand Slam, including his fourth World title and his first ever win at the USDGC, making him only the third man to win both the World and US titles in the same year (after Ken Climo and Barry Schultz). McBeth also took home three NT wins and earned enough points to win ... | 36,522 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the series of narrative poems by Lord Tennyson, which retells the legend of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table? | Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears", and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as "Ulysses", although "In Memoriam A.H.H." was written to commemorate his friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and student at Trinity College, Cambridge, after he died of a stroke at the age of 22. ... | Malory's book titled "The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Edited for Boys". This version was later incorporated into Grosset and Dunlap's series of books called the Illustrated Junior Library, and reprinted under the title "King Arthur and his Knights of... | 36,523 | triviaqa-train |
"Which 15th century English writer compiled some French and English Arthurian legends, and added work of his own, under the title of ""Le Morte d'Arthur""?" | was made one of the Nine Worthies, a group of three pagan, three Jewish and three Christian exemplars of chivalry. The Worthies were first listed in Jacques de Longuyon's "Voeux du Paon" in 1312, and subsequently became a common subject in literature and art.
The development of the medieval Arthurian cycle and the char... | Remenham
Remenham is a village and civil parish on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames opposite Henley-on-Thames in southern England.
Rowing.
The parish covers the starting point of the Henley Royal Regatta course. Remenham Club and Upper Thames Rowing Clubs are private members club for rowers, with a good view of t... | 36,524 | triviaqa-train |
Which US President was a former World War 2 supreme commander? | President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
In contemporary times, the presiden... | The village of Nishinagakura is merged into Karuizawa
- 1942-45: Site of an internment camp for enemy foreigners and diplomats during World War 2.
- From 1943 relocation of an increasing number of Germans from Tokyo, which is suffering from US fire bombing. The Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers deported most Germ... | 36,525 | triviaqa-train |
Which South Korean car company was bought by General Motors in 2001, its cars then being produced under the Chevrolet badge? | site still retains the blue "badge". In 2011, GM discontinued the Daewoo brand in South Korea and replaced it with the Chevrolet brand. GM holds about 96% of GM Korea (2011–present) which mainly designs and produces Chevrolet and Holden branded vehicles. GM holds about 25% of
GM Uzbekistan (2008–present) which produce... | -size car.
By 1990, General Motors began to reduce its usage of the J platform, reducing its usage of badge engineering. As the company prepared the launch of the Saturn S-Series for 1990, Buick and Oldsmobile ended their use of the J platform. Outside of North America, the J platform was phased out in favor of the GM2... | 36,526 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Italian owned bus company that specialises in transfers from airports such as Liverpool, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Rome's airports, Fiumicino and Ciampino in to the city centres? | and Potenza). COTRAL/Schiaffini operates buses from outside the terminal building to both Anagnina metro station and Ciampino railway station every 15 minutes. Bus operators Terravision, Schiaffini and BusShuttle run a direct service to Roma Termini, travel time is about 40 minutes.
Since September 2017, the ATAC bus l... | as catacombs and the Appian Way.(Municipi 5–13)
- Ostia—Rome's beach resort and the ruins of Ancient Rome's harbour.
Transport.
Transport Plane.
Rome has two main international airports:
- Leonardo da Vinci/Fiumicino International Airport (Rome Fiumicino) – Rome's main airport is modern and connected to the center of ... | 36,527 | triviaqa-train |
Tony Stark is the alter ego of which comic book (and film) superhero? | like Tony Stark and his secretary Pepper Potts." In a 1990 interview, when asked if he had "a specific model for Tony Stark and the other characters?", Heck replied "No, I would be thinking more along the lines of some characters I like, which would be the same kind of characters that Alex Toth liked, which was an Erro... | book series, and cartoon series
- Todd Rice, the alter ego of the comic book superhero Obsidian
- Stan Ross (portrayed by Bernie Mac), a Milwaukee baseball star from the film "Mr. 3000"
- President Andrew Shepherd (portrayed by Michael Douglas), a character from the film "The American President"
- Samantha Spade (portr... | 36,528 | triviaqa-train |
Tendring District Council is in which English county? - | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorks... | There are two St Bartholomews District Councillors which represent the area at Tendring District Council. The District Council is responsible for local services, planning, council housing and refuse collection. Most district councillors are not paid a salary, but receive a basic allowance for the work they do. The curr... | 36,529 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the traditional Scotch whisky producing areas is on the Kintyre peninsula although only three distilleries survive, Glen Scotia, Glengyle and Springbank? | Glengyle distillery
Glengyle distillery is a distillery, founded in 1872 by William Mitchell and completed in 1873. Mitchell had previously been involved with Springbank Distillery but following a quarrel with his brother John, with whom he owned Springbank, he first joined his other brothers at Reichlachan distillery ... | 1922, the London and North Eastern Railway (1923 to 1947) and British Railways until the withdrawal of passenger services in November 1952.
Goods services were withdrawn on 19 April 1965.1963
The station dealt with significant goods traffic until the 1950s and also had a small single tracked engine shed where the bran... | 36,530 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter? | , Pales the pasture, Saturn the sowing, Ceres the growth of the grain, Pomona the fruit, and Consus and Ops the harvest. Even the majestic Jupiter, the ruler of the gods, was honored for the aid his rains might give to the farms and vineyards. In his more encompassing character he was considered, through his weapon of ... | Roman Earth and harvest goddess married to Saturn. Equivalent of the Greek Rhea.
- Pandoraea: Pandora (Πανδώρα), the first woman who opened a jar, known as Pandora's box releasing evil into the world, in Greek mythology.
- Persephonella: Persephone (also known as Kore), is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess D... | 36,531 | triviaqa-train |
The first council meeting of the League of Nations was held in January 1920, in which city? | League of Nations
The League of Nations, abbreviated as LN or LoN, (, abbreviated as "SDN" or "SdN" and meaning "Society of Nations") was an intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first worldwide intergovernmental or... | organisations were created to bring Quakers across Europe together.
In 1920, the first Worldwide Conference of Quakers was held in London, with 936 delegates in attendance from across the world. Subsequently, three organisations were established which continue to involve European Quakers to a great extent:
- Quaker Uni... | 36,532 | triviaqa-train |
How are the lovers Vrechen and Sali described in the title of a 1906 opera by Delius? | Thomas Beecham took it up. Beecham conducted the full premiere of "A Mass of Life" in London in 1909 (he had premiered Part II in Germany in 1908); he staged the opera "A Village Romeo and Juliet" at Covent Garden in 1910; and he mounted a six-day Delius festival in London in 1929, as well as making gramophone recordin... | , as Miss Rose Lynton, which was how she was known for the first decade of her career.
Personal life.
Mudocci and Munch met in 1903, when they were introduced in Paris by the composer Frederick Delius, a friend of Munch.
Mudocci, who is described as a lesbian, and Edwards were lovers as well as being in a professional ... | 36,533 | triviaqa-train |
Makassar (the source of hair oil) is an alternative name of the port Ujung Pandang, in which country is it? | Makassar
Makassar (Buginese-Makassarese: ᨀᨚᨈ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ; historically spelled Macassar) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth largest urban centre after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, and Medan. From 1971 to 1999, the city w... | was built in 1634, as part of a fortification programme that the Makassar rulers undertook in response to a war with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) which broke out in that year. The original fort, "Jum Pandan" (allegedly named after the pandanus trees growing in the vicinity), gave its name to the city Ujung Pandan... | 36,534 | triviaqa-train |
In 1818, the Austrian Franz Gruber composed his only published work, the music to a poem by the curate of his church; by what name do we know this Christmas carol? | ".
A tune from a cantata, "Festgesang", by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840 was adapted by William H. Cummings to fit Wesley's words. This combination first appeared in "Hymns Ancient and Modern" in 1861.
"Silent Night" comes from Austria. The carol was first performed in the Nikolaus-Kirche (Church of St. Nicholas) in Obernd... | Ihr Kinderlein, kommet
"" ("Oh, come, little children") is a German Christmas carol.
The lyrics were written by Catholic priest and writer Christoph von Schmid in 1798. His poem "" (The children at the manger) had originally eight verses and was first published in 1811. Schmid then included it in his 1818 collection " ... | 36,535 | triviaqa-train |
Tom Hanks co-stars with Emma Thompson in Saving Mr Banks, what part does he play? | Actor – Motion Picture Drama for the former role. In "Captain Phillips", he starred as Captain Richard Phillips with Barkhad Abdi, which was based on the Maersk Alabama hijacking. In "Saving Mr. Banks", co-starring Emma Thompson and directed by John Lee Hancock, he played Walt Disney, being the first actor to portray D... | 2007, Trijbits joined Alison Owen's London-based production company Ruby Films (established in 1999) as a partner. Credits at Ruby include "Jane Eyre", directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender and Judi Dench; "Tamara Drewe" (Official Selection – 2010 Cannes Film Festival), directed by S... | 36,536 | triviaqa-train |
Who recorded the 1968 album 'Astral Weeks'? | Astral Weeks
Astral Weeks is the second studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was recorded at Century Sound Studios in New York during September and October 1968, and released in November of the same year by Warner Bros. Records.
The album's music blends folk, blues, jazz, and classical styl... | songs that feature on the album were recorded on November 7th and 8th, 2008. Coincidentally, they took place forty years after the classic "Astral Weeks" was first released by Warner Bros. Records in 1968. One of the original musicians, guitarist Jay Berliner, joined with the many other musicians on the revisited versi... | 36,537 | triviaqa-train |
Selina Kyle is the alter ego of which comic book (and film) super heroine? | Toei's Battle Fever J and now multi-colored teams not only had support vehicles but giant robots to fight giant monsters with.
History 1980s onwards.
In subsequent decades, popular characters like Dazzler, She-Hulk, Elektra, Catwoman, Witchblade, Spider-Girl, Batgirl and the Birds of Prey became stars of long-running e... | John Taddeo
John Taddeo is a comic book writer and creator of the company Superverse. Taddeo has formerly worked for Marvel Entertainment and Big Entertainment (now called Hollywood.com). Taddeo conceived of the idea for "Zoom Suit" in the early 1980s when Bob Layton created the cover for "Iron Man" #117, which was lis... | 36,538 | triviaqa-train |
The Anti-Federalist League was the fore-runner of which political party? | Anti-Federalist League
The Anti-Federalist League was a small cross-party organisation in the United Kingdom, formed in 1991 to campaign against the Maastricht Treaty. It is mainly remembered now as the forerunner of the UK Independence Party.
The main founder of the Anti-Federalist League was Alan Sked, lecturer at th... | Federalist Alliance
- The Federalist Party of the Yale Political Union
See also.
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, U.S. society seeking legal reform in the U.S.
- Federalist Era (1789–1801), U.S. political era
- Federalism
- Anti-Federalist of the U.S.
- Anti-Federalist League of Britain
- Federal... | 36,539 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1915 poem 'In Flanders Fields'? | In Flanders Fields
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Sec... | "In Flanders Fields" in the voice of those who perished in the war. Published in "Punch" 8 December 1915, the poem is still recited on Remembrance Day and Memorial Day.
Commemoration Victoria Cross recipients.
- Lance Sergeant D. W. Belcher, London Rifle Brigade (TF), 11th Brigade, 4th Division
- Captain E. D. Bellew, ... | 36,540 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the singer who had big hits with 'In The Midnight Hour' and 'Mustang Sally'? | Mustang Sally (song)
"Mustang Sally" is a rhythm and blues (R&B) song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. It was released on the Blue Rock label (4014) in May 1965 with "Sir Mack Rice" as the artist. The song uses an AAB layout with a 24-bar structure.
It gained greater popularity when Wilson Pickett cover... | Best of the Soul Years
Best of the Soul Years is a 2015 compilation album by Australian singer-songwriter, Jimmy Barnes. The album is compiled from his three platinum-selling albums of soul and R&B classics; "Soul Deep" (1991), "Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South" (2000) and "The Rhythm and the Blues" (2009). The... | 36,541 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous group, that have had several instrumental hits in their own name, were Wilson Pickett's backing group in the 1960s? | in 1991, his music was prominently featured in the film "The Commitments", with Pickett as an off-screen character. In 1993, he was honored with a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
Pickett was a popular composer, writing songs that were recorded by many artists, including Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, the Ro... | The Tornados
The Tornados were an English instrumental group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits in their own right, including the UK and U.S. No. 1 "Telstar" (named after the satellite and composed a... | 36,542 | triviaqa-train |
How is the Prince described in the title of a ballet by Bela Bartok first performed in 1917? | to composing with a ballet called "The Wooden Prince" (1914–16) and the String Quartet No. 2 in (1915–17), both influenced by Debussy.
Raised as a Catholic, by his early adulthood Bartók had become an atheist. He later became attracted to Unitarianism and publicly converted to the Unitarian faith in 1916. Although Bart... | ) 34'
- String Quartet No. 7 "To the Memory of Bela Bartok" (1970)
- Twenty-Four Preludes for piano (1971) 45'
- The Hermit, opera in one act after Ilja Tshavtshavadze (1972); libretto by Pjotr Grusinsky; first performance in 1972 in Tbilisi. 45'
- Antique Sketches, ballet in one act after Georgi Aleksidze (1973)
- Cel... | 36,543 | triviaqa-train |
In which zodiacal constellation is the bright star Aldebaran? | a given celestial object is found to convey its approximate location in the sky. The Flamsteed designation of a star, for example, consists of a number and the genitive form of the constellation name.
Other star patterns or groups called asterisms are not constellations per se but are used by observers to navigate the ... | star of about apparent magnitude 3.3 in the constellation Serpens Caput. At this distance most of the stars nearest to us would be in different locations to those in our sky, including Alpha Centauri, Sirius, and Procyon.
From a planet orbiting Aldebaran, 65 light years away, our Sun would be seen as an insignificant 6... | 36,544 | triviaqa-train |
Poundland started in 1990 as a single store, in which Midlands town? | .
Poundland was founded by Dave Dodd and Steven Smith in April 1990 with a starting capital of just £50,000. The first pilot store opened in December 1990 in the Octagon Centre, Burton upon Trent and managed a turnover of £13,000 from 624 products on its first day of trading. Previous attempts at opening pilot stores h... | Poundland
Poundland is a British variety store chain founded in 1990, selling most items at the single price of £1, including clearance items and proprietary brands. The first pilot store opened in December 1990 following numerous rejections by landlords who had reservations about allowing a single-price store to opera... | 36,545 | triviaqa-train |
In which county is Ford Open Prison? | HM Prison Ford
HM Prison Ford (informally known as Ford Open Prison) is a Category D men's prison, located at Ford, in West Sussex, England, near Arundel and Littlehampton. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
History.
History Military use.
The site was initially RAF Ford before changing into Royal N... | In February 2011, a Sun newspaper journalist successfully broke into the jail and provided details of lax security there.
The prison today.
HMP Ford is a category D Open prison with an emphasis on resettlement of prisoners into the community. Surrounded by a high security fence with a manned security barrier at the mai... | 36,546 | triviaqa-train |
The yellow-Winged Darter is a species of which insect? | the whole of their lives underwater. In many of the more primitive orders of insect, the immature stages are spent in an aquatic environment. Some groups of insects, like certain water beetles, have aquatic adults as well.
Many of these species have adaptations to help in under-water locomotion. Water beetles and water... | -bodied in the male, with both sexes having large amounts of saffron-yellow colouration to the basal area of each wing, which is particularly noticeable on the hind-wings. Other "Sympetrum" species may have limited yellow-orange colouration near the extreme wing-bases, especially in females, but never so extensively as... | 36,547 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the film Dr. Strangelove? | Dr. Strangelove
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, more commonly known simply as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 political satire black comedy film that satirizes the Cold War fears of a nuclear conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States. The film was directed, produced, and c... | until Turner Classic Movies (TCM) broadcast it on December 16, 2012.
The film was the only television program ever directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and contained Peter Sellers' first performance after recovering from a near-fatal heart attack earlier in 1964. The film also featured Sterling Hayden, who had previously ... | 36,548 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Premier League player bitten by Luis Suarez? | biting opponents. In a Group D matchup at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Suarez was shown to have bit Italian defender Georgio Chiellini, resulting in FIFA suspending Suarez from all football activities for 4 months. While playing for Liverpool, Suarez bit Chelsea player Branislav Ivanovic in a Premier League match, and was ... | Ryan Suarez
Ryan Suarez (born July 28, 1977 in Sacramento, California) is an American soccer player, who last played in United Soccer Leagues for the California Victory.
Cuarez played college soccer at San Jose St. from 1997 to 2000, and was named an NCAA All-American his senior season. He also played for the Silicon V... | 36,549 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was the 1950 Football World Cup held? | 1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950, was the fourth FIFA World Cup. It was the first World Cup since 1938, the planned 1942 and 1946 competitions having been cancelled due to World War II. It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930. They cli... | a deal, and Remo was officially extinct in 1908. On August 15, 1911, Remo was reorganized following the initiative of Antonico Silva, Cândido Jucá, Carl Schumann, Elzaman Magalhães, Geraldo Motta, Jayme Lima, Norton Corllet, Oscar Saltão, Otto Bartels and Palmério Pinto.
In 1950, Remo held a tour to Venezuela at the in... | 36,550 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Inspector George Gently on the TV? | Inspector George Gently
Inspector George Gently (also known as George Gently for the pilot and first series) is a British television crime drama series produced by Company Pictures for BBC One, set in the 1960s and loosely based on some of the Inspector Gently novels written by Alan Hunter. The series stars Martin Shaw... | ) of the British television series Inspector George Gently, the song is performed by Ebony Buckle, who plays the role of singer "Ellen Mallam" in that episode.
- Seasick Steve has a version on his album "Sonic Soul Surfer" (2015)
- The High Bar Gang included the Dolly Parton arrangement (she is credited as its author) ... | 36,551 | triviaqa-train |
Which author lived at 'Chawton'? | Chawton
Chawton is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village lies within the South Downs National Park and is famous as the home of Jane Austen for the last eight years of her life.
History.
Chawton's recorded history begins in the Domesday survey of 1086. In the 13th ... | 1809, Jane, Cassandra, and their mother moved permanently into a large "cottage" in Chawton village that was part of Edward's nearby estate. Austen lived at Chawton until she moved to Winchester for medical treatment shortly before her death in 1817.
Throughout their adult lives, Jane and Cassandra were close to their ... | 36,552 | triviaqa-train |
In which City is La Fenice Opera House? | Opera house
An opera house is a theatre building used for opera performances that consists of a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and set building.
While some venues are constructed specifically for operas, other opera houses are part of larger performing arts centers. Ind... | Many of Antonio Vivaldi's manuscripts are preserved by the Giorgio Cini foundation in the premises of the Antonio Vivaldi Foundation on the tiny island of San Giorgio. The island is home to a number of other musical foundations and is an important site for classical concerts during the year. One of the most important o... | 36,553 | triviaqa-train |
Which company did Larry Page co-found? | , we had 10,000 searches a day. And we figured, maybe this is really real."
Some compared Page and Brin's vision to the impact of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of modern printing:
The comparison was also noted by the authors of "The Google Story": "Not since Gutenberg ... has any new invention empowered individuals,... | co founder Larry Page and Norwegian production company Fantefilm.
Vessel.
The bare hull was built and launched on speculation in 1989-1990 by Perini Navi at its newly acquired shipyard in Tuzla, İstanbul, but found no takers in the aftermath of the Gulf War. Tom Perkins, a keen yachtsman and the owner of the two "Andro... | 36,554 | triviaqa-train |
In which constellation is the star Sirius? | Sirius
Sirius (, designated α Canis Majoris (Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, abbreviated Alpha CMa, α CMa)) is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word "Seirios" "glowing" or "scorching." With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the ne... | well as their difference in color, make Albireo one of the easiest observable visual binaries. The brightest member, which is the third-brightest star in the constellation Cygnus, is actually a close binary itself. Also in the Cygnus constellation is Cygnus X-1, an X-ray source considered to be a black hole. It is a hi... | 36,555 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985? | had three sisters named Fahrije, Haxhire and Sanije. Hysen Hoxha () was Enver Hoxha's uncle and was a militant who campaigned vigorously for the independence of Albania, which occurred when Enver was four years old. His grandfather Beqir was involved in the Gjirokastër section of the League of Prizren.
Hoxha's son Soko... | The Burial of the Sardine in Murcia
The Burial of the Sardine in Murcia (Entierro de la Sardina en Murcia) is a festivity that is celebrated in Murcia (Spain) during the Spring Festival (Fiestas de Primavera de Murcia), whose main event is a parade of floats and men dressing in dresses that culminates with the burning ... | 36,556 | triviaqa-train |
Where do Leicester Tigers R.U. side play home games? | Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) is an English professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home matches at Welford Road Stadium in the south of the ... | weeks into the 2010 NRL season but instead he returned home early to play the Tigers' first home game in the 2010 season against Manly. He played his last game of rugby union against London Irish where his Leicester side won 35–19. In his return to rugby league, he scored a try on his first touch of the ball, and at le... | 36,557 | triviaqa-train |
Which poet wrote novels using the pseudonym Nicholas Blake? | Cecil Day-Lewis
Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake.
During World War II, Day-Lewis worked ... | to write the "War Dogs" series for Zebra, using the pseudonym Nik Uhernik. He then wrote the first eight books in Ballantine Books' "Chopper-1" series, under the pseudonym Jack Hawkins. He also penned three books in the Able Team series, which was a spin-off of the immensely popular Mack Bolan Exceutioner novels.
He wr... | 36,558 | triviaqa-train |
Who designed the Mini Car? | behind the Ford Model T, and ahead of the Citroën DS and Volkswagen Beetle.
This distinctive two-door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis. It was manufactured at the Longbridge and Cowley plants in England, the Victoria Park/Zetland British Motor Corporation (Australia) factory in Sydney, Australia, and late... | gave the car a claimed top speed of , in a standard Mini and modified the body, suspension, brakes, water and oil cooling systems, and interior. The body kit was styled by Dennis Adams, who also designed the Marcos sports cars and the Probe 16 (the car used in 'A Clockwork Orange').
The car, which uses mostly Austin Ro... | 36,559 | triviaqa-train |
Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Ambling Alp'? | Primo Carnera
Primo Carnera (; 26 October 1906 – 29 June 1967), nicknamed the Ambling Alp, was an Italian professional boxer who reigned as the World Heavyweight Champion from 29 June 1933 to 14 June 1934. He was also a professional wrestler.
Personal life.
Primo Carnera was born in Sequals, then in the Province of Udi... | separate occasions. He was nicknamed "the Durable Dane". Nelson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and emigrated to the United States in 1883.
- Another boxer, Peter "Black Prince" Jackson (1861–1901) was a heavyweight boxer free-born in Christiansted on the island Saint Croix, which was then the capital of the Danish We... | 36,560 | triviaqa-train |
How was Burkino Faso previously known? | Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as "Burkinabé" ( ). Its capital is Ouagadougou.
The Republic of Upper Volta was established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing colony within the ... | Ivica Todorov
Ivica Todorov, known in France as Yves Todorov (born July 4, 1950) is a Serbian-French football coach who is currently manager of Arab Contractors.
He previously coached the Congo national side, a job which he took up in April 2008. He has previously managed some French teams, the Burkino Faso national si... | 36,561 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the Petronas Twin Towers? | Petronas Towers
The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers (Malay: "Menara Petronas", or "Menara Berkembar Petronas"), are twin skyscrapers. According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)'s official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to ... | Malaysia in which the Petronas Twin Towers is the centrepiece.
Offices Petronas Twin Towers.
Constructed from 1 January 1992 until 31 December 1994, the Petronas Twin Towers were the tallest buildings in the world from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2004. Currently, it still holds the record for the tallest twin buildin... | 36,562 | triviaqa-train |
From which musical was the song '76 Trombones'? | 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... | . The Kenton version was entirely instrumental, with the rhythmic pattern emphasised by trombones.
Legacy and influence.
The Peanut Vendor has been recorded more than 160 times. Because of its cultural importance, in 2005 "The Peanut Vendor" was included into the United States National Recording Registry by the Nationa... | 36,563 | triviaqa-train |
Where is the H.Q. of Interpol? | Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO-INTERPOL; ), more commonly known as INTERPOL ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. Headquartered in Lyon, France, it was founded in 1923 as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC)... | to catch up, he is knocked out in an explosion. When he regains consciousness, he is captured by Germans. Alexey is sent to a village where a recruitment camp is being set up. The SS interrogate him, but a partisan group attacks the village, allowing him to escape. Alexey gets to the partisans, and they inform him of a... | 36,564 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the novel 'The Good Companions""?" | The Good Companions
The Good Companions is a novel by the English author J. B. Priestley.
Written in 1929, it follows the fortunes of a concert party on a tour of England. It is Priestley's most famous novel, and it established him as a national figure. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was adapted twice i... | fi "Children of the Stones", "Minder" and "Peak Practice". He also wrote the children's tennis-based novel 'Break Point', which was made into a BBC Television series in 1982: Burnham himself played the leading role of tennis coach Frank Abbott.
Selected filmography.
- "The Birthday Present" (1957)
- "" (1957)
- "The Go... | 36,565 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the film 'The Aviator'? | The Aviator (2004 film)
The Aviator is a 2004 American epic biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by John Logan. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. The supporting cast features Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Alec Bal... | The Lost Aviator
The Lost Aviator is a feature documentary written and directed by Andrew Lancaster starring Ewen Leslie as the voice of Bill Lancaster and Yael Stone as the voice of Chubbie Miller. The film was premiered at the 58th BFI London Film Festival, and was distributed theatrically by Transmission Films in Au... | 36,566 | triviaqa-train |
Which football team does Rafael Benitez manage? | best league performance under Benítez a second-place finish in 2008–09.
After leaving Liverpool in June 2010, Benítez was appointed manager of treble winning side Inter Milan. His reign at the club was a short one and he was dismissed midway through the 2010–11 season despite guiding the team to the Supercoppa Italiana... | Čech then saved Ivica Olić and Bastian Schweinsteiger's efforts, leaving Drogba to score the decisive spot-kick to clinch Chelsea's first Champions League title in their history. In 2013, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) ranked Chelsea the number one team in the world, replacing Bar... | 36,567 | triviaqa-train |
With which band did Ray Manzarek play keyboards? | Ray Manzarek
Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American musician, singer, producer, film director, and author, best known as a member of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, which he co-founded with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison. Manzarek was notable for performing on a keyb... | (producer - Elton John-Live Sound-Peter Gabriel, Elton John)
- John Jorgenson (Hellecasters, Desert Rose Band, Elton John)
- Liberty DeVitto (drummer, Billy Joel Band)
- Bobby Mayo (keyboards, guitar,…Peter Frampton, Hall & Oates)
- Mark Rivera (saxophonist for Foreigner, Billy Joel, Ringo Starr’s All-star Band)
- Jimm... | 36,568 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest desert in the World? | high-altitudes toward the poles. The Sahara Desert is of this type. Mid-latitude deserts occur between 30° and 50° North and South. They are mostly in areas remote from the sea where most of the moisture has already precipitated from the prevailing winds. They include the Tengger and Sonoran Deserts. Monsoon deserts ar... | Namib-Naukluft National Park
The Namib-Naukluft Park is a national park of Namibia encompassing part of the Namib Desert (considered the world's oldest desert) and the Naukluft mountain range. With an overall area of , the Namib-Naukluft is the largest game park in Africa and the fourth largest in the world. The most w... | 36,569 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of Gabon? | Libreville
Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in western central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region. , its census population was 703,904.
History.
The area was inhabited by the Mpongwé tribe long before the French acquired the... | views. The other current books in the "What is?" series include ""What is Love?, What is Death?, What is Beautiful?, What is Funny?, What is Right?, What is Peace?, What is Money?, What is Dreaming?, What is a Friend?, What is True?, What is a Family?, What is a Feeling?" The series is now also translated into 15 langu... | 36,570 | triviaqa-train |
Which American State has as a nickname 'The Last Frontier'? | Alaskan Little Diomede Island are only apart. Alaska has a longer coastline than all the other U.S. states combined.
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by total area at , over twice the size of Texas, the next largest state. Alaska is larger than all but 18 sovereign countries. Counting territorial waters... | :
- Mercer "(nickname: The Frontier State)"
- South Lydon "(nickname: The Lonesome State)"
- Tristana "(nickname: The Green State)"
- Bergen "(nickname: The Long State)"
- Vetner (no nickname given)
- Essex "(nickname: The Last State)"
- State Nº51. In John Katzenbach's novel "Games of Wits", this state is ruled by a d... | 36,571 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the ruler of Albania from 1928 to 1939? | policy. He would be the first and only Albanian to hold the title of president until 1991.
Kingdom of Albania.
In 1928, Zogu I secured the Parliament's consent to its own dissolution. Afterwards, Albania was declared a monarchy with Zogu I first as the Prime Minister, then as the President and at least as the King of A... | a de facto protectorate of the Kingdom of Italy
- Albanian Kingdom (1928–39), the constitutional monarchical rule in Albania between 1928 and 1939 which was a de facto protectorate of the Kingdom of Italy
- Albanian Kingdom (1939–43), a protectorate of the Kingdom of Italy
- Albanian Kingdom (1943–44), a puppet state o... | 36,572 | triviaqa-train |
Which school did Captain Hook, from Peter Pan attend? | not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze". He is said to be "Blackbeard's bo'sun" and "the only man of whom Barbecue was afraid". (In Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island", one of the names Long John Silver goes by is "Barbecue".)
In the play, it is implied... | Jack Skellington where all the 'main' Disney villains attend (Evil Queen and Jafar being two other notable villains in the scene) and they plan to capture Mickey Mouse to plunge everyone into unhappiness.
Appearances "Hook" (1991 film).
Captain James Hook is played by Dustin Hoffman in "Hook". Hook kidnaps the children... | 36,573 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009? | author and professor of politics emeritus at Princeton University, told FOX News that giving President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize is a "premature canonization" and an "embarrassment to the Nobel process." "Slate magazine" blogger Mickey Kaus, "New York Times" columnist David Brooks and former U.N. ambassador John Bolt... | 104 individuals and 23 organizations. Sixteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees h... | 36,574 | triviaqa-train |
Which politician did John Bellingham assassinate? | John Bellingham
John Bellingham (176918 May 1812) was the assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
Early life.
Bellingham's early life is largely unknown, and most post-assassination biographies included speculation as fact. Recollections of family and friends show that Bellingham was born in St Neots, Hunt... | two criminals to be hanged in Canada
- Jerry White (d. 1995)
- Stanley Williams (d. 2005)
- Aileen Wuornos (d. 2002)
- Edmund Zagorski (d. 2018)
Assassination.
- Nathuram Godse (d. 1949) Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- George Atzerodt (d. 1865) conspiracy to assassinate US President Abraham Lincoln
- John... | 36,575 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the 'Galloping Gourmet'? | Graham Kerr
Graham Kerr (born 22 January 1934) is an Scottish cooking personality who is best known for his 1969–1971 television cooking show "The Galloping Gourmet".
Early life.
Kerr was born in London, and his Scottish parents were established hoteliers. As a result, much of his childhood was spent among European che... | Richard Branson?
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The Venus de Milo is a statue of which Greek goddess? | these distinctions from other manifestations of themselves (e.g., "Apollo Musagetes" is "Apollo, [as] leader of the Muses"). Alternatively the epithet may identify a particular and localized aspect of the god, sometimes thought to be already ancient during the classical epoch of Greece.
Most gods were associated with s... | the goddess. Another goddess is celebrated in the "Temple of Venus". Below this is an Exedra, a grotto (known as Venus's Parlour) and a statue of Mercury. This once held a copy of the Venus de' Medici; it was demolished in the 1820s but was reconstructed in the 1980s and now holds a replica of the Venus de Milo.
Later ... | 36,577 | triviaqa-train |
Which Swiss town is at the foot of the Matterhorn? | Zmutt" ridges. The mountain overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt, in the canton of Valais, to the north-east and the Italian town of Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the south. Just east of the Matterhorn is Theodul Pass, the main passage between the two valleys on its north and south sides, and a trade route sinc... | Wetterhorn Peak
Wetterhorn Peak ("Wetterhorn" is German and means "Weather Horn") is a fourteen thousand foot mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness of the northern San Juan Mountains, in northwestern Hinsdale County and southeastern Ouray County, east of the town of Ou... | 36,578 | triviaqa-train |
In which US city is MacArthur Park? | MacArthur Park
MacArthur Park (originally Westlake Park) is a park dating back to the late nineteenth century in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. In the early 1940s, it was renamed after General Douglas MacArthur, and later designated City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #100.
Geography.
... | and brick-paved streets. Many of Gulfport's upscale modern homes are located within gated communities of the Pasadena Yacht and Country Club, which has hosted celebrities such as Babe Ruth, Arnold Palmer, and Michael Jordan on its golf course.
History.
Gulfport has been known by several names since its founding. The to... | 36,579 | triviaqa-train |
Lord Lucan and John Stonehouse disappeared in the same year, which? | John Stonehouse
John Thomson Stonehouse (28 July 192514 April 1988) was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician and junior minister under Harold Wilson. Stonehouse is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974.
More than twenty years after his death, it was publicly revealed that... | . The police initially suspected him of being Lord Lucan, who had disappeared two weeks before Stonehouse; following the murder of his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett. Investigators noted that the suspect was reading British newspapers that also included stories attacking the "recently deceased" John Stonehouse. They c... | 36,580 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Stephen Ward in the film Scandal? | Scandal (1989 film)
Scandal is a 1989 British drama film, a fictionalised account of the Profumo affair that rocked the government of British prime minister Harold Macmillan. It stars Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler and John Hurt as Stephen Ward, personalities at the heart of the affair.
The film was screened in com... | his version of events, "Black Scandal", in 2002. He died of lung cancer and kidney cancer in London, aged 77, on 26 September 2010.
Cultural references.
- In the 1989 film "Scandal", Edgecombe was portrayed by singer Roland Gift.
- Edgecombe is portrayed by Wayne Robinson in Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical "Stephen... | 36,581 | triviaqa-train |
How many players in a baseball team? | . One turn batting for each team constitutes an inning. A game is usually composed of nine innings, and the team with the greater number of runs at the end of the game wins. If scores are tied at the end of nine innings, extra innings are usually played. Baseball has no game clock, although most games end in the ninth ... | . There is such a large number of players on the bubble for MLB, because there are so many players on each baseball team. The majority of players on the bubble are in the minor leagues. Coaches use spring training to figure out which twenty-five players will make the roster. Players that are on the bubble may start the... | 36,582 | triviaqa-train |
Kyudo is a Japanese form of which field sport? | Japan was turned inward as a hierarchical caste society in which the samurai were at the top. There was an extended era of peace during which the samurai moved to administrative duty, although the traditional fighting skills were still esteemed. During this period archery became a "voluntary" skill, practised partly in... | first group on the mainland, then in the San Francisco and San Jose. Next was Los Angeles with a group called the Rafu Kyudo Kai or Los Angeles Kyudo Kyudo Kai (Rafu was the method the local Japanese used for L.A.). From Los Angeles the next group to form was in New York.
When many of the Japanese were interned in cam... | 36,583 | triviaqa-train |
Lorena. Ochoa, the world's number one woman golfer, is from which country? | Lorena Ochoa
Lorena Ochoa Reyes ( ; born 15 November 1981) is a former Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA Tour records), from 23 April 2007 to her retirement in 2 May 2... | Year for the third consecutive year and she became the first woman to win the Golf Writers' Trophy twice in the 55-year history of European golf's most prestigious award. Having previously won six Best Female Golfer ESPY Awards (1996, 1998–99, 2002–04),
Sörenstam also received the 2005 ESPY Award as Best Female Athlete... | 36,584 | triviaqa-train |
Which bands two albums to date are 'Employment' and 'Yours Truly, Angry Mob'? | Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Yours Truly, Angry Mob is the second album by English rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It was released on 23 February 2007 in Belgium and the Netherlands, 26 February 2007 in the rest of the world by B-Unique Records and in March in North America by Universal Motown. Produced by Stephen Street, who produ... | Enjoyment", a video album composed of music videos, live performances and interviews.
The band's second album, "Yours Truly, Angry Mob", was released in February 2007. It reached number one and was certified platinum in the UK, and peaked at number forty-five in the "Billboard" 200 albums chart in the United States. "Y... | 36,585 | triviaqa-train |
What is the family name of the Royal House of Sweden? | . The Instrument of Government of 1809 put an end to royal absolutism by dividing the legislative power between the Riksdag (primary) and the King (secondary), and vested executive power in the King when acting through the Council of State.
The present Bernadotte dynasty was established in September 1810 when the Riksd... | "(Lord Sten)"; the practice of using noble family names as part of a personal name was not yet in use in Sweden at the time. He was born around 1440, the son of Gustav Anundsson of the Sture family and Birgitta Stensdotter Bielke, half-sister of the future Charles VIII. The Sture family was one of the high-ranking nobl... | 36,586 | triviaqa-train |
In which year were British women granted full voting rights? | only owners of property worth at least forty shillings, a significant sum, were entitled to vote in an English county constituency. The franchise was restricted to males by custom rather than statute. Changes were made to the details of the system, but there was no major reform until the Reform Act 1832. A series of Re... | , the bill failed.
A third petition for suffrage, still larger, was organised by Sheppard and presented in 1893. This time 31,872 women signedthe largest petition of any kind presented to Parliament at this point.
Women's suffrage movement 1893 Electoral Bill.
The Electoral Bill of 1893, which granted women full voting... | 36,587 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Romantic artist painted ""Liberty Leading the People""?" | Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People ( ) is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. A woman of the people with a phrygian cap personifying the concept of Liberty leads the people forward over a barricade and the bodies of the fal... | viewed as a symbol of France and the French Republic known as Marianne.
History.
By the time Delacroix painted "Liberty Leading the People", he was already the acknowledged leader of the Romantic school in French painting. Delacroix, who was born as the Age of Enlightenment was giving way to the ideas and style of roma... | 36,588 | triviaqa-train |
"The wedding processional known as ""Here Comes the Bride"" is by which famous composer?" | Bridal Chorus
The "Bridal Chorus" () from the 1850 opera "Lohengrin" by German composer Richard Wagner – who also wrote the libretto – is a march played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout the Western world. In English-speaking countries it is generally known as "Here Comes the Bride" or "Weddin... | Here Comes the Bride (1919 film)
Here Comes the Bride is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. This film is based on the 1917 Broadway play "Here Comes the Bride" by Max Marcin and Roy Atwell. The film was directed by John S. Robertson and stars Joh... | 36,589 | triviaqa-train |
As what is the game of 'petanque' better known? | "petanca" in the Provençal dialect of the Occitan language, deriving from the expression "pès tancats" , meaning 'feet fixed' or 'feet planted' (on the ground).
History.
History Invention of the game.
Boules games have a very long history, dating back through the Middle Ages to ancient Rome, and before that to ancient ... | constructed especially for playing pétanque.
An area where a single pétanque game is played is called a 'piste'. A "terrain" is an area where one or more petanque games are being played. At any given time a "terrain" may be hosting one or more "pistes".
For tournaments, a large playing area is subdivided and marked off... | 36,590 | triviaqa-train |
On which Scottish golf course was the first British Open played in 1861? | 's oldest golf tournament in existence, and golf's first major, is The Open Championship, which was first played on 17 October 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club, in Ayrshire, Scotland, with Scottish golfers winning the earliest majors. Two Scotsmen from Dunfermline, John Reid and Robert Lockhart, first demonstrated golf in t... | " was granted permission by Archbishop Hamilton. The most famous golf course in the town is the Old Course, purchased by the town council in 1894. The course which dates back to medieval times, is an Open Championship course – which was first staged in 1873. Famous winners at St Andrews have included: Old Tom Morris (1... | 36,591 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the Dream of Gerontius which Elgar later set to music? | composer of another build, was his true successor as first musician of the land." Elgar's next major work was eagerly awaited. For the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival of 1900, he set Cardinal John Henry Newman's poem "The Dream of Gerontius" for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Richter conducted the premiere, which ... | , the "Grammar of Assent" (1870), and the poem "The Dream of Gerontius" (1865), which was set to music in 1900 by Edward Elgar. He wrote the popular hymns "Lead, Kindly Light" and "Praise to the Holiest in the Height" (taken from "Gerontius").
Newman's beatification was officially proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 ... | 36,592 | triviaqa-train |
There are three kingdoms in Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland are two. Which is the third? | . These first modern humans left Africa and populated the rest of the globe during the Out of Africa II migration dated to approximately 50,000 years BP, exiting the continent either across Bab-el-Mandeb over the Red Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar in Morocco, or the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt.
Other migrations of modern hu... | is found only in South Africa.
- "SLS endemic" means the species is found only in South Africa and the Kingdoms of Lesotho and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Lesotho is surrounded by South Africa and Eswatini nearly so.
This list contains 849 species according to the Clements taxonomy. The BLSA list includes additional... | 36,593 | triviaqa-train |
Anthony Kiedis is the lead singer of which US alternative rock band? | Anthony Kiedis
Anthony Kiedis ( ; born November 1, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and (despite a brief absence in 1986) has appeared on every album released by the band. Kiedis and his fellow band members were indu... | Anthony Raneri
Anthony Raneri (born August 9, 1982) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who is the founder and lead vocalist of the American alternative rock band Bayside.
Early life.
Raneri grew up in Glen Oaks Village, Queens, New York for which the band takes its name. Anthony founded Bayside while stil... | 36,594 | triviaqa-train |
Who preceded Robert the Bruce as King of Scotland? | Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, Lord of Annandale, King of the Scots.
In June 1306 Bruce was defeated at the Battle of Methven. His wife and daughters and other women of the party were sent to Kildrummy in August 1306 under the protection of Bruce's brother, Neil Bruce, and the Earl of Atholl and most of his remaining m... | Scotland. In around 1316 he was chosen by Edward Bruce as Captain of horse in his army. He later became Sir Cullo O'Neill. In about 1317 king Robert the Bruce of Scotland knighted Captain Cullo og Neil (o’Neil) and chose him to be his standard-bearer and Secretary of State. King Robert the Bruce granted Sir Cullo og Ne... | 36,595 | triviaqa-train |
The imp is the symbol of which English city? | Lincoln Imp
The Lincoln Imp is a grotesque on a wall inside Lincoln Cathedral, England, and it has become the symbol of the city of Lincoln. A legend tells of it being a creature sent to the cathedral by Satan, only to be turned into stone by an angel.
Legends.
According to a 14th-century legend, two mischievous creatu... | of its execution and its fineness is high. The coin weighed about 5.24 grams, which is ¼ of a Sicilian gold ounce.
The obverse contains a classical (not medieval) bust of the emperor wearing a laureate wreath with the legend CESAR AVG IMP ROM (Caesar Augustus, Emperor of the Romans); the reverse shows an eagle, the imp... | 36,596 | triviaqa-train |
In which country does the River Danube enter the Black Sea? | Black Sea
The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia. It is supplied by a number of major rivers, such as the Danube, Dnieper, Southern Bug, Dniester, Don, and the Rioni. Areas of many countries drain into the Black Sea, in... | basin, which covers an area of about 3,320 km², i. e. 13% of the territory. It issues from Lakes Prespa and Ohrid.
The Black Sea basin is the smallest with only 37 km² It covers the northern side of Mount Skopska Crna Gora. Here is the source of the river Binačka Morava which joins the South Morava and later the Danube... | 36,597 | triviaqa-train |
b The drunken midwife Sarah Gamp appears in which novel by Charles Dickens? | Sarah Gamp
Sarah or Sairey Gamp is a nurse in the novel "Martin Chuzzlewit" by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1843–1844.
Mrs. Gamp, as she is usually referred to, is dissolute, sloppy and generally drunk. She became a notorious stereotype of untrained and incompetent nurses of the early Victorian era, ... | Gamp
Gamp is a colloquial, primarily British, term for an umbrella, after the Dickens character Sarah Gamp.
GAMP may refer to:
- Girard Academic Music Program, a magnet secondary school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Good automated manufacturing practice, a set of guidelines in the pharmaceutical industry
- Grupa Arhi... | 36,598 | triviaqa-train |
a By what name is the fruit carambola better known? | Carambola
Carambola, or star fruit, is the fruit of "Averrhoa carambola", a species of tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and throughout Malaysia. The fruit is commonly consumed throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, Micronesia, and parts of East Asia. The tree is cultivated throughout tropical areas.
Th... | About how the village came to have the name Daubach nothing is known. What is known, however, is that the name was written "Daupach" in 1377, thus showing at least that the village has had a similar name for well over six hundred years. It lay on the road that led from Meisenheim and Sobernheim by way of Eckweiler (a n... | 36,599 | triviaqa-train |
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