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"Which detective featured in the film ""The Maltese Falcon""?" | The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir with screenplay by and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, and based on Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel of the same name. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his "femme fatale" client. Gladys... | is probably the least important factor."
While firmly situated in the 1980s, the tone of the show also incorporated elements of classic film noir detective films, such as "The Maltese Falcon". For example, each show featured the protagonist's narrative voice-over and, much like the archetypal hard-boiled detectives of ... | 36,600 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Jon Pertwee as Dr Who? | that the catalyst for his departure was the death of his good friend and co-star Roger Delgado (The Master) and the departures of co-star Katy Manning and producer Barry Letts. His last full-time appearance in the series was in the story "Planet of the Spiders" in June 1974, which finished with Tom Baker replacing him ... | . After Antony Howe resigned as President of SUSFA in 1980, he remained with the ADWFC organising a series of events, the fanzine, and a mail order business of imported Doctor Who merchandise, often unavailable in dozens of tiny rural towns outside the main cities.
The ADWFC's most successful event to then was in mid-... | 36,601 | triviaqa-train |
Which bright orange star is the 'eye' of Taurus the Bull? | , Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
A number of features exist that are of interest to astronomers. Taurus hosts two of the nearest open clusters to Earth, the Pleiades and the Hyades, both of which are visible to the naked eye. At first magnitude, the red giant Aldebaran is the brightest star in the constellation. In ... | Zeta Tauri
Zeta Tauri (ζ Tauri, abbreviated Zeta Tau, ζ Tau) is a binary star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, the Bull. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.0, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of roughly 440 light-years from the Sun.
The two c... | 36,602 | triviaqa-train |
Which large bird of prey, fairly common in Wales, and now becoming more widespread elsewhere, has the Latin name 'milvus milvus? | ." The first recorded use of the word "kite" for a toy that is attached to a length of string and flown in the air dates from the seventeenth century.
Description.
Red kites are long with a wingspan; males weigh , and females . It is an elegant bird, soaring on long wings held at a dihedral, and long forked tail, twist... | Philippine falconet
The Philippine falconet ("Microhierax erythrogenys") is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae.
It is endemic to the Philippines. It is fairly common on Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro and Visayas but is absent elsewhere.
Habitat.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland for... | 36,603 | triviaqa-train |
In which small Middle Eastern Country were women only granted the right to vote in 2006? | Although women were allowed to vote in some prefectures in 1880, women's suffrage was enacted at a national level in 1945.
Korea
South Korean women were granted the vote in 1948.
By continent Asia Kuwait.
When voting was first introduced in Kuwait in 1985, Kuwaiti women had the right to vote. The right was later remove... | right to vote. Saudi Arabia was the most recent country, as of August 2015, to extend the right to vote to women in 2011. Some Western countries allowed women the right to vote only relatively recently: Swiss women gained the right to vote in federal elections in 1971, and Appenzell Innerrhoden became the last canton t... | 36,604 | triviaqa-train |
The artist Matisse was a member of which school of painting? | he devoted much of his energy to working in clay, completing "The Slave" in 1903.
Fauvism.
Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910. The movement as such lasted only a few years, 1904–1908, and had three exhibitions. The leaders of the movement were Matisse and André Derain. Matisse's first solo e... | . During this time, Davis befriended painters John Sloan, Glenn Coleman and Henry Glintenkamp.
In 1913, Davis was one of the youngest painters to exhibit in the Armory Show, where he displayed five watercolor paintings in the Ashcan school style.
In the show, Davis was exposed to the works of a number of artists includ... | 36,605 | triviaqa-train |
Which British women achieved gold in the 400 metres at the 2007 World Athletics Championships? | a European record score, the victory of 39-year-old German Franka Dietzsch in the discus, which made her the second-oldest world champion ever and Nelson Évora's win in the triple jump, beating world-leading Brazilian Jadel Gregorio and defending champion Walter Davis. Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain and Northern I... | List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (women)
Women have contested events at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics since its inauguration in 1983. The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off 1980 World Championships in Athletics was also held the sam... | 36,606 | triviaqa-train |
a What is the English name for the constellation Sagittarius? | who was said to have changed himself into a horse to escape his jealous wife, Rhea, and tutor to Jason. As there are two centaurs in the sky, some identify Chiron with the other constellation, known as Centaurus. Or, as an alternative tradition holds, that Chiron devised the constellations Sagittarius and Centaurus to ... | in waiting and eunuchs, so no one reported anything negative about her. Emperor Xuanzong hesitated about what he would do. Meanwhile, though, it became known in 724 that Wang Shouyi had engaged the Buddhist monk Mingwu (明悟) to offer sacrifices to the Big Dipper and the "Nandou" (a Chinese constellation that is part of ... | 36,607 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the title music for Dr Who? | , going by the name of "Missy" (short for Mistress, the feminine equivalent of "Master"). This incarnation is played by Michelle Gomez.
John Simm returned in his role as the Master in the tenth series.
Music.
Music Theme music.
The "Doctor Who" theme music was one of the first electronic music signature tunes for telev... | Dr. Sunil Kumar
Production.
For this film, Fahadh Faasil worked with Sathyan Anthikad for the first time. Unlike his previous movies, Sathyan Anthikad announced the title of the movie at the beginning of filming. The film was shot in and around Kottayam in Kerala and some portions in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
Soundtrack.
V... | 36,608 | triviaqa-train |
"Who was known as ""The Father of Geometry""?" | Euclid
Euclid (; – "Eukleídēs", ; fl. 300 BC), sometimes called Euclid of Alexandria to distinguish him from Euclid of Megara, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "founder of geometry" or the "father of geometry". He was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323–283 BC). His "Elements" is ... | Frans van Schooten
Franciscus van Schooten (1615, Leiden – 29 May 1660, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes.
Life.
Van Schooten's father was a professor of mathematics at the University of Leiden, having Christiaan Huygens, Johann van Waveren Hudd... | 36,609 | triviaqa-train |
The people of which English county are known as Moonrakers? | Moonrakers
Moonrakers is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire, a county in the West Country of England.
Legend.
This name refers to a folk story set in the time when smuggling was a significant industry in rural England, with Wiltshire lying on the smugglers' secret routes between the south coast and customers... | they are both locally known as the Salt and Pepper Pots.
History.
Wainman’s Pinnacle was built in 1898 as a memorial to the Napoleonic Wars by a man known as Wainman, and is thought to have been designed by R. B. Broster & Sons. It was rebuilt in 1900 by locals following a lightning strike.
External links.
- Cowling Pa... | 36,610 | triviaqa-train |
Which American State is known as the 'Garden State'? | such as Tropical Storm Floyd in 1999), tornadoes, and earthquakes are rare, although New Jersey was severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012 with the storm making landfall in the state with top winds of .
Demographics.
Demographics State population.
The United States Census Bureau estimates that the pop... | club that formed at Otter River State Forest as the New England Campers Association in 1957 and known today as the North American Family Campers Association maintains a brick garden to remember members and chapters. A garden bench is dedicated to former NAFCA President, Roger Swallow (1941-2007).
External links.
- Otte... | 36,611 | triviaqa-train |
Which rank in the Army equates to a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy? | the statement "Be My Little General." This is so that it makes it easier to learn which General outranks which. The rationale behind the statement is as follow: "Be" Brigadier General (1 star), "My" Major General (2 star), "Little" Lieutenant General (3 star), "General" General (4 star).
As armies grew bigger, heraldry... | Admiral (Royal Navy)
Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, outranked only by the rank of admiral of the fleet. Royal Navy officers holding the ranks of rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral of the fleet are sometimes considered generically to be adm... | 36,612 | triviaqa-train |
Gilian Anderson starred as Lady Dedlock in the 2005 BBC adaptation of which story by Charles Dickens? | Bleak House
Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20 episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. At the centre of "Bleak House" is a... | William Miller (footballer, born 1996)
Acting career.
Miller rose to fame when he was chosen out of 700 applicants for the titular role in "Oliver Twist", the BBC One Christmas adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic of the same name, broadcast in December 2007. Only 11 at the time he was then scouted by Tottenham Ho... | 36,613 | triviaqa-train |
The Kiwi fruit is native to which Asian country? | black, edible seeds. The fruit has a soft texture with a sweet and unique flavour. China produced 50% of the world total of kiwifruit in 2017.
Etymology.
Early varieties were described in a 1904 nursery catalogue as having "...edible fruits the size of walnuts, and the flavour of ripe gooseberries", leading to the name... | The babaco fruit is seedless and the smooth skin can be eaten, and is said to have tastes of strawberry, papaya, kiwi and pineapple. The fruit is pentagonal in shape, therefore giving it the scientific name of "Carica pentagona". The fruit is not especially acidic, but contains papain, a proteolytic enzyme, which may c... | 36,614 | triviaqa-train |
Who writes the books featuring detectives Dalziel and Pascoe? | Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the novels of the same name, written by Reginald Hill. The series was first broadcast on 16 March 1996, with Warren Clarke being cast as Dalziel (pronounced "dee-ell") and Colin Buchanan being cast as Pascoe. The seri... | English. After National Service (1955–57) and reading English at St Catherine's College (1957–60), he worked as a teacher for many years, becoming a senior lecturer at Doncaster College of Education. In 1980 he retired from salaried work to devote himself full-time to writing.
Hill is best known for his more than 20 no... | 36,615 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novels 'Resurrection Men' and 'Fleshmarket Close'? | Ian Rankin
Ian James Rankin, (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Early life.
Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a school canteen. He was educated at Beath High School, Cowdenbeath. His par... | Black and Blue", "The Hanging Garden"]
- Rebus - Capital Crimes ["Dead Souls", "Set in Darkness", "The Falls"]
- Rebus - Three Great Novels ["Resurrection Men", "A Question of Blood", "Fleshmarket Close"] (June 2008)
- The Complete Short Stories ["'A Good Hanging' and Other Stories", "Beggars Banquet", "Atonement"]
Pub... | 36,616 | triviaqa-train |
What was the surname of the poet Dante, author of the Divine Comedy? | , Purgatory and Heaven provided inspiration for the larger body of Western art. He is cited as an influence on John Milton, Geoffrey Chaucer and Alfred Tennyson, among many others. In addition, the first use of the interlocking three-line rhyme scheme, or the "terza rima", is attributed to him. In Italy, he is often re... | ". Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press. .
- De Reuse, W. J. (1997). Issues in Language Textbook Development: The Case of Western Apache.
- Goddard, Pliny E. (1918). "Myths and tales from the San Carlos Apache". Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History, (Vol. 24, Part 1). New York: The American Museum of ... | 36,617 | triviaqa-train |
What did the British Museum purchase for £35,000 in 1816 from the aristocrat Thomas Bruce? | standing.
The Duveen Gallery, sited to the west of the Egyptian, Greek & Assyrian sculpture galleries, was designed to house the Elgin Marbles by the American Beaux-Arts architect John Russell Pope. Although completed in 1938, it was hit by a bomb in 1940 and remained semi-derelict for 22 years, before reopening in 196... | Jesse Dunbar
Jesse Dunbar (1743April 9, 1816) was a Tory from Halifax, Massachusetts, a town in Plymouth County, located in what was then called the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In 1774, while anti-British colonists also known as Whigs or Patriots tried to stage a boycott on British goods, Jesse Dunbar bought some "f... | 36,618 | triviaqa-train |
For which cricket county does former England test batsman Mark Ramprakash play? | such as Kent in the 1740s or Hampshire in the days of the famous Hambledon Club, was usually acknowledged as such by being matched against All-England. The most successful county teams were Hampshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. There was, however, often a crossover between town and county with some strong loca... | now led the bowling attack with Nasser Hussain, Graham Thorpe and Mark Ramprakash supporting Stewart and Atherton in the batting. Yet the deficiencies in the system remained and a 3–1 defeat on their next Ashes tour and a humiliating exit in the first round of the 1999 Cricket World Cup which was hosted by England led ... | 36,619 | triviaqa-train |
Which North African dish consists of crushed semolina, which can be steamed and served with vegetables, chicken or fish? | Couscous
Couscous (Berber : ⵙⴽⵙⵓ "seksu," "") is originally a Maghrebi dish of small (about diameter) steamed balls of crushed durum wheat semolina that is traditionally served with a stew spooned on top. Pearl millet and sorghum, especially in the Sahel, and other cereals can be cooked in a similar way and the resulti... | silken egg tofu with vegetables, chicken or seafood, cooked in clay pot to keep it warm.
- Sekba, a traditional Chinese soup mainly consists of pork offals (intestine, tripe, lung, liver, heart, tongue, ear and nose), with egg, tofu and salted vegetables, served in spiced broth.
- Soto, is a traditional soup mainly com... | 36,620 | triviaqa-train |
Grand-mal and petit-mal are terms used in connection with which medical condition? | wave pattern." Additionally, the postictal phase will show suppression of all brain activity, then slowing that gradually recovers as the patient awakens.
Management.
For a person experiencing a tonic–clonic seizure, first-aid treatment includes rolling the person over into the recovery position, which can prevent asph... | active area of biomedical research. Finally, brain death results in an irreversible disruption of consciousness. While other conditions may cause a moderate deterioration (e.g., dementia and delirium) or transient interruption (e.g., grand mal and petit mal seizures) of consciousness, they are not included in this cate... | 36,621 | triviaqa-train |
The adjective cervine relates to which animals? | 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... | nonhuman animals, but the normal state for most humans. This is exemplified by the cross-cultural practice of pet-keeping or the usage of animals in therapy, which demonstrate the strength of the bond between humans and animals. The act of expiation in which humans justify the act of killing nonhuman animals shows that... | 36,622 | triviaqa-train |
"""Christ in the House of his Parents"" is one of the best known paintings of which artist?" | Christ in the House of His Parents
Christ in the House of His Parents (1849–50) is a painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in Saint Joseph's carpentry workshop. The painting was extremely controversial when first exhibited, prompting many negative reviews, most notably one written by Charles Dicken... | . After that, Chang began painting watercolour landscapes of the areas around his house. In 1960, one of these paintings, a landscape featuring the house of Pratuang Emjaoren, a well-known Thai artist and a close friend of Chang’s, became the first of his works to be included in an exhibition.
In the late 1950s, Chang ... | 36,623 | triviaqa-train |
What is the rank of a British Army officer who wears a crown and two pips on his epaulettes? | . On the top of the wreath a crown.
- General: Crossed baton and sword with Crown and star.
- Lieutenant General: Crossed baton and sword with Crown.
- Major General: Crossed baton and sword with Star.
- Brigadier General: Crossed baton and sword.
In 1921, the War Office abolished the rank of Brigadier General and intr... | usually the minimum rank held by a senior investigating officer (SIO), who heads major investigations (e.g. murder), and a pool of these officers usually works out of force headquarters or major police stations. The senior Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer in each BCU usually also holds this rank.
The ran... | 36,624 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the daughter of Zeus and Hera, cupbearer to the gods? | Ant, XVI, viii, 1; Tobit 1:22.
Cup-bearers in Greek myth.
In Greek mythology, Hêbê, the Goddess of youth, was the original cup-bearer to the Greek Gods of Mount Olympus serving them nectar and ambrosia. Hêbê is the daughter of Zeus and Hera and is shown doing her cup-bearer duties in Homer's "Iliad":
"The gods were sea... | With the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, this is the most common setting for a "Feast of the Gods" scene in art. Apuleius describes the scene in terms of a festive Roman dinner party "(cena)". Cupid, now a husband, reclines in the place of honor (the "top" couch) and embraces Psyche in his lap. Zeus and Hera situate them... | 36,625 | triviaqa-train |
During which monarch's reign did the Act of Union with Scotland take place? | one of the drivers behind Union.
Historical background Treaty and passage of the Acts of 1707.
Deeper political integration had been a key policy of Queen Anne from the time she acceded to the throne in 1702. Under the aegis of the Queen and her ministers in both kingdoms, the parliaments of England and Scotland agreed... | Scotland was anticipated by the Treaty of Greenwich of 1543, under which Mary, Queen of Scots was to marry the future Edward VI of England. This dynastic union did not take place, despite The Rough Wooing; but it produced a pro-union literature, notably in works written by the Scots John Elder and James Henrisoun, and ... | 36,626 | triviaqa-train |
In which Shakespeare play would you find the character Touchstone? | Touchstone (As You Like It)
Touchstone is a fictional character in Shakespeare's play "As You Like It".
Role in the play.
Touchstone is the court jester of Duke Frederick, the usurper's court. Throughout the play he comments on the other characters and thus contributes to a better understanding of the play. Touchstone ... | on events represented in the play, in the light of his own super abundant comic vitality". Falstaff, although outside "the prevailing political spirit of the play", throws insight into the different situations arising in the play. This shows that Shakespeare had developed a capacity to see the plays as whole, something... | 36,627 | triviaqa-train |
On a map, an isohaline is a line joining points of equal what? | Salinity
Salinity () is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity). This is usually measured in formula_1 (note that this is technically dimensionless). Salinity is an important factor in determining many aspects of the chemistry
of natural waters and of b... | is a line of equal or constant solar radiation.
Types Meteorology Rainfall and air moisture.
An isohyet or isohyetal line (from or "huetos", meaning 'rain') is a line joining points of equal rainfall on a map in a given period. A map with isohyets is called an isohyetal map.
An isohume is a line of constant relative hu... | 36,628 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the poem Dulce et Decorum est? | Dulce et Decorum est
"Dulce et Decorum est" is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War I, and published posthumously in 1920. The Latin title is taken from Ode 3.2 ("Valor") of the Roman poet Horace and means "it is sweet and fitting ...". It is followed there by "pro patria mori", which means "to die for one's... | an "All-Star Game Final". Since 2017, the format was slightly changed: the division that wins the NHL All-Star Skills Competition during the previous night then gets to pick which team they will play first in the semifinals.
Format Prior years.
From 1947 to 1968, the All-Star Game primarily saw the previous season's St... | 36,629 | triviaqa-train |
Which rock band did Dave Gilmour join in 1967? | David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, (; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who was a member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He joined the group as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968 shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved inte... | Jim Bonfanti
James Alexander Bonfanti (born December 17, 1948 in Windber, Pennsylvania) is a rock drummer, best known as a member of the band Raspberries.
Bonfanti's music career began in 1965 when he saw The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show", which eventually led him to join a band called "The Mods", later renamed The... | 36,630 | triviaqa-train |
Who co-wrote the sitcom Gavin and Stacey and starred in the original cast of the stage play One Man, Two Guvnors? | (Charlie's feminist bookkeeper), and food.
Productions.
Productions South Bank (2011).
The play premiered at the National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre from 24 May 2011 (previews from 17 May) and continued until 19 September. Nicholas Hytner directed James Corden in the starring role of Francis Henshall, with associate d... | , he appeared in the film "Starter for 10".
From 2007 through early 2010, Corden co-starred in his own series, the BBC Three sitcom "Gavin & Stacey". He co-wrote the series with his "Fat Friends" co-star Ruth Jones; Corden and Jones played the friends of the title characters, with Corden starring as Smithy. The series ... | 36,631 | triviaqa-train |
The Common Noctule is the largest type in Britain of what creature? | European Union under the Habitats Directive. This species is also listed in the Berne Convention and is specifically targeted by the UNEP-EUROBATS convention. Several national legislation are also protecting this species and its habitats in many countries and regions.
In order to highlight the importance of protecting ... | mythological creature called the Loup-garou, a type of werewolf; often confused with each other since they are pronounced the same. In Haiti, what would be considered a werewolf, is called "jé-rouges" ("red eyes"). As in Haiti, the Loogaroo is also common in Mauritian culture. In Suriname this creature is called "Asema... | 36,632 | triviaqa-train |
The song Stranger in Paradise featured in which 1955 film musical? | Stranger in Paradise (song)
"Stranger in Paradise" is a popular song from the musical "Kismet" (1953), and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like almost all the music in that show, the melody was taken from music composed by Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), in this case, the "Gliding Dance of the Maidens",... | first lines of this song while doing housework.
This song is heard played on a 19.5/8-inch upright Polyphon musical box as Katie Johnson is walking to/away from the police station at the start/end of the 1955 Alec Guinness film "The Ladykillers".
"The Last Rose of Summer" was also the title (later revised as "Dying of ... | 36,633 | triviaqa-train |
What Oscar nominated film was adapted from Noel Coward?s play Still Life? | Printemps in both London and New York productions of an operetta, "Conversation Piece" (1933). He next wrote, directed and co-starred with Lawrence in "Tonight at 8.30" (1936), a cycle of ten short plays, presented in various permutations across three evenings. One of these plays, "Still Life", was expanded into the 19... | Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie". In 2011 Lauren Redniss published "Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, a Tale of Love and Fallout".
Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon starred in the 1943 U.S. Oscar-nominated film, "Madame Curie", based on her life. More recently, in 1997, a French film about Pierre and ... | 36,634 | triviaqa-train |
In the Arab Spring which country's uprising was called the Jasmine Revolution? | Arab Spring
The Arab Spring (Arabic: الربيع العربي) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across North Africa and the Middle East in the early 2010s. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, starting with protests in Tunisia (Noueihed, 2011... | , dissolving Parliament and installing an interim Revolutionary Committee led by Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a cousin of Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. However, Hadi escaped to Aden, where he declared he remains Yemen's legitimate president, proclaimed the country's temporary capital, and called on loyal government o... | 36,635 | triviaqa-train |
What was the former name, until 1976, of Ho Chi Minh City? | ). Initially called Gia Dinh, the Vietnamese city became Saigon in the 18th century.
History French colonial era.
Colonized by France and Spain in 1859, and ceded to France by the 1862 Treaty of Saigon, the city was influenced by the French during their colonisation of Vietnam, and a number of classical Western-style b... | many nearby houses, and it was not until the end of the decade that the councillors agreed on what to do about the issue of having industry so close to the estate. In addition, a "cockroach invasion" took place in 1976. In 1978, the then-decade-old Phipps Bridge Primary School changed its name to Haslemere Primary Scho... | 36,636 | triviaqa-train |
Which French author declined to accept his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964? | in an unenviable situation," wrote committee member Henry Olsson.
In 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he wrote declining it, stating that "It is not the same thing if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre or if I sign Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize laureate. A writer must refuse to allow himself t... | Order of the British Empire As a Dame Commander (DBE).
- Dorothy Hodgkin, scientist, Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1964 (later accepted OM).
- Glenda Jackson, actress and politician.
- Doris Lessing, , author (declined DBE in 1992, stating it was in the name of a non-existent Empire; also declined appointment as OBE in 197... | 36,637 | triviaqa-train |
Mussorgsky's composition Pictures at an Exhibition was originally written for piano. Who produced the most popular orchestral version in 1922? | . "The Fair at Sorochyntsi", another opera, was left incomplete at his death but a dance excerpt, the Gopak, is frequently performed.
Mussorgsky's most imaginative and frequently performed work is the cycle of piano pieces describing paintings in sound called "Pictures at an Exhibition". This composition, best known th... | Mikhail Tushmalov
Mikhail Tushmalov "(Tushmalishvili, Georgian:თუშმალიშვილი)" (1861 - 1896) was a Russian Georgian opera conductor who held posts in Warsaw and Tiflis (Tbilisi). He died in what is now the nation of Georgia.
Tushmalov is most widely discussed today as the first person to have prepared an orchestral vers... | 36,638 | triviaqa-train |
Which letter in the Morse code is represented by a single dot? | Letter (alphabet)
A letter is a segmental symbol of a phonemic writing system. The inventory of all letters forms the alphabet. Letters broadly correspond to phonemes in the spoken form of the language, although there is rarely a consistent, exact correspondence between letters and phonemes.
The word "letter", borrowed... | Another secondary school, Bolton Muslim Girls' School, has opened since January 2007; no results are available."
- Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families
Twin towns.
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton has two twin towns, one in France and another in Germany.
Freedom of the Borough.
The following people a... | 36,639 | triviaqa-train |
How is the Rembrandt painting 'The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch preparing to march out' more commonly known? | The Night Watch
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, also known as The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, but commonly referred to as The Night Watch (), is a 1642 painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It is in the collection of the Amsterdam Museum ... | paintings in the world. One of its key elements is the effective use of light and shadow (chiaroscuro). Made in 1642, it depicts the eponymous company moving out, led by Captain Frans Banning Cocq (dressed in black, with a red sash) and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch (dressed in yellow, with a white sash). With... | 36,640 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films? | McGonagall would be retired by the time of the "Deathly Hallows" epilogue (19 years after the main events of "Deathly Hallows"), as she is "getting on in years".
McGonagall is played by Dame Maggie Smith in the film adaptations. Smith has described her role as "Miss Jean Brodie in a wizard's hat". Given that her role b... | - "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (Minerva McGonagall)
- "Becoming Jane" (Lady Gresham)
- "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (Minerva McGonagall)
- "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (Minerva McGonagall)
- "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" (Agatha "Aggie" Docherty)
- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hal... | 36,641 | triviaqa-train |
What is the full name of the policeman in the Scottish village of Lochdubh created by M C Beaton? | Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth is a fictional police officer who serves as his town's 'bobby' in a series of mystery novels created by M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney). The novels are published in the UK by Constable & Robinson and are set in the Scottish Highlands, in the fictitious town of Lochdubh.
Character.
Hamish Mac... | Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (film)
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death is British comedy-drama television film based on the novel of the same name by M. C. Beaton. The film aired on Sky1 on 26 December 2014. It served as a pilot to a full series entitled "Agatha Raisin".
Plot.
Agatha Raisin, a public relati... | 36,642 | triviaqa-train |
How many chapters or sutras are there in the Koran? | . The Quran is never decorated with figurative images, but many Qurans have been highly decorated with decorative patterns in the margins of the page, or between the lines or at the start of suras. Islamic verses appear in many other media, on buildings and on objects of all sizes, such as mosque lamps, metal work, pot... | Aquarian Gospel", Dowling described Jesus's supposed travels in India, Egypt, and Palestine during the years of his life which are not accounted for by the New Testament.
Chapters 20 through 45 are borrowed from the Rosicrucian work, "Unto Thee I Grant", with minor changes in style and wording. They are instructions on... | 36,643 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish king was killed in the Battle of Flooded Field? | Peace and Commissioners of Supply helped to increase the effectiveness of local government. The continued existence of courts baron and the introduction of kirk sessions helped consolidate the power of local lairds.
Scots law developed in the Middle Ages and was reformed and codified in the 16th and 17th centuries. Und... | flats along the River Blyth which were flooded in 1940 as part of British anti-invasion preparations at the start of the Second World War.
History.
North of the village is the site of the Battle of Bulcamp which occurred in 653 or 654 AD between the forces of Anna of East Anglia and Penda of Mercia. Anna, the King of E... | 36,644 | triviaqa-train |
Ballymena is in which Northern Irish county? | northern province of Ulster they were a very large majority in County Antrim and County Down, small majorities in County Armagh and County Londonderry and a substantial minority in Ulster's five other counties. The four counties named, along with County Fermanagh and County Tyrone, would later constitute Northern Irela... | Belfast Celtic F.C. (1978)
Belfast Celtic Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the Ballymena & Provincial Intermediate League. The club hails from Belfast and plays its home games at Glen Road Heights, which is in the west of the city. It was founded as Sport & Leisure Swifts in 197... | 36,645 | triviaqa-train |
Tom Brady has been the starting quarterback for which NFL team since 2000? | , with the Super Bowl XLIII champion Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Tennessee Titans 13–10 in overtime at Heinz Field. The opening weekend game on "NBC Sunday Night Football" featured the Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers, which the Packers won, 21–15. The opening weekend doubleheader games on "Monday Night Footbal... | drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, and went on to become the team's starting quarterback in his second season after a week 2 injury to Drew Bledsoe. Due to his late selection, Brady is considered the biggest "steal" in the history of the NFL Draft. Brady has been with the Patriots for 19 ... | 36,646 | triviaqa-train |
In old measures how many chains made a furlong? | Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, or 10 chains.
Using the international definition of the inch as exactly 25.4 millimetres, one furlong is 201.168 metres. However, the United States does not un... | it is repeated until the destination rod is reached, when the surveyor notes how many full lengths (chains) have been laid, and he can then directly read how many links (one-hundredth parts of the chain) are in the distance being measured. The chain usually ends in a handle which may or may not be part of the measureme... | 36,647 | triviaqa-train |
Of the fortyeight contiguous states in the USA, which contains the most northerly point? | for residents in a U.S. state who were born in or trace family ancestry to Puerto Rico.
Non-contiguous areas within the contiguous United States.
Apart from off-shore U.S. islands, a few continental portions of the contiguous U.S. are accessible by road only by traveling through Canada. Point Roberts, Washington; Elm P... | (IBA). Birds for which the site is of conservation significance include Falkland steamer ducks (75 breeding pairs), ruddy-headed geese (100 pairs), gentoo penguins (100 pairs), Magellanic penguins (2000 pairs) and white-bridled finches.
Volunteer Point is notable for having about 150 pairs of king penguins breed here, ... | 36,648 | triviaqa-train |
Which Duke commanded the Government forces at the 1745 Battle of Culloden? | Battle of Culloden
The Battle of Culloden (; ) was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart were decisively defeated by Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
Queen Anne,... | century and Jacobite risings Jacobite rising of 1745.
On 4 June 1745, Sir James Sinclair of Rosslyn, a lieutenant general with the Royal Scots regiment, was appointed the commander of the British Forces in Flanders. On 16 April 1746, at the Battle of Culloden, he commanded the Royal Scots regiment on the British-Hanove... | 36,649 | triviaqa-train |
The river Lee enters the sea at which Irish port? | River Lee
The River Lee (Irish: "An Laoi") is a river in Ireland. It rises in the Shehy Mountains on the western border of County Cork and flows eastwards through Cork, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's city centre is built, and empties into the Celtic Sea at Cork Harbour o... | , which enters the Irish Sea through the port of Belfast, between 1750 and 1800, coinciding with a period of major population growth, industrialisation and the construction of a navigable waterway based on the river. The latest record of a salmon population in the river dates from 1744. From 1950 to 1990, water quality... | 36,650 | triviaqa-train |
Michael Jordan played for which NBA team from 1984 to 1998, except for a season of retirement in 1993-94? | Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American former professional basketball player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six NBA championships with the Chica... | Michael Jordan made what would be his first retirement from basketball prior to the 1993–94 season, many saw this as an opportunity for the Knicks to finally make it to the NBA Finals. The team, who acquired Derek Harper in a midseason trade with the Dallas Mavericks, once again won the Atlantic Division with a 57–25 r... | 36,651 | triviaqa-train |
Falco subbuteo is the scientific name for which small falcon? | and aerobatic skills enable it to take swallows and even swifts on the wing, and barn swallows or house martins have a characteristic "hobby" alarm call. It is known to harass swallows while they are roosting and dispersing from roosts. When not breeding, it is crepuscular, hawking principally in the mornings and eveni... | subbuteo"
- Lanner falcon, "Falco biarmicus"
- Saker falcon, "Falco cherrug" (A)
- Barbary falcon, "Falco pelegrinoides"
- Peregrine falcon, "Falco peregrinus"; Ancient Egyptian: its hieroglyphic sign stands for the deity Hr Horus 'the One Far Up/High'
Pheasants and partridges.
Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae
The... | 36,652 | triviaqa-train |
Salem?s Lot published in 1975 was which writer?s second novel? | 'Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a 1975 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he had lived from the age of five through nine, only to discover that the... | 's Testimony", was published in 1961. His second book, "Time of Parting", which dealt with Islamization in the Bulgarian lands in the population in the Rhodopes in the 17th Century. Written in 1964, only for 41 days (on the author's testimony), with the novel the writer became famous. The novel was translated and publi... | 36,653 | triviaqa-train |
In which film did Noel Coward play Captain E V Kinross and Celia Johnson his wife Alix? | Celia Johnson
Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson, (18 December 1908 – 26 April 1982) was an English actress, known for her roles in the films "In Which We Serve" (1942), "This Happy Breed" (1944), "Brief Encounter" (1945) and "The Captain's Paradise" (1953). For "Brief Encounter", she was nominated for the Academy Award for ... | the enemy.
Cast.
- Noël Coward as Captain E.V. Kinross
- Bernard Miles as Chief Petty Officer Walter Hardy
- John Mills as Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake
- Celia Johnson as Alix Kinross
- Joyce Carey as Kath Hardy
- Kay Walsh as Freda Lewis
- Michael Wilding as Flags
- Derek Elphinstone as No. 1
- Leslie Dwyer as Parkins... | 36,654 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Bella Swan in the Twilight films? | Stewart.
In "Twilight", a young human 17-year-old Bella moves to her father's home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with a young vampire 17-year-old Edward Cullen. However, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires. Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire ... | and "The Twilight Saga".
On November 16, 2007, Summit Entertainment announced that Stewart would play main character Isabella "Bella" Swan in the film "Twilight", based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance novel of the same name. Stewart was on the set of "Adventureland" when director Catherine Hardwicke vi... | 36,655 | triviaqa-train |
KOH is the formula for which chemical compound? | Potassium hydroxide
Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula KOH, and is commonly called caustic potash.
Along with sodium hydroxide (NaOH), this colorless solid is a prototypical strong base. It has many industrial and niche applications, most of which exploit its caustic nature and its reactivity... | Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide
Tetrabutylammonium hydroxide is the chemical compound with the formula (CH)NOH, abbreviated BuNOH with the acronym TBAOH or TBAH. This species is employed as a solution in water or alcohols. It is a common base in organic chemistry. Relative to more conventional inorganic bases, such as KOH... | 36,656 | triviaqa-train |
What is the full name of Alexander McCall Smith?s 'No 1 Lady Detective'? | , Botswana. The first novel was published in 1998. By 2009, the No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series had sold more than 20 million copies in English editions.
According to his publisher in Edinburgh, Polygon (an imprint of Birlinn Books), "He was, until 2005, a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, b... | board of trust of his alma mater, Vanderbilt University, from 1974 to 2003, some of which as chairman. With his wife, he endowed The Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Scholarship at the Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science and The Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Chair in Finance and Accounting at Van... | 36,657 | triviaqa-train |
Alexandr Borodin died before he could finish his opera Prince Igor. Who collaborated with Alexandr Glazunov to complete the work? | and "Ruslan and Lyudmila" (1842). After him, during the 19th century in Russia, there were written such operatic masterpieces as "Rusalka" and "The Stone Guest" by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, "Boris Godunov" and "Khovanshchina" by Modest Mussorgsky, "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin, "Eugene Onegin" and "The Queen of Spad... | composed the popular symphonic poem "In the Steppes of Central Asia". Two years later he began composing a third symphony, but left it unfinished at his death; two movements of it were later completed and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.
During 1868 Borodin became distracted from initial work on the second symphony ... | 36,658 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the Holbein painting of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve? | simple and possibly influenced by Titian. For the guildhall of the Steelyard, Holbein painted the monumental allegories "The Triumph of Wealth" and "The Triumph of Poverty", both now lost. The merchants also commissioned a street tableau of Mount Parnassus for Anne Boleyn's coronation eve procession of 31 May 1533.
Hol... | by the skull). It has also been hypothesized that the painting is meant to hang in a stairwell, so that persons walking up the stairs and passing the painting on their left would be startled by the appearance of the skull. A further possibility is that Holbein simply wished to show off his ability with the technique in... | 36,659 | triviaqa-train |
How was Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, bom in Jersey in 1853, better known? | the Northern Ireland Land Act, 1925. This was passed after the Partition of Ireland, with the purpose of transferring certain lands from owners to tenants.
Hugo Gerald de Bathe.
After the divorce from her husband, Langtry was linked in the popular press to Prince Louis Esterhazy; they shared time together and both had ... | were opening one new store a month, creating 4,000 jobs.
United Kingdom Esso Blue.
Esso Blue was the brand name of Esso's paraffin oil (kerosene) for domestic heaters in countries such as the United Kingdom. Their television advertising song from the 1950s, through to the 1970s, was the famous "Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Esso... | 36,660 | triviaqa-train |
Which Yorkshire football club plays home games at New York Stadium, having played at Millmoor until 2008? | Rotherham United F.C.
Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional association football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system, following its relegation from the Championship in the 2018–19 season.
Fo... | home games at New York Stadium, a 12,021 capacity all-seater stadium, having previously played since its foundation at Millmoor for 101 years. Joining the Football League back in 1925, Rotherham spent the first 25 years of their time in Division Three North, the lowest level of the Football League, finally gaining prom... | 36,661 | triviaqa-train |
Three clues lead to a one word answer: 1 T.Pau song, 2 Syndrome, 3 Porcelain. | T'Pau (band)
T'Pau is a British pop group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK in the late 1980s, most notably "China in Your Hand", "Heart and Soul" and "Valentine", and several hits in Europe, before disbanding in the early 1990s. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo sh... | numbers of "unches" (unchecked letters i.e. ones that only appear in one word in the grid) for a given length of answer. More importantly, he insisted that all clues must be scrupulously fair via rules that were summed up by his successor, Azed, as:
1. a precise definition
2. a fair subsidiary indication
3. nothing els... | 36,662 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the author of the poem Home Thoughts From Abroad? | Home Thoughts from Abroad
Home Thoughts, from Abroad is a poem by Robert Browning. It was written in 1845 while Browning was on a visit to northern Italy, and was first published in his "Dramatic Romances and Lyrics".
In 1995, "Home Thoughts" was voted 46th in a BBC poll to find the United Kingdom's favourite poems. | is filled, like Duncombe's poem, with drunken roisterers disturbing the silence. Also included were Jerningham's “The Nunnery” and J.T.R’s “Nightly thoughts in the Temple”, the latter set in the gated lawyer's quarter in London.
Trilingual editions without such imitations were also appearing both in Britain and abroad.... | 36,663 | triviaqa-train |
Who joined The Who as drummer in 1964 before they recorded their first single? | Keith Moon
Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English drummer for the rock band the Who. He was noted for his unique style and his eccentric, often self-destructive behaviour. His drumming continues to be praised by critics and musicians. He was posthumously inducted into the "Modern Drummer" Ha... | The Goldebriars
The Goldebriars were an early 1960s folk quartet, which is most notable for including a young Curt Boettcher as a guitarist and vocalist. The group also included two sisters, Dotti and Sheri Holmberg, with Ron Neilson, as lead guitarist and banjo player. They recorded two obscure albums for Epic Records... | 36,664 | triviaqa-train |
Who replaced Angus Deayton in 2009 as presenter of the BBC panel show Would I Lie to You? | Comic Relief-related story. In June 2007, Deayton returned to the BBC to host panel show, "Would I Lie to You?". In November 2007, he was censured by the BBC for making a "pungently personal" joke about Jimmy Savile and his mother on the show. Deayton left the show in 2009 and was replaced by Rob Brydon. On 3 September... | Angus Deayton
Gordon Angus Deayton (; born 6 January 1956) is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster. He was the original presenter of the satirical panel game "Have I Got News for You", a job from which he was dismissed in October 2002 after a second round of tabloid allegations about his person... | 36,665 | triviaqa-train |
Matabeleland is part of which African country? | Matabeleland
Modern-day Matabeleland is a region in Zimbabwe divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. The region is named after its inhabitants, the Ndebele people. Other ethnic ... | effective use of drama.
It incorporates folk media like song, dance and narrative with spontaneous participation, to communicate the issue of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
(In interviews Mhlanga emphasises that theatre is a part of people’s everyday activity, and in the African context it must diverge in some sense from the W... | 36,666 | triviaqa-train |
In 1993 two British boxers fought each other for the World Heavyweight title, Lennox Lewis won, who was the loser? | ."
The win over Ruddock made Lewis the number one contender for Riddick Bowe's heavyweight championship. Bowe held a press conference to dump his WBC title into a trash can and relinquished it to avoid a mandatory defence against Lewis. On 14 December 1992, the WBC declared Lewis its champion, making him the first worl... | fought low level opposition in Switzerland, building up an undefeated record of 29-0 with 21 knockouts.
Gjergjaj is trained by Angelo Gallina, who is also his manager. He has trained with world champions such as Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury and other top fighters as a sparring partner. He also learned in t... | 36,667 | triviaqa-train |
James Stewart played the part of George Bailey in which film? | The Greatest Gift".
Fictional biography.
Fictional biography Early life.
In the winter of 1919, George (aged 12, portrayed by Bobby Anderson) and his friends Bert, Ernie Bishop, Marty Hatch, Sam Wainwright, and his brother Harry are sledding on a frozen river. Harry breaks through the ice and George jumps into the free... | the main character (renamed George Bailey) was played by James Stewart, the stranger (re-imagined as an angel named Clarence Odbody) was played by Henry Travers, and George's wife (renamed Mary Hatch) was played by Donna Reed. The names for some characters in the film were taken from characters in the story, but given ... | 36,668 | triviaqa-train |
In 1587 Francis Drake 'singed the King of Spain's beard' in the harbour of which city? | in time and was part of the usual process in which Elizabeth could have plausible deniability over Drake's actions should they not go exactly to plan.
Drake's expedition Raid on Cadiz.
Off the coast of Galicia the fleet was dispersed by a storm that lasted several days, during which one of the pinnaces foundered. After... | on the words attributed to Sir Francis Drake who "singed the beard of the King of Spain" when he attacked the country in 1587.
As with other episodes in this series, the end credits include an acknowledgement of "additional dialogue by William Shakespeare". One scene includes a parody of "Richard III" in which the thir... | 36,669 | triviaqa-train |
Running from Exeter to Lincoln, which was the longest Roman road in Britain? | the southwest terminus of the Fosse Way (Route 15 of the "Antonine Itinerary") and served as the base of the man Second Augustan Legion () originally led by Vespasian, later Roman Emperor, for the next 20 years before they moved to Caerleon in Wales, which was also known as Isca. To distinguish the two, the Romans also... | , built another major road that integrated Wessex, running eastwards from Exeter through Dorchester to Winchester and Silchester and on to London. The early 4th century was a peaceful time in Roman Britain. However, following a previous incursion in 360 that was stopped by Roman forces, the Picts and Scots attacked Had... | 36,670 | triviaqa-train |
Who partnered Andy Murray to win the 2012 Olympic tennis mixed doubles silver medal? | Robson represented Britain at the Hopman Cup. The pair progressed to the final, where they were beaten by Spain. At the Australian Open Murray beat Nadal and Čilić before losing in the final to No. 1 Roger Federer.
At the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Murray reached the quarter-finals, losing to Robin Söderling in ... | she collected a silver medal in women's doubles and a bronze medal in mixed doubles. In the next year she won another gold at the 2008 Table Tennis European Championships, this time in doubles with Krisztina Tóth. In the team event she came second with Hungary.
She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, wh... | 36,671 | triviaqa-train |
What is the ruling house of Monaco? | by 20 percent; in 2005, it had an area of only . Monaco is known to be the most expensive and the wealthiest place on Earth, Vatican City excluded, due to its tax laws. In 2014, it was noted that about 30% of the population was made up of millionaires.
Monaco is a principality governed under a form of constitutional mo... | lower seeds won both both had losing conference records.
Fifth-seeded defeated #7 in the championship game 77–65 to gain the automatic bid to the 64-team and were seeded fifteenth in the West regional. Regular season champion , upset by a point in the conference received an at-large bid and were the ninth seed in the M... | 36,672 | triviaqa-train |
Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter? | Frisbee
A frisbee (pronounced , origin of the term dates to 1957, also called a flying disc or simply a disc) is a gliding toy or sporting item that is generally plastic and roughly in diameter with a pronounced lip. It is used recreationally and competitively for throwing and catching, as in flying disc games. The sha... | poems, originally to honour the Norse god Thor ("Þórr"), whose name is taken to be associated with "Þorri". Calling the feast a "blót" (a feast held in honor of a god in Norse paganism) makes clear the reference to pagan times, which many nationalists of the 19th century considered a golden age of Icelandic history.
Th... | 36,673 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is the Battle of Aboukir Bay (1798) more commonly known? | Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; ) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt from the 1st to the 3rd of August 1798. The battle was the climax... | Russula nigricans
Russula nigricans, commonly known as the blackening brittlegill or blackening russula, is a gilled mushroom found in woodland in Europe. It gains both its common and scientific name from its propensity to turn black from cutting or bruising. It is edible but of indifferent quality.
Taxonomy.
It is pla... | 36,674 | triviaqa-train |
Which government agency has its headquarters at Explorer House, Southampton? | Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential... | headquarters to a facility in the Sixth Ward and purchased the Eisele House, formerly a private house. The agency used the house as part of its "HPD Explorer" program. As of 2010 the house is unused. The City of Houston Municipal Court building is located in the complex with the police station.
The Houston Fire Departm... | 36,675 | triviaqa-train |
In the New Testament, who demanded the head of John the Baptist? | Antoine Mariotte created another opera based on Wilde's original French script. It was premiered on 30 October 1908 at the Grand Théâtre at Lyon. This opera was revived only in 2005 at the Montpellier Festival.
Salome in the arts Theatre and literature Ballet.
In 1907 Florent Schmitt received a commission from Jacques ... | change" in the New International Version. Elsewhere in the New Testament, the change of heart demanded by John the Baptist and by Jesus often uses the word "metanoia" (). German theologian Heinrich Meyer suggests that Jesus' challenge to his disciples is to "turn round upon [the] road), and to acquire a moral dispositi... | 36,676 | triviaqa-train |
On which river does Warsaw stand? | Warsaw
Warsaw ( ; ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and its population is officially estimated at 1.78 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 8th most-populou... | listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The center of Bristol began to take shape in the 1760s with the arrival of the first non-Native settlers. A road was cut along the Pemigewasset River, which crossed the Newfound River near where South Main Street does today. A mill was built a little way to th... | 36,677 | triviaqa-train |
The mineral stibnite is a source of which metallic element? | .
Uses.
Pastes of SbS powder in fat or in other materials have been used since ca. 3000 BC as eye cosmetics in the Middle East and farther afield; in this use, SbS is called kohl. It was used to darken the brows and lashes, or to draw a line around the perimeter of the eye.
Antimony trisulfide finds use in pyrotechnic ... | kermesite, sulfur, and gypsum. Peretaite can often be red from the inclusion of valentinite. The mineral was formed by the action of sulfuric acid on the stibnite; peretaite is closer to the boundary of the country rock limestone, which is the source of the calcium in peretaite.
Physical properties.
The mineral peretai... | 36,678 | triviaqa-train |
In the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books, what is the name of the Fat Controller? | . In yet another episode, he is shown wearing a kilt, a gift from a visiting Scottish Lord. In various CGI episodes, he dresses like Santa Claus.
Sir Topham's household.
Sir Topham's household Wife: Lady Hatt.
Lady Jane Brown Hatt helps her husband run the railway, and is happiest when she sees new lines opened, and ha... | List of Thomas the Tank Engine pictureback books
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a children's television series based on The Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry which was first broadcast in 1984. This article lists Thomas books in the Pictureback series released by Random House.
Thomas Gets Tricked.
Thomas Gets T... | 36,679 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of The Maldives? | Arabic became the prime language of administration (instead of Persian and Urdu), and the Maliki school of jurisprudence was introduced, both hinting at direct contacts with the core of the Arab world.
Middle Eastern seafarers had just begun to take over the Indian Ocean trade routes in the 10th century and found Maldi... | police, torched several vehicles and a few business, broke windows of shops and threw homemade explosives at some businesses.
Locations Maldives.
Aftermath of conviction of former president Mohamed Nasheed of Maldives, a series of small protests started in the capital city of Maldives. Opposition parties Adaalath Party... | 36,680 | triviaqa-train |
Name the swimmer who won 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. | United States team won the most medals overall, with 112. Afghanistan, Mauritius, Sudan, Tajikistan and Togo won their first ever Olympic medals. Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold) and Panama won their first gold medals. Four members of the water polo team from Serbia won the fir... | Natalie Coughlin, B.A. 2005 – Olympic swimmer (winner of five medals, including two gold medals, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, she became the first American female athlete to win six medals in one Olympics); three-time NCAA Swimmer of the Year
- Anthony Er... | 36,681 | triviaqa-train |
Which London building was adapted to become the Tate Modem which opened in 2000? | in the former Bankside Power Station.
Culture Music.
London is one of the major classical and popular music capitals of the world and hosts major music corporations, such as Universal Music Group International and Warner Music Group, as well as countless bands, musicians and industry professionals. The city is also hom... | Polanski was working in London, his wife, Sharon Tate, and four other people were murdered at the Polanskis' residence in Los Angeles by cult leader Charles Manson's followers.
Film director 1970s.
Film director 1970s "Macbeth" (1971).
Polanski adapted "Macbeth" into a screenplay with the Shakespeare expert Kenneth Tyn... | 36,682 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year: The Maastricht Treaty is signed, riots in Los Angeles following the beating of Rodney King by police officers, Denmark wins the UEFA European Football Championships. | 1992
1992 was designated as:
- International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events.
Events January.
- January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
- January 2 – President of Russia Boris Yeltsin ends price controls.
- January 6
- The Nagorno... | one. In the United States, such events occasionally spark protests and accusations of racism against police and allegations that police departments practice racial profiling.
In the United States since the 1960s, concern over such issues has increasingly weighed upon law enforcement agencies, courts and legislatures at... | 36,683 | triviaqa-train |
Which evergreen trees belong to the genus Picea? | Spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea , a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. Spruces are large trees, from about 20–60 m (about 60–200 ft) tall when mature, and have whorled branches and conical ... | Chamelaucium
Chamelaucium, also known as waxflower, is a genus of shrubs endemic to south western Western Australia. They belong to the myrtle family Myrtaceae and have flowers similar to those of the tea-trees ("Leptospermum"). The most well-known species is the Geraldton Wax, "Chamelaucium uncinatum", which is cultiv... | 36,684 | triviaqa-train |
Which football ground is the highest in English league football at 551 feet above sea level? | The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 26,688. It has been the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club. The Hawthorns was the last Football League ground to be built in the 19... | all-seater venue in the 1990s.
Overview.
At 520 feet above sea level it is the eleventh highest ground in the country, and third highest in the English Football League. The pitch is clay underneath the grass, rather than sand. These two factors make the pitch vulnerable to freezing temperatures. There is also a coal se... | 36,685 | triviaqa-train |
Which rock band opened the Live Aid concert at Wembley in July 1985? | , The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, (who played there on their 1977 "In the Flesh" tour). The Eagles on their Hotel California 1978 tour, The Grateful Dead, Dire Straits, who played there on their "Brothers In Arms" tour in 1985 and "On Every Street" tour in 1991, Status Quo, The Who, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, ... | world hunger. In November 1984 he joined Band Aid, a charity supergroup primarily made up of the biggest British and Irish musicians of the era, and sang on "Do They Know It's Christmas?" which was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London. This led to the Live Aid concert in July 1985 at Wembley Stadium, i... | 36,686 | triviaqa-train |
What nickname, meaning 'The Boys, The Boys', is given to the South African national football team? | free to air rights to these tournaments, with the notable exception being the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Those matches were shown by e.tv.
Team image Sponsors.
When the team returned to international football in 1992, their kit was supplied by Italian clothing company, Kappa. The team wore Kappa kits up to and during the 199... | Robin (name)
Robin is originally a diminutive masculine given name or nickname of Robert, derived from the prefix "Rob"- ("hrod", Old Germanic, meaning "fame" and "berht", meaning "bright"), and the suffix "-in" (Old French diminutive). The name Robin is a masculine given name, feminine given name, and a surname. In Eu... | 36,687 | triviaqa-train |
The Nuevo Sol has been the currency of which country since 1991? | Sterling, while the remainder has varying values. In general, the three-letter code uses the ISO 3166-1 country code for the first two letters and the first letter of the name of the currency (D for dollar, for instance) as the third letter. United States currency, for instance, is globally referred to as USD.
The Inte... | Year
Offensive Player of the Year
Offensive Rookie of the Year
Brian Piccolo Award
Jacobs Blocking Trophy
Defensive Player of the Year
Defensive Rookie of the Year
Jim Tatum Award
Postseason National Awards.
John Mackey Award
Jim Thorpe Award
Campbell Trophy | 36,688 | triviaqa-train |
At 1560 miles, what is the longest river in Australia? | win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973. Australian winners of the Booker Prize include Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally and Richard Flanagan. Author David Malouf, playwright David Williamson and poet Les Murray are also renowned literary figures.
Many of Australia's performing arts companies receive funding through the ... | Clark Expedition started construction of Camp Dubois, also known as Camp Wood, their winter camp of 1803 - 1804. Located next to the Mississippi River, and at the mouth of Wood River, the camp was in what was then St. Clair County, now Madison County, Illinois. They stayed at Camp Dubois until May 14, 1804, when they c... | 36,689 | triviaqa-train |
Which country will host the EUFA European Football Championships in 2016? | Boxing Day 1917 in front of a crowd of 20,000 spectators. The most successful team of the era was Dick, Kerr's Ladies of Preston, England. The team played in the first women's international matches in 1920, against a team from Paris, France, in April, and also made up most of the England team against a Scottish Ladies ... | will host other championship events such as the Judo World Championships, European Youth Olympic Festival, and European University Basketball Championships. In 2018, Szeged will host the World University Championships Canoe Sprint and Modern Pentathlon. In 2019, Budapest will host the World Table Tennis Championships, ... | 36,690 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1990 novel 'Jurassic Park'? | Jurassic Park (film)
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen. It is the first installment in the "Jurassic Park" franchise, and is based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton and a screenplay writt... | Jurassic Park (SNES video game)
Jurassic Park is an action-adventure video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), based on the 1990 novel and 1993 film of the same name. It was developed by Ocean Software and released in 1993 in North America and PAL regions, and published and released by Jaleco in 19... | 36,691 | triviaqa-train |
In which year were the FIFA World Cup Soccer Finals held in Chile? | Chile national football team
The Chile men's national football team "(Selección masculina de fútbol de Chile)" represents Chile in major international football competitions and is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. The team is commonly referred to as "La Roja" ("The Red One")... | title to which the competition was officially renamed the next year. Overall, this was the 9th edition of the event.
The tournament was played in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; the North African country was awarded the hosting rights as they were the only nation to express interest by the deadline. The finals were held from 8... | 36,692 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology who is the God of War? | myths about relationships between male gods and male heroes became more and more frequent, indicating the parallel development of pedagogic pederasty ("eros paidikos", ), thought to have been introduced around 630 BC. By the end of the fifth century BC, poets had assigned at least one eromenos, an adolescent boy who wa... | Anchiroe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Anchiroe (Ancient Greek: Αγχιροη "Ankhiroê" means "pouring flow") may refer to the following figures:
- Anchiroe, an Arcadian nymph and nurse of the god Zeus.
- Anchiroe, Argive daughter of the river god Erasinus. She is known for having received Britomartis.
- Anchiroe, daughte... | 36,693 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Michelle LaVaughn Robinson marry in October 1992? | % of support to Clinton's 56% of winning the Democratic nomination, higher than that of potential candidates Elizabeth Warren, Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders. Another poll from that month found 71% of Americans believed that Obama should not run for the presidency, only 14% approving. On January 14, 2016, during a ... | , LaVaughn Robinson and Ernest Brown
- 2005 - Sarah Petronio
- 2006 - Lynn Dally
- 2007 - Deborah Mitchell
- 2008 - Derick K. Grant and Tina Pratt
- 2009- Randy Skinner and Mercedes Ellington
- 2010 - Acia Gray and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards
- 2011 - Max Pollak
- 2012 - Jason Samuels Smith
- 2013 - Dean Diggins and Barba... | 36,694 | triviaqa-train |
"The quotation ""I love the smell of napalm in the morning"" occurs in which 1979 US film?" | the smell of napalm in the morning" just came to him.
Milius had no desire to direct the film himself and felt that Lucas was the right person for the job. Lucas worked with Milius for four years developing the film, alongside his work on other films, including his script for "Star Wars". He approached "Apocalypse Now"... | for a difficult-to-read part of the manuscript, which is a palimpsest. This reading has been accepted by various major scholars (Schuhmann, Falluomini) and so far seemingly opposed by none. The name occurs on folio 2 recto, in the context of a quotation from Isaiah 14:12. It translates the word ἑωσφόρος from the Septua... | 36,695 | triviaqa-train |
Which car manufacturer makes the Kuga model? | . Its successor was the Model B, which featured an updated inline four-cylinder engine, as well as the Model 18, which introduced Ford's new flathead (sidevalve) V8 engine.
Features.
Prices for the Model A ranged from US$385 for a roadster to US$1400 for the top-of-the-line "Town Car." The engine was a water-cooled L-h... | style strollers
- Double Stroller Travel Bag – offers protection for most jogging strollers, double strollers, and travel systems
2. Custom stroller and car seat travel bags: designed to fit a particular stroller or car seat model. They are made of different materials, depending on the manufacturer, and they are usuall... | 36,696 | triviaqa-train |
In the TV cartoon series, what is the name of Captain Pugwash's ship? | 2017, a live-action film adaptation was announced, directed by John Hay and starring Nick Frost as Captain Pugwash and Jason Flemyng in an unknown role. Production was set to begin in 2018, with the plot following Captain Pugwash travelling to Botany Bay, where he eventually finds himself at the helm of The Black Pig o... | .
He was portrayed with a Home Counties accent in the first television adaptation, and with an Irish accent in the 1997 series.
Characters Cut-Throat Jake.
Captain Pugwash's fearsome arch-enemy, captain of the "Flying Dustman" (a pun on the Flying Dutchman combined with a reference to the occupation of dustman). When h... | 36,697 | triviaqa-train |
Which science fiction writer wrote novels for younger readers under the pseudonym Paul French? | originally to cover what we would today call "hard" science fiction, in which a conscientious attempt to be faithful to already known facts (as of the date of writing) was the substrate on which the story was to be built, and if the story was also to contain a miracle, it ought at least not to contain a whole arsenal o... | Sweet Starfire
Sweet Starfire is a futuristic romance written by Jayne Ann Krentz and released in 1986. Krentz likened the novel to a historical romance set in another world, and its success inspired her to begin writing historical romances under the pseudonym Amanda Quick.
Background.
In the early 1980s, Krentz wrote ... | 36,698 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan? | the new Constitution of Azerbaijan.
Etymology.
The name "Azerbaijan" originates as the "Land of Atropates", an Achaemenid then Hellenistic-era king over a region in present-day Iranian Azarbaijan and Iranian Kurdistan, south of the modern state. Despite this difference, the present name was chosen by the Musavat to rep... | Agdam
Ağdam (also spelled Agdam or Aghdam) is a former ghost town in the southwest part of Azerbaijan and the formal capital of its Agdam District, today controlled by the de facto Republic of Artsakh, but de jure internationally recognized territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Founded in the early 19th century, it ... | 36,699 | triviaqa-train |
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