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What is the name of the pop festival held annually over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Daresbury, Warrington? | .
In 2006, the annual Creamfields dance festival was held in Daresbury after relocating from the disused Liverpool airport site it had occupied for the six previous years. This saw 40,000 revellers partying from 3pm-6am to a line-up that included live performances from The Prodigy and Zutons, as well as DJ sets from th... | Pride Cymru
Pride Cymru (previously Cardiff Mardi Gras) is a gay pride festival held annually in Cardiff, Wales on the August bank holiday weekend.
Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend is Wales’s biggest celebration of equality and diversity. Over 3 days, Pride Cymru hosts over 50,000 people in the Welsh capital to raise awaren... | 36,900 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last German Kaiser? | Wilhelm II, German Emperor
Wilhelm II or William II (; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor ("Kaiser") and King of Prussia. He reigned from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918 shortly before Germany's defeat in World War I.
The eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, Wilhelm's first co... | .
In the last line a doctor addresses the monarch as "All-Highest", a supposed title of the German Emperor: it is therefore Kaiser Wilhelm, who had been reported (incorrectly) to be suffering from the throat cancer which had killed his father, Kaiser Frederick. Depersonalised throughout the poem by being referred to a... | 36,901 | triviaqa-train |
Which mythical creature was half man and half goat? | Satyr
In Greek mythology, a satyr ( "", ), also known as a silenos ( ), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection. Early artistic representations sometimes include horse-like legs, but, by the sixth century BC, they were more often represented... | use of inventive formations of compound words, as in "in Just" which features words such as "mud-luscious", "puddle-wonderful", and "eddieandbill." This poem is part of a sequence of poems titled "Chansons Innocentes"; it has many references comparing the "balloonman" to Pan, the mythical creature that is half-goat and... | 36,902 | triviaqa-train |
Catherine Bigelow was the first woman to win an Oscar as Best Director, for which film did she win the award? | Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Covering a wide range of genres, her films include "Near Dark" (1987), "Point Break" (1991), "Strange Days" (1995), "" (2002), "The Hurt Locker" (2008), "Zero Dark Thirty" (2012), and "Detroit" (2017... | the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director. She also became the first woman to win the Saturn Award for Best Director in 1995 for "Strange Days".
Big... | 36,903 | triviaqa-train |
The airport of Arrecife serves which of the Canary Islands? | Arrecife
Arrecife (; ; ) is a city and municipality in the Canary Islands (Spain) situated in the centre-east of the island of Lanzarote, of which it has been the capital since 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ('Arrecife' is Spanish for 'reef') which covers the beach located in the city. The city also give... | Phd is achieved at 33 years of age.)
Activism.
Greenblatt became an assistant professor of Mathematics at Cornell University where he met Bruce Dancis, the first student to tear up his draft card and send it back to the draft board. In 1966, Greenblatt became very involved in the anti war movement and organized a serie... | 36,904 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the new England Football Centre of Excellence near Burton-on-Trent? | town's main club, becoming Burton Town in 1924, but folded in 1940. In 1950 Burton Albion were founded. Having moved from Eton Park to the Pirelli Stadium in 2005, Albion became the town's fourth Football League club in 2009 after winning the Football Conference. The team now play in League 1, the third tier of the Eng... | Abbot Beyne School
Abbot Beyne School is a comprehensive school in Burton upon Trent in east Staffordshire, England. It is the successor to Burton Grammar School and Burton Girls' High School.
Location.
It is situated in Winshill, on the other side of the River Trent to the town centre, east of the B5008, near the junc... | 36,905 | triviaqa-train |
Which river flows through Northwich before joining the Mersey west of Runcorn? | linking with the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, and the Weston Canal which gave better access to the Weaver Navigation system.
Industries began to develop within and around the town, in particular quarrying for Runcorn sandstone, shipbuilding, engineering, the manufacture of soap and chemicals, and tanning. Towards the ... | it flows south through Bacup, Rawtenstall, Ramsbottom and Bury before merging with the River Roch near Radcliffe. Turning west, it joins the River Croal near Farnworth before turning southeast through Kearsley, Clifton and the Agecroft area of Pendlebury. It then meanders around Lower Kersal and Lower Broughton. It bis... | 36,906 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional schoolboy is the eponymous subject of books by Francesca Simon? | Francesca Simon
Francesca Isabella Simon (born February 23, 1955) is an American author who resides in London. She is most famous for writing the "Horrid Henry" series of children's books.
She is the daughter of screenwriter, director and playwright Mayo Simon.
Biography.
Simon was born in St Louis, Missouri, U.S. she ... | Captain 3-D
Captain 3-D is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Harvey Comics. Created by the team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character marked an early attempt to produce a 3-D comic book.
Publication history.
Created by the writing and art team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, whose charact... | 36,907 | triviaqa-train |
Which computer company was set up in 1968 by Alan Sugar? | Alan Sugar
Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is a British business magnate, media personality, politician, and political adviser. In 1968, he started what would later become his largest business venture, consumer electronics company Amstrad. In 2007, he sold his remaining interest in the company in a... | department.
When he was building up the University of Utah department in 1968 he managed to convince Ivan Sutherland (who had funded Evans' DARPA research) to come to Utah, accepting the condition that they start a computer graphics company together. Evans retired from the company in 1994.
Students at Utah included Ala... | 36,908 | triviaqa-train |
In which National Park is the geyser Old Faithful? | Old Faithful
Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States. It was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to receive a name. It is a highly predictable geothermal feature, and has erupted every 44 to 125 minutes sin... | the park. This complement of features includes the most famous geyser in the park, Old Faithful Geyser, as well as four other predictable large geysers. One of these large geysers in the area is Castle Geyser which is about northwest of Old Faithful. Castle Geyser has an interval of approximately 13 hours between major... | 36,909 | triviaqa-train |
What name was given to Mustapha Kemal after he became Dictator of Turkey in 1935? | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk (until 1934: Mustafa Kemal Pasha, ; after 1935: Kamâl Atatürk; 19 May 1881 – 10 November 1938), commonly referred to as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (; ), was a Turkish field marshal ("Mareşal"), revolutionary statesman, author, and founder of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first P... | an American relief worker, Katherine Gillespie (1883–1968), who was caring for orphans of war and genocide. They married in December 1922. In Angora, Imbrie continued his reconnaissance work, befriended Mustapha Kemal, the new president of Turkey, and helped lay the groundwork for American commercial interests in the a... | 36,910 | triviaqa-train |
Crusaders Rugby League Club are based in which town? | Crusaders Rugby League
Crusaders Rugby League () was a professional rugby league club based in Bridgend and later in Wrexham, Wales. They played for six seasons in the Rugby Football League competitions, including three years in the Super League from 2009 to 2011.
Founded as Celtic Crusaders in 2005 initially based in ... | Pen-y-Bont F.C. who following promotion in 2019 will play in the Welsh Premier League, the top level of Welsh football, for the 2019/20 season. They are currently managed by Rhys Griffiths.
Bridgend's geographical position means South Wales rivals Cardiff City and Swansea City pick up support from the town.
Sport Rugby... | 36,911 | triviaqa-train |
Who married Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield in 1996? | 14 February 2006, Westminster) and Florence Rose Endellion Cameron (born 24 August 2010, Cornwall). Ivan was born with a rare combination of cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy and died at the age of six at St Mary's Hospital, London. Florence Cameron's third given name, Endellion, is taken from the Cornish village of S... | "backstreet driver" in May’s handling of Brexit. In May 2019, HarperCollins released the book's title and release date: "For the Record", to be published in hardback, ebook and radio on 19 September.
In popular culture.
Cameron was portrayed by Mark Dexter in the Channel 4 television films "Coalition" and "."
Personal ... | 36,912 | triviaqa-train |
Matthew Syed was a British champion in which sport? | Syed hosts a BBC Radio 5 Live podcast called "Flintoff, Savage & The Ping Pong Guy". Alongside him on the podcast are ex-England cricketer Andrew Flintoff and former Blackburn Rovers captain Robbie Savage. Current and hot sporting topics are discussed on the podcast.
In 2016 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Libe... | Matthew Wilson
Matthew Wilson (born 29 January 1987) is a British rally driver from Cockermouth in Cumbria. He is the son of M-Sport boss and former WRC driver Malcolm Wilson. Wilson competed in the World Rally Championship for the Stobart M-Sport Ford team. He achieved his best result at the 2007 Rally Japan, finishin... | 36,913 | triviaqa-train |
What geological period, named after European mountains, was from 200-145 million years ago? | , is more precisely determined.
The set of rocks (sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic) that formed during a geological period is known as a system, so for example the 'Jurassic System' of rocks was formed during the 'Jurassic Period' (between 201 and 145 million years ago).
The following table includes all currently re... | within a shallow sea. The remains of these islands underlie much of central England with small outcrops visible in various places.
Around 600 million years ago, the Cadomian Orogeny (mountain building period) created mountains in what would subsequently become England, along with much of north west Europe.
Geological h... | 36,914 | triviaqa-train |
Which modern English county did the Iceni inhabit? | Iceni
The Iceni or Eceni were a Brittonic tribe of eastern Britain during the Iron Age and early Roman era. Their territory included present-day Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, and bordered the area of the Corieltauvi to the west, and the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes to the south. In the Roman period, ... | . Holkham Freshmarsh is the name which refers to the series of wet meadows which sit inland from the pine belt, and north of the A149. They are bisected by Lady Anne's Drive, which gives access to the woods and the beach. The marshes are important for their wintering population of pink-footed geese, and have been desig... | 36,915 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the main red grape of Chianti wine? | 70% Sangiovese, 15% Canaiolo and 15% Malvasia bianca in the middle of the 19th century.
The first definition of a wine-area called "Chianti" was made in 1716. It described the area near the villages of Gaiole, Castellina and Radda; the so-called "Lega del Chianti" and later "Provincia del Chianti" (Chianti province). I... | Pollera nera
Pollera nera is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Liguria wine region and northwest Tuscany. Ampelographers believe that the vine has a very long winemaking history but it is rarely seen today. It is believed to have been descended from the Chianti wine grape Mammolo and the C... | 36,916 | triviaqa-train |
Santorini is part of which country? | Santorini
Santorini (, ), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα ) and classic Greek Thera (English pronunciation ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago, which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic... | and a 2011 census population of 15,550. The municipality of Santorini includes the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, and Christiana. The total land area is 90.623 km (34.990 sq mi). Santorini is part of the Thira regional unit.
The island wa... | 36,917 | triviaqa-train |
Who was British Prime Minister from 1922-23, shortly before he died? | Conservatives and of the press baron Lord Northcliffe (who owned both "The Times" and the "Daily Mail"). Besides the Prime Minister, the five-member War Cabinet contained three Conservatives (Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords Lord Curzon, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House ... | only one term in Parliament before being defeated at the 1922 general election. Ramsay MacDonald, who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, replaced him as Aberavon's MP. Edwards died in 1960 aged 77.
Family and education.
Edwards was born at Llanbardarn, near Aberystwyth, the son of the Reverend Jam... | 36,918 | triviaqa-train |
What kind of creature is a kakapo? | . Two of the most significant documentaries, both made by NHNZ, are "Kakapo – Night Parrot" (1982) and "To Save the Kakapo" (1997).
The BBC's Natural History Unit also featured the kakapo, including a sequence with Sir David Attenborough in "The Life of Birds". It was also one of the endangered animals Douglas Adams a... | When Chris recovers they learn that a deadly creature of some kind is on the loose, and they are not safe.
Together, they hide themselves in one of the storage rooms as the creature lurks outside. However, Chris runs; the creature catches him and rips out his heart. The group then decides to stay in the unit rented by ... | 36,919 | triviaqa-train |
Which company devised a walking robot called Asimo? | ASIMO
ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility) is a humanoid robot created by Honda in 2000. It is currently displayed in the Miraikan museum in Tokyo, Japan.
Development.
Honda began developing humanoid robots in the 1980s, including several prototypes that preceded ASIMO. It was the company's goal to create a wal... | moving objects
- Artificial Intelligence
- Low Inertia mechanical system
- Fast and accurate movement control
- Balanced bipedal walking
See also.
- Humanoid robot
- Actroid
- Android
- ASIMO
- Gynoid
- REEM
- QRIO
- HUBO
- HRP-4C
External links.
- TOPIO video - YouTube
- "I, the Ping Pong Robot" - Softpedia
- "Ping Po... | 36,920 | triviaqa-train |
In which opera does the character Lieutenant Pinkerton appear? | Verdi, onward, exercising tremendous influence on his successors Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, and Benjamin Britten.
After Verdi, the sentimental "realistic" melodrama of verismo appeared in Italy. This was a style introduced by Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" that cam... | site of the project: http://pageslices.net.
Google Chrome.
Google Chrome, like Firefox, does not have built in support for web slices. However, the extension API new to Chrome 4 allows extensions to be created to give the ability to relatively simply create arbitrary webslices of any content from any page.
Opera.
Altho... | 36,921 | triviaqa-train |
Who-succeeded Claudius as Emperor of Rome in AD 54? | ancient writers, though more recent historians have revised this opinion. Many authors contend that he was murdered by his own wife. After his death in 54 (at the age of 63), his grand-nephew, step-son, and adopted son Nero succeeded him as emperor. His 13-year reign (slightly longer than Nero's) would not be surpassed... | Official road names were usually taken from the Emperor in whose reign they were completed, e.g. the Via Traiana from Rome to Brindisi in southern Italy was named after the Emperor Trajan (r.98-117 AD). As the Dover to London section of Watling Street was begun in the years following the Roman invasion of Britain in 43... | 36,922 | triviaqa-train |
In connection the US Constitution what was the effect of the 18th Amendment? | was reckless and destructive and that prohibition would reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, decrease the need for welfare and prisons, and improve the health of all Americans. During prohibition, it is estimated that alcohol consumption and alcohol related deaths declined dramatically. But prohibition h... | Eisner v. Macomber" to address the larger constitutional question of whether or not a stock dividend was gross income within the meaning of "income" as used in the Sixteenth Amendment. As noted by the Court:
In order, therefore, that the clauses cited from Article 1 of the Constitution may have proper force and effect,... | 36,923 | triviaqa-train |
Which educational establishment did Thomas Arnold describe as 'the godless institution of Gower Street'? | Gower Street, London
Gower Street is a street in Bloomsbury, central London, running from Montague Place in the south to Euston Road at the north. The street continues as North Gower Street north of the Euston Road. To the south it becomes Bloomsbury Street.
University College London (UCL) and the Royal Academy of Dram... | February 1826 as 'The University of London', and was unique in Great Britain in being completely secular; in fact no minister of religion was allowed to sit on the College Council. Thomas Arnold was to refer to it as "that Godless institution in Gower Street".
The Council appointed in 1827 as Warden Leonard Horner, the... | 36,924 | triviaqa-train |
From which Shakespeare play do the lines 'Sans teeth, sans taste, sans everything' come? | In 1709, Rowe passed down a tradition that Shakespeare played the ghost of Hamlet's father. Later traditions maintain that he also played Adam in "As You Like It", and the Chorus in "Henry V", though scholars doubt the sources of that information.
Throughout his career, Shakespeare divided his time between London and S... | work through six further vivid verbal sketches, culminating in "second childishness and mere oblivion,/Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything".
Analysis and criticism Language Pastoral mode.
The main theme of pastoral comedy is love in all its guises in a rustic setting, the genuine love embodied by Rosalin... | 36,925 | triviaqa-train |
Which computer technology corporation is nicknamed 'Big Blue'? | being the size of a coin while also being hundreds of thousands of times more powerful than ENIAC, integrating billions of transistors, and consuming only a few watts of power.
History Mobile computers.
The first mobile computers were heavy and ran from mains power. The 50lb IBM 5100 was an early example. Later portabl... | Haddock Corporation
Haddock Corporation is an American consumer electronics and information technology consulting business based in Wichita, Kansas which operates two Haddock Computer Center retail locations. Founded as a software company, Haddock has been an Apple-authorized dealer and computer repair shop since 1984,... | 36,926 | triviaqa-train |
In the forecourt of which Los Angeles theatre would you see the hand and footprints of famous film stars? | inner city and Westside neighborhoods.
Geography Cityscape Landmarks.
Important landmarks in Los Angeles include the Hollywood Sign, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Capitol Records Building, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Angels Flight, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Dolby Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Getty Center, G... | in 1926. It was opened for a premiere on May 18, 1927. There was a crush of onlookers eager to have a glimpse of both the stars attending and the splendor of the building. Many of the fittings were imported from China and Chinese artisans were brought in to create works of sculpture which were originally located in the... | 36,927 | triviaqa-train |
Carrie Fisher is the daughter of which actress? | ), "Sister Act" (1992), "The Wedding Singer" (1998), and many of the films from the "Star Wars" franchise, among others. In later years, she earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction.
Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She... | by whom he fathered actress and writer Carrie Fisher and a son, producer Todd Fisher; he later married actress Elizabeth Taylor, and later still singer Connie Stevens, which marriage produced actress Joely Fisher. Carrie Fisher would have a daughter with talent agent Bryan Lourd, Billie Lourd, who is also an actress.
-... | 36,928 | triviaqa-train |
Nowroz Mangal is the captain of which international cricket team? | by 6 wickets.
In April 2010, Mangal led the side to victory in the 2010 ACC Trophy Elite, where Afghanistan defeated Nepal in the final by 95 runs, with Mangal himself claiming the winning wicket of Rahul Vishvakarma.
He is the best Afganistani player.
Mangal led Afghanistan into the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, despite th... | Amir Mangal
Amir Mangal (born 1 January 1989) is a German cricketer who plays for the national team. In May 2019, he was named in Germany's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their three-match series against Belgium. The matches were the first T20Is to be played by the German cricket team. He made his T20I debut f... | 36,929 | triviaqa-train |
What is the state capital of California? | California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents across a total area of about , California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's ... | the term state-owned enterprise is murky. All three words in the term are challenged and subject to interpretation. First, it is debatable what the term "state" implies (e.g., it is unclear whether municipally owned corporations and enterprises held by regional public bodies are considered state-owned). Next, it is con... | 36,930 | triviaqa-train |
The Rub' Al-Khali Desert is found mostly in which country? | micro-organisms decompose under anoxic conditions and later become covered with sediment. Many deserts were at one time the sites of shallow seas and others have had underlying hydrocarbon deposits transported to them by the movement of tectonic plates.
Some major oilfields such as Ghawar are found under the sands of S... | Hafit period
The Hafit period defines early Bronze Age human settlement in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the period from 3200 to 2600 BC. It is named after the distinctive beehive burials first found on Jebel Hafit, an outlier of Al Hajar Mountains in the region of Tawam, which is composed of the UAE city of Al ... | 36,931 | triviaqa-train |
Who, in Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy of books, is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'? | . Larsson explained that one of his main recurring characters in the "Millennium" series, Lisbeth Salander, is actually fashioned on a grown-up Pippi Longstocking as he chose to sketch her. There are additional connections to Lindgren's literary work in the Larsson novels; for example, the other main character, Mikael ... | novels in the same series. Highlighting its popularity and significance among translated crime novels, it was compared to Swedish author Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
It won the CWA International Dagger award 2013 amidst much international acclaim.
Plot.
Alex Prevost – kidnapp... | 36,932 | triviaqa-train |
"Who directed the 2005 version of the film ""King Kong""?" | , this time set in 1933, was released in 2005 from filmmaker Peter Jackson.
The most recent film, "" (2017), set in 1973, is part of Legendary Entertainment's MonsterVerse, which began with Legendary's reboot of "Godzilla" in 2014. A crossover sequel, "Godzilla vs. Kong", once again pitting the characters against one a... | Jackson's 2005 film "King Kong".
A second more elaborate ride was constructed at Universal Studios Florida on June 7, 1990, called "Kongfrontation". The ride featured a stand-alone extended version of "King Kong Encounter" and pinned guests escaping on the Roosevelt Island Tramway from Kong, who was rampaging across Ne... | 36,933 | triviaqa-train |
What is the French name for the grape that the Australians call Shiraz? | of the earliest domesticated microorganisms, occurs naturally on the skins of grapes, leading to the discovery of alcoholic drinks such as wine. The earliest archeological evidence for a dominant position of wine-making in human culture dates from 8,000 years ago in Georgia.
The oldest known winery was found in Armeni... | About 130 different grape varieties are used by commercial winemakers in Australia. Over recent years many winemakers have begun exploring so called "alternative varieties" other than those listed above. Many varieties from France, Italy and Spain for example Petit Verdot, Pinot grigio, Pinot noir, Sangiovese, Temprani... | 36,934 | triviaqa-train |
"Who directed the 2010 film ""127 Hours""?" | 127 Hours
127 Hours is a 2010 biographical survival drama film co-written, produced and directed by Danny Boyle. The film stars James Franco, Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn. In the film, canyoneer Aron Ralston must find a way to escape after he gets trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Bluejohn Canyon, south... | often seen portrayed realistically, in a politically correct way, whether it's junkies or slum orphans, and he has managed to make it realistic but also incredibly uplifting and joyful."
Film 2010s: "127 Hours", "Steve Jobs" and "T2 Trainspotting".
In 2010, Boyle directed the film "127 Hours", starring James Franco and... | 36,935 | triviaqa-train |
"In Dan Brown's ""Angels and Demons"" what is given as Robert Langdon's profession?" | Robert Langdon
Professor Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his "Robert Langdon" book series: "Angels & Demons" (2000), "The Da Vinci Code" (2003), "The Lost Symbol" (2009), "Inferno" (2013) and "Origin" (2017). He is a Harvard University professor of history of art and "symbology" ... | sale in particular proved particularly fortuitous: Dan Brown, a mathematics teacher at Phillips Academy in Exeter, NH, was particularly taken with Langdon's work, and asked Langdon if he would design an ambigram for his singer/songwriter son, whose next CD would be titled "Angels & Demons".
Career "Angels & Demons".
Th... | 36,936 | triviaqa-train |
From which language do we get the word 'yoga'? | closely related to Hindu Samkhya philosophy.
The impact of postural yoga on physical and mental health has been a topic of systematic studies, with evidence that regular yoga practice yields benefits for low back pain and stress. On December 1, 2016, yoga was listed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage.
Etymolo... | think of illusory body, the more dreams we will have. We will see them as dreams, rather than mistaking them for real life. We can do many things in dreams which we are unable to do while awake.
Yuthok "et al." (1997: p. 230) states that:
People who have practised dream yoga have been able to visit teachers they missed... | 36,937 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the epic poem ""The Song of Hiawatha""?" | The Song of Hiawatha
The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem in trochaic tetrameter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow which features Native American characters. The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman. Events in the story are ... | stories preserved by Schoolcraft is very true. But the idea of making me responsible for that is too ludicrous." Later scholars continued to debate the extent to which "The Song of Hiawatha" borrowed its themes, episodes, and outline from the "Kalevala."
Despite the critics, the poem was immediately popular with reader... | 36,938 | triviaqa-train |
Durres is the chief port of which country? | Durrës
Durrës (; , ), historically known as Epidamnos and Dyrrachium, is the second most populous city in the Republic of Albania. The city is the capital of the surrounding Durrës County, one of 12 constituent counties of the country. By air, it is northwest of Sarandë, west of Tirana, south of Shkodër and east of Rom... | population began to disarm. A tobacco plantation and a Coca-Cola factory were attacked. The SHIK chief resigned. Rebels occupied the port of Durrës.
- 15 March: Rinas airport was recovered by the government. Parliament approved the "Government of National Reconciliation." A "Committee for the Protection of Durres" was ... | 36,939 | triviaqa-train |
In which US state is the largest Kansas City? | Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had an estimated population of 491,918 in 2018, making it the 38th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the ... | and K-4 in LaCrosse.
US-183 reaches the largest city along its route in Kansas, Hays, where a western bypass of the highway provides direct access to Gross Memorial Coliseum and Fort Hays State University. US-183 is known as Vine Street in Hays and contains numerous businesses. US-183 runs through town for three miles ... | 36,940 | triviaqa-train |
Which river flows through Galway City in Ireland? | Galway
Galway (; , ) is a city in the West of Ireland in the province of Connacht.
Galway lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay, surrounded by County Galway, and is the sixth most populous city in Ireland, with a population at the 2016 Census of 79,934.
Galway will be the European Capital of Cult... | River Clarin
The River Clarin () is a fast-flowing river in Ireland, flowing through southern County Galway.
Course.
The River Clarin rises north of Attymon and snakes westwards, turning southwards through Athenry. Athenry Castle was built at a fording point on the river. It flows southwestwards and passes under the N1... | 36,941 | triviaqa-train |
Which species of deer was introduced to Britain at Woburn in the early 20th century? | . "Procervulus" (Palaeomerycidae), in addition to the tusks of "Dremotherium", possessed antlers that were not shed. Contemporary forms such as the merycodontines eventually gave rise to the modern pronghorn.
The Cervinae emerged as the first group of extant cervids around 7–9 Mya, during the late Miocene in central As... | They are adapted to severe weather extremes.
It may have become naturalized in England for a short period in the early 20th century as an escapee from Woburn, but were exterminated by 1945.
Ecology.
Ecology Diet.
The diet of the Siberian roe deer consists of over 600 species of plants – mostly herbaceous dicotyledons (... | 36,942 | triviaqa-train |
Tegel airport serves which European capital city? | Berlin Tegel Airport
Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport () is the main international airport of Berlin, the federal capital of Germany. It formerly served West Berlin. The airport is named after Otto Lilienthal and is the fourth busiest airport in Germany, with 20.5 million passengers in 2017 and about 22 million i... | Erfurt–Weimar Airport
Erfurt–Weimar Airport (, formerly "Erfurt Airport", ) serves Erfurt, the capital of the German state of Thuringia, and the nearby city of Weimar, both of which form the largest part of the state's central metropolitan area. The airport is west of Erfurt city center and is mainly used for seasonal ... | 36,943 | triviaqa-train |
Who is Australia's first female Prime Minister? | party under a spill motion as have many such as Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull.
Titles.
In the Russian constitution the prime minister is actually titled "Chairman of the government" while the Irish prime minister is called the (which is rendered into English as "prime minister"), and in Is... | his candidacy and resigned as party leader, leaving Gillard to take the leadership unopposed. Gillard was then sworn in as Australia's 27th Prime Minister by Governor-General Quentin Bryce and became Australia's first female Prime Minister on 24 June 2010, with Treasurer Wayne Swan being appointed Deputy Prime Minister... | 36,944 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of 'Take That's' 2010 album which marked the return to the band of Robbie Williams? | four-piece, scoring a string of chart hits across the UK and Europe while selling over 45 million records worldwide.
Williams rejoined Take That in 2010 for the band's sixth studio album, "Progress". Released on 15 November of that year, it was the first album of new material to feature Take That's original line-up sin... | thinking about what I was going to say."
On 15 July 2010, it was announced that Williams would be returning to the band. A joint statement between Williams and the group said, "The rumours are true ... Robbie is back ... and to celebrate, we've written and recorded a new album, due for release later this year." On the ... | 36,945 | triviaqa-train |
The chemical element Potassium's symbol K, comes from which Latin word? | minerals leucite and lepidolite, and realized that "potash" was not a product of plant growth but actually contained a new element, which he proposed to call "kali". In 1807, Humphry Davy produced the element via electrolysis: in 1809, Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert proposed the name "Kalium" for Davy's "potassium". In 1814, t... | the air.
Etymology.
As iron has been in use for such a long time, it has many different names in different languages. The source of its chemical symbol "Fe" is the Latin word "ferrum", and its descendants are the names of the element in the Romance languages (for example, French "fer", Spanish "hierro", and Italian and... | 36,946 | triviaqa-train |
The chemical element Sodium's symbol Na, comes from which Latin word? | Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na (from Latin "natrium") and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 of the periodic table, because it has a single electron in its outer shell, which it readily donates, creating a positively ... | the linguistic community. One hypothesis suggests it is derived from Proto-Indo-European "*lAudh-" ("lead"; capitalization of the vowel is equivalent to the macron). Another hypothesis suggests it is borrowed from Proto-Celtic "*ɸloud-io-" ("lead"). This word is related to the Latin "plumbum", which gave the element it... | 36,947 | triviaqa-train |
"Which artiste had the best-selling single of 2009, with ""Poker Face""?" | Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)
"Poker Face" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, "The Fame" (2008). It was released on September 26, 2008 as the album's second single. "Poker Face" is a synth-pop song in the key of G minor, following in the footsteps of her previous single "Just Dance", but ... | to her rock and roll boyfriends. The song's lyrics feature various sexual innuendos.
"Poker Face" was acclaimed by most critics, who praised the song's robotic hook and chorus. The song attained worldwide success, topping the charts in 20 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand... | 36,948 | triviaqa-train |
The Gulls is the nickname of which English Football League team? | Torquay United F.C.
Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. In 2019-20 the club will play in the National League, the fifth tier of English football, after winning the National League South during the 2018–19 season. They play their home matches at Plai... | Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is a professional football club in Bristol, England, which plays in League One, the third tier of English football. The team play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield.
The club was founded in 1883 as Black Arabs F.C., and were also known as Eastville Rovers a... | 36,949 | triviaqa-train |
The Luddite Riots appear in which of Charlotte Bronte's novels? | A talented amateur artist, Brontë personally did the drawings for the second edition of "Jane Eyre" and in the summer of 1834 two of her paintings were shown at an exhibition by the Royal Northern Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts in Leeds.
"Shirley" and bereavements.
In 1848 Brontë began work on the manus... | atmosphere, and the complex structure of "Copperfield" foreshadows the novels to come.
Sources and context Contemporaneous novels.
In 1847, "Jane Eyre", Charlotte Bronte's intense first-person narrative, was acclaimed as soon as it was published. Unlike Thackeray, who adored it, Dickens claims years later to have never... | 36,950 | triviaqa-train |
The Bantams is the nickname of which English Football League team? | league goals in a season: 128 – Division Three (North), 1928–29
- Most points (three points for a win): 94 – Division Three, 1984–85
- Most points (two points for a win): 63 – Division Three (North), 1928–29
"All records from Bradford City F.C. official website".
Sponsors.
Sponsors Stadium.
- 1995–1999 The Pulse
- 2005... | Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is a professional football club in Bristol, England, which plays in League One, the third tier of English football. The team play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield.
The club was founded in 1883 as Black Arabs F.C., and were also known as Eastville Rovers a... | 36,951 | triviaqa-train |
Which TV series was filmed in the Scottish village of Plockton? | palm) trees which have dominated Harbour Street since the 1960s, Plockton has a distinctive ‘sub-tropical appearance’ (Nicholson: 1975).
The Church of Scotland in the village (also used by the Free Church of Scotland) was designed by Thomas Telford .
Tourism.
The village is a tourist resort. The television series "Ha... | result of the Beeching Axe. The nearest railway stations are at Stranraer and Barrhill which are respectively and away from Newton Stewart.
Education.
Newton Stewart has three primary schools:
- Penninghame
- Minnigaff
- St Ninian’s RC
The town has one secondary school, the Douglas Ewart High School.
Media.
The horror ... | 36,952 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the yellow fluid that surroundsand lubricates cartilages in joints? | Synovial fluid
Synovial fluid, also called synovia, is a viscous, non-Newtonian fluid found in the cavities of synovial joints. With its egg white–like consistency, the principal role of synovial fluid is to reduce friction between the articular cartilage of synovial joints during movement. Synovial fluid is a small co... | . The pelvis is tilted more forward in active sitting, and this pelvic position situates the spine for proper alignment and postural health. Since the individual is able to move in a controlled manner during active sitting, the body will strengthen postural muscles to maintain balance. This conditioning of the core mus... | 36,953 | triviaqa-train |
In which organ of the body is the pineal gland? | system can be split up into the muscular system and the skeletal system.
Composition Systems Nervous system.
The nervous system consists of the body's neurons, which together form the nerves and ganglia which in turn form the brain and related structures. The brain is the organ of thought, emotion, memory, and sensory ... | , however, in lepidosaurs, it is formed from the parapineal gland. This implies that "Saniwa" reevolved the pineal eye.
Anatomy.
The parietal eye is a part of the epithalamus, which can be divided into two major parts; the epiphysis (the pineal organ, or pineal gland if mostly endocrine) and the parietal organ (often c... | 36,954 | triviaqa-train |
The Curragh and Punchestown racecourses are in which Irish county? | The island is noted for the breeding and training of race horses and is also a large exporter of racing dogs. The horse racing sector is largely concentrated in the [[County Kildare]].
Irish athletics has seen a heightened success rate since the year 2000, with [[Sonia O'Sullivan]] winning two medals at 5,000 metres on... | Education Campus are to be constructed in Millennium Park in the future.
The Irish Army's largest military base containing its command headquarters and training centre is located at the Curragh.
Kildare is the centre of the Irish horse industry. Kildare has more stud farms than any other county in Ireland. Several prom... | 36,955 | triviaqa-train |
In the USA, what date is Groundhog Day? | , according to known records.
The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is an entry on February 2, 1840, in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, according to the book on the subject by Don Yoder. This was a Welsh enclave but the diarist was commenting on his neighbors who were of Germa... | . If Phil does not see his shadow, he has predicted an "early spring." The date of Phil's prognostication is known as Groundhog Day in the United States and Canada, and has been celebrated since 1887. Punxsutawney Phil became an international celebrity thanks to the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day".
The people are recognizab... | 36,956 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Ed Milliband's second son, born in 2010? | Ed Miliband
Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005, being re-elected in 2010, 2015, and 2017. He was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition between 2010 and 2015. He also served in the Cabinet from... | Ed Young
Ed Young may refer to:
- Ed Young (illustrator) (born 1931), Chinese-born American illustrator and writer
- Dr. Ed Young (born 1936), full name Homer Edwin Young, senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church Houston
- Ed Young (pastor) (born 1961), pastor of Fellowship Church, son of Homer Edwin Young
- Ed Young... | 36,957 | triviaqa-train |
The pop group, The Beautiful South' were formed by twomembers of which earlier group? | The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group The Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band's existence were former Housemartins roadie Sean Welch (bass),... | Badfinger
Badfinger were a Welsh rock band formed in Swansea that were active from the 1960s to the 1980s. Their best-known lineup consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans, and Joey Molland. They are recognised for their influence on the 1970s power pop genre.
The band evolved from an earlier group called the Ive... | 36,958 | triviaqa-train |
Which Archbishop of Canterbury crowned Queen Elizabeth II? | . Geoffrey Fisher, 99th Archbishop of Canterbury, was the first since 1397 to visit Rome, where he held private talks with Pope John XXIII in 1960. In 2005, Rowan Williams became the first Archbishop of Canterbury to attend a papal funeral since the Reformation. He also attended the inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI. T... | Pope. Edward II was crowned by the Bishop of Winchester because the Archbishop of Canterbury had been exiled by Edward I. Mary I, a Catholic, refused to be crowned by the Protestant Archbishop Thomas Cranmer; the coronation was instead performed by the Bishop of Winchester. Elizabeth I was crowned by the Bishop of Carl... | 36,959 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1960's, whose band was the 'All Stars'? | under a marker inscribed with both his birth name of Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr. and his stage name.
Walker's "Shotgun" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.
Jr. Walker & The All Stars were voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2007.
Discography.
Discography Albums.
- Soul 701 – "Shotgun... | The Hollywood Getdown and fronts his funk/jazz group, The Raoul Duke Jazz All-Stars.
The original line-up of the band reunited for one night to open the 2009 Broad Ripple Music Fest on October 16, 2009. The performance was very well received and received the top honor in "The Indianapolis Star"'s Metromix readers' poll... | 36,960 | triviaqa-train |
"Who played the part of US marshal Rooster Cogburn in the 2011 film ""True Grit""?" | True Grit (2010 film)
True Grit is a 2010 American Revisionist Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers and executively produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously released in 1969 starring John Wayne and... | True Grit (1969 film)
True Grit is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kim Darby as Mattie Ross and John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts. Wayne won his... | 36,961 | triviaqa-train |
In which US state did the Battle of the Little Bighorn take place in 1876? | , along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull (... | be forced by the military to come in to the Great Sioux Reservation". That was in 1873, notably one year before the discovery of gold in the Black Hills, but the US government did not take action on this concept until three years later.
The Hunkpapa were among the victors in the Battle of Little Bighorn in the Crow Ind... | 36,962 | triviaqa-train |
In which US state did the Battle of Yorktown take place in 1781? | Siege of Yorktown
The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and Fren... | charge by "Mad" Anthony Wayne. The regiment was in action again at the Battle of Guilford Court House in March 1781 and at the Siege of Yorktown in September 1781.
A royal warrant dated 31 August 1782 bestowed county titles on all regiments of foot that did not already have a special designation ""to cultivate a connec... | 36,963 | triviaqa-train |
Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' was first published in which decade of the 19th century? | , in particular Mrs Jane Brookfield and Sally Baxter. In 1851 Mr Brookfield barred Thackeray from further visits to or correspondence with Jane. Baxter, an American twenty years Thackeray's junior whom he met during a lecture tour in New York City in 1852, married another man in 1855.
In the early 1840s Thackeray had s... | much scholarly debate on issues ranging from 19th-century social history, Victorian fashions, female psychology and gendered fiction.
Context.
Rebecca Sharp—generally known as Becky—is the main character in William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel, "Vanity Fair: A Novel Without A Hero", which was published increme... | 36,964 | triviaqa-train |
Cyrenaica is a province of which African country? | Africa (Roman province)
Africa Proconsularis was a Roman province on the northwest African coast that was established in 146 BC following the defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War. It roughly comprised the territory of present-day Tunisia, the northeast of Algeria, and the coast of western Libya along the Gulf of S... | the hands of the Greek rulers of Cyrenaica as Oea (, "Oía"). Cyrene was a colony on the North African shore, a bit east of Tambroli and halfway to Egypt. The Carthaginians later wrested it again from the Greeks.
By the later half of the 2nd century BC, Oea was conquered by the Romans, who included it in their province ... | 36,965 | triviaqa-train |
Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from Manchester University won which Nobel Prize in 2010? | Andre Geim
Sir Andre Konstantin Geim, FRS, HonFRSC, HonFInstP (born 21 October 1958) is a Soviet and Dutch-British physicist working in England in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.
Geim was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Konstantin Novoselov for his work on graph... | university aims to have five Nobel Laureates on its staff by 2015, at least two of whom will have full-time appointments, and three of which it is intended to secure by 2007. During Gilbert's tenure as vice chancellor, a Nobel Prize winner in economics, Joseph Stiglitz, was appointed the head of the Brooks World Povert... | 36,966 | triviaqa-train |
Joan, Countess of Salisbury, also known as The Fair Maid of Kent' and the mother of a King of England, was married to whom? | of King Henry VII), and queens consort Anne Neville, Elizabeth of York, and Catherine Parr.
When the last of Joan's siblings died in 1352, the lands and titles of her parents devolved upon her, and she became the 4th Countess of Kent and 5th Baroness Wake of Liddell. Her husband Holland was created Earl of Kent in righ... | Berry, Countess of Rodez, Armagnac, Perche, Fezensac, L’Isle-Jourdain, Porhoet, Pardiac, Viscountess of Lomagne, Fezenzaguet, Brulhois, Cressey, Auvillars, Baroness of Castelnau, Caussade, Montmiral, Lady of La Fleche and Bauge (inherited from her mother)
- Joan of Kent (1328–1385), also known as "the Fair Maid of Kent... | 36,967 | triviaqa-train |
Whose first hit was 'Rock Island Line'? | in Lincoln County, Arkansas, performed by a group of singers led by Kelly Pace.
In 1964, "The Penguin Book Of American Folk Songs", compiled and with notes by Alan Lomax, was published. It includes "Rock Island Line" with the following footnote:
According to Harry Lewman Music,
Lonnie Donegan's recording, released as a... | Doom Unit
Doom Unit is a Finnish Rock band from Tampere. It was formed in late 2008 and became famous since winning Radio Rock's Starba -competition in 2009. The band's first single (entitled "Killing Time") was a huge hit in Finland and also ended up as a theme music for Harper's Island TV-program in Finland.
Career.
... | 36,968 | triviaqa-train |
Which American president had a son named Kermit? | 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... | Robert Kermit
Robert Kermit (September 4, 1794 in New York City – March 13, 1855 in New York City) was an American shipowner and owner of the Red Star Line (also called the Kermit Line).
Kermit was the son of Captain Henry Kermit and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Kermit. His father had been master of the brig "Morning Star" (wh... | 36,969 | triviaqa-train |
Which Mediterranean island was conquered by Richard 1 in 1191? | Richard I of England
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of... | was changed into a castle. The easternmost of the three castles is Kantara castle. Sources only make mention of the castle in the year 1191, when Richard Lion-Heart captured the island.
Climate.
Kyrenia has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification "Csa") with long, dry and hot summers and cool ... | 36,970 | triviaqa-train |
Who has created the ITV serial 'Downton Abbey'? | Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey is a British historical period drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2010, and in the United States on PBS, which supported production of the series as part of its ... | New Forest, connecting Salisbury to the North and Poole to the South, meeting the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at West Moors.
Today, the site of the station is a residential estate.
The fictional Downton station of the early 20th century, depicted in the ITV drama series "Downton Abbey", was created at Horsted K... | 36,971 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first American President not of British descent? | hero of the American Revolutionary War, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, and president of the Constitutional Convention – became the first President of the United States under the new Constitution in 1789. The national capital moved from New York to Philadelphia in 1790 and finally settled in Washington DC i... | , the first president who was not of British descent, and whose first language was Dutch, the 26th president Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president, elected to four terms in office (1933 to 1945) and the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms.
Legacy Dutch language.
Legacy Dut... | 36,972 | triviaqa-train |
Who, dying in 1282, was the last Prince of an independent Wales? | an early distinct line but this was thwarted by Gruffudd ap Llewellyn, who reclaimed swathes of land beyond the dyke. The Act of Union of 1536 formed a linear border stretching from the mouth of the Dee to the mouth of the Wye. Even after the Act of Union, many of the borders remained vague and moveable until the Welsh... | , mobilised during the Welsh War of 1282–1283 with those of John Le Strange and Hugh le Despenser and it was their soldiers who ambushed and killed the last native Prince of Wales near Builth in 1282.
End of the Principality.
Owain ap Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn (alias Owen de la Pole) allegedly surrendered the principality... | 36,973 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nickname of the WW2 aircraft - Fairey Swordfish? | Fairey Swordfish
The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, in addition to having been equipped by the Royal Air Force (RAF) alongside multiple overs... | Bofors 57 mm gun
The Bofors 57 mm gun is a nickname or designation given to several types of guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors:
- Bofors 57 mm m/43 anti tank gun, a 57 mm anti tank gun for the Swedish army during WW2.
- Bofors 57 mm m/47 aircraft gun, a 57 mm aircraft autocannon for the Saab T 1... | 36,974 | triviaqa-train |
In snooker, whose nickname is 'The Nugget'? | Steve Davis
Steve Davis, (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player from Plumstead, London. He dominated the sport during the 1980s, when he reached eight World Championship finals in nine years, won six world titles, and held the world number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons. He i... | Club in Romford, where at the age of 18 the manager of the club brought his talent to the attention of Barry Hearn, chairman of the Lucania chain of snooker halls. Hearn became Davis' friend and manager. Paid £25 a match by Hearn, Davis toured the country, taking part in challenge matches against established profession... | 36,975 | triviaqa-train |
What American TV comedy of the 70s was based on Steptoe and Son? | Son" spin-off.
Other countries.
- United States: In 1965 Joseph E. Levine produced a pilot based on "The Offer" for the American market with Galton and Simpson. Starring Lee Tracy as Albert and Aldo Ray as Harold, it was unscreened, and did not lead to a series. The pilot was released on DVD in the UK in 2018. The conc... | Steptoe and Son Ride Again
Steptoe and Son Ride Again is a 1973 comedy film. It is a sequel to the film "Steptoe and Son" (1972) based on the television series. Again the film starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett.
Plot.
The Steptoes have retired their horse - because the horse is lame, after having to pull the... | 36,976 | triviaqa-train |
In 'Hamlet' whose grave is being dug when Yorick's skull is found? | old debate about Hamlet's hesitation to kill his uncle, which some see as merely a plot device to prolong the action but which others argue is a dramatisation of the complex philosophical and ethical issues that surround cold-blooded murder, calculated revenge, and thwarted desire. More recently, psychoanalytic critics... | Yorick
Yorick is a character in William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet". He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet’s upbringing:
Alas, p... | 36,977 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted 'The Birth of Venus' and 'Primavera'? | Primavera (painting)
Primavera (, meaning "Spring"), is a large panel painting in tempera paint by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli made in the late 1470s or early 1480s (datings vary). It has been described as "one of the most written about, and most controversial paintings in the world", and also "on... | meaning in the picture, with the little satyrs as "incubi" who torment sleepers, provoking "sexual terrors in the dreams of those bound in a state of sensual error and confusion." He concludes that "The idea of love here invested in Venus seems to be revealed, not in a positive celebration of the spirit animating natur... | 36,978 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2010 film, Eat, Pray, Love who plays the part of the book's author? | Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love is a 2010 American biographical romantic drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's 2006 memoir of the same name. Ryan Murphy co-wrote and directed the film, which was released in the United States on August 13, 2010. It received mixed to negative reviews from... | Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth M. Gilbert (born July 18, 1969) is an American author. She is best known for her 2006 memoir, "Eat, Pray, Love", which as of December 2010 had spent 199 weeks on the "New York Times Best Seller list", and which was also made into a film by the same name in 2010.
Early life.
Gilbert was born ... | 36,979 | triviaqa-train |
Which country introduced the 'Cult of the Supreme Being' in 1794, intended to become the state religion? | Cult of the Supreme Being
The Cult of the Supreme Being () was a form of deism established in France by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution. It was intended to become the state religion of the new French Republic and a replacement for Roman Catholicism and its rival, the Cult of Reason.
It went unsuppor... | first state to reject religion altogether. Radicals intended to replace Christianity with a new state religion, or an deistic ideology. Maximilien Robespierre rejected atheistic ideologies and intended to create a new religion. Churches were closed, and Catholic Mass was forbidden. The Cult of the Supreme Being was wel... | 36,980 | triviaqa-train |
Flora Poste and the Starkadder family appear in which novel? (a parody of those by Mary Webb) | Mary Webb
Mary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English romantic novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people whom she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film "Gone to ... | The plot of the Science Fiction novel "Ensign Flandry" by the Danish American writer Poul Anderson takes place on a planet named "Starkad".
The modern Danish name, "Stærkodder" has been used for a war ship in the Royal Danish Navy.
Starkad (or "Starkadder") is the central figure in a trilogy of fantasy novels by the au... | 36,981 | triviaqa-train |
Bert Hardy (1913-1995) was best known for what? | and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King. Hardy freelanced for "The Bicycle" magazine, and bought his first small-format Leica 35 mm. He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a photographer, then founded his own freelance firm Criterion.
Picture Post and World War II.
In 1941, Hardy was recrui... | Bert Hardy
Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the "Picture Post" magazine between 1941 and 1957.
Life and work.
Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London. The eldest of seven children, he ... | 36,982 | triviaqa-train |
What is the worlds' largest carnivorous marsupial? | Marsupial
Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia (from Latin "marsupium" "pouch"). All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to these species is that most of the young are carried in a pouch. Well-known marsupials include kangaroos... | Marsupial lion
The marsupial lion ("Thylacoleo carnifex") is an extinct species of carnivorous marsupial mammal that lived in Australia from the early to the late Pleistocene (1,600,000–46,000 years ago). Despite its name, it is not closely related to the lion, but is a member of the order Diprotodontia, one of the tax... | 36,983 | triviaqa-train |
Which architect designed Manchester Town Hall? | Manchester Town Hall
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian, Neo-gothic municipal building in Manchester, England. It is the ceremonial headquarters of Manchester City Council and houses a number of local government departments. The building faces Albert Square to the north and St Peter's Square to the south, with Manches... | 53 King Street
53 King Street is an Edwardian Baroque bank on King Street in Manchester, England. Designed by architect Charles Heathcote, it opened in 1913 and was granted Grade II listed building status in 1974. It used to house a branch of Lloyds TSB. In 2009, the building was sold for £6 million. The building stand... | 36,984 | triviaqa-train |
In the world of rock music, how is Paul Hewson better known? | "Bono Vox of O'Connell Street", and finally just "Bono". "Bono Vox" is an alteration of "Bonavox", a Latin phrase which translates to "good voice". It is said he was nicknamed "Bono Vox" by his friend Gavin Friday. He initially disliked the name; however, when he learned it translated to "good voice", he accepted it. H... | John Goldrosen, and was directed by Steve Rash.
Plot.
Buddy Holly, a teenager from Lubbock, Texas, emerges into the world of rock and roll with friends and bandmates, drummer Jesse Charles and bass player Ray Bob Simmons, forming a trio known as The Crickets.
The band's first break comes when it is invited to Nashville... | 36,985 | triviaqa-train |
The Bible Student Movement founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1872 is now known by which name? | the name "Bible Students". Those who maintained fellowship with the Watch Tower Society adopted the name "Jehovah's witnesses" in 1931, while those who severed ties with the Society formed their own groups including the Pastoral Bible Institute in 1918, the Laymen's Home Missionary Movement in 1919, and the Dawn Bible ... | Dawn Bible Students Association
The Dawn Bible Students Association is a Christian organization and movement, and a legal entity used by a branch of the Bible Student Movement.
It was founded with the intention of becoming a publishing house to begin printing and distributing the first six volumes of the Studies in the... | 36,986 | triviaqa-train |
In 2006 Lord Michael Levy earned himself which nickname? | Michael Levy, Baron Levy
Michael Abraham Levy, Baron Levy, (born 11 July 1944) was a practising Chartered Accountant and Chairman & CEO of a large independent group of music companies, and is a Labour Peer.
He is the President of Volunteering Matters, Jewish Care, Jewish Free School (JFS) and Jewish Lads' and Girls' B... | edition of 20 January 2006 of "SmackDown!" against Matt Hardy, which ended in a disqualification loss for Finlay. After the match, Finlay dragged Hardy to the steel ring steps and smashed Hardy's face into them with his boot, quickly establishing himself as a villain. This helped to give him the nickname, "The Fighting... | 36,987 | triviaqa-train |
'Band of Joy' is the latest album (2010) for which artist? | Band of Joy
Band of Joy (sometimes known as Robert Plant and the Band of Joy) are a rock band from England. Various line-ups of the group performed from 1965 to 1968 and from 1977 to 1983. Robert Plant revived the band's name in 2010 for a concert tour of North America and Europe.
The band is notable for including two ... | on CD and Vinyl on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
During this time, San Francisco-based artist, musician, and Red Bull enthusiast Jesse Jackson (of Flaspar and Sissy Spacek) joined the band on tour to play auxiliary guitar.
Liars are featured on the latest Beck 'Record Club' in which they covered the INXS album "Kick". Angus ... | 36,988 | triviaqa-train |
The air sacs which make up most of the lungs of mammals are known as what? | which shares space in the chest with the heart. The lungs together weigh approximately , and the right is heavier. The lungs are part of the lower respiratory tract that begins at the trachea and branches into the bronchi and bronchioles, and which receive air breathed in via the conducting zone. The conducting zone en... | cattle. The two most important facets of kangaroos' better ecological fit than European agricultural animals relate to their adaptation to Australia's aridity. Kangaroos have small chest development and so require less water to breathe than placental mammals, which usually must expand a diaphragm. This means they lose ... | 36,989 | triviaqa-train |
Uncia Uncia is the Latin name for which animal? | "Uncia uncia" was used by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1930 when he reviewed skins and skulls of "Panthera" species from Asia. He also described morphological differences between leopard ("P. pardus") and snow leopard skins.
"Panthera baikalensis-romanii" was proposed by a Russian scientist in 2000 for a dark brown snow le... | benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.
Taxonomy.
Its genus name "Bubulcus" is Latin for herdsman, referring, like the English name, to this species' association with cattle. "Ibis" is a Latin and Greek word which originally referred to another white wading bird, t... | 36,990 | triviaqa-train |
Whose summer residence is the Castelgandalfo? | grounds of Castel Gandolfo to refugees escaping the fighting taking place around Rome. On January 22, 1944, the first of what became 12,000 people began arriving on the property, often bringing with them their cows, horses, mules and sheep. Included were many Roman Jews, and other non-Catholics. During the time they li... | was based on the type of wrestler that Vince McMahon would want to be. He was billed as having a spring residence in Palm Beach, Florida, a summer residence in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, an autumn residence in Bel Air, California, and a winter residence in the Netherlands Antilles.
DiBiase had a bodyguard by the name... | 36,991 | triviaqa-train |
Which great river flows though China, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea? | of Tonkin by Peter Clift has shown that the Red River Fault was active and causing basin formation at least by 37 million years ago in the NW South China Sea, consistent with extrusion playing a part in the formation of the sea. Since opening the South China Sea has been the repository of large sediment volumes deliver... | and flows through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, where it empties into the South China Sea. It is a major trading route between China's southwestern Yunnan Province and the countries of Southeast Asia. After leaving China the river flows through the Golden Triangle area where the borders of Myanmar, Th... | 36,992 | triviaqa-train |
Which British composer wrote 'The Midsummer Marriage' and `The Knot Garden'? | The Knot Garden
The Knot Garden is the third opera by composer Michael Tippett for which he wrote the original English libretto. The work had its first performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 2 December 1970 conducted by Sir Colin Davis and produced by Sir Peter Hall. There is a recording with the origi... | appeared regularly as a jury member for competitions such as the BBC Young Musician of the Year and the Mary Garden award. In this capacity he was frequently invited overseas as the British representative on international juries.
More recently he became much in demand as a lecturer, speaker and translator and was also ... | 36,993 | triviaqa-train |
Which semi-aquatic carnivorous mammals belong to the genus `Lutra'? | Lutra
Lutra is a genus of otters, one of seven in the subfamily Lutrinae.
Taxonomy and evolution.
The genus includes these recent species:
Taxonomy and evolution Extant Species.
The genus most likely evolved in Asia during the late Pliocene epoch; the oldest fossil belonging to the genus is of the species "L. palaeindi... | extent if the bird indeed was a carnivorous semi-aquatic species.
As only tentative inferences can be made about the habits of "Eremopezus", it is not clear why it became extinct. Still, nothing even remotely resembling a possible descendant is known or inferred, making it rather likely that its lineage did not progres... | 36,994 | triviaqa-train |
Which sailing ship, named after the witch in Burns' poem 'Tam O'Shanter', is preserved in dry dock at Greenwich? | Caught in a storm in the English Channel she put into Falmouth harbour where she was spotted by retired merchant navy captain Wilfred Dowman of Flushing, Cornwall, who was then operating the training ship "Lady of Avenel". The ship returned to Lisbon, where she was sold to new owners and renamed "Maria do Amparo" (Mary... | The Tam O' Shanter Urban Cottage on Bidston Hill, Wirral, Merseyside was named after the poem in 1837 after being built beyond a stream which was said to repel witches. It attracts both Robert Burns fans and local witches and Wicca historians.
The Tam O'Shanter Inn in Glendale, California was named after the Robert Bur... | 36,995 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is the medicine consisting of a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water called? | product was patented two years after his death in 1873.
The term "milk of magnesia" was first used by Charles Henry Phillips in 1872 for a suspension of magnesium hydroxide formulated at about 8%w/v. It was sold under the brand name "Phillips' Milk of Magnesia" for medicinal usage.
Although the name may at some point h... | Barekese Dam
Barekese Dam is a dam on the Ofin River that supports the main water treatment plant for Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, supplying about 80 percent of the potable water for the city and its surrounding environs. It is operated by the Ghana Water Company.
History.
The Dam was built by Ghana's first P... | 36,996 | triviaqa-train |
Which area of the USA is generally accepted to be north of the Ohio River, west of Lake Eyre and east of the Great Plains? | Kentucky
Kentucky ( ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, "(because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used)" Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constitut... | River towards Lake Eyre. The Great Artesian Basin lies below these plains and more rich patches of wildlife are found around mound springs stemming from the basin.
The mulga lands are sparsely populated and mostly used for grazing sheep and cattle.
Ecology.
The Mulga Lands are defined by their plant life and poor soil... | 36,997 | triviaqa-train |
Which dynasty has ruled the Netherlands since 1815? | after the House of Orange-Nassau. Like the country itself, the team is sometimes (also colloquially) referred to as Holland. The fan club is known as the "Het Oranje Legioen".
The Netherlands has competed in ten FIFA World Cups, appearing in the finals three times (in 1974, 1978 and 2010). They have also appeared in ni... | and the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 16 March 1815 until 23 November 1890. While Wilhelmina succeeded Willem III in the Netherlands, this was not possible in Luxembourg due to the order of succession being based on Salic law at that time; he was succeeded instead by Adolphe. In a referendum held on 28 September 1919... | 36,998 | triviaqa-train |
"Which genus of plants includes ""busy lizzie"" and ""touch-me- not""?" | Impatiens walleriana
Impatiens walleriana (syn. "Impatiens sultanii"), also known as busy Lizzie (British Isles), balsam, sultana, or simply impatiens, is a species of the genus "Impatiens", native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. The Latin specific epithet "walleriana" honours a British missionary, Horace W... | H.C. plunks down a hundred dollars for the promise of rain within twenty-four hours. But Lizzie sees through Starbuck's pretenses, and he instantly sees through hers ("You're Not Foolin' Me"). His accusations touch a nerve, and as he exits, a childhood song runs through her head ("Cinderella") that darkens her mood fur... | 36,999 | triviaqa-train |
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