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What kind of creature is a bobolink? | Bobolink
The bobolink ("Dolichonyx oryzivorus") is a small New World blackbird and the only member of the genus Dolichonyx. An old name for this species is the "Rice Bird", from its tendency to feed on cultivated grains. The name "Bobolink" is derived from Bob o' Lincoln, describing its call. Adults are long with short... | 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 ... | 37,700 | triviaqa-train |
Which English football team won soccer's First Division title in 1946/47 season, the first after World War Two? | The Football League rebranded itself as the English Football League prior to the 2016–17 season, with its top level becoming the EFL Championship at that time.
Liverpool were the most frequent winners of the First Division when it was the top flight of English football, winning it a total of 18 times.
Trophy and player... | because of World War II.
History After World War II (1945–1980).
The league resumed play in 1945–46 with a title for KV Mechelen. At the start of that season, the First Division went from 16 to 19 clubs, with 3 clubs promoted from the First Division and no team being relegated. The top scorer award was also introduced... | 37,701 | triviaqa-train |
Who provided the voice of cartoon character Bugs Bunny, from 1940 until his death in 1989? | Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bro... | and "Duck! Rabbit, Duck!") with Fudd, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck. An earlier character named Egghead set some of Elmer's aspects before the character's more conspicuous features were set.
Egghead.
Tex Avery introduced a new character in his cartoon short "Egghead Rides Again", released July 17, 1937. Egghead initially ... | 37,702 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the area between the two arms of the Rhone delta, famous for its flamingos, bulls and grey horses? | . The resulting delta constitutes the Camargue region.
Etymology.
The name "Rhone" continues the name (Greek ) in Greco-Roman geography. The Gaulish name of the river was or (from a PIE root *"ret-" "to run, roll" frequently found in river names).
The Greco-Roman as well as the reconstructed Gaulish name is masculine, ... | all combined, create a pictoresque landscape.
It is a land of campinos (the regional name given to the cattle herders), horses, bulls and nature that help making Vale de Figueira a unique place in the Ribatejo region. The village is rich in the production of vine and cereals.
There is not a consensus, but most believe ... | 37,703 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the world's highest (uninterrupted) waterfall? | Falls in his honor. The name of the waterfall—"Salto del Ángel"—was first published on a Venezuelan government map in December 1939.
Angel's plane remained on top of the tepui for 33 years before being lifted out by helicopter. It was restored at the Aviation Museum in Maracay and now sits outdoors on the front of the ... | of the much larger Chimantá Massif, with which it shares its two native species: "H. exappendiculata" and "H. pulchella".
Eastern range Auyán Massif.
The Auyán Massif is dominated by Auyán Tepui, a vast U-shaped plateau incised from the north by a deep central valley. It rises from 1600 m in the northwest to 2450 m in ... | 37,704 | triviaqa-train |
What starts at Cheriton and ends at Sangatte? | Cheriton, Kent
Cheriton is a northern suburb of Folkestone in Kent. It is the location of the English terminal of the Channel Tunnel as well as of the major army barracks of Shorncliffe Camp.
History.
The coastal plain where the North Downs meet the Strait of Dover has been of strategic importance since ancient times. ... | ("Il n'y a rien de nouveau"): The British will continue issuing checks that will just compensate a grand total's fraction.
It is expected that by 2019 Netherlands will join the arrangement with immigration checks in Netherlands, allowing direct trains from Amsterdam to London through the Eurotunnel.
Rail.
Rail Eurotunn... | 37,705 | triviaqa-train |
The airport Cristoforo Colombo is in which city? | East, he is credited with the opening of the Americas for conquest and settlement by Europeans.
Columbus's early life is somewhat obscure, but scholars generally agree that he was born in the Republic of Genoa and spoke a dialect of Ligurian as his first language. He went to sea at a young age and travelled widely, as ... | (ANM depot) – Port (Via Cristoforo Colombo)
Due to further work on the construction of Municipio metro station, the movement of trams into Piazza Vittoria is temporarily suspended.
To work around this problem, the city considered building a temporary terminus, which would have been located in Via Cristoforo Colombo. If... | 37,706 | triviaqa-train |
James Stewart was the real name of an English actor who was on stage from 1935. He was an officer in the British Army in WWII. His first starring film role was in The Man in Grey in 1943. What was his professional name? | Mason, Stewart Granger and Martita Hunt, and melded together elements of the successful "women's pictures" of the time with distinct new elements.
Plot.
In 1943, a Wren (Phyllis Calvert) and an RAF pilot (Stewart Granger) meet at an auction of Rohan family heirlooms, now all being sold off after the last of the Rohan m... | a stage production of "Rebecca" when he was asked to audition for the film that turned him into a star. Granger had been recommended by Donat, who most recently worked with Granger on stage in "To Dream Again".
Career Stardom: Gainsborough melodramas 1943–46.
Granger's first starring film role was as the acid-tongued R... | 37,707 | triviaqa-train |
Who replaced Mickey Arthur as coach of the Australian cricket team in June? | David Warner were stood down as captain and vice-captain during the third Test while head coach, Darren Lehmann was suspected to have assisted Cameron Bancroft to tamper the ball. The ICC imposed a one-match ban and 100%-match-fee fine on Smith, while Bancroft was fined 75 per cent of his match fee and received 3 demer... | and gained renown for his disregard for physical fitness and modern dietary regimes. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2007.
He coached the IPL teams Deccan Chargers from 2009 to 2012 and Kings XI Punjab in 2013. He also coached Queensland during the 2010/11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, in pla... | 37,708 | triviaqa-train |
In which castle was Charles I imprisoned from 1647 to 1648? | , while more ultimately fruitless negotiations took place. By November, he determined that it would be in his best interests to escape – perhaps to France, Southern England or to Berwick-upon-Tweed, near the Scottish border. He fled Hampton Court on 11 November, and from the shores of Southampton Water made contact wit... | army at Southwell in Nottinghamshire. Charles was eventually handed over to the English Parliament by the Scots and imprisoned. This marked the end of the First English Civil War.
Second English Civil War (1648–1649).
Charles I took advantage of the deflection of attention away from himself to negotiate on 28 December ... | 37,709 | triviaqa-train |
To whom is Sophie Dahl married? | Patricia Neal. Her paternal grandparents were the actor Stanley Holloway and Violet Lane, a former chorus dancer. Dahl was the inspiration for Sophie, the main character in her maternal grandfather's book "The BFG". She is married to the singer Jamie Cullum.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
Dahl was born in London to t... | He graduated with the cand.med. degree in 1892. After serving briefly in Trondhjem, he was municipal physician in Nord-Aurdal from 1892 to 1895, then private physician in Lillestrøm. He eventually became municipal physician, and also physician for the garrison at Kjeller Airport. In the winter of 1939–1940 he served on... | 37,710 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does the cheese manchego originate? | Manchego
Manchego (officially , ) is a cheese made in the La Mancha region of Spain from the milk of sheep of the Manchega breed. It is aged between 60 days and 2 years.
Manchego has a firm and compact consistency and a buttery texture, and often contains small, unevenly distributed air pockets. The colour of the chees... | milk, and Mexican "manchego" is made with cows’ milk or cows’ and goats’ milks. Many of Mexico's cheeses are regional specialties, but the most common ones mentioned here are known and made throughout the country. Most of the time, cheese is used to top dishes as a condiment rather than as a main ingredient.
The most b... | 37,711 | triviaqa-train |
"Who for 17 years from 1976 presented ""One Man and His Dog?" | One Man and His Dog
One Man and His Dog is a BBC television series in the United Kingdom featuring sheepdog trials, originally presented by Phil Drabble, with commentary by Eric Halsall and, later, by Ray Ollerenshaw. It was first aired on 17 February 1976 and continues today (since 2013) as a special annual edition of... | .
Drabble was best known as presenter of the long-running TV series "One Man and His Dog", in which he commentated on sheepdog trials for 17 years from 1976 to 1993. At its peak the BBC programme attracted more than 8 million viewers and even the Queen was a fan, asking Drabble for advice after her liberty budgies were... | 37,712 | triviaqa-train |
Robert Diamond is the Chief Executive of which British bank? | Barclays
Barclays plc () is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company, headquartered in London. Apart from investment banking, Barclays is organised into four core businesses: personal banking, corporate banking, wealth management, and investment management.
Barclays traces its origins to a... | Wales. She is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, and Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Bankers. She is also a Member of the Kenya Institute of Directors.
Career.
When she returned to Kenya in 1996, she was hired by Diamond Trust Bank Group as the regional financial controller. Five years later, she was... | 37,713 | triviaqa-train |
Which Carry On film Starred Phil Silvers? | 30-episode "The New Phil Silvers Show", with co-stars Stafford Repp, Herbie Faye, Buddy Lester, Elena Verdugo as his sister, Audrey, and her children, played by Ronnie Dapo and Sandy Descher. In 1967, he starred as a guest in one of the British Carry On films, "Follow That Camel", a Foreign Legion parody in which he pl... | expanded role as "Marcus Lycus". David Burns did not return for the film role of Senex, which was played in the film by Michael Hordern. Buster Keaton made his final film appearance in the role of Erronius.
Productions Broadway revivals.
A revival opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 4, 1972 and clo... | 37,714 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the birth country of Archbishop John Sentamu? | John Sentamu
John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu (; ; born 10 June 1949) is an Anglican bishop, serving as the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of York, and Primate of England. The position of Archbishop of York is the second most senior clerical position in the Church of England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury,... | to a statement from Archbishop Welby at IICSA, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, in which Justin Welby stated
Matt Ineson, the victim and survivor at the heart of the case, has called for the resignations of Archbishop Sentamu and Bishop Steven Croft.
Styles.
- "The Reverend" John Sentamu (1979–1984)
- ... | 37,715 | triviaqa-train |
Which TV celebrity is married to Charles Saatchi? | cook Nigella Lawson, having drawn disapproval when she moved in with him nine months after her previous husband's death. In January 2011, Saatchi and Lawson moved from their former home in Belgravia to a new home in Chelsea, London. This was a double fronted seven-bedroom villa converted from its former use as a wareho... | Irish TV series "Celebrity Farm" where he was the fourth farmhand to be evicted. Sharkey's difficult relationship with the other celebrity contestants was the subject of news media attention. He refused to join cast members on a reunion show on RTÉ One's The Late Late Show, choosing to appear on the rival network, TV3'... | 37,716 | triviaqa-train |
Which BBC journalist has been revealed as the secret son of the late Peter Woods? | Peter Woods (journalist)
Peter Holmes Woods (7 November 1930 – 22 March 1995) was a British journalist, reporter and newsreader. He was one of the BBC's best known broadcasters of his day. He was the biological father of BBC broadcaster Justin Webb.
Early life.
Born in Romford, Essex, Woods was educated at Hull Grammar... | conclusion of the 2017 event Spider-Men II, it is revealed that the Ultimate Universe had been restored to the multiverse and that Peter has returned to New York with Mary Jane and had now fully reestablished himself as Spider-Man (Miles Morales having been integrated into Earth 616 history following the events of Secr... | 37,717 | triviaqa-train |
Which US City is not part of any US State? | States" is also standard. Other common forms are the "U.S.", the "USA", and "America". Colloquial names are the "U.S. of A." and, internationally, the "States". "Columbia", a name popular in poetry and songs of the late 18th century, derives its origin from Christopher Columbus; it appears in the name "District of Colu... | , which provides access to Will Rogers World Airport, the main airport for Oklahoma City and most of central Oklahoma. SH-152 then ends at Interstate 44.
History.
The first addition of any part of what is now SH-152 to the state highway system occurred between May 1, 1926 and November 1, 1927. Sometime between these da... | 37,718 | triviaqa-train |
Which BBC Local Radio Station began as Radio Blackburn in 1971? | BBC Radio Lancashire
BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the county of Lancashire, in North West England. It began as BBC Radio Blackburn on 26 January 1971 on 96.4FM, then adding 854 kHz AM in 1972 and changing to its current name on 4 July 1981. It broadcasts from studios in Blackburn on 95.5 (Ham... | BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996.
Martyn Weston is the station's managing ... | 37,719 | triviaqa-train |
Which Member of The SDP failed to win the 1981 Warrington By-Election? | Social Democratic Party (UK)
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a centrist political party in the United Kingdom. The party supported a mixed economy (favouring a system inspired by the German social market economy), electoral reform, European integration and a decentralized state while rejecting the possibility of ... | took a more welfarist position than the Conservative Party, being more sceptical of Conservative welfare reforms (particularly regarding the National Health Service).
At the party's first electoral contest, Jenkins narrowly failed to win a by-election at Warrington in July 1981, describing it as his "first defeat, but ... | 37,720 | triviaqa-train |
The Urbis Centre in Manchester is soon to be the home of which national museum? | Urbis
Urbis was an exhibition and museum in Manchester, England, designed by Ian Simpson. The building opened in June 2002 as part of the redevelopment of Exchange Square known as the Millennium Quarter. Urbis was commissioned as a 'Museum of the City' but visitor numbers were lower than expected and a switch was made ... | in Manchester, amongst other displays, charts the rise of science and industry and especially the part Manchester played in its development; the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council described the displays as "pre-eminent collections of national and international importance". Urbis began its life as a museum of the m... | 37,721 | triviaqa-train |
Munich is the capital of which German state? | breached in AD 260. Migrating Germanic tribes commingled with the local Gallo-Roman populations in what is now Swabia and Bavaria. The arrival of the Huns in Europe resulted in Hun conquest of large parts of Eastern Europe, the Huns initially were allies of the Roman Empire who fought against Germanic tribes, but later... | which is followed by a Q&A by the jury.
Among the partners of Best of X are the biggest German venture capital fund High-Tech Gründerfonds, the state bank of North-Rhine Westphalia NRW.BANK, the ESA and several others.
References.
- Article in the newspaper 'Express'
- TÜV about the success of BOX
- German 'Gründersze... | 37,722 | triviaqa-train |
Which Pacific Island is known as Rapa Nui to the local inhabitants? | Easter Island
Easter Island (, ) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. Easter Island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called "moai", created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Isla... | abundant and hunted by the inhabitants. The island also supports a population of brown bears. In the spring crested auklet nest on the island. The straits between Paramushir and Shumshu island support a notably dense population of sea otters; harbor seals are also common. North Pacific right whales, one of the rarest a... | 37,723 | triviaqa-train |
Before his election, Pope Benedict XVI was Archbishop of which City? | had established himself as a highly regarded university theologian by the late 1950s and was appointed a full professor in 1958. After a long career as an academic and professor of theology at several German universities, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and Cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1977, an unusua... | by Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) on 8 September 2004; he is one of only 26 bishops consecrated by the former Pope.
After the election of Pope Benedict XVI Forte was seen by some as a possible successor to become Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, before William Levada was chosen. ... | 37,724 | triviaqa-train |
When Sunderland won the 1973 FA Cup, under Bob Stokoe, who did they defeat in the final? | War was their second FA Cup in 1973, when the club secured a 1–0 victory over Leeds United. The team has won the second tier title five times in that period and the third tier title once.
Sunderland play their home games at the 49,000-capacity all-seater Stadium of Light having moved from Roker Park in 1997. The origin... | striker, Albert Stubbins also guested for Sunderland several times during the 1941–42 season, including an appearance in the Wartime Cup Final, which Sunderland lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers despite a Stubbins goal.
Crossing the divide Managers.
Bob Stokoe, who won the FA Cup as a player with Newcastle in 1955, was m... | 37,725 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the only one of his own films that Hitchcock ever remade? | two "Film Weekly" scholarship winners. "An Elastic Affair" is one of the lost films.
In 1933 Hitchcock was once again working for Michael Balcon at Gaumont-British. His first film for the company, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934), was a success; his second, "The 39 Steps" (1935), was acclaimed in the UK and made Hitc... | Yorker" called the film "one of the saltiest and most endearing" films Hitchcock ever directed, adding, "Sometimes in his career, Hitchcock has seemed to manipulate the audience; in this, his fifty-third film, he is our accomplice, turning his sense of play to our benefit." Richard Combs of "The Monthly Film Bulletin" ... | 37,726 | triviaqa-train |
Name the British inventor of the jet engine? | , especially, sustained operation.
The first patent for using a gas turbine to power an aircraft was filed in 1921 by Maxime Guillaume. His engine was an axial-flow turbojet, but was never constructed, as it would have required considerable advances over the state of the art in compressors. Alan Arnold Griffith publish... | was undergoing ground tests when he was drawn into the port engine. The engine was shut down immediately and he was taken to hospital, but he died the same day.
Accidents and incidents Death of Hugh Reeves.
Hugh Reeves was a British inventor and engineer. He was involved in a project to reduce noise in jet engines. On ... | 37,727 | triviaqa-train |
Which racecourse hosts The Lincoln Handicap? | Lincoln Handicap
The Lincoln Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at Doncaster in late March or early April.
It is traditionally the feature event on the first Saturday of Britain's turf flat racing season. It... | and Queen Elizabeth Stakes run in July.
Newbury Racecourse is in the civil parish of Greenham, adjoining the town of Newbury. It has courses for flat races and over jumps. It hosts one of Great Britain's 32 Group 1 races, the Lockinge Stakes. It also hosts the Hennessy Gold Cup, which is said to be the biggest handicap... | 37,728 | triviaqa-train |
Give the name of the restaurant charity formed by Jamie Oliver to help disadvantaged young people? | first to Huntington, West Virginia and then to Los Angeles to change the way Americans eat, and address their dependence on fast food.
Oliver's holding company, Jamie Oliver Holdings Ltd., earned enough for Oliver to have been listed on "The Sunday Times" list of richest Britons under 30.
In December 2009 Oliver receiv... | own charity's such as Help a Capital Child, Have a Heart and the Classic FM Foundation.
In 1975, Capital FM’s charity Help a London Child was established by the late Sir Richard Attenborough, to help disadvantaged young people in the capital. He once said: “Disadvantaged children don’t have less imagination, just less ... | 37,729 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the only posthumous World Motor Racing Champion? | Jochen Rindt
Karl Jochen Rindt (; 18 April 1942 – 5 September 1970) was a German-born racing driver who represented Austria during his career. In , he was killed during practice for the Italian Grand Prix and became the only driver to be posthumously awarded the Formula One World Drivers' Championship.
Rindt started mo... | .
Racing sports Motorsports Auto racing.
The first and Greatest Chilean driver was Juan Zanelli, who competed in the Grand Prix motor racing. motorsport and win 3 Grand Prix, plus champion in the European Hill Climb Championship. Eliseo Salazar, is the only driver in the world to participate in the "magic square" of wo... | 37,730 | triviaqa-train |
Which poet wrote the children's fantasy novel, The Box of Delights? | The Box of Delights
The Box of Delights is a children's fantasy novel by John Masefield. It is a sequel to "The Midnight Folk", and was first published in 1935.
Plot.
Kay Harker is returning from boarding school when he finds himself mixed up in a battle to possess a magical box. It allows the owner to shrink in size, ... | death in 1967, but alongside his poetry he also wrote books for children. "The Box of Delights: or When the Wolves Were Running", published in 1935, was the sequel to his 1927 book "The Midnight Folk". Masefield's novel had been adapted by the BBC for radio several times; a six-part adaptation, with a script by Robert ... | 37,731 | triviaqa-train |
Name the TV chat show hosted by John Freeman and later by Jeremy Isaacs, which ran on BBC television 1958 to 62 and 89 to 98 with one guest each week? | documentary series on BBC2.
From 1990 to 1998, Isaacs was the interviewer in a revival of the BBC series "Face to Face"; the former politician and journalist John Freeman had filled this role in the original 1959–62 run.
Ted Turner sought out Isaacs (confusing him with the actor Jeremy Irons) for the role of executive ... | weekly gossip magazine. The celebrities in question had to endure the Street-Porter tongue as she decided each week which of them to fire.
In 2011, Street-Porter became a regular panellist on ITV's chat show "Loose Women". In 2013, she appeared in "Celebrity MasterChef" reaching the final three. She also appeared in th... | 37,732 | triviaqa-train |
Apart from The Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia, which is the other National Park in Wales? | The Brecon Beacons National Park.
The Brecon Beacons are one of four ranges of mountains and hills in South Wales which make up the Brecon Beacons National Park. The National Park was established in 1957, the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in 1952.
Mount... | to as the Desert of Wales. The area includes the sources of the River Severn and River Wye, and was unsuccessfully proposed as a national park in the 1960s and 1970s. The highest point of the range is Plynlimon, at .
The wider, more historic, use of the term also includes Snowdonia in North Wales, and the Brecon Beacon... | 37,733 | triviaqa-train |
"Clare Grogan, singer with ""Altered Images"" first found fame as an actress in which film?" | and television actress. Prior to finding fame with Altered Images, she appeared in the 1981 film "Gregory's Girl". Afterwards she appeared in "Red Dwarf" (in which she originated the role of Kristine Kochanski), "EastEnders", "Father Ted", and "Skins". In recent years she has also become a presenter on UK television, a... | least do not mind due to her clear intelligence and competence. The novel ends with Kochanski and Lister, stranded on an idyllic world in an unknown parallel universe, attempting to start a family with help from the Luck virus.
Casting and development.
Liverpudlian actress Alexandra Pigg was originally cast in the role... | 37,734 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Nelson Mandela in the 2009 film Invictus? | Invictus (film)
Invictus is a 2009 American-South African biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The story is based on the John Carlin book "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation" about the events in South Africa before and durin... | John Carlin (journalist)
John Carlin (born 12 May 1956) is a journalist and author, who deals with both sports and politics. His book "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation", about former South African president Nelson Mandela, is the basis for the 2009 film "Invictus".
Personal life.
Carlin... | 37,735 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 2009 film Invictus? | Invictus (film)
Invictus is a 2009 American-South African biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The story is based on the John Carlin book "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation" about the events in South Africa before and durin... | from the view of an American enemy. Both films were highly praised by critics and garnered several Oscar nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture for "Letters from Iwo Jima". In 2008, Eastwood directed "Changeling", based on a true story, starring Angelina Jolie.
In 2009, Eastwood directed "Invictus", wit... | 37,736 | triviaqa-train |
Apart from George, who was the only other Beatle to appear at the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square? | Badfinger, Ronnie Wood and Billy Preston, and collaborated on songs and music with Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Tom Petty, among others. "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked him number 11 in their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as a member of... | Dark Side of the Moon" album’s success were recognized and when asked in an interview whether he was surprised at the results of his efforts he was quoted as saying, "I always believed that the record would be very, very successful. It was gratifying, but not surprising."
Concert for Bangladesh.
In 1971, Menon and Capi... | 37,737 | triviaqa-train |
Which film about the founding of Facebook won the Best Motion Picture Drama at the 2011 Golden Globe awards? | .
Impact Culture.
Facebook and Zuckerberg have been the subject of music, books, film and television. The 2010 film The Social Network, directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, stars Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg and went on to win three Academy Awards and four Golden Globes.
In 2008, Collins English Dict... | which he brandishes mercilessly" and that the film was "a stifling descent into grim shock and disturbing awe."
Awards and nominations.
"Eastern Promises" won the Audience Prize for best film on September 15, 2007 at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film received three Golden Globe nominations for the ... | 37,738 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays King George VI in the award winning film The King's Speech? | The King's Speech
The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work to... | The King's Speech (play)
The King's Speech is a 2012 play written by David Seidler and based on the 2010 Academy Award-winning film of the same name. The play was staged at the Wyndham's Theatre on London's West End and opened on March 27th, 2012 and closed on May 12th, 2012.
Production history.
The story of how King G... | 37,739 | triviaqa-train |
In which radio comedy series does Andy Hamilton play The Devil? | Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom".
On 16 March 2007, he co-presented BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour" programme alongside usual presenter Martha Kearney as part of that day's Comic Relief fundraising activities, after defeating Richard Hammond and Kelvin MacKenzie in a poll.
Since 1995, Hamilton has written and played the lead... | Baltimore is featured in an Internet meme based on a 1990 vulgar commercial of fictional car dealership Big Bill Hell's Cars, notably including the beginning statement, "Fuck you Baltimore!"
- BBC Radio 4 comedy series "Revolting People", starring Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses is set in colonial Baltimore.
- The Big Fin... | 37,740 | triviaqa-train |
Graham Napier has hit a record 16 sixes in an innings both in a Twenty20 match in 2008 and a County Championship match in 2011, for which county does he play? | Graham Napier
Graham Richard Napier (born 6 January 1980) is a former English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler, and is capable of bowling 90+mph.
Napier has played first-class cricket for his home county of Essex since the outset of his senior career in 1997. Between 1997 and 1999 Nap... | was White's only over in that match. This record was eventually broken by Chris Gayle when he piled on 175 runs in IPL 2013. In the same match he also claimed the record for most sixes (13) in a Twenty20 innings, which was later surpassed by Englishman Graham Napier (16).
He was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the 20... | 37,741 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of the new country. South Sudan? | A December 18, 2012 report on religion and public life by the Pew Research Center states that in 2010, 60.5% of South Sudan's population was Christian, 32.9% were followers of traditional African religion and 6.2% were Muslim. Some publishers described the conflicts prior to partition as a Muslim-Christian war, but oth... | Health in South Sudan
The post conflict South Sudan has huge challenges in delivering health care to the population. The challenges include: crippled health infrastructures, nearly collapsed public health system, and inadequate qualified health professionals. The country is far from achieving the MDGs by end of 2015. T... | 37,742 | triviaqa-train |
Terry Deary and Peter Hepplewhite write which series of entertaining and educational books for youngsters? | Terry Deary
William Terence Deary (born 3 January 1946) is a British children's author of over 200 books, selling over 25 million copies in over 40 languages, best known as the writer of the "Horrible Histories" series. Since 1994 he has been one of Britain's best-selling authors. In 2012 he was the tenth most-borrowed... | branches, which have seen a decline in usage and a 15% cut in spending on new facilities in 2009/10.
Overview Catalogue.
Across Cardiff libraries, crime and romance are the most popular books, with James Patterson, Danielle Steel and Alexander McCall Smith among the most borrowed. More than half of the most borrowed bo... | 37,743 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays the part of detective DI Richard Poole in the TV series `Death in Paradise'? | Death in Paradise (TV series)
Death in Paradise is a British-French crime drama television series created by Robert Thorogood, starring Ben Miller (series 1–3), Kris Marshall (series 3–6) and Ardal O'Hanlon (series 6 – present). The programme is a joint UK and French production filmed on the French Caribbean island of ... | 2013, Miller took part in an episode of "Room 101" and a "Comic Relief" special of game show "Pointless". On 13 December 2014, he appeared in a Christmas edition of "The Celebrity Chase".
From 2011 until the series three premiere in 2014, Miller starred in the BBC-French co-produced series "Death in Paradise" as Detect... | 37,744 | triviaqa-train |
In November 2011, 'Piccadilly Circus, London', one of the very few paintings of London by which artist, sold at auction for £5.6 million? | . Sculptor Paul McCarthy also has a 320-page two-volume edition of video stills by the name of "Piccadilly Circus". Bob Marley mentioned Piccadilly Circus in his song "Kinky Reggae", on the "Catch a Fire" album from 1973.
L. S. Lowry R.A painting "Piccadilly Circus, London" (1960), part of Lord Charles Forte's collecti... | of Lowry's works, from the A.J. Thompson Collection, were auctioned at Sotheby's in London; the total sale estimate of £15 million was achieved, even though two paintings failed to reach their reserve price and were withdrawn. Thompson, owner of the "Salford Express", collected only Lowry paintings, starting in 1982. T... | 37,745 | triviaqa-train |
Which group had a 1980 hit with 'Turning Japanese'? | Turning Japanese
"Turning Japanese" is a song released by English band the Vapors, from their 1980 album "New Clear Days". An international hit, it is the song for which The Vapors are best known.
The lyric describe the narrator being separated from a woman he loves and thus preoccupied with photos of her. The repeate... | weather. A coastal artillery battery took "Tennessee" under fire once she had closed to about ; her secondary guns replied with rapid fire as the Japanese gunners worked to find the range. Shells splashed close to her starboard side and she was straddled several times, forcing her to increase speed to and turning away ... | 37,746 | triviaqa-train |
Where in London is the Bomber Command Memorial to be built in 2012? | RAF Bomber Command Memorial
The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial is a memorial in Green Park, London, commemorating the crews of RAF Bomber Command who embarked on missions during the Second World War. The memorial, located on Piccadilly near Hyde Park Corner, was built to mark the sacrifice of 55,573 aircrew fr... | the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton, Ontario where it was unveiled in 2005 after a full restoration. Their second project was the 1997 recovery of Halifax LW682 from a bog near Geraardsbergen, Belgium. During the recovery, the bodies of three crew members were removed and given a proper burial. Several p... | 37,747 | triviaqa-train |
Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, is currently head of state of which country? | (元帥 "Yuan Shuai") or grand field marshal (大元帥 "da yuan shuai"). One of the most famous of these generals was Yue Fei from the Song Dynasty. Since the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, it has promoted 10 military commanders to the rank of marshal, all in 1955 and abolished in 1965. Since then, the rank... | protect the nation". It was noted that then-president Hosni Mubarak was not present in the meeting as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, however the meeting was headed by Defense Minister Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
Actions Assuming power.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in its third statemen... | 37,748 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the ballet 'Ocean's Kingdom' first performed in 2011? | Ocean's Kingdom
Ocean's Kingdom is the fifth classical album by Paul McCartney. It is the score of the ballet of the same name, commissioned by the New York City Ballet. It was performed by the London Classical Orchestra and conducted by John Wilson. The album was released on CD and vinyl, on 3 October 2011 by Decca (U... | Georgina Pazcoguin
Georgina Pazcoguin is an American ballet dancer who is a soloist with the New York City Ballet. She has originated featured roles in the ballet productions of "Romeo + Juliet", "Lifecasting" and "Ocean's Kingdom". She has also performed featured roles in a variety of ballet revivals, including produc... | 37,749 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Fu Manchu in the 1960s films based on the books by Sax Rohmer? | 1931's "Daughter of the Dragon". Myrna Loy portrayed the similarly-named Fah Lo See in 1932's "The Mask of Fu Manchu". Gloria Franklin had the role of Fah Lo Suee in 1940's "Drums of Fu Manchu". Laurette Luez played Karamaneh in 1956's "The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu", but the character owed more to Fah Lo Suee than R... | Fu Manchu (comics)
Fu Manchu (real name Zheng Zu) is the name of a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is based on the character of the same name, father of Shang-Chi and the latter's arch-enemy.
Publication history.
Fu Manchu first appeared in "Special Marvel Edition... | 37,750 | triviaqa-train |
Marton, Sally Brass and Christopher Nubbles are characters in which Dickens novel? | The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels (the other being "Barnaby Rudge") which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial "Master Humphrey's Clock", from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final insta... | Deborah, while Sally pines for the town doctor herself. The true natures, characters, and hopes and dreams within the family are revealed as things fall apart.
Cast.
- Sam Neill as Dr. Max Askey
- Greta Scacchi as Deborah Voysey
- John Hargreaves as Jack Dickens
- Kerry Fox as Sally Voysey
- Michael Blakemore as Alexan... | 37,751 | triviaqa-train |
Formed in 2001, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh and Suzanne Shaw were members of which pop group? | chosen as one of the ten finalists and became one of the members of Hear'Say, along with Kym Marsh, Myleene Klass, Noel Sullivan and Danny Foster, having beaten 4,000 other hopefuls.
Their debut single was the fastest selling non-charitable record ever in the UK, selling 1.3 million copies. Their first album Popstars, ... | to Your Love," produced by Stargate, was described as "very Steps-like." "Another Lover" has an "R'n'B feel." "One Step Closer" credits band members Danny Foster and Kym Marsh as co-writers. "Make It Happen" has a "disco style." The song credits Myleene Klass, Suzanne Shaw, and Noel Sullivan as co-writers. The final tw... | 37,752 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca? | Hajj
The Hajj (; "" "pilgrimage") is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims, and a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by all adult Muslims who are physically and financially capable of undertaking the journey, and can ... | of a prophet because a Jewish community existed there. They also hoped, by the means of Muhammad and the new faith, to gain supremacy over Mecca; the Yathrib were jealous of its importance as the place of pilgrimage. Converts to Islam came from nearly all Arab tribes in Medina; by June of the subsequent year, seventy-f... | 37,753 | triviaqa-train |
Name the Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan from where Russian space missions are launched? | Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome (; ) is a spaceport located in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to Russia.
The Cosmodrome is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. The spaceport is located in the desert steppe of Baikonur, about east of the Aral Sea and north of the river Syr ... | of the Arts Club of Washington, and was also a charter member of both the Society of Washington Artists and the Washington Water Color Club, in whose shows she appeared from 1891 until 1921. She also served on the board, and as an officer, in each organization. She also belonged to the Washington Society of Fine Arts a... | 37,754 | triviaqa-train |
Klaus Voorman created the cover of which 1966 Beatles album? | host of recordings, including "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon and on many recordings of the former members of the Beatles.
Voormann's association with The Beatles dates back to their time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. He lived in the band's London flat with George Harrison and Ringo Starr after John Lennon and Paul Mc... | "Q Magazine" in 1997 that "George didn't like it. The Beatles being a democracy, we
didn't do it." In its place is "A Beginning", an orchestral instrumental track by producer George Martin, initially intended for the White Album as the intro to "Don't Pass Me By".
Connecting to the previous "Anthology" albums, the cove... | 37,755 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the oratorio 'The Dream of Gerontius'? | 's "The Crucifixion" (1887) became the stereotypical battlehorse of massed amateur choral societies. Edward Elgar tried to revive the genre around the turn of century with the composition of "The Light of Life (Lux Christi)", "The Dream of Gerontius", "The Apostles" and "The Kingdom".
History Twentieth-century.
Oratori... | in final form nor presented to the National Assembly of Vietnam for adoption.
The economic policies set forth in 1982 resulted from a compromise between ideological and pragmatic elements within the party leadership. The question of whether or not to preserve private capitalist activities in the South was addressed, as... | 37,756 | triviaqa-train |
One of the most widespread of all butterflies, Vanessa Cardui has orange-brown wings with black and white corners. How is it commonly known? | Lady Migration" citizen science project, led by the Barcelona-based "Institute of Evolutionary Biology" (Catalan: "Institut de Biologia Evolutiva"), the huge range of migration has begun to be revealed. For example, some butterflies migrated from Iceland to the Sahara desert, and even further south.
"V. cardui" is know... | Eumenes (wasp)
Eumenes is the type genus of the subfamily Eumeninae ("potter wasps") of Vespidae. It is a large and widespread genus, with over 100 taxa (species and subspecies), mostly occurring in the temperate portions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are black or brown, and commonly marked with strikingly c... | 37,757 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible to where was Saul heading when he was blinded by the light and converted to Christianity? | Conversion of Paul the Apostle
The conversion of Paul the Apostle, was, according to the New Testament, an event in the life of Paul the Apostle that led him to cease persecuting early Christians and to become a follower of Jesus. It is normally dated to AD 33–36. Since his birth is estimated at 5 AD, he would have bee... | , while returning from a prizefight he was converted to Christianity by a street preacher, and retreated to the Lake County woods with a Bible to master the tenets of his new faith. Thereafter Rimmer went to the Bible College of San Francisco (where he met his wife), and then in 1915, to southern California, where he s... | 37,758 | triviaqa-train |
"Which early US President said ""if you want something that you've never had, you must be willing to do something that you've never done""?" | that do not involve the president.
The state secrets privilege allows the president and the executive branch to withhold information or documents from discovery in legal proceedings if such release would harm national security. Precedent for the privilege arose early in the 19th century when Thomas Jefferson refused to... | the choice to do something. If you impose a limit to not do something you've done before, it will push you to where you've never gone before." One photo of Philip Glass was included in his resulting black-and-white series in 1969, redone with watercolors in 1977, again redone with stamp pad and fingerprints in 1978, an... | 37,759 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the place of worship in the Sikh religion? | milieu while recognizing some Sufi Islamic influences, Indian Sikh scholars disagree and state that Sikhism transcended the environment it emerged from.
Some Sikh sects outside the Punjab-region of India, such as those found in Maharashtra and Bihar, practice Aarti with lamps during bhakti in a Sikh Gurdwara. But, most... | not the leader of Sikhism in the Western World as he claimed, and denied Singh's claim that the SGPC had given him the title of Siri Singh Sahib.
Governance and control.
Yogi Bhajan formed Sikh Dharma International as a California nonprofit religious corporation “organized to advance the religion of Sikh Dharma and as... | 37,760 | triviaqa-train |
Richard Hamilton, who died in September 2011, was famous for the design of the cover of which Beatles album? | Today three broad types of entertainers depend on cover versions for their principal repertoire:
Tribute acts or bands are performers who make a living by recreating the music of one particular artist or band. Bands such as Björn Again, Led Zepagain, The Fab Four, Australian Pink Floyd Show, The Iron Maidens and Glory ... | 's mother, who died from cancer in 2010. After its release, Dee Dee assembled a touring band, and their first shows were in support of Girls.
In 2011, the EP "He Gets Me High" was released, which included a cover of "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" by the Smiths. This record marked the addition of Sune Rose Wagne... | 37,761 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the cantata 'Belshazzar's Feast', first performed in 1931? | William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton, OM (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include "Façade", the cantata "Belshazzar's Feast", the Viola Concerto, the First Symphony,... | Rossini, first performed in 1812. Based on the Book of Daniel.
- "Belsatzar", an 1840 ballad written by Robert Schumann to the words of the poet Heinrich Heine, inspired by the Book of Daniel.
- "Belshazzar's Feast" by George Frederick Root. A cantata based on the biblical text, published in 1860.
- "Belshazzar's Feast... | 37,762 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name of the butterfly 'Apatura Iris', the male is the most beautiful found in the British Isles. It has black/brown wings with white bands and a coloured sheen that gives it its name? | Apatura iris
Apatura iris, the purple emperor, is a Eurasian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Description.
Adults have dark brown wings with white bands and spots, and a small orange ring on each of the hindwings. Males have a wingspan of , and have an iridescent purple-blue sheen that the slightly larger (80–92 mm... | Colias hyale
Colias hyale, the pale clouded yellow, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae, (also known as the yellows and whites) which is found in most of Europe and large parts of Asia. It is a rare migrant to the British Isles and Scandinavia. The adult wingspan is .
Description.
The upperside of the male is more or... | 37,763 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible parable of the Good Samaritan, to where was the traveller heading when he was attacked? | The parable has inspired painting, sculpture, satire, poetry, photography, and film. The phrase "", meaning someone who helps a stranger, derives from this parable, and many hospitals and charitable organizations are named after the Good Samaritan.
Narrative.
In the Gospel of Luke, the parable is introduced by a questi... | parable found in the Bible, attributed to Jesus, commonly referred to as the Parable of the Good Samaritan which is contained in Luke 10:29-37. It recounts the aid given by a traveller from the area known as Samaria to another traveller of a conflicting religious and ethnic background who had been beaten and robbed by ... | 37,764 | triviaqa-train |
In the bible who is Moses' elder Brother? | which he regarded as the Mountain of God).
God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak eloquently, so God allowed Aaron, his brother, to become his spokesperson. After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and acros... | neither married nor had children. Speaking to The Nation, Pa Tunolase [74] who is still living in the family house said ‘’my late father who was the elder brother to the late founder of Cherubim and Seraphim told me that Moses did not marry at all. He said Moses told his father that they could go and marry but for him ... | 37,765 | triviaqa-train |
Who in Greek mythology was the cupbearer to the gods and Goddess of eternal youth and was later replaced by Ganymede? | 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 cups of gold
they toasted one another, looking down
toward the stronghold of Ilion."
Hêbê's role of cup bearer ended when she married war hero Heracles who joined Hêbê amongst the Gods and Goddesses and started a family.
Hêbê was then replaced by Ganymede.
The Roman Gods are also closely related to Greek Mythology... | 37,766 | triviaqa-train |
Which British artist's most famous works are The Shadow of Death and The Scapegoat? | The Scapegoat (painting)
The Scapegoat (1854–1856) is a painting by William Holman Hunt which depicts the "scapegoat" described in the Book of Leviticus. On the Day of Atonement, a goat would have its horns wrapped with a red cloth – representing the sins of the community – and be driven off.
Hunt started painting on t... | created for the Museum of Decorative Arts (which was to have been located in Paris but never came into existence). Rodin sculpted more than 100 figures for these doors from 1880 until his death in 1917. This casting is one of the three originals; several others have been made since. Several of his most famous works, in... | 37,767 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shakespeare play is mainly set in a forest outside Athens? | from a folk story. Like "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", in which two friends appear to approve of rape, the "Shrew's" story of the taming of a woman's independent spirit by a man sometimes troubles modern critics, directors, and audiences.
Shakespeare's early classical and Italianate comedies, containing tight double pl... | described as one of the 20th century's most influential productions of Shakespeare, as it rejected many traditional ideas about the staging of classic drama.
Concept.
Shakespeare's play is set in Athens and a fairy-inhabited forest nearby. Brook's aim was to reject the 19th-century traditions of realism and illusionism... | 37,768 | triviaqa-train |
Which goup released their second album 'Ceremonials' in 2011 follow up to their album Lungs? | Ceremonials
Ceremonials is the second studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. It was released on 28 October 2011 by Island Records. The band started working on the album in 2010 and finished it in 2011. The standard edition of the album was entirely produced by Paul Epworth, who also worked pr... | , "Instead of "Lungs"' largely charming yet discombobulating diversity, "Ceremonials" suffers from a repetitiveness that's akin to looking at a skyline filled with 100-story behemoths lined-up one after the other, blocking out everything but their own size."
Critical reception Accolades.
"Ceremonials" was named the bes... | 37,769 | triviaqa-train |
The WW2 allied invasion of where was titled Operation Dragoon? | wounded and missing. Allied tank losses have been estimated at around 4,000, with losses split evenly between the American and British/Canadian armies. Historians slightly differ on overall casualties during the campaign, with the lowest losses totaling 225,606 and the highest at 226,386.
Casualties Germany.
German for... | Airfield, Algeria.
The group dropped paratroops to capture airfields and destroy bridges, during the battle for Tunisia; Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily in July 1943; and Operation Avalanche, the invasion of Italy in September 1943.
In April 1944, most of the squadron was detached to India where it aided in the... | 37,770 | triviaqa-train |
At what weight did Jim Watt win his boxing world title in 1979? | Marquess of Queensberry rules were drafted by John Chambers for amateur championships held at Lillie Bridge in London for Lightweights, Middleweights and Heavyweights. The rules were published under the patronage of the Marquess of Queensberry, whose name has always been associated with them.
There were twelve rules in... | champions of the major entities, are still in the shadows. Please, see the List of Minor Boxing Entities of the Triple Champions in this page.
- Only the first championship by Boxing weight-class is added to the fighter not matter he later obtain or win additional belts in the same division.
"Example:" Sugar Ray Leonar... | 37,771 | triviaqa-train |
Who originally played the title role in the Phantom of the Opera on the London stage? | The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song)
"The Phantom of the Opera" is a song from the stage musical of the same name. It was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics written by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and additional lyrics by Mike Batt. The song was originally recorded by Sarah Brightman and S... | he also played the title role in the stage version of "MONKEY!" for the West Yorkshire Playhouse, directed by Dominic LeClerc. This lead role coupled with his well-received portrayal of Puck for the Royal Opera House proved a stepping stone which brought him to the attention of Andrew Lloyd Webber's team who cast him i... | 37,772 | triviaqa-train |
Ormolu was orginally the gilding of which metal in its nitrate form to copper, brass or bronze? | (forming arsenic bronze) by smelting naturally or artificially mixed ores of copper and arsenic. The earliest artifacts so far known come from the Iranian plateau in the 5th millennium BCE. It was only later that tin was used, becoming the major non-copper ingredient of bronze in the late 3rd millennium BCE. Pure tin i... | techniques are essentially the same as those used on silver, to produce silver-gilt (also known as vermeil).
Alternatives.
A later substitute of a mixture of metals resembling ormolu was developed in France and called "pomponne", though the mix of copper and zinc, sometimes with an addition of tin, is technically a typ... | 37,773 | triviaqa-train |
Which animated film won an Oscar in 2010 at the 82nd Academy Awards honouring films released in 2009? | ; "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) was the first animated film nominated for Best Picture. "Up" (2009) and "Toy Story 3" (2010) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees from five to ten.
"Waltz with Bashir" (2008) is the only animated film ever nominated for Best Foreign Lan... | Nominated
- Best Short Film – Stockholm International Film Festival (2009) – Nominated
- Best Direction, Audience Award – Vendôme Film Festival (2009) – Nominated
- Gold Medal for Animation – Zinebi, Bilbao International Film Festival (2009) – Nominated
- Oscar for Best Animated Short – 82nd Academy Awards (2010) – Won... | 37,774 | triviaqa-train |
Christmas Disease is another name for one of the forms of which hereditary genetic disorder? | Haemophilia B
Haemophilia B is a blood clotting disorder causing easy bruising and bleeding due to an inherited mutation of the gene for factor IX, and resulting in a deficiency of factor IX. It is less common than factor VIII deficiency (haemophilia A).
Haemophilia B was first recognized as a distinct disease entity i... | central disorders include cerebrovascular accident, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Spinal muscular atrophies are disorders of lower motor neuron while amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a mixed upper and lower motor neuron condition.
Symptoms/signs.
Symptoms ... | 37,775 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the poem The Rape of the Lock? | social. He utilised the character Belinda to represent Arabella and introduced an entire system of "sylphs", or guardian spirits of virgins, a parodised version of the gods and goddesses of conventional epic. Pope derived his sylphs from the 17th-century French Rosicrucian novel "Comte de Gabalis". Pope, writing pseudo... | refer to either kidnapping or rape in the modern sense of "sexual violation". The original meaning of "carry off by force" is still found in some phrases, such as "rape and pillage", or in titles, such as the stories of the Rape of the Sabine Women and The Rape of Europa or the poem "The Rape of the Lock", which is abo... | 37,776 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the current chairman of the radio 4 panel game 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue'? | 1990s, on BBC Radio 2. The 50th series was broadcast in November and December 2007.
After a period of split chairmanship in the first series, Humphrey Lyttelton ("Humph") served in this role from the programme's inception until his death in 2008. In April 2008, following the hospitalisation and subsequent death of Lytt... | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is a BBC radio comedy panel game. Introduced as "the antidote to panel games", it consists of two teams of two comedians "given silly things to do" by a chairman. The show was launched in April 1972 as a parody of radio and TV panel games, and has been broadcast sin... | 37,777 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the author of the Nursery Crime and Thursday Next series of books? | Thursday Next
Thursday Next is the protagonist in a series of comic fantasy, alternate history mystery novels by the British author Jasper Fforde. She was first introduced in Fforde's first published novel, "The Eyre Affair", released on 19 July 2001 by Hodder & Stoughton. , the series comprises seven books, in two ser... | swaps with Thursday. Spratt and Mary get their own Fforde series, The Nursery Crime Division books, and appear in "The Big Over Easy" and "The Fourth Bear" featuring crimes against characters in classic children's literature.
Biography.
Thursday is in her mid-thirties at the start of the first book, and, by the end of ... | 37,778 | triviaqa-train |
Erythrophobia is the irrational fear of? | Blushing
Blushing is the reddening of a person's face due to psychological reasons. It is normally involuntary and triggered by emotional stress tying candor, such as that associated with passion, embarrassment, shyness, anger, or romantic stimulation.
Severe blushing is common in people who suffer social anxiety in wh... | only church-centered religiousness protected subjects against the fear of death.
Causes Fear of the unknown.
Fear of the unknown or irrational fear is caused by negative thinking (worry) which arises from anxiety accompanied with a subjective sense of apprehension or dread. Irrational fear shares a common neural pathwa... | 37,779 | triviaqa-train |
Who is Greek mythology was the goddess of the hearth? | up the child and ate it. Rhea hated this and tricked him by hiding Zeus and wrapping a stone in a baby's blanket, which Cronus ate. When Zeus was full grown, he fed Cronus a drugged drink which caused him to vomit, throwing up Rhea's other children, including Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera, and the stone, w... | the Great Mother Goddess of the northern Letts (Latvians) and Mordvins. Other sources identify her with Loduna, the Scandinavian goddess of fire, the hearth, and herds.
A seventeenth-century text names Lada as the mother of Lel and Polel, who are linked with the twins Castor and Pollux, the sons of Leda in Greek mythol... | 37,780 | triviaqa-train |
Passer is a genus of small passerine birds in which bird family? | Sparrow
Sparrows are a family of small passerine birds. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a particular genus of the family, "Passer". They are distinct from both the American sparrows, in the family Passerellidae, and from a few other birds sharing their name, such as the ... | Tit
TIT, Tit, Tits, or tit may refer to:
Birds.
- Tit (bird) or Paridae, a large family of passerine birds
- Bearded tit, a small reed-bed passerine bird
- Long-tailed tits or Aegithalidae, a family of passerine birds with long tails
- Tit-babbler or "Macronus", a genus in the family Timaliidae
- Tit berrypecker, a spe... | 37,781 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage? | Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to "Ianthe". The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, lo... | and earlier with the group Japan ("Ghosts"), the album also includes previously unreleased material ("Some Kind of Fool", "The Scent of Magnolia", "Ride" and "Cover Me with Flowers" among others) along with collaborations ("Bamboo Houses" and "Heartbeat" with Ryuichi Sakamoto and "Buoy" with Mick Karn). The songs "Come... | 37,782 | triviaqa-train |
Rigel and Betelgeuse are two stars in which constellation? | the southern constellations Carina and Vela, or Venus' Mirror in the constellation of Orion.
Terminology.
The word "constellation" comes from the Late Latin term , which can be translated as "set of stars"; it came into use in English during the 14th century. The Ancient Greek word for constellation is ἄστρον. These te... | .
The IAU does not recognize the commercial practice of selling fictitious star names by commercial star-naming companies. The IAU's website uses the word charlatanry in this context.
Stars Proper names.
There are about 300 to 350 stars with traditional or historical proper names. They tend to be the brightest stars in... | 37,783 | triviaqa-train |
King Edward III founded this premier order in about 1349, what is it called? | have been chosen because it held overtones of a tight-knit "band" or "bond" of knightly "supporters" of Edward's cause.
There is a connection between the Order of the Garter and the Middle English poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" (late 14th century).
The motto is inscribed, as "hony soyt qui mal pence", at the en... | new prioress's election. He visited the priory again to see the new prioress in action in August 1294.
A 1341 letter of the king, Edward III, to Amesbury Priory during the Hundred Years' War disputed some of the rights of the abbess and restricted others. In the light of this, when the prioress died about 1349 the nuns... | 37,784 | triviaqa-train |
It was known as Tsaritsyn, then Stalingrad and in 1962 its name was changed to what? | short-lived, as in March 2012, Volgograd residents voted for relevant amendments to the city charter to reinstate the direct mayoral elections.
Administrative and municipal status.
Volgograd is the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast. Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the cit... | Frol
Frol is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1856 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was first known as "Levanger landsogn" and then in 1911 the name was changed to "Frol". The municipality included all the area surrounding the town of Levanger ... | 37,785 | triviaqa-train |
Rick Allen is the one armed drummer of which English rock band? | Rick Allen (drummer)
Richard John Cyril Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English drummer who has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978. He overcame the amputation of his left arm in 1985 and continued to play with the band, which subsequently went on to its most commercially successful phase. He is kno... | American actor, singer, songwriter
- Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), English rock drummer
- Rod Allen (advertising executive) (1929–2007), British advertising executive
- Rod Allen (born 1959), American television baseball commentator
- Roger Allen (disambiguation)
- Rosalie Allen (1924 – 2003), American country sing... | 37,786 | triviaqa-train |
What is the term for the change of a vowel sound in German and the diacritical mark which indicates it? | include "igh" in "thigh" and "x" in "x-ray". In addition, extensions of the Latin alphabet have such independent vowel letters as "Ä", "Ö", "Ü", "Å", "Æ", and "Ø".
The phonetic values vary considerably by language, and some languages use "I" and "Y" for the consonant , e.g., initial "I" in Italian or Romanian and initi... | . Indûng súlat gives birth to Anak Súlat or "offspring" characters whenever their inherent vowel sound has been altered by a ligature or a diacritical mark.
The "siuálâ" or vowels in Kulitan are usually written as "garlit" or diacritical marks placed above or below an individual Indûng Súlat or "mother" character. Lig... | 37,787 | triviaqa-train |
"Created by John Lawson Johnston ""Johnston's Fluid Beef' was renamed what?" | John Lawson Johnston
John Lawson Johnston (1839– 24 November 1900) was the creator of Bovril. He was born in 29 Main Street, Roslin, Midlothian. A memorial plaque is on the property and can be seen above the door. The plaque was put there by the Roslin Heritage Society.
Life and "Bovril".
Johnston studied in Edinburgh ... | Ian Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke
Ian St John Lawson Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke, KCVO, TD, DL, JP, (7 June 1905 – 25 May 1996) was a British Peer, businessman and philanthropist.
Early life and education.
Johnston was the eldest son of George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke and his wife Edith Laura St John. He was educ... | 37,788 | triviaqa-train |
The Battle of Ligny, June 1815 was which man's final military victory? | Battle of Ligny
The Battle of Ligny (16 June 1815) was the last victory of the military career of Napoleon Bonaparte. In this battle, French troops of the Armée du Nord under Napoleon's command, defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Prince Blücher, near Ligny in present-day Belgium. The Battle of Ligny i... | fought at Ligny. He was mortally wounded while defending the village of Plancenoit at the Battle of Waterloo and died on 20 June 1815. In "Les Misérables" Victor Hugo describes his death: "The general of the Young Guard, Duhesme, nabbed at the door of an inn in Genappe, handed over his sword to a hussar of Death, who t... | 37,789 | triviaqa-train |
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was previously known as what? | Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo ( ), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, DROC, Congo-Kinshasa, East Congo, or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa. It is sometimes anachronistically referred to by its former name of Zaire, which was its official name between 1971 a... | Congolese nationalism (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Congolese nationalism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was also for a time known as Zairian nationalism during the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko. Congolese nationalism persists amongst the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in spite of civil war an... | 37,790 | triviaqa-train |
The Architect Clough Williams-Ellis designed which Welsh village? | Clough Williams-Ellis
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a British architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales.
Life.
Life Origins, education and early career.
Clough Williams-Ellis was born in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England,... | 15 cwt 1 qr 18 lbs (783 kg).
Landmarks Carmarthen Bridge.
The concrete A484 road bridge across the River Towy was designed by the Welsh architect Clough Williams-Ellis and completed in 1937. The bridge was Grade II listed in 2003. The loss of the original medieval bridge that it replaced caused controversy.
Landmarks P... | 37,791 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the only British King of the House of Saxe-Coburg? | coronation oath to defend the Anglican Church. A campaign by the lawyer Daniel O'Connell, and the death of George III, led to the concession of Catholic Emancipation in 1829, allowing Roman Catholics to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. But Catholic Emancipation was not O'Connell... | he was placed on half-pay in July 1916, and retired pay in 1919.
Marquess of Cambridge.
During the First World War, anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom led Teck's brother-in-law, King George V, to change the name of the Royal House from the Germanic House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more English-sounding House of... | 37,792 | triviaqa-train |
Which toxic protein is extracted from the castor oil plant? | Ricinus
Ricinus communis, the castor bean or castor oil plant, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus, Ricinus, and subtribe, Ricininae. The evolution of castor and its relation to other species are currently being studied using moder... | base for paints and coatings, lubricants and many other products. Furthermore, the extracted seed oil is used in pharmaceutical products and cosmetics.
The crambe meal, which is a side product of industrial oil production, can be used as a protein supplement for animal feed. It contains approximately 46% proteins, whic... | 37,793 | triviaqa-train |
The gamay grape is most notably used in the production of which French wine? | and are produced by whole-berry maceration. The latter are produced mostly in the designated 'Cru Beaujolais' areas where the wines typically have the flavor of sour cherries, black pepper, and dried berry, as well as fresh-cut stone and chalk.
Regional production.
In addition to being well suited to the terroir of Bea... | , so it is also commonly used in blends, such as with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon to create the red French Bordeaux claret blend. The grape is blended with Cabernet Franc and Gamay in some regions such as the Loire Valley. Other wine regions use the grape to produce Bordeaux-style blends. The varietal is sensitive to... | 37,794 | triviaqa-train |
In which constellation is the star Sirius, also called the Dog Star, the brightest in the Northern Hemisphere? | Sirius
Sirius (, designated α Canis Majoris (Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, abbreviated Alpha CMa, α CMa)) is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word "Seirios" "glowing" or "scorching." With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the ne... | Vega
Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only 25 light-years from the Sun, and, together with Arcturus and Sirius, one of the most luminous stars in ... | 37,795 | triviaqa-train |
"In which European City is the ""Monument of Light"" spire?" | Spire of Dublin
The Spire of Dublin, alternatively titled the Monument of Light (), is a large, stainless steel, pin-like monument in height, located on the site of the former Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.
Description.
The spire was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects, who sought an "Elegant an... | the European Parliament Antonio Tajani referred to the bombings as an act of genocide.
After the bombings, numerous buildings around the world were illuminated in Sri Lanka's colours, some of which included the Flinders Street railway station in Melbourne, the Opera House in Sydney, the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, the ... | 37,796 | triviaqa-train |
The sportsman Oscar Pistorius has what nickname?' | below-knee amputee). Sometimes referred to as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Pistorius took part in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens and came third overall in the T44 100-metre event. Despite falling in the preliminary round for the 200 metres, he qualified for the final. He went on to win th... | 76 nations and 1097 athletes took part in the events.
Over the course of the nine-day competition 51 IPC world records were broken. Among these were sprint records by visually impaired runner Jason Smyth and amputee sportsman Oscar Pistorius. China was the top performing nation, with 22 gold medals among its haul of 55... | 37,797 | triviaqa-train |
"The ""Penguin News"" is a local newspaper in which island group?" | Penguin News
Penguin News is the only newspaper produced in the Falkland Islands. It is published every Friday and provides news and features about the Islands.
The paper was founded in 1979 by the first editor and then proprietor Graham Bound (who, some 40 years, on still contributes an opinion column to the paper). T... | Bainbridge Island Review
The Bainbridge Island Review is a Friday newspaper in Bainbridge Island, Washington. The "Review" is primarily focused on Bainbridge Island and its communities; the island population is 22,000. The "Review" publishes news daily on BainbridgeReview.com.
The "Review" is part of Sound Publishing'... | 37,798 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Battle of Marengo' was fought between Napoleon's army and which European Country? | .
In Europe, during the 18th century, the classic non-national states were the "multiethnic" empires, the Austrian Empire, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Hungary, the Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire and smaller nations at what would now be called sub-state level. The multi-ethnic empire was an abs... | Reserve Army fought a battle at Montebello on 9 June before the main confrontation at Marengo. The consul was almost defeated here until General Desaix made a timely arrival with reinforcements and drove back Melas, thus turning a French rout into a French victory. In this counter-attack Desaix was killed, but Bonapart... | 37,799 | triviaqa-train |
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