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Which city in Switzerland is a European heritage site? | Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state situated in the confluence of western, central, and southern Europe. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities seated in Bern. Switzerland is a landlocked country bordered by Italy to the south, France to t... | Lindenhof hill
The Lindenhof (lit "courtyard of the lime") is a moraine hill and a public square in the historic center of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the site of the Roman and Carolingian era Kaiserpfalz around which the city has historically grown. The hilltop area—including its prehistoric, Roman, and medieval remai... | 37,800 | triviaqa-train |
"Which town in the Cotswolds is known as the 'Little Venice of the Cotswolds""?" | is rich in fossils, particularly of fossilised sea urchins. Cotswold towns include Bourton-on-the-Water, Broadway, Burford, Chipping Norton, Cricklade, Dursley, Malmesbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Nailsworth, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold, Stroud, Witney and Winchcombe. Bath, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Gloucester, Stroud and Sw... | south of the county is largely rural and sparsely populated, and includes a very small area of the Cotswolds, at the border with northeast Gloucestershire. The plain between the outlying Cotswolds and the Edgehill escarpment is known as the Vale of Red Horse. The only town in the south of Warwickshire is Shipston-on-St... | 37,801 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport is the Stanley Cup Contested? | the century. After the Portland Rosebuds, an American-based team, joined the PCHA in 1914, the trustees promptly issued a formal statement that the Cup was no longer for the best team in Canada, but now for the best team in the world. Ice hockey in Europe was still in its infancy at this time, so it was without much co... | Lord Derby Cup
The Lord Derby Cup (French: Trophée Lord Derby), also known as French Rugby à XIII Cup, is the premier knockout competition for the sport of rugby league football in France. It is open to all French rugby league clubs.
It was first contested in 1934, the same season as the French Rugby League Championshi... | 37,802 | triviaqa-train |
Who beat Maria Sharapova in the 2012 Australian Open Tennis? | of the year, and reaching the semifinals in Los Angeles. In her US Open title defense, Sharapova was upset in her third-round match to 30th seed Agnieszka Radwańska, making it her earliest exit at a Grand Slam singles tournament since the 2004 US Open, where she lost in the same round.
Following the US Open loss, Shara... | 2012 Maria Sharapova tennis season
The 2012 Maria Sharapova tennis season officially began on 16 January 2012 with the start of the 2012 Australian Open. Sharapova began the season ranked the number 4 player in the world.
See also.
- 2012 Serena Williams tennis season
- 2012 WTA Tour
- Maria Sharapova career statistics | 37,803 | triviaqa-train |
Little boy and fat man were names for what? | Shipyard, California, on 16 July aboard the heavy cruiser , arriving on 26 July. The target inserts followed by air on 30 July.
Although all of its components had been tested, no full test of a gun-type nuclear weapon occurred before the Little Boy was dropped over Hiroshima. The only test explosion of a nuclear weapon... | were codenamed "Thin Man" and "Fat Man" respectively. These code names were created by Robert Serber, a former student of Oppenheimer's who worked on the Manhattan Project. He chose them based on their design shapes; the Thin Man was a very long device, and the name came from the Dashiell Hammett detective novel "The T... | 37,804 | triviaqa-train |
Newstead Abbey is the ancestral home of which poet? | Newstead Abbey
Newstead Abbey, in Nottinghamshire, England, was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it is now best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron.
Monastic foundation.
The priory of St. Mary of Newstead, a house of Augustinian Canons, was... | chain more than 300 stores.
Philanthropy.
After his business success, Cahn established himself as a philanthropist. Having been knighted in 1929, Cahn was made a baronet in 1934. The honour was made ostensibly for his charity and services to agriculture. However, it was actually bestowed for secretly providing £30,000 ... | 37,805 | triviaqa-train |
At which battle of 1403 was Henry Percy (Hotspur) killed? | Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Sir Henry Percy KG (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), commonly known as Sir Harry Hotspur, or simply Hotspur, was a late-medieval English nobleman. He was a significant captain during the Anglo-Scottish wars. He later led successive rebellions against Henry IV of England and was slain at the Battle of ... | Universidade Amílcar Cabral
The Universidade Amílcar Cabral (UAC) is a public institution of higher education in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The only public university in the country, it was established in 2003 by President Henrique Pereira Rosa, but in 2010 it underwent restructuring after becoming extinct in 2008, and bec... | 37,806 | triviaqa-train |
On which river does Adelaide, South Australia stand? | Sellicks Beach in the south.
Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city centre and chose its location... | right to vote and stand for parliament in 1894 and the law received royal assent in 1895. The law applied equally in the Northern Territory, which was then a part of South Australia. In 1897, Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, unsuccessfully standing for election in... | 37,807 | triviaqa-train |
Making its final flight in July 2011, what was the name of the last space shuttle? | Tests and has no orbital capability. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery", and "Atlantis". Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: "Challenger" in 1986 and "Columbia" in 2003, with a total of fourteen astronauts killed. A fifth operational (and sixth in total... | Douglas G. Hurley
Douglas Gerald Hurley (born October 21, 1966) is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-127, which launched July 15, 2009. He was assigned and flew as pilot for STS-135, the final flight of the Space Shuttle program, in July 2011. He is also the first Marine to fly the F/... | 37,808 | triviaqa-train |
"In which film did Mae West say 'Why don't you come up sometime, see me""?" | She Done Him Wrong
She Done Him Wrong is a 1933 pre-Code American crime/comedy film starring Mae West and Cary Grant. The plot includes melodramatic and musical elements, with a supporting cast featuring Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery Sr., Rochelle Hudson, and Louise Beavers. It was directed by Lowell Sherman, ... | is split up at the takeoff and the female is left behind. On the ship, the cat plays solitaire with cards.
While on the Moon, the couples find private places to smooch. While at the base of the female giraffe's neck, the male comments "This is a great place for necking" to which the female (in a Mae West impression) re... | 37,809 | triviaqa-train |
"From which opera does the aria ""O Caro Nome"" come?" | in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back."
At a ball in his palace, the Duke sings of a life of pleasure with as many women as possible, and mentions that he particularly enjoys cuckolding his courtiers:... | over to Rossini [in 1831].
Surviving music.
There are some sketches of this work preserved in the manuscript of "Ermione" which is held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. One aria ("Vieni, o cara") was reconstructed. It has been recorded by Bruce Ford and released by Opera Rara. However, the music of thi... | 37,810 | triviaqa-train |
In which battle of 1898 did Kitchener defeat the Mahdi? | Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator who won notoriety for his imperial campaigns, most especially his scorched earth policy against the Boers and his establishment o... | 1889, Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi's army entered the town on the way to the Battle of Tushki. Wadi Halfa was briefly the headquarters of the British-led Egyptian and British forces under Kitchener seeking to defeat the forces of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi from 1895 to 1898. The rail line up the Nile was origi... | 37,811 | triviaqa-train |
"In which film did Greta Garbo say ""I want to be alone""?" | 1931), "Grand Hotel" (1932), and "Queen Christina" (1933). Many critics and film historians consider her performance as the doomed courtesan Marguerite Gautier in "Camille" (1936) to be her finest. The role gained her a second Academy Award nomination. However, Garbo's career soon declined, and she was one of the many ... | production quality. The art director, Cedric Gibbons, was one of the most important and influential in the history of American film. The lobby scenes were extremely well done, portraying a 360° desk. This allowed audiences to watch the hotel action from all around the characters. It changed the way sets were made from ... | 37,812 | triviaqa-train |
Who, by winning the 1904 Prize for Medicine, became the first Russian to win a Nobel Prize? | engineer and inventor who amassed a fortune during his lifetime, most of it from his 355 inventions of which dynamite is the most famous. He was interested in experimental physiology and set up his own labs in France and Italy to conduct experiments in blood transfusions. Keeping abreast of scientific findings, he was ... | head of pharmacology for a brief period in 1890. Later, he became the first Russian Nobel laureate after winning the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1904.
- Henry Dunant - Honorary member of Tomsk University in 1910. In 1901, he became the first Nobel Peace Prize.
- Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov - Junior assi... | 37,813 | triviaqa-train |
By what name are Dave Myers and Simon King better known? | Hairy Bikers
David Myers (born 8 September 1957) and Simon "Si" King (born 20 October 1966) collectively known as the Hairy Bikers, are British television presenters who have fronted the series "The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook", "The Hairy Bikers Ride Again", "The Hairy Bakers", "The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain", "Th... | Gary Hume, Steve McQueen, Carl Hopgood, Ely Dagher, Michael Dean and Gillian Wearing, Brian Molko. The Department of Music's better known alumni include Malcolm McLaren, Katy B, James Blake, Rosie Lowe, Robin Haigh, John Cale and A.G. Cook. Others include the TV presenter Dave Myers, singer songwriter and innovator Bea... | 37,814 | triviaqa-train |
"Who was the leading man in the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's""?" | Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and written by George Axelrod, loosely based on Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name. Starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and M... | "Breakfast at Tiffany's", hence the reason for the band's classification as a one-hit wonder.
Inspiration and composition.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" is sung from the point of view of a man whose girlfriend is on the verge of breaking up with him because the two have nothing in common. Desperate to find something, the ma... | 37,815 | triviaqa-train |
What name links Mary Shelly and the man who wrote the music for the California State song? | I Love You, California
"I Love You, California" is the regional anthem of the U.S. state of California, originally published in 1913. It was adopted in 1951 and reconfirmed in 1987 as the official state song.
The lyrics were written by Francis Beatty Silverwood (1863–1924), a Los Angeles clothier, and the words were su... | Elephant On His Hands – Wang
- Mary! Mary! Why So Contrary? – Gillette and Girls
- No Matter What Others May Say (trio)
- To Be a Lone Widow – La Veuve Frimousse
- Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid? (duet) – Mataya and Marie
The song "The Man with an Elephant on his Hands" was later adapted into an unlicensed and shor... | 37,816 | triviaqa-train |
At Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands there is a memorial statue to which branch of the British armed services? | British Armed Forces place significant importance in the ability to conduct expeditionary warfare. While the armed forces are expeditionary in nature, it maintains a core of "high readiness" forces trained and equipped to deploy at very short notice, these include; the Joint Expeditionary Force (Maritime) (Royal Navy),... | ), the highest mountain in Wales
The total distance walked is estimated at or , with a total ascent of .
Ben Nevis.
Ben Nevis (, ) is the highest mountain in the British Isles. It is located at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William. I... | 37,817 | triviaqa-train |
"Who directed the films 'Picnic at Hanging Rock"" and ""Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'?" | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a 2003 American epic period war-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Peter Weir, set in the Napoleonic Wars. The film's plot and characters are adapted from three novels in author Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Matur... | society in some way – either physically ("Witness", "Mosquito Coast", "The Truman Show", "Master and Commander"), socially/culturally ("Picnic at Hanging Rock", "The Last Wave", "Dead Poets Society", "Green Card") or psychologically ("Fearless").
Weir's major breakthrough in Australia and internationally was the lush, ... | 37,818 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Sophie Rhys-Jones marry in 1999? | Countess visited the Caribbean for the Diamond Jubilee, visiting Saint Lucia, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda. Highlights of the tour included the 50th Anniversary Independence Day celebrations in Saint Lucia, ... | Gryte søndre
- 23. Mælum nordre
- 24. Roterud
- 25. Svennes med Bjørke
- 26. Biri prestegård
- 27. Sigstad
- 28. Kluke
- 29. Sem
- 30. Berg med Bollerud
- 31. Steig
- 32. Bollerud
- 33. Baaberg
- 34. Bratberg
- 35. Hov
- 36. Storsletten søndre med Bjørge
- 37. Storsletten nordre med Bjørge
- 38. Hegge østre
- 39. Hegge | 37,819 | triviaqa-train |
Which author created the character Jason Bourne? | Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne () is a fictional character created by novelist Robert Ludlum. Bourne is the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. He first appeared in the novel "The Bourne Identity" (1980), which was adapted for television in 1988. The novel was adapted in 2002 into a feature fi... | Nicky Parsons
Nicolette Parsons is a fictional character in the "Bourne" film series, portrayed by American actress Julia Stiles. She was the primary heroine of the film series, introduced in "The Bourne Identity". She was a character originally created for the films, and the only character besides Jason Bourne to appe... | 37,820 | triviaqa-train |
Who became Lord Protector of England in 1653? | Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English military and political leader. He served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland "and of the dominions thereto belonging" from 1653 until his death, acting simultaneously as head of state and head of governmen... | Protector
Protector(s) or The Protector(s) may refer to:
Roles and titles.
- Protector (title), a title or part of various historical titles of heads of state and others in authority, especially:
- Lord Protector, two high positions in the history of the British political system
- Regent, a British or English king
- Th... | 37,821 | triviaqa-train |
2013 marks the 200th anniversary of which Jane Austen novel? | "Emma" (1996), "Mansfield Park" (1999), "Pride & Prejudice" (2005), and "Love & Friendship" (2016).
Biographical sources.
There is little biographical information about Jane Austen's life except the few letters that survive and the biographical notes her family members wrote. During her lifetime, Austen may have writte... | the museum is a statue of Jane Austen. The life-sized bronze figure was created by sculptor Adam Roud as part of a series of events marking the 200th anniversary of the writer's death. It is considered to be the first of Austen in the world. The events were credited with boosting the previously falling number of visito... | 37,822 | triviaqa-train |
What is the anatomical name of the big toe? | Toe
Toes are the digits (fingers) of the foot of a tetrapod. Animal species such as cats that walk on their toes are described as being "digitigrade". Humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are described as being "plantigrade"; "unguligrade" animals are those that walk on hooves at the tips of ... | through historic semantic changes in what is tolerated.
An example of this would be the once common English street name Gropecunt Lane, whose etymology is a historical use of the street by prostitutes to ply their trade. During the Middle Ages the word "cunt" may often have been considered merely vulgar, having been in... | 37,823 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the member of the crew of Apollo 11 who did NOT walk on the Moon in 1969? | Moon by the end of this decade and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third US human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by the two-person Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo.
Kennedy's goal was accomplished on the... | Lovell, the commander of Gemini 12, in the number 3 position of the crew. The crew of Apollo 11 was officially announced on January 9, 1969, as Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin, with Lovell, Anders, and Fred Haise as the backup crew.
According to Chris Kraft, a March 1969 meeting among Slayton, George Low, Bob Gilruth, a... | 37,824 | triviaqa-train |
Swansea City now play their home games at The Liberty Stadium. What was the name of their previous home venue? | Swansea City A.F.C.
Swansea City Association Football Club (; ) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town and joined the Football League in 1921. The club changed their name in 1969, whe... | List of Swansea City A.F.C. records and statistics
Swansea City Association Football Club () is a Welsh professional football club based in the city of Swansea, south Wales, that play in the Premier League. They play their home matches at the Liberty Stadium.
The club was founded in 1912 as Swansea Town and joined the ... | 37,825 | triviaqa-train |
Asuncion is the capital of which country? | were built during the López presidency. After López died (1862), his son Francisco Solano López became the new president and led the country through the disastrous Paraguayan War that lasted for five years (1864-1870). After the end of the armed conflict, Brazilian troops occupied Asunción until 1876.
Many historians h... | the army who had fought at the Tacuari or the Paraguari.
Francia's horse-grenadier guard company was the first new unit created and was to form the nucleus of the army. Each captain was given command of a branch of the service, which consisted of line infantry, light infantry, dragoons, chasseurs, hussars and artiller... | 37,826 | triviaqa-train |
Who in 1890, composed the music for the opera 'Ivanhoe'? | 's dramatic cantata "Ivanhoé" won the Prix de Rome in 1864 and premiered in Paris the same year. An operatic adaptation of the novel by Sir Arthur Sullivan (entitled "Ivanhoe") ran for over 150 consecutive performances in 1891. Other operas based on the novel have been composed by Gioachino Rossini ("Ivanhoé"), Thomas ... | M. Carthy, 1889); "Joan" (Robert Martin, 1890); and "Weatherwise" (1893).
Ford became the assistant musical director for the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre in 1888, serving in this position for five years. In 1891, Ford and François Cellier conducted Sullivan's grand opera, "Ivanhoe", which opened Rich... | 37,827 | triviaqa-train |
Alfredo di Stefano, of Real Madrid fame was born in which country? | the five finals. Di Stéfano played international football mostly for Spain after moving to Madrid, but he also played for Argentina and Colombia.
Di Stéfano, nicknamed "Saeta rubia" ("Blond Arrow"), was a powerful, quick, skillful, and prolific forward, with great stamina, tactical versatility, creativity, and vision,... | he believes that he and several of his Celtic teammates should have received more caps than they were given.
His last appearance for Scotland was against Wales in 1970 at Hampden Park which resulted in a 0–0 draw.
Tributes.
Bobby Charlton said of him,
Alfredo Di Stefano of Real Madrid said of him,
Later life.
He was in... | 37,828 | triviaqa-train |
In the Old Testament, TWO books are named after women. Ruth is one - name the other. | Maccabees apocryphal.
Most quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament, differing by varying degrees from the Masoretic Text, are taken from the Septuagint. Daniel was written several hundred years after the time of Ezra, and since that time several books of the Septuagint have been found in the original Hebre... | . In the poetical books of the Old Testament (OT) there are only two columns to a page. In Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and 1 Kings 1:1–19:11 there are 44 lines in a column; in 2 Chronicles 10:16–26:13 there are 40 lines in a column; and in the New Testament always 42.
The manuscript is one of the very few New Tes... | 37,829 | triviaqa-train |
In 1978 who had their first UK Top Ten Hit with the song 'What A Waste'? | What a Waste
"What a Waste" is a song and single by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, originally released in 1978 on the Stiff Records single BUY 27 "What a Waste" / "Wake Up and Make Love with Me". The song has remained in The Blockheads' set following Dury's death.
Essentially a song about being in a job that makes you ha... | . The album boasted the hit singles "That Lady", "What It Comes Down To" and "Summer Breeze", the latter song becoming a top ten hit in the UK, their first top ten hit over there since their Motown releases including "This Old Heart" had reached the top ten. "3+3" was the group's first album to be certified platinum an... | 37,830 | triviaqa-train |
Whose 19th century dictionary standardised US English? | , phonetics, vocabulary, and, to a much lesser extent, grammar and orthography. The first large American dictionary, "An American Dictionary of the English Language", known as Webster's Dictionary, was written by Noah Webster in 1828, codifying several of these spellings.
Differences in grammar are relatively minor, an... | "A Description of the Beauties of Edinample and Lochearnhead." Aberfeldy: D. Cameron. Retrieved on 2008-09-30.
In 1888 an uncut first edition sold at auction for £5 10 shillings, equivalent to £439 in 2007 currency by the retail-price index.
See also.
- "English as She is Spoke", a 19th-century English–Portuguese dicti... | 37,831 | triviaqa-train |
Which number amendment to the U.S constitution abolished slavery? | Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. The amendment... | 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves held in the Confederate States as contraband. Border states, except Delaware, began their own emancipation programs. Thousands of slaves escaped to freedom behind Union Army lines, and in 1863 many men started serving as the United States Colored Tr... | 37,832 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Tsar of Russia when the serfs were emancipated? | Russian Empire. It was never established in the North, in the Urals, and in Siberia. According to the "Encyclopedia of Human Rights":
Russia's over 23 million privately held serfs were freed from their lords by an edict of Alexander II in 1861. The owners were compensated through taxes on the freed serfs. State serfs w... | Yakov Rostovtsev
Iakov Ivanovich Rostovtsev ( – ) was a leading figure in the formulation of statutes which effectively emancipated the Russian serfs.
Born in St Petersburg, Russia, Rostovtsev became a career soldier, and was a young officer at the time of the 1825 Decembrist revolt. When he was invited to join the plo... | 37,833 | triviaqa-train |
"Who had number one hits in 1959 with ""Side Saddle"" and ""Roulette""?" | Side Saddle
"Side Saddle" is a hit single which was number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks from 27 March 1959.
The honky-tonk style tune, composed and played by British popular music pianist Russ Conway, was written as part of the score for a television musical adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast". Conway, s... | 83 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. This included two self-penned number one instrumentals, "Side Saddle" and "Roulette", the latter deposing Elvis Presley's "A Fool Such As I". He appeared frequently on light entertainment TV shows and radio for many years afterwards, performing at the London Palladium on a number of oc... | 37,834 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a number one hit in 1955 with 'Give me your word' and in 1956 with 'Sixteen Tons'? | you get? Another day older and deeper in debt" came from a letter written by Travis's brother John. Another line came from their father, a coal miner, who would say: "I can't afford to die. I owe my soul to the company store."
A 1955 version recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford reached number one in the "Billboard" charts,... | the UK. "Sixteen Reasons" was a popular song on the American Forces Network in Germany that summer.
A recounting of sixteen reasons for being in love, beginning "The way you hold my hand", "Sixteen Reasons" was Stevens' second Top 40 hit, the precedent being a duet with Edd Byrnes: "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)",... | 37,835 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did the Space Shuttle Challenger crash? | Tests and has no orbital capability. Four fully operational orbiters were initially built: "Columbia", "Challenger", "Discovery", and "Atlantis". Of these, two were lost in mission accidents: "Challenger" in 1986 and "Columbia" in 2003, with a total of fourteen astronauts killed. A fifth operational (and sixth in total... | Diane Vaughan
Diane Vaughan is an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University. She is known for her work on organizational and management issues, in particular in the case of the space shuttle "Challenger" crash.
In the understanding of safety and risk, Vaughan is perhaps best known for coining the phrase... | 37,836 | triviaqa-train |
In which year of WWI did allied forces land at Gallipoli? | . In 1915, Italy joined the Allied Powers and opened a front in the Alps. Bulgaria joined the Central Powers in 1915 and Greece joined the Allies in 1917, expanding the war in the Balkans. The United States initially remained neutral, though even while neutral it became an important supplier of war materiel to the Alli... | with international experts, location landscape, underwater and aerial photography, 3-D computer animations and re-enactments of trenches.
Reception.
Reception Critical response.
When the film was released in France, "Variety" magazine film critic, Lisa Nesselson, reviewed the film favorably, writing, "A thorough recoun... | 37,837 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister at time of the Battle of Waterloo? | ministry from 1806 to 1807. Lord Liverpool was Prime Minister for 15 years; he and Pitt held the position for 34 years. Under their long, consistent leadership, Cabinet government became a convention of the constitution. Although subtle issues remained to be settled, the Cabinet system of government is essentially the ... | , was at the time of his death a lieutenant colonel to the Guards, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. He was also a first cousin of prime minister George Canning and Lord Garvagh. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. Canning Stratford began his education at a Dame's scho... | 37,838 | triviaqa-train |
Name one of the colours on the flag of Ukraine. | Yefremov stating that there were blue-and-yellow flags, while Dmytro Doroshenko claimed that there were yellow-and-blue. The blue-yellow flag was flown at the First Ukrainian Military Congress on May 18, 1917.
There are reliable sources that indicate that an official flag was declared by the Ukrainian People's Republic... | Soccer Club was founded in March 1951 by Alexander Minko and Igor Schorsch, migrants from Ukraine. The club took its name from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the famous Dynamo Kyiv team.
Their playing colours of gold and blue were adopted from the Ukrainian national flag in the late 1960s. The clubs' original playin... | 37,839 | triviaqa-train |
In which Shakespeare play do the characters Duke Frederick and Charles the Wrestler appear? | 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... | Silvius is a European who wears Japanese clothes. Black British actors play the de Boys brothers, Orlando and Oliver. When Orlando fights not merely a wrestler, it is indeed a sumo wrestler.
Branagh invented a prologue in which ninja warriors attack Duke Senior's family as it attends a performance of Kabuki theatre. Br... | 37,840 | triviaqa-train |
Which Labour politician wrote a 1989 autobiography titled The Time of my Life'? | Midlands and South of England, benefiting from both a surge in turnout and votes lost by the ailing Liberals.
History Internal conflict and opposition, 1979–1997.
After its defeat in the 1979 general election the Labour Party underwent a period of internal rivalry between the left represented by Tony Benn, and the righ... | his autobiography "The Time of My Life" (1989) asserts that Fienburgh's "good looks and big brown eyes often led him astray". Edward Pearce, writing in "The Guardian" described him as a "delightful and amusing Labour politician". Peter Hitchens in his book "The Abolition of Britain" described him as "one of the most ta... | 37,841 | triviaqa-train |
In which US city was the 1968 film 'Bullitt' set? | of San Francisco, which is regarded as one of the most influential in movie history.
In 2007, "Bullitt" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Plot.
Senator Walter Chalmers is set to present witne... | The Saint" and "Danger Man".
Yates' third feature as director was the heist film, "Robbery" (1967), a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery of 1963 starring Stanley Baker and produced by Deeley.
Biography "Bullitt" and Hollywood.
"Robbery" was a critical success in the US and led to an offer to direct "Bull... | 37,842 | triviaqa-train |
In which US state was the 1987 film 'The Big Easy' set? | The Big Easy (film)
The Big Easy is a 1986 American crime comedy-drama directed by Jim McBride and written by Daniel Petrie Jr. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, and Ned Beatty. The film was both set and shot on location in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The film was later adapted for a television serie... | The Big Easy (TV series)
The Big Easy is an American crime drama series that was based on the 1987 film of the same name.
The show premiered on the USA Network on August 11, 1996. Tony Crane played New Orleans police detective lieutenant Remy McSwain, Susan Walters played state district attorney Anne Osbourne and Barry... | 37,843 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Wiltshire house of the Marquis of Bath? | and who had just begun to build the great house at Longleat. The election proceeded by the Sheriff sitting in one place to take votes for Thynne, and his deputy sitting in another to take votes for Penruddock. There was no secret ballot at this period. Each side's agents watched the voting and had the opportunity to ch... | Domesday Book, and the name comes from the Old English "belgae" and "tun", the Belgae being a violent race who settled in what is now Wiltshire.
It is close to the route of the ancient Wansdyke.
Government and politics.
Belluton is part of the civil parish of Publow, which has a parish council with some responsibility ... | 37,844 | triviaqa-train |
Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the accession of Elizabeth II? | Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature and music. Crawford published a biography of Elizabeth and Margaret's childhood years entitled "The Little Princesses" in 1950, much to the dismay of the royal family. The book describes Elizabeth's love of horses and dogs, her orderliness, and her attitude of respo... | put Labour ahead with enough support to form an overall majority.
Prime Minister.
Blair became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 2 May 1997, serving concurrently as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Labour Party. Aged 43, Blair became the youngest person to become Pr... | 37,845 | triviaqa-train |
In which 18th century war were the battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy? | , bulk transportation relied on rivers or waterways and the Pragmatic Army a long way from its bases in Flanders. Its supply lines were blocked at several places along the Main and Rhine rivers; by the end of June, they were short of supplies and had to retreat. Anticipating this, the duc de Noailles established a bloc... | Henry Hawley
Lieutenant General Henry Hawley (c. 12 January 1685 – 24 March 1759) was a British army officer who served in the wars of the first half of the 18th century. He fought in a number of significant battles, including Dettingen in 1743 and Fontenoy in 1745.
During the Jacobite rising of 1745, he was recalled t... | 37,846 | triviaqa-train |
In which seaside town in the UK was a statue of a naked woman called Verity by Damien Hirst unveiled in 2012? | it at a Sotheby's auction, earning over £11 million. Some of the work had been adapted, e.g. by signing it prior to the auction.
Hirst is a co-owner of the seafood restaurant, 11 The Quay, in the English seaside town of Ilfracombe. In 2016, Damien Hirst designed the interiors of his new restaurant Pharmacy 2 at the New... | , The Quay" within which there are many Damien Hirst works, including "butterflies", "pharmacy", small statues and wallpaper designs. In October 2012 Damien Hirst loaned the statue, Verity, to the District Council, it is a controversial piece but stands guiding mariners into the safety of the harbour. The town is home ... | 37,847 | triviaqa-train |
The Voice (UK) judge Will. I. Am was a vocalist in which group? | Grass Roots", with the help of producers Mookie Mook and DJ Motiv8, but the album was never released due to Eazy-E's death in 1995. After Eazy's tragic death, they changed their name to Black Eyed Pods, and Will replaced Dante with Jaime Gomez, better known under his stage name of Taboo. In 1997, they once again change... | "
Cohen is backed by a medium-sized, country-influenced group nicknamed The Army, which includes guitarist Ron Cornelius, guitarist/fiddler Charlie Daniels and vocalist "Jennifer Warren", who would soon become famous as Jennifer Warnes and a popular interpreter of Cohen's songs. Speaking to "Mojo" in November 2001, Coh... | 37,848 | triviaqa-train |
Alex Turner is the leader of which British group, winner of the 2006 Mercury Prize? | Kane, and featured string arrangements by Owen Pallett. Alexa Chung, dating Turner since mid-2007, featured in the music video for "My Mistakes Were Made For You". Hogan of "Pitchfork" noted that, lyrically, Turner was "moving from his anthropologically detailed Arctics brushstrokes to bold, cinematic gestures." Petrid... | Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson is a British curator and art critic who was appointed Director, Tate Britain in Summer 2015. As Director, Tate Britain he is Chair of the Turner Prize.
Previously, he was director of Nottingham Contemporary from 2007 to 2015. Designed by Caruso St John it launched with exhibitions dev... | 37,849 | triviaqa-train |
Which author using the pen name Robert Markham wrote a James Bond book called 'Colonel Sun' after the death of Ian Fleming? | James Bond
The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelizations: Kingsley Amis, Christoph... | The Indian in the Cupboard (film)
The Indian in the Cupboard is a 1995 American family fantasy drama film directed by Frank Oz and written by Melissa Mathison, based on the children's book of the same name by Lynne Reid Banks. The story is about a boy who receives a cupboard as a gift on his ninth birthday. He later di... | 37,850 | triviaqa-train |
Where is Frederic Chopin Airport? | Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (, , , , ; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was... | New York Federalist party would have been diminished. Burr responded by challenging Hamilton to a duel, personal combat under the formalized rules for dueling, the "code duello".
Dueling had been outlawed in New York; the sentence for conviction of dueling was death. It was illegal in New Jersey as well, but the conseq... | 37,851 | triviaqa-train |
Which Eastern City was the second largest in England, after London, 1,000 years ago? | Under the Stuarts, Continental artists were influential especially the Flemish, examples from the period include Anthony van Dyck, Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller and William Dobson. The 18th century was a time of significance with the founding of the Royal Academy, a classicism based on the High Renaissance prevailed, wit... | whose members were called Red Paint People, is indigenous to the New England and Atlantic Canada regions of North America. The culture flourished between 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE (5,000–3,000 years ago) and was named after their burial ceremonies, which used large quantities of red ochre to cover bodies and grave goods.
T... | 37,852 | triviaqa-train |
Of what country is Zagreb the capital? | Zagreb
Zagreb (; ) is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level.
The estimated population of the city in 2018 was 820 678. The populati... | and pharmacy to solve new and complex medical questions. The ACTRI also enables collaboration with the Jacobs School of Engineering, the Salk Institute, the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, the J. Craig Venter Institute, and San Diego State Universit... | 37,853 | triviaqa-train |
In which shipping forecast area are the Channel Islands? | area equivalent to Forties after the Fladen bank, while Météo-France calls the English Channel sea areas Dover, Wight, Portland and Plymouth respectively Pas-de-Calais, Antifer, Casquets and Ouessant.
In the forecast, areas are named in a roughly clockwise direction, strictly following the order above. However, a forec... | the northern part of the UK shipping forecast sea area of Biscay.
Location and environment.
The Iroise coastline consists of a rich variety of beaches, rocky cliffs, sand dunes, coves and islands such as the Île de Sein and the Island of Molene.
The considerable differences in depth and the adjacent English Channel cre... | 37,854 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous surrender took place on 15th February 1942? | the Indian Councils Act 1909. The Muslim League insisted on its separateness from the Hindu-dominated Congress, as the voice of a "nation within a nation".
The Ghadar Party was formed overseas in 1913 to fight for the Independence of India with members coming from the United States and Canada, as well as Shanghai, Hong... | conducted against the English admiral Sir Edward Hughes (1720?–1794), is famous for the number, severity and indecisiveness of the encounters between them. Four actions took place in 1782: the Battle of Sadras on February 17, 1782, south of Madras; the Battle of Providien on April 12 near Trincomalee; the Battle of Neg... | 37,855 | triviaqa-train |
In which radio show did Sandi Toksvig take over from Simon Hoggart in 2006? | Simon Hoggart
Simon David Hoggart (26 May 1946 – 5 January 2014) was an English journalist and broadcaster. He wrote on politics for "The Guardian", and on wine for "The Spectator". Until 2006 he presented "The News Quiz" on Radio 4. His journalism sketches have been published in a series of books.
Personal life.
Simon... | before asking the next question. It is not uncommon for the show to get through only two rounds of the panel before the final section is reached. Before the host announces the largely symbolic scores, the panellists read out statements from newspapers and other media which they find amusing.
Personnel.
Personnel Former... | 37,856 | triviaqa-train |
What is the stage name of American rapper Curtis James Jackson? | rappers such as 50 Cent and Ja Rule add a slight melody to their otherwise purely percussive raps whereas some rappers such as Cee-Lo Green are able to harmonize their raps with the beat. The Midwestern group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony was one of the first groups to achieve nationwide recognition for using the fast-paced, me... | The Game (rapper)
Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29, 1979), better known by his stage name The Game (or simply Game), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene and for being one of Dr. Dre's signees under Aftermath. Born in Compton,... | 37,857 | triviaqa-train |
What is the longest river entirely in Spain? | 10th century.
The Muslim community in the Iberian Peninsula was itself diverse and beset by social tensions. The Berber people of North Africa, who had provided the bulk of the invading armies, clashed with the Arab leadership from the Middle East. Over time, large Moorish populations became established, especially in ... | which is in New Mexico
5. Colorado River – almost entirely in Texas of which are not dry
6. Canadian River – of which are in Texas
7. Trinity River – entirely in Texas
8. Sabine River – of which are in Texas
9. Neches River – entirely in Texas
10. Nueces River – entirely in Texas
The Trinity River is the longest river ... | 37,858 | triviaqa-train |
In May 2013 the BBC decided to ditch the DMI. For what does the M in DMI stand? | its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up. T... | .
After the termination of the Siemens contract, the DMI project was brought in-house by the BBC in 2009 and rebranded as "Fabric".
In 2012, it was reported that BBC staff who worked on a number of projects including DMI had suffered from severe stress and had been treated at The Priory.
Developments in 2013-14.
Accord... | 37,859 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633-45. As a staunch Catholic, he was beheaded in the midst of the English Civil War? | money and standing out against its illegality aroused widespread indignation.
During his "Personal Rule", Charles aroused most antagonism through his religious measures. He believed in High Anglicanism, a sacramental version of the Church of England, theologically based upon Arminianism, a creed shared with his main po... | successor Eubele Thelwall seems to have been uncontroversial.
Civil War and Restoration.
During the English Civil War he was a staunch Royalist, who attempted to raise Welsh troops for the Royalist cause, leading to his ejection from the University in 1648. He retired to Glamorgan, as did his protege (and successor as ... | 37,860 | triviaqa-train |
Who married Brooke Shields in 1997? | own mink fur coat at Kopenhagen Fur. She came under the scrutiny of animal rights organizations such as PETA for this visit, which prompted media attention.
Shields has been married twice. From 1997 to 1999, she was married to tennis player Andre Agassi; the couple had been together since 1993. Following her divorce fr... | novelist. Straight was the son of Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918), an investment banker who died in Michael's infancy, and Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), a philanthropist. They divorced in 1998.
- Thomas Gore Auchincloss (born 1939), who married Diana Lippert (b. 1940) in 1960. She was the daughter of Bernha... | 37,861 | triviaqa-train |
Which playwright wrote the plays Heartbreak House, The Devil's Disciple and Back to Methusaleh? | George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty ... | , he wrote several books on the music of Italy and of Greece and co-founded a musical journal. Pizzetti was an active supporter of fascism and signed the Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals in 1925.
A disciple of poet, playwright and revolutionary Gabriele d'Annunzio, Pizzetti wrote incidental music to his plays, an... | 37,862 | triviaqa-train |
Name the island separated from the mainland by the Juan de Fuca, Georgia and Queen Charlotte Straits? | Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in area. It is the largest island on the West Coast of the Americas.
The southern part of Vancouver Island and some of the nearby Gu... | and Tofino areas before the 1970s; many land areas were mapped in the 1980s and 1990s. However, Vancouver and Queen Charlotte islands mostly lack caprock. Hecate Strait seems to lack adequate source and reservoir rocks, and the offshore wells did not significantly test the Mesozoic horizons. Rocks on the mainland are c... | 37,863 | triviaqa-train |
Who is this: An American President sometimes called the 'Father of the Constitution', during his term of office the Treaty of Ghent was signed ending the war between Britain and America. He was also responsible for seizing West Florida from Spain? | U.S. President James Madison proclaimed that the United States should take possession of West Florida between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers, based on a tenuous claim that it was part of the Louisiana Purchase. (See "The U.S. claim", below.) The West Florida government opposed annexation, preferring to negotiate te... | Paris: A treaty between the United States and Great Britain is signed in Paris, formally ending the American Revolutionary War and granting the United States independence from Great Britain; and treaties are signed between Britain, France and Spain at Versailles, ending hostilities with the Franco-Spanish Alliance. Thi... | 37,864 | triviaqa-train |
What is considered the most successful (financially and most other ways) Australian film of the 1980's? | first public screenings of films in Australia took place in October 1896, within a year of the world's first screening in Paris by Lumière brothers. The first Australian exhibition took place at the Athenaeum Hall in Collins Street, Melbourne, to provide alternative entertainment for the dance-hall patrons. Commerciall... | fixing what was not really broken.
Release.
The film was financially successful on its initial in 1963. It came third in British box office receipts, and was the 4th most popular in the United States. Produced on a budget of $1 million, it earned $16 million in rentals in North America and another $4 million in markets... | 37,865 | triviaqa-train |
Who, according to Pseudo-Apollodorus, was the only woman on the crew of the Argo? | of heroes included the Boreads (sons of Boreas, the North Wind) who could fly, Heracles, Philoctetes, Peleus, Telamon, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux, Atalanta, Meleager and Euphemus.
The Quest for the Golden Fleece The Isle of Lemnos.
The isle of Lemnos is situated off the Western coast of Asia Minor (modern day Turkey). ... | make Aglaulus jealous of Herse. When Hermes arrives to seduce Herse, Aglaulus stands in his way instead of helping him as she had agreed. He turns her to stone.
Mythology Patron of heroes.
According to Pseudo-Apollodorus's "Bibliotheca", Athena advised Argos, the builder of the "Argo", the ship on which the hero Jason ... | 37,866 | triviaqa-train |
What, in a word, are retinol, niacin, cobalamin and ascorbic acid? | Vitamin C
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid and -ascorbic acid, is a vitamin found in various foods and sold as a dietary supplement. It is used to prevent and treat scurvy. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient involved in the repair of tissue and the enzymatic production of certain neurotransmitters. It is required... | different isoforms. Lighter Lp(a) are also associated with disease. Thus a test with simple quantitative results may not provide a complete assessment of risk.
Treatment.
At the current time, the simplest treatment for an elevated lipoprotein(a) is niacin, 1-3 grams daily, in general in an extended-release form. Niacin... | 37,867 | triviaqa-train |
In what TV game show do players not want to join the '1p Club'? | , and the lowest 10p by Gok Wan.
Episodes Phone-in competition.
When "Deal Or No Deal" began, viewers were invited to phone in (at a premium rate), use the Channel 4 website or enter by post (free of charge) to enter the competition, in which an audience member selects one of three boxes (coloured blue and separate fro... | AI will attempt to put out any runner advancing toward a base. With practice, the player can alternate between advancing and retreating both runners until the computer could not keep up with both; producing cheap runs.
Like most baseball video and computer games, either one or two players can join in for simultaneous p... | 37,868 | triviaqa-train |
Situated on the River Wyre, what Lancashire town became the world's first Fairtrade town in 2000? | people were killed and a further 22 were injured.
From Abbeystead, the river flows south through Dolphinholme to Garstang, where the Lancaster Canal crosses on a small aqueduct. One mile south, at Catterall, it meets its first major tributary, the River Calder. The river then turns westwards, flowing through St Michael... | Hambleton, Lancashire
Hambleton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. It is situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde and in an area east of the River Wyre known locally as Over Wyre. Hambleton lies approximately north-east of its post town, Poulton-le-Fylde, and about north-east of the ... | 37,869 | triviaqa-train |
What Japanese term, translating as 'pleasant savoury taste', is one of the five basic tastes? | cuisine, and in the Romans' deliberate use of fermented fish sauce. However, it was only recently recognized in modern science as a basic taste; well after the other basic tastes have been recognized by scientists, in part due to their correspondence with the four tastes of ancient Greek philosophy. Umami, or “scrumpti... | taste from other tastes, the researchers separated volunteers into groups and had them try samples that also contained the other basic tastes. Volunteers were able to separate the taste of fatty acids into their own category, with some overlap with savory samples, which the researchers hypothesized was due to poor fami... | 37,870 | triviaqa-train |
What Greek dish consists of lamb slow-baked on the bone, having been marinated in garlic and lemon juice? | in most dishes. It is produced from the olive trees prominent throughout the region, and adds to the distinctive taste of Greek food. The olives themselves are also widely eaten. The basic grain in Greece is wheat, though barley is also grown. Important vegetables include tomato, aubergine (eggplant), potato, green bea... | on special occasions.
- Yassa: Now popular with other West African countries, Yassa is either chicken or fish that is first marinated with spices, and then simmered in a pan with onion, garlic, mustard, and lemon juice. This creates a chicken and onion sauce side-dish that is served with plain white rice.
- Chere, a mi... | 37,871 | triviaqa-train |
In Japan, what are Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun? | ."
Controversies Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Following the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Asahi and other newspapers faced growing public criticism for adhering too closely to the government narrative during their reporting of the disaster. In response, the Asahi strengthened its investigati... | own team of six competitors took home seven bronze medals.
Journalism.
- Yomiuri Shimbun — 2003–2004 Columnist for Asian culture with "Yomiuri Weekly".
- Asahi Shimbun — 2005–2006 Columnist specialising in career planning "AERA English".
- Japan Times — 2007 Columnist specialising in career planning.
- Nihon Keizai Shi... | 37,872 | triviaqa-train |
Situated on the River Teme, what Shropshire town became the UK's first Slow Food town in 2002? | River Teme
The River Teme (pronounced ; ) rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown, and flows through Knighton where it crosses the border into England down to Ludlow in Shropshire, then to the north of Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border there, on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester. The ... | Burford, Shropshire
Burford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.
According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,108, rising to 1,392 at the 2011 Census.
Location.
The parish is situated to the north of the River Teme, on the other side of the Teme is the Worcestershire town of Tenbury We... | 37,873 | triviaqa-train |
Dying in a car crash in 1974, who was the original lead singer with The Wurzels? | The Wurzels
The Wurzels are a Scrumpy and Western band from Somerset, England, best known for their number one hit "The Combine Harvester" and number three hit "I Am A Cider Drinker" in 1976.
Name.
The name of the band was dreamt up by founder Adge Cutler. It appears to be short for mangelwurzel, a crop grown to feed l... | Beckett (band)
Beckett was an English hard rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1970. The band released one self-titled album in 1974 and disbanded shortly thereafter. Original singer Rob Turner was killed in a car crash and replaced by Terry Wilson-Slesser, who would later go on to perform with Back Street Crawl... | 37,874 | triviaqa-train |
Buckland Abbey in Devon was the 16th century home of which man? | displays a red crowned lion on a silver field, the arms of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall. The "chief" or upper portion of the shield depicts an ancient ship on wavers, for Devon's seafaring traditions. The Latin motto adopted was "Auxilio Divino" (by Divine aid), that of Sir Francis Drake. The 1926 grant was of... | both of which link Buckfast Abbey to Tavistock Abbey and Buckland Abbey. It was knocked down in 1846 and the shaft broken. It was restored in 1848 at the instigation of Sir Ralph Lopes.
Both faces of the cross bear badly weathered inscriptions which have been the source of much speculation since the 19th century. One c... | 37,875 | triviaqa-train |
Anthony Hopkins and Geoffrey Howe were born in which Welsh town? | , 1937, in Margam, a suburb of Port Talbot, Glamorgan. His parents were Annie Muriel ("née" Yeates) and Richard Arthur Hopkins, a baker. He stated his father's working-class values have always underscored his life. "Whenever I get a feeling that I may be special or different, I think of my father and I remember his han... | most famous MP was Ramsay MacDonald. Sir Geoffrey Howe, who although born locally never represented the town in the House of Commons, chose as his peerage title Lord Howe of Aberavon. Since 1999 it has had its own Welsh Assembly constituency.
Aberavon hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1932 and 1966.
Sport.
Aberavon RFC... | 37,876 | triviaqa-train |
The photographer Paparazzo was a character in which 1960 film? | Famous paparazzi.
Walter Santesso portrays Paparazzo in the 1960 film "La Dolce Vita", marking the character as the eponym of the word paparazzi.
Ron Galella is most known for suing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis after the former First Lady ordered her Secret Service agents to destroy Galella’s camera and film following an... | , that consists mainly of zombies, "Zombieland", and that he was "startled" by the TMZ photographer. "I wrapped a movie called Zombieland, in which I was constantly under assault by zombies, then flew to New York, still very much in character ... With my daughter at the airport I was startled by a paparazzo, who I quit... | 37,877 | triviaqa-train |
Tumbago is an alloy of gold and which other metal? | in their +1 valence states show similarities to other post-transition metals; they are occasionally classified as such.
Copper is a soft metal (MH 2.5–3.0) with low mechanical strength. It has a close-packed face-centred cubic structure (BCN 12). Copper behaves like a transition metal in its preferred oxidation state o... | At) is usually classified as either a nonmetal or a metalloid; it has been predicted to be a metal. It is here shown as a metalloid.
Alloys.
An alloy is a substance having metallic properties and which is composed of two or more elements at least one of which is a metal. An alloy may have a variable or fixed compositio... | 37,878 | triviaqa-train |
What is the cathedral church of Rome? | Peter's Basilica, Rome's cathedral is the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, located to the south-east of the city-centre. There are around 900 churches in Rome in total, aside from the cathedral itself, some others of note include: the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, th... | Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, Valle del Cauca
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral () Also Cartago Cathedral Is a Catholic temple, located in the corner of the fifth Street with fourteen street , two blocks from the Park of Bolivar, in the city of Cartago (Valle del Cauca), Colombia. What stands out most of the... | 37,879 | triviaqa-train |
Who is Nicolas Cage's famous film-world uncle? | were composer Carmine Coppola and actress Italia Pennino, and his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata. Through his father, he is a nephew of director Francis Ford Coppola and of actress Talia Shire, and the cousin of directors Roman Coppola and Sofia Coppola, film producer Gian-Carlo C... | Gomez got his start playing the younger version of Nicolas Cage's character Benjamin Franklin Gates in the 2004 Disney film "National Treasure". Playing the younger version of famous actors became a career staple for Gomez. He portrayed the younger versions of Justin Timberlake, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luke Wilson, Goos... | 37,880 | triviaqa-train |
Which fuel is commonly found in cigarette lighters? | to conveniently extinguish the flame. Butane lighters have a valved orifice that meters the butane gas as it escapes.
A spark is created by striking metal against a flint, or by pressing a button that compresses a piezoelectric crystal (piezo ignition), generating an electric arc. In naphtha lighters, the liquid is suf... | become marine debris; plastic bags, balloons, buoys, rope, medical waste, glass and plastic bottles, cigarette stubs, cigarette lighters, beverage cans, polystyrene, lost fishing line and nets, and various wastes from cruise ships and oil rigs are among the items commonly found to have washed ashore. Six pack rings, in... | 37,881 | triviaqa-train |
Border, Leicester and Corriedale are all breeds of what? | . Sheep of this breed should also have a distinct Roman nose much like the North Country Cheviot.
There are key strengths associated with the Border Leicester making them an excellent breed for farmers. They have excellent maternal characteristics meaning that they make good mothers while producing quality lambs. Lambs... | Finnish Landrace, 20% Suffolk, 14% East Friesian, 9% Shropshire and 8% Dorset Horn; the remaining 9% is Border Leicester, North Country Cheviot, Romnelet and Corriedale. The Rideau Arcott has been selectively bred for higher fertility, multiple births, milk production and growth rate.
Rideau’s exhibit strong maternal t... | 37,882 | triviaqa-train |
Which pop singer sang Lost in France in 1976? | Lost in France
"Lost in France" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released as a single in September 1976 by RCA Records, written by her producers and songwriters Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe. "Lost in France" was Tyler's second single and first chart hit in her career, which featured on her debut ... | of EMI.
The album went gold in France and in the UK was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize. Raman also won the Best Newcomer award from BBC Radio 3.
"Salt Rain" drew on traditional Tamil music blended with jazz-folk and pop influences. It featured original material, as well as old songs Raman sang at recitals when... | 37,883 | triviaqa-train |
Give the whole name of the London borough in which Chelsea FC is based. | boroughs. Shared services were previously resisted due to councils guarding their authority. However, as the need for budget cuts in the late 2000s became apparent some councils have sought service mergers. Westminster and Hammersmith & Fulham were due to merge their education services, including school admissions and ... | Old Church Street
Old Church Street is a street in London, England in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
It runs from Chelsea Embankment to Fulham Road, crossing Kings Road. The section to the north of Kings Road is sometimes called Upper Old Church Street. At the Chelsea Embankment end is Chelsea Old Church ... | 37,884 | triviaqa-train |
Which African capital was previously called Leopoldville? | Kinshasa
Kinshasa (; ; formerly Léopoldville ( or Dutch )) is the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is situated alongside the Congo River.
Once a site of fishing and trading villages, Kinshasa is now a megacity with an estimated population of more than 11 million. It faces B... | the first "national" artists of the DRC: he learned the music of the ethnic groups up and down the river, and later sang not only in his native tongue of Kikongo, but also in fluent Lingala and Swahili.
Soukous in the 1950s.
The success of this new music rested upon the burgeoning radio stations and record industry of ... | 37,885 | triviaqa-train |
The Limehouse Declaration of 1981 created what? | the so-called 'Gang of Four' signalled their intent to leave the Labour Party and form a Council for Social Democracy, as they felt the party had been taken over by the left-wing members. This Council became the basis for the British Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The declaration was launched on a small bridge on Narro... | Limehouse Declaration
The Limehouse Declaration was a statement issued on 25 January 1981 by four senior British Labour politicians, all MPs or former MPs and Cabinet Ministers: Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams. It became known as the Limehouse Declaration as it was made from David Owen's Lond... | 37,886 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the first country to host the football World Cup twice? | for the 2018 tournament.
Only Mexico, Italy, France, Germany (West Germany until shortly after the 1990 World Cup) and Brazil have hosted the event on two occasions. Mexico City's Estadio Azteca and Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã are the only venues ever to have hosted two FIFA World Cup finals. Only the 2002 FIFA World Cup... | Women's: 2011), and France (Men's: 1934, 1998/Women's: 2019). The United States becomes the first country to host both men's and women's World Cup twice each.
2030 FIFA World Cup.
The bidding process for this World Cup has yet to start. Some early bids for the 2030 FIFA World Cup - the Centennial World Cup - have howev... | 37,887 | triviaqa-train |
Which Internet service provider took its name from a cave in Sardinia? | the fields of low-cost air travel and advanced information technology. For example, the CRS4 (Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia) developed the second European website and 1st in Italy in 1991 and webmail in 1995. CRS4 allowed several telecommunication companies and internet service provi... | Corbeddu Cave
The Corbeddu cave is located in the territory of Oliena, municipality of the province of Nuoro, in Sardinia. In this cave found refuge the famous Sardinian bandit Giovanni Corbeddu Salis (1844-1898), from which it took its name.
The cave is about 130 meters long and consists essentially of three "rooms". ... | 37,888 | triviaqa-train |
Who lost the longest ever tennis match at Wimbledon (in 2010)? | one player is ahead by two.
Overall.
Only two professional competitive matches have lasted longer than seven hours and 13 matches have lasted longer than six hours.
Overall Men's singles.
- = winner of the match also won the tournament.
The Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships holds the record for the ... | 1995 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 7–5 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, giving Graf the sixth Wimbledon title of her career. Conchita Martínez was the defending champion, but lost in the semifina... | 37,889 | triviaqa-train |
At which stately home can you see the Emperor fountain? | the face of English domestic architecture completely, with the use of turrets and towers as an architectural reference to the earlier castles and fortified houses completely disappearing. The Palladian style, in various forms, interrupted briefly by baroque, was to predominate until the second half of the 18th century ... | housed there. The restaurant is named for Concepción Sedano, the legendary mistress of Emperor Maximilia I]]. There is a painting of Maximilian and Concepcion by "Taracena" in the City Museum. You can also see Rivera murals at the restaurant "Casa Rivera", which was once the home of the Mexican actor Mario Moreno Canti... | 37,890 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote The Book of Snobs? | The Book of Snobs
The Book of Snobs is a collection of satirical works by William Makepeace Thackeray published in book form in 1848, the same year as his more famous "Vanity Fair". The pieces first appeared in fifty-three weekly pieces from February 28, 1846 to February 27, 1847, as "The Snobs of England, by one of th... | take Wolfert, and Wolfert fans like me, for reverse snobs, down-homing to mask the fundamental one-upmanship. But this would be vile calumny. Wolfert is merely a perfectionist and a visionary, and such people should be our heroes."
Of her book "The Cooking of Southwest France", Alice Waters wrote: "A true culinary zeal... | 37,891 | triviaqa-train |
The 1995 film Babe was inspired by which Dick King-Smith novel? | Babe (film)
Babe is a 1995 Australian-American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Noonan, produced by George Miller, and written by both. It is an adaptation of Dick King-Smith's 1983 novel "The Sheep-Pig", also known as "Babe: The Gallant Pig" in the US, which tells the story of a pig raised as livestock who wants to... | on it, the central character Wilbur is a pig who formed a relationship with a barn spider called Charlotte.
"Babe" and "" are films about a pig who wants to be a Herding dog, based on the character in the novel by Dick King-Smith. The original "Babe" film was released in the same year as the less successful film "Gordy... | 37,892 | triviaqa-train |
What highly toxic substance was used in the manufacture of the popular Victorian colouring material Scheele's Green? | tract, which accounts for its high toxicity. Pentavalent arsenic tends to be reduced to trivalent arsenic and trivalent arsenic tends to proceed via oxidative methylation in which the trivalent arsenic is made into mono, di and trimethylated products by methyltransferases and an S-adenosyl-methionine methyl donating co... | Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. 11002), and is subject to strict reporting requirements by facilities which produce, store, or use it in significant quantities.
See also.
- Cacodylic acid
- Cacodyl oxide
- Devarda's alloy, also used to produce arsine in the lab
- List of highly toxic gases
- Marsh t... | 37,893 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nickname of the darts player Ted Hankey? | Ted Hankey
Edward "Ted" Hankey (born 20 February 1968 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) is a former English Professional Darts player who is a two-time World Professional Darts Champion. His nickname was The Count and his walk on music was the 2002 song "Be On Your Way" by DJ Zany. He plays for the British Darts Organi... | Steve Douglas (darts player)
Stephen "Steve" Douglas (born 17 November 1977 from Bromley, London) is a former English professional darts player. His nickname was The Game.
Career.
Douglas won the 1995 WDF Europe Youth Cup, and made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2000. He defeated Gary Spedding in the first r... | 37,894 | triviaqa-train |
In which town was Osama bin Laden killed? | and whereabouts after the September 11 attacks Whereabouts just before his death.
In April 2011, various intelligence outlets were able to pinpoint bin Laden's suspected location near Abbottabad, Pakistan. It was previously believed that bin Laden was hiding near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan's Federally ... | ever to receive this highest Saudi honor.
Main participants Al-Qaeda.
Osama bin Laden was a member of the prominent Saudi bin Laden family and the founding leader of Al Qaeda. After the attacks on September 11, 2001 (in which 3 000 people died on U.S. soil), Osama bin Laden and his organization have been major targets ... | 37,895 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the US President, allegedly based on Bill Clinton, in the 1998 film Primary Colors? | Primary Colors (film)
Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was adapted from the novel "Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics", a "roman à clef" about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992, which was originally published anonymously, but in... | "The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill Clinton", a film adaption of the book written by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, and the 2012 "American Experience" documentary "Clinton".
Film Cultural depictions.
The character of Libby Holden in Joe Klein's 1996 novel "Primary Colors" is loosely based ... | 37,896 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first man to circumnavigate Australia? | since ancient times. When Europeans first began visiting and mapping Australia in the 17th century, the name "Terra Australis" was naturally applied to the new territories.
Until the early 19th century, Australia was best known as "New Holland", a name first applied by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 (as "Nieuw-... | destination of Milford Sound, New Zealand, during his attempt to cross from Australia to New Zealand.
- Justin Jones and James Castrission made the first crossing from Australia to New Zealand, arriving on 13 January 2008, a journey that took 61 days. This is the longest two man kayak expedition ever undertaken.
- In 2... | 37,897 | triviaqa-train |
In which North American city is the John Hancock Center? | where it has been ever since. During the previous November 11, 1928 frequency reassignments, two midwestern stations, WBBM in Chicago and KFAB in Omaha, Nebraska, were placed on the same frequency, 780 kHz, which meant they had to synchronize their programming during nighttime hours. In order to eliminate this restrict... | )
- Phillips New York, New York City, New York, AMERICAN AFRICAN AMERICAN (2019)
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, "Makeshift" (2018-2019)
- The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, USA "Contemporary Focus: Trenton Doyle Hancock" (2019)
- Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA “Mind Of The Mound: Criti... | 37,898 | triviaqa-train |
As well as being a writer on cricket, John Arlott also wrote extensively about what? | Other interests Wine connoisseur.
During a stopover in Sicily in 1949, on his return journey from South Africa, Arlott discovered wine for the very first time at the age of 35. From that day forth he eschewed beer and spirits and devoted himself to cultivating his love of wine. The following year, after recommending so... | "Arlott In Conversation" were published in 1983 and 1984 respectively as collections of his commentaries and writings. He was also the narrator and technical advisor for the documentary short film "Cricket" (1950).
Writer Biographical writings about Arlott.
- "Basingstoke Boy: Autobiography", by John Arlott, published ... | 37,899 | triviaqa-train |
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