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"""Is that your final answer?"" is a catchphrase associated with which TV quiz show?" | in the 1990s, allowing for higher-stakes games to be played.
After the popularity of game shows hit a nadir in the mid-1990s United States (at which point "The Price Is Right" was the only game show still on daytime network television and numerous game shows designed for cable television were canceled), the British gam... | .
In 1985, Brian Jackson is a first-year university student and information sponge. Since his working-class childhood in Southend-on-Sea, Brian has loved the TV quiz show "University Challenge", whose famous catchphrase – "Your starter for 10" – gives the film its title. Soon after arriving at Bristol University, Brian... | 37,900 | triviaqa-train |
By what two-word title is a member of the first degree of Freemasonry known? | Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons that from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. The degrees of Freemasonry retain the three... | comparison to other more established business of the company. LSSA has been traditionally a company providing subsystems, software for flight control and system integration of hardware and software for other UAV manufacturers, and RY series is its first attempt to establish its own brand of UAVs.
RY-1.
RY-1 is the firs... | 37,901 | triviaqa-train |
In whose books would you find the Baker Street Irregulars? | Baker Street Irregulars
The Baker Street Irregulars are fictional characters who appear in various Sherlock Holmes stories, as street boys who are employed by Holmes as intelligence agents. The name has subsequently been adopted by other organizations, most notably a prestigious and exclusive literary society founded i... | is Out There" (2016, IDW Publishing)
- "X-Files: Secret Agenda" (2016, IDW Publishing)
- "Scary Out There" (2016, Simon & Schuster)
- "Joe Ledger: Unstoppable", with Bryan Thomas-Schmidt (2017, Simon & Schuster)
- "Baker Street Irregulars", with Michael Ventrella (2017, Diversion Books)
- "The Baker Street Irregulars: ... | 37,902 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only London underground line which interconnects with every other line? | the wall at the end of the tunnel, in the Moorgate tube crash. There were 43 deaths and 74 injuries, the greatest loss of life during peacetime on the London Underground. In 1976 the Northern City Line was taken over by British Rail and linked up with the main line railway at Finsbury Park, a transfer that had already ... | or on the Circle line. Every London Underground line has stations in zone 1. Underground stations within this zone are typically close together; for instance Covent Garden and Leicester Square are only apart, the smallest distance between any two stations in the network. The zone originates from two central London zone... | 37,903 | triviaqa-train |
Icelandic singer Bjork was lead singer with which group from 1986 to 1992? | and was followed by a two-month tour in Europe, which also included a performance at Roskilde Festival in Denmark, making Kukl the first Icelandic band to play at the festival. During this period Björk published a hand-coloured book of poems. "Um Úrnat frá Björk" was distributed in 1984.
Life and career 1985–1992: The ... | Björk (name)
Björk, Björck, Biörck, or Bjork is a Swedish surname meaning birch.
It is also an Icelandic name given to girls, meaning birch, specifically the most common native tree of Iceland, "Betula pubescens tortuosa" (Arctic downy birch).
Notable people with the name include
- Given name
- Björk Guðmundsdóttir (... | 37,904 | triviaqa-train |
In which month of the year is London's Lord Mayor's Show traditionally held? | to early March, there can also be rain, with average temperatures around the freezing point.
June is the sunniest month of the year with an average of about eight hours of sunshine a day. July is the warmest month with an average daytime high of 21 °C. By contrast, the average hours of sunshine are less than two per da... | Lord Mayor of London's State Coach
The Lord Mayor of London's State Coach is, along with the Queen's Gold State Coach and the Speaker's State Coach, one of the three great State Coaches of the United Kingdom. Unlike the other two (which are only used on rare occasions such as Coronations) the Lord Mayor's Coach is used... | 37,905 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor on television played Bernard Woolley in 'Yes Minister' and Oscar Blaketon in 'Heartbeat'? | has seen many characters come and go over the years. Derek Fowlds and William Simons were the only main-cast actors who remained with the show over its entire 18-series run.
Premise.
"Heartbeat" is set in the 1960s. Although the specific timeframe is vague, various episodes appear to correspond to events between 1964 a... | 1972) and "Mistress Pamela" (1974), prior to becoming familiar to British television viewers as 'Mr. Derek' in the children's series "The Basil Brush Show", replacing Rodney Bewes as presenter. He played the role of Lord Randolph Churchill in the ATV series "Edward the Seventh" in 1975.
Perhaps his most famous role was... | 37,906 | triviaqa-train |
Where are the administrative headquarters of the East Riding of Yorkshire? | East Riding of Yorkshire registration county was designated, consisting of the entirety of the Poor Law Unions of Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Howden, Hull, Patrington, Pocklington, Sculcoates, Skirlaugh and York.
A county council for the East Riding of Yorkshire was set up in 1889, covering an administrative coun... | Volunteer Force.
The 1st North Riding AVC at Guisborough was very successful and soon reached a strength of eight companies under the command of Captain (later Admiral) Thomas Chaloner, RN, of Gisborough Hall, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant. The 2nd and 3rd North Yorkshire AVCs were attached to the 1st ... | 37,907 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the Battle of Quebec (where the Heights of Abraham were scaled)? | Plains of Abraham
"See also Heights of Abraham (disambiguation)."
The Plains of Abraham () is a historic area within The Battlefields Park in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The land is the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which took place on 13 September 1759, but hundreds of acres of the fields became used f... | Heights of Abraham
The Heights of Abraham is a tourist attraction in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England. It consists of a hilltop park on top of Masson Hill, accessed from the village by either the Heights of Abraham cable car or a steep zig-zag path. The heights are named after a supposed resemblance to the Plains of A... | 37,908 | triviaqa-train |
Which Simpson' TV cartoon series character is voiced by Kelsey Grammar? | the series are typically non-canon. However, continuity is inconsistent and limited in "The Simpsons". For example, Krusty the Clown may be able to read in one episode, but may not be able to read in another. Lessons learned by the family in one episode may be forgotten in the next. Some examples of limited continuity ... | destroyed by aliens.
- In the 1998 comedy film "Mafia!", Christina Applegate plays United States President Diane Steen. This character is a parody of Diane Keaton’s character in the Godfather series, and she almost accomplishes world peace but is distracted by her boyfriend, a mobster.
Movies and television 2000-presen... | 37,909 | triviaqa-train |
Which river is formed by the confluence of Gayle Beck and Cam Beck? | River Ribble
The River Ribble runs through North Yorkshire and Lancashire in Northern England. It starts close to the Ribblehead Viaduct in North Yorkshire, and is one of the few that start in the Yorkshire Dales and flow westwards towards the sea (the Dee in Dentdale and the Twiss in Kingsdale being notable others).
H... | constituency of Skipton and Ripon, the seat has been held by the Conservative Party ever since its creation in 1983.
Geography.
Kettlewell is situated in Upper Wharfedale around two miles upstream of where it converges with Littondale. The B6160 crosses the River Wharfe by a stone bridge. The village is situated just w... | 37,910 | triviaqa-train |
Which musical show and film features the song 'Good Morning Baltimore'? | Good Morning Baltimore
"Good Morning Baltimore" is the opening number of the musical "Hairspray". It is performed by the protagonist, Tracy Turnblad, and alludes to the distinctive beat and vocal effects ("oh-oh-oh") of The Ronettes' 1963 hit "Be My Baby".
Production.
In the 2007 film, Tracy, played by Nikki Blonsky, b... | Good Morning Baltimore" were the only numbers from the musical not used in the film in any way.
Shaiman and Wittman composed two new songs for the 2007 film: "Ladies' Choice", a solo for Link, and "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)", a song performed during the end credits by Queen Latifah, Blonsky, Efron, and Kelley. Ano... | 37,911 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous work by Brendan Behan is set in a Dublin prison? | 1946, Behan moved between homes in Dublin, Kerry and Connemara, and also resided in Paris for a time.
In 1954, Behan's first play "The Quare Fellow", was produced in Dublin. It was well received; however, it was the 1956 production at Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in Stratford, London, that gained Behan a wider re... | - "The Banks of the Dargle"
1950 - 2000.
- "The Auld Triangle" - by writer Brendan Behan, about his time in Mountjoy Prison
- "The Dublin Saunter (Dublin Can Be Heaven)" - by Leo Maguire, made famous by Noel Purcell
- "The Burning of the Abbey Theatre" - a comical song about the Abbey Theatre by Sylvester Gaffney (Leo ... | 37,912 | triviaqa-train |
Titania and Oberon are moons of which planet? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the... | the fewest impact craters, while Umbriel's appears oldest. A past 3:1 orbital resonance between Miranda and Umbriel and a past 4:1 resonance between Ariel and Titania are thought to be responsible for the heating that caused substantial endogenic activity on Miranda and Ariel.
One piece of evidence for such a past reso... | 37,913 | triviaqa-train |
Which knighted Leeds born 'fixer' died in October 2011? | Jimmy Savile
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE KCSG (; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It". He raised an estimated £40 million for charities and, during his lifetime, was widely praised for his pers... | Mason College, (which later became Birmingham University), and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Bodington was responsible for consolidating the Yorkshire College's position within the Victoria University and later, when the fragmentation of members occurred, for obtaining the charter for the separate university in Le... | 37,914 | triviaqa-train |
Which French president succeeded Charles de Gaulle? | There were also a number of new faces in the government, including a literary academic, Georges Pompidou, who had written to one of de Gaulle's recruiting agents offering his services, and Jean Monnet, who in spite of his past opposition to the General now recognized the need for unity and served as Commissioner for Ec... | King George VI died in 1952, and was succeeded by his eldest daughter, Elizabeth II.
Churchill was succeeded in 1955 by Sir Anthony Eden, whose premiership was dominated by the Suez Crisis, in which Britain, France and Israel plotted to bomb Egypt after its President Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal. Eden's successor... | 37,915 | triviaqa-train |
Who made the 1993 album 'Music Box' which sold 32 million copies? | Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969 or 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and entrepreneur. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by the "Guinness World Records", she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.... | Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of nine million copies in the United States. Additionally, the album spawned four consecutive US number-one singles. Her second album, "Emotions", was released a year later and sold eight million copies worldwide. In 1993, Carey released her most succ... | 37,916 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to a lift which consists of a chain of open compartments moving continuously in a loop? | Paternoster
A paternoster (, , or ) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two persons) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can step on or off at any floor they like. The same technique is al... | of the lift, a location which will normally be relatively far from guest-accessible areas.
Despite having several advantages over a chain lift, it has a significant disadvantage, which is that it must return to the bottom of the lift hill after lifting each train (in contrast to a continuously moving chain lift which d... | 37,917 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Kevin Webster in 'Coronation Street'? | established characters: Alf Roberts (Bryan Mosley) married Audrey Potter (Sue Nicholls) in 1985; Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) married Sally Seddon (Sally Whittaker) in 1986; Bet Lynch married Alec Gilroy (Roy Barraclough) in 1987; and 1988 saw the marriages of both Ivy Tilsley and Don Brennan (Geoffrey Hinsliff), an... | :
- Alison Webster (Coronation Street)
- Bill Webster
- Debbie Webster
- Jack Webster (Coronation Street)
- Jake Webster (Coronation Street)
- Kevin Webster
- Maureen Webster
- Rosie Webster
- Sally Webster
- Sophie Webster
See also.
- Webster (disambiguation)
- Webber (disambiguation)
- Weber (disambiguation) | 37,918 | triviaqa-train |
Which motorway links Glasgow with Stirling? | Street, and London King's Cross. Services to Alloa, Bridge of Allan, Falkirk and Dunblane also run. Stirling Council provides some approximate journey times. Working lines include the Highland Main Line, the Edinburgh–Dunblane line and the Croy Line. The station formerly provided direct railway services to Callander an... | M9 motorway past Falkirk. To the north, the M9 provides access to Dunblane with easy links to Perth and further beyond the Central Belt.
Stirling has no airport, but there are international airports at Glasgow and Edinburgh which can be reached within an hour. Light aircraft can be chartered at Cumbernauld Airport.
Sti... | 37,919 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the Newlands cricket ground situated? | Newlands Cricket Ground
Newlands Cricket Ground (known as PPC Newlands for sponsorship reasons) in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It is the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the Sunfoil Series, Momentum 1 Day Cup and RamSlam Pro20 competitions. It is also a venue for Test matches, ODIs and T20Is. Newla... | notable landmark in the neighbourhood.
Sports and recreation.
Western Province Cricket Club is the largest sports facility in Rondebosch, catering for many different sports, including tennis and hockey. The University itself has facilities for most sports. Other facilities include Rondebosch Golf Club and Rygersdal Foo... | 37,920 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the star of TVs sitcom 'Rev'? | Rev. (TV series)
Rev. is a British television sitcom produced by Big Talk Productions. Written by actor Tom Hollander and James Wood, the show premiered on BBC Two on 28 June 2010 and ended on 28 April 2014. The show's working titles were "The City Vicar" and "Handle with Prayer". The series revolves around a Church of... | sitcom "Rev".
In 2018, Bain was hired to write the spy action-comedy ‘No Glory’ by Valparaiso Pictures & Gary Sanchez Productions. Kumail Nanjiani is attached to star.
Personal life.
Bain is married to actress/screenwriter Wendy Bain. He was educated at St Paul's School, where he was a classmate of future Chancellor G... | 37,921 | triviaqa-train |
Which city is served by Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport? | Maritain and Emmanuel Mounier as well as John Locke and David Hume.
Education and the Second World War.
Trudeau earned his law degree at the Université de Montréal in 1943. During his studies, he was conscripted into the Canadian Army as part of the "National Resources Mobilization Act". When conscripted, he decided to... | this classification are engaged in substantial Internet censorship and surveillance. This includes countries where a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or many categories are subject to a low level of filtering. A country is included in the "substantial" category when it:
- is not included ... | 37,922 | triviaqa-train |
Which King of Scotland was born on March 17th 1473? He died 40 years later. | 1707. By inheritance in 1603, James VI, King of Scots, became King of England and King of Ireland, thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms. Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with the Kingdom of England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain. The union also created a new ... | of Scotland; she died the following year a few hours after giving birth to their son
- Robert, born 2 March 1316. In 1318 the Parliament of Scotland confirmed that he would succeed as King if his grandfather King Robert I died without sons. However, six years later
- David was born, on 5 March 1324. He was son of King ... | 37,923 | triviaqa-train |
Of what is oneirology the study? | all humans throughout the life span.
REM sleep episodes and the dreams that accompany them lengthen progressively across the night, with the first episode the shortest, of approximately 10–12 minutes duration, and the second and third episodes increasing to 15–20 minutes. Dreams at the end of the night may last typical... | - "At the Speed of Life" (2008)
- "Oneirology" (2010)
- "What Was the Question?" (2011)
- "The Art of Survival" (2012)
- "Divided by One" (2014)
- "Collection" (2015), compilation with two exclusive tracks
- "Archived" (2015), album sold at Yes concerts during their 2015 tour, availability on Sherwood's website in 2016... | 37,924 | triviaqa-train |
Which British composer died in 1983 on the island of Ischia? | 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,... | on the Italian island of Ischia where she created the gardens of La Mortella. The residence hosted many celebrities, including Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Hans Werner Henze, W. H. Auden, Terence Rattigan, Binkie Beaumont, Maria Callas and Charlie Chaplin. It was there that Walton died on 8 March 1983.
She played... | 37,925 | triviaqa-train |
In 1841 who was the first US Vice President to take office as President after his predecessor died in office? | States in their own right.
This understanding was first tested in 1841, following the death of President William Henry Harrison, only days into his term. Harrison's vice president, John Tyler, asserted that he had succeeded to the office of president, not just to its powers and duties. He took the presidential oath of ... | March 4, 1925. However, his term in office proved to be short-lived as he died on June 18, 1925 (as he did in real life). After William Henry Harrison, who died after one month in office on April 4, 1841, he was the second shortest-serving president in US history. He was succeeded by his vice president Burton K. Wheele... | 37,926 | triviaqa-train |
Nagasaki is on which Japanese island? | Portuguese now serving as intermediaries between the two Asian countries.
Despite the mutual advantages derived from these trading contacts, which would soon be acknowledged by all parties involved, the lack of a proper seaport in Kyūshū for the purpose of harboring foreign ships posed a major problem for both merchant... | the peaceful hot island in Joseon)
- Samdado (, meaning "Island of Three Abundances")
Before the Japanese annexation in 1910, the island was usually known as Quelpart to Europeans; during the occupation it was known by the Japanese name Saishū. The name "Quelpart" apparently came from the first European ship to spot th... | 37,927 | triviaqa-train |
Name the King of the Netherlands. | Olympic Committee: Recipient of the Gold Olympic Order
Titles, styles, honours and arms Honorary appointment.
- Aide-de-camp to Her Majesty The Queen (until 2013)
Ancestry.
Through his father, a member of the House of Amsberg, he is descended from families of the lower German nobility, and through his mother, from seve... | Willem
Willem () is a Dutch and West Frisian masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy ... | 37,928 | triviaqa-train |
In which year were both the Queen and Marilyn Monroe born? | Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era's changing attitudes tow... | Querido, Te He Llorado" and "Que Lloren". Filiming began at 6:00am and was finalized by 11:00pm. In the music video, Queen is dressed up as Marilyn Monroe. The music video was based highly on the 1970s and featured a retro and vintage look. As of February 2018, "Dime", (which was posted on December 15, 2009, a year aft... | 37,929 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays CIA Officer Carrie Mathison in 'Homeland'? | Carrie Mathison
Carrie Anne Mathison, played by actress Claire Danes, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television drama/thriller series "Homeland" on Showtime, created by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon. Carrie is a CIA officer who, while on assignment in Iraq, learned from a CIA asset that an ... | Homeland (season 1)
The first season of the American television drama series "Homeland" premiered on October 2, 2011 on Showtime and concluded on December 18, 2011, consisting of 12 episodes. The series is loosely based on the Israeli television series "Hatufim" (English: "Prisoners of War") created by Gideon Raff and ... | 37,930 | triviaqa-train |
Which venue was called the North Greenwich Arena during the 2012 Olympics? | The O2 Arena
The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the second highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, and took the c... | venue for some wheelchair basketball round robin matches (when the basketball arena at Olympic Park was in use for other matches) and finals, for which it had a capacity of 18,000. Due to IOC sponsorship regulations, it was officially known as North Greenwich Arena during the games. The rest of the basketball and wheel... | 37,931 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the 170 metre high observation tower beside Portsmouth Harbour, opened in 2005? | . In the event of evacuation, should the internal lift be inoperable, those unable to navigate the 570 steps can use the evacuation chair.
The Spinnaker Tower, being a landmark of southern England, features in the title sequence of the BBC South Today news programme. It also features on ITV News.
In June 2009, the towe... | Jurassic Skyline
The Jurassic Skyline tower (known until mid-2015 as the Weymouth Sea Life Tower) is an observation tower on Weymouth Pier in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It is situated next to Weymouth Beach and the Weymouth Pavilion, where it overlooks Weymouth town, the beach, the Pavilion, the Old Harbour, Nothe Gard... | 37,932 | triviaqa-train |
On the Isle of Man for what do the letters MHK stand? | island came under the feudal lordship of the English Crown in 1399. The lordship revested into the British Crown in 1765, but the island never became part of the 18th-century kingdom of Great Britain or its successors the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the present-day United Kingdom. It retained its in... | Registry
- Job Centre
Functions Non Governmental Agencies reporting to the Department.
- Isle of Man Post Office
Ministers for Enterprise.
- Laurence Skelly MHK, 2017-present
Ministers for Economic Development.
- Laurence Skelly MHK, 2014-17
- John Shimmin MHK, 2011–14
- Allan Bell MHK, 2010–11
External links.
- Depart... | 37,933 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed a symphony with a sudden fortissimo chord at the end of the opening which gives it the nickname Surprise Symphony? | Symphony No. 94 (Haydn)
The Symphony No. 94 in G major (H. 1/94) is the second of the twelve London symphonies written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as the Surprise Symphony.
Composition and premiere.
Haydn wrote the symphony in 1791 in London for a concert series he gave during the first of his visits to Engl... | is a lyrical "cantabile" melody in C major. The central trio section notably begins with a sudden, "tutti", "fortissimo" chord, and is an example of Rachmaninoff's mastery of counterpoint and fugal writing, thanks to his studies with Taneyev, to whom this symphony is dedicated. At the conclusion of the movement, the Di... | 37,934 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest island entirely in Indonesia? | and the government spends about 3.6% of GDP (2015) on education. In 2018, there were more than 4,500 higher educational institutions in Indonesia. The top universities are the Java-based University of Indonesia, Bandung Institute of Technology and Gadjah Mada University. Andalas University is pioneering the establishme... | m, which is also the highest mountain in Borneo and the 10th highest mountain peak in Southeast Asia. It also contains the two longest rivers in Malaysia – Rajang River and Kinabatangan River.
Banggi Island in Sabah and Bruit Island in Sarawak are the two largest islands that are located entirely within Malaysia. The l... | 37,935 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the last horse to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup 3 years in succession? | it is sometimes referred to as the "Blue Riband" of jump-racing. Its roll of honour features the names of such chasers as Arkle, Best Mate, Golden Miller, Kauto Star, Denman and Mill House. The Gold Cup is the most valuable non-handicap chase in Britain, and in 2019 it offered a total prize fund of £625,000.
History.
H... | second, just holding off stablemate Neptune Collonges. Kauto Star narrowly lost his last race of the season to Ryanair winner Our Vic in the Totesport Bowl at Aintree. However, this second-place finish ensured he won the 2008 Order of Merit title, becoming the first and only horse to win this two seasons in succession.... | 37,936 | triviaqa-train |
The Battle of Dettingen in which George II led the British troops occurred during which War? | , 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... | Battle of Dettingen marked the last time a British monarch, King George II, personally led his troops into battle. George Frideric Handel wrote the "Dettingen Te Deum" in honour of the British victory, which was first performed on 27 November 1743 – exactly five months after the battle began – in George II’s presence.
... | 37,937 | triviaqa-train |
Which fashion house introduced a youth-oriented line Miu Miu in 1992? | Miu Miu
Miu Miu is an Italian high fashion women's clothing and accessory brand and a fully owned subsidiary of Prada. It is headed by Miuccia Prada and headquartered in Paris, France.
History.
Miu Miu was established in 1993 by Miuccia Prada. The name was conceived from Miuccia Prada's family nickname.
In 2011, Miu Mi... | In Between Days". Loosely inspired by her own youth, the film was shot in Toronto and mostly improvised by its teenage cast members, whose awkward, raw romance and alienation from their surroundings were expressed through intimate digital photography.
Kim's film "For Ellen" premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.... | 37,938 | triviaqa-train |
Which Dallas actor also appeared in the MGM musicals Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate? | "I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple" was changed to "I Am Ashamed That People Are So Simple."
Film and television.
A film version of the same name was released in 1953. There have been at least four television productions, the first on "Hallmark Hall of Fame" in 1958, with Drake and Morison reprising their Broadway ... | of Song"), among other TV shows. In 1960, he performed in the first televised edition of the Royal Variety Performance. He continued to perform on TV through the 1970s. He also performed in concerts and is heard on cast recordings of "Show Boat", "Kiss Me, Kate", "The King and I" and "A Time for Singing". He is also fe... | 37,939 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only single malt whisky distilled on the Isle of Skye? | which includes the narrower defiles of Talisker and Glen Brittle and whose beaches are formed from black basaltic sands. Strathaird is a relatively small peninsula close to the Cuillin hills with only a few crofting communities, the island of Soay lies offshore. The bedrock of Sleat in the south is Torridonian sandston... | Isle of Skye (bar)
The Isle of Skye is a Scottish pub located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in New York City, United States, which officially opened on April 5, 2013 with Steve Owen and Scott Cook as owners. The name derives from the Hebridean Isle of Skye in Scotland.
Whisky.
The Isle of Skye offers over 150 different wh... | 37,940 | triviaqa-train |
In the periodic table which metal follows lithium and sodium in the alkali metals (valency 1)? | to other types of lighting, and can help smooth the surface of other metals. Being a strong reducing agent, it is often used to reduce many other metals, such as titanium and zirconium, from their chlorides. Furthermore, it is very useful as a heat-exchange liquid in fast breeder nuclear reactors due to its low melting... | .
Major alternative structures Elements repeating (Ronald L. Rich, 2005).
Ronald L. Rich has proposed a periodic table where elements appear more than once when appropriate. He notes that hydrogen shares properties with group 1 elements based on valency, with group 17 elements because hydrogen is a non-metal but also w... | 37,941 | triviaqa-train |
Actor Larry Hagman was the son of which Broadway musical star? | . His television appearances also included guest roles on dozens of shows spanning from the late 1950s until his death and a reprise of his signature role on the 2012 revival of "Dallas". He also worked as a television producer and director. Hagman was the son of actress Mary Martin. He underwent a life-saving liver tr... | " in 1953.
Following a national tour, Masteroff's first play, "The Warm Peninsula", opened on Broadway at the Hayes Theater in January 1959 with Julie Harris, June Havoc, Farley Granger, and Larry Hagman in the lead roles.
In 1963 he wrote the book for the Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock musical "She Loves Me", which garner... | 37,942 | triviaqa-train |
Which post-impressionist painted The Card Players in 1892? | movement was led by Paul Cézanne (known as father of Post-impressionism), Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, and Georges Seurat.
The term "Post-Impressionism" was first used by art critic Roger Fry in 1906. Critic Frank Rutter in a review of the Salon d'Automne published in "Art News", 15 October 1910, described Othon Fri... | Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings of subjects that ranged from prostitutes and brothels to scenes of middle-class family life. For instance, she made orient-influenced "Girl with a Fan" , a morphine addict in "Woman in an Armchair" , a group of nude prostitutes in "La Salon", cultured women in "Card Player... | 37,943 | triviaqa-train |
Violet Millar became the wife of which future UK Prime Minister in 1922? | Clement Attlee, the leader of the Labour Party, served as deputy Prime Minister. After the general election of 2015, the nation returned to one party government after the Tories won an outright majority.
Foundations Treasury Commission.
The Premiership is still largely a convention of the constitution; its legal author... | York (Jonathan Townsend), the future King George VI, is present at Rose's debutante ball.
Historical figures Neville Chamberlain.
As the Minister for Health, the future Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is persuaded to dine at Downton Abbey by Violet in May 1925 (his wife Anne is her goddaughter). Violet hopes to pers... | 37,944 | triviaqa-train |
The Great Bear Lake and the Great Slave Lake are in which country? | Great Slave Lake
The Great Slave Lake () is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at , and the tenth-largest lake in the world. It is long and wide. It covers an area of in the southern part of the territory. Its given volume ranges fro... | groups:
- Chipewyan (Denesuline), living east of Great Slave Lake, and including the Sayisi Dene living at Tadoule Lake, Manitoba
- Tlicho (Dogrib), living between Great Slave and Great Bear Lakes
- Yellowknives (T'atsaot'ine), living north of Great Slave Lake
- Slavey (Deh Gah Got'ine or Deh Cho), the North Slavey (Sa... | 37,945 | triviaqa-train |
The Battles of Missolonghi in 1823 and 1826 occurred during which country's War of Independence? | the Ottomans were aided by their North African vassals, the eyalets of Egypt, Algeria, and Tripolitania, and the Beylik of Tunis.
Even several decades before the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, most of Greece had come under Ottoman rule. During this time, there were several revolt attempts by Gree... | the Ottomans, during the Greek War of Independence
- (1822) – Spanish American wars of independence
- (1822)- Spanish American wars of independence
- Fifth Siege of Puerto Cabello (1823) – Spanish American wars of independence
- Siege of Pamplona (1823) – 1823 French invasion of Spain
- First, Second and Third Sieges o... | 37,946 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the only man to have trained the winner of the Grand National in 3 consecutive years? | 100/1. With only two riders completing the course, this remains a record for the lowest number of finishers.
History Second World War and the 1950s.
Although the Grand National was run as normal in 1940 and most other major horse races around the world were able to be held throughout the war, the commandeering of Aintr... | 1959 Grand National
The 1959 Grand National was the 113th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, on 21 March 1959.
The race was won by the 8/1 second-favourite Oxo, ridden by Michael Scudamore and trained by Willie Stephenson. Thirty-four horses ran, including the... | 37,947 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest island in Japan? | improved water source is universal in Japan. 97% of the population receives piped water supply from public utilities and 3% receive water from their own wells or unregulated small systems, mainly in rural areas.
Demographics.
Demographics Population.
Japan is the second most populous island country with a population of... | Kurils Nature Reserve
Kurils Nature Reserve () (also Kurilsky) is a Russian 'zapovednik' (strict ecological reserve) covering the north and south portions of Kunashir Island, the largest and most southernmost of the Kuril Islands, which stretch between Hokkaido Island in Japan to the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russia F... | 37,948 | triviaqa-train |
The works of which composer, born in Hamburg in 1833, include a series of 21 Hungarian Dances? | Hamburg is the birthplace of Johannes Brahms, who spent his formative early years in the city, and the birthplace and home of the famous waltz composer Oscar Fetrás, who wrote the well-known "Mondnacht auf der Alster" waltz.
Since the German premiere of "Cats" in 1986, there have always been musicals running, including... | ASV and for Onyx Classics he recorded a virtuoso recital CD entitled ‘Hungarian Dances’ and a disc of Schumann works. For Dutton Vocalion he has recorded works for violin and orchestra of Frederick Delius and the violin concertos of David Matthews, one of which was dedicated to him. For Timpani Records he recorded Phil... | 37,949 | triviaqa-train |
Therevada and Mahayana are the two main branches of which religion? | Buddhism
Buddhism (, ) is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
Buddhism encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on original teachings attributed to the Buddha and resulting interpreted phi... | that are the root of the round" ("vaa-mūla-kilesā").
Sanskrit Sravaka & Mahayana literature.
Sanskrit Sravaka & Mahayana literature Three poisons.
The three kleshas of ignorance, attachment and aversion are referred to as the three poisons (Skt. "triviṣa") in the Mahayana tradition and as the three unwholesome roots (P... | 37,950 | triviaqa-train |
Becky Sharp is the heroine of which novel by William Makepeace Thackeray? | Becky Sharp
Rebecca (known as Becky) Sharp is the main protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847–48 novel "Vanity Fair". She is presented as a cynical social climber who uses her charms to fascinate and seduce upper-class men. This is in contrast with the clinging, dependent Amelia Sedley, her friend from schoo... | composition
- Agusti Charles, composition
- Mauricio Sotelo, composition
- Josep Borràs, current principal of the college.
- Kennedy Moretti, chamber music professor
- Gary Willis, electric bass
- Xavier Castillo, clarinet
- Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet
- Vicens Prats, flute
- Vera Martínez Mehner, violin
- Johan Duijck, ... | 37,951 | triviaqa-train |
Which play by Robert Bolt was made into a film starring Paul Scofield in the lead role? | Thomas More in Robert Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons" (1960); Charles Dyer in Dyer's play "Staircase", staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966; the definitive Laurie in John Osborne's "A Hotel in Amsterdam" (1968); and Antonio Salieri in the original stage production of Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" (1979).
He was s... | The film was a box office success, making $28,350,000 in the US alone, making it the fifth highest-grossing film of 1966.
Reception Critical reception.
It has received positive reviews from film critics, with an 82% "Fresh" rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.9/10, based on 38 revie... | 37,952 | triviaqa-train |
What is the official currency of Thailand? | Thai baht
The Baht (; , ; sign: ฿; code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is subdivided into 100 "satang" (, ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand.
According to "Bloomberg", Thai Baht was the world’s best performing currency in 2018. According to SWIFT, as of January 201... | Festival Spain
- Official Selection Princeton Independent Film Festival
- Official Selection Green Motion Film Festival, Germany, Nov. 2016
- Official Selection Film festival Freiburg, Nov. 2016
- Official Selection International Kuala Lumpur Eco Festival. October 2016
- Official Selection IMFF Rostov, Russia, Aug. 201... | 37,953 | triviaqa-train |
Anne Neville was the wife of which English king? | Anne Neville
Anne Neville (11 June 1456 – 16 March 1485) was an English queen, the daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the "Kingmaker"). She became Princess of Wales as the wife of Edward of Westminster and then Queen of England as the wife of King Richard III.
As a member of the powerful House of Nevill... | John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer
John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer (17 November 1493 – 2 March 1543) was an English peer. His third wife was Catherine Parr, later Queen consort of King Henry VIII.
Family.
John Neville, born 17 November 1493, was the eldest son of Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer, by Anne Stafford, daugh... | 37,954 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the youngest player to score a hat-trick for England versus Croatia in September 2008? | to represent England (a record since broken by Theo Walcott) and he is England's youngest ever goalscorer. He played at UEFA Euro 2004 and scored four goals, briefly becoming the youngest goalscorer in the history of the European Championship. Rooney has since featured at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups and was wide... | he has scored more than 100 goals for the club.
On 30 May 2006, Walcott became England's youngest ever senior football player aged 17 years and 75 days. In December, he received the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award. On 6 September 2008, he made his first competitive start in a World Cup qualifier against ... | 37,955 | triviaqa-train |
Nemorino sings the aria Una Furtiva Lagrima in which opera by Donizetti? | Una furtiva lagrima
"" (A furtive tear) is the romanza from act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera "L'elisir d'amore" by Gaetano Donizetti. It is sung by Nemorino (tenor) when he finds that the love potion he bought to win the heart of his dream lady, Adina, works. Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she is not interested... | the international opera repertory. Today it is one of the most frequently performed of all Donizetti's operas: it appears as number 13 on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide in the five seasons between 2008 and 2013. There are a large number of recordings. It contains the popular tenor aria "Una f... | 37,956 | triviaqa-train |
Which album by Dire Straits was the best-selling album of 1985? | in Arms" (1985), which has sold more than 30 million copies and was the first album to sell a million copies on the compact disc (CD) format.
Dire Straits' sound was drawn from a wide variety of musical influences including jazz, folk, and country, as well as the blues-rock of J. J. Cale and Eric Clapton. Their stripp... | Davies – engineer
- Paddy Eckersley – photography
- Chuck Loyola – cover painting
- Bob Ludwig – remastering
- Alan Schmidt – art direction
- Muff Winwood – producer
Charts and certifications.
Charts and certifications Albums.
"Dire Straits" spent 132 weeks in the UK Albums Chart. In Australia, the album was the tenth ... | 37,957 | triviaqa-train |
Perca fluviatilis is the scientific name for which fish? | larger in mainland Europe than in Britain. As of May 2016, the official all tackle world record recognised by the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) stands at for a Finnish fish caught September 4, 2010. In January 2010 a perch with a weight of 3.75 kg (8 lb 4 oz) has been caught in the River Meuse, Netherlands... | . Other fish species still found are: "Perca fluviatilis", "Esox lucius", "Rutilus rutilus", "Coregonus albula", "C. mulesum", "C. lavaretus", Lota lota, Abramis brama, "Stizostedion lucioperca" and "Salmo trutta lacustris".
Water quality.
The lake is categorized as mesotrophic. However, there are pockets of eutrophica... | 37,958 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the fictional detectives Dalziel and Pascoe? | Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill.
Characterisation and style.
Dalziel is depicted as being rude, insensitive and blunt, whereas Pascoe ... | Sophie Powles
Sophie Powles (born 16 September 1988) is an English actress, known for her role as Holly Barton in the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale"
Career.
Powles has guest-starred in dramas such as "Holby City" and "Dalziel and Pascoe" before landing a role in the ITV drama series "Britannia High". Her character Ronnie w... | 37,959 | triviaqa-train |
Fynbo cheese is named after the island of Fyn in which European country? | output was for the domestic market.
Production Consumption.
France, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Germany were the highest consumers of cheese in 2014, averaging per person.
Processing.
Processing Curdling.
A required step in cheesemaking is separating the milk into solid curds and liquid whey. Usually this is done by... | Fynbo
Fynbo is a semi-hard Danish cheese named after the island of Fyn.
Fynbo cheese has a flavor of buckwheat and is processed with a combination of mesophilic and thermophilic bacterial cultures. Experiments with secondary proteolysis of Fynbo have helped to identify an important peptide produced during cheese ripeni... | 37,960 | triviaqa-train |
Halloumi cheese originated on which island? | Halloumi
Halloumi or haloumi () is a semi-hard, unripened, brined cheese made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk, and sometimes also cow's milk. It has a high melting point and so can easily be fried or grilled. Rennet is used to curdle the milk in halloumi production, although no acid-producing bacteria are use... | curds are a main ingredient in poutine, which originated in the 1950s in rural Quebec, Canada. It consists of french fries topped with fresh cheese curds, covered with brown gravy and sometimes additional ingredients.
See also.
- Cottage Cheese
- Fried cheese
- Halloumi
- Leipäjuusto (Finnish squeaky cheese)
- List of ... | 37,961 | triviaqa-train |
For which 1989 film did Daniel Day-Lewis win his first Academy Award for Best Actor? | "My Beautiful Laundrette" (1985), his first critically acclaimed role, and gained further public notice with "A Room with a View" (1985). He then assumed leading man status with "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1988).
Day-Lewis has earned numerous awards throughout his career. Those awards include Academy Awards fo... | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It was first introduced in 1975 to reward the best performance by a leading actor.
Winners.
- † = Winner of the Academy Award fo... | 37,962 | triviaqa-train |
Which fish has the Latin name Abramis brama? | dwellers. By three to four years old, the fish are sexually mature.
Fishing.
The freshwater bream is not generally caught for consumption. Common Bream are popular with sport and match fishermen. However, bream are not as hard fighting as most other fish native to the UK, as due to their flat, disc-shaped profile they ... | . Other fish species still found are: "Perca fluviatilis", "Esox lucius", "Rutilus rutilus", "Coregonus albula", "C. mulesum", "C. lavaretus", Lota lota, Abramis brama, "Stizostedion lucioperca" and "Salmo trutta lacustris".
Water quality.
The lake is categorized as mesotrophic. However, there are pockets of eutrophica... | 37,963 | triviaqa-train |
Which album by Madonna was the best-selling album of 1986? | . She followed the debut album with "Like a Virgin" (1984), which became her first chart-topper in various countries and was certified diamond by the RIAA. Her third studio album, "True Blue" (1986), reached number one in then record-breaking 28 countries and was featured in the 1992 edition of "Guinness World Records"... | was "Stars" by Simply Red, which had achieved the distinction of being the best-selling album in consecutive calendar years (1991 and 1992), the first album to achieve this feat since "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel, in 1970 and 1971.
The best-selling compilation was "The Immaculate Collection", the f... | 37,964 | triviaqa-train |
Gilda sings the aria Caro Nome in which opera by Verdi? | 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:... | - Verdi - "Luisa Miller" - Gilda Cruz-Romo, Luciano Pavarotti, Cristina Angelakova, Matteo Manuguerra, Raffaele Arié, Ferruccio Mazzoli - Coro e Orchestra della Rai Torino, Peter Maag.
- Verdi - "Il trovatore" - Carlo Cossutta, Gilda Cruz-Romo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Matteo Manuguerra, Agostino Ferrin - Coro e Orchestra de... | 37,965 | triviaqa-train |
Who won Best Actress Oscars for the years either side of Louise Rainer (for 1934 & 1937) for her roles in Dangerous and Jezebel? | is roughly three months. R.S. Owens is expected to continue producing other awards for the Academy and service existing Oscars that need replating.
Oscar statuette Naming.
The origin of the name "Oscar" is disputed. The Academy officially adopted the name "Oscar" for the trophies in 1939.
One biography of Bette Davis, ... | The Departed" 29 years later in 2006.
Jason Robards became the fourth actor to win back-to-back Oscars, following Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, and Katharine Hepburn.
For the only time to date, both Best Actor and Best Actress winners won for roles in two different romantic comedies.
The animated opening sequence, as we... | 37,966 | triviaqa-train |
Which British queen was married to Prince George of Denmark? | between England and Scotland. The Parliament of England retaliated with the Alien Act 1705, threatening to devastate the Scottish economy by restricting trade. The Scottish and English parliaments negotiated the Acts of Union 1707, under which England and Scotland were united into a single Kingdom of Great Britain, wit... | Royal Marriages Act is that of Prince George William of Hanover, a German citizen descended from King George III, whose father and grandfather were deprived of their British titles under the Titles Deprivation Act 1917 due to their German loyalties during World War I. On 23 April 1946, George William married Princess S... | 37,967 | triviaqa-train |
What is the official currency of Bangladesh? | name of the country. It was inserted as "Bangldesh" instead of "Bangladesh".
Exchange rates.
Exchange rates Historic exchange rates.
Upon Bangladesh's independence, the value of the Bangladeshi taka was set between ৳7.5 and ৳8.0 to US$1. Except for fiscal year 1978, the taka's value relative to the US dollar declined e... | to Bangladesh included the textiles and energy sectors.
2015 incidents: Diplomatic Rifts.
In two separate incidents officials of the Pakistani High Commission in Dhaka were alleged to be financing the terrorist activities of the banned Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh organization. Diplomatic official Mazhar Khan was ch... | 37,968 | triviaqa-train |
Angel Clare is a character in which novel by Thomas Hardy? | not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1874), "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886), "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891), and "Jude the Obscure" (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the ... | Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895. It is Hardy's last completed novel. Its protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man, a stonemason, who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main cha... | 37,969 | triviaqa-train |
Against which county did Russia wage war in 1904/05? | of professional revolutionists, subject to strong party discipline, to act as the vanguard of the proletariat in order to seize power by force.
Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) was a major blow to the Tsarist regime and further increased the potential for unrest. In January 1905, an incident known as "Blood... | County Championship appearance for Worcestershire against Hampshire, scoring a useful 25 from number nine in the first innings, and picking up two wickets. He played one other match for the county that season, against Somerset in early July, but did nothing of any note, scoring 0 not out in his only innings and bowling... | 37,970 | triviaqa-train |
Which small island lies between the two larger islands of Malta and Gozo? | Malta is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean (in its eastern basin), some southern Italy across the Malta Channel. Only the three largest islands – Malta (Malta), Gozo (Għawdex) and Comino (Kemmuna) – are inhabited. The islands of the archipelago lie on the Malta plateau, a shallow shelf formed from the high po... | List of churches in Malta
In the small island state of Malta, the church or chapel is a common feature of the landscape. Many churches in Malta dominate the skyline, and the domes and steeples can usually be seen from across the island. One can usually find the centre of a town or village by driving towards the parish ... | 37,971 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the story of the Ugly Duckling? | The Ugly Duckling
"The Ugly Duckling" (Danish: "Den grimme ælling") is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The story tells of a homely little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until, much to his delight (and to the surprise of others), ... | the University of San Francisco literary journal "Switchback" features a story by Charles Haddox, "The Ugly Duckling", about a girl who has her own ugly duckling experience after being chosen to play the role of Princess Camilla in her junior high school's production of the play. | 37,972 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the smallest borough of New York? | Boroughs of New York City
New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called "boroughs": The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. All five boroughs are part of New York City, and each borough is coterminous with a respective county. The boroughs of Queens and The Bronx are con... | have placed it alternatively through the present course of the Raritan River, south of the island, or through present-day Flushing Bay and Jamaica Bay.
Geography.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Richmond County has a total area of , of which is land and (43%) is water. It is the third-smallest county in New York b... | 37,973 | triviaqa-train |
Which group released the album 'Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy' in the 1970s? | Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy is a compilation album of singles by British rock band The Who, released in 1971 as Track 2406 006 in the UK and as Decca DL 79184 in the US. It entered the US "Billboard" 200 chart on 20 November 1971, peaking at number 11, and the UK chart on 3 December 1971, peak... | 's Missing". The version included on most compilations, since the 1966 release, is exactly the same recording, with French horns removed.
A different, slower version was recorded in London in the week of 3 October 1966 and was intended for an early version of "A Quick One" titled "Jigsaw Puzzle" but was later released ... | 37,974 | triviaqa-train |
In which part of the body is the Bowman's Capsule? | by Ukrainian surgeon and anatomist from the Russian Empire, Prof. (1748–1795), in his 1782 doctoral thesis "De structura renum" ("About Kidney Structure", in Latin); thus, much prior to Bowman.
Together with the glomerulus it is known as a renal corpuscle, or a Malpighian corpuscle, named after Marcello Malpighi (1628–... | then into the plasma in the adjacent peritubular capillaries through the endothelial cells lining that capillary. This process regulates the volume of body fluid as well as levels of many body substances. At the end of the tubule, the remaining fluid—urine—exits: it is composed of water, metabolic waste, and toxins.
Th... | 37,975 | triviaqa-train |
Who was on the English throne in 1150? | of both political and social change. The new monarch continued the centralisation of power begun in the Anglo-Saxon period, while the Feudal System continued to develop.
William was succeeded by two of his sons: William II, then Henry I. Henry made a controversial decision to name his daughter Matilda (his only survivi... | his wife, Xiao Tabuyan (1143-1150) became regent for their son. The son, Yelü Yilie, ruled from 1150 to 1163, to be succeeded by his sister, Yelü Pusuwan (1164-1177). She sent her husband, Xiao Duolubu, on many military campaigns. She then fell in love with her husband's younger brother, Xiao Fuguzhi. They were execute... | 37,976 | triviaqa-train |
The novels 'Murder Must Advertise' and 'The Nine Tailors' feature which fictional detective? | Murder Must Advertise
Murder Must Advertise is a 1933 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers, the eighth in her series featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.
Plot.
Death Bredon arrives at Pym's Publicity Ltd, a highly respectable advertising agency, to take up the post of junior copywriter. He is assigned the room of his predecessor... | appears in one of the final novels, "Face to Face". The introduction also speaks of the "Barnaby Ross murder case", which not only does not exist but prefigures the pseudonym adopted by Ellery Queen the author for another series of books, the Drury Lane (fictional detective) mysteries as by Barnaby Ross.
The novel, and... | 37,977 | triviaqa-train |
Brian Johnson is the singer with which 'hard-rock' band founded in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young? | Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with keyboards.
Hard rock developed into a major f... | , which flowed from the northwest coastline of the Caspian Sea, through the Kuma-Manych Depression and Kerch Strait into the Black Sea basin. By the end of the Pleistocene this would have raised the level of the Black Sea by some below its present-day level, and flooding large areas that were formerly available for set... | 37,978 | triviaqa-train |
Who was assassinated by Yigal Amir on 4th November 1995? | Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin took place on 4 November 1995 (12 Marcheshvan 5756 on the Hebrew calendar) at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. The assassin, an Israeli ultranationalist named Yigal Amir, radically opp... | of 4 November 1995 (12th of Heshvan on the Hebrew Calendar), Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right-wing extremist who opposed the signing of the Oslo Accords. Rabin had been attending a mass rally at the Kings of Israel Square (now Rabin Square) in Tel Aviv, held in support of the Oslo Accords. When the rally e... | 37,979 | triviaqa-train |
How many years were between the Gunpowder Plot and the Battle of Trafalgar? | , of whom 112 were landowners. The very few Catholics of great wealth who refused to attend services at their parish church were fined £20 per month. Those of more moderate means had to pay two-thirds of their annual rental income; middle class recusants were fined one shilling a week, although the collection of all th... | fever epidemics that swept Gibraltar between 1804 and 1814. In addition, tombstones were transferred to the Trafalgar Cemetery from St. Jago's Cemetery and Alameda Gardens.
The cemetery is no longer used for burials and was abandoned for many years, but was restored in the 1980s. In 1992, a memorial to the Battle of T... | 37,980 | triviaqa-train |
Brown Panther, the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 2013, is owned by which ex-footballer? | and owned by the England footballer Michael Owen.
After winning his only race as a two-year-old he won two minor races in the spring of 2011 before recording his first notable success in the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot and went on to finish second in the St Leger. In 2012 he won the Pontefract Castle Stakes and... | had strengthened up over the winter and has been doing all the right things. He has progressed lovely... We haven't seen the bottom of him yet".
On 19 June, Leading Light was moved up in distance for the 207th running of the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. Ridden by O'Brien, he was made the 10/11 favourite, with his main oppo... | 37,981 | triviaqa-train |
Which Greek hero was the son of King Telamon of Salamis? | between Athens and Megara around 600 BC. According to Strabo, the ancient capital was at the south of the island; in classical times it was to the east, on the Kamatero Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Salamis; in modern times it is on the west.
According to Homer's "Iliad", Salamis took part in the Trojan War with ... | him on his expeditions against the Amazons and his assault on Troy (see below).
In an earlier account recorded by Pherecydes of Leros, Telamon and Peleus were not brothers, but friends. This would accord with Peleus being the father of the hero Achilles (Homer called him "Pelides" – i.e. son of Peleus). According to th... | 37,982 | triviaqa-train |
On 'Super Saturday' Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah won athletics gold for Team GB, who was the third gold medalist on the day? | This was followed by three athletics gold medals in the space of 46 minutes with Jessica Ennis winning gold in the women's heptathlon, Greg Rutherford in the men's long jump and Mo Farah in the men's 10,000 metres. Completing the medal total on the day in the rowing was a silver for Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase in the ... | win the gold. Rutherford's gold was one of three won by British track and field athletes on the evening of 4 August 2012 (the others were won by Jessica Ennis in the heptathlon and Mo Farah in the men's 10,000 m); this was the first time that three gold medals had been won by British athletes in the same Olympic athlet... | 37,983 | triviaqa-train |
In 2012, which female Paralympian won 4 gold medals in cycling to add to the 7 golds from previous games she won for swimming? She was awarded a DBE in December 2012. | Sarah Storey
Dame Sarah Joanne Storey, (née Bailey; born 26 October 1977) is a British road and track racing cyclist and former swimmer. She is a multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games in both sports, and six times British (able-bodied) national track champion (2 × Pursuit, 1 × Points, 3 × Team Pursuit). He... | Ellie Simmonds
Eleanor May Simmonds, OBE (born 11 November 1994) is a British Paralympian swimmer competing in S6 events. She came to national attention when she competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, winning two gold medals for Great Britain, despite being the youngest member of the team, at the age of 13... | 37,984 | triviaqa-train |
Give the surname of the brothers who won gold and bronze in the triathlon for Team GB? | any propulsive action brought on by use of the hands is prohibited. Should a competitor's bike malfunction they can proceed with the race as long as they are doing so with their bicycle in tow. There are also strict rules regarding the 'bike mount' line. Competitors may not begin riding their bicycle out of transition ... | . Another British hopeful, Aaron Cook, was also unhappy with the judges after losing out on bronze in the men's −80 kg.
Tennis.
The Murray brothers were the sole tennis players on Team GB. Andy Murray qualified due to his world ranking and Jamie Murray was nominated for the doubles by the International Tennis Federatio... | 37,985 | triviaqa-train |
The Beatrix Potter Gallery, run by the National Trust, is in which Lake District village? | Gosforth and Hawkshead are more local centres. The economies of almost all are intimately linked with tourism. Beyond these are a scattering of hamlets and many isolated farmsteads, some of which are still tied to agriculture; others now function as part of the tourist economy.
Human geography Communications.
Human geo... | and were inspired by, the lakes and mountains of the region. Later, the children's writer Beatrix Potter also wrote in the region and became a major landowner, granting much of her property to the National Trust on her death. In turn, the large amount of land owned by the National Trust assisted in the formation of the... | 37,986 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist did Valerie Solanas shoot and wound in New York in 1968? | 's release, Reed and John Cale included a song about Solanas, "I Believe", on their concept album about Warhol, "Songs for Drella" (1990). In "I Believe", Reed sings, "I believe life's serious enough for retribution... I believe being sick is no excuse. And I believe I would've pulled the switch on her myself." Reed be... | with an overall radical politics", while viewing this limitation as inevitable in the context of the time.
See also.
- Adrienne Rich
- D. A. Clarke
- Florence Rush
- Gloria Steinem
- Nikki Craft
- Marilyn French
- Meghan Murphy
- Rosetta Reitz
- Valerie Solanas
- Henrietta Rodman
Further reading.
- "Notes from the Firs... | 37,987 | triviaqa-train |
Which goddess is the Greek equivalent of Venus? | its surface area, one lying in the planet's northern hemisphere and the other just south of the equator. The northern continent is called Ishtar Terra after Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of love, and is about the size of Australia. Maxwell Montes, the highest mountain on Venus, lies on Ishtar Terra. Its peak is above ... | The son of Venus, and equivalent to Greek Eros.
- Cura, personification of care and concern who according to a single source created humans from clay.
- Cybele, an imported tutelary goddess often identified with Magna Mater
Alphabetical list D.
- Dea Dia, goddess of growth.
- Dea Tacita ("The Silent Goddess"), a goddes... | 37,988 | triviaqa-train |
The title of the Agatha Christie story The Mirror Cracked comes from which poem by Tennyson? | him to leave Cambridge before taking his degree. He returned to the rectory, where he was permitted to live for another six years and shared responsibility for his widowed mother and the family. Arthur Hallam came to stay with his family during the summer and became engaged to Tennyson's sister, Emilia Tennyson.
In 183... | Murder in the Mews
Murder in the Mews and Other Stories is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club on 15 March 1937. In the US, the book was published by Dodd, Mead and Company under the title Dead Man's Mirror in June 1937 with one story missing ("The... | 37,989 | triviaqa-train |
In which city would you find the Charles River, Fenway Park and the ship USS Constitution? | were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period. She was built at Edmund Hartt's shipyard in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Her first duties were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the Firs... | and which was particularly required in ship building. Its massive trunk would also have yielded a good quantity of planking.
Designer Joshua Humphreys specified white oak for the hull of the "USS Constitution". Timber merchants from New Jersey to Maine scrambled to find old growth trees that had the straight trunks nee... | 37,990 | triviaqa-train |
The Danube flows through 4 capital European capital cities: Budapest, Vienna, Belgrade and which other? | , at the confluence of the rivers Brigach and Breg. The Danube then flows southeast for about , passing through four capital cities (Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade) before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.
Once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire, the river pa... | with major European cities, such as Vienna, Budapest, Kiev and Moscow; but also with major towns in Vojvodina, such as Subotica, Sombor, Bačka Topola, Vrbas, Zrenjanin, Inđija and Serbian capital, Belgrade.
Shipping.
Novi Sad has a commercial port on the banks of Danube and Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, named Port of Novi ... | 37,991 | triviaqa-train |
The Java Sea is bound by Java to the south and which island to the north? | west and Bali to the east. Borneo lies to the north and Christmas Island is to the south. It is the world's 13th largest island. Java is surrounded by the Java Sea to the north, Sunda Strait to the west, the Indian Ocean to the south and Bali Strait and Madura Strait in the east.
Java is almost entirely of volcanic ori... | West Java
West Java (; ) is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java. The provincial capital is Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to the west, Java Sea to the north, the province of Central Java to the east and the Indian Ocean ... | 37,992 | triviaqa-train |
Found near Woodbridge, Suffolk what is the name of the Anglo Saxon burial site, excavated in 1939, which contained a ship and other priceless artefacts? | Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo, at Sutton near Woodbridge, Suffolk, is the site of two 6th- and early 7th-century cemeteries. One cemetery contained an undisturbed ship-burial, including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, most of which are now in the British Museum i... | , decided instead to open three smaller mounds (2, 3 and 4). These only revealed fragmented artefacts, as the mounds had been robbed of valuable items. In Mound 2 he found iron ship-rivets and a disturbed chamber burial that contained unusual fragments of metal and glass artefacts. At first it was undecided as to wheth... | 37,993 | triviaqa-train |
Spitfire beer is brewed in Faversham, by which company? | Shepherd Neame Brewery
Shepherd Neame is an English independent brewery founded in 1698 in Faversham, Kent, and family-owned since 1864. The brewery produces a range of cask ales and filtered beers. Production is around 210,000 brewers' barrels a year. It owns 328 pubs and hotels, predominantly in Kent, London and Sout... | .
- Goldings Ale (cask 4.1% abv, bottle 4.5% abv) is available from June to September. The soft golden ale is made from Kentish First Gold and German Hersbrukker hops, dry hopped with Kentish Goldings grown in gardens close to the Faversham-based brewery. These citrusy hops are melded with the nutty, wholemeal characte... | 37,994 | triviaqa-train |
Which BBC series of 2012/13, set in the 1950's is centered around Nonnatus House in the East End of London? | interiorly, a prayer to God through St. Raymond's intercession.
Veneration Iconography.
He is pictured in the habit of his order surrounded by ransomed slaves, with a padlock on his lips.
In popular culture.
The 2012 BBC drama series "Call the Midwife" features Nonnatus House, a convent of Religious Sisters of the Chur... | and patients and always tries to help those around her. Toward the end of Series 2 and halfway through Series 3, she starts dating Alec, a friend of Jimmy's. After Alec's death and her return to Nonnatus House after taking time off to grieve, Jenny decides to begin working at the London Hospital in the Maternity Ward a... | 37,995 | triviaqa-train |
Which film director's credits include Memento, Insomnia, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises? | Insomnia (2002 film)
Insomnia is a 2002 American mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank. It tells the story of two Los Angeles homicide detectives investigating a murder in an Alaskan town. A remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name, "Inso... | - "Inception" (2010)
- "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012)
- "Dunkirk" (2017)
- Larry Holden
- "Memento" (2000)
- "Insomnia" (2002)
- "Batman Begins" (2005)
- Cillian Murphy
- "Batman Begins" (2005)
- "The Dark Knight" (2008)
- "Inception" (2010)
- "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012)
- | 37,996 | triviaqa-train |
In 2012, Octavia Spenser won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as a domestic servant in which film? | film and television, her breakthrough came in 2011, when she played a maid in 1960s America in "The Help", for which she won several awards, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in Ryan Coogler's biographical drama "Fruitvale Station" (2013), ... | The Surrogate Woman
The Surrogate Woman (; also known as The Surrogate Womb or The Surrogate Mother) is a 1986 film directed by Im Kwon-taek, dealing with the love affair between a rich aristocrat and a poor servant during the Joseon Dynasty.
The film won multiple accolades at the 1987 Asian Film Festival, including B... | 37,997 | triviaqa-train |
Which series of 2011/12, set in the 1950's is centred around a weekly BBC TV current affairs programme? | The Hour (2011 TV series)
The Hour is a British television drama series broadcast on BBC. The series was centred on a new current-affairs show being launched by the BBC in June 1956, at the time of the Hungarian Revolution and Suez Crisis. It stars Ben Whishaw, Dominic West, and Romola Garai, with a supporting cast inc... | 2009.
- "The Life of Muhammad". TV documentary for BBC 2. This is a three-part series, which had its first showing on 11 July 2011 on BBC Two from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. The final edition of the series was on 25 July,on BBC 2 9 -10 pm. People on the programme included Karen Armstrong.
- "Panorama - Ivory Wars: Out of Africa... | 37,998 | triviaqa-train |
In 2011, Christian Bale won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as an assistant to his half-brother in which boxing related film? | Fighter" (2010). This acclaim continued with his Oscar-nominated roles in Russell's black comedy "American Hustle" (2013) and in Adam McKay's satires "The Big Short" (2015) and "Vice" (2018). For portraying Dick Cheney in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Bale's personal life and personality has ... | . At the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Eklund made a surprise appearance on stage with Christian Bale as the latter accepted the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Eklund. Bale also won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for his performance. During his Academy Award acceptance speech, he th... | 37,999 | triviaqa-train |
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