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Cricketer James Pattinson made his test debut for Australia this year. What is the first name of his brother, a Nottinghamshire player who played one test for England in 2008? | as Hussain himself, Graham Thorpe, Darren Gough and Ashley Giles began to be regularly selected. By 2003 though, having endured another Ashes drubbing as well as another first-round exit from the World Cup, Hussain resigned as captain after one Test against South Africa.
Michael Vaughan took over, with players encourag... | Tom Armitage
Thomas Armitage (25 April 1848 – 21 September 1922) was an English first-class cricketer, who in 1877 took part in what are retrospectively recognised as the first two Test matches played by England. The players in these matches having been alphabetically sorted, Armitage is the #1 capped England player.
L... | 39,200 | triviaqa-train |
Which British band is made up of Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Jonathan 'JB' Gill and Oritse Williams? | JLS
JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing) were an English pop/R&B group, which consisted of members Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill, originally formed by Williams. They initially signed to Tracklacers production company New Track City and then went on to become runners-up of the fifth se... | originally scouted for a number of boy bands but did not feel they were right, Williams decided to form his own boy band and, through friends, met Marvin Humes who had experience in R&B and pop music, being a part of VS in 2004. Next to join was Aston Merrygold, who was once cast in the ITV children's programme "Fun So... | 39,201 | triviaqa-train |
Which element, atomic number 82, a heavy metal, is soft and malleable, blue/white when freshly cut, but soon turns grey? | Lead
Lead () is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin "plumbum") and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cut, lead is silvery with a hint of blue; it tarnishes to a dull gra... | Terbium
Terbium is a chemical element with the symbol Tb and atomic number 65. It is a silvery-white, rare earth metal that is malleable, ductile, and soft enough to be cut with a knife. The ninth member of the lanthanide series, terbium is a fairly electropositive metal that reacts with water, evolving hydrogen gas. T... | 39,202 | triviaqa-train |
Which brewery is based in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire? | ), from which John Wesley preached.
The town is notable for Batemans Brewery; the brewery building incorporates the Georgian Salem House and a former corn mill, Salem Bridge Mill. Public houses in Wainfleet are the Woolpack Hotel, Royal Oak, and the Red Lion on High Street. Former pubs included the Jolly Sailor (St Joh... | Wainfleet railway station
Wainfleet railway station serves the town of Wainfleet in Lincolnshire, England. The station has its own signal box at the east end of the platforms, which is next to the level crossing. Wainfleet station is west of Skegness on the Skegness - Grantham - Nottingham Poacher Line.
The station is ... | 39,203 | triviaqa-train |
William the Conqueror built a castle in York in 1068. Rebuilt in the 13th century, by what name is the ruined keep now known? | York Castle
York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It has comprised a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings, which were built over the last nine centuries on the south side of the River Foss. The now-ruinous keep of the medieval Norman castle is commonly referred to as C... | History After the conquest.
In 1068, two years after the Norman conquest of England, the people of York rebelled. Initially they were successful, but upon the arrival of William the Conqueror the rebellion was put down. William at once built a wooden fortress on a motte. In 1069, after another rebellion, the king built... | 39,204 | triviaqa-train |
Who designed the Albert Memorial in London? | Albert Memorial
The Albert Memorial, directly north of the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, London, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style, it takes the form of an ornate canopy or pavi... | Landmarks.
The Hoylake and West Kirby War Memorial is a notable local landmark, as it was designed in 1922 by the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger who was responsible for a number of war memorials around the world, including the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London.
The former Town Hall, on th... | 39,205 | triviaqa-train |
Historically which Rugby League Super League side were known as 'The Airlie Birds'? | in 1996 and coached them to the First Division championship title and promotion to Super League in 1997 But struggled to compete in the top division. Off field issues with the board ended up with 2 companies becoming one and Hull Sharks reverted to Hull FC. With ex-St. Helens coach Shaun McRae who remained at the helm ... | Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1870, they compete in the Super League, the top-level rugby league club competition for an English club, and have won the competition a record eight times since its inception in 1996. They play their home ma... | 39,206 | triviaqa-train |
Which children's TV series began with the narrative: 'In the lands of the North, where the black rocks stand guard against the cold sea....! ? | Noggin the Nog
Noggin the Nog is a popular British children's character appearing in his own TV series (of the same name, originally broadcast 1959–1965 and 1979–1980) and series of illustrated books (published 1965–1977), created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. The TV series is considered a cult classic from the ... | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth also had its own intrinsic reasons for the continuation of struggles with the above powers.
From the 16th century the Commonwealth suffered a series of Tatar invasions. In the 16th century Cossack raids began descending on the Black Sea area Turkish settlements and Tatar lands. In retalia... | 39,207 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of Doug who made his test debut for New Zealand this year? His father Brendan and uncle John were also New Zealand test cricketers. | ever batsman, Martin Crowe and a number of good players such as John Wright, Bruce Edgar, John F. Reid, Andrew Jones, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Ian Smith, John Bracewell, Lance Cairns, Stephen Boock, and Ewen Chatfield, who were capable of playing the occasional match winning performance and consistently making a va... | Wayne Burtt
John Wayne Burtt (born 11 June 1944) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury in New Zealand from 1966 to 1975.
Burtt's father, Noel Burtt, played first-class cricket for Canterbury, as did his uncle, Tom Burtt, who also played Test cricket. A middle-order batsman and occasional l... | 39,208 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shakespeare play coined the phrase 'Salad Days' to describe a time of youth and inexperience? | Kermode, "the play-offers neither its good characters nor its audience any relief from its cruelty". In "Macbeth", the shortest and most compressed of Shakespeare's tragedies, uncontrollable ambition incites Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, to murder the rightful king and usurp the throne until their own guilt destr... | coined in his youth to describe football. As a lifelong Manchester City supporter he admired prolific goal-scorer Peter Doherty's style of playing and consequently used the phrase "The Beautiful Game" to describe Doherty.
The first football match that he reported on was Sheffield Wednesday versus Leicester City at Hill... | 39,209 | triviaqa-train |
Hannibal Hamlin and Andrew Johnson were Vice Presidents of which President of the USA? | Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson assumed the presidency as he was vice president of the United States at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ... | Calhoun, John C. Breckinridge, Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson, Alben W. Barkley and Hubert Humphrey. Several served as a member of the Cabinet or as an ambassador in later administrations, or in state government. Additionally, two former vice presidents, Tyler and Breckinridge, served in the government of the Confeder... | 39,210 | triviaqa-train |
Venus and which other planet have a retrograde rotation (backward spin) around their axes? | , 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... | an equilibrium state like Mercury and Venus because they are further out from the Sun where tidal forces are weaker. The gas giants of the Solar System are too massive and too far from the Sun for tidal forces to slow down their rotations.
Dwarf planets.
All known dwarf planets and dwarf planet candidates have prograde... | 39,211 | triviaqa-train |
With which film do you associate Lara's Theme? | violinist, clarinettist, arranger and composer Ronnie Aldrich covered the song as Ronnie Aldrich And His Two Pianos for his 1967 Decca LP "Two Pianos In Hollywood" under the title Lara's Theme (From "Dr. Zhivago"). Italio-American tenor, Sergio Franchi covered the song as "Somewhere, My Love" in his 1967 RCA Victor alb... | ESPN, PBS and many others. In 1997, he won his first Emmy award for his work on HBO's "How Do You Spell God?" In 1998, Whalen wrote the theme for ABC News' "Good Morning America".
In 1998, he moved to the suburbs of Boston where he built a new studio in his attic.
Career 2000 to present.
In 2002, Whalen was an associat... | 39,212 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the father of the Black Prince? | "Chronicles" (1577); and it is also used by William Shakespeare, in his plays "Richard II" (written c. 1595; Act 2, scene 3) and "Henry V" (c. 1599; Act 2, scene 4). In 1688 it appears prominently in the title of Joshua Barnes's "The History of that Most Victorious Monarch, Edward IIId, King of England and France, and ... | Thunder Prince
Thunder Prince is a 1987 English adaptation of the Korean animated film, "Heukryong wanggwa biho dongja" (흑룡왕과비호동자) (1982) by IFD Films and Arts Ltd.
Plot.
The movie is about a young boy, whose father, Blue Thunder, was murdered by the villainous "Black Mantis." After Black Mantis kills his father and st... | 39,213 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous American singer-songwriter and musician, born in Vernon, Texas, died on 6th December 1988? | called themselves the Traveling Wilburys, representing themselves as half-brothers with the same father. They gave themselves stage names; Orbison chose his from his musical hero, calling himself "Lefty Wilbury" after Lefty Frizzell. Expanding on the concept of a traveling band of raucous musicians, Orbison offered a q... | Tevin Campbell
Tevin Jermod Campbell (born November 12, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Born in Waxahachie, Texas; he displayed a passion for singing at a very early age, performing gospel in his local church. Following an audition for a famous jazz musician, Bobbi Humprey, in 1988, Campbell was sign... | 39,214 | triviaqa-train |
Cheyenne is the capital of which US state? | Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne ( or ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population was 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is ... | in Byers, US 36 is a relatively lightly-traveled two-lane rural highway to the Kansas state line.
Route description Kansas.
US-36 passes through all 13 counties in Kansas which border Nebraska. The highway enters the Sunflower State from Colorado in Cheyenne County and shares a concurrency through the town of St. Franc... | 39,215 | triviaqa-train |
In crossing which body of water was King John reputed to have lost most of his Crown Jewels? | One of the most striking pieces is a large dish across and weighing , in the centre of which is a relief depiction of the Last Supper. Around the edge are four engravings of biblical scenes: the Washing of the Feet, the Walk to Emmaus, the Coming of the Holy Ghost, and Christ's Commission to the Apostles. Made in 1664 ... | homage to Prince Louis for his English possessions; John narrowly missed intercepting Alexander along the way. Tensions between Louis and the English barons began to increase, prompting a wave of desertions, including William Marshal's son William and William Longespée, who both returned to John's faction.
The king ret... | 39,216 | triviaqa-train |
Which Turkish mountains have the same name as a sign of the Zodiac? | Zodiac
The zodiac is an area of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. The paths of the Moon and visible planets are also within the belt of the zodiac.
In Western ast... | , with each sign representing its own day, cardinal direction, planet (celestial body) and animal; it is known as the "Mahabote zodiac". The zodiacs, with slight variations, are also found in Sri Lanka and Thailand.
While the eight signs are the most prevalent in modern Burmese zodiac, the zodiac officially also recog... | 39,217 | triviaqa-train |
Which comedian hosted BBC TV's 'One Show' for a three month period at the end of 2010? | by Chris Evans. He was not due to start until after the summer break, but prior to this, both Chiles and Bleakley departed the show. Chiles left first, being announced on 19 April, his last appearance being 30 April. His replacement was announced as Jason Manford on 26 May, to begin in July. Bleakley continued alongsid... | " on BBC One, replacing Myleene Klass. She and Adrian Chiles hosted the show for three years. On 20 January 2010, comedian Patrick Kielty was a guest on "The One Show", when he revealed her mobile number to the camera, to prove that he had her number to celebrate their double birthday celebrations. Within five minutes ... | 39,218 | triviaqa-train |
How many points are awarded to a driver for winning a Formula One Grand Prix? | purpose-built automobile racing circuits in the United States, still in use, is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It is the largest capacity sports venue of any variety worldwide, with a top capacity of some 257,000+ seated spectators.
NASCAR was founded by Bill France, Sr. on February 21, 1948, wit... | List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions
The Formula One World Constructors' Championship (WCC) is awarded by the FIA to the most successful Formula One constructor over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. The Constructors' Championship was first awarded, as the Internationa... | 39,219 | triviaqa-train |
Where did the first battle of the Wars of the Roses take place? | of Anjou was pregnant, Henry VI was descending into increasing mental instability, by August becoming completely non-responsive and unable to govern. A Great Council of nobles was called, and through shrewd political machinations, Richard had himself declared Lord Protector and chief regent during the mental incapacity... | Roses.
Sir William led an uneventful life until the feud between the houses of York and Lancaster broke into open bloodshed. While he always claimed in life ""...to let each man place his feet in the soil as the good lord intended..."", he ultimately sided with the Lancastrians.
Wars of the Roses Battles and land issue... | 39,220 | triviaqa-train |
Which golfer, the first to complete a career Grand Slam - winning the four Majors at some time during his career, achieved a hole-in-one in the 1973 Open at Troon at the age of 71? | -one are rare, and, although skill definitely increases the probability, there is a great element of luck involved. It is traditional for a player who has scored a hole-in-one to buy a round of drinks for everyone at the clubhouse bar.
A memorable hole-in-one was made in the 1973 British Open by Gene Sarazen at age 71.... | fourth time in five years at Roland Garros and the eighth consecutive Grand Slam (the 21st consecutive Majors in a Top 2 seed) in which Djokovic has been the top seed. He reached 200 weeks at No. 1 in the ATP Rankings (May 23) and also achieved 100 consecutive weeks at No. 1 (May 30) during the tournament.
Djokovic won... | 39,221 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the storyteller in the 'One Thousand and One Nights'? | ruler Shahryār and his wife Scheherazade and the framing device incorporated throughout the tales themselves. The stories proceed from this original tale; some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord. Some editions contain only a few hundred nights, while others include 1,001 or mo... | prose fiction is that the stories of Aladdin and Ali Baba, usually regarded as part of the "Tales from One Thousand and One Nights", were not actually part of the "Tales". They were first included in French translation of the "Tales" by Antoine Galland who heard them being told by a traditional storyteller and only exi... | 39,222 | triviaqa-train |
Who formed the first Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus? | over the slave revolt led by Spartacus, sharing the consulship with his rival Pompey the Great.
A political and financial patron of Julius Caesar, Crassus joined Caesar and Pompey in the unofficial political alliance known as the First Triumvirate. Together the three men dominated the Roman political system. The allian... | 50th Anniversary Collection (Jethro Tull album)
50th Anniversary Collection is a greatest hits album by Jethro Tull, released in 2018. It includes some of the band's hits selected by Ian Anderson himself. This is a summary of the 3-disc boxset entitled " 50 for 50 " that was produced in 2018, it has the same cover but ... | 39,223 | triviaqa-train |
Viti Levu and Vanua Levu are the two major islands that make up which country? | . The Important Bird Area covers the largest tracts of remaining old growth forest on the peninsula, which is on the south of Vanua Levu, and it supports a population of vulnerable Shy Ground-dove.
Demographics and economic activities.
The island's main population centres are the towns of Labasa, in the north, and Savu... | were three beat the clock challenge matches to determine a new number one contender to face Bad News Barrett for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Payback. The matches were Big E vs. Ryback, Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio, and Dolph Ziggler vs. Mark Henry. Big E beat Ryback to set a time of 5:02; Van Dam defeat... | 39,224 | triviaqa-train |
Which King of England was the son of Henry II and father of Henry III? | , building up a network of followers from western Normandy and eastern Brittany, whom historian John Le Patourel has characterised as "Henry's gang". His early supporters included Roger of Mandeville, Richard of Redvers, Richard d'Avranches and Robert Fitzhamon, along with the churchman Roger of Salisbury. Robert attem... | - Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511, 1513), first and second-born sons of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon, who both died in infancy
- Prince Henry of Prussia (1726–1802), son of King Frederick William I of Prussia
- Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862–1929), son of Frederick III, German Emperor
- Henry the Young... | 39,225 | triviaqa-train |
How is the number 2 written when expressed as a binary number? | binary numerals, were in use at least as early as the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China.
The Song Dynasty scholar Shao Yong (1011–1077) rearranged the hexagrams in a format that resembles modern binary numbers, although he did not intend his arrangement to be used mathematically. Viewing the least significant bit on top of... | Binary number
In mathematics and digital electronics, a binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, which uses only two symbols: typically "0" (zero) and "1" (one).
The base-2 numeral system is a positional notation with a radix of 2. Each digit is referred to as a bit. Be... | 39,226 | triviaqa-train |
The film 'The Third Man' was set in which city? | Lime has escaped through a newspaper kiosk connected to the city's sewers. The British police immediately exhume Lime's coffin and discover that the body is that of Joseph Harbin, an orderly who stole penicillin for Lime and was reported missing after turning informant.
Martins goes to Kurtz and demands to see Lime. Li... | The sports film tells the story of three brothers in Hell's Kitchen, New York City in the 1940s who become involved in professional wrestling.
His third role that year was in "The One Man Jury", a crime film starring Jack Palance.
His final role that year was a major part as the main antagonist in "Starcrash", an Itali... | 39,227 | triviaqa-train |
All but three of the moons of Uranus are named after Shakespearean characters; the names of the other three are taken from a poem by whom? | Moons of Uranus
Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 27 known moons, most of which are named after characters that appear in - or are mentioned in - the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. Uranus's moons are divided into three groups: thirteen inner moons, five major moons, and nine irregula... | the rings have been detected by the disturbance they create in the surrounding ring material, though this is thought to be only a small sample of the total population of such objects.
Uranus has 27 named moons, five of which are massive enough to have achieved hydrostatic equilibrium. There are another 13 inner moons t... | 39,228 | triviaqa-train |
Which island is made up of three counties, Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey? | "Rebecca", "Jamaica Inn", "Frenchman's Creek", "My Cousin Rachel", and "The House on the Strand". She is also noted for writing "Vanishing Cornwall". Cornwall provided the inspiration for "The Birds", one of her terrifying series of short stories, made famous as a film by Alfred Hitchcock.
Medieval Cornwall is the set... | Ernest Smythe
Ernest Meade Smythe (25 March 1904 – 9 July 1975) was an English cricketer and Indian Army officer. His batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born in Ealing, Middlesex and educated at Allhallows School in Somerset.
Smythe played for Devon in the 1928 Minor Counties Championship, playing three mat... | 39,229 | triviaqa-train |
Paul McNamee, Mark Woodforde, Jonathan Stark and Leander Paes were the four men who partnered which woman to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, in 1985, 93, 95 and 2003? | continue competitively in doubles and mixed doubles (as instanced by Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe, who won doubles titles in their 40s).
Other types of match.
Other types of match Canadian doubles.
When three players are available, modified rules can accommodate the mismatch so that the single player does not h... | 2000 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but Paes did not compete. Bhupathi partnered with David Prinosil but lost in the third round to Roger Federer and Andrew Kratzmann.
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle in t... | 39,230 | triviaqa-train |
In Arthurian legend, which knight accepts a challenge from the Green Knight? | still held by the Roman Empire when it is conquered, and Arthur's victory leads to a further confrontation with Rome. Arthur and his warriors, including Kaius (Kay), Beduerus (Bedivere) and Gualguanus (Gawain), defeat the Roman emperor Lucius Tiberius in Gaul but, as he prepares to march on Rome, Arthur hears that his ... | The King's Damosel
The King's Damosel (also known as The King's Damsel) is a fantasy novel based on Arthurian legend by Vera Chapman first published in 1976. It served as the inspiration for the 1998 Warner Bros. film "Quest for Camelot". It is part of the "Three Damosels" trilogy, along with "The Green Knight" and "Ki... | 39,231 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible, who was the son of Abraham and Hagar? | God to leave the house of his father Terah and settle in the land originally given to Canaan but which God now promises to Abraham and his progeny. Various candidates are put forward who might inherit the land after Abraham; and, while promises are made to Ishmael about founding a great nation, Isaac, Abraham's son by ... | unfaithful to Yahweh, especially in the Book of Hosea and the Book of Ezekiel; the descriptions of sexual acts and punishments of the metaphorical "zonah" in those books are brutal and pornographic.
Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) Sex, marriage and family Hagar and Sarah.
Abraham is an important figure in the Bible, yet "... | 39,232 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the mother of Finty Williams, the actress who provides the voice of the cartoon character 'Angelina Ballerina'? | Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays, in such roles as Ophelia in "Hamlet", Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet", and Lady Macbeth in "Ma... | . Also in 1990, Holabird received the British Book Design and Production award.
In 1999, HIT Entertainment in London (known for "Thomas the Tank Engine", "Bob the Builder", and "Barney") secured the rights for "Angelina Ballerina" and commissioned Grand Slamm Children's Films to make an animated TV pilot. HIT also deve... | 39,233 | triviaqa-train |
Which Hindu deity has the head of an elephant? | visualized as blue during meditation in that form.
Iconography Vahanas.
The earliest Ganesha images are without a vahana (mount/vehicle). Of the eight incarnations of Ganesha described in the "Mudgala Purana", Ganesha uses a mouse (shrew) in five of them, a lion in his incarnation as "Vakratunda", a peacock in his inca... | exposed rocks with an "elaborately sculpted head of an elephant and a horse in flight", "a small niche with a statue of a deity; another rock with a reclining lion", and other Hindu religious iconography. Marine archaeologists and underwater diving teams have explored a site east of the Shore Temple, one of the monumen... | 39,234 | triviaqa-train |
Comic schoolboy Billy Bunter was a pupil at which school? | Billy Bunter
William George "Billy" Bunter is a fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards. He features in stories set at Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys' weekly story paper "The Magnet" from 1908 to 1940. Subsequently, Bunter has appeared in novels, on televis... | friend, Darbishire; the first, "Jennings Learns the Ropes", was first broadcast on 16 October 1948. In 1950, the first of more than twenty novels, "Jennings Goes to School", appeared. The tales make liberal use of Buckeridge's inventive schoolboy slang ("fossilised fish hooks!", "crystallised cheesecakes!", and others)... | 39,235 | triviaqa-train |
Who was appointed Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy in December 2011? | justifying it being kept on display.
Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet, Exhibition, Royal Academy, London: 30 June-29 September 2019
Activities Summer exhibition.
The Academy also hosts an annual Royal Academy summer exhibition of new art, which is a well-known event on the London social calendar. In the 21st centu... | Arts (2008), and the Tate Britain in London (2005) about the links between creativity and autobiography, and the role of subjectivity and personal histories in constructing art. Emin's covers a variety of different media, including needlework and sculpture, drawing, video and installation, photography and painting.
In ... | 39,236 | triviaqa-train |
What was first framed in 1864 and ratified in 1906 concerning the conduct of warfare? | , as the "violations of the fundamental principles of international human rights and humanitarian law." and require a particularly effective response.
Rape was first recognised as a crime against humanity when the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia issued arrest warrants based on the Geneva Conve... | treaty was undertaken. With the 'Additional Articles relating to the Condition of the Wounded in War' an attempt was initiated to clarify some rules of the 1864 convention and to extend them to maritime warfare. The Articles were signed but was only ratified by the Netherlands and North America. The Netherlands later w... | 39,237 | triviaqa-train |
In which U.S. state were Henry Ford, Magic Johnson and Berry Gordy all born? | Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was minister. At the age of 18, she embark... | song "The Man". The memorial was finished at 12:48 p.m. Before broadcast of the service ended, a final slideshow of photos starting with Jackson's childhood and concluding with his final years played with Mariah Carey's version of "I'll Be There" playing.
Service Guest list.
The participants were Ron Boyd (family frien... | 39,238 | triviaqa-train |
Guaqui and Puno are ports on the world's highest navigable waterway. What is it? | Lake Titicaca
Titicaca (, , "Lake Titicaca"; , "Titiqaqa Lake") is a large, deep lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru, often called the "highest navigable lake" in the world. By volume of water and by surface area, it is the largest lake in South America. Lake Maracaibo has a larger surface area, but it ... | between stretches of the Tshopo and Congo Rivers, many tributaries and islands are intertwined conducive to moving inland waterways for the population of Kisangani and the transportation of goods by ships, boats or canoe (paddle or motorized), from one bank to another and from one neighbourhood to another is made possi... | 39,239 | triviaqa-train |
Who had the original 1958 hit with the song 'Magic Moments'? | Magic Moments
"Magic Moments" is a popular song with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David, one of the first compositions by that duo. The song was published in 1957.
The biggest hit version of the song was recorded by Perry Como and released by RCA Victor in December 1957, becoming a hit early in 1958. The r... | - 1957 "Hey... Let Yourself Go"
- 1958 "C'mon... Get Happy"
- 1958 "Sea of Dreams"
- 1958 "Witchcraft!"
- 1959 "The Joy of Living"
- 1959 "Sing a Song with Riddle"
- 1959 "Original Music from the TV Show "The Untouchables""
- 1960 "Music of the Motion Picture Can Can"
- 1961 "Magic Moments from "The Gay Life""
- 1961 "... | 39,240 | triviaqa-train |
What specially adapted item was used to deliver a lethal injection to the Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov in 1978? | drove away. The event is recalled as the "Umbrella Murder".
When he arrived at work at the BBC World Service offices, Markov noticed a small red pimple had formed at the site of the sting he had felt earlier and the pain had not lessened or stopped. He told at least one of his colleagues at the BBC about this incident.... | fatal. The toxin inhibits the formation of proteins within cells of exposed individuals. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that 500 micrograms is the minimum lethal dose of ricin in humans provided that exposure is from injection or inhalation. Ricin is easily purified from castor-oil man... | 39,241 | triviaqa-train |
Bradley Walsh hosts which ITV quiz programme? | "Love Island". In its defence, ITV does continue to show its major strengths in the fields of sports coverage and drama productions, and it continues to schedule national news in primetime.
ITV's strong daytime line-up helped by programmes such as "This Morning", "Loose Women", "Good Morning Britain", "Dickinson's Real... | List of Play to the Whistle episodes
"Play to the Whistle" is a British comedy panel game television programme which premiered on ITV on 11 April 2015 and is produced by Hungry Bear Media. In each regular episode two teams of three members – one member being a regular captain – compete in sports knowledge rounds and ph... | 39,242 | triviaqa-train |
In which US city did the Beatles perform their last live concert, in August 1966? | cities from San Francisco to New York.
In August, journalist Al Aronowitz arranged for the Beatles to meet Bob Dylan. Visiting the band in their New York hotel suite, Dylan introduced them to cannabis. Gould points out the musical and cultural significance of this meeting, before which the musicians' respective fanbase... | The Beatles' 1966 US tour
The Beatles staged their fourth concert tour of America in August 1966, and it was the last commercial tour they undertook. Lasting a total of 19 performances, with 17 shows in American venues and two in Canada, it was plagued with backlash regarding the controversy of John Lennon's remark abo... | 39,243 | triviaqa-train |
Which American soul singer had a backing group called the Famous Flames? | Bobby Byrd
Bobby Howard Byrd (August 15, 1934 – September 12, 2007) was an American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician, who played an integral and important part in the development of soul and funk music in association with James Brown. Byrd began his career in 1952 as ... | Showtime". During this time, the record label's inconsistent billing on various records and albums, led many fans of Brown to believe that the Famous Flames were actually Brown's backing band, instead of the stand-alone vocal group that they actually were. In 1964, James & the Flames had another top 40 hit with the pow... | 39,244 | triviaqa-train |
'Aquatint' is a process of etching which alloying metal with acid? | plates.
Copper is a traditional metal, and is still preferred, for etching, as it bites evenly, holds texture well, and does not distort the color of the ink when wiped. Zinc is cheaper than copper, so preferable for beginners, but it does not bite as cleanly as copper does, and it alters some colors of ink. Steel is g... | the process of smoothing the texture with burin, burnisher and scraper allows fine gradations in tone to be developed.
The mezzotint printmaking method was invented by Ludwig von Siegen (1609–1680). The process was used widely in England from the mid-eighteenth century, to reproduce oil paintings and in particular port... | 39,245 | triviaqa-train |
Blubberhouses is a town in which county? | Blubberhouses
Blubberhouses is a small village and civil parish located in the Washburn Valley in the borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, a county in the north of England. The population as at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Fewston. It is situated to the south of the... | tribe. He notes that the town was on a pre-Roman track-way running from the north through Catterick to Chester and Holyhead.
Roman period.
In the Roman period, Ilkley lay at a crossroads of Roman roads, connecting to Catterick and Adel; Skipton and Gisburn; Aldborough, Knaresborough and Blubberhouses; and Morton leadin... | 39,246 | triviaqa-train |
Which vitamin is also known as Calciferol? | Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, and multiple other biological effects. In humans, the most important compounds in this group are vitamin D (also known as cholecalciferol) and vitamin D (ergocalciferol). Cho... | Intrinsic factor
Intrinsic factor (IF), also known as gastric intrinsic factor (GIF), is a glycoprotein produced by the parietal cells of the stomach. It is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12 later on in the ileum of the small intestine. In humans, the gastric intrinsic factor protein is encoded by the "GIF" g... | 39,247 | triviaqa-train |
Brooke Magnante wrote a blog and book entitled 'Diary of a Call Girl' under which pseudonym? | Brooke Magnanti
Brooke Magnanti (born 5 November 1975) is an American-born naturalised British former research scientist, blogger, and writer, who, until her identity was revealed in November 2009, was known by the pen name Belle de Jour. While completing her doctoral studies, between 2003 and 2004, Magnanti supplement... | the pseudonym of Brooke Magnanti, who published her blog of working as a London call girl
- "Secret Diary of a Call Girl", British television series based on the books of Brooke Magnanti, starring Billie Piper
- Sadism and masochism in fiction | 39,248 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the mother of Samuel West, the actor whose film roles include Leonard Bast in Howard's End? | the elder son of actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and the grandson of the actor Lockwood West. He has one brother. He was educated at Alleyn's School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he studied English Literature and was president of the Experimental Theatre Club.
Career.
Career Stage.
West made his London... | for Andromeda.
John Hollis was a versatile character actor for BBC Radio. Notable roles include Magwitch in "Great Expectations", Leonard Bast in "Howards End", Conan Doyle's Inspector Lestrade and Shakespeare's Bardolph. He also took part in some commercial recordings, in parts as various as the March Hare in "Alice's... | 39,249 | triviaqa-train |
For which team did Roy of the Rovers play? | Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer and later manager named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the "Tiger" in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic magazine, published by IPC and... | move for Nottingham Forest's 21-year-old Irish midfielder Roy Keane, who was also a target for Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers. After the player nearly signed for Blackburn, United snapped him up on 19 July 1993 for a British record fee of £3.75million.
It was the last season at Old Trafford for midfielder Neil Webb, who ... | 39,250 | triviaqa-train |
Senna and Ammonia were minor characters in which BBC TV comedy series? | Up Pompeii!
Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the "Carry On" films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991.
Backgro... | This Morning with Richard Not Judy
This Morning With Richard Not Judy or TMWRNJ is a BBC comedy television programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring. Two series were broadcast in 1998 and 1999 on BBC Two. The name was a satirical reference to ITV's "This Morning" which was at the time popularly referred to as ... | 39,251 | triviaqa-train |
What name is shared by cities in Ontario and Bermuda as well as a town near Glasgow? | . Possilpark is one such district, where levels of unemployment and drug abuse continue to be above the national average. Much of the housing in areas such as Possilpark and Hamiltonhill have fallen into a state of disrepair in recent years.
This has led to large-scale redevelopment of much of the poorer housing stock ... | William Chaffey
William Benjamin Chaffey, CMG (21 October 1856 – 4 June 1926) was a Canadian engineer and irrigation planner who with his older brother George Chaffey developed what became the cities of Etiwanda, California, Ontario, California, and Upland, California in the United States of America, as well as the cit... | 39,252 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor played the part of Mike Gambit in the ITV TV series, The New Avengers? | ".
The sustained popularity of the Tara King episodes in France led to a 1975 French television advertisement for Laurent-Perrier champagne, in which Thorson and Macnee reprised their roles. The advertisement's success spurred financing interest in France for new episodes of "The Avengers".
The result was a new series,... | , an unproduced X-Men franchise film about the eponymous Marvel Comics comicbook superhero
Arts and entertainment Television.
- "Gambit" (USA game show), based on the card game blackjack
- "Gambit" (UK game show), UK version based on the card game blackjack
- Mike Gambit, a character in "The New Avengers" TV series
- "... | 39,253 | triviaqa-train |
In September 2012, which Nobel prizewinner seriously proposed that Tony Blair and George W Bush should be tried in the International Court of Justice for their role in the Iraq war? | encountered an attempted citizen's arrest for war crimes.
Post-premiership (since 2007) Accusations of war crimes.
Since the Iraq War, Blair has been the subject of war crimes accusations. Critics of his actions, including Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harold Pinter and Arundhati Roy have called for his trial at the Internation... | "An article on Thursday about the playwright Harold Pinter's criticism of American foreign policy in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize for literature described it incompletely. He said that both President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair - and not just Prime Minister Blair - should be tried before the Interna... | 39,254 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the principal host of the BBC TV quiz 'Pointless'? | contemporary of "Pointless" co-presenter Alexander Armstrong, who read English Literature.
Television career.
Television career Production.
Osman began his career working as executive producer on numerous British game shows, including "Deal or No Deal", Channel 4 comedy panel game "8 out of 10 Cats" and satirical comed... | of the TV show "Total Wipeout". She also appeared on an episode of "Celebrity Come Dine with Me" on 2 September 2011. On 19 December 2011, Whitbread appeared on a Christmas edition of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" partnered with Russell Watson. It was rumoured that she had been hired as "This Morning"s new fitness e... | 39,255 | triviaqa-train |
Teddy Pendergrass was the lead singer of which soul group? | Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass (March 26th, 1950 – January 13th, 2010) was an American singer. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. After leaving the group over monetary disputes in 1976, Pendergras... | and brother-in-law Bobby Womack and Darryl Carter; "Love T.K.O.", recorded by Teddy Pendergrass; "Love Bankrupt", released by Patti LaBelle; and the ballad "New Day" by soul singer and jazz guitarist, George Benson.
Linda's 1988 single "Teardrops" from the album "Conscience", which was a worldwide hit on radios and da... | 39,256 | triviaqa-train |
Seahouses is a town in which county? | Seahouses
Seahouses is a large village on the North Northumberland coast in England. It is about north of Alnwick, within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Attraction.
Seahouses attracts many visitors, mainly from the north east area. However national and international tourists often come to ... | the town and booths along the harbour, several boat companies operate, offering various packages which may include "inter alia" landing on at least one Farne, seeing seals and seabirds, and hearing a commentary on the islands and the Grace Darling story or scuba diving on the many Farnes Islands wrecks. Grace Darling's... | 39,257 | triviaqa-train |
Mekele and Adama are the 2nd/3rd most populous cities in which African country? | Ethiopia
Ethiopia (; , , , Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ, Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (, , ), is a country in the northeastern part of Africa, known as the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somaliland and Somalia to... | area, composed of the urban agglomeration which refers to the continuous urban expansion of Metro Manila into the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Batangas has an estimated population of as of 2015. It is the most populous and densely populated region in the Philippines, the 7th most populous metropolitan area ... | 39,258 | triviaqa-train |
Which vitamin is also known as Retinol? | Retinol
Retinol, also known as Vitamin A, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. As a supplement it is used to treat and prevent vitamin A deficiency, especially that which results in xerophthalmia. In areas where deficiency is common, a single large dose is recommended to those at high risk a cou... | CRBP, the all-trans retinol is esterified by Lecithin Retinol Acyltransferase (LRAT) to form a retinyl ester. The retinyl esters of the RPE are chaperoned by a protein known as RPE65. It is in this form that the RPE stores most of its retinoids, as the RPE stores 2-3 times more retinoids than the neural retina itself. ... | 39,259 | triviaqa-train |
What is the most successful literary work to date of the writer E L James? | E. L. James
Erika Leonard (née Mitchell; born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the bestselling erotic romance trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker", and "Fifty Shades Freed", along with the companion novels "" and ""; and under the name Snowqueen's Icedrag... | -received, thus attracting a publisher for the work. Howe's subsequent novels were neither critically nor popularly successful.
A 1919 edition of his "Ventures in Common Sense" featured a foreword by celebrated American writer (and cynic) H. L. Mencken, to whom Howe has been compared. Mencken was a fan of "E. W. Howe's... | 39,260 | triviaqa-train |
John Travolta's character in 'Grease' had the surname Zuko but what was his first name? | they wrote the music and lyrics. It ran for eight months. The cast: Doug Stevenson (Danny), Leslie Goto (Sandy), Sue Williams (Rizzo), Polly Pen (Patty), Gary Houston (Roger), Marilu Henner (Marty), James Canning (Doody), Hedda Lubin (Frenchy), Bruce Hickey (Kenickie), Sheila Ray Ceaser (Jan), Bill Cervetti (Miller), J... | imitating John Travolta's character), wears nothing but white paint, a bowler hat and a large codpiece. The band ends up at a disco dance contest where Kiedis in robot form interacts with a female robot played by Stephanie Crousillat. Each band member is credited under different names. Kiedis is credited as Cole Dammet... | 39,261 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the wife of William the Conqueror? | able to quash a rebellion and begin to establish his authority over the duchy, a process that was not complete until about 1060. His marriage in the 1050s to Matilda of Flanders provided him with a powerful ally in the neighbouring county of Flanders. By the time of his marriage, William was able to arrange the appoint... | Emma de Guader, Countess of Norfolk
Emma de Guader was the wife of Ralph de Guader and the daughter of William FitzOsbern, Lord of Breteuil and later first Earl of Hereford of a new creation, who was a cousin and close adviser of William the Conqueror. William's opposition to their marriage led to the unsuccessful Revo... | 39,262 | triviaqa-train |
Tower Hill, Barbican, Notting Hill and Baker Street are stations on which London underground line? | London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London, England and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
The Underground has its origins in the Metropo... | , London
- 2003 Harlem (Arthur Baker) in Notting Hill Gate, London
- 2003 Salvador and Amanda (The Breakfast Group), Newport Street, London
- 2003 Zigfrid (Paul Daly) in Hoxton Square, London
- 2004 Barbican Penthouse (private client) in London
- 2004 Hoxton Apprentice (Training for Life, charity) in Hoxton Square, Lon... | 39,263 | triviaqa-train |
What was the up-market fast-food chain started in 1986 by Sinclair Beecham and Julian Metcalfe? | Pret a Manger
Pret a Manger is an international sandwich shop chain based in the United Kingdom, popularly referred to as Pret. Founded in 1983, Pret currently has over 450 shops in nine countries.
History.
History First Pret a Manger restaurant.
Jeffrey Hyman founded the first Pret a Manger in London on 21 October 198... | She has worked at some of the world’s largest consultancies and was the first ever female designer to be employed by the design duo Seymour Powell. In 2002, Krassa decided to go it alone and founded Afroditikrassa Ltd. The young designer’s work was picked up by major brands such as Cassina, DKNY and design aficionados,... | 39,264 | triviaqa-train |
In February 2011 an earthquake killed over 180 people in which New Zealand city? | 2011 Christchurch earthquake
An () earthquake occurred in Christchurch on at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, ). The earthquake struck the Canterbury Region in New Zealand's South Island and was centred south-east of the centre of Christchurch, at the time New Zealand's second-most populous city. The earthquake caused... | Province was abolished in 1876 along with all other provinces in New Zealand. It was replaced with a Provincial District.
On February 3, 1931, Napier and Hastings were devastated by New Zealand's worst natural disaster, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter magnitude scale, which killed 256 people. Napier rebuilt ... | 39,265 | triviaqa-train |
Ariel, Gillette, Duracell and Oral-B are all brands of which global giant? | Gillette
Gillette is a brand of safety razors and other personal care products including shaving supplies, owned by the multi-national corporation Procter & Gamble (P&G).
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, it was owned by The Gillette Company, a supplier of products under various brands until that company m... | owner of the large Brazilian distribution company Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição and the supermarket chain Pão de Açúcar. By offering companies preferential product-placement in the Brazilian market, the Diniz family was able to obtain personal sponsorship deals with brands such as Arisco, Duracell, Gillette, Kai... | 39,266 | triviaqa-train |
Conrad Black, jailed in the USA in 2007 for fraud, was the former publisher of which UK daily newspaper? | glowing book about President Donald Trump. On May 15, 2019, he was granted a full pardon by Trump.
Black controlled Hollinger International, once the world's third-largest English-language newspaper empire, which published "The Daily Telegraph" (UK), "Chicago Sun-Times" (U.S.), "The Jerusalem Post" (Israel), "National ... | Conrad Black
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, KCSG (born August 25, 1944), is a Canadian-born British former newspaper publisher and author. In 2007, he was convicted on four counts of fraud in U.S. District Court in Chicago. While two of the criminal fraud charges were dropped on appeal, a conviction ... | 39,267 | triviaqa-train |
In which Caribbean country did an earthquake kill thousands in January 2010? | of the Gulf of Mexico creating a vast shallow pool. The emergence of deep basins in the Caribbean occurred during the Middle Jurassic rifting. The emergence of these basins marked the beginning of the Atlantic Ocean and contributed to the destruction of Pangaea at the end of the late Jurassic. During the Cretaceous the... | nations and countries with emerging markets.
- October 25 – An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people and leaves hundreds missing.
- October 26 – Repeated eruptions of Mount Merapi volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, and accompanying pyroclastic flows of scalding ga... | 39,268 | triviaqa-train |
Whose first novel in a famous series was 'The Colour of Magic' in 1983? | The Colour of Magic
The Colour of Magic is a 1983 comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the "Discworld" series. The first printing of the British edition consisted of 506 copies. Pratchett has described it as "an attempt to do for the classical fantasy universe what "Blazing Saddles" did for ... | Castle Skull
Castle Skull, first published in 1931, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr which features Carr's series detective Henri Bencolin. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
Plot summary.
Maleger is a stage magician whose feats of magic are so mysterious and hideous, and his stage prese... | 39,269 | triviaqa-train |
Who was sacked as a judge on 'Strictly Come Dancing' in 2009 in favour of a younger panellist? | perfect score.
Here is a table showing all of the perfect scores achieved by number of perfect scores
By Celebrity:
By Professional:
The lowest score the judges have ever awarded was 8/40 (1,1,3,3) to Quentin Willson and Hazel Newberry for their Cha Cha Cha. Eleven individual ones have been awarded in the entirety of S... | Come Dancing 2011 winners Harry Judd and Aliona Vilani. After resulting in a tie with the judges' scores, they won the show after a decision being made by Head judge Len Goodman.
On Christmas Day 2012, Chelsee and Pasha once again united as part of a "Strictly Allstar" group of seven previous contestants, for a group d... | 39,270 | triviaqa-train |
'Into the Woods' is a musical with music and lyrics by which composer? | Into the Woods
Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from "Little Red Rid... | Jason Robert Brown
Jason Robert Brown (born June 20, 1970) is an American musical theatre composer, lyricist, and playwright. Brown's music sensibility fuses pop-rock stylings with theatrical lyrics. He has won Tony Awards for his work on "Parade" and "The Bridges of Madison County".
Career.
Brown grew up in the suburb... | 39,271 | triviaqa-train |
Thirty years after he painted the Sistine chapel's ceiling, what is the title of the fresco painted by Michelangelo, also in the chapel? | . The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescos that decorate the interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and "The Last Judgment" by Michelangelo.
During the reign of Sixtus IV, a team of Renaissance painters that included Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio... | when he complained to the Pope, the pontiff responded that his jurisdiction did not extend to hell, so the portrait would have to remain. Michelangelo also painted his own portrait, on the flayed skin held by St Bartholomew.
The genitalia in the fresco were later covered by the artist Daniele da Volterra, whom history ... | 39,272 | triviaqa-train |
'Up in the Sky', 'Supersonic' and 'Shakermaker' are three of the tracks on which Oasis album? | Supersonic (Oasis song)
"Supersonic" is the debut single by the English rock band Oasis. Written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher, it was released on 11 April 1994 as Oasis' debut single and later appeared on their debut album "Definitely Maybe" in August 1994.
Release and rankings.
The song was released on 11 April 19... | band's first commercial single "Supersonic" was released on 11 April 1994. The following week it debuted at number 31 on the British singles chart. The single was followed by "Shakermaker" in June 1994, which debuted at number 11 and earned the group an appearance on "Top of the Pops".
Recording.
Oasis booked Monnow Va... | 39,273 | triviaqa-train |
Which prominent Mexican painter was married to Frida Kahlo? | pain and medical problems. During her recovery, she returned to her childhood hobby of art with the idea of becoming an artist.
Kahlo's interests in politics and art led to her joining the Mexican Communist Party in 1927, through which she met fellow Mexican artist Diego Rivera. The couple married in 1928, and spent th... | - Leonor Fini (1907–1996), born in Buenos Aires and raised in Trieste, met the Surrealists in 1936 but never officially joined. She paints startling images, often with sphinxes or apparitions.
- Jane Graverol (1905–1985), Belgian surrealist painter.
- Valentine Hugo (1887–1968), illustrator and married to Jean Hugo, sh... | 39,274 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1997 album, voted the best ever by readers of Q magazine, contains tracks let Down', 'No Surprises' and 'Paranoid Android'? | OK Computer
OK Computer is the third studio album by English rock band Radiohead, released on 16 June 1997 on EMI subsidiaries Parlophone and Capitol Records. The members of Radiohead self-produced the album with Nigel Godrich, an arrangement they have used for their subsequent albums. Other than the song "Lucky", reco... | Moontan
Moontan is the ninth album by Dutch rock band Golden Earring, released in 1973. It contains the radio hit "Radar Love", and was voted best Dutch pop album ever by readers of music magazine "Oor" in 2008. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition "Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock", the album came #32 in its lis... | 39,275 | triviaqa-train |
Which Football League Two club play home games at the Pirelli Stadium? | Pirelli Stadium
Pirelli Stadium is an association football stadium on Princess Way in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was built in 2005 and is the current home of Burton Albion FC, replacing the club's old Eton Park home, also on Princess Way, which was demolished and developed into housing. The ground wa... | , becoming the first club to win back to back championships in the Wessex League and thus earned promotion to the Southern Football League. There are two teams that represent Petersfield Town, these being the first team and the reserves.
Ground.
The club play their home games at The SureFix Home Improvements Stadium, L... | 39,276 | triviaqa-train |
In which state of the USA is the Badlands National Park? | Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park () is an American national park located in southwestern South Dakota. The park protects of sharply eroded buttes and pinnacles, along with the largest undisturbed mixed grass prairie in the United States. The National Park Service manages the park, with the South Unit being... | as the northern part of the Badlands, which are to the west of the Missouri River. The state's high point, White Butte at , and Theodore Roosevelt National Park are in the Badlands. The region is abundant in fossil fuels including natural gas, crude oil and lignite coal. The Missouri River forms Lake Sakakawea, the thi... | 39,277 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the 'rover' that landed on Mars in August 2012? | . The "Phoenix" lander directly sampled water ice in shallow Martian soil on July 31, 2008.
On March 18, 2013, NASA reported evidence from instruments on the "Curiosity" rover of mineral hydration, likely hydrated calcium sulfate, in several rock samples including the broken fragments of "Tintina" rock and "Sutton Inli... | Haw Creek
Haw Creek may refer to:
- Haw Creek (Morgan County, Missouri), a stream in Missouri
- Haw Creek (Salt River), a stream in Missouri
- Haw Creek Township (disambiguation) | 39,278 | triviaqa-train |
What TV detective was Pierce Brosnan contracted to play, which meant that he had to refuse the offer to play James Bond in 1986? | Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan (; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish-American actor, film producer, activist, architect and environmentalist. Born in Ireland, Brosnan became a naturalised American citizen. After leaving comprehensive school at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, then went on to... | films were taking, nor did he think the producers were seriously looking for a new 007. As he explained, his idea of Bond was different. In a 1979 episode of the television series "Charlie's Angels", Dalton played the role of Damien Roth, a millionaire playboy described by David Doyle's character as "almost James Bond-... | 39,279 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last Englishman before Lewis Hamilton to win the Formula One World Championship? | re-take fifth place and deny race-winner Massa the title by one point. This made Hamilton the youngest driver to win the World Drivers' Championship, the first black driver, and the first British driver to win the World Championship since Damon Hill in 1996.
Formula One career McLaren 2009 season.
Hamilton started the ... | 52 was due to his front left brake failing. The Englishman later told that as it was his last race for Lotus before joining Williams in , team boss Peter Warr (who he had never gotten along with personally) had refused to give him the brakes he wanted for his Lotus 95T and that it was this that ultimately caused his re... | 39,280 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2004 film of the same name who played the part of 'Vera Drake'? | Vera Drake
Vera Drake is a 2004 British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays and Eddie Marsan. It tells the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and it was nomina... | bursary from the Society of London Theatre. She had a small role as the Jamaican girl in the 2004 film "Vera Drake" but was given an entire character backstory by the director Mike Leigh.
Her first stage role was in the highly lauded National/Complicite production of Measure for Measure. Following this she was part of ... | 39,281 | triviaqa-train |
Children's author Mrs Darrell Waters was better known under which name? | Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton's books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into 90 languages; her first book, "Child Wh... | Agnès Rosenstiehl
Agnès Rosenstiehl (born December 4, 1941) is a French author and illustrator from Paris. Born from a family of artists, she studied music at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris and obtained the first harmony prize in 1966 under the name of Agnès Gay. She is best known for a series of... | 39,282 | triviaqa-train |
Matter is thought to contain two classes of particles, Hadrons and which other? | "building blocks". On the scale of elementary particles, a definition that follows this tradition can be stated as:
"ordinary matter is everything that is composed of quarks and leptons", or "ordinary matter is everything that is composed of any elementary fermions except antiquarks and antileptons". The connection bet... | produced at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and CERN's Large Hadron Collider, can be produced in only minute quantities and is unstable and impossible to contain, and will radioactively decay within a fraction of a second into stable particles through hadronization; the produced hadrons... | 39,283 | triviaqa-train |
Which war was ended by the Treaty of Westphalia? | Danish intervention (1625–1630).
Peace following the Imperial victory at Stadtlohn (1623) proved short-lived, with conflict resuming at the initiation of Denmark–Norway. Danish involvement, referred to as the Low Saxon War or Kejserkrigen ("the Emperor's War"), began when Christian IV of Denmark, a Lutheran who also ru... | the partition of restive Catalonia between both empires. The Portuguese Restoration War ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, that terminated the 60-year Iberian Union.
Peace of Westphalia (1648).
Over a four-year period, the warring parties (the Holy Roman Empire, France, and Sweden) were actively negotiating at O... | 39,284 | triviaqa-train |
On which pipe of a set of bagpipes is the tune fingered? | where the limbs and the head joined the body of the whole animal, a construction technique common in Central Europe.
Construction Chanter.
The chanter is the melody pipe, played with two hands. Almost all bagpipes have at least one chanter; some pipes have two chanters, particularly those in North Africa, in the Balkan... | Charlie Glendinning of the City of Washington Pipe Band (US) composed "Dunblane", a tune for bagpipes, which Bonnie Rideout arranged for two violins and viola. It was recorded on "Rant", an album produced by Maggie's Music. Pipe Major Robert Mathieson of the Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band composed a pipe tune in tribute... | 39,285 | triviaqa-train |
The style of singing known as Fado comes from which European country? | Fado
Fado (; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of Fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best. But... | girls.
Style.
Carvalho can be described as a new fadisto, singing a contemporary fado, as opposed to the fado of Amalia Rodrigues, whose songs were rooted in an older tradition. Carvalho's style fuses contemporary Portuguese pop with some traditional elements of fado. In many cases, his songs mix other Iberian or pan-E... | 39,286 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology who was the Muse of Tragedy? | Melpomene
Melpomene (; ), initially the Muse of Chorus, she then became the Muse of Tragedy, for which she is best known now. Her name was derived from the Greek verb melpô or melpomai meaning "to celebrate with dance and song." She is often represented with a tragic mask and wearing the cothurnus, boots traditionally ... | mythology sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids
- Some djinn in Islamic mythology are described as alternating between human and serpentine forms.
- Echidna, the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake.
- Fu Xi: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology
- Glycon: a snake god who had th... | 39,287 | triviaqa-train |
Who, in legend, commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War? | apple, sometimes known as the Apple of Discord, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the "fairest", should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. Agame... | Flares can divert enemy soldiers' gaze.
Distraction was a key battle strategy in tales from the Trojan War. According to the legend, the Greeks seemed to have retreated by pretending to sail away. In their stead, they left a large wooden horse, which the Trojans then chose to bring back within their walls in order to c... | 39,288 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote ""Mr Midshipman Easy""?" | Mr Midshipman Easy
Mr. Midshipman Easy is an 1836 novel by Frederick Marryat, a retired captain in the Royal Navy. The novel is set during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Marryat himself served with distinction.
Plot summary.
Easy is the son of foolish parents, who spoiled him. His father, in particular, regards himself ... | is a wealthy gentleman now, no longer a junior midshipman, her family cannot refuse him, and he and Agnes live happily ever after.
Film adaptations.
The novel was adapted as an adventure film twice in the UK: in 1915 as a silent film, "Midshipman Easy" directed by Maurice Elvey, and in 1935 with sound, "Midshipman Easy... | 39,289 | triviaqa-train |
In which Canadian province is the nation's capital Ottawa? | 1791 divided the province of Canada into French-speaking Lower Canada (later Quebec) and English-speaking Upper Canada (later Ontario), granting each its own elected legislative assembly.
The Canadas were the main front in the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. Peace came in 1815; no boundari... | herald the beginning of the competition and knit the country in common purpose. As the Olympic Torch is lit from the sun in great Olympia, the Canada Games Torch is lit from the Eternal Flame, burning upon Parliament Hill in the nation's capital. A truly staggering 100,000 km relay spanning the entire Canadian North wa... | 39,290 | triviaqa-train |
Which tree has the Latin name Salix? | By the willow in the rain in the evening", which she gave to her parting lover (Choi Gyeong-chang). Hongrang wrote: "...I will be the willow on your bedside."
In Japanese tradition, the willow is associated with ghosts. It is popularly supposed that a ghost will appear where a willow grows. Willow trees are also quite ... | epithet, "subsessilis", is from the term subsessile, which means "nearly, but not quite sessile." The root, "sessilis" is derived from Latin, which means low, dwarf in plants.
A cultivar with buttery-yellow flowers is known as "Canary Weigela".
The Korean name of the species is '병꽃나무' (byeongkkot tree), which means "a ... | 39,291 | triviaqa-train |
'Kim', the 1901 novel by Rudyard Kipling, is about an Irish orphan named Kim O'Hara. Kim is short for which name? | on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel."
Plot summary.
Kim (Kimball O'Hara) is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor Irish mother who have both died in poverty. Living a vagabond existenc... | The Jungle Book" (1893-1894), a collection of stories about Mowgli, an Indian feral child in the jungles of 19th-century British India.
- "Kim" (1901) by Rudyard Kipling portrays an orphan of British descent becoming a spy for Britain. A commentary on how 'British' you can be when you are born overseas.
- "King of the ... | 39,292 | triviaqa-train |
On which river is the Kariba Dam? | that happened, a tsunami-like wall of water would rip through the Zambezi valley, reaching the Mozambique border within eight hours. The torrent would overwhelm Mozambique's Cahora Bassa Dam and knock out 40% of southern Africa's hydroelectric capacity. Along with the devastation of wildlife in the valley, the Zambezi ... | tremendous challenge for kayakers and rafters alike. Beyond the gorge are a succession of rapids which end 240 km (150 mi) below Victoria Falls. Over this distance, the river drops .
At this point, the river enters Lake Kariba, created in 1959 following the completion of the Kariba Dam. The lake is one of the largest m... | 39,293 | triviaqa-train |
Which state surrounds the Australian Capital territory including the capital Canberra? | Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, formerly known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938 and commonly referred to as the ACT, is a federal territory of Australia containing the Australian capital city of Canberra and some surrounding townships. It is located in the south-east of the cou... | by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government as having historical connections to the Canberra region and surrounds, particularly the region around Namadgi National Park. Black Harry Williams, also known as Ngoobra, House’s great-grandfather, and Harry Williams her grandfather, both identified as Ngambri.
There ... | 39,294 | triviaqa-train |
Name the writer known as 'Denmark's most famous son', his birthplace in Odense is now a museum? | . Odense has close associations with Hans Christian Andersen who is remembered above all for his fairy tales. He was born in the city in 1805 and spent his childhood years there.
There has been human settlement in the Odense area for over 4,000 years, although the name was not mentioned in writing until 988, and by 107... | the Jutland peninsula.
History.
History Early history.
The name Odense is derived from "Odins Vé", meaning "Odin's sanctuary" as the area was known as a sanctuary for worshippers of the Nordic god, Odin.
Odense is one of Denmark's oldest cities. Archaeological excavations in the vicinity show proof of settlement for ov... | 39,295 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the part of Michael Douglas's wife in the film 'Fatal Attraction'? | Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film "Diversion". Starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer, the film centers on a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman wh... | Fatal Instinct
Fatal Instinct is a 1993 American comedy film directed by Carl Reiner. It parodies the erotic thriller movie genre, which at the time had reached its commercial peak. The film stars Armand Assante as a lawyer and cop named Ned Ravine who has an affair with a woman named Lola Cain played by Sean Young. Ka... | 39,296 | triviaqa-train |
How many chains are there in one mile? | Chain (unit)
The chain is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards). It is subdivided into 100 links or 4 rods. There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. In metric terms, it is 20.1168 m long. By extension, chainage (running distance) is the distance along a curved or straight survey line ... | it is repeated until the destination rod is reached, when the surveyor notes how many full lengths (chains) have been laid, and he can then directly read how many links (one-hundredth parts of the chain) are in the distance being measured. The chain usually ends in a handle which may or may not be part of the measureme... | 39,297 | triviaqa-train |
What was the surname of the Danish father and son who both won Nobel Prizes for Physics, in 1922 and 1975? | Aage Bohr
Aage Niels Bohr (; 19 June 1922 – 8 September 2009) was a Danish nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 with Ben Mottelson and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the s... | Fielding Reid was 26. Letters exchanged among the various family members reflect an intimacy that was born of their very early years together.
Both J. J. Thomson and his son George Paget (1892–1975) would go on to win Nobel Prizes for their pioneering work in subatomic physics. J. J. still holds a unique place in the h... | 39,298 | triviaqa-train |
On which river is the Grand Coulee Dam? | Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had only two powerhouses. The third powerhouse, completed in 1974 to increase e... | forming the ancient river bed known as the Grand Coulee. After the floods, the river found its present course, and the Grand Coulee was left dry. The construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in the mid-20th century impounded the river, forming Lake Roosevelt, from which water was pumped into the dry coulee, forming the res... | 39,299 | triviaqa-train |
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