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What sport did Ray French commentate on | , he taught at Cowley School in St. Helens, Lancashire, where his local counterparts included Brian Ashton who taught at Stonyhurst College.
French was a commentator on rugby league on both television and radio. He is well known for his range of colloquialisms. French is regularly heard on the Rugby League show "Try Ti... | sharply during the day.
At around 4 p.m, Thierry Gilardi died, aged 49, following a second heart attack, on the eve of a friendly football match between France and England, on which he was due to commentate for TF1. The tribute of a minute’s silence and the wearing of black armbands as a sign of mourning by the French ... | 40,800 | triviaqa-train |
What fruit is the main ingredient of guacamole | ) + "molli" ("sauce", literally "concoction"). In Mexican Spanish, it is pronounced , in American English, it tends to be pronounced , and in British English, .
History.
Avocados were first cultivated in South Central Mexico about 10,000 years ago. In the early 1900s, avocados frequently went by the name "alligator pea... | cream can also provide the base for various forms of dip used for dipping potato chips or crackers, such as onion dip.
In Tex-Mex cuisine, it is often used as a substitute for crema in nachos, tacos, burritos, taquitos or guacamole.
Sour cream is one of the main ingredients in chicken paprikash and beef Stroganoff. It ... | 40,801 | triviaqa-train |
Which bird was the emblem of the Roman Empire | Double-headed eagle
In heraldry and vexillology, the double-headed eagle is a charge associated with the concept of Empire. Most modern uses of the symbol are directly or indirectly associated with its use by the Roman/East Roman Empire, whose use of it represented the Empire's dominion over the Near East and the West.... | is a tale paralleling the Danish legend, in which
a golden cross appears in the blue sky during a Swedish battle in Finland in 1157.
History Middle Ages.
The white-on-red cross emblem originates in the age of the Crusades. In the 12th century, it was also used as war flag by the Holy Roman Empire.
In the "Gelre Armori... | 40,802 | triviaqa-train |
If you threw 3 and a 2 at the start of a game of Monopoly where would you land | (Pall Mall)", "Advance to Reading Railroad (Kings Cross Station)" and "Go Back Three Spaces".
In all, during game play, Illinois Avenue (Trafalgar Square) (Red), New York Avenue (Vine Street) (Orange), B&O Railroad (Fenchurch Street Station), and Reading Railroad (Kings Cross Station) are the most frequently landed-upo... | cards. For example, if you have 3, 4, 7 and 9, it would be wiser to start with the 3 and 4 and work your way up. Otherwise, it will be harder to collect cards if you start with the 9 and 7. As well, the higher cards can be used to collect aces in combination with other cards. In any scenario where you have the 2 of clu... | 40,803 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the thoroughfare that runs past the front entrance of Old Trafford football ground | Ferguson in 2010. There is also a plaque dedicated to the victims of the Munich air disaster on the south end of the East Stand, while the Munich Clock is at the junction of the East and South Stands. On 29 May 2008, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Manchester United's first European Cup title, a statue of the club... | Commando – is used for visitors to the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre and is not open to the general public.
- Manchester United Football Ground – built outside of the Old Trafford stadium and is only open on match days.
- Smallbrook Junction – was built as a connection to two railways with no actual entrance to... | 40,804 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name for the garden flower dianthus barbatus | Dianthus barbatus
Dianthus barbatus, sweet William, is a species of flowering plant in the carnation family, native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. It has become a popular ornamental garden plant. It is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant growing to 13–92 cm tall, with flowers in a dense cluster ... | his "Flora taurico-caucasica" of 1808.
Common names.
Not being native to Western Europe, plants belonging to the genus "Physochlaina" have no common name of any antiquity in English, nor have they acquired a more recent common name among English-speaking gardeners, despite the passage of two centuries since their intro... | 40,805 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county was tobacco growing tried on a large scale | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorks... | . During the following two seasons, the Department conducted further trials at this farm, while several areas including Pentland, Charters Towers, Hervey's Range and Chillagoe tried crops on a commercial scale. Despite adverse weather conditions that affected the yield per acre, the leaf obtained good prices, and many ... | 40,806 | triviaqa-train |
Which David Bowie number one came from the album Scary Monsters | "Fashion" began as "Jamaica". Unable to think of anything to write, Bowie discarded the song until late in the recording cycle, when it was transformed into the song that appears on the album. Other tracks also began with different names: "Ashes to Ashes" as "People Are Turning to Gold", "Teenage Wildlife" as "It Happe... | The Collection (David Bowie album)
The Collection is a 2005 compilation album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It contains one song from every studio album Bowie released from "David Bowie" (1969) to "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" (1980) with the exclusion of the covers album "Pin Ups" (1973). This compil... | 40,807 | triviaqa-train |
What sport are the Boston Celtics involved in | Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league's original eight teams, the team play the... | rules eventually became the basis for the modern sport of baseball.
Teams in Boston and New York offer some of the best rivalries in their respective sports, none are more famous, however, then the longtime feud between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball. The viciousness and fierceness... | 40,808 | triviaqa-train |
In which opera does 'Turiddu', a young villager return to Sicily to find his fiancee, 'Lola', has married 'Alfio', the prosperous village teamster? | two rival performances on the same day: an afternoon performance at the Casino, directed by Rudolph Aronson, and an evening performance at the Lenox Lyceum, directed by Oscar Hammerstein.
The opera received its first performance at the Metropolitan Opera on 30 December 1891 in a double bill with a fragment of Gluck's "... | Zatoichi and the Fugitives
"Zatoichi and the Fugitives" is the eighteenth episode in the 26-part film series devoted to the character of Zatoichi.
Plot.
Zatoichi comes to a village which is the local hub of family farms in a silk growing region. The most prominent villager is Matsugoro who apparently will stop at nothi... | 40,809 | triviaqa-train |
At which circuit in 1955 did Stirling Moss win his first British Grand Prix, the race's debut at that circuit? | a Mercedes and Alberto Ascari in a Ferrari—and took the lead. Ascari retired with engine problems, and Moss led until lap 68 when his engine also failed. Fangio took the victory, and Moss pushed his Maserati to the finish line. Neubauer, already impressed when Moss had tested a Mercedes-Benz W196 at Hockenheim, promptl... | Mercedes-Benz 300SL was a defining point in assuring the Daimler-Benz management that motorsport had a place in Mercedes' future. Called up to the revived Mercedes Grand Prix squad in 1954 he finished less than one second behind the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio on his Formula One debut, taking second place in the 1954 ... | 40,810 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the book, now a successful play, 'War Horse'? | War Horse (play)
War Horse is a play based on the book of the same name by children's writer Michael Morpurgo, adapted for stage by Nick Stafford. Originally Morpurgo thought "they must be mad" to try to make a play from his best-selling 1982 novel; nonetheless, the play was a success. The play's West End and Broadway ... | "War Horse: Fact & Fiction" opened in October 2011 at the National Army Museum exploring the novel alongside real-life stories of horses involved in war and the men who depended on them, and also drawing on the play and film adaptations of the novel.
Sequel.
Morpurgo wrote a sequel called "Farm Boy", which was released... | 40,811 | triviaqa-train |
In chemistry organic compounds contain which element? | of the periodic table, which groups together elements with similar chemical properties (and usually also similar electronic structures).
Description Atomic number.
The atomic number of an element is equal to the number of protons in each atom, and defines the element. For example, all carbon atoms contain 6 protons in ... | behavior is rationalized by the disparate electronegativities of oxygen and hydrogen. Hydroxy-containing compounds engage in hydrogen bonding, which causes them to stick together, leading to higher boiling and melting points than found for compounds that lack this functional group. Organic compounds, which are often po... | 40,812 | triviaqa-train |
Who lost his seat as MP for Enfield Southgate at the 1997 General Election? | 1983 general election, this constituency was known as Southgate.
The seat gained national attention in the 1997 general election when Michael Portillo, Secretary of State for Defence was unexpectedly defeated on a massive swing. Portillo had been widely expected to contest the Conservative leadership and his defeat the... | % swing to Labour. Nationally, Labour won a landslide victory with a parliamentary majority of 179 seats. Other prominent Conservatives to lose their seats included Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, Trade Secretary Ian Lang, Scottish Secretary Michael Forsyth and former ministers Edwina Currie, Norman Lamont, David Me... | 40,813 | triviaqa-train |
Which Italian region has the largest population? | Tiber, "roviglioni" and shad from Lake Albano, snails from Rieti, figs from Tuscolo, grapes from Narni, oil from Cassino, oranges from Naples and eels from Campania. Grains from Lombardy and Campania are mentioned as is honey from Sicily and Taranto. Wine from the Ligurian coast, Greco from Tuscany and San Severino, an... | in many areas. For example, Northeast São Paulo is 65% Italian.
The arrival of immigrants from several parts of Europe, the Middle-East and Asia produced an ethnically diverse population. The city of Bastos, in São Paulo, is 11.4% Japanese. The city of São Paulo is home to the largest Japanese population outside Japan ... | 40,814 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstein Are Dead'? | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet". They are childhood friends of Hamlet, summoned by King Claudius to distract the prince from his apparent madness and if possible to ascertain the cause of it. The characters were revived in W. S. Gilbert'... | It just seemed that I'd be the only person who could treat the play with the necessary disrespect." The cast included Gary Oldman as Rosencrantz, Tim Roth as Guildenstern, Richard Dreyfuss as the Player, Joanna Roth as Ophelia, Ian Richardson as Polonius, Joanna Miles as Gertrude, Donald Sumpter as Claudius, and Iain G... | 40,815 | triviaqa-train |
Which isotope of Carbon is used in 'Carbon Dating'? | Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
The method was developed in the late 1940s by Willard Libby, who received th... | Radiometric dating
Radiometric dating, radioactive dating or radioisotope dating is a technique which is used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they were formed. The method compares the abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isoto... | 40,816 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the leader of the LiberaL Democrats at the 1997 General Election? | of the Tories/Conservatives since the 1760s, lasting 13 years, including the whole of the 2000s. Throughout this period, their representation in the Commons remained consistently below 200 MPs.
The Liberal Democrats, under Paddy Ashdown, returned 46 MPs to parliament, the most for any third party since 1929 and more th... | retaining his seat in the 1992 general election he served as the spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs during the 1992–97 parliament. He retained his seat in the 1997 general election and served on the Standards and Privileges select committee from 1997 to 1999.
He was Liberal Democrat Party President from ... | 40,817 | triviaqa-train |
Which Italian region is surrounded by four others - Lazio, Tuscany, Marche and Abruzzo? | hill towns, especially in the parts of Abruzzo further from the Adriatic coast. Before the 2009 earthquake, Abruzzo was the region with the highest number of castles and hill towns in Italy, but it still holds many of Italy's best-preserved medieval and Renaissance hill towns, twenty of which are designated as The Most... | Abruzzo (wine)
Abruzzo (Abruzzi) is an Italian wine region located in the mountainous central Italian region of Abruzzo along the Adriatic Sea. It is bordered by the Molise wine region to the south, Marche to the north and Lazio to the west. Abruzzo's rugged terrain, 65% of which is mountainous, help to isolate the reg... | 40,818 | triviaqa-train |
Which badly behaved children's character was created by Francesca Simon, hates his brother 'Perfect Peter' and has an arch enemy 'Moody Margaret'? | Moody Margaret
Moody Margaret is a main character in the "Horrid Henry" series created by British author Francesca Simon and British illustrator Tony Ross. As the primary antagonist of the series, she is the most prominent arch-enemy of the series' protagonist, Horrid Henry.
History.
When Francesca Simon was in the pro... | Bodger & Badger
Bodger and Badger is a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred Andy Cunningham as Simon Bodger, who had a badly behaved companion, a talking badger with a love for mashed potatoes. It was spawned from a pair of 1988 appearances the double act made in the Saturda... | 40,819 | triviaqa-train |
Who led the forces of the British East India Company at the 1757 Battle of Plassey? | Battle of Plassey
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The battle consolidated the Company's presence in Bengal, which later expanded to cover much of India over the next hundr... | till the fall of the Mughal Empire.A Brief History of British Land Acquisition in India
Chronology
1757 – Battle of Plassey, First battle fought by British East India company which led to the removal of the independent ruler of Bengal-Bihar and placement of a ruler more amicable to the company.
1764 – Battle of Buxar, ... | 40,820 | triviaqa-train |
The largest Scottish island is Lewis and ...... Which name completes the title? | : Shetland, Orkney, and the Hebrides, sub-divided into the Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. There are also clusters of islands in the Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, and Solway Firth, and numerous small islands within the many bodies of fresh water in Scotland including Loch Lomond and Loch Maree. The largest island ... | List of islands called Garbh Eilean
This is a list of islands in Scotland with the name "Garbh Eilean" or similar, meaning 'rough island' in Scottish Gaelic.
The largest of these islands are:
- Garbh Eilean, in the Shiant Islands
- Garbh Eilean, Loch Maree, in Loch Maree
Smaller islands.
Smaller islands Garbh Eilean.
... | 40,821 | triviaqa-train |
Who has been the editor of the Daily Mail since 1992? | .
The paper is owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere, a great-grandson of one of the original co-founders, is the current chairman and controlling shareholder of the Daily Mail and General Trust, while day-to-day editorial decisions for the newspaper are usually made by... | of "The Independent". In 1990 he became the founding editor of "The Independent on Sunday". In 1992 Glover helped Richard Ingrams launch "The Oldie" magazine with fellow journalists Auberon Waugh, Alexander Chancellor, and Patrick Marnham.
Glover has been a columnist for the "London Evening Standard" (1992–95), "The Da... | 40,822 | triviaqa-train |
Who played 'Edward Beddoes', the victim's valet in the 1974 film 'Murder On The Orient Express'? | The book was made into a 1974 movie directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by John Brabourne and Richard B. Goodwin; it was a critical and commercial hit. The film starred Albert Finney as Poirot, Martin Balsam as Signor Bianchi, George Coulouris as Dr Constantine, and Richard Widmark as Ratchett/Cassetti, with the rema... | "A Shot in the Dark" (1964).
- Kato, fictional sidekick/valet of The Green Hornet, created in 1936.
- Passepartout, in the 1873 novel "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne.
- George (or Georges), created by Agatha Christie in 1923, in the Hercule Poirot novels.
- Edward Henry Masterman, the victim's valet an... | 40,823 | triviaqa-train |
In which Asian city were the 2011 FINA World Championships held? | form the core of larger metropolitan areas and urban areas—creating numerous commuters traveling towards city centers for employment, entertainment, and edification. However, in a world of intensifying globalization, all cities are in different degree also connected globally beyond these regions.
The most populated cit... | , is an achievement. I think when I first started swimming for Pakistan, that was the turning point for me."
Career.
Career National.
Swan won 9 gold and 3 silver medals during the National Championships held in June 2014. This qualified her for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Career International.
Swan has competed in th... | 40,824 | triviaqa-train |
Who has twice been Prime Minister of Italy - from 1996 to 1998 and from 2006 to 2008? | and won the elections, becoming one of Italy's most important political and economic figures for the next decade. Berlusconi is also the longest serving Prime Minister in the history of the Italian Republic and third-longest serving in the whole history after Mussolini and Giolitti.
Ousted after a few months of governm... | Enrico Letta
Enrico Letta (; born 20 August 1966) is an Italian politician who was Prime Minister of Italy from 2013 to 2014, leading a grand coalition comprising the centre-left Democratic Party, the centre-right People of Freedom, and the centrist Civic Choice. He has also been a Member of the Chamber of Deputies sin... | 40,825 | triviaqa-train |
Which Dickens novel features a Cricket match between 'All-Muggleton' and 'Dingley Dell'? | whimsical names. The likes of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes, Pip, Miss Havisham, Sydney Carton, Charles Darnay, David Copperfield, Mr Micawber, Abel Magwitch, Daniel Quilp, Samuel Pickwick, Wackford Squeers, and Uriah Heep are so well known as... | be based on an amalgamation of the grounds at West Malling and Maidstone. There is a resemblance to West Malling in the original illustration of the match, a version of which featured on the back of the £10 banknote featuring Dickens, first circulated on 29 April 1992.
Dickens, however, was a regular visitor to Dingley... | 40,826 | triviaqa-train |
Stirling Moss also won the next British Grand prix held at Aintree, in 1957, to give which British team its first Grand Prix victory? | 500, ERA, Lister Cars, Lotus, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Vanwall single-seaters, Aston Martin, Maserati, Ferrari, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz sports cars, and Jaguar saloons. Like many drivers of the era, he competed in several formulae, often on the same day.
He preferred to race British cars, stating, "Better ... | British Grand Prix five times, in 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1962.
In addition to the Grands Prix, which were organised by the British Automobile Racing Club, the circuit also held eleven non-championship Formula 1 races, known as the Aintree 200, first won by Stirling Moss in 1954 with the last winner being Jack Brabh... | 40,827 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays ex-policeman 'Gerry Standing' in 'New Tricks'? | Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Denis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tamzin Outhwaite, and Larry Lamb.
The premise of the series focused on the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) - a fictional division within London's Metropolitan Police Service tasked with re-investigating unsolved crimes. UCOS ... | confidence men, however rather than using the skills he has learnt for crime, Jiang Yiju is instead a policeman of the Hong Kong Police Force who, together with a small squad of officers, uses his understanding of confidence tricks and tricksters to catch them. His choice of career however sees him come into conflict w... | 40,828 | triviaqa-train |
How many questions must be answered correct to win £1 million on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'? | group of five questions: £64,000 - £125,000 - £250,000 - £500,000 - £1,000,000
After 2007, the format was changed, reducing the number of questions to twelve; the overall change in format was later incorporated into a number of international versions over a period of four years, including the Arab, Bulgarian, Dutch, Fr... | earned a Ph.D. in the field of supersymmetry. After graduating Vakarchuk moved to Kiev.
In 2005, Vakarchuk answered all questions correctly and won the grand prize (1 million hryvnias) for the first time on the Ukrainian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, called Khto khoche staty milyonerom? – Pershyi milyon. H... | 40,829 | triviaqa-train |
Who did the first Duke of Northumberland employ to landscape the parkland adjoining Alnwick Castle, in order to create Alnwick Garden? | a charitable trust, which is separate from Northumberland Estates, although the 12th Duke of Northumberland donated the 42-acre (17 ha) site and contributed £9 million towards redevelopment costs.
History.
The first garden was laid down in 1750 by the 1st Duke of Northumberland, who employed Capability Brown, the celeb... | Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle () is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I listed building and as of 2012 received over 800,000 v... | 40,830 | triviaqa-train |
Which Football League club shares its home ground with non-league Kingstonian FC? | Road ground. They shared Kingsmeadow with AFC Wimbledon since 2002, who purchased the lease of Kingsmeadow in 2003. The ground was purchased by Chelsea F.C. in 2016, who stipulated that Kingstonian could not remain there.
Kingstonian Football Club was founded in 1885 by the Young Men's Christian Association, named King... | Tribute South West 1 West. The other field, commonly referred to as "The Sports Ground", is the home to Bideford AFC, the town's main local football club, they currently play in the Southern Football League Premier Division and are managed by Sean William Joyce. In over 60 seasons, the club has never been relegated, a ... | 40,831 | triviaqa-train |
In which Commonwealth country is 'Fiordland National Park'? | fly fishing
In popular culture.
Parts of the 2017 film were filmed in the park.
Helicopter hunting.
Red deer were introduced to New Zealand in the 1850s and they subsequently colonised the Fiordland Park area. By the 1920s, the large herds of wild deer in the NZ back country competing with sheep and cattle for feed res... | region is almost entirely within the Fiordland National Park, except for small pockets near the two southernmost lakes, but the area does not include the three northernmost fiords Milford Sound, Southerland Sound, and Bligh Sound.
The much more widespread definition of "Fiordland" has an eastern boundary that roughly f... | 40,832 | triviaqa-train |
Which Dickens novel is set in 'Coketown'? | Hard Times
Hard Times may refer to:
Literature.
- "Hard Times" (novel), an 1854 novel by Charles Dickens
Film and television.
- "Hard Times" (1915 film), a silent British film directed by Thomas Bentley based on Dickens' novel
- "Hard Times" (1975 film), an American drama starring Charles Bronson
- "Hard Times" (1988 f... | Tom is also seen to be deceitful as he is able to keep his guilt hidden until the evidence points only toward him. On the contrary, when the news comes out that Stephen had robbed the bank, Stephen begins to head back to Coketown to face his problems and clear his name. Overall, the stark difference in morality between... | 40,833 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983? | William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, (28 June 1918 – 1 July 1999), often known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary and "de facto" deputy to Prime Minister ... | with that of Home Secretary in 1979–1983 and Leader of the House of Lords after 1983. Sir Geoffrey Howe was bestowed the title of Deputy Prime Minister by Thatcher in 1989, on being removed from the post of Foreign Secretary. He resigned as her deputy in 1990, making a resignation speech that is widely thought to have ... | 40,834 | triviaqa-train |
In which month is Battle of Britain Day? | -scale night attacks known as The Blitz, that lasted from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941.
German historians do not accept this subdivision and regard the battle as a single campaign lasting from July 1940 to June 1941, including the Blitz.
The primary objective of the German forces was to compel Britain to agree to a ... | - Nearly six months after the breakthrough in the Channel Tunnel service tunnel, the breakthrough in the North rail tunnel is achieved. On the same day, road links to the English terminal are improved when the final section of the M20 motorway is opened between Maidstone and Ashford, meaning that the Chunnel's unbroken... | 40,835 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1979 to 1983? | Geoffrey Howe
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, (20 December 1926 – 9 October 2015), known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British Conservative politician.
Howe was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Fore... | Denis Healey
Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015), was a British Labour Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983.
He was a Member of Parliament f... | 40,836 | triviaqa-train |
Which football team finished bottom of the Premier League in 2010-2011? | City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon. Luton Town, Notts County, and West Ham Uni... | 2010 Belarusian First League
The 2010 Belarusian First League is the 20th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 17 and ended on November 13, 2010.
Team changes from 2009 season.
The winners of last season (Belshina Bobruisk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to reduction of Premier ... | 40,837 | triviaqa-train |
What is the county town of Derbyshire? | a three-tier local government since the local government reorganisation in 1974. It has a county council based in Matlock and eight district councils and since 1997, a unitary authority area of the City of Derby. Derby remains part of Derbyshire only for ceremonial purposes.
Derbyshire has become fractionally smaller d... | then was dropped from the first XI in May after failing to reach 30 in eight championship innings.
Derbyshire career.
At the end of August 2012 Billy was released by Essex, and joined newly promoted first division side Derbyshire, on a two-year contract. In April 2013, he scored what is believed to be the slowest half-... | 40,838 | triviaqa-train |
What is the county town of Shropshire? | The county's population and economy is centred on five towns: the county town of Shrewsbury, which is culturally and historically important and close to the centre of the county; Telford, a new town in the east which was constructed around a number of older towns, most notably Wellington, Dawley and Madeley, which is t... | Newport, Shropshire
Newport is a market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It lies some north of Telford and some west of Stafford, and is near the Shropshire/Staffordshire border. The 2001 census recorded 10,814 people living in the town's parish, making it the seco... | 40,839 | triviaqa-train |
The 'White Horse Bridge' leads to which English sports stadium? | White Horse Bridge
The White Horse Bridge is a footbridge that crosses the tracks at Wembley Stadium railway station leading up to Wembley Stadium in Wembley Park, England. It was designed by Steve Chilton for architects Marks Barfield and engineered by Halcrow. It replaced an old concrete footbridge which was probably... | presented with greyhound called Camira Flash, to become the sports most prominent greyhound owner. The fawn and white greyhound was given to him at a charity meeting at Harringay Stadium just over a month before the Derby started, with the condition that all prize money earned would go to the Duke Of Edinburgh Awards S... | 40,840 | triviaqa-train |
'Adria Airways' is based in which EU country? | Adria Airways
Adria Airways d.o.o., (formerly "Inex-Adria Aviopromet" and later "Inex-Adria Airways") is the largest and only airline in Slovenia with scheduled service. The company's head office and main base is at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport in Zgornji Brnik, Cerklje na Gorenjskem, near Ljubljana.
History.
History ... | Air transport in Yugoslavia
This article provides an overview of air transport in Yugoslavia, a country in the Balkans that existed from 1918 until its dissolution in the 1990s.
Airlines.
The first domestic airliner was Aeroput, the predecessor of JAT ("Jugoslovenski Aerotransport") created in 1927, which was Yugoslavi... | 40,841 | triviaqa-train |
Spargel is the German name for which vegetable? | Asparagus
Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name Asparagus officinalis, is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus "Asparagus". Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable.
It was once classified in the lily family, like the related "Allium" species, onions and garlic. How... | as "Solar", a trademarked name by the local oil company Pertamina.
Origins.
Diesel fuel originated from experiments conducted by German scientist and inventor Rudolf Diesel for his compression-ignition engine he invented in 1892. Diesel originally designed his engine to use coal dust as fuel, and experimented with othe... | 40,842 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the book 'The Kalahari Typing School For Men'? | The Kalahari Typing School for Men
The Kalahari Typing School for Men is the fourth in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe.
Plot summary.
Mma Ramotswe talks with her fiance Mr JLB. Matekoni abo... | 4. "Tears of the Giraffe" –
5. "The Chief Justice of Beauty" –
6. "The Confession" –
7. "The Kalahari Typing School for Men" –
8. "The Admirer" –
9. "How to Handle Men through the Application of Psychology" –
10. "House of Hope" –
11. "The Return of Note" –
12. "The Ceremony" –
13. "There Is No Such Thing as | 40,843 | triviaqa-train |
Which car company produces the 'Lanos' model'? | Daewoo Lanos
The Daewoo Lanos is a subcompact car produced by the South Korean manufacturer Daewoo from 1997 to 2002, and thereafter produced under license agreements in various countries worldwide. It has also been marketed as the Daewoo Sens, ZAZ Sens and ZAZ Lanos in Ukraine, Doninvest Assol and ZAZ Chance in Russia... | power output. The Executive also received an electronic ignition distributor from the Lanos. Another addition to the 2000 model was the catalytic converter respecting Euro 2 emission standards. In 2004, because of harsher emission regulations, the factory installed the Lanos 1.5 SOHC engine, which meant a decrease in h... | 40,844 | triviaqa-train |
Which artistic movement was founded in 1911 by Walter Sickert? | Walter Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 186022 January 1942) was a British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artist in early 20th century London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid and late 20th century.
... | 1959), Mark Gertler (1891-1939), and Roger Hilton (1911-1975).
Modernism's most controversial English talent was writer and painter Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957). He co-founded the Vorticist movement in art, and after becoming better known for his writing than his painting in the 1920s and early 1930s he returned to more c... | 40,845 | triviaqa-train |
Which explorer, in 1541 was the first European to discover the Mississippi River? | 8, 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto became the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River, which he called "Río del Espíritu Santo" ("River of the Holy Spirit"), in the area of what is now Mississippi. In Spanish, the river is called "Río Mississippi".
French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marqu... | village girl named Narda who finds a small white stone, a tiny meteorite from outer space. Narda swallows the stone and shouts "Darna," she becomes a mighty warrior ready to defend Earth from evil forces.
Fictional character biography Darna's alter ego Daria.
Mars Ravelo created a second alter-ego named Daria in "Si Da... | 40,846 | triviaqa-train |
Which explorer, in 1858, was the first European to disciver Lake Victoria? | Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria (' in Luo; ' in Luganda; "" in some Bantu languages) is one of the African Great Lakes.
The lake was renamed Lake Victoria after Queen Victoria by the explorer John Hanning Speke, in his reports—the first Briton to document it. (It has since been recognized that the native guides used the n... | of the Tatlatui Range, where Thutade Lake is located.
The Finlay River is named for the explorer John Finlay, who travelled a short way up the river in 1797. The first European to journey its length to its source was the fur trader and explorer Samuel Black in 1824. The river was the eastern half of the northern bounda... | 40,847 | triviaqa-train |
"Who in his play ""The Birds"" first wrote about 'Cloudcuckoo Land'?" | Literary sources.
Aristophanes, a Greek playwright, wrote and directed a drama "The Birds", first performed in 414 BC, in which Pisthetaerus, a middle-aged Athenian persuades the world's birds to create a new city in the sky to be named "Nubicuculia" or Cloud Cuckoo Land (, '), thereby gaining control over all communic... | many women came to the bar to view the painting. The painting was soon mass reproduced on ceramic tiles, porcelain plates, and other luxury items in the United States.
In 1876, Stéphane Mallarmé wrote "The Afternoon of a Faun", a first-person narrative poem about a faun who attempts to kiss two beautiful nymphs while t... | 40,848 | triviaqa-train |
Which artistic movement was founded around 1920 in Russia and was associated with Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner? | Antoine Pevsner
Antoine Pevsner (12 April 1962) was a Russian-born sculptor and the older brother of Alexii Pevsner and Naum Gabo. Both Antoine and Naum are considered pioneers of twentieth-century sculpture.
Pevsner was born in Oryol, Russian Empire, into a Jewish family. Among the originators of and having coined the... | distinct threads emerged, the first was encapsulated in Antoine Pevsner's and Naum Gabo's "Realist manifesto" which was concerned with space and rhythm, the second represented a struggle within the Commissariat for Enlightenment between those who argued for "pure art" and the Productivists such as Alexander Rodchenko, ... | 40,849 | triviaqa-train |
Which car manufacturer produced the models, Laurel, Maxima and Scarab? | officially the Z33 generation Z-Car, succeeded the 300ZX in 2003.
Z31.
The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Nissan/Datsun 300ZX (the hatch lid had both a Datsun and a Nissan badge) in the U.S. market. The 300ZX, as its predecessors, was known as a Nissan in other parts of the world. This c... | Warner Aircraft Corporation
The Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit, Michigan was the manufacturer of the Scarab family of radial engines for airplanes in 1928 through the early 1930s.
History.
The first Aeronautical Industries Incorporated Scarab radial engine was produced in November 1927. In October 1927 the comp... | 40,850 | triviaqa-train |
Which building society was the first to relinquish mutuality? | in this new company. A number of the larger societies made such proposals to their members and all were accepted. Some listed on the London Stock Exchange, while others were acquired by larger financial groups.
The process began with the demutualisation of the Abbey National Building Society in 1989. Then, from 1995 to... | In July 2006 Leeds Building Society was voted "Best Building Society" by Mortgage Magazine. This award is judged by an independent panel and takes into account long term value, customer service, how easy products are to understand and commitment to mutuality, as well as competitive interest rates.
On 1 August 2006, fol... | 40,851 | triviaqa-train |
Which pre-decimal coin, never minted after decimalisation, was still legal tender until 1980? | they are taken directly (or posted) to the Bank of England building in Threadneedle Street, London. The last £sd coins to cease being legal tender in the UK after decimal day were the Sixpence (withdrawn 1980), the Shilling (withdrawn 1991) and the Florin (withdrawn 1993). In Australia, as of 2018, these coins can stil... | are minted in very small quantities. Though they are legal tender in the UK, they are never encountered in circulation. The pre-decimal Maundy pieces have the same legal tender status and value as post-decimal ones, and effectively increased in face value by 140% upon decimalisation. Their numismatic value is much grea... | 40,852 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the battle of Aboukir Bay (The Nile)? | Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; ) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt from the 1st to the 3rd of August 1798. The battle was the climax... | to the forces of Lord Hood, who was besieging Toulon at the time. Later in the year, on 13 September 1793, he was promoted to the rank of Post Captain, and in August 1794, given command of the large frigate HMS "Romulus", in which he saw action against French ships off Genoa in 1795.
Following his appointment to HMS "A... | 40,853 | triviaqa-train |
Which cheese, made from ewe's milk, comes from the Aveyron region of France? | , the Millau viaduct, opened by President Chirac in December 2004.
Activities include horseriding, fishing, swimming in the "Lacs du Lévézou" and hiking/camping. The inhabitants are also very good craftsmen, and Aveyron is full of various craft objects, handmade, that can be found locally. Examples include the "couteau... | Tuma (cheese)
Tuma or Toma is a stage in the production of Pecorino cheese, which comes before adding salt and maturation. By extension, it also indicates cheese that is consumed or commercialized at this stage of production. In a broader sense, it can be referred to fresh cheese made of ewe's milk, cow's milk or a mix... | 40,854 | triviaqa-train |
Which building society has kept its mutual status despite the being three votes on the subject (the last in 1998)? | to non-members, allowing societies to access wholesale bond and money markets to fund mortgages. The world's largest building society is Britain's Nationwide Building Society. Further, in Australia, building societies also compete with retail banks and offer the full range of banking services to consumers.
History in t... | one of seven building societies unsuccessfully targeted by so-called carpetbagger Michael Hardern. To fight this threat to its mutual status, in 1998, the Society announced that new members would in future be required to assign any future windfall payments to the Britannia Building Society Foundation, a charity set up ... | 40,855 | triviaqa-train |
What was formed as a result of the Continental Congress of 1775? | Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was initially a convention of delegates from several British American colonies at the height of the American Revolution era, who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the Thirteen Colonies that ultimately became the United States of America. The term most specifica... | Provincial Congress on February 11, 1775. This committee was formed to prepare a plan of government and represent the people of South Carolina. Lynch Jr. served alongside with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Henry Laurens, Christopher Gadsden, Rawlins Lowndes, Arthur Middleton, Henry Middl... | 40,856 | triviaqa-train |
The Greeks called her Athena, what was the Roman name for this Goddess? | Athena
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, handicraft, and warfare, who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from which s... | wings from feathers and wax and using them to fly away.
The Proto-Indo-Europeans may have had a goddess who presided over the trifunctional organization of society. Various epithets of the Iranian goddess Anahita and the Roman goddess Juno provide sufficient evidence to solidly attest that she was probably worshipped, ... | 40,857 | triviaqa-train |
Who was offered, but declined, the post of Poet Laureate in 1984 after the death of Sir John Betjeman? | cake, Robertson's marmalade," he writes, "Liberty lampshades, come shine on us all."
In a 1962 radio interview he told teenage questioners that he could not write about 'abstract things', preferring places, and faces. Philip Larkin wrote of his work, "how much more interesting & worth writing about Betjeman's subjects ... | Windows" (1974). He contributed to "The Daily Telegraph" as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, articles gathered in "All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961–71" (1985), and he edited "The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse" (1973). His many honours include the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He was offered, but d... | 40,858 | triviaqa-train |
"Who composed the title music to the film ""The Deerhunter""?" | Cavatina (Myers)
"Cavatina" is a 1970 classical guitar piece by British composer Stanley Myers written for the film "The Walking Stick" (1970), and popularised as the theme from "The Deer Hunter" some eight years later. As the Italian diminutive of "cavata", "cavatina" is a musical term frequently applied to any simple... | under the name was "Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel" (2008). Cox's method of creating music is stream-of-consciousness, and he does not write lyrics in advance.
He made his film acting debut in 2013's "Dallas Buyers Club".
Music career.
Music career Deerhunter.
Cox founded Deerhunter with bassist P... | 40,859 | triviaqa-train |
On board which ship did explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton die in 1922? | , who claimed it was the first "talking picture" ever made. The expedition left England on 24 September 1921.
Although some of his former crew members had not received all their pay from the "Endurance" expedition, many of them signed on with their former "Boss". When the party arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Shackleton suf... | by famed polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
At 1.40 pm on the same day as it had left London, "Prunelle" was targeted by the German submarine SM "UB-112" when the ship was south east of Blyth, Northumberland. The U-boat fired a torpedo at the ship without warning and the torpedo hit the ship on the port side near th... | 40,860 | triviaqa-train |
Which Northern Ireland football club plays its home matches at Windsor Park? | Windsor Park
National Football Stadium at Windsor Park is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Linfield FC and tenants Northern Ireland national football team, and is also where the Irish Cup final is played.
History.
Named after the district in south Belfast in which it is located,... | Tobermore United F.C.
Tobermore United Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. The club, founded in 1965, is based in Tobermore, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry and currently plays its home matches at Fortwilliam Park. Club colours are red and... | 40,861 | triviaqa-train |
What is the county town of Louth? | with his life, in the Battle of Faughart near Dundalk, by a chiefly local force led by John de Bermingham.
In 1189, a royal charter was granted to Dundalk after a Norman nobleman named Bertram de Verdun erected a manor house at Castletown Mount. Later in 1412, a royal charter was granted to Drogheda. This charter unifi... | Louth
Louth is the name of several locations around the world:
Australia.
- Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia
- Louth, New South Wales, a town
- Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia
- Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality
Canada.
- Louth, Ontario
Ireland.
- County Louth, Ireland
- Louth GAA... | 40,862 | triviaqa-train |
The Greeks called her Artemis, what was the Roman name for this Goddess? | preferred to remain a maiden and is sworn never to marry.
Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities and her temple at Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Artemis' symbols included a bow and arrow, a quiver and hunting knives and the deer and the cypress were sacred... | Bendidia
Bendidia or Bendideia was an ancient religious festival celebrated at Athens since 429 BC in honor of Bendis, a Thracian goddess whom the Greeks identified with Artemis.
Bendideia, festival in honor of Bendis- processions.
“Perhaps we do not know that the Bendidia intend to worship Artemis according to the Thr... | 40,863 | triviaqa-train |
The town of Oswestry is situated in which English county? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of... | National Sports Centres. Situated at Lilleshall Hall just outside Newport in Lilleshall, this is where the 1966 England National football team trained for two weeks prior to their success in the World Cup of 1966.
Sport Football.
The three highest football (and only professional) clubs in the county are Shrewsbury Town... | 40,864 | triviaqa-train |
"Which British actor plays a zombie fighting lawman in the TV series ""The Walking Dead""?" | their own sets of laws and morals, often leading to hostile conflict between the human communities. Andrew Lincoln played the series' lead character, Rick Grimes, until his departure during the ninth season. Other long-standing cast members have included Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Laur... | , a 1999 British horror film (released in the U.S. as "Dead of Night")
- "Dead of Night" ("Torchwood"), a 2011 episode of the TV series "Torchwood: Miracle Day"
- "", a 2011 US film
Books and comics.
- "Dead of Night" (zombie novels), a series of zombie apocalypse novels by Jonathan Maberry
- "Dead of Night" (Fighting ... | 40,865 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Roman emperor's last words were reputedly ""What an artist the world is losing in me""?" | Martius originally was an exercise field where young men developed the skills of horsemanship and warfare. Hunting was also considered an appropriate pastime. According to Plutarch, conservative Romans disapproved of Greek-style athletics that promoted a fine body for its own sake, and condemned Nero's efforts to encou... | wanted to reach an accommodation with the Roman cult of empire. This is not to say that Christians in Roman Asia were not suffering, for withdrawal from, and defiance against, the wider Roman society, which imposed very real penalties; Revelation offered a victory over this reality by offering an apocalyptic hope: in t... | 40,866 | triviaqa-train |
"""I Dreamed a Dream"" and ""Bring Him Home"" are two song from which musical?" | I Dreamed a Dream
"I Dreamed a Dream" is a song from the musical "Les Misérables". It is a solo that is sung by the character Fantine during the first act. The music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with orchestrations by John Cameron. The English lyrics are by Herbert Kretzmer, based on the original French libretto by A... | )
I Dreamed a Show ("I Dreamed a Dream", Boubil-Schönberg)
Bring It Down ("Bring Him Home", Boubil-Schönberg)
- 15 Carol Channing (volume 3)
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery (original, Alessandrini)
- 16 Old Revivals ("Oklahoma!", Rodgers-Hammerstein) (previously unreleased)
- 17 Merman and Martin
It's De-Me... | 40,867 | triviaqa-train |
In which English town or City is Her Majesty's Prison Full Sutton? | HM Prison Full Sutton
HM Prison Full Sutton is a Category A and B men's prison in the village of Full Sutton, near Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Full Sutton is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service and holds some 600 inmates. The prison's primary function is to hold, in conditions of high sec... | HM Prison East Sutton Park
HM Prison East Sutton Park is a women's open prison and young offender's institute located in the Parish of East Sutton (near Maidstone), in Kent, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
History.
East Sutton Park Prison is based in and around an Elizabethan brick hous... | 40,868 | triviaqa-train |
Which right wing American society is named after an American Officer lulled by Chinese Communists in 1945? | religious and authoritarian". The moderate right, typified by the writings of Edmund Burke, is tolerant of change, provided it is gradual and accepts some aspects of liberalism, including the rule of law and capitalism, although it sees radical "laissez-faire" and individualism as harmful to society. The moderate right... | commanding officer 1948-1957.
Resources.
- William P. Head," Yenan!: Colonel Wilbur Peterkin and the American Military Mission to the Chinese Communists, 1944–1945" (Chapel Hill, N.C Documentary Publications, 1987).
- Colonel W. J. Peterkin, "Inside China 1943-1945: An Eyewitness Account of America's Mission in Yenan"... | 40,869 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is English singer-songwriter Florian Cloud de 3ounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971) better Known? | Dido (singer)
Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong (born 25 December 1971), known professionally as Dido (), is an English singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut album "No Angel" (1999). Hit singles from the album include “Here with Me” and “Thank You". It sold over 21... | Matthieu Chedid
Matthieu Chedid (born 21 December 1971), better known by his stage name -M-, is a French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player. He holds the gold place in number of Victoires de la Musique awards, with 13 awards .
Biography.
Matthieu Chedid was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France, th... | 40,870 | triviaqa-train |
"Which 1973 Oscar winning actor made his cinema debut in the 1953 film ""It Should Happen to You""?" | It Should Happen to You
It Should Happen to You is a 1954 American romantic comedy film starring Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford and Jack Lemmon; it was Lemmon's first major film appearance. The film was directed by George Cukor, and partly filmed on location in New York City. Screenwriter Garson Kanin originally intended... | Dokgo Young-jae
Dokgo Young-jae (born Jeon Young-jae on December 13, 1953) is a South Korean actor. He made his film debut in 1973, and also became active in the Dongrang Theatre Ensemble. Dokgo won Best Supporting Actor for "White Badge" at the Blue Dragon Film Awards in 1992, then became a household name late in his ... | 40,871 | triviaqa-train |
Aldebaran is the brightest star in which constellation | a given celestial object is found to convey its approximate location in the sky. The Flamsteed designation of a star, for example, consists of a number and the genitive form of the constellation name.
Other star patterns or groups called asterisms are not constellations per se but are used by observers to navigate the ... | ) summer solstice is the brightest star in the constellation Leo.
- Antares (Alpha Scorpii) autumnal equinox is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.
- Fomalhaut (Alpha Piscis) winter solstice is the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
To medieval astrologers, Aldebaran was one of fifteen ... | 40,872 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous actor married Shakira Baksh in 1973? | Shakira Caine
Shakira, Lady Caine (née Baksh; born 23 February 1947) is a Guyanese-British actress and fashion model, and the wife of English actor Sir Michael Caine.
Early life.
She was born in British Guiana (present-day Guyana) to Muslim Indian parents who had migrated from the Kashmir region of the Princely State o... | has been married to actress and model Shakira Baksh since 8 January 1973. They met after Caine saw her appearing in a Maxwell House coffee commercial and a friend gave him her telephone number. He called her every day for ten days until she finally agreed to meet him. They have a daughter, Natasha Haleema. As a Christi... | 40,873 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality is the Secretary General of the UN, Ban-Ki-Moon? | Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon (; ; ; born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 2007 to December 2016. Before becoming Secretary-General, Ban was a career diplomat in South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the United Nat... | death, he was described by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as "a legend of UN peacekeeping operations" and "a mentor to generations of UN staff". Due to his nationality and prominence in the UN hierarchy, Costa had been compared to Sérgio Vieira de Mello, who was also killed during a peacekeeping mission.
... | 40,874 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous singer married Debbie Rowe in 1986? | Jackson were married that Rowe wanted to have his children and that Rowe had "a crush on him".
Relationship with Michael Jackson Children and marriage.
It was announced she was pregnant in 1996, and the two were married on November 14, 1996, in Sydney, Australia. She had previously been married to Richard Edelman in 19... | a hold of his catalog and his estate" and named some names she did not want to say in the interview.
Debbie Rowe.
Debbie Rowe Background and friendship.
Debbie Rowe met Jackson in the mid-1980s, while working as an assistant for his dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein. Rowe treated Jackson's vitiligo, which he had been diag... | 40,875 | triviaqa-train |
Which 2000 mile-long river enters the sea at the top of the Gulf of California? | (ppm) in its natural state, but by the 1960s, it had increased to well over 2000 ppm. By the early 1970s, there was also serious concern about salinity caused by salts leached from local soils by irrigation drainage water, which were estimated to add of excess salt to the river per year. The Colorado River Basin Salini... | lowlands extend into Vietnam to the south-east. The south and south-west of the country constitute a long coast at the Gulf of Thailand, characterized by sizable mangrove marshes, peninsulas, sandy beaches and headlands and bays. Cambodia's territorial waters account for over 50 islands. The highest peak is Phnom Aural... | 40,876 | triviaqa-train |
In 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 ... | deity of sparks and fires
European mythology Norse mythology.
- Glöð, jotunn who is the wife of Logi and who rules with him
- Logi, jotunn who personifies fire
European mythology Ossetian mythology.
- Safa, god of the hearth chain
European mythology Roman mythology.
- Caca, goddess who was Vulcan's daughter and who mig... | 40,877 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish football league club play its home games at Broadwood Stadium | average attendance from the 2010–11 Scottish First Division season. They also attracted a bigger crowd for a Fife derby game in the First Division against Raith Rovers than any game in the SPL.
Finances Sponsorship.
The Bank of Scotland, which had sponsored the league since March 1999 (the League was unsponsored for mo... | Celtic 2–1. Broadwood has also hosted four Scottish Challenge Cup finals.
From 2015, Cumbernauld Colts will play senior games at the stadium having been accepted into the Scottish Lowland Football League.
Rugby.
Broadwood has been used for one off games by Cumbernauld RFC.
It was chosen to host the 2014 RBS Finals Day.... | 40,878 | triviaqa-train |
Patricia Routledge played Hetty Wainthrop on television which actor, who later became a Hobbit, played her young assistant? | 1987 and 1998. Routledge was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for the monologue "A Lady of Letters".
In 1989 Routledge accepted the lead role of Hetty Wainthropp in an ITV mystery drama, "Hetty Wainthropp: Missing Persons". ITV opted not to pursue a series after the pilot episode, but i... | coronation street started Arnold split from his long term partner Ryan Allen who he had been in a relationship with since starting high school.
Roles.
Arnold and his younger brother, Kevin, both appeared in the Granada Television series "Children's Ward". He returned for another series of "Children's Ward" as Joe Lloyd... | 40,879 | triviaqa-train |
Betelgeuse is the brightest star in which constellation | the southern constellations Carina and Vela, or Venus' Mirror in the constellation of Orion.
Terminology.
The word "constellation" comes from the Late Latin term , which can be translated as "set of stars"; it came into use in English during the 14th century. The Ancient Greek word for constellation is ἄστρον. These te... | .
The IAU does not recognize the commercial practice of selling fictitious star names by commercial star-naming companies. The IAU's website uses the word charlatanry in this context.
Stars Proper names.
There are about 300 to 350 stars with traditional or historical proper names. They tend to be the brightest stars in... | 40,880 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Roman emperor's last words were reputedly ""I suppose I am now becoming a god""?" | with Vespasian did "imperator" (emperor) become the official title by which the ruler of the Roman Empire was known.
Classical period "Princeps".
The word "princeps" (plural "principes"), meaning "first", was a republican term used to denote the leading citizen(s) of the state. It was a purely honorific title with no a... | I suppose, for he told Big Bat that he was going to have one of the Indians' scalps. He had no more than got the words out of his mouth before he yelled, "My God, I am shot." I heard this cry and looked around, Buffalo Chips was falling over into the hole where the Indians were hiding. Bat was looking into the cave whe... | 40,881 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1962 and again from 1971 to 1984? | Dom Mintoff
Domenico Mintoff, (; often called "il-Perit", "the Architect"; 6 August 1916 – 20 August 2012) was a Maltese Socialist politician, architect, anti-colonialist revolutionary, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was 8th Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1958, when M... | George Borg Olivier
Giorgio Borg Olivier, () (5 July 1911 – 29 October 1980) was a Maltese statesman and leading politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Malta (from 1950–55, and from 1962–71) as the Leader of the Nationalist Party. He was also Leader of the Opposition between 1955–58, and again between 1971–77... | 40,882 | triviaqa-train |
"Which 1951 Oscar winning actor made his cinema debut in the 1930 film ""A Devil with Women""?" | A Devil with Women
A Devil with Women is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Victor McLaglen, Mona Maris, and Humphrey Bogart, and directed by Irving Cummings. Set in a Central American country, adventurer McLaglen and sidekick Bogart find themselves in a fierce competition for a luscious young woman's attentions. N... | attention with Netflix securing rights to broadcast it outside of Canada.
Classic Hollywood cinema.
Classic Hollywood cinema Fu Manchu.
In 1929, the character Fu Manchu made his American film debut in "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu" played by the Swedish-American actor Warner Oland. Oland repeated the role in 1930's "Th... | 40,883 | triviaqa-train |
Name the secret society formed between 1854 and 1857 by Irish workers in the Pennsylvania mines? | northeastern Pennsylvania saw a massive influx of Irish during this time period; conditions in the mines eventually gave rise to groups such as the Molly Maguires. The best urban economic opportunities for unskilled Irish women and men included "factory and millwork, domestic service, and the physical labor of public w... | in damages. As the city rebuilt, the age of rails arrived. In 1851, the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad began service between Cleveland and Allegheny City (present-day North Side). In 1854, the Pennsylvania Railroad began service between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Despite many challenges, Pittsburgh had grown into an ... | 40,884 | triviaqa-train |
Who co-starred with Robin Williams in The Fisher King? | The Fisher King
The Fisher King is a 1991 American comedy-drama film written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges, with Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer, and Michael Jeter in supporting roles, the film tells the story of a radio shock jock who tries to find redemp... | Comedy (Hoffman actually lost to his co-star Robin Williams for his performance in "The Fisher King"). John Williams was given a Grammy Award nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media; Julia Roberts received a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actress (lost to Sean Young as the dead twi... | 40,885 | triviaqa-train |
"Can you identify the play by William Shakespeare in which the following quote appears? ""Cowards die many times before their deaths""" | prose comedy into the histories of the late 1590s, "Henry IV, parts 1" and "2", and "Henry V". His characters become more complex and tender as he switches deftly between comic and serious scenes, prose and poetry, and achieves the narrative variety of his mature work. This period begins and ends with two tragedies: "R... | Merely Players
Merely Players was a one-man stage show written and performed by Barry Morse. It examined the lives of a series of actors and others from Elizabethan times up to present day. The title is derived from lines by William Shakespeare in his play "As You Like It":
"All the world's a stage,"BR
"and all the men... | 40,886 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister of Cyprus from 1960 to 1977? | the military support of Greece and Turkey respectively. The Greek Cypriot leadership believed that the rights given to Turkish Cypriots under the 1960 constitution were too extensive and designed the Akritas plan, which was aimed at reforming the constitution in favour of Greek Cypriots, persuading the international co... | Cypriot Orthodox Church (1950–1977) and first President of the Republic of Cyprus (1960–1977)
- Fan S. Noli – Albanian Orthodox bishop and politician, who served briefly as prime minister and regent of Albania in 1924
- Feofan Prokopovich – archbishop and statesman in the Russian Empire, elaborated and implemented Pete... | 40,887 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality is the former Secretary General of the UN, Boutros- Boutros Ghali? | Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (; , "", ; 14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996. An academic and former Vice Foreign Minister of Egypt, Boutros-Ghali oversaw the UN at a ... | Crossette wrote that "When Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali put Ms. Foa, a strong-willed and irreverent former journalist, in charge of his public image and that of the world organization in January, some diplomats were aghast. They still are." As UN Spokesman, Foa frequently clashed with the U.S. Administration... | 40,888 | triviaqa-train |
"Can you identify the play by William Shakespeare in which the following quote appears? ""The lady doth protest too much""" | The lady doth protest too much, methinks
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line from the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. It is spoken by Queen Gertrude in response to the insincere overacting of a character in the play within a play created by Prince Hamlet to prove his uncle's guilt in the murder o... | but the "New Statesman" contributor Stephen Howe described it as "engrossing and illuminating" and the Irish Independent journalist John A. Murphy described it as "enormously readable, entertaining and informative", but "[her argument] 'extremely disingenuous'", and he quotes Shakespeare, 'The lady doth protest too muc... | 40,889 | triviaqa-train |
Name the only one of Santa's reindeer named after another creature? | Santa Claus's reindeer
In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. The commonly cited names of the eight reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. They are based on those us... | on the Fourth of July. Santa then suggests that he and Mrs. Claus will arrive at the circus to take Frosty and family back to the North Pole just before the fireworks end. However, Winterbolt's dragons create another blizzard to stop Santa and Mrs. Claus from making it to the circus grounds on time. He then goes to the... | 40,890 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the 1st Premier of the Union of South Africa in 1910? | in status to the United Kingdom and it could no longer legislate on behalf of them. The Monarch was represented in South Africa by a Governor-General, while effective power was exercised by the Executive Council, headed by the Prime Minister. Louis Botha, formerly a Boer general, was appointed first Prime Minister of t... | Chief Justice of South Africa
The Chief Justice of South Africa is the most senior judge of the Constitutional Court and head of the judiciary of South Africa, who exercises final authority over the functioning and management of all the courts.
The position of Chief Justice was created upon the formation of the Union o... | 40,891 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the owner of the Daily Express? | Richard Desmond
Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December 1951) is a British publisher, businessman and philanthropist. He is the former owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as "OK!" and "New!", and British national newspapers "Daily Star" and "Dail... | The Observer" is known as "The Absurder".
- The "Daily Express" was called the "Titsbychristmas" in 1978; afterward it became the "Daily Getsworse" or the "Daily Getsmuchworse", and recently the "Daily Sexpress", since its owner, Richard 'Dirty' Desmond, also owns or owned several pornographic magazines and satellite p... | 40,892 | triviaqa-train |
Ariel is a satellite 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... | Eagle fuselage and brought into a secure workshop in the Technical Section for a hands-on examination. Carter wants to lead another mission to the planet. Koenig insists on caution; the satellite hardly seems to be an invitation card—it could be a diversion to "prevent" them from landing on Ariel.
The alien device defi... | 40,893 | triviaqa-train |
On which Scottish island is Stornoway? | Stornoway
Stornoway (; ) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it by far the largest town in the Hebrides, as well as the second largest island town in Scotland after Kirkwall in Orkney. The traditional civil parish of Storno... | are the prevalence of Scottish Gaelic medium education (offered in 12 of 14 primary schools) and the Nicolson Institute, the only secondary school on the island. The large number of village schools lead to necessarily small rolls, and falls in pupil numbers led to the closures of all of the rural secondary departments ... | 40,894 | triviaqa-train |
From which region of France does claret come? | several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions (five of which are situated overseas) span a combined area of and a total population of 67.02 million (). France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural a... | The Hundred Years' War between France and England in 1337 followed by the outbreak of the Black Death which ravaged the area. By the end of the conflict in 1453 France had repossessed the province, thus taking control of wine production in the region.
As part of the Auld Alliance, Scots merchants were granted by the Fr... | 40,895 | triviaqa-train |
Two other countries joined the 'Common Market' at the same time as the UK, Ireland and who? | and Courts. Collectively they were known as the "European Communities". The Communities still had independent personalities although were increasingly integrated. Future treaties granted the community new powers beyond simple economic matters which had achieved a high level of integration. As it got closer to the goal ... | Ireland, including the execution of common policies in certain areas, occurs through the North/South Ministerial Council. In 2014, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron, and the Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny described the relationship between the two countries as being at 'an all time high'.
Both Ireland and the United King... | 40,896 | triviaqa-train |
Which 'Oscar' nominated animator helped create 'Bugs Bunny', 'Daffy Duck' and the 'Road Runner'? | in his pursuit of the Road Runner. Even though the Road Runner appeared as a witness for the plaintiff, the Coyote still lost the suit.
Laws and rules.
In his book "Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist", Chuck Jones claimed that he and the artists behind the Road Runner and Wile E. cartoons adhered... | Tunes characters.
Jones resumed working with Warner Bros. in 1976 with the animated TV adaptation of "The Carnival of the Animals" with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Jones also produced "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie" (1979) which was a compilation of Jones' best theatrical shorts; Jones produced new Road Runner shorts... | 40,897 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the voice behind the animated character 'Mr. Magoo'? | Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo, sometimes given his first name Quincy, is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Mr. Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of comical situations as a result of his extreme near-sightedness, compounded by his stubb... | Kung-Fu Magoo
Kung-Fu Magoo is a 2010 Mexican-American animated action comedy film based on the "Mr. Magoo" character, created by Millard Kaufman and John Hubley. This film was produced by Classic Media, Ánima Estudios, and Santo Domingo Films. It was also produced by Motion Toons, a new animation studio created in con... | 40,898 | triviaqa-train |
Which Viscount was the Whig Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1835 - 1841? | Viscount Melbourne
Viscount Melbourne, of Kilmore in the County of Cavan, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland held by the Lamb family.
This family descended from Matthew Lamb, who represented Stockbridge and Peterborough in the House of Commons. In 1755 he was created a baronet, of Brocket Hall in the County of Hertf... | 1730 in Great Britain
Events from the year 1730 in Great Britain.
Incumbents.
- Monarch – George II
- Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (Whig)
- Parliament – 7th
Events.
- 3 February – "The Daily Advertiser" is founded in London as the first newspaper funded by advertising.
- 12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church ... | 40,899 | triviaqa-train |
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