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What SNL self-help parody, portrayed by Al Franken, is known for phrases such as “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.” and “I learned what love is from my parents. Which is that you find that one-special person who was placed on the planet just for you, and then you put them through forty... | ) (1975–1980, 1985–1995). In "SNL"'s first season"," the two apprentice writers shared a salary of $350 per week. Franken received seven Emmy nominations and three awards for his television writing and producing while creating such characters as self-help guru Stuart Smalley. Another routine proclaimed the 1980s the "A... | to be introduced to Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. His parents had arranged the meeting thinking that Alexandra might make a good match for Konstantin. Alexandra was strikingly beautiful, tall and slim and Konstantin was immediately eager to marry her. "I don't know what is happening to me. It is as if I am a co... | 42,200 | triviaqa-train |
Anchored by the star Antares, the constellation Scorpius represents what animal? | while Antares is hidden by the Moon.. Antares B appears a profound blue or bluish-green color, in contrast to the orange-red Antares.
Etymology and mythology.
In the Babylonian star catalogues dating from at least 1100 BCE, Antares was called GABA GIR.TAB, "the Breast of the Scorpion". In MUL.APIN, which dates between ... | for the foreseeable future since it has no planets. The binary companion Antares B is present in the game, but the characteristics of its orbit (a period of 140.8 years and a radius of 75.2 AU) are far below actual estimates.
- "The Scorpius Equation" (1993), novel written by Larry Townsend. Human beings are captured a... | 42,201 | triviaqa-train |
For a point each, name the countries that share a physical border with the Kingdom of Lesotho | prevention and treatment for workers.
Water and diamonds are Lesotho's significant natural resources. Water is used through the 21-year, multibillion-dollar Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), under the authority of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority. The project commenced in 1986. The LHWP is designed to ... | In May 2009, Abdulmutallab tried to return to Britain, ostensibly for a six-month "life coaching" program at what the British authorities concluded was a fictitious school; the United Kingdom Border Agency denied his visa application. His name was placed on a UK Home Office security watch list which, according to BBC N... | 42,202 | triviaqa-train |
Introduced by the Raytheon Corporation in 1947, what ubiquitous modern day convenience was originally sold under the name Radarange, based on its use of the magnetron, a major component of radar systems? | food. In 1947, the company demonstrated the Radarange microwave oven for commercial use.
History After World War II.
In 1945, the company expanded its electronics capability through acquisitions that included the Submarine Signal Company (founded in 1901), a leading manufacturer of maritime safety equipment. With its b... | a specialized microwave-generating electron tube that markedly improved the capability of radar to detect enemy aircraft. American companies were then sought by the US government to perfect and mass-produce the magnetron for ground-based, airborne, and shipborne radar systems, and, with support from the Massachusetts I... | 42,203 | triviaqa-train |
In boxing, there are 4 primary punches. For a point each, name them. | shoulder, hip and leg work, may invariably differ.
Styles.
Styles Boxing.
In boxing, punches are classified according to the motion and direction of the strike; contact is always made with the knuckles. There are four primary punches in boxing: the jab, cross, hook, and uppercut.
Styles Karate.
Punching techniques in ... | Boxing styles Combinations of styles.
All fighters have primary skills with which they feel most comfortable, but truly elite fighters are often able to incorporate auxiliary styles when presented with a particular challenge. For example, an out-fighter will sometimes plant his feet and counter punch, or a slugger may ... | 42,204 | triviaqa-train |
Sept 7, 1963 saw the opening of what professional Hall of Fame, when 17 individuals, including “Slinging” Sammy Baugh, Harold “Red” Grange, George Halas, Don Hutson, Earl “Curly” Lambeau, and Bronco Nagurski were inaugurated? | punt of 51.4 during the season still stands as an NFL record as of 2018.
Baugh was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the 17-member charter class of 1963 and was also selected to the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1994.
Early life.
Samuel Adrian Baugh was born on a farm near Temple, Texas, the second... | the most enshrined primary members with 28, however the club also have had five Hall of Famers spend a minor portion of their career with the franchise. Founder, owner, head coach, and player George Halas, halfback Bronko Nagurski, and Red Grange were a part of the original class of inductees in 1963. The franchise saw... | 42,205 | triviaqa-train |
With an atomic number of 86, what element, the heaviest of the noble gasses, uses the symbol Rn? | Radon
Radon is a chemical element with the symbol Rn and atomic number 86. It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless noble gas. It occurs naturally in minute quantities as an intermediate step in the normal radioactive decay chains through which thorium and uranium slowly decay into lead and various other sho... | Hesperium
Hesperium (also known as esperium; atomic symbol Es) was the name assigned to the element with atomic number 94, now known as plutonium.
It was named in Italian "Esperio" after a Greek name of Italy, Hesperia, "the land of the West".
The same team assigned the name ausonium to element 93, after Ausonia, a poe... | 42,206 | triviaqa-train |
This year was the first in its 45 year history that Jerry Lewis did not host the annual labor day telethon, which raises money for which charity (2.45 billion to date)? | Jerry Lewis Productions and Paramount Pictures. Lewis released several albums as a singer, selling millions of records and throughout his career, he sought to raise awareness for muscular dystrophy, serving as national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association from 1956 until 2011.
Early life and beginnings.
Lewi... | owner of rival NBC affiliate WNYT, bought WNYA.)
During past airings of the annual "Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon", WNYA took on the responsibility of airing WRGB's local and network lineup. This role was later shifted to WCWN, which also aired CBS' coverage of the US Open Tennis Championship. This was no longer necessary s... | 42,207 | triviaqa-train |
What's missing: Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and The Dead Pool? | The Dead Pool
The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the "Dirty Harry" film series, set in San Francisco, California.
The story concerns the manipulation of a dea... | called 'Meathead' but there is no sign of him in "The Dead Pool".
Callahan uses different pairs of sunglasses throughout the series. His sunglasses in "Magnum Force" are the Ray-Ban Balorama. In "The Enforcer", he uses Ray-Ban B&L Aviator Style A. In "Sudden Impact", he wears Gargoyles ANSI sunglasses.
Partners.
When A... | 42,208 | triviaqa-train |
The Pro Football Hall of Fame opened its doors on Sept 7, 1963, in what Midwestern city? | Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for professional American football, located in Canton, Ohio. Opened in 1963, the Hall of Fame enshrines exceptional figures in the sport of professional football, including players, coaches, franchise owners, and front-office personnel, almost ... | in 1961. The NFL quickly agreed to the city's proposal. To help convince NFL officials to locate the hall of fame in Canton, city officials donated several acres of land on Canton's north side to the project. Local residents also raised almost $400,000 to help construct the hall of fame.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame f... | 42,209 | triviaqa-train |
“There’s a sucker born every minute” is a phrase erroneously attributed to what famous showman? | , Caravan & Hippodrome" in Delavan, Wisconsin in 1870 with William Cameron Coup; it was a traveling circus, menagerie, and museum of "freaks". It went through various names: "P.T. Barnum's Travelling World's Fair, Great Roman Hippodrome and Greatest Show on Earth", and "P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth, And The Gre... | races, and then, you know, ‘there’s a sucker born every minute,’ and rigid city legislation drives the hard-up gambler, who would be a decent one of the kind, to turn skin-dealer and sure-thing player.” The use of quotation marks indicates that it must already have been an established catch-phrase.
The phrase appears i... | 42,210 | triviaqa-train |
On September 7, 1927, what American inventor demonstrated the world's first working television system with electronic scanning of both the pickup and display devices? | Philo Farnsworth
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television. He is best known for his 1927 invention of the first fully functional all-electronic image pickup device ... | motor-generator; so the television system now had no mechanical parts. That year Farnsworth transmitted the first live human images using his television system, including a three and a half-inch image of his wife Pem.
Many inventors had built electromechanical television systems before Farnsworth's seminal contribution... | 42,211 | triviaqa-train |
44 years ago today, nerds everywhere found a new calling in life when what TV series debuted with the episode named “”The Man Trap””? | The Man Trap
"The Man Trap" is the premiere of the American science fiction television series, "". Written by George Clayton Johnson and directed by Marc Daniels, it first aired on September 8, 1966.
In the episode, the crew visit an outpost to conduct medical exams on the residents, only to be attacked by a shapeshift... | In the Cut (TV series)
In the Cut is an American sitcom created by Bentley Kyle Evans, that debuted on Bounce TV on August 25, 2015. The series stars Dorien Wilson as Jay Weaver, a barbershop owner who meets a young man named Kenny (Ken Lawson) the unknown biological son from a fling thirty years ago. The first season ... | 42,212 | triviaqa-train |
What fictional detective is featured in the novel/movie "The Hound of the Baskervilles"? | The Sherlock Holmes
The Sherlock Holmes is a Victorian era themed public house in Northumberland Street near Charing Cross railway station and Trafalgar Square which contains a large collection of memorabilia related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The original collection was put together for display in Bak... | . As a result, he became one of the best-paid authors of his time.
In December 1893, to dedicate more of his time to his historical novels, Doyle had Holmes and Professor Moriarty plunge to their deaths together down the Reichenbach Falls in the story "The Final Problem". Public outcry, however, led him to feature Holm... | 42,213 | triviaqa-train |
Whose labors include such tasks as slaying the Nemean lion, cleaning the Augean stables in a single day, and obtaining the Girdle of the Amazon Queen? | Eleios, king of Elis, and Nausidame, or of Poseidon, or the son of Phorbas and Hyrmine. His children were Epicaste, Phyleus, Agamede Agasthenes, and Eurytus.
Mythology.
The fifth Labour of Heracles (Hercules in Latin) was to clean the Augean () stables. Eurystheus intended this assignment both as humiliating (rather th... | labours is found in the "Bibliotheca" as follows:
1. Slay the Nemean Lion.
2. Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra.
3. Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis.
4. Capture the Erymanthian Boar.
5. Clean the Augean stables in a single day.
6. Slay the Stymphalian Birds.
7. Capture the Cretan Bull.
8. Steal the Mares of Diomede... | 42,214 | triviaqa-train |
With 18 major championships, what golfer is nicknamed “The Golden Bear”? | Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed The Golden Bear, is an American retired professional golfer. Many believe him to be the greatest golfer of all time. Over a quarter-century, he won a record 18 major championships, three more than Tiger Woods. Nicklaus focused on the major champions... | Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw (born January 11, 1952) is a retired American professional golfer who has won 19 events on the PGA Tour, including two major championships: the Masters Tournament in 1984 and 1995. He is nicknamed "Gentle Ben".
Professional career.
Born in Austin, Texas, Crenshaw attended and played gol... | 42,215 | triviaqa-train |
Making but a single flight, what was the real name given to Howard Hughes' birch plywood plane, the Spruce Goose? | Hughes H-4 Hercules
The Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the Spruce Goose; registration NX37602) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft Company. Intended as a transatlantic flight transport for use during World War II, it was not completed in time to be used in the war.... | Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose is a 1987 animated made-for-television film produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication as part of the "Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10" series.
Plot.
Yogi leads his friends on a tour of the "Spruce Goose", built by bill... | 42,216 | triviaqa-train |
Sailor Jack and Bingo are the mascots for what prize awarding snack food, now produced by Frito Lay? | Frito-Lay International". In 1997, Frito-Lay acquired the candied popcorn snack brand Cracker Jack, followed in 1998 by multiple international acquisitions and joint ventures, including Smith's Snackfood Company (Australia), as well as Savoy Brands (Latin America).
History Division of PepsiCo, Inc. Recent history (2000... | Quavers
Quavers are a British snack food, originally made by Smiths, and now produced by Walkers. Walkers, owned by PepsiCo, purchased the Quavers brand in 1995, when it became one of the Frito Lay International brand names.
Quavers were launched in 1968 with the advertising slogan "you get a lovely lot of Quavers in a... | 42,217 | triviaqa-train |
From what animal does the delicious meat mutton come from? | Lamb and mutton
Lamb, hogget and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep (species "Ovis aries") at different ages in its life.
In general, a sheep in its first year is called a lamb, and its meat is also called lamb. The meat of a juvenile sheep older than one year is hogget; outside the United States this is also a ter... | beans); "auria" a dish of curd fermented by rye; "ambal" made from pumpkin, jaggery and tamarind are favourites, especially during ceremonial cooking. The expert cooks are called "Siyans", usually Brahmins. "Kalari" is a milk preserved by cogulation of proteins and then fried in a pan to make it delicious.
Non-vegetari... | 42,218 | triviaqa-train |
The world is a poorer place with the passing last week of what TV legend, who hosted the Star Hustler/Star Gazer series, which had been in production since September 1976? | Star Gazers
Star Gazers (formerly known as Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler and later Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer) is a five-minute astronomy show on American public television previously hosted by Jack Foley Horkheimer, executive director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium. After his death in 2010 from a respiratory ... | than statewide average of 82.34%.
According to Jean Darian, the conversion to Buddhism and its growth in India has in part been because of non-religious factors, in particular the political and economic needs of the community as well as the needs of the political leaders and the expanding administrative structure in In... | 42,219 | triviaqa-train |
There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's what? | gender representation in the company.
Mastercard Contactless.
Mastercard Contactless (formerly branded Paypass) is an EMV-compatible, "contactless" payment feature similar to American Express' ExpressPay, and Visa payWave. All three use the same symbol as shown on the right. It is based on the ISO/IEC 14443 standard th... | student, worked in escort service in New York before finally degrading into a street hooker. Viktor, on the other hand, is much too impressed with the power of money that drives America. Danila instead shows his patriotism and offers Dasha to come back home with them, replying to her "what will I do there?" with the "W... | 42,220 | triviaqa-train |
The best selling comedy recording artist of all time, which comedian is best known for his "You might be a redneck" one liners? | Redneck
Redneck is a term that can range from joking (e.g. comedian Jeff Foxworthy "You might be a redneck if...) to derogatory, depending on context and tone of delivery, chiefly but not exclusively applied to white Americans perceived to be crass and unsophisticated, closely associated with rural whites of the Southe... | diaspora Artists and musicians.
- Lucille Ball, actress and comedian
- Mischa Barton, actress
- David Bowie, singer/songwriter
- Lara Flynn Boyle, actress
- Edward Burns, actor / filmmaker
- Kate Bush, Singer and songwriter
- Mariah Carey, best selling female recording artist
- George Carlin, comedian, ranked second gr... | 42,221 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Captain America's sidekick during World War II? | Bucky
Bucky may refer to:
People.
- Bucky Baxter, American multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey. He was born in Melbourne, Florida. He has appeared on various albums by artists such as Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, R.E.M., and Joe Henry
- Bucky Bockhorn (born 1933), retired American basketball player. He was a g... | become a superhero after seeing Captain America in action. As the Patriot, Mace becomes one of several superheroes who fight Nazi saboteurs and supervillains during World War II, sometimes alongside his sidekick Mary Morgan, a.k.a. Miss Patriot. He helps found the superhero team known as the Liberty Legion, billed as "... | 42,222 | triviaqa-train |
Have raised over $1.46 billion to date, Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day telethon raises money for what group? | Jerry Lewis Productions and Paramount Pictures. Lewis released several albums as a singer, selling millions of records and throughout his career, he sought to raise awareness for muscular dystrophy, serving as national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association from 1956 until 2011.
Early life and beginnings.
Lewi... | online magazine cited this scene as "the heart of the movie".
Career Writing.
Everett authored and self-published a book of romantic poetry, which he dedicated to wife Shelby Grant.
Career Philanthropy.
For many years, Everett co-hosted the Labor Day Jerry Lewis Telethon, which raises money and awareness for and about ... | 42,223 | triviaqa-train |
What popular science fiction character, later to be the subject of a 1980s television series starring Gil Gerrard, was first introduced in the August, 1928 issue of Amazing Stories, which tells the tale of how he was put into a coma until the 25th century, when he awakens to rid the world of evil warlords and "Mongol" ... | "Doc" Smith's first published work, "The Skylark of Space," written in collaboration with Lee Hawkins Garby, appeared in "Amazing Stories". It is often called the first great space opera. The same year, Philip Francis Nowlan's original Buck Rogers story, "Armageddon 2419", also appeared in "Amazing Stories". This was f... | airplanes, military tanks, nuclear weapons, satellite television, space travel, and something resembling the World Wide Web.
Edgar Rice Burroughs' "A Princess of Mars", published in 1912, was the first of his three-decade-long planetary romance series of Barsoom novels which were set on Mars and featured John Carter as... | 42,224 | triviaqa-train |
What television staple, developed by Beavis and Butt-head creator Mike Judge, is having its final episodes air this Sunday, following a 13 year run? | formerly a writer for "King of the Hill", told a "Rolling Stone" reporter that he saw signs that Mike Judge was thinking of reviving "Beavis and Butt-head". On more than one occasion, Judge told the writers that one of their ideas for an episode of "King of the Hill" would work well for "Beavis and Butt-head"; eventual... | Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection
Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection is a series of three-disc DVD sets from MTV and Paramount Home Entertainment, each containing 40 "Beavis and Butt-Head" episodes handpicked by series creator Mike Judge plus supplements. The first entry in the series was rel... | 42,225 | triviaqa-train |
What entertainment mega-corp recently announced they were acquiring Marvel Entertainment, home of Spiderman and the Incredible Hulk, among others, to the tune of $4 billion? | Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC (formerly Marvel Enterprises and Toy Biz, Inc., and marketed and stylized as MARVEL) is an American entertainment company founded in June 1998 and based in New York City, formed by the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. and ToyBiz. The company is a wholly owned sub... | Gift Set" (EAN #0024543004134).
In 2003, Hulk segments giving his origin story appeared as an extra on the Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD release of the 1996 animated television series "The Incredible Hulk".
In September 2004, Buena Vista Home Entertainment announced plans to release "The Marvel Superheroes Show" o... | 42,226 | triviaqa-train |
At what Cuban battlefield did Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders attain fame, fortune, and glory during the Spanish American War? | Roosevelt's political career. When war broke out with Spain in April of that year, Roosevelt was serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He quit his post immediately to arrive in Cuba in time for the Battle of San Juan Hill.
America's conflict with Spain was later described as a "splendid little war" and for Theodo... | . Among the troops were lieutenant Colonel Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders.
Those months were a great boon to Tampa's growing economy. It was the only time when Plant's Tampa Bay Hotel was full to capacity as army officers and newspaper correspondents sought out more comfortable quarters than a hot and dusty tent.... | 42,227 | triviaqa-train |
In what two-player Milton Bradley board game, introduced in 1961, do players try to capture the other player's flag on a 10Ă10 board? | teamed up against. "Advanced" diplomacy (e.g., in the aptly named game "Diplomacy") consists of making elaborate plans together, with the possibility of betrayal.
In perfect information games, such as chess, each player has complete information on the state of the game, but in other games, such as "Tigris and Euphrates... | Ghosts (board game)
Ghosts (, ) is a board game designed by Alex Randolph for two players, released in 1982 by Milton Bradley.
Gameplay.
The game takes place on a 6×6 square grid representing a haunted castle. Both players are given eight ghosts, of which four are good (represented by a blue dot) and four are evil (rep... | 42,228 | triviaqa-train |
If a female deer is known as a doe, what is the male known as? | all deer have a facial gland in front of each eye. The gland contains a strongly scented pheromone, used to mark its home range. Bucks of a wide range of species open these glands wide when angry or excited. All deer have a liver without a gallbladder. Deer also have a tapetum lucidum, which gives them sufficiently goo... | cave, Abri de la Madeleine, where similar art to the Swimming Reindeer were found.
Appearance.
The sculpture shows a female reindeer closely followed by a larger male reindeer. The larger male is indicated by his size, antlers and genitals, whilst the female has her teats modelled. The reindeer are thought to be swimmi... | 42,229 | triviaqa-train |
In the crappy celebrity kids names category, what Irish rocker, fomer head of the Boomtown Rats, named his kids Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, and Little Pixie? | The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. The group is led by vocalist Bob Geldof. The other members of the original line-up were Garry Roberts (lead guitar), Johnnie Fingers (keyboards), Pete Briquette (bass), Gerry Cott (rhythm guitar) and... | their first daughter, Fifi Trixibelle Geldof, born 31 March 1983 (and while Geldof was still conducting an affair with Claire King). She was named Fifi after Bob's aunt Fifi and Trixibelle because Yates wanted a 'belle' in the family.
After 10 years together, Geldof and Yates married in June 1986 in Las Vegas, with Sim... | 42,230 | triviaqa-train |
Which novel introduced the bully Harry Flashman | Harry Flashman
Sir Harry Paget Flashman is a fictional character created by Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) in the semi-autobiographical "Tom Brown's School Days" (1857) and later developed by George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008). Harry Flashman appears in a series of 12 of Fraser's books, collectively known as "The Flashman ... | School after an epidemic means that he is unable to attend his local school in Berkshire. At Rugby, he befriends Harry "Scud" East, a slightly-senior boy, and falls afoul of the school bully, Flashman. Over the course of the novel, Brown changes from a timid boy to a brave young man who has overcome his initial fear of... | 42,231 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nationality of Chelsy Davy, former girlfriend of Prince Harry | popular member of the royal family, after William and the Queen.
In May 2019, Splash News issued a formal apology to Harry and his wife for sending photographers to their Cotswolds residence, which put their privacy at risk. The agency also agreed to pay a "substantial" sum of damages and legal costs associated with th... | , Prince of Monaco
- Brian Chikwava, writer and musician
- Charles Coghlan, lawyer, first Premier of Southern Rhodesia; honoured by burial near Cecil Rhodes's grave, at "World's View" in the Matopo Hills near Bulawayo
- David Coltart, former Minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture (2008–2013)
- Charles Coventry... | 42,232 | triviaqa-train |
What was the Roman coin that was worth a quarter of a denarius | as the bronze was, but was worth two asses.
Sestertii continued to be struck until the late 3rd century, although there was a marked deterioration in the quality of the metal used and the striking even though portraiture remained strong. Later emperors increasingly relied on melting down older sestertii, a process whic... | - In Chapter 54 it says: "For he would get in change a piece of gold must have sixty mites" (Italian "minuti"). In the New Testament period, the only golden coin, the aureus, was worth approximately 3,200 of the smallest bronze coin, the lepton (translated into Latin as "minuti"); while the Roman standard silver coin, ... | 42,233 | triviaqa-train |
Who led the Iceni against the Romans | caused the destruction and looting of Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London), and Verulamium (St Albans) before finally being defeated by Suetonius Paulinus and his legions. Although the Britons outnumbered the Romans greatly, they lacked the superior discipline and tactics that won the Romans a decisive victory.... | After capturing the south of the island, the Romans turned their attention to what is now Wales. The Silures, Ordovices and Deceangli remained implacably opposed to the invaders and for the first few decades were the focus of Roman military attention, despite occasional minor revolts among Roman allies like the Brigant... | 42,234 | triviaqa-train |
Which major settlement was destroyed by the Romans in 146 BC | with Carthage were decisive in establishing Rome as a world power. In this series of wars Rome gained control of the strategic islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily; took Hispania (modern Spain and Portugal); and destroyed the city of Carthage in 146 BC, giving Rome supremacy in the Mediterranean. By the end of the ... | Great sacrificed to the gods in Dion.
- After the Battle of Granikos (334 BC), Alexander commissioned the respected sculptor Lysippus to build 25 bronze statues of the horsemen killed in the Battle of Granikos and placed them in the Zeus Olympios Sanctuary in Dion.
History Hellenistic period, ca. 323 BC to 146 BC.
- 32... | 42,235 | triviaqa-train |
Who took Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini to number one in 1990 | "Itsy bitsy petit bikini" and into German as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honolulu-Strand-Bikini", reaching number one on national charts in both languages. Several versions of the song have proved successful in various European countries. In 1990 a version by British pop band Bombalurina, titled "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Y... | stripping and sexuality. During its press coverage, the case was also known by the humorous title applied to the judge's opinion of the case, The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Bikini Top v The (More) Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Pastie (a reference to the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini").
Background.
In 2012... | 42,236 | triviaqa-train |
In which musical does the song The Worst Pies In London appear | whom Anthony has recently rescued at sea and befriended, dock in London. A beggar woman sexually solicits them, appearing to recognize Todd for a moment ("No Place Like London"), and Todd shoos her away. Todd obliquely relates some of his troubled past to Anthony: he was a naive barber, "removed...from his plate" by a ... | Carmel, as well as his drug addiction and subsequent recovery.
Career Musical career.
Although he does not divorce his musical career from his faith, Turpin does not identify himself as a confessional singer. His first album, "Testament", released in 2007, saw him marry the musical genre of pop-rock with the rich, myst... | 42,237 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 'The Times They Are A Changin' | The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released as the title track of his 1964 album of the same name. Dylan wrote the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the time, influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads. Released as a 45-rpm ... | Dylan opened a concert with "The Times They Are a-Changin; he told biographer Anthony Scaduto, "I thought, 'Wow, how can I open with that song? I'll get rocks thrown at me.' But I had to sing it, my whole concert takes off from there. I know I had no understanding of anything. Something had just gone haywire in the cou... | 42,238 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1981 Duran Duran music video was banned by the BBC | Duffy left Duran Duran early in 1979. Among them was a vocalist they had prior to Simon Le Bon, Andy Wickett, who had a major part in the writing of "Girls on Film" during his tenure with the band, according to Andy Taylor's autobiography. Wickett is also featured on some of the demos that were presented to EMI. Accord... | Top of the Pops", the band walked off the show when the BBC told them to sing "rubbish" in the place of the original lyric "rubbers", as the original line was considered too risque. The single was then banned by BBC Radio and TV, which lost the band support at EMI, who began to push another band, Duran Duran, instead. ... | 42,239 | triviaqa-train |
Which rapper's real name is Louise Harman | Lady Sovereign
Louise Harman (born 19 December 1985) better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper and songwriter. She is best known for the songs "9 to 5" and "Love Me or Hate Me".
Early life and family.
Lady Sovereign grew up in Chalkhill Estate, a run-down council estate in Wembley Park, London... | the song. The rapper's first song to enter the "Billboard" Hot 100 was "My Name Is", which was released in 1999 and became the most successful single from "The Slim Shady LP".
The lead single from Eminem's third studio album, "The Marshall Mathers LP", was the song "The Real Slim Shady", which became his first entry in... | 42,240 | triviaqa-train |
Lewis Carroll the author of the Alice stories was an Oxford don, what was his subject | came easily to him. In 1852, he obtained first-class honours in Mathematics Moderations and was shortly thereafter nominated to a Studentship by his father's old friend Canon Edward Pusey. In 1854, he obtained first-class honours in the Final Honours School of Mathematics, standing first on the list, graduating Bachelo... | Thomas Vere Bayne
Thomas Vere Bayne (1829–1908) was an academic at the University of Oxford. He was a friend of Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, the author of the "Alice in Wonderland" books.
Life.
Bayne was the son of Thomas Vere Bayne, who had studied at Jesus College, Oxford and who was a master at Wa... | 42,241 | triviaqa-train |
Francesco Schettino was the captain of which ship | Francesco Schettino
Francesco Schettino (; born 14 November 1960) is an Italian former sea captain who commanded the cruise ship "Costa Concordia" when it struck an underwater rock and capsized with the deaths of 32 passengers and crew off the Italian island of Giglio on 13 January 2012. In 2015 he was sentenced to a 1... | " arrived in its home port of Genoa, Italy, for eventual scrapping. The total cost of the disaster is estimated to be over $2 billion, including $500 million for the loss of the ship and $1.5 billion for the salvage and recovery operations. On February 11, 2015, Captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty by an Italia... | 42,242 | triviaqa-train |
What was advertised with the slogan It's slightly rippled with a flat underside | Boost (chocolate bar)
Boost is a brand of chocolate bar currently manufactured by Cadbury. The bar is sold in the United Kingdom,
Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa by Cadbury Ireland and UK. The wrapper says that it consists of milk chocolate with a caramel and biscuit filling. The wrapper also states t... | advertised on television by comedy duo Reeves and Mortimer. This led to the unconventional advertising slogan "It's slightly rippled with a flat under-side."
In Ireland, Boost bars are known as Moro bars. A peanut Moro bar is part of the range. In 2007, there was a limited-edition coconut Moro on sale in Ireland. As of... | 42,243 | triviaqa-train |
Ophelia is a moon of which planet in the Solar System | , 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... | Rhea (moon)
Rhea ( ; ) is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System. It is the second smallest body in the Solar System for which precise measurements have confirmed a shape consistent with hydrostatic equilibrium, after dwarf planet Ceres. It was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Do... | 42,244 | triviaqa-train |
Who is Ben Miller's TV partner in their TV series | Ben Miller
Bennet Evan Miller (born 24 February 1966) is an English comedian, actor and director. He is best known as one half of comedy double act Armstrong and Miller, with Alexander Armstrong. Miller and Armstrong wrote and starred in the Channel 4 sketch show "Armstrong and Miller", as well as the BBC sketch show "... | Shattered (Canadian TV series)
Shattered is a Canadian police procedural series created by Rick Drew. The main character (played by Callum Keith Rennie) is a tough, smart homicide detective in Vancouver who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder.
His wife Ella is played... | 42,245 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of Tom's wife in the TV sitcom The Good Life | The Good Life (1975 TV series)
The Good Life is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television. It ran from 4 April 1975 to 10 June 1978 on BBC One and was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. Opening with the midlife crisis of Tom Good, a 40-year-old London plastics designer, it relates the joys and miseries he and h... | ), a British sitcom starring Richard Briers
- "The Good Life" (1994 TV series), an American sitcom starring comedians John Caponera and Drew Carey
- AmericanLife TV Network, previously known as Good Life TV Network
- WTGL, broadcasting as "Good Life 45", a TV station in Orlando, Florida
See also.
- Life Is Good (disamb... | 42,246 | triviaqa-train |
What is a freshwater lobster commonly known as | areas where the water is abundant in calcium, and oxygen rises from underground springs.
In 1983, Louisiana designated the crayfish, or crawfish as they are commonly referred, as their official state crustacean. Louisiana produces 100 million pounds of crawfish per year with the red swamp and white river crawfish being... | Mission San Gabriel established a Spanish settlement Politana in 1810, just northeast of what is now Colton. By 1840, Colton was part of two private ranchos, Jurupa and San Bernardino Rancho. From southwest area of modern-day Colton was known as "Agua Mansa" (Gentle Waters). It had been settled by New Mexico pioneers i... | 42,247 | triviaqa-train |
Which English town or city was the first to introduce a congestion charge on 1 October 2002 | Durham City congestion charge
The Durham City congestion charge was the first congestion charge to be introduced in the UK in October 2002.
Durham County Council introduced the toll for drivers using 1,000-year-old Saddler Street in the city centre which stands on the peninsula above the River Wear. This is the only pu... | effect until 2021 at the earliest.
Urban roads Cordon area and area wide Current proposals China.
In September 2011, local officials announced plans to introduce congestion pricing in Beijing. No details were provided regarding the magnitude of the congestion charges or the charge zone. The measure was initially propos... | 42,248 | triviaqa-train |
What letter do the motorways in France begin with | France
France (), officially the French Republic (, ), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to t... | Danish Army Air Corps and the Royal Danish Naval Air Services. In January 1951 Værløse became the home of the Danish Air Command ("Flyvertaktisk Kommando")and Eastern Command. It also became home to the Royal Danish Air Force Officers School and the Air Force Sergeant and Reserve Officer School. Eskadrille 722, a light... | 42,249 | triviaqa-train |
Residents of which English town are known as Monkeyhangers | radio play by Ian Martin, "The Hartlepool Spy", was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Christmas Day 2018, with a cast including Michael Palin, Jim Moir (better known as Vic Reeves), Toby Jones, Gina McKee and Monica Dolan. The Hartlepool monkey is mentioned in Jonathan Coe's novel Middle England (published by Penguin Random ... | which runs courses such as General Arts, Agricultural Science, and Technical Skills.
The town has a number of primary and junior high schools, including Kpassa L/A Primary and JSS A and B, ECG Primary and JSS, English/Arabic Primary and JSS, and Agou Primary and JSS. Although all these schools have contributed to the ... | 42,250 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality was the painter Edvard Munch | Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch ( ; ; 12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter, whose best known work, "The Scream", has become one of the most iconic images of world art.
His childhood was overshadowed by illness, bereavement and the dread of inheriting a mental condition that ran in the family. Studying ... | market.
He was a friend of painter Edvard Munch from the 1920s, came to be Munch's financial advisor. He was also a collector of his art work, and had one of the largest private collections of Munch's works. In 1926 he organized an exhibition of his art collection, which centered around works by Munch and Ludvig Karste... | 42,251 | triviaqa-train |
"Which TV presenter was the first to win the coveted ""Rear of the Year"" for a second time in 2014" | In 2014, Carol Vorderman became the first person to receive the award for a second time.
Winners.
- 1976 — Barbara Windsor
- 1981 — Felicity Kendal
- 1982 — Suzi Quatro
- 1983 — Lulu
- 1984 — Elaine Paige
- 1985 — Lynsey de Paul
- 1986 — Anneka Rice and Michael Barrymore
- 1987 — Anita Dobson
- 1988 — Su Pollard
- 1989... | live at The RDS Dublin just before Leinster played Edinburgh in the Heiniken Cup.
Harrington is a multi PPI Radio Award Nominee and in 2006 won the much coveted award for his lunch-time programme. He was nominated again in 2008 for his Drive Time. Show. He was also nominated for Best Music Presenter 2014 in The importa... | 42,252 | triviaqa-train |
Which Blur album their first for 12 years reached the top of the charts in May 2015 | work or touring as a band, as members engaged in other projects.
Blur reunited, with Coxon back in the fold, for a series of concerts in 2009. In the following years they released several singles and retrospective compilations, and toured internationally. In 2012, the group received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contrib... | Fifth Harmony released their debut EP, "Better Together" in 2013, their first album "Reflection" in January 2015, and their second album "7/27" in May 2016. Their first two albums generated the singles "Worth It" and "Work from Home", respectively, which reached the top 10 in several international charts. The group als... | 42,253 | triviaqa-train |
What is the hardest grade of pencil | -marking pencil to a very hard, light-marking pencil usually ranges from softest to hardest as follows:
Koh-i-noor offers twenty grades from 10H to 8B for its 1500 series; Mitsubishi Pencil offers twenty-two grades from 10H to 10B for its Hi-uni range; Derwent produces twenty grades from 9H to 9B for its graphic pencil... | pencil hardness of different coatings. This test defines a "pencil hardness" of a coating as the grade of the hardest pencil that does not permanently mark the coating when pressed firmly against it at a 45 degree angle. For standardized measurements, there are Mohs hardness testing pencils on the market.
External col... | 42,254 | triviaqa-train |
What four words did the Queen say as part of the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony in the video scene at Buckingham Palace | Brazilian children (a nod to Rio de Janeiro, which was to be the next summer Games host city) in the throne room. Bond escorted Queen Elizabeth II (who played herself, acknowledging Bond with the words, "Good evening, Mr Bond") out of the building and into a waiting AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter. The film followed th... | "Happy and Glorious", produced by Lisa Osborne for the BBC and directed by Danny Boyle as part of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the film Bond is summoned to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II—played by herself—and escorts her by helicopter to the Olympic Stadium, where they both ju... | 42,255 | triviaqa-train |
Which championship team beat Stoke City 4-1 in 2015 thereby knocking them out of the FA Cup | teams from Wales, Ireland and Scotland also took part in the competition, with Glasgow side Queen's Park losing the final to Blackburn Rovers in 1884 and 1885 before being barred from entering by the Scottish Football Association. In the 2013–14 season the first Channel Island club entered the competition when Guernsey... | claiming their first win against Bournemouth, which was followed up with away victories against Aston Villa and Swansea City. In December Stoke beat both Manchester clubs 2–0 and won 4–3 away at Everton as Stoke ended 2015 in a top half position.
Stoke also had a good run in the League Cup where after knocking out Luto... | 42,256 | triviaqa-train |
Dame Trott traditionally appears in which pantomime | , "Dick Whittington and His Cat" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", as well as "Jack and the Beanstalk", "Peter Pan", "Puss in Boots" and "Sleeping Beauty". Other traditional stories include "Mother Goose", "Beauty and the Beast", "Robinson Crusoe", "The Wizard of Oz", "Babes in the Wood" (combined with elements of... | "", Scaramouche Tiberio Fiorilli and a troupe assembled from the Comédie-Italienne entertained Londoners with selections from their Parisian repertoire. And in 1717, Pierrot's name first appears in an English entertainment: a pantomime by John Rich entitled "The Jealous Doctor; or, The Intriguing Dame", in which the ro... | 42,257 | triviaqa-train |
MBE, OBE, CBE which is the highest honour | . However, in 1918, soon after its foundation, it was formally divided into Military and Civil Divisions. The Order's motto is "For God and the Empire".
At the foundation of the Order, the 'Medal of the Order of the British Empire' was instituted, to serve as a lower award granting recipients affiliation but not member... | . The Legion of Honour, which is the highest French order, has the same classes and award conditions. German orders have often different older honour systems, often with only 3 classes or less. The Order of Leopold is roughly equivalent to the following orders from other States.
- The Danish Order of Dannebrog, the Or... | 42,258 | triviaqa-train |
In which Scottish city is there a statue of Desperate Dan | desperado’ (hence his name), but evolved into a more sympathetic type, using his strength to help the underdog. After Watkins’ death in 1969, the cartoons were drawn by many other artists, principally Ken H. Harrison, though the Watkins canon was often recycled. When the Dandy became digital-only in 2012, the Desperate... | after Dan accidentally sets a beloved statue of the camp's founder on fire.
The kids then proceed to spill and replace Charlie and Dan's prescriptions, mixing them up in the process. Dan then must play a game of golf with the Japanese executives while experiencing extreme side effects and Charlie tries to woo Amanda (L... | 42,259 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Prince Feisal in the epic film 'Lawrence of Arabia' | attacks on Aqaba and Damascus and his involvement in the Arab National Council. Its themes include Lawrence's emotional struggles with the personal violence inherent in war, his own identity, and his divided allegiance between his native Britain and its army, and his new-found comrades within the Arabian desert tribes.... | references to The Pantiles and other local sites.
In Bleak House by Charles Dickens the children find a mug in the cupboard entitled "A Present From Tunbridge Wells."
David Lean's epic film "Lawrence of Arabia" closes with Mr. Dryden answering King Feisal: "Me, your Highness? On the whole, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridg... | 42,260 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the Roman equivalent to the Greek god Hypnos | Hypnos
In Greek mythology, Hypnos (; , "sleep") is the personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent is known as Somnus. His name is the origin of the word hypnosis.
Description.
Hypnos is the son of Nyx ("The Night") and Erebus ("The Darkness"). His brother is Thanatos ("Death"). Both siblings live in the underworld ... | Hercules
Hercules () is a Roman hero and god. He was the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
The Romans adapted the Greek he... | 42,261 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote about a mongoose called Ricki Tikki Tavi | spectacle is less common today.
Relationship with humans In popular culture.
A well-known fictional mongoose is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, who appears in a short story of the same title in "The Jungle Book" (1894) by Rudyard Kipling. In this tale set in India, the young mongoose saves his family from a krait and from Nag and Na... | Sauce for the Mongoose
"Sauce for the Mongoose: The Story of a Real-Life Rikki-tikki-tavi" () by Bruce Kinloch is a non-fiction tale of how a family adopts a baby mongoose who they name "Pipa", the word for barrel in Swahili.
The book also contains black and white plates in the center with pictures of the author, his f... | 42,262 | triviaqa-train |
WE FATTEN HIGH MOTHERS (Shakespeare) | "Henry VI", written in the early 1590s during a vogue for historical drama. Shakespeare's plays are difficult to date precisely, however, and studies of the texts suggest that "Titus Andronicus", "The Comedy of Errors", "The Taming of the Shrew," and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" may also belong to Shakespeare's earlie... | ) in the west, with a dense, soft silky white fur; at first small, they rapidly fatten up on their mothers' extremely fat-rich milk. The milk can consist of up to 60% fat. Grey seal pups are precocial, with mothers returning to sea to forage once pups are weaned. Pups also undergo a post-weaning fast before leaving lan... | 42,263 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a top ten hit in 2000 with Jerusalem | , a gospel choir, Fat Les and naturists.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer version.
In 1973, for their "Brain Salad Surgery" album, British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer recorded a version of the song titled "Jerusalem". The track features the debut of the prototype Moog Apollo, the first-ever polyphonic music sy... | Margie Rayburn
Marjorie Helen Orwig (June 3, 1924 in Madera, California – June 14, 2000 in Oceanside, California, better known as Margie Rayburn) was an American singer.
Rayburn was born in Madera, California and sang as a member of The Sunnysiders, who had a Top 40 hit in the United States in 1955 with the song "Hey! ... | 42,264 | triviaqa-train |
What did Buster Bloodvessel call the hotel he owned in Margate | they signed a deal with Pork Pie Records and "Fat Sound" was released in Europe. The album was originally intended to be released in the UK on Blue Beat.
In 1996, Buster Bloodvessel moved to Margate and opened a hotel on the seafront called Fatty Towers, which catered for people with huge appetites. While living in Mar... | Buster Bloodvessel was running a hotel in Margate at the time and actually joined the football club's board of directors. Another band, The Libertines, sponsored the club for the 2018–19 season after starting work on a recording studio and hotel in the town.
Stadium.
The stadium in Hartsdown Park has been Margate's hom... | 42,265 | triviaqa-train |
Doctor Herman Tarnower was responsible for which well known diet | Herman Tarnower
Herman Tarnower (March 18, 1910 – March 10, 1980) was an American cardiologist and co-author (with Samm Sinclair Baker) of the bestselling diet book "The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet" (1978). On March 10, 1980, just eight days before his 70th birthday, Tarnower was shot dead by Jean Harris. Harris wa... | b. 1899)
- March 9 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1899)
- March 10 – Herman Tarnower, American medical doctor and diet guru (b. 1910)
- March 11 – Maud Hart Lovelace, American author (b. 1892)
- March 13 – Roland Symonette, 1st Premier of the Bahamas (b. 1898)
- March 14
- Anna Jantar, Polish singer... | 42,266 | triviaqa-train |
In the Fatty Arbuckle murder case what was the name of the victim | Paramount Pictures for US$14,000.00 (equivalent to approximately one million in dollars).
Between November 1921 and April 1922, Arbuckle was the defendant in three widely publicized trials for the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe. Rappe had fallen ill at a party hosted by Arbuckle at the St. Francis Hote... | complications of pneumonia.
Books.
His books include:
- "To Encourage The Others" (about the Craig/Bentley murder case)
- "The Day The Laughter Stopped" (a biography of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle)
- "Beyond Reasonable Doubt?" (the conviction of New Zealand farmer Arthur Allan Thomas (later pardoned), for the murder of Har... | 42,267 | triviaqa-train |
Which British super Middleweight champion announced his retirement in July 2015 | Mikkel Kessler, had a title unification fight which Calzaghe won by a unanimous decision to become the undisputed super middleweight champion of the world.
Boxing History 2008–present.
At the end of the 2000s and start of the 2010s the division was one of the most active in boxing with the likes of Lucian Bute, Andre W... | times before losing a controversial split decision to Markus Beyer in Germany in April 2003.
Eric Lucas, a former WBC super-middleweight world champion, announced his retirement following a 10th-round TKO loss to WBA super-middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in Copenhagen. His career record stands at 38-7-3, 14 knocko... | 42,268 | triviaqa-train |
Developed as a new town in 1963 which Shropshire town is named after a Scottish engineer | . Finally, five "third-generation" towns were launched in the late 1960s: these were larger, some of them based on substantial existing settlements such as Peterborough, and the most famous was probably Milton Keynes, midway between London and Birmingham, known for its huge central park and shopping centre, designed fr... | Bute Town
Bute Town ( "New Town") is a village in the county borough of Caerphilly, near Rhymney, in Wales.
History.
Throughout the 18th century, portions of land entered the estate of the Scottish Bute Estate, of which the area around Bute Town was one, and so the town was named after the Marquis of Bute. The area was... | 42,269 | triviaqa-train |
Which role was played by Tim McInerny on TV's 'Blackadder IV' | previous three "Blackadder" series and most sitcoms, taking the opportunity to present an anti-war message. The dialogue is marked throughout by satirical musings about the nature of the war, its origins and the effects on the soldiers who suffered over its course. The idea that the soldiers suffered whilst their comma... | shrewd, scheming and manipulative while Baldrick is extremely dim. Each incarnation of Blackadder and Baldrick is also saddled with tolerating the presence of a dimwitted aristocrat. This role was taken in the first two series by Lord Percy Percy, played by Tim McInnerny, with Hugh Laurie playing the role in the third ... | 42,270 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology what were the mythical sea nymphs called that tried to lure Ulysses onto the rocks | , and she advises them on the remaining stages of the journey. They skirt the land of the Sirens, pass between the six-headed monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, where they row directly between the two. However, Scylla drags the boat towards her by grabbing the oars and eats six men.
They land on the island of ... | Pegasides
Pegasides (, singular: pegasis) were nymphs of Greek mythology connected with wells and springs, specifically those that the mythical horse Pegasus created by striking the ground with his hooves.
The background.
According to Greek mythological tradition the winged horse Pegasus was the son of Poseidon, sea an... | 42,271 | triviaqa-train |
Sn is the chemical symbol for which metallic element | Tin
Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from ) and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery metal that characteristicly has a faint yellow hue. Tin, like indium, is soft enough to be cut without much force. When a bar of tin is bent the so-called "tin cry" can be heard as a result of sliding tin crystals reforming;... | Dysprosium
Dysprosium is a chemical element with the symbol Dy and atomic number 66. It is a rare earth element with a metallic silver luster. Dysprosium is never found in nature as a free element, though it is found in various minerals, such as xenotime. Naturally occurring dysprosium is composed of seven isotopes, th... | 42,272 | triviaqa-train |
What is the only country that borders Gambia | support the story, and the border was actually delineated using careful surveying methods by the Franco-British boundary commission. Apart from its coastline, where the Gambia borders the Atlantic Ocean, it is an enclave of Senegal and is by far the smallest country on mainland Africa.
Climate.
The Gambia has a subtrop... | Geography of the Gambia
The Gambia is a very small and narrow African country with the border based on the Gambia River. The country is less than 48 km wide at its greatest width. The country's present boundaries were defined in 1889 after an agreement between the United Kingdom and France. It is often claimed by Gambi... | 42,273 | triviaqa-train |
Which type of aeroplanes were used by the Argentine Air Force to launch Exocet missiles | history The Falklands War.
In 1982, during the Falklands War, the Exocet became noted worldwide when Argentine Navy Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard warplanes carrying the AM39 Air Launched version of the Exocet caused irreparable damage which sank the Royal Navy destroyer on 4 May 1982. Two Exocets then struck the 15,0... | . The ships will be used to patrol the Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone. In May 2010, Defense Minister Nilda Garre announced that the Navy would continue working on a system that would enable the launch of Exocet missiles from the Navy’s P3 Orion airplanes. In addition, the financing of the local development and const... | 42,274 | triviaqa-train |
Which dry gin was created by James Burroughs in Chelsea in 1862 | Beefeater Gin
Beefeater Gin is a brand of gin owned by Pernod Ricard and bottled and distributed in the United Kingdom, by the company of James Burrough. Beefeater remained in the Burrough’s family control until 1987. It is a 47% alcohol product (94 proof) in the US, and a 40% alcohol product (80 proof) elsewhere in th... | Compounder, John Taylor, for the sum of £400 and started to produce his own distinctive style of gin by 1863. At first, the distillery continued with the production of liqueurs started by its previous owners, further establishing its reputation and extending its customer base.
The 1876 company stock lists showed an inc... | 42,275 | triviaqa-train |
England crushed Australia in the 2015 4th Ashes test. Who had bowling figures of 8 for 15 in the 1st innings | , losing all eight wickets for only 86 runs. England had taken 9 wickets in the final session of the fourth day. Stuart Broad was England's top wicket-taker in the match with 11 wickets. England held a 3–0 lead going into the final Fifth Test at The Oval.
The final Test was drawn. On the fourth day no play was possible... | Sabina Park, taking five wickets for 85 runs in the first innings. His best bowling figures are eight wickets for 15 runs which he took in the first innings of the fourth and decisive Test of the 2015 Ashes series at Trent Bridge. Securing the five wickets in 19 deliveries, Broad equalled the fastest five-wicket haul i... | 42,276 | triviaqa-train |
Which American city is named after Saint Francis of Assisi | patron saint of Lancaster, England, diocese of; patron saint of Massa, Italy; patron saint of merchants; patron saint of Metuchen, New Jersey, diocese of; patron saint of Nambe Indian Pueblo; patron saint of needle workers; patron saint of peace; patron saint of Quibdo, Choco, Colombia; patron saint of Salina, Kansas, ... | The city was founded by Franciscan friars, who named their tiny church and later the town that formed around it after the Virgin Mary, also known to Catholics as Our Lady, Queen of the Angels. Similar patterns emerged wherever the Spanish went, such as San Antonio, Texas (named for Anthony of Padua), Santa Fe, New Mexi... | 42,277 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Bonnie Parker's murderous accomplice in the nineteen thirties | from Ruston. Both of them came to Arcadia to identify the bodies because the Barrow gang had kidnapped them in Ruston in 1933. Parker reportedly had laughed when she discovered that Darby was an undertaker. She remarked that maybe someday he would be working on her; Darby did assist Bailey in the embalming.
Deaths Fune... | Chunangat Kunjikavamma
Chunangat Kunjikavamma (1894–1974) was an Indian politician. In 1938 she was elected as the first female President (Sarwadhikari) of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and Sri E. M. S. Namboodiripad (who later became the first communist Chief Minister of Kerala State) was the Secretary.
Life.
Sree... | 42,278 | triviaqa-train |
Which group had a number one album in 1978 with Rumours | Elbow, Dream Theater, Genesis, Jethro Tull, The Zombies, The Animals, Bon Jovi, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, Marilyn Manson and Deep Purple, all of which consist of a vocalist, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, and a drummer) or with a turntablist such as Deftones, Hed PE, Incubus or Limp Bizkit.
Alternatives include a keyboardi... | the only group in the 58-year history of the "Billboard" 200 albums chart to have their first four albums debut at number one. In August 2015, the group confirmed rumours of an extended hiatus following the completion of their fifth album, "Made in the A.M.", and related promotional activities. Styles said he had sugge... | 42,279 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible how many sons did Jacob have | commandments ("taryag mitzvot").
Hebrew Bible Nevi'im.
"Nevi'im" (, "Prophets") is the second main division of the Tanakh, between the "Torah" and "Ketuvim." It contains two sub-groups, the Former Prophets ( , the narrative books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings) and the Latter Prophets ( , the books of Isaiah, Jere... | Zophah
Zophah is one of the descendants of Issachar, one of the sons of the Patriarch Jacob, as found in First Chronicles 7:35-36, in the Hebrew Bible:
A wiki list of Biblical names says it means "viol; honeycomb". While the patriarchs of ancient Israel did not have viols, but this is the word King James' translators u... | 42,280 | triviaqa-train |
Which American state is nicknamed the Hoosier State | Indiana
Indiana is a U.S. state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. Indiana... | Magic City Classic
The Magic City Classic is an annual American football "classic" which features Alabama A&M University and Alabama State University, the two largest historically black universities in the state. It is played at Legion Field in Birmingham (nicknamed the "Magic City"). The classic has become the highest... | 42,281 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport does the '40/20 Rule' reward excellence in kicking? | Rugby league gameplay
Like most forms of modern football, rugby league football is played outdoors on a rectangular grass field with goals at each end that are to be attacked and defended by two opposing teams. The rules of rugby league have changed significantly over the decades since rugby football split into the lea... | .
- The "40/20" rule is a relatively new rule created to reward excellence in kicking for touch. When a player on the attacking team kicks the ball from behind his 40-metre line and it goes into touch between the opposition's 20-metre line and goal-line after bouncing at least once within the field of play, a 40/20 is ... | 42,282 | triviaqa-train |
Falco subbuteo is the scientific name for which member of the falcon family? | and aerobatic skills enable it to take swallows and even swifts on the wing, and barn swallows or house martins have a characteristic "hobby" alarm call. It is known to harass swallows while they are roosting and dispersing from roosts. When not breeding, it is crepuscular, hawking principally in the mornings and eveni... | subbuteo"
- Lanner falcon, "Falco biarmicus"
- Saker falcon, "Falco cherrug" (A)
- Barbary falcon, "Falco pelegrinoides"
- Peregrine falcon, "Falco peregrinus"; Ancient Egyptian: its hieroglyphic sign stands for the deity Hr Horus 'the One Far Up/High'
Pheasants and partridges.
Order: GalliformesFamily: Phasianidae
The... | 42,283 | triviaqa-train |
Which South African was a member of the British War Cabinet between June 1917 and January 1919? | ) and government officials served in the name of the Crown.
Constitution Languages.
An entrenched clause in the Constitution mentioned Dutch and English as official languages of the Union, but the meaning of Dutch was changed by the Official Languages of the Union Act, 1925 to include both Dutch and Afrikaans.
Constitu... | his active political career in the House of Commons but was not initially included in Lloyd George's Coalition Government in December 1916. From June 1917 to December 1918, he was Minister of Munitions but not a member of the small War Cabinet. From January 1919 to February 1921 (normal Cabinet Government having been r... | 42,284 | triviaqa-train |
Formerly known as 'Marky Mark', who played 'Charlie Croker' in the 2003 film 'The Italian Job'? | F45 fitness franchise.
Career Television production.
In 2014, Wahlberg was the producer of the reality show "Breaking Boston", which was pulled off the air after its premiere had 311,000 viewers. He executive-produced one episode of "Wahlburgers", while co-starring in it.
Charities.
Wahlberg established the Mark Wahlbe... | Croker (disambiguation)
Croker may refer to:
- People
- Bithia Mary Croker (née Sheppard, 1849–1920), Anglo-Indian novelist
- Brendan Croker (born 1953), British musician
- Charlie Croker, fictional character and protagonist in the British film "The Italian Job"
- Cyril Hendry Croker (1888–1958), member of the New Zeal... | 42,285 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Prime Minister from June 1885 to January 1886, June 1886 to August 1892 and June 1895 to July 1902? | , they were unable to prevent the passage of more comprehensive electoral reforms in 1867, 1884, 1918 and 1928 when universal equal suffrage was established.
Ultimately, this erosion of power led to the Parliament Act 1911, which marginalised the Lords' role in the legislative process and gave further weight to the con... | Henry Fowler
- June 1885: Charles Stuart-Wortley
- February 1886: Henry Broadhurst
- August 1886: Charles Stuart-Wortley
- August 1892: Herbert Gladstone
- March 1894: George W. E. Russell
- June 1895: Jesse Collings
- August 1902: Thomas Cochrane
- December 1905: Herbert Samuel
- July 1909: Charles Masterman
- Februar... | 42,286 | triviaqa-train |
Born in Oldham, who is the Chair of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester? | and Christopher Biggins, TV host Phillip Schofield, actress Shobna Gulati, actress/comedian Dora Bryan, actress Anne Kirkbride, physicist and science educator Brian Cox, and comedy double act Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.
Notable musicians from Oldham include the Inspiral Carpets, N-Trance and Mark Owen of boyband Take ... | Serge Haroche
Serge Haroche (born 11 September 1944) is a French physicist who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with David J. Wineland for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems", a study of the particle of light, the photon. This a... | 42,287 | triviaqa-train |
In 'Macbeth' who is 'Duncan's' son and 'Malcolm's' younger brother? | . In accordance with her plan, she frames Duncan's sleeping servants for the murder by placing bloody daggers on them. Early the next morning, Lennox, a Scottish nobleman, and Macduff, the loyal Thane of Fife, arrive. A porter opens the gate and Macbeth leads them to the king's chamber, where Macduff discovers Duncan's... | claim that either a daughter or niece would have been too young to fit the timeline, thus the likely relative would have been Siward's own sister Sybil, which may have translated into Gaelic as Suthen.
Duncan's reign was not successful and he was killed in battle with the men of Moray, led by Macbeth, on 15 August 1040... | 42,288 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world? | of electricity, which accounts for 14% of China's total hydro generation.
Power generation and distribution Distribution.
The State Grid Corporation and China Southern Power Grid paid a flat rate of ¥250 per MWh (US$35.7) until July 2, 2008. Since then, the price has varied by province, from ¥228.7–401.8 per MWh. Highe... | ends. The islands of the Aegean are peaks of underwater mountains that once constituted an extension of the mainland. Pindus is characterised by its high, steep peaks, often dissected by numerous canyons and a variety of other karstic landscapes. The spectacular Vikos Gorge, part of the Vikos-Aoos National Park in the ... | 42,289 | triviaqa-train |
In which year on June 14th was the Battle of Naseby? | Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby was a decisive engagement of the First English Civil War, fought on 14 June 1645 between the main Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model Army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell. It was fought near the village of Naseby in Northamptonshir... | Gabbard, he was in Samuel Howett’s division. He was also likely at the Battle of Scheveningen.
Cuttance sailed on the Tunis expedition in 1655, then commanded the 3rd Rate Langport. From 1656 to 1657 and again from 1659 to 1660, he commanded the 1st Rate Naseby, upon which Samuel Pepys sailed. He was flag captain for E... | 42,290 | triviaqa-train |
In the musical 'My Fair Lady', which song is performed by the character 'Freddy Eynsford-Hill' | Racecourse ("Ascot Gavotte"). Though Eliza shocks everyone when she forgets herself while watching a race and reverts to foul language, she does capture the heart of Freddy Eynsford-Hill. Freddy calls on Eliza that evening, and he declares that he will wait for her in the street outside Higgins' house ("On the Street W... | "Indian Love Call"
He appeared in two musical films and played non-singing roles in two other films. He also played several roles on television. He died in New York City, 21 May 1971, aged 73.
Family.
He was the father of musical theatre actor John Michael King who originated the role of Freddy Eynsford Hill in "My Fai... | 42,291 | triviaqa-train |
Emmanuel Leutze's most famous painting is of George Washington crossing which river, an event that took place in 1776? | Washington Crossing the Delaware
Washington Crossing the Delaware may refer to:
- George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, the event
- Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 painting)
- Washington Crossing the Delaware (1953 painting)
- Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet), the 1936 sonnet by David Shul... | Mr. Alliteration, sighs, Charlemagne, Procrustes, Mr. Redundant, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, ushers
23. Talking loqu, echo, ventriloquist, log, dict, allowed, Mr. Alliteration,
24. Potpourri potpourri, carob, carat, Mr. Alliteration, Camelia, Ohm, Ampere, Volt, Nickname, Meander, Versus,
25. Food car... | 42,292 | triviaqa-train |
Which word refers to people from Halifax? | Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, formally known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It had a population of 403,131 in 2016, with 316,701 in the urban area centred on Halifax Harbour. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were a... | Etymology.
The word "Hindustan" generally refers to the Republic of India since 1947. It is conventionally believed to be derived from the Old Persian word "Hindu", which in turn is derived from "Sindhu", the Sanskrit name for the Indus River. Old Persian refers to the people living beyond the Indus as "Hinduš". This c... | 42,293 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the book 'A Town Like Alice'? | A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice (United States title: "The Legacy") is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner of World War II in Malaya, and after liberation emigrates to Aust... | Hershon of Vulture.com wrote, "While I actually enjoyed breezing through Cline’s tribute to pop culture of the latter half of the 20th century, I can’t deny a certain pleasure in reliving it through "372 Pages"’ comedically brutal thrashing."
The A.V. Club's Mike Vanderbilt interviewed Nelson and Lastowka in 2018.
In 2... | 42,294 | triviaqa-train |
Which amateur jockey rode the winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup and the runner-up in the 2011 Grand National? | with Backstage on odds of 11/1.
On 7 April, Aintree declared the final confirmed list of 40 runners and four reserves as follows. The reserves would replace any withdrawals prior to 9 am on 8 April. None of the reserves, however, were required.
Finishing order.
Ten-year-old Ballabriggs led for much of the race, and the... | Robbie Power
Robbie "Puppy" Power, son of Irish show-jumper Con Power, is the National Hunt jockey who rode 33-1 outsider Silver Birch to victory in the 2007 John Smith's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday 14 April 2007. It was his second Grand National ride after his Grand National debut in 2005. In 2011... | 42,295 | triviaqa-train |
In which year on June 14th was the Battle of Marengo? | Battle of Marengo
The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of the day, the French overcame Gen. Michael von Melas's surprise attack, driving the Austrians out of Italy and consolidat... | the Battle of Marengo. A post office named Marengo was established in 1844.
In the early morning of June 11, 2017 at around 4:50 A.M., a house in the northwest suburbs exploded. The gas explosion set four houses on fire and damaged 50 more, nearly 20 of which have been deemed "unlivable." Despite the extensive damage, ... | 42,296 | triviaqa-train |
In 'Hamlet' who is the sister of 'Laertes'? | old debate about Hamlet's hesitation to kill his uncle, which some see as merely a plot device to prolong the action but which others argue is a dramatisation of the complex philosophical and ethical issues that surround cold-blooded murder, calculated revenge, and thwarted desire. More recently, psychoanalytic critics... | him more to revenge. Later, Laertes is informed of her death. She had climbed into a willow tree that hung over a brook, and then fell into the water when a branch broke. Too insane to save herself, she drowned. His sister's death strengthens Laertes's resolve to kill Hamlet. At her funeral, Laertes asks why the normal... | 42,297 | triviaqa-train |
The ICC 'Hall of Fame' was launched in 2009. Who is the only female cricketer to be inducted, captaining England to victory in the 1973 World Cup? | win the World Cup. England topped the group with 20 points from their six matches, including five victories and one defeat, while Australia were runners up posting 17 points with four wins.
The final round robin match, held at Edgbaston on 28 July, was distinguished by a commanding century by Enid Bakewell of England, ... | built. It was one of the largest cantilevered stands in the world when opened, and was known as the Concrete Stand until being renamed to honour Frank Woolley in 1973. Woolley, who played for the county either side of World War I, is the county's leading run scorer and has made the most appearances for the side. He pla... | 42,298 | triviaqa-train |
Lizzie Siddall was the model for the painting of the drowning of Ophelia by which Pre-Raphaelite? | Elizabeth Siddal
Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (25 July 1829 – 11 February 1862), styled and commonly known as "Lizzie", was an English artist, poet, and artists' model. Siddall was an important and influential artist and poet. Significant collections of her artworks can be found at Wightwick Manor and the Ashmolean. Sidda... | Siddal's desiccated body is seen, followed by a shot of Rossetti dancing among the flames of a bonfire of paintings by Reynolds and Gainsborough. A voice-over informs us that Rossetti is a founder of a revolutionary group of artists called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The figure of the young Lizzie dressed as Joan o... | 42,299 | triviaqa-train |
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