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Which constituency was represented by Tony Blair? | Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)
Sedgefield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Phil Wilson, of the Labour Party.
Sedgefield has been continuously represented by Labour MPs since 1935. From 1983-2007, the constituency was represented by Tony Blair, who became Leader of t... | the new Nottingham South constituency in boundary changes. Knowles held the seat with a reduced majority in 1987, but John Heppell gained it for Labour in 1992, and held the seat until he retired in 2010. It is presently held by Labour's Chris Leslie. Leslie previously represented his hometown constituency of Shipley i... | 42,700 | triviaqa-train |
Which country does the pop group 'Savage Garden' come from? | Savage Garden
Savage Garden were an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes on vocals and Daniel Jones on instruments. Formed in Logan City, Queensland, in 1994, the duo achieved international success in the end of the 1990s and beginning of the 2000s with the No. 1 hit singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back... | , Michael-Anthony Taylor, Pete Stewart, Jeff Savage, Randy Crawford, Todd Collins
Modern Rock/Alternative Album of the Year
- "Invade My Soul"; By The Tree; Steve Hindalong, Bob Wohler
Hard Music Album of the Year
- "The Light In Guinevere's Garden"; East West; Bob Burch
Rock Album of the Year
- "Come Together"; Third ... | 42,701 | triviaqa-train |
At which sport is Briton Nick Matthew the current World Champion? | Nick Matthew
Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in June 2010. His home clu... | Matthew Coward-Holley
Matthew Coward-Holley (born 14 December 1994) is a British sport shooter.
He participated at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships, where he became the first Briton to win a world title in an individual Olympic shotgun discipline. | 42,702 | triviaqa-train |
Who presented the weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to 1973, moving to Radio 2 until his retirement in 2002? | replaced by Ken Bruce and later Derek Jameson; Jimmy Young and his lunchtime news and current affairs show; David Hamilton on mid-afternoons, John Dunn at what became known as drivetime.
On Monday 6 January 1975, the broadcasting hours for BBC Radio 2 were reduced due to budget cuts at the BBC. The former 5am2am schedu... | BBC Radio 1, presenting the weekday mid-morning show from 1967 to 1973. In 1973 he joined BBC Radio 2, where he presented a daily lunchtime news and current affairs programme. The show (which he referred to as "The JY Prog"), ran from 2 July 1973 to 20 December 2002. He then retired from radio broadcasting.
He develope... | 42,703 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997? | the original budget briefcase and his successor, George Osborne, continued this tradition for his first budget, before announcing that it would be retired due to its fragile condition. The key to the original budget box has been lost.
Perquisites of the office Budget tipple.
By tradition, the chancellor has been allowe... | northern part of the former two-seat Mid Surrey division. It became a borough constituency for the present purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer at the 1918 general election, when it was formally renamed Kingston-upon-Thames.
It was abolished for the 1997 general election. Its territory was then d... | 42,704 | triviaqa-train |
What is the two-word name of the airport at Castle Donington in Leicestershire? | that the population of the City of Leicester stood at 289,700 making Leicester the most populous city in East Midlands.
The population density is and for every 100 females, there were 92.9 males. Of those aged 16–74 in Leicester, 38.5% had no academic qualifications, significantly higher than 28.9% in all of England. 2... | Donington
Donington is the name of a number of places in England:
- Donington, Lincolnshire, a small town in South Holland, Lincolnshire
- Donington, Shropshire, a civil parish in Shropshire, England
- Donington on Bain, a village in Lindsey, Lincolnshire
- Donington le Heath, Leicestershire, England
- location of Doni... | 42,705 | triviaqa-train |
Who had the 'Christmas Number One' in 1986 with 'Reet Petite'? | Jackie Wilson
Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an African American soul singer and performer. A tenor with a four-octave range, Wilson was a prominent figure in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Wilson was considered a master showman and one of the most dynamic singers and perform... | reach their peak until 1988. "Cry Wolf" by A-ha and "Is This Love?" by Alison Moyet were the singles from 1986 to reach their peak in 1987. Thirty-five artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1987. Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, The Pogues, Rick Astley and Wet Wet Wet were among the many artists who achieved their f... | 42,706 | triviaqa-train |
In which Welsh county are Rhyl, Llangollen and Prestatyn? | Prestatyn
Prestatyn is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. Historically a part of Flintshire, it is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the east of Rhyl. At the 2001 Census, Prestatyn had a population of 18,496, that increased to 18,849 at the 2011 census.
History.
History Prehistory.
There is evidence ... | - Prestatyn Golf Club – Prestatyn
- Rhuddlan Golf Club – Rhyl
- Ruthin Pwllglas Golf Club – Ruthin
- Saint Idloes Golf Club – Llanidloes
- Saint Melyd Golf Club – Prestatyn
- Vale of Llangollen Golf Club – Llangollen
- Wrexham Golf Club – Wrexham
Courses Glamorgan.
- Aberdare Golf Club – Aberdare
- Allt-y-Graban Golf C... | 42,707 | triviaqa-train |
The hymn 'I Vow To Thee My Country' is sung to music from which of 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst? | Society on 27 February 1919, conducted by Boult. Five of the seven movements were played in the order Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter. It was Boult's decision not to play all seven movements at this concert. He felt that when the public were being given a totally new language like that, "half an hour of it w... | I Vow to Thee, My Country
"I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a patriotic hymn, created in 1921, when a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice was set to music by Gustav Holst.
History.
The origin of the hymn's text is a poem by diplomat Sir Cecil Spring Rice, written in 1908 or 1912, entitled "" ("The City of God") or "The Two Fath... | 42,708 | triviaqa-train |
How are the poems 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Gidding' by TS Eliot known collectively? | Eliot attracted widespread attention for his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (1915), which was seen as a masterpiece of the Modernist movement. It was followed by some of the best-known poems in the English language, including "The Waste Land" (1922), "The Hollow Men" (1925), "Ash Wednesday" (1930), and "Fou... | The resulting poem, "Burnt Norton", named after a manor house, was published in Eliot's 1936 edition of "Collected Poems 1909–1935". Eliot decided to create another poem similar to "Burnt Norton" but with a different location in mind. This second poem, "East Coker", was finished and published by Easter 1940. (Eliot vis... | 42,709 | triviaqa-train |
Which 17th century painting in the National Gallery was slashed in 1914 by suffragette Mary Richardson? | a society of subscribers dedicated to stemming the flow of artworks to the United States. Their first acquisition for the National Gallery was Velázquez's "Rokeby Venus" in 1906, followed by Holbein's "Portrait of Christina of Denmark" in 1909. However, despite the crisis in aristocratic fortunes, the following decade ... | features a plan to steal the picture from a Spanish mansion.
Vandalism, 1914.
On 10 March 1914, the suffragette Mary Richardson walked into the National Gallery and attacked Velázquez's canvas with a meat cleaver. Her action was ostensibly provoked by the arrest of fellow suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst the previous day... | 42,710 | triviaqa-train |
Which Orrell winger scored a hat-trick of tries against Scotland, helping England to win the Rugby Union Grand Slam in 1980? | 1967 and 1987 Orrell won the Glengarth Sevens at Stockport R.U.F.C a record 8 times.
On the international stage, Nigel Heslop, Gerry Ainscough, Neil Hitchen and Bob Kimmins were selected in the England 'B' side against Spain in 1989. Frank Anderson, Peter Williams, Fran Clough, Dave Cusani, Nigel Heslop, and Phil Jones... | the 2015 World Cup, and made his World Cup debut during the 60–3 win over amateur side Uruguay, becoming one of only six English players to have scored a hat-trick of tries at a World Cup.
Nowell started all five of England's RBS Six Nations matches in 2016 where England won the Grand Slam. He scored a try in the opene... | 42,711 | triviaqa-train |
Which London thoroughfare runs between Hyde Park Corner and Marble Arch? | Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the we... | enter the forecourt of Buckingham Palace through Nash's Marble Arch. The screen became the Roman revival Hyde Park Gate/Screen at Hyde Park Corner, which delighted the King and his Committee, and which architectural historian Guy Williams describes as 'one of the most pleasing architectural works that have survived fro... | 42,712 | triviaqa-train |
'Cio-Cio San' and her maid 'Suzuki' appear in which Puccini opera? | Verdi, onward, exercising tremendous influence on his successors Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, and Benjamin Britten.
After Verdi, the sentimental "realistic" melodrama of verismo appeared in Italy. This was a style introduced by Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" that cam... | His production of Puccini's "La bohème" at Loughcrew Garden Opera was followed by a staging of "La traviata" starring Claudia Boyle and a reworking of "Die Fledermaus". In 2015 Morris created a new stage show, "The Puccini Scandal" – an opera drama – which investigates the personal and artistic dilemmas of the great op... | 42,713 | triviaqa-train |
What is the maiden name of Michelle Obama? | Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Obama ("née" Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American lawyer, university administrator and writer, who was the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and was the first African-American first lady... | him of wanting to lynch Michelle Obama, the wife of then Senator Barack Obama, and that Watkins was "smearing the good name of Syracuse University by spreading these kinds of lies".
O'Reilly had made the following remark about Michelle Obama and lynching on February 21, 2008: "I don't want to go on a lynching party aga... | 42,714 | triviaqa-train |
Who won a Best Actor 'Oscar' for playing the character 'Charles Edward Chipping'? | Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 British romantic drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson. Based on the 1934 novella "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" by James Hilton, the film is about Mr Chipping, a beloved aged school teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school... | It too was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, and won 8, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, for Marlon Brando.
"On the Waterfront" was also the screen debut for Eva Marie Saint, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role. Saint recalls that Kazan selected her for the role after he had h... | 42,715 | triviaqa-train |
Which novel is set in Dublin on June 16th 1904? | Bloomsday
Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and elsewhere on 16 June, the day his novel "Ulysses" takes place in 1904, the date of his first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle, and named after its protagonist Leopold Bloom.
Name.
The... | The Treasure (novel)
The Treasure is a 1904 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. Its original Swedish title is Herr Arnes penningar, which means "Mr. Arne's money". It has also been published in English as Herr Arne's Hoard. Set in Bohuslän in the 16th century, it tells the story of a group of Scottish mercenari... | 42,716 | triviaqa-train |
John Crome and John Sell Cotman were associated with which provincial art movement founded in 1803? | John Crome
John Crome (22 December 176822 April 1821) was an English landscape artist of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists and founding members of the Norwich School of painters. He lived in Norwich for all his life and most of his works are Norfolk landscapes.
He was sometimes known as Old Crome to distin... | , John Berney Crome, George Vincent and Edward Thomas Daniell. Frederick Sandys, the "Norwich Pre-Raphaelite", who also attended the school, had his roots in the movement. Some staff, such as Dr. Samuel Forster, were associated with the movement; Forster was headteacher when John Sell Cotman attended the school. Forste... | 42,717 | triviaqa-train |
Which London Underground line runs from West Ruislip to Epping? | Epping tube station
Epping is a London Underground station in the market town of Epping in Essex, England. The station serves as the north-eastern terminus of the Central line. Located in Travelcard Zone 6, it is one of eight London Underground stations in the Epping Forest District. The station before Epping is Theydo... | cramped Wood Lane. The service from North Acton through Greenford and Ruislip to Denham was due to open between January 1940 and March 1941. The eastern extension from Liverpool Street to Stratford, Leyton and Newbury Park and the connection to the LNER lines to Hainault, Epping and Ongar were intended to open in 1940 ... | 42,718 | triviaqa-train |
'Gilda' is the daughter of which eponymous character in a Verdi opera? | in the rear rooms; page boys come and go. The festivities are at their height. Music is heard from offstage. The Duke and Borsa enter from a door in the back."
At a ball in his palace, the Duke sings of a life of pleasure with as many women as possible, and mentions that he particularly enjoys cuckolding his courtiers:... | The name may refer to:
- "Luisa Miller", an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
- Giovanni da Verrazzano's name for Block Island and hence, Rhode Island
- Luisa Piccarreta also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed Roman Catholic saint
- Luisa Warrington, fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, p... | 42,719 | triviaqa-train |
What is the maiden name of Samantha Cameron? | Samantha Cameron
Samantha Gwendoline Cameron ("née" Sheffield; born 18 April 1971) is a British businesswoman and the wife of David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. Until 13 May 2010, Cameron was the Creative Director of Smythson of Bond Street. Cameron took on a part-time consul... | father of Mark Twain and which was to deliver the first mail of the Pony Express) proposed coming through the area, the line claimed the area around Somerville was too steep for the rail, so he platted a new community 1.5 miles to the west in what is now "Olde Towne" Cameron. The town platted in 1855 was named for the ... | 42,720 | triviaqa-train |
Sid Weighell, Jimmy Knapp and Ray Buckton were trade union officials in which industry in the 1970's and 1980's? | Sidney Weighell
Sidney Weighell (pronounce "weal"; 31 March 1922 – 13 February 2002) was a British footballer, trade unionist and the General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen from 1975 to 1983.
Early life.
He was born at 25 Gladstone Street Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire in 1922 into a "Railway F... | In 1966 Schwarz and his family moved to Somerset, from Hampstead, where he expanded the range of his work, painting more landscapes, undertaking more sculptures and using watercolours for the first time.
From 1970 until his death, Schwarz lived and worked in Greenwich and produced some of his finest work at his studio ... | 42,721 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest town in the County of Anglesey? | bays The Anglesey Coastal Path circumscribes the island. It is long and passes by/through 20 towns/villages. The official starting point is St Cybi's Church, Holyhead.
Economy.
Tourism is now the major economic activity on the island. Agriculture provides the secondary source of income for the economy, with local dairi... | Llangefni
Llangefni () is the county town of Anglesey in Wales and contains the principal offices of the Isle of Anglesey County Council. United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Llangefni's population as 5,116 people, making it the second largest settlement on the island.
Location.
The town is near the centre of Anglesey, ... | 42,722 | triviaqa-train |
The hymn 'Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind' is usually sung to which tune by Hubert Parry? | Hubert Parry
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 18487 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music.
Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", his 1902 setting for the coronation anthem "I was glad", the c... | Diana, Princess of Wales. The words to their second hymn, "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling", were by Charles Wesley and its tune – "Blaenwern" – was composed by William Penfro Rowlands, during the 1904–1905 Welsh Revival. This hymn was sung at the Prince of Wales's 2005 marriage to the Duchess of Cornwall. The third h... | 42,723 | triviaqa-train |
Who won a Best Actor 'Oscar' for playing the character 'Charlie Allnut'? | The African Queen (film)
The African Queen is a 1951 British-American adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel. It ... | Oscar for his portrayal of Charlie Allnut in "The African Queen." Other Best Actor nominees for that year were Marlon Brando for "A Streetcar Named Desire", Montgomery Clift for "A Place in the Sun", Arthur Kennedy for "Bright Victory", and Fredric March for "Death of a Salesman".
The 9th Golden Globe Awards also honor... | 42,724 | triviaqa-train |
'Memoirs Of A Woman Of Pleasure' is the original title of which frequently banned book? | Fanny Hill
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure—popularly known as Fanny Hill (an anglicisation of the Latin "mons veneris", mound of Venus)—is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London, it is considered "the first original En... | Orchot Tzaddikim
Orchot Tzaddikim (Hebrew: ארחות צדיקים) is a book on Jewish ethics written in Germany in the 15th century, entitled "Sefer ha-Middot" by the author, but called "Orḥot Ẓaddiḳim" by a later copyist. Under this title a Yiddish translation, from which the last chapter and some other passages were omitted, ... | 42,725 | triviaqa-train |
How are the novels 'Justine', 'Balthazar', 'Mountolive' and 'Clea' by Lawrence Durrell known collectively? | mother and younger siblings, moved to the island of Corfu. Durrell spent many years thereafter living around the world.
His most famous work is "The Alexandria Quartet," a tetralogy published between 1957 and 1960. The best-known novel in the series is the first, "Justine". Beginning in 1974, Durrell published "The Avi... | " "Balthazar" (1958), "Mountolive" (1958), and "Clea" (1960), deal with events before and during the Second World War in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. The first three books tell essentially the same story and series of events, but from the varying perspectives of different characters. Durrell described this techniqu... | 42,726 | triviaqa-train |
Based at Poolstock Greyhound Stadium, in which sport did the 'Wigan Warriors' compete in the 1947 National League, before becoming the Fleetwood Flyers' the following year? | the New National League. The name was reused again for the third tier of British speedway from 2009.
See also.
List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions | Poolstock
Poolstock is a road, the name of which is used to describe the surrounding residential area of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England.
Poolstock, although it has no specific boundaries, is south of the River Douglas and is situated next to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and close to Wigan Pier and Wigan town ce... | 42,727 | triviaqa-train |
Which English actor plays US Marine Sergeant 'Nicholas Brody', who was rescued after eight years held by Al- Qaeda as a prisoner-of-war, in the drama 'Homeland' shown on Channel 4? | praised the "powerhouse performances" by Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, as well as the relentless pace of the writing.
"USA Today"s Robert Bianco gave the season a 4/4 score, calling it "unmissable TV", and said that even with the expertly crafted plot, Homeland's biggest strength is in its characters.
Brian Lowry of "... | Carrie Mathison
Carrie Anne Mathison, played by actress Claire Danes, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television drama/thriller series "Homeland" on Showtime, created by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon. Carrie is a CIA officer who, while on assignment in Iraq, learned from a CIA asset that an ... | 42,728 | triviaqa-train |
In which event did Chris Hoy win a Gold Medal at the recent World Track Cycling Championships? | , the World Cup Classics Event in Manchester on 4 October – 2 November. He instead made an appearance to sign autographs and commentate with the BBC.
He made his return to racing in the UK at the Revolution 22 event in Manchester in December. He received a standing ovation from the Manchester faithful at the start of t... | and Bradley Wiggins won golds - the first time the British team had won two golds in track cycling since 1908, whilst Great Britain won 11 medals at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, seven of them gold, and nine gold medals at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester. The investment pa... | 42,729 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1997 to 2001? | , Westbury Park, Bristol and had two sons.
Shortly after he became Foreign Secretary, Cook ended his relationship with Margaret, revealing that he was having an extra-marital affair with one of his staff, Gaynor Regan. He announced his intentions to leave his wife via a press statement made at Heathrow on 2 August 1997... | Parliament for Westbury. He was parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1994 to 1996, and then to the Secretary of State for Health, from 1996 to 1997. In opposition, after the Conservatives lost the 1997 general election, he was their front bench spokesman on Fo... | 42,730 | triviaqa-train |
What is the two-word name of the airport at Yeadon in West Yorkshire? | promotion to the FA's Wharfedale Triangle Premier League in the 2018-19 season.
Economy.
Avro had a factory next to Yeadon Aerodrome from 1938 to 1946 which produced many of the company's wartime planes, including the Lancaster, Lincoln, York and Anson. Approximately 700 Lancasters were produced at Yeadon. The town ret... | cars across a wide swathe of the country, and damage was reported at both Cardiff Airport and RAF Chivenor. At Yeadon, West Yorkshire, the accumulated hail piled deep, and in parts of Yorkshire the ice was so severe that roads had to be cleared with bulldozers.
Bradford saw severe flooding on 2 July, with many streets ... | 42,731 | triviaqa-train |
Who had the Christmas number one in 1990 with 'Saviour's Day'? | Saviour's Day (song)
"For the holiday celebrated by the Nation of Islam, see Saviours' Day."
"Saviour's Day" is a song by Cliff Richard. It was the United Kingdom Christmas number one single in 1990, the second occasion Richard had a solo Christmas number one. The video for the song was filmed in Dorset. It has subsequ... | arch of Durdle Door. Six years earlier, Tears for Fears had shot part of the video for their 1984 single "Shout" at the famous Durdle Door landmark.
Release and reception.
In the UK, "Saviour's Day" entered the UK Singles Chart on 8 December 1990 at number six. It went to number three the following week, and up a furth... | 42,732 | triviaqa-train |
Which entertainer is married to 1975 'Miss World' Wilnelia Merced? | Wilnelia Merced
Wilnelia, Lady Forsyth-Johnson ("née" Merced; born October 12, 1957) is a Puerto Rican former actress, model and beauty queen. She won Miss World 1975, and was married to entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth from 1983 until his death in August 2017.
Career.
Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, she won Miss Mundo de Pu... | 2001) and Zuleyka Rivera (2006).
Miss World, created in the United Kingdom in 1951, is the oldest surviving major international Beauty pageant. Alongside with its rival, the Miss Universe and Miss Earth contests, Miss World pageant is one of the three most publicised beauty contests in the world. Wilnelia Merced became... | 42,733 | triviaqa-train |
Which Manchester building was home to the Halle Orchestra until 1996? | was the famous Russian-born Arthur Friedheim, (1859–1932), who later had the music library at the famed Peabody Institute conservatory of music in Baltimore, Maryland, named for him. The main classical music venue was the Free Trade Hall on Peter Street, until the opening in 1996 of the 2,500 seat Bridgewater Hall.
Bra... | He has been a Governor of the Royal Northern College of Music, a Director of the Buxton Festival, the Halle Orchestra and the Whitworth Art Gallery. He was a Board Member of the Central Manchester Development Corporation from 1988 to 1996.
Recognition.
Scott was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1994 New Year Honours, for ... | 42,734 | triviaqa-train |
In which decade did W B Yeats and G B Shaw win the Nobel Prize for Literature? | Yeats but from Joyce. The 1930s saw the emergence of a generation of writers who engaged in experimental writing as a matter of course. The best known of these is Samuel Beckett (1906–1989), who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969. Beckett's poetry, while not inconsiderable, is not what he is best known for. The ... | poetry Death of Rainer Maria Rilke, Birth of Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, Frank O'Hara
- 1925 in poetry Death of Sergei Yesenin, Birth of Ahmad Shamlou
- 1924 in poetry Birth of Yehuda Amichai, Janet Frame, Zbigniew Herbert
- 1923 in poetry W. B. Yeats is the first Irishman awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Edn... | 42,735 | triviaqa-train |
Which 2008 Woody Allen directed film is set in Spain? | than $23 million domestically (more than any of his films in nearly 20 years) and over $62 million in international box office sales. "Match Point" earned Allen his first Academy Award nomination since 1998, for Best Writing – Original Screenplay, with directing and writing nominations at the Golden Globes, his first G... | Cassandra's Dream
Cassandra's Dream is a 2007 dramatic thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen. Filmed in the United Kingdom, it was released in 2007 in Europe and in January 2008 in the United States. It was developed as a British-French-American co-production.
The film was premiered in secret at Avilés, Spa... | 42,736 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last Old Etonian Prime Minister before David Cameron? | of Wellington, William Ewart Gladstone, the third Marquess of Salisbury, the fifth Earl of Rosebery, Arthur James Balfour, Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, David Cameron and current Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
A rising number of pupils come to Eton from overseas, including members of royal families ... | of Brown's adviser Ed Balls, tricks Gordon for money.
On the Conservatives' side, Leader of the Conservatives, David Cameron who was portrayed as insisting he's an ordinary man of the people for a press conference, before reverting into a volatile, mean spirited, snobbish public schoolboy behind closed doors, He regul... | 42,737 | triviaqa-train |
Who is missing from this list of Artistic Directors of the National Theatre – Laurence Olivier, Peter Hall, Richard Eyre and Nicholas Hytner? | about the vision that is needed in such a position and the fact that this needs refreshing under every directorate. I very much felt that you had to have a big idea in order to put yourself forward for such a role and as I didn't have this kind of idea at that time, I decided not to apply," Hytner said later. He contin... | invited back to appear with them at Queen's Theatre in the West End in the Italian Comedy "Saturday, Sunday, Monday" directed by Franco Zeffirelli and Laurence Olivier where he won a Best Actor nomination in the Critics' Circle Theatre Award. Later he was invited to join the National again on the South Bank under Peter... | 42,738 | triviaqa-train |
Which country became landlocked as a result of the War of the Pacific (1879 to 1883)? | and commerce. For instance, in its early history, Russia's only ports were on the Arctic Ocean and frozen shut for much of the year. The wish to gain control of a warm-water port was a major motivator of Russian expansion towards the Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Pacific Ocean. On the other hand, some landlocked countries ... | close to censuring Admiral de Horsey for his failure to capture her.
Historical details Career (Peru) Actions of war War of the Pacific.
"Huáscar" participated in the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), initially in the service of Peru. Once again under the command of Captain Miguel Grau, she became famous for daring haras... | 42,739 | triviaqa-train |
By which two words is the chemical compound with the formula KMnO4 known? | produced a solution with disinfectant properties. He patented this solution, and marketed it as 'Condy's Fluid'. Although effective, the solution was not very stable. This was overcome by using potassium hydroxide (KOH) rather than NaOH. This was more stable, and had the advantage of easy conversion to the equally effe... | the Atmosphere", read by him in November 1802, the law of multiple proportions appears to be anticipated in the words:
But there is reason to suspect that this sentence may have been added some time after the reading of the paper, which was not published until 1805.
Compounds were listed as binary, ternary, quaternary,... | 42,740 | triviaqa-train |
Who rowed the Atlantic in 1966 with John Ridgway? | John Ridgway (sailor)
John Manfield Ridgway MBE (born 8 July 1938), is a British yachtsman and rower.
Biography.
Ridgway was educated at the Pangbourne Nautical College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1966, whilst a Captain in the Parachute Regiment, Ridgway, together with Chay Blyth, rowed across the Nort... | . He spent much of his teenage years working on a farm until he was bored and enlisted in the British Army. After Blyth and Ridgway rowed the Atlantic in 1966, McClean announced to both that he was going to complete this alone.
Military career.
McClean started his military career in the Parachute Regiment and then prog... | 42,741 | triviaqa-train |
Which band is composed of three brothers and their cousin, all called Followill? | History "WALLS": 2016–present.
Following their New Year's Eve show in Nashville, Nathan Followill said that the band were aiming to release their seventh album in 2016: "We've already started pre-production in our studio for the next record, but the main thing on the calendar for 2016 is getting the record finished. An... | : before 2002.
The three Followill brothers (Mat is their cousin) grew up in Oklahoma and Tennessee with their father, Ivan Leon Followill, a United Pentecostal Church preacher, and their mother, Betty-Ann. Nathan was born in Oklahoma, and Jared and Caleb were born in and around Memphis, Tennessee. Jared attended Mount... | 42,742 | triviaqa-train |
Under what title has the series of fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire been adapted for TV? | A Song of Ice and Fire
A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, "A Game of Thrones," in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who initially envisioned the series as a trilogy, has published fiv... | Publishing history Overview.
Books in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series are first published in hardcover and are later re-released as paperback editions. In the UK, Harper Voyager publishes special slipcased editions. The series has also been translated into more than 30 languages. All page totals given below are for... | 42,743 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the regular Chairman of “Any Questions?” on BBC Radio 4? | questions by the audience."
Presenters.
Presenters Current.
Jonathan Dimbleby has served as the predominant chair since 1987.
Shaun Ley, Ritula Shah and Edward Stourton have all deputised for Dimbleby.
In March 2019, it was announced that Dimbleby would step down "at the end of June" and that the next chair would be "a... | on BBC One's "Question Time" and Radio 4's "Any Questions". She is a regular pundit and commentator on TV and radio, including for Sky News, the BBC News Channel, BBC One's "The One Show", ITV's "Tonight" show, "Lorraine" on ITV, "This Morning" on ITV, "The Agenda" on ITV, "Sunday Politics" on BBC1, BBC Radio 5 Live an... | 42,744 | triviaqa-train |
What type of jet aircraft is a VLJ? | Very light jet
A very light jet (VLJ), entry-level jet or personal jet, previously known as a microjet, is a category of small business jets seating four to eight people and often with a maximum takeoff weight of or under , although the Embraer Phenom 100, HondaJet and Cessna Citation M2 are all slightly over. VLJs are... | enemy aircraft in Korea than any other single type of naval aircraft. The first air-to-air victory occurred on the night of 2 November 1952 in a USMC F3D-2 piloted by Major William T. Stratton, Jr., and his radar operator, Master Sergeant Hans C. Hoglind of VMF(N)-513 Flying Nightmares, Major Stratton shot down what he... | 42,745 | triviaqa-train |
Which College of Oxford University, founded in 1438, is the first alphabetically? | the year that they call summer balls or parties. These are usually held on an annual or irregular basis, and are usually black tie.
Punting is a common summer leisure activity.
There are several more or less quirky traditions peculiar to individual colleges, for example the All Souls mallard song.
Student life Clubs an... | - December 8 – Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438): The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the civil war in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Events Date unknown.
- The Université de Caen is founded.
- The ... | 42,746 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the third country after Australia and England to play test cricket? | were not yet ICC members in their own right.
England and Australia were the first teams to play a Test match (15–19 March 1877), and along with South Africa, these nations formed the Imperial Cricket Conference (the predecessor to today's International Cricket Council) on 15 June 1909. England and Australia also played... | the early 1940s, India didn't play any Test cricket due to the Second World War. The team's first series as an independent country was in late 1947 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australia national cricket team of that time). It was also the first Test series India played which was not ag... | 42,747 | triviaqa-train |
In which town is the Great Yorkshire Showground? | Great Yorkshire Show
The Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) is an agricultural show which takes place on the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the North of England annually from the second Tuesday of July until the following Thursday. It is organised and run by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS)... | Mirfield Show
Mirfield Show is an annual agricultural show held at the Huddersfield Road Showground in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England on the third Sunday in August. It is organised and run by the Mirfield Agricultural Society (MAS) as a not-for-profit event and regularly attracts over 6,000 visitors each year from a... | 42,748 | triviaqa-train |
Complete the slogan used in a 1960s US Presidential Election – ‘All the Way with ___'. | He defeated Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson on the first presidential ballot of the 1960 Democratic National Convention, and asked Johnson to serve as his running mate. The issue of the Cold War dominated the election, as tensions were high between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Kennedy won a 303 to 2... | was frequently used by Hillary Clinton at events in her campaign for the 2016 presidential election in conjunction with the slogan "Fighting for Us".
- Calysta Bevier sang "Fight Song" during her audition for the eleventh season of "America's Got Talent" in 2016. Bevier also sang the same song at a high school talent s... | 42,749 | triviaqa-train |
Which England cricket captain was born in Madras in 1968? | contracts. 1992 also saw Scotland sever ties with the England and Wales team, and begin to compete as the Scotland national team.
By 1999, with coach David Lloyd resigning after the World Cup exit and new captain Nasser Hussain just appointed, England hit rock bottom (literally ranked as the lowest-rated Test nation) a... | encounter between Ceylon and Madras.
International career.
He captained Ceylon to its first victory over a Test-playing nation in Ahmedabad in 1965, when his bold declaration in a low-scoring match led to victory over India by four wickets. He was selected as vice-captain for the tour of England with the Ceylon team in... | 42,750 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer's Piano Concerto was famously conducted by Andre Previn on the 1971 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show? | In the United Kingdom he worked on TV with the London Symphony Orchestra. In the U.S. the television program "Previn and the Pittsburgh" (1977) featured him in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Television “Andrew Preview”.
British TV audiences witnessed his comic acting skills when he was introduced... | Really Trying" (1961).
- The concerto was used in a sketch by the British comedians Morecambe and Wise in their 1971 Christmas show. Conducted by André Previn, with Eric Morecambe as soloist, Morecambe claims he is playing "all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order". In fact, he was playing a simplifi... | 42,751 | triviaqa-train |
In which recent film does Benedict Cumberbatch play Alan Turing? | for 75,000 other men and women convicted of similar crimes. At the UK premiere of a film based on Turing's life, "The Imitation Game", the producers thanked Leech for bringing the topic to public attention and securing Turing's pardon. His campaign turned to acquiring pardons for the 75,000 other men convicted of the s... | Game" as mathematician Jack Good, with Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing and Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke. James will be appearing as the lead in a new French film "The Open" directed by Marc Lehore. As a Producer he has completed a short film 'Morning is Broken', which was selected at British Film Institute Flare ... | 42,752 | triviaqa-train |
The aye-aye, a small mammal with a thin extended middle finger used to find food, is a native of which island country? | mya, while adapiforms survived until about 10 mya.
According to genetic studies, the lemurs of Madagascar diverged from the lorisoids approximately 75 mya. These studies, as well as chromosomal and molecular evidence, also show that lemurs are more closely related to each other than to other strepsirrhine primates. How... | absorb nutrients from leaves that can be difficult to digest. Marmosets, which are gum eaters, have strong incisor teeth, enabling them to open tree bark to get to the gum, and claws rather than nails, enabling them to cling to trees while feeding. The aye-aye combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger ... | 42,753 | triviaqa-train |
.za is the internet code for which country? | .za
.za is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for South Africa. The .za namespace is managed and regulated by the .za Domain Name Authority (ZADNA). Most domains are registered under the second-level domain .co.za.
ZA hails from Dutch: "Zuid-Afrika".
Management.
None of the official names for South Afri... | registration code in 1936, which later became the country's ISO country code, with .za becoming the country's internet domain.
In the middle of words, Afrikaans merged Dutch and to a single sound and consequently to a single spelling, . Compare Dutch "haven" (port) with Afrikaans "hawe", both pronounced .
Afrikaans mer... | 42,754 | triviaqa-train |
Rita O'Grady is the leading character in which film, made into a musical that opened in London last year starring Gemma Arterton? | acting in and producing "The Escape". Arterton's theatrical highlights have included starring in "The Duchess of Malfi" (2014), "Made in Dagenham" (2014), "Nell Gwynn" (2016) and "Saint Joan" (2017). She was nominated for Olivier Awards for her work on both "Nell Gwynn" and "Made in Dagenham", and she won the Evening S... | anniversary. Starring Bill Nighy and Gemma Arterton, the film was shown in Odeon Cinemas in August 2011 and made available on the WWF website and YouTube.
In February and March 2013, "Dancing on the Edge", a five-part series which followed the fortunes of a black jazz band in 1930s London, was broadcast by the BBC, and... | 42,755 | triviaqa-train |
Which recent BBC TV drama set in Pagford opens with the death of a parish councillor? | The Casual Vacancy
The Casual Vacancy is a 2012 novel written by J. K. Rowling. The book was published worldwide by the Little, Brown Book Group on 27 September 2012. A paperback edition was released on 23 July 2013. It was Rowling's first publication since the "Harry Potter" series, her first apart from that series, a... | The book is split into seven parts, and features varying narratives. Each section is headed by a definition from Charles Arnold-Baker's book "Local Council Administration".
Contents Plot summary.
The novel is split into seven parts, the first depicting the aftermath of the death of local Pagford Parish Councillor, Barr... | 42,756 | triviaqa-train |
Which US state lies immediately to the south of South Dakota? | Pierre is the state capital and Sioux Falls, with a population of about 187,200, is South Dakota's largest city.
South Dakota is bordered by the states of North Dakota (to the north), Minnesota (to the east), Iowa (to the southeast), Nebraska (to the south), Wyoming (to the west), and Montana (to the northwest). The st... | South Dakota Highway 258
South Dakota Highway 258 (SD 258) is a state highway in Aurora County, South Dakota. It runs from Interstate 90 (I-90) to U.S. Route 281 (US 281), and is maintained by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT). The route is not a part of the National Highway System.
Route descriptio... | 42,757 | triviaqa-train |
By what one-word name is the Lockheed SR-71 aircraft known? | the skin. Near the center of the fuselage, the curved skin was thin and delicate, with no support from the structural ribs, which were spaced several feet apart.
The Blackbird's tires, manufactured by B.F. Goodrich, contained aluminum and were filled with nitrogen. They cost $2,300 and would generally require replacing... | 1685–86, 1689 convention, 1689–1690: Thomas Kennedy of Hallethes (died c.1694)
- 1695–1702: William Menzies, Edinburgh merchant
- 1702–07: John Carruthers of Denbie
See also.
- List of constituencies in the Parliament of Scotland at the time of the Union | 42,758 | triviaqa-train |
The king of which country lived in London from 1910 when the monarchy was abolished until his death in 1932? | His Majesty the heavenly sovereign"), "Bìxià" ("Bottom of the Steps").
Sometimes titles are used to express claims to territories that are not held in fact (for example, English claims to the French throne), or titles not recognised (antipopes). Also, after a monarchy is deposed, often former monarchs and their descend... | in Naples to Umberto, Prince of Piedmont, who would later become the last King of Italy as Umberto II, and Princess Marie-José of Belgium. When Umberto II left Italy after the monarchy was abolished by the Italian constitutional referendum, 1946, the remaining members of the House of Savoy lived in exile, mostly in Swi... | 42,759 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the subject of the poem The Widow at Windsor, part of the Barrack-Room Ballads, by Rudyard Kipling published in 1892? | The Widow at Windsor
"The Widow at Windsor" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, part of the first set of the Barrack-Room Ballads, published in 1892.
The eponymous "widow" is Queen Victoria. This poem talks about Queen Victoria and how the Empire she rules is so powerful because of the sacrifices that her soldiers make.
T. S... | Fuzzy-Wuzzy
"Fuzzy-Wuzzy" is a poem by the English author and poet Rudyard Kipling, published in 1892 as part of "Barrack Room Ballads". It describes the respect of the ordinary British soldier for the bravery of the Hadendoa warriors who fought the British army in the Sudan and Eritrea.
Background.
"Fuzzy-Wuzzy" was t... | 42,760 | triviaqa-train |
The Battle of Flodden took place in September 1513 in which English county? | 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... | the Earl of Surrey. The two sides met on September 9, 1513, near the village of Flodden. The Scottish army was heavily defeated, losing some 9,000 men and many nobles, including King James, the King's illegitimate son, and twelve earls.
War of the League of Cambrai La Motta.
The Battle of La Motta, also known as the Ba... | 42,761 | triviaqa-train |
Which county cricket club has been captained by Percy Fender, Peter May and Micky Stewart? | Peter May (cricketer)
Peter Barker Howard May (31 December 1929 – 27 December 1994) was an English cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Cambridge University and England. Already a cricketing prodigy during his school days, May played his entire cricket career as an amateur, and was regarded by many play... | English cricket team in Australia in 1958–59
Peter May captained the English cricket team in Australia in 1958–59, playing as England in the 1958-59 Ashes series against the Australians and as the MCC in their other matches on the tour. It was widely regarded as one of the strongest teams to depart English shores, comp... | 42,762 | triviaqa-train |
By what two-word name was the Boeing B-17 aircraft known? | Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry (prototype Model 299/XB-17) outperformed both competitors and exceede... | specimen was sent to Gideon Mantell in 1851, caught by Māori on Secretary Island, Fiordland. (Takahē were well known to Māori, who travelled long distances to hunt them. The bird's name comes from the word "takahi", to stamp or trample.)
Only two more takahē were collected by Europeans in the 19th century. One was caug... | 42,763 | triviaqa-train |
Who was King of Italy from 1900 until 1946 - regnal number not required? | a result of the First World War, social inequalities, and the consequent tension between Marxist and other left-wing parties on one side and conservative liberals on the other. This crisis led to the advent of fascism, which destroyed freedoms and civil rights and established a dictatorship, breaking the continuity of ... | , Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Beatrix followed suit and abdicated in 2013 in favor of her son and heir apparent, King Willem-Alexander.
Regnal periods Abolitions.
- King Louis XVI of France reigned from the 1770s until the overthrow of the monarchy in 1792 and his execution the following year.
- King Humbert II o... | 42,764 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor, comedian, writer and musician rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 Boat Race? | Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie, (; born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author.
Laurie first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with his friend and comedy partner Stephen Fry, whom he met through their mutual friend Emma T... | 30 April 1930 and they had six children: Marcus (b. 1931), Marianne (b. 1932), Dominick (b. 1936, died in infancy), Benedict (b. 1938), Eileen (b. 1939) and Emma (b. 1942). Marcus became a clergyman. Benedict rowed in the 1959 Boat Race for Cambridge and became a banker. Emma married Dr Henry Armstrong and they are the... | 42,765 | triviaqa-train |
"""An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!"" is the last line of the chorus of which of Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads?" | Barrack-Room Ballads
The Barrack-Room Ballads are a series of songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling, dealing with the late-Victorian British Army and mostly written in a vernacular dialect. The series contains some of Kipling's most well-known work, including the poems "Gunga Din", "Tommy", "Mandalay", and "Danny Deever",... | Jones recounts his own experience killing a Japanese soldier with his bare hands.
The title comes from Rudyard Kipling's poem "Tommy", from the collection "Barrack-Room Ballads", in which Kipling describes foot soldiers as "the thin red line of 'eroes". Kipling's poem is based on the 1854 action of British soldiers dur... | 42,766 | triviaqa-train |
In which novel did James Hilton describe the 'mystical, harmonious valley' of Shangri-La? | Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradi... | weigong/天下为公' 'influenced modern Chinese reformers and revolutionaries, such as Kang Youwei.
Varieties Utopianism Schlaraffenland.
Schlaraffenland is an analogous German tradition.
All these myths also express some hope that the idyllic state of affairs they describe is not irretrievably and irrevocably lost to mankind... | 42,767 | triviaqa-train |
Three of the Galilean moons of Jupiter are Io, Europa and Callisto. Which is the fourth? | Galilean moons
The Galilean moons are the four largest moons of Jupiter—Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They were first seen by Galileo Galilei in December 1609 or January 1610, and recognized by him as satellites of Jupiter in March 1610. They were the first objects found to orbit another planet.
They are among t... | Pearl Island
Pearl Island may refer to:
- Mikimoto Pearl Island in Japan
- Pearl Island (Washington)
- An alternative name of Perl Island, Alaska
See also.
- Pearl Islands | 42,768 | triviaqa-train |
"""Can't Sing!"" - a musical comedy written by Harry Hill that lasted 6 weeks and 3 days in London last year, was based on which TV reality show?" | , knitted rabbit, Wagbo, a demon love child whose parents are reportedly Wagner Carillho and Mary Byrne of "X Factor" fame, an interpretation of Heather Trott from "EastEnders", played by Steve Bernham, as well as a doll of "The Apprentice" star Alan Sugar, who would regularly rap before clips of "The Apprentice" were ... | Bigg Boss (Hindi season 4)
Bigg Boss 4 in 2010 was the fourth season of Indian reality TV show "Bigg Boss", which aired on Colors from 3 October 2010. This season was longer than its predecessor, "Bigg Boss 3" and lasted for 14 weeks (96 days) ending on 8 January 2011. The show was hosted by Salman Khan, It was his Fir... | 42,769 | triviaqa-train |
Wyndham Lewis was a major figure in which short-lived British avant-garde Art movement which had its only exhibition in 1915? | the Omega Workshops, Lewis quarrelled with the founder, Roger Fry, over a commission to provide wall decorations for the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, which Lewis believed Fry had misappropriated. He walked out with several Omega artists to start a competing workshop called the Rebel Art Centre. The Centre operated... | , and moved to the United Kingdom. Following his first exhibition in London in 1954, he became an increasingly significant figure in the post-war British avant-garde art scene, particularly through his association with Denis Bowen's New Vision Centre Gallery. In 1966, he came together with a group of London-based Carib... | 42,770 | triviaqa-train |
In the Hall of the Mountain King was composed by Edvard Grieg as part of which play by Henrik Ibsen? | , Grieg brought with him the manuscript of his Piano Concerto, which Liszt proceeded to sightread (including the orchestral arrangement). Liszt's rendition greatly impressed his audience, although Grieg gently pointed out to him that he played the first movement too quickly. Liszt also gave Grieg some advice on orchest... | .
Ibsen asked Edvard Grieg to compose incidental music for the play. Grieg composed a score that plays approximately ninety minutes. Grieg extracted two suites of four pieces each from the incidental music (Opus 46 and Opus 55), which became very popular as concert music. One of the sung parts of the incidental music, ... | 42,771 | triviaqa-train |
Which newspaper editor was played by Peter Capaldi in the film The Fifth Estate? | in "Maleficent" (2014), but his part in the latter movie was cut during post-production.
He starred in "Inside the Mind of Leonardo", a documentary about Leonardo da Vinci. In 2013 he portrayed Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian in "The Fifth Estate". In 2014 he starred in a new adaptation of "The Three Musket... | leaked by Snowden.
In the film "The Fifth Estate" (2013), about "The Guardian"s former association with the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Rusbridger was portrayed by Peter Capaldi.
Life and career Editor of "The Guardian" Resignation.
In December 2014, Rusbridger announced he would step down as editor of "The Guard... | 42,772 | triviaqa-train |
Brooks's dyak, Keast's tube-nosed and Sulawesi naked-backed are fruit bats native to which country, an archipelago of thousands of islands? | Archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Maldives, the British Isles, the Bahamas, the Aegean Islands (Greece), the Fl... | Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat
Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat – Nyctimene keasti – is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in Babar, Tanimbar, and the Kai Islands.
Description.
A species of "Nyctimene", the tube-nosed megachiropteran genus which feature prominent nostrils that splay out in opposite directi... | 42,773 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of sisters Elinor, Margaret and Marianne in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility? | Elinor Dashwood
Elinor Dashwood is a fictional character and the protagonist of Jane Austen's novel "Sense and Sensibility".
In this novel, Austen analyses the conflict between the opposing temperaments of sense (logic, propriety, and thoughtfulness, as expressed in Austen's time by neo-classicists), and sensibility (e... | in fact the sisters are more alike than they are different, with Elinor having "excellent heart" and capable of the same romantic passions as Marianne feels while Marianne has much sense as well. Elinor is more reserved, more polite, and less impulsive than Marianne who loves poetry, taking walks across picturesque lan... | 42,774 | triviaqa-train |
Two twentieth century Prime Ministers were Home Secretary before they were Premier. One was Winston Churchill. Who was the other? | which is generally regarded as an English honour.
Historically it has also been common to grant prime ministers a peerage upon retirement from the Commons, elevating the individual to the Lords. Formerly, the peerage bestowed was usually an earldom. The last such creation was for Harold Macmillan, who resigned in 1963.... | 1955 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
The 1955 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the seventh Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in January 1955 and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill.
A sense of internat... | 42,775 | triviaqa-train |
Three African countries have a shoreline on Lake Malawi - Tanzania, Malawi and which other? | Tanzania
Tanzania (, ) officially the United Republic of Tanzania (), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burund... | dispute with Malawi, Tanzania had cordial relations with its neighbours in 2012.
Relations between Tanzania and Malawi have been tense because of a dispute over the countries' Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) border. An unsuccessful mediation regarding this issue took place in March 2014. The two countries agreed in 2013 to as... | 42,776 | triviaqa-train |
Atomic Kitten's second Number One was Eternal Flame, a cover of the 1989 Number One by which band? | ", a song originally recorded by The Bangles; and "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)", a song originally recorded by The Paragons. They have sold over 10 million records worldwide.
After making sporadic appearances in 2006 and 2008, it was announced that McClarnon, Hamilton, and Katona would reunite for the ITV2 serie... | and Atomic Kitten's became their best-selling single there, subsequently lasting sixteen weeks on the chart; it became the 28th best selling single of 2001 in Belgium. It also spent one week at number one in New Zealand. "Eternal Flame" went on to sell over one million copies worldwide and was certified Gold in the Uni... | 42,777 | triviaqa-train |
Who joined the cast of East Enders last year playing Stan Carter? | Carter family (EastEnders)
The Carter family is a fictional family in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". The family is headed by Stan Carter (Timothy West), but the first member of the family introduced was Stan's grandson, Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) (then known as Deano), brought in by Kate Harwood on 2 January 2006. H... | . He joined the cast of "EastEnders" in 2013, playing Stan Carter from January 2014. He filmed his final scenes for "EastEnders" in February 2015.
Career Directing.
He was Artistic Director of the Forum Theatre, Billingham in 1973, where he directed "We Bombed in New Haven" by Joseph Heller, "The Oz Obscenity Trial" by... | 42,778 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of the former Russian state of Georgia? | Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ), known until 1995 as the Republic of Georgia (), is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Az... | The Crimson Tide then defeated Mississippi State and Georgia State prior to their season finale against Auburn. With the No. 2 Tigers still in the national championship picture, Auburn overcame a 24–0 deficit and won 28–27 in what was the largest comeback in Iron Bowl history. Alabama then closed the season with a 49–7... | 42,779 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the manager of 'The Sex Pistols'? | Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, performer, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, notable for combining these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He is best known as a promoter and manager of bands the New York ... | Sex" and "Too fast to live Too young to die". In this period Kendall touched many of the greats who went onto shape the world, and his influence can be seen in all walks of life – From the Sex Pistols to Paul Raymond's revue bars whom he was quality control manager for many years. He met and helped Alexander Shulgin's ... | 42,780 | triviaqa-train |
Castleford Rugby League team are known by the name of which animal? | Castleford Tigers
The Castleford Tigers are a rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed in the top division for the majority of their existence having only been r... | , losing 2–3 at Bradford Park Avenue. Castleford played at Wheldon Road – when they shut down the ground was taken over by the rugby league team.
Sport Greyhound racing.
Castleford hosted two greyhound tracks both of which are no longer in existence. The first was in Whitwood and held racing from 1939 until 2001. The s... | 42,781 | triviaqa-train |
Which animal has the scientific name 'dama dama'? | Fallow deer
The fallow deer ("Dama dama") is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. This common species is native to Europe, but has been introduced to Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, South Africa, Fernando Pó, São Tomé, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles, Comoro Islands, Morocco, Algeria, T... | Scutus
Scutus is a genus of large sea snails or limpets with the common name "shield shells". These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
Both the common name and the scientific name reflect the fact that the shells of species in this genus resemble a Roman shi... | 42,782 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city has districts called Manningham, Horton and Heaton? | . There are 50 settlements which have been designated city status in England, while the wider United Kingdom has 66.
While many cities in England are quite large, such as Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Bradford, Nottingham, population size is not a prerequisite for city status. Traditio... | Automobile Driving Museum
The Automobile Driving Museum is an automotive museum located at 610 Lairport Street, El Segundo, California, USA.
The museum is nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, founded in 2002 by car collectors Stanley Zimmerman and architect Earl Rubenstein. Its mission is to "collect, preserve, exhibit and ... | 42,783 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the 2001 Turner Prize for his exhibit of empty gallery space with lights turned on and off? | Martin Creed
Martin Creed (born 21 October 1968) is a British artist and musician. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for exhibitions during the preceding year, with the jury praising his audacity for exhibiting a single installation, "Work No. 227: The lights going on and off", in the Turner Prize show. Creed lives and w... | the lights go on and off.
2005: Simon Starling wins the Turner Prize for "Shedboatshed", a wooden shed which he had turned into a boat, floated down the Rhine and turned back into a shed again.
Controversy in the UK.
In Britain, the rise to prominence of the Young British Artists (YBAs) after the 1988 "Freeze" show, cu... | 42,784 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible, how long was Jonah in the belly of the whale? | fish. Three days later, after Jonah agrees to go to Nineveh, the fish vomits him out onto the shore. Jonah successfully convinces the entire city of Nineveh to repent, but waits outside the city in expectation of its destruction. God shields Jonah from the sun with a plant, but later sends a worm to cause it to wither.... | Door of No Return" an Infinite Abyss. This image conveys emptiness sparked by unknown identity as it feels deep and endless. "The Open Boat" also discussed the phenomenon of "falling into the belly of the whale" which elicits many references and meanings. This image parallels the Biblical story of Jonah and the Whale, ... | 42,785 | triviaqa-train |
Who was pardoned 12 years after his execution for murders carried out by John Christie? | covered alcove in the kitchen. Two further bodies were discovered in the garden, and his wife's body was found beneath the floorboards of the front room. Christie was arrested and convicted of his wife's murder, for which he was hanged.
Two of Christie's victims were Beryl Evans and her baby daughter Geraldine, who, al... | murders of Levy and Bowman, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and two counts of burglary. Trial judge Edward Cowart (John Malkovich) imposes death sentences for the murder convictions to be carried out with an execution by electrocution.
Ten years later, Liz receives a letter from Ted and visits him, takin... | 42,786 | triviaqa-train |
Which film director fist applied the word 'Paparazzi' to persistent newsmen? | Famous paparazzi.
Walter Santesso portrays Paparazzo in the 1960 film "La Dolce Vita", marking the character as the eponym of the word paparazzi.
Ron Galella is most known for suing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis after the former First Lady ordered her Secret Service agents to destroy Galella’s camera and film following an... | Paparazzi (2004 film)
Paparazzi is a 2004 American action film directed by Paul Abascal, produced by actor Mel Gibson, and starring Cole Hauser. The film chronicles the life of a popular Hollywood film star in the aftermath of a car crash caused by four paparazzo tabloid photographers.
Plot.
Rising movie star Bo Larami... | 42,787 | triviaqa-train |
"Who was hanged for the murder of a policeman because his cry of ""Let him have it"" was ambiguous?" | Let Him Have It
Let Him Have It is a 1991 British drama film directed by Peter Medak and starring Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Courtenay and Tom Bell. The film is based on the true story of Derek Bentley.
The true story of the case ended with Bentley hanged for murder under controversial circumstances on 2... | been under arrest for 15 minutes, and the words he said to Craig—"Let him have it, Chris"—could either have been taken for an incitement to shoot, or for Craig to hand his gun over (one policeman had asked him to hand the gun over just beforehand). Bentley was found guilty by the English law principle of joint enterpri... | 42,788 | triviaqa-train |
"Who won Best Actress 'Oscar' for the 1962 film ""The Miracle Worker""?" | a 1959 Broadway production with Anne Bancroft as Sullivan and Patty Duke as Keller. The first movie, also starring Bancroft and Duke, was released in 1962. Subsequent made-for-television movies were released in 1979 and 2000.
Source of the name.
The title originates in Mark Twain's description of Sullivan as a "miracle... | with playwright Gibson and director Penn, when she played Annie Sullivan, the young woman who teaches the child Helen Keller to communicate in "The Miracle Worker". She appeared in the 1962 film version of the play and won the 1962 Academy Award for Best Actress, with Patty Duke repeating her own success as Keller alon... | 42,789 | triviaqa-train |
Which Paris landmark has 282 steps, and was planned as a monument to the military success of Napoleon I? | la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measur... | anyone that touched it. During the First World War the mansion was used as a military hospital. Centre Vale Park has hosted a parkrun since 9 March 2019.
The Stoodley Pike monument (built 1814 and rebuilt in 1854) stands atop the hill of the same name. It commemorates the defeat of Napoleon and the surrender of Paris. ... | 42,790 | triviaqa-train |
"Which historical event is illustrated by the Victorian painting ""And When Did You Last See Your Father""?" | William Frederick Yeames
William Frederick Yeames (18 December 1835 – 3 May 1918) was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas problem picture ""And When Did You Last See Your Father?"", which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.
Biography.
Yeames wa... | , Yale University Press, , google books
- Rothenstein, John, "An Introduction to English Painting", 2002 (reissue), I.B.Tauris,
- Strong, Roy. "And when did you last see your father? The Victorian Painter and British History", 1978, Thames and Hudson,
- White, Harrison C., "Canvases and Careers: Institutional Change in... | 42,791 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Nimrod' used by the RAF for search and early warning purposes, was developed from which airliner? | February 1965, Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced the intention to order Hawker Siddeley's maritime patrol version of the Comet, the HS.801.
The Nimrod design was based on that of the Comet 4 civil airliner which had reached the end of its commercial life (the first two prototype Nimrods, XV148 and XV147, were buil... | British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3
The British Aerospace Nimrod AEW3 was a planned airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft intended as to provide airborne radar cover for the air defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force (RAF). The project was designed to use the existing Nimrod airframe, in use with the RAF as a m... | 42,792 | triviaqa-train |
"Who co-presents BBC TV's ""Home Front"" with Diarmuid Gavin?" | Homefront (TV series)
Home Front is an interior design "makeover" TV show airing on the BBC, on par with American television's "This Old House" and "Martha Stewart". The programme appeared in two formats.
The original format was a half-hour show hosted by Tessa Shaw, which ran c.1992-1997 and featured numerous differen... | -2000 (and also the seasons 1997-2000 of "Home Front in the Garden") were hosted by Anne McKevitt. This version originally aired concurrently with the original format as a spin-off titled "Home Front Inside Out", but took on the title of the parent programme when the original format was axed.
A variant titled "Home Fro... | 42,793 | triviaqa-train |
An excess of which acid in the body causes 'gout'? | colchicine. Long term medications are not recommended until a person has had two attacks of gout, unless destructive joint changes, tophi, or urate nephropathy exist. It is not until this point that medications are cost-effective. They are not usually started until one to two weeks after an acute flare has resolved, du... | blocks some enzymes that are required for gluconeogenesis.
The reduction in gluconeogenesis and the reduction in fatty acid oxidation are thought to be the cause of most of the symptoms of Jamaican vomiting sickness. The blocking of fatty acid metabolism causes cells to start using glycogen for energy. Once glycogen is... | 42,794 | triviaqa-train |
"Whose law states that ""the volume of a gas varies in proportion to its (Kelvin) temperature at a constant pressure?" | mass of confined gas as long as the temperature is constant. Stated as a formula, thus is:
Because the before and after volumes and pressures of the fixed amount of gas, where the before and after temperatures are the same both equal the constant "k", they can be related by the equation:
formula_5
Historical research C... | constant, then the pressure is inversely proportional to the volume.
4. If the temperature changes and the number of gas molecules are kept constant, then either pressure or volume (or both) will change in direct proportion to the temperature.
Other gas laws.
- Graham's law states that the rate at which gas molecules d... | 42,795 | triviaqa-train |
Which animal has the scientific name 'Sciurus carolinensis'? | . It does not come into contact with native squirrels due to geographic isolation (a native tree squirrel, "Paraxerus cepapi", is found only in the savanna regions in the northeast of the country) and different habitats.
Gray squirrels were first introduced to Britain in the 1870s, as fashionable additions to estates. ... | 'Cahuète (Pickle and Peanut)
- Kirby Buckets
- (Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures)
- MECH-X4
- Mighty Med
- (Penn Zero: Part Time Hero)
- Robover (Future-Worm!)
- Les Souvenirs de Gravity Falls (Gravity Falls)
- "Spider-Man (1967)"
- Star Wars Rebels
- Wander (Wander Over Yonder) | 42,796 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the wife of retired footballer Lee Chapman? | the son of former Lincoln City, Port Vale and Chester striker, Roy Chapman. Chapman is married to the actress Leslie Ash, with whom he owns restaurants; So:uk in London and Teatro Leeds, in which one of his former clubs, Leeds United, is a shareholder. He previously owned another restaurant, Teatro in Soho, London.
Per... | Lee Cartwright
Lee Cartwright (born 19 September 1972) is a retired footballer who made over 400 league appearances for Preston North End.
Early years.
Born in Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, Cartwright was signed from school as a trainee in 1989 by North End boss John McGrath. Under McGrath's successor, Les Chapm... | 42,797 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city has districts named Belgrave, Stoneygate and Aylestone? | Belgrave, Leicester
Belgrave is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the Leicester suburb of Belgrave in its entirety.
Belgrave was formerly an out of town area and contained many large houses, which still stand today and housed wealthy, upper-class and notable ... | Gedding Road, Baptist North Evington Free Church
- London Road, Stoneygate Baptist Church
- Loughborough Road, Union Church
- Lutterworth Road, Aylestone Baptist Church
- Main Street Evington
- Narborough Road, Robert Hall Memorial Baptist Church
- Park Hill Drive, Zion Chapel
- Uppingham Road
- Wharf Street North, Car... | 42,798 | triviaqa-train |
Which car manufacturer produces a model called then 'Forester'? | Subaru Forester
The Subaru Forester is a Sport Utility Vehicle manufactured since 1997 by Subaru. Available in Japan from 1997, the Forester shares its platform with the Impreza. It has been awarded "Motor Trend's" 2009 and 2014 SUV of the Year and The Car Connection's Best Car To Buy 2014.
First generation (SF, 1997–2... | Lobini
Lobini was a Brazilian automobile manufacturer. The company produces a sports car called the H1 which uses Audi engines and fiberglass bodies produced by fellow Brazilian sports car manufacturer Chamonix.
Lobini, named after founders José Orlando Lobo & Fábio Birolini, was a project created in 1999 aimed at deve... | 42,799 | triviaqa-train |
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