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Which stretch of water separates the Orkneys from Scotland | are very similar to those experienced elsewhere. The archipelago's population grew by 11% in the decade to 2011 as recorded by the census. During the same period Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702.
Geography.
Orkney is separated from the mainland of Scotland by the Pentland Firth, a wide seawa... | Inchmoan
Inchmoan (Scottish Gaelic: Innis na Mòna/Innis-Mòine meaning "peat island") is an island in Loch Lomond, Scotland.
Geography.
It is one of an island group just south of Luss. Only a short stretch of water separates it from the island of Inchcruin. The connection between Inchcruin and Inchmoan is very shallow, ... | 42,900 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality is Richard Clayderman | Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman (; born Philippe Pagès , 28 December 1953 in Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-lis... | 4xCD)
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- "Very Best of Richard Clayderman" (CD)
- "Very Best of Richard Clayderman (DISKY)" (3 x CD)
- "Vietnamese Long Song" (CD)
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- "What a Wonderful World" (2-CD set)
- "When a Man Loves a Woman" (CD)
- "When Love Songs Were Love Songs" (CD)
- "With Love" (1988) (LP/33T)
- "With | 42,901 | triviaqa-train |
How many players are there in a curling team | Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objectives of the offensive team (batting team) are to h... | . There is such a large number of players on the bubble for MLB, because there are so many players on each baseball team. The majority of players on the bubble are in the minor leagues. Coaches use spring training to figure out which twenty-five players will make the roster. Players that are on the bubble may start the... | 42,902 | triviaqa-train |
In which city would you watch football in the Nou Camp Stadium | Camp Nou
Camp Nou (, meaning "new field", often referred to in English as the Nou Camp) is the home stadium of FC Barcelona since its completion in 1957.
With a seating capacity of 99,354, it is the largest stadium in Spain and Europe, and the third largest football stadium in the world in capacity. It has hosted two ... | two consecutive league titles.
Stadium.
Estadio León (also known as Estadio Nou Camp) is a football stadium located in the city of Leon, in the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. The stadium hosts Leon and some lower division teams and subsidiaries. It is also used for special events such as presentations and musicals.
Con... | 42,903 | triviaqa-train |
In which country were the settlers called Voortrekkers | Great Trek
The Great Trek (; ) was an eastward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape’s British colonial administration. The Great Trek resulted from the culmination of tensions b... | for those who followed, and the British gradually extended their control outwards from the Cape along the coast toward the east, eventually annexing Natal in 1843.
The Trekboers were farmers, gradually extending their range and territory with no overall agenda. The formal abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1... | 42,904 | triviaqa-train |
Where is Charles Darwin buried | Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey
Honouring individuals with burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition.
History.
Henry III rebuilt Westminster Abbey in honour of the Royal Saint Edward the Confessor whose relics were placed in a shrine in the sanctuary and now lie in a burial vault beneat... | transported specimens. This issue is closely related to whether conditions around the burial sites were anoxic or had a moderate supply of oxygen. Anoxic conditions are generally thought the most favourable for fossilization, but imply that the animals could not have lived where they were buried.
In the 1970s and early... | 42,905 | triviaqa-train |
Which northern fishing town is associated with Dracula | Not long afterward, the ship having weighed anchor at Varna, runs aground on the shores of Whitby in the east coast of England. The captain's log narrates the gradual disappearance of the entire crew, until the captain alone remained, himself bound to the helm to maintain course. An animal resembling "a large dog" is s... | Transylvania was named in the early 19th century by Transylvania University alumnus Dr. W. L. Richards. He bought large acreage in the northern Louisiana area and named the town after his beloved school, still in existence today in Lexington, Kentucky.
As the name of Transylvania is associated by many people in the Uni... | 42,906 | triviaqa-train |
At which battle was Custer's last stand | possibly the battle's final actions. Although the marker for Mitch Bouyer has been accounted for as being accurate through archaeological and forensic testing, it is some 65 yards away from Deep Ravine. Scott in his book "They Died With Custer: Soldiers Bones from the Battle of the Little Big Horn" puts forth the theor... | significance Fear of execution.
Troops may fight a last stand if they believe that they will be executed if they surrender.
In Custer's last stand, at the end of the battle, the extent of the soldiers' resistance to the Native Indian warriors indicated they had few doubts about their prospects for survival if they sur... | 42,907 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is the Jewish Day of Atonement also known? | the verb "to be" (i.e., "[He] was being"). This agrees with the passage in Exodus where God names Himself as "I Will Be What I Will Be" using the first-person singular imperfect tense.
Rabbinical Judaism teaches that the name is forbidden to all except the High Priest, who should only speak it in the Holy of Holies of ... | About how the village came to have the name Daubach nothing is known. What is known, however, is that the name was written "Daupach" in 1377, thus showing at least that the village has had a similar name for well over six hundred years. It lay on the road that led from Meisenheim and Sobernheim by way of Eckweiler (a n... | 42,908 | triviaqa-train |
Which Russian did Serena Williams defeat in straight sets in the Ladies Singles Final at this year's Wimbledon Championship? | shut herself off from the world for a period, Williams saw a therapist daily. After a chance meeting with a young girl who idolized Williams and believed that she could still win, Williams signed up to play in Cincinnati, her first tournament since Melbourne. Williams had slipped to No. 139, the lowest ranking she had ... | 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994.... | 42,909 | triviaqa-train |
Which composer wrote the operas 'Lohengrin' and 'Tannhauser'? | was almost certainly his first exposure to Wagner's music).
La Scala produced the opera for the first time on 30 March 1873, with Campanini as Lohengrin, Gabrielle Krauss as Elsa, Philippine von Edelsberg as Ortrud, Victor Maurel as Friedrich, and Gian Pietro Milesi as Heinrich.
The United Kingdom premiere of "Lohengri... | assistant and accompanist, Romano Romani, to sign a contract with Columbia because she would become the company's leading soprano and not just one in a stable of great singers at Victor. Romani, a young composer whose opera "Fedra" had earned favorable attention in Italy, was conducting recording sessions for Columbia ... | 42,910 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the Jewish New Year? | Rosh Hashanah prayers, with a total of 100 blasts over the day.
Rosh Hashanah eve.
The evening before Rosh Hashanah day is known as "Erev Rosh Hashanah" ("Rosh Hashanah eve"). As with Rosh Hashanah day, it falls on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, since days of the Hebrew calendar begin at sundown. Some co... | the station remains. William Cobbett in "Rural Rides" referred to the station when travelling through the hills of Hambledon. "On one of these hills is one of those precious jobs, called "semaphores". For what reason this pretty name is given to a sort of Telegraph house, stuck up at public expense upon a high hill; fo... | 42,911 | triviaqa-train |
For what do the letters 'ICI' stand in the name of the British company? | appointed to lead the company, Smith having previously been a director at Unilever.
Shortly afterwards, the company acquired a number of former Unilever businesses in an attempt to move away from its historical reliance on commodity chemicals.
In 1995, ICI acquired the American paint company Grow Group. In 1997, ICI a... | Let Me Stand Alone
Let Me Stand Alone is a book containing collected writings, including diaries and letters, of Rachel Corrie, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2008. Corrie was killed in 2003 by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer while protesting the destruction of a Gaza house which belonged to a Palest... | 42,912 | triviaqa-train |
In May 2010, 98 people were killed when terrorists attacked two mosques in which Pakistani city? | significant amount of explosive material was found in the Leeds raids and a controlled explosion was carried out at one of the properties. Explosives were also found in the vehicle associated with one of the bombers, Shehzad Tanweer, at Luton railway station and subjected to controlled explosion.
Investigation Luton ce... | and is one of two trains to cross the India-Pakistan border. At least 68 people were killed, mostly Pakistani civilians but also some Indian security personnel and civilians.
Wars, conflicts and disputes Insurgent activities elsewhere 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The 2008 Mumbai attacks by ten Pakistani terrorists killed over ... | 42,913 | triviaqa-train |
Which Spanish football team plays its home games at the Stadio Riazor? | Estadio Riazor
Estadio Municipal de Riazor (), also known as Abanca-Riazor for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater stadium in A Coruña, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Deportivo de La Coruña, and accommodates a total of 32,660 spectators.
History.
Although the stadium has hosted home games for Deportivo sinc... | U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly referred to as Lecce, is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. It currently plays in Serie A, the highest level of the Italian football pyramid, and plays its home games at Stadio Via del Mare which has a capacity of 40,670 spectators.
The club was formed in 1908 an... | 42,914 | triviaqa-train |
Which French football team plays its home games art Stade Velodrome? | used to hoist the structure failed; the 60-ton roof fell (leaving two dead, eight wounded and crushing a crane).
Widely criticized and unloved by the Marseillais for its architecture (no roof, exposure to strong mistral winds and poor acoustics), the Stade Vélodrome has since 2003 been the subject of several projects t... | FC Drouais
Football Club Drouais is a French association football team based in Dreux, France. The team, founded in 1991, plays its home games at the Stade Jean-Bruck in Dreux. As of the 2019–20 season, Football Club Drouais plays in the [Championnat National 3, the fifth tier of French football. in 2018 they were admi... | 42,915 | triviaqa-train |
What was the capital city of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen until 1990? | South Yemen
South Yemen, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ( '), was a country that existed from 1967 to 1990 as a state in the Middle East in the southern and eastern provinces of the present-day Republic of Yemen, including the island of Socotra. It was also referred to as Democratic Yemen or Yemen... | Yemen Arab Republic
The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR; '), also known as North Yemen or Yemen (Sanaʽa)"', was a country from 1962 to 1990 in the western part of what is now Yemen. Its capital was at Sanaʽa. It united with the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (commonly known as South Yemen), on May 22, 1990, to form the... | 42,916 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does Budvar lager originate? | Budweiser Budvar Brewery
Budweiser Budvar (; ; "Budvar from Budweis") is a brewery in the Czech city of České Budějovice (), best known for its original Budweiser or Budweiser Budvar pale lager brewed using artesian water, Moravian barley and Saaz hops. Budweiser Budvar is the fourth largest beer producer in the Czech ... | minimum of 90 days. Nick Redmayne of "The Independent" newspaper contrasted this with 72 hours of lagering (maturation), after which mass-market beers are sold. In 2004, the European Union awarded Budweiser Budvar a Protected Geographical Indication status as a traditionally and regionally produced good. Budweiser is c... | 42,917 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the English scientist who invented the light bulb independently of Thomas Edison in 1878? | by tackling the problem of creating a long-lasting incandescent lamp, something that would be needed for indoor use. Many earlier inventors had previously devised incandescent lamps, including Alessandro Volta's demonstration of a glowing wire in 1800 and inventions by Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans. Others who develo... | America's Reconstruction were bitter, pessimistic, and sometimes violent.
- The Gilded Age began in 1874, lasting until 1896.
- The First Spanish Republic rises and promptly ends (1873-1874).
- In 1876 the first Ottoman Constitution is promulgated, starting the First Constitutional Era (1876-1878).
Science and technolo... | 42,918 | triviaqa-train |
According to Greek mythology, who was punished in the underworld by being placed in a pool of water and afflicted with a raging thirst with the waters receding every time he tried to drink? | , where the goddess lies with Anchises to produce Aeneas.
The second type (tales of punishment) involves the appropriation or invention of some important cultural artifact, as when Prometheus steals fire from the gods, when Tantalus steals nectar and ambrosia from Zeus' table and gives it to his own subjects—revealing ... | Ameinias (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Ameinias was a young man who fell in love with the beautiful Beotian hunter Narcissus, who had already spurned his male suitors, according to the version of Narcissus's myth by Conon ("Narrations," 24). Narcissus also spurned him and gave him a sword. Ameinias committed suicide ... | 42,919 | triviaqa-train |
In the English translations of the 'Asterix' comics, what is the name of the village bard who jumps up at any chance to sing and play his lyre? | which are puns on their roles or personalities, and which follow certain patterns specific to nationality. Certain rules are followed (most of the time) such as Gauls (and their neighbours) having an "-ix" suffix for the men and ending in "-a" for the women; for example, Chief Vitalstatistix (so called due to his portl... | the plots of some albums (see "Asterix and the Normans", "Asterix the Gladiator", "Asterix and the Magic Carpet", "The Mansions of the Gods", and "Asterix and the Secret Weapon"). He loves singing and playing his lyre, and jumps at every opportunity to do so. He also plays the bagpipes, drum and a Celtic trumpet resemb... | 42,920 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer had a top five hit in June 2010 with 'All The Lovers'? | All the Lovers
"All the Lovers" is a song recorded by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue for her eleventh studio album, "Aphrodite" (2010). One of the last songs to be recorded for the album, "All the Lovers" was written by Jim Eliot and Mima Stilwell and produced by the former. Stuart Price, the executive produ... | Mike Anthony (singer)
Mike Anthony is a British lovers rock singer, who began his career in the late 1980s.
History.
Anthony's early recordings were produced by Barry Boom, and he had a reggae top ten hit with "Crash Crash", which was followed by further successes with "Glide Gently", "Cruising in Love", and "Open Your... | 42,921 | triviaqa-train |
Although not the state capital, which is the largest city in Nebraska? | Nebraska
Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply la... | Lincoln County, Nebraska
Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 36,288. Its county seat is North Platte. Despite the county's name, the state capital city of Lincoln is not in or near Lincoln County.
Lincoln County is part of the North Platte, N... | 42,922 | triviaqa-train |
In which town is the University of Ulster based? | "Ulster Polytechnic" in 1984, incorporating its four Northern Irish campuses under the "University of Ulster" banner. The university incorporated its four campuses in 1984; located in Belfast, Coleraine, Magee College in Derry, and Jordanstown. The university has branch campuses in both London and Birmingham, and an ex... | which was razed to the ground in the Irish uprising of 1641.
Lying adjacent to Dunluce Castle, the town was built around 1608 by Randall MacDonnell, the first Earl of Antrim, and pre-dates the official Plantation of Ulster. It may have contained the most revolutionary housing in Europe when it was built in the early 17... | 42,923 | triviaqa-train |
Although not the state capital, which is the largest city in New Mexico? | Bridge near Taos. , 703 highway bridges, or one percent, were declared "structurally deficient" or "structurally obsolete".
Rural and intercity public transportation by road is provided by Americanos USA, LLC, Greyhound Lines and several government operators.
Transportation Urban mass transit.
The New Mexico Rail Runne... | autumn months they are on the same time as Pacific Daylight Time. The Navajo Nation, most of which lies within Arizona but extends into Utah and New Mexico (which do observe DST), does observe DST, although the Hopi Nation, as well as some Arizona state offices lying within the Navajo Nation, do not.
The largest city i... | 42,924 | triviaqa-train |
In which town is the University of Surrey based? | University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institution was previously known as Battersea College of Technology and w... | CISF-FM
CISF-FM is an English-language radio station (founded 2015), which broadcasts a combined adult contemporary/community radio format on the frequency of 107.7 MHz/FM in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
The new station is based in the Surrey town centre of Cloverdale and is owned by South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.... | 42,925 | triviaqa-train |
Which 18th century clergyman is considered the founder of Methodism? | the United Methodist Church revealing a much larger number of adherents than registered membership.
History.
History Church origins.
The movement, which would become the United Methodist Church, began in the mid-18th century within the Church of England. A small group of students, including John Wesley, Charles Wesley ... | martyr
- Thomas Haweis, a Church of England minister who was a leading figure in the 18th century evangelical revival
- Silas Hocking, author and preacher
- Joseph Hunkin, Bishop of Truro
- W. S. Lach-Szyrma, clergyman and scholar
- George Martin, Anglican priest; known as "the modern St Anthony"
- Henry Martyn, Anglic... | 42,926 | triviaqa-train |
Which Robert Zemeckis film was the highest-grossing film worldwide of 1985? | diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's "Forrest Gump", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director; the film itself won Best Picture. The films he has directed have ranged across a wide variety of genres, for both adults and families.
Zemeckis' films are characterized by an interest in state-of-t... | What Lies Beneath
What Lies Beneath is a 2000 American supernatural horror film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer as a couple who experience a strange haunting of their home. It was the first film by Zemeckis' production company, ImageMovers. The film opened in 2,813 theaters ... | 42,927 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the nurse who worked during the Crimean War and became known as 'The Black Florence Nightingale'? | evidence before the Royal Commission on the Health of the Army, she came to believe that most of the soldiers at the hospital were killed by poor living conditions. This experience influenced her later career, when she advocated sanitary living conditions as of great importance. Consequently, she reduced peacetime deat... | Dasha from Sevastopol
Darya Lavrentyevna Mikhailova (Дарья Лаврентьевна Михайлова) (November 1836 – 1892) was a Russian nurse during the siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War, from which she became better known by the name Dasha of Sevastopol (Даша Севастопольская). She was one of the founders of modern nursing with F... | 42,928 | triviaqa-train |
The Haber Processis a reaction to nitrogen and hydrogen in order to produce which gas? | large-scale, continuous-flow, high-pressure technology.
Ammonia was first manufactured using the Haber process on an industrial scale in 1913 in BASF's Oppau plant in Germany, reaching 20 tonnes per day the following year. During World War I, the production of munitions required large amounts of nitrate. The Allies had... | Tropsch reaction and artificial nitrogen fixation through the Haber-Bosch process to produce nitrogen fertilizers.
Biotic cycles.
Many microbial metabolisms produce or consume H.
Biotic cycles Production.
Hydrogen is produced by hydrogenases and nitrogenases enzymes in many microorganisms, some of which are being studi... | 42,929 | triviaqa-train |
Who was given the nickname 'the American Moses' after leading the Mormon Pioneers to Utah? | city of Carthage, Illinois. In 1846, religious tensions reached their peak, and in 1848 mobs burned the Latter-day Saint temple in Nauvoo.
According to church belief, God inspired Brigham Young, (Joseph Smith's successor as President of the Church), to call for the Saints (as church members call themselves) to organize... | Mose Christensen
Moses "Mose" Christensen (February 12, 1871 – October 30, 1920) was an American musician, and founder and conductor of the Oregon Symphony (then known as the Portland Symphony Orchestra).
Biography.
Mose was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father, Lars Christensen, had emigrated from Denmark in the e... | 42,930 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is Potsdam, the site of the famous conference after World War II? | . World War II is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom. From late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and ... | in the section of East Prussia allocated to the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference, and included in the area that was organized into Kaliningrad Oblast of the Russian SFSR. The area around Balga became a popular site for grave robbers and treasure hunters hoping to dig up valuables left behind by the castle's previ... | 42,931 | triviaqa-train |
Who stars as the title character in Ridley Scott's 2010 film 'Robin Hood'? | Studios to become The Pinewood Studios Group, which is headquartered in Buckinghamshire, England.
Subsequent films 2000–2005.
Scott's historical drama "Gladiator" (2000) proved to be one of his biggest critical and commercial successes. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for the film's star ... | website's critical consensus reads, "Ridley Scott's revisionist take on this oft-told tale offers some fine acting and a few gripping action sequences, but it's missing the thrill of adventure that made Robin Hood a legend in the first place." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, rates the film at 53% based on a norm... | 42,932 | triviaqa-train |
Who stars as the title character in Mike Newell's 2010 film 'Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time'? | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 2010 American action fantasy film directed by Mike Newell. The film was written by Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 28, 2010. The film s... | filled in some of the narrative gap between "Sands of Time" and "Warrior Within". The game was released in May 2010, timed to tie in with the film adaptation of the first game in the "Sands of Time" subseries, also titled "".
Games "The Sands of Time" series Trilogy collection.
The "Prince of Persia Trilogy" (known as ... | 42,933 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the mother of the puppies in the Disney film 'One Hundred And One Dalmatians'? | Their parents, Pongo and Perdita, set out to save their children from Cruella, all the while rescuing 84 additional puppies that were bought in pet shops, bringing the total of Dalmatians to 101.
Originally released to theaters on January 25, 1961, by Buena Vista Distribution, "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" was a box... | One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based on the 1956 novel "The Hundred and One Dalmatians" by Dodie Smith. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, and Wolfgang Reither... | 42,934 | triviaqa-train |
In the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, what is the name of the ship that sails to 'Treasure Island'? | is one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels. It was originally serialised in the children's magazine "Young Folks" from 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, b... | .
Another possibility is that the island got its name because it resembles someone lying down when seen from the main island. Caja de Muertos can be translated into English as "Coffin" or "Dead Man's Chest".
In 1901, it was suggested by one A. W. Van Buren of Yale University that the island's name may be related to the... | 42,935 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Bulawayo born Charlene Wittstock marry earlier this month? | role in "using the power of sport to change lives".
Marriage.
Charlene met Albert II, Prince of Monaco, in 2000 at the Mare Nostrum swimming meet in Monaco. They were first seen together in 2006. They went public at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Charlene moved in with Albert in 2006. She accompanied... | Early life and family history.
Charlene was born on 25 January 1978 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (renamed Zimbabwe in 1980), the daughter of Michael Kenneth Wittstock (born 1946), a sales manager, and Lynette Wittstock ("née" Humberstone, born 1957), a former competitive diver and swimming coach. Two brothers were born over t... | 42,936 | triviaqa-train |
In which city can you visit the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque? | Sultan Ahmed Mosque
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque () is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A popular tourist site, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque continues to function as a mosque today. The Blue Mosque, as it is popularly known, was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahme... | imperial mosque inside the city walls was the Fatih Mosque (1470) which was built on the site of the Church of the Holy Apostles, an important Byzantine church which was originally edificed in the time of Constantine the Great. Many other imperial mosques were built in the following centuries, such as the famous Süleym... | 42,937 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Hurricane Katrina strike New Orleans? | in the United States, and it was the largest city in the American South from the Antebellum era until after World War II. The city's location and flat elevation have historically made it very vulnerable to flooding. State and federal authorities have installed a complex system of levees and drainage pumps in an effort ... | clinics and health centers in the area.
In the year following Katrina's strike on the Gulf Coast, The Salvation Army allocated donations of more than $365 million to serve more than 1.7 million people in nearly every state. The organization's immediate response to Hurricane Katrina included more than 5.7 million hot me... | 42,938 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted 'Going To The Match' a painting of a crowd on its way to Burnden Park, Bolton? | L. S. Lowry
Laurence Stephen Lowry (; 1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist. Many of his drawings and paintings depict Pendlebury, Lancashire, where he lived and worked for more than 40 years, and also Salford and its surrounding areas.
Lowry is famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial d... | regatta"
- 1950 "The Pond" — the image was used as a Christmas card by Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1964
- 1952 "Ancoats Hospital Outpatients Hall" — a rare internal scene, showing Ancoats Hospital and given to The Whitworth Gallery in 1975.
- 1953 "Football Ground" — fans converging on Bolton Wanderers's old footba... | 42,939 | triviaqa-train |
Which 'Doctor Who' was assisted by 'Zoe Herriot' played by Wendy Padbury and 'Jamie McCrimmon' played by Frazer Hines? | older material stored in the BBC's various video tape and film libraries were either destroyed, wiped, or suffered from poor storage which led to severe deterioration from broadcast quality. This included many old episodes of "Doctor Who", mostly stories featuring the first two Doctors: William Hartnell and Patrick Tro... | , respectively, played Ian Chesterton and Susan Foreman.
The second release is "The Second Doctor Boxset", another four-disc boxed set including Dick Sharples' "The Prison in Space". Sharples' story has been adapted by Simon Guerrier, and is performed by Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury, who played Jamie McCrimmon and Zo... | 42,940 | triviaqa-train |
A volcanic eruption in which country caused travel chaos and many cancelled flights in the southern hemisphere last month? | Tropic of Cancer (i.e., in the Northern Hemisphere), the Moon moves from right to left during solar eclipses.
Cyclones and tropical storms spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere (as opposed to anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) due to the Coriolis effect.
The southern temperate zone, a subsection of the South... | eye irritation did not rise significantly.
Effects of the ash plume on air travel.
Volcanic ash is a major hazard to aircraft. Smoke and ash from eruptions reduce visibility for visual navigation, and microscopic debris in the ash can sandblast windscreens and melt in the heat of aircraft turbine engines, damaging engi... | 42,941 | triviaqa-train |
Which war is the setting for Hemingway's novel 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'? | For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segov... | Bell Tolls" begins with a bell tolling, followed by a marching riff and high-register bass melody. The chromatic introduction, which Burton wrote before he joined Metallica, is often mistaken for an electric guitar but is actually Burton's bass guitar augmented with distortion and a wah-wah pedal. The lyrics were inspi... | 42,942 | triviaqa-train |
By what one word name is Portuguese footballer Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha known? | Nani
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha (born 17 November 1986), commonly known as Nani (), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Orlando City SC in Major League Soccer. He represents Portugal in international football, and has played over 100 times for the senior national team. Although predomina... | , the eurozone, the OECD, and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.
Etymology.
The word Portugal derives from the Roman-Celtic place name Portus Cale; a city where present-day Vila Nova de Gaia now stands, at the mouth of the River Douro in the north of what is now Portugal. The name of the city is from the L... | 42,943 | triviaqa-train |
The four bases of DNA are usually referred to by letters. A, C and T are three. Which is the fourth letter? | composed of simpler monomeric units called nucleotides. Each nucleotide is composed of one of four nitrogen-containing nucleobases (cytosine [C], guanine [G], adenine [A] or thymine [T]), a sugar called deoxyribose, and a phosphate group. The nucleotides are joined to one another in a chain by covalent bonds between th... | 's leadership. In the years that were to come, Adelsheim's history was shaped by its schools: the "Volksschule" moved onto the Eckenberg in 1958, and farther into the forest a few years later, the Gymnasium with its boarding school was established.
Politics.
Mayors ("Bürgermeister")
- Klaus Gramlich (current)
- Walter ... | 42,944 | triviaqa-train |
On which canal is 'Neptune's Staircase', the longest staircase lock in the UK? | can still be seen, although the capstans themselves have been removed.
History.
The Caledonian Canal was conceived by the engineer Thomas Telford after the government asked him to look at measures which might stem emigration from the Highlands. He suggested that the construction of public works would provide employment... | Canal pound
A canal pound, reach, or level (American usage), is the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks. Canal pounds can vary in length from the non-existent, where two or more immediately adjacent locks form a lock staircase, to many miles.
The longest canal pound in the United Kingdom is between... | 42,945 | triviaqa-train |
Who voiced 'Dougal' in the 2005 film 'The Magic Roundabout'? | Brian and Dylan going on a quest to stop Zebadee's evil twin, who intends on creating an eternal winter. It was made using modern computer animation, and adopted the approach of the original creator, Serge Danot, of giving each character its own voice rather than using a narrator. The voices included Tom Baker, Joanna ... | up being imprisoned, except for Dougal, who made a plan to rescue his friends. Among the film's many highlights, Buxton made a disguised Dougal face his ultimate weakness by locking him in a room full of sugar. The Blue Voice was voiced by Fenella Fielding and was the only time that Eric Thompson called in another pers... | 42,946 | triviaqa-train |
Yelena Bonner who died last month was the wife of which Soviet dissident and physicist, winner of the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize? | were imprisoned. Cases of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union were divulged by Amnesty International in 1975 and by The Committee for the Defense of Soviet Political Prisoners in 1975 and 1976.
US President Jimmy Carter in his inaugural address on 20 January 1977 announced that human rig... | nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975.
- Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov — a Soviet physicist, the President of the USSR Academy of Sciences from July 1945 until his death. His elder brother Nikolai Vavilov was a famous Russian geneticist.
Faculties.
- Classical a... | 42,947 | triviaqa-train |
'Hev Yew Gotta Loight Boy?' is the most famous song recorded by Allan Smethurst. How was he known on stage? | Allan Smethurst
Allan Francis Smethurst (19 November 1927 – 24 December 2000), aka The Singing Postman was an English folk singer and postman. He is best known for his self-penned novelty song, "Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?", which earned him an Ivor Novello Award in 1966, and "A Miss from Diss".
Life and career.
Born in... | How a Love Song Was Born"
- 1955 – "Something's Gotta Give" / "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road"
- 1955 – "Seventeen" "(cover of Boyd Bennett)" / "Meet Me on the Corner" "(cover of Max Bygraves)" – UK No. 18
- 1956 – "My Boy Flat Top" "(cover of Dorothy Collins, also recorded by Boyd Bennett)" / "Stealin'" – UK No. 2... | 42,948 | triviaqa-train |
Tripoli in Libya is often known as Western Tripoli to distinguish it from the second largest city in which other country? | -of-the-West ( ), to distinguish it from its Phoenician sister city Tripoli, Lebanon, known in Arabic as "Ṭarābulus al-Sham" (), meaning "Levantine Tripoli". It is affectionately called "The Mermaid of the Mediterranean" ( ; lit: "bride of the sea"), describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripol... | country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over one million of Libya's six million people. The second-largest city is Benghazi, which is located in eastern Libya.
Libya has been inhabit... | 42,949 | triviaqa-train |
Which Australian state capital lies on the Swan River? | Australia) – that was constituted in 1989 after legislation passed the previous year, that reports to the Minister for the Environment. It brings together eight representatives from the community, State and local government authorities with an interest in the Swan and Canning rivers to form a single body responsible fo... | Swan Reach, Victoria
Swan Reach is a small residential town located in the east Gippsland region of Victoria. It is situated east of the state capital, Melbourne and is located approximately halfway between the townships of Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance on the Tambo River. Swan Reach falls under the jurisdiction of the... | 42,950 | triviaqa-train |
The forces of which king won the Battle of the Boyne? | Battle of the Boyne
The Battle of the Boyne ( ) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James VII and II of Scotland, England and Ireland and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1689. The b... | . On 11 February 1690 Cotter was appointed Governor of the City of Cork, and in April was empowered to collect taxes from the whole of County Cork. Following King James' defeat at the Battle of the Boyne, at the start of the campaign of 1691, Sir James Cotter was made Brigadier General in command of all the Jacobite fo... | 42,951 | triviaqa-train |
'Alfred Jingle' and 'Serjeant Buzfuz' appear in which Dickens novel? | , shocking. Looking at Whitehall Sir, – fine place – little window – somebody else's head off there, eh, Sir? – he didn't keep a sharp look-out either – eh, sir, eh?" ("Pickwick Papers" Chapter 2)
After subjecting the Pickwickians to various tricks and affronts Jingle is pursued by them by coach from town to town. Elud... | 's Theatre as the first Orelia in Lewis Filmore's "Winning Suit." In 1869 she was allowed to direct herself in the play "Pindee Singh, the Pearl of Oude" by C. H. Stephenson, which was the opening performance of the Royal Albert Theatre. Unfortunately the play was not a success.
In 1871 Sedgwick was commended for her p... | 42,952 | triviaqa-train |
Which pop group comprised John Gorman, Roger McGough and Mike McGear? | John Gorman (entertainer)
John Gorman (born 4 January 1936 in Birkenhead, Cheshire), is an English comedian, vocalist and comedy musician.
The Scaffold.
After grammar school, Gorman worked as a Telecommunications Engineer. He was the founder of the comedy music group The Scaffold, best known for their 1967 hit single "... | even some of the humour. Unfortunately for them, by the time their sole album "Lucky Planet" was released in 1970, the members had already disbanded and were moving on to other projects.
Career GRIMMS and Monty Python.
In 1973, Innes worked with Andy Roberts, Adrian Henri, Roger McGough, Mike McGear, Brian Patten, John... | 42,953 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish racing driver scored one point on his Formula One debut at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix, racing for the Force India team? | did not reflect the vast improvement Force India had made from the start of the season.
History 2010 season.
The team announced on 27 November 2009, that it was to keep Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi for the 2010 season. The team tested Paul di Resta and J. R. Hildebrand at Jerez, with di Resta setting a much faste... | Sauber C32
The Sauber C32 was a Formula One racing car designed and built by the Sauber team for use in the 2013 Formula One season. It was driven by Esteban Gutiérrez in his Formula One debut alongside Nico Hülkenberg, who joined the team after racing for Force India in 2012. The car was launched on 2 February 2013.
D... | 42,954 | triviaqa-train |
Which city, also the title of a Kipling poem, is the second largest in Myanmar (Burma)? | Mandalay
Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).
Mandalay was founded in 1857 by King Mindon, replacing Amarapura as the new royal capital of the Konbaung dynasty. It wa... | Black Tyrone
The "Black Tyrones" are a fictional Irish regiment mentioned in the works of Rudyard Kipling. The poem "The Ballad of Boh Da Thone" mentions their service in Burma (modern Myanmar) in pursuit of a prince-turned-robber named Da Thone and the vain efforts of Captain "Crook" O'Neil and his Black Tyrones to ca... | 42,955 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the horse ridden by Dick Francis that fell while leading in the 56 Grand National? | Dick Francis
Richard Stanley Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British crime writer, and former steeplechase jockey, whose novels centre on horse racing in England.
After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of ... | his horse towards him in order to prevent him remounting. Powell was knocked back to the ground and forced to retire from the race through injury. He did not however lodge any protest on his return to the weighing room, suggesting that the act was considered part of the game. The winner of this race was The Duke, ridde... | 42,956 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the musical Call Me Madam? | Call Me Madam
Call Me Madam is a musical written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.
The musical is a satire on politics and foreign policy that spoofs post-war America's penchant for lending billions of dollars to needy countries. It centers on Sally Adams, a well-meaning but i... | Me Madam" was a particular success. Under a headline, "'Madam' Even Better on Screen," Alton Cook wrote, "Scenarist Arthur Sheekman has achieved his good result with small and sly changes along the way, making the humor flow more steadily and giving some of it a sharper edge." The Screen Writers' Guild nominated "Call ... | 42,957 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first British ship lost in the Falklands War? | "Horizon" programme, "In the Wake of HMS Sheffield", which discussed lessons learned from the conflict, and measures since taken to implement them, such as stealth ships and close-in weapon systems.
Aftermath Memorials.
There are several memorials on the Falkland Islands themselves, the most notable of which is the 198... | would, in 1982, become the first British merchant ship to be lost to enemy action since World War II, after being requisitioned for use in the Falklands War.
The agreements to containerise Cunard's freight operations had returned the overall Cunard group to profitability, with the shipping line now profitable and the p... | 42,958 | triviaqa-train |
Which brand of cigarettes did former US president Ronald Reagan advertise in the fifties? | the basis for "Smoke Dreams", covered by Jo Stafford, k.d. lang, and other artists.
Liggett & Myers sponsored "Dragnet", both on radio and on TV, during the 1950s. The 1954 theatrical version of "Dragnet" also had Chesterfield product placements, such as advertisements in scenes taking place at drug stores and news cou... | presented since 1961 to global corporations and leaders including US President Ronald Reagan, Soviet leader Leonid Breznev and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of Liberia. De Santis has focused his think tank work on the development of anticipatory governance and foresight development tools which he believes will dramat... | 42,959 | triviaqa-train |
What famous London building did John Nash rebuild in 1825? | Arch, and Buckingham Palace; his best known collaboration with James Burton is Regent Street; and his best-known collaborations with Decimus Burton are Regent's Park and its terraces and Carlton House Terrace. The majority of his buildings, including those to the design of which the Burtons did not contribute, were bui... | where linens, seeds and other agricultural produce were marketed at its famous market. In 1802, Col William Stewart (James Stewart's unmarried son) approached the famous London architect, John Nash and requested that he visit the area to rebuild the Castle of Killymoon which had been burnt in 1801. The Castle was built... | 42,960 | triviaqa-train |
Which Jane Austen novel tells the story of the Bertram family? | irony, along with her realism, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike.
With the publications of "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814) and "Emma" (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. S... | Love, Lies and Lizzie
Love, Lies and Lizzie, a young adult romance novel, is the fourth installment of Rosie Rushton's Jane Austen in the 21st Century series.
Plot summary.
The book, which was published in 2009, is based on Jane Austen's novel: "Pride and Prejudice". It tells the story of the main character, Lizzie Ben... | 42,961 | triviaqa-train |
Which American motor manufacturer used to make the Fury? | Plymouth Fury
The Plymouth Fury is a model of automobile which was produced by Plymouth from 1955 to 1989. It was introduced for the 1956 model year as a sub-series of the Plymouth Belvedere, becoming a separate series one level above the contemporary Belvedere for 1959. The Fury was a full-size car from 1959 to 1961, ... | Oakland Motor Car Company
The Oakland Motor Car Company of Pontiac, Michigan, was an American automobile manufacturer and division of General Motors. Purchased by General Motors in 1909, the company continued to produce modestly priced automobiles until 1931 when the brand was dropped in favor of the division's Pontiac... | 42,962 | triviaqa-train |
Which fictional character lived at 32 Windsor Gardens, London? | Paddington Bear
Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 in the children's book "A Bear Called Paddington" and has been featured in more than twenty books written by British author Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and other artists. The friendl... | truth and the philosophy of language. In educated opinion, at least, it is commonly reputed as true that "Sherlock Holmes lived in London". (see David Lewis 'Truth in Fiction', American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 15. No. 1, January 1978) It is also considered true that "Samuel Pepys lived in London". Yet Sherlock Ho... | 42,963 | triviaqa-train |
What is the longest running show staged at London's Royal Drury Lane theatre? | Oklahoma!" (1947–1953), "My Fair Lady" (1958–1963), "42nd Street" (1984–1989, 2017–2019) and "Miss Saigon" (1989–1999), the theatre's longest-running show. The theatre is owned by the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
First theatre: Theatre Royal, Bridges Street (1663).
After the eleven-year-long Puritan Interregnum, which... | connections to get a reprieve for him.
Productions.
The musical was first produced at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 23 March 1939, directed by Novello's frequent collaborator Leontine Sagan. Novello starred opposite Mary Ellis. It closed at the start of the Second World War in September 1939 after 187 performan... | 42,964 | triviaqa-train |
Which company is famous for making the trouser presses that you find in the bedrooms of most decent hotels? | Trouser press
A trouser press, also referred to by the trademarked name Corby trouser press, is an electrical appliance used to smooth the wrinkles from a pair of trousers (pants). They are commonly provided in hotel rooms worldwide, though may also be purchased for home use; they are generally associated with use by b... | most famous area for Pojangmacha but you can still find some decent food in Gwangjang and Namdaemun markets. Some pojangmacha in Jongno and other areas now offer set menus, with a combination of individual snacks put together in one plate.
When watching Korean television dramas, there is continuing importance of the po... | 42,965 | triviaqa-train |
Which English artist painted The Blue Boy and The Hay Wagon? | The Blue Boy
The Blue Boy (c. 1770) is a full-length portrait in oil by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
History.
Perhaps Gainsborough's most famous work, it is thought to be a portrait of Jonathan Buttall (1752–1805), the son of a wealthy hardware merchant, although this has ... | The car needed a new paint job after Lennon used it in Spain during his filming in Richard Lester’s How I Won the War
Lennon commissioned a custom paint job from private coach makers J.P. Fallon Ltd. in the style of a Romany gypsy wagon (not "psychedelic" as often referenced). Artist Steve Weaver painted the red, oran... | 42,966 | triviaqa-train |
For what team did Michael Schumacher drive in his first grand prix? | Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher (; ; born 3 January 1969) is a retired German racing driver who raced in Formula One for Jordan Grand Prix, Benetton and Ferrari, where he spent most of his career, as well as for Mercedes upon his return to the sport. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers ever... | . Minardi later announced that Yoong would not drive for the team in 2003 but did not rule out any further involvement.
Yoong returned for the Italian Grand Prix. Despite an electronic problem at his pitstop which cost him several minutes, Yoong finished ahead of Sato in 13th. In the United States, his form improved t... | 42,967 | triviaqa-train |
What does the Latin phrase caveat emptor mean? | Caveat emptor
Caveat emptor (; from "caveat", "may he beware", a subjunctive form of "cavēre", "to beware" + "ēmptor", "buyer") is Latin for "Let the buyer beware". Generally, "caveat emptor" is the contract law principle that controls the sale of real property after the date of closing, but may also apply to sales of ... | Latin American communities and video games
A video game is a type of game which is played on a TV, computer, or mobile phone. Video games are involving Latin American communities more and more. This page talks about populations of Latin America and Latino gamers: What games they like to play? Do they play on their comp... | 42,968 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the lead singer on the Sugarcubes 1992 song called Hit? | The Sugarcubes
The Sugarcubes (Icelandic: Sykurmolarnir) were an Icelandic alternative rock band from Reykjavík formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. For most of their career, the band consisted of Björk (vocals, keyboards), Einar Örn Benediktsson (vocals, trumpet), Þór Eldon (guitar), Bragi Ólafsson (bass), Margrét "M... | band Snow Patrol. The album contains a cover version of The Sugarcubes' 1992 song "Hit".
Singles.
"Once" was released as the album's lead single on 19 April 2010. Upon its release it generated mainly positive reviews from critics, with the most positive coming from Nick Levine of Digital Spy who called it a "straight u... | 42,969 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Daily Planet's editor in the Superman series of comics and films? | Daily Planet
The Daily Planet is a fictional broadsheet newspaper appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Superman. The newspaper was first mentioned in "Action Comics" #23 (April 1940). The "Daily Planet" building's most distinguishing and famous feature is the enormous g... | The story features what Johns and DC Executive Editor Dan DiDio called a "definitive" telling of the origin story of Superman, dealing with his life in Smallville, his first adventure with the Legion of Super-Heroes as Superboy, and his arrival in Metropolis and at the Daily Planet.
Comics career 2010s.
In 2012, Frank ... | 42,970 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shangri La's single had the sound of seagulls in the background? | The Shangri-Las
The Shangri-Las were an American pop girl group of the 1960s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with teen melodramas, and remain especially known for their hits "Leader of the Pack", "Remember (Walking in the Sand)", and "Give Him a Great Big Kiss".
Early career.
The group was formed at Andrew Jackson ... | the Delrons who were still playing live in the US at that time. The B-side is "Your Life is Gone", a dramatic story song similar to The Shangri-La's' "Leader of the Pack". In the US, it was released on Laurie Records, who had released the Delrons first single back in 1964. The production of "Octopus's Garden" uses some... | 42,971 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Sadie King in Emmerdale? | Sadie King
Sadie King (also Campbell and Sinclair) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale", played by Patsy Kensit. She made her first appearance on 10 May 2004 and departed two years later on 21 September 2006.
The character originally appeared as the wife of Jimmy King (Nick Miles), the ... | it to Jimmy, who was furious with Sadie. To hurt both Tom and Sadie, Charity seduced Jimmy, who was unaware he was being videotaped. At Jimmy's 40th birthday party Charity marched in and played the video, which Sadie had set her up. Tom was furious and begged Charity to take him back, but she refused, saying that she n... | 42,972 | triviaqa-train |
What is the main street of Edinburgh called? | Queen Street, Hanover Street, Frederick Street and Princes Street (in honour of George's two sons).
In the second half of the century, the city was at the heart of the Scottish Enlightenment, when thinkers like David Hume, Adam Smith, James Hutton and Joseph Black were familiar figures in its streets. Edinburgh became ... | the local schools are running to full capacity due to the massive increase in population over the last ten years.
Linlithgow is also home to a major computing centre owned by Oracle. Former industries include the St. Magdalene's distillery, the Nobel explosives works, paper mills and many tanneries.
Geography.
The town... | 42,973 | triviaqa-train |
In criminal slang, what is a dip? | Pickpocketing
Pickpocketing is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person or a victim without them noticing the theft at the time. It may involve considerable dexterity and a knack for misdirection. A thief who works in this manner is known as a pickpocket.
As an occupation... | to world music. These songs are sometimes termed "blatnaya muzika" ("criminal music"), which is also the name of a guide to criminal slang used by NKVD agents, the predecessors of the KGB. Some collections identify these songs as "ulichnaia pesnia" or "street songs" (Russian: уличные песни), allowing for the inclusion ... | 42,974 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the main pub in The Archers? | for the population at large, attracting nine million listeners by 1953.
Synopsis.
"The Archers" is set in the fictional village of Ambridge in the fictional county of Borsetshire, in England. Borsetshire is situated between what are, in reality, the contiguous counties of Worcestershire and Warwickshire, south of Birmi... | health centre and play area by the local row of shops on Redwood Road. Currently on this row of shops are two convenience stores, a computer repair shop, a chip shop, fruit and veg store, a takeout cafe, hairdressers, a barbers and a chemist. There is also a pub on Thorncroft Way which has altered from its original nam... | 42,975 | triviaqa-train |
Who won Pop Idol in 2002? | Will Young
William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor from Wokingham, England, who came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest "Pop Idol", making him the first winner of the worldwide "Idol" franchise. His double A-sided debut single "An... | Idol Poland (season 1)
Idol Poland (season 1) was the first season of "Idol Poland". It was the first international adaption of the British singing competition "Pop Idol" and the first show that went by the simple title "Idol". It premiered in April 5, 2002, one month after the final of the original series, and lasted ... | 42,976 | triviaqa-train |
The opening credits of which TV show showed Neil Kinnock falling over on his backside on Brighton Beach? | .
Neil Kinnock is a Cardiff City F.C. fan and regularly attends matches. He is also a follower of rugby union and supports London Welsh RFC at club level, regularly attending Wales games.
He was portrayed by both Chris Barrie and Steve Coogan in the satirical TV programme, "Spitting Image" and by Euan Cuthbertson in th... | , Labour leader Neil Kinnock commented: "Law makers must not be law breakers."
In popular culture, the punk band The Exploited featured the song "Don't Pay The Poll Tax" in their album "The Massacre", which was released on 15 April 1990.
Political consequences.
After the poll tax was announced, opinion polls showed the... | 42,977 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the Tarzan books? | Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton II, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the "Mangani" great apes; he later experiences civilization only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in t... | subsequent books in the series received a cooler reception and have been criticized for being derivative and formulaic. The characters are often said to be two-dimensional, the dialogue wooden, and the storytelling devices (such as excessive reliance on coincidence) strain credulity. According to author Rudyard Kipling... | 42,978 | triviaqa-train |
Where was Patsy Gallant travelling to and from in her seventies hit song? | "Power" in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Although the album spawned four moderately popular singles with "Save the Last Dance For Me", "Make My Living", "Doctor's Orders" and the title song "Upon My Own", they were not a commercial breakthrough.
Career Disco Diva.
Gallant's greatest pop success came when she tea... | disque de Montréal for the song. Later that same year, Monique Leyrac performed it at the International Song Festival in Sopot, Poland, taking first prize with it.
In 1976 "Mon Pays" was reworked into the disco song "From New York to L.A." recorded by Patsy Gallant. This song with English lyrics by Gene Williams unrela... | 42,979 | triviaqa-train |
What was the currency of Greece before the Euro? | Currency Unit (ECU) would equal one euro. The European Currency Unit was an accounting unit used by the EU, based on the currencies of the member states; it was not a currency in its own right. They could not be set earlier, because the ECU depended on the closing exchange rate of the non-euro currencies (principally t... | possible for a Member State to do so.
See also.
- Brexit
- Frexit
- Nexit
- 2015 Greek bailout referendum
- Multi-speed Europe
- Withdrawal from the Eurozone
- Withdrawal from the European Union
- Currency substitution
External links.
- "Viewpoints: What if Greece exits euro"? 14 May 2012 BBC News
- "'Bloody doomsday m... | 42,980 | triviaqa-train |
Who hosted the first edition of Top of the Pops? | from the "Top of the Pops" archives.
In the 1990s, the show's format was sold to several foreign broadcasters in the form of a franchise package, and at one point various versions of the show were shown in nearly 100 countries. Editions of the programme from the 1970s (and now 1980s) are being repeated on most Thursday... | from May 1960. Although the show was broadcast in black and white, Savile dyed his hair a different colour every week.
On New Year's Day 1964 he presented the first edition of the BBC music chart television programme "Top of the Pops" from a television studio in a converted church in Dickenson Road, Rusholme, Mancheste... | 42,981 | triviaqa-train |
What was Bruce Springsteen's first number one album in the UK titled? | Dark" (1984), "Born in the U.S.A." (1984), "Glory Days" (1985), "Brilliant Disguise" (1987), "Human Touch" (1992), and "Streets of Philadelphia" (1994). He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award (for "Springsteen on Broadway"). Springst... | after the success of "Get Lucky" and "Blurred Lines", but what is surprising is its lyrical content, which is celebratory of women's power and sexuality, unlike his Robin Thicke collaboration."
Commercial performance.
"Girl" debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on March 9, 2014. With first-week sales of over 70... | 42,982 | triviaqa-train |
Mart Poom who played in goal for Portsmouth, Derby County, Sunderland and Watford won 120 caps for which country? | Mart Poom
Mart Poom (; ; born 3 February 1972) is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Estonia national football team.
Poom played as a goalkeeper for Lõvid, Sport Tallinn, KuPS, Flora, Wil, Portsmouth, Derby County, Sunderland, Arsenal, and Watford. Po... | was forced further down Sunderland's pecking order after they signed Mart Poom on loan from Derby County and after considering handing in a transfer request he joined Third Division club Darlington on a one-month loan on 22 November 2002. He made three appearances before returning to Sunderland in December. He played f... | 42,983 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Oz in Auf Wiedersehen Pet? | and "Porridge". It starred Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall, Christopher Fairbank, Pat Roach and Gary Holton, with Noel Clarke replacing Holton for series three and four and the two-part finale. The series were broadcast on ITV in 1983–84 and 1986. After a fifteen-year gap, two series and a Christmas... | Leonard Jeffrey "Oz" Osborne on "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet", an ITV comedy drama about construction workers on the job, first in Germany, then Spain, the USA, Cuba and finally Thailand. The show made him famous.
In 2000 he began work on reviving the "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" series, this time for the BBC. It was filmed in Mid... | 42,984 | triviaqa-train |
Who was lost in France in 1976? | Lost in France
"Lost in France" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released as a single in September 1976 by RCA Records, written by her producers and songwriters Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe. "Lost in France" was Tyler's second single and first chart hit in her career, which featured on her debut ... | AS Saint-Étienne, when they were the most successful and popular football team in France. He was a sinuous and incisive outside right who was nicknamed l"'Ange Vert" ("The Green Angel"). Injured, he played only the last eight minutes of the 1976 European Champion Clubs' Cup final, which Saint-Étienne lost 1–0 to Bayern... | 42,985 | triviaqa-train |
Which female singer had a top ten hit in 1999 with Not Over You Yet? | Not Over You Yet
"Not Over You Yet" is a song by Diana Ross from the twentieth studio album Every Day Is a New Day (1999). The song was her final hit single of the 1990s in the UK, which was remixed and became a Top 10 hit, peaking at #9. A videoclip was produced for promotional purposes. Ross performed the song on the... | demo singer before both Waters and she became songwriters at CBS Records, and then MTM Records. Louise Mandrell had a top-10 hit in 1984 with "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet", which the two co-wrote. By 1985, Dunn was signed to a record contract with MTM.
Dunn's first two releases — "Playing for Keeps" and "My Heart Ho... | 42,986 | triviaqa-train |
Tony Blair has two middle names. What are they? | Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997. As of 2017, Blair is the last British Labour Party leader to have wo... | could not use them for making biological weapons. They do not even look like them. They are exactly what the Iraqis said they were - facilities for the production of hydrogen gas to fill balloons." It was confirmed later that this expert was Dr David Kelly
June 20, 2003 MP Paul Flynn: "To ask the Prime Minister what a... | 42,987 | triviaqa-train |
What's the name of the river in John Constable's painting 'The Haywain'? | The Hay Wain
The Hay Wain – originally titled Landscape: Noon – is a painting by John Constable, finished in 1821, which depicts a rural scene on the River Stour between the English counties of Suffolk and Essex. It hangs in the National Gallery in London and is regarded as "Constable's most famous image" and one of th... | 100 Great Paintings
100 Great Paintings is a British television series broadcast in 1980 on BBC 2, devised by Edwin Mullins. He chose 20 thematic groups, such as war, the Adoration, the language of color, the hunt, and bathing, picking five paintings from each. The selection ranges from 12th-century China through the 1... | 42,988 | triviaqa-train |
What is the correct name for 'Petticoat Lane' in London? | Petticoat Lane Market
Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market in Spitalfields in Central London and is in the East End. It consists of two adjacent street markets. Wentworth Street Market is open six days a week and Middlesex Street Market is open on Sunday only.
The modern market.
It is one of a number ... | for example several streets in Spitalfields, London and Tenterfield House in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, which is turn gave its name to Tenterfield in New South Wales, Australia.
London.
The Spitalfields Tenterground was established in the 17th century by Flemish weavers, who were Huguenot refugees fleeing reli... | 42,989 | triviaqa-train |
David Bowie and Elton John were born in the same year. What year? | Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums. John has sold more than 300million records, making him one of the world's best-se... | early sound. That same year, they sang background vocals on Laura Nyro's album, "Gonna Take a Miracle". A year later, in 1972, the group released "Moon Shadow", which repeated the homegrown gritty sound of the previous album. In 1973, influenced by glam rockers David Bowie and Elton John, Wickham had the group dressed ... | 42,990 | triviaqa-train |
Cherylin Sarkasia LaPier is better known as who? | , not music, is Cher Bono's main ingredient for both records and TV." The album has since become a cult classic and is generally considered among her best work.
On February 16, 1975, Cher returned to television with a solo show on CBS. Called "Cher", it began as a highly rated special with guests Flip Wilson, Elton Joh... | in 1994. Barry was replaced in 1995 by bassist Marty Key, known as Marty Violence, shortly before the group signed to California-based punk rock label Lookout! Records. Headley left the group in 1997 and was briefly replaced by Jonathan Fuller (of Sleepytime Trio) and more permanently by Fred LaPier, who played with th... | 42,991 | triviaqa-train |
Which Beatle was the producer of the Monty Python film 'The Life of Brian'? | Gospel According to St. Brian", was ready by Christmas 1976. The final pre-production draft was ready in January 1978, following "a concentrated two-week writing and water-skiing period in Barbados". The film would not have been made without Python fan former Beatle George Harrison, who set up HandMade Films to help fu... | Monty Python's The Life of Brian / Monty Python Scrapbook
Monty Python's The Life of Brian/MONTYPYTHONSCRAPBOOK is a large format book by Monty Python, released in 1979 to tie in with their film "Monty Python's Life of Brian". As the title suggests, it consists of two separate books joined together. The first contains ... | 42,992 | triviaqa-train |
Which planet of the solar system has its 27 moons named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope? | , 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... | Moons of Neptune
Neptune has 14 known moons, which are named for minor water deities in Greek mythology. By far the largest of them is Triton, discovered by William Lassell on October 10, 1846, 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself; over a century passed before the discovery of the second natural satellite, Ner... | 42,993 | triviaqa-train |
What is the SI unit of temperature? | .
The United States commonly uses the Fahrenheit scale, on which water freezes at and boils at at sea-level atmospheric pressure.
Many scientific measurements use the Kelvin temperature scale (unit symbol: K), named in honor of the Scots-Irish physicist who first defined it. It is a thermodynamic or absolute temperatur... | Celsius
The Celsius scale, also known as the centigrade scale, is a temperature scale used by the International System of Units (SI). As an SI derived unit, it is used worldwide. In the United States, the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands and Liberia however, Fahrenheit remains the preferred scale for everyday temper... | 42,994 | triviaqa-train |
LSD is a synthetic derivative of which type of naturally occurring growth? | and 2 from "Thermococcus" S557 and "Methanocaldococcus jannaschii", respectively.
Sources Eukaryotic.
Sources Eukaryotic Fungi.
Several anti-infective medications have been derived from fungi including penicillin and the cephalosporins (antibacterial drugs from "Penicillium chrysogenum" and "Cephalosporium acremonium",... | Uses.
In addition to the naturally occurring ergonovine (used as an oxytocic) and ergotamine (a vasoconstrictor used to control migraine), synthetic derivatives of importance are the oxytocic methergine, the anti-migraine drugs dihydroergotamine and methysergide, hydergine (a mixture of dihydroergotoxine mesylates, INN... | 42,995 | triviaqa-train |
On the Mohs scale of hardness, what is the second hardest mineral, after diamond? | anion and primarily ionic bonding. They can be further subdivided by the ratio of oxygen to the cations. The periclase group consists of minerals with a 1:1 ratio. Oxides with a 2:1 ratio include cuprite (CuO) and water ice. Corundum group minerals have a 2:3 ratio, and includes minerals such as corundum (AlO), and hem... | this property exists in kyanite, which has a Mohs hardness of 5½ parallel to [001] but 7 parallel to [100].
The most common scale of measurement is the ordinal Mohs hardness scale. Defined by ten indicators, a mineral with a higher index scratches those below it. The scale ranges from talc, a phyllosilicate, to diamond... | 42,996 | triviaqa-train |
Who flew in Vostok 1? | Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule Vostok 1 completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international cel... | 2-1/2 minutes of launch (after payload shroud jettison, the descent module could simply be detached). Although work had begun on a LES in 1962, it was not ready yet and so the engineers and cosmonauts simply had to gamble that the booster functioned properly during ascent, as by 1964, the R-7's success rate was improvi... | 42,997 | triviaqa-train |
What is the SI unit of frequency (used in measuring audio and radio transmissions among many others)? | Radio
Radio is the technology of signaling or communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by a radio recei... | it is an absolute unit, used when measuring absolute power. By comparison, the decibel (dB) is a dimensionless unit, used for quantifying the ratio between two values, such as signal-to-noise ratio.
The dBm is also dimensionless but since it compares to a fixed reference value the dBm rating is an absolute one.
In aud... | 42,998 | triviaqa-train |
Which gas has the chemical formula CO? | organic solvents, not from CO. For instance, iridium trichloride and triphenylphosphine react in boiling 2-methoxyethanol or DMF to afford IrCl(CO)(PPh).
Metal carbonyls in coordination chemistry are usually studied using infrared spectroscopy.
Organic and main group chemistry.
In the presence of strong acids and water... | the chemical formula Mg(HBO)(CO)∙5HO, which makes it a carboborate mineral. Having two complete chemical analyses and one partial gives MgO (31.06),BO(12.70),CO(18.57)HO(37.44) and MgO (31.18),BO(13.47),CO(17.02)HO(38.33) in weight % oxides. Taking eleven oxygen ions, one can calculate from this data the empirical form... | 42,999 | triviaqa-train |
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