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What was the Wright Brother's first successful aeroplane called? | "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight". By 1905, the Wright Flyer III was capable of fully controllable, stable flight for substantial periods. The Wright brothers credited Otto Lilienthal as a major inspiration for their decision to pursue manned flight.
In 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont mad... | many minds [but] pre-eminence will undoubtedly be given to the Wright brothers [...] as they were actually the first to make successful flights with a motor-driven aeroplane". In the 1928 letter, he recounted what happened during those early attempts: "At the trials it would start to rise off the ground when a speed of... | 43,000 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the study of the motion of the earth's crust? | of which occurs under the oceans because the crust there is much thinner than that of the continents.
Physical characteristics Tectonic plates.
Earth's mechanically rigid outer layer, the lithosphere, is divided into tectonic plates. These plates are rigid segments that move relative to each other at one of three bound... | .
San Francisco Bay is thought to represent a down-warping of the Earth's crust between the San Andreas Fault to the west and the Hayward Fault to the east, though the precise nature of this remains under study. About 560,000 years ago, a tectonic shift caused the large inland Lake Corcoran to spill out the central val... | 43,001 | triviaqa-train |
Graphite is composed of which element? | molten steel, and can also be used to lubricate the dies used to extrude hot steel. Carbon additives are subject to competitive pricing from alternatives such as synthetic graphite powder, petroleum coke, and other forms of carbon. A carbon raiser is added to increase the carbon content of the steel to the specified le... | Metco 308
Metco 308 is a graphite cermet powder used to lubricate gas turbine and jet engines. It is applied using a combustion gas spray gun such as the Metco 6p gun or equivalent. It operates in service temperatures up to . It is composed of 85% nickel and 15% graphite, Metco 308 produces what is essentially an oxide... | 43,002 | triviaqa-train |
Which British aircraft company made the original Gnat jet trainer? | Folland Gnat
The Folland Gnat is a British compact swept-wing subsonic fighter aircraft that was developed and produced by Folland Aircraft. Envisioned as an affordable light fighter in contrast to the rising cost and size of typical combat aircraft, it was procured as a trainer aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) a... | found the small Gnat constrictive, but also of foreign Air Forces.
The Hawk T.1, which is currently flown by the School, was first delivered in 1976. The last Gnat course graduated on 24 November 1979, and in 17 years the School had flown more than 157,000 Gnat hours and trained 1421 students. Over 17 years, the Schoo... | 43,003 | triviaqa-train |
What is considered to be the cowboy capital of America? | cattle herds were sold for low prices. However, in 1867, a cattle shipping facility was built west of farm country around the railhead at Abilene, Kansas, and became a center of cattle shipping, loading over 36,000 head of cattle that year. The route from Texas to Abilene became known as the Chisholm Trail, after Jesse... | , but a number of uniquely American horse breeds developed in North and South America through selective breeding and by natural selection of animals that escaped to the wild. The Mustang and other colonial horse breeds are now called "wild," but in reality are feral horses—descendants of domesticated animals.
History V... | 43,004 | triviaqa-train |
Which English actress plays the part of Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films? | strength of parental love, which he feels to carry considerable emotional weight. "Empire" listed Molly Weasley 21st on their Top 25 "Harry Potter" characters. Novelist Stephen King notes that when Molly called Bellatrix a "bitch" after she sees the Death Eater trying to kill Ginny, it was "the most shocking "bitch" in... | Actor who plays Ron Weasley. Voiced the intro for episodes 112-129.
- Jamie Waylett - Actor who plays Vincent Crabbe. (episode 31)
- Bonnie Wright - Actress who plays Ginny Weasley.
- Evanna Lynch - Actress who plays Luna Lovegood. (episode 69)
- Chris Rankin - Actor who plays Percy Weasley.
- Crew members of the "Harr... | 43,005 | triviaqa-train |
Who was lead singer with UB 40? | Ali Campbell
Alistair Ian Campbell (born 15 February 1959) is an English singer and songwriter who was the lead singer and a member of the English reggae band UB40. As part of UB40, Campbell sold over 70 million records worldwide and toured the globe for 30 years. In 2008, Campbell left UB40 due to a dispute with band ... | electoral fraud was organized and closely monitored by UB specialists, who worked closely with their Soviet counterparts like Aron Pałkin and Siemion Dawydow, both high-ranking officers from the Soviet MGB. Bolesław Bierut, head of the provisional Polish parliament (State National Council) and acting president, asked f... | 43,006 | triviaqa-train |
In ancient Greece whose warriors were called The Myrmidons? | Myrmidons
The Myrmidons (or Myrmidones Μυρμιδόνες) were an ancient nation of Greek mythology. In Homer's "Iliad", the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles. Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon, a king of Phthiotis who was a son of Zeus and "wide-ruling" Eurymedousa, a princess of Phthiotis. She was seduced... | Polyandrion
The Polyandrion is the archaeological term for the communal tomb in ancient Greece, where more than one body, usually warriors, are buried. The polyandron is also called "δημόσιον σήμα" (public signal).
For the marking of polyandrons during the 7th c. BCE, in addition to the form of the toumba in Northern G... | 43,007 | triviaqa-train |
In the TV western series, who (played by Leif Erikson) owned the High Chaparral? | Erickson appeared frequently on television; he was cast as Dr. Hillyer in "Consider Her Ways" (1964) and as Paul White in "The Monkey's Paw—A Retelling" (1965) on CBS's "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour". However, he is probably best known for "The High Chaparral", which aired on NBC from 1967 until 1971. He portrayed a ranch... | The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell, which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, was created by David Dortort, who had previously created "Bonanza" for the ... | 43,008 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport could you win the Val Barker Trophy? | Val Barker Trophy
The Val Barker Trophy is presented every four years to the most "outstanding boxer" at the Olympic Games. In theory, the award goes to the top "pound for pound" boxer in the Olympics. The winner is selected by a committee of International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA) officials. The trophy is na... | division. There, he won his second consecutive gold medal to become a two-weight world champion.
Following a forced move up to lightweight, he won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London to become a rare two-weight Olympic champion. He defeated Han Soon-Chul of South Korea in the f... | 43,009 | triviaqa-train |
Which American actor, best known for his role in the 1970's TV series 'Kung Fu', died in June 2009? | Kung Fu (TV series)
Kung Fu is an American action-adventure martial arts western drama television series starring David Carradine. The series follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West, armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in martial arts, as he ... | appeared in a number of Croatian TV series and feature films, and is best known in the country for his role of major Aleksa in the hugely popular 1996 black comedy film "How the War Started on My Island". He also appeared alongside Richard Gere in the 2007 American action-thriller "The Hunting Party". He is active as a... | 43,010 | triviaqa-train |
In which English cathedral would you find the 'Mappa Mundi'? | Hereford Mappa Mundi
The Hereford Mappa Mundi is a medieval map of the known world (mappa mundi in Latin), of a form deriving from the T and O pattern, dating from c. 1300. It is displayed at Hereford Cathedral in Hereford, England. It is the largest medieval map still known to exist.
The Hereford Mappa Mundi hung, wit... | Mappa mundi
A mappa mundi (Latin ; plural = "mappae mundi"; French: "mappemonde"; English "mappemond") is any medieval European map of the world. Such maps range in size and complexity from simple schematic maps or less across to elaborate wall maps, the largest of which was in diameter. The term derives from the Medie... | 43,011 | triviaqa-train |
By what name was the American serial killer David Berkowitz, who confessed to the murder of six people in New York City in the late 1970's, better known? | young women with long dark hair. NYPD sergeant Richard Conlon stated that police were "leaning towards a connection in all these cases". Composite sketches were released of the black-haired Lauria–Valenti shooter and the blond Lomino–DeMasi shooter, and Conlon noted that police were looking for multiple "suspects", not... | Danny Rolling
Danny Harold Rolling (May 26, 1954 – October 25, 2006), also known as the Gainesville Ripper, was an American serial killer who murdered five students in Gainesville, Florida over four days in late August 1990. Rolling later confessed to raping several of his victims, committing an additional November 4, ... | 43,012 | triviaqa-train |
Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Middlesbrough to Manchester United for £2.3 million in August 1989? | Two, and with it came the then British transfer record move of Gary Pallister to Manchester United for £2.3 million. Despite constant promotion and relegation, Middlesbrough were founding members of the FA Premier League for the 1992–93 season.
History The Bryan Robson years (1994–2001).
Player-manager Bryan Robson, fr... | Middlesbrough F.C. His footballing career started at non-league Billingham Town. At the age of 19 he joined his boyhood heroes Middlesbrough as a defender; making 156 League appearances over nearly five seasons, and helping them win promotion to the Football League Second Division in 1987, and First Division in 1988. H... | 43,013 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw the death of Josef Stalin and the first televised Academy Awards Ceremony? | Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid–1920s until 1953 as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1953) and Premier (1941–1953). Initially pres... | intones that "Stalin must one day meet his judgment". Stalin dies one week later.
- March 17 – Patrick Troughton becomes television's first Robin Hood, playing the eponymous folk hero in the first of six half-hour episodes of "Robin Hood", shown weekly until April 21 on the BBC Television Service.
- March 19 - The 25th... | 43,014 | triviaqa-train |
Which 13th century philosopher and theologian was known as 'Doctor Angelicus'? | describes the crime and its motive. But the historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori reproduces the account made by one of Thomas's friends, and this version of the story gives no hint of foul play.
Thomas's theology had begun its rise to prestige. Two centuries later, in 1567, Pope Pius V proclaimed St. Thomas Aquinas a Do... | people and shia means poor Bahrain people, but in the whole shia places in unsuitable economic situations.
Shia scholars.
Bahrain has an ancient and historic background which arise from the presence of Shiite scholars. Some of them are listed as following:
Maitham Al Bahrani, Kamal al-Deen Maitham bin Ali bin Maitham a... | 43,015 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space and the erection of the 'Berlin Wall'? | 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... | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov (, born 27 May 1948) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of 3 space flights, including twice to the Mir Soviet space station, and is the father of cosmonaut Sergey Volkov.
Biography and career.
Volkov was born in Ukrainian SSR in a family of R... | 43,016 | triviaqa-train |
'The Weaver Of Raveloe' is the subtitle of which famous 19th century novel? | Silas Marner
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is the third novel by George Eliot, published in 1861. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, it is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of a variety of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community.
Plot summary.
The novel... | Vanity Fair (novel)
Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sk... | 43,017 | triviaqa-train |
Which American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 1970's TV show 'Charlie's Angels', died in 2009? | Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976 to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 110 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aaron Spelling. It follows the crime-fighting adventures of three wo... | Claire Yarlett
Claire Yarlett (born February 15, 1965) is a British-born American actress, best known for her role as Bliss Colby in "The Colbys", the spin-off series to the 1980s prime-time soap opera "Dynasty". She also starred on the short-lived TV series "Robin's Hoods".
Yarlett, the daughter of cinematographer Ant... | 43,018 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nickname of the American serial killer John Wayne Gacy who was executed in 1994 for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men? | kind and unlikely to hurt anyone. Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are examples of organized serial killers. In general, the IQs of organized serial killers tend to be near normal range, with a mean of 94.7. Organized nonsocial offenders tend to be on the higher end of the average, with a mean IQ of 99.2.
Disorganized ser... | notorious serial killer. Sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men.
- Robin Gecht, serving 120 years for the mutilation and rape of an 18-year-old prostitute in the Chicago area during the early 1980s.
- Chester Weger, sentenced to life after being convicted of murdering 3 women at Starved Roc... | 43,019 | triviaqa-train |
'The Modern Prometheus' was the subtitle of which 19th century novel? | of "Frankenstein", edited by Charles E. Robinson, that contains comparisons of Mary Shelley's original text with Percy Shelley's additions and interventions alongside.
Publication.
Shelley completed her writing in April/May 1817, and "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" was published on 1 January 1818 by the small... | Vanity Fair (novel)
Vanity Fair is an English novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, which follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. It was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sk... | 43,020 | triviaqa-train |
Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million in July 1994? | in the 1993–94 season in the Premier League. Norwich began the 1994–95 season well, despite the pre-season loss of top scorer Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers for a national record £5 million, and by Christmas they were seventh in the league. Norwich then won only one of their final 20 league games and slumped to 20th ... | .
Playing career Blackburn Rovers (1994–1999).
Sutton became the most expensive player in English football in July 1994, when he was transferred from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million.
In his first season at Ewood Park he developed a strong partnership (known as 'SAS') with Alan Shearer (who scored 34 tim... | 43,021 | triviaqa-train |
Located off the northwest coast of Ireland, which is the only BBC shipping forecast area to begin with the letter 'R'? | ), if any (e.g., "There are warnings of gales in Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, and Fair Isle"). This sometimes follows the opposite format (e.g., "There are warnings of gales in all areas except Biscay, Trafalgar and FitzRoy").
The "General Synopsis" follows, giving the position, pressure (in millibars) and track o... | Malin Head
Malin Head () is located on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland and is the most northerly point of the island of Ireland. The northernmost tip is the headland named Banba's Crown located at latitude 55.38ºN. Malin Head gives its name to the Malin sea area. There is a weather station ... | 43,022 | triviaqa-train |
Which 13th century English philosopher and scientist was known as 'Doctor Mirabilis'? | the 1964 "Doctor Mirabilis". Bacon serves as a mentor to the protagonists of Thomas Costain's 1945 "The Black Rose", and Umberto Eco's 1980 "The Name of the Rose".
Greene's play prompted a less successful sequel "John of Bordeaux" and was recast as a children's story for James Baldwin's 1905 "Thirty More Famous Stories... | (1618–1663) - Italian scientist and Jesuit best known for his work in the fields of astronomy and the physics of light. - Canto LX
- Robert Grosseteste - 13th century philosopher who argued that light is the first corporeal form from which all other forms are derived and that God is pure Light (in a different, non-corp... | 43,023 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the 7th century Anglo-Saxon bishop, who whilst living on the Farne Islands off Northumberland, instituted special laws to protect the Eider ducks nesting there? | Aidan, followed by Saint Cuthbert. Cuthbert isolated himself on the islands until he was called to the bishopric of Lindisfarne, but after two years he returned to the solitude of the Inner Farne and died there in 687, when Saint Aethelwold took up residence instead. Among other acts, Cuthbert introduced special laws i... | Rath Melsigi
Rath Melsigi, Anglo-Saxon monastery in Ireland. A number of monks who studied there were active in the Anglo-Saxon mission on the continent. The monastery also developed a style of script that may have influenced the writers of the Book of Durrow.
Overview.
A number of ecclesiastical settlements were estab... | 43,024 | triviaqa-train |
Which two word term is used to describe the gravitational boundary enclosing a 'Black Hole', from which nothing can escape? | are commonly classified according to their mass, independent of angular momentum, "J". The size of a black hole, as determined by the radius of the event horizon, or Schwarzschild radius, is proportional to the mass, "M", through
where "r" is the Schwarzschild radius and "M" is the mass of the Sun. For a black hole wit... | Supermassive black hole
A supermassive black hole (SMBH or sometimes SBH) is the largest type of black hole, containing a mass of the order of hundreds of thousands to billions of times the mass of the Sun (). Black holes are a class of astronomical object that have undergone gravitational collapse, leaving behind sphe... | 43,025 | triviaqa-train |
By what name is the Italian painter Jacopo Robusti, born the son of a silk dyer in 1518, better known? | painted by Tintoretto (and not by his contemporary Andrea Schiavone, as previously thought) as part of a series of three paintings depicting the legend of St Helena And The Holy Cross.
In 2019, honoring the anniversary of the birth of Jacopo Tintoretto (1518/1519–1594), the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in coope... | Giovanni Battista Caporali
Giovanni Battista Caporali (c. 1476-1560) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.
He was also called Bitte, a diminutive of his Christian name and by Vasari, "Benedetto", was the son of Bartolommeo Caporali, and was born at Perugia. He was a pupil of Perugino, and also an architect, and bu... | 43,026 | triviaqa-train |
Which American actress, born in 1906, appeared in the 1927 film 'It', thus becoming the first 'It Girl'? | It girl
An it girl is an attractive young woman, generally a celebrity, who is perceived to have both sex appeal and a personality that is especially engaging.
The expression "it girl" originated in British upper-class society around the turn of the 20th century. It reached global attention in 1927, with the popularity... | Louis Payne
Louis Payne, also known as Lou Payne (January 13, 1873 – August 14, 1953), was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as legitimate theater. His acting life began on Broadway in the first decade of the 1900s, when he appeared in the Broadway play, "Her Majesty, the Girl Queen... | 43,027 | triviaqa-train |
In horse racing, at which racecourse are all five of the Irish Classics held? | Irish Classic Races
The Irish Classics are five Group One horse races run at The Curragh racecourse during the flat racing season. They mirror the British Classic Races, the original five "classics", with one minor exception. The Irish St. Leger is open to horses older than age three, unlike the British counterpart whi... | Leopardstown Racecourse
Leopardstown Racecourse is an Irish horse-racing venue, located in Leopardstown, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, 8km south of the Dublin city centre. Like the majority of Irish courses, it hosts both National Hunt and Flat racing.
The course, built by Captain George Quin and modelled on Sandown Park Rac... | 43,028 | triviaqa-train |
For what did the 'J' stand in the name of the 'Dallas' character 'JR Ewing'? | eloped with youngest Ewing son Bobby (Patrick Duffy), in the first episode.
The back story was that, in the 1930s, wildcatter John Ross "Jock" Ewing (Jim Davis) had allegedly cheated his one-time partner, Willard "Digger" Barnes (David Wayne/Keenan Wynn), out of his share of their company Ewing Oil, and married Digger'... | JR
JR, J. R. or Jr. may refer to:
- Jr. or Junior (suffix), a name suffix
Arts and entertainment.
- "J.R." (album), an album by Jim Bob
- "J R", a 1975 novel written by William Gaddis
- "Jr.", a song by Codeine on the album "Barely Real"
- J. R. Ewing, a television character from "Dallas"
- JR Chandler, aka Adam Chandl... | 43,029 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the title character in the 2009 film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'? | X-Men (film)
X-Men is a 2000 American superhero film directed by Bryan Singer and written by David Hayter from a story by Singer and Tom DeSanto. The film is based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name and features an ensemble cast consisting of Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, F... | of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". The actor wanted primarily a film that would deepen the Wolverine character, but "somehow the first Wolverine movie ended up looking like the fourth X-Men — just with different characters." He tried to avert the same results while doing the next solo film for the character, 2013's "The Wo... | 43,030 | triviaqa-train |
Which Italian painter was forced to flee Rome in 1606 after murdering a man in a fit of temper? | . The city was affected greatly by the baroque, and Rome became the home of numerous artists and architects, such as Bernini, Caravaggio, Carracci, Borromini and Cortona. In the late 18th century and early 19th century, the city was one of the centres of the Grand Tour, when wealthy, young English and other European ar... | Francesco Albergati Capacelli
Francesco Albergati Capacelli (Bologna, 1728 - Zola Predosa, 1804) was an Italian writer and playwright.
A marquess and senator in Bologna and an important administrator in the city, he led a stormy personal life and was married three times. He was accused of murdering his second wife Anna... | 43,031 | triviaqa-train |
What was the pseudonym used by the English essayist Charles Lamb when contributing to the 'London Magazine'? | Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his "Essays of Elia" and for the children's book "Tales from Shakespeare", co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).
Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ... | Charles Lamb (disambiguation)
Charles Lamb (1775–1834) was an English essayist
Charles Lamb may also refer to:
- Charles Lamb (politician) (1891–1965), Canadian politician
- Charles Lamb (Royal Navy officer) (1914–1981)
- Charles Rollinson Lamb (1860–1942), American architect and artist
- Charles Lamb (cricketer) (born... | 43,032 | triviaqa-train |
Which German composer wrote the 'Rheinish Symphony'? | Hungarian violinist Ede Reményi and accompanied him in a number of recitals over the next few years. This was Brahms's introduction to "gypsy-style" music such as the "csardas", which was later to prove the foundation of his most lucrative and popular compositions, the two sets of "Hungarian Dances" (1869 and 1880). 18... | a Scherzo (1933–34) for a projected but unfinished symphony.
- Charles Ives (1874–1954), American composer of 4 numbered symphonies, the fourth (1910–24) of which requires two conductors and includes parts for piano (four-hands); in addition, he wrote two unnumbered symphonies: (1897–1913) and the (unfinished) "Univers... | 43,033 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who was the master craftsman who built the 'Labyrinth' for King Minos? | Labyrinth
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth ( "labúrinthos") was an elaborate, confusing structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur, the monster eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Daedalus had so cunningly made the Labyr... | clarify the soul's location within the circle indicated by the wrapping of his tail. Inf. XXVII, 124–127.
- Who "cannot mistake", condemns Griffolino of Arezzo to the tench pouch. Inf. XXIX, 118–120.
- Virgil not bound by Minos because he resides in Limbo. Purg. I, 77.
- Minotaur: In Greek mythology, a creature that wa... | 43,034 | triviaqa-train |
Which American film actress, born in 1921, was known as 'The Sweater Girl' because of her tight fitting clothes in the 1937 film 'They Won't Forget'? | Sweater girl
The term "sweater girl" was made popular in the 1940s and 1950s to describe Hollywood actresses like Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, and Jane Russell, who adopted the popular fashion of wearing tight, form-fitting sweaters that emphasized the woman's bustline.
The sweater girl trend was not confined to Holly... | , noting that it is emblematic of "the American Dream fulfilled ... Because of her, being discovered at a soda fountain has become almost as cherished an ideal as being born in a log cabin."
Timeline 20th century "The Sweater Girl".
Following her feature film debut in Mervyn LeRoy's "They Won't Forget" (1937), Turner w... | 43,035 | triviaqa-train |
Which group had a UK number one hit in July 2009 with 'Beat Again'? | Beat Again
"Beat Again" is the debut single by English boy band JLS. It was released on 12 July 2009 as the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album "JLS" (2009). The song was written by Wayne Hector and Steve Mac and produced by Mac. The song's B-side is a cover of "Umbrella" by Rihanna, which JLS covered... | 2009 he signed to leading Worldwide publishers Warner/Chappell Music. Later that year he signed his first record deal with Virgin Records and featured on Professor Green's hit single "I Need You Tonight", which charted at number three. In 2010 Drewett had his first number-one hit single as a writer. The song "All Time ... | 43,036 | triviaqa-train |
Which group had a UK number one hit in August 2009 with 'I Gotta Feeling'? | of the decade in Australia, as announced on January 7, 2010. Worldwide, it was the most successful song of the 21st century (with estimates putting combined sales and streams between 13 and 15 million units) until passed by "Happy" by Pharrell Williams in 2014.
Background.
"I Gotta Feeling" was written and composed by ... | weeks before returning to number one on June 7, 2009. "Bonkers" had meanwhile swapped places with "Boom Boom Pow" and took the number two slot. This subsequently marks the first time a song has had two separate runs at the summit of the chart since Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" in July 2006. Their follow up single in the ... | 43,037 | triviaqa-train |
'Aston', 'Mick' and 'Davies' are the three central characters in which play by Harold Pinter? | Play" (NT, 1979), "Quartermaine's Terms" (1981), "Life Support" (1997), "The Late Middle Classes" (1999), and "The Old Masters" (2004). Several of those productions starred Alan Bates (1934–2003), who originated the stage and screen roles of not only Butley but also Mick in Pinter's first major commercial success, "The... | as Mick
- Donald Pleasence as Mac Davies / Bernard Jenkins
- Robert Shaw as Aston
Production.
The film was made by a partnership of six people, none of whom took payment: Clive Donner, Donald Pleasence, Alan Bates, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter and Michael Birkett.
No distributor expressed interest in funding the film, wh... | 43,038 | triviaqa-train |
In which city in Arizona did 'The Gunfight At The OK Corral' take place in 1881? | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a 30-second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. It is generally regarded as the most famous shoot... | case of pneumonia in 1905. He is buried in Globe, Arizona.
In popular culture.
In the 1946 Henry Fonda movie, "My Darling Clementine", the part of "Old Man Clanton" is played by Walter Brennan, who, unhistorically, is killed at the end of the OK Corral gunfight (that actually took place two months after Old Man Clanton... | 43,039 | triviaqa-train |
In 2007, Forrest Whittaker won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film? | For his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film "The Last King of Scotland", Whitaker won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, National Board of Review Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and various critics groups' awards for a lead acting performance.
Early life and education.
Whitaker w... | Damien Bodie
Damien Bodie (born 2 January 1985) is an Australian actor. Best known for his role as "Dylan Timmins" in Neighbours.
Biography.
Bodie was educated at Sandringham Secondary College and is best known for his role as Dylan Timmins on the Australian television series "Neighbours" (from 2005 to 2007). Bodie pla... | 43,040 | triviaqa-train |
Which two colours are found on the flag of Greenland? | 555 (of which 293 were submitted by Greenlanders).
The deciding committee came to no consensus, so more proposals were solicited. Finally the present red-and-white design by Christiansen narrowly won over a green-and-white Nordic cross by a vote of fourteen to eleven. Christiansen's red-and-white flag was officially ad... | the Danish rowing club HEI Rosport, which was founded before Greenland's flag was chosen. It is not clear whether this is a case of plagiarism or just a coincidence, but the rowing club has given Greenland permission to use their flag.
The colours of the "Erfalasorput" are the same as those of the "Dannebrog", symboliz... | 43,041 | triviaqa-train |
Complete the title of this famous play by Luigi Pirandello: 'Six Characters In Search Of An ....'? | of an Author". It was a clamorous failure. The public divided into supporters and adversaries, the latter of whom shouted, "Asylum, Asylum!" The author, who was present at the performance with his daughter Lietta, left through a side exit to avoid the crowd of enemies. The same drama, however, was a great success when ... | , and illustrated by Bob's Burgers character designer Devin Roth. The book has been described as "a love-letter to the amazing action flicks of the '80s." It debuts March 1, 2017.
In April 2017 McKinney was announced as the story co-writer of the Full Moon Features film, EVIL BONG 666, alongside film legend Charles Ban... | 43,042 | triviaqa-train |
In 2008, Daniel Day-Lewis won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film? | "My Beautiful Laundrette" (1985), his first critically acclaimed role, and gained further public notice with "A Room with a View" (1985). He then assumed leading man status with "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1988).
Day-Lewis has earned numerous awards throughout his career. Those awards include Academy Awards fo... | 85th Academy Awards, Day-Lewis became the first three-time recipient of the Best Actor Oscar for his role in "Lincoln". John Hartoch, Day-Lewis' acting teacher at Bristol Old Vic theatre school, said of his former pupil's achievement,
Following his third Oscar for Best Actor, there was much debate about Day-Lewis' sta... | 43,043 | triviaqa-train |
Which British scholar and idealist is best remembered for his works 'The Rights Of Man' and 'The Age Of Reason'? | Rights of Man and of the Citizen respectively, both of which articulated certain human rights. Additionally, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776 encoded into law a number of fundamental civil rights and civil freedoms.
History 1800 to World War I.
Philosophers such as Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill and Hegel exp... | Henry St. John Thackeray
Henry St. John Thackeray (1869–30 June 1930) was a British biblical scholar at King's College, Cambridge, an expert on Koine Greek, Josephus and the Septuagint. Henry Thackeray was a scholar of King's College, University of Cambridge, who is perhaps best remembered for his work on Josephus. His... | 43,044 | triviaqa-train |
Playing for Wigan Athletic, who is the only Columbian currently registered as a Premier League footballer? | Premier League season. He previously played for Wigan from 1995 to 2001. On 26 September, they claimed their first three points against a "Big 4" team after beating Chelsea 3–1, with goals from Titus Bramble, Hugo Rodallega and Paul Scharner. A late surge that included a 1–0 win over Liverpool and a 3–2 win over Arsena... | Gary Walsh
Gary Walsh (born 21 March 1968) is an English football coach and former footballer who is currently Head goalkeeping coach at West Bromwich Albion.
As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1985 to 2006, notably playing Premier League football with Manchester United, Oldham Athletic, Middlesbrough, Bradford City... | 43,045 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the MP for South Cambridgeshire and current Secretary of State for Health? | Andrew Lansley
Andrew David Lansley, Baron Lansley, (born 11 December 1956) is a British Conservative politician who previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2015.
Lansley was born in Hornchurch, Essex a... | South East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South East Cambridgeshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Lucy Frazer, a Conservative.
History.
The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. Its first... | 43,046 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the MP for Surrey Heath and current Secretary of State for Education? | Surrey Heath (UK Parliament constituency)
Surrey Heath is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Michael Gove, a Conservative.
Constituency profile.
In terms of housing 70% of homes are detached or semi-detached at the 2011 census. The detached percentage (45.2%) was at th... | South West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)
South West Surrey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2005, the seat has been represented by Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt, the current Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs since 9 July 2018.
Boundaries.
1983-2... | 43,047 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer has had a 2010 UK number one album with 'Aphrodite'? | disc single. In May 1989, chart regulations kept Kylie Minogue's song "Hand on Your Heart" from entering at number one because sales from cassette singles were not included (they were sold for £1.99 – cheaper than allowed at the time). Following this, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) reduced the minimum price fo... | Association (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 units.
In the United Kingdom, "Aphrodite" debuted at number one on UK Albums chart, selling 79,000 copies on the chart date of 17 July 2010. The same feat had been accomplished by Minogue's debut studio album "Kylie" (1988) during the same week 22 years prior. "Aphrodite" was ... | 43,048 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only American state beginning with the letter 'L'? | his chief adviser, a strong central government was created. Purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 doubled the size of the United States. A second and final war with Britain was fought in 1812, which solidified national pride.
Encouraged by the notion of manifest destiny, U.S. territory expanded all th... | of Parke County; the act took effect on February 1. The county seat was established at Newport later that year.
The county was named for the southbound Vermilion River, which flows nearby. The name is spelled in the French/Commonwealth English style with a double letter "l", in contrast to the American English spelling... | 43,049 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous Greek wine is flavoured with pine resin? | Retsina
Retsina () is a Greek white (or rosé) resinated wine, which has been made for at least 2,000 years. Its unique flavor is said to have originated from the practice of sealing wine vessels, particularly amphorae, with Aleppo Pine resin in ancient times. Before the invention of impermeable glass bottles, oxygen ca... | Resinated wine
Resinated wine is a type of wine which derives part of its flavor from exposure to tree resins, most generally pine resin. Prior to the widespread use of barrels in Europe, wine was stored in amphorae, often sealed with Aleppo pine resin. Wines thus sealed were flavored by the resin, and over time this b... | 43,050 | triviaqa-train |
In the 'Disney' film the Lion King, who provided the voice of the evil lion 'Scar'? | with a score by Hans Zimmer. The film features an ensemble voice cast that includes Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Rowan Atkinson, Robert Guillaume, Madge Sinclair, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim Cummings. The story takes place... | .
All the games' plots are abridged retellings of the animated films they are based on, with some plot elements changed or removed from their original counterparts.
"Disney's Animated Storybook: The Lion King" is based on the 1994 Walt Disney Feature Animation film, "The Lion King", which tells the story of how a lion ... | 43,051 | triviaqa-train |
Which band recorded the soundtrack to the 1986 film, 'Highlander'? | the entire human race.
"Highlander" enjoyed little success on its initial theatrical release, grossing over $12 million worldwide against a production budget of $19 million, and received mixed reviews. Nevertheless, it became a cult film and inspired film sequels and . Its tagline, "There can be only one", has carried ... | at the New York Festivals Radio Broadcasting Awards, he and Gary Moore jointly received the Gold World Medal in the Regularly Scheduled Music Programme category for their respective shows on Planet Rock.
Acting.
Fish was offered and accepted a part in the 1986 film "Highlander" (for which Marillion were also offered th... | 43,052 | triviaqa-train |
Which war was said to be 'The war to end all wars'? | The war to end war
"The war to end war" (also called "The war to end all wars") was a term for the First World War of 1914–1918. Originally idealistic, it is now used mainly sardonically.
Origin.
During August 1914, immediately after the outbreak of the war, British author and social commentator H. G. Wells published a... | Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game
Star Wars: X-Wing is a miniature war game designed by Jay Little and produced by Fantasy Flight Games that was released at Gen Con in 2012. It features tactical ship-to-ship dogfighting between various types of starfighters set in the fictional "Star Wars" universe. The game is said to... | 43,053 | triviaqa-train |
A tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families? | Others
- Friar Laurence is a Franciscan friar and Romeo's confidant.
- Friar John is sent to deliver Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo.
- An Apothecary who reluctantly sells Romeo poison.
- A Chorus reads a prologue to each of the first two acts.
Synopsis.
The play, set in Verona, Italy, begins with a street brawl betwe... | Both stories explore love among feuding parties; both involve vengeful, scheming individuals; and both end in tragedy for the newly-wed couple. As the translator Marion Ayton Crawford puts it: "Hero and heroine are star-crossed lovers, whose fate is brought about by forces of the times acting on their own internal weak... | 43,054 | triviaqa-train |
After appearing in 11 films together, including: The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) From the Terrace (1960) Paris Blues (1961) A New Kind of Love (1963) What a Way to Go! (1964), the couple lived their private life together away from Hollywood's glare? | was the third movie that real-life spouses Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward made together.
Plot.
In 1946, David Alfred Eaton (Paul Newman) returns home from the war to Philadelphia. He finds his mother Martha (Myrna Loy) driven to alcoholism by years of neglect and abuse from her husband Samuel Eaton (Leon Ames), owner ... | ), "Absence of Malice" (1981) and "The Verdict" (1982). He teamed with fellow actor Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) and "The Sting" (1973). After his marriage to Woodward they appeared together in "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958), "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!", ... | 43,055 | triviaqa-train |
A British married couple who are both television presenters and columnists. They are well known for presenting the daytime television programme This Morning from 1988 until 2001 and are still regulars on our screen? | This Morning (TV programme)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme that is broadcast on ITV. The show airs live on weekdays from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm featuring news, topical items, showbiz, style and beauty, home and garden, food, health, real life and more similar features.
The show was originally p... | Hi-5 (British TV series)
Hi-5 (also known as Hi-5 UK) is a British children's television programme which was premiered on Cartoonito and CITV on 3 November 2008.
Format.
"Hi-5" is a variety-style series for pre-schoolers which features music as an integral part of its premise. The program features five presenters who a... | 43,056 | triviaqa-train |
This couple were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 - 1949. They made a total of 10 movies? | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 to 1949. They made a total of 10 films, nine of them with RKO Radio Pictures from 1933 to 1939, and one, "The Barkleys of B... | Flygare Teaterskola" and made her acting debut in 1944 at the Blanche Theatre as "Anja" in ""Körbärsträdgården"".
She started appearing in motion pictures around this time as well, starting with the 1943 film "Order". In 1946, she starred in Ingmar Bergman's first film as a director, "Crisis".
Personal life.
Landgré wa... | 43,057 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Society of Friends' are more commonly known as what? | Friends in Bolivia).
Theology Liberal.
Liberal Quakerism generally refers to Friends who have taken ideas from liberal Christianity, often sharing a similar mix of ideas, such as more critical Biblical hermeneutics, often with a focus on the social gospel. The ideas of "That of God in everyone" and the "inner light" we... | continuous shell of olivine and containing feldspathic glass between the plates; these are known as "barred" textures. Other observed textural features that are clearly the result of very rapid cooling are dendritic and hopper-shaped olivine grains, and chondrules that are composed entirely of glass.
More commonly, cho... | 43,058 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' with Elton John? | Don't Go Breaking My Heart
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a 1976 duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee. It was written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche", respectively, and intended as an affectionate pastiche of the Motown style, notably the various duets recorded by Marvi... | a modest hit on the album chart. In 1983, she supplied backing vocals to Elton John's album "Too Low for Zero". Dee also sang the song "What Can't Speak Can't Lie" (1983), composed and recorded by the Japanese jazz fusion group Casiopea, and with lyrics by Gary Osborne. In 1985 she performed at Live Aid, reprising "Don... | 43,059 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the play containing the mythical 'Bunbury'? | lead vocalist. After adopting the nickname of Bunbury, taken from the Oscar Wilde stage play The Importance of Being Earnest, the musician founded the band Héroes del Silencio, becoming a major number in the Hispanic rock scene.
The band eventually broke up in 1996 and Bunbury started his solo career in 1997 with an el... | was a leader of the nonconformists in Cheshire, and clashed with Thomas Morton as bishop of Chester. Hinde died at Bunbury in June 1629, and was buried there.
Works.
An admirer of John Rainolds, Hinde edited his "Prophecie of Obadiah opened and applyed in sundry … sermons", Oxford, 1613, and "The Discovery of the Man o... | 43,060 | triviaqa-train |
What's the Charles Dickens novel in which you would find the character 'Smike'? | Smike
Smike is a pop musical adaptation of a small part of Charles Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby", that was televised for the BBC in 1973. The musical is based on the character Smike from that novel. The TV production starred Beryl Reid as Mrs Squeers, Andrew Keir as Mr Squeers, Leonard Whiting as Nicholas, and Ian Sharr... | Flibbertigibbet character in "Kenilworth" with Wayland Smith.
In "The Sound of Music", in the song "Maria", one of the nuns responds to the question "How do you find a word that means Maria?" with "Flibbertigibbet."
This term was also used in the "Looney Tunes" episode "Tweety's S.O.S." by Granny when she drops her gla... | 43,061 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Italian lake with the town of Stresa on it's shores? | Stresa
Stresa is a town and "comune" of about 5,000 residents on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, about northwest of Milan. It is situated on road and rail routes to the Simplon Pass.
History.
The name of this town first appeared in documents ... | the site of the main branch of the Potts Lumbering Company and the Loud Lumbering Company. First called "Mud Lake", because of its location on the shores of what is now known as Jewell Lake, a post office named Mud Lake was established on March 10, 1887, with George W. LaChapelle as postmaster. In 1912, two surveyors s... | 43,062 | triviaqa-train |
Kiss Me Kate is a musical version of which of Shakespeare's works? | 14. The production closed on June 30, 2019.
Plot.
Act I
The cast of a musical version of William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" is rehearsing for the opening of the show that evening ("Another Op'nin', Another Show"). Egotistical Fred Graham is the director and producer and is starring as Petruchio, and his mo... | Kiss Me Kate (disambiguation)
Kiss Me, Kate is a 1948 musical by Cole Porter.
Kiss Me Kate may alsorefer to:
- "Kiss Me, Kate" (album), a 1949 album of songs from the musical, recorded by Jo Stafford
- "Kiss Me Kate" (film), a 1953 film version of the musical
- "Kiss Me Kate" (1968 film), a 1968 TV movie adaptation of ... | 43,063 | triviaqa-train |
What is the German name of Hitler's book about his life? | Austria—then part of Austria-Hungary—and was raised near Linz. He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I. In 1919, he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the NSDAP, and was appointed leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted to seize... | Inside Hitler's Bunker
Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich () is a book by historian Joachim Fest about the last days of the life of Adolf Hitler, in his Berlin "Führerbunker" in 1945.
The book was originally published in Germany in 2002. The English translation was released in 2004. The book forme... | 43,064 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Hebrew name for the 'Jewish Day of Atonement? | Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (; , , or ), also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with an approximate 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue serv... | Carlos (wearing a yarmulke) prayed alongside Israeli president Chaim Herzog and members of the Jewish community in the Beth Yaacov Synagogue. The King said, "Sefarad (the Hebrew name for Spain) isn't a nostalgic memory anymore; it is a place where it must not be said that Jews should simply 'feel' at home there, for in... | 43,065 | triviaqa-train |
From where did the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales start? | of the Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II.
Marriage Children.
The couple had residences at Kensington Palace and Highgrove House, near Tetbury. On 5 November 1981, the Princess's pregnancy was officially announced. In January 1982—twelve weeks into the pregnancy—Diana fell down a staircase at Sandringham, and the... | public emotion from government, the media, and large numbers of private citizens drew some critical comment. "National Post" columnist Barbara Kay drew a link between the deaths of Layton and Diana, Princess of Wales, suggesting Harper did not want to come across as detached, as Queen Elizabeth II did. Kay wrote "pre-e... | 43,066 | triviaqa-train |
'The League of Nations', the forerunner to the 'United Nations' was founded in what year? | He also argued for a large and permanent secretariat to carry out the League's administrative duties.
Origins Establishment.
At the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, Wilson, Cecil and Smuts all put forward their draft proposals. After lengthy negotiations between the delegates, the Hurst–Miller draft was finally produced... | International Federation of League of Nations Societies
The International Federation of League of Nations Societies (IFLNS) (French: "Union internationale des associations pour la Société des Nations - UIASDN") gathered national associations promoting the ideals of the League of Nations. At its height, it claimed membe... | 43,067 | triviaqa-train |
Eric Faukner; Derek Longmuir and Les McKeown were members of which 70's pop group? | Derek Longmuir
Derek Longmuir (born 19 March 1951, Edinburgh, Scotland) was the Scottish drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers. His elder brother, Alan Longmuir, played bass guitar in the group.
Biography.
Longmuir was born at Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Hospital, in Edinburgh. ... | Virginia" (Faulkner, Wood, Derek Longmuir, Les McKeown, Pat McGlynn)
3. "Inside a Broken Dream" (Faulkner, Wood, McKeown)
4. "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Faulkner, Wood)
5. "Rebel Rebel" (David Bowie)
Personnel.
- Eric Faulkner – Guitar, vocals
- Derek Longmuir – Drums, vocals
- Les McKeown – Lead Vocals
- Stuart "Woody" Woo... | 43,068 | triviaqa-train |
Who was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1921? | King, after losing his seat in the 1925 federal election (that his party won), briefly "governed from the hallway" before winning a by-election a few weeks later. Similarly, John Turner replaced Pierre Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party in 1984 and subsequently was appointed prime minister while not holding a seat ... | Peter Francis Martin
Peter Francis Martin (January 13, 1856 – May 2, 1935) was a contractor and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1921 as a Unionist Party member. Martin was elected by acclamation in the Khaki Election of 1917; in Halifax, the... | 43,069 | triviaqa-train |
Who starred in 'A Countess From Hong Kong', his last film, in 1966? | A Countess from Hong Kong
A Countess from Hong Kong is a 1967 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin and starring Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sydney Chaplin (Chaplin's third son), Tippi Hedren, Patrick Cargill and Margaret Rutherford. It was the last film directed, written, produced and s... | his death in December 1966 at age 78, was in Chaplin's last film "A Countess from Hong Kong" (1967). Here Johnston portrayed an old British businessman in Hong Kong, who introduces the leading characters of Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren to each other in the opening scenes. | 43,070 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Giscard D'Estaing in the French Presidential election of 1981? | François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 1916 – 8 January 1996) was a French politician who was President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he was the first left-wing politician to ass... | the independence of the country in order to build a federal Europe. This accusation clearly targeted Giscard d'Estaing. RPR leaders contrasted this as coming from the social doctrine of Gaullism as opposed to a perceived liberalism on the part of the President.
As RPR candidate at the 1981 presidential election, Chirac... | 43,071 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Rocky Marciano beat to take the world heavyweight championship in 1952? | Rocky Marciano
Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), best known as Rocky Marciano (), was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955, and held the world heavyweight title from 1952 to 1956. He is the only Heavyweight champion to have retired undefeated as champion. His six ... | and was dissolved.
Career Floyd Patterson.
Under D'Amato's tutelage, Floyd Patterson captured the Olympic middleweight gold medal in the 1952 Helsinki games. D'Amato then guided Patterson through the professional ranks, manoeuvring Patterson into fighting for the title vacated by Rocky Marciano. After beating Tommy "Hu... | 43,072 | triviaqa-train |
In what year did British women first get the vote? | Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom
Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom was a movement to fight for women's right to vote. It finally succeeded through two laws in 1918 and 1928. It became a national movement in the Victorian era. Women were not explicitly banned from voting in Great Britain until the Reform Act ... | suffrage, in other words the right to vote and to run for office. New Zealand granted all adult citizens the right to vote (in 1893), but women did not get the right to run for the New Zealand legislature until 1919.
History around the world Australia.
- 1855 — South Australia is first colony to allow all male suffrage... | 43,073 | triviaqa-train |
The bells were ringing for Chuck Berry when this song made it to No1. His first and only British No. 1. What song? | ", and "Nadine". But these did not achieve the same success, or lasting impact, of his 1950s songs, and by the 1970s he was more in demand as a nostalgic performer, playing his past hits with local backup bands of variable quality. However, in 1972 he reached a new level of achievement when a rendition of "My Ding-a-Li... | arrangements he made. The arrangement for mixed voice choir a cappella was popularized by the Ukrainian Republic Capella directed by Oleksander Koshetz when it toured the West after 1920.
The first of the English language lyrics to "Carol of the Bells" (a song based on the same melodic ideas) were written in 1936 by Pe... | 43,074 | triviaqa-train |
Which English football club won the league title the most during the 1980s? | The Football League rebranded itself as the English Football League prior to the 2016–17 season, with its top level becoming the EFL Championship at that time.
Liverpool were the most frequent winners of the First Division when it was the top flight of English football, winning it a total of 18 times.
Trophy and player... | The club has won seven major trophies; five FA Cups, one Football League title and one Football League Cup. Their most recent major trophy came in 1968 when they won the FA Cup with a 1–0 win over Everton at Wembley Stadium. They enjoyed further success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when they finished in the top f... | 43,075 | triviaqa-train |
For which well known 60s pop group did Reg Presley sing? | Reg Presley
Reginald Maurice Ball (12 June 1941 – 4 February 2013), known professionally as Reg Presley, was an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer with the 1960s rock and roll band the Troggs, the hits of which included "Wild Thing" (#1 on the Hot 100 on 30 July - 6 August 1966) and "With a Girl Like You... | Track listing "Wild Thing" US original track listing Side 1.
1. "Wild Thing" (Chip Taylor) — 2:34
2. "From Home" (Reg Presley) — 2:20
3. "I Just Sing" (Reg Presley) — 2:09
4. "Hi Hi Hazel" (Bill Martin/Phil Coulter) — 2:43
5. "Lost Girl" (Reg Presley) — 2:31
6. "Evil" (Shelby S. Singleton Jr.) — 3:12
Track listing "Wil... | 43,076 | triviaqa-train |
In what year did the 'Vauxhall Bridge', crossing the Thames, open? | Vauxhall Bridge
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a southeast–northwest direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Pimlico on the north bank. Opened in 1906, it replaced an earlier bridge, originally known as Regent Bridge bu... | of the piers were removed, making the widest span a more easily navigated , and the bridge deck was strengthened with iron girders to compensate for the missing piers.
Old Battersea Bridge Competition and disputes with Vauxhall Bridge.
In 1806, a scheme was proposed by Ralph Dodd to open the south bank of the Thames op... | 43,077 | triviaqa-train |
Who piloted the first aeroplane to cross the English Channel from Calais to Dover in 1909? | Napoleon's plans for a cross-Channel invasion and securing British dominance of the seas for over a century.
Human history First World War.
The exceptional strategic importance of the Channel as a tool for blockade was recognised by the First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher in the years before World War I. "Five keys lock up t... | merchant and a member of the Legislative Council. The couple were to have nine surviving children: five boys and four girls.
His elder brother William Russell Grace was also the first Catholic Mayor of New York.
His nephew Cecil Grace attempted a crossing of the English Channel in December 1910 in an aeroplane. He flew... | 43,078 | triviaqa-train |
In what town was the Royal Navy College founded in 1903? | career proceeded directly to sea. The closure of the college created a gap in officer training, and in 1857 the two-decker "Illustrious" undertook the role of cadet training ship at Portsmouth. In 1859 she was replaced by the three-decker "Britannia", which was removed to Portland in 1862 and to Dartmouth in 1863.
Nota... | was born on 5 January 1903 in Campbell Town, Tasmania.
He began his career as a navigator in 1917, at age 14, when he was appointed a midshipman at the Royal Australian Naval College. After World War I, he became an apprentice on a steamship in the Australian merchant navy, where he learned constellations while standin... | 43,079 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the owner of The Times newspaper in 1981? | a position to meet the full Thomson remit, Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Robert Holmes à Court, another Australian magnate had previously tried to buy "The Times" in 1980.
History From 1981.
In 1981, "The Times" and "The Sunday Times" were bought from Thomson by Rupert Murdoch's News International. The acqui... | Fuji, who had been placed in an internment camp in World War II, created the "Chicago Shimpo" after his release. The newspaper was first published on November 15, 1945, and in 1947 the newspaper added English language pages. Kohachiro Sugimoto, who had joined the "Chicago Shimpo" in 1950 as the newspaper's business man... | 43,080 | triviaqa-train |
In what year did Sir Gordon Richards become the first jockey to be knighted? | Queen's own horse Aureole, and sweeping past the Aga Khan III's horse, Shikampur, into first place with just two furlongs (402 m) remaining. The long-awaited win was accompanied by thunderous cheers from the frenzied crowd. Winning The Derby was undoubtedly Sir Gordon's crowning victory, and he was promptly summoned fr... | Gordon Richards
Sir Gordon Richards (5 May 1904 – 10 November 1986) was an English jockey. He was the British flat racing Champion Jockey 26 times and is often considered the world's greatest ever jockey. He remains the only flat jockey to have been knighted.
Early life.
Gordon Richards was raised in the Shropshire vil... | 43,081 | triviaqa-train |
Which city should have hosted the 'cancelled' Summer Olympics, in 1944? | St. Louis, MO; the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec; the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta; the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC; the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England; the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai and the 2022 Winter Olympics in... | the Modern Olympiad.
1948 Summer Olympics.
The 1948 Summer Olympics (the Games of the XIV Olympiad) were the first to be held after World War II, with the 1944 Summer Olympics having been cancelled due to the war. Showing a collective unity after the war, 59 nations competed in 136 different events between 29 July 1948... | 43,082 | triviaqa-train |
Martin Bell was among those who defined the term 'war correspondent'. He later stole the show in the **** election campaign with his anti-sleaze battle against MP Neil Hamilton. **** What year? | Martin Bell
Martin Bell, OBE, (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as "the man in the white suit".
Background.
Bell is the son of au... | made headlines as part of the "sleaze" accusations levelled against the then Conservative Government. Tatton MP, Neil Hamilton, was accused of accepting cash for tabling Parliamentary questions, and subsequently defeated in the election by independent candidate Martin Bell. Bell was supported in his door to door canvas... | 43,083 | triviaqa-train |
Many of us know of 'Mel C' or Sporty Spice. What's her real name? | Melanie C
Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974), professionally known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer, songwriter, activist, entrepreneur, actress and television personality. She is one of the five members of the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice.
Since 1996, Chisholm has sold mor... | Former team rider Sean Sheffey has described his relationship with Ternasky in the following manner: If there was something that we were having a problem with, you know, sit down and speak with us about these things and "Why isn't this going on?", or "What's the problem here?", or "You need to get this out of your life... | 43,084 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was 'The Domesday Book' completed? | Domesday Book
Domesday Book ( or ; Latin: "Liber de Wintonia" "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror. The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" states:
Then, at the midwinter [1085], was the king in Gloucester w... | Boldon Book
The Boldon Book (also known as the Boldon Buke) contains the results of a survey of the bishopric of Durham that was completed on the orders of Hugh du Puiset, Bishop of Durham, in 1183, designed to assist the administration of the vast diocesan estates. The survey was similar to that of the Domesday Book i... | 43,085 | triviaqa-train |
Which country hosted the 1954 World Cup? | billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet.
17 countries have hosted the World Cup. Brazil, France, Italy, Germany and Mexico have each hosted twice, while Uruguay, Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, England, Argentina, Spain, the United States, Japa... | tour of Australia and New Zealand saw the first tour of Australia by a French football team of any code.
The 1954 Rugby League World Cup saw the first time that any Australian national football team participated in a World Cup tournament. The Australian rugby league team then won the cup in the following tournament in ... | 43,086 | triviaqa-train |
Which team held on to the European Cup for the fifth consecutive year in 1960? | . Real Madrid is the most successful club in the tournament's history, having won it 13 times, including its first five seasons. Liverpool are the reigning champions, having beaten Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 in the 2019 final. Spanish clubs have the highest number of victories (18 wins), followed by England (13 wins) and It... | held in Kiev, France was beaten 2–0 by Ukraine. Coming into the second leg, Ukraine had kept eight consecutive clean sheets and had not lost their last 12 matches. In the second leg held at the Stade de France, France beat Ukraine 3–0 to win the tie 3–2 on aggregate and became the first team to overturn a two-goal, fir... | 43,087 | triviaqa-train |
Which British club had the first all seater stadium? | to an unforeseen problem rather than a long-term plan.
Aberdeen followed suit in 1978, putting benches on the open south terrace as the final part of a longer-term plan to make the ground all-seated. Subsequent to this, the south side of the ground was covered over, and Pittodrie Stadium was proclaimed as the country's... | Ali Sami Yen Stadium
Ali Sami Yen Stadium () was the home of the football club Galatasaray S.K. in Istanbul, Turkey, from 1964 to 2010. It is named after the founder of the club, Ali Sami Yen. The stadium had a capacity of 23,477 (all-seater) and was situated in the Mecidiyeköy quarter of the Şişli district, at the cen... | 43,088 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays at Burnden Park? | Burnden Park
Burnden Park was the home of English football club Bolton Wanderers who played home games there between 1895 and 1997. As well as hosting the 1901 FA Cup Final replay, it was the scene in 1946 of one of the greatest disasters in English football, and the subject of an L. S. Lowry painting. It was demolishe... | at least 15,000 over-capacity. The disaster led to Moelwyn Hughes's official report, which recommended more rigorous control of crowd sizes.
History Outside football.
The railway embankment of Burnden Park was seen in the 1962 film "A Kind of Loving", starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie. Part of the Arthur Askey film ... | 43,089 | triviaqa-train |
Which English football team are known as the Tykes? | Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Tykes", they were founded in 1887 by Reverend Tiverton Preedy under the name ... | who won gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics with the Great Britain national ice hockey team.
Sports.
Cudworth has been represented in the FA Cup by two football teams – Cudworth Village F.C. and Cudworth St. Mary's F.C.
The two main junior football clubs in Cudworth are Dorothy Hyman West End and Cudworth Tykes JFC. Cudwo... | 43,090 | triviaqa-train |
Name the 17 year old player who scored two goals in the 1958 World Cup Final? | Pelé
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football Histor... | Chelsea as a youngster, but was not signed. He signed professional terms with Hibernian after playing Junior football for local Coltness United, and was then farmed out to another Junior team, Armadale Thistle. In his first season with Hibs, the 17-year-old Baker scored all four goals in Hibs' 4–3 victory over city riv... | 43,091 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the home of Clydebank? | 1899–1964).
The junior club were formed in the village of Duntocher (now considered part of Clydebank) in 1899, under the name of Duntocher F.C. This was as the result of a breakaway from another local junior club, Duntocher Hibernian. They changed their name to Clydebank Juniors in 1900 on moving to the town itself. T... | controversially merged their club with Clydebank Juniors. The new club (whose name was usually abbreviated to E.S. Clydebank) inherited East Stirlingshire's place in Division Two, playing home matches at Kilbowie. After a year, a legal challenge by East Stirlingshire supporters led to them resuming their former identit... | 43,092 | triviaqa-train |
Which city hosted the 1975 European Cup Final? | 1975 European Cup Final
The 1975 European Cup Final was a football match between Bayern Munich of Germany and Leeds United of England on 28 May 1975 at the Parc des Princes, Paris. It was the final match of the 1974–75 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup. Bayern Munich were appearing in their s... | Flower Lodge hosted several European games featuring Cork Hibernians, including in a 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup game against Valencia and a 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup game against Baník Ostrava. Cork Hibernians also won the 1972–73 FAI Cup after defeating Shelbourne 1–0 in a replayed final at the Flower Lodg... | 43,093 | triviaqa-train |
What other title is given to 'The First Lord of the Treasury'? | to members of the Royal Family, would be created except upon the advice of the Prime Minister.
Many peers hold more than one hereditary title; for example, the same individual may be a duke,a marquess, an earl, a viscount and a baron by virtue of different peerages. If such a person is entitled to sit in the House of L... | was made a member of the Privy Council and given the title The Right Honourable.
On 14 July 2016 Gauke was made Chief Secretary to the Treasury as part of Theresa May's ministry. On 11 June 2017, he was made Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, having previously only worked in the Treasury.
On 8 January 2018 Gauke... | 43,094 | triviaqa-train |
England World Cup trio: Bobby Moore; Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, came from which team? | Martin Peters
Martin Stanford Peters (born 8 November 1943) is an English former footballer and manager. He was a member of the England team which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup and also played in the 1970 World Cup. Born in Plaistow, Essex, he played club football for West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City and ... | deflected the attention away, stating, "There was a lot of good football and we played really well against a good side."
The following season, the team made it to the final of the League Cup, but lost 6–3 on aggregate to West Bromwich Albion.
The most successful team of this period was ultimately founded upon the Engla... | 43,095 | triviaqa-train |
Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier whilst filming which movie in Monaco? | with Ray Milland; "Rear Window" (1954), with James Stewart; and, "To Catch a Thief" (1955), with Cary Grant.
Kelly retired from acting at the age of 26 to marry Rainier, and began her duties as Princess of Monaco. They had three children: Caroline, Albert, and Stéphanie. Kelly retained her link to America by her dual U... | of the crowds that had gathered outside the palace on the day of the wedding.
As a socialite, the duchess met famous VIPs from Spain and abroad. Jackie Kennedy visited her Seville palace, as did Wallis Simpson, Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. In 1959 the duchess, together with designer Yves Saint Laurent, hos... | 43,096 | triviaqa-train |
In which novel was James Bond first introduced? | 2020, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, "Spectre" (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There have also been two independent productions of Bond films: "Casino Royale" (a 1967 spoof) and... | "Cry Murder". In 1957, Lord starred in "", which has run daily at Colonial Williamsburg since then. In 1958, Lord co-starred as Buck Walden in "God's Little Acre", the film adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel.
Lord was the first actor to play the character Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced ... | 43,097 | triviaqa-train |
In which city would you find 'Copacabana Beach' and 'Ipanema'? | de Janeiro since the city's beginning, with its own universities, art galleries, and theaters. It holds a street parade, the Banda de Ipanema, during Carnival festivities separate from those of Rio de Janeiro, attracting up to 50,000 people to the streets of Ipanema.
Beach.
The beach at Ipanema is known for its elegant... | would drive them to their next destination.
- At Copacabana Beach, teams had to find their next clue, that was hidden inside a sandcastle.
- At Pier 8 on Ipanema Beach, teams had to calculate how much ice would melt in an 800-meters (1/2 mile) walk. They had to deliver ice to a judge at Pier 7. There the ice had to be ... | 43,098 | triviaqa-train |
Which character was played by Nyree Dawn Porter in 'The Forsyte Saga'? | write two more trilogies and several more interludes also based around the titular family; the resulting series is collectively called The Forsyte Chronicles.
Books.
Books "The Man of Property" (1906).
In this first novel of the "Forsyte Saga", after introducing us to the impressive array of Forsytes headed by the form... | That Forsyte Woman" (1949), dir. by Compton Bennett, an MGM adaptation in which Errol Flynn played a rare villainous role as Soames.
- BBC television drama (1967), directed by James Cellan Jones, David Giles, starring Eric Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter, Kenneth More, and Susan Hampshire, 26 parts.
- Granada television dram... | 43,099 | triviaqa-train |
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