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In March 2003, which 29 year-old became the youngest ever recipient of the Best Actor 'Oscar'? | Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Frank Pierson, president of the Academy, and actress Marisa Tomei. "Chicago" received the most nominations with thirteen. It was the eighth film to receive that many nominations. "Gangs of New York" came in second with ten.
The winners were announced during the awards ce... | He established himself as a successful leading actor in the following years. In 2006, he starred in the coming-of-age romance film "Classmates", which became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever. In the same year, he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performances in "Vaasthavam", becoming the y... | 43,400 | triviaqa-train |
Who was voted FIFA 'Footballer Of The Year' 2003? | aged 33 in 2006. Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane each won the award three times, while Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were the only players to win in successive years. From 2010 to 2015, the equivalent men's award was the FIFA Ballon d'Or, following a merging of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the France Football Ballon d'Or... | those two seasons, he also won back-to-back PFA Players' Player of the Year titles. Henry is the only player ever to have won the FWA Footballer of the Year three times (2003, 2004, 2006), and the French Player of the Year on a record four occasions. Henry was voted into the Premier League Overseas Team of the Decade i... | 43,401 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did the 'Torrey Canyon' sink, Donald Campbell was killed and the 'Colonels' seized power in Greece? | In 1952, Greece joined NATO, reinforcing its membership in the Western Bloc of the Cold War.
History Modern period Military regime (1967–74).
King Constantine II's dismissal of George Papandreou's centrist government in July 1965 prompted a prolonged period of political turbulence, which culminated in a coup d'état on ... | inaugurated.
- "Torrey Canyon" oil spill: British Fleet Air Arm and Royal Air Force aircraft bomb and sink the grounded supertanker .
- March 31 – U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signs the Consular Treaty.
Events April.
- April 2 – A United Nations delegation arrives in Aden as its independence approaches. The delegation... | 43,402 | triviaqa-train |
"In which year was the 'Great Train Robbery' the 'Profumo Affair' hit the headlines and Martin Luther King made his ""I have a dream"" speech?" | Profumo affair
The Profumo affair was a British political scandal that originated with a brief sexual relationship in 1961 between John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, and Christine Keeler, a 19-year-old would-be model. In March 1963, Profumo's denial of any improp... | the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. in which the speech turned into a national text and eclipsed the troubles the organizers had to bring to march forward. It had been a fairly complicated affair to bring together various leaders of civil rights, religious and labor groups. As the name of the march i... | 43,403 | triviaqa-train |
Which architect designed the Sydney Opera House? | Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings.
Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the building was formally opened on 20 October 1973 after a gestation... | for his expressionist Sydney Opera House (1966) and the later Bagsværd Church (1976) with its wavy concrete roof.
Henning Larsen (b. 1925) is the architect who designed the boldly modern Copenhagen Opera House on the island of Holmen which was completed in 2005.
Recent achievements.
Today, the concept of Danish design ... | 43,404 | triviaqa-train |
Who played 'Mister Wilson' in the 1994 film 'Denis'? | Dennis the Menace (film)
Dennis the Menace (initially released in the United Kingdom as Dennis to avoid confusion with an identically named character) is a 1993 American comedy film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. The film was directed by Nick Castle and written and produced by John Hughes, and ... | More", voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.
In other media Film.
- The unreleased 1994 film "The Fantastic Four" featured Alex Hyde-White as Mister Fantastic.
- Mister Fantastic has been played by actor Ioan Gruffudd in the 2005 film "Fantastic Four" and its 2007 sequel "". Both movies were directed by Tim Story. In the film ... | 43,405 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Army Major found guilty of cheating his way to £1million on the TV show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'? | "Gameshow Hall of Fame" special.
Ingram cheating scandal.
Although the show employed many ways of preventing cheating, no one working on the British original was prepared for a unique style employed by one contestant – British Army Major Charles Ingram. In September 2001, Ingram took part on the game show for two days,... | and his wife Jackie were offered a place on the Valentine's Day celebrity couples edition of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" They appeared on the show managing to reach the £1 million question, before answering it incorrectly and dropping from £500,000 all the way down to just £32,000 (a loss of £468,000). Llewelyn-Bo... | 43,406 | triviaqa-train |
What is the smallest bird in the world? | Bee hummingbird
The bee hummingbird, zunzuncito or Helena hummingbird ("Mellisuga helenae") is a species of hummingbird which is the world's smallest bird. It is endemic to Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud.
Description.
The bee hummingbird is the smallest living bird. Females weigh and are long, and are slightly larger... | Stits DS-1
The Stits DS-1 Baby Bird is a homebuilt aircraft built to achieve a "world's smallest" status. The Baby Bird is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “Smallest Airplane in the World.” as of 1984. The title was later defined as "world's smallest monoplane" to acknowledge The Robert Star Bumble Bee as t... | 43,407 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor sped off with Jack Lemmon in a speedboat at the end of the film 'Some Like It Hot'? | Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American black and white romantic comedy film set in 1929, directed and produced by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. The supporting cast includes George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee, and Nehemiah Persoff. The screenplay by ... | postwar role was that of aging millionaire Osgood Fielding III in Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy, "Some Like It Hot". Fielding falls for Daphne (Jerry), played by Jack Lemmon in drag; at the end of the film, Lemmon takes off his wig and reveals to Brown that he is a man, to which Brown responds: "Well, nobody's perfect", o... | 43,408 | triviaqa-train |
What was Buddy Holly's real first name? | Holly, with the band at the time being billed as "Buddy Holly and the Crickets".
In the last week of September, the band members flew to Lubbock to visit their families. Holly's high school girlfriend, Echo McGuire, had left him for a fellow student. Aside from McGuire, Holly had a relationship with Lubbock fan June Cl... | 's maiden name. Prior to that, he used Bernard Cornwell as a pen name. He met his father for the first time when he was 58, after telling a journalist on a book tour, "what I wanted to see in Vancouver was my real father." There he met his half-siblings, with whom he shares many traits, and learned his genealogy.
Cornw... | 43,409 | triviaqa-train |
On 29th July 2000, Martin Dugard of Eastbourne became the first-ever winner of the British Grand Prix - in which sport? | In 2015 Martin become Chairman of Eastbourne Speedway club in the national league along with his older Son Connor Dugard they both run the club on a day to day bases, Kelsey Dugard who is the younger Son is a member of the 2015 team along with, Bradley Wilson Dean, Richard Andrews, Ben Hopwood, Marc Owen, Georgie Wood,... | by Henry Segrave in 1926 after his winning of the 1923 French Grand Prix and the San Sebastián Grand Prix the following year, which raised interest in the sport. The first ever British Grand Prix was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B. The second British Grand Prix was held... | 43,410 | triviaqa-train |
Which former pop singer is now known as Yusuf Islam? | Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage name Cat Stevens, and later Yusuf, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, in his later career, Islamic music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame i... | Ted Mason
Ted Mason, better known by his stage name T. Mason (London, England) is a British/Nicaraguan rock|pop|Hip Hop|World|Jazz singer/musician/producer and former member, manager, producer of the British band Modern English. He is now a member of the British/American duo McGovern & Mason with Actress/Singer/Songwri... | 43,411 | triviaqa-train |
'The Nore' is a sandbank at the mouth of which British river? | Nore
The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary, England. It marks the point where the River Thames meets the North Sea, roughly halfway between Havengore Creek in Essex and Warden Point on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.
Until 1964 it marked the seaward limit of the Port of London Authority. As the sandban... | set off in pursuit of "Confiante", which was attempting to turn back towards Le Havre. The French cutter was unable to escape the British pursuit and its crew deliberately drove it ashore near the mouth of the Dives River.
At 06:30, "Hydra" caught up with Pevrieux on the "Confiante" and began a heavy fire, which the Fr... | 43,412 | triviaqa-train |
With which English king did Pope Clement VII have a dispute? | to liberate Italy from foreign occupation, believing that it threatened the Church's freedom.
The complex political situation of the 1520s thwarted Clement's intentions. Inheriting the problem of Martin Luther’s growing Protestant Reformation in Northern Europe; a vast power struggle in Italy between Europe’s two most... | Marie Robine and Catherine of Siena, Constance's intervention in politics did not go well because she supported the "wrong" pope of her region as she supported the Pope Urban VI instead of Antipope Clement VII. Also her convictions were contradictory as she was loyal to the French king, who supported Clement VII, and s... | 43,413 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who was the beautiful Trojan prince who was carried off by Zeus to become cup-bearer to the gods? | with cups of gold
they toasted one another, looking down
toward the stronghold of Ilion."
Hêbê's role of cup bearer ended when she married war hero Heracles who joined Hêbê amongst the Gods and Goddesses and started a family.
Hêbê was then replaced by Ganymede.
The Roman Gods are also closely related to Greek Mythology... | a handsome Trojan prince, abducted by Zeus and made cup-bearer of the gods
- Glaucus (), the fisherman's sea god, made immortal after eating a magical herb
- Hemithea () and Parthenos (), princesses of the Island of Naxos who leapt into the sea to escape their father's wrath; Apollo transformed them into demi-goddesses... | 43,414 | triviaqa-train |
Reaching number 3 in the charts in 1998, 'The Bartender And The Thief' was the first UK top ten hit forwhich group? | The Bartender and the Thief
"The Bartender and the Thief" is a 1998 single by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It was the first single taken from their second album "Performance and Cocktails". It was released on 9 November 1998 and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.
The song is the second track on the "Perfor... | February 1998, the band received a BRIT Award for Best New Group. In the same week, the band re-released the single "Local Boy in the Photograph", which in turn reached number fourteen in the UK Singles Chart. The band's debut album, "Word Gets Around", also went gold in the UK.
In November 1998, "The Bartender and the... | 43,415 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Baiji' that became extinct in 2006, was a species of which mammal? | females at age six. Mature males were about (7.5 ft) long, females , the longest specimen . The animal weighed , with a lifespan estimated at 24 years in the wild. The Yangtze River Dolphin is pale blue to gray on the dorsal (back) side, and white on the ventral (belly) side. It has a long and slightly-upturned beak wi... | . However, footage believed to be a baiji from August 2007 was released to the public.
The Japanese sea lion and Caribbean monk seal disappeared in the 1950s, the last aquatic mammals to become extinct. Several land-based mammal species and subspecies have disappeared since then. If the baiji is now extinct, the vaquit... | 43,416 | triviaqa-train |
To which organ of the body does the adjective 'Hepatic' refer? | capacity for self-repair.
Clinical significance Liver transplantation.
Human liver transplants were first performed by Thomas Starzl in the United States and Roy Calne in Cambridge, England in 1963 and 1967, respectively.
Liver transplantation is the only option for those with irreversible liver failure. Most transplan... | the musical term's meaning had narrowed to refer specifically to the keyboard-based instrument. At the same time, a second meaning arose, in reference to a "body part adapted to a certain function".
Plant organs are made from tissue composed of different types of tissue. When three or more organs are present, it is cal... | 43,417 | triviaqa-train |
The plot of which animated sit-com revolves around the employees of the 'Planet Express' delivery company? | planet Chapek 9, and the black rectangular monolith labeled "Out of Order" in orbit around Jupiter (a reference to Arthur C. Clarke's "Space Odyssey" series). Bender and Fry sometimes watch a television show called "The Scary Door", a humorous parody of "The Twilight Zone".
Journalist/critic Frank Lovece in "Newsday" c... | Trigun
Both manga were adapted into an anime television series in 1998. Madhouse animated the TV series which aired on TV Tokyo from April 1, 1998 to September 30, 1998, totaling 26 episodes. An animated feature film called "" was released in April 2010.
Plot.
"Trigun" revolves around a man known as "Vash the Stampede"... | 43,418 | triviaqa-train |
Deriving from the Greek for 'thick', what name is given to any class of sub-atomic particle that is composed of quarks, and is thus affected by the strong nuclear force? | way. The only exception is the top quark, which may decay before it hadronizes.
Interacting quarks Sea quarks.
Hadrons contain, along with the "valence quarks" () that contribute to their quantum numbers, virtual quark–antiquark () pairs known as "sea quarks" (). Sea quarks form when a gluon of the hadron's color field... | indicate that the neutron is a composite particle, as opposed to being an elementary particle. A neutron contains two down quarks with charge − "e" and one up quark with charge + "e".
Like protons, the quarks of the neutron are held together by the strong force, mediated by gluons. The nuclear force results from second... | 43,419 | triviaqa-train |
Which fashion designer founded the Kings Road clothes shop Bazaar in 1955? | King's Road
King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the King's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents), is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both in west London. It is associated with 1960s style and with fashion ... | Rochas
Rochas is a fashion, beauty, and perfume house founded in 1925 by French designer Marcel Rochas (born 1902, died 1955) the first designer of 2/3-length coats and skirts with pockets.
Rochas had been known primarily for its signature perfume, "Femme," which was packaged in a pink box with black lace.
The compan... | 43,420 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of the title character in Thomas Hardy's novel 'Jude The Obscure'? | Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895. It is Hardy's last completed novel. Its protagonist, Jude Fawley, is a working-class young man, a stonemason, who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main cha... | the show on the Jurassic Coast also helped him generate more ideas for the show and tighten the writing. For example, Dorset-born poet and author Thomas Hardy's surname was used for one of the main characters (DI Alec Hardy). Hardy's use of the term "Wessex" was used to name the fictional Wessex Police, and character J... | 43,421 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1905 opera 'The Merry Widow'? | national composer of Austria. The Theater an der Wien never failed to draw huge crowds when his stage works were first performed. After many of the numbers the audience would call noisily for encores.
Franz von Suppé, a contemporary of Strauss, closely modeled his operettas after Offenbach. The Viennese tradition was c... | Lois Ewell
Lois Ewell (January 28, 1885 - ?), was an American soprano opera singer and Broadway theatre performer.
Biography.
She was born on January 28, 1885, in Memphis, Tennessee to James Levi Ewell. She married Henry Ramond Tredwell of Port Washington, New York in 1905 in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1908, she starred in... | 43,422 | triviaqa-train |
Which kitchen appliance was invented by Percy Spencer in 1945? | oven, eventually named the Radarange. In 1947, the first commercially produced microwave oven was about 6 feet tall, weighed about 750 lbs, and cost about 5,000 US$. In 1967 the first relatively affordable ($495) and reasonably sized (counter-top) microwave oven was available for sale.
Spencer became Senior Vice Presid... | at or near the wheel of the vehicle. In 1918, the hydraulic brake was invented by Malcolm Loughead, which replaced the mechanical brake which was used previously on automobiles.
1919 Blender
- A blender is an upright, stationary kitchen appliance used to mix alcoholic beverages and puree food. Blenders are also used to... | 43,423 | triviaqa-train |
In March 2009, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the President of which African country? | Omar al-Bashir
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (, pronounced ; born 1944) is a Sudanese politician who served as the seventh President of Sudan from 1989 to 2019 and founder of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when, as a brigadier in the Sudanese Army, he led a group of officers in a military coup that... | , it will be moved to a lower-priority queue. This scheme leaves I/O-bound and interactive processes in the higher priority queues. In addition, a process that waits too long in a lower-priority queue may be moved to a higher priority queue. This form of aging also helps to prevent starvation of certain lower priority ... | 43,424 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the play known to have been written by Shakespeare as a sequel to 'Love's Labour's Lost', but for which no manuscript has ever been found? | 's Dream". "Love's Labour's Lost" was first published in quarto in 1598 by the bookseller Cuthbert Burby. The title page states that the play was "Newly corrected and augmented by W. Shakespere," which has suggested to some scholars a revision of an earlier version. The play next appeared in print in the First Folio in... | flaws to the original material stating, "All is light and winning, and yet somehow empty. It's no excuse that the starting point was probably the weakest of Shakespeare's plays. "Love's Labour's Lost" is hardly ever performed on the stage and has never been previous filmed, and there is a reason for that: It's not abou... | 43,425 | triviaqa-train |
Which batsman holds the record for the most runs in a Test career? | balls in his final Test match.
The trend of countries to increase the number of Test matches they play means that the aggregate lists are dominated by modern players. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the highest Test wicket-taker in December 2007, when he passed Shane Warne's total of 708 wickets. Within ... | He still holds the Test Match record for the most runs in a career without a duck, with 1,464. His most memorable one day international innings was against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup, in which Houghton scored 142 runs off 137 deliveries with 13 fours and 6 sixes. This innings brought Zimbabwe to the bri... | 43,426 | triviaqa-train |
Which bowler holds the record for the most wickets in a Test career? | his first Test match in 1992 and took over 1,000 international wickets (in Tests and One-Day Internationals), second to this milestone after Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. Warne's 708 Test wickets was the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket, until it was broken by Muralitharan on 3 Decemb... | in February 1921.
- Bob Massie holds the record for the best bowling figures in a match by an Australian cricketer with 16/137 against England in June 1972. That was also his first Test match for Australia.
- J. J. Ferris holds the record for the best bowling average by an Australian bowler, taking 61 wickets at 12.70 ... | 43,427 | triviaqa-train |
Which team did Tottenham Hotspur defeat on penalties to win the 1984 UEFA Cup Final? | 1984 UEFA Cup Final
The 1984 UEFA Cup Final was a football tie played on 9 May and 23 May 1984 between R.S.C. Anderlecht of Belgium—the defending Champions—and Tottenham Hotspur F.C. of England. Tottenham won 4–3 on penalty kicks after the tie finished 2–2 on aggregate.
Years later, it emerged that Anderlecht's passage... | three seasons. He played in the club's run to the 1972 UEFA Cup Final, scoring a vital away goal against Juventus en route. In the final, a two-legged match against Tottenham Hotspur, he scored Wolves’ only goal in a 2–1 first leg defeat at home. The second leg ended a 1–1 draw, leaving McCalliog with a runners-up meda... | 43,428 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist painted the ceiling of the Palais Garnier Opera House in Paris in 1964? | largest in Europe and can accommodate as many as 450 artists. The canvas house curtain was painted to represent a draped curtain, complete with tassels and braid.
The ceiling area which surrounds the chandelier was originally painted by Jules Eugène Lenepveu.
In 1964 a new ceiling painted by Marc Chagall was installed ... | Palais Garnier
The Palais Garnier ( French ) is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition o... | 43,429 | triviaqa-train |
In which town would you find the World War I memorial, the Menin Gate? | 231. This article became known as the War Guilt clause as the majority of Germans felt humiliated and resentful. Overall the Germans felt they had been unjustly dealt with by what they called the "diktat of Versailles". German historian Hagen Schulze said the Treaty placed Germany "under legal sanctions, deprived of mi... | the country with record numbers achieving scholarships to Oxbridge and attaining distinctions in the Higher Certificate examinations.
History 1914 to 1945.
During the world wars large numbers of Old Rossallians lost their lives in combat, 297 in World War I alone - the majority of whom are now commemorated in the exten... | 43,430 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the King of Libya who was overthrown by a military coup led by Colonel Qaddafi in 1969? | a poor Bedouin family, Gaddafi became an Arab nationalist while at school in Sabha, later enrolling in the Royal Military Academy, Benghazi. Within the military, he founded a revolutionary group which deposed the Western-backed Senussi monarchy of Idris in a 1969 coup. Having taken power, Gaddafi converted Libya into a... | al-Qaddafi and Amal Shennib.
Al-Qaddafi (no relation to Muammar Gaddafi) served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1962 until 1963, becoming the last prime minister of the Kingdom of Libya, serving from 1968 until the government was overthrown in the coup d'état orchestrated by Muammar Gaddafi in 1969.
Born in 1922 in... | 43,431 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the King of Egypt who was overthrown by a military coup led by Gamel Abdel Nasser in 1952? | four days prior by UK foreign minister Samuel Hoare that rejected prospects for the 1923 Constitution's restoration. Two protesters were killed and Nasser received a graze to the head from a policeman's bullet. The incident garnered his first mention in the press: the nationalist newspaper "Al Gihad" reported that Nass... | parliamentary elections. Following these elections, the prime minister was overthrown by the King leading to riots. These riots precipitated a military coup after which all political parties were banned including the Wafd Party and the Muslim Brotherhood. The government of Gamal Abdel Nasser was secularist-nationalist ... | 43,432 | triviaqa-train |
Located in Norfolk and Lincolnshire, which is England's largest 'Site of Special Scientific Interest'? | Norfolk
Norfolk () is a county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the northwest, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea and to the north-west, The Wash. The county town is Norwich.
With an area of and a population of 8... | Holkham National Nature Reserve
Holkham National Nature Reserve is England's largest national nature reserve (NNR). It is on the Norfolk coast between Burnham Overy Staithe and Blakeney, and is managed by Natural England with the cooperation of the Holkham Estate. Its comprise a wide range of habitats, including grazin... | 43,433 | triviaqa-train |
Also a two-time World Champion, which American skier won the gold medal in the Men's Combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics? | Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's combined
The men's super combined competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was scheduled for February 16, but was postponed due to weather delays in preceding races; it was held five days la... | Jennifer Heil
Jennifer Heil (born April 11, 1983) is a Canadian freestyle skier from Spruce Grove, Alberta. Heil started skiing at age two. Jennifer Heil won the first gold medal for Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics games in Turin, Italy and a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, which was also Cana... | 43,434 | triviaqa-train |
Also featuring 'Dizzee Rascal', who had a number two hit in February 2010 with 'You Got The Dirtee Love'? | You Got the Love
"You Got the Love" is a 1986 single by Candi Staton. It was then remixed by The Source and re-released in 1991 as 'The Source and Candi Staton'.
In 2008, the song was covered by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone for her fourth studio album, "Colour Me Free!", released in October 2009. In Novembe... | " reached number 12 in the UK and number 41 in Ireland. "Drumming Song" was released as the fourth single, charting at number 54 in the UK. "You've Got the Love", a cover of The Source's song of the same name, peaked at number five in the UK and number nine in Australia. A performance at the 2010 Brit Awards on 17 Febr... | 43,435 | triviaqa-train |
Which peninsular on the south coast of Glamorgan in Wales was the first area of the United Kingdom to be designated as an 'Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty'? | Peninsula was the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in 1956. Forty two percent of the coastline of south and west Wales is designated as Heritage Coast, with 13 specific designated strips of coastline maintained by Natural Resources Wales (successor body to the ... | Wye Valley
The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; ) is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales. It is one of the most dramatic and scenic landscapes in Britain.
The River Wye () is the fifth-longest river in the United Kingdom. The upper part pa... | 43,436 | triviaqa-train |
Said to be made of imperishable gold and as swift as any bird, what was the name given to the winged sandals worn by the Greek god 'Hermes'? | Talaria
Talaria (; , or , ) are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek messenger god Hermes (Roman equivalent Mercury). They were said to be made by the god Hephaestus of imperishable gold and they flew the god as swift as any bird. The name is from the Latin , neuter plural of , "of the ankle".
Appearances.
The talaria... | - Bridle of Constantine, said to be made from the nails used during the crucifixion of Christ.
Clothing Caps and hats.
- Cohuleen druith, a special hat worn by merrows, which enables them to dive beneath the waves. If they lose this cap, it is said that they will lose their power to return beneath the water. (Scottish ... | 43,437 | triviaqa-train |
After Mexico and Spain, which country has the third largest Spanish-speaking population? | of over 129 million people, Mexico is the tenth most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states plus Mexico City (CDMX), which is the capital city and its most populo... | a majority Latino area, displacing most previous African-American and Asian-American residents. The city is often said to have the largest Mexican population outside Mexico and has the largest Spanish-speaking population outside Latin America or Spain. As of 2007, estimates of the number of residents originally from th... | 43,438 | triviaqa-train |
What five word name is given to the 5th century massacre of British chieftains by the Saxons, the 1934 purge of Hitler's opponents in Germany, and the 1962 dismissal of seven Cabinet ministers by Harold Macmillan? | other parties had been intimidated into disbanding. This included the Nazis' nominal coalition partner, the DNVP; with the SA's help, Hitler forced its leader, Hugenberg, to resign on 29 June. On 14 July 1933, the NSDAP was declared the only legal political party in Germany. The demands of the SA for more political and... | at his home, near Jefferson City, Missouri.
July 13, 1962 (Friday).
- With his popularity declining, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan fired seven senior members of his cabinet, including Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd, the Lord Chancellor, the Ministers of Defence and Education, and the Secretary of St... | 43,439 | triviaqa-train |
Which late 19th and early 20th century art movement takes its name from the French for 'wild beasts'? | 20th-century art
Twentieth-century art—and what it became as modern art—began with modernism in the late nineteenth century. Nineteenth-century movements of Post-Impressionism (Les Nabis), Art Nouveau and Symbolism led to the first twentieth-century art movements of Fauvism in France and Die Brücke ("The Bridge") in Ge... | included John Robert Cozens, Francis Towne, Thomas Girtin, Michael Angelo Rooker, William Pars, Thomas Hearne, and John Warwick Smith, all in the late 18th century, and Joseph Mallord William Turner, John Varley, John Sell Cotman, Anthony Copley Fielding, Samuel Palmer in the early 19th.
History Western tradition 19th ... | 43,440 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 2010 fantasy film 'Alice In Wonderland', starring Mia Wasikowska and Johnny Depp amongst others? | Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic, and eccentric horror and fantasy films such as "Beetlejuice" (1988), "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993), "Ed Wood" (1994), "Sleepy Hollow" ... | written by Linda Woolverton. It is a sequel to the 2010 film "Alice in Wonderland". The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen and Rhys Ifans, and was released on May 27, 2016.
TV series.
TV series "Adventures in Wonderland".
"Adventures in Wonderland" is a live-a... | 43,441 | triviaqa-train |
Arthur Thistlewood was the main conspirator in which plot of 1820? | Arthur Thistlewood
Arthur Thistlewood (1774–1 May 1820) was a British radical activist and conspirator in the Cato Street Conspiracy. He planned to murder the cabinet, but there was a spy and he was apprehended with 12 other conspirators. He killed a policeman during the raid. He was executed for treason.
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- Arthur Thistlewood (1774–1820), radical and Cato Street conspirator, was baptised in Horncastle on 4 December 1774.
- Robert Webb (born 1972), actor and comedian, lived in Woodhall Spa, but attended school in Horncastle.
- Harold A. Wilson (1885–1932), 1908 Olympic athlete, first person to run a sub-four-minute 150... | 43,442 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 2010 psychological thriller 'Shutter Island', starring Leonardo di Caprio? | Shutter Island (film)
Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Laeta Kalogridis, based on Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel of the same name. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels who is investigating a psychiatric facility on Sh... | Arakshaka
Arakshaka is a 2012 Indian Kannada psychological thriller mystery film starring Upendra, Sadha and Ragini Dwivedi in the lead roles. The film is directed by P. Vasu. Krishna Prajwal has produced the film under Udaya Ravi Films. Gurukiran is the music director of the film. Karnataka`s former CM and State Janat... | 43,443 | triviaqa-train |
The musical 'Fiddler On The Roof' was inspired by a painting by which artist? | -Holocaust depictions of the vanished world of Eastern European Jewry". Harold Prince replaced the original producer Fred Coe and brought in director/choreographer Jerome Robbins. The writers and Robbins considered naming the musical "Tevye", before landing on a title suggested by various paintings by Marc Chagall ("Gr... | If I Were a Rich Man (song)
"If I Were a Rich Man" is a show tune from the 1964 musical "Fiddler on the Roof". It was written by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock. The song is performed by Tevye, the main character in the musical, and reflects his dreams of glory.
The title is inspired by a 1902 monologue by Sholem Aleich... | 43,444 | triviaqa-train |
Which character was revealed as the murderer of 'Archie Mitchell' in the first ever live 'Eastenders' episode in February 2010? | Who Killed Archie? storyline for the majority of 2010.
It was revealed two months later in the show's first live episode, "EastEnders Live", that Archie's murderer was Danielle's best-friend Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner) - whom he had raped in 6 October 2009 to cover-up his nefarious activities by escalating her bipol... | 2009, commenting that it was "time to move on and take on some new roles". Although the character died during the "EastEnders" live 25th anniversary episode on 19 February 2010, Clements is credited at the end of the episode on 22 February 2010. The police wanted to question Bradley regarding the death of Archie Mitche... | 43,445 | triviaqa-train |
Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona are three of the largest cities in which Italian region? | This compares with the Italian average of 17.88 percent (minors) and 20.29 percent (pensioners).
The average age of Bergamo residents is 45 compared to the Italian average of 43. In the eight years between 2002 and 2010, the population of Bergamo grew by 5.41 percent, while Italy as a whole grew by 5.77 percent.
Econom... | -Italian languages, which share features with Gallo-Romance languages and other Western Romance languages.
Classification Varieties.
The varieties of the Italian provinces of Milan, Varese, Como, Lecco, Lodi, Monza and Brianza, Pavia and Mantua belong to Western Lombard, and the ones of Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona are... | 43,446 | triviaqa-train |
In which Dickens novel do we find the sanctimonious architect and surveyor named 'Seth Pecksniff'? | about him.
At this time Tom Pinch sees his employer's true character, goes to London to seek new employment, and rescues his sister Ruth from mistreatment by the family that employs her as a governess. Pinch quickly receives an ideal job from a mysterious employer with the help of an equally mysterious Mr Fips.
Young M... | drama and language of the trial scene of Charles Darnay in "A Tale of Two Cities" is very close to that of de la Motte's trial, with Dickens emphasising the grotesqueness and the gruesomeness of the proceedings in his inimitable manner.
As for Thackeray, in his last, unfinished novel, "Denis Duval" we find de la Motte ... | 43,447 | triviaqa-train |
Which British scientist discovered and studied hydrogen, was the first to measure Newton's gravitational constant, and calculated the mass and mean density of the Earth? | distance. In the Einstein field equations, it quantifies the relation between the geometry of spacetime and the energy–momentum tensor.
The measured value of the constant is known with some certainty to four significant digits. In SI units its value is approximately
The modern notation of Newton's law involving was in... | subsurface. Because the lithology of the Earth changes quite significantly, we are able to observe minute differences in the Earth's gravitational field on the surface of the Earth. From our understanding of gravity (Newton's Law of Gravitation), we know that the mathematical expression for gravity is:
here formula_32 ... | 43,448 | triviaqa-train |
In which of Charles Dickens' novels would you find 'Joe'. an extremely fat boy who can fall asleep in any situation at any time of day? | whimsical names. The likes of Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley, Bob Cratchit, Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes, Pip, Miss Havisham, Sydney Carton, Charles Darnay, David Copperfield, Mr Micawber, Abel Magwitch, Daniel Quilp, Samuel Pickwick, Wackford Squeers, and Uriah Heep are so well known as... | usual, although during his time in the army he had marched 14 French leagues (approximately 25 mi/42 km) in a day with no ill effects.
It was observed that immediately after going to bed, generally at about 8:00 pm, Domery would begin to sweat profusely. After one to two hours lying awake and perspiring, he would fall ... | 43,449 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county could you visit the 'Fox Talbot Museum', the 'Museum of Computing', and the 'Kennet and Avon Canal Museum'? | Lacock Abbey
Lacock Abbey in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a nunnery of the Augustinian order. The abbey remained a nunnery until the suppression of Roman Catholic institutions in England in the 16th century; it was then sold to Sir Wi... | state by 1978. It is now operated by volunteers from the Trust, open to the public as an industrial heritage museum.
Description.
At Claverton, the Kennet and Avon Canal is cut into the side of the Avon valley above the River Avon. The pumping station is located in a pump house built of Bath Stone, located at river lev... | 43,450 | triviaqa-train |
Which of Puccini's operas was left unfinished at his death and later completed by Franco Alfano? | Turandot
Turandot (; ; ) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.
Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's 1801 adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly ba... | will die. In the original story by Nizami, the princess sets four conditions. The first is "a good name and good deeds", and then the three challenges.
The opera was unfinished at the time of Puccini's death in 1924, and was completed by Franco Alfano in 1926. The first performance was held at the Teatro alla Scala in ... | 43,451 | triviaqa-train |
Which South African author was the first person to win the Booker Prize twice with his novel 'Disgrace'? | prize be given to him so that he could use the money to buy every copy of the longlisted books in Ireland and donate them to libraries, "thus ensuring that the books not only are bought but also read — surely a unique occurrence."
Judging for the 1983 award produced a draw between J. M. Coetzee's "Life & Times of Micha... | of Michael K. His 1999 novel "Disgrace" won him his second Booker Prize as well as the 2000 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. He is also the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003.
English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Silmarillion", was born in Bloemfontein i... | 43,452 | triviaqa-train |
Which fairytale character was the subject of operas by both Rossini and Massenet? | " and "Cendrillon" complete, though still awaiting performance, Massenet began work on "Sapho", based on a novel by Daudet about the love of an innocent young man from the country for a worldly-wise Parisienne. It was given at the Opéra-Comique in November 1897, with great success, though it has been neglected since th... | Giuseppe Cremonini
Giuseppe Cremonini (25 November 1866 – 9 May 1903) was an Italian operatic tenor who had a prominent opera career in Europe and the United States during the last decade of the nineteenth century.
Cremonini was born and died in Cremona, Italy. Admired for his full lyric voice, he sang a wide repertoir... | 43,453 | triviaqa-train |
Polaris is the brightest star in which constellation? | Polaris
Polaris (), designated α Ursae Minoris (Latinized to Alpha Ursae Minoris, abbreviated Alpha UMi, α UMi), commonly the North Star or Pole Star, is the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor. It is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star. The revised Hipparcos p... | , while his countryman Johann Elert Bode subsequently added iota to phi. Only lambda and pi remain in use, likely because of their proximity to the north celestial pole. Within the constellation's borders, there are 39 stars brighter than or equal to apparent magnitude 6.5.
Marking the Little Bear's tail, Polaris, or A... | 43,454 | triviaqa-train |
Who was appointed the first permanent President of the European Council in November 2009? | the most important area left to the rotating Council presidency, with the rotating presidency seeing a greater decrease in power than previously planned. Many of the changes introduced with the Lisbon Treaty need concretion through practical implementation by the current actors. The Spanish presidency unsuccessfully tr... | designated the first permanent President of the European Council, a position he takes up on December 1, 2009.
- November 13 – Having analyzed the data from the LCROSS lunar impact, NASA announces that it has found a "significant" quantity of water in the Moon's Cabeus crater.
- November 23 – In the Philippines, at leas... | 43,455 | triviaqa-train |
Which river forms much of the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk? | the Local Government Act 1972, East Suffolk, West Suffolk, and Ipswich were merged to form the unified county of Suffolk. The county was divided into several local government districts: Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk Coastal, and Waveney. This act also transferred some land near Gr... | Rushford, Norfolk
Rushford is a small village in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north bank of the River Little Ouse, east of the town of Thetford and south of the main A1066 road. The river forms the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk and, until 1894, Rushford was in both counties. Rushford Hall... | 43,456 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the semi-legendary Anglo-Saxon ruler of Kent of the 5th century, who along with his brother Horsa, was hired by the British warlord Vortigern to fight against the Picts? | about Vortigern's ancestry, including the names of his four sons (Vortimer, Pascent, Catigern, and Faustus), his father Vitalis, his grandfather Vitalinus, and his great-grandfather Gloui, who is probably just an eponym which associates Vortigern with Glevum, the civitas of Gloucester.
The "Historia Brittonum" relates ... | with Saxons and Jutes, left their home to migrate to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. For the years 449-455, the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", written around 890, describes how King Vortigern (a British tribal king) invited the Angles to come and receive land in return for helping him defend against marauding Picts. Th... | 43,457 | triviaqa-train |
Which river forms much of the boundary between Devon and Cornwall? | Wessex during the eighth and ninth centuries. The western boundary with Cornwall was set at the River Tamar by King Æthelstan in 936. Devon was later constituted as a shire of the Kingdom of England.
The north and south coasts of Devon each have both cliffs and sandy shores, and the county's bays contain seaside resort... | includes all rivers entering the Bristol Channel and the sea off the northern coasts of Devon and Cornwall which is referred to variously as the Southwest Approaches or Celtic Sea.
Rivers discharging into the Bristol Channel and Southwest Approaches Rivers Severn and Wye.
The lowermost Wye forms the boundary between En... | 43,458 | triviaqa-train |
In which Spanish city was Pablo Picasso born? | de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, a series of names honouring various saints and relatives. "Ruiz y Picasso" were included for his father and mother, respectively, as per Spanish tradition. Born in the city of Málaga in the Andalusian region of Spain, he wa... | the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, and lAjuntament de Barcelona" (Barcelona city hall). Tourists visit this neighborhood to see ' (a Spanish-style plaza) and to shop in one of the tourist shops along '. The Museu Picasso can be found in the area known as "el Born", within the Barri Gótic, in addition to the hist... | 43,459 | triviaqa-train |
Nadia Comaneci made her name in which sport? | 10s. During her career, Comăneci won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals.
Comăneci is one of the world's best-known gymnasts and is credited with popularizing the sport around the globe. In 2000, she was named as one of the Athletes of the 20th Century by the Laureus World Sports ... | her.
Nadia Comăneci needed a score of 9.925 to tie or more than that to win the gold outright. The last time she had scored as high as this in an AA final was at the 76 Olympics. Out of the 100 optional beam exercises performed at the 1980 Olympics only 1 scored as high as Comaneci needed. After one of her back flips C... | 43,460 | triviaqa-train |
Which 'Dr. Who' actor came between Patrick Troughton and Tom Baker? | the center of many people's relationship with the show", and a 2011 online vote at Digital Spy deemed the series the "scariest TV show of all time".
During Jon Pertwee's second series as the Doctor, in the serial "Terror of the Autons" (1971), images of murderous plastic dolls, daffodils killing unsuspecting victims, a... | Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell, although the latter nine appeared only through the reuse of archive footage. Tom Baker did reappear, but as "the Curator", an ambiguously different character who he was not credited for playing. A voice actor, John Guilor, recorded a line of audio impersonating the First Doctor, ... | 43,461 | triviaqa-train |
George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford is heir to which Dukedom? | Duke of Marlborough (title)
Duke of Marlborough ( ) is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by Queen Anne in 1702 for John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough (1650–1722), the noted military leader. In historical texts, it is often to him that an unqualified use of the title refers. The name of the dukedom ... | established that the plaintiff is directly affected by the legislation or, if not, does the plaintiff have a genuine interest in its validity?
3. is there another reasonable and effective way to bring the issue before the Court?
On the facts of the case the Court found that the claim did raise some serious questions. M... | 43,462 | triviaqa-train |
Who jointly led the expedition from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1860 to 1861 with Robert O’Hara Burke? | Burke and Wills expedition
The Burke and Wills expedition was organised by the Royal Society of Victoria in Australia in 1860–61. It consisted of 19 men led by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, with the objective of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south, to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a dis... | a member of the Victorian Exploring Expedition in 1860–61, which has since become known as the Burke and Wills expedition. It was organised by the Philosophical Institute of Victoria which in 1860 became the Royal Society of Victoria.
The Burke and Wills expedition was led by Robert O'Hara Burke, a police superintenden... | 43,463 | triviaqa-train |
Which airline has flight FR9146 from Liverpool to Barcelona and flight FR 9862 from Liverpool to Malaga? | to operate sustained regular jet services on 15 September 1956 with the Tupolev Tu-104.
History European airline industry EU airline deregulation.
Deregulation of the European Union airspace in the early 1990s has had substantial effect on the structure of the industry there. The shift towards 'budget' airlines on shor... | had been confirmed. The first route to operate from Aberdeen was Tenerife, which commenced in winter 2006. It also announced routes to Alicante, Barcelona, Faro, Murcia, Palma and Paphos, which commenced in summer 2007.
History Long-haul expansion.
Liverpool was added to the Flyglobespan network from November 2006, wit... | 43,464 | triviaqa-train |
"Which word is missing from these lyrics? ""Thanks for the memory, Of candlelight and wine, ______ on the Rhine, The Parthenon and moments on the Hudson River Line, How lovely it was!""" | is the Hudson River Islands State Park in Greene and Columbia counties, and in Dutchess County, there is Bard College, Staatsburgh, the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Franklin D. Roosevelt's home and presidential library, and the main campus of the Culinary Institute of America, Marist College, the Walkway ... | Nahe (Rhine)
The Nahe is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It has also given name to the wine region Nahe situated around it.
The name Nahe is derived from the Latin word "Nava", which is supposed to be based upon the Celtic origin for "the wild river". The Nahe separ... | 43,465 | triviaqa-train |
A simple statement of Boyle’s Law is that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its what? | of the atmosphere. When this distinction is important, the term "total pressure" is used. Otherwise, discussions of liquid pressure refer to pressure without regard to the normally ever-present atmospheric pressure.
It is important to recognize that the pressure does not depend on the "amount" of liquid present. Volume... | regarding gas diffusion, and the second regarding gas effusion. In the former case, Graham deduced that when measured repeatedly under the same conditions of pressure and temperature, the rate of diffusive mixing of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its density, and given the relationship between de... | 43,466 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress, who appeared in 24 of the films, played Calpurnia in Carry On Cleo? | Carry On Cleo
Carry On Cleo is a British film comedy which was released in 1964. It is the tenth in the series of "Carry On" films to be made, and the website ICONS.a portrait of England describes "Carry On Cleo" as "perhaps the best" of the series. Regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey,... | On Cleo", she stayed with the films all the way though to the final one in the original series, "Carry On Emmannuelle". Sims appeared in 24 "Carry On" films in all; she did not return for the one-off revival film, "Carry On Columbus" (1992). However, she did appear alongside Kenneth Williams in the radio show "Stop Mes... | 43,467 | triviaqa-train |
Which King was born at Dunfermline Palace in November 1600? | to be rarely visited by a monarch. Ten tapestries from the royal tapestry collection were still there in 1616, left from the time the infant Prince Charles resided at the Palace. When Charles I returned in 1633 for his Scottish coronation he only made a brief visit to his place of birth. The last monarch to occupy the ... | James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark, Charles was born in Dunfermline Palace, Fife, on 19 November 1600. At a Protestant ceremony in the Chapel Royal of Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh on 23 December 1600, he was baptised by David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, and created Duke of Albany, the traditional title of the second... | 43,468 | triviaqa-train |
Guitarist David Gilmour joined which rock band in 1967? | David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, (; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who was a member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He joined the group as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968 shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved inte... | group. He is a part of the death/black metal band Trinacria, which includes members of Enslaved and the noise group Fe-Mail; and a newly formed project with Immortal guitarist Harald Nævdal. He has also been session-guitarist for Ov Hell and lent his voice to a character on "Metalocalypse" in the episode "Dethmas".
As ... | 43,469 | triviaqa-train |
Which battle took place on August 22nd 1485? | Tudor dynasty as the start of a new age, marking the end of the Middle Ages for England. From the 15th to the 18th centuries the battle was glamorised as a victory of good over evil. The climax of William Shakespeare's play "Richard III" provides a focal point for critics in later film adaptations. The exact site of th... | the collapse of Russia on the Eastern Front. Throughout March and April, the 22nd Battalion undertook defensive duties as the German offensive was blunted, before the Allies launched their own offensive around Amiens in August. After this, the 22nd Battalion took part in a number of battles including the Battle of Mont... | 43,470 | triviaqa-train |
Which battle that took place on December 2nd 1805 is also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors? | Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon, the "Grande Armée" of France def... | the subsidiary battles during the Battle of Passchendaele (also known as Third Ypres) that took place between 31 July–6 November. Some of the battles that the Ox and Bucks took part in included Menin Road and Polygon Wood in September and early October. The 2nd Ox and Bucks and the 6th (Service) Battalion, Ox and Bucks... | 43,471 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the drummer with Led Zeppelin who died in 1980? | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham. Along with Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, the band's heavy, guitar-driven sound has led them to be cited as one o... | the end of employment with the railroad, Hinckley was called as a counselor in the presidency of the church's East Millcreek Stake. He later served as president of that stake, until about six months after his call as an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. During his time as stake president Hinckley oversaw ... | 43,472 | triviaqa-train |
Which city is the capital of Tanzania? | after World War I. The mainland was governed as Tanganyika, with the Zanzibar Archipelago remaining a separate colonial jurisdiction. Following their respective independence in 1961 and 1963, the two entities merged in April 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.
The United Nations estimated Tanzania's populatio... | The City of London does not have a conventional local authority, but is governed by the historic City of London Corporation which is elected by both residents and businesses, and which has existed more or less unchanged since the Middle Ages. The head of the Corporation is the Lord Mayor of the City of London, which is... | 43,473 | triviaqa-train |
On show in the Louvre, who painted The Raft of the Medusa? | The Raft of the Medusa
The Raft of the Medusa ( ) – originally titled Scène de Naufrage ("Shipwreck Scene") – is an oil painting of 1818–19 by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). Completed when the artist was 27, the work has become an icon of French Romanticism. At 491 cm × 716... | loan exhibitions.
In the autumn of 1939, the "Medusa" was packed for removal from the Louvre in anticipation of the outbreak of war. A scenery truck from the Comédie-Française transported the painting to Versailles in the night of 3 September. Some time later, the "Medusa" was moved to the Château de Chambord where it ... | 43,474 | triviaqa-train |
Which city is the capital of Nigeria? | Nigeria
Nigeria (), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal C... | The City of London does not have a conventional local authority, but is governed by the historic City of London Corporation which is elected by both residents and businesses, and which has existed more or less unchanged since the Middle Ages. The head of the Corporation is the Lord Mayor of the City of London, which is... | 43,475 | triviaqa-train |
Who created the private detective Philip Marlowe? | Philip Marlowe
Philip Marlowe () is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe first appeared under that name in "The Big Sleep", published in 1939. Chandler's early short stories, published in pulp magazines like "Black Mask" and "Dime Detective", featured similar characters with names like "Carmady" a... | more explicit than what could only be hinted at in the 1946 version, such as homosexuality, pornography and nudity. Mitchum was 60 at the time of filming, far older than Chandler's 33-year-old Marlowe (or the 1946 film's 38-year-old Marlowe played by a 44-year-old Bogart).
Plot.
In 1970s England, private detective Phil... | 43,476 | triviaqa-train |
What is vitamin B2 also known as? | From NHANES 2011–2012, estimates were that 8% of women and 3% of men consumed less than the RDA. When compared to the lower Estimated Average Requirements, fewer than 3% did not achieve the EAR level.
Riboflavin deficiency (also called ariboflavinosis) results in stomatitis including painful red tongue with sore throat... | destroyed. The Royal Navy suffered no casualties during the action.
The Sheikh of Rams and Al Dhaya (named on the treaty as the 'Sheikh of Zyah'), Hassan bin Ali, was a co-signatory of the General Maritime Treaty of 1820, which established peace followed the cessation of hostilities. That treaty between the British and... | 43,477 | triviaqa-train |
Film-maker and screenwriter Jill Craigie was the wife of which politician? | Jill Craigie
Jill Craigie (7 March 1911 – 13 December 1999) was an English documentary film director, screenwriter and feminist. She married the Labour Party politician Michael Foot (1913–2010), whom she met during the making of her film "The Way We Live".
Biography.
Born Noreen Jean Craigie to a Russian mother and a S... | expert.
December 1999 13.
- Peter Adams, 61, New Zealand-born Australian actor.
- Jill Craigie, 88, English documentary film director, screenwriter and feminist, heart failure.
- Stane Dolanc, 74, Yugoslav communist politician, cerebral stroke.
- Nina Graboi, 81, Austrian-American artist, writer and philosopher.
- Tarm... | 43,478 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first hit for Roxy Music | Two weeks after Manzanera joined the band, Roxy Music signed with EG Management.
During the first half of 1972 bassist Graham Simpson became increasingly withdrawn and uncommunicative, which led to his leaving the band almost immediately after the recording of the debut album. He was replaced by Rik Kenton.
To bring mo... | 1970 O'List provided guitar and bass for The Misunderstood and then Roxy Music between October 1971 and February 1972. He played in the band's first BBC session in January 1973, before leaving the group.
O'List reunited with Roxy Music vocalist Bryan Ferry in 1974 as one of the guitarists on Ferry's second solo album, ... | 43,479 | triviaqa-train |
Who appeared in the Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith and Traffic | The Spencer Davis Group
The Spencer Davis Group are a British band formed in Birmingham in 1963, by Spencer Davis (guitar) with Steve Winwood (keyboards) and his brother, Muff Winwood (bass guitar) and Pete York (drums). Their best known songs include the UK number ones "Somebody Help Me" and "Keep on Running" (both wr... | the Night"
- 1986: "Back in the High Life"
- 1988: "Roll with It"
- 1990: "Refugees of the Heart"
- 1997: "Junction Seven"
- 2003: "About Time"
- 2008: "Nine Lives"
- 2017: "Greatest Hits Live"
Discography Spencer Davis Group.
see "The Spencer Davis Group discography"
Discography Traffic.
see "Traffic discography"
Disc... | 43,480 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress enjoyed the Good Life then went Solo | of the Leadbetters, who live next door. The conflict between the neighbours, balanced with an increasingly close friendship, creates comic tension as that friendship is tried to its limits.
Peter Bowles was originally cast to play Jerry but was unavailable. He later starred opposite Penelope Keith in "To the Manor Born... | because you've got something good going on in your life then you have the Hot Sauce". The video to Hot Sauce was filmed in Houston, Texas.
Music career Solo work History.
He then went on to work with 50 Cent's own G-Unit Records & former G-Unit artistYoung Buck, recording a song entitled "History" which also featured U... | 43,481 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the part of Miss Kitty in Gunsmoke | Georgia Ellis on radio, and by Amanda Blake on TV.
Georgia Ellis first appeared in the radio episode "Billy the Kid" (April 26, 1952) as "Francie Richards", a former girlfriend of Matt Dillon and the widow of a criminal. "Miss Kitty" did not appear until the May 10, 1952, episode "Jaliscoe". Kitty's profession was hint... | Miss Kitty Russell, a character from the long-running American radio and television show "Gunsmoke", starring James Arness, is based on Lottie Deno.
Lisa Gaye played Deno in the episode, "Lottie's Legacy" of the syndicated anthology series, "Death Valley Days", hosted by Robert Taylor. In the dramatization, Lottie fall... | 43,482 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Terry Collier's often seen sister in The Likely Lads | Terry's sister Audrey have adapted to the various changes, Terry's failure to adjust to the changes that have occurred during his five years in the Army result in him being left behind, a relic of the attitudes of the mid-1960s.
As implied in the lyrics to the programme's theme song, the 1970s series plays on both lads... | whom she had replaced, taking it literally to their graves. But when David Brunt was compiling a Doctor Who DVD, he came across a BBC memo that revealed Walker as the mysterious first Sarah Jane Smith.
When Walker gave her first interview regarding her casting in "Doctor Who", she also revealed that at more-or-less the... | 43,483 | triviaqa-train |
You have all heard of Route 66 in America but which two cities does it link up | Road became the rest of the route to Los Angeles.
While legislation for public highways first appeared in 1916, with revisions in 1921, it was not until Congress enacted an even more comprehensive version of the act in 1925 that the government executed its plan for national highway construction. The original inspiratio... | , but life, joy,
playfulness and the freedom to do whatever you want.
So now, there you are, maybe with a little circular plastic piece lying in front of you.
Or maybe you have just recently heard of this band and you are now looking at their story on
a shiny screen. Anyhow you may not believe it, but that little plast... | 43,484 | triviaqa-train |
In which British city is Waverley Railway Station | Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley) is the principal station serving Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, from , although so... | Glenesk railway station
Glenesk railway station is a railway station that served the village of Glenesk, Midothian, Scotland, from 1855 to 1874 on the Dalkeith banche of the Waverley Route.
History.
The station was opened in 1855 by the North British Railway. The station was known as Glenesk Junction in some timetables... | 43,485 | triviaqa-train |
La Presse is a best selling daily newspaper in which country | La Presse (Canadian newspaper)
La Presse, founded in 1884, is a French-language digital newspaper published daily in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is owned by a social trust. "La Presse" was a broadsheet daily published seven days a week. Its Sunday edition was discontinued in 2009, and the weekday edition in 2016. The ... | Étude de la presse d'information quotidienne
Étude de la presse d'information quotidienne (EPIQ, literally "Study of daily press information") is a French audience measurement organisation which gathers readership statistics on behalf of French newspapers. It was formed in 1993 by a group of French newspaper syndicates... | 43,486 | triviaqa-train |
What is New York's equivalent to the Financial Times | institutions, the "Financial Times" is considered the most important business read, reaching 36% of the sample population, 11% more than "The Wall Street Journal" (WSJ), its main rival. "The Economist", which was once 50% owned by "FT", reaches 32%. "FT"'s "The Banker" also proved vital reading, reaching 24%. In additi... | He appeared many times at George's Spaghetti House, a Toronto jazz club that was the equivalent of New York's Birdland. He was also known to sit in on drums at the Colonial Tavern and other Toronto afterhours clubs and jazz venues.
Contributions of First Nations music to Canadian culture Robbie Robertson.
Robbie Robert... | 43,487 | triviaqa-train |
In which newspaper does the cartoon dog Fred Basset appear | (1963) to book 45 (1993). Later books dated by year, 1994 onwards, include the Michael Martin drawn cartoons, as well as Graham's colour ones until the Alex Graham cartoons stock had ended by the 1996 book.
During 1977, a large hardback book entitled "Fred Basset and the Spaghetti" was published by "The Daily Mail". It... | were added to the cartoon strips during 1969.
The nature of Fred.
Fred Basset himself seems to have been born during 1959 from comments in the earliest cartoons, and in true cartoon style, seems not to age. Fred's observations can be wry and a certain amount of surrealism is evident, with one early strip having his own... | 43,488 | triviaqa-train |
In which Sunday newspaper do The Broons and Oor Wullie appear | Oor Wullie
Oor Wullie () is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper "The Sunday Post". It features a character called Wullie Russell. Wullie is the familiar Scots nickname for boys named William. His trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and an upturned bucket, which he uses as a seat - most strip... | in a secret location in "The Broons Days Oot" travel guide published in 2009.
Annuals.
Although the Broons & Oor Wullie started in 1936, annuals were not published until 1939 starting with "The Broons". since then the annuals alternate years with "Oor Wullie", another D. C. Thomson product. Books pre-1965 were not date... | 43,489 | triviaqa-train |
Who took over as captain of England from Nasser Hussain for the one day series against Sri Lanka in 2001 | , Graham Thorpe and Trevor Ward. At the age of 15, and captain of England Schools, Hussain "grew a foot in height in the winter" and the trajectory of his bowling was altered. He recounts "I went from bowling out Graham Gooch in the indoor school with everyone watching, to hitting the roof of the net or bowling triple-... | Despite this, on 6 May 2003, Vaughan was appointed captain of the England One Day International team, Nasser Hussain choosing to step down after the 2003 World Cup.
In July, he also took over from Hussain the captaincy of the Test side. He suddenly became captain of the England Test team on 28 July 2003, after scoring ... | 43,490 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the Canadian Grand Prix in 2001 | 2001 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2001 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Grand Prix Air Canada 2001) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 2001 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec in front of a crowd of 111,000 people. It was the eighth round of the 2001 Formula One season and the 33rd Canadian Grand... | Sheri Moir
Sheri Moir (born September 17, 1981 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian figure skater. She competed in ice dancing with her cousin Danny Moir. They are the 2001 Canadian national junior silver medalists and placed 11th at the 2001 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. They competed for two seasons on the ... | 43,491 | triviaqa-train |
Who beat Chris Eubank in two World Title fights in 1995 | Wharton and Sam Storey as well as unbeaten Dan Schommer and Mauricio Amaral Costa.
Boxing career WBO super-middleweight champion Eubank vs Collins.
In March 1995, however, Eubank lost his title to Irishman Steve Collins, by unanimous decision.
Eubank won an eliminator for his old title against Jose Ignacio Barruetabena... | stopped on the three-knockdown rule at the end of the first round. Benn returned to the UK and met British rival Chris Eubank. They fought in Birmingham on 18 November 1990. Benn lost his title to Eubank when the referee stopped the fight in the ninth round.
Professional career WBC super-middleweight champion.
Benn the... | 43,492 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last team to win the FA Cup with 11 Englishmen | time and a replay was the 1875 final, between the Royal Engineers and the Old Etonians. The initial tie finished 1–1 but the Royal Engineers won the replay 2–0 in normal time. The last replayed final was the 1993 FA Cup Final, when Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday fought a 1–1 draw. The replay saw Arsenal win the FA Cup... | a few games for the team before joining Kuala Lumpur FA.
Club career Kuala Lumpur FA.
Safee talent was noticed by Kuala Lumpur FA coach, Igor Novak. He managed to score a hatrick during a league match against Perak TKN which ended with 6–2 win. He scored 11 goals in his first season with the team. In 2004 season, he on... | 43,493 | triviaqa-train |
Which member of the cuckoo family can run at 15 m.p.h. | Roadrunner
The roadrunners (genus Geococcyx), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern United States and Mexico, usually in the desert. Some have been clocked at while a few have also been clocked up t... | group member.
- The Lightning Kid - Western legend active in and around Romeyn Falls in the 1850s. Subject of "a recent Val Kilmer film".
- The Lion - British hero, capable of flight who fought the Mock Turtle; partner to the Unicorn. Active in the 1990s. Had a female predecessor in 1973.
- Lonestar – A hero based in A... | 43,494 | triviaqa-train |
What is the largest of Saturn's moons | with a smaller amount of rocky debris and dust. At least 62 moons are known to orbit Saturn, of which 53 are officially named. This does not include the hundreds of moonlets in the rings. Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and the second-largest in the Solar System, is larger than the planet Mercury, although less massive, ... | a rate of 72–75° per day, on longer timescales its axis of rotation (spin vector) wanders chaotically across the sky. This makes the rotational behavior of Hyperion essentially unpredictable.
- Iapetus is the third-largest of Saturn's moons. Orbiting the planet at km, it is by far the most distant of Saturn's large moo... | 43,495 | triviaqa-train |
If you suffer from dipsomania what are you obsessed by | ".
It is still mentioned in the WHO ICD-10 classification as an alternative description for Alcohol Dependence Syndrome, episodic use F10.26.
History.
The term was coined by the German physician Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland in 1819, when, in a preface to an influential book by German-Russian doctor C. von Brühl-Cramer, h... | with Stripes and Infamy. I shall be told, ’tis like, that were there no Act of Assembly in the Case, the Precepts of Religion are violated by my Transgressions. If mine, then, is a religious Offence, leave it, Gentlemen, to religious Punishments. You have already excluded me from all the Comforts of your Church Communi... | 43,496 | triviaqa-train |
Where were the Summer Olympics held in 1948 | 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom from 29 July to 14 August 1948.
After a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II; these were the first Summer Olympics held s... | the US "Billboard" Hot 100. In the United States, the song reached No. 8 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, but failed to chart on the Hot 100 during its original 1986 release. However, a new mix included on "The Best of New Order" was released in 1994 and finally made a brief appearance on the "Billboard... | 43,497 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Nathunan Godse assassinate in 1948 | Nathuram Godse
Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range in New Delhi on 30 January 1948. Godse, an advocate of Hindu nationalism, from Pune, Maharashtra, who believed Gandhi to have favored the political dem... | during the assassination trial, the government did not call to the stand American marine Herbert "Tom" Reiner who caught Godse or the nephew of then Congress minister Takthmal Jain of Madhya Bharat ministry (1948), as well as many others.
Assassination 30 January 1948 Other reports.
According to other reports, Godse su... | 43,498 | triviaqa-train |
Broderick Crawford won an Oscar as best actor for his part in which 1949 film | Broderick Crawford
William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast in tough-guy roles and best known for his Oscar and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Willie Stark in "All the King's Men" (1949) and for his starring role as Dan Mathew... | 1981 opera "Willie Stark" by American composer Carlisle Floyd. The 1949 film won three Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Broderick Crawford, playing the Long role.
The James Cagney-starring film "A Lion Is in the Streets" (1953) is more loosely based on Long's career.
There is a particularly prominent m... | 43,499 | triviaqa-train |
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