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Who wrote For Whom The Bell Tolls | video albums include the song.
Composition.
The song was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel of the same name about the process of death in modern warfare and the bloody Spanish Civil War. Specific allusions are made to the scene described in Chapter 27 of the book, in which five soldiers are obliterated during a... | his winter residence to Cuba. He had been disgusted when a Parisian friend allowed his cats to eat from the table, but he became enamored of cats in Cuba and kept dozens of them on the property.
Gellhorn inspired him to write his most famous novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls", which he started in March 1939 and finished i... | 43,600 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nickname of the U.S. basketball team at the Barcelona Olympics | participate in the Olympics for the first time. Prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics, only European and South American teams were allowed to field professionals in the Olympics. The United States' dominance continued with the introduction of the original Dream Team. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, the United States suffered ... | Vince Boryla
Vincent Joseph Boryla (March 11, 1927 – March 27, 2016) was an American basketball player, coach and executive. His nickname was "Moose". He graduated from East Chicago Washington High School in 1944. He played basketball at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Denver, where he was named a co... | 43,601 | triviaqa-train |
Which country hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics | four Summer Games, more than any other nation. The British capital London holds the distinction of hosting three Olympic Games, all Summer, more than any other city. The other nations hosting the Summer Games at least twice are Germany, Australia, France and Greece. The other cities hosting the Summer Games at least tw... | was the second time that South Korea had hosted the Olympic Games, having previously hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, but it was only the first Winter Olympics to be held in the country. It was the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the following two being Tokyo 2020 (summer) and Beij... | 43,602 | triviaqa-train |
What was the codename for the allied attack in Arnhem in World War Two | Battle of Arnhem
The Battle of Arnhem was a major battle of the Second World War at the vanguard of the Allied Operation Market Garden. It was fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel, and the surrounding countryside from 17–26 September 1944.
The Allies were poised to enter the Nethe... | Operation Astonia
Operation Astonia was the codename for an Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre in France, during the Second World War. The city had been declared a "Festung" (fortress) by Hitler, to be held to the last man. Fought from 10 to 12 September 1944, the Allied objective was to secure t... | 43,603 | triviaqa-train |
Which U.S. fighter was nicknamed Whistling Death by the Japanese | Vought F4U Corsair
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.
Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG,... | Navy victory so crushing that its fighter pilots derisively nicknamed the battle, "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot." After the battle, Ozawa retreated to Okinawa where he tendered his resignation — which was not accepted. Ozawa's strategic plan for the battle minimized the exposure of the Japanese carrier fleet by cond... | 43,604 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was the notorious concentration camp Auschwitz | and the others were given positions such as kapo and block supervisor.
The first mass transport of 728 Polish male political prisoners, including Catholic priests and Jews, arrived on 14 June 1940 from Tarnów, Poland. They were given serial numbers 31 to 758. By the end of 1940, the SS had confiscated land around the c... | .
Katan was taken first to Amersfoort concentration camp, then he arrived on November 3, 1942, at Mauthausen Concentration Camp. He was assigned the number 13992.
His wife was sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp and then to Auschwitz. While Dr. Josef Mengele would later gain a notorious reputation for his interest... | 43,605 | triviaqa-train |
In which TV show did Anneka Rice fly around in a helicopter | Treasure Hunt (British game show)
Treasure Hunt is a UK game show, based on the format of the French show "La Chasse au Trésor", created by Jacques Antoine. It appeared on Channel 4 between 28 December 1982 and 18 May 1989 and was revived by BBC Two between 16 December 2002 and 2 August 2003.
The game.
A team of two co... | The album was recorded in just five days, as part of a challenge for the British Television show, "Challenge Anneka", which was broadcast on 6 June 2007 on ITV. The shows presenter Anneka Rice had to enlist people to help produce the album, in the usual style of the "Challenge Anneka" show.
Track listing.
1. "Somewhere... | 43,606 | triviaqa-train |
What is botany the study of | has driven many recent revisions along evolutionary lines and is likely to continue to do so. The dominant classification system is called Linnaean taxonomy. It includes ranks and binomial nomenclature. The nomenclature of botanical organisms is codified in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and p... | first established.
He makes a distinction between the descriptive and instructional sciences. According to Schumacher the descriptive sciences are primarily concerned with what can be seen or otherwise experienced, e.g. botany and sociology, while the instructional sciences are concerned with how certain systems work a... | 43,607 | triviaqa-train |
How many planets in the Solar System are bigger than Earth | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the... | Ice planet
An ice planet is a theoretical type of exoplanet with an icy surface of volatiles such as water, ammonia, and methane. Ice planets consist of a global cryosphere. They are bigger versions of the small icy worlds of the Solar System, which includes the moons Europa, Enceladus, and Triton, the dwarf planets Pl... | 43,608 | triviaqa-train |
In which U.S. state was the gas chamber first used | for capital punishment in the United States to execute death row inmates. The first person to be executed in the United States by lethal gas was Gee Jon, on February 8, 1924. An unsuccessful attempt to pump poison gas directly into his cell at Nevada State Prison led to the development of the first makeshift gas chambe... | of World War II, credited with beginning the space age, used ethanol as the main constituent of "B-Stoff", under such nomenclature the ethanol was mixed with 25% of water to reduce the combustion chamber temperature. The V-2's design team helped develop U.S. rockets following World War II, including the ethanol-fueled ... | 43,609 | triviaqa-train |
"Which TV series began with the words, ""There is nothing wrong with your television set""" | The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1963 to 1965 at 7:30 PM Eastern Time on Mondays. The series is often compared to "The Twilight Zone", but with a greater emphasis on science fiction stories (rather than stories of fantasy or the supernatu... | Do Not Adjust Your Set
Do Not Adjust Your Set (DNAYS) was a British television series produced originally by Rediffusion, London, then, by the fledgling Thames Television for British commercial television channel ITV from 26 December 1967 to 14 May 1969. The show took its name from the message (frequently seen on the T... | 43,610 | triviaqa-train |
With which football team did Bobby Moore end his English league playing career | Bonds) and the most international caps for an outfield player.
He joined London rivals Fulham, who were in the Second Division, for £25,000. During Moore's first season there they defeated West Ham in a League Cup tie and then reached the FA Cup Final where they faced West Ham again. This time Fulham lost the game, 2–0... | Jon O'Brien
Jonathan Mark O'Brien (born 2 November 1961) is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career.
In 1984, O'Brien signed for hometown club Southend United on non-contract terms, after playing for Maldon Town and Tilbury. After new manager Bobby Moore was appointed Southend manager, O'Brien wa... | 43,611 | triviaqa-train |
In which Australian city is the Gabba cricket ground | The Gabba
The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as the Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The nickname Gabba derives from the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. Over the years, the Gabba has hosted athletics, Australian rules football, baseball, conce... | Cricket purchased the ground not long after Valley's relocation and named it in honour of former Australian cricket captain Allan Border. The ground is used as a training facility for the Queensland Bulls and more recently the Australian cricket team. The capacity of the ground is 6,300, which is much smaller than the ... | 43,612 | triviaqa-train |
Who played George The Third in the film The Madness of King George | intermittent porphyria, although this theory has more recently been vigorously challenged, most notably by a research project based at St George's, University of London, which concluded that George III did actually suffer from mental illness after all.
"The Madness of King George" won the BAFTA Awards in 1995 for Outst... | " played by Simon McBurney. Fox is also portrayed in the 1999 BBC mini series "Aristocrats".
Popular culture.
- On Screen
- Charles James Fox is played by Simon McBurney in the 2008 film "The Duchess"
- Charles James Fox is played by Michael Gambon in the 2006 film "Amazing Grace"
- Charles James Fox is played by Jim C... | 43,613 | triviaqa-train |
What city's police force employed Dirty Harry | in the last game of the season and thought the eerie Greek amphitheater-like setting would be an excellent location for shooting one of the scenes where Callahan encounters Scorpio.
In San Francisco, California
- 555 California Street, The Bank of America Building
- California Hall, 625 Polk Street (formerly the Califo... | booked for the opening represented what was then an unusually wide release. At the time, wide openings were associated with movies of doubtful quality; not uncommon on the grindhouse and exploitation side of the industry, they were customarily employed to diminish the effect of negative reviews and word of mouth. There... | 43,614 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1991 film Frankie and Johnny Al Pacino was Johnny, who played Frankie | shortly before production.
In 1991, Pacino starred in "Frankie and Johnny" with Michelle Pfeiffer, who co-starred with Pacino in "Scarface". Pacino portrays a recently paroled cook who begins a relationship with a waitress (Pfeiffer) in the diner where they work. It was adapted by Terrence McNally from his own Off-Broa... | 1 hit "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", Terence Trent D'arby's "Symphony or Damn", Rod Stewart's "Rhythm of My Heart", Ozzy Osbourne's "No More Tears", and Richie Sambora's "One Light Burning".
Porteils has been the production manager and composer of many American film scores and soundtracks, such as "Parenthood", directed ... | 43,615 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first member of the Royal Family to appear on Desert Island Discs | Club from 1961 until his death and was president of the Football Association from 1963 to 1972. He died on 11 July 2011, aged 88.
Career.
Lascelles was the only person to serve as Counsellor of State without being a Prince of the United Kingdom, serving from 1945 to 1951, then 1952 to 1956. He served as chancellor of t... | .
Banks joined the Royal Marines, with a commission, in January 1942. He was a member of the British North Greenland Expedition (1952 to 1954).
He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme "Desert Island Discs" on 25 November 1954. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1959.
In 1958,... | 43,616 | triviaqa-train |
Where are the headquarters of the BBC World Service | BBC World News, the domestic television and radio BBC News bulletins, the BBC News Channel and BBC Online.
At its launch, the Service was located along with most radio output in Broadcasting House. However, following the explosion of a parachute mine nearby on 8 December 1940, it relocated to premises away from the lik... | BBC Persian
BBC Persian is the Persian language radio station and TV operated by the BBC which conveys the latest political, social, economical and sport news relevant to Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, and the world. Its headquarters are in London, United Kingdom.
Radio.
The BBC first started a Persian radio servic... | 43,617 | triviaqa-train |
Joan Collins married for the fifth time, who is her latest husband | Joan Collins
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins, (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author, and columnist. She made her stage debut at the age of nine, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, entered British films in 1951 and went to Hollywood under contract to 20th Century Fox in 1955. In 1981, ... | of the northern French crusaders as her brother-in-law Amaury de Montfort succeeded and had his sister-in-law remarried to Aymor de Racon. This was followed by the failure of the papal crusade in 1224 and the death of Aymor, the couple having no children.
In 1228 Petronilla married for the fifth and final time, her lat... | 43,618 | triviaqa-train |
Which American city is the setting for Frasier | The brothers' close relationship is often tense, and their sibling rivalry intermittently results in chaos. For a pair who make a living solving others' problems, they are often comically inept at dealing with each other's myriad hangups. Other recurring themes include Niles's relationship with his never-seen wife (lat... | The Matchmaker (Frasier)
"The Matchmaker" is the third episode of the second season of American sitcom "Frasier". It is noteworthy in being Joe Keenan's first episode produced on the show, after which he became a regular writer and eventually executive producer on the show. It won an award from GLAAD for its lightheart... | 43,619 | triviaqa-train |
In Fawlty Towers what was Polly the maid's surname | wife Sybil, as well as their employees: porter and waiter Manuel, maid Polly Sherman, and, in the second series, chef Terry. The episodes typically revolve around Basil's efforts to "raise the tone" of his hotel and his increasing frustration at numerous complications and mistakes, both his own and those of others, whi... | like sense of embarrassment, this caused him enormous consternation. She is no doubt named for Connie Booth, who played the maid, Polly, in Fawlty Towers and who co-wrote the show with her then-husband, Cleese.
- Breeze O’Rourke (Julie Benz) A waitress/chambermaid, based on Polly in "Fawlty Towers". One difference betw... | 43,620 | triviaqa-train |
Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler formed which group in 1990 | Brett Anderson
Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967) is an English singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he briefly fronted The Tears, and has released four solo albums. Anderson is known for his distinctive wide-ranging voice and during Suede's earl... | considerably different than the slower "Drowners". Guitarist Bernard Butler has said that its musical inspiration was "The Shoop Shoop Song", famously remade by Cher for the 1990 film "Mermaids". The guitar solo, according to Butler was inspired by The Kinks' "You Really Got Me". Other than its nod to the robot from th... | 43,621 | triviaqa-train |
Which aircraft company made the W W 1 fighter the Camel | Sopwith Camel
The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft introduced on the Western Front in 1917. It was developed by the Sopwith Aviation Company as a successor to the earlier Sopwith Pup and became one of the best known fighter aircraft of the war.
The Camel was powered by a ... | Power Jets W.2
The Power Jets W.2 was a British turbojet engine designed by Frank Whittle and Power Jets (Research and Development) Ltd. Like the earlier Power Jets W.1, the "trombone" configuration featured a simple double-sided centrifugal compressor, reverse-flow combustion chambers and an air-cooled axial-flow turb... | 43,622 | triviaqa-train |
Eastleigh Airport serves which English town | Southampton
Southampton () is a city in Hampshire, England, and the largest in South East England, south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. A major port, and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble j... | Eastleigh railway station
Eastleigh railway station serves the town of Eastleigh in the county of Hampshire in England. It is located on the South Western Main Line and is the junction station for two other routes, the Eastleigh-Fareham Line and the Eastleigh-Romsey Line. It is from . South of the station are Eastleigh... | 43,623 | triviaqa-train |
Which tanker was in the news when it ran aground off the Pembrokeshire coast in 1996? | Sea Empress oil spill
The "Sea Empress" oil spill occurred at the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales on 15 February 1996. The "Sea Empress" was en route to the Texaco oil refinery near Pembroke when she became grounded on mid-channel rocks at St. Ann's Head. Over the course of a week, she sp... | ". She remains prohibited from entering Milford Haven and has not visited Pembrokeshire since 1996.
See also.
- Braer – Another single-hulled oil tanker which ran aground off the Shetland Islands in 1993 spilling 56,000 tonnes of oil
- Torrey Canyon – Ran aground off the coast of Cornwall in 1969. It was en route to Mi... | 43,624 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Hollywood star's last film was ""Cuban Rebel Girls"" in 1959" | Cuban Rebel Girls
Cuban Rebel Girls is a 1959 semi-dramatic documentary B movie, notable for being the last on-screen performance of Errol Flynn. He stars with his girlfriend of the time, Beverly Aadland.
It was written and narrated by Flynn, who was sympathetic to the Cuban revolution being led by Fidel Castro in its ... | (1958), and Zanuck used him again in "The Roots of Heaven" which made $3 million (1958). He met with Stanley Kubrick to discuss a role in "Lolita", but nothing came of it.
Flynn went to Cuba in late 1958 to film the self-produced B film "Cuban Rebel Girls", where he met Fidel Castro and was initially an enthusiastic su... | 43,625 | triviaqa-train |
Which American state is known as the treasure state? | Montana
Montana () is a state in the Northwestern United States. Montana has several nicknames, although none are official, including "Big Sky Country" and "The Treasure State", and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains" and more recently "The Last Best Place".
Montana is the 4th largest in area, the 8th ... | Thelma Harper (politician)
Thelma Harper (born December 2, 1940) is a former American politician and the first African-American woman state senator in Tennessee. First elected in 1991, she was the longest-serving female State Senator in Tennessee history.
Harper a flamboyant legislator is known as a fighter and also kn... | 43,626 | triviaqa-train |
Give either Christian name of the novelist GK Chesterton. | G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox". "Time" magazine has observed of his writing style: ... | about her are that she is either a mainstream novelist who wanted to write about spiritual themes or that she is actually a small group of three or four Christian romance writers that wanted to expand into writing suspense books without alienating their core audience.
Rogers' books all have a heavy dose of comic book ... | 43,627 | triviaqa-train |
"Founded in 1897, which animal welfare charity was formerly known As ""Our Dumb Friends League""?" | Blue Cross (animal charity)
Blue Cross is a registered animal welfare charity in the United Kingdom, founded in 1897 as Our Dumb Friends League. The charity provides support for pet owners who cannot afford private veterinary treatment, helps to find homes for unwanted animals, and educates the public in the responsibi... | National Animal Welfare Trust
The National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT) is an animal welfare charity founded in 1971, which operates no-kill rescue centres for animals and birds. It currently has branches in Watford, Berkshire, Essex, Somerset and Cornwall; and caters for a variety of animals, both pets and wildlife. Th... | 43,628 | triviaqa-train |
The old codgers were a fictional pair who answered readers' letters for 54 years in which newspaper? | Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903. It is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply "The Mirror". It had an average daily print circulation of 716,923 in December 2016, dropping markedly to 5... | " (1932–59), "Garth" (1943–97, reprints 2011), "Just Jake" (1938–52), "Andy Capp" (1957–), and "The Perishers" (1955–2006 and later reprints).
- "The Old Codgers", a fictional pair who commented on the letters page from 1935 to 1990.
- Chalky White, who would wander around various British seaside resorts waiting to be ... | 43,629 | triviaqa-train |
Catherine Norland is the central female character of which novel by Jane Austen? | irony, along with her realism, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike.
With the publications of "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814) and "Emma" (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. S... | Marianne Dashwood
Marianne Dashwood is a fictional character in the Jane Austen novel "Sense and Sensibility". The 16-year-old second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood, she embodies the "sensibility" of the title, as opposed to her elder sister Elinor's "sense".
She embraces spontaneity, excessive sensibility, lo... | 43,630 | triviaqa-train |
"What was the name of the ""major"" at the centre of the 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"" controversy?" | "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,... | $100,000 in prizes. More than 22 million people viewed the show's broadcast.
The special's name was a parody of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", the popular game show that was airing on competing network ABC at the time.
Controversy.
Despite the program's high ratings, it was harshly condemned as exploitative. Both th... | 43,631 | triviaqa-train |
The stormcock is an alternative name for which bird? | The album's title, "Stormcock", is an old English name for the Mistle thrush ("Turdus viscivorus"). The male of this species "is most vocal in the early morning" and has a "tendency to sing after, and sometimes during, wet and windy weather" which "led to the name "Stormcock"". It is also, perhaps, a metaphor for Harpe... | Harper's fans and influence musicians for decades to come. Thirty-five years later (in 2006) fellow Mancunian Johnny Marr of English alternative rock band the Smiths said: Joanna Newsom cited "Stormcock" as an influence upon her 2006 release Ys and in 2011, Robin Pecknold of Seattle, Washington-based folk band Fleet Fo... | 43,632 | triviaqa-train |
Which town is the administrative centre of Wiltshire? | Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The county town was originally Wilton, after which the county is named, but Wiltshire Council is now based i... | Bishops Canning were made.
The town is within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, on which the four elected members for Devizes are Conservatives. Most significant local government services are the responsibility of Wiltshire Council, while the town and parish councils have a more consultative role. Be... | 43,633 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the president of America for the majority of the 1920's? | the flapper redefined the modern look for British and American women, and Art Deco peaked. Not everything roared: in the wake of the hyper-emotional patriotism of World War I, President Warren G. Harding "brought back normalcy" to the politics of the United States. This period saw the large-scale development and use of... | for the originally stalled United States Senate Kefauver Committee hearings, then just a month in the future. This was also the political ward which launched the political career of President Harry S. Truman, in 1922, whose Attorney General in the Truman administration, Tom C. Clark, set free on parole the incarcerated... | 43,634 | triviaqa-train |
Vega is the brightest star of which zodiacal constellation? | From the perspective of an observer on a hypothetical planet around Vega, the Sun would appear as a faint 4.3 magnitude star in the Columba constellation.
Etymology and cultural significance.
The name is believed to be derived from the Arabic term "Al Nesr al Waki" النسر الواقع which appeared in the Al Achsasi al Mouak... | Hamal
Hamal , designation Alpha Arietis (α Arietis, abbreviated Alpha Ari, α Ari), is the brightest star in the northern zodiacal constellation of Aries.
With an apparent visual magnitude of 2.0, it is the mean 50th brightest star in the night sky. Based upon parallax measurements made with the Hipparcos astrometry sat... | 43,635 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the dog in the secret seven books by Enid Blyton? | tiresome and is afraid of the dark. He made the mystery in "Secret Seven Adventure" warm up when he saw a man escaping from Lady Thomas's house.
- George – A boy at Peter's school. His best friend is Colin. George's father once banned him from the society, but he later realized his mistake and let George rejoin. Not mu... | The Secret Seven
The Secret Seven or Secret Seven Society is a fictional group of child detectives created by Enid Blyton. They appear in one of several adolescent detective series Blyton wrote.
The Secret Seven consists of Peter (the society's head), Janet (Peter's sister), Jack, Barbara, George, Pam and Colin. Jack's... | 43,636 | triviaqa-train |
In world war two who was successfully targeted by the allies in operation Anthropoid? | Operation Anthropoid
Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination during World War II of Schutzstaffel (SS)-"Obergruppenführer" and "General der Polizei" Reinhard Heydrich, head of the "Reichssicherheitshauptamt" (Reich Main Security Office, RSHA), the combined security services of Nazi Germany, and act... | saboteurs and MD1 producing bespoke weaponry.
Six key individuals worked at the heart of these two guerrilla units: Colin Gubbins, Millis Jefferis, Cecil Vandepeer Clarke, Eric A. Sykes, William Fairbairn and George Rheam. Together, these gentleman mavericks, who were all unusually creative in their approach to warfare... | 43,637 | triviaqa-train |
In June 1965 who became the first American to walk in space? | another EVA. They misrepresented to the press how difficult Leonov found it to work in weightlessness and concealed the problems encountered until after the end of the Cold War.
Development history Project Gemini.
The first American spacewalk was performed on June 3, 1965, by Ed White from the second manned Gemini flig... | June 1963. Subsequent Gemini flights would be longer, to prove endurance exceeding the time required to fly to the Moon and back.
A second objective was the first American extra-vehicular activity (EVA), known popularly as a "space walk". The first space walk had already been performed by Soviet Alexei Leonov on Voskho... | 43,638 | triviaqa-train |
Urquhart castle in Scotland overlooks which famous stretch of water? | Urquhart Castle
Urquhart Castle (; ) sits beside Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland. The castle is on the A82 road, south-west of Inverness and east of the village of Drumnadrochit.
The present ruins date from the 13th to the 16th centuries, though built on the site of an early medieval fortification. Founded in th... | Cromarty Castle
Cromarty Castle was a castle in Cromarty, Scotland. Cromarty, then known as Crumbathyn, was created a royal burgh in the reign of King Alexander I of Scotland. Cromarty overlooks the entrance to the Cromarty Firth and was strategically important. A motte-and-bailey castle was built in the 12th–13th cent... | 43,639 | triviaqa-train |
How many years in a chiliad? | 1000 (number)
1000 or one thousand is the natural number following 999 and preceding 1001. In most English-speaking countries, it is often written with a comma separating the thousands unit: 1,000. In analogy to the term "century" for the time lapse of 1,000 years is sometimes termed, after the Greek root, chiliad. A c... | center of a town called "Megaton."
- In "Grand Theft Auto V", the "Doomsday Heist DLC" ends with Avon Hertz, an American tech mogul, attempting to launch a nuclear missile from a secret launch facility hidden in Mount Chiliad, which the player has to stop.
- "Guerre Nucléaire" (translates, from French, as Nuclear War) ... | 43,640 | triviaqa-train |
Who had the first ever Christmas number one single in the British charts? | and "Top of the Pops" prior to 1969 are not listed as chart-toppers according to the legacy criteria of the Charts Company.
The first number one on the UK Singles Chart was "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino for the week ending date 14 November 1952. As of the week ending date 1 August 2019, the UK Singles Chart has had ... | ten up until the end of 1979 as estimated by the OCC.
Between 1970 and 1979, fourteen different singles sold more than one million copies each in the UK. The biggest-selling single of the decade was "Mull of Kintyre" by the British band Wings. Released in November 1977, the song became Christmas number one and the firs... | 43,641 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city has stations called Shrub Hill and Foregate Street? | cities that wish to gain the distinction of a lord mayor. The 2002 competition was entered by Bath, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chichester, Derby, Exeter, Gloucester, Lancaster, Lincoln, St Albans, St David's, Salford, Southampton, Sunderland, Truro, Wolverhampton and Worcester; the successful candidate was Exeter. In 2012 a ... | effect, artefacts are split into four categories: village-wide artefacts provide the bonus to the village that the artefacts are currently in; realm-level artefacts generally have a weaker bonus, but affect all the villages in the player's realm; unique artefacts also affect all the villages in the realm, but they prov... | 43,642 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the poem ""The Highwayman""?" | The Highwayman (poem)
"The Highwayman" is a narrative poem written by Alfred Noyes, first published in the August 1906 issue of "Blackwood's Magazine", based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The following year it was included in Noyes' collection, "Forty Singing Seamen and Other Poems", becoming an immediate success. In 1995 it... | a horseman riding at ease through the rural darkness to a lovers' tryst and soldiers marching down the same road to ambush him.
"The Highwayman" is reputed to be "the best narrative poem in existence for oral delivery".
Almost half a century later, Noyes wrote, "I think the success of the poem... was because it was not... | 43,643 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the central division of a backgammon board? | moves are played as in standard backgammon, followed by four moves according to the difference of the dice value from 7, and then the player has another turn (with the caveat that the turn ends if any portion of it cannot be completed).
Gul Bara and Tapa are also variants of the game popular in southeastern Europe and ... | Tables (board game)
Tables is a general name given to a class of board games similar to backgammon, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points". Players roll dice to determine the movement of pieces. Tables games are among the oldest known board games, and many variants are played throughout... | 43,644 | triviaqa-train |
"Which breed of dog derives its name from the German for ""splash""?" | The closest relatives of the PWD are widely thought to be the Standard Poodle. Like Poodles and several other water dog breeds, PWDs are intelligent, can have curly coats, have webbed toes for swimming, and do not shed. However, Portuguese Water Dogs are more robustly built, with stout legs, and can have a wavy coat in... | Valais Blacknose
The Valais Blacknose, , is a breed of domestic sheep originating in the Valais region of Switzerland. It is a dual-purpose breed, raised both for meat and for wool.
History.
The breed originates in the mountains of the canton of Valais – from which its name derives – and of the Bernese Oberland. It is ... | 43,645 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital city of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria | Santander, Spain
The port city of Santander (, , ; Cantabrian: "Sanander") is the capital of the autonomous community and historical region of Cantabria situated on the north coast of Spain. Located east of Gijón and west of Bilbao, the city has a population of 172,000 (2017). Santander houses the headquarters of multi... | Province of Burgos
The province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladolid. Its capital is the city of Burgos.
The Cartularies of Val... | 43,646 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the March sisters from Little Women by Louisa M Alcott is missing - Meg, Jo, Beth and? | the semi-autobiographical novel "Work" (1873).
Alcott became even more successful with the first part of "Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy" (1868), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts, published by the Roberts Brothers. Alcott originally delayed writing the ... | temper that often leads her into trouble. With the help of her own misguided sense of humor, her sister Beth, and her mother, she works on controlling it. It has been said that a lot of Louisa May Alcott shows through in these characteristics of Jo.
Jo loves literature, both reading and writing. She composes plays for ... | 43,647 | triviaqa-train |
Complete the partnership who won seven Grand Slam doubles titles from 1979 to 1984 including four at Wimbledon — Fleming and? | in a qualifying tournament held one week before Wimbledon at the Bank of England Sports Ground in Roehampton. The singles qualifying competitions are three-round events. From 2019 singles qualification will increase to 128 players and no doubles qualification will occur. Previously the same-sex doubles competitions las... | Elizabeth Ryan
Elizabeth Montague Ryan (February 5, 1892 – July 6, 1979) was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 26 Grand Slam titles. Nineteen of those titles were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record ... | 43,648 | triviaqa-train |
Which legal drama starring Martin Shaw ran for six series on BBC TV from 2001? | Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the television series "The Professionals", "The Chief", "Judge John Deed" and "Inspector George Gently". He has also acted on stage and in film, and has narrated numerous audiobooks and presented various television series, ... | Little Red Monkey
Little Red Monkey, released in the United States as Case of the Red Monkey, is a 1955 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Richard Conte, Rona Anderson and Russell Napier. Detectives from Scotland Yard investigate a series of murders of leading Nuclear scientist, and are intrigued by... | 43,649 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name of odontalgia? | not only because the list of potential causes is extensive, but also because dental pain may be extremely variable, and pain can be referred to and from the teeth. Dental pain can simulate virtually any facial pain syndrome. However, the vast majority of toothache is caused by dental, rather than non-dental, sources. C... | Setirostris
Setirostris eleryi is a species of small insectivorous bat found in inland eastern Australia. It is the sole species of the molossid genus Setirostris, a name that refers to the coarse bristles on their faces. Earlier common names have referred to this unique feature and the 'free-tail' that is a common fea... | 43,650 | triviaqa-train |
The opera The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten is based on whose novella | "Owen Wingrave" was based, like "The Turn of the Screw", on a ghost story by Henry James. By the 1960s Britten found composition much slower than in his prolific youth; he told the 28-year-old composer Nicholas Maw, "Get as much done now as you can, because it gets much, much more difficult as you grow older." He did n... | that year she was singing in London's Covent Garden in Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten and in 1954 she appeared in "Le Coq d’or" by Rimsky-Korsakov again at the Royal Opera House.
In 1954 she sang the "First Delphic Hymn" at the Aldeburgh Festival. This inspired Benjamin Britten to include a similar idea in his "The T... | 43,651 | triviaqa-train |
The Bet Lynch Mob and the Rainy City Roller Girls are roller derby teams from which city | Rainy City Roller Derby
Rainy City Roller Derby (RCRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Manchester, England. Founded as "Rainy City Roller Girls" in 2008, the league consists of four teams, which compete against teams from other leagues. Rainy City is a member of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Asso... | Rainy City was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme, and it became a full WFTDA member in September 2013.
In April 2013, a third team (The Bet Lynch Mob) was formed for new skaters at starter level to gain experience and learn.
In 2016, Rainy City re-branded as Rainy Cit... | 43,652 | triviaqa-train |
Which character played by Janet Brown appears at the end of the Bond film For Your Eyes Only? | Janet Brown
Janet McLuckie Brown (14 December 192327 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, comedian and impressionist who gained considerable fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her impersonations of Margaret Thatcher. Brown was the wife of Peter Butterworth who was best known for his appearances in the "Carry on" films. Butte... | then later in "The World Is Not Enough", and "Die Another Day". Played by Colin Salmon, Robinson appears to be M's right-hand man and is often seen at her side. When Bond reports in with MI6, he often does so to Robinson.
MI6 Smithers.
One of Q's assistants, Smithers makes two film appearances: in "For Your Eyes Only" ... | 43,653 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the Gateway to India, built to commemorate the visit of George V in 1911 | cheapest cities were in India: Bangalore (3rd), Mumbai (5th), Chennai (5th) and New Delhi (8th).
Economy Industries.
India's telecommunication industry, the world's fastest-growing, added 227 million subscribers during the period 2010–11, and after the third quarter of 2017, India surpassed the US to become the second ... | the "Roshanara Club", which had the first cricket field in Delhi at Roshanara Bagh.
He was one of the few non-royal Indians invited to attend the Delhi Durbar to commemorate the coronation of King George V in 1911.
For the trading community he founded the "Kirana Committee of Delhi", one of the oldest trader associati... | 43,654 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Trajan as Roman Emperor in 117 AD | According to the "Augustan History", it was the future Emperor Hadrian who brought word to Trajan of his adoption. Hadrian was then retained on the Rhine frontier by Trajan as a military tribune, becoming privy to the circle of friends and relations with which Trajan surrounded himselfamong them the then governor of Ge... | Official road names were usually taken from the Emperor in whose reign they were completed, e.g. the Via Traiana from Rome to Brindisi in southern Italy was named after the Emperor Trajan (r.98-117 AD). As the Dover to London section of Watling Street was begun in the years following the Roman invasion of Britain in 43... | 43,655 | triviaqa-train |
Goat Fell is the highest point on which Scottish island? | Goat Fell
Goat Fell (marked as Goatfell by the Ordnance Survey; Scottish Gaelic: Gaoda Bheinn) is the highest point on the Isle of Arran. At 874 metres (2,866 ft), it is one of four Corbetts on the island. The mountain, along with nearby Brodick Castle, is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
The name is belie... | restaurants, most notably Crofters, Douglas Bistro, Ormidale Bar, Brodick Bar and The Auchrannie Resort which has three restaurants and bars; Brambles - Seafood & Grill, Cruize - Bar/Brasserie and Eighteen69 - Scottish Tapas. Brodick is also home to Brodick Golf Club, which has 18 holes.
The high school, council office... | 43,656 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer in 1907, sold in 2006 for $135 million? | Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a fr... | me that they are seen by anybody who wants to see them, because that would have been the wish of my aunt." In June 2006 the "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" was sold to Ronald Lauder for $135 million, at the time a record price for a painting. Eileen Kinsella, the editor of "ARTnews", considered the high price was due... | 43,657 | triviaqa-train |
What is the English name for the German dessert Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte? | Black Forest gateau
Black Forest gâteau (British English) or Black Forest cake (American English) is a chocolate sponge cake with a rich cherry filling based on the German dessert "Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte" (), literally "Black Forest Cherry-torte".
Typically, Black Forest gateau consists of several layers of chocolat... | Novels "Mohr im Hemd, oder wie ich auszog, die Welt zu retten".
"Mohr im Hemd, oder wie ich auszog, die Welt zu retten" (literal English translation: "Moor in a Shirt, Or How I Set out to Save the World", not available in English, though) is named after a popular Viennese dessert with a controversial name. (A charity, ... | 43,658 | triviaqa-train |
Under which treaty of 1713 was control of Gibraltar ceded to Britain? | to Great Britain in perpetuity under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. During World War II it was an important base for the Royal Navy as it controlled the entrance and exit to the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, which is only wide at this naval choke point. It remains strategically important, with half the wo... | -Honoré, opened at the porte Coquillière, reached the porte Saint-Denis, porte Mauconseil, porte Babette, came to rue Vielle-du-Temple, the rue des Francs-Bourgeois, to the porte Baudoyer and the quai des Célestins. On the south side this wall picked up at the Palais de la Tournelle, opened at the porte Saint-Victor, p... | 43,659 | triviaqa-train |
Drake Circus is a shopping centre opened in 2006 in which English city? | Drake Circus Shopping Centre
Drake Circus Shopping Centre is a covered shopping mall in the centre of Plymouth, England, which opened in October 2006.
The new building was designed by London-based architects Chapman Taylor and built by Bovis Lend Lease. Situated behind the ruined Charles Church, preserved as the city's... | . Its projects range from shopping centres, a cruise terminal, a boulevard and to increase the population to 300,000 and build 33,000 dwellings.
In 2004 the old Drake Circus shopping centre and Charles Cross car park were demolished and replaced by the latest Drake Circus Shopping Centre, which opened in October 2006. ... | 43,660 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the five dwarf planets begins with the letter E? | are populations of trans-Neptunian objects composed mostly of ices, and beyond them a newly discovered population of sednoids. Within these populations are several dozen to possibly tens of thousands of objects large enough that they have been rounded by their own gravity. Such objects are categorized as dwarf planets.... | Kepler-186
Kepler-186 is a main-sequence M1-type dwarf star, located 178.5 parsecs (582 light years) away in the constellation of Cygnus. The star is slightly cooler than the sun, with roughly half its metallicity. It is known to have five planets, including the first Earth-sized world discovered in the habitable zone:... | 43,661 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Brutus, a bar owner, in the recent BBC comedy Sun Trap? | SunTrap
SunTrap is a British television sitcom produced by Happy Tramp Productions for the BBC. The series was created and written by Neil Webster and Charlie Skelton. The storyline follows Woody (Kayvan Novak), an undercover journalist who is a master of disguises but forced to go on the run after an undercover plot i... | Taxi! (British TV series)
Taxi! was a BBC television comedy-drama series transmitted in 1963 and 1964.
Created by Ted Willis, who had developed "Dixon of Dock Green", he was well aware of taxicab drivers inclination to provide stories, and intended 12 individual plays for what became the first series. The series starre... | 43,662 | triviaqa-train |
Pon de Replay in 2005, and SOS and Unfaithful in 2006 all reached Number Two in the UK singles chart for which singer before she had her first Number One? | Pon de Replay
"Pon de Replay" is the debut single recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, from her debut studio album "Music of the Sun" (2005). It was written and produced by Vada Nobles, Alisha "M'Jestie" Brooks, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. The song was released on May 24, 2005 as the lead single from the album. Prio... | first number-one song was her debut single "Pon de Replay" in October 2005. It was followed by three number-ones from her second album "A Girl like Me"; "SOS" in May 2006, "Unfaithful" in July 2006, and "We Ride" in February 2007. Her third studio album, "Good Girl Gone Bad" spawned four number-ones; the lead single, "... | 43,663 | triviaqa-train |
Which poet played for Harrow in the first Eton v Harrow cricket match in 1805? | Marlborough College, Rugby School, Cheltenham College, The Oratory School, Haileybury College, Clifton College and Beaumont College (now closed).
Players.
Many famous individuals and famous cricketers have played in the match. Lord Byron played for Harrow in the 1805 match, Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis for Har... | (the UEE), until international cricket and the official County Championship began. In amateur circles, it was one of three main events of the cricket season. The others were The University Match between Oxford and Cambridge, which was first played in 1827; and until 1854 the Schools Week at Lord's, involving the teams ... | 43,664 | triviaqa-train |
Retinol is one of the animal forms of which vitamin? | Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids (most notably beta-carotene). Vitamin A has multiple functions: it is important for growth and development, for the maintenance of the immune system and good vi... | . Although a modicum of model work and studio rear projection footage was needed, careful editing of archival newsreel and location photography created an authentic looking, near-documentary style.
Alec Guinness, cast and playing against type, as part of the Old Vic Company, had played in Malta as part of a tour that h... | 43,665 | triviaqa-train |
The titles of whose later symphonies (1778-1791) include Paris, Linz and Prague? | 1979. Its headquarters is located in the Urfahr district on the north bank of the Danube close to the Ars Electronica Centre and serves as venue for music events and other artistic and cultural activities. Situated at the same address is the Stadtwerkstatt's own Café Strom, a café/bar popular amongst young adults.
Wolf... | whose symphony in C turned out to be Van Maldere's op.4 nr. 2.
Works Principal compositions.
- Many violin- and triosonatas; among these 3 trios for harpsichord, violin and cello op. 7, published posthumously by Van Ypen & Pris in Brussels, between 1774 and 1778.
- Overtures
- Some 45 symphonies, among which:
- Sei sin... | 43,666 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the only English player to score in the 2015 FA Cup Final? | 2015 FA Cup Final
The 2015 FA Cup Final was the 134th final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football cup competition. The match was contested by Arsenal and Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was played on 30 May 2015 and was the final match of the competition. Arsenal won the match 4–0 with goals fr... | Stan Mortensen
Stanley Harding Mortensen (26 May 1921 – 22 May 1991) was an English professional footballer, most famous for his part in the 1953 FA Cup Final (subsequently known as the "Matthews Final"), in which he became the only player ever to score a hat-trick in a Wembley FA Cup Final. He was also both the first ... | 43,667 | triviaqa-train |
Workshop and Digital are visual effects companies named after which large insects native to New Zealand? | Weta Digital
Weta Digital is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to produce the digital special effects for "Heavenly Creatures". In 2007, Weta Digital’s Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Joe Letteri, was also appo... | -on skills in developing technologies in large and small visual effects production companies in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia afforded Ansel a broad perspective on various approach in the industry of technological developments. In 2004 she travelled to Beijing as VFX consultant for Tsui Hark’s "Seven Swords... | 43,668 | triviaqa-train |
Chasing Pavements in 2008 and Rolling in the Deep in 2010 both reached Number Two in the UK singles chart for which singer before she had her first Number One? | Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. After graduating from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a recording contract with XL Recordings. In 2007, she received the Brit Awards Critics' Choice award and won the BBC Sound of 2008 poll. Her debut album, "19", was released in ... | Billie Ray Martin
Billie Ray Martin (born 1970) is a German singer-songwriter, known for her single "Your Loving Arms", which reached the Top 10 of both the UK Singles Chart (#6) and the Irish Singles Chart (#8) in 1995, and reached number one on the US Dance Club Chart. She was also one of the vocalists on the S'Expre... | 43,669 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the poem that begins: There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night Ten to make and the match to win A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in.? | memory. The first six stanzas compare Mynn with his contemporaries and the poem closes with these lines:
Poems Les Murray.
The Australian poet Les Murray wrote "The Aboriginal Cricketer"":
Poems Others.
One of the most famous pieces of nostalgic rose-tinted poems is Vitai Lampada by Sir Henry Newbolt.
The very short "A... | . Ponting scored 20, 23 and 36 in the following matches against the West Indies, India and Zimbabwe. In the last match of the Super Six stage of the tournament, Australia were to play South Africa in a match they needed to win to make the semi-finals. South Africa batted first and scored 271, before Australia slumped t... | 43,670 | triviaqa-train |
The predominant cause of rickets is a deficiency of which vitamin? | Rickets
Rickets is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children. Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large forehead, and trouble sleeping. Complications may include bone fractures, muscle spasms, an abnormally curved spine, or intellectual disability.
The most common cause is vitamin D... | the auction, and no reserved channel for noncommercial broadcasters. The procedures vote was moved to August 6 but the auction was set for March 29, 2016.
After the vote, FCC commissioner Ajit Pai said the plan "permits too many broadcasters to be placed in the wireless band", which would result in interference between... | 43,671 | triviaqa-train |
Which football team won the Scottish Cup in 2015? | league clubs. In 1967, Berwick Rangers eliminated defending champions Rangers in the first round. Other results regarded as shocks include Stenhousemuir's win against Aberdeen in 1995 and Albion Rovers' defeat of Motherwell in 2013. Celtic's shock defeat by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2000 led to the famous newspap... | football academy in the world to operate a team in a FIFA-recognised senior league. They made further Scottish football history in a league match against Creetown in September 2014, when they first fielded a team composed entirely of French nationals. The senior team won two trophies in their first season, the South of... | 43,672 | triviaqa-train |
In which modem day African country was Roman Emperor Septimius Severus born? | nations cooperate through the establishment of the African Union, which is headquartered in Addis Ababa.
Etymology.
"Afri" was a Latin name used to refer to the inhabitants of then-known northern Africa to the west of the Nile river, and in its widest sense referred to all lands south of the Mediterranean (Ancient Liby... | Julia Domna
Julia Domna (AD 160–217) was Roman empress consort from 193 to 211. She was born in Emesa (present day Homs) in Syria into an Arab family of priests of the deity Elagabalus. She married Septimius Severus sometime during the late 180s. A civil war over the Roman throne broke out in 193, and shortly afterward... | 43,673 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name given to a mountain in Scotland with a height that is over 3000 feet? | 2,000 ft, or more latterly 600 m, is considered necessary to be a "mountain" in the British Isles, and apart from the Munros (who favour isolation), all lists require a prominence of at least . A prominence of between (e.g. some and ), does not meet the UIAA definition of an "independent" peak. Most lists consider a pr... | prominence requirement, typically 100 feet (30 m) or 500 feet (152 m). In practice, mountains in Scotland are frequently referred to as "hills" no matter what their height, as reflected in names such as the "Cuillin Hills" and the "Torridon Hills". In Wales, the distinction is more a term of land use and appearance and... | 43,674 | triviaqa-train |
What was the family name of the first Viscount Rothermere and his brother the first Viscount Northcliffe, founders of the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror? | "Mirror" has no separate Scottish edition; this function is performed by the "Daily Record" and "Sunday Mail", which incorporate certain stories from the "Mirror" that are of Scottish significance.
Originally pitched to the middle-class reader, it was converted into a working-class newspaper after 1934, in order to rea... | 50,000, and had the "Daily Mail" and "Daily Mirror" among its earliest (though short-lived) supporters. The "Mirror" piece was a guest article by "Daily Mail" owner Viscount Rothermere and an apparent one-off; despite these briefly warm words for the BUF, the paper was so vitriolic in its condemnation of European fasci... | 43,675 | triviaqa-train |
Which novelist (1879-1980) wrote the libretto for the Benjamin Britten opera Billy Budd with Eric Crozier? | Billy Budd (opera)
Billy Budd, Op. 50, is an opera by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by the English novelist E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, based on the short novel "Billy Budd" by Herman Melville. Originally in four acts, it was first performed at the Royal Opera House, London, on 1 December 1951; it was later revise... | Forster Film scripts.
- "A Diary for Timothy" (1945) (directed by Humphrey Jennings, spoken by Michael Redgrave)
Notable works by Forster Libretto.
- "Billy Budd" (1951) (with Eric Crozier; based on Melville's novel, for the opera by Benjamin Britten)
Notable works by Forster Collections of essays and broadcasts.
- "Ab... | 43,676 | triviaqa-train |
The Great City Games is an athletics event in Manchester with a track laid on which thoroughfare? | War Museum North. It then returns to Manchester city centre along the Chester Road, finishing by the Beetham Tower in Deansgate.
The half marathon course consists of the 10k course with a 7-mile detour. The detour begins after nearly a mile, when it turns east onto the Mancunian Way. It heads down the length of the mot... | The stadium's foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Tony Blair in December 1999, and construction began in January 2000. The stadium was designed by Arup Associates and constructed by Laing Construction at a cost of approximately £112 million, £77 million of which was provided by Sport England, with the remainder... | 43,677 | triviaqa-train |
Who plays Denis Thatcher in the 2011 film The Iron Lady? | by Jim Broadbent, and by Harry Lloyd as the younger Denis. Thatcher's longest-serving cabinet member and eventual deputy, Geoffrey Howe, is portrayed by Anthony Head.
While the film was met with mixed reviews, Streep's performance was widely acclaimed, and considered to be one of the greatest of her career. She receive... | The Iron Lady (film)
The Iron Lady is a 2011 British-French biographical drama film based on the life and career of Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), a British stateswoman and politician who was the first ever female and longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century. The film was directed by Phy... | 43,678 | triviaqa-train |
Which Mughal Emperor commissioned the building of the Red Fort in Delhi when he moved his capital from Agra to Delhi? | is broadcast nationally.
History.
It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty for nearly 200 years, until 1856. It is located in the centre of Delhi and houses a number of museums. In addition to accommodating the emperors and their households, it was the ceremonial and political center of the Mugha... | the Taj Mahal.
Monumental Mughal legacy Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra.
Sikandra, the last resting place of the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, is on the Delhi-Agra Highway, only from the Agra Fort. Akbar's tomb reflects the completeness of his personality. The vast, beautifully carved, red-ochre sandstone tomb with deers, rab... | 43,679 | triviaqa-train |
The Purple Revolution: The Year That Changed Everything is a memoir by which current politician | The Purple Revolution: The Year That Changed Everything
The Purple Revolution: The Year That Changed Everything is a political memoir by Nigel Farage, ex-leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). It is published by Biteback Publishing, and released on 17 March 2015.
Content.
Near the start of the book, Farage declare... | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (book)
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything () is a book written by Joe Trippi and published in 2004 by ReganBooks. The book describes Trippi's steps while running the campaign for Howard Dean on the internet in 2004. Trippi ... | 43,680 | triviaqa-train |
The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended which war, known in North America as the French and Indian War | , and some view the French and Indian War as being merely the American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63; however, the French and Indian War is viewed in the United States as a singular conflict which was not associated with any European war. The name "French and Indian War" is used mainly in the Uni... | later Montreal) became a centre for the fur trade and French expansion into New France until the Treaty of Paris in 1763 which ended the French and Indian War, ceding the territory of New France to Britain.
Given its importance, the site of the fort was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1924.
Place Roya... | 43,681 | triviaqa-train |
In November 1982 Eltham Little Theatre in London was renamed after which performer born in Eltham in 1903 who raised funds for the theatre? | solicit contributions (frequently on the streetcar to Luna Park), singing, dancing, and performing comedy. He entered numerous dancing and amateur talent contests as Lester Hope, and won a prize in 1915 for his impersonation of Charlie Chaplin. For a time, he attended the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster, Ohio, and... | "Say When", the 1936 Ziegfeld Follies with Fanny Brice, and "Red, Hot and Blue" with Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante followed. Hope reprised his role as Huck Haines in a 1958 production of "Roberta" at The Muny Theater in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri.
Additionally, Hope rescued the Eltham Little Theatre in England... | 43,682 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the five dwarf planets is in the asteroid belt? | are populations of trans-Neptunian objects composed mostly of ices, and beyond them a newly discovered population of sednoids. Within these populations are several dozen to possibly tens of thousands of objects large enough that they have been rounded by their own gravity. Such objects are categorized as dwarf planets.... | (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), two gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn), and two ice giants (Uranus and Neptune). The Solar System also has at least five dwarf planets, an asteroid belt, numerous comets, and a large number of icy bodies which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Religious aspects.
Solar deities play a major... | 43,683 | triviaqa-train |
Edward Gibbon was famed for which great historical work? | "rights of man."
Gibbon's work has been praised for its style, his piquant epigrams and its effective irony. Winston Churchill memorably noted, "I set out upon...Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" [and] was immediately dominated both by the story and the style. ...I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly thr... | earth by stigmatizing it as "pagan". An early surviving reference to the work is by Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople in the 9th century AD. Photius condemns the style and syntax of the text as well as the honesty of the author. More recent authors tend to agree with Photius on the stylistic points, but do find the... | 43,684 | triviaqa-train |
What is the first name of the character Crocodile Dundee? | Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee (stylised as "Crocodile" Dundee in the U.S.) is a 1986 action comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee. Hogan's future wife Linda Kozlowski portrayed Sue Charlton. Inspired by the true-life exploits of Rod Ansell, ... | Gerry Skilton
Gerry Skilton is an Australian actor of the 20th and early 21st century.
Skilton is best known as playing the character Nugget in all three of the Crocodile Dundee series of films: "Crocodile Dundee", "Crocodile Dundee II", and "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles". With permission from Paul Hogan, he reprise... | 43,685 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Tom Hanks fall in love with a mermaid in the film Splash? | Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as "Splash" (1984), "Big" (1988), "Turner & Hooch" (1989), "A League of Their Own" (1992), "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993), "Forrest Gump" (1994), "Apollo 13" (1995), "You... | fascination with Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" story. However, by the standards of swimmable mermaid tails, the exceptionally detailed film tail was difficult to remove. For the sake of efficiency, Hannah at first kept it on while the cast had lunch. In the documentary contained on the 20th-anniversary... | 43,686 | triviaqa-train |
Which former Neighbours star played soon to be Edward V111 in 'The King's Speech'? | acting occasion by twinkling and growling as their characters warily circle each other before settling into the therapeutic swing of things and unknowingly preparing for the big speech that partly gives the film its title," she wrote. "The Daily Telegraph" called Guy Pearce's performance as Edward VIII "formidable ... ... | museum. This agent turns out to be Annie Dubinsky, who was Krusty's first agent and former girlfriend. Krusty left her when he became successful but now he begs her to take him as a client again. She accepts and together they are able to get him back on television, hosting a show for adults that features his clown tric... | 43,687 | triviaqa-train |
How many points does a conversion score in rugby union? | Rugby union
Rugby union, widely known simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ... | favour the try over a goal and thus the try has a definite value, that has increased over time and has for many years surpassed the number of points awarded for a goal. In rugby league and rugby union, a conversion attempt is still given, but is simply seen as adding extra 'bonus' points. These points, however, can mea... | 43,688 | triviaqa-train |
What other common name is used for Halloween? | Halloween
Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in several countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhal... | Lungworm
Lungworms are parasitic nematode worms of the order Strongylida that infest the lungs of vertebrates. The name is used for a variety of different groups of nematodes, some of which also have other common names; what they have in common is that they migrate to their hosts' lungs or respiratory tracts, and cause... | 43,689 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the screenplay for the film 'The Exorcist'? | The Exorcist (film)
The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel. The film is directed by William Friedkin and stars Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, and Jason Miller. It is the first film in the "Exorcist" series, and follows the demonic possess... | film, Lieutenant William F. Kinderman, who investigates a series of demonic murders in Georgetown that have the hallmarks of the Gemini, a deceased serial killer. Blatty based aspects of the Gemini Killer on the real-life Zodiac Killer, one of several serial killers who enjoyed the original "Exorcist."
Blatty, who wrot... | 43,690 | triviaqa-train |
What was name of the sequel to the film Scream called? | significant female viewership.
"Scream" was credited with revitalizing the horror genre in the 1990s, which was considered to be almost dead following an influx of direct-to-video titles and numerous sequels to established horror franchises of the 1970s and 1980s. These sequels drew decreasing financial and critical su... | on both counts, with critics deriding the film as having become what the original had so deftly satirized.
Fifteen years after the release of "Scream" and eleven years after the release of the last film in the series, The Weinstein Company released a new sequel, "Scream 4", on April 15, 2011. Campbell, Cox and Arquette... | 43,691 | triviaqa-train |
What is a group of witches called? | Coven
A coven usually refers to a group or gathering of witches. The word "coven" (from Anglo-Norman "covent, cuvent", from Old French "covent", from Latin "conventum" = convention) remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promoted the idea, that all witches across Europe met in groups of thir... | he discovers a group of Force-sensitive witches called the Witches of Dathomir, banded into two separate groups: a collective of benign, matriarchal clans; the one he is in contact with being the "Singing Mountain Clan", and the witches who have turned to the dark side, called the "Nightsisters". Discovering a prophecy... | 43,692 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous actor in the film 'Ghostbusters' also co-wrote the film? | Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters is a 1984 American fantasy comedy film produced and directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. ... | Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis (; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, director, writer, and comedian. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in "Ghostbusters" (1984) and "Ghostbusters II" (1989) and Russell Ziskey in "Stripes" (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a directo... | 43,693 | triviaqa-train |
Which Yorkshire fishing/seaside town features in the 1897 novel, Dracula? | Redcar, Saltburn and Marske by the Sea, Scalby, Skelton and Brotton and Whitby. In 1922 Redcar was incorporated as a borough.
The rural districts in 1894 were Aysgarth, Bedale, Croft, Easingwold, Flaxton, Guisborough, Helmsley, Kirkby Moorside, Leyburn, Malton, Masham, Middlesbrough, Northallerton, Pickering, Reeth, Ri... | the Order of the British Empire (GBE) shortly before his retirement from the Territorial Force in 1921 for his military service. He was knighted and was a Sub-Prior of the Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem from 1923 to 1943.
Skegness.
In addition to his estates in Yorkshire, the earl owned considerable l... | 43,694 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Gaston Leroux write the novel The Phantom of the Opera? | wrote a mystery novel titled "Le mystère de la chambre jaune" (1908; English title: "The Mystery of the Yellow Room"), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to those of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan P... | Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel "The Phantom of the Opera" ("Le Fantôme de l'Opéra", 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the... | 43,695 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Doctor Watson in the 1959 Hammer Horror classic The Hound of The Baskervilles? | Holmes"
Warburton Gamble played Watson in the 1933 film "A Study in Scarlet"
The series of Sherlock Holmes films with Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson portrayed the doctor as a lovable but incompetent assistant. Some later treatments have presented a more competent Watson.
Watson was played by actor A... | in two films which won the Academy Award for Best Picture; "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), as Colonel Green, and "Ben-Hur" (1959) as Sextus. With Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes, he played Arthur Conan Doyle's character Doctor John H. Watson, in Hammer Film Productions' version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles... | 43,696 | triviaqa-train |
In what year did the infamous Jack the Ripper terrify the population of east London? | Oxford House, to encourage university students to live and work in the slums, experience the conditions and try to alleviate some of the poverty and misery in the East End. Notable residents of Toynbee Hall included R. H. Tawney, Clement Attlee, Guglielmo Marconi, and William Beveridge. The Hall continues to exert cons... | Ripper Street
Ripper Street is a British TV series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London and starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, and Adam Rothenberg. It begins in 1889, six months after the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. The first episode was broadcast on 30 December 2012 during BBC One's Christmas sche... | 43,697 | triviaqa-train |
Who was burnt at the stake for witchcraft in 1431? | it, from the 15th century onward, as well as a sharp drop following it, with "witch-hunts" having basically fizzled out by the first half of the 18th century.
Historical usage Christian states Famous cases.
Notable individuals executed by burning include Jacques de Molay (1314), Jan Hus (1415), Joan of Arc (1431), Giro... | the revolting subservient farmers, who burnt all the documents in the vain hope of destroying all proof of their debts and tithes. The uprising was squashed and six leaders executed. Leonhard of Völs also instigated the burning of nine local woman for witchcraft. To deflect blame placed on him by his subjects for a hig... | 43,698 | triviaqa-train |
Dame Maggie Smith played which character in Hogwarts? | and preferences. After the Sorting Ceremony, the students and teachers enjoy a feast, prepared by the Hogwarts house-elves. If Dumbledore is feeling cheerful, he will lead the students in singing the school song.
Houses.
Hogwarts is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor,... | and Clarke joined McIlwain and Gotobed at Leavesden on the set of the Great Hall where the set was divided with one section of the Entrance Hall in ruins for the Battle of Hogwarts sequences; two days of shooting were completed from morning until evening, scheduled a week apart where three hours of school tutoring was ... | 43,699 | triviaqa-train |
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