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The legendary Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul, also the site where an all-time great mystery novel was conceived, was built in 1892 for passengers who arrived in the city by what specific transport? | of the Orient Express from Paris. Regular service to Bucharest and Thessaloniki continued until the early 2010s, when the former was interrupted for Marmaray construction and the latter was halted due to economic problems in Greece. After Istanbul's Haydarpaşa Terminal opened in 1908, it served as the western terminus ... | classical, art nouveau and oriental styles. Vallaury undertook a number of other projects in Istanbul, including The Ottoman Bank Headquarters and The Istanbul Archaeology Museum.
The hotel was the first building in Turkey to be powered by electricity, other than the Ottoman Palaces. It was also the only address in the... | 44,100 | triviaqa-train |
What one word connects the following? 1. In a certain comics universe, the dimension in which criminals are held in a state of suspended animation. 2. Lee Falk's popular creation with the nickname The Ghost Who Walks. 3. Erik, who haunts the Paris Opera House. | The Phantom
The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in February 1936. The main character, the Phantom, is a fictional costumed crime-fighter who operates from the fictional African country of Bangalla. The character has been adapted for television, film and video games.
The series ... | heroes of the era, Merlin the Magician shares some similarities with Lee Falk's popular Mandrake the Magician strip, particularly in his appearance, which was a stereotypical prewar "stage magician" look, with a suit, mustache and cape. Like Zatara, who was similarly descended from a famous predecessor (Leonardo da Vin... | 44,101 | triviaqa-train |
Labour Party politician Aneurin Bevan is known for his role in establishing what seminal institution in Great Britain? | Party's left wing, and of left-wing British thought generally. His most famous accomplishment came when, as Minister of Health, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, which was to provide medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons, regardless of wealth. He resigned when the Attlee gover... | was not uncommon for commentators to describe some European countries as democratic socialist states seeking to move their countries toward a socialist economy. In 1956, leading British Labour Party politician and author Anthony Crosland claimed that capitalism had been abolished in Britain, although others such as Wel... | 44,102 | triviaqa-train |
Photographer Walter Iooss who also shoots swimsuit models among others is known for his contributions to which magazine? | Walter Iooss
Walter Iooss Jr. (; born May 15, 1943) is an American photographer best known for his award-winning images of sports' greatest athletes, including Michael Jordan, Kelly Slater, Tiger Woods, Scottie Pippen, and Muhammad Ali. He has been called "the poet laureate of sports."
Iooss began his career shooting f... | is an active player, formerly world number one, and was photographed at Captiva Island in the Gulf of Mexico by Walter Iooss, Jr.
Top ranked Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard appeared for the first time in the 2017 issue. She is an active player who has achieved a top five rank in tennis in 2014.
Reception.
To so... | 44,103 | triviaqa-train |
Try your 'fortune' and take a guess. What is the name of the Maltese dog owned by celebrity Wendy Diamond that holds a Guinness record for posing with celebrities? | volunteering with the Coalition for the Homeless inspired her to turn her focus towards homeless animals. She adopted her Russian Blue cat Pasha from The Animal Care and Control facility in New York City. She later adopted her Maltese, Lucky. Soon after that, she conceived, created and founded "Animal Fair", the first ... | punchlines. Both NBC's and Comedy Central's takes on panel shows emphasize points, competing and winning in the style of traditional game shows, with less focus on comedic banter between the panelists that can be found on British panel shows.
In 2013, The CW revived "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", which features improv ske... | 44,104 | triviaqa-train |
"The words burcad badeed mean ""ocean robber"" in what African language?" | the Somali Basin and the wider Indian Ocean.
The government of Somaliland has adopted stringent anti-piracy measures, arresting and imprisoning pirates forced to make port in Berbera.
In addition to naval patrolling and marine capacity building, the shipping industry implemented Best Management Practices (BMP) in the P... | badeed", which means "ocean robber". However, the pirates themselves prefer to be called "badaadinta badah" or "saviours of the sea" (often translated as "coastguard").
Pirates Methodology.
The methods used in a typical pirate attack have been analyzed. They show that while attacks can be expected at any time, most occ... | 44,105 | triviaqa-train |
Gilbert Ryle's The Concept of Mind (1949) is a critique of the notion propounded by Descartes that the mind is distinct from the body. What phrase did Ryle famously use to describe his concept? | out to him after the book was published.
Reception.
"The Concept of Mind" has been compared to Jean-Paul Sartre's "Being and Nothingness" (1943) by Iris Murdoch, who writes that English analytic philosophy shares the same general orientation as continental philosophy. Ryle has been interpreted by David Stannard as main... | best possible use. It is also necessary, therefore, that a man strive to master the separation which exists between the corporeal body and the mind.
The influence of "The Passions of the Soul".
In her examination of the popular modern misconceptions of Descartes' philosophy, Lilli Alanen argues that Gilbert Ryle, autho... | 44,106 | triviaqa-train |
A memorable phrase in the annals of American polity, who was called a 'bloviating ignoramus' by columnist George Will in 2012? | in an elevator and observes, "Damn, George Will just gets more and more conservative;" this moment, which Tracy does not realize Liz has witnessed, directly contradicts his claim that he is an illiterate needing to leave work early for tutoring.
In 2016, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" created a short video about ... | Ignoramus et ignorabimus
The Latin maxim ignoramus et ignorabimus, meaning "we do not know and will not know", represents the idea that scientific knowledge is limited. It was publicized, in this sense, by Emil du Bois-Reymond, a German physiologist, in his publication "Über die Grenzen des Naturerkennens" ("On the lim... | 44,107 | triviaqa-train |
Which SAS soldier wrote the book 'Bravo Two Zero', an account of a failed mission during the first Gulf War? | Bravo Two Zero
Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British Army Special Air Service (SAS) patrol, deployed into Iraq during the First Gulf War in January 1991. According to Chris Ryan's account, the patrol was given the task of gathering intelligence, finding a good lying-up position (LUP) and setting up a... | member of the patrol wrote "Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission" () under the pseudonym Mike Coburn, which more forcefully contradicted the previous accounts. The account also levelled damning accusations against the army, and the Ministry of Defence went to great lengths to attempt to prevent... | 44,108 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Ridolfi Plot' was a Roman Catholic plot to kill which English monarch? | against Spain, the two countries were still at war, and the Spanish Armada of 1588 was only five years in the past. He joined Sir William Stanley, an English Catholic and veteran commander in his mid-fifties who had raised an army in Ireland to fight in Leicester's expedition to the Netherlands. Stanley had been held i... | considered a loyal and devoted servant to Catesby.
Bates was the seventh man to be enlisted into what became known as the Gunpowder Plot, a scheme devised early in 1604 by Catesby to kill King James I by blowing up the House of Lords with gunpowder, and inciting a popular revolt during which a Catholic monarch would be... | 44,109 | triviaqa-train |
Which former British landmark is now the most famous tourist attraction in Lake Havasu City, Arizona? | . (The act is referenced in resolution #63-12-1.) The city was incorporated in 1978.
History London Bridge.
London Bridge crosses a narrow channel that leads from Lake Havasu (a segment of the Colorado River) to Thompson Bay (also on the river). Hoping to attract tourists and prospective buyers of residential lots, McC... | London.
The purchaser, Robert P. McCulloch, the chairman of McCulloch Oil Corporation, was the founder of Lake Havasu City, his retirement real estate development on the east shore of Lake Havasu, a large reservoir on the Colorado River. McCulloch purchased the bridge as a tourist attraction for Lake Havasu, which was ... | 44,110 | triviaqa-train |
Lying on the Sunzha River, what is the capital of the Chechen Republic? | year. It is used for irrigation. Cities that lie on the Sunzha include Nazran, Karabulak, Grozny (the capital of Chechnya), and Gudermes. During the First and Second Chechen Wars, the destruction of petroleum reservoirs caused the Sunzha to become polluted with petroleum.
Nomenclature.
The origin of the name of the riv... | Galashki
Galashki (; ) is a rural locality (a "selo") in Sunzhensky District of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia, located on the left bank of the Sunzha River near the border with the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania. Its population was about 9,000 people in 2009.
It was a site of two raids by Chechen separatists dur... | 44,111 | triviaqa-train |
Pal Schmitt resigned as President of Hungary in 2012 as a result of allegations that he plagiarised his doctoral thesis. He won Olympic gold medals in 1968 and 1972, in which sport? | MTK-VM. After winning two Hungarian Championship titles in individual competitions he participated as part of the Hungarian National Fencing Team 130 times between 1965 and 1977. He won the team épée gold medal at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He also won team and individual World Championships in fencing, and col... | Pál Schmitt academic misconduct controversy
The Pál Schmitt academic misconduct scandal refers to allegations of plagiarism concerning the 1992 doctoral thesis and the circumstances of the doctoral defence of the President of Hungary Pál Schmitt, which led to Schmitt's resignation from his presidential post. The scanda... | 44,112 | triviaqa-train |
Designed by Tim Tolkein, the great nephew of the author of 'The Lord Of The Rings', in which English city could you find the famous 'Sentinel' statue? | a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like 'religion', to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the sym... | Sarehole Mill is believed to have been his inspiration for the tranquil Shire in "The Lord of the Rings". He also drew inspiration from Moseley Bog for the landscape of Middle-earth.
Planning permission has been acquired for the erection on Moseley Green of a high statue of Treebeard, an Ent from "The Lord of the Rings... | 44,113 | triviaqa-train |
Yakutsk is the capital of which federal subject of Russia, that at 3,103,200 km2 (almost as big as India) is the largest subnational governing body by area? | air masses from the Indian Ocean, while the plain of the west and north makes the country open to Arctic and Atlantic influences.
Most of Northern European Russia and Siberia has a subarctic climate, with extremely severe winters in the inner regions of Northeast Siberia (mostly the Sakha Republic, where the Northern P... | Agartala Municipal Corporation
The Agartala Municipal Corporation or AMC is the municipal body which governs and maintains the city of Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura and is the Third-largest develop city in North-east India. Formed in the year 1871 the oldest municipal body in Northeast India, AMC... | 44,114 | triviaqa-train |
The majority of 'The Only Way Is Essex' is set and filmed in which Essex town? | The Only Way Is Essex
The Only Way Is Essex (often abbreviated as TOWIE ) is a British reality television series based in Brentwood, England. It shows "real people in modified situations, saying unscripted lines but in a structured way." The series is filmed just a few days in advance, and is narrated by Denise van Out... | of Life on Earth" for "Help Me" (2012) —which was set in scenes focused on Christian iconography in New Orleans was directed by Dan Henshaw.
He made an appearance on the television program The Only Way Is Essex on the episode The Only Way Is Essex (series 5) that was filmed in Spain, and released on 13 June 2012. He ha... | 44,115 | triviaqa-train |
An American mathematician, who engaged in a mail bombing campaign that spanned nearly 20 years, killing three people and injuring 23 others, by what name is Ted Kaczynski popularly known? | Kaczynski. While the bombing devices varied widely through the years, all but the first few contained the initials "FC", which Kaczynski later said stood for "Freedom Club", inscribed on parts inside. He purposely left misleading clues in the devices and took extreme care in preparing them to avoid leaving fingerprints... | The blast killed one man (John Batey, age 59) and injured at least 15 others, some very injured. People reported seeing three young men running away after the blast. It was the first bomb by the IRA team to be thrown instead of being primed and planted since the start of the "Phase Two" bombing campaign in England.
Aft... | 44,116 | triviaqa-train |
Which football club pipped Paris Saint Germain to win the French League 1 title in 2012? | more difficult to convince clubs in the northern half of the country; Strasbourg, RC Roubaix, and Amiens refused to accept the new league, while conversely Mulhouse, Excelsior AC Roubaix, Metz, and Fives accepted professionalism. In southern France, clubs such as Olympique de Marseille, Hyères, SO Montpellier, SC Nîmes... | 1995–96 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season
During the 1995–96 French football season, Paris Saint-Germain competed in French Division 1.
Season summary.
Paris Saint-Germain failed to win the French title, but made up for the title disappointment by winning the Cup Winners' Cup. This made manager Luis Fernández the first F... | 44,117 | triviaqa-train |
Developed sometime before 1915 by a bartender named Ngiam Tong Boon, which cocktail contains Gin, Cherry Heering, Benedictine,and fresh Sarawak Pineapple juice? | Peter Heering
Peter Heering is a Danish manufacturer of liqueurs, most famous for Heering Cherry Liqueur, a liqueur flavored with cherries which is often referred to simply as "Peter Heering" or "Cherry Heering" in cocktail recipes. Heering Cherry Liqueur has been produced since 1818, and the company is purveyor to the... | have never seen any two that were alike." "The Times" described the "original recipe" as mixing two measures of gin with one of cherry brandy and one each of orange, pineapple, and lime juice An alternative "original recipe" used gin, Cherry Heering, Bénédictine, and fresh pineapple juice, primarily from Sarawak (or "s... | 44,118 | triviaqa-train |
Which single-word title is shared by songs in the musicals 'The Sound Of Music' and 'West Side Story'? | as Captain von Trapp and Rosina Raisbeck as Mother Abbess. A touring company then played for years, with Vanessa Lee (Graves' wife) in the role of Maria. The cast recording made in 1961 was the first time a major overseas production featuring Australian artists was transferred to disc.
A Puerto Rican production, perfor... | touring, performing and recording. In 1966, Jackie Gleason moved his popular TV variety show to Miami and hired the Suntones to sing both as a barbershop quartet and as backing singers.
In addition to barbershop standards, the Suntones introduced many contemporary songs into their performances including medleys of song... | 44,119 | triviaqa-train |
Which team finished eight points clear of Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga title in 2012? | on weekdays. All of the Bundesliga clubs qualify for the DFB-Pokal. The winner of the Bundesliga qualifies for the DFL-Supercup.
55 clubs have competed in the Bundesliga since its founding. Bayern Munich has won the Bundesliga the most, winning the title 28 times. However, the Bundesliga has seen other champions with B... | English PFA).
Club career Bayern Munich.
Højbjerg joined Bayern in July 2012 and, at the age of 17 years and 251 days, made his professional debut on 13 April 2013 in the Bundesliga against 1. FC Nürnberg, as a substitute for Xherdan Shaqiri and thus became the youngest player ever to play for the Bayern Munich first t... | 44,120 | triviaqa-train |
The International Airport at the Cretan capital of Heraklion is named after which writer? | Heraklion International Airport
Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. It is located about 5 km east of the main city centre of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarn... | falling from the ceiling towards the ground. It was the last major Baroque work completed in Vienna.
The centerpiece of the high altar is "Maria Candia", a Byzantine icon of the Virgin Mary, belonging to the Cretan School of hagiography and named after the former capital (now Heraklion), displayed as being carried by t... | 44,121 | triviaqa-train |
Which 18th century Staffordshire-born potter, and grandfather of Charles Darwin, first developed Jasperware and Basaltware? | with captain Robert FitzRoy, emphasising that this was a position for a gentleman rather than "a mere collector". The ship was to leave in four weeks on an expedition to chart the coastline of South America. Robert Darwin objected to his son's planned two-year voyage, regarding it as a waste of time, but was persuaded ... | Erasmus Darwin House
Erasmus Darwin House in Lichfield, Staffordshire is the former home of the English poet and physician Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin. The house is a Grade I listed building, and is now a writer's house museum commemorating Erasmus Darwin's life.
Erasmus Darwin, the renowne... | 44,122 | triviaqa-train |
Which mathematician, whose ideas were important to the development of modern computer circuits, wrote the 1854 work 'Laws Of Thought'? | The Laws of Thought
An Investigation of the Laws of Thought on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities by George Boole, published in 1854, is the second of Boole's two monographs on algebraic logic. Boole was a professor of mathematics at what was then Queen's College, Cork (now Universit... | Communication in the Animal and the Machine", by mathematician Norbert Wiener from MIT played an important role in the development of the Barrons' composition. The science of cybernetics proposes that certain natural laws of behavior apply to both animals and more complex electronic machines.
By following the equations... | 44,123 | triviaqa-train |
Which was the only one of the four 'Grand Slam' Tennis titles that Bjorn Borg did not win? | as an underdog. Năstase later exclaimed, "We're playing tennis, he's [Borg] playing something else." Borg also reached the final of the 1976 U.S. Open, which was then being played on clay courts. Borg lost in four sets to world no. 1 Jimmy Connors.
Career 1977 – Second Wimbledon title and world No.1 ranking.
In Februar... | .
Nadal is the only male player to ever win 10 singles titles at the same Grand Slam event. Nadal lost only 35 games in the tournament, his personal best, and the second-best in the tournament's history after Bjorn Borg in 1978. Nadal won this event without losing a set for the third time, thereby tying with Björn Bor... | 44,124 | triviaqa-train |
Which Merchant Ivory film, based on an acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, tells the story of 'Mr. Stevens', the butler at 'Darlington Hall'? | world, having received four Man Booker Prize nominations, and having won the award in 1989 for his novel "The Remains of the Day". Ishiguro's 2005 novel, "Never Let Me Go", was named by "Time" as the best novel of the year, and was included in the magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels published betwee... | feature film based on the acclaimed book by Kazuo Ishiguro. This was a main role, in which Ella played the younger version of Keira Knightley's character; the script is set for the first half in Hailsham boarding school, where the main characters are children, and in the second half tells of their lives after leaving t... | 44,125 | triviaqa-train |
Also going by the name of Talmadge Hayer and his chosen Islamic name, Mujahid Abdul Halim, Thomas Hagan is best known as one of the assassins of which famous person? | Thomas Hagan
Thomas Hagan (; March 16, 1941) is a former member of the Nation of Islam and one of the assassins who killed Malcolm X in 1965. For a while he also went by the name Talmadge X Hayer, and his chosen Islamic name is Mujahid Abdul Halim.
Assassination of Malcolm X.
When Malcolm X was assassinated on February... | in prison, he rejected the teachings of the Nation of Islam and converted to Sunni Islam. He maintained his innocence until his death in August 2009. Hayer, now known as Mujahid Halim, also disavowed the Nation of Islam's ideology, though he remains a practicing Muslim. Hayer has expressed regret for his role in the as... | 44,126 | triviaqa-train |
He was England's first typographer and the first person to popularise the products of the printing press in England. Who was the Alsace-born printer brought to England by William Caxton in order to improve the quality of Caxton's products? | to wholesale transference of French words into English and numerous misunderstandings.
The English language was changing rapidly in Caxton's time and the works that he was given to print were in a variety of styles and dialects. Caxton was a technician rather than a writer, and he often faced dilemmas concerning langua... | This made graphics more readily available since mass printing dropped the price of printing material significantly. Previously, most advertising was word of mouth. In France and England, for example, criers announced products for sale just as ancient Romans had done.
The printing press made books more widely available.... | 44,127 | triviaqa-train |
The flag of Cornwall is named after which Cornish abbot and saint traditionally held to be patron saint of the county, as well as tin miners? | Saint Piran's Flag
Saint Piran's Flag () is the flag of Cornwall, England, UK. The earliest known description of the flag as the Standard of Cornwall was written in 1838. It is used by some Cornish people as a symbol of their identity.
The flag is attributed to Saint Piran, a 5th-century Cornish abbot. One early use of... | meaning 14 different single-resistance genes, which have been identified for R-gene mediated resistance and mapped in the soybean genome. Effectively, the most damage that the oomycete can induce is a lesion. Root resistance is inherited and is generally expressed in the roots. In this case, the stem of a germinating s... | 44,128 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville, that is well known for its pre-Cambrians rocks and fossil beds? | Navigation", which terminates at Loughborough Wharf between Derby Road and Bridge Street. Subsequently the Leicester navigation was constructed, connecting to the Loughborough Navigation at Chain Bridge and to the River Soar south of the town. Both form part of the Grand Union Canal.
The now derelict Charnwood Forest C... | LE postcode area
The LE postcode area, also known as the Leicester postcode area, is a group of 21 postcode districts in central England, which are subdivisions of 12 post towns. These postcode districts cover most of Leicestershire (including Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Market Harboro... | 44,129 | triviaqa-train |
"What is the historically opposite pseudonymous name used by the libertarian blogger Paul Staines who blogs about ""parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracies""?" | Paul Staines
Paul Delaire Staines (born 11 February 1967) is a British-born Irish right-wing political blogger, who publishes the Guido Fawkes website. His website was described by "The Daily Telegraph" as "one of Britain's leading political blogsites" in 2007. The "Sun on Sunday" newspaper published a weekly Guido Faw... | , the identity of PJS was reported by news media outlets in the United States, Canada, and Scotland. Paul Staines, a political blogger based in Ireland, was claimed to have broken the injunction but said that he was not subject to the UK gagging order. Within England and Wales, the couples' lawyers worked to ensure tha... | 44,130 | triviaqa-train |
When a sitting MP wishes to resign his seat, he can apply for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds or of which manor currently part of the Barrowcliff area of Scarborough? | sinecure by the 17th century, was first used by John Pitt in 1751 to vacate his seat in the House of Commons. Other titles were also later used for the same purpose, but only the Chiltern Hundreds and the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead are still in use.
The three Chiltern Hundreds.
A hundred was a... | several separate appointments were made on a single day. If a resigning MP wishes to contest the following by-election, as Douglas Carswell did in 2014, they need to resign the stewardship to avoid further disqualification.
The current steward is Heidi Alexander, formerly the Labour MP for Lewisham East.
Key.
- Key:
Se... | 44,131 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Greenpeace trawler that was sunk off the coast of New Zealand by French secret intelligence officers in July 1985? | Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
The sinking of the "Rainbow Warrior", codenamed Opération Satanique, was a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence services, the "Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure" (DGSE), carried out on 10 July 1985. During the operation, two operatives san... | was ordered to pay damages on 24 August 2015 to the Netherlands over its seizure. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague said the amount of damages would be decided at a later date.
See also.
- , an older Greenpeace vessel that was sunk by French intelligence service in 1985
- , the third Greenpeace vessel to ... | 44,132 | triviaqa-train |
The gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent were created in the 1930's by which poet and gardening writer on the fringes of the 'Bloomsbury Group'? | ; the words were chosen by Harold Nicolson: "Here lived V. Sackville-West who made this garden". Nigel Nicolson always felt that the memorial failed to acknowledge his father's contribution. The Tower has a Grade I listing.
Architecture and landscape Buildings Priest's House.
The architectural historian John Newman sug... | English author, gardening columnist, creator of Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent
- William Shenstone, 18th-century English poet, one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes
- Solomon, Biblical king recorded as creating gardens, possibly near Etam
Fictio... | 44,133 | triviaqa-train |
Which English cartographer, printer and publisher has recently returned to prominence as a result of his 'Tourist Handbook' being used by Michael Portillo for the t.v. series 'Great British Railway Journeys'? | from 2012; "Great American Railroad Journeys", which was first broadcast in 2016; "Great Indian Railway Journeys", which was first broadcast in 2018; and "Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys" and "Great Canadian Railroad Journeys", which were broadcast consecutively in January 2019.
Synopsis.
"Bradshaw's Guide" was the nam... | Great British Railway Journeys
Great British Railway Journeys is a BBC documentary series presented by Michael Portillo. It premiered in 2010 on BBC Two, and has returned every year for a total of ten series.
The series features Portillo travelling around the railway networks of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of M... | 44,134 | triviaqa-train |
Now owned by Proton, which British car manufacturing company was formed by engineer Colin Chapman in 1952 and went on to produce models such as the 'Elise' and 'Exige'? | Automotive industry in the United Kingdom
The automotive industry in the United Kingdom is now best known for premium and sports car marques including Aston Martin, Bentley, Caterham Cars, Daimler, Jaguar, Lagonda, Land Rover, Lister Cars, Lotus, McLaren, MG, Mini, Morgan and Rolls-Royce. Volume car manufacturers with ... | Rover Company
The Rover Company Limited was a British car manufacturing company that operated from its base in Solihull in Warwickshire. Its lasting reputation for quality and performance was such that its first postwar model reviewed by "Road & Track" in 1952 was pronounced finer than any but a Rolls-Royce. Rover also... | 44,135 | triviaqa-train |
Describing events in its capital of 'Laurania', as unrest against the dictatorial government turns to revolution, 'Savrola' published in 1899, was the only novel written by which Nobel Prize winner? | Savrola
Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania is the only major fictional work of Winston S. Churchill. The story describes events in the capital of Laurania, a fictional European state, as unrest against the dictatorial government of president Antonio Molara turns to violent revolution.
Churchill began writing... | its greatest interest was now the insight it gave as to Churchill's beliefs as a young man. The character of Savrola identified precisely with Churchill himself, with what he wished to be and what he later became.
Churchill's own verdict on his early foray into fiction was given in his autobiography "My Early Life": "I... | 44,136 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1971 film starring Vincent Price tells the story of a disfigured musical genius seeking to avenge the death of his wife? | , his role in the show was to recite poems about various characters, sometimes wearing a cloak or other costumes.
Price appeared in "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (1971), its sequel "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" (1972), and "Theatre of Blood" (1973), in which he portrayed one of a pair of serial killers. That same year, he app... | thriller "House of Wax", the first 3D feature with stereophonic sound. The film, which stars Vincent Price, tells a story of a disfigured sculptor who repopulates his destroyed wax museum by murdering people and using their wax-coated corpses as displays. "House of Wax" was the film that typecast Price as a horror icon... | 44,137 | triviaqa-train |
Which battle of August 4798 was fought in the spacious Abu Qir Bay? | Abu Qir Bay
The Abū Qīr Bay (sometimes transliterated Abukir Bay or Aboukir Bay) (; transliterated: Khalīj Abū Qīr) is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria in Egypt, lying between the Rosetta mouth of the Nile and the town of Abu Qir. The ancient cities of Canopus, Heracleion and Menouthis lie submer... | Battle of Abukir (1801)
The Battle of Abukir of 8 March 1801 was the second pitched battle of the French campaign in Egypt and Syria to be fought at Abu Qir on the Mediterranean coast, near the Nile Delta.
The landing of the British expeditionary force under Sir Ralph Abercromby was intended to defeat or drive out an e... | 44,138 | triviaqa-train |
In the poem by Edgar Allen Poe, which word is repeatedly spoken by 'The Raven'? | constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of folk, mythological, religious, and classical references.
Poe claimed to have written the poem logically and methodically, intending to create a poem that would appeal to both critical and popular tastes, as he explained in his 1846 follow-up essay, "The... | Seth Baxter is placed in a trap which references "The Pit and the Pendulum".
- In the animated feature "The Scapegoats" (2013) by Tor E. Steiro, on the wall of Snakebite Dana's bathroom, there is an Edgar Allan Poe poster, with a raven and a quote from the poem, as well as Poe's signature.
Film Selected Poe-related fil... | 44,139 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county is the small village of Burnham Thorpe, famous for being the birthplace of Admiral Nelson? | as most of one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife when 40 years of age. He was shot and killed at the age of 47 during his final victory at the Battle of Trafalgar near the Spanish port city of Cádiz in 1805.
Nelson was born into a moderately prosperous Norfolk family and joined the navy ... | larger town of King’s Lynn is 20 miles (32km) to the south-west (with the closest railway station), whilst the city of Norwich is 30 miles (48km) to the south-east.
Burnham Thorpe, the birthplace of Horatio, Admiral Lord Nelson, lies to the south-east. According to various letters and documents, Nelson learned to row a... | 44,140 | triviaqa-train |
Which former New Zealand Rugby Union international, who made his debut in 1957, was nicknamed 'Pine Tree'? | Colin Meads
Sir Colin Earl Meads (3 June 1936 – 20 August 2017) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played 55 test matches (133 games), most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks, from 1957 until 1971.
Meads is widely considered one of the greatest players in hist... | Murray Pierce
Murray James Pierce (born 1 November 1957) is a former New Zealand rugby union player who played as a lock forward. He won 26 caps for the All Blacks between 1984 and 1989 and played in the victorious New Zealand team at the 1987 Rugby World Cup. Pierce made his debut for the All Blacks in the 1984 tour t... | 44,141 | triviaqa-train |
Which British comedy actor, whose father took part in the 1948 Olympic Games, took part in the 1980 Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race? | ), Colin Moynihan (Oxford 1977), actor Hugh Laurie (Cambridge 1980), TV presenter Dan Snow (Oxford 1999, 2000, 2001) and Conspicuous Gallantry Cross recipient Robin Bourne-Taylor (Oxford 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005).
Competitors Academic status.
Oxford University does not offer sport scholarships at entry; student-athletes ... | sold his rigger in order to take Jack's sister Grace out to dinner. In 1949 Rowe was president of the Oxford club and a member of its Boat Race crew that was narrowly beaten by Cambridge. He was also runner-up in the Wingfield Sculls to Farn Carpmael. In 1950 he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley. He also took ... | 44,142 | triviaqa-train |
Which Palestinian organisation murdered 11 Israelis at the 1972 Olympics? | consciousness is in fact relatively modern.
The Battle of Karameh and the events of Black September in Jordan contributed to growing Palestinian support for these groups, particularly among Palestinians in exile. Concurrently, among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, a new ideological theme, known as "sumud"... | , Israeli fencer (foil)
- Andre Spitzer (1945–September 6, 1972), Jewish Israeli fencing master & coach of Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics team. One of 11 athletes and coaches taken hostage and subsequently murdered by Palestinian terrorists in the Munich massacre.
- Italy
- Edoardo Mangiarotti, won more Olympic titles a... | 44,143 | triviaqa-train |
What is the tallest building in Europe? | EU has been The Shard in London, United Kingdom, at .
Existing buildings.
This list includes buildings under construction that have already been architecturally topped out. Architectural height is considered, so masts and other elements added after completion of building are not considered.
Existing buildings Buildings... | , the stub of what would have been the tallest building in Europe at 217 ft., a 17-storey warehouse of the same firm (planned 1928; part completed 1931). Both Churchgate House and Lee House are on the north bank of the Rochdale Canal; Great Bridgewater Street is immediately to the north of them.
See also.
- Grade II* l... | 44,144 | triviaqa-train |
Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 1948 for his role in establishing the United Nations? | Two Secretaries-General, Dag Hammarskjöld and Kofi Annan, were each awarded the prize (in 1961 and 2001, respectively), as were Ralph Bunche (1950), a UN negotiator, René Cassin (1968), a contributor to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the US Secretary of State Cordell Hull (1945), the latter for his role... | subject of a long investigation by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
In 1956, the United Nations responded to the Suez Crisis by convening a United Nations Emergency Force to supervise the withdrawal of invading forces. The peacekeeping force was initially conceptualized by Secretary of External Affairs and f... | 44,145 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the famous mother of TV presenter Claudia Winkelman? | 499,999 per year, according to reports.
Early life.
Winkleman was born in London to a Jewish family, the daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the "Sunday Express", and Barry Winkleman (born 1939), former publisher of the "Times Atlas of the World". Her parents divorced when she was three, and both remarried in 197... | " - the Austrian version of the globally popular British game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" - in May 2000, becoming the first female presenter of the Millionaire format worldwide. After her departure in 2002, Armin Assinger took over as the show's presenter.
Together with director Peter Nagy, Stöckl operates th... | 44,146 | triviaqa-train |
Which British monarch put the “Regis” into Bognor? | Commonwealth and severed all ties with the monarchy. Northern Ireland remained within the Union. In 1927, the United Kingdom changed its name to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, while the monarch's style for the next twenty years became "of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyon... | Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis
The Alexandra Theatre is a 357 seat auditorium in the British town of Bognor Regis showing a variety of entertainment from comedy to drama to pantomime. It is part of the Regis Centre, which offers a range of entertainment from dance, musicals, drama, music and family events.
In addition... | 44,147 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name for the bird Alauda arvensis, which mounts the air almost vertically? | John Lydgate dating from about 1430. The verb "skylark", originally used by sailors, means "play tricks or practical jokes; indulge in horseplay, frolic". The verb and noun "lark", with similar meaning, may be related to "skylark" or to the dialect word "laik" ("New Shorter OED").
The bird is the subject of poems by Pe... | by 30° when mounted onto either side of their common, vertical-plane space-frame primary engine mount, so that the inner cylinder banks were disposed almost vertically. A common gear-housing connected the front ends of the two crankcases, with the two crankshaft pinions driving a single airscrew shaft gear. The outer s... | 44,148 | triviaqa-train |
Charlottetown is the capital of which Canadian province? | and contains a public library, nationally renowned art gallery, and a mainstage theatre which has played to the Charlottetown Festival every summer since.
In the 1960s, new public schools were constructed in the community, and in 1969 the city became home to the amalgamated University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), lo... | in use today as the provincial legislature and is currently the second-oldest legislative seat in Canada.
On April 17, 1855, Charlottetown was incorporated as a city, holding its first council meeting on August 11 that year. The community had 6,500 residents at the time of incorporation.
Between September 1 and Septemb... | 44,149 | triviaqa-train |
“The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones” is a quote from which Shakespeare play? | prose comedy into the histories of the late 1590s, "Henry IV, parts 1" and "2", and "Henry V". His characters become more complex and tender as he switches deftly between comic and serious scenes, prose and poetry, and achieves the narrative variety of his mature work. This period begins and ends with two tragedies: "R... | is oft interred with their bones."
Publication history.
Writer/director Kevin Smith began writing the "Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do" limited series in 2002. Smith was originally going to take over writing "Amazing Spider-Man" after the completion of the mini-series, which would serve as a lead-in. After t... | 44,150 | triviaqa-train |
In “Absolutely Fabulous”, who played Bubbles? | also stars June Whitfield as Edina's dotty, sarcastic and often thieving mother, and Jane Horrocks as Edina's utterly brainless personal assistant Bubble.
In 2000, the show was ranked number 17 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute.
"Absolutely Fabulous" returned for three spe... | Absolutely Fabulous"
- Bubble, the main character in the video game "Clu Clu Land"
- Bubbles ("The Wire"), a character from the HBO series "The Wire"
- Bubbles ("Trailer Park Boys"), a character in the Canadian series "Trailer Park Boys"
- Bubbles, in the film "Finding Nemo" (2003)
- Bubbles, a character in the animate... | 44,151 | triviaqa-train |
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes” is a quote from which Shakespeare play? | one of his books—"Something Wicked This Way Comes"."
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" is from the witches in Macbeth.
Reference in other works.
Stephen King mentions the book in his novel "The Dead Zone" and echoes the beginning scene of it by referring to a lightning-rod salesman in a ch... | by John Dickson Carr (IV.i)
- "Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble" by H. P. Mallory (IV.i)
- "A Charm of Powerful Trouble" by Joanne Horniman (IV.i)
- "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" by Agatha Christie (IV.i)
- "Something Wicked this Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury (IV.i)
- "When Birnam Wood" by Larry Niven (chapter from "The Int... | 44,152 | triviaqa-train |
The Russian city of St Petersburg stands on the River Neva, which runs into which gulf? | Neva River
The Neva (, )) (Finnish: Nëvii) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it is the fourth largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge (... | and Moscow; another one proceeds east to Volkhov where it splits into railways to Murmansk and to Vologda; and yet another railway runs to Kirishi and further to Sonkovo.
The most important roads in the district are a portion of A120 road, which encircles St. Petersburg and passes Kirovsk, and the M18 highway, which co... | 44,153 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of politician Enoch Powell? | Enoch Powell
John Enoch Powell (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, author, linguist, soldier, philologist and poet. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (1950–1974), then Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP (1974–1987), and was Minister of Health (1960–1963).
Before ente... | Powellism
Powellism is the name given to the political views of Conservative and Ulster Unionist politician Enoch Powell. They derive from his High Tory and libertarian outlook.
Overview.
The word "Powellism" was, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, coined by "The Economist" on 17 July 1965. However, the day be... | 44,154 | triviaqa-train |
In which US State could you visit the Carlsbad Caverns National Park? | Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave, "Carlsbad Cavern". Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the vi... | and produces more potash than any other location in the United States. Carlsbad is home to the DOE's Carlsbad Field Office which operates the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to safely store the transuranic nuclear wastes from the nation's defense sites. Tourism is a major factor with Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Guadalu... | 44,155 | triviaqa-train |
Luqa airport serves which holiday destination? | Malta International Airport
Malta International Airport (, ) is the only airport in Malta and it serves the whole of the Maltese Islands. It is located on island of Malta, southwest of the Maltese capital Valletta in the town of Gudja, and occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa. The airport has a single passenger... | Union Island Airport
Union Island Airport is the airport serving Union Island, Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located about from the town of Clifton, one of the country's main tourist centers and a major destination for charter leisure flights during the winter holiday season and easter, for... | 44,156 | triviaqa-train |
In WWII what was the British “Operation Chastise”, which took place in May 1943? | Operation Chastise
Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, later called the Dam Busters, using a purpose-built "bouncing bomb" developed by Barnes Wallis. The Möhne and Edersee dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley... | G gunship modifications for Pacific War anti-shipping missions, which took 2–3 months. Peak enrollment was 296 mechanics on 27 June, and the apprenticeship program was abandoned (the detachment inactivated on 31 October 1943.)
WWII ferrying.
Air Transport Command moved the 2d Ferrying Squadron of the 5th Ferrying Group... | 44,157 | triviaqa-train |
Which British monarch made Tunbridge Wells Royal? | themselves are a minor or incapacitated. Special provisions were made for Queen Elizabeth II by the Regency Act 1953, which stated that the Duke of Edinburgh (the Queen's husband) could act as regent in these circumstances. Since reaching adulthood (in November 1966), Charles, Prince of Wales, has been first in line fo... | , popular oratorios and also less known music, which they partly recorded on CD.
The choir made concert tours to Danzig, Paris, to the US and England. A partnership with the Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society in Royal Tunbridge Wells, the British sister city of Wiesbaden, was begun in 1994 and led to concerts of the ... | 44,158 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Michael Collins in the film of the same name? | Michael Collins (film)
Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Plot.
The film opens "in medias res" in 1922 immedi... | Bug (2006 film)
Bug is a 2006 psychological horror film directed by William Friedkin, and starring Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins, Brían F. O'Byrne, and Harry Connick Jr. The screenplay by Tracy Letts is based on his 1996 play of the same name in which a woman holed up in a rural Oklahoma motel becomes invo... | 44,159 | triviaqa-train |
Which Jewish female demon was reputedly the first wife of Adam? | this does not refer to a demon: "Stand not in the way of an ox when coming from the pasture, for Satan dances between his horns".
Abrahamic religions Judaism Second Temple period texts.
To the Qumran community during the Second Temple period this apotropaic prayer was assigned, stating: "And, I the Sage, declare the gr... | line executive of Cuban descent, and a Spanish mother, Micaela Hernández de Alba y de Alba (1853–1921), reputedly a relation of the Dukes of Alba. She had seven siblings: Joaquín, Enrique, Ricardo, Mercedes, Aida, Maria, and Ángela.
Her sister Mercedes de Acosta, a lover of movie star Greta Garbo, was an author, a scri... | 44,160 | triviaqa-train |
By what name was Zambia known before independence? | concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the northwest, the core economic hubs of the country.
Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colon... | relatives of the victims continue to lobby the Zambian government to produce a report on how the aircraft was allowed to leave Zambia.
Aftermath.
The members of the national team killed in the crash were buried in what became known as "Heroes' Acre", just outside the Independence Stadium in Lusaka.
A new side was quick... | 44,161 | triviaqa-train |
Who was born Roberta Joan Anderson in November 1943? | in the 1970s. A blunt critic of the music industry, she quit touring and released her 17th, and reportedly last, album of original songs in 2007. With roots in visual art, Mitchell has designed most of her own album covers. She describes herself as a "painter derailed by circumstance".
Life and career.
Life and career ... | Vilhelm Lauritzen
Vilhelm Lauritzen (9 September 1894 – 22 December 1984) was a leading Danish modern architect, founder of the still active architectural firm Vilhelm Lauritzen Arkitekter.
Biography.
Vilhelm Lauritzen was bornin Slagelse, Denmark. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, grad... | 44,162 | triviaqa-train |
For which Queen did Josiah Wedgwood, in 1765 create cream coloured earthernware known as Queensware? | including Queen Charlotte. Wedgwood convinced her to let him name the line of pottery she had purchased "Queen's Ware", and trumpeted the royal association in his paperwork and stationery. Anything Wedgwood made for the Queen was automatically exhibited before it was delivered. In 1764, he received his first order from... | Louise Caldwell Murdock
Louise Caldwell Murdock (18571915) was an American interior designer / architect. Louise's father, J.E. Caldwell brought his family to Wichita from New York in 1871 and opened a Queensware (a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood) store on North Main Street. She married Ro... | 44,163 | triviaqa-train |
Who designed St Pancras Station? | a competition for architects to design a hotel to front the station. George Gilbert Scott was persuaded to enter by his friend, Midland director Joseph Lewis, and completed the winning design at home while attending to his son who had fallen ill. Though plans were complete by the end of the year, financial pressure mea... | Camden Town Hall
Camden Town Hall, known as St Pancras Town Hall until 1965, is the town hall for Camden London Borough Council. It is located along Euston Road, opposite the main front of St Pancras railway station, with Judd Street to its rear. It was constructed to a neoclassical design in 1934-7 for St Pancras Boro... | 44,164 | triviaqa-train |
The 2001 Hindu festival of Kumbha Mela was held in which Indian city? | Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela () is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred or holy river. Traditionally, four fairs are widely recognized as the Kumbh Melas: the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela, Haridwar Kumbh Mela, the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha, and Ujjain Simhastha. These four f... | from both the original festival being held according to the astrological sign "Kumbha" (Aquarius), and from the associated Hindu legend in which the gods and demons fought over a pot, or “kumbh,” of nectar that would give them immortality. A later day addition to the legend which says that after taking the pot one of t... | 44,165 | triviaqa-train |
In which winter resort were the 1928 Winter Olympics held? | 1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The 1928 Games were the first true "Winter Olympics" held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a "Summ... | , south of the Trans-Canada Highway, north of the community of Cougar Ridge and west of Bowness.
1988 Winter Olympics.
The ski resort is one of the best-known legacies of the XV Olympic Winter Games which were held in Calgary in 1988. It was the main venue for bobsleigh, luge (both at the now bobsleigh, luge, and skele... | 44,166 | triviaqa-train |
Where was the British Empire Exhibition held in 1924? | British Empire Exhibition
The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley Park, Wembley, England from 23 April 1924 to 31 October 1925.
Background.
In 1920 the British Government decided to site the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, on the site of the pleasure gardens created by Sir Edw... | site of the present stadium of "Watkin's Folly" (after Sir Edward Watkin, Chairman of the MR), which had been intended to exceed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The "Folly" was demolished in 1907. He also recalls the British Empire Exhibition and a St. George's Day rally held there in 1924;
- Harrow: Harrow School and Grim'... | 44,167 | triviaqa-train |
In which American state would you find the Carlsbad Caverns National Park | Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave, "Carlsbad Cavern". Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the vi... | and produces more potash than any other location in the United States. Carlsbad is home to the DOE's Carlsbad Field Office which operates the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to safely store the transuranic nuclear wastes from the nation's defense sites. Tourism is a major factor with Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Guadalu... | 44,168 | triviaqa-train |
In which alphabet would you find letters called daleth, zayin and teth | to be the first alphabet, and is the ancestor of most modern alphabets, including Arabic, Greek, Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, and possibly Brahmic. Peter T. Daniels, however, distinguishes an abugida or alphasyllabary, a set of graphemes that represent consonantal base letters which diacritics modify to represent vowels (a... | "ka'asher" (as, when).
Shin is also one of the seven letters which receive special crowns (called "tagin") when written in a Sefer Torah. See Gimmel, Ayin, Teth, Nun, Zayin, and Tzadi.
According to Judges 12:6, the tribe of Ephraim could not differentiate between Shin and Samekh; when the Gileadites were at war with th... | 44,169 | triviaqa-train |
Of which team was Glen Hoddle the manager before taking the England job? | Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle (born 27 October 1957) is an English former footballer and manager. He now works as a television pundit and commentator for ITV Sport and BT Sport.
He played as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England. In 2007, he was induc... | Squad". They reached the second round of the 1998 tournament, losing on penalties to Argentina. Hoddle came under criticism after a disappointing start to the Euro 2000 qualifying campaign. Hoddle's 60% win rate during his spell as manager is only bettered by Sir Alf Ramsey, Fabio Capello and Sam Allardyce.
Managerial ... | 44,170 | triviaqa-train |
In which county is Fotheringay Castle | Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle (also Fotheringay Castle) was in the village of Fotheringhay to the north of the market town of Oundle, Northamptonshire, England (). It was probably founded around 1100 by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton. In 1113, possession passed to Prince David of Scotland when he marrie... | is an interpretation of the story of Mary's last days in the prison of Fotheringhay Castle. After leaving Fairport Convention, Denny formed a folk rock band named Fotheringay, which released an eponymous debut album "Fotheringay" in 1970, the cover of which depicted an illustration of the band, including Sandy Denny dr... | 44,171 | triviaqa-train |
Which wine could be ruby, tawny or vintage? | Vintage
Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product—wine (see Harvest (wine)). A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality, as in Port wine, where Port houses ma... | secretive, nocturnal and exclusively female Bona Dea festival, during which it was freely consumed but could only be referred to euphemistically, as "milk" or "honey".
The major public festivals concerning wine production were the two Vinalia. At the "Vinalia prima" ("first Vinalia") of April 23, ordinary men and women... | 44,172 | triviaqa-train |
In which town are Moorhouses beers brewed? | Moorhouse's Brewery
Moorhouse's is an independent brewery founded in 1865 by William Moorhouse in Burnley in Lancashire, UK as a producer of mineral waters and low alcohol beers known as hop bitters. It first produced cask ales in 1978.
Products.
The brewery produces cask ale and filtered beer in bottles.
History.
The ... | Brasserie de Saint-Sylvestre
The Brasserie de Saint Sylvestre is a brewery in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northeast France. Brewing in the town of Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel dates back to at least 1600, although the troubled history of Flanders has interrupted business several times in history.
3 Monts.
While several ... | 44,173 | triviaqa-train |
Three famous English Composers died in 1934.Gustav Holst and Edward Elgar were two - name the third? | . The BBC organised a festival of his works to celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday, in 1932. He flew to Paris in 1933 to conduct the Violin Concerto for Menuhin. While in France, he visited his fellow composer Frederick Delius at his house at Grez-sur-Loing. He was sought out by younger musicians such as Adrian Boult,... | , Sir Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, Sir Arthur Sullivan (most famous for working with the librettist Sir W. S. Gilbert), Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten, pioneer of modern British opera. Sir Harrison Birtwistle is one of the foremost living composers. The UK is also home to world-renowned symphonic orchestras... | 44,174 | triviaqa-train |
In which British city are the areas Butetown, Splott and Roath? | Roath
Roath () is a district and community to the north-east of the city centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is mostly covered by the Plasnewydd electoral ward, and stretches from Adamsdown in the south to Roath Park in the north.
Description.
Its main shopping streets are Albany Road, City Road, and Wellfield Roa... | - New Hope Centre, Butetown
- New Hope Community Church, Llanrumney
- New Testament Church of God, Butetown
- Rumney Gospel Chapel, Rumney
- Salem, Canton
- Shiloh Pentecostal Church, Riverside
- Tabernacle, Roath
- Thornhill Church, Thornhill
Currently active Hindu.
- India Centre, Splott
- Sanatan Dharma Mandal, city... | 44,175 | triviaqa-train |
In which area of Paris is the Basilica of Sacre Coeur? | Montmartre
Montmartre () is a large hill in Paris's 18th arrondissement. It is high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank in the northern section of the city. The historic district established by the City of Paris in 1995 is bordered by "rue Caulaincourt" and "rue Custine" on the north,... | of the Basilica of Sacre-Coeur in Paris; the Square d'Anvers, the Square des Epinettes and the square in front of the Arenes de Lutece in Paris; the monumental greenhouse of the Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil (1895-1898); the Columbarium at Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris; the restoration of the Roman amphitheater and the... | 44,176 | triviaqa-train |
"Which product was advertised to the tune of Bach's ""Air on a G- string""?" | Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet
"Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet" is one of the best remembered British advertising campaigns for a tobacco product. It was a long-running campaign for Hamlet Cigars, lasting on television until all tobacco advertising on television was banned in the UK in 1991. They returned in ci... | , having failed dismally at something, is consoled by lighting a Hamlet cigar. Much of the humour came from the fact that the product being advertised was deliberately unclear until the tell-tale cigar appeared, accompanied by the tune of Bach's Air on the G String, played by French musician Jacques Loussier, and the l... | 44,177 | triviaqa-train |
"Who painted ""Beach at Touville"" and ""Towing of a Boat at Honfleur""?" | , Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind, forming the "école de Honfleur" (Honfleur school) which contributed to the appearance of the Impressionist movement. The Sainte-Catherine church, which has a bell tower separate from the principal building, is the largest church made out of wood in France.
History.
The first written r... | Bourgeois had remained aboard, unconvinced by Lacaille's order, and had single-handedly driven off an attempt by a British boat to board and capture the ship. During the night about 30 sailors had joined him, keeping "Touville" in French hands until dawn came and the rest of the crew returned.
Cochrane's fight Battle c... | 44,178 | triviaqa-train |
Ergophobia is the morbid fear of what? | social welfare workers, lawyers, and business organization employees.
Even though there is no formal diagnosis procedure, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, a series of introspective occupational burnout questions is used together with Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS) to assess levels of burnout. These tests measure emotion... | Aichmophobia
Aichmophobia () is a kind of specific phobia, the morbid fear of sharp things, such as pencils, needles, knives, a pointing finger, or even the sharp end of an umbrella and different sorts of protruding corners or sharp edges in furnitures and building constructions/materials. It is derived from the Greek ... | 44,179 | triviaqa-train |
Donnie Wahlberg is/was a member of which 'Boy' band? | Donnie Wahlberg
Donald Edmond Wahlberg Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Outside music, he has had roles in the "Saw" films, "Dreamcatcher", "The Sixth Sense", "Righteous Kill", and "Ran... | would highlight all too clearly that if you are white and a movie star, a different standard applies. Is that really what Wahlberg wants?"
In September 2016, Wahlberg said that he regretted his attempt to obtain a pardon, and his petition was closed after he failed to answer a request from the pardon board as to whethe... | 44,180 | triviaqa-train |
Of which country is Ouagadougou the capital? | Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; ) is a landlocked country in West Africa. It covers an area of around and is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north; Niger to the east; Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest. The July 2019 population estimate by the United Nations wa... | of a rich agricultural zone, which produces food grains, fruits and seedlings (mangos, citrus), and export crops (cotton, cashews, and the gathered oil seed karite/shea).
Due to its strong economic contributions, following the nation's gaining independence in 1960, the city was called "the economic capital of the count... | 44,181 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the folk club classic 'Streets Of London'? | Streets of London (song)
"Streets of London" is a song by Ralph McTell, who first recorded it for his 1969 album "Spiral Staircase." It was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974. The song has been covered by over 200 artists. The song was re-released, on 4 December 2017, featuring McTell with Annie ... | busking the streets. He made regular return trips to Britain in the 1950s, appearing at Alexis Korner's Blues and Barrelhouse Club and other skiffle and folk music venues that were opening around the country. Back in Paris, a new generation of folk musicians, such as Davey Graham and Wizz Jones followed in his footstep... | 44,182 | triviaqa-train |
In which Parisian square is the Arc de Triomphe? | Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (; literal translation: "Triumphal Arch of the Star") is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile — the "étoile" or "star" of the junctur... | between matches consists of counting to ten in French. Next Level Games (the developer of the Wii game) introduced cutscenes which depicted Glass Joe as a fashionable Frenchman. They also showed him in front of the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower (both Parisian landmarks) The designers had croissants burst from Gl... | 44,183 | triviaqa-train |
Of which team was Kevin Keegan the manager before taking the England job? | Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE (born 14 February 1951) is an English former football player and manager. A forward, he played for several clubs, including Newcastle United, Southampton, Liverpool and Hamburger SV. He went on to manage Newcastle United, Fulham and Manchester City, winning promotion as champions i... | their third league title in four seasons.
29 April 1996: The Football Association offered Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle the England manager's job. Hoddle, in management since taking over at Swindon Town five years ago, took them into the Premier League in 1993 before taking over at Chelsea. Newcastle United defeated Lee... | 44,184 | triviaqa-train |
Which British explorer travelled disguised as a Muslim to Mecca and Medina in 1853? | Bologna in 1503. Guru Nanak Sahib, the founder of Sikhism, visited Mecca in December 1518. One of the most famous was Richard Francis Burton, who traveled as a Qadiriyyah Sufi from Afghanistan in 1853. The Saudi government supports their position using Sura 9:28 from the Qur'an:
"O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are ... | from the army. His seven years in India gave Burton a familiarity with the customs and behaviour of Muslims and prepared him to attempt a Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca and, in this case, Medina). It was this journey, undertaken in 1853, which first made Burton famous. He had planned it whilst traveling disguised among the ... | 44,185 | triviaqa-train |
Which town in the North West of England was known to the Romans as Luguvalum? | from Arles; and places Secunda in the north with its capital at Eboracum (York). Valentia is placed variously in northern Wales around Deva (Chester); beside Hadrian's Wall around Luguvalium (Carlisle); and between the walls along Dere Street.
History 4th century.
Constantius Chlorus returned in 306, despite his poor h... | extensive, possibly forming a village or even a town.
The second possible site identified is Charterhouse Roman Town. The settlement grew up around the north-western edge of prehistoric lead and silver mines, which were exploited by the Romans. Extraction is thought to have begun as early as AD 49. An amphitheatre stoo... | 44,186 | triviaqa-train |
In which German city is there a suburb called Wedding? | , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 83 million inhabitants, it is the second most populous state of Europe after Russia, the most populous state lying entirely in Europe, as well as the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is a very decentralised country. Its capital and largest me... | Nundah, Queensland
Nundah (previously called German Station) is an inner suburb in the city of Brisbane, Australia, approximately 8 kilometres north-east of the Brisbane central business district, in the local government area of the City of Brisbane.
Prior to European settlement, Nundah was inhabited by Aboriginal peop... | 44,187 | triviaqa-train |
Three famous composers were born in 1685. Scarlatti and Bach were two, name the Third? | Portuguese and Spanish royal families.
Life and career.
Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, belonging to the Spanish Crown. He was born in 1685, the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Scarlatti was the sixth of ten children of the composer and teacher Alessandro Scarlat... | was heavy fighting in the area during the "Bauernkrieg".
In 1528, the Lutheran Reformation was implemented in Eisenach. In 1596, Eisenach became a ducal residence again for the house of Saxe-Eisenach.
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685. His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach worked here as a musician at that... | 44,188 | triviaqa-train |
In which alphabet would you find letters called shin, dhal and Jim? | to be the first alphabet, and is the ancestor of most modern alphabets, including Arabic, Greek, Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, and possibly Brahmic. Peter T. Daniels, however, distinguishes an abugida or alphasyllabary, a set of graphemes that represent consonantal base letters which diacritics modify to represent vowels (a... | . It is frequently proposed that the letters "sha" , "tsi" , and "cherv" were taken from the letters "shin" ש and "tsadi" צ of the Hebrew alphabet, and that Ⰶ "zhivete" derives from Coptic "janja" Ϫ. However, Cubberley (1996) suggests that if a single prototype were presumed, the most likely source would be Armenian. O... | 44,189 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the 1798 battle of Vinegar Hill take place | the United Irishmen have been variously reported, with estimates ranging from 400 to around 1,200. Kevin Whelan estimates a figure of between 500 and 1,000 including camp followers, while Archibald McLaren, a British soldier eyewitness, wrote that the United Irishmen casualties totalled about 1,200 men. British casualt... | with a Bronze Age sword) at the Battle of Vinegar Hill on 21 June. However, due to a lack of coordination among the British columns, the bulk of the rebel army escaped to fight on.
Death.
Eluding the crown forces by passing through the Scullogue Gap, Fr John Murphy and other leaders tried to spread the rebellion across... | 44,190 | triviaqa-train |
"How is the following Roman-named English town or city known today ""Portus Dubris""?" | and Eastern Channel, focusing on the narrow Strait of Dover, with more limited links via the Atlantic seaways. The most important British ports were London and Richborough, whilst the continental ports most heavily engaged in trade with Britain were Boulogne and the sites of Domburg and Colijnsplaat at the mouth of the... | Othona
Othona or Othonae was the name of an ancient Roman fort of the Saxon Shore at the location of the modern village Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex, England. The Old English name "Ythanceaster" for the locality derives from the Roman name.
History.
The fort of Othona is in a typical late 3rd century style, and was possibl... | 44,191 | triviaqa-train |
Aston Merrygold is/was a member of which boy band? | early 2000s when acts such as the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, A1 and Westlife, among others, dominated the top of the "Billboard" and pop charts, in the early 2010s with the emergence of new boy bands such as JLS, Big Time Rush and One Direction, and in the late 2010s with pop groups such as BTS.
History.
History Early hi... | . Humes was previously a member of another band called VS, created by Blue member Simon Webbe, but they split shortly after releasing an album. After meeting future fellow band member Aston Merrygold, Humes joined UFO. Humes appeared in "Holby City" on the BBC for three years from 2000 to 2003, playing Robbie Waring fo... | 44,192 | triviaqa-train |
What was the RAF's first jet powered bomber? | the advent of guided air-to-air missiles, bombers needed to avoid interception. High-speed and high-altitude flying became a means of evading detection and attack. Designs such as the English Electric Canberra could fly faster or higher than contemporary fighters. When surface-to-air missiles became capable of hitting ... | became the RAF's standard bomber. In 1946, the Air Staff issued Operational Requirements OR229 and OR230 for the development of turbojet-powered heavy bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons at high altitude and speed, without defensive armament, to act as a deterrent to hostile powers and, if deterrence failed, to... | 44,193 | triviaqa-train |
Which wine can be fino' or 'Oloroso'? | walls of the American or Canadian oak casks, and undergoes oxidative aging. As the wine ages, it becomes darker and stronger and is often left for many decades.
Oloroso Sherry is also the base for many of the sweet sherries developed for the international market, such as Bristol Cream, in which Oloroso is sweetened and... | on new distinction amid the salty sea breezes that cooled most of the area's bodegas. The finos produced here were even lighter and more delicate with a freshness reminiscent of apples. They began to call these wines manzanilla or "little apple".
The bodegas also found that if they limited the number of times that fres... | 44,194 | triviaqa-train |
Which Jane Austin novel is about the affairs of the heart of Eleanor and Marianne Daswood? | have come to London as guests of Mrs Jennings. After a brief acquaintance, they are asked to stay at John and Fanny Dashwoods' London house. Lucy sees the invitation as a personal compliment, rather than what it is, a slight to Elinor and Marianne who, being family, should have received such invitation first. Too talka... | Mea Allan
Mea Allan (named at birth as Mary Eleanor Allan on 23 June 1909 Bearsden, Scotland – 29 August 1982 Walberswick, Suffolk, England) was a journalist who worked for the "Glasgow Herald". She was the first female war correspondent accredited by the British military and the first female news editor on Fleet Stree... | 44,195 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the plays ""Jumpers"", ""Travesties"", and ""Arcadia""?" | Jumpers
Jumpers is a play by Tom Stoppard which was first performed in 1972. It explores and satirises the field of academic philosophy, likening it to a less-than skilful competitive gymnastics display. "Jumpers" raises questions such as "What do we know?" and "Where do values come from?" It is set in an alternative r... | such plays as "Travesties", "Night and Day", "The Real Thing", "Jumpers", and "Hapgood" among others. Toms' more recent design works included productions of two Edward Albee plays, "Three Tall Women" (1994) and "A Delicate Balance" (1997), and the Peter Hall production of "An Ideal Husband" (1996).
In 1990 he took on t... | 44,196 | triviaqa-train |
On which English river does the city of Leicester stand? | Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest.
The 2016 mid year estimate of the population of the City of Leicester unitary authority was 348,300, a... | In the Boka stand is the Senator's Club, for lifetime members of the club. Inside the Senator's Club is the Kalac Bar, in recognition of Željko Kalac's transfer to Leicester City in the English Premier League (which helped pay for the Boka stand).
The Club recently installed a new Artificial grass field which was certi... | 44,197 | triviaqa-train |
Which opera by Puccini was completed posthumously 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... | . Some sketches were in the form of "piano-vocal" or "short score," including vocal lines with "two to four staves of accompaniment with occasional notes on orchestration." These sketches supplied music for some, but not all, of the final portion of the libretto.
Puccini left instructions that Riccardo Zandonai should ... | 44,198 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Indian political party led by Mahatma Ghandi for 20 years prior to India's independence? | National Congress in 1885.
The rush of technology and the commercialisation of agriculture in the second half of the 19th century was marked by economic setbacks—many small farmers became dependent on the whims of far-away markets. There was an increase in the number of large-scale famines, and, despite the risks of in... | regime in the mid 20th century. The history of British rule connects both lands. There is a large group of Indian South Africans. Mahatma Gandhi, spent many years in South Africa, during which time, he fought for the rights of the ethnic Indians. Nelson Mandela was inspired by Gandhi. After India's independence, India ... | 44,199 | triviaqa-train |
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