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Near which city is 'Fuhlsbuttel Airport'? | Hamburg Airport
Hamburg Airport , known in German as "Flughafen Hamburg", is the international airport of Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany. Since November 2016 the official name has become "Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt", after the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt. It is located north of the city cen... | Ulster.
Transport.
Transport Air.
The province's main airport is Belfast International Airport (popularly called Aldergrove Airport), which is located at Aldergrove, 11.5 miles northwest of Belfast near Antrim. George Best Belfast City Airport (sometimes referred to as "the City Airport" or "the Harbour Airport") is an... | 44,700 | triviaqa-train |
Who Directed the 'Oscar' winning film of 2000, 'American Beauty'? | American Beauty (1999 film)
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes in his directorial debut. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, played by Mena S... | and his mother is a chaplain and ordained elder in the Arkansas Conference, both in the United Methodist denomination. He is of German, Scottish and English descent.
In 1996, he graduated from Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood, Arkansas. He attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division as part of its Group 29 (1996... | 44,701 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the last monarch to award one of his sons the title 'Duke of Clarence'? | 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... | Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Gloucester () is a British royal title (after Gloucester), often conferred on one of the sons of the reigning monarch. The first four creations were in the Peerage of England and the last in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; the current creation carries with it the subsidiary titles of Earl ... | 44,702 | triviaqa-train |
Other than the United States' Bobby Fischer, which country provided the last non-Russian World Chess Champion? | according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, although only 24% of part-time workers get the same benefits. In 2009, the United States had the third-highest workforce productivity per person in the world, behind Luxembourg and Norway. It was fourth in productivity per hour, behind those two countries and the Netherlands... | players ruled by FIDE, who have controlled the title since then, with one interruption. The winner of the 1948 tournament, Russian Mikhail Botvinnik, started an era of Soviet dominance in the chess world. Until the end of the Soviet Union, there was only one non-Soviet champion, American Bobby Fischer (champion 1972–75... | 44,703 | triviaqa-train |
Which Roman emperor issued 'The Edict of Milan' and endedthe persecution of Christians? | Edict of Milan
The Edict of Milan (, , "Diatagma tōn Mediolanōn") was the February AD 313 agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and Emperor Licinius, who controlled the Balkans, met in Mediolanum (modern-day Milan) and, among other things, agreed to chan... | beginning. The first persecution of Christians organised by the Roman government took place under the emperor Nero in 64 AD after the Great Fire of Rome. The Edict of Serdica was issued in 311 by the Roman emperor Galerius, officially ending the Diocletianic persecution of Christianity in the East. With the passage in ... | 44,704 | triviaqa-train |
Which eel-like fish has a sucker mouth with horny teeth, and a rough tongue, but no scales, paired fins, or jaws? | loosely connected bones. Lampreys and sharks only possess a cartilaginous endocranium, with both the upper and lower jaws being separate elements. Bony fishes have additional dermal bone, forming a more or less coherent skull roof in lungfish and holost fish. The lower jaw defines a chin.
The simpler structure is found... | mm wide with anchor filaments at each end. Eel shaped,with six barbels on the head around the mouth. Epatches form white spots under the skin. Two rows of slime pores under the body. No paired fins, mouth has no jaws but has two protrusible rows of horny teeth.
Habitat and behaviour.
Non-migratory marine demersal. Dept... | 44,705 | triviaqa-train |
What word describes the property of a metal which allows it to be stretched into wire? | Ductility
Ductility is a measure of a material's ability to undergo significant plastic deformation before rupture, which may be expressed as percent elongation or percent area reduction from a tensile test. According to Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design (10th Ed.) "significant" denotes about 5.0 percent elongati... | modern goldwork. It appears nearly identical, but rather than a strip of metal, a strip of foil paper is wrapped around the core.
Bullion or Purl is structurally a very long spring, hollow at the core; it can be stretched apart slightly and couched between the wraps of wire, or cut into short lengths and applied like b... | 44,706 | triviaqa-train |
Which 'HMC' by David Essex was No. 1 in October 1975? | . 5 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. A second single, "Lamplight", also reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart.
In the 1970s, Essex emerged as a performer of some note. Contrary to his own biography his first concert was at East Ham Granada in East London on Saturday 2 November 1974 and not the Odeon. His biggest hits d... | required the use of a customs flag. The first flag appointed under this act was specified in Section 14 of the Customs Regulations, which were gazetted on 1 October 1901 in the "Commonwealth of Australia Gazette" No. 53, page 172:
"The Customs flag shall be the Blue Ensign,
with the addition in the fly of the letters "... | 44,707 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the Ogaden? | Ogaden
Ogaden (pronounced and often spelled "Ogadēn"; ) is the historical name of the modern Somali Region, the territory comprising the eastern portion of Ethiopia formerly part of the Hararghe province. The inhabitants are predominantly ethnic Somalis. The Ogaden (clan) of the Darod constitute the majority in the reg... | parts of Ilubabor in the west, Wollo in the north, Shewa and Arsi in the centre, Bale and Sidamo in the south, and Harerge in the east.
Other Cushitic language in the area comprise Somalinya, which is spoken by the Somali in the Ogaden to the east, as well as in the neighboring Somali Republic and part of Djibouti, and... | 44,708 | triviaqa-train |
In the film, 'The Quiet American', who gives a powerful performance as a foreign correspondent? | The Quiet American (2002 film)
The Quiet American is a 2002 film adaptation of Graham Greene's bestselling novel set in Vietnam, "The Quiet American". It was directed by Phillip Noyce and starred Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, and Do Thi Hai Yen.
The 2002 version of "The Quiet American", in contrast to the earlier 1958... | Matewan to buck the bosses. With his strong face and Harrison Ford good-looks, Cooper gives the film its heartbeat...Most notable of the black workers is 'Few Clothes' Johnson (James Earl Jones), a burly good-natured man with a powerful presence and a quick smile. Jones' performance practically glows in the dark. Also ... | 44,709 | triviaqa-train |
"Which entertainer once quipped ""What you said hurt me very much - I cried all the way to the bank""?" | Liberace
Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer and actor. A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, Liberace enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures, and endorsements. At the heigh... | beheaded by the guillotine on the Place de la Révolution (now the "Place de la Concorde"). On the way to the guillotine, she collapsed in the tumbrel and cried "You are going to hurt me! Why?!" Terrified, she screamed for mercy and begged the watching crowd for help. Her last words to the executioner are said to have b... | 44,710 | triviaqa-train |
"Which American once described Margaret Thatcher as ""the best man in England""?" | they were ousted from power in Cambodia by the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Although Thatcher denied it at the time, it was revealed in 1991 that, while not directly training any Khmer Rouge, from 1983 the Special Air Service (SAS) was sent to secretly train "the armed forces of the Cambodian non-communist resistance" to ... | 17, 1969, after serving as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minister. The world's fourth and Israel's first and only woman to hold the office, she has been described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics; the term was later applied to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion used ... | 44,711 | triviaqa-train |
"For which club was Zinedine Zidane signed when voted ""World Footballer Of The Year"" in 1998 and 2000?" | Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou" (), is a French former professional football player and current manager of Real Madrid. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was an elite playmaker, renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique,... | Luca Zidane
Luca Zinedine Zidane (born 13 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Racing Santander, on loan from Real Madrid. He is the son of former footballer and current coach of Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane.
Early life.
Luca was born in Marseille, and is the son of t... | 44,712 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality was Vitus Bering, after whom the strait separating Alaska and Russia was named? | evidence) to have served on Danish whalers in the North Atlantic, visiting European colonies in the Caribbean and on the eastern seaboard of North America. It was in Amsterdam, however, that in 1704 and under the guidance of Norwegian-born Russian admiral Cornelius Cruys, Bering enlisted with the Russian navy, taking t... | Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a strait of the Pacific, which separates Russia and Alaska slightly south of the Arctic Circle at about 65° 40' N latitude. The present Russia-US east-west boundary is at 168° 58' 37" W. The Strait is named after Vitus Bering, an explorer in the service of the Russian Empire.
The Stra... | 44,713 | triviaqa-train |
What was the nationality of William Baffin, who gave his name to Baffin Island? | William Baffin
William Baffin ( – 23 January 1622) was an English navigator and explorer. He is primarily known for his attempt to discover a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, during the course of which he was the first European to discover Baffin Bay in present-day Canada. He was also responsible for... | made by British explorers Martin Frobisher in 1576 and by John Davis in 1585. In 1610 Henry Hudson made his ill-fated voyage in search of the Passage. William Baffin and Robert Bylot sailed the Arctic sea in the area around what became known as Baffin Island in 1616. While these voyages not successful, in that they did... | 44,714 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Johannesburg's major cricket stadium, venue for this year's World Cup Final? | .
Cricket is one of the more popular sports. In cricket, the Highveld Lions represent Johannesburg, the rest of Gauteng as well as the North West Province at the Wanderers Stadium which was the venue for the 2003 Cricket World Cup Final in which Australia successfully defended their title against India. Wanderers Stadi... | version for indoor games.
A gold colour version, called the Jo'bulani, was used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final. This name is a reference to "Jo'burg", a common nickname for Johannesburg, the match venue. The gold colouring of the ball mirrored the colour of the FIFA World Cup Trophy and also echoed another of Johann... | 44,715 | triviaqa-train |
In which Northamptonshire battle, fought on June 14th 1645, did the Parliamentarians under Fairfax, defeat Prince Rupert's Royalists? | to Sulgrave, they lived in Warton, Lancashire.
During the English Civil War, Northamptonshire strongly supported the Parliamentarian cause, and the Royalist forces suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Naseby in 1645 in the north of the county. King Charles I was imprisoned at Holdenby House in 1647.
In 1823 Nort... | Battle of Marston Moor
The Battle of Marston Moor was fought on 2 July 1644, during the First English Civil War of 1642–1646. The combined forces of the English Parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester and the Scottish Covenanters under the Earl of Leven defeated the Royalists commanded by Prince ... | 44,716 | triviaqa-train |
The English and the Scots fought which battle, on September 9th.1513, near the Northumberland village of Branxton? | Branxton, Northumberland
Branxton is a village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England. It lies about from the England-Scotland border and about from the Scottish border town of Coldstream, just off the A697 Newcastle-Edinburgh road. It has a population of 121, rising slightly to 123 at the 2011 Census.
La... | Battle of Yeavering
The Battle of Yeavering (or Battle of Geteryne) was fought in 1415 between English and Scottish forces near Yeavering in Northumberland. A small English force consisting of 440 men led by the Earl of Westmoreland defeated 4000 Scots. Fought in the same year as the Battle of Agincourt, which famously... | 44,717 | triviaqa-train |
Which Union leader of the American Civil War gave his name to a tree in California's 'Sequoia National Park'? | the fall of Atlanta to William Tecumseh Sherman and his march to the sea. The last significant battles raged around the Siege of Petersburg. Lee's escape attempt ended with his surrender at Appomattox Court House, on April 9, 1865. While the military war was coming to an end, the political reintegration of the nation w... | , in Sequoia National Park.
- Red Kaweah, a mountain of the Kaweah peaks ridge of California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park.
- Kaweah Queen, a mountain of the Kaweah peaks ridge of California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park.
- Kaweah Gap, a pass through the Great Western Divide, in Sequoia National... | 44,718 | triviaqa-train |
In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Treasure Island', what is the name of the sinister blind pirate? | Hawkins, to keep a lookout for "a one-legged seafaring man." A former shipmate, Black Dog, confronts Bones and engages in a violent fight with him. After Black Dog is run off, a blind beggar named Pew visits to give Bones "the black spot" as a summons to share a map leading to buried treasure. Shortly thereafter, Bones... | Treasure Island", created by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1883. In Stevenson's book, Flint, whose first name is not given, was the captain of a pirate ship, "The Walrus", which accumulated an enormous amount of captured treasure, approximately £700,000. Flint and six members of his crew bury the plunder on an island locat... | 44,719 | triviaqa-train |
Sir Sidney Holland was Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country, between 1949 and 1957? | Prime Minister of New Zealand
The Prime Minister of New Zealand () is the head of government of New Zealand. The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, took office on 26 October 2017.
The Prime Minister (informally abbreviated to "PM") ranks as the most senior government minister. She o... | Parliament expired this year. The National Party was elected to a third term in office under Sidney Holland on 13 November.
- Speaker of the House – Matthew Oram from 1950 to 1957
- Prime Minister – Sidney Holland from 13 December 1949 to 20 September 1957.
- Deputy Prime Minister – Keith Holyoake from 13 December 1949... | 44,720 | triviaqa-train |
Which TV comedy series first cast Derek Nimmo as the bumbling cleric, Reverend mervyn Noote? | All Gas and Gaiters
All Gas and Gaiters is a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. It was written by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, a husband-and-wife team who used the pseudonym of "John Wraith" when writing the pilot. "All Gas and Gaiters" was also broadcast on BBC Radio fro... | Derek Nimmo – Mervyn Noote, the Bishop's Chaplain
- John Barron – Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's (pilot, series 1 and 4)
- Ernest Clark – Lionel Pugh-Critchley, Dean of St Ogg's (1968 special, series 2 and 3)
- Joan Sanderson – Grace Pugh-Critchley, the Dean's wife (1970-71)
- Ruth Kettlewell – Grace Pugh-Crit... | 44,721 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of 'Long John Silver's' parrot in the children's classic novel, 'Treasure Island'? | the chest, they find a map of an island on which the infamous pirate Captain Flint hid his treasure. Jim shows the map to the local physician Dr. Livesey and the district squire John Trelawney, and they decide to make an expedition to the island, with Jim serving as a cabin boy. They set sail on Trelawney's schooner, t... | Long John Silver's
Long John Silver's LLC (also formerly known as Long John Silver's Seafood Shop and sometimes abbreviated as LJS) is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in seafood. The brand's name is derived from the novel "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson, in which the pirate "Long Joh... | 44,722 | triviaqa-train |
Hector Campora was President of which South American country in 1973? | President of Argentina
The President of Argentina (), officially known as the President of the Argentine Nation (), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
... | 15 a Montoneros unit burst into a small-town restaurant and machine-gunned a frequent "El Dia" contributor, former Interior (law enforcement) Minister Arturo Mor Roig, who, under the military regime of Gen. Lanusse, had been instrumental in the transition toward democracy that led to two 1973 elections, which Peron's s... | 44,723 | triviaqa-train |
In a flower, what name is given to the terminal part of a stamen, in which the pollen grains are produced? | Stamen
The stamen (plural "stamina" or "stamens") is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium.
Morphology and terminology.
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament and an anther which contains "microsporangia". Most commonly anthers are two-lobe... | by the chalaza to the integuments, which surround the nucellus except at the micropyle, through which the pollen tubes enter. David Mabberley describes this section as "a remarkably clear exposition of one of the most intricate and misunderstood areas of developmental anatomy in higher plants."
The third part is a disc... | 44,724 | triviaqa-train |
Yiddish is a compound of Hebrew and which other language | changes, creating vowels such as (English "oo"). The quality also changes depending on whether the lips are rounded as opposed to unrounded, creating distinctions such as that between (unrounded front vowel such as English "ee") and (rounded front vowel such as German "ü").
Consonants are those sounds that have audible... | Yiddish orthography
Yiddish orthography is the writing system used for the Yiddish language. It includes Yiddish spelling rules and the Hebrew script, which is used as the basis of a full vocalic alphabet. Letters that are silent or glottal stops in the Hebrew language are used as vowels in Yiddish. Other letters that ... | 44,725 | triviaqa-train |
What was Jimmy Durante's nickname | 1936).
During the early 1930s, Durante alternated between Hollywood and Broadway. His early motion pictures included an original Rodgers & Hart musical "The Phantom President" (1932), which featured Durante singing the self-referential "Schnozzola". He was initially paired with silent film legend Buster Keaton in a ser... | not even mention money judge or I'll have to mention a figure that'll make ya sorry ya brought it up." "What can we do then?" asked Hansen. "Help da kids," was Durante's reply. Durante performed for many years at Eagles conventions free of charge, even refusing travel money. The Fraternal Order of Eagles changed the na... | 44,726 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang with Gene Pitney on the 1989 hit Something's Gotten Hold of my Heart | 1960s) on her 1968 album "I Have Loved Me a Man", Terry Reid and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 1986 album of covers "Kicking Against the Pricks". It was sung in French by Herbert Léonard in 1968 with the title "Quelque chose tient mon cœur" and in Italian by Pitney himself with the title "Uomo, non sai" ("Man, y... | track "Kept Boy" (a bonus track on the CD and cassette versions of the album) and also with US singer Gene Pitney as they perform Pitney's 1967 hit "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". This version became a UK number one hit in early 1989 and was the UK's sixth best-selling single of that year, being certified Gold b... | 44,727 | triviaqa-train |
What did the Swallow Sidecar Company become in 1945 | Swallow Sidecar Company
Swallow Sidecar Company, Swallow Sidecar and Coachbuilding Company, and Swallow Coachbuilding Company were trading names used by Walmsley & Lyons, partners and joint owners of a British manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars and automobile bodies in Blackpool, Lancashire — later Coventry, Warwicksh... | In 1927, William Lyons, co-founder of the Swallow Sidecar Company, saw the commercial potential of producing a re-bodied Austin 7. Buying a chassis from dealer Parkers of Bolton Lyons commissioned Swallow's talented employee, coachbuilder Cyril Holland, to produce a distinctive open tourer: the Austin Seven Swallow. Ho... | 44,728 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Roman messenger of the Gods | "kerykeion" or Latin "caduceus," which appears in a form of two snakes wrapped around a winged staff with carvings of the other gods.
In the Roman adaptation of the Greek pantheon (see "interpretatio romana"), Hermes is identified with the Roman god Mercury, who, though inherited from the Etruscans, developed many simi... | named after the rainbow goddess Iris in Greek mythology, who was a messenger to the gods, especially Hera. Her quality of attendant of Hera was particularly appropriate to the circumstances of discovery, as Iris was spotted following 3 Juno by less than an hour of right ascension (Juno is the Roman equivalent of Hera).... | 44,729 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the butler in Remains of the Day | in 1993 and starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, was nominated for eight Academy Awards.
Plot summary.
The novel tells, in first-person narration, the story of Stevens, an English butler who has dedicated his life to the loyal service of Lord Darlington (who is recently deceased, and whom Stevens describes in in... | Lawless, a central character in the 1967 Sherman Brothers' musical movie "The Happiest Millionaire" played by 60 teen idol Tommy Steele.
- Wadsworth, the protagonist in the movie "Clue"
- Mr. Stevens, the protagonist of Kazuo Ishiguro's Booker Prize-winning novel, "The Remains of the Day" and movie of the same name
- S... | 44,730 | triviaqa-train |
What Beatles song was also recorded by Peter Sellars | the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle".
The Beatles were international stars by early 1964, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market and breaking numerous sales records. They soon made their film debut wit... | low quality recording of the song performed by the Quarrymen, John Lennon's group live on 6 July 1957 exists, although it has never been released officially. It was recorded the same day that Lennon met his songwriting partner Paul McCartney, and is the earliest Beatles related recording that exists. The song was also ... | 44,731 | triviaqa-train |
Which garden weed takes it's name from the French for tooth of the lion | ; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground.
Ecological significance Benefits of weed species.
While the term "weed" generally h... | Lion Grove Garden
The Lion Grove Garden (; Suzhou Wu: Sy tsy lin yoe, ) is a garden located at 23 Yuanlin Road in Pingjiang District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. The garden is famous for the large and labyrinthine grotto of "taihu" rocks at its center. The name of the garden is derived from the shape of these rocks, which ... | 44,732 | triviaqa-train |
Which seaside resort had Britain's first no smoking beach | commuter towns.
Some resorts, especially those more southerly such as Bournemouth and Brighton, were built as new towns or extended by local landowners to appeal to wealthier holidaymakers. Others came about due to their proximity to large urban areas of population, such as Southend-on-Sea, which became increasingly po... | friend Sigurd Bolin. They also marketed Ljugarn such that it subsequently became the first seaside resort on Gotland. Gotland had become very popular with socialites at the time through Princess Eugenie who lived in Västerhejde, in the west part of the island from the 1860s. Ljugarn became an elegant resort: large scal... | 44,733 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the superlight plane that flew non stop round the world in 1986 | Rutan Voyager
The Rutan Model 76 Voyager was the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. It was piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. The flight took off from Edwards Air Force Base's 15,000 foot (4,600 m) runway in the Mojave Desert on December 14, 1986, and ended 9 days, 3 minutes and ... | termination by the board, Allegis divested its non-airline properties in 1987 and reverted to the name UAL Corp. in May 1988.
History Record-setting flight.
In 1988, using a Boeing 747SP-21 purchased from Pan American World Airways, United flew a two-stop around-the-world flight to raise money for the Friendship Founda... | 44,734 | triviaqa-train |
Sweeney Todd was known as the Demon Barber of which London thoroughfare | popular place to debate ideas, with growing literacy and the development of the printing press making news widely available; and Fleet Street became the centre of the British press. Following the invasion of Amsterdam by Napoleonic armies, many financiers relocated to London, especially a large Jewish community, and th... | busiest airports in the country. The government has plans to upgrade Warangal Airport, Nizamabad Airport and Ramagundam Airport It also plans to construct airports in Ramagundam and Kothagudem.
Warangal has a domestic airport in Mamunooru which was established in the year 1930 during Nizam period. All the exports and i... | 44,735 | triviaqa-train |
Who played The Riddler in the film Batman Forever | 1960s "Batman" television series, Jim Carrey in the 1995 film "Batman Forever", and Cory Michael Smith in the television series "Gotham".
Fictional character biography.
The Riddler has an obsession with riddles, puzzles, and word games. The character frequently delights in over-stating his "intellectual superiority" an... | 1995 film "Batman Forever", and Cory Michael Smith in the FOX television show "Gotham".
Television.
Television Live action.
- The Riddler appears in the 1960s "Batman" television series and as one of the villains in the theatrical film spin-off. Frank Gorshin portrayed Riddler in the first and third season of the serie... | 44,736 | triviaqa-train |
What are people who come from Naples called | Umberto.
Naples was the most-bombed Italian city during World War II. Though Neapolitans did not rebel under Italian Fascism, Naples was the first Italian city to rise up against German military occupation; the city was completely freed by 1 October 1943, when British and American forces entered the city. Departing Ger... | come from both sides of the Rivhubye and were resettled on the eastern side. Most of the people in Phaphazela village come from Malonga in what is now Vuwani. Phaphazela used to be called Malonga in remembrance of their former lands. Some people of the Makhuvele lineage were removed from parts of what is now Thohoyando... | 44,737 | triviaqa-train |
Which terrifying anti personnel weapon was first used by the German army at Verdun in 1916 | which had varying degrees of success and accuracy. By 1916, catapult weapons were largely replaced by rifle grenades and mortars.
The Germans employed "Flammenwerfer" (flamethrowers) during the war for the first time against the French on 25 June 1915, then against the British 30 July in Hooge. The technology was in it... | was a devastating anti-personnel weapon against waves of infantry attacking in the open, as at the Marne and Verdun. However, its shells were comparatively light and lacked the power to obliterate trench works, concrete bunkers and deeply buried shelters. Thus, with time, the French 75 batteries became routinely used t... | 44,738 | triviaqa-train |
Which planet in the Solar System is third from the Sun | Solar System
The Solar System is the gravitationally bound planetary system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of the objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest are the eight planets, with the remainder being smaller objects, such as the five dwarf planets and small Solar Sys... | Uranus
Uranus (from the Latin name "Ūranus" for the Greek god Οὐρανός) is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have bulk chemical compositions which differ from that of the ... | 44,739 | triviaqa-train |
Which planet in the solar system has moons called Titania and Miranda | , 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... | Titania
- Miranda
- Oberon
- Umbriel
- Neptune's moons
- Triton
The Solar System Minor planets.
- Inner Solar System objects
- Ceres
- Eros
- Icarus
- Juno
- Pallas
- Vesta
- Trans-Neptunian objects
- Pluto (including its moons)
- Comets
- Halley's Comet
Extrasolar Locations.
Extrasolar Locations Other galaxies.
- Andr... | 44,740 | triviaqa-train |
When did the Royal Mail introduce the two tiered mail system / first and second class | the Post Office. The office of Postmaster General was abolished and replaced with the positions of chairman and chief executive in the new company.
The two-class postal system was introduced in 1968, using first-class and second-class services. The Post Office opened the National Giro Bank that year.
In 1971, postal se... | pay the cost of transporting a letter by boat to the British mainland where it entered the normal postal system once a Royal Mail stamp was applied. For comparison, the cost of a first class letter in 1985 was 17p and a second class letter 12p.
Tanzania.
In 1985, Feigenbaum was the organiser of stamps of Tanzania to ma... | 44,741 | triviaqa-train |
Which car company manufactures the Tipo | production was very limited before World War II. Only a handful of companies were producing vehicles in limited numbers, and these were small, three-wheeled for commercial uses, like Daihatsu, or were the result of partnering with European companies, like Isuzu building the Wolseley A-9 in 1922. Mitsubishi was also par... | Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8
The Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 is an Italian luxury car made between 1919 and 1924.
History.
The Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8 is an automobile introduced in 1919 by Isotta Fraschini, a company which underwent a complete change after World War I. Until that time building a wide variety of models, the com... | 44,742 | triviaqa-train |
From which film did the song Windmills Of Your Mind come | The Windmills of Your Mind
"The Windmills of Your Mind" is a song with music by French composer Michel Legrand and English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The French lyrics, under the title "", were written by Eddy Marnay. The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film "The Thomas C... | to Hear It Anymore" was announced as the third A-side release from Dusty Springfield's album "Dusty in Memphis" with "The Windmills of Your Mind" as the B-side. The producer of "Dusty in Memphis", Jerry Wexler was prepared to promote "The Windmills of Your Mind" as the A-side if it won the Academy Award for Best Song, ... | 44,743 | triviaqa-train |
Who in 1812 designed the flag of Argentina | Flag of Argentina
The flag of Argentina is a triband, composed of three equally wide horizontal bands coloured light blue and white. There are multiple interpretations on the reasons for those colors. The flag was created by Manuel Belgrano, in line with the creation of the Cockade of Argentina, and was first raised at... | its historical accuracy, one account stated that in order to placate US interests during the War of 1812, a US flag was raised over Kamehameha's home, only to be removed when UK officers in the court of Kamehameha vehemently objected to it. This would explain why the resulting flag of Hawaii was a deliberate hybrid of ... | 44,744 | triviaqa-train |
Of which rock group of the 60's and 70's was Marc Bolan the leader | Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan ( ; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer of the glam rock band T. Rex. Bolan was one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s. He died at the age of 29 in a car cra... | House of Rock
House of Rock is a satirical animation that aired on the UK's Channel 4 from 2000 to 2002. It revolved around the afterlives of some of the world's most famous dead rock stars, including Freddie Mercury, John Denver, The Notorious B.I.G., Kurt Cobain and Marc Bolan. Bolan was replaced in the second series... | 44,745 | triviaqa-train |
Liberty Enlightening The World is the proper name for which monument | Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste... | medallions, each weighing approximately .
The proper right side of the memorial area is designated to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The bronze medallion atop the Indiana Limestone pylon displays a uniformed police officer standing next to Saint Michael Archangel, patron of police. In the ce... | 44,746 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest of The Great Lakes | great depths, and distant horizons) the five Great Lakes have also long been referred to as "inland seas". Lake Superior is the second-largest lake in the world by area, and the largest freshwater lake by area. Lake Michigan is the largest lake that is entirely within one country.
The Great Lakes began to form at the e... | in the Great Lakes Basin 10,000 years ago by melting glaciers. North Point is part of the world’s largest freshwater dune system, which stretches along the southern and southeastern shores of Lake Michigan. Coastal sand dunes around the Great Lakes constitute vital and distinctive environments that support more unique ... | 44,747 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish international footballer was killed by lightning on Enfield Golf Course | John White (footballer, born 1937)
John Anderson White (28 April 1937 – 21 July 1964) was a Scottish international football midfielder and sometime inside right who played a significant role for Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) during their Double winning season in 1960–61. He had two brothers, Eddie and Tom, who were also pr... | Golf Course, Enfield, by a lightning-strike. That year in November, White transferred to Tottenham Hotspur for one game and played in a testimonial match for his sibling against the Scottish national side; 25,000 spectators paid their respects, as, despite White's goal, Scotland won 6–2.
References.
- Footnotes
- Sourc... | 44,748 | triviaqa-train |
What type of creature was the cartoon character Snagglepuss | -ranging characterizations, specifically the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film "The Wizard of Oz". (Coincidentally, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera directed the "Tom and Jerry" cartoons for the MGM cartoon studio before opening Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1957.)
Snagglepuss has three signature catchp... | invisible helping hand.
Production.
The character voice of Mudsy was provided by Daws Butler and was identical to his voice work for Snagglepuss, down to the use of Snagglepuss's catchphrases, "Even." (Butler's Snagglepuss voice was originally an impersonation of comedian Bert Lahr.)
Like many animated series created b... | 44,749 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was The Gunpowder Plot | Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.
The plan was to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of ... | of John Gerard (who, following the plot's discovery, had evaded capture), wrote an account called "What was the Gunpowder Plot?", alleging Salisbury's culpability. This prompted a refutation later that year by Samuel Gardiner, who argued that Gerard had gone too far in trying to "wipe away the reproach" which the plot ... | 44,750 | triviaqa-train |
For which fictitious Football Team did Roy of the Rovers play | Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer and later manager named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the "Tiger" in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic magazine, published by IPC and... | spotted playing for a youth club team. Eight months later, Roy and Blackie made their first-team debuts against Elbury Wanderers in a game that ended in a 3–3 draw, with Roy scoring twice. He soon became a star, leading the team to either the Football League title or a cup almost every season. In January 1975 he was ma... | 44,751 | triviaqa-train |
Which country manufactures the Silkworm Missile | terminal guidance radar seeker replacing the original conical scanning radar seeker. The missile received a NATO reporting name CSS-N-1 Scrubbrush.
The missile has been upgraded to be air-launched, and the air-launched version is known as C-601 (YJ-6), which is the first air-launched anti-ship missile in China. The mis... | damaged by an Iraqi surface-to-air missile. Typical targets were Iraqi armoured units, Scud missile sites, and naval vessels.
On 15 January 1991, 12 French Jaguars bombed Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base, Kuwait; three were damaged in the attack but all returned to base. On 26 January, RAF Jaguars and Tornadoes raided several S... | 44,752 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a U.K. No 1 in the 90's with Rhythm is a Dancer | certifications Certifications.
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)
!scope="row"|Austria (IFPI Austria)
!scope="row"|France (SNAP)
!scope="row"|Germany (BVMI)
!scope="row"|Sweden (IFPI Sweden)
!scope="row"|United Kingdom (BPI)
!scope="row"|United States (RIAA) | dance on a closed ground platform below them. Interspersed throughout these scenes are animated shots of flickering astronomy/aviation maps and animated figures dancing.
Impact and legacy.
In the 2017 book "Stars of 90's Dance Pop: 29 Hitmakers Discuss Their Careers" by James Arena, singer Thea Austin said about "Rhyth... | 44,753 | triviaqa-train |
Whose motto was all for one and one for all | Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno
Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno is a Latin phrase that means "One for all, all for one" in English. It is the unofficial motto of Switzerland. The phrase "Un pour tous, tous pour un" was made famous by its use in the novel "The Three Musketeers".
Early uses.
In a meeting in 1618 between... | of Engineering.
Now Vidyavardhaka Sangha stands as one of the prestigious educational institution in the Heritage City of Mysore. This has been possible because of the dedication and pragmatic approach towards education by Late. K. Puttaswamy. All these have materialized because of the services and contributions by gre... | 44,754 | triviaqa-train |
Where in Britain is the Great Western Railway Museum | and Bristol Channel resorts in the West Country as well as the far south-west of England such as Torquay in Devon, Minehead in Somerset, and Newquay and St Ives in Cornwall. The company's locomotives, many of which were built in the company's workshops at Swindon, were painted a Brunswick green colour while, for most o... | now on display at the Swedish Railway Museum, however it has been put back into service for special occasions since; the museum is connected by rail to the regular network and some of the cars on display can rather easily be brought back to service.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Queen Victoria w... | 44,755 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the comedian noted for his odd odes | Cyril Fletcher
Cyril Fletcher (25 June 1913 – 2 January 2005) was an English comedian, actor and businessman. His catchphrase was 'Pin back your lugholes'. He was best known for his "Odd Odes", which later formed a section of the television show "That's Life!". He first began performing the Odd Odes in 1937, long befor... | Esther Rantzen asked him to join and recite some of his 'Odd Odes'. He proved such a success with the audience that he became a fixture of the show for eight years.
The show also showcased unusually-shaped vegetables, humorous poems, comical newspaper and advertisement typographical errors, performing pets such as a d... | 44,756 | triviaqa-train |
What was the only U.K. number one for The Supremes | number-one hits: "Baby Love" (which was also a number-one hit in the UK), "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "Back in My Arms Again". "Baby Love" was nominated for the 1965 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.
History Impact.
The Supremes deliberately embraced a more glamorous image than previous black per... | history of the chart.
2. Diana Ross, as some number-one hits credited to "Diana Ross and the Supremes", are attributed to The Supremes only. If Ross's solo entries here were combined with those of The Supremes, it would bring her total of number one hits to 18, tying her with Mariah Carey as most successful female arti... | 44,757 | triviaqa-train |
How many sides has a heptagon | Heptagon
In geometry, a heptagon is a seven-sided polygon or 7-gon.
The heptagon is sometimes referred to as the septagon, using "sept-" (an elision of "", a Latin-derived numehellorical prefix, rather than "", a Greek-derived numerical prefix) together with the Greek suffix "-agon" meaning angle.
Regular heptagon.
A r... | Constructible polygon
In mathematics, a constructible polygon is a regular polygon that can be constructed with compass and straightedge. For example, a regular pentagon is constructible with compass and straightedge while a regular heptagon is not. There are infinitely many constructible polygons, but only 31 with an ... | 44,758 | triviaqa-train |
Which organ of the body produces bile | capacity for self-repair.
Clinical significance Liver transplantation.
Human liver transplants were first performed by Thomas Starzl in the United States and Roy Calne in Cambridge, England in 1963 and 1967, respectively.
Liver transplantation is the only option for those with irreversible liver failure. Most transplan... | Biliary dyskinesia
Biliary dyskinesia is a disorder of some component of biliary part of the digestive system in which bile physically can not move normally in the proper direction through the tubular biliary tract. It most commonly involves abnormal biliary tract peristalsis muscular coordination within the gallbladde... | 44,759 | triviaqa-train |
Who managed Scotland in the 1986 Football World Cup | calmly scored by Davie Cooper. The 1–1 draw meant that Scotland progressed, but as the players and fans celebrated, Stein suffered a heart attack and died shortly afterwards. His assistant Alex Ferguson took over. Scotland qualified by winning 2–0 against Australia in a two-leg playoff, but were eliminated from the tou... | in the Football League. Trevor Morley played as a striker for Northampton Town, Manchester City, West Ham United, Brann and Reading. Russell Slade has managed various Football League teams and is currently in charge of Grimsby Town. Mickey Walker played for Bradford City. Mark Hateley was capped 32 times for the Englis... | 44,760 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to all chemical compounds that contain hydrogen and carbon | carbon in the oceans or atmosphere (below).
In combination with oxygen in carbon dioxide, carbon is found in the Earth's atmosphere (approximately 810 gigatonnes of carbon) and dissolved in all water bodies (approximately 36,000 gigatonnes of carbon). Around 1,900 gigatonnes of carbon are present in the biosphere. Hydr... | heterocyclic chemical compounds may be inorganic compounds or organic compounds, most contain at least one carbon. While atoms that are neither carbon nor hydrogen are normally referred to in organic chemistry as heteroatoms, this is usually in comparison to the all-carbon backbone. But this does not prevent a compound... | 44,761 | triviaqa-train |
What is the meaning of Golgotha | Calvary
Golgotha, or Calvary (Biblical Greek "Golgotha[s]", traditionally interpreted as reflecting Syriac (Aramaic) "golgolta", as it were Hebrew "gulgōleṯ" (גולגולת), "skull"), was, according to the Gospels, a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified.
Matthew's and Mark's gospels translat... | Meaning of life
The meaning of life, or the answer to the question: "What is the meaning of life?", pertains to the significance of living or existence in general. Many other related questions include: "Why are we here?", "What is life all about?", or "What is the purpose of existence?" There have been a large number o... | 44,762 | triviaqa-train |
What is the state capital of Illinois | decades, Chicago's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and, through the 1980s, in politics.
The capital of Illinois is Springfield, which is located in the central part of the state. Alt... | boundary of the state, except for locations where the river has changed course. Kaskaskia, Illinois, the first state capital, is now west of the river. The Mississippi, due to a flood, destroyed the old town of Kaskaskia, and occupies what was the lower channel of the Kaskaskia River. A portion of Missouri is east of t... | 44,763 | triviaqa-train |
Alphabetically what is the first country in Africa | is the world's largest exporter of bauxite. As the growth in Africa has been driven mainly by services and not manufacturing or agriculture, it has been growth without jobs and without reduction in poverty levels. In fact, the food security crisis of 2008 which took place on the heels of the global financial crisis pus... | enhanced.
List of NHRD efforts by country.
Below is a list of NHRD bodies, programs, and plans listed by country. This list represents both a small sample of NHRD efforts undertaken by national governments and an attempt to create a growing list of NHRD efforts worldwide. Countries are listed alphabetically by titles u... | 44,764 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the original lead singer with The Moody Blues | The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964, initially consisting of keyboardist Mike Pinder, multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas, guitarist Denny Laine, drummer Graeme Edge, and bassist Clint Warwick. The group came to prominence playing rhythm and blues music. They made some cha... | 4. "Running Water" (Hayward) – 3:23 (lead singer: Justin Hayward)
5. "I Am" (Ray Thomas) – 1:40 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)
6. "Sorry" (Thomas) – 5:02 (lead singer: Ray Thomas)
Original track listing 2008 remastered CD expanded edition.
The 2008 release contains two extra tracks:
1. "Sitting at the Wheel (Steve Greenberg... | 44,765 | triviaqa-train |
What were the Quarter sessions and Assizes replaced by | Quarter session
The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England (including Wales) from 1388 until 1707, then in 18th-century Great Britain, in the later United Kingdom, and in other dominions of the British Empire.
Quarter ses... | District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975, which moved justices of the peace to sitting in a uniform series of district courts, since replaced by justice of the peace courts.
Quarter session courts in Ireland.
There were quarter sessions courts for each county and county of a city or town as well as the boroughs of Derry, Ki... | 44,766 | triviaqa-train |
In the horror film Them what type of creatures were Them | characters in the films and changed them.
This era changed the usual setting for horror films, using every-day settings. Along with this came a change from focusing on defeating evil every time to having some instances where good fails before succeeding. The critical and popular success of "Rosemary's Baby", led to the... | ", Whedon and Tancharoen took inspiration from the 1979 horror film "Alien". The actors were shown what the creatures would like in the scene. Cordova-Buckley said “I’m terrified of them. It’s kind of fun to now be in a show where the enemy is aliens, and all kinds. I love Ridley Scott’s first Alien so it’s really fun ... | 44,767 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of Iran | Tehran
Tehran (; ) is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With a population of around 8.7 million in the city and 15 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. It is ranked 24... | views. The other current books in the "What is?" series include ""What is Love?, What is Death?, What is Beautiful?, What is Funny?, What is Right?, What is Peace?, What is Money?, What is Dreaming?, What is a Friend?, What is True?, What is a Family?, What is a Feeling?" The series is now also translated into 15 langu... | 44,768 | triviaqa-train |
What was snooker champion Joe Davis's home town | billiards player at the age of 18, having won the Chesterfield Championship at age 13. In 1926 he reached his first World Professional Billiards Championship final but was unsuccessful against defending champion Tom Newman. He reached the final again the following year and was runner-up again to the same opponent. It w... | He was made an MBE in the 1988 Birthday Honours and an OBE in the 2000 New Year Honours.
Career.
Career Early career.
Davis was introduced to snooker by his father Bill, a keen player, who took him to play at his local working men's club at the age of 12, and gave him Joe Davis' instructional book "How I Play Snooker".... | 44,769 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Brazilian girl who had a child by Ronnie Biggs allowing him to stay in Brazil | this and broke the story. Scotland Yard detective Jack Slipper arrived soon afterwards, but Biggs could not be extradited because his girlfriend, nightclub dancer Raimunda de Castro, was pregnant. Brazilian law at the time did not allow a parent of a Brazilian child to be extradited.
During 1974, in Rio, Biggs, an avid... | to the "Daily Express". The newspaper passed his location on to the police, and Biggs was captured on 1 February. Slipper travelled to Brazil, where he attempted to arrest Biggs in a hotel in Rio de Janeiro, with the words "Long time no see, Ronnie." But the Brazilian government turned down the request for extradition,... | 44,770 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was the Wall Street crash | Wall Street Crash of 1929
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 or the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash that occurred in late October 1929. It started on October 24 ("Black Thursday") and continued until October 29, 1929 ("Black Tuesday"), when share prices on the New Yo... | Oath". Pecora wrote: "Bitterly hostile was Wall Street to the enactment of the regulatory legislation." As to disclosure rules, he stated that "Had there been full disclosure of what was being done in furtherance of these schemes, they could not long have survived the fierce light of publicity and criticism. Legal chic... | 44,771 | triviaqa-train |
Which French town is served by the Cote D'Azure Airport | Occitan (Niçard and Provençal) and French, the only usual names are "Còsta d'Azur" in Occitan and "Côte d'Azur" in French. A term like "French Riviera" ("Ribiera Francesa" in Occitan, "Riviera Française" in French) would only be used in literal translation, or adaptations of it. For instance, in French, "Riviera França... | from glamorous Europe to the wave of Pop art and icons of the time.
Collections La Narrative Figurative Romantic Rivera.
This title greets the arrival of English and American residents in search of a quiet place at the beginning of the last century. It is the Golden age of "Cote d'Azure" that Joubert Cordier feels. She... | 44,772 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the composer of the Student Prince | The Student Prince
The Student Prince is an operetta in four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play "Old Heidelberg". The piece has elements of melodrama but lacks the swashbuckling style common to Romberg's other works. The plot is mostly... | father was a great patron of German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms, who worked as a music teacher in Meiningen for various pupils, including Marie Elisabeth, whom he gave piano lessons to. In addition to Brahms, Marie Elisabeth was in close contact with other famous musicians, such as Richard Strauss, Franz Manns... | 44,773 | triviaqa-train |
Who in mythology is supposed to have built the Giant's Causeway | distinct, if overlapping, cycles: the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle and the Historical Cycle. There are also a number of extant mythological texts that do not fit into any of the cycles, and many recorded folk tales that continued as the oral tradition ran parallel to the manuscript tradition w... | of the "Fomhóraigh"". The "Fomhóraigh" are a race of supernatural beings in Irish mythology who were sometimes described as giants and who may have originally been part of a pre-Christian pantheon.
Tourism.
The discovery of the Giant's Causeway is attributed to the Bishop of Derry who had visited the site in 1692. The ... | 44,774 | triviaqa-train |
What was the London Billingsgate market famous for selling | Old Billingsgate Market
Old Billingsgate Market is the name given to what is now a hospitality and events venue in the City of London, based in the Victorian building that was originally Billingsgate Fish Market, the world's largest fish market in the 19th century.
The first Billingsgate Market building was constructed... | in 1845, and a hall for lectures, named Hungerford Hall, was built next-door in 1851. In the same year of 1851, the Swiss-Italian entrepreneur Carlo Gatti opened a stand at the market selling pastries and ice cream, priced at one penny and served in a shell. This was perhaps the first time that ice cream was made avail... | 44,775 | triviaqa-train |
What were the first names of Abbot and Costello | and Lou were afraid to perform new material.)
Universal dropped the comedy team in 1955 after they could not agree on contract terms. In the early 1950s, the Internal Revenue Service charged them for back taxes, forcing them to sell their homes and most of their assets, including the rights to most of their films.
In 1... | this as an earlier version of the three men in a hotel version above.
Even more similar is the English, "The Black-Out Book" by Evelyn August in 1939; What happened to the shilling?, pp. 82 & 213. Three girls each pay five shillings to share a room. The landlord refunds 5 shillings via the bellboy, who gives them each ... | 44,776 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Pilgrimage of Grace' was a revolt against which English king? | - 4 November 1616 – 27 March 1625: Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
- 27 March 1625 – 30 January 1649: His Majesty The King
The official style of Charles I as king in England was "Charles, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc." The style "of France" was only ... | "On Sunday, 11th July [1539], at Gysburn in Yorkshire, when the parish priest was declaring the articles [of dissolution] directed by the King to the Archbishop of York, one John Atkeynson "alias" Brotton came violently and took book forth of the priest's hands, and pulled it in pieces." Popular discontent sparked the... | 44,777 | triviaqa-train |
The lands once rules by the Queen of Sheba now form part of which modern country? | Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba (; ) is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for the Israelite King Solomon. This tale has undergone extensive Jewish, Islamic, and Ethiopian elaborations, and has become the subject of one of the most widespread an... | Lands of Sweden
The lands of Sweden () are three traditional parts, each consisting of several provinces, in Sweden. The division into lands goes back to the foundation of modern Sweden, when "Götaland", the land of the Geats, merged with "Svealand", the land of the Swedes, to form the country. While "Norrland" and "Ös... | 44,778 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the queen of the Amazons? | , places the original home of the Amazons in the country about Lake Maeotis, and from which they moved to Themiscyra on the Thermodon. Homer tells that the Amazons were sought and found somewhere near Lycia.
Notable queens of the Amazons are Penthesilea, who participated in the Trojan War, and her sister Hippolyta, who... | Bion said that the Amazons, were naturally friendly to men, and did not fly from Theseus when he touched upon their coasts.
Amazons attacked the Phrygians, who were assisted by Priam, then a young man. In his later years, however, towards the end of the Trojan War, his old opponents took his side against the Greeks und... | 44,779 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the only cricket team in the 2014 NatWest T20 Blast that does not include the name of a county in its title? | the games, the most in the competition's history. The tournament was won in 2014 by the Birmingham Bears, Warwickshire County Cricket Club's name for the purposes of Twenty20 cricket, making it the first time a county trophy had been won by a team using a city name. The final victors of this branding of the tournament ... | New Zealand team for its tour of the West Indies in April 2014, prioritising county cricket and seemingly ending any prospect of further international cricket.
His 2014 county season was his most celebrated, being the only player to take over 100 wickets (across all formats) and winning the MVP award from the Professio... | 44,780 | triviaqa-train |
TACV is the national airline of which island nation? | Cabo Verde Airlines
Cabo Verde Airlines, previously branded "TACV Cabo Verde Airlines", is a scheduled, passenger and cargo airline based in Praia, Cape Verde. It is the national flag carrier of Cape Verde, operating flights to Europe, North America and South America. Its main base is Amílcar Cabral International Airpo... | reality and the child. Basic Books, New York 1954
Early influential books Family systems theory.
- Ackerman N.W., Family process, Basil Books, Inc. New York, 1970
- Sullivan, H.S. The interpersonal theory of psychiatry. W.W.Norton and Company, Inc, New York, 1953
Further influential books and works.
- Ayers, A.J. Senso... | 44,781 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the children’s book Danny, the Champion of the World? | Danny, the Champion of the World
Danny, the Champion of the World is a 1975 children's book by Roald Dahl. The plot centres on Danny, a
young English boy, and his father, William, who live in a Gypsy caravan fixing cars for a living and partake in poaching pheasants. It was first published in 1975 in the United States ... | , where he wrote "Danny, the Champion of the World" in 1975. Dahl incorporated a Gypsy wagon into the main plot of the book, where the young English boy, Danny, and his father, William (played by Jeremy Irons in the film adaptation) live in a vardo. Many other scenes and characters from Great Missenden are reflected in... | 44,782 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the star of wartime films One Exciting Night, Rhythm Serenade and We’ll Meet Again? | of steam locomotives at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway is named "Dame Vera Lynn".
In 2018, Lynn received the Outstanding Contribution to Music award at the Classic Brit Awards.
In January 2019 it was reported that The London Mint Office had commissioned acclaimed Norwegian artist Ross Kolby to paint a portrait of Da... | Lynn's last recordings before her retirement were issued in 1991 via the News Of The World newspaper, with proceeds in aid of the Gulf Trust.
Filmography.
- "You Can't Do Without Love" (1938)
- "We'll Meet Again" (1943)
- "Rhythm Serenade" (1943)
- "One Exciting Night" (1944)
- "Venus fra Vestø" (1962)
- "Meet Again" (... | 44,783 | triviaqa-train |
Andrew Marr, Rosie Boycott and Simon Kelner have been editors of which daily newspaper? | Simon Kelner
Simon Kelner (born 9 December 1957) is a British journalist and newspaper editor.
Kelner studied at Bury Grammar School. His older brother is the journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner. He is Jewish. He started work at "Neath Guardian" in 1976. In 1980 he moved on to the "Kent Evening Post". He became as... | ". Tony O'Reilly had increased his stake in the paper and bought out owners, the Mirror Group. O'Reilly, who had a high regard for Marr, asked him to collaborate as co-editor with Rosie Boycott, in an arrangement whereby Marr would edit the comment pages, and Boycott would have overall control of the news pages.
Many p... | 44,784 | triviaqa-train |
Bernard Lee who played M in eleven Bond films was the grandfather of which current British actor? | onto the stage, and did so with his blessing, Lee saying "She's doing what she wants to do and enjoying every moment of it." Ann later married Alan Miller, a stage actor and later stage manager at the BBC: their son is the British actor Jonny Lee Miller. Lee's hobbies included golf, fishing, reading, music and sailing.... | Miller was born on 15 November 1972 at Kingston upon Thames, London, and was raised in south west London. He is the son of Anna Lee and Alan Miller, and was influenced by his parents to start acting; they were both theatre actors and were involved in stage productions at the BBC. His grandfather was actor Bernard Lee, ... | 44,785 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the maid of Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly? | Garden, while the first US performance was presented in English on 15 October 1906, in Washington, D.C., at the Columbia Theater. The first performance in New York took place on 12 November of the same year at the Garden Theatre. The Metropolitan Opera first performed the work on 11 February 1907 in the presence of the... | , "Iolanta", "Mazeppa", "Ruslan and Lyudmila". "The Maid of Pskov" and Fevroniya in "The Invisible City of Kitezh".
She has also sung the Italian repertoire, Cio-Cio San in "Madama Butterfly" the opera in which she made her "Metropolitan Opera" debut in 1995, "Aida", Elisabeth de Valois in "Don Carlo", the Leonoras in ... | 44,786 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist’s final works in the early 1950s were gouaches découpées or paper cut-outs such as “La Négresse” and “he Blue Nudes”? | Blue Nudes
The Blue Nudes is a series of color lithographs by Henri Matisse made from cut-outs depicting nude figures in various positions. Restricted by his physical condition after his surgery for stomach cancer, Matisse began creating art by cutting and painting sheets of paper by hand and supervised the creation of... | was one of his pupils. Drtikol made many portraits of very important people and nudes which show development from pictorialism and symbolism to modern composite pictures of the nude body with geometric decorations and thrown shadows, where it is possible to find a number of parallels with the avant-garde works of the p... | 44,787 | triviaqa-train |
Which King supposedly died due to eating a surfeit of lampreys? | Henry I of England
Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. Henry was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufu... | 13 March 1937)
6. "Artists in Crime" (1938)
7. "Death in a White Tie" (1938)
8. "Overture to Death" (1939)
9. "Death at the Bar" (1940)
10. "Surfeit of Lampreys" (1941); "Death of a Peer" in the U.S.
11. "Death and the Dancing Footman" (1942)
12. "Colour Scheme" (1943)
13. "Died | 44,788 | triviaqa-train |
Which word completes the title of the second book in this trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades ____ and Fifty Shades Freed? | Fifty Shades Freed (film)
Fifty Shades Freed is a 2018 American erotic romantic drama film directed by James Foley and written by Niall Leonard, and based on E. L. James's 2012 novel of the same name. It is the third and final installment in the "Fifty Shades" film trilogy, following "Fifty Shades of Grey" (2015) and "... | Joakim Soria to the White Sox, and Trevor Oaks and Erick Mejia to the Kansas City Royals.
Professional career Philadelphia Phillies.
On August 22, 2018, Avilán was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for minor league pitcher Felix Paulino. Between the two teams, in 2018 he was 2-1 with two saves and a 3.77 ... | 44,789 | triviaqa-train |
Which character was played by Arthur Bostrom in the TV sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!? | , and incoming messages are signaled by light bulbs concealed in the bed-knobs – leading the mother-in-law to cry ""Ze flashing knobs!"". René answers with "'Allo, 'allo, zis is Night'awk, are you receiving me?", hence the title of the show (""allô"" is the normal French way of greeting someone over a remote communicat... | yet always declares "Experiment successful". "Reference: Arthur Bostrom, actor who played the part of an English policeman in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! in the 1980s."
- A man named Mr. Hollyhock who is always trying to sell his daughter Josie or her possessions in the classified ads.
- The Wripple Vetivers, a local s... | 44,790 | triviaqa-train |
Hastings Banda was the first President of which country (from 1966 to 1994)? | Hastings Banda
Hastings Kamuzu Banda (15 February 1898 – 25 November 1997) was the prime minister and later president of Malawi from 1964 to 1994 (for the first year of his rule as it achieved independence in 1964, Malawi was the British protectorate of Nyasaland). In 1966, the country became a republic and he became p... | and 16 "Pong" games played with detachable "Pong" controllers (based on Atari C010765 chip for the "Pong" games and the GI chip AY-3-8760).
In 1980, Atari programmer Bob Polaro began to develop a "Stunt Cycle" port for the Atari 2600 using full color graphics. By the time it was completed, Atari had decided to turn it ... | 44,791 | triviaqa-train |
The island of Jura is separated from the mainland by the _____ of Jura and from the island of Islay by the _____ of Islay. Which word for a strait is missing from these descriptions? | centuries and English is a stronger influence in their names as a result. Port Charlotte for example, was named after Lady Charlotte Campbell, daughter of the island's then owner, Daniel Campbell of Shawfield.
Geography.
Islay is long from north to south and broad. The east coast is rugged and mountainous, rising steep... | was divided into a handful of regions, controlled by particular kin groups, of which the Cenél nÓengusa controlled Jura and Islay.
The kingdom thrived for a few centuries, and formed a springboard for Christianisation of the mainland. It is believed that Jura may have been Hinba, the island to which the 6th-century mis... | 44,792 | triviaqa-train |
An icosahedron has how many faces? | Icosahedron
In geometry, an icosahedron ( or ) is a polyhedron with 20 faces. The name comes . The plural can be either "icosahedra" () or "icosahedrons".
There are infinitely many non-similar shapes of icosahedra, some of them being more symmetrical than others. The best known is the (convex, non-stellated) regular ic... | already shown how "the twelve vertices of the icosahedron can be obtained by dividing the twelve edges of an octahedron according to the golden ratio", as one of the continuous series of (generally irregular) icosahedra with faces consisting of eight equilateral triangles and twelve isosceles triangles, ranging from cu... | 44,793 | triviaqa-train |
Which Formula One driver won the 2014 British Grand Prix? | 2014 British Grand Prix
The 2014 British Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 July 2014 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom before a crowd of 122,000 people. It was the ninth round of the 2014 Formula One season, and the 65th ... | of the British Grand Prix from 2010 for at least 10 years, but the agreement was cancelled due to financial problems.
The circuit also hosts the Donington Grand Prix Collection, the world's largest collection of Formula One and Grand Prix vehicles. Brian Henton, an F1 driver, was born in Castle Donington.
Sport clubs.
... | 44,794 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 to 1929? | , he usually travelled using the alias Colonel Warden.
Since the appearance in 1966 of Lord Moran's memoir of his years as Churchill's doctor, with its claim that "Black Dog" was the name Churchill gave to "the prolonged fits of depression from which he suffered", many authors have suggested that throughout his life Ch... | George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen (15 October 1866 – 24 July 1952) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead from 1895 to 1906 and as Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929.
George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount was the son of prominent C... | 44,795 | triviaqa-train |
The Minster Way is a walking path linking York and which town in the East Riding of Yorkshire? | East Riding of Yorkshire registration county was designated, consisting of the entirety of the Poor Law Unions of Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Howden, Hull, Patrington, Pocklington, Sculcoates, Skirlaugh and York.
A county council for the East Riding of Yorkshire was set up in 1889, covering an administrative coun... | Howden Minster
Howden Minster (also known as the Minster Church of St Peter and St Paul, Howden) is a large Grade I listed Church of England church in the Diocese of York. It is located in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of the largest churches in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is dedicated to St... | 44,796 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn? | edge of the A Ring, within G Ring and between the major moons Mimas and Enceladus. The regular satellites are traditionally named after Titans and Titanesses or other figures associated with the mythological Saturn.
The remaining 38, with mean diameters ranging from 4 to 213 km, are "irregular satellites", whose orbits... | Rhea (moon)
Rhea ( ; ) is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System. It is the second smallest body in the Solar System for which precise measurements have confirmed a shape consistent with hydrostatic equilibrium, after dwarf planet Ceres. It was discovered in 1672 by Giovanni Do... | 44,797 | triviaqa-train |
In which industry did a Saggar Maker’s Bottom Knocker work? | the production of ceramics to shield ware from the direct contact of flames and from damage by kiln debris. Modern saggars are made of alumina ceramic, cordierite ceramic, mullite ceramic silicon carbide and in special cases from zirconia.
Staffordshire potbanks.
By far the largest number of UK pottery manufacturers we... | would be rolled around a wooded form by the saggar maker, while a lad would knock the bottom using a mawl and an iron mould. A saggar could be expected to last for around 40 firings after which it had to be replaced. During biscuit firing, tableware cups and bowls were put on a fine layer of flint dust on the bottom of... | 44,798 | triviaqa-train |
Which bird is missing from the title of the 1895 tone poem by Jean Sibelius: The _____ of Tuonela? | his home country and internationally. His other best-known compositions are "Finlandia", the "Karelia Suite", "Valse triste", the Violin Concerto, the choral symphony "Kullervo", and "The Swan of Tuonela" (from the "Lemminkäinen Suite"). Other works include pieces inspired by nature, Nordic mythology, and the Finnish n... | The Wood Nymph
The Wood Nymph (Swedish title: ; subtitled '), Op. 15, is a programmatic tone poem for orchestra composed in 1894 and 1895 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The ballade, which premiered on 17 April 1895 in Helsinki, Finland, with Sibelius conducting, follows the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg's 1882 ... | 44,799 | triviaqa-train |
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