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Who married Graca Machel in 1998? | regarded as an icon of democracy and social justice, he received more than 250 honours—including the Nobel Peace Prize—and became the subject of a cult of personality. He is held in deep respect within South Africa, where he is often referred to by his Xhosa clan name, Madiba, and described as the "Father of the Nation... | Nov 6, 2001
BWD history BWD 2000.
- The Honoree: James David Wolfensohn
- Main Theme: Combating AIDS in Africa
- Corporate Sponsor: Eastman Kodak Company
- Date of Event: Oct 19, 2000
BWD history BWD 1999.
- The Honoree: Graca Simbine Machel
- Main Theme: The 10th Anniversary Bishop Walker Dinner
- Corporate Sponsor: S... | 45,000 | triviaqa-train |
Who divorced Ronald Regan in 1948? | Jane Wyman
Sarah Jane Wyman (née Mayfield; January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist whose career spanned seven decades. She was also the first wife of actor Ronald Reagan (later the 40th president of the United States). They married in 1940 and divorced in 1949.
... | on February 7, 1948, to Johan Richard Wallace Schumm. On February 13, 1948, Gloria Schumm, on behalf of Johan Schumm, as plaintiff, filed a paternity suit against Beery, who, through his lawyer, Norman Ronald Tyre (1910–2002) – Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown – initially offered $6,000 as a settlement, but denied being the f... | 45,001 | triviaqa-train |
Which Belgian city was the site of the first battle between Britain and Germany in World War I? | Belgian, Monsignor Georges Lemaître (Catholic University of Louvain), who is credited with proposing the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe in 1927.
Three Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine were awarded to Belgians: Jules Bordet (Université libre de Bruxelles) in 1919, Corneille Heymans (University of Gh... | spy centre because of Dutch neutrality and its strategic location in between Britain, Germany and German-occupied Belgium. Many spies who were arrested and executed in Britain were led by German secret agents operating from Rotterdam. MI6 had its main European office on de Boompjes. From there the British coordinated e... | 45,002 | triviaqa-train |
'Petruchio' appears in which play by Shakespeare? | "Henry VI", written in the early 1590s during a vogue for historical drama. Shakespeare's plays are difficult to date precisely, however, and studies of the texts suggest that "Titus Andronicus", "The Comedy of Errors", "The Taming of the Shrew," and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" may also belong to Shakespeare's earlie... | cast him as Petruchio in a production noted for excess; Katherina is literally hung upside-down from the rafters, she beats Petruchio with a slipper, he spends much of the play leaping over furniture and brandishing his whip. After a successful run at the Old Vic, the play went on tour to Australia.
- John Barton's 196... | 45,003 | triviaqa-train |
Which country is South East Asia has a red rectangular flag surmounted by a gold star? | Singapore, the Philippines, East Timor, Brunei, Christmas Island, and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
The region lies near the intersection of geological plates, with both heavy seismic and volcanic activities. The Sunda Plate is the main plate of the region, featuring almost all Southeast Asian countries except Myanmar, ... | commodores wear a broad gold ring on both lower sleeves.
The command flag of an air commodore has one narrow red band running through the centre and is rectangular with a cut-away section giving it two tails. It is the only RAF command flag of this shape and it is similar in shape to that of a Royal Navy commodore's br... | 45,004 | triviaqa-train |
Russian President, Vladimir Putin is an accomplished exponent of which 'martial art'? | at School No. 193 at Baskov Lane, near his home. He was one of a few in the class of approximately 45 pupils who was not yet a member of the Young Pioneer organization. At age 12, he began to practice sambo and judo. He is a Judo black belt and national master of sports in Sambo. He wished to emulate the intelligence o... | European aircraft champion Airbus, and Chinese train champion CRRC.
As the policy is a form of inequality of opportunity it is irreconcilable with the paradigm liberal economy advocated by 18th century economist Adam Smith.
Russian Renewal.
The policy is evident variously in the 21st century: Russia is its maximal expo... | 45,005 | triviaqa-train |
Which Christian sect was founded in the USA in 1848 by John Thomas? | The Hope of Israel).
Christadelphians.
Based upon his newfound understanding of the Bible, Thomas was rebaptised (a third and final time) in 1847 and the groups of congregations and individuals who shared his beliefs continued to grow. In 1848 the movement became international when he travelled to England in order to p... | exhibited every year, except three, between 1848 and 1891.
With other Christian Socialists, Dickinson founded the Working Men's College, London, in 1854, a college to provide a liberal education for artisans. He was an enthusiastic follower of the Christian socialist movement, and painted other Christian Socialists inc... | 45,006 | triviaqa-train |
In literature, who wrote 'Salem's Lot' and 'Carrie'? | 'Salem's Lot
Salem's Lot is a 1975 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he had lived from the age of five through nine, only to discover that the... | girl named Annie who, it appears, has the same powers as Carrie.
Likewise, the character of Deanna Petrie shares the last name of the young protagonist Mark Petrie of King's 1975 novel "'Salem's Lot". Likewise, Emery Waterman shares a name—and many character traits—with Harold Emery Lauder from "The Stand".
Rose Red is... | 45,007 | triviaqa-train |
What is the occupation of Zandra Rhodes? | Rhodes was appointed Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts, one of the UK's newest universities, and only the second to focus specifically on art and design. An official installation ceremony took place in June 2010 in the Banquet House, Whitehall, accompanied by a fashion show highlighting the best design... | Harry N. Abrams, New York;
- Parry, Melanie (ed.) (1997) "Rhodes, Zandra (1940–)" "Chambers Biographical Dictionary" Sixth edition, Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, New York;
- Crystal, David (ed.) (1998) "Rhodes, Zandra (1940–)" "The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia" Second edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambrid... | 45,008 | triviaqa-train |
Which architect designed Coventry Cathedral? | the old, was designed by Basil Spence and Arup, built by John Laing and is a Grade I listed building.
The selection of Spence for the work was a result of a competition held in 1950 to find an architect for the new Coventry Cathedral; his design was chosen from over two hundred submitted.
Spence (later knighted for thi... | 20th-century artist Graham Sutherland for his tapestry "Christ in Glory" at Coventry Cathedral.
The principal receptions are a communicating circuit of rooms designed for entertaining. This was a late 18th-century feature, first introduced by the architect Matthew Brettingham in 1750.
The Hall is the principal entrance... | 45,009 | triviaqa-train |
The Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) was the wife of which European leader? | of other sports. She was rescued from drowning, and twice attempted suicide after romantic disappointments. She was very interested in politics, and became devoted to the Bonapartist cause, under the influence of Eleanore Gordon, a former mistress of Louis Napoléon. Thanks to her mother's role as a lavish society hoste... | , which had been forced to leave Alsace when the province was annexed by Germany. It was occasionally used as a residence by the Presidents of the Third Republic, and to welcome state guests including King Alexander I of Serbia (1891), King George I of Greece (1892) Leopold II of Belgium (1895) and King Alphonse XIII o... | 45,010 | triviaqa-train |
"Politics. Who in his speech to the House of Commons on the 4th April 1940 said, ""Hitler has missed the bus""?" | First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1940 he became prime minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain. Churchill oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort against Germany and the Axis powers, resulting in victory in 1945. His wartime leadership was widely praised, although acts like the Bombing of Dresden and his war... | First Lord of the Admiralty.
It was at this point that a government supporter (possibly David Margesson, the Government Chief Whip) noted privately:
Once Germany had rapidly overrun Poland in September 1939, there was a sustained period of military inactivity for over six months that has been called the "Phoney War". O... | 45,011 | triviaqa-train |
Who in 1497, discovered Newfoundland and claimed North America for Engalnd? | monk who made a sea voyage in the early 6th century. While the story became a part of myth and legend, some historians believe it is based on fact.
In 1496 John Cabot obtained a charter from English King Henry VII to "sail to all parts, countries and seas of the East, the West and of the North, under our banner and ens... | area and perhaps as far as the Spanish territories in the Caribbean. Her evidence included the well-known world map of the Spanish cartographer Juan de la Cosa. His chart included the North American coast and seas 'discovered by the English' between 1497 and 1500.
Ruddock suggested Fr. Giovanni Antonio de Carbonariis a... | 45,012 | triviaqa-train |
Who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War in 1645? | , though tactically indecisive, strategically gave another check to Parliament.
In 1645, Parliament reaffirmed its determination to fight the war to a finish. It passed the Self-denying Ordinance, by which all members of either House of Parliament laid down their commands and reorganized its main forces into the New Mo... | Robert Venables
Robert Venables (ca. 1613–1687), was a soldier during the English Civil War and noted angler.
Venables was a lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army and was wounded at the siege of Chester in 1645. He was appointed governor of Liverpool in 1648 and then served with success in Ireland from 1649 unti... | 45,013 | triviaqa-train |
Politics. Who was the Russian President after Yuri Andropov and before Mikhail Gorbachev? | , following the brief regimes of Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, the Politburo elected Gorbachev as General Secretary, the "de facto" head of government, in 1985.
Although committed to preserving the Soviet state and to its socialist ideals, Gorbachev believed significant reform was necessary, particularly afte... | River via the Kuma River to the East Manych River.
Notable people.
- Yuri Andropov, the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and last President of the Soviet Union.
- Fyodor Kulakov, a former Soviet governor of Stavropol Krai
- Mikhail Lermontov, a Russian ... | 45,014 | triviaqa-train |
Bamako is the capital of which West African Republic? | West Africa
West Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, the Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, as well as the United Kingd... | List of parks in Warrington
Here is a list of parks and areas of natural interest in Warrington, England.
- Alexandra Park (Stockton Heath)
- Bank Park
- Birchwood Forest Park
- Black Bear Park (Latchford)
- Brickfields Park (Orford)
- Bruche Park
- Burtonwood Nature Park
- Centre Park
- Culcheth Linear Park
- Lumb Bro... | 45,015 | triviaqa-train |
What is the women's equivalent of the Ryder Cup? | Cup Team" in his speech at the closing ceremony.
It was later decided to hold the subsequent Ryder Cup in 2004 (rather than 2003) and thereafter in even-numbered years. This change also affected the men's Presidents Cup and Seve Trophy and women's Solheim Cup competitions, as each switched from even to odd years.
Resul... | On March 26, 2018, Hazeltine National was announced as the host of the 2028 Ryder Cup. It will be the first American venue to host a second Ryder Cup.
History 2019 KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
In late June 2019, the club hosted, for the first time, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. This event, established in the mid... | 45,016 | triviaqa-train |
Conakry is the capital of which West African Republic? | West Africa
West Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, the Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, as well as the United Kingd... | a more rapid policy of radical extermination.
On 8 November 1941, Stahlecker informed Lohse's staff in Riga that five of the 25 trains bound for Riga would go instead to the Kaunas Ghetto. Stahlecker did not state which of the 25 trains would be rerouted. On 20 November 1941, Rudolf Lange, another Einsatzgruppen comman... | 45,017 | triviaqa-train |
Who in 1975 were the first ever winners of the Cricket World Cup? | least one match in the tournament.
The World Cup is open to all members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), although the highest-ranking teams receive automatic qualification. The remaining teams are determined via the World Cricket League and the ICC World Cup Qualifier. A total of twenty teams have competed i... | England at the Cricket World Cup
The England cricket team have appeared in every edition of the Cricket World Cup to date, being crowned champions in 2019. In addition, they were losing finalists in 1979, 1987 and 1992. England have been eliminated from the tournament in the group stage on four occasions (1999, 2003, 2... | 45,018 | triviaqa-train |
"In which magazine was Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"" first serialised?" | novel with the animated film called "Oliver & Company" in 1988.
Publications.
The novel was originally published in monthly instalments in the magazine "Bentley's Miscellany", from February 1837 to April 1839. It was originally intended to form part of Dickens's serial, "The Mudfog Papers". George Cruikshank provided o... | of the novel. Once Cruikshank joined with Ainsworth, Cruikshank moved his efforts from his own magazine, "The Omnibus", to the "Ainsworth's Magazine" and focused completely on the magazine.
The two worked closely together on many projects while Cruikshank would provide illustrations for other authors, including Dickens... | 45,019 | triviaqa-train |
Over which course is the 'Whitbread Gold Cup' run? | Bet365 Gold Cup
The Bet365 Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 3 miles and 5 furlongs (3 miles, 4 furlongs and 166 yards, or ), and during its running there are twenty-four fences to be jum... | was backed to 12/1. Her second string, the grey, Smith's Man was also very popular at 14/1 and had already proved himself over one circuit of the course when winning the 1985 Topham Chase Lean Ar Aghaidh was the best supported of the mounts of the sixteen debut riders, which included future winners, Brendan Powell and ... | 45,020 | triviaqa-train |
After Paris, which is the next largest French speaking city? | 6% of the entire population of Canada. French is the sole official language in the province of Quebec, being the mother tongue for some 7 million people, or almost 80% (2006 Census) of the province. About 95% of the people of Quebec speak French as either their first or second language, and for some as their third lang... | . It is unlikely that the PS will deliver Belgium's next prime minister, the last Francophone prime minister was Paul Vanden Boeynants in 1978-79. Largest competitor of the PS is the Mouvement Réformateur (MR), which just recently broke with the PS in Charleroi, after PS aldermen were charged with corruption.
Parties F... | 45,021 | triviaqa-train |
Which country has Slovakia to the north, The Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia & Montenegro and Croatia to the south, and Austria to the west? | of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world.
The territory of modern Ukraine has been inhabited since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, the area was a key centre of East Slavic culture, with the powerful state of Kievan Rus' forming the basis of Ukrainian identit... | fascinated and happily hands over a bag of money. Lucy and Monte leave the restaurant and later all three of them can be seen throwing money into the air, celebrating.
Expecting Lucy to uphold her side of the deal, Monte heads to the Register Office and waits for her. Meanwhile, Lucy heads back to the antique shop to b... | 45,022 | triviaqa-train |
What was singer Gary Numan's first number one in the U.K.? | Friends' Electric?" and "Cars", but he maintains a strong cult following.
Numan is considered a pioneer of electronic music, with his signature sound consisting of heavy synthesiser hooks fed through guitar effects pedals. He is also known for his distinctive voice and androgynous "android" persona. In 2017, he receive... | Crazier (Gary Numan song)
"Crazier" is a single released in 2003 by Gary Numan in collaboration with Rico (billed as Gary Numan vs Rico). "Crazier" became Numan's first new single to make the Top 20 in almost two decades, reaching number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and was one of three new tracks recorded for the album ... | 45,023 | triviaqa-train |
Which prefix vehicle registration letter was the first to be introduced in a month other than August? | . Concerns about what is considered offensive differ from country to country. In the United Kingdom, these have included combinations with sexual connotations such as BO11 LUX and BL04 JOB. The DVLA maintains blacklists of possible number/letter combinations in an attempt to prevent this. Some prohibited plates reflect... | Betfair Exchange Trophy Handicap Hurdle
The Betfair Exchange Trophy Handicap Hurdle, is a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of about 1 mile and 7½ furlongs (1 mile 7 furlongs and 152 yards, or 3,156 metres). It is a ha... | 45,024 | triviaqa-train |
In the TV series 'Batman', who played the part of 'The Joker'? | , and video game incarnations, including the 1960s "Batman" television series played by Cesar Romero and in films by Jack Nicholson in "Batman" (1989) and Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (2008). Mark Hamill, Troy Baker, and others have provided the character's voice.
Creation and development.
Creation and development... | Simon Trent, a washed-up actor who used to play a superhero in a TV series called "The Gray Ghost" and who now has difficulty finding work. West later had a recurring role as the voice of Mayor Grange in the WB animated series "The Batman".
The actor vocally reprised his role as Batman for the CGI-animated short film "... | 45,025 | triviaqa-train |
Which organisation were the arch-enemies of 'Napoleon Solo', 'Ilya Kuriakin' and the 'U.N.C.L.E.' agency? | ex-girlfriend of Solo's who is given any extended screen time is Clara in "The Terbuf Affair", in which it is hinted that Solo may be nursing a broken heart as a result of the end of that relationship. In "The Deadly Games Affair", it is revealed that he has a long standing on-off relationship with the THRUSH femme fat... | and the agents were paired.
Premise.
The series centered on a two-man troubleshooting team working for multi-national secret intelligence agency U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement): American Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn), and Russian Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum). Leo G. Carroll played Alexand... | 45,026 | triviaqa-train |
What title did Edward I confer on his eldest son in 1301? | he gave different military commands to Aymer de Valence and Henry Percy, while the main royal army was led by the Prince of Wales. The English initially met with success; on 19 June, Aymer de Valence routed Bruce at the Battle of Methven. Bruce was forced into hiding, while the English forces recaptured their lost terr... | Rice died on 16 February 1715, aged 78.
Family.
Rice married Mary, the daughter of Thomas Fitzgerald of County Limerick, and had several children. His eldest son, Edward, converted from Catholicism to the Anglican Church of Ireland, in order to save his estate from passing in gavelkind. Edward's nephew, Stephen, marrie... | 45,027 | triviaqa-train |
From which flower does the insecticide 'Pyrethrum' come? | Pyrethrum
Pyrethrum was a genus of several Old World plants now classified as "Chrysanthemum" or "Tanacetum" (e.g., "C. coccineum") which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum continues to be used as a common name for plants formerly included in the genus "Pyrethrum". Pyrethrum is also t... | line around the insecticide powder.
Insecticide Zacherlin.
Zacherl developed an all-natural effective moth protection product made from Pyrethrum blossoms. He agreed with the chiefs of the villages to collect the flowers and to ship them to Tiflis. Zacherl then ground the dried Pyrethrum blossoms down to powder, filled... | 45,028 | triviaqa-train |
Which Hungarian born US pioneer founded the company which became Paramount Pictures? | Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation (also known simply as Paramount) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been a subsidiary of the American media conglomerate Viacom since 1994. Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world, the second oldest in the United... | Hypercom
Hypercom was an Australian company which was a pioneer of electronic payment processing hardware and software. It was acquired by rival VeriFone in 2011.
History.
Hypercom was founded by Hungarian born George Wallner, David Saul and Leslie Fritz in Sydney Australia in 1978. It went on to dominate the south pac... | 45,029 | triviaqa-train |
Which English county has districts called Bromsgrove, Wyre Forest and Malvern Hills? | Malvern, Worcestershire
Malvern is a spa town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It lies at the foot of the Malvern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The centre of Malvern, Great Malvern, is a historic conservation area, which grew dramatically in Victorian times due to the natural miner... | waste management and the youth offending service.
The former Hereford and Worcester districts of Redditch, Worcester, Bromsgrove, Wychavon and Wyre Forest were retained with little or no change. However the Leominster and Malvern Hills districts straddled the historic border, so a new Malvern Hills district was constit... | 45,030 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Queen Victoria succeed on the throne? | general election gave Wilson a small majority. The monarch could in theory unilaterally dismiss the prime minister, but in practice the prime minister's term nowadays comes to an end only by electoral defeat, death, or resignation. The last monarch to remove the prime minister was William IV, who dismissed Lord Melbour... | once removed of Queen Victoria, and Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. Following the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, his father abdicated on 14 November 1918. He did not succeed to the throne, as the Grand Duchy was replaced with the Free State of Mecklenburg-S... | 45,031 | triviaqa-train |
To whom was Mike Todd married when he was killed in a plane crash in 1958? | Mike Todd
Michael "Mike" Todd (born Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen, June 22, 1909 – March 22, 1958) was an American theater and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of "Around the World in 80 Days", which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. He is known as the third of Elizabeth Taylor's seven husbands, and is t... | Cat in the screen adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) a career "high point", although it coincided with one of the most difficult periods in her personal life. After completing "Raintree Country", she had divorced Wilding and married producer Mike Todd. She had completed only two we... | 45,032 | triviaqa-train |
In which month is the Henley Royal Regatta held? | Sunday) ending on the first weekend in July. Races are head-to-head knock out competitions, raced over a course of . The regatta regularly attracts international crews to race. The most prestigious event at the regatta is the Grand Challenge Cup for Men's Eights, which has been awarded since the regatta was first stage... | Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the three other regattas rowed over approximately the same course... | 45,033 | triviaqa-train |
Which company is the tyre supplier for all teams in Formula One in 2011? | Over 2.5 billion tires are manufactured annually, making the tire industry a major consumer of natural rubber. It is estimated that by 2019, 3 billion tires will be to be sold globally every year.
As of 2011, the top three tire manufacturing companies by revenue were Bridgestone (manufacturing 190 million tires), Miche... | calendar for the season.
2006 was the last season with two tyre manufacturers: The two manufacturers at the time were Japanese manufacturer Bridgestone and French company Michelin. In December 2005, the FIA announced that from the 2008 season, there would be only one tyre supplier. Five days later, Michelin announced i... | 45,034 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer's 2011 album is called '21'? | 21 (Adele album)
21 is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele. It was released on 24 January 2011 in Europe and on 22 February 2011 in North America by XL Recordings and Columbia Records. The album was named after the age of the singer during its production. "21" shares the folk and Motown soul infl... | ", written by Schneider and David Mitchell. The show told the story of her Doris Day's life and opened in May 2011 at the Twelfth Night Theatre in Brisbane before moving to Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne, onto the Regal Theatre in Perth and then to the Lyric Theatre, Sydney. Her album "Great Women of Country" is a ... | 45,035 | triviaqa-train |
In Yorkshire what are the 'Huddersfield Broad' and the 'Huddersfield Narrow'? | de Lacy family until 1322, at which it reverted to royal ownership. In 1599, William Ramsden bought the manor, and the Ramsden family continued to own the manor, which came to be known as the 'Ramsden Estate', until 1920. During their ownership they supported the development of the town. Sir John Ramsden, 3rd Baronet b... | Funk. Their most famous songs include "Sweet Love", a soulful, protracted variation of a classic "your mother" joke. Other songs parody hip-hop swagger, including "Pound for Pound" "Voice of the Future" (the title track for their 2002 album). Their latest album, "Astronomical", included a song entitled "Hit 'em Where T... | 45,036 | triviaqa-train |
Actor James McArthur who died in October last year was most famous for playing 'Danny Williams' in which police series? | James MacArthur
James Gordon MacArthur (December 8, 1937 – October 28, 2010) was an American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad in the long-running television series "Hawaii Five-O", and for playing the juvenile lead in a ... | Beck (who was playing his only UK date of that year) and Eumir Deodato. The show was a complete sell out and became one of the band's most famous performances.
Notable shows Slane Castle show.
The final gig on the tour was the annual Slane Concert, which The Verve headlined. They were backed by David Gray, James, Robbi... | 45,037 | triviaqa-train |
In Physics, using Newton's Second Law of Motion, force is the product of mass and which other quantity? | m" may be moved outside the derivative operator. The equation then becomes
By substituting the definition of acceleration, the algebraic version of Newton's Second Law is derived:
Newton never explicitly stated the formula in the reduced form above.
Newton's Second Law asserts the direct proportionality of acceleration... | Newton was the first to mathematically express the relationship between force and momentum. Some physicists interpret Newton's second law of motion as a definition of force and mass, while others consider it a fundamental postulate, a law of nature. Either interpretation has the same mathematical consequences, historic... | 45,038 | triviaqa-train |
Which 32 mile canal runs from the Bridgewater canal in Manchester to join the Aire and Calder Navigation Canal at Sowerby Bridge in Yorkshire, passing through the town that gives the canal its name? | Church. This had been originally built by James Jepson Binns of Bramley, Leeds. Its bellows had originally been pumped by a water engine connected to the Rochdale Canal below. The present organ retains the fine oak case and four stops of pipes from the Abbott and Smith organ and incorporates three stops from the organ ... | 's innovations was the awarding of trophies for impressive service or performance, a practice which continued. The A. P. Herbert Trophy was awarded to the person who had travelled the furthest to get to the rally, and was won by Stan Offley, who had covered and had passed through 156 locks. His route from Ellesmere Por... | 45,039 | triviaqa-train |
Clarissa, Countess of Avon, aged 90 is the widow of which Prime Minister? | the Brussels pact prior to entering NATO. Paul-Henri Spaak said he "saved the Atlantic alliance".
In 1954 he was appointed to the Order of the Garter and became "Sir Anthony Eden".
Prime Minister, 1955–1957.
In April 1955 Churchill finally retired, and Eden succeeded him as prime minister. He was a very popular figure ... | of Parliament Woodrow Wyatt that no memoir of her own would appear until after her death, a volume, edited by Cate Haste (Lady Bragg), was nevertheless published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2007, and Phoenix brought out a paperback edition in 2008. In 2004 Haste had collaborated with Cherie Booth, wife of the then Prim... | 45,040 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave who died in 2009? | Redgrave and Corin Redgrave, the mother of actresses Joely Richardson and Natasha Richardson, the aunt of British actress Jemma Redgrave, the mother-in-law of actor Liam Neeson, and the grandmother of Micheál and Daniel Neeson.
Early life.
Redgrave was born on 30 January 1937 in Blackheath, London, the daughter of acto... | performance as Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of "Cabaret".
Richardson died on 18 March 2009 from an epidural hematoma after hitting her head in a skiing accident in Quebec, Canada.
Early life.
Richardson was born and raised in Marylebone, London, a member of the Redgrave family, known as a theatrical and fi... | 45,041 | triviaqa-train |
In which English town can you drive on Barbara Castle Way? | Barbara Castle
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT ("née" Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons until that record ... | castle and need to help them solve (or avoid) problems as they arise and generally guide them on their way. You drive the action in the game, acting rather like a film director, taking decisions which affect the outcome of events. After each action sequence has been played through, the scene will fade to a descriptive ... | 45,042 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Pope throughout World War II? | Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII (), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Roman Catholic Church from 2 March 1939 to his death. Before his election to the papacy, he served as secretary of the Department of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, papal nuncio to Germany,... | a non-parole period of 11 years. He was due to become eligible for release on parole on 13 April 2013, but was refused. In November 2014 parole was granted.
Controversies Papal aspirations and prophecies.
Kamm has declared that he will take the name "Pope Peter II" as a future Pope. He was also noted for a series of un... | 45,043 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1950's/60's ITV series was set in the fictional 'Oxbridge General Hospital'? | Emergency – Ward 10
Emergency – Ward 10 is a British medical soap opera series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like "The Grove Family", a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, "Emergency – Ward 10" is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas.
Overview.
The series was made by the... | The Royal
The Royal is a British period medical drama produced by ITV and aired normally on Sundays in the early evening slot; episodes after 21 June 2009 were also broadcast on ITV HD. The show consisted of eight series of one-hour episodes and was broadcast on ITV from 2003 until the show was cancelled in 2011, with ... | 45,044 | triviaqa-train |
Founded in 1879, what is the official news publication of the Salvation Army? | rewrote it in colloquial speech. His wife Kiye took charge of a girls home to provide secure accommodation for any girl wishing to give up prostitution. An imperial ordinance passed on 2 October 1900 stated that any woman who wished to give up prostitution only had to go to the nearest Police station and ask.
The invol... | of the Army's war against sin and social evils. The red on the flag symbolises the blood shed by Jesus Christ, the yellow for the fire of the Holy Spirit and the blue for the purity of God the Father.
Symbols Crest.
The oldest official emblem of The Salvation Army is the crest.
In 1878 Captain W.H. Ebdon suggested a lo... | 45,045 | triviaqa-train |
"Which fictional work features the 'Seven Commandments', which are summarised by the statement ""four legs good, two legs bad""?" | old. Mr. Jones, having moved away after giving up on reclaiming his farm, has also died. The pigs start to resemble humans, as they walk upright, carry whips, drink alcohol and wear clothes. The Seven Commandments are abridged to just two phrases: ""All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."" ... | are the voice of blind conformity as they bleat their support Napoleon's ideals with jingles during his speeches and meetings with Snowball. Their constant bleating of "four legs good, two legs bad" was used as a device to drown out any opposition or alternate views from Snowball, much as Stalin used hysterical crowds ... | 45,046 | triviaqa-train |
The principal Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons has the official title Chairman of Ways and Means. Who is the current holder of the post, the MP for Chorley? | Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)
Chorley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Lindsay Hoyle of the Labour Party.
Boundaries.
1885–1918: The Sessional Division of Leyland Hundred, and part of the Sessional Division of Leyland.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough o... | Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
The Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons was the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament in Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972.
The Speaker had an official residence, Stormont House. All the Speakers were members of the Ulster Unionist Party on ... | 45,047 | triviaqa-train |
Which English county has districts called Blaby, Charnwood and Melton? | Borough of Melton
Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Melton Mowbray. Other settlements include Asfordby and Bottesford. It has a population of 46,861, increasing to 50,376 at the 2011 census.
Melton Borough is an attractiv... | KVIK Hockey Arena
KVIK Hockey Arena is a hockey arena in Herning, Denmark. It is used by Herning Blue Fox. The complex consists of two rinks, KVIK Hockey Arena that has a capacity of 4120, where 420 of them are seats and the old arena that has a capacity of 200.
Renovation.
It was decided in June 2016 that the 30 year ... | 45,048 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1978 film 'International Velvet', who plays the character 'Velvet Brown'? | International Velvet (film)
International Velvet is a 1978 picture and a sequel to the 1944 picture "National Velvet" starring Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins and Nanette Newman, and directed by Bryan Forbes. The film received mixed reviews. International Velvet was partly filmed at Birmingham Univer... | in Olivier's film of "Richard III", and Paris in "Romeo and Juliet" (1954). He also had supporting roles in "Quo Vadis" (1951), "Ivanhoe" (1952), "Background" (1953), "The Guns of Navarone" (1961), "Life for Ruth" (1962) and "International Velvet" (1978).
Wooland kept a herd of cows, each of which was named after a Sha... | 45,049 | triviaqa-train |
Valencia was the venue for the 2007 and 2010 America's Cup, as the defending yacht was from which landlocked country? | terms of the Deed of Gift. GGYC requested that SNG clarify the matter within five days.
The following day, SNG stated publicly that GGYC's accusations were incorrect: ""Alinghi 5" complies with the Deed of Gift 'constructed in country' requirement, it was built in Switzerland and so are its sails." On December 28, 2009... | the GGYC was the Challenger-of-Record for the 2007 America’s Cup which was held in Valencia, Spain. BMW Oracle Racing, lost to Luna Rossa Challenge 5 to 1 in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup Semi Finals.
History 33rd America's Cup (2010).
Larry Ellison hired Russell Coutts to be the CEO of the 33rd America's Cup campaign. In... | 45,050 | triviaqa-train |
Nigel Ogden presents a BBC Radio Two programme featuring music played on which instrument? | Nigel Ogden
Nigel Ogden is an English theatre organist, known for presenting and performing on the BBC Radio 2 programme "The Organist Entertains" from 1980 to 2018.
Ogden was born in Manchester, England, the son of a church organist, and had several years of piano lessons, before taking up the organ at the age of twel... | a programme featuring recently discovered recordings made by David Wigg in which he talks to the Queen frontman about his life and music.
Events December.
- 17 December – Release of the Gordon Haskell song "How Wonderful You Are" which was issued as a single after mass promotion by BBC Radio 2 where it became a favouri... | 45,051 | triviaqa-train |
Which Lerner and Lowe musical is based on the TH White novel 'The Once And Future King'? | parts and has never been published separately. White lived to see his work adapted as the Broadway musical "Camelot" (1960) and the animated film "The Sword in the Stone" (1963), both based on "The Once and Future King".
Death.
White died of heart failure on 17 January 1964 aboard ship in Piraeus, Athens, Greece, en ro... | The Sword in the Stone (novel)
The Sword in the Stone is a novel by British writer T. H. White, published in 1938, initially as a stand-alone work but now the first part of a tetralogy, "The Once and Future King". The book ISBN is 0-399-22502-3. A fantasy of the boyhood of King Arthur, it is a "sui generis" work which ... | 45,052 | triviaqa-train |
On which river, a tributary of the Avon, does the town of Leamington Spa stand? | was opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
The Avon connects with the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal in the centre of Stratford, and is used primarily by leisure craft. Plans to extend the navigable river to provide a link with the Grand Union Canal at either Warwick or Leamington Spa have met with some opposition.
Ety... | Town Creek (Tred Avon River tributary)
Town Creek is a tributary of the Tred Avon River in Talbot County on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Geography.
The headwaters are located in Oxford and the creek flows north to the Tred Avon River, which drains to the Choptank River and the Chesapeake Bay. The watershed area of the cre... | 45,053 | triviaqa-train |
Which Pope made Henry VIII 'Defender of the Faith' in 1521? | those who can be ordained a bishop can be elected, which means that any male baptized Catholic is eligible. The last to be elected when not yet a bishop was Pope Gregory XVI in 1831, and the last to be elected when not even a priest was Pope Leo X in 1513, and the last to be elected when not a cardinal was Pope Urban V... | "" ("Defence of the Seven Sacraments"), published in 1521, which won for King Henry VIII the title ""Fidei Defensor"" ("Defender of the Faith"). Prior to this date Fisher had denounced various abuses in the church, urging the need for disciplinary reforms. On about 11 February 1526, at the King's command, he preached a... | 45,054 | triviaqa-train |
In which town was the first 'Ikea' store in the UK opened | buyer's home. The IKEA product, named BoKlok was launched in Sweden in 1996 in a joint venture with Skanska. Now working in the Nordic countries and in the UK, sites confirmed in England include London, Ashton-under-Lyne, Leeds, Gateshead, Warrington and Liverpool.
Products and services Houses and flats Solar PV system... | Ashton-under-Lyne in 2006. Another store, in Coventry opened in December 2007. The store has seven floors and a different flow from other IKEA stores. IKEA's Southampton store which opened in February 2009 is also in the city centre and built in an urban style similar to the Coventry store. IKEA built these stores in r... | 45,055 | triviaqa-train |
Sent as a gift to King James II of Scotland in 1457, what is the alliterative name of the medieval bombard siege gun located outside of Edinburgh Castle? | a settlement.
During the 15th century the castle was increasingly used as an arsenal and armaments factory. The first known purchase of a gun was in 1384, and the "great bombard" Mons Meg was delivered to Edinburgh in 1457. The first recorded mention of an armoury for the manufacture of guns occurs in 1474, and by 1498... | to the duchy of Guelders.
Queen Mary was granted several castles and the income from many lands from James, which made her independently wealthy. In May 1454, she was present at the siege of Blackness Castle, and when it resulted in the victory of the king, he gave it to her as a gift. She made several donations to cha... | 45,056 | triviaqa-train |
Traditionally, athletes from which country lead the parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games? | Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics () are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with mor... | Olympic game motto. Since the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the artistic presentations have continued to grow in scale and complexity. The opening ceremony at the Beijing Games, for example, reportedly cost US$100 million, with much of the cost incurring in the artistic portion of the ceremony.
Opening Parade of Nati... | 45,057 | triviaqa-train |
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, which 2011 drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese, tells the story of a boy who lives alone in a Paris railway station? | Culture, the City of Paris operates 14 museums, including the Carnavalet Museum on the history of Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Palais de Tokyo, the House of Victor Hugo, the House of Balzac and the Catacombs of Paris. There are also notable private museums; The Contemporary Art museum of the Louis V... | York City during the 1970s. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
In 2006, Scorsese released "The Departed", his adaptation of "Infernal affairs", the Hong Kong film. "The Departed" was also loosely based on the Whitey Bulger story, and Boston's Winter Hill Gang, which Bulger led. It earned... | 45,058 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults' is a British charity better known by what acronym? | Mencap
The Royal Mencap Society is a charity based in the UK that works with people with a learning disability.
Profile.
Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers. Mencap works collaboratively, fighting for equal rights, campaigni... | Ann Mary Ernaelsteen, Grade 5, Department for Education and Employment.
- Terence Farrell, . For services to Architecture.
- Brigadier Anne Field, . For services to the Women's Royal Army Corps Association.
- Caroline Joyce Fryd, . For services to the Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults.
- Profes... | 45,059 | triviaqa-train |
"Which English author famously helped to create the ""Go to work on an egg"" advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950's?" | Go to work on an egg
"Go to work on an egg" was an advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950s and 1960s as part of more than £12 million it spent on advertising, including a series of television adverts starring the comedian Tony Hancock and actress Patricia Hayes in 1965. The ... | American Egg Board
The American Egg Board (AEB) is a United States checkoff marketing organization, which focuses on marketing and promotion of eggs for human consumption. The AEB is best known for its long-running slogan, "The Incredible, Edible Egg", and the Just Mayo scandal.
Organization.
The American Egg Board (AE... | 45,060 | triviaqa-train |
Eric Coates' light orchestral serenade 'By The Sleepy Lagoon' is the appropriately titled introductory music to which long running radio show? | Rediffusion London.
Several pieces of light music are used on BBC Radio 4 to the present day, with Eric Coates's "By the Sleepy Lagoon" being the theme of "Desert Island Discs", Arthur Wood's "Barwick Green" the theme of "The Archers" and Ronald Binge's "Sailing By" preceding the late-night shipping forecast.
Decline a... | By the Sleepy Lagoon
By the Sleepy Lagoon is a light-orchestral valse serenade by British composer Eric Coates, written in 1930. In 1940 American songwriter Jack Lawrence added lyrics with Coates' approval; the resulting song, "Sleepy Lagoon", became a popular-music standard of the 1940s.
Orchestral serenade: "By the S... | 45,061 | triviaqa-train |
Capturing light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP, which organelles found in plant cells conduct photosynthesis? | This allows the mollusks to survive solely by photosynthesis for several months at a time. Some of the genes from the plant cell nucleus have even been transferred to the slugs, so that the chloroplasts can be supplied with proteins that they need to survive.
An even closer form of symbiosis may explain the origin of c... | - Cytoplasm – A gelatinous, semi-transparent fluid that fills most cells, it includes all cytosol, organelles and cytoplasmic inclusions.
- Cytosol – It is the internal fluid of the cell, and where a portion of cell metabolism occurs.
- Inclusions – A chemical substances found suspended directly in the cytosol.
- Photo... | 45,062 | triviaqa-train |
The final plate of William Hogarth's 'A Rake's Progress' series depicts a scene inside which institution, founded in London in 1247? | in 1733–1735 by the sequel "A Rake's Progress". The second instalment consisted of eight pictures that depicted the reckless life of Tom Rakewell, the son of a rich merchant, who spends all of his money on luxurious living, services from prostitutes, and gambling – the character's life ultimately ends in Bethlem Royal ... | A Rake's Progress, 3: The Tavern Scene
Tavern Scene or "The Orgy" is a work by William Hogarth from 1735, the third picture from the series "A Rake's Progress".
"A Rake's Progress" totals eight oil paintings from 1732-33. They were published as engravings from 1734. The series depicts the fictional Tom Rakewell's decli... | 45,063 | triviaqa-train |
Which female East Anglian mystic wrote 'Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love', a 14th century work documenting a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ experienced during a severe illness? | survived, which have been used to produce many editions of her book, the first of which was a translation of the "Long Text" in 1670 by Serenus de Cressy.
Julian of Norwich.
Although Julian refers to herself as "a simple creature unlettered" ("Rev." chap. 2), it is possible that she was educated and that "unlettered" c... | after its discovery.
Contents.
The "Long Text" of "Revelations of Divine Love" is divided into eighty-six chapters.
The first chapter begins with a single sentence introduction: "This is a Revelation of Love that Jesus Christ, our endless bliss, made in Sixteen Shewings, or Revelations particular". This is followed by... | 45,064 | triviaqa-train |
Which English football club, who currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One South, are the world's oldest football club, having been founded in 1857? | second half of the century, a culture of independent "football clubs" began to thrive, particularly in London and Sheffield, with Sheffield Football Club, founded in 1857, today being recognized as the oldest surviving independent football club in the world. The example of Sheffield F.C., which published its first set ... | List of Aston Villa F.C. records and statistics
Aston Villa Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were foundi... | 45,065 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name given to the botanical gardens near Mevagissey in Cornwall that were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family, over a period from the mid-18th century up to the beginning of the 20th century? | home of the Tremayne family, the estate is now best known as the location of the Lost Gardens of Heligan, a recently restored Victorian garden.
Mevagissey today.
Each year at the end of June, Mevagissey celebrates Feast Week, a week of family fun, music, and floral dances through the streets. At the end of the week the... | Heligan estate
The Heligan estate (; , meaning willow tree) was the ancestral home of the Tremayne family near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England. Purchased by Sampson Tremayne in 1659, the present house was built in 1692 and extended in the early 19th century. The family let the house after World War I, and by the end of... | 45,066 | triviaqa-train |
Which restoration dramatist was also responsible for designing Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard? | fall from influence of his duchy and lasting damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh.
Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style, architectural appreciation of the palace is as divided today as it was in the 1720s. It is unique in its combined use as a family home, mausoleum and na... | although his son Lance carried out most of the duties.
Landscape gardens.
It is estimated that Brown was responsible for over 170 gardens surrounding the finest country houses and estates in Britain. His work still endures at Belvoir Castle, Croome Court (where he also designed the house), Blenheim Palace, Warwick Cast... | 45,067 | triviaqa-train |
Which American Football player, who played for the 'Chicago Bears' between 1985 and 1993, was nicknamed 'The Refrigerator'? | William Perry (American football)
William Anthony Perry (born December 16, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. Perry played college football for Clemson University, and was recognized as an... | Jack Jackson (American football)
Elliott Cornelius Jackson, Jr. (born November 11, 1972), nicknamed Jack Jackson, is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). Jackson played college football... | 45,068 | triviaqa-train |
Which chemical element is named after the Scottish village in which it was discovered in 1787? | Strontium
Strontium is the chemical element with the symbol Sr and atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, strontium is a soft silver-white yellowish metallic element that is highly chemically reactive. The metal forms a dark oxide layer when it is exposed to air. Strontium has physical and chemical properties simil... | Nils Gabriel Sefström
Nils Gabriel Sefström (2 June 1787 – 30 November 1845) was a Swedish chemist. Sefström was a student of Berzelius and, when studying the brittleness of steel in 1830, he rediscovered a new chemical element, to which he gave the name vanadium.
Vanadium was first discovered by the Spanish-Mexican mi... | 45,069 | triviaqa-train |
Ted Hughes was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 on the refusal of which prominent poet? | , one of his most successful books being "The Iron Man", written to comfort his children after Sylvia Plath's suicide. It later became the basis of Pete Townshend's rock opera of the same name, and of the animated film "The Iron Giant".
Hughes was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 following the death of John Betjeman. It... | Ted Hughes
Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He served as Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death. In 2008 "The Times" ranked Hughe... | 45,070 | triviaqa-train |
Which American statesman and scientist almost killed himself whilst demonstrating the electrical nature of lightening by flying a kite in a thunderstorm? | Boston in 1635. Her father was "the sort of rebel destined to transform colonial America." As clerk of the court, he was jailed for disobeying the local magistrate in defense of middle-class shopkeepers and artisans in conflict with wealthy landowners. Ben Franklin followed in his grandfather's footsteps in his battles... | to Peter Collinson, but that had not yet reached France. Raising a wire-wrapped kite in a thunderstorm, Romas proved the electrical nature of lightning. During his experiment, he noticed ten feet long sparks and explosions. He also reported that during a repeat performance in front of a larger audience, he received sev... | 45,071 | triviaqa-train |
In which country would you find the ruins of the ancient Inca city known as Machu Picchu? | Inca Empire
The Inca Empire (, "The Four Regions"), also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. Its political and administrative structure is considered by most scholars to have been the most developed in the Americas before Columbus' arrival. The administrative... | , eventually rising above the ruins of Machu Picchu
The ruins themselves serve as a final stop for hikers completing an optional five-day hike from a point far back from Aguas Calientes, the city at the base of Machu Picchu. This hike has been recommended by many tour guides as giving a great view of the city of Machu ... | 45,072 | triviaqa-train |
In 1844, Samuel Morse used which four-word Biblical quote when he sent the world's first public telegraph message? | An impressive demonstration occurred on May 1, 1844, when news of the Whig Party's nomination of Henry Clay for U.S. President was telegraphed from the party's convention in Baltimore to the Capitol Building in Washington.
On May 24, 1844, the line was officially opened as Morse sent the now-famous words, "What hath Go... | " system. As chemistry journals emerged throughout the 1820s and 1830s, Charles Babbage developed his "difference engine," the first step towards the modern computer, in 1822 and his "analytical engine” by 1834. By 1843 Richard Hoe developed the rotary press, and in 1844 Samuel Morse sent the first public telegraph mes... | 45,073 | triviaqa-train |
First climbed by Chris Bonnington in 1966, what is the name of the 449ft. high sea stack off the coast of the Orkney Islands? | , Holm of Papa, Holm of Scockness, Kili Holm, Linga Holm, Muckle Green Holm, Rusk Holm and Sweyn Holm.
Islands The South Isles.
The southern group of islands surrounds Scapa Flow. Hoy is the second largest of the Orkney Isles and Ward Hill at its northern end is the highest elevation in the archipelago. The Old Man of ... | live televised BBC outside broadcast on 8–9 July 1967.
In 1966 he received a Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct, after assisting in an incident where two climbers were killed after a fall.
On 25 May 1970 he fell and died while abseiling from The Maiden, a sea stack off Whiten Head on the Sutherland coast.
Bibliogra... | 45,074 | triviaqa-train |
Prior to gaining enormous success in his own right, which comedian played 'George Dawes', the scorekeeping baby, in the t.v. comedy series 'Shooting Stars'? | school attended by comic actors David Baddiel and Sacha Baron Cohen. He studied at the University of Bristol between 1993 and 1995. He also spent time with the National Youth Theatre, where he first met future writing partner David Walliams.
Career.
Lucas's association with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer began in 1992. In... | There is no baby. I was chicken! I was chicken!" then Milton, who sees this, asks "A guy crying about a chicken and a baby? I thought this was a comedy show." This was a reference to Alda's "M*A*S*H" character in the series finale episode in which Hawkeye breaks down after realizing he had seen a woman smother her baby... | 45,075 | triviaqa-train |
She is the mother of Morgan le Fay by her first husband Gorlois and mother of King Arthur by her second husband Uther Pendragon. What is her name? | is usually established as the youngest daughter of Arthur's mother, Igraine, and her first husband, Gorlois. Arthur, son of Igraine and Uther, is Morgan's half-brother; the Queen of Orkney is one of Morgan's sisters and Mordred's mother. Morgan unhappily marries Urien with whom she has a son, Yvain. She becomes an appr... | the wife of King Lot is called Morcades, a name that R. S. Loomis argued was another variant of Morgan). At a young age, Morgan is sent to a convent after Arthur's father Uther Pendragon, aided by the half-demon Merlin, kills Gorlois and rapes and marries her mother, who later gives him a son, Arthur (which makes him M... | 45,076 | triviaqa-train |
Which American Vice-President killed his political rival, Alexander Hamilton. in a duel in 1804? | was outraged by Adams' diplomatic success in resolving the crisis with France. His opposition to Adams' re-election helped cause the Federalist party defeat in 1800. Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for the presidency in the electoral college in 1801, and Hamilton helped to defeat Burr, whom he found unprincipled, and to ... | as a U.S. senator (1791–1797) from the State of New York, and reached the apex of his career as vice president. In the waning months of his tenure as president of the Senate, he oversaw the 1805 impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.
Burr shot his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel in... | 45,077 | triviaqa-train |
Today a senior Police rank in both Italy and Romania, what name was given to the public official in the Roman Republic's Cursus honorum system, who supervised financial affairs? | by direct election every year.
Quaestor.
The first official post was that of "quaestor". Candidates had to be at least 30 years old. However, men of patrician rank could subtract two years from this and other minimum age requirements.
Twenty quaestors served in the financial administration at Rome or as second-in-comma... | Cursus honorum
The cursus honorum (Latin: lit. "course of honor", or more colloquially "ladder of offices") was the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in both the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire. It was designed for men of senatorial rank. The "cursus honorum" comprised a mixture ... | 45,078 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the King of Bulgaria who, during World War II, declared a symbolic war against the UK and the USA but, much to Hitler's annoyance, refused to declare war against the Soviet Union? | The resulting political unrest led to the establishment of a royal authoritarian dictatorship by Tsar Boris III (1918–1943). Bulgaria entered World War II in 1941 as a member of the Axis but declined to participate in Operation Barbarossa and saved its Jewish population from deportation to concentration camps. The sudd... | would add to the number of enemies Germany was fighting against, but Hitler dismissed this concern as not being important, and, almost entirely without consultation, chose to declare war against the US, wanting to do so before, he thought, Roosevelt would declare war on Germany.
In fact, Hitler's declaration of war cam... | 45,079 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the coloured part of an eye? | triggers protection from workplace discrimination.
A famous traffic light on Tipperary Hill in Syracuse, New York, is upside-down due to the sentiments of its Irish American community, but has been criticized due to the potential hazard it poses for color-blind persons.
Research.
Some tentative evidence finds that colo... | The full black circle is the point of fixation. Objects in varying depths are placed along the line of fixation of the left eye. The same disparity produced from a shift in depth of an object (filled coloured circles) can also be produced by laterally shifting the object in constant depth in the picture one eye sees (b... | 45,080 | triviaqa-train |
In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale? | girl is destined to usurp her seat in the sisterhood. In defense, Dorothy throws a bucket of water at Zelena; causing the witch to melt. Glinda the Witch of the South (Sunny Mabrey), then appears to offer her to take Zelena's place as the Witch of the West, but Dorothy declines; wishing only to return home. With Glinda... | version heard in the film; during the filming, Cukor and LeRoy decided that a more energetic rendition would better suit Dorothy's initial meeting with the Scarecrow and was rerecorded as such. At first thought to be lost, a recording of the original version was discovered in 2009.
Production Music Song list.
- "Over t... | 45,081 | triviaqa-train |
How many strings are on a violin? | strings. Early versions of the violin and fiddle, by comparison, emerged in Europe through instruments such as the gittern, a four-stringed precursor to the guitar, and basic lutes. These instruments typically used catgut (animal intestine) and other materials, including silk, for their strings.
History Renaissance to ... | fingerboard affect how easily the violin may be played. Fingerboards are dressed to a particular transverse curve, and have a small lengthwise "scoop," or concavity, slightly more pronounced on the lower strings, especially when meant for gut or synthetic strings. Many authentic old instruments have had their necks res... | 45,082 | triviaqa-train |
A recent announcement of the discovery of a possible finger bone on tiny island of Nikumaroro is thought to be associate with whom, who was officially declared dead on January 5, 1939, having first gone missing on July 2, 1937? | location where pilot Amelia Earhart might have crashed in July 1937 during her ill-fated final flight attempting to circumnavigate the globe.. However, that organization, TIGHAR, has thus far failed to connect any evidence to Earhart, Fred Noonan or Earhart's still missing Lockheed Electra 10E aircraft.
Geography.
Thic... | 1939 and closed around January 1964.
History Kiribati.
In 1971, the UK granted self-rule to the Gilbert Islands, which achieved complete independence in 1979 as Kiribati. That same year, the United States, after having recently surveyed the island for possible weapons testing, relinquished any claims to Gardner through... | 45,083 | triviaqa-train |
Which country was known as Democratic Kampuchea when it was ruled by the Khmer Rouge From 1975 to 1990? | Democratic Kampuchea
The state of Kampuchea (; "Kâmpŭchéa"; ), officially Democratic Kampuchea (DK; ; "Kâmpŭchéa Prâcheathippadey"; ), refers to Cambodia under one-party Marxist-Leninist communist rule that existed between 1975 and 1979. The state was controlled by the Khmer Rouge (KR), the name popularly given to the ... | refugees from across the country flooded the city to escape the fighting between their own government troops, the NVA/NLF, the South Vietnamese and its allies, and the Khmer Rouge. By 1975, the population was 2–3 million, the bulk of whom were refugees from the fighting. The Khmer Rouge cut off supplies to the city for... | 45,084 | triviaqa-train |
The nations highest military decoration, what medal is awarded to members of the armed forces, who ho distinguish themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in a action against an enemy of the United States." | consideration under previous statutes such as the 1918 Army Medal of Honor Statute that required valor "in action involving actual conflict with an enemy", since the United States has not formally declared war since World War II as a result of the provisions of the United Nations Charter. According to congressional tes... | her great honour'." As well as portraits, she exhibited paintings of historical and classical scenes (eg "The Death of Sigismunda" (1765), "Antigonous, Seleucus and Stratonice" (1767)), and contemporary scenes such as "Beggars" (1763) and "Pea-Pickers Cooking Their Supper" (1764). To date, these are known only from des... | 45,085 | triviaqa-train |
A day of perpetual mourning, January 6, 1919 saw the death of what former US President, the 26th, whom the BSA gave the title of Chief Scout Citizen, the only such person to hold that honor, shortly before his death? | .
On March 17, 1905, Roosevelt married Eleanor in New York City, despite the fierce resistance of his mother. While she did not dislike Eleanor, Sara Roosevelt was very possessive of her son, believing he was too young for marriage. She attempted to break the engagement several times. Eleanor's uncle, President Theodor... | a lieutenant general only a year before his death, he was the most senior officer and the only lieutenant general in the army. The same is true of Ulysses S. Grant, who was the second person to permanently hold this rank. (Winfield Scott was a brevet lieutenant general for his service in the Mexican–American War.) Wash... | 45,086 | triviaqa-train |
Signed on Sept 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco officially ended what? | and of other Allied War Crimes Courts imposed on Japan both within and outside Japan.
This treaty served to officially end Japan's position as an imperial power, to allocate compensation to Allied civilians and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes during World War II, and to end the Allied post-... | Treaty of San Francisco
The , or commonly known as the Treaty of Peace with Japan, Peace Treaty of San Francisco, or San Francisco Peace Treaty), mostly between Japan and the Allied Powers, was officially signed by 49 nations on September 8, 1951, in San Francisco, California. It came into force on April 28, 1952, and ... | 45,087 | triviaqa-train |
Which basketball team played its first game on January 7, 1927, having lost a total of 345 games out of the 22,000+ that they've played? | Harlem Globetrotters
The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 countries and territories. The team's signature song is Brother Bones' whistled version of "Swe... | play its home games at McDonough Gymnasium, marking the first time the Georgetown men's basketball team played on campus since the 1926-27 team used Ryan Gymnasium as its home court. It played its first game at McDonough on December 7, 1951 – the day before a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opened the new gymnasium ... | 45,088 | triviaqa-train |
January 2nd, saw the enactment of a bill mandating the lowering of the national speed limit to 55 mph, in an attempt to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. Who was the president that signed the bill? | stay in place between 1959 and 1973. Critics called it the "drain America first" policy. Some scholars believe the policy contributed to the decline of domestic US oil production in the early 1970s. While US oil production declined, domestic demand was increasing at the same time leading to inflation and a steadily ris... | in 1975, and in 1977 the cabinet-level Department of Energy was created, followed by the National Energy Act of 1978. On November 28, 1995, Bill Clinton signed the National Highway Designation Act, ending the federal 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limit, allowing states to restore their prior maximum speed limit.
Year-round da... | 45,089 | triviaqa-train |
What TV staple, introduced on Jan 6, 1973, featured such episodes as: My Hero, Zero, Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here, I'm Just a Bill, and Inter-planet Janet? | . For both volumes the first side was in the CLV Extended Play format and the second was in the frame-accessible CAV format, and both contained CX-encoded analog and digital audio soundtracks. The "Grammar Rock" volume included the 1993 shorts "Busy Prepositions" and "The Tale of Mr. Morton."
In 1994, ABC/King Features... | 1995, Becca reunites with her best friend Lolly (from whom she has become estranged in present day), breaks off her engagement to her first husband, and resolves to use her trip back in time to correct what she sees as personal and professional mistakes.
The show also featured a companion/spin-off web series during its... | 45,090 | triviaqa-train |
Which U.S. president introduced a recovery plan popularly known as The New Deal? | term). Both were unsuccessful.
In 1940, after leading the nation through the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, breaking the self-imposed precedent. Four years later, with the U.S. engaged in World War II, he was re-elected again despite his declining physical health; he died 82 days into... | dealing with worldwide food shortages during the years following World War II.
In 1948 the U.S. began implementing a massive program of economic assistance to Europe in order to support European recovery from the losses of World War II. This program, popularly known as the Marshall Plan, affected significantly Dennis F... | 45,091 | triviaqa-train |
What is the common name for the liquid secreted by your lacrimal glands? | the secreted fluid may enter on the surface of the eye. Tears secreted collect in the fornix conjunctiva of the upper lid, and pass over the eye surface to the lacrimal puncta, small holes found at the inner corner of the eyelids. These pass the tears through the lacrimal canaliculi on to the lacrimal sac, in turn to t... | described in detail. It was found that the proteins are primarily made in the liver of males and secreted through the kidneys into the urine in large quantities (milligrams per day).
Since they were named, the proteins have been found to be differentially expressed in other glands that secrete products directly into th... | 45,092 | triviaqa-train |
In Scrabble, whats the value of the blank tile? | any words other than the main word are formed by the play, they are scored as well and are subject to the same criteria of acceptability. See Scoring for more details.
A blank tile may represent any letter, and scores zero points, regardless of its placement or what letter it represents. Its placement on a double-word ... | (hence the hourglass provided in each Word Yahtzee set) must form words which correspond to points. Each side of every die is printed like a Scrabble tile with a letter and small subscripted number on the lower right corner. One side of one die is marked with a diamond, which acts like the blank tile in Scrabble (can r... | 45,093 | triviaqa-train |
January 3, 1938 saw Franklin D. Roosevelt found the charity March of Dimes. What epidemic disease was it targeting? | which Roosevelt's doctors failed to consider as a diagnostic possibility. In 1926, his belief in the benefits of hydrotherapy led him to found a rehabilitation center at Warm Springs, Georgia. He avoided being seen using his wheelchair in public, but his disability was well known and became a major part of his image. I... | Events January–March.
- January 3 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- January 16 – "The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert" is recorded live when Benny Goodman and his orchestra become the first jazz musicians to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
- January 2... | 45,094 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Tiny Tim’s father in the story, ‘A Christmas Carol’? | Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)
Timothy Cratchit, called "Tiny Tim", is a fictional character from the 1843 novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. He is a minor character, the youngest son of Bob Cratchit, and is seen only briefly, but serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices... | of the sequel has been released.
- "An Amish Christmas Carol (Amish Christian Classic Series Book 1)" (2012) by Sarah Price
- "Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale" (2013), a NBC television special loosely based on "A Christmas Carol" featuring Kelly Clarkson playing a Scrooge-like role.
- A Kindle short st... | 45,095 | triviaqa-train |
In the world of ungulates, if it's called a reindeer in Europe, what is it called in North America? | reindeer for food, clothing, and transport. Deer bred for hunting are selected based on the size of the antlers. In North America, the reindeer, known there as caribou, is not domesticated or herded, but it is important as a quarry animal to the Caribou Inuit.
Automobile collisions with deer can impose a significant co... | there has been no significant rise in antisemitism: "What does the evidence show? There has been good investigation done, serious investigation. All the evidence shows there's no evidence at all for a rise of a new anti-Semitism, whether in Europe or in North America. The evidence is zero. And, in fact, there's a new b... | 45,096 | triviaqa-train |
In the classic holiday movie Home Alone, where is the McCallister family heading for vacation? | Home Alone
Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara. It is about an eight-year-old boy named Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) who is mistakenly left... | Ratray, both actors. He started acting at the age of nine years in the movie "Where Are the Children?" (1986). He starred as a youth in various other programs and movies until his acting pinnacle in 1990 as Buzz McCallister, the bullying older brother of Macaulay Culkin's character Kevin in "Home Alone". This role was ... | 45,097 | triviaqa-train |
Who's missing: Hermey; Yukon Cornelius; King Moonracer; Clarice; Bumble | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Videocraft International, Ltd. (later known as Rankin/Bass Productions) and currently distributed by Universal Television. It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NB... | into Yukon Cornelius, the self-described "greatest prospector of the North" who nevertheless seems to never find any silver or gold, and attempt to stay away from the Bumble, a huge abominable snow monster. Their journey leads them to the Island of Misfit Toys, where sentient but unorthodox toys go when they are abando... | 45,098 | triviaqa-train |
The world's first themed amusement park, Holiday World, originally called Santa Claus Land, is located in what aptly named Indiana town? | twentieth century with the opening of Santa Claus Land in 1946, Santa's Workshop in 1949, and Disneyland in 1955.
History.
History Origins.
The amusement park evolved from three earlier traditions: traveling or periodic fairs, pleasure gardens and exhibitions such as world fairs. The oldest influence was the periodic f... | Dalian Discovery Kingdom
Dalian Discovery Kingdom (), also translated as Dalian Discoveryland or Kingdom of Discovery, is an amusement park located at Jinshitan National Holiday Resort in Jinzhou District, Dalian, Liaoning, China. Opened in 2006, it is currently the largest amusement park in Liaoning.
Attractions.
The ... | 45,099 | triviaqa-train |
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