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Who introduced the science of psychoanalysis, the investigation of the unconscious mind? | , dream analysis, and verbal slips (commonly known as a Freudian slip), examined and conducted during psychoanalysis. Seeing as these unconscious thoughts are normally cryptic, psychoanalysts are considered experts in interpreting their messages.
Freud based his concept of the unconscious on a variety of observations. ... | genre are systematic psychoanalytic investigations, training texts, substantive transcripts from supervision sessions, popular books of applied psychoanalysis, plays, historical-analytical studies. His publications have been translated into the major Western European languages, as well as Russian and Japanese. Langs wa... | 45,500 | triviaqa-train |
'Gunfight At The OK Corral' in 1957, Burt Lancaster stars as 'Wyatt Earp'. Who stars as 'Doc Halliday'? | prison drama written by Richard Brooks and directed by Jules Dassin. It was also well received. Wallis released his films through Paramount, and so Lancaster and other Wallis contractees made cameos in "Variety Girl" (1947).
Lancaster's next film was for Wallis, "I Walk Alone" (1947), a thriller co-starring Scott and a... | 1955) – Starring Joel McCrea; directed by Jacques Tourneur.
- "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" TV series (1955–1961) – Starring Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp.
- "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957) – Starring Burt Lancaster, directed by John Sturges.
- "Hour of the Gun" (1967) – Starring James Garner, directed by John ... | 45,501 | triviaqa-train |
O.J. Simpson's trial for murder monopolised the American media. What was his wife's name? | After retiring from football, he began new careers in acting and football broadcasting.
In 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her boyfriend, Ron Goldman. He was acquitted by a jury after a lengthy and internationally publicized trial. The families of the vi... | American football.
Largely due to the fame of the former football player, and actor O.J. Simpson, Galileo was well known for its American football team. Galileo's arch enemy is reputed to be the Eagles of George Washington High School, though the Cardinals of Lowell High School have been a rising challenge.
The footbal... | 45,502 | triviaqa-train |
Which Polish astronomer put forward the theory that the earth revolved around the sun? | ; the latter value is correct to within a few percent. In the 1st century AD, Ptolemy estimated the distance as 1,210 times the radius of Earth, approximately .
The theory that the Sun is the center around which the planets orbit was first proposed by the ancient Greek Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd century BC, and la... | considered to be a major episode in the history of astronomy.
The only Greek-Babylonian astronomer known to have supported a heliocentric model of planetary motion was Seleucus of Seleucia (b. 190 BC). Seleucus is known from the writings of Plutarch. He supported Aristarchus of Samos' heliocentric theory where the Eart... | 45,503 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does the domesticated cat 'The Ragdoll' originate? | introduced species, such as the domestic cat. Equally, behavioral traits exhibited by island species, such as "predatory naivety" and ground-nesting, have also contributed to their susceptibility.
Interaction with humans.
Cats are common pets throughout the world, and their worldwide population exceeds 500 million as o... | /ureter issues, but also partly from lower urinary issues. Whether this is an issue outside Finland, Sweden, or Denmark is unclear. Ragdoll cats require regular grooming to ensure that their fur does not mat, as with most long-haired cat breeds; some breeders recommend bathing once a month.
Health Inbreeding.
Backgroun... | 45,504 | triviaqa-train |
Which American President broadcast 'Fireside Chats' to the American people in the 1930's? | 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... | scheduled addresses began in 1982 when President Ronald Reagan started delivering a radio broadcast every Saturday.
Legacy Accolades.
The series of Roosevelt's 30 fireside chats was included with the first 50 recordings made part of the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. It is noted as "an influent... | 45,505 | triviaqa-train |
A Bird Of Paradise can be seen on which country's national flag? | Bird-of-paradise
The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of species are found in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and eastern Australia. The family has 42 species in 15 genera. The members of this family are perhaps best known for the plumage of the mal... | Empire flag, which had colonised New Guinea prior to 1918. The bird-of-paradise is also found on the national coat-of-arms.
Prior to independence, the Australian administration proposed a vertical tricolour flag with blue, yellow and green bands, along with the bird of paradise and southern cross, designed by a Mr Holm... | 45,506 | triviaqa-train |
The story ‘The Siege of Trencher’s Farm' was released as which 1971 film? | The Siege of Trencher's Farm
The Siege of Trencher's Farm (1969) is a psychological horror/thriller novel by Scottish author Gordon Williams. It was first published by Secker & Warburg, and is better known for the 1971 film adaptation "Straw Dogs" (starring Dustin Hoffman) by Sam Peckinpah. A 2011 remake of that film u... | Zellweger which premieres in June 2019.
Noyce's most recent film is Above Suspicion, starring Emilia Clarke and Jack Huston, to be released in August 2019.
Phillip Noyce's next film will be "Rats of Tobruk" adapted from his father's diary of the epic World War II Siege of Tobruk in Libya.
Personal life.
Noyce has been ... | 45,507 | triviaqa-train |
Premiered in 1947 which composer wrote the music for the opera 'Albert Herring'? | Verdi, onward, exercising tremendous influence on his successors Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, and Benjamin Britten.
After Verdi, the sentimental "realistic" melodrama of verismo appeared in Italy. This was a style introduced by Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" that cam... | on 10 February 1844.
- Albert Lortzing wrote in 1850 the libretto for a comic opera in three acts, "Cagliostro", but did not compose any music for it.
- Johann Strauß (Sohn) wrote the operetta "Cagliostro in Wien" (Cagliostro in Vienna) in 1875.
- The French composer Claude Terrasse (1867–1923) wrote "Le Cagliostro" wh... | 45,508 | triviaqa-train |
Which T.V. sitcom starred Donald Sinden, Windsor Davies and Honor Blackman? | Never the Twain
Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991.
It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series, one episode of the seve... | The series starred Windsor Davies (of "It Ain't Half Hot, Mum" fame) and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also co-starred Robin Kermode (later replaced by Christopher Morris), Julia Watson (later replaced by Tacy Kneale), Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner, Derek Deadman, Maria Charles and Zara Nutley.
It was made... | 45,509 | triviaqa-train |
In mythology who was the muse of astronomy? | Urania
Urania (; , "Ourania"; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy.
Family.
Urania was the daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne and also a great granddaughter of Uranus. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus by Apollo or Amphimarus, son of Poseidon, and Hymenae... | deity of sparks and fires
European mythology Norse mythology.
- Glöð, jotunn who is the wife of Logi and who rules with him
- Logi, jotunn who personifies fire
European mythology Ossetian mythology.
- Safa, god of the hearth chain
European mythology Roman mythology.
- Caca, goddess who was Vulcan's daughter and who mig... | 45,510 | triviaqa-train |
Newport in Gwent stands on which river? | Newport, Wales
Newport (; ) is a city and unitary authority area in south east Wales, on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third largest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan ... | military honours as is frequently believed). The monument still stands there today.
In later years, as other members of the Morgan family had been in the past, he became a benefactor to the people of Newport. Large tracts of land were donated to the Newport Corporation for the benefit of the public, including Belle Vue... | 45,511 | triviaqa-train |
In what year was the Battle of Blenheim? | Battle of Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim (German: "Zweite Schlacht bei Höchstädt"; French "Bataille de Höchstädt"), fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army, thus preventing the collapse... | Blenheim, South Carolina
Blenheim is a town in Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 137 at the 2000 census. It is named for Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England which itself is named for the Battle of Blenheim, a major English victory of the War of the Spanish Succession at what is now ... | 45,512 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang the theme for the Jams Bond film ‘Octopussy’? | the James Bond Theme to reinforce "Octopussy" as the official Bond film, given that motif could not be featured in "Never Say Never Again", and opted to include only subtle references to the music of India, avoiding instruments such as the sitar for feeling that authentic music "didn't work dramatically". He also wrote... | the surf-rock guitar associated with the theme from the early days.
One unusual instance occurred in "Octopussy", when Bond's contact, who is disguised as a snake charmer played a few notes of the tune for Roger Moore's James Bond, presumably as a pre-arranged identification signal; this is an example of the tune being... | 45,513 | triviaqa-train |
Stranraer in Scotland stands at the head of which loch? | Stranraer
Stranraer (, in Scotland also , ; , ) is a town in the parish of Inch, Dumfries and Galloway, in the historical county of Wigtownshire in southwest Scotland. It lies on the shores of Loch Ryan, on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries and Gallowa... | Loch Goil
Loch Goil; () is a small sea loch forming part of the coast of the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The sea loch is entirely within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
It is an arm of Loch Long. The village of Lochgoilhead stands at its head.
Located in the Loch Lomond and the Trossa... | 45,514 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang the theme for the Jams Bond film ‘The Living Daylights? | KGB general set up by Koskov was to be General Gogol; however, Walter Gotell was too sick to handle the major role, and the character of Leonid Pushkin replaced Gogol, who appears briefly at the end of the film, having transferred to the Soviet diplomatic service. This was Gogol's final appearance in a James Bond film.... | The Living Daylights (video game)
The Living Daylights is a video game adaptation of the 1987 James Bond film "The Living Daylights", developed by Melbourne House and published by Domark. It was the first tie-in game for the film series.
The game is a straightforward platform shooter game in which the player navigates ... | 45,515 | triviaqa-train |
In which Year was The Battle of Crecy? | Battle of Crécy
The Battle of Crécy (26 August 1346) took place in north-east France between a French army commanded by King Philip VI and an English army led by King Edward III. The French attacked the English while they were traversing northern France during the Hundred Years' War resulting in an English victory and ... | 1460, due to his constant service with the king in the preceding years, "at great cost to himself."
Career Service in France.
Acheson has also suggested that it was probably Ferrers' direly unstable financial situation that led him to seek a career in royal service, as the King had started a new war with France. Ferrer... | 45,516 | triviaqa-train |
‘The Endless River' due for release in October 2014 is the latest album by which veteran rock band? | "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", the Rolling Stones responded later that year with "Their Satanic Majesties Request", and the Pink Floyd debuted with "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". Key recordings included Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow" and the Doors' "Strange Days". These trends peaked in the 1969 Woodst... | lead vocalist of Free) and former Queen drummer Roger Taylor.
- 26 October – Duran Duran lead guitarist Andy Taylor once again leaves the band after a series of disagreements surrounding their latest album, which was still incomplete by the year's end. Reasons given are his disapproval of the usage of both Timbaland an... | 45,517 | triviaqa-train |
Taron Egerton portrays which famed English sportsman in a film biopic of his life released in 2016? | Taron Egerton
Taron David Egerton (; born 10 November 1989) is a Welsh actor and singer. He gained recognition for starring as Gary "Eggsy" Unwin in the action comedy film "" (2014) and its sequel "" (2017).
Egerton has also starred in several biopics, portraying Edward Brittain in the drama "Testament of Youth" (2014... | Scarlett, Jamie Foxx as Little John, Tim Minchin as Friar Tuck, Eve Hewson as Maid Marian and Taron Egerton as the eponymous hero. The film was released on 21 November.
Bathurst has directed episodes of "Urban Gothic", "Teachers", "Hustle" and "Margot", a biopic of Dame Margot Fonteyn starring Anne-Marie Duff, which fo... | 45,518 | triviaqa-train |
By what more familiar avian moniker is the H-4 Hercules aircraft known? | at night when the Spruce Goose Dome was closed to tourists. In 1988, The Walt Disney Company acquired both Long Beach attractions and the associated Long Beach real estate by Pier J. In 1991, Disney informed the Aero Club of Southern California that it no longer wished to display the Hercules aircraft after its highly ... | conifers, "Weitchselia reticulata", "Montsechia vidali" and several others. Various species of fish and aquatic invertebrates are also known.
Crocodylomorphs are the most common tetrapod fossils, bearing a wide variety of species from familiar semi-aquatic species as well as terrestrial forms like gobiosuchids and atop... | 45,519 | triviaqa-train |
Anne Hyde and Mary of Modena were the wives of which British king? | and was sought as a bride for James, Duke of York by Lord Peterborough. Lord Peterborough was groom of the stole to the Duke of York. A widower, James was the younger brother and heir of Charles II of England. Duchess Laura was not initially forthcoming with a reply to Peterborough's proposal, hoping, according to the ... | favourable, and in 1664 Sarah’s sister, Frances, was appointed maid of honour to the Duchess of York, Anne Hyde.
Although James forced Frances to give up the post because of her marriage to a Catholic, James did not forget the family. In 1673, Sarah entered court as maid of honour to James’s second wife, Mary of Modena... | 45,520 | triviaqa-train |
Bridgetown is the capital city of which island nation? | Bridgetown
Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados. Formerly The Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael. Bridgetown is sometimes locally referred to as "The City", but the most common reference is simply "Town". As of 2014, its... | Security System (Caribbean): Bridgetown and Saint Johns
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Kathmandu
- Union of South American Nations: Cochabamba and Quito
- World Bank: Washington, D.C.
- World Tourism Organization: Madrid
Capital as symbol.
With the rise of modern empires and the nation-state, the c... | 45,521 | triviaqa-train |
Where did Billy Clanton and the brothers Tom and Frank MacLaury famously die on October 26, 1881? | Billy Clanton
William Harrison Clanton (1862 – October 26, 1881) was an outlaw Cowboy in Cochise County, Arizona Territory. He, along with his father Newman Clanton and brother Ike Clanton, worked a ranch near the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory and stole livestock from Mexico and later U.S. ranchers.
He was a... | beef stock, most of them owned by the McLaurys. Fred Dodge, an undercover detective for Wells Fargo, heard from J.B. Ayers, another undercover Wells Fargo man in Contention, that Frank MacLaury, Billy Clanton, and Billy Claiborne were in town and planning to join Ike and Tom in Tombstone Wednesday afternoon. Dodge, who... | 45,522 | triviaqa-train |
In cookery Sauce Mousseline, Sauce Dijon & Sauce Foyot are all derivatives of which ‘mother’ sauce? | Hollandaise sauce
Hollandaise sauce ( or ; ), formerly also called Dutch sauce, is an emulsion of egg yolk, melted butter, and lemon juice (or a white wine or vinegar reduction). It is usually seasoned with salt, and either white pepper or cayenne pepper.
Hollandaise is one of the five mother sauces in French cuisine. ... | Espagnole sauce
Espagnole sauce () is a basic brown sauce, and is one of Auguste Escoffier's five mother sauces of classic French cooking. This sauce was already compiled in different Spanish cooking handbooks of the late 19th century, and Escoffier popularized the recipe, which is still followed today.
Espagnole has a... | 45,523 | triviaqa-train |
Which style of elaborately moulded earthenware, decorated with thick vivid glazes was developed by the English firm Minton in 1850 and popularised during the great exhibition of 1851? | greatly to widen its product ranges. It was Arnoux who formulated the tin-glaze used for Minton’s rare tin-glazed Majolica together with the in-glaze metallic oxide enamels with which it was painted. He also developed the colored lead glazes and kiln technology for Minton’s highly successful lead-glazed Palissy ware, l... | other religious artefacts, the Great Synagogue also embodies and demonstrates the early development and importance of the Jewish faith and culture in New South Wales during the 19th Century.
The Great Synagogue is a major landmark of Sydney. It is the only high Victorian style Synagogue in Australia and represents one ... | 45,524 | triviaqa-train |
Which word, meaning to censor, abridge or expurgate is taken from the name of the man who in 1807 published an expurgated 10 volume set of the works of Shakespeare entitled ‘The Family Shakspeare’? | Expurgation
Expurgation, also known as bowdlerization, is a form of censorship which involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive from an artistic work, or other type of writing of media.
The term "bowdlerization" is a pejorative term for the practice, particularly the expurgation of lewd material from books. ... | Spellings in later publications Archaising spellings Shakspeare.
Archival material relating to Shakespeare was first identified by 18th-century scholars, most notably Edmond Malone, who recorded variations in the spelling of the name. Malone declared a preference for the spelling "Shakspeare", using it in his major pub... | 45,525 | triviaqa-train |
The Australian rapper, songwriter, and model Amethyst Amelia Kelly performs under which stage name? | Iggy Azalea
Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 7 June 1990), known professionally as Iggy Azalea (), is an Australian rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and music video director. At the age of 16, Azalea moved to the United States to pursue a career in music. Azalea earned public recognition after releasing the viral music vi... | Maya Jupiter
Melissha Martinez (born 21 December 1978), better known by her stage name Maya Jupiter, is a Mexican-born Australian rapper, songwriter, MC and radio personality. She released her debut album, "Today", in 2003. She was a member of hip-hop group, Foreign Heights, with MC Trey and DJ Nick Toth, which release... | 45,526 | triviaqa-train |
Raratonga is the most populous island of which group? | Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the most populous of the Cook Islands, with a population of 10,572 (census 2011), out of the country's total resident population of 14,974. Captain John Dibbs, master of the colonial brig "Endeavour", is credited as the European discoverer on 25 July 1823, while transporting the missionary Revere... | GROUP II.— Government Stations: Pleasant Island, Tahiti, Raratonga, Tonga, Vila (New Hebrides). GROUP III.— (Other Government stations, not essential to present scheme, but desirable from the point of view of certain Governments): Port Moresby, Samarai, Southport (Queensland), Doubtless Bay (New Zealand). GROUP IV.— Su... | 45,527 | triviaqa-train |
Which Greek deity, the daughter of Zeus and Hera was goddess of youth? | arrheton"). The Female figure, showing her "Moon" over the lake is also appropriate, as Hebe, Hera, and Hecate; new moon, full moon, and old moon in that order and otherwise personified as the Virgin of Spring, The Mother of Summer, and the destroying Crone of Autumn.
Emblems.
In Hellenistic imagery, Hera's chariot was... | deity would become Zeus (pronounced "Zeus" or "Dias" in ancient Greek). Among the Hindus, this sky-deity becomes "Dyaus Pita". In Latin he becomes "deus pater" or Jupiter; we still encounter this word in the etymologies of the words "deity" and "divine".
Later in some cults, Zeus is united with the Aegean Great Goddess... | 45,528 | triviaqa-train |
Which Italian theoretical and experimental physicist was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on induced radioactivity and the discovery of transuranic elements? | ultimately the triumph of Copernicanism over the Ptolemaic model. Other astronomers such as Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) and Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835–1910) made many important discoveries about the Solar System.
Physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–54), a Nobel prize laureate, led the team in Chicago that built the... | the Pasteur Institute in 1888 to carry on his work, and his tomb is located at the Institute.
The physicist Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), while studying the fluorescence of uranium salts, discovered radioactivity in 1896, and in 1903 was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for his discovery. Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and ... | 45,529 | triviaqa-train |
Which 2016 ‘reality’ T.V. competition was won on the 6th March by Ben Cohen, he was presented with the ‘prestigious’ Cow Bell Trophy? | noted homophobia as one of the bullying problems on the StandUp agenda.
TV appearances.
In September 2013, Cohen took part as a contestant in the eleventh series of "Strictly Come Dancing". He was partnered with Russian professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff. The couple were later eliminated from the competition, landin... | SS "La Marguerite", the vessel that took the 1/6th Londons to France in 1915. The bell was presented to the regiment when the ship was scrapped, and in the interwar years it stood with the regimental silver in the HQ at Farringdon Rd.
One of these items of silverware, the Mildren Trophy, depicting a soldier of 1914–18,... | 45,530 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist’s works include 32 Campbell’s soup cans? | Campbell's Soup Cans
Campbell's Soup Cans, which is sometimes referred to as 32 Campbell's Soup Cans, is a work of art produced between November 1961 and March or April 1962 by Andy Warhol. It consists of thirty-two canvases, each measuring in height × in width and each consisting of a painting of a Campbell's Soup can... | Cottage Cafe attracted the white middle class of Camden to the suburbs initially.
Manufacturing companies were not the only businesses that were hit. After they left Camden and outsourced their production, White-collar companies and workers followed suit, leaving for the newly constructed offices of Cherry Hill.
Histor... | 45,531 | triviaqa-train |
Procyon and Gomesia are the two brightest stars in which constellation? | Procyon
Procyon is the brightest object in the constellation of Canis Minor and usually the eighth-brightest star in the night sky with a visual apparent magnitude of 0.34. It has the Bayer designation α Canis Minoris, which is Latinised to Alpha Canis Minoris, and abbreviated α CMi or Alpha CMi, respectively. As deter... | exaggerates the stretching.) Some prefer to regard it as a Heavenly 'G'.
- The Winter Triangle visible in the northern sky's winter and comprise the first magnitude stars Procyon, Betelgeuse and Sirius.
Large or bright asterisms Constellation based asterisms.
- A familiar asterism is the Big Dipper, Plough or Charles's... | 45,532 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1965 Joe Orton play tells the story of two young thieves, Hal and Dennis who rob a bank together? | for Most Promising Playwright. Within a year, "Sloane" was performed in New York, Spain, Israel, and Australia as well as made into a film (after Orton's death) and a television play.
Playwright "Loot".
Orton's next performed work was "Loot". The first draft was written from June to October 1964 and was called "Funeral... | as part of its Joe Orton Festival. This production opened on 3 June 1975. Arthur O'Sullivan played McLeavy, Jill Bennett played Fay, David Troughton played Hal, James Aubrey played Dennis, Philip Stone played Truscott, and Michael O'Hagan played Meadows. It was designed by Douglas Heap, with costumes by Harriet Geddes.... | 45,533 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the only English sporting venue apart from the Oval to have held both an F.A. Cup Final and an England cricket test match? | ' then innovative footballing style of teamwork rather than individual play. C. W. Alcock, Secretary of The Football Association, was the prime mover in the creation of the competition. He had also just become Secretary of Surrey CCC, so The Oval was the natural choice of venue for the final. Alcock was also captain of... | 's oldest sporting museum. The Twenty20 Cup, Minor Counties Cricket Championship and many other Championship finals are held at Lord's.
The Oval in Kennington, home of Surrey CCC, became the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880. The Oval was also an important location for footbal... | 45,534 | triviaqa-train |
Chablis, Pouilly-Fuissé, and Macon-Villages are all white wines from which French region? | by the bishopric of Mâcon during the Dark Ages.
The region formed the border between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire from 843-1600 and grew rich on customs duties in that time. A secular Count of Mâcon is not recorded until after 850; from 926 the countship became hereditary. The last Count of Mâcon an... | clear oak influence. On average these wines sell for much less than the white wines of Côte de Beaune to the north.
Geography.
West of Mâcon the land rises up to form Mont de Pouilly and other limestone hills, covered in the alkaline clay that best suits Chardonnay. The villages of Vergisson, Solutré-Pouilly, Fuissé an... | 45,535 | triviaqa-train |
A maple leaf is the livery of which airline? | Aeromexico, Air Canada, CP Air, Cathay Pacific, Condor Flugdienst, JAT Yugoslav Airlines, Lufthansa, Northwest Airlines, SAS Scandinavian Airlines System, TAROM, US Airways, and Western Airlines also employed unadorned bare metal in whole or part of their liveries for set periods or as an experiment. Cargo carriers lik... | motto of the order. The Chancellor wears the badge of a Companion and is, upon installation as governor general, granted a livery collar for wear at Order of Canada investiture ceremonies.
The badges for inductees are of a similar design to the sovereign's badge, though without precious stones, and slight differences f... | 45,536 | triviaqa-train |
Which plant widely cultivated for its seeds and oil has the Latin name Helianthus Annus? | sown is the seed enclosed in a shell or husk, whereas the potato is a tuber.
Many structures commonly referred to as "seeds" are actually dry fruits. Plants producing berries are called baccate. Sunflower seeds are sometimes sold commercially while still enclosed within the hard wall of the fruit, which must be split o... | perennial plant in natural habitats. It is cultivated as a winter annual.
It produces hairless capsules called siliques which contain 6 to 25 seeds each.
Uses.
The species is best known as the richest source of bladderpod oil. Most "Physaria" species contain the hydroxy acid lesquerolic acid in their oil with a seed oi... | 45,537 | triviaqa-train |
Plantar Fasciitis is a medical condition affecting which part of the body? | Corticosteroid injections are sometimes used for cases of plantar fasciitis refractory to more conservative measures. There is tentative evidence that injections may be effective for pain relief in the first month but not after that.
Foot orthoses have been demonstrated as an effective method to reduce plantar fasciiti... | heel pain, and not the spur itself. The condition is responsible for the creation of the spur though the clinical significance of heel spurs in plantar fasciitis remains unclear.
Diagnosis Imaging.
Medical imaging is not routinely needed as it is expensive and does not typically change how plantar fasciitis is managed.... | 45,538 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the sound hole on a violin? | Sound hole
A sound hole is an opening in the body of a stringed musical instrument, usually the upper sound board.
Sound holes have different shapes:
- Round in flat-top guitars and traditional bowl-back mandolins;
- F-holes in instruments from the violin family, archtop mandolins and in archtop guitars;
- C-holes in ... | Theon
Theon may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media.
- Theon Greyjoy, a character in George R. R. Martin' fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire"
People with the name.
People with the name Given name or stage name.
- Theon (1st century BC), literary critic and lexicographer
- Theon (rhetorician) (c. 500), teacher ... | 45,539 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish city is nicknamed ‘The Granite City’? | not even altered their colour."
Uses Modern.
Uses Modern Sculpture and memorials.
In some areas, granite is used for gravestones and memorials. Granite is a hard stone and requires skill to carve by hand. Until the early 18th century, in the Western world, granite could be carved only by hand tools with generally poor ... | during the Victorian era of granite, which has led to its local nickname of the "Granite City" or more romantically the less commonly used name the "Silver City", since the Mica in the stone sparkles in the sun. The hard grey stone is one of the most durable materials available and helps to explain why the city's build... | 45,540 | triviaqa-train |
Which architect found the Bauhaus School in Weimar in 1919? | Bauhaus
The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus, was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught.
The Bauhaus was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. The German term ""—literally "bui... | great-uncle Martin Gropius before him, became an architect.
Career Bauhaus period (1919–28).
Gropius's career advanced in the postwar period. Henry van de Velde, the master of the Grand-Ducal Saxon School of Arts and Crafts in Weimar was asked to step down in 1915 due to his Belgian nationality. His recommendation for ... | 45,541 | triviaqa-train |
Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last ruler of which empire? | in a Western Roman Empire, based in Milan and later Ravenna, and an Eastern Roman Empire, based in Nicomedia and later Constantinople. Rome remained the nominal capital of both parts until 476 AD, when it sent the imperial insignia to Constantinople (Byzantium in Ancient Greek) following the capture of Ravenna by the b... | Shinty/Hurling International Series
The Shinty/Hurling International Series is a sports competition played annually between the Ireland national hurling team (selected by the Gaelic Athletic Association) and Scotland national shinty team (selected by the Camanachd Association). The series is conducted according to the ... | 45,542 | triviaqa-train |
Pastor Fred Waldron Phelps, Sr, is the founder of which American church; he died in 2014 but received no funeral, as according to his daughter Shirley “this church does not worship the dead”? | On July 14, 2006, Mundy Township, Michigan billed the WBC for $5,000. The Westboro church had informed township authorities on June 28 that a protest was planned at the Swartz Funeral Home. The bill to the church ensued, according to the local police chief, because the congregation failed to keep a verbal contract for ... | , 2014. His daughter, Shirley, stated that a funeral for her father would not be held because the church does not "worship the dead". According to Nathan Phelps, Fred Phelps' body was immediately cremated and no information about the disposition of his ashes has been released. The Recovering From Religion organization ... | 45,543 | triviaqa-train |
After receiving a late fee of $40 dollars for an overdue Apollo 13 videotape, Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph founded which online company in 1997? | Netflix
Netflix, Inc. () is an American video on demand and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. The company's primary business is its subscription-based streaming OTT service which offers online streaming of a librar... | at Silicon Valley start-ups, including heading marketing at desktop scanner maker Visioneer, and then as a member of the founding team of Integrity QA, a developer of automated software testing products. In late 1996, software debugging company Pure Atria acquired the nine-person software startup. Pure Atria’s founder ... | 45,544 | triviaqa-train |
Rising to fame in Geordie Shore, reality TV star Scotty T. won which reality TV competition on 5th February 2016? | member Jay Gardner. During the series, Charlotte entered the "Celebrity Big Brother" house to compete in the twelfth series of the show and eventually won on 14 September 2013.
Series Series 7 (2013).
The seventh series of the show began airing on 17 September 2013 and concluded on 22 October 2013, consisting of six ep... | to have had affairs with ex-celebrity housemates Faria Alam and Ulrika Jonsson. She was the final housemate to enter the house on Day 1. She became the second housemate to be evicted on Day 11.
Housemates Scotty T.
Scott Timlin (also known as Scotty T) is an English reality television personality, who rose to fame as a... | 45,545 | triviaqa-train |
Which musical features the songs Stranger in Paradise & the Olive Tree? | Stranger in Paradise (song)
"Stranger in Paradise" is a popular song from the musical "Kismet" (1953), and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like almost all the music in that show, the melody was taken from music composed by Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), in this case, the "Gliding Dance of the Maidens",... | Omar
- Sebastian Cabot as The Wazir
- Jay C. Flippen as Jawan
- Mike Mazurki as The Chief Policeman
- Jack Elam as Hasan-Ben
- Ted de Corsia as Police Sub-altern
Songs.
- "Fate"
- "Not Since Nineveh"
- "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads"
- "Stranger in Paradise"
- "Gesticulate"
- "Bored"
- "Night of My Nights"
- "The Olive T... | 45,546 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county is Wincanton racecourse? | Wincanton Racecourse
Wincanton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Wincanton, Somerset, England.
The steeplechase fences are large, making it a good test of a chaser. Three fences in quick succession in the second half of the home-straight make for exciting racing and often change the complexion ... | Street which closed in 2010. You can now visit some of the items which were in the museum in the library which is situated in Carrington Way.
The cartoonist Tony Weare was born in Wincanton.
Sports.
The town gives its name to Wincanton Racecourse which is in the neighbouring parish of Charlton Musgrove.
Wincanton has a... | 45,547 | triviaqa-train |
Based in Hexam Northumberland, the publishing company Bloodaxe Books specialises in what kind of literature? | region have been famous since late mediaeval times. Thomas Percy, whose celebrated "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry" appeared in 1765, states that most of the minstrels who sang the border ballads in London and elsewhere in the 15th and 16th centuries belonged to the North. The activities of Sir Walter Scott and oth... | Dedalus Books
Dedalus Books is a British publishing company specialising in European literature. As stated on their website, Dedalus specialises in "its own distinctive genre, which we term distorted reality, where the bizarre, the unusual and the grotesque and the surreal meld in a kind of intellectual fiction which i... | 45,548 | triviaqa-train |
The 2015 film Straight Outta’ Compton was a biopic of which rap/hip hop group? | being very visual and metaphorical but also succinct, whereas underground rapper MF DOOM is known for heaping similes upon similes. In still another variation, 2Pac was known for saying exactly what he meant, literally and clearly.
Rap music's development into popular culture in the 1990's can be accredited to the albu... | around a mountain that represents the ultimate goal for the player. The regions are differentiated from one another by changes in vegetation, and the puzzles within each region are similar to one another (e.g. their solutions may all involve symmetry). Throughout the island are yellow boxes housing turrets. These can b... | 45,549 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the fictional country in the Marx Brothers film 'Duck Soup'? | " "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Plot.
The wealthy Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) insists that Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) be appointed leader of the small, bankrupt country of Freedonia before she will continue to provide much-ne... | Edward F. Cline, would direct another film with exactly the same name, "Cracked Nuts", which had absolutely no connection with this film, other than the title and director.
This was the first talking film which used the concept of a revolution in a fictional kingdom, a concept which would be wonderfully done two years ... | 45,550 | triviaqa-train |
Hastings Banda was the first President of which African country? | 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... | , some members of the Nyasaland African Congress invited Hastings Banda, then living in the Gold Coast to return to Nyasaland, which he did in July 1958, becoming the president of Congress. Banda was absolutely opposed to Federation, but otherwise quite moderate and far less radical that younger Congress members. In th... | 45,551 | triviaqa-train |
"If it's a ""Yowie"" in Australia and a ""Sasquatch"" in Canada, what is it in the USA?" | announce that there was no captive Bigfoot. He blamed an unnamed woman for misleading him, and said that the show's audience was gullible.
On July 9, 2008, Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton posted a video to YouTube, claiming that they had discovered the body of a dead Sasquatch in a forest in northern Georgia. Tom Biscard... | Practical Philosophy is nonconfrontational", "We believe there are many forms of scripture", "What is true is true and will never change, whether it's in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It's about oneness. Its basic philosophy is that if the Buddha and Krishna and Jesus were all at a dinner table together, they wouldn't b... | 45,552 | triviaqa-train |
"Who played OJ Simpson in the 2016 TV series ""The People v OJ Simpson""?" | Simpson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) murder case as well as the combination of prosecution confidence, defense wiliness, and the Los Angeles Police Department's history with the city's African-American community that gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.
The season also stars Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden, Kenn... | ID premiered the documentary "OJ: Trial of the Century", which begins on the day of the murders, ends on the reading of the verdict, and comprises actual media footage of events and reactions as they unfolded.
- In February 2016, FX premiered the anthology series "American Crime Story". The self-contained first season,... | 45,553 | triviaqa-train |
In which county are the towns of Okehampton, Sidmouth and South Molton? | as Devon and Somerset. "Shire county" is, strictly, a dual-language tautology since the French-derived "county" means the same as the older Anglo-Saxon word "shire".
Origins.
Prior to 1974 local government had been divided between single-tier county boroughs (the largest towns and cities) and two-tier administrative co... | - Ipplepen
- Ivybridge
- Kentisbeare
- Kenton
- Kingsbridge
- Kingskerswell
- Kingsteighton
- Langtree
- Lifton
- Loddiswell
- Luton
- Milton Abbot
- Moretonhampstead
- Northam
- North Molton
- North Tawton
- Okehampton
- Otterton
- Plympton
- Salcombe
- Seaton
- Shaldon
- Sidbury
- Sidmouth
- Silverton
- South Brent
-... | 45,554 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote the ""Sharpe"" novels?" | Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell, (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe. He has written historical novels primarily on English history in five series, and one series of cont... | Jon Sharpe
Jon Sharpe was the original author of The Trailsman series of Western novels, published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA). The century series, which has run since the early 1980s, was created by author Jon Messmann, who wrote most of the first 200 books in the series under the Jon Sh... | 45,555 | triviaqa-train |
In which Bond film does Charles Grey play the villain Blofeld? | had become flabby with a huge belly.
Blofeld appears or is heard in three novels: "Thunderball", "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"; and "You Only Live Twice"; as well as seven films from Eon Productions: "From Russia with Love" (1963); "Thunderball" (1965); "You Only Live Twice" (1967); "On Her Majesty's Secret Service... | in full by United Artists. The first film made under Connery's deal was "The Offence", directed by his friend Sidney Lumet. The second was to be an adaptation of "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, using only Scottish actors and in which Connery himself would play the title role. This project was abandoned because Roman ... | 45,556 | triviaqa-train |
What did British mathematician Andrew Wiles prove in 1993? | Andrew Wiles
Sir Andrew John Wiles (born 11 April 1953) is an English mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specialising in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, for which he was awarded the 2016 Abel Prize and the 2017 Copley Medal by the Royal S... | by Serre and Ribet, this approach to Fermat was widely considered unusable as well, since almost all mathematicians saw the Taniyama–Shimura–Weil conjecture itself as completely inaccessible to proof with current knowledge. For example, Wiles's ex-supervisor John Coates stated that it seemed "impossible to actually pro... | 45,557 | triviaqa-train |
"From which poem by Keats did F Scott Fitzgerald get the title of his 1934 book ""Tender is the Night""?" | in English literature. Some of the most acclaimed works of Keats are "Ode to a Nightingale", "Sleep and Poetry", and the famous sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer".
Biography.
Biography Early life.
John Keats was born in Moorgate, London, on 31 October 1795 to Thomas Keats and his wife, Frances Jennings. The... | , Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, in 1999, argued "whose notion of poetry as a 'movement' from personal consciousness to an awareness of suffering humanity it perfectly illustrates."
In fiction.
F. Scott Fitzgerald took the title of his novel "Tender is the Night" from the 35th line of the ode.
According to Ildikó de Papp... | 45,558 | triviaqa-train |
Dinosaur National Park is a World Heritage Site in the Canadian Badlands, in which Province is it? | The Big Muddy Badlands in Saskatchewan, gained notoriety as a hideout for outlaws.
There is a large badland area in Alberta, particularly in the valley of the Red Deer River, where Dinosaur Provincial Park is located, as well as in Drumheller, where The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology is located.
Locations New Z... | and disarticulated, which are often found with preserved remains of soft tissues. Remains of other animals such as fish, turtles, and crocodilians, as well as plant remains, are also abundant. The formation has been named after Dinosaur Provincial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the formation is well exposed i... | 45,559 | triviaqa-train |
What name was given to the religious and social rebellion against Henry VIII in 1536? | of Grace, a large uprising in northern England in October 1536. Some 20,000 to 40,000 rebels were led by Robert Aske, together with parts of the northern nobility. Henry VIII promised the rebels he would pardon them and thanked them for raising the issues. Aske told the rebels they had been successful and they could di... | 's Rebellion of 1537, risings in the North against the religious changes, were bloodily repressed. All through 1536-41 Henry VIII engaged in a large-scale dissolution of the Monasteries, which controlled most of the wealth of the church and much of the richest land. He disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and fria... | 45,560 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded The Promenade Concerts in 1895? | Promenade concert
Promenade concerts were musical performances in the 18th and 19th century pleasure gardens of London, where the audience would stroll about while listening to the music. The term derives from the French "se promener", "to walk".
Today, the term "promenade concert" is often associated with the Proms su... | in the Hall and have done so annually every summer since. The event was founded in 1895, and now each season consists of over 70 concerts, in addition to a series of events at other venues across the United Kingdom on the last night. In 2009, the total number of concerts reached 100 for the first time. Jiří Bělohlávek ... | 45,561 | triviaqa-train |
In an opera by Wagner, which eponymous group held a song contest, the prize being the hand of 'Eva'? | to its feet during Hans Sachs's final oration, and sang "Deutschland über Alles" after the opera had finished.
The association of with Nazism led to one of the most controversial stage productions of the work. The first Bayreuth production of following World War II occurred in 1956, when Wieland Wagner, the composer's ... | as a shoemaker, poet, and widower. At last, however, he admits to Eva that, despite his feelings for her, he is resolved to avoid the fate of King Marke (a reference to the subject of another Wagner opera, "Tristan und Isolde", in which an old man tries to marry a much-younger woman), thus conferring his blessing upon ... | 45,562 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible, from what was 'Eve' created? | views Judaism.
In the first creation narrative (Elohim) account, it says "male and female [Elohim] created them" (Genesis 1:27), which has been interpreted to imply simultaneous creation of the man and the woman. Whereas the second creation account states that YHWH created Eve from Adam's rib, because he was lonely (Ge... | Eve
Eve (; ; ; ; ; Syriac: ܚܘܐ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible and in the Quran. According to the origin story of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. Eve is known also as Adam's wife.
According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the... | 45,563 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the character played by Anna Wing in 'Eastenders'? | . She was given an extensive backstory, heavily intertwined with various focal characters within the serial, including all of the Beale and Fowler family who mostly disliked her, particularly her ex-husband Pete Beale (Peter Dean), her son Simon Wicks (Nick Berry), and Pete's mother Lou Beale (Anna Wing). In addition, ... | television critics and "EastEnders" actors such as Anna Wing and Pam St. Clement (Lou and Pat). During the programme—which aired on New Year's Day, 2007—Wendy Richard reflected upon how "proud" she was of her character, commenting: "Pauline had everything in life thrown at her and I think she coped with it very well. I... | 45,564 | triviaqa-train |
In which opera by Offenbach does a poet relate three stories about the loves of his life? | Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach (, , , ; 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-French composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera "The Tales of Hoffmann". He was a powerful influence on later composers of t... | ).
Legacy.
- Bodenheim's memoir, "My Life and Loves in Greenwich Village", released six months after his death in 1954, was largely ghostwritten by David George Plotkin, a writer employed by the publisher Samuel Roth. Roth had been paying the down-and-out Bodenheim for his biographical stories about Greenwich Village a... | 45,565 | triviaqa-train |
In which Dickens novel do 'Bitzer', 'Sleary', and 'James Harthouse' appear? | Hard Times
Hard Times may refer to:
Literature.
- "Hard Times" (novel), an 1854 novel by Charles Dickens
Film and television.
- "Hard Times" (1915 film), a silent British film directed by Thomas Bentley based on Dickens' novel
- "Hard Times" (1975 film), an American drama starring Charles Bronson
- "Hard Times" (1988 f... | is used in the factories there. Tom, her brother, elatedly bids her farewell.
Synopsis Book 2: Reaping.
Book Two opens on Bounderby's bank in Coketown, over which the "light porter", Sissy's old classmate Bitzer, and the austere Mrs. Sparsit keep watch at the afternoon. A well-dressed gentleman asks for directions to B... | 45,566 | triviaqa-train |
Which pop group was named for the schoolboy hero of the film 'Back To The Future'? | Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, who accidentally travels back in time from 1985 to 1955, where he meets his future parents and becomes his mother's romantic in... | No. 13 on "Billboard" Mainstream Top 40. Fall Out Boy also was featured on the track "Back to Earth" from Steve Aoki's second album "Neon Future I", which was released on September 30, 2014. Another song titled "Immortals" was released October 14, 2014, as part of the soundtrack for the Walt Disney film "Big Hero 6". T... | 45,567 | triviaqa-train |
From which ship did Grace Darling and her father rescue seven survivors in 1838? | Grace Darling
Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter, famed for participating in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked "Forfarshire" in 1838. The paddlesteamer ran aground on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland in northeast England; ni... | large omnibus, sometimes called a "barge" was used primarily in New England for excursions. Many of these vehicles were named for famous people or locations; this particular omnibus is named after Grace Darling, a popular maritime heroine who was responsible for the dramatic rescue of survivors from a shipwreck off the... | 45,568 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Sir Anthony Eden resign as Prime Minister? | Harold Macmillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative Party statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Dubbed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability.
Macmillan served in the Gren... | building an independent nuclear capacity and maintaining a leading role in world affairs, and anyway successive governments seldom did a better job.
The Conservatives were re-elected in 1955 and 1959 with larger majorities. Conservative Prime Ministers Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-... | 45,569 | triviaqa-train |
Cliff Richard's 'Living Doll' featured in which 1959 film? | Serious Charge
Serious Charge (also known as A Touch of Hell) is a 1959 British film directed by Terence Young, produced and co-written by Mickey Delamar (with Guy Elmes). Adapted from a stage play written by Philip King, the film is now most notable for being Cliff Richard’s screen acting début in a minor supporting r... | Travellin' Light
"Travellin' Light" is a UK No. 1 single recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows and released in 1959. It was the follow-up single to Richard's first No. 1, "Living Doll" and remained at No. 1 for five weeks (one less than "Living Doll"). "Travellin' Light" was also a Number 1 hit in Ireland and Norwa... | 45,570 | triviaqa-train |
What do Americans call a Hare? | Hare
Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares are classified in the same family as rabbits. They are similar in size and form to rabbits and have similar herbivorous diets, but generally have longer ears and live solitarily or in pairs. Also unlike rabbits, their young are able to fend for... | ?" In response to criticism about his remarks Belafonte asked, "What do you call Bush when the war he put us in to date has killed almost as many Americans as died on 9/11 and the number of Americans wounded in war is almost triple? ... By most definitions Bush can be considered a terrorist." When he was asked about hi... | 45,571 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the most northerly lake in the Cumbrian 'Lake District'? | List of lakes in the Lake District
This list contains the lakes, tarns and reservoirs in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England.
Only one body of water, Bassenthwaite Lake, is traditionally named a "lake". Larger bodies of water in the Lake District are generally named as "mere" or "water", whilst smaller ... | touches on Lake Edward on the border with DRC
- Bufumbira County, southwest of modern-day Kabale District, bordering with Rubanda County, the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bufumbira County is the location of Lake Mutanda and Lake Chahafi.
- Rujumbura County, which was the most northerly c... | 45,572 | triviaqa-train |
Which Biblical king was the son of David and Bathsheba? | Bathsheba
Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible. She is most known for the biblical narrative in which she was summoned by King David, who had seen her bathing and lusted after her. She was the mother of Solomon, who succeeded David as king, making her the Queen m... | Nathan
Nathan or Natan may refer to:
People.
- Nathan (prophet), a person in the Hebrew Bible
- Nathan (son of David), biblical figure, son of King David and Bathsheba
- Nathan of Gaza, a charismatic figure who spread the word of Eli the Prophet
- Starboy Nathan, a British singer who used the stage name "Nathan" from 2... | 45,573 | triviaqa-train |
Which cartoon featured 'Benny the Ball', 'Spook' and 'Officer Dibble'? | sourced from the Dell comics strips. BrownWatson later published a 1978 annual entitled "The Great Grape Ape and Boss Cat".
In other media View-Master.
T.C. and friends appeared on three View-Master reels in 1962. These were titled "Medal for Meddling", "Zoo-Operation", and "No Cat Fishing".
In other media Music.
The O... | Cat says that he would help him if he gets most of the money the cat aggress and says his name is Benny the Ball and the two make money with Benny playing the violin with horrible skills. When it was the end of the day TC suggests they should go to Mrs. B's place on the way they bump into two orphans who stole cakes fr... | 45,574 | triviaqa-train |
What was the 'Boston Strangler's' real name? | The Boston Strangler (film)
The Boston Strangler is a 1968 American neo-noir film loosely based on the true story of the Boston Strangler and the book by Gerold Frank. It was directed by Richard Fleischer and stars Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo, the strangler, and Henry Fonda as John S. Bottomly, the chief detective wh... | , died in prison from pulmonary embolism.
Connection to the Boston Strangler.
While examining the Clegg crime scene, Det. Cavanagh noted that it shockingly resembled the recent murders in Boston. Not only that, but during an interrogation, Terry himself confessed to visiting Boston on the weekends, coinciding with the ... | 45,575 | triviaqa-train |
"Which Italian spaghetti literally means ""little worms""?" | Vermicelli
Vermicelli (, , ; ) is a traditional type of pasta round in section similar to spaghetti.
In Italy vermicelli is slightly thicker than spaghetti, but in the United States it is slightly thinner. In Vietnam vermicelli is the same as angel hair pasta or "capellini".
The term "vermicelli" is also used to descri... | Capellini
Capellini (, literally "little hairs") is a very thin variety of Italian pasta, with a diameter between . Like spaghetti, it is rod-shaped, in the form of long strands.
Capelli d'angelo (, literally angel hair -- hence, "angel hair pasta" in English) is a thinner variant with a diameter between . It is often ... | 45,576 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the better known wife of Earl Leofric of Chester? | Leofric, Earl of Mercia
Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was an Earl of Mercia. He founded monasteries at Coventry and Much Wenlock. Leofric is most remembered as the husband of Lady Godiva.
Life.
Leofric was the son of Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce, who witnessed a charter in 997 for King Æthelred II.... | came to Chester where he held his court in a palace in a place now known as Edgar’s field near the old Dee bridge in Handbridge. Taking the helm of a barge, he was rowed the short distance up the River Dee from Edgar’s field to St John the Baptist's Church by six (the monk Henry Bradshaw records he was rowed by eight k... | 45,577 | triviaqa-train |
Which everyday objects are featured in the painting 'The Persistence Of Memory'? | The Persistence of Memory
The Persistence of Memory () is a 1931 painting by artist Salvador Dalí, and one of his most recognizable works. First shown at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932, since 1934 the painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, which received it from an ano... | and that of physics has transcended the one of psychology. My father today is Dr. Heisenberg."
In this respect, "The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory", which appeared in 1954, in harking back to "The Persistence of Memory" and in portraying that painting in fragmentation and disintegration, summarizes Dalí's... | 45,578 | triviaqa-train |
Inuktitut and Danish are the official languages of which island country? | with Inukjuak, Quebec, and there is a Itivimuit River near the town.
Languages and dialects Labrador.
The Nunatsiavut dialect ( , or often in government documents ) was once spoken across northern Labrador. It has a distinct writing system, created by German missionaries from the Moravian Church in Greenland in the 176... | language services.
- In Prince Edward Island there is a Francophone region.
- In Newfoundland and Labrador, in the autonomous area of Nunatsiavut, English and Inuttut are co-official In Port au Port Peninsula French language is used.
- Nunavut is a Canadian territory with a population that is 85% Inuit. According to Of... | 45,579 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport was Graeme Obree briefly world record holder in 1993, only to lose it to another Briton shortly afterwards? | used at Bordeaux. He had bolted his shoes to his pedals, to avoid what had happened in the final of the national pursuit championship, when he pulled his foot off the pedal during his starting effort.
He rode 52.713 kilometres, a distance beaten on 2 September 1994 by the Spanish Tour de France winner, Miguel Induráin.... | Nelson
- George Newberry
- Frances Newstead
- Alan Newton
- Chris Newton
- Jon Norfolk
O.
- Graeme Obree - "World Hour record holder and twice World Individual pursuit champion"
- Evan Oliphant
- James Ouchterlony
- Ryan Owens
P.
- Kieran Page
- Rob Partridge
- Bill Paul
- Julie Paulding
- Ernest Payne - "1908 Summer O... | 45,580 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the Best Supporting Actor 'Oscar' for his role in 'An Officer And A Gentleman'? | An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American romantic drama film starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, and Louis Gossett Jr., who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film, making him the first African American to do so. It tells the story of Zack Mayo (Gere), a United Stat... | , a miniseries which chronicled the life and assassination of Anwar Sadat. While filming "An Officer and a Gentleman", Gossett was also starring in the 1982–1983 science fiction series, "The Powers of Matthew Star". His role as drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film "An Officer and a Gentleman" w... | 45,581 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist painted the picture, 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp' in 1632? | The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 oil painting on canvas by Rembrandt housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. The painting is regarded as one of Rembrandt's early masterpieces.
In the work, Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is pictured explaining the muscu... | format ("The Blinding of Samson", 1636, "Belshazzar's Feast", c. 1635 "Danaë", 1636 but reworked later), seeking to emulate the baroque style of Rubens. With the occasional help of assistants in Uylenburgh's workshop, he painted numerous portrait commissions both small ("Jacob de Gheyn III") and large ("Portrait of the... | 45,582 | triviaqa-train |
"Which twentieth century US President once said, ""They say hard work never killed anyone, but why take the chance""?" | President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
In contemporary times, the presiden... | of "Afraid of Sunlight" which said, "If this were by anything other than Marillion it would be hailed as near genius". And they still wouldn’t give us a feature. How can they say, "this is an amazing record ... no, we don’t want to talk to you"? It’s hard to take when they say, "here’s a very average record ... we’ll p... | 45,583 | triviaqa-train |
By what other name is the 'Battle of the Nile' (1798) known? | Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; ) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt from the 1st to the 3rd of August 1798. The battle was the climax... | six wounded; the French lost 33 killed and wounded.
On his repatriation, Hallowell received the court-martial that was automatic for a Royal Navy captain who had lost his ship, but was honourably acquitted. Meanwhile the French Navy took "Swiftsure" into service under her own name.
Naval career Nelson's coffin.
Hallow... | 45,584 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2008 Olympics, Mark Hunter won a gold medal in which sport? | Mark Hunter (rower)
Mark John Hunter MBE (born 1 July 1978) is a retired British rower.
Hunter was born in Forest Gate, London and he attended Havering Sixth Form College. While representing Havering in the London Youth Games, he took part in some of his early rowing competitions. In 2007 he partnered Zac Purchase in t... | Jay-Emmanuel Thomas.
JJ Jegede, the long jumper, was born and raised in Forest Gate and won the Silver Medal at the 2011 UK Championships and Gold at 2012 UK Indoor Championships. JJ was a Team GB member for the London 2012 Olympics.
Mark Hunter, MBE, was born and raised in Forest Gate and won the Gold Medal in the lig... | 45,585 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 'The Leatherstocking Stories'? | Leatherstocking Tales
The Leatherstocking Tales is a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper, set in the eighteenth century era of development in the primarily former Iroquois areas in central New York. Each novel features Natty Bumppo, a frontiersman known to European-American settlers as "Leath... | University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society.
Cooper served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was "The Spy", a tale about counter-espionage set during the American Revolutionary War and publis... | 45,586 | triviaqa-train |
Who is credited with the design of the 'Mini skirt'? | female tennis players, figure skaters, cheerleaders, and dancers.
Several designers have been credited with the invention of the 1960s miniskirt, most significantly the London-based designer Mary Quant and the Parisian André Courrèges.
Pre-1960.
While very short skirts have existed for a long time, they were generally ... | Young’s father was British entrepreneur Paul Young, who owned the New York City boutique Paraphernalia in the 1960s and was credited with bringing mod fashion, including the mini skirt trend, from London to America. His father died in 2003. He has one sister and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Career.
Young worked at... | 45,587 | triviaqa-train |
Who was British Prime Minister at the time of the 'American Declaration of Independence'? | the ministry of Prime Minister Lord North were determined to enforce parliamentary supremacy in America. As the king wrote to North in November 1774, "blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country or independent".
Most colonists still hoped for reconciliation with Great Britain, even after fighting b... | On 31 August 1957, the Federation of Malaya gained its independence from British rule. The British flag was lowered and the Malayan flag was raised for the first time at the Padang on the midnight of 30 August 1957, and in the morning of 31 August, the ceremony for the Declaration of Independence was held at the Merdek... | 45,588 | triviaqa-train |
The magnificent altarpiece in the Cathedral of Ghent and the 'Arnolfini Wedding' are masterpieces painted by which 15th.century Flemish artist? | Ghent Altarpiece
The Ghent Altarpiece (or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, ) is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. It was begun c. the mid-1420s and completed before 1432, and is attributed to the Early Netherlandish painters and brothers Hubert and Jan v... | guild of Ghent and served as its deacon from 1474 to 1476.
It was during this period that Hugo van der Goes painted the Adoration of the Magi (also known as the Monforte Altarpiece (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)) and worked on the commission of Tommaso Portinari for the Portinari Altarpiece (Uffizi, Florence), which arrived ... | 45,589 | triviaqa-train |
In which Irish city does the Salmon Weir Bridge span the River Corrib? | River Corrib
The River Corrib (Irish: "Abhainn na Gaillimhe") in the west of Ireland flows from Lough Corrib through Galway to Galway Bay. The river is among the shortest in Europe, with only a length of six kilometres from the lough to the Atlantic. It is popular with local whitewater kayakers as well as several rowin... | "Lower" Corrib.
The part of the river that flows from the southern end of the lake to the Salmon Weir is known as the "Upper Corrib". The weir, a set of weir gates also built during the above navigation scheme, was originally built from stone and timber but now only two of these gates remain and are only opened in time... | 45,590 | triviaqa-train |
Jose Socrates has been Prime Minister of which country since 2005? | Prime Minister of Portugal
Prime Minister (Portuguese: "Primeiro-Ministro"; ) is the current title of the head of government of Portugal. As head of government, the Prime Minister coordinates the actions of ministers, represents the Government of Portugal to the other bodies of state, is accountable to Parliament and k... | Luísa Diogo
Luísa Dias Diogo (born 11 April 1958) was Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming Prime Minister, she was Minister of Planning and Finance, and she continued to hold that post unti... | 45,591 | triviaqa-train |
Which European country was ruled by the House of Braganza, 1640-1910? | ", and simultaneously "Portugália" – the County of Portugal.
Later the Kingdom of Asturias was divided into a number of Christian Kingdoms in Northern Iberia due to dynastic divisions of inheritance among the king's offspring. With the forced abdication of Alfonso III "the Great" of Asturias by his sons in 910, the Kin... | -1580)
- Most Serene House of Braganza or Brigantine Dynasty (1640–1910)
- Braganza (direct) (1640-1853)
- Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1853-1910)
- House of Habsburg or Philippine Dynasty (1581–1640)
List of dynasties and dynastic regimes by region Europe Roman Empire.
- Julio–Claudian dynasty (27 – 68)
- Flavian d... | 45,592 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, who was abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull? | Europa (consort of Zeus)
In Greek mythology, Europa (; , "Eurṓpē", ) was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a Phoenician princess of Argive origin, after whom the continent Europe is named. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a bull was a Cretan story; as classicist Károly Kerényi points out, "most of the... | god Zeus is sometimes called Zeus Xenios in his role as a protector of guests. He thus embodied the religious obligation to be hospitable to travelers. Theoxeny or theoxenia is a theme in Greek mythology in which human beings demonstrate their virtue or piety by extending hospitality to a humble stranger "(xenos)", who... | 45,593 | triviaqa-train |
Which island country has two languages, Greek and Turkish? | Turkish language
Turkish (), also referred to as Istanbul Turkish, and sometimes known as Turkey Turkish, is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around ten to fifteen million native speakers in Southeast Europe (mostly in East and Western Thrace) and sixty to sixty-five million native speakers in Weste... | all the words because the words of Balkan Romani originate from many sources and the sources of those languages creates a complex puzzle.
Grammar.
Turkish grammar plays a large role in Balkan Romani. The use of Turkish conjugations is widely embedded within Balkan Romani and oftentimes, it is difficult to tell the diff... | 45,594 | triviaqa-train |
Donald Tusk has been the Prime Minister of which country since 2007? | Donald Tusk
Donald Franciszek Tusk (; ; born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician who has been the President of the European Council since 2014. He served as Prime Minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014 and was a co-founder and chairman of the Civic Platform ("Platforma Obywatelska") political party.
Tusk has been invol... | adoption of a leftist agenda, ultimately did not join. In 2008 Gliński received the title of professor of humanities.
Political activities.
On 1 October 2012, Law and Justice announced Gliński as candidate for Prime Minister with a request for a constructive vote of no confidence against the government of Donald Tusk. ... | 45,595 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2008 Olympics, Louis Smith won Britain's first ever medal (bronze) in which sport? | Olympics could be targeted by terrorist groups, disruption from pro-Tibetan protesters, and religious persecutions.
There were also claims that several members of China's women's gymnastics team, including double gold medal winner He Kexin, were too young to compete under the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique's ... | Wang Na (synchronised swimmer)
Wang Na (; born January 27, 1984) is a Chinese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was on the team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics, which was China's first ever Olympic medal in the sport.
Retired at the age o... | 45,596 | triviaqa-train |
Which stretch of water lies between North and South islands, New Zealand? | first Parliament met in 1854. In 1856 the colony effectively became self-governing, gaining responsibility over all domestic matters other than native policy. (Control over native policy was granted in the mid-1860s.) Following concerns that the South Island might form a separate colony, premier Alfred Domett moved a r... | south of Nynäshamn, to Väddö, north of Norrtälje. It is separated from Åland by a stretch of water named South Kvarken. A separate group of islands lies further north, near the town of Öregrund. Between Arholma and Landsort there are approximately 24,000 islands and islets. Some of the better-known islands are Dalarö, ... | 45,597 | triviaqa-train |
The name of which part of the former Roman province of Dacia, translates into English as 'land beyond the forest'? | centers like Cluj-Napoca (Robert Bosch GmbH, Emerson Electric), Timișoara (Alcatel-Lucent, Flextronics and Continental AG), Brașov, Sibiu, Oradea and Arad. The cities of Cluj Napoca and Târgu Mureș are connected with a strong medical tradition, and according to the same classifications top performance hospitals exist t... | Province of Pennsylvania
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was founded in English North America by William Penn on March 4, 1681 as dictated in a royal charter granted by King Charles II. The name Pennsylvania, which translates roughly as "Penn's Woods", was created by combining the P... | 45,598 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Foumart' or 'Foul-Marten', is an old name for which creature? | "dain", respectively) are of Middle English or Old French origin. Polecats are not mentioned in Anglo-Saxon or Welsh literature prior to the Norman conquest of England in 1066, with the first recorded mention of the species in the Welsh language occurring in the 14th century's "Llyfr Coch Hergest" and in English in Cha... | in the Abenaki language. "Wejack" is an Algonquian word (cf. Cree "wuchak", "otchock", Ojibwa "ojiig") borrowed by fur traders. Other American Indian names for the fisher are Chipewyan "thacho" and Carrier "chunihcho", both meaning "big marten", and Wabanaki "uskool".
Taxonomy.
The Latin specific name "pennanti" honors... | 45,599 | triviaqa-train |
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