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Who won the Best Supporting Actor 'Oscar' for his role in 'Jerry Maguire'? | Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama sports film written, produced, and directed by Cameron Crowe, and stars Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renée Zellweger. Produced in part by long time "Simpsons" producer James L. Brooks, it was inspired by sports agent Leigh Steinberg, who acted as ... | Gooding, Jr., American film actor who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in "Jerry Maguire"; in Bronx, New York
January 3, 1968 (Wednesday).
- Cuba began rationing gasoline for the first time since Fidel Castro's regime had taken power nine years earlier. In a speech the night before on the anniversary of the revol... | 45,600 | triviaqa-train |
The Fosse way runs southwest from Lincoln to which city? | cities that wish to gain the distinction of a lord mayor. The 2002 competition was entered by Bath, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chichester, Derby, Exeter, Gloucester, Lancaster, Lincoln, St Albans, St David's, Salford, Southampton, Sunderland, Truro, Wolverhampton and Worcester; the successful candidate was Exeter. In 2012 a ... | Elston
Elston is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, to the southwest of Newark, and a mile from the A46 Fosse Way. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 631. The parish of Elston lies between the rivers Trent and Devon, with "the village itself set amongst trees and ... | 45,601 | triviaqa-train |
After which film star is the airport in Orange County, California named? | into an international airport to complement the existing John Wayne Airport. But subsequent voter initiatives and court actions have caused the airport plan to be permanently shelved. Instead, it became the Orange County Great Park.
Geography.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of whi... | - Orange County, New York, part of the New York metropolitan area
- Orange County, North Carolina
- Orange County, Texas
- Orange County, Vermont
- Orange County, Virginia
Entertainment.
- "Orange County" (film), 2002 film set in Orange County, California
Entertainment TV shows.
- "The O.C.", television show named afte... | 45,602 | triviaqa-train |
In which Irish city can one stroll along the Mardyke Wall, between the north and south channels of the River Lee? | warfare that was already deep-seated in Ireland. The Vikings also were involved in establishing most of the major coastal settlements in Ireland: Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Wexford, Waterford, as well as other smaller settlements.
History Norman and English invasions.
On 1 May 1169, an expedition of Cambro-Norman knights,... | comes to Ballincollig Weir in Ballincollig Park; here it is dangerous to swimmers when in high water. The Lee then flows into the city under Inniscarra Bridge and flows parallel to the Carrigrohane road. Along this section gauges monitor the water levels from the Inniscarra Dam. The river flows over the Lee weir and th... | 45,603 | triviaqa-train |
Which American poet, translator and critic born in 1885 was indicted for treason for making Fascist radio broadcasts during World War Two? | measure among historical periods and cultures and against "a Poundian standard" of modernism.
Pound layered ideas, cultures and historical periods, writing in as many as 15 different languages, using modern vernacular, Classical languages and Chinese ideograms. Ira Nadel says "The Cantos" is an epic, that is "a poem in... | been indicted for a second time on 19 counts of treason for accepting payment from Fascist Italy in exchange for making propaganda broadcasts during the war.
- Born: Daniel Davis, actor, in Gurdon, Arkansas; John McVie, bass guitarist (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Fleetwood Mac), in Ealing, London, England
November... | 45,604 | triviaqa-train |
In 1938 at the age of 19, which jockey became the youngest ever winner of the Grand National? | 1909); all aged five
- Oldest winning jockey: Dick Saunders (1982); aged 48
- Youngest winning jockey: Bruce Hobbs (1938); aged 17
- Longest odds winner: Tipperary Tim (1928), Gregalach (1929), Caughoo (1947), Foinavon (1967), Mon Mome (2009); all 100/1
- Shortest odds winner: Poethlyn (1919); 11/4
- Largest field: 66 ... | Aidan Coleman
Aidan Coleman (born 17 August 1988) is an Irish horse racing jockey.
Born in Innishannon, Cork, Ireland, Coleman rode in the 2008 Grand National at the age of 19, his first time riding in that steeplechase. He was one of the youngest riders ever to start the Grand National. In April 2009, Aidan won the Co... | 45,605 | triviaqa-train |
"According to Tobias Smollet, who was ""the great cham (ruler) of literature""?" | is a monument to his memory beside Renton Primary School, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on which there is a Latin inscription. The area around the monument was improved in 2002, with an explanatory plaque. After his death in Italy in 1771, his cousin Jane Smollett had the Renton monument built in 1774. It comprises a tall ... | known and used for years. The history of hydro therapy goes centuries back, as far as ancient Greece, but it was truly made popular by Romans, who introduced the benefits of bathing and massage to the countries they conquered. Roman public baths were always recognized as a great source of relaxation where members of hi... | 45,606 | triviaqa-train |
Which US President is featured on a $5.00 bill? | to the 18th century, may have originated with the colonial leather trade. It may also have originated from a poker term. ""Greenback"" is another nickname originally applied specifically to the 19th-century Demand Note dollars created by Abraham Lincoln to finance the costs of the Civil War for the North. The original ... | Square in Bethlehem.
Career Albums.
While working at the US Post Office in Downtown Houston, Tucker was a founding member of the Houston Post Office Chorale, which sang all over the state for 25 years. Tucker was featured on their two albums along with her sister, Joy.
Tucker manages and directs her background singers,... | 45,607 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the 2010 'Oscar' for Best Actor for the film 'Crazy Heart'? | Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. The film centers around a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter (Jeff Bridges) who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young jou... | Best Actor in 2010 at age 60 for "Crazy Heart"). "Crazy Heart" also won him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
Bridges received his sixth Academy Award nomination for his role in "True Grit", a collaboration with t... | 45,608 | triviaqa-train |
Bridget Bishop was hanged on June 10, 1692 at Gallows Hill near what Massachusetts city for certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries? | Bridget Bishop
Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 – 10 June 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Altogether, about 200 people were tried, and 18 others were executed (19 total: 14 women and 5 men).
Recent historical interpretation.
One interpretation of the historical record su... | " from Bristol. In 1636 she married Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts, considered one of its most distinguished citizens, land agent for his great-uncle Ferdinando Gorges and son of Elizabeth Whitgift, whose uncle John Whitgift was Archbishop of Canterbury under Elizabeth and James I.
Witch trials.
In the no... | 45,609 | triviaqa-train |
What sailor suit wearing, short tempered cartoon character made his first appearance on June 9, 1934 in the Silly Symphonies cartoon The Wise Little Hen? | different character abroad.
Comics Nordic countries.
Donald Duck ("Kalle Anka" in Sweden, "Anders And" in Denmark, "Andrés Önd" in Iceland, "Donald Duck" in Norway, and "Aku Ankka" in Finland) is a very popular character in Nordic countries. In the mid-1930s, Robert S. Hartman, a German who served as a representative o... | Wise Little Hen" on June 9, 1934. In the cartoon, Donald and his friend, Peter Pig, lie their way out of helping the titular little hen tend to her corn. Donald's appearance in the cartoon, as created by animators Art Babbitt and Dick Huemer, is similar to his modern look; the feather, and beak colors are the same, as ... | 45,610 | triviaqa-train |
June 8, 1949 saw London publishers Secker and Warburg which book which features a perpetual war between Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia? | Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four
Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia are the three fictional superstates in George Orwell's dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four".
How the world evolved into the three states is vague, and given that all that is known about the world by the citizens of Oceania is whatever the Party wants the c... | Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, and Southern Africa below the River Congo. It also controls, to different degrees and at various times during the course of its perpetual war with either Eurasia or Eastasia, the polar regions, India, Indonesia, and the islands of the Pacific. Oceania lacks a single capital city, but ... | 45,611 | triviaqa-train |
June 7, 1866 saw the death of Chief Seattle, after whom some city somewhere is probably named. What tribe was he the chief of? | Chief Seattle
Chief Seattle ( – June 7, 1866) was a Suquamish and Duwamish chief. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with "Doc" Maynard. The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him. A widely publicized sp... | the Suqampsh and Allied Tribes, Died June 7, 1866. The Firm Friend of the Whites, and for Him the City of Seattle was Named by Its Founders"" On the reverse is the inscription ""Baptismal name, Noah Sealth, Age probably 80 years."" The site was restored and a native sculpture added in 1976 and again in 2011.
- Soundgar... | 45,612 | triviaqa-train |
June 8, 1867 saw the birth of what American architect and interior designer, and leader of the Prairie school movement, whose most famous design is Fallingwater in Pittsburg? | an influential home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois. His colorful personal life made headlines: leaving his first wife, Catherine Lee "Kitty" Tobin, and their children for Mamah Borthwick Cheney, the murders by an employee at his Taliesin estate in 1914, his tempestuous marriage with second wife Miriam Noel, and his r... | Eric Carlson (architect)
Eric Carlson (born 1963) is an American architect whose office, CARBONDALE, is located in Paris, France. He is most recognized for his design, both interior and exterior, of the Louis Vuitton located on the Champs-Élysées, Paris's 7th most visited destination.
Life and career.
Carlson was born ... | 45,613 | triviaqa-train |
In what 1959 Peter Sellers movie does the Duchy of Grand Fenwick invade the US in an attempt to start a war so that the US will rebuild their nation following its victory? | BAFTA, and the critic for "The Manchester Guardian" believed it was Sellers's best screen performance to date. In between "Carlton-Browne of the F.O." and "I'm All Right Jack", Sellers starred in "The Mouse That Roared", a film in which Jean Seberg also appeared, and was directed by Jack Arnold. He played three leading... | of Grand Fenwick is bankrupted when an American company comes up with a cheaper imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled Pinot Grand Fenwick wine. Crafty Prime Minister Count Mountjoy (Peter Sellers) devises a plan: Grand Fenwick will declare war on the United States, then surrender, taking advantage of American ... | 45,614 | triviaqa-train |
If I prank call a store asking if they have Prince Albert in a can, what type of product am I looking for? | Prince Albert (tobacco)
Prince Albert is an American brand of pipe tobacco, introduced by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1907. It has been owned since 1987 by John Middleton Inc.
History.
Prince Albert is one of the more popular independent brands of pipe tobacco in the United States; in the 1930s, it was the "se... | repeatedly asked the employees if they sold "Battletoads", a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System notorious for its difficulty. This call led Rick, star of "Pawn Stars" and owner of the store, to repeatedly swear and yell at the prank callers. The 4chan callers recorded this and uploaded it to YouTube, and ... | 45,615 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name for the region of mostly calm weather found at the center of a strong hurricane? | that is nearly axisymmetric: Wind speeds are low at the center, increase rapidly moving outwards to the radius of maximum winds, and then decay more gradually with radius to large radii. However, the wind field often exhibits additional spatial and temporal variability due to the effects of localized processes, such as... | may come from documents written by Gutierrez de Lievana from 1580. The Aztec glyph of the area does show a pierced nose. The government of Morelos claims that the name translates to “land of gentle airs” referring to the calm weather and lack of strong winds. The glyph also contains a flying insect which could allude t... | 45,616 | triviaqa-train |
What rock band had a notorious clause in their standard concert contract that specified that all brown M&Ms needed to be removed the bowl provided to the rockers? | as psychedelic era performers like Cream, Jimi Hendrix and the Jeff Beck Group. Hard rock-influenced bands that enjoyed international success in the later 1970s included Queen, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, AC/DC, and Van Halen.
From the late 1960s the term "heavy metal" began to be used to describe some hard rock played with... | music industry. They pioneered extensive requirements including power availability and stage construction details. The band's demands were not limited to technical issues; their now-infamous rider specified that a bowl of M&M's, with all of the brown M&M's removed, was to be placed in their dressing room. According to ... | 45,617 | triviaqa-train |
Serial killer Albert de Salvo was better known as whom? | Boston Strangler
The Boston Strangler is the name given to the murderer or murderers of 13 women in the Boston, Massachusetts, area during the early 1960s. The crimes were attributed to Albert DeSalvo based on his confession, details revealed in court during a separate case, and DNA evidence linking him to the last vic... | published the much slower-paced five-part "The Prophet of Dune" in the January – May 1965 issues. (The first serial became part one of the volume, and the second was divided into parts two and three.) The serialized version was expanded, reworked, and submitted to more than twenty publishers, each of whom rejected it. ... | 45,618 | triviaqa-train |
Finished up earlier this week, what is the only of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments currently played on clay? | Clay court
A clay court is a tennis court that has a playing surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, As... | player to have twice won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments during the same calendar year although three of the four Grand Slams were played on grass at the time – the Australian Open, US Open, and Wimbledon. Because none of the Majors were played on hardcourts in Laver's era, he never won a Grand Slam tournament ... | 45,619 | triviaqa-train |
What product was advertised by the slogan "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking" | Timex Group USA
Timex Group USA, Inc. (formerly known as Timex Corporation) is an American manufacturing company founded in 1854.
In 1854, the company was founded as the Waterbury Clock Company in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1944, the company was thought to have become insolvent, but it was reformed into Timex Corporat... | era in the 1960s and 1970s, during which it operated Joliet Army Ammunition Plant as well as privately owned plants, production and storage facilities at Waterbury, Connecticut; Euclid, Ohio; Bristol, Connecticut; Paterson, New Jersey; and Thomaston, Connecticut, where it produced and stored artillery shell fuzes, toge... | 45,620 | triviaqa-train |
Born Annelies Marie on June 12, 1929, who received a diary for her 13th birthday? | Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (, ); 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born Dutch-Jewish diarist. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the publication of "The Diary of a Young Girl" (originally "Het Achterhuis" in Dutch; ), in which she d... | from its original Dutch version and first published in English in 1952 as "The Diary of a Young Girl", and has since been translated into over 60 languages.
Early life.
Frank was born Annelies or Anneliese Marie Frank on 12 June 1929 at the Maingau Red Cross Clinic in Frankfurt, Germany, to Edith () and Otto Heinrich F... | 45,621 | triviaqa-train |
By the power of Greyskull, who, alongside Teela and Man-At-Arms, battled Skeletor to defend Eternia? | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line "Masters of the Universe". The show, often referred to as simply "He-Man", was one of the most popular cartoon shows of the 1980s.
It made its televisi... | series. In the 1980s live action movie, he is portrayed by Jon Cypher.
Heroic Warriors Vintage toyline characters (1982–88) Teela.
Teela is the Captain of the Royal Guard and Man-At-Arms' adopted daughter. The original minicomics depicted Teela as a magical clone of the Sorceress created by Skeletor to do his bidding. ... | 45,622 | triviaqa-train |
Inked by Dean Young, the travails of the Bumstead family are depicted in what comic strip created in 1930? | different comic strips and daily cartoon panels in American newspapers alone each day for most of the 20th century, for a total of at least 7,300,000 episodes.
Strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist. As the name implies, comic strips can be humorous (for example, "gag-a-day" strips such as "Blond... | The Family Circus
The Family Circus (originally The Family Circle, also Family-Go-Round) is a syndicated comic strip created by cartoonist Bil Keane and, since Bil's death in 2011, is currently written, inked, and colored by his son, Jeff Keane. The strip generally uses a single captioned panel with a round border, hen... | 45,623 | triviaqa-train |
How many teams compete in the World Cup? | current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the "World Cup Finals". After this, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in t... | X Cup Tournament brought in various competitors from all over the World to compete in one-on-one matches. Many of the competitors that were featured in the Super X Cup were brought back to TNA Wrestling to compete in America's X Cup. Chris Sabin ended up winning the Super X Cup and later went on to be a member of Team ... | 45,624 | triviaqa-train |
Now that Pluto's been demoted, what's the smallest planet of the solar system, with a radius only 0.3892 that of Earth? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the... | the least massive of the six planets discovered in the orbit of Kepler-11, although the planet's mass may range from 1.1 to 4.5, or from approximately that of Earth's mass to that of Kepler-10b, a rather large confidence interval. Its radius is the second smallest of the six planets discovered in the system at 2.61 tim... | 45,625 | triviaqa-train |
June 8, 1955 saw the birth of Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, British engineer and computer scientist best known for inventing what modern convenience that nobody could get by without anymore? | website was built at CERN. Despite this being an international organisation hosted by Switzerland, the office that Berners-Lee used was just across the border in France. The website was put online on 6 August 1991 for the first time:
It provided an explanation of what the World Wide Web was, and how people could use a ... | terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia". In 1974 he wrote and published two books in one, Computer Lib/Dream Machines, that has been hailed as "the most important book in the history of new media." Sadly, his grand ideas from the 1960s and 1970s never became completed projects.
The pioneers Tim Berners-Lee.
Timothy John "Ti... | 45,626 | triviaqa-train |
Winner of 5, what is the only nation who has sent a team to every World Cup? | current format of the competition involves a qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase, which is often called the "World Cup Finals". After this, 32 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation(s), compete in t... | … you need to live what you teach … I try to be the best I can be every single day.”
When the news came that Trinidad and Tobago’s national football team had qualified for the FIFA 2006 World Cup the streets erupted in spontaneous euphoria. The song on everyone’s lips, some with tears streaming down their faces was Soc... | 45,627 | triviaqa-train |
What's missing: Gold, Sword, Juno, Utah? | sectors code-named Jig and King. Taking Gold was to be the responsibility of the British Army, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided by the Royal Navy as well as elements from the Dutch, Polish and other Allied navies.
The objectives at Gold were to secure a beachhead, move west to c... | , "PC Gamer US" named "Utah Beach" the 14th best computer game ever. The editors wrote, "The "V for Victory" series is quite simply the most playable war games available, with an easy-to-master interface and admirable depth of game play." They continued, "We single out "Utah Beach" because it launched the series — but ... | 45,628 | triviaqa-train |
Considered the father of the US Navy, what Revolutionary War hero is famous for his "I have not yet begun to fight!" quote? | John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 July 18, 1792) was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. He made many friends and enemies—who accused him of piracy—among America's political elites, and his actions in British waters during the Revolution ear... | William Smith (ship captain)
William Smith (1768–1846) was an American ship captain and Revolutionary War veteran. He is the only known Revolutionary War veteran buried in the state of California. He is also known for his famous quote "It's rewind time."
Early life.
William Smith was born in 1768 in Flowerdew Hundred P... | 45,629 | triviaqa-train |
Named for it's proximity to the local NBA team, what is the name of the WNBA team in Phoenix? | October.
Five WNBA teams have direct NBA counterparts and play in the same arena: the Atlanta Dream, Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, and Phoenix Mercury. The Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings, Las Vegas Aces, New York Liberty, Seattle Storm, and Washington Mystics do not share an arena with ... | National Basketball Association (NBA) counterpart, although the Chicago Bulls play in the same market.
Franchise history.
Franchise history Franchise origin.
In February 2005, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that Chicago had been awarded a new WNBA franchise. The franchise was temporarily named "WNBA Chicago". O... | 45,630 | triviaqa-train |
Born June 11, 1880, Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, represented which Northwestern state? | Missoula, Montana
Missoula is a city in the U.S. state of Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluences with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot Rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, thus it is often described as the "hub of... | - Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), American social worker, first woman elected to the United States Congress
- Jeannette Walls (born 1960), American writer
- Jeannette Walworth (1835–1918), American novelist, journalist
- Jeanette Wässelius (1784–1853), Swedish opera singer
- Jeanette Winterson (born 1959), British noveli... | 45,631 | triviaqa-train |
For a point each, name the state(s) bordering Maine | Maine
Maine () is the northernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Maine is the 12th smallest by area, the 9th least populous, and the 38th most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. It is bordered by New Hampshire to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and the Canadian ... | TS State of Maine
TS "State of Maine" is the training ship of the Maine Maritime Academy.
History.
History Previous Ships.
Several ships have borne the name "State of Maine" since the inception of Maine Maritime Academy. Previous vessels included the former , , and .
History Current TS "State of Maine".
USNS "Tanner" (... | 45,632 | triviaqa-train |
May 10, 1975 saw Sony release what, which later lost in the first modern format war against its rival from JVC? | Betamax
Betamax (also called Beta, as in its logo) is a consumer-level analog-recording and cassette format of magnetic tape for video. It was developed by Sony and was released in Japan on May 10, 1975. The first Betamax device introduced in the United States was the LV-1901 console, which included a color monitor, an... | 1975, and was argued by many to be technically more sophisticated in recording quality, although many users did not perceive a visual difference. The first machines required an external timer, and could only record one hour, or two hours at lower quality (LP). The timer was later incorporated within the machine as a st... | 45,633 | triviaqa-train |
What former U.S. president, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is known for his staunch support of Habitat for Humanity? | 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... | The film stars Turk Pipkin's long-time friend Willie Nelson. It also features the insights of Muhammad Yunus, the first economist to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Sugata Mitra, instigator of the experiment known as "Hole in the Wall" or Minimally Invasive Education, Cameron Sinclair, founder of Architecture for Humanity, ... | 45,634 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor provided the voice for Darth Vader and "This is CNN"? | critically acclaimed the television mini-series "" as the older version of author Alex Haley; and widowed police officer Neb Langston in the television program "Under One Roof", for which he received an Emmy nomination. He also appeared in television and radio advertising for Verizon Business DSL and Verizon Online DSL... | to work with the great characters and stories of Star Wars."
None of the original "Star Wars" actors reprised their roles for this special. Voice actor Christopher Corey Smith voiced Luke Skywalker as well the Toydarian, Blatto, the son of Watto from ""; actor Ross Marquand played Han Solo; voice actress April Winchell... | 45,635 | triviaqa-train |
An analgesic drug is used as what? | Analgesic
An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain.
Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems. They are distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily affect, and in some instances completely eliminate, sensation. An... | accurately be referred to as a cure, but at best an effective preventive treatment.
Origin.
SMT D002 is a codename for an existing drug, used to treat a condition other than acne. For commercial reasons, Summit will not reveal its name or what it is currently used for. However, it is highly suspected that the drug is o... | 45,636 | triviaqa-train |
Outside of what New Mexico town was a supposed crashed UFO discovered on June 14, 1947, which the Gov't swears was a weather balloon? | affiliate of the MLB Colorado Rockies. New Mexico is home to several baseball teams of the Pecos League: the Santa Fe Fuego, the Roswell Invaders and the White Sands Pupfish. The Duke City Gladiators of the CIF are an indoor football team that plays their home games at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque. New Mexico United... | UFO sightings in China
This is a list of alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects or UFOs in China.
1994.
The Meng Zhaoguo Incident refers to a supposed close encounter of the third kind, experienced by a man of the same name, which purportedly took place in Red Flag Forest in Heilongjiang.
In 1994, Meng Zhaog... | 45,637 | triviaqa-train |
Dammit Jim, I’m a doctor, not a trivia question! DeForrest Kelly (He’s dead, Jim, on Jun 11, 1999) played what character on ST:TOS? | in a multi-series compilation for the first time. It was unknown if future compilation releases would exclusively use the remastered episodes or not.
In region 2 and region 4, all three seasons of the remastered "Original Series" became available on DVD in the slimline edition (in the UK and Germany in steelbook editio... | on 5 attempts. He had what would have been a 17-yard touchdown run called back due to a penalty. He also had 2 catches for 6 yards, and averaged 34 yards on two kickoff return.
Jim Wyatt, of the Tennesseean, reports that Ringer is the favorite for the 3rd string job, and almost a lock to make the roster. Fullback Ahmar... | 45,638 | triviaqa-train |
What local beverage company, which moved its' headquarters here in 2000, manufactures an energy drink called WhoopAss? | Jones Soda
Jones Soda Co. is a beverage company based in Seattle, WA. It bottles and distributes soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and candy. Jones Cane Sugar Soda is a carbonated soft drink that has many unusual flavors that are not offered by other soft drink makers.
History.
History 1990s.
The c... | Monster Beverage
Monster Beverage Corporation is an American beverage company that manufactures energy drinks including Monster Energy, Relentless and Burn. The company was originally founded as Hansen's in 1935 in Southern California, originally selling juice products. The company renamed itself as Monster Beverage in... | 45,639 | triviaqa-train |
Saturday is also known as Bloomsday, so called because it's the day in which what author set the events of his novel Ulysses? | Bloomsday
Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and elsewhere on 16 June, the day his novel "Ulysses" takes place in 1904, the date of his first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle, and named after its protagonist Leopold Bloom.
Name.
The... | the 1969 laureate.
Born in Vermont, he studied at Columbia, both as an undergraduate and graduate student. Between those courses of study, in 1925 he set off to see Europe. He went to Paris and bought a copy of Joyce's "Ulysses" — then banned in America. By chance, he bought it on June 16, Bloomsday, the day in which a... | 45,640 | triviaqa-train |
Which musical term means to gradually get louder? | Dynamics (music)
In music, the dynamics of a piece is the variation in loudness between notes or phrases. Dynamics are indicated by specific musical notation, often in some detail. However, dynamics markings still require interpretation by the performer depending on the musical context: for instance a "piano" (quiet) m... | allowing them to portray their new-found depth. The album features a handful of tracks that will have your feet tapping along throughout the album. Some highlights from the album are ‘Louder Louder’, a kind-of bubbly, folk song that brings an uplifting atmosphere to the album and ‘Better Days’ which gradually builds mo... | 45,641 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the cheetah that serves as the spokesperson for Cheetos snacks? | cheetah named Chester Cheetah. Chester first appeared in television commercials in 1986, known for concluding Cheetos advertisements with slogans, which have evolved over time. He used both ""The cheese that goes crunch!"" and ""It ain't easy bein' cheesy"" as slogans from 1986 to 1997, and then ""Dangerously cheesy"" ... | Frito-Lay Canada
Frito-Lay Canada, Inc.; formerly the Hostess Frito-Lay Company () is a Canadian division of the U.S.-based Frito-Lay owned as a subsidiary of PepsiCo that manufactures, markets and sells corn chips, potato chips and other snack foods. The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name incl... | 45,642 | triviaqa-train |
Convection, conduction, and radiation are three of the ways what type of energy can be transferred? | which the heat is transferred.
Heat spontaneously flows from a hotter to a colder body. For example, heat is conducted from the hotplate of an electric stove to the bottom of a saucepan in contact with it. In the absence of an external driving energy source to the contrary, within a body or between bodies, temperature... | not be stopped from flowing from warmer to cooler areas, it can only be slowed down by the insulating effects of the material through which it is flowing. Various types of construction materials have different insulating abilities. In addition, differing types of pipeline defects have different insulating values.
Backg... | 45,643 | triviaqa-train |
How many lines are there in a limerick? | taxation, local roads and social housing in the city. The council comprises elected ward Councillors with an appointed full-time CEO as the city (and county) manager. Local elections are held every five years and the Councillors annually elect a Cathaoirleach or chairman to chair the council. The current Cathaoirleach ... | an entire limerick typeset in two lines:
In Lear's limericks, the first and last lines usually end with the same word rather than rhyming. For the most part they are truly nonsensical and devoid of any punch line or point. They are completely free of the bawdiness with which the verse form is now associated. A typical ... | 45,644 | triviaqa-train |
A current member of the staff at Stanford, who became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983? | Sally Ride
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1... | Stanford University in 1981, with a thesis on queueing theory supervised by Joseph Keller. His first research publication was developed during a summer program at Bell Laboratories while he was a graduate student and was published in 1978. After earning his doctorate, he became a permanent staff member at Bell Labs. In... | 45,645 | triviaqa-train |
Esther Lederer spent 47 years writing a newspaper advice column under what pseudonym, competing with her twin sister Abigail Van Buren? | actual author.
The term is beginning to fall into disuse, as the scope of personal advice has broadened to include sexual matters—pioneered by the likes of Dr. Ruth—as well as general lifestyle issues. "The Athenian Mercury" contained the first known advice column in 1690.
Examples of advice columnists.
Many advice col... | , who wrote the "Dear Abby" advice column as Abigail Van Buren.
Lederer was a profile-raiser for several medical charities, and in 1977 President Carter appointed her to a six-year term on a cancer advisory board.
Early life and relationship with sister Pauline.
Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Esther Pauline and her identica... | 45,646 | triviaqa-train |
Those tabbed for King County jury duty either report to the King County Courthouse on 3rd Ave or the Maleng Regional Justice center in what Seattle suburb? | based in the Seattle suburb of Kent. Seattle successfully applied for a new expansion team with the National Hockey League, which will make its first appearance in 2021. Seattle plans to renovate KeyArena to use for the possible NHL team. On March 1, 2018, a ticket drive began to gauge interests in season ticket deposi... | . In Washington State mental illness is considered a mitigating factor and Haq's lawyers provided the prosecution with records from Haq's 10-year history of treatment for mental health problems. On December 20, 2006, more than four months after initially charging Haq with aggravated murder, Maleng announced that Haq wo... | 45,647 | triviaqa-train |
Known as The Pine Tree State, what was the 23rd state to join the Union on March 15, 1820? | United States.)
Maine's Moosehead Lake is the largest lake wholly in New England, since Lake Champlain is located between Vermont, New York and Quebec. A number of other Maine lakes, such as South Twin Lake, are described by Thoreau in "The Maine Woods" (1864). Mount Katahdin is both the northern terminus of the Appala... | Rashid signed the treaty on 15 March 1820 along with Rashid bin Humaid, Sheikh of Ajman. Both Rulers signed the treaty at Falayah, an inland dependency of Ras Al Khaimah.
Abdullah bin Rashid was also signatory to the 1847 'Engagement to Prohibit Exportation of Slaves' before signing the 1853 Perpetual Maritime Truce. T... | 45,648 | triviaqa-train |
At what Belgian municipality did Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte finally get his ass handed to him on June 18, 1815? | Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led allied army under the command ... | .
He was made a member of the Legion of Honour on 25 Prairial XII (14 June 1806).
Accusations of negligence reached Napoleon, who dismissed him on 18 September 1808. The accusations proved false.
Joseph Bonaparte, then king of Spain, compensated him with the position of his Minister of Finance.
Faipoult did not return... | 45,649 | triviaqa-train |
Voiced by Harry Shearer, what Simpsons character was modeled after Ted Koppel? | Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert and more. Shearer has appeared in films including "A Mighty Wind" (2003) and "The Truman Show (1998)", and has directed two, "Teddy Bears' Picnic" (2002) and "The Big Uneasy" (2010). Since 1983, Shearer has been the host of the public radio comedy/music program "Le Show", incorporati... | , and they often pitched episodes with them as the focus, but many never came to fruition.
Character Voice.
Mr. Burns was originally voiced by actor Christopher Collins in the episodes "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", "Homer's Odyssey", There's No Disgrace Like Home and "The Telltale Head". He was soon replaced by ... | 45,650 | triviaqa-train |
In a bit of nationalistic pride, what is the name of the NHL hockey team based in Toronto, CA? | after purchasing the assets of the Hamilton Tigers, and were joined by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Rangers were added in 1926. The Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars (later Red Wings) were also added after the league purchased the assets of the defunct WCHL. A group purchased the Toronto St. Patricks in 1... | the northern United States, especially in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, and New York City, the four U.S. cities that had NHL teams after 1924, but also in cities with minor-league or major collegiate hockey teams. Since most local radio coverage of U.S.-based NHL clubs was restricted to home games in those days, whenever T... | 45,651 | triviaqa-train |
Butters Stoch, Pip Pirrip, Token Black, and Wendy Testaburger are school characters in what long running animated TV series? | time. Examples of these are:
During the 1990s more mature content than those of traditional cartoon series began to appear more widely, extending beyond a primary audience of children. These cartoon series included "The Simpsons", "The Ren & Stimpy Show", "Rocko's Modern Life", "Beavis and Butt-Head", "King of the Hill... | weather-wielding Wonder Tweek (Tweek Tweak), and mechanized Tupperware (Token Black). Other heroes include the hacker Call Girl (Wendy Testaburger) and super-strong Captain Diabetes (Scott Malkinson). The heroes' journey brings them into conflict with groups including the local elderly population, ninjas, the sixth gra... | 45,652 | triviaqa-train |
The policy of what total bad ass, and US President, was to speak softly and carry a big stick? | "engineered a revolution" in Colombia. On November 3, 1903, Panama (with the support of the United States Navy) revolted against Colombia. Panama became a new republic, receiving $10 million from the U.S. alone. Panama also gained an annual payment of $250,000, and guarantees of independence. The U.S. gained the rights... | identified with the words, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair in Minneapolis. The phrase was not his own invention, as he told his audience that "A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick— and you will go far.'" He added that "If a... | 45,653 | triviaqa-train |
Mt. St. Helens, the stratovolcano responsible for the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States, is located in which mountain range? | plate tectonic boundaries where oceanic crust is drawn under continental crust (continental arc volcanism, e.g. Cascade Range, Andes, Campania) or another oceanic plate (island arc volcanism, e.g. Japan, Philippines, Aleutian Islands). The magma forming stratovolcanoes rises when water trapped both in hydrated minerals... | nearest community, after Cougar, to Mount St. Helens, which lies to its northeast. The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 was the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. For many years climbers attempting to scale Mount St. Helens registered at Jack's St... | 45,654 | triviaqa-train |
What Big East university, located in Washington, D.C., is nicknamed The Hoyas, from the Latin Hoya Saxa? | Georgetown Hoyas
The Georgetown Hoyas are the athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University in college sports. Part of the NCAA's Division I, the Hoyas field 23 varsity level sports teams, most of which participate in the Big East Conference, with the exception of the Division I FCS Patriot League in ... | ", and the Latin "saxa" to form "Hoya Saxa!", or "What Rocks!" This cheer may either refer to the stalwart defense of the football team, or to the baseball team, which was nicknamed the "Stonewalls", or to the actual stone wall that surrounds the campus. Father William McFadden, S.J., campus Jesuit and the team's in-ho... | 45,655 | triviaqa-train |
Sunday saw a class that included Julio Cesar Chavez, Joe Cortez, and Sylvester Stallone inducted into what Hall of Fame? | . It was announced on December 7, 2010 that he was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the non-participant category.
In 1977, Stallone was nominated for two Academy Awards for "Rocky", for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. He became the third man in history to receive these two nominations for th... | Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. opponent Javier Fragoso, Reynaldo "Pelayin" Hernandez, Wilfredo Rivera, Julio Cesar Chavez, Sr. and Alberto Mercado (the latter before Mercado joined the Bairoa Gym).
Personal life.
Marquez had a long lasting marriage to Milagros Velez, with whom he had two daughters, Yamil and Xiomara Marquez.
I... | 45,656 | triviaqa-train |
What real estate developer, casino owner, reality TV star, and potential 2012 presidential candidate celebrated his birthday on Tuesday? | , a number of potential "anti-Romney" candidates were put forward, including future President Donald Trump, former Alaska Governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and Texas Governor Rick Perry, the last of whom decided to run in August 2011. Perry did poorly in the de... | - Bruce Ratner, real estate developer, former minority owner of Brooklyn Nets
- Carole Rendon, Former US Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
- Geraldo Rivera, TV Personality
- Al Rosen, four-time all-star baseball player for the Cleveland Indians
- Milton Shapp, Former Governor of Pennsylvania, Presidential Cand... | 45,657 | triviaqa-train |
June 17, 1994 saw a low speed chase up Interstate 405 as OJ Simpson was pursued by some of Los Angeles finest for a good 6 hours. What former teammate of OJs was driving his white Ford Bronco? | death outside her condominium in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Simpson was a person of interest in the murders. He did not turn himself in, and on June 17 he became the object of a low-speed pursuit on the San Diego Freeway in a white 1993 Ford Bronco SUV that was owned and driven by his friend and teammat... | during the season. UCLA students protested by blocking the freeway's northbound lanes at Wilshire Boulevard.
Incidents The O.J. Simpson chase, 1994.
While dangerous high-speed chases along the San Diego Freeway are not uncommon, perhaps the most famous chase in its history was also one of the slowest. On the afternoon... | 45,658 | triviaqa-train |
The New England range of mountains (highest point Ben Lomond) are in which Commonwealth country? | New England (New South Wales)
New England or New England North West is the name given to a generally undefined region in the north of the state of New South Wales, Australia about 60 kilometres (37 miles) inland, that includes the Northern Tablelands (or New England Tablelands) and the North West Slopes regions.
Histor... | from the Moonbi Range in the south to the border of Queensland in the north. This tableland region is about long by approximately wide. It includes substantial areas more than above sea-level, with a distinctive cold climate and distinctive vegetation.
This highland region is often referred to as the New England Tablel... | 45,659 | triviaqa-train |
Which colonial power governed Mauritius before the British? | in the process established large overseas empires. Envious of the great wealth these empires generated, England, France, and the Netherlands began to establish colonies and trade networks of their own in the Americas and Asia. A series of wars in the 17th and 18th centuries with the Netherlands and France left England ... | British administrative reports of a major protest against the imposition of a house-tax in Varanasi and neighbouring regions which took place between 1810–1811. The documentation exemplifies, firstly, how socio-political popular assertions, governed by deeply rooted conceptions of justice, explicitly aiming to safeguar... | 45,660 | triviaqa-train |
New Britain, the largest island of the Bismark Archipelago, is part of which country? | New Britain
New Britain () is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea by the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits and from New Ireland by St. George's Channel. The main towns of New Britain are Rabaul/Kokopo and Kimbe. The island is roughly the size of Tai... | local aboriginal population of New Britain.
Film.
- "Attack: The Battle for New Britain (1944)", Produzent: Frank Capra – Documentary, DVD, USA, (2003)
Further reading.
- Bismark Archipelago Campaign part of the U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II series by the United States Army Center of Military History
External lin... | 45,661 | triviaqa-train |
Excluding Sir Alex Ferguson, who is the most recent Scottish manager to lead his team to victory in the English FA Cup Final? | the group stages of the World Cup, Ferguson stepped down as national team manager on 15 June 1986.
Around this time, Tottenham Hotspur offered Ferguson the chance to take over from Peter Shreeves as manager, but he rejected this offer and the job went to Luton Town's David Pleat instead. There was also an offer for Fer... | and there has since been no further news of this second film.
Plot.
England manager Phil Cope suffers a heart attack during qualification for the World Cup, which started out well but has gone badly wrong of late. The FA heads meet to decide who should be the new England manager, but soon run into trouble.
The most suc... | 45,662 | triviaqa-train |
Which novelist wrote 'The Dubliners'? | Dubliners
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national id... | 1905, Joyce was transferred to the Berlitz School In Trieste, presumably because of threats of spies in Austria. There Nora gave birth to their children, George in 1905 and Lucia in 1907, and Joyce wrote fiction, signing some of his early essays and stories "Stephen ". The short stories he wrote made up the collection ... | 45,663 | triviaqa-train |
Which operetta, first performed in 1874, features the character 'Gabriel von Eisenstein', who is given a prison sentence for insulting an official, and is then conspired against by, amongst others, a notary called 'Dr. Falke'? | " version, which is how audiences today are mostly presented with the genre: in an opera house with opera singers, rather than in a private theatre with courtesans in the lead roles.
Operetta in German.
Operetta in German Austria–Hungary.
The most significant composer of operetta in the German language was the Austrian... | Gabriel von Eisenstein, a Viennese man-about-town, has been sentenced to eight days in prison for insulting an official, partially due to the incompetence of his attorney, Dr. Blind. Adele, Eisenstein's maid, receives a forged letter, purportedly from her sister who is in the company of the ballet, but actually written... | 45,664 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Irish dancer who founded the Royal Ballet School? | contributions to the popularity of ballet worldwide. His choreographic notation and other materials relating to it have been preserved in the Sergeyev Collection, part of the theatre collection of the Harvard University Library.
History Prima ballerina assoluta.
The Royal Ballet is one of the few ballet companies in th... | , went on to a career in opera herself, performing on stages of major opera houses across North America. Genia Blum, a dancer, writer and translator, who danced the role of Lada in "Snow Queen", studied at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, danced professionally in Europe under her maiden name Eugenia Snihurowycz, and f... | 45,665 | triviaqa-train |
In which British city would you find Perry Bar Greyhound Stadium? | legal action ensued.
Several organizations, such as British Greyhounds Retired Database, Greyhound Rescue West of England, Birmingham Greyhound Protection, GAGAH, Adopt-a-Greyhound and Greyhound Pets of America, and the Retired Greyhound Trust try to ensure that as many of the dogs as possible are adopted. Some of thes... | Perry Hill Stadium
Perry Hill Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium in Catford, London.
Origins.
A small greyhound track existed off the east side of the Perry Hill Road (which goes north from Lower Sydenham towards Catford Bridge) at the end of Rubens Street.
In 1930 three fields made up the green space of ... | 45,666 | triviaqa-train |
In which modern-day African country was the author Wilbur Smith born? | Pick's advice to "write about what you know best", and his work takes in much authentic detail of the local hunting and mining way of life, along with the romance and conflict that goes with it. As of 2014 his 35 published novels had sold more than 120 million copies, 24 million of them in Italy.
Early life.
Smith was ... | )
- Olive Schreiner, author (1855–1920)
- Wilbur Smith, Novelist (born 1933)
- J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of The Rings (1892–1973)
- Etienne van Heerden, novelist (born 1956)
- Marlene van Niekerk, novelist (born 1954)
- Lyall Watson, writer (1939–2008)
- David Yudelman, writer
- Rachel Zadok, London-based So... | 45,667 | triviaqa-train |
Mikhail Fokine was the chief choreographer to which ballet company from 1909-1914? | creation of the five major positions of the feet. By 1681, the first "ballerinas" took the stage following years of training at the Académie.
Ballet started to decline in France after 1830, but it continued to develop in Denmark, Italy, and Russia. The arrival in Europe of the Ballets Russes led by Sergei Diaghilev on ... | Michel Fokine
Michael Fokine (French transliteration Michel Fokine; English transliteration Mikhail Fokin; , "Mikhaíl Mikháylovich Fokín") ( – 22 August 1942) was a groundbreaking Russian choreographer and dancer.
Career.
Career Early years.
Fokine was born in Saint Petersburg to a prosperous merchant and at the age of... | 45,668 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented the game of 'Monopoly'? | Ralph Anspach and first published the previous year. Anspach began to research the game's history, and argued that the copyrights and trademarks held by Parker Brothers should be nullified, as the game came out of the public domain. Among other things, Anspach discovered the empty 1933 Charles B. Darrow file at the Uni... | Lizzie Magie
Elizabeth J. Phillips ("née" Magie; 1866–1948) was an American game designer and Georgist. She invented "The Landlord's Game", the precursor to "Monopoly", to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George.
Life and works.
Elizabeth J. Magie was born in Macomb, Illinois, in 1866 to Jame... | 45,669 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology who was the sister of Helen and wife of Agamemnon? | Agamemnon
In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (; , "Ἀgamémnōn") was a king of Mycenae, the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra or Laodike (Λαοδίκη), Orestes and Chrysothemis. Legends make him the king of Mycenae or Argos, th... | Hermione (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Hermione (; ) was the only child of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Queen Helen. Prior to the Trojan War, Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus, her grandfather, to her cousin Orestes, son of her uncle, Agamemnon; she was just nine years old when Paris, son of the Tro... | 45,670 | triviaqa-train |
In which British city would you find Shawfield Greyhound Stadium? | Shawfield Stadium
Shawfield Stadium is a greyhound racing venue in the Shawfield district of the town of Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, located close to the boundary with Glasgow.
It has also previously been a regular venue for football and speedway, as home to Clyde F.C. and the Glasgow Tigers respectively. ... | Scottish Greyhound Derby since 1989, as it did from 1970 to 1985.
Greyhound Racing.
Greyhound Racing Competitions.
- Scottish Greyhound Derby
- St Mungo Cup
Greyhound Racing Opening.
John Bilsland (sole owner of Stanley in Liverpool) helped instigate the plans to open Shawfield in his home town and brought the greyhoun... | 45,671 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1892 to 1894? | Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom with the opposing Conservative Party in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The party arose from an alliance of Whigs and free trade Peelites and Radicals favourable to the ideals of the American and French Revolutions in the 185... | and Norway –
- Monarch – Oscar II (1872–1907)
- Prime Minister – Erik Gustaf Boström (1891–1900)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland –
- Monarch – Victoria (1837–1901)
- Prime Minister -
1. Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1894–1895)
2. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1885–18... | 45,672 | triviaqa-train |
"From which Shakespeare play does the following line come ""All that glisters is not gold""?" | The popular form of the expression is a derivative of a line in William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice", which employs the word "glisters," a 17th-century synonym for "glitters." The line comes from a secondary plot of the play, the puzzle of Portia's boxes (Act II - Scene VII - Prince of Morocco):
Panning ... | "All that glitters is not gold".
- "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" – poem by Thomas Gray which ends "Nor all, that glisters, gold"
External links.
- Context of Shakespeare's quote at enotes.com | 45,673 | triviaqa-train |
Which book of the Old Testament includes the Ten Commandments? | 1611 King James Version.
Empty table cells indicate that a book is absent from that canon.
Several of the books in the Eastern Orthodox canon are also found in the appendix to the Latin Vulgate, formerly the official bible of the Roman Catholic Church.
Composition.
The first five books – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, boo... | can be adopted and given up, but a racial category which were genetic. Thus "German Christians" opposed proselytising among Jews. Protestantism should become a pagan kind heroic pseudo-Nordic religion. Of course the Old Testament, which includes the Ten Commandments and the virtue of charity (taken from the Torah, Book... | 45,674 | triviaqa-train |
Which colonial power ruled Tanganyika before the British? | dominions.
By the start of the 20th century, Germany and the United States had begun to challenge Britain's economic lead. Subsequent military and economic tensions between Britain and Germany were major causes of the First World War, during which Britain relied heavily upon its empire. The conflict placed enormous str... | Pare came into its own in the 18th century. However, it goes back many centuries before that, when it was initially ruled by the Shana clan and was known as the "Mountains of Mghono/Mghonu", after an early notably famous Shana ruler from whom it got its name. The German (1881-1919), then British colonial eras lasted un... | 45,675 | triviaqa-train |
Founded in France in 1945 and with currently 39 international editions, which monthly women's fashion magazine published its first UK edition in 1985? | than 400.000 copies), but the highest circulation for weeklies is reached by TV magazines and by women's magazines, among them "Marie Claire" and "ELLE", which have foreign versions. Influential weeklies also include investigative and satirical papers "Le Canard Enchaîné" and "Charlie Hebdo", as well as "Paris Match". ... | Joy (magazine)
Joy is an international women's magazine, started in 1995 with German language edition. Magazine topics are lifestyle, trends, fashion, beauty, men. Covers usually feature famous actresses, singers and other female entertainers.
In Germany "Joy" is part of Bauer Media and is published by Marquard on a mo... | 45,676 | triviaqa-train |
Owned by the Mondadori arm of the Berlusconi empire, which women's weekly fashion magazine was established in Italy in 1938 with its British edition starting in 2005? | 's classic by an Italian author and the most translated non-religious book in the world. A movement called Futurism influenced Italian literature in the early 20th century. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti wrote "Manifesto of Futurism", called for the use of language and metaphors that glorified the speed, dynamism, and viole... | Donna Moderna
Donna Moderna (meaning "Modern Woman" in English) is an Italian language weekly women's and fashion magazine based in Milan, Italy.
History and profile.
"Donna Moderna" was established in 1988. The magazine is published on a weekly basis and is part of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. The publisher is also Arno... | 45,677 | triviaqa-train |
In which 2009 TV series did actors Larry Lamb and Alison Steadman appear? | stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays "Nuts in May" (1976) and "Abigail's Party" (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial "The Singing Detective", and in 2001 for the ITV drama series "Fat Friends" (2000–05). Other television roles include ... | part series, "Gareth Malone's All Star Choir", which aired on 3 November and 10 November. The BBC press release said that Malone would "bring together an array of untrained voices from the world of television sport and theatre" for the single.
The celebrities that make up the All Star Choir are Margaret Alphonsi, Jo Br... | 45,678 | triviaqa-train |
"From which Shakespeare play does the following line come, ""All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players""?" | All the world's a stage
"All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy "As You Like It", spoken by the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII Line 138. The speech compares the world to a stage and life to a play and catalogues the seven stages of a man's life, ... | even though you are afraid. Even though you're afraid of something and your knees are knocking, you get up and do it because a lot depends on it. Players get taken off to the sidelines and bandaged and thrown back in the game because it depends on them to win the game. We're all 'players.' It goes back to Shakespeare: ... | 45,679 | triviaqa-train |
Who painted the 'Marriage Of The Virgin' found in the Pinacoteca di Brera of Milan? | of works of Italian art that characterized the Napoleonic era. Raphael's "Sposalizio" (the "Marriage of the Virgin") was the key painting of the early collection, and the Academy increased its cultural scope by taking on associates across the First French Empire: David, Pietro Benvenuti, Vincenzo Camuccini, Canova, Tho... | Chapel in Santa Maria della Passione. Later he worked with Bernardino Campi, for example in the "Transfiguration" (1565) in the church of San Fedele in Milan. The canvas of "Doubting Thomas" is found in the Pinacoteca di Brera. He painted in the Chapel of the Angels in Sant'Eustorgio, a "Pentecost" in the church of San... | 45,680 | triviaqa-train |
Which novelist wrote 'The Bostonians'? | The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in "The Century Magazine" in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centres on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chancellor, Ransom's cousin and a ... | her espionage from her neighbors. Having spent her family's fortune on intelligence activities during the war, she tried in vain to be reimbursed by the federal government. When attempts to secure a government pension also failed, the elderly spinster turned to the family and friends of Union Col. Paul Joseph Revere, w... | 45,681 | triviaqa-train |
In which modern-day African country was the author William Boyd born? | William Boyd (writer)
William Boyd (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.
Biography.
Boyd was born in Accra, Ghana, to Scottish parents, both from Fife, and has two younger sisters. His father Alexander, a doctor specialising in tropical medicine, and Boyd's mother, who was a t... | David Boyd Haycock
David Boyd Haycock (born 1968 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) is a British writer, curator and lecturer. He read 'Modern History' at St John's College, Oxford, and has an MA in the History of Art from the University of Sussex and a PhD in History from Birkbeck College, London. He is the author of a number o... | 45,682 | triviaqa-train |
Which author wrote a series of books about the private investigator 'Jemima Shore'? | Jemima Shore
Jemima Shore is a fictional character created by Antonia Fraser, and is portrayed as TV's consummately professional investigative journalist. She is featured in a series of crime novels.
Novels.
- "Quiet as a Nun" (1977)
- "The Wild Island" (1978)
- "A Splash of Red" (1981)
- "Cool Repentance" (1982)
- "Ox... | , and Patricia Hodge on ITV series "Jemima Shore Investigates" 1983.
- Kate Shugak is a former District Attorney in Anchorage, Alaska in a series of books by American Dana Stabenow begun 1992.
- Jo Beth Sidden is a trainer of bloodhounds in a series set in southern USA by Virginia Lanier (1930–2003) 1995–2003.
- Sara S... | 45,683 | triviaqa-train |
What was built in Berlin in 1778, after a victory of the Prussian Army? | to this area is the Rotes Rathaus (City Hall), with its distinctive red-brick architecture. In front of it is the Neptunbrunnen, a fountain featuring a mythological group of Tritons, personifications of the four main Prussian rivers and Neptune on top of it.
The Brandenburg Gate is an iconic landmark of Berlin and Germ... | "intervals of rage", but without specifying what was the cause.
Plot.
The novel starts in the summer of 1870, when after serious diplomatic tensions, France has declared war on Prussia (the nucleus of Germany which was then emerging as one nation out of a number of disparate cities, regions and principalities). The Fre... | 45,684 | triviaqa-train |
Which of Christ's 'Twelve Apostles' is buried in Spain? | as the Apostolic Fathers. The Apostles' Creed, popular in the West, was said to have been composed by the apostles themselves.
Deaths.
Of the Twelve Apostles to hold the title after Matthias' selection, Christian tradition has generally passed down that all but one were martyred, with John surviving into old age. Only ... | Peter, as Christ's immediate subordinate on Earth.
In 1895, there were only six active Apostles, three in Europe and one each in South Africa, Australia, and Indonesia. With the establishment of a higher Apostolic office, the Chief Apostle appointed all subsequent Apostles as opposed to prophetic calling, which had bee... | 45,685 | triviaqa-train |
Which cruise liner caught fire and burned out in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool in 1953? | Dock, this remained open until 1946.
On 25 January 1953, the liner RMS "Empress of Canada" caught fire and capsized in Gladstone Number One Branch Dock. She was refloated the following year and towed to Gladstone Graving Dock to be made watertight, in preparation for being scrapped in Italy. Transatlantic passenger ser... | of cocaine in cooperation with a United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and conducting disaster relief in Belize following Hurricane Dean.
In April 2008, "Portland" visited Liverpool with and berthed at the cruise liner terminal at Prince's Dock.
In June 2009 while taking part in anti-piracy opera... | 45,686 | triviaqa-train |
Who left BBC TV to become ITV's chief political editor, replacing Michael Brunson? | summaries. Stewart and Somerville were again present for ITV's 1997 coverage of the John Major-Tony Blair election – aptly titled "Election 97" – with Jonathan Dimbleby as the anchor. Dimbleby returned for "Election 2001" and "Election 2005", aided both times by ITV News' political editors John Sergeant (in 2001) and N... | explores the youth culture of the Middle East, which addressed the contradictions of modern life of young adults in Muslim societies.
Stratton returned to the BBC on 20 February 2012, as political editor of "Newsnight", replacing Michael Crick who left to become a political correspondent for Channel 4.
In November 2015... | 45,687 | triviaqa-train |
Cauliflower and Broccoli belong to which family of vegetables? | Broccoli
Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family ("Brassicas") whose large flowering head and stalk is eaten as a vegetable. The word "broccoli" comes from the Italian plural of "", which means "the flowering crest of a cabbage", and is the diminutive form of "brocco", meaning "small nail" or "sprout".
... | D'Arrigo Brothers
D'Arrigo Brothers is a California-based grower and seller of fresh lettuce, broccoli, broccoli rabe (rapini), cauliflower and other vegetables, as well as cactus pear. It is a family business that has been in the D'Arrigo brothers' families since its founding in 1923. It is composed of 3 D'Arrigo Brot... | 45,688 | triviaqa-train |
In which opera is the heroine a Druid priestess? | more accurate. Norman J. DeWitt surmised that Caesar's description of the role of druids in Gaulish society may report an idealized tradition, based on the society of the 2nd century BCE, before the pan-Gallic confederation led by the Arverni was smashed in 121 BCE, followed by the invasions of Teutones and Cimbri, rat... | the Gauls, was examined and dismissed before World War II, though it remains current in folk history.
Druids began to figure widely in popular culture with the first advent of Romanticism. Chateaubriand's novel "Les Martyrs" (1809) narrated the doomed love of a druid priestess and a Roman soldier; though Chateaubriand'... | 45,689 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was 'Oxfam' founded? | Oxfam
Oxfam is a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International. It is a major nonprofit group with an extensive collection of operations. Winnie Byanyima has been the executive director of Oxfam International since ... | .
History.
The start of the movement is usually attributed to the first worldshop in Europe, which was founded by Oxfam in 1959. The Oxfam shop sold Chinese bric-a-brac that had been sourced from Chinese refugees that had escaped the Communist revolution to Hong Kong. However, some sources credit the first fair trade s... | 45,690 | triviaqa-train |
In which Charles Dickens novel does the character 'Bentley Drummle' appear? | Great Expectations
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel: a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens's second novel, after "David Copperfield", to be fully narrated in the first person. T... | in the form of a fictionalized memoir. Arrested in 1981, the author was herself held there for eleven months in for sedition after signing Charter 77, which criticised the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for human rights failings related to the Helsinki Accords. Kantůrková herself does not appear in the book, which is ... | 45,691 | triviaqa-train |
Which bird is also known as the 'Yaffle', an imitation of its cry? | ant nests, it probes into the ground and licks up adult ants and their larvae. They have tongues that wrap to the back of their head. Green woodpeckers will often forage in short grazed or mown permanent grasslands where the availability of ant nests is high.
A study of a nest in Romania found that 10 species of ant we... | Devil Bird
The Devil Bird, locally known as Ulama, is a cryptid of Sri Lanka said to emit bloodcurdling human-sounding shrieks in the night from within the jungles. In Sri Lankan folklore, it is believed that the cry of this bird is an omen that portends death. Its precise identity is still a matter of debate although ... | 45,692 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1968 film 'The Producers'? | The Producers (1967 film)
The Producers is a 1967 American satirical comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks and starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn, and Kenneth Mars. The film was Brooks's directorial debut, and he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Decades later, the film was selected... | who had different interests from the producers and directors who controlled the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. He was more conservative than most actors, and publicly clashed with outspoken liberal actors such as Ed Asner.
"Counterpoint" (1968) was a war film which was not particularly successful at the ... | 45,693 | triviaqa-train |
Give the name of the villain from the 'Friday the 13th.' series of movies? | Friday the 13th (franchise)
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television show, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise. The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negli... | for "Friday the 13th Part III". The third film would also be the birthplace of one of the most recognizable images in popular culture, that of Jason's hockey mask. Producer Frank Mancuso, Jr. eventually decided to kill Jason for good, after he experienced problems finding new films to produce that were more than just h... | 45,694 | triviaqa-train |
Which city was the capital of the Philippines from 1946 to 1975? | Philippines
The Philippines ( ; or ' ), officially the Republic of the Philippines (), is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas and Mind... | have materialized.
Pakistan.
In Pakistan, Karachi was the first and only city where trams were introduced by the British Raj in 1885. After almost 90 years, the network was closed in 1975 as trams were involved in many accidents and there was an attempt to decongest the city's traffic. Trams are under construction at D... | 45,695 | triviaqa-train |
What is the fruit of the Carambola tree called? | Carambola
Carambola, or star fruit, is the fruit of "Averrhoa carambola", a species of tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and throughout Malaysia. The fruit is commonly consumed throughout Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, Micronesia, and parts of East Asia. The tree is cultivated throughout tropical areas.
Th... | "18 Wheels", "Rock and Roll", "Don Messer's Jubilee", "Health", and "Amelia: The Girl Who Wants to Fly" (2011). "Rock and Roll" won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1982, and became an award-winning feature video entitled "King of Friday Night".
Gray's most recent television musical is "TheTree. TheTower. TheFlood", three B... | 45,696 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1956 science fiction film was based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'? | ), "This Island Earth" (1955), "Forbidden Planet" (1956), "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957), "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959) and "On the Beach" (1959). There is often a close connection between films in the science fiction genre and the so-called "monster movie". Ex... | Special Entertainment
Special Entertainment (formerly Fortress Productions) is a Milwaukee based media production company established in 2003 by Bobby Ciraldo and Andrew Swant.
In 2014 Special Entertainment released "Hamlet A.D.D.", a partially animated science fiction comedy based on Shakespeare's classic text. The f... | 45,697 | triviaqa-train |
Which rider was the first to win the Tour de France six times? | quest for the points classification, won by Cooke, the film looks at the working of the brain. The film, made for IMAX theaters, appeared in December 2005. It was directed by Bayley Silleck, who was nominated for an Academy Award for documentary short subject in 1996 for "Cosmic Voyage".
A fan, Scott Coady, followed th... | 2018 Paris–Roubaix after attacking from the peloton 54 km from the finish.
- After stage 15 in the 2018 Tour de France Sagan received his 100th green jersey.
- Sagan becomes the second rider to win points classification in the Tour de France six times.
2019
- Sagan becomes the first rider to win points classification i... | 45,698 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1951 film 'The African Queen'? | The African Queen (film)
The African Queen is a 1951 British-American adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel. It ... | Tarzan's Peril
Tarzan's Peril is a 1951 film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Virginia Huston as Jane, and featuring Dorothy Dandridge as "Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba." Some of it was shot in Kenya, making it the first Tarzan film to be filmed in Africa, though the majority of its locati... | 45,699 | triviaqa-train |
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