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Who was Mrs. Larry Fortensky until early 1996? | Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She continued her career suc... | Larry Fortensky, at the Betty Ford Center in 1988. They were married at the Neverland Ranch of her long-time friend Michael Jackson on October 6, 1991. The wedding was again subject to intense media attention, with one photographer parachuting to the ranch and Taylor selling the wedding pictures to "People" for $1 mill... | 45,700 | triviaqa-train |
Dunkery Beacon is the highest point of which moorland in the UK? | regions of moorland. The wildlife and vegetation forms often lead to high endemism because of the severe soil and microclimate characteristics. For example, in England's Exmoor is found the rare
horse breed the Exmoor Pony, which has adapted to the harsh conditions of that environment.
In Europe, the associated fauna c... | hill is long.
At ordnance datum (OD), the mean height above sea level, Dunkery Beacon is the highest natural point in Somerset, although the tip of the Mendip TV Mast is higher at OD. Dunkery is ranked 23rd in the UK in terms of dominance and is a Marilyn, meaning that it is a peak with or more of relative height. The ... | 45,701 | triviaqa-train |
From which Disney animated picture does the song 'The Bare Necessities' come? | The Bare Necessities
"The Bare Necessities" is a song, written by Terry Gilkyson, from the animated 1967 Disney film "The Jungle Book", sung by Phil Harris as Baloo and Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli. Originally, it was written for an earlier draft of the movie that was never produced. The Sherman Brothers, who wrote the o... | Ranjan plays with Bagheera.
Baloo became a popular character after the success of the Disney films. He was made famous by the song "The Bare Necessities", sung by Phil Harris, in which he tells Mowgli how to live off the land and still have a life of luxury.
In film, television, and theatre Disney versions "TaleSpin" (... | 45,702 | triviaqa-train |
What is L. Frank Baum's most famous story? | , suggesting that the actual intent of Baum was to generate sympathy for the Indians via obnoxious argument, ostensibly promoting the contrary position.
Baum's description of Kansas in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is based on his experiences in drought-ridden South Dakota. During much of this time, Matilda Joslyn Gage ... | The Runaway Shadows
"The Runaway Shadows, or A Trick of Jack Frost" is a twentieth-century fairy tale, a fantasy short story written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. The story is one of a small cluster of Baum narratives that involve his fantasy land the Forest of Burzee and its exotic denizen... | 45,703 | triviaqa-train |
Which French artist, 1839-1906, painted 'The Card Players' and 'Mont Sainte Victoire'? | The Card Players
The Card Players is a series of oil paintings by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne. Painted during Cézanne's final period in the early 1890s, there are five paintings in the series. The versions vary in size, the number of players, and the setting in which the game takes place. Cézanne ... | Chambéry, which sits in a valley between the Bauges and Chartreuse ranges. In the southern subalpine regions, the ranges are generally disorganized and lack the wide, deep valleys that divide them in the north.
Three non-contiguous ranges traditionally comprise the southern French Prealps: the Alpilles, Mont Sainte-Vic... | 45,704 | triviaqa-train |
Give the full name of the villain from the 'Nightmare On Elm Street' series of movies? | A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films, a television series, novels, and comic books. The films began with the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) created by Wes Craven. The series revolves around the fictional character Fr... | A Nightmare on Elm Street" movies and serves as an oracle throughout the film's events. It is referred in film by Heather that Craven has moved on from making horror films, enjoying a series of successful films of other genres, until he is having nightmares which compelled him to make another entry of "A Nightmare on E... | 45,705 | triviaqa-train |
Which manufacturer was the first to win two hundred Formula One Grand Prix? | Kubica, beating both Ferraris and only trailing the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton by three seconds.
BMW Sauber's first race victory came in the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, the team achieving a one-two finish with Robert Kubica's first race win and Nick Heidfeld taking second place. The victory came after Lewis Hamilton colli... | Grand Prix, but were reallowed following the 2010 German Grand Prix. Frentzen took third place for Williams. The race was the first win for the tyre manufacturer Bridgestone after they entered Formula One a year earlier.
After the race concluded, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation chairman, Ron Walker, lodged an off... | 45,706 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Athina Roussel's multi-millionairess mother? | Athina Onassis
Athina Hélène Onassis (Greek: Αθηνά Ωνάση; born Athina Hélène Roussel (Αθηνά Ρουσσέλ), January 29, 1985) is a French-Greek heiress and equestrian, the only surviving descendant of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, and the only child of Aristotle's daughter Christina Onassis.
Early life.
Onassis w... | Paris Match".
The memorial service on Skorpios was presided over by Father Apostolis, the local Greek Orthodox priest who had baptised Athina and presided over the funerals of Aristotle Onassis, his son Alexander and Athina's mother, Christina, all buried in the Panagitsa Chapel on Skorpios. Apart from these two visits... | 45,707 | triviaqa-train |
Which former chart topping British duo re-formed in 1999 to record an album titled 'Peace'? | 1978-80, Blondie took a brief break in 1981. That year, Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri both released solo albums; Stein worked on Harry's album "KooKoo" (UK No. 6, US No. 28) and Burke with Destri's "Heart on a Wall". Burke went to Europe to play drums on Eurythmics' debut album "In The Garden". Harry, Stein and Destri ... | -titled, appeared in 2005.
POUND recently reunited with its original members Corey Ray DiGiovanni and Pat Gasperini. Currently rehearsing for shows together with Sugar Red Drive drummer PJ Gasperini (Pat's son), they have decided to record and release an album consisting of new material and some original POUND music th... | 45,708 | triviaqa-train |
In 1994, Conchita Martinez became the first Spanish woman to win the Wimbledon singles title. Who did she beat in the Final? | the outfitter's brand logo being the sole exception). Controversy followed Martina Navratilova's wearing branding for "Kim" cigarettes in 1982. Green clothing was worn by the chair umpire, linesmen, ball boys and ball girls until the 2005 Championships; however, beginning with the 2006 Championships, officials, ball bo... | 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994.... | 45,709 | triviaqa-train |
The 'House Martin' is a common summer visitor to these shores, so too is which other 'Martin'? | martin, very noticeable in flight, prevent confusion with other widespread Palaeoarctic swallows such as the barn swallow ("Hirundo rustica"), sand martin ("Riparia riparia") or red-rumped swallow ("Cecropis daurica"). In Africa, confusion with grey-rumped swallow ("Pseudhirundo griseopyga") is possible, but that speci... | the dense breeding colonies typical of the "Delichon" martins.
The urban common house martin has to compete with house sparrows, which frequently attempt to take over the nest during construction, with the house martins rebuilding elsewhere if the sparrows are successful. The entrance at the top of the completed cup is... | 45,710 | triviaqa-train |
Which European nation finished third in football's 1974 and 1982 World Cup Tournaments? | inability to handle such rampant crowds; although no one had foreseen such crowds at all; the Group A matches held at the nearby and much larger 99,500-capacity Camp Nou stadium never went past 65,000 and hosted all European teams; it was anticipated there would be larger crowds for the Camp Nou-hosted second round mat... | for the 1978 and 1982 tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany agreed a deal with Spain by which Spain would support West Germany for the 1974 tournament, and in return West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed.
Qualification.
Ninety-eight countries took part in the qualifyin... | 45,711 | triviaqa-train |
"Besides Sir Anthony Hopkins, which other ""Tony"" starred in the 1998 swashbuckler, 'The Mask Of Zorro'?" | The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro is a 1998 American swashbuckler film based on the character of the masked vigilante Zorro created by Johnston McCulley. It was directed by Martin Campbell and stars Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Stuart Wilson. The film features the original Zorro, Don D... | Matt Letscher
Matthew Letscher (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and playwright, known for his roles as Captain Harrison Love in the 1998 American swashbuckler film "The Mask of Zorro" and as Colonel Adelbert Ames in the 2003 American film "Gods and Generals". He co-starred in the 2016 Michael Bay film "", play... | 45,712 | triviaqa-train |
Often used as bedding or house plants, how is Impatiens walleriana better known? | Impatiens walleriana
Impatiens walleriana (syn. "Impatiens sultanii"), also known as busy Lizzie (British Isles), balsam, sultana, or simply impatiens, is a species of the genus "Impatiens", native to eastern Africa from Kenya to Mozambique. The Latin specific epithet "walleriana" honours a British missionary, Horace W... | bloom".
Types of bedding Spring bedding.
Plants used for spring bedding are often biennials (sown one year to flower the next), or hardy, but short-lived, perennials. Spring-flowering bulbs such as tulips are often used, typically with forget-me-nots, wallflowers, winter pansies and polyanthus.
Types of bedding Summer... | 45,713 | triviaqa-train |
Which Roald Dahl novel features the 'Oompa Loompas'? | , and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic mood, featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters. His books champion the kindhearted, and feature an underlying warm sentiment. Dahl's works for children include "James and the Giant Peach", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factor... | a song at the end of each child's comeuppance.
In early editions of the novel, the Oompa-Loompas (originally called "Whipple-Scrumpets" before publication) are shown as African pygmies, before Dahl rewrote them to be white-skinned and golden-haired. In both editions, despite working in the factory, the Oompa-Loompas in... | 45,714 | triviaqa-train |
French mariner, Jacques Cartier, left home in 1534 to sail across the Atlantic, to explore which river? | Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier (; ; December 31, 1491September 1, 1557) was a Breton explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the I... | each other.
History New France.
Around 1522–1523, the Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano persuaded King Francis I of France to commission an expedition to find a western route to Cathay (China). In 1534, Breton explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross in the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the land in the name of Kin... | 45,715 | triviaqa-train |
First sighted by Bartholomew Diaz in 1488, he named it then 'Cape of Storms'. What is it now called? | Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope ( , , ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa. This misconception was based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and... | Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias (; ; Anglicized: Bartholomew Diaz; c. 1450 – 29 May 1500), a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer. He sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European to do so, setting up the route from Europe to Asia later on. Dias is the first E... | 45,716 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the little girl in the popular children's novel by Johanna Spyri? | written in 1830 by a German history teacher, Hermann Adam von Kamp, that Johanna may have used as a basis for Heidi. The 1830 story is titled "Adelheide - das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge"—translated, "Adelaide, the girl from the Alps". The two stories were alleged to share many similarities in plot line and imagery. Spyri... | City"
- Émile Zola – "La Fortune des Rougon"
New books Children and young people.
- Alexander Afanasyev (collected) – «Русские детские сказки» (Russian Children's Fairy Tales)
- Louisa M. Alcott – "Little Men"
- Lewis Carroll – "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There"
- George MacDonald – "At the Back of ... | 45,717 | triviaqa-train |
Who marries 'Petruccio' in Shakespeare's, 'The Taming Of The Shrew'? | The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592.
The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually ... | Petruccio (disambiguation)
Petruccio is the primary male character in William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew".
Petruccio or Petruchio may also refer to:
People.
- Petruccio Ubaldini (16th century), Italian calligraphist and illuminator
- Petruccio de Migliolo (died 1486), a Roman Catholic prelate
- Pietro Monta... | 45,718 | triviaqa-train |
Nineteenth century Japanese artist, Hokusai, made a series of 36 prints of what? | Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai (, ; , ; October 31, 1760 – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series which includes the internationally iconic print, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa".
Hokusai cre... | 1892, the series of , the parody of number 36, was produced by Yoshitoshi, and published by .
The French artist Henri Rivière (1864-1951) published the set of color lithographs "Thirty-six views of the Tour Eiffel" in 1902, inspired by the seminal print set of Hokusai, one of the many influences of Japanese art on late... | 45,719 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the principal Canary Islands contains no peak higher than 700 metres? | the two on the African mainland.
The seven main islands are (from largest to smallest in area) Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. The archipelago includes many smaller islands and islets: La Graciosa, Alegranza, Isla de Lobos, Montaña Clara, Roque del Oeste and Roque de... | given the higher medical qualification Doctor of Medicine in 1913.
From 1908 to 1914, Douglas did research with John Scott Haldane on human respiration. In 1910 Nathan Zuntz organised a high-altitude expedition to Tenerife in the Canary Islands; the participants included Douglas from Oxford, Joseph Barcroft from Cambri... | 45,720 | triviaqa-train |
Which American city has baseball-playing 'Dodgers'? | , yet are heavily urbanized, with significant populations in the Greater Los Angeles Area, New York metropolitan area, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
They are by no means a monolithic group. The largest sub-groups are immigrants or descendants of immigrants from Cambodia, Mainland China, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Pak... | local fame as a junior member of the Palo Alto Curling Team, which disbanded in 2001 amid a financial scandal. The younger Wilson has since stopped participating in curling events, choosing to focus on cross country, where he recently placed 31st in the 2008 Central Coast Section championship meet.
Awards.
- WJCC Sport... | 45,721 | triviaqa-train |
Which intermittent wars between 1793 and 1815 included the battles of 'Aspern' and 'Austerlitz'? | Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon, the "Grande Armée" of France def... | present at some of the most significant battles of the Third, Fourth and Fifth coalitions, leading cavalry actions at the battles of Austerlitz, Friedland, Eckmühl, Aspern-Essling and Wagram. In 1812, during the campaign in Russia, Nansouty commanded the I Cavalry Corps, which he led with distinction at such battles as... | 45,722 | triviaqa-train |
Whose 1769 expedition included the task of observing the transit of the planet Venus over Tahiti? | families as well as domestic animals. In 1769, for instance, James Cook mentions a great traditional ship ("va'a") in Tahiti that was long, and could be propelled by sail or paddles.
In 2010, an expedition on a simple outrigger canoe with a sail retraced the route back from Tahiti to Asia.
History Civilization before t... | mass of the southern continent. He was sent out again to complete the exploration of the new land, and found it to be only an inhospitable island which he renamed in disgust the Isle of Desolation, but in which posterity has recognized his courageous efforts by naming it Kerguelen Land.
The obsession of the undiscovere... | 45,723 | triviaqa-train |
Which 10th century explorer founded an Icelandic colony which he named 'Greenland', to encourage people to settle there? | there, described Shendu (the Indus River valley of Northwestern India) and Anxi (Arsacid territories) further west.
History and notable periods of human exploration Viking Age.
From about 800 AD to 1040 AD, the Vikings explored Europe and much of the Western Northern Hemisphere via rivers and oceans. For example, it is... | knife bent and worn down by whetting. This knife they took with them for display."
According to a 2009 study, "there is no evidence for perceptible contact between Iceland and Greenland after the mid fifteenth century... It is clear that neither Danish and Norwegian nor Icelandic public functionaries were aware that th... | 45,724 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the third largest of the Channel Islands? | Sarnia for Guernsey, Riduna for Alderney) derive (possibly mistakenly) from the Antonine Itinerary. Gallo-Roman culture was adopted to an unknown extent in the islands.
In the sixth century, Christian missionaries visited the islands. Samson of Dol, Helier, Marculf and Magloire are among saints associated with the isla... | Picard Island
Picard Island (also known as West Island) is an island in the Seychelles. It is the third largest island of the Aldabra Atoll in the Aldabra Group of islands, 1150 kilometers southwest of the country's capital, Victoria. The island covers an area of 9.29 km².
This island forms the northwestern edge of the... | 45,725 | triviaqa-train |
What is the oldest order of knighthood still in existence in Britain? | Court of Justice are created Dames Commander after appointment, while male judges become Knights Bachelor.
From time to time, individuals are appointed to a higher grade within the Order, thereby ceasing usage of the junior post-nominal letters.
Composition Officers.
The Order has six offices: King of Arms is not a mem... | University Automobile Club was founded in 1902. It is said to be the second oldest British car club still in existence (with the Royal Automobile Club, founded in 1897, being the oldest). Certainly, for many years it has been the second oldest club recognised by the MSA as engaged in motor sport.
In 1946 the club organ... | 45,726 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote, 'Blott On The Landscape'? | Blott on the Landscape
Blott on the Landscape is a novel by Tom Sharpe which was first published in 1975. The book was adapted into a 6-part television series of the same name for BBC television in 1985.
Plot.
The story revolves around the proposed construction of a motorwayM101 in the book and the M399 in the BBC seri... | and the destruction of the village (in which one person had been accidentally killed), and Maud and Blott (who have fallen in love by this time) marry and state their intention to add to the Handyman family.
Adaptations.
Adaptations Audio book.
- "Blott on the Landscape" was released as an audiobook in two formats: abr... | 45,727 | triviaqa-train |
"Who painted ""The Binding Of Samson"" (1636) and ""Jacob Blessing The Sons Of Joseph"" (1656)?" | Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and printmaker. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history. Unlike most Dut... | 1605 in Koblenz, who married Marguerite de Hammerstein and became colonel of a regiment of Cravattes (Croatians) under the Emperor Ferdinand III.
His son Christian Wendel was born on 23 April 1636 in Koblenz, and became a lieutenant in the army of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine.
In 1656 he married Dorothea Agnes Jacob, a... | 45,728 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish football team moved home from Broomfield Park to the Shyberry Excelsior Stadium? | been founded as Excelsior F.C. in 1878. Originally known as the Shyberry Excelsior Stadium due to sponsorship, the stadium is also sometimes unofficially referred to New Broomfield, after the former Airdrie ground. Following the liquidation of the original Airdrieonians in 2002, the Excelsior Stadium became home to the... | however in recent years the success has been beyond a club of its size.
The club applied to move from the East Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association to join the North Region and this was accepted for the beginning of season 2016–17.
Roselea traditionally play their home games at Broomfield Park, a relative... | 45,729 | triviaqa-train |
The name of which sport is used for a letter in the phonetic alphabet? | critical combinations of letters and numbers are most likely to be pronounced and understood by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel.
The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the E... | Uses International Phonetic Alphabet Undertie.
The undertie is used to represent linking (absence of a break) in the IPA. For example it is used to indicate liaison (e.g. ) but can also be used for other types of sandhi.
On computers, the character used is . This is a spacing character, not to be confused with the alte... | 45,730 | triviaqa-train |
In the movie world, how is Nicholas Kim Coppola better known? | Adaptation" as one of the best acting of that year.
During the 2010s, many cinema's critics described Cage as one of the most underrated actors of his generation.
Personal life.
Personal life Relationships and family.
In 1988, Cage began dating actress Christina Fulton, with whom he had a son, Weston Coppola Cage (born... | Kim Molina
Kimverlie "Kim" Soriano Molina (born July 1, 1991) or better known as "Kim Molina", is a Filipina singer and actress for TV, Film, and Theater. She is known for her role "Aileen" in the hit Filipino stage musical "Rak Of Aegis", "Kelly" on ABS-CBN's Till I Met You, and one of the lead stars of the movie Camp... | 45,731 | triviaqa-train |
"Which company uses the slogan ""innovations beyond petroleum""?" | BP
BP plc (formerly The British Petroleum Company plc and BP Amoco plc) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the world's seven oil and gas "supermajors", whose performance in 2012 made it the world's sixth-largest oil and gas company, the sixth-largest ene... | a gas oven. In 1950, they introduced their first oven with a thermostat. By 1955, they were making appliances in different colours, to suit a bespoke fitted kitchen. The company had the slogan "im Haus - der Zeit voraus".
History Innovations.
In 1957, it introduced the first microwave oven. In 1957, it introduced the f... | 45,732 | triviaqa-train |
Which building in Paris did Richard Rogers and Enzo Piano design? | Pompidou, also known as Beaubourg, which houses the Musée National d'Art Moderne. The third most visited Paris museum, in a building constructed for the Universal Exhibition of 1900 as the Orsay railway station, was the Musée d'Orsay, which had 3.2 million visitors in 2017. The Orsay displays French art of the 19th cen... | a widely admired Parisian landmark. Rogers revisited this inside-out style with his design for London's Lloyd's building, completed in 1986 – another controversial design which has since become a famous and distinctive landmark in its own right.
Later career.
After working with Piano, Rogers established the Richard Rog... | 45,733 | triviaqa-train |
In which town or city would you find the 'Cairngorm Brewery'? | Cairngorm Brewery
Cairngorm Brewery is a brewery based in Aviemore, in the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated in the Dalfaber Industrial Estate at the north end of the village, and is within the Cairngorms National Park.
History.
Cairngorm Brewery was formed from the merger of Aviemore Brewery with Tomintoul Brewery... | Cairngorm Brewery has supported the Highland Tiger Project, which is working to save the Scottish wildcat. For each bottle of Wildcat beer sold, the brewery makes a donation to the project.
Beers.
Cairngorm produce a range of beers which are available all year in cask or bottle. They also produce a number of seasonal c... | 45,734 | triviaqa-train |
Which director won the 'Oscar' for Best Director for the picture 'Traffic' in 2000? | Traffic (2000 film)
Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: users, enforcers, politicians, and traffickers. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the chara... | Robert Rossen
Robert Rossen (March 16, 1908 – February 18, 1966) was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades.
His 1949 film "All the King's Men" won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, while Rossen was nominated for an Oscar as Be... | 45,735 | triviaqa-train |
For which king did Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester act as regent or protector? | Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (3 October 139023 February 1447) was an English prince, soldier, and literary patron. He was (as he styled himself) "son, brother and uncle of kings", being the fourth and youngest son of Henry IV of England, the brother of Henry V, and the uncle of... | 9 April 1483, Elizabeth's father, King Edward IV, unexpectedly died and her younger brother, Edward V, ascended to the throne; her uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was appointed regent and protector of his nephews. Her mother, Elizabeth Woodville, tried to deny Gloucester his right to be Lord Protector in order to k... | 45,736 | triviaqa-train |
Who is 'Harry Potter's' schoolboy enemy? | sorted into Gryffindor House, he becomes fast friends with classmates Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and foils Voldemort's attempt to steal the Philosopher's Stone. He also forms a rivalry with characters Draco Malfoy, a classmate from an elitist wizarding family, and the cold, condescending Potions master, Severus ... | of books, and with popularizing the trope of a boy wizard, also present in "Harry Potter". Reviewers have also commented that the basic premise of "A Wizard of Earthsea", that of a talented boy going to a wizard's school and making an enemy with whom he has a close connection, is also the premise of "Harry Potter". Ged... | 45,737 | triviaqa-train |
Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, and Duncan Grant were part of which English art movement in the 1920's and 30's? | Duncan Grant
Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a British painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group.
His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major in the army, and much of his early childhood was spent in India and ... | 64 paintings and watercolors and 51 graphics and etchings. They include painters such as Alfred Sisley, Charles Conder, Philip Wilson Steer, Walter Sickert, Hermione Hammond, James Bolivar Manson, Wyndham Lewis, Roger Fry, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Rowland Fisher, and graphic works from William Hogarth.
Some of En... | 45,738 | triviaqa-train |
Tahiti is part of which island group? | Tahiti
Tahiti (; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean. Divided into two parts, "Tahiti Nui" (bigger, northwestern part) and "Tahiti Iti" (smaller, southeastern part), the island was f... | Tubuai
Tubuai or Tupua'i is the main island of the Tubuai Island group, located at , south of Tahiti. In addition to Tubuai, the group of islands include Rimatara, Rurutu, Raivavae and the uninhabited Îles Maria. They are part of the Austral Islands in the far southwest of French Polynesia in the south Pacific Ocean. T... | 45,739 | triviaqa-train |
Who was President of Poland from 1990 to 1995? | crisis came, the nation would present a united front.
A new wave of strikes undermined Gierek's government, and in September Gierek, who was in poor health, was finally removed from office and replaced as Party leader by Stanisław Kania. However, Kania was unable to find an answer for the fast-eroding support of commun... | the post-communist Social Democratic Party of the Republic of Poland (SdRP) from January to February 1990, and its first chairman until he assumed the presidency in December 1995. He was also one of the founding members of the coalition Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) in 1991. Kwaśniewski was an activist in the Student ... | 45,740 | triviaqa-train |
To which island group does Guadalcanal belong? | Honiara and the post was combined with that of the Governor of the Solomon Islands. The airfield which was the cause of the fighting in 1942, and which became well known as Henderson Field is now the international airport for the Solomon Islands. It sits about five miles to the east of Honiara.
History Civil war.
In ea... | ethnic violence between 1997 and 2003. Much of the violence was committed by rival ethnic gangs from the islands of Guadalcanal and Malaita. The gangs took advantage of ethnic tensions between Malaitan settlers on Guadalcanal and the island's indigenous residents. The Isatabu Freedom Movement, which was made up by indi... | 45,741 | triviaqa-train |
Which boxer won the Olympic gold medal at Middleweight in 1976, and then went on to win the World Professional title at both Light-heavyweight and Heavyweight? | , Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Michael Moorer, Bob Foster, Ann Wolfe, Michael Spinks, Dariusz Michalczewski, Roy Jones, Jr., Joe Calzaghe and Zsolt Erdei.
Many light heavyweight champions unsuccessfully challenged for the heavyweight crown until Michael Spinks became the first reigning light heavyweight champi... | former world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, and uncle of Cory Spinks, a former welterweight and light middleweight champion.
After a successful amateur career, which culminated in his Olympic gold medal win, Spinks went undefeated in his first 31 professional fights, beating Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Eddie Mustafa Muham... | 45,742 | triviaqa-train |
Which group of mammals belong to the order Cetacea? | Cetacea
Cetaceans () (from , from ) are aquatic mammals constituting the infraorder Cetacea. There are around 89 living species, which are divided into two parvorders. The first is the Odontoceti, the toothed whales, which consist of around 70 species, including the dolphin (which includes killer whales), porpoise, bel... | .
They are classified in the order Pilosa along with the anteaters. Extinct sloth species include many megafaunal ground sloths, some of which attained the size of elephants, as well as marine sloths.
Taxonomy and evolution.
Sloths belong to the superorder Xenarthra, a group of placental mammals believed to have evolve... | 45,743 | triviaqa-train |
In 'The Simpson's', what was the name of 'Ned Flanders' ' wife? | with memorabilia of The Beatles. He claims that this is because they were "bigger than Jesus".
Role in "The Simpsons" Family and job.
Ned is a double widower, having been married to the equally religious Maude. They had two children together; the sheltered and naive Rod and Todd Flanders. In the eleventh season, Maude ... | 2001] on American college and high school campuses, the name most associated with the word Christian—other than Jesus—is not the Pope or Mother Teresa or even Billy Graham. Instead, it's a goofy-looking guy named Ned Flanders on the animated sitcom known as The Simpsons. The mustache, thick glasses, green sweater, and ... | 45,744 | triviaqa-train |
Which architect designed Regent's Park, Regent Street, and the Marble Arch? | Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near the site of what is today the three-bayed, central projection of the palace containing the we... | gibbet at what is now Marble Arch. Circus is a British term for a road junction; it was formerly Regent Circus, after Regent Street
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- Paddington Street – this was on old path leading to Paddington
- Park Crescent, Park Crescent Mews East and Park Crescent Mews West – as they are adjacent to Regent's Park
- Picton Pl... | 45,745 | triviaqa-train |
Which group released the albums; 'Cloud Cuckoo Land' and 'Sense And Jollification'? | : "Today, the disastrous consequences of enforcing the utopia on the unfortunate populations of the communist states are clear even to their leaders. As Mises predicted, despite the cloud-cuckoo lands of their fancy, roasted pigeons failed to fly into the mouths of the comrades."
Other uses.
The phrase has been used in... | In 2014 he released a solo EP, Fragments of Bone on his own imprint, Meraki Records. In 2016 he and his partner released their debut children's book Cloud Cuckoo Land under the moniker Wavey n Snotts, leading to a tour of Waterstones book stores and invites to several literary and music festivals.
Discography.
- Albums... | 45,746 | triviaqa-train |
For which young king did Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, act as regent or protector? | as Newbury Manor School, which caters for children aged between 10 and 17 with special educational needs. Provision for pupils with special educational needs is also made by the mainstream schools.
There is also a range of independent or public schools. Many of these are for pupils between 11 and 18 years, such as King... | Anne Stanhope, Somerset's proud wife, disliked Catherine and Thomas and began to turn many people in court against them. To demonstrate her hatred, Anne kept the Queen's jewels, which by right were Catherine's. In turn, Catherine was annoyed at the appointment of Edward Seymour (Duke of Somerset) as Protector regent, s... | 45,747 | triviaqa-train |
What is the surname of 'Harry Potter's' schoolboy friend 'Ron'? | player of Quidditch. And finally, both Percival and Potter found love and acceptance from surrogate families, in the form of the Knights of the Round Table and the Weasley family respectively.
Each of the seven books is set over the course of one school year. Harry struggles with the problems he encounters, and dealing... | originally makes an effort to be Harry's friend because "it will be cool to turn up at the school being Harry Potter's friend, because Harry is so famous." However, Harry did not want Malfoy as a friend because he "has been so rude about Rubeus Hagrid and about Ron, who Harry likes so much". At the first years' Sorting... | 45,748 | triviaqa-train |
Which Scottish football team moved home from Annfield to the Forthbank Stadium? | Annfield Stadium
Annfield Stadium was a football stadium in Stirling, Scotland. The stadium was home to Stirling Albion F.C. until 1993 when it closed after Stirling Albion moved to Forthbank Stadium.
History.
Before World War II, King's Park was the Scottish Football League club based in Stirling, but their Forthbank ... | Albion F.C in 1945 and shortly purchased the Annfield estate to construct Annfield Stadium, which has now made way for housing once more.
In 1992 they moved to Forthbank Stadium, sited about two-thirds of a mile (1 km) from the location of the original stadium Forthbank Park.
League history.
- Scottish Football Allianc... | 45,749 | triviaqa-train |
In the TV show 'The Simpsons', what is the name of the police chief? | Nelson Muntz, extended relatives Patty and Selma Bouvier, townspeople such as Mayor Quimby, Chief Clancy Wiggum, tycoon Charles Montgomery Burns and his executive assistant Waylon Smithers, and local celebrities Krusty the Clown and news reporter Kent Brockman.
The creators originally intended many of these characters ... | chief of police, he is a chip off the old cop. Santa’s Little Hybrid is an unnatural progression that Cosmo does not teach about."
Teresa Lopez of "TV Fanatic" gave the episode four out of five stars, saying "I always love The Simpsons episodes that show the possible futures of Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Homer and Marge. And ... | 45,750 | triviaqa-train |
"""Createur d'automobiles"", is a slogan used by which car manufacturer?" | . Citroen did the same in France, coming to cars in 1919; between them and other cheap cars in reply such as Renault's 10CV and Peugeot's 5CV, they produced 550,000 cars in 1925, and Mors, Hurtu, and others could not compete. Germany's first mass-manufactured car, the Opel 4PS "Laubfrosch" (Tree Frog), came off the lin... | Hyundai Motor Group
The Hyundai Motor Group (; ) (stylized as HYUNDAI) is a South Korean multinational conglomerate headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, and it is the largest car manufacturer in the country.
According to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, it was the world's third-largest ... | 45,751 | triviaqa-train |
What is another name for the 'gullet'? | Esophagus
The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English) (), commonly known as the food pipe or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach. The esophagus is a fibromuscular tube, about 25 centimetres long in adults, ... | West Africa
- Dutch Guinea, or Dutch New Guinea, another name for Netherlands New Guinea, a former colony in what is now Indonesian Papua
- French Guinea, a former colony in West Africa, what is now Guinea
- German Guinea, another name for the former colonies of Kamerun and Togoland in West Africa
- German Guinea, or G... | 45,752 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to a shield or emblem within a flag? | Cross is one of three symbols representing the International Red Cross. A red cross on a white background is the emblem of humanitarian spirit.
- The crescent shape is a symbol of the moon; it is an emblem of Islam.
- The skull and crossbones is a symbol identifying a poison. The skull is an emblem of the transitory na... | height of the flag.
The symbol of the flag is a bear. The crown and the sword on the flag symbolizes nationhood and power, respectively.The base of the emblem is a shield which contains a sign which was there on the previous flag.
Previous flags.
Within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the flag adorned... | 45,753 | triviaqa-train |
Common salt is a compound formed from two elements, one is Sodium, which is the other? | compounds. Sodium is the sixth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and exists in numerous minerals such as feldspars, sodalite, and rock salt (NaCl). Many salts of sodium are highly water-soluble: sodium ions have been leached by the action of water from the Earth's minerals over eons, and thus sodium and chlori... | Plumbide
A plumbide can refer to one of two things: an intermetallic compound that contains lead, or a Zintl phase compound with lead as the anion.
Zintl phase.
Plumbides can be formed when lead forms a Zintl phase compound with a more metallic element. One salt that can be formed this way is when cryptand reacts with ... | 45,754 | triviaqa-train |
Who has presented both 'Blue Peter' and 'The Money Programme'? | Valerie Singleton, who presented regularly until 1972, and on special assignments until 1981. Following the departure of Furness, a new producer who was committed to "Blue Peter" was required, so Biddy Baxter was appointed. At the time she was contracted to schools' programmes on the radio, and therefore unable to take... | Stuart Miles
Stuart Miles (born 20 February 1969) is a British radio and television presenter, who has worked on the children's programme "Blue Peter".
Career.
Miles studied at Bournemouth University where he developed an interest in college radio, followed by a stint on hospital radio.
Stuart Miles gained his TV break... | 45,755 | triviaqa-train |
Which US state has the largest population? | List of states and territories of the United States by population
The states and territories included in the United States Census Bureau's statistics include the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five permanently inhabited unincorporated island territories, including Puerto Rico.
As of April 1, 2010, the date of ... | Center which was originally chosen to be built in Washington, DC. The state of New Mexico itself has the highest percentage of Hispanic or Latinos by population in the United States, who in 2013, made up 47.3% of the state's total population.
With 807,000 Hispanics making up 61.2% of the population, San Antonio, Texas ... | 45,756 | triviaqa-train |
Heather Small was the lead singer in which band? | Heather Small
Heather Small (20 January 1965) is an English soul singer who was the lead singer in the band M People and later became a solo artist. Her debut solo album was "Proud", released in 2000. She was also a contestant in the British television show "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2008.
Career.
Career 1987–1998: Hot... | Heather Blush
Heather Blush is a Canadian jazz singer. She performs with her band The Uppercuts, which includes Steve Hazlett (drums) and Dale Ulan (upright bass), under the name Heather Blush and the Uppercuts. In "The Calgary Sun", her voice was described as a combination of Joni Mitchell and Norah Jones.
Blush was b... | 45,757 | triviaqa-train |
In which county would you find the town of Banbury? | Banbury
Banbury is an historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. The town is situated northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south-by-southeast of Coventry and north-by-northwest of the county town of Oxford. It had a population of 46,853 at the 2011 census.
Banbury is a significant comm... | Kevin Wilson (footballer, born 1961)
Kevin James Wilson (born 19 April 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker. His last job was at Nuneaton Town, where he worked as manager.
Biography.
Born in Banbury, Wilson started his career at Southern League club Banbury United, before sig... | 45,758 | triviaqa-train |
El Al is the national airline of which country? | founded in October 1946), Air Ceylon (later SriLankan Airlines; founded in 1947), Malayan Airways Limited in 1947 (later Singapore and Malaysia Airlines), El Al in Israel in 1948, Garuda Indonesia in 1949, Japan Airlines in 1951, Thai Airways International in 1960, and Korean National Airlines in 1947.
History Latin Am... | Act of 1873. Peale advocated for the office of the Mint Director to be moved from Philadelphia to Washington; this was enacted. He supported the abolition of the gold dollar and the three-dollar piece, but these coins were not ended by Congress until 1890. He denigrated recent coin issues (many designed by Longacre, wh... | 45,759 | triviaqa-train |
Which Nottinghamshire town gave it's name to a New York airport? | Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (pronounced ; abbreviated Notts.) is a county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditional county town is Nottingham, though the county council is ba... | to keep a cuckoo captive from the Sheriff of Nottingham. One of the three pubs in the village is known as the "Cuckoo Bush Inn".
Reminded of the foolish ingenuity of Gotham's residents, Washington Irving gave the name "Gotham" to New York City in his "Salmagundi Papers" (1807). In turn, Bill Finger named the pastiche N... | 45,760 | triviaqa-train |
In which country would you find the Interlagos motor racing circuit? | major race being held at Interlagos was the Mil Milhas Brasil, and the last major race on the original circuit was the 1989 Mil Milhas Brasil, and Formula One returned to the circuit the following year after it had been shortened and modified at a cost of $15 million. The track layout, aside from the pit exit being ext... | a consequence, Rees was away from motor racing for a period of 18 months - of which 12 months were spent under serious immobilization, and the remaining 6 months with continuous physiotherapy sessions.
Career Information Endurance Racing Years (2007 - 2015).
With his convalescence complete, Rees made his sportscar debu... | 45,761 | triviaqa-train |
The Aborigines call it Uluru. What do we call it? | Uluru
Uluru (, Pitjantjatjara: '), also known as Ayers Rock (, like "airs") and officially gazetted as UluruAyers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. It lies south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs.
Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatj... | the existence of God. There is no such denial, what you call God I call Nature, the Supreme intelligence that rules matter. All the article states is that it is doubtful in my opinion if our intelligence or soul or whatever one may call it lives hereafter as an entity or disperses back again from whence it came, scatte... | 45,762 | triviaqa-train |
The Royal Armouries Museum is located in which English city? | Royal Armouries Museum
The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a national museum which displays the National Collection of Arms and Armour. It is part of the Royal Armouries family of museums, the other sites being the Tower of London, its traditional home, Fort Nelson, Hampshire, for the displ... | from The Armouries, RML 64-pounder 71-cwt Gun, mounted on a riveted iron carriage. The gun is from the lower deck of a British Man of War, from redundant stores of the Royal Navy Dockyard sent to Vicotira, in 1895. It stands to the right side of Queen’s Avenue entrance. The most recent addition is the Universal Carrier... | 45,763 | triviaqa-train |
We know the golfer as 'Tiger Woods' what is his real first name? | be in Dubai as part of a 25.3-million-square-foot development, The Tiger Woods Dubai. The Al Ruwaya Golf Course was initially expected to finish construction in 2009. As of February 2010, only seven holes had been completed; in April 2011, "The New York Times" reported that the project had been shelved permanently. In ... | a hand (presumable Kid Rot's) sticking out from the rot and as a leaf lands on it, it's grabbed by the hand. The episode ends as we hear some heavy breathing. We have yet to know what has become of Chester/Kid Rot.
- Real Name: Chester
- First Appearance: Episode 13 ("Kid Rot")
- Patrick –
- First Appearance: Episode 1... | 45,764 | triviaqa-train |
With the Olympic Games coming up in 2012, can you name one of the two years London has hosted the Olympic Games in the past? | , Lea Valley Walk, and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk.
Sport.
London has hosted the Summer Olympics three times: in 1908, 1948, and 2012. making it the first city to host the modern Games three times. The city was also the host of the British Empire Games in 1934. In 2017, London hosted the World Championsh... | ) and eight years since a European city hosted the Summer Olympics (London 2012). Out of the six bidders, Tokyo had previously hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1964. The other four bidders have made bids in the past. It is the first time in 20 years that no city in the Americas bid to host the Summer Olympic Games. R... | 45,765 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality was the actress Greta Garbo? | Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and received an Academy Honorary Award in 1954 for her "luminous and unforgettable screen perf... | , Hlynur Atlason, and Harry Allen.
In 1996, Umbra teamed up with Rashid to create what would become one of the company’s most well-known products; the GARBO trash can. The wastebasket was named after actress Greta Garbo, mimicking the shape of her body. It sold more than two million units within the first two years of ... | 45,766 | triviaqa-train |
'The Laughing Cavalier' was painted by who? | Laughing Cavalier
The Laughing Cavalier (1624) is a portrait by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals in the Wallace Collection in London, which has been described as "one of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits". The title is an invention of the Victorian public and press, dating from its exhibition in the op... | whose widow donated it and his London house to the nation as the Wallace Collection.
Derivatives.
The "Laughing Cavalier" is used by McEwan's beer as its logo. It has been modified showing the Laughing Cavalier enjoying the beer.
In the "Scarlet Pimpernel" adventure series by Emma Orczy, "The Laughing Cavalier" is a pr... | 45,767 | triviaqa-train |
Which two colours make up the Greek flag? | "), the five blue stripes for the syllables "Ελευθερία" and the four white stripes "ή Θάνατος". The nine stripes are also said to represent the letters of the word "freedom" (Greek: ελευθερία). There is also a different theory, that the nine stripes symbolise the nine Muses, the goddesses of art and civilisation (nine ... | take her alive; since they thought it intolerable that a woman should make an expedition against Athens."
Polyaenus in his work Stratagems () says that Artemisia had in her ship two different standards. When she chased a Greek ship, she hoisted the Persian colours. But when she was chased by a Greek ship, she hoisted t... | 45,768 | triviaqa-train |
The crane Fly is often referred to as a what? | appear to be a relict group that was much better represented in the Tertiary. Tipulidae probably evolved from ancestors in the Upper Jurassic, the Architipulidae.
Common names.
Numerous other common names have been applied to the crane fly. Many of the names are more or less regional in the U.S., including mosquito haw... | lived in Edinburgh, Scotland, for two years before moving to Shedfield, Hampshire.
A fly angler.
Above all, George Selwyn Marryat was the consummate fly fisherman of his time in England. He was an expert caster, an accomplished, but amateur, chalkstream entomologist, as well as a proficient and innovative fly tyer.
The... | 45,769 | triviaqa-train |
'The Ride of the Valkyries' was composed by who? | Ride of the Valkyries
The "Ride of the Valkyries" () refers to the beginning of act 3 of "Die Walküre", the second of the four operas constituting Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen".
As a separate piece, the "Ride" is often heard in a purely instrumental version, which may be as short as three minutes. Together... | special was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. The special, like the films, also features the following Pop culture and Christmas songs:
- "Summer Breeze"
- "Jingle Bells" (sung by Eddie Murphy)
- "Here We Come A-wassailing" (sung by I'm from Barcelona)
- "Because We Can"
- "Jingo (Gin Go La Ba)"
- "Ride of the Valkyr... | 45,770 | triviaqa-train |
The Von Trapp family were immortalised in which film in 1965? | Maria von Trapp
Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS ("née" Kutschera; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987) was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers", which was published in 1949 and was the inspiration for the 1956 West German film "The Trapp Family", w... | born on 28 September 1914 in Zell am See, Salzburg, then part of Austria-Hungary.
Her siblings were Rupert von Trapp (1911–1992), Agathe von Trapp (1913–2010), Werner von Trapp (1915–2007), Hedwig von Trapp (1917–1972), Johanna von Trapp (1919–1994), and Martina von Trapp (1921–1951). Along with her six siblings, fathe... | 45,771 | triviaqa-train |
The longest shoreline belongs to which English county? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of... | List of lakes in Wisconsin
There are 15,074 documented lakes in Wisconsin. Of these, about 40 percent have been named. They range in size from small one-and two-acre () ponds to Lake Winnebago. They range in depth from a few feet (around 1 meter) to for Wazee Lake. Lake Winnebago is the largest lake by volume and the l... | 45,772 | triviaqa-train |
In which Californian city did the first Disney theme park open? | Disney opened at the Disneyland Resort on January 12, 2001, between Disneyland and the future California Adventure. Disney California Adventure Park opened at the Disneyland Resort on February 8, 2001, with three major areas: Paradise Pier, Hollywood Pictures Backlot, and the Golden State. In California Adventure on Oc... | . The track then crosses through the gateway to the Disney California Adventure park. Passengers can see Disneyland Park on the right and Disney California Adventure Park on the left. The monorail then passes through Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa then makes a sharp curve to the right and enters the Downtown Di... | 45,773 | triviaqa-train |
Iceland became independent from which country in 1944? | , and Sweden. Iceland thus followed Norway's integration into that union, coming under Danish rule after Sweden's secession from the union in 1523. Although the Danish kingdom introduced Lutheranism forcefully in 1550, Iceland remained a distant semi-colonial territory in which Danish institutions and infrastructures w... | the province of Nidaros. Iceland was divided into two dioceses, Skálholt, established 1056, and Holar in 1106. These continued until 1801, when Iceland became one diocese under one bishop of Iceland, residing in Reykjavík.
The country was an independent republic from 930 until 1262. Then Iceland, having suffered civil ... | 45,774 | triviaqa-train |
'Ag' is the chemical symbol for which precious metal? | E174 designation and is approved in the European Union. Traditional Pakistani and Indian dishes sometimes include decorative silver foil known as "vark", and in various other cultures, silver "dragée" are used to decorate cakes, cookies, and other dessert items.
Photochromic lenses include silver halides, so that ultra... | in juxtaposition are often used as a Christian visual symbol (see examples). The symbols were used in early Christianity and appear in the Roman catacombs. The letters were shown hanging from the arms of the cross in Early Christian art, and some crux gemmata, jeweled crosses in precious metal, have formed letters hang... | 45,775 | triviaqa-train |
Acetic acid is more commonly known as what? | genus "Acetobacter" and "Clostridium acetobutylicum". These bacteria are found universally in foodstuffs, water, and soil, and acetic acid is produced naturally as fruits and other foods spoil. Acetic acid is also a component of the vaginal lubrication of humans and other primates, where it appears to serve as a mild a... | (PMA, more commonly known as PGMEA in semiconductor manufacturing processes, where it is used as a resist solvent). This application consumes about 15% to 20% of worldwide acetic acid. Ether acetates, for example EEA, have been shown to be harmful to human reproduction.
Uses Acetic anhydride.
The product of the condens... | 45,776 | triviaqa-train |
Sn is the chemical symbol for which metal? | , it is amphoteric, dissolving in base and acid. "Stannic acid" refers to hydrated tin (IV) oxide, SnO, which is also called "stannic hydroxide."
Tin oxides dissolve in acids. Halogen acids attack SnO to give hexahalostannates, such as [SnI]. One report describes reacting a sample in refluxing HI for many hours.
Simila... | Andrew Leipus
Andrew Leipus (born 9 January 1970, Adelaide, Australia) is a physiotherapist.
Since October 1999, he has worked for the Board of Control for Cricket in India as the physiotherapist of the Indian national cricket team.
Leipus retired at the end of 2004. He was credited for substantially upgrading the Cri... | 45,777 | triviaqa-train |
Seismology is the study of what? | Motion caused by a large earthquake can be observed for up to a month after the event. The first observations of normal modes were made in the 1960s as the advent of higher fidelity instruments coincided with two of the largest earthquakes of the 20th century – the 1960 Valdivia earthquake and the 1964 Alaska earthquak... | List of words ending in ology
The suffix ology is commonly used in the English language to denote a field of study. The "ology" ending is a combination of the letter "o" plus "logy" in which the letter "o" is used as an interconsonantal letter which, for phonological reasons, precedes the morpheme suffix logy. "Logy" i... | 45,778 | triviaqa-train |
What actually is laughing gas? | such as sodium hydroxide) can remove this, decreasing the corrosive properties observed when is further oxidised during combustion into sulfuric acid, making emissions cleaner.
Uses Aerosol propellant.
The gas is approved for use as a food additive (also known as E942), specifically as an aerosol spray propellant. Its ... | "ought" to have foreseen? The test is what the reasonable person would have known and foreseen, given what A had done. It is the function of any court to evaluate behaviour. A defendant cannot evade responsibility through a form of wilful blindness. Fault lies not only in what a person actually believes, but also in fa... | 45,779 | triviaqa-train |
Fe is the chemical symbol for what metal? | Iron
Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ) and atomic number 26. It is a metal, that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is by mass the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's ... | with a choice of two answers.
Example question:
"What grayish white, lustrous metal is the seventy-fourth element on the periodic table?"
If the contestant answers incorrectly or passes, the host reads a clue such as: "Its chemical symbol is W, which stands for" Wolfram, "the German name of this element."
If the contes... | 45,780 | triviaqa-train |
Henry V111 had several wives. Who was the last one? | lasted nearly 24 years, while the following five lasted less than 10 years combined.
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A mnemonic device to remember the names of Henry’s consorts is “Arrogant Boys Seem Clever, Howard Particularly”; a mnemonic for their fates is "Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived". There a... | was the only British car to make it to the end, in 15th. The little Abarth, after a race bedevilled by issues, did finish (in last place) but had not completed enough laps to be classified.
When the winners mounted the victory stand, Gurney was handed the traditional magnum of champagne. Looking down, he saw Ford CEO H... | 45,781 | triviaqa-train |
Back to Henry V111, who was his third wife? | commonly believed that it was Cromwell's anti-Boleyn influence that led opponents to look for a way of having her executed.
Anne's downfall came shortly after she had recovered from her final miscarriage. Whether it was primarily the result of allegations of conspiracy, adultery, or witchcraft remains a matter of debat... | in Guildford, Surrey, the third son of Henry Ernest Wodehouse (1845–1929), a magistrate resident in the British colony of Hong Kong, and his wife, Eleanor (1861–1941), daughter of the Rev John Bathurst Deane. The Wodehouses, who traced their ancestry back to the 13th century, belonged to a cadet branch of the family of... | 45,782 | triviaqa-train |
What did Sir Richard Arkwright invent in 1769? | in the conversion of raw cotton to thread for weaving.
Life and family Spinning frame.
In 1768, Arkwright and John Kay, a clockmaker, returned to Preston, renting rooms in a house on Stoneygate (now called Arkwright House), where they worked on a spinning machine. In 1769 Arkwright patented the spinning frame, a machi... | .
Arkwright-type mills.
Richard Arkwright was a hard-nosed businessman from Preston. Arkwright produced a continuous spinning machine that was unlike Hargreaves hand operated spinning jenny. The jenny required two motions, one to draw and the other to spin and wind. Arkwrights frame spun and wound at the same time and ... | 45,783 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded the 'Open University'? | Assurance Network for Informatics Education (EQANIE).
The OU won the Teaching Excellence and Digital Innovation categories in The Guardian University Awards 2018.
History.
The Open University was founded by the Labour government under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson was a strong advocate, using the vision of Micha... | anthropologist Sol Tax, who founded the journal Current Anthropology, published by University of Chicago Press in 1959.
The journal "Behavioral and Brain Sciences", published by Cambridge University Press, was founded by Stevan Harnad in 1978 and modeled on Current Anthropology's open peer commentary feature. Psycoloq... | 45,784 | triviaqa-train |
What country did Alaska belong to prior to 1867? | Taylor Brown (played by Garrett M. Brown) is an American English language teacher, while the students include Nikolai (a Russian taxi driver), Laszlo (a retired Hungarian doctor), Ali (a Pakistani), Robert (the son of a deposed African king), Maria (a housekeeper working for a rich Beverly Hills family), Victor (a Hisp... | that the United States intended, and the Crow Nation understood, that the bed of the Big Horn was to belong to the Crow Indians, I dissent from so much of the Court's opinion as hold otherwise. As in any case involving the construction of a treaty, it is necessary at the outset to determine what the parties intended. .... | 45,785 | triviaqa-train |
What year marked the end of the Chinese 'Ming' Dynasty? | well-versed in calligraphy, history, literature, and philosophy, were carefully selected through difficult government examinations. China's last dynasty was the Qing (1644–1912), which was replaced by the Republic of China in 1912, and in the mainland by the People's Republic of China in 1949, resulting in two "de fact... | ).
The Sui dynasty was established over the Northern Zhou, whose throne was usurped by Yang Jian in 581. Yang Jian quickly enacted a series of policies to restore China's economy. His reunification of China marked the creation of what some historians call the 'Second Chinese Empire', spanning the Sui, T'ang and Norther... | 45,786 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth 1? | Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor.
Elizabeth was the daughter of ... | a foot-and-mouth crisis. Replacements for some of the Festival's races were held at Sandown in late April, and the equivalent of the Queen Mother Champion Chase was a Grade 1 event called the Championship Chase.
The following year the race returned as the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Celebration Chase, in memory of... | 45,787 | triviaqa-train |
Thomas Becket was murdered where? | Cathedral. Soon after his death, he was canonised by Pope Alexander III.
Sources.
The main sources for the life of Becket are a number of biographies written by contemporaries. A few of these documents are by unknown writers, although traditional historiography has given them names. The known biographers are John of Sa... | Robert of Cricklade
Robert of Cricklade (–1174×79) was a medieval English writer and prior of St Frideswide's Priory in Oxford. He was a native of Cricklade and taught before becoming a cleric. He wrote a number of theological works as well as a lost biography of Thomas Becket, the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury.
Li... | 45,788 | triviaqa-train |
Handmade Films was formed to produce which film? | HandMade Films
HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company. Notable films from the studio include "Monty Python's Life of Brian", "Time Bandits" and "Withnail and I".
History.
HandMade Films was formed by former Beatle George Harrison and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the Mo... | work on the project by co-writer Elaine Pope.
In 2008, Shyer was announced to co-write, direct and produce a film adaptation of the 1950s children's book "Eloise in Paris" for HandMade Films, but the film project saw multiple delays and appears to have been abandoned.
In 2012, jewelry designer Liv Ballard premiered the... | 45,789 | triviaqa-train |
What character did John Wayne play in 'True Grit'? | True Grit (1969 film)
True Grit is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kim Darby as Mattie Ross and John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts. Wayne won his... | , especially in light of the blatant repetition of the formula seen in the earlier John Wayne film. Michael Kerbel from "The Village Voice" wrote that "Shoot Out" did have some semblance of "True Grit", "'but the humor and charm are missing and what remains - a predictable revenge story - becomes tiresome.'" Roger Gree... | 45,790 | triviaqa-train |
'The Dambusters' tells the true story of which RAF Squadron? | No. 617 Squadron RAF
Number 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, originally based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire and currently based at RAF Marham in Norfolk. It is commonly known as the "Dambusters", for its actions during Operation Chastise against German dams during the Second World War. In the earl... | RAF operating Bristol Blenheims arrived at Digby. Initially, No. 611 Squadron flew affiliation exercises with the other two squadrons and with other new arrivals No. 44 Squadron RAF and No. 144 Squadron RAF, who were both equipped with Hampden light bombers. At the end of October a Bristol Blenheim fighter and escort S... | 45,791 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1989 film 'Shirley Valentine', who played the title roll? | and to live a newly self-confident life in which she is at last true to herself.
Productions.
Commissioned by the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, the play premiered in 1986, with Noreen Kershaw directed by Glen Walford. Two years later it opened in London's West End at the Vaudeville Theatre, with Pauline Collins direct... | and David Foster. Paich was a part of the session group on the Michael Jackson album "Thriller". He played piano, synthesizer, and did some synth and rhythm arrangements.
In 1982, Paich produced and arranged song "It's A Long Road", for the film "First Blood".
In 1989, Paich produced and arranged the Oscar-nominated so... | 45,792 | triviaqa-train |
Who played 'Velvet Brown' in the 1944 film 'National Velvet'? | National Velvet (film)
National Velvet is a 1944 American Technicolor sports film directed by Clarence Brown and based on the novel of the same name by Enid Bagnold, published in 1935. It stars Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, and a young Elizabeth Taylor. In 2003, "National Velvet" was selected for preservation in the Uni... | National Velvet (TV series)
National Velvet is an American drama series that originally aired from 1960 to 1962 on NBC. Based on the novel and film of the same name, the series ran for a total of fifty-eight episodes.
Synopsis.
"National Velvet" stars Lori Martin as Velvet Brown, a girl who lives on a dairy farm with h... | 45,793 | triviaqa-train |
Who played 'The Riddler' in 'Batman Forever'? | 1960s "Batman" television series, Jim Carrey in the 1995 film "Batman Forever", and Cory Michael Smith in the television series "Gotham".
Fictional character biography.
The Riddler has an obsession with riddles, puzzles, and word games. The character frequently delights in over-stating his "intellectual superiority" an... | the Riddler hands to Batman, who is slated to be sued for false arrest.
Batman and Robin must uncover the Riddler's plot before the case comes to trial or Batman will be forced to reveal his true identity in court, completely destroying his value as a crimefighter and stunting his career forever. However, Dick remember... | 45,794 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the title roll in the Australian film 'Ned Kelly'? | , the world's first dramatic feature-length film. Among those who have portrayed him on screen are Australian rules football player Bob Chitty ("The Glenrowan Affair", 1951), rock musician Mick Jagger ("Ned Kelly", 1970) and Heath Ledger ("Ned Kelly", 2003). In the visual arts, Sidney Nolan's 1946–47 Kelly series is co... | Ned Kelly (2003 film)
Ned Kelly is a 2003 Australian historical drama film based on Robert Drewe's 1991 novel "Our Sunshine". Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's adapted screenplay was written by John Michael McDonagh. The film dramatises the life of Ned Kelly, a legendary bushranger and outlaw who was active mostly ... | 45,795 | triviaqa-train |
The song 'White Christmas' first featured in which film starring Bing Crosby? | six 78-rpm discs from the musical film "Holiday Inn". At first, Crosby did not see anything special about the song. He just said "I don't think we have any problems with that one, Irving." The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs—in this case, written by a Jewish-American... | tracks recorded by Sinatra during his years with the Reprise label. Two tracks previously unissued on CD were featured on the album. They were renditions of "The Christmas Song" and "White Christmas", both duets recorded with Bing Crosby and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra from the 1957 ABC television special "Happy Holida... | 45,796 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the island where 'King Kong' lived? | the S.S. Wander, helmed by Captain Englehorn. Denham tells Ann that the ship is loaded with gas bombs of his own creation, and that they will only be used in case of a real emergency.
Despite Englehorn's repeated questions as to where they were going, Denham avoids naming a destination. Eventually Englehorn pulls a gun... | film, "" (1997). In the third act of the film, a creature (a "Tyrannosaurus rex") is brought to civilization from a remote island where it runs amok in a city (the ship that transports the beast is even called "The Venture", which is the name of the ship in "King Kong"). Kong is even mentioned directly in the first one... | 45,797 | triviaqa-train |
'When you wish upon a star' is a song from which Disney film? | When You Wish Upon a Star
"When You Wish Upon a Star" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of "Pinocchio". The original version was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and in the final scene of the film. The s... | significant" and preserved it into the National Recording Registry in 2009. Brian Wilson has said that the melody of the Beach Boys hit song, "Surfer Girl", which has the same AABA form, is loosely based on the Dion and the Belmonts version of "When You Wish Upon a Star".
Disney icon.
"When You Wish Upon a Star", alon... | 45,798 | triviaqa-train |
In Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book' What was the name of the mongoose? | book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kipling's own childhood. The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowgli's. Another important theme is of law and freedom; the stories are not about animal ... | blood. The Virginia opossum ("Didelphis virginiana") has been found to have the most resistance towards snake venom. This immunity is not acquired and has probably evolved as an adaptation to predation by venomous snakes in their habitat.
In Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book", the author correctly dismisses the idea o... | 45,799 | triviaqa-train |
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