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Who did Andrew Waugh succeed as Surveyor General of India, Waugh naming Peak XV in the Himalayas after him? | Geographical Society, upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. As there appeared to be several different local names, Waugh chose to name the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest, despite Everest's objections.
Mount Everest attracts many climbers, some of t... | superintendent of the survey in 1823. Everest was largely responsible for surveying the meridian arc from the southernmost point of India north to Nepal, a distance of about , a task which took from 1806 to 1841 to complete. He was made Surveyor General of India in 1830, retiring in 1843 and returning to England.
In 18... | 47,200 | triviaqa-train |
For which book did Margaret Mitchell win the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction? | Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel "Gone with the Wind", for which she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936
... | the Shade"
- Jay McInerney – novelist; author of "Bright Lights, Big City"
- James McMichael – poet; awarded the 1999 Arthur Rense Prize
- Terrence McNally – playwright; winner of six Tony Awards and nominated for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "A Perfect Ganesh"
- Maile Meloy – novelist and short story writer; ... | 47,201 | triviaqa-train |
What is the original title of the book translated into Spanish as ‘Harry Potter y el Cáliz de Fuego’? | the Goblet of Fire", posed a particular problem. The riddle involves taking words from a poem and using them to form a longer word, "spider," in answer to the riddle. In the Taiwanese translation, the English words are simply put in parentheses. In other translations, the riddle is changed to provide different words th... | "Hayri Potur Harry Potter'a Karşı" (Hayri Potur against Harry Potter) is a parody of the Harry Potter series in Turkey which is written by Muzaffer İzgü.
- "Harry Pórrez" was a parody of Harry Potter series. This Spanish comic book is divided into four parts: "Harry Pórrez y el Misterio del Santo Grial" ("Harry Pórrez ... | 47,202 | triviaqa-train |
Travelling along the coast of Africa – which country is next – Somalia, Kenya, ..........? | seen from Kenya to the south of the Tanzanian border.
Geography and climate Climate.
Kenya's climate varies from tropical along the coast to temperate inland to arid in the north and northeast parts of the country. The area receives a great deal of sunshine every month, and summer clothes are worn throughout the year. ... | Africa that their connections to the coast became direct. With the rush for land, resources and power beginning in the late 15th century AD by Europe, encountering the rich coast of East Africa was a goldmine, both figuratively and literally as cities like Mogadishu in Somalia and Sofala in Mozambique being hubs for go... | 47,203 | triviaqa-train |
Name the first Formula 1 driver to win his first three titles consecutively? | contributed to the start of a highly successful era for Hamilton and Mercedes, during which he has won a further four World Championship titles. Hamilton won consecutive titles in and during an intense and sometimes volatile rivalry with teammate Nico Rosberg, to match his hero Ayrton Senna's three World Championships.... | at his first race. He then continued to win a lot of production sports car races in the Nagari, establishing a name for himself. Clearihan then bought a Formula Ford open wheeled Elfin and proceeded to win the TAA Driver to Europe Formula Ford race in raining conditions at Surfers Paradise.
Clearihan won two Australian... | 47,204 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport did Sarah Storey win four gold medals at the 2012 Paralympics? | it was announced that Storey was expecting her second child, who was named Charlie John.
She and her husband live in Disley, Cheshire.
Swimming at the Paralympic Games.
Storey began her Paralympic career as a swimmer, winning two golds, three silvers and a bronze in Barcelona in 1992. She continued swimming in the next... | Ivory Coast at the Paralympics
Ivory Coast first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1996. It has participated in every Summer Paralympics since then, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics. Côte d'Ivoire has won four Paralympic medals, three gold and one bronze, all in the sport of track and field athletic... | 47,205 | triviaqa-train |
On which game show of the 1980s was Una Stubbs a regular team captain? | Give Us a Clue
Give Us a Clue is a British televised game show version of charades which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1992. The original host was Michael Aspel from 1979 to 1984, followed by Michael Parkinson from 1984 to 1992. The show featured two teams, one captained by Lionel Blair and the other by Una Stubbs.... | he had become typecast as the rugged sea captain.
He later appeared in a "Doctor Who" serial "Frontios" (1984) in which he played a character called Brazen. Gilmore also appeared in a "Heartbeat" episode, called "The Frighteners", during the Nick Berry era; his third wife, actress Anne Stallybrass was a regular in the ... | 47,206 | triviaqa-train |
In which year was the Prince of Wales born? | Charles, Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has been Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952, and is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history... | Elizabeth Buchanan
Elizabeth Faith Currer Buchanan, CVO (born 1963) was formerly Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales.
Buchanan worked in public relations. She was a spokeswoman for United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and a political adviser to Cecil Parkinson and Paul Channon at the Department of Tran... | 47,207 | triviaqa-train |
For which Bond film, in which she has a cameo role as a fencing instructor, does Madonna sing the theme? | reviews and was described as "the evening's biggest disappointment" by one. That October, she released "Die Another Day", the title song of the James Bond film "Die Another Day", in which she had a cameo role, described by Peter Bradshaw from "The Guardian" as "incredibly wooden". The song reached number eight on the "... | video from the film but contained Bond influences. It depicts Madonna as a prisoner in a torture chamber, alternating with scenes of a fencing duel between good (clad in white) and evil (clad in black) personas of the singer. Wounds inflicted on both fencers are mirrored on the imprisoned Madonna, and in the end she es... | 47,208 | triviaqa-train |
Cosima, the younger daughter of Franz Liszt, became the second wife of which composer in 1870? | Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Robert Schumann, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, Ole Bull, Joachim Raff, Mikhail Glinka, and Alexander Borodin.
A prolific composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the New German School ("Neudeutsche Schule"). He left behind an extensive and diverse body of wor... | Awards. Three weeks later on October 2, West performed the song on "Saturday Night Live", along with "Power". "Runaway" was officially released to the iTunes Store on October 4, 2010. It spent 12 weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at number 12 on the chart. "Rolling Stone" named it the best single of 2010 in its... | 47,209 | triviaqa-train |
The flag of which Republic that existed from the 7th century until 1797 contained the Lion head of Saint Mark with an open gospel? | time controlled by the Abbasid Caliphate) by two Venetian merchants with the help of two Greek monks and taken to Venice. A mosaic in St Mark's Basilica depicts sailors covering the relics with a layer of pork and cabbage leaves. Since Muslims are not permitted to eat pork, this was done to prevent the guards from insp... | saint to which the church was dedicated - the Cross Keys for St Peter, an Eagle for St John, a Lion for St Mark. The sporting events might include the racing or fighting of dogs, bulls, cocks or pheasants, or the hunting of foxes, with or without hounds - thus giving rise to further pub signs.
- Lamb & Flag: From the G... | 47,210 | triviaqa-train |
Which insect, native to central Africa, is notorious for causing the sleeping sickness? | clothing, avoiding tsetse-dense areas, implementing bush clearance methods and wild game culling are the best options to avoid infection available for local residents of affected areas.
In July 2000, a resolution was passed to form the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC). The campaign w... | the advanced disease stage, where it is too late to be treated successfully. For individuals affected by "T. b. rhodesiense", which accounts for 2% of all reported cases, symptoms appear within weeks or months of the infection. Disease progression is rapid and invades the central nervous system, causing death within a ... | 47,211 | triviaqa-train |
Citizen (of watch fame), JVC, and Olympus are all companies based in what country? | Woodford's concerns via mass media as "disruptive" and Woodford himself as failing to grasp the local culture, the matter quickly snowballed into a corporate corruption scandal concerning alleged concealment of more than ¥117.7 billion ($1.5 billion) in investment losses, kickbacks, and covert payments to criminal orga... | Philips introduced the Video Cassette Recording format specifically for home users. Over the next five years, a number of companies introduced similar cassette-based home formats, all of which were incompatible. Among the better known examples are Sanyo's V-Cord from 1974, Sony's Betamax from 1975, and Panasonic's VX f... | 47,212 | triviaqa-train |
Knitting uses needles. What tool does crocheting use? | fiber artists. Two such shows include Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and Sticks, Hooks, and the Mobius: Knit and Crochet Go Cerebral at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.
Architecture.
In "Style in the technical arts", Gottfried Semper looks at the textile with great promise and historical preced... | Arm knitting
Arm knitting is a knitting technique which uses the knitter's arms instead of knitting needles. This method of knitting gained popularity during 2013 and 2014.
Process.
Arm knitting typically uses yarn in a size of 6 or "extra bulky". Knitters can decide the number of skeins they want to use based on desir... | 47,213 | triviaqa-train |
With a truck body on a car chassis, what Chevrolet product, produced from 1959-60, and 64-87, was a competitor to the Ford Ranchero? | South African market for a rebadged Australian Ford Falcon utility. Shipped from Australia in complete knock down (CKD) form, these vehicles were assembled in South Africa at Ford's plant in Port Elizabeth. In Argentina, a utility version of the locally produced Ford Falcon was also called Ranchero.
The original Ranche... | shown at national car shows called the Palomino, which had a Pontiac V8 installed, borrowed from the 1957 Star Chief.
Other pickup truck producers, including Dodge, Ford, Studebaker, and International, began to offer flush-side cargo boxes on some of their 1957 models, such as the Dodge C Series, and the Studebaker E-s... | 47,214 | triviaqa-train |
The catchphrase of what Toy Story character was “To Infinity and Beyond”? | -produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. It features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, and Erik von Detten.
Taking place in a world where anthropomorphic toys come to life when humans are not present,... | appears in "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2", voiced by Jim Varney. In "Toy Story 3", Slinky was re-cast due to Varney's death, and was voiced by Blake Clark. His catchphrase, said in all four films, is "Golly bob-howdy!"
Slinky reappears in the short film "Hawaiian Vacation", in which he acts as a hotel porter as part of ... | 47,215 | triviaqa-train |
Snidely Whiplash was the arch-enemy of Dudley Do-Right, while Simon Bar Sinister faced off against Underdog. Who is the arch-enemy of Mighty Mouse? | Pearl Pureheart. In the comics in the 1950s and 1960s, the female lead was named Mitzi. His recurring arch-enemy is a villain cat named Oil Can Harry, who originated as a human in earlier Terrytoons as the enemy of Fanny Zilch.
- Show formulas
The early formula of each story consisted of a crisis needing extraordinary ... | of Rocky and Bullwinkle" included two serial-style episodes per program. These spoofed the cliffhanger serial form. Within the Rocky and Bullwinke show, the recurring but non-serialized "Dudley Do-Right", specifically parodied the damsel in distress (Nell Fenwick) being tied to railroad tracks by arch villain Snidely W... | 47,216 | triviaqa-train |
With 6 local locations, what is the name of the clearance store operated by local upscale retailer Nordstroms? | Nordstrom
Nordstrom Inc. () is an American chain of luxury department stores, also operating in Canada and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1901 by Swedish American John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin, the company began as a shoe retailer and expanded its inventory to include clothing, accessories, han... | its official name. These include:
- NW 23rd Ave. – Dubbed "Trendy-third", this major shopping street is lined with swanky clothing boutiques and other upscale retail, mixed with cafes and restaurants. This area is also known as Uptown (particularly its southern end near W Burnside St.) and includes Nob Hill (centered o... | 47,217 | triviaqa-train |
“Sometimes you feel like a nut / Sometimes you don’t /Almond Joy’s got nuts,” who don’t? | Mounds (candy)
Mounds is a candy bar made by The Hershey Company. It consists of a filling made of shredded coconut, which is coated in dark chocolate. The Mounds bar's sibling is Almond Joy, which is made the same way but with milk chocolate and a whole almond crowning the coconut.
Mounds' original slogan, "Indescriba... | and Decatur, Illinois. Trace Gallagher on FoxNews reported on the protest, and female host of "America Live" Megyn Kelly commented, “You know, I got a lot of thoughts on this, Trace.” She explained, “Let me just put it this way: I used to feel a lot differently before I had babies and you’re breastfeeding; they need to... | 47,218 | triviaqa-train |
What Rocky Mountains range forms part of the border between Idaho and Wyoming, and created the valley known as Jackson Hole? | Sierra Madre ranges.
The Snowy Range in the south central part of the state is an extension of the Colorado Rockies in both geology and appearance. The Wind River Range in the west central part of the state is remote and includes more than 40 mountain peaks in excess of tall in addition to Gannett Peak, the highest pea... | Gros Ventre Range
The Gros Ventre Range ( ) is part of the Central Rocky Mountains and is located west of the Continental Divide in U.S. state of Wyoming. The highest summit in the range is Doubletop Peak at . The Gros Ventre Range is mostly within the Gros Ventre Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest. To the nor... | 47,219 | triviaqa-train |
Played by Paul Marcarelli, the Verizon test man would end each advertisement by picking up a phone and asking what question? | . Verizon's shares traded at over $45 per share, and its market capitalization was valued at over US$229.1 billion in October 2018. As of 2018, Verizon is ranked #16 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
Marketing campaigns.
Since its inception, Verizon Communications h... | advertising the release of the iPhone 4 for Verizon.
In April 2011 Marcarelli was informed by email that Verizon was moving in a new direction with their advertising campaign. He remained under contract but would no longer play "Test Man". Marcarelli was glad that he was able to move on from it.
Prior to Verizon, Marca... | 47,220 | triviaqa-train |
Spelunking is the recreational pastime of exploring what? | England, notably Gaping Gill in 1842 and Alum Pot in 1847-8, returning there in the 1870s. In the mid-1880s, Herbert E. Balch began exploring Wookey Hole Caves and in the 1890s, Balch was introduced to the caves of the Mendip Hills. One of the oldest established caving clubs, Yorkshire Ramblers' Club, was founded in 18... | what is happening in the modern game of baseball. It's great for overall professional growth. Whether you coach a recreational youth team or one of our National Teams, we have education for you and a certification to go along with it. All great leaders in the game are also lifelong learners, always looking for new thin... | 47,221 | triviaqa-train |
Prohibition era gangster Al Capone was convicted of what crime on Oct 17, 1931, and subsequent sentenced to 11 years in federal prison? | Career Tax evasion.
Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt recognized that mob figures publicly led lavish lifestyles yet never filed tax returns, and thus could be convicted of tax evasion without requiring hard evidence to get testimony about their other crimes. She tested this approach by prosecuting a ... | Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (, ; born January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he... | 47,222 | triviaqa-train |
Known as the Peace Garden State or the Roughrider State, what was the 39th state to join the Union on November 2, 1889? | Education Higher education.
The state has 11 public colleges and universities, five tribal community colleges, and four private schools. The largest institutions are North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota.
The higher education system consists of the following institutions:
North Dakota Univers... | Asor
The asor ( "ʿasor"; from עשר "eśer", meaning "ten") was a musical instrument "of ten strings" mentioned in the Bible. There is little agreement on what sort of instrument it was or to what instruments it had similarities.
Biblical references.
The word occurs only three times in the Bible, and has not been traced e... | 47,223 | triviaqa-train |
What is the general classification for trees that lose their leaves every autumn? | , and sugars than, say, woody stem tissues. Accordingly, leaves are prominent in the diet of many animals.
Correspondingly, leaves represent heavy investment on the part of the plants bearing them, and their retention or disposition are the subject of elaborate strategies for dealing with pest pressures, seasonal condi... | sunset is obviously earlier compared with in June. Temperatures drop in steps. Every new period with sunny weather becomes a bit cooler than the last one. By the end of October the defoliation process becomes evident. But not until late November all trees have lost their leaves. The period when storms and even hurrican... | 47,224 | triviaqa-train |
"Om nom nom nom" is one of the favorite phrases of which Sesame Street character, known for his voracious appetite? | Cookie Monster
Cookie Monster is a Muppet on the long-running children's television show "Sesame Street." He is best known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating phrases, such as "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!" (or simply "COOKIE!"), and "Om nom nom nom" (said through a mouth full of food). He eats almost... | Northern Calloway
Northern James Calloway (September 10, 1948 – January 9, 1990) was an American actor, voice artist, singer, and comedian, best known for playing David on "Sesame Street" from 1971 through 1989.
On "Sesame Street", his character David was studying to be a lawyer, but when Mr. Hooper died, David took ov... | 47,225 | triviaqa-train |
A member of the family Characidae, the omnivorous freshwater fish known as the piranha is native to the waters of which continent? | , as well as a few related forms such as the cave and neon tetras. Fish of this family are important as food and also include popular aquarium fish species.
These fish vary in length, though many are less than . One of the smallest species, Hyphessobrycon roseus, grows to a maximum length of 1.9 cm.
These fish inhabit ... | Ctenobrycon spilurus
Ctenobrycon spilurus, the silver tetra, is a species of tropical freshwater fish sometime referred to as the silver dollar tetra. It is a member of the family Characidae in the order Characiformes. The fish is native to Orinoco River basin and coastal river basins of Guyana, Suriname and French Gui... | 47,226 | triviaqa-train |
On October 18, 1867, the US took possession of Alaska, following its purchase from what country? | 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... | of control took place on October 18, 1867. The cost to purchase Alaska was $7.2 million, 2 cents per acre (US Currency in 1897)
Sitka served as the U.S. Government Capital of the Department of Alaska (1867–1884) and District of Alaska (1884–1906).
The seat of government was relocated north to Juneau in 1906.
History Al... | 47,227 | triviaqa-train |
October 20, 1944, saw General Douglas MacArthur fulfill his famous "I shall return" promise when he landed where? | Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880April 5, 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Med... | came out of Bataan and I shall return", was first made at Terowie , a small railway township in South Australia on March 20. Upon his arrival in Adelaide, MacArthur abbreviated this to the now-famous, "I came through and I shall return" that made headlines. Washington asked MacArthur to amend his promise to, "We shall ... | 47,228 | triviaqa-train |
What famous brand of shortening gets its name from the phrase crystallized cottonseed oil? | on cottonseed oil. Procter & Gamble cornered the cottonseed oil market to circumvent the meat packer's monopoly on the price. But as electricity emerged, the demand for candles decreased. Procter and Gamble then found an edible use for cottonseed oil. Through patented technology, the brothers were able to hydrogenate c... | Cottolene
Cottolene was a brand of shortening made of beef suet and cottonseed oil produced in the United States from 1868 until the early 20th century. It was the first mass-produced and mass-marketed alternative to lard and is remembered today chiefly for its iconic national ad campaign and the cookbooks that were wr... | 47,229 | triviaqa-train |
Although he pines for the little red haired girl, which Peanuts character, who has an October birthday, has a crush on Charlie Brown? | Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown (also known as Charles Brown, Esq. and nicknamed Chuck by Peppermint Patty) is the lead role of the comic strip "Peanuts", syndicated in daily and Sunday newspapers in numerous countries all over the world. Depicted as a "lovable loser," Charlie Brown is one of the great American archetypes ... | Little Red-Haired Girl
The Little Red-Haired Girl is an unseen character in the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, who serves as the object of Charlie Brown's affection, and a symbol of unrequited love. While never seen in the strip, she appears onscreen in several television specials, in which her name has be... | 47,230 | triviaqa-train |
A cultural, retail, manufacturing, health care, and educational hub for the region, what is the most populous city in all of North Dakota? | North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the nineteenth largest in area, the fourth smallest by population, and the fourth most sparsely populated state. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its neighboring state, S... | In 1883, the University of North Dakota was founded by George H. Walsh before North Dakota was formally recognized as an independent state (born from the Dakota Territory). In 1893, The Diamond Milling Company of Grand Forks started making a new breakfast cereal they called Cream of Wheat, invented by mill employee Tho... | 47,231 | triviaqa-train |
What super hero, born Steve Rogers, wields a shield made of vibranium alloy? | . In addition, S.H.I.E.L.D. maintains strong ties to the superhero community, especially Captain America, the Avengers, and the Fantastic Four, and often calls upon that community for aid on particular missions.
In the 2000s, depictions of S.H.I.E.L.D. imply a hierarchy of security clearance levels used either in place... | an energy based shield as a temporary replacement. Following Waid's run, Dan Jurgens took over and introduced new foe Protocide, a failed recipient of the Super Soldier serum prior to the experiment that successfully created Rogers. Some time after this, Rogers' original shield was retrieved, but subtle damage sustaine... | 47,232 | triviaqa-train |
"More saving. More doing." is the current advertising slogan for what home improvement behemoth? | (propane accessories)
Operation Online.
The domain "homedepot.com" attracted at least 120 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com survey. In the US HomeDepot.com has 5 Call centers located in Kennesaw, GA; Atlanta, GA; Marietta, GA; Ogden, Utah and Tempe, AZ. Home Depot online offers in-store picku... | size, which is a smaller footprint compared to most of the traditional Tops stores. If successful, Orchard Fresh could expand into other areas.
Advertising and logo.
Its longtime ad slogan (first used in the late 1980s) is "Tops Never Stops ... Saving You More!" The slogan, temporarily put on hiatus in 2001, was brough... | 47,233 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nickname for the sports teams from Western Washington University, the pride of Bellingham? | . Mt. Baker claims a world record for seasonal snowfall, with recorded in the 1998–1999 season.
Western Washington University is home to NCAA Division II National Women's Rowing Champions. The Lady Vikings became Western's very first NCAA champion team in 2005 and won again in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011. The 2011... | Bellingham Sportsplex
The Bellingham Sportsplex is an American multi-use sports facility located in Bellingham, Washington. The Sportsplex contains two turf fields, primarily used for indoor soccer, and an ice rink, used by local amateur ice hockey teams, figure skating lessons and performances, and home games for the ... | 47,234 | triviaqa-train |
Old Ironsides, so called because cannon balls seemed to bounce off her sides, is the nickname for what famous frigate, launched on Oct 21, 1797? | USS Constitution
USS "Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides", is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six ori... | - Joshua Humphreys (born June 17, 1751, Haverford Township, Pa., U.S.—died Jan. 12, 1838, Haverford, Pa.), American shipbuilder and naval architect who designed the U.S. frigate Constitution, familiarly known as “Old Ironsides” (launched Oct. 21, 1797). Humphreys was commissioned in 1794 to design six frigates for the ... | 47,235 | triviaqa-train |
October 21, 1833 saw the birth of what Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor, responsible for creating dynamite? | his three brothers survived past childhood. Through his father, Alfred Nobel was a descendant of the Swedish scientist Olaus Rudbeck (1630–1702), and in his turn the boy was interested in engineering, particularly explosives, learning the basic principles from his father at a young age. Alfred Nobel's interest in techn... | Maria Christina Bruhn
Maria Christina Bruhn (1732– 21 October 1808) was a Swedish chemist and inventor, likely to be the first patented female inventor of her country.
Bruhn was the eldest of three daughters of the book printer Johan Bruhn (d. 1742). She took over a tapestry- and wallpaper manufacture after the death o... | 47,236 | triviaqa-train |
The leading agricultural machinery manufacture in the world, which company uses a distinctive shade of bright green paint with yellow trim for its' products? | followed by the mechanically similar 55 and 60 series tractors before they were replaced by the Deere's completely redesigned 7000 and 8000 series tractors in the early 1990s.
In the 1962 Illinois Manufacturers Directory (50th anniversary edition), John Deere, listed as Deere and Company, claimed a total work force of ... | manufacturing factories in central and southeastern United States. , the company experiments with an electric farm tractor.
The logo of the leaping deer has been used by this company for over 155 years. Over the years, the logo has had minor changes and pieces removed. Some of the older style logos have the deer leapin... | 47,237 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the sugar found in milk? | , to form micelles with trapped calcium phosphate nanoclusters.
Some sources indicate that the trapped calcium phosphate is in the form of Ca9(PO4)6;
whereas, others say it is similar to the structure of the mineral brushite CaHPO4 -2H2O.
Physical and chemical properties Sugars and carbohydrates.
Milk contains several ... | Dark chocolate
Dark black chocolate (also known as black chocolate, plain chocolate, or sour chocolate) is a form of chocolate containing cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sugar, without the milk found in milk chocolate. Government and industry standards of what products may be labeled "dark chocolate" vary by country and... | 47,238 | triviaqa-train |
Oct 21, 1797 saw the launch of what famous frigate, the world's oldest commissioned warship, in Boston Harbor? | USS Constitution
USS "Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides", is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six ori... | is sworn in as the second President of the United States.
- April 17 – Sir Ralph Abercromby unsuccessfully invades San Juan, Puerto Rico in what will be one of the largest British attacks on Spanish territories in the western hemisphere, and one of the worst defeats of the English navy for years to come.
- May 10 – The... | 47,239 | triviaqa-train |
What American boxer, who celebrated his birthday on Monday, is the first in history to win 5 world titles in 5 different weight classes, and was nicknamed The Motor City Cobra or The Hitman? | score the knockout. A boxer must be well rounded to be effective using this style.
Notable boxer-punchers include Muhammad Ali, Canelo Álvarez, Wladimir Klitschko, Vasyl Lomachenko, Lennox Lewis, Joe Louis, Wilfredo Gómez, Oscar De La Hoya, Archie Moore, Miguel Cotto, Nonito Donaire, Sam Langford, Henry Armstrong, Suga... | Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion at cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and remains the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in... | 47,240 | triviaqa-train |
What English poet, founder of the Romantic Movement (along with William Wordsworth), wrote such works as Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner? | . In December 1793, he left the college and enlisted in the 15th (The King's) Light Dragoons using the false name "Silas Tomkyn Comberbache", perhaps because of debt or because the girl that he loved, Mary Evans, had rejected him. His brothers arranged for his discharge a few months later under the reason of "insanity"... | were among the most fruitful of Coleridge's life. In 1795, Coleridge met poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy. (Wordsworth, having visited him and being enchanted by the surroundings, rented Alfoxton Park, a little over three miles [5 km] away.) Besides "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", Coleridge composed th... | 47,241 | triviaqa-train |
Knitting uses needles. What does crochet use? | fiber artists. Two such shows include Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. and Sticks, Hooks, and the Mobius: Knit and Crochet Go Cerebral at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.
Architecture.
In "Style in the technical arts", Gottfried Semper looks at the textile with great promise and historical preced... | third century BC.
History Ancient sewing needles.
A form of needle lace named nålebinding seems to generally predate knitting and crochet by thousands of years, partly because it can use far shorter rough-graded threads than knitting does.
Native Americans were known to use sewing needles from natural sources. One such... | 47,242 | triviaqa-train |
According to the nursery rhyme, who's pocket did Kitty Fisher find? | (although this may be a confusion with the fate of her rival Lady Coventry), some from smallpox or consumption, in 1767. She was buried in Benenden churchyard dressed in her best ball gown.
Legacy.
Fisher is mentioned in the nursery rhyme, "Lucy Locket":
Music publisher Peter Thompson also published a country dance bea... | up, claiming unfair treatment, whenever he can. According to "Fables" artist Mark Buckingham, he is from the nursery rhyme "Mister Sunflower", from a Victorian book of nursery rhymes written and illustrated by artist R. Andre.
- Thumbelina: She moved to Smalltown during the 18th century and was the only woman there for... | 47,243 | triviaqa-train |
The surveying for the Mason-Dixon line was complete on Oct 18, 1767. Which two states does the line separate? | somewhere in between and renounced the Calvert claim to Delaware. But later, Lord Baltimore claimed that the document he had signed did not contain the terms he had agreed to, and refused to put the agreement into effect. Beginning in the mid-1730s, violence erupted between settlers claiming various loyalties to Maryla... | Virginia and Pennsylvania. The Mason-Dixon line, which officially established the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, would have also settled the Virginia-Pennsylvania boundary dispute, but the surveying of the final miles of the Mason-Dixon line was abandoned in 1767 and would not be completed until 1784. In the... | 47,244 | triviaqa-train |
What male singing voice lies between bass and tenor? | subcategories: "tenore contraltino", "leggero" tenor or "tenore di grazia", lyric tenor, spinto tenor or "tenore spinto", dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and baritenor. Famous tenors include Enrico Caruso, Juan Diego Flórez, Alfredo Kraus, and Luciano Pavarotti.
Male voices Baritone.
Baritone range: The baritone voice is ... | List of tenors in non-classical music
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the high C (C). The low extreme for tenors is roughly A2 (two octaves below middle C). At the highest extr... | 47,245 | triviaqa-train |
How many sides does a rhombus have? | Rhombus
In plane Euclidean geometry, a rhombus (plural rhombi or rhombuses) is a simple (non-self-intersecting) quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length. Another name is equilateral quadrilateral, since equilateral means that all of its sides are equal in length. The rhombus is often called a diamond, af... | tasks enabling them to master the network of relationships in the material. They know the properties being studied, but need to develop fluency in navigating the network of relationships in various situations. This type of activity is much more open-ended than the guided orientation. These tasks will not have set proce... | 47,246 | triviaqa-train |
What's missing: Woods, putters, chippers | graphite shaft is now long. The woods may also have very large heads, up to in volume (the maximum allowed by the USGA in sanctioned events; drivers with even larger club-head volumes are available for long-drive competitions and informal games). The shafts range from senior to extra-stiff depending upon each player’s ... | sanctioned play, a chipper cannot have any feature that is defined in the rules as allowable only on putters, e.g. two striking faces or a flat-topped ’putter grip’. This disqualifies many chipper designs, but there are some USGA-conforming chippers, and non-conforming designs can still be used in non-sanctioned ’infor... | 47,247 | triviaqa-train |
"I Like Ike" was the campaign slogan for what eventual US president? | Draft Eisenhower movement
The Draft Eisenhower movement was the only successful political draft of the 20th century to take a private citizen to the Oval Office. It was a widespread American grassroots political movement that eventually persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for President. The movement culminated in the... | in Washington, D.C.
Works by Letts:
- "The Cruise of the Northern Light" - New York: Macmillan Co. 1928. (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. 2004. )
- "Adventures in a Man's World" - New York: Macmillan Co. 1933. (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. 2005. )
- "La Esposa del Embajador" - Buenos Aires: Editorial Jorge A... | 47,248 | triviaqa-train |
Usually made of wood or plastic, what is the name for the tool which billiard players use to organize their balls at the beginning of a game? | were made to continue to use maces after cues were invented, for fear that they would rip the cloth with the sharper cues.
Equipment Rack.
A rack is the name given to a frame (usually wood, plastic or aluminium) used to organize billiard balls at the beginning of a game. This is traditionally triangular in shape, but v... | billiard balls are the same size as snooker balls and come in sets of three balls (two cue balls and a red, an object ball). Other games, such as bumper pool, have custom ball sets.
Billiard balls have been made from many different materials since the start of the game, including clay, bakelite, celluloid, crystallite,... | 47,249 | triviaqa-train |
Oct 20, 1977 saw a plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, Dean Kilpatrick and the pilot and co-pilot, ripping the heart out of what Southern band? | Cassie Gaines
Cassie LaRue Gaines (January 9, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was an American singer, best known for her work with Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Biography.
Gaines was invited by JoJo Billingsley and Ronnie Van Zant to join Lynyrd Skynyrd as a backup singer. She had never heard of the band at the time, so ... | Louisiana, ran out of fuel outside Gillsburg, Mississippi. The passengers had been informed about potential problems with the Convair CV-240 and were told to brace for a crash. Van Zant died on impact from head injuries suffered after the aircraft struck a tree. Bandmates Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines, along with assi... | 47,250 | triviaqa-train |
What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs, and makes a slinkity sound? A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing! Everyone knows it's? | Slinky
A Slinky is a precompressed helical spring toy invented by Richard James in the early 1940s. It can perform a number of tricks, including travelling down a flight of steps end-over-end as it stretches and re-forms itself with the aid of gravity and its own momentum, or appear to levitate for a period of time aft... | of Hare", and "Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare".
Plot.
Bugs is spring cleaning until he is interrupted by a huge variety of animals stampeding in fear. He fails to stop one of them to ask what is going on until he places a shovel in the way of a turtle, who explains that "the Tasmanian Devil's on the loose! Run! Run! Run for yo... | 47,251 | triviaqa-train |
Sunday marks the anniversary of the introduction of the game-changing IPod. In what year was it introduced? | IPod
The iPod is a line of portable media players and multi-purpose pocket computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The first version was released on October 23, 2001, about months after the Macintosh version of iTunes was released. As of May 28, 2019, only the iPod Touch (7th generation) remains in production.
Li... | The fifth-generation iPod was introduced on October 12, 2005, shortly after the introduction of the iPod Nano. The fifth-generation iPod featured a 2.5" 320×240 QVGA screen and a smaller Click Wheel. It was the first iPod to be able to play videos.
The fifth-generation iPod is the first iPod to be available in an alter... | 47,252 | triviaqa-train |
With a length of up to 10 feet, what name is given to the largest of concert pianos? | Piano
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the ... | itself, as for example that the wolf likes human flesh, and the strongest wolves sometimes eat nothing else. Measurements may be included; in the case of the wolf, 41 separate measurements are tabulated, in pre-revolutionary French feet and inches starting with the "Length of the whole body measured in a straight line ... | 47,253 | triviaqa-train |
A viscous byproduct from its manufacture, what is the syrup drained from raw sugar called? | flavor, and a purer molasses syrup. Blackstrap molasses is sold as a food and dietary supplement. It is also a common ingredient in animal feed, is used to produce ethanol and rum, and in the manufacturing of citric acid. Purer molasses syrups are sold as molasses, and may also be blended with maple syrup, invert sugar... | as Cape Canaveral, home to the NASA Space Center.
The crop grew rapidly as growing and processing techniques improved. In 1600, the world's largest industry was the production of raw sugar in tropical America. Sugar became the first commodity, besides precious metals, to be shipped from colonial America to Europe.
Sug... | 47,254 | triviaqa-train |
Richard Francis Burton, who died the 20th of Oct, 1890, first translated Mallanaga Vatsyayana's instructive work in 1884 from its' native Sanskrit. What was the title of this book? | Sutra of Vatsyayana" (1883) (popularly known as the Kama Sutra), "The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night" (1885) (popularly known as The Arabian Nights), "The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefzawi" (1886) and "The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night" (seventeen volumes 1886–98).
Published in thi... | he delivered one of the eulogies at the funeral of fashion director Isabella Blow, his friend since they were teenagers, who had committed suicide. He asked as part of his speech: "Have you gotten what you wanted, Issie? Life was a relationship that you rejected." During this time he also voiced the nefarious, but hand... | 47,255 | triviaqa-train |
Oct 24, 1964 saw Northern Rhodesia gained independence from the United Kingdom and promptly changed its' name. By what name do we now know it? | across the Zambezi in Lusaka at the time.
While the chiefs conferred, Northern Rhodesia became independent Zambia on 24 October 1964, emulating Nyasaland, which had achieved statehood as Malawi three months earlier. Reasoning that it was no longer necessary to refer to itself as "Southern" in the absence of a northern ... | with reintegration before the end of the month.
- 22 January 1964: Northern Rhodesia gains autonomy from the United Kingdom.
- 27 April 1964: Creation of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar from the union of the Republic of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba. Its name changes to Unite... | 47,256 | triviaqa-train |
Although debunked as an urban legend, what model of Chevrolet car supposedly would not sell in Spanish speaking countries because the name of the car means “won’t run” in Spanish? | year of production; this amount had to be 90% in 1964 with a production of 15,000 units. By 1969, the Chevy line, derived from the American Chevy Nova, was presented.
In the middle of the seventies, General Motors market share was reduced sharply from 9% in 1976 to 2% in 1978. Losses exceeded $30 million and the head c... | created by Peter Brock and Chuck Pohlmann under the styling direction of Bill Mitchell. Earlier, Mitchell had sponsored a car known as the "Mitchell Sting Ray" in 1959 because Chevrolet no longer participated in factory racing. This vehicle had the largest effect on the styling of this generation, although it had no to... | 47,257 | triviaqa-train |
During WWII, General Douglas MacArthur famously declared “I shall” what, which he did on Oct 20, 1944? | the age of 44, he was promoted, becoming the Army's youngest major general.
Returning to the U.S., MacArthur took command of the IV Corps Area, based at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia, on 2 May 1925. However, he encountered southern prejudice because he was the son of a Union Army officer, and requested to be relie... | The pioneering Hollywood filmmaker J.P. McGowan was born in Terowie in 1880, his father's occupation being shown on the birth registration as engineman. It has been speculated that McGowan's decades-long film interest in steam rail would have stemmed from early exposure in the then-bustling rail terminus.
General Dougl... | 47,258 | triviaqa-train |
What star of the NBC sitcom Cheers was later the focus of the Showtime TV series Fat Actress? | Fat Actress
Fat Actress is an American comedy television series starring Kirstie Alley. In the United States, it aired on Showtime from March 7 to April 18, 2005. The series was created and written by Alley and Brenda Hampton.
Premise.
Alley gave a glimpse of the humor and the irony in her battle to lose weight and get... | Pearl (TV series)
Pearl is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 16, 1996 until June 25, 1997. The series starred Rhea Perlman, in what was her return to television after the conclusion of her long-running series "Cheers" three years earlier on NBC. Don Reo created the series, and Perlman served as an ex... | 47,259 | triviaqa-train |
In 'South Park', which former head of state is depicted as the lover of Satan? | 2000", which references the United States Border Patrol's raid of a house during the Elián González affair, an event which occurred only four days before the episode originally aired. The season nine (2005) episode "Best Friends Forever" references the Terri Schiavo case, and originally aired in the midst of the contro... | summoned by Zaigan during "Super Sentai World".
Bandora Gang Great Satan.
is an evil god that is depicted as a floating blue-skinned head and is the ultimate evil of the series. In the past, Great Satan used Bandora to try to destroy Earth 170 million years ago and was banished to another dimension by Ultimate Daizyuz... | 47,260 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the English dressmaker, nurse and housekeeper who was hanged in 1873 for the murder of 20 people, including 3 of her husbands, by arsenic poisoning? | Mary Ann Cotton
Mary Ann Cotton (' Robson; 31 October 1832 – 24 March 1873) was an English serial killer, convicted of, and hanged for, the murder by poisoning of her stepson Charles Edward Cotton. It is likely that she murdered three of her four husbands, apparently in order to collect on their insurance policies, and... | Daisy de Melker
Daisy Louisa C. De Melker (née Hancorn-Smith; 1 June 1886 – 30 December 1932) simply known as Daisy de Melker, was a trained nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance while living in Turffontein, Johannesburg, and then poisoned her only son with arsenic for reasons which a... | 47,261 | triviaqa-train |
Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings led military coups in which African country in 1979 and 1981? | Royal Navy's loop. Unlike senior RAF officers, flight lieutenants are not entitled to fly a command flag under any circumstances.
Other air forces.
The rank of flight lieutenant is also used in a number of the air forces in the Commonwealth, including the Bangladesh Air Force, Ghana Air Force, Indian Air Force, Pakista... | 1979 and December 1981 coups d’état, both led by Jerry John Rawlings, he was thrown into jail without trial by the military junta on allegations of corruption. He spent a total of ten weeks in prison before being set free. In an interview with the national newspaper, Daily Graphic, he described his prison experience as... | 47,262 | triviaqa-train |
In which ex-Soviet state was Eduard Shevardnadze displaced as President after the 'Rose Revolution' of 2003? | Rose Revolution
The Revolution of Roses, often translated into English as the Rose Revolution ( "vardebis revolutsia"), was a pro-Western peaceful change of power in Georgia in November 2003. The revolution was brought about by widespread protests over the disputed parliamentary elections and culminated in the ousting ... | of state following the removal of the country's first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Shevardnadze was formally elected president in 1995. His presidency was marked by rampant corruption and accusations of nepotism. After allegations of electoral fraud during the 2003 legislative election that led to a series of public ... | 47,263 | triviaqa-train |
According to legend, who was King Arthur's illegitimate son who fought against Arthur at the Battle of Camlann? | still held by the Roman Empire when it is conquered, and Arthur's victory leads to a further confrontation with Rome. Arthur and his warriors, including Kaius (Kay), Beduerus (Bedivere) and Gualguanus (Gawain), defeat the Roman emperor Lucius Tiberius in Gaul but, as he prepares to march on Rome, Arthur hears that his ... | the Battle of Camlann. He then joins his brother at the Archbishop of Canterbury's hermitage and apparently dies there.
Individual knights Lucan.
Lucan the Butler is a servant of King Arthur and the son of Duke Corneus, brother to Bedivere and cousin to Griflet. He and his relatives are among Arthur's earliest allies i... | 47,264 | triviaqa-train |
Which German footballer won the Golden Boot award for scoring the most goals at the finals of the 2006 Football World Cup? | the fact that they scored the most goals (14), with players from all three outfield positions (defence, midfield and forward) making the scoresheet.
Germany's Miroslav Klose scored five goals to claim the Golden Boot, the lowest total to win the prize since 1962. No other player scored more than three goals. No player ... | from a team which progressed to the semi-finals.
- Golden Boot
- Ali Mabkhout
- Golden Glove
- Mathew Ryan
- Player of the Tournament
- Massimo Luongo
- Fair Play Award
Records.
The 2015 Asian Cup achieved 26 consecutive matches without a draw, the most of any major football tournament, breaking the previous record of ... | 47,265 | triviaqa-train |
Which architect designed the Monument to the Great Fire of London on Pudding Lane in London? | Margaret's, Fish Street, the first church to be destroyed by the Great Fire. It is Grade I listed and is a scheduled monument. Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner, marks the point near Smithfield where the fire was stopped.
The Monument comprises a fluted Doric column built of Portland stone topped with a gi... | Pudding Lane
Pudding Lane is a small street in London widely known as the location of Thomas Farriner's bakery where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. It is off Eastcheap, near London Bridge and the Monument, in the historic City of London.
The site of Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane is within the roadway of ... | 47,266 | triviaqa-train |
Which 'New Town' in Hertfordshire was founded in 1903 as the world's first 'Garden City'? | In 1903, Letchworth became the world's first garden city and Stevenage became the first town to redevelop under the New Towns Act 1946.
From the 1920s until the late 1980s, the town of Borehamwood was home to one of the major British film studio complexes, including the MGM-British Studios. Many well-known films were m... | Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It is located approximately from Kings Cross, London. Welwyn Garden City was the second garden city in England (founded 1920) and one of the first new towns (designated 1948).
It is unique in being both a garden city and a new town and exemp... | 47,267 | triviaqa-train |
Which architect designed the Roman Catholic basilica known as La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona? | . The Nativity Façade was built before work was interrupted in 1935 and bears the most direct Gaudí influence. The Passion façade was built according to the design that Gaudi created in 1917. The construction began in 1954, and the steeples, built over the elliptical plan, were finished in 1976. It is especially striki... | Sagrada Familia (disambiguation)
Sagrada Familia means "Holy family" in Spanish, and is written Sagrada Família in Catalan. The term may refer to:
Buildings.
- Basílica de la Sagrada Família, a large Roman Catholic minor basilica under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Templo de la Sagrada Familia, Cusco, a... | 47,268 | triviaqa-train |
Which town in Hertfordshire was designated the UK's first 'New Town' in 1946? | Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire (; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It is bordered by Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it is placed in the East of Engla... | List of people from Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England. It is located approximately from Kings Cross, London. Founded in 1920, Welwyn Garden City was the second garden city in England. In 1948, it was designated one of the first new towns under the New Towns Act 1946.
The foll... | 47,269 | triviaqa-train |
Which professional Snooker player from Canada was known as 'The Grinder' because of his slow determined style of play? | Cliff Thorburn
Clifford Charles Devlin "Cliff" Thorburn (born January 16, 1948) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Nicknamed "The Grinder" because of his slow, determined style of play, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1980, making him the first world champion in the sport's modern era from outs... | Paul Hunter (snooker player)
Paul Alan Hunter (14 October 1978 – 9 October 2006) was a British professional snooker player. His media profile developed swiftly and he became known as the "Beckham of the Baize" because of his good looks and flamboyant style.
Hunter was a three-time Masters Champion, winning the title on... | 47,270 | triviaqa-train |
Which pretender to the English throne landed in England in 1495 in an attempt to overthrow King Henry VII, and was hanged at Tyburn? | , proclaimed Simnel King and provided troops for his invasion of England. The rebellion was defeated and Lincoln killed at the Battle of Stoke. Henry showed remarkable clemency to the surviving rebels: he pardoned Kildare and the other Irish nobles, and he made the boy, Simnel, a servant in the royal kitchen.
In 1490, ... | , pretender to the Ottoman throne (d. 1495)
- December 27 – King John I Albert of Poland (d. 1501)
- "date unknown" – Edward Poynings, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (d. 1521)
- Christina Brask, Swedish writer and translator (d. 1520)
- "probable" – Lorenzo di Credi, Florentine painter and sculptor (d. 1537)
... | 47,271 | triviaqa-train |
Which American writer shot and killed his ex-wife during a drunken party game in Mexico City in 1951? | Ron Mueck. The National Museum of Art (Museo Nacional de Arte) is also located in a former palace in the historic center. It houses a large collection of pieces by all major Mexican artists of the last 400 years and also hosts visiting exhibits.
Jack Kerouac, the noted American author, spent extended periods of time in... | of 10,000 candles and a performance by his wife, in which she sucks coins and pearls into her vagina by means of telekinesis. During the party, Snàporaz comes across his ex-wife, Elena, who has a drunken argument with him, and meets Donatella again.
The police (composed solely of women dressed in Nazi attire) arrive, i... | 47,272 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the ten-year-old child pretender to the throne of England during the time of Henry VII who claimed, falsely, to be the Earl of Warwick? | several active rebellions over the next few years. The first was the rebellion of the Stafford brothers and Viscount Lovell of 1486, which collapsed without fighting.
In 1487, Yorkists led by Lincoln rebelled in support of Lambert Simnel, a boy who was claimed to be the Earl of Warwick, son of Edward IV's brother Clare... | would be illogical for Richard to claim that Clarence's attainder barred Warwick from the throne while at the same time naming him as his heir. However, in 1485, upon the death of Richard's queen, Anne, Edward was created Earl of Salisbury by right of his mother, who was a co-heiress with Anne to the earldom.
Imprisonm... | 47,273 | triviaqa-train |
For what did the 'S' stand in the name of American author William S. Burroughs? | William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. Burroughs was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroug... | hits. In 1984, Clark released "Into The Vision", which featured appearances from Allen Ravenstine of Pere Ubu and Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys, as well as the Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs. During this time, he immersed himself more deeply into his Native American heritage, adopting the middle name "Ta... | 47,274 | triviaqa-train |
Which former postman won the World Snooker Championship at his first attempt in 1979? | Terry Griffiths
Terrence Martin Griffiths, (born 16 October 1947) is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He became World Champion in 1979 at the first attempt, and was runner-up in 1988. He achieved the notable feat of reaching at least the quarter-finals of the World Championship for n... | won the inaugural World Cup of snooker: Ray Reardon, Doug Mountjoy and Griffiths defeated England 14–3 in the final. However, at the end of 1979, he lost 13–14 to John Virgo in the UK Championship final.
1980 started well for Griffiths as he won the Masters, beating Alex Higgins 9–5 in front of 2,323 spectators at the ... | 47,275 | triviaqa-train |
Which religious denomination was founded by John Thomas in 1848? | The Hope of Israel).
Christadelphians.
Based upon his newfound understanding of the Bible, Thomas was rebaptised (a third and final time) in 1847 and the groups of congregations and individuals who shared his beliefs continued to grow. In 1848 the movement became international when he travelled to England in order to p... | on Bentham Street in 1848. A second was founded in Hindmarsh and a third at Grassy Flat, on the eastern side of present-day Norton Summit. That tiny church, which later became attached to the Baptist denomination, was replaced in 1886 by the 150-seat Norton Summit Baptist Church across the road. A recurring topic of hi... | 47,276 | triviaqa-train |
Which English poet, known as the 'Northamptonshire Peasant Poet', was committed to an asylum from 1837 until his death? | adult years, Clare became a potboy in the "Blue Bell" public house and fell in love with Mary Joyce; but her father, a prosperous farmer, forbade her to meet him. Subsequently, he was a gardener at Burghley House. He enlisted in the militia, tried camp life with Gypsies, and worked in Pickworth, Rutland as a lime burne... | - , 2012: Changes in the suprageneric classification of Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera) based on the nucleotide sequence of gene EF-1α. "Entomological Review" 92 (5): 531-547. Abstract: . | 47,277 | triviaqa-train |
Deriving from the Turkish for 'black ear' because of its distinctive black ears, what is the common name for the cat that is also known as the 'Persian or African Lynx'? | and 5.6 million years ago.
The relationship of the caracal is considered as follows:
Etymology.
The name 'caracal' is composed of two Turkic words: 'kara', meaning black, and 'kulak', meaning ear. The first recorded use of this name dates back to 1760. An alternative name for the caracal is Persian lynx. The 'lynx' of ... | extirpation") by coyotes and domestic animals. With a gray to brown coat, whiskered face, and black-tufted ears, the bobcat resembles the other species of the midsized genus "Lynx". It is smaller on average than the Canada lynx, with which it shares parts of its range, but is several times larger than the domestic cat.... | 47,278 | triviaqa-train |
Which Victorian painter, noted for his pictures of fairies and other supernatural creatures, murdered his father in 1843 and was committed to a lunatic asylum for the remaining 43 years of his life? | , Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Myrea Pettit, Florence Harrison, Suza Scalora, Nene Thomas, Gustave Doré, Rebecca Guay and Greta James.
The Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor, MI are small doors installed into local buildings. Local children believe these are the front doors of fairy houses, and in some cases, small furniture, dishes, ... | Frank Dicksee
Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee (London 27 November 1853 – 17 October 1928) was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his pictures of dramatic literary, historical, and legendary scenes. He also was a noted painter of portraits of fashionable women, which helped to bring him success in ... | 47,279 | triviaqa-train |
The East River separates Long Island from which New York borough? | Boroughs of New York City
New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called "boroughs": The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. All five boroughs are part of New York City, and each borough is coterminous with a respective county. The boroughs of Queens and The Bronx are con... | Long Island City
Long Island City (LIC) is a residential and commercial neighborhood located on the extreme western tip of Queens, New York City, at the western edge of Long Island. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Hazen Street, 49th Street, and New Calvary Cemetery in Sunnyside to th... | 47,280 | triviaqa-train |
Which ecumenical Christian community was founded by the Scottish clergyman Reverend George MacLeod in 1938? | George MacLeod
George Fielden MacLeod, Baron MacLeod of Fuinary, (17 June 1895 – 27 June 1991) was a Scottish soldier and clergyman; he was one of the best known, most influential and unconventional Church of Scotland ministers of the 20th century. He was the founder of the Iona Community at the island of Iona.
Early l... | Henry Stewart (footballer, born 1847)
Rev. Henry Holmes Stewart (8 November 1847 – 20 March 1937) was a Scottish clergyman who was a member of the Wanderers team which won the FA Cup in 1873. He also played for the Scottish team in 1872 in the last of the series of representative football matches against England.
Famil... | 47,281 | triviaqa-train |
To what did the Gilbert Islands change its name after gaining independence from Britain in 1979? | Kiribati
Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: "Ribaberiki Kiribati"), is a sovereign state in Micronesia in the central Pacific Ocean. The permanent population is just over 110,000 (2015), more than half of whom live on Tarawa Atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and reef islands and one raised... | the seamen were to blame for the riot offered to pay an indemnity of $75,000 to the victims' families.
First half of the 20th century.
United States involvement in Chilean affairs intensified in the early decades of the 20th century. After World War I, the United States replaced Britain as the leading superpower contro... | 47,282 | triviaqa-train |
Jeff Bridges won this years 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role as 'Otis Blake', in which film? | Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series "Sea Hunt" (1958–60), with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother, Beau Bridges. He won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for B... | In the 1969 and 1975 theatrical releases, Cogburn was portrayed by John Wayne. Unusually for Wayne, who usually portrayed straitlaced heroes, Cogburn is portrayed as a curmudgeonly antihero. The 1978 TV sequel starred Warren Oates in the featured role. The 2010 film stars Jeff Bridges as Cogburn.
John Wayne won the Aca... | 47,283 | triviaqa-train |
What term describes the point at which a celestial object in orbit around the Earth, such as the Moon, makes its closest approach to Earth? | Apsis
Apsis (; plural apsides , Greek: ἁψῖδες; "orbit") denotes either of the two extreme points (i.e., the farthest or nearest point) in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body (or simply, "the primary"). The plural term, "apsides," usually implies both apsis points (i.e., farthest and nearest); apsides c... | , as well as potential 'mini-moons' while positioned at the Earth-Moon Lagrangian point L2 (EML2) halo orbit. Theoretically, NEOs approaching Earth can be briefly caught within Earth's gravity well, and although in terms of orbital mechanics the object's movements is still centered around the sun, to an observer on Ear... | 47,284 | triviaqa-train |
To what did the New Hebrides change its name after gaining independence from France and Britain in 1980? | Pam is possibly the worst natural disaster in Vanuatu's history. Vanuatu lands minister, Ralph Regenvanu said, "This is the worst disaster to affect Vanuatu ever as far as we know."
Geography Earthquakes.
Vanuatu has relatively frequent earthquakes. Of the 58 M7 or greater events that occurred between 1909 and 2001, fe... | . The uprising lasted about 12 weeks. The rebels blockaded Santo-Pekoa International Airport, destroyed two bridges, and declared the independence of Espiritu Santo island as the "State of Vemerana". Stevens was supported by French-speaking landowners and by the Phoenix Foundation, an American business foundation that ... | 47,285 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the popular coffee-flavoured liqueur 'Tia Maria' produced? | actually created in Jamaica in the 1930s. The Jamaican company Lascelles supposedly manufactured the concentrate from which the liqueur was made, at least, up until the time it was sold by Pernod. As recently as the 1980s, Tia Maria was made with an alcohol concentration of 31.5% and positioned as a premium liqueur com... | portfolio expanded to include former Allied Domecq products:
- Ballantine's blended Scotch whisky
- Kahlúa coffee liqueur
- Malibu coconut-flavored rum
- Beefeater gin
- Tia Maria liqueur
- Stolichnaya vodka (which is now under William Grant & Sons)
- Mumm champagne
- Perrier-Jouët champagne
- Campo Viejo wine
- Ysios ... | 47,286 | triviaqa-train |
In terms of area, which is the world's largest landlocked country? | .
Several countries have coastlines on landlocked bodies of water, such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea. Since these seas are in effect lakes without access to wider seaborne trade, countries such as Kazakhstan are still considered landlocked. Although the Caspian Sea is connected to the Black Sea via the man-made ... | area (including its waters), Canada is the second-largest country in the world, after Russia. By land area alone, however, Canada ranks fourth, the difference being due to it having the world's largest proportion of fresh water lakes. Of Canada's thirteen provinces and territories, only two are landlocked (Alberta and ... | 47,287 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the special agent played by Keifer Sutherland in the drama series '24'? | Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor, voice actor, producer, director, and singer-songwriter. He is known for his role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series "24" (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Aw... | "The IT Crowd", "One Night" and was well known for his bad Boy role Nico Papadopoulos in "EastEnders".
Aykut has starred alongside actors such as Keifer Sutherland as an MI5 agent in season 9 of US series "" , Ben Kingsley in Brad Pitts Netflix production of 'War Machine'and is currently on air on for the new "Jack Rya... | 47,288 | triviaqa-train |
Which English cricketer scored a then world record 364 runs against Australia at the Oval in 1938? | interrupted by war, with the last Test series in 1938 made notable by Len Hutton scoring a world record 364 for England, with Chuck Fleetwood-Smith conceding 298 runs in England's world record total of 7/903. Ross Gregory, a notable young batsman who played two Tests before the war, was killed in the war.
History Crick... | from Bill Bowes and Hedley Verity. About Sutcliffe he said: "I did not find it easy to talk to him".
The master–apprentice relationship changed after Hutton scored a world record 364 for England against Australia at The Oval in 1938. Future Yorkshire captain Ronnie Burnet reckoned that Sutcliffe had been the dominant p... | 47,289 | triviaqa-train |
Prior to the break-up of the Soviet Union, which was the world's largest landlocked country in terms of area? | the landlocked Caspian Sea. Mongolia is almost part of this cluster too, being separated from Kazakhstan by only , across Russian or Chinese territory.
There are the following "single" landlocked countries (each of them borders no other landlocked country):
- Africa (2): Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho
- Asia (5): Bhutan... | List of companies of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country in northern Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of . Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's... | 47,290 | triviaqa-train |
In 1990, which New Zealand bowler became the first cricketer to take 400 wickets in Test Cricket? | .
In 1973 Richard Hadlee debuted and the rate at which New Zealand won Tests picked up dramatically. Hadlee was one of the best pace bowlers of his generation, playing 86 Tests for New Zealand, before he retired in 1990. Of the 86 Tests that Hadlee played in New Zealand won 22 and lost 28. In 1977/78 New Zealand won it... | , the third Test against England at The Oval in August 1969, Motz became the first New Zealand bowler to take 100 Test wickets when he trapped Phil Sharpe leg before wicket (his only wicket of the match).
Trivia.
He was "New Zealand Cricket Almanack" Player of the Year in 1961, "South African Cricket Annual" Cricketer ... | 47,291 | triviaqa-train |
'Dookie' and '21st. Century Breakdown' are albums by which American rock band? | History.
History Formation and Lookout! years ("39/Smooth" and "Kerplunk", 1986–1993).
In 1986, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 14 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children. The group's first live performance took place on October 17, 1987, at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, California. In 1... | . It includes the band's songs, including full albums for "Dookie", "American Idiot", and "21st Century Breakdown", avatars of the band's members and venues after real-life performances of the group. The track list is fully exportable to other "Rock Band" games.
Several bands stated they were seeking to or working with... | 47,292 | triviaqa-train |
In which country was former England footballer Terry Butcher born? | life.
Born in Singapore, where his father was commissioned with the Royal Navy, Butcher spent most of his childhood in Lowestoft, Suffolk, where he attended Lowestoft Grammar School. He turned down the chance to join the Norwich City youth team, as he was a fan of East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town. He joined the Portman... | Terry Butcher
Terence Ian Butcher (born 28 December 1958) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
During his playing career as a defender, Butcher captained the England national team, winning 77 caps in a ten-year international career that featured three FIFA World Cups. Butcher also enjoyed success i... | 47,293 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the Romantic Poets wrote 'The Revolt Of Islam'? | The Revolt of Islam
The Revolt of Islam (1818) is a poem in twelve cantos composed by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817. The poem was originally published under the title "Laon and Cythna; or, The Revolution of the Golden City: A Vision of the Nineteenth Century" by Charles and James Ollier in December 1817. Shelley compose... | of poetry; poetry must be confined to the common experience of average men… The Romantic Movement then means the revolt of a group of contemporary poets who wrote, not according to common and doctrinaire standards, but as they individually pleased… there are no principles comprehensive and common to all except those of... | 47,294 | triviaqa-train |
Which legislation, passed in 1701, banned Roman Catholics from the British throne? | Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement is an Act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English and Irish crowns on Protestants only. The next Protestant in line to the throne was the Electress Sophia of Hanover, a granddaughter of James VI of Scotland, I of England a... | Mary came to the English throne, they acceded to demands to revoke the original royal charter. In 1701, the Church of England was proclaimed, and in the course of the 18th century Maryland Catholics were first barred from public office, then disenfranchised, although not all of the laws passed against them (notably law... | 47,295 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first player to score seven hundred centuries in Snooker? | the 1970s, Steve Davis in the 1980s, and Stephen Hendry in the 1990s. Since 2000, Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the most world titles, with 5.
Top professional players now compete regularly around the world and earn millions of pounds. The sport has become increasingly popular in China.
History.
The origin of snooker dates... | Netherlands have played only one Test each.
A century is a score of a hundred or more runs in an innings. The first century in women's Test cricket was scored in 1935 by Myrtle Maclagan, who made 119 runs for England against Australia. Since then, a total of 103 centuries, including seven double centuries, have been sc... | 47,296 | triviaqa-train |
In which Charles dickens novel does the character 'Esther Summerson' appear? | Esther Summerson
Esther Summerson is a character in "Bleak House", a novel written by Charles Dickens. She also serves as one of the novel's two narrators; half the book is written from her perspective. It is the only example of a double narrative in Dickens and the first person female voice may have been influenced by... | magically appeared somewhere. Throughout the novel, ravens appear as signs of his impending return or particular acts of magic.
- In Neil Gaiman's novel "American Gods", the ravens Huginn and Muginn play an important role.
- In Charles Dickens' historical novel "Barnaby Rudge" (serialized in 1841), the raven "Grip" is ... | 47,297 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 2008 film 'The Hurt Locker'? | The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by... | 's novel of the same name, Bigelow's 2000 film "The Weight of Water" is a portrait of two women trapped in suffocating relationships.
In 2002, she directed "", starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, about a group of men aboard the Soviet Union's first nuclear-powered submarine. The film fared poorly at the box office ... | 47,298 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Oregon Trail' finished in the Columbia River area of Oregon, where did it start? | was only passable on foot or by horseback. By 1836, when the first migrant wagon train was organized in Independence, Missouri, a wagon trail had been cleared to Fort Hall, Idaho. Wagon trails were cleared increasingly farther west, and eventually reached all the way to the Willamette Valley in Oregon, at which point w... | Fort Hall in Idaho and the Willamette Valley via northern Nevada through southern Oregon where Ashland and Roseburg now lie.
The intents of this route were to be safer than the Columbia River, encourage settlers to western Oregon, avoid the Hudson's Bay Company controlled area, and steer clear of the disputed English t... | 47,299 | triviaqa-train |
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