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Which UK band had hits with 'You Really Got Me' and 'Sunny Afternoon'? | Things keyboardist Gordon John Edwards joined the band. In May 1978, "Misfits", the Kinks' second Arista album, was released. It included the US Top 40 hit "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy", which helped make the record another success for the band. The non-album single "Father Christmas" has remained a popular track. Driven b... | medium for expression of the adolescent white aggression that has been at the heart of white popular music. ... 'You Really Got Me' is that rare thing: a record that cuts popular music in half."
Talmy had many more hits with the group including "All Day and All of the Night", "Tired of Waiting for You", "Dedicated Foll... | 47,500 | triviaqa-train |
'Officer Alex J.Murphy' became better known by what name in the title of a 1987 film? | RoboCop (character)
RoboCop is a fictional robotically enhanced Detroit police officer designated as OCP Crime Prevention Unit 001, and is the main protagonist in the film series of the same name. The character begins as a human Detroit Police Officer named Alexander James "Alex" Murphy, who is killed in the line of du... | Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), better known by his stage name Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. He is best known for his breakthrough role as the title character in Sergio Corbucci's Spaghetti Western film "Django" (1966), a role that he reprised in Nello Rossati's "Django St... | 47,501 | triviaqa-train |
The Iris has a thick-stemmed root instead of a bulb. By what name is this 'root' known? | . These reticulate-bulbed irises are miniatures and popular spring bulbs, being one of the first to bloom in the garden. Many of the smaller species of bulbous iris, being liable to perish from excess of moisture, should have a well-drained bed of good but porous soil made up for them, in some sunny spot, and in winter... | size. The constricting muscle is located on the iris inner smaller circle-circumference.
The back surface is covered by a heavily pigmented epithelial layer that is two cells thick (the iris pigment epithelium), but the front surface has no epithelium. This anterior surface projects as the dilator muscles. The high pig... | 47,502 | triviaqa-train |
Under what name did actress Vivien Hartley achieve fame? | Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh (; born Vivian Mary Hartley and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967) was a British stage and film actress. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for her definitive performances as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film ... | the spelling of her first name to "Vivien".
In 1960 Leigh recalled her ambivalence towards her first experience of critical acclaim and sudden fame, commenting, "that some critics saw fit to be as foolish as to say that I was a great actress. And I thought, that was a foolish, wicked thing to say, because it put such a... | 47,503 | triviaqa-train |
Which battle of the Napoleonic Wars is sometimes referred to as the 'Battle of the Three Emperors'? | 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... | soldiers had an especially romanticised calling and loyalty, and occasionally similar names continue to the present day e. g. in several musical pieces and the "Kaiserjäger" band.
In Switzerland the term has negative connotations that go back to the protracted struggle for independence of the Swiss Confederation.
The ... | 47,504 | triviaqa-train |
In World War II, the US Marine Corps used members of which native American tribe as code senders? | ancestors comprised a separate migration into North America, later than the first Paleo-Indians. They migrated into Alaska and northern Canada, south along the Pacific Coast, into the interior of Canada, and south to the Great Plains and the American Southwest. Na-Dené-speaking peoples were the earliest ancestors of th... | Code talker
A code talker was a person employed by the military during wartime to utilize a little-known language as a means of secret communication. The term is now usually associated with United States service members during the world wars who used their knowledge of Native American languages as a basis to transmit c... | 47,505 | triviaqa-train |
What is the state capital of Washington? | of Engineering Management.
Economy.
According to Olympia's 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the county are:
Arts.
Olympia is a regional center for fine arts. A number of theatrical experiences are available with companies such as Animal Fire Theater, Olympia Family Theater, Theater Artis... | . Since the invention of the cotton gin, short-staple cotton could be profitably processed, and it was well-suited to the uplands of Georgia. What became known as the Black Belt of Georgia, an arc of fertile soil, was one of the destinations for slaves being sold from the Upper South, as well as from the Low Country.
T... | 47,506 | triviaqa-train |
In which US National Park is the geyser known as 'Old Faithful'? | Old Faithful
Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States. It was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to receive a name. It is a highly predictable geothermal feature, and has erupted every 44 to 125 minutes sin... | the park. This complement of features includes the most famous geyser in the park, Old Faithful Geyser, as well as four other predictable large geysers. One of these large geysers in the area is Castle Geyser which is about northwest of Old Faithful. Castle Geyser has an interval of approximately 13 hours between major... | 47,507 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible, who was thrown out of a window and eaten by dogs? | Jezebel
Jezebel () is a figure of the Hebrew Bible, described in the Book of Kings () as a queen who was the daughter of Ithobaal I of Sidon and the wife of Ahab, King of Israel.
According to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible, Jezebel incited her husband King Ahab to abandon the worship of Yahweh and promote worsh... | corpse
- Corpse brownish black or purplish blue with decay
- Festering or suppurated corpse
- Corpse splattered half or fissured from decay
- Corpse gnawed by animals such as wild dogs and foxes
- Corpse scattered in parts, hands, legs, head and body being dispersed
- Corpse cut and thrown away in parts after killing
-... | 47,508 | triviaqa-train |
Which English motorway runs from Rotherham to Goole? | .
Goole is south of the M62 linking it with Kingston upon Hull in the east and the West Yorkshire urban belt in the west. The M18 runs west of the town, connecting it with South Yorkshire, the South and the Midlands. There are bus services to surrounding towns and villages provided by East Yorkshire Motor Services, Sta... | Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway
The Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Railway was an early British railway company. The company obtained an act in 1846 for 26 miles of railway, with a main section from Wakefield to Doncaster via Barnsley.
The sec... | 47,509 | triviaqa-train |
Which English motorway runs from Ross to Tewkesbury? | on-Severn passenger service was withdrawn by British Railways (through trains to had previously ceased in December 1952). Freight traffic continued until final closure in December 1964.
Road transport.
Tewkesbury is served by the M5 and M50 motorways and the A38 and A46 trunk roads. There are frequent direct buses to A... | M5 motorway
The M5 is a motorway in England linking the Midlands and the South West. It runs from Junction 8 of the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Bromwich and west of Birmingham through Sandwell Valley. It continues past Bromsgrove (and from Birming... | 47,510 | triviaqa-train |
In which novel by Charles Dickens does 'Seth Pecksniff' appear? | of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest British novelist of the Victorian era. The most popular works of Dickens since their publication have been, "The Pickwick Papers", "Oliver Twist", "Martin Chuzzlewit", "A Christmas Carol", and "David Copperfield".
Dickens's literary ... | in the form of a fictionalized memoir. Arrested in 1981, the author was herself held there for eleven months in for sedition after signing Charter 77, which criticised the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for human rights failings related to the Helsinki Accords. Kantůrková herself does not appear in the book, which is ... | 47,511 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the 2010 'Oscar' for Best Actress for the film 'The Blind Side'? | , to his position as one of the most highly coveted prospects in college football, then finally becoming a first-round pick of the Ravens.
Quinton Aaron stars as Michael Oher, alongside Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy, Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy, and Kathy Bates as Miss Sue, Oher's tutor. The film also features appear... | . She was awarded the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress. "The Blind Side" also received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination.
Winning the Oscar also gave Bullock another unique distinction—since she won two Razzies the day before for he... | 47,512 | triviaqa-train |
Philips and which other company developed the CD? | developed the Compact Disc format with Sony, as well as numerous other technologies. As of 2012, Philips was the largest manufacturer of lighting in the world as measured by applicable revenues.
Philips has a primary listing on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange and is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market ... | game is probably the puzzle game "Dimo's Quest", that was originally developed by Boeder Games / Infernal Byte Systems for the Amiga and was ported by SPC to CD-i.
In 1996, Philips stopped supporting the CD-i, which meant the demise of the company. In 2002, SPC / The Vision Factory went bankrupt.
Games.
- "Alien Gate (... | 47,513 | triviaqa-train |
Of which British monarch was Alice Keppel the mistress? | themselves are a minor or incapacitated. Special provisions were made for Queen Elizabeth II by the Regency Act 1953, which stated that the Duke of Edinburgh (the Queen's husband) could act as regent in these circumstances. Since reaching adulthood (in November 1966), Charles, Prince of Wales, has been first in line fo... | her roles in some of the best known television dramas of the period, including "Edward the Seventh" (playing Edward's mistress Alice Keppel); "I, Claudius" (in which she played Domitia, Claudius's mother-in-law); and Boswell's "London Journey". She also appeared in "The Alleyn Mysteries"; "Edgar Wallace Mysteries", "Di... | 47,514 | triviaqa-train |
From which musical does the song 'I Dreamed A Dream' come? | I Dreamed a Dream
"I Dreamed a Dream" is a song from the musical "Les Misérables". It is a solo that is sung by the character Fantine during the first act. The music is by Claude-Michel Schönberg, with orchestrations by John Cameron. The English lyrics are by Herbert Kretzmer, based on the original French libretto by A... | I Have Dreamed
I Have Dreamed may refer to:
- "I Have Dreamed" (song), a song by Rodgers and Hammerstein from the musical "The King and I"
- "I Have Dreamed" (Doris Day album), an album by Doris Day
- "I Have Dreamed" (The Lettermen album), an album by The Lettermen
See also.
- I Have a Dream (disambiguation) | 47,515 | triviaqa-train |
Which US state is called the 'Centennial State'? | Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of... | Canaanville, Ohio
Canaanville is an unincorporated community in Canaan Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. It has an elevation of and is located at .
According to the Centennial Atlas of Athens County (1905), the community originally called Canaanville was slightly to the west, west of where Ohio State Route ... | 47,516 | triviaqa-train |
Who was sworn in as Vice President of the USA on 20th January 2009? | 29. During his first year in office (through January 24, 2018), Mike Pence cast eight tie breaking votes; his predecessor, Joe Biden, did not cast any during his eight years in office.
As the framers of the Constitution anticipated that the vice president would not always be available to fulfil this responsibility, the... | Ezekiel Massat
Ezekiel Massat is a Bougainvillean lawyer and politician. Massat was appointed the Vice President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville by President James Tanis on January 19, 2009. Bougainville is an autonomous region within Papua New Guinea.
Massat is a lawyer who has previously served as Bougainvil... | 47,517 | triviaqa-train |
Pulex irritans is the Latin name for which creature? | Human flea
The human flea ("Pulex irritans") – once also called the house flea – is a cosmopolitan flea species that has, in spite of the common name, a wide host spectrum. It is one of six species in the genus "Pulex"; the other five are all confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. The species is thought to h... | Xana
The xana is a character found in Asturian mythology. Always female, she is a creature of extraordinary beauty believed to live in fountains, rivers, waterfalls or forested regions with pure water. She is usually described as small or slender with long blonde or light brown hair (most often curly), which she tends ... | 47,518 | triviaqa-train |
Which ballerina, born in Ireland, was the founder of the Sadler's Wells Ballet? | contributions to the popularity of ballet worldwide. His choreographic notation and other materials relating to it have been preserved in the Sergeyev Collection, part of the theatre collection of the Harvard University Library.
History Prima ballerina assoluta.
The Royal Ballet is one of the few ballet companies in th... | the Ballet Club, Vic-Wells Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. She was co-founder of various touring ballet companies and today's English National Ballet
- Dame Margot Fonteyn, Prima Ballerina Assoluta. Former dancer with The Royal Ballet who spent her entire career with the company, forming a famous partnership with R... | 47,519 | triviaqa-train |
In which country does the Ferencvaros team play club football? | Ferencvárosi TC
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros was founded in 1899 by Ferenc Springer and a group of local residents of Budapest's ninth... | Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league and rugby union. The number of players selected for each team within these varieties and their associated codes can vary substantially. Sometimes, the word "team" is limited to those who play on the field in a match and does not always include other players who m... | 47,520 | triviaqa-train |
Astrakhan is a port in the delta of which major river? | Astrakhan
Astrakhan (, Tatar: Ästerxan, Hacitarxan, حاجی ترخان; Kazakh: Астрахан, "Astrahan" or Қажы Тархан, "Qajy Tarhan") is a city in southern Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on two banks of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of ... | S105 Nansha Port Expressway
The Nansha Port Expressway () is an important truck transportation route in Guangzhou which connects
Nansha District to other areas within the Pearl River Delta region. It is 72 km in length and cost ¥6.509 billion RMB.
Geography.
The Nansha Port Expressway starts from Longxue Island to Guan... | 47,521 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the author of 'Moll Flanders'? | Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age.
By 1721, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, with the success of "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719. His political work was t... | & Emmerdale" (with Sheila Mercier, Titan Books, 1994)
- "The New and Revised Guinness Who’s Who of Soap Operas" (Guinness Publishing, 1995)
- "Prime Suspect" (co-author and editor, Carlton Books, 1996)
- "The Making of Moll Flanders" (Headline, 1996)
- "The Emmerdale Companion: A Celebration of Twenty-five Years" (Orio... | 47,522 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the children's book 'National Velvet'? | National Velvet
National Velvet is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935.
Plot summary.
"National Velvet" is the story of a 14-year-old girl named Velvet Brown, who trains and rides her horse, named The Piebald, to victory in the Grand National steeplechase.
The novel focuses on the ability of or... | Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X", a children's book about her father's childhood. It was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Children's. The following year, she wrote a young-adult novel, "X", about the same subject. The book was among the ten finalists considered f... | 47,523 | triviaqa-train |
Who, born in Gloucestershire, composed 'On Wedlock Edge' in 1909? | Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English ... | ).
She was Miss Spain in 1961. She married firstly, as his fifth wife, on 6 March 1965 to Lex Barker, secondly in 1975 to , divorcing in 1978, and thirdly as his fifth wife at Daylesford, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, on 16 August 1985, to Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza.
None of her marriages had issue, bu... | 47,524 | triviaqa-train |
In which Parliamentary constituency did Frank Field replace Edmund Dell as MP in 1979? | Frank Field (British politician)
Frank Ernest Field (born 16 July 1942) is a British independent politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead since 1979, serving as a Labour Party MP until August 2018.
From 1997 to 1998, Field served as the Minister of Welfare Reform in Tony Blair's government. ... | List of MPs elected in the 1979 Ghanaian parliamentary election
By-elections.
- "Mampong North constituency" - Akwasi Afrifa was executed on 26 June 1979, eight days after he was elected MP. In a by-election later, Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko was elected to replace his vacant seat.
See also.
- 1979 Ghanaian parliame... | 47,525 | triviaqa-train |
On TV and radio, which 'couple' were the inhabitants of the village of 'Stackton Tressell'? | Hinge and Bracket
Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket were the stage names of George Logan and Patrick Fyffe respectively. The characters of Hinge (somewhat brittle and acerbic) and Bracket (more flamboyant) were elderly intellectual female musicians; in these personae the male Logan and Fyffe played and sang songs ... | Tressel
Tressel may refer to:
People.
- Jim Tressel (born 1952), American football coach
- Lee Tressel (1925–1981), American football coach
- A character in the play "Richard III"
Other.
- Stackton Tressel, a fictional English village
See also.
- Tressell (disambiguation)
- Trestle, a type of bridge
- Trestle table, an... | 47,526 | triviaqa-train |
Which British river is spanned by the Pulteney Bridge? | Pulteney Bridge
Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the land of the Pulteney family which they wished to develop. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is exceptional in having shops built across its full span on both sides. It has be... | bursts into the mouth and often forces them to abandon it.
Geography.
Geography Wick River.
The town lies on the estuary of the Wick River, spanned by two road bridges. The Harbour Bridge spans the river at its mouth, to link Wick town centre with Wick Harbour and Pulteneytown. It stands instead of the earlier Service ... | 47,527 | triviaqa-train |
The airport in Orange County, California is named after which famous film star? | John Wayne Airport
John Wayne Airport is a commercial and general aviation airport that serves Orange County, California, and the Greater Los Angeles area. The airport is located in an unincorporated area of Orange County surrounded by the cities of Irvine, Newport Beach, and Costa Mesa, and is owned and operated by th... | - Orange County, New York, part of the New York metropolitan area
- Orange County, North Carolina
- Orange County, Texas
- Orange County, Vermont
- Orange County, Virginia
Entertainment.
- "Orange County" (film), 2002 film set in Orange County, California
Entertainment TV shows.
- "The O.C.", television show named afte... | 47,528 | triviaqa-train |
Which London Underground line connects Euston and Waterloo? | in August 1868 to accommodate the City Widened Lines which allowed GNR and Metropolitan traffic to run along the line simultaneously. The same year, the Metropolitan built a link to the newly opened station.
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR, now part of the Piccadilly line) platforms opened w... | and sculpture in the collection of Charles T. Yerkes, esq.", New York, 1904
London.
In August 1900, Yerkes became involved in the development of the London underground railway system after riding along the route of one proposed line and surveying the city of London from the summit of Hampstead Heath. He established the... | 47,529 | triviaqa-train |
In which northern city is the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television? | Cartwright Hall. Bradford has faced similar challenges to the rest of post-industrial Northern England, including deindustrialisation, social unrest and economic deprivation.
History.
History Toponymy.
The name Bradford is derived from the Old English "brad" and "ford" the broad ford which referred to a crossing of the... | Craven District (part of North Yorkshire).
The National Science and Media Museum (formerly the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television) was established in the city in 1983. One of the first cinema shows outside London took place on the site where the museum now stands, in a music hall known as the People's ... | 47,530 | triviaqa-train |
John Wayne turned down the role of which Marshall, James Arness eventually playing the role for 20 years? | James Arness
James Arness (born James King Aurness, May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the CBS television series "Gunsmoke". Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly ... | during World War II, played a similar role in the 1948 film "Command Decision". John Wayne was offered the leading role as well, but turned it down. Burt Lancaster, James Cagney, Dana Andrews, Van Heflin, Edmond O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Robert Preston, Robert Young and Robert Montgomery were also considered for the role... | 47,531 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Eisenhower's Democratic opponent in the 1952 and 1956 US Presidential campaigns? | Columbia University (1948–1953). In 1951–52 he served as the first Supreme Commander of NATO.
In 1952 Eisenhower entered the presidential race as a Republican to block the isolationist foreign policies of Senator Robert A. Taft, who opposed NATO and wanted no foreign entanglements. He won that election and the 1956 ele... | party, including on issues of race, alienated conservative Southern whites. Though they continued to support local Democrats they began to reject Democratic presidential candidates. This was evident by their support of Barry Goldwater in 1964.
Political activity Texas Young Republicans.
In 1952 and 1956, as a young Rep... | 47,532 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute' set? | by Chrétien de Troyes, the novel "Life of Sethos" by Jean Terrasson, and the essay "On the mysteries of the Egyptians" by Ignaz von Born. The libretto is also a natural continuation of a series of fairy tale operas produced at the time by Schikaneder's troupe, including an adaptation of Sophie Seyler's Singspiel "Obero... | friend and collaborator Christoph Martin Wieland. A lightly adapted version of Seyler's opera set to music by Paul Wranitzky became the first opera performed by Emanuel Schikaneder's troupe at their new theatre, and established a tradition within Schikaneder's company of fairy-tale operas that was to culminate two year... | 47,533 | triviaqa-train |
Singer Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson was better known as who? | Valens came to rest several feet away from the wreckage on open ground, while Richardson was thrown approximately 100 feet beyond the wreckage, across the fence line and into the next cornfield, wearing only a red-checkered flannel shirt and light blue cotton pants. All three died instantly of massive head and chest in... | sister formed one group in Narvik with "Z24" and four of her sisters while "Admiral Hipper" and the battleship composed another. While en route to the rendezvous at the Altafjord, "Lützow" and three destroyers of "Tirpitz"s escort ran aground, forcing the entire group to abandon the operation. On 12 July "Z24" escorted... | 47,534 | triviaqa-train |
'Stag' and 'Carib' beers are made in which country? | Island Caribs
The Island Carib, also known as the Kalinago or simply Caribs, are an indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. They have descended from the Mainland Caribs (Kalina) of South America . the men spoke a carib pidgin language of Karina origins.
At the time of Spanish contact, the Kalinagos w... | 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... | 47,535 | triviaqa-train |
Which Cricket county's 'Twenty/20' team are known as 'The Crusaders'? | marketing manager of the ECB, proposed a 20 over per innings game to county chairmen in 2001 and they voted 11–7 in favour of adopting the new format.
The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup. The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative ... | the use of minor "out grounds" has diminished since the 1980s. The Derbyshire team have played first class, List A, or Twenty20 matches at twenty-one different grounds. This includes grounds in Burton upon Trent, Knypersley, Leek, Cheadle and Checkley, all of which are not actually located in Derbyshire, but in the adj... | 47,536 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the author of 'Fanny Hill'? | Fanny Hill
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure—popularly known as Fanny Hill (an anglicisation of the Latin "mons veneris", mound of Venus)—is an erotic novel by English novelist John Cleland first published in London in 1748. Written while the author was in debtors' prison in London, it is considered "the first original En... | have led some critics to suggest it is a homoerotic work. This aspect of the novel, plus Cleland's presumed offence at Westminster School, lack of intimate friends, and his unmarried status have aided conjecture that he was homosexual, as has his bitter falling out with friend Thomas Cannon, author of the pamphlet "Anc... | 47,537 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1960's American group originally comprised Neil Young, Steven Stills, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin and Bruce Palmer? | Bruce Palmer
Bruce Palmer (September 9, 1946 – October 1, 2004) was a Canadian musician best known as the bassist in the seminal Canadian-American folk rock band Buffalo Springfield, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
Early years.
Palmer was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and relocated to T... | - "Neil Young - Guitar, vocal; Stephen Stills - Guitar; Richie Furay - Guitar; Bruce Palmer - Bass; Dewey Martin - Drums"
8. "Down to the Wire" (2:29) - Neil Young – from the album "Decade" (mono)
- "Neil Young - Guitar, vocal; Stephen Stills - Guitar, vocal; Richie Furay - Vocal; Mac Rebennack - Piano; Bobby West - Ba... | 47,538 | triviaqa-train |
Which Russian naval officer composed 'Capriccio Espagnole' in 1887? | compositional career when she married Rimsky-Korsakov, she "had a considerable influence on the creation of [Rimsky-Korsakov's] first three operas. She travelled with her husband, attended rehearsals and arranged compositions by him and others" for piano four hands, which she played with her husband. "Her last years we... | composed from 7 to 14 January 1887. It was, however, too difficult for Kruis, and Dvořák therefore composed another trio, but considerably simpler. The second trio, "Miniatures", was written in four movements, which he titled: "Cavatina", "Capriccio", "Romance" and "Elegy" ("Ballad"). In the letter dated 18 January 188... | 47,539 | triviaqa-train |
Which large marsh, once a haunt for smugglers, lies between Hythe and Rye on the south coast? | Hythe, Kent
Hythe () is a coastal market town on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the district of Folkestone and Hythe on the south coast of Kent. The word "Hythe" or "Hithe" is an Old English word meaning haven or landing place.
The town has medieval and Georgian buildings, as well as a Saxon/Norman church on the hill and... | in Rye; Daphne du Maurier lived in Hythe for a few years during World War II; H.G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, Stephen Crane, Radclyffe Hall, Noël Coward, Edith Nesbit, Rumer Godden, Malcolm Saville, and Conrad Aiken also lived in marsh towns. Rudyard Kipling and his poem, "A Smugglers' Song", are also assoc... | 47,540 | triviaqa-train |
On TV, who are the inhabitants of the village of 'Royston Vasey'? | Royston Vasey
Royston Vasey is a fictional English town featured in the BBC television comedy series "The League of Gentlemen". The exterior shots for the series were filmed in Hadfield, Derbyshire and, according to the writers of the series, the town is based on Alston, Cumbria.
The preceding radio series "On the Town... | span of the television series and some especially for the team's film. Most of the characters live in Royston Vasey.
Writing and inspiration.
It is widely believed that a lot of the characters and indeed the town are based on Pemberton's home town of Chorley, with Royston Vasey based on Adlington, a village within Chor... | 47,541 | triviaqa-train |
Singer-songwriter Carole Klein was better known by what name? | King moved to Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles with her two daughters and reactivated her recording career by forming "The City", a music trio consisting of Charles Larkey, her future husband, on bass; Danny Kortchmar on guitar and vocals; and King on piano and vocals. The City produced one album, "Now That Everything's Be... | Nicoletta (singer)
Nicoletta Grisoni, longer name Nicole Fernande Grisoni-Chappuis, better known by her mononym Nicoletta (born 11 April 1944 in Vongy, now known as Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France) is a French pop singer. Becoming very popular on French radio and television, where she had a number of hits in the... | 47,542 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the third largest Greek island? | After the third and fourth largest Greek Islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest of the islands are two-thirds of the area of Rhodes, or smaller.
The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: the Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic gulf near Athens; the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occ... | Greek: Στενό, population 985), which means Narrow in Greek, is a small community in the northwest of Salamis Island. The area is separated from Fanaromeni Monastery by a hill with shrubs and pine trees. The area is adjacent to the bay of Agios Georgios. Steno has wide and well-planned roads.
Villages in the municipal u... | 47,543 | triviaqa-train |
Marble Arch and Lancaster Gate are stations on which London Undeground line? | Lancaster Gate tube station
Lancaster Gate is a London Underground station located on the Central line near Lancaster Gate on Bayswater Road in Bayswater (City of Westminster), to the north of Kensington Gardens. It is between Queensway and Marble Arch on the Central line and is in Travelcard Zone 1.
History.
Lancaster... | rail system.
Opening.
The official opening of the CLR by the Prince of Wales took place on 1900, one day before the time limit of the 1899 Act, although the line did not open to the public until 1900. The railway had stations at:
- Shepherd's Bush
- Holland Park
- Notting Hill Gate
- Queen's Road (now Queensway)
- Lanc... | 47,544 | triviaqa-train |
The island of Trinidad lies opposite the delta of which major river? | .
The Casiquiare is an inland distributary of the upper Orinoco, which flows southward into the Rio Negro and which forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the largest river on the planet that links two major river systems.
Europe.
- The IJssel, the Waal and the Nederrijn (Lower... | as if it were formed from the name of the old Russian village Russkoye Ustye situated there, but originally the opposite is likely to have been the case, the village being named after the river arm (the "Russkoye Ustye") on which it was located.
Several flat islands are formed by the channels of the delta. Listed from ... | 47,545 | triviaqa-train |
After which famous man (known as 'Oklahoma's favourite son') is Oklahoma City's airport named? | commercial airport is Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, averaging a yearly passenger count of more than 3.5 million (1.7 million boardings) in 2010. Tulsa International Airport, the state's second-largest commercial airport, served more than 1.3 million boardings in 2010. Between the two, six airlines operate... | the Greens Golf and Racquet Club, Rose Creek Golf Club, Silver Horn Golf Club, the Links Apartment Golf and Athletic Club, and the city's most upscale golf course is located in an area called Gaillardia (named both after Oklahoma's state wildflower, the Gaillardia, also known as the Indian Blanket, and the Oklahoma Cit... | 47,546 | triviaqa-train |
In which country does the Gornik team play club football? | conceived in the French city of Paris in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup.
History 1955–66: Beginnings.
The first edition of the European Cup took place during the 1955–56 season. Sixteen teams participated: Milan (Italy), AGF Aarhus (Denmark), Anderlecht (Belgium), Djurgården (Sweden), Gwardia Warszawa (Poland... | Polish Second Division, and the biggest success of its football team was reaching quarter-finals of the Polish Cup, in 1975/1976, when, after beating Gornik Zabrze, they lost to Śląsk Wrocław. Up to the 2016/2017 season, the team participated in III liga.
In June 2017, the football team was promoted to II liga .
Extern... | 47,547 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is Puccini's opera 'Turandot' set? | ), Turin (17 March), London (Covent Garden, 7 June), San Francisco (19 September), Bologna (October 1927), Paris (29 March 1928), Australia 1928, Moscow (Bolshoi Theatre, 1931). "Turandot" is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire and it appears as number 17 on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worl... | In questa reggia
"In questa reggia" ("In this palace") is an aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. The text is based on Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play "Turandot" by Carlo Gozzi. The aria takes place in scene two of the second act, and... | 47,548 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the firstwife of US President Ronald Reagan? | 1952 and in 1959. Reagan led the SAG through eventful years that were marked by labor-management disputes, the Taft–Hartley Act, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings and the Hollywood blacklist era.
Entertainment career Screen Actors Guild presidency Secret FBI informant in Hollywood.
During the l... | , 1981, Ray was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, and confirmed by the US senate, to serve as a US Commissioner on the US Copyright Royalty Tribunal (CRT), for the unexpired term of a commissioner who resigned. Then on September, 1982, President Reagan nominated Ray for the second for a full term of seven years as ... | 47,549 | triviaqa-train |
Which Dublin born writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925? | the total is sixty-two.
Works Plays Early works.
Shaw's first three full-length plays dealt with social issues. He later grouped them as "Plays Unpleasant". "Widower's Houses" (1892) concerns the landlords of slum properties, and introduces the first of Shaw's New Women—a recurring feature of later plays. "The Philande... | contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. B... | 47,550 | triviaqa-train |
Which English king used a 'White Lion' as his heraldic symbol? | Council of Wales and the Marches, administered from Ludlow Castle, was initially established in 1472 by Edward IV of England to govern the lands held under the Principality of Wales. and the bordering English counties. It was abolished in 1689. Under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 introduced under Henry VIII, the jur... | with a white star and the bottom half divided into six wavy bars alternating blue and white. The red lion represents the Italian Kingdom, lions alluding to the Italian King who used the beasts as supporters and red being a common colour associated with Italy and also used by the ruling House of Savoy. The star has long... | 47,551 | triviaqa-train |
Which astronomer is credited with discovering that the Universe is expanding? | Einstein field equations to provide theoretical evidence that the universe is expanding. In 1927, Georges Lemaître independently reached a similar conclusion to Friedmann on a theoretical basis, and also presented the first observational evidence for a linear relationship between distance to galaxies and their recessio... | Gustav Spörer
Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer (23 October 1822 – 7 July 1895) was a German astronomer.
He is noted for his studies of sunspots and sunspot cycles. In this regard he is often mentioned together with Edward Maunder. Spörer was the first to note a prolonged period of low sunspot activity from 1645 to 1715... | 47,552 | triviaqa-train |
Which London Underground line has a terminus at West Ruislip? | lower tracks run in a tunnel beneath the concourse and emerge a few blocks away to cross the Potomac River into Virginia.
Terminus stations in large cities are by far the biggest stations, with the largest being the Grand Central Terminal in New York City, United States. Often major cities, such as London, Boston, Pari... | the Underground in 1920. North Acton to West Ruislip was built by GWR on behalf of the Underground in 1947–8 alongside the pre-existing tracks from Old Oak Common junction towards and beyond, which date from 1904. , the original Old Oak Common junction to route has one main-line train a day to and from Paddington.
- Di... | 47,553 | triviaqa-train |
Which economic doctrine, popular in the 1980's, was propounded by Milton Friedman? | his last column was published in "The Wall Street Journal" the day after his death. He was survived by his wife (who died on August 18, 2009) and their two children, David, known for the anarcho-capitalist book "The Machinery of Freedom", and bridge expert Jan Martel.
Scholarly contributions.
Scholarly contributions Ec... | Friedman doctrine
The Friedman Doctrine, or Shareholder Theory, is a normative theory of business ethics advanced by economist Milton Friedman which holds that a firm's only responsibility is to its shareholders. This approach views shareholders as the economic engine of the organization and the only group to which the... | 47,554 | triviaqa-train |
Which London Underground line has a terminus at Bermondsey Station? | Walthamstow Central to Brixton.
The Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines, and the Central line between White City and Leytonstone, operate at 10-minute intervals. The Central line operates at 20-minute intervals between Leytonstone and Hainault, between Leytonstone and Loughton, and between White City and Ealing Broa... | tunnels (one adjacent to Tower Bridge) and providing a link to London Docklands.
The rather over-generous proportions of the roundabout, which included pedestrian underpasses from the adjacent roads onto it, were a result of London Underground safeguarding a route for a possible future extension of the Bakerloo line fr... | 47,555 | triviaqa-train |
How many American states were there at the beginning of the nineteenth century? | country is located contiguously in North America between Canada and Mexico.
Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Follow... | chap.31), but he met Bekkō in Shanghai, China, at the end of the nineteenth century looking just as he does now. Toho has also observed that he has been handed down for generations. No matter how many wounds Shito receives, he is able to live on until the end of the world, though there is most likely a limit to how muc... | 47,556 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest species of the turtle family? | in Spanish, the word "tortuga" is used for turtles, tortoises, and terrapins. A sea-dwelling turtle is "tortuga marina", a freshwater species "tortuga de río", and a tortoise "tortuga terrestre".
Anatomy and morphology.
The largest living chelonian is the leatherback sea turtle ("Dermochelys coriacea"), which reaches a... | Cantor's giant softshell turtle
Cantor's giant softshell turtle ("Pelochelys cantorii" ), also known commonly as the Asian giant softshell turtle and the frog-faced softshell turtle, is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. It has been considered to be among... | 47,557 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1954 Gene Kelly musical film featured the song 'Almost Like Being In Love'? | Almost Like Being in Love
"Almost Like Being in Love" is a popular song published and first performed in 1947. The music was written by Frederick Loewe, and the lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner as part of the score for the musical "Brigadoon". The song was sung by David Brooks in the 1947 Broadway production. It was later per... | lamppost.
- The scene in which Gene Kelly sings "You Were Meant for Me" is featured in the 2015 Nancy Meyers film "The Intern".
- "Singin' in the Rain" was an inspiration for the 2016 musical film "La La Land", directed by Damien Chazelle.
- The song "Good Morning" was featured in the "Legends of Tomorrow" season 3 epi... | 47,558 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer who sang '24 Hours From Tulsa' died April 2006 at the age of 65? | Gene Pitney
Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer.
Pitney charted 16 Top 40 hits in the United States, four in the Top 10. In the United Kingdom he had 22 Top 40 hits, and 11 singles in the Top Ten. He also wrote the early 1960s hits... | Awalmir
Ustad Awalmir () (born May 08 1931 in Charsada, Peshawar, Khaibar Pakhtunkwa – died April 24, 1982 in Kabul, Afghanistan) was an ethnic Pashtun Afghan composer, musician, singer, and poet who wrote and sang in the Pashto language.
He began learning music as a teen from various music teachers and began to perfor... | 47,559 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1970's TV series 'The Partridge Family', which actress played the part of the children's mother? | The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children who embark on a music career. It ran from September 25, 1970, until March 23, 1974, on the ABC network as part of a ... | of the CBS sitcom "Petticoat Junction" as Kate Bradley's sister, Helen, filling in as a temporary replacement for the ailing Bea Benaderet as the mother figure to Bradley's three daughters.
DeCamp made several appearances as the mother of Shirley Partridge in "The Partridge Family" from 1970–1973. She also played The F... | 47,560 | triviaqa-train |
On board which Royal Navy ship did Napoleon sign the Peace Treaty after the Battle of Waterloo? | was published as a "London Gazette Extraordinary" on 22 June. Wellington, Blücher and other Coalition forces advanced upon Paris.
Napoleon announced his second abdication on 24 June 1815. In the final skirmish of the Napoleonic Wars, Marshal Davout, Napoleon's minister of war, was defeated by Blücher at Issy on 3 July ... | (1800) and again at the Battle of Hohenlinden (1800).
While at sea the French had some success at Boulogne but Nelson's Royal Navy destroyed an anchored Danish and Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801) because the Scandinavian kingdoms were against the British blockade of France. The Second Coalition was b... | 47,561 | triviaqa-train |
Grenada, St. Vincent, St.Lucia, Martinique, and Dominica, are all part of which West Indian island group? | The Windward Islands cricket team includes players from Saint Lucia and plays in the West Indies regional tournament. Daren Sammy became the first Saint Lucian to represent the West Indies on his debut in 2007, and since 2010 has captained the side. In an international career spanning 2003 to 2008, and including 41 ODI... | Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. It is in a chain of islands in the Lesser Antilles with Martinique to the north and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the south.These islands are southeast of the islands of Puerto Rico and Haiti. Out of the two airports in St.Lucia, Hewanorra and Charles airport, Rodney Bay... | 47,562 | triviaqa-train |
Which eminent mathematician is credited with inventing the Roulette wheel? | around the outer edge of the wheel. The ball eventually loses momentum, passes through an area of deflectors, and falls onto the wheel and into one of 37 (single zero French/European style roulette) or 38 (double zero American style roulette) colored and numbered pockets on the wheel.
History.
The first form of roulett... | have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon N Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS theory
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922): ... | 47,563 | triviaqa-train |
Which English king used a 'White Hart' as his heraldic symbol? | White Hart
The White Hart ((white) "hart" is an archaic word for a mature stag) was the personal badge of Richard II, who probably derived it from the arms of his mother, Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent", heiress of Edmund of Woodstock. It may also have been a pun on his name, as in "Rich-hart". In the Wilton Diptych (Nati... | with a white star and the bottom half divided into six wavy bars alternating blue and white. The red lion represents the Italian Kingdom, lions alluding to the Italian King who used the beasts as supporters and red being a common colour associated with Italy and also used by the ruling House of Savoy. The star has long... | 47,564 | triviaqa-train |
Which religion celebrates the festival of 'Vesak'? | of all traditions: The birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Gautama Buddha. As Buddhism spread from India it was assimilated into many foreign cultures, and consequently Vesak is celebrated in many different ways all over the world. In India, Vaishakh Purnima day is also known as Buddha Jayanti day and has been... | people also generate money by farming.
Demographics.
As of the 2011 census there were 1,375 families living in Bheeloora village.
Religion.
The village has around 12 major Hindu castes and also has a good number of Muslim families and celebrating their festivals joyously. All the festival celebrate all religion togethe... | 47,565 | triviaqa-train |
Barcelona in the principle city of which autonomous region of Spain? | important regional languages of Spain were spoken in some of the most industrialized areas, which, moreover, enjoyed higher levels of prosperity, in addition to having their own cultures and historical consciousness. These were the Basque Country and Catalonia. This gave rise to peripheral nationalisms along with Spani... | 1991 Barcelona City Council election
The 1991 Barcelona City Council election, also the 1991 Barcelona municipal election, was held on Sunday, 26 May 1991, to elect the 4th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 43 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with reg... | 47,566 | triviaqa-train |
Who preceded Gerald Ford as US President? | Additionally, Gerald Ford, who served out the last two years and five months of Nixon's second term, sought a full term but was defeated by Jimmy Carter in the 1976 election.
Tenure Impeachment.
of the Constitution allows for the removal of high federal officials, including the president, from office for "treason, bri... | Saturday Night!"" The remark was often preceded by a pratfall, known as "The Fall of the Week". Chase became known for his skill at physical comedy. In one comedy sketch, he mimicked a real-life incident in which President Gerald Ford accidentally tripped while disembarking from Air Force One in Salzburg, Austria. This... | 47,567 | triviaqa-train |
Zagreb is the capital of which country? | Zagreb
Zagreb (; ) is the capital and the largest city of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level.
The estimated population of the city in 2018 was 820 678. The populati... | la Cité itself, and streets near the Panthéon.
Marketing.
The film is co-produced by Allen's Gravier Productions and the Catalan company Mediapro and was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution. It is the fourth film the two companies have co-produced, the others being "Sweet and Lowdown", "Whatever Works"... | 47,568 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Richard Branson's private island in the British Virgin Islands? | other aid. More troops were expected to arrive a day or two later, but the ship
HMS Ocean, carrying more extensive assistance, was not expected to reach the islands for another two weeks, however.
Entrepreneur Richard Branson, a resident of Necker Island, called on the UK government to develop a massive disaster recove... | Island sparked a large fire at one of business magnate Richard Branson's resort homes, but all of its guest occupants—including British actress Kate Winslet—were able to exit the area. Irene crossed Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands as a strong tropical storm on August 21, though relatively calm winds associated with th... | 47,569 | triviaqa-train |
Which Monarch preceded Queen Victoria? | general election gave Wilson a small majority. The monarch could in theory unilaterally dismiss the prime minister, but in practice the prime minister's term nowadays comes to an end only by electoral defeat, death, or resignation. The last monarch to remove the prime minister was William IV, who dismissed Lord Melbour... | parliament to give priority to matters other than the monarch's speech (always written by the cabinet of the day).
Procedure in Commonwealth realms United Kingdom.
In the parliament of the United Kingdom, prorogation is immediately preceded by a speech to both legislative chambers, with procedures similar to the Throne... | 47,570 | triviaqa-train |
In what year did Prince Charles become the 'Prince of Wales? | the numerical superiority of English MPs in Parliament. Both the Free Wales Army and "Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru" (Welsh Defence Movement, abbreviated as MAC) were formed as a direct result of the Tryweryn destruction, conducting campaigns from 1963. In the years leading up to the investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales ... | for all the world to have heard or seen what took place". Expertly defended by Spencer Perceval, he was exonerated.
Biography "Pictorial chronicler of the Regency".
By the time the Prince of Wales was made regent in 1811, Lawrence was acknowledged as the foremost portrait painter in the country. Through one of his sitt... | 47,571 | triviaqa-train |
What is Hansens disease commonly known as? | Leprosy
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria "Mycobacterium leprae" or "Mycobacterium lepromatosis". Initially, a person who is infected does not have symptoms and typically remains this way for 5 to 20 years. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory trac... | destroyed. The Royal Navy suffered no casualties during the action.
The Sheikh of Rams and Al Dhaya (named on the treaty as the 'Sheikh of Zyah'), Hassan bin Ali, was a co-signatory of the General Maritime Treaty of 1820, which established peace followed the cessation of hostilities. That treaty between the British and... | 47,572 | triviaqa-train |
From which area of France does Camembert cheese come? | Camembert
Camembert (, , , ) is a moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow's milk cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century at Camembert, Normandy, in northern France. It is similar to Brie, which is native to the Brie region of France.
Production.
The first camembert was made from unpasteurized milk, and the ... | Camembert, Orne
Camembert () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
It is the place where camembert cheese originated.
Camembert has been called "The largest small village in France." This is because the area of the commune itself is out of proportion to the center of the village which consists of... | 47,573 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor used the word “Perfik” in The Darling Buds of May? | The Darling Buds of May (TV series)
The Darling Buds of May is an English comedy drama television series, produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network, first broadcast between 7 April 1991 and 4 April 1993. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name, and its sequels, by H. E. Bates.
Set in rural 195... | , American air force officer and Medal of Honor recipient, member of the Washington Senate (1988–1992), leukemia.
- Romeo Vasquez, 78, Filipino actor, stroke.
- Moray Watson, 88, British actor ("The Darling Buds of May", "The Quatermass Experiment", "Compact").
- Barry Wood, 74, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Au... | 47,574 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the second wife that Henry VIII divorced? | .
Marriage to Anne of Cleves.
Having considered the matter, Cromwell, now Earl of Essex, suggested Anne, the 25-year-old sister of the Duke of Cleves, who was seen as an important ally in case of a Roman Catholic attack on England, for the duke fell between Lutheranism and Catholicism. Hans Holbein the Younger was disp... | Anne Calthorpe, Countess of Sussex
Anne Calthorpe, Countess of Sussex (died between 22 August 1579 and 28 March 1582) was the second wife of Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex, who divorced her in 1555 on the grounds of her alleged bigamous marriage to Sir Edmund Knyvet, and her "unnatural and unkind" character.
She s... | 47,575 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first Suffragette martyr? | Emily Davison
Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a militant fighter for her cause, she was arrested on nine occasions, went on hunger stri... | Marjorie Hasler
Marjorie Hasler (c.1887 – 31 March 1913) was an Irish suffragette, deemed to be "the first Irish martyr for the [suffragette] cause".
Biography.
Marjorie Hasler was born around 1887 in Ireland, with nothing else known about her early life or family. She joined the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL) i... | 47,576 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is the Spanish Riding School? | Spanish Riding School
The Spanish Riding School () is an Austrian institution dedicated to the preservation of classical dressage and the training of Lipizzaner horses, based in Vienna, Austria, whose performances in the Hofburg are also a tourist attraction. The leading horses and riders of the school also periodicall... | in Wimsbach, until the breeding stock returned to Piber in 1952, and the stallions returned to the Spanish Riding School in 1955. In 2005, the Spanish Riding School celebrated the 60th anniversary of Patton's rescue by touring the United States.
During the Croatian War of Independence, from 1991 to 1995, the horses at ... | 47,577 | triviaqa-train |
Which part of the body is known as the thorax? | Thorax
The thorax or chest is a part of the anatomy of humans and various other animals located between the neck and the abdomen. The thorax includes the thoracic cavity and the thoracic wall. It contains organs including the heart, lungs, and thymus gland, as well as muscles and various other internal structures. Many... | Body worn video
Body worn video (BWV), also known as body cameras and body-worn cameras, or wearable cameras is a wearable audio, video, or photographic recording system.
Body worn video has a range of uses and designs, of which the best-known use is as a part of policing equipment. Other uses include action cameras fo... | 47,578 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the architect of the Albert Memorial? | Albert Memorial
The Albert Memorial, directly north of the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, London, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style, it takes the form of an ornate canopy or pavi... | Bournemouth War Memorial
Bournemouth War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1921, located in the central gardens in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. The memorial is guarded by two stone lions made by WA Hoare. It was designed by Bournemouth's deputy architect Albert Edward Shervey, who copied the two lions (on... | 47,579 | triviaqa-train |
Which Egyptian god of the dead and son of Osiris had the head of a Jackal? | Anubis
Anubis (; , Egyptian: "jnpw", Coptic: "Anoup") is the Greek name of the god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld, in ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a man with a canine head. Archeologists have identified Anubis's sacred animal as an ... | Sirius, the star whose heliacal rising was the basis for the Solar Egyptian calendar, Sah was closely linked with Sopdet, the goddess who personified Sirius. The god Sopdu is said to be the son of Sah and Sopdet. Sah is syncretized with Osiris, while Sopdet is syncretized with Osiris' mythological wife, Isis. In the Py... | 47,580 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did the dodo become extinct? | and "Red Hen" interchangeably for the red rail, mentioned that the meat was "hard", which echoes the description of the meat in the 1681 account. Even the 1662 account has been questioned by the writer Errol Fuller, as the reaction to distress cries matches what was described for the red rail. Until this explanation wa... | one of the best-known extinct animals and its singular appearance led to its use in literature and popular culture as a symbol of an outdated concept or object, as in the expression "dead as a dodo," which has come to mean unquestionably dead or obsolete. Similarly, the phrase "to go the way of the dodo" means to becom... | 47,581 | triviaqa-train |
The Cembalo or Clavicembalo is what type of musical instrument? | a resurgence, being used in historically informed performances of older music, in new compositions, and in certain styles of popular music.
Mechanism.
Harpsichords vary in size and shape, but all have the same basic mechanism. The player depresses a key that rocks over a pivot in the middle of its length. The other end... | accompanying melodic instrument—that was quite common by the late 18th century. They are all cast in three movements and show such a balanced distribution of musical material between the instruments, they can be virtually regarded as duets. Operatic passages and "cantabile" melodies link these pleasing specimens of lat... | 47,582 | triviaqa-train |
Which acid is found in the leaves of Rhubarb? | Triangle" between Wakefield, Leeds, and Morley.
Rhubarb damaged by severe cold should not be eaten, as it may be high in oxalic acid, which migrates from the leaves and can cause illness.
The colour of rhubarb stalks can vary from the commonly associated crimson red, through speckled light pink, to simply light green. ... | Rhein (molecule)
Rhein, also known as cassic acid, is a substance in the anthraquinone group obtained from rhubarb. Like all such substances, rhein is a cathartic. Rhein is commonly found as a glycoside such as rhein-8-glucoside or glucorhein. Rhein was first isolated in 1895. It is found in rhubarb species like "Rheum... | 47,583 | triviaqa-train |
What name was given to the poet musicians of 12th and 13th century in Provence and Southern France? | It is one of the largest collections of monophonic (solo) songs from the Middle Ages and is characterized by the mention of the Virgin Mary in every song, while every tenth song is a hymn. The manuscripts have survived in four codices: two at El Escorial, one at Madrid's National Library, and one in Florence, Italy. So... | ) 1140–1217
- Eleazar of Worms (Eleazar Rokeach) c. 1176–1238
Medieval emergence and development of Kabbalah (12th-15th centuries).
Provence circle (Southern France - Provence and Languedoc 12th-13th centuries):
- Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne (RAVaD II) c. 1110–1179
- Abraham ben David of Posquières (RABaD/RAVaD III) ... | 47,584 | triviaqa-train |
What was Elvis Presley's first British Top 10 hit? | who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of ... | Inc., Elvis Presley's publishing company.
The song was Presley's first Top 10 hit in the US in four years, peaking at number 3, and number 2 in Canada. It was his first UK Top 10 hit in three years, also peaking at No. 2. It hit No. 1 on Cashbox and No. 8 Easy Listening. It was a number-one hit in West Germany, Ireland... | 47,585 | triviaqa-train |
The remains of which British monarch were found in a council car park in Leicester in 2012? | (second wife of John of Gaunt) and of Mary de Bohun, first wife of Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV) and mother of King Henry V (she did not become queen because she died before Bolingbroke became king). John of Gaunt died at Leicester Castle in 1399. When his son became king, the Earldom of Leicester and the Duchy of Lanca... | of the king himself. The monarch, killed in 1485 at the Leicestershire battlefield of Bosworth Field, had been roughly interred in the Greyfriars, Leicester. His remains were exhumed from the Greyfriars site in 2012 and publicly identified in February 2013. Peter Soulsby, Mayor of Leicester, and David Monteith, the cat... | 47,586 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of Katherine Jenkins debut album, released in 2004? | , the most lucrative in the United Kingdom's classical recording history, reportedly worth £1 million.
Record success.
Six out of seven of Jenkins's studio albums reached number one in the UK classical charts between 2004 and 2008, selling a total of more than 4 million copies. After her first album, "Premiere", made h... | Second Nature (Katherine Jenkins album)
Second Nature is the second studio album by Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins, released on 18 October 2004, in the UK. It charted at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 1 on the UK Classical Album Chart.
The album was released as La Diva in 2005 in the US and Cana... | 47,587 | triviaqa-train |
What was the full maiden name of the mother of US President Barack Obama? | , D.C. A December 2018 Gallup poll found Obama to be the most admired man in America for an unprecedented 11th consecutive year, although Dwight D. Eisenhower was selected most admired in twelve non-consecutive years.
Early life and career.
Obama was born on August 4, 1961, at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Chi... | were asked one question, "What would you tell US president-elect Barack Obama about the state of the global environment if ever you were to meet him?" She answered, "Environmental knowledge is something that all of us must share, but most importantly we must teach the youth that this is something that we should instill... | 47,588 | triviaqa-train |
In which US state was the Battle of the Little Bighorn fought? | , along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull (... | Little Shield
Little Shield (Cheyenne language: A-che-kan-koo-eni) was a chieftain of the Northern Cheyenne from 1865–1879. He is known for creating a collection of ledger drawings accounting the Indian wars along the North Platte river. Little Shield also fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn, leading the Dog Soldier... | 47,589 | triviaqa-train |
Which African country brews Bati beer? | In Africa, there are various ethnic beers made from sorghum or millet, such as Oshikundu in Namibia and Tella in Ethiopia. Kyrgyzstan also has a beer made from millet; it is a low alcohol, somewhat porridge-like drink called "Bozo". Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and Sikkim also use millet in Chhaang, a popular semi-fermented ri... | main ingredients for the majority of the brews that will be produced include banana and sorghum which are popular ingredients to use within African brews. Josephine hopes that the implementation of Rwanda's first microbrewery will be a positive step for the country as a whole since Rwanda enjoys the consumption of beer... | 47,590 | triviaqa-train |
Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th and first African American President of the United States in what year? | First inauguration of Barack Obama
The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Barack Obama as Pre... | Barack Obama's farewell address
Barack Obama's farewell address was the of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, delivered on January 10, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. EST. The farewell address was broadcast on various television and radio stations and livestreamed online by the White House. An estimated 24 mill... | 47,591 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the British Prime Minister at the beginning of the year 2000? | of either the Commons or Lords, and either inherited a majority in the Commons or won more seats than the opposition in a general election.
Since 1722, most prime ministers have been members of the Commons; since 1902, all have had a seat there. Like other members, they are elected initially to represent only a constit... | in the first round, followed by Mário Soares in the second.
Five years later, Silva officially joined the Socialist Party. He was first elected to the Assembly of the Republic in the 1995 elections, where he has served continually ever since.
Silva has served in a number of ministerial roles, beginning in 2000 when he ... | 47,592 | triviaqa-train |
What year were the Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China? | Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Inefficient state-owned enterprises (SOEs) were restructured and unprofitable ones were closed outright, resulting in massive job losses. Modern-day China is mainly characterized as having a market economy based on private property ownership, and is one of the leading examples of state ca... | be held in Beijing, China, in 1970, but later Beijing dropped the plans to host the Games, which were then awarded to Pyongyang, North Korea. But the Games never occurred and the GANEFO organisation collapsed.
See also.
- CONEFO
- Athletics at the 1963 GANEFO
- Athletics at the 1966 GANEFO
- 1976 Summer Olympics (also ... | 47,593 | triviaqa-train |
In February of what year did an 8.8 earthquake strike Chile? | Bolivia. In the 1960s and 1970s, the country experienced severe left-right political polarization and turmoil. This development culminated with the 1973 Chilean coup d'état that overthrew Salvador Allende's democratically elected left-wing government and instituted a 16-year-long right-wing military dictatorship that l... | children as well, and captured nearly 300 Yuki Indians to be relocated to reservations. (See Mendocino War)
Repercussions California Legislature Joint Special Committee.
In 1860, a Joint Special Committee of the California Legislature was formed to investigate the “Mendocino Indian War” and complaints of Indian harassm... | 47,594 | triviaqa-train |
Romania and which other country joined the EU on the 1st January 2007? | 2007 enlargement of the European Union
The 2007 enlargement of the European Union saw Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2007. Together with the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, it is considered part of the fifth wave of enlargement of the European Union.
Negotiations.
Romania was the... | they serve a function for allocating European Union PHARE funds for regional development, as well as for collection of regional statistics. They also co-ordinate a range of regional development projects and became members of the Committee of the Regions when Romania joined the EU on January 1, 2007.
List.
There are 8 d... | 47,595 | triviaqa-train |
What year did Dennis Tito become the first space tourist, paying $19 million to board the International Space Station? | December 1990, Toyohiro Akiyama became the first paying space traveler as a reporter for Tokyo Broadcasting System, a visit to Mir as part of an estimated $12 million (USD) deal with a Japanese TV station, although at the time, the term used to refer to Akiyama was "Research Cosmonaut". Akiyama suffered severe space si... | Talgat Musabayev
Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev (; born 7 January 1951) is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights. His first two spaceflights were long-duration stays aboard the Russian space station "Mir". His third spaceflight was a short duration visiting mission to the International ... | 47,596 | triviaqa-train |
To which country do the 'Faero Islands' belong? | At the end of World War II, some of the population favoured independence from Denmark, and on 14 September 1946, an independence referendum was held on the question of secession. It was a consultative referendum; the parliament was not bound to follow the people's vote. This was the first time that the Faroese people h... | all the main characters in the show used to live in times gone by.
Controversy.
There was uproar in China after a Vietnamese website managed to acquire episodes not yet shown in China and asked visitors to the website to answer questions confirming their Vietnamese identity before the website loads. “This service is fo... | 47,597 | triviaqa-train |
Gout is caused by a build-up of which acid around the joints? | colchicine. Long term medications are not recommended until a person has had two attacks of gout, unless destructive joint changes, tophi, or urate nephropathy exist. It is not until this point that medications are cost-effective. They are not usually started until one to two weeks after an acute flare has resolved, du... | the captain. The box and the rotation order are generally determined by the roll of dice.
The game is played on a single backgammon board according to standard rules. The captain makes the final decision on all checker plays for the team, although help from team-mates can be requested in some situations. Usually, all m... | 47,598 | triviaqa-train |
Marie Antoinette was born in which country? | Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
Marie Antoinette is a 2006 historical drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Kirsten Dunst. It is based on the life of Queen Marie Antoinette in the years leading up to the French Revolution. It won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. It was released in the Uni... | Marie Antoinette Marcotte
Marie Antoinette Marcotte (31 May 1867 – 1929) was a French painter who lived and worked mainly in Belgium. She is known for her paintings of gardens and flowers, portraits and genre scenes that show her interest in the living conditions of disadvantaged social classes.
Life.
Marie Antoinette ... | 47,599 | triviaqa-train |
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