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What does a 'Galanthophile' collect? | Galanthophile
A galanthophile is an enthusiastic collector and identifier of snowdrop ("Galanthus") species and cultivars.
Term.
The term galanthophile was probably invented by the noted British plantsman and garden writer E. A. Bowles (1865–1954) in a letter to his friend Oliver Wyatt, another keen collector of bulbs,... | the FBI with an ability to collect transmissions which comply with pen register court orders, trap & trace court orders, Title III interception orders, etc...
...It is important to distinguish now what is meant by "sniffing." The problem of discriminating between users' messages on the Internet is a complex one. Howeve... | 48,700 | triviaqa-train |
Gene Hackman won the Best Actor 'Oscar' for his role as 'Popeye Doyle' in which film? | Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Hackman was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning Best Actor in "The French Connection" and Best Supporting Actor in "Unforgiven". He won four Golden Globes, one SAG A... | heroin smuggler Alain Charnier. The film stars Gene Hackman as Popeye, Roy Scheider as Cloudy, and Fernando Rey as Charnier. Tony Lo Bianco and Marcel Bozzuffi also star. The Three Degrees feature in a nightclub scene.
It was the first R-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture since the introduction of the... | 48,701 | triviaqa-train |
Tillakaratne Dilshan scored the most runs (500) in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. What nationality is he? | 2011 Cricket World Cup
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and (for the first time) Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World C... | and pundits thereby earning the recognition of being known as one of the most aggressive batsmen of all time. Apart from his Dilscoop, Dilshan is a prolific player of width possessing the ability to hit nearly any delivery pitched outside the off-stump for runs, and has perfected a lethal cover drive against pace bowle... | 48,702 | triviaqa-train |
'Steerpike', 'Doctor Alfred Prunesquallor' and 'Fuschia Groan' are characters created by which author? | Steerpike
Steerpike is a fictional character in Mervyn Peake's novels "Titus Groan" and "Gormenghast".
Character.
Steerpike might be called the antagonist of the Gormenghast trilogy, but in truth he is more of an anti-hero; the first book for example is largely focused on him, only covering the first year of the eponym... | 's library is entirely masterminded by Steerpike, the ruthlessly Machiavellian scullion, to further his personal interests, although he pretends that he is doing it in order to advance Sepulchrave's idiot sisters, Cora and Clarice, who are monomaniacs obsessed with power. Steerpike engineers a daring rescue from the fl... | 48,703 | triviaqa-train |
The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega. Which other letter, the 15th, also begins with the letter 'O'? | of the 22 letters of Phoenician. Five were reassigned to denote vowel sounds: the glide consonants ("yodh") and ("waw") were used for [i] (Ι, "iota") and [u] (Υ, "upsilon") respectively; the glottal stop consonant ("aleph") was used for [a] (Α, "alpha"); the pharyngeal ("ʿayin") was turned into [o] (Ο, "omicron"); and | Omega (Cyrillic)
Omega (Ѡ ѡ or Ѡ ѡ; italics: "Ѡ ѡ" or "Ѡ ѡ") is a letter used in the early Cyrillic alphabet. Its name and form are derived from the Greek letter Omega (Ω ω).
In some forms it may be confused with the letter We.
Unlike Greek, the Slavic languages had only a single /o/ sound, so Omega was little used com... | 48,704 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1935 film of a Tolstoy tragedy starred Greta Garbo? | Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina () is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many authors consider "Anna Karenina" the greatest work of literature ever written, and Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in... | week and dining with Hollywood stars such as Carole Lombard. Stewart soon followed him to Hollywood, and they roomed together again, in lodgings next door to Greta Garbo. In 1935 Fonda starred in the RKO film "I Dream Too Much" with the opera star Lily Pons. "The New York Times" announced him as "Henry Fonda, the most ... | 48,705 | triviaqa-train |
The largest capacity stadium in the NFL is the FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Which team play there? | (MD 202), Martin Luther King Junior Highway (MD 704), Veterans Parkway (MD 410), Columbia Park Road, Cabin Branch Drive, Ardwick Ardmore Road, Brightseat Road, Redskins Road, Fedex Way, Hill Oaks Road, Nalley Road, Village Green Drive, Belle Haven Drive, Garrett Adams A. Morgan Boulevard, Sheriff Road, Hill Road, Centr... | Navy off the schedule, specifically calling a potential loss of the Navy game "a deal-breaker."
The series is a "home and home" series with the schools alternating the home team. Due to the relatively small size of the football stadium in Annapolis, the two teams have never met there. Instead, Navy usually hosts the ga... | 48,706 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the UK Postmaster General from 1964 to 1966 and the Minister of State for Technology from 1966 to 1970? | Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014) was a British politician, writer, and diarist. He was a Member of Parliament for 47 years between the 1950 and 2001 general elections and a Cabinet minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1960s and 1970s. Original... | an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Aberdeen North in July 1945, and was elected for Aberdeen South in 1946, holding the seat until 1966.
She was a delegate to the Council of Europe from 1950–1953, a UK Delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations, 1960–1961; Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Sta... | 48,707 | triviaqa-train |
In which North Wales town is the longest pier in Wales? | North Wales
North Wales () is an unofficial region of Wales. Retail, transport and educational infrastructure are centred on Wrexham (the largest town), Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Bangor. It is bordered to the rest of Wales with the counties of Ceredigion and Powys, and to the east by the English counties of Shrop... | Garth Pier
Garth Pier is a Grade II listed structure in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales. At in length, it is the second-longest pier in Wales, and the ninth longest in the British Isles.
Construction.
Designed by J.J. Webster of Westminster, London, the pier has cast iron columns, with the rest of the metal structure made... | 48,708 | triviaqa-train |
How many 'Red Balloons' did Nena sing about in 1983? | Nena
Nena (; born Gabriele Susanne Kerner, 24 March 1960) is a German singer-songwriter, actress, and comedian who rose to international fame in 1983 with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". In the same year she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with wh... | World War 2 Copenhagen. In 2001 Madsen received a dozen international awards, including the National Bodil award and the Roberts award for his film "Kira's Reason".
His 2011 film "SuperClásico" was shortlisted as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
Filmography.
- "Sinan's Wed... | 48,709 | triviaqa-train |
"""On a tree by a river a little tom-tit sang 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"" is the opening of a song from which work by Gilbert and Sullivan?" | provide a libretto without any supernatural elements.
The story focuses on a "cheap tailor," Ko-Ko, who is promoted to the position of Lord High Executioner of the town of Titipu. Ko-Ko loves his ward, Yum-Yum, but she loves a musician, who is really the son of the emperor of Japan (the Mikado), and who is in disguise ... | Lost in Translation," and "The Animaniacs Vol. 1" episode "Hello Nice Warners". The Capitol Steps performed a parody titled "Three Little Kurds from School Are We". On the "Dinah Shore Show", Shore sang the song with Joan Sutherland and Ella Fitzgerald in 1963.
References to "Tit-Willow" ("On a tree by a river") have i... | 48,710 | triviaqa-train |
Which African political leader's middle name is Rolihlahla? | House", the descendants of his cadet branch of the royal family were morganatic, ineligible to inherit the throne but recognised as hereditary royal councillors.
Nelson Mandela's father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela (1880–1928), was a local chief and councillor to the monarch; he was appointed to the position in 19... | Al-Jadida (album)
Al-Jadida is an album by the Lebanese oud player and composer Rabih Abou-Khalil , fusing traditional Arab music with jazz, which was recorded in 1990 and released on the Enja label the following year.
Reception.
The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn stated "Rabih Abou-Khalil, among the rare Arabic musicians... | 48,711 | triviaqa-train |
Prince George of Denmark was the husband of which queen, fathering 17 children who all died before him? | to repeal the Alien Act, and new commissioners were appointed by Queen Anne in early 1706 to negotiate the terms of a union. The articles of union approved by the commissioners were presented to Anne on 23 July 1706 and ratified by the Scottish and English Parliaments on 16 January and 6 March 1707, respectively. Under... | to carry her rank but, not least, a woman who loved and who lived"".
With the death of the grand Duchess, her children were reunited for the first time since 1914. Her natural son, Alexis Louis de Wenden, remained in France. She was buried beside her husband in Ludwigslust. Among her direct descendants are Queen Margr... | 48,712 | triviaqa-train |
Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's North West Territories, lies on the shore of which lake? | Yellowknife
Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital and only city, as well as the largest community, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.
Yellowknife and its ... | Lake, on the Laurentian Divide in Alberta.
- Spotted Lake, Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada.
- Frame Lake in Yellowknife, capital of Canada's Northwest Territories.
- New Mexico has a number of desert endorheic basins including:
- The Tularosa Basin, a rift valley.
- Zuni Salt Lake, a maar.
- The Mimbres River Basin, ... | 48,713 | triviaqa-train |
Mark E. Smith is a member of which band? | Mark E. Smith
Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer and songwriter, who was the lead singer, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group the Fall. Smith led the band from 1976 until his death, having formed the band after attending the June 1976 Sex Pistols gig at the Les... | leader Mark E. Smith, the band included his wife, Elena Poulou who sang lead on one track. The remainder of the band was quickly recruited from the West Coast of the US, as the previous line-up had been fired during an earlier tour. Guitarist Pete Greenway had spent time as a roadie and dep with the band before being p... | 48,714 | triviaqa-train |
His father, a former MEP, founded his own political party and stood as an MP. His mother has a London nightclub named after her. Who is the Conservative MP for Richmond Park, first elected at the 2010 General Election? | Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)
Richmond Park is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 2017 by Zac Goldsmith, of the Conservative Party.
The seat has been relative to others an ultra-marginal seat and swing seat since 2015 as its winner's majority has no... | Ann Cryer
Constance Ann Cryer JP ("née" Place; born 14 December 1939) is a British former politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Keighley from the 1997 general election up until she stood down at the 2010 general election.
Early life.
Born Constance Ann Place in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, s... | 48,715 | triviaqa-train |
Katherine Hepburn won an 'Oscar' for her portrayal of Henry II's wife, Eleanor, in which 1968 film? | such as in "The African Queen" (1951), a persona the public embraced. Three more Oscars came for her work in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968), and "On Golden Pond" (1981). In the 1970s, she began appearing in television films, which became the focus of her career in later life. She rem... | 14 Oscars, beating the previous record of "Gone with the Wind" (13).
Newcomer Judy Holliday won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of showgirl mistress "Billie Dawn" in the film version of the play "Born Yesterday", a role which she had originated on Broadway. Other Best Actress nominees for that year were Be... | 48,716 | triviaqa-train |
Indian Virender Sehwag with 175 made the highest score in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Which English player with 158 made the second highest score? | of-the-match award despite Sachin Tendulkar scoring an unbeaten century later in the same innings and Andrew Strauss scoring a century in each of England's innings. The knock was nominated to be one of the Test Batting Performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo. For his performances in 2008, he was named in the World Test... | score the highest runs in a World Cup: Sourav Ganguly 183 runs vs Sri Lanka in 1999 World Cup Cricket.
- Cricketer to score a double century in a test match: Polly Umrigar, 223 against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1955–56
- Cricketer to score a triple century in a test match: Virender Sehwag, 309 against Pakistan in Mul... | 48,717 | triviaqa-train |
Who played 'Aunt Sally', to Jon Pertwee's 'Worzel Gummidge'? | stories were read on "Jackanory" by Gordon Rollings. "Worzel Gummidge Again" was read in November 1974 (with one story tying in with Guy Fawkes Night) by Geoffrey Bayldon, later to appear in the 1979-81 TV series.
Adaptations 1979-81 television series.
Southern Television's production for ITV was written by Keith Water... | Till Death Us Do Part", took her place.
Stubbs featured in the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Anniversary" in 1979. From 1979 to 1981, she played Aunt Sally in the ITV children's series "Worzel Gummidge" opposite Jon Pertwee and Barbara Windsor and was for several years a team captain in the weekly game show "Give Us a C... | 48,718 | triviaqa-train |
Whose Symphony #45 is called 'The Farewell'? | Symphony No. 45 (Haydn)
Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 45 in F minor, known as the "Farewell" Symphony (; modern orthography: ), is a symphony dated 1772 on the autograph score. A typical performance of the symphony lasts around twenty-five minutes.
History.
The tale of how the symphony was composed was told by Haydn in o... | the musical development actually preceded the literary one by a few years. The musical language of this period is similar to what went before, but it is deployed in work that is more intensely expressive, especially in the works in minor keys. James Webster describes the works of this period as "longer, more passionate... | 48,719 | triviaqa-train |
The headquarters building of which government agency is known as 'The Doughnut' due to its shape? | The Doughnut
"The Doughnut" is the nickname given to the headquarters of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British cryptography and intelligence agency. It is located on a site in Benhall, in the suburbs of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in South West England. The Doughnut houses 5,500 employees; GCHQ ... | potential improvements to the navigation of sea locks, provide recreational facilities and develop an area of land for a power station.
History Construction of the banks.
As part of the test, the approval to build an artificial island off the Lincolnshire coast was given in November 1974. Building work began in Februar... | 48,720 | triviaqa-train |
Burgess, Philby, Maclean...... . Who was known as the 'Fourth Man'? | Kim Philby
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988) was a high-ranking member of British intelligence who worked as a double agent before defecting to the Soviet Union in 1963. He served as both an NKVD and KGB operative.
In 1963, Philby was revealed to be a member of the spy ring now known as ... | including Harry Wharton who would become Big Brother, Bob Kim Cherry (named after Kim Philby) who would be also known as Harry Lime and subsequently M or Mother, Francis Alexander Waverly (possibly formerly known as Frank Nugent) and Sir John Night (possibly formerly known as John Bull).
- "The Fourth Protocol", a nove... | 48,721 | triviaqa-train |
Which South American country which has had currencies the Cruzeiro and the Cruzado, now uses the Real? | Sterling, while the remainder has varying values. In general, the three-letter code uses the ISO 3166-1 country code for the first two letters and the first letter of the name of the currency (D for dollar, for instance) as the third letter. United States currency, for instance, is globally referred to as USD.
The Inte... | . Two new state elementary, middle/high schools were also built and the São Paulo Central Electric Co. built the Xavantes dam or "usina" in the Paranapema river, which would send power to states as far as Mato Grosso.
In the 1980s and 1990s with the Cruzeiro and Cruzado currencies devaluation, the Chavantes's industri... | 48,722 | triviaqa-train |
In which Lancashire town is Happy Mount Park? | Although some historians consider this to mean south Lancashire was then part of Cheshire, it is by no means certain. It is also claimed that the territory to the north formed part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It bordered on Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire.
The county was divided into hundreds, Amo... | Final during the 1977–78 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 29 October 1977, and the 15-13 defeat by Widnes in the 1978 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1978–79 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 7 October 1978.
Playing career Club career.
Eddie Bowman made his début for Whitehaven again... | 48,723 | triviaqa-train |
How many matches are there in the 5th Round of the FA Cup? | in case anything happened to the primary trophy.
Trophy Current design 2014 replica.
The 2014 replica was made by Thomas Lyte, handcrafted in sterling 925 silver over 250 hours. A weight increase to increase durability has taken it to .
Medals.
Each club in the final receives 40 winners or runners-up medals to be distr... | 2010 Selangor FA season
Since its inception in 2004, the 2010 Selangor FA Season is Selangor FA's 5th season playing soccer in the Malaysia Super League.
Selangor FA began their season on January 10, 2010. They will also compete in two domestic cups; The FA Cup Malaysia and Malaysia Cup.
Malaysia Super League.
Malaysi... | 48,724 | triviaqa-train |
Which comedian created the character 'Cosmo Smallpiece'? | Les Dawson
Leslie Dawson Jr. (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was an English comedian, actor, writer, and presenter, who is best remembered for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.
Early life.
Les Dawson was born in Collyhurst, Manchester, on 2 February 1931, to Leslie Daw... | fitness expert.
According to an interview with executive producer David Hoberman, ABC first conceived the series "Monk" as a procedural police comedy with an Inspector Clouseau-like character suffering from obsessive–compulsive disorder. Hoberman said that ABC wanted Richards to play Adrian Monk, but he turned it down.... | 48,725 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1932 novel has characters 'Flora Poste', 'Seth Starkadder' and 'Adam Lambsbreath'? | Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb.
Plot summary.
Following the death of her parents, the book's heroine, Flora Poste, finds ... | Joanna Lumley as Mrs. Mary Smiling
- Ian McKellen as Amos Starkadder
- Rufus Sewell as Seth Starkadder
- Eileen Atkins as Judith Starkadder
- Sheila Burrell as Ada Doom
- Stephen Fry as Mybug
- Freddie Jones as Adam Lambsbreath
- Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Beetle
- Ivan Kaye as Reuben Starkadder
- Jeremy Peters as Urk
- ... | 48,726 | triviaqa-train |
Which US space project came between 'Mercury' and 'Apollo'? | Moon by the end of this decade and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third US human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by the two-person Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo.
Kennedy's goal was accomplished on the... | .
In September 1962, by which time two Project Mercury astronauts had orbited the Earth, Gilruth had moved his organization to rented space in Houston, and construction of the MSC facility was under way, Kennedy visited Rice to reiterate his challenge in a famous speech:
The MSC was completed in September 1963. It was ... | 48,727 | triviaqa-train |
Which king was married to Mary of Teck? | always been my dream to identify myself with the great idea of Empire." He appeared hard-working and became widely admired by the people of Britain and the Empire, as well as "the Establishment". In the words of historian David Cannadine, King George V and Queen Mary were an "inseparably devoted couple" who upheld "cha... | when he proposed to her. She married Ferdinand, the future King of Romania, in 1893.
In November 1891, George's elder brother, Albert Victor, became engaged to his second cousin once removed, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, known as "May" within the family. May's father, Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, belonged to a morg... | 48,728 | triviaqa-train |
Which Prime Minister was MP for two Birmingham constituencies - Ladywood from 1918 to 1929, then Edgebaston from 1929 to 1940? | Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British Conservative Party statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreem... | , when he was defeated by just 11 votes. He was Private Secretary to Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary of State for Air), 1926–1929, then to Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister, 1929, subsequently as Leader of the Opposition), 1929-1931.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Ladywood in 1931 with a 14,000 ma... | 48,729 | triviaqa-train |
On the sleeve of the 'Beatles' album 'Abbey Road', who has a cigarette in his right hand? | McCartney suggested to music producer George Martin that the group get together and make an album "the way we used to do it", free of the conflict that had begun during sessions for "The Beatles" (also known as the "White Album"). Martin agreed, but on the strict condition that all the group – particularly John Lennon ... | then discussed the rumour on air for the next hour, during which Gibb offered further potential clues. Two days later, "The Michigan Daily" published a satirical review of "Abbey Road" by University of Michigan student Fred LaBour, who had listened to the exchange on Gibb's show, under the headline "McCartney Dead; New... | 48,730 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the most easterly of these Libyan cities: Benghazi, Misrata, Sirte, Tobruk, Tripoli? | their control of central Tripoli. The Council of Deputies parliament set up operations on a Greek car ferry in Tobruk. A rival New General National Congress parliament continued to operate in Tripoli.
Law and government.
Tripoli and its surrounding suburbs all lie within the Tripoli sha'biyah (district). In accordance ... | Libyan government to be opposed to the rule of the country's leader, Muammar Gaddafi. Persons arrested by the ISA "were subjected to various forms of mistreatment, including severe beatings, electrocution, acts of sexual violence and rape, solitary confinement, deprivation of food and water, inhumane conditions of dete... | 48,731 | triviaqa-train |
Which England spin bowler won 'Beard of the Year' in 2006? | a result, the team underwent an enforced period of transition. A 2–0 defeat in Pakistan was followed by two drawn away series with India and Sri Lanka.
In the home Test series victory against Pakistan in July and August 2006, several promising new players emerged. Most notable were the left-arm orthodox spin bowler Mon... | Lanka in March, struggling batsman Eoin Morgan was dropped and Patel was selected in the Test squad for the first time. Patel played in both Tests against Sri Lanka, batting at number 7 England lost the first Test by 75 runs, with Patel taking 2–27 in Sri Lanka's first innings, although he did not pick up a wicket in t... | 48,732 | triviaqa-train |
In the 2009 film 'The Gruffalo', who voiced the 'Gruffalo'? | The Gruffalo (film)
The Gruffalo is a 2009 British-German short computer animated TV film based on the picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, the film was produced by Michael Rose and Martin Pope of Magic Light Pictures, London, in association wi... | The Gruffalo River Ride Adventure
The Gruffalo River Ride Adventure is a dark water ride that opened in March 2017 at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Greater London, England, developed by Merlin Entertainments. It takes riders through scenes based on The Gruffalo franchise. The scenes consist largely of digit... | 48,733 | triviaqa-train |
To which former model is singer Jamie Cullum married? | chain's Dean Street Jazz Club. 7,500 acts entered the competition and the final, which was held at the Addison's Rooms in Kensington on 23 November, was judged by Cullum, Michael Parkinson, M People's Heather Small and other music critics. The winning act was Offbeat South, an urban group of 18- to 21-year-olds from Cr... | to become a crossover pop release featuring popular session soprano Sally Bradshaw, acclaimed jazz singer Trudy Kerr, songwriter (and one-half of ambient duo, My Friend Rachel), Katherine Hieronymus. Also featured are the model, musician and former Miss England 2006/7, Eleanor Glynn and Jamie Cullum sideman, jazz bassi... | 48,734 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Numbat' is a small mammal native to which country? | were very small at birth and therefore pregnancy was short, as in modern marsupials. This suggests that the placenta was a later development.
One of the earliest known monotremes was "Teinolophos", which lived about 120 million years ago in Australia. Monotremes have some features which may be inherited from the origin... | % guaranteed. Additionally, the environment in which the encounter takes place can be a major factor in the outcome. For the first few rounds, each fight takes place in the environment of the higher seeded animal. After the Sweet Sixteen, it is chosen at random and announced immediately prior to the encounter.
Combinin... | 48,735 | triviaqa-train |
A character from which Roald Dahl work appeared on a 1st. class issued in January? | , and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic mood, featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters. His books champion the kindhearted, and feature an underlying warm sentiment. Dahl's works for children include "James and the Giant Peach", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factor... | My Uncle Oswald
My Uncle Oswald is an adult novel written by Roald Dahl.
The novel stars Uncle Oswald, a character who previously appeared in "The Visitor" and "Bitch", two short stories also written by Roald Dahl (and which can be both found in the book "Switch Bitch"). Dahl's novel was published in 1979.
Plot summary... | 48,736 | triviaqa-train |
Who played 'Tim the Enchanter' in the film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'? | Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film concerning the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was conceiv... | Batstone kept them unchanged, which resulted in him referring to himself as "Tim" in Don Juan, a lyric that also references a line spoken by Tim the Enchanter from the film, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".
The final track, Desperate, is a duet between Batstone and guitarist Brian Klemm. On the re-recorded version of... | 48,737 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the 'Muse of Tragedy'? | Melpomene
Melpomene (; ), initially the Muse of Chorus, she then became the Muse of Tragedy, for which she is best known now. Her name was derived from the Greek verb melpô or melpomai meaning "to celebrate with dance and song." She is often represented with a tragic mask and wearing the cothurnus, boots traditionally ... | Richard Branson?
- Who Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
- Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?
- Who Is Steven Spielberg?
- Who Is Stevie Wonder?
- Who Is Temple Grandin?
- Who Is Wayne Gretzky?
- Who Was Abigail Adams?
- Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
- Who Was Albert Einstein?
- Who Was Alexander Graham Bell?
- Who Was Alexander Hamilton?
- Who... | 48,738 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the plays 'Relatively Speaking' and 'Absent Person Singular'? | Relatively Speaking (Ayckbourn play)
Relatively Speaking is a play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, originally titled "Meet My Father", his first major success.
Setting.
The action of the play takes place during a summer weekend in the bed-sitting room of Ginny's London flat and on the garden patio of Sheila and P... | widespread in many situations that normally call for semantically singular "vous". While some schools are trying to re-introduce this use of "vous", which is absent from most youths' speech, the shift from "nous" to "on" goes relatively unnoticed.
- The traditional use of "on", in turn, is usually replaced by different... | 48,739 | triviaqa-train |
An image of which building designed by Sir Basil Spence appeared on a stamp issued in February? | Basil Spence
Sir Basil Urwin Spence, OM, OBE, RA (13 August 1907 – 19 November 1976) was a Scottish architect, most notably associated with Coventry Cathedral in England and the Beehive in New Zealand, but also responsible for numerous other buildings in the Modernist/Brutalist style.
Training.
Spence was born in Bomba... | original building demolished in the 1960s to make way for a concrete and steel structure designed by Sir Basil Spence situated on the corner of John Dobson Street and New Bridge Street West, which opened in 1968. The neighbouring Laing Art Gallery had originally been built as an extension of the old Victorian library a... | 48,740 | triviaqa-train |
Which is Israel's southernmost city, located on the Red Sea? | the Hulah Valley and the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the surface of the Earth. Further south is the Arabah, ending with the Gulf of Eilat, part of the Red Sea. Unique to Israel and the Sinai Peninsula are makhteshim, or erosion cirques. The largest makhtesh in the world is Ramon Crater in the Ne... | located at the entrance of the Straits of Tiran, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It has an area of about . It is part of the Ras Muhammad National Park. The Straits of Tiran is Israel's only access from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Red Sea, and Egypt's blockade of the Straits of Tiran on 22 May 1967 was th... | 48,741 | triviaqa-train |
Michael Watson won the Helen Rollason Award in 2003 for completing the London Marathon, despite being told that he would never walk again following an injury in which sport? | club, where he proved to be a quick learner, winning an under-71 kg London Schools title in 1980.
He had an impressive 20-2 record at the Crown and Manor Club. He transferred to the Colvestone Boxing Club where he trained and sparred for over a year with Kirkland Laing, Dennis Andries, and Darren Dyer. He entered the 1... | and was told he would never walk again. Following surgery and recuperation, his injury improved to T12/L1 motor-incomplete.
Physical challenges to raise funds.
Following his recuperation, Packer has embarked on numerous publicised physical challenges, both to raise money, and to help himself recuperate psychologically ... | 48,742 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Betty Boothroyd as Speaker of the House of Commons, in 2000? | Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, (3 July 1945 – 29 April 2018) was a British Labour politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005, and then for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was elected as Speaker of the House of ... | was a member of the Modernisation Select Committee and of the House of Commons Commission from 1998 to 2000.
Young resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in September 2000 in order to stand for election as Speaker of the House of Commons. Fourteen MPs put their names forward to succeed the retiring Betty Boothroyd, and many ... | 48,743 | triviaqa-train |
In which novel by Thackeray does the character 'Blanche Amory' appear? | Pendennis
The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy (1848–50) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. It is set in 19th-century England, particularly in London. The main hero is a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis, who is born in the country ... | The Bourne Legacy", the actual screenplay bears little resemblance to the novel. Unlike the novel, which features Jason Bourne as the principal character, the film centers on black ops agent Aaron Cross (played by Jeremy Renner), an original character. In addition to Renner, the film stars Rachel Weisz and Edward Norto... | 48,744 | triviaqa-train |
In the Bible, who was the wife of Uriah? | Uriah the Hittite
Uriah the Hittite ( – "ʾŪriyyāh haḥittī") was a soldier in King David’s army mentioned in the biblical Second Book of Samuel. He was the husband of Bathsheba and was sent to the front lines of battle by order of King David. Uriah's wife had become pregnant by King David in Uriah's absence. Although th... | Uriah
Uriah or Uriyah () "flame of God" was the name of several men in the Hebrew Bible. It may refer to:
People.
People In the Bible.
- Uriah the Hittite, a soldier in King David's army in the Books of Samuel
- Uriah, a priest under Ahaz in the Books of Kings
- Uriah (prophet), a prophet murdered by Jehoiakim in the B... | 48,745 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the winner of the 1999 Australian Formula One Grand Prix? | very fast but not yet reliable, a trait shared by a number of Adrian Newey designed cars. Michael Schumacher also had problems during this eventful race, which gave his Ferrari teammate Eddie Irvine the opportunity to take his first Grand Prix victory. He made no mistakes and beat Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ralf Schumac... | team. Former Formula One driver and future six time Bathurst 1000 winner Larry Perkins was the final series winner in 1979 in an Elfin MR8-Chevrolet driving for Ansett Team Elfin.
Some notable drivers who competed in the Rothmans International Series included future (1980) Formula One World Champion Alan Jones, former ... | 48,746 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist painted a portrait of Sir Winston Churchill that was later destroyed by Lady Churchill? | in financial difficulties, and in early 1977 she sent five paintings by her late husband to auction. Only after her death was it discovered she had destroyed the famous Graham Sutherland portrait of her husband because Winston had not liked it.
Lady Spencer-Churchill died at her London home, at 7 Princes Gate, Knightsb... | which clearly depicted him as cunning and reptilian, as both an 'outrage' and a 'masterpiece'. Sutherland's Portrait of Winston Churchill (1954) greatly upset the sitter, who initially refused to accept its presentation. It was subsequently destroyed on the orders of Churchill's wife, Lady Churchill. However, some of S... | 48,747 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Richard Nixon in 1974 as US President? | statement of contrition, but Nixon felt he had not committed any crimes and should not have to issue such a document. Ford eventually agreed, and on September 8, 1974, he granted Nixon a "full, free, and absolute pardon", which ended any possibility of an indictment. Nixon then released a statement:
In October 1974, Ni... | District of New Jersey in 1969, serving as Assistant U.S. Attorney and then as First Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1971 to 1974.
After being nominated by President Richard Nixon, he was sworn in as U.S. Attorney in 1974, succeeding Herbert J. Stern, who had been appointed to serve as a federal judge on the District Cour... | 48,748 | triviaqa-train |
Which river was known to the Romans as 'Rhenus'? | its major tributary, the Aare. The Aare more than doubles the Rhine's water discharge, to an average of nearly , and provides more than a fifth of the discharge at the Dutch border. The Aare also contains the waters from the summit of Finsteraarhorn, the highest point of the Rhine basin. The Rhine roughly forms the Ger... | Augustus comprising both proper Celtic tribes and primeval Aquitani remained unaltered until Diocletian's new administrative reorganization (see below).
The Arverni often warred against the Romans with as many as two to four hundred thousand men. Two hundred thousand fought against Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus and... | 48,749 | triviaqa-train |
The Council For Mutual Economic Assistance is known by what acronym? | agreements were much preferred. These methods were used in transactions with Finland, members of Comecon, the People's Republic of China, Yugoslavia, and a number of Third World countries.
Commodity composition of Soviet trade differed by region. The Soviet Union imported manufactured, agricultural, and consumer goods ... | the convention for years.
What Weinstein calls "the smoking gun...the long missing citation" was a 1994 posting from New York fan Richard Newsome, who transcribed an interview with Theis published in OSFAN No. 13. Theis was quoted as saying, "How many professional writers have written a complete story at so early an ag... | 48,750 | triviaqa-train |
Which principality joined the United Nations in 1993? | Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (), is a sovereign city-state, country, and microstate on the French Riviera in Western Europe. France borders the country on three sides while the other side borders the Mediterranean Sea. Monaco is about 15 km from the state border with Italy.
Monaco has an ar... | there was "no question of compromise on sovereignty".
Although the co-principality of Andorra, in which the President of France and the Bishop of Urgell are joint heads of state, has been suggested as a model for Gibraltar, in 2010, its then Chief Minister, Peter Caruana, argued that this was not a case of joint sovere... | 48,751 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the first President of Tanzania in 1964? | without trial led to accusations of dictatorial governance, while he has also been blamed for economic mismanagement. He is held in deep respect within Tanzania, where he is often referred to by the Swahili honorific "Mwalimu" ("teacher") and described as the "Father of the Nation".
Early life.
Early life Childhood: 19... | country became independent. Chiume graduated from Makerere University College in Uganda and went to teach at Alliance Secondary School in Dodoma, Tanganyika. After he left Malawi in 1964 to go into exile in Tanzania (1964 - 1994), he went to live in Dar es Salaam again. He also worked in Dar es Salaam for many years as... | 48,752 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of Lichtenstein? | Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein ( ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in Alpine Central Europe. The principality is a constitutional monarchy headed by the Prince of Liechtenstein.
Liechtenstein is bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria ... | a wide range of property types, including industrial, office, retail, multifamily and hospitality.
Board roles.
Bill de Blasio appointed Lichtenstein to the NYC Economic Development Corporation’s Board of Directors in 2015. Lichtenstein is on the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York. Lichtenstein is ... | 48,753 | triviaqa-train |
Cricket Test Matches are played at 'Sahara Park', Newlands, in which city is it? | Newlands Cricket Ground
Newlands Cricket Ground (known as PPC Newlands for sponsorship reasons) in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It is the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the Sunfoil Series, Momentum 1 Day Cup and RamSlam Pro20 competitions. It is also a venue for Test matches, ODIs and T20Is. Newla... | simultaneous England team tours, the other touring Australia. Barton played in ten non-first-class matches on the tour and in the only match against a South African XI at Newlands Cricket Ground which was later recognised as a Test match. Barton is the only regular member of the Royal Artillery to have played Test cric... | 48,754 | triviaqa-train |
"Which company has used the advertising slogan ""Where Do You Want To Go Today?""?" | Where do you want to go today?
“Where do you want to go today?” was the title of Microsoft’s 2nd global image advertising campaign. The broadcast, print and outdoor advertising campaign was launched in November 1994 through the advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy, the firm best known for its work on behalf of Nike, Inc. ... | In addition to Tombstone, this included other pizza brands including DiGiorno, Jacks and California Pizza Kitchen (frozen pizza). The Kraft frozen pizza division is now part of Nestlé D.S.D. (direct store delivery).
Slogan.
"What do you want on your Tombstone?" was created by the Chicago office of advertising agency Fo... | 48,755 | triviaqa-train |
Which car manufacturer has produced models called 'Bravo' and 'Tempra'? | Fiat Tempra
The Fiat Tempra (Type 159) is a small family car produced by the Italian automaker Fiat from 1990 to 1996. The Tempra was intended as a replacement for the Fiat Regata. The original project was called "Tipo 3", being a mid size car between the Fiat Tipo (project "Tipo 2") and the bigger Fiat Croma (project ... | seconds and a top speed of by the Tempra Turbo two door 1994. As remark, the Tempra Turbo 1994 was the second turbocharged car to be produced in Brazil. The first one was the Uno Turbo, also in 1994.
Equipment and trim levels.
Only two trim levels were available in its early years: standard (S) and SX, both reasonably ... | 48,756 | triviaqa-train |
In which European city would you be if you landed at 'Ruzyne Airport'? | Václav Havel Airport Prague
Václav Havel Airport Prague (), formerly "Prague Ruzyně International Airport" (, ) , is the international airport of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The airport was founded in 1937, when it replaced the Kbely Airport (founded in 1918), it was reconstructed and extended in 1956, 1... | Tu-134A (registration OK-AFB) landed hard at Ruzyne Airport; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off and flown to Piešťany where it served as a restaurant.
- On June 9, 2012 a Czech Airlines ATR 42-500 (registration OK-KFM) was destroyed in a hangar explosion and fire at Ruzyne International Airport.... | 48,757 | triviaqa-train |
Born in 1791, which scientist was assistant to Sir Humphrey Davy at the Royal Institute? | Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday FRS (; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.
Although Faraday received little for... | Samuel Robert Wesley
Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Robert Wesley ( – 5 January 1877) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Wesley was the son Robert Wesley and Ellen Butt of Lismoat or Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland, where he was born around 1... | 48,758 | triviaqa-train |
Two 'Shipping Forecast Areas' touch the coast of Denmark. 'German Bight' is one, name the other? | Faeroes
- Southeast Iceland
The areas were already roughly as listed above by 1949. In 1955, meteorologists from countries with North Sea coastlines met and recommended that the UK's sea area 'Heligoland' be renamed 'German Bight' to reflect more general usage amongst the nations concerned. They also recommended the di... | Frisia. The southern portion of the bight is also known as the Heligoland Bight. Between 1949 and 1956 the BBC Sea Area Forecast (Shipping Forecast) used "Heligoland" as the designation for the area now referred to as German Bight.
See also.
- Bight (geography)
- Frisia
- Frisian Islands
- Wadden Sea
External links.
- ... | 48,759 | triviaqa-train |
Which British city has suburbs called Normanton, California, and New Zealand? | St. Chad's and St. James'. There are no secondary schools within the area, which is covered by the catchment areas for the Bemrose School, the City of Derby Academy, Derby Moor Community Sports College and Littleover Community School.
Sport.
The Derbyshire Tennis Centre is adjacent to Normanton Park.
The Baseball Groun... | central part of Auckland City.
Air New Zealand has its worldwide headquarters, called "The Hub", off Beaumont and Fanshawe Streets in the Western Reclamation; the airline moved there from the Auckland CBD in 2006. In September 2003 Air New Zealand was the only one of the very largest corporations in New Zealand to have... | 48,760 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer postponed his civil ceremony with long-time partner Kenny Goss in 2006? | his partner Feleppa, Michael said: "It was a terribly depressing time. It took about three years to grieve, then after that I lost my mother. I felt almost like I was cursed."
In 1996, Michael entered into a long-term relationship with Kenny Goss, a former flight attendant, cheerleader coach, and sportswear executive f... | private tour operators for the first time. The initial private flights were plagued with delays, with both outgoing and return flights postponed for as long as nine days, which caused the Bangladesh government to return the Hajj flights' monopoly to Biman.
Biman's handling of Hajj flights has also been beset with troub... | 48,761 | triviaqa-train |
In which city is the 'Basin Reserve' Cricket Test Match venue? | Basin Reserve
The Basin Reserve (commonly known as "The Basin") is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand, used for Test, first-class and one-day cricket. The Basin Reserve is the only cricket ground in New Zealand to have Historic Place status () as it is the oldest test cricket ground in New Zealand. The ground ... | Till 2006 the venue has hosted
- Test Matches - 1
- One Day International - 5
- T20I - 0
International match hosting problem.
The venue hosted its last international match in 2006. Transportion problems, player's accommodation problems, are a few of problems for which Bangladesh Cricket Board which preclude matches bei... | 48,762 | triviaqa-train |
Which car manufacturer hasproduced models called 'Almiera' and 'Primera'? | The zaibatsu eventually grew to include 74 firms, and became the fourth-largest in Japan during World War II.
In 1931, DAT Jidosha Seizo became affiliated with Tobata Casting, and was merged into Tobata Casting in 1933. As Tobata Casting was a Nissan company, this was the beginning of Nissan's automobile manufacturing.... | 2003 Frankfurt International Motor Show. The R8 road car was officially launched at the Paris Auto Show on 30 September 2006. There was some confusion with the name, which the car shares with the 24 Hours of Le Mans winning R8 Le Mans Prototype (LMP). Initial models included the R8 4.2 FSI coupé (with a V8 engine) and ... | 48,763 | triviaqa-train |
The songs 'If I Loved You' and 'When The Children Are Asleep'are from which 1956 stage musical? | If I Loved You
"If I Loved You" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel".
The song was introduced by John Raitt as "Billy Bigelow" and Jan Clayton as "Julie" in the original Broadway production.
The song was performed in the 1956 film version "Carousel" by Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones... | Stevie Wonder) in the 1995 film "Dangerous Minds", are also ineligible.
This rule means that when a film is adapted from a previously produced stage musical, none of the existing songs from the musical are eligible. As a result, many recent film adaptations of musicals have included original songs which could be nomina... | 48,764 | triviaqa-train |
From which island does 'Marsala Wine' come? | least ten years
Marsala wine was traditionally served as an aperitif between the first and second courses of a meal. Contemporary diners will serve its drier versions chilled with Parmesan (stravecchio), Gorgonzola, Roquefort, and other spicy cheeses, with fruits or pastries, and the sweeter at room temperature as a de... | longer needed to stop off in Madeira, the island which was directly in the trade winds between Europe and America. The wine became known as The Forgotten Island Wine. The rest of the 20th century saw a downturn for Madeira, both in sales and reputation, as low quality "cooking wine" became primarily associated with the... | 48,765 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist who lived from 1445 to 1510 painted 'The Birth Of Venus'? | Sandro Botticelli
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli (, ), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, a movement that Giorgio Vasari would characterize less than a hundred years later... | The Birth of Venus (Cabanel)
The Birth of Venus (French: "Naissance de Venus") is a painting by the French artist Alexandre Cabanel. It was painted in 1863, and is now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. A second and smaller version (85 x 135.9 cm) from ca. 1864 is in Dahesh Museum of Art. A third (106 x 182.6 cm) version d... | 48,766 | triviaqa-train |
The songs 'Sing, Sing, Sing' and 'Sabine Women' are from which 1954 stage musical? | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a musical with a book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, music by Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. It is based on the 1954 Stanley Donen film of the same name which is, its... | .
Ethnic music Gurung music.
Gurungs have an ancient tradition of Rodhi where young people meet, sing and dance to folk songs, and share their views. Young men and women at Rodhi often sing the Dohori. Some musical dances like Ghantu and Chudka are still in existence, and is performed in many Gurung villages. These dan... | 48,767 | triviaqa-train |
'Staying Alive' was a sequel to which other film? | Staying Alive (1983 film)
Staying Alive is a 1983 American dance musical film starring John Travolta as dancer Tony Manero, with Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Joyce Hyser, Julie Bovasso, and dancers Viktor Manoel and Kevyn Morrow. It is a sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" (1977). The film was directed by Sylvester Stal... | lost their claim to the land.
In 1863, development along the banks of Potrero Point consisted of two powder magazines on the southern side of the steep peninsula, located so as to keep dangerous commodities away from populated areas. Heavy industry first located on the point in 1866 when six wealthy San Francisco indus... | 48,768 | triviaqa-train |
What name, from the Latin for tortoise, was given to the Roman battle formation, where shields were used to form a protective shell above attacking soldiers? | Testudo formation
In Ancient Roman warfare, the testudo or tortoise formation was a type of shield wall formation commonly used by the Roman Legions during battles, particularly sieges
Formation.
In the testudo formation, the men would align their shields to form a packed formation covered with shields on the front and... | in the form of a mosaic. In addition, materials such as beaten copper and gold would be used for decoration. The Otlachimalli was used as a battle shield. The reverse was reinforced by horizontal and vertical wooden struts. A leather cover was used to protect the carrying arm. In some shields tortoise shell was used to... | 48,769 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of Captain Scott's ship on his last Antarctic voyage? | Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the "Discovery" expedition of 1901–1904 and the ill-fated "Terra Nova" expedition of 1910–1913. On the first expedition, he set a new southern record by marching ... | James Paton (seaman)
James "Scotty" Paton (1869–1917 or 18) was a Scots-born seaman who sailed to the Antarctic in several major expeditions between 1902 and 1917. His first venture was from 1902 to 1904 as a crewman of "Captain William Colbeck"'s SY Morning. This expedition consisted of two voyages and was sent as a r... | 48,770 | triviaqa-train |
Which Biblical character is the son of Isaac and the twin brother of Jacob? | circumvent, assail, overreach", or from the word for "heel", "ʿaqeb".
In the narrative of Genesis, it refers to the circumstances of Jacob's birth when he held on to the heel of his older twin brother Esau (Genesis 25:26).
The name is etymologized (in direct speech by the character Esau) in Genesis 27:36, adding the
s... | List of Jewish biblical figures
This is a list of Jewish biblical figures.
Hebrew Bible.
- Aaron, brother of Moses and Miriam, and the first High Priest
- Abigail, a prophetess who became a wife of King David
- Abishai, one of King David's generals and relative
- Abner, cousin of King Saul and commander of his army, as... | 48,771 | triviaqa-train |
We call this item a 'Mobile Phone', what do Americans call it? | Mobile phone
A mobile phone, cell phone, cellphone, or hand phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area. The radio frequency link establishes a connection to ... | liner notes, Scott-Heron discusses the new, jazzier tone of the record, and the attempts to define his sound:
"What do you call reggae, blues, African vibration, jazz, salsa, chants and poetry?... Seriously trying to define it, I've said it's Black music. Or Black American music. Because Black Americans are now a trem... | 48,772 | triviaqa-train |
Which artist who lived from 1450 to 1516, painted 'The Garden Of Earthly Delights'? | difficult; today only about twenty-five paintings are confidently given to his hand along with eight drawings. Approximately another half dozen paintings are confidently attributed to his workshop. His most acclaimed works consist of a few triptych altarpieces, including "The Garden of Earthly Delights".
Life.
Hieronym... | Judith Goddard
Judith Goddard (born 1956) is a British video artist. She has lived in London since 1980. Her works include single channel works, large-scale installation, photography, print and drawing.
Initially working with 16mm film installation and stills, Goddard began making videos in 1982 and is associated with ... | 48,773 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 'The Good Soldier' in 1915? | The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion is a 1915 novel by English novelist Ford Madox Ford. It is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedy of Edward Ashburnham, the soldier to whom the title refers, and his seemingly perfect marriage plus that of his two American friends. The novel is told u... | in 2002 as part of UK Channel 4's "Secret History" series. Overton uncovered new historical evidence which identified the crucified soldier as Sergeant Harry Band of the Central Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Infantry, who was reported missing in action on 24 April 1915 near Ypres. Other soldiers in his unit wrote to... | 48,774 | triviaqa-train |
Which comedian married his partner Kevin McGee in a civil ceremony in 2006? | school attended by comic actors David Baddiel and Sacha Baron Cohen. He studied at the University of Bristol between 1993 and 1995. He also spent time with the National Youth Theatre, where he first met future writing partner David Walliams.
Career.
Lucas's association with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer began in 1992. In... | Personal life.
Lucas is a patron of the Karen Morris Memorial Trust, a UK charity for leukaemia patients and their families. In April 2004, he appeared on "Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and won £62,500 for the charity.
Lucas is gay and said he first suspected it at the age of seven.
In December 2006, Lucas ... | 48,775 | triviaqa-train |
Which British city has thoroughfares called Saltmarket, Candleriggs, and Trongate? | Glasgow
Glasgow (, , ; ; ) is the most populous city in Scotland, and the third most populous city in the United Kingdom, as of the 2017 estimated city population of 621,020. Historically part of Lanarkshire, the city now forms the Glasgow City council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the local authority ... | erected in the mid-16th century, used for all goods requiring to be weighed for duty reasons, including from early shipping on the Clyde. "Tron" is a Scots word of Norman origin for weighing scales.
The Trongate was one of the areas which was affected by a large fire on 17 June 1652 which destroyed a third of the town ... | 48,776 | triviaqa-train |
In which European countryis 'Bourgas International Airport'? | Burgas
Burgas (, ), sometimes transliterated as "Bourgas", is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and the fourth-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a population of 202,694 inhabitants, while 277,922 live in its urban area. It is the capital of Burgas Province and an important... | airline was founded by a group of Danish investors and operated its first flight on 19 September 2006.
In December 2016, it has been announced that Jet Time and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) end their contract to operate eight ATR 72-600s in early 2017 as SAS wants to concentrate on larger aircraft. Therefore, the relati... | 48,777 | triviaqa-train |
Excluding Albion Rovers, name the Scottish Football League club that has 'Albion' as part of its name? | Stirling Albion F.C.
Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League. Its highest leag... | of the Coatbridge accent and pronunciation has diminished as the various surrounding populations (especially Glasgow) have mingled with that of Coatbridge.
Sports.
Coatbridge's local football team are Albion Rovers. Albion Rovers play in Scottish League Two, and Cliftonhill is where they play their home games. The "Wee... | 48,778 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote 'The Soldier's Art' in 1966? | The Soldier's Art
The Soldier's Art is the eighth novel in Anthony Powell's twelve-volume masterpiece "A Dance to the Music of Time", and the second in the war trilogy. It was published in 1966, and touches on themes of separation and unanticipated loss. It is dedicated to Powell's friend Roy Fuller.
Plot summary.
At t... | "Great Performances: The Soldier's Tale"; a minute-long CBS Christmas greeting (1966); and numerous covers for "The New Yorker" magazine.
Life and career.
Oscar Robert Blechman, whose professional name transposes the initials of his first two given names, was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, and attended the ... | 48,779 | triviaqa-train |
In World War I, what did the Allies call the defence linethat was known as the 'Siegfried Line' to the Germans? | Army Command issued orders to withdraw in the south to the Hindenburg Line. This ceded without a fight the salient seized the previous April. According to Ludendorff, "We had to admit the necessity ... to withdraw the entire front from the Scarpe to the Vesle. In nearly four weeks of fighting beginning on 8 August, ove... | were able to recapture the city of Narvik, during what became known as the Battle of Narvik.
The Germans took the city at the beginning of the battle, but it was retaken 28 May, in what became known as the first major victory for the Allies in World War II. However, the successful German attack on France forced the All... | 48,780 | triviaqa-train |
Baku is the capital of which country? | Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ( ), is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The ... | State, their "identity, like that of Muslims, tends to be based as much on culture and ethnicity as religion". Christians were concentrated in the urban areas of Baku, which is the nation's capital, and Sumgayit, its third-largest city.
Of a total Jewish population of approximately 15,000, the vast majority live in Bak... | 48,781 | triviaqa-train |
Which city on the River Tagus, once the capital of Castile and later Spain, is the capital of the Castile-La-Mancha region? | Castilla–La Mancha
Castilla–La Mancha (, , ), or Castile–La Mancha, is an autonomous community of Spain. Comprised by the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, it was created in 1982. It is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is on... | transnational Geopark; also extends into Hungary)
South Africa.
- Barberton Geopark
- Vredefort Meteor Impact Site
Spain.
- Cabo de Gata natural park
- Maestrazgo Cultural Park
- Molina – Alto Tajo Geopark is located in Castile – La Mancha region, in Guadalajara Province, about 200 km north-east of Madrid. Geographical... | 48,782 | triviaqa-train |
Who stood as American Presidential candidate for the Bull Moose Party in 1912, effectively splitting the Republican vote and ensuring Wilson's election? | gave him a national reputation as a progressive reformer, and he won the presidential nomination at the 1912 Democratic National Convention. Wilson defeated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and Progressive Party nominee Theodore Roosevelt to win the 1912 presidential election, becoming the first South... | Moose" Party nominee. A fourth candidate, Eugene V. Debs of the Socialist Party, would also win a significant share of the popular vote. Roosevelt had broken with his former party at the 1912 Republican National Convention after Taft narrowly won re-nomination, and the split in the Republican Party made Democrats hopef... | 48,783 | triviaqa-train |
Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville were the parents of which King of England? | Within a few weeks of Richard of York's death, his eldest surviving son was acclaimed King Edward IV and finally established the House of York on the throne following a decisive victory over the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton. After an occasionally tumultuous reign, he died in 1483 and was succeeded by his twelve... | Dickon (novel)
Dickon is a 1929 novel by Marjorie Bowen about King Richard III of England. It was one of many historical fiction works she wrote in her life.
Plot summary.
The book follows the life of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England. Born in 1452 to Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Nev... | 48,784 | triviaqa-train |
Which French philosospher is credited with creating analytical geometry? | analytic geometry that his work is sometimes thought to have anticipated the work of Descartes by some 1800 years. His application of reference lines, a diameter and a tangent is essentially no different from our modern use of a coordinate frame, where the distances measured along the diameter from the point of tangenc... | two-dimensional coordinate system — was named after him. He is credited as the father of analytical geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry, important to the discovery of calculus and analysis.
Scientific revolution Isaac Newton.
The late 17th and early 18th centuries saw the achievements of the greatest figu... | 48,785 | triviaqa-train |
Which element, atomic number 5, has the symbol B? | nutrient and boron compounds such as borax and boric acid are used as fertilizers in agriculture, although it's only required in small amounts, with excess being toxic. Boron compounds play a strengthening role in the cell walls of all plants. There is no consensus on whether boron is an essential nutrient for mammals,... | information, where the standard symbol has no relation to the English name of the element. Since the 1992 edition of the standard was published, some elements with atomic number above 103 have been discovered and renamed.
Normative annexes Annex B: Symbols for chemical elements and nucleides.
Symbols for chemical eleme... | 48,786 | triviaqa-train |
Which year of the 19th.century was called 'The Year of Revolutions'? | Revolutions of 1848
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations, People's Spring, Springtime of the Peoples, or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history.
The revolutions wer... | ” which he showed independent of blood pressure and peripheral nerves electric activity.
Life Wars and revolutions.
In 1914-1917 Neminsky continued to teach in gymnasium and Kyiv Realschule and in 1915 entered 3d year course of Medical Department of Kyiv University. While he graduated with excellent doctor diploma it w... | 48,787 | triviaqa-train |
The painting 'And When Did You Last See Your Father' can be found in Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery. Who painted it? | William Frederick Yeames
William Frederick Yeames (18 December 1835 – 3 May 1918) was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas problem picture ""And When Did You Last See Your Father?"", which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.
Biography.
Yeames wa... | may be used as a joke or to embarrass an audience, because any answer a person could give would imply more information than he was willing to affirm.
Questions can also be used as titles of works of literature, art and scholarship. Examples include Leo Tolstoy's short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?", the paintin... | 48,788 | triviaqa-train |
Whose parents were Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort? | Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (Welsh: "Edmwnd Tudur", 11 June 1430 – 3 November 1456, also known as Edmund of Hadham), was the father of King Henry VII of England and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd, North Wales. Born to Owen Tudor and the dowager queen Catherine of Val... | to the throne had descended to Henry Tudor on the death of Henry VI and his son in 1471. Henry's father, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, had been a half-brother of Henry VI, but Henry's claim to royalty was through his mother, Margaret Beaufort. She was descended from John Beaufort, who was a son of John of Gaunt a... | 48,789 | triviaqa-train |
Which letter of the alphabet is denoted by a single dash in the Morse Code? | -DME based at Vilo Acuña Airport in Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba is coded as "UCL", and UCL in Morse code is transmitted on its radio frequency. In some countries, during periods of maintenance, the facility may radiate a T-E-S-T code () or the code may be removed which tells pilots and navigators that the station is unrel... | Ko Kyung-soo
Ko Kyung-soo (born 5 February 1985) is a Korean handball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. | 48,790 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the Mitford sisters wrote the semi- autobiography 'Pursuit Of Love' in 1945? | -great-great-granddaughters of William Mitford, and the daughters of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and his wife Sydney Bowles. They were celebrated and at times scandalous figures, who were caricatured by "The Times" journalist Ben Macintyre as "Diana the Fascist, Jessica the Communist, Unity the Hitler-l... | Mitford enjoyed a privileged childhood as the eldest daughter of the Hon. David Freeman-Mitford, later 2nd Baron Redesdale. Educated privately, she had no training as a writer before publishing her first novel in 1931. This early effort and the three that followed it created little stir; it was her two semi-autobiograp... | 48,791 | triviaqa-train |
What do American's call a Hot Dog? | In Canada.
Skinner's Restaurant, in Lockport, Manitoba is reputed to be Canada's oldest hot dog outlet in continuous operation, founded in 1929 by Jim Skinner Sr. Hotdogs served at Skinner's are European style foot-long hot dogs with natural casings, manufactured by Winnipeg Old Country Sausage in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
T... | prefer coffee to tea, and more than half the adult population drinks at least one cup a day. Marketing by U.S. industries is largely responsible for making orange juice and milk (now often fat-reduced) ubiquitous breakfast beverages. During the 1980s and 1990s, Americans' caloric intake rose 24%; frequent dining at fas... | 48,792 | triviaqa-train |
What letter is two dot's in Morse code? | . They obtained an English patent in June 1837 and demonstrated it on the London and Birmingham Railway, making it the first commercial telegraph. Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1833) as well as Carl August von Steinheil (1837) used codes with varying word lengths for their telegraphs. In 1841, Cooke an... | Card money
Card money is a type of fiat money printed on plain cardboard or playing cards, which was used at times as currency in several colonies and countries (including Dutch Guiana, New France, and France) from the 17th century to the early 19th century. Where introduced, it was often followed by high rates of infl... | 48,793 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the wife of king Priam of Troy? | Priam" takes a private view of the events of the Trojan War, focusing on individual moments of moral choice. The opera begins soon after the birth of Paris, when an Old Man prophesies that the baby will grow up to cause his father's death. Queen Hecuba immediately declares that her child must be killed. Priam hesitates... | , wife to Menelaus, lover of Paris
- Pandarus, Criseyde's uncle, who advises Troilus in the wooing of Criseyde
- Priam, King of Troy
- Cassandra, Daughter of Priam, a prophetess at the temple of Apollo
- Hector, Prince of Troy, fierce warrior and leader of the Trojan armies
- Troilus, Youngest son of Priam, and wooer o... | 48,794 | triviaqa-train |
Which element was named Dephlogisticated Air by its discoverer, the French chemist Lavoisier who gave it this common name? | most abundant chemical element in the universe, after hydrogen and helium. About 0.9% of the Sun's mass is oxygen. Oxygen constitutes 49.2% of the Earth's crust by mass as part of oxide compounds such as silicon dioxide and is the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust. It is also the major component of the... | burn, therefore the gas must be ‘without phlogiston’ – this led Priestley to name it dephlogisticated air.
In October 1775 Priestley accompanied Lord Shelburne on a trip to Paris where they were invited to dine with the preeminent scientists of the time. It is here that Priestley met the French scientist Antoine Lavois... | 48,795 | triviaqa-train |
Which group had a No 1 hit in 1982 with My camera never lies? | My Camera Never Lies
"My Camera Never Lies" is a 1982 single by pop group Bucks Fizz. It became the group's second consecutive (and third overall) UK number-one in April 1982. The song was written by Andy Hill and Nichola Martin, and was featured on Bucks Fizz's second album "Are You Ready".
Overview.
Overview Backgrou... | . The group went on to have a successful career around the world (although they were commercially unsuccessful in the United States), but the UK remained their biggest market, where they had three No.1 singles with "Making Your Mind Up" (1981), "The Land of Make Believe" (1981) and "My Camera Never Lies" (1982) and bec... | 48,796 | triviaqa-train |
How many gallons are there in a hogshead? | Geo II c9)
Definitions Imperial gallon.
The imperial (UK) gallon is now defined as exactly litres (about 277.42 cubic inches). It is used in some Commonwealth countries. Until 1976 it was based on the volume of 10 pounds (approximately 4.54 kg) of water at . There are four quarts in a gallon, the imperial pint is defin... | gives a wine gallon of 216 cubic inches, which is very close to the Irish wine gallon (217.6 cubic inches) in effect in 1817. Yet when calculated based on the definition of the 63-gallon hogshead, Mr. Adams calculates the wine gallon to be 219.43 cubic inches.
- It then defined that there are eight bushels in a quarter... | 48,797 | triviaqa-train |
Galena is the most important ore of which metal? | Galena
Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS). It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver.
Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms. I... | around Joplin in southwestern Missouri and the adjoining areas of Kansas and Oklahoma. Galena is also an important ore mineral in the silver mining regions of Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Montana. Of the latter, the Coeur d'Alene district of northern Idaho was most prominent.
Galena is the official state mineral of the U.... | 48,798 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city has districts called Inglemire, Marfleet and Gipsyville? | Timeline of Hull
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hull, England.
Prior to 19th century.
- 1279 – Market active.
- 1293 – Hull Fair begins.
- 1295 – Parliamentary representation begins.
- 1299 – Town renamed "Kingston-upon-Hull."
- 1302 – Quay built.
- 1312 – Holy Trinity Church built (approxima... | area has a primary school, Francis Askew, catering for 270 children. A public services centre, the 'Gipsyville Multipurpose Centre' provides library, health and other community services.
Shopping facilities are centred on the radial Hessle Road. The southern part of Gipsyville includes an industrial area, known as Dair... | 48,799 | triviaqa-train |
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