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"Operation ""Moonlight Sonata"" was a German air raid on which City in December 1940?" | Coventry Blitz
The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word "Blitzkrieg" meaning "lightning war" ) was a series of bombing raids that took place on the English city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force ("Luftwaffe"). The most devastating of these attacks occ... | War. Their names were published in the Bridgnorth Journal on 26 December 1914 and several of those killed in action are remembered on the war memorial in the castle grounds.
Until 1961 the Royal Air Force's initial recruit training unit was at RAF Bridgnorth, a station opened in 1939. During the Second World War, two w... | 49,400 | triviaqa-train |
In which TV cop series of the 1980's, did Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber play the lead roles? | Glynis Barber
Glynis Barber (born Glynis van der Riet; 25 October 1955) is a South African actress. She is best known for her portrayals of Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British police drama "Dempsey and Makepeace", Glenda Mitchell in "EastEnders", DCI Grace Barraclough in "Emmerdale", Fiona Brake in "Night and Day", a... | strand. The play was produced by Brian Lighthill and written by Barry Letts. Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Steven Pacey, Peter Tuddenham and Jacqueline Pearce reprised their television roles, but Josette Simon and Glynis Barber were replaced by Angela Bruce as Dayna and Paula Wilcox as Soolin. The story was set during ... | 49,401 | triviaqa-train |
Castoreum is used as a food additive and in some perfumes. It is obtained from the scent glands of which member of the rodent family? | Castoreum
Castoreum is a yellowish exudate from the castor sacs of the mature North American beaver ("Castor canadensis") and the European beaver ("Castor fiber").
Beavers use castoreum in combination with urine to scent mark their territory. Both beaver sexes have a pair of castor sacs and a pair of anal glands, locat... | , and essentially motionless for the first month of their lives, a feature that helps them remain hidden from predators.
Musk deer have been hunted for their scent glands, which are commonly used in perfumes. The glands can fetch up to $45,000/kg on the black market. It is rumored that ancient royalty wore the scent of... | 49,402 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Zulu War? | turn of the 20th century the premiership had become, by convention, the most important position in the constitutional hierarchy. Yet there were no legal documents describing its powers or acknowledging its existence. The first official recognition given to the office had only been in the Treaty of Berlin in 1878, when ... | History of South Africa (1910–48)
This is the history of South Africa from 1910–48.
World War I.
The Union of South Africa was tied closely to the British Empire, and automatically joined with Great Britain and the allies against the German Empire. Both Prime Minister Louis Botha and Defence Minister Jan Smuts, both fo... | 49,403 | triviaqa-train |
In which county is Hinkley Point? | of Wight, Northumberland and Rutland are ceremonial counties consisting of a non-metropolitan county of a single district, and are known as unitary authorities.
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorks... | AGR) which was designed to generate 1250 MW of electricity (MWe). Construction of Hinkley Point B started in 1967. In September 2008 it was announced, by Electricité de France (EDF), that a third, twin-unit European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) reactor known as Hinkley Point C is planned, to replace Hinkley Point B which ... | 49,404 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year; America win the first Ryder Cup, Trotsky is exiled in Stalin purge and Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic? | in the 1920s and against the increasing role of bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, Trotsky was removed as Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs (January 1925), removed from the Politburo (October 1926), removed from the Central Committee (October 1927), expelled from the Communist Party (November 1927), exiled to Alma... | under the Dawes Plan.
- American ambassador Dwight Morrow and his wife Elizabeth announced the engagement of their daughter Anne Morrow to aviator Charles Lindbergh.
- Exiled Soviet politician Leon Trotsky arrived in Istanbul, Turkey. The government of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk had an agreement with Joseph Stalin that no a... | 49,405 | triviaqa-train |
"Who painted ""The Oath of the Tennis Court""?" | Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward classical austerity and severit... | to the king, who owned a vineyard, and Marie Barbe Latour. He was educated at Toulouse, where he graduated with a degree in law in 1762.
Tennis Court Oath.
After finding themselves locked out of their assembly room, the representatives of the Third Estate gathered in a nearby tennis court. The representative Mounier pr... | 49,406 | triviaqa-train |
Name the year; Uproar at the Premiere of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Paris, Robert Bridges becomes Poet Laureate and Suffragette Emily Davison is killed when she runs under the king's horse at the Derby? | suffragette, Emily Davison, when she ran in front of the king's horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby, made headlines around the world. The WSPU campaign had varying levels of support from within the suffragette movement; breakaway groups formed, and within the WSPU itself not all members supported the direct action.
The suffr... | Tunbridge Wells is destroyed in a suffragette arson attack.
- 21 April – the Cunard ocean liner , built by John Brown & Company, is launched on the River Clyde.
- 9 May – 11 July: major industrial strike in the Black Country of England.
- 20 May – the first ever Chelsea Flower Show, is held in London.
- 4 June – Emily ... | 49,407 | triviaqa-train |
Elizabeth Richardson (1921-27), Pauline Pfeiffer (1927-40), Martha Gellhorn (1940-45) and Mary Welsh (1946-61) were all wives of which American writer? | Mary Welsh Hemingway
Mary Welsh Hemingway (April 5, 1908 – November 26, 1986) was an American journalist and author, who was the fourth wife and widow of Ernest Hemingway.
Early life.
Born in Walker, Minnesota, Welsh was a daughter of a lumberman. In 1938, she married Lawrence Miller Cook, a drama student from Ohio. Th... | . His wartime experiences formed the basis for his novel "A Farewell to Arms" (1929).
In 1921, he married Hadley Richardson, the first of four wives. They moved to Paris where he worked as a foreign correspondent and fell under the influence of the modernist writers and artists of the 1920s "Lost Generation" expatriate... | 49,408 | triviaqa-train |
Which scientist discovered the elements Calcium, Barium and Potassium? | Cumberland, now known to be witherite. Barium was first isolated by electrolysis of molten barium salts in 1808 by Sir Humphry Davy in England. Davy, by analogy with calcium, named "barium" after baryta, with the "-ium" ending signifying a metallic element. Robert Bunsen and Augustus Matthiessen obtained pure barium by... | (6%), silicon (5%) and aluminium (3%), with lesser amounts of calcium, sodium, magnesium, potassium, titanium and barium, along with hydrogen and oxygen as well as water of crystallization and free water.
A wide range of trace elements and trace minerals are found in nodules with many of these incorporated from the sea... | 49,409 | triviaqa-train |
"""My girl"", ""Just my imagination"" and ""Papa was a rolling stone"" were No1 hits in the 60's and 70's for which Tamla-Motown group?" | Tamla label. The company operated several labels in addition to the Tamla and Motown imprints. A third label, which Gordy named after himself (though it was originally called "Miracle") featured the Temptations, the Contours, and Martha and the Vandellas. A fourth, V.I.P., released recordings by the Velvelettes, the Sp... | "Get Ready"/"My Girl"/"The Way You Do the Things You Do"
5. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
6. "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)"
7. "Cloud Nine"
8. Introduction of Band and Group
9. "A Song for You"
10. "Masterpiece"
11. "Just My Imagination"
12. "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
This album was significant in that it broug... | 49,410 | triviaqa-train |
In which constellation is The Horse Head Nebula? | the southern constellations Carina and Vela, or Venus' Mirror in the constellation of Orion.
Terminology.
The word "constellation" comes from the Late Latin term , which can be translated as "set of stars"; it came into use in English during the 14th century. The Ancient Greek word for constellation is ἄστρον. These te... | Dark Horse (astronomy)
The Dark Horse Nebula or "Great Dark Horse" (sometimes called The Prancing Horse) is a large dark nebula, which as seen from Earth, obscures part of the upper central bulge of the Milky Way. The Dark Horse lies in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus (the Serpent Bearer), near its borders with ... | 49,411 | triviaqa-train |
In which country will the 2018 Winter Olympics be held? | ridges on both sides, with the Olympic rings on the front, and the obverse showing the 2018 Olympics' emblem, the event name and the discipline. The edge of each medal is marked with extrusions of hangul alphabets, while the ribbons are made from a traditional South Korean textile.
Development and preparation Torch rel... | km individual normal hill event which will consist of one jump from the individual normal hill following by 10 km of cross country using the Gundersen system while the 7.5 km sprint will be replaced by the 10 km individual large hill event.
Today the International Ski Federation sanction no women's competitions. Howeve... | 49,412 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Space Probe launched in 2006 to study Pluto? | orbital resonance with Neptune prevents them from colliding. Light from the Sun takes about 5.5 hours to reach Pluto at its average distance (39.5 AU).
Pluto has five known moons: Charon (the largest, with a diameter just over half that of Pluto), Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Pluto and Charon are sometimes consider... | Pluto Kuiper Express
Pluto Kuiper Express was an interplanetary space probe that was proposed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists and engineers and under development by NASA. The spacecraft was intended to be launched to study Pluto and its moon Charon, along with one or more other Kuiper belt objects (KBOs).... | 49,413 | triviaqa-train |
Born Adeline Stephen in 1882, which writer lived at Monks House in Sussex until her death in 1941? | Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 188228 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and also a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
Woolf was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London, the s... | death. She left the house for the last time on 28 March 1941, took a walk through the local fields, and drowned herself in the nearby River Ouse. Her husband Leonard Woolf continued to live there until his death in 1969. The house was bought by the University of Sussex as Virginia's papers had been left to the universi... | 49,414 | triviaqa-train |
"Who is the host of the TV series ""Dragon's Den""?" | Dragons' Den (British TV programme)
Dragons' Den is a British television programme, presented by Evan Davis. The format of the show is owned by Sony Pictures Television and is based on the original Japanese programme, which has been sold around the world. The programme has been produced by BBC Manchester since its ince... | Martyn Smith (producer)
Martyn Smith is an award winning British television producer noted for creating the original UK series of the hit BBC series "Dragons' Den" based on the original Japanese format.
Dragon's den.
Smith produced and directed a pilot for the British version of Dragon's Den for the BBC after the corpo... | 49,415 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of South Australia? | Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.
South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, and with the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the nort... | views. The other current books in the "What is?" series include ""What is Love?, What is Death?, What is Beautiful?, What is Funny?, What is Right?, What is Peace?, What is Money?, What is Dreaming?, What is a Friend?, What is True?, What is a Family?, What is a Feeling?" The series is now also translated into 15 langu... | 49,416 | triviaqa-train |
Of which 1960's South London gang was 'Mad Frankie' Fraser a notorious member? | of violence.
Richardson Gang.
It was in the early 1960s that Fraser first met Charlie and Eddie Richardson of the Richardson Gang, rivals to the Kray twins. According to Fraser, it was they who helped him avoid arrest for the Great Train Robbery by bribing a policeman. Together they set up the Atlantic Machines fruit-m... | Birmingham hotel in which he was staying and pursuing him, with a camera crew and asking questions, down the street as he walked away.
She also worked on another Channel 4 documentary series, "Dispatches", before returning to the BBC, where she founded the viewer feedback series "Biteback". She also secured another not... | 49,417 | triviaqa-train |
The actress who played 'Mrs. Robinson' in the film 'The Graduate' died in June 2005, what was her name? | The Graduate
The Graduate is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddo... | known during this period for her role as Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" (1967), for which she received a third Academy Award nomination. In the film, she played an unhappily married woman who seduces the son of her husband's business partner, the much younger recent college graduate played by Dustin Hoffman. In the mo... | 49,418 | triviaqa-train |
The modern-day cattle breed of 'Heck' came about when it was attempted to bring back what extinct species? | Asia, North and South America, Australia, and Europe. Some researchers have suggested that African taurine cattle are derived from a third independent domestication from North African aurochsen.
Domestication and husbandry Usage as money.
As early as 9000 BC both grain and cattle were used as money or as "barter" (the ... | Heck horse
The Heck horse is a horse breed that is claimed to resemble the tarpan ("Equus ferus ferus"), an extinct wild equine. The breed was created by the German zoologist brothers Heinz Heck and Lutz Heck in an attempt to breed back the tarpan. Although unsuccessful at creating a genetic copy of the extinct species... | 49,419 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the six-letter ore from which niobium and tantalum are extracted and whose mining is said to have fueled many modern day African conflicts? | Finland, and Brazil.
It is estimated that there are less than 50 years left of tantalum resources, based on extraction at current rates, demonstrating the need for increased recycling.
Status as a conflict resource.
Tantalum is considered a conflict resource. Coltan, the industrial name for a columbite–tantalite minera... | reopened in January 2011 after mining at the site was suspended in late-2008 due to the global financial crisis. Less than a year after it reopened, Global Advanced Metals announced that due to again "... softening tantalum demand ...", and other factors, tantalum mining operations were to cease at the end of February ... | 49,420 | triviaqa-train |
The 1610 book Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) that contained several sketches of the moon was published by whom? | , describing the properties of pendulums and "hydrostatic balances", inventing the thermoscope and various military compasses, and using the telescope for scientific observations of celestial objects. His contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of Venus, the observatio... | Piazza Dante
Piazza Dante is a large public square in Naples, Italy, named after the poet Dante Alighieri. The square is dominated by a 19th-century statue of the poet Dante, sculpted by Tito Angelini.
Overview.
Originally, the square was called "Largo del Mercatello" (Market Square). In 1765, it was rechristened "For... | 49,421 | triviaqa-train |
The Nice model, named for the French city, seeks to explain the formation of what? | Nice model
The Nice () model is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. It is named for the location of the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, where it was initially developed, in 2005 in Nice, France. It proposes the migration of the giant planets from an initial compact configuration into their prese... | , and then subsequently migrated to their current orbits after the removal of the gaseous protoplanetary disc. This hypothesis of migration after formation is favoured, due to its ability to better explain the occupancy of the populations of small objects observed in the trans-Neptunian region. The current most widely ... | 49,422 | triviaqa-train |
Usually named for the places where they are found, what are traditionally classified into three types as stony, iron and stony-iron? | Mesosiderites are breccias which show signs of metamorphism. The meteoric iron occurs in clasts instead of a matrix.
They are in the top rank of all Meteorite classification schemes, usually called "Type".
Mineralogy.
The meteoric iron of stony-irons is similar to that of iron meteorites, consisting mostly of kamacite ... | , the main classes of soil are black, brown and bhatori (stony) soil. The volcanic, clay-like soil of the region owes its black colour to the high iron content of the basalt from which it is formed. The soil requires less irrigation because of its high capacity for moisture retention. The other two soil types are light... | 49,423 | triviaqa-train |
Which scientific great's equation is seen in the field of quantum mechanics as the equivalent of Newton's Second Law? | energy and frequency in Albert Einstein's 1905 paper which explained the photoelectric effect. Early quantum theory was profoundly re-conceived in the mid-1920s by Erwin Schrödinger, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born and others. The modern theory is formulated in various specially developed mathematical formalisms. In one of... | equations model the dependence of phase velocity on amplitude, replacing by . There are other linear and nonlinear wave equations for very specific applications, see for example the Korteweg–de Vries equation.
Analogues for waves and fields Quantum theory.
In quantum theory, the wave and field concepts both appear.
In ... | 49,424 | triviaqa-train |
The Oscillating Universe Theory combines Big Bang and what other event to make-up a cycle? | Cyclic model
A cyclic model (or oscillating model) is any of several cosmological models in which the universe follows infinite, or indefinite, self-sustaining cycles. For example, the oscillating universe theory briefly considered by Albert Einstein in 1930 theorized a universe following an eternal series of oscillati... | is also the Big Bang of the next universe. Theoretically, the cyclic universe could not be reconciled with the second law of thermodynamics: entropy would build up from oscillation to oscillation and cause heat death. Current evidence also indicates the universe is not closed. This has caused cosmologists to abandon th... | 49,425 | triviaqa-train |
German engineer Arthur Scherbius invented the first of what machines extensively used during WWII? | The French spy Hans-Thilo Schmidt obtained access to German cipher materials that included the daily keys used in September and October 1932. Those keys included the plugboard settings. The French passed the material to the Poles, and Rejewski used some of that material and the message traffic in September and October ... | History.
Enigma was invented by the German engineer Arthur Scherbius at the end of World War I. The German firm Scherbius & Ritter, co-founded by Arthur Scherbius, patented ideas for a cipher machine in 1918 and began marketing the finished product under the brand name "Enigma" in 1923, initially targeted at commercial... | 49,426 | triviaqa-train |
English physician John Snow successfully traced the outbreak of what disease to a water pump? | as an anaesthetic for childbirth was seen as unethical by many physicians and even the Church of England. However, on 7 April 1853, Queen Victoria asked John Snow to administer chloroform during the delivery of her eighth child. He then repeated the procedure for the delivery of her daughter three years later. Medical ... | read McNair Wilson's biography of Mackenzie "The Beloved Physician".
Medical career Early medical career.
He held several locum positions in his early career and became an assistant to Dr Horsfall and Dr Eddison of Bedale in the North Riding of Yorkshire, doing his rounds by bicycle, assisting in operations and perform... | 49,427 | triviaqa-train |
Philip Zimbardo of Stanford is best known for what experiment conducted in 1971 that highlighted the behavior of people when assigned roles? | Philip Zimbardo
Philip George Zimbardo (; born March 23, 1933) is an American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment and has since authored various introductory psychology books, textbooks for college students, and other notable works, inclu... | Palm PDAs and the Handspring Visor used the DragonBall, a derivative of the 68000. AlphaSmart uses the DragonBall family in later versions of its portable word processors. Texas Instruments uses the 68000 in its high-end graphing calculators, the TI-89 and TI-92 series and Voyage 200. Early versions of these used a spe... | 49,428 | triviaqa-train |
As seen in a scene inspiring Robin Williams in the movie Awakenings, the chemical L-DOPA is widely used in the treatment of what disease? | factor release by the brain and CNS. -DOPA can be manufactured and in its pure form is sold as a psychoactive drug with the INN levodopa; trade names include Sinemet, Pharmacopa, Atamet, Stalevo, Madopar, and Prolopa. As a drug, it is used in the clinical treatment of Parkinson's disease and dopamine-responsive dystoni... | preface of Sacks books Awakenings, a story about L-dopa treatment of encephalitis lethargica which was made into a film starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams and The Island of the Colour Blind, which deals with parkinsonism caused by Lytico-bodig disease.
In his memoir "Mentored by a Madman" Lees explains his care... | 49,429 | triviaqa-train |
James Herrick is credited with the description of a genetic disease in which red-blood cells are in what shape instead of the normal disc shape? | carriers. Sickle-cell anemia is also considered as a recessive condition, but heterozygous carriers have increased resistance to malaria in early childhood, which could be described as a related dominant condition. When a couple where one partner or both are sufferers or carriers of a single-gene disorder wish to have ... | Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis, also known as ovalocytosis, is an inherited blood disorder in which an abnormally large number of the person's red blood cells are elliptical rather than the typical biconcave disc shape. Such morphologically distinctive erythrocytes are sometimes referred to as elli... | 49,430 | triviaqa-train |
The sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient method used to find what in mathematics? | his love for learning and mathematics.
Prime numbers.
Eratosthenes proposed a simple algorithm for finding prime numbers. This algorithm is known in mathematics as the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
In mathematics, the sieve of Eratosthenes (Greek: κόσκινον Ἐρατοσθένους), one of a number of prime number sieves, is a simple, an... | Greek), Reprinted Osnabruck 1968 (German)
- Eratosthenes' sieve in Javascript
- About Eratosthenes' methods, including a Java applet
- How the Greeks estimated the distances to the Moon and Sun
- Measuring the Earth with Eratosthenes' method
- List of ancient Greek mathematicians and contemporaries of Eratosthenes
- Ne... | 49,431 | triviaqa-train |
What 'continental' moon of the Solar System has become the focus of extra-terrestrial life studies because its smooth surface suggests the presence of an ocean underneath? | Deep Carbon Observatory team from Oregon State University, told the BBC: “I think it’s probably reasonable to assume that the subsurface of other planets and their moons are habitable, especially since we’ve seen here on Earth that organisms can function far away from sunlight using the energy provided directly from th... | System as they are not only organic but have formed due to the presence of life – these include carbonate hardgrounds, limestone, vegetation and artificial structures although the latter is present due to probe exploration (see also List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces).
Surface materials Rare surfa... | 49,432 | triviaqa-train |
If Jupiter has the Great Red Spot, which planet has the Great Dark Spot? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the... | is much higher than that of Earth.
There are smaller structures as well: spots of different sizes and colors. On Jupiter, the most noticeable of these features is the Great Red Spot, which has been present for at least 300 years. These structures are huge storms. Some such spots are thunderheads as well.
See also.
- Ch... | 49,433 | triviaqa-train |
Redshift or blueshift that help us see which stars/galaxies are approaching or receding are determined by what effect named for an Austrian physicist? | umbrella of frame transformation laws. There exist other physical processes that can lead to a shift in the frequency of electromagnetic radiation, including scattering and optical effects; however, the resulting changes are distinguishable from true redshift and are not generally referred to as such (see section on ph... | of great use in astronomy and results in either a so-called redshift or blueshift. It has been used to measure the speed at which stars and galaxies are approaching or receding from us; that is, their radial velocities. This may be used to detect if an apparently single star is, in reality, a close binary, to measure t... | 49,434 | triviaqa-train |
What mathematical theorem, the first major theorem to be solved using a computer, was proven in 1976 by Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken with a set of 1936 maps? | Four color theorem
In mathematics, the four color theorem, or the four color map theorem, states that, given any separation of a plane into contiguous regions, producing a figure called a "map", no more than four colors are required to color the regions of the map so that no two adjacent regions have the same color. "A... | , first stated in 1852, but not proved until 1976 (by Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken, using substantial computer assistance).
In logic, the second problem on David Hilbert's list of open problems presented in 1900 was to prove that the axioms of arithmetic are consistent. Gödel's second incompleteness theorem, proved... | 49,435 | triviaqa-train |
Which distinctive plant's genus is Dionaea (the mother of Aphrodite in Greek mythology) and species muscipula (Latin for 'mouse-catching device')? | light, size of prey, and general growing conditions. The speed with which traps close can be used as an indicator of a plant's general health. Venus flytraps are not as humidity-dependent as are some other carnivorous plants, such as "Nepenthes", "Cephalotus", most "Heliamphora", and some "Drosera".
The Venus flytrap e... | Althaea
Althaea is the Latin rendering of Greek "Althaia", which may be related to Greek "althos" "healing". It can refer to:
- Althaea (mythology), the daughter of Thestius and mother of Meleager
- Althaea (plant), a genus of up to a dozen species of perennial herbs, native to Europe and western Asia, that includes th... | 49,436 | triviaqa-train |
What probability riddle originally published in American Statistician in 1975 gained popular attention after it was featured in Parade in 1990? | , the player can have different probabilities of winning depending on the observed choice of the host, but in any case the probability of winning by switching is at least (and can be as high as 1), while the overall probability of winning by switching is still exactly . The variants are sometimes presented in successio... | The Strange Familiar
The Strange Familiar is an American pop rock band from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The group was originally formed in 2006 by the husband and wife singer-songwriter team Jeff Andrea and Kira Leyden, former members of the popular Akron, OH band Jaded Era. Their first single, "Courage Is...", gained them s... | 49,437 | triviaqa-train |
Because all species of the manatee use fresh water in varying ways, what is the only strictly marine herbivorous mammal? | from small whales; stating, "I am aware that down to the present time, the fish styled Lamatins and Dugongs (Pig-fish and Sow-fish of the Coffins of Nantucket) are included by many naturalists among the whales. But as these pig-fish are a noisy, contemptible set, mostly lurking in the mouths of rivers, and feeding on w... | which time manatees suffered from unprecedented mortality events linked to habitat pollution, dependence on artificial warm water sources, and record deaths from watercraft strikes.
USFWS announced that the manatee is still protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and that all federal protections for the manate... | 49,438 | triviaqa-train |
What cell line used in research that was taken from an African-American woman who died in 1951 is the oldest and most commonly used human cell line? | ' first mass replications, they have been used by scientists in various types of investigations including disease research, gene mapping, effects of toxic substances on organisms, and radiation on humans. Additionally, HeLa cells have been used to test human sensitivity to tape, glue, cosmetics, and many other products... | HeLa
HeLa (; also Hela or hela) is an immortal cell line used in scientific research. It is the oldest and most commonly used human cell line. The line was derived from cervical cancer cells taken on February 8, 1951 from Henrietta Lacks, a patient who died of cancer on October 4, 1951. The cell line was found to be re... | 49,439 | triviaqa-train |
What type of creature was Lonesome George, who died in 2012 and who gained fame as the rarest creature in the world? (hint: he was aged perhaps more than 100 years) | Lonesome George
Lonesome George (Spanish: "El Solitario Jorge;" c. 1910 – June 24, 2012) was a male Pinta Island tortoise ("Chelonoidis abingdonii") and the last known individual of the species. In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world. George serves as an important symbol for conservation ef... | Volcano.
Relationship with humans Lonesome George.
The last known individual of the species was a male named Lonesome George (), who died on 24 June 2012. In his last years, he was known as the rarest creature in the world. George served as a potent symbol for conservation efforts in the Galápagos and internationally.
... | 49,440 | triviaqa-train |
A 15 meter long mechanical arm called the Canadarm was used to maneuver payloads through the 1980s to 2011 on what type of vehicles? | Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system that was operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was "Space Transportation System (STS)", taken from a 1969 plan for a system of r... | While able to maneuver payloads with the mass of a loaded bus in space, the arm motors cannot lift the arm's own weight when on the ground. NASA therefore developed a model of the arm for use at its training facility within the Johnson Space Center located in Houston, Texas. The Canadarm can also retrieve, repair and d... | 49,441 | triviaqa-train |
Renal calculus is not a branch of mathematics but a fancy name for what painful affliction? | "Renal calculus" is from the Latin "rēnēs" meaning "kidneys," and "calculus" meaning "pebble". Lithiasis (stone formation) in the kidneys is called nephrolithiasis (), from "nephro-" meaning kidney + "-lith" meaning stone and "-iasis" meaning disorder.
Research directions.
Crystallization of calcium oxalate appears to ... | is the most painful thing, but for some reason it's going to happen to me. Fancy that!" In a 1933 essay, noted writer Lu Xun admits that this quote may be apocryphal, but condemns it as "laughing away the cruelty of the human butcher".
Literary theory and criticism.
He was known for listing what he called the "Six Work... | 49,442 | triviaqa-train |
Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania with its high levels of diversity that includes chimpanzee populations is best associated with which person? | east to the coast. The bi-modal regime is caused by the seasonal migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
Geography Wildlife and conservation.
Approximately 38 percent of Tanzania's land area is set aside in protected areas for conservation. Tanzania has 16 national parks, plus a variety of game and forest rese... | spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I'm out in nature. It's just something that's bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it's enough for me."
Goodall suffers from prosopagnosia, which makes it difficult to recognize familiar faces.
Work.
Work Research at Gombe Stream National Par... | 49,443 | triviaqa-train |
Similar to an eclipse, they are among the rarest predictable celestial phenomena. The last one for the 21st century occurred on 5/6 June 2012. They are historically of great scientific importance as they were used to gain the first realistic estimates of the size of the Solar System. Observation for the first time in 1... | Transit of Venus
A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black dot moving across the face of the ... | that of, among others, Kristian Birkeland, who had used recently discovered cathode ray tubes to show that the rays were deflected towards the poles of a magnetic sphere. He theorised that a similar phenomenon was responsible for auroras, explaining why they are more frequent in polar regions.
Occurrences.
The first sc... | 49,444 | triviaqa-train |
A 2000s British musical by Mat Fraser whose plot is about the love affair of a guy with phocomelia (a birth defect that causes stunted limbs) is titled after what drug? | to NORD, severe symptoms of phocomelia include:
- A fissure of the skull and a projecting brain known as (encephalocele)
- An accumulation of spinal fluid under the skull also known as hydrocephalus; causing vomiting and migraines
- An abnormally shaped uterus (bicornuate)
- Inability to clot blood efficiently due to a... | birth defect – the so-called "seal limbs", which was caused by a genetic disorder phocomelia. His other seven siblings were of normal complexion and they all loved and supported their impaired brother. He learned to walk on his hands using wooden blocks, and soon acquired enough strength in his torso to start experimen... | 49,445 | triviaqa-train |
The spacecraft New Horizons which is expected to be the first spacecraft to flyby Pluto (in 2015) contains on board whose ashes as a tribute? | resolution introduced by some members of the California State Assembly facetiously called the IAU decision a "scientific heresy". The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a resolution in honor of Tombaugh, a longtime resident of that state, that declared that Pluto will always be considered a planet while in New ... | following the formation of all five known moons, and is maintained by the periodic local fluctuation of 9 percent in the Pluto–Charon gravitational field strength.
Exploration.
The "New Horizons" spacecraft visited the Pluto system and photographed Pluto and its moons during its flyby on 14 July 2015. Before the flyby ... | 49,446 | triviaqa-train |
What systems are classified based on their visual appearance by the Hubble sequence? | , M51a (Whirlpool Galaxy), NGC 300, NGC 772.
Examples of barred spiral galaxies: M91, M95, NGC 1097, NGC 1300, NGC1672, NGC 2536, NGC 2903.
Classes of galaxies Irregulars.
Galaxies that do not fit into the Hubble sequence, because they have no regular structure (either disk-like or ellipsoidal), are termed irregular ga... | Genista Corporation
Genista Corporation uses computational models of human visual and auditory systems to measure what viewers see and hear. Resulting perceptual metrics complement existing technologies by predicting experienced quality measured by a Mean Opinion Score (MOS) formerly assessed using subjective tests fro... | 49,447 | triviaqa-train |
What was the subject of astronomer Fred Whipple's 'Dirty Snowball' hypothesis? | Comet
A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind acting upon the nucleu... | larger G-star problem.
Formation hypothesis Alternative theories Whipple's theory.
In Fred Whipple's 1948 scenario a smoke cloud about 60,000 AU in diameter and with 1 solar mass () contracts and produces the Sun. It has a negligible angular momentum thus accounting for the Sun's similar property. This smoke cloud capt... | 49,448 | triviaqa-train |
In physics, what is the more common term for the Einstein-Rosen bridge that has fascinating implications for time travel? | .
Interuniversal travel.
A possible resolution to the paradoxes resulting from wormhole-enabled time travel rests on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
In 1991 David Deutsch showed that quantum theory is fully consistent (in the sense that the so-called density matrix can be made free of discontinuiti... | very warm feelings. God is one and there are no major differences between religions." Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao of Physics, wrote "... the attempt to find common ground between Eastern spirituality and Western science is eloquently told and makes for fascinating reading."
Code Name God is both an autobiography, ... | 49,449 | triviaqa-train |
When Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish discovered pulsars in 1967, they were baffled by the unnatural regularity of the radio transmissions. Jocularly suggesting that it was the work of extraterrestrials, they initially named their discovery as LGM-1 which expands to what? | so, they nicknamed the signal LGM-1, for "little green men" (a playful name for intelligent beings of extraterrestrial origin).
It was not until a second pulsating source was discovered in a different part of the sky that the "LGM hypothesis" was entirely abandoned. Their pulsar was later dubbed CP 1919, and is now kno... | ) times that of Earth's gravitational field.
As the star's core collapses, its rotation rate increases as a result of conservation of angular momentum, hence newly formed neutron stars rotate at up to several hundred times per second. Some neutron stars emit beams of electromagnetic radiation that make them detectable ... | 49,450 | triviaqa-train |
"In 2010, Andre Geim became the first person to receive both the Nobel Prize and what other unusual prize whose ceremony closes with ""If you didn't win a prize - and especially if you did - better luck next year!""?" | take place on 8 December, one day before the Nobel ceremony. Organizers said that the prize had no relation to the Chinese government, the Ministry of Culture or Beijing Normal University.
The German National Prize for Art and Science was Hitler's alternative to the Nobel Prize.
The Ig Nobel Prize is an American parody... | originally at a ceremony in a lecture hall at MIT, but now in the Sanders Theater at Harvard University. The event contains a number of running jokes, including Miss Sweetie Poo, a little girl who repeatedly cries out, "Please stop: I'm bored", in a high-pitched voice if speakers go on too long. The awards ceremony is ... | 49,451 | triviaqa-train |
Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo that was established in 1925 as Africa's first national park was created mainly to protect what animal? | Volcanoes National Park
Volcanoes National Park ( ) is a national park in northwestern Rwanda. It covers of rainforest and encompasses five of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, namely Karisimbi, Bisoke, Muhabura, Gahinga and Sabyinyo. It borders Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ... | national park in 1885. New Zealand established Tongariro National Park in 1887.
In Europe, the first national parks were a set of nine parks in Sweden in 1909, followed by the Swiss National Park in 1914. Africa's first national park was established in 1925 when Albert I of Belgium designated an area of what is now De... | 49,452 | triviaqa-train |
"The Montreal Protocol that went into force in 1989 and which was hailed by Kofi Annan as ""... the single most successful international agreement to date ..."" was aimed at protecting what?" | Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer) is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. It ... | from 1989. In 1992, he was selected to lead the OzonAction Programme of United National Environment Programme to enable 146 developing countries to comply with the Montreal Protocol. In year 2010, all the developing countries successfully phased out Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) and other Ozone Depleting Substances, making... | 49,453 | triviaqa-train |
The terms anadromous and catadromous describe what type of living thing referring to its mode of migration? (hint: 'ana' is up and 'cata' is down in Greek) | Fish migration
Many types of fish migrate on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annually or longer, and over distances ranging from a few metres to thousands of kilometres.
Fish usually migrate to feed or to reproduce, but in other cases the reasons are unclear.
Migrations involve the fish moving fr... | size. These factors make the Ganges shark populations vulnerable to even relatively low levels of exploitation, such as sport angling or gill netting.
Habitat and ecology Possibility of migration.
Some researchers consider "G. gangeticus" to be amphidromous, covering more than 100 km in both directions. However, this i... | 49,454 | triviaqa-train |
On 25 December 1990 while working at CERN, he implemented the first successful communication between a HTTP client and server via the Internet. In less than 10 years, Time named him as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century. Who? | Hypertext Transfer Protocol
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, where hypertext documents include hyperlinks to other resources that the user can easily acce... | once in a while and still be permitted to live." In 2003, Bart placed first in a poll of parents in the United Kingdom who were asked "which made-up character had the most influence" on children under 12 years old.
Reception and cultural influence Commendations.
In 1998, "Time" named Bart one of the 100 most important ... | 49,455 | triviaqa-train |
A note written in 1637 in the margin of a book says that there are no positive integers x, y and z such that xn + yn = zn, where n is an integer greater than two. This wasn't proved until 1995. Who is the author of this note? | Fermat's Last Theorem
In number theory, Fermat's Last Theorem (sometimes called Fermat's conjecture, especially in older texts) states that no three positive integers , , and satisfy the equation for any integer value of greater than 2. The cases and have been known since antiquity to have an infinite number of solutio... | integers and with , there exist unique integers and such that and , where denotes the absolute value of . The integer is called the "quotient" and is called the "remainder" of the division of by . The Euclidean algorithm for computing greatest common divisors works by a sequence of Euclidean divisions.
Again, in the la... | 49,456 | triviaqa-train |
In the hardware industry, what 'stirring' word describes the process of coating of iron/steel with zinc to prevent rusting? | . In 2009 in the United States, 55% or 893,000 tons of the zinc metal was used for galvanization.
Zinc is more reactive than iron or steel and thus will attract almost all local oxidation until it completely corrodes away. A protective surface layer of oxide and carbonate ( forms as the zinc corrodes. This protection l... | to contact with oxygen so as to prevent rusting. EPS-processed steel is inherently rust-inhibitive and, therefore, needs no oil or other coating to prevent rusting. Many "downstream" processes and steel fabrication processes must have the steel's oil coating (or other surface contaminants) removed as a precursor step o... | 49,457 | triviaqa-train |
What namesake thought experiment intended to demonstrate the limitation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics features a malevolent creature opening doors in a chamber? | , illustrating quantum indeterminacy through the manipulation of a perfectly sealed environment and a tiny bit of radioactive substance, and Maxwell's demon, which attempts to demonstrate the ability of a hypothetical finite being to violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
Origins and use of the literal term.
Johann Wit... | behaviour causes one chamber to warm up and the other to cool down, thereby decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics. This thought experiment has provoked debate and theoretical work on the relation between thermodynamics and information theory extending to the present day, with a number of sci... | 49,458 | triviaqa-train |
A hypothetical elementary particle called the Higgs boson that is the subject of studies using the Large Hadron Collider has been given what 'divine' name by the mainstream media? | is memorable, and [it] has some physics connection too."
The name "Higgson" was suggested as well, in an opinion piece in the Institute of Physics' online publication "physicsworld.com".
Public discussion Educational explanations and analogies.
There has been considerable public discussion of analogies and explanations... | 750 GeV diphoton excess
The 750 GeV diphoton excess in particle physics was an anomaly in data collected at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2015, which could have been an indication of a new particle or resonance. The anomaly was absent in data collected in 2016, suggesting that the diphoton excess was a statistical... | 49,459 | triviaqa-train |
Global warming be damned. The 19th century biologist Louis Agassiz who studied Alpine glaciers was the first to propose that the Earth had been subject what phenomena in the past? | Multiple independently produced datasets confirm that between 1880 and 2012, the global average (land and ocean) surface temperature increased by 0.85 [0.65 to 1.06] °C. Currently, surface temperature rise with about 0.2 °C degrees per decade. Since 1950, the number of cold days and nights have decreased, and the numbe... | , particularly that of the Mikka () have been studied since the end of the 19th century, especially by mineralogist and geographer Axel Hamberg. The other glaciers in the park have an evolution similar to that of the Mikka: in 1883 to 1895 they were mostly receding, then advanced a little in 1900 to 1916, after which t... | 49,460 | triviaqa-train |
If Jane Goodall is to chimpanzees, Birutė Galdikas, who worked for a long time in Borneo is to what animal? | documentary, 1996), "30 Years of National Geographic Specials" (TV documentary, 1995), "Orangutans: Grasping the Last Branch" (documentary, 1989), "Beauty and the beasts" (Channel 4 UK documentary, 1996) and "The Last Trimate" (TV documentary, 2008).
See also.
- Jeffrey H. Schwartz
- InfiniteEARTH
- List of apes
- Time... | and Malaysia. Galdikas convinced Leakey to help orchestrate her endeavor, despite his initial reservations. In 1971, Galdikas and her then-husband, photographer Rod Brindamour, arrived in Tanjung Puting Reserve, in Indonesian Borneo. Galdikas was the third of a trio of women appointed by Leakey to study great apes in t... | 49,461 | triviaqa-train |
The common basilisk is a lizard found in Central and South American rain-forests and is known for its ability to run on water. What is its appropriate nickname? | Common basilisk
The common basilisk ("Basiliscus basiliscus") is a species of lizard in the family Corytophanidae. The species is endemic to Central America and South America, where it is found near rivers and streams in rainforests. It is also known as the Jesus Christ lizard, Jesus lizard, South American Jesus lizard... | Common collared lizard
The common collared lizard ("Crotaphytus collaris"), also called eastern collared lizard, Oklahoma collared lizard, yellow-headed collared lizard or collared lizard, is a North American lizard that can reach in length (including the tail), with a large head and powerful jaws. They are well known ... | 49,462 | triviaqa-train |
What is the only major planet of the Solar System that takes its English name from Greek mythology? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the... | including dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets have been discovered and named. Consequently, there is a well-established process for naming newly discovered solar system objects. If Planet Nine is observed, the International Astronomical Union will certify a name, with priority usually given to a name proposed by its d... | 49,463 | triviaqa-train |
The mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot is best known for his work on the geometry of what unusual shapes? | Sciences at Yale University, where he was the oldest professor in Yale's history to receive tenure. Mandelbrot also held positions at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Université Lille Nord de France, Institute for Advanced Study and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. During his career, he received ... | such that N("r") grows as 1/"r" as "r" approaches zero. More precisely, this defines the box-counting dimension, which equals the Hausdorff dimension when the value "d" is a critical boundary between growth rates that are insufficient to cover the space, and growth rates that are overabundant.
For shapes that are smoot... | 49,464 | triviaqa-train |
What controversial theory in evolutionary biology proposes that most sexually reproducing species will experience little or no evolutionary change and remain in an extended state called stasis? | Punctuated equilibrium
Punctuated equilibrium (also called punctuated equilibria) is a theory in evolutionary biology which proposes that once a species appears in the fossil record the population will become stable, showing little evolutionary change for most of its geological history. This state of little or no morph... | molecular clock, though both the clock and the neutral theory were controversial, since most evolutionary biologists held strongly to panselectionism, with natural selection as the only important cause of evolutionary change. After the 1970s, nucleic acid sequencing allowed molecular evolution to reach beyond proteins ... | 49,465 | triviaqa-train |
Mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer that develops from the protective lining of the body's internal organs (the mesothelium) is usually caused by exposure to what substance? | of function in oncogenes.
As an environmentally triggered malignancy, mesothelioma tumors have been found to be polyclonal in origin, by performing a X-inactivation based assay on epitheloid and biphasic tumors obtained from female patients. These results suggest that an environmental factor, most likely asbestos expos... | Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin layer of tissue that covers many of the internal organs (known as the mesothelium). The most common area affected is the lining of the lungs and chest wall. Less commonly the lining of the abdomen and rarely the sac surrounding the heart, or the ... | 49,466 | triviaqa-train |
Which lady physicist was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission for which her colleague Otto Hahn won the Nobel and is often mentioned as the most glaring example of womens scientific achievement overlooked by the Nobel committee? | , who died in 1995, when his co-author Myron Scholes received the honor in 1997 for their landmark work on option pricing along with Robert C. Merton, another pioneer in the development of valuation of stock options. In the announcement of the award that year, the Nobel committee prominently mentioned Black's key role.... | produced a new element, he was nevertheless awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in November 1938 ""for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons"". A month later, the almost totally un... | 49,467 | triviaqa-train |
April 25, 1939 saw the introduction by Bob Kane of what major comic book character, one of the most popular of all times, in issue #37 of Detective Comics? | for $43,125 in a 2005 Heritage auction.
The most valuable American comics have combined rarity and quality with the first appearances of popular and enduring characters. Four comic books have sold for over US$1 million , including two examples of "Action Comics" #1, the first appearance of Superman, both sold privately... | paperback) (2006) (mass market) (2007)
8. "The Wicked" (trade paperback) (2007) (mass market) (2008)
9. "The Cursed" (trade paperback) (2007) (mass market) (2008)
10. "The Darkness" (trade paperback) (2008) (mass market) (2008)
11. "The Shadows" (trade paperback) (2008) (Book 11) (2009)
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The Treaty of San Francisco, which came into effect on April 28, 1952, officially ended what? | and of other Allied War Crimes Courts imposed on Japan both within and outside Japan.
This treaty served to officially end Japan's position as an imperial power, to allocate compensation to Allied civilians and former prisoners of war who had suffered Japanese war crimes during World War II, and to end the Allied post-... | Treaty of San Francisco
The , or commonly known as the Treaty of Peace with Japan, Peace Treaty of San Francisco, or San Francisco Peace Treaty), mostly between Japan and the Allied Powers, was officially signed by 49 nations on September 8, 1951, in San Francisco, California. It came into force on April 28, 1952, and ... | 49,469 | triviaqa-train |
Who famously owned a bicycle shop at 22 South Williams Street, Dayton, Oh? | sold parts and accessories. The brothers then moved the shop to 1015 West Third street, where they even had a newspaper ad for the Exchange. By the end of 1893, the shop was moved to 1034 West Third Street, where the name was changed from Wright Cycle Exchange to Wright Cycle Company.
Wright Cycle Company (1894-1909).
... | the self-oiling hub and devised the innovation of machining the crankarm and pedal on the left side with left-hand threads to prevent the pedal from coming unscrewed while cycling. The brick building at 22 South Williams St., where the Wrights worked from 1895 to 1897, is the only extant building on its original founda... | 49,470 | triviaqa-train |
Named for the developer of the steel plow, what Moline, Il. company is the largest producer of agricultural machinery in the world? | in construction and urban planning led to a shift in urban growth strategies in Moline. The first buildings were equipped with heat in September 1897, and electricity first arrived in Moline in 1881 when John Deere & Co. installed sixteen electric streetlights on the roadway outside its factories. Work on an electric s... | Minneapolis-Moline
Minneapolis-Moline was a large tractor and machinery producer based in Hopkins, Minnesota. It was the product of a merger between three companies in 1929: Minneapolis Steel & Machinery (MSM) (Twin City tractors), Minneapolis Threshing Machine (MTM), and Moline Plow. It had manufacturing facilities on... | 49,471 | triviaqa-train |
May 4, 1970 saw 4 students killed and an additional 13 wounded when National Guard soldiers opened fire on unarmed students at what mid-western University? | around, got on their knees, as if they were ordered to, they did it all together, aimed. And personally, I was standing there saying, they're not going to shoot, they can't do that. If they are going to shoot, it's going to be blank.
Another witness was Chrissie Hynde, the future lead singer of The Pretenders and a stu... | invasion of Cambodia to the American public on April 30, 1970. Further protests erupted against what was perceived as an expansion of the conflict, and the unrest escalated to violence when Ohio National Guardsmen shot and killed four unarmed students on May 4. Nixon's responses to protesters included an impromptu, ear... | 49,472 | triviaqa-train |
Located in Holyoke, Ma, the town in which the sport was created, what Hall of Fame is located at 444 Dwight St? | Church and Nueva Esperanza for their contributions to the community.
Every November, the International Volleyball Hall of Fame presents awards to its next class of inductees, as the best players of that year are named. The Hall presents three additional awards annually: the Court of Honor Award for contributions of tea... | Holyoke City Hall
Holyoke City Hall is the historic city hall of Holyoke, Massachusetts. It is located at 536 Dwight Street, on the south east corner of High Street and Dwight Street. Serving both as the city administrative center and a public timepiece for the industrial city's workers, construction began on the Gothi... | 49,473 | triviaqa-train |
A staple of the world's greatest sandwich, the Reuben, sauerkraut is made by fermenting what vegetable? | I, due to concerns the American public would reject a product with a German name, American sauerkraut makers relabeled their product as "Liberty Cabbage" for the duration of the war.
Production.
Sauerkraut is made by a process of pickling called lactic acid fermentation that is analogous to how traditional (not heat-tr... | Corned beef sandwich
A corned beef sandwich is a sandwich filled with corned beef, traditionally served with mustard and a pickle.
Variations.
In the UK, pickle is a common addition to a corned beef sandwich. ("Corned beef" in the UK refers to what is called bully beef elsewhere.)
Another variant more common in the Uni... | 49,474 | triviaqa-train |
Although never seen in the comic book, which Peanuts character is in love with The Little Red-Haired Girl? | around 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion.
The strip focuses entirely on a social circle of young children, where adults exist but are r... | in "The Peanuts Movie" (2015), where Linus says he hopes the new kid in town, later revealed as the Little Red-Haired Girl, would be willing to believe in it. The best-known quote regarding Linus and the Great Pumpkin, originally from the comic strip but made famous by the TV special, is: "There are three things I have... | 49,475 | triviaqa-train |
Prior to adopting the euro, what was the name of the currency shared by Germany and Finland? | Die Brücke (The Bridge) and Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), by the Russian-born Wassily Kandinsky, influenced the development of Expressionism in Munich and Berlin. The New Objectivity arose as a counter-style to it during the Weimar Republic. Post-World War II art trends in Germany can broadly be divided into Neo-e... | 's ambitions to lead Finland to the EU. The Centre Party was in opposition 1995—2003 and opposed adopting the euro as Finland's currency. However, after regaining power in 2003, the party accepted the euro.
History 2012 and beyond.
The party congress in June 2012 elected the newcomer Juha Sipilä to replace Mari Kivinie... | 49,476 | triviaqa-train |
May 5, 1925 saw one John T. Scopes of Dayton, TN, charged with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of what? | lawyers appealed, challenging the conviction on several grounds.
First, they argued that the statute was overly vague because it prohibited the teaching of "evolution", a very broad term. The court rejected that argument, holding:
Evolution, like prohibition, is a broad term. In recent bickering, however, evolution has... | World"
- Red Holt (July 25, 1894 – February 2, 1961) – former Major League Baseball first baseman with the Philadelphia Athletics
- Dave Roller – former NFL defensive lineman
- John Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970) – teacher charged with violating Tennessee's Butler Act and tried in a case popularly known as ... | 49,477 | triviaqa-train |
What Louisville, Ky track is home to the Kentucky Derby, the annual race known as “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports”? | Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carr... | Dogs", "Elizabethtown", "Demolition Man", and "Secretariat".
Culture.
Culture Annual festivals and other events.
Louisville is home to many annual cultural events. Perhaps most well-known is the Kentucky Derby, held annually during the first Saturday of May. The Derby is preceded by a two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festi... | 49,478 | triviaqa-train |
Which planet, which received its name on May 1, was named for the Roman god of the underworld, appropriate for such a presumably dark and cold world? | Pluto
Pluto (minor planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond Neptune. It was the first Kuiper belt object to be discovered and is the largest known plutoid (or "ice dwarf").
Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 and was originally considered to be the ninth... | have suggested several names for the hypothetical fifth giant planet—Hades, after the Greek god of the underworld; Liber, after the Roman god of wine and a cognate of Dionysus and Bacchus; and Mephitis, after the Roman goddess of toxic gases. Another suggestion is "Thing 1" from Dr. Seuss's "Cat in the Hat" children's ... | 49,479 | triviaqa-train |
What American author, a founding influence on the school of transcendentalism, is perhaps best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings? | and thought when silent, and giving out when open with the most varied and unusual instructive sayings.
Life.
Life Early life and education, 1817–1837.
Henry David Thoreau was born David Henry Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts, into the "modest New England family" of John Thoreau, a pencil maker, and Cynthia Dunbar. Hi... | Browne lost interest when his plan to take "Amazing Stories" upmarket collapsed, and the magazine fell back into predictability. In 1952, Ziff-Davis launched another fantasy magazine, titled "Fantastic", in a digest format; it was successful, and within a few months the decision was taken to end "Fantastic Adventures" ... | 49,480 | triviaqa-train |
Played by Paul Johansson in the recent movie, what is the name of the hero in Ayn Rand's seminal classic Atlas Shrugged? | Critics gave the film a 5% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 21 reviews.
Dagny Taggart was played by Samantha Mathis, Henry Rearden by Jason Beghe, and John Galt by D. B. Sweeney.
Film and television adaptations "Atlas Shrugged: Part III: Who Is John Galt?".
The third part in the series, "", was released on September ... | Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (referred to onscreen as simply Atlas Shrugged) is a 2011 American political science fiction drama film directed by Paul Johansson. An adaptation of part of Ayn Rand's controversial 1957 novel of the same name, the film is the first in a trilogy encompassing the entire book... | 49,481 | triviaqa-train |
What letter is The Scarlet Letter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel of the same name? | Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne (; né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.
He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, the only judge involved i... | 1924
- (August 29th Street), Bratislava, 1925
- ("The two lions building"- "U dvoch levov"), Bratislava, 1922
- Bratislava, 1923
- Trenčianske Teplice hydroelectric power plant, Trenčianske Teplice, 1920
- , Bratislava, 1921
Europe Slovenia.
- Nebotičnik skycraper, Ljubljana (1933)
Europe Spain.
- , Gijón, Asturias
- 1... | 49,482 | triviaqa-train |
“But wait, there’s more!” May 3, 1935 saw the birth of what prolific inventor and marketing personality, known for such products as Mr. Microphone, Showtime Rotisserie, and GLH-9 Hair in a Can spray, among many others? | Ronco
Ronco was an American company that manufactured and sold a variety of items and devices, most commonly those used in the kitchen. Ron Popeil founded the company in 1964, and infomercials and commercials for the company's products soon became pervasive and memorable, in part thanks to Popeil's personal sales pitch... | , under the name "GLH-9" (Great Looking Hair Formula #9). The product "was popular in the 1990s with 30-minute infomercials for the product on late-night cable TV", and the Ronco version sold over a half million cans. GLH came out in liquid form but contained powder particles that stuck to the follicles on the scalp.
I... | 49,483 | triviaqa-train |
Which bruising 19th century American, the last of the bare knuckle boxing heavyweight champions, was the first athlete to earn over one million dollars? | last major bare-knuckle heavyweight world championship, between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain on July 8, 1889, with Sullivan emerging as the victor. Since then, other claimants to being sanctioned bare-knuckle championship bouts include the August 5, 2011, match at Fort McDowell Casino on the Yavapai Nation reserva... | Jem Smith
Jem Smith (21 January 1863 – 10 September 1931) was a bare-knuckle prize fighter and Heavyweight Champion of England in the late 19th century and into the early 20th century. In 2010 he was inducted into the Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of Fame.
Early career.
In 1881 he fought his first bare-knuckle prizefight ag... | 49,484 | triviaqa-train |
What NPR staple, set in a fictional Minnesota town "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average", debuted in 1974? | and a cadre cast doing musical numbers and comic skits replete with elaborate live sound effects. The show is punctuated by spoof commercial spots for "PHC" fictitious sponsors such as Powdermilk Biscuits, the Ketchup Advisory Board, and the Professional Organization of English Majors (POEM); it presents parodic serial... | Masse, O'Donovan, Jarosz, DiGiallonardo, and Watkins. As well, he performed his last "News from Lake Wobegon" segment, with its final closing description of the fictional town, where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” Thile made his debut as permanent host ... | 49,485 | triviaqa-train |
The first issue of what women's magazine, known for its seal of approval, first appeared on May 2, 1885? | Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, and health, as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal", popularly known as the "G... | and Sprint, in its efforts to eavesdrop without warrants on international calls.
News reporting May 22, 2006.
In its issue dated May 22, 2006, "Newsweek" put the controversy on the cover of its magazine and ran several stories inside summarizing what is known and speculations about it.
On May 22, 2006, "Wired Magazine"... | 49,486 | triviaqa-train |
What Kentucky city plays host to the "fastest 2 minutes in sports", the Kentucky Derby? | Sports in Louisville, Kentucky
Sports in Louisville, Kentucky include amateur and professional sports in baseball, football, horse racing, horse shows, ice hockey, soccer and lacrosse. The city of Louisville and the Louisville metropolitan area have a sporting history from the mid-19th century to the present day.
Coll... | United States as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports" or "The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports" in reference to its approximate duration. It is the first leg of the American Triple Crown and is followed by the Preakness Stakes, then the Belmont Stakes. Unlike the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, which took hiatuses in 1... | 49,487 | triviaqa-train |
May 4, 1970 saw 4 students killed and an additional 13 wounded when National Guard soldiers opened fired on unarmed students at what mid-western University? | around, got on their knees, as if they were ordered to, they did it all together, aimed. And personally, I was standing there saying, they're not going to shoot, they can't do that. If they are going to shoot, it's going to be blank.
Another witness was Chrissie Hynde, the future lead singer of The Pretenders and a stu... | invasion of Cambodia to the American public on April 30, 1970. Further protests erupted against what was perceived as an expansion of the conflict, and the unrest escalated to violence when Ohio National Guardsmen shot and killed four unarmed students on May 4. Nixon's responses to protesters included an impromptu, ear... | 49,488 | triviaqa-train |
Which comic strip, created by Bil Keane, focuses on parents Bill and Thelma, and kids Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J.? | NBC: "A Special Valentine with the Family Circus" (1978), "A Family Circus Christmas" (1979), and "A Family Circus Easter" (1982). The Easter special featured jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie as the Easter Bunny.
Other media Feature film.
In October 2010, 20th Century Fox and Walden Media announced that they had acquired ... | 's family). The parents, Bil and Thelma (Thel), are modeled after the author and his wife, Thelma Carne Keane. Their four children, Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J., are fictionalized composites of the Keanes' five children. With the exception of P.J., no characters have aged appreciably during the run of the strip.
Bil (... | 49,489 | triviaqa-train |
On Star Trek, Mr. Spock's mother hailed from earth. From what planet did his father hail? | Spock
Spock is a fictional character in the "Star Trek" media franchise. Spock first appeared in the serving aboard the starship "Enterprise" as science officer and first officer, and later as commanding officer of two iterations of the vessel. Spock's mixed human-Vulcan heritage serves as an important plot element in ... | as his nephew "Ishmael" and helps him hide his alien origins.
At the end of the story, Captain Kirk discovers that Stempel was one of Spock's mother's ancestors, a reference to the fact that Mark Lenard also played Spock's father Sarek in episodes of the original "Star Trek" and "", as well as several of the "Star Trek... | 49,490 | triviaqa-train |
May 7, 1945 saw which Axis member nation sign a treaty of unconditional surrender, ending their participation in WWII? | Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower ( ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was a five-star general in the United States Army and served as supreme commander of the A... | Unconditional surrender
An unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. In modern times, unconditional surrenders most often include guarantees provided by international law. Announcing that only unconditional surrender is acceptable puts psychological pressure on a... | 49,491 | triviaqa-train |
Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May), is heavily celebrated in the US as an excuse to drink Corona. In Mexico, however, it's receives a minor nod as a day to commemorate an unexpected Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla over what European heavyweight? | San Carlos (1781) was the first major school and museum of art in the Americas. Scientist Andrés Manuel del Río Fernández discovered the element vanadium in 1801.
Spanish forces, sometimes accompanied by native allies, led expeditions to conquer territory or quell rebellions through the colonial era. Notable Amerindian... | Spring Equinox in Cantona, Fiesta de Santo Entierro y Feria de las Flores, the Fería del Café y el Huipil, the Huey Atlixcáyotl Festival, the Quetzalcoatl Ritual and Cinco de Mayo, celebrated in the entire state.
Cinco de Mayo—or the fifth of May—is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army's 1862 victory ... | 49,492 | triviaqa-train |
Steve Irwin, beloved Australian who died after a stingray mistook his chest for a dart board, was better known as whom? | Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist and television personality. Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series "The Crocodile Hunter" (1996–2007), an internationally broadcast wildlife documentar... | 'd Stand Beside You If We Weren't So Scared."
All this being said, in some South Park season intros, Muhammad can be seen uncensored.
Depiction of Steve Irwin.
Several viewers criticized the season 10 (2006) episode "Hell on Earth 2006" for its depiction of Steve Irwin with a stingray stuck in his chest.
The episode o... | 49,493 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the umbrella company under which local gabazillionaire Paul Allen does most of his work, such as owning the Seahawks, some of the Sounders, the Cinerama, and the Flying Heritage Collection, among others? | , revised at the time of his death to $20.3 billion.
Allen was the founder, with his sister Jody Allen, and Chairman of Vulcan Inc., the privately held company that managed his various business and philanthropic efforts. He had a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio including technology and media companies, scienti... | buy the team, "I'm not sure anybody else in this community would have done what [Allen] did." The Seahawks are valued at $1.33 billion in August 2014 by "Forbes", which says the team has "one of the most rabid fan bases in the NFL". Under the helm of Allen, the Seahawks made the Super Bowl three times following NFC Cha... | 49,494 | triviaqa-train |
May 5, 1821 saw Emperor Napoleon I die of what was likely stomach cancer on what British possession? | in the Atlantic Ocean, from the west coast of Africa. They also took the precaution of sending a garrison of soldiers to uninhabited Ascension Island, which lay between St. Helena and Europe.
Napoleon was moved to Longwood House on Saint Helena in December 1815; it had fallen into disrepair, and the location was damp, ... | is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1780 – American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
- 1797 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
- 1821 – The first major battle of the Greek War o... | 49,495 | triviaqa-train |
The Hippocratic Oath is taken by what profession? | wider society. Doctors who violate these codes may be subjected to disciplinary proceedings, including the loss of their license to practice medicine. Nonetheless, the length of these documents has made their distillations into shorter oaths an attractive proposition. In light of this fact, several updates to the oath ... | posturing due to the confidential nature of the chiropractic colleges in an attempt to enroll students.
Education, licensing, and regulation Ethics.
The chiropractic oath is a modern variation of the classical Hippocratic Oath historically taken by physicians and other healthcare professionals swearing to practice thei... | 49,496 | triviaqa-train |
In what state is Kent State University located? | Kent State University
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in Ashtabula, Burton, East Liverpool, Jackson Township, New P... | the edge of campus, was instead becoming its physical center. In 1964, continued and forecasted enrollment growth at Kent State led to discussion on building a new University Center in the area partially occupied by the stadium, to include a new student center and library along with additional parking and new classroom... | 49,497 | triviaqa-train |
What famed documentarian, a staple of PBS, has produced films on The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, World War II, and National Parks? | negligent misrepresentation, and interference with contract; and by PBS against Nesmith and Pacific Arts for lost royalties. The lawsuits escalated in 1994 and 1995 into major litigation between the parties over these rights and payments. PBS and Nesmith and Pacific Arts vigorously prosecuted these multimillion-dollar ... | at MIT with famed documentarian Richard Leacock. In 1972 she moved back to Washington DC, working first as a location sound recordist, then as a film and videotape editor on such films as "Reflections on a Revolution" for "Bill Moyers' Journal", "The Unquiet Death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg" for PBS and, working wit... | 49,498 | triviaqa-train |
According to the company, the Arm and Hammer logo represents which Roman god, the god of fire and metalworking? | , underarm deodorant, and cat litter.
History.
History Name and logo.
The original Arm & Hammer logo usage dates back to the 1860s. James A. Church, son of Dr. Austin Church, ran a spice business known as Vulcan Spice Mills. According to the company, the Arm and Hammer logo represents Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and ... | - Eternal flame
- Hephaestus – Greek god of fire and metalworking
- Hestia – Greek goddess of hearth and sacrifice
- Hindu deities
- Homa (ritual)
- Kamui Fuchi – Japanese fire deity
- Mātariśvan
- Svaha
- Vahagn – Armenian god of fire and war
- Vesta – Roman goddess of hearth and sacrifice
- Yajna
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