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Which economic law says ‘Bad money drives out good’? | was happening to the English shilling. Her father, Henry VIII, had replaced 40 percent of the silver in the coin with base metals, to increase the government's income without raising taxes. Astute English merchants and even ordinary subjects would save the good shillings from pure silver and circulate the bad ones; hen... | place of training. The said Article 3 (Equality before Law) says, that the practice of trades and professions may be regulated by law.
— As per the constitutional law and from the constitutional-economic point of view, the government interventions in the rights of an individual to freedom and to equality before law hav... | 500 | triviaqa-train |
Melbourne, Australia stands on which river? | Melbourne
Melbourne ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of , comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city o... | City of Bairnsdale
The City of Bairnsdale was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The City covered an area of , and existed from its split from the Shire of Bairnsdale in 1967 until 1994.
History.
Originally inhabited by the Kurnai Aborigines, the area was explored... | 501 | triviaqa-train |
Which deceased comedian’s real name was Maurice Cole? | Kenny Everett
Kenny Everett (25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995) was a British comedian and radio disc jockey known for his irreverent, offbeat comedic style and easy-going personality. After spells on pirate radio and Radio Luxembourg in the mid 1960s, he was one of the first DJs to join BBC radio's newly-created Radio 1... | Miller, and Bill Burr. On February 26, 2013, TBS picked up the show and began airing in late 2013. It showcased "the comedian’s incredible skill set, combining sketches, short films, live comedy, field pieces and in-studio guest interviews into a fast-paced half hour." As of July 10, 2013 the name of the show was "The ... | 502 | triviaqa-train |
Adelaide, Australia stands on which river? | Sellicks Beach in the south.
Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city centre and chose its location... | Cheltenham Park Racecourse
Cheltenham Park Racecourse was a horse racing track located in the suburb of Cheltenham in Adelaide, South Australia. It was situated north-west of the centre of the city and approximately five kilometres from Port Adelaide. The track was 2052 metres in circumference with a 325-metre straight... | 503 | triviaqa-train |
Which common bird is also called the dunnock? | Dunnock
The dunnock ("Prunella modularis") is a small passerine, or perching bird, found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia. Dunnocks have also been successfully introduced into New Zealand. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, which otherwise consists of mountain species. Other common... | "Orange Boys", not to be confounded with "Orange", which is the popular name of the Duch national team, that by the way also mostly plays in orange shirts).
Furthermore, there's a common fanfare, a common carnival society and a common church chorus.
Culture Folkloristic events around the civic guard.
Every two years th... | 504 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of the Dominican Republic? | whom approximately three million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.
Christopher Columbus landed on the island on December 5, 1492, which the native Taíno people had inhabited since the 7th century. The colony of Santo Domingo became the site of the first permanent European settlement in t... | 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... | 505 | triviaqa-train |
What herb, mentioned by Ophelia in ‘Hamlet’, is often used to flavour roast lamb? | from the wild plant, pot herbs began to be referred to as vegetables as they were no longer considered only suitable for the pot.
Culinary herbs.
Culinary herbs are distinguished from vegetables in that, like spices, they are used in small amounts and provide flavor rather than substance to food.
Herbs can be perennial... | .
Cultivation and uses.
Garlic mustard is one of the oldest spices used in Europe. Phytoliths in pottery of the Ertebølle and Funnelneck-Beaker culture in north-eastern Germany and Denmark, dating to 4100–3750 BCE prove its use.
In the 17th century Britain, it was recommended as a flavouring for salt fish. It can also ... | 506 | triviaqa-train |
What is the Italian for ‘None shall sleep’? | Nessun dorma
"" (; English: "None shall sleep") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. Any man who wishes to wed Tur... | to accept the first professorship in Biophysics in Italian history. Becoming famed for his strictness with students, he continued his research in the university setting, focusing on mathematical and physical models for bacterial growth, developing a complex view on the relationships between physics and biology, which a... | 507 | triviaqa-train |
‘I Predict a Riot’ (2004) and ‘Never Miss a Beat’ (2008) were Top 10 hits for whom? | Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, "22", in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band consists of lead vocalist Ricky Wilson, guitarist Andrew "Whitey"... | 461,000 copies, from their platinum album "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" plus a further two Top 20 singles in 2007 with "The Angry Mob" and "Everything Is Average Nowadays". In 2008, they had a UK number 5 hit with the post-punk revival track "Never Miss a Beat". Their 5 singles "Ruby", "I Predict a Riot", "Everyday I Love Y... | 508 | triviaqa-train |
In the hashtag ‘pogdogs’, who is ‘pog’? | Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs is a multi-award winning British reality documentary television series set at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and presented by Paul O'Grady. It has won numerous awards throughout its time on air.
The show is made by Shiver Productions and premiered on ITV... | Pog (drink)
POG, or Passion fruit-Orange-Guava, is a tropical juice drink created in 1971 by a food product consultant named Mary Soon who worked for Haleakala Dairy on Maui, Hawaii. It consists of a blend of juices from passionfruit, orange, and guava (hence POG).
POG is produced by Meadow Gold Dairy, a subsidiary of ... | 509 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of Michael Bentine’s Bafta-winning tv show that ran from 1960-64? | appeared in the film comedy "Raising a Riot", starring Kenneth More, which featured his five-year-old daughter "Fusty". He joked that she got better billing.
From 1960 to 1964, he had a television series, "It's a Square World", which won a BAFTA award in 1962 and Grand Prix de la Presse at Montreux in 1963. A prominent... | , what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?"
Another episode featured comedian Bernard Manning and actor Richard Wilson. Manning clashed with Wilson and Aherne as she asked him about his racist attitudes at one point saying, “Who do you vote for now Hitler’s dead?”, although he acknowledged that "One Fo... | 510 | triviaqa-train |
In 1979, which seaside town became the first in Britain to set up a nudist beach? | it had been a popular spa town since a stream of acidic water was discovered running from one of the cliffs to the south of the town in the 17th century. The first rolling bathing machines were introduced by 1735.
In 1793, Heiligendamm in Mecklenburg, Germany was founded as the first seaside resort of the European cont... | week.
- A small section of the Yyteri beach near Pori is designated as a unisex nudist beach. A flat beach covered in sand and much more suitable for swimming than Pihlajasaari.
- The Tulliranta beach near Hanko has a designated nudist section.
France.
- There are many naturist resorts on the Atlantic coast, for exampl... | 511 | triviaqa-train |
Bewdley, Tenbury Wells, and Droitwich Spa are all towns in which English county? | style. He was responsible for the redevelopment of Droitwich as a Spa.
- Lido
Opened in the 1930s was the town's lido, a large open-air swimming pool, which used diluted brine from beneath the town. After many years of closure Droitwich Spa Lido was reopened in 2006.
History Asylums and workhouses.
Droitwich's first wo... | of Warwickshire College in Pershore. There is also the University of Worcester, which is located in the city itself and is home to the National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit and five other national research centres.
Towns and villages.
The county town and only city is Worcester. The other major settlements, Kidd... | 512 | triviaqa-train |
In 1952, who was knocked down for the first time in his career by Jersey Joe Walcott? | Rocky Marciano
Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), best known as Rocky Marciano (), was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955, and held the world heavyweight title from 1952 to 1956. He is the only Heavyweight champion to have retired undefeated as champion. His six ... | In a highly anticipated bout, Sugar Ray Robinson retains his world Middleweight title with a third-round knockout of former world champion Rocky Graziano, who had knocked Robinson down seconds before losing the fight, Chicago.
- May 19 – Yoshio Shirai becomes Japan's first world champion in boxing history, defeating Da... | 513 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous literary character does governess Mary Morstan marry in 1889? (She is | associates him with the Bow Street Runners, a forerunner of Scotland Yard. He claims to have been in the force since 1862 ("The Man with the Twisted Lip") but in June 1889 Dr Watson writes he is in B Division to oversee "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle". According to Sherlockian author Jack Tracy, B Division was:
I... | ; the film conversely implies that the two of them met many times later had an intermittent, hotly consummated love affair.
- Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan, a governess whom Watson wishes to marry, causing a conflict with Holmes.
- Eddie Marsan as Inspector Lestrade, an investigator from Scotland Yard who hires Holmes t... | 514 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1900 novel ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’? | story "The Marvelous Land of Oz". In this story, General Jinjur leads the girls and women of Oz in a revolt, armed with knitting needles; they succeed and make the men do the household chores. Jinjur proves to be an incompetent ruler, but a female advocating gender equality is ultimately placed on the throne. His Edith... | with the Wizard of Oz". Her name is a pun on the phrase "Jelly or jam?"
Classic Oz books.
She is introduced (though unnamed), in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900), and is described as having pretty green hair and green eyes and wears a green silk dress with green satin sashes and a green apron. In the novel, she is t... | 515 | triviaqa-train |
In British Bingo, which number ball has the nickname ‘Dancing Queen’? | does not need to say, for example 'one and seven, seventeen', but 'red seventeen'. This means that the numbers can be called a lot faster by the caller (usually around 1.5 seconds a number).
In most UK bingo clubs, including most Gala Bingo clubs, mechanised cash bingo is played on a plastic board which has small windo... | the caller then draws one ball at a time until someone shouts bingo. This game is sometimes played as a "progressive" game, where the jackpot increases if no one hits bingo before the desired number of balls are called. If no one has achieved bingo before or on the desired ball count then the game is played again in an... | 516 | triviaqa-train |
Where is David Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency? | and publishing firms; the University of Oxford is also linked to the concentration of local biotechnology companies.
As well as the city of Oxford, other centres of population are Banbury, Bicester, Kidlington and Chipping Norton to the north of Oxford; Carterton and Witney to the west; Thame and Chinnor to the east; a... | winning interactive film and concert album. In 2019, Budd and his Africa Express colleagues had 80 musicians from around the world performing in a circus tent erected in Damon Albarn's native area of East London, Leytonstone.
Other activities branching outside the UK include Budd joining the British Prime Minister Davi... | 517 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the long-time judo sparring partner of Arkady Rotenberg? | Arkady Rotenberg
Arkady Romanovich Rotenberg (, born December 15, 1951 in Leningrad) is a Russian businessman and tycoon. With his brother Boris Rotenberg, he is co-owner of the Stroygazmontazh (SGM) group, the largest construction company for gas pipelines and electrical power supply lines in Russia.
He was listed by ... | Timchenko) – 49.5%.
Sanctions.
On July 30, 2015, Roman Rotenberg and the Oy Langvik Capital company were included in the USA financial ministry's sanctions list along with eleven other individuals and entities.
Family.
Father – Boris Romanovich Rotenberg (born in 1957), businessman, Russian Judo Federation vice-preside... | 518 | triviaqa-train |
To within a year either way, when did the R101 crash in France, with the loss of 48 lives? | flew seven years later.
After trial flights and subsequent modifications to increase lifting capacity, which included lengthening the ship by to add another gasbag, the R101 crashed in France during its maiden overseas voyage on 5 October 1930, killing 48 of the 54 people on board. Among the passengers killed were Lord... | and Imperial College during which he was responsible for the analysis of the methods used in the design of the R100 and R101 airships. The public enquiry into the latter's crash, which ended British participation in airship development, found no faults with Pippard's work but he withdrew from the field of aeronautical ... | 519 | triviaqa-train |
Laura Massaro and Nick Matthew are 2016 British champions at which sport? | Nick Matthew
Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in June 2010. His home clu... | Championship.
- PSA World Championship (26 October - 3 November): Nick Matthew defeated Grégory Gaultier 11-9, 11-9, 11-13, 7-11, 11-2.
2013 WSA World Series.
- Kuala Lumpur Open (27–31 March): Laura Massaro defeated Alison Waters 11–9, 11–7, 11–6.
- British Open (21–26 May): Laura Massaro defeated Nicol David 11–4, 3–... | 520 | triviaqa-train |
Which brand of whisky has an image of Lagopus lagopus scotica on the label? | the feathered feet and toes typical of this cold-adapted genus, and "scoticus" is "of Scotland".
The red grouse is widely known as the logo of The Famous Grouse whisky and an animated bird is a character in a series of its adverts. The red grouse is also the emblem of the journal "British Birds".
Description.
The red g... | Red grouse
The red grouse, "Lagopus lagopus scotica", is a medium-sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland. It is usually classified as a subspecies of the willow ptarmigan but is sometimes considered to be a separate species, "Lagopus scotica". It is also known as... | 521 | triviaqa-train |
In which adventure story does the magistrate Dr Livesey feature? | Dr. Livesey (character)
Dr. David Livesey is a fictional character in the novel "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson. As well as doctor, he is a magistrate, an important man in the rural society of southwest England, where the story opens; his social position is marked by his always wearing a white wig—even in t... | increasing sensitivity and wisdom.
- Dr. David Livesey: The local doctor and magistrate. Dr. Livesey is wise and practical, and Jim respects but is not inspired by him. Some years previously, he had been in the British Army which fought (and lost) the 1745 Battle of Fontenoy. Livesey exhibits common sense and rational ... | 522 | triviaqa-train |
Who is to take over from Stephen Fry in the next series of Q.I.? | QI
QI (short for Quite Interesting) is a British comedy panel game television quiz show created and co-produced by John Lloyd, and features permanent panellist Alan Davies. Stephen Fry was host of the show from its initial pilot, before departing after the final episode of the M series in 2016, with frequent "QI" panel... | Gadget Man
Gadget Man (previously Stephen Fry: Gadget Man) was a British television series, which began airing on 19 November 2012 on Channel 4 and was presented by Richard Ayoade, who took over from the previous host, Stephen Fry, from the second series. Each episode presented a variety of innovative products related ... | 523 | triviaqa-train |
In which French city does the Pont Saint-Benezet only partly span the river Rhone? | Pont Saint-Bénézet
The Pont Saint-Bénézet (; Provençal: "Pònt de Sant Beneset"), also known as the Pont d'Avignon (), is a famous medieval bridge in the town of Avignon, in southern France.
A wooden bridge spanning the Rhône between Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and Avignon was built between 1177 and 1185. This early bridge w... | Quebec Bridge
The Quebec Bridge (Pont de Québec in French) is a road, rail and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River between Sainte-Foy (since 2002 a western suburb of Quebec City) and Lévis, Quebec, Canada. The project failed twice, at the cost of 88 lives, and took over 30 years to complete.
The Que... | 524 | triviaqa-train |
In New York the Verrazano Narrows Bridge links Staten Island with which other borough? | Boroughs of New York City
New York City encompasses five county-level administrative divisions called "boroughs": The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. All five boroughs are part of New York City, and each borough is coterminous with a respective county. The boroughs of Queens and The Bronx are con... | Park Hill (Staten Island, New York)
Park Hill is a residential area on Staten Island in New York City. The area houses the Park Hill Apartments, located on Vanderbilt Avenue and on Park Hill Avenue, which were initially developed in the 1960s as a private apartment complex, to which many people from the other boroughs ... | 525 | triviaqa-train |
Who are the Brave Blossoms? | is most frequently cited as 1899, when students at Keio University were introduced to the game by Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke and Ginnosuke Tanaka both graduates of Cambridge University.
The formation of a national team and effectively Japan's first international match took place in Osaka on 31 January 1932 when a... | sexual relationship with other men. Women who are perceived as the most desirable short-term sexual partners are those who are not in a committed relationship and who also do not have casual sexual partners, while women who are in a committed long-term relationship are the least desirable partners. Following the above,... | 526 | triviaqa-train |
Johanna Konta is the new British female No.1 in which sport? | Belgium, where, in the final, she defeated Nicky Van Dyck for the loss of just one game. Konta also played her first Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour event when she entered the qualifying for Copenhagen, winning a match before exiting the event.
Career 2011: Drop in ranking.
In April 2011, Konta lost in three sets... | moved back to No. 2 in the world. At Wimbledon, Halep lost in the quarterfinals to British No. 1 Johanna Konta, who had defeated her earlier in the year at Miami as well.
Halep continued to produce strong results in the second half of the season. She made it to the semifinals at the Canadian Open, losing again to Svito... | 527 | triviaqa-train |
Parsees are followers of which religion? | , if heredity were the only factor in a determination of ethnicity, the Parsis would count as Parthians according to the "Qissa-i Sanjan".
The term "Parseeism" or "Parsiism" is attributed to Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, who in the 1750s, when the word "Zoroastrianism" had yet to be coined, made the first detail... | Muslim women, and only Muslim women, of the right of maintenance guaranteed to women of Hindu, Christian, Parsees, Jews and other religions. Indian Muslims consider the new 1986 law, which selectively exempts them from maintenance payment to ex-wife because of their religion, as secular because it respects Muslim men's... | 528 | triviaqa-train |
The five ‘K’s feature in which religion? | like the "Japu" (or "Japjī", literally "chant") hymns is recommended immediately after rising and bathing. Baptized Sikhs recite the five morning prayers, the evening and night prayer. Family customs include both reading passages from the scripture and attending the gurdwara (also "gurduārā", meaning "the doorway to Go... | which featured them on the front cover multiple times and awarded their first two albums five ‘K’s (the top rating for an album), each.
Overview 19861995: first incarnation.
The group played in New York for several years until they signed a contract with RCA Records. In July 1987, prior to the release of their debut a... | 529 | triviaqa-train |
What is the chief ingredient of a ‘dhansak’ curry? | Tamil cuisine's distinctive flavour and aroma is achieved by a blend and combination of spices including curry leaves, tamarind, coriander, ginger, garlic, chili, pepper, poppy seeds, mustard seeds, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, cumin, fennel or anise seeds, fenugreek seeds, nutmeg, coconut, turmeric root or powder, and ... | . Representative names include:
- Bhuna – medium, thick sauce, some vegetables ("bhunna" in Urdu means "to be fried").
- Biryani – spiced rice and meat cooked together and usually served with vegetable curry sauce.
- Curry – the most common name for a meat dish (most often chicken or lamb) with a medium-spicy, brown, g... | 530 | triviaqa-train |
Which title was bestowed upon Oliver Cromwell in 1653? | Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English military and political leader. He served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland "and of the dominions thereto belonging" from 1653 until his death, acting simultaneously as head of state and head of governmen... | Thomas Harrison, who had commanded the troop that aided Oliver Cromwell in dissolving the Rump, suggested that there be a ruling body based upon the Old Testament "Sanhedrin" of 70 selected "Saints", which was based on his beliefs, as a Fifth Monarchist, that the rule of the Saints would usher in the reign of Christ on... | 531 | triviaqa-train |
Risotto is usually made with which type of rice? | medium- or short- grain white rice is usually used for making risotto. Such rices have the ability to absorb liquids and to release starch and so they are stickier than the long grain varieties. The principal varieties used in Italy are Arborio, Baldo, Carnaroli, Maratelli, Padano, Roma, and Vialone Nano. Carnaroli, Ma... | Orzotto
Orzotto () is an Italian dish similar to risotto, but made with pearl barley instead of rice. Orzotti are a speciality of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy.
The name is a portmanteau of orzo (the Italian word for barley) and risotto. This should not be confused with orzo, otherwise known as... | 532 | triviaqa-train |
In the West Indies which is the largest of the Leeward Islands? | be leeward of an island to the southeast, such as Antigua, and conversely, Antigua would typically be windward of Puerto Rico, but leeward of Guadeloupe and Martinique.
The early Spanish colonizers called Puerto Rico and the islands to the west Sotavento, meaning leeward. The islands to the south and east of Puerto Ric... | British Virgin Islands national cricket team
The British Virgin Islands cricket team has represented the British overseas territory of the British Virgin Islands in cricket. The team is not a member of the International Cricket Council, but is a member of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, which itself is a membe... | 533 | triviaqa-train |
Which intra-continental ridge system runs right through Kenya from north to south? | Great Rift Valley, Kenya
The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. It is part of the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of the East African Rift, which starts in Tanzania to the south and continues northward into Ethiopia. It was formed on the "Kenyan ... | a common misconception that Þingvellir is at the juncture between the North American and Eurasian continental plates. However, they are in fact at the juncture of the North American continental plate and a smaller plate (approx. 10,000 km2) called the Hreppar Microplate (Hreppaflekinn). From 1963 to 1967, the island of... | 534 | triviaqa-train |
The hamadryas is a species of which monkey? | Hamadryas baboon
The hamadryas baboon (; "Papio hamadryas") is a species of baboon from the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. These regions provide habitats with the advantage for this species of fewe... | although both junior (under 20) and youth (under 18) events are held in the Paralympic equivalent.
All-time medal table (Junior).
- https://www.paralympic.org/nottwil-2017
- http://www.nottwil2017.ch/en/start_list_results/
Classification.
- F = field athletes
- T = track athletes
- P = pentathlon
- 11-13 – visually imp... | 535 | triviaqa-train |
What kind of mammal is a sika? | stags have stout, upright antlers with an extra buttress up from the brow tine and a very thick wall. A forward-facing intermediate tine breaks the line to the top, which is usually forked. Occasionally, sika antlers develop some palmation (flat areas). Females carry a pair of distinctive black bumps on the forehead. A... | kind "mammal".br
Premise (4) is a (universal negative) claim about the kind "mammal".br
Statement (5) concludes that what is denied of the kind "mammal" is denied of the subkind "dog".
Each of these two principles is an instance of a valid argument form known as universal hypothetical syllogism in first-order predicate... | 536 | triviaqa-train |
Which Smiths guitarist co-wrote many of the band’s hits with Morrisey? | working-class Irish immigrants in Davyhulme, Lancashire, Morrissey grew up in nearby Manchester. As a child, he developed a love of literature, kitchen sink realism, and pop music. In the late 1970s, he fronted punk rock band the Nosebleeds with little success before beginning a career in music journalism and authoring... | the band’s first two full albums, he wrote or co-wrote over 45 songs for the band and their subsequent albums. His first and biggest songwriting hit with Mud was “L’L’Lucy” which reached number 10 on the UK charts in September 1975. It became a bigger hit in both Belgium and the Netherlands, where it reached #1 for 12 ... | 537 | triviaqa-train |
Bingo slang ‘dancing queen’ represents which number? | Slang
Slang is language (words, phrases, and usages) of an informal register that members of particular in-groups favor (over the common vocabulary of a standard language) in order to establish group identity, exclude outsiders, or both.
Etymology of the word "slang".
In its earliest attested use (1756), the word "slan... | were playing and which card had the winning line ('Gold cards' typically pay double the wins of an ordinary card). These tokens can be collected and redeemed for prizes in the bingo hall's prize shop or put back into the machine as credits, although it is rare for them to have any monetary value.
Bingo number slang.
As... | 538 | triviaqa-train |
The international car number plate GBZ represents where? | Vehicle registration plates of Gibraltar
The vehicle registration plates of Gibraltar are similar to those of the United Kingdom, with the same colours and typeface, which conform to 1998 European standard design. The international vehicle registration code for Gibraltar is GBZ (Great Britain and Northern GBG is used f... | blue background).
The rest of the licence plate uses black print on a white background. Just after the country code strip is a one, two or three letter abbreviation, which represents the city or region where the car was registered, such as B for Berlin. These letters formerly coincided with the German districts. Since ... | 539 | triviaqa-train |
DJ Kenny Everett allegedly gave the BBC which nickname? | the Queen's Award for Enterprise in recognition of its international achievements.
From its inception, through the Second World War (where its broadcasts helped to unite the nation), to the 21st century, the BBC has played a prominent role in British life and culture. It is also known colloquially as "The Beeb", "Aunti... | making jingles and trails for Radio 1, where many of his pirate radio contemporaries were forging on-air DJ careers. Kenny Everett in his first BBC broadcast in May 1967 jokingly named the Double-D as one of his "best friendships." Spence later said he had worked for all four BBC Radio networks, including the classical... | 540 | triviaqa-train |
Which wartime nickname was shared by the 7th Armoured Division and the 8th Army? | as part of Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark's U.S. Fifth Army's British X Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery, and supported by the British 46th Infantry Division, it drove on and took Naples. The Desert Rats, used to fighting in the desert, had to adjust to the confined Italian roads. The division ... | Subotica in the Banat north of Belgrade
- 2nd Cavalry Regiment, based in Virovitica on the Drava river in Slavonia
- 3rd Cavalry Regiment, based in Subotica
- 6th Cavalry Regiment, based in Zagreb
- 8th Cavalry Regiment, based in Čakovec
Formation and composition Wartime organisation.
The wartime organisation of the Ro... | 541 | triviaqa-train |
Which television presenter is nicknamed The Hamster? | and from 1986 to 1988 attended Harrogate College of Art and Technology.
Career.
After graduation, Hammond worked for several BBC radio stations, including Radio Cleveland, Radio York, Radio Cumbria, Radio Leeds, Radio Newcastle and Radio Lancashire, before auditioning for "Top Gear".
Career "Top Gear".
Hammond became ... | Alf Tande-Petersen
Alf Tande-Petersen, nicknamed Tande-P (born 9 October 1950), is a Norwegian television personality, journalist, writer and businessperson. In his early career he wrote for newspapers and was a radio presenter, and he has released books in several genres, mostly humor and crime novels. He was also beh... | 542 | triviaqa-train |
The Sentinel serves which Midlands city? | The Sentinel (Staffordshire)
The Sentinel is a daily regional newspaper circulating in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire area. It is currently owned by Trinity Mirror and based at, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
It is the only newspaper delivering daily news and features on professional football clubs Stoke City, Por... | Duddeston station.
The main bus service serving Nechells is the National Express West Midlands bus route 66 from Birmingham city centre to Sutton Coldfield via Erdington. This route is the successor of trolleybus route 7, which ran from the city centre to Nechells from 1922 to 1940 and the motorbus route 43 which repla... | 543 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the area of large country houses around Worksop? | Dukeries", because of the now four obsolete ducal principal sites of which were closely located next to each other, south of the town. These four ducal locations were; Clumber House, Thoresby Hall, Welbeck Abbey and Worksop Manor. Other houses such as Rufford Abbey and Hodsock Priory are also just a few miles away
Work... | is the lack of properties entering the market due to the longstanding neighborhood tradition of keeping houses within the family. Each summer, the Little Italy community hosts an outdoor film festival where outdoor movies are projected onto a wall at the intersection of High and Stiles Streets.
History.
Located just ea... | 544 | triviaqa-train |
Where is England's most complete workhouse to be found? | , operated by the Department of Health and Social Security and renamed a resettlement centre. Southwell Workhouse, now a museum, was used to provide temporary accommodation for mothers and children until the early 1990s.
Modern view.
The Poor Law was not designed to address the issue of poverty, which was considered to... | where he spent the final 10 months of his sentence. He found conditions in the workhouse "a nightmare of cruelty, infinitely worse than the most inhuman aspects of the penitentiary." The guards beat inmates at the slightest provocation, and one particularly sadistic guard shoved prisoners down the stairs. Berkman felt ... | 545 | triviaqa-train |
Which manager appeared on TV's Fast Show? | The Fast Show
The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014.
It was one of the most popular sketch shows of the 1990s in the UK. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, J... | entered a local talent contest and won, but was disqualified by organizer Bev Delich for being underage. Delich entered him in the Canadian Youth Talent Search. After Bublé won that contest, he asked Delich to be his manager. Delich represented him for the next seven years, during which Bublé worked diligently at any j... | 546 | triviaqa-train |
Who became manager of Melchester Rovers in 1978? | Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer and later manager named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the "Tiger" in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic magazine, published by IPC and... | cricket tournaments, but by far the most common summer storyline saw the Rovers go on tour to a fictional country in an exotic part of the world, normally South America, where they would invariably be kidnapped and held to ransom. "Melchester played more pre-season games at gunpoint deep in the jungle than they ever di... | 547 | triviaqa-train |
Which black, igneous rock was used by the Mayans to make their sword blades? | Obsidian
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock.
Obsidian is produced when felsic lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth. It is commonly found within the margins of rhyolitic lava flows known as obsidian flows, where the chemical composition ... | There are vines which reach from the opening all the way down to the water along with small waterfalls. There are black catfish which swim in the cenote. Cenote Ik Kil is sacred to the Mayans and the Mayans used this cenote for both relaxation and ritual services.
Ik Kil is near the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, on the ... | 548 | triviaqa-train |
The most eastern part of Massachussetts is called what? | the eastern section of the state contains Greater Boston, along with most of the state's population, as well as the distinctive Cape Cod peninsula. To the west lies the hilly, rural region of Central Massachusetts, and beyond that, the Connecticut River Valley. Along the western border of Western Massachusetts lies the... | Most experts had previously believed that agriculture Eastern Woodlands Cultures was imported from the Mayans and Aztecs in what is now called Mexico, along with the trinity of subtropical crops: maize (corn), beans, and squash. What is now accepted is that the Eastern Woodlands Cultures were cultures which were part o... | 549 | triviaqa-train |
In 1962 who became Margot Fonteyn's dance partner? | to become a freelance dancer in 1959.
In 1961, when Fonteyn was considering retirement, Rudolf Nureyev defected from the Kirov Ballet while dancing in Paris. Fonteyn, though reluctant to partner with him because of their 19-year age difference, danced with him in his début with the Royal Ballet in "Giselle" on 21 Febru... | Her solution became, over time, the precursor of the modern pointe shoe, as pointe work became less painful and easier for curved feet. According to Margot Fonteyn's biography, Pavlova did not like the way her invention looked in photographs, so she would remove it or have the photographs altered so that it appeared sh... | 550 | triviaqa-train |
American films use which fictional area code in telephone numbers? | or 1.
Requiring a 1 to be dialed before the full number in some areas also provided for area codes of the form "N10", such as 210 in the San Antonio, Texas, area and 410 in eastern Maryland. Therefore, someone calling from San Jose, California, to Los Angeles before the change would have dialed 213-555-0123 and after t... | 646 (New York) area codes for use in films, TV and radio dramas. Occasionally, a real number serves as an Easter egg, as the publisher directs a number they own to a promotional message, a contest line or other content which ties into the original programme.
Phone numbers whose exchanges begin with 1 are also occasiona... | 551 | triviaqa-train |
Development of which aero-engine sent Rolls-Royce into receivership in 1971? | of engines for defence and civil aircraft.
In the late 1960s, Rolls-Royce became hopelessly crippled by its mismanagement of development of its advanced RB211 jet engine and the consequent cost over-runs, though it ultimately proved a great success. In 1971, the owners were obliged to liquidate their business. The usef... | in England. After a brief period, Hooker retired in 1967, staying on as a consultant only. Hooker's eminence in the field was widely recognised and he was made an Honorary Fellow of the AIAA. In 1970 he retired fully, and was upset that after almost 30 years in the industry he had never become Director of Engine Develo... | 552 | triviaqa-train |
What did Dirty Harry say was the most powerful handgun in the world? | know what you're thinking: 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well... | Model 29 designation was applied in 1957.
At the time of its introduction, the Model 29 was the most powerful production handgun. There were a number of custom calibers that were more powerful, as in the old Howdah pistols of the 19th century.
It remained primarily the province of handgun enthusiasts, some law enforcem... | 553 | triviaqa-train |
Whiff-Whaff and Gossima lost out as brand names to which rival, according to Boris Johnson? | Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: players must allow a ball played ... | on the tiller". According to Hinsliff, Dacre considers May's unsuccessful leadership rival, Boris Johnson, as "morally reprehensible, because of his serial affairs, and fundamentally unserious". Despite this, "Mail" contributor Sarah Vine in a leaked email, believed Dacre (and Rupert Murdoch) would back Johnson if her ... | 554 | triviaqa-train |
A castrated chicken is called what? | Capon
A capon (from ) is a cockerel (rooster) that has been castrated to improve the quality of its flesh for food and, in some countries like Spain, fattened by forced feeding.
In the United Kingdom, birds sold as capons are chemically or physically castrated cocks.
History.
The origins of caponised chickens are conte... | in Brazilian "churrascos", chicken hearts are an often seen delicacy.
- Liver: This is the largest organ of the chicken, and is used in such dishes as Pâté and chopped liver.
- Schmaltz: This is produced by rendering the fat, and is used in various dishes.
Health.
Chicken meat contains about two to three times as much ... | 555 | triviaqa-train |
In which capital of the British Isles would you find the Royal Canal? | (1.2 million) in Scotland and Greater Dublin Area (1.9 million) in Ireland.
The population of England rose rapidly during the 19th and 20th centuries, whereas the populations of Scotland and Wales showed little increase during the 20th century; the population of Scotland has remained unchanged since 1951. Ireland for m... | Guard automatically became a part of the Department of the Navy. Destroyers and similar escort warships were considered the most effective means of sinking enemy submarines and protecting merchantmen. Therefore, destroyer squadrons were based in the British Isles at major ports including Queenston, Ireland. The capital... | 556 | triviaqa-train |
Which canal links the Grand Union Canal to the Limehouse Cut in London? | observance is very low within the Anglican denomination. Church attendance continues on a long, slow, steady decline, according to Church of England statistics.
London is also home to sizeable Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, and Jewish communities.
Notable mosques include the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets, which is allowed ... | product from Hertfordshire, this later became an important industrial waterway connecting the heavily industrialised Lea Valley with the docks. A short-cut to the Thames avoiding the winding mouth of the Lea (Bow Creek) and closer to central London was provided by the Limehouse Cut (1760).
A connection from London to t... | 557 | triviaqa-train |
The Royal Military Canal separates which area from the rest of England? | Royal Military Canal
The Royal Military Canal is a canal running for between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings, following the old cliff line bordering Romney Marsh, which was constructed as a defence against the possible invasion of England during the Napoleonic Wars.
History.
History Origin and cons... | Kløvermarken
Kløvermarken (the Clover Field) is a large green space in the Amager East district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally a military area, it has later been home to both Copenhagen's first air field and a camp for German refugees after World War II. It now sports football pitches and other sports facilities as... | 558 | triviaqa-train |
The Soviets invaded which Baltic country in November 1939? | more specifically, Eastern Baltic subgroup of Baltic).
The Estonian language is a Finnic language, together with neighboring Finland's Finnish language.
Apart from the indigenous languages, German was the dominant language in Estonia and Latvia in academics, professional life, and upper society from the 13th century un... | in Mongolia between May–August, 1939. Later that year, protected with the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]], it invaded eastern Poland about three weeks after the Germans invaded the west of the country. During the next eleven months the Soviets [[Occupation of Baltic Republics|occupied and annexed the Baltic states]]. The S... | 559 | triviaqa-train |
What was the title of Stevie Wonder's 1977 tribute to Duke Ellington? | straight at No. 1 in the "Billboard" charts, where it stood for 14 non-consecutive weeks. Two tracks became No. 1 Pop/R&B hits: "I Wish" and "Sir Duke". The baby-celebratory "Isn't She Lovely?" was written about his newborn daughter Aisha, while songs such as "Love's in Need of Love Today" and "Village Ghetto Land" ref... | including joining Herbie Mann on stage in Central Park and an impromptu performance on "The Tonight Show". She was asked to join the final band of trumpeter Lee Morgan, performing on his last Blue Note album in 1971. Morgan contributed to Humphrey's first album, "Flute In", in 1971.
She has played with Duke Ellington a... | 560 | triviaqa-train |
Darts had their last Top Ten hit in 1979 with which song? | , and he was replaced by American singer Kenny Andrews. Their final hit of 1978 was "Don't Let It Fade Away" (written by George Currie). "Get It" (written by Horatio Hornblower, under his real name Nigel Trubridge), followed in early 1979 and they also covered Gene Chandler's US 1962 hit "Duke of Earl", produced by for... | a top ten US hit. It was Rivers' last Top 40 hit in the United States, and became his second Gold record.
In 1979, Johnny Duncan covered the song under its original title "Slow Dancing", and had a top ten hit on the country charts with it in both the US and Canada.
Content.
The song describes a young man slow dancing i... | 561 | triviaqa-train |
Which region of France was renamed after the apple brandy distilled there? | Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is an apple or pear brandy from Normandy in France.
History.
History In France.
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known Norman distillation was carried out by Gilles Picot, Lord de Gouberville, in 1553, and the guild for cider dist... | Cognac
Cognac ( , , ) is a variety of brandy named after the town of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime.
Cognac production falls under French appellation d'origine contrôlée designation, with production methods and naming required t... | 562 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1980 film does Ted Striker describe his wartime experiences in Drambuie and Daiquiri? | I am serious. And don't call me Shirley", was 79th on AFI's list of the best 100 movie quotes. In 2000 the American Film Institute listed "Airplane!" as number ten on its list of the 100 funniest American films. In the same year, readers of "Total Film" voted it the second greatest comedy film of all time. It also came... | The reminiscences are intercut with the realities of the period – old news, films, recruiting trailers, March of Time clips, and pop songs such as "Rosie the Riveter." These often serve to highlight the disparities between how women were portrayed in wartime media and the actual experiences of these five women.
Recepti... | 563 | triviaqa-train |
Manchester Trousers are made of Manchester cloth, which is another name for what? | Corduroy
Corduroy is a textile with a distinct pattern, a "cord" or wale. Modern corduroy is most commonly composed of tufted cords, sometimes exhibiting a channel (bare to the base fabric) between the tufts. Both velvet and corduroy derive from fustian fabric.
The fabric looks as if it is made from multiple cords laid... | Soreen. Rikki was also responsible for developing the technique for drying egg white used in many cooking recipes. In 2003 Warburtons sold the brand to Inter Link Foods and in 2007 Soreen became part of McCambridge Group. In 2014 UK food group Samworth Brothers bought the Soreen brand for an undisclosed sum. Aunt Ellen... | 564 | triviaqa-train |
Which peninsula marks the southern end of the Gulf of Mexico? | as illustrated by papers authored by Kevin Mickus and others. This hypothesis is not to be confused with the Chicxulub Crater, a large impact crater on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico on the Yucatán Peninsula. Increasingly, the Gulf of Mexico is regarded as a backarc basin behind the Jurassic Nazas Arc of Mexico
In 20... | southern end of Hutchinson Island, near Sewall's Point, Jensen Beach and Port Salerno, Florida. Late on September 5, Frances picked up speed due to a strengthening high pressure system to its north and crossed the Florida Peninsula, emerging over the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa as a tropical storm. After a short trip ove... | 565 | triviaqa-train |
The Mississippi enters the sea in which state of the USA? | the total drainage basin is , of which only about one percent is in Canada. The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest and fifteenth-largest river by discharge in the world. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississip... | Missouri-Arkansas border in the Bootheel and eventually exits the state at Missouri's lowest point in the "toe" at above sea level. It passes through Lake Wappapello, which is formed by a dam constructed in 1941. Below the dam the river meanders through cane forests and willow wetlands or forested swamp, transitioning ... | 566 | triviaqa-train |
Which British designer allegedly invented both the miniskirt and later hot pants? | female tennis players, figure skaters, cheerleaders, and dancers.
Several designers have been credited with the invention of the 1960s miniskirt, most significantly the London-based designer Mary Quant and the Parisian André Courrèges.
Pre-1960.
While very short skirts have existed for a long time, they were generally ... | inventing the coloured and patterned tights that tended to accompany the garment, although their creation is also attributed to the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga, who offered harlequin-patterned tights in 1962, or to John Bates.
Fashion career Later career.
In the late 1960s, Quant popularised hot pants and be... | 567 | triviaqa-train |
Which model controversially wore a mini-dress to the Melbourne races in October 1965? | White shift dress of Jean Shrimpton
On 1965 Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, English model Jean Shrimpton wore a white minidress that sparked controversy and was later described as a pivotal moment in women's fashion. The dress was made by Shrimpton's dressmaker, Colin Rolfe, and its hem was ... | in the Melbourne Cup Carnival in Australia wearing a miniskirt in 1965; Goldie Hawn, who appeared on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" with her mini skirt in 1967; and Jackie Kennedy, who wore a short white pleated Valentino dress when she married Aristotle Onassis in 1968.
Women's fashion Mid 1960s (1964–66) The Single Gi... | 568 | triviaqa-train |
Which country adopted an all green flag in November 1977? | Flag of Libya
The flag of Libya was originally introduced in 1951, following the creation of the Kingdom of Libya. It was designed by Omar Faiek Shennib and approved by King Idris Al Senussi who comprised the UN delegation representing the regions of Cyrenaica, Fezzan and Tripolitania at UN unification discussions.
The... | Flag of Solomon Islands
The flag of Solomon Islands consists of a thin yellow diagonal stripe divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a blue upper triangle and green lower triangle, and the canton charged with five white stars. Adopted in 1977 to replace the British Blue Ensign defaced with the arms o... | 569 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Apollo 8 become the first manned mission to orbit the moon? | Apollo 8 in 1968, and six manned landings between 1969 and 1972, with the first being Apollo 11 in July 1969. These missions returned lunar rocks which have been used to develop a geological understanding of the Moon's origin, internal structure, and the Moon's later history. Since the 1972 Apollo 17 mission the Moon h... | the United States Army, he joined NASA in 1962. He worked at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, until 1970. He served as the Flight Director on Gemini 11 and Gemini 12, and as one of the Flight Directors on Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the Moon; Apollo 11, the first mission to land on the Moon; and... | 570 | triviaqa-train |
Where is Britain's National Space Centre? | National Space Centre
The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side the city of Leicester, England, next to the River Soar. Many of ... | Billy George (gymnast)
Billy George (born 4 April 1991) is a British gymnast.
Education.
George trained IDTA Ballet, Tap, and Modern Jazz at his mother's dance school, Armley Dance Studios, Leeds. Billy attended Intake Arts College in Bramley, Leeds, a specialist performing arts school. In 2009, he attended the Nationa... | 571 | triviaqa-train |
In which Japanese form of Buddhism is meditation most important? | is mindfulness of breathing ("annabanna" 安那般那). The Chinese translator and scholar Kumarajiva (344–413 CE) transmitted various meditation works, including a meditation treatise titled "The Sūtra Concerned with Samādhi in Sitting Meditation" (坐禅三昧经, T.614, K.991) which teaches the Sarvāstivāda system of fivefold mental ... | 11, 2009, a cartel lieutenant—Arnoldo Rueda Medina—was arrested. La Familia members attacked the Federal Police station in Morelia to try to free Rueda shortly after his arrest. During the attacks, two soldiers and three federal policemen were killed. When that failed, cartel members attacked Federal Police installatio... | 572 | triviaqa-train |
The word 'stannary' refers to which metal? | , mostly from the mid nineteenth century onwards, which is rather late in the overall history of the stannary organisations. Earlier survivals in the CRO include the Tin Abstract Books from the Truro Tin office for 1703–10 and 1833–35. These books record the quantities of tin coined in the various coinage towns of Devo... | instrument that has a long body where its bars are made from bamboo or other good quality woods or metal bars striking with a pair of two roneat sticks played in the Pinpeat and Mahori Orchestras.
"The Garland Handbook of Southest Asian Music" edited by Terry E. Miller and Sean Williams, argued that the word "roneat" i... | 573 | triviaqa-train |
There are four types of wetland: swamp, marsh, bog and what? | . Fens are an example of this kind of bog.
Types By nutrient content Mesotrophic bog.
A mesotrophic bog, also called a transitional peat bog, contains a moderate quantity of nutrients.
Types By nutrient content Oligotrophic bog.
Oligotrophic bogs occur where the groundwater is poor in nutrients e.g. in wetlands with nu... | Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve
The Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve (or Mantua Swamp) is a protected wetland in Mantua Township, Portage County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1976 and a state nature preserve in 1990. The national landmark designation encompasses which incl... | 574 | triviaqa-train |
Which G is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? | calculate the motions of the Moon and other objects in the Solar System.
During the Middle Ages, before the invention of the telescope, the Moon was increasingly recognised as a sphere, though many believed that it was "perfectly smooth".
In 1609, Galileo Galilei drew one of the first telescopic drawings of the Moon in... | Kuiper (Mercurian crater)
Kuiper is a moderate-size crater with a central peak cluster located at on Mercury. It is 62 kilometers in diameter and was named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper in 1976. It is one of only 2 Mercurian craters which are named not after artists, and one of very few cases when the s... | 575 | triviaqa-train |
For which series of films were the actors Kenneth Williams and Sid James best known? | Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor, best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 "Carry On" films, and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, includ... | began in 1956 under the same name and with the same writers, produced for the BBC by Duncan Wood. The television and radio versions alternated until 1959, when the final radio series and the fifth television series were both broadcast during the autumn season. Only Sid James transferred from the radio series, although ... | 576 | triviaqa-train |
Which alternative word for the Devil is a Hebrew word with translates as Lord Of The Flies? | , and "Ba'al Zebub" was a derogatory pun used by the Israelites. In regard to the god of Ekron, the belief that "zebub" may be the original affix to Baal and that it is a substitute for an original "zbl" which, after the discoveries of Ras Shamra, has been connected with the title of "prince", frequently attributed to ... | Beulah (given name)
Beulah ( ), a feminine given name, originated from the Hebrew word ( "bə‘ūlāh"), used in the Book of Isaiah as a prophesied attribute of the land of Israel. The King James Bible transliterates the word and translates it as "married" (see ). An alternative translation is "espoused", see for example (... | 577 | triviaqa-train |
On which TV island might you have found actor Ricardo Montalban? | the Apes" (1972).
Ricardo Montalbán played Mr. Roarke on the television series "Fantasy Island" (1977–1984), and Khan Noonien Singh in both the original "" series (1967) and the film "" (1982). He won an Emmy Award for his role in the miniseries "How the West Was Won" (1978), and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the S... | relinquish all of his royalty income to Von Braun. Lehrer firmly denied those claims in a 2003 interview.
- "The Vatican Rag" – The Second Vatican Council and the reform of Roman Catholic liturgy (Upon performing this song in the hungry i nightclub in San Francisco, Lehrer was harshly criticized by actor Ricardo Montal... | 578 | triviaqa-train |
Mozart's opera, which was a continuation of The Barber Of Seville, was called The Marriage Of ... who? | was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Christoph Willibald Gluck reacted against its artificiality with his "reform" operas in the 1760s. The most renowned figure of late 18th-century opera is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who began with opera seria but is most famous for his Italian comic operas, especially ... | is not improbable that this person is identical with the Nahum mentioned in the list [Lazarus 1890, p. 65].
The danger threatening the authority residing in the land of Israel was fortunately averted; at about the same time, Rabbi Nathan, a member of the house of exilarchs, came to land of Israel, and by virtue of his ... | 579 | triviaqa-train |
What is the nearest planet to the Sun? | , 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... | stars and red dwarf stars within the Milky Way Galaxy. 11 billion of these estimated planets may be orbiting sun-like stars. The nearest such planet was then as close as 12 light-years away but (see below) is now estimated slightly above four light-years away.
On August 24, 2016, astronomers announced the discovery of ... | 580 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the dopey road sweeper player by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools And Horses? | Roger Lloyd-Pack
Roger Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 15 January 2014) was an English actor. He was best known for the role of Trigger in "Only Fools and Horses" from 1981 to 2003. He had a supporting role of Owen Newitt in "The Vicar of Dibley" from 1994 to 2007, and as Tom in "The Old Guys" with Clive Swift. He was al... | Lawson ("Star Wars"), David Neilson ("Coronation Street"), Peter Duncan ("Blue Peter"), June Brown ("EastEnders"), David Troughton, and Roger Lloyd-Pack ("Only Fools and Horses" and "The Vicar of Dibley").
In a High Court case in the mid-1970s, which was abandoned by both sides due to escalating costs, writer Brian Cle... | 581 | triviaqa-train |
In which sport do the rules specify that the ball used must not weigh less than 45.93 grams and must have a diameter of at least 42.67 millimetres? | pilgrimage. In 1764, the standard 18-hole golf course was created at St Andrews when members modified the course from 22 to 18 holes. Golf is documented as being played on Musselburgh Links, East Lothian, Scotland as early as 2 March 1672, which is certified as the oldest golf course in the world by Guinness World Reco... | . The Wanderers 1–0 Royal Engineers at Kennington Oval in London. The goal is scored by Morton Betts. In its way, this first final marks the beginning of major competitive football.
- The FA rules that the ball must have a circumference of between 68 cm and 71 cm. It must be spherical and must consist of an India rubbe... | 582 | triviaqa-train |
Which came first - Rugby League or Rugby Union? | Rugby union
Rugby union, widely known simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ... | Jake Spedding
Jake Spedding (born 26 June 1996) is an English rugby league footballer who plays for Barrow Raiders in the Betfred Championship, as a or .
Career.
Spedding made his début in the Super League for St. Helens on 8 April 2016 against the Warrington Wolves. His first professional try came for the Sheffield Ea... | 583 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the heaviest? An Ice Hockey Puck or a Baseball? | Hockey puck
A hockey puck is a disk made of vulcanized rubber that serves the same functions in various games as a ball does in ball games. The best-known use of pucks is in ice hockey, a major international sport.
Origins.
Ice hockey and its various precursor games utilized balls until the late 19th century. By the 18... | Kenneth Brumley
Kenneth Brumley (born 1968) is one of the heaviest people ever recorded, whose weight was confirmed. He was featured on the Channel 4 "BodyShock" documentary "Half Ton Dad", as a father of four, who weighed 1,033 pounds (468 kg).
As a child, Brumley played basketball, baseball and American football whic... | 584 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Sue Barker replace as host of the BBC quiz show A Question Of Sport? | Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell.
Dawson is a Rugby World Cup winner, winning 77 caps, and scoring 16 tries. He played club rugby for Northampton Saints and subsequently Wasps.
Tufnell played 42 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team. He played county cricket for Middlesex.
Presenters and c... | of its sporting quiz show "A Question of Sport" the evening before the race. This was immediately followed by a live race preview show, "The Night Before the National", on BBC Two, presented by Clare Balding from the pre-National gala dinner at St. George's Hall in Liverpool.
Coverage on race day itself began at 1:45pm... | 585 | triviaqa-train |
In 1999, what film became Tom Hanks first sequel? | starred in an adaptation of the Stephen King novel "The Green Mile". He also returned as the voice of Woody in "Toy Story 2", the sequel to "Toy Story". The following year, he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a marooned FedEx systems analyst in Robert Zemeckis's "Ca... | Prior releases, such as 1994's "Aladdin" sequel, "The Return of Jafar", had returned an estimated $100 million in profits.
Initially, everything regarding the sequel was uncertain at first: whether stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen would be available and affordable, what the story premise would be, and even whether the fil... | 586 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the robot dog that became a regular companion for Doctor Who? | then has been produced in-house by BBC Wales in Cardiff. "Doctor Who" has also spawned numerous spin-offs, including comic books, films, novels, audio dramas, and the television series "Torchwood" (2006–2011), "The Sarah Jane Adventures" (2007–2011), "K-9" (2009–2010), and "Class" (2016), and has been the subject of ma... | a small flat at Putney overlooking the Thames. Almost all his significant work was produced during this period. He had a stable job at the BBC and ended the unsatisfying promiscuity of his younger years. What remained was his search for what he called an "Ideal Friend".
Ackerley took financial responsibility for his si... | 587 | triviaqa-train |
Which former Blue Peter presenter was involved in the first National Lottery TV draw in November 1994? | special programme. Those returning included Leila Williams, Valerie Singleton, John Noakes, Peter Purves, Diane Louise Jordan, Anthea Turner, John Leslie, Tim Vincent, Yvette Fielding, Caron Keating, Mark Curry, Janet Ellis, Peter Duncan, Sarah Greene, Tina Heath, Simon Groome and Christopher Wenner. Steve Hocking then... | Noted residents.
Residents born or who have lived in the area include the political reformer Thomas Muir of Huntershill, TV and National Lottery draw presenter Jenni Falconer, singer Amy Macdonald, former Miss Scotland and Miss United Kingdom Nieve Jennings, actor and rock singer Steve Valentine, poet laureate (makar) ... | 588 | triviaqa-train |
Who played The Joker in the 1989 film Batman? | , and video game incarnations, including the 1960s "Batman" television series played by Cesar Romero and in films by Jack Nicholson in "Batman" (1989) and Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (2008). Mark Hamill, Troy Baker, and others have provided the character's voice.
Creation and development.
Creation and development... | Batman: Return of the Joker
Batman: Return of the Joker is a 1991 platform video game, the follow-up to Sunsoft's on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Unlike that game, which was based on the 1989 Batman film directed by Tim Burton, "Return of the Joker" is entirely self-contained and based more on the modern comic bo... | 589 | triviaqa-train |
Who were the three stars of the TV show The Goodies? | The Goodies (TV series)
The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV company LWT and shown in 1981-82.
The show was co-written by... | TVOntario on Saturday evenings, repeated on Thursday evenings, until being replaced by Doctor Who in 1976.
"The Goodies" television series International releases and repeats of the TV series Germany.
In Germany in 1972, German TV screened the 13 part variety show "Engelbert and the Young Generation" a co-production bet... | 590 | triviaqa-train |
Who were the original presenters on Channel 4's Big Breakfast? | )
- Donna Air (2001)
- Richard Bacon (2001–2002)
- Amanda Byram (2001–2002)
- Mike McClean (2001–2002)
- Lisa Rogers (2001–2002)
Presenters Stand-ins.
The most regular temporary stand-in presenters for Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin were Danny Baker (1993–4) and Dani Behr (1994–5). Baker stood in while Evans was working o... | team and was a squad member for the 1991 tour to Zimbabwe.
Career.
After university Durden-Smith worked from 1993 to 1996 as a researcher for "Clive Anderson Talks Back". He began his presenting career at the now-defunct London station Channel One, before moving on to front the rugby coverage at Sky Sports in August 19... | 591 | triviaqa-train |
In which Bond film does Britt Ekland play the character of Mary Goodnight? | The Man with the Golden Gun (film)
The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 British spy film, the ninth in the "James Bond" series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, the film has Bond sent after ... | Scaramanga: The main villain and assassin who is identified by his use of a golden gun; he also has a 'superfluous papilla', or supernumerary nipple. Scaramanga plans to misuse solar energy for destructive purposes. Lee was Ian Fleming's step-cousin and regular golf partner. Scaramanga has been called "the best-charact... | 592 | triviaqa-train |
Which actress divorced Dennis Quaid in 2001 after she had an affair with Russell Crowe? | co-starred in the 1990 film "The Crossing". In 2000, Crowe was romantically involved with his co-star Meg Ryan (who was married to Dennis Quaid) while on the set of their film "Proof of Life". Crowe and Spencer reconciled in 2001, and married in April 2003 (on Crowe's 39th birthday) at his cattle property in Nana Glen,... | , U-571
Film Favorite Actor - Suspense.
- Harrison Ford, What Lies Beneath
- Dennis Quaid, Frequency
- Russell Crowe, Proof of Life
- Samuel L. Jackson, Unbreakable
- Bruce Willis, Unbreakable
Film Favorite Actor - Science Fiction.
- Kevin Bacon, Hollow Man
- Patrick Stewart, X-Men
- Vince Vaughn, The Cell
Film Favorit... | 593 | triviaqa-train |
In Channel 4's 1999 poll to find the 100 Greatest Movie Stars, in what position was Michael Caine? | ". Stewart appealed to his commander, 30-year-old Lt. Col. Walter E. Arnold Jr., who understood his situation and recommended Stewart to the commander of the 445th Bombardment Group, a B-24 Liberator unit that had just completed initial training at Gowen Field and gone on to final training at Sioux City Army Air Base, ... | He was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in "John Willis' Screen World" (2004). Phoenix was voted at No. 64 on a "Greatest Movie Stars of All Time" poll by Channel 4 television in the UK. The poll was made up wholly of votes from prominent figures of the acting and directing communities. He was ran... | 594 | triviaqa-train |
Which Irish writer is the only person to have won both a nobel prize and an academy award? | the total is sixty-two.
Works Plays Early works.
Shaw's first three full-length plays dealt with social issues. He later grouped them as "Plays Unpleasant". "Widower's Houses" (1892) concerns the landlords of slum properties, and introduces the first of Shaw's New Women—a recurring feature of later plays. "The Philande... | . He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize in Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938), for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion (adaptation of his play of the same name), respectively.
- Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (1878–1916): Irish suffragist, pacifist and writer.
-... | 595 | triviaqa-train |
Which Irishman has won the Eurovision song contest twice as a singer and once as a composer? | ". Winning the Eurovision Song Contest provides artists with a local career boost and sometimes long-lasting international success. Some of them include ABBA (winners for Sweden), Bucks Fizz & Lulu (winners for the UK), Celine Dion (winner for Switzerland), Johnny Logan (who won the contest twice for Ireland), Dana Int... | Tor Endresen
Tor Lars Oskar Endresen (born 15 June 1959 in Bergen) is a Norwegian singer and composer.
He has entered the national Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest numerous times, but has only won it once, and represented Norway in the international final in 1997, where he came in last with nul points.
Endresen was pa... | 596 | triviaqa-train |
What is the English translation of Ireland's national anthem Amhrรกn na bhFiann? | Republic ("Marcha Nacional Filipina", 1898), Lithuania ("Tautiška giesmė", 1919), Weimar Germany ("Deutschlandlied", 1922), Republic of Ireland ("Amhrán na bhFiann", 1926) or Greater Lebanon ("Lebanese National Anthem", 1927).
The Olympic Charter of 1920 introduced the ritual of playing the national anthems of the gold... | only to find his watch and the next scene shows Chuck and Jill driving away with Chuck completely oblivious to her identity.
Plot summary Buy More.
Emmett is on a personal witch hunt for Chuck. He interrogates Morgan to get some dirt, but Morgan at first refuses. When Emmett threatens the Buy More after-hours poker gam... | 597 | triviaqa-train |
Which Irish born explorer is best remembered for his Anatarctic expedition from 1914 to 1916 in the ship Endurance? | Endurance (1912 ship)
Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. She was launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway; three years later, she was crushed by ice in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, causing her to sink.
... | Timothy McCarthy (sailor)
Timothy 'Tim' McCarthy (15 July 1888 – 16 March 1917) was an Irish able seaman (AB). He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, for which he was awarded the Bronze Polar Medal.
Biography.
McCarthy was born on 15 July 1888 in Kinsale, Ireland. He s... | 598 | triviaqa-train |
Who became the first Irish woman to set a world record in a track event when she recorded a record time in the 5,000 metres in 1991? | Sonia O'Sullivan
Sonia O'Sullivan (born 28 November 1969) is an Irish former track and field athlete. She won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1995 World Championships, and a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2000 Olympic Games. Her 2000m world record of 5:25.36, set in 1994 stood until 2017.
O'Sullivan firs... | Rosibel García
Rosibel García Mina (born 13 February 1981) is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance running events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.
She is the current Colombian record holder for the 80... | 599 | triviaqa-train |
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