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Arboreal describes a creature which commonly lives in what? | Arboreal locomotion
Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose numerous mechanical challenges to animals moving through the... | games. The Dopefish, which Hall describes as "just a stupid green fish", is described in "Secret of the Oracle" as "the second-dumbest creature in the universe". It has appeared in dozens of other games since its initial appearance, as references, images, or the phrase "Dopefish Lives". Keen himself has appeared or has... | 50,300 | triviaqa-train |
Popularized in a speech by Winston Churchill, what was the popular name for the ideological and physical boundary between Western and Eastern Europe during the Cold War? | and contact.
Definitions Cold War.
The fall of the Iron Curtain brought the end of the East-West division in Europe, but this geopolitical concept is sometimes still used for quick reference by the media or sometimes for statistical purposes.
Another definition was used during the 40 years of Cold War between 1947 and ... | .
During the final stages of World War II, the future of Europe was decided between the Allies in the 1945 Yalta Conference, between the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, the U.S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Premier of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin.
Post-war Europe would be divided into two maj... | 50,301 | triviaqa-train |
What school does Harry Potter attend? | London street where Harry goes to Gringotts Wizarding Bank, where he uncovers a fortune left to him by his parents in his vault, gets his owl Hedwig and various school supplies, including his wand. There, he is surprised to discover how famous he truly is among witches and wizards. A month later, Harry leaves the Dursl... | Fudge". She is Fudge's age and attends his special mixed group class at school. She has a cat named Fuzzball and dressed up as Hermione Granger for Halloween.
Other characters Richie Potter.
Fudge's best friend from school in "Double Fudge". He is a very wealthy boy with allergies, and likes to brag a lot, usually abou... | 50,302 | triviaqa-train |
How many players per team are there in a game of beach volleyball? | and chess. Games of strategy include checkers, chess, Go, arimaa, and tic-tac-toe, and often require special equipment to play them. Games of chance include gambling games (blackjack, Mahjong, roulette, etc.), as well as snakes and ladders and rock, paper, scissors; most require equipment such as cards or dice. However... | their game at Moonlight. Originally there was only one court in the middle of the beach, but currently there are three courts at the north end of the beach. Every year since 1964 in the month of October, a Mixed Doubles Volleyball Tournament is held here; many of the top beach players in the world participate.
Water qu... | 50,303 | triviaqa-train |
On a traditional statue of the courtroom standard Lady Justice, she holds a set of scales in her left hand and what item in the other? | was originally not blindfolded, and because her "maidenly form" is supposed to guarantee her impartiality which renders the blindfold redundant. Another variation is to depict a blindfolded Lady Justice as a human scale, weighing competing claims in each hand. An example of this can be seen at the Shelby County Courtho... | two stories and was designed and built in the Federal style. According to young archival researcher Tyler Hoover, "It was the first courthouse of its type because the courtroom was on the second floor instead of the first floor." Originally, the courthouse had brick pillars and arches that supported the second floor, a... | 50,304 | triviaqa-train |
Not counting hybrid clubs, a standard golf club bag includes Woods, wedges, chippers, putters, and what? | Iron (golf)
An iron is a type of club used in the sport of golf to propel the ball towards the hole. Irons typically have shorter shafts and smaller clubheads than woods, the head is made of solid iron or steel, and the head's primary feature is a large, flat, angled face, usually scored with grooves. Irons are used in... | Oak Bay Green Committee
The Oak Bay Green Committee (OBGC) is a community grassroots volunteer organization in Oak Bay, British Columbia. It was formed in early 2005 after a developer cut down a venerable beech tree in South Oak Bay. Neighbors were so upset by the loss of the tree and the lack of comprehensive tree pro... | 50,305 | triviaqa-train |
From the Latin ferrum, what element, with an atomic number 26, uses the symbol Fe? | Iron
Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ) and atomic number 26. It is a metal, that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is by mass the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's ... | Latin alphabet. They are intended as universal symbols for people of all languages and alphabets.
The first of these symbols were intended to be fully universal. Since Latin was the common language of science at that time, they were abbreviations based on the Latin names of metals. Cu comes from cuprum, Fe comes from f... | 50,306 | triviaqa-train |
Consisting of 20 quires of 25 sheets, the ream is a common retail unit of what product? | 480 sheets (20 quires of 24 sheets). However, the commercial use of the word 'ream' for quantities of paper other than 500 is now deprecated by such standards as ISO 4046. In Europe, the DIN 6730 standard for Paper and Board includes a definition of 1 ream of A4 80gsm (80 g/m) paper equals 500 sheets.
Ream Nomenclature... | in just one piece of music; also these works could be the first classical compositions dealing with materials related to the first centuries AD.
See also.
- List of Copts
- Coptic music
References.
- Tribute to a modern-day pharaoh
- Watani , 50 years on
- Coptic Medical Society UK | 50,307 | triviaqa-train |
Using the word correctly, if something is 'decimated', by what percentage is it reduced? | in humanistic texts, but the symbol to be used in scientific texts. Most guides agree that they always be written with a numeral, as in "5 percent" and not "five percent", the only exception being at the beginning of a sentence: "Ten percent of all writers love style guides." Decimals are also to be used instead of fra... | , or uses a blank sheet of paper and consults the text later. As the child reads, the adult makes a mark for each correctly-read word. However, if the child makes a mistake, the adult might circle the word, write down the type of error, or even write down what incorrect word was said. After the child is finished readin... | 50,308 | triviaqa-train |
In what US city did seamstress Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, thereby getting arrested and starting a year long bus boycott? | Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has called her "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".
On Decembe... | , Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Martin Luther King Jr., then the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and E.D. Nixon, a local civil rights advocate, founded the Montgomery Improvement Association to organize the boycott. In June 1956... | 50,309 | triviaqa-train |
According to the song, who left Kenny Rogers with four hungry children and crops in the field? | collaboration with former Kentucky Fried Chicken CEO John Y. Brown Jr. .
Early life.
Rogers was born the fourth of eight children on August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas. His parents were Lucille Lois (née Hester; 1910–1991), a nurse's assistant, and Edward Floyd Rogers (1904–1975), a carpenter. Rogers is of Irish and Na... | following year, she starred along with Kenny Rogers and Burt Reynolds in the made-for-television movies, " and The Man From Left Field." In 1994, McEntire worked with director, Rob Reiner in the film, "North", playing Ma Tex. The film obtained negative reviews, receiving only two and a half stars from "Allmovie."
In 19... | 50,310 | triviaqa-train |
Who's missing: Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York | of four women—three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties—who, despite their different natures and ever-changing sex lives, remain inseparable and confide in each other. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw) and co-starring Kim Cattrall (as Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (as Charlotte York), and Cyn... | eight episodes from January to February 2004.
Cast and characters.
Like the previous seasons, season six features the same principal cast and characters. Sarah Jessica Parker portrays Carrie Bradshaw, a fashionable middle aged woman who writes about sex and life in New York City in her column, "Sex and the City", with ... | 50,311 | triviaqa-train |
What is the most populous city in the great state of Alaska? | the name implies, it has no intermediate borough government but is administered directly by the state government. In 2000, 57.71% of Alaska's area has this status, with 13.05% of the population.
Anchorage merged the city government with the Greater Anchorage Area Borough in 1975 to form the Municipality of Anchorage, c... | Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan ( ; ) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of Alaska. It is the state's southeasternmost major settlement. Downtown Ketchikan is a National Historic District. With a population at the 2010 census of 8,050, it is the fifth-most populous city in the state, and ten... | 50,312 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the whaling ship that is the focus of the classic Moby Dick? | Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship "Pequod", for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A ... | In the Heart of the Sea (film)
In the Heart of the Sea is a 2015 adventure-drama film directed and produced by Ron Howard and written by Charles Leavitt. It is based on Nathaniel Philbrick's non-fiction book of the same name, about the sinking of the American whaling ship "Essex" in 1820, an event that inspired the nov... | 50,313 | triviaqa-train |
What nursery rhyme concludes with Violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you? | Roses Are Red
"Roses Are Red" can refer to a specific poem, or a class of poems inspired by that poem. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19798. It is most commonly used as a love poem.
Origins.
The origins of the poem may be traced at least as far back as to the following lines written in 1590 by Sir Edmund Spens... | traceable as far back as Edmund Spenser's epic "The Faerie Queene" (1590):
"She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew,br
And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew."
The modern cliché Valentine's Day poem can be found in the collection of English nursery rhymes "Gammer Gurton's Garland" (1784):
"The rose ... | 50,314 | triviaqa-train |
The 4th largest fast food chain, and second largest hamburger chain (by store numbers), what company opened its first store in Miami, Fla on December 4, 1954? | families.
At roughly the same time as Kroc was conceiving what eventually became McDonald's Corporation, two Miami, Florida businessmen, James McLamore and David Edgerton, opened a franchise of the predecessor to what is now the international fast food restaurant chain Burger King. McLamore had visited the original McD... | store in 1985 in Taipei City. The 100th store in Taiwan opened in 1999. It was the second largest fast food chain restaurant in Taiwan until Mos Burger exceeded the number of branches of KFC in 2008. Now KFC is the third largest fast food chain restaurant with 137 stores as of 2017.
Operations Asia China.
KFC is the la... | 50,315 | triviaqa-train |
In the world of Skeet shooting, also known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, what is the name of the small round disk that serves as the target? | Clay pigeon shooting
Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, and formally known as Inanimate Bird Shooting, is the art of shooting a firearm at special flying targets, known as clay pigeons or clay targets.
The terminology commonly used by clay shooters often relates to times past, when live-pigeon co... | from the Norwegian word for "shoot" ("skyte"). During World War II the American military used skeet to teach gunners the principles of leading and timing on a flying target. The first National Skeet Championship took place in 1926. Shortly thereafter, the National Skeet Shooting Association formed. For his role in perf... | 50,316 | triviaqa-train |
The International Court of Justice, otherwise known as the World Court, is located in what country? | seated in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, making it the only principal U.N. organ not located in New York City. Its official working languages are English and French.
History.
The first permanent institution established for the purpose of settling international disputes was the Permanent Court of Arbitratio... | in the 1950s. One reform gave workers permission to organize, and a 1954 general strike paralyzed the northern part of the country for more than two months, but led to reforms. In 1963 a military coup unseated democratically elected President Ramón Villeda Morales. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Co... | 50,317 | triviaqa-train |
November 30, 2004 saw what Jeopardy! champion, who holds the record for the most consecutive wins on the show, lose to Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance? | described by Ken Jennings as a "de facto" "minor league" for game shows such as "Jeopardy!"
Broadcast history.
The original "Jeopardy!" series premiered on NBC on March 30, 1964, and by the end of the 1960s was the second-highest-rated daytime game show, behind only "The Hollywood Squares". The show was successful unti... | Kevin Rose (footballer, born 1960)
Kevin Rose (born 23 November 1960) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Hereford United, Bolton Wanderers, Carlisle United and Rochdale as a goalkeeper. He holds the record of most consecutive appearances for Hereford United.
He started his career at h... | 50,318 | triviaqa-train |
On December 1, 1955, who was famously arrested on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake's order to move to the back of the bus, sparking a year long boycott of the bus service? | , Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Martin Luther King Jr., then the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and E.D. Nixon, a local civil rights advocate, founded the Montgomery Improvement Association to organize the boycott. In June 1956... | fuel.
History.
The TRIGA was developed to be a reactor that, in the words of Edward Teller, "could be given to a bunch of high school children to play with without any fear that they would get hurt." Teller headed a group of young nuclear physicists in San Diego in the summer of 1956 to design an inherently safe reacto... | 50,319 | triviaqa-train |
November 30 is a time to celebrate the birthday of what TV personality, known as The World’s Oldest Teenager, who hosted American Bandstand and still does the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast every December 31st? | Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting "American Bandstand" from 1957 to 1988. He also hosted the game show "Pyramid" and "Dick Clark's New ... | ). He also founded the American Bandstand Diner, a restaurant chain modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe. In 1973, he created and produced the annual American Music Awards show, similar to the Grammy Awards.
Clark suffered a stroke in December 2004. With speech ability impaired, Clark returned to his "New Year's Rockin' Ev... | 50,320 | triviaqa-train |
An Act of Parliament instigated by artist William Hogarth,established which commercial principle? | in the gallery room at Sir John Soane's Museum, London, UK.
When the success of "A Harlot's Progress" and "A Rake's Progress" resulted in numerous pirated reproductions by unscrupulous printsellers, Hogarth lobbied in parliament for greater legal control over the reproduction of his and other artists' work. The result ... | Glen Grey Act
The Glen Grey Act is an 1894 act of the parliament of the Cape Colony, instigated by the government of Prime Minister Cecil John Rhodes, which established a system of individual (rather than communal) land tenure, and created a labour tax to force Xhosa men into employment on commercial farms or in indust... | 50,321 | triviaqa-train |
In which American city do the 'Rockets' play their home basketball games? | once scored 29 points for the Warriors in the fourth quarter of a playoff game against the Lakers, though he was later traded to the Houston Rockets.
The departure of these players for various reasons symbolized the franchise's futility during this period, as head coach Attles moved up to the front office as general ma... | 2018–19 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team represents the University of Toledo during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rockets are led by eighth-year head coach Tod Kowalczyk, and play their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the West Div... | 50,322 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shipping Weather Forecast Area covers the Shetland Isles? | Burra, Muckle Roe, Papa Stour, Trondra and Vaila are smaller islands to the west of Mainland. The other inhabited islands are Foula west of Walls, Fair Isle south-west of Sumburgh Head, and the Out Skerries to the east.
The uninhabited islands include Mousa, known for the Broch of Mousa, the finest preserved example in... | to the northeast while centred just off the coast of the Shetland Isles. By this time, the system had lost its weather fronts. The storm moved slowly offshore Norway for the next few days before being absorbed by the larger Cyclone Joachim on 19 December.
Preparations and warnings.
On 10 December, a low pressure system... | 50,323 | triviaqa-train |
Who succeeded Brezhnev as President of the USSR in 1982? | , following the brief regimes of Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko, the Politburo elected Gorbachev as General Secretary, the "de facto" head of government, in 1985.
Although committed to preserving the Soviet state and to its socialist ideals, Gorbachev believed significant reform was necessary, particularly afte... | Communist forces Soviet Union.
- Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. He was the leader of USSR when JFK was U.S. president.
- Leonid Brezhnev was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. He was the leader of the USSR when Lyndon B. Johnson was U.S. president.... | 50,324 | triviaqa-train |
Which Shipping Weather Forecast Area covers the Channel Islands? | area equivalent to Forties after the Fladen bank, while Météo-France calls the English Channel sea areas Dover, Wight, Portland and Plymouth respectively Pas-de-Calais, Antifer, Casquets and Ouessant.
In the forecast, areas are named in a roughly clockwise direction, strictly following the order above. However, a forec... | the northern part of the UK shipping forecast sea area of Biscay.
Location and environment.
The Iroise coastline consists of a rich variety of beaches, rocky cliffs, sand dunes, coves and islands such as the Île de Sein and the Island of Molene.
The considerable differences in depth and the adjacent English Channel cre... | 50,325 | triviaqa-train |
Which US World War II General commanded the US forces in China and Burma? | China Burma India Theater
China Burma India Theater (CBI) was the United States military designation during World War II for the China and Southeast Asian or India-Burma (IBT) theaters. Operational command of Allied forces (including US forces) in the CBI was officially the responsibility of the Supreme Commanders for ... | Commander of the U.S. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater. Sibert accompanied Stillwell in the retreat from Burma in 1942.
Sibert was then appointed the commanding officer of the 6th Infantry Division. He replaced Major General Durward S. Wilson in this capacity. He was also promoted to the rank of major general on Mar... | 50,326 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city has districts called 'Manningham', 'Great Horton'and 'Heaton'? | . There are 50 settlements which have been designated city status in England, while the wider United Kingdom has 66.
While many cities in England are quite large, such as Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Bradford, Nottingham, population size is not a prerequisite for city status. Traditio... | The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with its area divided between four new constuencies:
- Blackley, Crumpsall, and Moston (which had been added to the City of Manchester in 1890) became the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester Blackley.
- Chadderton, Great Heaton, Little Heaton ... | 50,327 | triviaqa-train |
In which television programme did the character 'Detective Saperstein' appear? | Kojak
Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular "Cannon" series, it aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978.
In 1999 "TV Guide" ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50... | Chief Superintendent Strange
Detective Chief Superintendent Strange is a fictional character in the television series "Inspector Morse", played by James Grout. The character also appears, as a Police Constable and Detective Sergeant, in the prequel series "Endeavour", portrayed by Sean Rigby. Although Strange does not ... | 50,328 | triviaqa-train |
Although humans feature in several Beatrix Potter tales, which is the only one to have a human as the title character? | of Peter Rabbit" was published, and was an immediate success. It was followed the next year by "The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" and "The Tailor of Gloucester", which had also first been written as picture letters to the Moore children. Working with Norman Warne as her editor, Potter published two or three little books eac... | The Tales of Beatrix Potter
The Tales of Beatrix Potter (US title: "Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter") is a 1971 ballet film based on the children's stories of English author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. The film was directed by Reginald Mills, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton (who danced the role of Mr... | 50,329 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to ashield or emblem within a flag? | Cross is one of three symbols representing the International Red Cross. A red cross on a white background is the emblem of humanitarian spirit.
- The crescent shape is a symbol of the moon; it is an emblem of Islam.
- The skull and crossbones is a symbol identifying a poison. The skull is an emblem of the transitory na... | management to devise a new logo for the company, therefore the famous BMW trademark is designed and patented at this time. However, they remained true to the imagery of the previous Rapp Motorenwerke emblem. Thus, both the old and the new logo were built up in the same way: the company name was placed in a black circle... | 50,330 | triviaqa-train |
Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree were members of which pop group? | album.
Coxon has also produced albums by Mower and Assembly Line People Programme from his Transcopic label.
In 2013, Graham Coxon was involved in a musical project where artists re-recorded the classic Beatles album "Please Please Me". The Blur guitarist recorded the song "Baby It's You" live as part of a 10-hour reco... | "Leisure", 1988–1991.
Childhood friends Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon from Essex met Alex James when they began studying at London's Goldsmiths College in 1988. Albarn was in a group named Circus, who were joined by drummer Dave Rowntree that October. Circus requested the services of Coxon after the departure of their ... | 50,331 | triviaqa-train |
In which American city do the 'Supersonics' play their home basketball games? | Orleans Hornets (now the Pelicans) for two seasons following devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
The team was originally established as the Seattle SuperSonics, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the . The SuperSonics moved in 2008 after a settlement was reached between the ownership group le... | Steel City Yellow Jackets
The Steel City Yellow Jackets are a basketball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team is a member of the American Basketball Association. They play their home games at the A Giving Heart Community Center.
The Yellow Jackets began play on November 8, 2014 as an expansion team competin... | 50,332 | triviaqa-train |
Which English city has districts named 'Belgrave', 'Stoneygate',and 'Aylestone'? | Belgrave, Leicester
Belgrave is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England, consisting of the Leicester suburb of Belgrave in its entirety.
Belgrave was formerly an out of town area and contained many large houses, which still stand today and housed wealthy, upper-class and notable ... | Gedding Road, Baptist North Evington Free Church
- London Road, Stoneygate Baptist Church
- Loughborough Road, Union Church
- Lutterworth Road, Aylestone Baptist Church
- Main Street Evington
- Narborough Road, Robert Hall Memorial Baptist Church
- Park Hill Drive, Zion Chapel
- Uppingham Road
- Wharf Street North, Car... | 50,333 | triviaqa-train |
"In which film does Jack Nicholson persistently write""Allwork and no play makes Jack a dull boy""?" | All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is a proverb. It means that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. The exact origins of the phrase remain unclear, though it was recorded as early as 1659. This quote has also been in movies such as The ... | "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" was used.
The door that Jack chops through with the axe near the end of the film was a real door. Kubrick had originally shot this scene with a fake door, but Nicholson, who had worked as a volunteer fire marshal and a firefighter in the California Air National Guard, tore i... | 50,334 | triviaqa-train |
In which county are Corfe Castle and the Isle of Purbeck? | the non-metropolitan county of the same name and the county council is responsible for providing services in only part of the county. In Cornwall, Dorset, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire the bulk of the area is a unitary authority which shares the name of the ceremonial county and the rest of... | teens.
Professional career.
Professional career Early years (2015–2017).
In 2015, Zoosman started his professional career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. On October 18, 2015, Zoosman made his professional debut in an Israeli ISBL game, in an 85–70 win over Bnei Herzliya, recording two points off the bench.
On August 24, 2016, Z... | 50,335 | triviaqa-train |
Of which African country, the most populous on the continent, is Abuja the capital? | Nigeria
Nigeria (), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal C... | in the world and the second-most populous nation on the African continent with a total area of . Its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa, which lies a few miles west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the Nubian and Somali tectonic plates.
Some of the oldest skeletal evidence for anatomically mod... | 50,336 | triviaqa-train |
What, in the Jewish religion, is the 'Scroll of Mosaic Law'called? | Torah (also known as the Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses). According to rabbinic tradition, there are 613 commandments in the Torah. Some of these laws are directed only to men or to women, some only to the ancient priestly groups, the Kohanim and Leviyim (members of the tribe of Levi), some only to farmers withi... | as Wage-Workers, with Special Reference to Directing Immigrants," Julia Richman, New York City
- "Influence of the Jewish Religion in the Home," Mary Matilda Cohen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- "Charity as Taught by the Mosaic Code," Eva H. Stern, New York
- "Woman's Place in Charitable Work; What it is, and What It Sh... | 50,337 | triviaqa-train |
Film actress Harlean Carpentier was better known by what stage name? | Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American film actress and sex symbol of the 1930's.
Harlow was signed by billionaire producer Howard Hughes who directed her first major appearance in "Hell's Angels" (1930), but she left her contract with Hughes and signed wit... | got her career from her amazing drama teacher inspiring her to reach for the stars and that the sky is her limit. On recognizing it is easy to remember lines being an actresswas her first shot.
In 2008, she made an appearance on "The Legend of Dick and Dom", as well as a small role in "" in which she played Vicious Vic... | 50,338 | triviaqa-train |
Copyright did not extend to music and lyrics until the 1880's. Which creative Victorian brought about this change? | conventions of love, military honour and class. The press found the play overlong, and accused Shaw of mediocrity, sneering at heroism and patriotism, heartless cleverness, and copying W.S.Gilbert's style. The public took a different view, and the management of the theatre staged extra matinée performances to meet the ... | covered by artists from different music genres. This led to a controversy when "Los Lagos", a Mexican banda group, did a cover with the original beat but changed the song's lyrics. The group's label had solicited the copyright permission to perform the single and translate it to a different music style, but did not rec... | 50,339 | triviaqa-train |
Whose 41st symphony is known as the 'Jupiter'? | Symphony No. 41 (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music.
The work is nicknamed the "Jupiter" Symphony. This name stems not from... | from 38th to 41st the sea to Capitola Road. This included the Road House/ Casa Del Mar, on E. Cliff
- 1876 narrow gauge railroad from SC to Watsonville built by Hihn, whose locomotive "Jupiter" is in the Smithsonian.
- M. Leonard owned 108 more acres The Hook to Capitola Road, Opal Cliffs.
- G Wardwell owned 58 acres t... | 50,340 | triviaqa-train |
Associated with a famous incident of 1789, which Pacific island has Adamstown as its main settlement? | Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004
The Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004 concerned seven men living on Pitcairn Island who faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young people. The accused represented a third of the island's male population and included Steve Christian, the mayor. On 24... | independent of North Carolina. A constitution modeled on that of North Carolina was adopted with few changes, and the state name was changed to "Franklin". By 1790, the state government had collapsed entirely and the territory was again firmly under the control of North Carolina.
October 28, 1790.
In 1789, in attempt t... | 50,341 | triviaqa-train |
Whose most famous poem is 'The Tay Bridge Disaster of 1880'? | The Tay Bridge Disaster
"The Tay Bridge Disaster" is a poem written in 1880 by the Scottish poet William McGonagall, who has been recognised as the worst poet in history. The poem recounts the events of the evening of 28 December 1879, when, during a severe gale, the Tay Rail Bridge at Dundee collapsed as a train was p... | achievements of his day.
Bridges.
He published a timely book on Long Railway Bridges in the 1870s which advocated the introduction of steel, and showed that much longer spans were possible using this material. The book is remarkably prescient for the way the properties of steel could be exploited in structures.
Bridges... | 50,342 | triviaqa-train |
By which work is novelist Laurence Sterne best remembered? | Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" and "A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy", and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local po... | and they preserve 90,000 words she wrote during those years. The "Juvenilia" are often, according to scholar Richard Jenkyns, "boisterous" and "anarchic"; he compares them to the work of 18th-century novelist Laurence Sterne.
Among these works are a satirical novel in letters titled "Love and Freindship" , written at a... | 50,343 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the 'Scarecrow' in the Judy Garland film, 'The Wizard Of Oz'? | Semon (just a man in disguise)
- "The Land of Oz" (1932): Donald Henderson
Film portrayals "The Wizard of Oz".
In the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz", the Scarecrow was played by Ray Bolger in what is arguably the actor's most famous role. He was originally cast as the Tin Woodsman, but Bolger had always wanted to play th... | The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True is a 1995 television musical performance based on the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" (starring Judy Garland). The book and score of the film were performed on stage at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The con... | 50,344 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the part of 'Paganini' in the film, 'The Magic Bow'? | tracks. In August it was announced Stewart Granger would play the lead role as part of his last two films for Gainsborough Pictures; the other project was "Caravan". Phyllis Calvert was to be his co-star. Filming had to be postponed due to an illness to Phyllis Calvert, so "Caravan" was rushed into production and made ... | -most popular overall. "The Times" reported that "this six-foot black-visaged ex-soldier from the Black Watch is England's Number One pin up boy. Only Bing Crosby can match him for popularity."
"Caravan" (1946), starring Granger and Kent, was the sixth most popular film at the British box office in 1946. Also well like... | 50,345 | triviaqa-train |
Who played the Resident Magistrate in Channel Four TV's 'The Irish R.M.'? | now stands on the site. The design of the course preserved the large number of mature trees, and in addition the house's date stone and a number of other items are on display.
Furness House, near Naas, was used as Castle Knox, the home of Sir Valentine and Lady Knox and their daughter Sally.
For the second and third se... | 1908)
- "In Mr Knox's Country" (Longmans Green & Co., London, 1915)
All three books are out of copyright and electronic texts can be found on the Internet Archive.
The various stories concern the life of an Anglo-Irish former British Army officer recently appointed as a resident magistrate (R.M.) in Ireland, which at t... | 50,346 | triviaqa-train |
Which American actor played a submarine 'skipper' in the films 'Operation Petticoat' 1959 and 'Destination Tokyo'? | Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film. It was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut, and the screenplay was written by Daves and Albert Maltz, based on an original story by former submariner Steve Fisher. The film stars Cary Grant and John Garfield and fea... | the Far East, cruising between Jinsen and Tsingtao and Shanghai. Returning to San Francisco 20 January 1946, she was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Long Beach 5 July 1946.
"Conner" received 12 battle stars for World War II service.
World War II "Operation Pettycoat".
In the 1959 comedy movie, "Operation Pettic... | 50,347 | triviaqa-train |
To which native American tribe did Chief Crazy Horse belong? | death, the elder Crazy Horse told Lieutenant H.R. Lemly that the year of birth was 1840.
Crazy Horse was born to parents from two bands of the Lakota division of the Sioux, his father being an Oglala and his mother a Miniconjou. His father, born in 1810, was also named Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse). Crazy Horse was name... | , capping a year-long effort by citizens of Chadron. The designation may extend east another 100 miles through Cherry County to Valentine.
Legacy In popular culture.
- In the film "Chief Crazy Horse" (1955), directed by George Sherman, Crazy Horse is played by Victor Mature.
- In the film "Crazy Horse" (1995), Crazy Ho... | 50,348 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the American spy-ship captured by the North Koreans on 24th January 1968? | to three-hour delay in launching aircraft. was located south of "Pueblo", yet her four F-4B aircraft on alert were not equipped for an air-to-surface engagement. "Enterprise"s captain estimated that 1.5 hours (90 minutes) were required to get the converted aircraft into the air.
"Pueblo" followed the North Korean vesse... | and steamed south to training operations off the coast of southern California.
On 28 December 1967, "Ticonderoga" sailed for her fourth combat deployment to the waters off the Indochinese coast and arrived on Yankee Station in January 1968. "Ticonderoga" was on Yankee Station for the beginning of the 1968 Tet Offensive... | 50,349 | triviaqa-train |
Who portrayed the rugby-playing miner in the film, 'This Sporting Life'? | This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson. Based on the 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey, which won the 1960 Macmillan Fiction Award, it recounts the story of a rugby league footballer, Frank Machin, in Wakefield, a mining town in Yorkshire, whose romanti... | he greatly admired, but Harris fell out with Brando over the latter's behaviour during the film's production.
Career "This Sporting Life".
Harris's first starring role was in the film "This Sporting Life" (1963), as a bitter young coal miner, Frank Machin, who becomes an acclaimed rugby league football player. It was b... | 50,350 | triviaqa-train |
On which river does the legendary 'Lorelei' lie in wait? | Lorelei
The Lorelei (; ) is a 132 m (433 ft) high, steep slate rock on the right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany.
Etymology.
The name comes from the old German words "lureln", Rhine dialect for "murmuring", and the Celtic term "ley" "rock". The translation of... | Lophiodes beroe
Lophiodes beroe is a deep water dwelling fish that is elusive and does not have many remarkable traits. There is no common name for this fish yet.
"L. beroe" can be found on dead coral rubble, "Lophelia pertusa", deep in the ocean and is often just resting and not swimming, which makes this a lie in wai... | 50,351 | triviaqa-train |
What connects Kabul with Peshawar? | Peshawar
Peshawar ( "Pēkhawar" ; ; ) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Situated in the broad Valley of Peshawar near the eastern end of the historic Khyber Pass, close to the border with Afghanistan, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it the oldest city in P... | Ambhader
Ambhader is a village in Charsadda District, Pakistan. The village is situated along the Swat River, on the road that connects Sardaryab with Shabqadar and the district capital, Charsadda. The Swat River joins the Kabul River in Nowshehra, just south of the village.
Geography and climate.
The village of Ambhad... | 50,352 | triviaqa-train |
Who achieved fame for his ,'Confessions Of An English Opium Eater'? | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. The "Confessions" was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight..."
Fi... | School who had achieved a measure of fame as an Arctic explorer with the Second Grinnell Expedition of 1853-55 and with his own 1860-61 expedition in search of the Open Polar Sea before joining the United States Army as a surgeon.
The hospital's chaplain was the pastor at St. Patrick's church located at 20th and Locus... | 50,353 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the 1948 novel, 'The Heart Of The Matter'? | The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter (1948) is a novel by English author Graham Greene. The book details a life-changing moral crisis for Henry Scobie. Greene, a British intelligence officer in Freetown, British Sierra Leone, drew on his experience there. Although Freetown is not mentioned in the novel, Gree... | book is exemplified in "The Heart of the Matter" (1948); his contemporary Evelyn Waugh stated that the West Africa of that book replaced the true remembered West Africa of his own experience.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked "The Heart of the Matter" 40th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20t... | 50,354 | triviaqa-train |
Who did Jeremy Thorpe replace as leader of the Liberal Party? | the condition was that he gave up his parliamentary candidature, he declined.
Through the later 1950s Thorpe juggled his legal and television work with his political duties in North Devon, where he worked tirelessly to build up support. From September 1956 the Liberal Party was led by Jo Grimond, a more up-to-date figu... | his own seat might be vulnerable. In October 1978 after the pact had lapsed, he explained that "Turkeys don't volunteer for Christmas!". The scandal over former party leader Jeremy Thorpe, who was charged with conspiracy to murder in August 1978, was a matter of particular concern and Penhaligon urged Thorpe to stand d... | 50,355 | triviaqa-train |
Who sang, 'Autumn Almanac' in 1967? | Autumn Almanac
"Autumn Almanac" is a song written by Ray Davies and recorded by the rock group the Kinks in 1967. "Autumn Almanac" has since been noted for being an "absolute classic", "a finely observed slice of English custom", and a "weird character study", and praised for its "mellow, melodic sound that was to char... | of the Day" (1965) UK
- "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (1966) UK
- "Sunny Afternoon" (1966) UK
- "Dead End Street" (1966) UK
- "Waterloo Sunset" (1967) UK
- "Autumn Almanac" (1967) UK
- "Lola" (1970) UK & US
- "Apeman" (1970) UK
- "Come Dancing" (1982) US
Charts, sales certifications and recognition. | 50,356 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of Bolivia? | Bolivia
Bolivia (, ; ; ; ), officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( ), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. The capital is Sucre, while the seat of government and financial center is located in La Paz. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, loca... | 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... | 50,357 | triviaqa-train |
Which metal is alloyed with iron to make Stainless Steel? | Pitting Resistance Equivalent Number) obtained through the formula:
PREN = %Cr+3.3%Mo+16%N where the terms correspond to the contents by weight % of Chromium, Molybdenum and Nitrogen respectively in the steel.
The higher the PREN, the higher the pitting corrosion resistance. Increasing chromium, molybdenum and nitrogen... | .
In industry Metal alloys.
The study of metal alloys is a significant part of materials science. Of all the metallic alloys in use today, the alloys of iron (steel, stainless steel, cast iron, tool steel, alloy steels) make up the largest proportion both by quantity and commercial value. Iron alloyed with various prop... | 50,358 | triviaqa-train |
'Vision Of A Knight' was the work of which Italian painter? | Mantua. Artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Giotto, Donatello, Titian and Raphael produced inspired works – their paintwork was more realistic-looking than had been created by Medieval artists and their marble statues rivalled and sometimes surpassed those of Classical Antiquity. Hum... | Miami.
Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight called her a "view painter," and compared her to Bernardo Bellotto, an Italian landscape painter. Knight says, “her work charts the intersection between the bricks and mortar of actual city streets and the effervescent elements of virtual reality. That's where we l... | 50,359 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of Trinidad? | city which are under construction or planned.
Government.
Port of Spain is administered by the Port of Spain City Corporation. There are 12 councillors and 4 aldermen. The mayor is elected from the membership of the council.
The council is presided over by the mayor, who is effectively the chief custodian of the city. ... | February 1536 by a Spanish expedition led by Pedro de Mendoza. The settlement founded by Mendoza was located in what is today the San Telmo district of Buenos Aires, south of the city centre.
More attacks by the indigenous people forced the settlers away, and in 1542 the site was abandoned. A second (and permanent) set... | 50,360 | triviaqa-train |
In which country is Agadir? | .
In 1884, Charles de Foucauld described in "Reconnaissance au Maroc" (Reconnaissance in Morocco) his rapid passage to Agadir from the east:
On the pretext of a call for help from German companies in the valley of the Souss, Germany decided on 1 July 1911, to extend its interests in Morocco and assert a claim on the co... | the bay of Agadir and the ports. The old people of Agadir remember the famous "Moorish café" of the Casbah and its panoramic view.
The hill bears the inscription in Arabic: "God, Country, King" which, like the walls, is illuminated at night.
Economy Old Talborjt.
Overlooking the waterfront and Wadi Tildi, this old dist... | 50,361 | triviaqa-train |
Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera is subtitled, 'A Merryman And His Maid'? | ", and "The Mikado".
Operas Dodging the magic lozenge "The Yeomen of the Guard".
"The Yeomen of the Guard" (1888), their only joint work with a serious ending, concerns a pair of strolling players—a jester and a singing girl—who are caught up in a risky intrigue at the Tower of London during the 16th century. The dialo... | 's wife, Madame Grace Miller. In 1914 she was in the chorus of a house Gilbert and Sullivan production; for there she took on leading roles such as Josephine in "H.M.S. Pinafore". The company toured New Zealand and performed in Melbourne.
Moncrieff toured South Africa and New Zealand as a leading lady in numerous produ... | 50,362 | triviaqa-train |
Which playing card is sometimes called 'The Black Lady'? | expired or if an allotted points total is overcome. The winner is the player with the smallest running penalty score.
An alternative called Dirty Liz proceeds in a similar fashion to Black Lady except:
There is a trump suit each hand in the order Diamonds, Clubs, Hearts, Spades.
1-10 of Hearts score 1 point each, J=2,... | Hearts (card game)
Hearts is an "evasion-type" trick-taking playing card game for four players, although variations can accommodate between three and six players. The game is also known as Black Lady, Black Maria, Black Widow, and Slippery Bitch, though any of these may refer to the similar but differently-scored game ... | 50,363 | triviaqa-train |
Which character was played by Michelle Collins in 'Eastenders'? | Hollingworth.
Hollingworth's contributions to the soap were awarded in 1997 when "EastEnders" won the BAFTA for Best Drama Series. Hollingworth shared the award with the next Executive Producer, Jane Harris. Harris was responsible for the critically panned Ireland episodes and Cindy Beale's attempted assassination of I... | 1999.
Examples in British soaps include Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) in "EastEnders", who was seen celebrating his 18th birthday in 1988 and his 21st two years later in 1990, as producers wanted the character to be older due to his love triangle storyline with wife Cindy (Michelle Collins) and Simon Wicks (Nick Berry). Li... | 50,364 | triviaqa-train |
Who was on the English throne at the time of the 'Battle of Trafalgar'? | King George III, on receiving the news, is alleged to have said, in tears, "We have lost more than we have gained." "The Times" reported: We do not know whether we should mourn or rejoice. The country has gained the most splendid and decisive Victory that has ever graced the naval annals of England; but it has been dea... | the Royal Collection by the Prince of Wales, who displayed it at St James's Palace and - after his accession to the throne in 1820 - commissioned JMW Turner's "The Battle of Trafalgar" as a pendant for it. However, Turner's piece was criticised for perceived factual inaccuracies, and so George gave both the 'Trafalgar'... | 50,365 | triviaqa-train |
Elvis Presley, with over abillion sales, has sold more records than anyone in the history of pop music.The Beatles are second, who is third? | for Artist of the Century. Later that year, an anonymous surrogate mother gave birth to his third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (nicknamed "Blanket"), who had been conceived by artificial insemination. On November 20, Jackson briefly held Blanket over the railing of his Berlin hotel room, four stories above ground l... | Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist. Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide. He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Sing... | 50,366 | triviaqa-train |
'Arthur Clennam', 'Jeremiah Flintwinch', and 'Edward Sparkler' are all characters in which Dickens' novel? | They provided the inspiration for the Garlands in "The Old Curiosity Shop".
On Sundays—with his sister Frances, free from her studies at the Royal Academy of Music—he spent the day at the Marshalsea. Dickens later used the prison as a setting in "Little Dorrit". To pay for his board and to help his family, Dickens was ... | sounds of the building, all mysterious to her.
- Mr Jeremiah Flintwinch: Clerk to the Clennam business until Arthur announces that he will not work in the family business on his return to London. Mr Flintwinch is raised up to be partner with Mrs Clennam. When Mrs Clennam became an invalid needing much care, she decided... | 50,367 | triviaqa-train |
"Who wrote ""Musichath charms to soothe a savage beast""?" | William Congreve
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. He was also a minor political figure in the British Whig Party.
Early life.
Will... | white-haired race menaced by white-furred beast-men in "The Phantom City" in "Doc Savage Magazine", December, 1933, and reprints.
- Josephine Tey's novel "The Singing Sands" (1952) investigates the murder of a young man who believes he has discovered the fabled city of Wabar while flying over the Rub' Al Khali.
- Carl ... | 50,368 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1982 film 'E.T.'? | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Melissa Mathison. It features special effects by Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren, and stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore,... | Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie is a 2014 American science fiction adventure comedy film written and directed by James Rolfe and Kevin Finn. It is based on the web series of the same name, also created by Rolfe, with himself as the lead character.
The story centers around the then urba... | 50,369 | triviaqa-train |
Who directed the 1995 film 'Braveheart'? | Braveheart
Braveheart is a 1995 epic war film directed, co-produced, and starring Mel Gibson, who portrays William Wallace, a late-13th-century Scottish warrior. The film is fictionally based on the life of Wallace leading the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. The film al... | Randall Wallace
Randall Wallace (born July 28, 1949) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and songwriter who came to prominence by writing the screenplay for the historical drama film "Braveheart" (1995). His work on the film earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay an... | 50,370 | triviaqa-train |
Which city did Delhi replace as capital of India in 1912? | In 1911, it was announced that the capital of British-held territories in India was to be transferred from Calcutta to Delhi. The name "New Delhi" was given in 1927, and the new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931. New Delhi, also known as "Lutyens' Delhi", was officially declared as the capital of the Union of... | Parliament House (India)
The Sansad Bhavan (English: "Parliament House") is the house of the Parliament of India, which contains the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha located in New Delhi.
History.
Originally called the "House of Parliament", it was designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker... | 50,371 | triviaqa-train |
Which playwright wrote the screenplay for the 1982 film 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'? | perspective on women.
Following popular success, the novel created a larger legacy: the novel has had numerous responses by academics and other writers, such as A. S. Byatt, and through adaptation as film and dramatic play. In 1981, the novel was adapted as a film of the same name with script by the playwright Harold P... | "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (nominee)
- 1982 David di Donatello (Italian Academy Awards) Best Foreign Screenplay: "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (winner)
- 1982 Golden Globe Best Screenplay––Motion Picture: "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (nominee)
- 1983 Academy Award Best Screenplay Based on Material From Anothe... | 50,372 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of OPEC, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries? | OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is an intergovernmental organization of nations, founded in 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna, Austria. the then 14 member countries accounted for an esti... | through the organization's agreements about oil production and price levels. In fact, economists often cite OPEC as a textbook example of a cartel that cooperates to reduce market competition, as in this definition from OECD's "Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law":
International commodity ... | 50,373 | triviaqa-train |
Which Australian tennis player did Goran Ivanisevic defeat in the 2001 Wimbledon final? | of the usual sixteen. This move was made to appease clay court players who were unhappy with the traditional seeding system, which favoured grass court results over those of other surfaces.
Pete Sampras was unsuccessful in his defence of the men's singles title, losing in the fourth round to 19-year-old Roger Federer, ... | of £50,000. The first tournament at the O2 arena was won by Andy Murray, defeating Goran Ivanisevic in the final.
Players competing in the inaugural tournament were;
- Andy Murray - then world number 19 and British number 1
- Pat Cash - Former Wimbledon Champion (1987)
- James Blake - then world number 6
- Goran Ivaniš... | 50,374 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the Romantic poets wrote the epic semi- autobiographical poem 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'? | Burns is taught in Russian schools alongside their own national poets. Burns was a great admirer of the egalitarian ethos behind the French Revolution. Whether Burns would have recognised the same principles at work in the Soviet State at its most repressive is moot. This didn’t stop the Communists from claiming Burns ... | was struck. Congress had inserted safeguards in the legislation to curb excessive profits, and though some of the coins were minted in 1937, there was no change of date, meaning collectors would only have to purchase one piece to have a complete set. Thousands remained in dealer inventories for years, and the coins rem... | 50,375 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank? | 9 March 2015. The program was repeatedly extended to reach about €2,500 billons and is currently expected to last until at least end of 2018.
Location.
The bank is based in Ostend (East End), Frankfurt am Main. The city is the largest financial centre in the Eurozone and the bank's location in it is fixed by the Amster... | Two notable buildings from this time are the Crețulescu Palace, housing cultural institutions including UNESCO's European Centre for Higher Education, and the Cotroceni Palace, the residence of the Romanian President. Many large-scale constructions such as Gara de Nord, the busiest railway station in the city, National... | 50,376 | triviaqa-train |
Which Russian composer wrote the opera 'Prince Igor'? | Prince Igor
Prince Igor (, "Knyaz' Igor'") is an opera in four acts with a prologue, written and composed by Alexander Borodin. The composer adapted the libretto from the Ancient Russian epic "The Lay of Igor's Host", which recounts the campaign of Rus' prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the invading Cuman ("Polovtsian"... | Prince Igor" is a staple of Russian opera, but has not travelled well abroad. One obvious reason is the Russian language, although translation into Italian was once a solution.
Another explanation for the failure to gain acceptance is its lack of unity resulting from its unfinished state. Despite the skill and efforts ... | 50,377 | triviaqa-train |
In which country did the 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857 take place? | Rajputs and Bhumihar, mostly from the Awadh and Bihar regions, and even restricted the enlistment of lower castes in 1855. In contrast, the Madras Army and Bombay Army were "more localized, caste-neutral armies" that "did not prefer high-caste men". The domination of higher castes in the Bengal Army has been blamed in ... | , several Buddhist monasteries and Stupas.
Some fighting during 1857 sepoy mutiny took place in this area. Following the mutiny, the civil administration was re-established in the district which was named district Unnao, with headquarters at Unnao. The size of the district was however small until 1869, when it assumed ... | 50,378 | triviaqa-train |
The independentist forces led by Antonio Jose de Sucre, which country's independence was won at the 1824 'Battle of Ayacucho '? | Portuguese garrisons surrendered. The Brazilian Empire lasted until a coup in 1889 overthrew the monarchy leading to its current status as a republic.
Spanish America.
The crisis of political legitimacy in Spain with the Napoleonic invasion sparked reaction in Spain's overseas empire. The outcome in Spanish America was... | Each of the well known names represent a specific era of the city's history.
- "Charcas" was the indigenous name for the place upon which the Spaniards built the colonial city.
- "La Plata" was the name given to the emerging Hispanic city of privilege and honor.
- The name "Chuquisaca" was bestowed upon the city during... | 50,379 | triviaqa-train |
Playing on the title of another of the director's films, which 1984 movie starred Robert de Niro and James Woods as Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organised crime? | James Woods
James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor, voice actor, and producer.
His best known roles are "Videodrome" (1983), "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984), "Casino" (1995), "Nixon" (1995), "Contact" (1997) and as the voice of Hades in Disney's animated feature "Hercules" (1997). Additional... | as they lead a group of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence as Jewish gangsters in New York City's world of organized crime. The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, broken relationships, together with the rise of mobsters in American society.
It was the final film d... | 50,380 | triviaqa-train |
Anatolijs Gorbunovs became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1990? | , Uzbekistan suspended its membership in the CSTO.
Regional organizations North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Three former Soviet states are members of NATO: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Poland, a former socialist nation, is also a NATO member. Georgia, where both public opinion and the ruling government favor NATO ... | .
- Anatolijs Gorbunovs , 1990 – , 1993 | 50,381 | triviaqa-train |
The day in 1896 that he was executed is now a national holiday. Jose Rizal was a nationalist and polymath and a national hero of which country? | for Brussels as he was preparing for the publication of his annotations of Antonio de Morga's "Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas" (1609). He lived in the boarding house of the two Jacoby sisters, Catherina and Suzanna, who had a niece Suzanna ("Thil"), age 16. Historian Gregorio F. Zaide states that Rizal had "his romance... | this place. When Shiva's consort Parvati angry with Brungi for not having given importance to her, cursed him and tried to stall his worship, Brungi took the form of a bee ("vandu") and entered the ear of Shiva's idol.
Significance.
There are shrines to Ganesha, Murugan, Ardhanarisvara, Brahma, Bhairava, Surya, Chandra... | 50,382 | triviaqa-train |
Leonid Kravchuk became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1991? | Moldovan break-away state of Transnistria has supported this. In 2013, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia announced plans to seek membership, but division over the issue in Ukraine led to the 2014 Ukrainian revolution after the Ukrainian government backed out of an EU Eastern Partnership in favor of the union. In 2014, voters in t... | and Barcelona. The airport opened on 7 April 1930, after King Alfonso XIII signed a royal order announcing that the military air force installations on the Bay of Gando would become a civilian airfield. In its existence, the airport has become the largest gateway into the Canary Islands, as well as the largest in terms... | 50,383 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Cerne Abbas Giant' is a 180 foot high carved hill figure located in which county? | Cerne Abbas Giant
The Cerne Abbas Giant is a hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. high, it depicts a standing nude male figure with a prominent erection and wielding a large club in its right hand. Like many other hill figures it is outlined by shallow trenches cut in the turf and backfilled ... | seen with the naked eye.
The Osmington White Horse carries a rider (King George III) but is not considered an example of gigantotomy due to the name of the figure referring to the horse.
Human figures Cerne Abbas Giant.
The Cerne Abbas Giant, also referred to as the "Rude Man" or the "Rude Giant", is a hill figure of a... | 50,384 | triviaqa-train |
Kimberley and Vancouver are cities in which Canadian province? | Vancouver
Vancouver () is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, up from 603,502 in 2011. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making ... | are underway.
A large number "casseroles" or "pots and pans demonstrations" were held in towns and cities across the province, with the largest ones being primarily concentrated in Montreal's various neighbourhoods. More protests outside the Province of Quebec (over 66 other Canadian locations) were held in solidarity ... | 50,385 | triviaqa-train |
Which French tennis player did Pete Sampras defeat in the 1997 Wimbledon final? | fourth time, defeating Cédric Pioline in the final. Sampras also won singles titles in San Jose, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Munich, and Paris, and the ATP Tour World Championships in Hanover, Germany. He became the only player to win both the Grand Slam Cup and the ATP Tour World Championships in the same year.
He had a... | Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971 as Petros Sampras) is an American former professional tennis player. A right-handed player with a single-handed backhand, his precise and powerful serve earned him the nickname "Pistol Pete". His professional career began in 1988 and ended at the 2002 US Open, which he wo... | 50,386 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Uffington White Horse' is a 370 foot-long prehistoric hill figure located in which county? | Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised prehistoric hill figure, long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of Uffington (in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire and historic cou... | Ring of Brodgar, Neolithic henge and stone circle.
- Thornborough Henges, three aligned Neolithic henges.
- Woodhenge, Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle.
Structures and sites Hill figures.
- Cerne Abbas Giant, hill figure popularly believed to be ancient but recently dated to c. 17th century.
- Long Man of Wilm... | 50,387 | triviaqa-train |
Calgary and Medicine Hat are cities in which Canadian province? | , to the U.S.
To open the West to European immigration, parliament also approved sponsoring the construction of three transcontinental railways (including the Canadian Pacific Railway), opening the prairies to settlement with the Dominion Lands Act, and establishing the North-West Mounted Police to assert its authority... | south. Urban development has also been most advanced in the parkland belt. Edmonton and Red Deer are parkland cities, while Calgary is on the parkland-prairie fringe. Lethbridge and Medicine Hat are prairie cities. Grande Prairie lies in the Peace River Country a parkland region (with isolated patches of prairie, hence... | 50,388 | triviaqa-train |
Which dramatist wrote the trilogy of plays known collectively as 'The Norman Conquests'? | The Norman Conquests
The Norman Conquests is a trilogy of plays written in 1973 by Alan Ayckbourn. Each of the plays depicts the same six characters over the same weekend in a different part of a house. "Table Manners" is set in the dining room, "Living Together" in the living room, and "Round and Round the Garden" in ... | , and there is a long-standing debate regarding his authorship of one of these plays, "Prometheus Bound", which some believe his son Euphorion actually wrote. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotations and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyrus, often giving further insights into his work. He... | 50,389 | triviaqa-train |
During the eighth century, of which kingdom was Offa the king? | 's death) the king was "treacherously murdered at night by his own bodyguards," though the reason why is unrecorded. Æthelbald was initially succeeded by Beornred, about whom little is known. The continuation of Bede comments that Beornred "ruled for a little while, and unhappily", and adds that "the same year, Offa, h... | the community.
- Jennifer Joi Ellis – For service to community health as a midwife.
- Glenn Elston – For service to the performing arts.
- Stephen Marsden Emerson – For service to veterans and their families.
- Walter John Ferrell – For service to community history in Western Australia.
- Albert Edward Fish – For servi... | 50,390 | triviaqa-train |
Salix babylonica is the Latin name for which British tree? | Salix babylonica
Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow; ) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.
Description.
"Salix babylonica" is a medium- to large-sized deciduous tree, ... | -puzzle tree, whose Latin name is "Araucaria araucana". Another name for this tree is the "Chile Pine", of which "Cinephile" is an anagram, demonstrating his love for film.
Graham lived in Somersham, Cambridgeshire. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 New Year's Honours, for services to ... | 50,391 | triviaqa-train |
From which country does 'Kronenbourg' lager originate? | Kronenbourg Brewery
Kronenbourg Brewery (, ) is a brewery founded in 1664 by Geronimus Hatt in the Free Imperial City of Straßburg (today Strasbourg, France). The name comes from the area where the brewery relocated in 1850. The company is owned by the Carlsberg Group. The main brand is Kronenbourg 1664, a 5.0% abv pal... | % ABV) from the giant Kronenbourg brewery, Brasserie Castelain, "Ch'Ti Blanche", and Pietra "Colomba Biere Blanche", with Corsican herbs.
Speciality beer styles Whisky beer.
Whisky beer is one of more popular speciality styles, made with peat-smoked malt. The original was Adelscott "Bière au Malt á Whisky", a 6.5% ABV ... | 50,392 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the patron saint of travellers? | at St Christopher and go on reassured”, sometimes translated as “Behold St Christopher and go your way in safety”); Saint Christopher medals and holy cards in Spanish have the phrase “Si en San Cristóbal confías, de accidente no morirás” (“If you trust St. Christopher, you won’t die in an accident”).
Veneration and pat... | Bona of Pisa
Bona of Pisa (c. 1156–1207) was a member of the Third order of the Augustinian nuns who helped lead travellers on pilgrimages. In 1962, she was canonized a saint in the Catholic Church by Pope John XXIII. She is considered the patron saint of travellers, and specifically couriers, guides, pilgrims, flight ... | 50,393 | triviaqa-train |
Although best known for his novels and essays, Gore Vidal, who died in 2012, also co-wrote the screenplay for which extremely successful film of the 1950's? | September 1969 edition of "Esquire", for example, Vidal wrote
In 2009, he won the annual Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation, which called him a "prominent social critic on politics, history, literature and culture".
Career Writer Screenplays.
In 1956, Metro-Goldwy... | few plays under the fatherly guidance of Kapoor.
Along with other films that Sagar himself directed, he wrote the story and screenplay for Raj Kapoor's superhit "Barsaat". He founded the film and television production company known as Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd.) a.k.a. Sagar Arts in 1950. He produced and directed many film... | 50,394 | triviaqa-train |
This summer, Arsenal signed Santi Cazorla for £16 million from which Spanish football club? | and Malaga. Phoenician influence expanded as much of the Peninsula was eventually incorporated into the Carthaginian Empire, becoming a major theatre of the Punic Wars against the expanding Roman Empire. After an arduous conquest, the peninsula came fully under Roman Rule. During the early Middle Ages it came under Got... | series of consistent appearances in the first-team last season. Throughout the summer transfer window, manager Arsène Wenger had promised the club's fans that a headline transfer would be made, so to compete for the title, and this materialised on 7 August, when Spanish midfielder Santi Cazorla signed on a four-year co... | 50,395 | triviaqa-train |
This summer, Manchester United signed Shinji Kagawa for £17 million from which German side? | Shinji Kagawa
Shinji Kagawa ( "Kagawa Shinji" ; born 17 March 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Borussia Dortmund and the Japan national team. Kagawa began his professional career in his homeland with Cerezo Osaka before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2010. After two ye... | third equaliser three minutes later. Then United did what they do best with Javier Hernández dramatically scoring a winner with just seconds of the 90 minutes left to win the game 4–3. With Manchester City losing away at Sunderland, United extended their lead at the top to seven points.
United then played West Bromwich... | 50,396 | triviaqa-train |
In which American state is the successful t.v. drama series 'Boardwalk Empire' set? | Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of 1920s and stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson. Winter, a Primetime Emmy ... | drama that follows four young Irish brothers in Hell's Kitchen and their involvement in the mob
- "Underbelly" (2008), Australian drama series based on the Melbourne gangland killings
- "Boardwalk Empire" (2010), an HBO series set in Prohibition-era Atlantic City and featuring gangsters of various ethnicities, includin... | 50,397 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest? | resistance of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II to his visit, Cortés arrived in Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519, where he took up residence with fellow Spaniards and their indigenous allies. When news reached Cortés of the death of several of his men during the Aztec attack on the Totonacs in Veracruz, Cortes claims that... | Kʼicheʼ continued throughout the early 16th century. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico, the Aztec emperor sent messengers to warn the Kaqchikel. After the surrender of the Aztecs to Hernán Cortés, Iximche sent its own messengers to offer a Kaqchikel alliance with the Spanish. Smallpox decimated the popul... | 50,398 | triviaqa-train |
In the English translations of the 'Asterix' comics, what is the name of the village Druid with a white gown and red cloak, usually seen carrying a golden sickle? | which are puns on their roles or personalities, and which follow certain patterns specific to nationality. Certain rules are followed (most of the time) such as Gauls (and their neighbours) having an "-ix" suffix for the men and ending in "-a" for the women; for example, Chief Vitalstatistix (so called due to his portl... | "), whom he adores. His parents live now in Condate (as seen in "Asterix and the Actress") and his distant cousin Metallurgix, a golden sickle maker, lives in Lutetia (as seen in "Asterix and the Golden Sickle").
Obelix's favourite food is roast wild boar which he usually hunts with Asterix, but he has a voracious appe... | 50,399 | triviaqa-train |
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