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Which word beginning with 'o' is the branch of medical science that deals with pregnancy and childbirth? | . These physicians and surgeons variously provide care across the whole spectrum of normal and abnormal births and pathological labour conditions. Categorically specialized obstetricians are qualified surgeons, so they can undertake surgical procedures relating to childbirth. Some family practitioners or general practi... | Midwifery
Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. In many countries, midwifery is a medical profession (special for its indep... | 50,600 | triviaqa-train |
Complete the title of the 1933 book by Gertrude Stein The Autobiography of Alice B …? | Anderson and Henri Matisse, would meet.
In 1933, Stein published a quasi-memoir of her Paris years, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas", written in the voice of Alice B. Toklas, her life partner. The book became a literary bestseller and vaulted Stein from the relative obscurity of the cult-literature scene into the... | Jackie Chiles
Jackie Chiles is a fictional character portrayed by American actor Phil Morris in the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld". He appears in the series' seventh through ninth seasons as Cosmo Kramer's lawyer.
Character.
Chiles is a parody of famed attorney Johnnie Cochran; both are bespectacled, mustachioed, well-dressed, ... | 50,601 | triviaqa-train |
In which English county is the Tank Museum at Bovington? | Bovington Camp
Bovington Camp () is a British Army military base in Dorset, England. Together with Lulworth Camp it forms part of Bovington Garrison.
The garrison is home to The Armour Centre and contains two barracks complexes and two forest and heathland training areas that support Phase Two training for soldiers of ... | had its mine flail equipment removed after the war.
- Centaur Dozer – One is part of the collection at Bovington. Another is part of a private collection in the UK.
- Canal Defence Light – The Tank Museum, Bovington has a Matilda tank fitted with a Canal Defence Light turret. A CDL-equipped M3 Grant is displayed at Cav... | 50,602 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the brother of Peppa Pig? | programme broadcasting on Channel 5 and Nick Jr. in the UK, Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. in the USA, ABC 4 Kids in Australia and Discovery Kids in Latin America, including Brazil. Each episode is approximately five minutes long. The show revolves around Peppa, an anthropomorphic female pig, and her family and friends. Each of ... | Paultons Park
Paultons Family Theme Park | Home of Peppa Pig World is an amusement park located in the village of Ower, near Romsey, in Hampshire, England, with over 70 rides and attractions. The Peppa Pig World theme park area is based on the children's television series character. The Lost Kingdom theme park area inc... | 50,603 | triviaqa-train |
Complete the title of the 1934 book by Evelyn Waugh A Handful of. | Evelyn Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books, and he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires "Decline and Fall" (1928) and "A Handful of Dust" (1934), the novel "Brid... | Oleksandr Perenchuk
Oleksandr Perenchuk (; born 30 January 1966) is a former Ukrainian football defender.
External links.
- Player - Oleksandr Ivanovych Perenchuk (Игрок - Александр Иванович Перенчук). Luhansk Our Football portal. | 50,604 | triviaqa-train |
"What are the first four words of the poem Funeral Blues by W H Auden read at the funeral of Gareth in film 2Four Weddings and a Funeral""?" | Funeral Blues
"Funeral Blues" or "Stop all the clocks" is a poem by W. H. Auden. An early version was published in 1936, but the poem in its final, familiar form was first published in "The Year's Poetry" (London, 1938).
Titles and versions.
The first, and less widely known, version of the poem, written and published i... | played Juventus FC in the European Cup final.
The poem is read in its entirety in the 1994 British romantic comedy film "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
In the musical "February House", produced Off-Broadway in 2012, a large portion of the poem is sung by Auden himself. The show consists of an original score with music a... | 50,605 | triviaqa-train |
Which book of the Bible immediately follows Psalms? | Book (1640).
By the 20th century, they were mostly replaced by hymns in church services. However, the Psalms are popular for private devotion among many Protestants and still used in many churches for traditional worship. There exists in some circles a custom of reading one Psalm and one chapter of Proverbs a day, corr... | Psalm 17
Psalm 17 is the 17th psalm from the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible (or the Old Testament of Christian Bible); one of the 41 psalms in Book One (of the five parts or "books" within the book of Psalms).
Analysis.
Charles and Emilie Briggs summarize this psalm as follows: "Ps[alm] 17 is a prayer for divine in... | 50,606 | triviaqa-train |
Lewis Hamilton signed a new three year contract last month with which motor racing team? | Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who races in Formula One for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. A five-time Formula One World Champion, he is often considered the best driver of his generation and widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history o... | become manager of League Two side Bradford City initially on a three-month contract until the end of the 2009–10 season. Junior Lewis was employed as first team coach, working with assistant manager Wayne Jacobs and youth team coach David Wetherall. Taylor signed a one-year contract at Bradford the day before Bradford ... | 50,607 | triviaqa-train |
Which Welsh town was granted city status in 1969? | , Cardiff, Bangor, and Swansea have all had chairs in Welsh since their virtual establishment, and all their schools of Welsh are successful centres for the study of the Welsh language and its literature, offering a BA in Welsh as well as post-graduate courses. At all Welsh universities and the Open University, student... | life in Cardiff dates back to the 12th century, when Cardiff was granted borough status by the Earls of Gloucester. The offices of the mayor, aldermen, and common councillors developed during the Middle Ages.
Following "The Local Government Act 1888" Cardiff was one of three Welsh towns granted county borough status, i... | 50,608 | triviaqa-train |
The peninsula of Istria is shared between Italy, Slovenia and which other country which has about 89%? | in 1990, the regional party Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS-DDI, "Istarski demokratski sabor" or "Dieta democratica istriana") has consistently received a majority of the vote and maintained through the 1990s a position often contrary to the government in Zagreb, led by the then nationalistic party Croatian Democratic... | the oil sector has been caused by the rise of Greece in the oil markets.
Other key partners are Germany, Italy, the United States, Slovenia, Austria and Turkey.
Economy Transport.
North Macedonia is in its position a continental country in the middle of the Balkan peninsula, and the main transport links in the country ... | 50,609 | triviaqa-train |
Errol Brown who died last month was best known as a member of which band? | Errol Brown
Errol Brown MBE (12 November 1943 – 6 May 2015) was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.
Career.
Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but mov... | lead vocalist Errol Brown and bassist Tony Wilson. Brown and Wilson wrote rest of the album separately, with the band members Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive and Tony Connor contributing "A Warm Smile". The album includes the group's best-known hit, "You Sexy Thing" and the top-10 UK and Irish hit "A Child's Prayer".
The... | 50,610 | triviaqa-train |
Ali Bongo Ctadimba is the President of which African country - his father Omar Bongo held the position from 1967 to 2009? | party rule.
Bongo became President on 2 December 1967, following the death of M'ba four days earlier, and was installed by de Gaulle and influential French leaders. Aged 31, Bongo was Africa's fourth youngest president at the time, after captain Michel Micombero of Burundi and sergeant Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo. In Ma... | of Ali Bongo's key allies over the years, and after Omar Bongo died in June 2009, Ali was nominated as the PDG's presidential candidate. At the time of the August 2009 presidential election, Engongah Owono was Ali Bongo's campaign coordinator in Woleu-Ntem Province. On 16 October 2009, when Bongo took office as Preside... | 50,611 | triviaqa-train |
Lake Ontario is bounded by the Canadian province of Ontario and which US state? | level appellate court, generally called a Court of Appeal (or Appeals), and a Supreme Court. However, Oklahoma and Texas have separate highest courts for criminal appeals. In New York State the trial court is called the Supreme Court; appeals are then taken to the Supreme Court's Appellate Division, and from there to t... | Eastman Region
The Eastman Region--also known as Division No. 1-- is located in the south-eastern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is bounded on the north by the Winnipeg River and Lake Winnipeg, on the east by the Manitoba-Ontario border, on the south by the Canada–US border and on the west by the Red R... | 50,612 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the four-wheeled horse-drawn convertible carriage, named after a town in Germany, used in Blackpool? | on each side, along with a sunroof that rolled back on itself and extended to the rear bumper in place of a separate trunk lid. Other fixed-profile convertibles include the 1957
Vespa 400, 1950 Nash Rambler Landau Convertible Coupe, the Nissan Figaro (1991), the Jaguar XJ-SC (1983) and the 1957 Fiat 500 and its 2007 F... | Surrey (carriage)
A surrey is a doorless, four-wheeled carriage popular in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Usually two-seated and holding for four passengers, surreys had a variety of tops that included a rigid, fringed canopy, parasol, and extension. The seats were traditional, spindle... | 50,613 | triviaqa-train |
Which architect, President of the Royal Academy from 2004 to 2011, is responsible for the National Space Centre in Leicester and the Eden Project in Cornwall? | On 8 December 2011, Christopher Le Brun was elected president of the Royal Academy on the retirement of Sir Nicholas Grimshaw.
In September 2007, Sir Charles Saumarez Smith became Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy, a newly created post. Saumarez Smith stepped down from the role at the end of 2018, and ... | type, are:
Project list Arts and culture.
- British Pavilion, Expo '92, Seville, Spain, 1992
- Caixia Galicia Art Foundation, A Coruña, Spain, 2006
- Eden Project, Cornwall, UK, 2001
- Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Troy, US, 2008
- Horno 3: Museo del Acero, Museum of Steel, Monterrey, Mexico, 2... | 50,614 | triviaqa-train |
Which heavyweight boxer retired in 1956 with a record of 49 wins from 49 fights? | George Foreman, Rocky Marciano, Julio César Chávez, Roberto Duran, Danny García, Wilfredo Gómez, Sonny Liston, John L. Sullivan, Max Baer, Prince Naseem Hamed, Ray Mancini, David Tua, Arturo Gatti, Micky Ward, Brandon Ríos, Ruslan Provodnikov, Michael Katsidis, James Kirkland, Marcos Maidana, Jake LaMotta, Manny Pacqui... | - by defeating former WBA World Heavyweight Champion James "Bonecrusher" Smith. At the age of 48 years and 110 days, it made him the oldest ever boxer to hold a world championship belt. Of course this world boxing version got no prestige in comparison with the best three federations.
Bugner was to fight just once more,... | 50,615 | triviaqa-train |
Who edited The Sun between 1981 and 1994? | sales of "The Sun". So bingo was introduced as a marketing tool and a 2p drop in cover price removed the "Daily Star"s competitive advantage opening a new circulation battle which resulted in "The Sun" neutralising the threat of the new paper. The new editor of "The Sun", Kelvin MacKenzie, took up his post in 1981 just... | 1993)
- "The Windows Flew Open" (Burning Deck, 1991)
- "Two Poems" (Z Press, 1981)
- "Handwritten" (Sun Press, 1979).
Welish's poems have been anthologized in:
- "Best American Poetry 1988" (edited by John Ashbery)
- "Experimental Poetry in America 1950 to the Present: A Norton Anthology" (Sun and Moon Press 1994)
- "F... | 50,616 | triviaqa-train |
Name the twin city to Minneapolis on the other side of the Mississippi. | the upper river. Taken as a whole, these 43 dams significantly shape the geography and influence the ecology of the upper river. Beginning just below Saint Paul, Minnesota, and continuing throughout the upper and lower river, the Mississippi is further controlled by thousands of Wing Dikes that moderate the river's flo... | Southeast Steam Plant
The Southeast Steam Plant, formerly known as the Twin City Rapid Transit Company Steam Power Plant, is a combined heat and power plant on the Mississippi River in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States owned by the University of Minnesota.
History.
The plant was constructed in 19... | 50,617 | triviaqa-train |
"Not to be confused with the Burma campaign of World War II, which Far Eastern war of the mid-twentieth century is often called by the survivors, ""The Forgotten War""?" | .
In Asia, the United States led the occupation of Japan and administrated Japan's former islands in the Western Pacific, while the Soviets annexed Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. Korea, formerly under Japanese rule, was divided and occupied by the Soviet Union in the North and the United States in the South between 19... | was a joint project between the Imperial War Museum and the Burma Star Association. The Association represents veterans of the Burma campaign who often consider themselves to have fought in a "Forgotten Army" compared to those who fought in Europe. The exhibition explores aspects of the Second World War in the Far East... | 50,618 | triviaqa-train |
By what name are Football League team Heaton Norris now known? | also set a new Football League record on 3 March 2007 when they beat Swindon Town 3–0, recording nine consecutive wins without conceding a goal.
At the start of the 2007–08 season it was learned that former manager Danny Bergara had died. Stockport County continued their success, despite losing an FA Cup first round re... | Heaton Norris, in 1889. The nearby Nursery Inn served as the team's home, with players using a barn as changing rooms. Green lane remained the club's home for its first two seasons in the Football League.
In 1902 the club required a larger ground and moved to Edgeley Park, then home of the rugby league club Stockport, ... | 50,619 | triviaqa-train |
In the book of Genesis where did the Land of Nod lie? | , meaning to go to sleep. The first recorded use of the phrase to mean "sleep" comes from Jonathan Swift in his "Complete Collection of Polite and Ingenious Conversation" (1737) and "Gulliver's Travels". A later instance of this usage appears in the poem "The Land of Nod" by Robert Louis Stevenson from the "A Child's G... | Cain and Abel
In the biblical Book of Genesis, Cain and Abel are the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother Abel was a shepherd. The brothers made sacrifices to God, each of his own produce, but God favored Abel's sacrifice instead of Cain's. Cain then murdered Abel, whereupo... | 50,620 | triviaqa-train |
Which famous musician owned a film company called Handmade Films? | HandMade Films
HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company. Notable films from the studio include "Monty Python's Life of Brian", "Time Bandits" and "Withnail and I".
History.
HandMade Films was formed by former Beatle George Harrison and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the Mo... | musical climate, Harrison suspended his recording career in the early 1980s. Instead of recording, he opted to pursue other interests, including film production with his own company, Handmade Films. The odd soundtrack or charity song would surface during this period, but otherwise, it was a musically silent period for ... | 50,621 | triviaqa-train |
In which sea is the Gulf of Genoa? | Gulf of Genoa
The Gulf of Genoa ("Golfo di Genova") is the northernmost part of the Ligurian Sea. This Italian gulf is about wide from the city of Imperia in the west to La Spezia in the east. The largest city on its coast is Genoa, which has an important port. | Banded dragonet
Callionymus fasciatus, the banded dragonet, is a species of dragonet native to the Mediterranean Sea from the Gulf of Genoa to the western Aegean Sea. Also known from the southern and eastern Black Sea. It prefers sandy substrates where its diet consists of benthic invertebrates.
Its body is scaleless,... | 50,622 | triviaqa-train |
Which of Marilyn Monroe'sfilms included her version of the song, 'I Want To Be Loved By You'? | "Some Like It Hot" (1959), a critical and commercial success. Her last completed film was the drama "The Misfits" (1961).
Monroe's troubled private life received much attention. She struggled with substance abuse, depression, and anxiety. Her second and third marriages, to retired baseball star Joe DiMaggio and playwri... | In June 2011, she debuted her album "I...Amanda Lepore" at the Highline Ballroom with Cazwell, Kat Deluna, Neon Hitch, Ana Matronic, Jonté, and many others. Her debut full-length album "I...Amanda Lepore" was released in 2011 on Peace Bisquit.
In 2013, her version of the Marilyn Monroe song "I Wanna Be Loved by You" wa... | 50,623 | triviaqa-train |
Abuja is the capitalcity of which West African republic? | West Africa
West Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, the Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, as well as the United Kingd... | Birendranagar, Narayani
Birendranagar is a village development committee (VDC) in Chitwan District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 10,482 people living in 1932 individual households. However, the population now increased by more than three times and re... | 50,624 | triviaqa-train |
Who Directed the 2000 film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'? | Ang Lee
Ang Lee (; born 23 October 1954) is a Taiwanese film director and screenwriter. Born in the Pingtung County of southern Taiwan, Lee was educated in the United States. His filmmaking career has seen him experience international critical and popular acclaim and a range of accolades.
Lee garnered success with "P... | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny () is a 2016 American-Chinese martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping and written by John Fusco, based on the novel "Iron Knight, Silver Vase" by Wang Dulu. It is also a sequel to the 2000 film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden... | 50,625 | triviaqa-train |
Of which African country is Malabo the capital? | Britain, France and Germany. Israelis and Moroccans also live and work here. Oil extraction since the 1990s has contributed to a doubling of the population in Malabo. After independence, thousands of Equatorial Guineans went to Spain. Another 100,000 Equatorial Guineans went to Cameroon, Gabon, and Nigeria because of t... | enter Greece.
Tributaries.
Starting from the river's source, significant tributaries of Maritsa include:
- Left tributaries:
- Topolnitsa (flows into Maritsa near Pazardzhik)
- Luda Yana (near Ognyanovo)
- Stryama (near Sadovo)
- Sazliyka (near Simeonovgrad)
- Tundzha/Tunca (in Edirne)
- Ergene (near İpsala)
- Right tr... | 50,626 | triviaqa-train |
Who played detective 'Alex Cross' in the 2000 film 'Along Came A Spider'? | evil plans. No one knows who he was until by the end of the novel, he is revealed to be none other than Rashawn Turnbull's own grandfather Harold Caine. He enjoyed killing Rashawn because he felt that Rashawn had humiliated him because of the colour of Rashawn's skin.
In other media.
In other media Film.
Cross is port... | reviews, spawning a series of over twenty subsequent novels. The series has led to three films, "Kiss the Girls" (1997), "Along Came a Spider" (2001), and "Alex Cross" (2012).
Plot overview.
Alex Cross is a widower-detective-father who often fights against threatening villains—and criminals—who wish to kill Cross and o... | 50,627 | triviaqa-train |
Which 'Grease' track was covered by Hilda Baker and Arthur Mullard? | screenwriter.
Soundtrack.
The ended 1978 as the second-best selling album of the year in the United States, exceeded only by another soundtrack album, from the film "Saturday Night Fever", which also starred Travolta. The song "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music—Original Song. ... | Robert Lindsay as Tom
- Christopher Neil as Ricky
- Richard Beckinsale as Jet Bone
- George Baker as Eddie Boyes
- Simon Williams as Harry Bingley
- Diana Dors as Mrs Ball
- Arthur Mullard as Ben
- John Le Mesurier as Mr Gibbons
- Hattie Jacques as Security Official
- Roy Kinnear as Hounslow Joe
- Liz Fraser as Airport... | 50,628 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name given to a young Salmon that returns to fresh water after one Winter at sea? | olfactory memory. Salmon date back to the Neogene.
Species.
The term "salmon" comes from the Latin "salmo", which in turn might have originated from "salire", meaning "to leap". The nine commercially important species of salmon occur in two genera. The genus "Salmo" contains the Atlantic salmon, found in the north Atla... | Young coho spend one to two years in their freshwater natal streams, often spending the first winter in off-channel sloughs, before transforming to the smolt stage. Smolts are generally and as their parr marks fade and the adult's characteristic silver scales start to dominate. Smolts migrate to the ocean from late Mar... | 50,629 | triviaqa-train |
Which British boxer lost a world title fight to Roberto Duran in June 1972? | Ken Buchanan
Ken Buchanan MBE (born 28 June 1945) is a Scottish retired professional boxer from Edinburgh and the former undisputed world lightweight champion.
Boxing career.
Boxing career Early career.
Before turning pro, Buchanan was the 1965 ABA featherweight champion. He started boxing professionally on 20 Septembe... | Hector Thompson
Hector Thompson (born 24 June 1949 in Kempsey, New South Wales) is an Indigenous Australian professional boxer who competed in four different weight divisions, Lightweight, Super lightweight, Welterweight and Junior middleweight during the 1970s and 80s.
Professional career.
In 1973 he beat Joe Tetteh f... | 50,630 | triviaqa-train |
Who duetted with Celine Dion on the song 'Tell Him'? | Tell Him (Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion song)
"Tell Him" is a song by American singer Barbra Streisand and Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded as a duet for their 1997 albums, "Higher Ground" and "Let's Talk About Love". It was written by Linda Thompson and its producers Walter Afanasieff and David Foster, and rel... | scenes from the film in order to create a music video, was directed by Dominic Orlando. The video premiered on the music channel VH-1, thus airing to an audience who was not accustomed to seeing animated characters appear in the midst of their regular programming.
Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson version Live performances.... | 50,631 | triviaqa-train |
Which opera singer duetted with Celine Dion on the song 'Let's Talk About Love'? | Mario Del Monaco, Risë Stevens, Alfredo Kraus, Franco Corelli, Montserrat Caballé, Joan Sutherland, Birgit Nilsson, Nellie Melba, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Jussi Björling, Feodor Chaliapin, Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Marilyn Horne, Bryn Terfel and "The Three Tenors" (Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and J... | The Reason (Celine Dion song)
"The Reason" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her fifth English-language studio album, "Let's Talk About Love" (1997). It was written by Carole King, Mark Hudson and Greg Wells, and produced by Sir George Martin. "The Reason" was released as the second single from the... | 50,632 | triviaqa-train |
'Simon Tappertit' appears in which novel by Charles Dickens? | : A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty", as part of the "Master Humphrey's Clock" series (1840–41), were all published in monthly instalments before being made into books.
In the midst of all his activity during this period, there was discontent with his publishers and John Macrone was bought off, while Richard Bentley signe... | What If (Kate Winslet song)
"What If" is a song performed by English actress Kate Winslet, recorded for the animated film "" (2001). Winslet provided the voice of Belle in the feature, which is based on the Charles Dickens classic 1843 novel and also stars Nicolas Cage, Jane Horrocks and Simon Callow. "What If" was wri... | 50,633 | triviaqa-train |
What place near Lewes in Sussex was the site of a famous scientific forgery of 1912? | Piltdown Man
The Piltdown Man was a paleoanthropological hoax in which bone fragments were presented as the fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human. In 2016, the results of an extensive scientific review established that amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson had very likely perpetrated the hoax.
In 1912,... | Lewes Downs
Lewes Downs is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Lewes in East Sussex. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I and a Special Area of Conservation. Part of it is a National Nature Reserve, part is Malling Down nature reserve, which is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust, and ... | 50,634 | triviaqa-train |
On June 15, 1844, Charles Goodyear was granted a patent for the vulcanization of rubber, a process by which what element, represented by the symbol S, is added to rubber? | vulcanization, in common with the curing of other thermosetting polymers, is generally irreversible.
Five types of curing systems are in common use:
1. Sulfur systems
2. Peroxides
3. Metallic oxides
4. Acetoxysilane
5. Urethane crosslinkers
Vulcanization with sulfur.
By far the most common vulcanizing methods depend on... | Charles Goodyear
Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 – July 1, 1860) was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.
Goodyear is credited with inventing the chemical process to... | 50,635 | triviaqa-train |
"The truth is out there" was the tagline for what TV series? | By doing so, he accidentally activated an echo effect setting. The resulting riff pleased Carter; Snow said, "this sound was in the keyboard. And that was it." The second episode, "Deep Throat", marked Snow's debut as solo composer for an entire episode. The production crew was determined to limit the music in the earl... | ". The tagline for this episode is "Everything Dies" instead of the usual "The Truth is Out There". This phrase is uttered by the bounty hunter to Mulder during the episode. During the production of "Herrenvolk", Carter had already begun the pre-production phases of the series' feature film adaptation, which would be r... | 50,636 | triviaqa-train |
June 16 is a day to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and to relieve the events in which of his novels? | James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. Joyce is best known for "Uly... | Stanislaus Joyce
John Stanislaus Joyce (December 17, 1884 – June 16, 1955) was an Irish teacher, scholar, diarist and writer who lived for many years in Trieste. He was the younger brother of James Joyce. He was generally known as Stanislaus Joyce to distinguish him from his father, who shared the same name.
Early life... | 50,637 | triviaqa-train |
In the NATO phonetic alphabet, what word represents the letter M (the 13th letter, that falls between Lima and November)? | critical combinations of letters and numbers are most likely to be pronounced and understood by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel.
The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the E... | Phonetic alphabet
Phonetic alphabet can mean:
- Phonetic transcription system: a system for transcribing the precise sounds of human speech into writing
- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): the most widespread such system
- : lists other phonetic transcription systems
- Phonemic orthography: for representing the so... | 50,638 | triviaqa-train |
What arrived in New York Harbor on the French freighter Isere on June 17, 1885, having been packed in 214 crates, except for the right arm, which had been in country for 9 years? | . Banners appeared in the commune's three little villages at the time proclaiming "Dauphinois toujours" "(Always Dauphinois)"
"Isère" was also the name of the French ship which delivered the 214 boxes holding the Statue of Liberty.
Geography.
Isère is part of the current region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and is surrounded... | Harbor for deportation proceedings. On February 9, the night before his departure, Luciano shared a spaghetti dinner on his freighter with Anastasia and five other guests.
On February 10, Luciano's ship sailed from Brooklyn harbor for Italy. This was the last time he would see the US. On February 28, after a 17-day voy... | 50,639 | triviaqa-train |
Who famously opined that "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"? | 15 Minutes
15 Minutes is a 2001 German-American crime action thriller film directed by John Herzfeld and starring Robert De Niro and Edward Burns. Its story revolves around a homicide detective (De Niro) and a fire marshal (Burns) who join forces to apprehend a pair of Eastern European murderers (Karel Roden and Oleg T... | "Andy, where's my 15 minutes?"
The age of reality television has seen the comment wryly updated as: "In the future, everyone will be obscure for 15 minutes." The British artist Banksy has made a sculpture of a TV that has, written on its screen, "In the future, everyone will be anonymous for 15 minutes," which was lat... | 50,640 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the brand of tools sold by Sears? | into suburban markets and malls in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1959, it had formed the Homart Development Company for developing malls. Many of the company's stores have undergone major renovations or replacement since the 1980s. Sears began to diversify in the 1930s, creating Allstate Insurance Company in 1931 and placing... | by Sears until it was spun off in 2003. Sears created the brand in 1997 by consolidating the Tire America (TA) and National Tire Warehouse (NTW) brands, adding the "B" to include its DieHard brand of batteries. Sears sold the brand, which consisted mostly of stores set apart from its name brand stores, in 2003 to TBC C... | 50,641 | triviaqa-train |
What comic strip, created by George Gately in 1973, features a wisecracking cat known for annoying the manager of the fish store, tipping over garbage cans, annoying the milkman, and pursuing female cats? | George Gately
George Gately Gallagher (December 21, 1928 – September 30, 2001), better known as George Gately, was an American cartoonist, notable as the creator of the "Heathcliff" comic strip.
Born in Queens Village, Queens, Gately came from a family of comics lovers. His father was an amateur doodler, and his elder ... | the series passes by and there are more strips being made. He is usually depicted eating or sleeping. His favorite food is lasagna. Hates Mondays, spiders and raisins. Loves bullying Odie and mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi for being annoying. Garfield also hates Nermal but sometimes likes him. His girlfriend is Arlene, wh... | 50,642 | triviaqa-train |
Which master magician and all around skeptic created the The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, which offers a prize of $1,000,000 to anyone who can demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural or occult power or event, under test conditions agreed to by both parties? | James Randi Educational Foundation
The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) is an American grant-making foundation. It was started as an American non-profit organization founded in 1996 by magician and skeptic James Randi. The JREF's mission includes educating the public and the media on the dangers of accepting u... | Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", famously exposing fraudulent faith healer Peter Popoff, and was occasionally featured on the television program ""
Prior to Randi's retirement, JREF sponsored the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, which offered a prize of one million dollars US to eligible applicants who cou... | 50,643 | triviaqa-train |
Born on this day in 1971, what rapper, who was killed in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest-selling rap artist, with over 75 million albums sold worldwide, including 4 posthumous albums that have gone platinum or better? | being very visual and metaphorical but also succinct, whereas underground rapper MF DOOM is known for heaping similes upon similes. In still another variation, 2Pac was known for saying exactly what he meant, literally and clearly.
Rap music's development into popular culture in the 1990's can be accredited to the albu... | album sold 4 million copies worldwide during the first week of release. Madonna became the best-selling female artist in the European market and the fifth best-selling artist overall, with a quadruple platinum award by the IFPI. In the United Kingdom, "Confessions on a Dance Floor" became one of the fastest selling alb... | 50,644 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the cola that is favored by the characters on The Simpsons? | was announced that Season 19 will be released on December 3, 2019 on DVD.
In 2003, about 500 companies around the world were licensed to use "Simpsons" characters in their advertising. As a promotion for "The Simpsons Movie", twelve 7-Eleven stores were transformed into Kwik-E-Marts and sold "The Simpsons" related prod... | in these flashbacks are frequently not given a name, and their faces are rarely shown. Episodes with guest characters who had any connection with the main characters, like Tommy or Erin's families, frequently appeared in flashbacks as well.
Occasionally, instead of a flashback, a far-fetched "What if...?" scenario (sho... | 50,645 | triviaqa-train |
What porcine inspired name is given to amateur radio operators? | . Amateur radio enthusiasts have significantly contributed to science, engineering, industry, and social services. Research by amateur operators has founded new industries, built economies, empowered nations, and saved lives in times of emergency. Ham radio can also be used in the classroom to teach English, map skills... | ) are issued a call sign.
Callbooks.
A directory of radio station call signs is called a callbook. Callbooks were originally bound books that resembled a telephone directory and contained the name and addressees of licensed radio stations in a given jurisdiction (country). Modern Electrics published the first callbook ... | 50,646 | triviaqa-train |
Used primarly to measure the distance between stars, what unit of length is defined as 9,460,730,472,580.8 km? | Light-year
The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.46 trillion kilometres (9.46 x 10 km) or 5.88 trillion miles (5.88 x 10 mi). As defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a light-year is the distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year (3... | to 1/25th of the cubit
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- Vara – an Aragonese, Spanish and Portuguese unit
- Yojana – a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India. Its value was about for terrestrial use and 6400 km for cosmological distances, although the exact valu... | 50,647 | triviaqa-train |
What boxer was, who holds the record as the youngest to win the WBC, WBA, and IFB world heavyweight titles, was banned from boxing for a year for biting off a portion of Evander Holyfield's ear? | and undisputed champion (46-0) Joe Calzaghe, Floyd Mayweather Jr (50-0), Roy Jones, Jr., Wilfred Benítez, Wilfredo Gómez, Julio César Chávez, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Mike Tyson, Salvador Sánchez, Héctor Camacho, Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzón, Rodrigo Valdez, Roberto Durán, Juan Lapor... | Seldon. With his defeat of Bruno, Tyson joined Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Tim Witherspoon, Evander Holyfield, and George Foreman as the only men in boxing history to have regained a heavyweight championship after having lost it. After being stripped of the WBC title in the same year, Tyson lost the WBA title to Eva... | 50,648 | triviaqa-train |
What is the more common name for the dog known as the Alsatian? | by the animal's intelligence, loyalty and beauty, that he purchased him immediately. After purchasing the dog he changed his name to Horand von Grafrath and Von Stephanitz founded the Verein für Deutsche Schäferhunde (Society for the German Shepherd Dog). Horand was declared to be the first German Shepherd Dog and was ... | : Oh what a beautiful disk for … (name of a girl). If a hit turns out badly the words "Oh tgei tgagiarar per il scolas"t are said. In Untervaz (Swiss canton Graubünden) the event is only meant for bachelors, young boys and the fathers of young boys; there the word Schybaschlaha is used, which is the common dialect word... | 50,649 | triviaqa-train |
It has long been thought that the Reverend Elijah Craig, of Georgetown, Ky, produce the first batch of what, on June 14, 1789? | in what was then Fayette County. The location later became part of Woodford County in 1789, and then Scott County in 1792. It was never in Bourbon County, as some have claimed. As it happened, both Fayette County and Bourbon County were named in honor of the noted Revolutionary War Gen. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La... | ; built in 1834
- Milliken Memorial Community House (Elkton) – First privately donated community house in the United States; built 1928
- Millspring (Georgetown) – Home of Elijah Craig, founder of Georgetown; built 1789
- Old Governor's Mansion (Frankfort) – Currently serves as the official residence of the Lieutenant ... | 50,650 | triviaqa-train |
Founded on June 13, 1942, Wild Bill Donovan headed what wartime intelligence agency that eventually became the CIA? | partnership with the National Intelligence University, and includes the Sherman Kent School for Intelligence Analysis, the Directorate of Analysis' component of the university.
For later stage training of student operations officers, there is at least one classified training area at Camp Peary, near Williamsburg, Virgi... | of the CIA. He realized early on that America needed a strong intelligence organization and lobbied contacts close to President Roosevelt to appoint a U.S. "coordinator" to oversee FBI and military intelligence. He urged that the job be given to William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, who had recently toured British defences a... | 50,651 | triviaqa-train |
Pullet describes the young (less than 1 year of age) of what species of domesticated animal? | throat are called caruncles. Both the adult male and female have wattles and combs, but in most breeds these are more prominent in males.
A "muff" or "beard" is a mutation found in several chicken breeds which causes extra feathering under the chicken's face, giving the appearance of a beard.
Domestic chickens are not ... | Areas of the genome that are noncoding can be prone to much higher mutation rates. Because of this, these noncoding genes provide vital information when studying the divergence of wild and domestic species. Since core genes are conserved between and among species, examining DNA sequences for these genes in multiple ind... | 50,652 | triviaqa-train |
Which type of plant did Gregor Mendel use in his famous genetic experiments? | pod shape, unripe pod color, flower location, and plant height. He first focused on seed shape, which was either angular or round. Between 1856 and 1863 Mendel cultivated and tested some 28,000 plants, the majority of which were pea plants ("Pisum sativum"). This study showed that, when true-breeding different varietie... | parents frequently are two closely related fish species, while in plant and animal breeding the parents often are two inbred lines.
Gregor Mendel focused on patterns of inheritance and the genetic basis for variation. In his cross-pollination experiments involving two true-breeding, or homozygous, parents, Mendel found... | 50,653 | triviaqa-train |
The northern most of the five major circles of latitude, what is the name for the line at 66º 33′ 44″ N? | on axial tilt.
The figure shows the geometry of a cross-section of the plane perpendicular to the ecliptic and through the centres of the Earth and the Sun at the December solstice when the Sun is overhead at some point of the Tropic of Capricorn. The south polar latitudes below the Antarctic Circle are in daylight, wh... | headquarters of the Single Area Authority (AUA).
Gran Roque is located in the northeastern part of the archipelago, being its geographic coordinates 11º 47´33´´ of north latitude and 66º 40´37´´ of west longitude in its central part. its highest point is the Cerro Roque with 37 msnm and has 2.361 inhabitants. It is sha... | 50,654 | triviaqa-train |
June 18, 1812 saw the start of the War of 1812 when the US Congress declared war on who? | or forged identity or protection papers among sailors. This made it difficult for the Royal Navy to distinguish Americans from non-Americans and led it to impress some Americans who had never been British. Some gained freedom on appeal. The Admiralty estimated that there were 11,000 naturalized sailors on United States... | HMS "Shannon", over the USS "Chesapeake" on 1 June 1813, during the War of 1812.
Broke took command of the "Shannon", a 38-gun frigate, on 31 August 1806. Broke was ordered to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1811 as the diplomatic position between America and Britain deteriorated. The US Congress declared war on 18 June 1812.... | 50,655 | triviaqa-train |
In Greek mythology, what is the name of the multi-headed monster slain by Heracles as his second labor? | , Heracles accomplished these tasks, but Eurystheus in the end did not accept the success the hero had with two of the labours: the cleansing of the Augean stables, because Heracles was going to accept pay for the labour; and the killing of the Lernaean Hydra, as Heracles' nephew, Iolaus, had helped him burn the stumps... | Cetus (mythology)
In Ancient Greek, the word "kētos" (, plural "kētē" or "kētea", κήτη or κήτεα)—Latinized as cetus (pl. cetea)—denotes a large fish, a whale, a shark, or a sea monster. The sea monsters slain by Perseus and Heracles were each referred to as a "cetus" by ancient sources. The term cetacean (for whale) or... | 50,656 | triviaqa-train |
Grammy award-winning musician Yo-Yo Ma is famous for his virtuosity on what instrument? | the 2001 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards. Ma was the first performer on September 11, 2002, at the site of the World Trade Center, while the first of the names of the dead were read in remembrance on the first anniversary of the attack on the WTC. He played the Sarabande from Bach's "Cello S... | Estelí Gomez
Estelí Gomez is a multiple Grammy Award winning musician from Watsonville, California.
In addition to her solo touring and recording career, Estelí is a founding member of Roomful of Teeth, recipients of the 2013 Grammy for "Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance,", and they also performed at the ... | 50,657 | triviaqa-train |
Also known as mother's ruin, which alcoholic drink is distilled from juniper berries? | Gin
Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries ("Juniperus communis"). Gin is one of the broadest categories of spirits, all of various origins, styles, and flavour profiles, that revolve around juniper as a common ingredient.
From its earliest origins in the Middle Ag... | from juniper berries (from 100 to 150 kilos of berries for 10 liters of spirit) and distilled and re-distilled in a special copper still, it costs €30 or more per liter (2010) if buying from local farmers.
"Kraški brinjevec" is mentioned in several books such as National Geographic's "Taste Slovenia" by Janez Bogataj a... | 50,658 | triviaqa-train |
“Don’t one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” was the order General Prescott gave to his men at the beginning of what moderately famous Revolutionary War battle? | the whites of their eyes" was popularized in stories about the battle of Bunker Hill. It is uncertain as to who said it there, since various histories, including eyewitness accounts, attribute it to Putnam, Stark, Prescott, or Gridley, and it may have been said first by one, and repeated by the others. It was also not ... | We tried it a few times over the years at sound checks and it always sucked. Eventually I gave up on it and completely forgot I had ever written it.”
When we were beginning to work out the songs for Sunday Mornings, my friend Dave Gibbs, formerly of Gigolo Aunts and now Low Stars, said ‘Why don’t you record ‘You Can’t ... | 50,659 | triviaqa-train |
Name the 1984 movie, rated 8.0 out of 11 stars on IMDB, from its’ plot summary: “blank, the world’s loudest band, is chronicled by hack documentarian Marti DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.” | This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap (stylized as This Is Spın̈al Tap) is a 1984 American mockumentary film directed and co-written by Rob Reiner. It stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer as members of the fictional British heavy metal band Spinal Tap, and Reiner as Marty Di Bergi, a documentary f... | Van Helsing (soundtrack)
Van Helsing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was composed by Alan Silvestri and released on May 4, 2004, by Decca Records. The score accompanies the 2004 film, as its name implies.
Critical reception.
Generally well received by fans and critics alike, three major score-reviewing websites all... | 50,660 | triviaqa-train |
Leghorn, Buff Orpington and Plymouth Rock are all breeds of what? | de Cuniculture, of which five – Barred, Black, Buff, Columbian and White – are recognized by the Poultry Club of Great Britain. In Australia, the Barred variant is split into two separate colors, Dark Barred and Light Barred.
Use.
The Plymouth Rock is a dual-purpose breed, and is kept both for its meat and for its larg... | single comb)
- New Hampshire
- Orpington
- Phoenix
- Plymouth Rock
- Rhode Island Red
- Serama
- Spanish
- Sussex
- Welsummer
Bantam breeds Rose Comb Clean Legged.
This class groups breeds with both a rose comb and featherless legs:
- Ancona (rose comb)
- Bearded d'Anvers
- Dominique
- Dorking (rose comb)
- Hamburg
- L... | 50,661 | triviaqa-train |
First introduced commercially by Wham-O in 1957, what toy, which consistently makes the list of top toys ever, consists of a plastic ring 28 inches or 40 inches in diameter? | Wham-O
Wham-O Inc. is an American toy company based in Carson, California, United States. It is known for creating and marketing many popular toys for nearly 70 years, including the Hula Hoop, Frisbee, Slip 'N Slide, Super Ball, Trac-Ball, Silly String, Hacky Sack and Boogie Board.
Corporate history.
Richard Knerr (192... | Skyball
The Skyball is a mid-sized bouncy ball toy sold by Maui Toys. Each ball measures in diameter and contains a mix of helium and compressed air.
It has received critical acclaim for its high restitution, or bounciness. The Skyball is often compared to the popular 1965 Wham-O Superball, with the Skyball being adver... | 50,662 | triviaqa-train |
One of the few states where the capital is also its largest city, what is the seat of government for West Virginia? | West Virginia
West Virginia () is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States, and is also considered to be a part of the Mid-Atlantic Southeast Region. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and ... | Parsons, West Virginia
Parsons is the county seat and largest city in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,485 at the 2010 census. The mayor of Parsons is Dorothy Judy and the city administrator is Jason Myers. The city is also governed by a city council.
History.
Parsons was named for War... | 50,663 | triviaqa-train |
June 23, 1941 saw the German army launch Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of what state? | that "In fact, the military commanders were caught up in the ideological character of the conflict, and involved in its implementation as willing participants." Before and during the invasion of the Soviet Union, German troops were heavily indoctrinated with anti-Bolshevik, anti-Semitic, and anti-Slavic ideology via mo... | XXXIX Panzer Corps
The XXXIX Panzer Corps (, also previously designated the "XXXIX.Armeekorps (mot)") was a German panzer corps which saw action on the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II.
Operational history.
The Corps whose home station was formed (as the XXXIX Army Corps) in 1940 for the German invasion o... | 50,664 | triviaqa-train |
A member of the horseradish family, wasabi is made from which part of the wasabi plant? Roots, Leaves, or Stems? | desiccation. In the mosses and hornworts a cuticle is usually only produced on the sporophyte. Stomata are absent from liverworts, but occur on the sporangia of mosses and hornworts, allowing gas exchange.
Vascular plants first appeared during the Silurian period, and by the Devonian had diversified and spread into man... | and sausage.
- Horseradish is also used as a main ingredient for soups. In Poland, horseradish soup is a common Easter Day dish.
Culinary uses Relation to wasabi.
The Japanese condiment wasabi, although traditionally prepared from the true wasabi plant ("Wasabia japonica"), is now usually made with horseradish due to t... | 50,665 | triviaqa-train |
Hernando de Soto was the first European documented to have crossed what U.S. river? | Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto (; ; 1500 – May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and "conquistador" who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula, and played an important role in Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru, but is best known for leading the first Spanish and European expedi... | what is now known as the Manning Archeological Site, the SAM Site, and the Taylor Site.
Hernando de Soto reached the area in 1540, encountering a large Indian village at Congaree Creek, where Cayce now stands. Near the end of the 17th century, explorers such as John Lawson visited and documented his trip. In 1718, the ... | 50,666 | triviaqa-train |
What can be a color (pinkish-orange), a marine animal, and a type of snake? | other surfaces, which has made it possible to create artificial reefs. Coral reefs also support a huge community of life, including the corals themselves, their symbiotic zooxanthellae, tropical fish and many other organisms.
Much attention in marine biology is focused on coral reefs and the El Niño weather phenomenon.... | Verconia norba
Verconia norba is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution.
This species is found throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific.
Description.
The length of the body varies between 7 mm and 25 mm. In this species the ... | 50,667 | triviaqa-train |
Known as The Show-Me State, what was the 24th state to join the union on August 10, 1821? | Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered... | the colony's former administrator, and the rebels proclaimed independence from Spain on November 30, 1821. The new nation was known as Republic of Spanish Haiti. On December 1, 1821 a constitutive act was ordered to petition the union of Spanish Haiti with Simon Bolivar’s Gran Colombia.
Ephemeral independence.
In Novem... | 50,668 | triviaqa-train |
What is the current name for the stadium formerly known as Qwest Field, home of the Sounders and the Seahawks? | are Joe Roth, the estate of Paul Allen and Drew Carey. Former USL Sounders coach and assistant coach Brian Schmetzer took over as head coach in July 2016 after the departure of Sigi Schmid. The Sounders play their home league matches at CenturyLink Field, with a reduced capacity of 37,722 seats for most matches. Along ... | Kingdome
The Kingdome (officially King County Multipurpose Domed Stadium) was a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. Owned and operated by King County, the Kingdome opened in 1976 and was best known as the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), the Seattle Mariners ... | 50,669 | triviaqa-train |
The face of the Great Seal of the United States, adopted on June 20, 1782, features an eagle clutching 13 arrows in one talon, and what in the other? | (see Olive Branch Petition). Although not specified by law, the olive branch is usually depicted with 13 leaves and 13 olives, again representing the 13 original states. The eagle has its head turned towards the olive branch, on its right side, to symbolize a preference for peace. In its beak, the eagle clutches a scro... | their parts and feathers, to federally recognized Native American tribes for use in religious ceremonies.
Cultural significance National bird of the United States.
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States of America. The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Ro... | 50,670 | triviaqa-train |
What revolutionary war general, whose name is now synonymous with being a traitor, offered to surrender West Point to the British in 1780? | Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold (June 14, 1801) was an American military officer who served as a general during the American Revolutionary War, fighting for the American Continental Army before defecting to the British in 1780. George Washington had given him his fullest trust and placed him in command of the fortifica... | to surrender to the British when he became a traitor. Soon after Kościuszko had finished fortifying West Point, in August 1780, General George Washington granted Kościuszko's request to transfer to combat duty with the Southern Army. Kościuszko's West Point fortifications would be widely praised as innovative for the t... | 50,671 | triviaqa-train |
The Gregorian calendar, which was adopted by papal bull in 1582, replaced which other western calendar? | if they are exactly divisible by 400. For example, the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 are not leap years, but the year 2000 is.
The calendar was developed as a correction to the Julian calendar, shortening the average year by 0.0075 days to stop the drift of the calendar with respect to the equinoxes. To deal with the 10 d... | Altemps in central Rome from Martino Longhi the Elder, on the site of the remains of a Roman villa of the consular family of the Quinctilii.
Pope Gregory XIII, whose heraldic dragon led to calling the villa "Mondragone", used the villa regularly as a summer residence, as guest of Cardinal Altemps. It was at the Villa M... | 50,672 | triviaqa-train |
June 21, 1877 saw the hanging of ten Irish immigrants, believed members of what gang supposedly responsible for crimes and kidnappings throughout the Pennsylvania coal fields? | northeastern Pennsylvania saw a massive influx of Irish during this time period; conditions in the mines eventually gave rise to groups such as the Molly Maguires. The best urban economic opportunities for unskilled Irish women and men included "factory and millwork, domestic service, and the physical labor of public w... | . They were located in a section of the anthracite coal fields dubbed the Coal Region.
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""The Mollys"" were found in the counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, Schuylkill, Carbon, and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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This Irish coal-mining heritage contributed to their wave of violence, and continued w... | 50,673 | triviaqa-train |
The world's largest single structure made by a living organism, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is located in which sea? | Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately . The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space... | Located near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the largest barrier reef in the Caribbean Sea (second largest worldwide after Australia's Great Barrier Reef), Roatán has become an important cruise ship, scuba diving and eco-tourism destination in Honduras. Tourism is its most important economic sector, though fishing is al... | 50,674 | triviaqa-train |
On June 25, 1991, Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from what country? | in 1102. In 1527, faced with Ottoman conquest, the Croatian Parliament elected Ferdinand I of Austria to the Croatian throne. In October 1918, in the final days of World War I, the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, independent from Austria-Hungary, was proclaimed in Zagreb, and in December 1918 it was merged into th... | questions answered positively by 93.24% and 92.18% (resp.) of the total number of votes.
On June 25, 1991, the country declared its independence from the SFRY, finalizing its effort to end its status as a constituent republic. That decision of the parliament decision was partially boycotted by left-wing party deputies.... | 50,675 | triviaqa-train |
Had an eponymous show on MTV in 1999-2000; Had a short lived marriage to Drew Barrymore | Jon Stewart Show" and "Loveline".
The next round of these shows came in approximately the late 1990s, as MTV shifted its focus to prank/comedic shows such as "The Tom Green Show" and "Jackass", and game shows such as "The Challenge" (aka "Real World/Road Rules Challenge"), "The Blame Game", "webRIOT", and "Say What? Ka... | in the house. Jodie claimed on finale night that she would not be appearing on any more reality shows, however she has since appeared on her own reality show, Totally Jodie Marsh, and even had the wedding of her short-lived marriage broadcast on MTV. She has since regularly appeared on "Big Brother's Little Brother" an... | 50,676 | triviaqa-train |
Longtime host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period; Comedian married to Rosanne Barr from 1990-1994 | major sport. It would interweave sports talk with comedic sports-related content.
History Conception Test run.
In June 2001, the producers started doing screen tests with over 30 different TV hosts and former athletes. Tom Arnold was one of the celebrities called to try out as the "comedian" of the show. At first, he s... | )
- "Monday Night Football" (16 episodes, 2003) Sideline Reporter
- "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (1 episode, 2003)
- "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" (2001–2002) TV series
- "Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant" (2000) (TV) Co-Host
- "Southern California Sports Report" (2000) TV series Host
- "Sports Geniuses" (2000) TV seri... | 50,677 | triviaqa-train |
Yaris, Avalon, and Sienna are all types of what? | since the 1982 Corona. The XL models were similar to the LE models of other Toyota vehicles, and the XLS models were similar to the XLE models of other Toyota vehicles. Traction control was optional. For 1997 models ABS became standard, power rating increased to , and torque increased to . In 1997 for the 1998 model ye... | to promote global development of hydrogen fuel-cell technology.
Product line Cars.
As of 2009, Toyota officially lists approximately 70 different models sold under its namesake brand, including sedans, coupes, vans, trucks, hybrids, and crossovers. Many of these models are produced as passenger sedans, which range from... | 50,678 | triviaqa-train |
Appearing on the big screen in July, what cartoon characters are the creation of Belgian cartoonist Peyo (Pieer Culliford), born on June 25, 1928? | Peyo
Pierre Culliford (; 25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992) was a Belgian cartoonist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo (). His best-known works are the comic strips "The Smurfs" and "Johan and Peewit", in which the Smurfs first appeared.
After working briefly at a Belgian animation studio, Peyo began making comic strip... | Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show"; He is the only fully seen adult in the series.
The series' characters have received awards and nominations at the 2002 Fancy Anvil Awards, a fictional award show broadcast on Cartoon Network. Antonucci stated the personalities of the Eds are based on personal traits of himself, and t... | 50,679 | triviaqa-train |
The liqueur Frangelico and the spread Nutella get their distinctive flavor from what? | tablespoon or 19 grams).
Storage.
The label states that Nutella does not need to be refrigerated. This is because the large quantity of sugar in the product acts as a preservative to prevent the growth of microorganisms. More specifically, the sugar acts as a preservative by binding the water in the product, which prev... | Chocolate Cake (cocktail)
The Chocolate Cake is a novelty shooter which combines the flavors of Frangelico liqueur, lemon, and white sugar to create the convincing impression of a chocolate cake. Sucking the sugared lemon tends to concentrate the flavor of the Frangelico.
A popular alternative method is to use lemon vo... | 50,680 | triviaqa-train |
On June 25, 1953, "photo-journalist" Jacqueline Bouvier announced her engagement to whom? | an agreement with her daughter Caroline, will not be placed on public display until 2103. Johnson's biographer Robert Caro wrote that Johnson wanted Jacqueline to be present at his swearing-in in order to demonstrate the legitimacy of his presidency to JFK loyalists and to the world at large.
Jacqueline took an active ... | Kennedy was busy running for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts; the relationship grew more serious and he proposed to her after the November election. Bouvier took some time to accept, because she had been assigned to cover the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London for "The Washington Times-Herald". After a month i... | 50,681 | triviaqa-train |
June 25, 1876 saw George Custer meet his Waterloo at the Battle of Little Big Horn, which happened in what present state? | , along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory.
The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull (... | There were an estimated 1500 to 2000 warriors from Northern Cheyenne and five major Sioux tribes. The Indians had no intention of fleeing. They were determined to stand and fight." On June 25 and 26, 1876, George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry (with 468 fatalities and 55 wounded) were defeated at the Battle of th... | 50,682 | triviaqa-train |
Who's missing: Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Jose Garces, Masaharu Morimoto, Michael Symon? | He also serves as executive chef for Mercat a la Planxa in Chicago in partnership with Sage Restaurant Group. For his work at these restaurants, he was named best chef, Mid-Atlantic region by the James Beard Foundation. Garces opened Rural Society, a contemporary Argentine steakhouse, in Washington DC. Rural Society ha... | took on and won – against fellow Iron Chefs Mario Batali and Hiroyuki Sakai in the "Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters" "Tag Team" battle.
On a special of "Iron Chef America" originally airing on November 12, 2006, Flay and Giada De Laurentiis faced off against, and were defeated by, Batali and Rachael Ray. This ... | 50,683 | triviaqa-train |
Which food of the Gods is said to bestow immortality? | Ambrosia
In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (, ) is the food or drink of the Greek gods, often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves and served by either Hebe or Ganymede at the heavenly feast.
"Ambrosia" is sometimes depicted in ancie... | terrified and seeks out Utnapishtim, who has achieved immortality after surviving the flood sent by the gods to wipe out humanity. Immortality is also touched on in the myth of Adapa. Adapa’s accidental refusal to eat the food of immortality offered to him by the gods is used as an explanation for the fact that humans ... | 50,684 | triviaqa-train |
The 1947 novel "I, the Jury", which was the first to feature detective Mike Hammer, was written by what New York author? | Velda.)
In other media.
Several movies and radio and television series have been based on the books in the Hammer series. The actor most closely identified with the character in recent years has been Stacy Keach, who portrayed Hammer in a CBS television series, "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer", which ran from 1984–1987 ... | the Jury" sold 6-1/2 million copies in the United States alone. "I, the Jury" introduced Spillane's most famous character, hardboiled detective Mike Hammer. Although tame by current standards, his novels featured more sex than competing titles, and the violence was more overt than the usual detective story. Covers tend... | 50,685 | triviaqa-train |
Including the sacred law of the pack, cub scouting borrows many of it's themes from what Rudyard Kipling novel? | Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work.
Kipling's works of fiction include "The Jungle Book" (1894), "Kim" (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man W... | , although he manages to recover from the wounds, he is severely weakened from the fight and soon dies.
- In "", Akela was voiced by Peter Mullan.
Influence.
Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of scouting, based aspects of Cub Scouting on Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli Stories. In Cub Scouting, the terms "Law of the Pack," "Akel... | 50,686 | triviaqa-train |
Whom did Sitting Bull defeat at the battle of Little Bighorn on June 26, 1876, along with his brothers Thomas and Boston? | grasshoppers," falling upside down into the Lakota camp, which his people took as a foreshadowing of a major victory in which a large number of soldiers would be killed. About three weeks later, the confederated Lakota tribes with the Northern Cheyenne defeated the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer on ... | At age 21, he enlisted in the United States Army in Boston, Massachusetts as a private with the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment on August 31, 1875.
Tolan saw action in the Montana Territory during the Great Sioux War of 1876–77 and, on June 25, 1876, was present at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against Chief Sitting Bull ... | 50,687 | triviaqa-train |
Which old Russian word meaning 'fast' is the other name for the Russian Wolfhound? | not find the breed "in its original integrity" to work with:
Based on the writings of others, Graham had formed the opinion that a dog resembling the original wolfhound could be recreated through using the biggest and best examples of the Scottish Deerhound and the Great Dane, two breeds which he believed had been deri... | Korab (name)
The last name Korab was first found in East Prussia and Poland. Its meaning comes from an archaic Polish word for boat, ark, barge (still used in Russian and other Slavonic languages). An older meaning of the Polish word was 'old tree'. It is also the crest-name of a Polish coat of arms which depicts a boa... | 50,688 | triviaqa-train |
On Feb 16, 1923, archeologist Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of whom? | to achieve fame with the discovery of the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun.
The first stratigraphic excavation to reach wide popularity with public was that of Hissarlik, on the site of ancient Troy, carried out by Heinrich Schliemann, Frank Calvert and Wilhelm Dörpfeld in the 1870s. These scholars individua... | of a suspected smothering.
- Richard Luttrell Pilkington Bethell, 3rd Baron Westbury, father of the above, died on 20 February 1930; he supposedly threw himself off his seventh floor apartment.
- Howard Carter opened the tomb on 16 February 1923, and died well over a decade later on 2 March 1939; however, some have sti... | 50,689 | triviaqa-train |
A favorite of Jean Luc Picard, what black tea blend is flavored with an oil extracted from the rind of a bergamot orange? | agents, such as ginger or dried ginger, cloves, mint leaves, cardamom, bergamot (found in Earl Grey), vanilla, and spearmint. Alternatively, because tea easily retains odours, it can be placed in proximity to an aromatic ingredient to absorb its aroma, as in traditional jasmine tea.
Processing and classification Additi... | Bergamot essential oil
Bergamot essential oil is a cold-pressed essential oil produced by cells inside the rind of a bergamot orange fruit. It is a common flavoring and top note in perfumes. The scent of bergamot essential oil is similar to a sweet light orange peel oil with a floral note.
Production.
The "sfumatura" o... | 50,690 | triviaqa-train |
Which U.S. president placed a trade embargo on Cuba, making the nation's popular cigars illegal to import, immediately after he personally stocked up on 1200 H. Upmann Petits? | President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces.
In contemporary times, the presiden... | by launching a new line of cigars bearing the name of his famous farmland. Vegas Robaina cigars, made in Havana at the former H. Upmann Factory, have quickly become popular among cigar aficionados.
Don Alejandro has, himself, become a celebrity in the world of Cuban cigars, with many aficionados and tourists in Cuba fl... | 50,691 | triviaqa-train |
Rhinoplasty is a surgical procedure on what part of the human body? | Egyptian medical papyrus that describes rhinoplasty as the plastic surgical operation for reconstructing a nose destroyed by rhinectomy, such a mutilation was inflicted as a criminal, religious, political, and military punishment in that time and culture. In the event, the Indian rhinoplasty technique continued in 19th... | corrected more easily.
- Post-op bruising is very liited, allowing a quick return to a normal social life.
Surgical rhinoplasty Ultrasonic rhinoplasty versus traditional rhinoplasty Drawbacks.
- The piezo unit, handpiece and inserts must be bought.
- The time for bone reshaping is a little longer than with the mechanic... | 50,692 | triviaqa-train |
Which English monarch, who ruled from April 1509 to January 1547, is remembered for having married Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Elizabeth Blount, and Mary Boleyn? | Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn (; 1501 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Henry's marriage to her, and her execution by beheading, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation. Anne was the daughter of Thom... | - Frank Ricotti – percussion on "Anne of Cleves", "Catherine Howard", and "Catherine Parr"
- Chris Squire – bass guitar on "Catherine of Aragon"
- Barry St. John – vocals on "Catherine of Aragon"
- Liza Strike – vocals on "Catherine of Aragon" and "Anne Boleyn"
- Alan White – drums on "Anne of Cleves", "Jane Seymour", ... | 50,693 | triviaqa-train |
Pablo Picasso is one of the co-founders of what artistic movement? | due to his links to Géry Pieret, an artist with a history of thefts from the gallery. Apollinaire in turn implicated his close friend Picasso, who had also purchased stolen artworks from the artist in the past. Afraid of a conviction that could result in his deportation to Spain, Picasso denied having ever met Apollina... | the volume and space of sharp structures within a composition. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were the leading proponents of the movement. Objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form. By the 1920s, the style had developed into surrealism with Dali and Magritte.
Printmaking.
Printmaking is ... | 50,694 | triviaqa-train |
Feb 15, 1954 saw the birth of what famed cartoonist, who got his start with the comic strip Life In Hell before moving on to a couple of mildly successful TV shows? | Life in Hell
Life in Hell is a comic strip by Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons", "Futurama", and "Disenchantment", which was published weekly from 1977 to 2012. The strip features anthropomorphic rabbits and a gay couple. The comic covers a wide range of subjects, such as love, sex, work, and death, and explores... | Bud Fisher
Harry Conway "Bud" Fisher (April 3, 1885 – September 7, 1954) was an American cartoonist who created "Mutt and Jeff", the first successful daily comic strip in the United States.
Early life.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a merchant, Fisher attended public high school and then studied for three years ... | 50,695 | triviaqa-train |
First published in 1858, what anatomy textbook has become synonymous with the subject? | physiology and biochemistry are complementary basic medical sciences, which are generally taught to medical students in their first year at medical school. Human anatomy can be taught regionally or systemically; that is, respectively, studying anatomy by bodily regions such as the head and chest, or studying by specifi... | inexpensive and accessible anatomy textbook for medical students. Dissecting unclaimed bodies from workhouse and hospital mortuaries through the Anatomy Act of 1832, the two worked for 18 months on what would form the basis of the book. Their work was first published in 1858.
Social and political issues.
The growth of ... | 50,696 | triviaqa-train |
Feb 18, 1885 saw the first US publication of what Mark Twain classic, notable for a recently announced version that will make liberal use of the word indian and slave? | 2013), "Leading these banning campaigns, generally, were religious organizations or individuals in positions of influence – not so much working librarians, who had been instilled with that American "library spirit" which honored intellectual freedom (within bounds of course)". In 1905, the Brooklyn Public Library banne... | blue to contrast the white "Capitals" word-mark.
Starting with the 2015–16 season, the Capitals will wear their throwback red third jerseys, replacing the white Winter Classic thirds.
Prior to the 2017–18 season, the NHL announced a new partnership with Adidas, and the Capitals unveiled new uniforms with minor changes.... | 50,697 | triviaqa-train |
Feb 13, 2000 saw the last original installment of what comic strip, following the death of its creator, Charles Shultz? | Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (; November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000), was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip "Peanuts" (which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among others). He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited by c... | Shoe (comic strip)
Shoe is an American comic strip about a motley crew of newspapermen, all of whom are birds. It was written and drawn by its creator, cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, from September 13, 1977 until his death in 2000. MacNelly's last strip was dated July 9, 2000; it has since been continued by Chris Cassatt, G... | 50,698 | triviaqa-train |
Currently the most fuel efficient car (as rated by the EPA), what is the name of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle introduced by Chevrolet in December? | mainly in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, and China. The top-selling models are the Mitsubishi Outlander P-HEV, the Chevrolet Volt family, and the Toyota Prius PHV.
, the global stock of plug-in hybrid cars totaled 1.8 million units, out of 5.1 million plug-in electric passenger cars on the world road... | Plug-in hybrid car energy efficiency
The following table compares EPA's estimated out-of-pocket fuel costs and fuel economy ratings of serial production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles rated by EPA expressed in miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (mpg-e), versus the most fuel efficient gasoline-electric hybrid car, t... | 50,699 | triviaqa-train |
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