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Which French king was known as 'The King Consort of Scotland'because of his marriage to Mary Queen of Scots? | Scotland, and France recognised Elizabeth's right to rule England. But the seventeen-year-old Mary, still in France and grieving for her mother, refused to ratify the treaty.
Return to Scotland.
King Francis II died on 5 December 1560, of a middle ear infection that led to an abscess in his brain. Mary was grief-strick... | François
François is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis.
People with the given name.
- Francis I of France, King of France. Reign; 1 January 1515 - 31 March 1547. Known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters."
- François II of France, King of France and King consort of Sco... | 51,400 | triviaqa-train |
Octavian who became Augustus, and Lepidus were two of the 'Second Triumvirate' in 43BC. Who was the third? | Second Triumvirate
The Second Triumvirate is the name historians have given to the official political alliance of Augustus Caesar (Octavian), Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony), and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, formed on 27 November 43 BC with the enactment of the "Lex Titia", the adoption of which some view as marking the end ... | who were massing an enormous army in Greece, Antony needed soldiers, the cash from Caesar's war chests, and the legitimacy that Caesar's name would provide for any action he took against them. With the passage of the "lex Titia" on 27 November 43 BC, the Second Triumvirate was officially formed, composed of Antony, Oct... | 51,401 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the oratorio entitled, 'The Dream of Gerontius'? | Edward Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the "Enigma Variations", the "Pomp and Circumstance... | response to environmental factors by a complex interplay of at least three independent DNA methyltransferases, DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B, the loss of any of which is lethal in mice. DNMT1 is the most abundant methyltransferase in somatic cells, localizes to replication foci, has a 10–40-fold preference for hemimethylat... | 51,402 | triviaqa-train |
Whose most famous poem is 'The Tay Bridge Disaster' of 1879? | 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... | " and "Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay" and the German poet Theodor Fontane has mentioned the Tay in his poem ""Die Brück' am Tay". Both poems deal will the Tay bridge disaster of 1879, seeing the bridge's construction as a case of human hubris and expressing an uneasiness towards the fast technological development o... | 51,403 | triviaqa-train |
'The Pied Piper of Hamlin' got rid of the rats by leading them into which river? | their problem with the rats. The mayor, in turn, promised to pay him for the removal of the rats (according to some versions of the story, the promised sum was 1,000 guilders). The piper accepted and played his pipe to lure the rats into the Weser River, where they all drowned.
Despite the piper's success, the mayor re... | at his cash, hires Gyro Gearloose to rid Duckburg of all rats. Rather than music, Gyro invents a powerful cheese which attracts all rodents, and when astonished citizens watch him leading a huge procession of rats through the streets, comments "I am the Pied Piper of Duckburg!". The problem does not recur, however, bec... | 51,404 | triviaqa-train |
Sold in 2004 for $104.2 million, the most expensive painting ever sold by Sotherby's was Garcon a la Pipe. Who painted it? | Garçon à la pipe
Garçon à la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe) is a painting by Pablo Picasso. It was painted in 1905 when Picasso was 24 years old, during his Rose Period, soon after he settled in the Montmartre section of Paris, France. The oil on canvas painting depicts a Parisian boy holding a pipe in his left hand and wearin... | Self-portrait without beard
Self-portrait without beard is an 1889 oil on canvas painting by the post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The picture, which may have been Van Gogh's last self-portrait, was painted in September that year. The self-portrait is one of the most expensive paintings of all time, selling f... | 51,405 | triviaqa-train |
Sold in 2006 for $87.9 million, the most expensive painting ever sold by Christie's was Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II. Who painted it? | Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II is a 1912 painting by Gustav Klimt.
Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925) was a refined art-loving Viennese salon lady, a patron and close friend of Gustav Klimt.
Ownership.
Adele Bloch-Bauer was the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy industrialist who spo... | Galerie New York for $135 million ($ million today), setting a new mark for most expensive painting (since surpassed). Five months later, Altmann sold the companion "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" at auction (bought by Oprah Winfrey) for almost $88 million ($ million today), then the fourth-highest priced painting.
... | 51,406 | triviaqa-train |
The treacherous architect 'Seth Pecksniff' appears in which Dickens novel? | of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest British novelist of the Victorian era. The most popular works of Dickens since their publication have been, "The Pickwick Papers", "Oliver Twist", "Martin Chuzzlewit", "A Christmas Carol", and "David Copperfield".
Dickens's literary ... | on Nicol's novel toured several Canadian cities.
Francis Dickens is a character in Matthew Pearl's 2009 novel, "The Last Dickens". Dickens also appears in Bill Gallaher's "The Frog Lake Massacre" (2008).
See also.
- Dickens family
Sources.
"The Diary of Francis Dickens", edited by Vernon LaChance, Kingston Jackson Pres... | 51,407 | triviaqa-train |
In which Italian city does the 'Serie A' football team Chievo play its home games? | Cangrande I della Scala, a medieval lord of Verona.
Stadium.
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi is a stadium in Verona, Italy. It is also the home of Chievo Verona city rival Hellas.
Inaugurated as a state-of-the-art facility and as one of Italy's finest venues in 1963, the stadium appeared excessive for a team (Hellas) that... | A.S. Cittadella
Associazione Sportiva Cittadella, commonly known as Cittadella, is an Italian professional football club based in the city of Cittadella, Veneto, currently playing in Serie B.
The team was founded in 1973 and play their home games at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato, which has a capacity of 7,623 seats.... | 51,408 | triviaqa-train |
Which e-commerce website was founded by Jeffrey Bezos in 1994? | Typical e-commerce transactions include the purchase of online books (such as Amazon) and music purchases (music download in the form of digital distribution such as iTunes Store), and to a less extent, customized/personalized online liquor store inventory services. There are three areas of e-commerce: online retailing... | SINGER22
Singer22 is an American retail store and e-commerce site based on Long Island, New York. Founded in 2003, Singer22 sells clothing, accessories, swimwear and footwear from over 250 designers like Alexis, Elizabeth and James, Rag & bone/JEAN, J Brand, Emerson Thorpe, Jeffrey Campbell and others.
History.
Singer2... | 51,409 | triviaqa-train |
The notorious headmaster 'Thomas Gradgrind' appears in which Dickens novel? | It was published between 1849 and 1850. In Dickens’ biography, "Life of Charles Dickens" (1872), John Forster wrote of "David Copperfield", “underneath the fiction lay something of the author’s life.” It was Dickens's personal favourite among his own novels, as he wrote in the author's preface to the 1867 edition of th... | the Poor Law Commission with a Poor Law Board under much closer government supervision and parliamentary scrutiny.
Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist" harshly criticises the Poor Law. In 1835 sample dietary tables were issued by the Poor law Commissioners for use in union workhouses. Dickens details the meagre diet o... | 51,410 | triviaqa-train |
In which Italian city does the Serie A football team Atalanta play its home games? | Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly referred to as Atalanta, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010–11.
They are nicknamed the "Nerazzurri" and the "Orobici". Founded in 1907 by some Swiss students in the gym of ... | A.S. Cittadella
Associazione Sportiva Cittadella, commonly known as Cittadella, is an Italian professional football club based in the city of Cittadella, Veneto, currently playing in Serie B.
The team was founded in 1973 and play their home games at the Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato, which has a capacity of 7,623 seats.... | 51,411 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Adi Granth Sahib' is a sacred text of which religion? | partially translated the text for inclusion in his six-volume "The Sikh Religion", published by Oxford University Press in 1909. His translations are closer to the Sikhs' own interpretation of the holy scripture, and were received well by them.
The first complete English translation of Guru Granth Sahib, by Gopal Singh... | Ji ( ), is a collection of hymns (Shabad) or "Gurbani" describing the qualities of God and why one should meditate on God's name. The "Guru Granth Sahib" is divided by their musical setting in different ragas into fourteen hundred and thirty pages known as "Angs" (limbs) in Sikh tradition. Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708)... | 51,412 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the current monarch of Belgium? | the royal decree of 2 December 1991, wherein it was stated that all descendants of Albert, Prince of Liège were entitled to the title of Prince (Princess) of Belgium. In 2015, a royal decree further limited those entitled to be Prince (Princess) of Belgium as children and grandchildren of the monarch or of the monarch'... | Latin translation of "King of Belgium" would have been "Rex Belgii", which, from 1815, was the name for the King of the Netherlands. Therefore, the Belgian separatists (i.e. the founders of Belgium) chose "Rex Belgarum".
Belgium is the only current European monarchy that does not apply the tradition of the new monarch ... | 51,413 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the current monarch of Norway? | Harald V of Norway
Harald V (; born 21 February 1937) is the King of Norway, having ascended to the throne upon the death of his father King Olav V on 17 January 1991.
Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the line of succession at the time of his birth, ... | Royal Palace, Oslo
The Royal Palace ( or formally "Det kongelige slott") in Oslo was built in the first half of the 19th century as the Norwegian residence of the French-born King Charles III of Norway, who reigned as king of Norway and Sweden. The palace is the official residence of the current Norwegian monarch while... | 51,414 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Rid Vega' and 'Sama Veda' are sacred texts of which religion? | , with over 400,000 verses.
The Puranas have been influential in the Hindu culture. They are considered "Vaidika" (congruent with Vedic literature). The Bhagavata Purana has been among the most celebrated and popular text in the Puranic genre, and is of non-dualistic tenor. The Puranic literature wove with the Bhakti m... | Gordon White cites three other mainstream scholars who "have emphatically demonstrated" that Vedic religion is partially derived from the Indus Valley Civilizations.
Vedic period (c. 1750–500 BCE) Rigvedic religion Vedas.
Its liturgy is preserved in the three Vedic Samhitas: the Rig-Veda, Sama-Veda and the Yajur-Veda.... | 51,415 | triviaqa-train |
In which country are the headquarters of the supermarket chain 'Netto'? | Netto (store)
Netto is a Danish discount supermarket operating in Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and previously in the United Kingdom both as a stand-alone venture, until its sale in May 2010 to Asda, and via a joint venture with Sainsbury's between June 2014 and July 2016. Netto is owned by Salling Group.
Netto als... | Economy.
The port is directly connected with the Scandinavian Transport Centre, a large business park on the northwestern outskirts of Køge, where – among others – the headquarters and the Danish distribution centre of the multinational, Danish-founded, discount supermarket chain Netto is located.
Culture.
Culture Muse... | 51,416 | triviaqa-train |
'The Fear' was a 2009 number one hit for which singer? | The Fear (Lily Allen song)
"The Fear" is a song by English singer Lily Allen from her second studio album, "It's Not Me, It's You" (2009). Written by Allen and Greg Kurstin, the song was released as the lead single from the album. Initially, "Everyone's at It" was announced to be the first single from the album. Howeve... | . "Sohnya" was number one AAG10 Charts for over a month and was titled the best Pop Song of 2009 according to The Nation. "Tuk Tuk" was number one on Prime TV Charts. "Az Chashme Saqi" went number one on PlayTv Charts and by the end of 2009 it was declared the third best music video of 2009.
In February 2010, Kiani rel... | 51,417 | triviaqa-train |
'My Life Would Suck Without You' was a 2009 number one hit for which singer? | Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, television personality and author. She rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural season of the reality competition television series "American Idol", which earned her a record deal with RCA Records. Clarkson's debut si... | Been Gone" became a huge hit, and it remained one of the biggest hits of Clarkson's career, and one of the biggest hits of 2005. The next single, "Behind These Hazel Eyes", reached the top 10 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 while the single "Since U Been Gone" was still on the charts. In 2009, he also co-wrote Clarkson's si... | 51,418 | triviaqa-train |
In which country are the headquarters of the supermarket chain 'Aldi'? | Aldi
Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common brand of two German family-owned discount supermarket chains with over 10,000 stores in 20 countries, and an estimated combined turnover of more than €50 billion. Based in Germany, the chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946 when they took over their mothe... | Aldi narrowly lost to Waitrose for the title of Supermarket of the Year 2015. In April 2015, Aldi overtook Waitrose to become the United Kingdom's sixth-largest supermarket chain. In February 2017, Aldi overtook Co-op to become the United Kingdom's fifth largest supermarket chain. In May 2017, Aldi lost out to Marks & ... | 51,419 | triviaqa-train |
Which British physicist discovered the electron in 1897? | the proportions of negative electrons versus positive nuclei changes the binding energy of an atomic system. The exchange or sharing of the electrons between two or more atoms is the main cause of chemical bonding. In 1838, British natural philosopher Richard Laming first hypothesized the concept of an indivisible quan... | George Dawson Preston
Prof George Dawson Preston FRSE (1896–1972) was a 20th century British physicist specialising in crystallography and the structure of alloys. He was one of the first to use x-rays and electron diffraction to study the crystal structure of metals and alloys. Along with André Guinier, Preston gives ... | 51,420 | triviaqa-train |
The 'Sackbut' was a forerunner of which modern brass instrument? | cornets may have a throw or trigger.
Valves Tuning compensation Examples of instruments that use triggers or throws Trombone.
Trombone triggers are primarily but not exclusively installed on the F-trigger, bass, and contrabass trombones to alter the length of tubing, thus making certain ranges and pitches more accessib... | a clash until the Renaissance, when it became consonant in compositions, which went hand-in-hand with the widespread use of meantone temperament. During the 17th century, Well temperament began to become more and more popular as the range of keys increased. Temperament affects the colour of a composition, and therefore... | 51,421 | triviaqa-train |
Which British physicist discovered the neutron in 1932? | James Chadwick
Sir James Chadwick, (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was a British physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the neutron in 1932. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the MAUD Report, which inspired the U.S. government to begin serious atomic bomb research efforts. He... | his fiction,
Wells's knowledge of atomic physics came from reading William Ramsay, Ernest Rutherford, and Frederick Soddy; the last discovered the disintegration of uranium. Soddy's book "Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt" praises "The World Set Free". Wells's novel may even have influenced the development of nuclear wea... | 51,422 | triviaqa-train |
Which Cuban athlete won the men's 110m hurdles gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing? | blocks. Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles set his 2008 world record of 12.87 using a 7-step start. Chinese star Liu Xiang won the 2004 Olympics and broke the world record in 2006 utilizing an 8-step approach, but he switched to 7-steps by the 2011 outdoor season. After the 2010 outdoor season, American Jason Richardson train... | Jon Ridgeon
Jonathan ("Jon") Peter Ridgeon (born 14 February 1967) is an English former athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 metres hurdles. In the 110m hurdles, he won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships and the gold medal at the 1987 Universiade. He represented Great Britain ... | 51,423 | triviaqa-train |
The Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellano completed the first known navigation of which river? | first European to sail the Gulf of Mexico and cross Texas. Jacques Cartier (1491–1557) drew the first maps of part of central and maritime Canada; Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510–1554) discovered the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River; Francisco de Orellana (1511–1546) was the first European to navigate the length... | approximately 146 cfs (4.1 m³/s).
The river was first mapped and named by Almon Thompson, a member of the 1872 Colorado River expedition led by John Wesley Powell. It was named after Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, a Franciscan missionary and the first known European explorer of the region. In 1776, Escalante and his Spa... | 51,424 | triviaqa-train |
What is the capital of the Turks and Caicos Islands? | Cockburn Town
Cockburn Town ( ) is the capital city of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Geography.
Cockburn Town is located on the largest island in the Turks Islands archipelago, Grand Turk Island. Historic 18th and 19th century Bermudian architecture line Duke and Front Streets in the town. The town is known for its lon... | 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... | 51,425 | triviaqa-train |
"Which of Shakespeare's plays opens with the lines ""Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall""?" | "Henry VI", written in the early 1590s during a vogue for historical drama. Shakespeare's plays are difficult to date precisely, however, and studies of the texts suggest that "Titus Andronicus", "The Comedy of Errors", "The Taming of the Shrew," and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" may also belong to Shakespeare's earlie... | Pacific seaboard to a point at the western end of Lake Superior, at which it will fall into connection with the existing lines of railway through a portion of the United States, and also with the navigation of Canadian waters. To proceed at present with the remainder of the railway extending, by the country northward o... | 51,426 | triviaqa-train |
In 'The Simpsons', by what name is the performer 'Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski' better known? | Nelson Muntz, extended relatives Patty and Selma Bouvier, townspeople such as Mayor Quimby, Chief Clancy Wiggum, tycoon Charles Montgomery Burns and his executive assistant Waylon Smithers, and local celebrities Krusty the Clown and news reporter Kent Brockman.
The creators originally intended many of these characters ... | Introducing the Jaggerz
Introducing the Jaggerz is the debut studio album by the Pittsburgh rock/pop band the Jaggerz, released in 1969. The album is the first release featuring Dominic Ierace as a performer, better known later by the stage name of Donnie Iris.
Track listing.
1. "Gotta Find My Way Back Home"
2. "(That'... | 51,427 | triviaqa-train |
In 'The Simpsons', by what name is the evil genius 'Robert Underdunk Terwilliger' better known? | , Cecil Terwilliger, Gino Terwilliger, Francesca Terwilliger, Dr. Robert Terwilliger Sr., Judith Underdunk, Captain Bob and Opera Krusty. Most of the event action takes place at Monsarno Research and Opera House.
Character.
Character Creation.
Sideshow Bob first appeared in "The Telltale Head", the eighth episode of se... | .
- An unnamed convenience store clerk appears when Homer tries to buy illegal fireworks. He resembles Apu, but his turban suggests that he may be a Sikh, rather than a Hindu.
Series characters Season 8.
- "You Only Move Twice"
- Hank Scorpio (Albert Brooks) is an evil genius and supervillain. He is also the cheerful, ... | 51,428 | triviaqa-train |
The constellation 'Draco' is said to represent which mythical creature? | , the unicorn was a metaphor for Christ. Unicorns represented the idea of innocence and purity. In the King James Bible, Psalm 92:10 states, "My horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn." This is because the translators of the King James erroneously translated the Hebrew word re'em as unicorn. Later versions t... | have as many as one hundred heads. He was overcome and possibly slain by Heracles. After a few years, the Argonauts passed by the same spot, on their chthonic return journey from Colchis at the opposite end of the world, and heard the lament of "shining" Aigle, one of the Hesperides, and viewed the still-twitching Lado... | 51,429 | triviaqa-train |
Robert Downey Jnr. was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as 'Kirk Lazarus' in which film? | of their prior film roles. A website for "Simple Jack", a faux film exhibited within the film, was removed by DreamWorks on August 4, due to protests from disability advocates. In addition, other promotional websites were created for "Make Pretty Skin Clinic", the fictitious company that performed the surgery of the fi... | 46th British Academy Film Awards
The 46th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1993, honoured the best films of 1992.
James Ivory's Howards End won the awards for Best Film and Best Actress (Emma Thompson). Robert Downey Jr. was voted Best Actor for his role in "Chaplin". Bes... | 51,430 | triviaqa-train |
Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as 'Father Brendan Flynn' in which film? | Came Polly" (2004). He began to occasionally play leading roles, and for his portrayal of the author Truman Capote in "Capote" (2005), won multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hoffman's profile continued to grow and he received three more Oscar nominations for his supporting work as a brutall... | . It, too, was never produced.
The 2007 awards season saw several more Academy Award nominations for the company's films. Its films had a combined seven Golden Globe Award nominations, although it won none. Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for his supporting actor role in "Charlie Wilson's War", Richard Jenkins was... | 51,431 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the wife of King Henry III of England? | in 1232, ending in a peace settlement negotiated by the Church.
Following the revolt, Henry ruled England personally, rather than governing through senior ministers. He travelled less than previous monarchs, investing heavily in a handful of his favourite palaces and castles. He married Eleanor of Provence, with whom h... | famous rhyme associated with his successors:
Relations.
Through his mother Alix de Dreux, Enguerrand III was related to King Louis IX of France. Enguerrand also married into the family of King Henry III of England, taking as his second wife the latter king's cousin, who was the granddaughter of King Henry II of England... | 51,432 | triviaqa-train |
In which city are the headquarters of the European | , and the Randstad. Via high speed trains Brussels is around 1h25 from Paris, 1h50 from London, Amsterdam and Cologne (with adjacent Düsseldorf and Rhine-Ruhr), 3h from Frankfurt.
The "Eurocap-rail" project plans to improve Brussels' links to the south to Luxembourg city and Strasbourg. Brussels is also served by Bruss... | European Social Survey
The European Social Survey (ESS) is a social scientific endeavour to map the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns of the various populations in Europe.
ESS is listed in the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data.org.
Prof Rory Fitzgerald is the Director of the ESS which in 2013 becam... | 51,433 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novels 'Go Tell It On The Mountain' and 'Giovanni's Room'? | Giovanni's Room
Giovanni's Room is a 1956 novel by James Baldwin. The book focuses on the events in the life of an American man living in Paris and his feelings and frustrations with his relationships with other men in his life, particularly an Italian bartender named Giovanni whom he meets at a Parisian gay bar.
"Gio... | with Baldwin conversations, by Nabile Farès; long-lost interview appended (1971)
- "One Day When I Was Lost" (orig A. Haley; 1972)
- "A Dialogue (with Nikki Giovanni)" (1973)
- "" (with Yoran Cazac, 1976)
- "Native Sons" (with Sol Stein, 2004)
Works Collections.
- "Early Novels & Stories: Go Tell It on the Mountain, G... | 51,434 | triviaqa-train |
Which cyclist won the first ever Tour de France in 1903? | 1903 Tour de France
The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper ', ancestor of the current daily, '. It ran from 1 to 19 July in six stages over , and was won by Maurice Garin.
The race was invented to boost the circulation of ', after its circulation started to plummet from... | Hippolyte Aucouturier
Hippolyte Aucouturier (17 October 1876 in La Celle, Allier, France – 22 April 1944 in Paris, France) was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finished second in the 1... | 51,435 | triviaqa-train |
Which former MI5 secret service agent wrote the controversial book 'Spycatcher'? | Spycatcher
Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer (1987) is a book written by Peter Wright, former MI5 officer and Assistant Director, and co-author Paul Greengrass. It was published first in Australia. Its allegations proved scandalous on publication, but more so because the British Gove... | his book "Spycatcher", claimed that in May 1968 Mountbatten attended a private meeting with press baron Cecil King, and the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, Solly Zuckerman. Wright alleged that "up to thirty" MI5 officers had joined a secret campaign to undermine the crisis-stricken Labour government of Harold Wi... | 51,436 | triviaqa-train |
For his role in which 1987 film did Michael Douglas win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of 'Gordon Gecko'? | Gordon Gekko
Gordon Gekko is a fictional character in the 1987 film "Wall Street" and its 2010 sequel "", both directed by Oliver Stone. Gekko was portrayed by actor Michael Douglas, whose performance in the first film won him an Oscar for Best Actor.
Co-written by Stone and screenwriter Stanley Weiser, Gekko is claime... | Greenaway's film "The Baby of Mâcon" with Julia Ormond, which provoked controversy and was poorly received. Later that year, he became known internationally for portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List." For this, he was nominated for the Academy Award f... | 51,437 | triviaqa-train |
UNITA was the name of the guerrilla army that fought for independence for which African country? | UNITA
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA, ) is the second-largest political party in Angola. Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the Angolan War for Independence (1961–1975) and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war (19... | Spanish Army (Peninsular War)
The Spanish Army of the Peninsular War refers to the Spanish military units that fought against France's Grande Armée from 2 May 1808 to 17 April 1814) a period which coincided with what is also termed the Spanish War of Independence ("Guerra de la Independencia Española").
These regular t... | 51,438 | triviaqa-train |
Which SAS soldier wrote the book 'Bravo Two Zero', an account of a failed mission during the (1st) Gulf War? | Bravo Two Zero
Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British Army Special Air Service (SAS) patrol, deployed into Iraq during the First Gulf War in January 1991. According to Chris Ryan's account, the patrol was given the task of gathering intelligence, finding a good lying-up position (LUP) and setting up a... | member of the patrol wrote "Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission" () under the pseudonym Mike Coburn, which more forcefully contradicted the previous accounts. The account also levelled damning accusations against the army, and the Ministry of Defence went to great lengths to attempt to prevent... | 51,439 | triviaqa-train |
For his role in which 1997 film did Jack Nicholson win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of 'Melvin Udall'? | was terribly neglected, since Nicholson portrayed one of his best screen characters, someone who is "snarly, dumb, smart, noble, rascally—all the parts of 'Jack'"
Nicholson went on to win his next Academy Award for Best Actor in the romantic comedy, "As Good as It Gets" (1997), his third film directed by James L. Brook... | – Motion Picture. Nicholson did win a BAFTA award for his role in the film. Nicholson won the Best Actor awards from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle. However, he was disappointed that he failed to win an Oscar for his performance. "I like the idea of winning at Cannes with "The... | 51,440 | triviaqa-train |
'Shining Path' is the name of the guerrilla organisation operating in which South American country? | Shining Path
The Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path (), more commonly known as the Shining Path (), is a communist revolutionary organization in Peru espousing Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. When it first launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980, its goal was to overthrow the state by guerrilla warfare and replace ... | "liberated zones". These zones would then be used to support new guerrilla zones until the entire country was essentially a unified "liberated zone". There is some disagreement among scholars about the extent of Maoist influence on the Shining Path, but the majority of scholars consider Shining Path to be a violent Mao... | 51,441 | triviaqa-train |
Which Italian design company, best known for its jeans, was founded by Renzo Rosso in Molvena in 1978? | new company together, thus forming Diesel. Following the new partnership, Rosso also became shareholder of the Genius Group, which gathered brands such as Replay, King Jeans and Viavai. Created Goldie label which Katharine Hamnett designed a collection for, before launching DIESEL among others.
The brand name Diesel wa... | Marni (clothing)
Marni is an Italian fashion house founded in 1994 by Consuelo Castiglioni. It is recognized worldwide for its women’s, men’s and kid’s ready-to-wear and accessories collections.
Since 2012, Marni has been part of the OTB group, owned by Italian entrepreneur Renzo Rosso.
Francesco Risso has been the br... | 51,442 | triviaqa-train |
Which title, referring to a story from Greek mythology, is shared by paintings by Bouguereau, Cabanel and Botticelli? | of Early Renaissance painting.
As well as the small number of mythological subjects which are his best known works today, he painted a wide range of religious subjects and also some portraits. He and his workshop were especially known for their "Madonna and Child"s, many in the round tondo shape. Botticelli's best-know... | The Three Graces
The term The Three Graces may refer to:
- Charites, known in Greek mythology as The Three Graces, goddesses of such things as charm, beauty, and creativity. In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae.
- A subject in art, depicted in dozens of paintings and sculptures, including:
- "Primavera" (B... | 51,443 | triviaqa-train |
What Philadelphia landmark is portrayed on the back of the $100 bill? | school (1765), national capital (1774), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks and the World Heritage Site of Independence Hall. The city became a member of the Organization of World Heritage Cities in 2015, as the first World Heritage City in... | Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.)
The Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., is a National Historic Landmark building which is the headquarters of the United States Department of the Treasury. An image of the Treasury Building is featured on the back of the United States ten-dollar bill.
History.
History Early build... | 51,444 | triviaqa-train |
February 3, 1959 was known as The Day the Music Died, as a plane crash in Clearlake, Ia, took the life of Roger Peterson, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and who? | gave up his seat on the plane to J.P. Richardson, who was ill with the flu. At approximately 12:55 am on February 3, 1959, the three-passenger Beechcraft Bonanza departed for Fargo, North Dakota, and crashed a few minutes after takeoff for reasons still unknown. The crash killed all three passengers and pilot Roger Pet... | NATO and produced them at the National Arsenal. The assault rifle was the last firearm design Rafael Mendoza worked on before he was diagnosed with leukemia. Following a long struggle with this disease, Rafael Mendoza died at age 85 on December 25, 1966.
Rafael’s son, Hector Mendoza, began actively working in the compa... | 51,445 | triviaqa-train |
The only US president to hold a PhD, Feb 3, 1924 saw the death of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States. Hailing from New Jersey, under what party was he elected? | Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman, lawyer, and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the 34th governor of New Je... | sculpted especially for the stamp.
- Taft is honored on the AMERIPEX presidential issue of 1986.
Woodrow Wilson.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States. First known by the slogan "he kept us out of the war", Wilson was finally pressured into asking Congr... | 51,446 | triviaqa-train |
Generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble, trade in what commodity collapsed in February 1637, devastating the economy of The United Provinces (now the Netherlands)? | -leveraged) assets failing first, and then the collapse spreading throughout the economy.
Types of bubbles.
There are different types of bubbles, with economists primarily interested in two major types of bubbles:
An equity bubble is characterised by tangible investments and the unsustainable desire to satisfy a legiti... | after the end of the Seven Years' War in which the Netherlands had remained neutral, occasioned a collapse of commodity prices, and debasements of the currency in Middle and Eastern Europe disrupted the bullion trade. Some Amsterdam accepting houses, as the Neufville Bros. became overextended and failed as a consequenc... | 51,447 | triviaqa-train |
Which cartoon character, who cooks at the Krusty Krab, lives in a pineapple under the sea? | Joles in the "Truth or Square" game.
The "SpongeBob" characters have been featured at a variety of theme park attractions. In 2003, Kings Island announced plans to build the first "SpongeBob"-themed amusement park ride, a dark ride roller coaster titled "Mrs. Puff's Crash Course Boating School". Plans were halted when ... | from Severodvinsk managed to repair it at sea within a week.
The boat was commissioned on 30 April 1961. The submarine had a total of 139 men aboard, including missile men, reactor officers, torpedo men, doctors, cooks, stewards, and several observing officers who were not part of the standard crew.
Nuclear accident.
O... | 51,448 | triviaqa-train |
The longest serving and first flying space shuttle, which vehicle was lost on re-entry during mission STS-107 on Feb 1, 2003? | STS-107
STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the final flight of Space Shuttle "Columbia". The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003 and during its 15 days, 22 hours, 20 minutes, 32 seconds in orbit conducted a multitude of international scientific experimen... | till 28 January 1840, then two Lieutenant governors (as part of New South Wales, in Australia) and many Governors since 3 January 1841
- at Rarotonga since the 1888 establishment of the British protectorate over the Cook Islands; the third and last incumbent stayed on as first Resident Commissioner since 1901, at the i... | 51,449 | triviaqa-train |
On Feb 4, 1974 what heiress was kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment by a left-wing urban guerilla group that called itself the Symbionese Liberation Army? | Patty Hearst
Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is an American woman and a granddaughter of the American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, who became internationally known for events following her 1974 kidnapping by a left-wing terrorist group, the Symbionese Liberation Army. Hearst was found 1... | Hearst was captured in San Francisco. Hearst, granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst and heiress to a newspaper fortune, had been kidnapped from her apartment on February 4, 1974 by an American terrorist group that called itself the Symbionese Liberation Army. By April, she had joined her kidnappers, and pa... | 51,450 | triviaqa-train |
Who's missing? Roger Peterson, J. P. Richardson, Ritchie Valens? | a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. He also had the American number 2 hit ''Donna''.
On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died", Valens died in a plane crash in Iowa, an accident that also claimed the... | and "Lonesome Tears", as well as playing with Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Allsup was touring with Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he serendipitously lost a fateful coin toss with Valens for a seat on the plane that crashed, killing Valens, Holly, Richardson, and pilot Roger Peterson... | 51,451 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the most popular of all ground hogs, whose emerges from Gobbler's Knob each Feb 2? | up to the time of going to press, the beast has not seen its shadow". However, it was not until the following year in 1887 that the first Groundhog Day considered "official" was commemorated here, with a group making a trip to the Gobbler's Knob part of town to consult the groundhog. People have gathered annually at th... | was decided by a vote of the students. The two most popular choices were Braves and Demons. Among other names submitted by students were Sharks, Daredevils, Musketeers, Pelicans, Prather's Ground Hogs, Bloodhounds, Cyclops, and Serpents. The official winners were Aileen Ritter and Truett Scarborough.
On September 22, 1... | 51,452 | triviaqa-train |
Which Season 4 American Idol winner is slated to sing the national anthem before this years super bowl? | shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by American viewers using phones, Internet, and SMS text voting. The winners of the first seventeen seasons, as chosen by viewers, are Kelly Clarkson, Rub... | the "American Idol" show include Jordin Sparks who won the sixth season. She was later selected to sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLII, which happened to take place in her hometown of Glendale, Arizona. On the seventh season of "American Idol", Arizona had two contestants make it to the final twelve. David Hern... | 51,453 | triviaqa-train |
In what Super Bowl did the Seahawks face the Steelers? | make history in by signing Byron White, a future Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, to what was at the time the biggest contract in NFL history, but he played only one year with the Pirates before signing with the Detroit Lions. Prior to the 1940 season, the Pirates renamed themselves the Steelers.
During World War II,... | NFL Draft, but signed with the Seattle Seahawks and played in all 16 games during his rookie season making 24 tackles (four assists). In the 2005 season, Lewis started 12 games and was part of the Seahawks run to the Super Bowl. During Super Bowl XL, he blocked Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during ... | 51,454 | triviaqa-train |
Which “somewhat obscure” golfer has a real first name of Eldrick? | be in Dubai as part of a 25.3-million-square-foot development, The Tiger Woods Dubai. The Al Ruwaya Golf Course was initially expected to finish construction in 2009. As of February 2010, only seven holes had been completed; in April 2011, "The New York Times" reported that the project had been shelved permanently. In ... | identify moot as Christopher Poole. Later, on July 10, Grossman admitted that there was an outside chance that Christopher Poole was not the real name of moot, rather an obscure reference to a 4chan inside joke. The "Washington Post" concurred that "Christopher Poole" could be "a big hoax, a 'gotcha.' It would be just ... | 51,455 | triviaqa-train |
In what Miami stadium is this year's Super Bowl going to be played? | Bowl XLVI, and one in the New York area—Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium. Only MetLife Stadium did not have a roof (be it fixed or retractable) but it was still picked as the host stadium for Super Bowl XLVIII in an apparent waiver of the warm-climate rule, with a contingency plan to reschedule the game in the even... | Manning era 2007: Third Super Bowl.
Going into 2007, the Giants had made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. In 2007, the Giants became the third NFL franchise to win at least 600 games when they defeated the Atlanta Falcons 31–10 on "Monday Night Football". For the 2007 season, the NFL scheduled the Giants' road gam... | 51,456 | triviaqa-train |
Exxon used to advertise their gas by enjoining you to "put a what in your tank"? | protests from Standard Oil of Kentucky (Kyso), which was a Standard Oil of California subsidiary in the process of rebranding its Standard stations to Chevron. By 1967, Humble Oil's Esso stations in the Southeast were rebranded to Enco.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Humble Oil continued to have difficulties promoting i... | . The runner then must wade through the Gunk Tank, where they must put one last pie in their face to stop the clock. Fastest time won.
Both the Pie Pendulum and Pie Roulette were previously used on the Nickelodeon game show "What Would You Do?", which was also created by Woody Fraser.
At the end of the final event, the... | 51,457 | triviaqa-train |
From which East Coast state does the current Miss America hail from, having been crowned earlier this week? | , Nicole Johnson (Miss Virginia 1998) became the first Miss America with diabetes and the first contestant to publicize an insulin pump. Around the same time, Miss America officials announced they had lifted the ban on contestants who were divorced or had had an abortion. This rule change, however, was rescinded and Mi... | Miss America 1925
Miss America 1925, the fifth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, September 11, 1925. Entrants from the West Coast, Miss California, Fay Lanphier from Oakland, and Miss Los Angeles, Adrienne Dore, captured the top two awards. The newly crown... | 51,458 | triviaqa-train |
In one of only 2 unanimous elections by the U.S. Electoral College, George Washington was elected to the first ever presidency in what year? | proper to be brought forward," Madison told George Hay in 1823. Hamilton went further. He actually drafted an amendment to the Constitution mandating the district plan for selecting electors.
History Evolution of selection plans.
In 1789, at-large popular vote, the winner-take-all method, began with Pennsylvania and Ma... | 1792 United States presidential election
The United States presidential election of 1792 was the second quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 2 to Wednesday, December 5, 1792. Incumbent President George Washington was elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the electoral college, ... | 51,459 | triviaqa-train |
February 4th, 2004 saw the founding of what "mildly popular" online social network by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg? | somewhere between twelve hundred and fifteen hundred registrants."
Just six days after the launch of the site, three Harvard University seniors, Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra, accused Zuckerberg of intentionally misleading them into believing that he would help them build a social network cal... | - Sylvia Shermwell – vocals (1966?–1979, 1994-2001; died 2010)
- Estelle Brown – vocals (1965-1979, 1994—2011)
- Myrna Smith – vocals (1965-1979, 1994-2010; died 2010)
- Gloria Brown – vocals (1979)
- Portia Griffin – vocals (1994-2011)
- Kelly Jones – vocals (2010–2011)
Discography.
Discography Albums.
- 1967: "The Sw... | 51,460 | triviaqa-train |
What is the more common name of the fictional character Simon Templar, star of books by Leslie Charteris, a TV series starring Roger Moore, and a movie starring Val Kilmer? | Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor best known for playing British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films from 1973 to 1985, beginning with "Live and Let Die". He also played the main character, Simon Templar, in the British television series "The Saint" from ... | 2 (August 2010) 192 pages, paperback, February 2011,
External links.
- Young Allies at the Marvel Universe
- Young Allies at the Marvel Database Project | 51,461 | triviaqa-train |
Now famously known as Nipplegate, whose nip was seen on national TV during Superbowl 38, due to a “wardrobe malfunction”? | MVP for the second time in his career.
The game is also known for its controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by Justin Timberlake for about half a second, in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction". Along with the rest of the halftime show, ... | Partners.
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Personnel Collaboration Partners.
Hunan Broadcasting System, Dragon TV, Sohu TV, KpopStars, Baidu, Miaopai by MeituPic and more.
Wardrobe Malfunctions.
G.E.M. suffered a wardrobe malfunction which caused her to fell on stage. Luhan was seen with a running nose which he later explained h... | 51,462 | triviaqa-train |
What original SNL cast member and writer is currently the junior senator from the great state of Minnesota? | show would be cancelled without him, Michaels suggested writers Al Franken, Tom Davis, and Jim Downey as his replacements. NBC president Fred Silverman disliked Franken, and was infuriated by Franken's Weekend Update routine called "A Limo For A Lame-O", a scathing critique of Silverman's job performance at the network... | . His maternal grandfather was photographer Tom Howard. Wendt is of Irish and one quarter German descent.
He attended Campion High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. He was expelled from the University of Notre Dame after he received a 0.00 GPA the first semester of his junior year. He later attended the Jesuit Roc... | 51,463 | triviaqa-train |
Havarti, Limburger, Fontina, and Edam are all types of what? | popular in other areas, known by the name of its country of origin.
In the US, it was first produced in 1867 by Rudolph Benkerts in his cellar from pasteurized goat's milk. A few years later, 25 factories produced this cheese. The Chalet Cheese Cooperative in Monroe, Wisconsin is the only American company that makes th... | ), there are two types of sentences resulting in death. The first is a "qesas-e-nafs" (retribution) sentence, when a murder victim's family refuses to forgive a murderer (see "Qesas crimes" below). The other type is a regular death sentence, "hokm-e-edam", for crimes such as rape and drug trafficking. These sentences a... | 51,464 | triviaqa-train |
On Feb 9, 1997, The Simpsons became the longest running prime-time animated series in the US, surpassing what ABC show that ran from 1960 to 1966? | 30, 1960, ABC premiered "The Flintstones", another example of counterprogramming; although the animated series from William Hanna and Joseph Barbera was filmed in color from the beginning, it was initially broadcast in black and white, as ABC had not made the necessary technical upgrades to broadcast its programming in... | Simpsons" has broadcast episodes. The show holds several American television longevity records. It is the longest-running prime-time animated series and longest-running sitcom in the United States. On February 19, 2012, "The Simpsons" reached its 500th episode in the twenty-third season. With its twenty-first season (2... | 51,465 | triviaqa-train |
Which of the American Idol judges has been there for all 10 seasons? | , and Laine Hardy respectively.
"American Idol" employs a panel of vocal judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original judges, for the first through eighth seasons, were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, singer and choreographer Paula Abdul, and music executive and manager Simon Cowell.... | "Pop Idol" and "American Idol", was launched with Bohlen as one of the judges. While the jury around him is regularly modified, he has been present on all seasons. He has produced most of the winners, yielding several hits such as "We Have a Dream". That same year, he published his first book, an autobiography titled "... | 51,466 | triviaqa-train |
February 11, 1963 saw the PBS debut of The French Chef. What famed chef starred in the show? | Aloysius may be the scariest nun of all time."
In 2009, Streep played chef Julia Child in Nora Ephron's "Julie & Julia", co-starring with Stanley Tucci, and again with Amy Adams. (Tucci and Streep had worked together earlier in "Devil Wears Prada".) The first major motion picture based on a blog, "Julie and Julia" cont... | and related books.
A 1962 appearance on a book review show on what was then the National Educational Television (NET) station of Boston, WGBH-TV (now a major Public Broadcasting Service station), led to the inception of her first television cooking show after viewers enjoyed her demonstration of how to cook an omelette... | 51,467 | triviaqa-train |
Played by Dirk Benedict in the series and Bradley Cooper in the movie, by what nickname was Templeton Peck known on The A-Team? | , Cooper appeared in the ensemble romantic comedy "Valentine's Day" (2010), directed by Garry Marshall, co-starring with Julia Roberts. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $215 million worldwide. He then starred in the comedy "Brother's Justice" and as the fictional character Templeton "Faceman" Peck in th... | Gerald McRaney as General Morrison
- Terry Chen as Ravech
- Maury Sterling as Gammon
- C. Ernst Harth as Crematorium Attendant
- Omari Hardwick as Chop Shop Jay
- Corey Burton as Narrator
In a post credits scene, original series actors Dirk Benedict (Face) and Dwight Schultz (Murdock) have cameos with their film equiva... | 51,468 | triviaqa-train |
On a map, are the lines that run parallel to the equator called lines of longitude or lines of latitude? | in the length of a degree of latitude (north-south distance), equator to pole. The table shows both for the WGS84 ellipsoid with = and = . Note that the distance between two points 1 degree apart on the same circle of latitude, measured along that circle of latitude, is slightly more than the shortest (geodesic) distan... | not straight, simply because they must follow the curvature of the Earth's surface. But they are as straight as is possible subject to this constraint.
The properties of geodesics differ from those of straight lines. For example, on a plane, parallel lines never meet, but this is not so for geodesics on the surface of ... | 51,469 | triviaqa-train |
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was the Colossus of Rhodes, a mammoth statue of what Greek god? | . The Sun (Helios) traversed the heavens as a charioteer and sailed around the Earth in a golden bowl at night. Sun, earth, heaven, rivers, and winds could be addressed in prayers and called to witness oaths. Natural fissures were popularly regarded as entrances to the subterranean house of Hades and his predecessors, ... | of Bode Museum, 1904, destroyed in 1950s.
- "Saint George defeats the Dragon"
- Statue of Sleeping Beauty in Wuppertal, Germany
Greece.
- Statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World sculpted by Pheidias. (Relocated to Constantinople in 393, later destroyed by fire in 462)
- Colossus of Rhod... | 51,470 | triviaqa-train |
In a national TV embarrassment, the vault of which Chicago gangster, nicknamed Scarface, was excavated live by Geraldo Riveria and his crew but was found to contain nothing? | , in art, literature, and music. Continuing racial tensions and violence, such as the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, also occurred.
The ratification of the 18th amendment to the Constitution in 1919 made the production and sale (including exportation) of alcoholic beverages illegal in the United States. This ushered in the... | which is in all gangster pictures is in this one in double doses and makes it compelling entertainment," and that the actors play, "as if they'd been doing nothing else all their lives." The National Board of Review named "Scarface" as one of the best pictures of 1932. However, at the time of release in 1932, there was... | 51,471 | triviaqa-train |
All the News That's Fit to Print first appeared as the motto of what newspaper, known as The Paper of Record or The Gray Lady, in 1897? | The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as the "NYT and NYTimes") is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership. Founded in 1851, the paper has won 127 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper. The "Times" is ranked 18th in the world by circulation an... | August 8, 1878. It is unknown whether this publication is related to the "Courier".
History The Syracuse Courier, 1889–1897.
By September 19, 1893, the newspaper was known as The Syracuse Courier and was published by "The Courier Printing Company" located at 321 East Genesee Street in Syracuse. The publication motto wa... | 51,472 | triviaqa-train |
The NFL championship is played for the Lombardi trophy. What do the winners of the Canadian Football League play for? | Tiffany & Co.
Since Super Bowl XXX, the award has been presented to the winning team's owner on the field following the game. Previously, it was presented inside the winning team's locker room. In the case of the community-owned Packers' two titles since Super Bowl XXX, the team's President & CEO has accepted the troph... | Thorpe, showing that the name Ed Thorp was not a household name at the time.
Lost Trophy.
The original theory of what happened was that the Minnesota Vikings, who were thought to be the last to win the Trophy in 1969, somehow lost it when the league switched over to the Lombardi Trophy the following year. The Vikings a... | 51,473 | triviaqa-train |
What noted magician, who has offered $1 million to anyone who could prove they had psychic powers, made a similar offer this week to any manufacturer who could prove that their homeopathic drugs worked as advertised? | psychic phenomena such as mediumism, can be attributed to non-paranormal techniques such as cold reading, hot reading, or even self-delusion. Cold reading techniques would include psychics using flattery, intentionally making descriptions, statements or predictions about a person vague and ambiguous, and surreptitiousl... | how the indian rope trick could be performed by camera trickery. In 1935, Dunninger attended a séance of the fraudulent medium Emerson Gilbert. His testimony was used in court against the medium.
Dunninger had a standing offer of $10,000 to anyone who could prove that he used confederates or "stooges." Through "Scienti... | 51,474 | triviaqa-train |
Whos recent book, titled Known and Unknown: A Memoir, is currently ranked #1 on the Amazon sales list? | Known and Unknown: A Memoir
Known and Unknown: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by Donald Rumsfeld, an American politician and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 and again from 2001 to 2006 (among many other positions). He published it through Penguin Group USA in February 2011. It cov... | single volume. In addition, a "Shivers"-themed Puzzle & Activity Book was published. The series sold millions of copies worldwide.
In August 2011, the "Shivers" series began being republished as eBooks, available from the Amazon Kindle store, iBookstore, Sony Nook and Barnes & Noble.
M.D. Spenser is an international j... | 51,475 | triviaqa-train |
The Voyage of the Beagle was the 1839 book by what British naturalist, detailing his 5 year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle? | , confirming that the "ship sails about the end of September". Peacock had discussed the offer with Beaufort, "he entirely approves of it & you may consider the situation as at your absolute disposal". When Darwin returned home late on 29 August and opened the letters, his father objected strongly to the voyage so the ... | published "Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany" as a textbook based on this lecture course.
In the summer of 1831 Henslow was offered a place as naturalist to sail aboard the survey ship HMS "Beagle" on a two-year voyage to survey South America, but his wife dissuaded him from accepting. Seeing a perfect... | 51,476 | triviaqa-train |
Featuring the Oscar winning song When You Wish Upon A Star, what 1940 Disney movie release was the second full length animated movie, following Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? | Walt Disney Studios, in which the company is headquartered to this day, was completed and open for business by the end of 1939. The following year on April 2, Walt Disney Productions had its initial public offering.
The studio continued releasing animated shorts and features, such as "Pinocchio" (1940), "Fantasia" (194... | into features, and estimated that "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" could be produced for a budget of ; this was ten times the budget of an average "Silly Symphony".
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was to be the first full-length cel animated feature in motion picture history, and as such Walt Disney had to fight to ... | 51,477 | triviaqa-train |
Feb 6, 1966 saw the birth of what singer, best known for making possible the Internet meme known as rickrolling? | Rickrolling
Rickrolling, alternatively rick-rolling, is a prank and an Internet meme involving an unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a type of bait and switch using a disguised hyperlink that leads to the music video. The victims, believing that... | meme known as "rickrolling". Astley was voted "Best Act Ever" by Internet users at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008, and his 2016 album "50" debuted in the UK at No. 1.
Early life.
Astley was born on 6 February 1966 in Newton-le-Willows in Lancashire, the fourth child of his family. His parents divorced when he was fiv... | 51,478 | triviaqa-train |
What action figure, the first to be marketed to boys, was modified in 1974 with the addition of "kung fu grip"? | Action figure
An action figure is a poseable character doll made most commonly of plastic, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, military, video game, or television program—fictional or historical. These figures are usually marketed toward boys and adult collectors. The term was coined by Hasbro in 1... | of "The New York Times" called it "three hours of naiveté merchandised and marketed with the not-so-innocent vengeance that I associate with religious movements that take leases on places like the Houston Astrodome." "Variety" wrote that the film was "badly in need of trimming its 170-minutes running time" and that Lau... | 51,479 | triviaqa-train |
In Holyoak, Ma, William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created an indoor gamed originally called Mintonette. Now an Olympic sport, by what name is the game know? | Volleyball
Volleyball is a popular team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964.
The complete set of rules ... | women's sport, although male participation is increasing in some countries. Further developments to the sport are being trialled, including a shortened version of the game played in a World Series format; netball is also being advocated for possible inclusion in the Olympic Games.
Origins from basketball.
Netball trace... | 51,480 | triviaqa-train |
What television program began "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission."? | The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1963 to 1965 at 7:30 PM Eastern Time on Mondays. The series is often compared to "The Twilight Zone", but with a greater emphasis on science fiction stories (rather than stories of fantasy or the supernatu... | . When W&W performed at Tomorrowland they brought Headhunterz as a guest and they played Shocker and premiered another song. The other song was released in November 2014 and the title was called 'We Control the Sound.' The message in We Control the Sound states "There is nothing wrong with your sound system. Do Not Att... | 51,481 | triviaqa-train |
Who's missing: Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, John Holliday | Earp, Morgan Earp, and George Randall. The men were charged with "keeping and being found in a house of ill-fame", and they were later fined $20 plus costs. Both Earps were arrested for the same crime again on May 11, and each was fined $44.55. The "Peoria Daily National Democrat" reported that Earp had been arrested o... | in Las Vegas when Wyatt Earp arrived on October 18, 1879. He told Holliday he was headed for the silver boom going on in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Holliday and Horony joined Wyatt and his wife Mattie, as well as Jim Earp and his wife and step daughter, and they left the next day for Prescott, Arizona Territory. The... | 51,482 | triviaqa-train |
What name is given to the palace of bliss for the souls of slain heroes in Scandinavian mythology? | Odin's martial hall Valhalla, or may be chosen by the goddess Freyja to dwell in her field Fólkvangr. The goddess Rán may claim those that die at sea, and the goddess Gefjon is said to be attended by virgins upon their death. Texts also make reference to reincarnation. Time itself is presented between cyclic and linear... | film "Island of Lost Souls". In legendary terms, the hybrids have played varying roles from that of trickster and/or villain to serving as divine heroes in very different contexts, depending on the given culture.
For example, Pan is a deity in Greek mythology that rules over and symbolizes the untamed wild, being worsh... | 51,483 | triviaqa-train |
Complete the following pangram: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy what?" | The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is an English-language pangram—a sentence that contains all of the letters of the alphabet. It is commonly used for touch-typing practice, testing typewriters and computer keyboards, displaying examples of fonts, and other applica... | "incarnation" was about.
She was a cousin of Francis Underhill, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Biography Education.
Underhill was educated at home, except for three years at a private school in Folkestone, and subsequently read history and botany at King's College London. She was conferred with an honorary Doctorate of Divi... | 51,484 | triviaqa-train |
For which paper was reporter Clark Kent/Superman employed? | a front for Superman's activities. Although his name and history were taken from his early life with his adoptive Earth parents, everything about Clark was staged for the benefit of his alternate identity: as a reporter for the "Daily Planet", he receives late-breaking news before the general public, has a plausible re... | character more like her original Golden Age comic counterpart, in that at first her relationship with Clark Kent was very much a rivalry about which was the better reporter. She would at times actively attempt to trick him out of stories. But Lois eventually learns to respect Clark, and in episodes like "The Late Mr. K... | 51,485 | triviaqa-train |
Scotsman Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration for what Daniel Dafoe novel? | Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe (; c. 1660 – 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel "Robinson Crusoe", which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English no... | Mallosia interrupta
Mallosia interrupta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Maurice Pic in 1905, originally as a varietas of the species "Mallosia scowitzi". It is known from Turkey and Iran. | 51,486 | triviaqa-train |
"When you care enough to send the very best" is the advertising slogan of what product? | Hallmark Cards
Hallmark Cards, Inc. is a private, family-owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 by Joyce Hall, Hallmark is the oldest and largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. In 1985, the company was awarded the National Medal of Arts.
In addition to greeting card... | repetitive manner. In commercial advertising, corporations will use a slogan as part of promotional activity. Slogans can become a global way of identifying good or service, for example Nike's slogan 'Just Do It' helped establish Nike as an identifiable brand worldwide.
Slogans should catch the audience's attention and... | 51,487 | triviaqa-train |
Which painter was married to Mexican artist Diego Rivera? | Modern Art in New York. Rivera had a volatile marriage with fellow Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
Personal life.
Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, to a well-to-do family, the son of María del Pilar Barrientos and Diego Rivera Acosta. Diego had a twin brother named Carlos, who died two years after they were born. Rive... | Marika Rivera
Marika Rivera (November 13, 1919 – January 14, 2010) was a French-born film and stage actress and dancer.
Biography.
Rivera was born in Paris, the daughter of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera and his mistress, the Russian-born painter Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska ("Marevna"). Rivera, who was married to Angeli... | 51,488 | triviaqa-train |
For which delivery company does Philip Fry work in that awesome TV series Futurama? | planet Chapek 9, and the black rectangular monolith labeled "Out of Order" in orbit around Jupiter (a reference to Arthur C. Clarke's "Space Odyssey" series). Bender and Fry sometimes watch a television show called "The Scary Door", a humorous parody of "The Twilight Zone".
Journalist/critic Frank Lovece in "Newsday" c... | as to assign them similar character roles; he is clearly surprised to be interrupted by his old crew returning. Even his familial relationship to Fry does not dampen the glee with which he assigns dangerous delivery missions. When asked about the nature of his delivery "business", Farnsworth once clarified that he view... | 51,489 | triviaqa-train |
Following the Super Bowl, where did MVP Drew Brees announce he was going next? | . This practice ended at Super Bowl XLV, which returned to using current pop acts such as The Black Eyed Peas and Katy Perry.
Excluding Super Bowl XXXIX, the famous "I'm going to Disney World!" advertising campaign took place in every Super Bowl since Super Bowl XXI when quarterback Phil Simms from the New York Giants ... | the league's MVP award, receiving 48 of the 50 votes (the other two going to Drew Brees). He also finished second, behind Brees, for the AP Offensive Player of the Year award. Rodgers's 2011 season was later ranked as the third greatest passing season of all time by ESPN in 2013, and was regarded as the most efficient.... | 51,490 | triviaqa-train |
One half of the duo known as President's Day, which former president had his birthday on Feb 12th? | ceremonies at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville, Kentucky, and at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The latter has been the site of a ceremony ever since the Memorial was dedicated. Since that event in 1922, observances continue to be organized by the Lincoln Birthday National Comm... | Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day
Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day is a public holiday in Zimbabwe commemorating former President Robert Mugabe.
The ZANU–PF Youth League has commemorated Robert Mugabe on his birthday in 21 February for years as part of its 21st February Movement which was established in ... | 51,491 | triviaqa-train |
Deadliest Catch boat captain Phil Harris died yesterday, after suffering a major stroke on January 29th. What Seattle based boat was he the captain of? | Cornelia Marie" Captain Phil Harris asked the cameraman filming him not to tell anyone else about his injuries, for fear it would stall his fishing. Later on, crew member and later acting captain Murray Gamrath, concerned for Phil's well-being, asked a cameraman to keep an eye on him and to report any problem. During s... | while suffering a intracranial hemorrhage in the hospital.
The episode of "Deadliest Catch" featuring the Captain's death aired on July 20, 2010, followed by a special tribute episode.
Career.
Harris started fishing with his father at age eight and after high school began crab fishing. He initially worked on a crab boa... | 51,492 | triviaqa-train |
By I(nternational) A(stronomical) U(nion) definition, what is the final classification of Pluto? Planet, Dwarf Planet, or Small Solar System Body? | Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that is neither a true planet nor a natural satellite. That is, it is in direct orbit of a star, and is massive enough for its gravity to compress it into a hydrostatically equilibrious shape (usually a spheroid), but has not cleared the neighborhood of other mater... | A few recent authors define "moon" as "a satellite of a planet or minor planet", and "planet" as "a satellite of a star" – such authors consider Earth as a "natural satellite of the Sun".
Terminology Definition of a moon.
There is no established lower limit on what is considered a "moon". Every natural celestial body w... | 51,493 | triviaqa-train |
The Greek goddess of forests and hills, childbirth, virginity, fertility, and the hunt, who is the twin sister of Apollo? | , have the arrival of Eileithyia on Delos as the event that allows Leto to give birth to her children. Contradictory is Hesiod’s presentation of the myth in Theogony, where he states that Leto bore her children before Zeus’ marriage to Hera with no commentary on any drama related to their birth.
During the Classical pe... | rustic god of fertility, protection of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia
- Tychon, a daemon imagined as a boy
- Persephone goddess of spring, greek god of fertility
European Roman.
- Bacchus, Roman version of Dionysus
- Bona Dea, goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women
- Candelifera, godd... | 51,494 | triviaqa-train |
In which Olympic sport is a stone delivered and then possible swept, the object being to get it over the hog line and into the house? | .
Gameplay Free guard zone.
The "free guard zone" is the area of the curling sheet between the hog line and tee line, excluding the house. Until five stones have been played (three from the side without hammer, and two from the side with hammer), stones in the free guard zone may not be removed by an opponent's stone, ... | free-guard zone cannot be removed from play until the first five rocks of an end have been played
- : A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to rest against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to takeout
- : A team's lead and second, considered as a unit
- : Delivery speed required for a s... | 51,495 | triviaqa-train |
Which Mozart opera has a title that can be translated into English as 'Thus Do All Women'? | and fellow Mason Michael Puchberg; "a pitiful sequence of letters pleading for loans" survives. Maynard Solomon and others have suggested that Mozart was suffering from depression, and it seems that his output slowed. Major works of the period include the last three symphonies (Nos. 39, 40, and 41, all from 1788), and ... | to return home, Pignon makes a final gaffe: he picks up the telephone when she calls to talk to Brochant despite having previously told her he was in a phone booth, thus arousing her suspicions that he has simply been repeating lines fed to him by Brochant (as he indeed had been in previous conversations).
Title.
The t... | 51,496 | triviaqa-train |
In which African country does the Equator reach the Indian Ocean? | — the Indian Plate, the Capricorn Plate, and Australian Plate — separated by diffuse boundary zones.
Since 20 Ma the African Plate is being divided by the East African Rift System into the Nubian and Somalia plates.
There are only two trenches in the Indian Ocean: the -long Java Trench between Java and the Sunda Trench... | a similar route, arriving by the summer (June–August). Overall, the round trip took a little over a year, minimizing the time at sea.
The critical step was ensuring the armada reached East Africa on time. Ships that failed to reach the equator latitude on the East African coast by late August would be stuck in Africa a... | 51,497 | triviaqa-train |
In which American state is the drama series 'The Sopranos' set? | The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying the difficulties that he faces as he tries to balance his family life with his role as the leader of a crimina... | Michael Imperioli
Michael Imperioli (; born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer and director best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on "The Sopranos", for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also appeared in the TV drama series "Law & ... | 51,498 | triviaqa-train |
If all the countries that have Spanish as an official language were listed alphabetically, which country would come first? | de facto" or "de jure"—of Argentina, Bolivia (co-official with Quechua, Aymara, Guarani, and 34 other languages), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (co-official with 63 indigenous languages), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay (co-official with Guaraní), P... | List of alternative country names
Most sovereign states have alternative names. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any predominant or of... | 51,499 | triviaqa-train |
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