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Which Greek philosopher is popularly known as 'The Weeping Philosopher' because of his melancholy nature? | is the "arche" of everything. Pythagoreanism also incorporated ascetic ideals, emphasizing purgation, metempsychosis, and consequently a respect for all animal life; much was made of the correspondence between mathematics and the cosmos in a musical harmony. Pythagoras believed that behind the appearance of things, the... | Leo of Phlius
Leo was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Phlius. He is best known for his participation in a story in which the word philosopher was first coined, in 518 BC.
story.
According to Cicero (Tusculanae Disputationes V-III). Pythagoras was in the court of Leo when he (Leo) asked Pythagoras what was his fav... | 51,500 | triviaqa-train |
Named after two bodies of water, what name was given to the provisional border between Poland and East Germany that was agreed at the Potsdam Conference following World War II? | , the USSR gave Poland former German populated territories in Pomerania, Silesia, and Brandenburg east of the Oder–Neisse line, plus the southern half of East Prussia. These awards were confirmed at the Tripartite Conference of Berlin, otherwise known as the Potsdam Conference in August 1945 after the end of the war in... | War I, Liegnitz was part of the newly created Province of Lower Silesia from 1919 to 1938, then of the Province of Silesia from 1938 to 1941, and again of the Province of Lower Silesia from 1941 to 1945.
After the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II, Liegnitz and all of Silesia east of the Neisse was transferred... | 51,501 | triviaqa-train |
Who won a gold medal for Great Britain in the Men's 1000k K-1 canoeing event at the Beijing Olympics? | , of 35 medals, was passed on 20 August when they claimed their 36th medal – a bronze in the women's RS:X, won by Bryony Shaw. The total medal target was equalled when canoeist Tim Brabants took gold in the men's 1000 m K-1 claiming Britain's 41st physical medal (three further medals were guaranteed in boxing at the ti... | Lennox Lewis won the super heavyweight gold medal in Seoul, before competing for his native Great Britain as a professional.
Canoeing and kayaking.
Canoeing and kayaking Slalom.
Canada has never won an Olympic medal in a whitewater event. Their best finish was fourth in the men's K-1 competition at the 2004 games.
Cano... | 51,502 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the heaviest planet in our solar system? | , hurricanes, tectonics, and even hydrology.
Planets are generally divided into two main types: large low-density giant planets, and smaller rocky terrestrials. There are eight planets in the Solar System. In order of increasing distance from the Sun, they are the four terrestrials, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, the... | ", "Moon", and "The Absolute":
- The heaviest/last level - "The Absolute"
- Earth's satellite - "The Moon"
- Our planet - "Earth"
- All of the planets in the solar system to which Earth belongs to - "All Planets"
- The planets belong to the "Sun" or the solar system
- The Sun belongs to the Milky Way galaxy or the "All... | 51,503 | triviaqa-train |
In which 1998 film does Ewan McGregor co-star as the fictional rock star 'Curt Wild'? | young glam rock fan and reporter, Arthur Stuart, and Toni Collette as Slade's wife, Mandy, who is based on Bowie's first wife, Angela. Eddie Izzard stars as Slade's manager, Jerry Devine.
The tale strongly parallels Bowie's relationships with Reed and Pop in the 1970s and 1980s. Brian Slade's gradually overwhelming on-... | : "Allen is notorious for not giving his actors explicit instructions, and yet somehow this worked wonders for Farrell, who has never seemed so naked, so clear and so unencumbered as he does here." Manohla Dargis concurred in the "New York Times", adding that she thought Farrell was well-matched with co-star Ewan McGre... | 51,504 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the music for the ballet 'The Three-Cornered Hat'? | de Falla worked separately on the choreography, sets/costumes, and music for the ballet over subsequent months; after some delays, the ballet was eventually premiered in London at the Alhambra Theatre on 22 July 1919. De Falla was called home to Granada at the last moment to see his dying mother; the premiere was condu... | her elegance. When the American Ballet Theatre visited the Royal Opera House in 1946, Fonteyn became a close friend of the New York dancer Nora Kaye. Fonteyn appeared on television in 1946, to mark the re-opening of Alexandra Palace after the War. Her television appearances were followed by a performance with the chore... | 51,505 | triviaqa-train |
What papal name was taken by Nicholas Breakspear, the only English Pope? | Pope Adrian IV
Pope Adrian IV (; born Nicholas Breakspear; 1 September 1159), also known as Hadrian IV, was Pope from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159.
Adrian IV is both the only Englishman and the only inhabitant of the British Isles to have occupied the papal throne. It is believed that he was born in Bedmond in ... | for Calasanz as administrator of the order, Father Stefano was the son and the brother of powerful papal lawyers; no one wanted to offend the Cherubini family. Father Stefano pointed out that if allegations of his abuse of his boys became public, actions would be taken to destroy the Piarists. Calasanz, therefore, prom... | 51,506 | triviaqa-train |
Which opera by Sergei Prokofiev is based on a novel by Leo Tolstoy? | Peter and the Wolf," "Romeo and Juliet," and perhaps above all with "Alexander Nevsky."
The Nazi invasion of the USSR spurred him to compose his most ambitious work, an operatic version of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace". In 1948, Prokofiev was attacked for producing "anti-democratic formalism." Nevertheless, he enjoyed ... | and Peace" (Sergei Prokofiev). Prokofiev returned to the tradition of Russian historical opera for this epic work based on Leo Tolstoy's novel.
- 1946 "Betrothal in a Monastery" (Prokofiev). A romantic comedy with music drawing on the "opera buffa" style of Rossini.
- 1946 "The Medium" (Gian Carlo Menotti). Considered ... | 51,507 | triviaqa-train |
Which county shares borders with Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire? | Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. The county town was originally Wilton, after which the county is named, but Wiltshire Council is now based i... | Mid Devon
Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Tiverton.
The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tiverton and Crediton urban district together with Tiverton Rural District, and Crediton Rural District. It... | 51,508 | triviaqa-train |
Which hit for 'The Fugees' was the biggest-selling single in Britain in 1996? | , the song was most successful in Europe, particularly in Iceland and the United Kingdom, where it topped the charts. It remained at that position for two weeks, becoming their second chart-topping single of 1996 in Britain, following "Killing Me Softly". Enya was prepared to sue the group for copyright infringement, b... | topped the charts in the United Kingdom, where it became the country's biggest-selling single of 1996. It has since sold 1.36 million copies in Britain. The Fugees recording won the 1997 Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and their video earned the MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video.
Thi... | 51,509 | triviaqa-train |
Drawing on the story of the meeting between the baby Jesus and John the Baptist on the flight into Egypt, what name is given to either of two almost identical paintings by Leonardo da Vinci housed in the Louvre and the National Gallery in London? | be identified as preparatory to particular works such as "The Adoration of the Magi", "The Virgin of the Rocks" and "The Last Supper".
His earliest dated drawing is a "Landscape of the Arno Valley", 1473, which shows the river, the mountains, Montelupo Castle and the farmlands beyond it in great detail. According to ar... | their plan to rob the travellers, and a date palm tree bends down to allow them to pluck the fruit.
Another subject is the meeting of the infant Jesus with his cousin, the infant John the Baptist, who, according to legend was rescued from Bethlehem before the massacre by the Archangel Uriel, and joined the Holy Family ... | 51,510 | triviaqa-train |
Which team defeated the Indianapolis Colts to win the 2010 Super Bowl? | Super Bowl XLIV
Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season. The Saints defeated the Colts by a ... | York Jets, but Lee again won the NFL punting title. In 1970, the year in which the Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys to win Super Bowl V, Lee uncorked a 76-yard punt, the longest in Colts history.
In 1973, Lee's friend, the Colts' quarterback Johnny Unitas, went to the San Diego Chargers after concluding his Baltimore ... | 51,511 | triviaqa-train |
Which French physicist gave the first successful theoretical account of heat engines, now known as his namesake cycle, thereby laying the foundations of the second law of thermodynamics? | and the asymmetry between future and past.
Historically, the second law was an empirical finding that was accepted as an axiom of thermodynamic theory. Statistical mechanics, classical or quantum, explains the microscopic origin of the law.
The second law has been expressed in many ways. Its first formulation is credit... | the second law of thermodynamics. The most well-known ideal cycle is the Carnot cycle, although a useful "Carnot engine" is not known to have been invented.
The theoretical efficiencies for both, Ericsson and Stirling cycles acting in the same limits are equal to the Carnot Efficiency for same limits.
Ideal Ericsson cy... | 51,512 | triviaqa-train |
Which thermodynamic concept, defined as the unavailability of a system's energy to do work, or more crudely, the measure of disorder within a system, was introduced by the German physicist Rudolf Clausius? | , provided their environment's entropy increases by at least that amount so that the total entropy increases. Entropy is a function of the state of the system, so the change in entropy of a system is determined by its initial and final states. In the idealization that a process is reversible, the entropy does not chang... | studied the system which he called the "working substance" (typically a body of water vapor) in steam engines, in regards to the system's ability to do work when heat is applied to it. The working substance could be put in contact with either a boiler, a cold reservoir (a stream of cold water), or a piston (on which th... | 51,513 | triviaqa-train |
Housed in the Louvre in Paris, which enormous oil on canvas painted by Paolo Veronese depicts the moment when Jesus turned the water into wine? | Paolo Veronese
Paolo Caliari, known as Paolo Veronese (1528 – 19 April 1588), was an Italian Renaissance painter, based in Venice, known for large-format history paintings of religion and mythology, such as "The Wedding at Cana" (1563) and "The Feast in the House of Levi" (1573). Included with Titian, a generation olde... | Adoration of the Magi (Veronese)
The Adoration of the Magi by the Venetian artist Paolo Veronese is a large oil painting on canvas dated to 1573 which has been in the National Gallery, London since 1855, shortly after it was sold by the Venetian church for which it was commissioned. It shows the common subject in the N... | 51,514 | triviaqa-train |
Which 1991 Disney movie was the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture? | , and "The Secret of Kells" (Irish-French-Belgian, 2009).
Techniques Traditional animation Full animation.
Full animation refers to the process of producing high-quality traditionally animated films that regularly use detailed drawings and plausible movement, having a smooth animation. Fully animated films can be made ... | Best Original Screenplay at the 81st Academy Awards. Walt Disney Pictures pushed for an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination, but it was not nominated, provoking controversy about the Academy deliberately restricting "WALL-E" to the Best Animated Feature category. American film critic Peter Travers commented that ... | 51,515 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw the end of the Korean War, the death of Josef Stalin and the first televised Academy Awards Ceremony? | Korean War
The Korean War (in South Korean , "Korean War"; in North Korean , "Fatherland Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the support of the United Nations, principally from the United States). The war bega... | intones that "Stalin must one day meet his judgment". Stalin dies one week later.
- March 17 – Patrick Troughton becomes television's first Robin Hood, playing the eponymous folk hero in the first of six half-hour episodes of "Robin Hood", shown weekly until April 21 on the BBC Television Service.
- March 19 - The 25th... | 51,516 | triviaqa-train |
The fashion designer John Galliano was born in which British overseas territory? | British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are 14 territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom. They are remnants of the British Empire that have not been granted independence or have voted to remain British territories... | Galliano (surname)
Galliano is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Giuseppe Galliano (1846–1896), Italian army officer
- John Galliano (born 1960), British fashion designer
- Richard Galliano (born 1950), French accordion player | 51,517 | triviaqa-train |
Which year saw the resignation of John Profumo, the Great Train Robbery and the assassination of John F. Kennedy? | John Profumo
John Dennis Profumo, ( ; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961. The scandal, which became known as the Profumo affair, led to his resignation from the Conservative government of Har... | publicised his drinking, but it later became apparent when Brown was invited on Associated-Rediffusion television to pay tribute to John F. Kennedy after his assassination (Brown was probably the closest Labour politician to Kennedy). Brown had come from a dinner in Shoreditch where he had already drunk a great deal, a... | 51,518 | triviaqa-train |
Released in 1995, which was the first fully computer- animated feature film? | the series followed the adventures of characters who lived inside a computer. The first feature-length computer animated film was "Toy Story" (1995), which was made by Pixar. It followed an adventure centered around toys and their owners. This groundbreaking film was also the first of many fully computer-animated movie... | also animated and directed the short film "Gas Planet", which won Ottawa International Animation Festival Special Jury Prize. In 1995, he left PDI to join DreamWorks and work on research and development for "The Prince of Egypt". In 1996, when DreamWorks merged with PDI, he was assigned to direct his first feature film... | 51,519 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the central character, a Harvard professor of religious iconology and symbology, in Dan Brown's novels 'Angels And Demons' and 'The Da Vinci Code'? | Robert Langdon
Professor Robert Langdon is a fictional character created by author Dan Brown for his "Robert Langdon" book series: "Angels & Demons" (2000), "The Da Vinci Code" (2003), "The Lost Symbol" (2009), "Inferno" (2013) and "Origin" (2017). He is a Harvard University professor of history of art and "symbology" ... | thought that the novel "has more the feel of a thriller than science fiction" but that "Not so many thrillers, either, are as character-driven as this one. ... Fast-paced, suspenseful, and intellectually engaging, "Dante's Equation" is thoroughly enjoyable reading. Anyone who was tempted to hurl Dan Brown's wooden and ... | 51,520 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the Commander of the Luftwaffe who avoided execution by committing suicide by cyanide ingestion the night before he was due to be hanged in October 1946? | ceased to be an effective fighting force.
After the defeat of Germany, the "Luftwaffe" was disbanded in 1946. During World War II, German pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories, while over 75,000 "Luftwaffe" aircraft were destroyed or significantly damaged. Of these, nearly 40,000 were lost entirely. The "Luftw... | assassination attempt had failed, Kluge committed suicide by taking cyanide poison on 17 August 1944. Witzleben was to have become Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht if the attempt had succeeded. He was arrested, stripped of his rank and expelled from the Army so that he could be tried in a civilian ourt, and sentence... | 51,521 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the capital and largest city in Brunei? | ) and 38 subdistricts ("mukims").
The daerah of Temburong is physically separated from the rest of Brunei by the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
The daerah of Brunei-Muara includes Brunei's capital city, Bandar Seri Begawan, whose suburbs dominate 15 of the 18 mukims in this daerah.
Over 90% of Brunei's total population li... | Sarawak
Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei ... | 51,522 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a number one hit in June 2010 with 'Dirtee Disco'? | Dirtee Disco
"Dirtee Disco" is the fifth single from English rapper Dizzee Rascal's fourth studio album "Tongue n' Cheek," although the song only appears in the deluxe edition of the album. It features background vocals from former One True Voice member Daniel Pearce and samples The Staple Singers' 1972 track, "I'll Ta... | the United Kingdom and number twenty-four in Ireland. The album, "Tongue N' Cheek", was re-issued in June 2010 to include the collaboration and celebrate the platinum certification of the album itself. The 'Dirtee Deluxe' edition of the album included the single "Dirtee Disco", which gave the rapper a fourth solo numbe... | 51,523 | triviaqa-train |
'Operation Anthropoid' was the codename given to the successful plot to assassinate which senior Nazi? | for their support, the Nazis would permit the restoration of the monarchy.
There were factions within the Nazi Party, both conservative and radical. The conservative Nazi Hermann Göring urged Hitler to conciliate with capitalists and reactionaries. Other prominent conservative Nazis included Heinrich Himmler and Reinha... | ; but Skorzeny stewarded the Italian leader right in front of the cameras.
After a pro-SS propaganda coup at the behest of "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler and propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, Skorzeny and his Special Forces ("SS-Sonderverband z. b. V. "Friedenthal"") of the "Waffen-SS" were granted the majority... | 51,524 | triviaqa-train |
Located in Kanagawa Prefecture on Honshu, which is Japan's second largest city by population? | of Japan during the Kamakura period (1185–1333).
During the Edo period, the western part of Sagami Province was governed by the "daimyō" of Odawara Castle, while the eastern part was directly governed by the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo (modern-day Tokyo).
Commodore Matthew Perry landed in Kanagawa in 1853 and 1854 and si... | Toyama Shogyo High School
Region.
Toyama Shogyo is located in Toyama City. Toyama City is the capital of Toyama Prefecture, which is in the Hokuriku area of the Chubu region on Honshu, Japan's largest island. The school can be reached via tram from Toyama station, which is served by JR’s Takayama, Takaoka, and Hokuriku... | 51,525 | triviaqa-train |
What was the disorder afflicting the protagonist in Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time'? | , with a garden fork sticking out of him.
Themes.
Themes Social disability.
In a June 2003 interview with NPR's Terry Gross on her program "Fresh Air", Haddon said about Christopher:
Haddon states on his website that, although he had read "a handful of newspaper and magazine articles about, or by, people with Asperger'... | . Inspiration for "I Love You, Apple, I Love You, Orange" was drawn from a variety of sources including, Mark Haddon's novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", Kristen Kosmas's play "The Mayor of Baltimore", and the films "The Hole", "What Time Is It There?", "Alice", "The Sweet Hereafter", "Punch-Dru... | 51,526 | triviaqa-train |
Killikrates and Iktinos were the architects of which building completed on the 5th century BC? | Ictinus
Ictinus (; , "Iktinos") was an architect active in the mid 5th century BC. Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon. He co-wrote a book on the project – which is now lost – in collaboration with Carpion.
Pausanias identifies Ictinus as architect of the Temple of Apollo ... | and is not quite tall. At its base are three cylindrical parts whose diameters decrease and terminate in a dome. At the lower cylinder, to the corners of the square base plates, four lions decorate the building, which may not have been completed. Excavations of the burial chambers east of the towers has uncovered finds... | 51,527 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the gymnastics group who won this year's 'Britain's Got Talent' final? | cancelled before this could happen. Owing to illness, Cowell was unable to attend the Birmingham auditions, which led to Louis Walsh being in brought in as a guest judge for these. The series was won by gymnastic troupe Spelbound, with dancing duo Twist and Pulse coming in second, and drummer Kieran Gaffney placing thi... | him from the start. He's got the talent and he'll give everyone a run for their money. He wasn't just another vent act, he injected new life into this art form. I've got no hint of what he'll do in the final but he'll pull out all the stops."
"Britain's Got Talent" Final.
The final was broadcast live on 17 June 2007. S... | 51,528 | triviaqa-train |
Initially ruling as part of a troika with Lavrentiy Beria and Vyacheslav Molotov, who became Premier of the Soviet Union upon the death of Josef Stalin in 1953? | 5 March 1953. Without a mutually agreeable successor, the highest Communist Party officials initially opted to rule the Soviet Union jointly through a troika headed by Georgy Malenkov. This did not last, however, and Nikita Khrushchev eventually won the ensuing power struggle by the mid-1950s. In 1956 he denounced Stal... | - Courtney Hodges - American commander of U.S. First Army who replaced Bradley
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe
- Bernard Montgomery - British field marshal and commander of the 21st Army Group
Soviets:
- Joseph Stalin - Soviet Premier
- Vyacheslav Molotov - Soviet Foreign Minis... | 51,529 | triviaqa-train |
An aria sung by the unknown prince 'Calaf' in Puccini's 'Turandot', how does 'Nessum Dorma' translate into English? | Nessun dorma
"" (; English: "None shall sleep") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. Any man who wishes to wed Tur... | In questa reggia
"In questa reggia" ("In this palace") is an aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. The text is based on Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play "Turandot" by Carlo Gozzi. The aria takes place in scene two of the second act, and... | 51,530 | triviaqa-train |
Made up of the top members of the Central Committee, what was the name of the elected body that functioned as the central policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union? | Politburo. Operations were handled by the separate Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was known as the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (or Narkomindel), until 1946. The most influential spokesmen were Georgy Chicherin (1872–1936), Maxim Litvinov (1876–1951), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), Andrey Vyshinsky (1883... | Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, acting between sessions of Congress. According to own party statutes, the committee directed all party and governmental a... | 51,531 | triviaqa-train |
How does Rossini's opera 'La Gazza Ladra' translate into English? | La gazza ladra
La gazza ladra (, The Thieving Magpie) is a "melodramma" or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on "La pie voleuse" by Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez.
The composer Gioachino Rossini wrote quickly, and "La gazza ladra" was ... | opera manager I would leap at the chance of reviving Rossini's "Otello", once having heard Miss von Stade sing Desdemona's Willow Song and Prayer as eloquently as she does here. Listen how her voice runs delicately through 'Salce d'amor delizia' ending with a heartrending diminuendo, ... or how affectingly she touches ... | 51,532 | triviaqa-train |
Which great modernist architect designed the Seagram Building in New York in collaboration with Philip Johnson? | modernist building, and the Wainwright Building, a 10-story office building built 1890–91, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, is among the first skyscrapers in the world. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building in New York (1956–1958) is often regarded as the pinnacle of this modernist high-rise architecture. M... | Seagram. The commission resulted in the iconic bronze-and-glass tower on Park Avenue. The building was designed by Mies.The interiors of the Four Seasons and Brasserie restaurants were designed by Johnson
The Modernist Period (1949–1979) Further development.
Following the Seagram Building He built several smaller proje... | 51,533 | triviaqa-train |
Which football team have recently been crowned Portuguese League Champions? | them, the "Big Three" – Benfica (37 titles), Porto (28) and Sporting CP (18) – have won all but two Primeira Liga titles; the other winners are Belenenses (1945–46) and Boavista (2000–01).
The Primeira Liga has increased its reputation in the last few years, occupying as of February 2017, the 7th place of UEFA's league... | cricket all experience success from under-age to senior level.
Castle Villa, whose grounds are at Mullarney Park, are one of the most successful and well-known soccer teams in Leinster. Two of the club's most successful teams of the past were the 1979 team which won the Counties Cup and the Sheeran Cup winners of 1984... | 51,534 | triviaqa-train |
Which Portuguese navigator is widely regarded as the first European to discoverer of Brazil? | variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
Brazil was inhabited by... | Theory of the Portuguese discovery of Australia
The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524, well before the arrival of Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 on board the "Duyfken" who is generally considered... | 51,535 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine, in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade? | Teriyaki
Teriyaki (kanji: 照り焼き) is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar.
Fish – yellowtail, marlin, skipjack tuna, salmon, trout, and mackerel – is mainly used in Japan, while white and red meat – chicken, pork, lamb, and beef – i... | Sweet soy sauce is an important marinade for barbecued meat and fish, such as satay and grilled fishes. Sweet soy sauce is also an important ingredient for "semur", Indonesian stew.
Spices and other flavourings Peanut sauce.
One of the main characteristics of Indonesian cuisine is the wide application of peanuts in man... | 51,536 | triviaqa-train |
Which American adventurer, the first man to fly non-stop around the world in a balloon, died in 2007 after the plane he was flying crashed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California? | Steve Fossett
James Stephen "Steve" Fossett (April 22, 1944 – September 3, 2007) was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industr... | the plane her step-dad was flying crashed in the Trinity Alps of California in March 1967. He was lost and died in the woods looking for rescue.
- The winter 1969 search for the Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 "Gamblers' Special" DC-3 that crashed on February 18, 1969 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Five aircraft ... | 51,537 | triviaqa-train |
Often used in sushi, which Japanese delicacy consists of very fresh raw seafood, sliced into thin pieces and served with a dipping sauce? | Sashimi
Origin.
The word "sashimi" means "pierced body", i.e. "刺身" = "sashimi", where 刺 し = "sashi" (pierced, stuck) and 身 = "mi" (body, meat). This word dates from the Muromachi period and was possibly coined when the word "切る" = "kiru" (cut), the culinary step, was considered too inauspicious to be used by anyone oth... | Sōmen
, somyeon (), or sùmiàn () are very thin noodles made of wheat flour, less than 1.3 mm in diameter. It is used extensively throughout East Asian cuisines. The most common example is Japanese sōmen and the noodles are usually served cold with soy sauce and "dashi" dipping sauce, similar to "mori-soba" ("盛り蕎麦") noo... | 51,538 | triviaqa-train |
Which dog that was originally bred in the Congo, is sometimes known as 'The Barkless Dog' as it produces an unusual yodel-like sound due to its unusually shaped larynx? | Basenji
The Basenji is a breed of hunting dog. It was bred from stock that originated in central Africa. Most of the major kennel clubs in the English-speaking world place the breed in the hound group—more specifically, in the sighthound type. The Fédération Cynologique Internationale places the breed in its group five... | Telomian
The Telomian is a breed of dog native to Malaysia. Though rare, it remains the only known Malaysian dog breed to live outside its homeland. Malaysian used to called this dog breed Anjing Kampung which means "Village dog" in Malay. This dog breed still remains one of the rarest in the world.
History.
Telomians... | 51,539 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Mr. Diesel, the inventor of the Diesel engine? | Diesel engine
The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition or CI engine), named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber, is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to the mechanical compressio... | R. Tom Sawyer
Robert Thomas Sawyer, known as R. Tom Sawyer, (June 20, 1901 – January 19, 1986) was the inventor of the first successful gas turbine locomotive. He also assisted in development of the diesel locomotive while he worked for General Electric, which led him to be known as the "Father of the Diesel Locomotive... | 51,540 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the Italian tennis player who defeated Samantha Stosur to win the Women's French Open title earlier this month? | 1 team of Cara Black and Liezel Huber. In Indian Wells, Stosur defeated Francesca Schiavone in the first round before she was eliminated in the second round by seventh seed Agnieszka Radwańska in three sets. In doubles, Stosur and Stubbs lost to Vera Zvonareva and Victoria Azarenka in the second round. At the Sony Eric... | the Internazionali d'Italia. Seeded fourth, she received a bye in the first round. She won her opening match against Lourdes Domínguez Lino and defeated Jarmila Gajdošová and Gréta Arn in the next two rounds en route to back-to-back semifinals on clay. However, she lost to Samantha Stosur in two sets.
Li won her first ... | 51,541 | triviaqa-train |
Which English monarch wrestled with Francis I of France at 'The Field of the Cloth of Gold'? | Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. He was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father Henry VII. Henry is best known for his six marriages, in particular his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. Hi... | heavy bronze cannon, allowing for a broadside. In all, she mounted 43 heavy guns and 141 light guns. She was the first English two-decker, and when launched she was the largest and most powerful warship in Europe, but she saw little action. She was present at the Battle of the Solent against Francis I of France in 1545... | 51,542 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of Mr. Braille, who devised a system allowing blind people to read and write? | , in the face of changes in education policy and screen reader software, braille usage has declined in recent decades, despite the fact that technologies such as braille displays have also made braille more accessible and practical.
Braille is named after its creator, Louis Braille, a Frenchman who lost his sight as a ... | The English/Moon system or Moon type is easy to learn for the newly blind as it has a strong resemblance to the familiar written alphabet, but Braille has such great advantages over the Moon system for regular usage that it quickly eclipsed the Moon system. Braille with its "slate and stylus" was unique in that it was ... | 51,543 | triviaqa-train |
Which English king was overthrown after 'The Glorious Revolution'? | Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, or Revolution of 1688, , or , refers to the November 1688 deposition and subsequent replacement of James II and VII as ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III of Orange. The outcome of events in all three kingdoms and ... | of resistance and self-preservation, when the sanctions of society and laws are found insufficient to restrain the violence of oppression."
The English Bill of Rights of 1689 emerged from a tempestuous period in English politics during which two issues were major sources of conflict: the authority of the King to govern... | 51,544 | triviaqa-train |
Thought to be the strongest of all dog breeds and certainly the strongest swimmer, which dog, originally bred in Canada, is noteable for its waterproof coat and webbed feet? | China, and the Soviet Union. Despite another Conscription Crisis in Quebec in 1944, Canada finished the war with a large army and strong economy.
History Contemporary era.
The financial crisis of the Great Depression had led the Dominion of Newfoundland to relinquish responsible government in 1934 and become a crown co... | Water dog
A water dog is a type of gundog bred to flush and retrieve game from water. Water dogs are considered the progenitors of most modern retriever dog breeds.
Description.
Water dogs are usually medium sized, active dogs, their most distinctive feature are their tight waterproof coats and their strong desire to s... | 51,545 | triviaqa-train |
Also the name of a popular TV character, who was the father of the apostles John the Evangelist and James the Greater? | James, son of Zebedee
James, son of Zebedee (Hebrew: , "Yaʿqob"; Latin: Iacomus Maximus; Greek: Ἰάκωβος; died 44 AD), also known as Saint James the Greater, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. James is described as one of the first disciples to join Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels state that James and John were with t... | Holy Kinship
Holy Kinship was a popular theme in religious art throughout Germany and the Low Countries, especially during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The Holy Kin were the extended family of Jesus descended from his maternal grandmother Saint Anne. According to this tradition, St. Anne, the mother of the V... | 51,546 | triviaqa-train |
Mount Cook is the highest point in which Commonwealth country? | Aoraki / Mount Cook
Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height since 2014 is listed as , down from before December 1991, due to a rockslide and subsequent erosion. It lies in the Southern Alps, the mountain range which runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, it is... | Mount Rogers
Mount Rogers is the highest natural point in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, with a summit elevation of above mean sea level. The summit straddles the border of Grayson and Smyth Counties, Virginia, about WSW of Troutdale, Virginia. Most of the mountain is contained within the Lewis Fork Wilde... | 51,547 | triviaqa-train |
Colin Firth was nominated for an 'Oscar' for Best Actor this year for his role as 'George Falconer' in which film? | actors, it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" that he received more widespread attention. This led to roles in films, such as "The English Patient", "Bridget Jones's Diary," for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award, "Shakespeare ... | nominated for top award the Golden Lion. Colin Firth was awarded the Volpi Cup as Best Actor for his performance. He won a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild Award and won AFI Film of the Year and the GLAAD... | 51,548 | triviaqa-train |
Mount Logan is the highest point in which Commonwealth country? | Empire. That role was no longer militarily or financially feasible, as Britain's withdrawal from Greece in 1947 had painfully demonstrated. Britain itself was now just one part of the NATO military alliance in which the Commonwealth had no role apart from Canada. The ANZUS treaty of 1955 linked Australia, New Zealand, ... | GNIS as a ridge with Signal Hill as its summit. "Mount Magazine" is the name used by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, which follows what the locals have used since the area was first settled.
Mount Magazine is often called "the highest point between the Alleghenies and the Rockies", but there are many part... | 51,549 | triviaqa-train |
The 2001 film 'Blackhawk Down' told the story of a US | amid the civil war in Somalia, the United Nations Security Council authorizes a military operation with a peacekeeping mandate. After the bulk of the peacekeepers were withdrawn, the Mogadishu-based militia loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid declared war on the remaining UN personnel. In response, the U.S. Army deploys thre... | 2005)
- Safari Style (2004) Lifestyle, Fine Living
- (2003) Documentary Film, MSNBC
- (2003) Documentary, Fox News
- The True Story of Blackhawk Down (2002) Documentary, History Channel
- Tip of the Spear (2001) Reality, MSNBC
- (2001) Reality, A&E
- Lockup: Inside America's Prisons (2000) Documentary, MSNBC
- Headline... | 51,550 | triviaqa-train |
Which British architect designed the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg? | European countries are now well established democracies with good reputation of human rights: while international human rights institutions may help new emerging democracies make credible commitments to human rights while they are still weak and seek approval, once consolidated democracies already have credibly establi... | rights. The United Kingdom ratified the European Convention on Human Rights in 1951, and accepted the right of individual petition to the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, in 1966. The Human Rights Act 1998 made most Convention rights directly enforceable in a British court for the first time. Excluded are Ar... | 51,551 | triviaqa-train |
Which English queen is said to haunt the library at Windsor Castle? | Henry VIII and Elizabeth I made increasing use of the castle as a royal court and centre for diplomatic entertainment.
Windsor Castle survived the tumultuous period of the English Civil War, when it was used as a military headquarters by Parliamentary forces and a prison for Charles I. At the Restoration of the monarch... | Tchaikovsky conductors in his long experience. Wood also successfully challenged the widespread belief that Englishmen were not capable of conducting Wagner. When Wood and the Queen's Hall Orchestra performed at Windsor Castle in November 1898, Queen Victoria chose Tchaikovsky and Wagner for the programme. Wood, who mo... | 51,552 | triviaqa-train |
The British Open Championships of which sport are held annually at Cowdray Park in West Sussex? | Cowdray Park, West Sussex
Cowdray Park is a country house at the centre of the Cowdray Estate in Midhurst, West Sussex.
Overview.
The park lies in the South Downs National Park. The estate belongs to Viscount Cowdray, whose family have owned it since 1908. It has a golf course, and it offers clay pigeon shooting and co... | Midhurst in the County of Sussex, in 1910. His son, the second Viscount, sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Eye. His son, the third Viscount, after serving in World War II where he lost an arm, was Chairman of the family firm of Pearson Plc from 1954 to 1977. The titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth V... | 51,553 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the pirate leader in the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson? | an idea for Long John Silver from which I promised myself funds of entertainment; to take an admired friend of mine... to deprive him of all his finer qualities and higher graces of temperament, and to leave him with nothing but his strength, his courage, his quickness, and his magnificent geniality, and to try to expr... | featured a search for buried treasure hidden by Captain William Kidd and found by following an elaborate code on a scrap of parchment.
- "Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain", a novel about a woman who goes to sea dressed as a man to rescue her fiancé and becomes a pirate captain
- "Treasure Island" (1883), a nov... | 51,554 | triviaqa-train |
On Aug 2, 1943, what PT boat was run down by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri, resulting in a 5 day evasion scenario for future president John F. Kennedy and his remaining crew? | held together by thousands of copper rivets and bronze screws. The overall result was an extremely light and strong hull which could be easily repaired at the front lines when battle damage was sustained.
As a testament to the strength of this type of construction, several PT boats withstood catastrophic battle damage ... | 1947)
- "The Kenton Era" (Capitol, 1940–54, [1955])
With King Pleasure
- 1954 "King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings"
- 1954 "The Original Moody's Mood"
- 1955 "King Pleasure"
With Pete Rugolo
- "Rugolomania" (Columbia, 1955)
- "New Sounds by Pete Rugolo" (Harmony, 1954–55, [1957])
With Zoot Sims
- 1949 "The Brothers"
-... | 51,555 | triviaqa-train |
In the 1967 Disney movie The Jungle Book, who taught Mowgli The Bare Necessities? | The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest... | , Bruce Reitherman, as Mowgli.
"The Jungle Book" was released on October 18, 1967, to positive reception, with acclaim for its soundtrack, featuring five songs by the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, "The Bare Necessities". The film initially became Disney's second highest-grossing animated film in the United Stat... | 51,556 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the membership only warehouse club owned and operated by Wal-Mart that ranks second to Costco in sales volume? | Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969. It al... | exists from warehouse clubs such as Costco that offer savings to customers buying in bulk quantities. Superstores, such as those operated by Wal-Mart and Asda, often offer a wide range of goods and services in addition to foods. In Australia, ALDI, Woolworths and Coles are the major players running the industry with fi... | 51,557 | triviaqa-train |
In what sport (also in the Olympics) do the participants use a foil or a sabre? | fencing are regulated by national sporting associations—in the United States, the United States Fencing Association (USFA) and internationally by the International Fencing Federation, or "Fédération Internationale d'Escrime" (FIE).
The detailed rules for foil are listed in the USFA Rulebook.
Rules for the sport of fenc... | in 1988, 32 years after foil and 52 years after the épée. In 2004, immediately following the Athens Summer Olympics, the timing for recording a touch was shortened from its previous setting, dramatically altering the sport and method in which a touch is scored.
Unlike the other two weapons, there is very little differe... | 51,558 | triviaqa-train |
In woodworking joints, what do you insert into your mortise? | initially leaves room to insert the tenon. The wedge, after the tenon is engaged, prevents its withdrawal.
- Through-wedged half-dovetail:a wedged half-dovetail mortise that passes entirely through the piece.
Types Tenons.
A tenon is a projection on the end of a timber for insertion into a mortise. Usually the tenon is... | You tell him thanks, you're okay, you're just looking. But he hovers and looms, finds ways to insert himself into your activity, and is a general annoyance. That's what typical marketing feels like: intrusive and disruptive. Engagement Marketing is the opposite. It's a salesperson who hangs back and engages you if/when... | 51,559 | triviaqa-train |
What famed and Nobel prize winning economist, born on July 31, 1912, wrote books such as Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History and The Tyranny of the Status Quo, and a series of Newsweek articles entitled “There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch”? | Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. With George Stigler and others, Friedman was a... | other Scripps-Howard newspapers about the same time), entitled "Economics in Eight Words".
In 1945, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" appeared in the "Columbia Law Review", and "there is no free lunch" appeared in a 1942 article in the "Oelwein Daily Register" (in a quote attributed to economist Harley L. Lut... | 51,560 | triviaqa-train |
On Aug 3, 1492, who set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, in a carrack and two caravels, on his way to Asia? | Miguel Corte-Real, and by Christopher Columbus. They were agile and easier to navigate than the barca and barinel, with a tonnage of 50 to 160 tons and 1 to 3 masts, with lateen triangular sails allowing beating.
Being smaller and having a shallow keel, the caravel could sail upriver in shallow coastal waters. With the... | by travelling west. Twice before, in 1485 and 1488, Columbus had presented the project to king John II of Portugal, who rejected it.
On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships; one larger carrack, "Santa María", nicknamed "Gallega" ("the Galician"), and two smaller car... | 51,561 | triviaqa-train |
Who has been the “head” elf in the Keebler Cookie Tree since 1970? | $1.3 billion. The acquisition closed on July 29, 2019.
Keebler Elves.
The animated Keebler Elves, led by "Ernest J. 'Ernie' Keebler", rank among the best-known characters from commercials . Ernest is the head elf and the most friendly of the bunch. The elves have appeared in countless television advertisements througho... | the company picnic. His grandson called her the mean kid with the big boobies. Bernadette is horrified when she realizes how everyone perceives her. Her father had taught her to be tough and she can be cruel with some of her comments without even knowing it. She says she thought she was the sweetest person she knew, an... | 51,562 | triviaqa-train |
What can be a bandage company, a Doctor Who companion (the 7th Dr), and a hardware company? | , the "Family Guy" episodes "Blue Harvest" and "420", and the game "RuneScape". It has also be referenced in "Destroy All Humans! 2", by civilians in the game's variation of England, and multiple times throughout the "Ace Attorney" series.
"Doctor Who" has been a reference in several political cartoons, from a 1964 car... | the artefacts. She is portrayed by Hattie Morahan.
S Izzy Sinclair.
Isabelle (Izzy) Sinclair is a companion of Eighth Doctor, appearing in the "Doctor Who Magazine" comic strip. The character also appears in the Big Finish Productions audio drama "The Company of Friends", where she is portrayed by Jemima Rooper.
S Eve... | 51,563 | triviaqa-train |
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles, was the first video aired on what cable channel on Aug 1, 1981? | as well as via IPTV providers such as Verizon FIOS and AT&T U-verse is referred to as a "satellite channel". Alternative terms include "non-broadcast channel" or "programming service", the latter being mainly used in legal contexts. Examples of cable/satellite channels/cable networks available in many countries are HBO... | wave format making it the first time this format has aired in the Albuquerque market since KKOB-FM dropped the format in late 2002. The last song on "Kool 94.5" was "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips, while the first song on "94.5 The 80's Channel" was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. Originally, the new format ... | 51,564 | triviaqa-train |
From the Latin for "to become pale", what element with an atomic number of 4, uses the symbol Be? | Beryllium
Beryllium is a chemical element with the symbol Be and atomic number 4. It is a relatively rare element in the universe, usually occurring as a product of the spallation of larger atomic nuclei that have collided with cosmic rays. Within the cores of stars, beryllium is depleted as it is fused into heavier el... | also an element in the 6th period and in the 4th group.
d-block elements Hafnium.
Hafnium is a chemical element with the symbol Hf and atomic number 72. A lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal, hafnium chemically resembles zirconium and is found in zirconium minerals. Its existence was predicted by Dmitr... | 51,565 | triviaqa-train |
The poker hand known as dead man's hand, as it was supposedly the cards held by Wild West legend Wild Bill Hickok, consists of 2 pairs of what cards? | Jack McCall on August 2, 1876, in Nuttal & Mann's Saloon at Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Reportedly, Hickok's final hand included the aces and eights of both black suits.
According to a book by Western historian Carl W. Breihan, the cards were retrieved from the floor by a man named Neil Christy, who then passed them on... | Jack McCall
John “Jack” McCall (); (1852/1853 – March 1, 1877), also known as "Crooked Nose" or "Broken Nose Jack", was the murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok. McCall shot Hickok from behind as he played poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory on August 2, 1876. McCall was executed for t... | 51,566 | triviaqa-train |
According to the World Health Organization, what is the leading mosquito-borne disease in the world? | five, with an estimated 207 million cases and more than half a million deaths in 2012, according to the World Malaria Report 2013 published by WHO. The death toll increased to one million as of 2018 according to the American Mosquito Control Association.
Types Myiasis.
Botflies are known to parazitise humans or other m... | vaccine are greater for individuals over 60 years of age. In addition, the vaccine is not usually administered to babies under nine months of age, pregnant women, people with allergies to egg protein, and individuals living with AIDS/HIV. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 105 million people have been vac... | 51,567 | triviaqa-train |
August 6, 1945 saw the US bomber Enola Gay drop the first atomic bomb on what Japanese city? | membership in the Axis alliance and the conquest of a large part of the Asia-Pacific in World War II.
Japan's armed forces initially achieved large-scale military successes during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and the Pacific War. However, after many Allied victories and following the Soviet Union's declarat... | "
2000 Scarface – "The Last of a Dying Breed".
- 04. "It Ain't Part II"
2000 Xzibit – "Restless".
- 06. "Alkaholik" (featuring Erick Sermon, J-Ro & Tash)
- 09. "Double Time"
2000 Various artists – "".
- 05. "Even If" - performed by Method Man
- 14. "Off the Wall" - performed by Eminem and Redman
2001.
2001 Redman – "Ma... | 51,568 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the NFL team that calls Philadelphia home? | has its own unique collection of neologisms and slang terms.
Sports.
Philadelphia's first professional sports team was baseball's Athletics, organized in 1860. The Athletics were initially an amateur league team that turned professional in 1871, and then became a founding team of the current National League in 1876. Th... | in the World Series of Football in 1902 at Madison Square Garden. He played on a team that consisted of former players from the football Athletics and the football Philadelphia Phillies of the NFL. The name of their team was simply called the "New York" team by Series organizer, Tom O'Rourke, expected to give his patro... | 51,569 | triviaqa-train |
What SNL cast member is the host of this years Shark Week? | Hader, Jason Sudeikis, and Fred Armisen.
As of Season 44, "SNL" has featured 151 cast members including, besides the above-mentioned players, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Will Forte, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tracy Morgan, Chris Parnell, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig, and many others. Darr... | now the second longest-tenured current cast member, after Thompson.
- Some milestones include:
- John Mulaney (who was a writer on SNL for 5 years: 2008-2013), came back to host this season, making him the third former SNL writer who was never a cast member to come back and host the show, after Conan O'Brien (who wrote... | 51,570 | triviaqa-train |
Begining the end of July, what war was known as The War to End All Wars? | The war to end war
"The war to end war" (also called "The war to end all wars") was a term for the First World War of 1914–1918. Originally idealistic, it is now used mainly sardonically.
Origin.
During August 1914, immediately after the outbreak of the war, British author and social commentator H. G. Wells published a... | erupted in West Africa, in what is now Ghana, and this developed into the final campaign of the Ashanti Wars, known as the War of the Golden Stool.
The initial thrust of the campaign was to relieve the fort at Kumasi, which was achieved by the end of July. Cobbe was then sent out with a column of 300 men to help clear ... | 51,571 | triviaqa-train |
Known as The Badger State or America's Dairyland, what was the 30th state to join the Union on May 29, 1848? | University of Wisconsin–Madison's school of agriculture, which offered education to dairy farmers and researched ways to produce better dairy products. The first test of butterfat content in milk was developed at the university, which allowed for consistency in the quality of butter and cheese. By 1899, over ninety per... | elected a member of the Frankfurt Parliament when it convened in May 1848.
Because of his participation in the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848/49 he was unable to return to the Saxony Landtag. Instead he remained in Frankfurt. He did not join in the popular uprising later in 1848, but was still a member of the Frankfurt p... | 51,572 | triviaqa-train |
On August 5, 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking members of what profession over their refusal to return to work? | He recovered and was released from the hospital on April 11, becoming the first serving U.S. president to survive being shot in an assassination attempt. The attempt had great influence on Reagan's popularity; polls indicated his approval rating to be around 73%. Reagan believed that God had spared his life so that he ... | between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, Ypres was incorporated into the Diocese of Ghent, and Saint Martin's lost its status as a cathedral.
Cornelius Jansen, the father of the theological movement Jansenism, was Bishop of Ypres from 1635 to 1638.
Bishops.
- Martin Rythovius 1561–1583
- Petrus Simons 1584–1605
- Charles Ma... | 51,573 | triviaqa-train |
Multi-billionaire industrialist Tony Stark is the secret identity behind what Marvel super hero? | , Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and many others. The Marvel brand had been used over the years, but solidified as the company's only brand within a couple of years.
Marvel counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Wolverine, Daredevil, the Punisher and Silv... | Superman" mythos, the Clark Kent persona was described as a "Fortress of Solitude", in that it allowed him to live as the ordinary person he saw himself as and leave the world-famous super-hero behind. This concept was often invoked in later stories, and one story featured Superman hiding his secret identity from a tel... | 51,574 | triviaqa-train |
Anchored by the star Regulus, what animal does the constellation Leo represent? | Biblical scholar E. W. Bullinger interpreted some of the creatures mentioned in the books of Ezekiel and Revelation as the middle signs of the four quarters of the Zodiac, with the Lion as Leo, the Bull as Taurus, the Man representing Aquarius and the Eagle standing in for Scorpio. The biblical Book of Job also makes r... | the star, because it is the brightest star in the Leo constellation, which are what all celestial spirits are based on.
- "Harry Potter" (1997–2007), fantasy novels written by J. K. Rowling. Regulus Black was a Death Eater. Members of the Black family were commonly named after stars.
Psi Cassiopeiae Ross catalog of sta... | 51,575 | triviaqa-train |
What is the highest rank a boy scout can obtain, after earning a minimum of 21 badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit, service, and leadership? | Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)
Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process. The Eagle Scout rank has been earned by over 2.5 mill... | . Later ranks were originally recognitions of earning merit badges beyond First Class, and not properly ranks. Now these additional ranks form a second tier where Scouts can further develop leadership skills and explore potential vocations and avocations through the merit badge program.
Although Eagle is the highest ra... | 51,576 | triviaqa-train |
What was it that Prometheus stole from Zeus and gave to mankind, angering the king of the gods to such a degree that he chained Prometheus to a rock, wherein an eagle would eat his liver each day, only to have it grow back at night? | in Hesiod, frees the Titan in the trilogy's second play, "Prometheus Unbound". It is apparently not until Prometheus reveals this secret of Zeus's potential downfall that the two reconcile in the final play, "Prometheus the Fire-Bringer" or "Prometheus Pyrphoros", a lost tragedy by Aeschylus.
"Prometheus Bound" also in... | one of the Titans and was often in conflict with Zeus. Eventually, he angered Zeus so much that decided to punish him for all of eternity. He ordered that Prometheus be chained to a rock in the Caucasus Mountains. Bia and her brother, Kratos, were sent to carry out this task, but Bia was the only one strong enough to a... | 51,577 | triviaqa-train |
What is the smallest denomination of bill available form our neighbors to the north, Canada? | country's average household disposable income per capita is "well above" the OECD average. Furthermore, the Toronto Stock Exchange is the seventh-largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization, listing over 1,500 companies with a combined market capitalization of over US$2 trillion .
In 2014, Canada's exp... | €2.6 billion. Despite the extreme success of this bill on forcing tax payment, many citizens still find ways to stay away from paying for it. When moving to Germany, one must fill out a form declaring religious affiliation and denomination. One can also manage to opt out of the tax at a later date, if they are a non-pr... | 51,578 | triviaqa-train |
Tomorrow marks the birthday of our Commander in Chief, Barack Obama. How old will he be? | volunteer registrars; it achieved its goal of registering 150,000 of 400,000 unregistered African Americans in the state, leading "Crain's Chicago Business" to name Obama to its 1993 list of "40 under Forty" powers to be.
He joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 13-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights li... | Democratic National Convention. On 27 August, she delivered her text, an endorsement of then-Senator Barack Obama. In her speech, she shared her projection of how Obama would serve as commander-in-chief of the military, supporting the common soldier. She said, "He'll fully fund the VA, so all our returning heroes get t... | 51,579 | triviaqa-train |
In terms of sales, Lowe's is the world's second-largest hardware store chain, behind which retailer? | Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (), doing business as Lowe's, is an American retail company specializing in home improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina the company operates a chain of retail stores in the United States and Canada. , Lowe's and its related businesses operate 2,002 home improvement and h... | also an experienced supermarket retailer who maintains controlling interest in Loblaw Companies, Canada's largest food retailer, through a family holding company. Weston is also head of the world's second largest luxury goods retailer as Chairman of Holt Renfrew in Canada and the Selfridges Group, owner of Selfridges i... | 51,580 | triviaqa-train |
What city does Spiderman spend his spare time protecting? | raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane crash. Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and financial issues, and accompanied him with many supporting characters, such as J. Jonah Jameson, Harry Osborn, Max Mode... | they are very excited. However, their excitement gets in the way of their better judgement about how their bot mods could hurt Flip City instead of help it; and their antics have caused trouble for the FCPD on a few occasions. Bug dreams of someday becoming Tensai chief, and is secretly building an anti-matter force fi... | 51,581 | triviaqa-train |
What type of internal combustion engine uses the heat of compression to initiate fuel ignition as opposed to requiring an external spark source? | Ideal Diesel Cycle 1-2 Isentropic compression
Ideal Brayton Cycle 1-2 Isentropic compression in a compressor
Ideal Vapor-compression refrigeration Cycle 1-2 Isentropic compression in a compressor
NOTE: The isentropic assumptions are only applicable with ideal cycles. Real world cycles have inherent losses due to ineffi... | Stratified charge engine
A stratified charge engine describes a certain type of internal combustion engine, usually spark ignition (SI) engine that can be used in trucks, automobiles, portable and stationary equipment. The term "stratified charge" refers to the working fluids and fuel vapors entering the cylinder. Usua... | 51,582 | triviaqa-train |
The Seattle Seahawks opened training camp on Saturday, starting a new season. In what year did they play their first ever game (a 27-20 preseason loss to San Francisco)? | Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. They joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team. The Seahawks ... | the starting quarterback heading into training camp. On April 18, 2016, Keenum signed a one-year first round restricted free-agent tender with the Los Angeles Rams. On August 6, 2016, Keenum was named as the starter in the preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys. After the preseason, Keenum began the regular season... | 51,583 | triviaqa-train |
There is a move afoot by the governor of the great state of New Mexico to issue a pardon to old west legend William H. Bonney. By what name is he more commonly known? | Jesse James, Billy the Kid, the Dalton Gang, Black Bart, Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch and hundreds of others who preyed on banks, trains, stagecoaches, and in some cases even armed government transports such as the Wham Paymaster Robbery and the Skeleton Canyon Robbery. Some of the outlaws, such as Jesse James, wer... | span in 1967.
The Lesner Bridge was named after John A. Lesner, a Democratic Virginia State Senator who had earlier represented Norfolk County and the City of Norfolk, beginning in 1908.
In February 2016, a move was afoot, supported by the local newspaper, to rename the bridge in honor of US Navy Admiral Jeremiah Dento... | 51,584 | triviaqa-train |
Now displayed at the National Air and Space Museum, what was the name of the B-29, piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, that dropped the first atomic bomb? | Demolishing the building and erecting a new structure would cost $2 billion, the agency claimed.
History Controversies.
Controversy erupted in March 1994 over a proposed commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan. The centerpiece of the exhibit was the "Enola Gay", the B-29 bomber that dropped... | animals and fish. The arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 had a devastating effect on the local people, mainly from the introduction of smallpox, to which the indigenous people had little resistance.
History Early British settlement.
By 1790, a rough track had been built between the colony's two settlements at Sydney Co... | 51,585 | triviaqa-train |
Born August 2, 1950, what Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, achieved fame by presiding over the trial of Charles H. Keating, and may have been noticed as the judge in charge of the OJ Simpson trial? | a pool of 250 potential jurors. Over the course of the trial, ten were dismissed for a wide variety of reasons. Only four of the original jurors remained on the final panel. During the middle of the trial, a number of the jurors staged what the media called a "revolt". After being sequestered for 101 days, thirteen of ... | Kentucky").
District Attorney Garcetti's supporters noted that the decision to move the trial was made by the Los Angeles Superior Court Presiding Judge, and not by Garcetti. The trial was moved due to security concerns at the smaller facility and the poor physical condition of the Santa Monica Courthouse. In a 2010 re... | 51,586 | triviaqa-train |
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle MacLeod, born on August 7, 1876, was executed by a French firing squad for passing secrets to the Germans while performing as an exotic dancer under what stage name? | Mata Hari
Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod ("née" Zelle; 7 August 187615 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I and executed by firing squad in France.
Early life.
Margaretha Zelle was bo... | of France in 1940. The fort was again occupied by the Germans and used as a prison for French Resistance fighters. A total of 69 people were executed at the fort. In the most notable event, seven employees of the French national railways were arrested and accused of sabotage, spying and armed resistance. The six male p... | 51,587 | triviaqa-train |
What singer/songwriter's backup band is known as the Heartbreakers? | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (alternately Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised Tom Petty (lead singer, guitar), Mike Campbell (lead guitarist), Ron Blair (bass guitar), Stan Lynch (drums), an... | David Clayton-Thomas
David Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears. Clayton-Thomas has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and in 2007 his j... | 51,588 | triviaqa-train |
On August 2 and 4, 1964, the US destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy (currently on display in Bremerton), reported coming under attack in teh Gulf of Tonkin, sparking America's entry into what? | in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident that further escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War with the Congressional passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing President Lyndon B. Johnson to send fighting troops in addition to the "advisors" already on the ground in Vietnam.
In 2000, Bremerton saw the opening ... | On his third summer cruise in 1964, he was a midshipman aboard the destroyer "USS Blue" while serving on Yankee Station. The Blue and another destroyer were relieved by the "Maddox" and "Turner Joy" just before the famous Tonkin Gulf incident.
For five years of active duty, from July 1965 until July 1970, Mills had thr... | 51,589 | triviaqa-train |
Hosted by The Late Late Shows Craig Ferguson, what week is it? | ", which aired on 22 March 2009.
British television comedy drama "Doc Martin" was based on a character from Ferguson's film "Saving Grace" – with Ferguson getting writing credits for 12 episodes. On 6 November 2009, Ferguson appeared as himself in a "SpongeBob SquarePants" special titled "SpongeBob's Truth or Square". ... | The Late Late Show (American talk show)
The Late Late Show is an American late-night television talk and variety comedy show on CBS. It first aired in January 1995, with host Tom Snyder, followed by Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson. It is currently hosted by James Corden. The show originates from CBS Television City in... | 51,590 | triviaqa-train |
Operation Desert Storm was the name given to the U.N. authorized attempt to oust Iraq from what country they illegally occupied? | Iraq
Iraq (, or ; '; '), officially the Republic of Iraq ( '; '), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west. The capital, and largest city, is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic ... | to service in a 16 October 1989 ceremony.
After repair.
"Samuel B. Roberts" made her second deployment in 1990 for Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield. The frigate operated as part of the Red Sea Maritime Interception Force, an international force of ships that enforced U.N. sanctions against Iraq. The f... | 51,591 | triviaqa-train |
In what nursery rhyme does the monkey chase the weasel? | Pop Goes the Weasel
"Pop! Goes the Weasel" is an English nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5249. It is often used in Jack-in-the-box toys.
Lyrics.
There are many different versions of the lyrics to the song. In England, most share the basic verse:
score lang="lilypond" override_aud... | rebuilt as a music hall in 1825, and rebuilt again in 1901 as a public house, still extant. This public house bears a plaque with this interpretation of the nursery rhyme and the pub's history.
A spinner's weasel consists of a wheel which is revolved by the spinner in order to measure off thread or yarn after it has be... | 51,592 | triviaqa-train |
What company advertises "We bring good things to life."? | We Bring Good Things to Life
"We Bring Good Things to Life" was an advertising slogan used by General Electric between 1979 and 2003. It was designed by the advertising firm BBDO led by project manager Richard Costello, who would later go on to become head of advertising at General Electric. The slogan was designed to ... | of Lower Saxony to provide traffic services, had outsourced these services to intalliance. 1900 üstra employees and 285 DB Regio employees were transferred over to intalliance.
The intalliance AG owned 318 Stadtbahn vehicles, 138 buses and 46 S-Bahn trainsets.
See also.
- Hanover Stadtbahn
- Hanover S-Bahn
External lin... | 51,593 | triviaqa-train |
What syndicated TV tabloid show, hosted by the former mayor of Cincinnati, focuses on troubled or dysfunctional families, and has been voted “the Worst TV Show Ever Made” by TV Guide? | " created by TV judge Judith Sheindlin.
First-run syndication in the U.S. 1970s and 1980s Stripped talk shows.
The dominant form of first-run syndication in the U.S. for the last three decades has been the "stripped" (or "strip") talk show, such as "Donahue", "Oprah Winfrey", "The Tyra Banks Show", and "The Jerry Sprin... | Okna (TV series)
Okna (Russian "Окна" - "The Windows" in English) is a Russian television tabloid talk show, hosted by Dmitry Nagiyev. "Okna" is ostensibly a talk show where troubled or dysfunctional families come to discuss their problems before a studio audience so that the audience or host can offer suggestions on w... | 51,594 | triviaqa-train |
What cocktail, named for a Scottish folk hero, consists of Scotch, Sweet vermouth, with a dash of Angostura bitters? | bartenders as a key ingredient in many classic cocktails that have survived to date, such as the Martini, the Manhattan, the Rob Roy, and the Negroni. In addition to being consumed as an aperitif or cocktail ingredient, vermouth is sometimes used as an alternative white wine in cooking.
Historically, there have been tw... | and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon, if desired.
- Manhattan
- 5 parts American whiskey
- 1 part Italian (sweet) vermouth
- dash of Angostura bitters to each drink
Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass and serve garnished with a Maraschino cherry.
- Martini
- 7 parts English gin
- 1 pa... | 51,595 | triviaqa-train |
According to English folklore, and William Shakespeare in A Midsummer Night's Dream, what is the elf called Robin Goodfellow better known as? | and literature, at least, it also became associated with diminutive supernatural beings like Puck, hobgoblins, Robin Goodfellow, the English and Scots brownie, and the Northumbrian English hob.
However, in Scotland and parts of northern England near the Scottish border, beliefs in elves remained prominent into the nine... | Alfred the Great.
The sense "pupil" appears to be the meaning Shakespeare used in his 1590s play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In the play, the fairy character Robin Goodfellow has acquired a flower that was once hit by Cupid's arrow, imbuing it with magical love-arousing properties, and drops juice of this flower into ... | 51,596 | triviaqa-train |
Public Law 62-5, which was passed on August 8, 1911 set the membership of the House of Representatives to what number? | in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected. The total number of voting representatives is fixed by law at 435. As of the 2010 Census, the largest delegation is that of California, with fifty-three representatives. Seven states have only one representative: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dak... | their abuse of the public trust and interests.
Madison also addressed Anti-Federalist claims that the representation would be inadequate, arguing that the major inadequacies are of minimal inconvenience since these will be cured rather quickly by virtue of decennial reapportionment. He noted, however,
Madison argued ag... | 51,597 | triviaqa-train |
In which U.S. state is Grand Teton National Park located? | Grand Teton National Park
Grand Teton National Park is an American national park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately , the park includes the major peaks of the Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole. Grand Teton National Park is only south of Yellowstone National ... | as an attractive woman, the "Right hand" of Catherine. Catherine called her "Brussja" and entrusted her with her most intimate personal affairs. Catherine said of her that she was "the person to whom I can say everything, without fear of the consequences", and she is described as her closest confidant in her private af... | 51,598 | triviaqa-train |
What is the name of the evil puppeteer in the 1940s Disney movie Pinocchio | the night, a Blue Fairy visits the workshop and brings Pinocchio to life, although he still remains a puppet. She informs him that if he proves himself brave, truthful, and selfless, he will become a real boy, and assigns Jiminy to be his conscience.
Geppetto discovers that his wish has come true, and is filled with jo... | good and repays her kindness by doing the good things.
In "", the Fairy is actually called the "Blues Fairy" (voiced by Della Reese) and is like her Disney counterpart who tells Pinocchio a.k.a. Pinoak what is right and what is wrong.
In the TV musical "Geppetto", the Fairy makes an appearance (played by Julia Louis-Dr... | 51,599 | triviaqa-train |
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