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Which controversial footballer recently did a naked film shoot for The Big Issue to promote his new column in the magazine? | an increased focus on campaigning and political journalism. New columnists were added, including the Premier League footballer Joey Barton, Rachel Johnson, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Samira Ahmed. The cover price was increased.
In 2016, The Big Issue celebrated surpassing 200 million magazine sales.
Vendors.
To be... | of the magazine sold extremely well. It was, however, in the movies that her attempt would succeed. Controversial playwright Nelson Rodrigues invited Lucélia to star in the film adaptation of his play "Bonitinha mas Ordinária". Knowing that was the perfect chance to break the good girl stigma, she accepted. She would l... | 700 | triviaqa-train |
What is the highest mountain in New Zealand? | of Aoraki / Mount Cook. Some of these summits are mere shoulders on the ridges of Aoraki and Mount Tasman.
The 100 highest mountains.
These are all the mountains over 2,400 m with a topographic prominence (drop) of at least 300 m (985 ft), closely matching those on the list of mountains of New Zealand by the New Zealan... | Malte Brun (mountain)
Malte Brun is the highest peak in the Malte Brun Range, which lies between the Tasman and Murchison Glaciers within New Zealand's Southern Alps. According to Land Information New Zealand, it rises to a height of , although other sources give heights ranging from 3155 to 3199 m. A list published by... | 701 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor's creations include Nice-but-dim Tim and Loadsamoney? | Harry Enfield's Television Programme
Harry Enfield's Television Programme, later called Harry Enfield & Chums, is a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It first broadcast on BBC Two in 1990 in the 9 pm slot on Thursday nights which became the traditional time for alternative comedy on televi... | .
Fictional Old Ardinians include Tim Nice-But-Dim from "The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything".
Southern Railway V Schools class.
The school lent its name to the eighteenth steam locomotive (Engine 917) in the Southern Railway's Class V of which there were 40. This class was also known as the Schools Cla... | 702 | triviaqa-train |
What was the original title of Radio's The Goon Show'? | The Goon Show
The Goon Show was a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series, broadcast from 28 May to 20 September 1951, was titled Crazy People; subsequent series had the title "The G... | as the Squadronaires), remaining in the band long after he was demobbed. He followed this with freelance work and a five-year stint with the BBC Showband (a forerunner of the BBC Radio Orchestra) and as a core member of Wally Stott's orchestra on BBC Radio's "The Goon Show", for which he made several acting appearances... | 703 | triviaqa-train |
In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter Y ? | , Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.
Strict adherence to the prescribed spelling wordsincluding the apparently misspelled "Alfa" and "Juliett"is required in order to avoid the problems of confusion that the spelling alphabet is designed to overcome. As noted in a 1955 NATO memo:
International adoption.
Afte... | the consonant /j/, as opposed to Y, which represents the vowel sound /ɯ/.
In Kazakh, Ý is the 29th letter of the Latin alphabet and represents /w/ (or /ʊw/ or /ʉw/).
Other uses.
In Vietnamese, Ý means "Italy". The word is a shortened form of "Ý Đại Lợi", which comes from Chinese 意大利 ("Yìdàlì" in Mandarin, a phonetic re... | 704 | triviaqa-train |
What is the title of the first Sherlock Holmes novel, published in 1887? | Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes ( or ) is a fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he... | Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is an adventure mystery video game in the "Sherlock Holmes" series developed by Frogwares and published by Focus Home Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One in 2014. Its title is a play on th... | 705 | triviaqa-train |
Which brother of Sherlock Holmes - supposedly even smarter - was first introduced in the story entitled The Greek Interpreter ? | ancestors" were "country squires". In "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", he claims that his grandmother was sister to the French artist Vernet, without clarifying whether this was Claude Joseph, Carle, or Horace Vernet. Holmes's brother Mycroft, seven years his senior, is a government official. Mycroft has a uni... | , the brother of composer André Previn.
Reynolds also produced a second Sherlock Holmes TV series, entitled "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson" (1979–1980). Many of the 1954 TV episodes were remade in the second series.
Source material.
Most of the show's 39 episodes are non-Canonical original adventures, but a few are... | 706 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the march-like tune 'St Gertrude' used for the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers' ? | Onward, Christian Soldiers
"Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, and the music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Ernest Clay Ker Seymer, at whose country home he compo... | Gertrude" for it. Sullivan quoted the tune in his "Boer War Te Deum", first performed in 1902, after his death. Another hymn sung to the St. Gertrude tune is "Forward Through the Ages", written by Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840–1929) in 1908.
Later history.
When Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt met in August 194... | 707 | triviaqa-train |
In what decade of the 20th century did Howard Carter excavate the tomb of Tutankhamun? | esteemed of Egypt's Pharaohs has become in death the most renowned".
The discoveries in the tomb were prominent news in the 1920s. Tutankhamen came to be called by a modern neologism, "King Tut". Ancient Egyptian references became common in popular culture, including Tin Pan Alley songs; the most popular of the latter ... | the country from what are presumed to be Libyan raiding parties.
The Wilbour Papyrus is thought to date from Ramesses V's reign. The document reveals that most of the land in Egypt by that point was controlled by the Temple of Amun, and that the Temple had complete control over Egypt's finances.
History 20th Dynasty Ra... | 708 | triviaqa-train |
Which highly alcoholic spirit, historically referred to as 'the green fairy' was linked with Bohemian culture? | method tends to produce a stronger drink than the French method. A variant of the Bohemian Method involves allowing the fire to extinguish on its own. This variant is sometimes referred to as "Cooking the Absinthe" or "The Flaming Green Fairy." The origin of this burning ritual may borrow from a coffee and brandy drink... | , throughout summer people in Baltimore will make these treats at home or at social gatherings as well.
Food Natty Boh.
The city's locally favored beer has traditionally been National Bohemian, commonly referred to as "Natty Boh" or "National" by locals, or "Nasty Boh" by its detractors. The beer and its round cartoon ... | 709 | triviaqa-train |
Who is creditied with coining the phrase 'lateral thinking'? | Lateral thinking
Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious. It involves ideas that may not be obtainable using only traditional step-by-step logic.
The term was promulgated in 1967 by Edward de Bono. He cites the Judgment of S... | the impoverished Colonia of south Texas, the preservation of natural areas across the state, and major funding for numerous medical facilities.
Bentsen's retort to Vice President Dan Quayle during the 1988 vice presidential debate, "You're no Jack Kennedy," has entered the lexicon as a widely used phrase to deflate pol... | 710 | triviaqa-train |
"Which singer won the TV contest ""How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria""?" | which Maria to keep in the contest. This was repeated with the top ten, the top nine and the top eight. With the top seven and top five, two were voted off in the program, and there were two different sing-offs.
Lloyd Webber had no say in the final casting decision, when in the concluding edition of the series it was l... | Samina in a pantomime of "Aladdin". She then took the £1,000 cash prize and the Gower Trophy in the Welsh Musical Theatre Young Singer of the Year Competition in 2006. Before being cast as Maria, she worked in media telesales, whilst auditioning for West End parts but failing to get cast.
Career Maria: 2006–2008.
Fishe... | 711 | triviaqa-train |
In films, which actress was the object of the original King Kong's affections? | "Sumatran Rat Monkey — Beware the bite!" This is a reference to the creature that causes mayhem in Jackson's 1992 film "Braindead". In that film, the rat monkey is described as being found only on Skull Island.
- Jimmy reads part of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" while en route to Skull Island, at one point compar... | sea during a powerful earthquake. Kong's son drowns while holding Carl Denham above the water. Denham survives unscathed while the treasure is claimed by him and the other three survivors.
The term "Skull Island" is never used in the original films. In "King Kong", only "Skull Mountain" is named, while in the sequel "S... | 712 | triviaqa-train |
Which band member is organising this year's Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace? | Diamond Jubilee Concert
The Diamond Jubilee Concert was a British music concert and celebration held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall in London on 4 June 2012. The concert was organised by Take That singer-songwriter Gary Barlow and was part of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
The Diamond Jubilee... | In 2012, JLS recorded the official Sport Relief charity single, "Proud". It was released on 18 March 2012. The song was co-written with Daniel Davidsen, Jason Gill, Cutfather and Ali Tennant, who also worked on the "Jukebox" album. The band were among the performers at the Diamond Jubilee concert held outside Buckingha... | 713 | triviaqa-train |
How many aircrew formed the complement of a Lancaster Bomber in World War II ? | twin elliptical fins and rudder arrangement.
Design Crew accommodation.
The standard crew for a Lancaster consisted of seven men, stationed in various positions in the fuselage. Starting at the nose, the bomb aimer had two positions to man. His primary location was lying prone on the floor of the nose of the aircraft, ... | deemed to be in a reserved occupation due to his police service and was refused permission to join the RAF.
World War II.
When high losses in RAF Bomber Command saw the rules eased in 1943 he joined the RAF with service number 2212815 as an aircrew candidate and became a sergeant flight engineer, eventually flying over... | 714 | triviaqa-train |
The adjective 'Punic' refers to which ancient city? | Punic language
The Punic language, also called Canaanite or Phoenicio-Punic, is an extinct variety of the Phoenician language, a Canaanite language of the Semitic family. It was spoken in Northwest Africa and several Mediterranean islands by the Punic people
throughout Classical antiquity, from the 12th century BC to t... | Publicia (gens)
The gens Publicia, occasionally found as Poblicia or Poplicia, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in history during the period following the First Punic War, and the only one to achieve the consulship was Marcus Publicius Malleolus in 232 BC.
Origin.
The nome... | 715 | triviaqa-train |
Who played both Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers on film in the 1930s? | 's costume on the "Hawkmen" characters in Raymond's "Flash Gordon" comic strip. In "", Iron Man mockingly refers to Star-Lord as Flash Gordon due to their similar appearance and both being space heroes.
Films.
Most of the Flash Gordon film and television adaptations retell the early adventures on the planet Mongo.
Film... | Flash Gordon in the serials "Flash Gordon" and "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" prior to "Buck Rogers". Constance Moore played Lieutenant Wilma Deering, the only woman in the film, and Jackie Moran was Buddy Wade, a character who did not appear in other versions of the Buck Rogers franchise, but who was clearly modeled on... | 716 | triviaqa-train |
Which singer and actress first performed the role of Christine in Phantom of the Opera in the West End in 1986? | , "Follies", and Lloyd Webber's "Evita", directed the production, while Gillian Lynne, associate director and choreographer of "Cats", provided the integral musical staging and choreography.
West End and Broadway.
West End and Broadway First preview at Sydmonton.
A preview of the first act was staged at Sydmonton (Andr... | Sofia Escobar
Sofia Escobar (born 29 November 1984) is a Portuguese soprano singer and actress. She is best known for being part of the cast in West End musicals, in London. She performed the role of Maria in "West Side Story". Her most acclaimed role was Christine Daaé, the lead character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pha... | 717 | triviaqa-train |
In which U.S. state is Yosemite National Park? | State of California, however, retained control of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove. Muir also helped persuade local officials to virtually eliminate grazing from the Yosemite high country.
The newly created national park came under the jurisdiction of the United States Army's Troop I of the 4th Cavalry on May 19, 189... | range of advanced material in undergraduate mathematics, including concepts from group theory, set theory, graph theory, lattice theory, and number theory.
Each of the twelve questions is worth 10 points, and the most frequent scores above zero are 10 points for a complete solution, 9 points for a nearly complete solu... | 718 | triviaqa-train |
How many carats are there in pure gold? | have used this unit for its limited range of application.
The Board of Trade carat was divisible into four "diamond grains", but measurements were typically made in multiples of carat.
Historical definitions Refiners' carats.
There were also two varieties of "refiners' carats" once used in the United Kingdom — the poun... | variety of jewellery in diamonds, gold and other precious stones. Some of the collections are:
- Pure Diamonds: Jewellery in 18k yellow and white gold, with original Belgian-cut diamonds available in different carats, cuts and sizes.
- Pure 22k: Ethnic designs in gold, for Middle Eastern and Indian consumers.
- Pure P... | 719 | triviaqa-train |
What service did both Iris and Hermes perform for the Gods of Olympus? | the hundred-eyed giant Argus Panoptes, who was watching over the heifer-nymph Io in the sanctuary of Queen Hera herself in Argos. Hermes placed a charm on Argus's eyes with the caduceus to cause the giant to sleep; after this he slew the giant. Argus' eyes were then put into the tail of the peacock, a symbol of the god... | the Gods, on which she defeats the evils that have been trapped under Paradise Island, including a Hecatonshire and the Lernaean Hydra. She frees Heracles, who had been turned to stone and was supporting the Island.
During a War of the Gods, Zeus leads the Olympians in a conflict with their Roman counterparts and other... | 720 | triviaqa-train |
If an animal uses thanatosis as self-protection, what does it do? | Apparent death
Apparent death, colloquially known as playing dead, feigning death, or playing possum, is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead. This form of animal deception is an adaptive behavior also known as tonic immobility or thanatosis. Apparent death can be used as a defense mechanism... | , I find it small wonder that the laboratories aren't all burning to the ground. If I had more guts, I'd light a match."
In an interview for Wikinews (a sister project of Wikipedia which is a news website) in 2007, she said she had been asked by other animal protection groups to condemn illegal acts. "And I won't do it... | 721 | triviaqa-train |
Of the eight British kings called Edward, which one had the longest reign? | however, military victories helped him regain control in 1322. Nevertheless, in 1327, Edward was deposed by his wife Isabella. His 14-year-old son became Edward III. Edward III claimed the French Crown, setting off the Hundred Years' War between England and France.
His campaigns conquered much French territory, but by ... | elected, aged about twelve. His reign was marked by disorder, and three years later, in 978, he was assassinated by some of his half-brother's retainers. Æthelred succeeded, and although he reigned for thirty-eight years, one of the longest reigns in English history, he earned the name "Æthelred the Unready", as he pro... | 722 | triviaqa-train |
In which year did Shakespeare die? | William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including coll... | Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship
The Marlovian theory of Shakespeare authorship holds that the Elizabethan poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe was the main author of the poems and plays attributed to William Shakespeare. Rather, the theory says Marlowe did not die in Deptford on 30 May 1593, as the histor... | 723 | triviaqa-train |
Which is the largest moon of the dwarf planet, Pluto | that are known in the Solar System, Charon has the largest ratio, being half (0.51) the diameter of Pluto.
Terminology.
The first known natural satellite was the Moon, but it was considered a "planet" until Copernicus' introduction of "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" in 1543. Until the discovery of the Galilean sa... | planet to a dwarf planet, making it a member of the Kuiper belt.
Although Pluto is currently the largest known KBO, there is at least one known larger object currently outside the Kuiper belt that probably originated in it: Neptune's moon Triton (which, as explained above, is probably a captured KBO).
As of 2008, only ... | 724 | triviaqa-train |
What role on film has been played by Lon Chaney, Claude Raines and Herbert Lom, amongst others? | Phantom of the Opera" (1925). His ability to transform himself using makeup techniques he developed earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Faces".
Early life.
Leonidas Frank Chaney was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Frank H. Chaney (1852–1927) and Emma Alice Kennedy. His father was of English and Frenc... | "Cuadecuc, vampir" is a 1970 experimental film by Spanish filmmaker Pere Portabella. It was shot on the set of Jesus Franco's "Count Dracula" and also stars Christopher Lee as Dracula and Herbert Lom as Van Helsing.
1970 saw Al Adamson return with "Dracula vs. Frankenstein", a grade Z budget film with Zandor Vorkov as ... | 725 | triviaqa-train |
Which international relief agency, formed in 1863, has it's headquarters at 17, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva? | Meteorological Organization, the World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The Maison de la Paix building hosts the three Geneva centres supported by the Swiss Confederation: ... | Maison de la paix
The Maison de la paix (literally: "House of Peace") is a building owned by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. The building was designed by Eric Ott of Neuchâtel's IPAS firm. It serves as the new headquarters for the Graduate Institute and houses the... | 726 | triviaqa-train |
What is the longest river in Portugal, and the fifth longest in Europe? | Arab invaders from the South to be their allies in the struggle for power in 711.
King Roderic (Rodrigo) was killed while opposing this invasion, thus becoming the last Visigothic king of Iberia.
From the various Germanic groups who settled in Western Iberia, the Suebi left the strongest lasting cultural legacy in what... | connecting Hong Kong International Airport to other parts of Hong Kong.
- Varina-Enon Bridge, Carries I-295 across the James River between Henrico and Chesterfield Counties in Virginia. Varina-Enon Bridge features the world's first use of precast concrete delta frames for construction of its cable-stayed main span. It ... | 727 | triviaqa-train |
Which French phrase described an innovative movement in the cinema? | War II 1940s–1970s.
In the magazine "Cahiers du cinéma", founded by André Bazin and two other writers in 1951, film critics raised the level of discussion of the cinema, providing a platform for the birth of modern film theory. Several of the "Cahiers" critics, including Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Claude Chabr... | ."
Jacek Klinowski and Adam Garbicz covered the film in their 2012 book "Feature Cinema in the 20th Century", where they assessed it as a break from the "banal" cinema of Blasetti's preceding period, and a return to a style he had employed ten years before, which they described as "innovative". Klinowski and Garbicz ac... | 728 | triviaqa-train |
Which actor became playwright Arthur Miller's son-in-law in 1997? | often, Miller never visited him at the school and rarely spoke of him. Miller and Inge remained together until her death in 2002. Arthur Miller's son-in-law, actor Daniel Day-Lewis, is said to have visited Daniel frequently, and to have persuaded Arthur Miller to meet with him.
Biography Critical years HUAC controversy... | The Royal Hunt of the Sun" and the contemporary Indian adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic "Death of a Salesman", 'Salesman Ramlal' (1997), starring actor-director Satish Kaushik are important plays of Indian theatre. Next came English theatre production of "Mahatma v/s Gandhi", based on relationship between Mahatma ... | 729 | triviaqa-train |
Who first coined the term cybernetics? | Cybernetics
Cybernetics is a transdisciplinary approach for exploring regulatory systems—their structures, constraints, and possibilities. Norbert Wiener defined cybernetics in 1948 as "the scientific study of control and communication in the animal and the machine." In other words, it is the scientific study of how hu... | The study of systems and processes that interact with themselves and produce themselves from themselves."—Louis Kauffman, President of the American Society for Cybernetics
Etymology.
The term "cybernetics" stems from κυβερνήτης ("cybernḗtēs") "steersman, governor, pilot, or rudder". As with the ancient Greek pilot, ind... | 730 | triviaqa-train |
Who played Tarzan in the first two Tarzan films? | other media.
Tarzan in other media Film.
The first Tarzan films were silent pictures adapted from the original Tarzan novels, which appeared within a few years of the character's creation. The first actor to portray the adult Tarzan was Elmo Lincoln in 1918's film "Tarzan of the Apes". With the advent of talking pictur... | Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Tarzan's Magic Fountain is a 1949 Tarzan film directed by Lee Sholem and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Brenda Joyce as his companion Jane. The film also features Albert Dekker and Evelyn Ankers. It was co-written by Curt Siodmak.
This was Barker's first appearance as Edgar Rice Burroughs' ap... | 731 | triviaqa-train |
Which film director was Anthony Quinn's father-in-law? | Last Action Hero" and "A Walk in the Clouds". He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice: for "Viva Zapata!" in 1952 and "Lust for Life" in 1956. In addition, he received two Academy Award nominations in the Best Leading Actor category, along with five Golden Globe nominations. In 1987, he was presented w... | film version in 1962 with Anthony Quinn in the role originated by Jack Palance, Jackie Gleason and Mickey Rooney in the parts portrayed on television by Keenan Wynn and his father Ed Wynn, and social worker Grace Miller was portrayed by Julie Harris.
Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, appears as Quinn's opponen... | 732 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the screenplay for The Crying Game? | The Crying Game
The Crying Game is a 1992 British thriller film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
The film is about the experiences of the main character, Fergus (Stephen Rea). A member of t... | that previously had been filmed as "Naked Paradise" and "Beast from Haunted Cave" for the new locations and to complete the screenplay in three days, and Corman would be playing Happy Jack Monahan. Angered with the situation, Griffith wrote Corman the most difficult role he could think of, requiring the character to be... | 733 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first freely elected Marxist president in Latin America? | the United Fruit Company, the US decided to assist Guatemalan counter-revolutionaries in overthrowing Arbenz. These interventionist tactics featured the use of the CIA rather than the military, which was used in Latin America for the majority of the Cold War in events including the overthrow of Salvador Allende. Latin ... | Cuban military internationalism
Cuban military internationalism was an aspect of Cuban foreign policy during the Cold War which emphasized providing direct military assistance to friendly governments and resistance movements worldwide. This policy was justified directly by the Marxist concept of proletarian internation... | 734 | triviaqa-train |
Who was the first black student at the University of Alabama? | Autherine Lucy
Autherine Juanita Lucy (born October 5, 1929) is an American activist who was the first African-American student to attend the University of Alabama, in 1956. Her expulsion from the institution led to the university's President Oliver Carmichael's resignation. Years later, the university let her enter as... | Tompkins v. Alabama State University
Tompkins v. Alabama State University, 15 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (N.D. Ala. 1998), was a legal case involving affirmative action, that was decided in a United States Federal Court.
This was the first case filed by an African American student to challenge the existing race-based affirmative... | 735 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented the liquid fuel powered rocket? | Massachusetts, when American professor Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched a vehicle using liquid oxygen and gasoline as propellants. The rocket, which was dubbed "Nell", rose just 41 feet during a 2.5-second flight that ended in a cabbage field, but it was an important demonstration that liquid-fueled rockets were possible... | and scientists became enthralled with liquid-fuel rockets, building and testing them in the early 1930s in a field near Berlin. This amateur rocket group, the VfR, included Wernher von Braun, who became the head of the army research station that designed the V-2 rocket weapon for the Nazis.
By the late 1930s, use of r... | 736 | triviaqa-train |
Who was Geena Davis's husband when they made the loss-maker Cutthroat Island? | Cutthroat Island
Cutthroat Island is a 1995 comedy adventure film directed by Renny Harlin and written by Robert King and Marc Norman based on a story by Michael Frost Beckner, James Gorman, Bruce A. Evans, and Raymond Gideon. It stars Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, and Frank Langella. The film is an international co-pro... | script by Walon Green and with Paul Verhoeven attached as director, in 1994 when the budget exceeded $100 million. However, Carolco was able to complete a merger with The Vista Organization in late October 1993.
Carolco attempted a comeback with the big-budget swashbuckler "Cutthroat Island", with Michael Douglas in th... | 737 | triviaqa-train |
In 1993 who tried to buy the rights of his first movie Sizzle Beach USA? | Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.
Sizzle Beach, U.S.A, also known as Malibu Hot Summer, is an independent film directed by Richard Brander and starring Robert Acey, Kevin Costner, Terry Congie, Leslie Brander and Roselyn Royce. It was not released until 1986 after Costner became a celebrity. His biography says it was filmed between... | Force general. Hodgins unsuccessfully tried to buy the house back after receiving $200,000 from movie rights to the book. In 1953, the house was sold to Ralph Gulliver who gave it to his son Jack in 1972. In 1980, the house was sold to the author and composer Stephen Citron and his wife, the biographer and novelist Ann... | 738 | triviaqa-train |
What is Barbra Streisand's middle name? | Michael Jackson's accusers.
Personal life Name.
Streisand changed her name from "Barbara" to "Barbra" because, she said, "I hated the name, but I refused to change it." Streisand further explained, "Well, I was 18 and I wanted to be unique, but I didn't want to change my name because that was too false. You know, peopl... | The Second Barbra Streisand Album
The Second Barbra Streisand Album is the title of Barbra Streisand's second solo studio album. It was released in August 1963, just six months after the release of her debut album, "The Barbra Streisand Album", and was recorded in four days in June 1963.
In 1963, Streisand told a repor... | 739 | triviaqa-train |
Who was William Taft's Vice President between 1909 and 1912? | would be a midwestern progressive like Iowa Senator Jonathan Dolliver, but instead the convention named Congressman James S. Sherman of New York, a conservative. Taft resigned as Secretary of War on June 30 to devote himself full-time to the campaign.
Presidential election of 1908 General election campaign.
Taft's oppo... | simultaneous exposition. Several San Franciscans persuaded both members of Congress and President William Howard Taft to deny support for San Diego's exposition in exchange for pledged political support for Taft's campaign against Republicans. With no federal and little state government funding, San Diego's exposition ... | 740 | triviaqa-train |
Who invented the Polaroid camera? | Polaroid Corporation
Polaroid is an American company that is a brand licensor and marketer of its portfolio of consumer electronics to companies that distribute consumer electronics and eyewear. It is best known for its Polaroid instant film and cameras. In 2017, its parent company was acquired by Polish investor Oskar... | 16 years.
- 1947 – Presidential Succession Act
- 1947 – Taft Hartley Act
- 1947 – U.F.O. crash at Roswell, New Mexico
- 1947 – National Security Act of 1947
- 1947 – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- 1947 – The Marshall Plan
- 1947 – Polaroid camera invented
- 1947 – Truman Doctrine establishes "the policy of th... | 741 | triviaqa-train |
How many films had Christopher Reeve made before Superman in 1978? | , he leaves the Fortress wearing a blue and red suit with a red cape and the House of El family crest emblazoned on his chest and becomes a reporter at the "Daily Planet" in Metropolis. He meets and develops a romantic attraction to coworker Lois Lane.
Lois becomes involved in a helicopter accident where conventional m... | from Clark's homeworld may have visited Smallville before Clark arrived on the planet.
Production Writing Superman mythology.
This season, Gough and Millar brought in Christopher Reeve, who portrayed Superman in four feature films, as a guest star for a pivotal role in Clark's life, that of Dr. Virgil Swann. The pair a... | 742 | triviaqa-train |
Who owned the LA nightclub The Viper Room at the time of River Phoenix's death there in 1993? | The Viper Room
The Viper Room is a nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, United States. It was opened in 1993 and was partly owned by actor Johnny Depp. The other part owner was Sal Jenco who starred in "21 Jump Street" with Depp. The club became known for being a hangout of Hollywood eli... | search of his estranged mother. For his performance in the latter, Phoenix garnered enormous praise and won a Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, along with Best Actor from the National Society of Film Critics.
On October 31, 1993, Phoenix collapsed and died of combined drug intoxication following a d... | 743 | triviaqa-train |
Who won the first of his Nobel prizes in 1956 for research which led to the invention of the transistor? | integrated circuits.
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld patented a field-effect transistor in 1926, but it was not possible to actually construct a working device at that time. The first practically implemented device was a point-contact transistor invented in 1947 by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William... | of 1952, there were 130 employees, and by the end of 1953, 253 employees.
On January 12, 1956, a diffused base transistor was unveiled at Laureldale before top military brass at a solid-state diffusion symposium. That was the same year that Bell Labs' scientists Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley received the 1956 Nobel P... | 744 | triviaqa-train |
Which electrical engineer invented the triode valve in 1907? | Triode
A triode is an electronic amplifying vacuum tube (or "valve" in British English) consisting of three electrodes inside an evacuated glass envelope: a heated filament or cathode, a grid, and a plate (anode). Developed from Lee De Forest's 1906 Audion, a partial vacuum tube that added a grid electrode to the therm... | to be connected in the pipe connections without requiring special fittings and which may be readily opened for inspection or repair" 1907 (U.S. patent 865,631).
Nikola Tesla invented a deceptively simple one-way valve for fluids in 1916, called a Tesla valve. It was patented in 1920 (U.S. patent 1,329,559).
See also.
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Who performed the first artificial heart transplant? | In 1981, a calf named Alfred Lord Tennyson lived for 268 days on the Jarvik 5.
Over the years, more than 200 physicians, engineers, students and faculty developed, tested and improved Kolff's artificial heart. To help manage his many endeavors, Kolff assigned project managers. Each project was named after its manager. ... | Jack Copeland (surgeon)
Jack Greene Copeland (born 1942) is an American cardiothoracic surgeon, who has established procedures in heart transplantation including repeat heart transplantation, the implantation of total artificial hearts (TAH) to bridge the time to heart transplant, innovations in left ventricular assist... | 746 | triviaqa-train |
In which movie did Bogart have his first gangster part? | Spencer Tracy; Bogart played the romantic role in a part as large as Tracy's, despite Bogart's much lower billing. Bogart appeared in various supporting parts, struggling for several years, sometimes portraying gangsters due to his resemblance to John Dillinger. He was highly praised for his work in "The Petrified Fore... | passed through exactly where his head would have been.
During his first year back at Warner Bros., Cagney became the studio's highest earner, making $324,000. He completed his first decade of movie-making in 1939 with "The Roaring Twenties", his first film with Raoul Walsh and his last with Bogart. After "The Roaring T... | 747 | triviaqa-train |
Which film maker's first film was Pather Panchali? | finance the whole film. To raise funds, he continued to work as a graphic designer, pawned his life insurance policy and sold his collection of gramophone records. Production manager Anil Chowdhury convinced Ray's wife, Bijoya, to pawn her jewels. Ray still ran out of money partway through filming, which had to be susp... | of a trilogy at the 1957 Venice Film Festival, where "Aparajito" won the Golden Lion. "Apur Panchali" (2014) is a Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly, which depicts the real-life story of Subir Bannerjee, the actor who portrayed Apu in "Pather Panchali".
"Pather Panchali" was the first film made in independent Ind... | 748 | triviaqa-train |
Who designed the Geodesic Dome in the US Pavilion at the 1967 Montréal's World's Fair exhibition? | A first, small dome was patented, constructed by the firm of Dykerhoff and Wydmann on the roof of the Zeiss plant in Jena, Germany. A larger dome, called "The Wonder of Jena", opened to the public in July 1926. Some 20 years later, R. Buckminster Fuller named the dome "geodesic" from field experiments with artist Kenne... | adapted to various environmental situations." It is unclear as to what became of the playground following the end of the fair in 1965. Regarding this work, Barrett quotes a letter from the eminent art historian Herbert Read in which Read states, "You have given a new spacial development to the Art of sculpture."
The Sc... | 749 | triviaqa-train |
How is Paul Reubens also known in the film and TV world? | Paul Reubens
Paul Reubens (; né Rubenfeld; born August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, film producer, game show host, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s, and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage act... | church, a Christian game show, etc.
The film is very similar in both plot and style to the 1989 film "UHF".
Production.
"Pray TV" stars Dabney Coleman, Paul Cooper, Rosemary Alexander, and Lewis Arquette, with cameos by Paul Reubens and the band Devo (who play a Christian rock band named "Dove"). It was directed by Ric... | 750 | triviaqa-train |
Who founded the magazine Camera Work? | Camera Work
Camera Work was a quarterly photographic journal published by Alfred Stieglitz from 1903 to 1917. It is known for its many high-quality photogravures by some of the most important photographers in the world and its editorial purpose to establish photography as a fine art. It has been called "consummately in... | four-times annuallyl "Operating Cameraman Magazine", founded in 1991 and renamed the "Camera Operator Magazine" in 2007. Written from the perspective of the camera operator, each issue deals with issues relevant to the world-wide motion picture and TV industry. It includes articles on the development of the motion pict... | 751 | triviaqa-train |
How long is Indianapolis's most famous motor race? | of specialized racing machines which dominated the 500 during the mid- to late 1920s. The rule changes, in fact, were already being laid out before the market crash.
In 1931, Dave Evans performed a remarkable feat when his Cummins Diesel Special completed the entire 500 miles without a pit stop. It was also the first d... | are seven superspeedways in the United States, the most famous being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Daytona International Speedway, both long. These tracks were built in 1909 and 1959 respectively. Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built as a facility for the automotive industry to conduct research and development. Dayt... | 752 | triviaqa-train |
On which river was the Grand Coulee built? | Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had only two powerhouses. The third powerhouse, completed in 1974 to increase e... | in 1841 and found native people catching up to 3,000 fish a day. The Jesuits established St. Paul's Mission at the falls in 1845. The original town of Kettle Falls was established in 1891 by speculators from Spokane. They built a large hotel on the river overlooking the falls and envisioned a glamorous resort town, but... | 753 | triviaqa-train |
Who had an 80s No 1 with Like A Prayer? | capital, sales interface with aesthetic quality—"Thriller"s numbers are part of its experience."
North America.
North America Pop.
The 1980s saw the reinvention of Michael Jackson, the superstardom of Prince, and the emergence of Madonna and Whitney Houston, who were all among the most successful musicians during this ... | WTC workers and first responders – the band performed an acoustic version of this song for New York. Bon Jovi performed a similar version as part of the special "".
Commercial success.
In 2006, online voters rated "Livin' on a Prayer" No. 1 on VH1's list of The 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s. More recently, in New Zeal... | 754 | triviaqa-train |
Who had an 80s No 1 with Let's Hear It For The Boy? | Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and producer. Williams has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. Williams has won four Grammys with twelve nominations altogether.
Biography.
Biography 1951–1975: Early life and career.
... | , including "Let's Hear It for the Boy" in 1984.
Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 with "Jump", also in 1984. Guns N' Roses (with Axl Rose) had a #1 hit on the Hot 100 with "Sweet Child O' Mine." And The McCoys had a #1 Hot 100 hit in 1965 with "Hang On Sloopy." All of the above (and John Coug... | 755 | triviaqa-train |
Where in America is the Rockefeller University? | Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University is a private graduate university in New York City. It focuses primarily on the biological and medical sciences and provides doctoral and postdoctoral education. Rockefeller is the oldest biomedical research institute in the United States. The 82-person faculty (tenured ... | PhD) that he then studied medicine. He graduated in the latter (MB ChB) in 1956 after practical training at Middlesex Hospital.
In 1958 he joined Hammersmith Hospital as registrar in the chemical pathology department. He was then awarded a Rockefeller Travelling Scholarship and went to the National Institute of Health ... | 756 | triviaqa-train |
Which musical featured the song Tonight? | Tonight (West Side Story song)
"Tonight" is a song from the musical "West Side Story" with music written by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was published in 1956.
Description.
The song is a love duet between the protagonists Tony and Maria, sung while Tony visits Maria on the fire escape outside he... | , the score to "Fargo" is by Carter Burwell.
The main musical motif is based on a Norwegian folk song, The Lost Sheep ().
Other songs featured in the film include: "Big City" by Merle Haggard, heard in the King of Clubs while Jerry meets with Carl and Gaear; "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Boy George, which plays... | 757 | triviaqa-train |
What kind of orchard did Chekhov write a play about? | doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of "The Seagull" in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also pro... | quality of his mature fiction and winning him publication in a literary journal rather than a newspaper.
In autumn 1887, a theatre manager named Korsh commissioned Chekhov to write a play, the result being "Ivanov", written in a fortnight and produced that November. Though Chekhov found the experience "sickening" and p... | 758 | triviaqa-train |
Truman Capote wrote about Breakfast at which place? | Truman Capote
Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella "Breakfast at Tiffan... | submitted "Homecoming" to "Mademoiselle", which was spotted by a young editorial assistant named Truman Capote. Capote picked the Bradbury manuscript from a slush pile, which led to its publication. "Homecoming" won a place in the O. Henry Award Stories of 1947.
In UCLA's Powell Library, in a study room with typewriter... | 759 | triviaqa-train |
On a computer keyboard which letter on the same line is immediately right of the O? | for computer gaming — either regular keyboards or keyboards with special gaming features, which can expedite frequently used keystroke combinations.
A keyboard is also used to give commands to the operating system of a computer, such as Windows' Control-Alt-Delete combination. Although on Pre-Windows 95 Microsoft opera... | main business and supporting their startup business.
Interest.
Bhurit interests in music. He used to be the vocalist of Krungthep Marathon Band and had his own solo single in the after. He, once, joined TV Program named The Mask Singer as the Unicorn Mask.
Furthermore, he interests in many kinds of sport such as racing... | 760 | triviaqa-train |
Abyssinia has become known as what? | Ethiopian Empire
The Ethiopian Empire (, , '), also known by the exonym "Abyssinia" (derived from the Arabic "al-Habash"), or just simply Ethiopia"' (; , , , , Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ, Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: "Itiyoophiyaa") was a kingdom that spanned a geographical area in the current states of Eritrea and ... | the "Desert Rat" flash is carried on by the 7th Armoured Brigade.
History.
History Founding.
When Italian troops were massed for the invasion of Abyssinia in 1935, a Mobile Force was assembled in Egypt in case the war spread. When rain and sandstorms led to vehicles being bogged down, it became known as the "Immobile F... | 761 | triviaqa-train |
In which state was Madonna born? | cited as an influence by other artists.
Born and raised in Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing as a drummer, guitarist, and vocalist in the rock bands Breakfast Club and Emmy, Madonna signed with Sire Records in 1982 and released her eponymous debut albu... | focuses fashion, beauty and spirituality.
Hollman was born and raised in a small town in Oklahoma. Being a daughter of a social worker, Hollman was raised to have a caring heart which lead her to receiving a degree in Psychology at Ohio State University. With her degree, Hollman went on to work as a social worker at He... | 762 | triviaqa-train |
Who became speaker of the house of representatives in 1995? | years in the minority, the Republicans regained control of the House with the "Contract with America", an idea spearheaded by Minority Whip Newt Gingrich. Speaker Gingrich would regularly clash with Democratic President Bill Clinton, leading to the United States federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996, in which Cl... | Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives
The speaker of the Ethiopian House of Peoples Representatives is the presiding officer over the House. The current speaker is Tagesse Chafo who succeeded Muferiat Kamil when Kamil was promoted to become the minister of peace.
The inaugural holder of this post was Dawit ... | 763 | triviaqa-train |
John Glenn became Senator for which state? | John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic... | , candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States 1920. Son of Robert H. Glass.
The Glenns.
- Luther Glenn (1818–1886), Georgia legislator, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia 1858–60. Father of John Thomas Glenn.
- John Thomas Glenn (1844–1899), Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia 1889–91. Son of Luther Glenn.
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The Battle Of New Orleans was a big No 1 for which singer? | The Battle of New Orleans
"The Battle of New Orleans" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It ... | . On February 9, "Billboard" noted that "not only Southern markets are doing good business with this, but Northern cities report that both country and pop customers are going for this in a big way". It was again a success on the country charts (No. 11 Jockey, No. 15 Best Seller) but it failed to score the popular music... | 765 | triviaqa-train |
What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from Mexico? | Mexico
Mexico ( ; ), officially the United Mexican States ( ), is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Coverin... | pounds to acquire confidential information. Invoices submitted to News International, owner of "News of the World," "sometimes made explicit reference to obtaining a target's details from their phone number or their vehicle registration." Between February 2004 and April 2005, the Crown Prosecution Service charged ten m... | 766 | triviaqa-train |
In which cop series did Phil Collins appear as Phil the Shill? | episode of the series "Miami Vice", entitled "Phil the Shill", in which he plays a cheating con-man. In the 1980s he appeared in several comedy sketches with "The Two Ronnies" on BBC One.
In 2001, Collins was one of several celebrities who were tricked into appearing in a controversial British comedy series, "Brass Eye... | -written and re-recorded for the episode "Phil the Shill". "We Said Hello Goodbye" was remixed for the film "Playing for Keeps".
Following the release of the album Collins embarked on the successful No Jacket Required World Tour. At the end of that tour, Collins performed at both the London and Philadelphia Live Aid co... | 767 | triviaqa-train |
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face was featured in which Clint Eastwood film? | Play Misty for Me
Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The original music score was composed by Dee Barton. In the film, Eastwood plays the role of a radio disc jockey being stalked by... | that he desired and make it his directorial debut. The rights to the song "Misty" were obtained after Eastwood saw Garner at the in 1970 and he later paid $2,000 for the use of the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack.
At Eastwood's insistence, the movie was filmed in Monterey and Carmel, Califo... | 768 | triviaqa-train |
Who performed He's A Tramp in the Disney movie Lady And The Tramp? | insistence, so that audiences would be familiar with the story. Grant did not receive film credit for his story work, an issue that animation director Eric Goldberg hoped to rectify in the "Lady and the Tramp" Platinum Edition's behind-the-scenes vignette that explained Grant's role.
Singer Peggy Lee not only voiced fo... | to maintain a dog's view. Eyvind Earle (who later became the art director of Disney's "Sleeping Beauty") did almost 50 miniature concept sketches for the Bella Notte sequence and was a key contributor to the film.
Production Animation CinemaScope.
Originally, "Lady and the Tramp" was planned to be filmed in a regular f... | 769 | triviaqa-train |
In which Center is he Metropolitan Opera House? | Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as The Met) is an opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager. As of 20... | of $7 million. The Wheeler Opera House—a Victorian-era venue owned by the City of Aspen—is the home to Aspen Opera Center productions in the summer and the AMFS's Metropolitan Opera Live in HD screenings in the winter.
In 2016, the AMFS completed its $75 million, 105,000-square-foot Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Campus... | 770 | triviaqa-train |
Jersey Joe Walcott was a world champion in which sport? | from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. His mother was from Jordantown (Pennsauken Township), New Jersey. Walcott was only 15 years old when his father died. He quit school and worked in a soup factory to support his mother and 11 younger brothers and sisters. He also began training as a boxer. He took the name of his box... | , but highly disputed by fans, decision over "Jersey Joe Walcott", Detroit.
- May 25 – Jimmy Carter, an unknown at the time, produces an upset by knocking out world Lightweight champion Ike Williams in fourteen rounds at New York, to win the world title.
- May 30 – Ezzard Charles beats world Light Heavyweight champion ... | 771 | triviaqa-train |
Where in Lybia did Australian troops take a seaport occupied by the Italians in 1941? | Libya: the Council of Deputies in Tobruk and the 2014 General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli, which considered itself the continuation of the General National Congress, elected in 2012. After UN-led peace talks between the Tobruk and Tripoli governments, a unified interim UN-backed Government of National Accord was... | The plot backfired when the Italians began to evacuate British Somaliland instead of sending reinforcements. Troops were sent north into Eritrea, where the real attack was coming, instead of to the east. Part of the deception with misleading wireless transmissions, did convince the Italians that two Australian division... | 772 | triviaqa-train |
What was the last No1 hit for the Everly Brothers? | All I Have to Do Is Dream", and "Problems". In 1960, they signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records and recorded "Cathy's Clown", written by the brothers themselves, which was their biggest selling single. The brothers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1961, and their output dropped off, though addit... | The Everly Brothers Sing
The Everly Brothers Sing is an album by The Everly Brothers, released on Warner Bros. in 1967. It was re-released on CD by Collectors' Choice Music in 2005.
This album includes their last Top 40 hit, "Bowling Green". It would also be their last Top 100 hit until 1984.
Track listing.
Track listi... | 773 | triviaqa-train |
Which mountains stretch from West Virginia to Georgia? | state that Governor Alexander Spotswood's 1716 Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition (for which the state's Golden Horseshoe Competition for 8th graders was named) had penetrated as far as Pendleton County; however, modern historians interpret the original accounts of the excursion as suggesting that none of the e... | Burton, West Virginia
Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Burton is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, located on a stretch of highway where both WV Route 7 and US Route 250 join for a few short miles between Cottontown, WV, and Hundred, WV. These 2 roads are ... | 774 | triviaqa-train |
According to the inventor Thomas Edison genius is made up how many percent of inspiration? | Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which i... | Drinking For Inspired Thinking: Uncork Your Creative Juices"
- "Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor" (with Sarah Miller Caldicott)
- "How to Think like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Everyday"
- "Work Like Da Vinci" (audio book)
- "Da Vinci Decoded"
- "Discover Your Genius"... | 775 | triviaqa-train |
Who produced the first Chinook helicopter in 1961? | Boeing CH-47 Chinook
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engined, tandem rotor, heavy-lift helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol (later known as Boeing Rotorcraft Systems). The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is ... | H47
H47 may refer to :
- H-47 Chinook, an American twin-engine, tandem rotor helicopter produced since 1961
- HMS Blanche (H47), a World War II British Royal Navy B-class destroyer
- HMS H47, a 1919 British Royal Navy H class submarine
and also :
- Hyampom Airport FAA LID
- Other disorders of optic (2nd) nerve and visu... | 776 | triviaqa-train |
Which C S wrote The African Queen? | The African Queen (film)
The African Queen is a 1951 British-American adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel. It ... | in Danish on her life, "Heltekongens Datter" (1975) and "En Dronning Værdig" (1976).
- Laura Ruohonen wrote "Queen C" (2003), which presents a woman centuries ahead of her time who lives by her own rules.
- In Eric Flint 's alternative history 1632 series, part of his Assiti Shards universe, she is a major character.
-... | 777 | triviaqa-train |
Who had a 60s No 1 with Everyday People? | Everyday People
"Everyday People" is a 1968 song by Sly and the Family Stone. It was the first single by the band to go to number one on the Soul singles chart and the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. It held that position, on the Hot 100, for four weeks from February 15 to March 14, 1969, and is remembered as a popular... | be. Gordon envisioned the quickly expanding telephone network as the ideal social network. His prescient 1950s-'60s theorizing regarding the telephone anticipated such popular modern-day Internet social networks as Facebook and MySpace.
Gordon developed a social/psychological theory that, thanks to the telephone, peopl... | 778 | triviaqa-train |
Who had an 80s No 1 with Lady? | , Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Kool & the Gang, The Pointer Sisters, Billy Joel, Hall & Oates, Prince, Kenny Rogers and John Mellencamp, then known as John Cougar, ruled the charts throughout the decade in the US. Prince, Madonna, Jackson, Joel and Springsteen along with U2, Dire Straits, Phil Collins, The Police, Queen... | was the first of five number 1 hits on the Oricon chart list. No other female Japanese entertainer had achieved this, yet her record was broken by Pink Lady in the late 70s and their record was subsequently broken by Seiko Matsuda in the 80s. At the 15th Japan Record Awards the single "Wakaba No Sasayaki" won the award... | 779 | triviaqa-train |
Which widow of a rock star appeared in Dallas? | and widow of a former Texas governor, who becomes Ray's first wife and mother to his daughter Margaret.
Season 8 saw the addition of musical actor Howard Keel as wealthy, and sometimes hot-tempered rancher Clayton Farlow, Miss Ellie's husband following Jock's death, to the star cast after having appeared on the show si... | True Widow
True Widow is an American rock band formed in 2007 and based in Dallas, Texas.
Biography.
The band, which describes its own style of slow, heavy, cerebral music as "stonegaze", formed in November 2007. Phillips previously served guitar and lead vocal duties in the more indie rock-oriented Dallas band Slowrid... | 780 | triviaqa-train |
Who wrote the novel The Power and The Glory? | Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991), better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major... | Power Without Glory
Power Without Glory is a 1950 historical novel written by Communist Australian writer Frank Hardy. At time of publication, court orders to suppress publication while Hardy was tried for criminal libel mirrored much larger scale McCarthyist censorship and anti-communist trials in USA. Ultimately Hard... | 781 | triviaqa-train |
The German terrorist group The Red Army Faction were more usually known as which Gang? | aggression of the U.S. government in Indochina and the assistance of the German government. The real terrorist was my government." Thomas presented data about the joint operations of FRG and U.S. secret services in Eastern Europe. He had also observed the Stammheim trial and referred to a CIA instructor teaching them h... | " screams.
Genres Hardcore and punk rock.
Yelling and shouting vocals are common in a type of punk rock known as hardcore. Early punk was distinguished by a general tendency to eschew traditional singing techniques in favor of a more direct, harsh style which accentuated meaning rather than beauty. The logical extensio... | 782 | triviaqa-train |
What was the first name of the fictional sleuth Baretta? | Baretta
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975–78.
The show was a revised and milder version of a 1973–74 ABC series, "Toma", starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept w... | the first time in this film. The film was released on 24 May 2013.
Plot.
Gogol is a fictional child sleuth created by the famous Bengali writer Samaresh Basu. There are many stories of Gogol (Detective) included in Gogol Omnibus. A bespectacled kid, Gogol is a student of Class VI and happens to be a gadget freak. He ca... | 783 | triviaqa-train |
Which motorcycle manufacturer made the Trident and Bonneville models? | the first major mass-production firms were set up. In 1898, Triumph Motorcycles in England began producing motorbikes, and by 1903 it was producing over 500 bikes. Other British firms were Royal Enfield, Norton and Birmingham Small Arms Company who began motorbike production in 1899, 1902 and 1910, respectively. Indian... | Zia-ul-Haq, who began to Islamicise the country. One of the first victims of this sociopolitical change was Pakistani cinema. Imposition of new registration laws for film producers requiring filmmakers to be degree holders, where not many were, led to a steep decline in the workings of the industry. The government forc... | 784 | triviaqa-train |
What was the maiden name of tennis player Billy Jean King? | Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King ("née" Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. King won 39 Grand Slam titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. She won the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships. She often represented t... | old Skyline. Seven years later, after that same gig, John took the wheel, but when he got to the bridge Billy Jean was alone for the second time." Billy Jean of course refers to Billie Jean Jones (Jones being her maiden name) who married both Hiram "Hank" Williams and, later, John "Johnny" Horton. Both men died in vehi... | 785 | triviaqa-train |
To which school of art did Matisse and Vlaminck belong? | , Kees van Dongen, Charles Camoin, and Jean Puy, the art critic Louis Vauxcelles disparaged the painters as ""fauves"" (wild beasts), thus giving their movement the name by which it became known, Fauvism.
In 1911, Vlaminck traveled to London and painted by the Thames. In 1913, he painted again with Derain in Marseille ... | Art History, including the Pollock "Mural" and the Beckmann triptych "Karneval"; and the Elliott Collection, which included works by Braque, DeChirico, Kandinsky, Léger, Marc, Matisse, Picasso and Vlaminck. In the 1980s, Maxwell and Elizabeth Stanley donated one of the most important collections of African art to the M... | 786 | triviaqa-train |
Which motorcycle manufacturer made the Dominator and Commando models? | Norton Dominator
The Dominator is a twin cylinder motorcycle developed by Norton to compete against the Triumph Speed Twin. The original Dominator was designed in 1947 and 1948 by Bert Hopwood, who had been on the Speed Twin design team at Triumph.
Available for sale from mid 1949, this design set the pattern for Norto... | "Manxman" and Dominator until superseded by 750 cc Atlas before being launched as the 750 cc Commando in 1967. As well as having a radical new frame, the Commando's engine (which was mounted vertically in earlier models) was tilted forward. This was relatively easy as the engine was "pre-unit", that is, the gearbox was... | 787 | triviaqa-train |
What was the maiden name of tennis player Margaret Court? | Margaret Court
Margaret Court (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is a retired Australian tennis player and former world No. 1. She amassed more major titles than any other player in history and is considered as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. She is currently a Christian... | and a former director at Molson Coors Brewing Company
- Christopher Coke, drug lord and cocaine trafficker
- Margaret Court, Australian tennis player
- Thomas Crapper, sanitary engineer
- Josh Earnest, the third press secretary for the Obama Administration (Stephen Colbert observed, "What a name for a press secretary. ... | 788 | triviaqa-train |
What was the name of the Girl From Uncle? | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966, to April 11, 1967. The series was a spin-off from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and used the same theme music composed by Jerry Goldsmith, in a different arrangement by Dave Grusi... | founder.
This name was rejected by the Post Office, forcing a change of name. Joseph Andrews, a major and veteran of the American Civil War, suggested the name "What Cheer," and the town was officially renamed on December 1, 1879.
Sources differ as to why the name What Cheer was chosen. The phrase "what cheer with you... | 789 | triviaqa-train |
The object in pontoon is 21 – what is it in baccarat? | dates to the 19th century. Other sources claim that the game was introduced into France from Italy at the end of the 15th century by soldiers returning from the Franco-Italian War during the reign of Charles VIII.
History.
Baccarat has been popular among the French nobility since the 19th century. During the Napoleonic... | rules. The computer-generated Pontoon basic strategy and house edge tables below are reproduced from "The Pro's Guide to Spanish 21 and Australian Pontoon", with permission of the author, Katarina Walker. Pontoon strategy is far more difficult than Blackjack, however, casinos do not generally object to people using str... | 790 | triviaqa-train |
... a mineral, varieties of which include emerald and aquamarine? | the Bennett Quarry in Buckfield, Maine, US. The crystal, originally somewhat orange in hue, was long and about across, and weighed (along with its matrix) just over .
Varieties Red beryl.
Red beryl (formerly known as "bixbite" and marketed as "red emerald" or "scarlet emerald" but note that both latter terms involving ... | including coal, copper, gold, chromite, mineral salt, bauxite and several other minerals. There are also a variety of precious and semi-precious minerals that are also mined. These include peridot, aquamarine, topaz, ruby, emerald, rare-earth minerals bastnaesite and xenotime, sphene, tourmaline, and many varieties and... | 791 | triviaqa-train |
James Joyce’s Ulysses ends with an extended monologue by which character? | adaptation dramatised by Robin Brooks and produced/directed by Jeremy Mortimer, and starring Stephen Rea as the Narrator, Henry Goodman as Leopold Bloom, Niamh Cusack as Molly Bloom and Andrew Scott as Stephen Dedalus, for Bloomsday 2012, beginning on 16 June 2012.
Comedy/satire recording troupe The Firesign Theatre en... | treacherous words. He believes in their symbolic power to describe his crumbling existence.”
Somewhat like James Joyce’s "Ulysses", "Past Continuous" presents a funeral at the beginning and a birth at the end (the 'present' of the story spans a gestation period of nine months, from April 1 to January 1). In this case, ... | 792 | triviaqa-train |
Maureen ’Mo’ Tucker was the drummer in which seminal 1960s rock band? | and early 1980s as its more artistic and challenging side. Major influences beside punk bands were the Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, and the New York-based no wave scene which placed an emphasis on performance, including bands such as James Chance and the Contortions, DNA and Sonic Youth. Early... | , Tokyo Zokei University students Masamune Kusano and Akihiro Tamura met for the first time. Along with fellow drummer Atsushi Ono, they formed the band called the Cheetahs, which was named after the nickname of 1960s Japanese female pop icon Kiyoko Suizenji. The trio had usually performed hard rock-renditions of the J... | 793 | triviaqa-train |
Classical musician Alison Balsom is a virtuoso player of which instrument? | , or ensembles playing works written for these groups of instruments.
Instrument builders developed other features that endure today. For example, while organs with multiple keyboards and pedals already existed, the first organs with solo stops emerged in the early fifteenth century. These stops were meant to produce a... | Alison Stephens
Alison Stephens (1 March 1970 – 10 October 2010) was an English classical mandolin player and film musician.
Biography.
Stephens was born in Bickley, Kent, and educated at James Allen's Girls' School and Haileybury and began playing the mandolin at the age of seven, inspired by her father, who had playe... | 794 | triviaqa-train |
Who is the lead female protagonist of Benjamin Britten’s opera Gloriana? | Gloriana
Gloriana, Op. 53, is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten to an English libretto by William Plomer, based on Lytton Strachey's 1928 "Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History".
The first performance was presented at the Royal Opera House, London, in 1953 during the celebrations of the coronation of Queen Eli... | is too shy so Will seduces him.
Will goes to the opera with James and his grandfather. The opera is Billy Budd. Will is struck almost to tears by the homoerotic and emotional power of the work. During the conversation afterwards, the subject of Benjamin Britten’s own homosexuality arises and they talk about his relatio... | 795 | triviaqa-train |
The Trial and The Castle are works by which Czech author? | The Castle (novel)
The Castle (, also spelled "Das Schloß" ) is a 1926 novel by Franz Kafka. In it a protagonist known only as "K." arrives in a village and struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities who govern it from a castle. Kafka died before finishing the work, but suggested it would end with K. dying ... | Finedon, Raunds and Fotheringhay.
Philip Porter Thomas Percy, author of the "Percy's Reliques", and afterwards Bishop of Dromore, was rector of the church at Easton Maudit.
A gateway at Rockingham, leading to the castle, which is still lived in, and earth-works at Higham Ferrers and Brackley are worthy of mention. Only... | 796 | triviaqa-train |
Who composed the tone poem The Swan of Tuonela? | poems in their overall intent and effect. However, the term symphonic poem is generally accepted to refer to orchestral works. A symphonic poem may stand on its own (as do those of Richard Strauss), or it can be part of a series combined into a symphonic suite or cycle. For example, "The Swan of Tuonela" (1895) is a to... | Lemminkäinen is in Tuonela, the land of the dead, to shoot the Swan of Tuonela to be able to claim the daughter of Louhi, mistress of the Pohjola or Northland, in marriage. However, the blind man of the Northland kills Lemminkäinen, whose body is then tossed in the river and then dismembered. Lemminkäinen's mother lear... | 797 | triviaqa-train |
Which scientific law can be expressed in the form V = IR*? (*QR: vee equals eye are.) | principles that arise due to constant conjunction.
Laws differ from scientific theories in that they do not posit a mechanism or explanation of phenomena: they are merely distillations of the results of repeated observation. As such, a law is limited in applicability to circumstances resembling those already observed, ... | bioenergetics.
Definition.
In the US, biological energy is expressed using the energy unit Calorie with a capital C (i.e. a kilocalorie), which equals the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 °C (about 4.18 kJ).
Energy balance, through biosynthetic reactions, can be measured with the fo... | 798 | triviaqa-train |
What nationality is Richard Flanagan, winner of the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction? | Richard Flanagan
Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, "considered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation", according to "The Economist". Each of his novels has attracted major praise and received numerous awards and honours. He also has written and directed feature films.... | 2006
- 2010 Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2014 Man Booker Prize (longlist)
- 2014 California Book Awards Silver Medal Fiction winner for "Orfeo"
- 2018 Man Booker Prize (shortlist)
- 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
External links.
- Richard Powers, Professor of English at UIUC
- Archived offici... | 799 | triviaqa-train |
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