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Phillip Phillips, Overview: Phillips auditioned in Savannah, Georgia. He sang "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder. The judges then asked him to perform a second song with his guitar, and he performed Michael Jackson's "Thriller." He advanced to the Hollywood rounds, and later to the Las Vegas round. On February 23, 2012, P... | Which show did he consider quitting? | Top 13 performance night, |
According to the scriptures, soon after the parinirvāṇa (from Sanskrit: "highest extinguishment") of Gautama Buddha, the first Buddhist council was held. As with any ancient Indian tradition, transmission of teaching was done orally. The primary purpose of the assembly was to collectively recite the teachings to ensure... | Who was cousin of the Buddha? | Ānanda |
The second half of the 20th century to the present has seen a gradual shift towards improved human rights for Aboriginal people. In a 1967 referendum over 90% of the Australian population voted to end constitutional discrimination and to include Aborigines in the national census. During this period many Aboriginal acti... | When did human rights for Aboriginal people begin to improve? | The second half of the 20th century |
Encompasses both secular and religious styles, the design and style made by Muslims and their construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture included the architectural types: the Mosque, the Tomb, the Palace and the Fort. Perhaps the most important expression of Islamic art is architecture, particularly th... | Where in Muslim architecture are pictures forbidden? | mosque architecture |
Nina Simone, Temperament: Simone was known for her temper and frequent outbursts. Simone abandoned her daughter Lisa Simone Kelly for years in Mount Vernon after relocating to Liberia. When they reunited in West Africa, Simone became abusive. "She went from being my comfort to the monster in my life. Now she was the p... | Who wrote her biography? | Sylvia Hampton and David Nathan |
In 1937, Imperial Airways and Pan American World Airways began operating scheduled flying-boat airline services from New York and Baltimore to Darrell's Island, Bermuda. In 1948, regularly scheduled commercial airline service by land-based aeroplanes began to Kindley Field (now L.F. Wade International Airport), helping... | What helped tourism grow to new heights in the 1960-1970's? | regularly scheduled commercial airline service by land-based aeroplanes |
In the 1960s, the first Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was completed, and served as the only bridge crossing over the Lower Yangtze in eastern China at that time. The bridge was a source of pride and an important symbol of modern China, having been built and designed by the Chinese themselves following failed surveys by ... | What type of design is the bridge? | a two-tiered road and rail design |
By summer 1918, a million American soldiers, or "doughboys" as they were often called, of the American Expeditionary Forces were in Europe under the command of John J. Pershing, with 25,000 more arriving every week. The failure of Germany's spring offensive exhausted its reserves and they were unable to launch new offe... | Who had overall command of the American forces in Europe? | John J. Pershing |
Charlie Chaplin, Young performer: Between his time in the poor schools and his mother succumbing to mental illness, Chaplin began to perform on stage. He later recalled making his first amateur appearance at the age of five years, when he took over from Hannah one night in Aldershot. This was an isolated occurrence, bu... | What did Charles do for work when he was younger? | He supported himself with a range of jobs, while nursing his ambition to become an actor. |
In the early 1880s, Kanehiro Takaki observed that Japanese sailors (whose diets consisted almost entirely of white rice) developed beriberi (or endemic neuritis, a disease causing heart problems and paralysis), but British sailors and Japanese naval officers did not. Adding various types of vegetables and meats to the ... | What was the main component of Japanese sailor's diet? | white rice |
Cary Grant, Legacy: Biographers Morecambe and Stirling believe that Cary Grant was the "greatest leading man Hollywood had ever known". Schickel stated that there are "very few stars who achieve the magnitude of Cary Grant, art of a very high and subtle order", and thought that he was the "best star actor there ever wa... | What did Hitchcock say about Grant? | "the only actor I ever loved in my whole life", |
Poetry is a form of literary art which uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has traditionally been distinguished from prose by its being set in verse;[a] prose is cast in sentences, poetry in lines; the syntax of prose is ... | What elements of language make for poetic literature? | aesthetic and rhythmic qualities |
Jane Addams, Settlement house: Meanwhile, Jane Addams gathered inspiration from what she read. Fascinated by the early Christians and Tolstoy's book My Religion, she was baptized a Christian in the Cedarville Presbyterian Church, in the summer of 1886. Reading Giuseppe Mazzini's Duties of Man, she began to be inspired ... | what was her biggest accomplishment? | reinvigorate her own culture by reconnecting with diversity and conflict of the immigrant communities |
Larry Bird, Player profile: Bird, a wing who played the small forward and power forward positions, was nominated to twelve All-Star teams. He won two NBA Finals MVP and three regular-season MVP awards, all consecutively, a feat only equaled by Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. Bird possessed an uncanny and unparallel... | Which team did Larry play for? | His talent for recognizing the moves of opponents and teammates prompted his first coach with the Celtics, |
Apple has generally dominated the premium PC market, having a 91 percent market share for PCs priced at more than $1,000 in 2009, according to NPD. The Macintosh took 45 percent of operating profits in the PC industry during Q4 2012, compared to 13 percent for Dell, seven percent for Hewlett Packard, six percent for Le... | What was Macintosh ranked on the "list of intended brands for desktop purchases" for the 2011 holiday season? | third |
Religious and spiritual teachers, such as gurus, mullahs, rabbis, pastors/youth pastors and lamas, may teach religious texts such as the Quran, Torah or Bible. | What is another general name for a religious teacher? | spiritual |
At present, the branches Waal and Nederrijn-Lek discharge to the North Sea, through the former Meuse estuary, near Rotterdam. The river IJssel branch flows to the north and enters the IJsselmeer, formerly the Zuider Zee brackish lagoon; however, since 1932, a freshwater lake. The discharge of the Rhine is divided among... | Where does the Ijssel branch flow? | IJsselmeer |
Due to industrial restructuring and loss of jobs in the auto industry, Detroit lost considerable population from the late 20th century to present. Between 2000 and 2010 the city's population fell by 25 percent, changing its ranking from the nation's 10th-largest city to 18th. In 2010, the city had a population of 713,7... | What industry has Detroit tried to revitalize in recent years? | entertainment |
Mike Awesome, Extreme Championship Wrestling (1993-1995, 1998, 1999-2000): In 1993, Alfonso appeared in NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) for a short period (as "Awesome" Mike Awesome) before returning to FMW. On February 5, 1994 at ECW's event, The Night the Line was Crossed, Awesome nearly injured wrestler, J... | Who are the title holders of extreme champ wrestling? | Jeff Jones, whom managed Awesome to the top of winning the ECW World Heavyweight Championship twice in 1999. |
Richard I of England, Captivity, ransom and return: Bad weather forced Richard's ship to put in at Corfu, in the lands of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos, who objected to Richard's annexation of Cyprus, formerly Byzantine territory. Disguised as a Knight Templar, Richard sailed from Corfu with four attendants, b... | Did he do anything else while in in prison? | Richard famously refused to show deference to the emperor and declared to him, "I am born of a rank which recognises no superior but God". |
The Living End, Roll On (2000-2001): The Living End were formed in 1994 by Chris Cheney and Scott Owen, who had met years earlier in primary school through their older sisters and began performing together from 1990 while attending Wheelers Hill Secondary College in Melbourne. Cheney and Owen had their first public gig... | did they ever go on tour? | With Demsey the group appeared at major festivals: |
Adam Lambert, Voice: Critics, celebrities and colleagues have been outspoken in their praise for Lambert's vocal command. Kathie Bretches-Urban, co-founder of Metropolitan Educational Theatre Network (now MET2) where Lambert performed as a youth, said "He has invested his entire life in music and performing ... He'd ju... | What is his range? | bass E to B flat above tenor high C (E2 - B5), giving him three octaves and six semitones. |
Historical interpretations of John have been subject to considerable change over the years. Medieval chroniclers provided the first contemporary, or near contemporary, histories of John's reign. One group of chroniclers wrote early in John's life, or around the time of his accession, including Richard of Devizes, Willi... | John attempted conversion of what in exchange for military aid? | Islam |
Sean Waltman, World Championship Wrestling (1996-1998): On September 16, 1996, Waltman was shown sitting in the front row for a live episode of Nitro. Later that night, he stood and used a remote control to release New World Order (nWo) propaganda from the ceiling, revealing himself as the newest member of the recently... | Did Sean Walton wrestle for WCW belt? | leading to a ladder match for the title at Souled Out in January 1997, which Syxx lost. The |
Destructive testing attempts to cause the software or a sub-system to fail. It verifies that the software functions properly even when it receives invalid or unexpected inputs, thereby establishing the robustness of input validation and error-management routines.[citation needed] Software fault injection, in the form o... | What does Destructive testing verify? | software functions properly even when it receives invalid or unexpected inputs |
The Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan began on September 17, 2011, receiving global attention and spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide. | In what park did the Occupy Wall Street protests occur? | Zuccotti Park |
Despite being the favourites and starting strongly, Barcelona finished the 2006–07 season without trophies. A pre-season US tour was later blamed for a string of injuries to key players, including leading scorer Eto'o and rising star Lionel Messi. There was open feuding as Eto'o publicly criticized coach Frank Rijkaard... | What team beat Barcelona in La Liga in the 2006-07 season? | Real Madrid |
In Tibetan Buddhism the teachers of Dharma in Tibet are most commonly called a Lama. A Lama who has through phowa and siddhi consciously determined to be reborn, often many times, in order to continue their Bodhisattva vow is called a Tulku. | What is the name of a teacher in Tibetan Buddhism? | a Lama |
During August and September 2004, there was an intense focus on events that occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Bush was accused of failing to fulfill his required service in the Texas Air National Guard. However, the focus quickly shifted to the conduct of CBS News after they aired a segment on 60 Minutes Wedn... | Which time period came into the spotlight, during the fall of 2004? | the late 1960s and early 1970s |
Doug Flutie, Canadian Football League career: Flutie played football for Boston College, the only Division I-A school to recruit him, from 1981 to 1984, and won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award in his senior year (1984). Flutie became the first quarterback to win the H... | how long did he play for them | Flutie won his first Grey Cup in 1992 with the Stampeders. |
Important fragments survived from the mosaic floor of the Great Palace of Constantinople which was commissioned during Justinian's reign. The figures, animals, plants all are entirely classical but they are scattered before a plain background. The portrait of a moustached man, probably a Gothic chieftain, is considered... | When were the mosaics at the church in Thessaloniki created? | 5th–6th centuries |
Plague was reportedly first introduced to Europe via Genoese traders at the port city of Kaffa in the Crimea in 1347. After a protracted siege, during which the Mongol army under Jani Beg was suffering from the disease, the army catapulted the infected corpses over the city walls of Kaffa to infect the inhabitants. The... | Who did the army siege belong to? | Jani Beg |
Indigenous peoples of Brazil make up 0.4% of Brazil's population, or about 700,000 people, even though millions of Brazilians have some indigenous ancestry. Indigenous peoples are found in the entire territory of Brazil, although the majority of them live in Indian reservations in the North and Center-Western part of t... | Where do the majority of the indigenous people of Brazil live? | Indian reservations |
Charles Taze Russell, Split with Barbour: When 1878 arrived, failure of the expected rapture brought great disappointment for Barbour and Russell, and their associates and readers. But one of Russell's associates, A.H. Macmillan, claimed that Russell was not upset. While talking with Russell about the events of 1878, ... | What else did Charles do around this time in history? | he wrote about what he had concluded on the subject. |
Nick Cave, Music in film and television drama: Cave's work was featured in a scene in the 1986 film, Dogs in Space by Richard Lowenstein. Cave performed parts of the Boys Next Door song "Shivers" twice during the film, once on video and once live. Another early fan of Cave's was German director Wim Wenders, who lists ... | Did he make any appearances in film or television? | Californication. Most recently his work has appeared in the BBC series Peaky Blinders and the Australian series Jack Irish. |
The decolonization of the Americas was the process by which the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule. Decolonization began with a series of revolutions in the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries. The Spanish American wars of independence were the numerous wars against Spanish rul... | When did the decolonization of the Americas begin? | 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries. |
Burlesque, Literary origins and development: The word first appears in a title in Francesco Berni's Opere burlesche of the early 16th century, works that had circulated widely in manuscript before they were printed. For a time, burlesque verses were known as poesie bernesca in his honour. 'Burlesque' as a literary term... | What are the literary roots of Burlesque? | referred to a grotesque imitation of the dignified or pathetic. |
Roman Catholics believe in the Immaculate Conception of Mary, as proclaimed Ex Cathedra by Pope Pius IX in 1854, namely that she was filled with grace from the very moment of her conception in her mother's womb and preserved from the stain of original sin. The Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church has a liturgical fe... | On what date is the feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church? | December 8 |
Some argue that The United Methodist Church can lay a claim on apostolic succession, as understood in the traditional sense. As a result of the American Revolution, John Wesley was compelled in 1784 to break with standard practice and ordain two of his lay preachers as presbyters, Thomas Vasey and Richard Whatcoat. Dr.... | Why was Wesley compelled to break with standard practice and ordain two of his lay preachers as presbyters? | result of the American Revolution |
The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) is a formation capable of operating independently but primarily focused on generating special operations forces (SOF) elements to support CJOC. The command includes Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2), the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU) based at CFB Trento... | What do the special forces support? | CJOC |
A new index was released on December 18, 2008. This so-called "statistical update" covered the period up to 2006 and was published without an accompanying Human Development Report. The update is relevant due to newly released estimates of purchasing power parities (PPP), implying substantial adjustments for many countr... | What period was covered by the statistical update index released in December of 2008? | up to 2006 |
The earliest known movie featuring some exterior scenes filmed in the city is On the Night of the Fire (1939), though by and large the action is studio-bound. Later came The Clouded Yellow (1951) and Payroll (1961), both of which feature more extensive scenes filmed in the city. The 1971 film Get Carter was shot on loc... | What 1971 film was shot on location in Newcastle? | Get Carter |
West's third studio album, Graduation, garnered major publicity when its release date pitted West in a sales competition against rapper 50 Cent's Curtis. Upon their September 2007 releases, Graduation outsold Curtis by a large margin, debuting at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and selling 957,000 copies in ... | What famous electronic duo did Kanye sample on his third album? | Daft Punk |
If the highest echelons of the governments also take advantage from corruption or embezzlement from the state's treasury, it is sometimes referred with the neologism kleptocracy. Members of the government can take advantage of the natural resources (e.g., diamonds and oil in a few prominent cases) or state-owned produc... | What examples of natural resources do some corrupt officials in government take? | diamonds and oil |
In the months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein Atoll was the administrative center of the Japanese 6th Fleet Forces Service, whose task was the defense of the Marshall Islands. | What Japanese fleet was based in the Marshall Islands? | 6th Fleet |
Russia had previously obtained recognition from the Ottoman Empire of the Tsar's role as special guardian of the Orthodox Christians in Moldavia and Wallachia. Now Russia used the Sultan's failure to resolve the issue of the protection of the Christian sites in the Holy Land as a pretext for Russian occupation of these... | Who recognized and gave Russia the special guardian role? | Ottoman Empire of the Tsar's |
Marsha Weidner states that Deshin Shekpa's miracles "testified to the power of both the emperor and his guru and served as a legitimizing tool for the emperor's problematic succession to the throne," referring to the Yongle Emperor's conflict with the previous Jianwen Emperor. Tsai writes that Deshin Shekpa aided the l... | Who did the Yongle Emperor have a conflict with? | Jianwen Emperor |
Kazakhstan: The first torchbearer in Almaty, where the Olympic torch arrived for the first time ever on April 2, was the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev. The route ran 20 km from Medeo stadium to Astana Square. There were reports that Uighur activists were arrested and some were deported back to China. | What virgin site did the torch visit on April 2? | Almaty |
In an interview published by Vogue in April 2013, Beyoncé was asked if she considers herself a feminist, to which she said, "that word can be very extreme... But I guess I am a modern-day feminist. I do believe in equality". She would later align herself more publicly with the movement, sampling "We should all be femin... | Where was Beyonce quoted as saying that she is a modern-day feminist? | Vogue |
Roger Clemens, Return to the Yankees (2007): Clemens unexpectedly appeared in the owner's box at Yankee Stadium on May 6, 2007, during the seventh-inning stretch of a game against the Seattle Mariners, and made a brief statement: "Thank y'all. Well they came and got me out of Texas, and uhh, I can tell you it's a privi... | Was he hard to work with? | Yankees manager Joe Torre removed Clemens from the roster |
Li Zicheng then led a coalition of rebel forces numbering 200,000[a] to confront Wu Sangui, the general commanding the Ming garrison at Shanhai Pass. Shanhai Pass is a pivotal pass of the Great Wall, located fifty miles northeast of Beijing, and for years its defenses kept the Manchus from directly raiding the Ming cap... | What was the name of the general at the Ming fort? | Wu Sangui |
Paul Molitor, Toronto Blue Jays: Although Molitor wanted to remain with Milwaukee when he became a free agent after the 1992 season, the franchise offered him a one-year contract with a $900,000 pay cut (to $2.5 million), while the Toronto Blue Jays offered a three-year, $13 million ($22,000,000 in current dollar terms... | Did molitor sign a contract with the Toronto Blue jays? | a three-year, $13 million ($22,000,000 in current dollar terms) deal, |
Elizabeth Blackwell, Early adulthood: The Blackwells' financial situation was unfortunate. Pressed by financial need, the sisters Anna, Marian and Elizabeth started a school, The Cincinnati English and French Academy for Young Ladies, which provided instruction in most, if not all, subjects and charged for tuition and ... | When did she open the school | The school was not terribly innovative in its education methods - it was merely a source of income for the Blackwell sisters. |
Varg Vikernes, Bergens Tidende article: In January 1993, an article in one of Norway's biggest newspapers, Bergens Tidende (BT), brought the black metal scene into the media spotlight. Two friends of Vikernes interviewed him and brought the interview to the newspaper, hoping they would print it. In the anonymous interv... | do they elaborate on the consequences? | He added that they became "bloody angry" and he, Tunsberg, was "pissed off". |
Lewis Fry Richardson, Mathematical analysis of war: Richardson also applied his mathematical skills in the service of his pacifist principles, in particular in understanding the basis of international conflict. For this reason, he is now considered the initiator, or co-initiator (with Quincy Wright and Pitirim Sorokin ... | Are there any other interesting aspects about this article? | Others have noted that similar statistical patterns occur frequently, whether planned (lotteries, with many more small payoffs than large wins |
A further limitation of the gramophone record is that fidelity steadily declines as playback progresses; there is more vinyl per second available for fine reproduction of high frequencies at the large-diameter beginning of the groove than exist at the smaller-diameters close to the end of the side. At the start of a gr... | When is distortion most common on a gramophone record? | Distortion towards the end of the side |
Start and end dates vary with location and year. Since 1996 European Summer Time has been observed from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. Starting in 2007, most of the United States and Canada observe DST from the second Sunday in Ma... | What act in the U.S. brought about the 2007 change in DST policy? | the Energy Policy Act of 2005 |
Bobby Jones (golfer), Sportsmanship: Jones was not only a consummately skilled golfer but exemplified the principles of sportsmanship and fair play. In the first round of the 1925 U.S. Open at the Worcester Country Club near Boston, his approach shot to the 11th hole's elevated green fell short into the deep rough of t... | What was the most notable part of his career? | Jones went on to win the tournament, the second of his four U.S. Open victories. |
Kobe Bryant, Player profile: Standing at 6 feet 6 inches tall (1.98 m) and weighing 205 pounds (93 kg), Bryant played primarily as a shooting guard. He was often cited as one of the most dangerous scorers in the NBA. Bryant has drawn frequent comparisons to Jordan, after whom he modeled his playing style. Like Jordan, ... | What is notable about his player profile? | He was often cited as one of the most dangerous scorers in the NBA. |
Maurice Malpas, Coaching and managerial career: After retiring as a player, Malpas assumed full-time coaching duties at Tannadice, having been acting as player/coach since 1991. He was part of the temporary management team following the dismissal of Alex Smith in October 2002, but left the club in January 2003. He ini... | Is there any teams he coached on full time? | He initially joined Motherwell as assistant manager to former coaching colleague Terry Butcher. |
Once (film), Critical response: Once was met with extremely positive reviews from critics. Upon its March 2007 release in Ireland, RTE's Caroline Hennessy gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and termed it "an unexpected treasure". About the acting, this Irish reviewer commented, "Once has wonderfully natural performances fr... | What did they say about it? | Phillips called it, "the most charming thing I've seen all year", |
During the feudal and colonial times in British India, hunting was regarded as a regal sport in the numerous princely states, as many maharajas and nawabs, as well as British officers, maintained a whole corps of shikaris (big-game hunters), who were native professional hunters. They would be headed by a master of the ... | What could a Bengal tiger be hunted from the back of? | an elephant |
In the wake of the Coventry Blitz, there was widespread agitation from the Communist Party over the need for bomb-proof shelters. Many Londoners, in particular, took to using the Underground railway system, without authority, for shelter and sleeping through the night there until the following morning. So worried were ... | What did Morrison warn he couldn't do? | that he could not counter the Communist unrest unless provision of shelters were made. |
Dreamgirls (film), Premieres, road show engagements, and general releases: Dreamgirls premiered on December 4, 2006 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, where it received a standing ovation. The film's Los Angeles premiere was held on December 11 at the Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills. Similar to the releases o... | What was the premier date? | Dreamgirls premiered on December 4, 2006 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, |
Several films have featured their songs performed by other artists. A version of "Somebody to Love" by Anne Hathaway was in the 2004 film Ella Enchanted. In 2006, Brittany Murphy also recorded a cover of the same song for the 2006 film Happy Feet. In 2001, a version of "The Show Must Go On" was performed by Jim Broadbe... | ho sang a version of Queen's Somebody to Love in 2004's Ella Enchanted? | Anne Hathaway |
The Jewish Legion, a group primarily of Zionist volunteers, assisted, in 1918, in the British conquest of Palestine. Arab opposition to British rule and Jewish immigration led to the 1920 Palestine riots and the formation of a Jewish militia known as the Haganah (meaning "The Defense" in Hebrew), from which the Irgun a... | What does Haganah mean in Hebrew? | The Defense |
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)—the agency's grant-making arm—awards funds to state and local governments, public and private archives, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit organizations to preserve and publish historical records. Since 1964, the NHPRC has awarded some 4,50... | What year was The National Historical Publications and Records Commission established? | 1964 |
Jusuf Kalla, Road to Vice Presidency: Now a popular figure for assisting with the peace process in Sulawesi, Kalla considered putting himself forward as a candidate in the 2004 presidential elections. In August 2003 he announced his candidacy and enlisted as a participant in Golkar's 2004 Convention which would choose ... | Did Kalla become vice president? | Yudhoyono and Kalla won the run-off with 60.1% of the vote. |
Herbert Sutcliffe, Noted opponents: As a specialist opening batsman, Sutcliffe's rivals on the field were the opposing bowlers and especially fast bowlers, though he encountered many outstanding spin bowlers too on turning or sticky wickets. By the time Sutcliffe began his Test career, the formidable fast bowling part... | What happened during the game? | eventually he learned how to "differentiate between Mailey's leg breaks and his wrong 'uns". |
Yerevan Vernissage (arts and crafts market), close to Republic Square, bustles with hundreds of vendors selling a variety of crafts on weekends and Wednesdays (though the selection is much reduced mid-week). The market offers woodcarving, antiques, fine lace, and the hand-knotted wool carpets and kilims that are a Cauc... | What is Obsidian used for? | jewellery and ornamental objects |
According to Taraborrelli, the defining moment of Madonna's childhood was the tragic and untimely death of her beloved mother. Psychiatrist Keith Ablow suggests her mother's death would have had an immeasurable impact on the young Madonna at a time when her personality was still forming. According to Ablow, the younger... | Who believes that the rape Madonna experienced is the driving force in life? | Lucy O'Brien |
Guam is served by the Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, which is a hub for United Airlines. The island is outside the United States customs zone so Guam is responsible for establishing and operating its own customs and quarantine agency and jurisdiction. Therefore, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection only ca... | What is Guam responsible for when goods both come in and leave? | operating its own customs and quarantine agency |
Niki Lauda, 1976 Nurburgring crash: A week before the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, even though he was the fastest driver on that circuit at the time, Lauda urged his fellow drivers to boycott the race, largely because of the 23-kilometre (14 mi) circuit's safety arrangements, citing the organisers' lack o... | How did he recover from injury? | reconstructive surgery to replacing the eyelids and getting them to work properly. |
There is controversy around the recognition of the Alsacian flag. The authentic historical flag is the Rot-un-Wiss ; Red and White are commonly found on the coat of arms of Alsacian cities (Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Sélestat...) and of many Swiss cites, especially in Basel's region. The German region Hesse uses a flag simi... | What is the name of the historical flag of Alsace? | Rot-un-Wiss |
John's illness grew worse and by the time he reached Newark Castle he was unable to travel any farther; John died on the night of 18 October. Numerous – probably fictitious – accounts circulated soon after his death that he had been killed by poisoned ale, poisoned plums or a "surfeit of peaches". His body was escorted... | When was a new sarcophagus made for him? | 1232 |
Monty Python, Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979): Following the success of Holy Grail, reporters asked for the title of the next Python film, despite the fact that the team had not even begun to consider a third one. Eventually, Idle flippantly replied "Jesus Christ - Lust for Glory", which became the group's stock an... | Did it win any awards? | A Channel 4 poll in 2005 ranked Holy Grail in sixth place, with Life of Brian at the top. |
After the rupture of the wars with Portugal and Catalonia, the Junta changed its attitude, this time due to the exhaustion of Galicia, now involved not just in naval or oversea operations, but also in an exhausting war with the Portuguese, war which produced thousands of casualties and refugees and was heavily disturbi... | In what way was the tension between the monarch and Galicia similar to the wars it was fighting? | there were frequent urban mutinies |
Bobby Womack, 1972-1985: Solo success: Following Communication, Womack's profile was raised with two more albums, released in 1972. The first was Understanding, noted for the track "I Can Understand It", later covered by the funk band New Birth and a three-sibling lineup of Bobby's old group, the Valentinos, and two hi... | Were there any onther hit singles? | Patti LaBelle duet, "Love Has Finally Come at Last", and "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much". |
Whereas a genome sequence lists the order of every DNA base in a genome, a genome map identifies the landmarks. A genome map is less detailed than a genome sequence and aids in navigating around the genome. The Human Genome Project was organized to map and to sequence the human genome. A fundamental step in the project... | What is the term for something that lists the important and notable parts of a genome? | genome map |
The styles that resulted fall within several categories. In the mainstream of Georgian style were both Palladian architecture— and its whimsical alternatives, Gothic and Chinoiserie, which were the English-speaking world's equivalent of European Rococo. From the mid-1760s a range of Neoclassical modes were fashionable,... | Gothic and Chinoiserie were the English-speaking world's equivalent of what style? | European Rococo |
Y-Gerät was the most complex system of the three. It was, in effect, an automatic beam-tracking system, operated through the bomber's autopilot. The single approach beam along which the bomber tracked was monitored by a ground controller. The signals from the station were retransmitted by the bomber's equipment. This w... | What kind of checks help to keep the plane on course? | Direction-finding |
Hydrogen is sometimes produced and consumed in the same industrial process, without being separated. In the Haber process for the production of ammonia, hydrogen is generated from natural gas. Electrolysis of brine to yield chlorine also produces hydrogen as a co-product. | How is hydrogen produced as a co product? | Electrolysis of brine to yield chlorine |
Harvard's athletic rivalry with Yale is intense in every sport in which they meet, coming to a climax each fall in the annual football meeting, which dates back to 1875 and is usually called simply "The Game". While Harvard's football team is no longer one of the country's best as it often was a century ago during foot... | What was the first year that Yale and Harvard played football? | 1875 |
Georgette Heyer, Early years: Heyer was born in Wimbledon, London, in 1902. She was named after her father, George Heyer. Her mother, Sylvia Watkins, studied both cello and piano and was one of the top three students in her class at the Royal College of Music. Heyer's paternal grandfather had emigrated from Russia, whi... | did she show interest in writing at an early age? | When she was 17, Heyer began a serial story to amuse her brother Boris, |
Led Zeppelin IV, Release and reception: In the lead-up to the album's release, a series of teaser advertisements depicting each symbol was placed in the music press. The album was a massive instant seller. It entered the UK chart at No. 10, rising to No.1 the following week and stayed on the chart for 90 weeks. In the ... | What did some of the positive reviews say? | but later called the album a "genre masterpiece", and wrote that it showed the band at the pinnacle of their songwriting. |
Subjective idealists like George Berkeley are anti-realists in terms of a mind-independent world, whereas transcendental idealists like Immanuel Kant are strong skeptics of such a world, affirming epistemological and not metaphysical idealism. Thus Kant defines idealism as "the assertion that we can never be certain wh... | What famous philosopher was a transcendental idealist? | Immanuel Kant |
Kim Kardashian, 2007-2009: Breakthrough with reality television: In February 2007, a sex tape made by Kardashian and Ray J in 2003 was leaked. Kardashian filed a lawsuit against Vivid Entertainment, who distributed the film as Kim K Superstar. She later dropped the suit and settled for a reported US$5 million. In Octob... | What were the ratings of the program like? | The series proved successful for E |
The end of a treaty, the eschatocol (or closing protocol), is often signaled by a clause like "in witness whereof" or "in faith whereof," the parties have affixed their signatures, followed by the words "DONE at," then the site(s) of the treaty's execution and the date(s) of its execution. The date is typically written... | What is the nature of the different versions of a treaty executed in multiple languages? | equally authentic |
The problem of the direction of time arises directly from two contradictory facts. Firstly, the fundamental physical laws are time-reversal invariant; if a cinematographic film were taken of any process describable by means of the aforementioned laws and then played backwards, it would still portray a physically possib... | How many contradictory facts does the problem of the direction of time arise from? | two |
Paul McCartney, Reaction to Lennon's murder: McCartney's skill as a bass player has been acknowledged by other bassists, including Sting, Dr. Dre bassist Mike Elizondo, and Colin Moulding of XTC. Best known for primarily using a plectrum or pick, McCartney occasionally plays fingerstyle. He does not use slapping techni... | When did he stop | quit cannabis in 2015, |
In addition, Federal Records Centers exist in each region that house materials owned by Federal agencies. Federal Records Centers are not open for public research. For example, the FRC in Lenexa, Kansas holds items from the treatment of John F. Kennedy after his fatal shooting in 1963. | Which Federal Records Center houses materials relevant to JFKs assassination? | FRC in Lenexa, Kansas |
Dorgon's controversial July 1645 edict (the "haircutting order") forced adult Han Chinese men to shave the front of their heads and comb the remaining hair into the queue hairstyle which was worn by Manchu men, on pain of death. The popular description of the order was: "To keep the hair, you lose the head; To keep you... | What did Dorgon declare in July of 1645? | the "haircutting order") |
Alexander Fleming, Early life and education: Born on 6 August 1881 at Lochfield farm near Darvel, in Ayrshire, Scotland, Alexander was the third of the four children of farmer Hugh Fleming (1816-1888) from his second marriage to Grace Stirling Morton (1848-1928), the daughter of a neighbouring farmer. Hugh Fleming had ... | When was he born? | Born on 6 August 1881 |
In 1914, advertising executive Albert Lasker obtained a large block of the club's shares and before the 1916 season assumed majority ownership of the franchise. Lasker brought in a wealthy partner, Charles Weeghman, the proprietor of a popular chain of lunch counters who had previously owned the Chicago Whales of the s... | Where did the Cubs move to after leaving the West Side Grounds? | Weeghman Park |
While Blacks/African-Americans comprised only 13 percent of Michigan's population in 2010, they made up nearly 82 percent of Detroit's population. The next largest population groups were Whites, at 10 percent, and Hispanics, at 6 percent. According to the 2010 Census, segregation in Detroit has decreased in absolute an... | What is the 2009 population of Whites in Detroit? | 13.3% |
Though Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept blood transfusions of whole blood, they may accept some blood plasma fractions at their own discretion. The Watch Tower Society provides pre-formatted durable power of attorney documents prohibiting major blood components, in which members can specify which allowable fractions a... | What cooperative arrangement did Jehovah's Witnesses establish? | Hospital Liaison Committees |
The George Washington Bridge is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge, connecting Manhattan to Bergen County, New Jersey. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the Americas and one of the world's longest. The Brooklyn Bridge is an icon of the city itself. The towers of the Brooklyn Bridge ... | Which bridge in NYC is the busiest in the world? | The George Washington Bridge |
Sevastopol fell after eleven months, and formerly neutral countries began to join the allied cause. Isolated and facing a bleak prospect of invasion from the west if the war continued, Russia sued for peace in March 1856. This was welcomed by France and the UK, where the citizens began to turn against their governments... | Who regained control of the Christian churches after the war was over? | Orthodox church |
Graham McKenzie, Early years: McKenzie grew up in a sporting family. His father, Eric McKenzie, was an opening batsman who played once for Western Australia, against the touring South African cricket team in 1931-32. His uncle, Douglas McKenzie, was a batsman who represented Western Australia on several occasions, scor... | Where did he go to school? | He took his first wickets in the final match against South Australia at Perth with 3/69. |
Theodore Roosevelt, Education: Roosevelt was mostly home schooled by tutors and his parents. Biographer H. W. Brands argued that "The most obvious drawback to his home schooling was uneven coverage of the various areas of human knowledge". He was solid in geography and bright in history, biology, French, and German; ho... | What did he do then? | Roosevelt gave up his earlier plan of studying natural science and instead decided to attend Columbia Law School, |
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