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1,501,375 | Who, in the 6th century BCE, was the last king of Lydia, Solon, who made war on Cyrus, King of Persia, and was defeated? | The Persians Xerxes the Great Cylinder seal and inscription of Cyrus the Great from Babylon I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, mighty king, king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters, son of Cambyses, great king, king of Anshan, grandson of Cyrus, great king... | The Persian Empire The Persian Empire (559 - 330 B.C.) Egypt, Babylonia, and Assyria were many centuries old when the mountain-walled plateau region south of the Caspian Sea was settled by a nomadic people from the grasslands of Central Asia in approximately 1000 BC. Although the newcomers called themselves Irani (Arya... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,376 | In music, what word means increasing the loudness of the tone? | Music Theory Dictionary - The Method Behind the Music The Method Behind The Music Contact Us Jargon This is a quick guide to common music terms. It should smooth out confusions caused by too much music jargon. A Accent An accent is an emphasis on one note. Accents come in three types: dynamic, agogic, and tonic. This i... | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,377 | In which city was the Independent Labour Party founded in 1893? | Independent Labour Party Independent Labour Party ▼ Primary Sources ▼ Independent Labour Party In the 1880s working-class political representatives stood in parliamentary elections as Liberal-Labour candidates. After the 1885 General Election there were eleven of these Liberal-Labour MPs. Some socialists like Keir Hard... | Cork City & Cobh Tourist Attractions Cork City & Cobh Cork City Cork city is built on the River Lee which divides into two channels at the western end of the city. The city centre is located on the island created by the channels. At the eastern end of the city centre where the channels re-converge, quays and docks alon... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,378 | ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ was written by which British author? | BBC - History - Historic Figures: George Orwell (1903 - 1950) Historic Figures z George Orwell © Orwell was a British journalist and author, who wrote two of the most famous novels of the 20th century 'Animal Farm' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on 25 June 1903 in eastern India, the ... | James Bond James Bond 2007 Schools Wikipedia Selection . Related subjects: Films James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent (the Bond character is usually referred to as a spy, but was actually a counter-agent and a professional assassin) created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short s... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,379 | In 1985, which funny man was the first UK citizen to make a mobile phone call? | The call that changed our world: Blue plaque to mark site where a mobile phone was first used in the UK – The Sun SMARTPHONES may have changed the way we communicate and view the world – but the first mobile phone, which was heavier than a new-born baby, was no less groundbreaking. On New Year’s Day in 1985, the UK’s f... | 2001 KO Final February, which ex-PM was awarded an earldom on his 90th birthday ? Harold Macmillan B1 A member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, who celebrated his 100th birthday in November 1984 ? Mannie Shinwell Which government department banned trades unions causing a national... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,380 | Ceramic items are made from what material? | What is a Ceramic ? Ceramics are classified as inorganic and nonmetallic materials that are essential to our daily lifestyle. Ceramic and materials engineers are the people who design the processes in which these products can be made, create new types of ceramic products, and find different uses for ceram... | 10 Amazing Man-Made Substances - Listverse 10 Amazing Man-Made Substances Lester Boyce June 20, 2013 We all know that mankind is capable of genius. But if you scratch the surface of what we can come up with, even those of us who have already discovered chocolate-covered pretzels can be blown away. For instance, did you... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,381 | What is the name of Elvis Presley's former home? | Elvis Presley's Graceland : 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard Graceland Home › Elvis Presley.News › Elvis Biography › Elvis Interviews › Sitemap › Elvis Presley's Graceland : 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard The unique association between Elvis Presley and Graceland, his home in Memphis, Tennessee, for more than 20 years (1957-... | Elvis Presley In Concert Lost That Dream, Chaos Indeed College Park, Maryland September 27, 1974 By Forest George One day you are the King of the Jungle, loved by millions. The next day you are almost at Rock Bottom, panned by critics, businessmen and a few fans, but still loved by millions. In 1974, Elvis Presley went... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,382 | Although rarely used, what is the internet top-level domain for America? | .DO Domain .DO Domain most popular ccTLD in North America The main Language used Domain Registration term in years 2-10 Most popular Languages on the Web 4.7% Most popular Domains on the Web 246 million domain names registered globally .NET 6.0% About .do What is .do? The .do domain name is a ccTLD (country code top-le... | VC - Internet Country Abbreviations Internet Country Abbreviations Color: [ Red = unvisited ] [ Blue = visited ] Ever wonder what country a given email or posting is from? Can't remember if CA is Canada or California? Answer: Canada is correct. California does not have its own code. It is not a country, but don't tell ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,383 | Carrageenan is a substance extracted from red and purple what? | Is Carrageenan Safe? - Healthy Eaton | Healthy Eaton Is Carrageenan Safe? July 19, 2014 2 Flares 2 Flares × How many of you have heard of the ingredient: Carrageenan? You might have noticed it on the labels of foods like non-dairy milks, ice cream, cottage cheese, yogurt, deli meat, etc. This hard-to-pronounce little a... | A guide to buying seafood and fish | Living a Life in Colour Living a Life in Colour a guide to Italian food, wine and culture Seafood and Fish Atlantic white-spotted octopus – See Octopus Boston lobster – See Lobster Chiocciola di mare – See Sea snail Clams, Razor clams (Vongola / Arsella, Lupino, Tellina / Tartufo di... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,384 | What is the common English name of Mozart’s Serenade for Strings in d major? | Music History 102 Born: Salzburg, January 27, 1756 Died: Vienna, December 5, 1791 At the age of four he could learn a piece of music in half an hour. At five he was playing the clavier incredibly well. At six he began composing, writing his first symphonies at the age of eight. He was constantly traveling all over Euro... | Alexander Borodin: Music from "Kismet" - YouTube Alexander Borodin: Music from "Kismet" Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now.... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,385 | Richard, Duke of York, the father of the English kings Edward IV and Richard II, was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in which ongoing campaign? | BBC - History - King Richard III (pictures, video, facts & news) King Richard III King Richard III Richard was the last Yorkist king of England, whose death at the Battle of Bosworth effectively ended the Wars of the Roses. He has become infamous because of the disappearance of his young nephews - the Princes in the To... | Who was Richard III - Last Plantagenet King to die in battle -Timeline - University of Leicester Who was Richard III? A Plantagenet primer on the last English king to die in battle. Although he only ruled for two years – from 1483 to 1485 – Richard III stands out among his peers as one of the most famous (or infamous) ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,386 | In 1969 troops from the Parachute Regiment invaded which West Indian island after it declared its independence from St. Kitts - Nevis? | TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE: ANGUILLA ISLAND: CARIBBEAN PEOPLE OF THE ISLAND OF EEL AND BEAUTIFUL WHITE POWDERY SANDS ( http://w--photography.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-anguilla.html ) The territory of Anguilla which is ranked number one by Travel Channel as world’s best all around beaches, consists of the main island of Anguill... | Indian – Page 2 Screenwriter, director Gurinder Chadha was born on 10 January 1960 in Nairobi, Kenya, then a British colony. Her family was part of the Indian diaspora in East Africa before they moved to Southall, West London in 1961. After graduating from the University of East Anglia in 1984, Chadha attended the Lo... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,387 | What famous make of motorcycle was Lawrence of Arabia riding when he was tragically killed in Dorset in 1936? | Lawrence of Arabia’s Brough Superior SS100 Motorcycle | March 20, 2012 at 12:43 pm The movie Lawrence of Arabia opens with a scene of Sir T.E.Lawrence riding a Brough motorcycle and crashing. The Number plate shown on the motorcycle is UL 656. I guess that the movie makers used a stuntman double for actor Sir Peter O’... | Rolls-Royce history timeline – Rolls-Royce 2013 1884 Rolls-Royce grew from the electrical and mechanical business established by Henry Royce in 1884. Royce built his first motor car in 1904 and in May of that year met Charles Rolls, whose company sold quality cars in London. Agreement was reached that Royce Limited wou... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,388 | What is the name of the Pakistani town in which Osama Bin Laden was shot and killed in May 2011? | Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces - May 02, 2011 - HISTORY.com Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces Share this: Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces Author Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. forces URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 2011, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist... | Death of Ousted Libyan Leader Gaddafi – November 2011 Current, Credible, Consistent Death of Ousted Libyan Leader Gaddafi – November 2011 Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011 and the head of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 was killed in his hometown Sirte on October 20,... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,389 | Although she represented the UK in ‘Eurovision’, what nationality was Gina G? | How Eurovision ruined 90s starlet Gina G EUROVISION may have launched ABBA's career but it did nothing for Australian singer Gina G. "It didn't do me any favours afterwards," the singer, whose real name is Gina Gardiner, said. Gardiner, 39, who grew up in Brisbane, represented the UK in the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest... | Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2015 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Park Tavern and the Brewers Q1 Great Britain is to appear in the Tennis Davis Cup final in which Belgian city? Ghent Q2 Once storms Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond and Eva have passed the UK, which will be next? Frank The current Ebol... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,390 | The story ‘The Siege of Trencher’s Farm' was released as which 1971 film? | The Siege of Trencher's Farm - Straw Dogs: Gordon Williams: 9780857681195: Amazon.com: Books The Siege of Trencher's Farm - Straw Dogs Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use you... | Film History Milestones - 1970 Event and Significance Early 70s The success of blaxploitation films led to an onslaught of other black exploitation genres, with numerous remakes or lesser imitations ranging from westerns to martial arts kung fu films to horror and gangster films. Sample films included Hit Man ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,391 | Yo Yo Ma is a virtuoso on which instrument? | Yo-Yo Ma, a virtuoso at more than the cello - The Washington Post Yo-Yo Ma, a virtuoso at more than the cello The inside track on Washington politics. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and we’ll e-mail you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates... | Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,392 | Near which village in Lincolnshire is the Royal Air Force College? | The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Trail - Lincolnshire.org Five Dog Friendly Cottages in Lincolnshire The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Trail "The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Trail is a fascinating journey that highlights Lincolnshire's long and illustrious relationship with the Royal Air Force" The Lincolnshire A... | Carnforth Station Heritage Centre - Home of Brief Encounter Home About News Events Exhibitions Contact Us Links Carnforth Station Heritage Centre and the Brief Encounter Refreshment Room opened on 17 October 2003 following 3 years work to renovate the derelict buildings of Carnforth Station. We celebrated our 10th anni... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,393 | What is the name of the famous ship which sank in 1545 and was raised in 1982 | 10 Most Famous Shipwrecks in History You are here: Home / History / 10 Most Famous Shipwrecks in History 10 Most Famous Shipwrecks in History September 7, 2011 By paul Leave a Comment Shipwrecks are fascinating because they tell true stories and, when discovered, they give us the chance to see a piece of the past, to w... | Buckland Abbey | The History Jar The History Jar I saw five ships… This post contains not three ships but five. It’s also rather brief as this event isn’t exactly a niche happening for keen historians its linked to one of England’s most identifiable historic figures! Today, 13th December, in 1577 Sir Francis Drake s... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,394 | What is the state capital of Illinois | Past Illinois Capitols Past Illinois Capitols The following article is copied from the 1975-1976 Illinois Bluebook: Kaskaskia Illinois was admitted to the Federal Union as the twenty-first state on December 3, 1818. Since that historic date, Illinois has been governed from three different cities and from six Capitol bu... | Bezzerwizzer at Paint Branch High School - StudyBlue StudyBlue Which geometric shape does Frank Llyod Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York echo? A spiral Which painter liked to present himself as the "Man in the Bowler Hat"? Rene Magritte Which IT company is also known by the abbreviation "HP"? Hewlett Packard Which ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,395 | What is the most times a piece of paper can be folded in half? | Folding Paper in Half Twelve Times BRITNEY�S FOLDING RECORD STILL HOLDS The long standing challenge was that a single piece of paper, no matter the size, cannot be folded in half more than 7 or 8 times. Recently, reports have been made that Britney�s paper folding record of folding a piece of paper in half 12 tim... | Puzzles - Coffeetime Triv (Sat) 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,396 | Who wrote the novel 'The Cement Garden'? | Ian McEwan on The Cement Garden, sexual gothic and being in the 'toddlerhood of old age' | Books | The Guardian Ian McEwan Ian McEwan on The Cement Garden, sexual gothic and being in the 'toddlerhood of old age' The writer's first novel brought him fame and a reputation for the macabre. As a new production of the book ... | SF REVIEWS.NET: Pebble in the Sky / Isaac Asimov ☆☆☆☆ Book cover art by Darrell K. Sweet (2nd); John Berkey (3rd). Review © 1998 by Thomas M. Wagner. Pebble in the Sky was Isaac Asimov's first SF novel, which is really a pretty amazing thing to contemplate when you think about it: kind of like knowing what the first br... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,397 | In May 1941, who parachuted into Scotland from Germany claiming to be on a peace mission? | May 10, 1941: Nazi Third in Command Parachutes Into Scotland! - History and Headlines May 10, 1941: Nazi Third in Command Parachutes Into Scotland! 1 Comment A Brief History On May 10, 1941, Deputy Fuehrer Rudolf Hess, third in command of Nazi Germany to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goring, some of history’s most evil peop... | Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) Mary, Queen of Scots Although the Stuart family had gained the Scottish throne through Marjory (daughter of Robert the Bruce), Mary became Queen only because all male alternatives had been exhausted. Princess Mary Stuart was born at Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,398 | What two word phrase means the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction? | nuclear engineering - What is the minimum amount of fissile mass required to acheive criticality? - Physics Stack Exchange What is the minimum amount of fissile mass required to acheive criticality? 1 Wikipedia gives the following definition for critical mass. A critical mass is the smallest amount of fissile material ... | CityPagesKuwait June 2015 by CityPages Kuwait (page 168) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ HOMEWORK FOR GROWN UPS EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED AT SCHOOL... BUT CAN YOU REMEMBER? 2. Which two of these works were written by writers who died within a day of each other on 22/23 April 1616: Don Quixote; Treasure Island; Lord of the ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,399 | 'Meg; Jo; Beth and Amy' is the sub-title to which Louisa May Scott novel? | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott · OverDrive: eBooks, audiobooks and videos for libraries Classic Literature Fiction The beautiful Meg, artistic tomboy Jo, doomed Beth, and selfish Amy: since the publication of Little Women in 1869, these four sisters have become America's most beloved literary siblings. Louisa May Al... | TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the movies? In Living Color. Who plays a paleontologist on Friends? David Schwimmer. What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out on MTV Unplugged? Paul McCartney. What segment of the TV industry recei... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,400 | Perdita is a moon of which planet in the Solar System | Moons - Facts about the Moons of the Solar System Moons Eris Moons There are more than 181 moons of the various planets, dwarf planets and asteroid in the solar system. The planets Mercury and Venus do not have any moons and neither does the dwarf planet Ceres. Find out the number of moons each planet has and their nam... | Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,401 | Which body of water separates East Malaysia from West Malaysia? | What Are the Major Landforms in Malaysia? | USA Today What Are the Major Landforms in Malaysia? Malaysia's many islands feature pristine tropical beaches. (Photo: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images ) Famous Landforms in India The nation of Malaysia consists of two separate landmasses separated by the South China Sea... | 1511st (2) by Mike Hall (page 23) - issuu issuu IN THE KNOW INTERACTIVE Trivia Quiz If you think you’ve got what it takes to beat our monthly brain buster, take our quiz and prove your intellectual talents! 1 What code name was given to Nazi Germany's plan to invade Britain during the Second World War? 11 12 Which coun... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,402 | Today marks the birthday of Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Dondrub, the 14th Spiritual leader of Tibet who fled to India in 1959, better known as whom? | 14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub - TheXtraordinary 14th Dalai Lama, Lhamo Dondrub By: Peter Horsfield The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is a living paradox; he upholds compassion and nonviolence while battling for his people’s rights. While his right foot was on the pulpit teaching the Buddhist canon, his left rested o... | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,403 | Where do Walloons come from? | Fleming and Walloon | people | Britannica.com Fleming and Walloon Camille Huysmans Fleming and Walloon , members of the two predominant cultural and linguistic groups of modern Belgium . The Flemings, who constitute more than half of the Belgian population, speak Dutch (sometimes called Netherlandic), or Belgian Dutch ... | History See Timeline page for a chronological list of events from Warrington's past. Veratinum, Woeringtun, Walintune, Werynton, Weryngton, Wherington, Werinton, Warington Don't panic Mister Mainwaring, my computer hasn't flipped! These are simply old variant spellings of Warrington. Warrington is an industrial to... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,404 | Who was the first singer to win the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland? | Eurovision Winners Videos - 1960s 1960s 1969 - Joint Winners! France, Netherlands, Spain, UK The Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 was the first time that the contest resulted in a tie for first place, with four countries each gaining 18 votes. Since there was at the time no rule to cover such an eventuality, all four c... | Westlife | New Music And Songs | Westlife About Westlife Formed in Dublin in 1998, Westlife followed in the tradition of European boy bands like Take That and Boyzone. The group performed ballads and club-worthy pop songs for a devoted European audience, becoming one of the continent's most successful bands in the proc... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,405 | How many red stripes are there on the national flag of Puerto Rico? | The Flag of Puerto Rico | District of Puerto Rico The Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Flag The Flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is rectangular in shape and consists of five alternating horizontal stripes, three red and two white, with an isosceles triangle with a five-pointed white star in the center based on th... | Flags Ashmore and Cartier Islands : The flag of Australia is used Austria : Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red Anguilla : Blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Anguillan coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms depicts three orange dol... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,406 | Found near Woodbridge, Suffolk what is the name of the Anglo Saxon burial site, excavated in 1939, which contained a ship and other priceless artefacts? | Sutton Hoo, Suffolk: On the trail of the Anglo-Saxons - Telegraph UK Sutton Hoo, Suffolk: On the trail of the Anglo-Saxons Seventy years ago, the owner of a Suffolk estate invited guests to celebrate the unearthing of a 'Viking' ship on her land. Little did she know it would turn out to be one of the most important A... | Recent blog posts - Whisky News Whisky News News This month Charles reviews The Bowmore Black Rock, exclusive to travel retail. Islay Shipwrecks by Peter Moir and Ian Crawford makes for grim reading [Google 'Islay Shipwrecks' to see a summary of the book]. Literally hundreds of ships have gone down around the island ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,407 | Which chemical element can exist in white, red, violet, or black forms? | Allotropes - Chemistry Encyclopedia - structure, reaction, elements, metal, gas, number, name, molecule Allotropes - Chemistry Encyclopedia Figure 1. Elements that exist as allotropes. B Bi Po Allotropes are different forms of the same element. Different bonding arrangements between atoms result in different structu... | Helium»the essentials [WebElements Periodic Table] Element News Helium: the essentials Helium is one of the so-called noble gases. Helium gas is an unreactive, colourless, and odourless monoatomic gas. Helium is available in pressurised tanks. Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen. α... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,408 | One of the rarest reptiles, a species of crocodile, is found in the wild exclusively where? | Endangered Colombian crocodiles get a helping hand | Fox News Endangered Colombian crocodiles get a helping hand Published February 15, 2016 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 livefyre Email Print Orinoco crocodiles. (Mauricio “Pato” Salcedo) The future of a critically endangered crocodile in Colombia just got a little bright... | General Knowledge #4 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. General Knowledge #4 Which European capital has a skyline dominated by St Stephen�s cathedral? Vienna Shogi is a Japanese form of which boardgame? Chess Which astronomer discovered t... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,409 | .za is the internet code for which country? | South Africa Country Code 27 Country Code ZA About South Africa Hide CountryCode.org is your complete guide to make a call from anywhere in the world, to anywhere in the world. This page details South Africa phone code. The South Africa country code 27 will allow you to call South Africa from another country. South Afr... | .TV Domain .TV Domain Domain Registration term in years 1-2 Most popular Languages on the Web 4.7% Most popular Domains on the Web 246 million domain names registered globally .NET 6.0% About .tv What is .tv? The .tv domain is a ccTLD (country code top-level domain) and the Internet code for Tuvalu. Tuvalu with its est... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,410 | "In his seminally optimistic 1734 poem, An Essay on Man, Alexander Pope wrote the famous line, ""Hope springs eternal in the (what)""?" | TLW's New Age Historyscope TLW's New Age Historyscope By T.L. Winslow (TLW), the Historyscoper� © Copyright by T.L. Winslow. All Rights Reserved. Original Pub. Date: Jan. 31, 2013. Last Update: Apr. 3, 2014. Alternate urls for this page: http://tinyurl.com/newagehistory What Is A Historyscope? "When the power of love... | If Winter Comes Can Spring Be Far Behind Free Essays If Winter Comes Can Spring Be Far Behind If Winter Comes Can Spring be far behind? – Essay Day is followed by... night and night by day. Similarly, in life every period of sorrow and despair has at last to come to end. It is followed by a period of peace, comfort and... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,411 | "What is the next in this series: Millie, Ranger, Buddy, Spot ""Spotty"" Fletcher, Barney, Miss Beazley ... ?" | Presidential Dogs of the White House Presidential Dogs of the White House By Mimi C. February 20, 2012 8:30 AM Many presidents have had dogs during the time at the White House. I have listed all of the Presidential Dogs that I was able to find and included a few photos all the way back to the Coolidge presidency. Here... | Blandings Castle Novels | Series | LibraryThing P.G. Wodehouse: A Biography by Frances Donaldson (1982) Series description Since the second book in the Blandings novels, Leave it to Psmith is the last in the Psmith series, one might consider reading the earlier books in the latter series before starting on the Blanding... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,412 | Which is the only Shakespeare play in which an animal's name appears in the title? | Shakespeare's Plays Shakespeare's Plays Before the publication of the First Folio in 1623, nineteen of the thirty-seven plays in Shakespeare's canon had appeared in quarto format. With the exception of Othello (1622), all of the quartos were published prior to the date of Shakespeare's retirement from the theatre in ... | Anne Hathaway to Star in Film Adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew' (Exclusive) Anne Hathaway to Star in Film Adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ (Exclusive) Anne Hathaway just won a Golden Globe for Universal and Working Title's "Les Miserables" Lucas Shaw | January 14, 2013 @ 3:09 PM Anne Ha... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,413 | Which is the fifth book of the Old Testament, following Numbers? | Enter the Bible - Books: Numbers Themes Summary Though the census lists in chapters 1 and 26 play an important part in the book, the title "Numbers" does not adequately represent the content. The Hebrew title Bemidbar ("in the wilderness"--the first words of the Hebrew text) captures the theme much better: the book tel... | Index-a Don't Forget To Hit <ESC> before going to a different page. Let's play a game of 30 questions. No, not that old standard of 20 questions, but one with an extra 10 questions added in and one that uses numeric answers (from 1 to 30). If you get stumped, go on to the next one. Perhaps the answer you need will... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,414 | Mahatma Gandhi led Indians in protesting the British-imposed salt tax with what 400 km (249 mile) journey in 1930? | mahatma gandhi - www.shaikhshabaz.com www.shaikhshabaz.com listen ) ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India . Employing non-violent civil disobedience , Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across ... | General Knowledge #5 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. General Knowledge #5 What does the legal term �caveat emptor� mean? Let the buyer beware Which Russian author wrote the novel A Month in the Country? Ivan Turgenev What do the initia... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,415 | Folgate, Grosso, Fathead and Grappenhall are all varieties of which garden plant? | LAVANDULA X INTERMEDIA &#39;GROSSO&#39; Print Email With its brisk aroma and eye-catching flowers, lavender has become a symbol of the delicious life. To many Americans, lavender evokes a mythical Provençal night: the window open to the warm night air, a view of faraway hills, clean linen, crusty baguettes, a b... | On This Day 1926: The first greyhound meeting with a mechanical hare took place at Belle Vue, Manchester. 2000: Portugal midfielder Luis Figo, star of Euro 2000, became the world's most expensive footballer when he joined Real Madrid for £37million from Barcelona. 2005: Australia won the first Ashes Test at Lord's by 2... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,416 | Who was Margaret Thatcher's most famous press secretary ? | Margaret Thatcher's former press secretary Sir Bernard Ingham refuses to apologise for telling Liverpool to "shut up about Hillsborough" - Mirror Online Unrepentant: Sir Bernard Ingham (Photo: Getty) Share Get Liverpool FC updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try a... | Margaret Thatcher Dead: Former UK Prime Minister Dies Of Stroke | The Huffington Post Margaret Thatcher Dead: Former UK Prime Minister Dies Of Stroke 04/08/2013 07:54 am ET | Updated Jun 08, 2013 12k AP/The Huffington Post The Associated Press reports that former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died of a s... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,417 | What is Julia Donaldson's hugely successful character and book, based on a Chinese folk tale of a fox that borrows the terror of a tiger? | Library News | Greensboro Free Library Greensboro Free Library 53 Wilson Street Greensboro, Vermont 05841 | 802-533-2531 | greensborofree@yahoo.com Menu NEW ARRIVALS – DECEMBER 2016 ADULT FICTION “The Cottage” by Michael Phillips — “Phillips continues his Secrets of the Shetlands series (The Inheritance, 2016) with the... | Celebrating National Dog Day with 13 Favourite Fictional Dogs – Better Reading Contact Celebrating National Dog Day with 13 Favourite Fictional Dogs It’s National Dog Day in Australia this Wednesday, 26th August. To celebrate we look at some our favourite fictional hounds… Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight Who hasn’t sob... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,418 | Which British artist active since the 1970's has released albums entitled Never for Ever and Aerial? | KATE BUSH - NEVER FOR EVER [1980] - Αντιφωνίες Website: www.katebush.com Catherine «Kate» Bush, CBE (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. She is known for her eclectic and experimental music as well as her idiosyncratic performances. Bush first came to note in 1978 when, at ... | Andrew Gold: Musician and songwriter whose collaborators included Ronstadt, Garfunkel and Cher | The Independent Andrew Gold: Musician and songwriter whose collaborators included Ronstadt, Garfunkel and Cher Tuesday 7 June 2011 23:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Andrew Gold was part of the outstanding mus... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,419 | In ancient Athens, what tree was considered sacred -- with all its fruit belonging to the state, and death the penalty for anyone caught cutting one down? | Untitled Document Herodotus' Description of Egypt and the Egyptians [The History of Herodotus, George Rawlinson, ed. and tr., vol. 2 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885), Book 2, Chapters 5-99] 5. For any one who sees Egypt, without having heard a word about it before, must perceive, if he has only common powers o... | Greece, A History of Ancient Greece, The Trojan War A History of Ancient Greece The Glory That Was Greece Author:����� Jewsbury, Lewis 800 BC: Homeric writings 1186 BC: The Trojan War Although the Trojan War was the subject of legend and myth in the writings of Homer, there is little doubt that some great conflict took... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,420 | Name the monk, born a few years after the death of St. Cuthbert, whose great work was his 'Ecclesiastical History of England'? | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Cuthbert Home > Catholic Encyclopedia > C > St. Cuthbert St. Cuthbert Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download . Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99... Bishop of Lindisfarne , patron of... | Erasmus English Bible History Erasmus In considering the experiences of Linacre and Colet, the great scholar Erasmus was so moved to correct the corrupt Latin Vulgate, that in 1516, with the help of printer John Froben, he published a Greek-Latin Parallel New Testament. The Latin part was not the corrupt Vulgate, bu... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,421 | Who was said to have interceded to save the life of Captain John Smith, was later taken hostage and held at Jamestown, married John Rolfe, came to England and died at Gravesend in 1617? | Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend - Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend Detail of the map showing the various towns in the Powhatan Chiefdom. Jamestown and Werowocomoco (P... | 'Maria Bicknell, Mrs John Constable', John Constable, 1816 | Tate Catalogue entry Display caption Maria Bicknell was a daughter of the Solicitor to the Admiralty. Her grandfather was the rector of East Bergholt, where Constable first met her in 1800. The two fell in love in 1809 but, partly because of the rector's oppo... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,422 | The road from Paris to Montpellier passes over the highest bridge in the world, completed in 2004. Which river valley does it span ? | General notes on maritime commerce and shipping in the early centuries CE A. The Main Caravan Routes. B. The territories of Haixi, Haibei and Haidong. C. The “great seas” and the “Western Sea.” D. Sea Silk. F. Maritime Commerce and Shipping during the Han Period. G. The Water Cisterns on the Route between Petra and Wad... | Madrid’s new river | Iberosphere | Spain News and Portugal News - Information and Analysis By James Blick Unlike the great rivers of Europe – the Rhine, the Danube or the Seine, so often evoked in art and so historically significant as trade routes or the frontiers of empire, Madrid’s Manzanares is more likely to induc... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,423 | Who designed the 'Queen's House' at Greenwich, in the early 17th century? | The Queen’s House, Greenwich | The Seventeenth Century Lady The Queen’s House, Greenwich By Andrea Zuvich on |11,099 views| 4 thoughts The Queen’s House in Greenwich is located in the same area as the Old Royal Naval College, the Maritime Museum, Greenwich Park, and is a short walk away from the Greenwich Observatory a... | Chippendale--The Royalty of Antique Furniture The Early Years But in 1754, Mr. Chippendale, as he was known in London, published his detailed collection, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, a portfolio of fashionable English furniture design templates and one of the first furniture design books. In it C... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,424 | Becky Sharp is the name of a character in which famous novel, which is also the title of a famous magazine? | The Jungle Drums September 2012 by The Courier Newspaper (page 8) - issuu issuu The Jungle Drums Brain Training FAMOUS BOOKS FAMOUS FIRSTS Each of these people is famous for being the first person to do something, but what was it? 1. Helen Sharman 2. Robin Knox Johnson 3. Nancy Witcher Astor 4. Alan Mullery 5. Ursula A... | The Pegasus Daily Bulletin | Crap, the Name Escapes Me! Crap, the Name Escapes Me! A comfortable place to hang ~ chat ~ debate ~ have fun! ~*~ Etch a Sketch ~*~ Post by on Jan 29, 2012 10:45:50 GMT -5 Good morning Miss Who, Sus, Peg and Tuxy Flying Horse Gabber Extraordinaire I am sorry to be posting this. i am FH's ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,425 | What was the deadliest battle of the American Civil War? | Ten Costliest Battles of the American Civil War The Ten Costliest and Bloodiest Battles of the American Civil War Estimated Total Casualties (killed, wounded, missing, and captured) Civil War Battles with most Killed and Casualties Ten Deadliest Civil War Battles with most Casualties and Kille... | The English Civil War - History Learning Site Home » Stuart England » The English Civil War The English Civil War Citation: C N Trueman "The English Civil War" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 17 Mar 2015. 16 Aug 2016. The English Civil War started in 1642 when Charles I raised his royal sta... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,426 | In mathematics, how many degrees are in a straight angle? | Angles - Acute, Obtuse, Straight and Right Angles An angle measures the amount of turn Names of Angles As the Angle Increases, the Name Changes: Type of Angle an angle that is greater than 90° but less than 180° an angle that is greater than 180° Try It Yourself: This diagram might make it easier to remember: ... | Trigonometry/Angles of a triangle sum to 180 Degrees - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Trigonometry/Angles of a triangle sum to 180 Degrees From Wikibooks, open books for an open world In any triangle the angles always sum to The Sum of Angles[ edit ] In any triangle the angles always sum to 180 This is a perha... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,427 | Born on March 6, 1475, which Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet was responsible for works such as The Sistine Chapel ceiling, and the dome of St. Peters Bascilica? | 1000+ images about Michelangelo on Pinterest | Sistine chapel, Sistine chapel ceiling and Michelangelo paintings Michelangelo...he believed his art was inspired by the Divine. His death bed words at 90: "I regret that I am dying just as I am beginning to learn the alphabet of my profession." More | TIMELINE OF WORLD HISTORY TIMELINE OF WORLD HISTORY Giacomo Puccini, in full Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (born December 22, 1858, Lucca, Tuscany [Italy]�died November 29, 1924, Brussels, Belgium), Italian composer, one of the greatest exponents of operatic realism, who virtually... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,428 | What nationality was Winston Churchill's mother? | Winston Churchill — Ethnicity of Celebs | What Nationality Ancestry Race by madman on March 27, 2016 Birth Name: Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill Date of Birth: 30 November, 1874 Place of Birth: Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England Date of Death: 24 January, 1965 Place of Death: London, England Ethnicity: English, some Sco... | History of Sir Winston Churchill - GOV.UK GOV.UK Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 1951 to 1955, 1940 to 1945 Born 30 November 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire Died 1951 to 1955, 1940 to 1945 Political party Education Act 1944: raised the school leavers age to 14; introduction of the 11+. Interesting facts Churchill... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,429 | At which hotel in Los Angeles was Robert Kennedy assassinated in 1968? | Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968 Share Search FILE - This June 5, 1968 file photo shows Sen. Robert F. Kennedy speaking at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, following his victory in the previous day's California primary election. A moment later he turned into a hotel kitchen corridor and... | November 22, 1963: Death of the President - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum November 22, 1963: Death of the President November 22, 1963: Death of the President Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dal... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,430 | Who was the British Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of World War II? | World War II British Foreign Office and Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) Files PC/MAC From 1782 to 1968, the Foreign Office (FO), in England was responsible for all correspondence with foreign states and negotiations with representatives of other states, liaising with other ministries where necessary. The Foreign Se... | Prime Ministers of Great Britain political party 1721-42 Sir Robert Walpole - Restored confidence in the country following the South Sea Bubble financial crash of 1720. Dominated the political scene during the reigns of George I and George II. George II made Walpole a gift of 10 Downing Street. Walpole resigned as a co... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,431 | Nurse Ratched is a character in which 1975 film? | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( 1975 ) R | A ... | 1975: First Film to Reach $100 Million at the Box Office | Guinness World Records 1975: First Film to Reach $100 Million at the Box Office By Rob Dimery Google+ On 20 June 1975, director Steven Spielberg’s (USA) latest movie was released… and promptly began scaring the life out of cinema-goers the length and breath of ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,432 | What name, derived from the Greek word for chalk, is given to hydrated calcium sulphate? | Gypsum | Define Gypsum at Dictionary.com gypsum noun 1. a very common mineral, hydrated calcium sulfate, CaSO 4 ⋅2H 2 O, occurring in crystals and in masses, soft enough to be scratched by the fingernail: used to make plaster of Paris, as an ornamental material, as a fertilizer, etc. Origin of gypsum 1640-50; < Latin: ... | Knowledge Knowledge You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 4 to 21 are not shown in this preview. You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 25 to 35 are not shown in this preview. You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 39 to 115 are not shown in this preview. | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,433 | What was the 40 metre trawler ‘Sir William Hardy’ famously renamed in 1978? | Greenpeace FBI - British Foreign Office - Department of State Files Greenpeace FBI - British Foreign Office - Department of State Files 408 pages of FBI and British Foreign and Commonwealth Office files, covering Greenpeace and the Rainbow Warrior incident, archived on CD-ROM. In 1970, a group of Canadian and American ... | 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. If William Hart... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,434 | What U.S. president claimed that he was once attacked by a mysterious swamp rabbit while on a fishing trip? | FLASHBACK:Jimmy Carter Attacked by Killer Rabbit (April 20, 1979 FLASHBACK:Jimmy Carter Attacked by Killer Rabbit (April 20, 1979 Unknown | Unknown Posted on 08/29/2003 3:03:45 PM PDT by NC Conservative Today in Odd History, President Jimmy Carter was attacked by a rabbit during a fishing trip in Plains, Georgia. The r... | Ed Miliband stumbles through BBC's Question Time TV debate | Daily Mail Online comments Ed Miliband stumbled as he left the stage last night following a grilling over Labour's record on the economy, immigration and welfare. The Labour leader was taking part in one of three separate Question Time sessions on BBC One in ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,435 | Who is George Dowd better known as? | George Alan O`Dowd is better know as... Dates of religious and Civil holidays around the world. www.when-is.com George Alan O`Dowd So who is George Alan O`Dowd? Well, George Alan O`Dowd is no other than the British Boy George who was born on , 1961, under the name George Alan O`Dowd, but later changed his name to Boy ... | Georgius Panayiotou became famous under what name both George - MBA - 217 View Full Document Georgius Panayiotou became famous under what name (both) George Michael 85 Capers are pickled flower seeds of what plant Nasturtium 86 In 1925 at Windsor Bookies went on strike - against what Betting Tax 87 What is a doucet A S... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,436 | In 1812 who was shot while walking through the lobby of the House of Commons? | 10 Historical Brits Who Died Gruesome And Unusual Deaths - Listverse 10 Historical Brits Who Died Gruesome And Unusual Deaths Oli Foster February 23, 2016 Benjamin Franklin once mused that one of life’s only certainties was death. Across the Atlantic from him, on the British Isles, is a rich tapestry of history within ... | Puzzles - Great Britain ... which you don't hear called 'Great' so often these days. 1. What is the only venomous snake in Britain? 2. Built in 1869, which famous British ship was named after a Scottish undergarment? 3. A British TV audience outnumbered a British radio audience for the first time for what special occas... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,437 | Which book opens with the line 'It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen'? | Cult Fiction - Top 10 List - Top Ten List - Top 10 Most Outrageous Opening Lines in Literature - Douglas Adams Quote - William Gibson Quote - George Orwell Quotes Top 10 Most Outrageous Opening Lines in Literature #10 - THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY [1979] Douglas Adams "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of th... | How opening lines from children's literature compare down the ages | News How opening lines from children's literature compare down the ages 23rd February 2007 at 00:00 Share this 1. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped int... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,438 | Which Canadian portrait photographer of Armenian heritage photographed Winston Churchill in his studio in Ottawa on 30 December, 1941, which, it is claimed, is the most reproduced photographic portrait in history? | Karsh, Yousuf | Armenian Photography Foundation Armenian Photography Foundation December 23 1908 - July 13 2002 Nationality: Armenian/Canadian Place of Activity: Canada/Syria/USA Yousuf Karsh, (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was a Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage, and one of the most famous and accomplish... | Private collection Being in our post of Legend of Vincent van Gogh , the Dutch artist’s this priciest portrait with a huge price tag of $ 71.5 million around 15 years before in 1998 was the third costliest painting of all the time and fourth if we consider the price-inflation. And it is still an impressive rank for a p... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,439 | In the Painting ‘The Last Supper’ by Leonardo Da Vinci, who is said to be seated on the right-hand side of Jesus? | The Da Vinci Code and The Last Supper | Evidence To Believe The Da Vinci Code and The Last Supper The Da Vinci Code and The Last Supper What does The Da Vinci Code have to do with Leonardo’s painting “The Last Supper”? Several outlandish claims are being made in reference to this famous painting by Dan Brown in his no... | picture of the last supper painting 100222: The Last Supper picture of the last supper painting 100222 We study and provide oil painting production of the last supper painting. Thursday, September 27, 2007 The Last Supper The last supper painting The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a 15th century... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,440 | Starbuck’s Coffee traditionally has three sizes – venti, grande and which other? | Starbucks Drinks Sizes Measurements Updated January 15, 2017. Question: Starbucks Sizes What's up with Starbucks' sizes? Why are they called things like 'Grande' instead of things like small, medium and large? And how big are Grandes and all the other cup sizes anyway? Answer: Good questions! It is generally thought th... | Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks and McDonald's: Which Coffee Play Will Perk up Your Portfolio? | Seeking Alpha Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks and McDonald's: Which Coffee Play Will Perk up Your Portfolio? Jul. 27, 2011 1:57 PM ET | Send Message For most Americans who drink coffee, Dunkin' Donuts (NASDAQ: DNKN ), Starbucks ( SBUX ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,441 | What name does B. B. King always give to his guitars? | The Legacy of Lucille: The Surprising Story Behind B.B. King's Guitar - Rolling Stone The Legacy of Lucille: The Surprising Story Behind B.B. King's Guitar The Legacy of Lucille: The Surprising Story Behind B.B. King's Guitar After it was rescued from a fire, the guitar became an icon B.B. King and his guitar, Lucille,... | Whammy bar | Guitar Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Traditionally, electric guitarists have reversed the normal meanings of the terms vibrato and tremolo when referring to hardware devices and the effects they produce. While the tremolo arm can produce variations of pitch including what is normally termed vibrato ,... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,442 | Beatrice, Alice, Louise and Helena were daughters of which British monarch? | Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (Prince) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom Member of the British Royal Family and Daughter of Queen Victoria Female Born Apr 14, 1857 The Princess Beatrice was a member of the British Royal Family. She w... | Queen Victoria - The UK's Longest Reigning Monarch Queen Victoria Queen Victoria The Longest Ruling Monarch of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria of Great Britain. Original Artist: By T H Maquire. (1852). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) By Patricia Daniels, Contributing Writer Updated July 26, 2016. Who Was Quee... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,443 | The TV series Bonanaza was set in which state? | Bonanza Television Show | ONE Search this site Bonanza Television Show Hoss, Pa, and Little Joe Cartwright became household names playing chess as they recreated a fanciful early Nevada history during hundreds of episodes of television's Bonanza . Courtesy of the Ponderosa Ranch Opening credits of the famed television ... | Alan Bleasdale - Literature Literature The Agency (London) Ltd Biography Alan Bleasdale, born in Liverpool in 1946, taught at various schools in Lancashire before becoming Resident Playwright at Liverpool Playhouse in 1975, and at the Contact Theatre, Manchester, in 1976. While teaching, he wrote a series of stories, b... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,444 | A square grid of square cells, with five cells in each of its longest diagonals, contains how many cells in total? | puzzle - How to solve 5x5 grid with 16 diagonals? - Mathematics Stack Exchange How to solve 5x5 grid with 16 diagonals? I have a grid 5x5 and I have to fill 16 little squares with a diagonal Rules You cannot place more than 1 diagonal in each square The diagonals cannot touch each other (example bellow) But what I seek... | Index-a Don't Forget To Hit <ESC> before going to a different page. Let's play a game of 30 questions. No, not that old standard of 20 questions, but one with an extra 10 questions added in and one that uses numeric answers (from 1 to 30). If you get stumped, go on to the next one. Perhaps the answer you need will... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,445 | A live episode of which TV soap opera was broadcast on BBC One on 19 February 2010, to celebrate 25 years since the broadcast of the first episode? | BBC - EastEnders - Live episode of EastEnders to air on Friday 19 February 2010 Live episode of EastEnders to air on Friday 19 February 2010 Tuesday 15 October 2009 EastEnders turns 25 next year! To celebrate EastEnders birthday, a live episode will air on Friday 19 February 2010. See all the latest on the live episode... | BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information Week 42 Blue Peter Feature Programme copy (Blue Peter At 50) The Beginning 1. Blue Peter first aired on 16 October 1958 and transmitted for 15 minutes. 2. The first presenters were Christopher Trace and Leila Williams. Christopher Trace was the stand-in for Charlt... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,446 | In 1498 who painted 'The Last Supper', located in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan? | Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Santa Maria delle Grazie - cenacolovinciano.net The Santa Maria delle Grazie is one of Milan's most beautiful churches thanks in part to its architectural history, which resulted in an intriguing combination of Gothic and Renaissance design. But the church's fame is mostly a result of Le... | Cathedral Church of St. Michael - Coventry Location Priory Street Coventry's 14th Century St. Michael's cathedral was destroyed on the night of November 14th, 1940 during a massive bombing raid targetted on the city. The decision ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,447 | What famous guitar player called himself a voodoo child? | Jimy Bleu as Jimi Hendrix - Band in New York NY - BandMix.com Jimy Bleu as Jimi Hendrix + Band in New York, NY New York , New York , 11415 Active over 1 month ago | ID#: 23669 Band | Classic Rock, Rock *****See The PHOTOS Section For Site Link & Performance Links***** The Longest-running & ONLY Authentic Jimi Hendr... | (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult Songfacts Songfacts Blue Öyster Cult's first hit, this was written by lead guitarist Donald Roeser, also known as Buck Dharma. He contributed his vocals to this track and also wrote their other Top 40 hit, " Burnin' For You ." This was rumored to be about suicide, but it actu... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,448 | In which Shakespeare play does the character Custard appear? | Shakespeare's Plays Shakespeare's Plays Before the publication of the First Folio in 1623, nineteen of the thirty-seven plays in Shakespeare's canon had appeared in quarto format. With the exception of Othello (1622), all of the quartos were published prior to the date of Shakespeare's retirement from the theatre in ... | Complete List of Shakespeare Plays Complete List of Shakespeare Plays List of Shakespeare Plays: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Photo © Last Resort / Getty Images By Lee Jamieson Updated September 11, 2016. It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 1590 and 1612. This list of Shakespe... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,449 | Directed by John Lasseter, what was, in 1995, the first film to be entirely computer-generated? | Pixar Luxo Jr. is completed. The short film, John Lasseter’s directorial debut, is unveiled in August at SIGGRAPH and then screened for general audiences at Los Angeles-area theaters in November. Luxo Jr. will be the first three-dimensional computer animated film to be nominated for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar®... | The Brothers Grimm: triple j film reviews + LISTEN TO THIS REVIEW (mp3 0.8 MB) cast: Heath Ledger, Matt Damon, Lena Headey The last movie Terry Gilliam directed that actually made it to the big screen finished was his adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's drug-addled comic novel Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas. That was 1998... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,450 | Monte Rosa is the highest mountain in which European country? | Monte Rosa | mountains, Europe | Britannica.com Monte Rosa Matterhorn Monte Rosa, rounded, snow-covered massif of the Pennine Alps lying on the frontier between Switzerland and Italy , rising southeast of Zermatt , Switz. Ten summits in this huge mountain mass are distinguished by name. Four of them (Nordend, Zumsteins... | The State of Colorado - An Introduction to the Centennial State from NETSTATE.COM The State of Colorado Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs - Pike's Peak Colorado has become known as a skier's paradise, perhaps destined after words from President Theodore Roosevelt, "Passing through your wonderful mountains and canyon... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,451 | US actor, producer and director Nicolas Coppola is better known by what name? | Nicolas Cage - IMDb IMDb Actor | Producer | Soundtrack Nicolas Cage was born in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (a brother of director Francis Ford Coppola ) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and German, English, and Polish (mother) desc... | Coppelia Girl with the Enamel Eyes 1870 a sentimental comic - DANCE - 45 View Full Document Coppelia, Girl with the Enamel Eyes, 1870- a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuittier and music by Léo Delibes . It was based upon a macabre... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,452 | The third largest town in the Scottish Highlands, which burgh on the Isle of Lewis is also home to one third of the population of the Western Isles? | Welcome to Stornoway Scotland hotels, holidays and accommodation by Madbookings - Stornoway Scotland online, hotels, holiday cottages, camp sites and places to stay in Stornoway Scotland. Click Here to email an Expert Replacement column Welcome to Stornoway Scotland Stornoway is a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the... | Tobermory Isle of Mull Scotland Website Tobermory was built as a fishing port in the late 18th century and is now the main town on Mull. It is a picture-postcard of a place with the brightly painted buildings along the main street to the pier and the high woodland-fringed hills surrounding the bay. The town has a good ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,453 | What did VAT replace in 1973? | VAT: a brief history - Telegraph Risk of a rise in VAT if Labour wins election 12 Apr 2010 The EEC took a fairly dim view of this, but allowed some goods, including books, nearly all food, and utility bills to be "zero rated". This was technically a "transition measure" and some experts believe that Brussels could stil... | The Year in Music - 1983 The Year in Music - 1983 Boy George, Cyndi Lauper, George Strait By 1983 the "New Music" of the Eighties -- a blend of rock, soul, disco and reggae wrapped in synth -- had become well-established, and record sales were up after a long slump that had started in the late 1970s. According to TIME... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,454 | "What does the ""S"" in HBOS stand?" | HBOS - What does HBOS stand for? The Free Dictionary HBOS - What does HBOS stand for? The Free Dictionary http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/HBOS HBOS Halifax Bank of Scotland Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . L... | Blockbusters - UKGameshows Blockbusters Simon Mattocks (2012) Broadcast Central in association with Talbot Television and Goodson-Todman Productions for ITV, 29 August 1983 to 19 May 1993 (1160 episodes in 10 series) Central in association with Mark Goodson Productions and Talbot Television for Sky One, 18 April 1994 t... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,455 | What word, from French and Portuguese etymology meaning 'raised', in different variants refers to various peoples around the world who are born locally, of foreign origin? | language facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about language I THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE The psychologist tends to look at language in the first instance as he would look at any other problem area. Unique or special problems are confronted as they arise, but there is no unequivocal case for or agai... | Quia - French Life- Teacher's Discovery Trivia Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. French Life- Teacher's Discovery Trivia Tools What percentage of the French people are raised Catholic? 90% Which is faster, the rapide, the express, or the omnibus? the rapide What is an Hôtel de Ville? a t... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,456 | What is the more common name of the medical condition 'Diplopia'? | Double Vision (Diplopia): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments - Medical News Today Double Vision (Diplopia): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments Written by Tim Newman Reviewed by University of Illinois-Chicago, School of Medicine 3.5 20 When an individual sees a double image where there should only be one, it is referred to ... | Double Vision (Diplopia): Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Weakness in your eyes or anywhere else Droopy eyelids How Is It Diagnosed? Double vision that's new or unexplained needs medical care right away. With so many potential causes, it's important to discover the reason without delay. Your doctor will most... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,457 | What is the second longest river on the island of New Guinea? | What is the longest river in the world? - Ask History Ask History July 9, 2014 By Nate Barksdale Share this: What is the longest river in the world? Author What is the longest river in the world? URL Google The longest river in the world, measured from its mouth to its most distant, year-round source, is likely the Ama... | Murray River | river, Australia | Britannica.com Murray River list of Australian politicians Murray River, principal river of Australia and main stream of the Murray-Darling Basin. It flows some 1,572 miles (2,530 km) across southeastern Australia from the Snowy Mountains to the Great Australian Bight of the Indian Oce... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,458 | What unit of measurement is used to measure the height of a horse? | Measure Horse Height Note: Links with green underlines are shopping links and will open in a new window How To Measure Horse Height It's easy to measure you horse's height accurately. To determine how tall a horse is measure the horse, in inches, from the ground in a straight line up to the highest point of the withers... | Rules and scoring of a British Eventing Horse Trial Phase 1 - Dressage The dressage phase, which is held first is made up of an exact sequence of movements, each movement marked out of a maximum score of 10. It is ridden in a semi-enclosed grass arena, which is 20 x 40 for a national ODE, larger (20 x 60m) for an int... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,459 | To protect it from imitation, which Swiss chocolate bar was granted a patent in 1909? | Industries - Business History of Industries - Business History Books Food - Part 2 610 A.D. - Pretzels originated in Southern France or Northern Italy; young monk prepared unleavened bread for Lent (Christian period of fasting and penitence before Easter) in shape of Christians' praying - arms folded across c... | General Knowledge #5 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. General Knowledge #5 What does the legal term �caveat emptor� mean? Let the buyer beware Which Russian author wrote the novel A Month in the Country? Ivan Turgenev What do the initia... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,460 | Which element has atomic number 8? | Atomic Number 8 Element Facts Atomic Number 8 Element Facts Atomic Number 8 Element Facts What Element is Atomic Number 8? Oxygen is atomic number 8 on the periodic table. Each oxygen atom has 8 protons. ROGER HARRIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Updated April 03, 2016. Oxygen, ... | Nexus Research Group - How the elements were named Named after Strontian, a small village in the Western Highlands of Scotland. 2. Elements named after Heavenly Bodies Helium He From the Greek word "Helios" - the Sun. In 1868 during an eclipse of the Sun, Scientists observe... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,461 | For which English county cricket team did Australian Shane Warne play between 2000 and 2007? | Shane Warne — 40 less widely known facts - Cricket Country Shane Warne — 40 less widely known facts An eternal child of outrageous capers, often beyond justification, but always curiously lovable. | Updated : September 13, 2016 11:05 AM IST Shane Warne was one of the most colourful characters ever to play the game © Ge... | Fixtures For The 2009 County Cricket Championship Season | Bleacher Report Fixtures For The 2009 County Cricket Championship Season Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories 552 1 Comment The fixtures for the start of the 2009 County Cricket season have recently been announced and county sides have begun their p... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,462 | What is caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun on Earth? | What Causes the Tides? What Causes the Tides? By Lauren Cox, Live Science Contributor | August 5, 2010 08:56am ET MORE Tides may seem simple on the surface, but the ins and outs of tides confounded great scientific thinkers for centuries they even led Galileo astray into a bunk theory. Today people know that the gravit... | Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes On a clear night the moon can often be seen in the sky in different attitudes. It seems to cycle through a series of shapes, from full sphere, to a hemisphere, to a crescent, to nothing at all. These strange attitudes can be explained by the fact that the moon d... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,463 | "What does the Russian word ""Sputnik"" mean?" | Sputnik - definition of sputnik by The Free Dictionary Sputnik - definition of sputnik by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sputnik Related to sputnik: Yuri Gagarin Sput·nik (spo͝ot′nĭk, spŭt′-, spo͞ot′nyĭk) n. Any of a series of Soviet satellites sent into Earth orbit, especially the first, launche... | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,464 | Which British jounalist was shot outside her home in Fulham 1999? | BBC News | UK | BBC presenter shot dead Monday, April 26, 1999 Published at 14:55 GMT 15:55 UK UK BBC presenter shot dead Jill Dando presented Crimewatch and Holiday BBC television presenter Jill Dando has died after she was shot in the head on the doorstep of her home. Ms Dando, 37, who presented Crimewatch UK and Hol... | Janet Brown Janet Brown Janet Brown Actor Janet McLuckie Brown (14 December 1923 – 27 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, comedian, and impressionist who gained considerable fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her impersonations of Margaret Thatcher. Brown was born in Rutherglen and educated at Rutherglen Academy. Early in h... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,465 | What word can refer either to trash or a type of Chinese ship? | Junk | Define Junk at Dictionary.com C17: from Portuguese junco, from Javanese jon; related to Dutch jonk Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History... | Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang - Wiktionary Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikipedia The following are some examples of the slang of the United States Navy , you will also see references to the United States Marine Corps as well because of their use of naval t... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,466 | What was discovered at Rum Jungle in Australia in 1952 | Rum Jungle - Australian Map of Nuclear and Uranium Sites Australian Map of Nuclear and Uranium Sites Fossil Fuels Rum Jungle Rum Jungle is about 64 kilometres south of Darwin in the Northern Territory, among the headwaters of the East Finniss River. The Rum Jungle mining project operated from 1954 to 1971. Processing o... | A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Watson and Crick describe structure of DNA Watson and Crick describe structure of DNA 1953 Photo: Model of DNA molecule In the late nineteenth century, a German biochemist found the nucleic acids, long-chain polymers of nucleotides, were made up of sugar, phosphoric acid, and ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,467 | In conventional chessboard layout denotion, where the white castle (rook) starts on square a1, what piece occupies e8? | Eade j chess for dummies 2nd edition 2005 by stier litz - issuu issuu by James Eade EDITION Chess For Dummies®, 2nd Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada No part ... | THE MONOPOLY BOARD ° THE MONOPOLY BOARD Here are some mnemonic means of recalling the order/value of squares in a British Monopoly game (useful for pub quiz answers!): There are 40 squares (or 41 if JAIL+VISIT): 22-property, 4 x�200-stations, 2 x�150-utility, 3-CC, 3-CH, 2-TAX (�200-income/�100-super), 4-corner (GO!, ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,468 | Which two word rhyming name is the common name for the plant called the Impatiens Walleriana? | FInd the connection - thinkypedia.com FInd the connection Answer the questions and find the link 1. Which England international footballer started his footballing career at Canadian club Calgary Foothills FC? 2. How are twin sisters Monica and Gabriela Irimia better known in the music world? 3. Which famous song includ... | James Joyce | Dublin’s Wordy Men Dublin is famous for many things and over its thousand-year history it saw the building of the first two-chamber parliament (Houses of Commons & Lords) – now the Bank of Ireland, College green – in the 1730s; the construction of the Rotunda by Benjamin Mosse in 1745, which is now the ol... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,469 | What is another name for word blindness | Word blindness - definition of word blindness by The Free Dictionary Word blindness - definition of word blindness by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/word+blindness (Pathology) the nontechnical name for alexia , dyslexia ˈword-ˌblind adj (əˈlɛk si ə) n. a neurologic disorder marked by loss of the a... | Glossary of Ophthalmology Terms Mesa Az | East Valley Ophthalmology AK: Astigmatic Keratotomy , modified form of Radial Keratotomy (RK). Amblyopia: Dullness or obscurity of sight for no apparent organic reason, therefore not correctable with glasses or surgery. Sometimes called a lazy eye, where... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,470 | Who in the 16th century founded the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits? | BBC Religion & Ethics - The Society of Jesus: Who are the Jesuits? The Society of Jesus: Who are the Jesuits? Who are the Jesuits? The Society of Jesus is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis is the first member of the Society of Jesus to be elected pontiff. So who are the Jesuits? According to t... | George Fox | Quaker Heritage | George Fox University About George Fox Our Namesake George Fox was a leader in a 17th-century Christian awakening from which came the Quaker movement (now known as the Society of Friends or the Friends Church). During civil strife between royalist and parliamentary forces, the movement sp... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,471 | Who, along with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent, will host the 2012 series of Countdown? | Countdown dragged into digital age as Dictionary Corner ditches trusted reference book for laptop - Mirror Online Countdown dragged into digital age as Dictionary Corner ditches trusted reference book for laptop Susie Dent and the celebrity guest of the day will verify contestants' answers on oxforddictionaries.com Sh... | You've Been Framed! - UKGameshows You've Been Framed! Announcer: Andrew Brittain Broadcast Granada in association with American Broadcasting Company, Vin Di Bona Productions, Tokyo Broadcasting System and Action Time for ITV, 14 April 1990 to present Synopsis The UK's gold standard in clip shows which, like America's F... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,472 | What is the star sign for the 1st April ? | April 1 - Birthday Horoscope Personality | Sun Signs Birthday Meanings Of People Born On 1st April (Zodiac Sign Aries) IF YOUR BIRTHDAY IS April 1, you are an approachable but straightforward Aries. You are high-spirited and just full of positive emotions. Alternatively, you can be self-absorbed but you consider othe... | I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Wikiquote I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation , search This article needs cleanup. Please review Wikiquote:Templates to determine how to edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. This page has been listed as needing cleanup since 2008-09... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,473 | Who had a not hit in 1983 with the song 'Electric Avenue'? | Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant Songfacts Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant Songfacts Songfacts Most American listeners didn't read much into the lyrics, but Grant claims this is a serious song. It refers to a real place in London, and tells the story of a poor man who beholds the things in life he could never achieve. Elect... | Golden Earring Story - The Eighties 2020 The Eighties 1980 - The band has a contract for one more record for Polydor and so Prisoner Of The Night was recorded. It contains several fine rocksongs like Long Blond Animal and No For An Answer. This time the album was (again on low budget!) recorded at the Golden Earring Wo... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
1,501,474 | In 1997 James Cameron won an Oscar for which blockbuster? | 1997 Academy Awards® Winners and History The Full Monty (1997, UK) Actor: JACK NICHOLSON in "As Good As It Gets", Matt Damon in "Good Will Hunting", Dustin Hoffman in "Wag the Dog", Robert Duvall in "The Apostle", Peter Fonda in "Ulee's Gold" Actress: HELEN HUNT in "As Good As It Gets", Judi Den... | "Masterminds" - Manchester Evening News, November 7, 2015 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Playboy Russia covergirl Maria Kozhevnikova, boxer Nikolai Valuyev, and tennis player Marat Safin shared which honour in December 2011? 2. What William S Burroughs 1961 book popularised the rock ... | trivia_qa.jsonl |
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