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1,507,575	Who was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa?	Louis Botha \| prime minister of South Africa \| Britannica.com prime minister of South Africa Written By: Prime minister of South Africa born Jacobus Hercules de la Rey Louis Botha, (born Sept. 27, 1862, near Greytown, Natal [now in South Africa]—died Aug. 27, 1919, Pretoria, S.Af.), soldier and statesman who was the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–19) and a staunch advocate of a policy of reconciliation between Boers and Britons, as well as of limiting the political rights of black South Africans. Louis Botha. Photos.com/Jupiterimages The son of a voortrekker (Boer pioneer settler of the interior), he grew up in the Orange Free State , where he received his only formal education at a German mission school. In 1884 he helped to found the New Republic in the Vryheid district in Zululand (now northern KwaZulu-Natal ). There he purchased a farm and married Annie Emmett, granddaughter of an Irish patriot. When the New Republic became part of the South African Republic ( Transvaal ) in 1888, Botha became politically active and held a number of posts before he was elected to the Volksraad (parliament) in 1897. There he sided with the moderates against Pres. Paul Kruger ’s hostile policy toward the Uitlanders (non-Boer, mostly English, settlers). Rising tensions between Great Britain and the Boer republics led to the outbreak of the South African War in 1899. Botha rose rapidly in the Boer army to command the southern force besieging Ladysmith . While leading an ambush, he captured an armoured train; Winston Churchill was among the prisoners. When Piet Joubert , the commandant general of the Transvaal forces, died (March 1900), Botha was named to succeed him. Despite his talents as a general, he could not hold back the overwhelming numbers of British reinforcements. After the surrender of a large Boer army at Paardeberg and the fall of Pretoria , Botha organized a guerrilla campaign, but Britain eventually forced him to negotiate. He was one of the signatories at the Peace of Vereeniging (May 31,1902). After the war, Botha returned to politics and in 1904 helped form a new party in the Transvaal, Het Volk (“The People”). When Het Volk won the Transvaal elections of February 1907, Botha became prime minister. Botha and his colleague Jan Smuts , showing political realism, downplayed the fostering of Afrikaner (Boer) interests and stressed conciliation with Britain. The National Convention of 1910 chose Botha as the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa (precursor to the Republic of South Africa ), which amalgamated the British colonies (the Cape and Natal) and the former Boer republics (Orange Free State and the Transvaal) into one political entity. Botha was adamantly opposed to granting political rights (either to vote or eligibility as members of parliament) to black South Africans. He thus played an important role in creating the problems relating to majority political disenfranchisement and minority rule in the 20th-century South Africa. Britannica Stories Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent While serving as prime minister, Botha established the South African Party in 1911. Botha pursued subtle policies of white (British-Boer) conciliation and greater autonomy for South Africa. The most important measure of his administrations was the Natives’ Land Act of 1913, which segregated land throughout the Union, laid down the basis for a system of “native reserves” for black South Africans, and began the policy of “influx controls” to reduce their access to cities. Botha’s policy of white conciliation provoked opposition from extremist Afrikaner groups led by J.B.M. Hertzog , who formed the National Party in early 1914. Botha’s support for Britain after the start of World War I in 1914 led to further splits among Afrikaners and provoked the rebellion led by Christiaan Rudolf de Wet and C.F. Beyers . One point of contention was the use of South African troops to attack German interests in Africa, including the mobilization against Germans troops in German South West Africa (now Namibia ). The German defea	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - New World Encyclopedia Prime Minister of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Government of the United Kingdom Office of the Prime Minister Style Monarch of the United Kingdom by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the House of Commons. Term length At Her Majesty's pleasure, [1] so long as General Elections are held no more than five years apart. [2] Inaugural holder as First Lord of the Treasury and de facto first Prime Minister. Formation www.number10.gov.uk The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom . He or she acts as the head of Her Majesty's Government and like other Prime Ministers in Westminster Systems is (along with his or her Cabinet) the de facto wielder of executive powers in the British Government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, often summed-up under the label of "royal prerogative." According to constitutional convention, the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (which he or she heads) are accountable for their actions to Parliament, of which (by convention) they are members. Contents The development of the office of Prime Minister coincides with the rise of democracy in the United Kingdom. Background Historically, the monarch's chief minister (if, as was not always the case, any one person could be singled out as such) might have held any of a number of offices: Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury , Lord High Steward, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Privy Seal, or Secretary of State among others. With the emergence, in the eighteenth century, of government by a cabinet of these ministers, its head came in time to be called the "Prime Minister," often abbreviated to PM (sometimes also "Premier" or "First Minister"). To this day the Prime Minister always also holds one or more of the more ministerial positions (since 1905 it has always been that of First Lord of the Treasury). Sir Robert Walpole is generally regarded as the first Prime Minister in the modern sense; although adoption of the phrase "Prime Minister" in any formal or official sense did not come until many years later (indeed, at Walpole's time it would have been seen as an insult). (Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is often considered the first to officially bear the label; see "The office" below.) The Prime Minister is appointed by the Sovereign, who is bound by constitutional convention to choose the individual most likely to command the support of the House of Commons (normally, the leader of the party with a majority in that body). Should the Prime Minister lose the confidence of the House of Commons (indicated, for example, by the passage of a no confidence motion), he or she is morally obliged by similar conventions either to resign (in which case the Sovereign can try to find another Prime Minister who has the House's confidence) or to request the monarch to call a general election. Since the premiership is in some small sense still a de facto position, the office's powers are mainly a matter of custom rather than law, deriving from the incumbent's ability to give the sovereign binding advice on the appointment of Cabinet colleagues, as well as from certain uses of the royal prerogative which may be exercised directly by the Prime Minister, or by the Monarch on the Prime Minister's advice. Some commentators have pointed out that, in practice, the powers of the office are subject to very few checks, especially in an era when Parliament and the Cabinet are seen as unwilling to challenge dominant Prime Ministers as they are bound by a policy of collective cabinet responsibility. History The bulk of the power over the parliament of the United Kingdom has historically been vested in the Sovereign, acting on the advice of bodies such as Parliament and the Privy Council. Over several years, the Cabinet evolved from the Privy Council, as the monarch began the practice of consulting a few confidential advi	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,576	For which county side does record-breaking batsman Ben Stokes play?	Ben Stokes \| England Cricket \| Cricket Players and Officials \| ESPN Cricinfo Test # 2225 Profile Ben Stokes' potentially life-changing experience on England's Ashes otherwise disastrous 2013/14 tour of Australia did not just fill English cricket with hope for a new era, it was a test for even the most stable personality. England were walloped 5-0 in the Tests, lost 4-1 in the one-day series and were whitewashed again in T20, and when the agony was all over, only Stokes returned to England hailed as a star of the future. Stokes was that rare thing in English cricket: a true allrounder, and what is more a pugnacious as well as talented one, naturally combative, not cowed by confrontation. The maiden Test hundred he produced in Perth from No 6 as England, 2-0 down in the series, resorted to a five-strong attack was a doughty response out of keeping with England's general demeanour throughout the tour. Stokes, the player most under pressure, delivered emphatically, but few others did. It was no wonder that the media and the public took him to their hearts. But he remained a work in progress, albeit an impressive one. A dismal 2014 summer insisted as much. An England run of 43 runs in 12 innings in all formats, with six ducks, at an average of 3.60, revealed a batsman bereft of form. All that followed his recovery from a badly broken wrist suffered during an ill-advised attempt to use a dressing locker as a punchbag in the Caribbean. That anger at his dismissal ruled him out of World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. When he swept Durham to the Royal London One-Day Cup final with a vigorous 164 against Nottinghamshire at Chester-le-Street, and then followed up with an important innings at Lord's to see off Warwickshire, it was as if a weight had lifted. Stokes, from the moment he made his Durham debut, felt very much a product of the north east of England. He was actually born in Christchurch, New Zealand and came from a rich sporting pedigree with his father, Ged, playing international Rugby League for that country. His prodigious talent was clear from an early age: he was just 18 when he signed a two-year contract with Durham in December 2009. A true allrounder, he had been quietly developing in the Durham Academy for some time and had already made his one-day debut for Durham that summer, snaring Mark Ramprakash, a quiet destroyer of county attacks from the day he was born, with his third legal delivery in senior cricket. From there he enjoyed a productive time at the Under-19 World Cup, scoring a century against India, before registering a maiden fifty on his first-class debut for Durham in the pink-ball season opener against MCC. Stokes clearly enjoyed his first full season of Championship cricket, notching up 740 runs at 46.25, but it was in 2011 that he really began to blossom. In April he took 6 for 68 and scored a brilliant hundred that included five sixes in an over against Hampshire, and just over a month later registered his maiden limited-overs ton, cracking 150 not out against Warwickshire in the Clydesdale Bank 40. A broken finger hindered his bowling, but he played for England Lions and made his ODI debut against Ireland in Dublin, going on to play four times against India, albeit with limited impact. Stokes performed better than many with the bat in a damp 2012 season, making 827 runs at 29.53, and coupled with his 37 wickets at 21.47 it was an excellent return. He was called up to the England Lions squad for the tour of Australia in early 2013 but ended up being sent home with three matches remaining after two breaches of discipline. It was a watershed moment. He was rapidly rehabilitated, however, playing a key role in Durham's Championship-winning season and being recalled to England's limited-overs teams. Playing as a third seamer in the one-dayers against Australia, and batting strikingly low at No 8, he took a maiden five-wicket haul and won selection for the 2013-14 Ashes tour that suddenly thrust him to the forefront of many people's attention ESPNcricinfo	BBC - Test Match Special Share this page Kevin Howells \| 13:09 UK time, Sunday, 26 August 2007 Joined the BBC in May 1985 just at the start of BBC Radio Shropshire which I'm sure forever will be the best days of my working life. I left school at seventeen to join them having been born and bred in the county. Aside from two years working for John Cravens Newsround I spent the next 15 years having a great time at various local BBC radio stations up and down the country presenting all sorts of programmes. I packed that in when machines started picking the same old music to be played on the radio (Dull) and I moved into sport, ending up in Radio Sport seven years ago. Cricket became my number one interest when working at Radio Leeds after taking on the job of covering Yorkshire County cricket club. That involved spending time with a good bunch including Darren Gough, a young Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard to name a few. Almost all ambitions achieved thanks to the job but still dream of making an appearance on the Archers one day and having my own country music show. I still live in Leeds a great city, although home will always be Shropshire, which is one of Britain's best kept secrets Share this page Bill Frindall \| 13:07 UK time, Sunday, 26 August 2007 Taught to score by a desperate young teacher on a rainy day at primary school, my skills were tested four days later when I was asked to deputise for an absent scorer at my local club. My Test Match Special predecessor's demise coincided with the end of my six and a half cricket seasons in the Royal Air Force. I suggested to the BBC's Head of Outside Broadcasts that they might be one short, was interviewed within a week and eventually given the coveted job on a three match trial. Found 'not guilty' after four sessions of Test cricket, I was offered a permanent contract. That was 42 summers ago. As a freelance I have been fortunate that TMS has proved be a splendid shop window. Commissions from newspapers, publishers and speaking agencies have flowed in nicely. I also market my own scoring books in the linear system I developed. Collectors buy copies of my score sheets of Tests and internationals, as well as the radial charts of famous innings I have been lucky enough to record. The BBC website bravely hosts my Ask Bearders blog and has yet to be sued because of my answers. I have been extremely privileged to have worked alongside such great broadcasters as John Arlott and Brian Johnston. It has certainly been a lot more fun than a proper job. Share this page Jonathan Agnew \| 13:06 UK time, Sunday, 26 August 2007 I was appointed BBC Cricket Correspondent in the spring of 1991, replacing Christopher Martin-Jenkins, having been a professional cricketer with Leicestershire for 13 years. I played - largely unsuccessfully - for England in 3 tests and 3 ODI's in 1984/85 and retired gracefully at the age of 30. I gained my early love for radio at BBC Radio Leicester where I worked for a number of winters between cricket seasons, joining a long list of national sports broadcasters who cut their teeth at that particular radio station. Although nothing can beat actually playing sport for a living, being in the position to commentate and report on cricket comes a good second. The amount of time spent away from home while on tours is obviously an issue, & I am very fortunate to have such a supportive and understanding wife in Emma, who also works for the BBC in the East Midlands. The most enjoyable aspect of what I do is that every day is unpredictable and different. Being able to respond to various incidents instantly is the greatest challenge, while hopefully remembering at the same time that we are dealing with nothing more important than merely a game - albeit a great one. Share this page Adam Mountford \| 13:05 UK time, Sunday, 26 August 2007 I am the BBC Cricket Producer responsible for producing Test Match Special and also looking after coverage on Five Live and other BBC outlets. Getting the chance to work with some fantastic broadcasting talent and produce such a famous radio	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,577	Who is the patron saint of authors, journalists and deafness?	St. Francis de Sales - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online St. Francis de Sales Author and Publisher - Catholic Online Facts Patron Saint of Journalists, Writers Birth: 1567 Take the Saints Trivia Quiz now! Born in France in 1567, Francis was a patient man. He knew for thirteen years that he had a vocation to the priesthood before he mentioned it to his family. When his father said that he wanted Francis to be a soldier and sent him to Paris to study, Francis said nothing. Then when he went to Padua to get a doctorate in law, he still kept quiet, but he studied theology and practiced mental prayer while getting into swordfights and going to parties. Even when his bishop told him if he wanted to be a priest that he thought that he would have a miter waiting for him someday, Francis uttered not a word. Why did Francis wait so long? Throughout his life he waited for God's will to be clear. He never wanted to push his wishes on God, to the point where most of us would have been afraid that God would give up! God finally made God's will clear to Francis while he was riding. Francis fell from his horse three times. Every time he fell the sword came out of the scabbard. Every time it came out the sword and scabbard came to rest on the ground in the shape of the cross. And then, Francis, without knowing about it, was appointed provost of his diocese, second in rank to the bishop. Perhaps he was wise to wait, for he wasn't a natural pastor. His biggest concern on being ordained that he had to have his lovely curly gold hair cut off. And his preaching left the listeners thinking he was making fun of him. Others reported to the bishop that this noble-turned- priest was conceited and controlling. Then Francis had a bad idea -- at least that's what everyone else thought. This was during the time of the Protestant reformation and just over the mountains from where Francis lived was Switzerland -- Calvinist territory. Francis decided that he should lead an expedition to convert the 60,000 Calvinists back to Catholicism. But by the time he left his expedition consisted of himself and his cousin. His father refused to give him any aid for this crazy plan and the diocese was too poor to support him. For three years, he trudged through the countryside, had doors slammed in his face and rocks thrown at him. In the bitter winters, his feet froze so badly they bled as he tramped through the snow. He slept in haylofts if he could, but once he slept in a tree to avoid wolves. He tied himself to a branch to keep from falling out and was so frozen the next morning he had to be cut down. And after three years, his cousin had left him alone and he had not made one convert. Francis' unusual patience kept him working. No one would listen to him, no one would even open their door. So Francis found a way to get under the door. He wrote out his sermons, copied them by hand, and slipped them under the doors. This is the first record we have of religious tracts being used to communicate with people. The parents wouldn't come to him out of fear. So Francis went to the children. When the parents saw how kind he was as he played with the children, they began to talk to him. By the time, Francis left to go home he is said to have converted 40,000 people back to Catholicism. In 1602 he was made bishop of the diocese of Geneva, in Calvinist territory. He only set foot in the city of Geneva twice -- once when the Pope sent him to try to convert Calvin's successor, Beza, and another when he traveled through it. It was in 1604 that Francis took one of the most important steps in his life, the step toward holiness and mystical union with God. In Dijon that year Francis saw a widow listening closely to his sermon -- a woman he had seen already in a dream. Jane de Chantal was a person on her own, as Francis was, but it was only when they became friends that they began to become saints. Jane wanted him to take over her spiritual direction, but, not surprisingly, Francis wanted to wait. "I had to know fully what God himself wanted. I had to be sure that everything in thi	Boccaccio: Medieval Poet, Man of Letters And Ideas \| ITALY Magazine Boccaccio: Medieval Poet, Man of Letters And Ideas Carol King \| Monday, September 9, 2013 - 13:00 Above: "The Banquet in the Pine Forest" (1482/3) is the third painting in Sandro Botticelli's series "The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti", which illustrates events from Decameron's Eighth Story of the Fifth Day. -------------------------------------- As Italy commemorates the 700th anniversary of the birth of 14th-century Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, Carol King examines why he is important. Italy is celebrating the 700th anniversary of the birth of author and poet, Giovanni Boccaccio, who is best known for his allegory, ‘The Decameron’, written between c. 1349 and c. 1353. The bawdy, comic epic tells the stories of 10 Florentines who take refuge in a countryside villa for a few weeks while the Black Death ravage their city during the mid-14th century. To pass the time, Boccaccio’s characters swap tales of love, lust, greed, passion and adventure over 10 evenings. His vivid account of medieval life, realistic dialogue and entertaining narrative appealed to contemporary readers; his portrayal of sentiments and observations on human nature are timeless. Among the many festivities to honour Boccaccio, the Tuscan town of Certaldo is holding an event retelling his life along with recreations of scenes from his most famous works performed by people in costumes. Certaldo is thought to be Boccaccio’s birthplace and locals will look to mark the poet’s fame with dances, processions and recitations of his works during the weekend of 14 to 15 September 2013. The Società Dante Alighieri (Dante Alighieri Society) has also launched an initiative to mark the anniversary. It is asking people to tweet retellings of the stories of ‘The Decameron’. The project ends in November and the 10 best tweets will win prizes at an event scheduled for the end of 2013. The move to feature the work of a medieval writer on social media illustrates just how Boccaccio’s earthy tales still have relevance. However, Boccaccio is remembered for more than ‘The Decameron’. Other influential works include ‘Elegy of Madonna Fiammetta’, which has been described as the “first modern psychological novel”, the narrative poem ‘Il Filostrato’, and a series of biographies on famous men and women intended as moralistic guides. An important and previously unknown manuscript titled 'De Casibus', a collection of biographies of famous figures from history, was recently found at England’s University of Manchester. Boccaccio’s work inspired writers beyond Italian shores, too, notably the so-called “father of English literature”, poet Geoffrey Chaucer, who authored ‘The Canterbury Tales’ at the end of the 14th century. Academics have suggested that Chaucer may have met Boccaccio and his friend and fellow poet, Petrarch, in 1373 when he visited Italy. The Italians are thought to have introduced Chaucer to medieval Italian poetry and later he adapted its forms and stories into poems such as ‘Troilus and Criseyde’ written c. 1380. Boccaccio was also more than a writer, and together with Petrarch, helped lay the foundation for humanism in the Renaissance. Boccaccio was born in 1313, most likely in Certaldo or possibly in Florence, although it has been suggested he may have been born in Paris. He was the illegitimate son of a prosperous Florentine merchant banker, who deserted Boccaccio’s mother. In 1327, Boccaccio moved to Naples with his father, where he was expected to follow his father’s example and become an apprentice merchant banker. When Boccaccio showed no aptitude for banking, he went to study canon law. It was in the city that Boccaccio found his true vocation: poetry. He pursued his literary studies in Naples, which was then one of Europe’s most important cultural and intellectual centres. Boccaccio was forced to return to Florence in 1341 because of the tense political relations between Naples and Florence. He was in Florence in 1348, when some 75% of the population died from the Black Death, and he rec	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,578	In which year did English monarch Elizabeth I die?	Queen Elizabeth I: Biography, Facts, Portraits & Information Queen Elizabeth I: Biography, Facts, Portraits & Information Queen Elizabeth I – Tudor Queen Elizabeth Tudor is considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history. When she became queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old, a survivor of scandal and danger, and considered illegitimate by most Europeans. She inherited a bankrupt nation, torn by religious discord, a weakened pawn between the great powers of France and Spain. She was only the third queen to rule England in her own right; the other two examples, her cousin Lady Jane Grey and half-sister Mary I, were disastrous. Even her supporters believed her position dangerous and uncertain. Her only hope, they counseled, was to marry quickly and lean upon her husband for support. But Elizabeth had other ideas. She ruled alone for nearly half a century, lending her name to a glorious epoch in world history. She dazzled even her greatest enemies. Her sense of duty was admirable, though it came at great personal cost. She was committed above all else to preserving English peace and stability; her genuine love for her subjects was legendary. Only a few years after her death in 1603, they lamented her passing. In her greatest speech to Parliament, she told them, ‘I count the glory of my crown that I have reigned with your love.’ And five centuries later, the worldwide love affair with Elizabeth Tudor continues. ‘Proud and haughty, as although she knows she was born of such a mother, she nevertheless does not consider herself of inferior degree to the Queen, whom she equals in self-esteem; nor does she believe herself less legitimate than her Majesty, alleging in her own favour that her mother would never cohabit with the King unless by way of marriage, with the authority of the Church…. She prides herself on her father and glories in him; everybody saying that she also resembles him more than the Queen does and he therefore always liked her and had her brought up in the same way as the Queen.’ the Venetian ambassador Giovanni Michiel describes Elizabeth; spring 1557 Elizabeth Tudor was born on 7 September 1533 at Greenwich Palace. She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Henry had defied the papacy and the Holy Roman Emperor to marry Anne, spurred on by love and the need for a legitimate male heir. And so Elizabeth’s birth was one of the most exciting political events in 16th century European history; rarely had so much turmoil occurred on behalf of a mere infant. But the confident predictions of astrologers and physicians were wrong and the longed-for prince turned out to be a princess. Anne Boleyn Eustace Chapuys, the Imperial ambassador and enemy of Anne Boleyn, described the birth to his master as ‘a portrait of Elizabeth’s mother, Anne Boleyn great disappointment and sorrow to the King, the Lady herself and to others of her party.’ But for the next two years, Henry VIII was willing to hope for a son to join this healthy daughter. Immediately after Elizabeth’s birth, he wrote to his 17 year old daughter, Princess Mary, and demanded she relinquish her title Princess of Wales and acknowledge both the annulment of his marriage to her mother, Katharine of Aragon, and the validity of his new marriage. Mary refused; she already blamed Anne Boleyn (and, by extension, Elizabeth) for the sad alteration of her own fortunes. In December, she was moved into her infant half-sister’s household. When told to pay her respects to the baby Princess, she replied that she knew of no Princess of England but herself, and burst into tears. Henry already ignored Mary and Katharine’s constant pleas to meet; now he began a more aggressive campaign to secure Anne and Elizabeth’s position. For one mother and daughter to be secure, the other pair must necessarily suffer. Most Europeans, and indeed Englishmen, still believed Katharine to be the king’s valid wife. Now old and sickly, imprisoned in one moldy castle after another, she remained a very popular figure. Anne Boleyn was dismissed in po	King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952) View other collectors The second son of King George V and Queen Mary Served in the Royal Navy during the First World War Duke of York from 1920 to 1936, living in London and also (from 1932) at Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park In 1923 married Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon; their elder daughter, later HM Queen Elizabeth II, was born in 1926 Succeeded to the throne on the abdication of his brother, King Edward VIII, in December 1936 With Queen Elizabeth, paid state visits to France in 1938, and to Canada and the USA in 1939 With his consort was a focal point for the nation throughout the Second World War Instituted the George Cross and George Medal (1940), awarded for acts of bravery by citizens, and organised displays of Orders, Medals and Decorations at Windsor Following the declarations of independence by Pakistan and India in 1947, ceased to be Emperor of India In 1948 revived the annual ceremonial for the Order of the Garter at Windsor, where he is buried Added paintings by Ricci, Kneller and Knyff to the Collection Reigned: 1936–52	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,579	For what type of business is Madison Avenue famous	Furnished Office Space & Suites at 275 Madison Ave, NYC US Locations Global Locations Grand Central, New York, NY Madison Avenue has a storied past as the premier advertising district of New York City. Today, it is home to businesses not only in advertising, but technology, finance, and fashion, among others. Our 275 Madison Avenue Business Center at 40th Street is the perfect location to broadcast your company’s message to the world, located near Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and Bryant Park – putting you in the center of the world’s most active business district. Located a short walk from Grand Central Terminal, Corporate Suites at 275 Madison Avenue provides everything you need to succeed. The building features an on-site Gourmet Deli and Bank Branch, as well as an impressive, secured lobby with 24/7 access. Many award–winning restaurants, banks, shops, and hotels are located nearby – with Fifth Avenue to the west and Park Avenue to the east, there is no shortage of prestigious businesses in the area, from retail, to eateries and corporate headquarters. Need a virtual office? Madison Avenue provides a prestigious mailing address located in the heart of New York City, minutes from Grand Central and a short walk from Port Authority and Penn Station, making it the perfect location to meet with your clients in tastefully decorated meeting rooms with the best in teleconferencing technologies. An attractive reception area with professional staff to greet you, your employees and your clients, offering phone answering services and mail handling, giving your business the look and feel of a Manhattan headquarters without the associated costs. When you’re ready to expand, our furnished, dedicated offices provide the perfect environment in which to grow and maintain your business. To inquire about pricing and specifications, contact us today. Map	Madison Avenue and the Color Line \| Jason Chambers Madison Avenue and the Color Line African Americans in the Advertising Industry Jason Chambers View table of contents and excerpt "A major contribution to the history of advertising, consumption, and African American history."—Lizabeth Cohen, author of A Consumers' Republic "The book offers perspective for those entering the industry as well as those who don't understand what all of the fuss is about."—Advertising Age "A cogent analysis of an important aspect of race relations in the US. . . . Highly recommended."—Choice "Rarely do scholars look beyond consumer-directed messages to explore the battlegrounds from which they emanate. Jason Chambers succeeds at this splendidly in analyzing African Americans' struggles with the advertising industry, both inside and outside of it, through the twentieth century."—Journal of American History Until now, most works on the history of African Americans in advertising have focused on the depiction of blacks in advertisements. As the first comprehensive examination of African American participation in the industry, Madison Avenue and the Color Line breaks new ground by examining the history of black advertising employees and agency owners. For much of the twentieth century, even as advertisers chased African American consumer dollars, the doors to most advertising agencies were firmly closed to African American professionals. Over time, black participation in the industry resulted from the combined efforts of black media, civil rights groups, black consumers, government organizations, and black advertising and marketing professionals working outside white agencies. Blacks positioned themselves for jobs within the advertising industry, especially as experts on the black consumer market, and then used their status to alter stereotypical perceptions of black consumers. By doing so, they became part of the broader effort to build an African American professional and entrepreneurial class and to challenge the negative portrayals of blacks in American culture. Using an extensive review of advertising trade journals, government documents, and organizational papers, as well as personal interviews and the advertisements themselves, Jason Chambers weaves individual biographies together with broader events in U.S. history to tell how blacks struggled to bring equality to the advertising industry. Jason Chambers Associate Professor of Advertising at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,580	What was Alan Sugar's catchphrase during the TV series The Apprentice?	List of catch phrases and quotes from The Apprentice Exotic Sugar Flowers for Cakes by Alan Dunn (2000, Hardcover) 22.90 The Way I See It: Rants, Revelations And Rules For Life by Alan Sugar. 27.07 Unscripted: My Ten Years in Telly by Alan Sugar. 22.93 'You're Fired' T-Shirt! Alan Sugar, Apprentice, Funny T-shirt BBC TV, 18.51 'Give me some Sugar' T-Shirt! Alan Sugar, Apprentice, Funny T-shirt BBC TV, 18.51 'Sugar Daddy' T-Shirt! Alan Sugar, Apprentice, Funny T-shirt BBC TV, 18.51 Brown Sugar Biscuits by Mark Alan (CD, 1998, Yellowbox Records) Signed Like New 5.00 The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Alan Sugar Way: 10 Secrets of the B 12.72 SUGAR ORCHIDS FOR CAKES - TONY WARREN, ET AL. ALAN DUNN (HARDCOVER) NEW 22.29 TIMES.DESMOND TUTU.JOANNA LUMLEY.ALAN SUGAR.FIONA, COUNTESS CARNARVON.DOWNTON.11 6.17 Sugar Orchids for Cakes (Sugarcraft and Cakes for All Occasions) by Alan Dunn 43.84 1975 Sugar Daddy All-Stars #3 Alan Page READ Minnesota Vikings Card 0j0 5.10 A Chip in the Sugar (Acting Edition S.) by Alan Bennett 15.30 In the Blue Room by Alan Bibey (CD, Mar-2000, Sugar Hill) FAST SHIPPING 8.01 Sugar Roses for Cakes By Peck, Tombi/ Dunn, Alan/ Warren, Tony 27.42 NEW Prison Yoga by Alan Sugar Paperback Book (English) Free Shipping 18.48 Sugar Flower Skills by Alan Dunn Hardcover Book 18.86	Bingo Calls - itvbingo.com Help Bingo Calls If you're not a bingo whiz, here are some of the fun bingo calls you might come across in our great rooms. These calls were traditionally used in bingo halls, but why not bring in some of the fun to our great chat rooms or use one to help create your username - who knows they may even bring you some luck! There's a bingo call for every number between 1 and 90. You'll notice a lot of the bingo calls rhyme, but some are more obscure. We've tried to explain the meaning for these ones, so eyes down and happy calling! 1. Kelly's Eye (One eyed Australian gangster Ned Kelly.) 2. One Little Duck (the number 2 is a swan like shape.) 3. Cup of Tea 4. Knock at the Door 5. Man Alive 7. Lucky 7 8. Garden Gate 9. Doctor's Orders (Brought back from the army days A pill known as Number 9 was a laxative given out by army doctors.) 10. Gordon's Den (This changes depending on who the British Prime Minister is at the time, and refers to the traditional home of the PM, 10 Downing Street.) 11. Legs Eleven 15. Young and Keen 16. Sweet Sixteen 17. Dancing Queen (From the ABBA Song, Dancing Queen. 'You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen') 18. Coming of Age 21. Key of the Door 22. Two Little Ducks 31. Get up and Run 32. Buckle my Shoe 43. Down on your Knees 44. Droopy Drawers 49. PC (PC 49 was a well-known police radio show in the late 1940s.) 50. Half a Century 51. Tweak of the Thumb 52. Danny La Rue (Famous British drag artist.) 53. Stuck in the Tree 54. Clean the Floor 55. Snakes Alive 56. Was she worth it? (The price of a marriage licence in old money - was she worth it LOL) 57. Heinz Varieties (57 is the number of varieties that Heinz baked beans state on their label, however they actually now have over one thousand different products!) 58. Make them Wait 62. Turn on the Screw 63. Tickle Me 63 65. Old Age Pension (The age you would traditionally retire and become a pensioner.) 66. Clickety Click 71. Bang on the Drum 72. Six Dozen 76. Trombones (Refers to the brass section musical piece '76 trombones' usually played in parades) 77. Sunset Strip (Hit American TV Show) 78. Heavens Gate Fair Play This website is operated by Cassava Enterprises (Gibraltar) Limited, which is licensed to offer online gaming services by the Government of Gibraltar (License Number 022), regulated by the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner under the laws of Gibraltar, and makes no representation as to legality of such services in other jurisdictions. Cassava Enterprises (Gibraltar) Limited is incorporated in Gibraltar, which is part of the European Union. As of November 1, 2014 our gambling services in the UK are operated and managed by 888 UK Limited, a company incorporated in Gibraltar, which is licensed and regulated by the Great Britain Gambling Commission , pursuant to the UK Gambling Act. (License Number 000-039028-R-319297-0016) Our services in European Union member states (except for states in which our services are provided under a local license) are operated by Virtual Digital Services Limited, a company incorporated in Gibraltar, which is part of the European Union. Virtual Digital Services Limited operates under the auspices of a gaming license provided under the laws of Gibraltar.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,581	Which Italian region is the setting for the Inspector Montalban novels by Andrea Camilleri?	Commissario Montalbano on DVD These episode descriptions were obtained from the website of RAI Trade, the distributor of world-wide licensing for the series. 1 - The Snack Thief Il Ladro di Merendine Detective Montalbano investigates the murder of a man called Lapecora, the owner of an import-export company. His widow suspects that her husband was killed by his lover Karima, a young Tunisian woman who mysteriously disappeared the very day of the murder. Montalbano manages to track down the womans son, François, who had been hiding, terrified in the streets of the neighbourhood. As the detective investigates and the mystery becomes darker and more complex, what will happen to little François? 2 - The Voice of the Violin La voce del violino Accidentally, Detective Montalbano finds the naked corpse of a young woman in a villa outside the village. Montalbano starts investigating and finds out that the woman, Michela Licalzi, had recently bought the villa and come to Sicily from Bologna to restore it. Unfortunately the case is taken away from Montalbano and precious time will be lost while the Detective tries to get his case back. 3 - The Shape of Water La forma dell'acqua Luparello, a leading politician, dies in the arms of the daughter of a political rival while making love to her. It seems pretty straightforward, but Montalbano discovers that it was all staged by Rizzo, another political opponent, who didn't count on Giorgio, Luparello's young lover, in whose arms the politician had actually passed away. 4 - Terracotta Dog Il Cane di terracotta An informer reveals to Montalbano the existence of an arms cache in a cave outside of town. In the cave, in addition to the load of weapons, the police find two bodies in a secret chamber buried seemingly according to an obscure ritual. Montalbano is curious about the find, but first has to deal with the issue of arms smuggling unveiled by the informers revelation. Severely injured after an ambush set up by the Mafia to prevent him from proceeding with the inquiry, he will spend most of his convalescence trying to solve the mystery of the bodies in the cave. 5 - Trip to Tindari La gita a Tindari Detective Montalbano is faced with a double mystery: the murder of Nenè Sanfilippo, a freelance informatics expert, and the disappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Griffo, an elderly couple last seen during an excursion to Tindari. Montalbano suspects that Sanfilippos affair with Vania Titulesco, the Rumanian wife of noted transplant surgeon Eugenio Isgrò, has something to do with his death. Then, when the charred bodies of the Griffos are found, the detective discovers that the elderly couple had been renting a farmhouse to Sanfilippo, who supposedly used it to meet with his lover. 6 - The Touch of the Artist Tocco d'artista Goldsmith Alberto Larussa would appear to have committed suicide by turning his wheelchair into an electric chair. But then detective Montalbano discovers that the dead mans will, which leaves everything to his brother Giacomo, has been forged. Giacomo is arrested. But then after further research, Montalbano learns that years earlier, during a fight over Emma Morpurgo, a girl they had both fallen in love with, Giacomo had pushed Roberto down a stairway, leaving him paralysed. To avenge this, Alberto had staged his death in order to make it look like the murderer was his brother. 7 - Sense of Touch Il senso del tatto The apparently accidental death of a blind man leads Montalbano to an island off the coast of Sicily where the passing of a local fisherman leads to the discovery that he and the blind man had each deposited huge sums of money in their respective bank accounts. 8 - Montalbanos Croquettes Gli Arancini di Montalbano When Mr. Pagnozzi, chairman of a public works company, and his young wife Stefania are found dead in their car in a gully, the immediate conclusion is an accident. However, the fact that the womans nails are broken causes Montalbano to suspect that things are not that simple and that the couple was in fact murdered. The investigation, initially focused	Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,582	What name is given to the hymn of praise by Mary, the Mother of Jesus, found in Luke's gospel?	The Magnificat: Mary’s Hymn of Praise for Our Lord Privacy Policy THE MAGNIFICAT The Magnificat, taken from Luke’s Gospel (1:46-55), is the Blessed Virgin Mary’s hymn of praise to the Lord. It is also known as the Canticle of Mary in the Liturgy of the Hours, a special collection of scripture readings, psalms, and hymns that constitute what is known as the prayer of the church. (Priests and other religious are required to pray sections from the Liturgy of the Hours each day.) Although the Magnificat has had numerous musical settings from such composers as Palestrina, Bach and Mozart, it can be recited as well as sung. Its name comes from the first line of its text in Latin (“Magnificat anima mea Dominum”) translated in the first line below. Mary proclaims the Lord’s greatness with characteristic humility and grace here. My soul magnifies the Lord And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; Because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid; For behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed; Because He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name; And His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear Him. He has shown might with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart. He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. He has given help to Israel, his servant, mindful of His mercy Even as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity forever. The Magnificat provides great material for meditation on the Visitation, the second Joyful Mystery of the Rosary, pictured above. When the angel Gabriel informs Mary that she is to be the Mother of God, he also tells her of her relative Elizabeth’s pregnancy with John the Baptist. After Mary gives her famous consent to becoming the Mother of God, -- “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38) -- she goes “with haste” (1:39) to help Elizabeth, who is delighted to see her. Our Lady then expresses her joy in the Magnificat. Clearly Mary, in hastening to help her cousin, is focused on service to others. In this way she glorifies the Lord in reflecting (and “magnifying”) His goodness and love. And, of course by becoming the Mother of God she will help Him redeem us for our salvation in His Passion! Speaking of magnifying, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once referred to our Blessed Mother as being like “a magnifying glass that intensifies our love of her Son.” Note that Mary’s joyful claim that “all generations shall call me blessed” in no way takes away from her humility. If she seems to boast here, it is much as St. Paul does later on in scripture when he says “whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord” (2 Cor 10:17), that is to say, in God’s work being done through us. In this regard, the Magnificat is more than a prayer of praise. It also reminds us about the essential link between humility and holiness. Just as God has “regarded the lowliness of his handmaid” and “has done great things” for Mary in making her the Mother of his Son, so too “he has put down the mighty from their thrones (with his own might!) and has exalted the lowly.” (Note also our Blessed Mother’s humility in referring to herself in this prayer, as she does in giving her consent to Gabriel mentioned earlier, as the Lord’s handmaid, his servant!) As her Divine Son later stressed “Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted” (Matt 23:12, also in slightly different words in Luke 18:14 and Luke 14:11). Jesus wasn’t saying anything new here, either! We read similar thoughts in throughout the Old Testament such as in the Psalms and in this example from the book of Sirach “Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God.” (Sirach 3:19) The line about God filling “the hungry with good things” resonates later in the Gospels as well, when our Lord says “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after	Feast of the Annunciation (Lady Day) ``Where the Bishop is, there let the multitude of believers be; even as where Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church'' Ignatius of Antioch, 1st c. A.D Feast of the Annunciation Exactly nine months to the day before the Feast of the Nativity, we celebrate the annunciation that the angel -- the archangel -- Gabriel makes to Mary. Mystical significance is given to this date by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa in his "Golden Legend" written in 1275: This blessed Annunciation happened the twentyfifth day of the month of March, on which day happened also, as well tofore as after, these things that hereafter be named. On that same day Adam, the first man, was created and fell into original sin by inobedience, and was put out of paradise terrestrial. After, the angel showed the conception of our Lord to the glorious Virgin Mary. Also that same day of the month Cain slew Abel his brother. Also Melchisedech made offering to God of bread and wine in the presence of Abraham. Also on the same day Abraham offered Isaac his son. That same day St. John Baptist was beheaded, and St. Peter was that day delivered out of prison, and St. James the more, that day beheaded of Herod. And our Lord Jesu Christ was on that day crucified, wherefore that is a day of great reverence. It was this day on which Our Lord entered the world, and on this day, thirty-three years later, that He left it. It must be remembered that it was on this day, not Christmas, that Christ came to the world, as a baby inside Mary's womb; today is the feast of the Incarnation! The Gospel reading today is that of Luke: Luke 1:26-38: And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. Who having heard, was troubled at his saying and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God. Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. And of his kingdom there shall be no end. And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man? And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren: Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. Our Lady uttered her fiat -- her words "Let it be done to me according to thy word" -- and the Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity condescended to take on a human nature and become man. God became man! Father Alban Butler writes in his "Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principle Saints" (1864) these beautiful words to indicate the import of Mary's "yes": The world, as heaven had decreed, was not to have a Saviour till she had given her consent to the angel's proposal; she gives it, and behold the power and efficacy of her submissive fiat! That moment, the mystery of love and mercy promised to mankind four thousand years before, foretold by so many Prophets, desired by so many Saints, is wrought on earth. That moment, the Word of God is for ever united to humanity; the Soul of Jesus Christ, produced from nothing, begins to enjoy God, and to know all things past, present, and to come: that moment, God begins to have an adorer who is infinite, and the world a mediator who	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,583	"Who wrote the book ""The Ghost"" released as a film in 2010?"	The Ghost Writer Movie Review (2010) \| Roger Ebert Tweet In Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer," a man without a past rattles around in the life of a man with too much of one. He begins by reading the work of an earlier ghost who mysteriously drowned, and finds it boring and conventional. Hired to pep up the manuscript to justify a $10 million advance, he discovers material to make it exciting, all right, and possibly deadly. Advertisement This movie is the work of a man who knows how to direct a thriller. Smooth, calm, confident, it builds suspense instead of depending on shock and action. The actors create characters who suggest intriguing secrets. The atmosphere -- a rain-swept Martha's Vineyard in winter -- has an ominous, gray chill, and the main interior looks just as cold. This is the beach house being used by Adam Lang ( Pierce Brosnan ), a former British prime minister so inspired by Tony Blair that he might as well be wearing a nametag. Lang has one of those households much beloved by British authors of country house mysteries, in which everyone is a potential suspect -- of something, anyway. Lang's wife Ruth ( Olivia Williams ), smart and bitter, met Lang at Cambridge. His aide Amelia ( Kim Cattrall ), smart and devious, is having an affair with him. The wife knows, and isn't above referring to it in front of the Ghost. Security men lurk about, and a couple of service workers look rather sinister. Just as his new ghost writer starts work, Lang is accused by his former foreign minister of sanctioning the kidnapping and torture of suspects. The World Court prepares an indictment. It would be unwise for Lang to return to Britain, and he flees to Washington for a photo op with the U.S. administration, unnamed, although the Secretary of State looks a whole lot like Condi Rice. Advertisement The PM's story is based on a best-seller by Robert Harris , who co-wrote the screenplay with Polanski. He implies parallels between his story and the Blair and (both) Bush administrations, but uses a light touch and sly footwork so that not every viewer will necessarily connect the dots. There is also a loud clanging alarm inviting comparison between Polanski's Lang, an exile sought by a court, and Polanski himself. This is also the fourth thriller in recent months to make a villain of a corporation obviously modeled on Halliburton. The Ghost is left to his own devices in a house haunted by the unsaid, and Polanski slips into a pure filmmaking mode. I won't describe what the Ghost searches for, but I will tell you that Polanski evokes Hitchcock in a conversation with an elderly local ( Eli Wallach ) and some forbidding beach scenes. And that he is masterful in the way he shows the dead former Ghost providing the new one with directions, so to speak, leading to a possible source. There is also a Hitchcock touch in visuals where an incriminating note is passed from hand to hand; the scene is so well done that it distracts from the fact that the Ghost didn't need the information in the note to arrive at the same inference. Advertisement There are a few other loose ends. The film seems to have a high incidence of black cars designed to be used as murder weapons. It's far from clear what Ruth's emotional state is on one rainy night. The Ghost himself seems too much a lightweight to explain his daring sleuthing. But the performances are so convincing in detail that they distract us from our questions. McGregor's character has no family, little pride and much insouciance, but is very smart and doesn't enjoy his intelligence being insulted. And Olivia Williams projects the air of a wife who is committed to her husband in more than expected ways. "The Ghost Writer" is handsome, smooth and persuasive. It is a Well-Made Film. Polanski at 76 provides a reminder of directors of the past who were raised on craft, not gimmicks, and depended on a deliberate rhythm of editing rather than mindless quick cutting. The film immerses you in its experience. It's a reminder that you can lose yourself in a story because all a film really wants to do is	Film History Milestones - 1910 Event and Significance 1910 Carl Laemmle set up his own Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP) to counteract the Edison Trust (the MPPC). 1910 Laemmle introduced the star system, causing the rise of the American movie star phenomenon, by hiring now-forgotten Florence Lawrence ("The Biograph Girl"), one of Biograph's anonymous stars, and beginning a massive publicity campaign. By most accounts, Lawrence was the first US motion picture "movie star." Carl Laemmle orchestrated a shameless but spectacular, high-profile 'publicity stunt' in March of 1910, with rumors of her death in a street-car accident in St. Louis, and her subsequent resurrection at the IMP Company's St. Louis premiere of her first IMP film (The Broken Oath, aka The Broken Bath), in April of 1910. She was the first film star to make a 'personal appearance' (as a publicity stunt). 1910 The first screen credit was given to Florence Lawrence, in IMP's short crime romance The Broken Oath (aka The Broken Bath), directed by her husband Harry Solter. 1910 Dialogue titles began to appear with regularity. Studios began distributing publicity stills of actors and actresses. 1910 The first US multi-reel "feature" film was Vitagraph's five-reel Life of Moses (1910). It was shown at a single sitting in New Orleans. Such multi-reel films weakened exhibitors' control of their programs (i.e., prior to this development, exhibitors effectively "edited" the program by arranging their selections of short films without directorial intervention.) 1910 Film companies began to move to the area later known as Hollywood. Los Angeles annexed Hollywood. 1910 The first film made in the new municipality of Hollywood, by Biograph and director D.W. Griffith, In Old California (1910), was released. It launched the film industry in the city. Griffith was the first to negotiate and start film producing in Hollywood, where the weather was considered more favorable for film-making. 1910 For the first time, Hollywood purchased the rights to adapt a novel from a publisher (Little, Brown & Company who published Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona), for a D.W. Griffith film to be made in 1910. 1910 The first western silent film super-star Tom Mix made his first major screen appearance as Bronco Buster in Selig Polyscope's Ranch Life in the Great Southwest (1910), filmed at their studio in the Los Angeles area. The one time bartender, cow hand and Texas Ranger would go on to make hundreds of silent westerns for both Selig and Fox Studios, some of which he also produced, wrote or directed. 1910 Brooklyn Eagle newspaper cartoonist John Randolph Bray patented the 'cel' process ultimately used by animators. He pioneered true animated (motion-picture) cartoons with structured story lines. 1910 The first movie stunt -- a man jumped into the Hudson River from a burning balloon. 1910 Filmdom's first major comedy star of the early silent film era, the happy and rotund John Bunny (almost 300 pounds), originally a successful stage comic, made his film debut in Brooklyn-based Vitagraph's Jack Fat and Jim Slim at Coney Island (1910), and was paid $40/week. By 1911 he was Vitagraph's biggest moneymaker. He died in 1915 at the height of his fame. 1910 The first Frankenstein monster film in the US was Edison's Frankenstein, a 16-minute (one-reel) version made by the Edison Motion Picture Studios and starring stage veteran Charles Ogle (uncredited) as the monster, and Mary Fuller as Frankenstein's fiancée Elizabeth. The film was directed and written by J. Searle Dawley and filmed in the Bronx. The monster appeared misshapen and pathetic rather than horrifying in this first film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel. In this early version, the Monster was created in a cauldron of chemicals. 1910 Vaudeville press agent William Foster launched his Foster Photoplay Company, the first A	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,584	In which US city is the independent broadcaster 'Peachtree TV'?	WPCH-TV - The TV IV WPCH-TV Turner (a subsidiary of Time-Warner) (controlled by Meredith) Seinfeld WPCH-TV is an Independent station broadcasting in the Atlanta, Georgia market on digital channel 20, displayed on tuners as virtual 17. The station opened in September of 1967 as WJRJ-TV/channel 17 (analog), owned by Jack Rice Jr. It originally broadcast in a studio building on West Peachtree Street from where WAGA /channel 5 originally operated. Its broadcast schedule began at 4 PM and ended at midnight, consisting of off-network reruns and movies. Its threadbare budgets were prohibitive in the station getting color capabilities, and technical gaffes were everywhere. There was nowhere to go but up, and WJRJ seized the opportunity by picking up network shows passed up by the local ABC , CBS and NBC affiliates. CBS's top-rated primetime show Medical Center was among those shows, as was NBC's popular daytime game show Jeopardy! In a curiously awkward moment, WJRJ was airing a broadcast of NBC's game show Eye Guess on March 28, 1969, when NBC broke in with the news that former president Dwight D. Eisenhower had died. Regular NBC affiliate WSB /channel 2 broke from their local movie to pick up NBC's coverage of Eisenhower's death, and for the better part of a half hour, WJRJ was simulcasting it before breaking off at 1 PM for their own movie. Channel 17's logo during its days as WJRJ. In 1970, WJRJ was purchased by billboard entrepreneur Ted Turner, who sought to upgrade the station. The first thing he did was to change the call to WTCG (for Turner Communications Group). Next, he would buy color cameras--on credit. To help pay for them Turner held an on-air telethon. It was an uphill climb, but WTCG would successfully knock competing independent WATL /channel 36 off the air. That Christmas, 1971, they acquired Georgia Championship Wrestling from WQXI/channel 11 (which today is WXIA ). Ted Turner took out billboard space to tout the number of NBC shows they were picking up which WSB discarded, saying that channel 17 was "joining" NBC. WSB was not pleased and filed a lawsuit against Turner. The billboards were ultimately removed. Some time in the 70s, Turner was seeking to affiliate WTCG with ABC. The network declined, not wanting to land on UHF in a big market. In 1976, Turner began microwave beams of the station to selected southeast areas. Seeing the opportunity of expansion, that December, Turner sent signals of the station via satellite to cable systems as far as Nebraska and Kansas. The "superstation" had been born, and in 1979, the station was now WTBS, and it would be rebranded as "TBS Superstation." The Atlanta Braves baseball club became a nationwide hit through satellite exposure. In the late 1990s, Turner sold his television channels and networks to Time-Warner. They had moved from a multi-housed studio building on Techwood Drive to a fully modern campus over looking the Interstate 75/85 connector freeway in downtown Atlanta. (This is where all Turner properties--TCM, Cartoon Network, TruTV, Boomerang, etc.--broadcast from.) In 2007, TBS Superstation was split off over-the-air channel 17 to become a cable/satellite only channel. TBS had been available on satellite everywhere except Atlanta, where it was already on the local channel list. Channel 17 became a local-only Atlanta independent station with its call changed to WPCH, branded as "Peachtree TV." WPCH is currently controlled by Meredith Corporation (owner of CBS affiliate WGCL-TV ) through a local marketing agreement and operates from WGCL's studio building. Turner still owns the station license. WTBS is now the call sign for a low-powered station in Atlanta on channel 26. 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1,507,585	Born in 1678, which Italian composer of choral works, over forty operas, and notably The Four Seasons violin concertos, was known as The Red Priest because of his auburn hair?	Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Vivaldi Click to preview or download this music The Four Seasons (Complete) Vivaldi cast "The Four Seasons" in the form of four concertos for solo violin and string orchestra. Concertos are designed to feature an instrument which not only enjoys an especially prominent role but plays technically brilliant, or virtuosic, passages. In addition to juxtaposing the sound of the solo violin to the full ensemble, Vivaldi occasionally added a few instruments with the solo violin to create the musical textures of chamber music. Each of the concertos that comprise "The Four Seasons" follows a three-movement plan that Vivaldi helped to establish as the standard concerto form. Gerard Schwarz, Conductor 1. The Four Seasons Spring I Allegro 2. The Four Seasons Spring II Largo 3. The Four Seasons Spring III Allegro 4. The Four Seasons Summer I Allegro non molto 5. The Four Seasons Summer II Adagio 6. The Four Seasons Summer III Presto 7. The Four Seasons Autumn I Allegro 8. The Four Seasons Autumn II Adagio molto 9. The Four Seasons Autumn III Allegro 10. The Four Seasons Winter I Allegro non molto 11. The Four Seasons Winter II Largo 12. The Four Seasons Winter III Allegro 13. Vivaldi’s Life and Music 14. Listener’s Guide: Four Seasons Spring 15. Listener’s Guide: Four Seasons Summer 16. Listener’s Guide: Four Seasons Fall 17. Listener’s Guide: Four Seasons Winter Antonio Vivaldi and the Italian Baroque The seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries saw an extraordinary flowering of musical culture in Italy. This period, known in music history as the Baroque era, was one of great innovation. Before this time, in the Renaissance and Middle Ages, European music had been largely religious and choral. The two most important developments in Baroque music were the emergence of non-religious vocal music, opera, and the rise of purely orchestral music. Italian composers led the way in exploring these new areas of musical expression. Among other things, they adapted the type of sensuous and dramatic singing born in the opera house to other genres, including instrumental music. In the fist half of the Baroque, composers mainly tried to mimic the homogenous sound of vocal music in their instrumental works. Eventually, composers began taking advantage of the natural expressive abilities of new instruments developed by virtuoso instrument makers. By exploiting the specific traits of each instrument, Italian composers brought a new sort of liveliness to music in the years around 1700. Their fondness for lyrical expression resulted in an unprecedented melodic warmth and sweetness, along with an increasingly expressive harmonic vocabulary. At the same time, their efforts to maximize the natural expression of instruments, particularly of the violin, resulted in writing of unprecedented rhythmic verve. It is significant in this regard that the great composers of the Italian Baroque – men like Arcangelo Corelli, Guiseppe Tartini, Pietro Locatelli, Francesco Veracini, Giovanni Legrenzi and Francesco Geminiani – tended to be violinists rather than keyboard players, as the leading musicians of northern Eu	Anne Boleyn and Lucia di Lammermoor Vincenzo Bellini 1801 1835 - ENG - 101 View Full Document , Anne Boleyn , and Lucia di Lammermoor Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) – Along with Donizetti and Rossini, he is considered one of the masters of the “bel canto” style. His operas include Norma , La Somnambula , I Puritani , and The Capulets and the Montagues . Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) – Romantic operatic composer whose works include Ernani , Macbeth , Rigoletto , Il Trovatore , La Traviata , Sicilian Vespers , A Masked Ball , The Force of Destiny , Aida , Otello , and Falstaff . Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886) – Romantic composer best known for La Gioconda (which features the Dance of the Hours ) Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) – Along with Mascagni, he is considered one of the masters of the “verisimo” style. His best known opera is I Pagliacci and a much less well known version of La Boheme . Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Prolific composer whose operas are amongst the mos frequently asked about. His works include Manon Lescaut , La Boheme , Tosca , Madame Butterfly , The Girl of the Golden West , and Turnadot Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) - Along with Leoncavallo, he is considered one of the masters of the “verisimo” style. His best known opera is Cavalerria Rusticana Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) – Italian composer best known for his Roman Trilogy ( Fountains of Rome , Pines of Rome , and Roman Festivals ). He also wrote Ancient Airs and Dances and Brazilian Impressions NORWAY There is only one Norwegian composer of note, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). He wrote the incidental music for fellow Norwegian Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King ). He also wrote Lyric Pieces , the Holberg Suite , and Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak . POLAND Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) – By far the best known Polish composer, Chopin wrote hundreds of piano pieces, most notably mazurkas, etudes, polonaises, and preludes. He carried on a long relationship with the French writer George Sand. His best known works are Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) – Although he was a notable pianist and composer, Paderewski is probably best known for being Prime Minister of Poland. RUSSIA “The Five” (also known as “The Mighty Handful” was an important group of Romantic Russian composers (led by Mily Balakirev ) who were given their nickname in derision by critic Vladimir Stasov. In addition to Balakirev, “The Five” consisted of Cesar Cui , Modest Mussorgsky , Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , and Alexander Borodin. Mily Balakirev (1837-1910) – In addition to leading “The Five”, Balakirev wrote Islamey and Tamara i Cesar Cui (1835-1918) – His best known opera is The Prisoner of the Caucasus (based on a Pushkin work). He also wrote the children’s opera, Puss in Boots Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) – Mussorgsky wrote the operas Boris Gudonov Khovanschina and Sorochintsi Fair His most important orchestral works are Night on Bald Mountain and Pictures at an Exhibition (based on an exhibition of his friend, artist Victor Hartmann. This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. 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1,507,586	Which island territory is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the U S A?	Unincorporated territory legal definition of Unincorporated territory Unincorporated territory legal definition of Unincorporated territory http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Unincorporated+territory Territories of the United States (redirected from Unincorporated territory) Also found in: Wikipedia . Territories of the United States Portions of the United States that are not within the limits of any state and have not been admitted as states. The United States holds three territories: American Samoa and Guam in the Pacific Ocean and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea. Although they are governed by the United States, the territories do not have statehood status, and this lesser legal and political status sets them apart from the rest of the United States. The three U.S. territories are not the only U.S. government land holdings without statehood status. These various lands fall under the broad description of insular political communities affiliated with the United States. Puerto Rico in the Caribbean and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean belong to the United States and have the status of commonwealth, a legal and political status that is above a territory but still below a state. The United States also has a number of islands in the Pacific Ocean that are called variously territories and possessions. U.S. possessions have the lowest legal and political status because these islands do not have permanent populations and do not seek self-determination and autonomy. U.S. possessions include Baker, Howland, Kingman Reef, Jarvis, Johnston, Midway, Palmyra, and Wake Islands. Finally, land used as a military base is considered a form of territory. These areas are inhabited almost exclusively by military personnel. They are governed largely by military laws, and not by the political structures in place for commonwealths and territories. The United States has military bases at various locations around the world, including Okinawa, Japan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A precise definition of territories and territorial law in the United States is difficult to fashion. The U.S. government has long been in the habit of determining policy as it goes along. The United States was established through a defensive effort against British forces and then through alternately defensive and offensive battles against Native Americans. From this chaotic beginning, the United States has struggled to fashion a coherent policy on the acquisition and possession of land. The U.S. Constitution does not state exactly how the United States may acquire land. Instead, the Constitution essentially delegates the power to decide the matter to Congress. Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1, of the Constitution provides that "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed … by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress." The same section of the Constitution gives Congress the "Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States."Under International Law the United States and other nation-states may acquire additional territory in several ways, including occupation of territory that is not already a part of a state; conquest, where allowed by the international community; cession of land by another nation in a treaty; and accretion, or the growth of new land within a nation's existing boundaries. Through various statutes and court opinions, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court have devised a system that gives Congress and the president control over U.S. territories. Congress delegates some of its policy-making and administrative duties to the Office of Insular Affairs within the Interior Department . The president of the United States appoints judges and executive officers to offices in the territories. Congress devises court systems for the territories, and the Supreme Court may review decisions made by te	Aleutian Islands Encyclopedia > Places > United States, Canada, and Greenland > U.S. Physical Geography Aleutian Islands Aleutian Islands (əlōˈshən) [ key ], chain of rugged, volcanic islands curving c.1,200 mi (1,900 km) west from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula and approaching Russia's Komandorski Islands. A partially submerged continuation of the Aleutian Range , they separate the Bering Sea from the Pacific Ocean. The Aleutians comprise four main groups: Fox Islands, nearest to the mainland, including Unimak , Unalaska , Umnak , and Akutan; Andreanof Islands, including Amlia, Atka, Adak, Kanaga, and Tanaga; Rat Islands, including Amchitka and Kiska; and Near Islands, the smallest and westernmost group, including Agattu and Attu . The Semichi Islands, of which Shemya is the largest, are nearby. The Aleutians have few good harbors, and numerous reefs make navigation treacherous. Among active volcanoes is Mt. Shishaldin, on Unimak. Relatively moderate temperatures lead to heavy rains and constant fog. Almost treeless, the islands have a luxuriant growth of grasses, bushes, and sedges. Most of the islands are within the Aleutian National Wildlife Reserve. Sheep and reindeer are raised. Hunting and fishing are the main occupations of the Aleut population. Research stations and military bases are located on the islands; Amchitka has been used for underground nuclear tests. The Aleutians were visited in 1741 by Vitus Bering , a Danish explorer employed by Russia. The indigenous Aleuts were exploited by the Russian trappers and traders who, in search of sea otter, seal, and fox fur, established settlements on the islands in the late 18th and early 19th cent. The islands were included in the Alaska purchase in 1867; after the purchase, the U.S. government forbade seal trapping except by Aleuts. Fishing and fur hunting are now controlled by the federal government. Dutch Harbor, on Unalaska, became a transshipping point for the gold boomtown of Nome in 1900. The Aleutians were important during World War II; in 1940, a U.S. naval base was established at Dutch Harbor. In 1942 the Japanese bombed the base and later occupied Attu, Kiska, and Agattu islands; a U.S. counterattack from bases on Adak and Amchitka regained them in 1943. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,587	Method acting is based on the theories of which Russian actor and theatre director?	Stanislavski's method acting admired by Michael Billington \| Stage \| The Guardian Share on Messenger Close Who has dominated theories of acting over the past 100 years? Undoubtedly, it is the Russian actor and theatre director Konstantin Stanislavski (1863-1938), who co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre. Almost all the acting we see today, on stage or screen, is either an endorsement of, or reaction against, his principles. He developed a method, applicable to most situations, which comprised three key ideas: a reliance on "emotional memory", a focus on the actor's "circle of attention" and a search for a "through-line of action" in which the actor pins down key objectives. Stanislavski's theories were expressed in three crucial books: My Life in Art, An Actor Prepares and Building a Character. His ideas were disseminated throughout the United States by a group of passionate disciples, including Harold Clurman, Elia Kazan, Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg, who ran the New York Actors' Studio from 1951 to 1982 and whose pupils included Marlon Brando, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe. The method, as it became known, perfectly suited the American penchant for self-analysis: less attention was paid to Stanislavski's fanatical insistence on voice, diction, physical deportment and personal discipline. However, while Stanislavski's system perfectly suited a theatre based on illusion, it also bred continuing opposition. In Russia, Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874-1940) developed his theory of the actor as a combination of singer, dancer, acrobat and juggler: something that profoundly influenced Peter Brook's 1970 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. In Germany, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) evolved a new theory of acting in which actors demonstrate the actions of a character rather than identify with their roles: a style that matched Brecht's anti-illusionist, political theatre and often found favour in Britain. And in France there has always been a strong mime tradition seen in the work of Jean-Louis Barrault (1910-1994) and fostered more recently by Jacques Lecoq (1921-1999). The Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School, founded in Paris in 1956, rapidly became a mecca for British theatre practitioners including Steven Berkoff and Complicite's Simon McBurney. Today the actor is faced with a range of options. The growth of physical and visual theatre has led to a renewed interest in Meyerhold, with his use of techniques adopted from sport and the circus. Parisian mime has also been given a British inflexion. However, even if people react against him, Stanislavski retains his magisterial dominance. No system in itself can, of course, endow a performer with the magnetism, vitality and creative intelligence that are an essential part of great acting: those qualities stem from the character of the individual. But Stanislavski provided a route map for exploring what he called "that conscious road to the gates of the unconscious", which is the foundation of modern theatre. And it is a map that no actor, even today, can afford to ignore. His acting 'method' has been adopted by stars from Brando to Day-Lewis, but Stanislavski's company rejected his theories – and the Russian felt his own acting was lacking. Simon Callow explains Published: 16 Mar 2013	Famous Male Ballet Dancers - BalletHub Famous Male Ballet Dancers About Ballet October 20th, 2014 There are thousands of dancers in the world but only a handful of famous male ballet dancers. While famous ballerinas may often have the spotlight, let’s take a look at the men who’ve helped shape ballet into what it is today. Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Baryshnikov When you talk about famous male ballet dancers, there is always one household name that comes up: Baryshnikov. From dancing to sold out audiences in New York and around the world, to several movies and a season of Sex and the City, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s career has been nothing short of stardom. Born in Latvia to Russian parents, “Misha” (his nickname, common in Russia for people named Mikhail) began ballet training at the age of 12 and won the Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna in 1966. He soon joined the Kirov Ballet where he danced as a principal until his defection in 1974 in Toronto, Canada while on tour with the company. He soon left for the US where he joined American Ballet Theatre as a principal from 74-78, where he would often partner Gelsey Kirkland. From 78-80, he joined New York City Ballet as a principal to dance the works of George Balanchine. Only two years later, he rejoined ABT as both a principal director and its director. During this time, he danced to sold out audiences around the world while directing one of the greatest companies in the world. After his departure from ABT, he formed the White Oak Dance Project with Mark Morris, a small modern company. In 2005, he opened the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City which provides space not just for dance, but also theater, film, music and visual arts. Standing about 5’7 and unable to partner taller women when they were up on pointe, Baryshnikov is not your typical tall male ballet dancer. This however did not stop him from achieving international star status in and out of the ballet world. He starred in several dance related movies, such as “White Nights,” “The Turning Pointe,” and “Dancers,” movies that he plays the roll of a famous male ballet dancer and also in the spy film “Company Business” where he plays a KGB mole. He is also known for playing the role of a Russian painter, Aleksandr Petrovsky, on the final season of Sex and the City. While there were famous male ballet dancers before his time, Baryshnikov has certainly played a huge part in shaping ballet into what it is today, especially for male dancers. Ethan Stiefel Ethan Stiefel performing in Swan Lake. Photo by Rosalie O’Connor Next on our list of famous male ballet dancers is Ethan Stiefel, an astounding male dancer of superb technical ability and balletic line who has had an amazing international career. Stiefel is also widely known for his bad-boy role of Cooper Nielson in the hit ballet movie “Center Stage” played alongside Amanda Schull and Sascha Radetsky. After training at several schools, among School of American Ballet (SAB), he joined New York City Ballet in 1989 as a corps de ballet dancer, leaving just three years later to perform with Zürich Ballet and returning once again a year later to NYCB as a soloist. He was promoted to principal at NYCB in 1995 and left in 1997 to join American Ballet Theatre as a principal. Ethan’s talent is immense; he not only has beautiful, balletic lines with his legs and feet but also an ability to perform very difficult, technical ballet steps with an explosive, yet refined, style. After a 15 years of performing with ABT (23 years total), he retired from the stage with his final performance in July 2012, dancing Ali the Slave in the ballet Le Corsaire. Formerly the dean of the the School of Dance at North Carolina School of the Arts, the director at Ballet Pacifica and more recently at Royal New Zealand Ballet, the dance world has much to look forward to from one of the world’s most talented and famous male ballet dancers. Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Nureyev, famous male ballet dancer and director of Paris Opera Ballet Rudolf Nureyev easily makes the	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,588	In which city was tennis player Martina Navratilova born?	Martina Navratilova (Tennis Player) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Martina Navratilova Former Tennis Player Female Martina Navratilova is a retired Czech American tennis player and a former World No. 1. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived. " Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles, and 10 major mixed doubles titles.… Read More related links Murray's Rise To Top 'amazing Accomplishment': Navratilova Yahoo News - Nov 06, 2016 ' Scotsman Andy Murray\\'s achievement in becoming men\\'s tennis world number one is exceptional women\\'s tennis legend <mark>Martina Navratilova</mark> told the BBC on Sunday. Murray, 29, moved to the top of the rankings for the first time in his career after replacing long-time incumbent Novak Djokovic when Milos Raonic pulled out of their semi-final in Paris on Saturday. The Scot\\'s climb to the ATP rankings\\' summit -- the first Briton to do so since computerised rankings came in in 1973 -... Us Athletes Jumping Into Heated Presidential Race Yahoo News - Oct 31, 2016 ' As the presidential candidates sprint the final leg of the race for the White House, sports luminaries are lining up behind their preferred candidates. LeBron James, Stephen Curry and <mark>Martina Navratilova</mark> have said they will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton on November 8, while Republican candidate Donald Trump has the support of Mike Tyson, Jack Nicklaus and Dennis Rodman. ' Evert Sees Post Serena 'new Era' Taking Shape Yahoo News - Oct 29, 2016 'Women\\'s tennis has entered a new era no longer dominated by Serena Williams, 18-time Grand Slam winner Chris Evert said Saturday. \\"I don\\'t think nobody will dominate in the near future anyway like Serena Williams, and kudos to her, it shows how great she was as a player, but I think now this is how we\\'re going to form some new rivalry where the girls will have to play it out,\\" she said at the WTA Finals in Singapore. The variety and depth, different age groups, different styles of play,... Maria Sharapova Joins Wtt Smash Hits Charity Tennis Event To Benefit The Elton John Aids Foundation Yahoo News - Oct 05, 2016 'NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Â The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) is pleased to announce that tennis star Maria Sharapova will join Mardy Fish, John McEnroe, <mark>Martina Navratilova</mark>, Mark Philippoussis, and Andy Roddick to headline World TeamTennis (WTT) Smash Hits at Caesars Palace, a charity night of tennis co-hosted by longtime friends Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King on Monday, October 10, 2016.Â Also joining the line-up is former world No. 1 doubles sta... Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Martina Navratilova. CHILDHOOD 1956 Birth Born on October 18, 1956. 1962 5 Years Old In 1962, her mother Jana married Miroslav NavrÃ¡til, who became her first tennis coach. … Read More Martina then took the name of her stepfather (adding the feminine suffix "ovÃ¡"), thus becoming Martina NavrÃ¡tilovÃ¡. Her father, Mirek, was a ski instructor and remarried and divorced. When she was eight, he committed suicide. Read Less TEENAGE 1972 15 Years Old … Navratilova has a sister, Jana, and an older paternal half-brother. Navratilova's grandmother, Agnes Semanska, was a tennis player for the Czechoslovak Federation before the Second World War and had a ranking as high as no. 2 among Czech women during her amateur career. <br /><br />When Navratilova was 4, she was hitting a tennis ball off a cement wall and started to play tennis regularly at age 7. Read Less In 1972, at the age of 15, Navratilova won the Czechoslovakia national tennis championship. Show Less In 1973, aged 16, she made her debut on the United States Lawn Tennis Association professional tour but did not turn professional until 1975. … Read More Although perhaps most renowned for her mastery of fast low-bouncing grass, her best early showing at majors was on the red clay at the French Open, where she would go on to reach the final	History - 1980s - The Championships, Wimbledon 2017 - Official Site by IBM READ MORE 1980: Billie Jean King v Martina Navratilova The 37-year-old King returned to Wimbledon for another assault on the title she loved, saving a match point in a 2hrs 40mins encounter against Pam Shriver to reach the quarter-finals. Once there, it was Martina Navratilova who would stand in her way, defeating her 7-6, 1-6, 10-8, in a match that took two days to complete. Once the rain had stopped, BJK agreed to resume on the condition that tournament officials immediatedly suspend the match if the rain resumed, as she wore glasses. So the first set began, the drizzle came, and the chair umpire refused to suspend the match until Navratilova won it in a tie-break. Delayed overnight, King returned the next day, romping through the second set in just 17 minutes. In the third set the elder competitor served for the match at 6-5, but produced four volleys into the net. Saving match points at 6-7 and 7-8, the ill-fated glasses finally got their comeuppance at 8-9, breaking during the changeover. King had a spare pair, but they weren't quite right. Saving two more match points before Navratilova finally triumphed 10-8, King said afterwards "I think that may be the single match in my career that I could have won if I hadn't had bad eyes." 1980: Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe In any assessment of great sporting moments of the 20th Century, the fourth set tie-break of the 1980 Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles final between the defending champion Bjorn Borg of Sweden and John McEnroe of the USA has earned an unchallenged place. Borg was then 24 and was playing in his fifth consecutive Wimbledon final having won the previous four. For second-seeded McEnroe, this was his first appearance in the final at the age of 21. The Borg-McEnroe fourth set tie-break was to make history. It was to range over 22 minutes, produce 34 contested points, which is a record for a Wimbledon final, and from start to finish produced moment after moment of changing fortunes, with match points and set points following in a tantalising sequence. When McEnroe's viciously top-spun return produced a volley error from the Swede, the match was all square after just over three hours. Borg went for broke in the deciding set, hitting 80 per cent of his first serves and losing only three points on serve in the entire set. McEnroe contributed fully to this astonishing final and twice served to save the match. Borg finally reached his eighth match point when McEnroe missed a low volley. A backhand passing shot ended it and Borg was Champion by 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6. 1981: Bjorn Borg v John McEnroe As the sun finally went down on the last day of the wildest Wimbledon fortnight in 104 years, the sign on the main outside scoreboard of the All England Club read "Well done J.P...bad luck, Bjorn." Having come so close and yet so far the year before, John McEnroe finally ended Bjorn Borg's 41-match-winning streak at Wimbledon on the fourth of July, in most memorable fashion. Before play began, McEnroe had criticised the weather, the grass courts, the officiating, and concluded: "There's nothing championship about this tournament except its prestige." In his first match, there was the infamous blow-up when McEnroe delivered both barrels to Edward James, calling him 'the pits of the world.' He was fined $1,500. By the end of the week, he was its latest Champion. But by the time he reached the final, McEnroe had chanelled his anger, and effectively turned the tables on his great rival. Producing 64 winners to the Swede's 47, 23 of them in one set, McEnroe came through 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 to dethrone the mighty Swede. Nevertheless, he still refused to attend the Champions' dinner. 1981: You cannot be serious It is one of the most infamous lines in tennis history. Remembered and imitated on an almost daily basis around the world, in 1981, a headband-wearing, frizzy-haired John McEnroe was so furious at Wimbledon umpire Edward James's refusal to call his serve in, that he uttered the immortal words "you cann	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,589	What are carried on a hod?	Hod \| Define Hod at Dictionary.com hod noun 1. a portable trough for carrying mortar, bricks, etc., fixed crosswise on top of a pole and carried on the shoulder. 2. 1565-75; perhaps later variant of Middle English hot basket for carrying earth Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for hod Expand Historical Examples Each builder worked with a sword hanging by his side; each porter held a hod in one hand, and a weapon in the other. The King's Cup-Bearer Amy Catherine Walton I don't think the worse of Scaife because his grandfather carried a hod. The Hill Horace Annesley Vachell He—and hod Brooks—those two might defy all the town—might cow them all to silence even now. The Promise James B. Hendryx But he was a gran' bhoy all the same, an' I'm only a mudtipper wid a hod on me shoulthers. Prairie Flowers James B. Hendryx He did not look at his mother's face, did not see the quick look with which hod Brooks turned from him to her. Prairie Flowers James B. Hendryx British Dictionary definitions for hod Expand an open metal or plastic box fitted with a handle, for carrying bricks, mortar, etc 2. a tall narrow coal scuttle Word Origin C14: perhaps alteration of C13 dialect hot, from Old French hotte pannier, creel, probably from Germanic 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 for hod Expand n. 1570s, alteration of Middle English hott "pannier" (c.1300), from Old French hotte "basket to carry on the back," apparently from Frankish *hotta or some other Germanic source (cf. Middle High German hotze "cradle"). Altered by influence of cognate Middle Dutch hodde "basket." Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Slang definitions & phrases for hod Expand	Honduras facts, information, pictures \| Encyclopedia.com articles about Honduras CAPITAL: Tegucigalpa FLAG: The national flag consists of a white horizontal stripe between two blue horizontal stripes, with five blue stars on the white stripe representing the five members of the former union of Central American provinces. ANTHEM: Himno Nacional, beginning "Tu bandera es un lampo de cielo" ("Thy flag is a heavenly light"). MONETARY UNIT: The lempira (l), also known as the peso, is a paper currency of 100 centavos. There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 centavos, and notes of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 lempiras. l1 = $0.05285 (or $1 = l18.92) as of 2005. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is the legal standard; some old Spanish measures are still used. HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, 1 January; Day of the Americas, 14 April; Labor Day, 1 May; Independence Day, 15 September; Birthday of Francisco Morazán, 3 October; Columbus Day, 12 October; Army Day, 21 October; Christmas , 25 December. Movable religious holidays include Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. TIME: 6 am = noon GMT. LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT Situated in Central America , Honduras has a total area of 112,090 sq km (43,278 sq mi), with a length of 663 km (412 mi) ene–wsw and 317 km (197 mi) nnw–sse. Comparatively, the area occupied by Honduras is slightly larger than the state of Tennessee . It is bounded on the n and e by the Caribbean Sea , on the s by Nicaragua and the Gulf of Fonseca, on the sw by El Salvador , and on the w by Guatemala , with a total boundary length of 2,340 km (1,454 mi), of which 820 km (509 mi) is coastline. Under the terms of an arbitration award made by Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906, Honduras received a portion of the Mosquito (Miskito) Coast, or La Mosquitia, north and west of the Coco (Segovia) River. Citing Honduras's failure to integrate the territory, Nicaragua renewed its claim to the entire Mosquito Coast in the 1950s and brought the case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In February 1957, Honduras created the new Department of Gracias a Dios, made up of the former Mosquitia territory. The ICJ determined in 1960 that Nicaragua was obligated to accept the 1906 arbitration ruling concerning that country's boundary with Honduras. The judges ruled, by a vote of 14–1, that once a valid arbitration award was made in an international dispute, it became effective, and remained so, despite any lapse of time in carrying it out. The two tiny Swan Islands (Islas del Cisne), lying at 17°23′ n and 83°56′ w in the west Caribbean Sea some 177 km (110 mi) nne of Patuca Point, were officially ceded by the United States to Honduras on 20 November 1971. For administrative purposes, they are included under the Department of Islas de la Bahía, whose capital is Roatán on Roatán Island. The Swan Islands had been effectively held by the United States, which asserted a claim in 1863 to exploit guano, and had housed a weather station and an aviation post. The capital city of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, is located in the south central part of the country. TOPOGRAPHY Honduras is mountainous, with the exception of the northern Ulúa and Aguán river valleys on the Caribbean Sea and the southern coastal area. There are four main topographic regions: the eastern lowlands and lower mountain slopes, with 20% of the land area and no more than 5% of the population; the northern coastal plains and mountain slopes, with 13% of the land and about 20% of the population; the central highlands, with 65% of the area and 70% of the population; and the Pacific lowlands and their adjacent lower mountain slopes, with 2% of the area and 5% of the population. The width of the Caribbean coastal plain varies from practically no shore to about 120 km (75 mi), and the coastal plain of the Gulf of Fonseca is generally narrow. The highest elevations are in the northwest (almost 3,000 m/10,000 ft) and in the south (over 2,400 m/8,000 ft). Many intermontane valleys, at elevations of 910 to 1,370 m (3,000 to 4,500 ft), are settled. The old capital city, Comayagua, l	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,590	Deciduous dentition, seen in children, is better known by what name ?	Baby teeth - Types \| Ages for deciduous tooth eruption and loss. \| Abnormalities and complications. \| Animated-Teeth.com 3 Page Graphics \| Animations. During their lifetime, a person will have two sets of teeth. An initial set that serves them during childhood, and then another that will hopefully last them for the remainder of their life. This first set is usually just referred to as the baby or milk teeth. More formally, they are termed the primary or deciduous dentition. Baby teeth usually begin to come in (erupt) at around age 6 months. And in most cases, by age 12 years all of them have fallen out (exfoliated) and been replaced by the second ("permanent") set of teeth. (See the tables below for more precise ages.) Types of baby (deciduous) teeth. A set of baby teeth includes: All totaled, there are 20 individual primary teeth. They are equally divided (10 each) between the upper and lower arches (jaws). [Test yourself on the subject of baby tooth identification by taking one of our quizzes . A child has 20 baby teeth. Types and numbers. As a set, the primary teeth are composed of: 8 Incisors - The center two front teeth are their central incisors. The teeth positioned just to their sides are their lateral incisors. 4 Cuspids - These teeth, also termed canines or eyeteeth, lie next in line behind the incisors. 8 Molars - The first and then second molars are positioned furthest toward the rear of the mouth. When do the baby teeth come in? (Tooth eruption.) Although a child's deciduous teeth begin to calcify in utero (before the child is born), they typically don't become visible in the mouth until about age 6 months. Usually by age 2 to 2 1/2 years all have erupted and are in place. Primary tooth eruption time frames. Tooth type 20 to 20 months Variations. The precise age at which teeth come in can vary. Some children get their teeth relatively early, others later. These variances often correlate with family histories, in the sense that what a child experiences is similar to that which took place with one of their siblings or parents. A 6-month variation in the time of eruption of a tooth is considered normal. Usually the corresponding teeth on each side of the jaw come in during a similar time frame. When does a child lose their primary teeth? (Tooth exfoliation.) Baby teeth exfoliate (fall out on their own) as their permanent replacements come in. The table below gives the typical age range for this event for each type of tooth, as well as the kind of permanent tooth that replaces it. Primary tooth exfoliation (shedding) time frames. Tooth type Second premolar Exfoliation ages can vary. Just as with tooth eruption, the precise age at which a deciduous tooth is lost can vary, often by months or years (see the table above). When one does, it can be expected that the corresponding tooth on the other side will be shed during a similar time frame. An early stage of tooth exfoliation/eruption. The timing depends on the permanent tooth underneath. A permanent tooth must reach a certain point in its development before it can erupt. Eruption initiates once the tooth's crown portion (the non-root part) has completed calcification. But typically 2/3rds of its root must form before it will emerge from the jawbone and into the mouth. (A tooth's root may not finish completely forming until some years after its eruption.) That means if the natural progress of a child's dental development is comparatively slow, it will delay the age (by months, and possibly years) at which their primary teeth are lost. Baby teeth just fall out because their root gets too short to anchor them. Why do baby teeth come out so easily? It may seem strange that a child's deciduous teeth are anchored so firmly for so long and then, right on schedule, just seem to fall out. There's an easy explanation for this. Despite the way that exfoliated baby teeth look, for most of their lifespan they do have a substantial root complex. But as the permanent tooth underneath continues to gradually erupt, its presence causes their root to resorb (dissolve away). A	Human Teeth Dental Chart - Bradford Dentistry Resources \| Bradford Family Dentistry See Cat Teeth See Horse Teeth At the time of birth, tooth buds are already in place. Babies typically have 20 primary (baby) teeth, which usually begin to erupt typically around 6 months of age but can be anywhere between approximately 3 months of age until 12 months to begin the accommodation of solid foods and the change in baby’s diet. The above human teeth dental chart are of children’s 20 primary teeth. Cutting teeth takes time and can be painful for babies, which is usually completed by the age of 3. Teeth start to fall out at various times throughout childhood and by the age of 21; all 32 of the permanent teeth have usually erupted. Eruption of Primary Teeth Dental Chart Usually, humans get two sets of teeth during a lifetime. The first, primary or deciduous set is comprised of the 20 “baby” teeth. The second permanent set usually consists of 32 teeth. In each quadrant, there are eight permanent teeth including two incisors, one cuspid, two bicuspids, and three molars. Eruption of Permanent Teeth Dental Chart The pictorial below of permanent human teeth can help you to understand the positioning of each of your 32 permanent teeth in an adult mouth. The last teeth to arrive are the three molars. The third molars are more commonly referred to as the “wisdom tooth.” Tooth Chart Positioning The upper teeth of arch on the human teeth dental chart are called maxillary teeth because their roots are placed within the upper jawbone of the maxilla. Those of the lower arch are called mandibular teeth because their roots are embedded within the lower jawbone of the mandible. Each arch contains 16 teeth, composed of 6 anterior, and 10 posterior and in a quadrant, there are 3 anterior and 5 posterior teeth. On this human teeth diagram, there are four classes of teeth, incisors, cuspid, bicuspid and molars, based on appearance, position and complementary functions. A tooth is a hard, bony appendage that develops on the jaw to pulverize food. In man, the design of the teeth is a reflection of eating habits, as humans tend to be meat eaters so teeth are formed for cutting, tearing, and grinding food. The human teeth dental chart illustrates the types and working surfaces of the four classes of teeth. Incisor Teeth On the dental chart, incisors are located in the front of the mouth and have sharp, thin edges for cutting. Their use is to incise or cut food and the appearance tends to have a shovel-shaped appearance. Cuspid Teeth Cuspids, also referred to as canines, are at the angles of the mouth on the tooth chart. Each has a single cusp and is designed for cutting and tearing. Bicuspid Teeth Bicuspids, also referred to as premolars, are similar to the cuspids. They have two cusps used for cutting and tearing, and a wider surface to bite and crush food. Molars Molars are located in the back of the mouth. Their size gradually gets smaller from the first to third molar. Each molar has four or five cusps, is shorter and more rounded in shape than other teeth and has a broad surface for grinding and chewing solid food. When viewing the human teeth dental chart, it shows the typical human mouth. People are all different and do not always have every tooth come in or they may appear at different times. When extractions or exclusions occur, depending on the tooth, different methods can get chewing accomplished. Although your teeth may not be identical to the human teeth dental chart, we can create a smile you can be confident and proud of, while meeting the functions required. Please contact us to discuss any issues concerns or maintenance you may need addressed. If you live in any of the following areas and would like to book an appointment to see your human teeth dental chart for free, please call us at: 1-877-283-0497 in:	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,591	Which Carry-On actor starred in Bless This House?	Sidney James - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS Actor \| Soundtrack The star of the Carry On series of films, Sid James originally came to prominence as sidekick to the ground breaking British comedy actor Tony Hancock, on both radio and then television. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and named Solomon Joel Cohen, James arrived in England in 1946, second wife in tow, having served with the South African Army ... See full bio » Born:	Carry On... Up The Khyber - Film - British Comedy Guide Carry On... Up The Khyber Carry On... Up The Khyber Like this film Carry On... Up The Khyber Like this film Trivia Carry On... Up The Khyber Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond is in charge of the motley kilted crew of the Third Foot and Mouth regiment at a British outpost in the Khyber Pass Genre 1969 Starring Peter Rogers It is 1895 and the British Governor in India's Kalabar province, Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond, enjoys his laid-back, luxurious colonial lifestyle - but is all too aware of the feelings of certain natives, particularly the Khasi of Kalabar, northern India's most powerful Raja. Amongst Ruff-Diamond's responsibilities are the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment, known by the natives as the Devils in Skirts owing to their kilt-wearing, who guard the vital route into India at the Khyber Pass. The Khasi is far from content with the status quo and wants the British dead. However, his troops fear what the imperial forces may or may not have under their "skirts" - it gets awfully windy up the pass, and any man who can go without protection should be feared! When one of the soldiers is discovered to be wearing woollen underpants under his skirt, however, the Khasi is delighted. It's just the proof he needs to inspire his own men, not to mention the local populace, to drive the British out of India once and for all. Sir Sidney, however, is not about to let that happen without a fight...	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,592	Mt Rushmore is near which US city?	Deadwood Deadwood is 32 miles from Mount Rushmore and was founded in 1876. With characters like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane among its former residents, it's no wonder that the entire town of Deadwood is a National Landmark. Proceeds from the many gambling halls in Deadwood help to keep up the town. That doesn't mean that the only thing to do in Deadwood is work on a winning hand, however. With so many attractions to choose from, everyone turns out a winner! Adams House, The Broken Boot Gold Mine, Days of '76 Museum, Ghosts of Deadwood Wax Museum, the daily shoot-out on Main Street and Trial of Jack McCall are some of Deadwood's must-see attractions and activities. Hot Springs With several public parks and gardens, access to golf, fishing, hiking and biking, Hot Springs is certainly a great outdoor town. Located 48 miles from Mount Rushmore, you'll find additional attractions here including the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, Cascade Falls, an 1880's Jail House, Fall River Waterfall, and Mammoth Site . If you choose to spend the night in Hot Springs, you'll have your choice of locations, too, with Bed & Breakfast, Tipi, and everything in between. The Comfort Inn in Hot Springs has received awards for excellent customer service and is sure to provide the comfort and convenience you need during your visit. Wall Named after the nine-mile-long strip of spires, ridges and twisted gullies running through The Badlands, the western town of Wall got its beginning in 1907. In that year it was established as a railroad station and soon grew to become a true Wild West town. Today you'll find many attractions in Wall including the Wall Drug Store (also known as the "free ice water store"), Prairie Homestead, Badlands National Park and Wounded Knee: The Museum, where you'll get an in-depth look at what life was like for the Native Americans of this region in the 1800's. Lodging in the area is a bit more modern than it was in the 1800's and includes Days Inn, Best Western Plains Motel, Econo Lodge and several bed and breakfasts. Murdo In 1904, Murdo Mackenzie was busy shipping trainloads of Texas steer to a small area of South Dakota for grazing on the Standing Rock Reservation. The railroad aptly named the resulting town Murdo and today it stands as a testament to the bygone era of herding, outlaws and mining. Murdo attractions include the Pioneer Auto Museum and Antique Town and South Dakota's Original 1880 Town which is located just 22 miles west of Murdo. For a stay in Murdo the only worry you'll have is which fantastic motel to choose. Comfort and convenience rule the roost at any of Murdo's great lodging choices including Graham's Best Western, Range Country Days Inn, Sioux Motel and Anchor Inn. Reviews 1880 Train: A 19th Century Train Ride Tour A fun ride into the past. Only suggestion would be to book your train ride early in the day. Mid july was pretty warm during mid day. -- Curtis Fuller - North Ogden, UT National Presidential Wax Museum - Keystone, SD Amazing and awesome! We would definitely recommend this to other people. -- Mary Brinker - Weston, WI Big Thunder Gold Mine - Keystone, SD Kids ,as well as adults ,would love this adventure....Our tour guide there was very nice and informative!! -- Brenda Hill - Meeker, CO	Untitled Page The first session of the Supreme Court takes place. Government The Copyright Act is passed with the help of Noah Webster. Government Congress gives George Washington (1732-1799) the power to choose the site for the new capitol. Government U.S. President George Washington (1732-1799) delivers the first State of the Union address. Government New State: Rhode Island becomes the 13th state to ratify the Constitution and join the United States. Government Presidents: John Tyler (1790-1862), 10th President of the U.S., is born in Greenway, Virginia. Medicine Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) rages against the prevalent practice of bloodletting as a universal cure and founds homeopathy. Inventions A foot-powered dental drill is invented by John Greenwood (1760-1819). Education Education of Women: Catherine Macaulay’s (1731-1791) "Letters on Education" influences Mary Wollstonecraft’s thinking in "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" (1792). Education Public Education: Pennsylvania state constitution calls for free public education but only for poor children. It is expected that rich people will pay for their children's schooling. Washington, Martha The Washingtons move to Philadelphia when the capital does. Madison, Dolley Dolley Payne (1764-1849) marries John Todd, Jr., a Quaker lawyer, on January 7. Tyler, Letitia Letitia Christian (1790-1842), first wife of President John Tyler (1790–1862), is born on her family''''s plantation, Cedar Grove, in Virginia on November 12. Economics The first American steam-powered cotton-processing machines are built, marking the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. Economics Population: The first national census shows the American population at 4 million—about 25% in New England, 25% in the Middle States, and 50% in the South. Religion The first Roman Catholic bishop consecrated in America is John Carroll (1735-1815) of Baltimore. Religion Women’s Firsts: Mother Bernardina Matthews (1732-1800) establishes a Carmelite convent near Port Tobacco, Maryland, and the first community of Roman Catholic nuns in the Thirteen Colonies. Religion The first Roman Catholic Bible is published in the U.S. by Mathew Carey. Social Issues Immigration: The federal government requires two years of residency for naturalization. Social Issues Slavery: The First United States Census reveals that nearly 700,000 slaves live and toil in a nation of 3.9 million people. Social Issues Slavery: Congress denies naturalization to anyone who is not a free white. Social Issues Slavery: Congress advocates the expansion of slavery into the Southwest. Reform Women''s Rights Movement: French philosopher Condorcet (1743-1794) writes "On the Admission of Women to Citizens’ Rights." 1791 New State: Vermont becomes the 14th state in the U.S., ending 14 years as a republic. Government National Capital: The design of Washington, DC is developed by Pierre-Charles L’Enfant (1754-1825); President Washington (1732-1799) chooses a site along the Potomic River for the federal district; Congress names it the Territory of Columbia and the capital the City of Washington. Government Presidents: James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th President of the U.S., is born April 23 in Cove Gap (near Mercersburg), Pennsylvania. Science M.H. Klaproth (1743-1817) names the element titanium. Education Higher Education: The Philadelphia Academy becomes the University of Pennsylvania. Arts and Letters Opera: The first performance of Mozart’s (1756-1791) "Magic Flute" takes place in Vienna. Arts and Letters The first opera house in the U.S. opens in New Orleans. Ideas Thomas Paine (1737-1806) writes "The Rights of Man, Part I" in defense of the French Revolution. Madison, Dolley Dolley Payne Todd’s father, John Payne, dies; her mother opens a boarding house in Philadelphia. Jackson, Rachel Rachel Donelson Robards (1767-1828) marries Andrew Jackson )1767-1845) in New Orleans. Economics The first successful sugar refinery is opened in New Orleans. Economics American Money: After adoption of the Constitution in 1789, Congress charters the First Bank	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,593	Akane is a variety of which fruit?	Apple - Akane - tasting notes, identification, reviews (Use the form at the bottom to add your own comments about this variety) 28 May 2016 Tony Baker, MARLNOROUGH, New Zealand this is my favourite apple! It is quite disease resistant, has a red/russet skin and white flesh. medium sweet (13 Brix) with good acid. It is quite juicy. 07 Sep 2015 Barry, WA, United States Good variety for western Washington, fairly scab resistant, (comment on apple maggot is true) good for fresh eating and for use in baking etc. Haven't tried for cider, but will be shortly. 29 Aug 2015 Lynne Stevens, CA, United States Lovely flavor! 17 Aug 2015 sallygodard@earthlink.net, Oregon, United States Very good early apple. Red striped skin, white flesh. Medium size. Best for fresh eating, and giving to your friends. Does NOT keep well. The Willamette Valley has been hot this summer, and my Akane is ripe now in mid-August. 14 Mar 2015 Abha h, WA, United States I got a grafted semidwarf of this variety last year at this time (March 2014). It was a stick when first grafted onto the rootstock, but over the year it grew like a ROCKET. It is now around 5'6" tall and I am going to plant it: amazingly vigorous. I know I will have to wait a few years to get apples off of it, but it looks very promising. 13 Mar 2015 Gil, WASHINGTON, United States I like it because it's scab resistant, mid september, snapping sweet-tart, -reminds me of Jonathan, bright red, white fleshed keeps alright but takes on an off-flavor from the fridge that few apples do. It's other drawback is that it's a magnet to Apple Maggot, as is Elstar. 22 Feb 2015 HåKon Wium Lie, OSLO, Norway Bought this apple in the organic part of Queen Victoria market in Melbourne. The apples were quite small, with a distinct, but not overly strong, taste. Good sour/sweet balance. 14 Sep 2013 Steve, NY, United States We live in an 1860's vintage farmhouse with a pair of 30 ft tall apple trees in the front yard. I believe one is an Akane. The apples ripen in late July to early August. When picked from the tree they are some of the best apples I have eaten. Let them sit for 2 days and they have a grainy consistency and lose some flavor. I was going to use them for cider and waited for them to fall as the tree is quite tall. Bad choice as the apples rot on the tree! If anyone can confirm this is an Akane, please let me know. 28 Feb 2013 Pen, VICTORIA, Australia Bought a bag of these the other day. Wasn't impressed with the first one, but they've slowly grown on me. Has anyone ever made cider with these? Coz that's what they taste like :D 17 Jan 2013 Rusty, France These are available only for a short period at french villiage markets. My favourite apple, crisp, sweet with lots of juice when you get fresh ones and with a beautiful apple perfume when you bite into it. 22 Dec 2011 Nate, ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON, United States Excellent flavour and crispness, but not too dense - my current favorite. Its also well suited to our temperate coastal climate. I've dealt with some mildew but considering the damp climate it does well here. Highly recommended. 31 Oct 2011 Will Langlands, BC, Canada I have an Akane tree that I planted 25 years ago. It is scab resistant, grows well in our warm coastal climate. As an added bonus, although the apples do not keep for more than a week or so after being picked, they will stay ripe on the tree for more than six weeks. making it relatively easy to eat them fresh for an extended period. An amazing apple for eating, drying, and applesauce. 18 Aug 2011 Michael, WA, United States I have a semi-dwarf akane and love it. No disease problems to speak of, and the flavor is exceptional- my favorite of all apples. 14 Jul 2011 Marilyn Stoffel, INDIANA, HUNTINGTON COUNTY, United States I am trying to locate an apple from grandparent's pasture that looks much like this. It's a rather large apple that makes the best applesauce that has a pink color to it! It always gave it's apples to us in early September and I've been looking forever for whateve	Akita : Dog Breed Selector : Animal Planet Watch Video The Akita appreciates mental and physical exercise every day. It needs the chance to run in a safe area or on leash for a long jog. Given ample exercise and training, it can be a quiet and well-mannered house dog. The Akita is able to live outdoors in temperate or cool climates, but it is happiest if it can spend most of its time with its family. The coat needs brushing about once a week to remove dead hair, more often when shedding. Akitas tend to be somewhat messy drinkers! Major concerns: CHD, PRA Minor concerns: elbow dysplasia, pemphigus, sebaceous adenitis, gastric torsion Occasionally seen: PRA, patellar luxation, VKH-like syndrome, entropion, epilepsy, cataracts, polyneuropathy, renal cortical hypoplasia Suggested tests: hip, elbow, eye Life span: 10 12 years Note: Onions have been documented to cause changes in the red-blood cells of Akitas. Watch Video The Akita is perhaps the most renowned and venerated of the native Japanese breeds. Although it bears a likeness to dogs from ancient Japanese tombs, the modern Akita traces back to the 17th century, when a nobleman with a keen interest in dogs was exiled to the Akita Prefecture of the island of Honshu, a rugged area with intensely cold winters. He challenged the landowners there to compete in breeding a race of powerful hunting dogs. These dogs distinguished themselves in the hunting of bear, deer and wild boar, holding the game at bay for the hunter. These Akita forebears were called matagi-inu, or "hunting dog." The breed's numbers and quality varied over the next 300 years. In the late 1800s, it underwent a period when it was used as a fighting dog, and some were even crossed with other breeds in an attempt to enhance its fighting prowess. In 1927, the Akita-inu Hozankai Society of Japan was formed to preserve the original Akita, and in 1931 the Akita was designated as one of Japan's natural treasures. The most honored Akita of all time was Haichiko, who greeted his master every evening at the train station to accompany him home. When his master died at work one day, Haichiko waited for him and continued to return and wait for his master every day until he died nine years later on March 8, 1935. Today, a statue and annual ceremony pay homage to Haichiko's loyalty. The first Akita arrived in America in 1937, when Helen Keller returned from Japan with one. Following World War II, servicemen returned home with Akitas from Japan. The breed's popularity grew slowly until it received AKC recognition in 1972. Since then, it has steadily gained admirers and continues to grow in popularity. The Akita is now used as a guard and police dog in Japan.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,594	"Which TV series began with the words, ""There is nothing wrong with your television set"""	Outer Limits openings Outer Limits openings For a sound file of the opening see the sounds page . These are based on a posting by stoodin101 in rec.arts.sf.tv Original Outer Limits opening variations: OL #1 There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the outer limits. OL#2 delete the lines about making it louder and softer. OL#3 delete "Sit quietly and" OL#4 There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. For the next hour we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the outer limits. New Outer Limits opening: There is nothing wrong with your television. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission. We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can deluge you with a thousand channels or expand one single image to crystal clarity and beyond. We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive. For the next hour we will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest inner mind to the outer limits. This page last changed December 13, 1998	My Questions - Documents Documents Share My Questions Embed <iframe src="http://docslide.us/embed/my-questions.html" width="750" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://docslide.us/documents/my-questions.html" title="My Questions" target="_blank">My Questions</a></div> size(px) Download My Questions Transcript Chemically pure gold contains how many carats? What is the tallest and thickest type of grass? What was the surname of the family who employed Julie Andrews' character in 'The Sound Of Music'? Which nation has won the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other? What is the most common gas in the air we breathe? Which three different actors played Batman in the movies between 1989 and 1997? What colour is Bart's skateboard in the introduction? The theme tune to which TV show starts with the line "Stick a pony in me pocket"? Which soap opera is set in the fictional county of Borsetshire? Who did Sue Barker replace as host of the BBC quiz show "A Question Of Sport"? Which "Generation Game" presenter was famous for his catchphrase "Shut That Door"? "No Mean City" by Maggie Bell is the theme tune to which long running Scottish TV detective show? Anthony, Barbara, Dave, Denise, Jim and Norma make up which famous family on British TV? Which part did Deforest Kelley play in the TV series Star Trek? True or False In space it is impossible to cry? Famous sitcom actor Kelsey Grammar provides the voice for for a character in which famous cartoon TV Series The largest ever picnic for a childs toy was held in Dublin in 1995 where 33,573 of the toys were there . What was the toy ? Which American state comes first alphabetically? In Greek legend, what is the name given to the creature that is half man and half bull? Which country has the airline KLM? The sinking of which famous German battleship was portrayed in the title of a 1960 film? What organisation is also known as "La Cosa Nostra"? What was the Titanic’s first port of call after it left Southampton? Which mountain overshadows Fort William in scotland ? What was the name of the 1995 film starring Sandra Bullock as a computer expert whose identity is erased? A penguin called Wheezy was a character in which film ? Who played Vince in the 1980s TV series "Just Good Friends"? In which 1994 film did Whoopi Goldberg provide the voice of a hyena called Shenzi? What is the only venomous snake in Britain? How many pieces are there in a standard set of dominoes? James Earl Ray was responsible for who's death in 1968? In which city in England is the National Railway Museum? In the music world, which group sacked Simon Fuller in 1997? Which Roman God is one of the symbols of St Valentine's Day? What was the challanging method of catching a fly asked of Daniel in the film "The Karate Kid"? Actor Richard Kiel is best known for playing which character in two bond films ? Which is the odd one out, Comet, Dixon, Cupid, Vixen? Which planet in the solar system is named after the Roman messenger to the Gods? What product did Coke invented in 1982? Which Japanese word, also used in the English language, means "empty orchestra"? On which date does Halloween fall? Oscar is the first name of which of the famous songwriting duo Rogers and Hammerstein? 24 Bamboo Von Trappe Ireland Nitrogen Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney Green Only Fools And Horses The Archers David Coleman Larry Grayson Taggart The Royle Family Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy True (there is no gravity, so tears cannot flow) The Simpsons Teddy Bear Alabama Minotaur The Netherlands The Bismark The Mafia Cherbourg Ben Nevis The Net Toy Story 2 Paul Nicholas "The Lion King" The Adder 28 Martin Luther King's York Manager of the Spice Girls Cupid Using chopsticks to do it Jaws (in two James Bond films) Dixon - the others are Santa's reindeer Mercury Diet Coke Karaoke October 31st Hammerstein On 11th February 1990, which fam	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,595	To celebrate extravagantly (usually loudly and drunkenly) in town/city bars, clubs, etc., is called to 'Paint the town (What?)'?	Issue 6 - The Future Issue - Full edition by Hot Rum Cow - issuu what’s inside? �ontent� Hot Rum Cow – Issue 6 – #HRC6 Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature. Tom Robbins Fea�ures Ape�tif 16 Cracking beer’s genetic code Why scientists are sequencing the DNA of brewers’ yeast 06 Me and my drinking John DiMaggio 08 To insobriety and beyond When drink exits orbit 22 Custom-built cocktail The ultimate bespoke drink 09 Lies, damned lies and statistics The world’s top four fastest-growing spirits 28 Over-egging the pudding Sweetly intoxicating advocaat 32 The five stages of inebriation The perils of modern drunkenness 10 How to ... prosper post-apocalypse Use your booze after Armageddon 38 What drinks may come ... Nine predictions for the future of drinking 12 Drinkers through history No. 6: Alexander the Great 46 Trappist tipple Monks make the world’s best beer 13 A thousand words Bovine beer 50 Dial-a-beer Smartphone brewing with Brewbot 14 Science or fiction? Breaking the seal 52 Neither shaken nor stirred, but spun The appliance of science by Todd Maul from Boston’s Café ArtScience 52 58 Potent concoctions Bringing some of literature’s most famous brands to life 38 Editorial enquiries Simon Lyle simon@hotrumcow.co.uk Design and illustration enquiries Eric Campbell eric@hotrumcow.co.uk 46 Advertising enquiries Carole Riddell carole@hotrumcow.co.uk Subscriptions Christina McPherson orders@hotrumcow.co.uk Hot Rum Cow is published by White Light Media. 54 Timberbush, Edinburgh EH6 6QH. Tel: 0131 555 6494 www.hotrumcow.co.uk 3 drinkaware.co.uk P L E A S E E N J O Y O U R S I N G L E M A LT R E S P O N S I B LY . A B E R F E L D Y I S A T R A D E M A R K . what’s inside? 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Cover illustration: Michael Arnold FACEBOOK facebook.com/hotrumcow twitter @HotRumCow Printed on FSC mixed sources paper 62 68 Fea�ures 62 Liquid lunch Chef Lisa Allen deploys the best drinks the White and Red Rose Counties have to offer 68 Don’t ask, don’t tell Behind the hidden door of the modern speakeasy 74 From chalice to crystal The history of the wine glass 80 Find your style The Martini 74 93 Old enough to drink? Barrel-aged cocktails reward the patient drinker 85 Interesting drinks worth trying No. 6: Shochu 96 Time, gentlemen, please An extract from Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We 86 The rising cost of wine The wine industry’s surreal scenarios from climate change 98 Ask Eric Our resident expert answers your questions www.hotrumcow.co.uk 5 Apeďż˝tif 6 A gentle introduction to a flavoursome magazine > John Di Maggio > To insobriety and beyond > Lies, damned lies > How to ... prosper post-apocalypse > Great drinkers > Bovine beer > Science or fiction? ME AND MY DRINKING VOICE ACTOR AND COMEDIAN JOHN DIMAGGIO HAS PERFORMED HUNDREDS OF ROLES ACROSS TELEVISION, CINEMA AND VIDEO GAMES AND IS BEST KNOWN AS THE VOICE OF BOOZE HOUND ROBOT BENDER IN THE LEGENDARY SCIENCE FICTION CARTOON FUTURAMA. LIKE BENDER, HE’S ENJOYED A COLOURFUL DRINKING CAREER. JOHN DIMAGGIO CORBIS IMAGES; © 20TH CENTURY FOX/EVERETT/REX What can you tell us about your earliest boozing experience? I remember the first time I got really sick on alcohol. It was a pint	What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? Billy The Kid How many stories did each of the World Trade Towers have? 110 What is the name of the cafe in Coronation Street? Roy's Rolls According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace? 775 What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world? London Gatwick By number of films made, which country has the largest film industry? India Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Muhammad Ali On what day of the year is St George's day held? 23rd of April The scientific unit lumen is used in the measurement of what? Light Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle? Apollo 15 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? Stephenie Meyer What is the capital of India? New Delhi Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Edward Lear Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? Haiti In which city is the European Parliament based? Strasbourg Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit? Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,596	Which African American civil rights activist was assassinated in 1968 by escaped convict James Earl Ray?	The Top 5 Assassinations Of Black Leaders \| News One The Top 5 Assassinations Of Black Leaders 4.93K reads Today, political assassinations are rare inside the U.S. During the civil rights movement, anybody who stood up for the rights of African Americans was a possible assassination target. RELATED: The Top 5 Unsolved Hip-Hop Murders Often times the assassinations were carried out by white supremacists, who were not convicted for their crimes due to racism in government, or even by police departments. These assassinated leaders have served as martyrs for the civil rights movement and the struggle for African people in America and abroad. 5. Medgar Evers Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a member of the White Citizens Council. Evers was a World War II veteran who would become the Secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi helping to integrate the University of Mississippi. Beckwith would shoot Evers at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. It would take over 30 years after Evers’ murder for Beckwith to be convicted in 1994. 4. Fred Hampton Fred Hampton, a leader for the Black Panther Party in Chicago, Illinois was killed in his apartment during a police raid while sleeping, unarmed in 1968. The police raid was in retaliation for a previous shoot out police had with members of the Black Panther Party that killed two policemen. The policeman who killed Hampton were acquitted in court, but members of the Black Panther Party would call it an assassination. 3. Harry and Harriette Moore Harry and Hariette Moore were a husband and wife team of civil rights activists and teachers who founded the NAACP in Brevard County, Florida. In 1951, the couple’s house was bombed and both of them were murdered. 55 years after the bombing, the state of Florida concluded an investigation into the bombing and found that three, since deceased members of the Ku Klu Klan were responsible. 2. Malcolm X Malcolm X, one the the most prominent Black leaders of the 20th Century rose from prison inmate to spokesman for the Nation Of Islam. While Malcolm X would clash with the government and other Black leaders, it would be members of the Nation Of Islam who would be convicted of his killing.Years later, it would be revealed that the FBI used COINTLPRO agents to infiltrate the Nation Of Islam and cause tension between them and Malcolm; and created false letters between the Malcolm and the Nation. 1. Martin Luther King Martin Luther King was the face and voice of the civil rights movement. Martin would serve as a martyr for the movement after he was killed in Memphis in 1968, while supporting striking black sanitary public works employees. King would be shot while outside his hotel room in Memphis. Escaped convict, James Earl Ray would confess to killing King but would later recant his confession. While their have been allegations of a conspiracy, no charges were ever made.	Newsmaker: Gerry Adams \| The National Kagan McLeod for The National Newsmaker: Gerry Adams Updated: May 8, 2014 06:57 PM Related October 6, 1948 Born in Belfast into a strongly republican family 1964 Joins Sinn Fein 1971 Marries Collette McArdle, with whom he has one child, Gearoid 1972 Interned under Britain’s Special Powers Act but released for peace talks in London 1978 Arrested and tried for IRA membership but acquitted 1983 Becomes president of Sinn Fein and elected as abstentionist MP in the UK 1984 Survives assassination attempt by loyalist paramilitaries 1989 Involved in unofficial peace talks, ultimately leading to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 1998 Elected to the power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly 2010 Resigns from his UK and, the next year, Northern Ireland seats to stand successfully for election to the Irish parliament 2014 Arrested, questioned and freed without charge over the IRA’s 1972 murder of Jean McConville A peacemaker and visionary or a man with the blood of innocents on his hands ... It may be impossible to know about Gerry Adams without holding a strong opinion on him. With the grey hair and beard, and distinctive spectacles completing the appearance of a rural schoolmaster, Adams is instantly recognisable as the face of Irish republicanism. The president for 31 years of Sinn Fein, which was broadly seen during the Northern Ireland "Troubles" as the political wing of the Provisional Irish Republic Army (IRA), he played a pivotal role in the transition from armed rebellion to constitutional means. He has been likened by supporters to Nelson Mandela and was invited to join a guard of honour when the anti-apartheid leader’s body was handed over to the African National Congress before last year’s South African state funeral. But the judgement of others has been less reverent: "an Armani-clad terrorist" was one description whispered to reporters by a senior aide to Peter Brooke, the then Northern Ireland secretary in the British government, during informal peace talks of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It’s the persistent allegation of active association with terrorism that has propelled Adams, now a member of the Irish parliament after previously sitting in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing assembly, back into the international spotlight. For four days, until his release without charge on Sunday, he was questioned by police investigating the IRA’s kidnapping, murder and burial of a Belfast woman, Jean McConville, in 1972. A Catholic convert and the mother of 10 children, McConville was accused – falsely, according to a later investigation by the Northern Ireland police ombudsman – of selling information about republicans to the British army. The IRA is estimated to have been responsible for the deaths of about half the 3,500 people killed during the Troubles, a wretched period of Ireland’s history stretching from the late 1960s to the turn of the 20th century. Much of the suffering of the conflict has slipped from public awareness in the ensuing years of what another Northern Ireland minister, the late Mo Mowlam, liked to call a "flawed peace". But the McConville murder is one atrocity that refuses to be forgotten. Lingering disquiet and suspicion over the circumstances of her death and the disposal of her body led to Adams being interrogated. One of McConville’s sons, Michael, was 11 when he saw his mother dragged screaming from their home in the Divis Flats, a Belfast stronghold of the IRA. He says that he knows the names of several involved in the abduction but will not publicly reveal them, claiming to have been warned by Adams in the past to be prepared for a "backlash" if he did so. He interpreted the words as a threat; the Sinn Fein leader flatly denies using them. A file on the case has gone to public prosecutors, though there’s speculation in Northern Ireland that further action against Adams is thought unlikely, unless compelling new evidence is uncovered. Adams’ alleged involvement is reportedly described in interviews with two leading IRA activists, both now dead, recorded as par	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,597	Braxy is a fatal bacterial infection in which animal?	Braxy \| Define Braxy at Dictionary.com braxy [brak-see] /ˈbræk si/ Veterinary Pathology Spell noun 1. Also called bradsot . an acute inflammatory disease of the intestines of sheep, caused by a bacterium, Clostridium septicum. adjective Old English 1775-1785 1775-85; back formation from braxes (brax for bracks (plural of brack, Old English brǣc rheum; akin to break ) + -es plural ending) Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for braxy Expand Domestic Animals Richard L. Allen "Very curious," thought Montaiglon, making poor play with his braxy ham. British Dictionary definitions for braxy Expand noun 1. an acute and usually fatal bacterial disease of sheep characterized by high fever, coma, and inflammation of the fourth stomach, caused by infection with Clostridium septicum Word Origin	The Livestock Conservancy Cattle domesticated mammals of the genus Bos. Bull is an in-tact male bovine. Bull calf is a male calf. Calf is a young bovine. This term is used from the time of birth up until about 6 to 10 months of age when the animal is weaned. Cow is a female bovine that has had a calf. (This term may also be used for other species) Heifer is a female bovine that has not had a calf. Heifer calf is a female calf. Steer is a castrated male bovine or can be a future ox that is less than 4 years old. Ox is castrated bull that has been trained to work and is at least 4 years of age. Oxen is the plural of ox. Goat the domesticated form of capra hircus. Buck is a male goat over 1 year of age. Buckling is a young male goat less than a year old. Doe is a female goat over 1 year of age. Doeling is a young female goat less than a year old. Flock is a group of goats. (The term may be used in reference to other livestock.) Kid is a baby goat of either sex. Wether is a castrated male goat (or sheep). Horse is a domesticated large single hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) with a short-haired coat, a long mane, and a long tail used for riding, pulling, or carrying loads. Colt is a male horse under 3 years of age. Filly is a female horse under 3 years of age. Foal is a young equine under 1 year of age. Gelding is a castrated male horse. Mare is a female horse after her 4th birthday. Stallion is an intact male horse. Rabbit is a mammal of the family Leporidae or the domesticated Old World species Oryctolagus cuniculus. Buck is a male rabbit. Doe is a female rabbit. Fryer or “young rabbit” is a rabbit that is 2 months old and weighs 3 ¾ lbs to 4 ½ lbs. Kit is a baby rabbit. Rabbitry is where owners keep their herd of rabbits in separate cages. Stewer or “mature rabbit” is a rabbit 3 months of age or older averaging 6 pounds or more. Warren is where owners keep their herd of rabbits as a group in a large cage or enclosure. Sheep the domesticated species ovis aries. Ewe is a female sheep at least 1 year of age. Ewe lamb is a female sheep under 1 year of age. Flock is a group of sheep. (The term may be used in reference to other livestock.) Lamb is a young sheep. When referring to meat, lamb is meat from a sheep that is 12-14 months old or less. Lambkin or lambling is a newly born lamb. Ram is an in-tact male sheep that is at least one year of age. Ram lamb is a male sheep that is under 1 year of age. Sheep is a mature ovine at least one year of age and may also refer to the ovine species. Wether is a castrated male sheep (or goat). Swine are even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars. Barrow is a castrated (before sexual maturity) male swine. Boar is an adult male swine. Gilt is a female swine that has not given birth. Drove is a group of swine. Feeder pig is a young pig, most often between 40-70lbs that is produced by one farmer and sold to another for growing out to market weight. Hog is a mature swine with an adult weight above 150 pounds. Lard types of pig were developed to have large deposits of fat that could be more easily butchered from the animal in large chunks. This makes rendering easier and results in less loss of good meat. Market hog is a hog that weighs from 220-260 pounds and is 5-7 months of age when it is sent to market. Meat types of pig (also known as Bacon types) were developed to have more lean meat with moderate marbling of fat. Pig is a young swine that is not sexually mature or a mature swine with an adult weight under 150 pounds. Piglet or baby pig refers to a young pig in its first 14-21 days of life and is still nursing. Shoat is a young hog (not sexually mature) that has been weaned and is ready for market weighing 150-260 pounds Sow is an adult female swine. Stag is a castrated (after sexual maturity) male swine. Poultry are domesticated birds that are kept for meat or eggs including birds of the order Galliformes: chicken, turkey, natatorial (swimming) birds: duck and goose. Flock is a group comprised of one species of poultry. Trio is typically a grou	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,598	Which is the smallest ape?	Smallest Ape in The World Smallest Ape in The World Gorilla is the largest or biggest ape in the world. It is up to... Smallest Ape in The World By: M.Arslan \| 09 , Mar 2013 \| Mammals Largest Ape In The World Gibbon is the smallest ape in the world. Its height is up to 65 cm whereas its weight is up to 6.7 kg. Normally, the apes are large animals having bulky body and big size but Gibbons are an exception. Gibbons are found in tropical and subtropical rainforests from northeast India to Indonesia and north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java. This worlds smallest ape is the master of the art of locomotion, brachiation, swinging from one branch to another with an amazing speed of 56 km/h. Their sharp movement is also because of their comparatively small and smart body as compared to other ape species. Gibbons are really interesting apes, their quick and agile movement keeps them away from predators as the hunter can not catch them. They spend most of their time on trees and rarely roam on earth is surface even they sleep on trees while sitting upright. Another interesting thing about Gibbons is that they are very social and cooperative by nature. Gibbons nurture their offspring very carefully and transfer their good habits to their babies. Normally, a male is smaller in size than a female which gives birth to one baby at a time. This baby clings to the mothers hair right after the birth.	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 American university is known by the abbreviation "M.I.T."? Massachusetts Institute of Technology What American fashion icon enjoys the sweet smell of success with his Double Black cologne? Ralph Lauren Whon won the Oscar for Best Actor in "The Godfather" in 1972? Marlon Brando Which traditional French dish consists of eggplant, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and onions? Ratatouille Which is the largest city in New Zealand? Auckland In 1960, which Asian country saw a woman elected as head of the government for the first time: Ceylon, Malaya or India? Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) What is the word for illnesses in which physical symptoms are traced back to mental causes? Psychosomatic How many people take part in a tete-a-tete? Two Who, in 1841, wrote about "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"? Edgar Allen Poe Who sang the title song to the James Bond film "Goldfinger"? Shirley Bassey Which species of deer is the most common across the world? Elk (moose) Who was elected President of Poland in 1990? Lech Walesa Which planet is also known as the "evening star"? Venus In a battle of the "hot-heads," who did Jimmy Connors defeat in 1982 in the Wimbledon tennis finals? John McEnroe Which videotape format prevailed in the face of competition from Betamax and Video2000? VHS Which President proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national holiday? Abraham Lincoln Who was the murder victim at the center of the plot in TV's "Twin Peaks"? Laura Palmer Renaissance architecture emerged from which country? Italy How many people can be seen in da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper"? Thirteen Which drink did pharmacist John S. Pemberton invent in 1886? Coca Cola Which term, used in sociology denotes the adaption of a minority to the culture and lifestyle of the majority? Assimilation What do the letters of the American fashion label "DKNY" stand for? Donna Karan New York Who played the role of Baron von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music"? Christopher Plummer Which nation brought chocolate to Europe from rainforests of Mexico and Central America? Spain In which country is the Gibson Desert? Australia What was the code name for Allied Invasion of Normandy on D-Day? Operation Overlord What substance gives blood its red color? Hemoglobin Which science deals with the origin, history and meaning of words? Etymology Which generation did Douglas Coupland portray in his 1991 novel? Generation X Which duo sang "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" in 1965? The Righteous Brothers Which bird has the largest wing span? The (wandering) albatross Bill Clinton was governor of which U.S. state before becoming president? Arkansas How is the number 1,500 written in Roman numerals? MD In swimming, how many strokes are there in an Individual Medley? Four Which country launched MIR space station in 1986? Soviet Union How many points does the Jewish Star of David have? Six In which city did the TV series "Frasier" take place? Seattle What is a column or monument made of a single block of stone? Monolith Which male entertainment group, originally Los Angeles, is known for its striptease routine? The Chippendales Which copmany was co-founded in 1975 by Paul Allen? Microsoft What is celebrated on the 8th of March throughout the world? International Women's Day Causing fistfights in toy stores in the 1980s, which must have dolls came with their own adoption papers? Cabbage Patch Kids Who won the 2000 Oscar for Best Actor in "American Beauty"? Kevin Spacey Which exclusive dish meaning "fat liver" in French is prepared from duck or goose liver? Foie Gras Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Antarctic? Indian Ocean Which Italian explorer gave his name to America? Amerigo Vespucci Who has, on average, more hair on their head: blondes, brunettes, or red	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,599	A tip-off starts a basketball game and a kickoff begins football. What action begins a hockey match?	There are many activities and promotions taking place in Wisconsin sports this weekend. FINAL FOOTBALL GAME TIMES SET Starting times for the final two football games of the regular season have been set. Nov. 16 at Michigan will kickoff at 11:05 a.m. CST. TV coverage will be provided by ESPN2 and Nov. 23 vs. Minnesota will kickoff at 11:05 a.m. CST. TV coverage will be provided by ESPN. Also, Friday night's (Nov. 15) volleyball game vs. Illinois will be shown on ESPN2 tape delayed on Sunday (Nov. 17) at noon. BUCKY ISN'T PHOTO SHY Bucky Badger Photo Night will be Friday (Nov. 15) prior to the volleyball match against Illinois at the Field House. Bucky will be available for photos with kids from 6-6:45 p.m. This is the first of eight Bucky Badger Photo Nights scheduled for the upcoming winter sport seasons. MASCOT BATTLE The annual 'Battle of the Mascots' will be at intermission of the Saturday volleyball match vs. Purdue at the Field House. Action begins at 7 p.m. W.O.W. The 'Web Offer of the Week' is a redeemable coupon for 'buy one ticket and get one free' for Friday's (Nov. 15) volleyball game vs. Illinois. Match time is at 7 p.m. MEN'S BASKETBALL BEGINS SEASON WITH TOURNAMENT The men's basketball team (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) opens the 2002-03 regular season this weekend when it hosts the NABC Classic at the Kohl Center.Winthrop and Northern Illinois tip off the tournament at 6 p.m. on Friday followed by the Badgers squaring off against Eastern Washington approximately 30 minutes after that game. On Saturday, the third-place game takes place at 6 p.m., followed by the championship game. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HAS FINAL EXHIBITION GAME THURSDAY Wisconsin women's basketball opened its ninth season under Jane Albright Sunday with an 85-72 loss to the Wisconsin AAU Select team in exhibition game at the Kohl Center. The Badgers have a chance to work out the bugs this Thursday meeting a team from Lithuania at 7 p.m. in the Kohl Center VOLLEYBALL MAKES APPEARANCE ON ESPN2 No. 14 Wisconsin (18-7 overall, 9-5 Big Ten) makes its second appearance on ESPN2 this season when Illinois comes to town on Friday. The Badgers vs. Illini (11-12, 5-9) serve it up at 7 p.m. in the UW Field House. The match will be broadcast on Sunday at noon. On Saturday, Wisconsin takes on 11th-place Purdue (11-16, 1-13) at 7 p.m. in the Field House. WOMEN'S SOCCER EARNS NCAA BID Fresh off its second place finish at the Big Ten Tournament, the Wisconsin women's soccer team (12-8-3) earned its first NCAA bid since 2000. UW won nine of its last 13 games and will face Marquette Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Milwaukee Regional. MEN'S SOCCER AT BIG TEN TOURNAMENT No. 5 seed Wisconsin (9-9-0, 3-3 Big Ten) travels to Penn State for the Big Ten Championship tournament Thurs.-Sun., Nov. 14-17. Wisconsin will play No. 4 seed Penn State in Game 2 of the Championship, Thursday at 12:30 p.m. EARLY SIGNEES LISTED AT UWBADGERS.COM Head men's basketball coach Bo Ryan announced Wednesday that high school seniors Brian Butch and Kammron Taylor have signed national letters of intent to attend the University of Wisconsin and play basketball for the Badgers beginning in the fall of 2003. The UW volleyball program signed three athletes to national letters of intent. Amy Bladow from Monument, Colo.; Lindsey Boler from Destrehan, La.; and Maria Carlini from LaSalle, Ontario, have signed to play with the Badgers beginning in the fall of 2003. MEN'S HOCKEY ON THE ROAD The Badgers (4-4-0 overall, 0-2-0 WCHA), travel to Minnesota-Duluth (2-3-3, 2-2-2) this weekend for their first league road series. Wisconsin has won 10 in a row over the Bulldogs in Duluth. WOMEN'S HOCKEY AT MERCYHURST Women's hockey (5-4-1, 1-4-1 WCHA) makes its first trip to Pennsylvania when it faces No. 10 Mercyhurst (10-2-0, 2-0-0 WCHA) on Saturday and Sunday at	Rugby Football History All Blacks Barbarians Canada British & Irish Lions Ireland Scotland Springboks USA Wales Wallabies Introduction In early rugby as played at rugby school, the only scores came from goals and there was no points value associated with scoring. The 1845 rules stated that in order to take a punt at goal (this had to be a 'place kick' not a' drop kick') a "TRY at goal" had to be earned by touching the ball down between the posts. The ball was then "punted" over the bar and between the posts without touching the dress or person of any player and in the face of onrushing defenders. The 1862 rules provide a detailed description of the complexities regarding touching down and scoring the goal. 1871 The first RFU laws state that 'A match shall be decided by a majority of goals only'. March 1875 a proposal for a points scoring system was rejected, as was a proposal that three tries should equal one goal. November 1875 the law was modified to 'A match shall be decided by a majority of goals, but if the number of goals is equal or no goals be kicked, by a majority of tries'. 1876 Cheltenham College adopted RFU rules but still continued to use their own points based scoring system (they referred to points as rouges). 1877 'When a goal is kicked from a try, only the goal is scored'. 1881 & 1882 Proposals were made for the RFU to introduce a points based scoring system: 1881 (rejected):-"A match shall be decided by majority of points, which are calculated as follows - a touchdown, a touch in goal and a dead-ball all equal in value and each count one point; a try counts 4 points, and a goal kicked from a try 12 points or equal to three tries, and a goal dropped or kicked from the field of play 8 points or two tries. When a goal is kicked from a try the goal only is scored." 1882 (rejected):- "A match shall be decided by points as under: - A goal direct from a place kick from a try shall count 8 pts; A goal dropped from the field of play, 6 pts; A goal from a flying kick 4 points; a try 4 points; a touchdown, a dead ball, or a touch in goal, 1 point each. The team obtaining a majority of four more points to be declared the winner. Any less majority than 4 points to count as a drawn game." Prior to 1886 various clubs assigned their own points system. The practice of Touching down the ball behind your own goal line was awarded a Point, sometimes referred to as the "Minor Point" or "Rouge". This should not be confused with the Cheltenham scoring system which referred to points in general as rouges. Many football annuals of this vintage will show scores consisting of Goals, Tries and Minor points (rouges). Although there was no generally accepted scoring system which contained the minor point (rouge) some unions did adopt it. But in 1886 a pattern favoured at Cheltenham School was adopted by the RFU, whereby points were scored for a try, a conversion goal and a dropped goal. 1886 (accepted):-"A match shall be decided by a majority of points, a goal shall equal three points, and a try one point. If the number of points be equal, or no goal kicked or try obtained, the match shall be drawn. Where a goal is kicked from a try the goal only is scored." Later penalty kicks were introduced, allowing teams disadvantaged by illegal play to kick for goal and score points if successful. October 1888 "Fair catch" (mark) introduced. Laws amended to introduce 2nd type of goal (of lesser value). 'A match shall be decided by a majority of points. A goal shall equal 3 points, with the exception of a goal kicked from a kick awarded by way of penalty, which shall equal 2 points, and a try 1 point. If the number of points is equal or no goals be kicked or try obtained, the match shall be drawn. When a goal is kicked from a try, the goal only is scored.' September 1891 The IRFB responsible for: 'A match shall be decided by a majority of points. A try shall equal 2 points, a penalty goal 3 points, a goal from a try (the try not also to count) 5 points. Any other goal shall equal 4 points. If the number of points i	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,600	Which comedienne and actress has written a novel 'A Tiny Bit Marvellous' about a family called 'Battle'?	A Tiny Bit Marvellous: Amazon.it: Dawn French: Libri in altre lingue Di ELI (Italy) il 22 maggio 2011 Formato: Copertina rigida I love Dawn French as a comic actress and was looking forward to reading her book. It turned out to be as hilarious as expected, with a psychological touch which was appropriate and rendered a certain depth, therefore I would not classify this book as just "comical". Written in a diary form, it is the story of a modern family where each member has different flaws and views and expectations. Meet the Battles family, Mum, Dad, Dora and Peter, both teenagers. They share the same roof but live into separate words, each struggling in a private battle of their own, either towards menopause, or first kiss, or first love or... whatever. There does not seem to be a linear or joint path on which they can walk together, overcoming their struggles or problems. Will they manage? Get ready for some good laughs and for some thinking too. I bet anyone with adolescents in the house will identify themselves with some of the characters or find similarities, enjoy the reading! In my opinion, 4.5 stars. 1.0 su 5 stelle Not keen. 19 settembre 2014 Di Sarah Butler - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Formato Kindle Acquisto verificato I really didn't enjoy this as much I thought I wanted. The reading of the the son and daughter was a real brain drain. However the end was a bit better and easier to enjoy when a storey eventually appeared. 5.0 su 5 stelle LOVED IT 25 ottobre 2014 Di Klan - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Formato Kindle Acquisto verificato What a beautiful, funny, sad, crazy book. I was transported and experienced the full range of human emotion, and I related to the characters in ways I never thought possible. I hope that Dawn writes many many many more books I cannot wait to read more 3.0 su 5 stelle A Tiny Bit Ordinary 3 marzo 2013 Di Janice Adamson - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Formato Kindle Acquisto verificato I was expecting a lot more as Dawn French has a great sense of humour.. However the plot was rather ordinary. Toxic relationship with teenage daughter, an oddball son and husband who is rarely talked about until the end did not make for compelling reading. She needed to develop the plot as it was all a little predictable. Not an awful read, but I was expecting more. 3.0 su 5 stelle Fun 17 dicembre 2012 Di The Heath - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Copertina rigida Acquisto verificato If you love Dawn French you will love this book. You can hear her voice in the writing and for me that is good enough. I am about halfway through and find it easy to put down, but have to say that she has done a great job of building the story as I am finding myself much more engaged with each page. So perhaps when I finish I might up the stars a bit. 2.0 su 5 stelle Not funny 18 settembre 2013 Di bw - Pubblicato su Amazon.com Formato: Formato Kindle Acquisto verificato I expected a book by Dawn French to be funny, but after reading the first few, very short, chapters this is not. What I didn't like about this book are that the characters are unlikable, they are really people who I couldn't care about and tus stopped reading the book. A waste of money for me!	John Marwood Cleese (Cheese) - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Ex-husband of Connie Booth ; Barbara Trentham and <private> Eichelberger (McBride) Father of <private> Cleese and <private> Cleese Managed by: Oct 27 1939 - Number 6 Ellesmere road, Weston-super-Mare, England, UK Parents: Reginald Francis Cleese (Cheese), Muriel Cleese (Cheese) (born Cross) Ex-wife: Oct 27 1939 - Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England Parents: Connie Booth, Alyce Cleese, Barbara Trentham, Jennifer Wade Children: Oct 1939 - Weston- Super-Mare, Somerset, England Parents: mother About John Cleese He is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. In the mid 1970s, Cleese co-wrote and starred in, with first wife Connie Booth, the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films, two Harry Potter films, and three Shrek films. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded the production company Video Arts, responsible for making entertaining training films. Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, the only child of Muriel (née Cross), an acrobat, and Reginald Francis Cleese (b. 1894), who worked in insurance sales. His family's surname was previously "Cheese", but his father changed it to "Cleese" in 1915, upon joining the Army. Cleese was educated at St Peter's Preparatory School where he was a star pupil, receiving a prize for English studies and doing well at sport including cricket and boxing. At 13 he received an exhibition to Clifton College, an English public school in Bristol. He was tall as a child and was well over 6 ft when he arrived there. While at the school he is said to have defaced the school grounds for a prank by painting footsteps to suggest that the school's statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig had got down from his plinth and gone to the toilet. Cleese played cricket for the first team and after initial indifference he did well academically, passing 8 O levels and 3 A-Levels in mathematics, physics and chemistry. After leaving school he went back to his prep school to teach science before taking up a place he had won at Downing College, Cambridge where he studied law and joined the Cambridge Footlights Revue. There he met his future writing partner Graham Chapman. Cleese wrote extra material for the 1961 Footlights Revue I Thought I Saw It Move, and was Registrar for the Footlights Club during 1962, as well as being one of the cast members for the 1962 Footlights Revue Double Take! He graduated from Cambridge in 1963 with a 2:1 classification in his degree. Despite his successes on The Frost Report, his father would send him cuttings from the Daily Telegraph offering management jobs in places like Marks and Spencer. Personal life: 1960s to 1980s - Cleese met Connie Booth in America during the late 1960s and the couple married in 1968. In 1971, Booth gave birth to Cynthia Cleese, their only child. With Booth, Cleese wrote the scripts for and co-starred in both series of the TV series Fawlty Towers, even though the two were actually divorced before the second series was finished and aired. Cleese and Booth are said to have remained close friends since. Cleese remarried in 1981, to American actress Barbara Trentham. Their daughter Camilla, Cleese's second child, was born in 1984. He and Trentham divorced in 1990. It was also during this time that Cleese moved from the United Kingdom to Califor	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,601	Which US author committed suicide with a shotgun in 1961?	10 Sad Stories of Writers Who Committed Suicide - Toptenz.net Toptenz.net Posted by Shell Harris on October 14, 2009 in Literature , People \| 28,493 Views \| 27 Responses From the earliest records of ancient civilizations to the most recent works produced by modernity, the history of literature bears witness to the creative power of the human mind. We have before us a vast library of stories, plays, and poetry to enjoy at our leisure, but in some cases this creativity came with a price – the life of the creator. A significant number of writers have struggled with depression and the seductions of suicide, leading some to believe there is often a close connection between artistic skill and the mood swings of a tortured mind. While not all of the following writer-suicides of modernity occurred because of the writer’s battle with depression, many of them did – and there are many, many more that could be added to this list. 10. Yukio Mishima (1925 – 1970) Yukio Mishima was the pen name for Kimitake Hiraoka, a prolific Japanese author, actor, and playwright. Taken under the wing of his overly protective grandmother until the age of 12, Mishima was not allowed to play with other boys, participate in sports, or even expose himself to sunlight. Mishima’s early fascination with literature and writing led to clashes with his military-minded father, who destroyed any of his son’s manuscripts he found. Still, Mishima enjoyed early success in the academic world, becoming the youngest member of his elite school’s editorial board and subsequently publishing poetry and prose in prestigious magazines. To protect him from the scorn of his classmates, his instructors decided that he should write under a pen name. Mishima graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1947 and continued to publish stories, poems, and plays, while also traveling extensively. Keenly interested in physical fitness and martial arts, he joined the Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) and later started his own private force called the Shield Society. In 1970, Mishima and four members of this Shield Society took over the Tokyo JSDF headquarters and tied up the commandant. Mishima gave a speech outlining his demands to restore power to the Japanese emperor, and then ended his life by committing seppuku. He had been carefully planning the suicide for a year. 9. Jerzy Kosinski (1933 -1991) As Jews living in Poland during World War II, the Lewinkopf family had to do everything possible to avoid German capture, so young Jozef Lewinkopf was given the false name Jerzy Kosinski, which he kept as an alias. After the war was over, Kosinski remained in Poland in order to pursue university studies. In 1957, Kosinski emigrated to the United States on a passport obtained by forging papers that “proved” an American foundation was willing to sponsor him. He supported himself by driving a truck until he obtained a grant from the Ford Foundation allowing him to attend Columbia University’s sociology program. In 1965 – the same year he became an American citizen – Kosinski published the novel The Painted Bird, a highly controversial story about a young boy’s experiences in Europe during World War II. Other famous (and also controversial) novels by Kosinski include Steps and Being There. Many people were critical of Kosinski’s writing because of the sexual, violent, and often sadistic topics he chose to portray. He was thought to rely heavily on ghostwriters and freelance editors for the content of his novels, and was even accused of plagiarism, which he vehemently denied. In addition to the mental exhaustion of dealing with these allegations, Kosinski also suffered from serious physical illnesses later in life. On May 3, 1991, his wife found his body in a half-filled bathtub, a suffocating plastic bag wrapped around his head. “I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual,” read Kosinski’s suicide note. “Call it Eternity.” 8. Hunter S. Thompson (1937 – 2005) Perhaps most famous for his 1972 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Kentucky native Hunter Thompson is remembered	Queen's Birthday Honours - Who is talking about Queen's Birthday Honours on FLICKR Spouse Marilyn Mayfield (1953–1964) Website www.clarkefoundation.org Sri Lankabhimanya Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist,[3] inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He is perhaps most famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time.[4][5] His other science fiction writings earned him a number of Hugo and Nebula awards, which along with a large readership made him one of the towering figures of science fiction. For many years Clarke, Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.[6] Clarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel. In 1934, while still a teenager, he joined the British Interplanetary Society. In 1945, he proposed a satellite communication system,[7] an idea which won him the Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal[8] in 1963, and other honours.[9] Later he was the chairman of the British Interplanetary Society from 1946–47 and again in 1951–53.[10] Clarke was a science writer, who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability. On these subjects he wrote over a dozen books and many essays, which appeared in various popular magazines. In 1961 he was awarded the Kalinga Prize, an award which is given by UNESCO for popularizing science. These along with his science fiction writings eventually earned him the moniker "Prophet of the Space Age".[11] Clarke immigrated to Sri Lanka in 1956, largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving.[12] That year he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient Koneswaram temple in Trincomalee. Clarke augmented his fame later on in the 1980s, from being the host of several television shows such as Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death.[13] He was knighted in 1998[14][15] and was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya, in 2005.[16] Contents Biography Early years Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England, and grew up in nearby Bishops Lydeard. As a boy, he grew up on a farm enjoying stargazing and reading old American science fiction pulp magazines. He received his secondary education at Huish Grammar school in Taunton. In his teens, he joined the Junior Astronomical Association and contributed to Urania, the society's journal, which was edited in Glasgow by Marion Eadie. At Clarke's request, she added an Astronautics Section, which featured a series of articles by him on spacecraft and space travel. Clarke also contributed pieces to the Debates and Discussions Corner, a counterblast to a Urania article offering the case against space travel, and also his recollections of the Walt Disney film Fantasia. He moved to London in 1936 and joined the Board of Education as a pensions auditor.[17] World War II During World War II from 1941 to 1946 he served in the Royal Air Force as a radar specialist and was involved in the early-warning radar defence system, which contributed to the RAF's success during the Battle of Britain. Clarke spent most of his wartime service working on ground-controlled approach (GCA) radar, as documented in the semi-autobiographical Glide Path, his only non-science-fiction novel. Although GCA did not see much practical use during the war, it proved vital to the Berlin Airlift of 1948–1949 after several years of development. Clarke initially served in the ranks, and was a corporal instructor on radar at No. 2 Radio School, RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire. He was commissioned as a pilot officer (technical branch) on 27 May 1943.[18] He was promoted flying officer on 27 November 1943.[19] He was appointed chief training instructor at RAF Honiley in Warwickshire and was demobilised with the rank of flight lieutenant. Postwar After the war he attained a first-class degree in mathematics and physics from King's College London.[20] Af	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,602	What name is given to the French version of the Tote betting system?	A Glossary of Betting Terms Term used to describe when the whole or part of returns from one wager are automatically reinvested on a subsequent bet. Arbitrage Where a variation in odds available allows a punter to back both sides and guarantee a win. [Back to Top] Banker A punter's strong selection or "sure thing". An almost guaranteed winner, as in a Lock . Also, in permutation bets the banker is a selection that must win to guarantee any returns. Bar Those runners in a race not quoted with a price during early betting shows. The bar price is the minimum odds for any of those selections not quoted. Baseball (US) In horse racing, a Daily double is a play in which a bettor couples a horse in one race with all horses in the other (also known as "wheeling"). Beard (US) A contact (friend or acquaintance) who places bets for a bettor who wants to hide their identity from bookmakers. Beeswax UK slang term for betting tax . (also known as "bees" or "ajax") Bettor (US) Betting Tax Tax on a bookmaker's turnover. More correctly, in the UK this is a "duty" charged by Customs and Excise at the rate of 6.75p on every pound wagered. Common methods of recouping this are to deduct tax from returns or allow the punter to pay tax with his stake. In the latter event, no tax is deducted from the punter's winnings. Blind Bet A bet made by a racetrack bookmaker to draw other bookmakers' attention away from his sizeable betting on another horse- and thus to avoid a shortening of the odds on the other horse. Book A bookmaker's tally of amounts bet on each competitor, and odds necessary to assure him of profit. Bookmaker A person or company who accepts bets from the public, usually on racing or sports events (also known as a "bookie"). Bottle Bettor on favourites. Circled Game (US) When a bookmaker puts a limit on the amount of action they are prepared to take on the game. This is most often due to doubts about key players. Client (US) Purchaser of betting information from horseman or other tipster. Clocker (US) Person who times workouts, usually for betting information. Close (US) Final odds on a horse (e.g. "closed at 5 to 1"). Confusingly equates to " Starting Price " in the UK. Co-Favourites Where three or more competitors share the status as favourite (have lowest odds). Combination (US) Across the board bet for which a single pari-mutuel ticket is issued. Consolation Double (US) When horse is scratched from 2nd race after daily double betting begins, money is set aside to pay those who have bought tickets pairing this horse with winner of 1st race. The basis of some widely used systems. After a loss the player doubles the size of his previous bet hoping to win back the money lost and make a profit. Also known as a Martingale system. Drift When the odds on a competitor "lengthen", they are said to have "drifted" or be "on the drift". Dual Forecast A tote bet operating in races of 3 or more declared runners in which the punter has to pick the first two to finish in either order. Dutch (US) Eliminating heavily bet non-contenders, betting on others in exact proportions necessary to yield some profit no matter which wins. [Back to Top] Each-Way A bet which consists of two wagers. The first is for the selection to win and the second is for the selection to place, at a proportional price dependant on the place terms . A method used by bookmakers to make a one-sided event become a more attractive betting proposition. Teams are awarded a number of points start depending on their calibre (also known as the "pointspread" or "line"). Handle (US) Total sum bet on a race or in a day or some other period. Hang Cheng A form of soccer betting popular in Asia where returns on a team winning or drawing are	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 Ebola outbreak started in which African country? Guinea (Dec 2013) Where would you find Connexus and Versatile? On TV program The Apprentice (Teams names in the current TV series) Q5 Which actor has appeared as James Bond in exactly 2 official Bond films? Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to kill) Q6 According to Collins English Dictionary what has been chosen as the word of the year 2015? Binge-watch Q7 What is the tag line of the upcoming Star Wars film episode 7 of the series? The Force Awakens Who replaced Nick Hewer in the TV program The Apprentice? Claude Littner Q9 Which RAF base was in the news in October, owing to the arrival of ~140 migrants by boat? RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) Q10 There is one remaining hovercraft service operating in the UK, from which city does it operate? Portsmouth (Southsea -> Ryde on the Isle of Wight) Q11 Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe has been in the news recently, as the CEO of which company? Talk Talk Q12 Which British airline is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, flying its inaugural flight on November 10th 1995? EasyJet The Schengen Treaty takes its name from a village in which country? Luxembourg MP can stand for two things on an ordnance survey Map, name either? Mile Post or Mooring Post Q15 On a marine map what does HWM stand for? High Water Mark Which country is to host the next Winter Olympics in 2018? South Korea Who did Seb Coe succeed as head of the IAAF? Lamine Diack What is the third largest object in the solar system? Saturn (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn) Which man made object is furthest from Earth? Voyager 1 (allow Voyager) Q20 For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar? From Here to Eternity Which current world leader is sometimes known as Bibi? Benjamin Netanyahu Q22 Who has been recently sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister after winning a surprise majority? Justin Trudeau What is the longest motorway in the UK? M6 What is the longest A road in the UK? A1 Who is the shadow chancellor? John McDonnell Which building was built in 1093 to house the shrine of St Cuthbert? Durham Cathedral In which building would you find the famous Cosmati Pavement? Westminster Cathedral Who hosts 'Modern Life is Goodish'? Dave Gorman Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics? Namibia Who hosts 'As yet untitled'? Alan Davies Who will be the new host of QI succeeding Stephen Fry? Sandi Toksvig What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female? Hermaphrodite With which artistic medium would you associate Ansel Adams? Photography Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex? Winchester Which group recorded the track 'Unfinished Symphony'? Massive Attack Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'? Fenn Street Q37 80s band Heaven 17 got their name from a well-known novel originally published in 1962. Name it? A Clockwork Orange - (by Anthony Burgess) Q38 Steely Dan got their name from which notorious novel originally published in 1959? The Naked Lunch (by William Burroughs) Q39 Wladimir Klitschko is a champion boxer from which country? Ukraine The 'Rockhampton Rocket' was a nickname given to which famous sportsman? Rod Laver Which British astronaut is going to the international space station in December? Tim Peake How many cantons make up Switzerland? 26 (accept 25 to 27) Q43 Which city was the imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo? Kyoto Saloth Sar born 19 May 1925 is better known by what name? Pol Pot What was discovered in 1799 by Pierre-François Bouchard a Napoleonic soldier? The Rosetta Stone 'I told you I was ill' are the words carved into whose gravestone? Spike Milligan Q47 What did Newcastle chemist William Owen invent in 1927 for those	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,603	"In the Sherlock Holmes story, ""The Speckled Band"", what is the speckled band?"	The Adventure of the Speckled Band \| Baker Street Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia The Adventure of the Speckled Band 1,230pages on Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" Published in: Grimesby Roylott "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of the most famous short stories of the Sherlock Holmes adventures written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . A young woman named Helen Stoner contacts Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for aid in foiling the villainous plans of her stepfather, Grimesby Roylott . Contents Edit Sherlock Holmes wakes Dr. John Watson up early one morning, telling him that the housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson , roused him because a client has arrived, a young woman . Watson gets dressed, and they find their client waiting in Holmes' waiting room. She tells them that her name is Helen Stoner, and that she lives with her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott , the last survivor of the noble Roylott family of Stoke Moran. She explains that her mother met Roylott in India when she and her sister Julia were only two, but on their way back to England, her mother was killed in a railway accident. Despite this, they came to live in Stoke Moran. Holmes also learns that 250 pounds of the family money would go to each daughter once they married. Not to long later, though, Julia became engaged, after which she was killed in her very own room. The dying woman's words were: "The band! The speckled band!" Helen also tells them that Roylott let a gypsy camp stay nearby. After she leaves, Roylott himself appears and threatens Holmes to stay out of his business. Later, Holmes and Watson journey to Stoke Moran and investigate. They make a good observation of everything in Roylott's bedroom, and Helen's bedroom. Helen reveals that her stepfather moved her to Julia's room after her death, which is now her bedroom. Holmes then says that he has solved the case, and tells Helen that he and Watson will be at an inn nearby to catch the killer in the act. That night, Holmes and Watson find a swamp adder snake (the speckled band) trying to kill Helen, at which point Holmes attacks. The adder attacks the first person it sees, which just so happens to be the mastermind behind the case: Roylott. He is killed by his own murder weapon. Holmes explains how he solved the case, and admits that he felt completely responsible for Roylott's death; but that he is unlikely to feel much guilt over the death. 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1,507,604	"Where was the war that began in 1998 and sometimes referred to as the ""African World War"", that has been called the world's deadliest conflict since World War II, with 5.4 million people killed?"	The Democratic Republic of Congo — Global Issues More Information Brief Background As with most conflicts in Africa, the current situation has much to do with the legacy of colonialism. From the violent 1885 Belgian imposition of colonial rule by King Leopold II who regarded it as his personal fiefdom and called it the Congo Free State (but apparently never once went there himself), millions have been killed. The murders have been grotesque, with chopped limbs and more, similar to what has been seen in Sierra Leone recently. After 75 years of colonial rule, the Belgians left very abruptly, relinquishing the political rights to the people of Congo in 1960. However, economic rights were not there for the country to flourish. This brief video summarizes the initial challenges the DRC faced after independence: Patrice Lumumba , January 11, 2007 As well as Belgium’s historical interests, the changing world after World War II meant Cold War interests also played its part. More evidence has emerged that when United States president Dwight Eisenhower met his national security advisers to talk about the situation in Congo two months after the June 1961 independence he said Lumumba, the country’s first prime minister, should be eliminated. Derek Ingram, 40 years on—Lumumba still haunts the West , Gemini News Service, 1 September 2000 Just a few months after Lumumba became head of state, he was overthrown with US and European support for a Cold War ally, Mobutu Sese Soko, (and for the rich resources that would then be available cheaply, rather than used for Congo’s own people and development.) U.S. policy toward Mobutu was rationalized on the grounds of fighting communism and Soviet influence in Africa, but the U.S. was clearly more concerned with securing its own interests in the region than helping foster a stable, secure, and peaceful future for the people of Central Africa. Lying at the center of the continent, Zaire could provide the U.S. with access to important resources, transportation routes, and political favors. Over the years, U.S. rhetoric changed slightly, placing greater emphasis on democratic reform of the regime and increased attention to human rights, but in reality policy continued to focus on promoting narrowly defined U.S. economic and strategic interests. … The U.S. prolonged the rule of Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Soko by providing more than $300 million in weapons and $100 million in military training. Mobutu used his U.S.-supplied arsenal to repress his own people and plunder his nation’s economy for three decades, until his brutal regime was overthrown by Laurent Kabila’s forces in 1997. When Kabila took power, the Clinton administration quickly offered military support by developing a plan for new training operations with the armed forces. Back to top Struggle for Political Power The US backed the dictator Mobutu in the overthrow of the previous leader, Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in 1960. (Lumumba was also non-aligned in geopolitical/cold-war sense, so not seen favorably by the US.) Corruption, siphoning off massive personal wealth, a plunge in copper prices, and mounting debt led to enormous economic downturns: From the time of Belgian colonial rule, the inhabitants of the region have derived little if any benefit from its natural wealth. Instead, they have suffered an unbroken succession of abusive political administrations, military authorities and armed political groups that have looted the region and committed human rights abuses with impunity. King Leopold II accrued vast personal wealth without ever setting foot on Congolese soil. The Belgian rulers of the then Belgian Congo, from 1905 to 1960 used slave labour to plunder its rubber, ivory and timber. After independence in 1960, the long presidency of Mobutu Sese Seko made the newly named Zaire notorious for cronyism and corruption. When President Mobutu came into office in 1965, a sustained period of institutionalised corruption and misappropriation of state resources began. Large proportions of the revenues from state-owned companies, such a	Music in the Time of War \| Exploring Music 3:42 Program 2 The second show picks up where the first one left off, this time looking from a Russian perspective. Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture tells the tale of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in a way suggestive of Beethoven’s Wellington’s Victory, but in a matter that is fair to both sides…and of course, features cannons. We continue looking at Russian music of war by examining Sergei Prokofiev’s Battle on the Ice, written for the film score to Alexander Nevsky. The scene depicts Nevsky’s battle against the Teutonic Knights and how they are overcome by their own weight on a thawing frozen lake. This segment then concludes with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13, subtitled Babi Yar after a location in Ukraine where thousands of Jews and gypsies were rounded up and massacred by the Nazis. 19:41 Program 3 The third segment travels to America, and features a great wealth of tunes regarding warfare relating to our own country. We begin with a William Billings New England minutemen tune that almost became the national anthem. Another William Billings song, “Chester”, is examined next in a version set for orchestra by William Schumann. Again from New England is the first of Charles Ives’ Three Places in New England, a monument to the first African-American regiment to march in the civil war, located in Boston. Morton Gould is next, with a popular patriotic piece called American Salute that can often be heard during patriotic holidays. It was composed during the Civil War to the sad tune of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Another piece from the Civil War days is Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Dona nobis pacem, which utilizes a couple of texts written by poet Walt Whitman for inspiration. We hear two: “Beat! Beat! Drums!” and “Reconciliation." Staying in the Civil War, we hear the Confederate 26th Regiment Quick-step, a popular Southern brass band tune. It was intended to keep soldiers’ spirits up while marching, something both sides utilized. Martial music would continue to be utilized into the days of the Second World War, an era when Samuel Barber wrote the Commando March for the US Army Air Corps marching band (before the days of an Air Force). The legacy of the Second World War lived on in documentary footage and in this piece by Richard Rogers, who was called on by NBC TV to write an opening theme for the television show Victory at Sea. Next is Aaron Jay Kernis’ second symphony, written in reaction to the Persian Gulf War of 1991. This segment closes with an oddly lighthearted piece; the opening to the TV show MAS*H. 6:13 Program 4 The fourth and fifth segments are dominated by Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. It was written in 1962 for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral, destroyed during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War, and was intended to make as much use of the new space as possible. Before each section of War Requiem are two somewhat related pieces. First is the second and third movements of Vaughn Williams’ Pastoral Symphony, his third, written in memory of the friends he lost during the First World War. Second is Lovliest of Trees, a short, beautiful song written by George Butterworth. After Britten’s massive, piece closes, the show closes with another Butterworth piece, the song Lads of a Hundred. Purchase Program 5 The fourth and fifth segments are dominated by Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. It was written in 1962 for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral, destroyed during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War, and was intended to make as much use of the new space as possible. Before each section of War Requiem are two somewhat related pieces. First is the second and third movements of Vaughn Williams’ Pastoral Symphony, his third, written in memory of the friends he lost during the First World War. Second is Lovliest of Trees, a short, beautiful song written by George Butterworth. After Britten’s massive, piece closes, the show closes with another Butterworth piece, the song Lads of a Hundred.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,605	Where in the human body would you find the scaphoid bone?	Scaphoid Bone Anatomy, Definition & Area \| Body Maps Your message has been sent. OK We're sorry, an error occurred. We are unable to collect your feedback at this time. However, your feedback is important to us. Please try again later. Close Scaphoid The scaphoid is a carpal bone in the wrist. It sits on the radial or lateral side of the wrist near the thumb. It is the largest bone in the wrist's proximal row. Lunate, triquetral, and pisiform are the remaining bones in the proximal row. Trapezium, trapezoid, capitates, and hamate are bones in the distal row. This bone has several distinct surfaces: superior, inferior, dorsal, volar, lateral, medial, and distal convex. The superior and inferior surfaces are smooth and convex. The dorsal surface is narrow and rough, accommodating ligament attachment. The volar surface is concave on top with an elevated and rounded lateral end attaching to the transverse carpal ligament. The lateral surface is narrow and rough, attaching to the wrist's radial collateral ligament. The medial surface has two articular facets. One is smaller and flat. The other is larger and concave. Scaphoid fractures are common injuries in vehicular accidents and sports-related injuries. These fractures typically occur when the body falls on an outstretched wrist. Sixty percent of all carpal fractures are scaphoid related.	Bones of the Spinal Column Home » Spine Articles » Spinal Column Articles » Bones of the Spinal Column Bones of the spinal column Sections The spinal column is made up of small bones called vertebrae. Offering support and structure to the human body, these bones are some of the most complex bones in the human body. Each vertebra has a specific function, working together to protect the spinal cord. Segments of the spine The spinal column is composed of a number of different segments, including the cervical (neck), thoracic (middle back) and lumbar (lower back) segments. The sacrum and coccyx are bones that are found at the base of the spine. Cervical — The cervical region usually consists of seven vertebrae (C1–7), which are the smallest bones of the spinal column. The atlas (C1) directly supports the head, while the axis (C2) provides the head with pivoting motion. The remaining bones (C3–7) allow the head to move from side to side, backward and forward. Thoracic — In most cases, twelve vertebrae (T1–12) form the thoracic region, which is generally considered the sturdiest area of the spine. This region serves to protect the organs located in the chest, so spinal mobility is limited more in the thoracic region than in the cervical and lumbar regions. Thoracic vertebrae are further supported by the attached rib cage. Lumbar — The final segment in the spine is the lumbar area. This segment usually consists of five (sometimes six) individual vertebrae (L1–5). These bones are the largest in the spinal column because they must bear the weight of the body. Sacrum — This triangular bone sits between the pelvic bones and serves to protect the pelvic organs. Consisting of five fused vertebrae (S1–5), the sacrum attaches to the L5 vertebra above and the coccyx below. Coccyx — A vestigial remnant of a tail, the coccyx is commonly known as the “tailbone.” Many essential ligaments and muscles attach to this bone. The bones of the spinal column, as well as the spinal cord, nerve roots, muscles, tendons and ligaments, can be afflicted by trauma (accidents or injuries) as well as degenerative spine conditions. When this happens, it can lead to long-term chronic pain and limited mobility. Treatment for painful spine conditions At Laser Spine Institute, we understand the importance of a healthy spine. If you are experiencing chronic neck or back pain that is affecting your quality of life, consider treatment at our outpatient surgery center. Our surgeons specialize exclusively in treating neck and back pain with minimally invasive, outpatient spine surgery . These procedures are a safer and effective alternative to traditional open neck and back surgery, offering you a number of benefits. Having helped more than 60,000 patients since 2005, our surgeons are available in cities across the country. Learn more about our advanced techniques For more information about the benefits of minimally invasive spine surgery, please call a member of our Care Team today . With a 96 patient satisfaction rate, our goal is to always provide you with the ultimate in care and comfort, so that you can return to your normal daily activities. Want to chat?	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,606	"Licence plates from which U.S. state, include the phrase, ""Great Faces, Great Places""?"	November 16 ï¿½ 2008 by John Varley; all rights reserved Part 1 A few days ago we were driving around and I stopped at a red light behind a car with a South Carolina plate. In case you havenï¿½t seen one, it is mostly light blue with a palmetto tree in the center (South Carolina is the Palmetto State). Across the top is this legend: ï¿½Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places.ï¿½ I had a little time to contemplate this sentiment. Not exactly as inspirational as ï¿½Live Free or Die!ï¿½ is it? In fact, it sounds like something an ad agency might come up with, which is probably what happened. Or it might have come from a Hallmark greeting card , bought off the rack. Itï¿½s insipid. It offends no one. It says nothing. Absolutely perfect for this day and age. I mean, get real. Do you really think that, when they think of South Carolina, everyone instantly thinks of smiles? (What do they think of ? I have very little idea, as I know very little about the state. Palmettos, I guess. Now, if I knew what a palmetto was, Iï¿½d be somewhere, wouldnï¿½t I?) South Carolina has a state motto. In fact, it has two. But both are in Latin, which is probably a hard sell to put on a license plate. One is Dum spiro spero. (While I Breathe, I Hope.) Actually, this one strikes me as another Hallmark phrase. If this was Maryland, where Agnew was briefly governor, we could make a joke about Dumb Spiro ï¿½ but it isnï¿½t. The other is Animis opibusque parati. Whew! Means ï¿½Prepared in Mind and Resources.ï¿½ Even worse than the first, since most people couldnï¿½t pronounce it (or would be afraid to try), and frankly, it stinks in either language. Several years ago Lee and I had a project to take a picture of as many license plates as we could, without leaving Oregon. (Lee and I love projects, the sillier the better!) (Plus, it reminded me of car games when we went on long trips with my family. There were booklets that asked us to spot various things, and the license plates were the most fun.) We eventually got all the states and most Canadian provinces, Guam, Puerto Rico, and a few Mexican states. Did you know the plate for the Northwest Territories, and now also Nunavutï¿½the newest province, just 9 years oldï¿½is in the shape of a polar bear? No kidding! A rectangular polar bear! Something about the phrase rang a bell. I looked it up, and sure enough, there it was on the South Dakota plate: ï¿½Great Faces. Great Places.ï¿½ Which just proves that mediocre mind think alike, right? But South Dakota at least has some excuse for the ï¿½facesï¿½ part: Mount Rushmore. We do think of faces when we think of South Dakota. Big faces. As for places ï¿½ well, I havenï¿½t been to South Dakota (one of 5 states Iï¿½ve missed), but Iï¿½ve seen plenty of pictures. I guess there are some great places ï¿½ if you like dirt. It all reminded me of a big hoo-hah a few years back from my native state of Texas. Somebody wanted to put ï¿½The Friendship Stateï¿½ on the license plates. Probably the same folksï¿½most likely newly arrived from Kennebunkportï¿½who objected to the slogan that the Texas Highway Department puts on the back of its regular signage: ï¿½Donï¿½t Mess With Texas!ï¿½ What it means is, ï¿½Donï¿½t Litter,ï¿½ but with a Texas flavor, you idiots! That one was shot down, and so far as I know those signs are still up. The ï¿½Friendship Stateï¿½ business didnï¿½t get anywhere either, thank the lord. Real Texans (like myself) pointed out to the damyankees (like George W. Bush ) that Texas is, always has been, and always will be ï¿½The Lone Star State.ï¿½ End of story. It doesnï¿½t take much to set me off on a search (or to write something on an obscure subject, like this), so I started looking through the license plates of other states. Made some interesting discoveries, which I will now share. There are a lot of Hallmark sentiments on plates these days: Arkan	Sheldon Cooper presents Fun With Flags: Questions and Comments \| American Flags Forum Sheldon Cooper presents Fun With Flags: Questions and Comments 1 2 Next > USAFlags Administrator Staff Member Got the vexillology bug from Big Bang Theory? Sheldon Cooper presents Fun with Flags is a great opportunity to learn about real flags. We've started this discussion thread for questions and comments that arise from the YouTube videos that Dr Sheldon Cooper is recording. Please join in with any questions or comments that you have about Fun With Flags! Some questions and quotes from the 1st episode: Whatâ€™s the only non-rectangular flag? What animal appears most on flags? What animal appears second most on flags? â€˜Flags. You gotta know how to hold â€˜em, you gotta know how to fold â€˜em.â€™ Possible episode titles for â€˜Fun with Flagsâ€™ Flags of our Fatherâ€™s Grandmothers A Flagment in Time Lord of the Flags: Name the Flagâ€™s Dictator Keep your Flags Close, and your Enemies Closer Make up your Mind Already: Flags of the Soviets 'Just like the flag over Fort Sumpter, I'm still here' The only 2 sided US state flag: Oregon. Parts of the flag: 'this edge of the flag is called the hoist' 'Why is there a face on that flag? Fedinand T Flag might bring in some younger viewers.' 'The flags of Liechtenstein and Haiti were identical by coincidence; a fact that wasnâ€™t discovered until they competed against each other at the 1936 Olympics.' Which country has not 1 but 2 cows on it's flag? The tiny, landlocked nation of Andorra. Shendon and Amy show off the Bavarian Flag with Crest (Greater Coat of Arms). Peter Ansoff USA Flag Site Admin The context of these items is that this week's episode of the TV show "The Big Bang Theory" featured a subplot in which the characters create YouTube videos about flag trivia. There is a preview here (for a while, anyway): A few comments on the references: Whatâ€™s the only non-rectangular flag? Actually, there are many non-rectangular flags. The best known are the national flag of Nepal and the state flag of Ohio. The naval ensigns of several Scandinavian nations are two- or three-part swallowtails. The "alpha" and "bravo" flags from the International Code of Signals are swallowtails also. What animal appears most on flags? What animal appears second most on flags? I suspect that eagles and lions are the most common animals on flags -- couldn't say offhand which is most common. 'The flags of Liechtenstein and Haiti were identical by coincidence; a fact that wasnâ€™t discovered until they competed against each other at the 1936 Olympics.' This is not a unique situation. The current flags of Romania and Chad are essentially the same, as are those of Monaco and Indonesia. Which country has not 1 but 2 cows on it's flag? The tiny, landlocked nation of Andorra. Better yet: which American state has 3 bears on its flag? ((A while back I received an inquiry from a magazine editor in Yukon, asking if theirs was the only flag that had a dog on it. Unfortunately, there are some Swiss subnational flags that also feature dogs.)) Shendon and Amy show off the Bavarian Flag with Crest (Greater Coat of Arms). Strictly speaking, a crest and a coat of arms are not the same thing. The crest is a device (often an animal or bird) above the wreath or helmet at the top of the heraldic achievement. The Bavarian arms do not actually have a crest. The term "coat of arms" itself seems to be used in two different senses: it can refer either to the central shield, or to the whole heraldic achievement, including the shield, mantling, supporters, crest, compartment, etc. I don't believe that the flag with the arms on it is an official Bavarian flag. The Bavarian government site: Bayerisches Landesportal: Coat of Arms and Flags states: The Free State of Bavaria has two official flags, one with stripes and one with rhombuses, of equal status. The striped flag consists of two equal horizontal stripes in the Bavarian colours, white on top, blue below. The rhomboid flag consists of at least 21 white and blue rhombuses including the i	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,607	Who took the lead vocals in the pop group Blur	That Time My Band Opened for Blur - The New Yorker That Time My Band Opened for Blur By November 28, 2015 Damon Albarn performing with the English pop group Blur, in Tokyo, in 1992.CreditPhotograph by Kevin Cummins / Getty Everyone who has been in a rock band has an outlier, that one gig where they glimpsed the rock-and-roll life in another dimension. This perspective shift is common because of the opening act. A friend of mine recently told me that her devoutly Mormon father had once, in his youth, opened for the Beach Boys in Portland, Oregon’s Memorial Coliseum, capacity thirteen thousand. His band, Aesop’s Fable, had previously only played small clubs. These glimpses always come from an elevation that is higher than one is used to, and they can be profound, even traumatic. Cameron Crowe made a whole movie out of such a glimpse, and his came as a journalist. My glimpse took place when my band opened for Blur, in 1992. I was the drummer. Our assets were a very talented singer-songwriter guitarist who had been in another band that was famous; a bassist with connections in the music business; and a morose lead guitarist whose mother was going to put us up at her house in Berkeley when we drove out to play the West Coast. Most of our high points took place on that one West Coast Tour, in 1990. We played the Paradise Lounge and The I-Beam in San Francisco. We played the Vogue in Seattle, and met a guy who agreed to do our T-shirts. He also did T-shirts for Nirvana , a fact we proceeded to mention at every opportunity (a habit that clearly persists). Then there was the Los Angeles conundrum: two opportunities on the same night. We had to choose between the legendary punk venue Al’s Bar or an industry showcase for a just-signed heavy-metal band that no one had ever heard of. We chose Al’s. The band we declined to open for was called Alice in Chains. Our opening for Blur, at the Marquee in New York, was a happy accident—our bassist, Jim Merlis, was the publicist at their American label. He had shepherded them through their first American tour a year earlier. When Blur arrived in America in 1992, the band members surprised him with a tour schedule that included our band on the bill at the Marquee. I loved the Marquee. It was a dank barn on West 21st Street, in the thick of what is now the gallery/ High Line district. At the time, the neighborhood’s only art outpost was the Dia Foundation. In 1991 I had worked there as a museum guard. One afternoon, while watching people peruse paintings by Brice Marden, the place began to rumble and shake. It took a moment to realize that this wasn’t a passing truck, it was some kind of music. Then, to my amazement, I recognized it as a Mudhoney song. I was going to see Mudhoney that very night. What were the odds that somebody would be blasting a Mudhoney song in Chelsea? Then I realized that the back of the Marquee, where the stage and the speakers are, abutted the back of the Dia building, with its hushed galleries. This was Mudhoney’s sound check. The concert that night was great, but the first seconds of that sound check, when their indecorous music rampaged through the hushed, cement-floored gallery, was one of the great rock experiences of my life. The Blur show was about a year later, when the country was in the midst of Nirvana fever. We were a couple of years away from “grunge” becoming so prevalent that Marc Jacobs would send models down a runway in silk shirts made to look like flannel, but the famous Sassy cover of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love had already run, and, in general, the incredible sea change in the culture had been effected—the fake was suddenly out, and real was suddenly in, at least in terms of music. One of the fake things that had been overturned was the absurd macho posturing of hair-metal bands. This is part of what made the brevity of the Nirvana moment so despairing—their sound was quickly co-opted by bands who resumed the macho-cock rock posturing of the hair-metal bands, but with different outfits. No amount of cardigans and songs called “Rape Me” could tu	Black Sabbath \| WikiHero \| Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Sabbath's vocalist, Ozzy Osbourne , is the only person who, counting Guitar Hero World Tour has appeared nine times in the series (in third place behind Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl , with 13 appearances - guest drummer in Queens of the Stone Age 's " No One Knows " and regular drummer in Nirvana 's " Heart-Shaped Box ", " Breed ", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium" and "About a Girl", and drumming for Them Crooked Vultures' "Scumbag Blues", aside from Foo Fighters' own songs " Monkey Wrench ", " All My Life ", " The Pretender ", " This is a Call ", " Everlong " and " No Way Back ", And Queens of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, with ten performances, which were lead guitar on "Demon Cleaner" by Kyuss, vocals and guitar on "Scumbag Blues" by Them Crooked Vultures, and the Queens of the Stone Age songs "No One Knows", "Little Sister", "Sick,Sick,Sick", "Make it wit Chu", "3's & 7's", "Mexicola", "Avon" and "How to Handle a Rope."); as the vocalist for " Iron Man ", " War Pigs " " Paranoid " and " Children of the Grave ",as a solo vocalist for " Bark at the Moon ", " I Don't Wanna Stop ", "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" and as a guest vocalist for " Paranoid (LIVE) " by Metallica. Along with Iron Maiden and Queens of the Stone Age, Black Sabbath is the one of the only bands which contributed to the series with four songs, beaten only by Foo Fighters with 5 tracks, not counting downloadable content, in which they are beaten by My Chemical Romance , Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age, each with nine songs. (Queens of the Stone Age have 4 additional downloadable tracks, and Foo Fighters have three). This also does not include songs that appear in games that are centered around the band that performed them. As a result of frequent line-up changes, vocalists from two other GH bands have come up to the plate to join Black Sabbath. The most notable of these is Ronnie James Dio (who was represented by " Holy Diver " in Rocks the 80s ), who originally came from Rainbow to sing for the band to fill the empty spot Ozzy had left in 1979 (bringing about the popular albums Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules). After quitting the band in 1982 to persue a solo career, he re-joined Sabbath in 1992 for the album Dehumanizer. He is currently touring with the Heaven and Hell line-up under the name Heaven and Hell . Ian Gillan of Deep Purple fame (whose songs " Smoke on the Water " and " Hush " were featured in the first game and the Xbox 360 version of the second game, respectively) also sang for Black Sabbath for the album Born Again in 1983. Incidentally, he had joined to fill Dio's spot in the band.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,608	Which industrialist born in Wirksworth in 1803 opened Matlock Hydro in 1853?	WIRKSWORTH-Parish Records 1608-1899-Old Photos WOOD - Wirksworth AD 1654 RIDGWAY - Wirksworth AD 1670 Also on the cards is written the motto: "Truth is great and will prevail" Across the bottom "John & Caroline Smedley, Riber Castle, Matlock, Derbyshire". An interesting story this one; John Smedley born 12 Jun 1803 in Wirksworth, married on 24 June 1847 a Vicar's daughter Caroline HARWARD . Smedley was a textile manufacturer at Lea Mills near Matlock. In 1847 they went to Switzerland for their honeymoon, where John became ill, and had to return to England. He went to the then new Ben Rhydding Hydro Establishment (opened 1844 in the East part of Ilkley, Yorkshire), and later to Cheltenham to take the waters, where apparently he was cured of his illness. Smedley returned to Matlock and went into partnership with Ralph Davies at Matlock Bank (see Census 1841 , 1851 , 1861 , 1871 , 1881 , and 1891 ) Eventually (about 1853) he set up his own Spa called "Smedley's Hydro" at Matlock, Derbyshire. (See photos: 118 , 119 , 151 , 182 , 193 , 197 , 201 , 216 and 232 ). This became a great success with hundreds of visitors a year, and was at its peak about the time of this photograph. (In 1867 he treated 2000 patients). John built Riber Castle in 1862 but did not live long to enjoy it, he died in 1874. His wife lived her life out there and died in 1892. Riber Castle appears in the following Census: 1871 , 1881 , 1891 , and 1901 . In the 1891 Census there were over 26 Hydros in Matlock, and the population of Matlock had grown from 4,000 to over 7,000. See also: Hydropathy, John Smedley and Matlock . In 1828 A Pedigree of the Smedleys was drawn up by Thomas Ince (a Wirksworth genealogist), when John Smedley was only 25, unmarried, and still unconnected with Hydropath, (Ince updated this Pedigree after 1847 when Smedley was better known). John Smedley is number 49 on the tree, Caroline number 50. CD users can see an image of the Manuscript on: Ince 029b In 1882 the Smedley's Memorial Hydropathic Hospital was opened, built by Caroline Smedley as a memorial to her husband who died in 1874. It was run by Annie Jackson , but today (2005) is a Youth Hostel, most convenient for the Derbyshire Record Office (which used to be Bank House Hydro, see: 1891 and 1901 Census.) Dates: Photo taken: c1867 Size: Source: Click on photo for enlargement (on CD only) Have any more information about this photo? Please e-mail the author on: Compiled, formatted, hyperlinked, encoded, and copyright © 2005, All Rights Reserved.	Matlock Derbyshire - Peak District. Derbyshire County town and a former Spa Local Attractions Matlock, the county town of Derbyshire, is a former spa town situated at a sharp bend in the River Derwent, where it turns south to carve its way through the ridge of limestone which bars its route towards Derby. Just downriver of the main town lies Matlock Bath, which is enclosed by the limestone cliffs of the gorge and contains the main tourist attractions of the locality. Matlock church at Matlock Town In many respects Matlock seems quite a new town, certainly when compared with Buxton or Bakewell for instance. The reason is that Matlock was an unimportant collection of small villages centred around the church until thermal springs were discovered in 1698. Even this did not lead to an immediate development of Matlock because the route down the Derwent was blocked by Willersley crags at Cromford, so the road to Matlock from the south arrived by a circuitous and hilly route. Matlock Bath This situation was remedied by the cutting of the road through Scarthin Nick near Cromford in 1818, though Matlock had already begun to gain a reputation as a rather select spa by then. The Victorian era saw the development of Matlock Bath as a fashionable resort and the construction by John Smedley in 1853 of the vast Hydro on the steep hill to the north of the river crossing at the centre of the town. This enormous hotel functioned as a spa until the 1950s, when it closed and was taken over by Derbyshire County Council as its headquarters. The coming of the railways in the 1870s transformed Matlock again, this time into a resort for day-trippers from the Derby-Nottingham area and further south. From then on Matlock spawned tourist attractions in the form of show caverns, cable railways, petrifying wells, pleasure gardens and even recently a theme park. The evidence of the change which came over the place can be seen best at Matlock Bath, where the amusement arcades along the main road provide a sharp contrast with the elegant Victorian villas above. Matlock Bath from High Tor The modern town is divided neatly into two: the main town radiating out from the river crossing opposite the railway station and Matlock Bath spread out along the gorge to the south. Whereas Matlock itself seems solid and Victorian with neat stone houses going in rows up the hill, the Bath has a more frivolous air. Overlooking it all is the gigantic folly that is Riber Castle, built in the 1860s by the same John Smedley who constructed the Hydro. The town has a full range of shops and facilities, however the principal hotels are both in the Bath - the New Bath Hotel is out on the road to Cromford opposite Wildcat crags and the Temple Hotel is on the hill below the Heights of Abraham. The Grand Pavilion at Matlock Bath is a pleasure palace built in 1910 alongside the River Derwent. It houses the Peak District Lead Mining Museum and has recently been purchased by the community after years of neglect. There are plans to refurbish it with a Heritage Lottery Fund grant as a theatre and venue. The tourist information centre is now at the Peak Rail shop on Matlock Station. The telephone number is 01335 343666.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,609	Gannymede is the largest moon, orbiting which of the planets?	Ganymede: Facts About Jupiter's Largest Moon Ganymede: Facts About Jupiter's Largest Moon By Kim Zimmermann \| June 15, 2016 10:53am ET MORE NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft snapped this color image of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest satellite in the solar system, on July 7, 1979 from a distance of 745,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers). Credit: NASA Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system. Larger than Mercury and Pluto, and only slightly smaller than Mars, it would easily be classified as a planet if were orbiting the sun rather than Jupiter. The moon likely has a salty ocean underneath its icy surface, making it a potential location for life. The European Space Agency plans a mission to Jupiter's icy moons that in 2030, is planned to arrive and put special emphasis on observing Ganymede. Facts about Ganymede Age: Ganymede is about 4.5 billion years old, about the same age as Jupiter . Distance from Jupiter: Ganymede is the seventh moon and third Galilean satellite outward from Jupiter, orbiting at about 665,000 miles (1.070 million kilometers). It takes Ganymede about seven Earth-days to orbit Jupiter. [ Photos of Ganymede, Jupiter's Largest Moon ] Size: Ganymede's mean radius is 1,635 miles (2,631.2 km). Although Ganymede is larger than Mercury it only has half its mass, classifying it as low density. Temperature: Daytime temperatures on the surface average minus 171 degrees Fahrenheit to minus 297 F, and night temperatures drop to -193C. In 1996, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope found evidence of a thin oxygen atmosphere. However, it is too thin to support life as we know it; it is unlikely that any living organisms inhabit Ganymede. Magnetosphere: Ganymede is the only satellite in the solar system to have a magnetosphere. Typically found in planets, including Earth and Jupiter, a magnetosphere is a comet-shaped region in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Ganymede's magnetosphere is entirely embedded within the magnetosphere of Jupiter. This montage compares New Horizons' best views of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, gathered with the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) and its infrared spectrometer, the Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA). Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Discovery and exploration of Ganymede Ganymede was discovered by Galileo Galilei on Jan. 7, 1610. The discovery, along with three other Jovian moons , was the first time a moon was discovered orbiting a planet other than Earth. Galileo's discovery eventually led to the understanding that planets orbit the sun, instead of our solar system revolving around Earth. Galileo called this moon Jupiter III. When the numerical naming system was abandoned in the mid-1800s, the moon was named after Ganymede, a Trojan prince in Greek mythology. Zeus, a counterpart of Jupiter in Roman mythology, carried Ganymede, who had taken the form of an eagle, to Olympus, where he became a cupbearer to the Olympian gods and one of Zeus' lovers. Several spacecraft have flown by Jupiter and its moons. Pioneer 10 arrived first, in 1973, followed by Pioneer 11 in 1974. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 returned striking photos during their flybys. The Galileo spacecraft passed as low as 162 miles (261 km) over the surfaces of the Galilean moons and produced detailed images. The European Space Agency plans a mission called JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) that would launch from Earth in 2022 for arrival at Jupiter in 2030. While the mission will look at three moons (Ganymede, Callisto and Europa), Ganymede will be the focus because it shows how icy worlds evolve and could be habitable in general, ESA said on its website. Scientists will try to figure out more about its ocean and icy crust, map its surface in detail, learn about the interior, probe the atmosphere and study the magnetic field. Ganymede sound and signal illustration Characteristics of Ganymede Ganymede has a core of metallic iron, which is followed by a layer of rock that is topp	Uranus' Moons are Named after Characters from Shakespeare Uranus’ Moons & Shakespeare Uranus’ moons are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. To date 27 moons have been discovered around Uranus, those named after characters from Shakespeare include Titania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Ariel (The Tempest), Miranda (The Tempest) and Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Titania and Oberon were discovered in 1787 by William Herschel, Ariel in 1851 by William Lassell, Miranda in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper and Puck was discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1985.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,610	What was the first name of 18th Century English poet Lord Byron?	Lord Byron Biography - life, family, death, wife, school, mother, son, book Lord Byron Biography Missolonghi, Greece English poet The English poet Lord Byron was one of the most important figures of the Romantic Movement (1785–1830; a period when English literature was full of virtuous heroes and themes of love and triumph). Because of his works, active life, and physical beauty he came to be considered the perfect image of the romantic poet-hero. His beginnings George Gordon Noel Byron, sixth Baron Byron, was born on January 22, 1788, into a family of fast-decaying nobility. Captain "Mad Jack" Byron was a "gold digger," marrying Catherine Gordon chiefly for her annual income. After spending most of her money and fathering George, he died in 1791. George was left with an unbalanced mother, the contempt of his aristocratic relatives for the poor widow and her son, and a birth defect necessitating that he walk on the balls and toes of his feet for the rest of his life. All this worked together to hurt the boy's pride and sensitivity. This created in him a need for self-assertion, which he soon sought to gratify in three main directions: love, poetry, and action. Despite the awkward way he walked and the numerous "remedies" that Byron suffered through, his boyhood was full of play and mischief. His favorite activities were riding and swimming, both sports where he was physically able. But he willingly played cricket, appointing a schoolmate to run for him. At eight years old he fell hopelessly in love with a cousin. At sixteen when he heard of her engagement he reportedly was physically ill. Though said by most of his peers and teachers to have been a genius, Byron was halfhearted in his schoolwork. But he read constantly. He had a strong appetite for information and a remarkable memory. Nevertheless his biography reports Byron as having been the ringleader of numerous school revolts. He spoke of his school friends as "passions." On the death of his granduncle in 1798, Byron inherited the title and estate. After four years at Harrow (1801–1805), he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became conscious for the first time of the difference between the high goals of idealism (romanticism) and the less important realities of experience. His quest for some genuine passion Lord Byron. among the frail women of his world accounts for the crowded catalog of his love affairs. Early works In 1807 Byron published his first book of poetry, Hours of Idleness. In the preface he apologized, "for obtruding [forcing] myself on the world, when, without doubt, I might be at my age, more usefully employed." The book was harshly criticized by the Edinburgh Review. Byron counterattacked in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), the first manifestation (sign) of a gift for satire (making fun of human weaknesses) and a sarcastic wit (making fun of someone or something in a harsh way by saying the opposite of what is meant), which singled him out among the major English romantics, and which he may have owed to his aristocratic outlook and his classical education. In 1809 a two-year trip to the Mediterranean countries provided material for the first two cantos (the main divisions of long poems) of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Their publication in 1812 earned Byron instant glory. They combined the more popular features of the late-eighteenth-century romanticism: colorful descriptions of exotic nature, disillusioned meditations on the vanity of earthly things, a lyrical exaltation of freedom, and above all, the new hero, handsome and lonely, yet strongly impassioned even for all of his weariness with life. Social life While his fame was spreading, Byron was busy shocking London high society. After his affairs wi	Passable Literature Trivia Quiz In which book would you find a Heffalump? Which detective had a landlady called Mrs. Hudson? Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? Which of Alexandre Dumas' 'Three Musketeers' real identity is Comte de la Fère? In which language did Vladimir Nabokov write Lolita? Which 1949 novel begins 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?' How many lines are there in a sonnet? Don Diego de la Vega is the secret identity of which hero? In which novel does an alien invasion commence in Woking, England? In the title of a Shakespeare play, who are Valentine and Proteus? In which George Bernard Shaw play are Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle central characters? Which fictional Count's real name is Edmond Dantès? What was the name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's novel? 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1,507,611	Which was the first Gilbert and Sullivan opera to have its premiere at the new Savoy Theatre?	Savoy Theatre London history Savoy Theatre History and Timeline The Savoy Theatre opens 1881-10-10 After a long period of planning, the theatre was built by Richard D'Oyly Carte, designed by C. J Phipps. The building was the first public building in the world to be lit entirely by electricity, and featured over 1,200 Swan lightbulbs. Decorated inside in the style of the Italian Renaissance, it seated 1,292 people on four levels. The Savoy Operas 1882-09-01 The first performance at the venue was Gilbert and Sullivan's opera 'Patience', beginning the trend for the theatre to premiere and host the works of G&S. The final 8 operas written by the pair premiered at the Savoy between 1881 and 1901 coining the phrase 'Savoy Operas' to describe their work. The venue also hosted operas by other companies such as the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Rupert D'Oyly Carte becomes manager 1915-01-01 After the death of Richard, his son Rupert took over as theatre manager after returning from serving in the navy in World War I. He brought updated versions of operas to audiences, as well as the popular adaptation of 'Treasure Island' which starred Arthur Bourchier as Long John Silver and was revived every Christmas until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. The theatre reopens 1929-10-21 The theatre was closed in Jun 1929 and the interior was restored to designs by Frank A Tugwell by Basil Ionides. The boxes were removed from the auditorium, and the seating reduced to just three levels, bringing the capacity back up to 1,200 seats. The first performance was 'The Gondoliers' which was attended by Lady Gilbert, the widow of the librettist. Gilbert and Sullivan seasons continued until 2003. Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit premieres 1941-01-01 Noel Coward's play 'Blithe Spirit' had its premiere at the Savoy Theatre, where it went on to become one of the longest running plays of its time, with 1, 997 consecutive performances. A Musical version of the play starring Denis Quilley and Cicely Courtneidge played at the theatre in 1964. Titled 'High Spirits', it was supervised by Coward, but didn't acheive the same level of success, playing for only 94 performances. The theatre reopens after fire and refurbishment 1993-07-19 During scheduled restoration of the theatre, a fire gutted the auditorium and front of house areas. Whilst the stage and backstage areas remained untouched, the rest of the theatre had to be fully restored. Sir William Whitfeld became the architect for the new building, restoring the three levels and seating capacity of 1,158 people. The restored venue quickly became an attractive West End theatre for a wide range of new productions. She Loves Me is Revived 1994-07-12 Jerry Bock's musical 'She Loves Me' was revived at the Savoy, following a sell out season on Broadway. Ruthie Henshall played Amalia Ballash, with John Gordon Sinclair as George Novak. The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company reform at the theatre 2000-01-01 The opera company reformed briefly to pay homage to the Savoy's original purpose as an opera house. Productions included 'H.M.S Pinafore', 'The Pirates of Penzance', 'Iolanthe' and 'The Mikado'. The Savoy becomes an Ambassador's Theatre 2005-01-01 The Savoy Hotel group was sold to Quinlan Private, who then sold the theatre to the Ambassadors Theatre Group in 2005. Trevor Nunn's Porgy and Bess opens 2006-11-09 The Gershwin's masterpiece opera was reborn as a musical by director Trevor Nunn. Clarke Peters and Nicola Hughes starred in the title roles, which failed to win the attention of either critics or audiences. Fiddler on the Roof is revived at the Savoy 2007-05-29 Lindsay Posner's revival of the classic Jerry Bock musical 'Fiddler on the Roof' transferred to the Savoy after a successful regional run in Sheffield. Henry Goodman starred as Tevye the milkman, alongside Julie Legrand as Yente and Alexandra Silber as Hodel. The production was successful and ran for a year. Carousel London Revival opens 2008-12-02 Lindsay Posner returned to the Savoy with the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'Carousel'. Adam Cooper pr	Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas \| Shows \| NYC \| Tams-WitmarkTams Witmark Gilbert & Sullivan Operettas The original D’Oyly Carte versions of beloved operettas by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan include these titles: H.M.S. PINAFORE H.M.S. PINAFORE (quarter-deck of HMS Pinafore off Portsmouth) High spirits prevail aboard HMS Pinafore as Little Buttercup distributes sweets and tobacco to the crew. Ralph Rackstraw’s mind, however, is on Josephine. He is in love with her even though she is socially unattainable. Unaware of his affection for her, Josephine is in love with Ralph but pride prevents her from revealing this because of his low station. Josephine, meanwhile, is sought in marriage by Sir Joseph Porter whose advances she refuses to acknowledge. Sir Joseph holds strong views about the treatment of sailors. He maintains that a British sailor is any man’s equal (excepting his own), and should always be treated with politeness without recourse to bad language or abuse. This inspires Ralph to declare his love to Josephine who soon forgets her price and confesses her true feelings to him. Plans are quickly made to smuggle the couple ashore that night to be married. The only crew member who is not happy at the news is Dick Deadeye. He betrays their intentions to the Captain and they are caught before they can leave the ship. Furious at Ralph’s actions, the Captain swears an oath at him which is, unfortunately, overheard by Sir Joseph. He is appalled at such an outburst and turns to Ralph for an explanation. Unfortunately, Ralph only makes matters worse by revealing that he is in love with Josephine. The situation is saved by Little Buttercup who intervenes to confess how, in her youth, she had fostered two babies from opposite ends of the social ladder. In the course of caring for them she had mixed them up. The baby from the poor background was Captain Corcoran and the other was Ralph. Upon hearing this, Sir Joseph immediately loses all interest in Josephine and gladly resigns her to Ralph, now Captain Rackstraw. IOLANTHE (An Arcadian Landscape/Palace Yard, Westminster; between 1700 and 1882) Twenty-five years after her banishment from Fairyland for marrying a mortal, a crime usually punishable by death, Iolanthe has been pardoned. She had a son by this illicit marriage, Strephon, who is, therefore, half mortal and half fairy. He is in love with Phyllis whom he is determined to marry. However, in order to do so he needs the consent of her guardian, the Lord Chancellor, who shows little enthusiasm for the idea of his ward marrying a mere shepherd. When Strephon turns to his mother for comfort, Phyllis misinterprets their intimacy (as a fairy Iolanthe has not physically aged beyond a certain point) and, believing him to be unfaithful, she renounces her love for him. Although he protests that Iolanthe is his mother, his claims are met with derision by Phyllis and the peers (who are unaware of his parentage) and even the intervention of the Queen of the Fairies cannot persuade them otherwise. Furious at their attitude, she declares that Strephon will enter Parliament and will work to overthrow all the privileges enjoyed by the nobility, a job at which Strephon is successful. However, he finds it no substitute for Phyllis and, with no further reason to conceal it, he reveals his fairy origins to her. This explains Iolanthe’s apparent youth and the couple become re-engaged. At Strephon’s request, Iolanthe puts their case to the Lord Chancellor, but has to disguise herself before doing so as, unbeknown to him, he is her mortal husband and she is forbidden to enlighten him under pain of death. Unfortunately, when he declares that he has decided to marry Phyllis himself, she is forced to reveal her true identity although this will mean forfeiting her life. However, when it emerges that the other fairies have committed the ultimate offence and married the peers (i.e. mortals), the Lord Chancellor suggests that the law be amended so that it is a crime for any fairy not to marry a mortal. The Queen happily selects a mortal fo	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,612	Whose career, from 1922 to 1946, included World Billiards Champion 4 times and World Snooker Champion 20 times?	Learn and talk about Fred Davis (snooker player), English players of English billiards, English snooker players, Officers of the Order of the British Empire, People from Chesterfield Early career[ edit ] Davis was originally a billiards player; he called billiards 'his first love' [3] and he won the British Boys Under 16 Billiards Championship in 1929. [4] He turned professional automatically under the rules of the Billiards Association and Control Council in 1929. [5] By the time that he was ready to play competitive billiards, the sport was in sharp decline, although he did beat Kingsley Kennerley to win the United Kingdom Professional Billiards Championship in 1951. [6] Davis remarked that once snooker had come to the fore he assumed that he would never play another billiards match. [7] Forced to concentrate on snooker, he first played in the World Snooker Championship in 1937 but lost 17–14 to Welshman Bill Withers in the first round, a defeat that Davis put down to ignoring his worsening eyesight. [8] His brother Joe considered this defeat an affront to the family honour and hammered Withers 30–1 in the very next round. Joe's fury with his brother's performance persuaded Fred to consult an optician who devised a pair of spectacles with swivel lens joints. [9] He reached the semi-finals in 1938 and 1939 and lost only 37–36 to Joe Davis in the 1940 final (although the winning margin was reached at 37–35 as 'dead' frames were still played out). [10] This was the only time they met in the World Championship final. A short clip of the match and a mention of Fred's impending World War II service is recorded in a Pathé news clip. [11] Davis in fact was called up on 20 July 1940, only five days after his marriage to Sheila. [12] Post-war career[ edit ] He was the younger brother (by twelve years) of Joe Davis, who dominated snooker from 1927 to 1946; they are no relation to later champion Steve Davis . Joe retired from the World Snooker Championship after his 1946 victory, leaving the way open for Fred to win three times, in 1948, 1949 and 1951. Fred would go on to have the distinction of being the only player to beat Joe on level terms (albeit outside of the world championship as Joe retired from championship play in 1947), a feat he achieved four times between 1948 and 1954. [13] Such victories were especially sweet as Joe had told Fred that he would never beat him. [14] Following a disagreement between some of the players and the governing body, Davis played in an alternative tournament—the World Professional Match-play Championship —which he won on five consecutive occasions from 1952 to 1956. Between 1947 and 1954 Fred's great rival was Walter Donaldson , and they met in eight consecutive finals. Donaldson's 1947 victory over Davis by 82–63 was a huge shock and Davis put down his defeat to a mixture of over-confidence and Donaldson's solid practice regime ahead of the championship which gave him a huge edge in his long potting. [15] Snooker remained a huge attraction at this time, and crowds filled Blackpool Tower Circus to see Davis beat Donaldson 84–61 in the 1948 final and 80–65 in the 1949 final. However times were changing, and from 1950 matches became shorter. Donaldson beat Davis for the last time to win the 1950 title, 51–46. When Davis won the 1954 event with a 39–21 victory over Donaldson, it was clear there was a decline in interest as only five players entered the championship; Donaldson then retired. [16] After defeating John Pulman in two close finals in 1955 and 1956, Davis chose not to play in the 1957 Championship—held in Jersey and, for financial reasons, featuring just four entrants—thus leaving the path clear for his rival Pulman. [17] After the war Davis and his wife had invested in a hotel in Llandudno , and this gave them some financial security away from snooker. This proved a wise move; by the early 1960s Davis was playing exhibitions in aid of cancer charities, but soon even this limited amount of snooker activity dried up. Following tours of Canada and Australia (where he won an international	Ronnie O'Sullivan Best Snooker Shots NEW 2013 - YouTube Ronnie O'Sullivan Best Snooker Shots NEW 2013 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. Please try again later. Published on Jun 16, 2013 Download Now for Free from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... . Ronnie O'Sullivan Best Snooker Shots Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style, and is nicknamed "The Rocket". He is the reigning World Snooker Champion and has been World Champion on four occasions (2001, 2004, 2008 and 2012) and, with career earnings of over £6 million is second, after Stephen Hendry, on snooker's all-time prize-money list. He has been the world's no. 1 player on five occasions, and has won a total of 24 ranking titles. O'Sullivan's achievements also include four Masters and four UK Championship titles. He also won the Nations Cup with England in 2000. He is second, again behind Hendry, on the list of players making the most competitive century breaks, with a total of 678.O'Sullivan has compiled 11 maximum breaks in professional competition, a record which he shares with Hendry. He also holds the record for the fastest maximum break at 5 minutes 20 seconds, which he compiled at the 1997 World Championship. He is considered by many to be the most naturally talented player in the history of the sport, with some labelling him a 'genius'. Several of his peers regard him as the greatest player ever, although a temperamental streak sometimes leads to a lack of confidence or interest, and he has performed inconsistently throughout his controversial career thus far, with observers noting the 'two Ronnies' aspect of his character. According to Stephen Hendry after his defeat at the 2008 World Championship, "O'Sullivan is the best player in the world by a country mile". O'Sullivan is one of the most popular players on the circuit and is noted for being a 'showman'. He is perhaps the biggest draw in the game today, and has helped improve the image of snooker to the general public. O'Sullivan himself has stated his desire for entertaining the watching public, and has said that slow, gritty games put viewers off. He has often been compared to Alex Higgins and Jimmy White, because of both his natural talent and popularity. O'Sullivan has compiled 678 competitive centuries during his career, second only to Hendry. Category	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,613	Who played the title character in the 1937 comedy film Oh, Mr Porter!?	Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) - 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 \| Comedy \| 3 January 1938 (UK) With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners. Director: a list of 25 titles created 08 Jul 2011 a list of 40 titles created 15 Jul 2013 a list of 25 titles created 17 Oct 2013 a list of 30 titles created 22 Feb 2014 a list of 44 titles created 10 months ago Title: Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing. Director: Marcel Varnel A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a ... See full summary » Director: Marcel Varnel Will Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his (to be ) famous schoolmaster role, in a story... See full summary » Director: William Beaudine Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal ... See full summary » Director: Marcel Varnel A schoolteacher and his pupils visit Paris where they outwit a gang of crooks. Director: Marcel Varnel A bumbling teacher (Will Hay) conveniently turns out to be the double of a German general. In the true spirit of wartime propoganda high jinks, he is flown into Germany to impersonate the ... See full summary » Directors: Basil Dearden, Will Hay Stars: Will Hay, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Croft In this British comedy, a professor travels up river in Africa to open schools. But his new pupils are not receptive and when the commander of the local base succumbs to malaria, he takes ... See full summary » Director: Marcel Varnel An incompetent solicitor unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery. Director: William Beaudine Hijinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches. Director: Walter Forde Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into ... See full summary » Director: William Beaudine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end. This black ... See full summary » Directors: Basil Dearden, Will Hay Stars: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns A hapless fire crew are given the ultimatum: put out a fire successfully or else be sacked. They fail miserably, and their ancient fire engine is stolen by criminals attempting to steal the... See full summary » Director: Marcel Varnel Edit Storyline Through the influence of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster the sleepy Irish station of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners. Written by D.Giddings <darren.giddings@newcastle.ac.uk> 3 January 1938 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Mono (British Acoustic Film Full Range Recording System) Color: Did You Know? Trivia The railway going through Buggleskelly was actually the o	High Society - A sumptuous "feel-good" musical High Society (1956) Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra 'High Society' is a musical comedy film made in 1956, directed by Charles Walters and starring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly. It is a musical adaptation of the classic 1940 movie, 'The Philadelphia Story', which in its turn, was adapted from the Broadway play 'The Philadelphia Story' by Philip Barry. 'High Society' received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Song, "True Love", and Best Music Score, and although it was compared unfavorably with its 1940 predecessor, it became one of the highest grossing films of 1956. Search Amazon for 'High Society' The movie is unusual for a musical in that there are no real dancing scenes, but there are some marvellous songs by Cole Porter, including "True Love", sung by Crosby and Grace Kelly, ""Well, Did you Evah" sung inimitably by Crosby and Sinatra, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" by Sinatra and Celeste Holm, and a wonderful duet between Crosby and Louis Armstrong, "Now You Has Jazz". Unlike her co-stars, Grace Kelly was not a singer and "True Love" was written to accommodate her narrow vocal range. The song lost its Oscar to Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera" which became a massive chart hit in 1956. Plot The plot is essentially the same as in the earlier film although the action now takes place in Newport, Rhode Island, rather than Philadelphia, which gives an excellent excuse for Louis Armstrong to appear at the Newport Jazz Festival. The action revolves around a society wedding between the beautiful Tracy Lord (Grace Kelly) and the rich but dull George Kitteridge (John Lund). Tension builds with the arrival of Tracy's ex-husband, Dexter Haven (Bing Crosby) who still loves her and wants to win her back. Complications ensue when two journalists from 'Spy' Magazine, Mike Connor (Frank Sinatra) and Liz Imbrie (Celeste Holm) arrive to cover the story. Cast As with its 1940 predecessor the movie has an all star cast, but angled to the musical rather than pure acting. Either Bing Crosby or Frank Sinatra on their own would virtually guarantee a film's success. Putting them together was a rare event and it made the film a surefire hit. Their duet, "Well, Did You Evah" is one of the highlights of the movie. They are both full of charm and charisma to their fingertips and they contrast and complement each other well. Crosby is as effortless as ever in his delivery, and Sinatra in particular is in fine acting and singing form. Grace Kelly, too, performs her role well in her last film before becoming Princess of Monaco. She is stunningly beautiful, and is brilliant when she drunkenly sings 'You're Sensational'. Celeste Holm performs the difficult role of "the other star" extremely capably, at least as well as Ruth Hussey in the original. Summary Of course its very easy to constantly compare 'High Society' unfavorably with its brilliant 1940 original. The cast of 'The Philadelphia Story' was incomparably good and at the top of their game. The whole point of 'High Society' is that it is a musical, not a dramatic comedy. And as a musical it excels. A wonderful cast, fantastic music and a good script. It does not get much better than this. Main Cast	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,614	Of the 8 Summer Olympics between 1896 and 1952 inclusive, how many were held outside of Europe?	Olympic Games Summer and Winter Locations and History of the Games Olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games Olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games Olympic History The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and though there were important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in ancient times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the most prestigious. The games were held every four years during August and September and the word "Olympiad", which referred to the four year intervals between competitions, was commonly used to measure time. The first documented Olympic champion was a man named Coroebus, a cook from Elis who won the sprint race in 776 BC. Historians believe that the games had already existed for at least 500 years prior to that date. The Olympic Games originally featured only one event: a race called the "stade", equal to a distance of about 210 yards. By 728 BC two additional races had been added, comparable to the 400 meter and 1,500 meter races of the modern games. The Olympics came to include wrestling, boxing and the pentathlon, as well as specialized events for soldiers and heralds. It was only in 472 BC that the events were spread out over a period of four to five days, previously they had all taken place on a single day. Participation in the Olympic Games was originally limited to free born Greeks, but as Greek civilization was spread by the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Games drew entrants from as far away as Antioch, Sidon and Alexandria. While the only official prize was a wreath or garland, successful athletes were supported by the governments of their cities and devoted much time to training. Most of the competitors were, in fact, professionals. After the Roman conquest of Greece in the second century BC, the Olympic Games suffered a decline in popularity and importance, but the Games persisted until AD 393, when the Roman emperor Theodosius I ordered their abolition. The idea of reviving the Olympic Games originated with Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a 29 year old French aristocrat who first publicly raised the issue in 1892. At a conference on international sport held in Paris in 1894, Coubertin managed to convince delegates from 49 organizations representing nine countries to vote in favor of an Olympic revival. His chief allies in this effort were Dimitrios Vikelas of Greece and Professor William M. Sloane of the United States. The organizers had planned the first modern Olympics for 1900 in Paris, but later decided to move the date forward to 1896 and to change the venue to Athens, though the local government of the Greek capital was initially hostile to the idea. Coubertin and his colleagues of the newly formed International Olympic Committee eventually prevailed, and the first Olympic Games of the modern era were inaugurated by the King of Greece in the first week of April 1896. The Games of 1896, 1900 and 1904 were loosely organized and did not feature national teams produced by rigorous selection. The 1908 Games, held in London in a newly built 66,000 seat stadium, were the first where the events were organized by the relevant authorities in each athletic discipline. More than 2,000 athletes from 22 nations competed in 100 events. The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm drew more then 2,500 competitors from 28countries and featured the first women's swimming events. No Games were held in 1916 due to World War I, but the Games enjoyed strong growth after the war, with 44 nations participating in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. At the1928 Games in Amsterdam there were more than 290 women among the 3,000athletes, more than double the number that took part in 1924. The Olympic Games were suspended again for 12 years because of World War II, resuming in 1948 in London. The post-war era saw steady growth in the number of countries and athletes competing and a dramatic increase in women's events. Politics began to intrude on the Games in a serious way at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, where Palestinian terrorists att	1996 Atlanta Summer Games \| Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 1996 Atlanta Summer Games Host City: Atlanta, United States (July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996) Opening Ceremony: July 19, 1996 (opened by President Bill Clinton) Lighter of the Olympic Flame: Muhammad Ali Taker of the Olympic Oath: Teresa Edwards (athlete) Closing Ceremony: August 4, 1996 Events: 271 in 31 sports Participants: 10,342 (6,819 men and 3,520 women) from 197 countries Youngest Participant: Hem Reaksmey (12 years, 320 days) Oldest Participant: José Artecona (63 years, 350 days) Most Medals (Athlete): United States (101 medals) Overview In September 1994, the IOC celebrated the 100th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Olympic Games at the Centennial Olympic Congress in Paris. It was but a prelude to the 1996 Olympic Games, which were called the Centennial Olympic Games, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Ist Games of the Modern Olympiad. » Click to show/hide rest of overview The Games were held in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States, and that decision had been made in September 1990. It was a highly controversial decision, as the favorite seemed to be Athens, which had hosted the [1896 Olympics]. Athens had not been an Olympic host since [1906], or officially 1896, and the Greeks seemed to feel that the 1996 Olympics belonged to them as a birthright. When they lost the bid, the Greeks were irate, feeling that the Games had been stolen from them. They accused Atlanta and The Coca-Cola Company, a major international corporation based in Atlanta that has been a significant commercial sponsor of the Olympic Games, of buying the Olympics. The Greeks actually briefly considered boycotting the Centennial Olympic Games, and even refused to allow Atlanta to use the Olympic Flame, which is always lit at Olympia, Greece, for the torch relay. But IOC President [Juan Antonio Samaranch] and the IOC were able to assuage the Greeks and eventually neither of these events came to pass. The Games were returning to the United States after only 12 years, with the [1984 Olympic Games] having been held in Los Angeles. But the 1996 Olympics were a chance for Atlanta to demonstrate itself as a major international city. Atlanta had problems however. The city became inundated with vendors and salespeople selling Olympic-related merchandise and attempting to make a fast buck off the Olympics. The atmosphere was somewhat unsavory and definitely commercialized and the Olympic Movement did not appreciate it, feeling that Atlanta had gone overboard in this regard. The major problem that occurred at the 1996 Olympics came on Saturday, 27 July, shortly after midnight, when a bomb exploded in the Centennial Olympic Park, where many spectators and fans congregated and partied through the night. The bomb killed two people and injured several more. Through 2002, the perpetrator of the blast has not been found. By now, the new world order was fully established with many of the former Soviet Republics competing independently for the first time. Germany again competed as a single nation, having absorbed the great German Democratic Republic athletic programs under the flag of the combined state. For the first time ever, all IOC member nations competed at the Olympics, with 197 nations competing. The biggest medal winner at Atlanta was American swimmer [Amy Van Dyken], who won four gold medals. She was challenged in the pool by the Irish swimmer [Michelle Smith], who won three gold medals, but was dogged by rumors of drug use because her times in 1996 had improved dramatically, and also because her husband, former Dutch discus thrower, [Erik de Bruin], had once been suspended for drug use. There were several apparent drug disqualifications in Atlanta, but most of them were for the controversial drug, bromantan. The drug was a combined amphetamine/anabolic steroid but it had only recently been placed on the banned list. Because of this, the Court of Arbitration for Sport lifted the disqualifications for bromantan. In track & field athletics, [Michael Johnson	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,615	"Who is accredited with saying ""I cannot forecast the actions of Russia, it is a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma""?"	'A riddle wrapped up in an enigma' - the meaning and origin of this phrase Famous Last Words Browse phrases beginning with: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma more like this... A puzzle - difficult to solve. Origin A form of Winston Churchill's quotation, made in a radio broadcast in October 1939: "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest."	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 Ebola outbreak started in which African country? Guinea (Dec 2013) Where would you find Connexus and Versatile? On TV program The Apprentice (Teams names in the current TV series) Q5 Which actor has appeared as James Bond in exactly 2 official Bond films? Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to kill) Q6 According to Collins English Dictionary what has been chosen as the word of the year 2015? Binge-watch Q7 What is the tag line of the upcoming Star Wars film episode 7 of the series? The Force Awakens Who replaced Nick Hewer in the TV program The Apprentice? Claude Littner Q9 Which RAF base was in the news in October, owing to the arrival of ~140 migrants by boat? RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) Q10 There is one remaining hovercraft service operating in the UK, from which city does it operate? Portsmouth (Southsea -> Ryde on the Isle of Wight) Q11 Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe has been in the news recently, as the CEO of which company? Talk Talk Q12 Which British airline is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, flying its inaugural flight on November 10th 1995? EasyJet The Schengen Treaty takes its name from a village in which country? Luxembourg MP can stand for two things on an ordnance survey Map, name either? Mile Post or Mooring Post Q15 On a marine map what does HWM stand for? High Water Mark Which country is to host the next Winter Olympics in 2018? South Korea Who did Seb Coe succeed as head of the IAAF? Lamine Diack What is the third largest object in the solar system? Saturn (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn) Which man made object is furthest from Earth? Voyager 1 (allow Voyager) Q20 For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar? From Here to Eternity Which current world leader is sometimes known as Bibi? Benjamin Netanyahu Q22 Who has been recently sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister after winning a surprise majority? Justin Trudeau What is the longest motorway in the UK? M6 What is the longest A road in the UK? A1 Who is the shadow chancellor? John McDonnell Which building was built in 1093 to house the shrine of St Cuthbert? Durham Cathedral In which building would you find the famous Cosmati Pavement? Westminster Cathedral Who hosts 'Modern Life is Goodish'? Dave Gorman Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics? Namibia Who hosts 'As yet untitled'? Alan Davies Who will be the new host of QI succeeding Stephen Fry? Sandi Toksvig What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female? Hermaphrodite With which artistic medium would you associate Ansel Adams? Photography Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex? Winchester Which group recorded the track 'Unfinished Symphony'? Massive Attack Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'? Fenn Street Q37 80s band Heaven 17 got their name from a well-known novel originally published in 1962. Name it? A Clockwork Orange - (by Anthony Burgess) Q38 Steely Dan got their name from which notorious novel originally published in 1959? The Naked Lunch (by William Burroughs) Q39 Wladimir Klitschko is a champion boxer from which country? Ukraine The 'Rockhampton Rocket' was a nickname given to which famous sportsman? Rod Laver Which British astronaut is going to the international space station in December? Tim Peake How many cantons make up Switzerland? 26 (accept 25 to 27) Q43 Which city was the imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo? Kyoto Saloth Sar born 19 May 1925 is better known by what name? Pol Pot What was discovered in 1799 by Pierre-François Bouchard a Napoleonic soldier? The Rosetta Stone 'I told you I was ill' are the words carved into whose gravestone? Spike Milligan Q47 What did Newcastle chemist William Owen invent in 1927 for those	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,616	Name the Sony Playstation new handheld gaming model launched in Europe in 2012?	Sony PlayStation Vita (Latest Model)- Launch Bundle Black Handheld System (Wi-Fi + 3G - AT&T) \| eBay Sony PlayStation Vita (Latest Model)- Launch Bundle Black Handheld System (Wi-Fi + 3G - AT&T) 4.8average based on 50 product ratings 5 Trending price is based on prices over last 90 days. Type:Handheld System Condition Used An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. Sold by richmond-best-pawn ( 2272 )99.9% Positive Feedback Delivery Est. Jan 24 - Jan 31From Richmond, Indiana Returns 30 days money back or replacement Buyer pays return shipping All listings for this product Any Condition Compare products others also viewed THIS PRODUCT Sony PlayStation Vita (Latest Model)- Launch Bundle Black Handheld System (Wi-Fi + 3G - AT&T) TRENDING PRICE Product Description Product Description In the past, to enjoy pristine graphics and the hottest titles, you had to stick to your home video game console. However, thanks to the PlayStation Vita, you can have it all, on the go. Lush graphics, vibrant colors, and an array of more than 1,000 games in every genre imaginable make this one of the premier handheld gaming systems ever. With a powerful main processor and an independent graphics processor, the non-stop action is liquid-smooth. You can enjoy PS Vita exclusives like Persona 4 Golden and Uncharted: Abyss, as well as countless PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 games streamed directly from your PS4 console or from Sony's PS Now. With dual analog controllers and a sleek design created for gaming comfort, you are in for a real treat. Do not forget to visit the PlayStation Store for new movies and TV shows as well. Product Identifiers ARM Cortex - A9 core (4 core) Graphic Product Features Transform your world With front and rear cameras, you can turn kitchen counters into a fight ring or office boardrooms into a battlefield. Augmented Reality (AR) technology for PlayStation Vita brings your physical world into the PlayStation world. Interact with the world Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities pinpoint the location of nearby opponents, send friends on treasure hunts, and keep the world updated on your rank. Non-stop action Literally. Keep the intensity up at home or on the go. With Wi-Fi or 3G connectivity, you can pick up games right where you left off, even from your PS3 system. Input Features Multi touch pad (capacitive type) Country Region by jonny_gunnz May 02, 2012 Fell in love with it, cant wait for some more games to come out!! PRO's: for a handheld, this thing rocks! just like having a ps3 on the go. love the graphics. the xmb is faster to navigate with the touch screen. while in game the touch screen enables the developers to add additional buttons along the sides of the screen closest to your thumbs for easy access. I find that to be quite innovating. CON's: not enough games(no worries though there will be more to come). felt the touch screen isn't as a responsive all the time. you need to tap the screen a number of times. i can see this being a problem in some online competitive games. memory cards cost half what the systems worth. analog sticks are going to need some getting used too. over- all, give it some time but i feel like this system is going to be something worth investing in by lidam.us.mz37yz... Mar 15, 2016 Pspvita For the most part the system does what I need it to. I am guessing that the hardware was just a bit old so the builtin WiFi is spotty, and the memory card has gone out once already. Still I can play my games Verified purchase: Yes \| Condition: Pre-owned by lkh_cerebellum Jul 11, 2013 I love psvita for its graphics, sound, and compatibility with PS3. Mine has a $40 sticker instead of a $55 sticker. It includes a 8GB memory card so that I can use psvita immediately out of the box. If I sign up for 3G from AT&T, I will get a free download game. The psvita has already frozen	Arcade – I Grew Up In Home Games Arcade Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan on May 22, 1980 and is often credited with being a landmark in video game history, and is among the most famous arcade games of all time. It is also one of the highest-grossing video games of all time, having generated more than US$2.5 billion in quarters by the 1990s. Duck Hunt is a video game developed and published by Nintendo, and was released in 1984 in Japan in which players use the NES Zapper to shoot ducks on screen for points. The ducks appear one or two at a time, and the player is given three shots to shoot them down. Space Invaders is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978 and is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible. Following its release, the game caused a temporary shortage of 100-yen coins in Japan and grossed US$2 billion worldwide by 1982. Simon is an electronic game of memory skill invented by Ralph H. Baer and Howard J. Morrison, with software programming by Lenny Cope, and manufactured and distributed by Milton Bradley. Simon was launched in 1978 at Studio 54 in New York City. Moon Patrol is an arcade game where the player controls a moon buggy, viewing it from the side, that travels over the moon’s surface. While driving it, obstacles such as craters and mines must be avoided. The buggy is also attacked by UFOs from above and tanks on the ground. Moon Patrol was one of the earliest side-scrolling shooters and is credited for the introduction of parallax scrolling in side-scrolling video games. Donkey Kong is a single-screen platform/action puzzle types, featuring Donkey Kong as the antagonist against Mario in an industrial construction setting. The original Donkey Kong game was the first appearance of Mario, Nintendo’s flagship character, pre-dating the well-known Super Mario Bros. by four years. Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally designed and programmed in the Soviet Union. Pajitnov derived its name from the Greek numerical prefix tetra- (all of the game’s pieces contain four segments) and tennis, Pajitnov’s favorite sport. Asteroids is a video game. On April 6, 2010, John McAllister set a preliminary record score of 41,338,740 after 58 hours, streamed live over the Internet, breaking the record set by Scott Safran (of Cherry Hill, New Jersey) 27 years earlier. Can you beat his high score? 80’s Movie Word Search is an adaption of a word search puzzle. The first published word search was created by Norman E. Gibat in the Selenby Digest on March 1, 1968 in Norman, Oklahoma. Battleship is a guessing game for two players. It is known worldwide as a pencil and paper game which predates World War I. It was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1943 as the pad-and-pencil game “Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy”, and as a board game in 1967. James Bond Puzzle is a timed puzzle game. The James Bond film series is a British series of spy films based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond (“007”), who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. Earlier films were based on Fleming’s novels and short stories, followed later by films with original storylines. It is the longest continually-running film series in history, having been in ongoing production from 1962 to the present. Snowball Fight is a first person shooter game where you throw snowballs at neighborhood bullies in your backyard. Pixie Catcher is a flash game. Click on a pixie to catch it, and then drop it in the jar. Approach the pixies carefully or they’ll escape. Catch as many pixies as you can before dawn breaks!	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,617	Who was the lead singer in the US rock and roll group The Teenagers, who died in February 1968, aged 25?	Frankie Lymon - MusicBrainz Frankie Lymon Goody Goody 1 Showing official release groups by this artist. Show all release groups instead , or show various artists release groups . Artist information	Dad's Army \| Music from the television series on CD and download 1. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? Bud Flanagan 2. BLUE SKIES ARE 'ROUND THE CORNER Jack Hylton and his Orchestra 3. THE KING IS STILL IN LONDON Billy Cotton and his Band 4. TIGGERTY BOO Joe Loss and his Orchestra 5. KEEP YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL Harry Roy and his Orchestra 6. IT'S A HAP-HAP-HAPPY DAY Arthur Askey, with Orchestra 7. LET THE PEOPLE SING Geraldo and his Orchestra. Vocal by Evelyn Lane 8. CALLING ALL WORKERS Eric Coates and Orchestra 9. I'VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Jack Cooper 10. FOOLS RUSH IN Carroll Gibbons and his Orchestra. Vocal by Anne Lenner 11. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Sam Browne 12. RUN RABBIT RUN Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Jack Cooper 13. WISH ME LUCK (AS YOU WAVE ME GOODBYE) Gracie Fields 14. THE TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC Henry Hall and his Orchestra, with Chorus 15. THE DEVIL'S GALOP Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra 16. LORDS OF THE AIR Harold Williams and Orchestra 17. ADOLF Billy Cotton and his Band 18. I CAME, I SAW, I CONGA'D Nat Gonella and his New Georgians 19. FOLLOW THE WHITE LINE Arthur Riscoe and Orchestra 20. WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK Billy Cotton and his Band 21. HEY LITTLE HEN Bunny Doyle with Orchestra 22. WHEN THEY SOUND THE LAST 'ALL CLEAR' Vera Lynn with Mantovani's Orchestra 23. BLESS 'EM ALL Billy Cotton and his Band 24. THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND Jack Payne and his Orchestra. Vocal by Robert Ashley 25. FURIOSO No. 1 The Crawford Light Orchestra 26. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? (MARCH) Performed by the Grand Massed Bands Sleevenote: The immortal BBC television comedy series Dad's Army ran for over 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977, as well as spawning a feature film, a radio series and a West End musical. Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, it established Captain Mainwaring, Segeant Wilson, Corporal Jones and Privates Pike, Godfrey, Walker and Frazer as comedy legends, spawning half a dozen deathless catchphrases such as "Don't panic!" and "Stupid boy". In addition to drawing on his own experience as a youthful Home Guard in Barnes and Watford between 1940-1943 (reflected in the character of Pike), Jimmy Perry elected to use period music rather than library material, which is often somewhat sterile. This decision was also influenced by budgetary restrictions at the BBC - and thank goodness, since the use of nostalgic vintage recordings added immeasurably to the success and popularity of the show. A BBC survey as early as 1968 confirmed that "attention to detail and the inclusion of excerpts from wartime songs add greatly to the atmosphere of authenticity." On this popular CD you will hear many of the best songs featured in the nine series filmed, as well as rare incidental music, and the immortal theme written by Jimmy Perry, and sung by Bud Flanagan. Said Jimmy Perry: "It didn't take me long to write Mr Hitler. I often tell people that I just put together a lot of wartime songs. This isn't quite true, but once I had decided on my theme - the brave defiance of the British people against one of the most evil forces the world has known - the words seemed to come quite easily. I sorted out the melody and then I contacted Derek Taverner to put the whole thing together for me." The song (together with the end title version, performed by the Band of the Coldstream Guards) was recorded at BBC Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, in February 1968. Of Bud Flanagan, David Croft recalled: "We were very lucky to get him. It turned out he'd never recorded a song that he hadn't actually sung before. In the end that signature tune was an accumulation of about eight takes pieced together." Three months later Flanagan died, and a great music hall legend passed into the hall of fame. In 1970 the song won a richly deserved Ivor Novello award for best signature tune. Annotated tracklist: 1. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? Performed by Bud Flanagan. Written by Jimmy Perry and Derek Taverner. Published by Veronica Music Ltd. O	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,618	In which Shakespeare play is Miranda the fifteen year old daughter of Prospero?	Miranda - Baby Girl Name Meaning and Origin \| Oh Baby! Names Miranda Sensitive Etymology & Historical Origin - Miranda As was the case with Olivia, the name Miranda was first coined by the literary giant William Shakespeare. The name first appeared in his 1611 work “The Tempest” as the heroine of the play. Shakespeare invented the name from the Latin adjective “mirandus” which means ‘admirable, lovely’ from the verb “mirari” meaning ‘to wonder at or admire.’ He knew what he was doing. Miranda in The Tempest is an admirable character indeed (if even a bit inexperienced, naïve and innocent). See below for more information on this literary character. People of English-speaking nations can thank the Bard for introducing the female given name Miranda into the English lexicon. Popularity of the Name Miranda Miranda has had a somewhat interesting ride along the U.S. popularity charts. The name was in use around the turn of the 20th century more than 100 years ago; however, by 1893 Miranda completely disappeared from the American consciousness for over 60 years. In 1957 the name reemerged from hibernation and flopped around the charts until the mid-1970s when she starts to see some significant movement in popularity. By the 1990s, the name achieves a position on the Top 100 list of most-favored girls’ names in the United States. Miranda holds a spot on the Top 100 all through the 1990s but finally slips off in the year 2000. Since the turn of this century, Miranda’s usage has been in decline although she has shown small signs of reversal in the past couple of years. This may be due to the popularity of the teen star Miranda Cosgrove and/or the country-music star Miranda Lambert. Whatever the direction Miranda takes on the charts doesn’t really matter. The name has a certain uniqueness and character that begs admiration. Popularity of the Girl Name Miranda You need Adobe Flash Player 6 (or above) to view the charts. It is a free and lightweight installation from Adobe.com. Please click here to install the same. Cultural References to the Baby Name - Miranda Literary Characters of the Baby Name Miranda Miranda (The Tempest) Miranda is the beautiful, innocent, fifteen year old daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest, probably written around 1611. She and her father, a magician and a dethroned duke, have been living in exile on an island. The duke’s brother and his party are passing the island and Prospero, having divined this fact, throws a storm into the works, causing a shipwreck. When Miranda first sees Ferdinand, the Prince of Naples, she immediately falls in love with him. Well, he is, after all, the first young man she has seen in twelve years. Ferdinand, for his part, finds Miranda to be perfection itself. Miranda is a very obedient daughter, but in the matter of love she is able to stand up to her domineering father, and she openly and boldly declares her love for Ferdinand. When all is said and done (and in Shakespeare, much is said and done), it is the union of Miranda and Ferdinand that directly leads to the reinstallation of the Duke to his rightful reign, and everyone goes back home to live happily ever after. Not bad work for a teenage and a girl, at that. Miranda Priestly (The Devil Wears Prada) Miranda Priestly is the Boss from Hades in Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 best seller, The Devil Wears Prada, and it is all but impossible not to see her exactly as the marvelous Meryl Streep played her in the movie of the same name. Miranda Priestly is editor-in-chief of Runway, a high style fashion magazine (read Anna Wintour at Vogue). She is as chic and stylish as her magazine an over-the-top arbiter of taste - expensive taste. She is also a demanding and cold slave-driver who brooks no insubordination and from whose withering commentary no employee is safe. Clad in fantastic designer clothes, shoes and jewelry, she doesn’t find it at all necessary to have a smile be her umbrella. All in all, she is a major delight in the world of fiction and film, and one hopes never to bump into her in what we lo	Elizabethan Theatre Print of William Shakespeare by Samuel Cousins, 1849. Museum no. DYCE.3164 In the late 16th century all classes of society (apart from royalty) visited the public theatres. The new theatres were popular and their audiences had a voracious appetite for new plays. New companies flourished and writers were employed to satisfy the demand for novelty. The acting companies Companies were hierarchical – actors who had a stake in the company were called 'sharers' and divided up the profit between them; 'hirelings' were just paid a weekly wage, whilst the boys who played women's roles were 'apprentices' and paid very little. Actors specialised in specific roles which they performed as part of their repertoire. The two most famous companies were the Admiral's Men and the Lord Chamberlain's Men, who were rivals. Companies became known by the title of the patron's household, for example 'Leicester's Men' were named after the Earl of Leicester. Leicester's Men consisted of actor James Burbage and four others. William Shakespeare was principal writer with the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Famous Elizabethan actors included Will Kempe, Edward Alleyn and Richard Burbage. Richard Burbage was the leading player in Shakespeare’s company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which later became the King's Men. Burbage created many of the leading roles in Shakespeare's plays. He specialised in tragic roles and was the first Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Richard III. Burbage's family was also involved with the London theatre. His father, James Burbage, became an actor and then a theatre builder. He rented land in Shoreditch and built The Theatre, the first amphitheatre playhouse in London. His sons, Richard and Cuthbert, inherited The Theatre but after problems with their landlord, they dismantled The Theatre and transported the pieces across the River Thames where they rebuilt it and called it the Globe. Richard Burbage acted there until his death in 1619. Plays and playwrights Companies would perform between 30 and 40 new plays every year. Documentation from the period shows that the Admiral's Men performed every afternoon for six days of 40 weeks of the year. Playwrights were expected to produce a number of new plays every year to satisfy demand. Many of these were never published. Plays, when written, became the property of the company and not the playwright. William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe and John Fletcher were just a few of the many playwrights of that era whose work is still performed today. Queen Elizabeth Viewing the Performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Globe Theatre, by David Scott, oil on canvas, Britain, 1840. Museum no S.511-1985 The Globe The Globe Theatre for which Shakespeare wrote many of his most famous plays, was erected in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain's Men. When the lease on the land at their playhouse, The Theatre, in Shoreditch ran out, the company decided to rebuild it on the south bank of the River Thames. They dismantled the timber frame building and pieced a similar structure together and called it The Globe. This painting from 1840 is one of the earliest attempts to imagine the Globe's interior during performance. In fact Queen Elizabeth never visited the Globe or any other public theatre. The project was financed by seven of the actors (of whom Shakespeare was one) and they became the 'housekeepers' who had investment in the building as well as the company. They also received a share of the takings from the gallery. The 20-sided structure had a capacity of up to 3000 people. A reconstruction of the Globe was built near its original site, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, in the 1990s. Portrait of Shakespeare (1564-1616), print of an engraving, late 18th century Title page and frontispiece of book Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies, edited by I Hemige and H Condell, printed by Isaac Jaggard and Ed Blount, London, 1623. National Art Library, Dyce 8936 William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) Shakespea	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,619	Kåre Kristiansen, a member of the Nobel Committee resigned in 1994 in protest at the awarding of the Peace Prize to which person, calling the awardee a terrorist?	10 Reasons Why The Nobel Peace Prize Is A Lie 10 Reasons Why The Nobel Peace Prize Is A Lie Swarajya Staff - Oct 11, 2014, 6:33 pm Artboard 3 Created with Sketch. Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yusafzai have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”. While we do not in any way wish to take away any of their remarkable honour and glory, we at Swarajya did take a hard look at the Nobel Peace Prize and the awardees over the last few decades. On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobels. As described in Nobel’s will, one part was dedicated to “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”. The average age of all Nobel Peace Laureates between 1901 and 2014 is 61 years. Malala, at 17, is the youngest ever winner of any Nobel in any category. Satyarthi is 60. Here goes: the dubious Nobel Peace Prize Prize winners (the list is not comprehensive, we selected the ones who came to our collective mind immediately). 1. The European Union, 2012 – “for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe” The truth: The EU has not been a great success. Far from it. Forget the Eurozone crisis, and the PIGS economies—Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain. All of us know about the EU’s desperate scrambling around. Let’s get into slightly lesser known stuff. The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was a hugely inefficient economic policy and a massive waste of money. Artboard 3 Created with Sketch. It subsidized farmers to produce goods that nobody wanted. The excess supply was often dumped on world markets creating falling prices and incomes for world farmers. After many years, the worst excesses of CAP have been reformed. But, it remains persistently difficult to end the culture of subsidizing agriculture. The taxpayer pays the burden of higher prices and cost to EU. Unemployment in the European Union has been persistently high for the past two decades because of its strictly regulated labour market policies as defined in the EU’s social charter. A survey in 2012, conducted by TNS Opinion and Social on behalf of the European Commission , showed that, for the European Union overall, those who think that their country’s interests are looked after well in the EU are now in a minority (42%). About 60% of EU citizens do not trust the European Union as an institution. Three Nobel Peace laureates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Perez Esquivel, protested against awarding the Prize to the EU, writing an open letter to the Nobel Foundation, claiming that the EU was “clearly not one of the ‘champions of peace’ Alfred Nobel had in mind” when he created the prize in 1895, and that the EU does not “realize Nobel’s demilitarized global peace order.” 2. Barack H. Obama 2009 – “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” The award, given nine months into Obama’s presidency, received criticism that it was undeserved, premature and politically motivated. Obama himself said that he was “surprised”. The prize was called a “stunning surprise” by The New York Times .Much of the surprise arose from the fact that nominations for the award had been due by 1 February 2009, only 12 days after Obama took office. In an October 2011 interview, Thorbjørn Jagland , chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, was asked whether Obama had lived up to the prize, and replied: “Yes, I think so. I’m as convinced as I was when he got it that he deserved it for many reasons. During three months’ time, he…paved the way for new negotiations with the Russian Federation about nuclear arms. If you look at the will of Alfred Nobel, that goes directly to what he said that the prize shou	BBC - History - Willy Brandt z Willy Brandt, May 1971 © Brandt was a German politician, and chancellor from 1969 to 1974. He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1971. Willy Brandt was born Karl Herbert Frahm on 18 December 1913 in Lübeck, northern Germany. He became a socialist in the late 1920s. In 1933, he changed his name and fled to Norway to avoid arrest by the Nazis. After the German occupation of Norway in 1940, he escaped to Sweden where he lived until 1945. Brandt returned to Germany after World War Two. In 1948, he started his political career, holding various offices within the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and becoming a member of the German parliament. Brandt first became well known outside Germany when he took the position of mayor of West Berlin, which he held from 1957 until 1966. This was a particularly tense time for the city with the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. By the early 1960s, Brandt was the leading figure in the Social Democratic Party and its candidate for chancellor. He was unsuccessful in the 1961 and 1965 elections, but became vice chancellor and foreign minister in the coalition government of 1966. In 1969, Brandt was elected chancellor and retained the post in the general election of 1972. His main policy was that of 'Ostpolitik', as he tried to create closer ties between West and East Germany and improve relations with Poland and the Soviet Union. In Germany, Brandt's 'Ostpolitik' was controversial, but in 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his work. In April 1974, one of Brandt's personal assistants was arrested for being an East German spy. Brandt took responsibility and resigned the following month. Brandt remained head of the SPD until 1987 and was honorary chairman until his death. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1983. In 1977, he was appointed chair of an international commission that produced the Brandt Report, calling for drastic changes in the international community's attitude to development in the Third World. In late 1989, Brandt was one of the first leaders on the left in German politics to publicly favour reunification of the two halves of Germany. Brandt died near Bonn on 8 October 1992.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,620	Who won the 500cc Motorcycle World Championship in 1976 & 1977 and retired from racing in 1984?	Barry Sheene \| Sport \| The Guardian Barry Sheene Monday 10 March 2003 07.11 EST First published on Monday 10 March 2003 07.11 EST Share on Messenger Close Barry Sheene, who has died of cancer aged 52, won the blue riband of motorcycle racing, the 500cc world championship, in 1976 and 1977, and the Formula 750 World Championship in 1973. He was not his generation's most successful racer, but he was its most famous by a huge margin. Sheene's popularity transcended a sport whose mainstream media coverage in the 1970s was, at best, sporadic and shallow. He became a true household name and face. There was Sheene smoking through a hole drilled in the front of his helmet; Sheene grinning widely as a leggy model adoringly caressed his long hair; Sheene promoting Brut aftershave on television and Sheene the chat show host. Compared with the rest of the bike or car racing world "Bazza" was, in mass media terms, solid gold. The camera was kind to him. He was articulate, witty, confident and made the maximum use of his cockney accent and working class origins. Away from the track, television was his natural environment and it was a documentary that gave him worldwide celebrity status. A film crew was following him in 1975 when, on a qualifying lap for the world championship in Daytona in the United States, the rear tyre of his 750cc TR750 exploded. The camera followed his struggle to control the bike and the sickening crash which followed. The accident was so bad that it looked certain to be fatal. Two days later he was filmed from his bedside, joking with fellow racer Gene Romero, and admiring the x-rays of the huge pin which kept his thigh together. It was archetypal Sheene. Six weeks later he was racing and winning again. Although born into a motorcycle racing family Sheene's success did not come easily. He left school at 15 having not excelled academically. In his own words, "The only subject I was top in was absenteeism." Sheene was obsessed with racing and was prepared to do anything to fund his ambitions. Among many other things he was a van driver with a reputation for spectacularly fast deliveries, a car park attendant and labourer, often simultaneously. Sheene's breakthrough came in 1970. Backed by his father Frank, he purchased a three-year-old 125cc ex-works Suzuki. It was the right bike at the right time. He came second in his first world championship race. Two years later, when he was forced to compete in the Isle of Man 125cc TT, he crashed, having had a miserable time in the rain and fog. He eventually went on to dominate 500cc racing throughout the world in the four cylinder Suzuki RG500. Although he won only two 500cc world championships, in 1976 and 1977, the whole of the 1970s will be eternally dominated by pictures of Sheene. He was, quite simply, glamour on or off two wheels. In 1978 he lost the 500cc championship to a new arrival from the US, Kenny Roberts on a Yamaha. At the end of the 1979 season Sheene left Suzuki, which he felt was not providing him with the best equipment. Matters were not helped by the fact that Virginio Ferrari, who was supposed to be Sheene's back-up rider, beat him into second place. At first, Sheene rode privately-owned Yamahas, but was then given works bikes in recognition of his outstanding talent. Then, at the 1982 British Grand Prix, Sheene came on an existing accident at 160 mph without, he claimed, adequate warning flags being shown. He crashed and again suffered massive injuries. He successfully sued the organisers but, although he raced again, he was unable to regain form. He retired in 1984, and to ease the pain of arthritis caused by his many injuries, he emigrated to Australia. He bought his Australian property after a trip with ex-Beatle George Harrison who was a close friend. Harrison did not take to the idea of an Australian property, but Barry did and built houses for himself and his father. There he became a TV pundit and commercial property developer. Sheene could be charming, warm and courteous, but he was a complex character. He knew his value as a crowd puller and	quizballs 50 -- part 2 - Google Groups quizballs 50 -- part 2 41. What Cumbrian town was used as a 2007 pilot for the digital TV switch-over? 42. It was announced in April 2007 that Lord Justice Scott Baker would replace Baroness Butler-Sloss in what position? 43. What remarkable sale price did Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull achieve? 44. Which world champion 400m runner successfully overturned her Olympic Games ban for missing drug tests? 45. Monks featured strongly in the September protests in which country? 46. Which northern England city was flooded by torrential rain on on 25 June 2007? 47. In what US city did Barack Obama announce his presidential candidacy in February 2007? 48. Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big Brother TV Show racism uproar? 49. Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007 as prime minister of which country? 50. Which corporation bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240m? 51. The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain? 52. The two CDs lost by the UK department HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) contained personal details of 20m people relating to claims of what? 53. Who resigned as England cricket coach after the 2007 Ashes series 5-0 defeat? 54. What nickname was used by the media for the senior policeman in charge of the Cash for Honours investigation? 55. In May 2007 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the biggest what in history to date? 56. Intensive British forces operations in Afghanistan through 2007 were centred in which province? 57. In what significant UK location was the August 2007 Climate Change Camp sited? 58. Which movie star left the much publicized 'rude pig' phone message for his twelve year old daughter? 59. In a bizarre 2007 confessional frenzy, Ruth Kelly, Jacqui Smith, Harriet Harman, Hazel Blears and Alistair Darling where among several British government ministers to make what admission? 60. At the end of 2007 how many England Premiership football (soccer) clubs were foreign owned? 61. In June 2007 the Millennium Dome re-opened under what name? 62. Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing over the Nevada Desert in September 2007? 63. The perfume brand 'Mwah' was launched in 2007 by which 'celebrity'? 64. What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule? 65. Who resigned as World Bank President after failing to disprove allegations of his nepotism? 66. Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup? 67. Following an Ofcom investigation which TV company was judged in September 2007 to be the worst offending in the premium line phone-in scandals? 68. What film won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture? 69. Speculation towards the end of 2007 suggested that Rupert Murdoch's News International Group was in discussion to buy what significant business networking website? 70. Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when refused entry to the country? 71. What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007? 72. Who made this amusing statement: "I have expressed a degree of regret that may be equated with an apology..." ? 73. Whose secret donations of over half a million pounds caused a big problem for the Labour Party when they were exposed in November 2007? 74. Who became the new French president in 2007? 75. Who was charged with fraud when he reappeared five years after going missing in a canoe off the Cleveland coast? 76. Clarence Mitchell was appointed media spokesman for whom in September 2007? 77. Which Formula One racing team was expelled from the 2007 Constructors Championship for spying on a competitor? 78. Blake Fielder-Civil achieved notoriety as whose errant husband? 79. Which former newspaper owner and business mogul was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for fraud in December 2007? 80. Which major city switched off its lights for an hour on the evening of 31 March 2007 as a political statement about climate change? 81. What was the village and laboratory site na	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,621	The 1968 MCC tour of South Africa was cancelled when the South Africans refused to accept the presence of which England cricket player?	Test Cricket Tours - Cancelled Tours England to South Africa 1890-91 Political tension in South Africa A proposed tour of South Africa in 1889-90, which would have included Lancashire professional Johnny Briggs, had come to nothing. Then in February 1890 James Lillywhite and George Lohmann started to organise a team to tour South Africa during the next winter. Lillywhite assured the South Africans that the team 'will be much more powerful than Major Warton's'. He continued that tourists 'in all probability … will have been secured' before his letter arrived 'as possibly an attempt to get a team for Australia might be made'. Yet in September 1890 the proposed tour was abandoned due to the ongoing political tension in South Africa. In January 1891 Cricket reported that George Lohmann was again making preparations to take a powerful side and the South African Cricket Association had voted in of such a tour. However, on 26 February it was announced that the project had been abandoned having 'passed out of the scope of practical politics'. From 'The Beau Ideal' (Ric Sissons). Rival W W Read took his own English side in 1891-92. South Africa to England 1911 Australia to England 1913 The Triangular Tournament To accommodate the Triangular Tournament, South Africa deferred its visit in 1911 to 1912 while Australia brought forward its visit to England from 1913 to 1912. The 1912-13 series between South Africa and Australia was dropped. 1915 South Africa to England 1915-16 England (M.C.C) to Australia 1916 Second triangular contest 1916-17 South Africa to Australia 1917 Australia to England 1917-18 England (M.C.C.) to South Africa Australia to England 1920 In February 1919 the Australian Board of Control inquired whether the Marylebone Cricket Club (M.C.C.) would send an English team to Australia in 1920-21 if the Australians sent a team to England. M.C.C. considered the question of hosting an Australian team but decided it was unable to do so but might obtain the English counties’ agreement to a tour in 1920. Postponed I.C.C. tours in the 1920s Postponed The Imperial Cricket Conference set down a programme of Test tours at its meeting on 6 June 1921: 1923 South Africa to England 1923-24 England to Australia 1925 Australia to England All three tours were subsequently deferred for one year. At its meeting (at Lord’s) on 1 June 1926 it set down a further programme of Test tours, one of which (South Africa to England 1928) was subsequently deferred for one year to 1929 to allow new ICC member West Indies to tour England South Africans to India 1929 Anthony De Mello (who became Indian Board secretary) and the Board’s first chairman R.E..Grant-Govan were in England in 1928 making plans for tours to India by South Africa in 1929 and by England in 1930-31. Meanwhile so little progress was made forming an Indian Board of Control that by the time it was done in 1929, the momentum had gone, and South Africa never went to India until 1992 (for a one-day series) or 1996 (for Test matches) Rearranged I.C.C. tours in the 1930s Postponed to accommodate a full Indian tour of England The ICC meeting at The Oval in 1929 drew up a programme of tours New Zealand and possibly India to England 1931 : the Indian tour was deferred to 1932 West Indians to England 1932 was deferred to 1933 South Africa to England 1933 was deferred to 1935 England (M.C.C) to India 1930-31 Civil disturbances M.C.C. was forced to put off its visit to India in 1930-31 in the face of civil disturbances arising from the independence movement. The Maharajkumar (Prince) ‘Vizzy’ organised a replacement team, Vizianagram’s XI. “The cancellation of the M.C.C. tour gave the greatest disappointment to Indian cricketers,” he said. “I was fired with a passion to compensate India.” His team inc	1964 1964 by • 1960s January 01 - In Britain, the first edition of Top of the Pops screens on the BBC. Host Jimmy Savile introduces The Rolling Stones , Dusty Springfield , The Hollies , The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Dave Clark Five . 03 - Barry Goldwater announces his candidacy for the US Presidency. 05 - The first ticket collecting machine is installed on the London Underground. 07 - US Actor Nicolas Cage is born Nicolas Coppola in California 11 - A report by the US Surgeon General concludes that cigarette smoking is the principal cause of lung cancer. 13 - 200 die in Hindu-Muslim riots in Calcutta. 14 - Jacqueline Kennedy appears on American television to thank the nation for its sympathy. 14 - Arab League countries decide to set up a unified military command. 16 - The Whiskey A Go Go nightclub (the first real American discotheque ) opens on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, Los Angeles - famously featuring go-go dancers in cages. 18 - Plans are unveiled to build the enormous World Trade Center in New York. 27 - Actress Bridget Fonda is born. 20 - Trial of Great Train Robbers begins in UK. 27 - Actress Bridget Fonda is born. 29 - Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera is born. 29 - Actor Alan Ladd commits suicide in California. February 03 - Double-decker railway carriages are introduced in Sydney, Australia. 03 - The US spacecraft Ranger VI crashes on the moon but fails to send back any pictures. 06 - British and French governments agree to build a Channel Tunnel, after prolonged consultation by the Channel Tunnel Study Group which was set up in 1957. The tunnel won't actually open for another 30 years. 07 - The Beatles begin their first visit to the USA. 09 - The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and Beatlemania grips America. 09 - Jack Brabham wins the Australian Grand Prix for the third time. 10 - In Australia, HMAS Melbourne accidentally slices HMAS Voyager in half, resulting in 82 deaths. 12 - Civil war erupts in independent Cyprus between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. 14 - President Makarios of Cyprus rejects an Anglo-UN offer of help to keep peace between the island's Greek and Turkish communities. 19 - 1,500 British troops are flown to Cyprus. 19 - Actor Peter Sellers marries actress Britt Ekland. 20 - The band formerly known as The Detours play their first gig under their new name, The Who , at the Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, West London. 25 - Boxer Cassius Clay becomes heavyweight champion of the world, defeating the legendary Sonny Liston. Two weeks later Clay reveals his membership of the Black Muslim sect and changes his name to Muhammad Ali. 29 - 84 die when a British plane crashes in the Italian Alps. March 02 - An institute for Scientific Atheism is set up in Moscow with the aim of eliminating religious prejudice in the Soviet Union. 02 - The Beatles begin filming their first feature film - A Hard Day's Night . 06 - King Paul I of the Hellenes dies and is succeeded by Constantine II. 08 - Malcolm X announces he is splitting from the Black Muslim movement led by Elijah Muhammad to form the Black Nationalist Party, stating: "There can be no revolution without bloodshed, and it is nonsense to describe the civil rights movement as a revolution". 10 - US reconnaissance plane is downed after accidentally crossing into East German airspace. The plane's three pilots are eventually released. 10 - Singer Neneh Cherry is born. 10 - Queen Elizabeth II gives birth to her fourth child, Prince Edward. 12 - US Teamsters' boss Jimmy Hoffa is convicted of jury-fixing. 14 - Jack Ruby, the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (the man accused of assassinating JFK ), is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. 15 - Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are married in Montreal. 17 - US actor Rob Lowe is born in Virginia. 19 - The 3.5 mile-long Great St Bernard Tunnel is opened between Martigny (Switzerland) and Aosta (Italy). 21 - Team Spirit wins the Grand National at Aintree at fifth attempt. 23 - John Lennon 's first book of poetry, In His Own Write, is published in the UK. 23 - Veteran actor Peter Lorre dies in Hollywood. 27 -	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,622	Fm is the symbol for which element?	Periodic Table of Elements: Los Alamos National Laboratory 3, 2, 0 History Fermium, element 100, is the eighth transuranium element of the actinide series and is named after the Italian physicist and Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi. Element 100 was first discovered in 1952 in the fallout from the 10-megaton "Ivy Mike" nuclear test in the south Pacific the first successful test of a hydrogen fusion bomb. Researchers identified a new Pu-244 isotope found on filter papers on drone aircraft flown through the fallout. They determined that it could only have formed by the unexpected absorption of six neutrons by uranium-238 followed by successive beta-decays. At the time, the absorption of neutrons by a heavy nucleus was thought to be a rare process, but the identification of Pu-244 raised the possibility that still more neutrons could have been absorbed by the uranium nuclei leading to additional new elements. Element 99, einsteinium was discovered almost immediately on other filter papers by Albert Ghiorso and co-workers at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in collaboration with Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories, demonstrating that 15 neutrons were captured by U-238! The subsequent discovery of fermium required more material, as the yield of element 100 was expected to be at least an order of magnitude lower than that of einsteinium. So, contaminated coral from ground zero on Eniwetok atoll was shipped to Berkeley for processing and analysis. About two months after the Ivy-Mike test, a new activity was isolated emitting high-energy α-particles (7.1 MeV) with a half-life of about 1 day. It was the β− decay daughter of an isotope of einsteinium, and it had to be an isotope of element 100. : It was identified as 255Fm (half-life 20.07 hours). The discovery of the new elements, and the new data on neutron capture, was kept secret on the orders of the U.S. Military until 1955 due to Cold War tensions. Later the Berkeley team was able to prepare elements 99 and 100 in the lab by neutron bombardment of Pu-239 in a cyclotron. They published this work in 1954, with the disclaimer that these were not the first studies that had been carried out on the element. The 'Ivy Mike' studies were later declassified and published in 1955. Meanwhile, a group at the Nobel Institute for Physics in Stockholm independently claimed discovery of element 100 by producing an isotope with a 30-minute half-life and published their work in May 1954. Nevertheless, the historical precedence of the Berkeley team was generally recognized, and with it the prerogative to name the new element in honor of the recently deceased Enrico Fermi , the developer of the first artificial self-sustained nuclear reactor. Isotopes A total of 21 known isotopes of fermium exist with atomic weights from 242 to 260, including 2 that are metastable. Fermium-257 is the longest-lived with a half-life of 100.5 days. Other relatively long-lived isotopes include Fm-253 (3 days), Fm-252 (25.4 hours) and Fm-255 (~20 hours). Fm-250, with a half-life of 30 minutes, was shown to be a decay product of nobelium, element 102 and the chemical identification of the isotope 250Fm confirmed the production and discovery of element 102. All the remaining isotopes of fermium have half-lives ranging from 30 minutes to less than a millisecond. The neutron-capture product of fermium-257, 258Fm, undergoes spontaneous fission with a half-life of just 370 microseconds; 259Fm and 260Fm are also unstable with respect to spontaneous fission (t½ = 1.5 s and 4 ms respectively). This means that the neutron capture production chain essentially terminates at mass number 257 because of the very short spontaneous fission half-lives of the heavier isotopes. Production Because of the short half-life of all fermium isotopes, all that may have been present on the Earth during its formation has long since decayed away. Einsteinium and fermium did occur in the natural nuclear fission reactor at Oklo, but no longer exist. Fermium is produced as the result of multiple neutron captures in lighter elements, such as urani	Index-a What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for? Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia? G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention? Name the core specialism of notable Anglo-Danish industrialist Sir Ove Nyquist Arup (1895-1988) and the global (Arup Group) corporation he created: Pharmacy; Structural engineering; Shipbuilding; or Food canning? The famous guitar maker founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1902 is: Gibson; Fender; Rickenbacker; or Gretsch? Calabria, flanked by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, is the southern peninsular of which country? In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly: Coil; Rhythm; Pill; or Condom? What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912: Rubber; Cotton; Gold; or Silk? What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above? If a fifth of the charges in a $60 bill are discounted by 25%, what is the total cost? What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive? The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art? Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil? What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval? Ogilvy & Mather, WWP and James Walter Thompson famously operate in: Law; Advertising; Auditing; or Architectural design? What mathematical term originated from Arabic 'awar', meaning 'damage to goods', evolving through French terminology for an apportionment of shipping liabilities between owners of vessel and cargo? What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)? Avian refers to: Birds; Bees; Apes; or Vikings? Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications? Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936? Brazil's first ever football match as a national team was in 1914 at Laranjeiras stadium, Rio de Janeiro state, against: Argentina; USA; Prussia; or Exeter City? What is/are 'pince-nez': Cream and wine sauce; Ferry tug-boats; Armless spectacles; or Four-legged trousers for dogs? The Arabic term 'Al-jebr' (reunion of broken parts) is famously associated with: Disaster relief; TV news; Twin skyscrapers; or Algebra? The UHF wireless technology developed by Eriksson in 1994 for data transfer between devices in close proximity is: Silverlip; Bluetooth; Rednose; or Goldeye? What is the '1c Magenta', which (at $20m) became the most expensive man-made object ever in terms of weight to value? A circular partner-swapping ballroom dance, named after a 1700s maritime leader, is the: William Bligh; Paul Jones; Horatio Nelson; or James Hook? The Stone Age was roughly how many years ago: 4-5,000; 50-100,000; 500,000-1million; or 1-2m? Originally a French portmanteau word combining a shoe and boot, what means 'wilfully destroy'? What is the recurring number when two-thirds is expressed as a decimal? A lodestone (or loadstone, from old English meaning 'leading-stone' or 'way-stone') is a naturally occurring what? Which controversial Swiss sports head, accused of racism, sexism and corruption 1990s-2000s, was once president of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders, which advocated women should not replace stockings and suspenders with pantyhose? Bambino is the family trust of which controversial business mogul, subject to criminal proceedings in Germany 2014? Boundary-pushing Dutch media corporation Endemol sought participants in 2014 for a reality show requiring the group to: Marry each other; Marry animals; Have face transplants; or Live indefinitely on Mars? 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1,507,623	What flavouring is added to brandy and egg yolks to make advocaat?	FEATURES - ALCOHOL - WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING? - EXPATS.org.uk > HOME > FEATURES > ALCOHOL > WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING? WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING? Advocaat Advocaat is a traditional liqueur from Holland made from egg yolks, brandy, sugar and vanilla. Warninks Advocaat has been made in Holland since 1616 and was one of the original producers of advocaat. Warninks Advocaat is full bodied and sweet with a custard-like consistency and creamy texture with aromas of vanilla. It is a classic brand that is enjoyed in many cocktails as well as neat or on the rocks. Amarula Cream Amarula Cream originates from South Africa where the marula fruit grows wild on the Savannah. The marula tree produces an abundant crop of pale yellow egg shaped fruit and plays a unique role in tribal legend. It is also known as 'The Marriage Tree' - to this day tribal weddings take place beneath its branches and the fruit is believed to have aphrodisiac properties as well as featuring in African fertility rites. The marula fruit attracts many animals - especially elephants. To produce Amarula Cream Liqueur, the marula fruit is gathered and the flesh pulped, sweetened and fermented. The resulting 'marula spirit' is then matured in oak casks for 3 years. The spirit is then blended with fresh cream to create a smooth distinctive cream liqueur. Angostura Bitters Angostura is made in Trinidad and Tobago from plant and herb extracts, which are bitter in their natural state, distilled in natural alcohol. Angostura was originally formulated to be used as a tonic to improve the appetite and digestion. It is still used for this purpose by the Trinidadians (they swear by hot water and a few dashes of Angostura for an upset stomach), but it is more commonly used as a flavour enhancer, not only in drinks, but also in cooking. It is bright burgundy in colour, with a distinct herby flavour. Apricot Brandy To produce Apricot Brandy, top quality ripe apricots are sliced and macerated in pure neutral alcohol to extract their flavour and colour. Natural herb essences, brandy and sugar are added to intensify the flavours, creating a drink that is intensely fruity, with a sort of butterscotch sweetness. Bï¿½nï¿½dictine Bï¿½nï¿½dictine is a unique liqueur first created in 1510 as a medicinal elixir by Dom Bernardo Vincelli - a Bï¿½nï¿½dictine monk at the Abbey of Fï¿½camp in Normandy, France. During the French Revolution the recipe was lost but in 1863 a local wine merchant called Alexandre Le Grand found the recipe and began to produce it commercially. In homage to the creator of the liqueur - he named it Bï¿½nï¿½dictine. Made from 27 different herbs and spices such as vanilla, aloe, thyme, nutmeg and cloves, the recipe for Bï¿½nï¿½dictine remains a closely guarded secret to this day. Blue Curaï¿½ao Curaï¿½ao liqueurs are made from dried peel of the small bitter Curaï¿½ao orange, named after the island of Curaï¿½ao in the Caribbean. Curaï¿½ao liqueurs can be either clear, blue or orange. The colours are purely decorative, but the flavour is more or less the same, of bitter orange. Bourbon Bourbon is American whiskey which is made from at least 51% corn. It is most commonly made in the southern states of the USA, particularly Kentucky and Tennessee. All Bourbon is aged for at least 2 years in new white oak barrels which have been burnt on the insides. This is known as ‘charring’, and it gives the whiskey its characteristic flavours of caramel and vanilla. Campari Campari is a bright red drink, traditionally drunk as an aperitif. It is made using 68 different herbs and spices, and the bitter peel of citrus fruits. It has an intensely bitter-sweet flavour. Champagne Only sparkling wine made in the region of Champagne in France can be called Champagne. The grapes are harvested and yeast is added to the grape juice to induce fermentation. Sugar and yeast are then added to the wine a second time before bottling, which allows a second fermentation to occur in the bottle. It is this second fermentation which produces the characteristic bubbles, and the remaining yeast gives Champagne its uniq	kirsch \| distilled liquor \| Britannica.com distilled liquor See Article History Alternative Title: kirschwasser Kirsch, also called Kirschwasser, dry, colourless brandy distilled from the fermented juice of the black morello cherry. Kirsch is made in the Black Forest of Germany, across the Rhine River in Alsace (France), and in the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. Its production methods remain traditional. The fully ripened cherries are mashed in a large wooden tub or vat and allowed to ferment freely. Upon completion of this process, the entire mass—liquid, pulp, and cherry stones—is distilled in a pot still. During the mashing some of the cherry stones, or pits, are crushed, releasing some of their oils and acids. These include small amounts of hydrocyanic acid, which impart a distinctive bitter almond undertone to the beverage. Kirsch is not aged. It is marketed at 90 to 100 proof, in the clear white (colourless) state it comes off the still. It is a fruit brandy with a clean cherry fragrance and bitter almond taste. Kirsch is consumed neat, as brandy, and in cocktails and is also used in cooking as a flavouring. Learn More in these related articles: in brandy ...from the fruit pits during mashing, include slivovitz, a golden-brown plum brandy produced in various Balkan countries; barack palinka, from Hungary, the best known of apricot brandies; Kirschwasser, or kirsch, produced mainly in Alsace, Germany, and Switzerland, distilled from cherries; and the French plum wines, from Alsace and Lorraine, including Mirabelle, made from a yellow... 1 Reference found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. 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1,507,624	In transport terms what is the British equivalent of the American 'Divided Highway'?	English (British) - American Dictionary English (British) - American Dictionary Compiled by Mark Glicksman with the Assistance of Crinan Alexander, The Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh and Malcolm Manners, Horticultural Science Department of Florida Southern College And with Additional Suggestions by Iona Dawson (IULM University, Milan), Lowell Whitney, Ron Peeples, Jim Blacker, Lauralyn Pilakowski, Michael Wardle, Shimona Carvalho, R W K Gardiner, Elazar Sheffer, Linn Barringer, Mitchell A. Leitman, Caroline Andrews, Nick Wagg, Michael C. Berch, Tim Diggins, Ed Kendall, Keir Shiels, John Berrie, Stephen Draper, "Jennifer", Olive DePonte, Stephen J Cuzzone, Benedict Walmisley, Kevin A. Dougherty, Russ Campion, Richard Erickson, Roy Davis, Linda B., Giancarlo Mariot, Angela Ferguson and Shannon Busch In compiling this list, I have tried to avoid slang terms, which certainly could fill up an entire website on their own. I've also omitted simple differences in spelling between U.S. and U.K. versions of the same words, e.g. color and colour. Visit: Part 1 UK-US - Cars and Driving: UK US aerial antenna ("aerial" used regionally in the past but has faded from use) articulated lorry tractor-trailer bonnet hood boot trunk car park parking lot cats eyes reflectors (embedded in road) central reservation median demister defroster defogger dipped lights low beams diversion detour drink-driving drunk driving driving licence driver's license dual carriageway divided highway dumper truck dump truck estate car station wagon flat battery dead battery flyover overpass gear box transmission gear lever gear shift give way yield glove box glove compartment hire car rental car indicators turn signals jump leads jumper cables lorry truck main beams high beams (or full beams) metalled road paved road motorway freeway (Western U.S.) expressway (Eastern U.S.) Interstate See Notes number plate license plate petrol gasoline gas propeller shaft drive shaft recovery towing ring road beltway (Eastern U.S.) (or orbital) roundabout circle rotary (New England) Interestingly, the terms roundabout, traffic circle and rotary are all used in the US state of Iowa to denote different types of circular road arrangements. saloon car sedan silencer muffler slip road entrance or exit ramp straight straightaway (as at a race track) top up fill up top off See Notes transmission power train tyre tire unmade road dirt road, unpaved road verge shoulder (of road) windscreen windshield window heater defroster defogger wing fender wing mirror side mirror, side-view mirror zebra crossing crosswalk Part 1 US-UK - Cars and Driving: US UK antenna aerial beltway (Eastern U.S.) ring road (or orbital) circle, traffic circle roundabout crosswalk zebra crossing defogger window heater	Great Britain 2015 FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX Great Britain Unfortunately, we are unable to play the video at this time. Error Code: UNKNOWN 1:33.401 by Mark Webber (2013) Fri 03 – Sun 05 Jul 2015 Practice 1 Next Previous 1 / 5 Race winner Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren celebrates on the podium. Formula One World Championship, Rd 9, British Grand Prix, Race, Silverstone, England, Sunday 6 July 2008. Damon Hill (GBR) Williams FW16 celebrates his win. British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 10 July 1994. Race winner Nigel Mansell (GBR) Williams FW11B caught and overtook his second placed team mate Nelson Piquet (BRA) in thrilling fashion. Formula One World Championship, Rd7, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, 12 July 1987. Jackie Stewart (GBR), Matra Cosworth MS80, and Jochen Rindt (AUT), Lotus Cosworth 49B, traded places for the lead throughout the race until Rindt's wing endplate worked loose. British Grand Prix, Rd6, Silverstone, England. 19 July 1969. Bruce Mclaren (NZL) Cooper Climax T53 leads eventual race winner Jack Brabham (AUS) Cooper Climax T53. British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, 16 July 1960. Like so many of England's racing circuits, Silverstone started life as an aerodrome. When the Second World War ended in 1945, England's other two circuits, Donington Park and the legendary Brooklands, had fallen into disrepair. And so it was that the outer taxiways and interconnecting runways of Silverstone became adopted by the Royal Automobile Club as the home for the British Grand Prix in 1948. The circuit was fast and challenging and in 1949 the shape was formed that remains the basis of the track to this day. When the Formula One World Championship was incepted in 1950, Silverstone held the very first round, won by Guiseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo. In 1951 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) was handed the lease by the RAC, and huge modifications were made. The pits were moved to the straight between Woodcote and Copse, from the Farm straight where they had originally been, and a short circuit was built within the larger circuit, cutting from Becketts corner to Woodcote. From 1955 the British Grand Prix swapped venues between Aintree and Silverstone, but with the advent of the 1960s, Aintree fell out of favour and the race was switched between Silverstone and Brands Hatch. In 1971 the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) bought the entire 720 acre plot on which Silverstone sits and went about redeveloping the track. New pits were built and a chicane was erected at Woodcote which provided close finishes and great overtaking opportunities. In 1987, with speeds reaching astounding levels, a corner was built before Woodcote, and in 1992 a new complex of corners was created between Farm and Woodcote. And in recent years various upgrades have been made to the track's facilities. A racing school now exists at the circuit and with government funding a new bypass has been built, greatly improving access to the once notoriously out-of-the-way venue. In 2010 came another major change to the circuit's Formula One layout, designed to further improve the venue for spectators and provide an even greater driver challenge. The new infield layout juts right at the reworked Abbey bend before heading into the new Arena complex of turns. This takes drivers on to the main straight of Silverstone’s National circuit, before rejoining the previous Grand Prix layout at Brooklands.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,625	Which two alcoholic drinks are in the ingredients of a ‘Sidecar’ cocktail?	Sidecar recipe Sidecar recipe Scan me to take me with you serve in 3/4 oz lemon juice Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel. More comments Triple sec is evil posted by Robert @ 09:53PM, 5/11/06 A sidecar should be made with a nice, but not over-the-top brandy and cointreau. Triple-sec is for frozen margaritas and drunk college students. To each his own posted by Rob @ 03:13PM, 6/04/06 Triple-sec and cointreau have very different flavors, as do brandy and cognac. I prefer a more traditional tiple-sec, brandy, lemon juice mix. Cornils delight posted by Hans Eikhof @ 10:11PM, 7/11/06 Hennessy and Cointreau, lemon juice must be fresh but chilled for at least ten minutes. Ice made with filtered water and Voila. Alternative for the Sidecar to be served in special occasions; replace Hennessy with Courvoisier VSOP Best with sugar rim posted by Virginie @ 12:28PM, 10/04/06 Fresh lemon juice and a sugar rim is what makes a great sidecar!! This is a light mix posted by DC @ 03:30PM, 11/18/06 Proper proportions are 1 part lemon juice, 1 part cointreau, and 2 parts cognac/brandy. Cointreau and triple sec, in the context of a cocktail, are distinguishable mainly by their alcohol contents (80 vs 30 proof, respectively). Sugared rim if you must... Never heard of using Cognac posted by Soquel @ 08:42PM, 2/26/07 I've never heard of making a sidecar with cognac instead of brandy. And if you make fresh sour mix yourself, it makes for an even better cocktail than using lemon juice. Good, but wrong proportion	Kentucky Derby Drinks \| The Liquor.com Kentucky Derby Guide Keep your favorite recipes & other stuff in one place, organized how you want. Login or Join to save this now. Liquor.com's Guide to the Kentucky Derby Like a thoroughbred thundering down the track, the Kentucky Derby is just around the corner. So dig out your best Derby hat and check out our guide to Kentucky Derby drinks that includes some of our favorite bourbon articles and cocktail recipes—including several Mint Juleps, of course. No matter which horse you’re rooting for, you’ll feel like a winner. Featured Recipes This delicious bourbon cocktail is what happens when a Manhattan and an Old Fashioned hang out together. Follow Liquor.com:	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,626	Passat - the Volkswagen car model, is German for a type of what?	VW Parts, VW Accessories & Performance Parts \| CarParts.com Volkswagen Parts And Volkswagen Accessories Volkswagen is Europe's largest automobile manufacturer today. It boasts of simple design and quality Volkswagen parts that make up their vehicles, absolute performance and reliability. Literally, the "volkswagen" means "people's car". And truly, Volkswagen models and vehicle platforms are made to fit the lifestyle of an average person. With models such as Air Cooled Beetles, Cabriolets, Corrados, Golfs, Jetta, Passats, Polos, Quantum Syncros and Sciroccos; Volkswagen has catered to svaried groups with different needs but generally average all the same. This simple but outstanding vehicle, just like any other vehicle in the market, is made up of different parts that function simultaneously. These parts, which include bigger pieces like engines, hoods, bumpers, doors, windows, transmissions, etc, are unique for they are created especially for Volkswagen to compliment its features and performance. Should you need to replace any part of your Volkswagen, there's nothing to worry about because there are lost of manufacturers and dealers that offer top quality parts for your needs. The market in whole offers many types and kinds of Volkswagen Parts for more varied options. Parts may be classified as replacement parts, OEM parts, aftermarket parts, performance parts, factory parts or used parts. If you are simply replacing damaged parts, you can rely on replacement parts or OEM parts. You can also use aftermarket parts. These parts are intended to fit your Volkswagen in different platforms, model trims and model years. And if you're enhancing features and restyling your Volkswagen, you can try performance replacement parts. These parts are usually intended to upgrade your vehicles performance while making them more beautiful and appealing. However, should you need to really replace your Volkswagen parts but cannot afford the cost of brand new types of parts; you can resort to used parts. These parts are also durable but will cost you less. The market offers many kinds of parts and there are wide selection waiting for you. You can have Volkswagen Auto parts, body parts, restoration parts for your old ones and body parts depending on your purpose. You can have parts in different sizes, colors, designs, makes and finishes. Know your Volkswagen specifications to ensure that you'll get parts that can fit it. You can try asking for advice from your dealers or browse the Net for further information. Volkswagen Parts Bestsellers Volkswagen Articles Closer Look at Volkswagen Automobiles If you trace back the history of Volkswagen (VW), you'll get an idea how its concept was developed. Its name is a German word that means 'people's car,' and its tagline, 'out of love for the car,' will tell you that Volkswagen vehicles are manufactured out of their creator's great affection for automobiles. This motivating spirit is behind the strong character of all VW rides, with each featuring all the Volkswagen parts and features auto enthusiasts love.Out of their affection for vehicles and their understanding of vehicle enthusiasts like you, Volkswagen makers ensure that you get performance and safety hand in hand. In fact, aside from being equipped with high-performance engines, some of the Volkswagen models were awarded the best grade of 'top safety pick' in the recent publication of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. These models were the Jetta, Golf, Passat, and the Eos, each leading in its respective category. With this latest Volkswagen success, you can be assured of the excellence of Volkswagen engineering. This is also one proof that original Volkswagen auto parts are the best in terms of reliability.So if you drive a VW model and the time comes when you need to replace some of its stock Volkswagen parts, don't experiment on just about any aftermarket replacement. From classic Volkswagen Beetle parts to components of more modern models, trust only those from reliable providers.	Mood in Wolfsburg, City of Volkswagen's Headquarters, Gloomier Than Ever - ABC News ABC News Mood in Wolfsburg, City of Volkswagen's Headquarters, Gloomier Than Ever By MARC MEILLASSOUX Sep 25, 2015, 1:59 PM ET 0 Shares WATCH Volkswagen Names Porsche's Matthias Muller as CEO 0 Shares Email The city of Wolfsburg has a hangover. The city in Germany is the headquarters of Volkswagen AG and the German automaker employs half of the town's residents. A bus-driver waiting for her next shift said she has never seen the city as it is now. "The city kind of stopped 4 days ago. I drive from the main railway station to different sites of VW. Usually there is a lot of people from Berlin, Hannover or Magdeburg for the day, now have a look," she said, referring to the empty bus shelter. She said the latest developments about Volkswagen are all the city's denizens is talking about. Getty Images General view of Volkswagen car manufacture plant during sunset on Sept. 23, 2015 in Wolfsburg, Germany. Last week, U.S. regulators accused the world's largest automaker of using illegal "defeat device" software that causes nearly 500,000 of its diesel cars to cheat on emissions standards tests. On Tuesday, Volkswagen said the emissions scandal involves 11 million of its diesel cars worldwide. "The people are angry, the press doesn't talk about all the small workers that are going to lose their jobs. They have nothing to do with it, they just did their jobs. They were largely backing [former CEO Martin] Winterkorn, now they don't know what will happen," she said. Volkswagen, which was created in 1937 by Adolf Hitler's Nationalist Socialist (Nazi) Party, means "The People's Car Company" in German. After World War II, the Allies took over Volkswagen's Wolfsburg factories and used Volkswagen as a model to rebuild the German auto industry. Getty Images Members of Greenpeace protest outside the main gate at Volkswagen Headquarters on Sept. 25, 2015 in Wolfsburg, Germany. To understand how important Volkswagen is to Wolfsburg, one can look at the driver's bus, which is a Mercedes bus without a logo; it has been removed, as it has for all Mercedes buses. Half of the city's buses are from Mercedes, the other ones are from Man, of the Volkswagen group. "Volkswagen says they didn't ask for it, but it's clear to everyone that they didn't want any Mercedes," the bus driver said. A Taxi driver who said she has lived in Wolfsburg for the past 51 years said, "It's clearly emptier than in usual times. There are 60,000 people working for VW here, plus 20,000 indirect jobs [restaurants, shops] for a town of 130,000 inhabitants. The whole diesel production line has already been completely stopped. Wolfsburg had a very low unemployment rate, now what is going to happen? The whole region will suffer." Volkswagen workers said they have been told not to talk to the press. There was a group of Greenpeace activists standing on VW cars with banners: "VW: Stop lying," and they are asking the company to "communicate straight away all the models involved in the affair". Get real-time updates as this story unfolds. To start, just "star" this story in ABC News' phone app. Download ABC News for iPhone here or ABC News for Android here . 0 Shares	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,627	The military aircraft, the B29, was better known by what name?	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Military Aircraft Names Military Aircraft Names Who picks the names for military aircraft? For example, how did the F-14 become the Tomcat or the F-22 become the Raptor? - question from Jim Mead The names of military aircraft are usually chosen by the manufacturer. However, these names are really nothing more than suggestions that the military services may or may not accept as the official name. The service ultimately decides whether to use the name selected by the manufacturer or a different name of its own choice. Last of Grumman's cats, the F-14 Tomcat Until recently, many companies tried to follow a tradition in naming their aircraft to distinguish themselves from competition. For example, Grumman often chose names ending in "cat," including the F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat, and F8F Bearcat. Grumman also suggested that the F-14 be named the Tomcat after Admiral Tom Connolly, the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air at the time. This suggestion was accepted by the Navy and became the official name. Another good example is Boeing's tradition of including the terms "fortress" or "strato" in the names of its military aircraft. Examples include the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-29 Super Fortress, B-47 Stratojet , B-52 Stratofortress and KC-135 Stratotanker . All of these suggested names were accepted by the Air Force. Greatest of all Boeing fortresses, the B-52 Stratofortress Similarly, Republic liked to give its fighters names starting with "thunder," including the F-84 Thunderjet, F-84F Thunderstreak, F-91 Thunderceptor, and F-105 Thunderchief . Lockheed often chose names including the word "star," such as the F-80 Shooting Star, F-94 Starfire, F-104 Starfighter , and C-141 StarLifter . Douglas frequently selected names starting with "sky," like the F-6 Skyray, F-10 Skyknight, and A-4 Skyhawk . McDonnell, meanwhile, preferred names associated with ghoulish creatures like the F-2 Banshee, F-3 Demon, F-4 Phantom II , F-85 Goblin, and F-101 Voodoo. However, the manufacturer's suggestion is not always popular. For example, the F-22 was originally named the Lightning II when Lockheed unveiled the prototype in the early 1990s. The manufacturer chose this name in honor of its P-38 Lightning fighter that gained fame during World War II. The plane was also briefly known as the SuperStar for a time during the mid-1990s to maintain Lockheed's tradition of star-related names. However, the Air Force rejected Lockheed's suggestions and instead named the plane the Rapier, which is a type of small knife. This name too was later dropped when the Air Force took delivery of the first production F-22 in the late 1990s. The service instead chose the name Raptor, in keeping with the service's recent tradition of naming fighters after birds of prey like the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon . Raptor 01, the first F-22 to be named Raptor A few aircraft have never had official names for most or all of their careers, like the U-2 that was only dubbed Dragon Lady about 40 years after entering service. Others have not only an official name but also one or more unofficial nicknames that have become even more popular. Examples of these nicknames include the F-16 "Viper," SR-71 "Habu," F-105 "Thud," and F-18 "Bug." Perhaps the most famous example is the A-10 Thunderbolt II that is far better known as the "Warthog." - answer by Joe Yoon , 27 March 2005 Related Topics:	Rampant Scotland Directory - Colour Supplement Index Rampant Scotland Directory! Newsletter Colour Supplements The Rampant Scotland Newsletter is published every second Saturday and provides an insight into what has been happening in Scotland, snipped from the Scottish media, for Scots in Scotland and abroad, bringing you news, events and photographs plus a Scottish magazine section. Every week there is also a colour supplement containing large illustrations of flowers, birds, animals, butterflies and scenery which have been seen around Scotland in the preceding week. It thus forms a record of the changing seasons throughout the year. The editions currently available on-line are: 2009 28 February 2009 Leucojum, also known as Summer Snowflake or Loddon Lily with their extra green and yellow markings distinguish them from snowdrops; a tram car in the Transport Museum in Glasgow (known locally as "Shooglies" from the way they swayed along the tracks); a horse-drawn Glasgow to London stagecoach; a "Coronation Tram" from the 1930s, which had the luxury of an enclosed cab for the driver who also had a seat for the first time; the first production Hillman Imp motor car, producedin the 1960s at a manufacturing plant in Linwood near Paisley, west of Glasgow; a mass of snowdrops photographed in the grounds of Braco Castle in Perthshire. 21 February 2009 A Canada Goose, with its distinctive white "chinstrap" looking quite at home standing in the recent snow fall; Waterbirds flying in all directions, panicked at the approach of an out of control dog; a rather disconsolate pigeon trudging through the snow, unable to find anything to eat; Polyanthus, part of the primula family, in a vibrant yellow and orange; A statue to James Clerk Maxell, who established the original theories of electromagnetism (Einstein put on record that Maxwell's work had resulted in the most profound change in the conception of reality in physics, since the time of Isaac Newton; Eranthis, more often known by its common name of winter flowering aconite, with its deeply dissected leaves forming an attractive ruff round the bright yellow cup-shaped flowers 14 February 2009 Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street Gardens in the snow; Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, beside Waverley Station, one of the most attractive buildings in the Capital; the crinkly strap-shaped petals of Hamamelis (also known as Witch Hazel) with the clusters appearing on leafless branches creating a vivid show; a snow scene in the woods beside Kilmardinny Loch, East Dunbartonshire, earlier this week; the 19th century, Tudor Gothic styled mansion house formerly known as Schaw Hospital, blanketed in snow; a St Valentine's Day display in a baker's window in central Glasgow. 7 February 2009 The "most bizarre building in Scotland" - a summer house built in 1761 in the shape of a realistic, prickly pineapple; the parish church, Airth, with the River Forth and the Ochill Hills beyond; the market cross at Airth, erected in 1697; with sun dials on two sides; the fine Town House or "Tolbooth" in Culross, Fife, dating from 1626; the Palace" in Culross built for Sir George Bruce, a wealthy merchant and industrialist, in the 17th century; 13th century Culross Abbey and east choir taken over in 1633 as a parish church; amusing models of a stylised owl and robin, with a fierce-looking blackbird behind. 31 January 2009 Special Royal Mail set of stamps to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns on 25 January; the City Chambers in Glasgow being used as the backdrop for a 15-minute "slide-show" illustrating the life of Burns; the City Chambers covered in musical notation as part of the presentation; "Auld Lang Syne" across the building at the end of the slide show; a substantial clump of snowdrops in bloom at the side of a country road, just north of Glasgow. 24 January 2009 Blackness Castle, surrounded on three sides by water and often referred to as "the ship which never sailed"; a large party of Oystercatcher birds, looking incongruous with their large orange-red bills; Torwood Castle, thought to	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,628	A rasher is a unit of which food product?	A Guide to Bacon Styles, and How to Make Proper British Rashers \| The Paupered Chef A Guide to Bacon Styles, and How to Make Proper British Rashers Everyone loves bacon, but it's not always the same thing. Article \| \| By Blake Royer British Bacon vs American bacon If you've been reading the site lately, you may have been following Nick on his rather strange quest to recreate a full English breakfast from scratch (his first project was the British banger sausage ). Why, I don't know. But when Nick proposed that I take over the homemade bacon portion of the project, I leapt at the opportunity to contribute. Homemade meat curing has long been a hobby of mine, despite the protests of my wife when I hung a pork jowl in our living room. For me, the bacon is the most interesting part on the plate when it comes to proper English breakfast. The only problem is that the British have got bacon all backwards. They don't traditionally use the familiar bacon cut we know and love in the U.S., and there is a ton of conflicting information out there on the subject. Vocabulary was my first problem: their bacon is "grilled," which actually means broiled; they refer to pieces of bacon as "rashers," but only if it's a certain type of bacon; the cut that actually looks like American bacon is called "streaky," and whether you choose rashers or streaky says things not only about your tastes, but your economic standing. It's even the subject of a nursery rhyme involving someone named Jack Sprat . But I managed to make my way through the muck and have emerged with a firm grasp on what seems to be a confounding set of opinions and methods attached to the word "bacon." So I feel a culinary duty to set the record straight, as far as my ability can take me, and in the meantime will be demonstrating how to make yourself a proper hunk of British-style bacon. The Cut: Making Sense of American, Canadian, and British Bacon American bacon is invariably made from the belly of the pig, which is not actually its stomach but the fat-streaked padding on the side of the animal. If you've eaten anywhere in the last 5 years you've probably managed to order pork belly as a main course, and if you grew up in America you definitely have eaten pork belly (unless your vegan parents shielded you from one of life's highest pleasures). Canadian bacon is a product you might see in the U.S. from time to time. It is made not from the belly, but from the loin of the pig, which is the lean medalion of meat you see above. That's why it's a very lean cut, and is reminiscent of slices of ham. It is generally trimmed of fat and, in my opinion, not all that tasty, especially when they coat it with meal made from peas to make peameal bacon . But that's not the subject at hand. British bacon is a bit like a combination of American and Canadian (though obviously Canadian bacon evolved from the British style and not the other way around). With British bacon, you take the loin but leave lots of lovely fat on it, especially the fat cap, and include the part where the loin attaches to the same cut American-style is made from: the belly. So a full rack of British bacon is the pork loin with plenty of pork belly attached to it: the loin section is the rasher (what [this glossary of British food terms] calls "a thin, floppy slice of fatty ham") and the belly is the streaky. Then you take your pick. How to Make British-Style Bacon Though some Brits prefer streaky bacon (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's recipe for Bacon in his Meat book makes no mention of rashers and goes right for the streaky stuff), with a full breakfast rashers are the proper accompaniement. So I set off to find the correct cut and the best method for curing. The cut, as I mentioned, is basically a loin roast with a bit of the belly attached. Ideally it should have the skin still on, but this is not entirely necessary. Because pigs are butchered differently here than in the UK, my strategy was to find a butcher who sold thick-cut bone-in pork chops and simply ask them to leave me a whole 2-pound piece of the loin they are nor	Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,629	What Canadian province is west of Alberta?	Alberta \| history - geography - province, Canada \| Britannica.com province, Canada Rachel Notley (New Democratic Party) Date of admission "Fortis et liber (Strong and free)" Provincial flower Time zone Mountain (GMT − 7 hours) Alberta, most westerly of Canada ’s three Prairie Provinces , occupying the continental interior of the western part of the country. To the north the 60th parallel (latitude 60° N) forms its boundary with the Northwest Territories , to the east the 110th meridian (longitude 110° W) forms the boundary with its prairie neighbour, Saskatchewan , to the south the 49th parallel forms the international boundary with the U.S. state of Montana , and to the west the boundary with British Columbia is formed by the 120th meridian and the crest of the Rocky Mountains . The province is about 750 miles (1,200 km) in extent from north to south and about 400 miles (640 km) across at the greatest width. Alberta was established as a district of the North-West Territories in 1882 and was enlarged to its present boundaries on becoming a province in 1905. The provincial government has its seat in Edmonton . Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Mountain reflected in Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Can. Setan Osolinski—Taxi/Getty Images Following the earliest explorations by fur traders, the settlement of Alberta’s prairie and parkland zones (which stretch from the boreal forest transition zone south to the border with the United States) led to the development of agriculture. Subsequent exploitation of rich oil , gas, coal, and timber resources led to further population growth, with an increase in urbanization and industrialization. The province remains sparsely populated, however, and relative isolation from the more populous eastern regions of the country has inhibited the development of industries needing mass markets. With natural routes to the north, Alberta has become a major jumping-off point for the development of Canada’s arctic and subarctic regions. The scenery of the mountain parks in the west is internationally renowned. Area 255,541 square miles (661,848 square km). Pop. (2011) 3,645,257. Land Relief, drainage, and soils Mount Columbia (12,294 feet [3,747 metres]) in the Rocky Mountains is Alberta’s highest point, and numerous other peaks exceed 11,000 feet (3,350 metres). A narrow foothill zone flanks the mountains to the east. Beyond that, the interior plains fall from over 3,000 feet (900 metres) in the southwest to below 1,000 feet (300 metres) in the northeast, where ancient Precambrian rocks outcrop in the Canadian Shield . Outliers of higher ground include the Cypress and Swan hills and the Caribou Mountains. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Mount Chephren rising above Waterfowl Lake in Banff National Park, southwestern Alberta, Canada. © Index Open	Chinook - The Canadian Encyclopedia Science & Medicine Chinook In Canada, the chinook belt lies almost exclusively within southern and central Alberta. The wind occurs in every season, but it is more distinctive and numerous in the winter, when the unseasonable warming it brings differentiates it from the normal cold winter weather. Chinook Chinook, warm, dry, gusty, westerly WIND that blows down the Rocky Mountains into the mountains' eastern slopes and the western prairies. The chinook, a native word meaning &QUOT;snow eater,&QUOT; belongs to a family of winds experienced in many parts of the world where long mountain chains lie more or less at right angles to the prevailing wind. Examples include the foehn in Europe, the zonda in Argentina and the berg in South Africa. In Canada, the chinook belt lies almost exclusively within southern and central Alberta. The wind occurs in every season, but it is more distinctive and numerous in the winter, when the unseasonable warming it brings differentiates it from the normal cold winter weather. In southwestern Alberta, one in 3 winter days is a chinook day; its frequency drops to one in 5 in the northeast. The maximum daily temperature anomaly associated with the wind ranges from +13°C in the northwest to +25°C in the southeast. The temperature rise at the onset of the event is abrupt and steep; an increase of 27°C in 2 minutes has been observed. The warmth of the chinook is derived primarily from 2 nonmutually exclusive sources. Firstly, the replacement of arctic air (the mean temperature at Calgary's elevation is -24°C) by maritime air (-2°C) improves surface temperatures. Secondly, if the downslope flow occurs following a loss of moisture through precipitation on the windward side of the mountain, the heat used to change the water into vapour (latent heat) is returned to the air parcel and warms it. The downslope flow leeward of the mountain warms the wind further, reducing its relative humidity sometimes down to 25% or less. Wind speed ranges from 16 km/h to 60 km/h, gusting to 100 km/h. The chinook melts snow, dries soil, desiccates vegetation and is a factor in soil erosion. Most people appreciate the chinook because it is a pleasant break from the frigid winter temperatures characteristic of the region. However, a significant minority complain of discomforts ranging from headaches and earaches to depression and attempted suicide. recommended	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,630	The name of which Central Asian mountain range where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together and where the mighty rivers Irtysh, Ob and Yenisei have their sources literally means 'mountains of gold' in Turkic?	Jats in Central Asia Jat History Jats in Central Asia If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. Not a member? Please register for the members area to access all features such as posting rights, memberlist, chat etc. Please note that the site is focussed on Hindu Jats only at this time. Existing member? You need to log in before you can access your account and post messages and read/send private messages. If you are having a problem with logging in, make sure you delete your browser's cookies and temporary internet files. If you have forgotten your username or password, click here . Login to view details. Jats in Central Asia Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. According to Prof. B.S. Dhillon [1], The original home of the Jats was in Central Asia. During the early part of the Christian era, most of the Jats were uprooted by the Mongol people from their homeland in Central Asia (after their ruling for over one thousand years, Chinese Authorities constructed the 1500 miles long the Great Wall of China at the cost of the lives of 400,000 workers. Today this wall is nicknamed as the longest cemetery in the world (all the workers who died were buried inside the wall), and the only man-made object visible from the outer space. In turn Jats invaded India to the South and the Roman Empire in the West. Thus, they established themselves as (Alans) in France, Spain, Portugal and so on, in the fifth century A.D. The Central Asia region Though various definitions of its exact composition exist, no one definition is universally accepted. Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics. For one, Central Asia has historically been closely tied to its nomadic peoples and the Silk Road. As a result, it has acted as a crossroads for the movement of people, goods, and ideas between Europe, Western Asia, South Asia, and East Asia. It is also sometimes known as Middle Asia or Inner Asia, and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent. The nations of Central Asia are a conglomeration of people located in the "centralized" locale of the Asian hemisphere, landlocked on one side with the western-most Asian Turkic regions, demarcation in the Eastern/South-Eastern Indian mountainous regions, and finally the northern Russia. Majority of these nations have spheres of influence included from all of these borders, as they are mostly comprised of countries influenced by Soviet Russia. To a certain extent, it is largely coextensive with Turkestan. Roughly speaking, Central Asia consists of states like Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Mongolia is also part. Major rivers of the region include the Amu Darya, the Syr Darya and the Hari River. Major bodies of water include the Aral Sea and Lake Balkhash, both of which are part of the huge west/central Asian endorheic basin that also includes the Caspian Sea. Both of these bodies of water have shrunk significantly in recent decades due to diversion of water from rivers that feed them for irrigation and industrial purposes. Water is an extremely valuable resource in arid Central Asia, and can lead to rather significant international disputes. History of Central Asia The history of Central Asia has been determined primarily by the area's climate and geography of Asia. The aridity of the region makes agriculture difficult, and its distance from the sea cut it off from much trade. Thus, few major cities developed in the region. Nomadic horse peoples of the steppe dominated the area for millennia. Relations between the steppe nomads and the settled people in and around Central Asia were marked by conflict. The nomadic lifestyle was well suited to warfare, and the steppe horse riders became some of the most militarily potent people in the world, due to the devastating techniques and ability of their horse archers.[2] Periodically, tribal leaders or changing conditions would organize several tribes into a single military force. Many of these tribal coalitions included th	Temujin Birth name of the Mongol leader better known as - HISTORY - 101 View Full Document Temujin: Birth name of the Mongol leader better known as Chinggis Khan (1162–1227). ( pron . TEM-uh-jin) Turks: Turkic speakers from Central Asia, originally nomads, who spread westward into the Near East and into India; they created a series of nomadic empires between 552 and 965 C.E. but had a more lasting impact on world history when they became dominant in the Islamic heartland and founded a series of states and empires there. Xiongnu: People of the Mongolian steppe lands north of China who formed a large-scale nomadic empire in the third and second centuries B.C.E. ( pron . SHE-OONG-noo) Yuan dynasty: Mongol dynasty that ruled China from 1271 to 1368; its name means “great beginnings.” ( pron . yu-wen) This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS 1. Prior to the rise of the Mongols, in what ways had pastoral peoples been significant in world history? 2. What accounts for the often negative attitudes of settled societies toward the pastoral peoples living on their borders? Why have historians often neglected pastoral peoples’ role in world history? 3. In what ways did the Mongol Empire resemble other empires, and in what ways did it differ from them? Why did it last a relatively short time? 4. In what different ways did Mongol rule affect the Islamic world, Russia, China, and Europe? This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Notes Chapter 16 Science and Religion London High School Unit 4: THE EARLY MODERN WORLD 14501750 CHAPTER 16 Religion and Science CHAPTER LEARN Notes Chapter 16 Science and Religion	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,631	Which actor is the husband of Billie Piper?	Billie Piper - Biography - IMDb Billie Piper Biography Showing all 68 items Jump to: Overview (3) \| Mini Bio (1) \| Spouse (2) \| Trade Mark (1) \| Trivia (45) \| Personal Quotes (16) Overview (3) 5' 5¼" (1.66 m) Mini Bio (1) Billie Piper studied at the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School. She caught the eyes of record producers who were interested in signing a young vocalist when she was the poster girl for the ad campaign of a British pop music magazine, "Smash Hits". She released her first single, "Because We Want To", which debuted at #1 at age 15. Her second single, "Girlfriend", was also a #1 hit. By the time she turned 16, Billie had released 4 singles that all made the top three on the charts. She has been labeled the "Pop Princess" of England, UK. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dori-6 Spouse (2) Combination of blonde hair and very dark brown eyebrows Trivia (45) Singer. Chris Evans bought her a red sports car worth over £100,000 after they had been dating for just three days. She couldn't even drive. During her singing career she suffered from insomnia due to the pressure of fame. Daughter of builder Paul Piper . Her ex-husband Chris Evans is a popular and wealthy radio DJ in England. She was nominated for two BRIT Awards (the UK equivalent of the Grammys) in 1999, for Best British Newcomer and Best British Female, but lost to Belle & Sebastian in the former category and Des'ree in the latter category. Won the Breakthrough Award For Rising British Talent at the 10th annual South Bank Show Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on Friday 27th January, 2006. Won the most popular actress award at the 11th annual National Television Awards in London, England on October 25, 2005 for her portrayal of "Rose Tyler". Her Doctor Who (2005) co-star Christopher Eccleston , won for most popular actor. She has a brother named Charlie, and two sisters, Harley and Ellie. Her singing career included some misfortunes: Billie's PR company dropped her because of Chris Evans 's interference with her image. Virgin dithered about releasing a new single, and Billie's manager, Nicki Chapman , the Pop Idol (2001) judge, canceled their three-year contract. While she was at Sylvia Young 's, Billie was spotted by Hugh Goldsmith, managing director of Innocent Records, who was looking for a singer to take on the Spice Girls . He liked her vocals, and at age 14, Billie signed a three-album deal. At 15, she had a number-one hit with 'Because We Want To'. Two more number ones followed and an album, Honey to the B, went double platinum, selling half a million copies in the UK alone. Refused to take any money from her divorce settlement with Chris Evans . Her parents only found out by listening to Virgin Radio that she had married Chris Evans in a Las Vegas chapel called Little Church of the West, when she was 18 and he was 34. Billie wore flip-flops and Danny Baker was best man. Billie and Chris took the second most expensive wedding package the chapel offered. Despite having, at the age of 15, a No 1 hit with "Because We Want To", Piper revealed that her earnings from her early singing career were negligible due to being young and taken advantage of. She claimed that she is working twice as hard now because there was a massive financial rip-off and was then left with hardly any money. Auditioned for the role of Nikki in Alfie (2004). Won Best Actress, BBC Drama Awards. [2005] Named BBC Face of the Year. [2005] Woman of the Year, GQ Magazine UK. [2006] Won Best Actress, Best Exit of the Year for Doctor Who (2005), BBC Drama Awards. [2006] Won The Times Breakthrough Award - Rising British Talent, The South Bank Show Awards. [2006] Nomination for Best Actress, for her theatre role in "Treats", Evening Standard Theatre Awards. [2007] (2007/08) Nomination for London Newcomer of the Year, for her theatre role in "Treats", Theatregoers' Choice Awards. Daughter-in-law of actor James Fox . On April 25, 1983, her name was officially changed to Billie Paul Piper, by her parents, Paul Victor Piper and Mandy Kane Kent. Gave birth to her first child at	Jaimie Alexander wears no knickers on red carpet: The revealing red carpet dresses that made these women famous - Mirror Online Elizabeth Hurley in Versace Dress and the Four Weddings and a Funeral Premiere (Photo: Rex Features) She started it with what became known as THAT dress at Four Weddings And A Funeral premiere with then boyfriend Hugh Grant. In fact, the dress was Versace and as well as making Liz a household name, the designer himself was propelled into the public eye. Liz went on to star in Austin Powers and land several high end modelling contracts. KELLY BROOK (2000) British model Kelly Brook arrives at the UK premiere of the film "Snatch" (Photo: Getty) This Julien Macdonald gown made jaws drop on the Snatch red carpet premiere and plunged Kelly from the critics least favourite TV presenter to the curvy fantasy of males across the world. Kelly managed to steal the limelight from Brad Pitt with this sparkling slashed gown which showed more bum and boob than anyone. Kels went on to land modelling deals and a series of hot boyfriends. ROSE McGOWAN (1998) Rose McGowan at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards (Photo: Getty Images) Rose also decided to show off her bum at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards. Her dress makes Miley Cyrus look positively demure as it barely covered up, well, nothing. The actress went down in VMA history with her mesh dress and went on to star in hit Charmed and movie Conan the Barbarian. That dress definitely classed a spell. Malin Akerman (2012) Malin Akerman arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Rock Of Ages" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on June 8, 2012 in Hollywood, (Photo: Getty Images) Who I hear you cry? It didn't matter who the hell she was when gorgeous Malin arrived at the Los Angeles premiere of Rock Of Ages at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on 2012. With its thigh high slit and panels, Malin looked sensational. ANJA RUBIK (2012) Anja Rubik attends the "Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2012 (Photo: Getty Images) After Angelina and that leg, Polish model Anja decided to get in on the action. Despite Vogue Paris declaring her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s and with a Fendi campaign under her belt, it took Anja to slip into a revealing white satin number to get her noticed. She was at the Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in case you were wondering. J-LO (2000) Jennifer Lopez backstage at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, 2/23/00. (Photo: Getty) This exotic Versace dress was apparently worn by Gerry Halliwell weeks before J-Lo slipped into it - no one noticed though. With its plunging neckline and sheer train, J-Lo showed more boob that Jaimie could even dream off. With her hair sleek down her back, the pop princess showed she had the figure for Hollywood films. J-Lo's chiffon dress has been mentioned along with Elizabeth Hurley's black Versace dress as one the dresses that made Versace a household name. Donatella Versace even credited the coverage of the dress with helping her cope with the death of her brother Gianni Versace and dubbed it the turning point of her career. Jaimie Alexander (2013) Actress Jaimie Alexander arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere "Thor: The Dark World" (Photo: Splash News) American actress Jaimie Alexander well and truly stole the show at the Los Angeles premiere of Thor: The Dark World on Tuesday night. The pretty brunette, who plays Sif in the blockbuster, flaunted her enviable figure in a tight black dress on the red carpet at the El Capitan Theatre. Well, she did a bit more than flaunt it if we're honest. She practically revealed the whole thing via a full-length see-through panel at the front, which showed off her cleavage, belly button and a whole lot of leg. But rather than focusing on how amazing her body looked, all we could think was: "What happens if that panel shifts 1cm to the left!?" Lena Headey (2013) (Photo: GETTY) Unless your a big Game Of	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,632	Which Wiltshire town was twinned with Walt Disney World, Florida, in 2009?	Twinned: Walt Disney World and Swindon \| UK news \| The Guardian Twinned: Walt Disney World and Swindon Wiltshire to become Waltshire as English town beats off competition for link with Florida resort Like Swindon, Walt Disney World has trains. A monorail is parked at the resort's Epcot theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Photograph: John Raoux/AP Staff and agencies Monday 7 December 2009 13.01 EST First published on Monday 7 December 2009 13.01 EST Close This article is 7 years old Swindon , a place chiefly known for its association with the building of trains, cars and very complicated roundabouts, will be officially linked with Walt Disney World, it was announced today. The Wiltshire town famous for its old rail works and the site of a major Honda car factory has been selected as the first twin town of the Florida resort. The home of the TV presenter Melinda Messenger, singer Billie Piper and former Never Mind the Buzzcocks star Mark Lamarr, Swindon was chosen thanks to the efforts of one local resident, Rebecca Warren, 20, who produced a winning video slideshow extolling the virtues of the town. The 24 other towns competing included Blackpool, Brighton, Aberdeen and Cambridge. Warren, who works for a building society, will fly to Florida with her nephew, Aaron, 11, and niece, Amy, five, to unveil a "Walt Disney World Twinned with Swindon" plaque. Swindon will be the venue next month for a "twinning ceremony", which will include a celebratory party. Warren said today: "I still cannot believe that my entry has been selected. It's fantastic. What a great opportunity for Swindon." Hugh Wood, of Disney Destinations International, said: "Britain clearly has a love for Walt Disney World and longstanding affinity with the parks and their magic, which is probably why the number and quality of entries received was so high."	John Marwood Cleese (Cheese) - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Ex-husband of Connie Booth ; Barbara Trentham and <private> Eichelberger (McBride) Father of <private> Cleese and <private> Cleese Managed by: Oct 27 1939 - Number 6 Ellesmere road, Weston-super-Mare, England, UK Parents: Reginald Francis Cleese (Cheese), Muriel Cleese (Cheese) (born Cross) Ex-wife: Oct 27 1939 - Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England Parents: Connie Booth, Alyce Cleese, Barbara Trentham, Jennifer Wade Children: Oct 1939 - Weston- Super-Mare, Somerset, England Parents: mother About John Cleese He is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. In the mid 1970s, Cleese co-wrote and starred in, with first wife Connie Booth, the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films, two Harry Potter films, and three Shrek films. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded the production company Video Arts, responsible for making entertaining training films. Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, the only child of Muriel (née Cross), an acrobat, and Reginald Francis Cleese (b. 1894), who worked in insurance sales. His family's surname was previously "Cheese", but his father changed it to "Cleese" in 1915, upon joining the Army. Cleese was educated at St Peter's Preparatory School where he was a star pupil, receiving a prize for English studies and doing well at sport including cricket and boxing. At 13 he received an exhibition to Clifton College, an English public school in Bristol. He was tall as a child and was well over 6 ft when he arrived there. While at the school he is said to have defaced the school grounds for a prank by painting footsteps to suggest that the school's statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig had got down from his plinth and gone to the toilet. Cleese played cricket for the first team and after initial indifference he did well academically, passing 8 O levels and 3 A-Levels in mathematics, physics and chemistry. After leaving school he went back to his prep school to teach science before taking up a place he had won at Downing College, Cambridge where he studied law and joined the Cambridge Footlights Revue. There he met his future writing partner Graham Chapman. Cleese wrote extra material for the 1961 Footlights Revue I Thought I Saw It Move, and was Registrar for the Footlights Club during 1962, as well as being one of the cast members for the 1962 Footlights Revue Double Take! He graduated from Cambridge in 1963 with a 2:1 classification in his degree. Despite his successes on The Frost Report, his father would send him cuttings from the Daily Telegraph offering management jobs in places like Marks and Spencer. Personal life: 1960s to 1980s - Cleese met Connie Booth in America during the late 1960s and the couple married in 1968. In 1971, Booth gave birth to Cynthia Cleese, their only child. With Booth, Cleese wrote the scripts for and co-starred in both series of the TV series Fawlty Towers, even though the two were actually divorced before the second series was finished and aired. Cleese and Booth are said to have remained close friends since. Cleese remarried in 1981, to American actress Barbara Trentham. Their daughter Camilla, Cleese's second child, was born in 1984. He and Trentham divorced in 1990. It was also during this time that Cleese moved from the United Kingdom to Califor	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,633	"What is the ""First Law of Robotics"" devised by Isaac Asimov in his science fiction stories?"	Isaac Asimov - Wikiquote Isaac Asimov Jump to: navigation , search There is no belief , however foolish , that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death . Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992 ) was a Russian -born American biochemist who was a prolific author of both fiction and non-fiction, perhaps best remembered for the novels The Foundation Series and I, Robot . Contents Step by step, it must be done. And AC said, “LET THERE BE LIGHT !” And there was light — You wait for the war to happen like vultures . If you want to help , prevent the war. Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris. General sources[ edit ] Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you. I am glad of that. In fact, I am relieved. If I were not an atheist , I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words . I feel that the longest and worst punishment should be reserved for those who slandered God by inventing Hell . The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom . Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. A planet full of people meant nothing against the dictates of economic necessity ! Economics is on the side of humanity now . The Currents of Space (1952) The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest , on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light . The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way… " The Last Question " in Science Fiction Quarterly (November 1956) How can the net amount of entropy of the universe be massively decreased? Multivac fell dead and silent. The slow flashing of lights ceased, the distant sounds of clicking relays ended. Then, just as the frightened technicians felt they could hold their breath no longer, there was a sudden springing to life of the teletype attached to that portion of Multivac. Five words were printed: INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MEANINGFUL ANSWER. "The Last Question" in Science Fiction Quarterly (November 1956) All collected data had come to a final end. Nothing was left to be collected. But all collected data had yet to be completely correlated and put together in all possible relationships. A timeless interval was spent in doing that. And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy. But there was now no man to whom AC might give the answer of the last question. No matter. The answer — by demonstration — would take care of that, too. For another timeless interval, AC thought how best to do this. Carefully, AC organized the program. The consciousness of AC encompassed all of what had once been a Universe and brooded over what was now Chaos . Step by step, it must be done. And AC said, “LET THERE BE LIGHT !” And there was light — "The Last Question" in Science Fiction Quarterly (November 1956) You wait for the war to happen like vultures . If you want to help , prevent the war. Don't save the remnants. Save them all. " The Gentle Vultures " in Super-Science Fiction (December 1957) Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris. "By Jove!" in View from a Height (1963); often misquoted as "Jupiter plus debris". Inspect every piece of pseudoscience and you will find a security blanket, a thumb to suck, a skirt to hold. What does the scientist have to offer in exchange? Uncertainty! Insecurity! Asimov's Guide to Science (1972), p. 15 What I will be remembered for are the Foundation Trilogy and the Three Laws of Robotics . What I want to be remembered for is no on	robot \| technology \| Britannica.com technology Learn more about this topic 1 What is a robot? 3 Learn more about Isaac Asimov, whose science-fiction writings featured a set of rules for robots known as the “Three Laws of Robotics” Robot, any automatically operated machine that replaces human effort, though it may not resemble human beings in appearance or perform functions in a humanlike manner. By extension, robotics is the engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, and operation of robots. ASIMO, a two-legged humanoid robot developed by the Honda Motor Co. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. The use of robots for meal delivery and other tasks in hospitals. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz The concept of artificial humans predates recorded history (see automaton ), but the modern term robot derives from the Czech word robota (“forced labour” or “serf”), used in Karel Čapek ’s play R.U.R. (1920). The play’s robots were manufactured humans, heartlessly exploited by factory owners until they revolted and ultimately destroyed humanity. Whether they were biological, like the monster in Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein (1818), or mechanical was not specified, but the mechanical alternative inspired generations of inventors to build electrical humanoids. (From left) Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge, in … From a private collection The word robotics first appeared in Isaac Asimov ’s science-fiction story Runaround (1942). Along with Asimov’s later robot stories, it set a new standard of plausibility about the likely difficulty of developing intelligent robots and the technical and social problems that might result. Runaround also contained Asimov’s famous Three Laws of Robotics: 1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. This article traces the development of robots and robotics. For further information on industrial applications, see the article automation . Industrial robots nouvelle artificial intelligence Though not humanoid in form, machines with flexible behaviour and a few humanlike physical attributes have been developed for industry. The first stationary industrial robot was the programmable Unimate, an electronically controlled hydraulic heavy-lifting arm that could repeat arbitrary sequences of motions. It was invented in 1954 by the American engineer George Devol and was developed by Unimation Inc., a company founded in 1956 by American engineer Joseph Engelberger . In 1959 a prototype of the Unimate was introduced in a General Motors Corporation die-casting factory in Trenton , New Jersey . In 1961 Condec Corp. (after purchasing Unimation the preceding year) delivered the world’s first production-line robot to the GM factory; it had the unsavoury task (for humans) of removing and stacking hot metal parts from a die-casting machine. Unimate arms continue to be developed and sold by licensees around the world, with the automobile industry remaining the largest buyer. Industrial robot at a factory. © Index Open More advanced computer-controlled electric arms guided by sensors were developed in the late 1960s and 1970s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and at Stanford University , where they were used with cameras in robotic hand-eye research. Stanford’s Victor Scheinman , working with Unimation for GM, designed the first such arm used in industry. Called PUMA (Programmable Universal Machine for Assembly), they have been used since 1978 to assemble automobile subcomponents such as dash panels and lights. PUMA was widely imitated, and its descendants, large and small, are still used for light assembly in electronics and other industries. Since the 1990s small electric arms have become important in molecular biology laboratories, precisely handling test-tube arrays and pipetting intric	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,634	'The duke and the king' are characters that accompany the runaway lead pair in which classic American novel?	SparkNotes: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Character List The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Huckleberry Finn - The protagonist and narrator of the novel. Huck is the thirteen-year-old son of the local drunk of St. Petersburg, Missouri, a town on the Mississippi River. Frequently forced to survive on his own wits and always a bit of an outcast, Huck is thoughtful, intelligent (though formally uneducated), and willing to come to his own conclusions about important matters, even if these conclusions contradict society’s norms. Nevertheless, Huck is still a boy, and is influenced by others, particularly by his imaginative friend, Tom. Tom Sawyer - Huck’s friend, and the protagonist of Tom Sawyer, the novel to which Huckleberry Finn is ostensibly the sequel. In Huckleberry Finn, Tom serves as a foil to Huck: imaginative, dominating, and given to wild plans taken from the plots of adventure novels, Tom is everything that Huck is not. Tom’s stubborn reliance on the “authorities” of romance novels leads him to acts of incredible stupidity and startling cruelty. His rigid adherence to society’s conventions aligns Tom with the “sivilizing” forces that Huck learns to see through and gradually abandons. Read an in-depth analysis of Tom Sawyer. Widow Douglas and Miss Watson - Two wealthy sisters who live together in a large house in St. Petersburg and who adopt Huck. The gaunt and severe Miss Watson is the most prominent representative of the hypocritical religious and ethical values Twain criticizes in the novel. The Widow Douglas is somewhat gentler in her beliefs and has more patience with the mischievous Huck. When Huck acts in a manner contrary to societal expectations, it is the Widow Douglas whom he fears disappointing. Jim - One of Miss Watson’s household slaves. Jim is superstitious and occasionally sentimental, but he is also intelligent, practical, and ultimately more of an adult than anyone else in the novel. Jim’s frequent acts of selflessness, his longing for his family, and his friendship with both Huck and Tom demonstrate to Huck that humanity has nothing to do with race. Because Jim is a black man and a runaway slave, he is at the mercy of almost all the other characters in the novel and is often forced into ridiculous and degrading situations. Read an in-depth analysis of Jim. Pap - Huck’s father, the town drunk and ne’er-do-well. Pap is a wreck when he appears at the beginning of the novel, with disgusting, ghostlike white skin and tattered clothes. The illiterate Pap disapproves of Huck’s education and beats him frequently. Pap represents both the general debasement of white society and the failure of family structures in the novel. The duke and the dauphin - A pair of con men whom Huck and Jim rescue as they are being run out of a river town. The older man, who appears to be about seventy, claims to be the “dauphin,” the son of King Louis XVI and heir to the French throne. The younger man, who is about thirty, claims to be the usurped Duke of Bridgewater. Although Huck quickly realizes the men are frauds, he and Jim remain at their mercy, as Huck is only a child and Jim is a runaway slave. The duke and the dauphin carry out a number of increasingly disturbing swindles as they travel down the river on the raft. Judge Thatcher - The local judge who shares responsibility for Huck with the Widow Douglas and is in charge of safeguarding the money that Huck and Tom found at the end of Tom Sawyer. When Huck discovers that Pap has returned to town, he wisely signs his fortune over to the Judge, who doesn’t really accept the money, but tries to comfort Huck. Judge Thatcher has a daughter, Becky, who was Tom’s girlfriend in Tom Sawyer and whom Huck calls “Bessie” in this novel. The Grangerfords - A family that takes Huck in after a steamboat hits his raft, separating him from Jim. The kindhearted Grangerfords, who offer Huck a place to stay in their tacky country home, are locked in a long-standing feud with another local family, the Shepherdsons. Twain	Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley A novel by Alexandra Ripley The timeless tale continues...The most popular and beloved American historical novel ever written, Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind isunparalleled in its portrayal of men and women at oncelarger than life but as real as ourselves.Now bestsellingwriter Alexandra Ripley brings us back to Tara andreintroduces us to the characters we remember so well:Rhett, Ashley, Mammy, Suellen, Aunt Pittypat, and, ofcourse, Scarlett.As the classic story, first told over half a century ago, moves forward, the greatest love affair in all fiction isreignited; amidst heartbreak and joy, the endless,consuming passion between Scarlett O'Hara and RhettButler reaches its startling culmination. Rich withsurprises at every turn and new emotional, breathtakingadventures, Scarlett satisfies our longing to reenter theworld of Gone With the Wind, and like its predecessor, Scarlett will find an eternal place in our hearts.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,635	Who began his singing career on the variety radio programme Welsh Rarebit	Welsh Rarebit, radio hit to remember - walesonline Administrator - Wales Online News Opinion Welsh Rarebit, radio hit to remember GAVIN and Stacey (back for a one-off special). Doctor Who (superstar soprano Katherine Jenkins guesting for Christmas). Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email GAVIN and Stacey (back for a one-off special). Doctor Who (superstar soprano Katherine Jenkins guesting for Christmas). Torchwood. Shows watched by millions, series that have put Cardiff (oh, all right, and Barry) slap bang into the middle of the map. At last, we’re told, we are one of the BIG showbiz centres. But hang on. We have been here before. And if I offer just two little words anyone over, shall we say a certain age, will know exactly when they hear them. Here goes. “’Elloooo Boys...” Uttered in a sort of strangled bleat, a meeting of yodel and squeak. “’Elloooo Boys..!” The weekly signal that Willie had arrived, that another adventure of Tommy Trouble was on its way. Two words recalling the greatest of times for radio in Wales, when a programme starting as a near-amateur production to remind Welsh servicemen of home became, incredibly, Britain’s most popular programme. After eight years confined to its own little corner, it “went national” in 1949 and 12 million listeners tuned in each week. Beat that Doctor! It was, of course, Welsh Rarebit, making Tommy Trouble and his mates Willie, Llew and Jimmy more cult than comic characters. It was also a marvellous showcase for such young up-and-comers as Stan Stennett, Albert and Les Ward, Wyn Calvin, Maudie Edwards, Harry Secombe – and the wonderfully raucous Gladys Morgan, whose ear-splitting cackle could shatter pint pots. True, true! A bloke in Canton standing too close to the wireless suddenly saw his daaark spilled all over the floor while left, he moaned, with only an ’andle in my ’and. It began when one of the most famous names in Welsh broadcasting was asked to devise a show “to keep Welsh troops happy”. Mai Jones, who started in radio at Savoy Hill in 1928 and died 50 years ago this summer took the challenge – Rarebit is her most enduring monument. But those first programmes could hardly have kept the troops happy. Not when the centrepiece was “Dai’s Letter from Home”, intoned by an actor with a treacly, dark brown voice offering glowingly idealistic visions of servicemen’s home towns. With appropriate, tear-jerking music, of course. But Mai Jones turned the programme into a variety show, at its core the Adventures of Tommy Trouble. And Tommy, Willie, Llew and Jimmy, spiritual ancestors of Compo, Clegg and Foggy, of Summer Wine, helped Rarebit on its way from a pretty parochial programme to national treasure, endearing themselves to listeners in every part of Britain. One West Country couple even renamed their house “Croeso”, Welsh for welcome, see, and fan letters flooded in, most for Willie. For he was undoubtedly the star, the eternal unworldly innocent often played by Cardiff’s Wyn Calvin, his entrance – “‘Elloooo Boys...” – inevitably greeted with cheers from the audience. Yes, there was an audience. Welsh Rarebit was broadcast from halls throughout Wales although its most familiar home was Cardiff’s Cory Hall where the Capitol Centre now stands. Tommy Trouble was created by a bus driver who packed up his safe job to try writing and for E Eynon Evans it worked. His scripts, carefully kept in the Caerphilly care home where he died aged 85 in 1989, were his reminders of the great days when Tommy Trouble was as familiar in the nation’s homes as soap stars are today. One of the scripts he treasured was for the Christmas special in 1955, naturally a panto theme offering the essence of the programme. It was introduced by the familiar voice of Alun Williams, then in came the Lyrian Singers and Sospan Fach – “Llanelli,” cried Alun, “here we come.” And here’s young Stan Stennett, Kairdiff comic turned cowboy, a-ridin’ to the Ole Bar X. Great on his geetar was Stan in those days before	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 Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri	trivia_qa.jsonl
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I want to examine one such act that has great resonance across world cultures: the act of personifying the earth as a mother goddess. My hope is that if the rationale for seeing the earth as a goddess can be understood, this understanding could then be extended to illuminate the reasons for the personified forms of other gods and spirits. I also hope to demonstrate how personification probably aided, and may yet still aid, in the survival of our species by comparing the consequences of personified vs. objectified relationships with the earth. Hal wes þu folde, fira modor! "Health and wholeness to you, earth, mother of men!" (Anglo-Saxon Land Ceremonies Charm, early 11th century.) Thus no clear criteria of evidence, logic, or certainty separate religion even from its supposed antithesis, science. Instead, they are separated most sharply by their attitude toward anthropomorphism: science tries to avoid it, while religions take it as foundation. (Guthrie 196.) Earth as Mother Gaia, the Greek Earth Goddess "Mother Earth" is an expression that is common in modern times and also has an ancient history. Naming earth as a mother, for instance, can be traced back through the various Indo-European languages. West has identified various forms of the expression in the oldest linguistic forms of Hittite, Greek, Asia Minor, Armenian, Germanic, Celtic, and Slavic cultures. Variations of the idea can also be found in ancient non-Indo-European cultures on every continent. (Though many ancient religions have an earth mother goddess, it should also be noted there are many other gods and spirits connected with the earth in various ways, and that the theology of the earth is always more complex than just positing a single goddess. I will, however, be setting these complexities aside in this essay for the sake of the clarity of this example of personification.) Most people in the modern west consider the expression "Mother Earth" to be only figurative: a metaphor expressing a poetic understanding that should not be taken literally. What I hope to show here is that this concept is in fact also very literal, and that the ancient sense of the poetic was not about dressing up reality in some sort of flowery fancy, but rather a method for drawing one's attention to the reality and meaning of human lived experience. The earth is, of course, the source of all of our sustenance. Our food is grown from it or derived from animals who inhabit a food chain that traces back to the earth. The earth embraces us with a gravitational force which also holds the atmosphere we breathe. Water, the essential stuff of life, is drawn from the earth's surface and subsurface. But the earth not only sustains us; it also provided the environment in which our species evolved. We are, in two senses, of the earth. Our physical being is not only constructed of and maintained by the fruits of the earth, but its form and functions were shaped by its interactions with the earth's environment. From our essential relationship to the earth outlined above, it is obvious how the earth can be considered to be a mother. Though we are nurtured in the womb and born out of a human mother, the ultimate source of sustenance for both our human mothers and ourselves is the earth. Just as we take shape in the womb, the earth also shaped our species, including the process of growth in the womb. In this way the earth can be seen as the mother behind all mothers, not just of human beings, but of all life on earth. As we grow older, our reliance on our human mothers for supplying physical sustenance grows less and less, but our dependency on the sustenance of the earth remains unchanged. Thus the eart	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,637	What name is given to the treatment of cotton or linen to give it the appearance of silk?	Fabric & Textiles Glossary - Learn About Fabrics \| Joel & Son Fabrics A Acetate A manufactured fiber formed by compound of cellulose, refined from cotton linters and/or wood pulp, and acidic acid that has been extruded through a spinneret and then hardened. Acrylic A manufactured fiber derived from polyacrylonitrile. Its major properties include a soft, wool-like hand, machine washable and dryable, excellent color retention. Solution-dyed versions have excellent resistance to sunlight and chlorine degradation. Alpaca A natural hair fiber obtained from the Alpaca sheep, a domesticated member of the llama family. The fiber is most commonly used in fabrics made into dresses, suits, coats, and sweaters. Angora The hair of the Angora goat. Also known as Angora mohair. Angora may also apply to the fur of the Angora rabbit. However, according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, any apparel containing Angora rabbit hair must be labeled as "Angora rabbit hair" on the garment. Applique - decorative technique where fabric shapes are sewn or embroidered onto a base fabric. B A knit or woven fabric made from a rough, curly, knotted boucle yarn. The fabric has a looped, knotted surface and is often used in suits and coats. Broadcloth A plain weave tightly woven fabric, characterized by a slight ridge effect in one direction, usually the filling. The most common broadcloth is made from cotton or cotton/polyester blends. Broderie Anglaise Literally - English embroidery. The name is given to a type of cotton fabric embroidered with a design to form a buttonhole stitch outline which is then cut away. Broderie Anglaise is embroidered with white cotton threads. If a coloured thread is used this is often called eyelet work Burn-out A brocade-like pattern effect created on the fabric through the application of a chemical, instead of color, during the burn-out printing process. (Sulfuric acid, mixed into a colorless print paste, is the most common chemical used.) Many simulated eyelet effects can be created using this method. In these instances, the chemical destroys the fiber and creates a hole in the fabric in a specific design, where the chemical comes in contact with the fabric. The fabric is then over-printed with a simulated embroidery stitch to create the eyelet effect. However, burn-out effects can also be created on velvets made of blended fibers, in which the ground fabric is of one fiber like a polyester, and the pile may be of a cellulosic fiber like rayon or acetate. In this case, when the chemical is printed in a certain pattern, it destroys the pile in those areas where the chemical comes in contact with the fabric, but leave the ground fabric unharmed. C Calico Similar to broadcloth, made of cotton or cotton/polyester and usually printed in small "country" design all-over with multi-colored floral patterns. Cashmere A luxury fiber obtained from the soft fleecy undergrowth of the Kashmir goat of Tibet, Mongolia, China, Iran, Iraq, and India. Most commonly used in sweaters, shawls, suits, coats, and dresse Canvas Medium to heavy weight cotton fabric woven closely in plain or twill with relatively large threads. Available in variety of colors, stripes and few printed designs. It is also referred as "duck" or "sailcloth". It has many uses. A lightweight, soft plain weave fabric with a slightly brushed surface. The fabric is often printed, usually in a floral paisley or abstract pattern. Challis is most often seen in fabrics made of cotton, wool, or rayon. Chantilly lace French elaborate floral lace on hexagonal mesh ground outlined in heavy silk thread. Usually made with black threads and in strips which are later stitched together with an 'invisible' stitch called racroc to give the illusion of a large, continuous piece of lace. Originated in Chantilly, France in the 17th century. Chambray A plain woven fabric that can be made from cotton, silk, or manufactured fibers, but is most commonly cotton. It incorporates a colored warp (often blue) and white filling yarns. Charmeuse Satin silk weave w	Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,638	Which restaurant chain was founded in 1998 by Simon Woodroffe?	Simon Woodroffe: The Yo! Sushi boss who beat depression - BBC News BBC News Simon Woodroffe: The Yo! Sushi boss who beat depression By Will Smale Business reporter, BBC News 25 June 2014 Close share panel Image copyright Yo! Sushi Simon Woodroffe felt he was down on his knees just before he founded restaurant chain Yo! Sushi. At the time he was 40 years old, recently divorced, out of work - and battling depression. "When you are really down you lose your confidence and your self esteem," says Mr Woodroffe, now 62. "I was down, and I had to really fight to climb out of it. "It was survival. People would say to me, 'What inspired you to start Yo! Sushi?' And I would reply, 'Desperation.'" This was in the early 1990s, and having previously worked in the music and TV industries, Mr Woodroffe was home in London, fighting the blues, with his money running out. The second Saturday we had a queue down the block, and then we had a queue for two years after that - it was like having a hit record Simon Woodroffe Not wanting to return to his previous careers, he hoped to set up a completely new business. A Japanese friend suggested he set up the UK's first conveyor-belt sushi restaurant. And so the idea for Yo! Sushi was born. The business, which now has more than 70 branches in the UK and overseas, pulled Mr Woodroffe out of his depression and made him a multimillionaire. 'Wilderness year' Born and bred in the English county of Essex, Mr Woodroffe left school at 16 with just two O-levels, and got a job in London as a theatre stagehand. This was the late 1960s, and soon he switched to the music industry, becoming a roadie and then a stage designer for the likes of Rod Stewart, the Moody Blues and Jethro Tull. "It was absolutely incredible," he says. "I was travelling around America with rock bands, staying in big hotels. I couldn't believe my luck." Image copyright Paul Winch-Furness Image caption Mr Woodroffe gets a 1% royalty from sales at all Yo! Sushi restaurants Mr Woodroffe stayed in the music business until the Live Aid charity concerts of 1985, when his company designed the stage at Wembley Stadium. But while Live Aid was a pinnacle for many in the rock'n'roll business, for Mr Woodroffe it marked the beginning of the end of his involvement. Image copyright Yo! Sushi Image caption Mr Woodroffe spent 15 years in the music industry He says the event made him realise that the industry was now "being run by accountants", and that he suddenly felt out of place. After falling out with his then business partner, Mr Woodroffe quit and, battling an early bout of depression, spent "a year in the wilderness". He eventually worked for a number of years in the TV industry, first selling the rights to televised rock and pop concerts, followed briefly by making programmes about extreme sports. But then divorce and returning depression saw him once more out of work, before he hit upon the idea for Yo! Sushi. 'High-class' experience Researching conveyor-belt sushi bars, Mr Woodroffe found there were about 2,500 in Japan, where they had been around since the 1970s. To his horror, he then discovered there was already one in east London. However, this was a more downmarket offering than his plans for "a high-class, cool London experience". Image copyright Paul Winch-Furness Image caption There are more than 70 Yo! Sushi branches around the world He was ultimately able to persuade his bank manager to back the idea, and was even able to secure a £200,000 loan guarantee from the UK government. And so, two years after the idea was born, the first Yo! Sushi restaurant opened in London's fashionable Soho district in 1997. And it had no customers. "The first week nobody turned up, and the second week wasn't very good either," recalls Mr Woodroffe. "And then the second Saturday we had a queue down the block, and then we had a queue for two years after that. It was like having a hit record. Image copyright Yo! Sushi Image caption Mr Woodroffe has had to conquer depression on a number of occasions "[At first] people were simply scared to come in. They wou	Free Flashcards about GK 3 Semantics is the branch of logic concerned with what? Meaning Which Northumberland castle, located between Craster and Embleton, is closely associated with the legend of Guy the Seeker? Dunstanburgh Castle Whose poem is "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket"? Robert Powell Which poem did Milton write about the drowned fellow poet Edward King? Lycidas What was England's second-largest and second-most commercially important city for the bulk of the 14th century? Norwich Which sea battle was fought on 24 June 1340 as one of the opening salvoes of the 100 Years War? Sluys In which county are Chipchase and Belsay Castles? Northumberland In England, often associated with the wool trade, what European historiography term refers to the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation? Staple The narrator of Anthony Burgess's 'Earthly Powers' is generally held to have been a lampoon or caricature of which real-life author? W Somerset Maugham Maria Edgeworth is a character in which literary work? Castle Rackrent In which play does the line "to thine own self be true" appear? Hamlet In which Graham Greene novel is Scobie a character? The Heart of The Matter Paul Morel is the protagonist of which novel? Sons and Lovers Gerald Crich appears in which DH Lawrence novel? Women In Love Stephen Blackpool is the hero of which Dickens work? Hard Times Which fictitious Northern city is scene of much of the action in 'Hard Times'? Coketown In which novel is Paul Pennyfeather a character? Decline and Fall (Waugh_ In which century was the Sorbonne founded? 13th (1253) Dorothea Brooke appears in which classic novel? Middlemarch In a church, what is the chancel? The space around the altar at the liturgical East end of a church. Give a year in the reign of Philip II (Phillipe Auguste) of France. 1180-1223 Which perfume house introduced the 'Gentleman' brand in 1974? Givenchy Which word can refer to a bomber aircraft, a radio call sign and the Z-Cars code-name? Victor What was Eleanor Thornton the model for in 1911? The Spirit of Ecstasy Liverworts and green leaves are both rich in which vitamin group, including retinol, retinal, retinoic acid? Vitamin A Which Englishman designed the first modern steam turbine in 1884? Parsons Which foodstuff is prepared from Hydrocarbon toluene? Saccharine Which company made the 'Forester' car model? Subaru Which American first used the term 'torpedo' for a naval explosive? Fulton Which element is atomic number 9? Fluorine Highland Dirks and Stilettos are both types of what? Daggers Fish-oils and egg yolk are both rich in which Vitamin? Vitamin D Plasterers and Diggers are both types of what sort of insect? Wasps How long is a vicennial? Every 20 years What name is given to a female badger? Sow If a male cat is a tom, what is a female? Queen A musquash fur comes from which animal? Musk Rat What was unusual about the UK Nobel Prize Winner stamps issued in 2001? Scented What type of animals are cervidae? Deer The first UK self-adhesive stamps depicted what? Cats Gypsum is more correctly known by what chemical name? Hydrated calcium sulphate What is the chemical symbol of promethium? Pm Which Miletus-born Presocratic philosopher is sometimes called 'The Father of Science'? Thales The quagga is a subspecies of which animal? Zebra Which class of subatomic particles is named from the Greek for 'heavy'? Baryons Which Ancient Greek astronomer both discovered the precession of the equinoxes, and may have compiled the first star catalogue? Hipparchus Which kitchen appliance did Denis Papin introduce in 1679? Pressure Cooker Which vitamin deficiency causes beri-beri? B1 Which class of subatomic articles is named from the Greek for 'thick'? Hadrons In which year were self-adhesive stamps introduced to the UK? 2001 Which type of creature has the largest brain relative to body size yet known? Ant Asparagus, leeks and tulips are all part of which plant family? Lily Archangel and Havana Brown are both breeds of what animal? Cat Which mathematician is (possibly fancifully) often credited with inventing roul	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,639	Rafflesia Arnoldii, the world’s largest flower, is better known by what name?	What is the largest flower in the world? (Everyday Mysteries: Fun Science Facts from the Library of Congress) What is the largest flower in the world? The Rafflesia arnoldii. The flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It attaches itself to a host plant to obtain water and nutrients. When in bloom, the Rafflesia emits a repulsive odor, similar to that of rotting meat. This odor attracts insects that pollinate the plant. Another enormous flower found in Indonesia is the Amorphophallus titanum, or Titan arum. It is also known as the "corpse flower" for its unpleasant odor. Like the Rafflesia, the Titan emits the smell of rotting flesh to attract pollinators. Technically, the Titan arum is not a single flower. It is a cluster of many tiny flowers, called an inflorescence. The Titan arum has the largest unbranched inflorescence of all flowering plants. The plant can reach heights of 7 to 12 feet and weigh as much as 170 pounds! Related Web Sites Virtual Herbarium: Conserving the Giant Titans - This site provides the history, statistics, and frequently asked questions about the Titan Arum, as well as, documented blooms of the Titan Arum in the United States. Kew Royal Botanic Gardens: Amorphophallus titanum - The Kew provides Amorphophallus titanum species information, description, cultivation and helpful informational links Kew Royal Botanic Gardens: Rafflesia arnoldii - The Kew provides Rafflesia arnoldii species, geographic distribution, discover information and helpful web links. Rafflesia arnoldii - This page contains photographs of the Rafflesia arnoldii. Further Reading Attenborough, David. The private life of plants: A natural history of plant behaviour. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1995. 320 p. Emboden, Willliam A. Bizarre plants: magical, monstrous, mythical. London, Studio Vista, 1974. 214 p. Nais, Jamili. Rafflesia of the world. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Parks, 2001. 243 p Ross, Edward S. Rafflesia: the superflower. California Wild, v. 56, Summer, 2003 p. 8-11. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/calwild/2003summer/stories/rafflesia.html l For more print resources... Search on "Botany," "botany Indonesia," "plants Indonesia," or "tropical plants" in the Library of Congress Online Catalog . The Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's largest flower. Photograph by Harry Wiriadinata and Suwito Alam from article in Voice of Nature, v. 84, August 1990, p. 14.	Strelitzia reginae Strelitzia reginae Family : Strelitziaceae Common names : crane flower, bird of paradise, orange strelitzia (Eng.); isigude (Nguni); kraanvoëlblom (Afr.) Strelitzia reginae is one the most popular horticultural perennial around the world. It flowers for long periods with its vivid orange and bright purple/blue inflorences and is an ideal pot plant and cut flower subject. Description The crane flower is a tufted, evergreen, acaulescent (stemless) perennial herb up to 1,5 m tall and 2 m in diameter. The roots are fleshy and finger-like and ± 25 mm in diameter. The leaves are distichous (opposite and arranged fan-like in one plane), banana-like with the leaf blade 500 x 100 mm, and the margins can sometimes be red-edged. The inflorescence stalk is 700 mm tall with 4-6 flowers that emerge in succession in a boat-shaped spathe ± 200 mm long, producing a mucilaginous substance when in bloom. The flowers have orange sepals and blue/purple petals (May to December). The fruit is a hard woody capsule that splits from the apex in summer (August to February). The seeds are round, black to brown in colour with a yellow aril (a tuft of hairs). S. reginae is one of five Strelitzia species in southern Africa: S. alba , S. juncea , S. nicolai and S. caudata . Conservation status Strelitzia reginae is not threatened. Distribution and habitat Strelitzia reginae occurs naturally only in South Africa: eastern coast, from Humansdorp to northern KwaZulu-Natal in coastal bush and thicket. It grows along river banks in full sun, however sometimes it occurs and flowers on margins of forest in shade. Derivation of name and historical aspects Stelitzia is named in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, from the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The specific name reginae is Latin and means 'of the queen'. Ecology Bees are common visitors when the spathe is in flower. Sunbirds may be the pollinator, but this has still to be proven. The role of sunbirds in Strelitzia pollination needs to be investigated, as they have been observed "robbing" the flowers by taking nectar but by-passing the pollination mechanism. Birds eat and disperse the seed. In nature, where its distribution overlaps with that of S. juncea, in the Humansdorp District, they hybridise easily. In the late 90's Mr John Winter, former Curator of Kirstenbosch, started a programme of selecting plants with desirable characteristics. The programme has continued under the author and has produced the following selections: F3 dwarf orange, F2 dwarf broad leaf Mandela's Gold, F3 thin & long flower stock for cut flowers and the deep red spathe selection. The plant will be released to the general public in due course as was previously done with Mandela's Gold. Uses and cultural aspects It has been reported that the abakwaMthethwa clan in KwaZulu-Natal use the strained decoctions from the inflorence to treat inflamed glands and venereal diseases. The seeds are also used in the Cape to sour milk. Delphinidin-3-rutinoside (used for colour) has been isolated from the petals and proanthoncyanidin polymers (flavonoids, antioxidants) from the leaves. Strelitzia reginae is widely used in landscaping as an architectural plant and focal point. Growing Strelitzia reginae Strelitiza reginae can be propagated from seed and divisions. Hand pollination can be carried out as described by Notten (2002). Seed propagation is discussed in an article by Winter & Xaba (2011). Once seed has germinated, it is important to pot seedlings in a well drained fertile medium and to see that they are eventually adapted to a position in full sun. We have had great success with the following potting medium for strelitzias: 2 parts loam, 2 parts sand, 3 parts 12 cm bark, 3 parts compost and 1/2 part bone meal, and 1 part Bounce back® or 1 part 3.1.5 fertiliser. We feed our plants alternatively in May and November with a mixture of (a) 1 part superphosphates, 1 part 3.1.5, 2 parts Bounce back® and 2 parts bone meal or (b) compost. Compost or the mixture is generously scattered around the root area and watered	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,640	‘Touch the rainbow. Taste the rainbow’ is the advertising slogan for which confectionery product?	Skittles' new advertising campaign Print article Imagine a world where everything you touch turns to Skittles®, that is exactly what Wrigley has created in its latest TV advert for this colourful confectionery brand. On TV screens from the 3rd May for three weeks, this twisted take on reality follows lead character, Tim and his magical ability to create never-ending Skittles®. But is it really awesome when you can’t hold your new born baby? How would you feed and dress yourself? Or even answer the phone? The new Skittles® advert is sure get people talking about it and will drive sales of the rainbow coloured brand for retailers. The first UK Skittles® TV advert in two years is designed to appeal to 18-30 year olds, encouraging viewers to expect the unexpected and open their imaginations. Containing comedic one liners, the absurd storyline, which parodies the Midas Touch, will excite existing fans of Skittles® and attract new ones. The hilarious advert takes place in an office setting and features worker ‘Tim’ sitting at his desk. A female colleague approaches with a young male and asks ‘Tim’ to “Show Joel how everything you touch turns to Skittles®”. ‘Tim’ looks forlornly at his hands, then goes onto turn a stapler, telephone and eventually his desk into hundreds of Skittles® sending his computer and belongings crashing to the floor. The advert comes to a close with a packet of Skittles® and the slogan ‘Touch the rainbow, taste the rainbow®’. Elena Ibora, Skittles® Brand Manager, says, “We are delighted that we can bring this unique advertising campaign to the UK following its huge success in America. This advert will definitely keep Skittles® fans on their toes, bringing the element of surprise straight to TV screens and tapping into their energetic and fun-loving natures. I recommend that retailers should stock up quick to maximise sales and increase profit.” Skittles® has already established itself as one of the most successful brands on Facebook, engaging over 2million fans on their UK page with creative campaigns such as “Drown a Man in Skittles®”. The advert and recent Limited Edition Blue packs are set to further cement Skittles® as one of the UK’s most innovative confectionary brands. The Skittles® brand is growing by 11% YOY and is now worth £18m making the brand the 6th largest Fruit Confectionery brand in the UK. Source: Skittles	'80s Actual: The Archers: Nigel Pargetter - Graham Seed - A Fond Farewell... 3.1.11 The Archers: Nigel Pargetter - Graham Seed - A Fond Farewell... Nigel Pargetter, played by Graham Seed, arrived in Ambridge in late 1983. The character hailed from a little way off, Lower Loxley House at Loxley Barrett, and was a completely unknown quantity in Ambridge. But he wasted no time in making his presence felt, becoming romantically linked to Shula Archer ("Shulie") in 1983, bouncing around in a gorilla costume at the Hunt Ball, and driving Mrs Antrobus 's Afghans wild with his Teddy Bears Picnic jingle as ice cream vendor Mr Snowy midway through the decade. It came as a great surprise to this blogger to discover that the character has been killed off as part of The Archers 60th anniversary "celebrations". I find this trend in soaps - to feature a tragic story-line on such occasions - rather odd, and it's by no means as long-established a custom as some soap historians would have us believe. A shame this trend has now reached The Archers. Graham Seed was spotted by then Archers editor William Smethurst in a Birmingham rep production of Major Barbara in 1980. This led to Mr Seed getting his start in radio drama at Pebble Mill in several plays. When the role of Nigel Pargetter was created in 1983, Mr Seed was asked to audition and won the part, which was originally intended to run for only a few weeks. When the character was written out after two years (!), Nigel being sent abroad in 1985, a listeners' campaign was launched to bring him back. It was successful - Nigel returned after only a few weeks away. As William Smethurst wrote in 1987: The Archers listener has always been a force to reckon with! Actor Nigel Caliburn - now Carrington - briefly took over the role when Graham Seed took a break in the late 1980s. Mr Seed was informed of Nigel's impending doom by Archers editor Vanessa Whitburn on 5 November 2010. Today, he issued an official statement: It is with huge sadness that I leave The Archers after 27 years. Nigel Pargetter was a joy and a privilege to play, from 'Mr Snowy' to proud father. His enthusiasm, charm and love of life helped make Ambridge a happier place. 'On a personal note, I will sorely miss working with so many old friends and colleagues, especially Alison Dowling who plays Nigel's Lizzie. 'May I take this opportunity to thank all those listeners who endlessly communicated their loyalty, appreciation and affection towards Nigel and me. I'll miss him!' Mr Seed further commented on the BBC's Archers blog: It would be wrong of me to pretend that I was other than shocked when Vanessa [Whitburn, Archers editor] phoned with the news on a damp November 5th. Fireworks night - rather apt I thought! The hardest thing has been to keep it under wraps, not just from friends and family, but colleagues too. Now at least all is out in the open... It's too soon to highlight memories. They go back to heady days in the '80s. William Smethurst created a wonderfully affectionate, vulnerable over-privileged young man causing havoc to the Archer household in scenes that were such fun to play. Scenes of course with Jack May (Nelson) and Mary Wimbush (Julia), laterly with Richard Atlee (Kenton). But always Ali... There was something of the Peter Pan in Nigel. He never really grew up. Nigel was a charming character, of aristocratic background, naive, not terribly bright, but capable of great kindness and sensitivity. Here's how the character was described in William Smethurst's 1987 book The Archers - The New Official Companion: NIGEL PARGETTER is the only son of Gerald and Julia Pargetter of Lower Loxley House, Loxley Barrett, and in his day was a leading light of the Borchester Young Conservatives. In 1983 he fell in love with Shula but in the following year he was banned from Brookfield when, on the night of the Hunt Ball, he crept into Phil and Jill's bedroom having supposedly mistaken it for the bathroom. 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1,507,641	The Sutherland Falls, the fifth highest waterfalls in the world are in which country?	New Zealand Tours - Milford Track and Sutherland Falls - YouTube New Zealand Tours - Milford Track and Sutherland Falls 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. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jun 12, 2008 The Famous Sutherland Falls on the famous Milford Track through Fiordland to Milford Sound. Fifth-highest waterfalls in the world, see froma plane. Category	What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? Billy The Kid How many stories did each of the World Trade Towers have? 110 What is the name of the cafe in Coronation Street? Roy's Rolls According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace? 775 What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world? London Gatwick By number of films made, which country has the largest film industry? India Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Muhammad Ali On what day of the year is St George's day held? 23rd of April The scientific unit lumen is used in the measurement of what? Light Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle? Apollo 15 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? Stephenie Meyer What is the capital of India? New Delhi Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Edward Lear Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? Haiti In which city is the European Parliament based? Strasbourg Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit? Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,642	Which Yorkshire born track and field athlete is the current Olympic heptathlon champion. She was awarded the CBE in 2013?	1000+ images about Jessica Ennis on Pinterest \| Heptathlon, Olympic champion and Jessica ennis hill Jessica Ennis. Whether she wins an Olympic Gold medal or not. An excellent all-round athlete. See More	Seven wonders of Lewis' world \| The Independent Seven wonders of Lewis' world Simon Turnbull talks to the versatile athlete about rivals to her golden vision Saturday 19 July 1997 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Denise Lewis laughed. "No," she said. "Britain versus Germany. I hadn't thought about that." It had been suggested to Britain's only female track and field medallist of the Atlanta Olympics that her quest for World Championship gold in Athens, just a fortnight away now, was likely to be a throwback to the great Anglo-German multi-events rivalry of the 1980s. In the absence of Syria's Ghada Shouaa, the injured Olympic and reigning world champion, the leading heptathlon contenders are Germany's Sabine Braun and Britain's Lewis. They head the world rankings for 1997, the German leading the Briton by 51 points. At 24, Lewis could be excused for not bringing Daley Thompson and Jurgen Hingsen readily to mind. She was, after all, a 13-year-old schoolgirl when they fought their last epic decathlon duel, at the European Championships in Stuttgart in 1986. The great Briton prevailed on that occasion, as he had done at the 1982 European Championships, the 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Olympic Games, each of which his German rival entered as the new world record holder. Thompson, in fact, was never outshone in competition by the great pretender he liked to call "Hollywood" Hingsen. Braun, having made her major championship debut as one of the beaten Hingsen's team-mates in the Los Angeles Olympics, would need no reminding of that. Before departing for a training camp in Lucerne last week, she acknowledged the looming prospect of another tussle for all-round athletic supremacy between the best of Britain and the greatest of Germany, this time over the seven-discipline programme of the heptathlon: shot, high jump, 100m hurdles, 200m, long jump, javelin and 800m. "I expect Denise Lewis to be my toughest rival," Braun said. "There is not much between us in the world rankings. We have virtually the same points." Both contenders compiled their scores on the same weekend, 31 May-1 June, Braun's 6,787 in winning the German Championships at Ratingen, Lewis's 6,736 in winning the annual international contest at Gotzis in Austria. In Lewis's case, it was a lifetime best, an improvement of 91 points on her score at Gotzis last year, when she eclipsed the British record held for 10 years by Judy Simpson, "Nightshade" of Gladiators fame. It was also further confirmation that the young woman from Wolverhampton had a rightful place among the world elite of track and field. Lewis has been the rising star in the heptathlon firmament since she won the Commonwealth title in 1994. She looked to have fallen in Atlanta last summer when a poor showing in her best event - a 6.32m long jump - dropped her to eighth place with just the javelin and 800m to come. It was then, after a heart-to-heart with her coach Darryl Bunn, that the Midlander showed her true competitive mettle. She launched a personal best 54.82m on her third and final javelin throw and clinched the bronze medal with a determined 800m run. It was only the third medal won by a British woman all-rounder, following Mary Rand's pentathlon silver in Tokyo in 1964 and Mary Peters's pentathlon gold in Munich in 1972. The Birchfield star is still in her ascendancy, judging by her sparkling performance in Gotzis, where she beat Natalya Sazanovich, the Olympic silver medallist from Belarus. "I know there are a lot more points to come," Lewis said, breaking from her World Championship preparations at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. "I'm always learning new things. I'm like a sponge." Specialist advice has been gratefully soaked up from the Olympic high jump bronze medallist Steve Smith and from Erich Drechsler, father-in- law and coach of Heike Drechsler, the former world and Olympic long jump champion. "This year has gone better than I had hoped," Lewis added. "It's put me in good stead for the World Championships. With Ghada Shouaa not there, it's going to be close	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,643	In which country is chicken frequently served in a chocolate sauce?	Traditional Foods in Mexico \| USA Today Traditional Foods in Mexico (Photo: burrito image by Silvia Bogdanski from Fotolia.com ) Related Articles Common Foods in Spain Traditional food in Mexico is far different from the Mexican food we find in the states. Traditional Mexican food is dependent upon the region and the staples of the land. While each region has been influenced differently by the original conquering Spaniards, the varying climate and geography also play a part in the region's traditional selections. The entire country is known for its corn, tomatoes, chocolate, spices, avocados, beans, papaya, vanilla and chill peppers. How these staples are used reflects the true traditional foods of the land. Maizes One of the most commonly used staples of all of Mexico is maize, the corn staple of the land. It is used for tortillas, enchiladas, quesadillas and tacos. The fillings of these specialties are specific to the region. Northern Mexico is greatly known for its meat products, specifically beef, ostrich and goat. The maize specialties are filled with these meats and served with tomatoes and spices. In the Veracruzan areas bordering the Gulf of Mexico, fish is more common and is used as a primary dish, even when filling quesadillas and tacos. Tomatoes Tomatoes are used throughout Mexico. Salsa is a commonly used condiment that is made with a combination of uncooked tomatoes, onions and chile. It is served with maize, chicken, turkey and other dishes to enhance flavor and, at times, to provide a fiery spark to the dish. The tomatoes used to provide this sauce are always grown in the region and can be green or red. Chocolate The origins of chocolate are quite different in Mexico. Aztec cuisine introduced chocolate to the area as a drink rather than a food source. A traditional use for chocolate in the Pueblo area of Mexico is mole sauce. This sauce is a smooth, thick and sweet sauce made with chocolate, herbs and spices. This sauce is poured over turkey and chicken. Avocado Avocado is a source that is used frequently in all parts of Mexico. You will see avocado used in guacamole, which is a dip made with mashed avocado, onions, coriander and chilies. Avocado is also used in soups and salad dishes that usually include chicken. Beans Beans are an important staple in the Mexican culture. Beans grow well in all regions of Mexico and are enhanced by the regional flavors and spices that favor the land. One of the most popular Mexican dishes is beans and rice, or frijoles y arroz. The dish is flavored with the local spices and usually includes a hot pepper or side of salsa and complements the fish or meat of the land. The beans can be red, black, yellow or purple, and dishes can range from mild to fiery hot. 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Birthdays Zaheer Abbas (cricket) - former Pakistan and Gloucestershire batsman, born 1947. Jim Leighton (soccer) - former Manchester United, Aberdeen and Scotland goalkeeper, born 1958. Barry Bonds (baseball) - controversial former San Francisco Giants star, holder of the all-time record for home runs in Major League, born 1964. Martin Keown (soccer) - former Arsenal and England defender, born 1966. Steven Richardson (golf) - played in 1991 Ryder Cup, born 1966. Dino Baggio (soccer) - former Italy midfielder who had a brief spell on loan at Blackburn in 2003, born 1971. Daniele De Rossi (soccer) - Roma and Italy midfielder, born 1983. Lukas Rosol (tennis) - Czech world number 54, famous for defeating Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in 2012, born 1985. Quick Quiz Blitz 1 Which three football clubs have won all four English divisional titles? 2 Australia fast bowler Shaun Tait is playing for which county in this summer's NatWest T20 Blast? 3 British number one women's tennis player Johanna Konta was born in which city? 4 Who has been the top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival for eight of the last nine years? 5 Who scored the goal for Tipperary in All-Ireland SFC success over Derry? Sport on TV Today (Sunday, July 24) GAA: The Sunday Game Live - RTE 1 (1.30pm) - Waterford v Wexford (Throw-in 2.00pm) and Galway v Clare (Throw-in 4.00pm); The Sunday Game - RTE 2 - 21.30 SOCCER: International Champions Cup, Inter Milan v Paris St Germain - Sky Sports 1 2200; Euro Under-19s final - Eurosport 1 1905; MLS, New York Red Bulls v New York City FC - Sky Sports 3 1755, Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders - Sky Sports 3 2000; Women's Super League, Notts County v Man City - BT Sport 1 1530. 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Tomorrow (Monday, July 25) CRICKET: Fourth day of the second Investec Test from Old Trafford, England v Pakistan - Sky Sports 2 1030; final day of the first Test from North Sound, West Indies v India - Sky Sports 1 1455. SOCCER: Betfred Cup first round, Rangers v Stranraer - BT Sport 1 1915. TENNIS: ATP Tour, Rogers Cup from Toronto - Sky Sports 3 1600; WTA Tour, Rogers Cup from Montreal - BT Sport 2 1730, BT Sport 1 0000 (Tue). CYCLING: Tour de Wallonie stage three - Eurosport 2 1415.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,644	Jean Valjean is the central character in which classical novel?	Guide to Les Miserables: Classic Literature by Victor Hugo - TeacherVision Discussion Questions Introduction The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other...treats the advance from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsity to truth, from darkness to daylight, from blind appetite to conscience, from decay to life, from bestiality to duty, from Heaven to Hell, from Limbo to God. Matter itself is the starting point, and the point of arrival is the soul. Victor Hugo, Les Misérables Twenty years in the conception and execution, Les Misérables was first published in France and Belgium in 1862, a year which found Victor Hugo in exile from his beloved France. Enemies and admirers throughout the world devoured his workspoetry, political tracts, and fictionand the effect of these works upon the public was always sensational. On the morning of 15 May, a mob filled the streets around Pagnerre's book shop, eyeing the stacks of copies of Les Misérables that stretched between floor and ceiling. A few hours later, they had allthousands of booksbeen sold. Hugo's critics were quick to condemn him for making money by dramatizing the misery of the poor, while the poor themselves bought, read, and discussed his book in unprecedented numbers. True to Hugo's political stance, he had written a book about the people that was for the people, a book that demanded a change in society's judgement of its citizens. The story is set between 1815 and 1832, the years of Hugo's youth. The descriptions of Paris, the characterizations of Gavroche and other Parisian stock characters, and such statements as, "To err is human, to stroll is Parisian" all attest to Hugo's unswerving adoration of his home city. Exile no doubt encouraged the romantic meanderings of Hugo's prose. The protagonist of Les Misérables, Jean Valjean, is also in exile from the world of men because of the desperate crime he committed in his youth. Liberated from prison, Valjean hides his identity and becomes a successful man, as charitable as he is rich and powerful. His altruism leads him to promise Fantine, a dying prostitute, that he will seek out her exploited young daughter Cosette after her death. The ensuing love between "father" and "daughter" (Cosette) is miraculous, redeeming Valjean and bestowing happiness on his otherwise grim life. To some extent, Hugo also was seeking redemption, having, for much of his youth, ignored the populist concerns of Republican France. He sacrificed his lifestyle in Paris for justice, and Les Misérables, "the Magna Carta of the human race," is a testament of this humanitarian awakening. The Revolution and Republic of France had failed to redress the unconscionable social conditions in which many French citizens languished. Les Misérables became an expression of and an inspiration for that attempt. Hugo initially entitled his work, Les Misère ("the poverty"), but changed it to Les Misérables, which, in Hugo's time, denoted everyone from the poor to the outcasts and insurrectionists. In Hugo's lifetime, the schism between "haves" and "have-nots" was vast; an unbalanced economy made jobs scarce for those who earned their living by work. This was an era without a welfare system, unemployment benefits, or worker's compensation. The closest thing to a homeless shelter was prison, a macabre dungeon where inmates slept on bare planks and ate rancid food. To this place the disabled, insane, hungry, or desperate citizens of France eventually found their way. The one hope of the poor for relief was charity from those who were, if not indifferent to their plight, outright hostile to it. Les Misérables vindicates those members of society forced by unemployment and starvation to commit crimesin Jean Valjean's case, the theft of a loaf of breadwho are thereafter outcast from society. It is fairly common parlance today to suggest that prison creates more hardened criminals than it reforms, but the idea was radical to Hugo's contemporaries. "Perrot de Chezelles, in an 'Examination of Les Misérables,' defended the exce	Jean Valjean \| fictional character \| Britannica.com Jean Valjean fictional character THIS ARTICLE IS A STUB. You can learn more about this topic in the related articles below. Similar Topics Jean Valjean, fictional character, the fugitive protagonist of Victor Hugo ’s sweeping novel Les Misérables (1862). Learn More in these related articles: Victor Hugo (French writer) February 26, 1802 Besançon, France May 22, 1885 Paris poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most important of the French Romantic writers. 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1,507,645	Which musician played Nikola Tesla in the 2006 film The Prestige?	The Prestige (2006) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS 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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV ON DISC ALL Two stage magicians engage in competitive one-upmanship in an attempt to create the ultimate stage illusion. Director: a list of 38 titles created 09 Sep 2013 a list of 27 titles created 24 Sep 2013 a list of 36 titles created 24 Dec 2013 a list of 39 titles created 24 Aug 2015 a list of 47 titles created 9 months ago Search for " The Prestige " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 32 nominations. See more awards » Videos A man juggles searching for his wife's murderer and keeping his short-term memory loss from being an obstacle. Director: Christopher Nolan A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO. Director: Christopher Nolan In 1954, a U.S. marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Director: Martin Scorsese 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight, with the help of the enigmatic Selina, is forced from his imposed exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. Director: Christopher Nolan Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. Director: David Fincher An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. Director: David Fincher A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival. Director: Christopher Nolan With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Director: Quentin Tarantino An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. Director: Martin Scorsese When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice. Director: Christopher Nolan After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it. Director: Christopher Nolan In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth Edit Storyline In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival magicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Are You Watching Closely? See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images \| See all certifications » Parents Guide: 20 October 2006 (USA) See more » Also Known As: El gran truco See more » Filming Locations: $14,801,808 (USA) (20 October 2006) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia When Hugh Jackman's char	High Society (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Well Did You Evah? High Society (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Well Did You... Mike (Frank Sinatra) and Dexter (Bing Crosby) trade friendly... High Society (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Well... High Society (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Well Did You Evah? Mike (Frank Sinatra) and Dexter (Bing Crosby) trade friendly insults then find harmony in Cole Porters "Well, Did You Evah?" in the 1956 musical update of "The Philadelphia Story," High Society.> High Society promotional - (Original Trailer) High Society teaser Ed Sullivan and Bing Crosby introduce a... 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1,507,646	Published in 2013 Mad About the Boy is the third book about which character who is then 51 and a widow with two children?	Bridget Jones is back in ‘Mad About the Boy’ - The Washington Post Bridget Jones is back in ‘Mad About the Boy’ 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 each time a new story is published. You’re all set! Fans wait for a signed copy of British author Helen Fielding's new novel "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy" at Foyles bookshop in London. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters) By JILL LAWLESS October 19, 2013 LONDON Readers, there is good news and bad news. Bridget Jones is back. But — brace yourselves — Mark Darcy is dead. Fans have been shaken by the revelation in “ Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, ” the third book in Helen Fielding’s series about the diary-writing singleton. He may be fictional, but the demise of Bridget’s handsome lawyer lover — played on the big screen by a smoldering Colin Firth — was headline news. “I turned on the news and there was the Syrian crisis, and then ‘Mark Darcy is dead,’” Fielding said, amazed. “It’s quite extraordinary for a fictional character to be treated as if they’re alive. I sort of think, hats off to Colin, because really he inhabited that character.” British author Helen Fielding poses with a copy of her book 'Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy' at a book signing in central London. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images) The reaction is a testament to the hold of Fielding’s characters on the popular imagination. In ditsy, indomitable Bridget, she created an archetype. (In Darcy she borrowed one, from the brooding Mr. Darcy of Jane Austen’s “ Pride and Prejudice ”). Bridget, created for a series of 1990s newspaper columns, was a 30-something Londoner looking for love and career fulfillment while enduring the condescension of “smug marrieds” and confessing her many insecurities in her diary: “Alcohol units 7, cigarettes 22, calories 2,145. Minutes spent inspecting face for wrinkles 230.” In “Mad About the Boy” she is still counting calories and booze, though cigarettes have been replaced by nicotine gum. Bridget is now a 51-year-old widow with two young children, convinced she will never find romance again. Fielding said she had no choice but to kill Darcy so Bridget’s story could move on. “The book I wanted to write was not about domesticity, married life. It was about Bridget struggling with what life throws at you,” Fielding said over lunch at the London gastropub where she likes to write in the daytime. “It was Bridget being single with two children in the age of technology. And rediscovering her sexuality. She was a mother, and she lost it amid the nappies and the busy-ness. I think lots of women go through that.” Breaking the news of Darcy’s demise to Firth, who starred opposite Renée Zellweger in the film adaptations of “ Bridget Jones’s Diary ” and “ Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason ,” was surprisingly tough. “I was really nervous, and I had to make sure that he had someone with him and they were sitting down. And then I said, ‘Colin, I’ve got something really bad to tell you.’ “And then I suppose I just said, ‘You’re dead,’ which is an odd thing to say to anyone. And we were both upset, but at the same time we were laughing.” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” published in 1996, turned Fielding from a freelance journalist into one of Britain’s most successful writers. The novel and its 1999 sequel have sold 15 million copies. For years, Fielding resisted writing another installment. She was drawn back into Bridget’s world by a desire to write about the lives of middle-aged women, who often face stereotyping, just as the single Bridget did in the earlier books. “There was the idea of ‘tragic, barren spinster’ because she was unmarried in her 30s,” Fielding said. “It was real then. You were Miss bloody Havisham if you didn’t have a boyfriend at 35. And I think the same is true of the middle-aged woman now. “When I was in my 20s, I couldn’t imagine that life would continue beyond 40, really,” she added. “I couldn’t imagine there would	Death of a Policeman (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery): M. C. Beaton: 9781455504749: Amazon.com: Books Death of a Policeman (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery) Add all three to Cart Add all three to List One of these items ships sooner than the other. Show details Buy the selected items together This item:Death of a Policeman (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery) by M. C. Beaton Mass Market Paperback $7.20 In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. 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See more Product Details Series: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery (Book 29) Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (January 27, 2015) Language: English Shipping Weight: 4 ounces ( View shipping rates and policies ) Average Customer Review: By Mr. D. L. Drong on March 12, 2014 Format: Hardcover My wife and I have enjoyed twenty-nine Hamish Macbeth stories over the last three years. We have delighted in his impish approach to the limits of the law, his bright, happy life in Lochdubh, the idiosyncrasies of the personalities of his village and his wit and cleverness in dealing with his superiors. We have immersed ourselves to the point that when my wife and I read these stories to each other, we even give voices to the varied characters and indulge in the charms of places and personalities along with the tensions and the mysteries, even to the extent of considering the most suitable inflection of voice for key passages. 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1,507,647	Who's missing: Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Ben, Jim-Bob, Elizabeth	The Waltons - The Hamner Family Growing up with the Family - The REAL Waltons Born July 10th, 1923 Earl Hamner Jr. was the first child of Earl Sr. and Doris Hamner. Six years older than the next sibling, Earl was certainly looked up to by the younger children. From the left: Brothers Bill (Ben), Paul (Ben), cousin Janet, sisters Nancy (Elizabeth), Marian (Mary Ellen), brother James (Jim Bob), sister Audrey (Erin) Earl graduated in 1940 and then entered WWII as a war correspondent ... ...before finally attending the University of Richmond. Earl Hamner Jr. (John-Boy) Paul, James, Bill, Cliff (Jason) Nancy Hamner (the baby of the family) was not allowed much independance. She was doted on by the older children especially James. She is seen her at the end of her walkway. Notice the color of the house in the backgound. Marian Hamner, the oldest daughter. Earl Hamner's Grandparents, The Giannini's. A man's man, Earl Hamner Sr., was a very earthy character. On Sundays after Doris had carted the children to church he could be found making his way down the same path towards the river for some fishing. He liked to curse, hunt and drink. He eventually dropped some of his more colorful activities in favor of his wife's approval. He even became baptized and began to attend church. Doris Hamner was a proud, honest Baptist mother and wife who ruled the activities inside the Hamner home. The children had plenty of freedom but were wise to follow rules and complete their chores beforehand. Doris Hamner continued to live in the family home after her husband Earl Sr. passed away. Fans of the show flocked to her little home in Vigirnia and she welcomed them with a pot of tea. When her tea supply ran short, her son Earl helped her with the tea budget. Right: Earl with his mother and siblings in 1980 for the filming of "A Decade of the Waltons" Top row: Cliff, 2nd row: Bill, Paul, James, Marian, Nancy, 3rd row: Doris, Audrey,	Release group “The Lexicon of Love” by ABC - MusicBrainz There’s 1 review on CritiqueBrainz. You can also write your own . Most Recent Review by Rob Webb on 2004-11-29 ABC appeared at a turning point in pop, as the rough and tumble of post-punk gave way to a more sophisticated, lithesome Brit-funk, expounded by bands like Pigbag and Funkapolitan. Decked out in tailored suits and gold lame, the Sheffield quartet - fronted by the elegant Martin Fry - pounced onto dance floors in October 1981 with the splendid "Tears are Not Enough". "Poison Arrow" kept the blood circulating during the bitter winter of early 1982, before third single "The Look of Love" became their biggest hit. Then came the much-anticipated album, The Lexicon of Love. Now, over two decades later, their definitive statement gets the deluxe reissue treatment. What a joy to hear this album again. It underpins just what a sharp band ABC were: witty, lyrical and very, very funky. Only Elvis Costello's Imperial Bedroom rivals this album for the smartest lyrics of 1982. And you can't dance to Elvis. Each track is a love affair in miniature: some are touching ("All of My Heart", "Show Me"), others a bitter invective at misplaced passion ("Many Happy Returns"). There is more going on in "2 Gether 4 Ever" than many bands squeeze into an entire album. Band and producer Trevor Horn gelled immediately when they met to record : Horn described Fry's songs as "like disco, but in a Bob Dylan way". Dance music had rarely been as literate. The extra tracks on disc 1 don't add a lot to the 1996 reissue, which expanded the original album with various jazz remixes and B-sides: notably their calling card, the James Brown-inspired "Alphabet Soup", and "Theme from Mantrap", their lounge version of "Poison Arrow". Disc 2 features some early demos and a previously unreleased live run-through of virtually the entire album, recorded during the band's heyday in 1982. The Lexicon of Love stands as a landmark album in British pop. The synthetic Eighties' drum-thwaks and Chic-esque bass lines sound better now than ever. It gave disco a whole new vocabulary and helped pave the way for the dance movements of the late Eighties and Nineties. "I hold in my hand three letters," announces Fry on "Alphabet Soup". "Vitamin A, vitamin B and vitamin C". No prescription needed; no supplements required. This album replenishes mind, body and soul. Release group information	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,648	What is the food of the secretary bird?	Secretarybird – Sagittarius serpentarius - Birds Birds Follow It's Nature on Facebook Secretary Bird Secretary bird has obtained its unusual name thanks to the black feathers on the crest that remind of goose feathers, which secretaries used to wear inserted in their wigs. In appearance, this bird looks similar to a crane, and is actually quite a unique predatory bird. Secretary Birds have earned their name thanks to the set of black feathers in their crest They reach 120 – 150 cm in length and 3,4 – 4,4 in weight, putting them among the average sized birds of prey, that are smaller than, for instance, hawks, but larger than falcons. Most of the Secretary Bird’s body is grayish, while the tips of their wings, as well as the tail and upper parts of the legs are completely black. Their appearance is made unusual by the long, crane-like legs and a set of black feathers that rise during the mating period, on top of their heads. Secretary Birds live in pairs, with their natural habitat being the African savannas, south of the Sahara Desert. They are wandering birds, because staying in one area wouldn’t provide the bird with the necessary food. Mature birds spend most of the year in pairs, cooperating in hunting and also sleeping together, high in the trees. Secretary Bird spends most of its time on the ground, searching for food. It sometimes also flies to a great height and then nosedives at lightning speed, to surprise the possible prey. Secretary Birds mostly chase their prey by foot They catch their prey by patrolling through the bushes and small growths. Everyone once in a while the Secretary bird hits the ground with its muscular legs to scare small mammals and rodents out of their covers. The prey is mostly chased on ground and the Secretary Bird will rarely fly after it. Although these birds are known as snake catchers, most of their diet consists of rodents, small mammals and other birds. In some parts of Southern America, Secretary Birds are tamed by farmers to catch snakes and mice. These birds find a partner and form life-long pairs. That is why, rut is a very important part of their lives, as each male tries to attract the best possible female. The male flies around the chosen female and emits loud, moaning sounds, and later the birds start a ritual dance. After a pair has been established, they both construct a nest in a bush or a tree. Two to four eggs are laid and they hatch after about seven weeks. Bot the parents bring them digested food, and later start to train them to tear prey by bringing whole creatures to the nest. After 80-100 days, the young birds leave their parents’ nest and start independent lives. If there are no obstacles, Secretary Birds use the same nest for multiple years, expanding it every year, until it reaches a size of 2 metres in diameter. Secretary birds are not directly endangered. This species was never widespread, but lately the population is on a decline due to destruction of their natural habitat. Still, the popularity among farmers will prevent extinction of this spectacular bird. See what you can find... tharanga nuwan I interested see this bird. You May Also Like...	Galapagos Penguins Swimming Galapagos Penguins Diet The main prey items appear to be thin schooling fish of a length of 1-15 cm, largely around 10 cm long. Sardines (Sardinox sagax), Anchovy (Engraulis sp.), Mullet (Mugil sp.) and Piquitangas (Lile stolifera) are reported prey species. Based on observations of Galapagos Penguins foraging with Audubon Shearwaters, which feed on crustaceans, it is assumed that these may also form part of the diet of the penguins, although this has not been directly proven. Fish are normally swallowed whole, yet penguins have been rarely observed manipulating larger prey items at the surface. Foraging Behaviour Galapagos Penguins are not generally seen porpoising as they leave shore, possibly due to the scarcity of marine predators close to the colonies. However, this behaviour may be observed when they are travelling towards feeding aggregations. Generally underwater swimming involves the movement of the flippers through an arc of about 130'. During the upstroke the fronts of the flippers are tilted slightly upward to reduce resistance, whilst they are tilted downwards during the downstroke to generate maximum thrust forwards. During surface swimming, the flippers are only moved through a small angle and remain largely submerged. Low water temperatures (below about 23'C) at Galapagos are associated with phases of high marine productivity. Accordingly, during such phases, penguins can be observed in large groups of more than 20 birds, occasionally more than 100. When temperatures are higher, birds are often observed foraging in pairs, scanning the area for small groups of fish. During periods of high productivity, multi-species feeding aggregations may be observed as little as a few meters from the coast. These aggregations, where many penguins may be present, form when large schools of small fish are present. Multispecies feeding aggregations have been studied in detail at Galapagos (Mills 1998. Condor 100, p.277-285). Most occurred less than 150 meters off shore, with about 45% within 50 m. Galapagos Penguins, together with Brown Pelicans and Brown Noddies were most commonly associated with aggregations close to shore. Penguins tended to dive under the school of fish, picking off fish at the bottom of the school or feeding on the side of the school as they rose to the surface. This behaviour actually appears to fulfil a kind of shepherding role, since aggregations fed on by penguins were longer-lived (often many hours) than those fed on by plunge-divers, which tend to disperse fish. Diving behaviour was studied in two non-breeding male penguin using attached time-depth recorders (Mills 2000. Mar. Ornithol. 28, p.75-79). Travelling and foraging dives were not distinguished, since diving was extremely shallow and no significant transit phase was evident. Mean dive depths of 4 and 2 m, and durations of 25 and 9 sec, were measured for the birds at Fernandina and Bartolome, respectively. Mean distances offshore were 36 and 60 m, respectively, with maxima of only 100 and 300 m observed. Diving was almost continuous although slightly reduced in frequency around dusk and dawn, when light levels are poorer. At Fernandina, penguins were feeding on Sardines, whilst at Bartolome smaller groups of unidentified fish were being preyed on, often in extremely shallow water. The dive record from the Fernandina penguin showed periods of intense diving to relatively defined depth ranges. Whilst these were not necessarily benthic dives, they presumably were aimed at aggregations of fish at these particular depths. A maximum dive depth of 32 m and duration of over 3 min was reported, showing that Galapagos Penguins generally don't approach their physiological limits when diving. A more extensive study, using GPS and dive loggers to monitor diving behaviour of male and female birds provisioning chicks, was performed in 2004 and 2005 at 3 nesting sites on south-western Isabela (Steinfurth et al. 2008. Endang. Species Res. 4, p.105-112). The penguins moved up to 23.5 km (mean 5.2 km) from their nest sites in fora	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,649	In which stretch of water was HMS Amethyst fired on and detained in 1949?	FOR THE RECORD FOR THE RECORD WITHIN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 8 Dec 2011 : Column 5P Petition presented to the House but not read on the Floor HMS Concord The Petition of William Leitch. Declares that the Petitioner believes that it is a grievous injustice that the 1949 shipï¿½s complement of HMS Concord were not recognised as a unit involved in the 1949 Yangtze campaign, due to what the Petitioner believes was a wrongful omission of important relevant documents relating to the role of HMS Concord between the 28 and 31 July 1949 and declares that the Petitioner believes that those who served on HMS Concord between 28 and 31 July 1949 deserve justice, remedy and reparation. The Petitioner therefore requests that the House of Commons sets up a select committee to conduct a comprehensive enquiry into the role of HMS Concord in the Yangtze campaign between 28th and 31 July 1949. And the Petitioner remains, etc.ï¿½ William Leitch. 8 Kenmore Avenue, There is in abundance a background of information to support why I consider a deep and penetrating investigation is necessary into why the role of H.M.S. Concord, as a unit involved in the Yangtze Incident during the dates 28th to 31st July 1949 was not recognised in the (1949 Yangtze Campaign Awards System). In December 1948 it was decided to station one large and one small ship, or at least two and preferably three small ships at Shanghai and one small ship at Nanking. On the 6th April 1949 the Communist authorities broadcast their intention of crossing the River Yangtze on the 12th April and taking Nanking by April 15th. Then on the 9th April it was reported that the Communists were placing gun batteries at Icheng with the intention of interdicting river traffic making it evident that requests for clearance of passages of warships up and down the Yangtze were going to take a long time to be dealt with as far as the North bank was concerned. On the 16th April 1949 when the forecast D-Day had failed to materialise Vice Admiral, Madden, in the absence of Admiral, Sir, Patrick Brind Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station, gave the instruction through Captain (F) in H.M.S. Black Swan for H.M.S. Amethyst to proceed to Nanking as soon as she could be ready. Here I wish to point out that at the time of Vice Admiral, Madden, issuing the instructions for H.M.S. Amethyst to proceed to Nanking as soon as she could be ready, there was in place at that time Admiralty instructions which were to the effect; ï¿½During passage up the Yangtze all ships were ordered to be at instant readiness. On 20 April 1949 at 0830, HMS Amethyst (Lt Commander B.M. Skinner RN) en-route to Nanking up the River Yangtze to relieve the guard ship HMS Consort came under very heavy fire from the north bank. Due to serious damage she went aground at Rose Island (she signalled she was under heavy fire, aground, and had suffered casualties). The Captain was mortally wounded, the first Lieutenant though wounded assumed command. During the forenoon the Communist continued to fire at HMS Amethyst. To save further loss of life, about 60 lightly wounded and uninjured were evacuated ashore, further evacuation stopped when those in the water came under fire. Those put ashore eventually arrived in Shanghai. Lt Cdr Skinners wife and two sons were staying in Hong Kong as guests of Ann Rodney wife of Lt Cdr Nigel Rodney the Captain of Concord and Admiral Brind asked A	War of Jenkins' Ear War of Jenkins' Ear 1739-1748 [ 1739 - 1749 ] The War of Jenkins' Ear (known as Guerra del Asiento in Spain) was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748, with major operations largely ended by 1742. Its unusual name, coined by Thomas Carlyle in 1858,[5] refers to an ear severed from Robert Jenkins, captain of a British merchant ship. The severed ear was subsequently exhibited before the British Parliament. The tale of the ear's separation from Jenkins, following the boarding of his vessel by Spanish coast guards in 1731, provided the impetus to war against the Spanish Empire, ostensibly to encourage the Spanish not to renege on the lucrative asiento contract (permission to sell slaves in Spanish America). After 1742, the war was subsumed by the wider War of the Austrian Succession, which involved most of the powers of Europe. Peace arrived with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. From the British perspective, the war was notable because it was the first time that a regiment of colonial American troops was raised and placed "on the Establishment" – made a part of the Regular British Army – and sent to fight outside North America.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,650	Rogaining, a sport of long distance cross-country navigation or orienteering, is recognised as originating where?	WRC2016 - What is Rogaining? What is Rogaining? Email Rogaining is the team sport of long distance cross-country navigation. Map reading, teamwork, endurance and strategy are features of the sport. The championship rogaine is a continuous twenty four hour event, while shorter 12, 8 and 6 hour events are common. The objective of rogaining is to collect the highest score by finding checkpoints within a set time limit. Teams of two to five members travel entirely on foot (1), navigating with the aid of a topographic map and analogue compass. Teams select their own order of visiting checkpoints, in terrain that varies from open countryside to hilly forest. The classic rogaine includes both day and night navigation. A central base camp provides hot meals and teams may return at any time to eat, rest or enjoy the fellowship. Teams travel at their own pace, and anyone from children to grandparents can experience the personal satisfaction that comes from cross-country navigation at individual levels of competition and comfort. Rogaining aims to support and encourage people to develop respect for and enjoyment of rural and forest environments; and to encourage the development of navigational skills, self-reliance, general fitness, and the ability to work in a team. (1) Rogaines normally require travel on foot, but some variants utilise bicycle, ski, canoe, or public transport History Rogaining can trace its roots back to 1947, when the first 24 hour walk was organised by the Melbourne University Mountaineering Club. Rogaining then evolved from a number of sources including the Adelaide University Mountaineering Club 24 hour from 1961, Intervarsity 24 hour orienteering from 1964 and the Paddy Pallin orienteering contest in New South Wales from 1965. The sport in its present form was codified in 1968 by David Hogg and the first official Intervarsity event was on 31 May 1969. In the mid 1970’s Rod and Neil Phillips recognised the wide appeal and potential of these 24 hour cross-country navigation events. In 1976, they coined the word ‘Rogaine’ to give the sport an identifiable name. The Victorian Rogaining Association (VRA), formalised in 1976, was the first rogaining association in the world. Its goal was to coordinate and publicise twenty four hour navigation events as a sport in their own right. Growth of the association and the sport occurred rapidly over the next decades. The first Australian Rogaining Championship was held in Victoria in 1979 and the Australian Rogaining Association (ARA) was formed at that time. Today, the ARA consists of eight state and territory rogaining associations, with around 7000 regular members.	"Masterminds" - Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), December 27, 2014 \| Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Which actor starred as detective Magnum PI? 2. Which town in Cornwall has become famous for the number of artists who are based there because of its light? 3. Which Manx rider won five stages in the 2010 tour de France? 4. Which comedian created the characters Stavros, Tory Boy and Loadsamoney? 5. Which famous TV chef played football for Glasgow Rangers FC? 6. In the Thunderbirds TV series, which son piloted Thunderbird Two and dressed in yellow? 7. In the TV series Diagnoses Murder, who plays Dr Mark Sloan? 8. Where is the Royal Regatta held each year on the River Thames? 9. Who was the captain of the 2010 European Ryder cup team? 10. Who won 18 this year's Strictly Come Dancing final? 11. What was the name of her partner? 12. What is the capital city of Spain? 13. What is a Samoyed? 14. How many inches make a yard? 15. Which tree grows the tallest? 16. Where is Angel Falls? 17. What was once known as a love apple? 23 18. What is Cher's real name? 19. What was the name of Lou Reed's band? 20. Who invented the lightning conductor? 21. Where in England according to Bram Stoker did Dracula first set ashore? 22. Which TV detective had a secretary called Miss Lemon? 23. In which film does British rock star David Bowie star as a goblin king? 24. How was entertainer Nicolai Poliakoff better known? 25. True or False: the Kingdom of Bahrain is an island nation? … Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details Newspapers Encyclopedia	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,651	Who had a UK No.1 hit in May 1972 with 'Vincent'?	The UK Number Ones : 1970-1974 -now Week Ending ACT + Links TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT 31 Jan 1970 Edison Lighthouse Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 5 Only No 1 Studio act with lead singer Tony Burrows . He sang on hits for many other groups. 7 Mar 1970 Lee Marvin Wandrin' Star 3 Only No 1 Tough-guy actor who growled this song in his film "Paint Your Wagon". 28 Mar 1970 Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water 3 Only No 1 Only Art Garfunkel sings on this perennial favourite. Paul Simon went on to even greater solo success, but never made No 1. 18 Apr 1970 Dana All Kinds Of Everything 2 Only No 1 First Eurovision winner for Ireland. Her career was shorter than most expected. 2 May 1970 Norman Greenbaum Spirit In The Sky 2 Only No 1 A "Praising Jesus" song that Norman wrote himself. Doctor & The Medics took the song to No 1 in 1986. 16 May 1970 England World Cup Squad Back Home 3 1st No 1 Mexico World Cup sing-along, which did not help England to win the cup. 6 Jun 1970 Christie Yellow River 1 Only No 1 Written by Jeff Christie for the Tremeloes who turned it down - so he recorded it himself. 13 Jun 1970 Mungo Jerry In The Summertime 7 1st No 1 Good-time band led by Ray Dorset. The song has been revived several times since. 1 Aug 1970 Elvis Presley The Wonder Of You 6 16th No 1 He was reviving his career in Las Vegas, and this is a live recording from his show. At this point he was still one behind the Beatles. 12 Sep 1970 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Tears Of A Clown 1 1st No 1 Motown act - Robinson was a director of the company. He had a solo No 1 in 1981. 19 Sep 1970 Freda Payne Band Of Gold 6 Only No 1 Song about marriage failure from an actress, produced by former Motown men. 31 Oct 1970 Matthew's Southern Comfort Woodstock 3 Only No 1 21 Nov 1970 Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile 1 Only No 1 American with legendary status who found fame in London, where he died two months prior to this No 1. 28 Nov 1970 Xmas No 1 Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knockin' 6 Only No 1 Mainly a producer, he has been involved in hits for dozens of artists. 9 Jan 1971 Clive Dunn Grandad 3 Only No 1 "Dad's Army" star who tapped seasonal sentimentality that Christmas & New Year. 30 Jan 1971 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 5 1st No 1 The ex-Beatle excelled with this, but was sued for plagiarism a few years later. The recording returned to the top in 2002, following his death. 6 Mar 1971 Mungo Jerry Baby Jump 2 2nd & last No 1 Written by leader Ray Dorset. He remained in the music business until the 90s. 20 Mar 1971 T Rex Hot Love 6 1st No 1 Led by Marc Bolan, an acoustic folk hero who turned electric and became a glam rock star. 1 May 1971 Dave & Ansil Collins Double Barrel 2 Only No 1 Jamaican duo who provided only the second West Indian reggae chart topper. 15 May 1971 300th No 1 Dawn Knock Three Times 5 1st No 1 19 Jun 1971 Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 5 Only No 1 They were a Scottish foursome who first tasted success in Europe. 24 Jul 1971 T Rex Get It On 4 2nd No 1 Great guitar riffs ensured that Marc Bolan would get another chart topper. 21 Aug 1971 Diana Ross I'm Still Waiting 4 2nd No 1 (1st with Supremes) Chosen as Tony Blackburn's record of the week, it sold by the bucket load, and was her first solo No 1. 18 Sep 1971 Tams Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 3 Only No 1 American act whose US chart career was already over. This was a reissue of a 1964 US hit. 9 Oct 1971 Rod Stewart Maggie May 5 1st No 1 A veteran of several bands, notably The Faces. This remains a perennial radio favourite. 13 Nov 1971 Slade Coz I Luv You 4 1st No 1 Wolverhampton glam rockers who launched a long and successful career with this. 11 Dec 1971 Xmas No 1 Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) 4 Only No 1 Popular tv comic who recorded novelty songs over a number of years. 8 Jan 1972 New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing 4 1st No 1 They were formed by a member of the Seekers. Song started as a Coca Cola tv ad. 5 Feb 1972 T Re	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 on which UK TV quiz show? 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? 7: In which film did Roy Scheider play a sheriff and Richard Dreyfus a marine biologist? 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J.K.Rowling 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? A metronome 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and black 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid Wow! I got a footie and an anagram question. I'm going to need to lie down! 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? Batman? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? Italy 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 15 to 1 Patience, so you did. Well done all three of you only one missing is 7: and 'Marine Biologist' (the new wannabe career for Britain's 6th-formers) might have given it to you - the fiilm was Jaws	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,652	What Oscar nominated film was adapted from Noel Coward?s play Still Life?	Brief Encounter (1945) - The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection Spine #76 After a chance meeting on a train platform, a married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) begin a muted but passionate, and ultimately doomed, love affair. With its evocatively fog-enshrouded setting, swooning Rachmaninoff score, and pair of remarkable performances (Johnson was nominated for an Oscar), this film, directed by David Lean and based on Noël Coward’s play Still Life deftly explores the thrill, pain, and tenderness of an illicit romance, and has influenced many a cinematic brief encounter since its release. Cast Muir Mathieson Disc Features High-definition digital transfer of the BFI National Archive’s 2008 restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary from 2000 by film historian Bruce Eder Interview from 2012 with Noël Coward scholar Barry Day A Profile of “Brief Encounter,” a short documentary from 2000 on the making of the film David Lean: A Self Portrait, a 1971 television documentary on Lean’s career Trailer PLUS: An essay by historian Kevin Brownlow Current Posts Reintroducing David Lean’s Brief Encounter April 25, 2016 Brief Encounter, David Lean’s heartbreaking 1945 tale of forbidden love (out on Blu-ray tomorrow), remains one of the screen’s all-time most romantic films. Adapted for the screen by Noël Coward . . . Read more » Photo Galleries “Riskiest Thing I Ever Did”: Notes on Brief Encounter By Kevin Brownlow March 27, 2012 At a turning point in his career, David Lean adapted a short Noël Coward play into one of the greatest screen romances. Read more » Film Essays When Noël Met David . . . By Ian Christie March 27, 2012 In which an already iconic playwright comes to appreciate cinema and a soon-to-be legendary filmmaker finds his voice. Read more » Film Essays Brief Encounter By Adrian Turner June 26, 2000 Brief Encounter was the fourth and final film that David Lean made in association with Noël Coward. Derived from Still Life, a one-act play which Coward included in the portmanteau Tonight 8:30, . . . Read more » Film Essays “Riskiest Thing I Ever Did”: Notes on Brief Encounter By Kevin Brownlow March 27, 2012 At a turning point in his career, David Lean adapted a short Noël Coward play into one of the greatest screen romances. Read more » Film Essays When Noël Met David . . . By Ian Christie March 27, 2012 In which an already iconic playwright comes to appreciate cinema and a soon-to-be legendary filmmaker finds his voice. Read more » Film Essays Brief Encounter By Adrian Turner June 26, 2000 Brief Encounter was the fourth and final film that David Lean made in association with Noël Coward. Derived from Still Life, a one-act play which Coward included in the portmanteau Tonight 8:30, . . . Read more » Announcements Essential Art House On Sale November 30, 2016 Catch up on the classics! Select Essential Art House DVD releases are on sale starting at $9. Makes a great stocking stuffer! Read more » Video Reintroducing David Lean’s Brief Encounter April 25, 2016 Brief Encounter, David Lean’s heartbreaking 1945 tale of forbidden love (out on Blu-ray tomorrow), remains one of the screen’s all-time most romantic films. Adapted for the screen by Noël Coward . . . Read more » Photo Galleries “Riskiest Thing I Ever Did”: Notes on Brief Encounter By Kevin Brownlow March 27, 2012 At a turning point in his career, David Lean adapted a short Noël Coward play into one of the greatest screen romances. Read more » Film Essays When Noël Met David . . . By Ian Christie March 27, 2012 In which an already iconic playwright comes to appreciate cinema and a soon-to-be legendary filmmaker finds his voice. Read more » News Noël Coward in New York March 07, 2012 A celebration of one of the great cosmopolites of the twentieth century, in one of the cosmopolises he adored. Read more » News From Stage to Screen to Stage December 04, 2009 Brief Encounter, that eternal model of restraint, is coming out of its shell in a play opening this week in New York. A touring productio	Academy Awards Best Actor The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) ); two were consecutive nominations (from 1930/31-1931/32) Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins (Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1993-1994) Sean Penn (5) - with two wins (Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008)); nominations were from 1995-2008 The Most Best Actor Nominations: Actors with the highest number of Best Actor acting nominations (in parentheses) include: Spencer Tracy (9) - with two wins Laurence Olivier (9) - with one win (Hamlet (1948)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1939-1940) Jack Nicholson (8) - with two wins Paul Newman (8) - with one win (The Color of Money (1986)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1981-1982) Peter O'Toole (8) - with no wins; two were consecutive nominations (from 1968-1969); nominations from 1962-2006 Marlon Brando (7) - with two wins Dustin Hoffman (7) - with two wins Jack Lemmon (7) - with one win (Save the Tiger (1973)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1959-1960, and from 1979-1980) Paul Muni (6) - with one win (The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1935-1937) Richard Burton (6) - with no wins; three were consecutive nominations (from 1964-1966) Gary Cooper (5) - with two wins Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins Fredric March (5) - with two wins Sean Penn (5) - with two wins Daniel Day-Lewis (5) - with three wins James Stewart (5) - with one win ( Anthony Hopkins (3) - with one win ( The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ); nominations from 1991-1995 Russell Crowe (3) - with one win (Gladiator (2000)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1999-2001) Jeff Bridges (3) - with one win (Crazy Heart (2009)); nominations from 1984-2010 George Clooney (3) - with no wins; nominations from 2007-2011 Consecutive Best Actor-Winning Performers: There are only two actresses (Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn) who have received two consecutive Best Actress awards, as there are only two actors who have received two consecutive Best Actor statuette wins: Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938)) Tom Hanks (Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)) [Note: Jason Robards won two consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars in 1976 and 1977.] Winners of Both a Lead and Supporting Actor Oscar: In 1997, Jack Nicholson tied Walter Brennan for the most wins (3) for a male performer (Brennan has three Best Supporting Actor trophies, Nicholson has two for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor). The only stars to win both a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor (BSA) Oscar are the following: Jack Nicholson (BA for Gene Hackman (BA for The French Connection (1971) , BSA for Unforgiven (1992) ) Kevin Spacey (BA for American Beauty (1999), BSA for The Usual Suspects (1995)) Denzel Washington (BA for Training Day (2001), BSA for Glory (1989)) The Only Best Actor Tie: In the Best Actor category, an unusual tie (the only occurrence among male acting performances) occurred in 1931/32 between Wallace Beery and Fredric March, for their respective performances in The Champ (1931/32) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931/32). The Most Best Actor Oscar Nominations - Without Winning: Peter O'Toole is the only star with eight Best Actor Oscar nominations without a single win. His record extends 44 years, from 1962 to 2006. Richard Burton was nominated seven times (and never won), although his first nomination was as Best Supporting Actor for My Cousin Rachel (1952) -- his last six nominations were as Best Actor. Oscar-Winning Actor Roles and Trends: Biographies of remarkable, real-life individuals (military figures or soldiers, law-and-order enforcers, historical figures) and portrayals of the mentally ill are heavily represented among male Oscar winners, particularly in the acting awards. It helps an	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,653	Boulevard Périphérique is the famous Paris?	Dirty boulevard: why Paris's ring road is a major block on the city's grand plans \| Cities \| The Guardian Resilient cities Dirty boulevard: why Paris's ring road is a major block on the city's grand plans The Périphérique cuts wealthy central Paris off from its working-class suburbs – but as France’s capital finally takes steps to merge these two worlds, Justinien Tribillon discovers that the biggest barrier might be psychological ‘I don’t know of any other city where the heart is as detached from its limbs’ ... Richard Rogers on the Paris périphérique ring road. Photograph: Alamy Cities is supported by Friday 26 June 2015 02.30 EDT Last modified on Monday 21 March 2016 07.39 EDT Close This article is 1 year old With 1.1m cars a day, the 35 kilometres of the Boulevard Périphérique are the busiest in Europe . Paris’s inner ring road runs around the French capital, following the city’s administrative boundaries almost perfectly and connecting the city proper and its banlieues, or suburbs. Since its inauguration in 1973, the périphérique – measuring 40 to 60 metres wide and composed of up to six lanes – has been a concrete belt around Paris, making all too real what should have remained an invisible administrative boundary. This has reinforced the insurmountable contrast between Paris and the city’s adjacent municipalities, adding a physical dimension to political borders and separating the Parisiens from the rest of France . Architect Richard Rogers , who designed a strategic plan for the city , said: “I don’t know of any other city where the heart is as detached from its limbs.” A number of studies published this year by Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme , the public agency in charge of urban studies, qualify almost the whole périphérique as a “challenge for urban integration”. As a result, on the first day of 2016, the Métropole du Grand Paris will come to life. The MGP aims to deliver a “more integrated development” to Paris and its suburbs, by creating a new metropolitan governance. Paris’s boundaries are defined by its fortifications – displaying a rather medieval approach to city planning The City of Paris and its 2.3 million inhabitants will be merged with its petite couronne (“small crown”, or inner suburbs), adding about 4.6 million residents and an extra 128 local authorities to form a new metropolitan institution: the Grand Paris. Where New York, Berlin and London have successfully created metropolitan governments, can Paris overcome its inner boundary, and convince inhabitants of Paris proper and the suburbs that they are all Parisiens? And to achieve this, should it sacrifice the périphérique, the city’s most prominent physical and symbolic boundary? The roots of the division between Paris and its suburbs run much deeper than the building of the road in the 1970s. To understand the significance, we need to go back to the fall of Napoleon. In March 1814, the Battle of Paris saw the defeat of the Napoleonic troops and Prussian forces storming the capital city. Consequently, King Louis-Philippe and French prime minister Adolphe Thiers decided to transform Paris into a fortress and protect the city from any further intrusion, ordering construction of city fortifications in the 1840s. Completed in 1844, the message was clear: Paris’s boundaries were to be defined by its fortifications – displaying a rather medieval approach to city planning. Pinterest Informal settlements mushroomed within the fortifications’ no-building zone. Photograph: gallicalabs.bnf.fr Consisting of a thick wall, 10 metres high and protected by a wide ditch, the ramparts were also granted a 250-metre wide non-building zone. Yet, as the fortifications lost military relevance and became obsolete only decades after their completion, informal settlements mushroomed within the “Zone”, housing the Parisian proletariat. The destruction of the fortifications was in the pipeline as early as 1882, but only started in 1919 and was completed in 1929. To put this into perspective, Berlin destroyed its last fortifications in 1740; London in 1760. In Paris, the	Place de la Bastille, Paris 6. Tour de la Liberté 7. Tour de la Bertaudière 8. Tour de la Basinière Aerial view of the Pierre-François Palloy (click to enlarge) The outer stone walls, 15 feet (4.5m) thick at the base, were pierced with narrow slits by which the cells were lighted. In early times, the Bastille had entrances on three sides, but after 1580 only one, with a drawbridge over the moat on the side toward the river, which led to outer courts and a second drawbridge, and wound by a defended passage to an outer entrance opposite the Rue des Tournelles. Close beside the Bastille, to the north, rose the Porte Saint-Antoine approached over the city fossé (ditch) by its own bridge. At the outer end of this bridge was a triumphal arch, built upon the return of Henri II from Poland in 1573. Both the gate and arch were restored for the triumphal entry of Louis XIV in 1667, but the gate (where Etienne Marcel was killed on July 31, 1358), was pulled down in 1674. Until the 17th century, the fort was used both as a castle and for the safekeeping of the royal treasure. During the first half of the 17th century, the Cardinal Richelieu (under King Louis XIII) converted the royal fortress into a state prison for the upper class mainly people who committed high treason or some other kind of offense against either the King or the state (which were considered to be essentially the same). In addition to political prisoners, the Bastille also housed religious prisoners, writers of "seditious" and overtly sexual material, and young rakes held at the request of their families. A lettre de cachet, signed by Louis XIV. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris) "Monsieur de Jumilhac, mon intention étant que le nommé Hugonet soit conduit en mon château de la Bastille, je vous écris cette lettre pour vous dire que vous ayez à l'y recevoir lorsqu'il y sera amené et à l'y garder et retenir jusqu'à nouvel ordre de ma part. La présente n'étant à d'autre fin, je prie Dieu qu'il vous ait, Monsieur de Jumilhac, en sa sainte garde. Ecrit à Versailles, le treize janvier 1765, Louis" The very often arbitrary warrant of arrest (known as the lettre de cachet , or letter with the royal seal) made the Bastille fortress one of the darkest symbols of royal despotism, although the conditions of imprisonment were generally quite comfortable. The prisoners could welcome visitors, bring their servants, their furniture, clothes, and books, and the daily ration paid by the state provided them a luxury cuisine. During the reign of Louis XV (1715-1774), the Bastille accommodated more and more ordinary criminals, whose existence there was rather less comfortable. Common prisoners were held within the five- to seven-story towers, each having a room around 4.6 m (15 feet) across and containing various articles of furniture. Thankfully, though, the infamous cachots the oozing, vermin-infested subterranean cells were no longer in use by the later half of the 18th century. Voltaire Count Alessandro di Cagliostro As the protectors of the Catholic religion, the king's authorities also imprisoned Protestants and freethinkers, and Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) was arrested twice during his youth. In the last decades after 1750, many inmates were committed by their own families as insane or because of some shameful carnal deviation. Among the more prominent convicts of the late 1780s were Jean Henri Latude , a notorious and querulous swindler who was recaptured after escaping from prison on three separate occasions; the quack and alchemist Count Cagliostro ; the diplomat and general Charles-François Dumouriez , later to be the hero of the French victory in 1792 at Valmy, but finally in 1793 deserting to the Austrian army; the wallpaper manufacturer Jean-Baptiste Réveillon , who was arrested for his own protection after the riots in the Faubourg St. Antoine in April 1789, when the rumour that he intended to cut his workers' salaries claimed more than 300 lives; and the Marquis de Sade , who however was transferred to the lunatic institution at Charenton on July 4, 1789, after he s	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,654	Oct 14, 1926 saw the introduction of what favorite childhood character, known for his love of hunny?	History of Winnie the Pooh \| Winnie the Pooh About History of Winnie the Pooh During the first World War, troops from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada) were being transported to eastern Canada, on their way to Europe, where they were to join the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade. When the train stopped at White River, Ontario, a lieutenant called Harry Colebourn bought a small female black bear cub for $20 from a hunter who had killed its mother. He named her 'Winnipeg', after his hometown of Winnipeg, or 'Winnie' for short. Winnie became the mascot of the Brigade and went to Britain with the unit. When the Brigade was posted to the battlefields of France, Colebourn, now a Captain, took Winnie to the London Zoo for a long loan. He formally presented the London Zoo with Winnie in December 1919 where he became a popular attraction and lived until 1934. The bear was also very popular with Christopher Robin , son of author A.A. Milne . It was his favourite animal at the Zoo, and he often spent time inside the cage with it. The bear was Christopher Robin's inspiration for calling his own teddy bear Winnie... Winnie the Pooh (this teddy bear started out with the name of Edward Bear). The name Pooh originally belonged to a swan, as can be seen in the introduction of Milne's 'When We Were Very Young'. A.A. Milne started to write a series of books about Winnie the Pooh, his son Christopher Robin, and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood . These other characters , such as Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga and Roo were also based on stuffed animals belonging to Christopher Robin. The characters, Rabbit and Owl, were based on animals that lived, like the swan Pooh, in the surrounding area of Milne's country home, Cotchford Farm in Ashdown Forest , Sussex. It is this area on which the 100-Acre-Wood was based. 'Winnie-the-Pooh' was published by Methuen on October 14th, 1926, the verses 'Now We are Six' in 1927, and 'The House at Pooh Corner' in 1928. All these books were illustrated in a beautiful way by E.H. Shepard , which made the books even more magical. The Pooh-books became firm favorites with old and young alike and have been translated into almost every known language. A conservative figure for the total sales of the four Methuen editions (including When We Were Very Young) up to the end of 1996 would be over 20 million copies. These figures do not include sales of the four books published by Dutton in Canada and the States, nor the foreign-language editions printed in more than 25 languages the world over! The Pooh-books had also been favourites of Walt Disney's daughters and it inspired Disney to bring Pooh to film in 1966. In 1977 'the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh', the first feature-length animated film of Pooh was released. In 1993, the Walt Disney Company acknowledged that Pooh Bear is second only to Mickey Mouse in their portfolio of the most-loved and trusted characters known to millions of people all over the world. By 1996, after the second release of 'the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh', the Bear of Very Little Brain had proven to be more popular than any other Disney character. In 1997, twenty years after the release of the first feature-length animated film, Disney released 'Pooh's Grand Adventure', picking up where Disney's 22nd Masterpiece left off. In February 2000 Disney released the third Winnie the Pooh movie called 'The Tigger Movie', this time with the leading part for Tigger . © All rights reserved. 1998-2017 EMGJ consulting © Characters, pictures & their names Disney Content is property of its respective owners & is provided for informational & educational purposes only.	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 receives ACE Awards? Paul McCartney. What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown? What's My Line? What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a 1996 blockbuster move? Mission: Impossible. Consumer News and Business Channel. How many fingers does Homer Simpson have? Eight. What sitcom character moved from a Boston barstool to a Seattle radio station? Dr. Frasier Crane. What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Phil Hartman. What MAS*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and directing? Alan Alda. What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show called The Wonderful World of Dung? The Discovery Channel. What TV host went gold with the CD Romantic Christmas? John Tesh. What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You? Friends. What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico? Beavis and Butt head. What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970s once forecast hail "the size of canned hams"? David Letterman. What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection during a 1969 trip to Mississippi? Sesame Street's. What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the Street? Homicide. What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips from Holland? Tiny Tim's. What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight supporting actor Emmy Awards? Night Court. Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse testify against himself"? Mr. Ed. What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host? Harpo's. Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"? Walter Winchell. What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could top Knight Rider"? David Hasselhoff. What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992? The Cosby Show. Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995? Charles Grodin. What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971? All in the Family. What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective Gegory Medavoy? Donna Abandando. What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm? The Smurfs. What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall ratings? The Cosby Show. What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift"? Miss Piggy. What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful Dead concerts? Walter Cronkite. What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for use on merchandise? Felix the Cat. What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a classic TV series? The Twilight Zone. Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER? George Clooney. What 250-pound star of Hairspray shed half her weight to host a TV talk show? Ricki Lake. What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink? Otis Campbell. What four-word TV slogan did Sting add to the Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing? "I want my MTV". What Mary Tyler Moore Show character's blue blazer made it into the Smithsonian? Ted Baxter's. Who was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before she became TV's Lois Lane? Teri Hatcher. What was Redd Foxx's last name before show business beckoned? Sanford. Who's been Saturday Night Live's most frequent host? Steve Martin. What town did Howdy Doody live in? Doodyville. What sitcom star advised: "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it"? Roseanne. What Richard Chamberlain vehicle is second only to Roots in total viewers for a miniseries? The Thorn Birds. What media award was derived from the slang term for the 1	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,655	Where would you spend stotinki?	Cash and Currency Tips for Europe by Rick Steves Upon arrival, take a minute to get acquainted with any new currency. By Rick Steves When I first started traveling in Europe, I’d convert my traveler’s checks into cash at American Express — the convivial, welcoming home to American travelers abroad. When changing dollars into francs in Paris, it felt so good to lose money to that smiling, English-speaking person at the desk. Now with ATMs, the euro, and the general shrinking of the economic world, AmExCo is a dinosaur. Leave the traveler’s checks at home. I cashed my last traveler’s check long ago. They’re a waste of time (long lines at slow banks) and money (fees to get them, fees to cash them). ATMs are the way to go. Avoid (or at least minimize) cash exchange. The financial industry does a masterful job of hiding the fact that you lose money each time you change it. On average, at a bank you lose 8 percent when you change dollars to euros or another foreign currency. When you use currency exchange booths such as Forex or Travelex at the airport, you lose around 15 percent. If you must change cash in Europe, the postal banks inside post offices usually have the best rate. Don’t buy foreign currency in advance. Some tourists just have to have euros or pounds in their pockets when they step off the airplane, but smart travelers don’t bother and know better than to get lousy stateside exchange rates. Wait until you arrive at your destination; I’ve never been to an airport in Europe that didn’t have plenty of ATMs. Use local cash. Many Americans exclaim gleefully, “Gee, they accept dollars! There’s no need to change money.” But the happy sales clerk doesn’t tell you that your purchase is costing about 20 percent more because of the store’s terrible exchange rate. Without knowing it, you’re changing money — at a lousy rate — every time you buy something with dollars. Figure out currency conversions. Local currencies are all logical. Each system is decimalized just like ours. There are a hundred “little ones” (cents, pence, groszy, stotinki) in every “big one” (euro, pound, złoty, lev). Only the names have been changed — to confuse the tourist. Examine the coins in your pocket soon after you arrive, and in two minutes you’ll be comfortable with the nickels, dimes, and quarters of each new currency. You don’t need to constantly consult a currency converter. While you can do real-time conversion with a smartphone app, I’ve never bothered. You just need to know the rough exchange rates. I see no need to have it figured to the third decimal. Very roughly determine what the unit of currency (euros, kroner, Swiss francs, or whatever) is worth in American dollars. For example, let’s say the exchange rate is €1 = $1.40. If a strudel costs €5, then it costs five times $1.40, or about $7. Ten euros is about $14, and €250 = $350 (figure about 250 plus a little less than one half). Quiz yourself. Soon it’ll be second nature. Survival on a budget is easier when you’re comfortable with the local currency. Assume you’ll be shortchanged. In banks, restaurants, at ticket booths, everywhere — expect to be shortchanged if you don’t do your own figuring. Some people who spend their lives sitting in booths for eight hours a day taking money from strangers have no problem stealing from clueless tourists who don’t know the local currency. For 10 minutes I observed a man in the Rome subway shortchanging half of the tourists who went through his turnstile. Half of his victims caught him and got their correct change with apologies. Overall, about 25 percent didn’t notice and probably went home saying, “Mamma mia, Italy is really expensive.” Coins can become worthless when you leave a country. Since big-value coins are common in Europe, exporting a pocketful of change can be an expensive mistake. Spend them (on postcards, a newspaper, or food or drink for the train ride), change them into bills, or give them away. Otherwise, you’ve just bought a bunch of souvenirs. Note, however, that while euro coins each have a national side (indicating where they we	The Rolling Stones: Complete Singles Chart Entries [US & UK, 1963-2006] (click HERE for SOLO stones hit singles & albums) (based on US Billboard and UK Record Retailer/Music Week/NME/BPI positions) Compiler: AC Palacio. You may also review the more genre-specific Mainstream Rock Chart . Find a complete list of b-sides and release dates HERE . >> Chart listings found here are based on positions from the two largest and most accurately maintained calculations of sale [US & UK] only. Though the US charts have remained as a top-100 listing throughout this period (with an additional 'bubbling under' 101-125), the UK charts have fluctuated between top-40 and top-75. note- Though different today, an EP in the 1960s was an extended-play '45' which was at times calculated as a standard single. These days, EPs are often calculated as albums, or altogether separately. >>> Though nevertheless thorough, these findings and calculations are open to speculation, especially regarding pre-1980 U.K. charts. See Chart Considerations for more information. YEAR Chart Considerations Select B-side tracks have been given their own chart status based on certain calculation quidelines. U.S. Billboard chart calculations include unit sales, radio requests and airplay. Often, a song may reach the chart on radio airplay alone. For example, the chart position Play With Fire held [#96] was based on radio requests and airplay solely, since it was only a b-side [of The Last Time] and did not figure in unit sales. The clearest example of this calculation method can be found in the #1 US single Ruby Tuesday/Let's Spend the Night Together. Both songs were equally enjoyed by many, yet only a single track on a disc can be considered for certification status and the record company decided to split the pair for special consideration in the UK and the US. Subsequently, Let's Spend the Night Together was a #3 hit in the UK. In the US, Ruby Tuesday was a #1 hit - but with radio requests and airplay, Let's Spend the Night Together pulled out a #55 position in the charts which obviously did not reflect the height of its popularity which many say could have been #1 itself. It's debatable whether the greatest strength of that 1967 record was do to its a-side, b-side, or both. Billboard has also had a 'Bubbling Under' chart over a bulk of the Stones' recording career. This chart has varied from a #101-110 list, to as much as a #101-133 list in their early period. A few tunes that charted in the standard UK singles chart, also appeared in the U.S. 'Bubbling Under.' The only song to appear uniquely in the Bubbling Under chart [no U.K. chart and no U.S. top-100] is What A Shame, that reached #124 in January of 1965. UK singles charts: Though recognized as a top-75 list for some time, the UK has what is known as a bubble-under chart which calculates charting singles from #76 to #100. This chart is based almost purely on speculation. Most selections authored by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards. Come On written by Chuck Berry. I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon/McCartney). Not Fade Away (N. Petty/C. Hardin). It's All Over Now (B. Womack/S. Womack). Time Is On My Side (Norman Meade). Little Red Rooster (Willie Dixon). As Tears Go By (Jagger/Richards/Oldham). In Another Land (Bill Wyman). Ain't Too Proud to Beg (E. Holland Jr./N. Whitfield). I Don't Know Why (S. Wonder/P. Riser/D. Hunter/L. Hardaway). Going to A Go-Go (Robinson/Tarplin/Moore/Rogers). Harlem Shuffle (Relf/Nelson). Almost Hear You Sigh (Jagger/Richards/Jordan). Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan). Anybody Seen My Baby? (Jagger/Richards/k. d. lang/B. Mink). All selections have been recorded by the Rolling Stones. On two (2) occasions however, a single was released under an individuals name, these are: 1967-In Another Land (Bill Wyman) written by Wyman 1970-Memo From Turner (Mick Jagger) written by Jagger/Richards No other solo work as been added to this list. Solo releases that have charted can be found in the Hit Albums page. A sides with alternate flip-sides were not calculated as separate singles. We do not have any inf	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,656	Which is the smallest British bird?	The RSPB: Goldcrest Goldcrest Conservation status: Green With the firecrest, the goldcrest is the UK's smallest bird. They're dull greyish-green with a pale belly and a black and yellow stripe on their heads, which has an orange centre in males. Their thin beak is ideally suited for picking insects out from between pine needles. Illustrations Warblers and allies (Sylviidae) Where to see them Pine forests are the best places to see goldcrests, but they range around in flocks of other small birds during autumn and winter. They're widespread and common across the whole of the UK; in autumn, large numbers arrive on the east coast from Scandinavia and make their way across dunes to more suitable habitat. When to see them	British Garden Birds - Blackcap Blackcap Mostly grey-brown with a black cap. Sylvia atricapilla Wing Span: 20-23 cm (8-9") Weight: 16-25 g (½-¾ oz) Similar to the male but with red-brown cap. Breeding Pairs: 580 000 Description The Blackcap is a warbler with a distinctive black or red-brown cap (crown and forehead), and a little smaller than a House Sparrow . The male has grey-brown upper parts, pale grey underparts, and a glossy black cap. The female is similar but has browner upperparts, buff underparts and a red-brown cap. Juveniles are similar to the adult female, except the juvenile males have black-brown cap and the juvenile female a yellow-brown cap. The male Blackcap can be easily confused with Marsh Tit and Willow Tit , and both sexes with the Garden Warbler . The Tits both have black bibs. The Garden Warbler is very similar in appearance, but lacks a black cap. Quicktime mp3 The Blackcap's alarm call, "tacc", sounds like two pebbles striking one another. Its song is rich and varied warble, usually starting with a chattering and finishing with a flourish of flute-like notes. The songs of the Blackcap and Garden Warbler are very similar, but the Garden Warbler's song is often longer lasting with shorter pauses. Feeding Blackcaps usually pick insects, such as caterpillars, flies and spiders from among the shrubs and trees during the breeding season. At other times, and particularly in the winter, they feed on fruit, such as berries. They will sometimes visit bird tables in the winter, and they may feed from suet bars, especially those impregnated with dried flies. Nesting The nest is a neat cup built by the female from vegetation and mud and is usually in a hedge, bush, or brambles, though they will use shelves in huts and other outbuildings. The eggs are about 20 mm by 15 mm. They are smooth and glossy, and pale buff with dark markings. Both adult birds share the duty of incubating the eggs as well as feeding the altricial young once they have hatched. Breeding Data Movements Very few Blackcaps in the UK are resident; most are summer visitors, over-wintering in Spain, Portugal and western Africa. Blackcaps are predominantly summer visitors (see migration ) from Iberia and West Africa, however, there are an increasing number over-wintering in Britain, but many of these are birds that bred in northern or central Europe, e.g. Scandinavia and Germany. The increase in the numbers wintering here may be a result of milder winters, but also the relative abundance of food in the UK, i.e. berries and bird feeders. The UK wintering population steals an advantage over those that still choose to winter in Iberia and Africa, by getting back to their breeding grounds sooner and having used less energy to get there.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,657	Copacabana Beach is close to which city?	The 10 Closest Hotels to Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro - TripAdvisor Clear all Your selections $27 - $655 Free Wifi Budget Beach Luxury City Center Mid-range Breakfast included Pool Hostel Romantic Best Value Free Parking Trendy Boutique Family-friendly Charming Quiet Restaurant Pets Allowed Suites Kitchenette Spa Bar/Lounge Airport Transportation Fitness center Room Service Business Classic Wheelchair access Green & up & up Internet Independent Hotels Air Conditioning & up Business services Meeting room Concierge Most Booked Hotels Copacabana Reduced mobility rooms Parque Lage Travelers' Top-Rated Hotels Sugarloaf Mountain Non-Smoking Hotel Barra da Tijuca Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Corcovado Christ the Redeemer Centro Museu Historico do Exercito e Forte de Copacabana Ipanema Escadaria Selaron Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro Rodrigo de Freitas Lake Copacabana Beach Leblon Lagoa Best Value Hotels Botafogo Jacarepaguá Arpoador Arcos Da Lapa Maracana Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho Promenade Ipanema Beach Ibis Hotels Mercure Morro da Urca Leme Flamengo Novotel Ibis Budget Sofitel Golden Tulip $ $$ $$$ $$$$ Catete Santo Cristo Ibis AC Hotels Sheraton Best Western Premier Campo Grande Resort hotel Recreio dos Bandeirantes Ski-In / Ski-Out São Conrado Sol Hotels Bourbon Bristol Hotels Grand Hyatt Galeão Tulip Inn Grand Mercure Courtyard Adagio Hilton Hotels Porto Bay Hotels & Resorts Santa Teresa Ramada Encore Golf course Residence Inn Best Western Plus JW Marriott Blue Tree Hotels Belmond Ramada Gran Melia Royal Tulip Price per night	What are three capital cities that sit on or near the equator? \| Reference.com What are three capital cities that sit on or near the equator? A: Quick Answer Three capital cities that sit on or near the equator are Quito, Ecuador; Nairobi, Kenya and Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. Quito is located only 15 miles from the equator. Kuala Lampur is located just north of the equator, and Nairobi's proximity earned it the nickname "Green City in the Sun." Full Answer Quito is a city of over 2 million, as of 2015. The city experiences a spring climate for much of the year. Nairobi is the largest city in Kenya. It experiences two rainy seasons and a temperate climate, due to its location at 5,889 feet above sea level. Kuala Lampur is located on the peninsular portion of Malaysia, along the west coast. Its climate tends to be hot and humid.	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,658	What is the minimum age of the President of the USA?	Why is minimum age for president 35? FacebookEmail Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Why is minimum age for president 35? What's so magical about the age of 35 when it comes to running for president? George Hager, an Editorial Page writer for USA TODAY, answers this reader question. Post to Facebook Why is minimum age for president 35? What's so magical about the age of 35 when it comes to running for president? George Hager, an Editorial Page writer for USA TODAY, answers this reader question. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1e75kWx CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 11 To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Why is minimum age for president 35? USATODAY 9:16 p.m. EDT July 29, 2013 x Share A reader wants to know why the minimum age for running for president is 35. Editorial Page writer George Hager answers this reader question. Find out why, and how old our youngest president was. Ask your question with #askusatoday on Twitter. John F. Kennedy was the youngest elected president, taking the office at the age of 43. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) What's so magical about the age of 35? Age is obviously no guarantee of good judgment for a politician — see New Yorkers Anthony Weiner (48) and Eliott Spitzer (54). But the idea that age brings wisdom and maturity is what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they spelled out in the Constitution that a president of the USA must be at least 35. Some note that 35 was "older" when the Constitution was written because average life expectancy in the 1700s was much lower than it is today — about 40 years, though that's a misleading average that counts the many who died at birth or in early childhood. Founding Father and first president George Washington lived to the age of 67. Thomas Jefferson died at 83. But there's a movement to let anyone old enough to vote, run for any office, including the presidency. France does this, and backers say it's only fair. Critics worry that some wildly popular young entertainer such as Justin Bieber (19) or Taylor Swift (23) might sweep into office on the youth vote. Not to fret. Another provision of the Constitution would block Canadian-born Bieber from becoming president, and since older Americans vote far more reliably than younger ones, there's not much chance (yet) of a president Swift. Have a question of your own? Send it to us and we'll try to answer. E-mail askusatoday@usatoday.com, or tweet #askusatoday. Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1e75kWx	Nov. 16, 2000: Pres. Clinton Visits Vietnam Video - ABC News ABC News Bill Clinton is the first president to visit Vietnam since the end of the war. 3:00 \| 11/09/10 Coming up in the next {{countdown}} {{countdownlbl}} Coming up next: More information on this video Enhanced full screen Transcript for Nov. 16, 2000: Pres. Clinton Visits Vietnam This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. Now Playing: Aetna CEO Says He Was Shocked By How Little Some Employees Were Paid: Part 6 Now Playing: Why Thousands of Low-Income Americans 'Donate' Their Blood Plasma: Part 5 Now Playing: Contract Employees in Silicon Valley Struggle to Make Ends Meet: Part 4 Now Playing: Low Wage Workers and the 'Fight For 15': Part 3 Now Playing: Man Travels 4 Hours To and From Work Every Day: Part 2 Now Playing: Pennsylvania Firefighter Works Three Jobs to Support His Family: Part 1 Now Playing: Terrence Wise and the Fight for 15 Now Playing: VP Joe Biden's Plans After Office Now Playing: VP Joe Biden on Initiative to Cure Cancer, Late Son Beau's Family Now Playing: Chris Smith: A Firefighter Searches for Time Now Playing: Bill Sargent: 'Paycheck to Paycheck is an Understatement' Now Playing: Real Housewife of NJ, Siggy Flicker Helps Two Singles Trying to Find Love in 2017 Now Playing: Watch the Citadel's Regimental Band and Pipes Rehearse Before Inauguration Now Playing: Woman Abducted 18 Years Ago as a Newborn Found Living in Another State Now Playing: George Takei Starts Petition to 'Stand Up For Muslims' Now Playing: Takata to Pay $1 Billion, Plead Guilty in Airbag Fraud Case Now Playing: Martin Luther King Jr. Day: The Basics Now Playing: Paralyzed Detective Who Forgave Shooter Eulogized as Hero Now Playing: Sacramento Flood Plain at Sunset Now Playing: Who Should Pay On a First Date? Now Playing: {{itm.title}} {"id":12100906,"title":"Nov. 16, 2000: Pres. Clinton Visits Vietnam","duration":"3:00","description":"Bill Clinton is the first president to visit Vietnam since the end of the war.","url":"/Archives/video/nov-16-2000-pres-clinton-visits-vietnam-12100906","section":"Archives","mediaType":"default"}	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,659	In which year was actor Sean Connery born?	Sean Connery - Biography - IMDb Sean Connery Biography Showing all 227 items Jump to: Overview (4) \| Mini Bio (1) \| Spouse (2) \| Trade Mark (7) \| Trivia (133) \| Personal Quotes (62) \| Salary (18) Overview (4) 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) Sean Connery is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables (1987). His film career also includes such films as Marnie (1964), The Name of the Rose (1986), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Highlander (1986), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), DragonHeart (1996) and The Rock (1996). Connery has been polled as "The Greatest Living Scot" and "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". In 1989, he was proclaimed "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine, and in 1999, at age 69, he was voted "Sexiest Man of the Century". Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland. His mother, Euphemia McBain (née McLean), was a cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck driver. He has a brother, Neil Connery , who works as a plasterer in Edinburgh. He is of Irish and Scottish descent. Before going into acting, Sean had many different jobs, such as a milkman, lorry driver, a laborer, artist's model for the Edinburgh College of Art, coffin polisher and bodybuilder. He also joined the Royal Navy, but was later discharged because of medical problems. At the age of 23, he had a choice between becoming a professional footballer or an actor, and even though he showed much promise in the sport, he chose acting and said it was one of his more intelligent moves. Powerful deep voice with Scottish accent Best known for playing James Bond Frequently plays tough, cunning heroes Often plays mentors in the latter half of his career Grey beard or moustache (in later years) Thick, dark eyebrows Pronounces 's' as "shh" Trivia (133) Was offered the role of Robert Elliott by Brian De Palma in Dressed to Kill (1980) and was enthusiastic about it, but declined on account of previously acquired commitments. Ranked #14 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] In 1953, he entered the Mr. Universe contest, finishing third in the tall man's division. He was voted People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989. Father of Jason Connery . Wore a toupee in all the James Bond movies. He started losing his hair at the age of 17, and began wearing a hairpiece in films in 1958. Privately and in most of his post-Bond movies he did not wear a toupee. He has two small tattoos on his right arm. One says "Scotland forever", the other "Mum and Dad." He got them when he enlisted in the Royal Navy at the age of 16. Took dancing lessons for 11 years. His teacher was the Swedish dancer Yat Malmgren. Had radiation therapy for an undisclosed throat ailment in 1993. In a February 1995 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Connery said the treatment had been to remove benign tumors from his vocal chords after he found himself losing his voice while filming Rising Sun (1993). Donated his salary from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) to charity. Formerly worked as a coffin polisher. Older brother of Neil Connery . Formerly worked as a milk delivery man. Major contributor to the Scottish National Party (SNP). This was stopped for a while when the ruling Labour government said people living outside of the United Kingdom would not be allowed to donate money to British political parties. Voted 'Sexiest Man of the Century' by People Magazine. [1999] Said in an interview that during the filming of Never Say Never Again (1983), he was taking martial arts lessons and in the process angered the instructor who in turn broke his wrist. Connery stayed with the wrist broken for a number of years thinking it was only a minor pain... the instructor was Steven Seagal . Recipient of 22nd Annual Kennedy C	1964 1964 by • 1960s January 01 - In Britain, the first edition of Top of the Pops screens on the BBC. Host Jimmy Savile introduces The Rolling Stones , Dusty Springfield , The Hollies , The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Dave Clark Five . 03 - Barry Goldwater announces his candidacy for the US Presidency. 05 - The first ticket collecting machine is installed on the London Underground. 07 - US Actor Nicolas Cage is born Nicolas Coppola in California 11 - A report by the US Surgeon General concludes that cigarette smoking is the principal cause of lung cancer. 13 - 200 die in Hindu-Muslim riots in Calcutta. 14 - Jacqueline Kennedy appears on American television to thank the nation for its sympathy. 14 - Arab League countries decide to set up a unified military command. 16 - The Whiskey A Go Go nightclub (the first real American discotheque ) opens on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, Los Angeles - famously featuring go-go dancers in cages. 18 - Plans are unveiled to build the enormous World Trade Center in New York. 27 - Actress Bridget Fonda is born. 20 - Trial of Great Train Robbers begins in UK. 27 - Actress Bridget Fonda is born. 29 - Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera is born. 29 - Actor Alan Ladd commits suicide in California. February 03 - Double-decker railway carriages are introduced in Sydney, Australia. 03 - The US spacecraft Ranger VI crashes on the moon but fails to send back any pictures. 06 - British and French governments agree to build a Channel Tunnel, after prolonged consultation by the Channel Tunnel Study Group which was set up in 1957. The tunnel won't actually open for another 30 years. 07 - The Beatles begin their first visit to the USA. 09 - The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and Beatlemania grips America. 09 - Jack Brabham wins the Australian Grand Prix for the third time. 10 - In Australia, HMAS Melbourne accidentally slices HMAS Voyager in half, resulting in 82 deaths. 12 - Civil war erupts in independent Cyprus between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. 14 - President Makarios of Cyprus rejects an Anglo-UN offer of help to keep peace between the island's Greek and Turkish communities. 19 - 1,500 British troops are flown to Cyprus. 19 - Actor Peter Sellers marries actress Britt Ekland. 20 - The band formerly known as The Detours play their first gig under their new name, The Who , at the Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, West London. 25 - Boxer Cassius Clay becomes heavyweight champion of the world, defeating the legendary Sonny Liston. Two weeks later Clay reveals his membership of the Black Muslim sect and changes his name to Muhammad Ali. 29 - 84 die when a British plane crashes in the Italian Alps. March 02 - An institute for Scientific Atheism is set up in Moscow with the aim of eliminating religious prejudice in the Soviet Union. 02 - The Beatles begin filming their first feature film - A Hard Day's Night . 06 - King Paul I of the Hellenes dies and is succeeded by Constantine II. 08 - Malcolm X announces he is splitting from the Black Muslim movement led by Elijah Muhammad to form the Black Nationalist Party, stating: "There can be no revolution without bloodshed, and it is nonsense to describe the civil rights movement as a revolution". 10 - US reconnaissance plane is downed after accidentally crossing into East German airspace. The plane's three pilots are eventually released. 10 - Singer Neneh Cherry is born. 10 - Queen Elizabeth II gives birth to her fourth child, Prince Edward. 12 - US Teamsters' boss Jimmy Hoffa is convicted of jury-fixing. 14 - Jack Ruby, the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (the man accused of assassinating JFK ), is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. 15 - Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are married in Montreal. 17 - US actor Rob Lowe is born in Virginia. 19 - The 3.5 mile-long Great St Bernard Tunnel is opened between Martigny (Switzerland) and Aosta (Italy). 21 - Team Spirit wins the Grand National at Aintree at fifth attempt. 23 - John Lennon 's first book of poetry, In His Own Write, is published in the UK. 23 - Veteran actor Peter Lorre dies in Hollywood. 27 -	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,660	In which US city was the 1968 film 'Bullitt' set?	Bullitt 1968 ( FILMING LOCATION) with shot-for-shot remake car chase - YouTube Bullitt 1968 ( FILMING LOCATION) with shot-for-shot remake car chase 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. Please try again later. Published on Nov 20, 2013 FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/pages/On-The-... Bullitt is a 1968 American dramatic thriller film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset. The total time of the car chase scene is 10 minutes and 53 seconds, beginning in the Fisherman's Wharf area at Columbus and Chestnut, followed by Midtown shooting on Hyde and Laguna Streets, with shots of Coit Tower and locations around and on Filbert and University Streets. The scene ends outside the city at the Guadalupe Canyon Parkway in Brisbane. Two 1968 390 V8 Ford Mustang GT fastbacks (325 hp) with four-speed manual transmissions were used for the chase scene, both loaned by the Ford Motor Company to Warner Bros. as part of a promotional agreement. The Mustangs' engines, brakes and suspensions were heavily modified for the chase by veteran car racer Max Balchowsky. Ford also originally loaned two Galaxie sedans for the chase scenes, but the producers found the cars too heavy for the jumps over the hills of San Francisco. They were replaced with two 1968 375 hp 440 Magnum V8-powered Dodge Chargers. The engines in both Chargers were left largely unmodified, but the suspensions were mildly upgraded to cope with the demands of the stunt work.[citation needed] The director called for maximum speeds of about 75--80 miles per hour (121--130 km/h), but the cars (including the chase cars filming) at times reached speeds of over 110 miles per hour (180 km/h). Driver's point-of-view shots were used to give the audience a participant's feel of the chase. Filming took three weeks, resulting in 9 minutes and 42 seconds of pursuit, first of Bullitt by the hitmen then the reverse. Because of multiple takes spliced into a single end product, heavy damage on the passenger side of Bullitt's car can be seen much earlier than the incident producing it and the Charger loses five wheel covers, with different ones missing in different shots. Shooting from multiple angles simultaneously and creating a montage from the footage to give the illusion of different streets also resulted in the speeding cars passing the same cars at several different times. At one point the Charger crashes into the camera in one scene and the damaged front fender is noticeable in later scenes. Local authorities did not allow the car chase to be filmed on the Golden Gate Bridge, but did permit it in Midtown locations including the Mission District, and on the outskirts of neighboring Brisbane.[citation needed] McQueen, an accomplished driver, drove in the close-up scenes, while stunt coordinator Carey Loftin hired stuntman and motorcycle racer Bud Ekins and McQueen's usual stunt driver Loren Janes for the high-speed part of the chase and other dangerous stunts. Ekins, who doubled for McQueen in the The Great Escape sequence where McQueen's character jumps over a barbed wire fence on a motorcycle, also lays one down in front of a skidding truck during the Bullitt chase. The Mustang's interior rear view mirror goes up and down depending on who is driving; when the mirror is up McQueen is visible behind the wheel; when it is down Ekins is driving. The black Dodge Charger was driven by veteran stunt driver Bill Hickman, who both played one of the hitmen and helped with the chase scene choreography. The other hitman was played by Paul Genge, who had ridden a Dodge off the road to his death in an episode of Perry Mason -- "The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise" two years earlier. In a magazine article many years later, one of drivers involved in the chase sequence remarked that the stock Dodge 440s were so much faster than	AtheistJewoftheUS: New York, New York/Raging Bull/ Shutter Island/Hugo and Rocky film series Wikipedia pages New York, New York/Raging Bull/ Shutter Island/Hugo and Rocky film series Wikipedia pages New York, New York (film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search New York New York poster.jpg Theatrical release poster Box office $13,800,000 New York, New York is a 1977 American musical-drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a musical tribute, featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as standards, to Scorsese's home town of New York City, and stars Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as a pair of musicians and lovers. The film marked the final screen appearance of actor Jack Haley. Contents [hide] 7 External links Plot[edit] The story opens on V-J Day in 1945. A massive celebration in a New York City nightclub is underway, music provided by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. While there Jimmy Doyle (Robert De Niro), a selfish and smooth-talking saxophone player, meets Francine Evans (Liza Minnelli), a small-time singer. Francine is lonely but still, she wants nothing to do with Jimmy, who keeps pestering her for her phone number. The next morning, they end up sharing a cab, and, against her will, Francine accompanies Jimmy to an audition. There he gets into an argument with the club owner. Francine, to get the audition back on track, begins to sing the old standard, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me"; Jimmy joins in on his sax. The club owner is impressed and, to Francine's astonishment, they are both offered a job—a boy-girl act. From that moment on, Jimmy and Francine's relationship deepens into love. But there are problems—mainly, Jimmy's tendency to fight with everyone, and his increasingly violent arguments with Francine, who becomes pregnant with his child. An especially bad shouting match between them results in Francine going into labor. Jimmy rushes her to the hospital, but he is not ready to be a father, or a good husband, and he abandons his wife. Several years later, in a recording studio, Francine records "But the World Goes Round", a powerful anthem which makes the charts and turns her into a popular entertainment figure. In the following years, Jimmy and Francine both find success in the music industry. Doyle becomes a renowned jazz musician and club owner, while Francine becomes a successful singer and motion picture actress. Jimmy records a song of his on his saxophone which tops the charts, and Francine cements her stardom after singing Jimmy's song, "New York, New York". Her performance, received by a wildly appreciative audience, takes place in the same nightclub where, years earlier, she and Jimmy had met. After the show, Jimmy telephones his ex-wife, suggesting they get together for dinner. Francine is tempted, heads toward the stage door exit, but at the last moment changes her mind. Jimmy, waiting on the sidewalk, realizes he has been stood up and heads off down the street, accompanied by the song he has written—the "Theme from New York, New York". An alternate ending sees the pair reunite and walk off to dinner, sharing conversation about their son. Cast[edit] Liza Minnelli as Francine Evans Robert De Niro as Jimmy Doyle Lionel Stander as Tony Harwell Barry Primus as Paul Wilson Mary Kay Place as Bernice Bennett Frank Sivero as Eddie DiMuzio Georgie Auld as Frankie Harte George Memmoli as Nicky Dick Miller as Palm Club Owner Clarence Clemons as Cecil Powell Casey Kasem as DJ aka Midnight Bird Adam Winkler as Jimmy Doyle Jr. Jack Haley as Master of Ceremonies / Cameo Appearance (uncredited) Music[edit] 1."Main Title" (Theme / You Are My Lucky Star / Just You, Just Me / The Man I Love - Medley) - Ralph Burns (1:53) 2."You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" - Liza Minnelli (1:47) 3."Flip the Dip" - orchestra (2:13) 4."V.J. Stomp" - orchestra (1:08) 5."Opus Number One" - orchestra (8:49) 6."Once in a While" - Liza Minnelli (2:17) 7."You Are My Lucky Star" - Liza Minnelli (1:18) 8."Game Over" - orchestra (2:25) 9."It's a Wonderful World" - orchestra (2:08) 10."	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,661	Gilbert Ryle's The Concept of Mind (1949) is a critique of the notion propounded by Descartes that the mind is distinct from the body. What phrase did Ryle famously use to describe his concept?	The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Shelves: prose-style , highly-recommended-favorites , footnotes-to-plato Men are not machines, not even ghost-ridden machines. They are men—a tautology which is sometimes worth remembering. The problem of mind is one of those philosophical quandaries that give me a headache and prompt an onset of existential angst when I try to think about them. How does consciousness arise from matter? How can a network of nerves create a perspective? And how can this consciousness, in turn, influence the body it inhabits? When we look at a brain, or anywhere else in the ‘physical’ Men are not machines, not even ghost-ridden machines. They are men—a tautology which is sometimes worth remembering. The problem of mind is one of those philosophical quandaries that give me a headache and prompt an onset of existential angst when I try to think about them. How does consciousness arise from matter? How can a network of nerves create a perspective? And how can this consciousness, in turn, influence the body it inhabits? When we look at a brain, or anywhere else in the ‘physical’ world, we cannot detect consciousness; only nerves firing and blood rushing. Where is it? The only evidence for consciousness is my own awareness. So how do I know anybody else is conscious? Could it be just me? If you think about the problem in this way, I doubt you’ll make any progress either, because it’s insoluble. This is where Gilbert Ryle enters the picture. According to Ryle, the philosophy of mind was put on a shaky foundations by Descartes and his followers. When Descartes divided the world into mind and matter, the first private and the other public, he created several awkward problems: How do we know other people have minds? How do the realms of matter and mind interact? How can the mind be sure of the existence of the material world? And so on. This book is an attempt to break away from the assumptions that led to these questions. Ryle’s philosophy is often compared with that of the later Wittgenstein, and justly so. The main thrusts of their argument are remarkably similar. According to what I’ve read, this may have been due simply to the influence of Wittgenstein on Ryle—though there appears to be some doubt. Regardless, it’s appropriate to compare them, as I think, taken together, their ideas help to shed light on one another. Both Wittgenstein and Ryle are extraordinary writers. Wittgenstein is certainly the better of the two, though this is not due to any defect on Ryle’s part. Wittgenstein is aphoristic, sometimes oblique, employing numerous allegories and similes to make his point. Ryle is sharp, direct, and epigrammatic. Wittgenstein is in the same tradition as Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, while Ryle is the direct descendent of Jane Austen. But both of them are witty, quotable, and brilliant. They’ve managed to create excellent works of philosophy without using any jargon and avoiding all obscurity. Why can’t philosophy always be written so well? There is no contradiction, or even paradox, in describing someone as bad at practising what he is good at preaching. There have been thoughtful and original literary critics who have formulated admirable canons of prose style in execrable prose. There have been others who have employed brilliant English in the expression of the silliest theories of what constitute good writing. Ryle also has the quality—unusual among philosophers—of being apparently quite extroverted. His eyes are turned not toward himself, but his surroundings. He speaks with confidence and insight about the way people normally behave and talk, and in general prefers this everyday understanding of things to the tortured theories of his introverted colleagues. Teachers and examiners, magistrates and critics, historians and novelists, confessors and non-commissioned officers, employers, employees and partners, parents, lovers, friends and enemies all know well enough how to settle their daily questions about the qualities of character and intellect of the individuals	Prof. Zelma Catalan's Discussion of Irony in <span class="book">Vanity Fair</span> Anon. "Woman in Her Psychological Relations." Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology, 4 (1851), 18-50. Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Trans. W. D. Ross. Batoche Books: Kitchener, 1999. —. Rhetoric. Trans. W. Rhys Roberts. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2004. Bronte, Charlotte. The Life and Letters. Vol. II. London: The Shakespeare Head Bronte, 1932. Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1910/1954. James, Henry. The Art of the Novel. Ed. R. P. Blackmoor. New York: 1934. Plato. The Republic. In The Portable Plato. Trans. Benjamin Jowett. London: Penguin, 1977. Schlegel, Friedrich. Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms. Trans. Ernst Behler and Roman Strug. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1968. Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria. New York: Putnam's, 1922. Tillotson, Jeffrey and Donald Hawes (Eds.). Thackeray: The Critical Heritage. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1968. Works by William Makepeace Thackeray. The Four Georges. The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1892. The History of Henry Esmond. Ed. John Sutherland and Michael Greenfield. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970. The History of Pendennis. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1986. The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. London: Thomas Nelson, 1903. "Travels in London." In Miscellaneous Contributions to Punch, 1843-1854. The Oxford Thackeray, vol. VIII. Ed. George Saintsbury. Henry Frowde: Oxford UP, 1908. Vanity Fair. Ed. John Sutherland. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. The Letters and Private Correspondence of William Makepeace Thackeray. Ed. Gordon N. Ray. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard UP, 1946. Secondary Sources Cited in Chapter Two Armstrong, Nancy. Desire and Domestic Fiction: A Political History of the Novel. New York: Oxford UP, 1987. Auerbach, Nina. The Woman and the Demon: The Life of a Victorian Myth. London: Harvard UP, 1982. Bronwell, W. C. Victorian Prose Masters. New York: Charles Scribner, 1901. Carlisle, Janice. The Sense of an Audience: Dickens, Thackeray and George Eliot at Mid-Century. Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1982. Craig, G. Armour. "On the Style of Vanity Fair." In Welsh, Alexander (ed.), Thackeray: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1968. Pp. 87-103. Daleski, H. M. "Strategies in Vanity Fair." In Bloom, Harold (ed. and intro.), Vanity Fair: A Collection of Critical Essays. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987. Pp. 121-148. de Ryals, Claude. A World of Possibilities: Romantic Irony in Victorian Literature. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1990. Dyson, A. E. The Crazy Fabric: Essays in Irony. New York: MacMillan, 1966. Ermarth, Elizabeth Deeds. The English Novel in History, 1840-1895. London: Routledge, 1997. Flamm, Dudley. Thackeray's Critics: An Annotated Bibliography of British and American Critics, 1836-1901. Chapel Hill: U of North Carolina P, 1966. Fraser, Russel A. "Sentimentality in Thackeray's The Newcomes." Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 4: 3 (1949), 187-196. Frye, Northrup. Anatomy of Criticism. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1957. Garrett, Peter K. The Victorian Multiplot Novel: Studies in Dialogical Form. New Haven: Yale UP, 1980. Greig, J. Y. T. Thackeray: A Reconsideration . Hamden, Conn: Shoe String Press, 1967. Hardy, Barbara. The Exposure of Luxury: Radical Themes in Thackeray. London: Peter Owen, 1972. Kent, Susan Kingsley. Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860-1914. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1987. Kettle, Arnold. An Introduction to the English Novel. 2nd ed., Vol. 1. London: Hutchinson University Library, 1967. Levine, George. The Realistic Imagination: English Fiction from Frankenstein to Lady Chatterley. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1981. Loofbourow, John. Thackeray and the Form of Fiction. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1964. Lubbock, Percy. The Craft of Fiction. New York: Viking Press, 1921, rpt. 1957. Lund, Michael. Lund, Michael. "Beyond the Text of Vanity Fair." Studies in the Novel , 11: 2 (1979), 147-161. McMaster, Juliet. Thackeray: The Major No	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,662	"Who left this message to James Callaghan in 1964 ""Good luck, old cock, sorry to leave it in such a mess""?"	Ex-Treasury secretary Liam Byrne's note to his successor: there's no money left \| Politics \| The Guardian Ex-Treasury secretary Liam Byrne's note to his successor: there's no money left Byrne left letter on desk for incoming minister David Laws Monday 17 May 2010 10.17 EDT First published on Monday 17 May 2010 10.17 EDT Close This article is 6 years old The former chief secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, has reignited criticism of Labour's stewardship of the economy with a note for his successor which said "there's no money left". Byrne's note was discovered by David Laws , the Liberal Democrat MP who was appointed by the coalition government to succeed Byrne as No 2 at the Treasury. It is a convention for outgoing ministers to leave a note for their successors with advice on how to settle into the job. But Byrne's note – which he later said was intended as a private joke – drew attention to Labour's economic record when it was revealed by Laws at a press conference today. Laws told reporters: "When I arrived at my desk on the very first day as chief secretary, I found a letter from the previous chief secretary to give me some advice, I assumed, on how I conduct myself over the months ahead. "Unfortunately, when I opened it, it was a one-sentence letter which simply said: 'Dear chief secretary, I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left,' which was honest but slightly less helpful advice than I had been expecting." The letter recalls a similar note left by Tory Reginald Maudling to his Labour successor James Callaghan in 1964: "Good luck, old cock ... Sorry to leave it in such a mess." Byrne said the message was meant in jest. "My letter was a joke, from one chief secretary to another," he said. "I do hope David Laws's sense of humour wasn't another casualty of the coalition deal." Treasury sources said the full text of the letter from Byrne – dated 6 April, the day Gordon Brown called the general election – was: "Dear chief secretary, I'm afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck! Liam." Byrne's notes have caused bemusement before. When he was promoted to the cabinet in 2008, he gave officials a set of instructions entitled Working with Liam Byrne , which included the lines: "Coffee/Lunch. I'm addicted to coffee. I like a cappuccino when I come in, an espresso at 3pm and soup at 12.30-1pm ... If I see things that are not of acceptable quality, I will blame you." Gary Gibbon of Channel 4 News claimed today that former chancellor Alistair Darling had also left a note for his successor, George Osborne, as well as a bottle – but, in Gibbon's words, "no revolver". Imminent Tory spending cuts in areas including travel and IT are based partly on plans originally devised by Labour Published: 17 May 2010 New chancellor to slash £6bn from public spending; US polling expert Stan Greenberg interprets the election results and tensions rise in Bangkok, in our daily audio show Published: 17 May 2010	Nice The Biggest Treasure Found photos Nice The Biggest Treasure Found photos Check out these the biggest Treasure Found images: Sounds of the Sixties This group of 40 British pop stars posed for the photo in April 1964, some are obvious but others are harder to recognize. 1. Mike Millward, guitar and vocals for the Fourmost. He died from leukaemia in 1966. 2. Mike Maxfield, lead guitar for Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas. Later suffered a stroke but still involved with the band behind the scenes. 3. Robin MacDonald, bass guitar for the Dakotas. No longer involved with music. 4. Billy Hatton, bass guitar for the Fourmost. Now seen on YouTube giving guitar lessons and talking about the Merseybeat boom. 5. Charlie Watts, still drumming for the Rolling Stones after all these years. 6. Chris Curtis, drummer for the Searchers. Left the band in 1966. Died in 2005. 7. Dave Lovelady, drummer for the Fourmost. Their first hit was the John Lennon song Hello Little Girl, which Lennon didn’t think good enough for The Beatles. 8. Griff West, tenor saxophone and flute for Sounds Incorporated —one of the great backing groups of the Sixties. 9. Tony Newman, drums for Sounds Incorporated. Became a top session player, working with David Bowie, Crystal Gayle, the Everly Brothers, and on the rock musical Tommy. 10. Brian O’Hara, lead guitar with the Fourmost. Died in 1999. 11. Aaron Williams, guitarist with the Merseybeats. Now retired from music and still living in Liverpool. 12. John Banks, drummer for the Merseybeats. Died 1988. 13. Mike Hugg, drummer with Manfred Mann. Now plays keyboards with reformed Manfreds. 14. Patrick Kerr, dancer and co-presenter on Ready, Steady, Go! Famous for demonstrating the latest dance ‘moves’ for eager viewers. 15. Paul Jones, vocals/harmonica, Manfred Mann. Went solo in 1966.Starred alongside Jean Shrimpton in the movie Privilege. Now back with the reformed Manfreds. 16. Keith Richards, lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones. Seemingly indestructible. 17. Mick Jagger. What more can we say? 18. Manfred Mann, jazz musician and founding member of the Manfreds. Now lives partly in Sweden and has his own band. 19. Kenny Lynch, East Ender who was one of the first black UK singers to achieve success. Also a songwriter, he is still a lively raconteur, TV personality and occasional actor. 20. Peter Birrell, bass guitar for Freddie and the Dreamers. Later became a taxi driver. 21. Tony Jackson, bass player with the Searchers. Later played with the Vibrations and died in 2003. 22. Roy Crewdson, guitarist with Freddie and the Dreamers. Owns a Tenerife bar called Dreamers. Still lives in Manchester. 23. Freddie Garrity, leader of Freddie And The Dreamers. After string of hits, he became a children’s TV star. Died 2006. 24. Kathy Kirby, singer whose big hit was Secret Love. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, she died in 2011. 25. Keith Fordyce, disc jockey and TV presenter. Died in 2011. 26. Cilla Black, singer. From Liverpool’s Cavern to TV presenting and national treasure status — had a TV biopic earlier this year. Says she’s going deaf and lives in Barbados. 27. Alan Holmes, saxophones and flute with Sounds Incorporated. Later played on The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band album. 28. Tony Crane, guitar and vocals as founding member of the Merseybeats. Went into property and now owns a hotel. Still with the Merseybeats, who continue to perform. 29. Cathy McGowan, breathless young presenter on Ready Steady Go. Divorced actor Hywel Bennett and now the long-term partner of singer Michael Ball. 30. Michael Aldred, co-presenter on Ready Steady Go. Now deceased. 31. John Gustafson, bassist with the Merseybeats previously in highly-respected Big Three. Played in hard rock bands and later worked with Roxy Music. Died earlier this year. 32. Billy J. Kramer, singer. Now lives in America and still tours with the reformed Dakotas. 33. Brian Jones, guitarist and founder of Rolling Stones. Found dead in his swimming pool days after being sacked in 1969. 34. Bill Wyman, original Stones bass player. Now tours with his ban	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,663	Who provides the voice for Sideshow Bob in The Simpson?	‘Simpsons’: Sideshow Bob to finally kill Bart this fall – EW.com FOX After 25 years, Sideshow Bob will finally get his wish. This fall on The Simpsons’ annual Halloween episode, Kelsey Grammer will return to voice the baritone, scene-stealing maniac Sideshow Bob. Only this time, instead of his diabolical plan being foiled at the last possible moment, Bob will actually kill Bart Simpson. Simpsons producers revealed the news during their ATX Festival panel in Austin, Texas, on Saturday. Executive producer Al Jean said he always wanted to see the Coyote get the Road Runner in the classic Looney Tunes cartoons. “I hated frustration comedy so we’ll scratch that itch,” Jean told EW. So Bob will finally somehow actually execute Bart—and then won’t know what to do with himself after his life’s mission has been accomplished. Of course, Bart will be back on the show after the traditionally format-shattering Halloween stunt. Bob was first introduced on the show in 1990 and began his quest to kill Bart in the “Cape Feare” episode in 1993. The producers also announced that a fan-favorite character from The Simpsons Movie will return during the upcoming 27th season— Homer’s beloved Spider-Pig will be back . Alas, there was no update about longtime voice actor Harry Shearer, who recently announced he was quitting the series. The Simpsons team noted they’re still hoping to work our a new deal with Shearer. Here’s Jean on EW radio: Show Full Article	THE NEW SEASON - FILM - Los Angeles Noir and Other Looming Shadows - Schedule - NYTimes.com All dates are subject to change. September Wednesday AL Franken: God Spoke A year in the life of this comedian and political commentator, as recorded by the filmmakers Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus (''The War Room''). Artie Lange's Beer League Mr. Lange, a regular on Howard Stern's radio show, is the co-writer, producer and star of this comedy about an amateur softball team in danger of being dropped from its league. Frank Sebastiano is the co-writer and director; with Ralph Macchio, Laurie Metcalf and Seymour Cassel. Friday Aurora Borealis A Minneapolis drifter (Joshua Jackson) finds meaning in his life when he becomes a caretaker for his elderly grandparents (Louise Fletcher and Donald Sutherland). Juliette Lewis is a friendly and flighty physical therapist; James Burke directs. The Black Dahlia James Ellroy's fictionalized version of one of Los Angeles's most notorious murders, the 1947 killing of the aspiring actress Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner). Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart are the two police investigators on the case; Scarlett Johansson is a mysterious look-alike for the dead woman who attracts the amorous attention of both men. With Hilary Swank; Brian De Palma, no stranger to doubles and dead bodies, directs. Confetti Three couples compete in a magazine's contest to hold the most original wedding of the year. Debbie Isitt directs this largely improvised mockumentary from Britain, which stars Martin Freeman from the British version of ''The Office.'' Everyone's Hero Christopher Reeve initiated this computer animated film about a boy's cross-country journey to meet Babe Ruth (Brian Dennehy) and help him win the World Series. Reeve, Colin Brady and Dan St. Pierre are the credited directors. With the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Helms, William H. Macy and Mandy Patinkin. Gridiron Gang Football becomes a route to self-esteem for a group of teenagers held in a juvenile home. Dwayne Johnson, known as the Rock, is the inspirational coach this time; with Xzibit, Leon Rippy and Kevin Dunn. Phil Joanou directed, based on a 1993 documentary by Lee Stanley and Jac Flanders. The Ground Truth The experiences of six men and women who volunteered for service in Iraq, as seen in a documentary by Patricia Foulkrod. Haven The financiers Bill Paxton and Stephen Dillane touch off a wave of trouble when they flee to the Cayman Islands to escape prosecution. Orlando Bloom is the local who gets tied in with them; Zoe Saldana and Agnes Bruckner also figure in the story. Written and directed by Frank E. Flowers. Keeping Mum The British comedian Rowan Atkinson tries to shake the kiddie image of the ''Mr. Bean'' films with this sex comedy about a clergyman who discovers his wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) is having an affair. With Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze; written and directed by Niall Johnson. The Last Kiss Gabriele Muccino's Italian film ''L'ultimo Bacio'' gets its Americanized remake courtesy of the director Tony Goldwyn and the writer Paul Haggis. Zach Braff is the blithe young man horrified to discover that his longtime girlfriend is pregnant. With Jacinda Barrett and Rachel Bilson. The U.S. vs. John Lennon David Leaf's documentary looks at John Lennon's years as an anti-war activist. VaJRa Sky Over Tibet The director and cinematographer John Bush conducts a tour of Tibetan Buddhism's most sacred sites. Sept. 20 Old Joy Two old friends, one about to become a father (Daniel London) and one still drifting (Will Oldham), go on an overnight camping trip in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. A funny, lyrical reimagining of the Falstaff tale by a genuinely independent filmmaker, Kelly Reichardt (''River of Grass''). Sept. 22 All the King's Men The fourth version (counting a couple of TV movies) of Robert Penn Warren's novel about a ruthless Southern governor, based on the life of Huey Long. Sean Penn stars; with Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Baker; directed by Steven Zaillian. In other wor	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,664	How did multi millionaire Russell Sage save money?	10000_questions 12 - 10000 general knowledge questions and answers 10000_questions 12 10000_questions 12 - 10000 general knowledge questions and... SCHOOL View Full Document 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 6 Answers 1 Which Mediterranean countries orchestra is bigger than its army Monaco 2 What links stags tails, pickled worms, gallstones, tomatoes Once thought to be Aphrodisiacs 3 Baked beans were originally served in what sauce Treacle - molasses 4 Where can you buy a copy of Penguin News Falkland Islands 5 Who was the hero of the old TV cop series Dragnet Sergeant Joe Friday 6 Which African country was founded by Americans Liberia 7 What was Britain called - before it was Britain Albion 8 What part of a frog do you rub to hypnotise it Its belly 9 How did multi millionaire Russell Sage save money Not wear underwear 10 How was USA president James Buchanan different from all rest Batchelor maybe gay 11 What's involved in 20% of car accidents in Sweden A moose 12 What's unusual about evangelist Amy Semple McPhersons coffin Contains Telephone 13 Who would use a swozzle Punch and Judy man 14 What does a tailor do with his plonker This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 8 Answ 10000_questions 16	Rio Rio You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 3 to 24 are not shown in this preview. This action might not be possible to undo. Are you sure you want to continue? CANCEL We've moved you to where you read on your other device. Get the full title to continue Get the full title to continue reading from where you left off, or restart the preview. Restart preview	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,665	In The Jeeves Stories by P. G. Wodehouse, one of the characters was called Mrs Spenser Gregson. What did Bertie Wooster usually call her?	Bertie Wooster : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki More info on Bertie Wooster Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Bertie" Wooster Aunt Agatha (aunt), unnamed sister Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British author P. G. Wodehouse . A British gentleman, member of the "idle rich" and the Drones Club , he appears alongside his valet , Jeeves , whose genius manages to extricate Bertie or one of his friends from numerous awkward situations. As the first-person narrator of ten novels and over 40 short stories, Bertie ranks as one of the most vivid comic creations in popular literature. Bertie's middle name "Wilberforce" is the doing of his father, who won money on a horse named Wilberforce in the Grand National the day before Bertie was born and insisted on Bertie carrying that name (mentioned in Much Obliged, Jeeves ). Contents 12 External links Family Bertie's family relationships are a major theme in the stories and novels in which he appears, particularly the relationships with his aunts. Due to the volume of stories and time span over which they were written, there are a number of inconsistencies and contradictions in the information given about his relatives. Also, "Bertie" and several of his relations appear in the early Wodehouse story "Extricating Young Gussie," however the family name in that story is Mannering-Phipps, not Wooster, and the story has never been included in collections of Jeeves and Wooster materials, casting doubt on whether family information included in that story can be considered part of Bertie Wooster's history. Bertie's immediate family: It is established throughout the series that Bertie is an orphan. In the story " Bertie Changes His Mind " he mentions a sister who has two daughters. None of these is named, and no other siblings are mentioned. Bertie's aunts and uncles: Bertie's father is said to have had many siblings. In "Extricating Young Gussie" Bertie's Uncle Cuthbert is described as the "late head of the family". Bertie's Uncle George carries the title of Lord Yaxley. Other uncles who come into the stories are Henry Wooster , a "looney", whom the family find a considerable embarrassment; and Willoughby Wooster , upon whom Bertie is initially dependent for financial support, but who passes away during the course of the stories, allowing Bertie to inherit a vast fortune. Two sisters of Bertie's father play major roles in most of the stories and novels. They are Aunt Dahlia and Aunt Agatha . An aunt by marriage, Aunt Julia, the widow of Uncle Cuthbert, appears only in Extricating Young Gussie but is mentioned by Bertie occasionally. Bertie has three uncles-by-marriage throughout the series; they are Tom Travers , Aunt Dahlia's husband; Spenser Gregson , Aunt Agatha's first husband; and Percy Craye, Earl of Worplesdon , her second. Bertie's Cousins: Henry's twin sons, Claude and Eustace , play significant roles in several stories, as do Aunt Dahlia's children, Angela and Bonzo Travers, and Aunt Agatha's young son, Thomas Gregson, nicknamed "Thos". The title character of "Extricating Young Gussie" is Bertie's cousin Gussie, son of Aunt Julia and Uncle Cuthbert. The family title: Bertie's Uncle George is Lord Yaxley, indicating that he is the eldest living uncle and that Bertie's paternal grandfather likely held the title as well. However, the relative ages of Bertie's father and remaining uncles is unclear, so it is unknown whether Bertie or one of his male cousins would be in line to inherit the title. In "Extricating Young Gussie" Uncle Cuthbert is described as the "late head of the family" however it is explicitly stated that his son Gussie "has no title." Education Bertie's early education took place at the semi-fictional Malvern House Preparatory School . Wodehouse himself attended a school	Mr Pooter: an Alternative Point of View Mr Pooter: an Alternative Point of View [ Victorian Web Home —> Authors —> George and Weedon Grossmith ] r Pooter, although little known to the world at large, has entered the language in England. There the word conjures up a conventional, priggish, strait-laced, lower middle class white collar worker living in a semi-detached house in the suburbs with lace curtains and gnomes in the garden. The name itself is inspired, summoning up an image of a pooterish man by its sound alone. The Diary of a Nobody, in which Mr Pooter is the hero, was never meant to be a book; it was a weekly serial in Punch written over the course of a year from May to May, 1888-9. The book, which was published in 1892, is essentially the same as the magazine but with seven extra chapters. It's accredited to two authors, George and Weedon Grossmith. Weedon may have had no hand in the writing, but the illustrations are his. George was born in 1847 and began his working life reporting the goings-on in the Magistrates' Court in Bow Street (now closed but in its heyday famous for the Bow Street Runners, thief-takers before the advent of Sir Robert Peel 's police force .) For eleven years he was one of Gilbert and Sullivan 's principal singers. He left D'Oyly Carte in 1889 to take his own solo show on tour: he was like a one-man cabaret —songs, sketches, jokes, impersonations. He wrote most of his own material and on his first solo tour in England earned ten thousand pounds. This was followed by five tours of the United States which paid even more. He was also a fine pianist who composed music for several light operas. He died in 1913. Weedon, seven years younger, trained as a painter both in the Slade and Royal Academy . For a time he painted portraits in a studio in Fitzrovia, the bohemian quarter bounded by Euston Road, Tottenham Court Road and (just about) Oxford Street. But, since he was none too good a painter, he also turned to the stage, as actor, producer, set designer and playwright. He was manager of Terry's Theatre until 1917, two years before he died. His illustrations capture the essential natures of some of the characters even better than his brother's words. The book is governed entirely by its origin as a weekly serial in a satirical magazine. It is episodic, to be begin with — characters are introduced and never developed, while most of them are one dimensional ciphers. Only Charles Pooter is at all rounded. He is a middle-aged Head Clerk in a City office who, as the book opens, has just moved into in a rented house in the newly developed but unfashionable suburb of Holloway. (The Laurels, Brickfield Terrace, backs on to the railway where the vibration of the trains has cracked the garden wall.) The book relates his mishaps, his jokes, the rudeness of his friends, his daily domesticity, but also takes pot shots at some of the fads of the day — bicycling , spiritualism , the Aesthetic movement , child rearing, and even the fashion for publishing diaries. But there is a plot of sorts. Pooter and his wife, Carrie, have a son called Lupin. He is twenty. This is important because the age of majority was then twenty-one; Lupin, therefore, is a minor and still the legal responsibility of his father. But he is also wilful, wayward, reckless, money-grubbing, unscrupulous, and out of control but, it turns out, with head for business. We first meet him four months into the Diary; he has been fired ('given the chuck,' in his words) from a Bank in Lancashire. He gets involved with a troupe of amateur actors and becomes engaged to, and is jilted by, one of them — a brassy singer of twenty-eight who can't sing in tune and has a loafer for a brother (and a father who bars Lupin from his house because of his insolence). Pooter finds Lupin a job with a semi-crooked stock broker and then, when he absconds, in his own firm. This is where the Punch serial ended: Pooter has achieved his life's ambition — to have his son work alongside him in the same office and travel each morning in the same bus. In the extra chapters	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,666	What name did Andy Warhol give to his original New York City studio from 1962 to 1968 in premises on the 5th floor of 231 East 47th Street, Madison Avenue?	erotic movie star photos on Flickr \| Flickr I just got home from a pretty long day at work, fortunately I am physically exhausted, unfortunately not so much mentally. Anybody else ever have that problem? So a couple of random thoughts for tonight. I have a rather large essay on my mind I want to write, I am just not ready to just yet, nonetheless it's presence up there is still fairly distracting. I generally walk home from work at night. I usually get off at about 7 pm from Blue Moon. Tonight it was 8:30. We had a bit of work to do. On top of that I spent another two hours there on my own attaching wire to my show going up in Astoria. I will make an official post on that in the near future. So I left the store about 10:30 with a 30 minute walk home. I love that walk, especially on nights like this. I generally think a lot on those walks, usually about photography. I always sort of joked that I walked to think and I ran to forget, because when I ran regularly I never thought much during those runs, I just sort of mentally flitted along. Tonight was a particularly lovely night though. I once saw a sci-fi movie where it was possible for people to record their dreams on sort of a futuristic VCR player and the watch them after they woke up. I wish I could do that with things I see during the day. I miss so many photos that just occur too quickly to be captured. Tonight was sort of like that. The clouds in the sky were quite amazing. Sort of like cotton ball arrangements, lit up by the light pollution from the city. But there were so many different shapes and sizes. I could see exactly how I wanted to shoot them too. It would have been with a Hasselblad, probably a standard 80mm lens, because the square format just seemed appropriate. Black and white film, moderately fast, did not want any of the clouds or stars to blur much. It would have produced some lovely "portraits" cropped in tight on just sky and clouds without any terrestrial-based distractions. But I didn't take any of those shots, I just enjoyed with my eyes. But moving on to this shot. This was just taken yesterday, imagine that speedy turnaround with a film camera! :-p We took Owen down to the Rose Festival yesterday and of course one of our stops was the Salmon Street Springs, my second most favorite fountain in the city (Ira Keller being first and Lovejoy being third). The fountain of course was super crowded on such a bright sunny day. Thankfully I was armed with a pinhole camera, which does not mind large crowds or shooting straight into the sun. Having no lenses means no lens flare. ;-) Anyway both Owen and I were fascinated by the fountain, for different reasons I am guessing. He eventually moved on to the Snocone guy and the Portland Spirit. I lingered a while at the fountain and came away with this shot as the sun was setting behind the skyline. For some strange reason this reminds me of the legend of Daedalus and Icarus, not sure quite why, perhaps the strong elements of water and sun, both key to that legend. Dunno, but the lone figure in this image struck me in some way as Daedalus, perhaps remembering his fated son. Anyway. Forgive my rambling, I think my mind is finally catching up with my body. I do plan on getting back down to the waterfront at least a few more times this week, there are always interesting opportunities waiting to happen. Ah, speaking of which, I shall leave you with one such occurrence from the night before last which I spent down there as well. I was strolling along the waterfront admiring the rides, carrying my camera backpack with my tripod across my shoulder when a homeless fellow flagged me passing by the other way. The exchange went as follows: Homeless Man: Hey, hey. You know who you look like? Me: (Thinking of plenty of responses but deciding to settle with simply) No, who? HM: (Staring at me for a good ten seconds, weaving slightly). Umm you know. You know. That corn dog movie. The movie with the fellow that dresses up like a corn dog. (Ok he got points	News & Additions BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS - THE MUSIC DIDN’T DIE 2 CD Jasmine JASCD 531 - Release date September 11, 2009 Disc 1: Nashville Sessions & Demos 1. Down The Line 2. Baby Let's Play House 3. Love Me 4. Don't Come Back Knockin' 5. Midnight Shift 6. Blue Days, Black Nights 7. Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight? 8. I Guess I Was Just A Fool 9. It's Not My Fault 10. I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down 11. I'm Changing All Those Changes 12. Rock-A-Bye Rock 13. Because I Love You 14. Rock Around With Ollie Vee 15. I'm Changing All Those Changes 16. That'll Be The Day 17. Girl On My Mind 18. Ting-A-Ling 19. Rock Around With Ollie Vee 20. Modern Don Juan 21. You Are My One Desire 22. Have You Ever Been Lonely? 23. Gone Ohh Annie! RCCD 3056 - BUDDY HOLLY with The Three Tunes - “Ohh! Annie!” - The 1956 sessions. This package covers Buddy Holly's pivotal recordings of 1956 and includes studio masters not only previously unissued but whose very existence will be unknown to even the most committed of fans. There's also more session talk than has previously been made public, together with superior sound quality versions of some tracks that have been released; also included is a detailed 36-page booklet with notes by John Ingman and several previously unpublished photographs. This is, to use an overworked phrase, a 'must' for Buddy Holly fans - and Rollercoaster's most exciting release since their Something Special from Buddy Holly LP in 1986. The full track listing is as follows: CD1: Don't Come Back Knockin'(previously unissued) Don't Come Back Knockin' Midnight Shift (previously unissued false start) Midnight Shift (previously unissued) Bo Diddley Brown-Eyed Handsome Man Nearly all of the twenty-four studio tracks on CD1 were sourced from the original quarter-inch tape masters. Because of the age of these tapes and the fact they were not always stored in optimum conditions, we have done our best to restore the sound and technical quality to what it was originally as much as possible. In doing so and in order to present some fragmented recordings for your listening enjoyment, we have also created complete versions of two tracks where they did not exist originally. It is unfortunate that Decca Records did not generally retain out-takes from their sessions in 1956 as these would be fascinating to hear today (they were taped over or removed from the original reels so that the tape could be re-used) Some idea of the quantity of these can be guessed from the take numbers – although 'take 76' in the case of Modern Don Juan can hardly be taken seriously, especially as the 'slate' does not include the master number as most others do. It is frustrating to hear a take number announced and realise that the actual take has been removed. Careful listeners may also hear the remains of previous recordings which were recorded over but not completely erased - examples of these can be heard very faintly at the ends of a couple of tracks. We are fortunate indeed that a couple of out-takes did survive, probably by accident, and that after all this time Buddy's fans are able to hear them in such great quality. The tracks on CD2 were mostly recorded on a home recorder in Holly's garage in Lubbock, Texas and thus some defects in the sound quality will remain. We have done our best to minimise any faults on these historic recordings. However, they are, simply, the best and most exciting early recordings of Buddy Holly, featuring for the most part, Buddy on vocals and guitar and Jerry Allison on drums – forget the White Stripes, this is rock'n'roll's finest duo! Advance orders for this package may be placed by email or on the Rollercoaster website (rollercoasterrecor	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,667	Who won the 1940 Presidential election in the Philip Roth novel 'The Plot Against America'?	The Plot Against America Summary - eNotes.com The Plot Against America Summary link Link In the 1940 of Philip Roth’s reimagined history, many Americans are so afraid that President Franklin D. Roosevelt is leading the country into the war in Europe that the Republican Party nominates not Wendell Wilkie but Charles A. Lindbergh, the hero who was the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo. To the great consternation of American Jews, Lindbergh wins the election. Jews are concerned because Lindbergh not only has admired the German Luftwaffe but also has accepted a medal from Adolf Hitler himself, a clear sign of his pro-German sympathies. As nine-year-old Philip Roth narrates events, the Roth family—including Philip’s father and mother, Herman and Besse, and his older brother, Sandy—and their friends in the Jewish section of Newark, New Jersey, are terribly upset by this turn of events and fear the worst. They suspect that the kinds of anti-Semitism that Hitler has propounded and is rapidly carrying out in Germany and in the parts of Europe that he has conquered will, under Lindbergh’s administration, begin to happen in the United States. The first experience that they have of this intolerance comes during a trip to Washington, D.C., where they are expelled from their hotel despite their confirmed reservations. This outrage is followed by a scene in a cafeteria where the family experiences anti-Semitic slurs. Worse events are still to follow. Not all Jews believe as Herman Roth believes. A rabbi, Lionel Bengelsdorf, supports the new administration and soon becomes head of the Office of American Absorption. This new office is established to promote Lindbergh’s plan to disperse Jews from enclaves, such as the one in which the Roths live in Newark, to other parts of the country, thereby promoting their... (The entire section is 718 words.) Get Free Access link Link In a sense, every novel is alternative history, an attempt to imagine how things might have been. A specific genre of popular fiction proceeds from the premise that a familiar public event occurred differently—for example, the South won the Civil War, Napoleon never met his Waterloo, the Spanish Armada conquered England—and extrapolates from there to depict the likely consequences of one dramatic change. In more than twenty books of fiction published since his first collection of short stories, Goodbye, Columbus, in 1959, Philip Roth has been more interested in examining the inner lives of fictional figures than in speculating about large historical contingencies. In The Counterlife(1986), Roth offers contradictory histories not of the Normandy Invasion but of his recurring character Nathan Zuckerman. When, in The Ghost Writer (1979), Zuckerman encounters an Anne Frank who managed to survive the Holocaust, Roth is more intent on examining Zuckerman's personality than in pondering how different the world would have been if the Nazi genocide had been less thorough. Operation Shylock (1993) imagines alternative personal identities, two antagonistic characters each named Philip Roth. However, though the plot of The Plot Against America is refracted through the eyes of a boy named Philip Roth, this novel has its sights on broad historical developments. It asks the reader to accept the premise that Charles A. Lindbergh, the aviator who became a national hero by flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election. Lindbergh is an isolationist and a Nazi sympathizer, and once he moves into the White House, the United States pursues cordial relations with Germany and does not enter World War II. American Jews, including Roth and his family, find themselves in an increasingly precarious position. A postscript to the novel reprints a speech that Lindbergh actually gave on September 11, 1941. Addressing a rally of the America First Committee in Des Moines, Iowa, Lindbergh—who had visited Adolf Hitler and expressed admiration for him—noted that Jews wielded inordinate influence over the media and the government of	General Knowledge Quiz - By Zarbo84 The fictional character John Clayton is better known by what name? La Paz is the administrative capital of which South American country? Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name? The medical condition ‘aphonia’ is the inability to do what? In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the king of which Island? 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1,507,668	Who plays the part of Princess Grace in the 2014 film 'Grace of Monaco'?	Grace of Monaco (2014) - 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 Watch Now From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s. Director: a list of 37 titles created 08 Jan 2014 a list of 40 titles created 23 May 2014 a list of 23 titles created 11 Aug 2014 a list of 45 titles created 16 Sep 2014 a list of 34 titles created 7 months ago Title: Grace of Monaco (2014) 5.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s. 14 May 2014 (France) See more » Also Known As: Grace de Mónaco See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The map with "New Monaco" was written in English (and not in French). See more » Quotes Chauffeur: Up here you can see the whole of Monaco, Mr. Hitchcock. Hitchcock : Yes, I know. There isn't much grace to be had in this formless, awkwardly-scripted and executed biopic. 23 May 2014 \| by shawneofthedead (http://shawneofthedead.wordpress.com/) – See all my reviews Biopics will always come with their fair share of controversy - doubts will inevitably be raised about whether the subject in question was well-served by the film and his or her characterisation therein. Even so, Grace Of Monaco arrives in cinemas dogged by an outsized share of debate and, well, debacle. The script has been openly decried by Princess Grace's children and the entire project overwhelmingly reviled by critics across the world. Distributor Harvey Weinstein reportedly riled French director Olivier Dahan by cooking up an alternative cut of the film. Of course, it's Dahan's version that has premiered in Cannes, to widespread critical derision, so one can't help wondering if Weinstein's cut might actually be better. That's a lot of weight and scandal for one film to bear, most of which is - unfortunately - borne out by the final product. It's possible to see why everyone involved might have been optimistic about the project. After all, the film purports to pick apart the fairy tale that is Grace Kelly's life - a legendary Hollywood actress finds and marries her real-life prince. In reality, Grace (Nicole Kidman) is struggling to find her place in the tiny principality of Monaco. As she contemplates returning to Hollywood to make another picture - Marnie - with Alfred Hitchcock (Roger Ashton-Griffiths), Grace's husband, Prince Rainier (Tim Roth), finds himself trapped in an increasingly tense face-off with French President Charles De Gaulle. Add in courtly intrigue, an identity crisis or two, a fairytale romance gone a little bit wrong - and it seems the perfect way for Dahan to make his Hollywood debut. However, much of the sensitivity demonstrated by Dahan in La Vie En Rose, his lovely, bittersweet biopic of Edith Piaf, has been lost in translation. Grace Of Monaco plays far too frequently at the full, high pitch of soapy melodrama, the converging story lines somehow managing to feel overwrought and inconsequential at the same time. Grace frets about her role as wife, mother and princess; Rainier broods moodily about the fate of Monaco; we're led to suspect that Grace's handmaiden Madge (Parker Posey) is a spy within her inner circle - huge, important events within the narrative of the film, but all of them are rendered in paper-thin characterisation and overly ponderous dialogue. As the f	Press Reaction In 1980 To Death Of A Princess \| Death Of A Princess \| FRONTLINE \| PBS "The Gate of an Arabian princess: a 'docu-drama'" Christian Science Monitor May 9, 1980 by Arthur Unger One of the most controversial -- and timely -- films in the short history of the Public Broadcasting Service is being aired on most of that network's affiliates despite protests from the Saudi Arabian government. … Whatever one's reservations may be -- and it is quite possible and proper to question certain aspects of this unusual pseudo-docudrama -- this is a film to see, to analyze, to question on its various implications as a social document, as an informational program, and as an entertainment. In its own exotic way "Princess" may prove to be a landmark film in the development of education-information-entertainment television. But the form itself -- docudrama -- is a problem. Although scripted and performed by professional actors throughout, this kind of program also attempts to convey the feeling of documentary accuracy in the presentation of its topical and often carefully researched subject matter, as well as in its tone. As a result, the form can be used to distort truth as easily as it can to serve it, leaving the viewer with no way of knowing where accuracy really lies. "Princess" is the superbly photographed story -- a bit Somerset Maugham and a bit of "the lady or the tiger" in character -- of a reporter's five-month search for the truth concerning a Saudi Arabian princess supposedly executed and her boy-lover beheaded because of their three-week adulterous affair. In order for the sentence to be carried out, the teen-age princess had to state three times before a Muslim court that she had committed the crime. Was she an empty-headed child or a better for women's rights? The narrator, called Christopher Ryder in the film's odyssey but clearly filmmaker Antony Thomas, follows all available trails, visits friends, government officials, relatives, women's movement activists in and out of Saudi Arabia, investigates the oddly ambivalent position of women in fundamentalist Muslim states, follows many paths which are obviously untrue or the product of guilt, venom, or imagination. He re-creates in his mind's eye -- and on camera -- all of the supposed happenings and comes to the final conclusion that the real truth may never be known. … But should it be told in this form? "Death of a Princess" is the ultimate docudrama -- a form which television has expropriated for itself and which it seems to be using and misusing more and more. Many docudramas -- dramatized informational programming -- would much better serve the viewers they were presented in strictly documentary form so that viewers could clearly understand that what they are viewing is fact. In the case of "Princess" and many other recent docudramas, the viewer is left with a hodgepodge conglomeration of real people, fictional characters, real incidents, and dramatized ones which make it absolutely impossible to ascertain where creative license has been taken. (The filmmaker in this case, however, insists that all interviews are based on real ones). … "Death of a Princess" is a TV show to view, ponder, and perhaps learn from, but it is also a major problem for television itself to ponder. "The Show Must Go On" [Editorial] The Washington Post May 11, 1980 The furor over Saudi Arabia's protests against the showing of "Death of a Princess" by the Public Broadcasting Service is both more and less than it is made out to be. The Saudi protest, and those of its oil partner, the Mobil Corporation, along with some of the heavier interventions of the State Department and certain members of Congress, make it essential that the show be seen on schedule Monday evening. None of this should even be negotiable. The outcry, of course, makes it inevitable that an extra large audience will tune in. The incident is more than it appears to be because, with the power that Saudi oil and financial resources confer, Saudi displeasure can have costly consequences. When the same film was shown in Bri	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,669	Who is the only person to win an Oscar playing an Oscar winning actress?	Academy Awards Best Actress Blue Jasmine (2013) The Only Best Actress Tie: In the Best Actress category, an unusual tie (the only occurrence among female acting performances) occurred in 1968 between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand, for their respective performances in The Lion in Winter (1968) and Funny Girl (1968). [Note: With her subsequent win, Streisand became the only performer to win an Oscar for Best Actress (Funny Girl (1968)) and for Best Original Song ("Evergreen" from A Star Is Born (1976)) with lyrics by Paul Williams).] The Most Best Actress Nominations (and Wins): Only one actress has received four Best Actress Oscar wins, and no actress has yet received three Best Actress Oscars. There are twelve actresses who have received two Best Actress Oscars. The number of Best Actress nominations are in parentheses: Katharine Hepburn (12); with four wins (Morning Glory (1932/33), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), On Golden Pond (1981)); two nominations were consecutive (from 1955-1956); two wins were consecutive (1967-1968) Meryl Streep (15) - with two wins (Sophie's Choice (1982), The Iron Lady (2011)); three nominations were consecutive (from 1981-1983) Bette Davis (10) - with two wins (Dangerous (1935), Jezebel (1938) ); five nominations were consecutive (from 1938-1942) Ingrid Bergman (6) - with two wins ( Gaslight (1944) , Anastasia (1956)); three nominations were consecutive (from 1943-1945) Jane Fonda (6) - with two wins (Klute (1971), Coming Home (1978)); three nominations were consecutive (from 1977-1979) Elizabeth Taylor (5) - with two wins (Butterfield 8 (1960), Roman Holiday (1953) ); two nominations were consecutive (from 1953-1954) Susan Hayward (5) - with one win (I Want to Live! (1958)); nominations in 1947, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1958 Anne Bancroft (5) - with one win (The Miracle Worker (1962)); nominations in 1962, 1964, 1967, 1977, 1985 Ellen Burstyn (5) - with one win (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)); nominations in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1980, 2000 Shirley MacLaine (5) - with one win ( Terms of Endearment (1983) ); nominations in 1958, 1960, 1963, 1977, and 1983 Jessica Lange (5) - with one win (Blue Sky (1994)); two nominations were consecutive (from 1984-1985) Susan Sarandon (5) - with one win (Dead Man Walking (1995)); two nominations were consecutive twice (1991-1992, 1994-1995) Jennifer Jones (4) - with one win (The Song of Bernadette (1943)); two other nominations were consecutive (1945, 1946) Jane Wyman (4) - with one win (Johnny Belinda (1948)); nominations in 1946, 1948, 1951, and 1954 Joanne Woodward (4) - with one win (The Three Faces of Eve (1957)); nominations in 1957, 1968, 1973, and 1990 Julie Christie (4) - with one win (Darling (1965)); nominations in 1965, 1971, 1997, and 2007 Geraldine Page (4) - with one win (The Trip to Bountiful (1985)); nominations in 1961, 1962, 1978, 1985 Diane Keaton (4) - with one win ( Annie Hall (1977) ); nominations in 1977, 1981, 1996, and 2003 Cate Blanchett (4) - with one win (Blue Jasmine (2013)); nominations in 1998, 2007, 2013, and 2015 Kate Winslet (4) - with one win (The Reader (2008)); nominations in 1997, 2004, 2006, and 2008 Jennifer Lawrence (3) - with one win (Silver Linings Playbook (2012)); nominations in 2010, 2012, and 2015 Deborah Kerr (6) - with no wins; three nominations were consecutive (from 1956-1958) -- the only 6-time Best Actress nominee who never won Irene Dunne (5) - with no wins; two nominations were consecutive (from 1936-1937) Judi Dench (5) - with no wins; two nominations were consecutive (from 2005-2006) Marsha Mason (4) - with no wins Vanessa Redgrave (4) - with no wins Rosalind Russell (4) - with no wins; two nominations were consecutive (from 1946-1947) Barbara Stanwyck (4) - with no wins Glenn Close (3) - with no wins Consecutive Best Act	Oscars: Every single best actor winner - CNN.com Oscars: Every single best actor winner By Breeanna Hare, CNN Updated 3:17 PM ET, Thu February 20, 2014 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Leonardo DiCaprio accepts the best actor award at the 88th annual Academy Awards on February 28, 2016. DiCaprio won for his role in "The Revenant." Here are the actors whose footsteps he has followed in: Hide Caption 1 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Emil Jannings (1929) – The first best actor Oscar went to Emil Jannings at the academy's inaugural ceremony held in 1929. Jannings received the honors for two films: 1927's "The Way of All Flesh" and 1928's "The Last Command." Hide Caption 2 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Warner Baxter (1930) – Warner Baxter, right, earned the best actor Oscar for his role as the Cisco Kid in "In Old Arizona" (1929). Baxter appears here with best actress winner Mary Pickford at the April 1930 awards ceremony, which recognized films made between August 1, 1928, and July 31, 1929. Baxter loved the role so much he reprised it twice more, in "The Cisco Kid" (1931) and again in "The Return of the Cisco Kid" (1939). Hide Caption 3 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors George Arliss (1930) – George Arliss won the best actor Oscar for "Disraeli," apparently also beating himself since he was nominated for that film and "The Green Goddess." In the early years of the Oscar, a single nomination could recognize more than one role. However, for reasons not entirely clear, the actor won solely for "Disraeli." Perhaps it was a glitch on behalf of the academy, or perhaps voters truly preferred his portrayal as the famed British prime minister. The November 1930 awards ceremony recognized work from 1929 and 1930. Hide Caption 4 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Lionel Barrymore (1931) – Lionel Barrymore, here with "Min and Bill" best actress winner Marie Dressler, won the best actor Oscar for his work in "A Free Soul." Barrymore played an alcoholic lawyer whose daughter gets involved with a mobster he helped go free. Hide Caption 5 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Wallace Beery (1932) – The previous year's Oscar winner Lionel Barrymore, left, presents Wallace Beery, right, with the best actor Oscar for "The Champ." Beery tied that year with Fredric March in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Hide Caption 6 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Fredric March (1932) – Fredric March, right, was honored the same year as Wallace Beery for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Beery actually received one less vote than March, which it resulted in a tie winner according to academy rules of the day. Hide Caption 7 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Charles Laughton (1934) – British actor Charles Laughton won the best actor Oscar for the title role "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933), beating out Leslie Howard in "Berkeley Square" (1933) and Paul Muni in "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" (1932). The sixth awards ceremony was held in March 1934 and recognized movies released from August 1, 1932, to December 31, 1933. Hide Caption 8 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Clark Gable (1935) – Clark Gable's status as a Hollywood icon was cemented when the box-office star won the best actor Oscar for Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night" (1934). The screwball comedy was a massive hit with academy voters at the February 1935 ceremony, sweeping the five big categories -- best picture, best director (Capra), best adapted screenplay and best actress (Claudette Colbert). Hide Caption 9 of 89 Photos: Oscar-winning best actors Victor McLaglen (1936) – Victor McLaglen, left, beat out two earlier Oscar winners to claim the best actor prize for "The Informer." He was up against Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, both nominated for their roles in best picture winner "Mutiny on the Bounty." McLaglen appears with best actress winner Bette Davis and filmmaker D.W. Griffith of "The Birth of a Nation" fame at the March 1936 ceremony. Hide C	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,670	Oscar Hammerstein mentored which librettist, who wrote the lyrics to 'West Side Story'?	Stephen Sondheim: My 'West Side Story' Lyrics Are 'Embarrassing' - ABC News ABC News Stephen Sondheim: My 'West Side Story' Lyrics Are 'Embarrassing' By JOHN BERMAN Stephen Sondheim finds the music from "West Side Story," one of the most revered musicals of all time, downright "embarrassing." And he should know. He wrote the lyrics. "It embarrasses me," he said. "It's very hard for me to listen to some of those songs." Only a man who has won eight Tony Awards, two Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and an Oscar could get away with saying something like that. That man is the 80-year-old composer-lyricist, Stephen Sondheim. He is a true Broadway legend. Most theater buffs have heard (or sung) at least one of Sondheim's most famous scores, which include, "Sweeney Todd," "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "Into the Woods," "Company," "Sunday in the Park with George," "Assassins" and "Follies." He also wrote the lyrics for "Gypsy" and then, of course, "West Side Story." There's even a Broadway theater named after him. Earlier this year, the Henry Miller Theater on West 43rd Street in New York City became the Stephen Sondheim Theater, another event in his career that the composer was somewhat uncomfortable with. "Embarrassing. Thrilling but embarrassing," Sondheim said. "First of all, I've never been fond of my name. 'Sondheim' ... doesn't sing." Then, of course, there have been constant celebrations, honors, birthday tributes and praises from Sondheim's other prestigious colleagues, including actress Bernadette Peters, who called him "a walking, living icon." Again, the great composer blushed. "It's really nice, but it's also embarrassing," Sondheim said. "My tendency, my desire is 'leave me alone, just let me ride.'" Then he added about watching his life's work unfold: "What's great about standing in the back of the theater while the show is going on is if the audience doesn't like it, you can go to the bar right next door and have a drink." Sondheim: 'When I Write Words, I'm Very Careful' A new world of publicity has opened up for Sondheim. He is now an author, having just finished his first book, "Finishing the Hat." It's a collection of his lyrics and memories of a Broadway career that has spanned more than 50 years. The trick, he said, to producing such rich material is lying down on his couch. "I think I like writing lying down because I like to fall asleep in the middle," he said. He is meticulous in the way he works, writing only with soft, Blackwing pencils -- a brand that went out of production for years, so he bought a lifetime supply. "Luckily, when they were in their heyday, I bought boxes and cartons of them because they wear out so quickly." He also is scrupulous in how he produces his craft. "When I write words, I'm very careful," he said. "When you write lyrics, there are so few lyrics in the song, so few words ... in a lyric that each one has enormous weight. You know, a line in a song is like a scene in a play." There's more to his enormous musical success than just lying on his couch and using a special kind of pencil. Sondheim was taken under the wing of another impressive Broadway legend, Oscar Hammerstein, who was like a surrogate father to Sondheim in his teenage years. "One of the things I learned early on about theater and all art is art needs surprise, otherwise it doesn't hold an audience's attention," Sondheim said. "Theater needs surprise, so I like to surprise myself and I want to surprise the audience." He has been full of surprises. "Company," which opened on Broadway in 1970, was the first musical without a defined, linear plot. "Sweeney Todd" debuted on Broadway in 1979 and featured the "Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while, on a sweeter note, the 1987 Broadway production of "Into the Woods" was a delightful romp through children's fairy tales about what really happens after "happily ever after." Despite his massive success, Sondheim also has been met with fierce critics over the decades, many of whom have said his music is too cold, impersonal, difficult to sing and lacks mass appeal.	Celebrating Britten in Sweden, with Billy Budd Celebrating Britten in Sweden, with Billy Budd Overview Audio Selections The Story Who's Who Britten's opera is set at sea, on the British man-of-war H.M.S. Indomitable, during the Napoleonic wars in 1797. The opera presents portraits of a number of crew members, but the story focuses on three main characters -- a naïve, strapping young sailor named Billy Budd; his nemesis, the Master-at-Arms John Claggart; and the ship's beloved Captain Vere, or "Starry Vere," as the sailors call him. In a brief prologue, we see Captain Vere as an old man, looking back on his life, unable to forget the story of the young sailor Billy Budd, and Billy's fate at the hands of the officers on board the H.M.S. Indomitable. ACT ONE takes us back to that ship. The crew is on stage, busy at work, being bullied and whipped by their overseer. They sing a sea shanty with the refrain, "Oh heave away, heave!" Un deck, three prisoners have been brought on board. They're merchant marines who've been pulled off their ship and are about to be pressed into duty on the Indomitable. While questioning them, the Master-at-Arms, John Claggart, reveals his nasty side. One of the three men is a handsome young sailor named Billy Budd. He's cheerful and open hearted. He does, however, have a stutter, which comes out when he's in distress, at times leaving him frustrated and angry. When Billy realizes he's not going back to his old ship, he shouts a farewell to his mates. The ship is called Rights of Man, and in calling its name, Billy is misunderstood by his new officers to be encouraging dissent. They tell Claggart to keep an eye on him. Claggart goes them one better. He instructs his underling, Squeak, to deliberately provoke Billy. Meanwhile, Claggart orders Billy to remove his "fancy neckerchief: "This is a Man-o'-War," he says. Then, with a leering glance, he adds, "Take pride in yourself, Beauty, and you'll come to no harm." An old sailor named Dansker warns Billy about Claggart, but the young man pays little mind. In the next scene, Captain Vere is in his cabin, reading classic literature and musing on the parallels between his own times and those of the ancients. When he invites his officers in for drinks, they warn him about the new guy, Billy Budd. Vere waves them off; Billy is high-spirited, he tells them, but he's an innocent. In the final scene of Act One, the sailors are singing shanties up on deck. Billy goes down to his berth and finds Squeak rummaging through his things. The two men begin to fight. Claggart appears, realizes that Squeak has bungled his mission, and to conceal his own role has Squeak packed off to the brig. Claggart then insinuates himself into Billy's good graces, praising the young man's beauty and goodness. But as he later sings, it's exactly those qualities that inspire his own determination to destroy Billy. Claggart then sends for a sailor called the Novice, and forces him to attempt to bribe Billy into starting a mutiny. When the Novice does this, Billy resists, and then gets angry. As the two scuffle, the old man Dansker finds them, and calms Billy down. He then warns him -- again -- to beware of Claggart. As ACT TWO begins, the H.M.S. Indomitable is stuck in a thick fog. The men are champing at the bit to engage in battle. John Claggart, the ship's devious Master-at-Arms, tells Captain Vere that he thinks Billy Budd is a mutineer. Suddenly the fog begins to lift, and the sails of a French ship are visible. Vere orders his men to pursue the vessel and prepare for battle. But when he orders the cannon to fire, the shots fall short. The mist returns, and any chance of a battle ends. Claggart again approaches the captain, and this time he's more more insistent. He tells Vere he has proof that Billy accepted a bribe of gold in exchange for starting a mutiny. Vere is angry, but still refuses to believe Claggart -- preferring to confront Billy himself. Vere, alone in his cabin, sings of his confidence that Billy is innocent. But when Claggart brings Billy in for questioning, Billy be	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,671	Who supposedly had a moment of inspiration while sitting under an apple tree?	The core of truth behind Sir Isaac Newton's apple \| The Independent Monday 18 January 2010 00:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online It is one of the most famous anecdotes in the history of science. The young Isaac Newton is sitting in his garden when an apple falls on his head and, in a stroke of brilliant insight, he suddenly comes up with his theory of gravity. The story is almost certainly embellished, both by Newton and the generations of storytellers who came after him. But from today anyone with access to the internet can see for themselves the first-hand account of how a falling apple inspired the understanding of gravitational force. The Royal Society in London is making available in digital form the key original manuscript that describes how Newton devised his theory of gravity after witnessing an apple falling from a tree in his mother's garden in Lincolnshire, although there is no evidence to suggest that it hit him on the head. It was 1666, and the plague had closed many public buildings and meetings. Newton had to abandon Cambridge for Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, the modest house where he was born, to contemplate the stellar problems he had been pursuing at the university. He was particularly obsessed by the orbit of the Moon around the Earth, and eventually reasoned that the influence of gravity must extend over vast distances. After seeing how apples always fall straight to the ground, he spent several years working on the mathematics showing that the force of gravity decreased as the inverse square of the distance. But what evidence is there that Newton was really inspired by a falling apple? He left no written account suggesting this, although there were other documents suggesting that he had spoken to others about it when he was an old man. Historians point to the one particular account written by one of Newton's younger contemporaries, an antiquarian and proto-archaeologist called William Stukeley, who also wrote the first biography of Britain's greatest scientist, entitled Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life. Stukeley was also born in Lincolnshire, and used this connection to befriend the notoriously cantankerous Newton. Stukeley spent some time in conversation with the older man, and the pair met regularly as fellows of the Royal Society, and talked together. On one particular occasion in 1726, Stukeley and Newton spent the evening dining in London. "After dinner, the weather being warm, we went into the garden & drank thea under the shade of some apple tree; only he & myself," Stukeley wrote in the meticulously handwritten manuscript released by the Royal Society. "Amid other discourse, he told me, he was just in the same situation, as when formerly the notion of gravitation came into his mind. Why sh[oul]d that apple always descend perpendicularly to the ground, thought he to himself; occasion'd by the fall of an apple, as he sat in contemplative mood. "Why sh[oul]d it not go sideways, or upwards? But constantly to the Earth's centre? Assuredly the reason is, that the Earth draws it. There must be a drawing power in matter. And the sum of the drawing power in the matter of the Earth must be in the Earth's centre, not in any side of the Earth. "Therefore does this apple fall perpendicularly or towards the centre? If matter thus draws matter; it must be proportion of its quantity. Therefore the apple draws the Earth, as well as the Earth draws the apple." This is the most detailed account of the apple anecdote, but it is not the only one from Newton's day. He had also used it to entertain John Conduitt, the husband of Newton's niece and his assistant at the Royal Mint, which Newton had run in his later years. Conduitt wrote: "In the year 1666 he retired again from Cambridge to his mother in Lincolnshire. Whilst he was pensively meandering in a garden it came into his thought that the power of gravity (which brought an apple from a tree to the ground) was not limited to a certain distance from Earth, but that this power must extend much further than was usually thought. "W	What's in a name? What's in a name? [ Victorian Web Home —> Authors —> Charles Dickens —> Works —> Great Expectations —> Theme and Subject ] In the first sentence of Great Expectations, Pip explains the origin of his name: “My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip." The evolution of Pip's name mirrors changes in Pip's character in the course of the novel, but Pip's benefactor stipulated that he must “always bear the name of Pip." Once he comes into his great expectations, others begin to refer to him as “Mr. Pip," and Pip's first friend in London, Herbert Pocket, gives him a nickname as a symbol of friendship and familiarity: "I dare say we shall be often together, and I should like to banish any needless restraint between us. Will you do me the favour to begin at once to call me by my Christian name, Herbert?" I thanked him and said I would. I informed him in exchange that my Christian name was Philip. "I don't take to Philip," said he, smiling, “for it sounds like a moral boy out of the spelling-book, who was so lazy that he fell into a pond, or so fat that he couldn't see out of his eyes, or so avaricious that he locked up his cake till the mice ate it, or so determined to go a bird's-nesting that he got himself eaten by bears who lived handy in the neighborhood. I tell you what I should like. We are so harmonious, and you have been a blacksmith, — would you mind it?" "I shouldn't mind anything that you propose," I answered, “but I don't understand you." "Would you mind Handel for a familiar name? There's a charming piece of music by Handel, called the Harmonious Blacksmith." "I should like it very much." [Chapter 22; Place within the complete text of the novel ] ] Thus, the names Handel and Mr. Pip accompany Pip's transition into the life of a gentleman. However, Pip finds it painful to be called Mr. Pip by Joe, whom he distances once he moves to London. Joe's familiarity with Pip returns when Pip is sick and helpless in bed — “the dear fellow had fallen into the old tone, and called me by the old names, the dear 'old Pip, old chap,'" but Joe gradually becomes more distant as Pip grows stronger. The character of young Pip eventually returns in the form of Joe's child, whom Pip meets eleven years after leaving England for Cairo. Joe tells him, “We giv' him the name of Pip for your sake, dear old chap, and we hoped he might grow a little bit like you, and we think he do," and indeed Pip finds that he and the child “understand one another to perfection." Questions 1. Does Dickens use Pocket's description of his aversion to the name Philip to represent a symbolic casting-away of the old Pip? Does the name Handel better suit Pip, considering its homage to the The Harmonious Blacksmith by Handel? Is it of any significance that Handel did not personally name the piece The Harmonious Blacksmith, but that it simply came to be popularly known as such (it is actually just the last movement of Air and Variations from Suite No. 5 in E Major for harpsichord)? 2. How do the names used in Great Expectations reflect the characters with which they are associated? Besides Pip, consider the names Estella (derivative of 'star') and Abel Magwitch (the Biblical Abel is a shepherd and the second son of Adam and Eve, who is killed by his older brother Cain). 3. 'Pip' can also mean the seed of a fruit. Does Pip's growth in the novel parallel that of a seed into a mature plant, and if so, what fruits does he bear? 4. Compare the descriptive name of Anodos, the main character of the novel Phantastes, to Pip. 5. Was it normal practice in the Victorian era to change one's name in order to better suit a change in social position? It would certainly be easier to assume a new identity then than it is now— of what importance was this to criminals like Magwitch?	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,672	What is the official language of Cambodia ?	Language - About Cambodia \| Ministry of Tourism Cambodia (MOT) Language Weather Khmer is the official language of Cambodia. The Cambodian language is derived from the Mon-Khmer (Austro-Asiatic) language family. Khmer is renowned for possessing one of the largest sets of alphabets; it consists of 33 consonants, 23 vowels and 12 independent vowels. While tourists may wish to learn a few spoken phrases before or when visiting Cambodia, English is widely spoken and understood. French and Mandarin are also spoken frequently in the country; most elderly Cambodians speak French and many people in the Khmer-Chinese population speak Mandarin. © 2017 RED DOT (Cambodia) Co., Ltd All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer: This website, Tourismcambodia.org , the official website of Ministry of Cambodia of the Kingdom of Cambodia, is designed and maintained collaboratively by Red Dot (Cambodia) Co. Ltd and Cybernetics Ltd , the owner Tourismcambodia.info and Tourismcambodia.net , a full service branding and advertising agency in Cambodia. While efforts are made to ensure that all the information hereto are good, accurate and up to date, by visiting the website Tourismcambodia.org , viewing, accessing or otherwise using any of the services or information created, collected, compiled or submitted to Tourismcambodia.org , you agree to be bound by the our Terms and Conditions of Use, (Click here) . If you do not want to be bound by our Terms, your only option is not to visit, view or otherwise use the services of Tourismcambodia.org. You understand, agree and acknowledge that these Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Tourismcambodia.org and that your use of Tourismcambodia.org shall indicate your conclusive acceptance of this agreement.	Pol Pot - Leader of the Khmer Rouge Pol Pot Pol Pot Leader of the Khmer Rouge An interview with former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot in the rebels' Cambodian stronghold of Anlgong Veng. Asked about his role in the killing of as many as two million Cambodians, Pol Pot said he did not wish to discuss the matter. (Jan. 8, 1998). (Photo By Getty Images) By Michael Richards, Contributing Writer Updated March 28, 2016. Who Was Pol Pot? As head of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot oversaw an unprecedented and extremely brutal attempt to remove Cambodia from the modern world and establish an agrarian utopia. While attempting to create this utopia, Pol Pot created the Cambodian Genocide, which lasted from 1975 to 1979 and caused the deaths of at least 1.5 million Cambodians out of a population of approximately 8 million. Dates: May 19, 1928 (1925?) – April 15, 1998 Also known as: Saloth Sar (born as); “brother number one” Childhood and Youth of Pol Pot The man who would later be known as Pol Pot was born as Saloth Sar on May 19, 1928, in the fishing village of Prek Sbauk, Kampong Thom province, in what was then French Indochina (now Cambodia ). His family, of Chinese-Khmer descent, was considered moderately well-to-do. They also had connections to the royal family: a sister was a concubine of the king, Sisovath Monivong, and a brother was a court official. In 1934, Pol Pot went to live with the brother in Phnom Penh, where he spent a year in a royal Buddhist monastery and then attended a Catholic school. continue reading below our video Profile of Pol Pot At age 14, he began high school in Kompong Cham. Pol Pot was, however, not a very successful student and switched to a technical school to study carpentry. In 1949, Pol Pot obtained a scholarship to study radio electronics in Paris. He enjoyed himself in Paris, gaining a reputation as something of a bon vivant, fond of dancing and drinking red wine. However, by his second year in Paris, Pol Pot had become friends with other students who were impassioned by politics. From these friends, Pol Pot encountered Marxism, joining the Cercle Marxiste (Marxist Circle of Khmer Students in Paris) and the French Communist Party. (Many of the other students whom he befriended during this period later became central figures in the Khmer Rouge.) After Pol Pot failed his examinations for the third year in a row, however, he had to return in January 1953 to what would shortly become Cambodia. Pol Pot Joins the Viet Minh As the first of the Cercle Marxiste to return to Cambodia, Pol Pot helped assess the different groups rebelling against the Cambodian government and recommended that returning members of the Cercle join the Khmer Viet Minh (or Moutakeaha). Although Pol Pot and other members of the Cercle disliked that the Khmer Viet Minh had heavy ties with Vietnam, the group felt that this Communist revolutionary organization was the one most likely to take action. In August 1953, Pol Pot left his home secretly and, without even telling his friends, headed to the Viet Minh’s Eastern Zone Headquarters, located near the village of Krabao. The camp was located in the forest and consisted of canvas tents that could be easily moved in case of an attack. Pol Pot (and eventually more of his Cercle friends) were dismayed to find the camp completely segregated, with Vietnamese as the high ranking members and Cambodians ( Khmers ) given just menial tasks. Pol Pot himself was assigned tasks such as farming and working in the mess hall. Still, Pol Pot watched and learned how the Viet Minh used propaganda and force to take control of peasant villages in the region. When the Khmer Viet Minh were forced to disband after the 1954 Geneva Accords ; Pol Pot and several of his friends headed back to Phnom Penh. The 1955 Election The 1954 Geneva Accords had temporarily quashed much of the revolutionary fervor within Cambodia and proclaimed a mandatory election in 1955. Pol Pot, who was now back in Phnom Penh, was determined to do what he could to influence the election. He thus infiltrated the Democratic Party in the hopes of b	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,673	What animal normally represents the box of low market share and low market growth in the Boston Matrix (or 'BSG Matrix' or 'Growth-Share Matrix') marketing model?	Free Essays on Cow - Brainia.com Brainia.com Purple Cow BU 230 A Purple Cow A “Purple Cow” for a person, company, or product is someone or something that no one has seen before. Also, it can be the thoughts or uniqueness of that person, company or product. A “Purple Cow” is a remarkable idea or product that is worth talking about, or paying attention... Cattle and Clever Cow Cartoon Blah Socialism: You have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbor. Communism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and gives you some milk. Fascism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and sells you some milk. Nazism: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and shoots you. ... Bcg on Hul businesses have been classified, they are placed into four different quadrants of the matrix. The quadrants of the matrix are divided into 1) Cash Cows – High market share but low growth rate (most profitable). 2) Stars – High market share and High growth rate (high competition) 3) Question marks... Topic liquidation Cash cows. Cash cows are the most profitable brands and should be “milked” to provide as much cash as possible. The cash gained from “cows” should be invested into stars to support their further growth. According to growth-share matrix, corporates should not invest into cash cows to induce growth... How to Perform Bcg Analysis depicts the growth rate of the market in which it competes. Managers and consultants can categorize each business unit as a star, question mark, cash cow or a dog, depending on each one’s relative market share and the growth rate of its market. Market Share and Market Growth To use the matrix most... hul segmentation BCG MATRIX OF HINDUSTAN UNILIVER LIMITED • • • • Cash cows :are units with high market share in a slow-growing industry. These units typically generate cash in excess of the amount of cash needed to maintain the business. They are regarded as staid and boring, in a "mature" market, and ... Dimensions Of Strategic Management Resources are allocated to the business units according to their situation on the grid. The four cells of this matrix have been called as stars, cash cows, question marks and dogs. Each of these cells represents a particular type of business. 10 x 1 x 0... Azed 1. Analyze the “Happy Cows” campaign that was developed for the California Milk Advisory Board to promote Real California Cheese from an integrated marketing communications perspective. Why do you think the campaign has been so successful? Answer: The campaign that was developed for the California... What's in the Meat? Via an undercover video investigation, evidence was shown that forklifts were being used to transport cows that were unable to stand under their own weight; in several instances workers were dragging cows with chains as well. Ultimately these animals are slaughtered and their meat is then processed to the... The Sounds of the Farm in the Morning letting me know that they are ready to be fed as well. The chickens are softly clucking along with an occasional loud, "Baulk!" Nugget and the rest of the cows calling with their moos letting me know they are getting closer to the barn. As I walk the trail, through the woods that gets me to the barn... Busstra KETO Autosaved each category : cash cow, dog, star and a question mark.() According to its Annual report, BreadTalk itself gives the group more than half of its total revenue and continues to expand and aims to have 1000 outlets by the end of 2014, with their signature floss bun being the cash cow of the industry as... Analyse the Streingths and Weaknesses of the Boston Matrix as an Aid T it you would look at all of your products and sort them into 4 categories, stars (products with a high market growth and a high market share), cash cows (high market share in a market with little growth), problem children/question marks (low market share in a growing market) and dogs (low market share... Milk Processing is a process in which, Cows are normally milke	TV ACRES: Dogs > Breeds> Basset Hounds > Dog the dog (Columbo) Basset Hounds Dog the dog - Basset hound seen on episodes of the police drama COLUMBO/NBC/1971-77/ABC/1989-91. Dog was owned by Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk), a seemingly incompetent homicide detective who always got his man. The choice of a droopy-eared basset hound perfectly matched the disheveled police officer who wore a dirty raincoat, drove a disheveled Peugeot and smoked cigars. Columbo found Dog at the pound on the NBC MYSTERY MOVIE "Etude in Black." Dog made further appearances in the COLUMBO movies Catch Me, Forgotten Ladu, Make Me A Perfect Murder, and Now You See Him. When it came to naming his pooch, the Lieutenant considered a number of names like Fido, Jet, Munich and Beethoven, but eventually, he just settled on "Dog" because as he once explained "He's a dog so we call him Dog." Columbo's dog liked to eat ice cream, watch TV, swim in the neighbor's pool and visit the beach. When Columbo sent his dog to obedience school hoping to improve the canine ("he just sits around the house and drools"), he was expelled because "he demoralizes the other students." Ray Berwick owned and trained Dog who in real life was called Henry. Henry had also appeared on the medical drama EMERGENCY/NBC/1972-77 as the the mascot for Los Angeles County Squad 51 firehouse who just sat about and yawned. TRIVIA NOTE: On the NBC produced episodes, Columbo's dog was originally called Fang. The spin-off series KATE LOVES A MYSTERY (MRS. COLUMBO)/NBC/1979 featured the wife of Detective Columbo, Kate Columbo (Kate Mulgrew) who owned a lazy basset hound dog named Whitefang. Dog (a.k.a. "Higgins") was also the name of the family pet on the sitcom PETTICOAT JUNCTION/CBS/1963-70. External Links	trivia_qa.jsonl
1,507,674	What is the parliamentary constituency of Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party?	Salmond: The Man Behind The Nationalist Weather Salmond: The Man Behind The Nationalist Alex Salmond has dreamed of an independent Scotland since he first joined the Scottish National Party in the early 1970s. 12:05, UK, Thursday 21 August 2014 Image Caption: The SNP leader poses with a copy of the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath Mail Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond was born at home in Linlithgow in 1954, on what is one of the most important days in the Scottish calendar - New Year's Eve. He was the second of four children born to Robert and Mary Salmond, both of whom were civil servants. The future Scottish National Party leader attended school locally and then went on to the University of St Andrews where he took his first step towards his lifelong passion for an independent Scotland by joining the Scottish National Party. Mr Salmond graduated in 1978 with a 2:2 MA honours degree in Economics and Medieval History. He went to work for the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland in 1978, serving as an assistant economist. He moved to the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1980, working there as an assistant economist and then being appointed an oil economist - he later combined that role with that of a bank economist. The early 1980s were a good time personally for Mr Salmond who met and married his wife, Moira, in 1981. Image Caption: The Scottish First Minister with Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon The engineer's daughter was herself a senior civil servant and had been her husband's boss during his time in what was then the Scottish Office. The couple have no children and Mrs Salmond, who gave up her job at the time of her marriage, is known to prefer to keep a low profile. Mr Salmond began his political career in 1987 when he was elected MP for Banff & Buchan. He became leader of the Scottish National Party in 1990 when he beat sole opponent Margaret Ewing by 486 votes. Image Caption: The SNP leader wants to keep the Queen if Scotland becomes independent The General Election of 1992 was a disappointment for the party and its leader when, despite increasing its share of the vote, it failed to win a large number of seats and make the breakthrough it had hoped for. Following a referendum in 1997 when the Scottish electorate backed the setting up of a Scottish Parliament, Mr Salmond was elected as an MSP in 1999. But two years later he resigned as leader after being criticised from within the party about a number of fall-outs with party members. He left the Scottish Parliament. Image Caption: Alex Salmond was opposed to the invasion of Iraq He remained deeply involved in politics, publicly protesting about the 2003 invasion of Iraq in which the UK took part. This was not a new stand; he had also opposed PM Tony Blair's bombing of Serbia in 1999 because it was not backed by a UN Security Council resolution. In 2004, despite having earlier said he would not be leadership candidate for the SNP, Mr Salmond decided to stand and won the contest with more than 75% of the vote. After becoming leader of the SNP, he was elected as an MSP for the constituency of Gordon in May 2007, making political history by becoming the first nationalist to be elected First Minister of Scotland. Image Caption: Mr Salmond addresses MSPs at the Scottish Parliament's official opening Mr Salmond lives with his wife in Strichen, Aberdeenshire, and he lists his hobbies as horse racing, football - he supports Scotland and Heart of Midlothian FC - golf and reading. Top Stories	Simon Hoggart's sketch: Chingford skinhead, Prince of Darkness, smiley old gent \| Politics \| The Guardian Simon Hoggart's sketch Iain Duncan Smith campaigning in Chingford and Woodford Green with his precessor Lord Tebbit. Photograph: Sean Smith Monday 2 May 2005 05.46 EDT First published on Monday 2 May 2005 05.46 EDT Share on Messenger Close The Prince of Darkness arrived back in Chingford. For one of Satan's most senior satraps, he looked surprisingly amiable: white haired and smiling, like a department store Santa who's decided to lose weight during the off-season. He is still in pain from the Brighton bomb in 1984, but he concentrates his energies on his wife, Margaret, who will always be in a wheelchair. "I'm trying to get a platform fitted to the back, so I can ride postilion for her." But I always thought Norman Tebbit's image as a snarling polecat - the "Chingford skinhead" as somebody called him - was largely defensive. "It's not me you don't like," he seemed to be saying, "it's this image I've constructed." And indeed, in this seat which he represented until 1992 when Iain Duncan Smith took over, he seems to be liked and even loved. Mothers ushered their children to be photographed with him, though he can't resist the occasional snarl. Putting his arms round three children while their mother fiddles with the camera, he says: "Course, if I were a schoolteacher, I'd be nicked for having my hands on them." It's true that some people veered away as we approached, though the only harsh words came from a Labour canvasser: "I remember you from years ago. Oh mah gawd!" said with the air of one who has accidentally bitten into a toad sandwich. Tebbit was touring the constituency with Duncan Smith, who's defending a safe majority. It's a lower middle-class area, which elsewhere would have gone Labour in the landslides. North-east London stayed loyal to the Tories, possibly because these are aspirational people, glad to get out of the slums. The Kray family are buried in the cemetery, to the annoyance of residents, since they didn't live here. But like many East Enders, they presumably felt that Chingford was a nice place to end up. The northern part of the seat was the last place Churchill represented; Lawrence of Arabia had a sort of holiday hut here. Immigration is an issue, but mainly they mean British people in social housing. A woman approaches IDS and says it's a pity he was prime minister for such a short time. "Hold that thought!" he replies cheerily. Meanwhile, Tebbit is on to Europe; a very good thing in some ways, he thinks, bringing free trade and lower pollution. We do need to get our fisheries back, and control over our borders. But the bureaucracy ..."They've been debating for two years who to put on a carton of yoghurt." Even immigrants seem to like him. He chats to Mladen Jovcic, who came here from Serbia after the war. "He's as British as I am!" says Tebbit slapping him on the back, though to be fair Mr Jovcic is a Tory councillor. But other new arrivals get the glad hand too. A shy black girl is glad the Tories have opposed the clauses against religious defamation. ("She'll be an evangelical Christian," says Duncan Smith. "They're fighting the Muslims for Afro-Caribbean members and are afraid the new law might stop them.") Two Muslims are grateful for Tebbit's opposition to the anti-terrorism bill, or at least the "bang up the lot" clauses. "I thought we had that sorted 1,000 years ago," he says. He can't even bring himself to be very rude about Tony Blair. "I don't think he's a liar, just a fantasist. He says whatever he likes, and then he believes it." Someone says that there ought to be more like him in British politics, and he agrees. "I'm having myself cloned, so there'll be 650 of me in the House of Commons ." I decide not to hold that thought.	trivia_qa.jsonl

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