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What was the name of the superhuman cyborg law enforcer played by Peter Weller in 1987? | RoboCop RoboCop RoboCop is a 1987 American cyberpunk action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, and Ronny Cox. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, in the near future, "RoboCop" centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is murdered by a gang of criminals and subsequently revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) as a superhuman cyborg law enforcer known as RoboCop. Themes that make up the basis of "RoboCop" include media influence, gentrification, corruption, authoritarianism, greed, privatization, capitalism, identity, | Peter Weller a 1977 episode of the television series "Lou Grant", he played Oberster SA-Führer Donald Sterner/Stryker, a tragically disillusioned Jewish-American Neo-Nazi leader who later committed suicide off screen with his Colt .45 near the end of the episode when his heritage was discovered. On television, he played the shuttle captain in the short-lived series "Odyssey 5" and made guest appearances as Terran supremacist John Frederick Paxton in the "" episodes "", "Terra Prime" and in "Fringe" as the character Alistair Peck. Weller was a contributor to the History Channel in several productions, credited as "Peter Weller, Syracuse University", where he was |
Who supplied the voice for Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy between 1977 and 1983? | Hasbro Darth Vader Voice Changer Hasbro Darth Vader Voice Changer The Darth Vader Voice Changer is a toy released by Hasbro in 2004 as part of the tail end of its Original Trilogy Collection line of toys focusing on characters from "Star Wars", "The Empire Strikes Back", and "Return of the Jedi". The voice changer allows the wearer to talk in a voice somewhat like James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, the Dark Lord of the Sith, and also included numerous built-in phrases and Vader's breathing sound from the movies. Variations of the helmet also exist. In 2008, a similar Clone Trooper Voice Changer was | Darth Vader Darth Vader Darth Vader is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. He is the main antagonist of the original trilogy, but, as Anakin Skywalker, is the main protagonist of the prequel trilogy. "Star Wars" creator George Lucas has collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as "the tragedy of Darth Vader." Originally a Jedi prophesied to bring balance to the Force, Anakin Skywalker is lured to the dark side of the Force by Palpatine, who is secretly a Sith Lord. After fighting a lightsaber battle with his former mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi in which he |
What was the name of the robot in 1986 smash 'Short Circuit'? | Short Circuit (1986 film) Short Circuit (1986 film) Short Circuit is a 1986 US comic science fiction film directed by John Badham and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock. The film's plot centers upon an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a more humanlike intelligence, with which it embarks to explore its new state. "Short Circuit" stars Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton and G. W. Bailey, with Tim Blaney as the voice of the robot named "Johnny 5". A sequel, "Short Circuit 2", was released in 1988. NOVA Laboratory robotics experts Newton Crosby and Ben | Robot Dreams (short story) "Let my people go!" When questioned further, Elvex admits he was the man. Upon hearing this, Dr. Calvin immediately destroys the robot. Robot Dreams (short story) "Robot Dreams" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov exploring the unbalance of robot/human relationships under Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. It was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1987. It won the Locus Award for Best Short Story in 1987. "Robot Dreams", along with 20 other short stories by Asimov, was published in "Robot Dreams" in 1986 by Berkley Books. "Robot Dreams" involves Dr. Susan Calvin, chief robopsychologist at |
Who plays Sarah Connor in the first of the Terminator movies? | Pilot (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) in a tough place" due to Linda Hamilton's performance as Sarah Connor, but said "The stand-out in early episodes is Glau, showcasing the same sort of deceptively passive deadpan mixed with physical grace that fans of "Firefly" came to love." Pilot (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) Pilot is the premiere episode of the American science fiction television series" ". It first aired on January 13, 2008 in the United States. The episode begins in 1999 with Sarah Connor and her son John being captured by police outside a public library. A Terminator attacks the police convoy and kills all the | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles would have progressed or ended. "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" won the following awards: The series was also nominated for the following awards: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (sometimes abbreviated as Terminator: TSCC or simply TSCC) is an American science fiction television series that aired on Fox from January 2008 to April 2009. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Television, and C2 Pictures (C2 Pictures was replaced by The Halcyon Company in season two). It is a spin-off from the "Terminator" series of films. It revolves around the lives of the fictional characters and |
Who co-wrote,produced,directed and starred in the 1981 film Reds? | Reds (film) that the film "made a little money" in box office returns. The film currently holds a 95% "Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. In an interview with the Internet Movie Database regarding his film "Interstellar" (2014), director Christopher Nolan stated that "Reds" strongly influenced some of its scenes. The film won Academy Awards for the following: Additionally, the film received the following nominations: Reds (film) Reds is a 1981 American epic historical drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Warren Beatty. The picture centers on the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who | Reds (film) Trevor Griffiths who began work but was delayed when his wife died in a plane crash. The preliminary draft of the script was finished in 1978. Beatty still had problems with it and he and Griffiths spent four and a half months fixing it. Beatty also collaborated with his friends Robert Towne, Peter Feibleman and Elaine May to continue polishing the script after shooting had begun. Beatty achieved tremendous success with 1978's "Heaven Can Wait", which he produced, starred in, co-wrote and co-directed for Paramount Pictures. The success gave Beatty the clout to seeking funding for his long nurtured "Reds" |
Who was the lead singer of Simply Red? | Simply Red Simply Red Simply Red was a British soul and pop band which formed in Manchester in 1983. The lead singer of the band was singer and songwriter Mick Hucknall, who, by the time the band was disbanded in 2010, was the only original member left. Since the release of their debut studio album "Picture Book" (1985), they have had ten songs reach top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, including "Holding Back the Years" and "If You Don't Know Me by Now", both of which reached number one on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. They have had five number one | Simply Red fourth-biggest seller of the year. By this time, the band was officially Hucknall, McIntyre, Kirkham, Pereira, and new backing vocalist Dee Johnson. Guest musicians (including Sly & Robbie) filled in on drums and bass. For the subsequent live shows, Simply Red were joined by new recruits' Steve Lewinson on bass, Velroy Bailey on drums, and second backing vocalist Sarah Brown. McIntyre, the only original remaining band member aside from lead singer Hucknall, left the group after the "Life" album, as did Pereira. From that time in 1996, Simply Red was essentially a trade name for Hucknall and a bevy of |
The Red River is a tributary of which U.S.river? | Little River (Red River tributary) Little River (Red River tributary) The Little River is a tributary of the Red River, with a total length of , in southeastern Oklahoma and in southwestern Arkansas. in southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas in the United States. Via the Red, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. Six large reservoirs impound the Little River and its tributaries. The drainage basin of the river totals , in Oklahoma and in Arkansas. The Little River and its upper tributaries are popular for recreational canoeing and kayaking. The highest sources of the Little River are at an elevation of | Snake River (Red River of the North tributary) from its headwaters, the Snake turns westward and collects a short tributary, the South Branch Snake River, and passes the towns of Warren and Alvarado. Downstream of Alvarado, the Snake turns north-northwestward, paralleling the Red River in the Red River Valley. Much of the river's course through the valley has been straightened and channelized. It collects the Middle River upstream of its confluence with the Red in Fork Township. Snake River (Red River of the North tributary) The Snake River is a tributary of the Red River of the North in northwestern Minnesota in the United States. It is one |
In which branch of the British Army would a Redcap serve? | Redcap (TV series) Redcap (TV series) Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network. It starred John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police and ran for two series and 26 episodes between 1964 and 1966. Other actors appearing in the series included Kenneth Colley, Keith Barron, Windsor Davies, David Battley and Allan Cuthbertson. The series was created by Jack Bell and employed a variety of writers including Roger Marshall, Troy Kennedy-Martin, Jeremy Paul, Robert Holles and Richard Harris Of the run, 23 of | REDCap encompasses control by Vanderbilt over its licensees' publications on or about REDCap, specifying that Vanderbilt shall coordinate and have editorial control over any ""publications created by CONSORTIUM MEMBERS which discuss the SOFTWARE and its methodologies, functionality, and/or abilities."" Publications that describe scientific studies which have utilized REDCap are excepted from these editorial restrictions. The REDCap software is distributed from Vanderbilt to institutional consortium partners, who in turn give research teams access to REDCap. REDCap project design has an intended workflow outlined by the developers. Upon request, the informatics core gives the research team a demonstration of REDCap, highlighting the most |
Which toy manufacturer produces the Connect 4 game? | Connect Four research, rather than with physical game boards and gameplay by persons. The most commonly used Connect Four board size is 7 columns × 6 rows. Size variations include 5×4, 6×5, 8×7, 9×7, 10×7, 8×8, Infinite Connect-Four, and Cylinder-Infinite Connect-Four. Several versions of Hasbro's Connect Four physical gameboard make it easy to remove game pieces from the bottom one at a time. Along with traditional gameplay, this feature allows for variations of the game. Some earlier game versions also included specially marked discs, and cardboard column extenders, for additional variations to the game. "Pop Out" starts the same as traditional gameplay, | Majorette (toy manufacturer) Majorette (toy manufacturer) Majorette is a French toy manufacturer which mostly produces small die-cast cars and other construction and military vehicles particularly in . This is a normal 2.5 to 3 inch size, thus Majorette has sometimes been called the Matchbox Toys of France. Traditionally, production was centered in the urban area of Lyon, but models are now made in Thailand. The company was founded in 1961 by Emile Véron - of the family that also created Norev (the Véron family name spelled backwards)(Richardson 1999, p. 156). Initially, model railways and accessories were made and the firm was known as |
What is the name of the high speed train service that connects London to Paris and Brussels? | High-speed rail in Europe and Berlin (Rail Baltica), and between Lyon and Budapest, were promoted. Belgium's rail network is served by four high-speed train operators: Thalys, Eurostar, ICE and TGV trains. All of them serve Brussels South (Midi) station, Belgium's largest railway station. Thalys trains, which are a variant of the French TGV, operate between Belgium, Germany (Dortmund), the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and France (Paris). Since 2007, Eurostar has connected Brussels to London St Pancras, before which, trains connected to London Waterloo. The German ICE operates between Brussels, Liège and Frankfurt Hbf. The HSL 1 is a Belgian high-speed railway line which connects Brussels with | High-speed rail in Europe of France was opened. For the first time, high-speed services over the Franco-German border were offered. SNCF operates the TGV service between Paris and Stuttgart via Strasbourg and a daily return journey from Paris to Frankfurt via Saarbrücken, while ICE trains operate the remaining Paris to Frankfurt. The construction of the Channel Tunnel, completed in 1994, provided the impetus for the first cross-border high-speed rail line. In 1993, the LGV Nord, which connects Paris to the Belgian border and the Channel Tunnel via Lille, was opened. Initial travel times through the tunnel from London to Paris and Brussels were about |
The Connect trades union is for workers in which sector of industry? | Connect (UK trade union) Connect (UK trade union) Connect was a British trade union representing workers in the communications industry. The union was founded in 1912 as the Society of Post Office Engineering Inspectors. In 1947, the Society of Chief Inspectors merged in, and it adopted the new name of the Society of Telecommunication Engineers. Another merger took place in 1969, when the Telecommunication Traffic Officers' Association joined, with the name changing to the Society of Post Office Engineers, and in 1975 the Telecommunications Sales Superintendents' Association merged in, and it became the Society of Post Office Executives (SPOE), by which point it had | Connect (Irish trade union) TEEU. In 2018, the union changed its name to "Connect". The union represents a broad range of workers throughout industry and public service. It includes craftworkers, technicians, skilled operatives, general workers, technical, administration and supervisory staff. The TEEU is the largest engineering union in Ireland and the second largest in manufacturing representing up to 40,000 workers. Connect (Irish trade union) Connect is a trade union representing construction, electrical and technical workers in Ireland. The union came into existence in 2001, when it was named the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU). It arose from an amalgamation between the Electrical Trades |
The film The French Connection is set in New York and which French city? | French Connection II the film and Mr. Hackman exploit most effectively". The film earned North American rentals of $5.6 million, surpassing its $4.3 million budget. "Empire" considered "French Connection II" to be the 19th greatest film sequel in 2009. French Connection II French Connection II is a 1975 crime drama film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a fictional sequel to the initially true story of the 1971 Academy Award winning picture "The French Connection". The film expands on the central character of Det. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle who travels to Marseille, France where he is attempting to track down | The French Connection (film) The French Connection (film) The French Connection is a 1971 American crime thriller film directed by William Friedkin. The screenplay, written by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore's 1969 non-fiction book "The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy". It tells the story of New York Police Department detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, whose real-life counterparts were Narcotics Detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, in pursuit of wealthy French heroin smuggler Alain Charnier. The film stars Gene Hackman as Popeye, Roy Scheider as Cloudy, and Fernando Rey as Charnier. Tony Lo Bianco |
Who is the host of BBC4's Only Connect? | Only Connect then a single sudden-death puzzle is given to the captains of each team. If a captain buzzes in first and gives the correct answer then their team wins, but an incorrect answer automatically forfeits the game. Although no category is officially given they make reference to their own role as sudden-death questions. Examples are "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish", "To the Victor, the Spoils" and "Winner Stays On". Only Connect Only Connect is a British game show presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell. It aired on BBC Four from 15 September 2008 to 7 July 2014 and then | Only Connect wall, the missing groupings are shown. Teams can then earn 1 point per group for identifying the connection, regardless of whether they correctly identified the grouping. A team that identifies all four groups and all four connections earns a 2-point bonus, for a total of 10 points. Unlike the previous two rounds, teams have no opportunity to score on their opponents' wall. On 1 March 2010, an interactive online version of this round was put on the Only Connect website. Since mid-2011, coinciding with series 5, the website took online submissions for new Connecting Walls, although a successful submission does |
What is the anatomical name given to the tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs? | Pharynx General Pharynx The pharynx (plural: pharynges) is the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity and above the esophagus and larynx, or the tubes going down to the stomach and the lungs. It is found in vertebrates and invertebrates, though its structure varies across species. In humans, the pharynx is part of the digestive system and the conducting zone of the respiratory system. (The conducting zone—which also includes the nostrils of the nose, the larynx, trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles—filters, warms and moistens air and conducts it into the lungs.) The pharynx makes up the part of the | Larynx that is where pitch and volume are manipulated. The strength of expiration from the lungs also contributes to loudness. Manipulation of the larynx is used to generate a source sound with a particular fundamental frequency, or pitch. This source sound is altered as it travels through the vocal tract, configured differently based on the position of the tongue, lips, mouth, and pharynx. The process of altering a source sound as it passes through the filter of the vocal tract creates the many different vowel and consonant sounds of the world's languages as well as tone, certain realizations of stress and |
What is the name of the strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean? | San Francisco Bay at its south end to San Francisco Bay. The Guadalupe River enters the bay at its southernmost point in San Jose. The Guadalupe drains water from the Santa Cruz mountains and Hamilton Mountain ranges in southernmost San Jose. It enters the bay at the town of Alviso. It then connects to the Pacific Ocean via the Golden Gate strait. However, this entire group of interconnected bays is often called the "San Francisco Bay". The bay was designated a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance on February 2, 2012. The bay covers somewhere between , depending on which sub-bays (such as San | Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area The Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area is a complex network of watersheds, marshes, rivers, creeks, reservoirs, and bays predominantly draining into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean. The largest bodies of water in the Bay Area are the San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and Suisun Bay. The San Francisco Bay is one of the largest bays in the world. Many inlets on the edges of the three major bays are designated as bays in their own right, such as Richardson Bay, San Rafael Bay, Grizzly Bay, and San Leandro |
What is the name of the device that connects a computer to the internet? | Internet radio device Internet radio device An Internet radio device, also called network music player is a hardware device that is capable of receiving and playing streamed media from either Internet radio stations or a home network. Streaming media became mainstream with the advent of portable music players / MP3 player and the convenience of converting and compressing CD music into music file by the computer or the acquisition of products in such formats using on-line music stores like Amazon, iTunes, and 7digital. The network music player is connected to a home router. For convenience a wireless router is often used. The router | Internet radio device either proprietary vendor-specific station list servers or dedicated directory services. There are generally two types of network music players: Network music players usually have: Some devices also have: Internet radio device An Internet radio device, also called network music player is a hardware device that is capable of receiving and playing streamed media from either Internet radio stations or a home network. Streaming media became mainstream with the advent of portable music players / MP3 player and the convenience of converting and compressing CD music into music file by the computer or the acquisition of products in such formats using |
The Briish Airways subsidiary BA Connect was sold to which other airline? | BA Connect BA Connect BA Connect was a fully owned subsidiary airline of British Airways. Headquartered in Didsbury, Manchester, England, it operated a network of domestic and European services from a number of airports in the United Kingdom on behalf of British Airways. The airline operated as a low-cost carrier, with food sold via a 'buy on board' programme (except for flights to London City Airport). On 3 November 2006 British Airways announced the sale of BA Connect to Flybe. It formally transferred to Flybe on 25 March 2007. The company was incorporated on 26 January 1970 as Brymon Aviation Limited which | BA Connect the new airline later in 2002. On 1 February 2006 the airline was renamed BA Connect Limited operating as BA Connect and operations moved to a low-cost carrier model, with food sold via a 'buy on board' programme (except for flights to London City Airport). However, allocated seating and a baggage valet service were still available, while lounge access, tier points and BA Miles remained unaffected for those in the Executive Club. Operationally the new service came into effect on 26 March 2006. BA Connect handled most of British Airways' domestic and European services that do not serve London Heathrow |
The human body has 5 basic types of taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter and Umami. From what language do we borrow the word Umami from? | Umami from the Japanese , "umami" can be translated as "pleasant savory taste". This neologism was coined in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda from a nominalization of "umai" () "delicious". The compound (with "mi" () "taste") is used for a more general sense of a food as delicious. Scientists have debated whether umami was a basic taste since Kikunae Ikeda first proposed its existence in 1908. In 1985, the term "umami" was recognized as the scientific term to describe the taste of glutamates and nucleotides at the first Umami International Symposium in Hawaii. Umami represents the taste of the amino | Umami "kombu" seaweed. He noticed that the taste of "kombu" "dashi" was distinct from sweet, sour, bitter, and salty and named it "umami". Professor Shintaro Kodama, a disciple of Ikeda, discovered in 1913 that dried bonito flakes contained another umami substance. This was the ribonucleotide IMP. In 1957, Akira Kuninaka realized that the ribonucleotide GMP present in shiitake mushrooms also conferred the umami taste. One of Kuninaka's most important discoveries was the synergistic effect between ribonucleotides and glutamate. When foods rich in glutamate are combined with ingredients that have ribonucleotides, the resulting taste intensity is higher than would be expected from |
Keith Floyd used the song Peaches as a theme tune for many of his cookery programmes. Which group performed this song? | Keith Floyd life in France with Paddy." In 1979, after five years together, Paddy and Keith's relationship broke down and they both moved back to Britain. In his last few years Keith moved back to Avignon in the Vaucluse department. Floyd was a big fan of rock group the Stranglers: the tracks "Waltzinblack", an edited version of "Peaches", and an instrumental version of "Viva Vlad" were used as theme music for most of his TV programmes. In 2002 Floyd, a smoker and heavy drinker, was reported to have suffered a mild stroke, although he denied this in his autobiography. In November 2004 | Peaches (The Stranglers song) the closing theme tune to many of TV chef Keith Floyd's "Floyd on..." television shows. It also featured as the title music in the opening sequence of 2000 British film "Sexy Beast" and during a party scene in the 1997 film "Metroland". The song is also on the sound track of the game "". It was used by Adidas in advertising in the Netherlands in 2002. It featured in the opening sequence of an episode of soap opera "Hollyoaks" in early October 2006. The song is used in episode 16 of the BBC series "Being Human", when the hungry "teenage" |
True or False: Apples belong to the rose family? | True or False-Face True or False-Face "True or False-Face" is the 17th episode of the "Batman" television series, first airing on ABC March 9, 1966 in its first season. It guest starred Malachi Throne as False-Face. The master of disguise, False-Face, manages to steal the jeweled Mergenberg Crown and replace it with a false one right under the watchful eyes of the police. Included with the false crown is planning to rob an armored car. Batman catches False-Face, who is disguised as one of the armored car drivers but manages to escape in his Trick-Truck. Batman and Robin follow False-Face into an alley, | Apples to Apples or Supplement of 2002". , the original set and its expansions have been retired and replaced by a "Party Box" with the combined contents of the basic set and its first two expansions, and "Party Box Expansion 1" set with the combined contents of the third and fourth expansions, and a "Party Box Expansion 2", which contains new cards. Apples to Apples Apples to Apples is a party game originally published by Hasbro, and now published by Mattel. The object of the game is to win the most rounds by playing a "red apple" card (which generally features a noun) |
One of the most hydrating foods to eat is the cucumber, which contains what percentage of water? 76%, 86% or 96%? | Water crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo including Beni, Bunia, Lisala, Lubumbashi, Kisangani and Mbuji-Mayi. Water supply from deep-drilled wells is limited to a small percentage of the population. Most of the approximately 1,000 wells were constructed between the 1960s and 1990s and have yields between 15 and 80 m³/h. Hand and mechanical pump wells and dug wells account for around 10 percent of the drinking water supply. In 2015, there were still around 1 million people without access to "improved" water. In 2015, 76% of the population had access to an "improved" water source, 96% and 40% in urban and rural areas, respectively. Water withdrawals per | What to Eat Now What to Eat Now What to Eat Now is a six-part series, broadcast on BBC Two and presented by chef Valentine Warner. The basic message behind the series is that people should eat food that is in season. The programme was first broadcast on 15 September 2008. A second and final series was broadcast in 2009. The series has covered autumnal foods, both meats such as rabbit and pigeon, and fruits and vegetables and fungi, including apples, pears, pumpkins, chicory, beetroot and truffle as part of the series. In looking at apples, the show visited Benedictine monks, and talked about |
Which actor has played the policeman Nick Rowan in the UK TV retro soap Heartbeat'? | Heartbeat (UK TV series) The series was originally based on the '"Constable"' books written by former policeman Peter Walker, under the pen-name Nicholas Rhea. The title "Heartbeat" was chosen to represent "the bobby's beat and the medical connotations of the word 'heart'" ("bobby" being British slang for a police officer (from Robert Peel), and "medical connotations" referring to the medical themes that have featured regularly in the show since its inception). The show was originally a starring vehicle for ex-"EastEnders" actor Nick Berry, cast as PC Nick Rowan, the Aidensfield policeman newly arrived from London with his wife Kate, a doctor. Berry also sings | Heartbeat (UK TV series) ties with "Heartbeat", and several "Heartbeat" characters made an appearance. Over time, however, the crossovers were dropped and "The Royal" developed its own identity. Heartbeat (UK TV series) Heartbeat is a British police drama series set in 1960s North Riding of Yorkshire based on the "Constable" series of novels written by ex-policeman Peter N Walker, under the pseudonym Nicholas Rhea, and broadcast on ITV in 18 series between 1992 and 2010. It was made by ITV Studios (formerly Yorkshire Television) at the Leeds Studios and on location. "Heartbeat" first aired on Friday 10 April 1992 (it was later moved to |
On 1st May 2014, renowned Michelin star chef Jason Atherton opened City Social' restaurant situated on level 24 of Tower 42 in London. Who was the previous highly rated chef to run a restaurant at this location? | Rhodes Twenty Four stars. As of 1 May 2014, the site is occupied by City Social, a Jason Atherton and Restaurant Associates venture. Rhodes Twenty Four Rhodes Twenty Four was a Michelin-starred restaurant located in the City of London. Run by celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, the restaurant was located on the 24th floor of Tower 42, formerly known as the Natwest Tower and operated between 2003 and 2014. Rhodes Twenty Four opened in 2003, following the closure of restaurants "City Rhodes" and "Rhodes in the Square" the previous year. Located on the 24th floor of Tower 42 in a location formerly used by | Jason Atherton Jason Atherton Jason Atherton (born 6 September 1971) is an English chef and restaurateur. His restaurant Pollen Street Social gained a Michelin Star in 2011, its opening year. He was the Executive Chef at Gordon Ramsay's Michelin starred "Maze" in London until 30 April 2010. In 2014 he co-hosted the Sky Living TV series "My Kitchen Rules". Atherton was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The son of a Skegness hotelier and her joiner husband, Atherton ran away to London at the age of 16 while his parents were on holiday. After training at Boston College, Lincolnshire, he spent six weeks |
In which city was the world's biggest McDonalds fast food restaurant opened in 2012? | Wasabi (restaurant) Since October 2017, Wasabi has also been opening sushi counters in some M&S stores. Wasabi (restaurant) Wasabi is a fast food restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom, focused on Japanese food, especially sushi and bento, and operating in London and New York. Wasabi was founded in London in 2003 by Dong Hyun Kim, a Korean entrepreneur. In October 2016, the company secured £25 million in debt financing from HSBC to support expansion. As of January 2015, they had 37 outlets in central London, and had opened their first one in New York. In June 2015, they opened in Cambridge. | Fast food restaurant the number three burger chain in the USA; Dunkin' Donuts, a New England-based chain; automobile oriented Sonic Drive-In's from Oklahoma City; Starbucks, Seattle-born coffee-based fast food beverage corporation; KFC and Taco Bell, which are both part of the largest restaurant conglomerate in the world, Yum! Brands; and Domino's Pizza, a pizza chain known for popularizing home delivery of fast food. Subway is known for their sub sandwiches and are the largest restaurant chain to serve such food items. Quiznos a Denver-based sub shop is another fast-growing sub chain, yet with over 6,000 locations it is still far behind Subway's 34,000 |
Which of Shakespeare's plays begins with the words `If music be the food of love, play on`? | Words and Music (play) as a specific character. His shuffling feet, choice of themes, self-torturing reminiscence and intense reactions to much of what Words and Music produce/perform all seem to indicate that he is a decrepit version of Orsino with his famous opening line from Twelfth Night: "If music be the food of love, play on," a hopeless romantic, in love with love, and the melancholy brought on by the mere thought of it. Croak could almost be the selfsame man, had he never moved from that spot for the rest of his life and now finds himself perhaps approaching the brink of death. | Music in the plays of William Shakespeare Music in the plays of William Shakespeare Music in the plays of William Shakespeare includes both music incidental to the plot, as song and dance, and also additional supplied both by Shakespeare's own company and subsequent performers. This music is distinct from musical settings of Shakespeare's sonnets by later composers. The following are among the most notable examples of songs in Shakespeare's plays: Among the dances associated with Shakespeare's company is "Kemp's Jig" named after the actor Will Kemp. The generations after Shakespeare saw many composers create or arrange music for his plays. Among the most notable were Thomas Morley, |
The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was set up on October 16 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother, what was his brothers' first name? | The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Walt Disney or simply Disney (), (common metonym: Mouse, also Mouse House) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It is the world's largest independent media conglomerate in terms of revenue, ahead of NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia which are owned by telecommunications giants Comcast and AT&T respectively. The company was founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio | Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS), also referred to as Disney Animation, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, is an American animation studio that creates animated feature films, short films and television specials for The Walt Disney Company. Founded on October 16, 1923, it is a division of The Walt Disney Studios. The studio has produced 57 feature films, from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) to "Ralph Breaks the Internet" (2018). It was founded as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in 1923 and incorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. The studio |
The company trademark incorporates the character Mickey Mouse, but was Mickey's original screen name? | Mickey Mouse would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar. A male frog was also rejected. It would later show up in Iwerks' own "Flip the Frog" series. Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from a tame mouse at his desk at Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to create a new mouse character for Disney. "Mortimer Mouse" had been Disney's original name for the character before his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse | Mickey Mouse works such as the early Mickey Mouse cartoons will remain under copyright until at least 2023. However, some copyright scholars argue that Disney's copyright on the earliest version of the character may be invalid due to ambiguity in the copyright notice for "Steamboat Willie". The Walt Disney Company has become well known for protecting its trademark on the Mickey Mouse character—whose likeness is closely associated with the company—with particular zeal. In 1989, Disney threatened legal action against three daycare centers in Florida for having Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters painted on their walls. The characters were removed, and rival |
Which 1940 film was the first commercial film to be shown in stereophonic sound? | Stereophonic sound Andy Hardy". Walt Disney began experimenting with multi-channel sound in the early 1930s as noted above. The first commercial motion picture to be exhibited with stereophonic sound was Walt Disney's "Fantasia", released in November 1940, for which a specialized sound process (Fantasound) was developed. As in the Carnegie Hall demonstrations six months earlier, Fantasound used a separate film containing four optical sound tracks. Three of the tracks were used to carry left, center and right audio, while the fourth track carried three tones which individually controlled the volume level of the other three. The film was not a financial success, | Stereophonic sound which, along with "Orchestra Wives", feature the only stereophonic recordings of the Glenn Miller Orchestra as it was during its heyday of the Swing Era. Motion picture theatres, however, are where the real introduction of stereophonic sound to the public occurred. Amid great fanfare, Stereo sound was officially proven commercially viable for the public on September 30, 1952 with the release of a Cinerama demonstration film by Lowell Thomas and Mike Todd titled "This is Cinerama". The format was a spectacular widescreen process featuring three separate 35mm motion picture films (plus a separate sound film) running in synchronization with one |
In which year (+/- 2 years) was the original Disneyland resort to open to the general public? | Disneyland Resort Disneyland Resort The Disneyland Resort, commonly known as Disneyland, is an entertainment resort in Anaheim, California. It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products division and is home to two theme parks (Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure), three hotels, and a shopping, dining, and entertainment complex known as Downtown Disney. The resort was developed by Walt Disney in the 1950s. When it opened to guests on July 17, 1955, the property consisted of Disneyland, its 100-acre parking lot (which had 15,167 spaces), and the Disneyland Hotel, owned and operated by | Disneyland Resort station Disneyland Resort station Disneyland Resort () is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Disneyland Resort Line. It was built to serve the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, and is located in Penny's Bay. The station is designed in a Victorian style, with spacious open areas. It has also been designed with a Disney theme in mind to match the décor of the park. It opened for public use on 1 August 2005, in preparation for the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which opened on 12 September 2005. Architecture firm Aedas was the architect for the Disneyland Resort Line and, |
Which is the only one of the 7(seven) Dwarfs not to have a beard? | Seven Dwarfs classic series. The TV series details the 7D working for Queen Delightful where they protect Jollywood from the Glooms and other threats. The Seven Dwarfs were given a new theme park attraction called the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coaster. In "Descendants" and "Descendants 2", Dopey is shown to have a son named Doug (portrayed by Zachary Gibson) who can talk and becomes smitten by Evil Queen's daughter Evie. In the Descendants novel "The Isle of the Lost", Doc is shown to be sympathetic towards the Goblins that operate on the Isle of the Lost's Goblin Wharf where they want amnesty | 7 Wise Dwarfs 7 Wise Dwarfs 7 Wise Dwarfs (aka Seven Wise Dwarfs and Walt Disney's 7 Wise Dwarfs) is a 1941 four-minute educational short animated film made by the Walt Disney Studios, for the National Film Board of Canada. The film was released theatrically on December 12, 1941 as part of a series of four films directed at the Canadian public to learn about war bonds during the Second World War. "7 Wise Dwarfs" was directed by Richard Lyford and featured the voice talent of Pinto Colvig as "Doc". "7 Wise Dwarfs" features the seven dwarfs from Disney's "Snow White and the |
Which actor originally voiced the 1995 Toy Story character 'Woody'? | Toy Story 2 Toy Story 2 Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon, it is the sequel to 1995's "Toy Story" and the second film in the "Toy Story" franchise. In the film, Woody is stolen by a toy collector, prompting Buzz Lightyear and his friends to vow to rescue him, but Woody is then tempted by the idea of immortality in a museum. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R. | Toy Story be changed to a cowboy ventriloquist dummy. John Lasseter liked the contrast between the Western and the science fiction genres and the character immediately changed. Eventually, all the ventriloquist dummy aspects of the character were deleted, because the dummy was designed to look "sneaky and mean." However they kept the name Woody to pay homage to the Western actor Woody Strode. The story department drew inspiration from films such as "Midnight Run" and "The Odd Couple", and Lasseter screened Hayao Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky" (1986) for further influence. "Toy Story"s script was strongly influenced by the ideas of screenwriter |
Walt Disney holds the record for most Oscar nominations at 59. How many of these were converted into Oscar awards? (+/- two) | Walt Disney racist. The composer Philip Glass later adapted the book into the opera "The Perfect American" (2013). Disney received 59 Academy Award nominations, including 22 awards: both totals are records. He was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, but did not win, but he was presented with two Special Achievement Awardsfor "Bambi" (1942) and "The Living Desert" (1953)and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. He also received four Emmy Award nominations, winning once, for Best Producer for the "Disneyland" television series. Several of his films are included in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, | Walt Disney Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Born in Chicago in 1901, Disney developed |
What is the name of the Griffin's family dog in Seth MacFarlane's cartoon series 'Family Guy'? | Griffin family Griffin family The Griffin family is a cartoon family from the animated television series "Family Guy". The Griffins are a nuclear family consisting of the married couple Peter and Lois, their three children Meg, Chris, and Stewie, and their dog Brian. They live at 31 Spooner Street in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. Their family car is a red sixth-generation Ford Country Squire. They were created by Seth MacFarlane, in model of his two animated films, "The Life of Larry" and "Larry & Steve". The family debuted January 31, 1999, after Super Bowl XXXIII, in the episode "Death | Criticism of Family Guy , due to what the PTC claimed were "strong advertiser resistance and low ratings". "Family Guy" made the PTC's 2000, 2005, and 2006 lists of "worst prime-time shows for family viewing", with over forty "Family Guy" episodes listed as "Worst TV Show[s] of the Week". This was due to profanity, animated nudity, and violence. The series was also named the worst show of the 2006–2007 season by the PTC. In addition, a live-action special hosted by series creator Seth MacFarlane and fellow voice actress Alex Borstein titled "" also was named "Worst TV Show of the Week" by the PTC |
What name is given to unsolicited or undesired electronic messages? | Gary Robinson Spamming is the abuse of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited, undesired bulk messages. SpamBayes assigned probability scores to both "spam" and "ham" (useful emails) to guess intelligently whether an incoming email was spam; the scoring system enabled the program to return a value of "unsure" if both the "spam" and "ham" scores were high. Robinson's method was used in other anti-spam projects such as SpamAssassin. Robinson commented in "Linux Journal" on how fighting spam was a collaborative effort: In 1996, Robinson patented a method to help marketers focus their online advertisements to consumers. He explained: In 2010, Robinson was | Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002 product or service, has the right to use it for commercial purposes provided the customers have a prior opportunity to reject such communication where it was initially collected and subsequently. Member States have the obligation to ensure that unsolicited communication will be prohibited, except in circumstances given in Article 13. Two categories of emails (or communication in general) will also be excluded from the scope of the prohibition. The first is the exception for existing customer relationships and the second for marketing of similar products and services. The sending of unsolicited text messages, either in the form of SMS messages, |
In Arthurian legend for what was 'The Fisher King' responsible? | Fisher King Fisher King In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King, also known as the Wounded King or Maimed King, is the last in a long line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of the original story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin and incapable of standing. All he is able to do is fish in a small boat on the river near his castle, Corbenic, and wait for some noble who might be able to heal him by asking a certain question. In later versions knights travel from many lands to try to heal the | Palamedes (Arthurian legend) Tristan; King Mark was provoked by the sinister Mordred to kill Tristan with Palamedes' spear. Palamedes (Arthurian legend) Palamedes (also called Palamede, Palomides , or some other variant) is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. He is a Saracen pagan who converts to Christianity later in his life, and his unrequited love for Iseult brings him into frequent conflict with Tristan. Palamedes' father is King Esclabor; his brothers Safir and Segwarides also join the Round Table. Palamedes first appears in the Prose "Tristan", an early 13th-century prose expansion of the Tristan and Iseult legend. He is |
Which theory of behavioural science states that 'Positive reinforcement and indirect suggestion to achieve non-forced compliance can be more effective than direct legislation'? | Reinforcement reinforcement, have often been blamed as a factor underlying gambling addiction. Nudge theory (or nudge) is a concept in behavioural science, political theory and economics which argues that positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to try to achieve non-forced compliance can influence the motives, incentives and decision making of groups and individuals, at least as effectively – if not more effectively – than direct instruction, legislation, or enforcement. The concept of praise as a means of behavioral reinforcement in humans is rooted in B.F. Skinner's model of operant conditioning. Through this lens, praise has been viewed as a means of positive | Operant conditioning economics which argues that indirect suggestions to try to achieve non-forced compliance can influence the motives, incentives and decision making of groups and individuals, at least as effectively – if not more effectively – than direct instruction, legislation, or enforcement. The concept of praise as a means of behavioral reinforcement is rooted in B.F. Skinner's model of operant conditioning. Through this lens, praise has been viewed as a means of positive reinforcement, wherein an observed behavior is made more likely to occur by contingently praising said behavior. Hundreds of studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of praise in promoting positive behaviors, |
Who was the only English winner of the World Snooker championships in the 1990's? | 1990 World Cup (snooker) shot. This incident along with offences at the World Championship a month later got him banned from the game for a year. They went on to lose to Canada in the final 5-9 which Cliff Thorburn lead a new look team with Bob Chaperon and Alain Robidoux. 1990 World Cup (snooker) The 1990 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre. British Car Rental sponsored this last one in its original form. England with Steve Davis, Jimmy White and John Parrott lost their first round match to the Republic of Ireland who then lost | 1990 World Snooker Championship 1990 World Snooker Championship The 1990 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1990 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 29 April 1990 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The final was contested by Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White. Hendry led 9–7 after the first day's play and won the first four frames of the second day to lead 13–7, before White reduced the gap to four frames. At 16–12 Hendry compiled breaks of 81 and 71 to win the match 18–12, to |
Which iconic symbol of American independence is found in Philadelphia? | Independence National Historical Park Constitution were debated and adopted in the late 18th century. Independence Hall was the principal meetinghouse of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783 and the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787. Across the street from Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, an iconic symbol of American independence, is displayed in the Liberty Bell Center. The park contains other historic buildings, such as the First Bank of the United States, the first bank chartered by the United States Congress, and the Second Bank of the United States, which had its charter renewal vetoed by President Andrew Jackson as part | Philadelphia Independence Philadelphia Independence The Philadelphia Independence was an American professional soccer club that was based in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania. The team joined Women's Professional Soccer as an expansion team in 2010 and played its home games at West Chester University's John A. Farrell Stadium. The team played at Widener University's Leslie Quick Stadium in 2011. The Women's Professional Soccer league folded on May 18, 2012, after an earlier announcement that the 2012 season would be suspended. Women's Professional Soccer formally announced the Philadelphia market as its eighth franchise on March 17, 2009. Two months later, the Independence formally |
Which rock band had a hit with (Don't fear) The reaper? | (Don't Fear) The Reaper "", "Return to Murder House". The scene depicts Miriam Mead (played by Kathy Bates) kidnapping a young girl in order to perform a satanic ritual. The song also appears in "Ash VS Evil Dead", "Rifting Appart" with: (Don't Fear) The Reaper "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the band's 1976 album "Agents of Fortune." The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death. Dharma wrote the song while picturing an early death for himself. Released as an edited single | (Don't Fear) The Reaper 2002 album "A Long Day's Night". Buck Dharma released an acoustic version of the song on the 1994 various artists compilation album "Guitar Practicing Musicians 3". Gus Black covered the song in 1996 for the "Scream" soundtrack. Finnish gothic rock band HIM recorded a version of the song on their 1997 debut album "Greatest Lovesongs, Vol. 666". Pop rock band the Goo Goo Dolls recorded a cover of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" on their 1987 self-titled album. In 1992, Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch released the extended play "Don't Fear the Reaper", on which their rendition of the song appears. |
What is the name of G.K. Chesterton's detective priest? | G. K. Chesterton G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox". "Time" magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out." Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as "Orthodoxy" and "The | G. K. Chesterton for they are not a breed. They are, in cold fact, what Dickens describes: 'a dustbin of individual accidents,' of damaged dignity, and often of damaged gentility." Chesterton is often associated with his close friend, the poet and essayist Hilaire Belloc. George Bernard Shaw coined the name "Chesterbelloc" for their partnership, and this stuck. Though they were very different men, they shared many beliefs; Chesterton eventually joined Belloc in the Catholic faith, and both voiced criticisms of capitalism and socialism. They instead espoused a third way: distributism. "G. K.'s Weekly", which occupied much of Chesterton's energy in the last 15 |
The creation of the county of Cumbria saw the disappearance of which two former counties? | High Sheriff of Cumbria High Sheriff of Cumbria The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every April. The position of High Sheriff of Cumbria has existed since the creation of the non-metropolitan and ceremonial county of Cumbria in 1974 which saw the abolition of the former Shrievalties of Cumberland and Westmorland. As well as Cumberland | High Sheriff of Cumbria and Westmorland Cumbria also includes former parts of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. High Sheriff of Cumbria The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every April. The position of High Sheriff of Cumbria has existed since the creation of the non-metropolitan and ceremonial county of Cumbria in 1974 which |
In the Christian Eucharist, which two items represent the body and blood of Jesus Christ? | Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist Corpus", greets Christ in the Eucharist as follows (in translation from the original Latin): "Hail, true body, born of Mary Virgin, and which truly suffered and was immolated on the cross for mankind!" The Catholic Church also holds that the presence of Christ in the Eucharist is entire: it does not see what is really in the Eucharist as a lifeless corpse and mere blood, but as the whole Christ, body and blood, soul and divinity; nor does it see the persisting outward appearances of bread and wine and their properties (such as weight and nutritional value) as a mere | Blood of Christ Blood of Christ Blood of Christ in Christian theology refers to (a) the word (blood) actually shed by Jesus Christ primarily on the Cross, and the salvation which Christianity teaches was accomplished thereby; and (b) the sacramental blood present in the Eucharist or Lord's Supper, which is considered by Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran Christians to be the same blood of Christ shed on the Cross. The Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox churches, the Oriental Orthodox churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and Lutherans, together with some Anglicans, believe in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The |
Which Nobel prize winner was offered the presidency of Israel? | Nobel Prize controversies Chen-Ning Yang—by providing him in 1956 with a possible test method for beta decay that worked successfully. Her book "Beta Decay" (1965) is still a sine qua non reference for nuclear physicists. Several Nobel Prizes were awarded for research related to the concepts of the boson, Bose–Einstein statistics and Bose–Einstein condensate—the latest being the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics given for advancing the theory of Bose–Einstein condensates although Satyendra Nath Bose himself was not awarded the Nobel Prize. In his book "The Scientific Edge", physicist Jayant Narlikar observed: "SN Bose's work on particle statistics (c.1922), which clarified the behavior of | First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics the winner was an American student. In 2009, the prize went to Mor Tzaban, a high school student from Netivot, Israel. In 2012, the first prize winner was another Israeli teenager, Yuval Katzenelson of Kiryat Gat, who presented a paper entitled "Kinetic energy of inert gas in a regenerative system of activated carbon." The Israeli delegation won 14 more prizes in the competition: 9 Israelis students won second prize, one won third prize and one won fourth prize. First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics The First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual international competition in research |
Which gunfight resulted in the deaths is Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton? | Frank McLaury arrived to get Ike. Wyatt Earp and McLaury had a heated exchange. and Wyatt later testified he saw a pistol in Tom's waistband and buffaloed Tom. Later in the day the Clantons and McLaurys, along with Billy Claiborne, faced off against the Earps and Doc Holiday in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Some witnesses testified that Frank and Billy Clanton drew their weapons first, while others loyal to the Cowboys supported their version of events in which Tom opened his coat to show he was unarmed. The Earps and Holiday killed Frank and Tom McLaury along with Billy Clanton. | Ike Clanton Claiborne, who was reputed to be good with a gun. Claiborne, who was also unarmed, fled the gunfight. Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton were killed. After the gunfight in Tombstone, during which the McLaury brothers and Billy Clanton were killed, Ike Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday. They were arrested and released on bail. During a month-long preliminary hearing before Judge Wells Spicer, Clanton told a story of abuse that he had suffered at the hands of the Earps and Holliday the night before the gunfight. He denied threatening the Earps. He testified that |
The Ishihara test is used to test for which condition? | Ishihara test numbers by the subject. The test is best given in random sequence, if possible, to reduce the effectiveness of prior memorization of the answers by subjects. Some pseudo-isochromatic plate books have the pages in binders, so the plates may be rearranged periodically to give a random order to the test. Since its creation, the Ishihara Color Blindness Test has become commonly used worldwide because of its easy use and high accuracy. In recent years, the Ishihara test has become available online in addition to its original paper version. Though both media use the same plates, they require different methods for | Ishihara test by administrators, smudges or marks made upon the plates). Ishihara test The Ishihara test is a color perception test for red-green color deficiencies, the first in a class of successful color vision tests called pseudo-isochromatic plates ("PIP"). It was named after its designer, Dr. Shinobu Ishihara, a professor at the University of Tokyo, who first published his tests in 1917. The test consists of a number of colored plates, called Ishihara plates, each of which contains a circle of dots appearing randomized in color and size. Within the pattern are dots which form a number or shape clearly visible to |
Trinity was the code name for the first testing of what? | Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb is the debut graphic novel written and illustrated by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm. It provides an account of the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as mentioning the chain of events after. The title arises from the code-name, Trinity, given to the test site for the first nuclear weapon. The book is written as a "work of history", although Fetter-Vorm writes at the end of the book "for the most part, the dialog from the principal characters in | Code name to designate the part of the agency supporting an operation. In many cases with the United States, the first word of the name has to do with the intent of the program. Programs with "have" as the first word, such as Have Blue for the stealth fighter development, are developmental programs, not meant to produce a production aircraft. Programs that start with Senior, such as Senior Trend for the F-117, are for aircraft in testing meant to enter production. In the United States code names are commonly set entirely in upper case. This is not done in other countries, though |
In chemistry, what test is used to determine the acidity or alkalinity of a solution? | Litmus test (politics) Litmus test (politics) A litmus test is a question asked of a potential candidate for high office, the answer to which would determine whether the nominating official would proceed with the appointment or nomination. The expression is a metaphor based on the litmus test in chemistry, in which one is able to test the general acidity of a substance, but not its exact pH. Those who must approve a nominee, such as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, may also be said to apply a litmus test to determine whether the nominee will receive their vote. | Alkalinity given in the unit mEq/L (milliequivalent per liter). Commercially, as in the swimming pool industry, alkalinity might also be given in parts per million of equivalent calcium carbonate (ppm CaCO). Alkalinity is sometimes incorrectly used interchangeably with basicity. For example, the addition of CO lowers the pH of a solution. This increase reduces the basicity; however, the alkalinity remains unchanged (see example below).For total alkalinity testing, N/10 HSO is used by hydrologists along with phenolphthalein indicator. In typical groundwater or seawater, the measured alkalinity is set equal to: Alkalinity can be measured by titrating a sample with a strong acid |
Soul Limbo is used as the theme tune for which radio programme? | Soul Limbo English punk band Snuff. The album also features the group's hit version of the title theme from the film "Hang 'Em High". Side two with: Soul Limbo Soul Limbo is the seventh studio album by the American R&B band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released in 1968 on Stax Records. The album was the first Stax LP issued after the label severed its ties with former distributor Atlantic Records in 1968. The title track is perhaps best known in the UK as the theme tune for BBC Television's cricket coverage and later for "Test Match Special". It features a marimba | EastEnders theme tune the theme is still popular and in the national psyche." The theme tune was used in the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. EastEnders theme tune The "EastEnders" theme tune was composed by Simon May in 1980 for ATV Music Ltd. He was assisted by Leslie Osborne. The song was used in 1984 for the TV series theme song. The theme, which is written in the key of E-flat major, is largely based upon percussion, strings and the piano. It is widely known for its dramatic use of sound, particularly the drums that begin at the end of an episode – |
Who plays Captain Jack Sparrow's father Edward Teague in the Pirates of the Caribbean films? | Jack Sparrow Jack Sparrow Captain Jack Sparrow is a fictional character in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series. The character was created by screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and is portrayed by Johnny Depp. The characterization of Sparrow is based on a combination of The Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards and Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew. He first appears in the 2003 film "". He later appears in the sequels "" (2006), "" (2007), "" (2011), and "" (2017). In the films, Sparrow is one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow is an action-adventure video game by American developer 7 Studios for the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. It features playable levels based on the experiences of Captain Jack Sparrow, voiced by Johnny Depp who portrays him in the movies, after the events of "". The game includes action, puzzles and humorous cutscenes. The player takes the role of Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann in a generic action-adventure video game. Each character learns new skills or unlocks new weapons which will |
Which Country and western singer played the character Whistler' in the Blade Films | Abraham Whistler Abraham Whistler Abraham Whistler is a fictional character appearing in Blade II American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a vampire and the mentor of Blade. Screenwriter David S. Goyer created him for the 1998 film "Blade" (in which the part was played by Kris Kristofferson), but he first appeared on screen in "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" where he was voiced by Malcolm McDowell and later by Oliver Muirhead. In 2006, Abraham Whistler appeared in the television show "". Abraham Whistler is a vampire hunter and the mentor of Blade. Abraham Whistler was once a happily married man | The Whistler 692 episodes, over 200 no longer exist. In 1946, a local Chicago version of "The Whistler" with local actors aired Sundays on WBBM, sponsored by Meister Brau beer. "The Whistler" was adapted into a film noir series of eight films by Columbia Pictures. The "Voice of the Whistler" was provided by an uncredited Otto Forrest. In the first seven films, veteran actor Richard Dix played the main character in the story—a different character in each film. In the eighth film, made after Dix's retirement, Michael Duane played the main character. A syndicated TV version of "The Whistler" was produced and |
Who appears as God in the 1999 film Dogma'? | Dogma (film) Dogma (film) Dogma is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film, written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also stars with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Alan Rickman, Bud Cort, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, George Carlin, Janeane Garofalo, Alanis Morissette, and Jason Mewes. It is the fourth film in Smith's View Askewniverse series. Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson, stars of the first Askewniverse film "Clerks", appear in the film, as do Smith regulars Scott Mosier, Dwight Ewell, Walt Flanagan, and Bryan Johnson. The story revolves around two fallen angels who plan to employ an alleged loophole in Catholic | Dogma (film) (out of four). The film was screened, but was not entered in competition, at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Smith's screenplay received Independent Spirit Award and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America nominations. In late November 2005, Smith responded to talk of a possible sequel on the ViewAskew.com message boards: When asked about the sequel in October 2017, Smith said it wouldn't happen, as he no longer desired to make any new religious films. Dogma (film) Dogma is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film, written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also stars with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda |
Which member of the group All Saints appeared in Bend it like Beckham'? Shaznay Lewis or Nicole Appleton?7 | Bend It Like Beckham South Korea, Martin Uden, said it was the "first ever Western-made film to air on television" in North Korea. A stage musical version of the film opened at London's Phoenix Theatre in June 2015. Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 British-Indian family romantic comedy sports film produced, written and directed by Gurinder Chadha, and starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis and Archie Panjabi. The film's title refers to the football player David Beckham, and his skill at scoring from free kicks by curling the ball past a wall of | Shaznay Lewis which peaked at no. 56 in the United Kingdom. Lewis has also appeared in several films. In "Bend It Like Beckham" (2002) she played Mel. She also played a role in "Hideous Man" (2002). On 14 November 2004 Shaznay was involved in the Band Aid 20 re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas". On 24 January 2006, it was announced that All Saints had reformed with a new recording contract and would release a new album, "Studio 1" on 13 November 2006. She performed with All Saints on live television for the first time since reforming on the British light |
Which Brit-pop singer made his acting debut in the 1997 film Face'? | Face (1997 film) Face (1997 film) Face (1997) is a British crime drama directed by Antonia Bird and written by Ronan Bennett. It stars Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone and features the acting debut of singer Damon Albarn. Five men, criminals Ray, Dave, Stevie, Julian ("Julie" as a nickname), and Jason, plan a heist to steal a minimum of £2 million. Using a truck modified as a battering ram, the group break into a security depot in London and steal a large amount of money before the police arrive. However, they discover they barely got the amount of money they wanted, and only | 1997 Brit Awards 1997 Brit Awards The 1997 Brit Awards were the 17th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 24 February 1997 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell, wore the Union Jack dress whilst performing onstage with the group. Spicemania was at its height in the UK and the Spice Girls had just cracked the US as well, reaching number 1 with their debut single and album. Geri Halliwell captured the zeitgeist and became pin-up girl for Cool Britannia. Halliwell |
Dwayne Johnson is better known by which nickname | Dwayne Johnson Lauren Hashian, daughter of Boston drummer Sib Hashian. They first met in 2006 while Johnson was filming "The Game Plan". Their first child, daughter Jasmine, was born on December 16, 2015. Their second child, daughter Tiana Gia, was born on April 17, 2018. Dwayne Johnson Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor, producer, and semi-retired professional wrestler. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship on the 1991 Miami Hurricanes team. After being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of | Dwayne Johnson he was registered as an independent. In 2006, Johnson founded the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation, a charity working with at-risk and terminally ill children. On October 2, 2007, he and his ex-wife donated $1 million to the University of Miami to support the renovation of its football facilities; it was noted as the largest donation ever given to the university's athletics department by former students. The University of Miami renamed the Hurricanes' locker room in Johnson's honor. , Johnson resides in Southwest Ranches, Florida. In recognition of his service to the Samoan people, and because he is a descendant of |
Name the voice actor most famous for Winnie the Pooh, Kaa in Jungle Book, & Mr Stork in Dumbo. | Sterling Holloway Hal Smith took over the role of Winnie the Pooh for the 1981 short "Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons". He would maintain the role until Jim Cummings replaced him in 1988 for "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and also took over most of Holloway's other voice roles, including Kaa in "Jungle Cubs" and "The Jungle Book 2". Sterling Holloway Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 4, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an American character actor and voice actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He was also a voice actor for The Walt | Winnie-the-Pooh (book) 1960s, the Milne story lines were used by Disney in its cartoon featurette "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree". The "look" of Pooh was adapted by Disney from Stephen Slesinger's distinctive American Pooh with his famous red shirt that had been created and used in commerce by Slesinger since the 1930s. "Winnie-the-Pooh" was shortly followed by "The House at Pooh Corner", also by Milne. "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood", by David Benedictus was the first official post-Milne Pooh book written with the full backing of A. A. Milne's estate, which took the trustees ten years to agree to. |
Which caves are a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), near Wells in Somerset | Wookey Hole Caves planning permission. Wookey Hole Caves Wookey Hole Caves () are a series of limestone caverns, a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England. The River Axe flows through the cave. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for both biological and geological reasons. Wookey Hole cave is a "solutional cave", one that is formed by a process of weathering in which the natural acid in groundwater dissolves the rocks. Some water originates as rain that flows into streams on impervious rocks | Site of Special Scientific Interest Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I". Sites notified for their biological |
In woodwork, what are butt, dovetail & mitre | Mason's mitre with much less waste than occurs with a common mitre joint, in which triangular sections must be removed from the ends of both joint members. The terms "back mitre" and "mason's mitre" (or "miter") are often used interchangeably, but are different types of joints, and used for different purposes. Both joints are traditionally used in stone or woodwork. Neither joint requires that one part be coped (or fit) over the other. In the back mitre, the joints follow the mitre and stile/rail joining lines. In the mason's mitre, the intersecting mouldings are carved within a single stone block or the | What What (In the Butt) show "Lily Allen and Friends" for an interview and performed a live version of "What What (In the Butt)" with choreographed dancers. The video was also featured in episode #53 of ADD-TV in Manhattan. "What What (In the Butt)" was an official selection at the Milwaukee International Film Festival and the Mix Brasil Film Festival. In June 2010 Samwell appeared on an episode of Comedy Central's "Tosh.0", television show about viral videos. The segment told the story of how the "What What" video was created, followed by an acoustic duet version of the song by Samwell and Josh Homme, lead |
Which car manufacturer has produced the Taunus, Laser & Thunderbird models | Ford Taunus P1 engine. During its three-year production run, between 1959 and 1962, 245,614 of the Stripes Taunus models were produced. 56,843 of these were fitted with the larger 1.5 liter motor. Ford Taunus P1 The Ford Taunus P1 is a small family car which was produced by Ford Germany from 1952 until 1962. It was marketed as the Ford Taunus 12M, and, between 1955 and 1959, as the larger-engined Ford Taunus 15M. The company produced a succession of Ford Taunus 12M models until 1970, as the name was applied to a succession of similarly sized cars, but the first Taunus 12M models, | Thunderbird 2 pod vehicles seen in "End of The Road". No model manufacturer has yet made a "Thunderbird 2" model which incorporates these grabs. The Sealant Device is an underwater machine capable of sealing cracks in the sea bed or underwater air pockets. The device is initially buoyant but can be submerged and towed underwater by Thunderbird 4 to a disaster zone. Four steel pins are then activated which cement themselves into the ground whilst the central section acts as the sealant. The Sealant Device is seen in the episode "Atlantic Inferno". No models have been produced of this device. "Thunderbird 2" is used |
Name the third light blue property on a Monopoly board, that joins The Angel Islington & Euston Road. | The Angel, Islington bank within the building; the inscription says it is the "only site on the board named after a building". It is part of the light blue group with Pentonville Road and Euston Road. In the game, a house at the Angel costs £50; by the turn of the 21st century a house on Islington High Street fetched around £600,000. In 1827, James Pollard painted "The Royal Mail Coaches for the North Leaving the Angel, Islington", currently on display in the Tate Gallery. The Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist" contains a reference to the Angel, where "London began in earnest". Neil | The Angel, Islington London Angel Islington Hotel is named after the pub. It is located on Upper Street to the north of the original Angel. "The Angel Islington" is a property in the British version of "Monopoly". In the game it is the third-cheapest property on the board, reflecting the downmarket state of Islington through most of the 20th century until its gentrification in the 1980s. Victor Watson, of British manufacturers John Waddington Ltd, and his wife, Marge, decided to include the property on the board whilst taking tea at the cafe. This account of events appears on a plaque displayed in the |
On which island was the now extinct Elephant bird found? | Elephant bird birds and human beings and their eventual extinction, as they apparently coexisted for a massive period of time. However, the absence so far for any evidence of human habitation in the succeeding 6000 years raises difficult questions concerning whether the early human presence might have been temporary, and/or restricted to just a portion of the island. Elephant bird Elephant birds are members of the extinct ratite family Aepyornithidae, made up of large to enormous flightless birds that once lived on the island of Madagascar. They became extinct, perhaps around 1000–1200 CE, for reasons that are unclear, although human activity is | The Island on Bird Street The Island on Bird Street The Island on Bird Street (; The Island on Birds Street) is a 1981 semi-autobiographical children's book by Israeli author Uri Orlev, which tells the story of a young boy, Alex, and his struggle to survive alone in a ghetto during World War II. The author book the 1996 Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's literature, largely for this book, which was translated into numerous languages and adapted into a play and a film. Alex (the main character) is an 11-year-old Jewish boy living in a Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II with |
A pandemonium is the collective noun for which order of birds? | The Life of Birds those birds whose sustenance comes from flesh and their methods of hunting. In New Zealand, Attenborough observes keas, parrots that do not eat meat exclusively, raiding a shearwater's burrow for a chick. However, it is the dedicated birds of prey, such as owls, buzzards, eagles, falcons and vultures, to which much of the programme is devoted. In order to spot and pursue their victims, senses of sight and hearing are very acute. Vultures are the exception, in that they eat what others have left, and once a carcass is found, so many birds descend on it that the carrion seems | Collective noun lighthearted, humorous or facetious collective nouns. Collective noun In linguistics, a collective noun refers to a collection of things taken as a whole. Most collective nouns in everyday speech are mundane and "not" specific to just one kind, such as the word "group", which is applied to "people" in the phrase "a group of people", but is also applied to "dogs" in the phrase "a group of dogs". Other collective nouns "are specific" to one kind, especially terms of venery, which identify specific groups of animals. For example, "pride" as a term of venery always refers to lions, never to |
Which bird has the Latin name Puffinus puffinus? | Puffinus Puffinus Puffinus is a genus of seabirds in the order Procellariiformes. It comprises about 20 small to medium-sized shearwaters. Two other shearwater genera are named: "Calonectris", which comprises three or four large shearwaters, and "Ardenna" with another seven species (formerly often included within "Puffinus"). "Puffinus" is a New Latin loanword based on the English "puffin". The original Latin term for shearwaters was usually the catchall name for sea-birds, "mergus". "Puffin" and its variants, such as poffin, pophyn and puffing, referred to the cured carcass of the fat nestling of the shearwater, a former delicacy. The original usage dates from at | Puffinus and often give eerie contact calls on their night-time visits. They lay a single white egg. They feed on fish, squid and similar oceanic food. Some will follow fishing boats to take scraps, notably the sooty shearwater; these species also commonly follow whales to feed on fish disturbed by them. Traditionally, "Puffinus" has been grouped with the "Procellaria" and "Calonectris" shearwaters. However, more recent results have determined that the genus is apparently paraphyletic and while in part very close to "Calonectris", forms a clade with the genera "Pseudobulweria" and "Lugensa", which were formerly presumed to be gadfly petrels, and can |
In the video game who are the antagonists of the Angry Birds? | Angry Birds (video game) and for PCs. A sequel, titled "Angry Birds 2", was released in July 2015. In the game, players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed in or around various structures with the goal of destroying all the pigs on the playing field. As players advance through the game new types of birds become available, some with special abilities that can be activated by the player. Rovio Mobile has supported "Angry Birds" with numerous free updates that add additional game content, and the company has also released stand-alone holiday and promotional versions of the game. "Angry Birds" was praised | Angry Birds (video game) both the "Best Game App" and "App of the Year" at the UK Appy Awards. At the 2011 Webby Awards, "Angry Birds" was awarded "Best Game for Handheld Devices". Angry Birds (video game) Angry Birds (later remarketed as Angry Birds Classic) is a casual puzzle video game developed by Rovio Entertainment. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for iOS and Maemo devices in December 2009. Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from the iOS App Store, which has prompted the company to design versions for |
Who wrote the novel Birdsong? | Birdsong (novel) Birdsong (novel) Birdsong is a 1993 war novel and family saga by the English author Sebastian Faulks. It is Faulks' fourth novel. The plot follows two main characters living at different times: the first is Stephen Wraysford, a British soldier on the front line in Amiens during the First World War, and the second is his granddaughter, Elizabeth Benson, whose 1970s plotline follows her attempts to recover an understanding of Stephen's experience of the war. Faulks developed the novel to bring more public awareness to the experience of war remembered by WWI veterans. Most critics found this effort successful, commenting | Birdsong (novel) "Charlotte Gray"; the three are linked through location, history and several minor characters. "Birdsong" is one of Faulks's best received works, earning both critical and popular praise, including being listed as the 13th favourite book in Britain in a 2003 BBC survey called the Big Read. It has also been adapted three times under the same title: for radio (1997), the stage (2010) and television (2012). Faulks wrote the novel partly because he felt that the First World War had not been discussed enough in both literary and historical contexts. Reflecting on the novel twenty years later, Faulks felt that |
In which film can you the Sulaco spacship | Sulaco (fictional spacecraft) Sulaco (fictional spacecraft) The U.S.S. "Sulaco" is a fictional spaceship and important setting in the film "Aliens". It also appears briefly in the opening scene of "Alien 3", in the "" and "" video games that takes place shortly after the events of "Alien 3". The "Sulaco" is named after a fictional town in Joseph Conrad's novel "Nostromo", which is also the name of the ship from the original "Alien". A number of other names in the franchise are based on Conrad's work as well. Some scholarly research into the symbolism of the Alien franchise has considered it significant that | Any Which Way You Can You Can" was the 5th highest-grossing film of 1980. The film has had total gross receipts of $70,687,344 in North America. Any Which Way You Can Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 American action comedy film, starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, and Ruth Gordon in supporting roles. It was directed by Buddy Van Horn. The film is the sequel to the 1978 hit comedy "Every Which Way but Loose". Two years after throwing his fight with Tank Murdock, Philo Beddoe is still fighting in underground bare-knuckle boxing matches to make money on the |
In which film will you find Guild Transporters | Spacing Guild own private army with which it can back up its demands. The Guild uses its Heighliners to transport troops from the various homeworlds to Arrakis. Later in the game,they become evil, building an "Emperor Worm" through which they hope to rule the Universe. Depending on which House you use, and whether or not you win or lose, the campaign end cutscenes are different. Spacing Guild The Spacing Guild is an organization in Frank Herbert's science fiction "Dune" universe. With its monopoly on interstellar travel and banking, the power of the Guild is balanced against that of the Padishah Emperor as | Love Will Find Its Way to You of the same name. It was also recorded by Marie Osmond on her 1985 album, "There's No Stopping Your Heart". Love Will Find Its Way to You "Love Will Find Its Way to You" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and J.D. Martin, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in January 1988 as the second single from the album "The Last One to Know". "Love Will Find Its Way to You" was Reba McEntire's tenth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent |
In which film will you find the Jupiter 2 spaceship | Five Weeks in a Balloon (film) intended to exploit the hype of Fox’s own "Cleopatra" (1963). Allen's film is played much more for comedy than Juran's film. In Verne's novel and the Woolner Brothers' film, the balloon was named the "Victoria". Allen's film renames it the "Jupiter" with Allen giving the name "Jupiter II" to the spaceship on "Lost in Space". Filming took place in early 1962. It was the only film being made on the Fox lot at the time, due to costs incurred by "Cleopatra" (1963). The film was entirely shot in Hollywood except for some second unit shots in Africa. Allen wanted to | Love Will Find Its Way to You of the same name. It was also recorded by Marie Osmond on her 1985 album, "There's No Stopping Your Heart". Love Will Find Its Way to You "Love Will Find Its Way to You" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and J.D. Martin, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in January 1988 as the second single from the album "The Last One to Know". "Love Will Find Its Way to You" was Reba McEntire's tenth number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent |
Released in September 2014 which Labrinth song sounds like it should be in your Beatles Collection | Let It Be (Labrinth song) behind the scenes video was also released documenting the creation process for the music video. Let It Be (Labrinth song) "Let It Be" is a song by English electronic musician Labrinth. Written and produced with Gustave Rudman, the song was released on 28 September 2014 as the first single from Labrinth's upcoming second studio album, "Take Me to the Truth". Speaking about the song to the Official Charts Company, Labrinth has stated that he was influenced by acts such as Electric Light Orchestra, Nina Simone, James Brown and John Barry when writing and recording "Let It Be", explaining that he | Jealous (Labrinth song) the following explanation: The song, along with its accompanying music video, debuted on 31 October 2014. The single was released on 23 November 2014. Jessie Ware covered the song for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in January 2015. The song re-entered the charts at number 25 in September 2015, following a performance from contestant Josh Daniel on "The X Factor". Jealous (Labrinth song) "Jealous" is a song by English electronic musician Labrinth. Written with Josh Kear and Natalie Hemby, the song was released as the second single from Labrinth's upcoming second album, "Take Me to the Truth", on 23 November |
Which cheery Pharell Williams song was used on Despicable Me 2 soundtrack | Despicable Me 2 album for the film, released on June 18, 2013 through Back Lot Music. The original music was composed by Heitor Pereira and Pharrell Williams. The album was promoted by the highly successful single "Happy" performed by Williams. "Despicable Me 2" received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 74% approval rating with an average rating of 6.7/10 based on 177 reviews. The website's consensus reads, ""Despicable Me 2" offers plenty of eye-popping visual inventiveness and a number of big laughs." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating from mainstream critics, gave the film | Despicable Me 2 selling animated Blu-ray title in its first week, surpassing its predecessor, which previously held the record. "Despicable Me 2" was the best selling Blu-ray of 2013 with 4,689,747 sold for a total of $93,734,824 in sales. It was also the second best selling DVD for the year 2013 with 4,566,911 sold for sales totaling $77,250,269. , "Despicable Me 2" has sold 6,998,018 DVDs and 5,560,038 Blu-ray discs totalling $112,572,748 and $114,061,866 respectively totalling $226,634,614 in North America. "Despicable Me 2" was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on June 6, 2017. Despicable Me 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack |
Which John Legend song knocked Pharell Willams completely off the No.1 spot on the US Billboard | All of Me (John Legend song) All of Me (John Legend song) "All of Me" is a song by American singer John Legend from his fourth studio album "Love in the Future" (2013). It is dedicated to Legend's wife Chrissy Teigen. "All of Me" first aired on American mainstream urban radio as the album's third single on August 12, 2013. On the week ending May 16, 2014, it peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 becoming his first number-one single in the United States. It knocked off "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, which had spent 10 weeks at number one. The song peaked at number | So High (John Legend song) So High (John Legend song) "So High" is a song by American singer John Legend. It was written by Legend along with Paul Cho and DeVon "Devo" Harris for his debut album "Get Lifted" (2004), while production was helmed by the latter. The song is built around a sample of "I Don't Need No Reason" by American band Jr. Walker & The All Stars. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Leon Ware and Pam Sawyer are credited as songwriters. Released as the album's fourth and final single, it peaked at number 53 on the US "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. |
Which accusing Calvin Harris song reached No1 on the UK Singles Chart on 14th Sept 2014 | Blame (Calvin Harris song) Blame (Calvin Harris song) "Blame" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris from his fourth studio album, "Motion" (2014). It was released as the album's third single on 5 September 2014. The song features the vocals of English singer John Newman and is included on the deluxe edition of Newman's second studio album, "Revolve". Newman's brother James Newman assisted the artists in writing the song, with Harris serving as the producer. The song received positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and Newman's vocals. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles | Summer (Calvin Harris song) Summer (Calvin Harris song) "Summer" is a song by Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris, released on 14 March 2014 as the second single from his fourth studio album, "Motion" (2014). Like his earlier single "Feel So Close" and his later single "My Way", Harris returns as a vocalist on "Summer". The accompanying music video was directed by Emil Nava and premiered on 6 April 2014. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Harris's sixth UK number-one single. It peaked at number seven on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming his second top ten hit as a |
Name the scarey debut Single from Ella Henderson released in June 2014 | Ghost (Ella Henderson song) in the celebrity duets round of the final. !scope="col" colspan="3"| Streaming Ghost (Ella Henderson song) "Ghost" is the debut single by British singer and songwriter Ella Henderson. It was released on 8 June 2014 as the lead single from her debut studio album, "Chapter One" (2014). Henderson co-wrote the song with Kenan Williams and its producers, Ryan Tedder and Noel Zancanella. The music video was filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 2014. The song entered at number one on the UK Singles Chart, as well as in the Republic of Ireland. It has also peaked within the top ten | Mirror Man (Ella Henderson song) fire, sand, and smoke, amongst other elements. Mirror Man (Ella Henderson song) "Mirror Man" is a song recorded by English singer and songwriter Ella Henderson for her debut studio album, "Chapter One" (2014). It was released in the UK on 8 March 2015 via Syco Music as the fourth single off the album. The song was written by Henderson, Al Shuckburgh, and Laura Pergolizzi, and was produced by Shuckburgh under his production moniker Al Shux. "Mirror Man" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 96. "Mirror Man" is a mid-tempo blues and funk song whose lyrics discuss a selfish lover |
Released in August 2014, which noisy song from Jessie J features Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj | Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj song) Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj song) "Bang Bang" is a song recorded by English singer Jessie J, American singer Ariana Grande and American rapper Nicki Minaj. It was written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson and Minaj, and produced by Martin, Göransson and Ilya, with Kuk Harrell serving as a vocal producer. The song was first sent to hot adult contemporary radio on July 28, 2014 through Republic Records and released as a digital download the next day by Lava and Republic Records as the lead single from Jessie J's third studio album "Sweet Talker" | Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj song) video was uploaded on MTV's website and was available for international viewing. On August 25, 2014, the video was released via Jessie J's Vevo account, and was Vevo-certified on November 5, having surpassed 100 million views. As of November 2018, it has accumulated more than 1.2 billion views. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj performed the song together at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on August 24, 2014 in Inglewood, California alongside Grande's song Break Free and Minaj's single Anaconda, and at the 2014 American Music Awards on November 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Jessie J performed |
Released in July 2014, which deadly song is from Iggy Azalea and features Rita Ora | Black Widow (Iggy Azalea song) 9 September 2014. Azalea and Ora also performed "Black Widow" in the fourth episode of "Saturday Night Live"'s season 40 on 25 October 2014. The credits for "Black Widow" are adapted from the liner notes of "The New Classic". Black Widow (Iggy Azalea song) "Black Widow" is a song by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, from her debut studio album, "The New Classic" (2014). The song's hook is sung by British recording artist Rita Ora, and its lyrics chronicle subjects of revenge and feminism in a failed romantic relationship. "Black Widow" was written by Azalea, Katy Perry, Sarah Hudson, Benny Blanco, | Work (Iggy Azalea song) series of "So You Think You Can Dance" which aired on 9 July 2014. Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Work (Iggy Azalea song) "Work" is a song recorded by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea for her debut studio album, "The New Classic" (2014). It was released as Azalea's debut single as a lead artist, and the album's lead single on 17 March 2013. The track was written by Azalea, Trocon Markous Roberts, Natalie Sims, and The Invisible Men who produced it with 1st Down of FKi. Hailed by Azalea as her most personal song, "Work" was developed with motivational |
Which battle is commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand? | Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand is a wargame published by TSR in 1976. Gary Gygax designed "Little Big Horn: Custer's Last Stand", a war game simulating the last stand of George Armstrong Custer, which was published in 1976. Gygax described the game in 2003 as "the tactical conflict between the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and the various 'Sioux' and allied Indian tribes. ... The LBH game was actually quite accurate, and the Cavalry had a fair chance to triumph, just as Custer had hoped — if they stayed together | Last stand Pass (778), and the Dunkirk evacuation (1940, in World War II). A last stand may also be the last pitched battle of a war where the position of the defending force is hopeless but the defending force considers it their duty not to surrender until forced to do so, as happened to the last Royalist field army of the First English Civil War at the Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold. At the Battle of Saragarhi, the British Indian contingent consisting of 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th Sikhs, when faced with insurmountable opposition of 10,000 Afghans, decided to make a last stand |
What is the last book of the Old Testament? | Old Testament Elijah (as promised by the prophet Malachi, whose book now ends the Old Testament and precedes Mark's account of John the Baptist). None predicted a Messiah who suffers and dies for the sins of all the people. The story of Jesus' death therefore involved a profound shift in meaning from the tradition of the Old Testament. The name "Old Testament" reflects Christianity's understanding of itself as the fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecy of a New Covenant (which is similar to "testament" and often conflated) to replace the existing covenant between God and Israel (Jeremiah 31:31). The emphasis, however, has shifted from | Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament an e-book for Amazon Kindle, and as a Bible software add-on for products including Accordance, Logos, QuickVerse and WORDsearch. Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament was edited by G. K. Beale and D. A. Carson, and published by Baker Books in 2007. It is a comprehensive Bible commentary on Old Testament references within the New Testament. The editors headed a team of scholars to identify, explain and comment on both the direct quotations within the text of the New Testament and its many other probable allusions |
Who wrote the book Last of the Mohicans? | The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the "Leatherstocking Tales" pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. "The Pathfinder", published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. "The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, | The Last of the Mohicans essay, Twain re-writes a small section of "The Last of the Mohicans", claiming that Cooper, "the generous spendthrift", used 100 "extra and unnecessary words" in the original version. Re-reading the book in his later years, Cooper noted some inconsistencies of plot and characterization, particularly the character of Munro. But, he wrote that in general, "the book must needs have some interest for the reader, since it could amuse even the writer, who had in a great measure forgotten the details of his own work." The book has been considered to be the first Great American Novel. "The Last of the |
Which band's debut single was Last Train to Clarksville? | Last Train to Clarksville Čačak") is a song by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba, from their 1987 album "Ujed za dušu". B-side features the song "Lud sto posto" ("100% Crazy"). The single was not available in the shops, but given as a gift with an issue of "Politika Ekspres" Last Train to Clarksville "Last Train to Clarksville" was the debut single by The Monkees. It was released August 16, 1966 and later included on the group's 1966 self-titled album, which was released on October 10, 1966. The song, written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, was recorded at RCA Victor Studio | Last Train to Clarksville "And I don't know if I'm ever coming home", was an indirect reference about a soldier leaving for the Vietnam War. It has often been presumed that the song refers to Clarksville, Tennessee, which is near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the home of the 101st Airborne Division, which was then serving in Vietnam. However, according to songwriter Bobby Hart, that was not the case. Instead, according to Hart, "We were just looking for a name that sounded good. There's a little town in northern Arizona I used to go through in the summer on the way to Oak Creek Canyon called |
Who created the television series Last of the Summer Wine? | Last of the Summer Wine Situation Comedy Series award (in 1973 and 1979) and three times for the Best Comedy Series award (in 1982, 1983, and 1985). The show was also considered for the National Television Awards four times since 1999 (in 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2004), each time in the Most Popular Comedy Programme category. In 1999 the show won the National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy Programme. Last of the Summer Wine Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode | Last of the Summer Wine Emerick appealed for funding through crowd-sourcing sites in the hopes of gaining enough support to produce a feature film featuring the duo or even a television series. Associate Producer Terry Bartlam believed there was enough of a scope with Cooper and Walsh that they could carry their own series and that this spin-off could be the answer to those who believed "Last of the Summer Wine" should have been given a proper ending. A live production of "Last of the Summer Wine", known informally as the "summer season", was produced in Bournemouth in 1984. While Bill Owen and Peter Sallis |
In which month does The Last Night of the Proms take place? | The Proms 10th year of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. There was a child-oriented Prom to mark the Darwin bicentenary as well as a Free Family Prom including the Proms Family Orchestra. The 2010 Proms season ran from 16 July to 11 September. The principal anniversary composers included: Other anniversaries of composers featured at The Proms included: In addition, Hubert Parry and Alexander Scriabin received particular focus. One day was dedicated particularly to Sir Henry Wood, including a recreation of the 1910 Last Night. For families, the "Doctor Who" Prom, first introduced in 2008, received new renditions hosted by the newest Doctor (Matt | Night of the Proms Night of the Proms Night of the Proms is a series of concerts held annually in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, Poland and the United States. Regularly there are also shows in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden. The concerts consist of pop music and popular classical music (often combined) and various well-known musicians and groups usually participate (see below). Night of the Proms is the biggest annually organised indoor event in Europe. Night of the Proms is based on the Last Night of the Proms, the last concert of the BBC Proms, a series of seventy or so |
What is the first name of cricket umpire Dickie Bird | Dickie Bird of the greatest cricket club in the world". In August 2014, Bird was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian" expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. Dickie Bird Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird, (born 19 April 1933, Staincross, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a retired English international cricket umpire. In February 2014, Yorkshire announced that Bird is to be voted in as the club's president at their Annual General Meeting on 29 March. The son of a miner, he | Dickie Bird Bird went on to write his autobiography simply titled "My Autobiography" (with a foreword by Michael Parkinson), which sold more than a million copies. A sequel titled "White Cap and Bails – Adventures of a Much Travelled Umpire" was published in 1999 by Hodder and Stoughton. Bird set up the Dickie Bird Foundation to help disadvantaged under-18s achieve their potential in sport. He was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1992 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel at Yorkshire Television. In 2000, Bird cut the first slice of the Millennium Pie which had been baked in the |
Who starred alongside Rod Taylor in Hitchcock's movie The Birds | The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du | Alfred Hitchcock York when Hitchcock saw her, in October 1961, in an NBC television ad for Sego, a diet drink: "I signed her because she is a classic beauty. Movies don't have them any more. Grace Kelly was the last." He insisted, without explanation, that her first name be written in single quotation marks: 'Tippi'. In "The Birds", Melanie Daniels, a young socialite, meets lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a bird shop; Jessica Tandy plays his possessive mother. Hedren visits him in Bodega Bay (where "The Birds" was filmed) carrying a pair of lovebirds as a gift. Suddenly waves of birds |
The Birds were a 60s R&B; group, but name their guitarist who went on to bigger things, and still tours in 2014 | The Birds (band) The Birds (band) The Birds were an English rhythm and blues band, formed in 1964 in London. They recorded fewer than a dozen songs and released only four singles. Starting out with a hard R&B sound, they later began infusing it with Motown-style vocal harmonies. The best known former member of The Birds is Ronnie Wood, who went on to join the Jeff Beck Group, The Creation, Faces and later The Rolling Stones. Several members of The Birds grew up in the same neighbourhood in Yiewsley, west London, and began playing together in 1964, while still in their teens. At | Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things was the 1993 debut album by The Loud Family, a band formed by singer, songwriter and guitarist Scott Miller after the dissolution of his critically acclaimed 1980s band Game Theory. It was Miller's fifth album to be produced by Mitch Easter. Having dissolved his critically acclaimed 1980s band Game Theory, Scott Miller reemerged in 1993 with his new band, The Loud Family. "Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things" took its name from a line from the song "A Horse with No Name" by America. In |
The birdeating spider (the largest spider in the world is found in what part of the world | Spider monkey Spider monkey Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus Ateles, part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The genus contains seven species, all of which are under threat; the black-headed spider monkey and brown spider monkey are critically endangered. Disproportionately long limbs and long prehensile tails make them one of the largest New World monkeys and give rise to their common name. Spider monkeys live in the upper layers of the rainforest, and forage in the high canopy, | World Spider Catalog terms of numbers of species. The existence of the World Spider Catalog makes spiders the largest taxon with an online listing that is updated regularly. It has been described as an "exhaustive resource" that has "promoted rigorous scholarship and amplified productivity" in the taxonomy of spiders. World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of individual web pages in 2000, created by Norman I. Platnick |
Who is credited with organising the first package holidays? | Package tour market, which is now dominated by a few large tour operators. The major operators are Thomson Holidays and First Choice part of TUI AG and Thomas Cook AG. Under these umbrella brands are different holiday operators catering to different markets, such as Club 18-30 or traveleze. Budget airlines have also created their own package holiday divisions such as Jet2 Holidays or Japan Airlines's J-Pack special. The trend for package holiday bookings saw a comeback in 2009, as customers sought greater financial security in the wake of a number of holiday and flight companies going bust, and as the hidden costs | Package tour Spain and Switzerland) in the early 1950s. Information films were shown at town halls throughout Britain. However they made a costly decision by not going into the new form of cheap holidays which combined the transport and accommodation arrangements into a single 'package'. The company went further into decline and were only rescued by a consortium buy-out on 26 May 1972. Vladimir Raitz, the co-founder of the Horizon Holiday Group, pioneered the first mass package holidays abroad with charter flights between Gatwick airport and Corsica in 1950, and organised the first package holiday to Palma in 1952, Lourdes in 1953, |
Which U.S. band had hits with Sylvia's mother and A little bit more? | A Little Bit More A Little Bit More "A Little Bit More" is a song written and performed by Bobby Gosh, released on his 1973 album "Sitting in the Quiet". The first hit version was recorded by the band Dr. Hook; their version was released as a single in 1976. It charted at number 11 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, and spent two weeks at number nine on the "Cash Box" Top 100. It reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was Dr. Hook's joint second-best UK chart placing, matching "Sylvia's Mother" and surpassed only by "When You're in Love with | With a Little Bit of Luck copies, "Billboard" anticipated the dollar volume from non original music including Faith's "The Rain in Spain" and "With a Little Bit of Luck". "Billboard"'s review scored his "With a Little Bit of Luck" 76 out of 100 points and described: "Another excellent Faith treatment of another tune from the “My Fair Lady” score. This one's a catchy little ditty with a folksy, lilting tempo." In the US, the TV crime drama "Magnum, P.I." season 6 episode 19 entitled "A Little Bit of Luck... a Little Bit of Grief" was named after "With a Little Bit of Luck". In Netherlands, the |
What is the name of the film director whose films include Bladerunner and Gladiator? | Private Gladiator Private Gladiator The Private Gladiator is a pornographic trilogy ("Private Gladiator", "Private Gladiator: In the City of Lust" and "Private Gladiator: Sexual Conquest", length 115 minutes), directed by Antonio Adamo and produced by Private Media Group. It is one of the most expensive in the world of its genre. Also, unlike most adult films based on mainstream films, it is not a parody, but rather a straightforward remake of Ridley Scott's 2000 film "Gladiator". "The Private Gladiator" trilogy was produced on November 28, 2001, total length - 351 minutes. It won the 2003 AVN award for Best Foreign Feature. The | The Bladerunner Report", were adapted into 2002 films, "Impostor" and "Minority Report", respectively; both films heavily feature underground medical smuggling and procedures among an underclass, as in Nourse's novel, and these elements are not present in either of the Dick short stories. The Bladerunner The novel The Bladerunner (also published as The Blade Runner) is a 1974 science fiction novel by Alan E. Nourse, about underground medical services and smuggling. It was the source for the name, but no major plot elements, of the 1982 film "Blade Runner", adapted from the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick, |
Which Disney film includes the characters Bubbles,Crush and Mr Ray? | Turtle Talk with Crush attraction consists of an improvisational, real-time conversation with Crush, the green sea turtle character is voiced by Andrew Stanton from the 2003 Disney·Pixar film "Finding Nemo". A similar version is also featured in the "Animator's Palate" restaurant on the "Disney Dream" and Disney Fantasy cruise ships operated by Disney Cruise Line. In addition, another Turtle Talk with Crush unit was donated to the new CHOC Bill Holmes Hospital by Walt Disney Imagineering during early 2013 to entertain the child patients and their siblings. This was the first attraction created by Imagineering to be placed in a non-Disney environment, but is | Mr. Bubbles celebrated its 75th year of operation in 2008 with the release of several new products, such as a classic Mr. Bubbles Figure Bank, which converts to a bank when the solution is gone. Mr. Bubbles Mr. Bubbles is one of several brand names that have been used by an entity variously known as Chemtoy, Tootsietoy, and StromBecKer for its bubble-blowing solution. The company is currently owned by J. Lloyd International and markets under TootsieToy. J. Lloyd International also owns the rights to the name StromBecKer. It still contains a traditional "magic wand." The formula of Mr. Bubbles is proprietary and |
Which U.S. actor played the title role in Spartacus ? | Spartacus (film) Spartacus (film) Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War, and stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laurence Olivier as Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles | Title role Title role The title role in the performing arts is the performance part that gives the title to the piece, as in "Aida", "Giselle", "Michael Collins", or "Othello". The actor, singer, or dancer who performs that part is also said to have the "title role". The performer playing the title role is not always the lead and the title role may or may not be the protagonist. In the television miniseries "Shogun", for example, Toshirō Mifune had the title role, but the lead was played by Richard Chamberlain. In the James Bond novel "The Man with the Golden Gun", the |
Who starred as Gracie Hart in the 2000 film Miss Congeniality? | Miss Congeniality (film) Miss Congeniality (film) Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas, and starring Sandra Bullock with Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, and Candice Bergen. "Miss Congeniality" was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 22, 2000 and was a box office hit grossing $212 million worldwide. Bullock also garnered a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. A sequel, "", was released in March 24, 2005. In 1982, a very young Gracie Hart steps into | Miss Congeniality (film) United States organization. As the event closes down and Gracie and Eric prepare to return to headquarters with a newfound interest in each other, the other contestants name Gracie as "Miss Congeniality". Ellen DeGeneres claims that the writer was inspired to when watching her training to walk in high heels and a dress in preparation for the Oscars. The story is set in New York City and San Antonio. Scenes showing the exterior of the St. Regis Hotel, and a few street scenes, were shot on location in New York, and the Alamo and River Walk scenes were shot on |
In which Dickens novel does Miss Havisham appear? | Miss Havisham Miss Havisham Miss Havisham is a character in the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations" (1861). She is a wealthy spinster, once jilted at the altar, who insists on wearing her wedding dress for the rest of her life. She lives in a ruined mansion with her adopted daughter, Estella. Dickens describes her as looking like "the witch of the place". Although she has often been portrayed in film versions as very elderly, Dickens's own notes indicate that she is only in her mid-fifties. However, it is indicated in the novel that her long life away from the sunlight has aged | Miss Havisham that "James Payn, a minor novelist, claimed to have given Dickens the idea for Miss Havisham – from a living original of his acquaintance. He declared that Dickens's account was 'not one whit exaggerated'." Although it is documented Dickens encountered a wealthy recluse called Elizabeth Parker on whom it is widely believed he based the character, whilst staying in Newport, Shropshire, at the aptly named Havisham Court. "Miss Havisham's Fire" (1979, revised 2001) is an opera composed by Dominick Argento with a libretto by John Olon-Scrymgeour, based on Dickens' character. The entire story is told in flashback during an inquiry |
In the 1989 film, who was Driving Miss Daisy? | Driving Miss Daisy the 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy" also won three Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Best Actor Morgan Freeman, and Best Actress Jessica Tandy) in the Comedy/Musical categories. At the 1989 Writers Guild of America Awards, the film won in the Best Adapted Screenplay category. Rounding out its United States awards, the film won both Best Picture and Best Actor from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. In the United Kingdom, "Driving Miss Daisy" was nominated for four British Academy Film Awards, with Tandy winning in the Best Actress category. Tandy and Freeman won the Silver Bear for | Driving Miss Daisy (2014 film) Driving Miss Daisy (2014 film) Driving Miss Daisy is a filmed performance of the 2013 Australian theatrical production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Alfred Uhry starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines which was produced as a 2014 film by Broadway Near You (United States) in association with Umbrella Entertainment (Australia). Miss Daisy Werthan (Angela Lansbury) is a widowed, 72-year-old Jewish woman living in mid-century Atlanta who is deemed too old to drive by her son Boolie (Boyd Gaines). He then hires Hoke, an African-American man (James Earl Jones) to serve as her |
The musical Miss Saigon is based on which Puccini opera? | Miss Saigon Miss Saigon Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madame Butterfly", and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is relocated to 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War, and "Madame Butterfly"'s story of marriage between an American lieutenant and a geisha is replaced by a romance between a United States Marine and a South Vietnamese bargirl. The musical was premièred at the Theatre Royal, Drury | Miss Saigon in "early stages of development". Producer Paula Wagner was reported to be teaming with the original musical producer Cameron Mackintosh to create a film version of the musical. Filming locations are said to be Cambodia and quite possibly Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon). Cameron Mackintosh reported that the film version of "Miss Saigon" depended on whether the "Les Misérables" film was a success. In August 2013, director Lee Daniels announced hopes to get a film adaptation off the ground. On 27 February 2016 at the closing night of the "Miss Saigon" London Revival, Mackintosh hinted that the film |
Miss Phillipines, Mary Jean Lastimosa currently holds which title? | Mary Jean Lastimosa Pilipinas 2011 pageant. The eventual winner was Shamcey Supsup. In 2012, MJ once again entered the pageant and placed in the Top 12, where Janine Tugonon won the title of Miss Universe Philippines 2012. Lastimosa joined Binibining Pilipinas 2014 and won the title of Miss Universe Philippines 2014 after her third attempt, gaining the right to represent the Philippines at the Miss Universe 2014 pageant. Lastimosa competed in Miss Universe 2014 in Doral, Florida, where she placed in the Top 10, Paulina Vega of Colombia won the said pageant. Mary Jean Lastimosa Mary Jean Lastimosa (born in North Cotabato, Philippines) | Jojo Lastimosa He won his first PBA title with the Hotdogs in the 1990 Third Conference but his best years were with the Alaska Milkmen, following a trade with Boy Cabahug beginning the 1991 PBA season. Lastimosa overall won 9 championships with Alaska, including a grandslam in 1996. In the twilight of his career, Jolas moved to Pop Cola in the 2000-2001 season before returning to his old club Alaska Aces in his final year in 2002. Jojo Lastimosa Isabelo Lastimosa, Jr. (born March 10, 1964), better known as Jojo Lastimosa and by his nickname "Jolas""Mr. Clutch,The Helicopter,The 4th Quarter Man,and PBA |
What is the sunsme of The Muppets Miss Piggy? | Miss Piggy Miss Piggy Miss Piggy is a Muppet character known for her breakout role in Jim Henson's "The Muppet Show". Since her debut in 1976, Miss Piggy has been notable for her volatile diva personality, tendency to use French phrases in her speech, and practice of karate. She was also known for her on-again/off-again relationship with Kermit the Frog, which began in 1978 and has been on a hiatus since 2015. Frank Oz performed the character from 1976 to 2000 and was succeeded by Eric Jacobson in 2001. Miss Piggy was inspired by jazz singer Peggy Lee. In 1996, TV Guide | Miss Piggy in Paris, having become the plus-size editor for "Vogue" after the Muppets disbanded, and after she left Kermit in Los Angeles. In "Muppets Most Wanted", having rejoined the Muppets on a global tour, she nearly marries Constantine in London, after he poses as Kermit. In the TV series "The Muppets", Miss Piggy hosts the late-night talk show "Up Late with Miss Piggy". In 1987, Miss Piggy was a guest star on Dolly Parton's musical variety show, "Dolly", singing and performing with Parton, while at the same time secretly attempting to steal the show from her host, mostly by sabotaging Parton's |
Which Greek hero set off on a quest to find the golden fleece? | Golden Fleece Golden Fleece In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece ( "chrysómallon déras") is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which was held in Colchis. The fleece is a symbol of authority and kingship. It figures in the tale of the hero Jason and his crew of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece by order of King Pelias, in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly. Through the help of Medea, they acquire the Golden Fleece. The story is of great antiquity and was current in the time of Homer (eighth century | The Golden Fleece (painting) The Golden Fleece (painting) The Golden Fleece, originally known as Shearing at Newstead, is an 1894 painting by the Australian artist Tom Roberts. The painting depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed at "Newstead North", a sheep station near Inverell on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. The same shed is depicted in another of Roberts' works, "Shearing Shed, Newstead" (1894). The painting was originally titled "Shearing at Newstead" but was renamed "The Golden Fleece" after the Golden Fleece of Greek mythology to honour the wool industry and the nobility of the shearers. This was |
Which God did the ancient Egyptians believe protected the souls of the dead? | Four sons of Horus Thoth, the god of wisdom and knowledge, and also the baboons which chatter when the sun rises raising their hands as if in worship. The jackal (or possibly dog) is linked to Anubis and the act of embalming and also Wepwawet the "opener of the ways" who seeks out the paths of the dead. The hawk is associated with Horus himself and also Seker the mummified necropolis god. Imseti, the human, may be linked to Osiris himself or Onuris the hunter. The Egyptians themselves linked them with the ancient kings of Lower and Upper Egypt, the Souls of Pe and | How the ancient Egyptians divided water Then he spoke a spell and the parts of the water of the lake returned to their positions."" Essentially, according to the Westcar Papyrus, the ancient Egyptians believed their priests could divide water through a majestic spell which would render one side of the water of the lake on top of the other. This contrasts with the common conception of Moses splitting the sea in two. How the ancient Egyptians divided water An ancient document called the Westcar Papyrus illuminates how the ancient Egyptians believed they could divide water in lakes and the Nile River. Westcar Papyrus|The Westcar Papyrus (also |
Who was the Roman God of doorways, gates and passageways? | Janus Janus In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (; ("Iānus"), ) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. It is conventionally thought that the month of January is named for Janus (Ianuarius), but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs Juno was the tutelary deity of the month. Janus presided over the beginning and ending of conflict, and hence war and peace. The gates of a building in Rome named after him (not a temple, as it | Battle of the Cilician Gates Battle of the Cilician Gates The Battle of the Cilician Gates in 39 BC was a decisive victory for the Roman general Publius Ventidius Bassus over the Parthian army and its Roman allies who served under Quintus Labienus in Asia Minor. Parthian forces made a number of raids into Roman territory after the defeat of the Roman army under Crassus at the Battle of Carrhae. The Romans under Gaius Cassius Longinus defended the border against these Parthian incursions successfully. However, in 40 BC a Parthian invasion force allied with rebel Roman forces who served under Quintus Labienus attacked the eastern |
In Norse myth, what was the name of Odin's eight- legged horse? | Icelandic horse them. Horses played a significant part in Norse mythology, and several horses played major roles in the Norse myths, among them the eight-footed pacer named Sleipnir, owned by Odin, chief of the Norse gods. Skalm, a mare who is the first Icelandic horse known by name, appeared in the "Book of Settlements" from the 12th century. According to the book, a chieftain named Seal-Thorir founded a settlement at the place where Skalm stopped and lay down with her pack. Horses also play key roles in the Icelandic sagas "Hrafnkel's Saga", "Njal's Saga" and "Grettir's Saga". Although written in the 13th | Odin a rider sitting atop an eight-legged horse, which some scholars view as Odin. Above the rider on the image stone is a horizontal figure holding a spear, which may be a valkyrie, and a female figure greets the rider with a cup. The scene has been interpreted as a rider arriving at the world of the dead. The mid-7th century stone bearing the Odinic name (Old Norse 'army god') may be interpreted as depicting . A pair of identical Germanic Iron Age bird-shaped brooches from in northern Denmark may be depictions of and . The back of each bird features |
In Norse mythology who was the shield maiden cursed to sleep within a circle of fire? | Shield-maiden as a shield-maiden in the text. Saxo Grammaticus reported that shield-maidens fought on the side of the Danes at the Battle of Brávellir in the year 750: Examples of shield-maidens mentioned by name in the Norse sagas include Brynhildr in the "Vǫlsunga saga", Hervor in "Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks", the Brynhildr of the "Bósa saga ok Herrauðs", the Swedish princess Thornbjǫrg in "Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar" and Princess Hed, Visna and Veborg in "Gesta Danorum". Two shield-maidens appear in certain translations of the "Hervarar saga". The first of these Hervors was known to have taken up typically masculine roles early in | Shield-maiden the Rings" and Thorgil in Nancy Farmer's "The Sea of Trolls" trilogy. In the 2013 TV series "Vikings", the legendary Viking shield-maiden Lagertha, played by Katheryn Winnick, is a principal character. Shield-maiden A shield-maiden (), in Scandinavian folklore and mythology was a female warrior. They are often mentioned in sagas such as "Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks" and in "Gesta Danorum". Shield-maidens also appear in stories of other Germanic peoples: Goths, Cimbri, and Marcomanni. The mythical valkyries may have been based on the shield-maidens. The historical existence of shield-maidens is heavily debated, but scholars including Neil Price, argue that they existed |
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