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In the book ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’ by C.S. Lewis, what type of creature is Maugrim? | Maugrim Maugrim Maugrim is a fictional character in the novel "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C. S. Lewis. A Narnian wolf, he is Captain of the White Witch's Secret Police. In early American editions of the book, Lewis changed the name to Fenris Ulf (a reference to Fenrisúlfr, a wolf from Norse mythology), but when HarperCollins took over the books they took out Lewis' revisions, and the name "Maugrim" has been used in all editions since 1994. Maugrim is one of the few Talking Animals who sided with the Witch during the Hundred-Year Winter. Nikabrik in "Prince Caspian" | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in "The Chronicles of Narnia" (1950–1956). Among all the author's books it is also the most widely held in libraries. Although it was written as well as published first in the series, it is volume two in recent editions, which are sequenced by the stories' chronology (the first being "The Magician's Nephew"). Like the others, it was illustrated by |
‘The Virgin on the Rocks’ is the work of which artist? | Virgin of the Rocks Rocks" is entirely by the hand of Leonardo da Vinci. The "Virgin of the Rocks" in London has generally been seen as having been designed by Leonardo and executed with the assistants. The Louvre website and various authors suggest that the entire painting is by Ambrogio de' Predis, painted under Leonardo's supervision between 1485–1508, or perhaps largely the work of de Predis, with minor intervention by Leonardo. Since the recent cleaning, National Gallery curator Luke Syson has stated that the quality which has been revealed indicates that the work is mostly from the hand of Leonardo, and that participation of | Virgin of the Rocks x-ray or infra-red examination. In 2009/2010 the painting underwent cleaning and conservation work, returning to display in July 2010. The National Gallery, in a preliminary announcement of the results of the work, said that it revealed that the painting was largely, possibly entirely, by Leonardo, and unfinished in parts. The full publication of the findings was released later in 2010. In 1625 the "Virgin of the Rocks" now in the Louvre was seen at Fontainebleau by Cassiano dal Pozzo. In 1806, the French restorer Fr Hacquin transferred the Louvre "Virgin of the Rocks" from its panel onto canvas. For a |
Sir Robert Chiltern, Viscount Goring and Mrs Marchmont are characters in which Oscar Wilde play? | An Ideal Husband (1999 film) An Ideal Husband (1999 film) An Ideal Husband is a 1999 film based on the play "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde. The film stars Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver and Cate Blanchett. It was directed by Oliver Parker. It was selected as the 1999 Cannes Film Festival's closing film. Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the | Oscar Wilde (play) a stage actor on both sides of the Atlantic. Coinciding with the Broadway production there was also a four-week revival in London at the Arts Theatre starring Francis L. Sullivan and produced by Ronald Adam, which opened on 25 October 1938. The play was revived again at the Bolton's Theatre Club, starring Frank Pettingell and directed by Leslie Stokes, in 1948. The film "Oscar Wilde", based on the Stokes brothers' play with Robert Morley in the lead, was released in 1960. Oscar Wilde (play) Oscar Wilde is a 1936 play written by Leslie and Sewell Stokes. It is based on |
Who was murdered with an ice pick in 1940 by Ramon Mercader? | Ramón Mercader a sympathizer to his ideas, befriending his guards and doing small favors. On 20 August 1940, Mercader was alone with Trotsky in the exiled Russian's study, under the pretext of showing him a document. Mercader struck from behind and fatally wounded Trotsky on the head with an ice axe while the exiled Russian was looking at the document. The blow failed to kill Trotsky, and he got up and grappled with Mercader. Hearing the commotion, Trotsky's guards burst into the room and beat Mercader nearly to death, but Trotsky, heavily wounded but still conscious, ordered them to spare his attacker's | Ramón Mercader who had become affluent in Spanish Cuba, and Pau Mercader i Marina (b. 1885), the son of a Catalan textiles industrialist from Badalona. Mercader grew up in France with his mother after their divorce. Caridad was an ardent Communist who fought in the Spanish Civil War and served in the Soviet international underground. As a young man, Ramón embraced Communism, working for leftist organizations in Spain during the mid-1930s. He was briefly imprisoned for his activities, but was released in 1936 when the left-wing coalition Popular Front won in the elections of that year. During the Spanish Civil War, Mercader |
Who plays psychiatrist Dr Buddy Rydell in the 2003 film ‘Anger Management’? | Anger Management (film) Anger Management (film) Anger Management is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Peter Segal, written by David S. Dorfman, and starring Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, and Marisa Tomei. It was produced by Revolution Studios in association with Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. When an annoying passenger, and a case of mistaken identity, causes Dave Buznik to lose his temper on an airline flight, he is sentenced to anger management classes. Buznik learns his therapist is the passenger, who proves to have a rather interventionist style of therapy. In 1978, a young Dave | Anger Management (film) meeting, a series of annoyances from a flight attendant and a sky marshal cause Dave to lose his temper. The sky marshal, who also mistakes Dave for a racist, tasers him. Dave is then arrested for assaulting the flight attendant and sentenced to anger management therapy. The therapist is Buddy Rydell, who is revealed to be the man Dave sat next to on the plane. Buddy's unorthodox techniques cause Dave to lose his temper, and Buddy tells Dave he recognizes his problem as passive-aggressive behavior. When Dave is sent back to court, Buddy intervenes on his behalf choosing to move |
What is the study of lakes and other bodies of freshwater? | Freshwater biology being used to study the effects of climate change and increased human use. Freshwater biology Freshwater biology is the scientific biological study of freshwater ecosystems and is a branch of limnology. This field seeks to understand the relationships between living organisms in their physical environment. These physical environments may include rivers, lakes, streams, or wetlands. This discipline is also widely used in industrial processes to make use of biological processes such as sewage treatment and water purification. Water flow is an essential aspect to species distribution and influence when and where species interact in freshwater environments. In the UK the | Freshwater seal Freshwater seal The freshwater seals are the species of seals which live exclusively in freshwater bodies. The only true freshwater seal species is the Baikal seal. The others are the subspecies or colonies of regular saltwater seals. These include the subspecies of ringed seal: the Ladoga seal and the Saimaa ringed seal. Common seals are known to enter estuaries and freshwater rivers in pursuit of their prey. Colonies of common seals live in some lakes, such as seals of Iliamna Lake, Alaska, trapped there a long time ago. There is also a subspecies called the Ungava seal ("Phoca vitulina mellonae") |
What is the capital of the Yukon Territory in Canada? | Yukon Yukon Yukon (; ; also commonly called the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three federal territories (the other two are the Northwest Territories and Nunavut). It has the smallest population of any province or territory in Canada, with 35,874 people. Whitehorse is the territorial capital and Yukon's only city. Yukon was split from the Northwest Territories in 1898 and was originally named the Yukon Territory. The federal government's "Yukon Act", which received royal assent on March 27, 2002, established "Yukon" as the territory's official name, though "Yukon Territory" is also still popular in usage and Canada Post | Yukon Territory Order of Polaris citizen who is a current or former resident of Yukon is eligible for nomination. There have been 88 appointments (including Chancellors) to the Order of Merit since its inception. Yukon Territory Order of Polaris The Order of Polaris is awarded by the Government of Yukon in Canada for: The Order of Polaris was created by the Government of Yukon in 1973, to honour members of the Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, especially those who flew over Yukon. The medal and scroll were presented by the Commissioner of Yukon (or designate) at a ceremony at the Transportation Hall of Fame in |
The European port of Split lies in which body of water? | Port of Split and the growing domination of Austrian Empire. As of 2017, the port ranks as the largest passenger port in Croatia, the largest passenger port in the Adriatic, and the 11th largest port in the Mediterranean, with annual passenger volume of approximately 5 million. By 2010, the Port of Split recorded 18,000 ship arrivals each year. The port is managed by the Port of Split Authority (PSA). In the late 2000s, the PSA and the port operators, Trajektna Luka Split d.d. and Luka d.d. Split, started to implement an investment plan aimed at increasing both passenger and cargo traffic volume, scheduled | Port of Split to be completed by 2015, which would allow the port to handle up to 7 million passengers per year. The Port of Split is the largest passenger port in Croatia and the third largest passenger seaport in the Mediterranean. The port is administered by the Port of Split Authority, and the primary concessionaires Trajektna Luka Split and Luka d.d. Split, as well as 11 secondary concessionaires awarded concessions to use the port facilities or provide services in the port. The primary concessionaires are operating the City Port Split and Vranjic-Solin basin area, respectively, with the secondary concessionaires active in Vranjic-Solin |
In which religion do people worship communally in a Fire Temple? | Fire temple the New Year (Noruz). Fire temple A fire temple in Zoroastrianism is the place of worship for Zoroastrians, often called "dar-e mehr" (Persian) or "agiyari" (Gujarati). In the Zoroastrian religion, fire (see "atar"), together with clean water (see "aban"), are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white "ash for the purification ceremonies [is] regarded as the basis of ritual life", which "are essentially the rites proper to the tending of a domestic fire, for the temple [fire] is that of the hearth fire raised to a new solemnity". For, one "who sacrifices unto fire with fuel in his hand ..., is | Fire worship is the titanic god Prometheus, who stole fire for humans from the gods. Most forms of worship in Graeco-Roman religion involved either cooking or burning completely an animal on a fire made on an altar in front of a temple ("see" hecatomb). Celtic mythology had Belenus, whose name, "shining one", associated him with fire. In Slavic mythology, Svarog, meaning "bright and clear", was the spirit of fire. The best known and dramatic among numerous Slavic Pagan fire rituals is the jumping over the bonfire on the Ivan Kupala Day. Fire is an element of theophany in the Hebrew Bible's burning |
What is the young of a bobcat called? | Bobcat and males generally mate with several females. During courtship, the otherwise silent bobcat may let out loud screams, hisses, or other sounds. Research in Texas has suggested establishing a home range is necessary for breeding; studied animals with no set range had no identified offspring. The female has an estrous cycle of 44 days, with the estrus lasting five to ten days. Bobcats remain reproductively active throughout their lives. The female raises the young alone. One to six, but usually two to four, kittens are born in April or May, after roughly 60 to 70 days of gestation. Sometimes, a | DJ Bobcat song was an automatic hit with young Bow Wow fans and was embraced by young music lovers around the world. Bobcat has always given back to his community working with at risk kids and donating his time and talents to many. In this case, Bobcat was donating his time at a local church and met the Gospel Gangstaz. Being Bobcat was a fan of theirs and they were all a fan of Bobcat's they recorded a smash hit single “Scream” that took off in the Gospel Music Community and is now performed around the world. After Nas released the controversial |
Which fashion designer re-designed the UK hospital gown in 2010? | Hospital gown along with a pouch for cardio equipment. One version called the Faith Gown has a detachable head scarf and long sleeves. Another redesign in England came from Ben de Lisi, one of six receiving grants. The Design Council was scheduled to show his design, which did not open in the back but did allow access, in March 2010. The Cleveland Clinic changed its gowns in 2010 because the CEO had heard many complaints. Many patients feel that hospital gowns are unfashionable, Diane von Furstenberg was commissioned to design stylish hospital gowns based on her fashionable wrap dress by the Cleveland | Hospital gown Hospital gown A hospital gown, also called a johnny gown or johnny is "a long loose piece of clothing worn in a hospital by someone doing or having an operation." It can be used as clothing for bedridden patients. Hospital gowns worn by patients are designed so that hospital staff can easily access the part of the patient's body being treated. The hospital gown is made of fabric that can withstand repeated laundering in hot water, usually cotton, and is fastened at the back with twill tape ties. Disposable hospital gowns may be made of paper or thin plastic, with |
In Afrikaans, which city is called Kapstad? | Afrikaans was only published and printed in 1877. The first Afrikaans grammars and dictionaries were published in 1875 by the ' ("Society for Real Afrikaners") in Cape Town. The main Afrikaans dictionary is the ' (WAT) ("Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language"), which is as yet incomplete owing to the scale of the project, but the one-volume dictionary in household use is the ' (HAT). The official orthography of Afrikaans is the ", compiled by . The Afrikaner religion had stemmed from the Protestant practices of the Reformed church of Holland during the 17th century, later on being influenced in South Africa | Kevin Kapstad Kevin Kapstad Kevin Kapstad (born February 12, 1986) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman. He is currently playing with EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). Undrafted, Kapstad played collegiate hockey with the University of New Hampshire in the Hockey East. At the completion of his senior year, Kapstad embarked upon a European career signing in the 2nd Bundesliga with SC Riessersee and later EV Landshut. On April 27, 2012, Kapstad left Germany and signed with Leksands IF of the then HockeyAllsvenskan. In the 2012–13 season, Kapstad contributed with 38 points in 52 games to help Leksands gain |
In the human body, which vitamin helps the blood to clot? | Vitamin K suggested treatment regime for poisoning by rodenticide (coumarin poisoning). Although allergic reaction from supplementation is possible, no known toxicity is associated with high doses of the phylloquinone (vitamin K) or menaquinone (vitamin K) forms of vitamin K, so no tolerable upper intake level (UL) has been set. Blood clotting (coagulation) studies in humans using 45 mg per day of vitamin K (as MK-4) and even up to 135 mg per day (45 mg three times daily) of K (as MK-4), showed no increase in blood clot risk. Even doses in rats as high as 250 mg/kg, body weight did not | The Blood-Clot Boy this escape he determines that "This is my business in the world! To kill off all the bad things!" Next the Blood-clot boy encounters a witch who asks him to wrestle with her. Seeing that the ground where she proposes to wrestle is covered with hidden blades that she would use to kill him, he forces her onto the blades himself, and they cut her body in half. Finally he comes to "the blackest place on earth: the home of the Man-eater." Outside the house, the Blood-clot boy meets a young girl and tells her to perform a ritual that |
The Caloris Basin, a large impact crater, is on which planet in our solar system? | Caloris Planitia has been found to be a significant source of sodium and potassium, indicating that the fractures created by the impact facilitate the release of gases from within the planet. The weird terrain is also a source of these gases. Caloris Planitia Caloris Planitia is a plain within a large impact basin on Mercury, informally named Caloris, about in diameter. It is one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System. "Calor" is Latin for "heat" and the basin is so-named because the Sun is almost directly overhead every second time Mercury passes perihelion. The crater, discovered in 1974, is | Caloris Planitia of the early Solar System. Based on "MESSENGER"s photographs, Caloris' age has been determined to be between 3.8 and 3.9 billion years. The giant impact believed to have formed Caloris may have had global consequences for the planet. At the exact antipode of the basin is a large area of hilly, grooved terrain, with few small impact craters that are known as chaotic terrain (also "weird terrain"). It is thought by some to have been created as seismic waves from the impact converged on the opposite side of the planet. Alternatively, it has been suggested that this terrain formed as |
In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the letter ‘Z’ is represented by which word? | NATO phonetic alphabet by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel. The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: , Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, , Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Strict adherence to the prescribed spelling words is required in order to avoid the problems of confusion that the spelling alphabet is designed to overcome. As noted in a | NATO phonetic alphabet underlined syllable of each letter word should be emphasized, and each syllable of the code words for the figures (1969–Present) should be equally emphasized. The Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet is used by the International Civil Aviation Organization for international aircraft communications. The ITU-R Radiotelephony Alphabet is used by the International Maritime Organization for international marine communications. NATO phonetic alphabet The NATO phonetic alphabet, officially denoted as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, and also commonly known as the ICAO phonetic alphabet, and in a variation also known officially as the ITU phonetic alphabet and figure code, is the most widely used radiotelephone |
‘Connubial’ relates to which type of relationship? | Open relationship Open relationship An open relationship is an intimate relationship which is consensually non-monogamous. This term may sometimes refer to polyamory, but it is often used to signify a primary emotional and intimate relationship between two partners who agree to have sexual relationships but not romantic relationships with other people. The nature of the openness in the relationship, including what outside sexual contact is permissible, varies widely. Open relationships include any type of romantic relationship (dating, marriage, etc.) that is open. The concept of an open relationship has been recognized since the 1970s. To a large degree, open relationships are a | Free-energy relationship rate constant for a reaction on which the catalyst operates. The Hammett equation predicts the equilibrium constant or reaction rate of a reaction from a "substituent constant" and a "reaction type constant". The Edwards equation relates the nucleophilic power to "polarisability" and "basicity". The Marcus equation is an example of a quadratic free-energy relationship (QFER). IUPAC has suggested that this name should be replaced by linear Gibbs energy relation, but at present there is little sign of acceptance of this change. The area of physical organic chemistry which deals with such relations is commonly referred to as 'linear free-energy relationships'. |
Indian politician Sonia Gandhi was born in which country in 1946? | Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi ; (born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician of Italian descent. A member of the Nehru–Gandhi family by way of her marriage to Rajiv Gandhi, she is a former president of the Indian National Congress. She took over as the party leader in 1998, seven years after her husband's assassination, and remained in office for a record nineteen years, a period that was characterised by the party's renewed adherence to the centre-left position on the Indian political spectrum. Born in a small village near Vicenza, Italy, Gandhi was raised in a Roman Catholic Christian family. | Sonia Gandhi the same magazine and was ranked 6th in exclusive list in 2007. In 2010, Gandhi ranked as the ninth most powerful person on the planet by "Forbes" magazine. She was ranked 12 in 2012 in forbes' powerful people list. Sonia was also named among the "Time 100 most influential" people in the world for the years 2007 and 2008. "New Statesman" listed Sonia Gandhi at number 29 in their annual survey of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures" in the year 2010. Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi ; (born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician of Italian descent. A member |
In which year was the Factory Act passed in Britain, to improve conditions for children working in factories? | Factory Acts Factory Acts The Factory Acts were a series of UK labour law Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the conditions of industrial employment. The early Acts concentrated on regulating the hours of work and moral welfare of young children employed in cotton mills but were effectively unenforced until the Act of 1833 established a professional Factory Inspectorate. The regulation of working hours was then extended to women by an Act of 1844. The 1847 Factories Act (known as the Ten Hour Act), together with Acts in 1850 and 1853 remedying defects in the 1847 Act, | Factories Act 1948 a requirement for young people employed in the loading, unloading and coaling of ships and other kinds of work in ships on harbour or wet dock, engineering construction and building operations as well as for factory employees. Factories Act,1948, India Factories Act 1948 The Factories Act 1948 was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It was passed with the intention of safeguarding the health of workers. It extended the age limits for the medical examination of persons entering factory employment, while also including male workers in the regulations for providing |
In 1997, what was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell? | Polly and Molly Polly and Molly Polly and Molly (born 1997), two ewes, were the first mammals to have been successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell and to be transgenic animals at the same time. This is not to be confused with Dolly the Sheep, the first animal to be successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell where there was no genetic modification carried out on the adult donor nucleus. Polly and Molly, like Dolly the Sheep, were cloned at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. The creation of Polly and Molly built on the somatic nuclear transfer experiments that led to | Royana (cloned sheep) Royana (cloned sheep) Royana (2006–2010) is Iran's and the Middle East's first successfully cloned sheep. Royana was a brown male domestic sheep and was cloned in the Royan Research Institute in Isfahan, Iran (The word "Royan" means "embryo" in Persian). He was the second cloned sheep in Royan Research Institute, but whereas the first sheep died few hours after birth, Royana lived for a few years. On September 30, 2006, a group of scientists in Iran cloned Royana from an adult cell in a test tube in a laboratory. After the embryo proved its stability, scientists transferred it to the |
What is the highest range of the male singing voice? | Voice type C). In the lower and upper extremes some contralto voices can sing from D3 (the D below middle C) to B5 (the second B-flat above), one whole step short of the soprano "high C". Contralto tessitura: The contralto voice has the lowest tessitura of the female voices. Contralto subtypes: Contraltos are often broken down into three subcategories: coloratura contralto, lyric contralto, and dramatic contralto. A soprano sfogato is a contralto who has an extended high range reaching the soprano "high C". Countertenor range: The countertenor is the highest male voice. Many countertenor singers perform roles originally written for a castrato | The Singing Voice of Japan speech but the Minister who listened for a moment the continuation of the speech interrupted Sudō, uttering: "The Singing Voice..." (), then Sudō replied: "Not "The Singing Voice of Japan". I am speaking of an association of music listeners. The Singing Voice of Japan is a movement for singers". The Singing Voice of Japan The singing voice of Japan (, "Nihon no Utagoe" / うたごえ運動, "Utagoe-undō") is the name of a social and political movement that emerged after World War II in Japan and based on musical and choral activities of the working class of the entire nation. On the |
Who was the mother of King James l of England? | History of the Puritans under King James I Scots since the abdication of his mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1567 (when James was 1 year old). James had little contact with his mother and was raised by guardians in the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. John Knox had led the Scottish Reformation, beginning in 1560, and the Church of Scotland looked broadly like the type of church that the Puritans wanted in England. In his 1599 book "Basilikon Doron", the king had had harsh words for Puritans, but his criticisms seemed directed at the most extreme of the Puritans and it seemed likely that the king would agree | James II of England and those who were sceptical of the king's espousals of toleration and believed that he had a hidden agenda to overthrow English Protestantism. The official style of James in England was "James the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc." The claim to France was only nominal, and was asserted by every English King from Edward III to George III, regardless of the amount of French territory actually controlled. In Scotland, he was "James the Seventh, by the Grace of God, King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, Defender |
Which Irish musician released a 1988 album entitled ‘Watermark’? | Watermark (Enya album) adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians Production Watermark (Enya album) Watermark is the second studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya, released on 19 September 1988 by Warner Music. After the release of her previous album "Enya" (1987), she secured a recording contract with Warner Music after a chance meeting with chairman Rob Dickins, who had become a fan of her music. Her contract allowed her considerable artistic and creative freedom, with minimal interference from the label and no deadlines to have albums finished. Enya recorded "Watermark" in ten months with her longtime collaborators, manager, producer and | Watermark (Art Garfunkel album) Watermark (Art Garfunkel album) Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, originally released in October 1977 on Columbia Records. The first single, "Crying in My Sleep", failed to chart, but the follow-up, a version of "(What a) Wonderful World" (featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel's old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor) reached #17 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The songs "Watermark" and "Paper Chase" had previously been performed by Richard Harris on his albums "A Tramp Shining" and "The Yard Went On Forever". This album is also |
What is the name of the spiked metal plate fixed to a boot for climbing on ice or rock? | Ice climbing example, on flat ice, almost any good hiking or mountaineering boot will usually suffice, but for serious ice climbing double plastic mountaineering boots or their stiff leather equivalent are usually used, which must be crampon compatible and stiff enough to support the climber and maintain ankle support. On short, low angled slopes, one can use an ice axe to chop steps. For longer and steeper slopes or glacier travel, crampons are mandatory for a safe climb. Vertical ice climbing is done with crampons and ice axes (those specific to vertical ice generally being called technical ice axes, or "ice tools"); | Ice climbing protection between the leader and the next climber. Fixed belays, on the other hand, require a belayer, belay anchor, and points of protection. A belay anchor is attached to a cliff in supporting a belay or toprope. In using either a running- or fixed belay, it is necessary that you have enough knowledge on boot/ice-screw belay techniques. Leading refers to the act of leading a climb and thus, requires a leader and a follower. This ice climbing technique entails putting protection while ascending. In doing so, leading is done in sections. The leader places the protection as he/she climbs until |
A pneumonectomy is the removal or part-removal of which part of the human body? | Pneumonectomy Pneumonectomy A pneumonectomy (or pneumectomy) is a surgical procedure to remove a lung. Removal of just one lobe of the lung is specifically referred to as a lobectomy, and that of a segment of the lung as a wedge resection (or segmentectomy). The most common reason for a pneumonectomy is to remove tumourous tissue arising from lung cancer. In the days prior to the use of antibiotics in tuberculosis treatment, tuberculosis was sometimes treated surgically by pneumonectomy. The operation will reduce the respiratory capacity of the patient; before conducting a pneumonectomy, the surgeon will evaluate the ability of the patient | Hair removal (such as from pubertal hormonal imbalances or drug side effects), and/or gender status. In the hair follicle, stemcells reside in a discrete microenvironment called the bulge, located at the base of the part of the follicle that is established during morphogenesis but does not degenerate during the hair cycle. The bulge contains multipotent stemcells that can be recruited during wound healing to help the repair of the epidermis. Hair removal Hair removal, also known as epilation or depilation, is the deliberate removal of body hair. Hair typically grows all over the human body. Hair can become more visible during and |
Which US President ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to Russia (USSR) detonating its first atomic bomb? | Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) was a commission established in 1946 in accordance with a presidential directive from Harry S. Truman to the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council to conduct investigations of the late effects of radiation among the atomic-bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As it was erected purely for scientific research and study, not as a provider of medical care and also because it was heavily supported by the United States, the ABCC was generally mistrusted by most survivors and Japanese alike. It operated for nearly thirty years before its dissolution in | The Making of the Atomic Bomb general authority on early nuclear weapons history, as well as the development of modern physics in general, during the first half of the 20th century. Nobel Laureate I. I. Rabi, one of the prime participants in the dawn of the atomic age, called it "an epic worthy of Milton. No where else have I seen the whole story put down with such elegance and gusto and in such revealing detail and simple language which carries the reader through wonderful and profound scientific discoveries and their application." The Making of the Atomic Bomb The Making of the Atomic Bomb is a |
The ‘Harvester Judgement’ was a benchmark legal case for ensuring workers in which country were paid a fair basic wage? | Living wage to live in "frugal comfort estimated by current... standards," regardless of the employer's capacity to pay. Justice Higgins established a wage of 7/- (7 shillings) per day or 42/- per week as a 'fair and reasonable' minimum wage for unskilled workers. The judgement was later overturned but remains influential. From the Harvester Judgement arose the Australian industrial concept of the "basic wage". For most skilled workers, in addition to the basic wage they received a margin on top of the basic wage, in proportion to a court or commission's judgement of a group of worker's skill levels. In 1913, to | A fair day's wage for a fair day's work By the Working People Themselves." This critique was taken up by the Industrial Workers of the World, who embodied it in their preamble: <nowiki>*</nowiki> "A Fair Day's Wages for a Fair Day's Work" by Friedrich Engels, published 1881 in The Labour Standard A fair day's wage for a fair day's work A fair day's wage for a fair day's work is an objective of the labor movement, trade unions and other workers' groups, to increase pay, and adopt reasonable hours of work. It is a motto of the American Federation of Labor. In 1881 Frederick Engels criticised the slogan in |
Which UK children’s tv show, launched in 1968, had a mascot called Murgatroyd? | Magpie (TV series) Susan Stranks in 1974. This lineup remained until 1977, when Tommy Boyd replaced Rae. Like "Blue Peter", "Magpie" featured appeals for various causes and charities. Notably, however, it asked for cash donations rather than stamps or secondhand goods, familiar on "Blue Peter". The cash totaliser was a long strip of paper which ran out of the studio and along the adjacent corridor walls. Unlike the BBC programme, "Magpie" was unscripted and the presenters were free to improvise the presentation of the show. The show's mascot was a magpie called Murgatroyd. The theme tune was played by the Spencer Davis Group | Peta Murgatroyd ankle injury. Murgatroyd told "People" magazine she had four torn ligaments and a floating piece of bone in her ankle which would require surgery and six to eight weeks of recovery time. Murgatroyd would have been partnered with singer Andy Grammer. Murgatroyd returned to the show during the season 21 semifinals, performing a salsa trio with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess. The group received a score of 30 for the dance. Murgatroyd returned for season 22 and was partnered with deaf model and actor Nyle DiMarco. On May 24, 2016, Murgatroyd and DiMarco were crowned the season's champions. |
The Antionette Perry Awards for Excellence are better known by what name? | 60th Tony Awards the nominations on May 16, 2006. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American theatre and are presented by the American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers (now called The Broadway League) at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are for Broadway productions and performances plus several non-competitive Special Awards (such as the Regional Theatre Award). Harry Connick Jr. opened the show singing three popular songs from three Broadway musicals. Connick, (who was heavily medicated to be able to perform, because | Canada Awards for Excellence Canada Awards for Excellence The Canada Awards for Excellence are the national quality awards of Canada. They are administered by Excellence Canada, a not-for-profit organization on behalf of the Governor General of Canada. Industry Canada established the awards in 1984 as the Canadian Business Excellence Awards. The National Quality Institute (NQI) was spun off as a separate, self-sustaining entity to administer the awards in 1992 and became Excellence Canada in 2011. While originally intended for profitmaking Canadian firms, the awards are now open to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations. As of 2014, there are eleven awards categories: As is typical |
In which board game do players use a ‘doubling cube’, which has the numbers 2,4,8,16,32,64 on it? | Backgammon not a die to be rolled but rather a marker with the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 inscribed on its sides, to denote the current stake. At the start of each game, the doubling cube is placed on the bar with the number 64 showing; the cube is then said to be "centered, on 1". When the cube is centered, the player about to roll may propose that the game be played for twice the current stakes. Their opponent must either accept ("take") the doubled stakes or resign ("drop") the game immediately. Whenever a player accepts doubled | Doubling the cube at solving what they saw as an obstinate but soluble problem. However, the nonexistence of a solution was finally proven by Pierre Wantzel in 1837. In algebraic terms, doubling a unit cube requires the construction of a line segment of length , where ; in other words, . This is because a cube of side length 1 has a volume of , and a cube of twice that volume (a volume of 2) has a side length of the cube root of 2. The impossibility of doubling the cube is therefore equivalent to the statement that is not a constructible |
In paleontology, a coprolite is fossilised what? | Coprolite size from a few millimetres to over 60 centimetres. Coprolites, distinct from "paleofaeces", are fossilized animal dung. Like other fossils, coprolites have had much of their original composition replaced by mineral deposits such as silicates and calcium carbonates. Paleofaeces, on the other hand, retain much of their original organic composition and can be reconstituted to determine their original chemical properties, though in practice the term coprolite is also used for ancient human faecal material in archaeological contexts. In the same context, there are the urolites, erosions caused by evacuation of liquid wastes and nonliquid urinary secretions. The fossil hunter Mary | Lloyds Bank coprolite Lloyds Bank coprolite The Lloyds Bank coprolite is a large paleofeces, or desiccated human dung specimen, recovered by archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust excavating the Viking settlement of Jórvík (now York) in England. The coprolite was found in 1972 beneath the site of what was to become the York branch of Lloyds Bank and may be the largest example of fossilised human faeces ever found, measuring long and wide. Analysis of the stool has indicated that its producer subsisted largely on meat and bread whilst the presence of several hundred parasitic eggs suggests they were riddled with intestinal worms. In |
In 2003, which UK retailer won a legal battle to advertise for employees in jobcentres? | Ann Summers of a catalogue, and often there are party games. Due to the adult nature of the business, Ann Summers has frequently faced opposition, both legal and social. For example, in 2003, they won a legal battle to advertise for employees in job centres and an ASA complaint was rejected. They have also encountered opposition to their advertising. The company received a letter of complaint from Buckingham Palace, due to a non-endorsed advert featuring the Queen. In 2003, the company's payments to party organisers were discussed by a number of media sources. In 2004, two complaints were upheld by the ASA. | Kaleidoscope (retailer) Kaleidoscope (retailer) Kaleidoscope is a catalogue and online based retailer specialising in women’s fashion and accessories, but also stocking homewear and electricals. Kaleidoscope is owned by Freemans Grattan Holdings (previously named Otto UK), which is in turn owned by Otto GmbH – one of the largest retailers in the world with over 50,000 employees at 123 companies across more than 20 countries. Freemans Grattan Holdings largely operates in the UK through brands including Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, Oli, Look Again, Bon Prix and Witt. The company also owns Hermes (Previously named Parcelnet) – A European home delivery courier company Kaleidoscope was |
Haddonfield, Illinois is the setting for which 1978 horror film? | Halloween (1978 film) Halloween (1978 film) Halloween is a 1978 American slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut. The film tells the story of serial killer Michael Myers as he stalks and kills teenage babysitters on Halloween night, fifteen years after he murdered his teenage sister, Judith Myers. Having escaped a sanitarium, he returns home to the sleepy town of Haddonfield, Illinois while being pursued by his psychiatrist Samuel Loomis. Michael stalks high school student Laurie Strode and her friends as they babysit and carries | Haddonfield Friends School Haddonfield Friends School Haddonfield Friends School (HFS) is a private, Quaker coeducational day school which has educated students for 225 years. It is located in Haddonfield, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The school serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Haddonfield Friends School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Elementary Schools, and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools. The school was founded in 1786 by members of the Religious Society of Friends to offer education in a setting |
The Seychelle Islands lie in which body of water? | Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean The Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean ( or "Îles Éparses de l'océan Indien") consist of four small coral islands, an atoll, and a reef in the Indian Ocean, and have constituted the 5th district of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) since February 2007. They have never had a permanent population. Two of the islands—Juan de Nova and Europa—and the Bassas da India atoll lie in the Mozambique Channel west of Madagascar, while a third island, Tromelin, lies about east of Madagascar and the Glorioso Islands lies about northwest of Madagascar. Also | Seychelle Gabriel Seychelle Gabriel Seychelle Suzanne Gabriel (born March 25, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the feature films "The Spirit" (2008), "The Last Airbender" (2010), and "Honey 2" (2011) and the animated television program "The Legend of Korra". She is also known for playing Lourdes Delgado in the TNT series "Falling Skies". Gabriel was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Michelle and Guy Gabriel. She has a brother named Dylan DiForte Gabriel, who works as a sound engineer. Her father is of Mexican and French descent, while her mother is of Italian ancestry. Gabriel |
Which jazz pianist, bandleader and composer was backed by the Red Hot Peppers? | Red Hot Peppers Red Hot Peppers Red Hot Peppers was a recording jazz band led by Jelly Roll Morton from 1926–1930. It was a seven- or eight-piece band formed in Chicago that recorded for Victor and featured the best New Orleans-style freelance musicians available, including cornetist George Mitchell, trombonist Kid Ory, clarinetists Omer Simeon and Johnny Dodds, banjoists Johnny St. Cyr and Bud Scott, double bass player John Lindsay, and drummers Andrew Hilaire and Baby Dodds. Recordings made by the group in Chicago in 1926–27, such as "Black Bottom Stomp", "Smoke-House Blues" and "Doctor Jazz" set a standard for small group jazz that | Red Hot Peppers musicians from his regular band or from other orchestras. By 1930, the name Red Hot Peppers was no longer used. Recordings made by the Red Hot Peppers constituted a significant contribution to the race records industry, at its height in the 1920s and 1930s. The masterful blend of composition and improvisation demonstrated by Morton and his colleagues set a precedent for early jazz. A partial discography for the Red Hot Peppers is available from the Discography of American Historical Recordings, a database edited by the University of California, Santa Barbara. Red Hot Peppers Red Hot Peppers was a recording jazz |
In Greek mythology, who tore his eyes out when he discovered that he had married his mother? | Greek mythology known whether the Seven Against Thebes figured in early epic.) As far as Oedipus is concerned, early epic accounts seem to have him continuing to rule at Thebes after the revelation that Iokaste was his mother, and subsequently marrying a second wife who becomes the mother of his children—markedly different from the tale known to us through tragedy (e.g. Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex") and later mythological accounts. Greek mythology culminates in the Trojan War, fought between Greece and Troy, and its aftermath. In Homer's works, such as the "Iliad", the chief stories have already taken shape and substance, and individual themes | He Married His Wife to a picnic. Problems arise when Randy gets a flat tire and Valerie has to be escorted by Freddie anyway. She manages to get Freddie to propose to her at the picnic, but is devastated to learn that Freddie is already married. Having re-discovered his interest in Valerie, Randy gets jealous of Freddie, and wants to remarry his ex-wife. Randy quickly proposes to Valerie and she immediately accepts, having longed a long time for him to utter those words. Unfortunately Randy's lawyer, Bill Carter, accidentally reveals that Randy has had a "plan" to get rid of the alimony, and Valerie |
In which part of the human body is the metacarpus? | Human body Human body The human body is the structure of a human being. It is composed of many different types of cells that together create tissues and subsequently organ systems. They ensure homeostasis and the viability of the human body. It comprises a head, neck, trunk (which includes the thorax and abdomen), arms and hands, legs and feet. The study of the human body involves anatomy, physiology, histology and embryology. The body varies anatomically in known ways. Physiology focuses on the systems and organs of the human body and their functions. Many systems and mechanisms interact in order to maintain homeostasis, | Composition of the human body mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. All 11 are necessary for life. The remaining elements are trace elements, of which more than a dozen are thought on the basis of good evidence to be necessary for life. All of the mass of the trace elements put together (less than 10 grams for a human body) do not add up to the body mass of magnesium, the least common of the 11 non-trace elements. |
Adele Casagrande founded which Italian fashion house in 1925 in Rome? | Italian fashion as Valentino, Bulgari, Fendi, Laura Biagiotti, Gattinoni and Brioni, just to name a few, are headquartered or were founded in the city. Also, other major labels, such as Chanel, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Armani and Versace have luxury boutiques in Rome, primarily along its prestigious and upscale Via dei Condotti. The Rome Fashion Week is an important global showcase. Although Milan, Rome and Florence are commonly regarded as the leading cities in Italian fashion, other cities, such as Venice, Vicenza, Turin, Naples and Bologna, are also important centres for Italian clothing design and industry. Venice, for instance, is the home | Italian fashion of Italian fashion house Roberta di Camerino, which was founded in 1945. The brand is famous for its handbags, and is most notably associated with the creation of the it bag, a form of handbag which is recognisable due to its status symbol. Brands such as Max Mara and United Colors of Benetton, despite being major Italian brands, are not headquartered in Milan, Rome or Florence, yet, the former has its headquarters in Reggio Emilia, and the latter in Ponzano Veneto. Italian holding OTB held by Renzo Rosso, owner of different ready-to-wear brands such as Diesel and also fashion houses |
Who played Will Scarlet in the 1980’s UK tv series ‘Robin of Sherwood’? | Will Scarlet a bearded yet youthful gentleman. Fun-loving, adventurous and a roguish womanising boaster. He was however also a loyal and experienced swordsman. This version of Will's real name was Will O'Winchester. In the first two episodes, a cynical Will Scathelock is the original leader of the Sherwood outlaws. On his death bed, Scathelock tells the outlaws to follow Robin Hood. In the UK TV series "Robin of Sherwood" (1984–1986), Ray Winstone portrays a very different version of Will Scarlet. Rather than the stereotypical merry sidekick, this interpretation gave us a much bleaker, more passionate character. An ex-soldier who fought in France, | Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood based on 24 reviews. Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood received awards for Best Game Design and Best Animation at the 2003 Animago Awards. Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood is a 2002 stealth-based real-time tactics video game developed by Spellbound Studios. It is similar to games such as "" and the "Commandos" series. In the game, the player controls up to five characters in a setting based on the stories of the protagonist, Robin Hood. The player can also control Robin Hood's Merry Men, including Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, Will Stutely, |
In the game of scrabble, how many points is the ‘F’ tile worth? | Scrabble letter distributions included as they are used for borrowed words, or in the case of "7", optionally at the beginning of a word. In the word game PinyinPal, a Pinyin version, these 100 tiles are used: The V is used to represent Ü. Polish-language editions of Scrabble use these 100 tiles. This set has been used since 2000. Before that year, a slightly different configuration was used: Ź was worth 7 points, F was worth 4 points, and there were 2 "Fs", and 8 "As". The letters "Q", "V" and "X" have always been absent (since they are used in foreign words), | Scrabble variants receive points for their own words, and at the end, when there are no more consonants or no more vowels, the player with the most points wins the game. This form of Scrabble can often result in many players participating simultaneously; the official record for participation in France, where Duplicate Scrabble is the preferred form of the game, is 1485 at the 1998 tournament in Vichy. It is also the predominant format used in the French World Scrabble Championships. So called because in it the blank tiles are recycled. If a blank tile is played to represent a particular letter, |
Which US actress was born Edna Gillooly in 1932? | Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress best known for her roles in films of the 1970s, such as "The Last Picture Show", "The Exorcist", and "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", for which she won an Academy Award. Her career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next decade included several films and television series. Burstyn is one of the few performers to have won the Triple Crown of Acting. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Her performance in the acclaimed 1971 ensemble | Edna May Wonacott Edna May Wonacott Edna May Wonacott (born February 6, 1932) is an American former child actress who is best known for her role as Ann Newton in the 1943 movie "Shadow of a Doubt". The director, Alfred Hitchcock, and film producer Jack H. Skirball handpicked the then-nine year old for the film while she was waiting for the bus. At that time she had absolutely no experience as an actress, not even in the school theater. Wonacott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elie Wonacott of Santa Rosa, California. Wonacott received a seven-year contract and Hitchcock predicted that she |
Who played lawyer Andrew Beckett in the 1993 film ‘Philadelphia’? | Philadelphia (film) Philadelphia (film) Philadelphia is a 1993 American drama film and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner, directed by Jonathan Demme and stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards for his role as Andrew Beckett in the film, while the song "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Nyswaner was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, but lost to Jane Campion for "The Piano". Andrew | Philadelphia lawyer of libel. Philadelphia lawyer Philadelphia Lawyer is a term to describe a lawyer who knows the most detailed and minute points of law or is an exceptionally competent lawyer. Its first known usage dates back to 1788. Alternatively, a usage dating to the second half of the 20th century denotes "the ultimate in crooked lawyers". Philadelphia-based Colonial American lawyer Andrew Hamilton, a lawyer best known for his legal victory on behalf of printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger, is believed to have inspired the "Philadelphia lawyer" term. This 1735 decision helped to establish that truth is a defense to |
Chionophobia is an irrational fear of which type of weather condition? | The wrong type of snow The "wrong kind of/type of" part of the phrase has itself been shown to exemplify semantic change, having undergone a process of grammaticalization to move from an impartial description of weather conditions to become a politically loaded signifier of failure. The wrong type of snow "The wrong type of snow" or "the wrong kind of snow" is a phrase coined by the British media in 1991 after severe weather caused disruption to many of British Rail's services. A British Rail press release implied that management and its engineering staff were unaware of different types of snow. Henceforth in the United | Irrational Fear (film) 2017 through Slasher Studios. Irrational Fear (film) Irrational Fear is a 2017 independent horror film. It focuses on six therapy patients are brought together at a secluded cabin to confront their strangest fears. But these fears won't just hurt them...they will kill them. It is the third feature film from Slasher Studios and their first partnership with L.A. Horror. It is an American supernatural slasher film written by Hunter Johnson & Kevin Sommerfield and directed by Hunter Johnson. The film began principal photography on June 12 and wrapped on June 23. Irrational Fear is scheduled to be released on DVD |
What was the name of the first US steam locomotive, built in 1830, to be operated on a common-carrier railroad? | Tom Thumb (locomotive) Tom Thumb (locomotive) Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a common-carrier railroad. It was designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1830 to convince owners of the newly formed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O)(now CSX) to use steam engines; it was not intended to enter revenue service. It is especially remembered as a participant in an impromptu race with a horse-drawn car, which the horse won after "Tom Thumb" suffered a mechanical failure. However, the demonstration was successful, and the railroad committed to the use of steam locomotion and held trials in the following year | Steam locomotive 20th century. The first steam locomotive, made by Richard Trevithick, first operated on 21 February 1804, three years after the road locomotive he made in 1801. The first commercially successful steam locomotive was created in 1812–13 by John Blenkinsop. Built by George Stephenson and his son Robert's company Robert Stephenson and Company, the "Locomotion" No. 1 is the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. George also built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830. |
Bukit Timah is the highest point in which Republic of Southeast Asia? | Bukit Timah Bukit Timah Bukit Timah (, ), often abbreviated as Bt Timah, is a planning area and residential estate located in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. Bukit Timah lies roughly from the Central Business District, bordering the Central Water Catchment to the north, Bukit Panjang to the northwest, Queenstown to the south, Tanglin to the southeast, Clementi to the southwest, Novena to the east and Bukit Batok to the west. With little government-funded public housing developments in the area, Bukit Timah has one of the highest densities of private housing out of any other planning areas in | Bukit Timah Selegie Road) district". This only refers to the lower end of the Bukit Timah Road. The Wayang Satu and Bukit Timah village parts are differently called. The Hokkiens also refer to Bukit Timah as "be chia lo bue", meaning "end of the horse carriage road". Bukit Timah Road witnessed the last defensive stand against the invading Japanese army. During World War II, when the British lost Bukit Timah to the Japanese on 11 February 1942, they knew they had little chance of continuing the defence of the island as most of their food and supplies were stored there. On 15 |
Which country defeated England 1-0 on 29th June in the 1950 FIFA World Cup ? | United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup) a first-round encounter in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which ended in a 1–1 tie. United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup) The United States defeated England 1–0 on 29 June 1950, in a group match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup at Estádio Independência in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The result is notable as one of the biggest shocks in the tournament's history. Before the game, England were heavy favorites against a hastily assembled U.S. team, which was composed of part-time players. The game's only goal was scored by the U.S.'s Haitian-born center forward Joe Gaetjens. This game and | 1950 FIFA World Cup 1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950, was the fourth FIFA World Cup. It was the first World Cup since 1938, the planned 1942 and 1946 competitions having been cancelled due to World War II. It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930. They clinched the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2–1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group. This was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final. It was also the first tournament where the trophy was |
‘Marianne’ is a national emblem of which European country? | Marianne des Français series 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Six new denominations were issued 1 March 2005 because of changes in postal tariffs. The newness was the creation of a European tariff. Before March 2005, a letter for France or the Western Europa cost the same price ; since March 2005, a letter for a country of the European Union cost 2 cents more (0.55 €). Marianne des Français series Marianne des Français (Marianne of the French) is a definitive stamp series issued in France since 10 January 2005. It was designed by Thierry Lamouche and engraved by Claude Jumelet. The stamp represents Marianne, allegory | National emblem of Somaliland National emblem of Somaliland The national emblem of Somaliland was introduced on 14 October 1996 along with the flag of Somaliland, when it was approved by the National Conference. Having declared its independence on 18 May 1991, the region's self-declared independence remains unrecognized by any country or international organization. The emblem consists of an equally balanced scales symbolising justice between the Somali people, the coffee-coloured eagle holds the scales as a sign of democracy, two hands shaking representing the equality and freedom between the people of Somaliland, an olive branch symbolising peace amongst the people of Somaliland, a yellow background |
In the novel ‘The Lord of the Rings’, Barliman Butterbur is the proprietor of which inn? | Barliman Butterbur Barliman Butterbur Barliman Butterbur is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy "The Lord of the Rings". Butterbur was the owner of the Inn of the Prancing Pony in Bree. He was a fat, bald Man, but as Bree was inhabited by both "Big Folk" and "Little Folk", i.e. hobbits, he had two employees: Nob, a hobbit servant, and Bob, who worked in the stables and whose race is not specified. Butterbur appeared to have had a rather bad memory. "One thing drives out another," as he put it; "Thing wanted always buried," according to a letter | Barliman Butterbur are cut. Alan Tilvern voiced Butterbur (credited as "Innkeeper") in the animated film, while David Weatherley played him in Jackson's epic. Unlike in the book, where Barliman does show a little backbone, he is left cowering in the corner when the Black Riders storm the inn. A character credited as Butterbur, Sr appears briefly during the prologue of Jackson's "", portrayed by Richard Whiteside. James Grout played Butterbur in BBC Radio's 1981 serialization of "The Lord of the Rings". In the 1993 television miniseries "Hobitit" by Finnish broadcaster Yle, Butterbur was portrayed by Mikko Kivinen. Barliman Butterbur Barliman Butterbur is |
Which US poet wrote the 1864 poem ‘Christmas Day’, after he had received news that his son had been seriously injured fighting in the American Civil War? | Christmas in the American Civil War a funeral salute. Carols, hymns, and seasonal songs were sung during the period, with some, such as "Deck the Halls", "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", and Mendelssohn's "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" (1840), still sung today. American musical contributions to the season include "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (1850), "Jingle Bells" (1857), "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (1857) and "Up on the Housetop" (1860). Although popular in Europe at the time, Christmas cards were scarce in the United States, and would not enjoy widespread use until the 1870s. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his pacifist poem, "Christmas Bells" on | Christmas in the American Civil War Christmas Day 1864 at the news of his son Lieutenant Charles Appleton Longfellow having suffered severe wounds in November during the Mine Run Campaign. The poem was set to the tune "Waltham" by John Baptiste Calkin sometime after 1872 and has since been received into the established library of Christmas carols. The carol does not include two stanzas from the original poem that focused on the war. For children, Christmas was altered during the war. Presents were fewer, especially in the devastated South. In "We Were Marching on Christmas Day", author Kevin Rawlings notes that some southern children worried about |
What type of foodstuff is halloumi? | Halloumi creation, due to its similarity to Nablusi cheese and the region's long history of consuming halloumi cheese. Halloumi in Israel is sometimes fried in olive oil and served for breakfast with meze. It is also eaten with fish. 100 grams of commercially produced packaged halloumi has a typical composition of: Halloumi Halloumi or haloumi () is a semi-hard, unripened, brined cheese made from a mixture of goat's and sheep's milk, and sometimes also cow's milk. It has a high melting point and so can easily be fried or grilled. Rennet is used to curdle the milk in halloumi production, although | Halloumi also like halloumi that has been aged; kept in its brine, it is much drier, much stronger and much saltier, making it very different from the milder halloumi generally used in the West. Halloumi is registered as a protected Cypriot product within the United States (since the 1990s) but not yet in the European Union. The delay in registering the name halloumi with the EU has been largely due to a conflict between dairy producers and sheep and goat farmers as to whether registered halloumi may contain cow’s milk, and how much. Most Cypriots agree that, traditionally, halloumi was made |
Lord Gnome is purported to be the proprietor of which fortnightly British publication? | Neasden their only two supporters, Sid and Doris Bonkers. Neasden was one of the locations in the TV documentary Metro-land (TV). In it, Sir John Betjeman described Neasden as "home of the gnome and the average citizen" (the former a reference to the preponderance of gnome statuettes in suburban front-gardens, but possibly also a nod in the direction of the Eye’s fictional proprietor, Lord Gnome). Background music was provided by William Rushton’s recording of Neasden (1972) ("Neasden/You won’t be sorry that you breezed in"). In a celebrated spoof of the Early Music phenomenon which grew enormously in the late 1960s, Neasden | Lord proprietor the right to government to the English Crown under Queen Anne. In the Province of New Jersey, there were two proprietary lordships: The British monarch, in his or her capacity as Sovereign Lord of Mann, is considered to be the Lord Proprietor of the Isle of Man. This usage is generally left ignored. Lord proprietor A lord proprietor is a person granted a royal charter for the establishment and government of an English colony in the 17th century. The plural of the term is "lords proprietors" or "lords proprietary." In 1629, King Charles I granted Sir Robert Heath (the attorney |
Yorick’s skull appears in which play by William Shakespeare? | Yorick his final duel with Laertes. In 2008, Tchaikowsky's skull was used by David Tennant in an RSC production of "Hamlet" at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. It was later announced that the skull had been replaced after it became apparent that news of the skull distracted the audience too much from the play. This was untrue however, and the skull was used as a prop throughout the run of the production after its move to London's West End. Yorick appears as a principal character in the novel "The Skull of Truth" by Bruce Coville. Yorick Yorick is a character in William | Yorick Club (Melbourne) with the Yorick Club founded in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1883, and which survived for nearly a century, has been found. Yorick Club (Melbourne) The Yorick Club was a gentlemen's club in Melbourne, Australia, whose membership consisted originally of men involved in the arts and sciences. It was founded in 1868 and dissolved in 1894. The club began informally with a series of informal meetings in 1868 held at the office of Frederick William Haddon in Spring Street, Melbourne. Among its earliest members were Marcus Clarke and Hamilton MacKinnon (his literary executor), Adam Lindsay Gordon, James E. Neild, J. J. Shillinglaw |
What was the name of the daughter of the Native American chief of the Powhatan Confederacy who married English settler John Rolfe in 1613? | First Families of Virginia the market economy.) Many of the First Families of Virginia can trace their ancestry to Pocahontas (1595–1617), a Native American. She was the youngest daughter of Nonoma Winanuske Matatiske and Chief Powhatan, founder of the Powhatan Confederacy. According to Mattaponi and Patawomeck tradition, Pocahontas was previously married to a Patawomeck "weroance", Kocoum, who was murdered by Englishmen when Samuel Argall abducted her on April 13, 1613. Educated among the English of Virginia and converted to Christianity during her captivity in Henricus, Pocahontas married colonist John Rolfe at a church in Jamestown on April 5, 1614. Rolfe had become prominent and | Powhatan (Native American leader) status, as it was manufactured from numerous valuable native shell beads. In his 1906 work "Lives of Famous Chiefs", Norman Wood described Powhatan, based on English reports. He was said to be a "tall, well-proportioned man with a sower looke, his head somewhat gray, his beard so thinne that it seemeth none at all, his age neare sixtie, of a very able and hardy body, to endure any labor." Powhatan (Native American leader) Powhatan (c. 1547 – c. 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock or Wahunsonacock), was the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking |
Inauguration Day in the US is held during which month of the year? | First inauguration of Barack Obama belief that "[Obama] is a good man, but many people in Iraq believe all American presidents are the same and that we are a playground for their interests." Another citizen noted that "Obama won't get the same treatment,' ... 'But he won't have too long to prove himself to us.'" Speeches First inauguration of Barack Obama The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the first four-year term of | The Last Month of the Year The Last Month of the Year The Last Month of the Year is an album of Christmas music by the Kingston Trio, released in 1960 (see 1960 in music). It became the first Kingston Trio album release to fall below expected sales and Capitol withdrew the album from circulation shortly after its release. "The Last Month of the Year" is considered their most musically ambitious and also one of the Trio's least known. It was recorded in 1960 between shows at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Nick Reynolds stated in an interview for the liner notes of "The Guard |
In Australia, on which side of the road do motorists drive? | Road transport in Australia right-hand drive, and vehicles travel on the left side of the road. The laws for all levels of government, have been mostly harmonised so that drivers do not need to learn different rules as they cross state borders. The usual speed limits are 100 km/h outside of urban areas (110 km/h on some roads where signposted). Major routes in built up areas are 80 km/h and 60 km/h, with streets generally limited to 50 km/h, often not separately signposted. Until the end of 2006, major highways in the Northern Territory had no speed limit, but now the maximum speed there | Side road major street). Side streets, when built, are mostly intended only for the traffic of their residents and visitors. However, many side streets that do not dead end are also used for rat running by motorists in congested areas. Side road A side road is a minor highway typically leading off a main road. A side road may be so minor as to be uncategorized with a road number. In an urban area, a side road may be a narrow street leading off a more major street, especially in a residential area. A side street is a street that intersects a |
Who played barmaid Michelle Connor in the UK tv soap ‘Coronation Street’? | Paul Connor (Coronation Street) Paul Connor (Coronation Street) Paul Connor is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street". Portrayed by Sean Gallagher, the character arrives with the rest of his family as one of Michelle Connor's (Kym Marsh) two brothers, first appearing during an episode that aired on 6 September 2006. He was later killed off on 6 June 2007, following the actor's decision to leave the cast after only nine months. The character comes to "Coronation Street" when his brother Liam (Rob James-Collier) contacts him concerning Adam Barlow's (Sam Robertson) intention to sell his share of "Underworld". The two | Paul Connor (Coronation Street) no longer a guest member. Prior to the characters arrival, a "Coronation Street" insider claimed that little was known about the Connor brothers, aside from the fact that they're in the rag trade and started out on the markets. The insider speculated that Paul and his brother are just on the right side of the law, though not out-and-out villainous. Upon their arrival, the brothers were planned to cause trouble for Danny Baldwin (Bradley Walsh). Early in 2007, actor Sean Gallagher's resignation from the soap opera was revealed. "Coronation Street" scriptwriters planned for his character to be killed off. During |
The novel ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is set on which English moor? | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 film) and the development becomes tedious in the attempt to piece together the various phases of the mystery." "Picturegoer" said "this picture fails to do justice to Conan Doyle's thrilling Sherlock Holmes story." The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1932 British mystery film directed by Gareth Gundrey and starring John Stuart, Robert Rendel and Frederick Lloyd. It is based on the novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate a suspicious death on Dartmoor. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures. The novelist Edgar Wallace | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921 film) -- but it still has its moments, mostly involving moody shots of the moors." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself enjoyed the film saying "Mr. Ellie Norwood whose wonderful personification of Holmes has amazed me. On seeing him in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" I thought I had never seen anything more masterly." The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1921 British mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Catina Campbell and Rex McDougall. It is based on the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle. |
Which electronics company has the motto ‘make.believe’? | The Wonderful World of Make Believe was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums in a two-CD set by Sony Music Entertainment on August 28, 2012, the other album being Mathis's previous studio LP, "Tender Is the Night". "The Wonderful World of Make Believe" was also included in Sony's Mathis box set "The Complete Global Albums Collection", which was released on November 17, 2014. Adams contrasts the approach of this album to his singles of the period. "Mercury didn't tamper with Mathis's established style on this album (unlike his first singles for the label, which seemed geared toward a younger | The Make-Believe Wife and nodding head, and the two intertitles "I give you my word that I don't know who is in that room" and "I thought my past was dead". The Make-Believe Wife The Make-Believe Wife is a lost 1918 American silent comedy film starring Billie Burke and directed by John S. Robertson. Based on an original story for the screen, it was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Like many American films of the time, "The Make-Believe Wife" was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required a |
In Norse mythology, what type of creature did the dwarf king’s son Fafnir become? | Fafnir Fafnir In Norse mythology, Fáfnir (Old Norse and Icelandic) or Frænir is a son of the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin, Ótr, Lyngheiðr and Lofnheiðr. After being affected by the curse of Andvari's ring and gold, Fafnir became a dragon and was slain by Sigurd. In the Icelandic "Volsunga Saga" (late 13th century), Fáfnir is a dwarf with a powerful arm and fearless soul. He guards his father's house of glittering gold and flashing gems. He is the strongest and most aggressive of the three brothers. Regin recounts to Sigurd how Odin, Loki and Hœnir were traveling when | Fafnir (Marvel Comics) Fafnir (Marvel Comics) Fafnir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fafnir first appears in the title "Thor" #134 (Nov. 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Based on Fafnir of Norse mythology, Fafnir first appeared in a two-part back-up story in "Thor" #134-135 (Nov.-Dec. 1966). The character did not feature again in Marvel continuity until "Thor" #318 (April 1982), and was finally killed in a storyline in "Thor" #341-343 (March–May 1984). Fafnir returned from the dead (referred to as King Fafnir of Nastrond) in Thor #486-488 (May–July 1995). Fafnir is |
In which US state is Cape Cod? | Cape Cod Bay Cape Cod Bay Cape Cod Bay is a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Measuring below a line drawn from Brant Rock in Marshfield to Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts, it is enclosed by Cape Cod to the south and east, and Plymouth County, Massachusetts, to the west. To the north of Cape Cod Bay lie Massachusetts Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Cod Bay is the southernmost extremity of the Gulf of Maine. Cape Cod Bay is one of the bays adjacent to Massachusetts that give it the name Bay State. The | Cape Cod as well as Nantucket and Upper Cape Cod Tech (Division 5). Also, numerous other Cape schools have made appearances in the football state championship game recently, including Barnstable in 2012, Martha's Vineyard in 2008, Cape Cod Tech in 2006, and Dennis-Yarmouth in 2013. The Bourne and Barnstable girls' volleyball teams are two of the best teams in the state and Barnstable is considered one of the best programs in the country. Bourne won the state title in 2003 and 2007, and Barnstable has won 12 Division 1 state titles in the past 13 years and has won the state title |
What is the acidic juice called of crab apples or other sour fruit, such as grapes? | Verjuice "verjuice" sometimes means apple juice or crab-apple juice. Verjuice Verjuice ( ; from Middle French "vertjus" "green juice") is a highly acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples or other sour fruit. Sometimes lemon or sorrel juice, herbs or spices are added to change the flavour. In the Middle Ages, it was widely used all over Western Europe as an ingredient in sauces, as a condiment, or to deglaze preparations. It is still used to some extent in the American South. It was once used in many contexts where modern cooks would use either wine or some variety of | Fruit In common language usage, "fruit" normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of a plant that are sweet or sour, and edible in the raw state, such as apples, bananas, grapes, lemons, oranges, and strawberries. On the other hand, in botanical usage, "fruit" includes many structures that are not commonly called "fruits", such as bean pods, corn kernels, tomatoes, and wheat grains. The section of a fungus that produces spores is also called a fruiting body. Many common terms for seeds and fruit do not correspond to the botanical classifications. In culinary terminology, a "fruit" is usually any sweet-tasting plant part, |
Which forest features in the Shakespeare play ‘As You Like It’? | As You Like It geographical details are irrelevant. The Arden edition of Shakespeare makes the suggestion that the name "Arden" comes from a combination of the classical region of Arcadia and the biblical garden of Eden, as there is a strong interplay of classical and Christian belief systems and philosophies within the play. Arden was also the maiden name of Shakespeare's mother and her family home is located within the Forest of Arden. Love is the central theme of "As You Like It", like other romantic comedies of Shakespeare. Following the tradition of a romantic comedy, "As You Like It" is a tale of | As You Like It Jaques both elect to remain within the forest. University of Wisconsin professor Richard Knowles, the editor of the 1977 New Variorum edition of this play, in his article "Myth and Type in As You Like It", pointed out that the play contains mythological references in particular to Eden and to Hercules. "As You Like It" is known as a musical comedy because of the number of songs in the play. Indeed, there are more songs in it than in any other play of Shakespeare. These songs and music are incorporated in the action that takes place in the forest of |
What does the Latin phrase ‘ab initio’ translate to in English? | Ab initio Ab initio Ab initio ( ) is a Latin term meaning "from the beginning" and is derived from the Latin "ab" ("from") + "initio", ablative singular of "initium" ("beginning"). , from L., lit. "from the beginning", from ablative case of "initium" "entrance, beginning", related to verb "inire" "to go into, enter upon, begin". "Ab initio" (abbreviation: "ab init.") is used in several contexts, including the following: In law, "ab initio" refers to something being the case from the start or from the instant of the act rather than from when the court declared it so. For instance, the term "void | Ab initio "ab initio"" means "to be treated as invalid from the outset." E.g., in many jurisdictions, if a person signs a contract under duress, that contract is treated as being "void "ab initio"". Typically, documents or acts which are void "ab initio" cannot be fixed and if a jurisdiction, a document or an act is so declared at law to be void "ab initio", the parties are returned to their respective positions that they were at the beginning of the event. "Void "ab initio"" is often contrasted with "voidable", such documents which become void only as of the date of the |
The former gold-mining region of Cariboo is in which country? | Cariboo Gold Rush the Gold Colony (as British Columbia was often referred to) in the United Kingdom and Canada and there had also been time required for more British and Canadians to get there. The electorate of the Cariboo riding were among the most pro-Confederation in the colony, and this was in no small part because of the strong Canadian element in the local populace. One reason the Cariboo rush attracted fewer Americans than the original Fraser rush may have been the American Civil War, with many who had been around after the Fraser Gold Rush going home to take sides, or to | Cariboo Gold Rush was the Gold Escort, which brought government bullion to Yale for shipment to the colonial treasury. Despite the wealth of the Cariboo goldfields, the expense of colonizing the Cariboo contributed to the Mainland Colony's virtual bankruptcy and its forced union with the Island Colony, and similarly into Confederation. A 1976 young adult novel, Cariboo Runaway, by Sandy Frances Duncan, is set in the Cariboo area during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Cariboo Gold Rush The Cariboo Gold Rush was a gold rush in the Colony of British Columbia, which earlier joined the Canadian province of British Columbia. The first gold discovery |
Which is the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise? | Planet either perpetually in sunlight or perpetually in darkness around the time of its solstices. Among extrasolar planets, axial tilts are not known for certain, though most hot Jupiters are believed to have negligible to no axial tilt as a result of their proximity to their stars. The planets rotate around invisible axes through their centres. A planet's rotation period is known as a stellar day. Most of the planets in the Solar System rotate in the same direction as they orbit the Sun, which is counter-clockwise as seen from above the Sun's north pole, the exceptions being Venus and Uranus, | Stability of the Solar System essentially the distance from sun to earth). These are now known as the Kirkwood gaps. Some asteroids were later discovered to orbit in these gaps, but their orbits are unstable and they will eventually break out of the resonance due to close encounters with a major planet. Another common form of resonance in the Solar System is spin–orbit resonance, where the period of spin (the time it takes the planet or moon to rotate once about its axis) has a simple numerical relationship with its orbital period. An example is our own Moon, which is in a 1:1 spin–orbit resonance |
Who won the 2011 Spanish Formula One Grand Prix? | 2011 Spanish Grand Prix stops alone. Sergio Pérez scored his first Formula One points with ninth place, after he was disqualified from seventh place at the . Notes: 2011 Spanish Grand Prix The 2011 Spanish Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2011, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 22 May 2011 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2011 Formula One season. The 66-lap race was won by the championship leader, Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel after starting from second on the grid. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton finished | 2000 Spanish Grand Prix 2000 Spanish Grand Prix The 2000 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XLII Gran Premio Marlboro de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 May 2000 at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the fifth round of the 2000 Formula One season and the 42nd Spanish Grand Prix. The 65-lap race was won by McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen who started from the second position. His teammate David Coulthard finished second and Rubens Barrichello finished third in a Ferrari. Michael Schumacher started from the pole position and held off a challenge from Häkkinen on the |
A millipede has how many legs on each segment of its body? | How the Snake Lost Its Legs fly embryo. His books on evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) include "Imaginal Discs: The Genetic and Cellular Logic of Pattern Formation" (2002), "Quirks of Human Anatomy: An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body" (2009), and "Deep Homology? Uncanny Similarities of Humans and Flies Uncovered by Evo-Devo" (2017). In Held's view, "Quirks", "Snake", and "Deep Homology" form a trilogy on evo-devo. "How the Snake Lost Its Legs" is ostensibly organised into six chapters, but in effect into three parts. The first chapter serves as an introduction and overview. The next four chapters provide what Held calls "the meatier aspects of evo-devo" with | Millipede Millipede Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from the Latin for "thousand feet", no known species has 1,000; the record of 750 legs belongs to "Illacme plenipes". There are |
Julia and Alfred were the names of parents of which member of British pop band The Beatles? | Cultural impact of the Beatles under drainpipe trousers. Cultural impact of the Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania", but as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the band were integral to pop music's evolution into an art form and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. The Beatles' continued commercial and critical | Parents of the Band and have fun, but their parents are standing in the way, not because they disapprove, but because they also want to be a part of the rock-star lifestyle. Ultimately the band enter into a talent contest. The first series which aired from 28 November 2008 to 9 January 2009 featured 6 episodes. Parents of the Band Parents of the Band is a 2008 British comedy television series, created by Jimmy Nail and Tarquin Gotch and shown on BBC One. The show stars Jimmy Nail, and is set around a teenage musical band, of which each band member's parents are trying |
In humans, madarosis is the loss of what? | Madarosis Madarosis Madarosis is a condition that results in the loss of eyelashes, and sometimes eyebrows. The term "madarosis" is Greek for the word "madao" which means "to fall off." It originally was a disease of only losing eyelashes but it currently is the loss of both eyelashes and eyebrows. Eyebrows and eyelashes are both important in the prevention of bacteria and other foreign objects from entering the eye. A majority of patients with madarosis have leprosy, and it was reported that 76% of patients with varying types of leprosy had madarosis. Madarosis is not a critical or severe condition. The | Madarosis have a higher chance of having madarosis than a patient with a benign lesion. They stated that despite the fact that it is significant, the absence of madarosis does not mean the lesion cannot be malignant. In many leprosy cases, madarosis is a symptom or a quality after diagnosis. However, in India, leprosy is common and researchers report a case of madarosis before diagnosis of leprosy with no skin lesions, only madarosis. This allowed for quicker treatment. A main reason many people have madarosis is due to the chemotherapy drugs. There was a clinical trial in 2011 that tested an |
Which land animal is known as an urchin? | Sea urchin which sea urchins resemble; they have archaically been called sea hedgehogs. The name is derived from Old French "herichun", from Latin "ericius", hedgehog. Like other echinoderms, sea urchin early larvae have bilateral symmetry, but they develop five-fold symmetry as they mature. This is most apparent in the "regular" sea urchins, which have roughly spherical bodies with five equally sized parts radiating out from their central axes. The mouth is at the base of the animal and the anus at the top; the lower surface is described as "oral" and the upper surface as "aboral". Several sea urchins, however, including the | Urchin (Dungeons & Dragons) The land urchin first appeared in the second set of "Monster Cards" (1982). The land urchin also appeared in the original "AD&D" first edition "Monster Manual II" (1983). The black urchin, the green urchin, the land urchin, the red urchin, the silver urchin, and the yellow urchin appeared in the second edition of "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" in "Monstrous Compendium Volume Two" (1989), and were reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual" (1993). The urchins constitute a family of marine creatures which resemble 3-foot diameter balls of various colors with thousands of radiating 3-inch long spines. An urchin fires its spines at |
Under what names were Janet and John books sold in the US? | Janet and John Janet and John Janet and John are the main characters in a series of reading books for children aged 4–7 years. Originally, these books were based on a series published by Row Peterson and Company as the "Alice and Jerry" books in the United States. Alice and Jerry was written by Mabel O'Donnell and the stories were illustrated by Florence and Margaret Hoopes. In 1949 United Kingdom publishers James Nisbet and Company licensed them and had them Anglicised by Mabel O'Donnell and Rona Munro to make a UK series of four books called "Janet and John". The Janet and John | Janet and John English children, living a typical middle-class life that reflected many of the stereotypes of the time, and the books consisted of stories that progressively incorporated key words needed in the development of reading skills: By the 1970s, Janet and John’s straightforward and simple world was seen as being outdated and the books fell out of favour as did an updated version Kathy and Mark which used the same vocabulary, merely changing the names and illustrations in the books. The Janet and John copyright was sold to StarKids, who rewrote the material. Alison Bierrum and Elizabeth Mackenzie-Wood the daughters of Rona |
Which is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the states of America? | History of the alphabet letters G, J, U, W, Y, and Z, as well as some other differences. C, K, and Q in the Roman alphabet could all be used to write both the and sounds; the Romans soon modified the letter C to make G, inserted it in seventh place, where Z had been, to maintain the gematria (the numerical sequence of the alphabet). Over the few centuries after Alexander the Great conquered the Eastern Mediterranean and other areas in the third century BCE, the Romans began to borrow Greek words, so they had to adapt their alphabet again in order to write | History of the alphabet added in the Arabic alphabet include these (except for , which survives as a separate phoneme in Ge'ez ሠ): One modern national alphabet that has not been graphically traced back to the Canaanite alphabet is the Maldivian script, which is unique in that, although it is clearly modeled after Arabic and perhaps other existing alphabets, it derives its letter forms from numerals. Another is the Korean Hangul, which was created independently in 1443. The Osmanya alphabet was devised for Somali in the 1920s by Osman Yusuf Kenadid, and the forms of its consonants appear to be complete innovations. Among alphabets |
According to the Bible, Jesus was baptised in which river? | Historical Jesus political reasons, not necessarily the personal grudge given in Mark's gospel. The Synoptic Gospels agree that Jesus grew up in Nazareth, went to the River Jordan to meet and be baptised by the prophet John (Yohannan) the Baptist, and shortly after began healing and preaching to villagers and fishermen around the Sea of Galilee (which is actually a freshwater lake). Although there were many Phoenician, Hellenistic, and Roman cities nearby (e.g. Gesara and Gadara; Sidon and Tyre; Sepphoris and Tiberias), there is only one account of Jesus healing someone in the region of the Gadarenes found in the three Synoptic | The Gospel According to Jesus Christ The Gospel According to Jesus Christ The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (original title: "O Evangelho Segundo Jesus Cristo", 1991) is a novel by the Portuguese author José Saramago. A fictional re-telling of Jesus Christ's life, depicting him as a flawed, humanised character with passions and doubts. The novel proved controversial, especially among the Roman Catholic Church, accusing Saramago of having a "substantially anti-religious vision". It was praised by other critics as a "deeply philosophical, provocative and compelling work". This book re-imagines the life of Jesus Christ, using the events depicted in the canonical gospels as a scaffold on which |
In the the tv cartoon series ‘The Simpsons’ what is Grandpa Simpson’s first name? | Grampa Simpson Grampa Simpson Abraham Jebediah "Abe" Simpson II, better known as Grampa Simpson, is a main character in the animated television series "The Simpsons". He made his first appearance in the episode entitled "Grampa and the Kids", a one-minute Simpsons short on "The Tracey Ullman Show", before the debut of the television show in 1989. Grampa Simpson is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, who also voices his son, Homer Simpson. He is also the grandfather of Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson. In the 1000th issue of "Entertainment Weekly", Grampa was selected as the Grandpa for "The Perfect TV Family". Grampa Simpson is | The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio is a computer program based on the animated television series "The Simpsons" that was released for PC and Mac computers in 1996 by Fox Interactive. It allows users to create their own "Simpsons" cartoons, using characters, sounds, music, and locations from the show. The cast members of "The Simpsons" provided their voices for the program. "The Simpsons Cartoon Studio" has received generally positive reviews, although there has been some criticism too. "The Simpsons Cartoon Studio" is a design program for creating cartoons using characters, sounds, music, and locations from the American animated |
Mizaru, Mikazaru and Iwazaru are the names of the three what? | Three wise monkeys Three wise monkeys The three wise monkeys are a pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. Lafcadio Hearn refers to them as the three mystic apes in his "Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan" (volume 2, page 127). There are various meanings ascribed to the monkeys and the proverb including associations with being of good mind, speech and action. In the Western world the phrase | Three wise monkeys is often used to refer to those who deal with impropriety by turning a blind eye. Outside Japan the monkeys' names are sometimes given as "Mizaru", "Mikazaru", and "Mazaru", as the last two names were corrupted from the Japanese originals. The monkeys are Japanese macaques, a common species in Japan. The source that popularized this pictorial maxim is a 17th-century carving over a door of the famous Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan. The carvings at Tōshō-gū Shrine were carved by Hidari Jingoro, and believed to have incorporated Confucius’s Code of Conduct, using the monkey as a way to depict man’s |
‘The Heater from Van Meter’ was the nickname of which American Major League Baseball pitcher? | Van Meter, Iowa city was $20,272. About 0.8% of families and 2.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over. The Bob Feller Museum opened on June 10, 1995, in honor of Bob Feller, a National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher and a native of Van Meter. On November 11, 2006, Veterans Day, ground was broken for an Iowa Veterans Cemetery at a site located near Van Meter. Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack was among those who helped dedicate the cemetery. Van Meter, Iowa Van Meter is a city | Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award Maddux (10), Pedro Martínez (8), Randy Johnson (8), and Johan Santana (8). Major League Baseball Pitcher of the Month Award The Pitcher of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league for each month of the regular season. The National League started recognizing the award in . The American League followed in . Upon the introduction of each league's award, pitchers became ineligible for the (position players') player of the month award. Players listed with multiple occurrences are denoted by parentheses containing the ordinal. The highest number of Pitcher of the Month awards won by |
Which is the only bird that can swim but can’t fly? | Bird migration evidence. Seabirds fly low over water but gain altitude when crossing land, and the reverse pattern is seen in landbirds. However most bird migration is in the range of . Bird strike aviation records from the United States show most collisions occur below and almost none above . Bird migration is not limited to birds that can fly. Most species of penguin (Spheniscidae) migrate by swimming. These routes can cover over . Dusky grouse "Dendragapus obscurus" perform altitudinal migration mostly by walking. Emus "Dromaius novaehollandiae" in Australia have been observed to undertake long-distance movements on foot during droughts. While participating | We Can Fly We Can Fly "We Can Fly" is a single by the progressive rock band Yes released in 2011, and consisting of shortened versions of two sections of the hexalogy "Fly from Here" from their album of the same name: "Fly from Here, Part I: We Can Fly" and "Fly from Here, Part V: We Can Fly (Reprise)". It is the first single by Yes since "If Only You Knew" (from "The Ladder"), released in 1999. It is also the only Yes single with Benoît David on vocals, and the second after "Into the Lens" in 1980 without Jon Anderson on |
Which famous singer died of a heart attack on a Spanish golf course in October 1977? | Golf La Moraleja hectares were commenced, which at the time accommodated the Course 2 tennis courts and which the Madrid City Council had reassessed three years previously. The sale endowed Golf La Moraleja with the revenue which the Members Meeting decided was to be used to finance the construction of Courses 3 and 4, which were opened for play in September 2012 and officially inaugurated in April 2013. The singer and actor Bing Crosby died of a heart attack at Golf La Moraleja on the 14th of October 1977, during a golfing holiday to Madrid. Golf La Moraleja Golf La Moraleja is one | Glen Abbey Golf Course Glen Abbey Golf Course Glen Abbey Golf Club is located in Oakville, Ontario and was the first solo design by Jack Nicklaus in 1976. It is one of Canada's most famous golf courses and is home to the Golf Canada and the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. It has hosted 30 Canadian Open Championships, more than any other course, with the first having been 1977. As of 2018, Glen Abbey is owned by Clublink, operated by TWC Enterprises Limited, a company which was planning to demolish the golf course in order to build residential and commercial units, if it is |
According to the bible, what was the name of the murderer who was released by Pontius Pilate in preference to Jesus? | Pontius Pilate Pilate was "astonished". Pilate appears to have been reluctant to allow the crucifixion of Jesus, finding no fault with him. According to Matthew 27:19, even Pilate's wife spoke to him on Jesus' behalf. According to the gospels, it was the custom of the Roman governor to release one prisoner at Passover, and Pilate brought out Barabbas, identified by Matthew as a "notorious prisoner" and by Mark as a murderer, and told the crowd to choose between releasing Barabbas or Jesus as per the custom, in the hopes of getting them to request the release of Jesus. However, the crowd demanded | Pontius Pilate (film) ; Deuteronomy 21:6-7; John 19:19-21; 19:22. This film takes a perspective on events surrounding the Passion of Jesus Christ by focusing on Pontius Pilate, the Procurator of Judea who condemned Him to death. Pilate is a man for whom nothing seems to go as planned. The film was produced in Italy. Realised on 15 February 1962. Pontius Pilate (film) Pontius Pilate (, ) is an Italian drama film from 1962, directed by Gian Paolo Callegari and Irving Rapper, written by Oreste Biancoli, starring Jean Marais and Jeanne Crain. The film was known under the titles: "Ponce Pilate" (France), "Poncio Pilatos" |
What is the name of the last Beatles album to be recorded before the band split up? | The Beatles (album) Kinfauns and recorded formally (by Lennon, Harrison and Ono) during the 1968 album sessions. McCartney taped demos of two compositions at Abbey Road – "Etcetera" and "The Long and Winding Road" – the last of which the Beatles recorded in 1969 for their album "Let It Be". "The Beatles" versions of "Not Guilty" and "What's the New Mary Jane", and a demo of "Junk", were ultimately released on "Anthology 3". "Revolution (Take 20)", a previously uncirculated recording, surfaced in 2009 on a bootleg. This ten-minute take was later edited and overdubbed to create two separate tracks: "Revolution 1" and the | Love (The Beatles album) Love (The Beatles album) Love is a soundtrack remix album of music recorded by the Beatles, released in November 2006. It features music compiled and remixed as a mashup for the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name. The album was produced by George Martin and his son Giles Martin, who said, "What people will be hearing on the album is a new experience, a way of re-living the whole Beatles musical lifespan in a very condensed period." The album was also George Martin's final album as a producer before his death in 2016. George Martin and his son |
What is the name of a community of ants? | Empire of the Ants (novel) other people follow, and disappear. The ant character is a male whose foraging expedition gets destroyed in one strike, by a mysterious force that comes from above. He suspects that a colony of another ant species has attacked them with a secret weapon, and attempts to meet with the queen and to rally other ants to investigate the disaster. However, he attracts the attention of a secret group of ants within the same colony that appear to want to conceal this information. As the plot unfolds, the humans and the ants encounter new mysteries and participate in challenging events, including | Empire of the Ants or dispersed. Fearing the ants and their poison, Capt. Gerilleau contents himself with firing "de big gun" at the town twice, with minimal effect. He then demands "what else was there to "do"?" (variants of this phrase are used throughout the story when discussing the ants) and returns downstream for orders. A final section reports that Holroyd has returned to England to warn the authorities about the ants "before it is too late." "The Empire of the Ants" was first published in 1905 in "The Strand Magazine". H. G. Wells had befriended Joseph Conrad in 1898 and admired his work. |
What disability did the wife and mother of inventor Alexander Graham Bell both suffer? | Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone. He also founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first U.S. patent for the telephone | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell last part depicts the legal struggle against Western Union over patent priority in the invention of the telephone, ending with a courtroom victory. The final scene has the hero contemplating manned flight, under his wife's adoring gaze. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The Story of Alexander Graham Bell The Story of Alexander Graham Bell is a somewhat fictionalized 1939 biographical film of the famous inventor. It was filmed in black-and-white and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The film stars Don Ameche as Bell and Loretta Young as Mabel, his wife, who contracted scarlet fever at |
The Lady Lever Art Gallery is in which English city? | Lady Lever Art Gallery Lever Art Gallery" was built in the Beaux-Arts style. The building was opened in 1922 by Princess Beatrice, the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria. Lady Lever Art Gallery The Lady Lever Art Gallery is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and opened in 1922. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is set in the garden village of Port Sunlight, on the Wirral and one of the National Museums Liverpool. The museum is a significant surviving example of late Victorian and Edwardian taste. It houses major collections of fine and decorative art that | Lady Lever Art Gallery include late 18th-century and early 20th works. There are important collections of English furniture, Wedgwood, especially jasperware, and Chinese ceramics, and smaller groups of other types of objects, such as Ancient Greek vases and Roman sculpture. The majority of objects were part of the original donation, but the collection has continued to expand at a modest rate. The museum displays mostly mixed paintings, sculpture and furniture together, and there are five "Period Rooms" recreating typical period interiors from large houses. Lever began collecting art in the late 19th century, largely to use in advertising for the popular Sunlight Soap brand |
Pink Fairy and Nine Banded are species of which animal? | Pink fairy armadillo place specifically protecting the species. Pink fairy armadillo The pink fairy armadillo ("Chlamyphorus truncatus") or pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo (mammals of the families Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae, recognized by a bony armor shell), first described by Richard Harlan in 1825. This desert-adapted animal is endemic to central Argentina and can be found inhabiting sandy plains, dunes, and scrubby grasslands. Pink fairy armadillos have small eyes, silky yellowish white fur, and a flexible dorsal shell that is solely attached to its body by a thin dorsal membrane. In addition, its spatula-shaped tail protrudes from a vertical plate at the | Animal Fairy Tales Animal Fairy Tales Animal Fairy Tales is a collection of short stories written by L. Frank Baum, the creator of the Land of Oz series of children's books. The stories (animal tales, comparable to Aesop's Fables or the "Just-So Stories" and "Jungle Book" of Rudyard Kipling) first received magazine publication in 1905. For several decades in the twentieth century, the collection was a "lost" book by Baum; it resurfaced when the International Wizard of Oz Club published the stories in one volume in 1969. The nine stories in the collection were printed in consecutive monthly issues of "The Delineator" (a |
What were the first names of English novelist R.D.Blackmore? | R. D. Blackmore all its contents, which included Blackmore's own library containing first editions of his works. The house itself was later demolished and Doone Close, Blackmore's Grove and Gomer Gardens were built, referencing the novelist's associations with Teddington. The end of Doone Close marks the approximate site of Gomer House. Blackmore's market garden covered the area between the present Station Road and Field Lane. R. D. Blackmore Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for | R. D. Blackmore form in which it was originally published. However, Blackmore was of the view that it had become popular quite by accident when a book reviewer had incorrectly stated that the book was about the forefathers of Lord Lorne who had recently married Princess Louise. Hardy would write to Blackmore expressing his appreciation of the book; but the two men were divided by a certain rivalry as well as differences in temperament and opinions. Various attempts were made to dramatise "Lorna Doone" but, Blackmore only authorised one and that was from the pen of Horace Newte. Blackmore followed Sir Walter Scott |
The Iroquois Cup is competed for in which sport? | Iroquois Lacrosse Arena Cyclops and Ohsweken Demons. The arena is the main practice facility of the Rochester Knighthawks and the Toronto Rock. The Iroquois Lacrosse Arena hosted the 2006 Minto Cup tournament and the 2009 Canadian Senior B Presidents Cup Championships. Iroquois Lacrosse Arena The Iroquois Lacrosse Arena is an box lacrosse arena on the outskirts of Hagersville, Ontario, Canada on the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve. The arena opened in 2004 and does not host hockey games, there is no refrigeration system for ice. The arena is the home of the six-time Mann Cup winners the Six Nations Chiefs, the | Sport in the Cook Islands similar to the sport of Samoan cricket or kirikiti). Most villages have teams and they compete in a league, following the end of the soccer season. It is popular among the older generation. Women's netball is a very popular sport in the Cook Islands, and the country has one of the world's top 10 teams, which competed in the 2007 Netball World Cup. Sport in the Cook Islands Rugby league is the most popular sport in the Cook Islands, with soccer and rugby union as the next most popular/played sports. In September 2009, the country hosted the 2009 Pacific Mini |
Don Diego de la Vega is the secret name of which Spanish fictional character? | Diego de la Vega (Contador) Diego de la Vega (Contador) Diego de la Vega (1770s–1812) was a Spanish nobleman, Contador Mayor in the Tribunal de Cuentas de Buenos Aires during the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He also served as Minister of Real Hacienda de Buenos Aires. Diego de la Vega was born in León, Spain, son of Juan Antonio de la Vega and Isabel Pascual Álvarez, belonging to an eminent family. He had arrived in the port of Buenos Aires, around the year 1803, to take charge of the position entrusted to him by the king as Inspector General of the Royal | Diego López de la Vega Diego López de la Vega Diego López de la Vega (1591 – 5 June 1659) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Coria (1658–1659) and Bishop of Badajoz (1649–1658). Diego López de la Vega was born in Tortuera, Spain in 1591. On 29 April 1649, he was selected by the King of Spain and confirmed by Pope Innocent X on 23 August 1649 as Bishop of Badajoz. On 6 March 1650, he was consecrated bishop by Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Tlaxcala. On 28 January 1658, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander |
The Sipi Tau is performed by which national rugby union team before each of their international matches? | Glossary of rugby union terms done deliberately (or recklessly) may result in penalties and "yellow" or "red cards". Short arm penalty See "free kick" Sin bin The notional area where a player must remain for a minimum of ten minutes after being shown a "yellow card". In high level games, the sin bin is monitored by the "fourth official". Sipi Tau Sipi Tau is a Tongan war dance performed by the Tonga national team before each of their international matches. Siva Tau Siva Tau is a Samoan war dance performed by the Samoa national team before each of their international matches. Spear tackle A spear | Samoa national rugby union team logos appear on jerseys for matches other than the Rugby World Cup where branding, except for logos of equipment manufacturers, is not allowed. Canterbury brand apparel was supplied for the 2014 end-of-year tour. Samoa national rugby union team The Samoa national rugby union team (also known as Manu Samoa) is governed by the Samoa Rugby Union, which is owned by the affiliated Samoa Rugby Union. The name Manu Samoa is in honour of a famous Samoan warrior. They perform a traditional Samoan challenge called the siva tau before each game. Samoa Rugby Union were formerly members of the Pacific Islands |
Which English Premier League football club has the motto ‘Audere est Facere’ (To Dare is to Do)? | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. blue shorts since the 1898–99 season. The club's emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football, with a Latin motto "Audere est Facere" ("To Dare Is to Do"). Founded in 1882, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888. Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960–61 season. After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962, in 1963 they became the first British club to win | Et facere et pati fortia Romanum est Et facere et pati fortia Romanum est Et facere et pati fortia Romanum est is a Latin phrase meaning "Acting and suffering bravely is the attribute of a Roman." Its comes from Livy's "Ab Urbe condita" 2, 12, 9. According to legend, a certain Mucius Cordus attempted to kill an Etruscan king Lars Porsena, who was besieging Rome. When the Etruscans caught him, he said “"Romanus sum civis"” ("I am a Roman citizen") and continued with "Et facere et pati fortia Romanum est". To prove his point, he held his right hand without flinching in a fire that the king |
Which 1930’s US gangster, upon being admitted to Indiana State Prison, is quoted as saying ‘I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here’? | John Dillinger he passed out, drunk, on a railroad track. Within Indiana Reformatory and Indiana State Prison, from 1924 to 1933, Dillinger began to become embroiled in a criminal lifestyle. Upon being admitted to the prison, he is quoted as saying, "I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here." His physical examination upon being admitted to the prison showed that he had gonorrhea. The treatment for his condition was extremely painful. He became embittered against society because of his long prison sentence and befriended other criminals, such as seasoned bank robbers like Harry "Pete" Pierpont, | I Will Be Here I Will Be Here "I Will Be Here" is a song recorded by Tiësto and Sneaky Sound System with vocals from Sneaky Sound System's Connie Mitchell. Released on 28 July 2009, the song is the first single off the album "Kaleidoscope". In the United States, the single became their first number one single for both acts on "Billboard"s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart, where it reached that peak in its 21 November 2009 issue. The song also peaked at number 44 in the United Kingdom and number 33 in the Netherlands. The music video for "I Will Be Here" premiered on |
‘Shazam’ is the favourite word of which comic book hero? | Academy of Comic Book Arts field. Awards were given in the year following publication of the material (at a dinner ceremony modeled on the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award dinners). The Shazam awards were based on nominations and were the first comics awards voted upon by industry professionals. The name of the award is that of the magic word used by the original Captain Marvel, a popular superhero of the 1940s and early 1950s. Also nominated: Nick Cuti; Steve Gerber; Joe Gill Additional credits where not given in cited source: Academy of Comic Book Arts The Academy of Comic Book Arts (ACBA) was an American | Academy of Comic Book Arts largely unsuccessful comics-industry organizations that includes the Comic Book Creators Guild (1978–1979), the Comic Book Professionals Association (CBPA, 1992–1994), and Comic Artists, Retailers and Publishers (CARP, 1998). The long-running exception had been the publishers' group the Comic Magazine Association of America (CMAA), founded in 1954 and lasting through 2011, as a response to public pressure and a Senate subcommitte on juvenile delinquency, and which created the self-censorship board the Comics Code Authority. Grant summed up the ABCA's legacy this way: The Shazam Award was a series of awards given between 1970 and 1975 for outstanding achievement in the comic book |
Which wife of English monarch King Henry Vlll was imprisoned in the Tower of London in May 1536? | Mary Fiennes (lady-in-waiting) closest personal friend. Norris had control of King Henry's Privy chamber. Henry and Mary had four children: Mary died in 1531, a year after her mother. Five years later her husband was attainted and executed for treason as one of the five alleged lovers of her cousin Queen Anne Boleyn, who herself was beheaded at the Tower of London on 19 May 1536. Their four orphaned children were raised by Norris's brother Sir John Norris. Mary Fiennes (lady-in-waiting) Mary Fiennes (1495–1531) was an English noblewoman and the wife of Sir Henry Norris who was executed for treason as one of | Tower of London Tower Hill. Six years later there was again civil unrest, and Richard spent Christmas in the security of the Tower rather than Windsor as was more usual. When Henry Bolingbroke returned from exile in 1399, Richard was imprisoned in the White Tower. He abdicated and was replaced on the throne by Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV. In the 15th century, there was little building work at the Tower of London, yet the castle still remained important as a place of refuge. When supporters of the late Richard II attempted a coup, Henry IV found safety in the Tower of |
In 1954, who was the first Australian to win the British Open Golf Championship? | 1954 Open Championship 1954 Open Championship The 1954 Open Championship was the 90th Open Championship, played 7–9 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Peter Thomson, age 23, won the first of his five Open titles by one stroke over runners-up Bobby Locke, Dai Rees, and Syd Scott. This was the first time the championship was held at Royal Birkdale. The total prize money was increased forty percent, from £2,500 to £3,500. The winner received £750 with £500 for second, £350 for third, £200 for fourth, £150 for fifth, £100 for sixth, £75 for seventh and eighth, £50 for ninth and | British Open Championship Golf May, Looking Glass collaborated with golf website GolfWeb to host a "Virtual British Open" tournament. Players competed in the game to win a trip to The Open Championship in Scotland, complete with "air fare, hotel accommodations and spending money." "British Open Championship Golf" was a commercial failure. Following its release, Looking Glass ceased self-publishing operations and closed a division of the company, laying off a group of employees that included Warren Spector. Writing for "Maximum PC", T. Liam McDonald called the game "a costly bomb that bled the company." Looking Glass employee Tim Stellmach later characterized it as "a disaster". |
Which British Prime Minister negotiated the Munich Agreement with Hitler, Mussolini and Daladier? | Munich Agreement Zaolzie Poles and the "Zaolzie Legion", a paramilitary organization subordinate to army command and made up of volunteers from all over Poland, to cross the border to Czechoslovakia and attack Czechoslovak units. Those were, however, repulsed by Czechoslovak forces and retreated to Poland. Hungary followed Polish request for transfer of territory with its own one on 22 September. A deal was reached on 29 September, and at about 1:30 a.m. on 30 September 1938, Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement. The agreement was officially introduced by Mussolini although in fact the Italian plan | Munich Agreement has been my first international conference and I can assure you that it will be my last". The British diplomat claimed his sources relayed that Hitler viewed Chamberlain as "an impertinent busybody who spoke the ridiculous jargon of an outmoded democracy." In his postwar memoirs, Winston Churchill, a staunch opponent of appeasement, lumped Poland and Hungary, both of which subsequently annexed parts of Czechoslovakia containing Polish and Hungarian nationals, with Germany as "vultures upon the carcass of Czechoslovakia." The agreement was generally applauded. Prime Minister Édouard Daladier of France did not believe, as one scholar put it, that a European |
The Solovetsky Islands lie in which body of water? | Solovetsky Islands Solovetsky Islands The Solovetsky Islands (), or Solovki (), are an archipelago located in the Onega Bay of the White Sea, Russia. As an administrative division, the islands are incorporated as Solovetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Within the framework of municipal divisions, they are incorporated as Solovetskoye Rural Settlement within Primorsky Municipal District. The administrative center of both divisions is the settlement of Solovetsky, located on Bolshoy Solovetsky Island. Almost all of the population of the islands lives in Solovetsky. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the district was 861 inhabitants. The archipelago has a total area | Solovetsky Islands other stone settings, especially the Stone labyrinths of Bolshoi Zayatsky Island. Such labyrinths were typical for Northern Europe, but most have perished and now Solovetsky Islands have some of the best remaining examples. Historically the islands have been the setting of the famous Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery complex. It was founded in the second quarter of the 15th century by two monks from the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. By the end of the 16th century, the abbey had emerged as one of the wealthiest landowners and most influential religious centres in Russia. The existing stronghold and its major churches were erected in |
What nationality is football referee Massimo Busacca? | Massimo Busacca Massimo Busacca Massimo Busacca (born 6 February 1969 in Bellinzona) is a Swiss former football referee. He lives in Monte Carasso, Ticino, near Bellinzona, and he is Head of FIFA Refereeing. Busacca was born in Switzerland, to Italian parents from Sicily. Busacca used to play football in a lower division in Ticino. After a successful career as a top referee he became Head of FIFA Refereeing in July 2011. Busacca was a Swiss Super League Referee from 1996–2011 and a FIFA referee from 1999–2011. Busacca took charge of the 2007 UEFA Cup Final at Hampden Park on 16 May, one | Massimo Busacca an apology. On 8 March 2011, Busacca was the referee of the second leg of the FC Barcelona vs Arsenal FC 2010–11 UEFA Champions League round of 16 match. He was heavily criticised for his performance, influencing heavily the outcome of the game. His decision to send off Robin van Persie for shooting after not hearing an offside whistle was deemed "absolutely ridiculous". Busacca was chosen to be a referee at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He refereed three games: He was selected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and refereed the South Africa vs. |
Mageirocophobia is the irrational fear of what? | Mageirocophobia of control, excessive sweating, chills, chest pain, nervous, or feeling a constant sense of dread or doom about cooking, or stubbornness or outright refusal to cook. Education is the most common treatment, although psychotherapy, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, is indicated when the fear becomes so severe as to cause dysfunction for the individual who suffers from the phobia. Mageirocophobia Mageirocophobia ("pronunciation": ˌmædʒaɪrɪk-a-pho-bee-a) is the fear of cooking. It is spectral and can take on several forms, although it is not considered severe enough for treatment unless a person is severely afraid or impacted. Most frequently, it is a common social anxiety | Mageirocophobia diabetes. Mageirocophobia is derived from the classical Greek noun mágeiros (μάγειρος), which means chef or butcher. Mageirocophobia can be caused by other personality traits, social anxieties or disorders. It can be set off by high expectations from other family members, failures with cookbooks, or difficulties in executing successfully in a culinary course. It can also lead to other phobias and social disorders. The phobia can take on several forms but revolves around common themes: The most common reason for some degree of this phobia is the fear of spreading foodborne illnesses, through either undercooked foods, improperly prepared or cleaned foods, |
The Fynbos, an area of grassland and thicket, lies in which African country? | Fynbos after being thought extinct. Fynbos Fynbos (; meaning fine-leaved plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate. The fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. In fields related to biogeography, fynbos is known for its exceptional degree of biodiversity and endemism, consisting about 80% (8,500 fynbos) species of the Cape floral kingdom where nearly 6,000 of them are endemic. This land has faced severe threats and still | Elm Thicket, Dallas Elm Thicket, Dallas Elm Thicket/North Park is a primarily residential neighborhood in north Dallas, Texas near Love Field airport and the neighborhoods of Love Field, Bluffview, and Greenway Parks. From its foundation as a freedmen's town in the early 20th century, to a small country town without water or infrastructure, to the large displacement by the Love Field airport expansion, Elm Thicket/North Park has seen many changes in the history of a neighborhood rich in culture that prides itself in its churches, school, and organizations. For most of its history, Elm Thicket/North Park, has been an almost entirely (90+%) African |
What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy, who was taken hostage in Lebanon in 1987? | 1984 Libyan hostage incident rest of the world. Summer 1984 In London, a committee in parliament was held to determine whether or not what the British government had done over the Libyan hostage situation was reasonable. The committee concluded that in the circumstances, the British government had done all it reasonably could in the light of what little was known at the time. 7 August 1984 The Libyans allowed family members to visit the hostages. These visits brought unofficial news of the, as yet, publicly undisclosed involvement of Terry Waite, the Special Envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury, of the Church of England. 1 | Lyfing (Archbishop of Canterbury) in Canterbury Cathedral, near the altar of St. Martin. The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" called him "a sagacious man, both before God and before the world". Lyfing (Archbishop of Canterbury) Lyfing (died 12 June 1020) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Wells and Archbishop of Canterbury. Lyfing was born "Ælfstan" and took his ecclesiastical name from "leof-carus" (= "darling"). Lyfing was abbot of Chertsey Abbey from about 989. He became Bishop of Wells in 998 or 999, and in 1013 King Æthelred the Unready appointed him to the see of Canterbury. Lyfing was taken captive by Vikings and held prisoner for a time, |
John Dryden became the first official British what during the reign of King Charles ll? | Konrad Dryden Konrad Dryden Konrad Claude Dryden (born September 13, 1963) is an American author who has written extensively on Italian opera, particularly about the movement known as Verismo. Dryden is the son of a British father, Kenneth Dryden (an RAF pilot and descendant of poet laureate John Dryden), and a German mother, Ingeborg Rudhart, a descendant of Ignaz von Rudhart, Prime Minister of Greece under the reign of King Otto of Greece. His cousin, Karin Seehofer, is married to Bavaria's current president, Horst Seehofer. Born in Pasadena, California, Dryden moved to Northern California at an early age. Attending performances at the | The Troublesome Reign of King John The Troublesome Reign of King John The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England, commonly called The Troublesome Reign of King John (c. 1589) is an Elizabethan history play, probably by George Peele, that is generally accepted by scholars as the source and model that William Shakespeare employed for his own "King John" (c. 1596). The play was printed three times in quarto in Shakespeare's era: Q1, 1591, was published by the stationer Sampson Clarke, with no attribution of authorship. The title page of Q1 states that the play was performed by Queen Elizabeth's Men. Although "The Troublesome Reign" is |
What does ‘Na’ represent in the periodic table? | Periodic table 13. The relatively inert noble gases, in group 18, bridge the most reactive groups of elements in the periodic table—the halogens in group 17 and the alkali metals in group 1. In 1789, Antoine Lavoisier published a list of 33 chemical elements, grouping them into gases, metals, nonmetals, and earths. Chemists spent the following century searching for a more precise classification scheme. In 1829, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner observed that many of the elements could be grouped into triads based on their chemical properties. Lithium, sodium, and potassium, for example, were grouped together in a triad as soft, reactive metals. Döbereiner | Periodic table the nucleus will pull an electron out of the vacuum, resulting in the spontaneous emission of a positron. This does not happen if the innermost orbital is filled, so that element 173 is not necessarily the end of the periodic table. The many different forms of periodic table have prompted the question of whether there is an optimal or definitive form of periodic table. The answer to this question is thought to depend on whether the chemical periodicity seen to occur among the elements has an underlying truth, effectively hard-wired into the universe, or if any such periodicity is instead |
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