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On 30th July 1938, the first issue of which children’s comic was published in Britain? | The Beano The Beano The Beano is the longest running British children's comic magazine, published by DC Thomson. The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. In September 2009, "The Beano"'s 3,500th issue was published. One of the best selling comics in British popular culture, along with "The Dandy", the weekly circulation of "The Beano" in April 1950 was 1,974,072. "The Beano" is currently edited by John Anderson. Each issue is published on a Wednesday, with the issue date being that of the following Saturday. "The Beano" will strike 4000 issues in the summer of 2019. Its characters | The Comic Reader the program booklet for the 1973 Comic Art Convention. Issue #99 (July 1973) featured "TCR"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first color cover. In November 1973, with issue #101, Wisconsin-based publisher Street Enterprises took over "TCR", and Mike Tiefenbacher took over as editor. Under Street Enterprises' oversight, "TCR" changed format to digest size, giving it even more the impression of being "the "TV Guide" of the comics industry." In early 1979, due to the cancellation of another Street Enterprises title, "The Menomonee Falls Gazette", the publisher moved many of the strips featured in "The Gazette" over to "The Comic Reader." "The Comic Reader" published its |
Which country was defeated by the French during the Battle of Friedland in the Napoleonic Wars? | Battle of Friedland Battle of Friedland The Battle of Friedland (June 14, 1807) was a major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars between the armies of the French Empire commanded by Napoleon I and the armies of the Russian Empire led by Count von Bennigsen. Napoleon and the French obtained a decisive victory that routed much of the Russian army, which retreated chaotically over the Alle River by the end of the fighting. The battlefield is located in modern-day Kaliningrad Oblast, near the town of Pravdinsk, Russia. The engagement at Friedland was a strategic necessity after the Battle of Eylau earlier in 1807 had | British Army during the Napoleonic Wars British Army during the Napoleonic Wars The British Army during the Napoleonic Wars experienced a time of rapid change. At the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, the army was a small, awkwardly administered force of barely 40,000 men. By the end of the period, the numbers had vastly increased. At its peak, in 1813, the regular army contained over 250,000 men. The British infantry was "the only military force not to suffer a major reverse at the hands of Napoleonic France." In 1793, shortly before Britain became involved in the French Revolutionary Wars, the army consisted of |
Australian born Laura Robson is associated with which sport? | Laura Robson her favourite shot is her forehand down the line. Source: WTA Tennis Laura Robson Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the girls' singles tournament at the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first tournament on the ITF Women's Circuit in November 2008. In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 | Laura Robson for several shoulder treatments, Robson was eventually beaten in two sets. After the Australian Open, Robson played six matches in Fed Cup competition that saw Great Britain earn a World Group II play-off spot against Argentina. Following this success she went on to lose two successive matches, losing to Daniela Hantuchová in Doha and to wildcard Yulia Putintseva in Dubai. At Indian Wells, Robson lost her first-round match against Sofia Arvidsson in three sets. Her next tournament was at Miami. In the singles, Robson reached the second round before losing to Alizé Cornet. In the doubles Laura Robson was given |
In 1961, the painting titled ‘Le Bateau’ by which artist hung upside down in the Museum of Modern Art in New York for 47 days without anyone noticing? | Le Bateau rehung properly. The museum currently houses the piece in the "Final Works of Henri Matisse" exhibition. Le Bateau Le Bateau ("The Boat") is a paper-cut from 1953 by Henri Matisse. The picture is composed from pieces of paper cut out of sheets painted with gouache, and was created during the last years of Matisse's life. "Le Bateau" caused a minor stir when the Museum of Modern Art, New York, which housed it, hung the work upside-down for 47 days in 1961 until Genevieve Habert, a stockbroker, noticed the mistake and notified a guard. Habert later informed the "New York Times" | The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara from around the world including 'Infinity Mirrored Room' by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The museum houses collections of paintings such as: Contemporary and modern art displayed by the MACAN museum is not limited to paintings, but also includes contemporary styles using various media, techniques, and installation art. Various performances and installation arts that has performed in the museum: The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara or Museum MACAN is an art museum at Kebon Jeruk in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum is the first in Indonesia to have a collection |
In James Bond novels and films, what is the codename for the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service? | Q (James Bond) Q (James Bond) Q is a fictional character in the James Bond films and film novelisations. Q (standing for Quartermaster as well as a reference to the deceptive Q-ships) is a job title, unlike M, which is a cypher for the character's name. He is the head of Q Branch (or later Q Division), the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service. Q has appeared in 21 of the 24 Eon Productions James Bond films, the exceptions being "Live and Let Die", the 2006 "Casino Royale" and "Quantum of Solace". The character was also featured in both | James Bond (literary character) of Bond in a different way. James Bond (literary character) Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR, is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the "James Bond" series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. His final two books—"The Man with the Golden Gun" (1965) and "Octopussy and The Living Daylights" (1966)—were published posthumously. The Bond character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. Bond was a composite character who was based |
Xerophagy is the eating of what? | Xerophagy Xerophagy Xerophagy ("dry eating", from Greek "dry" and "eat") is the practice of eating dry food, especially food cooked without oil. In Eastern Christianity, xerophagy is the form of fasting observed during Great Lent and certain other fasts, in which vegetables cooked with water and salt are eaten, together with such things as fruit, nuts, bread and sometimes honey. It many cases in that tradition it can be considered an extreme form of veganism. In some historic and modern military organizations, it may be used as a disciplinary measure; e.g. In the 35 Canons of Saint John the Faster, the | Counterregulatory eating Counterregulatory eating Counterregulatory eating is the psychological tendency for a person to eat more after having recently eaten. It is a behavior opposite to regulatory eating, which is the normal pattern of eating less if one has already eaten. It is more common among dieters, for whom a large "pre-load" (the food eaten first) is presumed to sabotage motivation for restricted eating. It was coined the "what-the-hell" effect by dieting researcher Janet Polivy in 2010. She describes this effect as the type of thinking which says, "What the hell, my diet’s already broken, so I might as well eat everything |
The Seto Inland Sea separates the three main islands of which country? | Seto Inland Sea Hiro Narita. Produced by Travelfilm Company and adapted by Carra, the film won numerous awards, including Best Documentary at the Hawaii International Film Festival (1991) and the Earthwatch Film Award. It screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1992. Koushun Takami's novel "Battle Royale" took place on a fictional island in the Seto Inland Sea. Seto Inland Sea The , also known as Setouchi or often shortened to Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan. The region that includes the Seto Inland Sea and the coastal areas | Seto Inland Sea well as a number of smaller ones that pass between islands or connect the Seto Inland Sea to other seas or the Pacific. Almost 3,000 islands are located in the Seto Inland Sea, including the larger islands Awaji-shima and Shōdo-shima. Many of the smaller islands are uninhabited. Over 500 marine species are known to live in the Seto Inland Sea. Examples are the ayu, an amphidromous fish, the horseshoe crab, the finless porpoise, and the great white shark, which has occasionally attacked people in the Seto Inland Sea. In the past whales entered the sea to feed or breed, however |
Which element does ‘K’ represent in the Periodic Table? | History of the periodic table known as isotopes, from the Greek "" ("same place"). In 1914, a year before he was killed in action at Gallipoli, the English physicist Henry Moseley found a relationship between the X-ray wavelength of an element and its atomic number. He was then able to re-sequence the periodic table by nuclear charge, rather than by atomic weight. Before this discovery, atomic numbers were sequential numbers based on an element's atomic weight. Moseley's discovery showed that atomic numbers were in fact based upon experimental measurements. Using information about their X-ray wavelengths, Moseley placed argon (with an atomic number Z=18) before potassium | 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 |
Which American playwright wrote the play ‘All God’s Chillun Got Wings’? | All God's Chillun Got Wings (play) All God's Chillun Got Wings (play) All God's Chillun Got Wings (1924) is an expressionist play by Eugene O'Neill about miscegenation inspired by the old Negro spiritual. He began developing ideas for the play in 1922, emphasizing its authenticity in his notes: "Base play on his experience as I have seen it intimately." O'Neill wrote the play in the fall of 1923 and revised the text only slightly for its 1924 publication. Arguably one of his most controversial of plays, it starred Paul Robeson in the premiere, in which he portrayed the black husband of an abusive white woman, who, | All God's Chillun Got Wings (play) of integration clashed with a culture practicing segregation. The play debuted on May 15, 1924, at the Provincetown Playhouse at 133 MacDougal Street between West 3rd and West 4th Streets in Greenwich Village in New York, closing on October 24. February 15, 1929, at Moscow Kamerny Theatre, director Alexander Tairov. Trish Van Devere played in the 1975 Broadway revival, along with James Earl Jones, Jimmy Baio, and Kathy Rich. Devin Haqq and Barbra Wengerd appeared in the 2013 production of the show in Brooklyn, New York. All God's Chillun Got Wings (play) All God's Chillun Got Wings (1924) is an |
If a person is ambidextrous they can use which part of the body equally well? | Ambidextrous organization it is likely to continue to be a highly researched concept in the future. Future research is likely to focus on the role of ambidextrous leaders, ambidextrous teams and the social context of organizational ambidexterity. (Rosing et al., 2011). Ambidextrous organization Organizational ambidexterity refers to an organization's ability to be efficient in its management of today's business and also adaptable for coping with tomorrow's changing demand. Just as being ambidextrous means being able to use both the left and right hand equally, organizational ambidexterity requires the organizations to use both exploration and exploitation techniques to be successful. Organizational ambidexterity was | Supernumerary body part considered to have lost much or all of their original function through evolution. These body parts can be classed as additional to the required functioning of the body. In human anatomy the vermiform appendix is sometimes classed as a vestigial remnant. Prosthesis is an artificial extension that replaces a body part, and cybernetics is the study of computer technology in relation to organisms which can include replacement or additional body parts. Body integrity identity disorder (BIID) is a psychiatric disorder in which a person thinks that they have one or more additional limbs than they should, despite having two arms |
In the US tv series ‘Dallas’, what was the first name of Bobby and Pam Ewing’s adopted son? | Pam Ewing Ross Ewing III, and Bobby Ewing and Pam's adopted son Christopher Ewing, though various stars of the original series will be reprising their roles. With the upcoming "Dallas" continuation set to air in June 2012, rumors have been swirling that Principal could make a return to the show as Pam. On March 28, 2012, "Yahoo.com" reported that Principal's return to the show was a definite possibility. They said, "Victoria Principal could be set to make a shock return to legendary drama series "Dallas" after stars Patrick Duffy and Jesse Metcalfe let slip producers want her in the show's upcoming reboot. | Bobby Ewing doesn't agree but goes along with it for now, although it later leads to some disputes between Bobby and John Ross. Bobby also learns that his first wife Pam died of cancer in 1989. Bobby Ewing appeared in three episodes of the "Dallas" spin-off series, "Knots Landing", between 1979 and 1982. As many storylines on "Knots Landing" depended on the actions of several characters following the death of Bobby Ewing in 1985, the subsequent dream revelation from "Dallas" in 1986 did not get applied to the continuity of "Knots Landing". Bobby's return was never addressed or even mentioned and, following |
Which 19th Century poet wrote ‘Clancy of the Overflow’? | Clancy of the Overflow along with the meter. The poem was well-received and raised much curiosity about the identity of "The Banjo". Soon after its publication, Rolf Boldrewood, author of "Robbery Under Arms" (1882), wrote in his literary column for "The Australasian" that "Clancy of the Overflow" was "the best bush ballad since Gordon". Clancy makes a cameo appearance in another popular Banjo Paterson poem, "The Man from Snowy River", which was first published the following year. In 1897, Thomas Gerald Clancy wrote a poem in reply to "Clancy of the Overflow", entitled "Clancy's Reply", which paints a far less romantic picture of the | The Overflow of Clancy was a real poet and contributed to the Bulletin and other Australian newspapers and journals from the 1880s until his death in 1929, in Goulburn, NSW. It is perhaps interesting that Norman Lindsay who illustrated some of Cripps Clark's poems, details when Lawson and Cripps Clark met at the Bulletin office in his "Bohemians of the Bulletin" (1965 book). The Overflow of Clancy The Overflow of Clancy is a poem written by Herbert Humphrey Cripps Clark under the pseudonym "H.H.C.C". It was first published in "The Bulletin" magazine on 20 August 1892 as part of the Bulletin Debate, a series |
Italian mountaineers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni became the first people to successfully reach the summit of which Himalayan peak, via the Abruzzi Ridge? | Lino Lacedelli Desio. With the older and more experienced Achille Compagnoni, Lacedelli was selected for the summit team. They reached the summit to claim the first ascent via the "Abruzzi Ridge" on 31 July 1954. The summit was not reached again until 1977. Lacedelli ran the outdoor shop "K2 Sports" in Cortina, trekked to K2 Base Camp in 2004. In 2005, he was awarded Italy's highest honour, Knight of the Grand Cross. He died aged 83 on 20 November 2009 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, in the house he had lived his entire life. For appreciation of Italian Expedition and Delegates he arrived Pakistan | Lino Lacedelli but Medhi lost toes on both feet to frostbite. Back at home, the summit team not only denied all charges, but Compagnoni counter-attacked Bonatti, accusing him of trying to sabotage their summit push and steal the top for himself. Bonatti, who made the first ascent of Gasherbrum IV in 1958, was ostracised from the climbing community and in 1965 gave up mountaineering. In 1995, Bonatti published "The Mountains of My Life", an autobiography with stories about the expedition of 1954. Bonatti displays proof of his innocence, including a photograph of Lacedelli and Compagnoni wearing oxygen masks on the summit. Lacedelli |
Anna Gordy was the first wife of which late soul singer? | Anna Gordy Gaye Anna Gordy Gaye Anna Ruby Gaye (née Gordy; January 28, 1922 – January 31, 2014) was an American businesswoman, composer and songwriter. An elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, she became a record executive in the mid-to-late 1950s distributing records released on Checker and Gone Records before forming the Anna label with Billy Davis and sister Gwen. Gordy later became known as a songwriter for several hits including the Originals' "Baby, I'm for Real", and at least two songs on Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" album. The first wife of Gaye, their turbulent marriage later served as inspiration for | Anna Gordy Gaye at Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills, Courts of Remembrance, Sanctuary of Enduring Protection, Private Family Room 70 (). Anna Gordy Gaye Anna Ruby Gaye (née Gordy; January 28, 1922 – January 31, 2014) was an American businesswoman, composer and songwriter. An elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, she became a record executive in the mid-to-late 1950s distributing records released on Checker and Gone Records before forming the Anna label with Billy Davis and sister Gwen. Gordy later became known as a songwriter for several hits including the Originals' "Baby, I'm for Real", and at least two songs |
The Bay of Pomerania lies in which body of water? | Bay of Pomerania (nature reserve) Bay of Pomerania (nature reserve) The Bay of Pomerania Nature Reserve () is a coastal region east of the German island of Rügen in Germany's exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf of the Baltic Sea. It was created on 15 September 2005 by the Red-Green federal government and, together with the Sylt Outer Reef Nature Reserve ("Naturschutzgebiet Sylter Außenriff"), is one of the few nature reserves established by the federation. The area is part of a European bird reserve, i.e. a Special Protection Area under the Habitats Directive. It has an area of 200,938 hectares and lies east of | Body of Lies (novel) Ignatius's sensitive treatment of the Arab world. "Body of Lies" is American feature film adaptation of the novel "Body of Lies" by David Ignatius about a CIA operative who goes to Jordan to track a high-ranking terrorist. The film is directed by Ridley Scott, written by William Monahan, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Production took place in Washington D.C., Europe, Morocco and the Middle East. "Body of Lies" was released in the United States on October 10, 2008. Body of Lies (novel) Body of Lies is an American spy thriller novel by David Ignatius, a columnist for "The |
‘Martes’ is Spanish for which day of the week? | Los martes, orquídeas is. "Los martes, orquídeas" was considered the best comedy that had been made in Argentina to date. It launched the career of the young Mirtha Legrand. Columbia Pictures used the film as the basis for "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942) with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave a number of awards for the film: The full cast was: Citations Sources Los martes, orquídeas Los martes, orquídeas ("On Tuesdays, Orchids") is a 1941 Argentine black and white comedy film which won the Argentine Best Picture award for 1941. "Los martes, orquídeas" was produced | Francis Martes being on the Astros' postseason roster, Martes still received a World Series ring.. In 2018, Martes underwent Tommy John surgery. Francis Martes Francis Euclides Martes Suazo (born November 24, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Martes was signed by the Miami Marlins as an international free agent in November 2012. He made his professional debut in 2013 with the Dominican Summer League Marlins. On July 31, 2014, Martes along with Colin Moran and Jake Marisnick were traded from the Marlins to the Houston Astros for Jarred Cosart, Enrique Hernández and |
Which Asian country was formerly known as Formosa? | Formosa Province up to 45 °C The tropical weather is characterized with uniform annual rains in the east (1000 mm annual), while in the rest of the country winter is a drier season (80 mm). The humidity variation results in the jungle vegetation on one side, and the Chaqueño forest in the other. The limit with the Salta Province is known as the "Impenetrable" ("Impenetrable"). Formosa's protected areas are the Río Pilcomayo National Park and the Formosa National Reserve. Coincidentally, part of the province is the antipode to northern Taiwan, which was also known as "Formosa". (Taiwan was named "Formosa" by European | Formerly Known Formerly Known Formerly Known is the second mixtape by American Christian hip hop artist Andy Mineo, and his first under the Reach Records label. It was released as a free digital download on September 9, 2011. Formerly known as C-Lite, Mineo dropped this stage name when he signed to Reach in July 2011. The album title is based on three concepts: Mineo was formerly known as "C-Lite," God intimately foreknows all of humanity before birth, and Mineo was formerly an enemy of God before his adoption into God's family. Featured performers on the album include Lecrae, Beleaf of TheBREAX, Co |
Which London palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury? | Archbishop of Canterbury of Canterbury usually signs as ""+Justin Cantuar:"". In the English and Welsh order of precedence, the Archbishop of Canterbury is ranked above all individuals in the realm, with the exception of the Sovereign and members of the Royal Family. Immediately below him is the Lord Chancellor and then the Archbishop of York. The Archbishop of Canterbury awards academic degrees, commonly called "Lambeth degrees". The Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence in London is Lambeth Palace. He also has a residence, named The Old Palace, next to Canterbury Cathedral on the site of the medieval Archbishop's Palace. The archbishops had palaces on | Old Palace, Canterbury Old Palace, Canterbury The Old Palace is a historic building situated within the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. It is the main residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury and his family when in Canterbury. Built within the grounds of the Cathedral in the early 10th century, the Old Palace was the residence of the Archbishop when he visited Canterbury. The building was therefore also referred to as the Archbishop's Palace. In 1647 during the English Civil War it was taken over by Parliament along with its estates. The Old Palace stayed empty until the 19th century and in 1896 it was |
On a standard dartboard, which number lies between 9 and 11? | Renault 9 and 11 intended to jointly replace the older Renault 14. The 11 was also distinguishable from the 9 by its front end, which featured square twin headlights, which had been introduced on the North American "Alliance". The 9 also received this new front end in 1985, and both models were face lifted for a final time with matching nose and interior upgrades for the model year of 1987. A version of the "9" was manufactured and marketed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) in the United States as the Renault Alliance and bearing a small AMC badge. With 623,573 examples manufactured for model | 9 Lies 9 Lies 9 Lies is the second studio album by Northern Irish indie rock band Nine Lies and follow up to their 2005 debut album 'Behind It All'. It was released on 6 July 2015 through Evil Twin Records. The album was produced in part by legendary British record producer Stuart Epps who has worked with such artists as Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Oasis and Robbie Williams. Recording on the album started in 2010 on location in Belfast and included the track someone which was to be the first of two singles released prior to the album and Save Me |
Which is the fastest rotating planet in our solar system? | Small Solar System body possess some internal structure related to perturbations by the major planets (particularly Jupiter and Neptune, respectively), and have fairly loosely defined boundaries. Other areas of the Solar System also encompass small bodies in smaller concentrations. These include the near-Earth asteroids, centaurs, comets, and scattered disc objects. Small Solar System body A small Solar System body (SSSB) is an object in the Solar System that is neither a planet, a dwarf planet, nor a natural satellite. The term was first defined in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as follows: "All other objects, except satellites, orbiting the Sun shall be | Fictional planets of the Solar System fragments of a single planet was gradually abandoned over the course of the middle decades of the 20th century in favor of the conclusion that no planet had ever accreted in the region of the asteroid belt in the first place. In fiction, various other names were given to the same or similar concepts. Fictional planets in our Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune have been employed many times as settings or references in science fiction. Following the general reception of Pluto as the ninth planet of the Solar System in 1930, a hypothetical additional planet was sometimes called |
‘The Dong With the Luminous Nose’ is a poem by which poet? | Literary nonsense from a combination of both sources. Though not the first to write this hybrid kind of nonsense, Edward Lear developed and popularized it in his many limericks (starting with "A Book of Nonsense", 1846) and other famous texts such as "The Owl and the Pussycat", "The Dong with a Luminous Nose," "" and "The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Around the World". Lewis Carroll continued this trend, making literary nonsense a worldwide phenomenon with "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1865) and "Through the Looking-Glass" (1871). Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky", which appears in the latter book, is often considered quintessential | The Poet and the Poem The program has also featured interviews with the Witter Bynner Fellowship winners. Recorded and engineered at the Library of Congress, the program is broadcast on public radio stations across the United States through the Public Radio Exchange and is also available as a free podcast from the Library of Congress website. The Poet and the Poem The Poet and the Poem is an hour-long radio interview program hosted by Grace Cavalieri featuring with leading poets and sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Witter Bynner Foundation. The program was started in 1977 by the poet and playwright Grace Cavalieri. |
Mr Kitty is the pet cat of which character in the US animated tv series ‘South Park’? | South Park 16th-best television comedy series of all time. In 2011, "South Park" was voted number one in the "25 Greatest Animated TV Series" poll by "Entertainment Weekly". The character of Cartman ranked 10th on TV Guide's 2002 list of the "Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters", 198th on VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons", 19th on Bravo's "100 Greatest TV Characters" television special in 2004, and second on MSNBC's 2005 list of TV's scariest characters behind Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons". In 2006, Comedy Central received a Peabody Award for "South Park"<nowiki>'s</nowiki> "stringent social commentary" and "undeniably fearless lampooning of all that | Mr. Bean (animated TV series) Mr. Bean (animated TV series) Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (also known as simply Mr. Bean) is a British animated sitcom produced by Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Richard Purdum Productions, Varga Holdings and Sunwoo Entertainment (for its first three seasons). Based on the 1990 to 1995 British television sitcom of the same name created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, the series centers on Mr. Bean (voiced by the latter), Teddy, Irma Gobb and the Reliant Regal's mysterious driver with the addition of new characters such as Mrs. Wicket, Bean's landlady and her evil cat Scrapper. In October |
Which songwriter and rapper’s real name is Timothy Z Mosley? | Sebastian (rapper) Club imprint, Sebastian signed to the label and found himself in the thick of Timbaland's new wave of popular hits. He contributed to Timbaland's 2007 outing "Shock Value". Sebastian's debut album is expected to be released in the near future. The album will be called "Cruel Intentions" and its first single, "Wobbley", is available to download on iTunes. Sebastian (rapper) Garland Mosley, Jr., commonly known by his stage name Sebastian, is an American rapper and songwriter. He is the younger brother of fellow rapper Timbaland. The younger brother of hip-hop producer Timbaland, Sebastian (born Garland Mosley, Jr.) has been a | Z-Man (rapper) One Block Radius signed with Mercury/Island/Def Jam Records. In 2008, he signed as to San Francisco label Machete Vox Records, working on an album titled "Six Pack Of Dynamite", produced by BOAC and Dnae Beats. Along with his many collaborations he has also worked with Bay Area producer G-Pek and released two albums, 2008's "Don't Forget to Brag" and 2012's "In Case You Forgot". Z-Man (rapper) Z-Man (given name Zamon) is an underground rapper and painter from the San Francisco Bay Area. He has released many full-length studio albums, several of which were self-recorded and released, and he has worked |
What was the name of the high school in the US tv series ‘Happy Days’? | Happy Days sign reading "Jefferson High School". Milwaukee's Washington High School provided the inspiration for the exteriors of the fictional Jefferson. In a two-part episode from the seventh season, the original Arnold's Drive-In was written out of the series as being destroyed by fire (see List of "Happy Days" episodes, episodes 159 and 160). In the last seasons that covered the 1960s timeline, a new Arnold's Drive-In set (to portray the new Arnold's that replaced the original Arnold's destroyed by the fire) emerged in a 1960s decor with wood paneling and stained glass. In 2004, two decades after the first set was | Happy Days (musical) Happy Days (musical) Happy Days is a musical with a book by Garry Marshall and music and lyrics by Paul Williams, based on the ABC TV series of the same name. The story is set in approximately during Season 4 of the original sitcom. The story concerns the kids' plans to save Arnold’s from demolition by hosting a dance contest and wrestling match. It is 1959 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Richie Cunningham and his best friends Potsie Weber and Ralph Malph are about to graduate high school and go off to college. His friends and family meet at Arnold's malt |
In medicine, what is the name for inflammation of the walls of a vein? | Deep vein of the thigh Deep vein of the thigh The deep vein of the thigh, (profunda femoris vein or deep femoral vein) is a large deep vein in the thigh. It receives blood from the inner thigh and proceeds superiorly and medially running alongside the profunda femoris artery to join with the femoral vein approximately at the level of the inferior-most portion of the ischial tuberosity. The deep vein of the thigh contributes the largest volume of blood to the femoral vein. The deep vein of the thigh is commonly affected by phlebitis which can be a dangerous condition in the case of a | Out of the Vein Out of the Vein Out of the Vein is the third studio album by American rock band Third Eye Blind. Released on May 13, 2003, "Out of the Vein" is the band's first album with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, who replaced longtime guitarist Kevin Cadogan in 2000. It would also be Third Eye Blind's final album with Elektra Records. "Out of the Vein" was recorded at the group's own Mourning Wood Studios in downtown San Francisco and at Skywalker Sound. Frontman Stephan Jenkins wanted the album to be called "Crystal Baller", but was changed as the other members hated the original |
Cobalt, Cyan and Cerulean are shades of which colour? | Shades of cyan Shades of cyan This article is about notable tints and shades of the color cyan, a greenish blue. Cyan is one of the subtractive primary colors- cyan, magenta, and yellow. The first recorded use of "cyan blue" ("cyan blue" was the name used for the color "cyan" in the 19th century) as a color name in English was in 1879. In color printing, the shade of cyan called process cyan or pigment cyan is one of the three primary pigment colors which, along with yellow and magenta, constitute the three subtractive primary colors of pigment. (The secondary colors of pigment | Cerulean "cobalt turquoise". Pantone, in a press release, declared the pale hue of cerulean at right, which they call "cerulean", as the "colour of the millennium". The source of this colour is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" colour list, colour #15-4020 TPX—Cerulean. This bright tone of cerulean is the colour called "cerulean" by Crayola crayons. At right is displayed the colour cerulean frost. "Cerulean frost" is one of the colours in the special set of metallic coloured Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colours of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990. Cerulean Cerulean (), also spelled caerulean, is a |
What was US singer and actor Dean Martin’s only UK number one hit single? | Dean Martin discography Dean Martin discography This article contains a listing of Dean Martin's original singles, LPs, and compilations from his career. Martin recorded his first single, "Which Way Did My Heart Go" / "All of Me", for the small Diamond Records in July 1946. The majority of the singer's recordings were released on Capitol Records (1948–1961) and later on Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records (1962–1974). Martin had many hit singles during his lifetime, but only two went to No. 1 on the pop charts – "Memories Are Made of This" in 1956 and "Everybody Loves Somebody" nearly a decade later. A close runner-up | The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Hit Sound of Dean Martin is a 1966 studio album by Dean Martin arranged by Ernie Freeman and Billy Strange. This was the third of five albums that Martin released in 1966, that year he also starred in three films and appeared in his own television show. "The Hit Sound of Dean Martin" peaked at 50 on the "Billboard" 200, and was still on the charts in the second week of February 1967. In contrast to the chart performance of his recent LP's, "The Hit Sound of Dean Martin" marked a waning in |
Which English playwright wrote the 1925 play ‘Fallen Angels’? | Fallen Angels (play) Fallen Angels (play) Fallen Angels is a comedy by the English playwright Noël Coward. It opened at the Globe Theatre, London (now called the Gielgud Theatre) on 21 April 1925 and ran until 29 August. The central theme of two wives admitting to premarital sex and contemplating adultery met hostility from the office of the official theatre censor, the Lord Chamberlain, and the necessary licence was granted only after the personal intervention of the Chamberlain. In 1924 Coward achieved his first hit as a playwright with "The Vortex", and consolidated his success in March 1925 with the revue "On with | Fallen Angels (play) the Dance". His comedy "Fallen Angels" had already attracted the interest of Gladys Cooper, who wanted to produce the piece and co-star with Madge Titheradge, but the contractual commitments of the two actresses precluded it. It was not until the success of "The Vortex" that other managements became eager to stage the playwright's existing works, which, as well as "Fallen Angels", included "Hay Fever" and "Easy Virtue". "Fallen Angels" was taken up by Marie Lohr and her husband Anthony Prinsep, who were jointly in management at the Globe Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue. They intended it as a vehicle for Margaret |
Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) was the world’s first what? | Chicago Pile-1 final uranium slugs. Chicago Pile-1 Chicago Pile-1 (CP-1) was the world's first nuclear reactor. On 2 December 1942, the first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in CP-1, during an experiment led by Enrico Fermi. The reactor's development was part of the Manhattan Project, the Allied effort to create atomic bombs during World War II. It was built by the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago, under the west viewing stands of the original Stagg Field. Fermi described the apparatus as "a crude pile of black bricks and wooden timbers". The reactor was assembled in November 1942, by | Chicago Pile-1 power – about one-half watt. The shape of the pile was intended to be roughly spherical, but as work proceeded, Fermi calculated that critical mass could be achieved without finishing the entire pile as planned. In 1943, CP-1 was moved to Red Gate Woods, and reconfigured to become Chicago Pile-2 (CP-2). There, it was operated until 1954, when it was dismantled and buried. The stands at Stagg Field were demolished in August 1957; the site is now a National Historic Landmark and a Chicago Landmark. The idea of chemical chain reactions was first suggested in 1913 by the German chemist |
Who wrote ‘The Joy of Sex’, first published in 1972? | Sex manual Dr. Alex Comfort was the first visually explicit sex manual to be published by a mainstream publisher. It was followed by "The Joy of Gay Sex" and "The Joy of Lesbian Sex". Its appearance in public bookstores in the 1970s opened the way to the widespread publication of sex manuals in the West. As a result, hundreds of sex manuals are now available in print. Sex manuals and works of the sort became so popular during the sexual revolution of the 1970s that even religious groups developed their own manuals. Most notably, the book "The Act of Marriage" by Christian | The Joy of Sex The Joy of Sex The Joy of Sex is an illustrated sex manual by British author Alex Comfort. First published in 1972, an updated edition was released in September 2008. "The Joy of Sex" spent eleven weeks at the top of the "New York Times" bestseller list and more than 70 weeks in the top five (1972–1974). The original intention was to use the same approach as such cook books as "The Joy of Cooking", hence section titles include "starters" and "main courses". The book features sexual practices such as oral sex and various sex positions as well as bringing |
Singer Alvin Stardust played pub landlord Greg Andersen in which UK tv soap? | Jack Osborne cheated with 16-year-old Dawn Cunningham (Lisa Williamson), who then gave birth to his daughter Bethany (Danielle Calvert). Jack arrives in Hollyoaks with his wife Celia and son Darren (Adam Booth), where they join Jack's daughter Ruth (Terri Dwyer). Jack becomes the landlord of The Dog in the Pond, after Celia's brother Greg (Alvin Stardust) decides to sell up following the death of his daughter Natasha (Shebah Ronay). Jack immediately causes a stir when it is revealed that he is the father of teenager Dawn's child Bethany, who needs a kidney transplant. Jack donates one of his kidneys to the daughter | Alvin Stardust Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, a character he began in the glam rock era, with hits including the UK Singles Chart-topper "Jealous Mind", as well as later hits such as "Pretend" |
In February 1935, Wallace H. Carothers first produced which synthetic material? | Wallace Carothers Wallace Carothers Wallace Hume Carothers (; April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the invention of nylon. Carothers was a group leader at the DuPont Experimental Station laboratory, near Wilmington, Delaware, where most polymer research was done. Carothers was an organic chemist who, in addition to first developing nylon, also helped lay the groundwork for neoprene. After receiving his Ph.D., he taught at several universities before he was hired by DuPont to work on fundamental research. He married Helen Sweetman on February 21, 1936. Carothers | Wallace Carothers synthetic rubber. In April 1930, one of Carothers' staff, Dr. Arnold M. Collins, isolated chloroprene, a liquid which polymerized to produce a solid material that resembled rubber. This product was the first synthetic rubber and is known today as Neoprene. In the same year, Dr. Julian W. Hill, another member of the Carothers team, began work again on attempting to produce a polyester with a molecular weight of above 4,000. His efforts were soon met with great success when he produced a synthetic polymer with a molecular weight of about 12,000. The high molecular weight allowed the melted polymer to |
A mustang is what type of creature? | Panther (legendary creature) creature are pantera, pantere, and love cervere. Usually depicted as a type of cat, the panther was at times depicted in other forms. It was depicted as a donkey, as a composite creature with a horned head, long neck and a horse's body, and as a host of other forms. (The word "panther", in Greek, could be interpreted as "every wild beast", supporting the idea of a composite creature.) This was mostly because those involved did not know what a panther should look like; but, in some instances, this was due to cultural influences. In Germany in particular, the panther | Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, creature types are rough categories of creatures which determine the way game mechanics affect the creature. In the 3rd edition and related games, there are between thirteen and seventeen creature types. Creature type is determined by the designer of a monster, based upon its nature or physical attributes. The choice of type is important, as all creatures which have a given type will share certain characteristics (with some exceptions). In 3rd and 3.5 editions, type determines features such as hit dice, base attack bonus, saving throws, and |
Englishman Bob Nudd has been world champion four times in which sport? | Bob Nudd who ruled that a campaign to vote for him in the weekly fishing newspaper "Angling Times" was against competition rules. He was awarded an MBE for services to fishing. Nudd lives in Cambridgeshire, England, and writes monthly for "Coarse Fishing Answers" and "Improve Your Coarse Fishing" magazine. He is still known as one of Britain's greatest anglers along with John Wilson, Dave Harrel and Richard Walker. Nudd presented a new TV series for Discovery Shed in March 2009. He features in a "Masters of Angling" DVD, offering professional techniques in angling. His DVDs include "Commercial carp tactics", "Paste on the | Bob Nudd pole", "Surface fishing with controller floats", "Pole secrets" and "Expert fishing on the Pole". Bob Nudd Bob Nudd (born September 1944 in Chelmsford) is the first English angler to win four individual World Freshwater Angling Championships; in 1990, 1991, 1994, and 1999. Nudd represented the England team at the international level for more than 24 years, during which time he became arguably the best known angler in the world. The highlight of his professional career was a victory in front of a home crowd at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, in 1994. In 1991, he received the most votes ever in the |
The heat of what is measured on the Scoville Scale? | Scoville scale scale, and may vary in content during ripening. Capsaicin is the major capsaicinoid in chili peppers. Scoville scale The Scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other spicy foods, as recorded in Scoville Heat Units (SHU) based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component. The scale is named after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, whose 1912 method is known as the Scoville organoleptic test. In the 21st century, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is used to quantify the capsaicinoid content as an indicator of pungency. The most | Scoville scale experienced with eating hot chilis. In the Scoville organoleptic test, an exact weight of dried pepper is dissolved in alcohol to extract the heat components (capsaicinoids), then diluted in a solution of sugar water. Decreasing concentrations of the extracted capsaicinoids are given to a panel of five trained tasters, until a majority (at least three) can no longer detect the heat in a dilution. The heat level is based on this dilution, rated in multiples of 100 SHU. A weakness of the Scoville organoleptic test is its imprecision due to human subjectivity, depending on the taster's palate and number of |
In 1816, which famous English dandy fled to France to escape debtor’s prison? | Dandy which he spent mostly on costume, gambling, and high living. In 1816 he suffered bankruptcy, the dandy's stereotyped fate; he fled his creditors to France, quietly dying in 1840, in a lunatic asylum in Caen, just before age 62. Men of more notable accomplishments than Beau Brummell also adopted the dandiacal pose: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron occasionally dressed the part, helping reintroduce the frilled, lace-cuffed and lace-collared "poet shirt". In that spirit, he had his portrait painted in Albanian costume. Another prominent dandy of the period was Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay, the Count d'Orsay, who had been friends | ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... ...Earth to the Dandy Warhols... is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols, recorded in 2008 and released on May 19, 2008 and is the first album released on their self-founded Beat the World Records label, after leaving Capitol Records in 2007. The album continues in a similar electro-rock style to 2003's "Welcome to the Monkey House", following the psychedelic guitar-rock of 2005's "Odditorium or Warlords of Mars". One single, "Mission Control", was released from the album. The album continues in a similar electro-rock style to 2003's "Welcome to the |
Which British boxer bought one of the original ‘Only Fools and Horses’ Reliant Robins in 2004? | Reliant Regal 'back-up' vans was sold in 2004 for almost £4,000 to British boxer Ricky Hatton, and another sold for around £44,000 in 2017 to an anonymous buyer. Afterwards, it was found this was just a replica (this was an older model that featured separate side lights, all models used in the tv series had their side lights incorporated in to their headlamp units). There were several Reliant Regal vans used in filming; in series 1 and 2 of "Only Fools and Horses" the inside of the van is red indicating the van's original colour was red. This a 1969 Reliant Regal | Only Fools and Horses by Coca-Cola, was in fact just purified tap water from Sidcup, mocking parallels were made with the "Only Fools and Horses" episode, "Mother Nature's Son", in which Del sells tap water as "Peckham Spring". In the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, the Trotters' yellow Reliant van appeared on stage, along with two characters dressed as Batman and Robin, a reference to the "Only Fools and Horses" episode "Heroes and Villains". Rose Tyler's Father Pete Tyler is referred to as "a bit of a Del Boy" in the "Doctor Who" episode "Father's Day". "Only Fools and Horses" was sold |
John Sentamu was given which English title in May 2005? | John Sentamu before he was due in court in June 2017. The Archbishop of York's office said: A "Guardian" editorial contrasted Archbishop Sentamu’s response to a statement from Archbishop Welby at IICSA, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, in which Justin Welby stated Matt Ineson, the victim and survivor at the heart of the case, has called for the resignations of Archbishop Sentamu and Bishop Steven Croft. John Sentamu John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu (; ; born 10 June 1949) is an Anglican bishop, serving as the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of York, and Primate of England. The position of Archbishop | John Sentamu in Hull was renamed Archbishop Sentamu Academy in his honour. In October 2018, Sentamu announced his retirement, scheduled for 7 June 2020. Sentamu has spoken on issues including young people, the family, slavery, and injustice and conflict abroad. In an early TV appearance in 1988 he joined, among others, Ray Honeyford, Ann Dummett and Lurline Champagnie to discuss "Race and the classroom" on "After Dark". In November 2005 he sought re-discovery of English pride and cultural identity, stating that zeal for multiculturalism had sometimes "seemed to imply, wrongly for me, 'let other cultures be allowed to express themselves but do |
In religion, Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, Chamuel, Jophiel and Zadkiel are all what? | Seven Archangels Raphael, Uriel, Camael, Jophiel, and Zadkiel. Pope Saint Gregory I lists them as Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel (or Anael), Simiel, Oriphiel, and Raguel. In most Protestant Christian oral traditions only Michael and Gabriel are referred to as "archangels", which echoes the most mainstream Muslim view on the subject, whereas in the Roman Catholic Christian traditions Raphael is also included, resulting in a group of three. In Yazidi religion, there are seven archangels, named Jabra'il, Mika'il, Rafa'il (Israfil), Dadra'il, Azrail and Shamkil (Shemna'il) and Azazil, who are emanations from God and entrusted to care about the created world. Lists of characters | Uriel is part of "The Book of the Watchers" (2nd century BCE), only four angels are mentioned by name. Those angels are Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel (though some versions have a fifth angel: Suryal or Suriel). However, the later chapter XX lists the name and function of seven angels. Those angels are "Uriel, one of the holy angels, who is over the world and over Tartarus", Raphael, Raguel, Michael, Saraqâêl, Gabriel, and Remiel. The Book of the Watchers as a whole tells us that Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel were present before God to testify on behalf of humankind. They wish |
Chamber, Time, Dead and Cylinder are all types of what? | Cylinder (firearms) would naturally increase its effectiveness against an enemy. The first firearms to incorporate a cylinder were the snaphance and flintlock types. The lock mechanisms were very similar and used the same type of cylinder. The chambers did not penetrate completely through the cylinder. The back of each chamber had a small touch hole drilled through the side of the cylinder. For each touch hole, a small flash pan was created at the cylinder’s surface. Each pan with touch hole had a sliding gate to cover it. This prevented the gunpowder from falling out as the cylinder was turned. Assuming that | All Our Kings Are Dead written by Young Guns, all lyrics written by Gustav Wood. All Our Kings Are Dead All Our Kings Are Dead is the debut album by English alternative rock band Young Guns, and second release overall, after It was released on 12 July 2010 and includes the singles "Winter Kiss", "Sons of Apathy", "Crystal Clear" and "Stitches", as well as "Weight of the World". The album was influenced by Finch's "What It Is to Burn" (2002). The album was first released on 12 July 2010. The album entered the UK Album Charts at #43, and the UK Independent Album Charts at |
The Scottish city of Perth lies on which river? | River Tay Dochart until it flows into Loch Tay at Killin. The River Tay emerges from Loch Tay at Kenmore, and flows from there to Perth which, in historical times, was its lowest bridging point. Below Perth the river becomes tidal and enters the Firth of Tay. The largest city on the river, Dundee, lies on the north bank of the Firth. On reaching the North Sea, the River Tay has flowed from west to east across central Scotland. The Tay is unusual amongst Scottish rivers in having several major tributaries, notably the Earn, the Isla, the River Tummel, the Almond and | City of Perth Library Library of Western Australia at the Alexander Library Building. The City of Perth Library has, since its inception, been housed in a number of locations. The site is situated where the library had previously been housed in a now demolished building, in the basement. The earliest predecessor of the library was the Swan River Mechanics' Institute which was established in 1851. The name was changed in 1909 to Perth Literary Institute, and in 1957 the City of Perth renamed and took over the library as the City of Perth Library. The subsequent buildings were Council House on St Georges Terrace |
Which band released an 1974 album entitled ‘Crime of the Century’? | Crime of the Century (album) Crime of the Century (album) Crime of the Century is the third studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in September 1974 on A&M Records. "Crime of the Century" was Supertramp's commercial breakthrough in both the US and UK, aided by the UK hit "Dreamer" and the US hit "Bloody Well Right". It was a UK Top 10 album and a US Top 40 album, eventually being certified Gold in the US in 1977 after the release of "Even in the Quietest Moments...". The album was Supertramp's first to feature drummer Bob Siebenberg (at the time credited as | Crime of the Century (album) in 1977, after the release of "Even in the Quietest Moments...". The album also marked the commercial breakthrough for the band in the United Kingdom; "Crime of the Century" peaked at number four in the album chart in March 1975, and "Dreamer" reached number thirteen on the singles chart in the same month. The album was particularly successful in Canada, entering the chart for over two years and selling over one million copies. In 1978, "Crime of the Century" was ranked 108th in "The World Critic Lists", which recognised the 200 greatest albums of all time as voted for by |
What is the first name of comic-hero Superman’s natural mother? | Superman: The Last Family of Krypton planets, while allowing Kal-El to act as the official hero as Superman. The comic received a mostly positive reception from critics.. Superman: The Last Family of Krypton Superman: The Last Family of Krypton is a comic book limited series, published in 2010. It depicts what could have happened if Superman's parents also arrived on Earth. Jor-El was able to save himself and Lara and accompany Kal-El to Earth, where Jor-El sets up the corporation JorCorp while Lara establishes the self-help movement 'Raology'. Lara is willing to adapt to life on Earth, arranging for Kal-El to be discreetly adopted by the | Superman (comic book) the distinction of being the first ever hero-character featured in more than one comic magazine. By issue #7, Superman was being hailed on the covers as the "World's Greatest Adventure Strip Character". Perry White, a supporting character who had originated on the Superman radio program was introduced into the comic book in issue #7 (October 1940). Editor Mort Weisinger began his long association with the title with issue #11 (July–August 1941). Jimmy Olsen first appeared as a named character in the story "Superman versus The Archer" in "Superman" #13 (Nov.–Dec. 1941). In the early 1940s, "Superman" was selling over a |
Which player scored for both sides during the 1987 F.A. Cup Final? | 1946 FA Cup Final the opposite corner of the net to which he was diving. Turner thus became the first player to score for both sides in an FA Cup Final, subsequently repeated by Tommy Hutchison in 1981 and Gary Mabbutt in 1987. At the age of 36 years 312 days, Turner also became the oldest player to score in an FA Cup Final. The match finished level after 90 minutes, but, in extra time, Derby County scored three goals to win the match 4–1. When Stamps shot for goal in the closing minutes of normal time, the ball burst en route. Stamps went | 1987 European Cup Final 1987 European Cup Final The 1987 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Prater Stadium, Vienna, on 27 May 1987, that saw Porto of Portugal defeat Bayern Munich of West Germany 2–1. Both sides were missing key players: the Portuguese were without their injured striker Fernando Gomes, while the Germans were missing their sweeper, and captain, Klaus Augenthaler, who was suspended, along with striker Roland Wohlfarth and midfield player Hans Dorfner, who were both injured. The Portuguese side fought back from 1–0 down to win their first European Cup, with the goals coming from a back heel |
What type of animal is a Herdwick? | Herdwick western Lake District. The wool quality of a Herdwick has unique qualities relating to durability. Thick bristle type fibres will often protrude from garments forming a protective barrier layer in blizzards—most likely the same qualities that protect the sheep in similar conditions. They have been known to survive under a blanket of snow for three days while eating their own wool. Severely threatened by the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in England and Wales, the breed has survived due to the intent to preserve this unique animal as a crucial part of traditional Lakeland agriculture. Still far fewer in number | Herdwick the rough conditions on fells, lambing losses can be as high as 25%. This ability to thrive unassisted is part of the reason fell farmers so highly value Herdwicks over much higher-producing lowland breeds. A Herdwick's grey fleece is not easily dyed, and is coarse, and so is best suited to use as carpet wool. The wool is also an excellent natural insulator; it is possible to buy sheets of fireproofed wool to fit as loft insulation. Herdwick lamb and mutton has a very distinct taste, and was even eaten at Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation banquet. Herdwick ewes also |
In horse racing, during which month is the St. Leger run? | St Leger Stakes St Leger Stakes The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 115 yards (2,921 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. Established in 1776, the St Leger is the oldest of Britain's five Classics. It is the last of the five to be run each year, and its distance is longer than any of the other four. The St Leger is the final leg of the English Triple | VRC St Leger VRC St Leger The VRC St Leger is a Listed Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds, run at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 2800 metres at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia on ANZAC Day. The race name is the only surviving one as other race clubs around Australia have eliminated the long distance race from their calendar. First run in 1857, the race was originally held in March as part of the Victoria Racing Club Autumn Carnival. In 1907 the race was run on the same race card as the Newmarket Handicap. In an effort to promote the Australian |
Surrealist painter Rene Magritte was born in which country? | The Portrait (Magritte) back at the viewer from the center of the ham. This painting was once part of the private collection of the surrealist painter Kay Sage. In 1956 she donated it as a gift to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The Portrait (Magritte) The Portrait (1935) is a painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. This painting is a classic example of the technique that often set Magritte apart from other surrealists. Artists like Dalí and Ernst usually depicted distorted and dream-like representations of real forms mixed with abstract shapes, whereas Magritte is best known for his | After Magritte Tom Stoppard was beginning to become interested in bringing his plays to an American stage. "After Magritte" is an example of Surrealism in the arts, in which what is seen by the naked eye is not what the art necessarily expresses. The basis of the surrealism in this play is the predisposition of Rene Magritte as a surrealist painter; Stoppard sought to bring to life the characters inside of Magritte’s surrealist reality. The idea behind "After Magritte" is partly to represent the surrealist schools of thought that are shared between art forms, but also to animate Magritte's world of still |
Actor Roy Harold Scherer was better known by what name? | Rock Hudson known fact that he was gay, Hudson's sexual orientation rose to international conversation following his death from AIDS-related complications in 1985, becoming the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness. Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. on November 17, 1925 in Winnetka, Illinois, the only child of Katherine ("née" Wood), a homemaker and later telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer Sr., an auto mechanic. His father was of German and Swiss descent, while his mother had English and Irish ancestry. During the Great Depression, Hudson's father lost his job and abandoned the family. Hudson's parents divorced when | U Should've Known Better U Should've Known Better "U Should've Known Better" is a song by American recording artist Monica. It was written in collaboration with Harold Lilly and Jermaine Dupri, and produced by the latter along with frequent co-producer Bryan Michael Cox for her original third studio album, "All Eyez on Me" (2002). When the album was shelved for release outside Japan, the song was one out of five original records that were transferred into its new version, "After the Storm" (2003). A contemporary R&B slow jam, "U Should've Known Better" contains elements of soul music and rock music. Built on an pulsating |
Philip IV became King of which European country in 1621? | Philip IV of Spain Philip IV of Spain Philip IV of Spain (; 8 April 1605 – 17 September 1665) was King of Spain (as "Philip IV" in Castile and "Philip III" in Aragon) and Portugal as Philip III (). He ascended the thrones in 1621 and reigned in Spain until his death and in Portugal until 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the arts, including such artists as Diego Velázquez, and his rule over Spain during the Thirty Years' War. On the eve of his death in 1665, the Spanish Empire had reached approximately 12.2 million square kilometers (4.7 million square | Philip IV of Spain an influence over the future king; de Zúñiga first began to develop his own influence over Prince Philip, and then introduced his nephew, Olivares, to the prince, ten years old at the time. At first, Philip did not particularly take to Olivares. Over the course of at least a year, however, the relationship became very close, with Philip's tendency towards underconfidence and diffidence counteracted by Olivares' drive and determination. Olivares rapidly became Philip's most trusted advisor, and when Philip ascended the throne in 1621, at the age of sixteen, he showed his confidence in Olivares by ordering that all papers |
In which English county are the Medway Towns? | Matthews v Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority to the enterprise as a whole. Otherwise one runs the risk of giving too much weight to differences which are the almost inevitable result of one worker working full-time’ Lord Carswell and Lord Mance dissented. Matthews v Kent and Medway Towns Fire Authority Matthews v Kent & Medway Towns Fire Authority [2006] UKHL 8 is a UK labour law case concerning discrimination of part-time workers, and justifications. Part and full-time fire fighters were being paid differently, and claimed unlawful discrimination under the PTWR 2000. Full-time firefighters responded to emergencies and were engaged in educational, preventive and administrative tasks, while part-time | Medway Dover on the English Channel and London, runs through Medway. This route became particularly congested and led to the building of the M2 to bypass the Medway Towns to the south in the 1960s and was subsequently widened extensively at the turn of the 21st century. The A2 through the Medway Towns varies from single carriageway to dual carriageway to "one way" systems. In places it deviates from the original route of Watling Street. The A2 leaves the main route (which bypasses Medway by either the Northern Relief Road — The A289 or the M2) at the Three Crutches junction. |
Who performed the theme song to the 1987 James Bond film ‘Living Daylights’ | The Living Daylights (song) studio. The duo later reworked the song they submitted into "This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave", which was released on their "Behaviour." album in 1990. The Living Daylights (song) "The Living Daylights" is a song performed by Norwegian pop group a-ha for the 1987 James Bond film of the same name. It was written by guitarist Pål Waaktaar. After first appearing in the context of the film, a revised version was included in the band's "Stay on These Roads" studio album, which came out in 1988. John Barry was listed on the credits as co-writer and | The Living Daylights Mail" wrote of Dalton's Bond that "you get the feeling that on his off nights, he might curl up with the "Reader's Digest" and catch an episode of "Moonlighting"".Of the two films he made, Dalton admitted that this is his preferred. Roger Moore, discussing the Bond series in 2012, called "The Living Daylights" a "bloody good movie". The Living Daylights The Living Daylights is a 1987 British spy film, the fifteenth entry in the "James Bond" film series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by John Glen, |
Helladic relates to the Bronze Age cultures of which European country? | Helladic chronology Bronze Age inhabitants of mainland Greece (including the Mycenaeans) represent a single and homogeneous population of Mediterranean provenance. Helladic chronology Helladic chronology is a relative dating system used in archaeology and art history. It complements the Minoan chronology scheme devised by Sir Arthur Evans for the categorisation of Bronze Age artefacts from the Minoan civilization within a historical framework. Whereas Minoan chronology is specific to Crete, the cultural and geographical scope of Helladic chronology is mainland Greece during the same timespan (c.3200–c.1050). Similarly, a Cycladic chronology system is used for artefacts found in the Aegean islands. Archaeological evidence has shown | Bronze Age Europe BC) Tumulus culture, which is characterized by inhumation burials in tumuli (barrows). In the eastern Hungarian Körös tributaries, the early Bronze Age first saw the introduction of the Makó culture, followed by the Otomani and Gyulavarsánd cultures. The late Bronze Age Urnfield culture (1300–700 BC) is characterized by cremation burials. It includes the Lusatian culture in eastern Germany and Poland (1300-500 BC) that continues into the Iron Age. The Central European Bronze Age is followed by the Iron Age Hallstatt culture (700-450 BC). In northern Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Bronze Age cultures manufactured many distinctive and artistic artifacts. This |
What type of bird is a conure? | Conure not the most colorful bird they make great pets. Composed of the austral conure, "Enicognathus ferrugineus", which is native to the southern tip of South America and the slender-billed conure, "Enicognathus leptorhynchus", endemic to Chile. The golden-plumed conure, also called the golden-plumed parakeet, "Leptosittaca branickii", is a small Andean conure not found in aviculture and endangered in its own habitat. The exceedingly rare yellow-eared conure or "Ognorhynchus icterotis" of Colombia and Ecuador was never common in aviculture and has not successfully bred in captivity. "Conuropsis carolinensis", the Carolina parakeet, was one of only two parrot species endemic to the United | What Bird is That? Edition What Bird is That?" was published by Australia's Heritage Publishing in 2011, the latest release of Cayley’s “big bird book” complete with Lindsey’s revisions. It is 832 pages, features 769 birds and includes all 460 of Cayley’s full-colour paintings, many showing groups of related birds. New to this edition was an accompanying e-book "What Bird Call is That?", which identifies and illustrates 101 birds from "What Bird is That?", as well as providing sound files of each featured bird’s distinctive call. The sound files were provided by David Stewart. "What Bird is That?" plays a central role in Australian |
‘Nighthawks’ is the work of which American artist? | Nighthawks Nighthawks Nighthawks is a 1942 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people in a downtown diner late at night. It has been described as Hopper's best known work and is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art. Within months of its completion, it was sold to the Art Institute of Chicago on May 13, 1942 for $3,000. Starting shortly after their marriage in 1924, Edward Hopper and his wife Josephine (Jo) kept a journal in which he would, using a pencil, make a sketch-drawing of each of his paintings, along with a precise description of | Flight of the Nighthawks managing to aid in securing the safety of the emperor's heirs, and Pug, Miranda, Nakor, and Magnus opposing Varen's deadly magic. In the end, Varen's body is destroyed, but his soul manages to escape again through a rift into the world of Kelewan. Flight of the Nighthawks Flight of the Nighthawks is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the first book in the "Darkwar Saga" and was published in 2005. It was followed by "Into a Dark Realm" which was published in 2006. Leso Varen is still at large and the Conclave of the Shadows |
Which actor played the President in the 1997 film ‘Air Force One’? | Air Force One (film) Air Force One (film) Air Force One is a 1997 American political action-thriller film written by Andrew W. Marlowe, and directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen. It is about a group of terrorists who hijack Air Force One and the U.S. president's attempt to rescue everyone by retaking the plane. The film stars Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman, as well as Glenn Close, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Dean Stockwell, and Paul Guilfoyle. A box office success with generally positive critical reviews, it was one of the most popular action films of the 1990s. American and Russian Special Forces capture | Air Force One (film) the traitor is not revealed until the end of the book. It also hints at his motivation; "What he did remember, as he sipped his coffee, was that he knew these men, had worked with these men, and it was a damn shame they had to die so that he could be wealthy.", and Korushunov later tells Marshall he "paid" him off. It also presents a slightly alternative ending; "Air Force One" crashes in the Russian countryside, whereas in the film, "Air Force One" crashes into the Caspian Sea. Air Force One (film) Air Force One is a 1997 American |
How many lines are in an English sonnet? | Sonnet 148 the fourth ictus (resulting in a four-position figure, codice_1, sometimes referred to as a "minor ionic"), and line 3 has a mid-line reversal and (potentially) and initial reversal: Initial reversals also potentially occur in lines 7, 8, and 11, with a potential mid-line reversal in line 1. Potential minor ionics occur in lines 6, 9, 10, and 14. Sonnet 148 Sonnet 148 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is considered a Dark Lady sonnet, as are all from 127 to 152. Sonnet 148 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English | Sonnet 108 it should by now have died. Sonnet 108 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a final rhyming couplet. It follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form "ABAB CDCD EFEF GG" and is composed in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions. The 14th line exemplifies a regular iambic pentameter: The sonnet exhibits many metrical variations. There are initial reversals in lines 1, 5, 7, 8, and 13; as well as potential initial reversals in lines 9 and 10. For example: Lines 2 |
Mount Elbert is in which US state? | Mount Elbert Mount Elbert Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the entire Mississippi River drainage basin. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney. Mount Elbert is located in San Isabel National Forest, southwest (bearing 223°) of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado. The mountain was named in honor of a Colorado statesman, Samuel Hitt Elbert, who was active in the formative period of the state and | Mount Elbert The neighboring Mount Massive, to the north, is the second-highest peak in the Rocky Mountains and the third-highest in the contiguous United States, and La Plata Peak, to the south, is the fifth-highest in the Rockies. The community of Twin Lakes lies at the base of Mount Elbert, Denver is about to the east, Vail is to the north, and Aspen is to the west. Leadville, about to the northeast, is the nearest large town. Elbert's parent peak is Mount Whitney in California. Including Alaska and Hawaii, Mount Elbert is the fourteenth-highest mountain in the United States. Weather conditions often |
Which country has the internet domain .se? | .se .se .se is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Sweden (Sverige). The top domain is operated by Internetstiftelsen i Sverige (The Internet Foundation, formerly the Internet Infrastructure Foundation, and formerly branded as .SE), but domains must be registered through one of the approved registrars. Internetstiftelsen i Sverige is managed on the basis of its charter of foundation and its statutes. The Foundation is managed by a Board of Directors, whose decisions are executed by the executive management. Prior to April 2003, the rules governing domains under the .se top domain were highly restrictive. Only companies, associations and authorities | Country code top-level domain Country code top-level domain A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs. In 2018, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) began implementing internationalized country code top-level domains, consisting of language-native characters when displayed in an end-user application. Creation and delegation of ccTLDs is described in RFC 1591, corresponding to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. As of 2015, IANA distinguishes the following groups of top-level domains: |
Lake Nasser is in which African country? | Lake Nasser Lake Nasser Lake Nasser ( ", ) is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world. Before construction, Sudan was against the building of Lake Nasser because it would encroach on land in the North, where the Nubian people lived. They would have to be resettled. In the end Sudan's land near the area of Lake Nasser was mostly flooded by the lake. Strictly, "Lake Nasser" refers only to the much larger portion of the lake that is in Egyptian territory (83% of the total), with the Sudanese | Lake Nasser ability to generate electricity. There are pumping stations that control the water going into Lake Nasser, and currently this project generates 10 billion kilowatt-hours of hydroelectric power each year to Egyptians. A fish enclosure was built in Lake Nasser. Fishing among tourists, especially for Nile perch, has become increasingly popular, both on the shore and from boats. Although the Abu Simbel and other temples were physically moved to a higher ground and to different sites to spare their destruction by the new lake, other ancient Egyptian sites like the massive fortress of Buhen were flooded and are now at the |
Which trio made their last feature film appearance in the 1949 film ‘Love Happy’? | Love Happy as a "terrible movie", while speaking of the lasting impression Marilyn Monroe made during her screen test. Love Happy Love Happy is a 1949 American musical comedy film, released by United Artists, directed by David Miller, starring the Marx Brothers. It was the 14th (including "Humor Risk") and last film starring feature for the Marx Brothers. The film, produced by former silent film star Mary Pickford, stars Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, and, in a smaller role than usual, Groucho Marx, plus Ilona Massey, Vera-Ellen, Paul Valentine, Marion Hutton, Raymond Burr, Bruce Gordon (in his film debut), and Eric Blore, with | A Kiss in the Dark (1949 film) to each other and discover that both Bruce and Peter Danilo wanted Eric separated from Polly, for different selfish reasons. Eric then leaves on the tour, bringing Polly along, and it becomes their honeymoon trip. A Kiss in the Dark (1949 film) A Kiss in the Dark is a 1949 comedy film directed by Delmer Daves, starring David Niven and Jane Wyman, and featuring Wayne Morris, Victor Moore, Broderick Crawford, and Maria Ouspenskaya (in her last film appearance). The plot revolves around a pianist who purchases, solely as a hands-off investment, an apartment house full of loony tenants. Concert pianist |
Vermelho is Portuguese for which colour? | Verão Vermelho Tom Coster. Verão Vermelho is Portuguese for Red Summer. This song was originally performed by Elis Regina, as it appeared on her 1970 album "Em Pleno Verão". Her version only clocked in at 1 min 38 sec. Regina literally joins the orchestra in a wordless tour-de-force, which is ended by a fadeout. Santana's version of "Verão Vermelho" also has a fadeout ending with a flamenco guitar solo and flourish, which goes on for about a minute while gradually fading out. The song was composed by Nonato Buzar. <br> Verão Vermelho "Verão Vermelho" is a song by Santana which came off | Rio Vermelho (neighborhood) Costa, Caetano Veloso, and Gilberto Gil has a home in the area too. Rio Vermelho is a center of tourism and nightlife. There are many bars and restaurants in the area; it is a noted place to eat traditional Bahian cuisine, especially acarajé. Diogo Álvares Correia (c. 1475-1557), better known as Caramuru, a Portuguese explorer and settler, shipwrecked off Rio Vermelho between 1510 and 1511. He lived among the Tupinambá Indians and married Paraguassu, the daughter of Morubixaba Taparica, chief of the Tupinamba. Mem de Sá, the third General Governor of Brazil, established the village of Rio Vermelho in 1557, |
Which ‘crisis’ is also referred to as the ‘Tripartite Aggression’? | Suez Crisis Suez Crisis The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli War, also named the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War in Israel, was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalized the canal. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders. The episode humiliated the United | Taylor Aggression Paradigm of which are attempts at improving upon the design constraints of the TAP. These include the Hot Sauce Paradigm, Point-Subtraction Aggression Paradigm, and the Fight or Escape Paradigm, as well as the Sexual Imposition Paradigm which drew conceptual design cues from the TAP. Taylor Aggression Paradigm The Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP; also commonly referred to as the Competitive Reaction Time Task) is a prominent, well-validated, laboratory analog measure of aggressive behavior in humans, predominantly utilized within the field of psychology. The TAP is designed to objectively elicit and measure people’s aggression in response to provocation from an opponent. At the |
In the human body, where is the atrium? | Atrium (heart) Atrium (heart) The atrium is the upper chamber in which blood enters the heart. There are two atria in the human heart – the left atrium connected to the lungs, and the right atrium connected to the venous circulation. The atria receive blood, and when the heart muscle contracts they pump blood to the ventricles. All animals with a closed circulatory system have at least one atrium/auricle (humans have two atria). The atrium used to be called the "auricle", and that term is still used to describe this chamber in, for example, the "Mollusca", but in humans that name is | Explorers of the Human Body Explorers of the Human Body Explorers of the Human Body (Hangul: 인체탐험대; Hanja: 人體探險隊) was one of the three shows of the newly revamped "Good Sunday", a lineup of variety shows that airs every Sunday evening at 5:30 pm KST on SBS. The show's aim was to answer curious questions about the human body, where the Super Junior members perform the answers by doing experiments with their own bodies. The show succeeded in attracting a wide audience due to its comedic and educational content. After previous popular shows "X-Man" and "Reverse Drama" ended, SBS's "Good Sunday" decided to air a |
Which animal is depicted on the logo of Peugeot cars? | Peugeot production and concept cars. Both also feature a small Peugeot Boutique, and they are popular places for Peugeot fans to visit. Peugeot Avenue Berlin also features a café, called Café de France. The Peugeot Avenue at Berlin closed in 2009. Peugeot Peugeot (, ; ) is a French automotive manufacturer, part of Groupe PSA. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Émile Peugeot applied for the lion trademark. Armand Peugeot built the company's first car, an unreliable steam tricycle, in collaboration with Léon Serpollet | Peugeot 301 (2012) was first used on a 1932 Peugeot 301, and the new 301 is the first Peugeot to start the revised naming strategy of using x01 and x08 to denote emerging market models and traditional market models. A similar model to the 301, badged as a Citroën C-Elysée, was also launched at the Paris Motor Show in 2012. In 2017, Peugeot 301 received a facelift along side its twin sister C-Elysée, the new face includes a modification of the head lamps, a new grille on which displays the Peugeot logo instead of the bonnet, and led head lights. Peugeot 301 (2012) |
‘Fragaria’ is the Latin name for which fruit? | Fragaria cascadensis Fragaria cascadensis Fragaria cascadensis, is a species of strawberry ("Fragaria"), found in the Cascades Mountains described in 2012. The vernacular name "Cascade strawberry" was suggested by the describing author. It is a perennial, with the typical white flowers of its genus. It differs from other strawberry species by having hairs on the upper side of its leaves, as opposed to the underside or not present at all and a different middle leaflet. It begins growing after snow melt ( May or early June in that region), flowers are born around early July and fruit ripens during August for about 2 | 1105 Fragaria the 1990s, a rotational lightcurve of "Fragaria" was obtained from photometric observations by French and Italian astronomers at ESO's La Silla Observatory using the ESO 1-metre telescope. Lightcurve analysis gave a fragmentary rotation period of 10.88 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.12 magnitude (). As of 2018, no secure period has been obtained. According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, "Fragaria" measures between 27.92 and 38.41 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.1017 and 0.166. The |
Bert and Ernie are the names of the policeman and the taxi driver in which Frank Capra film? | Bert and Ernie can have totally different characteristics, they can still be good friends. According to writer Jon Stone, the relationship between Bert and Ernie reflected the real-life friendship between Henson and Oz. Their names are believed to have been drawn from those of two minor characters in the Frank Capra film "It's A Wonderful Life." According to A&E's "Biography," Bert and Ernie were virtually the only Muppets to appear in the "Sesame Street" pilot episode, which was screen tested to a number of families in July 1969. Their brief appearance was the only part of the pilot that tested well, so it | Bert and Ernie the Muppets. Bert and Ernie Bert and Ernie are two puppets who appear together in numerous skits on the popular U.S. children's television show "Sesame Street". Originated by Frank Oz and Jim Henson, the characters are currently performed by puppeteers Eric Jacobson and Peter Linz and also Ann Chancellor; Oz occasionally performs Bert. Bert and Ernie were built by Don Sahlin from a simple design scribbled by Jim Henson, creator of "The Muppets." Initially, Henson performed Bert and Oz performed Ernie, but after just one day of rehearsal, they switched characters. The original idea was to show that even though |
In British currency slang, how much is a ‘Pony’ worth? | London slang at Matins on the 25th of the month. The 25th March was also the date on which debts were traditionally settled, on which date one would have to "pony up" or "pony out". It is easy to see how slang for a payment on the 25th could develop into a payment of 25 pounds The term "monkey" originally meant a mortgage in working class slang across large parts of the UK. A "monkey on the house" or simply a "monkey" was a mortgage. At that time 500 pounds was a huge sum of money to the poor people who predominantly | British slang by British expats, but some of these terms are incorporated into other countries' everyday slang, such as in Australia, Canada and Ireland. British slang has been the subject of many books, including a seven volume dictionary published in 1889. Lexicographer Eric Partridge published several works about British slang, most notably "Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English", revised and edited by Paul Beale. Many of the words and phrases listed in this article are no longer in current use. Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language. Slang is |
Igglepiggle and Makka Pakka are characters from which children’s tv programme? | In the Night Garden... DVDs have been released in the UK: Each DVD features five episodes. A boxset, "Hello Everybody!", has been released, containing "Hello IgglePiggle!", "Hello Upsy Daisy!", "Hello Makka Pakka!" and "Hello Tombliboos!" Each of these titles have episodes relating to the character on which the DVD is based. The show's makers, Ragdoll Productions, signed a deal to make the toy producer Hasbro a global partner before the show was first broadcast, and merchandise was first made available in July 2007. The range includes small Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka stuffed toys and a small Ninky Nonk train with detachable carriages. | Pakka (film) Pakka (film) Pakka ("Awesome") is a 2018 Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by debutant S. S. Surya. Produced by Benn Consortium Studios (P) Ltd, starring Vikram Prabhu in dual role alongside Nikki Galrani and Bindu Madhavi. Production for the film began in February 2017. The movie was released on April 27 2018. It received largely negative reviews from audience as well as critics. The movie bombed at box office. A heartbroken girl Nadhiya (Bindu Madhavi), who decides to commit suicide, is saved by Dhoni Kumar (Vikram Prabhu). The Soundtrack was composed by C. Sathya and Released by Lahari Music. |
In which Shakespeare play does the character Mustardseed appear? | Shakespeare in the Arb as "Shakespeare in the Arb is a hugely popular local summer tradition." A particular favorite is A Midsummer Night's Dream. The play—with its natural setting, structure, and language—is perfect for presenting in the arboretum, which features dense heavy woods with mature trees, large lawns, steep hills, and a river. In 2015, A Midsummer Night's Dream was presented for the third time since the festival began. Shakespeare in the Arb Shakespeare in the Arb is an annual event, presented in the open, in Nichols Arboretum. Nichols Arboretum is a 123-acre (49.7 hectares) heavily wooded park, with large landscape lawns surrounded by | Bardolph (Shakespeare character) Bardolph (Shakespeare character) Bardolph is a fictional character who appears in four plays by William Shakespeare. He is a thief who forms part of the entourage of Sir John Falstaff. His grossly inflamed nose and constantly flushed, carbuncle-covered face is a repeated subject for Falstaff's and Prince Hal's comic insults and word-play. Though his role in each play is minor, he often adds comic relief, and helps illustrate the personality change in Henry from Prince to King. In early published versions of "Henry IV, Part 1", the character is called Rossill or sir Iohn Russel. Shakespeare renamed the character to |
John George Diefenbaker was Prime Minister of which country from 1957 to 1963? | John Diefenbaker disorder near the centre of his personality and his prime-ministership. The problems of leadership, authority, power, ego, and a mad time in history overwhelmed the prairie politician with the odd name. Diefenbaker received several honorary degrees in recognition of his political career: Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Online sources John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker (; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957 to April 22, 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative (PC or Tory) party leader after 1930 and before 1979 to lead the party to an election | 1957 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations were also discussed. This was the first Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference attended by Ghana, which had attained independence in March 1957. 1957 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference The 1957 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the ninth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in June 1957, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. The new Canadian prime minister, John Diefenbaker, proposes the intensification of trade relations within the Commonwealth. His call for an Empire Trade Conference were resisted by the British government which |
Which basketball star is kidnapped by cartoon characters in the 1996 film ‘Space Jam’? | Space Jam Space Jam Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy film starring basketball player Michael Jordan and featuring the "Looney Tunes" cartoon characters. The film was produced by Ivan Reitman, and directed by Joe Pytka. Nigel Miguel was a basketball technical advisor. "Space Jam" presents an alternate history of what happened between Jordan's initial retirement from the NBA in 1993 and his comeback in 1995, in which he is enlisted by Bugs Bunny and his friends to help them win a basketball match against a group of aliens who want to enslave them for their amusement park. The film | Stars of Space Jam Bros. Family Entertainment" logo as seen on Warner Bros. Animation's cartoon shows (albeit with a short "Merrie Melodies" fanfare). DVD releases have been released on October 9, 2018, with some slight changes to the Bugs and Daffy releases. Stars of Space Jam Stars of Space Jam is a collection of "Looney Tunes" VHS tapes released on November 26, 1996 to promote the release of "Space Jam". A Japanese LaserDisc of this set was released around the same time. Each tape/side featured six cartoons, most of which had not been made available on home video before. This was also notably the |
A caracal is what type of animal? | Caracal However, the cat is so secretive and difficult to observe that its activity at daytime might easily go unnoticed. A study in South Africa showed that caracals are most active when air temperature drops below ; activity typically ceases at higher temperatures. A solitary cat, the caracal mainly occurs alone or in pairs; the only groups seen are of mothers with their offspring. Females in oestrus temporarily pair with males. A territorial animal, the caracal marks rocks and vegetation in its territory with urine and probably with dung, which is not covered with soil. Claw scratching is prominent, and dung | Caracal Juveniles leave their mothers at nine to ten months, though a few females stay back with their mothers. The average lifespan of the caracal in captivity is nearly 16 years. Caracals have been tamed and used for hunting since the time of ancient Egypt. The caracal was first described by German naturalist Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber as "Felis caracal" in 1776. In 1843, British zoologist John Edward Gray placed it in the genus "Caracal". It is placed in the family Felidae and subfamily Felinae. In the 19th and 20th centuries, several caracal specimens were described and proposed as subspecies. |
The ‘Fringe Festival’, held in August each year, is hosted by which European city? | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2003 The 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was the 56th Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Fringe ran from 3–25 August 2003 and presented 1541 shows over 207 venues. 2003 was the first year that over one million tickets were sold at the Fringe. The Pod, a 400 seater theatre on Festival Square, was erected for the first time and hosted acts including Daniel Kitson, Tommy Tiernan and Danny Bhoy The Spiegeltent moved to a new location on George Square Gardens, to where it has returned each year since. Unusual venues at the 2003 Fringe included a public toilet, a | International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC The International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC (also stylised as IPFFNYC or Puppet Fringe NYC) is a biannual puppet theater fringe festival hosted by Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side of New York City. The festival had its 1st edition in 2018, at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, and featured puppet shows, short films and artist talks with international puppet theater companies. The Puppet Fringe Festival is the first ever international fringe festival dedicated to puppetry. In its inaugural year, the Puppet Fringe Festival held puppet cabarets hosted by the Puppetry Guild |
New Zealand born cartoonist David Low created which ‘Colonel’ in the 1930’s? | David Low (cartoonist) from the Evening Standard and The Manchester Guardian, as well as original caricatures from his "New Statesman" series. Australia David Low (cartoonist) Sir David Alexander Cecil Low (7 April 1891 – 19 September 1963) was a New Zealand political cartoonist and caricaturist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom for many years. Low was a self-taught cartoonist. Born in New Zealand, he worked in his native country before migrating to Sydney in 1911, and ultimately to London (1919), where he made his career and earned fame for his Colonel Blimp depictions and his merciless satirising of the personalities and | David Fletcher (cartoonist) or four panel, which allows the cartoonist far more freedom to express his idea. Comics for mobiles has come as a breath of fresh air for the comics industry.” Fletcher's cartoons are syndicated to Europe, Britain, Africa, Malaysia, China, Pakistan, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He lives in Auckland with his wife and two children, Madeleine and Patrick. David Fletcher (cartoonist) David Fletcher (born 1952) is a New Zealand cartoonist. Fletcher was born in the UK but emigrated to New Zealand. He produces "The Politician", a daily cartoon strip that appears in "The Dominion Post" as well as various |
In medicine, myology is the study of the structure, arrangement and action of what? | American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine of schools in the country that offers a replica of the training received if the student was to study TCM in China. Students may elect to specialize in traditional Chinese internal medicine, gynecology, geriatrics, pediatrics, dermatology, neurological disorders, musculo-skeletal disorders or sensory organ disorders. A feature of the AAAOM program is its affiliation with medical schools in China. The Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jinan, China (AAAOM sister school) has served not only as a model for the formation of AAAOM, but has also hosted two graduates for PhD study in TCM. Exchange programs for advanced study in | The Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function The Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function The Center for Study of Gene Structure and Function (Gene Center) is a consortium of fifty-three researchers (twelve from minority groups underrepresented in the sciences). It is based at Hunter College in Manhattan. It focuses on cross-disciplinary and translational research by promoting dialogue and cooperation among scientists working in diverse biomedical research fields. It is funded by the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) program of the National Center for Research Resources(NCRR) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) Since its establishment in 1985, the NIH has awarded the Gene Center |
In Greek mythology, one of the labours of Hercules was to procure the ‘what’ belonging to Zeus, which were guarded by the Hesperides? | Labours of Hercules the Golden Apples of Hesperides and capturing Cerberus), which Hercules also performed, bringing the total number of tasks to twelve. Recent scientific studies, published in 2017 by Italian National Research Council, have recognized how the cycle of myths of Heracles celebrates in detail the Mediterranean world of the Bronze Age, which saw the entry of Indo-European groups in continental Greece, the formation of Mycenaean civilization, its confrontation with the Minoan world, its cultural expansion, its decline and its transformation into classical Greek culture. As they survive, the labours of Hercules are not recounted in any single place, but must be | Hesperides name of its nymphs: Robert Greene wrote of "The fearful Dragon... that watched the garden called Hesperides". Shakespeare inserted the comically insistent rhyme "is not Love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the Hesperides" in "Love's Labours Lost" (iv.iii) and John Milton mentioned the "ladies of the Hesperides" in "Paradise Regained" (ii.357). "Hesperides" (published 1647) was the title of a collection of pastoral and religious verse by the Royalist poet Robert Herrick. Hesperides In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; Ancient Greek: Ἑσπερίδες ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" |
Alice Springs is in which Australian state? | Alice Springs Alice Springs Alice Springs (; Arrernte: Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice", Alice Springs is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre. The area is known as "Mparntwe" to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for tens of thousands of years. The name "Alice Springs" was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd ("née" Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd. Alice Springs had an urban | Alice Springs these trends were dramatically altered at the 2016 election. Former Chief Minister and Alice Springs resident Adam Giles lost Braitling to Labor, Araluen was retained by a former CLP member turned independent, and Namatjira and Stuart fell to Labor. As a result, the CLP was completely shut out of Alice Springs for the first time ever. In the Australian House of Representatives, Alice Springs is part of the Division of Lingiari, which includes all of the Territory outside the Darwin/Palmerston area. Lingiari is currently held by Labor member and Alice Springs resident Warren Snowdon. Alice Springs began as a service |
Manuka, Tupelo and Firewood are all types of which foodstuff? | Tupelo which is native to Georgia and north Florida produces an edible fruit in the form of a sour, oblong drupe. Tupelos of the species "Nyssa ogeche" are valued as honey plants in the southeastern United States, particularly in the Gulf Coast region. They produce a very light, mild-tasting honey. In Florida, beekeepers keep beehives along the river swamps on platforms or floats during tupelo bloom to produce certified tupelo honey, which commands a high price on the market because of its flavor. Monofloral honey made from the nectar of "Nyssa ogeche" has such a high ratio of fructose to glucose | Manuka, Australian Capital Territory Manuka, Australian Capital Territory Manuka ( ) is an area in the Inner South district of Canberra, Australia covering parts of the suburbs of Griffith and Forrest. Manuka Shops, Manuka Oval, Manuka Swimming Pool, and Manuka Circle take their name from the park in the area. The precinct is named after Manuka Circle, the street which forms the northern boundary of the precinct. Manuka Circle was on Walter Burley Griffin's original plan for Canberra and named after the New Zealand tea tree "Leptospermum scoparium". The name Manuka is somewhat peculiar in that it is pronounced by local Canberrans differently from |
Actress Phyllis Diller said ‘His favourite exercise is climbing tall people’, about which Hollywood actor? | Mooch Goes to Hollywood children that likely will appeal to Baby Boomers due to its evocation of the entertainment world of their own youth. Featuring cameos from many of the top film and television stars circa 1970; these appear as themselves, including Vincent Price, Jill St. John, Phyllis Diller, Sam Jaffe, Rose Marie, Dick Martin, Darren McGavin, Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Dean Martin (voice only) and Mickey Rooney. The animals that appeared in "Mooch Goes to Hollywood" were supplied and trained by Frank Inn. The bevy of animals at the veterinarian included a monkey, goat, cat, donkey and duck. Mooch's various costumes came | Phyllis Diller Phyllis Diller Phyllis Ada Driver (July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012), better known as Phyllis Diller, was an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her eccentric stage persona, her self-deprecating humor, her wild hair and clothes, and her exaggerated, cackling laugh. Diller was a groundbreaking stand-up comic—one of the first female comics to become a household name in the U.S. She paved the way for Joan Rivers, Roseanne Barr, and Ellen DeGeneres, among others, who credit her influence. Diller had a large gay following and is considered a gay icon. She was also one of the first |
Who directed and starred in the 1968 film ‘The Green Berets’? | The Green Berets (film) The Green Berets (film) The Green Berets is a 1968 American war film set in Vietnam featuring John Wayne, Jim Hutton, David Janssen, Aldo Ray, Patrick Wayne, and Jack Soo, based on the 1965 book by Robin Moore. Much of the film was shot in the summer of 1967. Parts of the screenplay bear little relation to the novel, although the portion in which a woman seduces a North Vietnamese communist general and sets him up to be kidnapped by Americans is from the book. Thematically, "The Green Berets" is strongly anti-communist and pro-Saigon. It was released at the height | The Green Berets (film) Vietnam, and his subsequent decision to produce a film about the Army special forces deployed there as a tribute to them. Wayne was a steadfast supporter of American involvement in the war in Vietnam. He co-directed the film, and turned down the "Major Reisman" role in "The Dirty Dozen" to do so. Although "The Green Berets" portrays the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army as sadistic tyrants, it also depicts them as a capable and highly motivated enemy. The film shows the war as one with no front lines, meaning that the enemy can show up and attack at almost any |
Which ‘stone’ was removed from London’s Westminster Abbey on Christmas day 1950? | Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 On Christmas Day 1950, four Scottish students from the University of Glasgow (Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart) removed the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London and took the Stone back to Scotland. The students were members of the Scottish Covenant Association, a group that supported home rule for Scotland. In 2008 the incident was made into a film called "Stone of Destiny". The Stone of Scone, the ancient Stone upon which Scottish monarchs had been crowned, was taken from Scone near Perth, Scotland by King Edward | Westminster Stone theory strong arguments against the theory. On Christmas Day 1950, the Westminster Stone was taken from the abbey by four Scottish students. It remained hidden until April 1951, when a stone was left in Arbroath Abbey. Some speculate that this stone is not the one taken from the Abbey, but merely a copy. The stone left in Arbroath was damaged, for the Westminster Stone had broken in half when removed from the Coronation Chair, but had been repaired by Glasgow stonemason Robert Gray. However, Gray had made replicas of the Stone in the 1930s, and further fuelled speculation by declaring later |
In medicine, metritis is the inflammation of which part of the body? | Metritis e91734, .</ref> The word "metritis" ( or ) uses combining forms of "metr-" + "-itis", yielding "uterus inflammation". Metritis Metritis is inflammation of the wall of the uterus, whereas endometritis is inflammation of the functional lining of the uterus, called the endometrium. The term pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is often used for metritis. Postpartum metritis, also known as puerperal sepsis, occurs within 21 days and is most common within 10 days of delivery. Metritis is characterized by an enlarged uterus and a watery red-brown fluid to viscous off-white purulent uterine discharge, which often has a bad smell. The severity of | The body in traditional Chinese medicine trunk, and ends under the collarbone. (2)The Bladder, a Yang organ, stores and removes fluid from the body by receiving Kidney chi. Imbalance of the Bladder leads to frequent or uncontrolled urination. The Bladder Meridian begins in the corner of the eye, moves down the back, and ends on the back of the knee. The Bladder also has another line, which starts alongside the previous line, moves down to the outer edge of the foot and ends on the small toe. The body in traditional Chinese medicine The model of the body in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has the following |
Which 18th Century scientist and politician published the literary work ‘Poor Richard’s Almanack’? | Poor Richard's Almanack Poor Richard's Almanack Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes "Almanac") was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the American colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year. Franklin, the American inventor, statesman, and publisher, achieved success with "Poor Richard's Almanack". Almanacks were very popular books in colonial America, offering a mixture of seasonal weather forecasts, practical household hints, puzzles, and other amusements. "Poor Richard's Almanack" was also popular for its extensive use | Poor Richard's Almanack Franklin "stole", not borrowed, the name of Richard Saunders from the deceased astrologer-doctor. Franklin also "borrowed—apparently without asking—and adapted the title of an almanac his brother James Franklin was publishing at Newport: "Poor Robin's Almanack" (itself appropriated from a seventeenth-century almanac published under the same title in London)". Louis XVI of France gave a ship to John Paul Jones who renamed her after the "Almanack's" author—"Bonhomme Richard", or "Good man Richard" (the first of several US warships so named). Napoleon Bonaparte considered the "Almanack" significant enough to translate it into Italian, along with the Pennsylvania State Constitution (which Franklin helped |
What is the name of the dragon which guards the treasure in the novel ‘The Hobbit’? | The Hobbit The Hobbit The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the "New York Herald Tribune" for best juvenile fiction. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in children's literature. "The Hobbit" is set within Tolkien's fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving hobbit Bilbo Baggins to win a share of the treasure guarded by Smaug the dragon. Bilbo's journey takes him from light-hearted, | The dragon (Beowulf) trigger a chain of events in "The Hobbit". The "Beowulf" dragon is the earliest example in literature of the typical European dragon and first incidence of a fire-breathing dragon. The "Beowulf" dragon is described with Old English terms such as "draca" (dragon), and "wyrm" (reptile, or serpent), and as a creature with a venomous bite. Also, the "Beowulf" poet created a dragon with specific traits: a nocturnal, treasure-hoarding, inquisitive, vengeful, fire-breathing creature. The fire is likely symbolic of the hellfire of the devil, reminiscent of the monster in the Book of Job. In the Septuagint Bible, Job's monster is characterized |
In which year was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in the USA? | Pearl Harbour, New Zealand Pearl Harbour, New Zealand Pearl Harbour is a small harbour at the head of the Waiau River, in the town of Manapouri on the South Island of New Zealand. The harbour and town are located at the south-east corner of Lake Manapouri. The name was given to the harbour soon after the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in 1941. Pearl Harbour is used mainly by ferry and water taxi operators transporting Meridian Energy staff across Lake Manapouri to the Manapouri Hydroelectric Power Station, on the West Arm of the lake. Ferries also carry tourists travelling to the power | Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The most important embargo was on oil on which its Navy and much of the economy was dependent. For example, "Japan Times", an English-language newspaper owned by one of the major news organizations in Japan (Asahi Shimbun), ran numerous columns in the early 2000s echoing Kurusu's comments in reference to the Pearl Harbor attack. In putting the Pearl Harbor attack into context, Japanese writers repeatedly contrast the thousands of U.S. non-combatants killed there with the hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians killed in U.S. air attacks on Japan later in |
In British government, Sir George Cornewall Lewis was replaced by George Grey in 1861 in which cabinet post? | Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, PC (11 May 1799 – 9 September 1882) was a British Whig politician. He held office under four Prime Ministers, Lord Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Lord Aberdeen, and Lord Palmerston, and notably served three times as Home Secretary. Grey was the only son of Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, third son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, and younger brother of Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. His mother was Mary Whitbread, daughter of Samuel Whitbread. Grey was educated privately and at Oriel College, Oxford. Originally intending to become | George Cornewall Lewis George Cornewall Lewis Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet, (21 April 180613 April 1863) was a British statesman and man of letters. He is best known for preserving the peace in 1862 when the British cabinet debated intervention into the American Civil War. Proponents such as Chancellor of the Exchequer William Gladstone, Foreign Minister Russell and Prime Minister Palmerston favored the Confederacy. They worried about the danger of an extremely bloody race war in the United States, and wanted to restore the supply of urgently needed raw cotton for the Lancashire textile industry. Lewis was a strong opponent, warning that |
What was the first name of 18th Century English poet Lord Byron? | Early life of Lord Byron article) Early life of Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale, better known as the poet Lord Byron, was born 22 January 1788 in Holles Street, London, England, and raised by his mother in Aberdeen, Scotland. His life was complicated by his father, who died deep in debt when he was a child. He was able to work his way through school, and his life advanced after he inherited both his great-uncle's title in 1798 and the Newstead Abbey estate. Byron was the son of Captain John "Mad Jack" Byron and his second wife, the former Catherine | Lord Byron in popular culture Lord Byron in popular culture English writer Lord Byron has been mentioned in numerous media. A few examples of his appearances in literature, film, music, television and theatre are listed below. Byron first appeared as a thinly disguised character in "Glenarvon", by his former lover Lady Caroline Lamb, published in 1816. (It was her summary of him, "mad, bad, and dangerous to know", that is perhaps still the most quoted.) The Spanish poet Gaspar Núñez de Arce wrote "Última lamentación de Lord Byron" ("The last lamentation of Lord Byron"), a long soliloquy on the miseries of the world, the existence |
What is the main ingredient of the dish lutefisk? | Lutefisk there are large Scandinavian populations. Kingman, Alberta proclaims itself on its greeting sign to be the "Lutefisk capital of Alberta". The Wisconsin "Employees' Right to Know Law" specifically exempts lutefisk in defining "toxic substances". Lutefisk Lutefisk (Norwegian, ) or lutfisk (Swedish, ; ) is a traditional dish of some Nordic countries. It is traditionally part of the Norwegian julebord and Swedish julbord, as well as the similar Finnish joulupöytä. It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish ("klippfisk") and lye ("lut"). It is gelatinous in texture. Its name literally means "lye fish". Lutefisk is dried whitefish (normally | The Main Ingredient (band) The Main Ingredient (band) The Main Ingredient is an American soul and R&B group best known for their 1972 hit song "Everybody Plays the Fool". The group was formed in Harlem, New York City in 1964 as a trio called the Poets, composed of lead singer Donald McPherson, Luther Simmons, Jr., and Panama-born Tony Silvester. They made their first recordings for Leiber & Stoller's Red Bird label, but soon changed their name to the Insiders and signed with RCA Records. In 1968, after a couple of singles, they changed their name once again, this time permanently, to The Main Ingredient. |
The Sopot International Song Festival is held annually in which European country? | Sopot International Song Festival Sopot International Song Festival The Sopot International Song Festival (later called "Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix", "Sopot Top of the Top Festival" from 2012–13 and "Polsat Sopot Festival" in 2014) is an annual international song contest held in Sopot, Poland. It was the biggest Polish music festival altogether with the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, and one of the biggest song contests in Europe. The contest was organised and transmitted live by the public Polish Television (TVP) between 1994 and 2004. The following year, the concert was broadcast by the private media station TVN for the first time | Sopot International Song Festival by the Intervision Song Contest, which was still held in Sopot. Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest, the Sopot International Music Festival often changed its formulas to pick a winner and offered many different contests for its participants. For example, at the 4th Intervision Song Festival (held in Sopot August 20–23, 1980) two competitions were effective: one for artists representing television companies, the other for those representing record companies. In the first the jury considered the artistic merits of the songs entered; while in the second, it judged the performers' interpretation." The festival has always been open to non-European acts, and |
What is the title of the only ‘Carry On’ film in which US actor Phil Silvers appeared? | Phil Silvers the British Carry On films, "Follow That Camel", a Foreign Legion parody in which he played a variation of the Sergeant Bilko character, Sergeant Nocker. Producer Peter Rogers employed him to ensure the Carry On films' success in America, though Silvers' presence did not ensure the film's success on either side of the Atlantic. His salary was £30,000, the largest Carry On salary ever, only later met by the appearance of Elke Sommer in "Carry On Behind". Silvers was offered the leading role of conniving Roman slave Pseudolus in the Broadway musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way | Phil Silvers who had a very similar appearance and voice to Silvers. "Sgt Bilko's Vintage Emporium and The Phil Silvers Archival Museum" houses personal and commercial memorabilia collected by Silvers' correspondent Steve Everitt is located in Fargo Village, Coventry, United Kingdom. Source: Internet Broadway Database Source: Turner Classic Movies Phil Silvers Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". He starred in "The Phil Silvers Show", a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Master Sergeant Ernest (Ernie) Bilko. Born Philip Silver or |
Which English Lord led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854? | Charge of the Light Brigade from long-term unemployment. Charge of the Light Brigade The Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British light cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. British commander Lord Raglan had intended to send the Light Brigade to prevent the Russians from removing captured guns from overrun Turkish positions, a task for which the light cavalry were well-suited. However, there was miscommunication in the chain of command, and the Light Brigade was instead sent on a frontal assault against a different artillery battery, one well-prepared | The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem) The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem) "The Charge of the Light Brigade" is an 1854 narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. He wrote it on December 2, 1854, and it was published on December 9, 1854 in "The Examiner". He was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom at the time. During the 1850s, when Great Britain was engaged in the Crimean War, Tennyson wrote several patriotic poems under various pseudonyms. Scholars speculate that Tennyson created his pen names because these verses used |
In which continent is the Beardmore Glacier? | Beardmore Glacier Nova expedition's base camp after they left the South Pole that Edgar Evans, one of the members of Scott's chosen team to go to on the final trek to the South Pole, died around the foot of Beardmore Glacier on February 17, 1912. Beardmore Glacier was named by Shackleton after Sir William Beardmore, a Scottish industrialist and expedition sponsor born in 1856. In 2016 the first beetle fossils, in the form of wing-cases (elytra) of Ball's Antarctic tundra beetle, 14 to 20 million years old, were found on the glacier. Beardmore Glacier The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of | Beardmore Glacier The glacier was discovered and climbed by Ernest Shackleton during his Nimrod Expedition of 1908. Although Shackleton turned back before reaching the South Pole, he established the first proven route towards the pole and, in doing so, became the first person to set foot upon the polar plateau. In 1911–1912, Captain Scott and his Terra Nova Expedition team reached the South Pole by similarly climbing the Beardmore. However, they reached the pole a month after Roald Amundsen and his team, who had chosen a route up the previously unknown Axel Heiberg Glacier. It was on the way back to the |
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is otherwise known by what name? | Names of Myanmar Names of Myanmar "" The country known in English as both Myanmar and Burma has undergone changes in both its official and popular names worldwide. The choice of names stems from the existence of two different names for the country in Burmese, which are used in different contexts. The official English name was changed by the country's government from the "Union of Burma" to the "Union of Myanmar" in 1989, and still later to the "Republic of the Union of Myanmar", which since then has been the subject of controversies and mixed incidences of adoption. In the Burmese language Myanmar | Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great is a children's novel by Judy Blume, first published in 1972. It's the second book in the Fudge Series. The book centers on Sheila Tubman, a ten-year-old girl who masks her insecurities with a much more self-assured, confident person. In truth, she suffers from fears ranging from arachnophobia (fear of spiders and other arachnids), cynophobia (fear of dogs), and aquaphobia (fear of water). Her family decides to spend the summertime in Tarrytown, New York, where she is enrolled at a day camp and meets Merle "Mouse" Ellis, an |
Which French driver won the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, his first Formula One victory? | 1996 Monaco Grand Prix with seventh place. 1996 Monaco Grand Prix The 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 19 May 1996. It was the sixth race of the 1996 Formula One season. The race was run in wet weather, causing significant attrition and setting a record for the fewest cars (4) to be running at the end of a Grand Prix race. Olivier Panis scored his sole career Formula One victory, earning the last ever Formula One victory for the Ligier team, and the first ever for engine | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix 1958 Monaco Grand Prix The 1958 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 May 1958 at Monaco. It was race 2 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 2 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the 16th Monaco Grand Prix and was held over 100 laps of the three kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 314 kilometres. The race was won by French driver Maurice Trintignant in the second and final Grand Prix victory of his long career. The win was |
What is the name of the German origin biscuit baked in a looped knot and often glazed with salt. | Lye roll The same solution is also used for preparing pretzels; outside of Germany they are often the only baked food commonly glazed with a lye solution. Both lye rolls and pretzels are typically covered with salt, preferably pretzel salt, a large-grained salt made from compressed smaller salt particles, which reduces moisture absorption and the hardness of the salt grain. As a snack, lye rolls may also be sold covered with baked cheese, although this is more recent and less common. Typically they are cut in half and buttered, as large soft pretzels often are in Germany and Switzerland as well. Other | Biscuit the 14th century during the Middle Ages, in the Middle English word "bisquite", to represent a hard, twice-baked product. (see the German Zwieback) The Dutch language from around 1703 had adopted the word "koekje" ("little cake") to have a similar meaning for a similar hard, baked product. The difference between the secondary Dutch word and that of Latin origin is that, whereas the "koekje" is a cake that rises during baking, the biscuit, which has no raising agent, in general does not (see gingerbread/ginger biscuit), except for the expansion of heated air during baking. When continental Europeans began to emigrate |
Which British comedian’s catchphrase was ‘Just like that’? | Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This in front of millions of television viewers on 15 April 1984. Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This is a 2014 television film made by Left Bank Pictures. The film focuses on the life of the late Tommy Cooper, the popular British comedian, and the dilemma he faced when he fell in love with his assistant Mary Kay. At the time he was married to Gwen, whom he affectionately nicknamed "Dove". Tommy was unable to choose between the two women and embarked upon a dual relationship that would last for 17 years. Cooper | Catchphrase (UK game show) Catchphrase (UK game show) Catchphrase is a British game show based on the short-lived U.S. game show of the same name. It originally aired on ITV in the United Kingdom between 12 January 1986 and 23 April 2004. A currently running revival premiered on ITV on 7 April 2013. "Catchphrase" was presented by Northern Irish comedian Roy Walker from its 1986 premiere until 1999, airing weekly at night. Nick Weir took the programme over in 2000 and hosted it until the end of series 16 on 23 April 2004. Mark Curry replaced Weir for the final series, which moved to |
Ainsley Harriot was once head chef at which UK cricket ground? | Ainsley Harriott the Calypso Twins with schoolfriend Paul Boross, releasing a hit record in the early 1990s, "World Party". The Calypso Twins went on to be regular performers at the Comedy Store and Jongleurs; they also performed in America and on TV and radio shows. Harriott became head chef at the Long Room of Lord's Cricket Ground. He was asked to present "More Nosh, Less Dosh" on BBC Radio 5 Live, and also has appeared as an extra in Hale and Pace. Harriott became the resident chef on "Good Morning with Anne and Nick" and later the main presenter of "Can't Cook, | Ainsley Harriott Ainsley Harriott Ainsley Harriott (born 28 February 1957) is an English chef, television presenter, and entertainer. He is known for his BBC cooking shows "Can't Cook, Won't Cook" and "Ready Steady Cook". Harriott was born in Paddington, London on 28 February 1957, to the pianist and singer, Chester Leroy Harriott (1933–2013), and his wife Peppy. He has Jamaican heritage. Harriott trained at Westminster Kingsway College (formerly Westminster Technical College), and obtained an apprenticeship at Verrey's restaurant in the West End, later working as a commis chef. Harriott's talents lie in comedy and singing as well as cooking and Harriott formed |
In politics, psephology is the study of what? | Psephology Psephology Psephology (from Greek "psephos" ψῆφος, 'pebble', as the Greeks used pebbles as ballots) is a branch of political science which deals with the study and scientific analysis of elections. Psephology uses historical precinct voting data, public opinion polls, campaign finance information and similar statistical data. The term was coined in 1948 in the United Kingdom by W. F. R. Hardie (1902–1990) after he was asked by his friend R. B. McCallum for a word to describe the study of elections; first written use in 1952. Psephology is a division of political science that deals with the examination as well | Anarchy Is What States Make of It another; structure has no existence or causal powers apart from process. Self-help and power politics are institutions, not essential features, of anarchy. Anarchy is what states make of it". Anarchy Is What States Make of It "Anarchy Is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics" is a journal article by Alexander Wendt published in "International Organization" in 1992 that outlines a constructivist approach to international relations theory. Wendt argues that anarchy is not inherent in the international system in the way in which other schools of international relations theory envision it, but rather it is a |
What is the name of Romeo’s friend and cousin in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet? | Romeo and Juliet Persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline. However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet. Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, is enraged at Romeo for sneaking into the ball but is only stopped from killing Romeo by Juliet's father, who does not wish to shed blood in his house. After the ball, in what is now called the "balcony scene", Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet at her window vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the Montagues. Romeo makes himself | Characters in Romeo and Juliet History of Romeus and Juliet", which Shakespeare later used to create "Romeo and Juliet". Brooke's version made Mercutio a rival for Juliet's love. Shakespeare's addition of Valentine as Mercutio's brother diffuses this rivalry. Thus, because the first time we hear of Mercutio he is associated with Valentine, rather than Juliet, he is changed from a rival to a friend and brotherly figure of Romeo. Characters in Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" contains a diverse cast of characters. In addition to the play's eponymous protagonists, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, the play contains roles for members of |
What does the Latin phrase ‘Caveat emptor’ translate to in English? | Caveat emptor Caveat emptor Caveat emptor (, ) is Latin for "Let the buyer beware" (from "caveat", "may he beware", a subjunctive form of "cavēre", "to beware" + "ēmptor", "buyer"). Generally, "caveat emptor" is the contract law principle that controls the sale of real property after the date of closing, but may also apply to sales of other goods. The phrase "caveat emptor" and its use as a disclaimer of warranties arise from the fact that buyers typically have less information about the good or service they are purchasing, while the seller has more information. The quality of this situation is known | Google Translate numerous mistakes. As of early 2018 Translate is sufficiently accurate to make the Russian Wikipedia accessible to those who can read English. The quality of Translate can be checked by adding it as an extension to Chrome and applying it to the left language links of any Wikipedia article. After the Google Translate has deployed a new technology called “Neural Machine Translation,” to translate whole sentences or text block in the context at a time, seeing the alternative translation for a word or phrase is not available anymore. Moreover, in its “Written Words Translation” function, there is a word limit |
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