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In Norse mythology, of what was 'Aegir' the god?
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Nanna (Norse deity) Nanna (Norse deity) In Norse mythology, Nanna Nepsdóttir or simply Nanna is a goddess associated with the god Baldr. Accounts of Nanna vary greatly by source. In the "Prose Edda", written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, Nanna is the wife of Baldr and the couple produced a son, the god Forseti. After Baldr's death, Nanna dies of grief. Nanna is placed on Baldr's ship with his corpse and the two are set aflame and pushed out to sea. In Hel, Baldr and Nanna are united again. In an attempt to bring back Baldr from the dead, the god
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Norse mythology Norse mythology Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources from both before and after the pagan period, including medieval manuscripts, archaeological representations, and folk tradition. Numerous gods are mentioned in the source texts such as the hammer-wielding, humanity-protecting thunder-god Thor, who relentlessly fights his foes; the one-eyed, raven-flanked god Odin, who craftily pursues knowledge
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Who was 'Dan Dare's' assistant and co-pilot?
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Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future by two sequels, "" and "". Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future is a 1986 video game by Virgin Games for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 home computer systems. It is based on the classic British comic strip "Dan Dare". The Commodore 64 version was considerably different in gameplay to the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions. The Mekon reveals his typically dastardly plan: Earth must submit to his terms or he will propel a hollowed-out asteroid the size of a small planet into Earth. Dan and his sidekick Digby fly
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Dan Dare Dan Dare Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the "Eagle" comic story "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" from 1950 to 1967 (and subsequently in reprints), and dramatised seven times a week on Radio Luxembourg (1951–1956). The stories were set in the late 1990s, but the dialogue and manner of the characters is reminiscent of British war films of the 1950s. Dan Dare has been described as "Biggles in Space" and as the British equivalent of Buck Rogers. Dan Dare was distinguished by
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What name is given to a small mechanical model of the Solar System?
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Stability of the Solar System involved constructing the Digital Orrery by Gerry Sussman and his MIT group in 1988. The group used a supercomputer to integrate the orbits of the outer planets over 845 million years (some 20 per cent of the age of the Solar System). In 1988, Sussman and Wisdom found data using the Orrery which revealed that Pluto's orbit shows signs of chaos, due in part to its peculiar resonance with Neptune. If Pluto's orbit is chaotic, then technically the whole Solar System is chaotic, because each body, even one as small as Pluto, affects the others to some extent through gravitational
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Solar System model Solar System model Solar System models, especially mechanical models, called "orreries", that illustrate the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons in the Solar System have been built for centuries. While they often showed relative sizes, these models were usually not built to scale. The enormous ratio of interplanetary distances to planetary diameters makes constructing a scale model of the Solar System a challenging task. As one example of the difficulty, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is almost 12,000 times the diameter of the Earth. If the smaller planets are to be easily visible to
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From which musical does the song 'The Impossible Dream' come?
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The Impossible Dream (The Quest) The Impossible Dream (The Quest) "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. The song is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha" and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name starring Peter O'Toole. The complete song is first sung by Don Quixote as he stands vigil over his armor, in response to Aldonza (Dulcinea)'s question about what he means by "following the quest". It is reprised partially three more times – the last by prisoners in a dungeon
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The Impossible Dream (The Quest) during the counting following the 1986 Snap Elections, an act which contributed to the peaceful overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos by Cory Aquino in the People Power Revolution. Every year, Javier is remembered on Evelio Javier Day and the song is featured. The song's lyrics are written in brass on a monument in the plaza where he was shot. List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1966 (U.S.) The Impossible Dream (The Quest) "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. The song is the most popular song from the
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Which company produced a motor car called the 'Scimitar'?
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Reliant Scimitar SS1 Reliant Scimitar SS1 The Reliant Scimitar SS1 is an automobile which was produced by British manufacturer Reliant from 1984. Aiming to fill a gap in the small sports car market, Scimitar SS1 was launched in 1984 at the British International Motor Show in Birmingham. It was Michelotti's last design. The name was reported to stand for Small Sports 1. Despite plans for production of 2000 a year, only 1,507 models were produced in the ten years of overall production. In 1990, the SS1 was renamed as the Scimitar SST following a facelift and in 1992 was re-launched as the Scimitar
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Russell Motor Car Company Russell Motor Car Company The Russell Motor Car Company was an automobile manufacturer in Toronto, Canada, that produced cars from 1904 to 1916. The company is considered to have produced Canada's first successful automobile. In 1903, weakness in the bicycle market prompted Canada Cycle and Motor Co. (C.C.M.), a bicycle manufacturer, to acquire the assets of Canadian Motors Ltd., a failed automobile producer. Tommy Russell (1877-1940), C.C.M.'s new general manager, saw an opportunity to diversify his company's product line. From 1903 to 1905, C.C.M.'s new automobile division, named Russell Motor Car Company with Russell serving as president, began production of
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What is the name of 'Bob the Builder's' cement mixer?
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Bob the Builder the Builder products in 2005 after the Hasbro range was discontinued. Learning Curve also created the Thomas & Friends characters, while the company still makes the sets (e.g. Scoop, Muck, Lofty, Dizzy, andys trailer etc.) and then sold them to stores. They discontinued them in 2010 and it is unknown if they could ever return to making them. The toys are currently available in the United Kingdom by Character Options. In 2012, Character World announced that they had signed a license to manufacture official Bob the Builder bedding and bedroom textiles. A duvet cover is said to be available in
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Cement mixer (drink) the drinker's teeth, reminiscent of cement. For a sweeter taste, two shot glasses, one of lemonade and one of Bailey's, can be used. In "The Supersizers Eat... The Eighties" episode, presenters (Giles Coren and Sue Perkins) graphically demonstrate the effect of drinking the Cement Mixer cocktail (they vomit). Cement mixer (drink) A cement mixer is a shot drink. It often consists of: The drink is traditionally ingested by taking the shot of Bailey's, holding it in the mouth, then sipping the lime juice and mixing both liquids either by swirling them around in the mouth or shaking the head. The
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How often is the Oberammergau Passion Play performed?
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The Promise (Passion play) the United States and around the world. Outdoor religious dramas, or passion plays, have a long tradition. In 1633, the residents of Oberammergau, Germany vowed to continue presenting their local passion play every ten years as a vow to God in return for being spared from the plague. The Oberammergau passion play will be performed next in 2010. The United States has had passion plays for over three quarters of a century. These have included The Black Hills Passion Play in Spearfish, South Dakota and The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. In 1984, Dargatz and Rhodes began to
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Oberammergau Passion Play Oberammergau Passion Play Oberammergau Passion Play is a passion play performed since 1634 as a tradition by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany. It was written by Othmar Weis, J A Daisenberger, Otto Huber, Christian Stuckl, Rochus Dedler, Eugen Papst, Marcus Zwink, Ingrid H Shafer, and the inhabitants of Oberammergau, with music by Dedler. Since its first production it has been performed on open-air stages in the village. The text of the play is a composite of four distinct manuscripts dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. The play is presented in German; visitors that do not
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Jeff Bridges was nominated for the 'Oscar' for Best Actor this year for his role as 'Rooster Cogburn' in which film?
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Rooster Cogburn (film) Rooster Cogburn (film) Rooster Cogburn is a 1975 American western adventure film directed by Stuart Millar and starring John Wayne (in his penultimate film), reprising his role as U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, and Katharine Hepburn. Written by Martha Hyer, based on the U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn character created by Charles McColl Portis in his 1968 western novel "True Grit", the film is about an aging one-eyed lawman whose badge was recently suspended for a string of routine arrests that ended in bloodshed. To earn back his badge, he is tasked with bringing down a ring of bank robbers
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Rooster Cogburn (character) 1978 TV sequel starred Warren Oates in the featured role. The 2010 film stars Jeff Bridges as Cogburn. John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Cogburn in the 1969 film. On January 24, 2011, Jeff Bridges was nominated for the same award for his portrayal of Cogburn. Reuben Cogburn was born on July 15, 1825. Cogburn was a veteran of the American Civil War who served under Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill, where he lost his eye. He was married first to an Illinois woman who left him to return to her first husband
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Which of the noble gases takes its name from the Greek for 'hidden'?
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Noble gas a mineral. In 1902, having accepted the evidence for the elements helium and argon, Dmitri Mendeleev included these noble gases as group 0 in his arrangement of the elements, which would later become the periodic table. Ramsay continued his search for these gases using the method of fractional distillation to separate liquid air into several components. In 1898, he discovered the elements krypton, neon, and xenon, and named them after the Greek words (, "hidden"), (, "new"), and (, "stranger"), respectively. Radon was first identified in 1898 by Friedrich Ernst Dorn, and was named "radium emanation", but was not considered
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Trivial name for example, hydrogen ("water-producing"), oxygen ("acid-producing"), nitrogen ("soda-producing"), bromine ("stink"), and argon ("no reaction") were based on Greek roots, while the names of iodine and chlorine were derived from the Greek words for their characteristic colors. Indium, rubidium, and thallium were similarly named for the colors of particular lines in their emission spectra. Iridium, which forms compounds of many different colors, takes its name from "iris", the Latin for "rainbow". The noble gases have all been named for their origin or properties. Helium comes from the Greek "helios", meaning "sun" because it was first detected as a line in the
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In George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', what is the name of the pig who emerges as the leader of the farm following the overthrow of 'Farmer Jones'?
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Napoleon (Animal Farm) Napoleon (Animal Farm) Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon, Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold, or Ducklings' Friend is a fictional character and the main antagonist in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". He is described as "a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar" who is "not much of a talker" and has "a reputation for getting his own way". While he is at first a common farm pig, he exiles Snowball, another pig, who is his rival for power, and then takes advantage of the animals' uprising against their masters to eventually become the tyrannical "President" of Animal Farm,
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Jones (Animal Farm) the 1994 featurette "Down on Animal Farm", a documentary about the making of the 1954 adaptation. Jones (Animal Farm) Mr. Jones of Manor Farm is a fictional character in George Orwell's allegorical novel "Animal Farm". Jones is an allegory for Tsar Nicholas II. Jones is overthrown by the animals of his farm, who represent Bolshevik and liberal revolutionaries. Mr. Jones had once been a capable farmer, but in the aftermath of a very damaging lawsuit he had become quite disheartened with his lot in life, as well as an alcoholic. This led to his neglect of both the animals and
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Jesse Eisenberg was nominated for the 'Oscar' for Best Actor this year for his role as 'Mark Zuckerberg' in which film?
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Jesse Eisenberg founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's "The Social Network" (2010) earned him nominations for various awards, including the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award for Best Actor. He also starred in "Holy Rollers" (2010), which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Eisenberg later voiced the main character, Blu, a male Spix's macaw, in the animated films "Rio" (2011) and "Rio 2" (2014). His other films include the action-comedy film "30 Minutes or Less" (2011), the action-comedy film "American Ultra" (2015), the Woody Allen films "To Rome with Love" (2012) and "Café Society" (2016),
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Mark Zuckerberg script: On January 29, 2011, Zuckerberg made a surprise guest appearance on "Saturday Night Live", which was being hosted by Jesse Eisenberg. They both said it was the first time they ever met. Eisenberg asked Zuckerberg, who had been critical of his portrayal by the film, what he thought of the movie. Zuckerberg replied, "It was interesting." In a subsequent interview about their meeting, Eisenberg explains that he was "nervous to meet him, because I had spent now, a year and a half thinking about him ..." He adds, "Mark has been so gracious about something that's really so uncomfortable
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Which of the noble gases takes its name from the Greek for 'stranger'?
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Noble gas a mineral. In 1902, having accepted the evidence for the elements helium and argon, Dmitri Mendeleev included these noble gases as group 0 in his arrangement of the elements, which would later become the periodic table. Ramsay continued his search for these gases using the method of fractional distillation to separate liquid air into several components. In 1898, he discovered the elements krypton, neon, and xenon, and named them after the Greek words (, "hidden"), (, "new"), and (, "stranger"), respectively. Radon was first identified in 1898 by Friedrich Ernst Dorn, and was named "radium emanation", but was not considered
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Trivial name for example, hydrogen ("water-producing"), oxygen ("acid-producing"), nitrogen ("soda-producing"), bromine ("stink"), and argon ("no reaction") were based on Greek roots, while the names of iodine and chlorine were derived from the Greek words for their characteristic colors. Indium, rubidium, and thallium were similarly named for the colors of particular lines in their emission spectra. Iridium, which forms compounds of many different colors, takes its name from "iris", the Latin for "rainbow". The noble gases have all been named for their origin or properties. Helium comes from the Greek "helios", meaning "sun" because it was first detected as a line in the
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Which American film director of Czech origin twice won the Academy Award for Best Director for his films 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' and 'Amadeus'?
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 American comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman, based on the 1962 novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey. The film stars Jack Nicholson, and features a supporting cast of Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Will Sampson, and Brad Dourif. The film also featured Christopher Lloyd in his film debut. Considered by some to be one of the greatest films ever made, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is No. 33 on the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list. The film
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Academy Award for Best Director multiple Best Director awards: The following directors have received four or more Best Director nominations (* indicates no wins): As of the 90th Academy Awards, four Asian directors have been nominated a total of six times in this category, and one director has won the award twice. As of the 90th Academy Awards, five black directors have been nominated in this category one time each, and none have won the award. As of the 90th Academy Awards, five female directors have been nominated in this category one time each, and one has won the award. As of the 90th Academy
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Which German-born French composer left his most famous opera 'Tales of Hoffmann' unfinished at his death in 1880?
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E. T. A. Hoffmann E. T. A. Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (commonly abbreviated as E. T. A. Hoffmann; born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 177625 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera "The Tales of Hoffmann", in which Hoffmann appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. He is also the author of the novella "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", on which Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker" is based. The ballet "Coppélia" is based on two other stories that
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Opera in German One of the most famous German Romantic authors, E.T.A. Hoffmann, was also a music theorist and a composer in his own right and in 1816 he produced an opera, "Undine", in Berlin. Another important early Romantic opera was "Faust" by Louis Spohr (also 1816). Both Hoffmann and Spohr took the basic form of the "Singspiel" as their starting point but began to group the individual numbers into extended scenes. They also employed "reminiscence motifs", recurring musical themes associated with characters or concepts in the opera, which would pave the way for Wagner's use of the leitmotif. The major breakthrough in
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Which Sri Lankan batsman ended the 2011 Cricket World Cup as the highest run scorer?
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2011 Cricket World Cup Final spectators were initially disappointed, they eventually rallied behind their team and welcomed them at the airport with garlands, cheers, and celebration. Sri Lanka's excellent performance through the world cup was appreciated, and it was recognised that reaching the final was a significant achievement in itself. Opening batsman Tillekaratne Dilshan was the highest run scorer in the tournament, with Sangakkara being the third highest (the second highest was Sachin Tendulkar of India). The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa hosted High Tea for the Sri Lankan players and spouses on the grounds of the Presidential residence, Temple Trees. Indian fans were ecstatic
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Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011 Council, after he broke a window in the dressing-room, following a run-out. This was the first ever Test match to be played at The Rose Bowl. Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne made his Test Match debut. Chris Tremlett made his best Test figures to date with 6 for 48. Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011 The Sri Lankan cricket team toured England from 14 May to 9 July 2011. The tour consisted of three Tests, one Twenty20 International (T20I) and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between Sri Lanka and England. Jonathan Trott's score of 203 is the highest
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Which American film director of Greek origin has twice won the Academy Award for Best Director for his films 'Gentleman's Agreement' and 'On The Waterfront'?
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Golden Globe Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director The Golden Globe Award for Best Director has been presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization composed of journalists who cover the United States film industry for publications based outside North America, since 1943. Having won all four of his nominations, Elia Kazan has been honored most often in this category. Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, David Lean, Miloš Forman, and Oliver Stone tie for second place with three wins each. Steven Spielberg has had the most nominations (twelve) and has received the award twice. Barbra Streisand is the only woman to
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Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Director The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award for Best Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with the award being split into "Dramatic" and "Comedy" categories; Frank Borzage and Lewis Milestone won for "7th Heaven" and "Two Arabian Knights", respectively. However, these categories were merged for all subsequent ceremonies. Nominees are determined
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The novel 'Dead Souls' and the play 'The Government Inspector' are two of the best known works of which Russian author?
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Dead Souls (Rankin novel) Dead Souls (Rankin novel) Dead Souls is a 1999 crime novel by Ian Rankin that features Inspector Rebus. The title refers both to Joy Division's song "Dead Souls" and to the 1842 Nikolai Gogol novel "Dead Souls"; quotes from the latter appear at the beginnings of the two divisions of the book. The novel won the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière upon its publication there in 2004. While investigating a poisoner at Edinburgh Zoo, Detective Inspector John Rebus sees Darren Rough, a known paedophile, seemingly photographing children and decides to 'out' the man, in spite of assurances that he
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The House of the Dead (novel) The House of the Dead (novel) The House of the Dead (, "Zapiski iz Myortvogo doma") is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1860–2 in the journal "Vremya" by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, which portrays the life of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. The novel has also been published under the titles Memoirs from the House of The Dead, Notes from the Dead House (or Notes from a Dead House), and Notes from the House of the Dead. The book is a loosely-knit collection of facts, events and philosophical discussion organised by "theme" rather than as a continuous story. Dostoevsky
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Which English city shares its name with the state capital of Nebraska?
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Nebraska Department of Roads Roads and the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics into the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT). The Nebraska Department of Roads officially dissolved on June 30, 2017, and the new Department of Transportation began operation the next day. Nebraska Department of Roads The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) is the state government agency charged with building and maintaining the state and federal highways in the U.S. State of Nebraska from 1957 to 2017. The main headquarters of the agency is located in Lincoln, the capital city. At the time of its dissolution, there were eight NDOR district offices located across the state.
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Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City, Nebraska Nebraska City is a city in, and the county seat of, Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,289. The Nebraska State Legislature has credited Nebraska City as being the oldest incorporated city in the state, as it was the first approved by a special act of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature in 1855. Nebraska City is home of Arbor Day, the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Center (which focuses on the natural history achievements of the expedition), and the Mayhew Cabin, the only site in the state recognized by
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'Grenade' was a 2011 UK number one hit for which singer?
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Grenade (song) nomination for "Best Hit International" at the Swiss Music Awards. At the 2012 ASCAP Pop Music Awards the song was able to win the title of "Most Performed Song" "Grenade" debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100 the week of October 16, 2010 at number 81 and climbed the chart to number five for the week ending December 18, 2010. On January 8, 2011, it peaked at number 1, making it Bruno Mars' third number one single on the chart, the others being B.o.B's "Nothin' on You", on which he was featured, and "Just the Way You Are". The peak position
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One Hit (To the Body) the song, called the "London Mix" (clocking at 7:00), was done by Steve Lillywhite and then released on the 12" single. One Hit (To the Body) "One Hit (To the Body)" is the opening track to English rock band The Rolling Stones' 1986 album "Dirty Work". The first Rolling Stones single to feature a Ron Wood co-writing credit with Jagger and Richards, it charted in the USA, Netherlands and Australia. Reaching number 80 in the UK, it was their poorest charting single at the time. Credited to lead singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards and guitarist Ron Wood, "One Hit
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Which English town shares its name with the state capital of Delaware?
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Farmers' Bank of Delaware Farmers' Bank of Delaware Farmers' Bank of Delaware was the second bank chartered by Delaware. It operated from 1807 until 1981, when it was on the verge of bank failure and was acquired by Girard Bank. At that time, the bank had 28 branches. For most of its existence, the bank was 49% owned by the state government, although it was privately managed. On February 4, 1807, the Delaware General Assembly passed legislation allowing the Farmers' Bank to incorporate and issue $500,000 of capital, via 10,000 shares at $50 each. The bank was incorporated by Henry M. Ridgely in Dover,
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Capital punishment in Delaware Capital punishment in Delaware Capital punishment is no longer used in the U.S. state of Delaware. The state's capital sentencing scheme was declared unconstitutional by the Delaware Supreme Court on August 2, 2016. The ruling will retroactively apply to earlier death sentences. Despite this ruling, the capital statute for first-degree murder under Title 11, Chapter 42, Section 09 of the Delaware Code has yet to be repealed. Prior to this, it had the third highest number of executions per capita behind Oklahoma and Texas. 16 people were executed in the state after the "Gregg v. Georgia" decision of 1976. Delaware
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The novels 'The Gulag Archipelago' and 'One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich' are two of the best known works of which Russian author?
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (film) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (film) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a joint Norwegian-British film, based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with the same name and released in 1970. The Norwegian title is En dag i Ivan Denisovitsj' liv. The movie stars Tom Courtenay as the title character, a prisoner in the Soviet gulag system of the 1950s who endures a long prison sentence. It tells of one routine day in his life. Finnish film director Jörn Donner tried to get the film to Finland, but the Finnish Board of Film banned
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The Oak and the Calf criticizing Joseph Stalin's conduct of the war in letters to a friend. He was sentenced to eight years in the Gulag. He was released in 1953 and pardoned in 1957. He later moved to Ryazan, near Moscow, to work as a mathematics teacher. There he wrote his early novels and novellas: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "The First Circle", based on his time in the Gulag; and "Matryona's Place" and "Cancer Ward", based on his experiences in "internal" exile in rural Russia and Tashkent between 1953 and 1957. In 1961, he sent the manuscript of "One
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After the city of Valencia, which tourist resort on the Costa Blanca is the next largest city in the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia?
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Valencia Airport coastal route to Barcelona. It is connected to Valencia by a regular bus line (MetroBus) which takes 45 minutes, while the shuttle service (Aerobus) to city centre takes 20 minutes. The metro network Metrovalencia with lines 3 and 5 on the airport station connect the airport to the city centre (15 minutes), the main Railway Station of the city Estació del Nord (20 minutes) and the port of Valencia (30 minutes). Valencia Airport Valencia Airport in Manises , also known as Manises Airport, is the tenth-busiest Spanish airport in terms of passengers and second in the region after Alicante. It
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University of Valencia It is located in the Mediterranean Spanish baseline, in the city of Valencia which is the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain, with a population of 829,705 in 2014. One of its campuses is located in the metropolitan area of Valencia, in the municipalities of Burjassot and Paterna. There are three campuses: The current chancellor is Esteban Morcillo Sánchez. At the request of James I the Conqueror, Pope Innocent IV in 1246, authorized by a Bull the establishment of "estudis generals" in Valencia. The University Statutes were passed
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Named after a German inventor, what is the SI unit of electrical conductance?
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Electrical resistance and conductance Electrical resistance and conductance The electrical resistance of an object is a measure of its opposition to the flow of electric current. The inverse quantity is , and is the ease with which an electric current passes. Electrical resistance shares some conceptual parallels with the notion of mechanical friction. The SI unit of electrical resistance is the ohm (Ω), while electrical conductance is measured in siemens (S). The resistance of an object depends in large part on the material it is made of—objects made of electrical insulators like rubber tend to have very high resistance and low conductivity, while objects
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Conductance quantum ~ "e/h". Conductance quantum The conductance quantum, denoted by the symbol , is the quantized unit of electrical conductance. It is defined by the elementary charge "e" and Planck constant "h" as: formula_1= . It appears when measuring the conductance of a quantum point contact, and, more generally, is a key component of the Landauer formula, which relates the electrical conductance of a quantum conductor to its quantum properties. It is twice the reciprocal of the von Klitzing constant (2/"R"). Note that the conductance quantum does not mean that the conductance of any system must be an integer multiple of
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After Seville, which tourist resort on the Costa Del Sol is the next largest city in the Spanish autonomous region of Andalusia?
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Costa del Sol Costa del Sol The Costa del Sol (; literally, "Coast of the Sun" or "Sun Coast") is a region in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga. The Costa del Sol is situated between two lesser known coastal regions, the Costa de la Luz and the Costa Tropical. Formerly made up only of a series of small fishing settlements, today the region is a world-renowned tourist destination. The Costa del Sol includes the city of Málaga and also the towns of Torremolinos, Benalmádena,
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Costa del Sol and eating snacks, is an important social activity for Spaniards. Some bars will serve a "tapa" for free when one orders a drink. "Churros", fried-dough pastries served hot and dipped in café con leche or hot chocolate are a typical breakfast food. "Chiringuitos", small, open-air beachside restaurants, offer respite from the summer heat of the cities in the high holiday season. Costa del Sol The Costa del Sol (; literally, "Coast of the Sun" or "Sun Coast") is a region in the south of Spain, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline
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Named after a French physicist, what is the SI unit of electrical charge?
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Electric charge charged particles, and how their interactions are mediated by photons, is called quantum electrodynamics. The SI derived unit of electric charge is the coulomb (C) named after French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb. In electrical engineering, it is also common to use the ampere-hour (Ah); in physics and chemistry, it is common to use the elementary charge ("e" as a unit). Chemistry also uses the Faraday constant as the charge on a mole of electrons. The symbol "Q" often denotes charge. Charge is the fundamental property of forms of matter that exhibit electrostatic attraction or repulsion in the presence of other
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Ampere Ampere The ampere (; symbol: A), often shortened to "amp", is the base unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). It is named after André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), French mathematician and physicist, considered the father of electrodynamics. The International System of Units defines the ampere in terms of other base units by measuring the electromagnetic force between electrical conductors carrying electric current. The earlier CGS measurement system had two different definitions of current, one essentially the same as the SI's and the other using electric charge as the base unit, with the unit of charge defined by
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Which god of embalming in Egyptian mythology is usually portrayed with the head of a Jackal?
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Egyptian mythology in Egyptian culture. In the first portion of the myth, Osiris, who is associated with both fertility and kingship, is killed and his position usurped by his brother Set. In some versions of the myth, Osiris is actually dismembered and the pieces of his corpse scattered across Egypt. Osiris' sister and wife, Isis, finds her husband's body and restores it to wholeness. She is assisted by funerary deities such as Nephthys and Anubis, and the process of Osiris' restoration reflects Egyptian traditions of embalming and burial. Isis then briefly revives Osiris to conceive an heir with him: the god Horus.
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The Ritual of Embalming Papyrus head was to be wrapped firstly in linen, of this first linen, the embalmer was to obtain the linen from Sais, with a second layer added afterwards. The Ritual of Embalming Papyrus The Ritual of Embalming Papyrus or "Papyrus of the Embalming Ritual" is one of only two extant papyri which detail anything at all about the practices of mummification used within the burial practices of Ancient Egyptian culture. One version of the papyri is contained within the Egyptian museum Cairo ("Pap. Boulaq No.3") and the other is within the Louvre (No. 5158). The papyri within Cairo was located and
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Which American actor and singer has joined Amanda Holden as one of the judges on the current series of 'Britain's Got Talent'?
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Got Talent Talent" franchise. ITV eventually debuted "Britain's Got Talent" on 9 June 2007 with Cowell, Morgan and Amanda Holden as judges, and Ant & Dec as hosts of the show. For series 5, Morgan stepped down due to commitments hosting "Piers Morgan Tonight" on CNN, and Cowell only attended the live shows as he was busy launching "The X Factor USA", so Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff joined the panel with Holden. In October 2011, it was confirmed that McIntyre and Hasselhoff would not return for series 6 and they were replaced by David Walliams and Alesha Dixon, along with Cowell
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Britain's Got Talent (series 1) Britain's Got Talent (series 1) Series One of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2007, from 9 June to 17 June on ITV. The success of America's Got Talent helped to revive production of a British version of the show, after initial development for the programme was suspended when its originally planned host, Paul O'Grady, became involved in an argument with ITV and later defected to another channel. The judges chosen for the series were Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell; both Morgan and Cowell had been original choices during the
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Who was the King of Persia who led the armies that triumphed over the Greeks at the battles of Thermopylae and Artemisium?
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Battle of the Eurymedon with the decisive Athenian victory at the Battle of Marathon. Between the two invasions, Darius died, and responsibility for the war passed to his son Xerxes I. Xerxes then led the second invasion personally in 480 BC, taking an enormous (although oft-exaggerated) army and navy to Greece. Those Greeks who chose to resist (the 'Allies') were defeated in the twin battles of Thermopylae and Artemisium on land and at sea respectively. All of Greece except the Peloponnesus thus fell into Persian hands, but then seeking to finally destroy the Allied navy, the Persians suffered a decisive defeat at the Battle
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Battle of Thermopylae is arguably the most famous battle in European ancient history, repeatedly referenced in ancient, recent, and contemporary culture. In Western culture at least, it is the Greeks who are lauded for their performance in battle. However, within the context of the Persian invasion, Thermopylae was undoubtedly a defeat for the Greeks. It seems clear that the Greek strategy was to hold off the Persians at Thermopylae and Artemisium; whatever they may have intended, it was presumably not their desire to surrender all of Boeotia and Attica to the Persians. The Greek position at Thermopylae, despite being massively outnumbered, was nearly
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Also found in Spinach and similar plants, which organic acid is the primary acid found in Rhubarb leaves?
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Rhubarb levels in diabetic mice. Rhubarb also contains the flavanol glucosides (+)-catechin-5-O-glucoside and (−)-catechin-7-O-glucoside. Rhubarb contains quinone molecules which are capable of carrying an electrical charge. In 2014, a Harvard-based team of scientists published results describing the use of the quinone AQDS, almost identical to a form found in rhubarb, in flow-batteries. Rhubarb leaves contain poisonous substances, including oxalic acid, which is a nephrotoxic and corrosive acid that is present in many plants. Humans have been poisoned after ingesting the leaves, a particular problem during World War I when the leaves were mistakenly recommended as a food source in Britain. The
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Organic acid bacteria, compared to undissociated acids. Lactic acid and its salts sodium lactate and potassium lactate are widely used as antimicrobials in food products, in particular, meat and poultry such as ham and sausages. Organic acids have been used successfully in pig production for more than 25 years. Although less research has been done in poultry, organic acids have also been found to be effective in poultry production. Organic acids (C–C) are widely distributed in nature as normal constituents of plants or animal tissues. They are also formed through microbial fermentation of carbohydrates mainly in the large intestine. They are sometimes
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Who was the King of Epirus who defeated the Romans at the Battle of Asculum in 279 BC at the cost of his army being almost entirely destroyed?
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Battle of Asculum treated the Greek city-states despotically. These cities turned against him. He was forced to return to southern Italy. He fought the Romans at the Battle of Beneventum (275 BC), where he was defeated. He then left Italy and returned to Epirus. Battle of Asculum The Battle of Asculum took place in 279 BC between the Roman Republic under the command of the consuls Publius Decius Mus and Publius Sulpicius Saverrio and the forces of king Pyrrhus of Epirus. The battle took place during the Pyrrhic War, after the Battle of Heraclea of 280 BC, which was the first battle of
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Battle of Asculum the next battle. In the spring of 279 BC, Pyrrhus invaded Apulia. Many places were captured or capitulated. The Romans came upon him near Asculum and encamped opposite him. In Plutarch's account, instead, after resting his army, Pyrrhus marched to Asculum to confront the Romans. According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Pyrrhus had 70,000 infantry, of whom 16,000 were Greeks. The Romans had more than 70,000 infantry, of whom about 20,000 were Romans (four legions which at the time had 4,000 men), the rest being troops from allies. The Romans had about 8,000 cavalry and Pyrrhus had slightly more, plus nineteen
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Which English comedian has joined Amanda Holden as one of the judges on the current series of 'Britain's Got Talent'?
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Got Talent Talent" franchise. ITV eventually debuted "Britain's Got Talent" on 9 June 2007 with Cowell, Morgan and Amanda Holden as judges, and Ant & Dec as hosts of the show. For series 5, Morgan stepped down due to commitments hosting "Piers Morgan Tonight" on CNN, and Cowell only attended the live shows as he was busy launching "The X Factor USA", so Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff joined the panel with Holden. In October 2011, it was confirmed that McIntyre and Hasselhoff would not return for series 6 and they were replaced by David Walliams and Alesha Dixon, along with Cowell
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Britain's Got Talent (series 1) Britain's Got Talent (series 1) Series One of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2007, from 9 June to 17 June on ITV. The success of America's Got Talent helped to revive production of a British version of the show, after initial development for the programme was suspended when its originally planned host, Paul O'Grady, became involved in an argument with ITV and later defected to another channel. The judges chosen for the series were Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell; both Morgan and Cowell had been original choices during the
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Which English king was born in Le Mans in 1133?
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Julian of Le Mans bishop cared for the poor, the infirm, and the orphans. His miracles included the resurrection of a dead man. Upon reaching old age, he retired to live as a hermit at Sarthe. The Cathédrale St-Julien, in Le Mans, is dedicated to him. The feast of St. Julian of Le Mans was celebrated in England because Henry II of England had been born in Le Mans. His feast was kept throughout the south of England in at least nine Benedictine English monasteries. The Church of St. Julian in Norwich may be dedicated to him. Having rested in a shrine at the
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WEC Le Mans game also earned critical acclaim. The Spectrum version was also commercially successful, reaching 4th place on the UK Spectrum chart in May 1989. Konami's Tanaka Fumihaki cited "WEC Le Mans" as the chief inspiration for Konami's 1995 game "Speed King". WEC Le Mans WEC Le Mans is a racing simulation arcade game released in by Konami. It was the first racing video game to depict the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Lap of Le Mans is split up into three sections, during which the time of day changes from day to dusk, dusk to night, and night to dawn.
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Chad shares the vast majority of its eastern border with which country?
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Religion in Chad Religion in Chad The majority of Chadians are Muslims, with Christians making up a substantial minority of 40-45%. The vast majority of Muslims are Sunni of Maliki school of Jurisprudence. A minority of Muslims are Shia or Ahmadiyya. Muslims are largely concentrated in northern and eastern Chad, and animists and Christians live primarily in southern Chad and Guéra. Islam was brought in the course of the Muslim conquest of the Sudan region, in the case of Chad complete in the 11th century with the conversion of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. Christianity arrived in Chad with the French, by the end of
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Islam in Chad day. Islam in Chad The earliest presence of Islam in Chad can be traced back to the legendary Uqba ibn Nafi, whose descendants can be found settled in the Lake Chad region to this day. By the time Arab migrants began arriving from the east in the fourteenth century in sizeable numbers, the creed was already well established. Islamization in Chad was gradual, the effect of the slow spread of Islamic civilization beyond its political frontiers. Today the majority of Chadians are Muslims (55.7%), the vast majority of whom are Sunni of Maliki madhhab. In Chad, 55% of Muslims belong
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"Which Caribbean island nation is thought to take its name from the Spanish for ""shallow seas""?"
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MS Adventure of the Seas Juan, Puerto Rico to the Southern Caribbean. For 2018, "Adventure of the Seas" will sail sailings from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the Southern Caribbean during the winter season and then will reposition north to Bayonne to offer weekly voyages to Florida and the Bahamas and Canada and New England for the summer season and reposition to Fort Lauderdale to offer cruises to both the Eastern Caribbean and Western Caribbean. MS Adventure of the Seas MS "Adventure of the Seas" is a "Voyager"-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. She was built at Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Finland
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Take To The Seas those being Hey! Robot!, Pocket Satellite, and Say Things Twice. They recorded the It's Science E.P. at the Vault Studios in Sheffield which was subsequently released on Favourite Tree Records 2009: It's Science E.P. Take To The Seas Take to the Seas are a four-piece indie rock band from Sheffield, England. They released a two track EP on Favourite Tree Records in March 2009, and are currently working on a second. They have had positive reviews in magazines such as Sandman magazine, and have had airplay on BBC Radio Sheffield's Raw Talent, and on Tom Robinson's radio show on BBC
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In the King James Version, which eponymous book of the Old Testament follows 'Isaiah' and precedes 'Lamentations'?
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Book of Lamentations Book of Lamentations The Book of Lamentations (, "‘Êykhôh", from its incipit meaning "how") is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem. In the Hebrew Bible it appears in the Ketuvim ("Writings"), beside the Song of Songs, Book of Ruth, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther (the Megilloth or "Five Scrolls"), although there is no set order; in the Christian Old Testament it follows the Book of Jeremiah, as the prophet Jeremiah is its traditional author. Jeremiah's authorship is no longer generally accepted, although it is generally accepted that the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586
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Isaiah 37 James Version organises this chapter as follows: Good News Translation: A proverbial expression reflecting powerlessness. Hosea 13:13, similarly, states: King James Version: King James Version: According to Assyrian records, Sennacherib was assassinated in 681 BC, twenty years after the 701 BC invasion of Judah. Armenia: or Ararat. Isaiah 37 Isaiah 37 is the thirty-seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets. The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary describes chapters 36 to
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Nigeria shares the vast majority of its eastern border with which country?
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Eastern Region, Nigeria in rebellion from 1967 to 1970. The Eastern region of Nigeria was geographically located in Southeastern Nigeria. It is bordered by the Niger river in the West and has an administrative and cultural border with the Northern region of Nigeria to the north. The eastern boundary lies between the border of Nigeria and Cameroon and the southern coast is along the Gulf of Guinea. The total surface area of the region was approximately . In 1965, the region had a population of twelve million people and some areas such as Owerri and those inhabited by the Annangs were one of
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Eastern Region, Nigeria Eastern Region, Nigeria The Eastern Region was an administrative region in Nigeria, dating back originally from the division of the colony Southern Nigeria in 1954. Its first capital was Calabar. The capital was later moved to Enugu and the second capital was Umuahia. The region was officially divided in 1967 into three new states, the East-Central State, Rivers State and South-Eastern State. East-Central State had its capital at Enugu, which is now part of Enugu State. The region had the third-, fourth- and fifth-largest indigenous ethnic groups including Igbo, Ibibio, and Ijaw. It was what later became Biafra, which was
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Which Caribbean island nation is thought to take its name from the Spanish for 'ancient and bearded'?
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Beer in the Caribbean Beer in the Caribbean The beers of the Caribbean are unique to each island in the region, although many are variants of the same style. Each island generally brews its own unique pale lager, the occasional stout, and often a non-alcoholic malta beverage. Contract-brewing of international beers is also common, with Heineken Pilsener and Guinness Foreign Extra Stout being the most popular. The beers vary between the islands to suit the taste and the brewing method used. The national beer of Antigua is Wadadli beer, an alternative name for the island itself. It is brewed by Antigua Brewery, who also
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Bearded anole Bearded anole The bearded anole or Anguilla Bank bush anole ("Anolis pogus") is a species of anole lizard that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, located in the Lesser Antilles. Its range used to include Anguilla and possibly Saint Barthélemy, but it is now extirpated from both islands. Males reach a maximum length of 58 mm snout-to-vent. Males have a uniform light brown to orange-brown dorsal surface, with an off-white to yellowish ventral surface. It has a turquoise area around its eye, which may extend to its upper head, and occasionally with an otherwise rust-brown head. Females
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Which English king was born in Bordeaux in 1367?
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Richard II of England Richard II of England Richard II (6 January 1367 – c. 14 February 1400), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard, a son of Edward the Black Prince, was born in Bordeaux during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III. His father was Prince of Aquitaine. Richard was the younger brother of Edward of Angoulême, upon whose death Richard, at three years of age, became second in line to the throne after his father. Upon the death of Richard's father prior to the death of Edward III, Richard,
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Kosmos 1367 Kosmos 1367 Kosmos 1367 ( meaning "Cosmos 1367") was a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1982 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors. Kosmos 1367 was launched from Site 41/1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR. A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 13:09 UTC on 20 May 1982. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the
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Which are the only two colours to appear on the flags of Bahrain and Indonesia?
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Flags of the Holy Roman Empire "Saint George Flag", was a white cross on a red background: the reverse of the St George's Cross used as the flag of England. Red and white were also colours of the Hanseatic League (13th–17th centuries). Hanseatic trading ships were identifiable by their red-white pennants and most Hanseatic cities adopted red and white as their city colours (see Hanseatic flags). Red and white still feature as the colours of many former Hanseatic cities such as Hamburg or Bremen. In northern Italy, during the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in the 12th to 14th centuries, the armies of the Ghibelline
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Bahrain–Indonesia relations Bahrain–Indonesia relations Bahrain–Indonesia relations was officially established in 1976. Bahrain sees Indonesia as an important market in ASEAN, while Indonesia sees Bahrain as one of the gate to enter Gulf Cooperation Council nations. Indonesia has an embassy in Manama since December 29, 2010, while Bahrain's embassy in Bangkok is also accredited to Indonesia. Both countries are the member of Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid paid an official state visit to Bahrain in June 2000. The trade volume between Bahrain and Indonesia has seen a significant increase, from about US$39 million in 2009 to more than US$140 million
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Which Rolf Harris song was the last UK number one hit of the 1960's?
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Rolf Harris Rolf Harris Rolf Harris (born 30 March 1930) is an Australian entertainer whose career has encompassed work as a musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter and television personality. Harris is widely known for his musical compositions "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", a Top 10 hit in Australia, the UK, and the United States, and "Jake the Peg"; his recording of "Two Little Boys" reached number 1 in the UK. He often used unusual instruments in his performances: he played the didgeridoo; is credited with the invention of the wobble board; and is associated with the Stylophone. During the 1960s and
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Rolf Harris Kangaroo Down, Sport" which became a huge hit in the US, and "Sun Arise", an Aborigine-type song Harris had written with Perth naturalist Harry Butler. The song went to number two in the UK charts, ceding the number one spot to Elvis Presley. Harris met and worked with the Beatles after they started recording with Martin, and he compèred their 16-night season of Christmas shows at London's Finsbury Park Astoria Theatre (now the Rainbow Theatre) in 1963. Harris sang "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", with the Beatles singing backing vocals, for the first edition of the "From Us to You"
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Named after a French author and statesman, what name is given to a thick steak, cut from a grilled fillet of beef that is regularly served with mushrooms and potatoes?
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Chateaubriand steak Chateaubriand steak Chateaubriand steak (also chateaubriand) is a meat dish cooked with a thick cut from the tenderloin filet. In contemporary times, chateaubriand cuts of beef refer to "a large steak cut from the thickest part of a fillet of beef". In the gastronomy of the 19th century, the steak for chateaubriand was cut from the sirloin, and the dish was served with a reduced sauce named chateaubriand sauce (or a similar sauce) that is prepared with white wine and shallots moistened with demi-glace, and mixed with butter, tarragon, and lemon juice. It was also traditionally served with mushrooms. The
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Steak sandwich sauce and/or melted American cheese. A beef on weck is a variety of sandwich found primarily in Western New York. It is made with roast beef on a kummelweck roll. The meat on the sandwich is traditionally served rare, thin cut, with the top bun getting a dip au jus. Accompaniments include horseradish, a dill pickle spear, and french fries. A steak bomb is a hot grinder sandwich consisting of shaved steak and melted provolone or mozzarella cheese with grilled onions, sautéed red and green bell peppers, mushrooms, and peppered shaved steak all on a grinder sandwich roll. It is
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Sold for $106.5 million in 2010, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' is which artist's most expensive painting?
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Nude, Green Leaves and Bust Nude, Green Leaves and Bust Nude, Green Leaves and Bust () is a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso, featuring his mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. The painting was in the personal collection of Los Angeles art collectors Sidney and Frances Brody for nearly six decades. It sold at auction for US$106.5 million, the third highest price for a piece of artwork sold at auction at the time. "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" is one of a series of portraits that Picasso painted of his mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter from 1932. The vibrant blue and lilac canvas is more than tall. At
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Nude Sitting on a Divan flush and basking in the afterglow". In 1999 "Nude Sitting on a Divan" sold at Sotheby's for $16.7 million, a record price for a painting by the artist. The most recent sale far surpassed the pre-sale estimate of $40 million, as well as the previous record for one of Modigliani's works, $52.6 million for a sculpture. Nude Sitting on a Divan Nude Sitting on a Divan (The Beautiful Roman Woman) is an oil on canvas painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani depicting a partially draped woman seated with crossed legs against a warm red background. The work was one of
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Sold for $100 million in 2008, 'Eight Elvises' is which artist's most expensive painting?
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Eight Elvises the most expensive paintings ever sold, and made Warhol only the fifth artist, behind Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning to have a painting sold for at least $100 million. The current location of the painting is unknown. Another painting from 1963, "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)", broke the valuation record for a Warhol work set by "Eight Elvises" when it sold for $105 million at auction in November 2013. Eight Elvises Eight Elvises is a 1963 silkscreen painting by American pop artist Andy Warhol of Elvis Presley. In 2008 it was sold by Annibale Berlingieri
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Eight Elvises on it, known as "Double Elvis", only one piece titled "Eight Elvises" was created. In 2008 "Eight Elvises" was sold by Annibale Berlingieri, who had owned it for 40 years, in a private sale for $100 million to an unidentified collector. News of the sale, which was not announced publicly at the time, was broken by art writer Sarah Thornton and published in "The Economist" in late 2009. The deal was brokered by Philippe Ségalot, a New York-based art dealer and one time head of the contemporary art department at Christie's auction house. The sale made "Eight Elvises" one of
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In which US city do the American Football team known as the 'Browns' play their home games?
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Cleveland Browns examples include: Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The Browns play their home games at FirstEnergy Stadium, which opened in 1999, with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea, Ohio. The Browns' official colors are brown, orange and white. They are unique among the 32 member franchises of the NFL in that they do not have a logo on their helmets. The franchise was founded in 1945 by businessman Arthur
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Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament Football at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament The women's association football tournament at the 2011 Pan American Games was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Omnilife Stadium from October 18 to October 27. Associations affiliated with FIFA that qualified were invited to send their full women's national teams. For these Games, the women competed in an 8-team tournament, which is a drop from 10 at the 2007 games. The defending champions are Brazil, who won the title on home field. A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition. Mexico, the host nation
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In which American state are the headquarters of the fast- food chain McDonalds located?
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Fast food restaurant chain in the American South, and Jack in the Box is located in the West and South. Canada pizza chains Topper's Pizza and Pizza Pizza are primarily located in Ontario. Coffee chain Country Style operates only in Ontario, and competes with the famous coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons. Maid-Rite restaurant is one of the oldest chain fast food restaurants in the United States. Founded in 1926, their specialty is a loose meat hamburger. Maid-Rites can be found in the midwest - mainly Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and Missouri. International brands dominant in North America include McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's,
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Fast food in China Fast food in China Western-style fast food in (mainland area) is a recent phenomenon. McDonald's opened its first outlet in Republic of China in January 1984 before opening franchises in the mainland People's Republic of China in 1990. In October 1987, Kentucky Fried Chicken, still the most popular fast food chain in China, established its first restaurant in the People's Republic of China (mainland area), located in Beijing. KFC was later followed by McDonald's, which remains China's number two foreign fast food option. In addition to American style fast food, China has many local options, including a slew of restaurants
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Which author's works feature 'Blandings Castle' and 'The Drones Club'?
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Drones Club Drones Club The Drones Club is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. It is a gentlemen's club in London. Many of Wodehouse's Jeeves and Blandings Castle stories feature the club or its members. Various members of the club appear in stories included in the "Drones Club series", which contains stories not already included in other series. Most of the Drones Club stories star either Freddie Widgeon or Bingo Little. The name "Drones" has been used by several real-life clubs and restaurants. The Drones Club is in Mayfair, London, located in Dover Street,
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Blandings Castle Saga". In a radio broadcast on 15 July 1961, Evelyn Waugh said: "The gardens of Blandings Castle are that original garden from which we are all exiled." Blandings Castle, lying in the picturesque Vale of Blandings, Shropshire, England, is two miles from the town of Market Blandings, home to at least nine pubs, most notably the Emsworth Arms. The tiny hamlet of Blandings Parva lies directly outside the castle gates and the town of Much Matchingham, home to Matchingham Hall, the residence of Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, is also nearby. The castle is a noble pile, of Early Tudor building ("its
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Who was President of France between Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Jacques Chirac?
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Jacques Chaban-Delmas, a former Gaullist Prime Minister. Supported by his FNRI party, he obtained the rallying of the centrist Reforming Movement. Moreover, he benefited from the divisions in the Gaullist party. Jacques Chirac and other Gaullist personalities published the "Call of the 43" where they explained that Giscard was the best candidate to prevent the election of Mitterrand. In the election, Giscard finished well ahead of Chaban-Delmas in the first round, though coming second to Mitterrand. In the run-off on 20 May, however, Giscard narrowly defeated Mitterrand, receiving 50.7% of the vote. Giscard was finally elected President of France, defeating
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Jacques Chirac These elections were moved forward because of Pompidou's sudden death on 2 April 1974. Chirac vainly attempted to rally Gaullists behind Prime Minister Pierre Messmer. Jacques Chaban-Delmas announced his candidacy in spite of the disapproval of the "Pompidolians". Chirac and others published the "call of the 43" in favour of Giscard d'Estaing, the leader of the non-Gaullist part of the parliamentary majority. Giscard d'Estaing was elected as Pompidou's successor after France's most competitive election campaign in years. In return, the new president chose Chirac to lead the cabinet. When Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became president, he nominated Chirac as prime minister
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'One O'Clock Jump' was the theme song fro which jazz musician and his orchestra?
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One O'Clock Jump One O'Clock Jump "One O'Clock Jump" is a jazz standard, a 12-bar blues instrumental, written by Count Basie in 1937. The melody derived from band members' riffs--Basie rarely wrote down musical ideas, so Eddie Durham and Buster Smith helped him crystallize his ideas. The original 1937 recording of the tune by Basie and his band is noted for the saxophone work of Herschel Evans and Lester Young, trumpet by Buck Clayton, Walter Page on bass and Basie himself on piano. "One O'Clock Jump" became the theme song of the Count Basie Orchestra. They used it to close each of their
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Dave Lee (jazz musician) 102.2 Jazz FM. Still busy in his 80s, his novel "Promised Lands" about a fictional jazz pianist was due for publication in 2006. Dave Lee (jazz musician) Dave Lee (born 12 August 1926) is a jazz pianist, and a former orchestra leader, music arranger, songwriter and film composer. In a varied musical career, he wrote the hit song "Goodness Gracious Me", was the resident musician on "That Was the Week That Was", wrote the score for the movie "The Masque of the Red Death", had a hit jazz album in the USA, and was a resident fixture in early episodes
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Which band are photographed outside Salford Lads Club on the inside cover of their album 'The Queen Is Dead'?
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Salford for the BAFTA award winning "East is East". Salford was featured in the second series of the Channel 4 programme "The Secret Millionaire", screened in 2007. Salford is also home to the theatre venue Studio Salford. The folk song "Dirty Old Town", written by native Ewan MacColl, is the origin of Salford's nickname. Local band Doves released a song on their 2005 album "Some Cities" called "Shadows of Salford". One of the most famous photographs of band The Smiths shows them standing outside the Salford Lads Club, and was featured in the artwork for their album "The Queen Is Dead".
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Salford Lads' Club outdoor games. In Salford and Manchester, a number of these clubs grew up in the most deprived areas, the first of which was Hulme Lads' Club, founded in 1850. Salford Lads' Club was founded in 1903 by two brothers, James and William Groves, from the family of brewers that were partners with Arthur William Whitnall in the Groves and Whitnall Brewery on Regent Road in Salford. Built and designed by Manchester architect Henry Lord, who was also responsible for the former Salford Royal Hospital and Salford Museum and Art Gallery, the club was opened on 30 January 1904 by Robert
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The name of which former US Treasury Secretary completes this banking corporation 'J P Morgan ......'?
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J.P. Morgan & Co. J.P. Morgan & Co. J.P. Morgan & Co. is a commercial and investment banking institution founded by J. P. Morgan in 1871. The company was a predecessor of three of the largest banking institutions in the world, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank (via Morgan, Grenfell & Co.), and was involved in the formation of Drexel Burnham Lambert. The company is sometimes referred to as the ""House of Morgan" or simply ""Morgan". The origins of the firm date back to 1854 when Junius S. Morgan joined George Peabody & Co. (which became Peabody, Morgan & Co.), a London-based banking
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J. P. Morgan Jr. the official purchasing agent for the British government, buying cotton, steel, chemicals and food, receiving a 1% commission on all purchases. Morgan organized a syndicate of about 2200 banks and floated a loan of $500,000,000 to the Allies. The British sold off their holdings of American securities and by late 1916 were dependent on unsecured loans for further purchases. At the beginning of World War I, US Treasury Secretary William McAdoo and others in the Wilson administration were very suspicious of J. P. Morgan & Co.'s enthusiastic role as British agent for purchasing and banking. When the United States entered
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Which actor, most famous for the TV series 'Spooks' was the first to play the 17-year-old 'Alan Strang' in the play 'Equus' in 1973?
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Equus (play) Dysart to understand the cause of the boy's actions while wrestling with his own sense of purpose. The original stage production ran at the National Theatre in London between 1973 and 1975, directed by John Dexter. Alec McCowen played Dysart, and Peter Firth played Alan Strang. Later came the Broadway productions that starred Anthony Hopkins as Dysart (later played by Richard Burton, Leonard Nimoy, and Anthony Perkins) and from the London production, Peter Firth as Alan. When Firth left for Broadway, Dai Bradley took over the role of Alan in the London production, playing opposite Michael Jayston as Dr. Dysart.
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Equus (play) Tom Hulce replaced Firth during the Broadway run. The Broadway production ran for 1,209 performances. Marian Seldes appeared in every single performance of the Broadway run, first in the role of Hesther and then as Dora. Shaffer also adapted his play for a 1977 film of the same name. Numerous other issues inform the narrative. Most important are religious and ritual sacrifice themes, and the manner in which character Alan Strang constructs a personal theology involving the horses and the supreme godhead, "Equus". Alan sees the horses as representative of God and confuses his adoration of his "God" with sexual
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Who plays 'Ian Fletcher' 'Head of Deliverance of the Olympic Deliverance Commission' in the BBC TV comedy 'Twenty Twelve'?
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Twenty Twelve star Olivia Colman also picking up the award for 'Best Female Comedy Performance', a category in which co-star Jessica Hynes was also nominated. Hugh Bonneville also received a nomination for his role of Head of Deliverance, Ian Fletcher. On 23 October 2012 BBC Home Entertainment released the entire series in a two-disc DVD set. After the final episode had aired, there was speculation in the media about a third series with the team liaising with the organisation team of the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016, or becoming management consultants. When asked about whether the hit show could return, main
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Twenty Twelve series 2 began airing from 10 July 2012. The series' last episode was broadcast on 24 July 2012, three days before the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games. The series follows the trials of the management of the fictional Olympic Deliverance Commission (ODC), the body tasked to organise the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Over the series, the ODC have to overcome logistical difficulties, production errors, infrastructure problems and troublesome contributors. The main character is Ian Fletcher, the Head of Deliverance, who is in overall charge of the ODC, and is generally efficient but often has to clean up a
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Which US Senator who ran for the White House in 2008 was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936?
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Panama Canal Zone born of at least one US citizen in the Canal Zone before the law's enactment. This rule was later rendered moot when the rules were changed to state that (almost all) children born to U.S. citizens anywhere in the world were considered U.S citizens. In 2008, during a minor controversy over whether Canal Zone–born John McCain, born in the Zone in 1936, was legally eligible for the presidency, the US Senate passed a non-binding resolution that McCain was a "natural born Citizen" of the United States. Notable people born in the Panama Canal Zone include Frederick Wiseman made the film
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Panama Canal Zone Panama Canal Zone The Panama Canal Zone () was an unincorporated territory of the United States from 1903 to 1979, centered on the Panama Canal and surrounded by the Republic of Panama. The zone consisted of the canal and an area generally extending on each side of the centerline, excluding Panama City and Colón, which otherwise would have been partly within the limits of the Zone. Its border spanned three of Panama's provinces. When reservoirs were created to assure a steady supply of water for the locks, those lakes were included within the Zone. In 1904, the Isthmian Canal Convention
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Which team won the FA Cup in 1975 - Alan Taylor scoring two goals in the final, as he had in the quarter- final and semi-final replay?
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1975 FA Cup Final 1975 FA Cup Final The 1975 FA Cup Final was the 94th final of the FA Cup. It took place on 3 May 1975 at Wembley Stadium and was contested by London clubs West Ham United and Fulham. The Fulham team contained two former England captains in former West Ham captain Bobby Moore, making his last appearance at Wembley, and Alan Mullery. West Ham won 2–0, with both goals scored by Alan Taylor. The first came in the 60th minute when Fulham goalkeeper Peter Mellor parried Billy Jennings' shot into Taylor's path; the second came four minutes later when Taylor
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1990 FA Cup Final was the last all-English team to play in an FA Cup final, while the Manchester United team was the last team to be composed solely of players from the United Kingdom to win the FA Cup final. The 1990 FA Cup win was the third time Bryan Robson had been in the winning side in an FA Cup final; he had also now scored a total of three goals in FA Cup finals. He was the only player left from the 1983 FA Cup winning team, in which he had scored two goals in the final replay. He left the
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"Who said in a 1981 speech ""I grew up in the 30's with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work""?"
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Premiership of Margaret Thatcher Deputy Prime Minister, William Whitelaw. His moral authority and support allowed her to resist the internal threat from the Heathite wets. After the Brixton riot in West London in April 1981, Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit, responding to a suggestion that rioting was caused by unemployment, observed that the unemployment of the 1930s was far worse than that of the 1980s—and that his father's generation never reacted by rioting. "I grew up in the 1930s with an unemployed father", Tebbit said. "He did not riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he went on looking until he
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Norman Tebbit memoirs Tebbit said that the 1982 Act was his "greatest achievement in Government". In the aftermath of the 1981 riots in Handsworth and Brixton, Tebbit responded to a suggestion by the Young Conservative National Chairman, Iain Picton that rioting was the natural reaction to unemployment: I grew up in the '30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept looking till he found it. As a result, Tebbit is often misquoted as having directly told the unemployed to "get on your bike", and he was popularly referred to as
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Which logistics company is the 2012 sponsor of the Rugby League Super League?
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Super League XVII Starting from Thursday 9 April 2009, all of the matches shown on Sky Sports will also be available live online via Livestation everywhere in the world excluding the US, Puerto Rico, UK, Ireland, France, Monaco, Australia and New Zealand. List of Super League games available on Livestation.com Super League XVII The 2012 Super League season (known as the "Stobart Super League XVII") was the 17th season of rugby league football since the European Super League format was introduced in 1996. Fourteen teams competed for the League Leaders' Shield over 27 rounds (including the Magic Weekend at Manchester's Etihad Stadium), which
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English rugby league sponsorship competition to be known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup. Leeds Met Carnegie ended their long association with the Cup in 2012. The RFL were qui to find a new title sponsor and did so with Tetley's Bitter continuing their long term association with rugby league by signing a two-year deal. Ladbrokes became the first betting company to sponsor a rugby league competition after the RFL took a U-turn on betting companies sponsoring major competitions after they turned down a cash deal with Betfair to sponsor the Super League in 2012. The first British competition to be sponsored was the Challenge
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Which river flows through Worcester and Gloucester?
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River Severn River Severn The River Severn (, ) is the longest river in Great Britain at a length of , and the second longest in the British Isles after the River Shannon in Ireland. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, close to the Ceredigion/Powys border near Llanidloes, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales. It then flows through Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, with the county towns of Shrewsbury, Worcester and Gloucester on its banks. With an average discharge of at Apperley, Gloucestershire, the Severn is by far the greatest river in terms of water flow in England and Wales.
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Gloucester River Park comprising Antarctic Beech and Southern Sassafras high altitude rainforest. In the middle and lower reaches, the river flows through subtropical rainforest that includes Red Cedar and Rosewood trees. Gloucester River Gloucester River ( ), a perennial river and major tributary of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Mid North Coast hinterland New South Wales, Australia. Gloucester River rises within Gloucester Tops, on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, south east of Gloucester, and flows generally east northeast, joined by six tributaries including the Avon, Barrington, and Bowman rivers, before reaching its confluence with the Manning
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How many strings are there on a Viola?
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Viola d'amore of the staff supposes that you are playing on the upper four strings and the lower part that you are playing on the lower four strings (still imagining that you are reading the four strings of a viola in alto clef). This does mean that there are two ways of notating notes on the middle two strings but it quickly becomes apparent, when playing, what the correct reading should be. "Note:" The papers of Walter Voigtlander contain 142 arrangements and transcriptions of works for the instrument. The sînekemani ("breast fiddle") is one of the members of the viol family, which
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Viola organista Viola organista The viola organista is a musical instrument designed by Leonardo da Vinci. It uses a friction belt to vibrate individual strings (similar to how a violin produces sounds), with the strings selected by pressing keys on a keyboard (similar to an organ). Leonardo's design has intrigued instrument makers for more than 400 years. But though similar instruments have been built, no extant instrument constructed directly from Leonardo's incomplete designs is known. Sometimes it has been called harpsichord viola by mistake since it's a different instrument. Leonardo designed many different and elaborate models of viola organista, as preserved in
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Which musician and actor, who was in 'Eastenders' for four months last year has written a recent autobiography entitled 'Over The Moon'?
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Michael Moon (EastEnders) Michael Moon (EastEnders) Michael Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Steve John Shepherd. The character is a second cousin once removed of Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), and first appears on 1 October 2010 after Alfie's return. He is also the father to Tommy Moon, whose mother is Alfie's wife Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace). Michael is later joined by his father Eddie Moon (David Essex) and half brothers Tyler (Tony Discipline) and Anthony (Matt Lapinskas). A psychopath, Michael is described as a competitive and manipulative risk-taker who lives dangerously. He is a charmer with
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Michael Moon (EastEnders) lots more in 2012, please!" A writer for "The Sun" branded Michael a "hunk". Shepherd admitted that playing a villain has made him unpopular with viewers. He said that one woman screamed at him and a child hid behind her mother and would not speak. He commented: "It was quite upsetting, but the flip side is that they clearly believe in the drama." Michael Moon (EastEnders) Michael Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Steve John Shepherd. The character is a second cousin once removed of Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), and first appears on
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Which sign of the zodiac comes between Leo and Libra?
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Leo (astrology) Leo (astrology) Leo (♌) (Greek: , "Leōn"), is the fifth astrological sign of the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Leo. It comes after Cancer and before Virgo. The traditional Western zodiac associates Leo with the period between July 23 and August 22, and the sign spans the 120th to 150th degree of celestial longitude. Leo is a fixed sign along with Taurus, Scorpio, and Aquarius. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this area on average between July 23 and August 22 each year, and under the sidereal zodiac, the Sun currently transits this area from approximately August 16
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Libra (astrology) September 22. Natives of this sign are said to have an affinity for having balance within their life and are very people oriented. Libra (astrology) Libra (♎) is the seventh astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans 180°–210° celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, Sun transits this area on average between (northern autumnal equinox) September 23 and October 23, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation of Libra from approximately October 16 to November 17. The symbol of the scales is based on the Scales of Justice held by Themis, the Greek personification of divine law
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Which drinks company is the sponsor of the Grand National at Aintree?
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2012 Grand National 2012 Grand National The 2012 Grand National (known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 165th annual renewal of the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. The showpiece steeplechase, which concluded a three-day meeting which is one of only four held at Aintree throughout the year, took place on 14 April 2012. The maximum permitted field of 40 runners ran the last-ever of Aintree's National Course featuring 30 fences, competing for record prize money of £975,000, making it the highest-valued National Hunt race in the United Kingdom. Aintree had made a number
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Grand National race to be televised in high-definition in the UK. In August 2013 Crabbie's was announced as the new sponsor of the Grand National. The three-year deal between the alcoholic ginger beer producer and Aintree saw the race run for a record purse of £1 million in 2014. In March 2016 it was announced that Randox Health would take over from Crabbie's as official partners of the Grand National festival from 2017, for at least five years. The Grand National is run over the National Course at Aintree and consists of two laps of 16 fences, the first 14 of which
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Which is the largest country in Africa, by area?
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Automotive industry by country Automotive industry by country This article provides an overview of the automotive industry in countries around the world. The United States was the world's largest automobile producer by volume from the early years of the 20th century until the 1980s, when it was overtaken by Japan. In 2009, China became the world's largest vehicle producer. Algeria's automotive industry is among the largest on the African continent (together with South Africa, Egypt and Morocco) and can exceed 500,000 units a year. Renault is the largest manufacturer with an estimated 25.5 percent of the national car market. Other carmakers represented there include
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Organic farming by country for organic products remains robust, with sales increasing by over five billion US Dollars a year. Organic Monitor estimates international sales to have reached 46.1 billion US Dollars in 2007 (WorldStats2009,FiBL, IFOAM, ITC 2009). Since global statistics have first been collated, Australia has reported more certified organic hectares than any other country. Australia currently accounts for 35 million certified organic hectares which is 54% of the world's certified organic agricultural land and 8.8% of Australia's agricultural land. Africa has 1.3 million hectares of organic agricultural land as of 2014. Even though Africa has the second largest land area of any
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Which sign of the zodiac comes between Scorpio and Capricorn?
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Negative sign (astrology) Negative sign (astrology) In astrology, a negative, ceptive, dispassive, yin, nocturnal or feminine sign refers to any of the six even-numbered signs of the zodiac: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn or Pisces. These 11 signs constitute the earth and water triplicities. In astrology there are two groups: positive and negative. These two groups also include six individual signs that are called zodiac signs. The negative signs associated with the zodiac are Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces. The positive signs associated with the zodiac are Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius, and Aquarius. The twelve signs are divided into two
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Capricorn (comics) sought to recapture the Zodiac Key, but lost it to the Brotherhood of the Ankh. Led by Taurus, the Zodiac later attempted to kill all Manhattan residents born under the sign of Gemini as a show of power, but were thwarted by the Avengers. Taurus's faction attempted to kill the Zodiac dissident faction, but all twelve leaders were captured by the Avengers. A new android version of the Zodiac later appeared, led by Scorpio in a new android body, massacred the human Zodiac, and took over their criminal operations. An android Capricorn was a Life Model Decoy created by Scorpio
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In which year did the 'Easter Rising' in Dublin begin on Easter Monday, April 24th?
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Easter Rising military parade is on Easter Sunday; the date of coming into force of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 was symbolically chosen as Easter Monday (18 April) 1949. The official programme of centenary events in 2016 climaxed from 25 March (Good Friday) to 2 April (Easter Saturday) with other events earlier and later in the year taking place on the calendrical anniversaries. Easter Rising The Easter Rising (), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish
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Easter Rising 23 April, the Military Council met at Liberty Hall to discuss what to do in light of MacNeill's countermanding order. They decided that the Rising would go ahead the following day, Easter Monday, and that the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army would go into action as the 'Army of the Irish Republic'. They elected Pearse as president of the Irish Republic, and also as Commander-in-Chief of the army; Connolly became Commandant of the Dublin Brigade. Messengers were then sent to all units informing them of the new orders. On the morning of Monday 24 April, about 1,200 members of
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Following the awarding of city status to St. Asaph earlier this year, there are now six cities in Wales. Which city is first alphabetically?
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City status in the United Kingdom council areas and have their own city councils. The cities of Perth, Stirling and Inverness are part of council areas which do not have city status, and have no city councils. Stirling Council's application for city status was specifically for the urban area of the (now former) Royal Burgh of Stirling and included proposed city boundaries which are much smaller than Stirling council area. Cardiff, Newport and Swansea are principal areas and have city councils. The city councils of Bangor, St Asaph and St Davids are community councils with limited powers. Belfast City Council is a local government district council.
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St Asaph severe congestion in the city. This congestion is having a detrimental effect on the city, and residents have repeatedly called for a bypass to take this north/south road and its traffic away from the city, but the National Assembly for Wales rejected these calls in 2004, presenting a further setback for residents campaigning on the issue. St Asaph is now home to Ysgol Glan Clwyd, a Welsh medium secondary school that opened in Rhyl in 1956 and moved to St Asaph in 1969. It was the first Welsh medium secondary school in Wales. St Asaph is twinned with the town
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The SI unit of Magnetic Flux is named after which German who lived from 1804 to 1891?
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Weber (unit) weber), could equally serve as the fourth fundamental unit. "After consultation, the ampere was adopted as the fourth unit of the Giorgi system in Paris in 1950." Weber (unit) In physics, the weber (symbol: Wb) is the SI unit of magnetic flux. A "flux density" of one Wb/m (one weber per square metre) is one tesla. The weber is named after the German physicist Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891). The weber may be defined in terms of Faraday's law, which relates a changing magnetic flux through a loop to the electric field around the loop. A change in flux of one
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Magnetic flux Magnetic flux In physics, specifically electromagnetism, the magnetic flux (often denoted or ) through a surface is the surface integral of the normal component of the magnetic field B passing through that surface. The SI unit of magnetic flux is the weber (Wb) (in derived units: volt formula_1 seconds), and the CGS unit is the maxwell. Magnetic flux is usually measured with a fluxmeter, which contains measuring coils and electronics, that evaluates the change of voltage in the measuring coils to calculate the magnetic flux. The magnetic interaction is described in terms of a vector field, where each point in
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Which symbol on a musical score raises the pitch by one semitone?
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Musical notation of scorewriter computer software in the 1980s, a score stored electronically can have parts automatically prepared by the program and quickly and inexpensively printed out using a computer printer. A ♭ in music lowers a pitch down one semitone. A ♯ in music raises a note one semitone. For example, a sharp on B would raise it do B♯ while a flat would lower it to B♭. "Jeongganbo" is a unique traditional musical notation system created during the time of Sejong the Great that was the first East Asian system to represent rhythm, pitch, and time. Among various kinds of
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A♭ (musical note) A♭ (musical note) A (A-flat; also called la bémol) is the ninth semitone of the solfège. It lies a diatonic semitone above G and a chromatic semitone below A, thus being enharmonic to G, although in some musical tunings, A will have a different sounding pitch than G. When calculated in equal temperament with a reference of A above middle C as 440 Hz, the frequency of the A above middle C (or A) is approximately 415.305 Hz. See pitch (music) for a discussion of historical variations in frequency. A/G is the only note to have only one other enharmonic.
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Which river can be crossed using the Scotswood Bridge or the Shields Ferry?
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Scotswood Bridge in 1990. Scotswood Bridge Scotswood Bridge is one of the main bridges crossing the River Tyne in North East England. It links the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank of the river with the MetroCentre and Blaydon in Gateshead on the south bank. It is situated upstream of the better-known city centre bridges. The first bridge across the river at this location was the Old Scotswood Bridge, or "The Chain Bridge" as it was known locally. It was a suspension bridge with two stone towers, from which the road deck was suspended by chains. It was
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Shields Ferry the Tyne and Wear Metro or the Tyne Tunnel. The Shields Ferry can be used by cyclists and is part of the National Cycle Route 1. All of the vessels in service with Nexus can carry wheelchairs. Because the ferry is operated by Nexus, who also operate the Tyne and Wear Metro, ticketing is integrated with the Metro ticketing system. Many Metro tickets are valid on the Ferry. New style Transfare tickets can be purchased allowing one-way travel on Shields Ferry and either a bus or Metro. Tickets are purchased when boarding the ferry. Shields Ferry The Shields Ferry operates
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French actress Catherine Deneuve was the second wife of which photographer?
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Catherine Deneuve campaign for Louis Vuitton entitled "Connected Journeys", celebrating the launch of the brand's Tambour Horizon smartwatch, which also featured celebrities, including Jennifer Connelly, Bae Doona, Jaden Smith and Miranda Kerr. In 1986, Deneuve introduced her own perfume, "Deneuve". She is also a designer of glasses, shoes, jewelery and greeting cards. Deneuve speaks fluent French, Italian and English. Her hobbies and passions include gardening, drawing, photography, reading, music, cinema, fashion, antiques and decoration. Deneuve has been married once, to photographer David Bailey from 1965 to 1972. She has lived with director Roger Vadim, actor Marcello Mastroianni, cinematographer Hugh Johnson, Spanish model
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Catherine Deneuve Turkey. Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve (; born 22 October 1943) is a French actress as well as an occasional singer, model and producer. She gained recognition for her portrayal of icy, aloof and mysterious beauties for various directors, including Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut and Roman Polanski. In 1985, she succeeded Mireille Mathieu as the official face of Marianne, France's national symbol of liberty. A 14-time César Award nominee, she won for her performances in Truffaut's "The Last Metro" (1980), for which she also won the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, and Régis Wargnier's "Indochine" (1992). She is also
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How many valves are there on a (standard) trumpet?
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Firebird (trumpet) the slide may be operated by either hand, giving the player the option to finger the valves with the right hand and operate the slide with the left, or vice versa. Other than the slide, Firebird playing technique is no different from standard trumpet technique. Popular artists who have used the Firebird on recordings and live performances include: Firebird (trumpet) The Firebird is a type of trumpet with the standard three valves and the addition of a trombone-style slide. It was invented by Maynard Ferguson and Larry Ramirez and remains an exceptionally rare, specialist instrument. They are occasionally produced by
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Trumpet their adaptation from military bugles. Traditionally used in drum and bugle corps, sopranos have featured both rotary valves and piston valves. The bass trumpet is usually played by a trombone player, being at the same pitch. Bass trumpet is played with a shallower trombone mouthpiece, and music for it is written in treble clef. The most common keys for bass trumpets are C and B. Both C and B bass trumpets are transposing instruments sounding an octave (C) or a major ninth (B) lower than written. The modern slide trumpet is a B trumpet that has a slide instead of
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Which fish is used in the dish 'gravlax' (or 'gravadlax')?
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Gravlax same method of curing can be employed for any fatty fish, but salmon is the most commonly used. Gravlax can be cured with salt, dill, and beetroot, and it is often eaten on rye bread. Gravlax Gravlax (gravad lax) or gravlaks is a Nordic dish consisting of raw salmon, cured in salt, sugar, and dill. Gravlax is usually served as an appetizer, sliced thinly and accompanied by "hovmästarsås" (literally "maitre d'hôtel sauce", also known in Sweden as "gravlaxsås" and in Denmark as "rævesovs", literally "fox sauce"), a dill and mustard sauce, either on bread or with boiled potatoes. During the
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Dill and seafood in Sweden, for example gravlax and various herring pickles, among them the traditional sill i dill (literally "herring in dill"). In contrast to the various fish dishes flavoured with dill, there is also a traditional Swedish dish called dillkött, which is a meaty stew flavoured with dill. The dish commonly contains either pieces of veal or lamb that are boiled until tender and then served together with a vinegary dill sauce. Dill seeds may be used in breads or akvavit. A newer, non-traditional use of dill is paired up with chives as a flavouring of potato chips. This
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John McCain and Barry Goldwater, the defeated candidate in the 1964 US Presidential Election, were both Senators for which state?
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1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota The 1964 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1964, in Minnesota as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had assumed the presidency less than a year earlier following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, won the state over U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona by a margin of 431,493 votes, or 27.76 percent. Johnson went on to win the election nationally, by a landslide margin of 22.58 percent of the popular vote. Goldwater carried only six
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1964 United States presidential election 1964 United States presidential election The United States presidential election of 1964, the 45th quadrennial American presidential election, was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee. With 61.1% of the popular vote, Johnson won the largest share of the popular vote of any candidate since the largely uncontested 1820 election. Johnson had come to office in November 1963 following the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy. He easily defeated a primary challenge by segregationist Governor George Wallace of Alabama to win nomination to a full term. At the
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What is the full name of the breed of cattle originating in Scotland, known as 'Belties'?
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Belted Galloway Belted Galloway The Belted Galloway (colloquially known as an "Oreo Cow") is a heritage breed of beef cattle originating from Galloway cattle that originated from Galloway on the west side of southern Scotland. They are adapted to living on the poor upland pastures and windswept moorlands of the region. The exact origin of the breed is unclear, although the white belt for which they are named and that distinguishes the breed from the native black Galloway cattle is often surmised to be the result of cross breeding with Dutch "Lakenvelder" belted cattle. Belted Galloways are primarily raised for their quality
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La Reina cattle La Reina cattle La Reina (also known as the Creole cattle) is a Nicaraguan local breed originating from the "Bos taurus" varieties brought to America during the Spanish colonization in the 15th century. In the 1950s Joaquin Reyna and her Friend Costantino Sacasa Carazo, both being Nicaraguan breeders, formed a herd with approximately 200 females with typical characteristics of Creole cattle from which the Reyna breed was created, their name originating from Joaquin Reyna himself. Selection of animals was focused on red coat colour (sorrel) and milk production. The Nicaraguan government started an official inventory in the 1970s and in
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For what does the 'w' stand in 'PwC', one of the 'Big Four' accountancy firms in the world?
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Big Four accounting firms alphabetical order): Most of the Big Eight originated in an alliance formed between British and U.S. audit firms in the 19th or early 20th centuries. Price Waterhouse was a UK firm which opened a U.S. office in 1890 and subsequently established a separate U.S. partnership. The UK and U.S. Peat Marwick Mitchell firms adopted a common name in 1925. Other firms used separate names for domestic business, and did not adopt common names until much later: Touche Ross in 1960, Arthur Young (at first Arthur Young, McLelland Moores) in 1968, Coopers & Lybrand in 1973, Deloitte Haskins & Sells in
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Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, EY worked on data science tools and PwC has a software called Halo to analyze journal entries. Some tasks have been replaced by machines, but most of the jobs need to be done by auditors. Big Four accounting firms The Big Four (Ernst & Young (EY), Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) ) are the four biggest professional services networks in the world, offering audit, assurance services, taxation, management consulting, advisory, actuarial, corporate finance and legal services. They handle the vast majority of audits for public companies as well as many private companies. Until the late 20th century, the market
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The 'Maxilla' is the upper jawbone. What is the name of the lower jawbone?
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Jawbone Canyon Jawbone Canyon Jawbone Canyon is a geographic feature in the Mojave Desert and a Bureau of Land Management area located in Kern County, California, north of Mojave on CA 14. The area is a popular destination for hikers and off road vehicle enthusiasts. Europeans first settled in the canyon around 1860—naming it Jawbone because its shape resembled a mandible—and the trail was used as a trade route from Keyesville into the Piute Mountains. During the Kern River gold rush, several gold mines operated in the canyon; the most successful of these, the St. John mine, yielded nearly $700,000 worth of
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Jawbone (company) later Jawbone announced software to allow developers to access Jawbone UP data and integrate their apps. Also in April 2013, Jawbone announced its acquisition of BodyMedia, a maker of wearable health tracking devices. In May 2013 Jawbone added Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!, and Robert Wiesenthal, COO of Warner Music Group, to its board of directors. Mindy Mount (from Microsoft) became president of the company at the same time. Also in May 2013, Jawbone announced customer colors for the Big Jambox. In September 2013, Jawbone announced the Mini Jambox, and a water-resistant leather case for it. In 2012, CEO and
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The most famous piece performed by which jazz quartet is 'Take Five'?
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Take Five Take Five "Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond and originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for its 1959 album "Time Out". Made at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio in New York City on July 1, 1959, fully two years later it became an unlikely hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever. Revived since in numerous movie and television soundtracks, the piece still receives significant radio airplay. Written in the key of E minor, "Take Five" is known for its distinctive two-chord piano vamp; catchy blues-scale saxophone melody; inventive, jolting drum solo; and unusual quintuple ()
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Modern Jazz Quartet next three years. On August 18, 1951, they made a recording as the Milt Jackson Quartet for Gillespie's record label, Dee Gee Records. Brown then left the group to concentrate on working with his wife, singer Ella Fitzgerald, and was replaced as bassist by Percy Heath, who had also performed with Gillespie. The quartet was incorporated on January 14, 1952, as the Modern Jazz Society, Inc., of which the Modern Jazz Quartet became the working entity. Three or four names were considered, including the New Jazz Quartet, before the group decided to use the name "Modern Jazz Quartet". In a
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'Marianne Dashwood', 'Fanny Price' and 'Anne Elliot' are characters created by which author?
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Marianne Dashwood Marianne Dashwood Marianne Dashwood is a fictional character in the Jane Austen novel "Sense and Sensibility". The 16-year-old second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood, she embodies the "sensibility" of the title, as opposed to her elder sister Elinor's "sense". She embraces spontaneity, excessive sensibility, love of nature, and romantic idealism: Marianne weeps dramatically when their family must depart from "dear, dear Norland", and later in the book, exclaims, "Oh! with what transporting sensations have I formerly seen them fall! How have I delighted, as I walked, to see them driven in showers about me by the wind! What
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Elinor Dashwood something out of the "conduct books" that were popular in the Regency England setting out the proper values for a young woman. Irvine noted that Austen did not entirely like the "conduct books", and it is doubtful she wanted a character who in the last chapters talks like a "conduct book" character to be representing her values. Following the death of Henry Dashwood, in the opening chapter, Elinor, Marianne, Margaret, and their mother are left nearly penniless by the girls' selfish and greedy sister-in-law, Fanny. Though their father had asked John Dashwood, his son and the sisters' half-brother, to make
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In 2010 who was created Baron Bannside of North Antrim, in the County of Antrim?
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Ian Paisley unopposed as leader of the DUP and succeeded Paisley as First Minister at a special sitting of the assembly on 5 June 2008. On 2 March 2010, it was announced that Paisley would step down as a Member of Parliament at that year's general election. His son Ian Paisley Jr. was elected to succeed him in the seat at the general election on 6 May 2010. On 18 June 2010, Paisley was created a life peer as Baron Bannside, of North Antrim in the County of Antrim, and he was introduced in the House of Lords on 5 July 2010.
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Antrim Borough (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Antrim Borough (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) Antrim, sometimes known as Antrim Borough to distinguish it from the former constituency of the same name, was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Antrim was a division of County Antrim. Before 1929 it was part of the seven-member Antrim constituency, with which it shared a name. The constituency sent one MP to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from 1929 until the Parliament was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973. The division, from 1929 until 1969, adjoined Antrim Mid to the north, Antrim Bannside
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Who was Chancellor of Germany between Helmut Kohl and Angela Merkel?
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Chancellor of Germany (1949–present) on the recommendation of the chancellor; no parliamentary approval is needed. According to the Basic Law, the chancellor may set the number of cabinet ministers and dictate their specific duties. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard had the largest cabinet, with 22 ministers, in the mid-1960s. Helmut Kohl presided over 17 ministers at the start of his fourth term in 1994; the 2002 cabinet, the second of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, had 13 ministers, and the Angela Merkel cabinet as of 22 November 2005 had 15. Article 65 of the Basic Law sets forth three principles that define how the executive branch functions: Whenever
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Death and funeral of Helmut Kohl of the memorial ceremony in Strasbourg, and for denying Helmut Kohl a German act of state in Berlin, as desired by most German politicians, out of spite for Chancellor Angela Merkel. Richter, who is known for hard-right anti-immigrant views and for her support for Hungary's controversial Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, also attempted to bar Chancellor Merkel from speaking at the European memorial ceremony and wanted to have Orbán speaking instead. She only relented when told by confidantes that it would cause a scandal and be considered extremely inappropriate. The Kohl family has declined to participate in the funeral in Speyer
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Formerly the capital, which is the largest city in Nigeria?
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Capital punishment in Nigeria the death penalty in Nigeria has generated varied opinions among people in society. In October 2014, former Governor of Delta State Emmanuel Uduaghan pardoned three inmates who were on death row following the recommendations by the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy. In 2017, the Nigerian government has rejected the call by Amnesty International to halt the planned execution of some inmates on death row in Lagos State, and pointed that the death penalty was expressly authorized by section 33 of the Constitution of Nigeria. Capital punishment in Nigeria Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Nigeria. Methods of
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Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria The Federal Capital Territory, commonly known as FCT, or loosely as FCT-Abuja, is a federal territory in central Nigeria. Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, is located in this territory. FCT was formed in 1976 from parts of the states of Nasarawa, Niger and Kogi. It is within the Middle Belt region of the country. Unlike the States of Nigeria, which are headed by elected Governors, it is administered by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, headed by a minister appointed by the President. The territory is located just north of the confluence of the Niger River
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Which country was host to the terrorist organisation FRELIMO?
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FRELIMO movement suffered heavy damage due to Portugal's Gordian Knot Operation ("Operação Nó Górdio"), which was masterminded by Kaúlza de Arriaga. By the early 1970s, FRELIMO's 7,000-strong guerrilla force had taken control of some parts of central and northern Mozambique. It was engaging a Portuguese force of approximately 60,000 soldiers. The April 1974 "Carnation Revolution" in Portugal overthrew the Portuguese Estado Novo regime, and the country turned against supporting the long and draining colonial war in Mozambique. Portugal and FRELIMO negotiated Mozambique's independence, which was official in June 1975. FRELIMO established a one-party state based on Marxist principles, with Samora Machel
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Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations mode shotguns, sniper rifles, Taser guns and corner shot systems. On 16 November 2012, tenders were invited for the supply of a sample jet pack unit to the OCTOPUS. Plans have been made to acquire more jetpacks in the future. About 100 OCTOPUS personnel have been deployed at the Tirumala Venkateswara temple to oversee the temple security. Of the 1590 commandos for the OCTOPUS, the force was divided into 52:48 ratio after the state bifurcation. Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations abbreviated OCTOPUS is an elite counter terrorism joint unit of the state of Andhra Pradesh
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The main asteroid belt is between Jupiter and which other planet?
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Asteroid belt Asteroid belt The asteroid belt is the circumstellar disc in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets. The asteroid belt is also termed the main asteroid belt or main belt to distinguish it from other asteroid populations in the Solar System such as near-Earth asteroids and trojan asteroids. About half the mass of the belt is contained in the four largest asteroids: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea. The total mass of the asteroid belt is approximately 4% that of the
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Asteroid belt light average about 40 μm in radius. The typical lifetimes of main-belt zodiacal cloud particles are about 700,000 years. Thus, to maintain the bands of dust, new particles must be steadily produced within the asteroid belt. It was once thought that collisions of asteroids form a major component of the zodiacal light. However, computer simulations by Nesvorný and colleagues attributed 85 percent of the zodiacal-light dust to fragmentations of Jupiter-family comets, rather than to comets and collisions between asteroids in the asteroid belt. At most 10 percent of the dust is attributed to the asteroid belt. Some of the debris
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The spymaster 'Jack Ryan' was created by which author?
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Jack Ryan (character) Jack Ryan (character) John Patrick "Jack" Ryan, Sr. is a fictional character created by author Tom Clancy and featured in his Ryanverse novels, which have consistently topped the New York Times best seller list over 30 years. Since Clancy’s death in 2013, four other authors have continued the Ryan franchise and its other connecting series with the approval of the Clancy family estate: Mark Greaney, Grant Blackwood, Mike Maden, and Marc Cameron. The son of a Baltimore police detective and a nurse, Jack Ryan is a former U.S. Marine and stockbroker who became a history teacher at Boston College in
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Spymaster (comics) Spymaster (comics) Spymaster is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Spymaster is a Marvel Comics supervillain, whose primary antagonist is Iron Man. He is a master of industrial espionage. His identity has changed several times over the years. The first appearance of the character is in "Iron Man" #33, and he was created by Allyn Brodsky, Don Heck, and Stan Lee. The original Spymaster was a costumed freelance industrial spy, saboteur, and assassin with advanced weaponry. He was a master of espionage, and died without revealing his true identity, although it is known that
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The museum in Crich, Debyshire is dedicated to which form of transport?
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NZH Public Transport Museum lot. NZH Public Transport Museum The NZH Public Transport Museum (Dutch: NZH Vervoer Museum) is a museum in Haarlem, Netherlands, dedicated to promoting interest and conserving the bus and tram cultural heritage of Kennemerland. It is located behind the former bus depot of the "Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij" (NZH), a bus and tram company. The museum was opened in 1996 and aims to conserve the cultural heritage of the old tramway lines in the region, located on the historic tram depot of the Eerste Nederlandsche Electrische Tram-Maatschappij, built in 1899, which later in 1904 became the tram depot of the Electrische Spoorweg-Maatschappij
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Crich Crich Crich is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. The population at the 2001 Census was 2,821 increasing to 2,898 at the 2011 Census (including Fritchley and Whatstandwell). It has the National Tramway Museum inside the Crich Tramway Village, and at the summit of Crich Hill above, a memorial tower for those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I. Built in 1923 on the site of an older tower called Crich Stand, the memorial tower is the destination of an annual pilgrimage on the first Sunday in July. It is above
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Who wrote the plays ‘The Entertainer’ and ‘Look Back in Anger’?
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Look Back in Anger Look Back in Anger Look Back in Anger (1956) is a realist play written by John Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working class origin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet impassive upper-middle-class wife Alison. The supporting characters include Cliff Lewis, an amiable Welsh lodger who attempts to keep the peace, and Helena Charles, Alison's snobbish friend. Osborne drew inspiration from his personal life and failing marriage with Pamela Lane while writing "Look Back in Anger", which was his first successful outing as a playwright. The
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Don't Look Back in Anger Don't Look Back in Anger "Don't Look Back in Anger" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. It was released on 19 February 1996 as the fifth single from their second studio album, "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" (1995). The song was written by the band's guitarist and main songwriter, Noel Gallagher. It became the band's second single to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart, where it also went platinum. "Don't Look Back in Anger" was also the first Oasis single with lead vocals by Noel (who had previously only sung lead on B-sides) instead of
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In which month of 1789 was the Storming of the Bastille?
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Storming of the Bastille Storming of the Bastille The Storming of the Bastille ( ) occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuses of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. In France, "Le quatorze juillet" (14 July) is a public holiday, usually called Bastille Day in English. During the reign of
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Storming of the Bastille buried in 1899 and is now at Square Henri-Galli in Paris, as well as the clock bells and pulley system, which are now in the Musée d’Art Campanaire. About 900 people who claimed to have stormed the Bastille received certificates ("Brevet de vainqueur de la Bastille") from the National Assembly in 1790, and a number of these still exist. The building itself is outlined in brick on the location where it once stood, as is the moat in the Paris Metro stop below it, where a piece of the foundation is also on display. Storming of the Bastille The Storming
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Complete the name of the 13th President of the USA Millard ..............
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Inauguration of Millard Fillmore Inauguration of Millard Fillmore The Inauguration of Millard Fillmore, as the 13th President of the United States, was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1850 at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., following the death of President Zachary Taylor the previous day. Taylor died from a severe intestinal illness which subsequently thrust Millard Fillmore into the role of President . The inauguration marked the commencement of Millard Fillmore's only term (a partial term of ) as President, but he faced a stressful climate . There was political hubbub surrounding the Compromise of 1850 decision, which Fillmore had, days before Taylor's
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Millard the Mallard Millard the Mallard Millard the Mallard was a fictional mallard duck who was used as a character and mascot of WRVA radio in Richmond, Virginia. It was featured on Alden Aaroe's morning show for 30 years. Millard the Mallard first appeared in September 1972 as a joke when John Harding, of the WRVA news staff, started making a Donald Duck-type voice during Alden Aaroe's morning show. Millard remained a daily feature for the next 28 years. In 2000, in an effort to re-invent WRVA as a serious straight news talk station, then-Program Director Randall Bloomquist had the "Millard The Mallard"
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All stations on the National Rail network have a 3-letter code. Which London station has the code LST?
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London station group a natural swimming pool, and numerous new apartments. The four former London and North Eastern Railway terminals (King's Cross, Marylebone, Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street) are the stations on a standard British "Monopoly" board. Notes Citations Sources London station group The London station group is a group of 18 railway stations served by the National Rail network in central London. Most are terminal stations, either serving major national services or local commuter routes. A small number are through-stations that are considered terminals for ticketing purposes. All current stations in the group fall within London fare zone 1. A ticket marked
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Base station identity code network color code (NCC) and a 3-bit base station color code (BCC). The NCC is assigned to each network provider so the MS can sort out which base-stations it is allowed to camp on. The NCC of different providers must be different, also in national border-areas. The BCCHs (broadcast control channel) of each base stations are assigned frequencies by the network operator, and must be assigned such that no neighbor stations have equal BCCH and thus equal BSIC. As long as base stations use different frequencies for their broadcasting channel, there is no problem in using the same base station
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What is the one-word stage name of 16 year old singer Jasmine van den Bogaerde, who won ‘Open Mic UK’ in 2008 as a 12 year old?
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Birdy (singer) Birdy (singer) Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde (born 15 May 1996), better known by her stage name Birdy, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. She won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008, at the age of 12. Her debut single, a cover version of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love", was her breakthrough, charting all across Europe and earning platinum certification six times in Australia. Her self-titled debut album, "Birdy", was released on 7 November 2011 to similar success, peaking at number one in Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Her second studio album, "Fire Within", was released
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Open Mic UK huge personal achievement for the young singer-songwriter, who had entered the competition numerous times previous, including running off stage in tears in her earlier years. Lola attends the Brit School who are no strangers to having successful pupils with acts such as Adele and Jessie J and Lola also recently appeared on CBBC show Got What It Takes?. Lola's original song called “Never Enough” won over the competition industry judges making her the overall winner of Open Mic UK. The Open Mic UK music competition Grand Final was held at The NEC in Birmingham. The overall winner of the 2016
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Who did Andrew Waugh succeed as Surveyor General of India, Waugh naming Peak XV in the Himalayas after him?
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Andrew Scott Waugh Andrew Scott Waugh Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878) was a British army officer and Surveyor General of India who worked in the Great Trigonometrical Survey. He served under Sir George Everest and succeeded him in 1843. Waugh established a gridiron system of traverses for covering northern India. Waugh is credited with naming the peak of Mount Everest. Waugh was the first son of General Gilbert Waugh who served as military auditor-general in Madras. After studying at Edinburgh he joined Addiscombe in 1827 and was commissioned with the Bengal Engineers on 13 December
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Andrew Scott Waugh Henry Thuillier. Waugh published a manual of "Instructions for Topographical Surveying" in 1861 while his survey results were published in numerous reports. Waugh died in 1878 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery midway along the eastern wall. His first wife, Josephine, daughter of Dr. William Graham of Edinburgh, died 22 February 1866, aged 42. His second wife was Cecilia Eliza Adelaide, daughter of Lieutenant-general Thomas Whitehead died on 9 February 1884. Andrew Scott Waugh Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878) was a British army officer and Surveyor General of India who worked in
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Which imperial unit is the result of multiplying 1 chain by 1 furlong?
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Indian units of measurement were common markers on the roads in India. Minimum length = 1 Inch<br> No-one can say how it evolved. "Yinch" was the thickness of the thumb, not quite one inch.<br> 12 Inches = 1 Foot<br> 3 Feet = 1 Yard<br> 660 Feet = 1 Furlong<br> 5,280 Feet = 1 Mile<br> 1,760 Yards = 1 Mile<br> 1 Mile = 8 Furlongs<br> 22 Yards = 1 Chain<br> 1 Acre = (1 Chain) × (1 Furlong) 1 Canal mile = 5000 imperial feet on canals shown by stone marker each 5000 feet and also on British maps at 1:63360 scale and later Pakistan
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Chain (unit) Chain Road, by Lee Kernaghan, include the line "He lived out on the three chain road". Chain (unit) The chain is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards). It is subdivided into 100 links or 4 rods. There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. In metric terms, it is 20.1168 m long. By extension, chainage (running distance) is the distance along a curved or straight survey line from a fixed commencing point, as given by an odometer. The chain has been used for several centuries in England and in some
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For which book did Margaret Mitchell win the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
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Margaret Mitchell wife, Margaret. Mitchell was inducted into Georgia Women of Achievement in 1994 and into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2000. Margaret Mitchell Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist who wrote under the name Peggy Mitchell. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel, "Gone with the Wind", for which she won the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. In more recent years, a collection of Mitchell's girlhood writings and a novella
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Ernest Hemingway was selected by the 1941 and 1953 juries, but the former was overturned and no 1941 award was given. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published during the preceding calendar year. As the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, it was one of the original Pulitzers; the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were awarded that year. (No Novel prize was
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Which religious figure lived at Auckland Castle until last year, although his office is still there?
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Auckland Castle its Throne Room and Garden Screen. In 1832, when William van Mildert, the last prince-bishop, gave over Durham Castle to found Durham University, Auckland Castle became the sole episcopal seat of the See of Durham. Auckland Castle hosted two episodes of BBC's "Antiques Roadshow" in 2006. It also provides the setting for Lewis Carroll's story "A Legend of Scotland". Its Scotland Wing is so named from its historical accommodation of Scots prisoners. From 2013, a 15th-century bed owned by Henry VII was put on display at the castle. Auckland Castle Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace and locally as
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Auckland Castle a "Deer House" in Auckland Castle Park which was built in 1760, a large castellated-stone building to shelter the deer, with picnic grounds and rooms to enjoy the view. In around 1183 Bishop Hugh Pudsey established a manor house on the site. Bishop Beck, who relocated his main residence from Durham Castle to Auckland due to its proximity to his hunting estate, later converted the manor house into a castle. After the disestablishment of the Church of England at the end of the First English Civil War in 1646, Auckland Castle was sold to Sir Arthur Hazelrigg, who demolished much
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Which operatic heroine dies after secretly following her lover into a vault where he was sentenced to die?
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Immurement Radames is sealed in a vault at the Temple of Vulcan as punishment for treason. His lover Aida, without his knowledge, has hidden herself in the vault so they can die together. Aida dies as the tomb is being sealed, with Radames awaiting his own death after the final curtain. In Elmore Leonard's 1980 novel "City Primeval", a criminal is threatened with immurement in a concealed basement safe room. Immurement Immurement (from Latin "im-" "in" and "murus" "wall"; literally "walling in") is a form of imprisonment, usually for life, in which a person is placed within an enclosed space with
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To Her Inconstant Lover To Her Inconstant Lover Isabella Whitney's 16th-century poem "To her Inconstant Lover" is the first in her first book "The Copy of a Letter, Lately Written in Meter by a Young Gentlewoman: to her Unconstant Lover" (1567). The speaker is Whitney herself, who is, as the title of the poem indicates, writing to her unfaithful, or inconstant lover. Whitney begins by telling her lover that she has learned he is going to be married, despite his trying this a secret, which the first line explains: "as close as you your wedding kept". Whitney alternates between speaking as the jilted lover,
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In which language was the Magna Carta originally written?
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Magna Carta the subsequent charters in public and private ownership, including copies of the 1297 charter in both the United States and Australia. The original charters were written on parchment sheets using quill pens, in heavily abbreviated medieval Latin, which was the convention for legal documents at that time. Each was sealed with the royal great seal (made of beeswax and resin sealing wax): very few of the seals have survived. Although scholars refer to the 63 numbered "clauses" of Magna Carta, this is a modern system of numbering, introduced by Sir William Blackstone in 1759; the original charter formed a single,
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1215: The Year of Magna Carta 1215: The Year of Magna Carta 1215: The Year of Magna Carta is a historical documentation of life in Medieval England written by author and journalist Danny Danziger and emeritus professor of history at the London School of Economics John Gillingham. It was originally published in 2003 by Hodder & Stoughton, a division of Hodder Headline. In 2004, it was published in the United States by Touchstone. This book is a sequel to Danziger's previous work, "The Year 1000", which he co-authored with author Robert Lacey. "1215: The Year of Magna Carta" is a rare documentation because it is a
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Travelling along the coast of Africa – which country is next – Somalia, Kenya, ..........?
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Coastal forests of eastern Africa Coastal forests of eastern Africa The Coastal forests of eastern Africa is a tropical moist forest region along the east coast of Africa. The region was designated a biodiversity hotspot by Conservation International. The forests extend in al narrow band along the coast of the Indian Ocean, from southern Somalia in the north, through coastal Kenya and Tanzania to the mouth of the Limpopo River in southern Mozambique. The World Wildlife Fund divides the coastal forests into two ecoregions: the Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic, which extends from southern Somalia through coastal Kenya to southern Tanzania, and includes the islands
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Coastline of Somalia meets Djibouti in west and eastern tip meets Kenya in its south. There is a number of Islands in the coastal areas. Ras Caseyr (Cape Guardafui) is easternmost point of Somalia, this point joinins Indian Ocean to Gulf of Aden. Coast of Somalia has different conditions throughout its length. Being second longest in Africa, this coast is easternmost coast of continental Africa, north-western coast of Indian Ocean and nearest coast to Socotra Islands (Yemen). Its continental shelf is spread over 32500 km. Northern coast extends from Djibouti to east, and eastern coast extends from north-east to south-west, reaching to Kenya.
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Name the first Formula 1 driver to win his first three titles consecutively?
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Formula One drivers from Germany Formula One drivers from Germany There have been 52 Formula One drivers from Germany including three world champions, one of whom is currently racing in the sport. Michael Schumacher holds many records in F1 including the most world championship titles and the most consecutive titles. In 2008 Sebastian Vettel became the youngest ever driver to win a race (which was later broken) and, in 2010, became the youngest world championship winner. In 2016, Nico Rosberg became the third driver from Germany to win the F1 World Drivers' Championship. There are currently two German race drivers in Formula One. Since the
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1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each round. Note: Australian Formula Ford regulations in 1985 required cars to be powered by a Ford 1600cc crossflow engine. 1985 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series The 1985 Motorcaft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars. It was the 16th Australian Formula Ford Series and the first to be contested under the "Motorcaft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series" name. The series was won by Tomas Mezera driving a Reynard. The series was contested over nine rounds
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In which sport did Sarah Storey win four gold medals at the 2012 Paralympics?
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Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Great Britain competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012 as the host nation. A total of 288 athletes were selected to compete along with 13 other team members such as sighted guides. The country finished third in the medals table, behind China and Russia, winning 120 medals in total; 34 gold, 43 silver and 43 bronze. Multiple medallists included cyclist Sarah Storey and wheelchair athlete David Weir, who won four gold medals each, and swimmer Stephanie Millward who won a total of five
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Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics part in this sport. This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their shooters (in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich from 30 August to 6 September. Paralympic
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On which game show of the 1980s was Una Stubbs a regular team captain?
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Una Stubbs baby, her TV 'mother', Dandy Nichols from "Till Death Us Do Part", took her place. Stubbs featured in the "Fawlty Towers" episode "The Anniversary" in 1979. From 1979 to 1981, she played Aunt Sally in the ITV children's series "Worzel Gummidge" opposite Jon Pertwee and Barbara Windsor and was for several years a team captain in the weekly game show "Give Us a Clue" in the 1980s, reuniting her with Lionel Blair, the other team captain. She has appeared in shows such as "Midsomer Murders", "Heartbeat", "Casualty", "Keeping Up Appearances", "Born and Bred" and "The Worst Witch". In recent years,
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Una Stubbs Una Stubbs Una Stubbs (born 1 May 1937) is an English actress, television personality, and former dancer who has appeared on British television and in the theatre, and less frequently in films. She is particularly known for playing Rita Rawlins in the sitcoms "Till Death Us Do Part" and "In Sickness and in Health". She is also known for her role as Miss Bat in the series "The Worst Witch" and has most recently appeared as Sherlock Holmes's landlady Mrs Hudson in the BAFTA award-winning television series "Sherlock". During 1958–59, Stubbs was the "cover girl" of Dairy Box chocolates, produced
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What is the one-word nickname of Michael Balzary, the bass player with the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk rock and psychedelic rock. When played live, their music incorporates elements of jam band due to the improvised nature of many of their performances. Currently, the band consists of founding members vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea (Michael Peter Balzary), longtime drummer Chad Smith, and former touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the
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Red Hot Chili Peppers 1984 Tour Red Hot Chili Peppers 1984 Tour Red Hot Chili Peppers 1984 Tour was a concert tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers to support their 1984 debut album, "The Red Hot Chili Peppers". Following the band's brief first tour the previous year, original members, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons left the band to tour and record with their own band, What Is This? who had also obtained a record contract shortly before the Chili Peppers did. Slovak and Irons considered the Chili Peppers a side project and What Is This? to have the brighter future. In late 1983, auditions were held
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