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With 14 number ones between 1999 and 2006, which is the only non-British group to have had more than ten UKnumber one hits?
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More Than Words another acoustic ballad, "Hole Hearted", which peaked at number four in the United States and number three in Canada. Irish boyband Westlife covered the song for their 1999 debut-album "Westlife" and released as promotional single in their Venezuelan only compilation album "Grandes Exitos" (2002), peaking at #3 on the Venezuelan singles chart. The single featured exclusive remixes of three of the group's biggest hits. More Than Words "More Than Words" is the fifth track and third single from Extreme's 1990 LP "Pornograffitti". It is a ballad built around acoustic guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and the vocals of Gary Cherone
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The Number Ones in Australia until 1991. It was deleted (with other Australian only compilations) when EMI Australia ceased vinyl production. It was never released on compact disc. Due to timing problems, EMI included a three-track bonus EP (A-980), with the 20-track LP.. The cassette version contains all 23 tracks as cassettes do not have the length limitations which LPs have. The Number Ones The Number Ones is a compilation album of hits by The Beatles released in 1983 by EMI on the Parlophone Records label in Australia.. It is a localised version of the 1982 compilation album "20 Greatest Hits". To reflect
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With 38 tries, who is France's all-time Rugby Union Testtry scorer?
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France national rugby union team by Frédéric Michalak, who surpassed previous record holder Christophe Lamaison on 22 August 2015. Lamaison continues to hold the record for conversions with 59. The record for penalties scored is 89 by Thierry Lacroix, and the drop goal record of 15 is held by Jean-Patrick Lescarboura. The record for French appearances is held by Fabien Pelous with 118. The record for tries scored for France is with 38 held by Serge Blanco. Historically the role of French rugby coach (or "trainer") has varied considerably. Due to the status of rugby union as an amateur sport for most of its history,
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France national rugby union team captain Sam Warburton was sent off. The French proved admirable opponents in the final, however, losing out to New Zealand 8–7 to finish second for the third time in a Rugby World Cup France are the third-highest World Cup points scorers of all time, with 1195 points. They are also the third-highest try scorers, and the second-highest penalty scorers. France's Thierry Lacroix was the top points scorer at the 1995 tournament with 112 points, and Jean-Baptiste Lafond was the joint top try scorer in 1991 with six tries (equal with David Campese). When the World Rankings were introduced by World
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On which planet is NASA's 'Phoenix' spacecraft due to land later this month?
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Phoenix (spacecraft) suspended from its parachute during its descent through the Martian atmosphere. This marked the first time ever one spacecraft photographed another in the act of landing on a planet (the Moon not being a planet, but a satellite). The same camera also imaged "Phoenix" on the surface with enough resolution to distinguish the lander and its two solar cell arrays. Ground controllers used Doppler tracking data from "Odyssey" and "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" to determine the lander's precise location as . "Phoenix" landed in the Green Valley of Vastitas Borealis on May 25, 2008, in the late Martian northern hemisphere spring
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Phoenix (spacecraft) following a critical review of the project's planning progress and preliminary design, NASA approved the mission to proceed as planned. The purpose of the review was to confirm NASA's confidence in the mission. Lander systems include a RAD6000 based computer system for commanding the spacecraft and handling data. Other parts of the lander are an electrical system containing solar arrays and batteries, a guidance system to land the spacecraft, eight and monopropellant hydrazine engines built by Aerojet-Redmond Operations for the cruise phase, twelve Aerojet monopropellant hydrazine thrusters to land the "Phoenix", mechanical and structural elements, and a heater system to
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When arranged alphabetically, which is the first city in England?
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First West of England to First Somerset & Avon, which was officially renamed First West of England in June 2017, meaning Bristol city services are once again operated by the same legal company as when they first started in 1875. In August 2018, the Weston-super-Mare based operations were rebranded as Badgerline with the yellow and green livery of the former operator adopted. First West of England operate the majority of services in Bristol and an extensive network of services in and around Bath, Trowbridge, Wells and Weston-super-Mare. As at March 2016, the fleet consisted of 649 buses and coaches. First West of England operate
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(Un)arranged Marriage (Un)arranged Marriage The young-adult novel (Un)arranged Marriage is the first novel by English author Bali Rai, published in 2001. "(Un)arranged Marriage" is the story of Manjit (nicknamed Manny), a teenage boy living in Leicester, England. His strict Punbjabi parents are disappointed in Manny's poor behaviour and grades at school, so they decide to arrange a marriage between Manny and a girl from India, whom he does not know. Manny's parents take him to India under the pretext of visiting family, but he later finds that they have returned to England without him. His Uncle Jag, who disagrees with arranged marriage,
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In Norse mythology, what was the name of the 'rainbow bridge'that connected earth with 'Asgard'?
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Rainbow Book of Genesis chapter 9, as part of the flood story of Noah, where it is a sign of God's covenant to never destroy all life on earth with a global flood again. In Norse mythology, the rainbow bridge Bifröst connects the world of men (Midgard) and the realm of the gods (Asgard). Cuchavira was the god of the rainbow for the Muisca in present-day Colombia and when the regular rains on the Bogotá savanna were over, the people thanked him offering gold, snails and small emeralds. The Irish leprechaun's secret hiding place for his pot of gold is usually
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Asgard (comics) an action that nearly tore apart the fabric of reality. Asgard (comics) Asgard is a fictional realm and its capital city appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Based on the realm of the same name from Norse mythology, Asgard is home to the Asgardians and other beings adapted from Norse mythology. Asgard first appeared in "Journey into Mystery" #83 (October 1962) by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, and features prominently in stories that follow the Marvel Comics superhero Thor. According to Asgardian legend, in the beginning there was nothing, but in time two worlds came
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Which chemical element takes its name from the Swedish for'heavy stone'?
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Period 6 element niobium, occurs in the minerals tantalite, columbite and coltan (a mix of columbite and tantalite). Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74. The word "tungsten" comes from the Swedish language "tung sten" directly translatable to "heavy stone", though the name is "volfram" in Swedish to distinguish it from Scheelite, in Swedish alternatively named "tungsten". A hard, rare metal under standard conditions when uncombined, tungsten is found naturally on Earth only in chemical compounds. It was identified as a new element in 1781, and first isolated as a metal in
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Systematic element name of each root, converting the first to a capital. This results in three-letter symbols instead of the one- or two-letter symbols used for named elements. , all 118 discovered elements have received individual permanent names and symbols, so currently, systematic names and symbols are only used for the undiscovered elements beyond element 118, oganesson. Systematic element name A systematic element name is the temporary name assigned to a newly synthesized or not yet synthesized chemical element. A systematic symbol is also derived from this name. In chemistry, a transuranic element receives a permanent name and symbol only after its synthesis
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Which chemical elementtakes its name from the Persian for 'gold-coloured'?
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Zirconium Zirconium Zirconium is a chemical element with symbol Zr and atomic number 40. The name "zirconium" is taken from the name of the mineral zircon (the word is related to Persian "zargun" (zircon;"zar-gun", "gold-like" or "as gold")), the most important source of zirconium. It is a lustrous, grey-white, strong transition metal that closely resembles hafnium and, to a lesser extent, titanium. Zirconium is mainly used as a refractory and opacifier, although small amounts are used as an alloying agent for its strong resistance to corrosion. Zirconium forms a variety of inorganic and organometallic compounds such as zirconium dioxide and zirconocene
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Rayan (Persian given name) Rayan (Persian given name) Rayan ( ), also spelled Ryan, is an Iranian given name of Persian origin. It is primarily a male given name that means "smart", "wise" or "thinker". Because of its similarity to the English given name Ryan, Rayan is popular in the Iranian diaspora, especially among Iranian Americans. As of 2016, the name Rayan ranks 3,315th among the most used names. In Persian, the term "rāyān" () means "wise". It derives from the root "rāy" (), meaning "wisdom", which comes from Middle Persian "raynitan" and occurs in Avestan as "raonat". The word "rāyāne" (), receiving the
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When arranged alphabetically, which is the last city in England?
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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (Hindemith) When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (Hindemith) When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love is a 1946 composition by composer Paul Hindemith, based on the poem of the same name by Walt Whitman. Conductor Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Chorale commissioned the work after the 1945 death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It received its world premiere on May 14, 1946 at New York City Center, with the Collegiate Chorale conducted by Shaw and soloists Mona Paulee, contralto, and George Burnson, baritone. David Neumeyer and others regard the "Lilacs" Requiem as Hindemith's
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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd narrative action and an array of highly lyrical images." The first version of "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" that appeared in 1865 was arranged into 21 strophes. It was included with this structure in the fourth edition of "Leaves of Grass" that was published in 1867. By 1871, Whitman had combined the strophes numbered 19 and 20 into one, and the poem had 20 in total. However, for the seventh edition (1881) of "Leaves of Grass", the poem's final seven strophes of his original text were combined into the final three strophes of the 16-strophe poem that is
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Which American dancer died in 1927 after her scarf became caught in a car's wheel spokes?
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French Riviera arriving on the Côte d'Azur. Edith Wharton wrote "The Age of Innocence" (1920) at a villa near Hyères, winning the Pulitzer Prize for the novel (the first woman to do so). Dancer Isadora Duncan frequented Cannes and Nice, but died in 1927 when her scarf caught in a wheel of the Amilcar motor car in which she was a passenger and strangled her. The writer F. Scott Fitzgerald first visited with his wife Zelda in 1924, stopping at Hyères, Cannes and Monte Carlo – eventually staying at Saint-Raphaël, where he wrote much of "The Great Gatsby" and began "Tender is
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American open-wheel car racing American open-wheel car racing American open-wheel car racing, also known as Indy car racing, is a category of professional-level automobile racing in the United States and North America. As of 2018, the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar. Competitive events for professional-level, single-seat open-wheel race cars have been conducted under the auspices of several different sanctioning bodies since 1902. A season-long, points-based, National Championship of drivers has been officially recognized in 1905, 1916, and since 1920. The Indianapolis 500, which itself debuted in 1911, is the marquee event of Indy car racing. The open-wheeled, winged, single-seater cars
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In which American state does Coca-Cola have its headquarters?
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Coca-Cola headquarters made for the building that would display various Coke ads through the years and also transformed the building into a huge cup of ice which then was "filled" with Coke. Coca-Cola headquarters The Coca-Cola Headquarters is a campus in Atlanta, Georgia that is home to The Coca-Cola Company in the city's midtown. The most visible building on the site is a 29-storey, 403 foot (122.8 m) high structure called One Coca-Cola Plaza. Located on the corner of North Avenue and Luckie Street, the International Style building was completed in 1979. The architect was FABRAP and the designer Bob Foker. The
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Coca-Cola vault containing the formula which will be on display for visitors to its World of Coca-Cola museum in downtown Atlanta. According to Snopes, a popular myth states that only two executives have access to the formula, with each executive having only half the formula. However, several sources state that while Coca-Cola does have a rule restricting access to only two executives, each knows the entire formula and others, in addition to the prescribed duo, have known the formulation process. On February 11, 2011, Ira Glass said on his PRI radio show, "This American Life", that "TAL" staffers had found a
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What is the name of the heritage railway line that runs fornine miles along the border of East and West Sussex?
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East Sussex Sussex was well-served by rail: few such branch lines escaped the Beeching Axe so that today only main-line services remain. They include the East Coastway Line (including the Marshlink Line); the Hastings line; and the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line. There are three heritage railways: the Kent and East Sussex Railway operates from Tenterden in Kent to Bodiam; the Bluebell Railway from Sheffield Park to East Grinstead; and the Lavender Line Steam Railway near Lewes. Trains in the county are operated by Southern, Southeastern, Thameslink and First Great Western. Southern is the key operator for the county, operating services
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Kent and East Sussex Railway The railway also appears in the 1940 book "Ember Lane" by Sheila Kaye-Smith where it is titled the Sussex Border Railway. The Kent & East Sussex Railway is the subject of the poem "Farmer's Train" by Hugh Bevan, illustrated by Rowland Emett, and published in "Punch" issue dated 3 June 1946. Kent and East Sussex Railway The Kent and East Sussex Railway (K&ESR) refers to both an historical private railway company in Kent and East Sussex in England, as well as a heritage railway currently running on part of the route of the historical company. By the mid nineteenth century,
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Which actor and director was elected mayor of the Californian town Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1986?
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California who were poets or actors, including Herbert Heron, founder of the Forest Theater, bohemian writer and actor Perry Newberry, and actor-director Clint Eastwood. The town is known for being dog-friendly, with numerous hotels, restaurants and retail establishments admitting guests with dogs. Carmel is also known for several unusual laws, including a prohibition on wearing high-heel shoes without a permit, enacted to prevent lawsuits arising from tripping accidents caused by irregular pavement. Carmel-by-the-Sea is located on the Pacific coast, about north of Los Angeles and south of San Francisco. Communities near Carmel-by-the-Sea include Carmel Valley and Carmel Highlands. The larger town
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California September 19, 1955. Unknowingly the concert was being discretely recorded but when Martha Glaser, Erroll's Manager, found out she obtained the tapes and the famous "Concert by the Sea" album was produced. This album sold over a million dollars worth of retail copies by 1958. Carmel is a general law city, governed by a mayor and four city council members. The current mayor is Steve Dallas. Elected councilmembers are Carrie Theis, Bobby Richards and Jan Reimers. Resident Carolyn Hardy was appointed to the Council in June 2016 to fill the seat vacated by Dallas. Chip Rerig is the newest City
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Three Brazilians have won the Formula One World Championship : Emerson Fittipaldi, Ayrton Sennaand which other?
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Formula One drivers from Brazil Formula One drivers from Brazil There have been 31 Formula One drivers from Brazil including three world champions. Ayrton Senna, the three-time title winner, is regarded by many as the best driver in the history of Formula One. Nelson Piquet also won the title three times and Emerson Fittipaldi was a two-time winner. Rubens Barrichello holds the record for the most races contested and finished as the championship runner-up in two seasons. Following the retirement of Felipe Massa after the 2017 season, in 2018 there were no Brazilian drivers entered for the World Championship, the first time this had occurred
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Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi (; born 12 December 1946) is a semi-retired Brazilian automobile racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the Indianapolis 500 twice each and the CART championship once. Moving up from Formula Two, Fittipaldi made his race debut for Team Lotus as a third driver at the 1970 British Grand Prix. After Jochen Rindt was killed at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, the Brazilian became Lotus's lead driver in only his fifth Grand Prix. He enjoyed considerable success with Lotus, winning the World Drivers' Championship in 1972 at the age of 25, a
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What is the name of the pre-Roman ancient road that runs from Wallingford in Oxfordshire to Knettishall Heath in Norfolk?
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Knettishall Heath Way (part of the Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Trail). The Hereward Way ends at nearby Harling Road railway station in East Harling, linked to Knettishall Heath by path. The Icknield Way Path joins here with the Peddars Way at the end of its journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also joins with the Peddars Way riders route. There is access from an unnamed road leading north from Norwich Lane. Knettishall Heath Knettishall Heath is a 91.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire the Parish of St Mary-le-More and St Leonard, a modern Roman Catholic church as well as a Quaker Meeting House dating from 1724 and Baptist, Methodist and community churches. Wallingford is run by a town council consisting of 16 councillors. It is part of the South Oxfordshire district and the county of Oxfordshire having formerly been represented by the Municipal Borough of Wallingford. The Member of Parliament is Ed Vaizey and the County Councillor is Lynda Atkins, one of five Independent members of Oxfordshire County Council. Wallingford grew up around an important crossing point of the River Thames. There is
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Which television personality was elected the mayor of Cincinnati in 1977?
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Cincinnati and reach its residents with campaign materials. The mayor was elected by the council. In 1977, thirty-three-year-old Jerry Springer, later a notable television talk show host, was chosen to serve one year as mayor. Residents continued to work to improve their system. To have their votes count more, starting in 1987, the top vote-getter in the city council election was automatically selected as mayor. Starting in 1999, the mayor was elected separately in a general at-large election for the first time. The city manager's role in government was reduced. These reforms were referred to as the "strong mayor" reforms, to
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William Corry (Cincinnati mayor) Corry moved to Hamilton and associated with John Reily. When Reily became clerk of courts, Corry practiced alone until his marriage in 1810. In 1807, he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives from Butler County for the sixth General Assembly. Corry returned to Cincinnati in 1811 to administer to trust for Mr. McMillan's estate. He was librarian for the Cincinnati Library, which operated from his home. In 1812, he represented Hamilton County in the Ohio House of Representatives for the eleventh General Assembly, and he was elected Mayor of Cincinnati in 1815. He was the only Mayor of
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Who was the 17th century English poet and Member of Parliament, who is best remembered for his poem entitled 'To His Coy Mistress'?
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To His Coy Mistress To His Coy Mistress "To His Coy Mistress" is a metaphysical poem written by the English author and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) either during or just before the English Interregnum (1649–60). It was published posthumously in 1681. This poem is considered one of Marvell's finest and is possibly the best recognized carpe diem poem in English. Although the date of its composition is not known, it may have been written in the early 1650s. At that time, Marvell was serving as a tutor to the daughter of the retired commander of the New Model Army, Sir Thomas Fairfax. The speaker
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To His Coy Mistress last stanza, the speaker urges the woman to requite his efforts, and argues that in loving one another with passion they will both make the most of the brief time they have to live. The poem is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymes in couplets. The first verse stanza ("Had we...") is ten couplets long, the second ("But...") six, and the third ("Now therefore...") seven. The logical form of the poem runs: if... but... therefore... Until recently, "To His Coy Mistress" had been received by many as a poem that follows the traditional conventions of carpe diem love poetry. Some
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The chemical elements Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrum areall named after a village in which European country?
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Ytterbium chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac separated from the rare earth "erbia" another independent component, which he called "ytterbia", for Ytterby, the village in Sweden near where he found the new component of erbium. He suspected that ytterbia was a compound of a new element that he called "ytterbium" (in total, four elements were named after the village, the others being yttrium, terbium and erbium). In 1907, the new earth "lutecia" was separated from ytterbia, from which the element "lutecium" (now lutetium) was extracted by Georges Urbain, Carl Auer von Welsbach, and Charles James. After some discussion, Marignac's name "ytterbium"
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Erbium the single metal oxide yttria, derived from the mineral gadolinite. He discovered that the sample contained at least two metal oxides in addition to pure yttria, which he named "erbia" and "terbia" after the village of Ytterby where the gadolinite had been found. Mosander was not certain of the purity of the oxides and later tests confirmed his uncertainty. Not only did the "yttria" contain yttrium, erbium, and terbium; in the ensuing years, chemists, geologists and spectroscopists discovered five additional elements: ytterbium, scandium, thulium, holmium, and gadolinium. Erbia and terbia, however, were confused at this time. A spectroscopist mistakenly switched
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Which Australian batsman scored a then world record 380 runs ina Test Match against Zimbabwe in 2003?
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Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2003 shots were possibly caused by tight bowling from Jason Gillespie, who took 1/16 in 10 overs. Bangladesh were bowled out for 142 in the 48th over, with Ian Harvey taking four for 16. Ponting received the man of the match and series awards, as Australia won by 112 runs. According to cricket historian Gideon Haigh, "Almost a quarter of the combined populations of Cairns and Darwin attended the cricket" during the Test and ODI series. Australia's next assignment was a home series against Zimbabwe in October 2003. Australian opener Matthew Hayden scored the then highest Test score of 380 in
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Zimbabwe national cricket team first Test – in which he overcame a back strain to score a then record 380 runs – than for the Zimbabwean performance. Zimbabwe lost its first match against Bangladesh in 2004. In 2004, captain Heath Streak was sacked by the ZCU (now Zimbabwe Cricket), prompting a walkout by 14 other players in protest against political influence in the team's management and selection policies. A scheduled tour by Sri Lanka went ahead, but this was a lopsided affair, with Zimbabwe represented by fringe players who were not of international standard. Because of this, the ZCU accepted that Zimbabwe were to
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'Just For Laughs' is afamous televised comedy festival held annually in which Canadian city?
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Just for Laughs Just for Laughs Just for Laughs () is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1983, it is the largest international comedy festival in the world. Just for Laughs was founded in 1983 by Gilbert Rozon as a two-day French language event. In 1985, Andy Nulman joined the festival's staff and introduced English language events as well; under Nulman's stewardship, the festival increased to a full month, with French-speaking performers during the first half, and English speakers in the second half. International and non-verbal acts (acrobats, pantomimes, etc.) are scattered throughout the program. In 1999,
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Just for Laughs confirmed that Bell Media and Groupe CH had acquired stakes in the festival. Tapings from festival performances have been featured in Just for Laughs-branded television programs and specials, which have aired on channels such as CBC Television, The Comedy Network (including the original "Just for Laughs" series, as well as a new series that premiered in 2012, "Just for Laughs: All Access"), and TVA. The festival has also lent its name to a hidden camera comedy series, "", which has also been aired by various Canadian channels, and has been sold internationally. Just for Laughs Just for Laughs () is
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Which French painter famously designed a garden at his home in Giverny, in which he created many of his most famous paintings?
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Giverny wanted to paint. Some of his most famous paintings were of his garden in Giverny, famous for its rectangular "Clos Normand", with archways of climbing plants entwined around colored shrubs, and the water garden, formed by a tributary to the Epte, with the Japanese bridge, the pond with the water lilies, the wisterias and the azaleas. Monet lived in the house with its famous pink crushed brick façade from 1883 until his death in 1926. He and many members of his family are interred in the village cemetery. Beginning around 1887, a number of American Impressionist artists settled to work
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Painter and his Pug Painter and his Pug Painter and his Pug is a 1745 self-portrait created by William Hogarth. He began the portrait a decade earlier. The portrait was originally created with the intention of Hogarth wearing formal attire, but was changed to the informal attire sometime during the painting process. He also added his Pug, Trump. In the portrait, Hogarth himself is in a painting as the pug is alongside him, making the dog "real" as opposed to the created person. The dog is indifferent to the painting, to the books and to the painting palette (which shows Hogarth's Line of Beauty).
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Located beneath 'Roald Dahl Plass', what is the name given to the team's headquarters in 'Torchwood'?
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Roald Dahl Plass the metallic fountain. The tower was also designed by Nicholas Hare Architects in conjunction with the sculptor, William Pye. The tower has also become known as the "Torchwood Tower" (and postcards published using that name), because it marked the location and entrance of the fictitious 'Torchwood Hub' of the BBC television Doctor Who spin-off series, "Torchwood". Roald Dahl Plass first appears in "Boom Town", an episode of the long running, sci-fi drama "Doctor Who". In the show's universe, a "spatial-temporal" rift runs through Cardiff. The plaza later appears in "Doctor Who"'s spin-off series "Torchwood". The fictional Torchwood Institute has one
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Roald Dahl Plass of its headquarters, Torchwood Three, based under the square, to monitor alien activity through the rift. The Water Tower has prominently featured in both of the BBC Wales flagship shows. The base of the fountain can be seen passing through the building, and one of the paving tiles in the square is a decoy which hides an "invisible lift" leading down to the base. This base was effectively destroyed in "" but the Plass was seen for a brief moment at the end of the first episode of "." Roald Dahl Plass Roald Dahl Plass is a public space in
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Against which country did England fight 'The War of Jenkins' Ear'?
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War of Jenkins' Ear in Savannah, Georgia. War of Jenkins' Ear The War of Jenkins' Ear (known as "Guerra del Asiento" in Spain) was a conflict between Britain and Spain lasting from 1739 to 1748, with major operations largely ended by 1742. Its unusual name, coined by Thomas Carlyle in 1858, refers to an ear severed from Robert Jenkins, a captain of a British merchant ship. There is no evidence that supports the stories that the severed ear was exhibited before the British Parliament. The seeds of conflict began with the separation of an ear from Jenkins following the boarding of his vessel by
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War of Jenkins' Ear incident that gave its name to the war had occurred in 1731, off the coast of Florida, when the British brig "Rebecca" was boarded by the Spanish patrol boat "La Isabela", commanded by the "guarda costa" (effectively privateer) Juan de León Fandiño. After boarding, Fandiño cut off the left ear of the "Rebecca"'s captain, Robert Jenkins, whom he accused of smuggling (although Franklin’s "Pennsylvania Gazette" for 7 October 1731, says it was Lieutenant Dorce). Fandiño told Jenkins, "Go, and tell your King that I will do the same, if he dares to do the same." In March 1738, Jenkins was
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Which French painter left Europe to live in the Tahitian village of Mataiea, where he created many famous paintings?
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Paul Gauguin in Mataiea, Papeari, some forty-five kilometres from Papeete, installing himself in a native-style bamboo hut. Here he executed paintings depicting Tahitian life such as "Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)" and " (Ave Maria)", the latter to become his most prized Tahitian painting. Many of his finest paintings date from this period. His first portrait of a Tahitian model is thought to be " (Woman with a Flower)". The painting is notable for the care with which it delineates Polynesian features. He sent the painting to his patron George-Daniel de Monfreid, a friend of Schuffenecker, who was to become Gauguin's
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Tahitian drumming have a high social status or education level. Music of French Polynesia 'ote'a Tahitian drumming Tahitian drumming is a style of drumming native to Tahiti and French Polynesia. Tahitian drumming and dance have become symbols of Polynesian heiva to the western world. Heiva is the Tahitian term for entertainment. This authentic performance symbolizes the past and present state of social hierarchies within the community and the island. There has been a significant amount of change to Tahitian drum dancing within the past fifty years. These changes have come from many different aspects of Polynesian society. However, many of them stem
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Against which country did Britain fight 'The Cod Wars'?
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Cod Wars Iceland, as the Soviet Union, seeking influence in Iceland, stepped in to purchase Icelandic fish. The United States, fearing greater Soviet influence in Iceland, also did so and persuaded Spain and Italy to do likewise. Soviet and American involvement resulted in weakening the punitive effects of the British landing ban. Some scholars refer to the dispute of 1952 to 1956 as one of the Cod Wars, as the object of the dispute and its costs and risks were all similar to those in the other three Cod Wars. Just as the other Cod Wars, the dispute ended with Iceland achieving
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Hook and Cod wars the Hooks revolted one more time against her husband and successor Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. The revolt was led by Frans van Brederode, but crushed in 1490. Hook and Cod wars The Hook and Cod wars () comprise a series of wars and battles in the County of Holland between 1350 and 1490. Most of these wars were fought over the title of count of Holland, but some have argued that the underlying reason was because of the power struggle of the bourgeois in the cities against the ruling nobility. The Cod faction generally consisted of the more progressive
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What is the name of the yoghurt-based did made with Cucumbers, Garlic, Salt, Olive Oil and Pepper, that is used in Greek cuisine?
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Greek cuisine Greek cuisine Greek cuisine (, "Elliniki kouzina") is a Mediterranean cuisine. Contemporary Greek cookery makes wide use of vegetables, olive oil, grains, fish, wine (white and red), and meat (including lamb, poultry, veal, beef, rabbit and pork). Other important ingredients include olives, pasta (especially hyllopites, a kind of pasta similar to tagliatelle), cheese, lemon juice, herbs, bread and yoghurt. The most commonly used grain is wheat; barley is also used. Common dessert ingredients include nuts, honey, fruits, and filo pastry. It is strongly influenced by Ottoman cuisine and thus, especially cuisine of anatolian Greeks shares foods such as baklava, tzatziki,
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Greek salad Greek salad Greek salad or horiatiki salad ( "village salad" or "rustic salad" or θερινή σαλάτα "summer salad") is a salad in Greek cuisine. Greek salad is made with pieces of tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, onion, feta cheese (usually served as a slice on top of the other ingredients), and olives (usually Kalamata olives), typically seasoned with salt and oregano, and dressed with olive oil. Common additions include green bell pepper slices or caper berries (especially in the Dodecanese islands). Greek salad is often imagined as a farmer's breakfast or lunch, as its ingredients resemble those that a Greek farmer might
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Chalcocite is an important ore of which metallic element?
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Chalcocite Chalcocite Chalcocite (), copper(I) sulfide (CuS), is an important copper ore mineral. It is opaque and dark-gray to black with a metallic luster. It has a hardness of - 3 on the Mohs scale. It is a sulfide with an orthorhombic crystal system. The term chalcocite comes from the alteration of the obsolete name "chalcosine", from the Greek "khalkos", meaning copper. It is also known as redruthite, vitreous copper and copper-glance. Chalcocite is sometimes found as a primary vein mineral in hydrothermal veins. However, most chalcocite occurs in the supergene enriched environment below the oxidation zone of copper deposits as
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Iron ore iron-making blast furnaces. Iron ore is the raw material used to make pig iron, which is one of the main raw materials to make steel—98% of the mined iron ore is used to make steel. Indeed, it has been argued that iron ore is "more integral to the global economy than any other commodity, except perhaps oil". Metallic iron is virtually unknown on the surface of the Earth except as iron-nickel alloys from meteorites and very rare forms of deep mantle xenoliths. Although iron is the fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, comprising about 5%, the vast majority
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What is the occupation of the video game character 'Super Mario'?
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Mario March 2018, the Japanese profile has since been changed to state that Mario's occupation is still a plumber. Since his first game, Mario has usually had the role of saving the damsel in distress. Originally, he had to rescue his girlfriend Pauline in "Donkey Kong" from Donkey Kong. Pauline was soon replaced by a new damsel in distress, Princess Peach, in "Super Mario Bros.", but returned in the Game Boy remake of "Donkey Kong" in 1994, and in "" in 2006, although the character is now described as "Mario's friend". Mario has rescued Princess Peach multiple times since "Super Mario
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Super Mario and Double Cherry (which creates a clone of the character that collects it). Like "Super Mario Bros. 2", it features Princess Peach and Toad as playable characters in addition to Mario and Luigi. Rosalina from "Super Mario Galaxy" is also unlocked later in the game. "Super Mario Maker" is a video game creation tool released for the Wii U in September 2015 and allows players to create their own levels based on the gameplay and style of "Super Mario Bros.", "Super Mario Bros. 3", "Super Mario World", and "New Super Mario Bros. U", as well as share their creations online.
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The Giralda Tower and the Alcazar Palace are famous landmarks in which Spanish city?
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Giralda (Kansas City) Giralda (Kansas City) The Giralda is the name of a landmark in Kansas City, Missouri. It stands tall at the corner of West 47th Street and J.C. Nichols Parkway. When urban developer J.C. Nichols visited Seville, Spain in the 1920s, he was so impressed with the 12th-century Moorish tower of Giralda that he built a half-scale replica in the Country Club Plaza. The tower was officially christened by then-Seville mayor Felix Morena de la Cova, along with an official delegate in 1967, the same year in which the both cities became sister cities. The original Giralda tower was the minaret
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The Siege of the Alcazar The Siege of the Alcazar The Siege of the Alcazar or L'Assedio dell'Alcazar is a 1940 Italian war film directed by Augusto Genina about the famous episode Siege of the Alcázar during the Spanish Civil War set in Toledo, Spain. The film won the "Mussolini Cup" in Venice Film Festival for being the Best Italian Film. The film runs more in the Spanish dubbed version, it was restored by Filmoteca Española and released in DVD in Spain by Divisa Home Video. The film was shot in Cinecittà with Italian, French and Spanish actors. In the Italian version all three non-Italian
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Galena is an important ore of which metallic element?
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Galena Galena Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide. It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver. Galena is one of the most abundant and widely distributed sulfide minerals. It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system often showing octahedral forms. It is often associated with the minerals sphalerite, calcite and fluorite. Galena is the main ore of lead, used since ancient times. Because of its somewhat low melting point, it was easy to liberate by smelting. It typically forms in low-temperature sedimentary deposits. In some deposits galena contains about
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Galena, Missouri Galena, Missouri Galena is a city in Stone County, Missouri, United States. The population was 440 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Stone County. Galena is part of the Branson, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area. Galena was platted in 1852, and named for deposits of the ore galena near the original town site. An early variant name was "Jamestown". A post office has been in operation at Galena since 1853. The last public execution in the United States took place in Galena in 1937. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area
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Which Frank Kafka novel tells the story of a seventeen- year-old European emigrant named 'Karl Rossmann'?
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The Stoker The Stoker "The Stoker" (original German: "Der Heizer") is a short story by Franz Kafka. Kafka wrote it as the first chapter of a novel he called "Amerika"; but he abandoned the novel in 1913 and published the one completed chapter alone as a pamphlet later that year. Since his death, it has usually been published along with the uncompleted fragments of "Amerika". The story begins with sixteen-year-old Karl Rossmann arriving at New York harbor on a slow-moving ship. Rossman has been sent to America "because a servant girl had seduced him and got herself with child by him." As
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Seventeen (Serafin novel) Seventeen (Serafin novel) Seventeen is a 2004 novel by American author Shan Serafin. Originally published as a work for adults in English, the story now reaches a demographic of young adults and college students in several countries throughout the world, particularly females. Seventeen is the story of a female adolescent named Sophia. The premise is that of a seventeen-year-old, who, in grappling with the angst of finding one's place in the world, gives herself seven days to either find her purpose or end her life. This, Serafin's literary debut, is of additional significance because he wrote it from the point
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Which Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn novel tells the story of a group of patients in an Uzbekistani hospital?
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Birlik, a village in Baidibek district of South Kazakhstan region of Kazakhstan (Kok-terek rural district). His undiagnosed cancer spread until, by the end of the year, he was close to death. In 1954, he was permitted to be treated in a hospital in Tashkent, where his tumor went into remission. His experiences there became the basis of his novel "Cancer Ward" and also found an echo in the short story "The Right Hand". It was during this decade of imprisonment and exile that Solzhenitsyn abandoned Marxism and developed the philosophical and religious positions of his later life, gradually becoming a
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The Story of a Real Man wounded. He is rescued and cared for by villagers from a collective farm before being transferred to a hospital, where both his legs are amputated. He is inspired by the thought of his girlfriend and the support of his fellow patients, one of whom tells him the story of a First World War ace who continued to fly after losing one of his legs. The opera ends with Alexei taking to the air again in his new plane. Source: Recordings of "The Story of a Real Man" on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk The Story of a Real Man The Story of a Real
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Elected in 2006, who is the current Prime Minister of Canada?
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Minister of Social Development (Canada) Stephanie Cadieux was appointed the BC Minister of Social Development. She is the previous Minister of Labour Citizens' Services and Open Government and is the MLA of the Surrey - Panorama district. She was elected in the 2009 provincial election. Minister of Social Development (Canada) The Minister of Social Development () is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing Social Development Canada, the federal government's department concerned with the needs of seniors, children, families and people with disabilities. On February 6, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper merged the personnel and responsibilities of Social
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Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister of Canada The Prime Minister of Canada () is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and Canada's head of government. The current, and 23rd, Prime Minister of Canada is the Liberal Party's Justin Trudeau, following the 2015 Canadian federal election. Canadian prime ministers are styled as "The Right Honourable" (), a privilege maintained for life. The Prime Minister of Canada is in charge of the Prime Minister's Office. The Prime Minister also chooses the ministers that make up the Cabinet. The two groups, with the authority of the Parliament of Canada, manage the Government
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Which is the sixth book of the 'Old Testament'?
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Book of Joshua blamed Israel's monotheism for the very idea of genocide, which Boyarin found "simplistic" yet with precedents. Book of Joshua The Book of Joshua ( "") is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) and the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile. It tells of the campaigns of the Israelites in central, southern and northern Canaan, the destruction of their enemies, and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes, framed by two set-piece speeches, the first by God commanding the conquest of
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On the Reliability of the Old Testament On the Reliability of the Old Testament On the Reliability of the Old Testament (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids and Cambridge,2003: ) is a book by British Egyptologist Kenneth Kitchen (1932-). The book provides the reader with "the most sweeping scholarly case in a generation for the traditional beliefs held by Orthodox Jews and Christian conservatives", according to Richard Ostling. The book was intended to serve as a counterpart to F.F. Bruce's "Are the New Testament Documents Reliable?" (1943), and in so doing to counter the arguments of Biblical minimalism, which casts doubt upon the historical value of
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What is the name of the squirrel who carries messages up and down 'Yggdrasil', the world tree of Norse mythology?
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Red squirrel mammal as the islands are free of predators such as foxes, and of the squirrel pox carrying grey squirrel. Squirrel Nutkin is a character, always illustrated as a red squirrel, in English author Beatrix Potter's books for children. 'Ekorren' (The Squirrel) is a well known and appreciated children's song in Sweden. Text and lyrics by Alice Tegnér in 1892. In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr is a red squirrel who runs up and down with messages in the world tree, Yggdrasil, and spreads gossip. In particular, he carried messages between the unnamed eagle at the top of Yggdrasill and the wyrm Níðhöggr
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Yggdrasil stanza 138 of the poem "Hávamál", Odin describes how he once sacrificed himself to himself by hanging on a tree. The stanza reads: In the stanza that follows, Odin describes how he had no food nor drink there, that he peered downward, and that "I took up the runes, screaming I took them, then I fell back from there." While Yggdrasil is not mentioned by name in the poem and other trees exist in Norse mythology, the tree is near universally accepted as Yggdrasil, and if the tree is Yggdrasil, then the name "Yggdrasil" directly relates to this story. In
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"Which cosmetics company uses the advertising slogan, ""Because your worth it""?"
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L'Oréal ambitions in the pharmaceutical field. Synthélabo merged with Sanofi in 1999 to become Sanofi-Synthélabo. Sanofi-Synthélabo merged with Aventis in 2004 to become Sanofi-Aventis. On 17 March 2006, L'Oréal purchased cosmetics company The Body Shop for £562 million. L'Oréal's advertising slogan is "Because I'm worth it". In the mid 2000s, this was replaced by "Because you're worth it". In late 2009, the slogan was changed again to "Because we're worth it" following motivation analysis and work into consumer psychology of Dr. Maxim Titorenko. The shift to "we" was made to create stronger consumer involvement in L'Oréal philosophy and lifestyle and provide
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Advertising slogan to scholars. Critics argue taglines are a self-gratifying, unnecessary form of corporate branding that is neither memorable nor pithy. However, proponents argue if taglines enter everyday public discourse, the company's market influence could exponentially increase. A marketing slogan can play a part in the interplay between rival companies. A functional slogan usually: The business sloganeering process communicates the value of a product or service to customers, for the purpose of selling the product or service. It is a business function for attracting customers. Advertising slogan Advertising slogans are short phrases used in advertising campaigns to generate publicity and unify a
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Which is the world's smallest bird?
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Smallest organisms been estimated at up to . Nevertheless, sizes of dinosaurs are commonly labelled with a level of uncertainty, as the available material often (or even usually) is incomplete. With a mass of approximately and a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in), the bee hummingbird ("Mellisuga helenae") is the world's smallest bird species and the smallest warm-blooded vertebrate. Called the "zunzún" in its native habitat on Cuba, it is lighter than a Canadian or U.S. penny. It is said that it is "more apt to be mistaken for a bee than a bird". The bee hummingbird eats half its total body
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Smallest organisms "Megaphragma caribea" from Guadeloupe, measuring 170 μm long, is another contender for smallest known insect in the world. Beetles of the tribe Nanosellini are all less than 1 mm long; the smallest confirmed specimen is of "Scydosella musawasensis" at 325 μm long; a few other nanosellines are reportedly smaller, in historical literature, but none of these records have been confirmed using accurate modern tools. These are among the tiniest non-parasitic insects. The western pygmy blue ("Brephidium exilis") is one of the smallest butterflies in the world. The smallest sea cucumber, and also the smallest echinoderm, is "Psammothuria ganapati", a synaptid
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Although they are best known for their only number one hit, 'Mr. Raffles' and 'Here Comes The Sun' were other chart singles for which '70's group?
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Here Comes the Sun had previously been reserved for his bandmates John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Harrison played the song during many of his relatively rare live performances as a solo artist, including at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971 and, with Paul Simon, during his appearance on "Saturday Night Live" in 1976. Richie Havens and Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel each had hit singles with "Here Comes the Sun" in the 1970s. Nina Simone, George Benson, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Peter Tosh and Joe Brown are among the many other artists who have covered the song. The early months of 1969 were
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Here Comes the Sun by Peter Tosh and released as a single, although it was not widely available until its inclusion on "Can't Blame the Youth" in 2004. We Five released a version on their 1970 album "Catch the Wind". Richie Havens played the song at Woodstock and had a US hit with a version which peaked at number 16 the week of 22 May 1971 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. Nina Simone recorded "Here Comes the Sun" as the title track to her 1971 covers album. Sandy Farina covered "Here Comes the Sun" on the Martin-produced soundtrack to the 1978 film "Sgt.
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What is the SI Unit of Electrical Capacitance?
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Capacitance of the geometry of the design (e.g. area of the plates and the distance between them) and the permittivity of the dielectric material between the plates of the capacitor. For many dielectric materials, the permittivity and thus the capacitance, is independent of the potential difference between the conductors and the total charge on them. The SI unit of capacitance is the farad (symbol: F), named after the English physicist Michael Faraday. A 1 farad capacitor, when charged with 1 coulomb of electrical charge, has a potential difference of 1 volt between its plates. The reciprocal of capacitance is called elastance.
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Electrical capacitance tomography inexpensive. Electrical capacitance tomography Electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) is a method for determination of the dielectric permittivity distribution in the interior of an object from external capacitance measurements. It is a close relative of electrical impedance tomography and is proposed as a method for industrial process monitoring, although it has yet to see widespread use. Potential applications include the measurement of flow of fluids in pipes and measurement of the concentration of one fluid in another, or the distribution of a solid in a fluid. Although capacitance sensing methods were in widespread use the idea of using capacitance measurement to
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Based on a mythological tale, which 1689 opera by Henry Purcell is considered by many to be the first English-language operatic masterpiece?
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Purcell Operatic Society Purcell Operatic Society The Purcell Operatic Society was a short-lived but influential London opera company devoted to the production of stage works by Henry Purcell and his contemporaries. It was founded in 1899 by the composer Martin Shaw and folded in 1902. Its stage director and production designer was Gordon Craig whose productions for the company marked the beginning of his career as a theatre practitioner. Their debut production of Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas" in 1900 was one of the earliest staged performances of the work in modern times. Martin Shaw founded the Purcell Operatic Society in 1899 on
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Purcell Operatic Society prepared their first production, and moved into a house at 8 Downshire Hill which was to serve as their living quarters, studio, and the offices of the Purcell Operatic Society. To pay the initial rent on the Downshire Hill house, Shaw sold many of his books and Craig pawned the gold watch which Henry Irving had given him. From the outset, the Society was run on a shoe-string using gifted amateur musicians and singers (75 in all), recruited from Martin Shaw and Nannie Dryhurst's Hampstead friends, supplemented by two professionals for the leads. Shaw arranged the scores, rehearsed and trained
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What was the name of the horse ridden by PC George Scorey, who gave his name to the FA Cup's 'White Horse Final' of 1923?
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1923 FA Cup Final match would ever be able to start, but that when King George V arrived, the mood of the crowd changed. After enthusiastically singing "God Save The King", the crowd began to assist the authorities in clearing the playing area. Eventually mounted policemen were brought in to try to clear the crowds from the pitch, including PC George Scorey, who was mounted on a horse named "Billie" (some sources spell the name "Billy"). PC Scorey had not actually been on duty that day but answered a call for emergency assistance as the throng of spectators in the stadium grew. Billie the
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George Scorey George Scorey George Albert Scorey (30 December 1882 – 14 April 1965) was an English soldier and later policeman. He is best known as the rider of the white horse at the 1923 FA Cup Final, played between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United on 28 April 1923, the first FA Cup final to be played at the original Wembley Stadium, which became known as the "White Horse Final". Scorey was born in Bristol. His father, a shipping clerk and labourer, died in 1887. His mother worked as a charwoman before remarrying in 1903. Scorey enlisted in the British Army
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The 'Mezuzah', which is affixed to the doorframe of Jewish homes, is inscribed with Hebrew verses taken from which book of the 'Torah' ('Old Testament')?
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Book of Deuteronomy Book of Deuteronomy The Book of Deuteronomy (literally "second law," from Greek "deuteros" + "nomos") is the fifth book of the Christian Old Testament and of the Jewish Torah, where it is called "Devarim" (Heb. ספר דברים). Chapters 1–30 of the book consist of three sermons or speeches delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land. The first sermon recounts the forty years of wilderness wanderings which had led to that moment, and ends with an exhortation to observe the law (or teachings), later referred to as the Law of
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Mezuzah Mezuzah A mezuzah ( "doorpost"; plural: mezuzot) comprises a piece of parchment called a klaf contained in a decorative case and inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah ( and ). These verses consist of the Jewish prayer "Shema Yisrael", beginning with the phrase: "Hear, O Israel, the (is) our God, the is One". In mainstream Rabbinic Judaism, a "mezuzah" is affixed to the doorpost of Jewish homes to fulfill the mitzvah (Biblical commandment) to "write the words of God on the gates and doorposts of your house" (). Some interpret Jewish law to require a "mezuzah" in every
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"According to the opening line of T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Wasteland', which is ""the cruellest month""?"
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The Waste Land The Waste Land The Waste Land is a long poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line poem first appeared in the United Kingdom in the October issue of Eliot's "The Criterion" and in the United States in the November issue of "The Dial". It was published in book form in December 1922. Among its famous phrases are "April is the cruellest month", "I will show you fear in a handful of dust", and the mantra in the
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T. S. Eliot most forcefully in a study by Anthony Julius: "T. S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism, and Literary Form" (1996). In "Gerontion", Eliot writes, in the voice of the poem's elderly narrator, "And the jew squats on the window sill, the owner [of my building] / Spawned in some estaminet of Antwerp." Another well-known example appears in the poem, "Burbank with a Baedeker: Bleistein with a Cigar". In this poem, Eliot wrote, "The rats are underneath the piles. / The jew is underneath the lot. / Money in furs." Interpreting the line as an indirect comparison of Jews to rats, Julius writes, "The anti-Semitism
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Which Nottinghamshire-born stocking-maker was hanged after leading the 'Pentrich Revolution' of 1817?
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Pentrich rising Pentrich rising The Pentrich rising was an armed uprising in 1817 that began around the village of Pentrich, Derbyshire, in the United Kingdom. It occurred on the night of 9/10 June 1817. While much of the planning took place in Pentrich, two of the three ringleaders were from South Wingfield and the other was from Sutton in Ashfield; the 'revolution' itself started from Hunt's Barn in South Wingfield, and the only person killed died in Wingfield Park. A gathering of some two or three hundred men (stockingers, quarrymen and iron workers), led by Jeremiah Brandreth ('The Nottingham Captain'), (an unemployed
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Pentrich rising there had been minor local uprisings, with stocking frames being smashed in protest at the employment of unskilled workers to produce low-quality stockings. Further afield, there had been food riots in many of the big cities. Around the country there were a number of secret revolutionary committees. The one at Nottingham was headed by a needle maker, William Stevens, and its representative from Pentrich was a framework knitter called Thomas Bacon. Bacon was known to have revolutionary views, and was the originator of the Pentrich Hampden Club. Several meetings were held at Pentrich during which Bacon asserted that preparations for
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If there are 100 pennies in a Pound, then there are 100 what in an Indian Rupee?
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Indian rupee Indian rupee The Indian rupee (sign: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency of India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 "paise" (singular "paisa"), though as of 2018, coins of denomination of 50 paise or half rupee is the lowest value in use. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve Bank manages currency in India and derives its role in currency management on the basis of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. In 2010, a new rupee symbol ", was officially adopted. It was derived from the combination of the Devanagari
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Indian 100-rupee note 100 banknote includes: As like the other Indian rupee banknotes, the 100 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in English and Hindi. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India. The languages are displayed in alphabetical order. Languages included on the panel are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Indian 100-rupee note The Indian 100-rupee banknote (100) is a denomination of the Indian rupee. It has
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"According to the closing line of T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Hollow Men',"" the world ends not with a bang but with a ..."", what?"
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Not with a Bang Not with a Bang Not with a Bang was a short-lived British television sitcom produced by LWT for ITV in 1990. It ran for seven episodes, each 30 minutes long. The show was a dark science fiction comedy, focusing on the end of the human race on Earth. The title comes from the last line of T. S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men ""not with a bang, but a whimper"". The pilot episode of Not with a Bang begins with a spoof episode of the iconic BBC show Tomorrow's World, (which is also a nod to the opening titles of
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The Hollow Men The Hollow Men "The Hollow Men" (1925) is a poem by T. S. Eliot. Its themes are, like many of Eliot's poems, overlapping and fragmentary, but it is recognized to be concerned most with post–World War I Europe under the Treaty of Versailles (which Eliot despised: compare "Gerontion"), the difficulty of hope and religious conversion, and, as some critics argue, Eliot's own failed marriage (Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot might have been having an affair with Bertrand Russell). The poem is divided into five parts and consists of 98 lines of which the last four are "probably the most quoted lines of
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Which English archaeologist held the first Chair in Archaeology in the UK and is best known for discovering the 'Merneptah Stele' in 1896?
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Merneptah Stele hilly country against an enemy shown as Canaanite. Yurco suggested that this scene was to be equated with the Israel of the stele. While the idea that Merneptah's Israelites are to be seen on the walls of the temple has had an influence on many theories regarding the significance of the inscription, not all Egyptologists accept Yurco's ascription of the reliefs to Merneptah. Merneptah Stele The Merneptah Stele—also known as the Israel Stele or the Victory Stele of Merneptah—is an inscription by the ancient Egyptian king Merneptah (reign: 1213 to 1203 BC) discovered by Flinders Petrie in 1896 at Thebes,
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Merneptah Stele Merneptah inscription of the late thirteenth-century might conceivably understand it as the name of a region, in polarity with the clearly geographical name: "Canaan"." Also, "The group "Israel" ... are rather a very specific group among the population of Palestine which bears a name that occurs here for the first time that at a much later stage in Palestine's history bears a substantially different signification." For, "References to the Merneptah stele are not really helpful. This text renders for us only the earliest known usage of the name 'Israel.'" So, "to begin the origins of biblical Israel with Merneptah ...
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Which is the largest moon of Neptune?
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Moons of Neptune Moons of Neptune Neptune has 14 known moons, which are named for minor water deities in Greek mythology. By far the largest of them is Triton, discovered by William Lassell on October 10, 1846, 17 days after the discovery of Neptune itself; over a century passed before the discovery of the second natural satellite, Nereid. Neptune's outermost moon Neso, which has an orbital period of about 26 Julian years, orbits further from its planet than any other moon in the Solar System. Triton is unique among moons of planetary mass in that its orbit is retrograde to Neptune's rotation and
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Moons of Neptune regular moons are Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Neptune XIV, and Proteus. All but the outer two are within Neptune-synchronous orbit (Neptune's rotational period is 0.6713 day) and thus are being tidally decelerated. Naiad, the closest regular moon, is also the second smallest among the inner moons (following the discovery of Neptune XIV), whereas Proteus is the largest regular moon and the second largest moon of Neptune. The inner moons are closely associated with Neptune's rings. The two innermost satellites, Naiad and Thalassa, orbit between the Galle and LeVerrier rings. Despina may be a shepherd moon of the LeVerrier ring,
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Which is the largest moon of Uranus?
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Moons of Uranus less than half that of Triton (the seventh-largest moon in the Solar System) alone. The largest of the satellites, Titania, has a radius of 788.9 km, or less than half that of the Moon, but slightly more than that of Rhea, the second-largest moon of Saturn, making Titania the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System. Uranus is about 10,000 times more massive than its moons. As of 2016, Uranus is known to have 13 inner moons. Their orbits lie inside that of Miranda. All inner moons are intimately connected to the rings of Uranus, which probably resulted from the fragmentation
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Exploration of Uranus cloud tops. This was the probe's first solo planetary flyby, since "Voyager 1" ended its tour of the outer planets at Saturn's moon Titan. Uranus is the third-largest planet in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun at a distance of about and completes one orbit every 84 years. The length of a day on Uranus as measured by "Voyager 2" is 17 hours and 14 minutes. Uranus is distinguished by the fact that it is tipped on its side. Its unusual position is thought to be the result of a collision with a planet-sized body early in the Solar
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Who was offered, but declined, the Presidency of Israel in 1952?
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President of Israel as president, and Chaim Herzog (previously head of military intelligence and Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations) succeeded him as Israel's sixth president. Likud's Moshe Katsav's victory over Labor's Shimon Peres in 2000 (by secret ballot) was an upset. Albert Einstein, a Jew but not an Israeli citizen, was offered the presidency in 1952 but turned it down, stating "I am deeply moved by the offer from our State of Israel, and at once saddened and ashamed that I cannot accept it. All my life I have dealt with objective matters, hence I lack both the natural aptitude and
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Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant died suddenly. Grant initially offered the seat to Senator Roscoe Conkling, who declined, as did Senator Timothy Howe. Grant made three attempts to fill vacancies: Grant vetoed more bills than any of his predecessors with 93 vetoes during the 41st through 44th Congresses. 45 were regular vetoes, and 48 of them were pocket vetoes. Grant had 4 vetoes overridden by Congress. Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant began on March 4, 1869, when Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1877. Grant took office
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The Catskill Mountains lie mainly in which state?
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Catskill Mountains Catskill Mountains The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas close to or within the borders of the Catskill Park, a forest preserve forever protected from many forms of development under New York state law. Geologically, the Catskills are a mature dissected plateau, a once-flat region subsequently uplifted and eroded into sharp relief by watercourses. The Catskills form the northeastern end of the Allegheny Plateau (also known as the Appalachian Plateau). The
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Catskill Mountain 3500 Club values and contributed to degradation of the summits. After an overwhelming response in favor of retaining them, DEC and the Club reached a compromise in the pending update to the Catskill Park State Land Master Plan in which DEC would take over ownership of the canisters, the names of mountains would be removed from the exteriors and the canisters themselves repainted a dull grey on those summits that lie within areas designated Wilderness by the DEC. Catskill Mountain 3500 Club The Catskill Mountain 3500 Club, incorporated as the Catskill 3500 Club and often just referred to as the 3500 Club,
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Which singer founded the 'Rocket' record label in the 1970's?
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The Rocket Record Company Issac. The Rocket Record Company The Rocket Record Company was a record label founded by Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown and others, in 1973. The company was named after the hit song "Rocket Man". The label was originally distributed in the UK by Island and in the US by MCA Records, both of which Elton John was also signed to (after 1976). The first artist who signed to the label was Stackridge, who completed two albums for The Rocket Record Company after moving from MCA. It also became the home of Cliff Richard, Neil Sedaka
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In the Name Of (record label) In the Name Of (record label) ITNO, or In the Name Of, was a British record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment and founded by singer Lily Allen, which existed from 2011 to 2014. Allen started work on the label in 2009, when she announced that she would take a break from recording her own music, and that she wanted to set up her own label as she was disillusioned with the music industry. She said: "I'm setting up a record label at the moment, getting involved in lots of different things. I think things need to change in the
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Which Asian country is part of the phonetic alphabet?
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NATO phonetic alphabet by those who exchange voice messages by radio or telephone, regardless of language differences or the quality of the communication channel. The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: , Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, , Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Strict adherence to the prescribed spelling words is required in order to avoid the problems of confusion that the spelling alphabet is designed to overcome. As noted in a
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History of the International Phonetic Alphabet History of the International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet was created soon after the International Phonetic Association was established in the late 19th century. It was intended as an international system of phonetic transcription for oral languages, originally for pedagogical purposes. The Association was established in Paris in 1886 by French and British language teachers led by Paul Passy. The prototype of the alphabet appeared in . The Association based their alphabet upon the Romic alphabet of Henry Sweet, which in turn was based on the Phonotypic Alphabet of Isaac Pitman and the Palæotype of Alexander John Ellis. The
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In April, the President of Poland was killed in a plane crash near which Russian city?
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Poland strengthen military cooperation with its neighbors, Poland set up the Visegrád Battlegroup with Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, with a total of 3,000 troops ready for deployment. Also, in the east Poland created the LITPOLUKRBRIG battle groups with Lithuania and Ukraine. These battle groups will operate outside of NATO and within the European defense initiative framework. On 10 April 2010, the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, along with 89 other high-ranking Polish officials died in a plane crash near Smolensk, Russia. The president's party was on their way to attend an annual service of commemoration for the
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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Korolev and Brad McCrimmon. The accident was the second plane crash in Russia involving a hockey team. The entire VVS Moscow team died in the 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash near Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who had been on his way to Yaroslavl for the Yaroslavl Global Policy Forum, sent his condolences to the families of those killed in the crash and visited the crash site along with Governor of Yaroslavl Oblast Sergey Vakhrukov. René Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, called the crash "the darkest day in the history of our sport." Manchester United chief
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In which country is the highest point in Africa?
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Geography of Africa south, east or west than any other location on the continent. The highest point in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. The lowest point is Lake Asal, below sea level, in Djibouti. Richard Grant 2014. Africa. Geographies of Change. New York: Oxford University Press. Geography of Africa Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of , excluding adjacent islands. Its highest mountain is Mount Kilimanjaro, its largest lake is Lake Victoria Separated from Europe by the
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Highest Village in Lebanon Highest Village in Lebanon There is an ambiguity about the highest Lebanese village, although this ambiguity is not official. Lebanon is a country that has an average altitude of about 1000 meters above sea level, and contains the highest villages in the Middle East. The main villages of concern are Bekaa kafra, Ainata, Kfardebian, Laqlouq, Tfail, Ouyoun Orghoch, and Souaqi. The information concerning altitudes given below is confirmed and based on Google Earth elevation indicator. A village in the Bsharri district.The denomination is a Syriac world composed of “Bekaa” which means “land”, and “Kafra” which means “fertility and goodness”. Consequently,
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Who won the 2010 US Masters Golf Tournament?
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2010 Masters Tournament 2010 Masters Tournament The 2010 Masters Tournament was the 74th Masters Tournament, played April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club. Phil Mickelson won his third Masters and fourth major title, three shots ahead of runner-up Lee Westwood. The Masters has the smallest field of the major championships. Officially the Masters remains an invitation event, but there is now a qualification process. In theory, the club could simply decline to invite a qualified player. This is the list of the 96 players who played in the 2010 Masters Tournament. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he
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Masters Tournament the final hole to beat Ernie Els by a stroke. Mickelson also won the tournament in 2006 and 2010. In 2011, the tournament was won by South African Charl Schwartzel, who birdied the final four holes to win by two strokes. In 2012, Bubba Watson won the tournament on the second playoff hole. Watson's win marked the fifth time that a left-hander won the Masters in the previous ten tournaments. Prior to 2003, no left-hander had ever won the Masters. The 2013 Masters was won by Adam Scott, the first Australian to win the tournament. Watson won the 2014 Masters
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Which was the only US state formed by seceding from a Confederate state during the American Civil War?
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Union (American Civil War) Confederacy, and Unionists there became powerful state leaders, including governors Andrew Johnson and William G. Brownlow. Likewise, large pockets of eastern Kentucky were Unionist and helped keep the state from seceding. Western Virginia, with few slaves and some industry, was so strongly Unionist that it broke away and formed the new state of West Virginia. Still, nearly 120,000 Unionists from the South served in the Union Army during the Civil War and Unionist regiments were raised from every Confederate state except South Carolina. Among such units was the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, which served as William Sherman's personal escort on
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Maryland in the American Civil War fire. Across the state, nearly 85,000 citizens signed up for the military, with most joining the Union Army. Approximately one third as many enlisted to "go South" and fight for the Confederacy. The most prominent Maryland leaders and officers during the Civil War included Governor Thomas H. Hicks who, despite his early sympathies for the South, helped prevent the state from seceding, and Confederate Brigadier General George H. Steuart, who was a noted brigade commander under Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia. Before the end of the war would bring the abolition of slavery in the State
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Deuterium and Tritium are isotopes of which chemical element?
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Chemical element neutrons) for a particular isotope of an element, with this number combined with the pertinent element's symbol. IUPAC prefers that isotope symbols be written in superscript notation when practical, for example C and U. However, other notations, such as carbon-12 and uranium-235, or C-12 and U-235, are also used. As a special case, the three naturally occurring isotopes of the element hydrogen are often specified as H for H (protium), D for H (deuterium), and T for H (tritium). This convention is easier to use in chemical equations, replacing the need to write out the mass number for each atom.
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Isotope electrons as protons. Thus different isotopes of a given element all have the same number of electrons and share a similar electronic structure. Because the chemical behavior of an atom is largely determined by its electronic structure, different isotopes exhibit nearly identical chemical behavior. The main exception to this is the kinetic isotope effect: due to their larger masses, heavier isotopes tend to react somewhat more slowly than lighter isotopes of the same element. This is most pronounced by far for protium (), deuterium (), and tritium (), because deuterium has twice the mass of protium and tritium has three
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Euphorbia pulcherrima is the botanical name for the plant Poinsettia, named after Joel Poinsett. To which country was he the first United States Minister, before they had ambassadors?
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Poinsettia Poinsettia The poinsettia ( or ) ("Euphorbia pulcherrima") (also known as "Christmas Star") is a commercially important plant species of the diverse spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). The species is indigenous to Mexico. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant to the US in 1825. "Euphorbia pulcherrima" is a shrub or small tree, typically reaching a height of . The plant bears dark green dentate leaves that measure in
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Joel Roberts Poinsett flower, or "Catarina"). Poinsett, an avid amateur botanist, sent samples of the plant to the United States, and by 1836 the plant was widely known as the "poinsettia". Also a species of Mexican lizard, "Sceloporus poinsettii", is named in Poinsett's honor. In 1830, Poinsett returned to South Carolina to espouse the Unionist cause in nullification quarrels and to again serve in the South Carolina state legislature, from 1830 to 1831. In this capacity, Poinsett was President Andrew Jackson's confidential agent. Between October 1832 and March 1833 his correspondence kept Jackson abreast of the evolving situation in their home state, helping
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In which country is 'Waitangi Day' celebrated on February 6th each year?
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Waitangi Day Waitangi Day Waitangi Day is the national day of New Zealand, and commemorates the signing, on 6 February 1840, of the Treaty of Waitangi. Ceremonies take place at Waitangi, Northland to commemorate the signing of the treaty, which is regarded as New Zealand's founding document. The day is observed annually and is designated a public holiday, unless 6 February falls on a Saturday or Sunday, when the Monday that immediately follows becomes the public holiday. The Treaty of Waitangi was first signed on 6 February 1840 on the grounds of James Busby's house—now known as Treaty House—at Waitangi, in the
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Waitangi Day another public holiday. The Waitangi Day Act of 1960 allowed localities to transfer the holiday from their existing regional public holiday to Waitangi Day. In 1963, after a change of government, the passing of the Waitangi Day Amendment Act transferred the holiday observed in Northland on Auckland Anniversary Day (the Monday closest to 29 January) to Waitangi Day, 6 February. This made Waitangi Day a holiday in Northland only. Waitangi Day became a nationwide public holiday on its observance in 1974 by first undergoing a name change. In 1971 the Labour shadow minister of Māori Affairs, Matiu Rata, introduced a
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Which British airport has the IATA code, seen on luggage labels, LBA?
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IATA airport code Detroit–Wayne County, LBA for Leeds Bradford (Airport), MSP for Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and RDU for Raleigh–Durham. In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after the airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airport and then assign another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, the airports need to be assigned different codes. For example, Sometimes, a new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving
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IATA airport code IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used. The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by IATA headquarters in Montreal. The codes are published semiannually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA also provides codes for railway stations
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In which Surrey town were 'The Jam' founded in 1972?
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The Jam guitar, using a Rickenbacker 330. Bruce Foxton provided backing vocals and prominent basslines, which were the foundation of many of the band's songs, including the hits "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", "The Eton Rifles", "Going Underground" and "Town Called Malice" mainly using a Rickenbacker 4001 or a Fender Precision Bass, as well as, on rare occasions, an Epiphone Rivoli. Jam biographer Sean Egan said of The Jam that they "took social protest and cultural authenticity to the top of the charts." The Jam formed in Woking, Surrey, England, in 1972. The line-up was fluid at this stage, consisting
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Healthcare in Surrey Healthcare in Surrey Healthcare in Surrey is now the responsibility of 5 Clinical Commissioning Groups: East Surrey, North West Surrey, Surrey Downs, Guildford and Waverley, and Surrey Heath. From 1947 to 1974 NHS services in Surrey were managed by the South-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. In 1974 the Boards were abolished and replaced by Regional Health Authorities. Surrey came under the South West Thames RHA apart from Spelthorne which came under the North West Thames RHA. Regions were reorganised in 1996 and the whole of Surrey came under the South Thames Regional Health Authority. The county had its own Area
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Who played 'Ellen Ripley' in the films 'Alien' and 'Aliens'?
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Ellen Ripley Ellen Ripley Ellen Louise Ripley is a fictional character and the protagonist of the "Alien" film series played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. The character earned Weaver world recognition, and the role remains her most famous to date. Ridley Scott, director of the first film in the series, made the decision to switch Ripley from the standard male action hero to a heroine. "Alien" (1979) and "Aliens" (1986) were heralded for challenging gender roles, particularly in the science fiction, action and horror genres. Weaver's performances are also highly praised: for "Aliens", she earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best
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Ellen Ripley where "Alien Resurrection" left off and continues the story of Ripley Clone 8 after "Resurrection". This storyline sees Ripley 8 allying with the Predators to defeat both a new wave of Aliens and a group of Terminators created by a long-dormant Skynet program to reinvent itself if it was destroyed, culminating in Ripley 8 sacrificing herself to destroy the original super-soldier/Terminator. An Audio-Animatronic Ripley was featured in the "Alien" scene of The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. Ellen Ripley is often featured in lists of the best characters in film history: in 2008, American
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In 2009 which Swedish tennis player became the first to beat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros?
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2009 Rafael Nadal tennis season the third round of 2009 French Open, Nadal (2005–09 French Open) set a record of 31 consecutive wins at Roland Garros, beating the previous record of 28 by Björn Borg (1978–81 French Open). Nadal had won 32 consecutive sets at Roland Garros (since winning the last 2 sets at the 2007 French Open final against Federer), the second-longest winning streak in the tournament's history behind Björn Borg's record of 41 consecutive sets. This run came to an end on 31 May 2009, when Nadal lost to eventual runner-up, Robin Söderling in the 4th round in a massive upset. This was
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2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season set (against Djokovic in the final). With his seventh championship victory at Roland Garros, Nadal became the most successful tennis player at the French Open. Throughout the entire Clay court season, Nadal did not drop a single set on the red clay across 3 tournaments and 23 matches, which started in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, BNL d'Italia and was ended by Novak Djokovic in the Final of the French Open. He collected 5 bagels along the way (a bagel is a score of 6–0 in a set of a tennis match). For the first time since his debut in 2005, Nadal
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Who directed the 2005 film 'Brokeback Mountain'?
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Brokeback Mountain by the same name. Written in English, it premiered at the Teatro Real in Madrid on January 28, 2014. It was championed by impresario Gerard Mortier, who had commissioned it. Annie Proulx, author of the original 1997 short story, said a few years after the film's release, "I wish I'd never written it," because she has been sent too much fan fiction presenting alternative plots: She said the authors, mostly men who claim to "understand men better than I do", often send her their works: Brokeback Mountain Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee
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Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Brokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack refers to either or both the two-hour musical soundtrack edited into the 2005 film, "Brokeback Mountain", and the recorded albums of music selected from the film. Some tracks have different performers substituted for those heard in the film. The entire chronological list of compositions in the two-hour soundtrack is annotated with notes about the film scenes ("see below: Complete Soundtrack listing"). "Brokeback Mountain" is the original soundtrack album as an audio CD, on the Verve Forecast label, of the 2005 film "Brokeback Mountain" starring Heath Ledger and Jake
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Which composer left his Tenth Symphony unfinished on his death in 1911? It has been made into performable form most notably by Deryck Cooke in the 1960's?
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Erwin Ratz (from 1952 in a leading position) in the Austrian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM). Ratz gained international renown as President of the "Gustav Mahler Gesellschaft" in Vienna, and especially for his role in the publication of the complete edition of Mahler's musical compositions. From 1960, however, Ratz fought against the efforts of Deryck Cooke and others to create performable editions of Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony, insisting in articles and interviews that no such attempt could be legitimate given the state of Mahler's draft. Ratz is also known for his work "Einführung in die musikalische Formenlehre" ("Introduction
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Unfinished symphony indeed, in that form it became one of the most popular pieces in the late 19th century classical music repertoire, and remains one of Schubert's most popular compositions. The unfinished symphony may also refer to: Unfinished symphony An unfinished symphony is a fragment of a symphony, by a particular composer, that musicians and academics consider incomplete or unfinished for various reasons. The archetypal unfinished symphony is Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 (sometimes called "Schubert's Unfinished Symphony"), written in 1822, six years before his death. It features two fully orchestrated movements. While it seems clear from sketches that Schubert set out
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In which country is 'Romansh' and official language?
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Romansh language languages" and "official languages". The status of a national language was largely symbolic, whereas only official languages were to be used in official documents, a status reserved for German, French, and Italian. The recognition of Romansh as the fourth national language is best seen within the context of the "Spiritual defence" preceding World War II, which aimed to underline the special status of Switzerland as a multinational country. Additionally, this was supposed to discredit the efforts of Italian nationalists to claim Romansh as a dialect of Italian and establish a claim to parts of Grisons. The Romansh language movement led
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Romansh language and that any municipality is free to change its official language. In 2003, Romansh was the sole official language in 56 municipalities of Grisons, and 19 were bilingual in their administrative business. In practice, even those municipalities which only recognize Romansh as an official working language, readily offer services in German as well. Additionally, since the working language of the canton is mainly German and many official publications of the canton are available only in German, it is virtually impossible for a municipal administration to operate only in Romansh. Within the Romansh-speaking areas, three different types of educational models can
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In 2009 which Swiss tennis player played the first match in The Championships at Wimbledon under the closed Centre Court roof, against Andy Murray?
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The Championships, Wimbledon protect play from inclement (and, if necessary, extremely hot) weather during The Championships. When the roof is being opened or closed, play is suspended. The first time the roof was closed during a Wimbledon Championship match was on Monday 29 June 2009, involving Amélie Mauresmo and Dinara Safina. The first full match played and completed under the roof featured Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka, played on the same date. The court has a capacity of 15,000. At its south end is the Royal Box, from which members of the Royal Family and other dignitaries watch matches. Centre Court usually hosts
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The Championships, Wimbledon in the match completed latest in the day at Wimbledon, which ended at 11:02 pm in a victory over Marcos Baghdatis at Centre Court in the third round of the 2012 Championships. The 2012 Men's Singles Final on 8 July 2012, between Roger Federer and Murray, was the first singles final to be partially played under the roof, which was activated during the third set. A new 4000-seat No. 2 Court was built on the site of the old No. 13 Court in time for the 2009 Championships. A new 2000-seat No. 3 Court was built on the site of
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Who directed the 2002 film 'The Pianist'?
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The Pianist (2002 film) The Pianist (2002 film) The Pianist is a 2002 biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, scripted by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book "The Pianist", a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman, a Holocaust survivor himself. The film was a co-production of France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland. "The Pianist" met with significant critical praise, and received multiple awards and nominations. It was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. At the 75th Academy Awards, "The Pianist" won Oscars for Best Director
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The Pianist (2002 film) photography on "The Pianist" began on 9 February 2001 in Babelsberg Studio in Potsdam, Germany. The Warsaw Ghetto and the surrounding city were recreated on the backlot of Babelsberg Studio as they would have looked during the war. Old Soviet Army barracks were used to create the ruined city, as they were going to be destroyed anyway. The first scenes of the film were shot at the old army barracks. Soon after, the film crew moved to a villa in Potsdam, which served as the house where Szpilman meets Hosenfeld. On 2 March 2001, filming then moved to an abandoned
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Libya is the only country which has a flag with just one colour. Which colour is used?
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Flag of Libya after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 (which also formed the basis of the flags of Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen). In 1972 when Libya joined the Federation of Arab Republics its flag was adopted by the country, linking it to Egypt and Syria. It featured a golden hawk (the "Hawk of Qureish"), holding a scroll with the Arabic name of the Federation. The flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was adopted on 11 November 1977 and consisted of a green field. It was the only national flag in the world with just one colour and no design, insignia, or other
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Buff (colour) colour "in the range of the Marschall color", meaning the colour in illustrations in a particular book. As a relatively inexpensive and readily-available paint colour, and one which went well alongside the near-universal black hull and white superstructure used on steamships at the time, White Star was far from the only shipping line to use a shade of buff as a funnel colour. The Orient Line and Norddeutscher Lloyd used an entirely buff funnel without the black top, while Canadian Pacific and the Swedish American Line employed a buff funnel with a representation of the company's house flag on them.
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Which composer left his Third Symphony unfinished on his death in 1934? Anthony Payne completed the work in 1997?
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Symphony No. 3 (Elgar/Payne) Symphony No. 3 (Elgar/Payne) Edward Elgar's Third Symphony Op. 88 (posth.) was incomplete at the time of his death in 1934. Elgar left 130 pages of sketches which the British composer Anthony Payne worked on for many years, producing a complete symphony in 1997, officially known as "Edward Elgar: the sketches for Symphony No 3 elaborated by Anthony Payne" or in brief "Elgar/Payne Symphony No 3". The first public performance was at the Royal Festival Hall on 15 February 1998, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis. After the death of his wife in 1920, Elgar retreated into
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Unfinished Symphony (film) loved the composer though his heart belonged to another. Despite its mediocre and sometimes wretched photography, "Unfinished Symphony" provides a politely winning background for the immortal lieder of the great composer." Unfinished Symphony (film) Unfinished Symphony is a 1934 British-Austrian musical drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Mártha Eggerth, Helen Chandler, Hans Jaray, and Ronald Squire. The film is based on the story of Franz Schubert who, in the 1820s left his symphony unfinished after losing the love of his life. The film's alternate German-language version was called "Gently My Songs Entreat". This title refers to the first
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Which US state, formed partly from Indian Territory, was the first to achieve statehood in the 20th century?
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Indian Territory President Roosevelt signed June 16, 1906. empowered the people residing in Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory to elect delegates to a state constitutional convention and subsequently to be admitted to the union as a single state. Citizens then joined to seek admission of a single state to the Union. With Oklahoma statehood in November 1907, Indian Territory was extinguished. Indian Territory marks the confluence of the Southern Plains and Southeastern Woodlands cultural regions. Its western region is part of the Great Plains, subjected to extended periods of drought and high winds, and the Ozark Plateau is to the east in
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Proposed Northern Territory statehood Proposed Northern Territory statehood The Northern Territory (NT) is the most commonly mentioned potential seventh state of Australia. In a 1998 referendum, the voters of the Northern Territory rejected a statehood proposal that would have given the territory three Senators, rather than the twelve held by the other states, although the name "Northern Territory" would have been retained. Alongside what was cited as an arrogant approach adopted by then Chief Minister Shane Stone, it is believed that most Territorians, regardless of their general views on statehood, were reluctant to adopt the particular offer that was made. In July 2015, members
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How many electrons orbit the nucleus in one atom of Helium?
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Helium atom Helium atom A helium atom is an atom of the chemical element helium. Helium is composed of two electrons bound by the electromagnetic force to a nucleus containing two protons along with either one or two neutrons, depending on the isotope, held together by the strong force. Unlike for hydrogen, a closed-form solution to the Schrödinger equation for the helium atom has not been found. However, various approximations, such as the Hartree–Fock method, can be used to estimate the ground state energy and wavefunction of the atom. The quantum mechanical description of the helium atom is of special interest, because
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Antiprotonic helium electrons contained in a normal helium atom in a chemical reaction, and then begins to orbit the helium nucleus in the electron's place. This will happen in the case of approximately 3% of the antiprotons introduced to the helium gas. The antiproton's orbit, which has a large principal quantum number and angular momentum quantum number of around 38, lies far away from the surface of the helium nucleus. The antiproton can thus orbit the nucleus for tens of microseconds, before finally falling to its surface and annihilating. Antiprotonic helium atoms are under study by the ASACUSA experiment at CERN. In
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'9 Dragons' is a 2009 novel featuring LA detective ‘Hieroymous (Harry) Bosch’. Who wrote this novel, his fifteenth about this detective?
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The Drop (Connelly novel) The Drop (Connelly novel) The Drop is the 24th novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, and the fifteenth novel featuring Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detective Harry Bosch. The book was published on 22 November 2011. The novel was referenced in an October 2010 interview, in which Connelly indicated that he'd like to release "'bookend' novels next year, the second one a Bosch book". Connelly's first novel of 2011 was the Mickey Haller novel "The Fifth Witness". The plot finds Bosch juggling two investigations: one an old cold-case murder that was reactivated by a new lead from DNA evidence,
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Detective (novel) Detective (novel) Detective is a novel by Arthur Hailey. It was written in 1997 and it was the author's last book. Hailey depicts the work of the homicide department and its background and investigation methods. "Detective" is the story of Miami Police detective Malcolm Ainslie, who had previously trained to be a Catholic priest. A serial killer breaks free in Miami. He is a religious freak and he starts killing people feeling that he is the avenger of God. He leaves certain things at the murder scenes that are symbols from the Book of Revelation. Miami Police Detective Sergeant Malcolm
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Which city is the setting for the 'Dr. Who' spin-off series 'Torchwood'?
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Doctor Who spin-offs Who", a new spin-off titled "Torchwood" became the first to be commissioned as a full television series. In contrast to its parent show, "Torchwood" was initially conceived by creator Russell T Davies as an "adult" program to be broadcast post-watershed. It is set in modern-day Cardiff and revolves around a team investigating alien activities and crime. The series features John Barrowman playing former Ninth Doctor companion Jack Harkness, police officer Gwen Cooper, computer expert Toshiko Sato, medic Owen Harper and "support man", Ianto Jones. The first episode aired 22 October 2006 and received a record BBC Three (and all British
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The Conspiracy (Torchwood) The Conspiracy (Torchwood) "The Conspiracy" is the first play in the main series of Torchwood audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by David Llewellyn and is a spin-off from the British science fiction television series "Torchwood", itself a spin-off from "Doctor Who". It was released 15 September 2015 and stars John Barrowman reprising his role of Captain Jack Harkness and made available to purchase on CD and as a download. George Wilson is a man who claims that the world is really under alien control and those who knew the truth have long since been silenced.
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In which country is 'Malvinas Day' celebrated on April 2nd each year?
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Malvinas Day Malvinas Day Malvinas Day (), officially Day of the Veterans and Fallen of the Falklands War ("Día del Veterano y de los Caídos en la Guerra de las Malvinas"), is a public holiday in Argentina, observed each year on 2 April. The name refers to the Falkland Islands, known in Spanish as the "Islas Malvinas". The holiday is a tribute to Argentina's soldiers killed in the Falklands War, which began with the Argentine invasion of the islands on 2 April 1982. A total of 649 Argentines—633 military and 16 civilian—lost their lives during the 74-day occupation. Malvinas Day was first
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Malvinas Day introduced on 22 November 2000, and replaced the "Day of Argentine Sovereignty over the Malvinas, Sandwich and South Atlantic Islands" ("Día de los Derechos Argentinos sobre las Islas Malvinas, Sandwich y del Atlántico Sur") observed on 10 June, which had until then commemorated the appointment by Buenos Aires of Luis Vernet as governor of the islands in 1829. Malvinas Day is not observed in the Falklands, although a related holiday called Liberation Day is celebrated on 14 June to mark the end of the war. There is also a celebratory day called Falklands day which celebrates the first recorded sighting
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In 'HMS Pinafore' by Gilbert and Sullivan, the Captain wants his daughter 'Josephine' to marry 'Sir George Porter'. What position does 'Sir George' hold?
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H.M.S. Pinafore intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. She abides by her father's wishes at first, but Sir Joseph's advocacy of the equality of humankind encourages Ralph and Josephine to overturn conventional social order. They declare their love for each other and eventually plan to elope. The captain discovers this plan, but, as in many of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, a surprise disclosure changes things dramatically near the end of the story. Drawing on several of his earlier "Bab Ballad" poems, Gilbert imbued this plot with mirth and silliness. The opera's humour focuses on
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Sir George Power, 7th Baronet Sir George Power, 7th Baronet Sir George Power, 7th Baronet (24 December 1846 – 17 October 1928) was an operatic tenor known for his performances in early Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, most famously creating the roles in London of Ralph Rackstraw in "H.M.S. Pinafore" (1878) and Frederic in "The Pirates of Penzance" (1880). He later became a noted voice teacher and continued to perform, mostly at society events. On the death of his elder brother, in 1903, he became the seventh baronet of Kilfane. Power was born in Kilkenny, the fourth son of Sir
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Which British airport has the IATA code, seen on luggage labels, LCY?
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British Airways Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, it is permitted to carry passengers, cargo, and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats. The airlines' head office, Waterside, stands in Harmondsworth, a village that is near London Heathrow Airport. Waterside was completed in June 1998 to replace British Airways' previous head office, Speedbird House, which was located on the grounds of Heathrow. British Airways' main base is at London Heathrow Airport, but it also has a major presence at Gatwick Airport. It also has a base at London City Airport (LCY), where its subsidiary BA CityFlyer is the largest operator.
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IATA airport code IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used. The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by IATA headquarters in Montreal. The codes are published semiannually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA also provides codes for railway stations
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In which English city were 'Duran Duran' formed in 1978?
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Duran Duran Current members Former members Timeline Duran Duran Duran Duran () are an English new wave and synth-pop band formed in Birmingham in 1978. The band grew from being alternative sensations, in 1982, to mainstream pop stars by 1984. By the end of the decade, membership and music style changes challenged the band before a resurgence in the early 1990s. The group were a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the US. The band achieved 14 singles in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the "Billboard" Hot 100, and have sold over 100
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Duran Duran was released on many TV shows in February while magazines hailed (the modern "Fab Five") Duran Duran as one of the greatest bands of all time. Duran Duran then celebrated their homecoming to the UK with fourteen stadium dates in April 2004, including five sold-out nights at Wembley Arena. The British press, traditionally hostile to the band, accorded the shows some very warm reviews. Duran Duran brought along band Goldfrapp and the Scissor Sisters as alternating opening acts for this tour. The last two shows were filmed, resulting in the concert DVD "Duran Duran: Live from London" which was released
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In the USA who is the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters?
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen War in 1861, but did not make much progress. In April 1863 nineteen locomotive engineers met at Robinson's house and decided to form the Brotherhood. At a meeting on 8 May 1863 in Detroit the name "Brotherhood of the Footboard" was chosen and Robinson was elected as the first grand chief engineer. It was a mutual aid society which created a variety of accident, death and burial insurance programs for its members. According to Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, the BLE was America's earliest labor union. It was the first of the "Big Four" of railroad worker brotherhoods. The
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters International Brotherhood of Teamsters The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of The Team Drivers International Union and The Teamsters National Union, the union now represents a diverse membership of blue-collar and professional workers in both the public and private sectors. The union had approximately 1.3 million members in 2013. Formerly known as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, the IBT is a member of the Change to Win Federation and Canadian Labour Congress. The American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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"""NOW, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts"", are the opening sentences of Dickens' 'Hard Times'. Who says them?"
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Hard Times (novel) Superintendent in Dickens's novel Hard Times who is dedicated to the pursuit of profitable enterprise. His name is now used generically to refer to someone who is hard and only concerned with cold facts and numbers. He is an intense follower of Utilitarian ideas. He soon sees the error of these beliefs however, when his children's lives fall into disarray. Josiah Bounderby is a business associate of Mr. Gradgrind. Given to boasting about being a self-made man, he employs many of the other central characters of the novel. He has risen to a position of power and wealth from humble
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Alternative facts be political liberals and are "selecting what [they] think should be fact-checked...Americans are their own fact checkers. People know, they have their own facts and figures, in terms of meaning which facts and figures are important to them." Spicer's press conference and Conway's follow-up comments drew quick reactions on social media. Journalist Dan Rather posted a criticism of the incoming Trump administration on his Facebook page. Rather wrote: These are not normal times. These are extraordinary times. And extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. When you have a spokesperson for the president of the United States wrap up a lie
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Who played 'Marty McFly' in the 'Back To The Future' films?
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Back to the Future Back to the Future Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, who accidentally travels back in time to 1955, where he meets his future parents and becomes his mother's romantic interest. Christopher Lloyd portrays the eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, inventor of the time-traveling DeLorean, who helps Marty repair history and return to 1985. Zemeckis and Gale wrote the script after Gale wondered whether he would have befriended his father if they had attended school
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Back to the Future (soundtrack) 3. The "Back to the Future Overture" on the original album is made up of the following cues as released on the subsequent score album: A 1999 CD release entitled "The Back to the Future Trilogy" featured additional compositions by Silvestri from the first film. However, these were re-recordings by the Scottish National Orchestra and not Silvestri's original recordings. The musical material ostensibly performed by the characters Marty McFly, Marvin Berry and the Starlighters in the film, was recorded by Harry Waters, Jr. as Marvin Berry and Mark Campbell as Marty McFly, and the guitar solo by Tim May. (Campbell
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An omelette made with smoked haddock invented at the Savoy Hotel was named after which author?
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Arnold Bennett London the chefs perfected an omelette incorporating smoked haddock, Parmesan cheese and cream, which pleased him so much that he insisted that it be prepared wherever he travelled. The Omelette Arnold Bennett has remained a standard dish at the Savoy ever since. A number of streets in the Bradwell area of Newcastle-under-Lyme, which neighbours Stoke-on-Trent, are named after places and characters in Bennett's works, and Bennett himself. Two blue plaques have been installed to commemorate Bennett. The first, at his former residence in Cadogan Square, London was placed by London County Council in 1958. The second was placed in 2014
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Haddock haddock from the North East Atlantic, principally Iceland, Norway and the Faroe Islands. These fishing grounds are sustainably managed and have not seen the large scale depreciation in fish stocks seen in EU waters. One popular form of haddock is Finnan haddie which is named after the fishing village of Finnan or Findon in Scotland, where the fish was originally cold-smoked over smouldering peat. Finnan haddie is often poached in milk and served for breakfast. The town of Arbroath on the east coast of Scotland produces the Arbroath smokie. This is a hot-smoked haddock which requires no further cooking before
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In which country is the highest point in South America?
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Sport in South America the north region of the country, and has been gaining popularity recently in the rest of the country. Rugby union is becoming popular in South America, following the recent successes of Argentina in recent Rugby World Cup competitions (3rd place in 2007 and 4th place in 2015). The popularity of the game has spread across the continent. Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, and Peru all have Rugby Federations. South America has produced a number of talented tennis players such as four-time Grand Slam and Masters winner Guillermo Vilas, and the first Latin American ranked number 1 in Association of
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Football in South America to red from Nottingham Forest. The desire to make this change was reinforced by the symbolic connection of the color with the socialist movement in the country, which was supported by some of the founders of Independiente. A turning point in Argentine football and Latin American soccer as a whole followed in 1906, when a team of South Africans came to play a series of matches on the South American continent. South Africa had a development in the field of football known which reasonably similar to that of Latin America. Although the South African club still played below the level
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'Bye Bye Baby' was the first number one hit single for which band?
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Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye) The anime "Magical Hat" uses a Japanese language variation of the song as ending theme. The Bay City Rollers' version was used in the soundtrack of the 2002 Channel 4 adaptation of White Teeth by Zadie Smith; however, it did not appear on the soundtrack CD released that same year. Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye) "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, a member of The Four Seasons whose version of the song made it to No. 12 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1965. On the original issue of
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Baby Baby Bye Bye published by Knox Music, Inc., and Crystal Music. The song was also released as a 45 single in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, and Japan. The single reached no. 47 on the UK singles chart in June, 1960 in a one-week chart run. "Baby Baby Bye Bye" appeared on the following albums: Baby Baby Bye Bye "Baby Baby Bye Bye" is a song recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis and released as a single in March 1960 on Sun Records, Sun 337, featuring the Gene Lowery Singers, backed with "Old Black Joe". The recording was reissued in 1969 as a
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What nationality is Herman Van Rompuy who was appointed as the first full-time President of the European Council in 2009?
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Herman Van Rompuy Herman Van Rompuy Herman Achille, Count Van Rompuy (, ; born 31 October 1947) is a Belgian politician, who formerly served as Prime Minister of Belgium and then as the first President of the European Council. A politician from Belgium's Christian Democratic and Flemish party, Van Rompuy served as the 49th prime minister of Belgium from 30 December 2008 until Yves Leterme (who was also his predecessor) succeeded him on 25 November 2009. On 19 November 2009 Van Rompuy was selected by the members of the European Council, which is the institution of the European Union (EU) comprising the heads
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Herman Van Rompuy After this second mandate he could not have been re-elected because the European Council President's term of office can only be extended once. Herman Van Rompuy was also appointed as the first President of the Euro Summit, and this for the same term of office as his Presidency of the European Council. The Euro Summit meetings are to take place at least twice a year. In 2014, Van Rompuy was awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen for his EU role. Although the European Council is, under the terms of the Lisbon treaty, a separate institution of the EU, it
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Which jockey rode the winner of the 2010 Grand National?
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2012 Grand National in the line-up, 2012 marked the first time since 1988 that more than one female jockey participated in the same National. Jockey Tony McCoy rode Synchronised and was aiming for his second Grand National success in 17 attempts. Niall Madden (on In Compliance) was another seeking a second win after guiding Numbersixvalverde to victory in 2006, while 2003 winning jockey Barry Geraghty returned to ride Shakalakaboomboom. Paul Carberry took the ride of Chicago Grey and Ballabriggs defended his title under the jockeyship once again of Jason Maguire, while Timmy Murphy was a sixth and final jockey aiming for another National
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Paddy Brennan (jockey) UK stable in 2000. In the 2004/05 season he became champion conditional jockey. In the 2007/08 season he rode more than a century of winners in a season for the first time. On 19 March 2010 he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Imperial Commander. In the 2015 Grand National he rode Saint Are. He came second behind Many Clouds. On 16 November 2016 he rode his 1,000th winner on Colin's Sister at Warwick. Paddy Brennan (jockey) Paddy Brennan (born 13 April 1981) is an Irish jockey who won the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Imperial Commander. He rode his
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Who is the valet of 'Lord Peter Wimsey' in the novels by Dorothy L. Sayers?
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Lord Peter Wimsey Lord Peter Wimsey Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh). A dilettante who solves mysteries for his own amusement, Wimsey is an archetype for the British gentleman detective. Lord Peter is often assisted by his valet and former batman, Mervyn Bunter; his good friend and later brother-in-law, police detective Charles Parker; and in a few books by Harriet Vane, who becomes his wife. Born in 1890 and ageing in real time, Wimsey is described as being of average
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Lord Peter Wimsey on 25 December 1986 and "Whose Body" on 26 December 1987. With year of first publication In addition there are As a footnote, Lord Peter Wimsey has also been included by the science fiction writer Philip José Farmer as a member of the Wold Newton family; and Laurie R. King's detective character Mary Russell meets up with Lord Peter at a party in the novel "A Letter of Mary". Lord Peter Wimsey Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton
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"Which character in children's literature is ""blown by the East Wind"" to '17 Cherry Tree Lane, London'?"
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Cherry Tree Lane critics. "The Film Blogger" dubbed it a "moderately tense thriller", that was "accentuated by a well-developed class commentary and some solid performances". The film’s name is an ironic reminder of the address of the idealised suburban Banks family in the popular 1964 film "Mary Poppins", as well as in the series of books on which the film is based. Cherry Tree Lane Cherry Tree Lane is a 2010 British urban dramatic real-time horror-thriller film, written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams. In a house at Cherry Tree Lane, distant couple Christine (Rachael Blake) and Mike (Tom Butcher) are eating dinner
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Cherry Tree Lane Cherry Tree Lane Cherry Tree Lane is a 2010 British urban dramatic real-time horror-thriller film, written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams. In a house at Cherry Tree Lane, distant couple Christine (Rachael Blake) and Mike (Tom Butcher) are eating dinner while their son, Sebastian, is out at football practice. When the doorbell rings and Christine goes to answer it, the couple is attacked by Rian (Jumayn Hunter), Asad (Ashley Chin), and Teddy (Sonny Muslim), who hold them both hostage and tie them up in their front room. Knowing Sebastian will be returning at 9:00PM, the group waits for his
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What type of clothing are 'Air Jordans'?
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Air Jordan for one race at Martinsville Speedway. Air Jordan Air Jordan is a brand of basketball shoes, athletic, and casual clothing produced by Nike. It was created for former professional basketball player Michael Jordan. The original Air Jordan I sneakers were produced exclusively for Jordan in early 1984, and released to the public in late 1984. The shoes were designed for Nike by Peter Moore, Tinker Hatfield, and Bruce Kilgore. Since its introduction into the sports shoe market, the Air Jordans evolved from the original basketball shoes to models for different uses, including I-XXXIII. The Jordan brand sponsors 21 active NBA
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Air Jordan of his peers for a pair of Air Jordan sneakers in 1989. In 1988, the then-principal of Mumford High School in Detroit mentioned that clothing-related violence had reached a point where he felt it was necessary to ban certain items of clothing, including the Air Jordan sneaker, from the school grounds. This ban was the first of many dress codes implemented in schools after the wave of robberies, beatings, and shootings over possession of Air Jordan sneakers and other items of clothing. Nike owns none of the factories where Air Jordans are produced and contracts the work to various factory
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What is the title of the film sequel to 'Nanny McPhee'?
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Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang were cancelled for future films. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns) is a 2010 fantasy comedy family film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James Newton Howard and co-produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films and Three Strange Angels. It is a sequel to the 2005 film "Nanny McPhee". It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's "Nurse Matilda" books. Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also
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Nanny McPhee Nanny McPhee Nanny McPhee is a 2005 British family comedy fantasy film based on Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand. It was directed by Kirk Jones, co-produced by StudioCanal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Working Title Films, Three Strange Angels, and Nanny McPhee Productions with music by Patrick Doyle and produced by Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner. Set in Victorian England, the film stars Emma Thompson as Nanny McPhee, along with Colin Firth and Angela Lansbury. The film was theatrically released on 28 October 2005 in the UK and on 27 January 2006 in the US by Universal Pictures. Thompson also scripted the
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Who was the Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to
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Minister President of Prussia Minister President of Prussia The office of Minister President (), or Prime Minister, of Prussia existed in one form or another from 1702 until the abolition of Prussia in 1947. Under the Kingdom of Prussia the Minister President functioned as the chief minister of the King, and presided over the Landtag (the Prussian legislature established in 1848). After the unification of Germany in 1871 and until the collapse in 1918, the office of the Prussian Minister President was usually held ex officio by the Chancellor of the German Empire, beginning with the tenure of Otto von Bismarck. Under the Weimar
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Minister President of Prussia Republic the Minister President was the head of the state government in a more traditional parliamentary role. The office ceased to have any real meaning except as a kind of political patronage title after Nazi Germany dismantled Prussia as a state in 1935 (Reichsstatthaltergesetz), and disappeared along with Prussia itself after World War II. Political Party: Political Party: Minister President of Prussia The office of Minister President (), or Prime Minister, of Prussia existed in one form or another from 1702 until the abolition of Prussia in 1947. Under the Kingdom of Prussia the Minister President functioned as the chief
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Which was the first film made by 'The Beatles'?
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The Beatles in film have been entirely based on Beatles themes and songs The Beatles in film The Beatles appeared in five motion pictures, most of which were very well received. The exception was the (mostly unscripted) television film "Magical Mystery Tour" which was panned by critics and the public alike. Each of their films had the same name as their associated soundtrack album and a song on that album. The Beatles had a successful film career, beginning with A Hard Day's Night (1964), a loosely scripted comic farce, sometimes compared to the Marx Brothers in style. A black-and-white film, it focused on Beatlemania
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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit is a 1990 re-edited version of renowned documentary filmmaking team Albert and David Maysles' 1964 16mm documentary "What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A.", about the Beatles' first visit to America in February 1964. It documents the Beatles' US trip as they travel to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Miami Beach. Footage of the Beatles (often acting irreverently in front of the camera) in hotel rooms makes up the majority of the non-musical portion of the film. The main difference between the original 1964 documentary and the
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Who was the first woman to receive the Order of Merit?
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Order of Merit Royal Air Force and, in 1969, the definition of honorary recipients was expanded to include members of the Commonwealth of Nations that are not realms. From its inception, the order has been open to women, Florence Nightingale being the first woman to receive the honour, in 1907. Several individuals have refused admission into the Order of Merit, such as Rudyard Kipling, A. E. Housman, and George Bernard Shaw. To date, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, remains the youngest person ever inducted into the Order of Merit, having been admitted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1968, when he was 47 years
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Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order of Ushakov, the Order of Zhukov, the Order of Kutuzov, the Order of Nakhimov, the Order For Courage, or who were awarded an honorary title of the Russian Federation. In exceptional cases, the President of the Russian Federation may decide to award the Order For Service to the Fatherland to persons not previously awarded state awards of the Russian Federation. Soldiers receiving the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" for distinction in combat will receive the Order with Swords. Although previously awarded to foreign dignitaries and heads of state such as to French President Jacques Chirac, the 2010 decree
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'Only The Lonely' is a musical based on the life of which singer?
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Only the Lonely Only the Lonely "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)" is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Orbison's recording of the song, produced by Fred Foster for Monument Records, was the first major hit for the singer. It was described by "The New York Times" as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". Released as a 45 rpm single by Monument Records in May 1960, "Only the Lonely" went to No. 2 on the United States "Billboard" pop music charts on 25 July 1960 (blocked by Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry") and No. 14 on the "Billboard" R&B
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is the début novel by the American author Carson McCullers; she was 23 at the time of publication. It is about a deaf man named John Singer and the people he encounters in a 1930s mill town in the US state of Georgia. The title comes from the poem "The Lonely Hunter" by the Scottish poet William Sharp, who used the pseudonym "Fiona MacLeod": "Deep in the heart of Summer, sweet is life to me still, But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a
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Which model of Ferrari is named after the Italian word for 'redhead'?
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Ferrari 315 S 315S finished third at the Nürburgring and fifth at Le Mans but was then largely replaced by the 335S. The victory of a Ferrari 335S in Venezuela and the retirement of the Maseratis granted Ferrari the World Sports Car Championship. The change in regulations for the World Sports Car championship to a 3-litre engine limit for 1958 meant the 315S was replaced by the 250 Testa Rossa. Ferrari 315 S The Ferrari 315 S is an Italian sports-racing car produced by Ferrari in 1957. The model was intended to succeed the Ferrari 290 MM, which had won the 1956 Mille
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Ferrari Mondial Ferrari Mondial The Ferrari Mondial is a mid-engined, V8-powered grand tourer which was produced by Italian manufacturer Ferrari between 1980 and 1993. Offered with coupé and cabriolet bodystyles, it replaced the Ferrari 308/208 GT4 coupé and remained the last V8-engined 2+2 model Ferrari produced until the Ferrari California convertible and GTC4Lusso coupé were released in 2008 and 2016 respectively. The "Mondial" name (French for "world" or "global") originated from Ferrari's motor racing history — the 500 Mondial was a successful lightweight sports racer of the early 1950s which was named to celebrate Ferrari's consecutive Formula 1 World Championships in 1952
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Which city was the capital of Nigeria until 1991?
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Capital Airlines (Nigeria) Capital Airlines (Nigeria) Capital Airlines was an airline headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, that operated scheduled and chartered domestic flights out of its base at Murtala Muhammed International Airport and Ilorin International Airport. Capital Airlines was founded in 2003. The Nigerian government set a deadline of April 30, 2007 for all airlines operating in the country to re-capitalise or be grounded, in an effort to ensure better services and safety. Capital Airlines satisfied the demanded criteria in terms of re-capitalization and was re-registered for operation. In 2009, Capital Airlines failed to meet the NCAA (Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority) requirement of having
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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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What was Malcolm X's surname, before converting to Islam?
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Seven Songs for Malcolm X Little discusses his own transformation to Islam and his desire to share his religion with Malcolm X and his other siblings. He speaks of how stubborn Malcolm X was, and how he sent their brother Reginald to the prison to speak to Malcolm X. Reginald was the one who convinced Malcolm to convert to Islam while in prison, a transformation that marked the turning point in his life. The narrator then describes the year 1952, which was the first year in which no lynchings had occurred. The narrator reveals that at this period in time, Martin Luther King, Jr. believed
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X his authorial agency when the "Autobiography"s "fractured construction", caused by Malcolm X's rift with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam, "overturned the design" of the manuscript and created a narrative crisis. In the "Autobiography"s epilogue, Haley describes the incident: I sent Malcolm X some rough chapters to read. I was appalled when they were soon returned, red-inked in many places where he had told of his almost father-and-son relationship with Elijah Muhammad. Telephoning Malcolm X, I reminded him of his previous decisions, and I stressed that if those chapters contained such telegraphing to readers of what was to lie
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In which English city can you drive on Maid Marian Way?
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Lady Marian Lady Marian Lady Marian portrayed by Lucy Griffiths, is a character in the BBC television serial Robin Hood. She is the daughter of the former Sheriff of Nottingham. Marian is twenty-one years old, and in contrast to most Robin Hood legends, is not described as Maid Marian, but rather Lady Marian. "In those days [21] would be considered quite old to still be a maid," actress Lucy Griffiths explained in the "Radio Times" preview." She was engaged to Robin before he went to fight in the crusades but is visibly cold and aloof toward him on his return, although in
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Any Which Way You Can You Can" was the 5th highest-grossing film of 1980. The film has had total gross receipts of $70,687,344 in North America. Any Which Way You Can Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 American action comedy film, starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, and Ruth Gordon in supporting roles. It was directed by Buddy Van Horn. The film is the sequel to the 1978 hit comedy "Every Which Way but Loose". Two years after throwing his fight with Tank Murdock, Philo Beddoe is still fighting in underground bare-knuckle boxing matches to make money on the
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Moorfields Hospital in London is the oldest and largest hospital in the world caring for which part of the body?
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Moorfields Eye Hospital Moorfields Eye Hospital Moorfields Eye Hospital is a specialist NHS eye hospital in St Luke's in London, England run by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Together with the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, which is adjacent to the hospital, it is the oldest and largest centre for ophthalmic treatment, teaching and research in Europe. Moorfields Eye Hospital was founded on the Moorfields in 1805 as the London Dispensary for curing diseases of the Eye and Ear, by John Cunningham Saunders, assisted by John Richard Farre. It moved to its present site in 1899, and became part of the National Health
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The Hospital for Sick Children The Hospital for Sick Children The Hospital for Sick Children, corporately branded as SickKids, is a children's hospital and teaching hospital located on University Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, and is the second-largest paediatric research hospital in the world, after the Boston Children's Hospital. The hospital's Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning is the largest pediatric research building in the world at 69677.28 square metres. Founded in 1875, the hospital was inspired by the example of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The hospital is located in the
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Which club won a 1960's FA Cup Final with defenders Dowd, Book, Pardoe, Doyle, Booth and Oakes?
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Glyn Pardoe the club's coaching staff, and remained at the club for a further 16 years. Youth development was a focus of his coaching, which included a strong contribution to the development of the team which won the 1986 FA Youth Cup. His association with the club ended in 1992 when Peter Reid abruptly sacked him, along with longstanding physio Roy Bailey. During the 2005–06 season he worked in the media, summarising Manchester City matches on BBC GMR. Pardoe is the cousin of his former team-mate Alan Oakes, with several other relations having played professionally. Manchester City F.C. Glyn Pardoe Glyn Pardoe
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1960 FA Cup Final 1960 FA Cup Final The 1960 FA Cup Final was the 79th final of the world's oldest domestic football cup competition, the FA Cup. It took place on 7 May 1960 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves won the game and the cup after a 3–0 victory, with a Norman Deeley double after Blackburn defender Mick McGrath had scored an own goal. This was Wolves' fourth and most recent FA Cup success. This was the first time the FA Cup winners would be given a berth for European competition, into
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