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Larry Lurex was the original stage name of which late singer? | I Can Hear Music York and Chicago (WCFL); #8 in Toronto and San Diego, #9 in Seattle; #10 Vancouver and Indianapolis; #11 Los Angeles, Louisville, Providence, and Chicago (WLS); #12 Milwaukee and Columbus. Partial credits from Craig Slowinski. "unknown" – guitars, bass, drums, tambourine In 1973, Larry Lurex, the solo stage name of Freddie Mercury, recorded "I Can Hear Music." His version peaked at #115 on the U.S. "Billboard" Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. In 1996, the Beach Boys rerecorded the song, with contemporary Christian singer Kathy Troccoli on lead vocals, for their country album "Stars and Stripes Vol. 1". I Can Hear | Lurex Lurex Lurex is the registered brand name of The Lurex Company, Ltd. for a type of yarn with a metallic appearance. The yarn is made from synthetic film, onto which a metallic aluminium, silver, or gold layer has been vaporised. "Lurex" may also refer to cloth created with the yarn. Hugo Wolfram, father of mathematician Stephen Wolfram, served as Managing Director of the Lurex Company; he was also author of three novels. Lurex has been a popular material for movie and television costumes. For example, the bodysuit worn by actress Julie Newmar as Catwoman in the "Batman" TV series of |
The, now extinct, dodo was native to which island in the Indian Ocean? | Dodo Dodo The dodo ("Raphus cucullatus") is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest genetic relative was the also extinct Rodrigues solitaire, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae of the family of pigeons and doves. The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. A white dodo was once thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion, but this is now thought to have been confusion based on the Réunion ibis and paintings of white dodos. Subfossil remains show the dodo was | Dodo and black with slender beaks, fitting the old descriptions of the Réunion solitaire. No fossil remains of dodo-like birds have ever been found on the island. The dodo's significance as one of the best-known extinct animals and its singular appearance led to its use in literature and popular culture as a symbol of an outdated concept or object, as in the expression "dead as a dodo," which has come to mean unquestionably dead or obsolete. Similarly, the phrase "to go the way of the dodo" means to become extinct or obsolete, to fall out of common usage or practice, or |
How many gold rings, altogether, did ‘My True Love give to me’ over the Twelve Days of Christmas? | Give Me Back My Legions! 20,000 heavily armed Roman infantry, and auxiliaries, are brutally ambushed by Germanic forces. Though the legions are not well trained, it is Arminius' tactics that prove to be decisive. For three days the Germanic Tribes surround the legions, killing Roman soldiers along with civilians, family members of the soldiers; some are even taken captive— most of whom are sacrificed on an altar to the Germanic Gods. Forty years later the Romans attack Germania again. As with many of Turtledove's novels, there are several viewpoint characters, including Arminius, Varus, and others. Give Me Back My Legions! Give Me Back My Legions! | The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who first introduced the familiar prolongation of the verse "five gold rings" (now often "five golden rings"). "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. There are many variations in the lyrics. The lyrics given here are from Frederic Austin's 1909 publication that first established the current |
1960’s British singer Allan Smethurst was better known as ‘The Singing _ ‘what’? | Allan Smethurst Allan Smethurst Allan Francis Smethurst (19 November 1927 – 24 December 2000), aka The Singing Postman was an English folk singer and postman. He is best known for his self-penned novelty song, "Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?", which earned him an Ivor Novello Award in 1966, and "A Miss from Diss". Born in Walshaw, near Bury, Lancashire, England, the son of Allan and Gladys Mabel ("née" Curson), Smethurst was raised in Sheringham, Norfolk. His mother came from the nearby village of Stiffkey. He later became a postman in Grimsby. Smethurst hummed tunes on his daily post round for twelve years, | Jack Smethurst in English football's Premier League. Jack Smethurst Jack Smethurst (born 9 April 1932 in Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire, England) is an English television and film comic actor. He is best known for his role as bigoted socialist Eddie Booth in "Love Thy Neighbour". Jack Smethurst made his film debut in 1958's "Carry On Sergeant". This was followed by parts in the films "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (1960), "A Kind of Loving" (1962), "Run with the Wind" (1966), "Night After Night After Night" (1970), the big-screen version of "Please Sir!" (1971) and the ITV sitcom "For the Love of Ada" (1970–71) |
Sable is the heraldic term for which colour? | Rose (heraldic tincture) to be seen whether the tincture will be used in heraldic arms in other countries. Rose (heraldic tincture) Rose is the tincture of rose or pink as used in heraldry. Rose has been introduced in Canadian heraldry from the late 20th century. It is considered a colour along with azure (blue), gules (red), vert (green) and sable (black). It is slightly similar to the tincture carnation which is used in French heraldry, but not quite, as carnation is a beige used for human skin depiction, while rose is a brand new heraldic colour, much closer to pink. The colour features | Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force as its insignia and the motto of "Ready." The component elements of badges are described – with regard to stances, positions, actions, attitudes and tinctures (colours) – by the use of heraldic blazon. The most common terms used are listed below. For example, No. 102 Squadron badge (shown on the right) is described as "On a demi-terrestrial globe azure & dark blue a lion rampant guardant gules holding in the forepaws a bomb sable". Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force are the insignia of certain commands, squadrons, units, wings, groups, branches and |
The Kodiak bear is native to which US state? | Kodiak bear compatible on the archipelago. The Aluutiq people hold the bear with importance. Its Alutiiq name is "Taquka’aq" (Bear), with the pronunciation varying between Northern and Southern dialects. Kodiak bear The Kodiak bear ("Ursus arctos middendorffi"), also known as the Kodiak brown bear, sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. It is the largest recognized subspecies of brown bear, and one of the two largest bears alive today, the other being the polar bear. Physiologically, the Kodiak bear is very similar to the other brown bear subspecies, such as the mainland grizzly bear | Kodiak bear role is merely advisory, government management agencies expressed a commitment to implement all of the regulations that were feasible and within their legal jurisdictions. The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List does not list subspecies. The brown bear species, of which the Kodiak subspecies is a member, is listed as Lower Risk or Least Concern. The Kodiak is not listed as an endangered species by the Endangered Species Act of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. Kodiak bear research and habitat protection is done cooperatively by the ADF&G and Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Bear hunting is managed by |
The theme song to children’s television series ‘Fireball XL5’ was sung on karaoke by which actor in the 2000 London gangster film ‘Love, Honour and Obey’? | Love, Honour and Obey asks long-running school friend Jude (Jude Law) to help him into the North London criminal gang run by his uncle Ray (Ray Winstone). As Jonny gets more involved in the image of the criminal world, he starts making mistakes and through a mutual dislike for rival gangster Matthew (Rhys Ifans) inadvertently starts a war with the South London mob, headed up by Sean (Sean Pertwee). Love, Honour and Obey Love, Honour and Obey is a 2000 mock gangster film starring several members of the Primrose Hill set. It was jointly written and directed by Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis (who | Love, Honour and Obey Love, Honour and Obey Love, Honour and Obey is a 2000 mock gangster film starring several members of the Primrose Hill set. It was jointly written and directed by Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis (who also appear in the film) as a follow-up to their 1998 film "Final Cut". As with "Final Cut", most of the characters have the same name as the actors who play them. The film also features a cameo appearance from former East London boxer turned comedian, Ricky Grover. Jonny (Jonny Lee Miller) is working as a courier and becoming increasingly dissatisfied with his life. He |
Which sport in Britain is regulated by the GBGB? | Greyhound Board of Great Britain to the sport and hold periodic demonstrations at venues. Greyhound Board of Great Britain The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) is the organisation that governs licensed greyhound racing in Great Britain. It does not govern independent tracks or Northern Irish tracks and therefore has no jurisdiction over them. It was formed in 2009 as a self-regulating body after a merger between the British Greyhound Racing Board and the National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC). The GBGB reports to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). All greyhound-racing stadia | Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom 'independent racing' or 'flapping' which is racing unaffiliated to a governing body. Registered racing in Great Britain is regulated by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB). All in the registered sector are subject to the GBGB Rules of Racing and the Directions of the Stewards, who set the standards for greyhound welfare and racing integrity, from racecourse facilities and trainers' kennels to retirement of greyhounds. Stewards inquiries and then disciplinary action is taken against anyone found failing to comply. The registered sector consists of 21 racecourses, 884 trainers (as at 2012 end), 4,135 kennel staff, 867 racecourse officials, and |
Who became the manager of (Glasgow) Rangers Football Club in May 2011? | 2011–12 Rangers F.C. season to Sevco Scotland Ltd which was renamed The Rangers Football Club Ltd at the end of July 2012. Rangers were docked 10 points for entering administration. Should they remain in administration by the end of March, they will be ineligible to play in a 2012–13 European competition. 2011–12 Rangers F.C. season Rangers played a total of 45 competitive matches during the 2011-12 season. Smith's deputy and Rangers record goalscorer Ally McCoist was appointed manager of the club. However, McCoist was hampered by a bizarre transfer policy the club utilised under Whyte's control. This resulted in protracted transfer negotiations with several | Galveston County Rangers Football Club play. Galveston Rangers FC have announced official affiliation partnerships with: Glasgow Rangers Football Club Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Empoli Football Club, Perugia, Italy, Alloway FC, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia; Monmouth Town AFC, Monmouth Town, Wales, United Kingdom; Walsall Football Club, Walsall, England, United Kingdom; The West Indies Football Association, St. Joseph Trinidad; Walsall Football Club (Sierra Leone); Atlentico Stars FC and Atlentico Stars Youth Soccer Academy (ASYSA) in Kisumu, Nyalenda Kenya, Houston Aces, Houston, Texas, United States. SC Juelich 1910, Juelich, Germany As Pirate SC notable matches include Monterrey Rayados, Houston Dynamo, San Antonio Scorpions. The colors of Ranger’s crest are |
Which fictional villain has the real name Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot? | Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) Oswald Cobblepot, known as The Penguin, is a fictional character who appears as one of the primary antagonists on the Fox TV series Gotham. He is portrayed by American actor Robin Lord Taylor and is based on the character of the same name, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, that appears as one of Batman's greatest foes. He has been considered the show's breakout character. "Gotham" marks the second time that The Penguin was portrayed on live television, with the first being in the 1960s "Batman" series in which Burgess Meredith played him. In taking on | Oswald (given name) Oswald (given name) Oswald is a masculine given name, from Anglo-Saxon "Osweald", from "os" "god" and "weald" "rule". The Old High German cognate was "Answald", the Old Norse form was "Ásvaldr". Oswald of Northumbria (c. 604–641/2) was a king of Northumbria and is venerated as saint. The name fell out of use in the later medieval period, although it appears to have been rarely given in reference to the saint even in the late 14th century, as evidenced by the name of German poet and diplomat Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/7–1445). The name was revived in the 19th century, but it |
How high, in inches, are the hurdles in a men’s 110 metre Olympic hurdle race? | 110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-meter hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres (3.5 ft or 42 inches) in height are evenly spaced along a straight course of 110 metres. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner. Fallen hurdles do not carry a fixed time penalty for the runners, but they have a significant pull-over | 110 metres hurdles weight which slows down the run. Like the 100 metres sprint, the 110 metres hurdles begins in the starting blocks. For the 110 m hurdles, the first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13.72 metres (45 ft) from the starting line. The next nine hurdles are set at a distance of 9.14 metres (30 ft) from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 14.02 metres (46 ft) long. The Olympic Games have included the 110 metre hurdles in their program since 1896. The equivalent hurdles race for women was run over |
Formerly called ‘Scrabulous’, what is the name of the online word game based on Scrabble? | Scrabble to play "Scrabble" online against other users, such as the Internet Scrabble Club and www.pogo.com from Electronic Arts. Facebook initially offered a variation of "Scrabble" called Scrabulous as a third-party application add-on. On July 24, 2008, Hasbro filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the creators of Scrabulous. Four days later, Scrabulous was disabled for users in North America, eventually reappearing as "Lexulous" in September 2008, with changes made to distinguish it from Scrabble. By December 20, Hasbro had withdrawn its lawsuit. Mattel launched its official version of online "Scrabble", "Scrabble by Mattel", on Facebook in late March 2008. The application | Online word game Those with an element of creativity are good examples of this. Online word game An online word game is a word game based in an online venue. Like many online games, many online word games are accessed via web browsers such as Facebook. Many traditional word games translate to the Internet. The advent of the Internet allows for new possibilities, in particular interactive and multiplayer games. There are a vast array of educational word play websites, useful for learning languages. For example 'Name, Place, Animal, Thing' - Categories game Name, Place, Animal, Thing An area of increasing popularity are multiplayer |
In which year was the Bank of France (Banque de France) established? | Bank of France seek to establish large monopolies, leading to the Mississippi Bubble. The collapse of the Mississippi Company and the Banque Royale tarnished the word "banque" ("bank") so much that France abandoned central banking for almost a century, possibly precipitating Louis XVI's economic crisis and the French Revolution. Later successors like "la Caisse d'escompte" (from 1776 to 1793) and "la Caisse d'escompte du commerce" (from 1797 to 1803) used the word ""caisse"" instead, until Napoleon retook the term with "la Banque de France" ("Bank of France") in 1800. In 1800, financial power in France was in the hands of about ten to | Bank of France Bank of France The Bank of France known in French as the Banque de France, headquartered in Paris, is the central bank of France. It is an independent institution, member of the Eurosystem since 1999. Its three main missions, as defined by its statuses, are to drive the French monetary strategy, ensure financial steadiness and provide services to households, small and medium businesses and the French state. It is a member of the European System of Central Banks, which consists of the European Central Bank (ECB), and the national central banks (NCBs) of all European Union (EU) members. The Kingdom |
What is the title of the 2004 film which stars Imelda Staunton as a back-street abortionist? | Imelda Staunton for her work in both "A Chorus of Disapproval" (1985) and "The Corn is Green" (1985). Her appearances on stage in "The Beggar's Opera" (1982), "The Wizard of Oz" (1987), "Uncle Vanya" (1988), "Guys and Dolls" (1996), "Entertaining Mr Sloane" (2009) and "Good People" (2014) also earned her Olivier nominations. Staunton has been nominated for a total of 13 Olivier Awards. Staunton drew critical acclaim for her performance in the title role in the 2004 film "Vera Drake", for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for | Imelda Staunton services to drama. Staunton owns a dog (Molly) who appeared in "Gypsy" at the Chichester Festival Theatre from 6 October 8 November as "Chowsie" the dog. Staunton played the leading role, "Momma Rose". Repertory theatre: Two seasons at the Northcott Theatre, Exeter: Two seasons at the Nottingham Playhouse (1980–81?): Touring (1981–82?): Two seasons at Chichester Festival Theatre (2011–14): Theatre roles in London: Imelda Staunton Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton, (born 9 January 1956) is an English stage and screen actress. After training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Staunton began her career in repertory theatre in the 1970s before |
Who was said to have ridden naked through the streets of Coventry in the 11th Century? | Coventry 2005, Coventry became the first city in the UK to host the International Children's Games and three of the city sports teams won significant honours. The Blaze won the treble consisting of Elite League, playoff and Challenge Cup; the Jets won the BAFL Division 2 championship and were undefeated all season; and the Bees won the Elite League playoffs. Coventry is well known for the legendary 11th century exploits of Lady Godiva who rode through the city naked on horseback in protest at high taxes being levied on the cityfolk by her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia. The residents of | George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry George William Coventry, 11th Earl of Coventry (born 25 January 1934; died 14 June 2002 in Málaga, Spain) was a British hereditary peer and politician of the Conservative Party. Coventry was the fourth child and only son of George Coventry, 10th Earl of Coventry (1900-1940) and Nesta Donne Philips (1903–1997). He inherited the title Earl of Coventry at the age of six, when his father was killed in action during the Battle of Wytschaete on 27 May 1940. He attended "Stowe School" in Buckinghamshire and Eton College. He worked as stock broker, fashion |
Which country’s football team won the 1986 FIFA World Cup? | 1990 FIFA World Cup World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. 1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice (the first being Mexico in 1986). Teams representing 116 national football associations entered and qualification began in April 1988. 22 teams qualified from this process, along with host nation Italy and defending champions Argentina. The tournament was won by West Germany, their third World | 1986 FIFA World Cup 1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. With European nations not allowed to host after the previous World Cup in Spain, Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially resigned in 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983. This was the third FIFA World Cup tournament in succession that was hosted |
Martedi is Italian for which day of the week? | Determination of the day of the week *104804 + 4, "n" = 104804 and "k" = 4 which implies that August 13, 2009 is the fourth day into the 104805th week since 01/01/0001. 13 August 2009 is Thursday; therefore, the first day of the week must be Monday, and it is concluded that the first day 01/01/0001 of the calendar is "Monday". Based on this, the remainder of the ratio "Base/7", defined above as "k", decides what day of the week it is. If "k" = 0, it's Monday, "k" = 1, it's Tuesday, etc. Determination of the day of the week The determination of the day | Italian Week delicious idleness of life. It has to be noted that Italian Week 2011 was not just a collection of events. The festival, which cannot be restricted to a single week, tries to promote long term initiatives, which may have a broader outcome. Firstly, Italian Week is actively committed to the Hear and Say Centre; each edition aims (and manages) to raise funds to enable one born deaf child to enter the Hear and Say Centre rehabilitative program. Additionally, Italian Week 2011 launched the Italian Club, which is addressed to all Italians and passionate for Italian community and culture. The Italian |
In the 1965 film ‘The Great Race’, starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, the race is from New York to which city? | The Great Race the film on the 1908 New York to Paris Race, very loosely interpreted. On February 12, 1908, the "Greatest Auto Race" began with six entrants, starting in New York City and racing westward across three continents. The destination was Paris, making it the first around-the-world automobile race. Only the approximate race route and the general time period were borrowed by Edwards in his effort to make "the funniest comedy ever". Edwards, a studious admirer of silent film, dedicated the film to early film comedians Laurel and Hardy. "The Great Race" incorporated a great many silent era visual gags, along with | The Great Race won the film an Oscar. In his Top 10 Favorite Comedies video, Doug Walker cited Jack Lemmon's performance as Professor Fate as a major influence for his "Nostalgia Critic" internet persona. The Great Race The Great Race is a 1965 American Technicolor slapstick comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards, written by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross, and with music by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Russell Harlan. The supporting cast includes Peter Falk, Keenan Wynn, Arthur O'Connell and Vivian Vance. The movie cost US$12 million (equivalent to $ million in ), |
What was the name of the pet Shitzu/Bichon frise owned by English television presenter Paul O’Grady? | Paul O'Grady him "a bit weird" as a result. At his Kentish farm, he owned sheep, pigs, goats, donkeys, ducks, chickens, geese, ferrets, bats, mice, and dogs. Two of O'Grady's pet dogs became well known to the British public through appearances on "The Paul O'Grady Show"; the first was Buster Elvis Savage, a Shih Tzu/Bichon Frise cross. A rescue dog, Buster was euthanised in November 2009 after a struggle with cancer. O'Grady dedicated the second volume of his autobiography to Buster, describing him as "The greatest canine star since Lassie." A second dog, the Cairn Terrier Olga, also attracted attention; in 2013 | Bichon Frise to be the result of the apheresis, or shortening, of the word ('small poodle'), a derivative of ('shaggy dog'); however, this is unlikely to impossible, since the word (attested 1588) is older than (attested 1694). While the English name for the breed, "Bichon Frise", is derived from the French meaning 'curly lap dog', the usual English spelling does not include the diacritic. The Bichon Frise is often depicted as a French dog. Although the bichon breed type are originally Spanish, used as sailing dogs, the French developed them into a gentle lap-dog variety. The bichon type arose from the water |
What is the US state capital of Tennessee? | Tennessee State Route 12 Tennessee State Route 12 State Route 12 (SR 12) is a highway from Davidson County, Tennessee to Montgomery County, Tennessee. SR 12 begins in downtown Nashville at an intersection with US 31/US 41/US 431/US 41A/SR 6/SR 11, concurrent with US 41A as its unsigned companion route. They go north and have an interchange with I-65. They then curve to the east and start paralleling the Cumberland River before they cross it. US 41A/SR 12 then enter Nashville's northern suburbs before they separate at a y-intersection where child route SR 112 begins and US 41A follows SR 112. SR 12 becomes | Tennessee State Route 20 extended beyond Dyersburg following what is now SR 210, US 51, SR 211 and SR 104 to Heloise, Tennessee on the Mississippi River in extreme western Dyer County. Tennessee Department of Transportation currently has plans to expand existing SR 20 from two-lane to four-lane or completely reconstruct the route on a new alignment from Interstate 40 in Madison County to the Tennessee River near Perryville. Tennessee State Route 20 State Route 20 (SR 20) is a long west–east primary state route beginning in Dyersburg and ending near Summertown. SR 20 is unsigned and overlapped with US 412, except a short |
In the novel ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte, what is the first name of Mr Rochester’s French ward? | Jane Eyre (1970 film) Jane Eyre (1970 film) Jane Eyre is a 1970 British television film directed by Delbert Mann starring George C. Scott and Susannah York. It is based on the 1847 novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. The film had its theatrical debut in the United Kingdom in 1970 and was released on television in the United States in 1971. Jane Eyre is an orphan, who is raised by her abusive Aunt and cousins until she is sent to the cruel school institution of Lowood School. On leaving, she takes a position as governess to a girl named Adele at Thornfield Hall. | Jane Eyre (1973 miniseries) Jane Eyre (1973 miniseries) Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. This 1973 four-hour literary version was a BBC television drama serial. It was directed by Joan Craft and starred Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston. In this version of Charlotte Brontë's great novel, Jane Eyre (Sorcha Cusack) is an independent and strong-minded young woman who is hired by Mr. Rochester (Michael Jayston) to work as a governess. What she does not realize is that she must share the estate (and ultimately Mr. Rochester) with his wife, Bertha (Brenda Kempner), who is, |
Which US band released a 2007 album entitled ‘The Long Road Out of Eden’? | Long Road Out of Eden Long Road Out of Eden Long Road Out of Eden is the seventh and final studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records. Nearly six years in production, it is the band's first studio album since 1979's "The Long Run". In between that time the band recorded four original studio tracks for the live album "Hell Freezes Over" (1994), "Hole in the World" for "The Very Best Of" (2003) and the Joe Walsh-penned "One Day at a Time" for the "" DVD (2005), which Walsh later re-recorded for his 2012 album "Analog Man". | Long Road Out of Eden by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Long Road Out of Eden". "Guilty of the Crime" was previously recorded by The Bellamy Brothers on their 1997 album "Over the Line". In 2009, they recorded a version with The Bacon Brothers and released it as a single, with a music video starring Shannen Doherty. In 2009 "I Don't Want to Hear Any More" was released as the fifth single from the album. The song's writer Paul Carrack had already cut his own version, with Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit singing backing vocals, in 2007. For the first year after |
A roc is what type of giant mythological creature, mentioned in the Arabian Nights? | Fågel Roc Fågel Roc Fågel Roc is a music collective founded in 2006 by the Swedish guitarist Petter Brundell. It has members from all over the planet and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. The name Fågel Roc / Bird Roc comes from the mythological gigantic bird Roc mentioned in the Thousand and one Nights and Sinbad myths. Fågel Roc is called "The Swedish Band from all over the World" and "The Band without Borders", and has through the years included musicians from Sweden, Iraq, Brazil, Finland, Hungary, Uruguay, Kurdistan, Iran, Serbia, Afghanistan, Mexico, Palestine and Chile. The music is a mix of | Bucca (mythological creature) in Cornish tin mines, granting wishes in exchange for food (see knockers). Bucca (mythological creature) Bucca is a male sea-spirit in Cornish folklore - a merman- that inhabited mines and coastal communities as a hobgoblin during storms. The mythological creature is a type of water spirit likely related to the Púca from Irish and Welsh folklore and the female mari-morgans - a type of mermaid from Welsh and Breton mythology. Rev W. S. Lach-Szyrma, one 19th-century writer on Cornish antiquities, suggested the Bucca had originally been an ancient pagan deity of the sea such as Irish Nechtan or British Nodens, |
Which author wrote the 1886 novel ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’? | Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the very phrase "Jekyll | Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde It was read by those who never read fiction and quoted in pulpit sermons and in religious papers. By 1901, it was estimated to have sold over 250,000 copies in the United States. "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde," though it had initially been published as a "shilling shocker," was an immediate success and is one of Stevenson's best-selling works. Stage adaptations began in Boston and London and soon moved all across England and then towards his home country of Scotland. The first stage adaptation followed the story's initial publication in 1886. Richard Mansfield bought the rights from |
What is the name for the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another? | Light as rainbows and the aurora borealis offer many clues as to the nature of light. Refraction is the bending of light rays when passing through a surface between one transparent material and another. It is described by Snell's Law: where θ is the angle between the ray and the surface normal in the first medium, θ is the angle between the ray and the surface normal in the second medium, and n and n are the indices of refraction, "n" = 1 in a vacuum and "n" > 1 in a transparent substance. When a beam of light crosses the | The medium is the message He identified the light bulb as a clear demonstration of the concept of "the medium is the message". A light bulb does not have content in the way that a newspaper has articles or a television has programs, yet it is a medium that has a social effect; that is, a light bulb enables people to create spaces during nighttime that would otherwise be enveloped by darkness. He describes the light bulb as a medium without any content. McLuhan states that "a light bulb creates an environment by its mere presence." Likewise, the message of a newscast about a heinous |
‘The Stonewall Riots’ took place in which US city in June 1969? | Stonewall riots Stonewall riots The Stonewall riots (also referred to as the Stonewall uprising or the Stonewall rebellion) were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. They are widely considered to constitute the most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States. Gay Americans in the 1950s and 1960s faced an anti-gay legal system. Early | Stonewall riots be arrested if found not wearing them. Employees and management of the bars were also typically arrested. The period immediately before June 28, 1969, was marked by frequent raids of local bars—including a raid at the Stonewall Inn on the Tuesday before the riots—and the closing of the Checkerboard, the Tele-Star, and two other clubs in Greenwich Village. At 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, June 28, 1969, four plainclothes policemen in dark suits, two patrol officers in uniform, and Detective Charles Smythe and Deputy Inspector Seymour Pine arrived at the Stonewall Inn's double doors and announced "Police! We're taking the place!" |
Who plays Huggy Bear Brown in the 2004 film ‘Starsky and Hutch’? | Starsky & Hutch scored several episodes; Alan Silvestri also worked on the series, scoring three episodes. A theatrical film produced by Weed Road Pictures and Red Hour Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Dimension Films was released in theatres on March 5, 2004. The film stars Ben Stiller as Starsky, Owen Wilson as Hutch and Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear, as they attempt to stop a drug kingpin played by Vince Vaughn. The film grossed $170,268,750 worldwide. A video game based on the series was developed by Mind's Eye Productions and published by Empire Interactive for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, | Starsky & Hutch (film) Starsky & Hutch (film) Starsky & Hutch is a 2004 American crime-action buddy cop comedy film directed by Todd Phillips. The film stars Ben Stiller as David Starsky and Owen Wilson as Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and is a film adaptation of the original television series of the same name from the 1970s. Two streetwise undercover cops in the fictional city of Bay City, California in the 1970s, bust drug criminals with the help of underworld boss, Huggy Bear. The film functions as a sort of prequel to the TV series, as it portrays when Starsky was first partnered with Hutchinson. |
Which English monarch formed The Yeomen of the Guard? | Yeomen of the Guard Yeomen of the Guard The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard are a bodyguard of the British Monarch. The oldest British military corps still in existence, it was created by King Henry VII in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth. As a token of this venerability, the Yeomen still wear red and gold uniforms of Tudor style. There are 60 Yeomen of the Guard (plus six officers), drawn from retired members of the British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force, but traditionally not the Royal Navy. This ban on Royal Navy Personnel was lifted in 2011 | Yeomen of the Guard was replaced by a new standard presented by Queen Elizabeth II in 1985. The standard is a crimson-coloured damask – in the centre is the corps' badge of a combined rose, thistle and shamrock, with the royal cypher of the reigning monarch either side, and the royal motto "Dieu et mon Droit" below. Either side of this device are ribbons containing two of the corps' battle honours, Tournai and Boulogne. In each corner are symbols representing the various royal houses that the corps has served: Yeomen of the Guard The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard are |
A durian is what type of foodstuff? | Durian Durian her 3-month-stay in Hong Kong, Yan returns to her family and her ex-fiance in Northeast China to invest what she has earned. Yan remains in contact with Fan, receiving a durian from her as a gift. Fan was featured in "Little Cheung", a film which also deals with poverty and life as an immigrant. This film also centres upon Portland Street in Kowloon. At the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2001, "Durian Durian" was nominated for the Best Film, Best Director (Fruit Chan), Best Screenplay (Fruit Chan), Best Actress (Qin Hailu), Best New Performer (Qin Hailu) and Best Art | Durian or as "brengkes (pepes) tempoyak", which is a steamed fermented durian paste in banana leaf container. In Thailand, durian is often eaten fresh with sweet sticky rice, and blocks of durian paste are sold in the markets, though much of the paste is adulterated with pumpkin. Unripe durians may be cooked as a vegetable, except in the Philippines, where all uses are sweet rather than savoury. Malaysians make both sugared and salted preserves from durian. When durian is minced with salt, onions and vinegar, it is called "boder". The durian seeds, which are the size of chestnuts, can be eaten |
Which singer released a 1993 album entitled ‘Music Box’? | Music Box (Mariah Carey album) Music Box (Mariah Carey album) Music Box is the third studio album by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on August 31, 1993, in North America. The album comprises ballads primarily co-written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, with whom she had previously worked on "Emotions" (1991), and a few urban dance tracks. During the course of the album's development, Carey wanted to broaden her audience, choosing a more pop/R&B oriented sound. During this time frame, she experimented with different musical instruments, leading the album's sound away from her more contemporary previous two efforts. Two unused tracks | Blue Box (album) songs. Mushroom Records eventually released the album in 1996, which consisted of songs from all of these recording sessions. In her 2014 autobiography, Ceberano said "I'm not sure how the [new] material sat with the "Globe" songs. After all the arguing, with myself and with other people, over what kind of singer I was, whether I was a jazz singer or a pop singer, "Blue Box" gave me the confidence to think of myself simply as a singer". "Blue Box" debuted at No. 18 on 28 July 1996. Ceberano was nominated for two ARIA Music Awards at the 1996 ceremony. |
US President Herbert Hoover belonged to which political party? | Margaret Hoover Margaret Hoover Margaret Claire Hoover (born December 11, 1977) is an American political commentator, political strategist, media personality, feminist, gay rights activist, author, and great-granddaughter of Herbert Hoover, the 31st U.S. President. She is the best-selling author of the book "American Individualism: How A New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party" published by Crown Forum in July 2011. Hoover is currently host of PBS's reboot of the conservative interview show "Firing Line". Hoover was born in Colorado, the daughter of Jean (Williams), a flight attendant, and Andrew Hoover, a mining engineer. Hoover received primary education at Graland Country | Presidency of Herbert Hoover the American Political Science Association’s Presidents and Executive Politics section ranked Hoover as the 36th best president. A 2017 C-Span poll of historians also ranked Hoover as the 36th best president. Presidency of Herbert Hoover The presidency of Herbert Hoover began on March 4, 1929, when Herbert Hoover was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1933. Hoover, a Republican, took office after a landslide victory in the 1928 presidential election over Democrat Al Smith of New York. At the time of his election he was the nation's Secretary of Commerce, a position he had |
George Burns and Walter Matthau starred in which 1975 film about two ageing vaudevillains? | The Sunshine Boys (1975 film) won an Academy Award and was nominated for three others: The Sunshine Boys (1975 film) The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary (and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act. The cast included real-life experienced vaudevillian actor George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben, with Lee Meredith, F. Murray Abraham, Rosetta LeNoire, Howard Hesseman, and Ron Rifkin in supporting | Walter Matthau Walter Matthau Walter Matthau (; born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor and comedian, best known for his film roles, including as Oscar Madison in "The Odd Couple," based on the play of the same title by playwright Neil Simon, in which he also appeared on broadway theatre, and notably, opposite Audrey Hepburn in Charade. He also appeared in the less successful Odd Couple film sequel some 30 years later, "The Odd Couple II." Matthau was known for his frequent collaborations with "Odd Couple" co-star Jack Lemmon, particularly in the 1990s with |
Which country hosted the 2010 FIBA World Championship international basketball tournament? | 2010 FIBA World Championship 2010 FIBA World Championship The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from August 28 to September 12, 2010. It was co-organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Turkish Basketball Federation and the 2010 Organizing Committee. It was considered as prestigious a competition as the Olympic Basketball Tournament. The tournament was hosted by Turkey. For the third time (after the 1986 and 2006 tournaments), the World Championship had 24 competing nations. As a result, the group stage games were played in four cities, | 1990 FIBA World Championship 1990 FIBA World Championship The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Argentina from August 8 to August 20, 1990. The competition final phase was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires. Yugoslavia emerged as the tournament winner. This was the last World Championship in which the country participated before its dissolution. Likewise, the Soviet Union participated in its final tournament before its dissolution. This was the first ever FIBA World Championship (now called FIBA Basketball World Cup) tournament, in which non-American current NBA players |
Mamucium was the Roman name for which English city? | Mamucium Mamucium Mamucium, also known as Mancunium, is a former Roman fort in the Castlefield area of Manchester in North West England. The castra, which was founded c. AD 79 within the Roman province of Britannia, was garrisoned by a cohort of Roman Auxiliaries near two major Roman roads running through the area. Several sizeable civilian settlements (or "vicus") containing soldiers' families, merchants and industry developed outside the fort. The area is a protected Scheduled Ancient Monument. The ruins were left undisturbed until Manchester expanded rapidly during the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century. Most of the fort was levelled | Mamucium ramparts, measuring between and thick. The "vicus" associated with Mamucium surrounded the site on the west, north, and east sides, with the majority lying to the north. The "vicus" covered about and the fort about . Buildings within the "vicus" would have generally been one storey, timber framed, and of wattle and daub construction. There may have been a cemetery to the south east of the fort. Templeborough Roman Fort in Yorkshire was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century and covered an area of , similar to Mamucium which covered . Mamucium Mamucium, also known as Mancunium, is a |
Who was the captain of the English cricket team which won the 2005 Ashes victory over Australia? | English cricket team in India in 2005–06 English cricket team in India in 2005–06 The English cricket team toured India during February, March and April 2006. The English cricket team was aspiring to maintain the form that took them to second place in the ICC Test Championship before their disastrous spell against Pakistan, and which helped win the 2005 Ashes series at home to Australia. This goal was substantially hindered by the usual stomach complaints which nearly always dog the English team in the opening weeks of Indian tours, and a recurrence of an injury to the captain Michael Vaughan; the swing bowler Simon Jones and the | English cricket team in Australia in 1978–79 English cricket team in Australia in 1978–79 The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1978-79 season to play a six-match Test series against Australia for The Ashes. England won the series 5-1, thereby retaining The Ashes. This series was often over shadowed by Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket which meant many players from both sides were absent, including Greg Chappell. Australia were more handicapped which opened the way for England and their captain Mike Brearley. The side was managed by Doug Insole, Ken Barrington assistant-manager/coach and physiotherapist Bernard Thomas was given credit as the prime reason for England's supreme |
How many points are scored for a dropped goal in rugby league? | Rugby league Rugby league Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field. One of the two codes of rugby, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players. Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators. In rugby league, points are scored by carrying the ball and touching it to the ground beyond the opposing team's goal line; this is called a "try", and is the primary method of scoring. The | Rugby League Four Nations has had the most try-scorers with 39 different players scoring. Both Samoa and Scotland have had 8 try-scorers each, making them the 'fourth nations' with the most players scoring. The five highest overall points-scorers are goal-kickers with Johnathan Thurston being top, having scored 126 points; 106 of these points have come from 53 goals. The highest points-scorers who are not goal kickers are Jason Nightingale and Ryan Hall who have both scored 44 points from 11 tries and are the joint sixth highest points scorers. Rugby League Four Nations The Rugby League Four Nations, known as the Ladbrokes Four Nations |
‘The Persistence of ‘what’ is a 1931 painting by Salvador Dali? | The Persistence of Memory of Memory", the "Nobility of Time", the "Profile of Time", and the "Three Dancing Watches". The Persistence of Memory The Persistence of Memory () is a 1931 painting by artist Salvador Dalí, and one of his most recognizable works. First shown at the Julien Levy Gallery in 1932, since 1934 the painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, which received it from an anonymous donor. It is widely recognized and frequently referenced in popular culture, and sometimes referred to by more descriptive (though incorrect) titles, such as "Melting Clocks", "The | The Death of Salvador Dali The Death of Salvador Dali The Death of Salvador Dalí is a 2005 short film written and directed by Delaney Bishop. The plot of this 2005 fantasy film involves Salvador Dalí consulting Sigmund Freud on how to depict madness in his artwork. The film won the Jury's Special Award for Excellence in Cinematography at the Aarhus Film Festival, in Denmark in 2006. Salvador Benavides won Best Actor for his role as Salvador Dalí at the Nosotros Film Festival on August 27, 2006 in Los Angeles. Dita Von Teese won the award for Best Female Performance for her depiction of Dalí's |
Constanze Weber married which composer in 1782? | Sophie Weber In a letter of 15 December 1781, Mozart described Sophie as "good-natured but feather-brained." In 1782, when Mozart and Constanze were married, she was the only Weber sister who was present at the ceremony. When Mozart died in December 1791, 28-year-old Sophie, the last unmarried Weber daughter, lived with Cäcilia but was frequently present in the Mozart household during the composer’s brief but harrowing final illness and death, and helped Constanze care for her dying husband. She was married on 7 January 1807 in Djakovar, Slavonia (today called Đakovo, in Croatia) to Jakob Haibel (1762–1826), a tenor singer, actor, and | Constanze Mozart "Can the police here enter anyone's house in this way? Perhaps it is only a ruse of Madame Weber to get her daughter back. If not, I know no better remedy than to marry Constanze tomorrow morning or if possible today." The marriage did indeed take place that day, 4 August 1782. In the marriage contract, Constanze "assigns to her bridegroom five hundred gulden which [...] the latter has promised to augment with one thousand gulden", with the total "to pass to the survivor". Further, all joint acquisitions during the marriage were to remain the common property of both. A |
St Patrick’s Day falls during which month of the year? | G. S. Patrick G. S. Patrick Goldsborough Serpell Patrick (26 April 1907 – 21 March 1999) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Patrick was born Goldsborough Serpell Patrick on Goat Island in San Francisco, California. He was the son of Jane Deakins Serpell of Norfolk, Virginia, and Navy Chaplain Capt Bower Reynolds Patrick. He died 21 March 1999 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Patrick's first assignments were aboard the destroyers , and . On December 7, 1941, Patrick was stationed at Pearl Harbor. During the attack that day, his directive that moored ships store live ammunition in their gun mounts would | Wheel of the Year the last month of the old year and the first month of the new year and is followed by eleven days of extended celebration. In Roman traditions additional festivities take place during the six days leading up to Midwinter. As the first cross-quarter day following Midwinter this day falls on the first of February and traditionally marks the first stirrings of spring. It aligns with the contemporary observance of Groundhog Day. It is time for purification and spring cleaning in anticipation of the year's new life. In Rome, it was historically a shepherd's holiday, while the Celts associated it with |
Pan Troglodytes is the scientific name for which animal? | The Third Chimpanzee relatives are not the other apes with which it is classed, but the human (see Homininae). In fact, the chimpanzee-human difference is smaller than some within-species distances: e.g. even closely related birds such as the red-eyed and white-eyed vireos differ by 2.9%. Going by genetic differences, humans should be treated as a third species of chimpanzee (after the common chimpanzee and the bonobo). Or possibly the chimpanzee's scientific name should be "Homo troglodytes" instead of "Pan troglodytes". Diamond observes in his book that this would provide food for thought to people passing this side of the bars of a cage | Leptodactylus troglodytes Leptodactylus troglodytes Leptodactylus troglodytes (common names: Pernambuco white-lipped frog, hole-dwelling thin-toed frog, sibilator frog) is a species of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to northeastern Brazil and occurs from northern Minas Gerais and Bahia to Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, and Rio Grande do Norte. The specific name, "troglodytes", refers to its habit of breeding in underground chambers. Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The tympanum is distinct. Males have more acuminate snout than females. Dorsal folds are absent and dorsolateral folds are indistinct or (usually) absent; lateral folds are also absent or interrupted. The belly |
The former Malagasy Republic is now known by what name? | African and Malagasy Union African and Malagasy Union The African and Malagasy Union (AMU) () was an intergovernmental organization created to promote cooperation among newly independent states in Francophone Africa. The organization derives its name from the name of the continent of Africa and from the former Malagasy Republic, now Madagascar. The organization went defunct in 1985. The organization was founded on 12 September 1961 in Antananarivo by members of the Brazzaville Group of French-Speaking States developing out of a meeting held in Brazzaville in December 1960. Twelve francophone countries agreed to maintain close relationships but also a special relationship with the former colonial | What Now concept established early on. In 1989 the show moved to TVNZ 2 and then in 1996 to Sunday mornings. An after school version of "What Now", "What Now PM", also ran on TVNZ 2 during the week between 1997 and 2002. The weekdays version of What Now? became its own separate show known as WNTV. First hosted by Carolyn Taylor and a face in a computer screen played by Mikey Carpenter. Later the show changed dramatically but kept the same WNTV name. It became a drama showing behind the scenes of a children's afternoon magazine show. This was hosted by |
Pyongyang is the capital of which country? | The Pyongyang Times the world that has no HIV/AIDS sufferers. However, the paper was relatively open during the major flooding in 2007, providing an extensive list of damage in the country. It stated that 20,300 homes were destroyed and "several hundred" people had died, as well as damage to "223,000 hectares of farmland, 300 bridges, 200 mining pits, 82 reservoirs, and 850 power lines." The Pyongyang Times The Pyongyang Times is a weekly state-owned English and French-language newspaper published in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, by the Foreign Languages Publishing House. It is the foreign-language edition of the "Pyongyang Sinmun", The eight-page tabloid | Pyongyang Notable landmarks in the city include: Pyongyang TV Tower is a minor landmark. Other visitor attractions include the Korea Central Zoo. The Arch of Reunification has a map of a united Korea supported by two concrete Korean women dressed in traditional dress straddling the Reunification Highway, which stretches from Pyongyang to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Pyongyang served as the provincial capital of South Pyongan Province until 1946, and Pyongyang cuisine shares the general culinary tradition of the Pyongan province. The most famous local food is "Pyongyang naengmyeon", or also called "mul naengmyeon" or just simply "naengmyeon". "Naengmyeon" literally means |
A hammerkop is what type of creature? | Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) all animal type monsters are based on real world animals. Creature entries based on mythological, fictional, or nonexistent animals are usually classified as magical beasts (see below). Besides ordinary fish, birds, reptiles and mammals, the animal type is also applied to depictions of dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, and "dire" or specially modified, often larger and scarier, versions of real world animals. Some real world animals are not given the animal type in the game. Examples include arthropods (insects, spiders, etc.) and worms, which the game classifies as "vermin" (see below) and not animals. Mollusks, such as octopuses, are often classified as | Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, creature types are rough categories of creatures which determine the way game mechanics affect the creature. In the 3rd edition and related games, there are between thirteen and seventeen creature types. Creature type is determined by the designer of a monster, based upon its nature or physical attributes. The choice of type is important, as all creatures which have a given type will share certain characteristics (with some exceptions). In 3rd and 3.5 editions, type determines features such as hit dice, base attack bonus, saving throws, and |
Ballet dancers Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev first danced together at the 1962 Royal Ballet performance of which ballet? | The Royal Ballet for the Royal Ballet include: First performing together with the Royal Ballet in Giselle on 21 February 1962, Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev would form what has been called the greatest ballet partnership of all time. The partnership would lead to both dancers being noted amongst the most famous ballet dancers of all time and came at the peak of what is now widely regarded as the most successful period in the Royal Ballet's history. On 12 March 1963, the couple premiered Sir Frederick Ashton's "Marguerite and Armand", the first ballet created for them and one that become their signature | The Royal Ballet until 2003. Against the wishes of Frederick Ashton that it not be performed by any other dancers than Fonteyn and Nureyev, it was revived as part of a Royal Ballet triple-bill, starring Nureyev's protegee Sylvie Guillem and the Royal Ballet star Jonathan Cope. The Fonteyn-Nureyev partnership lasted for many years until Fonteyn's retirement from the Royal Ballet in 1979, aged 60. In 1970 after Frederick Ashton retired as Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet, there were many calls for Nureyev to be announced as his successor. However, Kenneth MacMillan was given the position, and Nureyev left the Royal Ballet as |
What is the title of the 1995 film in which Robin Williams is trapped in a board game for 26 years? | Robin Williams video reenactments of the 1989 film "Dead Poets Society"s "O Captain! My Captain!" scene. The 2017 film "" features a tribute to Williams by mentioning his character Alan Parrish and using the piece that Williams used in the first "Jumanji" film. On the film's Blu-ray release, there is also a bonus feature in which the cast and crew pay homage to both Williams and the 1995 installment. In 2018, HBO produced a documentary about his life and career. Directed by Marina Zenovich, the film, "", was also screened at the Sundance Film Festival. That same year, a mural of Robin | Trapped in a Purple Haze a DVD release in the United States, it has been widely rerun on both Lifetime and its sister channel Lifetime Movie Network in the years since its original airing. Trapped in a Purple Haze Trapped in a Purple Haze is a TV movie about drug abuse which originally aired on ABC in 2000; its title is a reference to the Jimi Hendrix song "Purple Haze". The film starred Jonathan Jackson, JoBeth Williams, and Carly Pope, with a supporting role by Hayden Christensen (who eventually beat Jackson for the part of Anakin Skywalker in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy). Chicago college |
What is phonetics the study of? | Acoustic phonetics Acoustic phonetics Acoustic phonetics is a subfield of phonetics, which deals with acoustic aspects of speech sounds. Acoustic phonetics investigates time domain features such as the mean squared amplitude of a waveform, its duration, its fundamental frequency, or frequency domain features such as the frequency spectrum, or even combined spectrotemporal features and the relationship of these properties to other branches of phonetics (e.g. articulatory or auditory phonetics), and to abstract linguistic concepts such as phonemes, phrases, or utterances. The study of acoustic phonetics was greatly enhanced in the late 19th century by the invention of the Edison phonograph. The phonograph | Journal of Phonetics of an interdisciplinary nature are also suitable, provided that linguistic-phonetic principles underlie the work reported. Regular articles, review articles, and letters to the editor are published. Themed issues are also published, devoted entirely to a specific subject of interest within the field of phonetics. The journal is abstracted and indexed in: Journal of Phonetics The Journal of Phonetics is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers topics in phonetics and phonology. It was established in 1973 and appears six times a year. It is published by Elsevier and the current editor-in-chief is Taehong Cho (Hanyang University). According to the "Journal Citation |
The Aleutian Islands are part of which US state? | 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake and cutting steeply into the subducting slab. A tsunami warning was issued, but was soon downgraded to a tsunami advisory for much of the Aleutian Islands; however, the hypocenter was too deep to generate a tsunami that would affect the Pacific basin. A small non-destructive tsunami was generated. Sources 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake The 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred on 23 June at 11:53 HDT (UTC-9) with a moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ("Strong"). The shock occurred in the Aleutian Islands – part of the US state of Alaska – southeast of Little Sitkin | Aleutian Islands Fire. Physiographically, they are a distinct section of the larger Pacific Border province, which in turn is part of the larger Pacific Mountain System physiographic division. These Islands are most known for the battles and skirmishes that occurred there during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. It was one of only two attacks on the United States during that war. Motion between the Kula Plate and the North American Plate along the margin of the Bering Shelf (in the Bering Sea north of the Aleutian arc) ended in the early Eocene. The Aleutian Basin, the ocean floor north |
In 1930 in the UK, a speed limit of how many miles per hour was imposed on motorists in built up areas? | Speed limits in the United States by jurisdiction posted at 30 mph. Unlike North Carolina with their default downtown speed limit of 20 mph, they are rare to find in South Carolina in downtown areas. A recent trend is occurring with CBD speed limits that they are being signed at 25 mph in random municipalities around the state. Speed limit drops generally are done in 10 mph increments but 20 mph are not uncommon. Improvements in the mid-2000s were done by SCDOT to warn motorists ahead of time for speed drops on various roadways. However, there are still some roadways that have not received that treatment. However, there | Speed limits in Australia However, many existing roads, especially subarterial roads in urban areas, have had 60 km/h limits posted on them. Queensland's Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Speed Controls) states that 60 km/h is the general minimum speed limit for traffic-carrying roads. The Northern Territory has retained the 60 km/h limit; however, 50 km/h is also a common speed limit (particularly in residential areas). Outside of built up areas, a "prima facie" speed limit applied. In New South Wales and Victoria, the "prima facie" speed limit was 50 miles per hour (80 km/h in New South Wales after metrication). In the 1970s |
Which actress sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to US President John F Kennedy on his 45th birthday? | Happy Birthday, Mr. President Happy Birthday, Mr. President "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" is a song sung by actress and singer Marilyn Monroe on May 19, 1962, for President John F. Kennedy at a celebration of his 45th birthday, 10 days before the actual date (May 29). Monroe sang the traditional "Happy Birthday to You" lyrics in a sultry, intimate voice, with "Mr. President" inserted as Kennedy's name. She continued the song with a snippet from the classic song, "Thanks for the Memory", for which she had written new lyrics specifically aimed at Kennedy. Afterwards, as an enormous birthday cake was presented to him, President | Happy Birthday, Mr. President Kennedy came on stage and joked about Monroe's version of the song, saying, "I can now retire from politics after having had Happy Birthday sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way," alluding to Marilyn's delivery, skintight dress, and image as a sex symbol. The performance was one of her last major public appearances before her death less than three months later on August 5, 1962. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who rarely attended Democratic Party events, spent the day at the Loudon Hunt Horse Show with her children, John and Caroline. Monroe was accompanied by jazz pianist Hank Jones. |
A muselet is the wire which holds ‘what’ in a bottle of champagne? | Muselet Muselet A muselet () is a wire cage that fits over the cork of a bottle of champagne, sparkling wine or beer to prevent the cork from emerging under the pressure of the carbonated contents. It derives its name from the French "museler," to muzzle. The muselet often has a metal cap incorporated in the design which may show the drink maker's emblem. They are normally covered by a metal foil envelope. Muselets are also known as wirehoods or Champagne wires. When champagne was first produced the pressure of the sparkling wine was maintained by wooden plugs sealed with oil-cloth | Message in a bottle specially suited for simulating travel paths of plastic waste that is less dense than glass containers. An early-20th-century "bottom" (or seabed) drift bottle design by George Parker Bidder III involved weighting a bottle with a long copper wire that causes it to sink until the wire trails upon the sea bottom, at which time the bottle tends to remain a few inches above the bottom to be moved by the bottom current. A mushroom-shaped seabed drifter design has also been used. Seabed drifters are designed to be scooped up by a trawler or wash up on shore. Water pressure pressing |
Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in which European country? | Scafell Pike the summit. Scafell Pike Scafell Pike or is the highest mountain in England, at an elevation of above sea level. It is located in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, and is part of the Southern Fells. Scafell Pike is one of a horseshoe of high fells, open to the south, surrounding the head of Eskdale, Cumbria. It stands on the western side of the cirque, with Scafell to the south and Great End to the north. This ridge forms the watershed between Eskdale and Wasdale, which lies to the west. The narrowest definition of Scafell Pike begins at | Scafell Pike was donated to the National Trust in 1919 by Lord Leconfield "in perpetual memory of the men of the Lake District who fell for God and King, for freedom peace and right in the Great War 1914-1918 ...". There is a better-known war memorial on Great Gable, commemorating the members of the Fell & Rock Climbing Club. Scafell Pike is one of three British peaks climbed as part of the National Three Peaks Challenge, and is the highest ground for over 90 miles. Scafell Pike consists of igneous rock dating from the Ordovician; it is geologically part of the Borrowdale |
Isaac Singer obtained a US patent in August 1851 for his improvements of which type of machine? | Isaac Singer Isaac Singer Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Many had patented sewing machines before Singer, but his success was based on the practicality of his machine, the ease with which it could be adapted to home use, and its availability on an installment payment basis. Singer fathered at least 24 children with various wives and mistresses. In 1839, Singer obtained his first patent, for a machine to drill | Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac in America: A Journey With Isaac Bashevis Singer is a 1986 documentary made by director Amram Nowak and producer Kirk Simon. The documentary "Isaac in America: A Journey With Isaac Bashevis Singer" presents a unique and close characterization of the celebrated writer Isaac Bashevis Singer. It was filmed only a few years before he died, and depicts the author looking back on his professional and life experiences. Singer is best known for his Yiddish stories, which have a universal appeal. He went on to win a Nobel Prize in literature. |
Which is the third largest political party in the US? | Third party officeholders in the United States they were in office as something other than a Republican or Democrat. Since the end of Reconstruction, there have been a total of 30 U.S. Senators, 112 U.S. Representatives, and 28 Governors that weren't affiliated with a major party. There are now two U.S. Senators (King and Sanders), and four major city Mayors. Hundreds of third-party officeholders exist at the local level (including those in nonpartisan positions who are affiliated with a third party), including 144 Libertarian Party members, 26 Constitution Party members, and 139 Green Party members. Third party officeholders in the United States Third-party officeholders in the United | Political parties in the United States party supports minimally regulated markets, a less powerful federal government, strong civil liberties, drug liberalization, separation of church and state, open immigration, non-interventionism and neutrality in diplomatic relations, free trade and free movement to all foreign countries, and a more representative republic. As of 2016, it is the third largest organized political party in the United States. In the United States, the Green Party has been active as a third party since the 1980s. The party first gained widespread public attention during Ralph Nader's second presidential run in 2000. Currently, the primary national Green Party organization in the U.S. is |
Who played Bernardo O’Reilly in the 1960 film ‘The Magnificent Seven’? | The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn and Horst Buchholz. The film is an Old West–style remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film "Seven Samurai". Brynner, McQueen, Bronson, Vaughn, Dexter, Coburn and Buchholz portray the title characters, a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits (whose leader is played by Wallach). The film's musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. In 2013, the film | The Magnificent Seven (TV series) The Magnificent Seven (TV series) The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which was itself a remake of the Japanese film "Seven Samurai". The series premiered on January 3, 1998, and ran for two seasons on CBS, airing through July 3, 2000. The cast of "The Magnificent Seven" included Michael Biehn, Eric Close, and Ron Perlman. Robert Vaughn, who played one of the seven gunmen in the original 1960 movie, had a recurring role as a crusading judge on the series. Seven men from the western United States band together and form the |
In 2008, US actress/tv show host Ellen DeGeneres married which Ali McBeal actress? | Ellen DeGeneres Trust. DeGeneres also created a T-shirt with her brand whose proceeds also go to the organization. In January 2018, for Ellen's 60th birthday, Ellen's wife, Portia de Rossi, gifted Ellen a permanent gorilla home in Rwanda built in her namesake for the Digit Fund. This gift was part of a new arm of the Digit Fund now called the "Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund." Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( ; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, producer, and LGBT activist. She starred in the popular sitcom "Ellen" from 1994 to 1998 and has hosted | Ellen DeGeneres Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( ; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, producer, and LGBT activist. She starred in the popular sitcom "Ellen" from 1994 to 1998 and has hosted her syndicated TV talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," since 2003. Her stand-up career started in the early 1980s, and included a 1986 appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". As a film actress, DeGeneres starred in "Mr. Wrong" (1996), "EDtv" (1999), and "The Love Letter" (1999), and provided the voice of Dory in the Pixar animated films "Finding Nemo" (2003) and |
The Star of ‘who’ appears on the National flag of Israel? | Flag of Israel blue and white flag designed by Israel Belkind and Fanny Abramovitch in a procession marking its third anniversary. In 1891, Michael Halperin, one of the founders of the agricultural village flew a similar blue and white flag with a blue hexagram and the text "" (, "a banner for Zion": a reference to , later adopted as the modern name of the city). A blue and white flag, with a Star of David and the Hebrew word "Maccabee", was used in 1891 by the Bnai Zion Educational Society. Jacob Baruch Askowith (1844–1908) and his son Charles Askowith designed the "flag | Flag of Israel the infamous Nazi Nuremberg Laws of 1935, states that 1. "Jews are forbidden to display the Reich and national flag or the [German] national colours. 2. On the other hand, they are permitted to display the "Jewish colours". The exercise of this right is protected by the State." Paragraph 5.3 described the penalty for infringing "1": up to one year's imprisonment plus fine, or one of these. The "Jewish colours" referred to in this article were blue and white. Flag of Israel The flag of Israel ( '; ') was adopted on 28 October 1948, five months after the establishment |
What was the name of the ‘St Trinians’ cartoonist? | The Belles of St. Lemons The Belles of St. Lemons The Belles of St. Lemons was a British comic strip in the UK comic "The Beano", first appearing in issue #1495, dated 13 March 1971, although the characters themselves had first been introduced in the 1968 edition of The Beano Annual. It was drawn by Gordon Bell and ran from 1971 to 1972. The title of the series was both a play on the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons" and Ronald Searle's Belles of St. Trinians cartoons. St. Lemons was essentially the girls' boarding-school equivalent of The Bash Street Kids – the "belles" all conforming | The Cartoonist The Cartoonist The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics is a 2009 documentary about the life and art of Jeff Smith, the creator of the "Bone" comic series and described as one of America's greatest living cartoonists. The feature-length film is by American director Ken Mills and was produced by Mills James Productions. "The Cartoonist" has been released for international distribution on DVD. "The Cartoonist" tells the inspiring story of Jeff Smith's creation of the epic comic book, "Bone", hailed by "Time" magazine as "one of the ten greatest graphic novels of all time." Fellow cartoonists |
In medicine, dysphagia is difficulty in doing what? | Dysphagia Dysphagia Dysphagia is the medical term for the symptom of difficulty in swallowing. Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, the term is sometimes used as a condition in its own right. People with dysphagia are sometimes unaware of having it. It may be a sensation that suggests difficulty in the passage of solids or liquids from the mouth to the stomach, a lack of pharyngeal sensation or various other inadequacies of the swallowing mechanism. Dysphagia is distinguished from other symptoms including odynophagia, which is defined as painful swallowing, and globus, which is the sensation of a lump in | What Are They Doing in Heaven? in a wide variety of styles, including gospel and bluegrass; sometimes attributed to Phillips or to "anonymous" or to "traditional". What Are They Doing in Heaven? "What Are They Doing in Heaven?" is a Christian hymn written in 1901 by American Methodist minister Charles Albert Tindley. , it has become popular enough to have been included in 16 hymnals. The song has sometimes been recorded under the titles "What Are They Doing?" and "What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?". The question mark is often omitted. The song may also be known by its first line, "I am thinking of |
The town of Crotch Lake is in which Canadian province? | Burchell Lake Burchell Lake Burchell Lake is a ghost town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located behind a locked gate at the southern end of Highway 802 in the Thunder Bay District. A copper mining town which was active from 1959 to 1967, the town had approximately 400 residents at its peak. The Burchell Lake area had seen mineral exploration as early as 1902, but active development of large-scale mining operations in the area was not economically feasible until the completion of Highway 11 through the region in 1954. After a mine shaft and mill complex was built, the Coldstream Copper | Crotch legs join together. The bottom of the crotch defines one end of the inseam. The crotch-region on smaller garments such as underwear are sometimes referred to as the "pouch". Loosely-fitted or bagginess in the crotch-region is sometimes associated with a lax, casual and easy-going approach to attires or garbs. Clothing that is tight-fitting on the crotch is sometimes called a "bulge" on men, and a "cameltoe" on women, especially if one's figure is conspicuous. Prolonged constrictive pressure of the crotch on the male genitals may increase the likelihood of detumescing. Crotch In humans, the crotch is the bottom of the |
A ‘Singing Hinny’ is what type of foodstuff’? | Singing hinny to taste. A dough is made which is rich in fat. This is then rolled into a round flat cake, which is then cooked on a flat griddle or in a skillet. Singing hinny A singing hinny or singin' hinny is a type of bannock, griddle cake or scone, made in the north of England, especially Northumberland and the coal-mining areas of the North East. In Scotland, they are known as fatty cutties. "Hinny" is a term of endearment in the dialects of the Newcastle area. The "singing" refers to the sounds of the sizzling of the lard or butter | Hinny Hinny A hinny is a domestic equine hybrid that is the offspring of a male horse, a stallion, and a female donkey, a jenny. It is the reciprocal cross to the more common mule, which is the product of a male donkey, a jack, and a female horse, a mare. The hinny is distinctive from the mule both in physiology and temperament as a consequence of genomic imprinting. Hinnies are the reciprocal cross to the more common mule. Comparatively, the average hinny has a smaller stature, shorter ears, stronger legs, and a thicker mane than the average mule. The distinct |
Notorious British peer Richard John Bingham is better known by what name? | John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan of sightings as "nonsense", reiterating that in her opinion her husband "was not the sort of Englishman to cope abroad". Footnotes Notes Bibliography Non-fiction Fiction John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (18 December 1934 – disappeared 8 November 1974), commonly known as Lord Lucan, was a British peer who disappeared after being suspected of murder. He was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, the eldest son of George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan by his mother, Kaitlin Dawson. An evacuee during the Second World War, Lucan returned to attend Eton College, and then from 1953 to | Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan eldest daughter, Elizabeth, married George Harcourt. Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (4 December 1764 – 30 June 1839), styled The Honourable from 1776 to 1795 and subsequently Lord Bingham until 1799, was an Irish peer and Tory politician. He was the only son of Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan, and his wife Margaret Smith, daughter of Sir James Smith. Bingham was educated at The Royal College of St Peter in Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1799, he succeeded his father as earl. Bingham entered the British House of Commons for St |
Who plays Jack’s mother in the 1995 film ‘Jack and Sarah’? | Jack and Sarah Jack and Sarah Jack and Sarah is a 1995 British romantic comedy film written and directed by Tim Sullivan and starring Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi and Ian McKellen. The film was originally released in the UK on 2 June 1995. Jack (Richard E. Grant) and Sarah (Imogen Stubbs) are expecting a baby together, but a complication during the birth leads to the death of Sarah. Jack, grief-stricken, goes on an alcoholic bender, leaving his daughter to be taken care of by his parents and Sarah's mother, until they decide to take drastic action: | Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film) Jack and the Beanstalk (1902 film) Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1902 American short film directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter. In this earliest known adaptation of the classic fairytale, Jack first trades his cow for the bean. His mother then makes him drop them in the front yard, and go to his room. As he sleeps, Jack is visited by a fairy who shows him glimpses of what will await him when he ascends the bean stalk. In this version, Jack is the son of a deposed king. When Jack wakes up, he finds the |
In which decade of the 20th Century did the Alcatraz Island federal penitentiary close? | Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and few furnishings except a blanket. An air vent, measuring by , covered by a metal grill, lay at the back of the cells which led into the utility corridors. Prisoners had no privacy in going to the toilet and the toilets would emit a strong stench because they were flushed with salt water. Hot water faucets were not installed until the early 1960s, shortly before closure. The penitentiary established a very strict regimen of rules and regulations under the title "the Rules and Regulations for the Government and Discipline of the United States Penal and Correctional Institutions" and also | Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary for Alcatraz have dismissed the reports of ghosts at Alcatraz as nonsense and deny their existence; an official for Alcatraz said in 1994, "These ridiculous ghost stories will stop tourists from visiting. And how can these people say they heard canaries? We don't have any birds in here." Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island (often just referred to as Alcatraz or The Rock) was a maximum high-security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, California, which operated from August 11, 1934, until March 21, 1963. The main prison building |
What is the official language of Liechtenstein? | Liechtenstein live births, according to recent estimates. The official language is German; most speak an Alemannic dialect of German that is highly divergent from Standard German but closely related to those dialects spoken in neighbouring regions such as Switzerland and Vorarlberg, Austria. In Triesenberg, a Walser German dialect promoted by the municipality is spoken. However, Swiss Standard German is understood and spoken by most people within the country. According to the Constitution of Liechtenstein, Catholicism is the official state religion of Liechtenstein: Liechtenstein offers protection to adherents of all religious beliefs, and considers the "religious interests of the people" a priority | Cabinet of Liechtenstein Prince or of Parliament, the decision on the loss of the authority of the Minister to exercise his functions shall be taken by mutual agreement of the Reigning Prince and Parliament. Until a new Minister has been appointed, the official duties of the Minister shall be performed by the Minister's alternate. Cabinet of Liechtenstein The Cabinet of Liechtenstein is the chief executive body of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The current cabinet was sworn in on 27 March 2013. According to the Constitution of Liechtenstein, the cabinet shall consist of the Prime Minister and four other Ministers. The Prime Minister and |
US television presenter Jerry Springer was born in which city? | Jerry Springer 1976). They divorced in 1994. Springer tends to keep his personal life private. A lifelong New York Yankees fan, he can be seen at Yankee home games from time to time. Jerry Springer Gerald Norman Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English-born American television presenter, former lawyer, politician, news presenter, actor, and musician. He hosted "The Jerry Springer Show", a tabloid talk show, between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018 and debuted the Jerry Springer Podcast in 2015. Springer was born in the London Underground station of Highgate while the station was in use as a shelter from | The Jerry Springer Show The Jerry Springer Show The Jerry Springer Show (also known as Jerry Springer) is an American syndicated tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer. The program taped at the Rich Forum in Stamford, Connecticut, which is alternately known as the Stamford Media Center and is distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution. First-run episodes of the series in syndication ran from September 30, 1991 to July 26, 2018 before going into reruns. On September 10, 2018, The CW began airing reruns and unaired episodes of "Jerry Springer", replacing Robert Irvine's canceled talk show "The Robert Irvine Show". A typical episode of "Springer" |
Tony Lumpkin, Constance Neville and George Hastings are all characters in which play by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith? | Tony Lumpkin where it was being played by the likes of Lionel Brough. Tony Lumpkin Tony Lumpkin is a fictional character who first appeared in Oliver Goldsmith's play, "She Stoops to Conquer". Tony Lumpkin is the son of Mrs Hardcastle and stepson to Mr Hardcastle. It is as a result of his practical joking that the comic aspects of the play are set up. When he accidentally meets Charles Marlow and his friend Hastings, who are coming to see Tony's parents in order to put Marlow forward as a suitor to Tony's stepsister Kate, he deliberately misdirects them, causing them to believe | Tony Lumpkin that the Hardcastles are its landlord and landlady. Tony is promised in marriage to his cousin, Constance Neville, which he despises, and therefore he assists in her plans to elope with Hastings. Tony takes an interest in horses, "Bet Bouncer" and especially the alehouse, where he joyfully sings with members of the lower-classes. It is Tony's initial deception of Marlow, for a joke, which sets up the plot. The character became so popular that he was later used in a 1778 play, "Tony Lumpkin in Town", by John O'Keeffe. The play was still popular in England in the mid-nineteenth century, |
What is the largest brass section instrument in an orchestra? | Konzertmusik for Brass and String Orchestra – Im ersten Zeitmaß (Fast – Slow – Tempo primo) The score of this work calls for 4 French horns in F, 4 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, bass tuba and a four-section string orchestra of violins, violas, cellos and double basses. Konzertmusik for Brass and String Orchestra The "Konzertmusik" for String Orchestra and Brass, Op. 50, is a work by Paul Hindemith, composed in 1930. It was one of a large group of pieces commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by its music director, Serge Koussevitzky (others include the Piano Concerto in G major by | Brass instrument are one of the major classical instrument families and are played across a range of musical ensembles. Orchestras include a varying number of brass instruments depending on music style and era, typically: Concert bands generally have a larger brass section than an orchestra, typically: British brass bands are made up entirely of brass, mostly conical bore instruments. Typical membership is: Quintets are common small brass ensembles; a quintet typically contains: Big bands and other jazz bands commonly contain cylindrical bore brass instruments. Mexican bandas have: Single brass instruments are also often used to accompany other instruments or ensembles such as |
In cooking, what is the main ingredient of a pongal dish? | Pongal (dish) Pongal (dish) Pongal is a popular rice dish, originating from the Indian subcontinent, in Sri Lanka and Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. In Tamil "pongal" or in Telugu "pongu" means to " boil over" or "spill over". There are two varieties of pongal, "Chakkara Pongal" which is a sweet, and "Venn Pongal", made from clarified butter. The unqualified word "pongal" usually refers to spicy pongal, and is a common breakfast food in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The rice boiled with milk and jaggery during the Pongal festival is called "Chakkara" "pongal" - | Ingredient combines with other substances), whereas the natural products present in living beings were not added by any human agency but rather occurred naturally ("a plant doesn't have ingredients"). Thus all ingredients are constituents, but not all constituents are ingredients. An artificial ingredient usually refers to an ingredient which is artificial or man-made, such as: Ingredient An ingredient is a substance that forms part of a mixture (in a general sense). For example, in cooking, recipes specify which ingredients are used to prepare a specific dish. Many commercial products contain secret ingredients that are purported to make them better than competing |
Who wrote the ‘Winnie the Pooh’ books? | Winnie-the-Pooh Piglet" to explain Taoism. Similarly, Frederick Crews wrote essays about the Pooh books in abstruse academic jargon in "The Pooh Perplex" and "Postmodern Pooh" to satirise a range of philosophical approaches. "Pooh and the Philosophers" by John T. Williams uses Winnie the Pooh as a backdrop to illustrate the works of philosophers including Descartes, Kant, Plato, and Nietzsche. Epic Pooh is a 1978 essay by Michael Moorcock that compares much fantasy writing to AA Milne's as work intended to comfort, not challenge. One of the best known characters in British children's literature, a 2011 poll saw Winnie the Pooh voted | Winnie-the-Pooh (book) Bath". The bouncy toy-tiger character of Tigger is not introduced until the sequel, "The House at Pooh Corner". In 2003, "Winnie the Pooh" was listed at number 7 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. The book "Winnie-the-Pooh" is the first in a series of books published in the 1920s about Winnie the Pooh and friends. In creating these volumes, Milne adapted stories he had originally published in "Punch", "St. Nicholas Magazine", "Vanity Fair" and other periodicals. Illustrations for those magazines had been provided by J. H. Dowd, Reginald Birch, E. H. Shepard, A. H. Watson and others. The first |
What colours make up the national flag of Switzerland? | National colours of New Zealand New Zealand (see above). In motorracing, New Zealand's national colours are green (based on British racing green) and white. National colours of New Zealand National colours of New Zealand orders include black, white or silver, and red ochre. The national flag of New Zealand is predominantly dark blue and represents the sea and sky. In the top left corner is the union flag with the colours red and white. The Union flag represents the settlement of New Zealand by mainly British people after New Zealand became a British colony in 1840. The four stars on the flag are red with | Flag of Switzerland squares until 1889, when its dimensions were officially set. The civil and state ensign of Switzerland, used by Swiss ships, boats and non-governmental bodies, is rectangular in shape and has the more common proportions of 3:2. The Swiss flag is one of only two square sovereign-state flags, the other being the flag of Vatican City. The emblem of the Red Cross is the Swiss flag with switched colours. According to the 2017 flag law (SR 232.21), "The Swiss flag shows a Swiss cross on a square background". Special provisions are made for the naval ensign and for civil aircraft identification. |
Who designed the stained glass Baptistry window for Coventry cathedral? | Coventry Cathedral rapidly became a hugely popular symbol of reconciliation in post-war Britain. The interior is notable for its huge tapestry (once thought to be the world's largest) of Christ, designed by Graham Sutherland, the emotive sculpture of the "Mater Dolorosa" by John Bridgeman in the East end, and the Baptistry window designed by John Piper (made by Patrick Reyntiens), of abstract design that occupies the full height of the bowed baptistery, which comprises 195 panes, ranging from white to deep colours. The stained glass windows in the Nave, by Lawrence Lee, Keith New and Geoffrey Clarke, face away from the congregation. | Stained glass in Liverpool Cathedral windows below. It covers an area of , each lancet window being more than high. Revd Noel Vincent, the former canon treasurer of the cathedral, states that the top part of the window represents "the risen Christ in glory looking down ... in compassion on the world", and the images beneath depict "all creation united in peace". Citations Sources Stained glass in Liverpool Cathedral The stained glass in Liverpool Cathedral all dates from the 20th century. The designs were planned by a committee working in conjunction with the architect of the cathedral, Giles Gilbert Scott, with the intention of forming |
What is the name of the pathway in the human body along which food enters and and solid wastes are expelled? | Composition of the human body Composition of the human body Body composition may be analyzed in terms of molecular type e.g., water, protein, connective tissue, fats (or lipids), hydroxylapatite (in bones), carbohydrates (such as glycogen and glucose) and DNA. In terms of tissue type, the body may be analyzed into water, fat, muscle, bone, etc. In terms of cell type, the body contains hundreds of different types of cells, but notably, the largest "number" of cells contained in a human body (though not the largest mass of cells) are not human cells, but bacteria residing in the normal human gastrointestinal tract. Almost 99% of the | Solid waste policy in the United States through decomposition of food, vegetables, or meat, removal of non-usable parts, removal of substandard products, and spoiling due to substandard packaging. Thus agricultural waste is generated at all stages of food system including farming, storage, processing, and wholesaling. The food scraps generated by retailers and consumers are not included in this category as these scraps enter the waste stream as municipal solid waste. Animal wastes are wastes generated from farms and feedlots, also known as Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), consisting of leftover feeds, manure and urine, wastewater, dead animals, and production operation wastes. They |
In 1585, who established the first British colony in North America, which was later abandoned? | Roanoke Colony Roanoke Colony The Roanoke Colony (), also known as the Lost Colony, was the first attempt at founding a permanent English settlement in North America. It was established in 1585 on Roanoke Island in what is today's Dare County, North Carolina. The colony was sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh, although he himself never set foot in it. The initial settlement was established in the summer of 1585, but a lack of supplies and bad relations with the local Native Americans caused many of its members to return to England with Sir Francis Drake a year later, leaving behind a small | British North America British North America The term "British North America" refers to the former territories of the British Empire in North America, not including the Caribbean. The term was first used informally in 1783, but it was uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. These territories today form modern-day Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. English and later Scottish colonization of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then began further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and reached its peak when colonies had been established through much |
Hydref is Welsh for which month of the year? | Welsh Wikipedia Welsh Wikipedia The Welsh Wikipedia ("Welsh": ) is the Welsh-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2003. On 23 June 2007 it reached 10,000 articles, the 66th Wikipedia to do so. On 20 November 2008 it attained 20,000 articles. Less than a year later, on 28 October 2009, it reached 25,000 articles. In July 2013 it reached 50,000 articles and is now the 62nd largest Wikipedia edition. It is the only internet resource of its kind in Welsh, has an average of 2.7 million hits every month making it the most popular Welsh language website; it therefore | Welsh Artist of the Year Welsh Artist of the Year The Welsh Artist of the Year award is an annual art competition in Cardiff's St David's Hall, open to amateur and professional artists who have a link to Wales. It has been running annually since 2000. The competition has become a significant feature in the Welsh visual arts calendar, possibly due to the prestige associated with the title "Welsh Artist of The Year". However the title's relationship with the actual competition structure could be seen as misleading, firstly because the selection process requires the artist to submit an application form and pay an entry fee |
What is the first name of the wife of US business magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates? | Bill Gates away half of its value, as detailed in "The Power of Half". Gates and his wife invited Joan Salwen to Seattle to speak about what the family had done, and on December 9, 2010, Bill and Melinda Gates, and investor Warren Buffett signed a commitment they called the "Giving Pledge." The pledge is a commitment by all three to donate at least half of their wealth over the course of time to charity. Gates has also provided personal donations to educational institutions. In 1999, Gates donated $20 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the construction of a | Bill Gates Bill Gates William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen launched Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. Gates led the company as chief executive officer until stepping down in January 2000, but he remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect for himself. In June 2006, Gates |
What was the former name of the Willis Tower in Chicago, USA? | Willis Tower Flight Simulator" would begin with the player on the runway of Meigs Field, facing a virtual version of the tower. In Sufjan Stevens' 2005 album "Illinois", the tower is referenced in the track "Seer's Tower", whose title is a play on the tower's now-former name, Sears Tower. Willis Tower The Willis Tower, built as and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At completion in 1973, it surpassed the World Trade Center towers in New York to become the tallest building in the world, a title it held for nearly 25 years; | Willis Tower Tower on July 16, 2009. The naming rights are valid for 15 years, so it is possible that the building's name could change again in 2024 or later. The "Chicago Tribune" joked that the building's new name reminded them of the oft-repeated "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" catchphrase from the 1980s American television sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" and considered the name-change ill-advised in "a city with a deep appreciation of tradition and a healthy ego, where some Chicagoans still mourn the switch from Marshall Field's to Macy's". This feeling was confirmed in a July 16, 2009 CNN article in which some |
Which record label famously rejected a Beatles audition tape in 1962, saying that guitar bands were on the way out? | The Beatles' Decca audition The Beatles' Decca audition On 1 January 1962, before they reached international stardom, the Beatles auditioned for Decca Records at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London. In what is considered one of the biggest mistakes in music industry history, Decca rejected the band, selecting instead Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. After being available only on "bootleg" recordings, some of the songs recorded for the audition were officially released on the Beatles rarities compilation "Anthology 1" in 1995. Manager Brian Epstein made numerous trips to London to visit record companies with the hope of securing a record contract but was | The Tape-beatles 'instrument'. The Tape-beatles, then consisting of Dunn, Heck and Johnson, put out their first major work, "A subtle buoyancy of pulse" in 1988. In keeping with the tape esthetic, the work was available only on cassette (until being reissued 10 years later on CD by Staalplaat, Amsterdam, the Netherlands). Public response was sufficiently encouraging that the group immediately began work on a new album, adding two new members along the way: Paul Neff and Linda Morgan Brown. A grant from Intermedia Arts Minnesota enabled The Tape-beatles to finish their second work in 1991, a CD for the Canadian label DOVentertainment, |
Puffer, Angel and Dog are all types of which creature? | Blackspotted puffer Blackspotted puffer The blackspotted puffer ("Arothron nigropunctatus"), also known as the dog-faced puffer, is a tropical marine fish belonging to the family Tetraodontidae. "Arothron nigropunctatus" is a small sized fish which grows up to length. Its body is oval shape, spherical and relatively elongated. The skin is not covered with scales. The fish has no pelvic fin and no lateral line.The dorsal fin and the anal fin are small, symmetric and located at the end of the body. Its snout is short with two pairs of nostrils and its mouth is terminal with four strong teeth. The background coloration is | Angel (therapy dog) presence is a special inspiration to patients suffering from conditions that seem impossible to conquer. In her free time, Angel likes to swim, retrieve rubber chickens and wear a sock on her head. In 2015, Angel was honored during a ceremony at Houston’s City Hall. David W. Robinson, Houston City Council at Large Position 2, and Houston Mayor Annise Parker officially proclaimed July 21 as “Angel, the Therapy Dog Day.” As Houston’s Official Therapy Dog, Angel represents all of the city’s therapy pets. Angel’s story is told in the book "Tales of a Therapy Dog," which was written by Herrera |
What is a male otter called? | Otter Otter Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, honey badgers, martens, minks, polecats, and wolverines. The word "otter" derives from the Old English word "otor" or "oter". This, and cognate words in other Indo-European languages, ultimately stem from the Proto-Indo-European language root *wódr̥, which also gave rise to the English word "water". An otter's den is called a holt or couch. Male otters are called dogs or boars, | What Is This Thing Called Love? What Is This Thing Called Love? "What Is This Thing Called Love?" is a 1929 popular song written by Cole Porter, for the musical "Wake Up and Dream". It was first performed by Elsie Carlisle in March 1929. The song has become a popular jazz standard and one of Porter's most often played compositions. "Wake Up and Dream" ran for 263 shows in London. The show was also noticed in New York, and the critics praised Tilly Losch's performance of the song. The show was produced on Broadway in December 1929; in the American rendition, "What Is This Thing Called |
Which flower is known as ‘The wind flower’? | Flower bouquet The arrangement of flowers for home or building decor has a long history throughout the world. The oldest evidence of formal arranging of bouquets in vases comes from ancient Egypt, and depictions of flower arrangements date to the Old Kingdom (~2500 BCE). The sacred lotus was often used, as were herbs, palms, irises, anemones, and narcissus. In some cultures, ancient practises still survive today, for example in ikebana, the art of flower-arranging that comes from Japan. The oldest known book on flower-arranging is Japanese and dates from 1445. Simplicity and linear form are core features of ikebana, which has had | Flower Flower Flower Flower Vocalist Yui is a musician from Fukuoka, who originally debuted as a soloist under Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2005, after auditioning in 2004. She released five studio albums between 2006 and 2011, all of which were commercially successful. Some of her most famous songs include "Good-bye Days" (2006), the theme song for the film "Midnight Sun" which starred her as Xeroderma Pigmentosum sufferer Kaoru Amane, and the spring song "Cherry" (2007), both of which were certified million by the RIAJ. In November 2012, Yui announced her intention to retire from music as a soloist. Flower Flower was |
Who directed the 1996 film ‘Secrets and Lies’? | Secrets & Lies (film) Secrets & Lies (film) Secrets & Lies is a 1996 drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh. Led by an ensemble cast consisting of many Leigh regulars, it stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Hortense, a well-educated black middle-class London optometrist, who was adopted as a baby and has chosen to trace her family history – only to discover that her birth mother, Cynthia, played by Brenda Blethyn, is a working-class white woman with a dysfunctional family. Claire Rushbrook co-stars as Cynthia's other daughter Roxanne, while Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan portray Cynthia's brother and sister-in-law, who have secrets of their | Secrets & Lies (film) in capturing emotional clarity on film, but also in illustrating the ways in which families start to heal and find a certain bravery in their efforts." Similarly, Kenneth Turan from the "Los Angeles Times" ranked the film within "the best of the 14 features Leigh" had directed by then. He found that "Secrets & Lies" was "a piercingly honest, completely accessible piece of work that will go directly to the hearts of audiences who have never heard of him. If film means anything to you, if emotional truth is a quality you care about, this is an event that ought |
Classic Judaism teaches that there will be no prophet greater than who? | Judaism religious movements are, to a greater or lesser extent, based on the principles of the Hebrew Bible and various commentaries such as the Talmud and Midrash. Judaism also universally recognizes the Biblical Covenant between God and the Patriarch Abraham as well as the additional aspects of the Covenant revealed to Moses, who is considered Judaism's greatest prophet. In the Mishnah, a core text of Rabbinic Judaism, acceptance of the Divine origins of this covenant is considered an essential aspect of Judaism and those who reject the Covenant forfeit their share in the World to Come. Establishing the core tenets of | There Will Be No Stay There Will Be No Stay There Will Be No Stay is 2015 documentary by Patty Ann Dillon that discusses the death penalty from the point of view of the executioners. It was released in the Cinequest Film Festival on March 1, 2015. It is described as "A journey of compassion and consequence through a process shrouded in secrecy. Executioners' lives intersect on a path to discovering freedom from their own personal prisons." "There Will Be No Stay" was originally titled "To Kill The Killer." It was the first episode in a 13-part documentary series that Patty Dillon wrote called Dichotomy |
Who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize? | 2002 Nobel Peace Prize support human rights defenders around the world and have intervened with heads of state on their behalf. In 2002, President Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work "to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development" through The Carter Center. Three sitting presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Barack Obama, have received the prize; Carter is unique in receiving the award for his actions after leaving the presidency. He is, along with Martin Luther King, Jr., one of two native Georgians to receive the Nobel. 2002 Nobel | Nobel Peace Prize and 23 organizations. Sixteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has won twice (1954 and 1981). Lê Đức Thọ is the only person who refused to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: ")" is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred |
The ‘what’ Cap is one of the most poisonous toadstools in the world? | The World Is the Home of Love and Death The World Is the Home of Love and Death The World Is the Home of Love and Death: Stories is a collection of short stories written by Harold Brodkey and first published posthumously in 1997. Most of the stories were written to be part of his novel "The Runaway Soul" and concern its characters. Four of the eleven stories ("The Bullies", "Spring Fugue", "What I Do for Money", and "Dumbness is Everything") were originally printed in "The New Yorker" and one ("Religion") in "Glimmer Train", from 1986 to 1996. The "Runaway Soul" stories are from the perspective of that novel's | What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? of which was good and some bad. The king set riddles to them: whoever guessed the riddles would get good land. The first riddle was what was the fastest thing in the world. The stupid brother's daughter told him what to say; his brother guessed a bird or a horse, and the stupid brother said the mind. The second riddle was what was the heaviest thing in the world; the clever brother guessed stone or iron, and the stupid brother repeated his daughter's answer: fire because no one could lift it. The third was what was the most important thing |
A mynah is what type of creature? | The Mynah Birds suggested he call himself Ricky Matthews (or Ricky James Matthews), after a cousin of hers who had died. At some point, the Sailorboys changed their name to the Mynah Birds, though the lineup shifted frequently. An amended line-up, comprising Rick James, St. Nicholas, Rick Cameron and guitarist Frank Arnel (aka Frank Iozzo), recorded "The Mynah Birds Song" for Columbia Records in late 1964 as a prospective single. However, the track was not deemed strong enough and a new track, "The Mynah Birds Hop", was recorded for the A-side. The second track saw James and Livingston trading vocals, backed by St | McNair Mynah McNair Mynah The McNair Mynar is a single seat single bay biplane microlight aircraft from New Zealand. There was also a two-seat version built, possibly about 1990. The "Mynah" was built in Auckland by Wallace McNair. It is designed to be reminiscent of the 1920s Lincoln Sports biplane that was popular in New Zealand. The Mynah is, if anything, even more primitive with 'fuesalge' of two welded tubes designed to fold for transport and outerspace travel. At least 6 of the type were built and, as at 12 November 2013, 3 were still flying in New Zealand. They were powered |
The cast of which US television show had a 2009 hit with ‘Don’t Stop Believin’? | Don't Stop Believin' the original video taken down due to the copyright infringements. "Don't Stop Believin was recorded by the cast of American television series, "Glee". It was performed, in whole or in part, in six different episodes of the series, ranging from the first episode to the 120th (second last) episode. The song was performed to close out the very first episode, "Pilot" (May 2009). This arrangement, which became the first single released from the soundtrack of the series, "", was adapted from Petra Haden's version. A portion of the song was performed again in the first season's fifth episode, "The Rhodes | Don't Stop Believin' well in the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Australia, where it charted within the top five of their national charts. The cast performance of "Don't Stop Believin'" was certified gold in the US in October 2009 and platinum in March 2011, achieving over 1,000,000 digital sales, and platinum in Australia, with sales of over 70,000. It remains the most popular recording in the show's history, having sold 1,422,000 copies in the United States alone. "Don't Stop Believin was put on the BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 playlists in the UK in January 2010. Aly Semigan of |
‘Stairway to Heaven’ represents which Bingo number? | Stairway to Heaven (2003 TV series) series became a rerun after 10 years from 28 September to 27 November 2015 which transferred to morning from primetime on the same network. In 2005, broadcasting rights to the drama were sold to eight countries across Latin America including Mexico, Peru and Costa Rica. It aired in Thailand on Channel 3 in 2006. It was aired in Indonesia on Indosiar in 2004 and became one of the most popular Korean drama at the time. Stairway to Heaven (2003 TV series) Stairway to Heaven () is a 2003 South Korean television series starring Choi Ji-woo, Kwon Sang-woo, Kim Tae-hee, and | Stairway to Heaven intricate guitar solo accompanying Plant's vocals that end with the plaintive a cappella line: "And she's buying a stairway to heaven." "Stairway to Heaven" was voted number three in 2000 by VH1 on its list of the 100 Greatest Rock Songs, and was placed at number 31 on "Rolling Stone"'s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was the most requested song on FM radio stations in the United States in the 1970s, despite never having been commercially released as a single there. In November 2007, through download sales promoting Led Zeppelin's "Mothership" release, "Stairway to Heaven" hit number 37 |
Which English singer released an 2004 album entitled ‘Unwritten’? | Unwritten (album) Kingdom and the United States. Notes Unwritten (album) Unwritten is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 September 2004 through Phonogenic Records and in the United States on 2 August 2005 through Epic Records. An R&B-influenced pop album, "Unwritten" was produced by a number of producers, including Danielle Brisebois, Guy Chambers, Peter Wade Keusch, Steve Kipner, Patrick Leonard and Greg Wells. In the United Kingdom, "Unwritten" topped both the UK Albums Chart and the Scottish Albums Chart, receiving a triple platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry | Unwritten (album) copies in the United Kingdom. In North America, it peaked at number twenty-six on the US "Billboard" 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the United States. The album spawned five singles: "Single", "These Words", "Unwritten", "I Bruise Easily", and "The One That Got Away" from the 2006 reissue. The song "Drop Me in the Middle" featured rapper Bizarre on the international editions of the album, and English rapper and singer Estelle on the US editions. In 2006, the album was re-released in North America with new cover artwork and a slightly |
Actor Neil Burgess plays Barry Scott in the UK television commercial for which cleaning product? | Cillit Bang by "Barry Scott", a brashly enthusiastic character played by Neil Burgess, who claims that Cillit Bang can remove limescale, rust and ground in dirt. In one advert, he places a copper plated one penny coin in Cillit Bang to demonstrate the product's cleaning ability to remove staining. In January 2016, Reckitt Benckiser launched its first global campaign, starring dancer Daniel Campos. International versions of the advert use different presenters, known as Martin Grellis in Australia and New Zealand, and Dan Dolan in North America, although recent spots feature Neil Burgess as Barry Scott. Dan demonstrates the cleaning methods seen in | Barry Williams (actor) of "A Christmas Carol" in late 2004. Barry Williams (actor) Barry William Blenkhorn (born September 30, 1954), known professionally as Barry Williams, is an American actor and singer best known for his role as the eldest of the Brady sons, Greg Brady, on the ABC television series "The Brady Bunch". Williams, youngest of three boys, was born in 1954 in Santa Monica, California, to Doris May Moore and Canadian-born Frank Millar Blenkhorn of English, Scottish, and German ancestry Barry and siblings Craig and Scott Blenkhorn grew up in Pacific Palisades, California, where actor Peter Graves was a neighbor. Williams decided |
Oscar de la Hoya, Jack Dempsey and George Chuvalo are all associated with which sport? | Oscar De La Hoya My Story", by Oscar De La Hoya, with Steve Springer, HarperCollins via Google Books, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2018. Oscar De La Hoya Oscar De La Hoya (; born February 4, 1973) is a Mexican American former professional boxer who, in 2002, also became a successful boxing promoter and, in 2018, a mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter. In boxing, he competed from 1992 to 2008, winning multiple world titles in six different weight classes, including the lineal championship in three weight classes. He is ranked as the 11th best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by BoxRec. De La | Oscar De La Hoya decision, with judge Chuck Giampi scoring the bout 116–112 for Mayweather, Jerry Roth 115–113 for Mayweather, and Tom Kaczmarcek 115–113 De La Hoya. The Associated Press it Mayweather 116–112. Although Oscar chased Mayweather and threw many combinations en route to throwing over 100 more total punches, Mayweather landed at a higher rate; according to Compubox he connected on 207 of 481 punches thrown, De La Hoya on only 122 of 587. On May 3, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, De La Hoya fought Steve Forbes (33–5) in a tuneup for a possible rematch with Mayweather. De |
What is a Jewish place of worship called? | Place of worship Place of worship A place of worship is a specially designed structure or consecrated space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study. A building constructed or used for this purpose is sometimes called a house of worship. Temples, churches, synagogues and mosques are examples of structures created for worship. A monastery, particularly for Buddhists, may serve both to house those belonging to religious orders and as a place of worship for visitors. Natural or topographical features may also serve as places of worship, and are considered | Place of worship "the called-out ones". Its original meaning is to refer to the body of believers, or the body of Christ. The word "church" is used to refer to a Christian place of worship by some Christian denominations, including Anglicans and Catholics. Other Christian denominations, including the Religious Society of Friends, Mennonites, Christadelphians, and some unitarians, object to the use of the word "church" to refer to a building, as they argue that this word should be reserved for the body of believers who worship there. Instead, these groups use words such as "Hall" to identify their places of worship or any |
In the 2012 Olympic Games, who became Britain’s first Taekwondo Olympic medallist? | Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympics, were all eliminated in the preliminary round. Lee In Jong and Cha Dong-Min became the first two Korean Taekwondo practitioners who could not secure any medal in the Olympics Taekwondo history. Rohullah Nikpai of Afghanistan won a bronze medal for the secound time. Anthony Obame became Gabon's first Olympic medalist. Eleven taekwondo athletes were flag bearers during the parade of nations: In addition, Sarah Stevenson, representing the host nation, Great Britain, took the athlete's oath at the opening ceremony. A total of 128 athletes from 63 nations competed in taekwondo at the London Games. Only six nations brought four | Jade Jones (taekwondo) Jade Jones (taekwondo) Jade Louise Jones MBE (born 21 March 1993) is a British taekwondo athlete who represents Great Britain. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's 57 kg category. In 2012, she won Britain's first taekwondo Olympic gold medal in this category. Jones was at the time the reigning Youth Olympic champion in the girls' 55 kg category, winning gold for Great Britain in 2010 Jones was born in Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales. She attended Flint High School leaving aged 16 to take up taekwondo full-time. , Jones is tall and weighs . She competes |
Who played Smee in the 1991 film ‘Hook’? | Mr. Smee "Play Ball"). In Steven Spielberg's 1991 film "Hook", Smee (played by Bob Hoskins) and Hook's relationship takes on an almost intimate tone, at times even resembling an old married couple or a master/servant arrangement. Smee is allowed access to Hook's private quarters, is seen preparing meals for the Captain and even helps him disrobe before bed. When Hook threatens suicide, he makes it obvious that he expects Smee to stop him, to which Smee replies "not again". Hook also confides all of his darkest and most personal thoughts and concerns to Smee, seemingly exclusively. When Hook admits (untruthfully) that he | Mr. Smee was restored to human form as he was seen in the company of Hook and his pirates when they were robbing a stagecoach. However, he still has some side effects of being in rat form. Hook volunteers Smee to sail Henry to New York when Henry wants to run away from Storybroke to go home. Smee appears in the film "Pan", portrayed by Adeel Akhtar. His real name is Sam Smiegel shortened to Smee. Mr. Smee Mr. Smee is Captain Hook's bo'sun in J. M. Barrie's play "Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" and the novel "Peter |
Which French king was the husband of Marie Antoinette? | Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (; ; born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. She became Dauphine of France in May 1770 at age 14 upon her marriage to Louis-Auguste, heir apparent to the French throne. On 10 May 1774, her husband ascended the throne as Louis XVI and she assumed the title Queen of France and Navarre, which she held | Marie Antoinette Murat Marie Antoinette Murat Marie Antoinette Murat, (3 January 1793, Labastide-Murat, Lot, French Republic – 19 January 1847, Sigmaringen, Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) was a member of the House of Murat. Through her marriage to Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Marie Antoinette was also a member of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Princess consort of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Marie Antoinette was the niece of Joachim Murat, King of Naples from 1808 to 1815 and a brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, through marriage to Napoleon's youngest sister, Caroline Bonaparte. Marie Antoinette was a daughter of Pierre Murat (elder brother of Joachim Murat, King of the Two Sicilies) |
Who became President of Argentina in October 1973 until his death in July 1974? | Juan Perón Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (; October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labor and Vice President, he was elected President of Argentina three times, serving from June 1946 to September 1955, when he was overthrown in a "coup d'état", and then from October 1973 until his death in July 1974. During his first presidential term (1946–52), Perón was supported by his second wife, Eva Duarte ("Evita"), and they were immensely popular among many Argentines. Eva died in 1952, and Perón was elected to | President of Argentina removal, the Constitution (art. 88) entitles the National Congress Assembled to select a new President from among the current Senators, Deputies and Governors, within the following two days of the death or resignation of the former President, and to provide him or her with a mandate to call for elections. President of Argentina The President of Argentina (), officially known as the President of the Argentine Republic (), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. |
Which Prime Minister opened Britain’s first motorway? | M6 motorway to the edge of the Lake District with a short stretch within the national park boundaries and then passes Carlisle on its way to Gretna, before the motorway becomes the A74(M) a few hundred metres (yards) short of the Scottish border. The first section of the motorway and the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass. It was built by Tarmac Construction and opened by the Prime Minister Harold Macmillan on 5 December 1958. In January 1959 the Preston by-pass was closed because of rapid surface deterioration over a stretch of "due to water freezing and then thawing". | M10 motorway (Great Britain) M10 motorway (Great Britain) The M10 was a motorway in Hertfordshire, England, running for approximately 3 miles (4.5 km) from the M1 motorway at junction 7 near Hemel Hempstead to the A414 North Orbital Road at Park Street Roundabout, just south of St Albans. Opened in 1959, it was reclassified as part of the A414 in 2009. The M10 opened on 2 November 1959 along with the M1 and M45, and was designed and constructed by Tarmac Construction as part of the St Albans bypass (along with the M1 between junctions 5 and 10a). At the time, the M1's southern |
Miranda, Ariel and Umbriel are all moons of which planet in our solar system? | Moons of Uranus these five, Titania, is 1,578 km in diameter and the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System, and about one-twentieth the mass the Earth's Moon. The orbits of the regular moons are nearly coplanar with Uranus's equator, which is tilted 97.77° to its orbit. Uranus's irregular moons have elliptical and strongly inclined (mostly retrograde) orbits at large distances from the planet. William Herschel discovered the first two moons, Titania and Oberon, in 1787, and the other three ellipsoidal moons were discovered in 1851 by William Lassell (Ariel and Umbriel) and in 1948 by Gerard Kuiper (Miranda). These five have planetary mass, | Moons of Uranus which is made primarily of ice. The ice component may include ammonia and carbon dioxide. Their surfaces are heavily cratered, though all of them (except Umbriel) show signs of endogenic resurfacing in the form of lineaments (canyons) and, in the case of Miranda, ovoid race-track like structures called coronae. Extensional processes associated with upwelling diapirs are likely responsible for the origin of the coronae. Ariel appears to have the youngest surface with the fewest impact craters, while Umbriel's appears oldest. A past 3:1 orbital resonance between Miranda and Umbriel and a past 4:1 resonance between Ariel and Titania are thought |
Which British actor/comedian is the voice of Dr Nefario in the 2010 animated film ‘Despicable Me’? | Despicable Me 2 Despicable Me 2 Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated comedy film and the sequel to the 2010 animated film "Despicable Me". Produced by Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures and animated by Illumination Mac Guff, the film was directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, and written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Steve Carell, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, Elsie Fisher, and Dana Gaier reprise their roles as Gru, Dr. Nefario, Margo, Agnes, and Edith respectively. Kristen Wiig, who played Miss Hattie in the first film, voices agent Lucy Wilde, while Ken Jeong, who played the Talk Show | Despicable Me become henchmen of an ambitious villain, Scarlet Overkill, voiced by Sandra Bullock. Despicable Me Despicable Me is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment as its debut film and project and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was animated by the French animation studio Mac Guff, which was later acquired by Illumination. Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud in their directorial debuts with a story by Sergio Pablos, the title references the main character as he refers to himself and is accompanied by a song by Pharrell Williams. The film stars Steve Carell, the voice |
If a gemstone is ‘cabochon cut’ what hasn’t it got? | Diamond (gemstone) reflect and refract light. In addition to carrying the most importance to a diamond's quality as a gemstone, the cut is also the most difficult to quantitatively judge. A number of factors, including proportion, polish, symmetry, and the relative angles of various facets, are determined by the quality of the cut and can affect the performance of a diamond. A diamond with facets cut only a few degrees out of alignment can result in a poorly performing stone. For a round brilliant cut, there is a balance between "brilliance" and "fire". When a diamond is cut for too much "fire", | Cabochon with hard wax onto a length of wooden dowel called a "dop stick". The piece is then ground to the template line, the back edges may be bevelled, and finally the top is sanded and polished to a uniform dome. Cabochon A cabochon (, from Middle French "caboche" "head") is a gemstone which has been shaped and polished as opposed to faceted. The resulting form is usually a convex (rounded) obverse with a flat reverse. Cutting "en cabochon" (French: "in the manner of a cabochon") is usually applied to opaque gems, while faceting is usually applied to transparent stones. Hardness |
How many toes does a cat normally have on each back paw? | Polydactyl cat have a total of 18 toes, with five toes on each fore paw, and four toes on each hind paw; polydactyl cats may have as many as eight digits on their front and/or hind paws. Both Jake, a Canadian polydactyl cat, and Paws, an American polydactyl cat, were recognised by Guinness World Records as having the highest number of toes on a cat, 28. Various combinations of anywhere from four to seven toes per paw are common. Polydactyly is most commonly found on the front paws only, it is rare for a cat to have polydactyl hind paws only, and | Cat behavior nursing and into adulthood. Some cats "nurse", i.e. suck, on clothing or bedding during kneading. The cat exerts firm downwards pressure with its paw, opening its toes to expose its claws, then closes its claws as it lifts its paw. The process takes place with alternate paws at intervals of one to two seconds. They may knead while sitting on their owner's lap, which may prove painful if the cat has sharp claws. Since most of the preferred "domestic traits" are neotenous or juvenile traits that persist in the adult, kneading may be a relic juvenile behavior retained in adult |
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