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Red-soled shoes are the signature of which fashion designer? | Christian Louboutin on his high heel shoes, commonly referred to as "sammy red soled shoes". His signature red soles were first created in 1993. "My sketches were not reproduced exactly as I had designed them and I couldn't figure out why. The two dimensional sketch was so powerful on paper, but when turned into a three-dimensional object, it was somehow lacking energy. Frustrated after having tried different things to liven up the design, I spontaneously grabbed my assistant's red nail polish and painted the sole. I instantly knew that this would be a success!". Christian Louboutin's red-bottom colour code is Pantone 18-1663 | Todd Snyder (fashion designer) Rochester, NY-based sportswear brand. Todd Snyder (fashion designer) Todd Snyder is an American fashion designer in New York City. The brand is sold in the US and Japan. Todd Snyder founded his eponymous label in 2011 in New York City. Born and raised in Ames, Iowa, Snyder moved to New York to design outerwear for Polo Ralph Lauren before becoming the Director of Menswear for the Gap Inc.. Afterwards Snyder became SVP of menswear at J. Crew, where he introduced formal wear and created collaborations with heritage brands including Timex, Red Wing Shoes, Thomas Mason and Alden. Todd Snyder the |
What style of coat was referred to in the Royal Navy as a ‘Convoy Coat’? | Duffel coat and an integrated hood, and by 1850 had spread through Europe. In the 1850s, outerwear manufacturer John Partridge developed the first version of the duffle coat. In the 1890s the British Admiralty chose a number of manufacturers to produce duffel coats for the Royal Navy, where it was referred to as the "convoy coat" The navy issued a camel-coloured variant of it as an item of warm clothing during World War I, The design of the coat was modified slightly and widely issued during World War II. It became known under the nickname "Monty coat". Large stocks of post-war military | Coat of arms of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Cannon Barrels erect palewise proper each surmounted on the breech by a Lion's Face Or. The symbols relate to the Royal Observatory, built in 1675 for the advancement of navigation and nautical astronomy. The ship and anchor on the crest recall the close association with the Royal Navy since the old royal palace was converted to a seamen's hospital, now the Old Royal Naval College. Coat of arms of the Royal Borough of Greenwich The coat of arms of the Royal Borough of Greenwich is the official heraldic arms of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Arms were originally granted to |
In 1936, what colour tab was attached to the right rear pocket of Levi jeans, so they could be identified at a distance? | Howies marketing and team manager was Jeff Boardman 1996 - 2001. Branding expert Mark Simmons was Managing Director from 1999-2001. The company relocated from London to Wales in 2001 and the company's first proper mail order catalogue is produced. In 2003, Levi Strauss & Co. threatened to sue Howies over the placement of a logo bearing tab on the rear right buttock pocket of their jeans. The Howies Tab is grey, the Levis Tab is Red. In December 2006, the Hieatts sold the company to The Timberland Company. In November 2008, Howies was cited as the 6th most 'recession-proof' company in | Jeans were simply sturdy trousers worn by factory workers, miners, farmers, and cattlemen throughout the North American West. During this period, men's jeans had the fly down the front, whereas women's jeans had the fly down the left side. When Levi Strauss & Co. patented the modern, mass-produced prototype in the year 1873, there were two pockets in the front and one on the back with copper rivets. Later, the jeans were redesigned to today's industry standard of five pockets including a little watch pocket and copper rivets. Fewer jeans were made during World War II, but 'waist overalls' were introduced |
Who designed Victoria Beckham’s wedding dress? | Wedding dress of Catherine Middleton very traditional dress for a ravishing girl who doesn't need a lot." Comparisons were also made to the dress worn by Prince William's mother, Lady Diana Spencer. Vera Wang said "Diana's dress had a sense of innocence, whimsy, almost storybook romance. In contrast Catherine's gown was about way more than simply the dress. Sarah Burton channelled a new take on classicism for a modern-day bride who will one day be queen." Diana's wedding dress maker, Elizabeth Emanuel, has suggested: "Exactly as it happened in 1981, there are going to be people watching as she walks down the aisle with their | Wedding dress of Victoria, Princess Royal this floral pyramid was formed by a large bouquet worn on the girdle. The train, which was of the unusual length of more than three yards, was of white moire antique, trimmed with two rows of Honiton lace surmounted by wreaths similar to those on the flounces of the dress with bouquets at short intervals. Wedding dress of Victoria, Princess Royal The wedding dress of Princess Victoria, Princess Royal was worn by the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria in 1858. On 25 January 1858, a royal wedding took place that was designed to align the fortunes of Europe's two most |
In 1958, ‘His Clothes’ was the first boutique to open in which London street? | Lady Jane (boutique) and beyond. In 2013, the lead female character is called "Lady Jane" in the musical "Carnaby Street" by Carl Leighton-Pope, which opened at the Hackney Empire, London, and then toured nationally. Lady Jane (boutique) Lady Jane was the first women's fashion boutique on London's Carnaby Street. It was opened by Harry Fox and Henry Moss in April 1966 and was seen as a counterpart to Warren Gold's Lord John chain. The shop was one of the new wave of fashionable boutiques that were revitalising Carnaby Street which before the early 1960s had been a down-at-heel area of mixed shops. Lady | WAGs Boutique of the first series peaking at almost 2m viewers across ITV1 and ITV2, second series plans were scrapped after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008. The ten WAGs were split into two teams, picked by each store's Mentor. Both boutiques were located on Marshall Street, London. The teams were as follows: WAGs Boutique WAGs Boutique was a reality television show on ITV2 in which two teams of WAGs (footballers' wives and girlfriends) ran two rival fashion boutiques over a three-month period. Ten women were split into two teams, both of which ran neighbouring boutiques. The contestants had to think |
Who first designed the jersey wrap dress in 1972? | Wrap dress Diane von Fürstenberg 'invented' the wrap dress in 1972/73, Richard Martin, a former curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, noted that the form of Fürstenberg's design had already been "deeply embedded into the American designer sportswear tradition," with her choice of elastic, synthetic fabrics distinguishing her work from earlier wrap dresses. During the Great Depression, house dresses called "Hooverettes" were popular which employed a wrap design. Wrap dresses were designed by Elsa Schiaparelli in the 1930s and by Claire McCardell in the 1940s, whose original 'popover' design became the basis for a variety of wrap-around | Wrap dress They experienced renewed popularity beginning in the late 1990s, particularly after von Fürstenberg reintroduced her wrap dress in 1997; she, among others, has continued to design wrap dresses since then. The wrap dress's popularity and its perceived feminist significance have remained current into the mid-2010s. Wrap dress A wrap dress is a dress with a front closure formed by wrapping one side across the other, and knotting the attached ties that wrap around the back at the waist or fastening buttons. This forms a V-shaped neckline and hugs the wearer's curves. A faux wrap dress resembles this design, except that |
‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ is a line from which Shakespeare play? | The Producer Hoping to change Mr. Hecuba's mind, Gilligan suggests that they perform a play for Mr. Hecuba so that he might reconsider Ginger's talent and ultimately decide to use her in a movie. From the limited resources available on the island, they create a musical version of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." The cast performs three songs for their show. These parody the "To be or not to be" speech of Act III, Scene 1; the "Get thee to a nunnery" exchange between Hamlet and Ophelia later in the same scene, and Polonius's "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" speech from Act | Out of a Center Which Is Neither Dead nor Alive Out of a Center Which Is Neither Dead nor Alive Out of a Center Which Is Neither Dead Nor Alive is the debut full-length album by Chicago-based post-metal band Minsk. Produced by Sanford Parker, the album was released in 2005 on At a Loss Recordings. In a review of the album, Allmusic's Greg Prato wrote: "Although the group has obvious roots in metal (as evidenced by tracks like 'Narcotics and Dissecting Knives'), Minsk has plenty of tricks up its sleeve, such as the sonic hodgepodge 'Holy Flower of the North Star' (a track custom-made for listening to on headphones)." Phil |
How long, in feet, is a regulation NBA basketball court? | Lake Shore High School in addition to the gym. The new entrance is a way of saying "Welcome to Lake Shore," Kling said. The new gym is just more than 17,000 square-feet and has seating for almost 2,000 people, as well as an indoor, rubberized track. While some high school basketball courts are 84 feet long, the court at Lake Shore is 94 feet long, the same size as an NBA-regulation court. Sports were active for the boys when the main school building opened in the mid-1920s. Girls' sports came to light in the early 1970s. Lake Shore is best known, athletically, for the | Basketball the ball and the court: a flat, rectangular surface with baskets at opposite ends. Competitive levels require the use of more equipment such as clocks, score sheets, scoreboard(s), alternating possession arrows, and whistle-operated stop-clock systems. A regulation basketball court in international games is long and 49.2 feet (15 meters) wide. In the NBA and NCAA the court is . Most courts have wood flooring, usually constructed from maple planks running in the same direction as the longer court dimension. The name and logo of the home team is usually painted on or around the center circle. The basket is a |
Shavout is a major festival in which religion? | Religion in Europe Religion in Europe Religion in Europe has been a major influence on today's society, art, culture, philosophy and law. The largest religion in Europe is Christianity, but irreligion and practical secularization are strong. Two countries in Southeastern Europe have Muslim majorities. Ancient European religions included veneration for deities such as Zeus. Modern revival movements of these religions include Heathenism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Druidry, Wicca, and others. Smaller religions include Indian religions, Judaism, and some East Asian religions, which are found in their largest groups in Britain, France, and Kalmykia. Little is known about the prehistoric religion of Neolithic Europe. Bronze and | Is Theosophy a Religion? and has received an answer out the article: "Religion in the true and only correct sense, is a bond uniting men together—not a particular set of dogmas and beliefs. Now Religion, per se, in its widest meaning is that which binds not only all Men, but also all Beings and all things in the entire Universe into one grand whole. This is our theosophical definition of religion... Thus Theosophy is not a Religion, we say, but Religion itself, the one bond of unity, which is so universal and all-embracing that no man, as no speck—from gods and mortal down to |
What type of creature is a koel? | Asian koel Asian koel has included all subspecies otherwise included in the Pacific koel, except for the subspecies breeding in Australia, which then has the name Australian koel ("E. cyanocephalus"). The Asian koel has several geographic forms that have well marked plumage differences or have been geographically isolated with little gene flow. The following is a list of named subspecies with their distributions and synonyms as given by Payne: The Asian koel is a bird of light woodland and cultivation. It is a mainly resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to southern China and the Greater | 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 |
In which year was Ferdinand Marcos first elected as President of the Philippines? | First term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos economy brought about the social unrest which motivated the proclamation of Martial Law in 1972. The 1969 elections were held on 11 November, and Marcos won an unprecedented second full term as President of the Philippines. His running mate, incumbent Vice President Fernando Lopez was also elected to a third full term as Vice President of the Philippines. First term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated to his first term as the Tenth President of the Philippines on 30 December 1965. His inauguration marked the beginning of his two-decade long stay in power, even though the | Second term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Second term of the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Marcos' second term as President of the Philippines began on December 30, 1969, as a result of his winning the 1969 Philippine presidential election nearly two months earlier on November 11, 1969. Marcos was the first and last president of the Third Philippine Republic to win a second full term. The end of Marcos' second term was supposed to be in December 1973, which would also have been the end of his presidency because the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines allowed him to have only two four-year terms. However, Marcos issued |
Who was the first actress to win an Oscar for a performance entirely in a foreign language? | Cinema of Italy These directors' works often span many decades and genres. Present "auteurs" include Giuseppe Tornatore, Marco Bellocchio, Ermanno Olmi, Nanni Moretti, Gabriele Salvatores, Gianni Amelio, Dario Argento and Paolo Sorrentino. In 1961 Sophia Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as a woman who is raped in World War II, along with her adolescent daughter, in Vittorio De Sica's "Two Women". She was the first actress to win an Academy Award for a performance in any foreign language, and the second Italian leading lady Oscar-winner (after Anna Magnani). During the 1960s and 70s, Italian filmmakers Mario Bava, | Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress The awards were discontinued after the 4th Genie Awards. Initially, non-Canadian actresses were simply barred from being nominated in acting categories at all, but beginning with the 7th Genie Awards non-Canadian actresses instead became eligible for the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress The Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress was awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 1980 to 1983, for the best performance by non-Canadian actress in a Canadian film. The award and its Foreign Actor companion |
Stanford University is in which US state? | Stanford University Medical Center Stanford University Medical Center Stanford University Medical Center is a medical complex which includes Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children's Health. It is consistently ranked as one of the best hospitals in the United States and serves as a teaching hospital for the Stanford University School of Medicine. Stanford Health Care is located at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, California. It is consistently ranked as one of the best hospitals in the United States by US News and World Report and serves as the primary teaching hospital for the Stanford University School of Medicine. The facility, located at the north end | Stanford US–Russia Forum University of Rochester Wellesley College Yale University Far Eastern Federal University Institute for US and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN) Kazan Federal University Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO Moscow State University Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) National Research University Higher School of Economics New Economic School North-Eastern Federal University (Yakutsk) Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Saint Petersburg State University Samara State University Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Southern Federal University American University of Afghanistan Bocconi University Cambridge University London Business School University of Passau Stanford US–Russia Forum The Stanford |
What is the title of the 2000 film in which Bruce Willis plays a security guard who is the sole survivor of a train crash? | Unbreakable (film) Unbreakable (film) Unbreakable is a 2000 American superhero thriller film written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, alongside Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard. It is the first installment in the "Unbreakable" series. In "Unbreakable", a security guard named David Dunn survives a horrific train crash. After the incident, with the help of a disabled comic art gallery owner named Elijah Price, he learns that he possesses superhuman powers. The film follows Dunn trying to explore and confront his powers and his life thus far while trying to navigate | Sole Survivor (2000 film) Sole Survivor (2000 film) Sole Survivor also known as Dean Koontz's Sole Survivor is a Canadian science fiction Thriller film/mini-series adaptation of Dean Koontz's novel of the same name, made and released in 2000 and directed by Mikael Salomon. After the death of his wife and daughter in a plane crash, a newspaper reporter named Joe Carpenter discovers that the crash may have been related to a nefarious scientific experiment involving children. A woman, Rose Tucker, who claims she was a survivor of the crash, approaches at his wife's grave. This leads into a plot by the Quartermass organization to |
‘The Sunshine Showdown’ took place in January 1973 in Jamaica between Joe Frazier and which other boxer? | Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman, billed as "The Sunshine Showdown", was a professional boxing match in Jamaica contested on January 22, 1973 for the WBA, WBC and "The Ring" heavyweight championships. In a matchup of two undefeated future hall-of-famers, undisputed heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and the number one ranked heavyweight George Foreman reached an agreement in November 1972 for a January title fight in Jamaica's National Stadium. Frazier was 29–0 and had won 10 consecutive heavyweight title fights at the time of his match with Foreman, first winning the NYSAC heavyweight title in 1968 and | Joe Frazier Knockouts," mentioned in Billboard and recording a number of singles. Joe toured widely all over the USA and Europe including Ireland where among other places he performed in Donegal and Athy County Kildare, Ireland with his band. Joe Frazier and the Knockouts were also featured singing in a 1978 Miller beer commercial. Frazier sang at the 1978 Jerry Lewis Telethon and he sang the United States national anthem before the rematch between Ali and Leon Spinks on September 15, 1978. Joe Frazier Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944 – November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer |
Scientist Albert Einstein was born in which country? | Albert Einstein ATV Albert Einstein ATV The "Albert Einstein" ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 004 (ATV-004), was a European unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft, named after the German-born physicist Albert Einstein. It was built to supply the International Space Station (ISS) with propellant, water, air, and dry cargo, and also to reboost the station's altitude with its thrusters. It was the fourth and penultimate ATV to be built, following the "Edoardo Amaldi", which was launched in March 2012. "Albert Einstein"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s components were constructed in Turin, Italy, and Bremen, Germany, and underwent final assembly and testing in Bremen in 2012. The spacecraft left Bremen for | Albert Einstein in popular culture to be featured in the altered timeline in "Red Alert" and "" developing time travel technology for use by the Allies, and his fictional murder at the hands of the Soviets, also involving a time machine, is a central plot point of "". In "Mega Man", released in 1987, Dr. Wily's design is inspired by Albert Einstein, and was initially conceived to appear as a tall, thin scientist with a mustache, glasses, balding hair, and lab coat. In "Half-Life", one of the scientist models is based on Einstein's appearance. Albert Einstein in popular culture Albert Einstein has been the subject |
Diablo is another name for who? | El Diablo (comics) and Mike Parobeck. The third version (Chato Santana) first appeared in "El Diablo" #1 (September 2008) and was created by Jai Nitz, Phil Hester and Ande Parks. Lazarus Lane is the original iteration of El Diablo, operating in the later half of the 19th century in the American Old West. Lane was originally a bank teller who is nearly killed by a gang of thieves and put in a coma after being struck by lightning. After being revived by Native American shaman "Wise Owl", Lane becomes the vigilante El Diablo. The name El Diablo means "the devil" in Spanish. According | Mount Diablo Michael Sewell and Bob Walker. The mountain has inspired musical artists ranging from the Kronos Quartet to commissioned works by the California Symphony. The pop-punk band The Story So Far, who are from the area, have a song titled Mt. Diablo. The mountain's name is the source for the "Devils" part of the name of the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps, a 17 time Drum Corps International world champion corps, founded and based in Concord, California since 1957. David Brevik, head of Blizzard North, got the idea for the name of the Diablo game franchise from Mt. Diablo while |
What is the title of Alfred Hitchcock’s last completed film? | Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock Papers is housed at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library. The David O. Selznick and the Ernest Lehman collections housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, Texas, contain material related to Hitchcock's work on the production of "The Paradine Case", "Rebecca", "Spellbound", "North by Northwest" and "Family Plot." Seven films Six films Five films Four films Three films Two films Many of the British actors additionally appeared in some of the two dozen or so films Hitchcock worked on in other capacities, such as co-writer, title designer, art director and assistant director. Biographies "(chronological)" Miscellaneous Alfred Hitchcock | The World of Alfred Hitchcock Plot. The World of Alfred Hitchcock In the setting of his office at Universal Studios, Alfred Hitchcock shares his vision of what an artistic film should be in the framework of a commercial industry, the difference between suspense films and mystery films, his conception of eroticism and his vision of Scandinavian women. He also explains in details how he created the suspense in the famous sequence of North by Northwest in the corn field. The film contains an original interview with Bruce Dern, who describes Hitchcock’s method as a director, and film clips from North by Northwest, Frenzy, Topaz, and |
UK television fitness guru Diana Moran is better known by what name? | Diana Moran Diana Moran Diana Moran (born Diana Ruth Dicker; 11 June 1939) is an English model, fitness expert and journalist. In the 1960s and 1970s, Moran was a successful print and catwalk model. She also appeared as a TV announcer and newsreader for HTV West. Her greatest fame was achieved between 1983 and 1987, when she hosted the popular exercise segment of BBC1's "Breakfast Time" programme. Because of her trademark green leotard, she became known as "the Green Goddess". She issued a successful BBC book, record and video, "Get Fit With The Green Goddess". She presented a daily programme on the | Diana Moran breast cancer charities. Moran is also a patron of the Chertsey, Surrey-based radio station, Hospital Radio Wey. In 2011 Diana supported White Hat Rally to raise funds for ChildLine. As of 2009, she is still a regular writer and broadcaster on health and aging issues. In July 2015 Moran campaigned to raise awareness about breast cancer symptoms among women aged over seventy. Diana Moran Diana Moran (born Diana Ruth Dicker; 11 June 1939) is an English model, fitness expert and journalist. In the 1960s and 1970s, Moran was a successful print and catwalk model. She also appeared as a TV |
What is the name of Kathy Burke’s character in the UK television series ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’? | Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series) show is loosely based on Mike Leigh's play Abigail's Party. The series is repeated on UK television channel Gold. "Gimme Gimme Gimme" centres around loudmouthed Londoner Linda La Hughes (played by comedian and director Kathy Burke) and her gay flatmate, actor Tom Farrell (played by James Dreyfus). A modern twist on the traditional "odd couple" format, much of "Gimme Gimme Gimme's" humour springs from its lubricious innuendo subplot, which comes from the mouths of both Tom and Linda. Linda is characterised by her red perm, white glasses, and plump, lycra-clad figure. Boorish, unattractive Linda is convinced she is a "stunner"; | Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series) for the first two series and the special; the third series was directed by Tristram Shapeero. Gimme Gimme Gimme (TV series) Gimme Gimme Gimme is a BBC television sitcom by Tiger Aspect Productions that was first aired in three series from 1999 to 2001. It was written by Jonathan Harvey, who developed the series with Kathy Burke. The title from the show stems from both the main characters' continual search for a male partner, and the theme music is a cover of ABBA's "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)". The first two series were originally shown on BBC Two |
The Chao Phraya River is in which Asian country? | Chao Phraya River to survive. PCD rated water quality at the mouth of Chao Phraya at Bangkok's Bang Khun Thian District as "very poor", worse than in 2014. PCD findings indicated large amounts of wastewater were discharged into the river from households, industry, and agriculture. Chao Phraya River The Chao Phraya ( ; , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. On many old European maps, the river is named "Menam" or "Mae Nam" (Thai: แม่น้ำ), Thai for "river". James | Chao Phraya River upper Mekong was connected to Chao Phraya (rather than present-day lower Mekong) until the Quaternary, which explains the similarities in their river faunas. This included the Nan River basin, a tributary of the Chao Phraya, which is home to a number of taxa (for example, "Ambastaia nigrolineata" and "Sectoria") otherwise only known from Mekong. Of the fish species known from the Chao Phraya–Mae Klong, only about 50 are absent from the Mekong. There has been extensive habitat destruction (pollution, dams, and drainage for irrigation) in the Chao Phraya basin and overfishing also presents a problem. Within mainland Southeast Asia, the |
In which British country are there laws known as ‘Assembly Bills’? | Act of the National Assembly for Wales in Wales. When the power to make Acts of the Assembly commenced, the assembly lost the ability to make Measures under part 3 of the 2006 Act. Existing Measures will remain as law unless repealed. Bills may be introduced by Welsh Government, a committee of the Assembly, the Assembly Commission or by individual Assembly Members. Ballots are held to select which individual assembly members may present bills. Once a bill is introduced, there are four stages that need to be completed prior to the bill being submitted for royal assent. The first stage involves consideration of the general principles of | Islamic Consultative Assembly four gunmen which left seven to eight people injured. Both attacks took place around the same time and appear to have been coordinated. The Islamic Consultative Assembly can legislate laws on all issues within the limits of the Constitution. The Assembly cannot, for instance, enact laws contrary to the canons and principles of the official religion of the country (Islam) or to the Constitution. Government bills are presented to the Islamic Consultative Assembly after receiving the approval of the Council of Ministers. The Islamic Consultative Assembly has the right to investigate and examine all the affairs of the country. International |
Bare-nosed and Hairy-nosed are the two basic kinds of which marsupial? | Northern hairy-nosed wombat widely accepted common name is northern hairy-nosed wombat, based on the historical range of the species, as well as the fur, or "whiskers", on its nose. In some older literature, it is referred to as the Queensland hairy-nosed wombat. The northern hairy-nosed wombat shares its genus with one other extant species, the southern hairy-nosed wombat, while the common wombat is in the genus "Vombatus". Both "Lasiorhinus" species differ morphologically from the common wombat by their silkier fur, broader hairy noses, and longer ears. The koala is the most closely related marsupial to wombats, and is categorised in the same suborder, | Hairy-nosed otter near Tonle Sap. Working with Conservation International, they established a safe home for the rescued otter at the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre, but the otter, which had been frequently sick throughout its life in captivity, died of unknown causes in February 2010. Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre rescued another hairy-nosed otter in July 2010, and hope it will become part of a future captive breeding program. This is currently the only known hairy-nosed otter in captivity. Hairy-nosed otter The hairy-nosed otter ("Lutra sumatrana") is a semiaquatic mammal endemic to Southeast Asia and one of the rarest and least known |
Laslo Papp won three gold Olympic medals in which sport? | László Papp László Papp László Papp (25 March 1926 – 16 October 2003) was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest. A southpaw, he won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia. In his final Olympic competition, he beat José Torres later the professional light-heavyweight world champion, for the gold medal, to become the first boxer in Olympic history to win three successive gold medals. It was a remarkable run of Olympic Boxing supremacy, in that of his 13 Olympic fights, he won 12 of them | Beata Papp Beata Papp Beata Papp (born 22 April 1995) is a Finnish figure skater. She placed 15th at the 2010 World Junior Championships and won two medals at the Finnish Championships. Beata Papp was born on 22 April 1995 in Kuopio, Finland and moved to Canada in the summer of 2007. She is the daughter of a figure skating coach, Ulla, and has three siblings who have competed in the sport—Bela, Bettina, and Benjam. Papp won the Finnish national junior title in the 2009–10 season and was assigned to the 2010 World Junior Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. Ranked 20th in |
Who played Tom Powers in the 1931 film ‘The Public Enemy’? | The Public Enemy confront. The Public Enemy The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK) is a 1931 American all-talking pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook, and Joan Blondell. The film relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in prohibition-era urban America. The supporting players include Beryl Mercer, Murray Kinnell, and Mae Clarke. The screenplay is based on an unpublished novel by two former street thugs — "Beer and Blood" by John Bright and Kubec | The Public Enemy the film which cause title character Tony Soprano to become overwhelmed by feelings of grief following his mother's death. In 2003 the character of Tom Powers was among the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains, placing 42nd in the villain list. In 2008, the film appeared on one of the AFI's 10 Top 10 lists—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres. "The Public Enemy" was listed as the eighth best in the gangster film genre. The film was re-released in 1941 after the Production Code was put into effect. Three scenes from the film were cut because |
What was the first name of the husband of English novelist Virginia Woolf? | Virginia Woolf Jeweller" (originally titled "The Duchess and the Jew") has been considered anti-semitic. Yet Woolf and her husband Leonard came to despise and fear the 1930s fascism and antisemitism. Her 1938 book "Three Guineas" was an indictment of fascism and what Woolf described as a recurring propensity among patriarchal societies to enforce repressive societal mores by violence. Though at least one biography of Virginia Woolf appeared in her lifetime, the first authoritative study of her life was published in 1972 by her nephew Quentin Bell. Hermione Lee's 1996 biography "Virginia Woolf" provides a thorough and authoritative examination of Woolf's life and | From the Diary of Virginia Woolf From the Diary of Virginia Woolf From the Diary of Virginia Woolf is an eight-part song cycle written by Dominick Argento in 1974 for the English mezzo-soprano Janet Baker. The work won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975. The text of the songs comes from "A Writer's Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf", which was published in 1954. (The five-volume diaries edited by Anne Olivier Bell were not published until 1979.) The choice of a prose, rather than poetic, source for a text is a common theme for Argento, who did the same thing in his |
‘Refusing to ignore people in crisis’ is the slogan of which charity? | British Red Cross humanity so that individuals and communities can prepare for, deal with and recover from a crisis, summed up by the strapline 'refusing to ignore people in crisis'. In fulfilling this mission, all volunteers and staff must abide by the seven fundamental principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which are: The British Red Cross also has four values, which guide the way they work. These are: The British Red Cross was formed in 1870, just seven years after the formation of the international movement in Switzerland. This followed the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), and a | Crisis (charity) Crisis (charity) Crisis is the UK national charity for single homeless people. The charity offers year-round education, employment, housing and well-being services from centres in London, Newcastle, Oxford, Edinburgh and Merseyside, called Crisis Skylight Centres. As well as year-round services Crisis runs Crisis at Christmas, which since 1972 has been offering food, warmth, companionship and vital services to homeless people over the Christmas period. In 2016 almost 4,600 homeless people visited Crisis at Christmas, which was run by about 10,500 volunteers. Since its inception Crisis has been a campaigning organisation, lobbying government for political change that prevents and mitigates homelessness |
Edward VII was the only British monarch to have been born and died at which royal residence? | Funeral of King Edward VII Funeral of King Edward VII The funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India occurred on Friday, 20 May 1910. The funeral was the largest gathering of European royalty ever to take place, with representatives of 70 states, and the last before many royal families were deposed in World War I and its aftermath. King Edward VII had died on 6 May, and the funeral was held two weeks later. Huge crowds gathered to watch the procession, which passed from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where a small ceremony was | Edward VII its kind, the last." A royal train conveyed the King's coffin from London to Windsor Castle, where Edward VII was buried at St George's Chapel. Before his accession to the throne, Edward was the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. He was surpassed by his great-great-grandson Prince Charles on 20 April 2011. The title Prince of Wales is not automatically held by the heir apparent; it is bestowed by the reigning monarch at a time of his or her choosing. Edward was the longest-serving holder of that title until surpassed by Charles on 9 September 2017; Edward was Prince of |
What is mixed with soda water to make a spritzer? | Spritzer Spritzer A spritzer is a tall, chilled drink, usually made with white wine and carbonated water or sparkling mineral water. "Spritzer" is derived from the variant of the German language spoken in Austria, where the drink is very popular. It is used alongside the equally common form "Gespritzter" (mostly pronounced "G'spritzter", a noun derived from the past participle of "spritzen", i.e. squirt), a term also found in some German regions, such as Hessen (e.g. "Süssgespritzter", i.e. a "sweet spritzer" using fizzy lemonade instead of soda water ("Sauergespritzter")). In most of Germany, the word "Schorle" is used to denote a Spritzer. | Cream soda Cream soda Cream soda (also known as creme soda) is a sweet carbonated soft drink. Traditionally flavored with vanilla and raspberry and based on the taste of a classic soda, a wide range of variations can be found worldwide. A recipe for cream soda—written by E. M. Sheldon and published in "Michigan Farmer" in 1852—called for water, cream of tartar (tartaric acid), Epsom salts, sugar, egg, and milk, to be mixed, then heated, and when cool mixed with water and a quarter teaspoonful of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to make an effervescent drink. It was suggested as a temperance drink |
Cathy Hytner was the original ‘Letters Girl’ on which UK television quiz show? | Countdown (game show) co-host, who had also been on the programme since it began, left the show in December 2008, at the same time as Des O'Connor. She was replaced by Rachel Riley. Cathy Hytner originally placed letters on the board for the letters games and in series 1 and 2 Beverly Isherwood placed the numbers up on the board from series 3 Cathy Hytner put the numbers up on the board, in 1987 Karen Loughlin took over from Hytner but only lasted 3 series after this Lucy Summers took over but she only lasted 3 months and Countdown stayed they couldn’t be | The Weakest Link (UK game show) Alfie, along with Susan's mother and her husband, went on the show for a special family edition, after Michael forged all of their signatures to get on it. The real Anne Robinson was the host. The Weakest Link (UK game show) The Weakest Link is a British television quiz show, mainly broadcast on BBC Two as well as BBC One. It was devised by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning, and developed for television by the BBC Entertainment Department. The first original episode was broadcast on 14 August 2000. The show is presented by Anne Robinson and narrated by Jon Briggs. |
Square Leg is a position in which sport? | Leg cutter cricket as the physical arena in which the game is played limits the pace at which bowlers can bowl, and hence they must use other techniques to prevent the batsmen from scoring. Leg cutter A leg cutter is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is bowled by fast bowlers. A bowler releases a normal fast delivery with the wrist locked in position and the first two fingers positioned on top of the cricket ball, giving it spin about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the length of the pitch. For a leg cutter, a right-handed bowler pulls | Square Leg hit for no obvious reason. Operation Square Leg was one of the exercises used to estimate the destructiveness of a Soviet nuclear attack in the 1984 BBC production "Threads". Square Leg Square Leg was a 1980 British government home defence Command Post and field exercise, which tested the Transition to War and Home Defence roles of the Ministry of Defence and British government. Part of the exercise involved a mock nuclear attack on Britain. It was assumed that 131 nuclear weapons would fall on Britain with a total yield of 205 megatons (69 ground burst; 62 air burst) with yields |
Auld Reekie is the nickname for which Scottish city? | Auld Reekie Roller Girls Auld Reekie Roller Girls Auld Reekie Roller Girls (ARRG) is a women’s flat track roller derby league based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 2008, ARRG was the first Scottish Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) member. The league aims to create teams with the ability to compete locally and internationally at the highest levels. ARRG play by the rules of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, and were officially accepted as an Apprentice League on 5 October 2010. The league graduated as full members of the WFTDA on 1 September 2011. Formed in April 2008 the Auld Reekie Roller Girls | Bertie Auld regular guest on Celtic TV, the official television channel of Celtic FC. In November 2009 Auld was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. Celtic Birmingham City Partick Thistle Hibernian Bertie Auld Robert "Bertie" Auld (born 23 March 1938) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He was a member of Celtic's Lisbon Lions, which won the 1967 European Cup Final. As a player, he made more than 200 appearances in the Scottish League playing for Celtic, Dumbarton and Hibernian, and more than 100 in the Football League in England with Birmingham City. He also earned three caps |
Which English singer/songwriter, born in 1935, was the frontman for The Pirates? | Johnny Kidd (singer) Johnny Kidd (singer) Frederick Albert Heath (23 December 1935 – 7 October 1966), known professionally as Johnny Kidd, was an English singer–songwriter, best remembered as the lead vocalist for the rock and roll band Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. He was one of the few pre-Beatles British rockers to achieve worldwide fame, mainly for his 1960 hit, "Shakin' All Over". Frederick Albert "Freddie" Heath was born in 1935 in Willesden, North London, England. He began playing guitar in a skiffle group in about 1956. The group, known as "The Frantic Four" and later as "The Nutters", covered primarily skiffle, pop | Richard Walters (singer-songwriter) a new band project called Liu Bei, releasing one single ('Infatuation' b/w 'Atlas World') on UK label Trangressive in July 2014. Richard has collaborated extensively with UK producer Guy Sigsworth and US songwriter Dan Wilson, best known for writing 'Someone Like You' with Adele. Since 2015 Walters has co-written songs with a number of artists, including Gabrielle Aplin, Nina Nesbitt, Solomun, Alison Moyet, Way Out West and Apocalyptica. Richard Walters (singer-songwriter) Richard Walters is an English singer and multi-instrumentalist, born in Oxford. Walters fronted a number of bands in his teens before signing to Warner Chappell Music Publishing as frontman |
Which Cardinal gave Hampton Court Palace to King Henry VIII? | Hampton Court Palace railway station which is immediately to the south of Hampton Court Bridge in East Molesey, and by London bus routes 111, 216, 411 and R68. Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Building of the palace began in 1515 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the cardinal gave the palace to the King to check his disgrace; Henry VIII later enlarged it. Along with St James's Palace, it | The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace The Six Wives of Henry VIII Live at Hampton Court Palace The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace is a live album from English keyboardist and composer Rick Wakeman, released through Eagle Records on 5 October 2009. The album is a live recording of the second of two sold-out concerts on 2 May 2009 at Hampton Court Palace in London. It documents the first live performances of Wakeman's 1973 instrumental concept album "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" in its entirety, in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession to the throne. Wakeman performs |
Mother Gothel, Vladimir and Flynn Rider are all characters in which 2010 Disney film? | Mother Gothel Mother Gothel Mother Gothel is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures' 50th animated feature film "Tangled "(2010). The character is voiced by actress and singer Donna Murphy in her voice acting debut; Murphy auditioned for the role spontaneously upon learning from her agent that Disney was auditioning actresses for the film's villainous role. Loosely based on Dame Gothel in the German fairy tale "Rapunzel", Mother Gothel is a vain old woman who hoards the healing powers of a magical flower in order to remain young and beautiful for several years. When the flower is harvested in order | Mother Gothel has gone missing. With her life endangered and her age rapidly increasing, Gothel desperately pursues Rapunzel and Flynn. Enlisting the help of the Stabbington Brothers, a duo of muscular thieves who were once betrayed by Flynn, Gothel offers them both revenge on Flynn Rider and Rapunzel's gift once they agree to help her find them, not intending to keep the latter half of her promise as she only wants Rapunzel for herself. When her initial attempt to convince Rapunzel to return home with her fails, Gothel, upon a second encounter, tricks the Stabbington Brothers into immobilizing Flynn, later knocking them |
Who was appointed manager of the England football team in May 2012? | England national football team manager points total of one from three matches was its worst ever in the World Cup. England qualified for UEFA Euro 2016 in September 2015, following a 6–0 win over San Marino. On 27 June 2016, almost immediately after England were knocked out 2–1 by Iceland in the round of 16, Hodgson resigned as manager. On 22 July, Sam Allardyce was appointed England manager on a two-year contract. After only 67 days in the job, a video published by "The Daily Telegraph" showed Allardyce making insulting statements against former manager Roy Hodgson, and explaining how to circumvent regulations of The FA | England national football team manager manager, Italo Galbiati as assistant coach, Franco Tancredi as goalkeeping coach and Massimo Neri as fitness coach); he then appointed Englishman Stuart Pearce, the England under-21s coach, as an England coach, with Capello stating "From the start I made it clear that I wanted an English coach as part of my coaching team." The England manager may also involve himself in wider issues beyond the on-the-field team issues. The England manager is expected to advise the FA on how to approach the complex bidding system that surrounds the arrangement of fixtures for a qualifying campaign. On a more tactical level, |
Bump, Hook, Neck Shot and Wraps are all terms used in which sport? | Polo wraps Polo wraps Polo wraps are bandage materials, usually made of fleece, for a horse's legs. They can be quite stretchy compared to other bandaging materials, and are used mainly for protection during ridden work, longeing, and turnout. Polo wraps can be used for many tasks and disciplines: they protect against minor scrapes and bruises and help prevent irritation from sand or arena footing. Usually, polos are used without any padding underneath. Some common activities polo wraps are used in include: There are several different ways to apply a polo wrap. The methods differ primarily in the location the wrapping is | Hook shot Hook shot In basketball, a hook shot is a play in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Unlike the jump shot, it is shot with only one hand; the other arm is often used to create space between the shooter and the defensive player. The shot is quite difficult to block, but few players have mastered the shot more than a few feet from the basket. The hook shot was reportedly performed for |
In June 1957, John Diefenbaker became Prime Minister of which country? | John Diefenbaker with the Progressive Conservatives, he would have likely faced a quick defeat at the Commons. St. Laurent instead resigned, making Diefenbaker Prime Minister. When John Diefenbaker took office as Prime Minister of Canada on June 21, 1957, only one Progressive Conservative MP, Earl Rowe, had served in federal governmental office, for a brief period under Bennett in 1935. Rowe was no friend of Diefenbaker, and was given no place in his government. Diefenbaker appointed Ellen Fairclough as Secretary of State for Canada, the first woman to be appointed to a Cabinet post, and Michael Starr as Minister of Labour, the | 1957 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations were also discussed. This was the first Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference attended by Ghana, which had attained independence in March 1957. 1957 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference The 1957 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the ninth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in June 1957, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. The new Canadian prime minister, John Diefenbaker, proposes the intensification of trade relations within the Commonwealth. His call for an Empire Trade Conference were resisted by the British government which |
In 1960, which actress received the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles? | Hollywood Walk of Fame generate publicity and to demonstrate how the Walk would eventually look. The other seven names were Olive Borden, Ronald Colman, Louise Fazenda, Preston Foster, Burt Lancaster, Edward Sedgwick, and Ernest Torrence. Official groundbreaking took place on February 8, 1960. On March 28, 1960, the first permanent star, director Stanley Kramer's, was completed on the easternmost end of the new Walk near the intersection of Hollywood and Gower. The Joanne Woodward legend may have originated, according to one source, because she was the first to pose with her star for photographers. Though the Walk was originally conceived in part to encourage | Hollywood Walk of Fame star on the Walk of Fame bears the television emblem. Woolley did appear on the small screen late in his career, but his TV contributions were eclipsed by his extensive stage, film, and radio work. Similarly, the star of film actress Carmen Miranda bears the TV emblem, although her official category is motion pictures. Radio and television talk show host Larry King is officially a television honoree, but his star displays a film camera. The "Los Angeles Times", which documented and photographed the Walk as part of its Hollywood Star Walk project, reported that it could not find two stars, |
What is the name of the full-dress fur hat worn by hussars and footguard regiments of the British Army? | Uniforms of the British Army Dragoon Guards wear metal helmets with plumes, the plumes variously coloured to distinguish them. The Kings Royal Hussars, Queen's Royal Hussars, Light Dragoons, the Royal Horse Artillery and the light cavalry section of the Honourable Artillery Company wear a black fur busby, with different coloured plumes and bags (this is the coloured lining of the busby that is pulled out and displayed on the left hand side of the busby), as do the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the Royal Signals, despite not being hussar regiments. As the uniforms of Rifles regiments traditionally aped those of the hussars, a somewhat | Uniforms of the British Army Numbers 3, 10 and 11 dress (and with Number 2 and 6 dress on formal parades). Originally issued as a field uniform (see [[Service Dress (British Army)]]), this uniform is worn for most formal duties by all units. No.2 dress consists, for most corps and regiments, of a khaki jacket, shirt and tie with trousers or a skirt. The Royal Regiment of Scotland wear a special pattern of jacket with a cut away front, worn with a regimental tartan [[kilt]] or [[trews]]. Coloured trousers are worn by some units: crimson by the [[King's Royal Hussars]] and dark green by the |
Bess Wallace was the wife of which US President? | Bess Truman Bess Truman Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman ("née" Wallace; February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982) was the wife of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She also served as the Second Lady of the United States in 1945. She had known her future husband since they were children attending the same school in Independence, Missouri. As First Lady, she did not enjoy the social and political scene in Washington, and at the end of her husband's term in 1953, she was relieved to return to Independence. She currently holds | Bess Truman the record of longest-lived First Lady and longest-lived Second Lady, at . She died in Independence, Missouri. Bess Truman was born Elizabeth Virginia Wallace on February 13, 1885, to David Willock Wallace (1860–1903) and his wife, the former Margaret Elizabeth Gates (1862–1952), in Independence, Missouri, and was known as Bessie during her childhood. She was the eldest of four; three brothers: Frank Gates Wallace, (March 4, 1887 – August 12, 1960), George Porterfield Wallace, (May 1, 1892 – May 24, 1963), David Frederick Wallace, (January 7, 1900 – September 30, 1957). Bess had a reputation as a tomboy as a |
The latissimus muscle is in which part of the human body? | Latissimus dorsi muscle Latissimus dorsi muscle The latissimus dorsi () is a large, flat muscle on the back that stretches to the sides, behind the arm, and is partly covered by the trapezius on the back near the midline. The word latissimus dorsi (plural: "latissimi dorsi") comes from Latin and means "broadest [muscle] of the back", from "latissimus" ()' and "dorsum" (). The pair of muscles are commonly known as "lats", especially among bodybuilders. The latissimus dorsi is the largest muscle in the upper body. The latissimus dorsi is responsible for extension, adduction, transverse extension also known as horizontal abduction, flexion from an | Latissimus dorsi muscle An absent or hypoplastic latissimus dorsi can be one of the associated symptoms of Poland's syndrome. For heart patients with low cardiac output and who are not candidates for cardiac transplantation, a procedure called "cardiomyoplasty" may support the failing heart. This procedure involves wrapping the latissimus dorsi muscles around the heart and electrostimulating them in synchrony with ventricular systole. Injuries to the latissimus dorsi are rare. They occur disproportionately in baseball pitchers. Diagnosis can be achieved by visualization of the muscle and movement testing. MRI of the shoulder girdle will confirm the diagnosis. Muscle belly injuries are treated with rehabilitation |
What is the title of the 2006 follow-up novel to ‘The Queen and I’ by British author Sue Townsend? | The Queen and I (novel) the Election instead, as indeed actually happened, and John Major has remained Prime Minister. In 2006 a sequel, "Queen Camilla", was published. The novel ignores the revelation that Hell Close was all a dream, and depicts the royal family as still living there, with Jack Barker still in power. The Queen and I (novel) The Queen and I is a 1992 novel/play written by Sue Townsend. The setting is the United Kingdom, after the 1992 General Election, where the House of Windsor has just been deprived of its Royal status by the People's Republican Party and its members made to | The Queen and I (novel) The Queen and I (novel) The Queen and I is a 1992 novel/play written by Sue Townsend. The setting is the United Kingdom, after the 1992 General Election, where the House of Windsor has just been deprived of its Royal status by the People's Republican Party and its members made to live like normal citizens. After a People's Republican Party government is elected by the British people, who were influenced by subliminal messages sent through their TV sets by members of the television technicians' union manipulated by Jack Barker, the Royal Family has to leave Buckingham Palace and must move |
What is the name of the drunken tinker in and for who the play ‘The Taming of the Shrew’, by William Shakespeare, is performed? | The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly's diversion. The main plot depicts the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship; however, Petruchio "tames" her with various psychological torments, such | The Taming of the Shrew on screen suggestions from audience members. "The Taming of the Shrew" episode was the basis of a two-part Roundhouse Theatre workshop starring Suzanne Bertish and Daniel Massey, which addressed whether or not the play demeans women, or depicts how they are demeaned in society. In 1986, the television series "Moonlighting" produced an episode entitled "Atomic Shakespeare", written by Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno (with a writing credit for William 'Budd' Shakespeare), and directed by Will Mackenzie. The episode recasts the show's main characters in a self-referential comedic parody of "The Taming of the Shrew". The episode opens with a boy who is |
Lady Rosaline, Lady Maria and Lady Katherine are all characters in which Shakespeare play? | Rosaline similarities between them: both are described as beautiful, and both have a way of avoiding men's romantic advances. Rosaline in "Love's Labours Lost" constantly rebuffs her suitor's advances and Romeo's Rosaline remains distant and chaste in his brief descriptions of her. These similarities have led some to wonder whether they are based on a woman Shakespeare actually knew, possibly the Dark Lady described in his sonnets, but there is no strong evidence of this connection. Analysts note that Rosaline acts as a plot device, by motivating Romeo to sneak into the Capulet party where he will meet Juliet. Without her, | Lady Katherine Grey Lady Katherine Grey Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford (25 August 1540 – 26 January 1568), born Lady Katherine Grey, was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. A granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary, she emerged as a prospective successor to her cousin, Elizabeth I of England, before incurring Queen Elizabeth's wrath by secretly marrying Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford. Arrested after the Queen was informed of their clandestine marriage, Katherine ("as" Lady Hertford) lived in captivity until her death, having borne two sons in the Tower of London. Lady Katherine was born at Bradgate Park, near Leicester, the |
In the opening scene of which Shakespeare play does Hermia refuse to marry Demetrius, who her father has chosen for her, because she wishes to marry Lysander? | Hermia Hermia Hermia is a fictional character from Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream". She is a girl of ancient Athens named for Hermes, the Greek god of trade. Hermia is caught in a romantic entanglement where she loves one man, Lysander, but is being courted by another, Demetrius, whose feelings she does not return. Though she loves Lysander, Hermia's father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius and has appealed to Theseus, the Duke of Athens, for support. Under Athenian law, Hermia's refusal of her father's command would result in her being put to death or being banished to a nunnery. | Hermia quest for Helena's hand. With both Demetrius and Lysander pursuing her, Helena becomes angry. Because Lysander's love for Hermia was so great and Demetrius had been wooing her in accordance with her father's wishes, Helena believes that they are cruelly mocking her. When Hermia returns to the scene, Helena accuses her of being part of the joke. Hermia feels betrayed by the accusation and asserts that she would never hurt her friend that way. Accusations and challenges fly between Lysander and Demetrius and between Helena and Hermia. Hermia now thinks the two swains prefer Helena because she is taller and |
In the Shakespeare play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ what is the name of Sir John Falstaff’s page? | Sir John in Love appears, with his "bride", who is actually Falstaff's page, Robin. Fenton and Anne finally appear, and reveal to all that they are officially married. The opera ends with a chorus of reconciliation. Notes Sources Sir John in Love Sir John in Love is an opera in four acts by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The libretto, by the composer himself, is based on Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and supplemented with texts by Philip Sidney, Thomas Middleton, Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher. The music deploys English folk tunes, including "Greensleeves". Originally titled "The Fat Knight", the opera | The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a reference to the town of Windsor, also the location of Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, England. Though nominally set in the reign of Henry IV, the play makes no pretense to exist outside contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It features the character Sir John Falstaff, the fat knight who had previously been featured in "Henry IV, Part 1" and "Part 2". |
What is the name of Hamlet’s best friend in the Shakespeare play ‘Hamlet’? | Characters in Hamlet original "good" printings of the play are in disagreement whether the clergyman is Protestant or Catholic. He is a commander in Fortinbras' invading army, and is assigned by Fortinbras to get the license from Claudius for Fortinbras's army to be in Denmark. The sailors are two pirates who deliver a letter from Hamlet to Horatio, informing Horatio that Hamlet has returned to Denmark. They appear in the final scene to report that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. All references to "Hamlet", unless otherwise specified, are taken from the Arden Shakespeare "Q2" (Thompson and Taylor, 2006a). Under their referencing system, 3.1.55 | Characters in Hamlet means act 3, scene 1, line 55. References to the First Quarto and First Folio are marked "Hamlet "Q1"" and "Hamlet "F1"", respectively, and are taken from the Arden Shakespeare "Hamlet: the texts of 1603 and 1623" (Thompson and Taylor, 2006b). Their referencing system for "Q1" has no act breaks, so 7.115 means scene 7, line 115. Characters in Hamlet What follows is an overview of the main characters in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", followed by a list and summary of the minor characters from the play. Three different early versions of the play survive: known as the First Quarto ("Q1"), |
In the Shakespeare play ‘Othello’, what was Othello’s first gift to Desdemona? | Othello and questions the men as to what happened. Othello blames Cassio for the disturbance and strips him of his rank. Cassio is distraught. Iago persuades Cassio to ask Desdemona to convince her husband to reinstate Cassio. Iago now persuades Othello to be suspicious of Cassio and Desdemona. When Desdemona drops a handkerchief (the first gift given to her by Othello), Emilia finds it, and gives it to her husband Iago, at his request, unaware of what he plans to do with it. Othello reenters and vows with Iago for the death of Desdemona and Cassio, after which he makes Iago | Othello that opposition of Brabantio to Desdemona marrying Othello-a respected and honoured general-cannot make sense except in racial terms, citing the scene where Brabantio accuses Othello of using witchcraft to make his daughter fall in love with him, saying it is "unnatural" for Desdemona to desire Othello's "sooty bosom". Singh argued that since people with dark complexions are common in the Mediterranean area that for a Venetian senator like Brabantio to oppose Desdemona marrying Othello for merely being swarthy makes no sense, and that character of Othello was intended to be black. Michael Neill, editor of "The Oxford Shakespeare", notes that |
In the Shakespeare play ‘Macbeth’, which character carries Macbeth’s head on stage? | Macbeth (character) hold, enough!" In the ensuing duel, Macduff kills Macbeth and cuts off his head. In the comic book series "Kill Shakespeare", Macbeth is a minor character. In the story, he is in a power struggle with Richard III, but he does not realise that his wife Lady Macbeth is plotting with Richard behind his back. Lady Macbeth eventually kills Macbeth to gain control of his armies to aid Richard in his plot to kill William Shakespeare. In the 1991 film "Men of Respect", the character of Macbeth is transported from the Scottish Highlands to the Mean Streets of New York. | Macbeth in popular culture Macbeth in popular culture The figure of Macbeth and related themes from the tragic play by William Shakespeare have appeared in many examples of popular culture since being authored by Shakespeare in the early 16th century. The earliest known film "Macbeth" was 1905's American short "Death Scene From Macbeth", and short versions were produced in Italy in 1909 and France in 1910. Two notable early versions are lost: Ludwig Landmann produced a 47-minute version in Germany in 1913, and D. W. Griffith produced a 1916 version in America featuring the noted stage actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Tree is said to |
The plot of Robert Greene’s prose romance ‘Pandosto: The Triumph of Time’ is said to be the inspiration for which Shakespeare play? | Pandosto Pandosto Pandosto: The Triumph of Time is a prose romance written by the English author Robert Greene, first published in 1588. A later edition of 1607 was re-titled "Dorastus and Fawnia". Popular during the time of William Shakespeare, the work's plot was an inspiration for that of Shakespeare's play "The Winter's Tale". Greene, in turn, may have based the work on "The Clerk's Tale", one of "The Canterbury Tales" of Chaucer. Edward Chaney suggested that Robert Greene when writing "Pandosto" may have had in mind the Earl of Oxford's suspicions about the paternity of his daughter (granddaughter of Lord Burghley) | The Winter's Tale the last scene's coup de théâtre involving the statue, creates a distinctive thematic divergence from "Pandosto". Greene follows the usual ethos of Hellenistic romance, in which the return of a lost prince or princess restores order and provides a sense of humour and closure that evokes Providence's control. Shakespeare, by contrast, sets in the foreground the restoration of the older, indeed aged, generation, in the reunion of Leontes and Hermione. Leontes not only lives, but seems to insist on the happy ending of the play. It has been suggested that the use of a pastoral romance from the 1590s indicates |
Who wrote the majority of the books of the New Testament of the Bible? | Development of the New Testament canon includes an explicit list of canonical books. Many Evangelical Christian groups (which have their origin in c. 1730 England) do not accept the theory that the Christian Bible was not known until various local and Ecumenical Councils, which they deem to be "Roman-dominated", made their official declarations. These groups believe that the New Testament supports that Paul (2 Timothy 4:11–13), Peter (2 Peter 3:15–16), and ultimately John (Revelation 22:18–19) finalized the canon of the New Testament. Some note that Peter, John, and Paul wrote 20 (or 21) of the 27-books of the NT and personally knew all the other NT | The Books of the Bible and medieval Church; they became an issue only with later editors and publishers." The order of the biblical books still differs between some ecclesiastical traditions today. Some earlier editions of the Bible also presented the books in non-traditional orders: "The Modern Readers' Bible"; "The Bible Designed to Be Read as Living Literature"; "The Twentieth Century New Testament"; and "The Original New Testament". "The Books of the Bible", again according to its Preface, seeks to "order the books in such a way that their literary types, the historical circumstances in which they were composed and the theological traditions out of which |
After how many games in a professional tennis match are the balls first replaced? | Longest tennis match records Longest tennis match records This article details longest tennis match records by duration or number of games. The 1973 introduction of the tiebreak reduced the opportunity for such records to be broken. However, among the Grand Slams, only the US Open uses the tiebreak in the final set; the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon instead use the advantage set rules in the final set, which allows for an indefinite number of games until one player is ahead by two. Only two professional competitive matches have lasted longer than seven hours and 13 matches have lasted longer than six | The Stars' Tennis Balls The Stars' Tennis Balls The Stars' Tennis Balls is a psychological thriller novel by Stephen Fry, first published in 2000. In the United States, the title was changed to Revenge. The story is a modern adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo", which was in turn based on a contemporary legend. The original title comes from a quotation taken from John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi", which reads: "We are merely the stars' tennis balls, struck and bandied which way please them." The novel is dedicated "To M'Colleague" (meaning Hugh Laurie, "M'Colleague" being the name by which Fry |
What is the title of the first feature film directed by Sam Mendes? | Sam Mendes Sam Mendes Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director best known for directing the drama film "American Beauty" (1999), which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the crime film "Road to Perdition" (2002), and the "James Bond" films "Skyfall" (2012) and "Spectre" (2015). He also is known for dark re-inventions of the stage musicals "Cabaret" (1994), "Oliver!" (1994), "Company" (1995), and "" (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2013). In 2000 Mendes was appointed | Sam Mendes In 2005, Mendes directed the war film "Jarhead", in association with his production company Neal Street Productions. The film received mixed reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 61%, and a gross revenue of US$96.9 million worldwide. The film focused on the boredom and other psychological challenges of wartime. In 2008 Mendes directed "Revolutionary Road", starring his then-wife, Kate Winslet, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kathy Bates. In a January 2009 interview, Mendes commented, about directing his wife for the first time, "I would open my eyes in the morning and there Kate would be, going, 'Great! You're awake! Now |
What is the title of Abba’s last UK number one hit single? | ABBA The second single from the album, "Super Trouper", also hit number-one in the UK, becoming the group's ninth and final UK chart-topper. Another track from the "Super Trouper" album, "Lay All Your Love on Me", released in 1981 as a single only in selected territories, managed to top the "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play chart and peaked at number-seven on the UK singles chart becoming, at the time, the highest ever charting release in UK chart history. Also in 1980, ABBA recorded a compilation of Spanish-language versions of their hits called "Gracias Por La Música". This was released in Spanish-speaking | Number Ones (ABBA album) length version of "Summer Night City" (originally released on the "Thank You for the Music" box set) and an additional track "Ring Ring", which, oddly enough, was never a big hit in that territory. A limited edition, also released in the UK, includes a bonus disc with 12 tracks from ABBA's #1 albums. In Taiwan, a hidden track follows "I Have a Dream". This hidden track, titled "ABBA Remix" and running for 3:31, is a medley of the choruses of the 18 songs on the CD. UK Gold, 100,000 Number Ones (ABBA album) Number Ones is a compilation album of |
Ian Botham played his last professional cricket match for which English team? | Ian Botham Ian Botham Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is an English former cricketer and current cricket commentator. Widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day International cricket. He played most of his first-class cricket for Somerset, and also for Worcestershire, Durham and Queensland. He was an aggressive right-handed batsman and, as a right arm fast-medium bowler, was noted for his swing bowling. He generally fielded close to the wicket, predominantly in the slips. In Test cricket, Botham scored 14 centuries with a highest score of 208, | Ian Botham campaign funded by the grouse shooting industry, after Packham had highlighted the industry's involvement in the illegal killing of endangered species of birds of prey. Botham is a staunch supporter of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. He appeared at a number of pro-leave campaign events in the run-up the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016. Ian Botham Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is an English former cricketer and current cricket commentator. Widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day International cricket. He played |
What was the first name of famous German scientist Einstein? | Napoleon Einstein under-19 tournaments and has been selected for the Indian team for the under-19 World cup to be held in Malaysia in Feb 2008. India went on to win the under-19 world cup. Napoleon's personal explanation of his unusual name. "My grandfather was a scientist. He wrote a letter to Albert Einstein and even got a reply from him. I've got no idea [what the letter was about] even though I've read it. My mother was a physics graduate and she teaches Physics in one of the schools. So I'm Einstein. Napoleon is my father's name." "We don't believe in God. | Albert Einstein in popular culture including his wild hairstyle, dapper mustache, and eyes. However, his accent is often confused for being German because of these similarities. Like his G1 counterpart and Einstein alike, he is one of the most intelligent members of his team, and is an accomplished scientist and inventor. However, his onscreen name "Que" was derived from Professor Q, a James Bond character, who also inspired Wheeljack/Que's overall character. A holographic representation of Einstein, played by Jim Norton, appeared in two episodes of "". He first appears to debate physics with Reginald Barclay in The Nth Degree. Norton returns in the first part |
‘Taim I’ngra leat’ is Irish for what? | Is This What I Get For Loving You? direction from the typical love songs usually recorded by the Ronettes, "Is This What I Get For Loving You?" was the only Ronettes single to revolve around the depression which sets in after the ending of a relationship. Their other singles, such as "Be My Baby", "Baby, I Love You", and "Do I Love You?", had featured a more up-beat, positive attitude towards love, while "Is This What I Get For Loving You?" moved The Ronettes into a different, more mature direction. Unfortunately, this attempt to bring a more mature image of the group proved to be unsuccessful. "Is This | Taim Hasan his wife the actress Dima Bayaa announced their divorce after 10 years of marriage. Their fans were shocked because people thought this is one of the perfect marriages in the world of celebrities. Taim is the lead character in the hit Lebanese series Al Hayba which features many well known Arab celebrities such as Nadine Nassib Njeim, Muna Wassef, and Valerie Abou Chacra. Taim Hasan Taim Hasan () (born February 17, 1976) is a prominent Syrian actor, known for his distinct dramatic roles in Syria and the Arab world. Hassan achieved fame in Syria through a number of highly acclaimed |
Acute viral nasopharyngitis is a medical term for which common ailment? | Post-viral cough disappeared. Post-viral cough can be resistant to treatment. Post-viral cough usually goes away on its own; however, cough suppressants containing codeine may be prescribed. A study has claimed theobromine is more effective. Post-viral cough A post-viral cough is a lingering cough that follows a viral respiratory tract infection, such as a common cold or flu and lasting up to eight weeks. Post-viral cough is a clinically recognized condition represented within the European medical literature. Patients usually experience repeated episodes of post-viral cough. The heightened sensitivity in the respiratory tract is demonstrated by inhalation cough challenge. One possible cause for post-viral | AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, commonly called AMDA and previously called AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine and American Medical Directors Association, is a medical specialty professional organization with a focus on providing long-term care. The society publishes the "Journal of the American Medical Directors Association". An affiliate of AMDA – Dedicated to Long Term Care Medicine, the American Medical Directors Certification Program (AMDCP) accredits Certified Medical Directors (CMD) in long-term care. The AMDCP’s mission is “to recognize and advance physician leadership and |
At the age of 22 years and 47 days who was the youngest captain of the England football team? | History of the England national football team and England turned in a respectable performance in the 1962 World Cup, losing in the quarter-finals to eventual winners Brazil. By now, more young players were making their mark, including elegant young defender Bobby Moore. Indeed, the squad taken by England to Chile was the youngest, on average, ever taken to a major tournament, with no player over the age of 29. The oldest featured player was the 28-year-old Maurice Norman. After Winterbottom retired in 1962, former captain Alf Ramsey was appointed and crucially won the right to choose the squad and team himself, taking that role away from the | History of the England cricket team to 1939 to 47 all out. M.P. Bowden remains the youngest man to captain England, at just 23 years and 144 days. Johnny Briggs took 7 for 17 and 8 for 11 at Cape Town, 14 bowled and 1 LBW. Four ball overs gave way to five ball overs in the 1890s and to six ball overs in Australia, as the game continued to develop quickly. England won the 1890 Ashes series 2–0, although Jack Barrett carried his bat for 67 through Australia's second innings of 176 at Lord's. W. G. Grace was out second ball in the first innings but saw |
What colour is a fifty ‘pounds’ Monopoly bank note? | Hong Kong fifty-dollar note denomination. They were resumed by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in 1968 the Standard Chartered Bank in 1970 as a blue note. This was then changed to purple in 1985 with a new smaller version and then to the current green issue in 2004. The Bank of China issued their version in 1994. The colour was made uniform when green for all banknotes was adopted. Hong Kong fifty-dollar note The fifty-dollar note was first issued undated in the 1860s by the Oriental Bank Corporation, the Mercantile Bank, the Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) but a confirmed date for this | Australian fifty-dollar note the coming years. On 15 February 2018, the Reserve Bank of Australia unveiled the design of the new $50 banknote, after earlier releasing updated versions of the $5 and $10 polymer banknotes in September 2016 and September 2017 respectively. The note features updated security features and portraits of Edith Cowan and David Unaipon. The note was released into circulation on 18 October 2018. Australian fifty-dollar note The Australian fifty-dollar note is an Australian banknote with a face value of fifty Australian dollars (A$50). It is currently a polymer banknote, featuring portraits of David Unaipon and Edith Cowan. There was no |
Which is the only state in the US that commercially grows coffee? | Coffee production in Hawaii Coffee production in Hawaii One of only two states in the United States of America able to grow coffee plants commercially is Hawaii, the other being California. However, it is not the only coffee grown on U.S. soil; for example, Puerto Rico has had a coffee industry for some time, although it is not a state but a U.S. territory. Ramiro L. Colon worked in the coffee industry of Puerto Rico since 1925, for example. There are two other experimental coffee growing projects taking place in the United States in Santa Barbara, CA and in Georgia. Don Francisco de Paula | Shade-grown coffee Shade-grown coffee Shade-grown coffee is a form of the beverage produced from coffee plants grown under a canopy of trees. A canopy of assorted types of shade trees is created to cultivate shade-grown coffee. Because it incorporates principles of natural ecology to promote natural ecological relationships, shade-grown coffee can be considered an offshoot of agricultural permaculture or agroforestry. The resulting coffee is usually sold as "shade-grown". Coffee (especially "Coffea arabica") is a small tree or shrub that grows in the forest understory in its wild form, and traditionally was grown commercially under other trees that provided shade. Since the mid-1970s, |
‘The ‘what’ Tree’ is a 1987 album by U2? | U2 by U2 "The Unforgettable Fire". The second half of the book opens with 1986–87: Luminous Times, which talks about the release of "The Joshua Tree", the band's most popular and critically acclaimed album. Chapter eight, 1987–89: Outside Is America, talks about the cinematic album and documentary "Rattle and Hum". The ninth chapter, 1990–93: Sliding Down the Surface of Things, is about a time when the band changed their sound. A lot of U2 fans did not like the changes they were making but they continued to tell the Faustian story in spite of it. Bono and The Edge composed music for "", | 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) is the debut studio album by British electronic band The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (the JAMs), later known as the KLF. "1987" was produced using extensive unauthorised samples that plagiarized a wide range of musical works, continuing a theme begun in the JAMs' debut single "All You Need Is Love". These samples provided a deliberately provocative backdrop for beatbox rhythms and cryptic, political raps. The album was released to mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. Shortly after independent release in June 1987, the JAMs |
In the UK in pre-decimal currency how many farthings were in a shilling? | Decimalisation into 4 farthings. There were nineteen different fractions of a pound of a whole number of pence. For example, a third, quarter, fifth and sixth of a pound were respectively 80, 60, 48, and 40 pence, normally written as shillings and pence: 6/8, 5/-, 4/-, and 3/4. There were eight additional fractions which were a whole number of farthings (for example, one sixty-fourth of a pound was three pence three farthings, written d). Russia converted to a decimal currency under Tsar Peter the Great in 1704, with the ruble being equal to 100 kopeks, thus making the Russian ruble the | Twopence (British pre-decimal coin) Twopence (British pre-decimal coin) The pre-decimal twopence (2d) was a coin worth one one-hundred-and-twentieth of a pound sterling, or two pence. It was a short-lived denomination, only being minted in 1797 by Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint. Before Decimal Day in 1971, two hundred and forty pence equaled one pound sterling. Twelve pence made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. Values less than a pound were usually written in terms of shillings and pence, e.g. forty-two pence would be three shillings and six pence (3/6), pronounced "three and six". Values of less than a shilling were simply written in |
Harrisburg is the capital of which US state? | Capital Beltway (Harrisburg) Capital Beltway (Harrisburg) The Capital Beltway is a beltway surrounding Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is co-designated as Interstate 81 (I-81), I-83, U.S. Route 11 (US 11), US 322, and Pennsylvania Route 581 (PA 581) at various locations along the route. The beltway is primarily located in the suburbs of Harrisburg; however, part of its southern leg passes along the southern edge of downtown. The southwestern section of the highway is named the Harrisburg Expressway. All of the beltway was complete by 1995; however, it was not designated as the Capital Beltway until 1997. The Capital Beltway begins | Capital Beltway (Harrisburg) at the interchange of the eastern terminus of PA 581 and I-83 west of Harrisburg in Lemoyne. This junction is colloquially known as the "York split". From the split, the beltway crosses the Susquehanna River on the John Harris Bridge, connecting Harrisburg to its west shore (a colloquialism of the western bank of the Susquehanna across from Harrisburg) suburbs of the city. Continuing on I-83, the beltway parallels Paxton Street (formerly US 322), passing the Harrisburg Mall as the road approaches the Eisenhower Interchange. At the junction, the Capital Beltway continues on I-83 as it turns north, while beginning a |
The 2009 album ‘Journal for Plague Lovers’ was released by which band? | Journal for Plague Lovers Journal for Plague Lovers Journal for Plague Lovers is the ninth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released in May 2009 by record label Columbia. Recorded between October 2008 and February 2009 and produced by Steve Albini and Dave Eringa, it features exclusively posthumous-published lyrics by Richey Edwards, who disappeared on 1 February 1995 and was presumed deceased in 2008. It is the only Manic Street Preachers album in which the lyrics for every song were written solely by Edwards. The album received a very positive critical reception and debuted at number 3 in the UK | Journal for Plague Lovers commended the album for its sense of hope: ""Journal for Plague Lovers" winds up being "The Holy Bible" in reverse: every moment of despair is a reason to keep on living instead of an excuse to pack it all in." "Journal for Plague Lovers" was placed at number 10 on Metacritic's list of the fifty best-reviewed albums of 2009, and was placed on numerous critics' ranking lists for the year, particularly from British music magazines: Tracks from "Journal for Plague Lovers" have been remixed by a number of artists, and the "Journal for Plague Lovers Remixes" EP was released on |
Challis, Loden and Cheviot are all types of which fabric? | Challis (fabric) Challis (fabric) Challis, sometimes referred to as challie or chally, is a lightweight woven fabric, originally a silk-and-wool blend, which can also be made from a single fibre, such as cotton, silk or wool, or from man-made fabrics such as rayon. It was first manufactured in Norwich, England, in about 1832, when it was designed as a thin, soft material similar to Norwich crape, but matt-textured rather than glossy, and more pliable. It was being exported to Australia in 1833. Challis could be made with woven designs, or printed. 'French challis' has a glossy finish. The designs were often floral, | Barbara Loden the notorious Loden scene, with Broadway stage actress Janice Rule replacing Loden. Neither Loden nor Sydney Pollack was credited on the film. All that remains of the lost scene are still photos taken on the set, which appear in the 2014 documentary "The Story of The Swimmer", by Chris Innis. While on safari with Kazan in 1966, a mutual friend, Harry Schuster, offered Loden $100,000 to make her own movie. Encouraged, she wrote the screenplay for "Wanda". The story, an existential rumination on a poverty-stricken woman adrift in Pennsylvania coal country, did not attract any potential directors to the project, |
The headquarters of IT company Viglen double up as one of the filming locations of which British reality television show? | Viglen its London headquarters in Wembley to Colney Street near St. Albans, into a building which also houses its fabrication plant. On 1 July 2009, Lord Sugar resigned as the chairman of Viglen (and most of his other companies), handing over the reins of the company to longtime associate Claude Littner. XMA, part of the Westcoast Group, merged with Viglen in 2014. The new headquarters doubles up as one of the filming locations for the hit BBC show "The Apprentice", with various scenes including the infamous "job interviews" being set there. The "walk of shame" exit sequence at the end of | Viglen Viglen Viglen Ltd provides IT products and services, including storage systems, servers, workstations and data/voice communications equipment and services. The British company was formed in 1975 by Vigen Boyadjian and was acquired by Alan Sugar (later Lord Sugar)'s company Amstrad in 1994. During the 1980s, the company specialised in direct sales through multi page advertisements in leading computer magazines, catering particularly, but not exclusively, to owners of Acorn computers. In 1997, it was listed as a public limited company, and Amstrad plc shares were split into Viglen and Betacom shares, Betacom being renamed to Amstrad PLC. Following the sale of |
Which element changes a person’s voice when inhaled, making it sound much higher? | Sulfur hexafluoride the gas's large molar mass. Unlike helium, which has a molar mass of about 4 grams/mol and gives the voice a childish and a "chipmunk like" quality, has a molar mass of about 146 g/mol, and the speed of sound through the gas is about 134 m/s at room temperature, giving the voice a "demonic" quality when is inhaled. For comparison, the molar mass of air, which is about 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen, is approximately 30 g/mol which leads to a speed of sound of 343 m/s. Sulfur hexafluoride has an anesthetic potency slightly lower than nitrous oxide. Sulfur | S Voice set of Web services. It is based on the Vlingo personal assistant. The Galaxy S5 and later Samsung Android devices, S Voice runs on Nuance instead of Vlingo. Some of the capabilities of S Voice include making appointments, opening apps, setting alarms, updating social network websites such as Facebook or Twitter and navigation. S Voice also offers multitasking as well as automatic activation features, for example, when the car engine is started. In a disclaimer that pops up on first opening S Voice, Samsung states that the app is provided by a third party which it does not name. In |
The first US execution by lethal injection was carried out in December 1982 in which state? | Capital punishment in Texas Capital punishment in Texas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas. In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in the world to carry out an execution by lethal injection, when it put to death Charles Brooks Jr.. It was the first execution in the state since 1964. Texas, which is the second most populous state of the Union, has executed 558 offenders from the U.S. capital punishment resumption in 1976 (beginning in 1982 with the Brooks execution) to December 11, 2018 (the Alvin Avon Braziel, Jr. execution), more than a third of the national | Lethal Injection Secrecy Act 2, 2016, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request from Brandon Astor Jones' lawyers that his execution be stayed on the basis that he had waited too long to request such a stay. The five dissenting judges in this ruling warned of the dangers of the secrecy law's effects—namely, not knowing the qualifications of the company that made the drug or its source. Lethal Injection Secrecy Act The Lethal Injection Secrecy Act is a statute in the US state of Georgia that was signed by the state's governor, Nathan Deal, and went into effect that July. The |
Which English author drowned in 1941, after filling her pockets with stones and walking into the River Ouse? | River Ouse, Sussex of the River Ouse system was as follows in 2016. The author Virginia Woolf drowned herself in the River Ouse on 28 March 1941, near the village of Rodmell. On 18 April, her body was recovered from the river. The Ouse Summer Raft Race is held annually, and organised by the Lewes & District Round Table. Competitors construct their own rafts and paddle down the river, from Lewes to Newhaven. At Lewes and Southease, the rafters are pelted by crowds on the bridge and riverbank with eggs, flour, seaweed, and water. River Ouse, Sussex The Ouse ( ) is a | Virginia Woolf the cool reception given to of her late friend Roger Fry all worsened her condition until she was unable to work. When Leonard enlisted in the Home Guard, Virginia disapproved. She held fast to her pacifism and criticized her husband for wearing what she considered to be the silly uniform of the Home Guard. After World War II began, Woolf's diary indicates that she was obsessed with death, which figured more and more as her mood darkened. On 28 March 1941, Woolf drowned herself by filling her overcoat pockets with stones and walking into the River Ouse near her home. |
Which cartoon character owns a dog called Dogmatix? | Dogmatix regular English language translators of the "Asterix" albums. Dogmatix Dogmatix () is a fictional tiny white terrier dog who is a companion to Obelix in the "Asterix" comics. Dogmatix is a pun on the words dog and dogmatic. In the original French, his name is "Idéfix", itself a pun on the French expression "idée fixe" (fixed idea) meaning an obsession. Dogmatix is the only animal among the main characters of the series. His role is minor in most of the stories, significant mainly as a 'bone' of contention between Asterix and Obelix as to whether he should be allowed to | Dogmatix often seen doing something interesting in the background and occasionally fulfills an important part of the plot. In the words of the authors, Dogmatix is the only known "canine ecologist": he loves trees and howls in distress whenever one is damaged. Despite his small size, he is quite fearless. He has drunk the magic potion on a number of occasions, but his favourite treat is to 'chew a bone'. A dog similar to Dogmatix appeared in page 28 of Asterix & the Golden Sickle. Dogmatix first appears in "Asterix and the Banquet". Sitting outside a butcher's shop in Lutetia, he |
Which UK television game show is the setting for the novel ‘Starter For 10’ by David Nicholls? | Starter for Ten (novel) Jackson is a working-class teenager from a one-parent family. His mother works in the chain-store Woolworths. On attending the prestigious University, Brian is aware that his state school background and working class roots make him stand out. In an interview in "The Guardian", the novel's writer David Nicholls expands on this theme. Starter for Ten (novel) Starter for Ten by David Nicholls is a novel first published in 2003 about the character Brian Jackson and his first year of university (1985–6), his attempts to get on the Granada Television quiz show "University Challenge", and his tentative attempts at romance with | Starter for 10 (film) quaint seaside cottage, supposedly located in Westcliff-on-Sea. These scenes were actually filmed in the small village of Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea, with the real Westcliff bearing little resemblance to its onscreen depiction. Clacton Pier was used for the scenes set on the pier at Southend-on-Sea. The film received positive reviews, with a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 78 reviews; the site's consensus states: ""Starter For 10" is a spirited coming-of-age tale that remains charming and witty even as it veers into darker territory. The unique setting of a quiz show makes the film wittier than your average romantic comedy." |
Hipolito Yrigoyen was the President of which South American country from 1928 to 1930? | Hipólito Yrigoyen Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was a two-time President of Argentina who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second term from 1928 to 1930. His activism became the prime impetus behind the obtainment of universal suffrage in Argentina in 1912. Known as "the father of the poor," Yrigoyen presided over a rise in the standard of living of Argentina's working class together with the passage of a number of progressive social reforms, including improvements in factory conditions, regulation of working hours, compulsory pensions, and | Hipólito Yrigoyen on a goodwill tour, meeting with President Yrigoyen on policies regarding trade and tariffs. Radical anarchist elements attempted to assassinate Hoover by attempting to place a bomb near his rail car, but the bomber was arrested before he could complete his work. President Yrigoyen accompanied Hoover thereafter as a personal guarantee of safety until he left the country. In his late seventies, he found himself surrounded by aides who censored his access to news reports, hiding from him the reality of the effects of the Great Depression, which hit towards the end of 1929. On 24 December of this year |
Teri Hatcher played Paris Carver in which James Bond film? | Teri Hatcher Teri Hatcher Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress, voice-actress, writer, singer, YouTuber, and former National Football League cheerleader. She is best known as Lois Lane on the television series "" (1993–97), as Paris Carver in the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies", and as Susan Mayer on the television series "Desperate Housewives" (2004–12), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for , three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Teri Lynn Hatcher was born on December 8, 1964 in Palo Alto, California, the | Teri Hatcher "excluded herself from the rest of the cast from day one", and that she chose to end it all on a sad note, saying that "doing the last press they will ever do for the show, the ladies stood united and were shocked when Teri simply didn't show up". In 2011, "Men's Health" magazine named Hatcher #38 on their "Hottest Women of All Time" list. Hatcher voiced Dottie in the Disney film "Planes" (2013) and "" (2014). In 2016, Hatcher had a recurring role as Charlotte, a successful single mother who becomes Oscar's (Matthew Perry) love interest in the second |
Who succeeded Peter III of Russia in 1762? | Peter III of Russia by Sam Jaffe in "The Scarlet Empress" the same year. In 1991 Reece Dinsdale portrayed him in the television series "Young Catherine". "La Tempesta" (1958) depicts Yemelyan Pugachev's effort to force his recognition as Peter III and offers a critical view of Catherine the Great, with Van Heflin in the role of Pugachev and Viveca Lindfors as Catherine. He was also depicted as a cowardly, drunken wife-beater in the Japanese anime "Le Chevalier D'Eon". He also appears in the 2014 TV series played by Aleksander Yatsenko. Peter III of Russia Peter III ( – ) (, "Pyotr III Fyodorovich") was | Peter III of Russia Peter III of Russia Peter III ( – ) (, "Pyotr III Fyodorovich") was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. He was born in Kiel as Karl Peter Ulrich von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, the only child of Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (the son of Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, sister of Charles XII), and Anna Petrovna (the elder surviving daughter of Peter the Great). The German Peter could hardly speak Russian and pursued a strongly pro-Prussian policy, which made him an unpopular leader. He was deposed and possibly assassinated as a result of a conspiracy led by his German wife, |
Cee Lo Green is one half of which US soul duo? | Closet Freak: The Best of Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine Closet Freak: The Best of Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine Closet Freak: The Best of Cee Lo Green, The Soul Machine is a greatest hits compilation album released by American hip hop musician Cee Lo Green, also known for working with Atlanta hip hop group Goodie Mob and production duo Gnarls Barkley. The album consists of tracks from his work with the Goodie Mob and his two solo albums. The album comes on the heels of his noted mainstream rise due to the popularity of the Gnarls Barkley "St. Elsewhere" album and "Crazy" single. Collaborators on the album include Timbaland, | Closet Freak: The Best of Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine Pharrell, Ludacris, Jazze Pha, T.I., and Goodie Mob members Big Gipp, T-Mo, & Khujo. The compilation was released on October 31, 2006. AllMusic.com gave the album four stars out of five, describing it as "A great whirlwind run through Cee-Lo's career, right from the start of the adventure to more well known material, including collaborations with Timbaland and Ludacris." Closet Freak: The Best of Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine Closet Freak: The Best of Cee Lo Green, The Soul Machine is a greatest hits compilation album released by American hip hop musician Cee Lo Green, also known for working with |
In February 1938, what was the first commercial product to be made with nylon yarn? | Nylon was the first commercially successful synthetic thermoplastic polymer. DuPont began its research project in 1927. The first example of nylon (nylon 6,6) was produced using diamines on February 28, 1935, by Wallace Hume Carothers at DuPont's research facility at the DuPont Experimental Station. In response to Carothers' work, Paul Schlack at IG Farben developed nylon 6, a different molecule based on caprolactam, on January 29, 1938. Nylon was first used commercially in a nylon-bristled toothbrush in 1938, followed more famously in women's stockings or "nylons" which were shown at the 1939 New York World's Fair and first sold commercially in | Ballistic nylon these cases. Modern applications of ballistic nylon include luggage and backpacks, shoes, belts and straps, motorcycle jackets, and knife sheaths. It can also be used for structural purposes, such as on skin-on-frame kayaks. The original specification for ballistic nylon was an 18 ounce nylon fabric made from 1050 denier high tenacity nylon yarn in a 2×2 basketweave. Today the term is often used to refer to any nylon fabric that is made with a "ballistic weave", typically a 2×2 or 2×3 basketweave. It can be woven from nylon yarns of various denier such as 840 denier and 1680 denier. Denier |
The Harry Potter series of books was published by which British publisher? | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the seventh and final novel of the "Harry Potter" series. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". It was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury Publishing, in the United States by Scholastic, and in Canada by Raincoast Books. The novel chronicles the events directly following "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (2005) and the final confrontation between | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the publisher of all "Harry Potter" books in the United Kingdom, on 30 June 1997. It was released in the United States on 1 September 1998 by Scholastic—the American publisher of the books—as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", after Rowling had received US$105,000 for the American rights—an unprecedented amount for a children's book by a then-unknown author. The second book, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998, and in the US on 2 June 1999. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was then published a year later in |
In Greek mythology, one of the 12 Labours of Hercules was to defeat the man-eating Stymphalian ‘what’? | Labours of Hercules was ultimately discounted as the rushing waters had done the work of cleaning the stables and because Hercules was paid for it. Eurystheus said that Hercules still had seven labours to perform. The sixth labour was to defeat the Stymphalian birds, man-eating birds with beaks of bronze and sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victim. They were sacred to Ares, the god of war. Furthermore, their dung was highly toxic. They had migrated to Lake Stymphalia in Arcadia, where they bred quickly and took over the countryside, destroying local crops, fruit trees, and townspeople. Hercules could not go | Labours of Hercules Labours of Hercules The Twelve Labours of Heracles or Hercules (, " hoi Hērakleous athloi") are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later Romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished over 12 years at the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative. The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written by Peisander, dated about 600 BC. After Hercules killed his wife and children, he went to the oracle |
Samedi is French for which day of the week? | Samedi Soir on Chante participate. Samedi Soir on Chante Samedi Soir on Chante (literally "Saturday Evening We Sing") is a French musical television and radio program hosted by Estelle Denis, directed by Pascal Duchêne and broadcast simultaneously on the television channel TF1 and the radio stations RFM (first episode) and RTL (second episode). The concept of the pre-recorded program, written by Fabrice Clerté, sees a semi-regular troupe of sixteen relatively young yet more or less established singers such as Emmanuel Moire, Corneille and Tal performing over the course of two hours covers of songs written and/or sung by a major French star from an | Baron Samedi Baron Samedi Baron Samedi () also written Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi, or Bawon Sanmdi, is one of the loa of Haitian Vodou. Samedi is a loa of the dead, along with Baron's numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix, and Baron Kriminel. He is syncretized with Saint Martin de Porres. He is the head of the Guédé family of loa. His wife is the loa Maman Brigitte. He is usually depicted with a top hat, black tail coat, dark glasses, and cotton plugs in the nostrils, as if to resemble a corpse dressed and prepared for burial in the |
The Scottish village of Ullapool lies on which loch? | Ullapool Ullapool Ullapool (; ) is a town of around 1,500 inhabitants in Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands. Despite its small size it is the largest settlement for many miles around and an important port and tourist destination. The North Atlantic Drift passes Ullapool, moderating the temperature. A few "Cordyline australis" or New Zealand cabbage trees are grown in the town and are often mistaken for palms. The town lies on Loch Broom, on the A835 road from Inverness. The Ullapool River flows through the village. On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring | MV Loch Seaforth (2014) was relieved by and the NorthLink vessel . MV Loch Seaforth (2014) MV "Loch Seaforth" (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Sìophort") is a Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne between Stornoway and Ullapool. She was launched on 21 March 2014 and entered service in mid-February 2015, replacing both the former vessel, 1995-built and a chartered freight vessel (latterly ). Scottish Transport Minister Keith Brown MSP announced on 8 June 2012 there was to be a replacement vessel for the Stornoway-Ullapool route. Two weeks later on 22 June, Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited announced that the contract to construct had been |
In May 1990 ‘Portrait of Dr Gachet’ by which artist was sold at auction for a record 82.5 Million US dollars? | Portrait of Dr. Gachet Portrait of Dr. Gachet Portrait of Dr. Gachet is one of the most revered paintings by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. It depicts Dr. Paul Gachet, a homeopathic doctor and artist with whom van Gogh resided following a spell in an asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Gachet took care of Van Gogh during the final months of his life. There are two authenticated versions of the portrait, both painted in June 1890 at Auvers-sur-Oise. Both show Gachet sitting at a table and leaning his head on his right arm, but they are easily differentiated in color and style. In May 1990, | Art auction Gogh’s "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" sold for $82.5 million. In November 2013, $142.4 million was paid for the 1969 triptych, "Three Studies of Lucian Freud", by Francis Bacon. The highest price ever paid for an artwork at auction was Pablo Picasso's "Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)" (Women of Algiers) that was sold by Christie's in May 2015 for $179.4 million. Sotheby's and Christie's has become major dealers of Chinese porcelain antiques. As of 2016, some of the best collections had been auctioned for tens of millions US Dollars, through Sotheby's and Christie's. In the 21st Century, and especially since 2010, |
‘Welcome to Joyville’ is an advertising slogan for which confectionery brand? | The Natural Confectionery Company Co. Due to successful advertising and marketing campaigns, increased distribution and a growing range of products, sales grew dramatically. By 2003, The Natural Confectionery Co. product range consisted of 18 products, including sweet, sour and soft jubes. The Natural Confectionery Company's jellies had become the most popular jelly product on Australian supermarket shelves. In April 2003 The Natural Confectionery Company was bought out by Cadbury Schweppes group of companies. The company has also diversified into beverages. In 2008 Cadbury Schweppes introduced products under "The Natural Confectionery Company" brand in the United Kingdom and used advertisements that gave the sweets voices | Advertising slogan Advertising slogan Advertising slogans are short phrases used in advertising campaigns to generate publicity and unify a company's marketing strategy. The phrases may be used to attract attention to a distinctive product feature or reinforce a company's brand. According to the 1913 Webster's Dictionary, a slogan () derives from the Gaelic "sluagh-ghairm" (an army cry). Its contemporary definition denotes a distinctive advertising motto or advertising phrase used by any entity to convey a purpose or ideal. This is also known as a catchphrase. Taglines or tags are American terms describing brief public communications to promote certain products and services. In |
Which British television chef was reported as saying ‘For any chef, supermarkets are like a factory. I buy from specialist growers, organic suppliers and farmers’? | Punk Chef the cooking process. Chefs like Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay and Heston Blumenthal have been inspiring people to improve their cooking habits for years, so it’s great to be able to do the same for the Deaf community". On 3 December 2015 Garthwaite made an Christmas appearance on BBC Two's "See Hear". On November 2017 BSL Zone's "Up For It" kids programme which is produced by Blue Marlin Television, ITV Signpost and Mutt & Jeff for BSLBT invited Punk Chef to appear on one of their series as he meet a young Deaf chef in a kids TV programme. Garthwaite is | Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association The Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association(OSGATA) is a trade association based in Maine, United States which represents organic farmers, seed growers and seed suppliers. It is known primarily for its March 2011 initiation of a lawsuit against Monsanto Corporation to stop it from suing farmers who have been "contaminated" by their genetically modified seeds. On Jan. 2013, the US Federal Court of Appeals heard the oral arguments appealing the dismissal of the case. OSGATA appealed to the Supreme Court which declined to hear the case. OSGATA presents this case as protecting members against |
Who wrote the 1869 novel ‘War and Peace’? | Sonya (War and Peace) Sonya (War and Peace) Sofya Alexandrovna "Sonya" (; ) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel "War and Peace", and in Sergey Prokofiev's 1955 opera "War and Peace" and Dave Malloy's 2012 musical "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" based on it. She is the orphaned niece of Count and Countess Rostov. Although sometimes called "Sonya Rostova", it is not clear if that is her surname or not; the novel does not tell. "Alexandrovna" is a patronymic. At the start of the novel, 15-year-old Sonya is in love with her cousin, Nikolai Rostov, who initially reciprocates her | War and Peace panorama of it in the beginning of the current century", was his suggestion. "It is the [social] epic, the history novel and the vast picture of the whole nation's life", wrote Ivan Turgenev in his bid to define "War and Peace" in the foreword for his French translation of "The Two Hussars" (published in Paris by in 1875). In general, the literary left received the novel coldly. They saw it as devoid of social critique, and keen on the idea of national unity. They saw its major fault as the "author's inability to portray a new kind of revolutionary intelligentsia |
What is the name of a small curve over a vowel which symbolises a short sound? | Extra-short Extra-short The International Phonetic Alphabet uses a breve, , to indicate a speech sound (usually a vowel) with less than normal or extra short duration. That is, is a very short vowel with the quality of . An example from English is the short schwa of the word "police" . This is typical of vowel reduction. Before 1989, the breve was used for a non-syllabic vowel (that is, part of a diphthong), which is now indicated by an breve placed under the vowel letter, as in "eye" . It is also sometimes used for flap consonants which do not have | What a Beautiful Name A video for the song was recorded at the Hillsong Conference in Sydney and was released on 30 September 2016. Music critic Matt Collar praised Hillsong Worship for their "passionate, faith-based sound" and wrote that fans of the group "will surely appreciate this emotive, uplifting Christian pop." Jake Gosselin attributes the popularity of the song in the Christian community to a number of factors. He writes that "What a Beautiful Name" is "singable." In practice this refers to the "small vocal range" of the song which is "one note over an octave." This translates to a song that is easy |
What type of creature is a dragonet? | Dragonet four, and utilized during foraging. The dragonet uses its pelvic fins to propel its body off of a substrate, and then its pectoral fins to guide itself forward. The second is continuous swimming, often utilized by males when approaching a potential mate or retreating during an aggressive encounter with another male. The dragonet uses its pectoral fins to propel its body forward, and its pelvic fins to lift and guide itself. The third type of swimming is rapid swimming, which is observed when the dragonet is attacking or fleeing. The fish primarily uses its caudal fins to achieve a quick | 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 |
The Cathar Castles are in which European country? | Cathar castles 1240, the Cité de Carcassonne was reinforced by the French king, new master of the viscountcy. Carcassonne was heavily garrisoned not only against Cathar sympathizer insurgents, but also the Catalans and Aragonese, since the Trencavels had been vassals of the King of Aragon who was the direct descendant of Sunifred and Bello of Carcassonne. Cathar castles near the border between the historic Trencavel territories and the Roussillon which still belonged to the King of Aragon were taken by the King of France as frontier fortresses. Five of these became Royal citadels, garrisoned by a small troop of French royal troops. | Cathar castles Cathar castles Cathar castles (in French "Châteaux cathares") is a modern term used by the tourism industry (following the example of "Pays Cathare" – Cathar Country) to denote a number of medieval castles of the Languedoc region. Some had a Cathar connection, in that they offered refuge to dispossessed Cathars in the thirteenth century. Many of these sites were replaced by new castles built by the victorious French Crusaders and the term is also applied to these fortifications despite having no connection with Cathars. The fate of many Cathar castles, at least for the early part of the Crusade, is |
What is the official language of the Canadian province Quebec? | Official Language Act (Quebec) is misleading in that it suggests that English is not also an official language in Quebec, which it is by virtue of Section 133 of the BNA Act and the federal Official Languages Act. ... No legislation in the National Assembly proclaiming French the sole official language in the province can affect these bilingual areas protected by the BNA Act. John Ciaccia and George Springate were suspended from the Liberal caucus for almost two months in 1974 for voting with the Opposition when the Robert Bourassa government passed Bill 22. Official Language Act (Quebec) The Official Language Act of 1974 | Language demographics of Quebec who account for 9% of the total population of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Approximately 60% of those are officially recognized as "Indians" under the federal Indian Act. Nearly half (47%) of this population in Quebec reported an Aboriginal language as mother tongue, the highest proportion of any province. The following table shows the demographic situations of Aboriginal peoples in Quebec: Language demographics of Quebec This article presents the current language demographics of the Canadian province of Quebec. The complex nature of Quebec's linguistic situation, with individuals who are often bilingual or multilingual, requires the use of multiple terms in order |
British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan was the leader of which political party? | The Middle Way (Harold Macmillan book) The Middle Way (Harold Macmillan book) The Middle Way is a book on political philosophy written by Harold Macmillan (British Conservative Party politician and later prime minister of the United Kingdom). It was first published in 1938 (by Macmillan & Co, Ltd, London). It advocated a broadly centrist approach to the domestic and international problems of that time, and was written during a period when Macmillan was out of active office. He called for a programme of nationalisation at least as ambitious as then advocated by the Labour Party (UK). It is subtitled 'A Study of the Problems of Economic | Harold Macmillan Harold Macmillan". In October 1942 Harold Nicolson recorded Macmillan as predicting "extreme socialism" after the war. Macmillan nearly resigned when Oliver Stanley was appointed Secretary of State in November 1942, as he would no longer be the spokesman in the Commons as he had been under Cranborne. Brendan Bracken advised him not to quit. After Harry Crookshank had refused the job, Macmillan attained real power and Cabinet rank late in 1942 as British Minister Resident at Algiers in the Mediterranean, recently liberated in Operation Torch. He reported directly to the Prime Minister instead of to the Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden. |
The Calcutta Cup is played for in Rugby union between which two nations? | 1881–82 Home Nations rugby union matches 1881–82 Home Nations rugby union matches The 1881–82 Home Nations rugby union matches were a series of international rugby football matches played between the England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales national rugby union teams. This was the last season before the introduction of the Home Nations Championship. The only recognised competition held between the countries was the annual Calcutta Cup match, contested between England and Scotland. It was the fourth challenge for the trophy, and the first time Scotland won it, beating England by two tries to nil. The matches for this season were decided on goals scored. A goal was | Calcutta Cup to the World Wars between 1915–1919 and 1940–1946. As of 2018, 125 Calcutta Cup matches have taken place. Currently, this game is the annual match between the two nations in the Six Nations Championship. The ground alternates between Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (on even years) and Twickenham Stadium in London (on odd years). In 2004, the two countries' rugby governing bodies, the Rugby Football Union (England) and the Scottish Rugby Union, were considering a plan to add a second Calcutta Cup fixture each year, outside the Six Nations. The second fixture would be hosted by the away nation in the |
The Biskupin Open Air Museum is a life-size model of a prehistoric settlement in which European country? | Biskupin Biskupin The archaeological open-air museum Biskupin is an archaeological site and a life-size model of an Iron Age fortified settlement in Poland (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship). When first discovered it was thought to be early evidence of Slavic settlement but archaeologists later confirmed it belonged to the Biskupin group of the Lusatian culture. The excavation and the reconstruction of the prehistoric settlement has played an instrumental part in Polish historical consciousness. The Museum is situated on a marshy peninsula in Lake Biskupin, ca. northeast of Poznań, south of the small town of Żnin. It is a division of the National Museum of | Archaeological open-air museum Archaeological open-air museum An archaeological open-air museum is a non-profit permanent institution with outdoor true-to-scale architectural reconstructions primarily based on archaeological sources. It holds collections of intangible heritage resources and provides an interpretation of how people lived and acted in the past; this is accomplished according to sound scientific methods for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment of its visitors. The above definition was made by EXARC, using ICOM's definition of museums. By that time Roeland Paardekooper was their director. Further explanation of its components: Examples of archaeological open-air museums are Flag Fen, Biskupin, Lake Dwelling Museum Unteruhldingen, Saalburg, |
What is the title of the first-person shooter science fiction video game, released by id Software in 1993? | First-person shooter engine was an exception. Preliminary information about this engine which was still in early phases of development tended to show that id Software was looking toward a direction where ray tracing and classic raster graphics would be mixed. However, according to John Carmack, the hardware capable of id Tech 6 did not yet exist. The first title using the engine, Doom, was released in mid 2016. In September 2015, Valve Corporation released the Source 2 in an update to Dota 2. First-person shooter engine A first-person shooter engine is a video game engine specialized for simulating 3D environments for use in | First-person shooter engine First-person shooter engine A first-person shooter engine is a video game engine specialized for simulating 3D environments for use in a first-person shooter video game. First-person refers to the view where the players see the world from the eyes of their characters. Shooter refers to games which revolve primarily around wielding firearms and killing other entities in the game world, either non-player characters or other players. The development of the FPS graphic engines is characterized by a steady increase in technologies, with some breakthroughs. Attempts at defining distinct generations lead to arbitrary choices of what constitutes a highly modified version |
Who won the 1994 Formula One Grand Prix World Championships? | 1994 Formula One World Championship but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Roland Ratzenberger died in a crash during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.<br> 1994 Formula One World Championship The 1994 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 48th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1994 FIA Formula One World Championship which commenced on 27 March 1994, and ended on 13 November after sixteen races. The season was one of the most tragic and controversial seasons in the sport's history. 1994 was one of the closest championships in history as Michael Schumacher won | 1994 Japanese Grand Prix Hill had a bigger lead (10.1 seconds) at the chequered flag, and thus took the win by 3.3 seconds on aggregate. This remains the last instance of aggregate race time being used in Formula One to determine the winner. 1994 Japanese Grand Prix The 1994 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XX Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 November 1994 at the Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka. It was the fifteenth and penultimate race of the 1994 FIA Formula One World Championship. In wet conditions, the 50-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a |
Who was Bill Clinton’s running mate in the 1992 US Presidential election? | Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign The 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton, then Governor of Arkansas, was announced on October 3, 1991 in Little Rock, Arkansas. After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 1992, the campaign announced that then-junior Senator from Tennessee, Al Gore, would be Clinton's running mate. The Clinton-Gore ticket went on to defeat Republican incumbent President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle in the presidential election on November 3, 1992, and took office as the 42nd President and 45th Vice President, respectively, on January 20, 1993. Clinton was the governor | 1992 United States presidential election in Indiana 1992 United States presidential election in Indiana The 1992 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1992, and was part of the 1992 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Indiana was won by President George H.W. Bush (R-TX) and his running mate Vice President and former Indiana Senator Dan Quayle. The presidential contest in Indiana was not a surprise, with Bush winning 42.91% to 36.79% over Governor Bill Clinton (D). Still, the margin of victory was lesser than in earlier elections; |
In August 1990, which late American composer and conductor had his final concert at Tanglewood in Massachusetts, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra? | Boston Symphony Orchestra RCA, and TELARC. The BSO also recorded for Philips under Colin Davis. Leonard Bernstein made records for both Columbia and DG with the BSO, including selections from his last concert ever as a conductor on 19 August 1990 at Tanglewood. The BSO has also appeared on Decca with Vladimir Ashkenazy, with Charles Dutoit and André Previn for DG, and on Phillips and Sony Classical with Bernard Haitink. The BSO has also done recording for film scores on occasion. Films such as "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" (both composed and conducted by John Williams) were recorded by the orchestra at | Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at Tanglewood. Andris Nelsons is the current music director of the BSO. Bernard Haitink currently holds the title of conductor emeritus of the BSO, and Seiji Ozawa has the title of BSO music director laureate. The BSO was founded in 1881 by Henry Lee Higginson. Its first conductor |
In April 1993, the World Health Organisation declared which disease ‘A global health emergency’? | Global Health Initiatives Global Health Initiatives Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) are humanitarian initiatives that raise and disburse additional funds for infectious diseases– such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria– for immunization and for strengthening health systems in developing countries. GHIs classify a type of global initiative, which is defined as an organized effort integrating the involvement of organizations, individuals, and stakeholders around the world to address a global issue (i.e.: climate change, human rights, etc.). Examples of GHIs are the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), and the World Bank's Multi-country AIDS | Public Health Emergency of International Concern Public Health Emergency of International Concern A Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) is a formal declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO). The declaration is promulgated by that body's Emergency Committee operating under International Health Regulations (IHR). First introduced in 2005, to date there have been four PHEIC declarations. This statement designates a public health crisis of potentially global reach. As a legally binding international instrument on disease prevention, surveillance, control, and response adopted by 194 countries, a PHEIC was first issued in April 2009 when the H1N1 (or swine flu) pandemic was still in Phase Three. The |
Who won the World Chess Championship in December 1990, holding his title? | World Chess Championship fought five incredibly close world championship matches, the World Chess Championship 1984 (controversially terminated without result with Karpov leading +5 −3 =40), World Chess Championship 1985 (in which Kasparov won the title, 13–11), World Chess Championship 1986 (narrowly won by Kasparov, 12½–11½), World Chess Championship 1987 (drawn 12–12, Kasparov retaining the title), and World Chess Championship 1990 (again narrowly won by Kasparov, 12½–11½). In the five matches Kasparov and Karpov played 144 games with 104 draws, 21 wins by Kasparov and 19 wins by Karpov. In 1993, Nigel Short broke the domination of the two K's (Kasparov and Karpov) by | World Rapid Chess Championship World Rapid Chess Championship The World Rapid Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under rapid time controls. Prior to 2012, the FIDE gave such recognition to a limited number of tournaments, with non-FIDE recognized tournaments annually naming a world rapid champion of their own. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the Word Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships. The current world rapid champion is Indian grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, who won the title on 28 December 2017. The concept of rapid chess |
Which country won the 1996 Cricket World Cup? | 1996 Cricket World Cup 1996 Cricket World Cup The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 after its official sponsors, ITC's Wills brand, was the sixth Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was the second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Punjab. The Wills World Cup was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played; Australia and | 1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup The 1996–97 FIS Cross-Country World Cup started in Kiruna, Sweden, on 23 November 1996 and finished in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, on 15 March 1997. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's cup, and Yelena Välbe of Russia won the women's. Both skiers won their fifth overall World Cup. Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall. Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. |
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