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Which river originates in British Columbia, Canada, and empties into the Bering Sea | Yukon River Yukon River The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The river's source is in British Columbia, Canada, from which it flows through the Canadian Yukon Territory (itself named after the river). The lower half of the river lies in the U.S. state of Alaska. The river is long and empties into the Bering Sea at the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta. The average flow is 6,430 m³/s (227,000 ft³/s). The total drainage area is 832,700 km² (321,500 mi²), of which 323,800 km² (126,300 mi²) is in Canada. The total area is more than 25% larger than Texas or Alberta. | Lost River (Bering Sea) Lost River (Bering Sea) Lost River is a waterway on the Seward Peninsula of the U.S. state of Alaska. Rising in the York Mountains, the river empties into the Bering Sea, west of Port Clarence. It is located east of Cape York. Lost River has a length of about , and drains the central part of the York Mountains. Its two tributaries, Tin Creek and Cassiterite Creek, enter from the east about and , respectively, from its mouth, and tin ore has been found on both of these creeks. Cassiterite Creek, which is really the larger fork of Lost River, |
In which Arnold Schwarzenegger movie does he fight an invisible alien creature? | Alien (creature in Alien franchise) "Alien vs. Predator". Alien blood is an extremely potent acid and is capable of corroding almost any substance on contact with alarming speed. It is dull yellow in color, and appears to be pressurized inside the body so that it spurts out with great force when the creature is wounded. Ron Cobb suggested the idea of the Alien having acid blood as a plausible means to make the creature "unkillable"; if one were to use traditional firearms or explosives to attack it, its blood would eat through the hull of the ship. The "Alien" novelization suggests that, at least at | Arnold Schwarzenegger he denied his involvement, but he ultimately did appear briefly via his image being inserted into the movie from stock footage of the first "Terminator" movie. Schwarzenegger appeared in Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables", where he made a cameo appearance. In January 2011, just weeks after leaving office in California, Schwarzenegger announced that he was reading several new scripts for future films, one of them being the World War II action drama "With Wings as Eagles", written by Randall Wallace, based on a true story. On March 6, 2011, at the Arnold Seminar of the Arnold Classic, Schwarzenegger revealed that he |
In which 2004 animated Pixar movie does Violet have powers of invisibility? | Violet Parr him afterward. Violet has made several appearances in other media, with Vowell returning to voice the character in various spin-offs and merchandise, including toys and cell phones. Violet also appears in several video games inspired by "The Incredibles". In the original 2004 video game based on the film, Violet appears mostly in stealth missions, using her invisibility to maneuver past guards and enemies unnoticed. The character's invisibility is limited by her Incredi-Meter, which can become greatly depleted by the use of her powers. In later levels, players can combine the powers of Violet and Dash to create the Incredi-Ball, in | Violet Parr use her powers. She wants to be out there." Violet ultimately grows incapable of resisting the temptation to fight crime alongside her family. Violet can use her power of invisibility to render herself either wholly or partially invisible at will. Able to turn invisible rather quickly, the "Richmond Times-Dispatch"'s Mike Ward joked that the character is capable of disappearing faster than the short-lived 2004 presidential campaign of politician John Kerry. Edna designs a super suit for Violet that automatically turns invisible whenever she does. Violet's force fields consist of psychic energy, as they are created using her mind. Her fields |
Which race had a cloaking device in Star Trek? | Cloaking device inspired in part by the 1958 film "Run Silent, Run Deep," and in part by "The Enemy Below," which in turn had been released the previous year, 1957, imagined cloaking as a space-travel analog of a submarine submerging, and employed it in the 1966 "Star Trek" episode "Balance of Terror", in which he introduced the Romulan species. (He likewise predicted, in the same episode, that invisibility, "selective bending of light" as described above, would have an enormous power requirement.) Another "Star Trek" screenwriter, D.C. Fontana, coined the term ""cloaking device"" for the 1968 episode "The "Enterprise" Incident", which also featured | Cloaking device it re-radiated microwaves of the same frequency that were out of phase, thus cancelling out reflections from the object being hidden. The device only cancelled out the scattering of microwaves in the first order. The same researchers published a paper on "plasmonic cloaking" the previous year. University of Rochester physics professor John Howell and graduate student Joseph Choi have announced a scalable cloaking device which uses common optical lenses to achieve visible light cloaking on the macroscopic scale, known as the "Rochester Cloak". The device consists of a series of four lenses which direct light rays around objects which would |
Alec Baldwin played which invisible superhero in a 1994 movie? | Alec Baldwin "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1992), the superhero film "The Shadow" (1994) and two films directed by Martin Scorsese: the Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator" (2004) and the neo-noir crime drama "The Departed" (2006). His performance in the 2003 romantic drama "The Cooler" garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From 2006 to 2013, Baldwin starred as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock", winning two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work on the show, making him the male performer with the most SAG Awards. Baldwin co-starred | Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, writer, producer, and comedian. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all actors. Baldwin first gained recognition appearing on seasons 6 and 7 of the CBS television drama "Knots Landing", in the role of Joshua Rush. He has played both leading and supporting roles in films such as the horror comedy fantasy film "Beetlejuice" (1988), as Jack Ryan in the action thriller "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), the romantic comedy "The Marrying Man" (1991), the drama |
Superhero Susan Storm had powers of invisibility. Of which group was she a member? | Violet Parr "Incredibles 2". However, a particularly heavy, blunt force can potentially cause the wall of her shield to collide with her upon impact and dissipate, leaving her vulnerable to attacks. According to "Ottawa Life Magazine", Violet uses her force fields more often than her invisibility, although both powers have proven useful; In the first film, she uses both powers to battle hovercrafts and Syndrome's robot. Additionally, Violet has also been identified as highly intellectual. Violet's superpowers are very similar to those of the Invisible Woman (Susan Storm-Richards), a Marvel Comics superheroine and founding member of the superhero team the Fantastic Four. | Susan Powers Susan Powers Susan Powers (born 1954 in Glen Cove, New York) is a self-taught American artist. Powers attended the University of Vermont, where she studied classical languages and medieval history, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Studies. Powers began painting in 1979, encouraged by a friend and fellow painter who had seen her expressive pencil drawings. Only a year later, her work had been accepted for display by the prestigious Jay Johnson Folk Heritage Gallery in New York City. In 1980, Powers spent a year in England and France developing her craft, before returning to |
The 1975 TV series The Invisible Man starred which actor, who also appeared in Colditz in the same year? | The Invisible Man (1975 TV series) The Invisible Man (1975 TV series) The Invisible Man, the second television series with this title, debuted in the US in 1975 on NBC and starred David McCallum as the scientist Daniel Westin and Melinda Fee as his wife, Dr. Kate Westin. The series was created by Harve Bennett. A pilot TV movie initially aired in May 1975 and was followed by a 12-episode series later that year. Inspired by the original novel by H.G. Wells, the pilot film depicts Daniel Westin working for a company called the Klae Corporation, which is doing experiments in teleportation. He discovers the side | The Invisible Man (2000 TV series) UK. The Region 1 release also features the episodes in widescreen 16/9, unlike the Region 2 one which had the episodes in full screen 4/3. The second season is not available on DVD. The Invisible Man (2000 TV series) The Invisible Man (also shortened to "The I-Man" in Season 2) is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty. It aired for two seasons, from June 9, 2000 to February 1, 2002. The plot revolves around Darien Fawkes (Ventresca), a thief facing life imprisonment who is recruited by a spy agency |
In which 2000 science fiction film did Kevin Bacon become invisible? | Hollow Man Hollow Man Hollow Man is a 2000 science fiction horror film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin. Bacon portrays the titular character, a scientist who renders himself invisible, only to go on a killing spree after going violently insane, a story inspired by H. G. Wells' novel "The Invisible Man". The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 2001, but lost to "Gladiator". A direct-to-video stand-alone sequel called "Hollow Man 2", starring Christian Slater and Peter Facinelli, was released in 2006. Scientist Sebastian Caine (Bacon) has developed a | Science fiction film the Center of the Earth" in 1959 and 2008. H. G. Wells novels "The Invisible Man", "Things to Come" and "The Island of Doctor Moreau" were all adapted into films during his lifetime while "The War of the Worlds" was updated in 1953 and again in 2005, adapted to film at least four times altogether. "The Time Machine" has had two film versions (1961 and 2002) while "Sleeper" in part is a pastiche of Wells' 1910 novel "The Sleeper Awakes". With the drop-off in interest in science fiction films during the 1940s, few of the 'golden age' science fiction authors |
Rodney Skinner was an invisible thief in which 2003 superhero movie? | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film) Nigel. In London, Quatermain meets "M", who is forming the latest generation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. He reveals the Fantom plans to start a world war by bombing a secret meeting of world leaders in Venice. The new League consists of Quatermain, Captain Nemo, vampiric chemist Mina Harker, and invisible thief Rodney Skinner. The League travel to the London docks to recruit Dorian Gray, Mina's former lover who is kept immortal thanks to a missing portrait. The Fantom's assassins attack, but the League fend them off, aided by U.S. Secret Service Agent Tom Sawyer. Dorian and Sawyer join | Griffin (The Invisible Man) him all along as his vision operates in the infrared spectrum, a fact that he had hidden from Griffin. In the film version, the Invisible Man who joins the League is not Griffin (due to copyright issues), but Rodney Skinner (played by Tony Curran), a cheerful thief who stole the invisibility formula from the original Invisible Man (presumably Griffin). The fact that his skin is invisible is also related to his name of "Skinner". Skin samples of him are taken by Dorian Gray for Professor Moriarty, allowing him to duplicate the invisibility process, Contrary to the graphic novels, Skinner himself |
What is the name of Charlie Brown's dog? | He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown is the fifth prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip "Peanuts," by Charles M. Schulz. It was originally aired on the CBS network on February 14, 1968. This was also the last "Peanuts" special featuring the majority of the original voice cast from the first "Peanuts" special, "A Charlie Brown Christmas". Both "He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown" and "You're in Love, Charlie Brown" were nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming in 1968. Snoopy is beginning to get into constant mischief, angering the | What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? we learned, Charlie Brown?". The scene flashes back to him and Sally. She then tells him that he is pasting the pictures upside down. The special won a Peabody Award for "distinguished achievement and meritorious public service" in broadcasting. Schulz would later say of the acclaim, The special was released on VHS in 1996. The special is available for purchase on iTunes together with "You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown" and "He's a Bully, Charlie Brown", and is now available on DVD in the "Peanuts Emmy Honored Collection". What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? A |
What is the name of the dog in The Simpsons? | Non-English versions of The Simpsons Newt Gingrich in Quebec is generally replaced with one to Mike Harris. Most of the recurring characters keep their English names in each French version. Two exceptions are Sideshow Bob and Sideshow Mel, who are known as Tahiti Bob and Tahiti Mel in France, as the word "sideshow" has no direct translation. In Quebec, the title "sideshow" is kept as an Anglicism. Another exception is made for the Simpsons family's dog, Santa's Little Helper, who is called "Le p'tit renne au nez rouge" (the French name for the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", which literally means "Little Red-Nosed Reindeer") in | What the Dog Saw the difference between early and late bloomers to criminal profiling. "What the Dog Saw" was met with mainly positive reviews. It received profiles in many high-profile publications, including the "New York Times", "The Guardian", "Time Magazine", "The Los Angeles Times" and "The Independent". In particular, Gladwell was praised for his writing and storytelling, and reviewers looked upon the essay format positively, with "The Guardian" stating "one virtue of What the Dog Saw is that the pieces are perfectly crafted: they achieve their purpose more effectively when they aren't stretched out." "What The Dog Saw" was criticized for its use of |
What was the name of the 1963 Disney live action movie, where 3 animals ventured to get themselves home? | The Incredible Journey (film) vocalizations of the animals' thoughts and communications with each other. The Incredible Journey (film) The Incredible Journey is a 1963 live-action Walt Disney film based on the novel "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford. Narrated by Rex Allen, the film follows the adventure of three pets, Luath the Labrador Retriever, Bodger the Bull Terrier, and Tao the Siamese cat (Syn), as they journey 250 miles (400 km) through the Canadian wilderness to return to their home. Syn Cat was also in the title role of the Disney film "That Darn Cat!" (1965). The film was mostly praised for its nature | Now That's What I Call Disney generation of Disney classics." Now That's What I Call Disney Now That's What I Call Disney is a compilation album from the "Now!" series released in the United Kingdom as a 3-disc set on November 21, 2011. It was re-released the following year with a bonus disc of Disney-related Christmas songs. An abbreviated single-disc version was released in the United States on November 6, 2012. The UK version takes songs from the vast Disney library from its animated classics, Pixar films and live-action performances from "Hannah Montana" and "High School Musical". The US version, at 20 tracks, contains songs only |
What was the name of Robbie Jackson's dog in Eastenders? | Robbie Jackson Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson), her partner Alan Jackson (Howard Antony), and his half-siblings, Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), Sonia Jackson (Natalie Cassidy) and Billie Jackson (Devon Anderson). Initially a troublesome teen, Robbie has little success at school and is frequently in trouble for his behaviour, along with his friend Kevin (John Pickard). In November 1994, the pair find a dog which Robbie names Wellard. Robbie manages to persuade the dog's owner to relinquish care to him, after he discovers that Wellard was being neglected, and Wellard then becomes Robbies's pet. As he ages, Robbie becomes more responsible, but has little success | Robbie Jackson Robbie Jackson Robbie Jackson is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", played by Dean Gaffney. The character was introduced in 1993, but axed in 2003 by executive producer Louise Berridge. He made brief returns in 2004 and 2010 for two family weddings and again on 22 September 2015 to tie in with the exit of his on-screen mother, Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) on 2 October 2015. The character's reintroduction was announced on 17 April 2017 and he returned on 26 June 2017. Robbie arrives in Albert Square in 1993 with the rest of the Jackson family: mother |
What was the name of the golden retriever that appeared in Neighbours in the 90s? | Bouncer (Neighbours) Bouncer (Neighbours) Bouncer is a Labrador Retriever featured on the Australian soap opera "Neighbours". He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 4 February 1987 and he exited the series on 12 February 1993 after six years. He was played by Bouncer throughout his duration on the show and he was trained by Luke Hura. When "Neighbours" needed a golden Labrador puppy, they turned to animal trainer Luke Hura and his canine actors agency, who provided them with Bouncer. Bouncer was paid more than the human actors and Hura revealed that he was worth between $100,000 and | Golden Retriever breed in these two countries. The breed was first registered in Canada in 1927, and the Golden Retriever Club of Ontario (GRCO) was formed in 1958. The cofounders of the GRCO were Cliff Drysdale, an Englishman who had brought over an English Golden, and Jutta Baker, daughter-in-law of Louis Baker, who owned Northland Kennels. The GCRO in later years expanded to become the Golden Retriever Club of Canada. Golden Retriever The Golden Retriever is a large-sized breed of dog bred as gun dogs to retrieve shot waterfowl, such as ducks and upland game birds, during hunting and shooting parties, and |
What was the name of the dog in Enid Blighton's Famous Five books? | The Famous Five (novel series) The Famous Five (novel series) The Famous Five is a series of children's adventure novels written by English author Enid Blyton. The first book, "Five on a Treasure Island", was published in 1942. The novels feature the adventures of a group of young children – Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina (George) – and their dog Timmy. The stories take place in the children's school holidays after they have returned from their respective boarding schools. Each time they meet they get caught up in an adventure, often involving criminals or lost treasure. Sometimes the scene is set close to George's family | The Famous Five (1978 TV series) UK in June 2012 by Koch Media. A new 45-minute interview (recorded earlier in 2012) with the original cast is featured on one of the Series 1 DVDs. The Famous Five (1978 TV series) The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979. It was produced by Southern Television in 26 half-hour episodes. Production for the series began in 1977, with filming commencing during the summer of that year. The series was produced by Southern Television in |
In 1992 Neil Kinnock lost the general election and was replaced as leader of the Labour party by whom? | 1992 Labour Party (UK) leadership election 1992 Labour Party (UK) leadership election The 1992 Labour Party leadership election followed the Labour Party's failure to win the 1992 general election and the subsequent resignation of party leader Neil Kinnock. There were only two candidates in the election, with John Smith always the clear favourite to win. The ballot took place on 18 July 1992 at the Labour Party conference. Affiliated organisations had 40% of the vote, while Constituency Labour Parties and the Parliamentary Labour Party had 30% each in the electoral college. Gordon Brown and Robin Cook were both seen as potential candidates, but did not stand. | Neil Kinnock Neil Kinnock Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, (born 28 March 1942) is a British Labour Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn. He was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 until 1992. Kinnock led the Labour Party to a surprise fourth consecutive defeat at the 1992 general election, despite the party being ahead in most opinion polls, which had predicted either a narrow Labour victory or a hung parliament. Afterwards, he resigned as Leader of the Labour Party after nine |
Having returned from a four nation summit in Guadeloupe during the winter of January 1979, who was responsible for the Sun headline 'Crisis, what crisis?'? | Winter of Discontent reduced to taking emergency patients only. The phrase "Winter of Discontent" is from the opening line of William Shakespeare's "Richard III": "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun [or son] of York", and was first applied to the events of the winter by Robin Chater, a writer at "Incomes Data Report". It was subsequently used in a speech by James Callaghan and translated to define a crisis by tabloids – including "The Sun". The weather turned very cold in the early months of 1979 with blizzards and deep snow, the coldest since 1962–63, | Crisis? What Crisis? up with the name "Crisis? What Crisis?" and one day, when we were sitting around Scorpio Studio, he came in with this sketch of a guy in a deck chair under an umbrella with all this chaos going on around him." "Crisis? What Crisis?" is a line in the film "The Day of the Jackal" (1973). The phrase was used as a headline in The Sun newspaper in 1979 to convey a popular impression of the UK government at the time. Artist Paul Wakefield returned after his work in "Crime of the Century", photographing the backgrounds at the Welsh mining |
Churchill went to the country in the summer of 1945 but was defeated by which Labour leader? | Leader of the Labour Party (UK) became the first Leader of the Labour Party to have been born in England; prior to this, all party leaders had been born in Scotland. In 1924, Ramsay MacDonald became the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority administration which lasted nine months. Clement Attlee would become the first Labour leader to lead a majority government in 1945. The first to be born in Wales was Neil Kinnock, who was elected in 1983. The most electorally successful Leaders of the Labour Party to date are: Tony Blair, who won three consecutive electoral victories in 1997, 2001 (both landslide victories), | Timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill been secured. for the general history see Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II. After the Conservative Party lost the 1945 election, Churchill became Leader of the Opposition to the Labour Government. He would go on to be re-elected as Prime Minister in 1951. Timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill The following is a timeline of the first premiership of Winston Churchill, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the bulk |
Before going on to win the 1964 election, who made the 'white heat of technology' speech to their party conference? | History of the Labour Party (UK) scandals in the early 1960s (the most notorious being the Profumo affair), engulfed the Conservative government by 1963. The Labour party returned to government with a wafer-thin 4 seat majority under Wilson in the 1964 election, and increased their majority to 96 in 1966 election remaining in power until the 1970 election which, contrary to expectations during the campaign, they lost. The 1960s Labour government had a different emphasis from its 1940s predecessor. Harold Wilson put faith in economic planning as a way to solve Britain's economic problems. Wilson famously referred to the "white heat of technology", referring to the | 1964 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election much since the last leadership election and they had recently lost a by-election. They also failed to elect populist Charles Templeton to office. Thompson would last only two years as leader before resigning due to stress induced health problems. 1964 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election The Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, 1964, held on September 17-19, 1964 elected Andy Thompson as the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. Thompson replace John Wintermeyer who resigned after losing his seat in the 1963 provincial election. Thompson won after six ballots against a field of seven other candidates. The leadership convention was held |
Which olympic cyclist was nicknamed The Flying Scotsman | The Flying Scotsman (2006 film) unsympathetic figure" in the film, said reviewer Peter Bradshaw, also calling the record-breaking attempts "weirdly anticlimactic and blank". The Flying Scotsman (2006 film) The Flying Scotsman is a 2006 British drama film, based on the life and career of Scottish amateur cyclist Graeme Obree. The film covers the period of Obree's life that saw him take, lose, and then retake the world one-hour distance record. The film stars Jonny Lee Miller as Obree, Laura Fraser, Billy Boyd, and Brian Cox. The film starts with Graeme Obree (Miller), who suffers from crippling bipolar disorder, cycling into a wood where he prepares | Flying Scotsman Stakes Stardom Stakes in the calendar and at the same time it was renamed the Flying Scotsman Stakes in honour of the LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, a locomotive which was built at Doncaster Works 90 years previously in 1923. The race is currently held on the third day of Doncaster's four-day St. Leger Festival meeting. Doncaster Racecourse closed for redevelopment. Flying Scotsman Stakes The Flying Scotsman Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years old. It is run at Doncaster Racecourse over a distance of 7 furlongs and 6 yards (1,408 |
Which former World Darts Champion was given the nickname 'The Bronze Adonis'? | 1996 BDO World Darts Championship High Checkout prize of £1,600. 1996 BDO World Darts Championship The 1996 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 1–7 January 1996 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey and was won by the number six seed Steve Beaton. Beaton, who suffered a first round loss in the previous two World Championships as the number one seed, defeated Co Stompé, 1994 champion John Part, and future champions Martin Adams and Andy Fordham before beating defending champion Richie Burnett 6-3 in sets in the final. The prize money was £145,200. There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize | 1995 World Matchplay (darts) 1995 World Matchplay (darts) The 1995 Webster's World Matchplay was the second annual World Matchplay darts tournament organised by the World Darts Council (WDC, which became the Professional Darts Corporation in 1997). The Winter Gardens, Blackpool played host to the event for the second year running, and it took place between 31 July–5 August 1995. Seven former world champions were in the field. Defending champion Larry Butler beat one of them, Eric Bristow, in the first round. Butler's title defence ended with a quarter-final defeat to Dennis Priestley, the man he beat to win the title the previous year. Jocky |
Which Boxer was known as 'The Brockton Blockbuster' | Brockton High School the head coach of Archbiship Williams, and 220 wins as the head coach of Brockton. The school's mascot is the Boxer. The actual mascot is a dog, but the name is a pun in reference to Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, two famous boxers from Brockton. The stadium in which the Boxers' football, field hockey, soccer and outdoor track teams compete is named Rocky Marciano Stadium in honor of the legendary boxer. With a capacity of approximately 10,000 people, Marciano Stadium is one of the largest high school stadiums in Massachusetts and is one of the premier facilities in the | Brockton High School battalion held 2 state champion drill teams. They are the current holder of the Governors Cup and regional champions. On October 14, 2010 the JROTC Boxer Battalion won the 'Honor Unit with Distinction' award for the Second Time. Brockton High School Brockton High School, established in 1870, is a high school located in Brockton, Massachusetts. It is a part of Brockton Public Schools. As of 2016 Brockton High School, with 4,250 students, is one of the largest high schools in the United States and the largest high school in Massachusetts. Although widely stated by locals to be the largest high |
Which footballer was given the name 'El Pibe de Oro' (The Golden Boy)? | Diego Maradona a run. His presence and leadership on the field had a great effect on his team's general performance, while he would often be singled out by the opposition. A precocious talent, Maradona was given the nickname ""El Pibe de Oro"" ("The Golden Boy"), a name that stuck with him throughout his career. An advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona was the first player in football history to set the world record transfer fee twice, first when he transferred to Barcelona for a then world record £5 million, and second, when he transferred to Napoli for | El Oro de Hidalgo El Oro de Hidalgo The name El Oro de Hidalgo ( ), is not from Nahuatl, like most other municipality names in the state, but from Spanish, and simply means "the gold." It has subsequently been given an alternative Nahuatl name of "Teocuitlatl," meaning "sacred excrement," referring to gold. Its seal, in the form of an Aztec glyph, contains elements referring to gold and to caves, of which there are many in the municipality. The municipality is located in the northwest of the State of Mexico, 96 km from the state capital of Toluca, and is bounded by the municipalities |
In which TV show would you find the character Groundskeeper Willie? | Groundskeeper Willie Groundskeeper Willie Dr. William MacDougal, better known as Groundskeeper Willie, is a recurring character on "The Simpsons", voiced by Dan Castellaneta. He is the head groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School. Willie is almost feral in nature and is immensely proud of his Scottish origin. He is easily identifiable by his red hair and beard, as well as his aggressive temperament and thick, though inaccurate Scottish accent. Groundskeeper Willie (who was once originally called "Groundskeeper Louie") is the groundskeeper at Springfield Elementary School and lives in a shack on the school grounds. He is a Scotsman with an aggressive temper. Willie | Groundskeeper Willie replaced with a picture of the Queen and empty bottles of whisky with a newspaper featuring Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who was widely credited with giving the "No" campaign a last-minute boost. In 2006, Groundskeeper Willie was named the fourth-best peripheral character in the history of the show by IGN, who said "high-points for the character were being trained to be civilized, wrestling a wolf that was let loose in the school and becoming a substitute for the French language teacher - 'Bon jourrr! You cheese-eating surrender monkeys!'" IGN also named "My Fair Laddy", the only episode which |
Which band had a UK number four hit in June 1972 with Little Willy? | Little Willy (song) series "Life on Mars". Little Willy (song) "Little Willy" is a song written by songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and performed by the British glam rock band The Sweet, released in 1972 as a non-album single in the UK, peaking at #4 in the best seller charts. It was released in the US in September 1972 and also appeared on their US debut album "The Sweet" and became their biggest hit in the US, reaching No. 3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 18 song for 1973. "Little Willy" was used extensively in the | Mary Had a Little Lamb (Wings song) a single on 12 May 1972 in the UK, moved back from its original planned date of the 5th. The US release occurred on 29 May. On 25 May, the band mimed a performance of the song for BBC TV's "Top of the Pops" TV show. Over a week later, on 6 June, the band mimed yet again to the song. The song was included as a bonus track on the remastered version of "Wild Life" released in 1993. Mary Had a Little Lamb (Wings song) "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is Wings' version of the traditional nursery rhyme. At |
Which Willie, satirist and co-founder of Private Eye, died on 11th December 1996? | Willie Rushton Oval Cricket Ground. Willie Rushton William George Rushton (18 August 1937 – 11 December 1996) was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the satirical magazine "Private Eye". Rushton was born 18 August 1937 in 3 Wilbraham Place, Chelsea, London, the only son of John and Veronica Rushton. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, where he was not academically successful but met his future "Private Eye" colleagues Richard Ingrams, Paul Foot and Christopher Booker. He also contributed to the satirical magazine "The Wallopian", (a play on the school magazine name "The Salopian") mocking school spirit, traditions and | Not Private Eye his usual pose on the "Private Eye" cover) and was smiling. Not Private Eye Not Private Eye was a one-off spoof of the British satirical magazine "Private Eye". The spoof of "Private Eye" was published in December 1986 by Robert Maxwell, to celebrate his £55,000 libel victory over "Private Eye" caused by an accusation of attempted cash for peerages. It was printed using the facilities of the "Daily Mirror", of which Maxwell was the owner. "Private Eye", meanwhile, was trying to sell a Christmas edition (at £1 rather than the then-usual 45p) in order to cover the costs of the |
In the 1971 film Willy Wonka was played by Gene Wilder, but who played him in the 2005 re-make Charlie And The Chocolate Facory? | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 British novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. The storyline follows Charlie, who wins a contest and, along with four other contest winners, is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory, the most magnificent in the world. Development for a second adaptation of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (filmed previously as | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy family film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. Dahl was credited with writing the film's screenplay; however, David Seltzer, who went uncredited in the film, was brought in to re-work the screenplay against Dahl's wishes, making major changes to the ending and adding musical numbers. These changes and other decisions made by the director led Dahl to disown the film. The |
Which 1986 Alan Clarke film is about 2 teenage babysiters from Bradford who have an affair with a married man? | Bradford starring Richard Gere, "The Railway Children" starring Jenny Agutter, a 1970s classic filmed around Haworth including the Bronte Parsonage about Victorian children whose father goes missing and "" starring Harvey Keitel based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies. Monty Python's ground-breaking "The Meaning of Life" and the controversial hit "Rita, Sue and Bob Too", about a married man who cannot choose between two teenage lovers, were also filmed in the city. In recent years Bradford has developed a relationship with Bollywood, hosting the International Indian Film Festival awards in 2007. There are four theatres in Bradford. The Alhambra also | A Killing Affair (1986 film) A Killing Affair (1986 film) A Killing Affair is a drama film starring Peter Weller, Kathy Baker, John Glover, Bill Smitrovich and Danny Nelson. The film was written and directed by David Saperstein ("Cocoon"). During World War II, an outsider, Baston Morris (Weller), comes to a tiny town looking for work at the local mill. He meets up with the town's evil employer, Pink Gresham (Smitrovich), who abuses the men and has affairs with the women. Pink toys with Baston's plight but keeps the upper hand with his pistol and chases Baston away. Baston then meets Pink's wife, Maggie (Baker), |
Which singer was backed by The Vandellas? | Bless You (Martha and the Vandellas song) Bless You (Martha and the Vandellas song) "Bless You" is a 1971 hit single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas and was the group's last significant hit before disbanding in 1972. After a period of inactivity due to Martha Reeves' mental illness, the singer returned to the studio with the new version of The Vandellas, who had gone through different member lineups. By now, the lineup of The Vandellas included Reeves' kid sister Lois Reeves and a former member of The Velvelettes named Sandra Tilley. The group had sporadically recorded and performed together before 1970 when they issued | Martha and the Vandellas CEO Berry Gordy offered to give the group a contract. Figuring that being in show business was too rigorous, Williams opted out of the group. With Williams out, the remaining trio of Ashford, Beard and Reeves renamed themselves The Vandellas, after Detroit's Van Dyke Street and Reeves' favorite singer, Della Reese. Following their signing to Motown's Gordy imprint in 1962, the Vandellas struck gold with their second release, the first composition and production from the famed writing team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, titled "Come and Get These Memories". It became the Vandellas' first Top 40 recording, reaching number twenty-nine on the "Billboard" Hot |
Which ex-comic is married to Billy Connolly? | Billy Connolly comedian. Connolly has been married to his second wife, comedian and psychologist Pamela Stephenson, since 1989. He is father to five children: Two from his first marriage, to Iris Pressagh, and three from his second. Connolly became a grandfather in 2001, when Cara gave birth to Walter. In the book "Billy" (and in a December 2008 online interview), Connolly states he was sexually abused by his father between the ages of ten and fifteen. He believes this was a result of the Catholic Church not allowing his father to divorce after his mother left the family. Because of this, Connolly | Billy Connolly the "Billy and Albert" video. When the Fox Network aired "Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebration" in 1988, Connolly was still virtually unknown in the States, but his performance drew attention, particularly from producers, and interest in him grew. In March 1988, his father died after a stroke, the eighth of his life. His mother died five years later, in 1993, of motor neurone disease. Connolly and Stephenson married in Fiji on 20 December 1989; he had been living with her since 1981. "Marriage to Pam didn't change me; it saved me," he later said. "I was going to die. |
In the tv show Charmed, what was the name of the eldest sister (played by Shannen Doherty) who was killed off at the end of Season 3? | Shannen Doherty at the end of the third season, resulting in her character's death. Reportedly, the reason for her departure was because of on-set and off-set tensions between Doherty and co-star Alyssa Milano. Doherty was also twice nominated, in 1999 and 2000, for the Saturn Award, Best Genre TV Actress, for her performance in "Charmed". In 2004, E! placed Doherty at number 10 on their list of the "50 Most Wicked Women of Prime Time". In 2007, AOL named Prue Halliwell the 10th greatest witch in television history. In 2003, Doherty hosted the Sci Fi Channel candid camera show "Scare Tactics" during | Charmed (season 3) Charmed (season 3) The third season of "Charmed", an American supernatural drama television series created by Constance M. Burge, began airing on October 5, 2000 on The WB and concluded on May 17, 2001. The series follows the adventures of Prue (Shannen Doherty), Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Phoebe Halliwell (Alyssa Milano), three sisters who discover they are the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time who use their combined Power of Three to protect innocents from evil beings. Other regular cast members include Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt and Dorian Gregory as Darryl Morris, both of |
Fawlty Towers was supposedly set in which seaside town? | Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Just two series of six episodes were made. The show was created and written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, who also starred in the show and were married at the time of the first series, but divorced before recording the second series. The show was ranked first on a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000. The series is set in Fawlty Towers, a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay on | Fawlty Towers series. The DVD set was released on 20 October 2009. The reissue, titled "Fawlty Towers Remastered: Special Edition," contains commentary by John Cleese on every episode as well as remastered video and audio. All episodes are occasionally available as streamed video-on-demand via Netflix and Amazon Instant Videos as well. Both series are available for download on iTunes. A "Fawlty Towers" game was released on PC in 2000 and featured a number of interactive games, desktop-customizing content and clips from the show. Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Just two series |
Who played the part of Compo in Last Of The Summer Wine? | Last of the Summer Wine especially for Sallis, who liked the character and agreed to play him. He was soon joined by an actor he had previously worked with, Michael Bates as Cyril Blamire. James Gilbert wanted Bates as Blamire because of his reputation as a comedy actor, and Bates loved the role. Compo Simmonite was the last role to be cast in the original trio. Gilbert had seen film actor Bill Owen playing northern characters in the Royal Court Theatre and proposed to cast him as Compo. Clarke, who initially saw Owen as an archetypal cockney who could not play as solid a northern | Last of the Summer Wine the majority of the play was improvised, with Kitson and Emerick each deriving their cues of what to do from the audience. The play was successfully performed in Holmfirth, after which dates were announced in Emerick's hometown on the Wirral Peninsula. Coronet Books released a novelisation of "Last of the Summer Wine" in 1974. Written by Roy Clarke as an unbroadcast original story, the novel featured Compo, Clegg and Blamire helping their friend, Sam, enjoy one last night with a glam girl. The book became the basis for the "Last of the Summer Wine" film, "Getting Sam Home", with Blamire |
Bill Pertwee played which character in Dads Army? | Bill Pertwee (who portrayed the Third Doctor in "Doctor Who") and Sean Pertwee, being a second cousin of Michael's and Jon's father, the screenwriter and actor Roland Pertwee. He was godfather to one of the sons of his "Dad's Army" co-star Ian Lavender. Bill Pertwee William Desmond Anthony Pertwee, (21 July 1926 – 27 May 2013) was an English comedy actor. He played the role of the antagonist Chief ARP Warden Hodges in the sitcom "Dad's Army". Pertwee was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire on 21 July 1926. His mother was Brazilian and his English father, James Francis Carter Pertwee, travelled the country | Bill Pertwee Pike, and Frank Williams, who played the vicar. In 2011 a portrait of Pertwee, painted by a local artist, was unveiled in the Dad's Army Museum, Thetford where it now resides. Pertwee was patron of the museum and of the DAAS (Dad's Army Appreciation Society) until his death. Pertwee married Marion Macleod, sister of John and Norman Macleod of the Maple Leaf Four, in 1956. They had a son, Jonathan James Pertwee (born in 1966), who has appeared in various TV programmes. Following the death of his wife, he lived in Topsham, Devon. He was awarded an MBE in the |
On which river does Balmoral Castle stand? | Balmoral Castle the estate is still owned outright by the monarch, but, by Trustees under Deeds of Nomination and Appointment, it is managed by a trust. Balmoral Estate is within the Cairngorms National Park and is partly within the Deeside and Lochnagar National Scenic Area. The estate contains a wide variety of landscapes, from the Dee river valley to open mountains. There are seven Munros (hills in Scotland over ) within the estate, the highest being Lochnagar at . This mountain was the setting for a children's story, "The Old Man of Lochnagar", told originally by Prince Charles to his younger brothers, | Balmoral Castle substitute locations were used: Blairquhan Castle in "The Queen"; and Duns Castle in "Mrs Brown". Queen Elizabeth II's visits to Balmoral Castle were also featured in several episodes of the Netflix series "The Crown". Ardverikie House was used as a stand-in for the royal estate for filming purposes. Since 1987 an illustration of the castle has been featured on the reverse side of £100 notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Balmoral Castle Balmoral Castle () is a large estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and east of Braemar. Balmoral |
n which country would you find both the rivers Oder and Vistula, which flow into the Baltic Sea? | Poland the height of up to . The highest peak of the park is Rowokol ( above sea level). The longest rivers are the Vistula (), long; the Oder () which forms part of Poland's western border, long; its tributary, the Warta, long; and the Bug, a tributary of the Vistula, long. The Vistula and the Oder flow into the Baltic Sea, as do numerous smaller rivers in Pomerania. The Łyna and the Angrapa flow by way of the Pregolya to the Baltic Sea, and the Czarna Hańcza flows into the Baltic Sea through the Neman. While the great majority of | Baltic Sea the Baltic. They include the major rivers of north Europe, such as the Oder, the Vistula, the Neman, the Daugava and the Neva. Additional fresh water comes from the difference of precipitation less evaporation, which is positive. An important source of salty water are infrequent inflows of North Sea water into the Baltic. Such inflows, important to the Baltic ecosystem because of the oxygen they transport into the Baltic deeps, used to happen regularly until the 1980s. In recent decades they have become less frequent. The latest four occurred in 1983, 1993, 2003 and 2014 suggesting a new inter-inflow period |
Winston Churchill's mother came from which country? | USS Winston S. Churchill USS Winston S. Churchill USS "Winston S. Churchill" (DDG-81) is an destroyer of the United States Navy. She is named after Sir Winston Churchill, the renowned former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This ship is the 31st destroyer of her class. "Winston S. Churchill" was the 18th ship of this class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 7 May 1998. She was launched and christened on 17 April 1999. On 10 March 2001, she was commissioned during a ceremony at Town Point Park in Norfolk, Virginia. On 29 November 1995, on | USS Winston S. Churchill S. Churchill" returned to Norfolk at the end of May 2003. On 22 August 2005, "Winston S. Churchill" was involved in a minor collision with the destroyer off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Both ships suffered minor damage, and no injuries were reported. Both ships returned to their homeport at Naval Station Norfolk under their own power. On 22 January 2006 "Winston S. Churchill" captured a suspected pirate vessel in the Indian Ocean as part of an ongoing effort to help maintain law and order in the region. On 26 September 2010, "Winston S. Churchill" came across a disabled skiff |
Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born? | Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (, ), formerly “Campo dell’Oro Airport”, is the main airport serving Ajaccio on the French island of Corsica. It is located in Ajaccio, a "commune" of the "département" of Southern Corsica, east of the harbour. The airport is the main base of regional airline Air Corsica, which operates services to Metropolitan France. It is named for Napoleon Bonaparte, who was born in Ajaccio. Campo dell’Oro, before aviation, was an alluvial plain at the mouth of the Gravona. The meaning of “Field of Gold” remains obscure; some 19th century authors refer to a | Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte II (November 5, 1830 – September 3, 1893) was a French-American military officer who served in the United States Army and later in the French Army. He was the son of Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte and Susan May Williams. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, as the son of Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte and his wife, Susan May Williams. He was the grandson of Jérôme Bonaparte (who reigned as King of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813) and the grandnephew of Emperor Napoleon, who died in 1821. Bonaparte entered the United States Military Academy at West |
In which country was the composer Chopin born? | Nicolas Chopin a foreign country, with time he became completely Polonized and "undoubtedly considered himself a Pole." This was borne out by his willingness to fight for Poland's independence in the Kościuszko Uprising, after he had earlier refused to return to revolutionary France for fear of being conscripted into the French army. Nicolas Chopin Nicolas Chopin (in ; 15 April 17713 May 1844) was a teacher of French language in Prussian- and Russian-ruled Poland, and father of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. Nicolas Chopin was born in the village of Marainville-sur-Madon (Vosges department), in the province of Lorraine, France. He was the son | Nicolas Chopin Academy ("Akademia Duchowna") in Warsaw. Nicolas Chopin died of tuberculosis in Warsaw on 3 May 1844, aged seventy-three. He is interred with his wife at Powązki Cemetery. On 2 June 1806, Chopin married Justyna "née" Krzyżanowska. The couple had four children: Ludwika, born 1807, who married Józef Jędrzejewicz; their only son, Fryderyk Franciszek, born 1810, a pianist and composer best known as Frédéric Chopin; Izabela, born 9 July 1811, who married Antoni Barciński; and Emilia, born in 1812, who died of tuberculosis in 1827, aged fourteen. In 1829 Ambroży Mieroszewski painted oil portraits of Mikołaj (Nicolas) Chopin and Justyna Chopin |
In which country was Joseph Stalin born? | Joseph Stalin Museum, Gori Joseph Stalin Museum, Gori The Joseph Stalin Museum is a museum in Gori, Georgia dedicated to the life of Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, who was born in Gori. The Museum retains its Soviet-era characteristics. The museum has three sections, all located in the town's central square. It was officially dedicated to Stalin in 1957. With the downfall of the Soviet Union and independence movement of Georgia, the museum was closed in 1989, but has since been reopened, and is a popular tourist attraction. Enshrined within a Greco-Italianate pavilion is a small wooden hut, in which Stalin | Joseph Stalin Soviet Union. A 2012 survey commissioned by the Carnegie Endowment found 38% of Armenians concurring that their county "will always have need of a leader like Stalin". In early 2010 a new monument to Stalin was erected in Zaporizhia, Ukraine; in December unknown persons cut off its head and in 2011 it was destroyed in an explosion. In a 2016 Kiev International Institute of Sociology poll, 38% of respondents had a negative attitude to Stalin, 26% a neutral one and 17% a positive (19% refused to answer). Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; 18 December 1878 – |
Who was disparagingly known as that Austrian corporal? | Paul von Hindenburg Complete disaster was averted by United States President Herbert Hoover obtaining a temporary moratorium on reparation payments. In the summer of 1931, Hindenburg complained in a letter to his daughter: "What pains and angers me the most is being misunderstood by part of the political right". He met Adolf Hitler for the first time in October 1931, at a high-level conference in Berlin. Everyone present saw that they took an immediate dislike to each other. Afterwards Hindenburg in private often disparagingly referred to Hitler as "that Austrian corporal", "that Bohemian corporal" or sometimes simply as "the corporal" and also derided | That Guy... Who Was in That Thing the point. But you'll recognize them, and that's the other half." A sequel, "That Gal...Who Was In That Thing: That Guy 2", focused on similarly lesser-known but familiar character actresses, including Catherine Hicks, Alicia Coppola and Roxanne Hart, was released on Showtime in March 2015. That Guy... Who Was in That Thing That Guy... Who Was in That Thing is a 2012 documentary film by Ian Roumain and Michael Schwartz that features sixteen male character actors discussing their careers as working actors below the film star level but who are often recognized as being "that guy" who was in "that |
The Bee Gees are popularly credited as being from Australia, but on which island were they actually born? | Bee Gees and 1980s. The Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists. Born on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England, until the late 1950s. There, in 1955, they formed the Rattlesnakes. The family then moved to Redcliffe, in Queensland, Australia, and then to Cribb Island. After achieving their first chart success in Australia as the Bee Gees with "Spicks and Specks" (their 12th single), they returned to the UK in January 1967, when producer Robert Stigwood began promoting them to | Bee Gees to mark their naming as Freemen of the Borough. On 14 February 2013, Barry Gibb unveiled a statue of the Bee Gees, as well as unveiling "Bee Gees Way" (a walkway filled with photos of the Bee Gees), in honour of the Bee Gees in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. On 27 June 2018, Barry Gibb, the last surviving member of the Bee Gees, was knighted by Prince Charles after being named on the Queen's New Years Honours List. Barry Gibb played rhythm guitar. During the early 1970s, Robin Gibb played piano, organ and guitar occasionally, after which, he only played strings |
In which country was JRR Tolkien born? | J. R. R. Tolkien this origin of the name has not been proven. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province in South Africa) to Arthur Reuel Tolkien (1857–1896), an English bank manager, and his wife Mabel, "née" Suffield (1870–1904). The couple had left England when Arthur was promoted to head the Bloemfontein office of the British bank for which he worked. Tolkien had one sibling, his younger brother, Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, who was born on 17 February 1894. As a child, Tolkien was bitten by a large baboon spider | Tolkien fandom the 18th World Science Fiction Convention in Pittsburgh on September 4, 1960. Those people who provided accepted research papers to the group’s fanzine, "I Palantir", would become "members." Non-members could purchase the magazine, of which Ted Johnstone was elected editor and Bruce Pelz publisher. Ken Cheslin, British agent of The Fellowship, wrote, "I would say that the Tolkien [sic] society [meaning The Fellowship] wasn’t an offshoot… it consisted of fans who regarded JRR as, I think, a little something extra, a little area of interest in addition to the then fandom, not an alternative or a replacement, substitute, etc." England’s |
The 1918 pandemic was given what name? | Influenza pandemic pandemics each came in three or four waves of increasing lethality. But within a wave, mortality was greater at the beginning of the wave. Mortality varies widely in a pandemic. In the 1918 pandemic: The 1918 flu pandemic, commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, was a category 5 influenza pandemic caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. The Spanish flu pandemic lasted from 1918 to 1920. Older estimates say it killed 40–50 million people while current estimates say 50 million to 100 million people worldwide were killed. This pandemic has been described | Grover (given name) Grover (given name) Grover is a masculine given name. Grover first became popular as a given name in the United States during the presidencies of Grover Cleveland, in part of a long-standing American trend of naming babies after presidents. Cleveland's official first name was Stephen; he was named after Stephen Grover, a former minister at the church his parents attended. However, from childhood, Cleveland's friends addressed him by his middle name instead, and so what was originally the surname Grover became a given name. According to Social Security Administration data, the name Grover increased in frequency by 850 per 100,000 |
What is the name of the dog that appears on His Masters Voice lables? | His Master's Voice His Master's Voice His Master's Voice (HMV) is a famous trademark in the recording industry and was the unofficial name of a major British record label. The phrase was coined in the 1890s as the title of a painting of a terrier mix dog named Nipper, listening to a wind-up disc gramophone. In the original painting, the dog was listening to a cylinder phonograph. In the 1970s, the statue of the dog and gramophone, "His Master's Voice", were cloaked in bronze and was awarded by the record company (EMI) to artists or music producers or composers as a music award | What the Dog Saw the difference between early and late bloomers to criminal profiling. "What the Dog Saw" was met with mainly positive reviews. It received profiles in many high-profile publications, including the "New York Times", "The Guardian", "Time Magazine", "The Los Angeles Times" and "The Independent". In particular, Gladwell was praised for his writing and storytelling, and reviewers looked upon the essay format positively, with "The Guardian" stating "one virtue of What the Dog Saw is that the pieces are perfectly crafted: they achieve their purpose more effectively when they aren't stretched out." "What The Dog Saw" was criticized for its use of |
Blondi was a German Shepherd that belonged to whom? | Blondi a unit of SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence agency. The dog thought to be Blondi was exhumed and photographed by the Soviets. Informational notes Citations Blondi Blondi (1941 – 29 April 1945) was Adolf Hitler's German Shepherd, a gift as a puppy from Martin Bormann in 1941. Blondi stayed with Hitler even after his move into the "Führerbunker" located underneath the garden of the Reich Chancellery on 16 January 1945. Hitler was reportedly very fond of Blondi, keeping her by his side and allowing her to sleep in his bed in the bunker. According to Hitler's secretary Traudl Junge, this affection | German Shepherd German Shepherd The German Shepherd (, ) is a breed of medium to large-sized working dog that originated in Germany. In the English language, the breed's officially recognized name is German Shepherd Dog (sometimes abbreviated as "GSD"). The breed was officially known as the Alsatian in Britain until 1977 when its name was changed back to German Shepherd. The German Shepherd is a relatively new breed of dog, with their origin dating to 1899. As part of the Herding Group, German Shepherds are working dogs developed originally for herding sheep. Since that time however, because of their strength, intelligence, trainability, |
What is the name of the cat in the Homeward Bound movies? | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco is a 1996 American adventure comedy film and a sequel to the 1993 film "". Directed by David R. Ellis, the film features the three animals from the first film, Shadow the Golden Retriever (voiced by Ralph Waite, replacing Don Ameche, who died in 1993), Sassy the Himalayan cat (Sally Field), and Chance the American Bulldog (Michael J. Fox). It also features the voice work of Sinbad, Carla Gugino, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jon Polito, Adam Goldberg, Al Michaels, Tommy Lasorda, and Bob Uecker. The film | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey is a 1993 American adventure comedy film and a remake of the 1963 film "The Incredible Journey", which was based on the novel of the same name by Sheila Burnford. Directed by Duwayne Dunham, it was released on February 3, 1993. It grossed $41,833,324 in the United States and was followed in 1996 by "". This film is dedicated to producer Franklin R. Levy, who died during production of the film. Chance (voiced by Michael J. Fox), an immature and disobedient American Bulldog and the narrator of the film, explains |
What is the name of the only book written by Anna Sewell? | Anna Sewell or US $4,630 in 2017) and the book was published the same year. After the publication of her only novel, Sewell fell seriously ill. Sewell was in extreme pain and completely bedridden for the following months, and she died on 25 April 1878 of hepatitis or tuberculosis. She was buried on 30 April 1878 at Quaker burial-ground in Lammas near Buxton, Norfolk, not far from Norwich. Sewell's birthplace in Church Plain, Great Yarmouth has been the home to a museum and a tea shop. The house in Old Catton where she wrote "Black Beauty" is now known as Anna Sewell | Anna Sewell House. There is an Anna Sewell memorial fountain and horse trough outside the public library in Ansonia, Connecticut, in the United States of America. It was donated by Caroline Phelps Stokes, a philanthropist known for her work supporting animal welfare, in 1892. A memorial fountain to Sewell is located at the junction of Constitution Hill and St. Clement's Hill in Norwich, which also marks the entrance to Sewell Park. The fountain was placed in 1917 by Sewell's niece Ada Sewell. On 1 September 1984 the graveyard at Lammas was bulldozed by contractors under the direction of Mrs Wendy Forsey without |
What is the name of Susan Boyle's cat? | Susan Boyle in Concert choir from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The Second half included the song "Ae Fond Kiss" which Boyle dedicated to everyone who had lost someone in their lives. "River Deep, Mountain High", a duet with Lance Ellington, had the audience on their feet and dancing. The second half ended with "I Dreamed A Dream", which Boyle jokingly said, "has got me into a lot of trouble." Throughout the concert, Boyle showed her sense of humor with jokes about her cat Pebbles and her boss Simon Cowell. She gave her impersonation of the judges from BGT which had the audience in | Susan Boyle in Concert Susan Boyle in Concert Susan Boyle in Concert is the first concert tour by singer Susan Boyle. The tour promoted Boyle's fourth album, "". Boyle chose to launch her tour in Scotland as a thank you to her country for their support and hopes to take the tour global in 2014. The sell-out tour ran for seven nights with appearances in Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh. . Susan said, "This is the year that I feel that I would be able to give an audience what they want. I’ve always wanted to do my own show and now I |
What is the name of Tintin's wire haired terrier? | Wire Fox Terrier canine member of the Charles family, was a wire fox terrier, and the popularity of the breed soared. Milou (Snowy) from "The Adventures of Tintin" comic strip is also a wire fox terrier. In the late 20th century, the popularity of the breed declined again, most likely due to changing living conditions in the Western world and the difficulty of keeping hunting terriers in cities due to their strong prey instincts. As of 2014, the wire fox terrier has the distinction of having received more Best in Show titles at Westminster Kennel Club dog shows (currently 14) than any other | Wire Fox Terrier breed. Matford Vic, a wire fox terrier, is one of only five dogs to have won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on more than one occasion. She won the competition twice, in 1915 and 1916. The only dog to win it on more occasions was Warren Remedy, a smooth fox terrier, who won it on three occasions between 1907 and 1909. Wire Fox Terrier The Wire Fox Terrier is a breed of dog, one of many terrier breeds. It is a fox terrier, and although it bears a resemblance to the Smooth Fox Terrier, they are believed to have |
What is the name of the lion in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo? | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquisitions of many different companies and film and television libraries, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has greatly enhanced its film and television holdings. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's library includes its own post-April 1986 library as well as the film and television libraries of: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (initialized as MGM; common metonym: the Lion or Leo) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs. One of the world's oldest film studios, MGM's headquarters are located at 245 North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, California. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control | Leo the Lion (MGM) out, then the logo immediately shows a crocodile, to which Steve approves. MGM also used a secondary logo, seen in the opening and closing credits of many classic MGM movies. This design originated as the Metro-Goldwyn Pictures logo from 1923 to 1925. The logo features a graphic image of a reclining lion (from a side view) on a pedestal that has the text "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture" inscribed on it. Behind the lion is a semi-circular film ribbon with the "Ars Gratia Artis" motto ("Art for art's sake"), much like the film ribboning of the company's primary logo. On either side |
What is the name of the baboon/witch doctor from The Lion King? | Scar (The Lion King) their victims' fears. The original plot of "The Lion King" revolved around a rivalry between lions and baboons. A baboon himself, Scar was their leader. After this plot was abandoned, Scar was re-written into a rogue lion lacking any blood relation to both Mufasa and Simba. The writers eventually decided that making Scar and Mufasa brothers would make the film more interesting. An abandoned character, at one point Scar owned a pet python as a sidekick. Because the film was originally intended to be much more adult-oriented, Scar was to have become infatuated with Simba's childhood friend and eventual love | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (video game) out of five and called it "A decent start to what will inevitably be a game series." The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (video game) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an action-adventure game released in 2005 by Traveller's Tales. The game is based on the novel-adapted . It was released in November before the movie for most major consoles including the GameCube, PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance. Also in 2005, a role-playing game with an identical name was released for wireless phone systems |
Who was often heard to say "Stupid boy" in the series Dads Army? | Dad's Army in a BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It had been placed 13th in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 and voted for by industry professionals. The series has influenced British popular culture, with the series' catchphrases and characters being well known. The "Radio Times" magazine listed Captain Mainwaring's "You stupid boy!" among the 25 greatest put-downs on TV. A second feature film of "Dad's Army" with a largely different cast was released in 2016. Originally intended to be called "The Fighting Tigers", "Dad's Army" was based | The Boy Who Heard Music and directed by Ethan Silverman and presented as a staged concert reading with minimal dialogue. The cast included John Hickok as Ray High, Jon Patrick Walker as Josh, Matt McGrath as Gabriel, and Bree Sharp as Leila. Songs in this adaptation included: The song "Real Good Looking Boy" was previously issued on The Who's compilation album "Then and Now". The song "I Can Fly" was previously issued on Fuller's EP "Shine". The Boy Who Heard Music The Boy Who Heard Music is a rock opus that began life as an Internet novella written by musician and songwriter Pete Townshend. Townshend |
What was the name of the character often used in the pictures in Roy Walker's programme "Catchphrase"? | Catchphrase (UK game show) game, complete with original theme music and Mr. Chips. Roy Walker also voiced the interactive play along version of "Catchphrase" on WedigTV. In January 2012, a "Catchphrase" game was released on the Apple store for iOS devices. In May 2013, a new "Catchphrase" app was released for Android, Apple inc. and Amazon kindle devices. On the Apple store, the app costs £0.69 and a free version of the app that went up to round 4 instead of having all 20 rounds. On 15 March 2014 a new version of the app was released. You played as you did in the | Catchphrase (UK game show) Catchphrase (UK game show) Catchphrase is a British game show based on the short-lived U.S. game show of the same name. It originally aired on ITV in the United Kingdom between 12 January 1986 and 23 April 2004. A currently running revival premiered on ITV on 7 April 2013. "Catchphrase" was presented by Northern Irish comedian Roy Walker from its 1986 premiere until 1999, airing weekly at night. Nick Weir took the programme over in 2000 and hosted it until the end of series 16 on 23 April 2004. Mark Curry replaced Weir for the final series, which moved to |
"You get nothing for a pair" was a Bruce Forsyth catchphrase in which programme? | Bruce Forsyth Bruce Forsyth Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson (22 February 1928 – 18 August 2017) was a British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 75 years. In 2012, "Guinness World Records" recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer. Forsyth came to national attention from the mid-1950s through the ITV series "Sunday Night at the London Palladium". He went on to host several game shows, including "The Generation Game", "Play Your Cards Right", "The Price Is Right" and "You Bet!". He co-presented "Strictly Come Dancing" from 2004 to 2013. Forsyth was born | Bruce Forsyth co-presented "Strictly Come Dancing" from 2004 to 2013, formally stepping down from hosting the regular live show in April 2014. This decision was made to reduce his workload and for the preparation of pre-recorded specials. On 7 April 2010, Forsyth became one of the first three celebrities to be subjected to the British version of the American institution of a comedy roast, on Channel 4's "A Comedy Roast". Forsyth was the subject of the BBC genealogy series "Who Do You Think You Are?", broadcast on 19 July 2010. On 20 March 2010, Forsyth appeared on the autobiography-interview programme "Piers Morgan's |
What you talkin' about Willis was a catchphrase for the late Gary Coleman in which TV series? | Gary Coleman Manhattan. The series was broadcast from 1978 to 1986. He became the most popular fixture of the series, enhanced by his character's catchphrase "What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?". At the height of his fame on "Diff'rent Strokes", he earned $100,000 per episode. A Biography Channel documentary estimated he was left with a quarter of the original amount after paying his parents, advisers, lawyers, and taxes. He later successfully sued his parents and his former advisers for misappropriation of his finances and was awarded $1.3 million. According to Todd Bridges' autobiography "Killing Willis", Coleman was made to work long hours on the | Talkin' About You twice about Nat Adderley's talents. He's left his own legacy and this set sums it up rather nicely." Talkin' About You Talkin' About You is an album by Nat Adderley's Quintet recorded in 1990 and originally released on the Landmark label. "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" states "Astonishingly slow to get going (almost as if it were an unedited take of a live set) and marred by intonation problems with both horns, "Talkin' About You" develops into a storming session ... The rhythm section is faultless and the digital recording is of the highest quality". In his review for AllMusic, |
"He's fallen in the water," was a catchphrase from which radio show? | The Last Goon Show of All a well, which naturally leads to Little Jim's catchphrase "He's fallen in the water!" During the subsequent audience applause, Milligan shouts "Had to get it in, folks! Had to get it in!" Bloodnok reappears, pursued by the Red Bladder, but mysteriously transforms into Grytpype-Thynne, who announces to Neddie that "we have found "Goon Show" number 1-6-3, in which you play the lead all the way through as an underfloor heating detective". Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, this line falls victim to one of Sellers' "fluffs", for which he was notorious, followed by an attack of giggling, another one of his trademarks. | Catchphrase (UK game show) three contestants instead of two, and the show has also been updated with new 3D graphics and a new concluding game. On 9 October 2012, ITV announced that it had ordered a full series after a successful pilot. NB. Series 16 was recorded before Series 17 (Mark Curry's series) but transmitted after it. In homage to the show, a popular radio parody of "Catchphrase", entitled Car Park Catchphrase was broadcast on "The Chris Moyles Show" on BBC Radio 1 from January 2004 until December 2005. It returned to the airwaves on 8 January 2007. It was taken off the air |
Which wild-card won Wimbledon in 2001? | Wild card (sports) cards are in use, and they are granted by the respective sport federations. On rare occasions, a competitor who had gained entry by wild card succeeds in winning a medal or the championship. For example, Kye Sun-Hui won gold in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Ding Junhui won the 2005 China Open snooker championship, Goran Ivanišević won the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, Kim Clijsters won the 2009 US Open, and Lin Dan won the 2013 BWF World Championships. In North American professional sports leagues, "wild card" refers to a team that qualifies for the championship playoffs without winning their specific | 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles became the third-youngest woman to win Wimbledon (behind Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis) and the second Russian woman (after Anastasia Myskina won the French Open earlier that year) to win a Grand Slam title. Venus Williams, who had appeared in the previous four Wimbledon finals, winning in 2000 and 2001, suffered her earliest exit from Wimbledon since her debut, being upset in the second round by Karolina Šprem. This was also the last Grand Slam singles tournament that former world No. 1 Martina Navratilova competed in; having been awarded a wild card, she won her first round match and became, |
What is the maximum number of ball girls or boys allowed on court at any one time? | No Boys Allowed April 2012 the album has sold 312,808 copies in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the "No Boys Allowed" debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number seventy six, considerably lower than Hilson's previous album, "In a Perfect World...", which debuted at number twenty-two. However, in comparison, her previous album was released off the back of the 2009 top-five single "Knock You Down", whereas "No Boys Allowed"s lead single, "Pretty Girl Rock", only managed to reach top-sixty. "No Boys Allowed" has sold 447,000 copies globally. The album was considerably more successful on the UK R&B Chart, where it reached | Ball boy Ball boy Ball boys and ball girls are individuals, usually youths, who retrieve and supply balls for players or officials in sports such as association football (soccer), American football, bandy, cricket, tennis, baseball, and basketball. Though non-essential, their activities help to speed up play by reducing the amount of inactive time. Due to the nature of the sport, quick retrieval of loose balls and delivery of the game balls to the servers are necessary for quick play in tennis. In professional tournaments, every court will have a trained squad of ball boys/girls with positionings and movements designed for maximum efficiency, |
What is the total number of grass courts at Wimbledon? | 2014 Wimbledon Championships and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on grass courts and takes place over a series of 19 courts, including the four main showcourts, Centre Court, No. 1 Court, No. 2 Court and No. 3 Court. Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event. The Wimbledon total prize money for 2014 has been increased by | The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts. Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open. Since the Australian Open shifted to hardcourt in 1988, Wimbledon is the only major still played on grass. The tournament traditionally took place over two weeks in late June |
What nationality is Tomas Berdych, who defeated Roger Federer on his way to the final of the Men's Singles at Wimbledon in 2010? | 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles top half of the draw. Rafael Nadal, the world No. 1 and second seed, defeated 12th seed Berdych in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4, to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, his second Wimbledon title and his eighth Grand Slam title overall. It was Nadal's 4th non-consecutive Wimbledon final as he skipped the 2009 tournament because of injuries. Berdych became the first Czech man to reach the final since Ivan Lendl's appearance in the 1987 final. For the first time ever there were no English players in the Wimbledon men's singles competition, however Great Britain | 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Gulbis withdrew due to a muscle tear in his right thigh. He was replaced in the draw by the highest-ranked non-seeded player Philipp Petzschner, who became the #33 seed. 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Tomáš Berdych. This was the first time since 2002 that Federer did not make the Wimbledon men's singles final, and the second successive Grand Slam tournament that Federer was defeated at the quarterfinal stage, having previously been on a record run of 23 successive Grand Slam semifinals (of which he won all |
Who partnered Jamie Murray when he won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2007? | 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles 2007 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles Andy Ram and Vera Zvonareva were the defending champions but Zvonareva did not compete. Ram partnered with Nathalie Dechy but lost in the third round to Marcin Matkowski and Cara Black. Jamie Murray and Jelena Janković defeated Jonas Björkman and Alicia Molik in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships. Murray became the first British champion of a senior Wimbledon title since Jeremy Bates and Jo Durie won the same title at the 1987 Championships. All seeds received a bye into the second round. | Jamie Murray career statistics Jamie Murray career statistics Jamie Murray is a professional tennis player who is the current British number one doubles player. He has reached ten grand slam finals in total: (4 Doubles, 6 Mixed), he has won the mixed doubles at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, 2017 Wimbledon Championships, 2017 US Open and 2018 US Open, and the men's doubles at the 2016 Australian Open and 2016 US Open, and has finished as runner-up in the men's doubles tournament at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2015 US Open and in mixed doubles at the 2008 US Open. Murray has been ranked as |
Which player famously cried on the Duchess of Kent's shoulder after losing the final of the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon in 1993? | 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Jana Novotná, in a rematch of the previous year's final. Novotná defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 6–4, 7–6 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. This was Novotná's first win in a Wimbledon final on her third attempt. This would be the last time a Czech player would win Wimbledon (or win a Grand Slam title) until Petra Kvitová won in 2011. The 1998 final was the first time in the Open Era since the 1980 | 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles at age 47, the oldest player in the Open Era to win a main draw match at Wimbledon. Serena Williams "(Final)" 2004 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Maria Sharapova defeated the two-time defending champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–1, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships. This victory was hailed by the media as "the most stunning upset in memory". Serena Williams was attempting to become the first player to win the women's singles tournament three consecutive times since Steffi Graf was champion in 1991, 1992 and 1993. With this win, Sharapova, who |
What was the name of Adam and the ants first album called? | Adam and the Ants John Lennon. Decca and Do It Records both repromoted all of the band's previous output to cash in on the success of the album and its satellite singles. "Young Parisians" reached No. 9 in December 1980 (giving the old Ants band a posthumous UK Top 10 hit single) while "Dirk Wears White Sox" made it to No. 16 in the album charts in February 1981. "Zerox" and "Cartrouble" also charted that month, making it to No. 33 and No. 45, respectively, in the UK Singles Chart. Bassist Kevin Mooney left the band in 1981, and was replaced with Gary Tibbs, | Adam and the Ants seven dates in April 1978, four in London and one each in Nottingham, Liverpool and Sheffield were advertised on a handbill as being the ""Dirk Wears White Socks Tour"" In the Judge Dredd story "The Ant Man", from the British comic "2000AD" (issue 640), one of the three-man-eating ants is called Adam. Adam and the Ants Adam and the Ants were an English rock band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The group, which lasted from 1977 to 1982, existed in two incarnations, both fronted by Adam Ant. The first, founded in May 1977 and known simply as |
Who sang the song Maniac from the movie Flashdance? | Maniac (Michael Sembello song) Maniac (Michael Sembello song) "Maniac" is a song performed by Michael Sembello. The song was used in the 1983 film "Flashdance". "Maniac" appears during an early scene in "Flashdance" and is used as the backing track of a montage sequence showing Alex (Jennifer Beals) training strenuously in her converted warehouse. The song was included in "Flashdance" after Sembello's wife accidentally included it on a tape sent to executives at Paramount Pictures who were looking for music to use in the film. Sembello had originally written the song as a horror theme after watching a slasher film (possibly 1980's "Maniac") with | Flashdance song was originally written for the 1980 horror film "Maniac", and that lyrics about a killer on the loose were rewritten so the song could be used in "Flashdance". The legend is discredited in the special features of the film's DVD release, which reveal that the song was written for the film, although only two complete lyrics ("Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night" and "She's a maniac") were available when filming commenced. Like the title song, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1983. Other songs in the film include "Lady, Lady, Lady", |
Ginger Baker was the drummer from which band? | Ginger Baker Ginger Baker Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born 19 August 1939) is an English drummer and a founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer," while his individual style melds a jazz background with African rhythms. Baker is credited as a pioneer of drumming in genres like jazz fusion, heavy metal and world music. Baker began playing drums at age 15, and later took lessons from Phil Seamen. In the 1960s, he joined Blues Incorporated, where he met bassist Jack Bruce. The two clashed often, but would be rhythm | Ginger Baker was revolutionary – extrovert, primal and inventive. He set the bar for what rock drumming could be. [...] Every rock drummer since has been influenced in some way by Ginger – even if they don't know it". He has been married four times and has fathered three children. Baker and his first wife, Liz Finch, had their first child, Ginette Karen, on 20 December 1960. Baker's second daughter, Leda, was born 20 February 1968. Baker's son, Kofi Streatfield Baker, was born in March 1969 and named after a friend of Baker's, Ghanaian drummer Kofi Ghanaba. In February 2013 Baker said |
Graham Nash from Crosby Stills and Nash was originally a member of which U.K. group? | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young work in other groups (Crosby for the Byrds, Stills for Buffalo Springfield and Nash for the Hollies). Neil Young has also been inducted as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield. Prior to the formation of CSN, each member of the band had belonged to another prominent group. David Crosby played guitar, sang and wrote songs with the Byrds; Stephen Stills had been a guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter in the band Buffalo Springfield (which also featured Neil Young); and Graham Nash had been a guitarist, singer and songwriter with The Hollies. Due to internal friction, Crosby | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) is a vocal folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. They are also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) when joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, who was an occasional fourth member. They are noted for their intricate vocal harmonies, often tumultuous interpersonal relationships, political activism, and lasting influence on American music and culture. Crosby, Stills & Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and all three members were also inducted for their |
By what other name is Jonas Altberg better known? | Basshunter 12 January 2011. On 14 June 2011, he was found not guilty with the sheriff describing the two accusers as "neither credible nor reliable" and their testimony as "riddled with inconsistencies and improbabilities". Studio albums Basshunter Jonas Erik Altberg (born 22 December 1984 in Halmstad), better known by his stage name Basshunter () is a Swedish singer, record producer and DJ. He began producing music under the stage name "Basshunter" in 2001. He recorded four studio albums: "LOL" (2006), "Now You're Gone – The Album" (2008), "Bass Generation" (2009) and "Calling Time" (2013). In addition to his own music, he | My Name Is Jonas My Name Is Jonas "My Name Is Jonas" is a song by alternative rock band Weezer. It is the first track of the band's self-titled 1994 debut album, also known as "The Blue Album". It was written by vocalist Rivers Cuomo, drummer Patrick Wilson and guitarist Jason Cropper, and produced by Ric Ocasek. Cropper wrote the song's acoustic intro; it is his only Weezer songwriting credit, as he left the band before the release of its first album. The song was inspired by Cuomo's brother, who was having insurance problems after a car crash. According to Cuomo, the song "explains |
What is the name of the Daleks home planet? | Asylum of the Daleks Skaro, home planet of the Daleks. In addition, "Pond Life" is an earlier five-part mini serial prequel to this episode, which was released serially in the week leading up to the premiere. The fifth part hints at Amy and Rory's separation. The Doctor, having been led into a trap by Darla, is kidnapped by the Daleks and taken to the Parliament of the Daleks. Joined by him are nearly-divorced Amy and Rory, who have been similarly kidnapped from present-day Earth. The Doctor is surprised when the Daleks ask him for help. The "Alaska", a starliner that crashed into a planet | Planet of the Daleks Planet of the Daleks Planet of the Daleks is the fourth serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast in six weekly parts on BBC1 from 7 April to 12 May 1973. Continuing from the events of the serial "Frontier in Space", the serial involves a small team of Daleks plotting to revive an army of Daleks which are being kept in suspended animation on the planet Spiridon. The Third Doctor has been wounded after being shot by the Master on the Ogron planet. Jo Grant manages to help the |
Name the Doctor's robotic companion from the episode The Kings Demons? | The Master (Doctor Who) in his case they are not so much "companions" as "tools". In "Castrovalva", the Doctor's companion Adric was abducted by the Master and forced to create a block transfer computation. Later, in "The King's Demons", Kamelion is controlled by the Master before the Doctor steals him away, with the Master regaining control of Kamelion in "Planet of Fire". In the second episode of "The Ultimate Foe", Sabalom Glitz chose to go with the Master in search of Time Lord secrets. In the 1996 television movie, Chang Lee helps the Master because he has been duped into believing that the Doctor | The Name of the Doctor The Name of the Doctor "The Name of the Doctor" is the thirteenth and final episode of the seventh series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 May 2013. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein. The episode was watched by 7.45 million viewers in the UK and received positive reviews from critics. In the episode, an entity called the Great Intelligence (Richard E. Grant) kidnaps Victorian-era detectives Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh) and Jenny Flint (Catrin Stewart) and their butler Strax (Dan Starkey) to force |
Who played the first Doctor? | Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures The First Doctor Adventures is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British television programme "Doctor Who". It sees the return of David Bradley as the First Doctor, a role originated by William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966, as well as by Bradley on television in the episodes "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time". David Bradley also portrayed William Hartnell in the BBC bio-drama, "An Adventure in Space and Time". Also appearing are Claudia Grant as Susan Foreman, Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright and Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton. | The Doctor (Doctor Who) was to cast an actor in his mid-30s to 40s for the role of the Eleventh Doctor, despite casting Matt Smith, who is the youngest actor to ever have played the role. The actors who have played the lead role of the Doctor in the programme and the dates of their first and last regular television appearances in the role, are: Jodie Whittaker took over the role as the Thirteenth Doctor in the 2017 Christmas special. In addition to the above-listed actors, others have played versions of the Doctor for the duration of particular storylines. Notably, John Hurt guest starred |
The Lord of the Rings was written as a sequel to which book? | The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel "The Hobbit", but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, "The Lord of the Rings" is one of the best-selling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold. The title of the novel refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord Sauron, who had in an earlier age created the One Ring to rule | The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion It is available in both hardcover and paperback. The "Reader's Companion" was designed to accompany the revised one-volume 50th anniversary edition of "The Lord of the Rings" (Houghton Mifflin, 2004; ). "The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion" won the 2006 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies. The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (2005) is a nonfiction book written by scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull. It is an annotated reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". Hammond and Scull proceed chapter-by-chapter from the |
At the start of The Fellowship of the Ring, which birthday is Bilbo Baggins celebrating? | The Fellowship of the Ring edition". The title "The Fellowship of the Ring" refers to the group of chief protagonists. The Prologue is meant partly to help people who have not read "The Hobbit" to understand the events of that book. It also contains other background information to set the stage for the novel. The first chapter in the book begins in a light vein, following the tone of "The Hobbit". Bilbo Baggins celebrates his 111th (or eleventy-first, as it is called in Hobbiton) birthday on the same day, 22 September, that his younger cousin and adopted heir Frodo Baggins celebrates his coming of age | The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" is a song composed by Charles Randolph Grean and performed by Leonard Nimoy, telling the story of Bilbo Baggins and his adventures in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel "The Hobbit". The recording was featured on "Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy," the second of Nimoy's albums on Dot Records. It was also released as a single (Dot Records Cat. #45-17028) in July 1967, backed with a "modern thought-image" folk song called "Cotton Candy". When the single was originally released, Nimoy lip-synched to the recording during a guest appearance on the July |
Gollum killed his brother for the One ring. What was his brother's name? | One Ring was the One Ring. Frodo inherited the Ring from his uncle Bilbo Baggins. In Tolkien's earlier novel, "The Hobbit", Bilbo found the Ring in the caverns beneath the Misty Mountains. It had been lost in the caverns by Gollum, who used the invisibility it conferred to hunt orcs to eat. Gollum, a hobbit previously known as Sméagol, had kept the Ring for hundreds of years. He had murdered his friend Déagol to get the Ring shortly after Déagol found it in the river Anduin. Many centuries earlier the Ring had betrayed Isildur and fallen from his finger into the Anduin | His Name Was King His Name Was King His Name Was King () is a 1971 Italian Western film directed by Giancarlo Romitelli and starring Klaus Kinski. The bounty killer "King" Marley kills one of the Benson brothers, who are wanted smugglers. In retaliation the Bensons kill King's brother and rape his sister-in-law. While King goes after the gang the widow is taken in by King's friend sheriff Foster. She is raped again by his deputy who is then killed by Foster. The government agent Collins has King arrested, but this turns out to be a ruse to catch the real boss of the |
Name the Ent who befriends Merry and Pippin in Fanghorn forest. | Ent when they are "roused"). Tolkien describes them as tossing great slabs of stone about, and ripping down the walls of Isengard "like bread-crust". Treebeard boasted of their strength to Merry and Pippin; he said that Ents were much more powerful than Trolls, which Morgoth made in the First Age in mockery of Ents. The book further lays out the power of Ents; their bark-like skin and flesh make them difficult to harm even with axes, and a single punch from an Ent can kill; although they do hurl stones they otherwise do not use weapons. The Sindarin word for Ent | Fictional food and drink in Middle-earth on record at 4'5". In Peter Jackson's of "The Two Towers", a scene in which Merry and Pippin drink Ent-draughts is included but only in the extended cut. At this point due to the Ent-draught, Pippin has grown taller than Merry, much to the latter's chagrin. In a later scene, Merry is heard saying, "The world is back to normal," after finding himself taller than Pippin once again. Appearing in "The Lord of the Rings", "miruvor" is a warm and fragrant clear cordial of the Elves, also translated as mead by Tolkien in "Namárië". It gives the drinker renewed strength |
Which notorious American serial killer defended himself in court in 1979? | Serial killer which was released in 2002, focuses on serial killer Ted Bundy's personal life in college, leading up to his execution. Another movie, "Dahmer", was released in the same year, and tells the story of Jeffrey Dahmer. Serial killers are also portrayed in fictional media, oftentimes as having substantial intelligence and looking for difficult targets, despite the contradiction with the psychological profile of serial killers. Killers who have a strong desire for fame or to be renowned for their actions desire media attention as a way of validating and spreading their crimes; fear is also a component here, as some serial | Mohan Kumar (serial killer) Mohan Kumar (serial killer) Mohan Kumar (born 1963), also known as Cyanide Mohan, is a serial killer who preyed on women looking for marriage. A Mangalore fast track court tried and convicted him for the murder of 20 women. He was accused of luring women who were unable to pay dowry or were unable to find suitable husbands. He would kill them by giving them cyanide pills, claiming they were contraceptives, and rob them of their jewelry. He was charged with 20 murders and defended himself in court. He was sentenced to death in December 2013. Apart from murder, he |
Which British serial killer was played by Richard Attenborough in a 1971 movie? | 10 Rillington Place 10 Rillington Place 10 Rillington Place is a 1971 British crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Richard Attenborough, John Hurt and Judy Geeson. It was adapted by Clive Exton from the book "Ten Rillington Place" by Ludovic Kennedy (who also acted as technical advisor to the production). The film dramatises the case of British serial killer John Christie, who committed many of his crimes in the titular London terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving his neighbour Timothy Evans. Hurt received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Evans. The film | Richard Attenborough portrayed as "Dickie Attenborough" in the British Showbiz Awards sketch late in the third series of "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Attenborough is portrayed by Eric Idle as effusive and simpering. A portrayal similar to that seen in Monty Python can be seen in the early series of "Spitting Image", when Attenborough's caricature would regularly appear to thank others for an imagery award. In 2012 Attenborough was portrayed by Simon Callow in the BBC Four biopic "The Best Possible Taste", about Kenny Everett. Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English |
What alias was used by Robert LeRoy Parker? | Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy is a 2006 American adventure film, produced and directed by Ryan Little. It is loosely based on legends arising from the fate of real-life Western outlaw Butch Cassidy, the alias of Robert LeRoy Parker, whose gang robbed trains and banks in the 1890s. Cassidy fled to South America in 1901, where he is believed to have died in 1908. The film continues the Butch Cassidy saga beyond the ending of the 1969 Robert Redford–Paul Newman hit film, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", in 1908. The | Robert LeRoy LeRoy trailed 2 sets to 1 and 5-2 and Mollenhauer had two match points. A questionable line call and his opponent suffering from cramps allowed LeRoy to reach the final, where he lost in straight sets to eventual seven times champion William Larned. He also won three consecutive singles titles (1907–1909) at the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters. Robert LeRoy Robert LeRoy (February 7, 1885 – September 7, 1946) was a tennis player from New York City in the United States, who won two medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. He won a Silver medal |
Betty Driver played which role in Coronation Street? | Betty Williams (Coronation Street) Betty Williams (Coronation Street) Betty Williams (also Preston and Turpin) is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", portrayed by former music hall star Betty Driver. Driver was cast as Betty in 1969, after first auditioning for the role of Hilda Ogden, which was given to Jean Alexander. The character arrived in "Coronation Street" to help her sister Maggie Cooke run the corner shop, and has since had a number of storylines which have seen her become twice widowed, and mother to an illegitimate son. For most of the shows run Betty worked as a barmaid in | Betty Williams (Coronation Street) other actors with just a comedy reaction. It’s simple, and also fantastic." Driver was awarded a lifetime achievement award at "The British Soap Awards" in May 2010, to honour her role as Betty who had, at that time, featured in "Coronation Street" for 41 years. Due to illness, Driver was unable to collect the award in person, but she recorded a video message thanking everyone at ITV. During her time on "Coronation Street", the character has become synonymous with her signature dish at the Rovers Return Inn, Betty's hotpot. ITV have described the dish as "the stuff of legends", and |
Which fictional character drove a white Volvo P1800? | Volvo P1800 a possible "P1800ESC". Volvo never produced a convertible version of the 1800, but such cars were produced in the aftermarket most notably by Volvoville of New York, who offered them through their dealership after locally modifying stock coupes. In Sweden the P1800ES was nicknamed Fiskbilen (The Fish van); in Germany and Switzerland it was nicknamed Schneewittchensarg (Snow White's coffin), because of the all-glass rear hatch. The Volvo P1800 received prominence in the early '60s when a white 1962 Volvo P1800 with number plate ST1 was driven by the character Simon Templar (Roger Moore) in the hit TV series "The Saint" | Volvo P1800 (1962–69). When asked to name his favorite "movie car" many years later, Moore said it was the Volvo P1800, commenting: "I have a great affection for the Volvo P1800, as, of course, I owned one, as well as used one in the series. It’s a beautiful car and I still drive a Volvo to this day." When British rock band The Who visited the Duke of York in London in 1966, they posed for press pictures in front of singer Roger Daltrey's new custom-painted '66 Volvo P1800 Two new cars had been introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961, |
Minnie Driver was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Good Will Hunting in 1997, but who played the title role? | Minnie Driver appeared on British television with comedians Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci, and had small parts in "Casualty", "The House of Eliott", "Lovejoy" and "Peak Practice". Driver gained broader public attention when she played the lead role in "Circle of Friends" in 1995. She followed this with supporting roles in "GoldenEye" (1995), "Sleepers" (1996), "Big Night" (1996) and "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997). She played opposite Matt Damon as Skylar in the drama "Good Will Hunting" (1997), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 1998, Driver starred in Sandra | Minnie Driver You Think You Are?", in which she searched for information about her late father and found that he had a brother, Leslie, who became an actor in repertory theatre. On 11 October 2016, Driver said that she had been sexually assaulted at the age of 17 while on holiday in Greece. On 21 December 2017, Driver became an American citizen. Minnie Driver Amelia Fiona "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is an English American actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gus Van Sant's "Good Will Hunting" (1997) for her role as |
What is the surname of the only Russian F1 driver in the 2010 season? | Vitaly Petrov completed 75% of the race distance. Season still in progress. Vitaly Petrov Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov (, born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver who drove in Formula One for Renault F1 Team in 2010, Lotus Renault GP in 2011 and Caterham F1 Team in 2012. Born in Vyborg, he is known as the "Vyborg Rocket" () in Russia. He was the first Russian to compete in the Formula One World Championship. Unlike most top drivers, Petrov did not begin his career in karting, as there was very little motorsport where he lived. He began competing in motorsport in | F1 2010 (video game) F1 2010 (video game) F1 2010 is a BAFTA Award–winning video game based on the 2010 season of the Formula One world championship.<ref name="CM/Dev"></ref> The game was released in September 2010 on the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. It has sold 2.3 million units worldwide. The game engine is based on the new EGO 1.5 engine, an unofficially titled evolution of the EGO 1.0 engine that was created specially for the title. F1 2010 features "the most complicated weather system ever seen in a racing game" which is integral to F1. When it begins to rain, the |
In the movie Taxi Driver, who played child prostitute Iris? | Taxi Driver Taxi Driver Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks and Leonard Harris. Set in a decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of a lonely veteran (De Niro) working as a taxi driver, who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate a presidential candidate (Harris) and then the pimp (Keitel) of an underage prostitute (Foster) whom he befriends. Critically acclaimed upon release and nominated for four Academy | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane her mother, her landlord, and the molester. Writer Anthony Synnott placed "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" in a trend of sexualizing children in film, calling Rynn the "murdering nymphet" and comparing her to Foster's child prostitute character Iris in "Taxi Driver" (1976). Anthony Cortese also referred to Foster as giving an "encore performance" of "Taxi Driver", calling Rynn "a 13-year-old imp of maturing sexuality". Scholar Andrew Scahill described it as fitting a cinematic narrative of children in rebellion, one in which the child appears seemly, as with "The Innocents" (1961), "The Omen" (1976) and others. The genre |
Thomas Watkins was a fictitious driver who appeared in which popular period drama of the mid 1970s. | Thomas Watkins Thomas Watkins Thomas David Watkins (c.1876 – ?) is a fictional character in the ITV drama "Upstairs, Downstairs" and its spin-off "Thomas & Sarah". He was portrayed by John Alderton. Thomas Watkins was born in about 1876, the fifth of seven children, and grew up in Abergavenny, Wales. In June 1909 he responded to an advert for the position of manservant to Lawrence Kirbridge. When newly married Elizabeth arrived with Rose at her new home in Greenwich, Thomas was waiting outside her new house. He soon struck up a friendship with Rose, and the two witnessed the collapsing marriage of | Thomas Watkins Ligon Thomas Watkins Ligon Thomas Watkins Ligon (May 10, 1810January 12, 1881), a Democrat, was the 30th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1854 to 1858. He also a member of the United States House of Representatives, serving Maryland's third Congressional district from 1845 until 1849. He was the second Maryland governor born in Virginia and was a minority party governor, who faced bitter opposition from an openly hostile legislature. Thomas Watkins Ligon he was born on May 10, 1810, near Farmville, Virginia, the son of Thomas D. Ligon and Martha Watkins. He graduated from Hampden–Sydney College, then entered |
Who drove the `Cannonball Express` in a 1958 TV children's programme? | Casey Jones (TV series) Casey Jones (TV series) Casey Jones is an American Western series that ran during the 1957-1958 television season, based around the pioneering western railroads. The series aired in syndication in the United States. "Casey Jones" aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom and on the Seven Network in Australia. The series is set in the late 19th century, featuring the adventures of railroad engineer Casey Jones and the crew of the Cannonball Express steam locomotive, fireman Wallie Sims and conductor Redrock Smith, working for the Midwest and Central Railroad. Casey lived in Midvale, a fictional town within commuting distance | Cannonball Express (roller coaster) include a canyon theme with the cars shooting through and past the theming until 2004, when the theming was taken away. In 2005 it was given a new paint job, including a bright-red track and red trains with question marks, but in summer 2009, one of the old Cannonball Express trains were put on track for testing, as the ride would soon be undergoing a revamp. In 2017 Enigma is renamed Cannonball Express. The ride used to have 4 trains as Cannonball Express coloured: This means that there is now only 1 train in operation, which only seats 8 people, |
The mandible and maxilla make up which part of the body? | Maxilla deteriorate just as it does after death. Maxilla fractures is a form of facial fracture caused by a fracture. A maxilla fracture is often the result of facial trauma such as violence, falls or automobile accidents. Maxilla fractures are classified according to the Le Fort classification. Sometimes (e.g. in bony fish), the maxilla is called "upper maxilla", with the mandible being the "lower maxilla". Conversely, in birds the upper jaw is often called "upper mandible". In most vertebrates, the foremost part of the upper jaw, to which the incisors are attached in mammals consists of a separate pair of bones, | Angle of the mandible posterior, and lateral point on the angle. This site is at the apex of the maximum curvature of the mandible, where the ascending ramus becomes the body of the mandible. The mandibular angle has been named as a forensic tool for gender determination, but recent studies have called into question whether there is any significant sex difference in humans in the angle. Angle of the mandible The angle of the mandible (gonial angle) is located at the posterior border at the junction of the lower border of the ramus of the mandible. The angle of the mandible, which may be |
Which standard unit of energy can be defined as the work required to continuously produce one watt of power for one second? | Watt power with time), it is not correct to refer to a watt (or watt hour) as a "watt per hour". Watt The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power. In the International System of Units (SI) it is defined as a derived unit of 1 joule per second, and is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. When an object's velocity is held constant at one meter per second against a constant opposing force of one newton, the rate at which work is done is 1 watt. In terms of electromagnetism, one watt is the rate at which | One Watt Initiative One Watt Initiative The One Watt Initiative (or the proper One-Watt Initiative) is an energy-saving initiative by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to reduce standby power-use by any appliance to not more than one watt in 2010, and 0.5 watts in 2013, which has given rise to regulations in many countries and regions. Standby power, informally called "vampire" or "phantom power," refers to the electricity consumed by many appliances when they are switched off or in standby mode. The typical standby power per appliance is low (typically from less than 1 to 25 W), but, when multiplied by the billions |
In which year was the German battleship The Bismarck sunk by the Royal Navy? | John Moffat (Royal Navy officer) John Moffat (Royal Navy officer) John William Charlton Moffat (17 June 1919 – 11 December 2016) was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot, widely credited as the pilot whose torpedo crippled the German battleship Bismarck and author of the biographical “I sank the Bismarck”. Moffat took part in the courageous strike on the German battleship Bismarck during its Atlantic sortie, codenamed Operation Rheinübung, on 26 May 1941 whilst flying a Fairey Swordfish biplane. John Moffat was born in the village of Swinton in the Scottish Borders county, to Mary and Peter Moffat. When he was a child his parents | German battleship Bismarck he conceded that scuttling "may have hastened the inevitable, but only by a matter of minutes." Ballard later concluded that "As far as I was concerned, the British had sunk the ship regardless of who delivered the final blow." Notes Citations Online sources German battleship Bismarck Bismarck was the first of two s built for Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine". Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. "Bismarck" |
What term refers to the expenses, currently £7.9 million per year, that are paid by the Government for the running of the Royal households? | Royal Households of the United Kingdom Royal Households of the United Kingdom The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments which support members of the British royal family. Many members of the Royal Family who undertake public duties have separate households. They vary considerably in size, from the large Royal Household which supports the Sovereign to the household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, with fewer than ten members. The lesser households are funded from the Civil List annuities, paid to their respective royal employers for their public duties, and all reimbursed to HM Treasury | Royal Households of the United Kingdom at which it was compiled. It affords evidence of the antiquity and relative importance of the court offices to which it refers, though it is silent as to the functions and formal subordination of the persons who filled them. In addition to this record, there are more recent but (for the most part) equally meagre, documents bearing on the constitution of the royal household, and extending, with long intervals, from the reign of Edward III to the reign of William III and Mary II. Among them, however, are what are known as the Black Book of the Household and the |
Springfield is the home of the Simpsons, and is also the real-life capital of which US State? | Springfield (toponym) Springfield, Illinois, the one-time home of Abraham Lincoln, is the only U.S. state capital with the name. As of 2006, it had an estimated population of 116,482. In the United States, there are four Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Areas - in Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri and Ohio; as of the 2016 census, the most populous was the one in Missouri, which had 541,991 residents. The television show "The Simpsons" is set in a town generically named "Springfield", without indicating a state. Creator Matt Groening has suggested in interviews that he chose the name because of its ubiquity; the show's intentionally contradictory information | Springfield (The Simpsons) City Television" use of Melonville, a town with a large cast of recurring characters that serves as a mini-universe for the show, and partially based "The Simpsons" on it. Because of the many contradictory statements regarding Springfield, it is impossible for the town to exist in a specific state. In "The Simpsons Movie", Ned Flanders tells Bart that Springfield is bordered by the states of Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky - of which only Ohio and Kentucky are real neighbouring states. The city's unknown and unknowable geography is a recurring joke in the series; one newspaper called it the "riddle |
Which World Champion darts player has the nickname Darth Maple | John Part John Part John Part (born June 29, 1966) is a Canadian professional darts player and commentator, nicknamed Darth Maple. Part is a three-times World Champion, having won the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship, and the PDC World Championship in 2003 and 2008. He is statistically North America's greatest darts player to date. He has the distinction of being the first non-European player to win the World Championship, and the only non-European to date to win the PDC World Darts Championship. His first Championship was the second time a non-seeded player won the BDO World Darts Championship, and one of the | Steve Douglas (darts player) Steve Douglas (darts player) Steve Douglas (born 17 November 1977) is a former English darts player. His nickname was The Game. Douglas won the 1995 WDF Europe Youth Cup, and made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2000. He defeated Gary Spedding in the first round before losing to eventual champion Ted Hankey in the second round. Douglas returned to the BDO World Championship stage in 2011, losing 0-3 in the first round to Gary Robson. He has also appeared in the Last 16 of the World Masters in 2009 and again in 2011. Douglas qualified for the World |
When the musical Chicago won the Best Picture Oscar in 2002 it was the 1st musical to do so since which 1968 film? | Chicago (2002 film) John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, "Chicago" won six Academy Awards in 2003, including Best Picture. The film was critically lauded, and was the first musical to win Best Picture since "Oliver!" in 1968. In 1924, Roxie Hart watches star Velma Kelly perform ("Overture/All That Jazz") at a Chicago theater. Wanting stardom for herself, she begins an affair with Fred Casely, who claims to know the manager. After the show, Velma is arrested for killing her husband Charlie and sister Veronica, after finding them in bed together. A month later, Casely admits to Roxie that he has no showbiz | Chicago (musical) around the world, and has toured extensively in the United States and United Kingdom. The 2002 film version of the musical won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The musical "Chicago" is based on a play of the same name by reporter and playwright Maurine Dallas Watkins, who was assigned to cover the 1924 trials of accused murderers Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner for the "Chicago Tribune". In the early 1920s, Chicago's press and public became riveted by the subject of homicides committed by women. Several high-profile cases arose, which generally involved women killing their lovers or husbands. These cases |
Which American actor complained after his picture was absent from the Berlin Wall museum claiming he was partly responsible for the Wall's demise? | Berlin Wall were worried they were losing an entire generation. They hoped that by letting Springsteen in, they could improve their sentiment among East Germans. However, this strategy of "one step backwards, two steps forwards" backfired and the concert only made East Germans hungrier for more of the freedoms that Springsteen epitomized. While John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan delivered their famous speeches from the safety of West Berlin, Springsteen's speaking out against the Wall in the middle of East Berlin added to the euphoria. On 31 December 1989, American TV actor and pop music singer David Hasselhoff was the headlining performer | Berlin Wall a Berlin Wall mock up. The Trabant was the East German people's car that many used to leave DDR after the collapse. The Allied Museum in the Dahlem district of Berlin hosted a number of events to mark the Twentieth Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The museum held a Special Exhibition entitled "Wall Patrol – The Western Powers and the Berlin Wall 1961–1990" which focused on the daily patrols deployed by the Western powers to observe the situation along the Berlin Wall and the fortifications on the GDR border. A sheet of "Americans in Berlin" Commemorative Cinderella |
David Day and Thereze Bazar had hits in the 1980s under what name? | David Van Day David Van Day David Van Day (born 28 November 1956, Brighton, Sussex, England) is an English singer and media personality, formerly a member of the pop duo Dollar. He was also a member of the 1970s vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls (along with his Dollar partner Thereza Bazar), and a latter-day version of Bucks Fizz in the 1990s. Van Day was born David Paul Day. Having been a member of song and dance troupe "The Young Generation", in 1974, he successfully auditioned for the then-new vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls. The group had some successful hits, and Van Day began | Maya Bazar in day-to-day life. Dalpatpur domain name extension ( cTLD) is .in . India census, Maya had a population of 19,690. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Maya has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 52%. In Maya, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. Maya Bazar Maya is a town in Faizabad district, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is Subpost Office of Faizabad. The nearest railway station to Maya Bazar is Bilhar Ghat which is located in |
Which word was introduced on coins in 1971 before being dropped in 1982? | Guernsey pound the Guernsey cow. As in the UK, 5- and 10-new-pence coins were introduced in 1968, followed by 50-new-pence coins in 1969, before decimalisation took place in 1971 and the ½-, 1- and 2-new-pence coins were introduced. These coins were the same size and composition as the corresponding British coins. The word "new" was dropped in 1977. The £1 coin was introduced in 1981, two years before its introduction in the UK, although the 20-pence and £2 coins were introduced at the same time as in the UK: 1982 and 1998, respectively. The thickness of the 1981 coin was significantly thinner | You Dropped a Bomb on Me You Dropped a Bomb on Me "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" is an electrofunk song performed by The Gap Band, released in 1982 on producer Lonnie Simmons' label, Total Experience Records. It reached #2 on the "Billboard" R&B charts, #39 on the dance charts and #31 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. In addition to the single release, the song was featured on the band's 1982 album "Gap Band IV". A notable feature of the song is its use of a synthesizer to imitate the whistling sound of a bomb being dropped. This is first heard immediately before the first |
In the world of 80's soap operas which street had the postcode L43 6TZ? | The British Soap Awards to Granada Studios in Manchester, then to The London Studios for the 2012 awards. The 2014 awards took place at the Hackney Empire, as did the 2016 and 2018 awards. The 2015 awards were held at Palace Theatre, Manchester. The soap operas nominated for awards are "Coronation Street", "Doctors", "EastEnders", "Emmerdale" and "Hollyoaks". Now-defunct soaps that were formerly nominated for awards were "Brookside", "Crossroads", "Family Affairs" and "Night and Day". "Coronation Street" and "EastEnders" had been the only two soaps to win the "Best British Soap" award from 1999 to 2013, until "Hollyoaks" won it in 2014. "Emmerdale" became the | Kismet: How Turkish Soap Operas Changed the World Kismet: How Turkish Soap Operas Changed the World Kismet: How Turkish Soap Operas Changed the World is a 2014 documentary film written and directed by Nina Maria Pashalidou about Turkish television drama series, commonly referred to as Turkish soap operas. It is Pashalidou’s second feature documentary. The film examines the effects that the soap operas have had on the lives of their female viewers from various regions, including the Balkans, the Middle East, and North Africa. The film uses interviews of women who view the soap operas, as well as those who act, produce, and write the television shows.The first |
What nationality was the inventor of the Rubik's Cube? | Ernő Rubik a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board. Ernő Rubik Ernő Rubik (; born 13 July 1944) is a Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, , and Rubik's Snake. While Rubik became famous for inventing the Rubik's Cube and his other puzzles, much of his recent work involves the promotion of science in education. Rubik is involved with several organizations such as Beyond Rubik's Cube, the Rubik Learning Initiative and the Judit Polgar Foundation all of whose aim is to | Rubik, the Amazing Cube Rubik, the Amazing Cube Rubik, the Amazing Cube is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series based on the puzzle created by Ernő Rubik, produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises and broadcast as part of "The Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour" block on ABC from September 10, to December 10, 1983. The Rubik half hour was broadcast in reruns as a standalone series on ABC from May 4 to August 31, 1985. The program features a magic Rubik's Cube named Rubik who can fly through the air and has other special powers. Rubik can only come alive when the colored squares on his |
Which General became the 18th US President after leading the Union Army to victory in the Civil War? | Ohio in the American Civil War haven for escaped and runaway slaves during the war years. The third most populous state in the Union at the time, Ohio raised nearly 320,000 soldiers for the Union army, third behind only New York and Pennsylvania in total manpower contributed to the military and the highest per capita of any Union state. Several leading generals were from Ohio, including Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Philip H. Sheridan. Five Ohio-born Civil War officers would later serve as the President of the United States. The Fighting McCooks gained fame as the largest immediate family group ever to become officers | Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War the war. The Battle of First Bull Run or Battle of First Manassas, the first major battle of the war, occurred on July 21, 1861. After that, it became clear that there could be no compromise between the Union and the seceding states and that a long and bloody war could not be avoided. All hope of a settlement short of a catastrophic war was lost. Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War This timeline of events leading up to the American Civil War describes and links to narrative articles and references about many of the events and |
Which US General, nicknamed "Stormin'" was commander of the coalition forces in the Gulf War of 1991? | Gulf War US President Bush repeatedly compared Saddam Hussein to Hitler. The Gulf War began with an extensive aerial bombing campaign on 16 January 1991. For 42 consecutive days and nights, the coalition forces subjected Iraq to one of the most intensive air bombardments in military history. The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties, dropping 88,500 tons of bombs, and widely destroying military and civilian infrastructure. The air campaign was commanded by USAF Lieutenant General Chuck Horner, who briefly served as US Central Command's Commander-in-ChiefForward while General Schwarzkopf was still in the US. A day after the deadline set in Resolution 678, the | Organization of United States Air Force Units in the Gulf War deployments were developed, replacing the "Provisional" units of the Gulf War. Brigadier General Buster Glosson served as commander, 14th Air Division (Provisional), and director of campaign plans for U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Provided Special Air Mission transport for CENTAF/CENTCOM leadership and civilian VIPs from coalition nations and the United States. Organization of United States Air Force Units in the Gulf War The 1990–1991 Gulf War was the last major United States Air Force combat operation of the 20th Century. The command and control of allied forces deployed to the Middle East initially as part of Operation |
Which British submarine sunk the General Belgrano during the Falklands War in 1982? | HMS Conqueror (S48) HMS Conqueror (S48) HMS "Conqueror" was a British nuclear-powered fleet submarine which served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990. She was the third submarine of her class, following the earlier and , that were all designed to face the Soviet threat at sea. She was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. "Conqueror" the only nuclear-powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the cruiser "General Belgrano" during the 1982 Falklands War. "Conqueror" was ordered on 9 August 1966 and was laid down at Cammell Laird's Birkenhead shipyard on 5 December 1967; she was launched on | ARA General Belgrano ARA General Belgrano ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982. Originally commissioned by the U.S. as , she saw action in the Pacific theatre of World War II before being sold by the United States Navy to Argentina. The vessel was the second to have been named after the Argentine founding father Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820). The first vessel was a 7,069-ton armoured cruiser completed in 1896. She was sunk on 2 May 1982 during the Falklands War by the Royal Navy submarine with the loss of 323 lives. Losses from "General Belgrano" |
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