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At what nightclub did Romeo Gigli meet the founder and chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation?
Title: Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Passage: The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) (Turkish: "Trkiye nsan Haklar Vakf" , THV) is headquartered in Ankara. The organization is committed to treating torture survivors and documenting human rights violations. Title: Human Rights Foundation (New Zealand) Passage: The Human Rights Foundation of Aotearoa New Zealand is a non-governmental organisation in New Zealand, which seeks "to promote and defend human rights through research based education and advocacy." Title: Romeo Gigli Passage: Gigli was born in Castel Bolognese. Orphaned at the age of 18, he went travelling for the next decade, eventually finding his way to New York City in 1977, where he frequented the nightclub Studio 54 and met Bianca Jagger. His style in New York was admired and he was asked to consult on fashion for the designer Piero Dimitri. Title: Bianca Jagger Passage: Bianca Jagger (born Bianca Prez-Mora Macias; 2 May 1945) is a Nicaraguan social and human rights advocate and a former actress. Jagger currently serves as a Council of Europe goodwill ambassador, founder and chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, member of the Executive Director's Leadership Council of Amnesty International USA, and a trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust. Title: Korea Human Rights Foundation Passage: The Korea Human Rights Foundation (KHRF) was established in 1999 by prominent human rights experts, activists, lawyers, and academics following the commemorative events of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the KHRF strives to promote solidarity for empowerment in the realm of human rights in Korea. Title: Oslo Freedom Forum Passage: Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) is a series of global conferences run by the New York-based non-profit Human Rights Foundation under the slogan Challenging Power. OFF was founded in 2009 as a one-time event and has taken place annually ever since. One of the key objectives of the conferences is to bring together notable people, including former heads of state, winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, prisoners of conscience, as well as of other public figures in order to network and exchange ideas about human rights and exposing dictatorships.
Studio 54
Romeo Gigli
Bianca Jagger
K Trevor Wilson is best known as the character Squirrely Dan on a sitcom created by who?
Title: ICarly Passage: iCarly is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider that ran on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007 until November 23, 2012. The series focuses on Carly Shay, a teenager who creates her own web show called "iCarly" with her best friends Sam Puckett and Freddie Benson. Title: K Trevor Wilson Passage: K Trevor Wilson (born March 9, 1981) is a Canadian comedian, writer and actor. He grew up in Toronto, Ontario and is best known as the character Squirrely Dan on the show Letterkenny. Title: List of BoJack Horseman episodes Passage: "BoJack Horseman" is an American animated sitcom created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. The series stars Will Arnett as the eponymous character, BoJack Horseman, the washed-up star of the 1990s sitcom "Horsin' Around", who plans his big return to celebrity relevance with a tell-all autobiography that he dictates to his ghostwriter Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie). BoJack also has to contend with the demands of his agent and on-again-off-again girlfriend, Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris); the misguided antics of his freeloading roommate, Todd Chavez (Aaron Paul); and his frenemy, Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins), who is also Nguyen's boyfriend. The series satirizes Hollywood, celebrity culture, and the film industry. Title: Mr. Bean Passage: Mr. Bean is a British sitcom created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, and starring Atkinson as the title character. The sitcom consisted of 16 episodes that were co-written by Atkinson, alongside Curtis and Robin Driscoll; for the pilot, it was co-written by Ben Elton. 14 of the episodes were broadcast on ITV, beginning with the pilot on 1 January 1990, until "The Best Bits of Mr. Bean", a compilation episode, on 15 December 1995. The fifteenth episode, "Hair by Mr. Bean of London", was not broadcast on television, until 25 August 2006 on Nickelodeon. Title: My Family Passage: My Family is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadcast from 2002 onwards. My Family was voted 24th in the BBC's "Britain's Best Sitcom" in 2004 and was the most watched sitcom in the United Kingdom in 2008. As of 2011, it is one of only twelve British sitcoms to pass the 100-episode mark. Title: Letterkenny (TV series) Passage: Letterkenny is a Canadian television sitcom created by Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney, that debuted on CraveTV in February 2016, and later also aired on The Comedy Network. The show stars Keeso and Nathan Dales as Wayne and Daryl, two friends living in the small town of Letterkenny, Ontario, a fictional community loosely based on Keeso's own hometown of Listowel, Ontario.
Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney
K Trevor Wilson
Letterkenny (TV series)
How many episodes does Kim-ji-soo show Memory have?
Title: Best Laid Plans (sitcom) Passage: Best Laid Plans is a completely improvised sitcom produced by New Renaissance Pictures. The show is produced without a script thanks to an ensemble cast of improv performers that includes Jesse GrothOlson and Joshua Adam Snyder. The focus is on a group of close friends who are constantly devising new schemes to get rich or "just get by." Many episodes focus on the various relationships these friends find themselves in. Executive Producer Joshua Sikora was inspired to create the show after working with improv performers on previous productions. Title: Kim Ji-soo (actress) Passage: Kim Ji-soo (born Yang Sung-yoon on October 24, 1972) is a South Korean actress. Title: List of iCarly episodes Passage: "iCarly" is an American sitcom that originally aired on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, to November 23, 2012. The series stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay who becomes an Internet star. Nickelodeon promoted many episodes such as "iDo", "iHire an Idiot", "iPity the Nevel", "iDate Sam Freddie", etc. as specials, despite their being regular episodes. The lower case "i" which begins the episode titles represents the internet, as in ""i"Carly". The show was nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Children's Program in 2009. The series ended on November 23, 2012, with the one-hour special episode "iGoodbye". A total of 7 seasons and 109 episodes were broadcast. The largest audience of the series was 11.2 million viewers, with the special episode "iSaved Your Life" premiered in January 2010. Title: The Gulf Road Show Starring Bob Smith Passage: The Gulf Road Show Starring Bob Smith was an early American prime-time variety television program which aired from 1948 to 1949 on NBC. According to IMDb, the 30-minute show changed format several times. As the title suggests, it was hosted by Buffalo Bob Smith, who was best known for hosting Howdy Doody, a popular daytime children's show of the era. It is not known how many episodes exist as kinescope recordings, however, Cab Calloway appeared as a guest in a surviving 1949 episode. Title: Memory (2016 TV series) Passage: Memory () is a South Korean television series starring Lee Sung-min, Kim Ji-soo and Park Jin-hee. It replaced "Signal" and aired on cable network tvN on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) from March 18, 2016 to May 7, 2016 for 16 episodes. Title: Chitrmala Passage: Chitrmala is an Indian-American (desi) television show that airs weekly on MHz Networks. The show features Bollywood entertainment with coverage of music videos, live shows, concerts, and interviews with famous actors, actresses, musicians, and directors in the Bollywood industry. Chitrmala also showcases several professional segments where physicians, lawyers, politicians, CPAs, and others give advice to the viewers on a variety of topics through an informative interview format. MHz Networks summarizes Chitrmala as a "South Asian program spotlights celebrity entertainers from Bollywood and around the world. Though primarily produced in English, this hour-long program also features some songs and segments in Hindi". The show is produced in Washington, DC although many episodes feature footage from locations around the globe. Nilima Mehra and Mandira Nandani Mehra are the two hosts of the show. The Executive Producer of Chitrmala is Dr. Rajesh N. Mehra, who is concurrently a practicing family physician in Chantilly, Virginia. Dr. Mehra is also the Executive Producer of Salaam India, which also airs weekly on MHz Networks.
16 episodes
Memory (2016 TV series)
Kim Ji-soo (actress)
Which performer was from South Africa - singer Carina Round, or rock band Seether?
Title: Isolate and Medicate Passage: Isolate and Medicate is the sixth studio album by South African post-grunge band Seether. It was released on 1 July 2014 by The Bicycle Music Company, in association with Concord Music Group and Spinefarm Records. It is the first Seether album to be released on a vinyl LP. Title: Seether Passage: Seether is a South African rock band founded in May 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether. Title: Seether: 2002-2013 Passage: Seether: 2002-2013 is a two-disc compilation album by the South African rock band Seether, which was released on October 29, 2013 through Wind-up Records. It is entirely produced by Brendan 'O Brien. Title: Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray Passage: Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray is the fifth studio album by South African post-grungealternative metal band Seether. It was the first and only Seether album to have Troy McLawhorn as the lead guitarist. However, he departed from the band just before the album's release, to once again become the rhythm guitarist for the band Evanescence. It was released on 17 May 2011, and debuted at 2 on the "Billboard" 200 in the U.S. Title: Nick Oshiro Passage: Nick Oshiro (born July 29, 1978) is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of the industrial metal band Static-X. He has previously played with the South African post-grunge and alternative metal band Seether. He started out with a drumkit made by his father as he stated in an interview with Tama. It was made of pots and pans, of which his father made a whole kit from. Already at the age of nine, he wanted to be a rockstar after seeing a Whitesnake video. He then created a large following in his home town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Leaving Seether in 2003, he joined Static-X as a touring drummer but eventually became a full-time member. While on tour on April 11, 2007 in Abilene, Texas he broke his hand and was back in four weeks. Oshiro uses a Tama drumkit (it is a Starclassic Maple in Blue Galaxy Fade), Sabian cymbals, Vater drumsticks and Remo drumheads. Some of his influences are Abe Cunningham, Morgan Rose and Tim Alexander. Title: Carina Round Passage: Carina Round is a British singer-songwriter from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England.
Seether
Carina Round
Seether
What was the name of the artist who performed at the NH7 Weekender festival and also goes by FlyLo?
Title: Flying Lotus Passage: Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an experimental multi-genre music producer, electronic musician, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper from Los Angeles, California. Title: NH7 Weekender Passage: Notable artists that have performed at the festivals include Steven Wilson, Jos Gonzlez, Mark Ronson, Mogwai, Flying Lotus, The Wailers, A. R. Rahman, Imogen Heap, The Vaccines, Megadeth, Rodrigo y Gabriela, SBTRKT, Chase Status, Bombay Bicycle Club, Asian Dub Foundation, Basement Jaxx, The Magic Numbers, Fear Factory, Seun Kuti, Benga, MUTEMATH, Simian Mobile Disco, Dry the River, Farhan Akhtar Live, Fink, Jon Hopkins, Karnivool and many others. Title: Zero (Indian band) Passage: Zero is an Indian rock band that started in the late 90s. While they played what was supposed to be their last gig at Independence Rock XXIII Mumbai on 30 August 2008, they have reunited since to play gigs on an annual basis, usually at the acclaimed multi-genre musical fest, Bacardi NH7 Weekender. They are widely regarded as one of the best bands to have come out of the Indian alternate music circuit, with a fan following few others in the 'scene' have experienced. Title: Chang (director) Passage: Yoon Hong-seung (born 1975), who also goes by the pseudonym Chang, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. A former music video director, Chang debuted with the Korean horror film "Death Bell" in 2008. His second feature "The Target" (2014) - a remake of the 2010 French film "Point Blank", won the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival, and was also invited to the Cannes Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival in 2014. Title: Susquehanna Breakdown Music Festival Passage: The Susquehanna Breakdown Music Festival, formerly known as The Old Farmer's Ball, is a one-day music festival held at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The focus of the festival centers around the arts and spans musical genres including folk, Americana, roots, and bluegrass. The festival began in 2013 when Cabinet, a prominent regional band in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and Live Nation Entertainment started the festival to bring attention to not only their musical genre, but also to regional artists, farmers and craftsmen, who showcased and sold their wares throughout the festival. To bring further attention to the festival "The Weekender" and local pub The Backyard Alehouse signed on as sponsors, and thus the festival began. It was renamed in 2014 to reflect the name of a Cabinet song and to further personalize it for not only themselves, but both fans and concertgoers. Title: Slochd Summit Passage: The Slochd Summit ( ; Scottish Gaelic: "An Sloc" ) is a mountain pass on the A9 road and the Highland Main Line Railway in the Scottish Highlands between Inverness and Aviemore. An old military road also goes through the pass. National Cycle Network route 7 also goes over the summit, largely following the old A9.
Flying Lotus
NH7 Weekender
Flying Lotus
Which of the commercials on which Rodney Saulsberry worked is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Inc?
Title: Snickers Passage: Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by the American company Mars, Incorporated. Consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, enrobed in milk chocolate, Snickers has annual global sales of 2 billion. Title: Cherry Ripe (chocolate bar) Passage: Cherry Ripe is a brand of chocolate bar manufactured by Cadbury Australia. Introduced by the Australian confectioner MacRobertson's in 1924, it is now Australia's oldest chocolate bar and is one of the top chocolate bar brands sold in the country. It consists of cherries and coconut coated with dark chocolate. Title: Hershey bar Passage: The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar (commonly called the Hershey's Bar) is the flagship chocolate bar manufactured by the Hershey Company. It is often referred by Hershey as "The Great American Chocolate Bar." The Hershey Milk Chocolate Bar was first sold in 1900, followed by the Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds variety, which began production in 1908. Title: Rodney Saulsberry Passage: Rodney Jerome Saulsberry (born July 11, 1956) is an American voice-over performer, actor, vocalist, announcer and author, known for his voice work on commercials (Twix, Zatarain's), his three books ("You Can Bank on Your Voice", "Step Up to the Mic" and "Rodney Saulsberry's Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups" and the voice of Joseph Robbie Robertson on the animated TV series "Spider-Man". Title: Twix Passage: Twix is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Inc., consisting of biscuit applied with other confectionery toppings and coatings (most frequently caramel and milk chocolate). Twix bars are packaged with two or four bars in a package. Miniature and bite-size Twix are also available. Title: Mirage (chocolate) Passage: The Mirage chocolate bar is a milk chocolate bar filled with bubbles of air, made by Nestl and primarily sold in Canada. It is a long chocolate bar with a trapezoidal shape, filled with bubbles. It is often found in a yellow-white wrapper. The chocolate bar is made by Nestl Canada. It is manufactured in a peanut-free facility. The Mirage is in many ways similar to the Aero bar, also made by Nestl. However, the Mirage is quite a bit thicker than the Aero bar, and is not segmented or divided into pieces.
Twix
Rodney Saulsberry
Twix
In what village is the Swords and Ploughshares Museum, which could feature the Canadian tank based on the M3 Medium Tank?
Title: Schmalturm Passage: The Schmalturm turret was a tank turret designed for use on the Panzer V Ausf. B Panther II medium tank, Panther A and G medium tank, Panzer IV Ausf. J medium tank and the VK 30.02 DB (a medium tank prototype). The turret's shape resembled the Soviet T-34 tank turret. It featured a narrow front to maximize protection while minimizing weight. It was both lighter and easier-to-manufacture than the standard Panther turret. The turret had a stereoscopic rangefinder with lenses on either side of the turret, located in spherical bulges. No Schmalturms entered series production. Title: T-43 tank Passage: The T-43 medium tank was a prototype Soviet medium tank developed during the Second World War as a possible replacement for both the T-34 medium and KV-1 heavy tanks. The project's aim was to build a medium tank with heavier armour, but German advances in tank technology proved better countered by a more heavily armed T-34-85 and the T-43 was cancelled. Title: Ram tank Passage: The Tank, Cruiser, Ram was a cruiser tank designed and built by Canada in the Second World War, based on the U.S. M3 Medium tank. Due to standardization on the American Sherman tank for frontline units, it was used exclusively for training purposes and was never used in combat as a gun tank. The chassis was used for several other combat roles however, such as a flamethrower tank, observation post, and armoured personnel carrier. Title: Swords and Ploughshares Museum Passage: The Swords and Ploughshares Museum is a private military museum located south of the village of Kars, Ontario. The Museum is focused on a specific aspect of Canadian military history: the Citizen Soldier (the Militiaman and Reservist) at peace and at war. The Museum uses vehicles and artifacts to demonstrate how they could be adapted and used by Citizen Soldiers for both military and civilian purposes. For example, a Ram tank from World War II that was modified after the war to serve as a snowplow was a featured display at the Museum for many years. Title: Type 87 Chi-I medium tank Passage: The Type 87 Chi-I medium tank (experimental 1st tank) (1 ) was the first indigenously designed tank produced by Japan for the Imperial Japanese Army. Development of this medium tank began in June 1925 and was completed by February 1927. During the field trials, the tank proved to be too heavy and under-powered. The project was cancelled and a new light tank design was finished by April 1928 and designated the Type 89 I-Go. Title: T2 tank Passage: The T2 Medium Tank was an American design that replaced three prototype medium tank designs started in the 1920s for an experiment conducted by United States Army. The T2 tank never saw combat and left prototype stages and was not mass-produced with having only one built in the 1930 by Rock Island Arsenal. Its legacy, however was the M2 light tank, developed into the M2 medium, and onto the M3 Lee and M4 Sherman medium tanks.
Kars, Ontario
Swords and Ploughshares Museum
Ram tank
In what category of the 2014 Dakar Rally did products from an Austrian manufacturer compete and win?
Title: KTM Passage: KTM AG (the former KTM Sportmotorcycle AG) is an Austrian motorcycle and sports car manufacturer owned by KTM Industries AG and Bajaj Auto. It was formed in 1992 but traces its foundation to as early as 1934. Today, KTM AG is the parent company of the KTM Group. Title: 1979 ParisDakar Rally Passage: 1979 Dakar Rally, also known as the 1979 ParisDakar Rally was the first running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally began on 26 December 1978 from Paris, France and finished on 14 January 1979 in Dakar, Senegal, interrupted by a transfer across the Mediterranean. Cyril Neveu won the motorcycle category on a Yamaha, while the car category was won by Alain Gnestier in a Range Rover. Title: 2001 ParisDakar Rally Passage: The 2001 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2001 ParisDakar Rally, was the 23rd running of the Dakar Rally event. The format was revised to reduce the amount of airborne assistance to competitors in favour of assistance vehicles. The 2001 rally was 6600 miles long and began in Paris, France, on New Year's Day, passing through Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Mali before finishing at Dakar in Senegal. Jean-Louis Schlesser won the penultimate stage of the rally to take the lead but was penalised one hour for unsportsmanlike conduct. The rally was won by German Jutta Kleinschmidt, who became the first woman to win the event. The motorcycle class of the rally was won by Italian Fabrizio Meoni, with Karel Loprais winning the truck class. Title: 2002 ArrasMadridDakar Rally Passage: The 2002 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2002 ArrasMadridDakar Rally was the 24th running of the Dakar Rally event. The format of the rally was revised for 2002 with the introduction of two-day stages and two stages without the use of navigation aids. The race started in Arras in northern France on 28 December 2001 and finished at Dakar in Senegal on 13 January 2002. The 1999 and 2000 winner, Jean-Louis Schlesser, switched from a petrol powered vehicle to a diesel powered one in a bid to make the vehicle lighter However, he was forced to retire from the rally during the sixth stage from Er-Rachidia to Ouarzazate in Morocco while lying 11th overall when his vehicle caught fire. Japanese driver Hiroshi Masuoka took the lead at the sixth stage, and went on to win the rally. The motorcycle category was won by Fabrizio Meoni for the second successive year. Title: 2014 Dakar Rally Passage: The 2014 Dakar Rally was the 36th running of the event and the sixth successive year that the event was held in South America. The event started in Rosario, Argentina on January 5 and finished in Valparaso, Chile on January 18 after 13 stages of competition. Marc Coma won his fourth title in the motorcycle category riding a KTM; Ignacio Casale took his maiden title in the quad category on a Yamaha; Nani Roma clinched victory in the car category for the first time, ten years after his sole motorcycle title, driving a Mini; and Andrey Karginov took his first truck category title for Kamaz. Title: 1997 ParisDakar Rally Passage: 1997 Dakar Rally also known as the 1997 ParisDakar Rally was the 19th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally started and finished in Dakar, taking in a loop including Niger and the Tnr desert. Jutta Kleinschmidt became the first woman to win a stage of the Dakar Rally. Japanese driver, Kenjiro Shinozuka, won the car class and Stephane Peterhansel won his fifth motorcycle title.
the motorcycle category
2014 Dakar Rally
KTM
Which highest paid Taiwanese actress starred in the film, "My Best Friend's Wedding"?
Title: My Best Friend's Wedding (2016 film) Passage: My Best Friend's Wedding is a 2016 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Chen Feihong and starring Shu Qi, Feng Shaofeng, Victoria Song, Ye Qing, and Rhydian Vaughan. The film is a remake of the 1997 American film of the same name. It was released in China by China Film Group Corporation on 5 August 2016. Title: Shu Qi Passage: Lin Li-hui (; born 16 April 1976), better known by her stage name Shu Qi, is a Taiwanese actress and model. She has also been credited as Hsu Chi and Shu Kei (Cantonese pronunciation of "Shu Qi"). She is among the highest paid actresses in China. Title: Ariel Lin Passage: Ariel Lin (; born 29 October 1982) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She rose to fame for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the Taiwanese drama "It Started with a Kiss" (2005) and the Chinese fantasy drama "The Little Fairy" (2006). Lin won Best Actress at the 43rd and 47th Golden Bell Awards for her roles in "They Kiss Again" (2007) and "In Time with You" (2011) respectively. Title: Jennifer Lopez filmography Passage: American entertainer Jennifer Lopez has appeared in many motion pictures and television programs. She is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood and is the highest paid actress of Latin descent, making up to US15 million per film role. She is also the richest actress in Hollywood, with an estimated net worth of 320 million (as of 2014). Lopez made her acting debut at age 16 with a small role in the 1986 film "My Little Girl". From there, she received her first high-profile job in 1991 as a Fly Girl dancer on the television comedy program "In Living Color". Following her departure from the show in 1993, Lopez made several guest appearances in the television series "South Central", appeared in the made-for-television movie "Lost in the Wild" (1993) and starred as Melinda Lopez in the television series "Second Chances" (1993) and its spin-off "Hotel Malibu" (1994). "Second Chances" and "Hotel Malibu" ran for only a brief period, receiving negative reviews. Lopez's first major film role came in the 1995 motion picture "Money Train", alongside Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. The film faced negative reviews and is considered to be a box office bomb. Her next two film roles in "Jack" (1996) and "Blood and Wine" (1997) were received similarly; however, critics were divided by the latter. Lopez received her first leading role in the Selena biopic of the same name in 1997. The film was a commercial and critical success and is often cited by critics as her breakout role. Later that year, Lopez starred as Terri Flores in the film "Anaconda", which garnered negative reviews by critics despite being a box office success. In 1998, Lopez starred alongside George Clooney in the crime film "Out of Sight" (1998). The film met with positive reviews and was a box office success. In the same year, she also lent her voice to the animated film "Antz". Title: Joyce Chao Passage: Joyce Chao Hung-chiao (Chinese: ; born 15 November 1979) is Taiwanese actress, singer and television host. She was a member of Taiwanese female group 7 Flowers. During years in school, her friends introduced her to a model company. After graduation, she entered Jungiery. She was cast in the film "Shanghai Ghetto", a love story between a Jewish Refugee and a Chinese woman during World War Two. She played the role of Alice Chen, a friend of the protagonist. Title: Brigitte Lin Passage: Brigitte Lin () or Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia (born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film "Bishonen".
Shu Qi
My Best Friend's Wedding (2016 film)
Shu Qi
Republic political activists who bolted from the United States Republican Party, referred to as Mugwumps, supported American politician and lawyer who was what president of the United States?
Title: Half-Breed (politics) Passage: The "Half-Breeds" were a political faction of the United States Republican Party in the late 19th century. The Half-Breeds were a moderate-wing group, and were the opponents of the Stalwarts, the other main faction of the Republican Party. The main issue that divided the Stalwarts and the Half-Breeds was political patronage. The Stalwarts were in favor of political machines and spoils system-style patronage, while the Half-Breeds, led by Maine senator James G. Blaine, were in favor of civil service reform and a merit system. The epithet "Half-Breed" was invented in derision by the Stalwarts to denote those whom they perceived as being only half Republican. Title: Mississippi Republican Party Passage: The Mississippi Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Joe Nosef and is based in Jackson, Mississippi. The original Republican Party of Mississippi was founded following the American Civil War, the current incarnation of the Mississippi Republican Party was founded in 1956. The party would grow in popularity during the 1960s with wedge issues such as the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and today the party has the majority in the state. Title: Elihu B. Washburne Passage: Elihu Benjamin Washburne (September 23, 1816 October 23, 1887) was an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served as a congressman from Illinois before and during the American Civil War. He was a political ally of President Abraham Lincoln and General (later President) Ulysses S. Grant. During Grant's administration, Washburne was the 25th United States Secretary of State, briefly in 1869, and was the United States Minister to France from 1869 to 1877. Title: Grover Cleveland Passage: Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only President in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (188589 and 189397). He won the popular vote for three presidential electionsin 1884, 1888, and 1892and was one of two Democrats (with Woodrow Wilson) to be elected president during the era of Republican political domination dating from 1861 to 1933. Title: Mugwumps Passage: The Mugwumps were Republican political activists who bolted from the United States Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884. They switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, the Mugwumps supposedly made the difference in New York state and swung the election to Cleveland. The jocular word "mugwump", noted as early as 1832, is from Algonquian (Natick) "mugquomp", "important person, kingpin" (from "mugumquomp", "war leader"), implying that they were "sanctimonious" or "holier-than-thou," in holding themselves aloof from party politics. Title: Republican Party of Guam Passage: The Republican Party of Guam, commonly referred to as Guam GOP (abbreviation for Guam Grand Old Party), is a political party in Guam affiliated with the United States Republican Party.
22nd and 24th
Mugwumps
Grover Cleveland
Who was born first Busby Berkeley or Billy Bob Thornton ?
Title: The Gift (2000 film) Passage: The Gift is a 2000 American supernatural thriller film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson and based on the alleged psychic experiences of Thornton's mother. Title: Bandits (2001 film) Passage: Bandits is a 2001 American criminal comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. Filming began in October 2000 and ended in February 2001. It helped Thornton earn a National Board of Review Best Actor Award for 2001. Thornton and Blanchett's performances earned praise, as each was nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress Golden Globe Awards for their performances in this film, while Blanchett was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. It first opened in theaters on October 12, 2001. Title: Jayne Mansfield's Car Passage: Jayne Mansfield's Car is a 2012 drama film directed by Billy Bob Thornton, marking his first directing job since 2001's "Daddy and Them". Thornton also stars alongside Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson, Frances O'Connor, Ron White, and Robert Patrick. ref name"http:www.deadline.com201106billy-bob-thornton-sets-cast-funding-for-first-directing-effort-in-decade" ref The film had its world premiere at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. The film was released in limited release on September 13, 2013. Title: Busby Berkeley Passage: Busby Berkeley (born Berkeley William Enos; November 29, 1895 March 14, 1976) was an American movie director and musical choreographer. Title: Chrystal (film) Passage: Chrystal is an American drama film, which was released to audiences in the United States on April 8, 2005. The cast included Billy Bob Thornton, Lisa Blount, Harry Lennix, Walton Goggins, and Grace Zabriskie. Ray McKinnon, in addition to playing the role of "Snake", directed, wrote, and produced the film. The story is about a woman named Chrystal (Lisa Blount) who has been traumatized both physically and mentally from a car accident that took the life of her son. Joe (Billy Bob Thornton), Chrystal's husband, has just been released from jail after a 16-year sentence stemming from multiple crimes he committed. Title: Billy Bob Thornton Passage: William Robert "Billy Bob" Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician.
Busby Berkeley
Busby Berkeley
Billy Bob Thornton
The American actress, musician and photographer that stars in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is also an indie pop musician for which band?
Title: Personal Record (Eleanor Friedberger album) Passage: Personal Record is the second solo album released by American indie pop musician Eleanor Friedberger, most notable for being vocalist in the band The Fiery Furnaces with her brother Matthew Friedberger. The album was released on 4 June 2013 on the Merge Records label. The album was co-written by Friedberger and folk singer and novelist John Wesley Harding. Title: Last Summer (album) Passage: Last Summer is the first solo album released by American indie pop musician Eleanor Friedberger, most notable for being the vocalist in the band The Fiery Furnaces with her brother Matthew Friedberger. The album was released on 12 July 2011 on the Merge Records record label. Title: Kieran Culkin Passage: Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, acting alongside his older brother Macaulay in the "Home Alone" franchise (19901992) before going on to feature in films including the 1991 film "Father of the Bride" and its 1995 sequel, "My Summer Story" (1994), the sequel to "A Christmas Story", "The Mighty" (1998), "She's All That", "The Cider House Rules" (1999), "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" (2002), "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (2010), and "Movie 43". His breakout role in "Igby Goes Down" (2002) received critical acclaim and he was nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe Award, as well as winning a Critics' Choice Movie Award and Satellite Award. He has also acted on-stage, most notably in several productions of the Kenneth Lonergan play "This Is Our Youth". In 2015, he portrayed Rye Gerhardt in the second season of the critically acclaimed FX series "Fargo". Title: The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Passage: The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Care and written by Jeff Stockwell and Michael Petroni based on Chris Fuhrman's 1994 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel of the same name. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster and Vincent D'Onofrio. Title: Emile Hirsch Passage: Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American actor. He made his breakout roles for "Into the Wild" (2007) and the AE network simulcast miniseries "Bonnie Clyde" (2013). Other films include "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" (2002), "The Girl Next Door" (2004), "Lords of Dogtown" (2005), "Alpha Dog" (2006), "The Darkest Hour" (2011), "The Motel Life" (2012) and "Vincent N Roxxy" (2016). Title: Jena Malone Passage: Jena Malone ( ; born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, musician and photographer. She made her acting debut in the television film "Bastard Out of Carolina" (1996); subsequently, Malone has starred in a number of mainstream and independent films including "Ellen Foster" (1997), "Contact" (1997), "Stepmom" (1998), "Donnie Darko" (2001), "Life as a House" (2001), "" (2003), "Saved! " (2004), "Pride Prejudice" (2005), "Into the Wild" (2007), "The Ruins" (2008), "Sucker Punch" (2011) and "The Neon Demon" (2016). Furthermore, Malone has portrayed the role of Johanna Mason in "The Hunger Games" film series. She is also an indie pop musician who has released music both under her own name (as "Jena Malone and Her Bloodstains") and as one-half of the duo The Shoe.
Jena Malone and Her Bloodstains
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Jena Malone
American nightclub comedian, singer, actor, and producer, Danny Thomas, is of many entertainers to debut at a New York City nightclub which influenced which singer's song "Copacabana"?
Title: Santos Party House Passage: Santos Party House was a New York City nightclub located at 96 Lafayette Street between Walker and White Streets in the TriBeCa neighborhood of downtown Manhattan. Originally named the "Lafayette Street Jungle Gym", Santos Party House was recognized as the "Best New Nightclub" by "Paper" magazine's Annual Nightlife Awards, and has also won awards for its parties, sound system, lighting, and dance floor. Title: Copacabana (nightclub) Passage: The Copacabana is a New York City nightclub. Many entertainers such as Danny Thomas, Pat Cooper and the comedy team of Martin and Lewis, made their New York debuts at the Copacabana. The Barry Manilow song "Copacabana" (1978) is named after the club. Title: Morty Gunty Passage: Morty Gunty (February 1, 1929 July 15, 1984) was an American actor and comedian well known among New York City nightclub comics in the 1960s and 1970s. Gunty appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on February 23, 1964, following the Beatles after their third and final appearance on the program. He was born and died in Brooklyn, New York. Title: Andre Charles (artist) Passage: Andre Pierre Charles (born 1968) is an American artist born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the Bronx. Charles is best known as a 1980s pioneer of the New York City graffiti art movement and for his influence on New York City nightclub and youth culture. Title: Riobamba (nightclub) Passage: Riobamba was a New York City nightclub. Operating from 1942 to 1944, it was closely associated with singer Frank Sinatra, who made his solo nightclub debut there in 1943. Title: Danny Thomas Passage: Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz (January 6, 1912 February 6, 1991), known professionally by his stage name Danny Thomas, was an American nightclub comedian, singer, actor, and producer, whose career spanned five decades. He created and starred in one of the most successful and long running situation comedies in the history of American network television. In addition to guest roles on many of the comedy, talk and musical variety programs of his time, his legacy includes a lifelong dedication to fundraising for charity.
Barry Manilow
Copacabana (nightclub)
Danny Thomas
Which movie came out first Born into Brothels or Punk's Not Dead ?
Title: General Assembly and Church of the First Born Passage: The General Assembly and Church of the First Born (often shortened to just Church of the First Born) is a fundamental faith healing sect established in Canada during the 1800s. This group has no affiliation with the various Mormon fundamentalist groups with similar "Firstborn" names. Title: Born into Brothels Passage: Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 Indian-American documentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widely acclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, won a string of accolades including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2004. Title: Starship Highlander Passage: Raumschiff Highlander (translated: Starship Highlander) is a fan-created science fiction film and novel series. The series was initiated in 1993 by Robert Amper. Originally, a fan club of science fiction, especially for "" (aka "ST:TOS" or just "TOS"), and the Star Wars movies, whose members met regularly. Some members having experience in filmmaking, the idea spawned of creating material for a movie. First episode of the series aired in 1995 on German TV Channel SAT.1. Inspired by the success of their movie came four additional sequels at the rate of one per year. The movies are a parody of Star Trek and other classics of the genre. Title: Punk's Not Dead (2007 film) Passage: Punk's Not Dead is a 2007 documentary film directed by Susan Dynner, an American hardcore punk fan. The film claims to infiltrate American clubs, malls, recording studios, etc. where it sets out to claim hardcore punk and pop punk music is "thriving" from an American perspective. Its content features performances largely from 1980s hardcore bands and MTV skate punk and pop punkrock acts. It also includes various interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with the bands, labels and fans. Title: Vedham Pudhithu Passage: Vedham Puthithu (Tamil: English: New vedha ) (1987), starring Sathyaraj and Amala is a Tamil movie, written by K.Kannan, who after this movie came to be Vedham Puthithu Kannan and directed by Bharathiraja. Charuhasan, Saritha, Raja and 'Nizhalgal' Ravi played supporting roles in the movie. Title: Roahn Hylton Passage: Roahn Hylton, known as "First Born", is a Hip-Hop, RB, and Pop music producer from Houston, Texas. He attended Oral Roberts University before becoming a professional music producer. First Born was a co-producer with Kane Beatz on Nicki Minajs first Billboard Top 5 single "Super Bass". In addition to the song being a platinum hit in the U.S., "Super Bass" spent several weeks inside the top 20 and is Minajs highest charting solo single to date. First Born has also worked with Flo Rida, Plies, Ne-Yo, Trey Songz, Kaleena, Ludacris, Cassie, The Game, Gucci, and New Boys. Additional projects Hylton has worked on include Shonlock's LP "Never Odd or Even" and Darrell Vanzant's "Broken: A Musical".
Born into Brothels
Born into Brothels
Punk's Not Dead (2007 film)
What 2017 American drama film directed by Colin Trevorrow and written by Gregg Hurwitz, concerns a plan hatched by a young genius to save the girl next door from abuse and has Jaeden Wesley Lieberher in a leading role?
Title: The Girl Next Door (2004 film) Passage: The Girl Next Door is a 2004 American romantic comedy film about a high school senior who falls in love for the first time with the girl next door, but finds the situation becoming complicated after he learns that she is a former pornographic actress. It stars Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar, Chris Marquette and Paul Dano and is directed by Luke Greenfield. Title: The Book of Henry Passage: The Book of Henry is a 2017 American drama film directed by Colin Trevorrow and written by Gregg Hurwitz. The film stars Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Jacob Tremblay, Sarah Silverman, Lee Pace, Maddie Ziegler and Dean Norris. The story concerns a plan hatched by a young genius to save the girl next door from abuse. Title: The Girl Next Door (2007 film) Passage: The Girl Next Door (also known as Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door) is a 2007 American horror film adaptation of Jack Ketchum's 1989 novel of the same name. The film is loosely based on true events surrounding the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Gertrude Baniszewski during the summer of 1965. Title: Reality Show (film) Passage: Reality Show is a 2004 documentary film directed by Colin Trevorrow. It was written by Daniel Klein and Trevorrow, who also acted as producers along with Peter J. Clark. The film documents the attempted production of an unaired pilot for a reality television show titled "Rock the Party". Title: The Confirmation Passage: The Confirmation is a 2016 Canadian drama film starring Clive Owen, Jaeden Lieberher, and Maria Bello. Written and directed by Bob Nelson, who also produced it with Todd Hoffman, the film concerns a young boy (Lieberher), who tries to reconnect with his divorced father (Owen). The film also co-stars Robert Forster, Tim Blake Nelson, Patton Oswalt and Matthew Modine. It marked the first time Nelson had ever directed a film. "The Confirmation" received a limited release in selected theaters in the United States and on iTunes on March 18, 2016. Title: Jaeden Lieberher Passage: Jaeden Wesley Lieberher (born January 4, 2003) is an American actor. He is known for starring as Bill Denbrough in the horror film "It" (2017), and for his leading roles in the films "St. Vincent", as Oliver Bronstein, "Midnight Special", as Alton Meyer, "The Confirmation", as Anthony, "The Book of Henry", as Henry Carpenter.
The Book of Henry
Jaeden Lieberher
The Book of Henry
Which person is an English fashion and textiles designer and former singer-songwriter Pearl Lowe or Worker: Which person is an English fashion and textiles designer and former singer-songwriter Pearl Lowe or Risn Murphy?
Title: Paul Smith (fashion designer) Passage: Sir Paul Brierley Smith, CBE, RDI, (born 5 July 1946) is an English fashion designer and businessman, whose business and reputation is founded upon his men's fashion with a special focus on tailoring. He is known for his idiosyncratic take on traditional British styling having coined the term 'classics with a twist'. Smith was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000 for his services to British fashion. After founding his company in 1970 with one shop, Paul Smith now has more than 300 shops worldwide with an annual turnover of 200m. Title: Charles Frederick Worth Passage: Charles Frederick Worth ( ; ] ; 13 October 1825 10 March 1895) was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered by many fashion historians to be the father of haute couture. Worth is also credited with revolutionising the business of fashion. Title: Pearl Lowe Passage: Pearl Lowe (born Pearl Samantha Davis; 1970), is an English fashion and textiles designer, and former singer-songwriter. Title: Keren Craig Passage: Keren Craig is an English fashion designer. Craig, alongside Georgina Chapman are the co-founders of the fashion label Marchesa, co-founded in 2004. Marchesa is a high fashion evening wear label with an eclectic aesthetic. Title: Will Foster Passage: Will Foster is the former keyboardist for the English rock band The Tears. Previously, he played with UK art rock band Delicatessen before forming Lodger - alongside Delicatessen singer Neil Carlill, Supergrass drummer Danny Goffey, and Goffey's wife Pearl Lowe. Throughout the late 1990s he was a regular collaborator and live musician with London band The Tin Apes. He still collaborates with their singer Paul Miller in cult act the Miller Test. Title: Risn Murphy Passage: Risn Marie Murphy ( ; ] ; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer. She first became known in the 1990s as one-half of the UK trip hop duo Moloko with her partner Mark Brydon. After the breakup of Moloko, Murphy embarked on a solo career, releasing her debut solo album, "Ruby Blue", written and produced with experimental musician Matthew Herbert, to critical praise in 2005. Her second solo album, "Overpowered", was released in 2007.
Pearl Lowe
Pearl Lowe
Risn Murphy
Howard Park Historic District is named after a state supreme justice who was severely wounded in this battle?
Title: Wilson Park Historic District Passage: The Wilson Park Historic District (sometimes Rock House Historic District) is a historic district in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, located just northeast of the University of Arkansas. The district consists of several residential buildings that developed during the late 19th and early 20th Century near Wilson Park just north of Dickson Street, the city's primary entertainment district. Wilson Park Historic District includes 47 contributing buildings. Title: Howard Park Historic District Passage: The Howard Park Historic District is a national historic district located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It encompasses 27.6-acres and includes 51 contributing buildings, 2 additional contributing structures, and 1 further contributing site (Howard Park, named after state supreme justice Timothy Edward Howard). It developed between about 1880 and 1947, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Renaissance Revival, Prairie School, and Bungalow American Craftsman style architecture and works by architects Austin Shambleau. Notable buildings include the Sunnyside Apartments (1922), Studebaker Johnson House (1907), Zion Evangelical Church (1888, 1930), the Works Progress Administration built Howard Park Administrative Building (1940), and Lister Plotkin House (1882). Title: Hyde Park, Boise, Idaho Passage: Hyde Park, also called the Hyde Park Historic District, is a section of the North End neighborhood in Boise, Idaho known for its several popular eateries and locally owned specialty shops; including the Hyde Park Pub Grill, Goody's. and G. Wilikers. Located on North 13th Street a few blocks north of Downtown Boise, the Hyde Park Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Title: Terrace Park Historic District Passage: The Terrace Park Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Marion, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. At the time of its nomination it consisted of 27 resources, which included 20 contributing buildings and seven non-contributing buildings. The historic district is a residential area north of Marion's central business district. Like the nearby Pucker Street Historic District, Terrace Park is where the city's wealthy and influential citizens built their houses. Title: Timothy Edward Howard Passage: Timothy Edward Howard was an Indiana State Senate senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana, writer, poet, professor of law, and Civil War veteran. He was also the first Notre Dame alumnus recipient of the Laetare Medal. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Shiloh. Howard was elected as a Democrat to two terms in the Indiana State Senate, serving from 1887 until 1892. However, he did not complete his second term, because in 1892, he became a member of the state Supreme Court. Howard also was president of the Northern Indiana Historical Society, and in 1907, he wrote a history of St. Joseph County. Title: Fox Theatre (Detroit) Passage: The Fox Theatre is a performing arts center located at 2211 Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, near the Grand Circus Park Historic District. Opened in 1928 as a flagship movie palace in the Fox Theatres chain, it was at over 5,000 seats the largest theater in the city. Designed by theater architect C. Howard Crane, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 for its architecture. The area surrounding the Fox is nicknamed "Foxtown". The city's major performance centers and theatres emanate from the Fox Theatre and Grand Circus Park Historic District and continue along Woodward Avenue toward the Fisher Theatre in the city's New Center.
the Battle of Shiloh
Howard Park Historic District
Timothy Edward Howard
Are Robert Caro and Dino Buzzati both short story authors?
Title: The Seven Messengers Passage: The Seven Messengers (Italian: I sette messaggeri ) is a collection of short stories written by Dino Buzzati and published as a book in 1942. It contains nineteen short tales, in which the characters often interact with the presence of the fantastic andor death, many of which are left unconcluded, leaving the reader in suspense or trying to guess their ending. "The Seven Messengers" is also the name of the book's first short story. Title: The Unnaturals Passage: The Unnaturals (Italian: "Contronatura" , German: "Schreie in der Nacht" ) is an Italian-West German gothic horror film directed and written by Antonio Margheriti. It is loosely based on Dino Buzzati's short story "Eppure bussano alla porta" from the collection "The Seven Messengers". Title: Robert Caro Passage: Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson. Title: Joanna Wajs Passage: Joanna Wajs (born May 20, 1979 in Warsaw) is a Polish writer, literary critic and literary translator. She studied Polish and Italian philology at the University of Warsaw. Her prose works and poetry have been published in numerous respected literary periodicals in Poland. Her poetry has been translated into several languages, including Italian, Slovenian and Hebrew. Her first collection of poems, entitled "Sprzedawcy kieszonkowych lusterek" (pocket mirror salesman), was published in 2004 by the publishing house Zielona Sowa in Krakow. This collection won a number of prestigious awards, including the Kazimiera Iakowiczwna Prize, which is awarded annually to debut poetry collections by Polish authors. She translates from Italian into Polish, including works by Oriana Fallaci, Dino Buzzati, Gian Antonio Stella and Valerio Evangelisti. She is also the editor of a column on poetry for the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. Title: Dino Buzzati Passage: Dino Buzzati-Traverso (] ; 14 October 1906 28 January 1972) was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for "Corriere della Sera". His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel "The Tartar Steppe", but he is also known for his well received collections of short stories. Title: Il colombre Passage: Il colombre is a 1966 short story collection by the Italian writer Dino Buzzati. The titular story introduces a sea monster called the colomber, which became the most famous of Buzatti's monster characters.
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Robert Caro
Dino Buzzati
The artist best known for her 1975 song "Poetry Man" contributed to the 2nd solo album mby which former member ofParliament-Funkadelic?
Title: Funk of Ages Passage: Funk of Ages is the second solo album by former Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell. The album was released in 1990 by Gramavision Records. The album includes contributions by numerous guest musicians including David Byrne, Herbie Hancock, Keith Richards, Vernon Reid and Phoebe Snow, as well fellow P-Funk band mates Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Gary Cooper, Doug Duffey and Mike Hampton. Title: Casey Guernsey Passage: Casey Guernsey (born October 14, 1980) is a Republican politician and former member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Guernsey represented the 3rd, and then the 2nd District, encompassing all or portions of Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Sullivan, and Worth counties in northcentral Missouri. Due to Missouri House redistricting following the 2010 U.S. Census, much of the current 3rd District was renamed the 2nd District effective January, 2013. The new boundaries include all of Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, and Harrison counties, but no longer all or parts of Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan, or Worth counties. Guernsey ran for the newly created 2nd District and won in the November, 2012 general election. On January 31, 2014 Guernsey announced he would not be a candidate for re-election in the 2014 Missouri House races nor would he be running for any seat in the Missouri Senate. Title: Just Like Eddie Passage: "Just Like Eddie" is a song by recording artist Heinz. The song was his 2nd solo release after leaving the band The Tornados. It was released in 1963, the same year that John F Kennedy was assassinated. Title: Why (Jadakiss song) Passage: "Why?" is a protest song by the rapper Jadakiss, the 1st single released from his 2nd solo album "Kiss of Death". It was produced by Havoc. It was a crossover hit in several countries. The song ranked 64 in About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs. The remix produced by Elite with a new chorus was later released featuring Anthony Hamilton, Styles P, Common and Nas. Another remix was released, titled "Why 2K7", featuring the rapper Lil' Wayne. This remix is available on DJ 007's "Beast of the East", a collaboration mixtape with Fabolous and Jadakiss. Title: Phoebe Snow Passage: Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 April 26, 2011) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for her 1975 song "Poetry Man". She was described by "The New York Times" as a "contralto grounded in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four octaves." Title: Morphosis (Max Lilja album) Passage: Morphosis is the second solo album by the Finnish cellist and composer Max Lilja. The 9 track album was released by Fluttery Records on 10 April 2015. According to the artist: "I got the vision for this 2nd solo album at the mixing stage of the 1st album, quite different from the first in all areas, sound, songwriting and execution. Still all cello and I wrote all the songs to this album on cello" A music video directed and visually designed by the film maker Janne Laiho was released for the opening track Revelation.
Bernie Worrell
Funk of Ages
Phoebe Snow
What position was held by the author of A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation with respect to Henry VIII?
Title: A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation Passage: A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation is a work that was written by St. Thomas More while imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1534. Title: Frederick Tilney Passage: Sir Frederick Tilney (died 1445) Lord of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, and Boston, Lincolnshire, England, was the husband of Elizabeth Cheney, Lady Say and father of Elizabeth Tilney, Countess of Surrey. He is a great-grandfather of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard, three of the wives of King Henry VIII of England, and a great-great-grandfather to King Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, and Queen Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Title: Thomas More Passage: Sir Thomas More ( ; 7 February 14786 July 1535), venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. He wrote "Utopia", published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary ideal island nation. Title: Elizabeth Cheney (14221473) Passage: Elizabeth Cheney (April 1422 25 September 1473) was a member of the English gentry, who, by dint of her two marriages, was the great-grandmother of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard, three of the wives of King Henry VIII of England, thus making her great-great-grandmother to King Edward VI, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, and Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Her first husband was Sir Frederick Tilney, and her second husband was Sir John Say, Speaker of the House of Commons. She produced a total of eight children from both marriages. Title: Henry VIII and His Six Wives Passage: Henry VIII and His Six Wives is a 1972 British film adaptation, directed by Waris Hussein, of the BBC 1970 six-part miniseries "The Six Wives of Henry VIII". Keith Michell, who plays Henry VIII in the TV series, also portrays the king in the film. His six wives are portrayed by different actresses, among them Charlotte Rampling as Anne Boleyn, and Jane Asher as Jane Seymour. Donald Pleasence portrays Thomas Cromwell and Bernard Hepton portrays Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, a role he had also played in the miniseries and briefly in its follow-up "Elizabeth R". Title: Lady Jane Seymour Passage: Lady Jane Seymour (c.1541 19 March 1561) was an influential writer during the sixteenth century in England, along with her sisters, Lady Margaret Seymour and Anne Seymour, Countess of Warwick. Their brother was Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford. They were the children of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, who from 1547 was the Lord Protector of England after the death of King Henry VIII and during the minority of Jane's first cousin, King Edward VI. She was baptised 22 February 1541, and her godparents were Thomas Cromwell (the King's chief minister), Lady Mary (the King's daughter, at the time declared illegitimate but later to become queen) and Katherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII, and queen at the time. Jane was thus the niece of Henry VIII's third wife, Queen Jane, whom she was probably named after. She was the sole witness to the secret marriage of her brother Edward to Lady Catherine Grey (a potential heir to Queen Elizabeth I) in 1560. She died a year later, aged 20, probably of tuberculosis.
a councillor
A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
Thomas More
Which Disney Channel show, featuring Lil J, is based on characters created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman?
Title: List of Hannah Montana episodes Passage: "Hannah Montana" is an American sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Richard Correll and Barry O'Brien as a Disney Channel Original Series, which debuted on March 24 , 2006. The program follows the life of a teenage girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus) by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, where she conceals her real identity from everyone else except for her family and a few close friends. Title: Michael Poryes Passage: Michael Poryes is a Canadian screenwriter, filmmaker, and executive producer, best known for co-creating the Disney Channel shows "That's So Raven" and "Hannah Montana". Title: Hannah Montana: The Movie Passage: Hannah Montana: The Movie is a 2009 American teen musical comedy-drama film based on the Disney Channel television series of the same name. It was the second theatrical film based on a Disney Channel Original Series, after "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" (2003). The film was directed by Peter Chelsom with screenplay penned by Daniel Berendsen. The film was produced by David Blocker, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Steven Peterman and Michael Poryes. The film stars series regulars Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso, and Moiss Arias, as well as Lucas Till, Vanessa Williams, Margo Martindale, and Melora Hardin. Title: Wherever I Go (Hannah Montana) Passage: "Wherever I Go" is the series finale and 98th episode of the Disney Channel sitcom series "Hannah Montana". It was written by the show's executive producers, Michael Poryes and Steven Peterman. It originally aired on January 16, 2011 in the United States on the Disney Channel, and later aired in Canada on March 18, 2011 on the Family Channel. The episode title is a reference to the Hannah Montana song "Wherever I Go". Title: Jonathan McDaniel Passage: Jonathan Richard McDaniel (born May 17, 1985), better known by his stage name Lil J, is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for his role as Devon Carter (Raven Baxter's boyfriend, and later husband) on the hit Disney Channel shows "That's So Raven" and "Raven's Home", as well as German Vega on VH1's "Hit the Floor". Title: Raven's Home Passage: Raven's Home is an American comedy and family television series developed by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas that premiered on Disney Channel on July 21, 2017. Based on the characters created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman, the series is a spinoff and sequel to "That's So Raven", the second spinoff from that series after "Cory in the House". The series stars Raven-Symon, Issac Ryan Brown, Navia Robinson, Jason Maybaum, Sky Katz, and Anneliese van der Pol.
Raven's Home
Jonathan McDaniel
Raven's Home
Who is older, Chris Carter or Yuen Woo-ping?
Title: Dance of the Drunk Mantis Passage: Dance of the Drunk Mantis () is a 1979 Hong Kong kung fu comedy film directed by Yuen Siu-tien's real life son Yuen Woo-ping, starring Yuen Siu-tien, Hwang Jang Lee, Linda Lin, Yuen Shun-yee, Charlie Shek and Yuen Kwai. This was Yuen Siu-tien's final film appearance before his death on 8 January 1979 from a heart attack. Title: Yuen Woo-ping Passage: Yuen Woo-ping (; born 1945) is a Chinese martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a renowned martial arts film actor. Title: True Legend Passage: True Legend is a 2010 Chinese martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh, Andy On, David Carradine, Guo Xiaodong, Feng Xiaogang, Cung Le, Gordon Liu, Bryan Leung and Jacky Heung. This was Yuen Woo-ping's first film directing since 1996's "Tai Chi Boxer". Title: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow Passage: Snake in the Eagle's Shadow () is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action film directed by Yuen Woo-ping in his directorial debut, and starring Jackie Chan, Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Woo-ping's real life father, Yuen Siu Tien. Title: Eastern Condors Passage: Eastern Condors () is a 1987 Hong Kong action film directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Yuen Biao, Joyce Godenzi, Yuen Wah, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Woo-ping, Corey Yuen and Billy Chow. The film was released in the Hong Kong on 9 July 1987. Title: Chris Carter (screenwriter) Passage: Christopher Carl Carter (born October 13, 1956) is an American television and film producer, director and writer. Born in Bellflower, California, Carter graduated with a degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach before spending thirteen years working for "Surfing Magazine". After beginning his television career working on television films for Walt Disney Studios, Carter rose to fame in the early 1990s after creating the science fiction-supernatural television series "The X-Files" for the Fox network. "The X-Files" earned high viewership ratings, and led to Carter's being able to negotiate the creation of future series.
Yuen Woo-ping
Chris Carter (screenwriter)
Yuen Woo-ping
Who was born first, Pietro Mascagni or Giovanni Battista Pergolesi?
Title: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Passage: Giovanni Battista Draghi (] ; 4 January 1710 16 March 1736), best known as Pergolesi (] ) or Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. Title: Adriano in Siria (Pergolesi) Passage: Adriano in Siria is an opera by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi setting Metastasio's libretto of the same name. It was the third of his four opere serie, premiered at Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples on 25 October 1734. Pergolesi also provided a comic intermezzo "La contadina astuta", later better known as "Livietta e Tracollo", to a libretto by Tomasso Mariani. Title: La Salustia Passage: La Salustia is a 1732 opera in three acts by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi to a revised text, possibly by Sebastiano Morelli, after Apostolo Zeno's famous 1716 libretto "Alessandro Severo", which was also later adapted by Handel. The production was marred when the leading man Nicolo Grimaldi "Nicolini" fell fatally ill before the performance and an inexperienced substitute Gioacchino Conti "Gizziello" had to be called in at the last minute. "La Salustia" was Pergolesi's first opera seria. The story is based on the life of the Roman emperor Alexander Severus and his wife Sallustia Orbiana. Title: Pietro Mascagni Passage: Pietro Antonio Stefano Mascagni (] ; 7 December 1863 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece "Cavalleria Rusticana" caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the "Verismo" movement in Italian dramatic music. While it was often held that Mascagni, like Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, "L'amico Fritz" and "Iris" have remained in the repertoire in Europe (especially Italy) since their premieres. Mascagni said that at one point, "Iris" was performed in Italy more often than "Cavalleria" (cf. Stivender). Title: L'Olimpiade (Pergolesi) Passage: L'Olimpiade is an opera in the form of a dramma per musica in three acts by the Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Pergolesi took the text, with a few modifications, from the libretto of the same name by Pietro Metastasio. The opera first appeared during the Carnival season of 1735 at the in Rome and "came to be probably the most admired" of the more than 50 musical settings of Metastasios drama. Title: Pergolesi (film) Passage: Pergolesi is a 1932 Italian historical musical film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Elio Steiner, Dria Paola and Tina Lattanzi. It portrays the brief life of the eighteenth century Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Pietro Mascagni
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Where did the chief executive of the 8th busiest airport in Europe start his career in industry?
Title: Thunder Bay International Airport Passage: Thunder Bay Airport or Thunder Bay International Airport, (IATA: YQT, ICAO: CYQT) , is an airport in the Canadian city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. With 108,130 aircraft movements in 2012, it was the fifth busiest airport in Ontario and the 16th busiest airport in Canada. During the same year, more than 761,000 passengers went through the airport. Title: Dubai International Airport Passage: Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: ) is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic. It is also the 3rd busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic, the 6th busiest cargo airport in world, the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements, and the busiest airport in the world operating with only two runways. In 2016, DXB handled 83.6 million passengers, 2.59 million tonnes of cargo and registered 418,220 aircraft movements. Title: Gatwick Airport Passage: Gatwick Airport (also known as London Gatwick) (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK) is a major international airport in south-east England, 29.5 mi south of Central London and 2.7 NM north of Crawley. It is the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the United Kingdom, after London Heathrow. Gatwick is the eighth-busiest airport in Europe. Until 2016, it was the busiest single-use runway airport in the world before being overtaken by Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Title: Stewart Wingate Passage: Stewart Wingate is the chief executive of Gatwick Airport. He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, where he left school at 16 to pursue a career in industry at Black and Decker. During his time at Black Decker he attended university, graduating from Northumbria University with a degree in electrical and electronic engineering, and then from Newcastle University with an MBA. Title: Coimbatore International Airport Passage: Coimbatore International Airport (IATA: CJB, ICAO: VOCB) is the primary airport serving the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. It is located at Peelamedu, about 13 km from the center of the city. Previously known as Peelamedu Civil Aerodrome, it is the 19th busiest airport in India in terms of passengers handled, 16th busiest in terms of total aircraft movement and 14th busiest in terms of cargo handled. The airport is the second largest airport in terms of passenger traffic and cargo after Chennai International Airport In Tamil Nadu. About five domestic and three international airlines serve the airport. The Airport also serves as a growing hub for Cargo transportation. Title: Grantley Adams International Airport Passage: Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) (IATA: BGI, ICAO: TBPB) is the international airport of Barbados, located in Seawell, Christ Church. It is the only designated port of entry for persons arriving and departing by air in Barbados and operates as a major gateway to the Eastern Caribbean. The airport has direct service to destinations in the United States, Canada, Central America and Europe and serves as the second hub for LIAT. In 2016, the airport was the 8th busiest airport in the Caribbean region; and the third busiest airport in the Lesser Antilles; after Queen Beatrix International Airport located in Aruba, and Pointe--Pitre International Airport located in the Republic of France within the island of Guadeloupe. GAIA, also remains an important air-link for cruise ship passengers departing and arriving at the Port of Bridgetown, and a base of operations for the Regional Security System (RSS), and the Regional (Caribbean) Police Training Centre.
Black and Decker
Stewart Wingate
Gatwick Airport
What film did the editor with more than thirty film credits film in 1986?
Title: Lesley Walker Passage: Lesley Walker is a British film and television editor with more than thirty feature film credits. She came into prominence in the 1980s, when she "developed a fast and snappy editing style in the decade, with "A Letter to Brezhnev" (1985), "Mona Lisa", "Cry Freedom" (1987), and "Shirley Valentine"." She has worked extensively with directors Terry Gilliam and Richard Attenborough. Title: Georg Krause Passage: Georg Krause (15 April 1901 3 January 1986) was a German cinematographer who worked on more than a hundred and thirty film and television productions during his career. In 1957 he worked on Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory". Title: Peter Honess Passage: Peter Honess (born 1946) is a British film editor with more than thirty film credits dating from 1973. Honess received the 1997 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for his work on "L.A. Confidential". Title: Matyas Veress Passage: Matyas Veress is a film editor with more than thirty film credits. His career started in 1993 as the assistant editor on the film "Just Friends". He received the Magritte Award for Best Editing for his work in the 2009 film "Mr. Nobody". Title: Mona Lisa (film) Passage: Mona Lisa is a 1986 British neo-noir crime drama film about an ex-convict who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl. The film was written by Neil Jordan and David Leland, and directed by Jordan. It was produced by HandMade Films and stars Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, and Michael Caine. Title: Christopher Greenbury Passage: Christopher Greenbury, ACE (September 24, 1951 January 4, 2007) was a British film editor with more than thirty film credits dating from 1979's "The Muppet Movie". With Tariq Anwar, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for "American Beauty" (1999), which he was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing. "American Beauty" is a serious drama, but in general Greenbury edited comedy films, including six directed by the Farrelly brothers commencing with 1994's "Dumb and Dumber".
Mona Lisa
Lesley Walker
Mona Lisa (film)
Are both Ramn del Valle-Incln and Primo Levi considered writers?
Title: Bohemian Lights Passage: Bohemian Lights, or "Luces de Bohemia" in the original Spanish, is a play written by Ramn del Valle-Incln, published in 1924. The central character is Max Estrella, a struggling poet afflicted by blindness. The play is a degenerated tragedy ("esperpento") focusing on the troubles of the literary and artistic world in Spain under the Restoration. Through Max's poverty, ill fortune and eventual death, Valle-Incln portrays how society neglects the creative. Title: A Tranquil Star Passage: A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories of Primo Levi is a 2007 anthology of short stories by the Italian writer Primo Levi. Released 20 years after Levi's death, the book consists of seventeen stories previously unpublished in English. The stories were translated by Ann Goldstein, an editor at "The New Yorker" and Alessandra Bastagli, an editor at Palgrave Macmillan. Title: El marqus de Bradomn. Coloquios romnticos Passage: El marqus de Bradomn. Coloquios romnticos (The Marquis of Bradomin. Romantic meetings), is a play by the Spanish writer Ramn del Valle-Incln. It was first performed in 1906. Title: Giovanni Palatucci Passage: Giovanni Palatucci (31 May 1909 10 February 1945) was an Italian police official who was long believed to have saved thousands of Jews in Fiume between 1939 and 1944 (current Rijeka in Croatia) from being deported to Nazi extermination camps. In 2013 a research panel of historians led by the "Centro Primo Levi" reviewed almost 700 documents and concluded that Palatucci had followed RSI and German orders concerning the Jews and enabling the deportation of the majority of the 570 Jews living in Fiume and surrounding areas, 412 of whom were deported to Auschwitz, a higher percentage than in any Italian city. The matter is currently the topic of scholarly debate. A national commission of historians recommended by the Union of the Italian Jewish Communities, the Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation in Milan, the Italian Ministry of the Interior and the Centro Primo Levi NY is conducting a comprehensive review of the documents. Title: Ramn del Valle-Incln Passage: Ramn Mara del Valle-Incln y de la Pea (in Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 28 October 1866 Santiago de Compostela, 5 January 1936) was a Spanish dramatist, novelist and member of the Spanish Generation of 98. He is considered perhaps the most noteworthy and certainly the most radical dramatist working to subvert the traditionalism of the Spanish theatrical establishment in the early part of the 20th century. His drama is made all the more important by its influence on later generations of Spanish dramatists. Title: Primo Levi Passage: Primo Michele Levi (] ; 31 July 1919 11 April 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, novels, collections of short stories, essays, and poems. His best-known works include "If This Is a Man" (1947) (U.S.: "Survival in Auschwitz"), his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland; and his unique work, "The Periodic Table" (1975), linked to qualities of the elements, which the Royal Institution of Great Britain named the best science book ever written.
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Who was not only a director but also a screenwriter and producer, Yves Allgret or Terrence Malick?
Title: Manges Passage: Manges is a French film directed by Yves Allgret and released in 1950. The film stars Simone Signoret (married at the time to Allgret, although the marriage came to an end soon after), Bernard Blier and Jane Marken. It is shot in black-and-white in film noir style, with extensive use of flashback and the voiceover of characters' unspoken thoughts. "Manges" is noted for the exceptionally harsh and cynical manner in which Allgret delineates the characters of his two female leads, and has been accused of being misogynistic in tone. Title: Une si jolie petite plage Passage: Une si jolie petite plage (English titles: "Such a Pretty Little Beach" and "Riptide") is a French film shot in black-and-white, directed by Yves Allgret and released in 1949. The film stars Grard Philipe, Madeleine Robinson and Jane Marken. Title: Voyage of Time Passage: Voyage of Time is a 2016 American IMAX documentary film written and directed by Terrence Malick. The film is said to be an examination of the birth and death of the known universe. Malick has been working on the film for over forty years and it has been described by Malick himself as "one of my greatest dreams". Title: Terrence Malick Passage: Terrence Frederick Malick ( ; born November 30, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Title: Catherine Allgret Passage: Catherine Allgret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allgret. Title: Yves Allgret Passage: Yves Allgret (] ; 13 October 1905 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnires-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris.
Terrence Frederick Malick
Yves Allgret
Terrence Malick
Jeremy Stacey is a British drummer who played with an English rock band formed in Liverpool in what year?
Title: The Wombats Passage: The Wombats are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Matthew Murphy, drummer Dan Haggis, and bassist Tord verland Knudsen, and has been since its inception. The band is signed to 14th Floor Records in the United Kingdom and Bright Antenna in the United States. The Wombats' albums have sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Title: E. F. Band Passage: E.F. Band was a Swedish band that sometimes were mixed up with the New wave of British heavy metal movement, even though they were Swedish. The band was formed in 1978 by bassistvocalist Pr Ericsson and guitarist Bengt Fischer, two former members of the progressive rock band Epizootic, who were initially joined by Tommy Lager on drums. The "E.F." portion of the band's name was derived from the first letter of Ericsson and Fischer's last names. After recording their first (split) single, the band hired British drummer Dave Dufort, who had played with Mike Oldfield and Screaming Lord Sutch to solidify the line-up. Title: Gary James Passage: Gary Harry James, popularly known as 'Harry' James (born 14 December 1960 in England) is a British drummer best known for his work with hard rock band Thunder and melodic rock band Magnum. Title: Echo amp; the Bunnymen Passage: Echo the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bassist Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas joined as the band's drummer. Title: Jeremy Stacey Passage: Jeremy Stacey (born September 27, 1963) is a British drummer. His early work included the 1990s band, The Lemon Trees (with twin brother Paul Stacey on guitars, Guy Chambers and others) and Denzil. He has also played with Sheryl Crow, the Finn Brothers, Nick Harper, Noel Gallagher, The Waterboys, Thomas Anders, Echo the Bunnymen, Eurythmics, Joe Cocker, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, Adam F, Andrea Bocelli, Patricia Kaas, Susanna Hoffs, Mike Scott, Robbie Williams, Aztec Camera, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nerina Pallot, Claire Martin (drums on "Take 1My Heart", 1999), Mark Wingfield, Iain Ballamy, Chris Squire ("Chris Squire's Swiss Choir"), The Syn ("Syndestructible", 2005, again with Paul Stacey), Sia Furler ("Colour the Small One"), Laurence Cottle, Jason Rebello, Zero 7, Malcolm McLaren, Boris Grebenshikov and Steve Hackett. Title: Silver Liner Passage: Silver Liner is the third studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and record producer Ethan Johns, released on November 27, 2015 on Johns' own label, Three Crows Records. Produced by drummer Jeremy Stacey, Johns was accompanied on the album by The Black Eyed Dogs; a backing band includeding Stacey, pedal steel guitarist B. J. Cole and bass guitarist Nick Pini.
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Echo amp; the Bunnymen
The SC Bastia Reserves and Academy, are the reserve team and academy of French football club Bastia, notable graduates of the academy include Michael Kojo Essien, is a Ghanaian footballer, who currently plays for which Indonesian club ?
Title: Michael Essien Passage: Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Indonesian club Persib Bandung. He has also played for the Ghana national team more than 50 times. He is a physically strong midfielder who has often been touted as a box-to-box midfielder for his ability to exert energy in supporting offensive and defensive play and for his powerful and tough tackling playing style which has earned him the nickname "The Bison". Essien can also play as a defender, both on the right of defence and in the centre. Title: SC Bastia Reserves and Academy Passage: The SC Bastia Reserves and Academy are the reserve team and academy of French football club Bastia. The Plaine de lIgesa serves as the home facility for the club's Reserves and Academy sides, which play their home matches at the Stade Erbajolo and Stade Armand Cesari. It is located in the commune of Haute-Corse, located in the western suburbs of Bastia. Notable graduates of the academy include Alex Song, Michael Essien, Nicolas Penneteau, Yannick Cahuzac, Wahbi Khazri, Claude Papi and Charles Orlanducci. Ghislain Printant was the first director of the training centre. Benot Tavenot and former Bastia and French international player Frdric Ne is the current director. Title: 201213 SC Bastia season Passage: The 201213 season is French football club SC Bastia's 107th professional season, their 47th consecutive season in French top-flight, and their 30th consecutive season in Ligue 1. Bastia is president by Pierre-Marie Geronimi, managed by Frdric Hantz, and captained by Yannick Cahuzac for the season. Last season; finished as second league champion, and won the first league the right to rise. Bastia, is finished 12 in league, participated in the Coupe de la Ligue for the first time since 2001, reaching the quarter-final before being eliminated by Lille. In the Coupe de France; the "end of 64" tour, eliminated to CA Bastia. Title: Derby Corse Passage: The Derby Corse (English: Corsica derby ) is a rivalry in French football between AC Ajaccio and SC Bastia, the two biggest clubs on the island of Corsica. The rivalry is intensified by the existing geographical rivalry of the island. Ajaccio is the capital of the island and largest city, as well as capital of the southern Corse-du-Sud department, while Bastia is the second city of the island and capital of the northern Haute-Corse department. Title: 201314 SC Bastia season Passage: The 201314 season is French football club SC Bastia's 108th professional season, their 48th consecutive season in French top-flight, and their 31st consecutive season in Ligue 1. Bastia is president by Pierre-Marie Geronimi, managed by Frdric Hantz, and captained by Yannick Cahuzac for the season. Title: 200102 SC Bastia season Passage: In 200102 season, the French football club SC Bastia finished at the 11th place in league. The top scorer of the season, including 19 goals in 14 league matches have been Tony Vairelles. Bastia were eliminated to Coupe de France final, and in the Coupe de la Ligue it was able to make the quarter final, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round.
Persib Bandung
SC Bastia Reserves and Academy
Michael Essien
What American heist thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt did Brian Tyler compose music for?
Title: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film) Passage: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 2010 American action fantasy film directed by Mike Newell. The film was written by Jordan Mechner, Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 28, 2010. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan, Gemma Arterton as Princess Tamina, Ben Kingsley as Nizam, and Alfred Molina as Sheik Amar. The film has the same title as the video game "", and is primarily based on it. Elements from "" and "", the two other titles from the "Sands of Time" trilogy of the "Prince of Persia" video game franchise, are also incorporated. The film was premiered in London on May 5, 2010 and was officially released on May 28, 2010 in the United States. It received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed over 336 million against a production budget of 150200 million. Title: Now You See Me (film) Passage: Now You See Me is a 2013 American heist thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt. The film features an ensemble cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mlanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. The plot follows an FBI agent and an Interpol detective who track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. This is the first installment of the series. Title: Brian Tyler Passage: Brian Tyler (born May 8, 1972) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, producer, musician, and songwriter, who has composed scores for film, television and video games. " Iron Man 3", "" with Danny Elfman, "Now You See Me", "Truth", the current fanfare of the Universal Pictures logo (adapted from Jerry Goldsmith's), the updated Marvel Studios logo, which debuted with "" (2013), as well as the "NFL Theme" for ESPN, and five installments of The Fast and the Furious franchise. Title: The Punisher (1989 film) Passage: The Punisher is a 1989 Australian-American action film directed by Mark Goldblatt, written by Boaz Yakin, and starring Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett, Jr. Based on the Marvel Comics' character of the same name, the film changes many details of the character's comic book origin and the main character does not wear the trademark "skull" shirt. Shot in Sydney, Australia, "The Punisher" co-stars Jeroen Krabb, Kim Miyori, Nancy Everhard, and Barry Otto. Title: Finding Steve McQueen Passage: Finding Steve McQueen is an upcoming American heist thriller film directed by Mark Steven Johnson and written by Keith Sharon and Ken Hixon. The film stars Travis Fimmel, Rachel Taylor, Forest Whitaker, and William Fichtner. Title: Now You See Me (film series) Passage: Now You See Me is a series of heist thriller film written by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt. Focus on actions of a team of illusionists to pull off some almost impossible heists name 'The Four Hoursemen'. The series features an ensemble cast which included Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman. The first film was released in 2013, which the second was released in 2016, and the third film currently in development and set to be released in 2019. The series received favourable reviews from critics and audiences and grossed nearly 700 million worldwide.
Now You See Me
Brian Tyler
Now You See Me (film)
The actor and singer best known for his 1958 song "The Purple People Eater" released what first single?
Title: Robin Luke Passage: Robin Luke (born 20 March 1942, Los Angeles, California) is an American rockabilly singer who is best known for his 1958 song, "Susie Darlin'". He later worked as a University professor for Marketing. Luke has been enshrined in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Title: Purple People Eater (film) Passage: Purple People Eater is a 1988 American science-fiction comedy film based on Sheb Wooley's 1958 novelty song of the same name, written and directed by Linda Shayne, and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Thora Birch in her film debut, Dustin Diamond and Peggy Lipton, with Chubby Checker and Little Richard making musical guest appearances. The film was released on December 16, 1988. Title: That's My Pa Passage: "That's My Pa" is a 1962 single by Sheb Wooley. "That's My Pa" would be Sheb Wooley's first single to hit the country chart and was also his most successful release hitting the number one spot for one week and staying on the charts for seventeen weeks. Title: Sheb Wooley Passage: Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 September 16, 2003) was a character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater." He played Ben Miller, brother of Frank Miller, in the film "High Noon"; played Travis Cobb in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"; and also had a co-starring role as scout Pete Nolan in the television series "Rawhide." Title: Carl Gardner Passage: Carl Edward Gardner (April 29, 1928 June 12, 2011) was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Title: Thora Birch Passage: Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress. She made her film debut in "Purple People Eater" (1988), for which she won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age, and rose to early prominence as a child star with her performances in films such as "All I Want for Christmas" (1991), "Patriot Games" (1992), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "Monkey Trouble" (1994), "Now and Then" (1995) and "Alaska" (1996).
That's My Pa
That's My Pa
Sheb Wooley
Which of the following has an album nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2009: Tyson Ritter or The Invisible?
Title: The All-American Rejects Passage: The All-American Rejects is an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The band consists of lead guitarist and backing vocalist Nick Wheeler, lead vocalist and bassist Tyson Ritter, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor. Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter are the band's songwriters; Wheeler is the primary composer and Ritter is the main lyricist. Title: Tyson Ritter Passage: Tyson Jay Ritter (born April 24, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, musician, actor, and model. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, pianist, and songwriter of the pop punk band The All-American Rejects. As an actor, Ritter appeared as Dane on Amazon Video's "Betas", recurred as rock musician Oliver Rome on NBC's "Parenthood", and has had supporting roles in the films "The House Bunny" (2008), "Love and Mercy" (2014), and "Miss You Already" (2015). Title: Mercury Prize Passage: The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established by the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of Record Dealers in 1992 as an alternative to the Brit Awards. The prize was originally sponsored by Mercury Communications, a brand owned by Cable Wireless, from which the prize gets its name. It was later sponsored by Technics (1998 to 2001), Panasonic (2002 and 2003), Nationwide Building Society (2004 to 2008) and Barclaycard (200914). The 2015 prize was sponsored by the BBC, while in 2016 it was announced that a three-year deal had been struck with Hyundai to sponsor the event. Title: The Invisible (band) Passage: The Invisible are an English band based in London, United Kingdom and fronted by the singer and guitarist Dave Okumu. The band formed as Okumu's solo project but quickly developed into a full-fledged band with friends Tom Herbert (bass synthesizer) and Leo Taylor (drums). Their self-titled debut album, released on 9 March 2009, was nominated for the Mercury Prize and selected as critics choice for iTunes album of the year. Title: Roller Trio Passage: Roller Trio are a British Jazz-Rock trio, who formed whilst studying at Leeds College of Music in 2011. In 2012, their eponymous debut studio album was nominated for the Mercury Prize and also nominated for MOBO Awards Best Jazz Act in 2012. In performance, John Fordham of The Guardian described their preview gig for the Mercury prize [as having] "the same wild insouciance that has made their sound a howl of fresh air." DJ and broadcaster Gilles Peterson described their music as "Dark, menacing, bass heavy the new sound of UK jazzzzzzz!" They are known for their "epic memorably singalong melody hooks and blistering riffs". Title: Popjustice 20 Music Prize Passage: The Popjustice" 20 Music Prize, also known as the Popjustice" Twenty Quid Prize, is an annual prize awarded by music website Popjustice to recognise the best British pop single of the previous year. The prize was conceived by Popjustice founder Peter Robinson in 2003 as a reaction to what he perceived as the pompous and elitist nature of the existing Mercury Prize, which recognises the best album of the previous year, and in particular its exclusion of pop music acts in favour of those from more esoteric genres. The shortlist for the Popjustice prize is announced in September of each year and the winner named the following month, to coincide with the presentation of the Mercury Prize. Popjustice gives a token prize of 20 to the winner of its award, in contrast to the 20,000 given to the winner of the Mercury Prize.
The Invisible
Tyson Ritter
The Invisible (band)
The Acting Class is a 2000 American independent film who supporting cast included an American actor whose middle name was what?
Title: John Larkin (actor, born 1912) Passage: John Larkin (April 11, 1912 January 29, 1965) was an American actor whose nearly 30-year career was capped by his 1950s portrayal of two fictional criminal attorneys Perry Mason on radio and Mike Karr on television daytime drama "The Edge of Night". After having acted in an estimated 7,500 dramatic shows on radio, he devoted his final decade to television and, from April 1962 to January 1965, was a key member of the supporting cast in two prime-time series and made at least twenty major guest-starring appearances in many of the top drama series of the period. Title: Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song) Passage: Keep the Home-Fires Burning ('Till the Boys Come Home) is a British patriotic First World War song composed in 1914 by Ivor Novello with words by Lena Guilbert Ford (whose middle name was sometimes printed as "Gilbert"). Title: The Lonely Hunter Passage: The Lonely Hunter (Traditional Chinese: ; lit. "The Passerby") is a 1981 Hong Kong television drama. Produced by Lee Tim-shing and written by Chan Yiu-ying, "The Lonely Hunter" is a TVB production. Backed by a star-studded supporting cast and refreshing new artistes, the drama was a ratings hit. The drama also propelled Felix Wong to instant stardom, and it became Wong's first representative work since graduating from TVB's Artiste Acting Class in 1980. Title: Benjamin Bratt Passage: Benjamin George Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. Title: All the Wrong Places (film) Passage: All the Wrong Places is a 2000 American independent film. The film is a romantic comedy directed by Martin Edwards with actress Ali Hillis in the main role. Title: The Acting Class Passage: The Acting Class is a 2000 American independent film directed by and starring Jill Hennessy and Elizabeth Holder. The film's supporting cast includes many of Hennessy's former "Law Order" castmates, including Chris Noth, Jerry Orbach, Benjamin Bratt and Alec Baldwin as himself.
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The Acting Class
Benjamin Bratt
Who was the director of the 2006 German-American political war thriller film for which James Newton Howard made the film score?
Title: Blood Diamond Passage: Blood Diamond is a 2006 German-American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou. The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance conflicts, and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies across the world. Title: Batman Begins (soundtrack) Passage: Batman Begins: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to Christopher Nolan's 2005 film "Batman Begins". It was released on June 15, 2005. The soundtrack drew from the film score, composed by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, as well as contributions by Ramin Djawadi, Lorne Balfe and Mel Wesson. Title: Space Jam (soundtrack) Passage: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the original soundtrack album of the 1996 film starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes cast. An album featuring the film's score by James Newton Howard was also released. The soundtrack was released by Warner Sunset and Atlantic Records on November 12, 1996. The worldwide smash hit "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly was first released on the soundtrack. Title: Gaili Schoen Passage: Gaili Schoen (born Susan Gaili Schoen, in Venice, California) is an American film composer, orchestrator, and pianist. She is best known for her scores for the films "Festival in Cannes" starring Maximilian Schell, Anouk Aime, Ron Silver, and Greta Scacchi, and "Dj Vu", starring Stephen Dillane and Vanessa Redgrave, both directed by Henry Jaglom. Her television work includes the score for the 2007 PBS documentary "Annie Leibovitz: A Life Through A Lens" which she composed with score producer James Newton Howard. Schoen composed a 52-piece orchestral score for the 2008 feature film "Noble Things" starring Michael Parks, Ryan Hurst, and country singer Lee Ann Womack, and scored the 2011 documentary "The Ghost of War", about the RMS Queen Mary. Title: The Happening (2008 soundtrack) Passage: The Happening is the soundtrack to the 2008 film of the same name, composed by James Newton Howard. It was released on June 3, 2008. This album is the sixth collaboration between composer James Newton Howard and M. Night Shyamalan. The main theme is a simple rhythmic motif of three notes followed by a grace note to the fourth note, sometimes played as a minor second and sometimes as a minor third. The soundtrack was recorded at the Sony Scoring Stage. Title: James Newton Howard Passage: James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American composer, conductor, music producer and musician. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award, and eight Academy Award nominations. His film scores include "Pretty Woman" (1990), "The Prince of Tides" (1991), "The Fugitive" (1993), "The Devil's Advocate" (1997), "The Sixth Sense" (1999), "Dinosaur" (2000), "" (2001), "Treasure Planet" (2002), "Signs" (2002), "The Village" (2004), "King Kong" (2005), "Batman Begins" (2005), "I Am Legend" (2007), "Blood Diamond" (2006), "The Dark Knight" (2008), "The Bourne Legacy" (2012), "The Hunger Games" series (20122015), "Nightcrawler" (2014) and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (2016). He has collaborated with directors M. Night Shyamalan, having scored nine of his films since "The Sixth Sense," and Francis Lawrence, having scored all of his films since "I Am Legend".
Edward Zwick
James Newton Howard
Blood Diamond
John Alexander is the uncle of the player who plays what position for Liverpool?
Title: The Northern Territories Passage: The Northern Territories was an electronic music project from Sweden. It was started in Uppsala in 1992 by John Alexander Ericson (vocals, instruments and electronics) and Stefan Sf (vocals and electronics). Musically this group centred on synthpop, their first two releases came on German label Machinery Records. Later their music became more guitar influenced. John Alexander Ericson started a solo career after their disbanding. Title: John Alexander Gunn Passage: John Alexander Gunn (18961975) was a philosopher who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool and worked there as a fellow. He went on to be appointed as a professor at the University of Melbourne in 1923 and retired in 1938. Title: Trent Alexander-Arnold Passage: Trent John Alexander-Arnold (born 7 October 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Liverpool. He is an academy graduate of Liverpool and made his senior debut for the club in 2016, aged 18. The following year, he won the club's Young Player of the Season award. He has also represented England at all youth levels from under-16 through to under-19. Due to the length of his name, his surname is shortened to Alexander for Premier League fixtures. Title: John Alexander Austin House Passage: The John Alexander Austin House is a historic house in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built circa 1876 for John Alexander Austin, a veteran of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861-1865, and a clothing retailer. It was designed in the Italianate architectural style. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 12, 1984. Title: John Alexander (footballer, born 1955) Passage: John Alexander (born 5 October 1955) is an English former footballer who holds the post of club secretary at Manchester United. Born in Liverpool, Alexander began his football career with a club called Ulysses, before being picked up by Millwall, for whom he made his league debut in 1976. After scoring twice in 15 appearances over the course of two years with Millwall, he moved to Reading; he enjoyed greater success with Reading, scoring nine goals in 25 games. In 1981, he joined Northampton Town, but spent just one season with them before retiring from football at the age of 26 in 1982. Upon retiring from football, Alexander got a job with the BBC, but he later returned to football as club secretary at Watford. In 2000, he took up the same post at Tottenham Hotspur, spending 10 years there before applying for the same job at Manchester United, where he would replace the retiring Ken Ramsden. He took over at Manchester United on 1 July 2010. He is the uncle of Liverpool player Trent Alexander-Arnold. Title: John Blair (rugby player) Passage: John Alexander Blair (c.1871 12 April 1911) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks in 1897. His position of choice was hooker. Blair did not play in any test matches as New Zealand did not play their first until 1903.
right-back
John Alexander (footballer, born 1955)
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Name the American political commentator, professor and author who co-produced a feature documentary 'Inequality for All' with Jen Chaiken?
Title: Robert Reich Passage: Robert Bernard Reich ( ; born June 24, 1946) is an American political commentator, professor, and author. He served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. Title: A Horse with No Name (film) Passage: A Horse with No Name is an independently produced feature film by Matthew and Barnaby O'Connor. Its two key distinguishing factors are the budget, which was 10,000 (considered very small by Hollywood standards) and the fact the film was written as it was made - something none of the actors in the film knew was happening. As far as the cast were aware the script had already been written and they would receive dialogue on the day to 'keep it fresh'. This whole process was documented in the feature length behind the scenes documentary '13 States' which was described by one review as 'behind the scenes carnage the likes of which you have never seen before'. Title: Andy Glynne Passage: Andy Glynne is a triple-BAFTA award winning British filmmaker, author and producer. He is both the producer and executive producer of the Netflix BBC feature documentary 'Out of Thin Air' Title: Jen Chaiken Passage: Chaiken produced the sexy dramedy "Afternoon Delight" and the feature documentary "Inequality for All" with Robert Reich, both of which premiered in competition at Sundance 2013. "Afternoon Delight" won the US Drama Directing Award and "Inequality for All" received a Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking. Along with her producing partner Sebastian Dungan, Chaiken was selected for "Variety"'s prestigious 10 Producers to Watch 2012 list. Title: Corey Lewandowski Passage: Corey R. Lewandowski ( ; born September 18, 1973) is an American political operative and political commentator. He was a political commentator for One America News Network (OANN) and Fox News Channel (FNC) and a former political commentator for the Cable News Network (CNN), as well as a former campaign manager of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for President of the United States from January 2015 to June 2016. Title: Dana Perino Passage: Dana Marie Perino (born May 9, 1972) is an American political commentator and author who served as the 26th White House Press Secretary, serving under President George W. Bush from September 14, 2007 to January 20, 2009. She was the second female White House Press Secretary, after Dee Dee Myers, who served during the Clinton Administration. She is currently a political commentator for Fox News, while also serving as a co-host of the network's talk show "The Five", and is a book publishing executive at Random House. Starting Monday, October 2nd, she will host "The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino" on Fox News.
Robert Reich
Jen Chaiken
Robert Reich
In which city the suburb who's names had been changed in 1917 located?
Title: Names of Singapore Passage: The names of Singapore include both historical designations and contemporary names and nicknames in various languages about the island. A number of different names have been given to the settlement or the island of Singapore all through history, the earliest record may have been from the 2nd century AD. Possible mentions of Pulau Ujong, the name for the island of Singapore, may be found in Chinese works, and it was also referred to as Temasek in Malay and Javanese literature. Sometime in the 14 century the name was changed to Singapura, which is now rendered as Singapore in English. Singapura means "Lion City" in Sanskrit, and Sang Nila Utama is usually credited with naming the city, although its actual origin is uncertain. Title: South Australia Nomenclature Act of 1935 Passage: The Nomenclature Act of 1935 restored the former German names of the towns of Hahndorf and Lobethal as well as the Adelaide suburb of Klemzig, the names of which had been changed in 1917. Title: Harrison, Australian Capital Territory Passage: Harrison is a suburb of the district of Gungahlin in Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named after the former city planner Peter Harrison, who was instrumental in reviving Walter Burley Griffin's plan for the National Capital. The suburb is adjacent to the suburbs of Franklin, Gungahlin, Throsby, Kenny and the industrial estate Mitchell. Harrison's place names reflects those of "natural features, waterfalls, plains, tablelands and plateaux". The suburb is located approximately 2 km east of the Gungahlin Town Centre and about 10 km from the centre of Canberra. Title: Scullin, Australian Capital Territory Passage: Scullin is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb is named after Prime Minister of Australia James Henry Scullin. It was gazetted on 6 June 1968. In the city of Canberra, suburbs are assigned street names that reflect a distinct sub-group of cultural or historical Australian significance. The streets in the suburb of Scullin are named after aviators. Title: Klemzig, South Australia Passage: Klemzig is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It was the first settlement of German immigrants in Australia and was named after the village of Klemzig, near Zllichau in southeastern Brandenburg in the German state of Prussia, where they originated from. That Klemzig is now in western Poland and is now known by the Polish name Klpsk. Title: Municipal Warehouse No. 1 Passage: Municipal Warehouse No. 1 is a six-story warehouse built in 1917 located on the outermost point of land on the main channel at the Port of Los Angeles. It played an important part in the establishment of Los Angeles as a major center of international trade and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its role in the development of the region's international trade and commerce.
Port Adelaide Enfield
South Australia Nomenclature Act of 1935
Klemzig, South Australia
Which comedian appeared in a series created by Larry David?
Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm Passage: Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO that premiered on October 15, 2000. The series was created by Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself. The series follows Larry in his life as a semi-retired television writer and producer in Los Angeles and later New York City. Also starring are Cheryl Hines as his wife, Cheryl; Jeff Garlin as his manager, Jeff; and Susie Essman as Jeff's wife, Susie. "Curb Your Enthusiasm" often features guest stars, and many of these appearances are by celebrities playing versions of themselves fictionalized to varying degrees. Title: Seinfeld (season 8) Passage: Season eight of Seinfeld, an American comedy television series created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, began airing on September 19, 1996, and concluded on May 15, 1997, on NBC. Title: Seinfeld (season 1) Passage: Season one of "Seinfeld", an American television series created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, began airing on July 5, 1989 on NBC. Originally called "The Seinfeld Chronicles", the series' name was shortened to "Seinfeld" to avoid confusion with another sitcom called "The Marshall Chronicles". The season finale aired on June 21, 1990. Title: Karen Maruyama Passage: Karen Maruyama (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress and comedian. She has appeared on television in supporting roles in a number of sitcoms, including recurring characters on "The Jamie Foxx Show", "Strip Mall", "Suddenly Susan", and "Arrested Development". Maruyama is well known as an improv performer and instructor, and was a featured guest on both the American and British versions of "Whose Line Is It Anyway? ", as well as a member of The Groundlings. She also appeared as a parking lot attendant in an episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm". Title: Clear History Passage: Clear History is a 2013 American comedy film written by Larry David, Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer, directed by Greg Mottola and starring Larry David, Kate Hudson, Danny McBride, Philip Baker Hall, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Amy Ryan, Bill Hader and J. B. Smoove. The film premiered on August 10, 2013, on HBO. Title: The Mango Passage: "The Mango" is the 65th episode of the sitcom "Seinfeld". It aired on September 16, 1993, and is the premiere of the show's fifth season. The episode's working title was "The Orgasm." It was filmed in front of a live studio audience on Tuesday, August 17, 1993. In the "Inside Look" commentary on the Seinfeld Season 5 DVD, Larry David revealed that a friend of his came up with the setup of this episode: Elaine never having orgasms with Jerry. Larry David said that the idea was "too good to pass up."
Karen Maruyama
Karen Maruyama
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Were George Tzavellas and Max Linder both directors and screenwriters?
Title: The Man in the Silk Hat Passage: The Man in the Silk Hat (French: "L'homme au chapeau de soie" ) is a 1983 French documentary film about the films of the French silent film star Max Linder, directed by his daughter, Maud Linder. Title: Max Linder Passage: Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle (16 December 188331 October 1925), better known by the stage name Max Linder (] ), was a French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian of the silent film era. His onscreen persona "Max" was one of the first recognizable recurring characters in film. He has also been cited as the "first international movie star." Title: Max Wants a Divorce Passage: Max Wants a Divorce is a 1917 American short film directed by Max Linder. Title: George Tzavellas Passage: George Tzavellas, also rendered Giorgos Tzavellas, Yiorgos Tzavellas, or Yorgos Javellas (Greek: , 1916, Athens October 18, 1976), was a Greek film director, screenwriter, and playwright. His filmmaking was particularly influential, with critic Georges Sadoul considering him "one of the three major postwar Greek directors" (along with Michael Cacoyannis and Nikos Koundouros). Title: Une nuit agite Passage: Une nuit agite (aka: An Agitated Night)is a 1912 short film directed by and starring Max Linder. The story was by Linder and fellow film colleague Louis Feuillade. The film was produced and distributed by the Pathe Freres company. Title: Une idylle la ferme Passage: Une idylle la ferme is a 1912 French short film written and directed by and starring Max Linder. It is known as A Farm-house Romance in the United Kingdom. In this Path comedy, Max, an "elegant but disaster-prone man-about-town," visits a farm to meet a prospective wife at the behest of his wealthy uncle.
yes
George Tzavellas
Max Linder
Are Carl Bart and Dan Swan both musicians?
Title: Cryptic (album) Passage: Cryptic is the seventh full-length studio album by the Swedish death metal band Edge of Sanity, released on December 1, 1997 by Black Mark Production. It is the only Edge of Sanity album in which Dan Swan does not contribute. Guitarist Andreas Axelsson hired a new vocalist (Roberth Karlsson, who was previously the vocalist in Swan's avant-garde death metal band Pan.Thy.Monium) in an attempt to keep the band together. Title: Morningrise Passage: Morningrise is the second studio album by Swedish progressive metal band Opeth. It was released on June 24, 1996, in Europe by Candlelight Records and on June 24, 1997, in the United States by Century Black. The recording sessions took place at Unisound studio, in rebro, between March and April 1996, and once more the band produced alongside Dan Swan. "Morningrise" was the last Opeth album produced by Swan. It was also the last Opeth release with drummer Anders Nordin and bassist Johan De Farfalla. Title: Dan Swan Passage: Dan-Erland Swan (born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale, lately vocalist, keyboardist and drummer for the band Witherscape, as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity. Title: Carl Bart Passage: Carlos Ashley Raphael Bart (born 6 June 1978) is a British musician, best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and in 2010 debuted a solo album. In 2014 he announced the creation of his new band, The Jackals. Title: Pan.Thy.Monium Passage: Pan.Thy.Monium was a Swedish avant-garde metal band formed and led by Dan Swan with several members from another project of his, Edge of Sanity. The group disbanded in 1996, after recording "Khaooohs and Kon-Fus-Ion". Title: Carl Bart (album) Passage: Carl Bart is the debut solo album by Libertines co-frontman Carl Bart. It was released on 4 October 2010 in the UK. The album was mastered in New York City and was the first album released through his own self-funded record label Arcady, but distributed through PIAS Recordings. The first single to be released from the album was "Run with the Boys".
yes
Carl Bart
Dan Swan
The Duchess of Malfi was composed by the artist of what nationality?
Title: Stephen Oliver (composer) Passage: Stephen Michael Harding Oliver (10 March 1950 29 April 1992) was an English composer, best known for his operas. Title: Antonio Beccadelli di Bologna Passage: Antonio Beccadelli of Bologna (c.1475-1513) was an Italian aristocrat, whose tragic love affair and secret marriage with Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi, inspired several works of literature, most notably John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi" and Lope de Vega's "El mayordomo de la Duquesa Amalfi". Title: The Duchess of Malfi Passage: The Duchess of Malfi (originally published as The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy) is a macabre, tragic play written by the English dramatist John Webster in 161213. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then later to a larger audience at The Globe, in 161314. Title: The Skull Beneath the Skin Passage: The Skull Beneath The Skin is a 1982 detective novel by P. D. James, featuring her female private detective Cordelia Gray. The novel is set in a reconstructed Victorian castle on the fictional Courcy Island on the Dorset coast and centers around actress Clarissa Lisle who is to play John Webster's drama "The Duchess of Malfi" in the castle's restored theatre. It takes its title from T. S. Eliot's poem "Whispers of Immortality", where Webster is famously said to be ""much possessed by death"" and to see ""the skull beneath the skin"". Title: Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi Passage: Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi (14781510) was an Italian aristocrat, regent of the Duchy of Amalfi during the minority of her son from 1498 until 1510. Her tragic life inspired several works of literature, most notably John Webster's play, "The Duchess of Malfi". Title: The Duchess of Malfi (opera) Passage: The Duchess of Malfi is an opera in three acts by the British composer Stephen Oliver, based on the eponymous play by John Webster. Oliver originally wrote this opera, his ninth in 1971, at age 21, for a production at the Oxford Playhouse on commission from the Oxford University Opera Club. The premiere was on November 23, 1971, with the following cast members:
English
The Duchess of Malfi (opera)
Stephen Oliver (composer)
Do Rika Hiraki and Mara Santangelo come from the same country?
Title: Mara Santangelo Passage: Mara Santangelo (born 28 June 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. She retired from the sport on 28 January 2011. Title: Rika Hiraki Passage: Rika Hiraki (Japanese: , born 6 December 1971) is a former professional Japanese female tennis player. Title: 1997 Wismilak International Doubles Passage: Alexandra Fusai and Kerry-Anne Guse were the defending champions but only Guse competed that year with Rika Hiraki. Title: 2010 Internationaux de Strasbourg Doubles Passage: Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo were the defending champions, but Dechy retired in 2009 and Santangelo chose not to compete this year. Title: 1995 TVA Cup Doubles Passage: Kerry-Anne Guse and Kristine Radford won in the final 64, 64 against Rika Hiraki and Sung-Hee Park. Title: 2010 Monterrey Open Doubles Passage: Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo won the tournament in 2009, but Dechy retired from tennis later in the year and Santangelo chose to not participate this year. Iveta Beneov and Barbora Zhlavov-Strcov won in the final 36, 64, [108] against Anna-Lena Grnefeld and Vania King.
no
Rika Hiraki
Mara Santangelo
Who was the older brother of person whose guard formed the French Royal Guard?
Title: Jordan Royal Guard Passage: Royal Guard Brigade - Hamza Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib (Sayed Al-Shuhada) is a unit of the Jordanian Armed Forces, Royal Guard Brigade is considered the largest, most professional and highly capable brigade in JAF. Title: Dutch grenadiers Passage: The Dutch grenadiers were a French guard regiment from 1810 until 1813. They were originally formed out of Louis Bonaparte's Royal guard. Title: Saudi Royal Guard Regiment Passage: The Saudi Arabian Royal Guard Regiment (Arabic: Al-ars al-Malak as-Sud) is a unit in the Saudi Arabian Army. Originally an independent military force, the Royal Guards were incorporated into the Army in 1964. However, the Royal Guards still retained their unique mission of protecting the House of Saud. Units of the Royal Guard protect the King of Saudi Arabia at all times. Title: Louis Bonaparte Passage: Louis Napolon Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland (a French client state roughly corresponding to the current Netherlands). In that capacity he was known as Louis I (Dutch: Lodewijk I; ] ). Title: Royal Guard of Oman Technical College Passage: Royal Guard Of Oman Technical College and commonly known as RGOTC and it is a public and military college in al Seeb on the governorate of Muscat at the Sultanate of Oman, owned by the Royal Guard of Oman and founded by Sultan Qaboos Al Saeed in order to improve technical and vocational education in the country. Title: Royal Guard of the Archers Passage: The Royal Guard of the Archers (Portuguese: "Guarda Real dos Archeiros") was the palace guard of the Portuguese Monarchs from the 16th century until the end of the monarchy in Portugal in 1910. Its members were armed with halberds, the Guard being also known as the Royal Guard of the Halberdiers (Portuguese: "Guarda Real dos Alabardeiros").
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French
Dutch grenadiers
Louis Bonaparte
The Cotai Arena is an indoor arena, located on the premises of the seventh-largest building in the world by what?
Title: KeyBank Center Passage: KeyBank Center, formerly known as Marine Midland Arena, HSBC Arena and First Niagara Center, is a multipurpose indoor arena located in downtown Buffalo, New York. It is the largest indoor arena in Western New York, seating 19,070 fans in its normal configuration, and was constructed primarily for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL), who have called the arena home since 1996, when it replaced the now-demolished Memorial Auditorium. The arena was renamed as KeyBank Center starting with the 20162017 NHL season. It is owned by Erie County and operated by Pegula Sports and Entertainment (as Hockey Western New York, LLC). Title: Cotai Arena Passage: The Cotai Arena is an indoor arena, located on the premises of The Venetian Macao, on the Cotai Strip, in Macau, China. It opened in 2007 with a seating capacity of 15,000. The arena was known as Venetian Arena from 2007 to 2010, when it was renamed as "CotaiArena". It hosts sporting events such as basketball, tennis and boxing, as well as concerts and international televised awards shows. Title: Celebration Arena Passage: The Celebration Arena is a 5,000-seat indoor arena located in Decatur, Alabama. It contains an 150-by-300-foot (45,000 square foot) arena floor that can be used not only for sporting events as well as indoor track meets, rodeos and horse shows (most notably the world championship show for the Racking Horse), but also for trade shows, flea markets, and other special events, such as concerts (concert capacity is up to 7,000). One large significance about this arena is that it is the only structure in Alabama that contains a full indoor track. If any school in the state wishes to hold a track meet in the state, this arena is used. It was formerly the site of the Alabama High School Athletic Association State Indoor Track Meet. Concerns over the facility's safety led to the cancellation of the AHSAA Indoor Track season for 2007-2008. Title: The Venetian Macao Passage: The Venetian Macao () is a luxury hotel and casino resort in Macau owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The Venetian is a 39-story, casino hotel on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 10500000 sqft Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas, and is the seventh-largest building in the world by floor area. The Venetian Macao is also the largest casino in the world, and the largest single structure hotel building in Asia. Title: Malm Arena Passage: Malm Arena is a multi-use indoor arena in Malm, Sweden, and the home of SHL ice hockey club Malm Redhawks. It is the largest arena in the SHL, and the second-largest indoor arena in Sweden. Apart from hosting Redhawks hockey matches, the arena is often the venue for team handball, floorball, concerts, and other events. It has also hosted indoor athletics. Owned and operated by Parkfast AB, the arena was designed by Mats Matson of MM Matsson Konsult AB, Hannu Helki of Pyry Architects, and Gert Wingrdh of Wingrdh arkitektkontor. Naming rights for the venue are owned by Malm Stad, in a ten-year contract, agreed in 2007. Malm Arena hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 between 14 and 18 May 2013. Title: algiris Arena Passage: algirio Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New Town of Kaunas, Lithuania. The arena is located on an island of the Nemunas River. It is the largest indoor arena in the Baltics. The arena's maximum possible seating capacity for basketball games is 15,552, and 20,000 spectators for concerts (when the stage is in the middle, and 17,000 when stage is in the side of the arena). The algiris Arena replaced the Kaunas Sports Hall as a major venue in the city.
floor area
Cotai Arena
The Venetian Macao
Who is older, Fernando Meirelles or John Irvin?
Title: Jos Carvalho Passage: Jos Carvalho (born June 11, 1964 in Salvador, Brazil) is a Brazilian screenwriter, script doctor and dramaturgy professor. He has written scripts for the big and small screens since the early 90s. Some of his most well-known works include Castelo R-Tim-Bum, Bruna Surfistinha, Faroeste Caboclo and the classic soap opera Xica da Silva. With an MA in Literature from PUC-Rio, Carvalho has taught courses at not only his alma-mater, but also renowned Brazilian production houses such as "O2 Filmes" (co-owned by Brazilian film director Fernando Meirelles) and Globo. Title: Maids (film) Passage: Maids (Portuguese: Domsticas ) is a 2001 Brazilian film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Nando Olival. It is based on the play of the same name by Renata Melo, and has received multiple awards and nominations. Title: Jos and Pilar Passage: Jos and Pilar ("Jos e Pilar" ) is a Portuguese documentary directed by Miguel Gonalves Mendes following the last years of the Nobel Prize winner Jos Saramago, chiefly through his relationship with his resolute wife, Pilar del Ro. Highly praised by the critics and the audience, the film seems to have accomplished to show the tenderness, the genuine integrity and the deeply concerned humanity behind such controversial figure and his spouse. It gathers sequences from Madrid to Helsinki to Rio de Janeiro and covers Jose and Pilar's life in Lanzarote, their trips around the world (presenting Jos's books, signing autographs, making speeches) and their most simple, transient and quotidian moments, as for during the period Jos writes his "The Elephant's Journey". The film was produced by Miguel Mendes' JumpCut (Portugal), Fernando Meirelles's O2 and Pedro Almodvar's El Deseo. Title: Fernando Meirelles Passage: Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (born November 9, 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. His best known film is "City of God", released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. For his work in the film, he was eventually nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director in 2005 for "The Constant Gardener", which garnered the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress to Rachel Weisz. He also directed the 2008 adaptation of Jos Saramago's novel "Blindness", and the 2011 film "360". Title: 360 (film) Passage: 360 is a 2011 ensemble drama film starring Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law and other international actors. The film, directed by Fernando Meirelles, opened the 2011 London Film Festival. Magnolia Pictures released the film on video on demand on 29 June 2012 and was released in United States theaters on 3 August 2012. Title: John Irvin Passage: John Irvin (born 7 May 1940) is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carr's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". He made several Hollywood films in the 1980s including "The Dogs of War" (1980), "Ghost Story" (1981) and "Hamburger Hill" (1987).
John Irvin
Fernando Meirelles
John Irvin
Which Puerto Rican boxer did Kenny Lane fight for a title?
Title: Gerardo Bisbal Passage: Gerardo Miguel Bisbal Melero (born 11 September 1984 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a heavyweight boxer from Puerto Rico. He is best known for having been the first Puerto Rican boxer to win medals in three Central American and Caribbean Games. He also won for first time in Puerto Rico boxing history a gold medal in the Super Heavyweight division. His brother Victor Bisbal was gold medallist in heavyweight in 2002, since 1954 no Puerto Rican had won gold medal in heavyweight. Title: Carlos Ortiz Passage: Carlos Ortiz (born September 9, 1936) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer. He won three world titles, two at lightweight and once at light welterweight. Along with Flix Trinidad, Miguel Cotto, Wilfredo Gmez, Hctor Camacho, and Wilfred Bentez, Ortiz is considered among the best Puerto Rican boxers of all time by sports journalists and analysts. Title: Antonio Vlez Alvarado Passage: Antonio Vlez Alvarado a.k.a. "The Father of the Puerto Rican Flag" (June 12, 1864 January 16, 1948) was a Puerto Rican journalist, politician and revolutionary who was an advocate of Puerto Rican independence. A close friend of Cuban patriot Jos Mart, Vlez Alvarado joined the Puerto Rican Revolutionary Committee in New York City and is among those who allegedly designed the Flag of Puerto Rico. Vlez Alvarado was one of the founding fathers of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Title: Amanda Serrano Passage: Amanda Serrano (born October 9, 1988) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and mixed martial artist who has held the WBO female bantamweight title since April 2017. She is the only women's boxer to win world titles in five divisions and the only Puerto Rican boxer to become a five division world champion (bantamweight, super bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight). Title: Puerto Rican Figure Skating Championships Passage: The Puerto Rican Figure Skating Championships are the figure skating national championships held annually to crown the national champions of Puerto Rico. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies singles across the levels of senior (Olympic-level), junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile. Not every event has been held in every year due to a lack of entries. The National Championships are organized by the Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation. The Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation is not affiliated with the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (In Spanish, Comite Olimpico de Puerto Rico), and therefore can not represent Puerto Rico internationally or compete in the Winter Olympic Games. Although the Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation became a member of the International Skating Union, the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee has not recognized it, nor is listed in the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee website. The Puerto Rican Figure Skating Federation is essentially a club seeking recognition by the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee. Created and formed by the family of the first Puerto Rican figure skater Kristine Stone Cruz (who trained in the Ice House in Hackensack New Jersey). She held the title 2 years in a row. Kristine is now coaching as well as skating in Omaha, Nebraska at the Ralston Arena. Title: Kenny Lane Passage: Kenny Lane was a southpaw boxer. He fought for lightweight and light welterweight titles of the world, once against Joe Brown and twice against Carlos Ortiz.
Carlos Ortiz
Kenny Lane
Carlos Ortiz
Which National Park is the tenth most visited national park in Spain: Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park or Teide National Park?
Title: Puyehue National Park Passage: Puyehue National Park (] ) is located in the Andes mountain range, in Los Ros and Los Lagos regions of Chile formerly referred to as the 10th region. The park boast 220,000 acres of natural thermal springs, volcanoes, and evergreen forests, after having been expanded in 1950 and 1981. The park is Chiles most visited national park with 400,000 people enjoying it each year. Puyehue National park forms part of the Reserve of Temperate Rainy Forest Biospheres of the Southern Andes. Chile Route 215 passes through the park, which connects with the Argentine Route 231 via Cardenal Antonio Samor Pass. Title: Ria de Vigo Passage: Vigo Ria (Galician: "" and Spanish: "Ra de Vigo" ) is an estuary in Galicia, Spain. It is the southern most ria of the Ras Baixas. It is located south of the province of Pontevedra, and extends in northeast direction over a length of 35 km from its mouth at Cape Silleiro to the deepest point in Arcade, with a maximum width of 7 km, and is narrowest in the Strait of Rande at 700 m. Its western entrance is protected by the Cies Islands, which are part of the National Park of the Atlantic Islands, within the islands of Toralla and San Simon. Its borders the north with Morrazo Peninsula. In the extreme south lies the Bay of Baiona. Its easy access, deep draft and calm waters make the Vigo estuary an ideal retreat for sailing and water sports. Title: Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park Passage: The Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park (Galician: "Parque Nacional das Illas Atlnticas de Galicia" , Spanish: "Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlnticas de Galicia" ) is the only national park located in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It comprises the archipelagos of Ces, Ons, Slvora and Cortegada. The park covers a land area of 1200 ha and a sea area of 7200 ha . It is the tenth most visited national park in Spain. It was the thirteenth national park to be established in Spain. Title: Adenocarpus viscosus Passage: Adenocarpus viscosus is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands where it is known locally as Codeso del Pico. It can be found above 1800 m on two of the islands, La Palma in Caldera de Tabouriente and Tenerife where it is a dominant shrub in Teide National Park and occurs in parts of Corona Forestal Nature Park and Reserva Especial de las Palomas. Title: Roque Cinchado Passage: The Roque Cinchado is a rock formation, regarded as emblematic of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). It lies within the Teide National Park (a World Heritage Site) in the municipality of La Orotava, near the volcano of the same name, in the heart of the island. The Roque Cinchado is one of the largest in the world by altitude, for the entire park totals more than 2000 metres. Title: Teide National Park Passage: Teide National Park (Spanish: "Parque nacional del Teide" , ] ) is a national park located in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).
Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park
Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park
Teide National Park
Roberta Brooke Astor, was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, and great-great grandson of America's first multi-millionaire John Jacob Astor, a GermanAmerican businessman, merchant, real estate mogul and investor who mainly made his fortune in fur trade and by investing in real estate in or around where??
Title: Baron Astor of Hever Passage: Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1956 for the prominent newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician the Hon. John Jacob Astor. He was the fourth child of William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor. Lord Astor of Hever was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Kent between 1972 and 1982. s of 2013 the title is held by the latter's eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1984. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers who remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act of 1999, and sits on the Conservative benches. As a descendant of the first Viscount Astor, Lord Astor of Hever is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary title Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent. Title: Real estate investing Passage: Real estate investing involves the purchase, ownership, management, rental andor sale of real estate for profit. Improvement of realty property as part of a real estate investment strategy is generally considered to be a sub-specialty of real estate investing called real estate development. Real estate is an asset form with limited liquidity relative to other investments, it is also capital intensive (although capital may be gained through mortgage leverage) and is highly cash flow dependent. If these factors are not well understood and managed by the investor, real estate becomes a risky investment. The primary cause of investment failure for real estate is that the investor goes into negative cash flow for a period of time that is not sustainable, often forcing them to resell the property at a loss or go into insolvency. A similar practice known as flipping is another reason for failure as the nature of the investment is often associated with short term profit with less effort. Title: John Jacob Astor Passage: John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 March 29, 1848) (born Johann Jakob Astor) was a GermanAmerican businessman, merchant, real estate mogul and investor who mainly made his fortune in fur trade and by investing in real estate in or around New York City. Title: Anthony Dryden Marshall Passage: Anthony Dryden Marshall (born Anthony Dryden Kuser; May 30, 1924 November 30, 2014) was an American theatrical producer and C.I.A. intelligence officer and ambassador. He was also at one-time the vice president of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which was established by his stepfather, Vincent Astor. In 2010, after a lengthy and well-publicized trial, he was convicted of numerous crimes relating to the handling of the estate of his late mother, Brooke Astor. After being imprisoned for several weeks in mid-2013, he was granted medical parole on August 22, 2013. Marshall died on November 30, 2014 at the age of 90. Title: Brooke Astor Passage: Roberta Brooke Astor (ne Russell; March 30, 1902 August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which had been established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, son of John Jacob Astor IV and great-great grandson of America's first multi-millionaire, John Jacob Astor. Brooke Astor was the author of two novels and two volumes of personal memoirs. Title: William Backhouse Astor Sr. Passage: William Backhouse Astor Sr. (September 19, 1792 November 24, 1875) was an American business magnate who inherited most of his father John Jacob Astor's fortune. He worked as a partner in his father's successful export business. His massive investment in Manhattan real estate enabled major donations to the Astor Library in East Village, which became the New York Public Library.
New York City
Brooke Astor
John Jacob Astor
which solo studio album by Paul McCartney did Temporary Secretary featured on
Title: Run Devil Run (album) Passage: Run Devil Run is the eleventh solo studio album by Paul McCartney using his own name, released in 1999. It features mostly covers of both familiar and obscure 1950s rock and roll songs, along with three original McCartney compositions written in the same style, including the title track. As his first project following first wife Linda's death in 1998, McCartney felt the need to get back to his roots and perform some of the music he loved as a teenager. On 14 December 1999, McCartney returned to the Cavern Club stage to play a set publicising the new album. Title: Temporary Secretary Passage: "Temporary Secretary" is a song by Paul McCartney, featured on his 1980 album "McCartney II". In 2013, "Rolling Stone" ranked it the 36 all-time McCartney post-Beatles song, calling it a "cult favorite" and an "oddly catchy electro-pop nugget, about a slightly creepy-sounding guy looking to hire a temp." In 2014, "Temporary Secretary" was ranked the 167th greatest song of all time by critics of "NME" magazine. They described it as "wonky electropop that didn't sound so much ahead of its time as out of it altogether." Title: Tug of War (Paul McCartney album) Passage: Tug of War is the third solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released in April 1982. It was McCartney's first album released after the dissolution of Wings in April, 1981 and McCartney's first album after the murder of former songwriting partner John Lennon. The album was produced by former Beatles producer George Martin and was a number 1 hit in numerous countries. It was hailed as a return-to-form for McCartney upon release. Its remastered deluxe edition received a nomination for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 2017 Grammy Awards. Title: Band on the Run Passage: Band on the Run is the third studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings, released in December 1973. It marked the fifth album by Paul McCartney since his departure from the Beatles in April 1970. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles "Jet" and "Band on the Run" such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the United Kingdom and Australia; in addition to revitalising McCartney's critical standing. It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works. Title: Memory Almost Full Passage: Memory Almost Full is the fourteenth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, discounting his Wings-and-Beatles-era discography, his orchestral works and his output as the Fireman. It was released in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2007 and in the United States a day later. The album was the first release on Starbucks' Hear Music label. It was produced by David Kahne and recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Henson Recording Studios, AIR Studios, Hog Hill Mill Studios and RAK Studios between October 2003, and from 2006 to February 2007. In between the 2003 and 2006 sessions, McCartney was working on another studio album, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard" (2005), with producer Nigel Godrich. Title: McCartney II Passage: McCartney II is the second completely solo studio album by Paul McCartney, and the first since the formation of Wings in 1971. It was released in 1980, a year before the band's dissolution and while their future lay in limbo. The album is a significant departure for McCartney, as much of it relies heavily on synthesizers and studio experimentation. It was reissued on 13 June 2011 as part of the "Paul McCartney Archive Collection". The album remains a cult favourite.
McCartney II
Temporary Secretary
McCartney II
Martin Barrass plays Mike Conrad on a British soap opera created by who?
Title: Emmerdale Passage: Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, "Emmerdale Farm" was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their Leeds studio since its inception. The programme has been broadcast in every ITV region. Title: Sue Nicholls Passage: Susan Frances Nicholls (born 23 November 1943) is an English actress, known for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in the British soap opera "Coronation Street". Having played Audrey on a recurring basis for six years from the character's debut in 1979, she joined the cast permanently in 1985. She won the 2000 British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance and the 2003 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance. Title: List of Coronation Street characters (1970) Passage: "Coronation Street" is a British soap opera created by writer Tony Warren. It was first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in 1970, by order of first appearance. Title: Clare Devine Passage: Clare Devine (also Black and Cunningham) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, "Hollyoaks", played by actresses Gemma Bissix and Samantha Rowley. Bissix agreed to reprise the role in 2009 for the culmination of Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) and Justin Burton's (Chris Fountain) storylines. She later returned to the show in 2013. Clare was killed-off in October 2013 and Bissix said that it would allow the "Hollyoaks" to develop other villainous characters. Bissix has won three British Soap Awards for her portrayal of Clare. She has also been named one of the best British soap opera characters. Title: Hollyoaks Passage: Hollyoaks is a British soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the Channel 4 soap "Brookside". The programme is set in a fictional suburb of Chester called Hollyoaks, and features a large cast of characters primarily aged between 16 and 35. It is mostly filmed and produced in Childwall, Liverpool, although nearby locations are sometimes used. Beginning with a cast of just seven major characters in 1995, the serial now has approximately 50 main cast members. "Hollyoaks" has a high cast turnover in comparison with other British soaps; as of May 2014, just thirty-seven characters have spent five years or longer on the show. The programme has won 28 British Soap Awards, 11 Inside Soap Awards, one "TRIC Award" and one National Television Award; at the 2014 British Soap Awards, "Hollyoaks" won Best British Soap for the first time, breaking the 15-year draw between rival soaps "EastEnders" and "Coronation Street". It is also popular around the world. The longest-serving cast member is Nick Pickard, who has played Tony Hutchinson since the first episode in 1995; all the other original characters left before 2000. Title: Martin Barrass Passage: Martin Barrass is an English film, television and theatre actor as well as being a DJ on local radio. He is best known for his role as Ron Frost in the television series Angels, Mike Conrad in Emmerdale and for appearing alongside Berwick Kaler in the annual York Theatre Royal Pantomime every year from 1985 onwards.
Kevin Laffan
Martin Barrass
Emmerdale
The Seminole Soccer Complex is a dedicated soccer park that includes over eleven fields and a soccer-specific stadium, located in Sanford, the facility is home to which sports team?
Title: Seminole Soccer Complex (Sanford) Passage: The Seminole Soccer Complex is a dedicated soccer park that includes over eleven fields and a soccer-specific stadium, located in Sanford, Seminole County, Florida. The facility is home to the Orlando City U-23 team (formerly known as the Central Florida Kraze). It has been used by the Central Florida Krush, and the Lake Mary High School football team. Title: Soccer-specific stadium Passage: Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada, to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multipurpose stadium which is for a variety of sports. A soccer-specific stadium may host other sporting events (such as lacrosse, American football and rugby) and concerts, but the design and purpose of a soccer-specific stadium is primarily for soccer. Some facilities (for example Toyota Park, Toyota Stadium and Mapfre Stadium) have a permanent stage at one end of the stadium used for staging concerts. Title: WRAL Soccer Center Passage: The WRAL Soccer Center is a soccer complex featuring a 3,200-seat, lighted soccer-specific stadium located on Perry Creek Road in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is situated between Capital Boulevard (US Route 1) and Louisburg Road (NC Route 401), and just north of Interstate 540. The complex features a total of 25 soccer pitches. Two of the 25 fields are configurable into smaller pitches and are composed of FieldTurf). The stadium is located in the middle of the park. Title: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Passage: Ramblewood Soccer Complex is a volunteer maintained sports complex consisting of eleven soccer fields, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 4,300-seat soccer-specific stadium, which had been home to the Charlotte Independence soccer club since 2015. The stadium was built beginning in 2014, although the complex as a whole dates back to 1993. Title: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Passage: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field is a soccer-specific stadium on the campus of Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Built on the site of a former baseball field, MSU Soccer Park opened in 1998 as the home of the Montclair State Red Hawks men's and women's soccer teams. Title: Sanford, Florida Passage: Sanford is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Seminole County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 53,570.
Orlando City U-23 team
Seminole Soccer Complex (Sanford)
Sanford, Florida
Which production company is involved with the production of the TV show featuring Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman from the Dallas
Title: Pvels Gumennikovs Passage: Pvels Gumennikovs (born January 1, 1986) is a Latvian film director, actor, writer, and producer. He started his film career in China, where he directed his first film "Kaleidoscope" (2010) that won him a best young director and best film award in Chinese Young Film director Festival. After that he directed a movie "I love You Riga" that become 3rd highest grossing in a country and was one of the 2 films considered to be nomination for Oscar. It was the runner out at the end for Oscar nomination (2011) that become one of the most successful movies in Latvia and were screened in cinemas around the country and participated in European Film Festivals, after that he directed a critique very well received TV show "Yes Boss" (2012), that was proclaimed as best made show in Latvia for great acting and directing. It was a revolutionary TV Show for Latvia, as it was first TV Show shoot in outside locations with scale of Hollywood TV Show production. The TV Show was shown on Muz-TV channel and TV5 and was seen by 300,000 people online. Title: Vanacore Music Passage: Vanacore Music is an award-winning production music company for television, film, advertising, and digital media. Their services include a custom music division, production music libraries and music licensing expertise. They license music to a wide variety of networks and production companies. Vanacore has been featured on major cable networks that include ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, The CW, Discovery Channel, Bravo, History Channel, SyFy, and is best known for its music on shows like "Survivor", "Wipeout", "Big Brother", "Fast N' Loud" and various other Reality TV shows. Title: Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola Passage: Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola (Late Nite News or LNN) is a South African late-night satirical news television series that airs weekly on e.tv and eNCA. The show featuring a variety of local stand-up comedians was created by comedians Loyiso Gola and Kagiso Lediga and Producer Tamsin Andersson and launched in 2010. It is a collaboration between private broadcaster eNCA and production company Diprente. Title: Fast N' Loud Passage: Fast N' Loud is a reality styled Discovery Channel TV show featuring Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman from the Dallas, Texas-based Gas Monkey Garage as they search for tired and run-down cars, and with the help of the Gas Monkey Garage crew, restore them for profit. "Fast N' Loud" is unique in the reality genre, since the episodes sometimes incorporate a skit along the theme of the episode. Title: Hello! Morning Passage: Hello! Morning (! , har mningu ) was a weekly Japanese TV show featuring members of Morning Musume, and some times other Hello! Project members on TV Tokyo. It was also known by the shorter name of "HaroMoni" ( ) . On April 1, 2007, the show ended after seven years of broadcast and a new show, featuring the same people, "Haromoni" ( ) , took its place. The program is best known outside Japan due to the "Dramatic Chipmunk," an online phenomenon video. The video is from the seventh episode of the segment Minimoni Chiccha, with Mari Yaguchi, Mika Todd, Nozomi Tsuji and Ai Kago. In the episode, the girls plan on having a pet so an employee from a pet store brings in some animals for the girls to look over. Title: Scaly Adventures Passage: Scaly Adventures, also known as Pierce's Scaly Adventures, is an American reality television series with worldwide distribution. The series launched on September 7, 2013, and is currently in production. Scaly Adventures is an EI (educationalinformational) television show featuring Richard, Tanya, and Pierce Curren as they travel to different locations to profile exotic animals and adventure-type entertainment. At the beginning of production, Pierce Curren was the youngest animal education television personality with an internationally distributed show reaching 6 of 7 continents weekly.
Vanacore Music
Vanacore Music
Fast N' Loud
What genre of music do Sonic Reign and Emperor fall under?
Title: Emperor Ming of Liu Song Passage: Emperor Ming of Liu Song (()) (439472), personal name Liu Yu (), courtesy name Xiubing (), nickname Rongqi (), was an emperor of the Chinese dynasty Liu Song. He became emperor after his violent and impulsive nephew Emperor Qianfei was assassinated in 465, as he was regarded as more lenient and open-minded, but he soon turned cruel and suspicious as well after becoming emperor, and during his reign, his nephews and brothers were nearly all slaughtered on his orders, greatly weakening the Liu Song state and contributing to its fall in 479, just seven years after his death. Title: Padshahnama Passage: The Padshahnama (Persian: ) (Chronicle of the Emperor) is a genre of works written as the official visual history of Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahans reign. Most significant work of this genre was written by Abdul Hamid Lahori in two volumes. Title: Constitution of the Roman Empire Passage: The Constitution of the Roman Empire was an unwritten set of guidelines and principles passed down mainly through precedent. After the fall of the Roman Republic, the constitutional balance of power shifted from the Roman Senate to the Roman Emperor. Beginning with the first emperor, Augustus, the emperor and the senate were theoretically two co-equal branches of government. In practice, however, the actual authority of the imperial Senate was negligible, as the emperor held the true power of the state. During the reign of the second emperor, Tiberius, many of the powers that had been held by the Roman assemblies were transferred to the Senate. Title: Emperor (band) Passage: Emperor is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991, regarded as highly influential by critics and emerging black metal bands. The group split up in 2001, but reunited from 2005 to 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours, and again reunited in 2013 to 2014. The group was founded by Ihsahn (guitarvocal) and Samoth (then, drums). Title: Sonic Reign Passage: Sonic Reign is a German black metal band consisting of two members: Ben (vox, strings) and Sebastian (drums). The band hails a very cold and modern variant of Black Metal influenced by bands such as Satyricon, Emperor and Thorns. Title: Li Congke Passage: Li Congke () (11 February 885 11 January 937), also known posthumously as Emperor Mo of Later Tang (, "last emperor of Later Tang"), Emperor Fei of Later Tang (, "deposed emperor of Later Tang"), Wang Congke () (particularly during succeeding Later Jin, which did not recognize him as a legitimate Later Tang emperor), or Prince of Lu (, a title Li Congke carried prior to his reign), nickname Ershisan (, "23") or, in short, Asan (), was the last emperor of the Later Tang - the second of the Five Dynasties following the fall of the Tang Dynasty. He was an adoptive son of Li Siyuan (Emperor Mingzong) and took the throne after overthrowing Emperor Mingzong's biological son Emperor Min of Later Tang (Li Conghou). He was later himself overthrown by his brother-in-law Shi Jingtang, who was supported by Khitan troops (and whose Later Jin succeeded his). When the combined Later Jin and Khitan forces defeated Later Tang forces, Li Congke and his family members, as well as the guards most loyal to him, ascended a tower and set it on fire, dying in the fire.
Black Metal
Sonic Reign
Emperor (band)
Sven Nykvist won an award for cinematography on the 1988 film adaptation of a novel by whom?
Title: The Ox (film) Passage: The Ox (Swedish: Oxen ) is a 1991 Swedish drama film directed by Sven Nykvist. He wrote the script with Lasse Summanen. Title: Siddhartha (1972 film) Passage: Siddhartha is a 1972 American film based on the novel of the same name by Hermann Hesse, directed by Conrad Rooks. It was shot on location in Northern India, and features work by noted cinematographer Sven Nykvist. The locations used for the film were the holy city of Rishikesh and the private estates and palaces of the Maharajah of Bharatpur. Title: Kang Shin-il Passage: Kang Shin-il (born November 26, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Kang graduated from Kyung Hee University with a degree in electronic engineering, but he soon put aside his studies and spent most of his time in Daehangno, Seoul's theater district, where he formed a troupe called "Testimony" that performed at smaller venues. In 1985, he made his acting debut in "Chilsu and Mansu", and soon gained fame as a stage actor in plays such as "Kimchigook Goes Crazy" and "Chronicles of Han". He appeared onscreen for the first time in the 1988 film adaptation of "Chilsu and Mansu" and became a prolific supporting actor in Korean cinema and television (notably in Kang Woo-suk's "Public Enemy" franchise), while continuing to do theater. In 2007, Kang was diagnosed with liver cancer, but after recovering from surgery, he resumed his acting career. Title: Jay McInerney Passage: John Barrett "Jay" McInerney, Jr. ( ; born January 13, 1955) is an American novelist. His novels include "Bright Lights, Big City", "Ransom", "Story of My Life", "Brightness Falls", and "The Last of the Savages". He edited "The Penguin Book of New American Voices", wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film adaptation of "Bright Lights, Big City", and co-wrote the screenplay for the television film "Gia", which starred Angelina Jolie. He was the wine columnist for "House Garden" magazine, and his essays on wine have been collected in "Bacchus Me" (2000) and "A Hedonist in the Cellar" (2006). His most recent novel is titled "Bright, Precious Days", published in 2016, and since April 2010 he has been a wine columnist for "The Wall Street Journal". In 2009, he published a book of short stories which spanned his entire career, titled "How It Ended", which was named one of the 10 best books of the year by Janet Maslin of "The New York Times". Title: Sven Nykvist Passage: Sven Vilhem Nykvist (] ) (3 December 1922 20 September 2006) was a Swedish cinematographer. He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman. He won Academy Awards for his work on two Bergman films, "Cries and Whispers" ("Viskningar och rop") in 1973 and "Fanny and Alexander" ("Fanny och Alexander") in 1983, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Title: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film) Passage: The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a 1988 American film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Milan Kundera, published in 1984. Director Philip Kaufman and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrire portray the effect on Czechoslovak artistic and intellectual life during the 1968 Prague Spring of socialist liberalization preceding the invasion by the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact that ushered in a period of communist repression. It portrays the moral, political, and psycho-sexual consequences for three bohemian friends: a surgeon, and two female artists with whom he has a sexual relationship.
Milan Kundera
Sven Nykvist
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)
Which venue, designed by Klingstubbins, hosted the 34th Miss Teen USA pageant in its theatre?
Title: Miss Teen USA 2011 Passage: Miss Teen USA 2011. was the 29th Miss Teen USA pageant. It was held at the Grand Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, The Bahamas on July 16, 2011. Miss Teen USA 2010, Kamie Crawford, crowned her successor, Danielle Doty of Texas, as Miss Teen USA 2011 at the end of this event. The 50 states and the District of Columbia competed for the prestigious title. For the first time, viewers were allowed to vote for their favorite opening dress and swimsuit designed by the official sponsors, Sherri Hill and Kooey Australia. People's Choice along with Miss Universe Organization created an online poll for selecting Miss Teen USA Photogenic, won by Courtney Coleman of Hawaii. Savannah Schechter of New Jersey, won the Miss Congeniality award at the pageant. Title: The Venetian Las Vegas Passage: The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a five-diamond luxury hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States, on the site of the old Sands Hotel. Designed by KlingStubbins, the hotel tower contains 36 stories and rises 475 ft . The Venetian is owned and operated by Las Vegas Sands. The Venetian also serves as the seat of the corporate headquarters for its parent company. Title: Miss Teen USA 2012 Passage: Miss Teen USA 2012, was the 30th Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant was held on July 28, 2012 at the Grand Ballroom of the Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau, The Bahamas. Miss Teen USA 2011 Danielle Doty of Texas crowned Logan West from Connecticut as the new Miss Teen USA 2012 at the end of the event. The 50 states and the District of Columbia competed for the prestigious title and the pageant was streamed globally on the official Miss Teen USA website over its UStream channel and was also streamed to Xbox 360 consoles over Xbox Live in 16 countries using the Xbox Live Event Player application. Title: Miss Teen USA 2010 Passage: Miss Teen USA 2010, the 28th edition of the Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis Paradise Island, in The Bahamas on July 24, 2010. Stormi Henley, Miss Teen USA 2009, from Tennessee, crowned her successor, Maryland's Kamie Crawford, as Miss Teen USA 2010. The 50 states and the District of Columbia competed for the prestigious title and the pageant was webcast live on Ustream. The 2nd annual Miss Teen Fantasy Camp was held along the pageant. Title: Miss Teen USA 2007 Passage: Miss Teen USA 2007, the 25th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held on August 24, 2007 in Pasadena, California. At the conclusion of the final night of the competition Hilary Cruz of Colorado was crowned Miss Teen USA 2007 by outgoing titleholder Katie Blair of Montana. Title: Miss Teen USA 2016 Passage: Miss Teen USA 2016 was the 34th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at The Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 30, 2016. Katherine Haik of Louisiana crowned her successor Karlie Hay of Texas, at the end of the event. The pageant was webcast on the Miss Universe website, Facebook page, and mobile app as well as on Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles via Xbox Live. It was hosted by Miss USA 2015 Olivia Jordan and social media star Cody Johns, while "American Idol" winner Nick Fradiani performed.
The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
Miss Teen USA 2016
The Venetian Las Vegas
Which film was released first, When the Levees Broke or Human?
Title: When the Levees Broke Passage: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts is a 2006 documentary film directed by Spike Lee about the devastation of New Orleans, Louisiana following the failure of the levees during Hurricane Katrina. It was filmed in late August and early September 2005, and premiered at the New Orleans Arena on August 16, 2006 and was first aired on HBO the following week. The television premiere aired in two parts on August 21 and 22, 2006 on HBO. It has been described by Sheila Nevins, chief of HBO's documentary unit, as "one of the most important films HBO has ever made." The title is a reference to the blues tune, "When the Levee Breaks", by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie, about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Title: Game (2016 film) Passage: Game in Kannada, Oru Melliya Kodu (English: A thin line) in Tamil, is a 2016 Indian bilingual language crime thriller film directed by A. M. R. Ramesh. This movie is an unofficial remake of the 2012 Spanish thriller El Cuerpo (Spanish title) also known as "The Body", and features Arjun Sarja, Shaam and Manisha Koirala in the lead roles. With music composed by Ilayaraaja, the film was simultaneously shot in Kannada and Tamil; the former released first on February 26, 2016 while the later released on July 1, 2016. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as "Notuku Potu" in 2017. Title: Snegithiye Passage: Snegithiye (English:Oh Friend! " (female)" ) is a 2000 Tamil mystery thriller film directed by Priyadarshan. The story is loosely based on the 1999 Marathi film "Bindhaast" written by Chandrakant Kulkarni. The film notably features only female characters in the lead roles, played by Jyothika, Sharbani Mukherjee, Tabu and Ishita Arun. Music was composed by Vidyasagar. The film, released in 2000, proved to be an average grosser at the box office but bagged positive reviews from critics. Today, it is considered a cult classic that was underrated at the time of its release. Originally planned to be made as a bilingual, in Tamil and in Malayalam, the film released first in Tamil only, while the Malayalam dubbed version, "Raakilipattu", as well as the dubbed Hindi version, "Friendship", released seven years later. Title: Human (2015 film) Passage: Human is a 2015 documentary by French environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of exclusive aerial footage and first-person stories told into the camera. It was the first movie to premiere in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, to an audience of 1,000 viewers, including the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Title: Deewana (1992 film) Passage: Deewana (English: 'Crazy' ) is a 1992 Indian romantic drama film directed by Raj Kanwar, and produced by Guddu Dhanoa and Lalit Kapoor and featuring Shah Rukh Khan, Divya Bharti and Rishi Kapoor in the lead. This was Shah Rukh's debut release, and he appears only in the second half of the film. He replaced Armaan Kohli, who walked out of the project due to creative differences after the first schedule. The film released on June 25, 1992. " Dil Aashna Hai" was supposed to be the debut movie of Shahrukh Khan however "Deewana" was released first. Title: ? (Enuff Z'nuff album) Passage: Enuff Z'nuff's 11th studio album, simply titled ? , is an odds and ends collection of previously unreleased studio material recorded throughout the band's career. Although a few new tracks were recorded specifically for the album, the remainder of the songs were originally recorded during the sessions of their albums "Animals With Human Intelligence" and "Paraphernalia". The ? album was released first in Japan, where it peaked at 177. A U.S. release followed soon after in October on Perris Records, as well as a European release on Frontiers Records in early 2005.
When the Levees Broke
When the Levees Broke
Human (2015 film)
What type of programs does the the host Institute of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat offer?
Title: List of tallest buildings in Hobart Passage: This list of tallest buildings in Hobart ranks the tallest in the Australian city of Hobart by height. This ranking system, created by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat includes the height to a spire but not to an antenna. Most of the buildings in this table are within the city centre, However the 19-storey Wrest Point Casino at 73 m is located several kilometres away. It also stands as the tallest building in the state of Tasmania. Title: Illinois Institute of Technology Passage: Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting research university located in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design and law. It traces its history to several 19th century engineering and professional education institutions in the United States. Title: List of tallest buildings in Canberra Passage: This List of tallest buildings in Canberra ranks the tallest in Australia's capital city by height. This ranking system, created by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat includes the height to a spire but not to an antenna. The Lovett Tower is the tallest in the city. It is in the Woden Town Centre, a commercial district of Canberra. The maximum height of buildings in central Canberra is 617 metres above sea level, generally about 50 metres above ground level in Canberra City. As a result, the highest buildings are now found in Phillip or Belconnen. Title: CCTV Headquarters Passage: The CCTV Headquarters is a 234 m , 44-story skyscraper on East Third Ring Road, Guanghua Road in the Beijing Central Business District (CBD). The tower serves as headquarters for China Central Television (CCTV) that was formerly at the China Central Television Building located at 11 Fuxin Road some 15 km to the west. Groundbreaking took place on 1 June 2004 and the building's facade was completed in January 2008. After the construction was delayed by a fire which in February 2009 engulfed the adjacent Television Cultural Center, the headquarters was completed in May 2012. The CCTV Headquarters won the 2013 Best Tall Building Worldwide from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Title: List of tallest buildings in the European Union Passage: This list ranks the tallest buildings in the European Union that stand at least 140 m tall, based on standard height measurement. This means that spires and other architectural details are included in the official height, but not antenna masts, as it is defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, cathedrals, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures. Since 2011, the tallest building in the EU has been The Shard in London, United Kingdom, at 310 m . Title: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Passage: The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Illinois Institute of Technology in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, the CTBUH announces the title of "The World's Tallest Building" and is widely considered to be an authority on the official height of tall buildings. Its stated mission is to study and report "on all aspects of the planning, design, and construction of tall buildings." The Council was founded at Lehigh University in 1969 by Lynn S. Beedle, where its office remained until October 2003 when it moved to the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design and law
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Illinois Institute of Technology
Which Catholic writer is known for her support of the Austrian-Swedish physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics?
Title: Nuclear Physics News Passage: Nuclear Physics News, International (ISSN 1050-6896 ) is a quarterly science magazine covering research in nuclear physics, published since 1990 by Taylor Francis. It is the official magazine of the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee, an Expert Committee of the European Science Foundation, which was also established in 1990. The magazine is based in Garching bei Mnchen, Germany. Title: L. D. Wyly Passage: Lemuel David Wyly was an American physicist and professor of nuclear physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He worked on important nuclear physics experiments at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He did his graduate studies from UNC Chapel Hill and PhD from Yale University. His work includes a number of notable research papers on nuclear physics and a book written with two co-authors. His famous students include Ed V. Hungerford III. Title: Otto Haxel Passage: Otto Haxel (2 April 1909, in Neu-Ulm 26 February 1998, in Heidelberg) was a German nuclear physicist. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project. After the war, he was on the staff of the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Gttingen. From 1950 to 1974, he was an ordinarius professor of physics at the University of Heidelberg, where he fostered the use of nuclear physics in environmental physics; this led to the founding of the Institute of Environmental Physics in 1975. During 1956 and 1957, he was a member of the Nuclear Physics Working Group of the German Atomic Energy Commission. From 1970 to 1975, he was the Scientific and Technical Managing Director of the Karlsruhe Research Center. Title: Reiner Kruecken Passage: Reiner Kruecken is Deputy Director at TRIUMF, Canadas National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics. He joined TRIUMF in February 2011 after 8 12 years at the Technical University Munich, Germany, where he held the chair (C4) for Experimental Physics of Hadrons and Nuclei. From 2011 to 2015 Kruecken was the Head of the Science Division at TRIUMF. Kruecken received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of Cologne in 1995. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory he moved to Yale University in 1997 where he was an Assistant Professor at the Physics Department and the A.W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory until he moved to Munich in 2002. His current research interests are in the area of the structure of exotic nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, as well as applications of nuclear physics methods to radiation biology and medicine. Title: Lise Meitner Passage: Lise Meitner ( ; 7 November 1878 27 October 1968) was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. Otto Hahn and Meitner led the small group of scientists who first discovered nuclear fission of uranium when it absorbed an extra neutron; the results were published in early 1939. Meitner and Otto Frisch understood that the fission process, which splits the atomic nucleus of uranium into two smaller nuclei, must be accompanied by an enormous release of energy. This process is the basis of the nuclear weapons that were developed in the U.S. during World War II and used against Japan in 1945. Nuclear fission is also the process exploited by nuclear reactors to generate electricity. Title: Eva von Bahr (physicist) Passage: Eva Wilhelmina Julia von Bahr-Bergius, (16 September 1874 28 February 1962) was a Swedish physicist and teacher at a folk high school. She was the first woman in Sweden to become a docent in physics. She is known for her contact with and support of the poet Dan Andersson, for her friendship and support of the physicist Lise Meitner, and as a Catholic writer.
Eva Wilhelmina Julia von Bahr-Bergius
Eva von Bahr (physicist)
Lise Meitner
Alfred Preis, was an Austrian-born American architect best known for designing the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, in Honolulu, in which U.S. State?
Title: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Passage: USS "Enterprise" (CV-6), was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. Colloquially called "the Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. A "Yorktown"-class carrier, she was launched in 1936 and was one of only three American carriers commissioned before World War II to survive the war (the others being "Saratoga" and "Ranger" ). She participated in more major actions of the war against Japan than any other United States ship. These actions included the Attack on Pearl Harbor (18 dive bombers of VS-6 were over the harbor, 6 were shot down with a loss of eleven men, making her the only American Aircraft carrier with men at Pearl Harbor during the Attack and the first to receive casualties during the Pacific War), the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, various other air-sea engagements during the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. "Enterprise" earned 20 battle stars, the most for any U.S. warship in World War II, and was the most decorated U.S. ship of World War II, She is also the first American ship to sink an enemy vessel during the Pacific War, the sole surviving pilot of the six planes shot down over Pearl Harbor sank Japanese submarine I-70 on 10 December 1941. On three occasions during the Pacific War, the Japanese announced that she had been sunk in battle, resulting in her being named "The Grey Ghost". Title: Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge (Connecticut) Passage: The Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, more commonly referred to as the Q Bridge by locals, is an extradosed bridge that carries Interstate 95 (Connecticut Turnpike) over the mouth of the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The original 1,300 m (0.8 mi) span  which opened on January 2, 1958  was a girder and floorbeam design where steel beams support the concrete bridge deck. The bridge carried three lanes of traffic in each direction with no inside or outside shoulders. The bridge was officially dedicated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in 1995 to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor. Title: Attack on Pearl Harbor in popular culture Passage: The attack on Pearl Harbor has received substantial attention in popular culture in multiple media and cultural formats including film, architecture, memorial statues, non-fiction writing, historical writing, and historical fiction. Today, the USS "Arizona" Memorial on the island of Oahu honors the dead. Visitors to the memorial reach it via boats from the naval base at Pearl Harbor. The memorial was designed by Alfred Preis, and has a sagging center but strong and vigorous ends, expressing "initial defeat and ultimate victory". It commemorates all lives lost on December 7, 1941. Title: USS Arizona Memorial Passage: The USS "Arizona" Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and commemorates the events of that day. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of O ahu led to the United States' direct involvement in World War II. Title: Alfred Preis Passage: Alfred Preis (February 2, 1911 March 29, 1993) was an Austrian-born American architect best known for designing the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. Title: USS Bowfin (SS-287) Passage: USS "Bowfin" (SSAGSS-287), a "Balao"-class submarine, was a boat of the United States Navy named for the bowfin fish. Since 1981, she has been open to public tours at the USS "Bowfin" Submarine Museum and Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.
Hawaii
Alfred Preis
USS Arizona Memorial
Which film starring Jessica Alba and Jessica Biel featured a song by Jewel?
Title: Adhu Passage: Adhu (English: "That") is a 2004 Tamil horror film directed by Ramesh Balakrishnan, starring Sneha in the lead role, who plays the role of a spirit possessed girl. The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha, Kazan Khan and Vijayan in supporting and Abbas in a cameo role, is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong-Thai-Singaporean film "The Eye", which was remade later in the United States under the same title and in Hindi as "Naina", starring Jessica Alba and Urmila Matondkar in the lead roles respectively. The film, with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography by P. Selvakumar, released on 15 October 2004 and received generally negative reviews and is considered a box-office flop. Title: Valentine's Day (2010 film) Passage: Valentine's Day is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. The screenplay and the story were written by Katherine Fugate, Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. The film consists of an ensemble cast led by Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hctor Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Carter Jenkins, and Taylor Swift in her film debut. While the film received negative reviews, it was a major box office success. Title: The Eye (2008 film) Passage: The Eye is a 2008 American supernatural horror film directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud, scripted by Sebastian Gutierrez, and starring Jessica Alba, Parker Posey, Alessandro Nivola, and Rade erbedija. It is a remake of the Pang Brothers' 2002 film of the same name. Title: Stay Here Forever Passage: "Stay Here Forever" is a song written by Jewel, Dallas Davidson, and Bobby Pinson and recorded by American recording artist Jewel. It was released to country radio in January 2010 and as a music download on February 9, 2010, and serves as the lead song for the movie "Valentine's Day", as well as the lead-off single to Jewel's second country album, "Sweet and Wild", which was released on June 8, 2010 via Valory Music Group. The song is Jewel's first chart single on the country charts since "Till It Feels Like Cheating," which peaked at number 57 in November 2008. Title: An Invisible Sign Passage: An Invisible Sign is a 2010 American drama film directed by Marilyn Agrelo and starring Jessica Alba, J. K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Sophie Nyweide, and Bailee Madison. Based on the 2001 novel "An Invisible Sign of My Own" by Aimee Bender, the film is about a painfully withdrawn young woman who, as a child, turned to math for comfort after her father became ill, and now as an adult, teaches the subject and must help her students through their own crises. Title: Escape from Planet Earth Passage: Escape from Planet Earth is a 2013 Canadian-American 3D computer animated science fiction-comedy film produced by Rainmaker Entertainment and distributed by The Weinstein Company in the United States and Alliance Films in Canada, directed by Cal Brunker, with a screenplay which he co-wrote with Bob Barlen, and starring the voices of Rob Corddry, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, William Shatner, Jessica Alba, Craig Robinson, George Lopez, Jane Lynch, and Sofa Vergara. The film was released on February 15, 2013. This was the first Rainmaker Entertainment film released in theaters. It was also Jessica Alba's voice debut in an animated feature. The film earned 74.6 million on a 40 million budget.
Valentine's Day
Stay Here Forever
Valentine's Day (2010 film)
Giuseppe Biagi, was a soldier, explorer and Italian radio operator, who took part in the expedition of which Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer, to the North Pole in the airship Italy, in May 1928?
Title: Umberto Nobile Passage: Umberto Nobile (] ; 21 January 1885 30 July 1978) was an Italian aviator, aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer. Nobile was a developer and promoter of semi-rigid airships during the period between the two World Wars. He is primarily remembered for designing and piloting the airship "Norge", which may have been the first aircraft to reach the North Pole, and which was indisputably the first to fly across the polar ice cap from Europe to America. Nobile also designed and flew the "Italia," a second polar airship; this second expedition ended in a deadly crash and provoked an international rescue effort. Title: Lonnie Dupre Passage: Lonnie Dupre (born 17 April 1961) is a contemporary Arctic explorer whose achievements include the first Pacific to Atlantic winter traversal of the Northwest Passage by dog sled in 1991 and the first human-powered circumnavigation of Greenland, by sled and kayak, in 2001. In 2006, he also successfully executed the first human-powered summer expedition to the North Pole by sled and canoe, and would later return to the pole as part of the unsupported human-powered 2009 Peary-Henson Centennial Expedition. Title: Mark Wood (explorer) Passage: Mark Wood (born 1966) is a British adventurer and explorer who, in 2011 2012, made an attempt to be the first person in history to ski solo to both the South and North Poles. He undertook the expedition to raise awareness of climate change, setting off on his trek in November 2011 from the West coast of Antarctica (Hercules Inlet). After reaching the South Pole in January 2012, he continued his journey across 2 degrees of the Arctic ocean. Crossing the North pole and continuing to the Russian Ice Station. The expedition was unfortunately cut short due to extra funding required by the Canadian airline company who pick explorers up from expeditions on the Arctic ocean. Mark's attempt was continued to the North Geographic pole to extend the schools programme - "My Life In a Freezer" which reached over 40 countries around the globe. Mark completed the 6 month solo expedition called The North South Solo expedition in April 2012. Title: Marek Kamiski Passage: Marek Kamiski (born 24 March 1964 in Gdask) Polish Polar explorer, author, entrepreneur. Kamiski holds the Guinness World Record for being the first person to walk to both the North Pole and the South Pole, solo and unsupported, even though it appears that Wojciech Moskal walked with him to the North Pole on 23 May 1995. In the same year, on 27 December 1995, he reached the South Pole alone. He is also famous for the 2004 Together to the Pole Expedition to both Poles in a single year with disabled teenager Jan Mela, with Wojciech Ostrowski and Wojciech Moskal (North Pole). Title: Matthew Henson Residence Passage: The Matthew Henson Residence is where Matthew Henson, the African American polar explorer, lived from 1929 until his death in 1955. Largely forgotten, he was arguably the first man to reach the North Pole in 1909, as he was assigned the task of breaking trail in explorer Robert Peary's expedition. That argument is somewhat tenuous, in part because the expedition did not have the means to exactly determine the location of the North Pole and its having reached the North Pole was a matter of declaration. Title: Giuseppe Biagi (explorer) Passage: Giuseppe Biagi (Medicina February 2, 1897 - Rome, November 1, 1965) was a soldier, explorer and Italian radio operator, who took part in the expedition of Umberto Nobile to the North Pole in the airship Italy, in May 1928.
Umberto Nobile
Giuseppe Biagi (explorer)
Umberto Nobile
Hello, I'm Dolly was the debut album of an artist who's own label is called what?
Title: Hello, I'm Dolly Passage: Hello, I'm Dolly was Dolly Parton's 1967 debut album. Title: Dolly Parton Passage: Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Dolly Parton made her album debut in 1967, with her album "Hello, I'm Dolly". With steady success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continuing into the 1980s; Parton's subsequent albums in the later part of the 1990s were lower in sales. However, in the new millennium, Parton achieved commercial success again and has released albums on independent labels since 2000, including albums on her own label, Dolly Records. Title: Hello Afrika Passage: Hello Afrika (The Album) is a 1990 album from Swedish-based Nigerian artist Dr. Alban. it was his debut album, and produced by Denniz Pop and released on the label SweMix Records. Title: Chris Cobbins Passage: Christopher Lee Cobbins, (born August 30, 1984), who goes by the stage name Chris Cobbins, is an American Christian hip hop musician and Christian RB artist from Kansas City, Missouri. His debut album, "Hello World", released on October 8, 2013 by Latebloom Records. This album was his "Billboard" chart debut album. Title: New England (New England album) Passage: New England is the debut album by the American rock band New England. The group was best known for the song "Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya", which received heavy radio exposure on Album-oriented rock (AOR) stations and reached the Top 40 in 1979. "Hello, Hello, Hello" also received some airplay. The debut album was released on Infinity Records INF-9007. Title: Better Day (album) Passage: Better Day is the 41st studio album by American country recording artist Dolly Parton. It was released on June 28, 2011, as the second album from her Dolly Records label.
Dolly Records
Hello, I'm Dolly
Dolly Parton
Are Lee Sung-min and Tom Petty both American?
Title: Tom Petty Passage: Thomas Earl Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but is also known as a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys (under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury Jr. and Muddy Wilbury), and his early band Mudcrutch. Title: Miss Korea (TV series) Passage: Miss Korea () is a South Korean television series starring Lee Sun-kyun, Lee Yeon-hee, Lee Mi-sook, Lee Sung-min, Song Seon-mi, and Lee Ki-woo. It aired on MBC from December 18, 2013 to February 26, 2014 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Title: Mary Jane's Last Dance Passage: "Mary Jane's Last Dance" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was recorded on July 22, 1993, while Petty was recording his "Wildflowers" album, and was produced by Rick Rubin, guitarist Mike Campbell, and Tom Petty. The sessions would prove to be the last to include drummer Stan Lynch before his eventual departure in 1994. This song was first released as part of the "Greatest Hits" album in 1993. It rose to 14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming his first "Billboard" Top 20 hit of the 1990s, and also topped the "Billboard" Album Rock Tracks chart for two weeks. Title: Lee Sung-min (singer) Passage: Lee Sung-min (born January 1, 1986) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and its sub-groups Super Junior-T, Super Junior-H and Super Junior-M. Title: Jammin' Me Passage: "Jammin' Me" is the first single from "Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)", an 1987 album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It is co-written by Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Mike Campbell. The heartland rock tune has been included in Petty's 'best of' albums "Playback" and "". Title: Make It Better (Forget About Me) Passage: "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" is a song written by Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics. It was released in June 1985 as the third single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1985 album "Southern Accents".
no
Lee Sung-min (singer)
Tom Petty
For which Irish brewery, available in over 120 countries worldwide, did Mark Wnek create "the pure genius" line of advertising?
Title: Back Alley Film Productions Passage: Back Alley Film Productions is a television production company founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell and based in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec Canada. Founded in 1989, Back Alley is a creator and producer of original content for television with programming available in more than 120 countries worldwide. Title: Cullen Douglas Passage: Cullen Douglas (born November 6, 1967) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. His most notable television appearances have come from recurring roles on "Pure Genius", "Private Practice", "Prison Break", "Grey's Anatomy", "Scandal", and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". His film credits include "The Dog Lover" (2015), "" (2009), "Shuttle" (2008), "Sunshine State" (2002) and "Love Liza" (2002). He had a long, successful stage career before becoming a screen actor. Pure Genius (2016) Title: Guinness Passage: Guinness ( ) is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (17251803) at St. James's Gate brewery in the capital city of Dublin, Ireland. Guinness, produced by the Diageo beverages company, is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide. It is brewed in almost 50 countries and is available in over 120. Annual sales total of Guinness in 2011 was 850 e6litre . Title: Netmarble Games Passage: Netmarble Games (Korean: ) is a South Korean mobile game publishing company. As of 2015, it had more than 3,000 employees and served over 120 countries worldwide. Netmarble earned 900 million in profits in 2015. The firm expected to earn 1.1 billion by the close of the 2016 fiscal year. Title: Mark Wnek Passage: Mark Wnek is of French and Polish descent but grew up in England. He was a pupil at Dulwich College, England, and he has an MA in Modern Languages and Sociology from the University of Cambridge. A prolific copywriter, he started his advertising career at Ogilvy Mather in London, where he is credited for creating "the pure genius" line for draught Guinness and originated the Rutger Hauer campaign. Title: Schwind eye tech solutions Passage: SCHWIND eye-tech-solutions GmbH Co. KG develops, produces and markets a comprehensive product portfolio for the treatment of ametropiae and corneal diseases consisting of high-tech laser systems, diagnostic systems, innovative software for individual treatment planning and a highly precise microkeratome. The owner-operated enterprise, based in Kleinostheim near Aschaffenburg, Germany, employs more than 100 people and distributes its products in more than 120 countries worldwide. Customers include ophthalmic surgeons, eye clinics, laser centers and university hospitals.
Guinness
Mark Wnek
Guinness
Turandot and Pomone, are which type of play?
Title: Pomone (opera) Passage: Pomone ("Pomona") is a pastoral opera in a prologue and five acts by Robert Cambert with a libretto by Pierre Perrin. It has been described as "effectively the first French opera." It was first performed in Paris at the Jeu de Paume de la Bouteille theatre belonging to Cambert and Perrin's Acadmie d'Opra on 3 March 1671. The production had ballets choreographed by Des Brosses and sets and machinery designed by Alexandre de Rieux, marquis de Sourdac. The novelty of the work drew large audiences and the opera enjoyed 146 performances over the eight months of its run. The score of "Pomone" has only partially survived. Title: Draw play Passage: A draw play, or simply draw for short, is a type of American football play. The draw is a running play disguised as a passing play. It is the opposite of a play-action pass, which is a passing play disguised as a running play. The play is often used in long yardage situations. Title: Turandot Suite Passage: The Turandot Suite, Op. 41 (BV 248) is an orchestral work by Ferruccio Busoni written in 1904-5, based on Carlo Gozzi's play "Turandot". The music in one form or another occupied Busoni at various times between the years 190417. Busoni arranged the suite from incidental music which he was composing to accompany a production of Gozzi's play. The suite was first performed in October 1905, while the play with his incidental music was not produced until 1911. In August 1916 Busoni had finished composing the one-act opera "Arlecchino", but it needed a companion work to provide a full evening's entertainment. He suddenly decided to transform the "Turandot" music into a two-act opera with spoken dialog. The two works were premiered together as a double-bill in May 1917. Title: In questa reggia Passage: "In questa reggia" ("In this palace") is an aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. The text is based on Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play "Turandot" by Carlo Title: Turandot Passage: Turandot ( ; ] ; ) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Title: Turandot (Gozzi) Passage: Turandot (1762) is a "commedia dell'arte" play by Carlo Gozzi after a supposedly Persian story from the collection "Les Mille et un jours" (17101712) by Franois Ptis de la Croix (not to be confused with "One Thousand and One Nights"). Gozzi's "Turandot" was first performed at the Teatro San Samuele, Venice, on 22 January 1762.
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Pomone (opera)
What court case involved a former president of Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile?
Title: Mosley v SARL Google Passage: Mosley v SARL Google was a 2013 French court case in which former President of the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile Max Mosley attempted to make the internet search engine Google remove images of him engaging in a sado-masochistic sex act with several prostitutes. The publication of the images in the (now defunct) British newspaper The News of the World was litigated in Mosley v News Group Newspapers and resulted in Mr Mosley being awarded 60,000 in damages. Title: Cyprus Automobile Association Passage: The Cyprus Automobile Association (CAA) (Greek: )(Turkish: "Kbrs Otomobil Federasyonu (KOF)" ) is a non-profit organization governed by an elected council. Founded in 1933, it has the aim of offering assistance to the private motorist, in Cyprus and abroad, and to promote the interests of car owners in general. The CAA is a member of the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT). Title: Max Mosley Passage: Max Rufus Mosley (born 13 April 1940) is the former president of the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users worldwide. The FIA is also the governing body for Formula One and other international motorsports. Title: Mosley v United Kingdom Passage: Mosley v United Kingdom [2011] 53 E.H.R.R. 30; was a 2011 decision in the European Court of Human Rights regarding the right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. An application to the court was made by Max Mosley, former president of the FIA following his successful breach of confidence legal case against the "News of the World" (known as "Mosley v News Group Newspapers" nowiki[2008] EWHC 1777 (QB)nowiki). In the case the court unanimously rejected the proposition that Article 8 required member states to legislate to prevent newspapers printing stories regarding individual's private lives without first warning the individuals concerned, instead holding that it fell within each state's margin of appreciation to determine whether to legislate on this matter. Title: Jean-Marie Balestre Passage: Jean-Marie Balestre (9 April 1921 27 March 2008) was a French auto racing executive administrator, who became President of the Fdration Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA) from 1978 to 1991 and President of the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) from 1985 to 1993. Title: Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey Passage: The Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey (Turkish: "Trkiye Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu" ) (TTOK), also known as Turkish Automobile Association, is an amateur and international organization dedicated to tourism and the automobile sector. It was founded in 1923 at the behest of Mustafa Kemal Atatrk by a group of intellectuals led by Reit Saffet Atabinen, a diplomat at the time and a historian. The club is a member of Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (AIT).
Mosley v United Kingdom
Mosley v United Kingdom
Max Mosley
When was the American comedian who created Friars Club of Beverly Hills born?
Title: Lili Bosse Passage: Lili Bosse is an American politician and philanthropist. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, she has supported many Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. She served as the Mayor of Beverly Hills, California in its centennial year, from March 2014 to March 2015. During her tenure, she spearheaded the weekly "Walk With the Mayor" for residents, supported the boycott of the Beverly Hills Hotel owned by the Sultan of Brunei, and promoted trade with China for the luxury industry. In March 2017, she began her second term as the mayor of Beverly Hills. Title: Dr. 90210 Passage: Dr. 90210 is an American reality television series focusing on plastic surgery in the wealthy suburb of Beverly Hills, California. The series began its run in 2004. "Dr. 90210" gets its name from the zip code of the core of Beverly Hills, familiar to most viewers because of the former popular television series "Beverly Hills, 90210". Title: Friars Club of Beverly Hills Passage: The modern history of the club began in 1947, when Milton Berle got a group together at the old Savoy Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, including actors Bing Crosby, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Durante, George Jessel, and Robert Taylor. The Friars Club of California was originally established as a spinoff from the New York Friars' Club as a non-profit, membership only club. In 1961, the California club moved into a distinctive, almost windowless building at 9900 Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills designed by architect Sidney Eisenshtat. Past members included Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, George Burns, Johnny Carson, Billy Crystal, Sammy Davis, Jr., Judy Garland (the first woman ever roasted by the Friars' Club), Bob Hope, Al Jolson, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, the Marx Brothers, and Frank Sinatra, among many others. Like the New York club, for many years the Friars Club of Beverly Hills was known for its celebrity members and "roasts". Title: Milton Berle Passage: Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; July 12, 1908 March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. As the host of NBC's "Texaco Star Theater" (194855), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age. Title: Fred Hayman Passage: Fred Jules Pollag (May 29, 1925 April 14, 2016), known professionally as Fred Hayman, was a Swiss-born American fashion retailer and entrepreneur, founder in 1961 of Giorgio Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, California. He was also known as "Mr. Beverly Hills" and "Mr. Rodeo Drive". Title: Beverly Hills (song) Passage: "Beverly Hills" is a song by American rock band Weezer. It is the first single from the band's fifth album, "Make Believe". "Beverly Hills" was released to radio on March 29, 2005. The music video for this song, directed by Marcos Siega, was filmed at the Playboy Mansion (which is actually not located in Beverly Hills, but the neighboring community of Holmby Hills), with Hugh Hefner making a cameo appearance at the beginning. The song features Stephanie Eitel of Agent Sparks on the chorus on backup vocals, performing the "Gimme, gimme" hook.
July 12, 1908
Friars Club of Beverly Hills
Milton Berle
Richard Jay "Rich" Franklin II, is an American retired mixed martial artist who competed in Ultimate Fighting Championship, as of June 2014, Franklin was announced as a Vice President of which Singapore-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion which was launched on 14 July 2011 by multimillionaire entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui?
Title: Sean Sherk Passage: Sean Keith Sherk (born August 5, 1973) is a retired American mixed martial artist and former UFC Lightweight Champion. Sherk competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and was one of the first combatants to have been a championship competitor in multiple weight divisions (having also competed for the UFC Welterweight Championship). He was the second UFC Lightweight Champion in the organization's history after Jens Pulver vacated his title 5 years earlier. Sherk also spent time competing in the Japan-based organizations, PRIDE Fighting Championships and Pancrase; going undefeated in both promotions. He holds one of the longest undefeated streaks in mixed martial arts history, with only four career losses, all to fellow-UFC Champions. Sherk announced his official retirement from mixed martial arts competition in September 2013 having last fought three years prior. Title: Miesha Tate Passage: Miesha Theresa Tate ( ; born August 18, 1986) is an American Mixed Martial Arts Pundit and former mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and is a former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Primarily known for her grappling ability, Tate became a wrestler while attending Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma, Washington and won a state championship during her senior year in 2005. She began her professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career in 2007, and won the bantamweight championship of the Freestyle Cage Fighting promotion in 2009. Tate gained increased recognition in 2011, when she won the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Championship. She has also won a silver medal in the FILA Grappling Championships. Title: Chatri Sityodtong Passage: Chatri Trisiripisal (Thai: ; rtgs: "Chatri Trisiriphisan" ), known by his ring names as Chatri Sityodtong (Thai: ; rtgs: "Chatri Sit-yotthong" ) and Yodchatri Sityodtong (Thai: ; rtgs: "Yotchatri Sit-yotthong" ), is an entrepreneur and a martial artist from Thailand. In December 2016, Chatri Sityodtong was named the Most Powerful Person in Asian MMA by Yahoo! Sports. Title: ONE Championship Passage: ONE Championship (formerly known as ONE Fighting Championship or ONE FC) is a Singapore-based mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion which was launched on 14 July 2011 by multimillionaire entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui. According to CNBC, ONE Championship is Asia's largest sports media property with a global broadcast to over one billion homes in 128 countries. Title: Ken Pavia Passage: Ken Pavia is a former sports agent, founder of the Huntington Beach, California based sports agency MMAagents and the former CEO of Indias first MMA Promotion Super Fight League. From 2005 to September 2011 Pavia represented a client roster of 75 professional mixed martial artists at MMAagents, most of whom competed in top tier mixed martial arts promotions such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, DREAM, and Bellator Fighting Championship. Title: Rich Franklin Passage: Richard Jay "Rich" Franklin II (born October 5, 1974) is an American retired mixed martial artist who competed in Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. As of June 2014, Franklin was announced as a Vice President of Asian Mixed Martial Arts company ONE Championship.
ONE Championship
Rich Franklin
ONE Championship
Which is the newest film, Bon Voyage! or Underdog?
Title: Families (2015 film) Passage: Families (original title: Belles Familles) is a 2015 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, his first directorial effort since 2003's "Bon Voyage". Filming began on 16 June 2014 in Blois. The film was released in theatres on 14 October 2015. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Title: Underdog (film) Passage: Underdog is a 2007 American family superhero comedy film based on the 1960s cartoon series of the same name. Directed by Frederik Du Chau and written by Joe Piscatella, Adam Rifkin, and Craig A. Williams, the film stars Jim Belushi, Peter Dinklage, John Slattery, and Patrick Warburton with the voice talents of Jason Lee, Amy Adams, and Brad Garrett. Unlike the TV series, the Underdog character is portrayed as a regular dog rather than an anthropomorphic one. Underdog, voiced by Jason Lee, was played by a lemon beagle named Leo sporting a red sweater and a blue cape. The film grossed 65.3 million worldwide. Title: Bon Voyage! (1962 film) Passage: Bon Voyage! is a 1962 Walt Disney film directed by James Neilson and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. Following their practice of the time, it was also issued as a comic book and an adaptation appeared in the comic strip "Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales". It stars Fred MacMurray, Jane Wyman, Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran as the Willard family on a European holiday. The family crossed the Atlantic Ocean on which survives today, stripped and moored at Pier 82 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Title: Bon Voyage (2016 film) Passage: Bon Voyage is a Swiss-Germen short film written and directed by Marc Raymond Wilkins. Title: Bon Voyage (Kumi Koda album) Passage: Bon Voyage is the eleventh studio album by Japanese recording artist Kumi Koda. It was released on February 26, 2014 by Rhythm Zone. "Bon Voyage" is Koda's first album since her 2012 "Japonesque", and her longest album in production since her 2008 studio album "Kingdom". The album's production was handled by several music producers, such as Joseph Lawrence, Toby Gad, T-Sk, Mats Lie Skare, Figge Bosstrom, Tommy Henriksen, Badur Haberg, and Clarabell. It also features guest appearances from Sean Paul and OVDS. Five different formats were released to promote the album: a standalone CD, a CD and DVD bundle, a CD and Blu-ray bundle, a fan package featuring a live DVD, and a digital release in Japan. Title: Yamato: The New Voyage Passage: Yamato: The New Voyage ( , Uch Senkan Yamato Aratanaru Tabidachi , lit. "Space Battleship Yamato: The New Journey") , also known as Bon Voyage Yamato, is a 1979 Japanese animated television movie that was first broadcast on Fuji TV. This was the third movie in the "Space Battleship Yamato" saga (however, "Be Forever Yamato" is the third theatrical movie). The Yamato crew must defeat the new Dark Nebula Empire. This film is the first in a two-part story arc that continues in "Be Forever Yamato".
Underdog
Underdog (film)
Bon Voyage! (1962 film)
Of Jeremy Bates and Daniela Hantuchov who gained prominence and achieved high peak at an earlier stage of sports career?
Title: Nigel Sears Passage: Nigel Sears (born 4 April 1957) is a British tennis coach, best known for coaching former top five players Amanda Coetzer, Daniela Hantuchov and Ana Ivanovic during his long career. He is currently the coach of Ekaterina Makarova. Title: 2002 Wimbledon Championships Mixed Doubles Passage: Leo Friedl and Daniela Hantuchov were the defending champions, but chose to play in different teams for this year. Friedl teamed up with Tina Krian and lost in first round, while Hantuchov partnered with Kevin Ullyett and reached to the final, losing in three sets. Title: Daniela Hantuchov career statistics Passage: This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Daniela Hantuchov. Title: Regina Kulikova Passage: Regina Aleksandrovna Kulikova (Russian: , born 30 January 1989) is a former professional Russian tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 65th, which she reached on May 3, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 417th, which she reached on 28 September 2009. Her best result on the WTA tour so far is the quarterfinal appearance at the 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships where she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova. Her biggest victory at a Grand Slam tournament came at the 2011 Australian Open, where she defeated former semi-finalist Daniela Hantuchov in the first round. Title: Jeremy Bates (tennis) Passage: Michael Jeremy Bates, commonly known as Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962 in Solihull, England) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and again from 1989 to 1994. He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 21 April 1995. Title: Daniela Hantuchov Passage: Daniela Hantuchov (] ; born 23 April 1983) is a retired tennis player from Slovakia. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA tournament, the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Martina Hingis in the final and becoming the lowest-ranked player to ever win the tournament. She also reached the quarterfinals of that year's Wimbledon Championship and US Open, ending the year in the top 10. She was part of the Slovak team that won the 2002 Fed Cup and the 2005 Hopman Cup.
Daniela Hantuchov
Jeremy Bates (tennis)
Daniela Hantuchov
Which player's career, drafted in the same year as Rich Manning, was derailed by a car accident?
Title: 1993 NBA draft Passage: The 1993 NBA draft took place on June 30, 1993, in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The draft had some talented players at the top, but injuries and personal problems hurt many of them. Anfernee Hardaway, Allan Houston, and Jamal Mashburn all looked like possible Hall of Famers until their careers were cut short by injuries. Isaiah Rider and Vin Baker showed great potential but were plagued by personal problems. Bobby Hurley's career was derailed by a car accident in December of his rookie year. The mid-to-late first round (starting with pick 13) was littered with players that failed to make any significant impact, with the exception of three-time NBA champion Sam Cassell. One of the NBA best all-time wing defensive players, three-time champion Bruce Bowen, went un-drafted. Title: Utah Utes women's soccer Passage: Utah Utes women's soccer represents the University of Utah in the Pac-12 Conference of NCAA Division I soccer. The team is coached by Rich Manning. The team plays its home games at Ute Soccer Field. Title: Nol Emmanuel Limage Passage: Nol Emmanuel Limage (died January 20, 2007) was a Haitian senator with the Lespwa party. In the 2006 election, he won a seat representing Artibonite in the senate, but was killed in a car accident near Gonaves less than a year after taking office. He was driving his car on a rural road when he swerved to avoid a cow and crashed into a ravine. He was taken to a hospital, where he died of head injuries. Two passengers in the car survived the accident; Limage's wife suffered a broken leg and a bodyguard escaped uninjured. Title: Rich Manning Passage: Richard Alan Manning (born June 23, 1970) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round (40th pick overall) of the 1993 NBA draft. A 6'11" power forward-center born in Tacoma, Washington, Manning played two years in the NBA, for the Vancouver Grizzlies (19951996) and the Los Angeles Clippers (1997). He played collegiately at both Syracuse University and the University of Washington, after having attended Center High School in Antelope, California. Title: Derrick Thomas Passage: Derrick Vincent Thomas (January 1, 1967February 8, 2000), nicknamed D.T., was an American football linebacker and defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire 11-year career for the Chiefs after being drafted fourth overall in the 1989 NFL Draft. Thomas, a member of the class of 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame, was a premier football player throughout the 1990s and is considered one of the best pass rushers of all time. In 1990 against the Seattle Seahawks, he set an NFL record with seven sacks in a single game. On February 8, 2000, Thomas died from a massive blood clot that developed in his paralyzed legs and traveled to his lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. His paralysis was the result of severe injuries sustained in a car accident weeks earlier. Thomas was inducted posthumously into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009 Title: Nocton rail accident Passage: The Nocton rail accident was a rail accident that happened on 28 February 2002 after a vehicle smashed through a wall and fell onto the tracks. The driver, who was trapped in his van, was talking to emergency services on his mobile phone when he was killed by a two-carriage Sprinter train (156409). The front carriage of the train was derailed, remaining upright. 14 occupants of the train were injured. The incident happened exactly a year to the day after the similar Great Heck rail crash.
Bobby Hurley
Rich Manning
1993 NBA draft
What opera was composed by an english composer who was born on the 12th of October 1872 and died on the 26th of August 1958?
Title: Symphony No. 9 (Vaughan Williams) Passage: The Symphony No. 9 in E minor was the last symphony written by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. He composed it from 1956 to 1957 and it was given its premiere performance in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent on 2 April 1958, in the composer's eighty-sixth year. It was subsequently performed on 5 August 1958 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Malcolm Sargent at a Promenade Concert. Vaughan Williams died three weeks later, on 26 August, the very day on which the symphony was due to be recorded for the first time, by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. The composer had planned to attend the recording sessions. Title: Lovely Joan Passage: Lovely Joan is a traditional English folk song (Roud 592), and the tune to which it is sung. Its melody is most familiar to modern audiences as the counterpoint tune used in British composer Ralph Greaves's arrangement of "Fantasia on "Greensleeves"" from Ralph Vaughan Williams's opera "Sir John in Love"." Title: Nina Grosse Passage: Nina Grosse (born 11 August 1958) is a German film director and screenwriter. She has directed 14 films since 1983. Her 2004 film "Olgas Sommer" was entered into the 26th Moscow International Film Festival. Title: John Unstead Passage: John Unstead (9 February 1790 22 October 1872) was an English cricketer who played for Kent. He was born and died in Waldron. Title: Ralph Vaughan Williams Passage: Ralph Vaughan Williams '1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': " ( 12 October 1872 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over nearly fifty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century. Title: James Guthrie (Australian politician) Passage: James Francis Guthrie (13 September 1872 18 August 1958) was an Australian politician. Born at Rich Avon Station in Victoria, he was educated at Geelong College before becoming a grazier, sheep breeder and woolbroker. In 1919, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for Victoria. In 1931, together with the rest of his party, he joined the United Australia Party. He held the seat until his defeat in 1937, taking effect in 1938. Guthrie died in 1958.
"Sir John in Love"
Lovely Joan
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Which band has more founder, White Magic or Sound Team?
Title: Sound Team Passage: Sound Team was an American band based in Austin, Texas that formed in 2000 around principal songwriters Bill Baird and Matt Oliver. For most of their recording career, Sound Team consisted of Bill Baird (bass, guitar, vocals), Matt Oliver (guitar, piano, vocals), Jordan Johns (drums, percussion), Sam Sanford (guitar), Michael Baird (synthesizer, tapes) and Gabe Pearlman (organ). Sanford and Michael Baird left the group in 2006. The band continued to record and tour briefly with a new lineup, but finally disbanded in late 2007. Title: Black magic Passage: Black magic or dark magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes. With respect to the left-hand path and right-hand path dichotomy, black magic is the malicious, left-hand counterpart of benevolent white magic. In modern times, some find that the definition of "black magic" has been convoluted by people who define magic or ritualistic practices that they disapprove of as "black magic". Title: White Magic (band) Passage: White Magic is a psychedelic folk rock group formed in Brooklyn, New York City, and led by singerguitaristpianistcomposer Mira Billotte. Billotte performs under this moniker both with accompaniment or solo, using a daf, shruti box, and singing a cappella. She is a modern trobairitz and, invoking both traditional and experimental folk, White Magic's sound ranges from loud psychedelia to meditative trance. Title: Stregoneria Passage: Stregoneria is the modern word in Italian that is commonly translated into English as the word witchcraft. In the Italian dictionary"Vocabolario della Lingua" (Nicola Zanichelli, 1970)stregoneria is defined as a magical practice intended to produce harm or illness. The statement that stregoneria refers to a harmful magical practice is supported by ethnologist Elsa Guggino, who states that words related to stregoneria are always used disparagingly to describe someone practicing malevolent magic ("Stregoneria: The "Old Religion" in Italy from Historical to Modern Times", by Marguerite Rigoglioso, 2000). This is also noted by scholar Gary R. Varner, in his book "Charles G. Leland: The Man the Myth", in which he states that the word "strega" (witch) is a disparaging term used to denote those who practice black magic, and that the term "maga" is used to denote those who practice white magic and healing. Title: Practical Kabbalah Passage: Practical Kabbalah (Hebrew: "Kabbalah Ma'asit") in historical Judaism, is a branch of the Jewish mystical tradition that concerns the use of magic. It was considered permitted white magic by its practitioners, reserved for the elite, who could separate its spiritual source from Qliphoth realms of evil if performed under circumstances that were holy (Q-D-) and pure ( , "tvmh vthrh"). The concern of overstepping Judaism's strong prohibitions of impure magic ensured it remained a minor tradition in Jewish history. Its teachings include the use of Divine and angelic names for amulets and incantations. Title: Left-hand path and right-hand path Passage: In Western esotericism the terms Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path refer to a dichotomy between two opposing approaches to magic. This terminology is used in various groups involved in the occult and ceremonial magic. In some definitions, the "Left-Hand Path" is equated with malicious black magic and the "Right-Hand Path" with benevolent white magic. Other occultists have criticised this definition, believing that the LeftRight dichotomy refers merely to different kinds of working and does not necessarily connote good or bad magical actions.
Sound Team
White Magic (band)
Sound Team
What film was Morgan Lily in that Jennifer Aniston was also in?
Title: Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral Passage: "Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral", known also as "Jen Aniston's Sex Tape", is a viral video advertisement by Glacau, starring actress Jennifer Aniston, that promotes the smartwater bottled water brand. The video was uploaded to YouTube on 7 March 2011 and, as of 1 July 2011 , had attracted more than nine and a half million views. Title: The One with the Rumor Passage: "The One with the Rumor" is the ninth episode of the eighth season of the American television situation comedy "Friends", which aired on NBC on November 22, 2001. It continues the series' annual Thanksgiving-themed episode tradition, and guest-stars cast member Jennifer Aniston's then-husband Brad Pitt in the uncredited role of Will Colbert, who reveals that he and Ross (David Schwimmer) were part of an "I hate Rachel" club. The two of them hated Rachel Green (Aniston) and got the exchange student from Thailand to join their club. Will revealed that they spread a rumor in high school that Rachel (Aniston) was a hermaphrodite. Title: He's Just Not That into You (film) Passage: He's Just Not That into You is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ken Kwapis, based on the self-help book of the same name by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, which in turn was inspired by a line of dialogue in "Sex and the City". The film features an ensemble cast that includes Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, and Justin Long. Title: Morgan Lily Passage: Morgan Lily (born Morgan Lily Jane Gross; April 11, 2000) is an American actress and fashion model. She started modeling internationally at the age of four years and appeared in more than 21 television commercials, and many photo shoots before her role in "Henry Poole Is Here" as Millie Stupek. Lily had supporting roles in "He's Just Not That Into You", as Matthew Gray Gubler's daughter in "The Ugly Life Of A Beautiful Girl". Her most notable role has been as Lilly Curtis in the apocalyptic film "2012". She acted as young Julianna Baker in the film "Flipped" based on the novel with the same name by Wendelin van Draanen and as young Mystique in "" and "". Morgan recently co-starred as Missy in the Hallmark Channel's film, "Love's Everlasting Courage". Her most recent work includes "Cooties", with Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson. Title: Nancy Dow Passage: Nancy Maryanne Dow (July 22, 1936 May 25, 2016) was an American actress and model who appeared in a brief group of films and television shows. She was married to Greek-American actor John Aniston with whom she had a daughter, actress Jennifer Aniston. Title: Horrible Bosses Passage: Horrible Bosses is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx. The plot follows three friends, played by Bateman, Day and Sudeikis, who decide to murder their respective overbearing, abusive bosses, portrayed by Spacey, Aniston and Farrell.
"He's Just Not That Into You"
Morgan Lily
He's Just Not That into You (film)
Frank Skartados is an assemblyman for the district in New York that includes a city with what 2010 population?
Title: Saratoga County, New York Passage: Saratoga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2016 U.S. Census estimate, the county's population was 227,053, representing a 3.4 increase from the 2010 population of 219,607, representing one of the fastest growth rates in the northeastern United States. The county seat is Ballston Spa. Saratoga County is included in the Capital District, encompassing the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area. Title: Beacon, New York Passage: Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The 2010 census placed the city total population at 15,541. Beacon is part of the PoughkeepsieNewburghMiddletown, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New YorkNewarkBridgeport, New YorkNew JerseyConnecticutPennsylvania Combined Statistical Area. It was named to commemorate the historic beacon fires that blazed forth from the summit of the Fishkill Mountains to alert the Continental Army about British troop movements. Title: William Boyland Jr. Passage: William Frank Boyland Jr. is a former New York State Assemblyman who represented District 55, which comprises Ocean Hill, Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights and Bushwick. He was expelled from the Assembly on March 6, 2014, upon his conviction on numerous federal felony charges related to extortion, bribery, and official corruption. Title: Orange Walk Town Passage: Orange Walk Town is the fourth largest town in the nation of Belize, with a population of about 13,400 (Official Release of the Main Findings of the 2010 Population and Housing Census). It is the capital of the Orange Walk District. Orange Walk Town is located on the left bank of the New River, 53 mi north of Belize City and 30 mi south of Corozal Town. Title: Dov Hikind Passage: Dov Hikind (born June 30, 1950) is an American politician in the state of New York. He is a Democratic New York State Assemblyman representing Brooklyn's Assembly district 48, having held this position since 1983. Hikind has been a vocal supporter of racial profiling targeting Muslims, arguing that it helps to prevent terrorism. He also opposes antisemitism in his district, which includes Borough Park, home to one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities outside of Israel. Title: Frank Skartados Passage: Frank Skartados ( ; born January 3, 1956) is the Assemblyman for the 104th district of the New York State Assembly which includes both the City of Newburgh and the Town of Newburgh; as well as the City of Beacon, the City of Poughkeepsie, the Hamlet of Marlboro, and the Town of Lloyd. He defeated 14-year incumbent Thomas Kirwan in 2008. A Democrat, Skartados was the Assemblyman of the 100th district from 2008 2010. Kirwan narrowly recaptured the seat in 2010 but died in late 2011. On March 20, 2012, a special election was held for the vacant seat, which Skartados won with more than 60 percent of the vote. He was re-elected for a full term on November 6, 2012 and on November 4, 2014 by 60 of the vote.
15,541
Frank Skartados
Beacon, New York
What is the name of the lead remix of the track from the remix album containing remixes of the lady gaga studio album "The Fame"?
Title: Electricolor: Complete Remix Passage: ElectriColor is the fifth remix album released by M-Flo, containing remixes of songs from their fifth studio album, "Cosmicolor". Title: The Remix (Lady Gaga album) Passage: The Remix is a remix album by American recording artist Lady Gaga. Released in Japan on March 3, 2010, it contains remixes of the songs from her first studio album, "The Fame" (2008), and her third extended play, "The Fame Monster" (2009). A revised version of the track list was prepared for release in additional markets, beginning with Mexico on May 3, 2010. A number of recording artists have produced the songs, including Pet Shop Boys, Passion Pit and The Sound of Arrows. The remixed versions feature both uptempo and downtempo compositions, with altered vocals from Gaga. Title: Starsmith Passage: Finlay Dow-Smith (born 8 July 1988, Bromley, England), known professionally as Starsmith, is a multi-platinum selling British songwriter, producer, remixer and DJ. He is best known for his writing and production work with artists such as Ellie Goulding, Jess Glynne, Paloma Faith, Kylie Minogue and Clean Bandit as well as his own solo work. He studied a classical music degree at the University of Surrey majoring in performance on saxophone. He has also received widespread acclaim for the remixes he created for Lady Gaga, Robyn, Timbaland, Katy Perry, Passion Pit and Marina and the Diamonds amongst many others. His remix of "Bad Romance" was chosen as the lead remix of the track on Lady Gaga's hugely successful 2010 remix album, "The Remix". He was nominated for the Music Producers Guild Breakthrough Producer of the Year award in 2011 and then again for the Remixer of the Year in 2012. Title: Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop Passage: Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop is a biography of American singer Lady Gaga. It was written by Emily Herbert (pen name for Virginia Blackburn) and published in the United Kingdom by John Blake Publishing Ltd. The book was published by Overlook Press in the United States with the title Lady Gaga: Behind the Fame. Additional versions under the title "Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop" were published in 2010 by Wilkinson Publishing of Melbourne in Australia and by Gardners Books in the United Kingdom. The book discusses Gaga's early life when she was known as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta from her birth in 1986, and chronicles her education at Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York, her early visits to nightclubs with her mother to perform at open-mic events, and her brief foray into the Tisch School of the Arts, leading up to her first experience of fame. Germanotta took the name "Lady Gaga" from the song "Radio Ga Ga" by the rock group Queen; she released her first album "The Fame" in 2008. "Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop" describes the musician's success in the industry, noting her business collaborations and appearance on the cover of "Rolling Stone" in 2009. Title: Born This Way: The Remix Passage: Born This Way: The Remix is the second remix album by American singer Lady Gaga, released on November 18, 2011 by Interscope. This album contains remixes of multiple songs off of Gaga's second studio album, "Born This Way". It was also released as part of the "", a special edition release including the 17-track version of Gaga's second studio album and a DVD release of the HBO concert special "". Most of the remixes had been available in the remix EPs released alongside each single from "Born This Way". Musically, the album is an electronic and dance record; there are also influences of Europop, techno and dubstep within the composition. Title: Expo Bei Robot Gran Sonik Passage: Expo Bei Robot Gran Sonik ("Expo Defense Robot Gran Sonik") is the second remix album released by M-Flo, containing remixes of songs from their second studio album, "Expo Expo".
Bad Romance
Starsmith
The Remix (Lady Gaga album)
Nine Black Alps and Ned's Atomic Dustbin, are of which genre?
Title: God Fodder Passage: God Fodder is the first full-length album by British rock band Ned's Atomic Dustbin. It was released in 1991. After creating their own Sony Records imprint in 1990 after a success of independent singles, the band recorded "God Fodder" in late 1990 and early 1991 in London. The album takes large influence from grebo, shoegaze, noise pop and dance music, and is characterized by its noisy guitars, complex drum beats and usage of two bass players, with Matt Cheslin playing regular bass lines and Alex Griffin playing harmonic bass lines. Lyrically, the album features communal efforts written by all the band. Title: All I Ask of Myself Is That I Hold Together Passage: "All I Ask of Myself Is That I Hold Together" was the first single from Ned's Atomic Dustbin's 1995 album, "Brainbloodvolume". Title: Nine Black Alps Passage: Nine Black Alps are an English alternative rock band, formed in 2003 in Manchester. The band consists of vocalist-guitarist Sam Forrest, guitarist David Jones, drummer James Galley and bassist Karl Astbury. Title: Ned's Atomic Dustbin Passage: Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an English rock band formed in Stourbridge in West Midlands in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of "The Goon Show". The band are unusual for using two bass players in their lineup: Alex Griffin plays melody lines high up on one bass, and Mat Cheslin plays the regular bass lines on the other. This gives the band a tense and highly driven sub-hardcore sound featuring distorted effects-laden guitar and energetic drums. Title: Are You Normal? Passage: Are You Normal? is Ned's Atomic Dustbin's second album, released on 3 November 1992. It features the band's biggest American hit, "Not Sleeping Around", which hit the top of "Billboard"'s Modern Rock Tracks chart. Title: Brainbloodvolume Passage: Brainbloodvolume is the third and final album from Ned's Atomic Dustbin with their original line-up. It was released in the United States on 21 March 1995 but did not appear in the United Kingdom until July of that year. It received a memorable review by Neil Kulkarni in "Melody Maker", which consisted entirely of a rant against students and did not discuss the actual album.
rock
Nine Black Alps
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Where is the Fair Oaks Mall located?
Title: North Fair Oaks, California Passage: North Fair Oaks is a census-designated place and district for the purposes of the United States census in an unincorporated area of San Mateo County adjacent to Redwood City, Atherton, and Menlo Park. As of the 2010 census the area had a total population of 14,687. Because of the large number of residents from one Mexican state the area is also known as Little Michoacn. The larger area including North Fair Oaks and adjacent parts of Redwood City has a large Latino population and is known locally as Little Mexico. It is one of the most distinctive cities on the entire Peninsula, as it is one out of only three cities (the others being East Palo Alto and Pescadero) that have a substantial Hispanic population (the parts of Redwood City adjoining North Fair Oaks have more in common with North Fair Oaks than the rest of Redwood City). Title: Fair Oaks, Fairfax County, Virginia Passage: Fair Oaks is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 30,223. It encompasses a large area west of the city of Fairfax, centered on Fair Oaks Mall. Suburban neighborhoods and office parks occupy most of Fair Oaks, largely developed since the 1980s. Title: Fair Oaks Mall Passage: Fair Oaks Mall is a shopping mall in Fair Oaks, Fairfax County, Virginia, just northwest of the city of Fairfax. It is located at the intersection of Interstate 66 and U.S. Route 50. The mall has a gross leasable area (GLA) of 1565000 sqft . Its anchor stores are J. C. Penney, Lord Taylor, Macy's, Macy's Furniture Gallery and Sears. Title: North Fair Oaks Festival Passage: The North Fair Oaks Festival (or North Fair Oaks Community Festival) is a free, annual, one-day food and arts festival, held every summer in the community of North Fair Oaks, in San Mateo County, California. The summer event features live music and talent performances, a parade, food and craft stands, informational booths, the Queen of the Festival scholarship awardee presentation, and a raffle event. The event has two stages on alternate ends of the festival grounds, with each presenting live music or talent performances during the course of the Festival. Title: Fort Dodge Junior High School Passage: Fort Dodge Junior High School, also known as South Junior High, Fair Oaks Middle School and Duncombe Elementary School, is a historic building located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. The building was constructed in 1931 and continued to serve as a school under its various names until 2013. It, along with Phillips Middle School, was sold to Foutch Bros. LLC, of Kansas City, Missouri the following year to be converted into apartments. In 2015 Duncombe Elementary School was found to be structurally deficient, and Foutch allowed the Fair Oaks building to be used as an elementary school while a new school building is constructed. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. Title: Huntington Medical Research Institutes Passage: Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI) is an independent, nonprofit, applied medical research organization in Pasadena, California. The Institutes conduct laboratory and clinical work for the development of technology used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The Molecular Medicine programs, such as cancer genetics, molecular neurology, molecular pathology and tissue engineering, are conducted at the 99 North El Molino Avenue facility. The Neural Engineering program is conducted at the 734 Fairmount Avenue building directly adjacent to Huntington Hospital. The Advanced Imaging Laboratory is located nearby at 10 Pico Street, as is the Liver Center at 660 South Fair Oaks Avenue. A new 37,000 square foot laboratory building for HMRI is under construction at 686 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena and is scheduled for opening in late 2017.
Fairfax County, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Fairfax County, Virginia
Fair Oaks Mall
What is the birthdate of this Australian politician, who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and currently the Opposition Leader in the New South Wales state election, 2019?
Title: Marie Ficarra Passage: Marie Ann Ficarra (born 25 March 1954) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2007 to 2015. She was previously a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Georges River, but was defeated during the landslide election of 1999. She was the Shadow Minister for the Environment for the New South Wales Opposition. Title: New South Wales state election, 2019 Passage: The next New South Wales state election is scheduled to be held on Saturday 23 March 2019 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council. The eight-year two-term incumbent LiberalNational Coalition government, currently led by Premier Gladys Berejiklian, will attempt to win a third four-year term and will be challenged by the Labor opposition, currently led by Opposition Leader Luke Foley. Title: Fred Nile Passage: Frederick John "Fred" Nile ED MLC (born 15 September 1934) is an Australian politician and ordained Christian minister. Nile has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 1981, except for a period in 2004 when he resigned to unsuccessfully contest the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election. Nile was re-elected at the March 2007 state election and is currently Assistant President of the Legislative Council. He is the longest-serving member of the New South Wales parliament. In November 2009 he stated his decision to retire in 2015, but later announced his decision to accept the Christian Democratic Party (CDP) nomination for the NSW Legislative Council at the New South Wales State Election on 28 March 2015. Title: Chris Minns Passage: Christopher John Minns (born 17 September 1979) is an Australian politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Kogarah for the Australian Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election. He is currently the opposition spokesman for Water and head of the opposition's waste watch committee. Title: Peter Phelps (politician) Passage: Peter Robert Phelps (born 7 May 1968) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 2011. He contested the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Drummoyne in the 1999 New South Wales State election. Title: Luke Foley Passage: Luke Aquinas Foley (born 27 July 1970) is an Australian politician who serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales and as parliamentary leader of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. Foley was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 19 June 2010 until his resignation to contest the Legislative Assembly seat of Auburn at the 2015 New South Wales election.
27 July 1970
New South Wales state election, 2019
Luke Foley
Which prolific American author praised John Martin's Book?
Title: Martin Gardner Passage: Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer, with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writings of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, and G. K. Chesterton. He was considered a leading authority on Lewis Carroll. " The Annotated Alice", which incorporated the text of Carroll's two Alice books, was his most successful work and sold over a million copies. He had a lifelong interest in magic and illusion and was regarded as one of the most important magicians of the twentieth century. He was considered the dean of American puzzlers. He was a prolific and versatile author, publishing more than 100 books. Title: John Martin's Book Passage: John Martin's Book was a children's magazine aimed at five- to eight-year-olds. Martin Gardner wrote that it was a "pioneering publication" and the "most entertaining magazine" aimed at this age group published in the US. Priced from 10 to 50 cents over its twenty-year run, it was primarily purchased by middle and upper income families due to its cost. Title: Franz Kamin Passage: Franz Kamin (May 25, 1941 April 11, 2010) was a prolific American author, composer, poet, performance-installation artist, and pianist whose works explore structural principles derived from topology, general systems theory, prosody, and meditational processes in unusual combinations of genre and technique. He made use of conventional instruments and childrens toys; sound poetry and puppet theater; choreography and speaking chorus; systematic chance operations and both programmed and otherwise uncommon improvisation; performance scribbling and the live reading of narrative texts. Title: Mary Jane Holmes Passage: Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 October 6, 1907) was a bestselling and prolific American author who published 39 popular novels, as well as short stories. Her first novel sold 250,000 copies; and she had total sales of 2 million books in her lifetime, second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Title: Gertrude Atherton Passage: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 June 14, 1948) was a prominent and prolific American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller "Black Oxen" (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded, and sometimes controversial. Title: Ralph McInerny Passage: Ralph Matthew McInerny (February 24, 1929 January 29, 2010) was a prolific American author and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. McInerny's most popular mystery book series featured Father Dowling. This character was the basis for the Father Dowling Mysteries television show, which ran from 1987 to 1991.
Martin Gardner
John Martin's Book
Martin Gardner
Three years elapsed between the releases of the Beastie Boys' album "Check Your Head" and which second studio album released on July 25, 1989?
Title: Ill Communication Passage: Ill Communication is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys. It was released on May 31, 1994 by Grand Royal Records. Co-produced by Beastie Boys and Mario C., the album is among the band's most varied releases, drawing from hip hop, punk rock, jazz and funk. As with their prior release "Check Your Head", this album continues the band's trend away from sampling and towards live instruments. Title: Car Thief Passage: "Car Thief" is the 11th track on the album "Paul's Boutique" by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989. It heavily samples "Rien Ne Va Plus" by Funk Factory, and was itself sampled in Faith No More's 1992 song "Midlife Crisis." Title: Doublecheck Your Head Passage: Doublecheck Your Head is a mashup album of songs from the 1992 album "Check Your Head" by the Beastie Boys that was mixed and produced by New York producer Max Tannone. The album was officially released to download on September 1, 2009. Title: Paul's Boutique Passage: Paul's Boutique is the second studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989, on Capitol Records. Featuring production by the Dust Brothers, the album was recorded in Matt Dike's apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles from 1988 to 1989, and mixed at the Record Plant. Subsequent remixes were done at the Manhattan-based Record Plant Studios. The album is noted for being almost completely composed of samples, excluding the group's vocal output. Title: Check Your Head Passage: Check Your Head is the third studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on April 21, 1992 by Capitol Records. Three years elapsed between the releases of the band's second studio album "Paul's Boutique" and "Check Your Head", which was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village in 1991 under the guidance of producer Mario Caldato Jr., the group's third producer in three albums. Less sample-heavy than their previous records, the album features instrumental contributions from all three members: Adam Horovitz on lead guitar, Adam Yauch on bass guitar, and Mike Diamond on drums. Title: In the Slot Passage: In the Slot is a Tower of Power album released in 1975. It was their last studio album for Warner Bros. Records. It also marked the debut of new vocalist Hubert Tubbs. David Garibaldi returns to the drummer's throne after being absent from the previous album "Urban Renewal" (save for one track), although the drummer from that album, David Bartlett, does appear as a background vocalist on this album, as does Garibaldi's next successor, Ron Beck. "Ebony Jam" and "Drop It in the Slot" were sampled on the Beastie Boys' 1989 album "Paul's Boutique".
Paul's Boutique
Check Your Head
Paul's Boutique
Leo McKern was in what epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean?
Title: Ryan's Daughter Passage: Ryan's Daughter is a 1970 epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean. The film, set in August 1917 - January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish woman who has an affair with a British officer during World War I, despite moral and political opposition from her nationalist neighbours; starring Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, John Mills, Christopher Jones, Trevor Howard and Leo McKern. The film is a re-telling of the plot of Gustave Flaubert's novel "Madame Bovary". Title: Doctor Zhivago (film) Passage: Doctor Zhivago (Italian: "Il dottor Zivago") is a 1965 British-Italian epic romantic drama film directed by David Lean. It is set in Russia between the years prior to World War I and the Russian Civil War of 19171922, and is based on the Boris Pasternak novel of the same name. While immensely popular in the West, the book was banned in the Soviet Union for decades. For this reason, the film could not be made in the Soviet Union and was instead filmed mostly in Spain. Title: Help! (film) Passage: Help! is a 1965 British musical comedy-adventure film directed by Richard Lester, starring the BeatlesJohn Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starrand featuring Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, John Bluthal, Roy Kinnear and Patrick Cargill. The second film starring The Beatles following Lester's "A Hard Day's Night", "Help!" sees the group come up against an evil cult. The soundtrack was released as an album, also called "Help! ". Title: Leo McKern Passage: Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO (16 March 1920 23 July 2002) was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. Notable roles he portrayed include Clang in "Help! " (1965), Thomas Cromwell in "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), Tom Ryan in "Ryan's Daughter" (1970), Paddy Button in "The Blue Lagoon" (1980), Dr. Grogan in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1981), Father Imperius in "Ladyhawke" (1985) and, in the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in "Rumpole of the Bailey". He also portrayed Carl Bugenhagen in the first and of "The Omen" series. Title: The Passionate Friends Passage: The Passionate Friends is a 1949 British romantic drama film directed by David Lean. The film is based on "" by H. G. Wells. It describes a love triangle in which a woman cannot give up her affair with another man. The film was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. Title: The Sound Barrier Passage: The Sound Barrier (known in the United States, as Breaking Through the Sound Barrier and Breaking the Sound Barrier) is a British 1952 film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film with his wife Ann Todd, but it was his first for Alexander Korda's London Films following the break-up of Cineguild. "The Sound Barrier" stars Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, and Nigel Patrick.
Ryan's Daughter
Leo McKern
Ryan's Daughter
which Aerospace and transportation company hired Bruno Bianchi as an engineer?
Title: Heathcliff (1984 TV series) Passage: Heathcliff ( Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats) is a French-American animated television series that debuted on September 5, 1984. It was the second series based on the "Heathcliff" comic strip and was produced by DIC Entertainment. It ran in syndication until 1988 with a total of 86 episodes. The first show based on the comic strip was "Heathcliff and Dingbat", which debuted in 1980. The Catillacs Cats characters were created by Jean Chalopin and Bruno Bianchi. Mel Blanc provided the voice of Heathcliff. Animation was outsourced to many Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean studios including TMS, Studio Korumi, Wang Film, Cuckoo's Nest, Mushi, Araki, and others for the first season before DIC utilized their own, private Japanese studio to avoid paying other companies. Title: Bombardier Inc. Passage: Bombardier Inc. (] ) is a multinational aerospace and transportation company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Starting as a maker of snow machines or snowmobiles, over the years it has grown into a large manufacturer of regional airliners, business jets, mass transportation equipment, and recreational equipment, and a provider of financial services. Title: New York Transportation Company Passage: The New York Transportation Company (originally New York Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company) was a company incorporated in New Jersey in 1899 as the 'New York Electrical Vehicle Transportation Company' which changed its name to the "New York Transportation Company" in 1902 and was wound up in 1936. From 1922 it was controlled by the 'Fifth Avenue Bus Securities Corporation' which was incorporated in Delaware in 1922 which was controlled by The Omnibus Corporation also incorporated in Delaware. Title: Bruno Bianchi (racing driver) Passage: Bruno Bianchi is a former Canadian racing driver. Bianchi won races in Formula Ford 1600 and Formula Ford 2000. After his racing career Bianchi was an engineer at Bombardier Inc. and Bell Helicopter. Title: Bruno Bianchi (sailor) Passage: Bruno Bianchi (May 2, 1904 August 22, 1988) was an Italian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Title: List of SEPTA Rapid transit stations Passage: The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority contains two major rapid transit lines; The MarketFrankford Line and the Broad Street Line, both of which were inherited from the former Philadelphia Transportation Company, and originally built by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Both lines are officially part of the City Transit Division. It also includes the Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100) an interurban commuter rail line between Norristown, Pennsylvania and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, originally owned by the Philadelphia and Western Railroad, then acquired by the Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company, which itself was originally the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company.
Bombardier Inc.
Bruno Bianchi (racing driver)
Bombardier Inc.
In The Mindy Project, which creator and producer has Chris McKenna worked with?
Title: All About Steve (American Dad!) Passage: "All About Steve" is the third episode of the second season and the tenth overall episode of the animated comedy series "American Dad! ". It aired on Fox in the United States on September 25, 2005, and is written by Chris McKenna and Matt McKenna and directed by Mike Kim. Title: Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television Passage: "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television" is the series finale of the sitcom "Community", serving as the thirteenth episode of its sixth season. It was written by series creator Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna, and directed by Rob Schrab. It is the 110th episode overall and was first released on Yahoo! Screen in the United States on June 2, 2015. Title: Chris Messina Passage: Chris Messina (born August 11, 1974) is an American actor and film director. He has appeared in supporting roles in films such as "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", "Argo", "Julie Julia", "Ruby Sparks", "Celeste and Jesse Forever", and "You've Got Mail". He won critical acclaim for his lead performance in the film "The Giant Mechanical Man". On television, he is known for his roles as Chris Sanchez in "Damages" and as Danny Castellano in "The Mindy Project". Title: Mindy Kaling Passage: Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), known professionally as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian and writer. She is the creator and star of the television sitcom "The Mindy Project", which premiered on Fox and later moved to Hulu; Kaling also serves as a writer and executive producer on the series. Kaling is also known for her work on the popular NBC sitcom "The Office", where she portrayed the character Kelly Kapoor. In addition to acting on the show, she was a writer, executive producer, and occasional director for the show throughout most of its run. For her work on "The Office", Kaling received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, in 2010. Title: Chris McKenna (writer) Passage: Chris McKenna is an American television writer, producer and film writer. He has written for "American Dad! ", "Community", and "The Mindy Project". McKenna's first feature film credit is on "Igor". Title: The Mindy Project Passage: The Mindy Project is an American romantic comedy television series that premiered on Fox on September 25, 2012, and aired on Tuesday nights until March 24, 2015. It then began airing on Hulu on September 15, 2015. The series, created by Mindy Kaling (the series' star), is co-produced by Universal Television and 3 Arts Entertainment.
Mindy Kaling
Chris McKenna (writer)
The Mindy Project
Which car, produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car category inspired the Vandenbrink GTO?
Title: British Touring Car Championship Passage: The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as the British Touring Car Championship in 1987. The championship has been run to various national and international regulations over the years including FIA Group 2, FIA Group 5, FIA Group 1, FIA Group A, FIA Super Touring and FIA Super 2000. A lower-key Group N series for production cars ran from 2000 until 2003. Title: Ferrari 250 GTO Passage: The Ferrari 250 GTO is a GT car produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. It was powered by Ferrari's Tipo 16862 V12 engine. Title: Group 5 (racing) Passage: Group 5 was an FIA motor racing classification which was applied to four distinct categories during the years 1966 to 1982. Initially Group 5 regulations defined a Special Touring Car category and from 1970 to 1971 the classification was applied to limited production Sports Cars restricted to 5 litre engine capacity. The Group 5 Sports Car category was redefined in 1972 to exclude the minimum production requirement and limit engine capacity to 3 litres. From 1976 to 1982 Group 5 was for Special Production Cars, a liberal silhouette formula based on homologated production vehicles. Title: Vandenbrink GTO Passage: The Vandenbrink GTO is a limited re-bodied version of the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. This means an entirely new coachwork, designed by Michiel van den Brink of Vandenbrink Design, is fitted on the stripped chassis and drivetrain of a Ferrari 599 GTB production car. The car's styling is inspired by the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO as a tribute. Title: Australian Saloon Car Series Passage: The Australian Super Six Touring Car Series, known originally as the Australian Saloon Car Series, is an Australian motor racing series for drivers of Group 3K Saloon Cars. The Saloon Car category was devised as a low cost amateur sedan racing formula which would potentially replace the ageing HQ Holden category. The original regulations were focused around large Australian sedans of early 1990s vintage with eligibility limited to VN and VP series Holden Commodores and the EA and EB series Ford Falcons. The regulations limited the cars to six cylinder versions rather than the V8 engined models, as the latter might make the category too similar to Commodore Cup. The cars are slightly modified from their road going versions, with an emphasis on safety for racing. Title: 1985 Australian Touring Car season Passage: The 1985 Australian Touring Car season was the 26th season of touring car racing in Australia commencing from 1960 when the first Australian Touring Car Championship and the first Armstrong 500 (the forerunner of the present day Bathurst 1000) were contested. It was the first season in which Australian Touring Car regulations were based on those for the FIA Group A Touring Car category.
Ferrari 250 GTO
Vandenbrink GTO
Ferrari 250 GTO
What is another officially known name for the river where Torrens Island is located?
Title: Torrens Island Passage: Torrens Island is an island in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Port River Estuary between the Port River and Barker Inlet, about 15 km northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. Since European settlement of Adelaide in 1836, it has been used for a number of purposes. Title: Torrens Island Concentration Camp Passage: The Torrens Island Internment Camp was a World War I concentration camp, located on Torrens Island in the Port River Estuary near Adelaide in South Australia. The camp opened on 9 October 1914 and held up to 400 men of German or Austro-Hungarian background, or crew members of enemy ships who had been caught in Australian ports at the beginning of the war. They were held without trial under the provisions of the "War Precautions Act 1914". Title: Port River Passage: The Port River (officially known as the Port Adelaide River) is a river located north of the Adelaide central business district in the Australian state of South Australia. Title: Albion Passage: Albion (Ancient Greek: ) is the oldest known name of the island of Great Britain. Today, it is still sometimes used poetically to refer to the island. The name for Scotland in the Celtic languages is related to Albion: "Alba" in Scottish Gaelic, "Albain" (genitive "Alban") in Irish, "Nalbin" in Manx and "Alban" in Welsh, Cornish and Breton. These names were later Latinised as "Albania" and Anglicised as "Albany", which were once alternative names for Scotland. Title: Come Share My Love (song) Passage: "Come Share My Love" is a song by American RB singer Miki Howard. It is the lead single from her debut studio album of the same name. The hit song peaked to No. 5 on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart in 1986. Although it failed to even bubble under the "Billboard" Hot 100, it did reach 38 on the Adult Contemporary chart, becoming Howard's only charted single there. Howard become a known name in RB music, by early 1987 another track from the album, "Love Will Find A Way" was receiving modest airplay on U.S. RB radio stations. Title: Torrens Island Power Station Passage: Torrens Island Power Station is located on Torrens Island, near Adelaide, South Australia and is operated by AGL Energy. It burns natural gas in eight steam turbines to generate up to 1,280 MW of electricity. The gas is supplied via the SEAGas pipeline from Victoria, and the Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System (MAPS) from Moomba in the Cooper Basin. The station is capable of burning either natural gas or fuel oil. It is the largest power station in South Australia and was formerly the largest single power station user of natural gas in Australia.
Port Adelaide River
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Port River
What league hosts the soccer team owned by Carl H Lindner III and featuring player Kadeem Dacres?
Title: Chicago Slovak Passage: The Chicago Slovaks were a Chicago soccer team that was based in Berwyn, Illinois. They were the 1941 winners of the Kelley Cup. I. 1942 and 1951 the Chicago Slovaks won the Peter J. Peel Callenge Cup. They tied with the Vikings for the Peel cup in 1943. They participated in the National Soccer League and won in 1951, 1952, and 1954. Some of their players during that time were Pete Matevich, who earned 4 caps for the United States men's national soccer team, Bill Conterio, who was a member of the United States soccer team at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, and also Gino Gardassanich, who played for multiple clubs in Croatia, and also earned 6 caps with the United States men's national soccer team Title: Houston Dutch Lions Passage: The Dutch Lions FC is an American soccer club based in The Woodlands, Texas. Founded in 2011, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League, the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid, playing home games at the team owned Houston Dutch Lions FC Soccer Facility located in Conroe, Texas. The Dutch Lions FC is a soccer club that operates all months of the year, the club partners with the Conroe Youth Soccer League (member of STYSA) and plays a fall season, spring season and summer season (Super Summer League). The club also hosts soccer camps such as a Thanksgiving break camp, Spring break camp and camps during the summer months. Since September, 2015 there is pick up soccer for Men and Women on Tuesday and Thursday evening making the club open to all ages and becoming a big factor in The Woodlands Conroe community. Title: U.S. Women's National Team Players Association Passage: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Players Association (USWNSTPA) is a labor union representing women soccer players in the United States, including the United States women's national soccer team. In 2016, the union was in a dispute with the soccer league over the end date of the collective bargaining agreement. U.S. Soccer says the agreement goes through the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Players Association maintains it can be terminated at any time. On March 31, 2016, five members of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging wage discrimination as women soccer players earn less money than players on the men's team. Title: Carl Lindner III Passage: Carl Henry Lindner III is an American businessman. He has served as the co-chief executive officer of American Financial Group since January 2005. He has also acted as chief executive officer and majority owner of FC Cincinnati since the club's founding in 2015. He is the son of Carl Lindner Jr. and a prominent member of the Lindner family. Title: Kadeem Dacres Passage: Kadeem Dacres (born August 25, 1991) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for FC Cincinnati in the United Soccer League. Title: FC Cincinnati Passage: FC Cincinnati is a United Soccer League (USL) club based in Cincinnati, Ohio that began play in 2016. The team was announced on August 12, 2015. The club's ownership group is led by Carl H. Lindner III. Alan Koch currently coaches the team.
United Soccer League
Kadeem Dacres
FC Cincinnati
Elton John's songwriting partner for the song "Indian Sunset" was born in what year?
Title: Bernie Taupin Passage: Bernard John Taupin (born 22 May 1950) is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, and making his lyrics some of the best known in music history. Title: I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That Passage: "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" is a hit song from British performer Elton John's 1988 album, "Reg Strikes Back". The song was written by John and his long-time songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. The song reached 30 on the UK Singles Chart. It fared better in the United States, peaking at 2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in August 1988, becoming John's biggest hit of the 1980s there (kept out of the top spot by fellow British singer and vocal collaborator George Michael's hit single "Monkey"). The song also became John's eighth 1 on the adult contemporary chart. Title: Indian Sunset Passage: "Indian Sunset" is a 1971 song, written and recorded by Elton John, with lyrics by his long-time songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. It was from John's album "Madman Across the Water". The song chronicles the story of an unnamed American Indian warrior on the verge of defeat from the white man. Taupin was inspired to write the lyrics after visiting a Native American reservation. Title: Ray Cooper Passage: Raymond Thomas "Ray" Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English virtuoso percussionist. He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including George Harrison, Billy Joel, Rick Wakeman, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd and Elton John. Cooper absorbed the influence of rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham. Incorporation of unusual instruments (for rock drummers of the time) such as cowbells, glockenspiel, and tubular bells, along with several standard kit elements, helped create a highly varied setup. Continually modified to this day, Cooper's percussion set offers an enormous array of percussion instruments for sonic diversity such as the tambourine, congas, crash cymbals, cowbells, roto toms, tubular bells, the gong, snare and timpani. For two decades Cooper honed his technique; In the 1990s, he reinvented his style. He is known for the 7-minute percussion and drum solos he performed during the years 19901991 for Eric Clapton and for the 7-minute percussion and drum solos during all the 1994 Face to Face Tours with Billy Joel, and Elton John, and the tours with the Elton John band during the years of 19941995. Title: Elton John: Me, Myself amp; I Passage: Elton John: Me, Myself I is a 2007 documentary filmed after the death of Elton John's good friend Diana and other soul shaking events that caused him to reassess his life. It is a candid appraisal by Elton John (tongue in cheek) of his fame, drug use, sexuality, and mistakenly taking his life for granted. It was filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Title: Elton John (album) Passage: Elton John is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 10 April 1970 by DJM Records. It was released by Uni Records as John's debut album in the United States; many people there assumed it was his first album, as "Empty Sky" was not released in that country until 1975. "Elton John" includes his breakthrough single "Your Song", and helped to establish his career during what was considered the "singer-songwriter" era of popular music. In the US, it was certified gold in February 1971 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In the same year, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
1950
Indian Sunset
Bernie Taupin
John Howe was a chaplain at which Ghanian boys' school?
Title: John Howe (bishop) Passage: Born in Goodmayes on 14 July 1920 he was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys and Durham University. He was ordained in 1944, he began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at All Saints, Scarborough. He was Chaplain at Adisadel College Gold Coast and then Vice-Principal of Edinburgh Theological College. In 1955 he was elevated to the Episcopate, retiring in 1969. He died 26 April 2001, aged 80. Title: John Howe (loyalist) Passage: John Howe (October 14, 1754 December 27, 1835) was a loyalist printer during the American Revolution, a printer and Postmaster in Halifax, the father of the famous Joseph Howe, a spy prior to the War of 1812, and eventually a Magistrate of the Colony of Nova Scotia. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay colony, the son of Joseph Howe, a tin plate worker of Puritan ancestry, and Rebeccah Hart. Title: Lord of the Rings (board game) Passage: Lord of the Rings is a board game based on the high fantasy trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien. Published in 2000 by Kosmos in Germany, Wizards of the Coast in the U.S., and Parker Brothers in the U.K., the game is designed by Reiner Knizia and features artwork by illustrator John Howe. It won a Spiel des Jahres special award for "best use of literature in a game" and in 2004 it won the Games Magazine Games 100 Honor in the Family Strategy category. A slightly revised version was later published by Fantasy Flight Games. Title: J. H. Sullivan Passage: John Howe Sullivan was the Gold Commissioner for the Cassiar District in the Canadian province of British Columbia during the Cassiar Gold Rush of the 1870s. Title: Adisadel College Passage: Adisadel College, popularly known as "Adisco", is an Anglican boys school in Cape Coast, Ghana. Key aspects of the school's administration and curriculum were originally modelled on the English public school system during the colonial era. The present curriculum falls within the Senior High School system in Ghana, with overall oversight by the Ghana Education Service. The word "Adisco" is a portmanteau of "Adisadel" and "College". The school is named after what used to be a small village on the outskirts of the Cape Coast township - Adisadel Village. In recent times, the village has expanded considerably and gradually merged imperceptibly with the main township. It is now a sprawling urban suburb with vibrant commercial activities. Adisco and Adisadel Village share direct boundaries, with the former occupying the hilly landscape and part of the adjoining low-lying area. It is commonly acceptable to use the name of the village (Adisadel) in reference to the school. Title: John Howe (illustrator) Passage: John Howe (born August 21, 1957) is a Canadian book illustrator, living in Neuchtel, Switzerland. One year after graduating from high school, he studied in a college in Strasbourg, France, then at the cole des arts dcoratifs in the same town.
Adisadel College
John Howe (bishop)
Adisadel College
Are Jeff Noon and John Banville both novelists?
Title: Jeff Noon Passage: Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a novelist, short story writer and playwright whose works make use of word play and fantasy. Noon's speculative fiction books have ties to the works of writers such as Lewis Carroll and Jorge Luis Borges. Prior to his relocation in 2000 to Brighton, Noon set most of his stories in some version of his native city of Manchester. Title: Pollen (novel) Passage: Pollen is a 1995 science fiction novel written by British author Jeff Noon. Title: The Newton Letter Passage: The Newton Letter is a novel by John Banville, first published in 1982. It was published in the United States in 1987. Drawing comparisons with Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier" and John Hawkes's "The Blood Oranges" for their use of the unreliable narrator, "The Newton Letter" was described there as Banville's "most impressive work to date". Title: Nymphomation Passage: Nymphomation is a novel by British author Jeff Noon, first published in 1997. Title: Automated Alice Passage: Automated Alice is a fantasy novel by British author Jeff Noon, first published in 1996. The book follows Alice's travels to a future Manchester city populated by "Newmonians", "Civil Serpents" and a vanishing cat. Title: John Banville Passage: William John Banville (born 8 December 1945), who writes as John Banville and sometimes as Benjamin Black, is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. Recognised for his precise, cold, forensic prose style, Nabokovian inventiveness, and for the dark humour of his generally arch narrators, Banville is considered to be "one of the most imaginative literary novelists writing in the English language today." He has been described as "the heir to Proust, via Nabokov."
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John Banville
French-Lithuanian literary scientist, known among other things for the Greimas Square, also developed the Actantial model in what year?
Title: Meir bar Hiyya Rofe Passage: Meir bar Hiyya Rofe (17th century; the "Encyclopedia Judaica" article gives the years of 1610 and 1690 as the possible years of birth and death respectively) was a Hebron rabbi, known among other things for his tours of Europe as an emissary from the Holy Land on behalf of the Jewish community of Hebron. His father, Hiyya Rofe, was a very learned rabbi from Safed. Orphaned at a young age, Meir studied in Hebron, leaving about 1648 as an emissary to Italy, Holland, and Germany. On his return journey, he stayed for two years in Italy to publish "Ma'aseh iyya" (Venice, 1652), his father's talmudic novellae and responsa. In Amsterdam he had influenced the wealthy Abraham Pereyra to found a "yeshiva" in Hebron to be called "Hesed le-Avraham", of which Meir himself became the head scholar. Title: Semiotic square Passage: The semiotic square, also known as the Greimas square, is a tool used in structural analysis of the relationships between semiotic signs through the opposition of concepts, such as feminine-masculine or beautiful-ugly, and of extending the relevant ontology. Title: Algirdas Julien Greimas Passage: Algirdas Julien Greimas (] ; born "Algirdas Julius Greimas"; 9 March 1917 27 February 1992), was a French-Lithuanian literary scientist, known among other things for the Greimas Square ("le carr smiotique"). He is, along with Roland Barthes, considered the most prominent of the French semioticians. With his training in structural linguistics, he added to the theory of signification and laid the foundations for the Parisian school of semiotics. Among Greimas's major contributions to semiotics are the concepts of isotopy, the actantial model, the narrative program, and the semiotics of the natural world. He also researched Lithuanian mythology and Proto-Indo-European religion, and was influential in semiotic literary criticism. Title: Actant Passage: In narrative theory, actant is a term from the actantial model of semiotic analysis of narratives. The term also has uses in linguistics, sociology, computer programming theory, and astrology. Title: Actantial model Passage: In structural semantics, the actantial model, also called the actantial narrative schema, is a tool used to analyze the action that takes place in a story, whether real or fictional. It was developed in 1966 by semiotician Algirdas Julien Greimas. Title: DICE model Passage: The Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy model, referred to as the DICE model or Dice model, is a computer-based integrated assessment model developed by William Nordhaus that integrates in an end-to-end fashion the economics, carbon cycle, climate science, and impacts in a highly aggregated model that allows a weighing of the costs and benefits of taking steps to slow greenhouse warming." Nordhaus also developed the RICE model (Regional Integrated Climate-Economy model), a variant of the DICE model that was updated and developed alongside the DICE model. Others who collaborated with Nordhaus to develop the model include David Popp, Zili Yang, Joseph Boyer, and other colleagues.
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Algirdas Julien Greimas
What college is part of the Maine Community College System and is adjacent to a sparkplug lighthouse in South Portland, Maine?
Title: Maine Community College System Passage: The Maine Community College System (MCCS) is Maine's comprehensive two-year college system, offering nearly 300 technical, career, and transfer programs; customized training; and lifelong learning. Maine's seven community colleges are located in Auburn, Bangor, FairfieldHinckley, Presque Isle, South PortlandBrunswick, Calais, and Wells. Title: Southern Maine Community College Passage: Southern Maine Community College is a community college in South Portland, Maine, and one of the seven colleges in the Maine Community College System. Title: Spring Point Ledge Light Passage: Spring Point Ledge Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in South Portland, Maine that marks a dangerous obstruction on the west side of the main shipping channel into Portland Harbor. It is now adjacent to the campus of Southern Maine Community College. Title: South Portland Bus Service Passage: South Portland Bus Service is a municipally-owned suburban provider of mass transportation. Because the city of South Portland opted out of the Greater Portland Transit District, this community runs its own separate three-route bus service. Two routes serve major shopping areas and loop through major residential streets, funneling residents locally and giving them access to downtown Portland. A third route provides access to Willard Beach and Southern Maine Community College, with all three routes going to downtown Portland. Title: Central Maine Community College Passage: Central Maine Community College is a community college located in Auburn, Maine. It is one of the seven colleges in the Maine Community College System. Title: Barbara W. Woodlee Passage: Barbara W. Woodlee (born 1946) is an American college administrator. She was president of Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, Maine, from 1984 to 2012, and since 2013 has served as chief academic officer of the Maine Community College System. She was the first woman president in both the state technical college and community college systems. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2015.
Southern Maine Community College
Spring Point Ledge Light
Southern Maine Community College
What is a village and civil parish in Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, that has a bishop of the Anglican Communion and the former Bishop of Chile, Bolivia Peru ?
Title: David Pytches Passage: George Edward David Pytches (born 9 January 1931) is a bishop of the Anglican Communion and the former Bishop of Chile, Bolivia Peru. Pytches was also vicar of St Andrew's, in Chorleywood England. He is the author of many books, including "Come Holy Spirit" and his autobiography, "Living at the Edge". He is the founder of the New Wine conferences with his wife Mary, who is also an author in the field of Christian counselling. Title: Chorleywood Passage: Chorleywood is a village and civil parish in Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire. It is situated in the far south-west of Hertfordshire on the border with Buckinghamshire approximately 32 km north-west of Charing Cross. It is part of the London commuter belt and included in the government-defined Greater London Urban Area. Chorleywood as a parish was created in 1845 from part of the parish of Rickmansworth. Title: Watford Rural Passage: Watford Rural is a civil parish in the Three Rivers District of Hertfordshire, England. Located approximately 14 mi northwest of central London and adjacent to the Greater London boundary, it is an urbanised parish characterised by suburban residential development. The local council is Watford Rural Parish Council. The parish covers South Oxhey and Carpenders Park, which although part of the Watford urban area, are outside the borough of Watford. The parish was created in 1894 when the ancient Watford parish was split into urban and rural parishes. At the 2001 census it had a population of 20,250. Title: Parish of the Falkland Islands Passage: The Parish of the Falkland Islands is an extra-provincial church in the Anglican Communion. In 1869, the "Diocese of the Falkland Isles" with jurisdiction over the rest of South America excepting British Guyana" was established. The name was due to a legal technicality: at that time there was no way an English bishop could be consecrated for areas outside the jurisdiction of the Crown. From the start, the bishop resided in Buenos Aires and had his administrative office there. From 1902 to 1973, the jurisdiction of the diocese was progressively reduced in area as more dioceses were established in South America and after the formation of the "Consejo Anglicano Sudamericano" in 1973 as a step towards the formation of a new province of the Anglican Communion the Parish became extra-provincial under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Until the war between Britain and Argentina in 1982, at the Archbishop's request episcopal functions were performed by the Anglican Bishop of Argentina. Title: Sarratt Passage: Sarratt is a village and civil parish in Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire. It is situated 4 mi north of Rickmansworth on high ground near the county boundary with Buckinghamshire. The chalk stream, the River Chess, rising just north of Chesham in the Chiltern Hills, passes through Sarratt Bottom in the valley to the west of the village to join the River Colne in Rickmansworth. The conditions offered by the river are perfect for the cultivation of Cress. Sarratt has the last commercially operating cress farm in Hertfordshire. The valley to the east of Sarratt is dry. Title: Three Rivers District Council Passage: Three Rivers District Council is the local authority for the Three Rivers non-metropolitan district of England, the United Kingdom. Three Rivers is located in the south-west of Hertfordshire, in the East of England region. The Council itself is based in Rickmansworth, the largest settlement in the district, but also comprises Abbots Langley, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Maple Cross, Mill End, Sarratt and South Oxhey.
Chorleywood
David Pytches
Chorleywood
Dete is a small railway re-crewing depot in a country with roughly how many people?
Title: Dete Passage: Dete (previously known as Dett) is a small railway re-crewing depot and developing town on the Bulawayo-Hwange-Victoria Falls railway line in Zimbabwe, approximately 415 km north-west of Bulawayo and 93 km south-east of Hwange, lying within the Hwange National Park. Title: Gadra Road railway station Passage: GADRA ROAD railway station ( ) is a small railway station in Barmer district, Rajasthan. Its code is GDD. It serves Gadra town. The station consists of 2 platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.Best place located near indo-pak border show high religion harmony. People are helpful, brave. The railway lot of contribute in development and progress of town.Railway network is strong- 'Charan-gadra'. Title: Solan railway station Passage: Solan railway station is a small railway station in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site KalkaShimla Railway. Solan railway station is located at an altitude of 1502 m above mean sea level. It was allotted the railway code of SOL under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The wide narrow gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi-Ambala-Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903. In 1905 the line was regauged to wide narrow gauge. Title: Chaksikandar Passage: Chaksikandar is a village in Vaishali district of Bihar, India. It is 13 km east of the district headquarters town Hajipur on NH 103. It is the extreme eastern village of Hajipur Lok sabha constituency. It also located in Raghopur Vidhan Sabha constituency.The neighboring village are Shyampur alias Mansoorpur in north, Khajauta in south, Govindpur Jhakhraha in the east and Gurmiswan in the west. The village has a small market which feeds surrounding villages. Threre is so many shops including Medicine, Stationery, Grocery etc.People of this village is literate. Literary rate of this village is around 95. In this village there is also a Petrol Pump. Weekly Market Held on Thursday and Sunday. In this village there are no private schools. There is a primary school, a secondary school and a higher secondary school, which are run by government. This village also belongs to Shivam. At present Mukhiya of the village is Juhi Parveen according to 2016 panchayat election. There is a small railway station Chaksikandar Railway Station, which is 2 station away from district headquarter hajipur. The railway network is direct connected to hajipur, patliputrabarauni. There is also a railway sleeper factory, which provide no work to villager because it is close. Villager are very helpful. Title: Zimbabwe Passage: Zimbabwe ( ), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the west and southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east and northeast. Although it does not border Namibia, less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates it from that country. The capital and largest city is Harare. A country of roughly 16 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most commonly used. Title: Dharampur Himachal railway station Passage: Dharmpur Himachal railway station is a small railway station in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The station lies on UNESCO World Heritage Site KalkaShimla Railway. Dharmpur railway station is located at an altitude of 1482 m above mean sea level. It was allotted the railway code of DMP under the jurisdiction of Ambala railway division. The narrow gauge Kalka-Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi-Ambala-Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903. In 1905 the line was regauged to gauge.
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Dete
Zimbabwe
Who is the director of the 2016 American mystery thriller drama film in which Haley Loraine Keeling has appeared?
Title: The Girl on the Train (2016 film) Passage: The Girl on the Train is a 2016 American mystery thriller drama film directed by Tate Taylor and written by Erin Cressida Wilson, based on Paula Hawkins' 2015 debut novel of the same name. The film stars Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, dgar Ramrez, and Lisa Kudrow, and follows an alcoholic divorce who becomes involved in a missing persons investigation. Title: Metropia (film) Passage: Metropia is a 2009 English-language Swedish-Danish-Norwegian adult animated mystery thriller drama science fiction film directed by Tarik Saleh. The screenplay was written by Fredrik Edin, Stig Larsson, and Tarik Saleh after a story by Tarik Saleh, Fredrik Edin and Martin Hultman. The film uses a technique where photographs have been altered and heavily stylized in a computer program, and then animated. The visual style is inspired by the works of Terry Gilliam, Roy Andersson and Yuriy Norshteyn. "Metropia" is Boulder Media Limited's first adult animated movie and production. Title: Solace (2015 film) Passage: Solace is a 2015 American mystery thriller film directed by Afonso Poyart and starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin Farrell, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Abbie Cornish. The film's script was originally planned and developed as a sequel to the 1995 thriller film "Se7en", but the idea was eventually scrapped, and "Solace" was completed instead. The film was released on December 16, 2016, by Lionsgate Premiere. The film is about a psychic doctor, John Clancy (Anthony Hopkins), who works with an FBI special agent (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in search of serial killer Charles Ambrose (Colin Farrell). Title: Josh: Independence Through Unity Passage: Josh: Independence Through Unity (Urdu: ) is a 2013 Pakistani mystery thriller drama film written, directed and produced by Iram Parveen Bilal with co-producers Saad Bin Mujeeb and Kelly Thomas. Film is set to be release at Eid-ul-Fitr in Pakistan and India on 10 August 2013. The film stars Aamina Sheikh, Mohib Mirza, Khalid Malik, Naveen Waqar, Adnan Shah, Kaiser Khan Nizamani, Parveen Akber , Nyla Jafri, Salim Mairaj, Faizan Haqquee, Ali Rizvi in the ensemble cast. Title: Haley Bennett Passage: Haley Loraine Keeling (born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Haley Bennett, is an American actress and singer. She made her film debut as pop star Cora Corman in the romantic comedy "Music and Lyrics" (2007). She has since appeared in the films "The Haunting of Molly Hartley" (2008), "College" (2008), "The Hole" (2009), "Kaboom" (2010), "The Equalizer" (2014), "Kristy" (2014), "Hardcore Henry" (2015), "The Magnificent Seven" (2016), and "The Girl on the Train" (2016). Title: Missing (2012 TV series) Passage: Missing is an American mystery thriller drama television series, starring Ashley Judd, Cliff Curtis and Sean Bean. The series ran from March 15, 2012 to May 17, 2012 on ABC. ABC announced on May 17, 2011, that the series would air as a midseason replacement in 2012. Ten episodes were ordered for the first season. ABC canceled the series on May 11, 2012. The show was nominated for two Emmy Awards in 2012 one for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Judd) and the other for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.
Tate Taylor
Haley Bennett
The Girl on the Train (2016 film)
Kenny Hall had a curacy in which town in County Tyrone?
Title: Kenny Hall Passage: He was educated at Royal School Dungannon and Trinity College Dublin and ordained in 1998. After a curacies in Derryloran, Drumglass and Brackaville he held incumbencies at Coalisland and Enniskillen until his appointment as Dean. Title: Dungannon Passage: Dungannon (from Irish: "Dn Geanainn" , meaning "Geanann's stronghold" ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the third-largest town in the county (after Omagh and Strabane) and had a population of 15,889 at the 2011 Census. The Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council had its headquarters in the town, though since 2015 it has been covered by Mid-Ulster District Council. Title: Sixmilecross Passage: Sixmilecross is a townland and small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Its toponym is said to be derived from a Celtic cross that stood in a field outside the village, in the townland of Aughnaglea and also from its distance of six Irish miles from Omagh. The original Irish name for Sixmilecross is 'Na Corracha Mora', this refers to marshy ground, probably the ground that runs along the Glusha river at the back of the village. Sixmilecross is one of the few villages in County Tyrone that lost all connect with its Irish root name. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh East and the civil parish of Termonmaguirk. The village has a wide, tree lined main street and a population of 282 in the 2001 Census. Sixmilecross is in the Omagh District Council area about 9 mi south-east of Omagh town. Title: Branches of the Cenl nEgain Passage: The Cenl nEgain, or "kindred of Owen", are a branch of the Northern U Nill, who claim descent from Egan mac Nill, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Originally their power-base was in Inishowen, with their capital at Ailech, in County Donegal. Under pressure from the Cenl Conaill they gradually spread their influence eastwards into modern counties Tyrone and Londonderry, pushing aside the Cruithin east of the River Bann, and encroaching on the Airgiallan tribes west of Lough Neagh. By the 11th century their power-base had moved from Ailech to Tullyhogue outside Cookstown, County Tyrone. By the 12th century the Cenl Conaill conquered Inishowen, however it mattered little to the Cenl nEghain as they had established a powerful over-kingdom in the east that had become known as Tr Eoghain, or the "Land of Owen", preserved in the modern-day name of County Tyrone. Title: River Blackwater (Northern Ireland) Passage: The River Blackwater or Ulster Blackwater is a river in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It also forms part of the border between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, flowing between counties Tyrone and Monaghan, intersecting into Monaghan briefly. Its source is to the north of Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. The river divides County Armagh from County Tyrone and also divides County Tyrone from County Monaghan. Title: Magheramason Passage: Magheramason (from Irish: "Machaire Measin" ) is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The village sits near the County LondonderryCounty Tyrone border, 5 miles from the city of Derry and 9 miles from the town of Strabane. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 393 people. It lies within the Strabane District Council area.
Dungannon
Kenny Hall
Dungannon
The song "Tonight Quintet" had its lyrics composed by an American lyricist born in what year?
Title: Dennis Spiegel Passage: Dennis Spiegel is an American lyricist. At the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards Spiegel won the award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (shared with composer Curt Sobel) for the song "Why Do I Lie?" from the HBO movie "Cast a Deadly Spell". He is a three time Emmy nominee. His film work includes the Michael Caine movie "Blame it on Rio" for which he wrote the lyrics for the song score. Title: Michael Carr (composer) Passage: Michael Carr (11 March 1905 16 September 1968), real name Maurice Alfred Cohen, was a British popular music composer and lyricist born in Leeds. He is best remembered for the song "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)", written with Jimmy Kennedy for the 1939 film of the same name. Title: Jerry Seelen Passage: Jerry Seelen, whose real name is Jerome Seelen, was an American screenwriter and lyricist born March 11, 1912 in New York City (New York) and died September 12, 1981 in San Diego (California). Title: Tonight Quintet Passage: The "Tonight Quintet" is a song from the musical "West Side Story" (1957), with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Carol J. Oja has written that, "with the 'Tonight' quintet, Bernstein once again created a masterpiece of ensemble, one that rivals the best of such moments in European opera." Her remark echoes the earlier view of Will Crutchfield. In his review of the 1984 studio performance of "West Side Story", which was conducted by Bernstein himself, Crutchfield wrote that the release of the recording "is above all an occasion for celebrating one of the great operas of our century. ... This idea is hotly resisted, but the best argument for it is here on the records in the music itself. I can see no reason why the 'Tonight' ensemble should not be compared to the quartet from "Rigoletto"." Title: Stephen Sondheim Passage: Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( ; born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has been described by Frank Rich of "The New York Times" as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater." His best-known works as composer and lyricist include "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "Pacific Overtures", "", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Sunday in the Park with George", "Into the Woods", "Assassins", and "Passion". He also wrote the lyrics for "West Side Story" and "Gypsy". Title: Gor Matsui Passage: Gor Matsui ( , Matsui Gor ) is a Japanese lyricist born 11 December 1957 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, though he considers Tokyo to be his hometown. Beginning with participation in the Yamaha Popular Song Contests, he made his debut writing the lyrics for the 1981 Chage and Aska album "Hot Wind" ( , Nepp ) .
1930
Tonight Quintet
Stephen Sondheim
Which former American lawyer and Republican politician currently leads the agency that was created for the purpose of protecting human health?
Title: Ken Cook Passage: Ken Cook is president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. Cook has written dozens of articles, opinion pieces, and reports on environmental, public health, and agricultural topics. He has been an active lobbyist for over 20 years. Title: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Passage: The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ or commonly DEQ within the state) is a department of the government of Arkansas under the Governor of Arkansas. It is responsible for protecting human health and for safeguarding the natural environment: air, water, and land. ADEQ is responsible for permitting and ensuring compliance with the regulations of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, which makes environmental policy in Arkansas. Title: Scott Pruitt Passage: Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma who is currently the fourteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Nominated for the position by President Donald Trump, Pruitt was confirmed by the United States Senate to lead the EPA on February 17, 2017. Title: United States Environmental Protection Agency Passage: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or sometimes U.S. EPA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. The order establishing the EPA was ratified by committee hearings in the House and Senate. The agency is led by its Administrator, who is appointed by the President and approved by Congress. The current Administrator is Scott Pruitt. The EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the Administrator is normally given cabinet rank. Title: Rich Vial Passage: Armand Richard Vial (born 195455) is an American lawyer and Republican politician currently serving in the Oregon House of Representatives. He represents the 26th district, which covers parts of southern Washington County and the extreme west of Clackamas County. Title: Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Passage: The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Urdu: , abbreviated as PEPA), is an executive agency Government of Pakistan managed by the Ministry of Environment. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulation based on laws passed by Parliament. The Pak-EPA was proposed by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif; it began operations in 1997 after Parliament passed a law to establish a federal executive agency. The agency is led by an appointed director-general, who is appointed by the Prime Minister on the advice of the Minister for Environment. The current director-general is Farzana Altaf Shah. Pak-EPA is not a Cabinet department, but the director-general is normally given the cabinet rank. Farzana Altaf Shah was recently permoted to the cabinet rank . She is the first female Director General appointed on 17 October 2016.
Scott Pruitt
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Scott Pruitt
Ellen Mirojnick worked on the film about which pianist?
Title: Egil Kapstad Passage: Egil Kapstad (6 August 1940 13 July 2017) was a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote the music for more than 50 productions for theater, and also composed for film and television drama. Kapstad composed classical works for orchestra, choir, string quartet, and smaller ensembles, and was a chief executive of the association "Ny Musikk". He worked as a host in television for NRK. Egil Kapstad's Trio worked as a small orchestra in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix of 1965. Title: In This Our Life Passage: In This Our Life is a 1942 American drama film, the second to be directed by John Huston. The screenplay by Howard Koch is based on the 1941 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by Ellen Glasgow. The cast included the established stars Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland as sisters and rivals in romance and life. Raoul Walsh also worked as director, taking over when Huston was called away for a war assignment after the United States entered World War II, but he was uncredited. This film was the third of six films that de Havilland and Davis starred in together. Title: Ellen Mirojnick Passage: Ellen Mirojnick is an American costumer designer. She won an Emmy for her work on "Behind the Candelabra" (2013). Her other work includes "The Knick" (2014) and "Basic Instinct" (1992). Title: Jimmy Dale (musician) Passage: Jimmy Dale (23 October 1935 20 May 2017) was a British-born Canadian arranger, composer, conductor, organist, and pianist. He was active as a music director for both Canadian and United States television during the 1970s and 1980s. He has also composed several film and television scores and written a number of TV theme songs and jingles. He has also worked as an arranger and pianist for both performances and recordings with several notable artists. Title: Kim Roberts (filmmaker) Passage: Kim Roberts, A.C.E., is an American filmmaker who has worked primarily on documentaries as a film editor and writer. Roberts has a master's degree in documentary film production from Stanford University (1996). Her first credit as an editor was for "Long Night's Journey into Day" (2000), which was directed by Deborah Hoffmann and Frances Reid and that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. She was credited as both an editor and writer for "Great Wall Across the Yangtze" (2000), which was directed by Ellen Perry. Her work since then and several of her honors are sketched in the filmography below. Roberts was featured in a "New York Times" article on film editing in 2012. She has been selected for membership in the American Cinema Editors, which entitles editors to append "A.C.E." to their film credits. Title: Behind the Candelabra Passage: Behind the Candelabra is a 2013 American drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh. It dramatizes the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace and the relationship he had with Scott Thorson. It is based on Thorsons memoir, "" (1988). Richard LaGravenese wrote the screenplay. Jerry Weintraub was the executive producer. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2013 and competed for the Palme d'Or. It aired on HBO on May 26, 2013 and was given a cinematic release in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2013. The film received general acclaim from television critics including praise for the performances of Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.
Liberace
Ellen Mirojnick
Behind the Candelabra
The Davies's big-eared bat can be found here, which is the smallest country in South America.
Title: Davies's big-eared bat Passage: Davies's big-eared bat or the graybeard bat (Glyphonycteris daviesi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is named after James (Jim) Davies who discovered it whilst on expedition in French Guiana. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Title: Virginia big-eared bat Passage: The Virginia big-eared bat ("Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus") is one of two endangered subspecies of the Townsends big-eared bat. It is found in West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. In 1979, the US Fish and Wildlife Service categorized this as an endangered species. There are about 20,000 left and most of them can be found in West Virginia. The Virginia Big-Eared Bat is the state bat of Virginia. Title: Brosset's big-eared bat Passage: Brosset's big-eared bat ("Micronycteris brosseti") is a bat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana and Peru. It feeds on insects and sometimes fruit and the exact population is unknown. The only listed threat is deforestation. Title: Little big-eared bat Passage: The little big-eared bat (Micronycteris megalotis) is a bat species in the order Chiroptera and family Phyllostomidae. It is from South and Central America particularly Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Suriname and Trinidad. Though its exact population is unknown, it is considered widespread and occurs in protected areas, although its minor threats may be deforestation, but nonetheless is classified Least Concern. It is found in multistratal evergreen forests and dry thorn forests and forages near streams and is found hollow trees, logs, caverns, or houses with groups up to twelve. The head and body length measures at 43.8 mm for males and 44.6 for females and males usually weigh about 5 g while females weigh 5.7 g. Title: Suriname Passage: Suriname ( , or , also spelled Surinam), officially known as the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: "Republiek Suriname" ] ), is a sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south. At just under 165000 km2 , it is the smallest country in South America. Suriname has a population of approximately , most of whom live on the country's north coast, in and around the capital and largest city, Paramaribo. Title: Yellow-throated big-eared bat Passage: The yellow-throated big-eared bat or orange-throated bat ("Lampronycteris brachyotis") is a species of bat from South and Central America, where it ranges from southern Mexico to Brazil. It is monotypic within the genus "Lampronycteris". A frugivore and insectivore, it is found in lowland forest up to an elevation of 700 m. Activity is greatest in the first two hours after sunset, and peaks again after midnight.
Suriname
Davies's big-eared bat
Suriname