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Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir was the last major Tahirid to hold high office in what dynasty?
Title: Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir Passage: Abu Ahmad Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir (Arabic: أبو أحمد عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن طاهر‎ ‎ , ca. 838 – May 913) was a ninth century Tahirid official and military officer. He was the last major Tahirid to hold high office, having served as the governor of Baghdad at various points between 867 and 891. Title: Tahirid dynasty Passage: The Tahirid dynasty (Persian: طاهریان‎ ‎ , "Tâhereyân") was a dynasty, of Persian dihqan origin, that governed the Abbasid province of Khorasan from 821 to 873 and the city of Baghdad from 820 until 891. The dynasty was founded by Tahir ibn Husayn, a leading general in the service of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun. Their capital in Khorasan was initially located at Merv but was later moved to Nishapur. The Tahirids enjoyed a high degree of autonomy in their governance of Khorasan, but they remained subject to the Abbasid caliphate and were not independent rulers. Title: Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir Passage: Abu'l-Abbas Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir (824/5 – November 867) was a Tahirid who served the Abbasid Caliphate as governor and chief of police ("sahib al-shurta") of Baghdad from 851 until his death, during a particularly troubled period in the city's history, which included its siege during the civil war of 865–866, in which he played a major role. He also served in the 860s as governor of Iraq, Mecca and Medina, and was noted as a scholar, a poet and a patron of artists and scholars. Title: Muhammad ibn Mikal Passage: Muhammad ibn Mikal was an Iranian nobleman from the Mikalid family, who served as a military commander of the Tahirid dynasty. He was the son of Mikal, a nobleman who had left Iraq and settled in Khurasan, and could trace his descent back to the Sogdian ruler Divashtich. Muhammad also had a brother named Shah ibn Mikal, who, during his early career, along with Muhammad, played an important role under the Tahirid ruler Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani. In 864, the Alid Hasan ibn Zayd conquered Tabaristan from the Tahirids, while another Alid named Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn al-Hasan expelled the Tahirid governor of Ray, and captured the city. The Tahirid ruler Muhammad ibn Tahir shortly sent an army from Khurasan under Muhammad ibn Mikal, who managed to recapture the city and capture Muhammad ibn Ja'far. Hasan, however, quickly made a counter-attack under his Dailamite general Wajin, who managed to rout the army of Muhammad ibn Mikal, and kill the latter. Title: Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir Passage: Sulayman ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir (Arabic: سليمان بن عبد الله بن طاهر‎ ‎ ) was a ninth century Tahirid official in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate. He was the last Tahirid governor of Tabaristan, ruling there until he was expelled by the rebellion of al-Hasan ibn Zayd in 864, and was afterwards appointed governor of Baghdad and the Sawad in 869, a position which he held until his death in 879.
Tahirid dynasty
Ubaydallah ibn Abdallah ibn Tahir
Tahirid dynasty
Are Robert Florey and Geoff Murphy both in the film-making profession?
Title: Geoff Murphy Passage: Geoffrey Peter Murphy {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 13 October 1938) is a New Zealand filmmaker, as a producer, director and screenwriter best known for his work during the renaissance of New Zealand cinema that began in the last half of the 1970s. His second feature "Goodbye Pork Pie" (1981) was the first New Zealand movie to win major commercial success on its own soil. Title: Robert Florey Passage: Robert Florey (14 September 1900 – 16 May 1979) was a French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist, and occasional actor. Title: The Preview Murder Mystery Passage: The Preview Murder Mystery is a 1936 American mystery-comedy, directed by Robert Florey and shot in the Paramount studio. The plot follows a studio public relations man who attempts to trap a killer using television technology, allowing on-screen glimpses of technicians like Florey's cinematographer Karl Struss. Title: Goodbye Pork Pie Passage: Goodbye Pork Pie is a 1981 New Zealand film directed by Geoff Murphy, co-produced by Murphy and Nigel Hutchinson, and written by Geoff Murphy and Ian Mune. The film was New Zealand's first large-scale local hit. One book described it as "Easy Rider" meets the "Keystone Kops". Title: Adventures of Don Juan Passage: Adventures of Don Juan (released in the UK as The New Adventures of Don Juan) is a 1948 American Technicolor swashbuckling adventure romance film from Warner Bros., produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Vincent Sherman, that stars Errol Flynn and Viveca Lindfors, with Robert Douglas, Alan Hale, Ann Rutherford, and Robert Warwick. Also in the cast are Barbara Bates, Raymond Burr, and Mary Stuart. The screenplay by George Oppenheimer and Harry Kurnitz, based on a story by Herbert Dalmas, has uncredited contributions by William Faulkner and Robert Florey.
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Robert Florey
Geoff Murphy
Consider the eccentric Knoxville businessman with whom George Roby Dempster often staged politcal battles. In what year were they born?
Title: Cas Walker Passage: Orton Caswell "Cas" Walker (March 23, 1902 – September 25, 1998), was a Tennessee businessman, politician, and personality on television and radio. Walker founded a successful chain of small grocery stores that grew to include several dozen stores scattered throughout the Knoxville, Tennessee vicinity as well as parts of Virginia and Kentucky. From 1941 through 1971, Walker served on the Knoxville city council where he became legendary for his uncompromising political stances and his vehement opposition to what he claimed was a corrupt elitism in the city's government. "The Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour", a local variety show sponsored by Walker, ran in various radio and television formats between 1929 and 1983 and helped launch the careers of entertainer Dolly Parton and the Everly Brothers. Title: George Roby Dempster Passage: George Roby Dempster (September 16, 1887 – September 18, 1964) was an American businessman, inventor, and politician, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, during the first half of the twentieth century. Dempster is best known for the invention of the Dempster-Dumpster, a now-commonly-used trash receptacle that can be mechanically emptied into garbage trucks. During the 1910s and 1920s, the Dempster Brothers Construction Company, operated by Dempster and his brothers, built a number of roads and railroads across the Southern Appalachian region. Dempster also served as a city manager and mayor of Knoxville, where he became legendary for his political battles with eccentric Knoxville businessman Cas Walker and "Knoxville Journal" editor Guy Smith, Jr. Title: The Tragedy of Man Passage: The Tragedy of Man (Hungarian: "Az ember tragédiája" ) is a play written by the Hungarian author Imre Madách. It was first published in 1861. The play is considered to be one of the major works of Hungarian literature and is one of the most often staged Hungarian plays today. Many lines have become common quotations in Hungary. The 1984 film "The Annunciation" ("Angyali üdvözlet") was based on the play, as was the 2011 animated film "The Tragedy of Man". Title: Reza Abdoh Passage: Reza Abdoh (February 23, 1963 in Tehran, Iran – May 12, 1998 in New York City) was an Iranian-born American director and playwright known for large-scale, experimental theatrical productions, often staged in unusual spaces like warehouses and abandoned buildings. Title: The Benton Review Passage: The Benton Review is a weekly newspaper serving Benton, Jasper, Newton, Tippecanoe, Warren and White counties in Indiana. It began July 1875 as the "Benton Democrat"; by 1902 it was bought by George Roby as the "Benton Review", and he combined it with the "Fowler Leader" in 1914. The paper's masthead describes it as a combination of the "Fowler Leader" (founded 1893 by John P. Carr) and the "Fowler Republican".
1902
George Roby Dempster
Cas Walker
Eric Dane co-starred in a film directed by who?
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, Héctor 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: Eric Dane Passage: Eric Dane (born Eric T. Melvin, November 9, 1972) is an American actor. After appearing in television roles throughout the 2000s such as "Charmed", he became known for playing Dr. Mark Sloan on the medical drama television series "Grey's Anatomy", as well as films, co-starring in "Marley & Me" (2008), "Valentine's Day" (2010), and "Burlesque" (2010). He stars as Captain Tom Chandler in the apocalyptic drama "The Last Ship." Title: One Flight Down (Grey's Anatomy) Passage: "One Flight Down" is the twentieth episode of the eleventh season of the American television medical drama "Grey's Anatomy", and is the 240th episode overall. It aired on April 16, 2015 on ABC in the United States. The episode was written Austin Guzman and directed by David Greenspan. The episode features a plane crash in Seattle bringing patients to Grey Sloan Memorial and old memories of the season 8's tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh) back to Meredith Grey, Arizona Robbins and Owen Hunt. Title: Mrs. Dane's Defence (1933 film) Passage: Mrs. Dane's Defence is a 1933 British drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Joan Barry, Basil Gill and Francis James. It was an adaptation of the 1900 play "Mrs Dane's Defence" by Henry Arthur Jones. The play had previously been turned into an American silent "Mrs. Dane's Defense". Title: Burlesque (2010 American film) Passage: Burlesque is a 2010 American backstage musical film written and directed by Steven Antin which stars Cher and Christina Aguilera along with Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher, Kristen Bell and Stanley Tucci. The film was released on November 24, 2010 in North America.
Garry Marshall
Eric Dane
Valentine's Day (2010 film)
What secret program involved Georg von Tiesenhausen?
Title: Georg von Tiesenhausen Passage: Georg F. von Tiesenhausen (born May 18, 1914) is a retired German-American rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States in 1953 as part of Operation Paperclip, he was part of Wernher von Braun's team at the U.S. Army, and later, NASA. He is credited with the first complete design of the Lunar Roving Vehicle and made a variety of other contributions to the space program. Title: Operation Paperclip Passage: Operation Paperclip was a secret program of the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians, such as Wernher von Braun and his V-2 rocket team, were recruited in post-Nazi Germany and taken to the U.S. for government employment, at the end of World War II; many were members and some were leaders of the Nazi Party. Title: Johann Georg von Browne Passage: Count Johann Georg von Browne (or Johann Georg von Browne-Camus; 20 September 1767 – January 1827) was an officer in the Russian army, and settled in Vienna where he was a patron of Ludwig van Beethoven during the composer's early career. Title: Rupert von Trapp Passage: Rupert Georg von Trapp, M.D. (1 November 1911 – 22 February 1992) was the firstborn child and eldest son of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. He was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and film "The Sound of Music". He was portrayed as the character "Friedrich". Title: Ferdinand von Tiesenhausen Passage: Count Berend Gregor Ferdinand ("Fiodor Ivanovich" in Russian) von Tiesenhausen (June 1, 1782, Reval – December 2, 1805, at the Battle of Austerlitz) was a Russian noble and military officer of German Baltic origin.
Operation Paperclip
Georg von Tiesenhausen
Operation Paperclip
What is included in the complex where the play Punk Rock was premiered?
Title: Royal Exchange, Manchester Passage: The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann's Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Exchange Shopping Centre. Title: Punk Rock (play) Passage: Punk Rock is a play by the British playwright Simon Stephens which premiered at the Royal Exchange in 2009 and transferred to the Lyric Hammersmith directed by Sarah Frankcom. The play concerns a group of private school sixth formers during their A Level mocks exams. Title: A Common Goal Passage: A Common Goal is an American Christian punk band, and they primarily play punk rock and alternative rock. They come from Boston, Massachusetts. The band started making music in 2009, and their members are lead vocalist and guitarist, Mike May, lead guitarist and background vocalist, Scott Grenon, bassist and background vocalist, Brett Ennis, and drummer and background vocalist, Jason Autrey. The band have released one extended play, "For God and Country", in 2013, with Thumper Punk Records. Their first studio album, "Blessings and Battles", was released in 2013 by Thumper Punk Records. Title: The Kings Kids Passage: The Kings Kids is an American Christian punk band, and they primarily play punk rock. They come from Salinas, California. The band started making music in 2005. They released, "Set Sail and Seek…", a studio album, in 2011. Title: The Briefs Passage: The Briefs are a punk rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 2000 and originally consisting of Daniel J. Travanti (guitar/vocals), Steve E. Nix (guitar/vocals), Lance Romance (bass/vocals) and Chris Brief (drums/vocals). They play punk rock music, influenced by acts such as Buzzcocks, The Undertones and The Adverts. They released their first full-length album, "Hit After Hit", in October 2000 via Dirtnap Records. The band was courted by and reportedly signed with major label Interscope Records, following their 2002 release of "Off the Charts", but that deal fell through. The Briefs surfaced on California's BYO Records with the release of 2004's "Sex Objects" and the reissue of their Dirtnap-era full lengths. They most recently released "Steal Yer Heart" in 2005. The Briefs have released a prolific number of 7" singles during their career, on several small independent labels.
the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Exchange Shopping Centre.
Punk Rock (play)
Royal Exchange, Manchester
Are eith Nicotiana or Encyclia genus of pine trees?
Title: Encyclia Passage: Encyclia is a genus of orchids. The genus name comes from Greek "enkykleomai" ("to encircle"), referring to the lateral lobes of the lip which encircle the column. The abbreviation in the horticultural trade is E. Title: Nicotiana Passage: Nicotiana ( ) is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs of the family Solanaceae, that is indigenous to the Americas, Australia, south west Africa and the South Pacific. Various "Nicotiana" species, commonly referred to as tobacco plants, are cultivated as ornamental garden plants. " N. tabacum" is grown worldwide for production of tobacco leaf for cigarettes and other tobacco products. Title: Nicotiana sylvestris Passage: Nicotiana sylvestris is a species of the genus "Nicotiana", known by the common names woodland tobacco, flowering tobacco, and South American tobacco. It is a perennial plant in the tobacco genus "Nicotiana". Title: Diprion similis Passage: Diprion similis is a species of sawfly in the family Diprionidae. It is native to central and northern Europe and Asia but has been accidentally introduced into North America where it has become invasive. The larvae feed on the needles of pine trees, especially those of the white pine ("Pinus strobus"). In North America it is known as the introduced pine sawfly or the imported pine sawfly. It is also known as the white pine sawfly because of its preference for feeding on the white pine, but this name is confusing because another sawfly, "Neodiprion pinetum", whose larvae also feed on this tree, is itself known as the "white pine sawfly". Title: Marchalina hellenica Passage: Marchalina hellenica is a scale insect that lives in the eastern Mediterranean region, mainly in Greece and Turkey. It is the sole member of the genus "Marchalina". It lives by sucking the sap of pine trees, mainly the Turkish Pine ("Pinus brutia") and, to smaller extent, Aleppo Pine ("Pinus halepensis"), Scots Pine ("Pinus sylvestris") and Stone Pine ("Pinus pinea"). It can be found in the cracks and under the scales of the bark of these trees, hidden under the white cotton-like wax it secretes. Its main form of reproduction is parthenogenesis.
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Nicotiana
Encyclia
Are both documentary films The One Percent and Air Force, Incorporated from the same country?
Title: The One Percent (film) Passage: The One Percent is a 2006 documentary about the growing wealth gap between the wealthy elite compared to the overall citizenry in the United States. It was created by Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, and produced by Jamie Johnson and Nick Kurzon. The film's title refers to the top one percent of Americans in terms of wealth, who controlled 42.2 percent of total financial wealth in 2004. Title: Air Force, Incorporated Passage: Air Force, Incorporated (Spanish: "Fuerza aérea sociedad anónima" ) is a 2006 Argentine documentary film written and directed by Enrique Piñeyro. The picture was executive produced by Aqua Films' Verónica Cura and produced by Enrique Piñeyro. Title: Royal Air Force Music Services Passage: Royal Air Force Music Services is the organization which provides military musical support to the Royal Air Force. Based at RAF Northolt (previously at RAF Uxbridge) and RAF Cranwell, it forms the central administration of one hundred and seventy musicians divided between the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, The Band of the Royal Air Force College, The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment and Headquarters Music Services. These main military bands contain within their ranks the Royal Air Force Squadronnaires, Royal Air Force Swing Wing, Royal Air Force Shades of Blue, and The Salon Orchestra of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Title: Hellenic Air Force Passage: The Hellenic Air Force (HAF; Greek: Πολεμική Αεροπορία , "Polemikí Aeroporía", literally "War Aviation", sometimes abbreviated as ΠΑ) is the air force of Greece (with Hellenic being a synonym for Greek). The mission of the Hellenic Air Force is to guard and protect Greek airspace, provide air assistance and support to the Hellenic Army and the Hellenic Navy, as well as the provision of humanitarian aid in Greece and around the world. The Hellenic Air Force includes approximately 33,000 active troops, of whom 11,750 are career officers, 14,000 are professional conscripts (ΕΠ.ΟΠ.) , 7,250 are volunteer conscripts and 1,100 are women. During the period of monarchy between 1935–1973 the force was known as the Royal Hellenic Air Force (RHAF) (Greek: Ἑλληνικὴ Βασιλικὴ Ἀεροπορία , "Ellinikí Vasilikí Aeroporía"). The motto of the Hellenic Air Force is the ancient Greek phrase Αἰὲν Ὑψικρατεῖν ("Aièn Hypsikrateîn", "Always Dominate the Heights"), and the HAF ensign represents a flying eagle in front of the Hellenic Air Force roundel. The Hellenic Air Force is one of the three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces. Title: Wildlife of Djibouti Passage: The Wildlife of Djibouti, consisting of flora and fauna, is in a harsh landscape with forest accounting for less than one percent of the total area of the country. The flora and fauna species are most found in the northern part of the country in the ecosystem of the Day Forest National Park at an average altitude 1500 m , including the massif Goda, with a peak of 1783 m . It covers an area of 3.5 km2 of "Juniperus procera" forest, with many of the trees rising to 20 m height. This forest area is the main habitat of critically endangered and endemic Djibouti francolin, and another recently noted vertebrate, "Platyceps afarensis". The area also contains many species of woody and herbaceous plants, including boxwood and olive trees, which account for sixty percent of the total identified species in the country.
no
The One Percent (film)
Air Force, Incorporated
Vaishali Samant appears on the soundtrack of a film directed by which person?
Title: Vaishali Samant Passage: Vaishali Samant is an Indian music composer,lyricist and playback singer who is popularly known for her work in the Marathi film and music industry. Her career on television has included being a judge on the reality singing competition shows. she has sung in include Bengali, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Assamese, Tamil and Telugu. She has sung over 2000 songs in Marathi. Her Aika Dajiba, Kombadi Palali, Nad khula and Durchya Ranat songs are popular and a hit. Title: Karaar Passage: Karaar is a Marathi feature film directed by Manoj Kotian, and starring Subodh Bhave, Urmila Kothare, Kranti Redkar, Suhasini Mule, and Aarti More. The songs from the film are sung by Avdhoot Gupte, Shreya Ghoshal, Bela Shende, Sonu Kakkar, Jasraj Joshi, Neha Rajpal and Vaishali Samant. In today's competitive world people are working hard for proving themselves, they are losing their emotional values in the relation of love, the film takes a look at what happens when people begin to live their lives on the basis of formal agreements registered in courts. Title: Kubi Matthu Iyala Passage: Kubi Matthu Iyala is a 1992 Indian Kannada comedy drama film directed and produced by Sadanand Suvarna and written by Poornachandra Tejaswi based on his own novel. The film featured Charuhasan , Raghubir Yadav, Lalithanjali and Vaishali Kasaravalli in the lead roles along with a large number of theater artistes in key supporting roles. The film's music was composed by L. Vaidyanathan and cinematography is G. S. Bhaskar. Title: Kal Kissne Dekha Passage: Kal Kissne Dekha (English: "Who knows what will happen tomorrow?" , lit. "Who has seen tomorrow?") is an Indian Hindi sci-fi romance film directed by Vivek Sharma, who earlier directed "Bhootnath". The film introduces debutantes Jackky Bhagnani and Vaishali Desai. It has been reported to have similarities with the 2007 Hollywood film "Next", starring Nicolas Cage. "Kal Kissne Dekha" released on 12 June 2009. . t.The film is going to be remade in Bengali as Vision starring Ankush. Title: Yaava Janmada Maitri Passage: Yaava Janmada Maitri (Kannada: ಯಾವ ಜನ್ಮದ ಮೈತ್ರಿ ) is a 1972 Kannada language romantic drama film directed by Geethapriya and starring Gangadhar and Kalpana in the lead roles. The film is a direct screen adaptation of the novel "Jeevana Chaduranga" written by the novelist Ma. Bhi. She. Actress Vaishali Kasaravalli made her debut in film acting with this film, pairing opposite comedy actor Narasimharaju.
Manoj Kotian
Karaar
Vaishali Samant
X Marks the Spot was presented by the author and travel writer of what nationality?
Title: X Marks the Spot (game show) Passage: X Marks the Spot was a British radio quiz and panel game, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1998 and 2006. It could be likened to be a more light-hearted version of "Round Britain Quiz". It was presented by the comedian and author Pete McCarthy until his death in October 2004. The writer and broadcaster David Stafford took over the reins from series 7. Title: Pete McCarthy Passage: Peter Charles McCarthy Robinson, known as Pete McCarthy (9 November 1951 – 6 October 2004), was an English comedian, radio and television presenter and travel writer. He was noted for his bestselling travel books "McCarthy's Bar" (2000) and "The Road to McCarthy" (2002), in which he explored Ireland and the Irish diaspora around the world. Title: X Marks the Spot (1942 film) Passage: X Marks the Spot is a 1942 film noir crime film directed by George Sherman. It is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name. Title: Ex Girlfriend (band) Passage: Ex Girlfriend was an American girl group whose line-up comprised Monica Boyd, Julia Robertson, Stacy Francis, and Tisha Hunter. Formed in 1989 in Brooklyn, New York by new jack swing group Full Force, the members adopted the surname "X" as part of their dynamic. They were signed to Reprise Records in 1990. Ex Girlfriend was launched into mainstream recognition following the 1991 release of their debut album, "X Marks the Spot", which contained the singles "Why Can't You Come Home" and "You (You're the One for Me)". Following the release of their second album "It's a Woman Thang", the group disbanded in 1994. In 2008, the group briefly reformed. Title: X Marks the Pedwalk Passage: X Marks the Pedwalk (sometimes written as X-Marks the Pedwalk) is a German band whose styles range from post-industrial dance to electronic body music. X Marks the Pedwalk’s influence in the industrial and electronic music scenes was considerable during the 1990s, as they were one of the first and most popular acts from the now defunct record label, Zoth Ommog.
English
X Marks the Spot (game show)
Pete McCarthy
which former lawyer previously held the seat held by Yuh-Line Niou
Title: Yuh-Line Niou Passage: Yuh-Line Niou () is a Taiwanese-American politician. She is a Democratic Party member of the New York State Assembly for the 65th district, the seat previously held by Sheldon Silver. This district which, is heavily Democratic and 40% Asian, includes Chinatown, the Financial District, Battery Park City, and the Lower East Side. Niou is the first Asian-American elected to the State Assembly for this district. Her name is pronounced "you-lean nee-oh" or "you lean new", according to various sources. Title: Sheldon Silver Passage: Sheldon "Shelly" Silver (born February 13, 1944) is a former lawyer and Democratic Party politician from New York City, who rose to become the powerful Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1994 until his arrest on federal corruption charges in 2015. He was initially convicted, but his conviction was overturned. Title: United States gubernatorial elections, 2002 Passage: United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2002 in 36 states and two territories. The Republicans won eight seats previously held by the Democrats, as well the seat previously held by Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, who was elected on the Reform Party ticket but had since renounced his party affiliation. The Democrats won 10 seats previously held by the Republicans, as well as the seat previously held by Maine governor Angus King, an independent. Overall, the Republicans suffered a net loss of one seat while the Democrats made a net gain of three. The Republicans managed to maintain their majority of state governorships, but it was reduced to a margin of only two seats. The elections were notable for the sheer number of state governorships that changed parties – 20 in total, constituting more than half of the seats up for election. The elections were also notable for the inroads that both major parties made in regions where their support had historically been low or waning. Title: Al Jacquet Passage: Al Jacquet is a Netherlands Antilles-born American politician and former lawyer who currently serves as the representative for Florida House of Representatives District 88 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran for the seat after longtime officeholder Bobby Powell left for the Florida State Senate. Jacquet, who previously served as a commissioner for Delray Beach and as a practicing attorney at law, ran for the seat unopposed in the general election, defeating Edwin Ferguson and Angie Gray in the Democratic primary. Jacquet lives in Lantana, Florida, and graduated from DePauw University and the St. Thomas University School of Law. Title: Tom Campbell (California politician) Passage: Thomas John Campbell (born August 14, 1952) is an American academic, educator and former politician. He is Professor of Law at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law, and a Professor of Economics at the George Argyros School of Business and Economics, at Chapman University, in Orange, California. He was Dean of Chapman University School of Law from 2011-16, a former five-term Republican United States Congressman from California's 12th and 15th districts, former member of the California State Senate, a former professor at Stanford Law School, former dean of the Haas School of Business, and former professor of business administration at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2000 he retired from his House seat to run for the U.S. Senate but lost decisively to incumbent Dianne Feinstein. He served as the Director of Finance for the State of California from 2004 to 2005. On June 8, 2010, he lost his third bid for the United States Senate, and second for the seat held by Democrat Barbara Boxer, losing the Republican nomination to Carly Fiorina.
Sheldon Silver
Yuh-Line Niou
Sheldon Silver
David Bell was a third baseman for which team?
Title: Buddy Bell Passage: David Gus Bell (born August 27, 1951) is an American former third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) currently serving as vice president and assistant general manager for the Chicago White Sox. After an 18-year career with four teams, most notably the Cleveland Indians, the Texas Rangers, and the Cincinnati Reds, he managed the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies and Kansas City Royals for three seasons each. He was a five-time MLB All-Star and won six consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Awards from 1979–84. He is the son of outfielder Gus Bell and the father of third basemen David and Mike. Title: David Bell (baseball) Passage: David Michael Bell (born September 14, 1972) is an American former third baseman who currently serves as the bench coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). During his 12-year MLB playing career, he appeared at all four infield positions and played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers. He made his MLB debut for the Indians in 1995. Title: Mike Bell (third baseman) Passage: Michael John Bell (born December 7, 1974) is a Class-A minor league baseball coach for the Visalia Rawhide, former coach of the Yakima Bears, and former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds in the 2000 season. He is the brother of David Bell, son of Buddy Bell and grandson of Gus Bell. Bell is a graduate of Moeller High School. Title: Casey Blake Passage: William Casey Blake (born August 23, 1973) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He had alternated between playing at third base and first base before becoming a full-time third baseman with the Indians. In , Blake moved to right field to accommodate the Indians' signing of third baseman Aaron Boone, and stayed there for two seasons before moving back to third base. Title: Pedro Feliz Passage: Pedro Julio Feliz (born April 27, 1975) is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman in Major League Baseball. Feliz hit 20 or more home runs in four of his first five seasons as a starting third baseman and was an above average fielder at third base. He spent the first eight years of his major league career with the San Francisco Giants (2000 through 2007) before signing a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008.
Indians
Buddy Bell
David Bell (baseball)
Though Cherrie Ireland was born in Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia, she was on holiday in which city when she became paralysed by polio?
Title: Cherrie Ireland Passage: Cheryl "Cherrie" Ann Dallas-Smith (née Loydstrom, formerly Ireland), MBE is an Australian former wheelchair athlete, swimmer and table tennis player who represented her country at two Paralympic Games and two Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Darwin, She was on holiday in Melbourne when she was paralysed by polio at the age of five. Her family moved to Brisbane and she became involved in competitive sport through the Queensland Sports and Social Club for the Disabled. Title: Darwin, Northern Territory Passage: is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, with a population of 142,300. It is the smallest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities, and acts as the Top End's regional centre. Title: Barbara James Passage: Barbara James (nee Johnson) (8 November 1943 – 31 March 2003) was an author, historian, journalist, political adviser and activist based in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. James is best known for documenting the contribution of women to the development of the Northern Territory in books and articles, most significantly, the award-winning "No Man’s Land: Women in the Northern Territory." She was also a press secretary and adviser to Bob Collins, Leader of the Territory Opposition and Senator for the Northern Territory and later Clare Martin, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. Title: Palmerston, Northern Territory Passage: Palmerston is a planned satellite city of Darwin, the capital and largest city in Australia's Northern Territory. Palmerston is situated near Darwin Harbour and had a population of 27,618 at the 2011 census, making it the second largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory. Palmerston is currently the fastest growing city in the Northern Territory and has briefly in the past held the title of the fastest growing city in Australia. Title: Parliament House, Darwin Passage: Parliament House in Darwin is Australia's newest Parliament Building, it has been the seat of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 1994. Parliament House is located on State Square in the centre of Darwin, which is also the administrative centre of the Northern Territory law and government. It features Post modern features. The Northern Territory Library is housed in Parliament House.Construction of Parliament House began in 1990, and the building was completed in 1994, and officially opened by the Governor-General of Australia, Bill Hayden on 18 August 1994. Before Parliament House the former Northern Territory Legislative Council established in 1948 was housed in various temporary buildings around Darwin. After 1974 the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly continued to operate on the same basis, and settled in buildings on the current location until 1990 when they were demolished to allow commencement of the construction of Parliament House. From 1990 to the end of 1994, the Assembly temporarily met in the Chan Building.
Melbourne
Cherrie Ireland
Darwin, Northern Territory
Which American actor and writer produced To Be or Not to Be
Title: To Be or Not to Be (1983 film) Passage: To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson and produced by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was written by Ronny Graham and Thomas Meehan, based on the original story by Melchior Lengyel, Ernst Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer. A remake of the 1942 film of the same name, the film starred Mel Brooks alongside his wife Anne Bancroft; Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer also had starring roles. Title: Mel Brooks Passage: Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show "Your Show of Shows". He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit "The 2000 Year Old Man". He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series "Get Smart", which ran from 1965 to 1970. Title: Sam Hennings Passage: Sam Hennings is an American actor, writer and voice actor. He was born in Georgia with German, English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Hennings has lived most of his career as an actor and writer in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif. Title: Benny Ciaramello Passage: Benjamin "Benny" Ciaramello"' (born April 4, 1981) is an American actor. He first appeared in the blockbuster remake of "War of the Worlds" directed by Steven Spielberg in 2005, next in the independent film "Saint Francis" alongside Dita Von Teese, and then later that same year in "The Guardian" alongside Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner. He would continue on next to star opposite Isabella Rossellini in the showtime pilot "Filthy Gorgeous" written by Ron Nyswaner the Academy Award nominated writer of the film "Philadelphia" and produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan the Academy Award-winning producing team of "Chicago". However, it wasn't until two years later that he became most known to the public for his role as Santiago Herrera, the troubled delinquent in season 2 of the Emmy Award-winning "Friday Night Lights". Shortly after, he signed a deal with ABC in which he guest starred on multiple programs for the network including his recent work as Scott Murphy in the ABC series "Secrets and Lies" opposite Juliette Lewis and Ryan Phillippe in 2015. He has recently been cast in the 1920s crime film "Live By Night" as Paulo Bartolo alongside Ben Affleck and Chris Messina. The film will be directed by Affleck, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Warner Brothers, and is set to be released in October 2017. Title: Dom DeLuise Passage: Dominick DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009) was an American actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, chef and author. He was the husband of actress Carol Arthur and the father of actor, director, pianist, and writer Peter DeLuise, actor David DeLuise, and actor Michael DeLuise. He starred in a number of movies directed by Mel Brooks, in a series of films with career-long best friend Burt Reynolds, and as a voice actor in various animated films by Don Bluth.
Mel Brooks
To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)
Mel Brooks
The artist Mathangi "Maya" arulpragasm's song Bad Girls once appeared on what free online mixtape?
Title: M.I.A. (rapper) Passage: Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 18 July 1975), better known by her stage name M.I.A., is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and activist. She is of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. "M.I.A." is a play on her own name and a reference to the abbreviation of Missing in Action. Her compositions combine elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music. M.I.A. began her career in 2000 as a visual artist, filmmaker and designer in west London before beginning her recording career in 2002. Since rising to prominence in early 2004 for her singles "Sunshowers" and "Galang", charting in Canada and the UK and reaching number 11 on the "Billboard" Hot Dance Singles Sales in the US, she has been nominated for an Academy Award, three Grammy Awards and the Mercury Prize. Title: Bad Girls (M.I.A. song) Passage: "Bad Girls" is a song by British recording artist M.I.A. for her fourth studio album, "Matangi" (2013). The song is written by Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, Marcella Araica and Floyd Nathaniel "Danja" Hills, and produced by Danja. The song, her first release following her departure from XL Recordings in 2011, was self-released worldwide under exclusive license to Interscope Records in the US on 31 January 2012. A shorter version of the song appeared on "Vicki Leekx" (2010), a free online mixtape on 31 December 2010. "Bad Girls" was released as a digital download a day after its world premiere on radio and online. Title: List of Bad Girls Club episodes Passage: The following is a list of episodes of the American reality television series "Bad Girls Club" broadcast on Oxygen. It was first shown on December 5, 2006 and ended on May 2, 2017. As of 2017, 275 episodes have aired, including specials. "Bad Girls Club" has spawned four spin-off series: "Bad Girls Road Trip", "Bad Girls All-Star Battle", "" and "Tanisha Gets Married". Title: Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too Passage: Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too is an American reality television dating game show that premiered on Oxygen on  16, 2010 (2010--) . It is the second spin-off of "Bad Girls Club". Three "bad girls" from previous seasons of "Bad Girls Club" are "looking for the man of their dreams" out of thirteen eligible bachelors. Comedian Bret Ernst hosted the first season. The show was renewed for its third season which premiered  05, 2011 (2011--) . Tanisha Thomas from season 2 of "The Bad Girls Club" has hosted from season two on. Title: Natalie Nunn Passage: Natalie Tynika Nunn (born December 26, 1984) is an American reality television personality best known for being a castmate on the fourth season of the "Bad Girls Club" in 2009-10. She subsequently appeared on "Bad Girls Club" season 13 as well as "Hair Battle Spectacular". Natalie Nunn was also a contestant on the of "". Nunn also participated on the first season of "Bad Girls All-Star Battle".
Vicki Leekx
Bad Girls (M.I.A. song)
M.I.A. (rapper)
Are The Cribs and Mad Season from the same country?
Title: Mad Season (band) Passage: Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994 by members of three popular Seattle-based bands: Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees. Mad Season released only one album, "Above", and is best known for the single "River of Deceit". The band went on a semi-permanent hiatus in 1996 due to the band members' conflicting schedules and vocalist Layne Staley's problems with substance abuse. Attempts were made in the late 1990s to revive the group without Staley; however, the band dissolved following the death of bassist John Baker Saunders in 1999. Staley died three years later of a drug overdose. Title: The Cribs Passage: The Cribs are an English indie rock band originally from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The band consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. They were subsequently joined by ex-The Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr who was made a formal member of the group in 2008. Marr would remain as part of the band until 2011; his departure was officially announced on 11 April through the band's website. The band, who first became active on the concert circuit in 2002, were initially tied to other like-minded UK bands of that time, most notably The Libertines, by a British music press that were looking for a 'British rearguard' to the wave of popular US alternative rock bands of the time. They had outgrown this tag by the time of the commercial success of their third LP. In 2008, "Q" magazine described the band as "The biggest cult band in the UK". Title: If You're Gone Passage: "If You're Gone" is a song by the rock band Matchbox Twenty. It was released in October 2000 as the second single off "Mad Season". The song, written by Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas, became a hit on adult contemporary radio, spending two weeks at number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. It also reached number 5 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, the band's second best-ranking song at this moment, preceded by the single "Bent" from the same album. Rob Thomas never dreamed of the song going out on an album, let alone being a huge success. The horn-driven outro of "If You're Gone" borrows heavily (note for note) from "When the Rainbow Comes" by World Party from their 1990 release "Goodbye Jumbo". Title: Mad Season (song) Passage: "Mad Season" is the title-track and third single off Matchbox Twenty's second album, "Mad Season". It was released on April 16, 2001. The song peaked at #48 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #76 on the UK Singles Chart. Title: Big High Passage: Big High is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 2008 by vocalist Mesa and guitarist Ari Joshua, most noted as the guitarist for Arisawkadoria. On bass there is William "Sandy" Dickerson, and on drums there is Barrett Martin. The band recorded one untitled demo at London bridge studio before original drummer Steven Barci left the band to tour with Manx guitarist Davy Knowles and The Back Door Slam. Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and Mad Season fame joined the band in late 2009 and quickly began recording a self-titled debut album at Seattle's legendary Avast Studios in Ballard Washington. The debut album was released internationally on June 15, 2010 through Burnside Distribution in Portland, Oregon.
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The Cribs
Mad Season (band)
What is the former leader of the school of Soviet and Russian humorists's son the head of?
Title: Arkady Raikin Passage: Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (Russian: Аркадий Исаакович Райкин ; 24 October [O.S. 11 October] 1911 – 17 December 1987) was a Soviet stand-up comedian, theater and film actor, and stage director. He led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century. Title: Konstantin Raikin Passage: Konstantin Arkadyevich Raikin (Константи́н Арка́дьевич Ра́йкин, July 8, 1950, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian actor and theatre director, the head of the Moscow Satyricon Theatre (since 1988). Konstantin Raikin has been honoured with the titles Meritorious Artist of Russia (1985) and the People's Artist of Russia (1993). Among his accolades are the Russian State Prize (1995), the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (III, IV – 2000, 2010) and the Golden Mask award (1995, 2000, 2005, 2008). He is the son of Arkady Raikin, the legendary Soviet actor and stand-up comedian. Title: Carole James Passage: Carole Alison James, MLA (born December 22, 1957) is a Canadian politician and former public administrator. She is the MLA for the Victoria-Beacon Hill electoral district. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP), a social democratic political party. She announced her intention to resign as leader on December 6, 2010 and was officially replaced by interim leader Dawn Black on January 20, 2011. Title: Nimal Siripala de Silva Passage: Nilenthi Nimal Siripala de Silva MP (born 6 September 1944) is Sri Lanka's Cabinet Minister of Transprt in 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District. He was also the former Leader of the Opposition, former Cabinet Minister (Irrigation and Water Resources Management), former Leader of the House. Title: Servando Gómez Martínez Passage: Servando Gómez Martínez (born February 6, 1966), commonly referred to by his alias La Tuta (The Teacher) for once being a teacher, is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a criminal organization based in the state of Michoacán. He is a former leader and founder member of La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, the split-off group of the Knights Templar. On February 27, 2015, he was arrested by Mexican security forces in Morelia, Michoacán.
Moscow Satyricon Theatre
Konstantin Raikin
Arkady Raikin
What was the population of the town where The Boulder Dam Hotel is located?
Title: Boulder Dam Hotel Passage: The Boulder Dam Hotel, also known as the Boulder City Inn, is a hotel located in Boulder City, Nevada that is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. It was designed in the Colonial Revival style by architect Henry Smith. The hotel was built to accommodate official visitors and tourists during the building of Boulder Dam, now Hoover Dam. Title: Boulder City, Nevada Passage: Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada. It is approximately 26 mi southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2010 census, the population of Boulder City was 15,023. Title: Fontana Dam, North Carolina Passage: Fontana Dam (also known as Fontana Village) is a town in Graham County, North Carolina, United States. Fontana Dam is located on North Carolina Highway 28 near the Fontana Dam and the Little Tennessee River. The town incorporated in 2011 and has a full-time population of 33. Title: Beaver Dam (town), Wisconsin Passage: Beaver Dam is a town in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,440 at the 2000 census. The City of Beaver Dam is located within the town. The unincorporated communities of Beaver Edge, Leipsig, and Sunset Beach are also located in the town. The ghost town of Clason Prairie was also located in the town. Title: Boulder Junction (CDP), Wisconsin Passage: Boulder Junction is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the town of Boulder Junction, Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. Boulder Junction is 23 mi northwest of Eagle River. Boulder Junction has a post office with ZIP code 54512. As of the 2010 census, its population was 183.
15,023
Boulder Dam Hotel
Boulder City, Nevada
How many awards did the alphabetically first animator of The Country Cousin receive?
Title: The Country Cousin Passage: The Country Cousin is a Walt Disney animated short film released on October 31, 1936 by United Artists. The winner of the 1936 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, the film was produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred Jackson, and animated by Art Babbitt and Les Clark. As is true for most cartoons in the "Silly Symphonies" series, "The Country Cousin" was built around a musical score, which was written by Leigh Harline. The film's story was based on one of Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. It was accompanied by a storybook for young children, which was usual for the most popular "Silly Symphonies". Title: Art Babbitt Passage: Arthur Harold Babitsky (October 8, 1907 – March 4, 1992), better known as Art Babbitt, was an American animator, best known for his work at The Walt Disney Company. He received over 80 awards as an animation director and animator, and also developed the character of Goofy. Babbitt worked as an animator or animation director on such films as "The Three Little Pigs" (1933), "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), "Fantasia" (1940), and "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" (1964), among others. Title: Shannon Worrell Passage: Shannon Worrell is a singer-songwriter based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Known for a series of critically acclaimed albums in the 1990s culminating with an appearance (as September 67) on the Lilith Fair tour and for collaborations with fellow Charlottesville-based musicians Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Worrell's acoustic songwriting has been described as "subtly orchestrated chamber pop" and "like a lean country cousin of the Throwing Muses." Title: SimFarm Passage: SimFarm: SimCity's Country Cousin, developed by Maxis in 1993, is a computer game in which players build and manage a virtual farm. It was released in 1993 as a spin-off of "SimCity". Title: List of awards and nominations received by 2NE1 Passage: This is a comprehensive list of the awards received by 2NE1, a girl group formed by YG Entertainment in South Korea. Their first extended play, "2NE1" (2009), was received well and spawned the hits "Fire" and "I Don't Care", one of the biggest singles of 2009. It earned 2NE1 many awards and nominations. After initial success in 2009, the group released their first full-length album in 2010, "To Anyone". " Clap Your Hands", "Go Away", and "Can't Nobody" were used as promotional singles. In 2011, they came back with the second EP, "2NE1" (2011), which earned 2NE1 many awards and nominations, including Album of the Year, and Song of the Year for the lead single "I Am the Best". They released four singles in 2012 to 2013, including the hits "I Love You" and "Missing You", and released their first full-album in Japan. They released their second full Korean album "Crush" in 2014 with the lead single "Come Back Home", and entered the Billboard 200 chart. In January 2017, they released a farewell song called "Goodbye" for their fans after the announce of their disbandment.
over 80
The Country Cousin
Art Babbitt
Rubi Lira Miranda Palmieri was born in a city whose name honors what Apostle?
Title: Rubi Palmieri Passage: Rubi Lira Miranda Palmieri (born October 6, 1983 in São Paulo) is a female water polo player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She played in an attacking position in the national squad. Title: São Paulo Passage: São Paulo ( ; ] ; "Saint Paul" in English) is a municipality in the southeast region of Brazil. The metropolis is an alpha global city—as listed by the GaWC—and is the most populous city in Brazil and Americas as well as in the Southern Hemisphere. The municipality is also the largest in the Americas and Earth's 12th largest city proper by population. The city is the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, one of 26 constituent states of the republic. It is the most populous and wealthiest city in Brazil. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The name of the city honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area of Greater São Paulo ranks as the most populous in Brazil, the 11th most populous on Earth, and largest Portuguese language-speaking city in the world. Title: Naraboryctes Passage: Naraboryctes is an extinct genus of marsupial from early Miocene deposits of Boodjamulla National Park of Riversleigh area, northwestern Queensland, Australia. It was first named by Michael Archer, Robin Beck, Miranda Gott, Suzanne Hand, Henk Godthelp and Karen Black in 2011 and the type species is "Naraboryctes philcreaseri". The generic name means “to drink” (naraba in Garrawa and Waanyi languages of northwestern Queensland) in reference to its rainforest palaeohabitat + “digger” (oryctes in Greek) in reference to its fossorial specializations and close relationship to Notoryctes, and the specific name honors Phil Creaser. Title: José Santos Lira Calvo Passage: José Santos Lira Calvo (1809 – 25 October, 1886) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He was born on the San Jose de Toro estate, Chimbarongo in 1809 and died in the city of Santiago on October 25, 1885. He was the son of José Santos Lira Contreras and Carmen Calvo Argomedo. He was married to Martina Rencoret y Cienfuegos. He was the father of one of the four great masters of Chilean painting, the painter Pedro Lira. Title: Fresnosaurus Passage: Fresnosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) of what is now California. The type species is "Fresnosaurus drescheri", first described by Welles in 1943. The generic name "Fresnosaurus" honors Fresno County, while the specific name honors Arthur Drescher.
Saint Paul of Tarsus
Rubi Palmieri
São Paulo
Are both Mariqueen Maandig and Pelle Almqvist from the same country?
Title: Pelle Almqvist Passage: Per "Pelle" Almqvist (born 29 May 1978), also known as Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer of garage rock band The Hives. Title: Mariqueen Maandig Passage: Mariqueen Maandig Reznor (née Maandig; born April 5, 1981) is a Filipino American musician and singer-songwriter. She is best known as the vocalist for How to Destroy Angels, and was the former vocalist of Los Angeles-based rock band West Indian Girl. Title: Kärleken är Passage: "Kärleken är" (literally, "The love is", English title: "Eternal Love") is a ballad in Swedish about love. It was written by Ingela Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren and Håkan Almqvist. The song was sung by Swedish pop and country singer Jill Johnson in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1998, where it won and competed for Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. It finished 10th with 53 points. It was the last Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest sung in Swedish. Title: Barna Hedenhös Passage: Barna Hedenhös (English: "The Hedenhös Children" ) is the name of a series of Swedish children's books in the 1950s written by Bertil Almqvist. The story is set in the Stone Age and follows the Hedenhös family. "Barna Hedenhös" is mostly known as a book series, but Almqvist also made an animated television series about the Hedenhös family that was broadcast on SVT in 1972. Additionally, Almqvist made a comic version of the Hedenhös books for the comic book "Tuff och Tuss" during the 1950s; the comic version later was remade for the Pelle Svanslös children's comic book in the 1970s. Title: Time Bomb High School Passage: Time Bomb High School is the second album by the Reigning Sound. It was released in 2002 on In the Red Records. The album featured the original Reigning Sound lineup of Greg Cartwright on lead vocals and guitar; Alex Greene on organ, piano, guitar, and backing vocals; Jeremy Scott on bass, and backing vocals; and Greg Roberson on drums. Howlin' Pelle Almqvist of The Hives commented in "Rolling Stone" that Time Bomb High School was his favorite record of 2002.
no
Mariqueen Maandig
Pelle Almqvist
What is the title of Erika Mitchell's novel that reached number 1 on the "USA Today" best seller list?
Title: E. L. James Passage: Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), known by her pen name E. L. James, is an English author. She wrote the bestselling erotic romance trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Fifty Shades Darker", and "Fifty Shades Freed", along with the companion novel ""; and under "Snowqueen's Icedragon" the Twilight fan fiction "Master of the Universe" that was the basis for the Fifty Shades trilogy. Title: Fifty Shades Darker Passage: Fifty Shades Darker is a 2012 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the second instalment in the "Fifty Shades" trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. The first and third volumes, "Fifty Shades of Grey" and "Fifty Shades Freed", were published in 2011 and 2012. The novel is published by Vintage Books and reached No. 1 on the "USA Today" best seller list. Title: A Wolf at the Table Passage: A Wolf at the Table is a 2008 memoir by Augusten Burroughs that recounts his turbulent childhood relationship with his father. In the summer of 2007, Burroughs announced on his official website that the book would be released on  29, 2008 (2008--) . In an interview with "Wikinews", Burroughs said that many of his fans may have trouble with the book. "A Wolf at the Table" spent six weeks on the "New York Times" Best Seller list, reaching number 2 in its first week. It also reached number 9 on the "Wall Street Journal"'s Best Seller List. Title: Kill the Messenger (novel) Passage: Kill the Messenger is a suspense thriller by author Tami Hoag. The hardcover edition of the novel was first published in July 2004. In March 2006 the book was released in mass market paperback. That same month the paperback edition rose to No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller List, No. 3 on the Top New Books List published in Canada's "National Post", and No. 4 on the USA Today Best Seller List. Title: Chuck Wendig Passage: Chuck Wendig is an American author, comic book writer, screenwriter, and blogger. He is best known for his popular online blog Terribleminds, and for his 2015 "Star Wars" novel "", which debuted at #4 on "The New York Times" Best Seller list and #4 on "USA Today"'s best seller list. As of early 2016, Wendig writes "Hyperion" for Marvel and "The Shield" for Dark Circle Comics.
Fifty Shades Darker
E. L. James
Fifty Shades Darker
Does the London Avenue Canal or Riverside Canal run through the 4th ward?
Title: London Avenue Canal Passage: The London Avenue Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, used for pumping rain water into Lake Pontchartrain. The Canal runs through the 7th Ward of New Orleans from the Gentilly area to the Lakefront. It is one of the three main drainage canals responsible for draining rainwater from the main basin of the city of New Orleans. The London Avenue Canal's flood walls built atop earthen levees breached on both sides during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Title: Riverside Canal (El Paso) Passage: The Riverside Canal is an irrigation canal in El Paso County beginning southeast of El Paso, Texas. The canal acquires water from the Riverside Diversion Dam on the Rio Grande 15 mi southeast of El Paso. The canal is managed by the US Bureau of Reclamation. The canal extends for 17.2 mi with a capacity of 900 cubic feet per second. Water from the canal irrigates about 39,000 acres (160 km²). The canal and diversion dam is the southernmost system on an irrigation project extending along the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas. The canal supplies a canal network extending throughout the Upper Rio Grande Valley. Title: Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks, New Orleans Passage: Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. A sub-district of the city's Gentilly District, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Lake Pontchartrain to the north; the Industrial Canal to the east; Leon C. Simon Drive, Elysian Fields Avenue, New York Street, the London Avenue Canal, and Robert E. Lee Boulevard to the south; and Bayou St. John to the west. The neighborhood comprises the Lake Terrace and Lake Oaks subdivisions, the principal campus of the University of New Orleans, and the University of New Orleans Research & Technology Park — all built on land reclaimed from Lake Pontchartrain. Title: Filmore, New Orleans Passage: Filmore is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Robert E. Lee Boulevard to the north, London Avenue Canal to the east, Press Drive, Paris Avenue and Harrison Avenue to the south and Bayou St. John to the west. Title: New Orleans Outfall Canals Passage: There are three outfall canals in New Orleans, Louisiana – the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals. These canals are a critical element of New Orleans’ flood control system, serving as drainage conduits for much of the city. There are 13 mi of levees and floodwalls that line the sides of the canals. The 17th Street Canal is the largest and most important drainage canal and is capable of conveying more water than the Orleans Avenue and London Avenue Canals combined.
London Avenue Canal
London Avenue Canal
Riverside Canal (El Paso)
What was the school at a university in South Carolina that had a dean born in 1930?
Title: Bob Jones University Passage: Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private, non-denominational Protestant university in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, known for its conservative cultural and religious positions. It has approximately 2,800 students, and it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. In 2008, the university estimated the number of its graduates at 35,000, in 2017, 40,000. The university's athletic teams, the Bruins, compete in Division II of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA). Title: Dwight Gustafson Passage: Dwight Leonard Gustafson (April 20, 1930 – January 28, 2014) was an American composer, conductor, and dean of the School of Fine Arts at Bob Jones University. Title: South Carolina Highway Patrol Passage: The South Carolina Highway Patrol is the highway patrol agency for South Carolina, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state except for federal or military installations. The Highway Patrol was created in 1930 and is an organization with a rank structure similar to the armed forces. The mission of the South Carolina Highway Patrol includes enforcing the rules and regulations in order to ensure road way safety and reducing crime as outlined by South Carolina law. The Highway Patrol is the largest division of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety and its headquarters is located in Blythewood. This department also includes the South Carolina State Transport Police Division, and the South Carolina Bureau of Protective Services. Title: Burnet R. Maybank Jr. Passage: Burnet Rhett Maybank Jr. (May 2, 1924 – October 25, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of South Carolina. He was the son of Governor of South Carolina and Senator Burnet Maybank. Maybank was educated at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina from 1941 to 1942, and served in World War II with the United States Army Air Forces. He later attended the University of South Carolina, graduating with a LL.B. in 1950. He was also admitted to the South Carolina bar that same year and practiced law in Greenville, South Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina. Maybank served as a Democrat in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1953 to 1958. He later served as Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina under governor Fritz Hollings from 1959 to 1963. Title: University of South Carolina Upstate Passage: The University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) is a public university located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Formerly known as the University of South Carolina Spartanburg, the school changed its name in the summer of 2004. The University of South Carolina Upstate is the fastest growing university in South Carolina offering both undergraduate and graduate programs for students in the Upstate and surrounding areas. One of four accredited four-year schools in the University of South Carolina System, it is home to approximately 6,000 students and 340 full-time faculty. It is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
School of Fine Arts
Dwight Gustafson
Bob Jones University
What is the name of Robert Dr Niros characters wife?
Title: Ruth Madoff Passage: Ruth Madoff (née Alpern; born May 18, 1941) is the wife of Bernie Madoff, the convicted American financial fraudster. She was director of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. Title: The Wizard of Lies Passage: The Wizard of Lies is a 2017 American television drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Sam Levinson, Sam Baum, and John Burnham Schwartz, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Diana B. Henriques. The film stars Robert De Niro as businessman Bernard Madoff, Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Ruth Madoff, and Alessandro Nivola as their older son Mark Madoff. It aired on HBO on May 20, 2017. Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (disambiguation) Passage: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are characters in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". Title: DR Studios Passage: DR Studios (formerly known as Deep Red Games) is a video game developer based in Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom. DRS primarily develops strategy games, such as "". The company was formed in 1998 by Kevin Buckner and Clive Robert, and since then they have released fifteen games. In 2007, following a management buyout, the company name was changed to DR Studios. Title: Robert Dulhunty Passage: Robert Venour Dulhunty (1803 – 30 December 1853) is chiefly remembered as being the first permanent white settler of what has since become the City of Dubbo, in the rural heartland of the Australian state of New South Wales. The well read son of a medical practitioner, Dr John Dulhunty, and the doctor's wife, Jane Dulhunty (née Smith), he also was one of the wealthiest and most enterprising citizens of the then Colony of New South Wales during the late-Georgian and early-Victorian eras.
Ruth Madoff
The Wizard of Lies
Ruth Madoff
A 1991 TV film starring an Irish born actress known for her role as Detective Sergeant Jane Penhaligon in Cracker, was based on a novel by what author?
Title: Geraldine Somerville Passage: Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville (born 19 May 1967) is an Irish born actress known for her role as Detective Sergeant Jane Penhaligon in "Cracker" (1993–95), for which she was nominated for the 1995 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, and for playing Lily Potter in the "Harry Potter" film series. Her other film appearances include "Gosford Park" (2001), "My Week with Marilyn" (2011) and "Grace of Monaco" (2014). Title: The Black Velvet Gown Passage: The Black Velvet Gown is a 1991 TV film, based on the novel by Catherine Cookson, and starring Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, and Bob Peck. It won an International Emmy for Best Drama. Title: Adventures in Dinosaur City Passage: Adventures in Dinosaur City is a 1991 TV film directed by Brett Thompson. The film stars Omri Katz, Tiffanie Poston, Shawn Hoffman, Rob Sherwood, Patrick Labyorteaux, and David Jolliffe. Title: Bombaiyer Bombete (film) Passage: Bombaiyer Bombete (Bengali: বোম্বাইয়ের বোম্বে ) is a 2003 Indian Bengali thriller film directed by Sandip Ray based on the story of the same name by Satyajit Ray. It was the third big screen adaptation of the fictional detective character Feluda after 25 years of the second Feluda movie "Joi Baba Felunath" (1979), directed by his (Sandip Ray) father Satyajit Ray. It was the first big screen adaptation of the Feluda new film series (Continuation of the original series) though Sabyasachi played Feluda in all the ten TV films of Feluda TV film series (1996-2000) directed by Sandip Ray. The movie was a sequel to the Feluda TV film series (1996-2000) which was a sequel to the Satyajit Ray's Feluda film series (1974-1979). Previously Feluda was played by Soumitra Chatterjee in two films "Sonar Kella" (1974) and "Joi Baba Felunath" (1979), directed by Satyajit Ray. First of the Feluda TV film series, "Baksho Rahashya" (1996) in which Sabyasachi Chakrabarty starred as Feluda for the first time, was released in theaters before releasing this movie in 2001. "Bombaiyer Bombete" was the eleventh film of Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Feluda. After the huge success of "Bombaiyer Bombete" four sequels have been made till 2011. They are "Kailashey Kelenkari" (2007), "Tintorettor Jishu" (2008), "Gorosthaney Sabdhan" (2010) and "Royal Bengal Rohosso" (2011). A fifth sequel is announced by Sandip Ray where Sabyasachi Chakrabarty will return as the Bengali sleuth Feluda after five years and the film is named "Double Feluda" which is heading to release in 2016. Title: John Lyons (actor) Passage: John Lyons (born 14 September 1943) is an English stage and screen actor. He is probably most famous for appearing as Detective Sergeant George Toolan in the long-running UK detective drama, "A Touch of Frost" (1992–2010) alongside David Jason. He also appeared as the Barman / Milkman / Decorator (Credit to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529090/): "The Twenty Six Year Itch"(1979). . Barman; "And So to Bed"(1978). . Milkman; "My Husband Next Door"(1976). . Decorator in 3 episodes of George & Mildred, and in On the buses (Season 7, Ep. 7 and 11) as a bus driver. John also had a prominent role playing Detective Sgt Jim Huke in a 1976 episode of The Sweeney called "Bad Apple", and as an armed blagger called Mead in the feature film from the same series - Sweeney 2.
Catherine Cookson
The Black Velvet Gown
Geraldine Somerville
Grassmann's law is named after a linguist born in which year ?
Title: Hermann Grassmann Passage: Hermann Günther Grassmann (German: "Graßmann" ; April 15, 1809 – September 26, 1877) was a German polymath, known in his day as a linguist and now also as a mathematician. He was also a physicist, neohumanist, general scholar, and publisher. His mathematical work was little noted until he was in his sixties. Title: Grassmann's law Passage: Grassmann's law, named after its discoverer Hermann Grassmann, is a dissimilatory phonological process in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit which states that if an aspirated consonant is followed by another aspirated consonant in the next syllable, the first one loses the aspiration. The descriptive version was described for Sanskrit by Pāṇini. Title: Salikoko Mufwene Passage: Salikoko Mufwene is a linguist born in Mbaya-Lareme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is the Frank J. McLoraine Distinguished Service Professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago. He has worked extensively on the development of creole languages, especially Gullah and Jamaican Creole, on the morphosyntax of Bantu languages, especially Kituba, Lingala, and Kiyansi (which he speaks natively), and on African American Vernacular English. He has also published several articles and chapters about language evolution. Mufwene received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Chicago in 1979. Title: Julien Klener Passage: Julien Klener is a Belgian linguist born in Ostend, Belgium in 1939. Title: Franz Skutsch Passage: Franz Skutsch (6 January 1865 – 29 September 1912) was a German classical philologist and linguist born in Neisse. He was the father of classical philologist Otto Skutsch (1906-1990).
1809
Grassmann's law
Hermann Grassmann
Julien Duvivier and Andrew Adamson, have which occupation in common?
Title: Julien Duvivier Passage: Julien Duvivier (] ; 8 October 1896, Lille – 29 October 1967, Paris) was a French film director. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930-1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are "La Bandera", "Pépé le Moko", "Panique", "Voici le temps des assassins" and "". Title: Andrew Adamson Passage: Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM (born 1 December 1966) is a New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles, where he made the blockbuster animation films, "Shrek" and "Shrek 2" for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He was director, executive producer, and scriptwriter for the 2005 production of "". Shooting took place in New Zealand, primarily in and around Auckland, but also in South Island where much of Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was filmed. He also worked on the movies "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin" as a visual effects supervisor. Title: The Red Head (1932 film) Passage: The Red Head (French:Poil de carotte) is a 1932 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Harry Baur, Robert Lynen and Louis Gauthier. It is a remake of Duvivier's 1925 silent film "The Red Head". Title: Flesh and Fantasy Passage: Flesh and Fantasy is a 1943 American anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Robert Cummings, and Barbara Stanwyck. The making of this film was inspired by the success of Duvivier's previous anthology film, the 1942 "Tales of Manhattan". "Flesh and Fantasy" tells three stories, unrelated but with a supernatural theme, by Ellis St. Joseph, Oscar Wilde, and László Vadnay. Tying together the three segments is a conversation about the occult between two clubmen, one played by humorist Robert Benchley. Title: La Bandera (film) Passage: La Bandera (released in the United States as "Escape from Yesterday") is a 1935 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Annabella, Jean Gabin and Robert Le Vigan. It was based on the 1931 novel "La Bandera" by Pierre Mac Orlan. After committing a brutal murder in Paris, a Frenchman flees to Barcelona where he enlists in the Spanish Foreign Legion. He is sent to fight in Morocco where he unexpectedly bonds with his comrades and marries a local woman before his past begins to catch up with him. Like Duvivier's other works of the period, the film is infused with poetic realism.
film director
Julien Duvivier
Andrew Adamson
Which of the movie in which Christian Slater starred was produced by Mark Gordon?
Title: Hard Rain (film) Passage: Hard Rain is a 1998 action-thriller disaster film produced by Mark Gordon, written by Graham Yost, and directed by former cinematographer-turned director Mikael Salomon. It stars Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, and Ed Asner. It is an international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. The plot centers around a heist and man-made treachery amidst a natural disaster in a small Indiana town. Title: Christian Slater Passage: Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He made his film debut with a leading role in the 1985 film "The Legend of Billie Jean". He played a monk's apprentice alongside Sean Connery in "The Name of the Rose" (1986) and gained wider recognition for his breakthrough role in the 1988 cult film "Heathers". In the 1990s, Slater starred in many big budget films, including "", "Interview with the Vampire", "", "Broken Arrow", and "Hard Rain". He was also featured in the cult film "True Romance". Since 2000, Slater has combined work in the film business with television, including appearances in "The West Wing" and "Alias" and starring in "Breaking In" and "Mind Games". He currently has a leading role in the USA Network TV series, "Mr. Robot", for which he won his first Golden Globe at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Title: Kuffs Passage: Kuffs is a 1992 American action comedy film directed by Bruce A. Evans and produced by Raynold Gideon. It stars Christian Slater and Tony Goldwyn. The film includes Milla Jovovich in her third feature film and Ashley Judd in her film debut. The film was written directly for the screen by Evans and Gideon, both of whom had Slater in mind for the title role. The original music score is by Harold Faltermeyer. The film is set in, and was filmed around, San Francisco, California, in 1991. It involves a type of law enforcement unique to San Francisco: the Patrol Special police franchises. Title: Bullet to the Head Passage: Bullet to the Head is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill. The screenplay by Alessandro Camon was based on the French graphic novel "Du Plomb Dans La Tête" written by Matz and illustrated by Colin Wilson. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christian Slater, and Jason Momoa. Alexandra Milchan, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Kevin King-Templeton produced the film. The movie follows a hitman and a cop who are forced to work together to bring down a corrupt businessman and mafia boss after they are targeted by the latter's associates. Title: Bill Slater (broadcaster) Passage: William E. Slater (December 3, 1902 – January 25, 1965) was an American educator, sports announcer, and radio/television personality from the 1920s through the 1950s. He was perhaps best known for hosting the radio shows "Twenty Questions" and "Luncheon at Sardi's". He is the great uncle of actor Christian Slater.
Hard Rain
Christian Slater
Hard Rain (film)
When was the writer of the book She Walks These Hills born?
Title: She Walks These Hills Passage: She Walks These Hills is a book written by Sharyn McCrumb and published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1994, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Novel in 1995. Title: Sharyn McCrumb Passage: Sharyn McCrumb (born February 26, 1948) is an American writer whose books celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and the author of the Elizabeth McPherson series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series. Title: Richard Fidler Passage: Richard Fidler (born 13 November 1964) is an Australian ABC radio presenter, and writer, best known for his hour-long interview program, "Conversations with Richard Fidler". The program is ABC Radio's most popular podcast, downloaded more than 3 million times per month. It features local and international guests from all walks of life, engaging in in-depth interviews. Title: Bill Barich Passage: Bill Barich (born 1943 in Winona, Minnesota) is an American writer. He grew up on Long Island and graduated from Colgate University in 1965. Subsequently, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps in eastern Nigeria (Biafra), then settled in northern California where many of his books are set. He published "Laughing in the Hills", his first book, a classic account of racetrack life, in 1980. William Shawn, editor of "The New Yorker", ran a two-part excerpt from the book and appointed Barich a staff writer. His contributions over the next fifteen years fall into three categories: travel and the sporting life; reportage; and short fiction. "Traveling Light", his account of a sojourn abroad in Italy and England, appeared in 1984, after which he won a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. His other books include "Hard to Be Good" (stories); "Big Dreams: Into the Heart of California" (travel); "Carson Valley" (novel); "Crazy for Rivers" (angling/autobiography); and "A Fine Place to Daydream" (travel/racing). Barich's work has been included in "Best American Short Stories" and many other anthologies. In addition to "The New Yorker", he has contributed to "Esquire", "Sports Illustrated", "American Poetry Review", "Salon", "Narrative", and other magazines and journals, and he is a Literary Laureate of the San Francisco Public Library. He travels between Santa Monica, California and Dublin, Ireland. He has also written a book entitled "A Pint of Plain," an account of his setting out to find a traditional authentic Irish pub. It is a lament of sorts as he is seeking the famous Pat Cohen-type pub of the John Wayne film "The Quiet Man." In 2010, Barich published Long Way Home: On the Trail of Steinbeck's America," his account of a 5,943-mile cross-country trip undertaken in the autumn of 2008 just prior to the presidential election. He assesses the state of the nation in much the same way John Steinbeck did almost fifty years ago in "Travels With Charley." From 2010 through 2012 he worked as the lead writer on the HBO series Luck about horses and racing created by David Milch and starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. Title: Susan Warner Passage: Susan Bogert Warner (pen name, Elizabeth Wetherell; July 11, 1819 – March 17, 1885), was an American evangelical writer of religious fiction, children's fiction, and theological works. She is best remembered for "The Wide, Wide World". Her other works include "Queechy", "The Hills of Shatemuck", "Melbourne House", "Daisy", "Walks from Eden", "House of Israel", "What She Could", "Opportunities", and "House in Town". Warner and her sister, Anna, wrote a series of semi-religious novels which had extraordinary sale, including "Say and Seal", "Christmas Stocking", "Books of Blessing", 8 vols., "The Law and the Testimony".
February 26, 1948
She Walks These Hills
Sharyn McCrumb
Rómulo Gallegos and Louis Bromfield, have a writing related occupation?
Title: Rómulo Gallegos Passage: Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire (2 August 1884 – 5 April 1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. For a period of some nine months during 1948, he was the first cleanly elected president in his country's history. Title: Louis Bromfield Passage: Louis Bromfield (December 27, 1896 – March 18, 1956) was an American author and conservationist. He gained international recognition, winning the Pulitzer Prize and pioneering innovative scientific farming concepts. Title: Cantaclaro Passage: Cantaclaro is a 1946 Mexican drama film directed by Julio Bracho and starring Esther Fernandez, Antonio Badú and Alberto Galán. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Rómulo Gallegos. It was part of a spate of film adaptations of Gallegos' novels following success of "Doña Bárbara" (1943). The film's sets were designed by the art director Jesús Bracho. Title: The Farm (Bromfield novel) Passage: The Farm is a 1933 novel by Louis Bromfield. Written just before Bromfield's return from decades of living and writing in Europe, the novel reflects the agrarian interests that would dominate the author's thinking during the last two decades of his life. David Anderson describes it as Bromfield's best work but one, like many after the author's early successes, too little appreciated. "The unfair criticisms of the early 1930s have discouraged later critics from looking at his work clearly and coherently," he argues. Title: Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies Passage: Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies (CELARG, "Fundación Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos"), is a Venezuelan government foundation that aims to study and promote Latin American culture, with emphasis on the life and work of Rómulo Gallegos. It was established on July 30, 1974.
yes
Rómulo Gallegos
Louis Bromfield
"Bye Bye Bye" is a song by American boy band NSYNC, formed in Orlando, Florida in which year?
Title: Bye Bye Bye Passage: "Bye Bye Bye" is a song by American boy band NSYNC. It was released on January 11, 2000 as the first single from their second studio album "No Strings Attached". The song was written and produced by Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze, with additional writing by Andreas Carlsson. Its lyrics describe the end of a romantic relationship; it was reported to also reference the group's separation from their manager Lou Pearlman and their record label RCA Records. This song was also featured on the 2001 American compilation album "Now That's What I Call Music! 6". Title: NSYNC Passage: NSYNC (sometimes stylized as *NSYNC or 'N Sync) was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich. NSYNC consisted of Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass. After heavily publicized legal battles with their former manager Lou Pearlman and former record label Bertelsmann Music Group, the group's second album, "No Strings Attached", sold over one million copies in one day and 2.42 million copies in one week, which was a record for over fifteen years. Among the group's singles, "Bye Bye Bye", "This I Promise You", "Girlfriend" and "It's Gonna Be Me" reached the top 10 in several national charts, with the latter being a US "Billboard" Hot 100 number one. In addition to a host of Grammy Award nominations, NSYNC has performed at the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games, and sang or recorded with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Celine Dion, Aerosmith, Nelly, Left Eye, Mary J. Blige, country music supergroup Alabama, and Gloria Estefan. Title: Monday Kiz Passage: Monday Kiz (Korean: 먼데이 키즈) is a South Korean male band formed in 2005. Their members consist of Lee Jin-sung, Han Seung-hee and Im Han-byeol. Monday Kiz is currently signed to Rainbow Bridge World. Monday Kiz released their first album, "Bye Bye Bye" on October 6, 2005. Title: It's Gonna Be Me Passage: "It's Gonna Be Me" is a song by American boy band NSYNC. It was released on June 13, 2000 as the second single in the United States and third in Europe from their second studio album "No Strings Attached". The song was NSYNC's only "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one hit, making it their highest-charting single. It topped the chart for two consecutive weeks and has been certified Gold by the RIAA. The song serves as the opening track of the 2000 compilation album "Now That's What I Call Music! 5". Title: NSYNC discography Passage: American boy band NSYNC has released three studio albums and 18 singles. The band first charted in 1996 and released its self-titled debut album in 1998. Although their 2000 single "It's Gonna Be Me" reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and internationally, they are perhaps better known for their single released in the same year, "Bye Bye Bye".
1995
Bye Bye Bye
NSYNC
Who created the National Gas Turbine Establishment and was credited with inventing the turbujeet engine?
Title: Frank Whittle Passage: Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (1 June 1907 – 9 August 1996) was an English Royal Air Force (RAF) engineer air officer. He is credited with single-handedly inventing the turbojet engine. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 for a similar invention; however, this was technically unfeasible at the time. Whittle's jet engines were developed some years earlier than those of Germany's Hans von Ohain who was the designer of the first "operational" turbojet engine. Title: National Gas Turbine Establishment Passage: The National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE Pyestock) in Fleet, part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), was the prime site in the UK for design and development of gas turbine and jet engines. It was created by merging the design teams of Frank Whittle's Power Jets and the RAE turbine development team run by Hayne Constant. NGTE spent most of its lifetime as a testing and development centre, both for experimental developments and to support commercial engine companies. Title: R. Tom Sawyer Passage: Robert Thomas Sawyer, known as R. Tom Sawyer, (June 20, 1901 - January 19, 1986) was the inventor of the first successful Gas Turbine Locomotive. He also assisted in development of the diesel locomotive while he worked for General Electric, which led him to be known as the "Father of the Diesel Locomotive". Sawyer was the founder of what is now the modern-day "International Gas Turbine Institute" (IGTI), and among industry professionals was known as "Mr. Gas Turbine". Sawyer authored books about Gas Turbines, Locomotives, and Atomic Power. , and was awarded three U.S. Patents. The ASME established the "R. Tom Sawyer Award" to honor him for advancing gas turbine technology in all of its aspects for over 40 years. The award in his name is the highest award given by the IGTI, and is awarded annually at their international "Turbo Expo." Title: Turbofan Passage: The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a portmanteau of "turbine" and "fan": the "turbo" portion refers to a gas turbine engine which achieves mechanical energy from combustion, and the "fan", a ducted fan that uses the mechanical energy from the gas turbine to accelerate air rearwards. Thus, whereas all the air taken in by a turbojet passes through the turbine (through the combustion chamber), in a turbofan some of that air bypasses the turbine. A turbofan thus can be thought of as a turbojet being used to drive a ducted fan, with both of those contributing to the thrust. The ratio of the mass-flow of air bypassing the engine core compared to the mass-flow of air passing through the core is referred to as the bypass ratio. The engine produces thrust through a combination of these two portions working together; engines that use more jet thrust relative to fan thrust are known as "low-bypass turbofans", conversely those that have considerably more fan thrust than jet thrust are known as "high-bypass". Most commercial aviation jet engines in use today are of the high-bypass type, and most modern military fighter engines are low-bypass. Afterburners are not used on high-bypass turbofan engines but may be used on either low-bypass turbofan or turbojet engines. Title: Free-turbine turboshaft Passage: A free-turbine turboshaft is a form of turboshaft or turboprop gas turbine engine where the power is extracted from the exhaust stream of a gas turbine by a separate turbine, downstream of the gas turbine and is not connected to the gas turbine (the exhaust airflow is what spins the turbine that is connected to the shaft hence the term "free"). This is opposed to the power being extracted from the power spool via a gear box.
Frank Whittle
National Gas Turbine Establishment
Frank Whittle
Baga Sola is home to Chadians who fled a group who also refers to themselves as what?
Title: Baga Sola Passage: Baga Sola (Arabic: باغا سولا‎ ‎ ) is a town on the shore of Lake Chad in western Chad. It has a hospital and a fish market, and a refugee camp for Nigerians and Chadians who fled Boko Haram. Title: Boko Haram Passage: Boko Haram, referred to by themselves as al-Wilāya al-Islāmiyya Gharb Afrīqiyyah (Arabic: الولاية الإسلامية غرب أفريقيا‎ ‎ , (Islamic State West Africa Province, "ISWAP") and Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد‎ ‎ , "Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad"), is an Islamic extremist terrorist group based in northeastern Nigeria, also active in Chad, Niger and northern Cameroon. The group was led by Abubakar Shekau until August 2016, when he was succeeded by Abu Musab al-Barnawi. The group had alleged links to al-Qaeda, but in March 2015, it announced its allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Since the current insurgency started in 2009, it has killed tens of thousands and displaced 2.3 million from their homes and was ranked as the world's deadliest terror group by the Global Terrorism Index in 2015. Title: Ancient Kapisa Passage: Ancient Kapisa refers to the present-day Bagram town of Parwan Province in the Shomali Plain of Afghanistan, which is 60 km north of the capital Kabul. The first references to ancient Kapisa appear in the writings of 5th-century BCE Indian scholar Achariya Pāṇini. Pāṇini refers to the city of "Kapiśi", a city of the Kapisa kingdom. Pāṇini also refers to "Kapiśayana", a famous wine from Kapisa. The city of Kapiśi also appeared as "Kaviśiye" on Indo-Greek coins of Apollodotus/Eucratides, as well as the Nezak Huns. Title: Cuban exile Passage: The term "Cuban exile" refers to the many Cubans who fled from or left the island of Cuba. These peoples consist of two primary groups loosely defined by the period of time occurring before and after the Mariel boat lift of the 1980s. The pre-Mariel group consisted of the mostly middle and upper classes of the island who fled due to fear of widespread reprisals after the communist takeover led by Fidel Castro in the late 1950s-1970s. The people in this group were mainly seeking political asylum. The second group consists of those peoples who emigrated from Cuba during and after the period of the Mariel boat lift of the 1980s. By and large, the majority of these peoples were, and are, economic migrants. The phenomenon date back to the Ten Years' War and the struggle for Cuban independence during the 19th century. In modern times, the term refers to the large exodus of Cubans to the United States since the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Title: Nanyang (region) Passage: Nanyang () is a sinocentric Chinese term for the warmer and fertile geographical region south of China, otherwise known as the 'South Sea' or Southeast Asia. The term came into common usage in self-reference to the large ethnic Chinese migrant population in Southeast Asia, and is contrasted with "Xiyang" (), which refers to the Western world, and "Dongyang" (), which refers to Japan. The Chinese press regularly uses the term to refer to the region stretching from the Yunnan province to Singapore (in the south) and from India to Vietnam (in the west and east); in addition, the term also refers to Brunei, Malaysia (eastern part), Indonesia and the Philippines in the region it encompasses.
al-Wilāya al-Islāmiyya Gharb Afrīqiyyah
Baga Sola
Boko Haram
Which footballing city beat the Netherlands in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final?
Title: 1974 FIFA World Cup Final Passage: The 1974 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the 10th FIFA World Cup, a competition to determine the world champion among national men's football sides. The match was contested by the Netherlands and West Germany, with the West Germans winning 2–1. The Netherlands opened the scoring via a Johan Neeskens penalty in the second minute, only for Paul Breitner to equalise with another penalty in the 25th minute before Gerd Müller scored the winning goal in the 43rd minute, claiming West Germany's second FIFA World Cup. Title: Football in Munich Passage: Munich is one of the most successful footballing cities in Europe and the World with over 40 trophies, including Germany's victory in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final. Title: 1974 FIFA World Cup Passage: The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany (including West Berlin) from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded. The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, had been won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians. The host nation won the title beating the Netherlands in the final, 2–1. The victory was the second for West Germany, who had also won in 1954. Australia, East Germany, Haiti and Zaire made their first appearances at the final stage, and the Netherlands and Poland their first since 1938. Title: 2002 FIFA World Cup Final Passage: The 2002 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 30 June 2002 at the International Stadium in Yokohama to determine the winner of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The final was contested by Germany and Brazil. It was the first World Cup meeting between the two sides. Brazil won the match 2–0, winning a record fifth title. Ronaldo, who became the record World Cup goalscorer at the 2006 tournament, scored two of his fifteen World Cup goals in the second half of the match, leading Brazil to the title and winning the Golden Boot award. It also marked Brazilian captain Cafu's third consecutive appearance in a World Cup Final, a feat that has yet to be accomplished by any other player in the history of the tournament. Both teams had won their respective groups before advancing to the knockout stage, where Germany shut out all of their opponents to reach the final, while Brazil only allowed a single goal from England. Germany overcame United States and co-host South Korea, while Brazil knocked out England and Turkey. Title: Jack Taylor (referee) Passage: John Keith "Jack" Taylor, OBE (21 April 1930 – 27 July 2012) was an English football referee, famous for officiating in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final during which he awarded two penalties in the first 30 minutes. The first of these penalty kicks, awarded after just a minute of play, created World Cup history – it was the first penalty kick ever awarded in a World Cup final.
Munich
Football in Munich
1974 FIFA World Cup Final
The Mazda Roadpacer AP (Anti Pollution) is a full-size sedan that was sold by Mazda in Japan, it was introduced to compete with sedans, such as which large four-door limousine, produced mainly for the Japanese market?
Title: Mazda Roadpacer AP Passage: The Mazda Roadpacer AP (Anti Pollution) is a full-size sedan that was sold by Mazda in Japan between 1975 and 1977, although the last car was not sold until 1979. It was based on the Australian Holden HJ and HX series Premier. Premiers were shipped to Japan without engines, and Mazda fitted a 1.3-liter "13B" Wankel engine into the bay. Although the engine produced 100 kW and 138 Nm of torque, the Roadpacer performed rather poorly as it weighed 1575 kg . The Roadpacer was introduced to compete with large Japanese flagship sedans Toyota Century, Nissan President, Isuzu Statesman de Ville, and the Mitsubishi Debonair. Title: Toyota Century Passage: The Toyota Century (Japanese: トヨタ・センチュリー) is a large four-door limousine produced mainly for the Japanese market, serving as Toyota's flagship car within Japan; whilst globally the unrelated Lexus LS series is Toyota's flagship luxury model outside Japan. Production of the Century began in 1967 and the model received only minor changes until a redesign in 1997. The Century derived its name from the 100th birthday of Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Industries. The Century was available with only a V8 engine, the third Japanese built sedan post-war, at its introduction in 1967 until a major redesign in 1997, and is now only available with a Toyota built V12, an engine unique to the Century. Although the Century is a premium, full size luxury sedan, it is not available at Japanese Lexus dealerships; it can only be purchased at specifically identified "Toyota Store" locations. The logo used throughout is called the "Hō-ō 鳳凰" or "Fushichō" from Asian mythology, representing the Imperial House of Japan. Title: Mazda Sentia Passage: The Mazda Sentia is a large rear wheel drive luxury car that was sold by Mazda in Japan from 1991 to 1999 over two generations. It replaced the Mazda Luce nameplate on the Mazda H platform, and continued the tradition of being Mazda's largest flagship sedan, which had been in production since the late 1960s. The name "sentia" is derived from the Latin word ""sentir"", meaning to sense, feel or hear. Title: Nissan President Passage: The Nissan President (Japanese: 日産・プレジデント "Nissan Purejidento") was a Japanese luxury limousine produced by Nissan from 1965 to 2010. The car was mainly used by corporate executives and government officials. It was a luxury sedan specifically aimed to the Japanese market, where its main competitor was the Toyota Century. The President was the flagship limousine, and was sold at Nissan Motor Store dealerships. During the 1970s, it briefly saw other Japanese competitors introduce large sedans called the Isuzu Statesman de Ville and the Mazda Roadpacer (derived from General Motors-Australia products) which were short-lived. Title: Mazda Grand Familia Passage: The Mazda Grand Familia is an automobile which was produced by Mazda in Japan from 1971 to 1978. It was sold as the Mazda 808 in some export markets including Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, and as the Mazda 818 in many others. The body style configurations offered were a two-door coupé, a four-door sedan, and a five-door station wagon. The Grand Familia offered only inline four cylinder engines. The largely identical rotary-powered versions were marketed as the Mazda Savanna in Japan, with export markets taking this model as the Mazda RX-3.
Toyota Century
Mazda Roadpacer AP
Toyota Century
Of the two Universities, University of Wisconsin–Madison or University of Kansas, is located on Mount Oread?
Title: University of Wisconsin–Madison Passage: The University of Wisconsin–Madison (also known as University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, or regionally as UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848, UW–Madison is the official state university of Wisconsin, and the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It was the first public university established in Wisconsin and remains the oldest and largest public university in the state. It became a land-grant institution in 1866. The 933 acre main campus includes four National Historic Landmarks. Title: University of Kansas Passage: The University of Kansas, often referred to as KU or Kansas, is a public research university in the U.S. state of Kansas. The main campus in Lawrence, one of the largest college towns in Kansas, is on Mount Oread, the highest elevation in Lawrence. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area: the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, and the university's medical school and hospital in Kansas City. There are also educational and research sites in Parsons, Topeka, Garden City, Hays, and Leavenworth, and branches of the medical school in Wichita and Salina. The university is one of the 62 members of the Association of American Universities. Title: Coal Bowl Passage: The Coal Bowl is an American college football game between California University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The two universities, both members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC). The two universities first competed in 1918. The name was added to the rivalry in 2009. The winner will earn the Coal Miners Pail Trophy, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Coal Association. Title: Mount Oread Passage: Mount Oread is a hill in Lawrence, Kansas upon which the University of Kansas is located. It sits on the water divide between the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers. It was named after the Oread Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. The hill was originally called Hogback Ridge by many Lawrence residents until the Oread name was adopted in 1866. Title: Fort Lane Passage: Fort Lane, on the crest of Mount Oread, then southwest of Lawrence, Kansas, was built by the residents of Lawrence in 1856 to serve as a lookout post to observe groups of men desiring to attack Lawrence. Lawrence was a free-state community built by northerners. From 1854 to 1861, when Kansas became a state, at times the area around Lawrence was a battleground for settlers who had come from both the northern and southern states. From this location, one could see for many miles in all directions.
University of Kansas
University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Kansas
Hiroshi Hase is a the Minister of Education under which Liberal Democratic Party President?
Title: Hiroshi Hase Passage: Hiroshi Hase (馳 浩 , Hase Hiroshi , born May 5, 1961) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under current Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. Prior to his appointment in the Cabinet, he also served as a member of the House of Representatives of the National Diet, representing the 1st district of Ishikawa Prefecture. Title: Shinzō Abe Passage: Shinzō Abe (安倍 晋三 , Abe Shinzō , ] ; born 21 September 1954) is the current Prime Minister of Japan and the President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He is the third longest serving Prime Minister in post-war Japan. Title: Hideo Hiraoka Passage: Hideo Hiraoka (平岡 秀夫 , Hiraoka Hideo , born January 14, 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Hiraoka passed the bar exam and civil service exam prior to his graduation at the University of Tokyo. In 1976 he entered the Ministry of Finance which he joined before resigning in 1998 after working in the National Tax Agency's corporate tax department. In 2000, after leaving the ministry, he was elected to a seat of the House of Representatives for the first time; the district he represented, Yamaguchi Prefecture's No. 2 district, was previously a stronghold for the rival Liberal Democratic Party. Following a large-scale upturn by the Liberal Democratic Party, Hiraoka lost his seat by 588 votes, remaining in the Lower House through a process known as proportional representation. In 2008 he took back the Yamaguchi No. 2 seat, marking his fifth term as its representative for the Lower House. Hiraoka was later appointed state secretary for internal affairs and communications in 2010. In September 2011 he was appointed Minister of Justice in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda. Title: Tarō Kōno Passage: Tarō Kōno (河野 太郎 , Kōno Tarō , born January 10, 1963) is a Japanese politician belonging the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives. Born in Hiratsuka, Odawara, Kanagawa and a graduate of Georgetown University, he was elected for the first time in 1996. In 2009, he campaigned to be made President of the LDP. His father is Yōhei Kōno, the first President of the Liberal Democratic Party who did not go on to become Prime Minister of Japan. Described as a "maverick" on various policies, Kōno was named as Foreign Minister on 3 August 2017 following a Cabinet re-shuffle by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Title: Hiroshi Mitsuzuka Passage: Hiroshi Mitsuzuka (三塚博 , Mitsuzuka Hiroshi , 1 August 1927 – 25 April 2004) was a veteran Japanese politician. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. He represented his party at the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2003. In addition, he served as transport minister, international trade minister, finance minister and foreign affairs minister.
Shinzō Abe
Hiroshi Hase
Shinzō Abe
the rest of Shabbethai Donnolo's family was carried to what location that is over 2700 years old?
Title: Palermo Passage: Palermo (] , Sicilian: "Palermu", Latin: "Panormus" , from Greek: Πάνορμος , "Panormos") is a city of Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is located in the northwest of the island of Sicily, right by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Title: Shabbethai Donnolo Passage: Shabbethai Donnolo (913 – c. 982, Hebrew: שבתי דונולו‎ ) was a Graeco-Italian Jewish physician, and writer on medicine and astrology born at Oria, Apulia. When twelve years of age he was made prisoner by the Arabs under the leadership of the Fatimite Abu Ahmad Ja'far ibn 'Ubaid, but was ransomed by his relatives at Otranto, while the rest of his family was carried to Palermo and North Africa. He turned to medicine and astrology for a livelihood, studying the sciences of "the Greeks, Arabs, Babylonians, and Indians." As no Jews at that time busied themselves with these subjects, he traveled in Italy in search of learned non-Jews. His special teacher was an Arab from Baghdad. According to the biography of Nilus the Younger, abbot of Rossano, he practiced medicine for some time in that city. Later he would become the Byzantine court physician. The alleged gravestone of Donnolo, found by Abraham Firkovich in the Crimea, is evidently spurious. Title: Moses Soave Passage: Moses Soave was an Italian Hebraist; born in Venice March 28, 1820; died there November 27, 1882. He supported himself as a private tutor in Venetian Jewish families, and collected a library containing many rare and valuable works. Two years before his death he gave up teaching, and devoted himself entirely to study. In addition to numerous articles which appeared in Italian Jewish periodicals he wrote biographies of Sara Copia Sullam, Amatus Lusitanus, Abraham de Balmes, Shabbethai Donnolo and Leon de Modena. He was, besides, the editor of Isacco Israelita's "Guida dei Medici" ("Manhig ha-Rofe'im"), translated from an old Hebrew manuscript (Venice, 1861); and wrote "Dei Soncino, Celebri Tipografi Italiani nel Secoli XV.-XVI." (Venice, 1878). Title: Heart Mountain (Wyoming) Passage: Heart Mountain is an 8,123-foot (2,476 m) klippe just north of Cody in the U.S. state of Wyoming, rising from the floor of the Bighorn Basin. The mountain is composed of limestone and dolomite of Ordovician through Mississippian age (about 500 to 350 million years old), but it rests on the Willwood Formation, rocks that are about 55 million years old—rock on the summit of Heart Mountain is thus almost 300 million years older than the rocks at the base. For over one hundred years, geologists have tried to understand how these older rocks came to rest on much younger strata. Title: St. Mary's Church, Swillington Passage: St. Mary's Church is located on Church Lane next to Swillington Primary School, on Wakefield Road, Swillington, West Yorkshire, England. There has been a church at this location for at least 900 years. The "Domesday Book" of 1086 notes that 'a church is there' but no other records of that building remain. The church on the site today is a Grade II* listed building, over 600 years old, built around 1360. It is in need of repairs, especially the nave roof, estimated to cost around £250,000. The tower was renovated in 1883–1884 with Harehills Stone, which has now weathered almost black, in stark contrast to the creamy yellow of the rest of the exterior.
Palermo
Shabbethai Donnolo
Palermo
Which device can air TVPlayer channels for free and allows users to play using a remote?
Title: TVPlayer Passage: TVPlayer is a live TV streaming service for users to watch free-to-air channels through their smart devices (Apple TV 4th Generation Only, Amazon Fire TV) desktops, smartphones and tablets. The TV service allows television licence holders in the United Kingdom to stream 78 free live television channels, including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Heart TV, Capital TV and The Box. TVPlayer offers a "TVPlayer Plus" branded 'no contract, cancel anytime' monthly or yearly subscription service which allows consumers access to an additional 30 live streaming television channels, including Gold, Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel, Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2. TVPlayer Plus also allows users to catch up on programmes with their 7-day catch up service when using a "Plus" subscription. Brazilian Channel Globo is available with an extra subscription. Title: Amazon Fire TV Passage: Amazon Fire TV refers to two digital media players and microconsoles developed by Amazon.com. It is a small network appliance and entertainment device designed to stream digital audio/video content to a high-definition television. The device also allows users to play video games with the included remote, via a mobile app, or with an optional game controller. Title: PicDial Passage: PicDial is a mobile service created by IQzone Inc. and based in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. PicDial provides users with the ability to automatically see their friends' Facebook and MySpace profile pictures and status messages as Full Screen Caller ID on their mobile phone. The software automatically keeps contacts social networking information current, allowing the most recent profile pictures and status messages to be displayed on incoming and outgoing calls or texts. The PicDial application provides users with a "Favorites Screen," a visual grid that allows users to call or text by selecting a friends social networking profile picture. This Mobile social address book platform allows users to link multiple social networks. The application also enables users to determine which picture will display when a call or text is made to a PicDial friend, giving the user control over the picture seen by friends. This defined picture can either be taken from the users camera on the phone, or pulled from their profile pictures on Facebook or MySpace. When a user changes their picture (and status message), this new image will be updated to their friends' phones. Title: DeepArt Passage: DeepArt or DeepArt.io is a website that allows users to create unique artistic images by using an algorithm to redraw one image using the stylistic elements of another image. This uses "A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style" that was developed by several of its creators to separate style elements from a piece of art. The tool allows users to create imitation works of art using the style of famous artists. The neural algorithm is used by the Deep Art website to create a representation of an image provided by the user by using the 'style' of another image provided by the user. A similar program, Prisma, is an iOS and Android app that was based on the open source programming that underlies DeepArt. Title: WhosHere Passage: WhosHere is a social proximity networking app created by WhosHere founders Bryant Harris and Stephen Smith launched in July 2008. WhosHere utilizes GPS location capabilities combined with a social networking platform that allows users to interact with other people based on compatible geographical location. The app allows users to find other users with similar interests and connect with them real-time via free text, image messages and free VoIP calls without disclosing any personal information. It runs on Apple iOS devices including iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Amazon Fire TV
TVPlayer
Amazon Fire TV
Guadarrama National Park and Teide National Park, are both national parks, in which country?
Title: Teide National Park Passage: Teide National Park (Spanish: "Parque nacional del Teide" , ] ) is a national park located in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). Title: Guadarrama National Park Passage: Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (in Spanish: "Parque Nacional de la Sierra de Guadarrama") is a national park in Spain, covering nearly 34,000 hectares, the fifth largest in Spain's national parks system. The Guadarrama mountain range ("Sistema Central") contains some ecologically valuable areas, located in the Community of Madrid and Castile and León (provinces of Segovia and Ávila). The law that regulates the recently approved national park was published in the BOE in 26, 2013 (2013--) . Title: List of national parks of Argentina Passage: The National Parks of Argentina make up a network of 33 national parks in Argentina. The parks cover a very varied set of terrains and biotopes, from Baritú National Park on the northern border with Bolivia to Tierra del Fuego National Park in the far south of the continent. The Administración de Parques Nacionales (National Parks Administration) is the agency that preserves and manages these national parks along with Natural monuments and National Reserves within the country. Title: National parks of England and Wales Passage: The national parks of England and Wales are areas of relatively undeveloped and scenic landscape that are designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act (2016). Despite their similar name, national parks in England and Wales are quite different from national parks in many other countries, which are usually owned and managed by the government as a protected community resource, and which do not usually include permanent human communities. In England and Wales, designation as a national park may include substantial settlements and human land uses which are often integral parts of the landscape, and land within a national park remains largely in private ownership. Title: List of national parks of the United States Passage: The United States has 59 protected areas known as National Parks that are operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. National Parks must be established by an act of the United States Congress. A bill creating the first National Park, Yellowstone, was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, followed by Mackinac National Park in 1875 (decommissioned in 1895), and then Rock Creek Park (later merged into National Capital Parks), Sequoia and Yosemite in 1890. The Organic Act of 1916 created the National Park Service "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." Many current National Parks had been previously protected as National Monuments by the President under the Antiquities Act before being upgraded by Congress. Seven National Parks (including six in Alaska) are paired with a National Preserve, areas with different levels of protection that are administered together but considered separate units and whose areas are not included in the figures below.
Spain
Guadarrama National Park
Teide National Park
David Knox is the former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of a company owned predominantly by nationals of which country ?
Title: Santos Limited Passage: Santos Ltd. is a large, predominantly Australian-owned oil and gas company. Its name is an acronym for South Australia Northern Territory Oil Search. Title: David Knox (businessman) Passage: David John Wissler Knox is an Australian oil and gas industry executive and former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Santos Limited. Knox is originally from Edinburgh, Scotland and is considered to be one of South Australia's most influential people. Title: Lucas Chow Passage: Lucas Chow Wing Keung, better known as Lucas Chow is the former Chief Executive Officer of MediaCorp, SingTel Mobile. and Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Far East Orchard. Title: Herman Kasekende Passage: Herman Kasekende is a Ugandan businessman, economist, and bank executive. He is the managing director and chief executive officer of Stanchart Zambia, effective February 2017. Prior to that, from 22 July 2012 until 20 February 2017, he was the managing director and chief executive officer of Stanchart Uganda, the second-largest commercial bank in the country by assets, which totaled nearly US$965 million in December 2012. Title: Bisi Onasanya Passage: Olabisi “Bisi” Stephen Onasanya, (born August 18, 1961) is a former Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited. He was before this appointment the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Pension Custodian, and began his career with Arthur Young, an American audit firm. A chartered accountant, Bisi is credited with pioneering initiatives in Nigeria’s nascent pension custody industry that helped define best industry practices.
Australia
David Knox (businessman)
Santos Limited
Kelly Fu Ka Lei is a Hong Kong-German actress and model born in Hong Kong, which class of names, are used by those from that location?
Title: Chinese name Passage: Chinese personal names are names used by those from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora overseas. Due to China's historical dominance of East Asian culture, many names used in Korea and Vietnam are adaptations of Chinese names, or have historical roots in Chinese, with appropriate adaptation to accommodate linguistic differences. Title: Kelly Fu Passage: This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu. Kelly Fu Ka Lei (Chinese: 傅嘉莉) (born 6 January 1985) is a Hong Kong-German actress and model born in Hong Kong. She is currently active in Hong Kong, managed under the Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) having debuted in 2003, in the drama series Hearts of Fencing. She has starred in popular award-winning TV series, "Captain of Destiny", opposite Ruco Chan in 2015. She can speak Cantonese, English and Mandarin. She is currently one of the Next-Gen Fadans at TVB. Title: Hong Kong Letters Patent Passage: The expression <nowiki>'</nowiki>Hong Kong Letters Patent<nowiki>'</nowiki> is most commonly used to refer to the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917, one of the principal constitutional documents of British Hong Kong (others being the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1960, the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1982, the Hong Kong Letters Patent 1991 (No. 1), and the Hong Kong Royal Instructions 1917); however, it may also refer to any other Hong Kong Letters Patent or be used as a generic term covering all Hong Kong Letters Patent. Title: Claire Yiu Passage: Claire Yiu (姚嘉妮, Yiu Ka Lei), 10 August 1978, is a Hong Kong actress. She started her acting career after being the 2nd runner-up in the Miss Asia Pageant in 1998. After filming some ATV series, such as 海瑞鬥嚴嵩, and Ten Tigers of Guangdong (廣東十虎), she went over to TVB and filmed in some minor roles such as 趙美美 (Mia) in To Catch The Uncatchable and 戴玉瑩 (Grace) in Healing Hands 3. She began acting in some significant roles like 宋曼頤 (Rachel) in To Grow with Love and 游琳琳 (Donna) in Steps (TV series). Title: The Haunted School Passage: The Haunted School is a 2007 Hong Kong horror film directed by Cash Chin and produced by Andrew Lau. It starred Chui Tien-you, Theresa Fu, Steven Cheung, Amanda Lee, Dennis Mak, Don Li, Kelly Fu, Macy Chan and Toby Leung in the lead roles.
Chinese name
Kelly Fu
Chinese name
Evan Mecham was given a nickname of a man who was born in what year?
Title: Evan Mecham Passage: Evan Mecham ( ; May 12, 1924 – February 21, 2008) was the 17th Governor of Arizona. A decorated veteran of World War II, Mecham earned his living as an automotive dealership owner and occasional newspaper publisher. Periodic runs for political office earned him a reputation as a perennial candidate along with the nickname of "The Harold Stassen of Arizona" before he was elected governor, under the Republican banner. As governor, Mecham was plagued by controversy and became the first U.S. governor to simultaneously face removal from office through impeachment, a scheduled recall election, and a felony indictment. He was the first Arizona governor to be impeached. Title: Harold Stassen Passage: Harold Edward Stassen (April 13, 1907 – March 4, 2001) was the 25th Governor of Minnesota. He was a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1948, considered for a time to be the front-runner. He thereafter regularly continued to run for that and other offices, such that his name became most identified with his status as a perennial candidate. Title: Arizona gubernatorial election, 1978 Passage: The 1978 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978 for the post of Governor of Arizona. Democrat Bruce Babbitt defeated Republican nominee Evan Mecham. Babbitt was the former Attorney General of Arizona, but after the death of Governor Wesley Bolin, Babbit became governor. Bolin himself ascended to office from the position of Secretary of State, meaning his replacement, Rose Mofford was not eligible to the office as she was not elected. This drama of exchanging office would continue after Babbitt's term came to an end, as Mofford would become governor and succeeded Evan Mecham, Babbitt's challenger, in 1988. Title: Carolyn Warner Passage: Carolyn Rexroat Warner (born August 2, 1930) is an American politician who served as the 15th Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Arizona, elected as a Democrat, from 1975 to 1987. Warner was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Arizona in 1986, but was defeated by then-State Senator Evan Mecham, who would go on to be impeached. Title: Sam Steiger Passage: Samuel Steiger (March 10, 1929September 26, 2012) was an American politician, journalist, political pundit, and rancher. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Prescott, Arizona. Steiger also made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate, served as a special assistant to Arizona Governor Evan Mecham, and hosted political talk shows on both radio and television. Despite these accomplishments, Steiger is best known for two incidents: The first, while he was a sitting Congressman, was the 1975 killing of two burros. The second was painting a crosswalk between Prescott's courthouse and nearby Whiskey Row.
1907
Evan Mecham
Harold Stassen
What English operatic tenor sang the duet "O soave fanciulla " from Puccini's opera "La bohème" with Mary Plazas?
Title: La Bohème (2009 film) Passage: La Bohème is a 2009 short film from directed by Werner Herzog. The four-minute film features images of harsh life in Ethiopia set to the duet "O soave fanciulla " from Puccini's opera "La bohème", sung by Peter Auty and Mary Plazas. It was part of a series of short films commissioned by Sky Arts and English National Opera. Title: Peter Auty Passage: Peter Robert Auty (born 4 November 1969) is an English operatic tenor who has worked with most of the major opera companies in Britain and a number of companies in continental Europe. Title: La bohème Passage: La bohème (] , ] ) is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on "Scènes de la vie de bohème" by Henri Murger. The world premiere performance of "La bohème" was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio, conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini; its U.S. premiere took place the following year, 1897, in Los Angeles. Since then, "La bohème" has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide. Title: La Bohème (2008 film) Passage: La bohème (also known as "La bohème de Puccini") is a 2008 Austrian-German film of an opera directed by Robert Dornhelm. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème". Title: Frank Guarrera Passage: Frank Guarrera (December 3, 1923 – November 23, 2007) was an Italian-American lyric baritone who enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the Metropolitan Opera, singing with the company for a total of 680 performances. He performed 35 different roles at the Met, mostly from the Italian and French repertories, from 1948 through 1976. His most frequent assignments at the house were as Escamillo in Georges Bizet's "Carmen", Marcello in Giacomo Puccini's "La Bohème", Valentin in Charles Gounod's "Faust", and Ping in Puccini's "Turandot". He was also an admired interpreter of Mozart roles, establishing himself in the parts of both Guglielmo and Don Alfonso in "Così fan tutte" and Count Almaviva in "Le nozze di Figaro". Most of the roles he portrayed were from the lyric repertoire, such as the title role in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin", but he also sang some heavier roles at the Met like Amonasro in "Aïda", Jack Rance in "La fanciulla del West" and Il conte di Luna in "Il trovatore".
Peter Auty
La Bohème (2009 film)
Peter Auty
This fast-food restaurant company was spun off from an American fast food company which was formerly named what?
Title: Yum! Brands Passage: Yum! Brands, Inc., or Yum! and formerly Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc., is an American fast food company. A Fortune 500 corporation, Yum! operates the brands Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and WingStreet worldwide, except in China, where the brands are operated by a separate company, Yum China. Prior to 2011, Yum! owned Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants. Title: Yum China Passage: Yum China Holdings Inc. is a Fortune 500 fast-food restaurant company incorporated in the United States and having joint headquarters in Plano, Texas and Shanghai. With $6.8 billion of revenue in 2016 and over 7,500 restaurants, it is the largest restaurant company in China. Spun off from Yum! Brands in 2016, its 420,000 employees represent the 3rd largest worldwide labor force among all U.S. companies. Title: KFC in China Passage: KFC is a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is China's largest restaurant chain. KFC restauruants in China are owned or franchised by Yum China, a restaurant company that also owns the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains in China and was spun off from Yum! Brands in 2016. Title: Restaurant Brands International Passage: Restaurant Brands International is a Canadian multinational fast food company. Formed in 2014 by the $12.5 billion merger between American fast food restaurant chain Burger King and the Canadian coffee shop and restaurant chain Tim Hortons, and expanded by the 2017 purchase of Louisiana-based and themed Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the company is the third-largest operator of fast food restaurants in the world. The company is based alongside Tim Hortons in Oakville, Ontario, but both chains retain their existing operations and headquarters in Oakville and Miami respectively. The merger focused primarily on expanding the international reach of the Tim Hortons brand, and providing financial efficiencies for both companies. Title: McDonaldization Passage: McDonaldization is a term used by sociologist George Ritzer in his book "The McDonaldization of Society" (1993). He explains that it becomes manifested when a society adopts the characteristics of a fast-food restaurant. McDonaldization is a reconceptualization of rationalization and scientific management. Where Max Weber used the model of the bureaucracy to represent the direction of this changing society, Ritzer sees the fast-food restaurant as having become a more representative contemporary paradigm (Ritzer, 2004:553). The process of McDonaldization can be summarized as the way in which "the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world."
Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.
Yum China
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What was the nationality of the singer and co-writer of "Mr. Pitiful"?
Title: Mr. Pitiful Passage: "Mr. Pitiful" is a song written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper and included on the 1965 album "The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads". Title: Otis Redding Passage: Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Redding's style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s, such as James Carr and Freddie Jackson. (Woodstra and Elewine) During his lifetime, his recordings were produced by Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Title: Just the Same Passage: Just the Same is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark. It was released in late 1996 on Mercury Records. In the U.S., this album produced the singles "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (a cover of a Warren Zevon song which was also a Top 40 pop hit for Linda Ronstadt), "Emotional Girl", and the title track, which respectively reached #5, #10 and #49 on the country charts. In Canada, the first two singles were both #1 on the country charts, while the title track was a #16. The fourth single, "Something in the Water", reached #39 in Canada, but did not chart in the U.S. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. Title: Madan (film director) Passage: Madan (Ramigani Madan Mohan Reddy alias R R Madan) is a Telugu film writer, director and producer. He was born and brought up in Madanapalle, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. He has done his graduation from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi at Annie Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalli. He used to write short stories and direct play-lets during his college days. Later he moved to Hyderabad where the regional Film Industry in Telugu language is located. He worked for 2 years as an assistant cameraman under Mr. S. Gopal Reddy, a popular film cameraman. Later he has worked as a co-writer for few films. He is currently regarded as one of the promising Script writers and Directors in the Telugu Film Industry for his creative thinking, innovative subjects and intellectual content. Title: George Cromarty Passage: George Cromarty (September 15, 1941 – February 12, 1992) was an American folk guitarist and singer. He is best known as the co-writer, with Ed Rush, of the song "Plastic Jesus", though he went on to record three albums of solo guitar music in the 1970s and 1980s. The Folk Music Sourcebook likened his playing style to John Fahey's, and George Winston cites Cromarty as a musical influence. His music has been heard on the soundtracks of many films, including the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis." The "Columbia record exec" in "Inside Llewyn Davis" was named "Mr. Cromarty" in honor of Cromarty.
American
Mr. Pitiful
Otis Redding
One of John Candy's most renouwned onscreen performances was as Dell Griffith in an American comedy film from what year?
Title: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Passage: Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American comedy film written, produced and directed by John Hughes. Title: John Candy Passage: John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its related "Second City Television" series, and through his appearances in such comedy films as "Stripes", "Splash", "Cool Runnings", "Summer Rental", "The Great Outdoors", "Spaceballs", and "Uncle Buck", as well as more dramatic roles in "Only the Lonely" and "JFK". One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the loquacious, on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". Title: Volunteers (film) Passage: Volunteers is a 1985 American comedy film directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Tom Hanks and John Candy in their second film together after "Splash" (1984). Title: Uncle Buck Passage: Uncle Buck is a 1989 American comedy film directed by John Hughes and starring John Candy and Amy Madigan, with Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin, Jay Underwood, and Laurie Metcalf in supporting roles. Title: The Great Outdoors (film) Passage: The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, and written and produced by John Hughes. It stars Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy and Annette Bening in her film debut.
1987
John Candy
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
What do Freedomland U.S.A. and Baychester both have in common?
Title: Baychester, Bronx Passage: Baychester is dominated by one and two family homes of various styles. The total land area is 2.61 square miles. The area is low laying and flat; some parts of the East Bronx are built on marshland and valleys. The area was formerly home to the amusement park Freedomland U.S.A., opened in 1959 and closed in 1964. Title: Freedomland U.S.A. Passage: Freedomland U.S.A. (usually called just Freedomland) was a short-lived, American history-themed amusement park in the Baychester area in the northeastern part of the Bronx borough in New York City. Its slogan was "The World's Largest Entertainment Center" (later, "The World's Largest Outdoor Family Entertainment Center"). Title: Bleach activator Passage: Bleach activators are compounds that react with hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution to form peroxy acids. Peroxy acids are more active bleaches than hydrogen peroxide at lower temperatures (<60 °C). Bleach activators are a component of most laundry detergents. The most common bleach activators used commercially are tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED) and sodium nonanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (NOBS). NOBS is the main activator used in the U.S.A. and Japan. TAED is the main activator used in Europe. Title: Bay Plaza Shopping Center Passage: Bay Plaza Shopping Center is a shopping center on the south side of Co-op City, in the Bronx, New York. In addition to various department stores and shops, such as Macy's, JCPenney, Staples, Kmart and Old Navy, it has a multiplex movie theater, several restaurants, a fitness club, and some office space. It used to operate a Barnes and Nobles bookstore across the mall but was shut down. Constructed from 1987 to 1988 by Prestige Properties, the shopping center is located between Bartow and Baychester Avenues, just outside Sections 4 and 5 of Co-op City, on an open lot that from 1960 to 1964, was the site of Freedomland USA. The Bay Plaza Shopping Center is the largest shopping center in New York City. Since opening over 25 years ago, it has become extremely successful, the center claims to hold some of the highest performing stores on a per-square-foot basis for many national retailers. Title: Spyderco Passage: Spyderco is a Golden, Colorado, U.S.A. based cutlery company that produces knives and knife sharpeners. Spyderco pioneered many features that are now common in folding knives, including the pocket clip, serrations, and the opening hole. Spyderco has collaborated with 30 custom knife makers, athletes, and self-defense instructors for designs and innovated the usage of 20 different blade materials.
formerly home to the amusement park
Baychester, Bronx
Freedomland U.S.A.
Which is a perennial plant, Chelidonium or Duranta?
Title: Duranta Passage: Duranta is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains 17 species of shrubs and small trees that are native from southern Florida to Mexico and South America. They are commonly cultivated as hedges and ornamental plants. Title: Chelidonium Passage: Chelidonium majus, commonly known as greater celandine or tetterwort,(although tetterwort also refers to "Sanguinaria canadensis"), nipplewort, or swallowwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant, the only species in the genus Chelidonium. It is native to Europe and western Asia and introduced widely in North America. Title: Origanum dictamnus Passage: Origanum dictamnus (dittany of Crete, Cretan dittany or hop marjoram), known in Greek as "δίκταμο" ("díktamo", cf. "dittany") or in Cretan dialect "έρωντας" ("erontas", "love"), is a tender perennial plant that grows 20–30 cm high. It is a healing, therapeutic and aromatic plant that only grows wild on the mountainsides and gorges of the Greek island of Crete, Greece. The dittany of Crete is widely used for food flavouring and medicinal purposes, in addition to it featuring as an ornamental plant in gardens. This small, lanate shrub is easily recognised by the distinctive soft, woolly covering of white-grey hair on its stems and round green leaves, giving it a velvety texture. Tiny rose-pink flowers surrounded by brighter purple-pink bracts add an exuberant splash of colour to the plant in summer and autumn. The dittany is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plant Species 1997. Title: Salvia indica Passage: Salvia indica is a species of herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Lamiaceae. It is native to a wide region of Western Asia that includes Israel, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. It was first described by the taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is unknown why he gave it the specific epithet "indica", since the plant is not from India. While "Salvia indica" is classified as a herbaceous perennial, in cultivation individual plants often live no longer than two years. Title: Hemitomes Passage: Hemitomes is a monotypic genus of plants containing the single species Hemitomes congestum, which is known as gnome plant and cone plant. This rare and unusual plant is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in dense, dark forests such as the redwood forests of the region. This is small, fleshy, stemless perennial plant forming lumps in the leaf litter. It is white, yellowish, or reddish-pink in color. Little is known about the life cycle of the plant due to its rarity, but it probably obtains its nutrients by parasitizing fungi, so it lacks the green of chlorophyll. It grows from a rhizome with fragile roots and its form is covered in sparse scales which are the rudimentary leaves. An inflorescence emerges on a thick stalk from the soil bearing solitary to densely bunched flowers. The flowers have ragged yellowish or pinkish petals and contain hairs and large rounded yellow stigmas. The fruit is a fleshy white berry.
Chelidonium
Chelidonium
Duranta
Are The Cure and Headstones from the same country?
Title: The Cure Passage: The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. Title: Headstones (band) Passage: Headstones are a Canadian punk-influenced alternative rock band that began in 1987 in Kingston and were active until 2003, subsequently reforming in 2011. The band consists of vocalist Hugh Dillon, guitarist Trent Carr, and bassist Tim White. They frequently sold out at small and mid-sized venues and were known for their high energy live shows, particularly the antics of Dillon, who interacted with his audience in a variety of ways more rock less super shock. The songwriting tackled many serious and controversial topics. Title: Shannon Applegate Passage: Shannon Applegate is an American author, lecturer, and historian from the state of Oregon. Her works include "Skookum: An Oregon Pioneer Family's History and Lore" (1988) and "Living Among Headstones: Life in a Country Cemetery" (2005). She is also the co-editor of "Talking on Paper: Oregon Letters and Diaries", sixth edition (1993). Title: Mykhailo Horyn Passage: Mykhailo Mykolayovych Horyn (Ukrainian: Михайло Миколайович Горинь ) (born (1930--)17 1930 in Kniselo, Lviv Oblast – died (2013--)13 2013 in Lviv, Lviv Oblast) was a Ukrainian human rights activist and dissident. He was a People's Deputy of the first convocation of the Verkhovna Rada from May 15, 1990 to May 10, 1994. He played an important role in the country's struggle for independence. Regarding Russian-Ukrainian relations he said: "Our historical mission is to be the doctor who will cure Russia of its imperial ambition. Ukraine is a European power. Russia is not. It is a Eurasian power. It is sitting on top of the Ural mountains looking East and trying to decide how to tackle its problems". Title: National Disease Research Interchange Passage: The National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI), based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) is the nation’s leading source of human tissues, cells and organs for scientific research. A not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization founded in 1980, NDRI is funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, public and private foundations and organizations, pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations. NDRI is a 24/7 operation that partners with a nationwide network of over 130 tissue source sites (TSS), including organ procurement organizations (OPO), tissue banks, eye banks, and hospitals. The TSS, are distributed throughout the USA, in 45 states, with concentrations in major metropolitan areas on both the east and west coasts. Their wide geographic distribution allows NDRI to provide biospecimens from donor populations with diverse demographics and also facilitates the timely and efficient provision of fresh tissues directly to researchers across the country. By serving as the liaison between procurement sources and the research community, NDRI is uniquely positioned to support breakthrough advances and discoveries that can affect advances in the treatment and cure of human diseases.
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The Cure
Headstones (band)
Where is H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School?
Title: Garden City South, New York Passage: Garden City South is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 4,024 at the 2010 census. Title: H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School Passage: H. Frank Carey High School is a public high school located in Franklin Square, New York serving students in the seventh through twelfth grades from the towns of Franklin Square, Garden City South, West Hempstead, and Elmont. The school's principal was Valerie Angelillo up until the 2016-2017 school year, when she was replaced by Christopher Fiore. Title: Northfield Junior-Senior High School Passage: Northfield Junior-Senior High School is a 7-12 secondary school in Wabash, Indiana. It is one of three junior-senior high schools in the Metropolitan School District of Wabash County. Title: Lincoln High School (Yonkers, New York) Passage: Lincoln High School is located in Yonkers, New York. It is one of the seven public high schools in the city and has an enrollment of about eight hundred students. The front portion of the building was opened in 1953 as Southeast Yonkers Jr., Sr. High School with grades 6 through 8. It was completed in 1955 and renamed Lincoln Junior-Senior High School the following year. After the first year, 6th grade was dropped and 9th grade added and when the building was completed it became Lincoln Junior-Senior High School, enrolling grades 7 through 12. In the late 1970s, the junior high grades were removed, and the school became a four-year, grade 9-12, high school. Unlike what many believe, the school was named Lincoln after the area of Yonkers it was situated in, rather than for Abraham Lincoln. The first graduating class which went continuously from 6th grade to 12th grade graduated in 1960 with a very high percentage going on to college. Several graduates returned to Lincoln as teachers. The school colors are purple and white and mascot a Lancer both chosen by the 1960 class. Title: Wethersfield High School (Illinois) Passage: Wethersfield High School, also known as Kewanee (Wethersfield) High School, is a public four-year high school located at 439 Willard St. in Kewanee, Illinois, a city in Kewanee and Wethersfield Townships of Henry County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. Wetherfield High School is part of Wethersfield Community Unit School District 230, which also includes Wethersfield Junior High School, and Wethersfield Elementary School. The school is combined with the Wethersfield Junior High School to form Wethersfield Junior-Senior High School. Furthermore, Wethersfield Junior-Senior High School is co-located with Wethersfield Elementary School. Because all students attend the same academic center the school prides itself in getting to know the students over their 13 years of attendance. However, academics, athletics, and activities remain mostly separate and inline with comparable elementary, middle, and high school curriculum. The campus is 40 miles northeast of Galesburg, Illinois, 44 miles southeast of Moline, Illinois, and serves a mixed village and rural residential community. The school is one of two high schools in the city of Kewanee, the other being Kewanee High School. The school is within the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metropolitan statistical area.
Garden City South
H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School
Garden City South, New York
What nationality is the author of the book Dark Slayer ?
Title: Christine Feehan Passage: Christine Feehan (b. Christine King in California) is an American romance-paranormal writer. She has published more than 40 novels, including five series, and numerous novellas since 1999. Title: Dark Slayer Passage: Dark Slayer is the twentieth title in Christine Feehan’s Dark Series, a series of paranormal/romances featuring the Carpathians (race). Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Passage: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2007 to 2011. The series serves as a canonical continuation of the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and follows the events of that show's final televised season. It is produced by Joss Whedon, who wrote or co-wrote three of the series arcs and several one-shot stories. The series was followed by "Season Nine" in 2011. Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine Passage: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2011 to 2013. It is the sequel to the "Season Eight" comic book series, a canonical continuation of the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". The "Season Nine" brand also incorporates a new "Buffy" spin-off series, Angel & Faith, and two spin-off miniseries "Willow: Wonderland" and "Spike: A Dark Place." Each core series consisted of 25 issues and each miniseries consisted of 5 issues. Title: Angel: After the Fall Passage: Angel: After the Fall is a comic book published by IDW Publishing. Written by Brian Lynch and plotted with Joss Whedon, the series is a canonical continuation of the "Angel" television series, and follows the events of that show's final season. "Angel: After the Fall" was prompted by IDW Publishing and Joss Whedon after the success of Dark Horse Comics' "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight" which is the official comic continuation of "Angel"'s mothershow, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". "Angel: After the Fall" sees the heroic vampire, Angel, coping with the apocalyptic aftermath of the television series after he took over and subsequently betrayed the demonic law firm, Wolfram & Hart. The city of Los Angeles has since been sent to hell by Wolfram & Hart as a result of Angel's actions. The series follows his attempts to rescue the people he has sworn to protect. The first issue was released on November 21, 2007.
American
Dark Slayer
Christine Feehan
What star of 68 Kill was born 6 March 1997?
Title: 68 Kill Passage: 68 Kill is a 2017 American crime film written and directed by Trent Haaga. The film stars Matthew Gray Gubler, AnnaLynne McCord, Alisha Boe, Sheila Vand, Sam Eidson and Michael Beasley. The film was released on August 4, 2017, by IFC Midnight. Title: Alisha Boe Passage: Alisha Boe (born Alisha Bø 6 March 1997) is a Norwegian-American actress. She is known for portraying Jessica Davis in the Netflix original series "13 Reasons Why". Title: Felix Komolong Passage: Felix Komolong (born 6 March 1997 in Lae) is a Papua New Guinean footballer who plays as a Defender for Canterbury United of the ASB Premiership. He made his debut for the national team on March 24, 2016 in their 2–0 loss against the Solomon Islands. Title: Teoh Mei Xing Passage: Teoh Mei Xing (born 6 March 1997) is a Malaysian female badminton player. She was the runner-up of the 2016 Swiss International and Scottish Open tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Amelia Alicia Anscelly. Title: Government of National Reconciliation Passage: Government of National Reconciliation () Albania was the government that presided over Albania from 9 March 1997–29 June 1997. It was created as a result of the events of 1997, spurred by the collapse of pyramid schemes. This government came a week after the resignation of the government of Alexander Meksi, on 2 March 1997. This government was created thanks to the major political parties of the country and international intervention. On 6 and 9 March 1997, at the height of unrest in the country, political forces signed the agreement oncreation the new government, withbroad political participation . Its President was elected Socialist Bashkim Fino, mayor of Gjirokastër. The new government was voted on 11 March 1997 by Parliament and promulgated by the President of the Republic,Sali Berisha on 12 March. Based on Article 28, paragraph 7 and Article 33 of Law 7491 dated 29.04.1991 "On main constitutional bodies, the proposal of Prime Minister Bashkim Fino, Albanian President Sali Berisha Council of Ministers decreed as follows:
Alisha Boe
68 Kill
Alisha Boe
Who was a judge on the Sky1 talent show "Got to Dance", and is currently a judge on the British talent show, "Dance Dance Dance"?
Title: Dance Dance Dance (UK TV series) Passage: Dance Dance Dance is a British talent show that has aired on ITV since 8 January 2017. It is presented by Alesha Dixon and Will Best and judged by Ashley Banjo, Tina Landon and Timor Steffens. Title: Ashley Banjo Passage: Ashley Modurotolu Banjo (born 4 October 1988), is an English street dancer, choreographer and actor. He is leader of dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of "Britain's Got Talent". Banjo was a judge on the Sky1 talent show "Got to Dance" and co-presenter of the Saturday night BBC game show "Can't Touch This". Title: Sharon Osbourne Passage: Sharon Rachel Osbourne ( Levy; born 9 October 1952) is an English television host, media personality, television talent competition judge, author, music manager, modern impresario, businesswoman, and promoter, and the wife of heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne. She first came into public prominence after appearing in "The Osbournes", a reality television show that followed her family's daily life. Osbourne later became a talent show judge on shows such as the British and original version of "The X Factor", from 2004 to 2007, 2013, and 2016 onwards. She also was a judge on "America's Got Talent" from 2007 until 2012. Title: Got Talent Portugal (season 5) Passage: Got Talent Portugal (season 5) was the 5th season of the talent show Got Talent Portugal, Portuguese version of the hit got talent show Britain's Got Talent. Each judge can press the golden buzzer once in the auditions same as last year, such as the hosts. This year a new rule was made, the judges can give a unanimous golden buzzer that means the 3 judges can press the buzzer at the same time. Title: Faster Kill Pussycat Passage: "Faster Kill Pussycat" is the first single from Paul Oakenfold's 2006 album, "A Lively Mind". It features American actress Brittany Murphy's vocals, and was co-written by singer/songwriter Kelli Ali (former vocalist of British trip hop group Sneaker Pimps) . It was released on March 21, 2006 in the US and eventually reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay. In the UK, it debuted at #37 on downloads alone, and reached #7 the next week. The title of the track is a play on the title of the movie "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! " The song was also featured in one of the installments in the long-running "Dance Dance Revolution" series, "Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2".
Ashley Banjo
Dance Dance Dance (UK TV series)
Ashley Banjo
What music subgenre that is influenced a lot by sounds from Texas and Oklahoma does Jason Eady represent?
Title: Texas country music Passage: Texas country music (more popularly known just as Texas country or Texas music) is a rapidly growing subgenre of American country music. Texas country is known for fusing traditionalist root sounds (similar to neotraditional country) with the outspoken, care-free views of outlaw country. Texas country blends these subgenres by featuring a "take it or leave it" approach, a "common working man" theme, and witty undertones. These often combine with stripped down music sound. Texas country music can also be called "Red Dirt" country music. Sounds from Texas and Oklahoma have influenced the scene of this particular genre. Title: Jason Eady Passage: Jason Eady is an American country music singer and guitarist. He is regarded as an important figure in the subgenre of Texas country music, a form of "classic country" bent upon returning the music to its historic singer-songwriter roots. Title: Latin rock Passage: Latin rock is a term to describe a music subgenre consisting in melting traditional sounds and elements of Latin American and Caribbean folk with rock music. However, it is widely used in the English-language media to refer any kind of rock music featuring Spanish or Portuguese vocals. This fact lead into a controversy about the scope of the terminology. Title: Flamenco rock Passage: Flamenco rock or Andalusian rock is a rock music subgenre that emerged from (but is not limited to) the Spanish region of Andalusia throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. There were some precedents like a couple of albums ("Rock encounter (with Joe Beck)" and "The Soul of Flamenco and the Essence of Rock") by Sabicas, a couple of singles ("El garrotín / Tangos de Ketama" and "Ni recuerdo ni Olvido") by Smash, Gong, Galaxia, Flamenco or even the American band Carmen. However, Triana was recognized as a pioneer of the genre since their music focuses on a complete fusion of the progressive rock and flamenco. Many bands that mix progressive and symphonic rock with flamenco followed them such as Imán Califato independiente, Cai, Guadalquivir, Alameda or Mezquita; that's why the term "Andalusian rock" may be understood simply as flamenco prog. Medina Azahara turned from progressive to a hard rock outfit in the 1980s and they remain as one of the most popular flamenco rock bands in its home nation. Also other flamenco-influenced styles of rock emerged like the flamenco-folk band Veneno, flamenco-jazz-blues band Pata Negra among other bands that melted flamenco with African, reggae or Latin rhythms. Title: Florida breaks Passage: Florida breaks, referred to as Florida breakbeat and Funky Breaks, is a genre of broken beat music which, as the name suggests, is most popular in the areas around the US state of Florida. Its sound has a lot in common with UK nu skool breaks although it also contains influences of other music popular in the same area such as freestyle, electro and Miami bass due to the parallel electronic dance music subgenre of electro bass being billed at many of the same events as Florida breaks. Also may be referred to as Orlando breaks, Tampa Breaks, or The Orlando Sound. genre of breakbeat dance music that originated in central region of the State of Florida, United States.
Texas country music
Jason Eady
Texas country music
Scarlet O'Hara won an Academy Award for Gone with the Wind because of her performance in a film based on a book by what author?
Title: Fire Over England Passage: Fire Over England (aka Gloriana) is a 1937 London Film Productions film drama, notable for providing the first pairing of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. It was directed by William K. Howard and written by Clemence Dane from the novel "Fire Over England" by A. E. W. Mason. Leigh's performance in the film helped to convince David O. Selznick to cast her as Scarlett O'Hara in his production of "Gone with the Wind". The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I focusing on England's victory over the Spanish Armada. Title: Vivien Leigh Passage: Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley, and also known as Lady Olivier after 1947; 5 November 19138 July 1967) was an English stage and film actress. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her iconic performances as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of "Tovarich" (1963). Title: 2013 in anime Passage: Internationally, "Patema Inverted" and "The Wind Rises" were nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film. "The Wind Rises" was also in competition for the Golden Lion at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. "The Wind Rises" won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. "The Wind Rises" and "A Letter to Momo" have been nominated for the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature at the 41st Annie Awards. "The Wind Rises" has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and "Possessions" has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 86th Academy Awards. Title: Rhett the Boston Terrier Passage: Rhett is the official costumed mascot of the Boston University (BU) and the Boston University Academy (BUA) Terriers. The Boston Terrier has been the BU mascot since 1922. The often snarling, bi-pedal black and white Boston Terrier was later named after the male lead in Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind", because "No one loves Scarlett more than Rhett" referencing Rhett Butler's affection for Scarlett O'Hara (scarlet is BU's primary color). In recent years Rhett has frequented Boston University games, events, and dining halls wearing his scarlet and white double-zero hockey jersey. Other outfits include a basketball jersey and a referee uniform (typically worn during the short youth hockey games that take place during ice hockey intermissions). However, he is also known to enjoy wearing his scarlet superhero cape when the occasion presents itself. Like all mascots, Rhett and the Terrier logo are ubiquitous at athletic events. The Terriers play varsity Division I intercollegiate sports in ten men's and twelve women's programs. Rhett's nemesis is Baldwin, the Boston College eagle. Title: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn Passage: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" is a line from the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind" starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. The line is spoken by Rhett Butler (Gable), as his last words to Scarlett O'Hara (Leigh), in response to her tearful question: "Where shall I go? What shall I do?" Scarlett clings to the hope that she can win him back. This line is also partially spoken by Rhett Butler in Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind", published in 1936, from which the movie is derived.
A. E. W. Mason
Fire Over England
Vivien Leigh
Matthew Perry's co-star in the film "Almost Heroes" appeared in what NBC comedy show?
Title: Chris Farley Passage: Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. Farley was known for his loud, energetic comedic style, and was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" between 1990 and 1995. Farley died of a drug overdose in 1997 at the age of 33. Title: Almost Heroes Passage: Almost Heroes is a 1998 American adventure comedy film directed by Christopher Guest, narrated by Guest's friend and frequent collaborator Harry Shearer, and starring Chris Farley and Matthew Perry. This was Farley's last leading film role and was released following his death in 1997. Title: The One with Rachel's Date Passage: "The One with Rachel's Date" is the fifth episode of "Friends<nowiki>'</nowiki>" eighth season. It first aired on NBC in the United States on October 25, 2001. During the episode, Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) begins dating Tim, a sous-chef from Monica's (Courteney Cox) restaurant. When Phoebe decides to end the relationship, it coincides with Monica wanting to fire him, with both fighting over who is going to dump Tim first. In the subplot, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) introduces Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) to his Days of Our Lives co-star, Kash Ford, and they go out on a date, which bothers Ross (David Schwimmer). Meanwhile, Chandler (Matthew Perry) blocks the promotion of a coworker, Bob, who has mistakenly been calling him Toby for the last five years. Title: The Great Indian Comedy Show Passage: Originally The Great Indian Comedy Show, The Comedy Show ha ha ha is a half-hour stand-up and sketch comedy show in Hindi. The program was first aired in October 2004. The program, hosted by various members of the ensemble, others to host include: winners of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge. In 2007, the program was renamed hanso India hanso due to confusion between "The Great Indian Comedy Show" and "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge". Title: List of Almost Heroes episodes Passage: The following is a list of episodes of the Showcase comedy television series "Almost Heroes", which premiered on June 2, 2011. The show focuses on two brothers, Terry and Pete, trying to keep their late father's comic store in a strip mall afloat.
Saturday Night Live
Almost Heroes
Chris Farley
Where is the company that released Biricodar baseD?
Title: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Passage: Vertex Pharmaceuticals is an American Pharmaceutical company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Title: Biricodar Passage: Biricodar (INN, codename VX-710, marketed as the dicitrate salt under the trade name Incel) is a pharmaceutical drug released by Vertex Pharmaceuticals in 1999 to help treat ovarian cancer patients. Title: Blitz Research Passage: Blitz Research Ltd is an Auckland, New Zealand based company which currently produces 3 BASIC based programming languages. Founded in 2000 by Mark Sibly, the company's first product was the now obsolete Blitz Basic 2D, a PC version of the Amiga Blitz Basic. It was released the same year as the company's foundation. In 2001, Blitz3D was released. This allowed programmers to create 3D games and applications in Blitz Basic using DirectX. Title: Mili Pictures Worldwide Passage: Mili Pictures Worldwide ( ) is a feature film animation company based in Shanghai, China. The company's first film, "", based on the online game "Dragon Nest", will be released in China in July 2014. The company opened an office in Los Angeles, California in spring 2014, headed by producer Bill Borden (producer of "High School Musical" and other films). The company's next feature project, "Ping Pong Rabbit", is currently in pre-production in Los Angeles. "Ping Pong Rabbit" is being directed by Mike Johnson, who was nominated for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as co-director (with Tim Burton) of "Corpse Bride". Title: Speak n Spell Music Passage: Speak n Spell Music (or Speak n Spell Music Publishing Pty Ltd) was an Australia and New Zealand based Record Label, Artist Management, International Touring Company and music licensing company. The record label was based in Collingwood, it was founded by Jonathan Wilson, David Shrimpton and David Benge. It released over 120 titles that were distributed via by Inertia and Universal. Some artists released on Speak n Spell included Editors, Midlake, School of Seven Bells, Warpaint and Dappled Cities. The management company looked after four acts signed to both independent and major labels locally and internationally in the UK, Europe and the USA. The Management roster included Cut Off Your Hands (NZ), Violent Soho, Jack Ladder (AMP Winner 2008), Kid Sam (2009 J Award nominee), Ghoul and producer Scott Horscroft. Speak and Spell Music was conceived and established in 2004 and closed in April 2011.
Boston, Massachusetts
Biricodar
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Which chalet-style building was demolished when construction began on the seventh Disney Vacation Club resort?
Title: Walt Disney World Conference Center Passage: The Walt Disney World Conference Center was a chalet-style building that was designed for small and medium-sized business meetings. It opened in August 1980 along the banks of Club Lake and was then converted into part of the Disney Institute. It was later demolished when construction began on the Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, which now stands on the grounds of the former Institute. Title: Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort &amp; Spa Passage: Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is a Disney Vacation Club resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. The resort is the seventh Disney Vacation Club resort and is situated on the former site of the Disney Institute. It first opened May 17, 2004 and was built in three phases. It is now the largest Disney Vacation Club resort. The resort was inspired by the city of Saratoga Springs, New York. Title: Disney Vacation Club Passage: The Disney Vacation Club (DVC) is a vacation timeshare program owned and operated by Disney Vacation Development, Inc., a subsidiary of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, a unit of The Walt Disney Company. It allows buying real estate interest in a DVC resort. Disney Vacation Club's Senior Vice President is Ken Potrock. Title: Disney's Old Key West Resort Passage: Disney's Old Key West Resort is a Disney Vacation Club resort at the Walt Disney World Resort. It opened on December 20, 1991 and was formerly known as Disney's Vacation Club Resort until January 1996 when it was renamed. It was the first Disney Vacation Club Timeshare Resort, and has the largest rooms of any of the fifteen Disney Vacation Club Resorts. The accommodations include kitchen facilities and a laundry room. The rooms are designed in a Key West theme. Rooms are also available year-round for rental by non-members (and members) as Disney Vacation Club retains ownership of a majority of the resort. Title: Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort Passage: Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort is a Disney Vacation Club Resort and vacation rental accommodation, part of the Disney brand of timeshares, located in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Designed by Cooper, Robertson & Partners, it opened on March 1, 1996. This property is on a secluded 15 acre island in the Shelter Cove Harbour area of Hilton Head Island.
Walt Disney World Conference Center
Walt Disney World Conference Center
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort &amp; Spa
How many episodes are in the 2014 American documentary about a band who's frontman is Dave Grohl?
Title: Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways Passage: Sonic Highways is a 2014 American documentary miniseries directed by Dave Grohl and written by Mark Monroe. The documentary was made concurrently with Foo Fighters' eighth album, "Sonic Highways", and was broadcast on HBO. Grohl described the project as "a love letter to the history of American music". Each of the eight episodes is presented as an exploration of the musical history of a different American city through a series of interviews by Grohl. The group is also shown incorporating what they learned from the interviews into the writing and recording of a new song in or near that city. The series debuted on October 17, 2014. Title: Dave Grohl Passage: David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, guitarist, singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and film director. He is the former drummer of the grunge band Nirvana and the frontman and founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead vocalist, rhythm and lead guitarist, and primary songwriter. Title: Foo Fighters (album) Passage: Foo Fighters is the self-titled debut studio album by American hard rock band Foo Fighters, released on July 4, 1995, by Capitol Records through Dave Grohl's label Roswell. Grohl wrote and recorded the entire album himself – with the exception of a guest guitar spot by Greg Dulli – with the assistance of producer Barrett Jones at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle, Washington, in 1994. Grohl claimed he recorded the album just for fun, describing it as a cathartic experience to recover from the death of his Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain. Title: Wasting Light Passage: Wasting Light is the seventh studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters. It was released on April 12, 2011 on RCA Records, and is the first album to feature rhythm guitarist Pat Smear since "The Colour and the Shape" (1997), making the band a five piece with the album. Wishing to capture the essence of the group's earlier work and avoid the artificiality of digital recording, frontman Dave Grohl arranged for the band to record in his garage in Encino, California using only analog equipment. The sessions were supervised by producer Butch Vig, with whom Grohl had worked on Nirvana's "Nevermind". Since the old equipment did not allow for many mistakes to be corrected in post-production, the band spent three weeks rehearsing the songs, and Vig had to relearn outdated editing techniques. The band went for a heavier and rawer sound to contrast with the musical experiments from their previous albums, and most of the lyrics were written as Grohl reflected upon his life and possible future. Guest musicians include Bob Mould, Krist Novoselic, Jessy Greene, Rami Jaffe and Fee Waybill. Title: In Your Honor Passage: In Your Honor is the fifth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on June 14, 2005 by RCA Records. It is a double album, with one disc containing heavy rock songs and a second disc with mellower acoustic songs. Frontman Dave Grohl decided to do a diverse blend of songs as he felt that after ten years of existence, the band had to break new ground with their music. The album was recorded at a newly built studio in Northridge, Los Angeles, and featured guests such as John Paul Jones, Norah Jones and Josh Homme. The lyrics deal with both resonating and introspective themes, with a major influence from Grohl's involvement on the campaign trail with John Kerry during the 2004 presidential election.
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Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
Dave Grohl
The 2003 Austrian Grand Prix was the last Austrian Grand Prix to be held until it returned in 2014 to a motorsport circuit located where?
Title: 2003 Austrian Grand Prix Passage: The 2003 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as A1 Grand Prix von Österreich) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 May 2003 at the A1-Ring. It was the sixth round of the 2003 Formula One season and the twenty-seventh Austrian Grand Prix. The 69-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from pole position. Kimi Räikkönen finished second driving for McLaren with Rubens Barrichello third in the other Ferrari. It was the last Austrian Grand Prix to be held until it returned to the renamed Red Bull Ring in 2014. Title: Red Bull Ring Passage: The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport circuit in Spielberg, Styria, Austria. Title: Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo Passage: Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo is a motorsport circuit located in Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina. The circuit was created in 2007 and underwent a complete overhaul and rebuild process in 2012, based on design by the Italian circuit designer Jarno Zaffelli. The circuit hosted the third round of the Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix in 2014 and 2015, bringing Grand Prix motorcycle racing back to Argentina after fifteen years. In 2013, the circuit also hosted Rounds 15 and 16 of the FIA WTCC Race of Argentina of the World Touring Car Championship, and the first MotoGP and Moto2 official tests. The track was to host the Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix in 2013, but the government's nationalisation of the local subsidiary of Repsol S.A., and the ensuing cancellation of gas exports to Argentina raised concerns for the safety of the Honda MotoGP team that is sponsored by the Spanish oil company, forcing a one-year postponement. In previous years, the circuit has also hosted events in the TC2000, Turismo Carretera and Formula Renault series. Title: Harald Bartol Passage: Harald Bartol (born May 13, 1947) is an Austrian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1978 when he rode a Morbidelli to fourth place in the 125cc world championship. His best result was a second place at the 1978 125cc Austrian Grand Prix. After retiring from competition, Bartol became well known as a successful engine builder for racing motorcycles. Many top Grand Prix racers sought him for his skills. In 2003, he became the Technical Director for the KTM Grand Prix road racing team, working in that capacity until the 2009 season when, the KTM factory withdrew from Grand Prix road racing. Title: 1987 Austrian Grand Prix Passage: The 1987 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 16 August 1987. It was the tenth round of the 1987 Formula One season. It was the twentieth Austrian Grand Prix and the last to be held at the Österreichring for ten years. It was held over 52 laps of the six kilometre circuit for a race distance of 309 kilometres.
Spielberg, Styria, Austria
2003 Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring
What actor who starred in the film Steptoe and Son Rides Again also played Paul McCartney's grandfather?
Title: Wilfrid Brambell Passage: Henry Wilfrid Brambell (22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish film and television actor best known for his role in the British television series "Steptoe and Son". He also performed alongside the Beatles in their film "A Hard Day's Night", playing Paul McCartney's fictional grandfather. Title: Steptoe and Son Ride Again Passage: Steptoe and Son Ride Again is a 1973 comedy film. It is a sequel to the film "Steptoe and Son" (1972) based on the television series. Again the film starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett. Title: Lee Eastman Passage: Lee Eastman, born Leopold Vail Epstein (12 January 1910 – 30 July 1991) was a New York City show business attorney, and art collector the son of Louis (b. Russia ~1887, imm. 1906) and Stella (Freyer) Epstein. His sisters were Emmaline and Rose. He married Louise Lindner, daughter of a prominent Cleveland department store executive; they had four children, including John Eastman and Linda McCartney, the late wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney. Eastman became McCartney's business manager shortly before the breakup of The Beatles while his son John represented McCartney during his 1970 lawsuit to legally dissolve the Beatles. He is the maternal grandfather of potter Heather McCartney, photographer Mary McCartney, fashion designer Stella McCartney, and musician/sculptor James Louis McCartney. Eastman was also the friend and longtime lawyer for and collector of the works of the Abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning. Title: J. G. Devlin Passage: James Gerard Devlin (8 October 1907 – 17 October 1991) was a Northern Irish actor who made his stage debut in 1931, and had long association with the Ulster Group Theatre. In a career spanning nearly sixty years, he played parts in TV productions such as "Z-Cars", "Dad's Army", "The New Avengers" and "Bread". He also guest starred, alongside Leonard Rossiter, in an episode of "Steptoe and Son", "The Desperate Hours". The writers of "Steptoe and Son" - Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - have since revealed that Devlin was second choice to play the part of Albert Steptoe in the series, behind Wilfrid Brambell. He also appeared as Father Dooley, a Catholic priest, in several episodes of Carla Lane's "Bread", his last television appearance. Title: Waterfalls (Paul McCartney song) Passage: "Waterfalls" is a Paul McCartney ballad from his first solo album after Wings, "McCartney II". The song has a stripped-down sound, with McCartney only playing a Fender Rhodes electric piano and a synthesizer and singing, and a short solo most likely played on an acoustic guitar. It was released as a single with "Check My Machine" as its B-Side and reached chart position #9 in the UK. In the US, however, it was his first single ever to miss the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, only reaching number 106 despite being the follow-up to the number one hit "Coming Up". In 2013, "Rolling Stone" rated it the #25 all-time Paul McCartney post-Beatles song, describing how it contrasted with Wings' prior single.
Wilfrid Brambell
Steptoe and Son Ride Again
Wilfrid Brambell
Which hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, US did Beldon Katleman invest in that closed on July 16, 2007?
Title: Beldon Katleman Passage: Beldon Katleman (1914–1988) was an American businessman. He was the owner of El Rancho Vegas, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he invented the buffet for guests. He was an investor in two other casinos, the Frontier Hotel and the Silver Slipper. Title: New Frontier Hotel and Casino Passage: The New Frontier (formerly Last Frontier and The Frontier) was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, US. It was the second resort that opened on the Las Vegas Strip and operated continuously from October 30, 1942 until it closed on July 16, 2007. The building was demolished on November 13, 2007. The land is now owned by Crown Resorts who abandoned their project to build the Alon Las Vegas in May 2017 and put it up for sale. Title: Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Passage: The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas is a 64-story luxury hotel, condominium, and timeshare located on Fashion Show Drive near Las Vegas Boulevard, just off the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, named for real estate developer and the 45th and current President of the United States Donald Trump. It is located across the street from Wynn Las Vegas, behind Alon Las Vegas on 3.46 acre , near the Fashion Show Mall, and features both non-residential hotel condominiums and residential condominiums. The exterior glass is infused with gold. The hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Title: Las Vegas–Paradise, NV MSA Passage: The Las Vegas–Paradise, NV MSA, also known as the Las Vegas–Henderson–Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area (2013), is in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, coextensive since 2003 with Clark County, Nevada. A central part of the metropolitan area is the Las Vegas Valley, a 600 sqmi basin that includes the metropolitan area's largest city, Las Vegas as well as the other primary city, Paradise, Nevada. The area contains the largest concentration of people in the state. Cities in the metropolitan area include Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, and Boulder City. The metropolitan area is one of the top tourist destinations in the world, drawing over 40 million international and domestic visitors in 2013 with a GMP of US$103.3 billion. Title: Downtown Las Vegas Passage: Downtown Las Vegas (commonly abbreviated as DTLV) is the central business district and historic center of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the original townsite and was the gambling district of Las Vegas prior to the Strip, and the area still incorporates downtown gaming. As the urban core of the Las Vegas Valley, it features a variety of hotel and business highrises, cultural centers, historical buildings and government institutions, as well as residential and retail developments. Downtown is located in the center of the Las Vegas Valley and just north of the Las Vegas Strip, centered on Fremont Street, the Fremont Street Experience and Fremont East. The city defines the area as bounded by I-15 on the west, Washington Avenue on the north, Maryland Parkway on the east and Sahara Avenue on the south.
Frontier Hotel
Beldon Katleman
New Frontier Hotel and Casino
Anthony Jung currently plays for Brondby on loan from what German association football club that is based in Leipzig, Saxony?
Title: Anthony Jung Passage: Anthony Jung (born 3 November 1991) is a German footballer who currently plays for Brøndby on loan from RB Leipzig. Title: RB Leipzig Passage: RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V., commonly known as RB Leipzig, is a German association football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by initiative of energy drink-maker Red Bull GmbH who purchased a playing right of the fifth division side SSV Markranstädt with the intention of advancing the new club to the top-flight Bundesliga within eight years. Men's professional football is run by the spin-off organization "RasenballSport Leipzig GmbH". RB Leipzig plays its home matches at the Red Bull Arena. Title: TuRa Leipzig Passage: TuRa Leipzig was a German association football club active before World War II from the city of Leipzig, Saxony. Successor sides included "BSG Chemie Leipzig", which was part of East German football competition, and "FC Sachsen Leipzig", which emerged following German reunification in 1990. Title: Wacker Leipzig Passage: SC Wacker Leipzig was a German association football club playing in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was formed 24 February 1895 out of the merger of the school clubs "Concordia Leipzig" and "Saxonia Leipzig". "Wacker" was a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund) in 1900. Title: Sportbrüder Leipzig Passage: Sportbrüder Leipzig was a German association football club from the city of Leipzig, Saxony.
RB Leipzig
Anthony Jung
RB Leipzig
What profession does Thornton Wilder and Richard Llewellyn have in common?
Title: Richard Llewellyn Passage: Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd (8 December 1906 – 30 November 1983), known by his pen name Richard Llewellyn, was a British novelist. Title: Thornton Wilder Passage: Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" and for the two plays "Our Town" and "The Skin of Our Teeth" — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel "The Eighth Day". Title: Hello, Dolly! (musical) Passage: Hello, Dolly! is a 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce "The Merchant of Yonkers", which Wilder revised and retitled "The Matchmaker" in 1955. The musical follows the story of Dolly Levi (a strong-willed matchmaker), as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City. Title: The Merchant of Yonkers Passage: The Merchant of Yonkers is a play by Thornton Wilder. The play had its origins in an 1835 one-act farce by the English dramatist John Oxenford. Oxenford's work, "A Day Well Spent", was later extended into a full-length play entitled "Einen Jux will er sich machen" ("He Will Go on a Spree" or "He'll Have Himself a Good Time") by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy in 1842. Wilder adapted Nestroy's version into an Americanized comedy entitled "The Merchant of Yonkers", which revolves around Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy Yonkers, New York businessman in the market for a wife. Title: How Green Was My Valley Passage: How Green Was My Valley is a 1939 novel by Richard Llewellyn, narrated by Huw Morgan, the main character, about his Welsh family and the mining community in which they live. The author had claimed that he based the book on his own personal experiences but this was found to be untrue after his death; Llewellyn was English-born and spent little time in Wales, though he was of Welsh descent. Llewellyn gathered material for the novel from conversations with local mining families in Gilfach Goch.
novelist
Thornton Wilder
Richard Llewellyn
What singer replaced Diana Ross as the lead singer of The Supremes in January of 1970 and provided the lead vocals on the song "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" by the Supremes and the Four Tops?
Title: Jean Terrell Passage: Jean Terrell (born Velma Jean Terrell, November 26, 1944 in Belzoni, Mississippi) is an American R&B and jazz singer. She replaced Diana Ross as the lead singer of The Supremes in January 1970. Title: You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart Passage: "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" is a duet single between Motown singing groups The Supremes and the Four Tops, released as a single from their "The Return of the Magnificent 7" album in 1971. The single became a modest charter peaking at #55 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and #41 on the U.S. "Billboard" R&B Singles Chart. The single fared better in the UK, where it reached #25 in the official top 50 single chart. Lead vocals were by the groups' respective lead singers Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs. Title: The Return of the Magnificent Seven Passage: The Return of the Magnificent Seven is the second collaborative album between Motown label-mates The Supremes and Four Tops, released in 1971. The production only featured two covers compared to their first album together, "The Magnificent 7", that included more than eight. Although the three albums the Supremes recorded with the Four Tops did not match the commercial success of the Supremes/Temptations duet albums (ironically loaded with covers), what they did have instead were original tunes, soulful lead vocals by Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs and high production values in terms of arrangements and orchestration. Title: Stoned Love Passage: "Stoned Love" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the last "Billboard" Pop Top Ten hit for the group, peaking at number seven, and their last "Billboard" number-one R&B hit as well, although the trio continued to score top ten hits in the UK into 1972. This single and "Up the Ladder to the Roof" are the only top-ten Supremes singles to feature Jean Terrell on lead vocals instead of Diana Ross, who left the group in January 1970 to pursue a solo career. In the UK, it was the post-Ross Supremes' biggest hit, reaching number 3 in the singles chart. The single spent six weeks in the UK top ten and five weeks in the US top ten. Title: Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (The Supremes album) Passage: Diana Ross & the Supremes: Greatest Hits Vol. 3 is a 1969 compilation album by Diana Ross & the Supremes, released on the Motown label. It features all of the hits released by the group between 1967 and 1969 save for the Supremes/Temptations duet singles. After Florence Ballard's mid-1967 departure from the group, Supremes singles were recorded by Diana Ross with session singers The Andantes on backgrounds instead of new Supreme Cindy Birdsong and founding member Mary Wilson, including "Love Child" and "Someday We'll Be Together" (Birdsong's voice in fact does not appear on this album).
Jean Terrell
You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart
Jean Terrell
The Stranger (Italian: "Lo straniero" ) is a 1967 film by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, based on which 1942 novel, by French author Albert Camus?
Title: The Stranger (novel) Passage: L’Étranger (The Outsider [UK], or The Stranger [US]) is a 1942 novel by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of Camus' philosophy of the absurd and existentialism, though Camus personally rejected the latter label. Title: The Stranger (1967 film) Passage: The Stranger (Italian: "Lo straniero" ) is a 1967 film by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, based on Albert Camus' novel "L'Étranger", with Marcello Mastroianni. Title: Bellissima (film) Passage: Bellissima (1951) is an Italian neorealism film by Italian director Luchino Visconti. The film, which is a satire of the film industry, was shot at the Cinecittà studios. Alessandro Blasetti, a contemporary film director, appears as himself. Bellissima is the only feature film in Visconti's oeuvre with a predominantly comic tone. Title: House of Visconti Passage: Visconti is the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages. There are two distinct Visconti families: the first one (chronologically) in the Republic of Pisa in the mid twelfth century who achieved prominence first in Pisa, then in Sardinia, where they became rulers of Gallura. The second family rose to power in Milan, where they ruled from 1277 to 1447, and where several collateral branches still exist. Pope Gregory X, who reigned from 1271 to 1276, was a member of the Visconti family of Milan. The renowned film director Luchino Visconti was a scion of this latter family's Visconti of Modrone branch. Title: The Innocent (1976 film) Passage: The Innocent (Italian: L'innocente ) was the last film made by Italian director Luchino Visconti. Released in 1976, the film is based on the novel "The Intruder" by Gabriele d'Annunzio. It was distributed in the U.S. by Analysis Film Releasing Corp.
L’Étranger
The Stranger (1967 film)
The Stranger (novel)
Elmer Lincoln Irey (1888 – July 19, 1948) was a United States Treasury Department official and director of the Internal Revenue Service's lead investigative unit during the federal tax evasion prosecution of Chicago mobster Al Capone, Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( ; ] ; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname Scarface, was an American mobster, crime boss and businessman who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss, of which organization?
Title: Al Capone Passage: Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( ; ] ; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname Scarface, was an American mobster, crime boss and businessman who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old. Title: Elmer Lincoln Irey Passage: Elmer Lincoln Irey (1888 – July 19, 1948) was a United States Treasury Department official and director of the Internal Revenue Service's lead investigative unit during the federal tax evasion prosecution of Chicago mobster Al Capone. Title: Tax levies Passage: A Tax levy, under United States Federal law, is an administrative action by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under statutory authority, generally without going to court, to seize property to satisfy a tax liability. The levy "includes the power of distraint and seizure by any means". The general rule is that no court permission is required for the IRS to execute a section 6331 levy. For taxpayers in serious debt to the IRS, the most feared weapon in the IRS arsenal is the tax levy. Using the powers granted to the IRS in the Internal Revenue Code, the IRS can levy upon wages, bank accounts, social security payments, accounts receivables, insurance proceeds, real property, and, in some cases, a personal residence. Under Internal Revenue Code section 6331, the Internal Revenue Service can “levy upon all property and rights to property” of a taxpayer who owes Federal tax. The IRS can levy upon assets that are in the possession of the taxpayer, called a seizure, or it can levy upon assets in the possession of a third party, a bank, a brokerage house, etc. All future statutory references will be to the Internal Revenue Code unless noted otherwise. Title: Frank J. Wilson Passage: Frank John Wilson (1887 – June 22, 1970) was best known as the Chief of the United States Secret Service and a former agent of the Treasury Department's Bureau of Internal Revenue, later known as the Internal Revenue Service. Wilson most notably contributed in the prosecution of Chicago mobster Al Capone in 1931, and as a federal representative in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Title: Internal Revenue Service Passage: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government. The government agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who is appointed for a five-year term by the President of the United States. The IRS is responsible for collecting taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the federal statutory tax law of the U.S. Its duty to maximize tax revenue entails providing tax assistance to taxpayers, as well as pursuing and resolving instances of erroneous or fraudulent tax filings. The IRS has also overseen various benefits programs, and enforces portions of the Affordable Care Act.
Chicago Outfit
Elmer Lincoln Irey
Al Capone
The 2005 Major League Baseball season included a suspension for which retired Cuban American left fielder for steroid use?
Title: 2005 Major League Baseball season Passage: The 2005 Major League Baseball season was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the BALCO scandal, which enforced harsher penalties ever than before for steroid use in Major League Baseball. Several players, including veteran Rafael Palmeiro, were suspended under the new policy. Also, every team in the NL East division had at least 81 wins (at least half of the 162 games played). It was also notable for being the first season featuring a baseball team in Washington, D.C. for more than 4 decades, with the Washington Nationals having moved from Montreal. Title: Rafael Palmeiro Passage: Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964) is a retired Cuban American Major League Baseball first baseman and left fielder. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985. He played for the Cubs (1986–1988), Texas Rangers (1989–1993, 1999–2003), and the Baltimore Orioles (1994–1998, 2004–2005). He was named to the MLB All-Star Team four times, and won the Gold Glove three times. He is a member of the 500 home run club and the 3,000 hit club and is one of only five players in history to be a member of both. Title: George Hildebrand Passage: George Albert Hildebrand (September 6, 1878 – May 30, 1960) was an American left fielder and umpire in Major League Baseball who played 11 games for the 1902 Brooklyn Superbas and later umpired in the American League from 1913 to 1934. He is often credited as having invented the spitball while playing in the minor leagues. He was the umpire in four World Series (1914, 1918, 1922, 1926), and his 3,331 games as an umpire ranked third in AL history when he retired. Title: Monte Irvin Passage: Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin (February 25, 1919 – January 11, 2016) was an American left fielder and right fielder in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball (MLB) who played with the Newark Eagles (1938–42, 46–48), New York Giants (1949–55) and Chicago Cubs (1956). He grew up in New Jersey and was a standout football player at Lincoln University. Irvin left Lincoln to spend several seasons in Negro league baseball. His career was interrupted by military service from 1943 to 1945. Title: Bob Johnson (outfielder) Passage: Robert Lee Johnson (November 26, 1905 – July 6, 1982), nicknamed "Indian Bob", was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three American League teams from 1933 to 1945, primarily the Philadelphia Athletics. He was the fifth player to have nine consecutive seasons of 20 or more home runs, and his 288 career HRs ranked eighth in major league history when he retired. Usually playing on inferior teams, he batted .300 five times, had eight seasons with 100 runs batted in, and finished his career among the AL's top five right-handed hitters in career RBI (1,283), runs (1,239), slugging average (.506), total bases (3501) and walks (1,075). He held the Athletics franchise record for career runs from 1942 to 1993. He also ranked among the AL leaders in games in left field (3rd, 1,592) and outfield putouts (10th, 4,003) and assists (8th, 208) when his career ended. His elder brother Roy was a major league outfielder from 1929 to 1938.
Rafael Palmeiro Corrales
2005 Major League Baseball season
Rafael Palmeiro
The first recording of the Mahler Symphony No. 8 was conducted by which Jewish-Polish-Irish bandleader?
Title: Leopold Stokowski Passage: Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 188213 September 1977) was an English conductor of Jewish-Polish and Irish descent. One of the leading and influential conductors of the early and mid-20th Century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and for appearing in the film "Fantasia". He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed. Title: Mahler Symphony No. 8 discography Passage: The first complete recording of Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony was made on 9 April 1950, with Leopold Stokowski conducting the New York Philharmonic and combined New York choirs. The recording was of a live performance at the Carnegie Hall. Nearly two years earlier the Hungarian-born conductor Eugene Ormandy had recorded the "Veni Creator Spiritus" movement, with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in July 1948. Since Stokowski's version at least 70 recordings of the symphony have been made, by many of the world's leading orchestras and singers, mostly during live performances. This number includes recordings which were for private or limited distribution and were not issued under commercial record labels. Title: Symphony No. 1 &quot;The Gothic&quot; (Brian) Passage: The Symphony No. 1 in D minor (The Gothic) by Havergal Brian is a symphony composed between 1919 and 1927. At around one and three quarter hours, it is among the longest symphonies ever composed (with Mahler's 3rd Symphony, Sorabji's nine-hour 2nd Organ Symphony and Dimitrie Cuclin's unperformed No. 12) and, along with choral symphonies such as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or Mahler's 8th Symphony, it is one of a few works attempting to use the musically gigantic to address the spiritual concerns of humanity. With a key-scheme that begins in D minor and comes eventually to a closing in E major, the work is an example of progressive tonality. Title: Symphony No. 7 (Mahler) Passage: Symphony No. 7 by Gustav Mahler was written in 1904–05, with repeated revisions to the scoring. It is sometimes referred to by the title Song of the Night (German: "Lied der Nacht" ), which Mahler never knew (and certainly would be unlikely to have sanctioned). Although the symphony is often described as being in the key of E minor, its tonal scheme is more complicated. The symphony's first movement moves from B minor (introduction) to E minor, and the work ends with a rondo finale in C major. Thus, as Dika Newlin has pointed out, "in this symphony Mahler returns to the ideal of 'progressive tonality' which he had abandoned in the Sixth". The complexity of the work's tonal scheme was analysed in terms of "interlocking structures" by Graham George. Title: Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) Passage: The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. Because it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the "Symphony of a Thousand", although the work is normally presented with far fewer than a thousand performers and the composer did not sanction that name. The work was composed in a single inspired burst, at Maiernigg in southern Austria in the summer of 1906. The last of Mahler's works that was premiered in his lifetime, the symphony was a critical and popular success when he conducted the Munich Philharmonic in its first performance, in Munich, on 12 September 1910.
Leopold Anthony Stokowski
Mahler Symphony No. 8 discography
Leopold Stokowski
Who wrote and directed the 2002 horror film Hunting Humans which was found among the possessions of murderer Adam Leroy Lane?
Title: Adam Leroy Lane Passage: Adam Leroy Lane is a convicted murderer and serial killer who was dubbed the "Highway Killer" because his crimes took place near the highway, which he frequently traveled due to his job as a trucker. Title: Hunting Humans Passage: Hunting Humans is a 2002 horror film written and directed by Kevin Kangas. The film gained notoriety when a copy of it was found among the possessions of murderer Adam Leroy Lane. Title: Spliced (film) Passage: Spliced (also known as The Wisher) is a 2002 horror film starring Ron Silver, Liane Balaban and Drew Lachey. The film was released on December 1, 2002, in Canada. The film was directed by Gavin Wilding. Title: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary Passage: Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary is a 2002 horror film directed by Guy Maddin, budgeted at $1.7 million and produced for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a dance film documenting a performance by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet adapting Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula". Maddin elected to shoot the dance film in a fashion uncommon for such films, through close-ups and using jump cuts. Maddin also stayed close to the source material of Stoker's novel, emphasizing the xenophobia in the reactions of the main characters to Dracula (played by Zhang Wei-Qiang in Maddin's film). Title: Brian Patrick O'Toole Passage: Brian Patrick O'Toole is an American film producer and screenwriter. O'Toole's work includes co-producing the 2002 horror film "Dog Soldiers" and his screenwriting debut "Cemetery Gates". He also wrote a monthly column for the prominent American magazine "Fangoria" for six years and currently works with Black Gate Entertainment, with whom he has written and produced several films, including "Basement Jack", "Evilution" and the upcoming "Necropolitan" and "A Necessary Evil". He also wrote the screenplays for the "Atlas Shrugged" film adaptations.
Kevin Kangas
Hunting Humans
Adam Leroy Lane
In which city was this rock band that released the song "Sunday Morning" formed in 1964?
Title: B-Sides Ultra Passage: B-Sides Ultra is the twelfth release and the second of four compilation albums from Manchester Indie group, James. "B-Sides Ultra" contains a collection of B-sides from their studio albums and singles released between 1990 and 1999. The B-sides were selected following a vote from fans on the band's official website as to which songs should be included. The album contains two covers, a version of Iggy Pop and David Bowie's "China Girl" and The Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning". The song "I Defeat" is a duet with Sinéad O'Connor. Title: The Velvet Underground Passage: The Velvet Underground was a rock band formed in 1964 in New York City by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise (replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965). The group's integration of rock and the avant-garde achieved little commercial success during their existence, but they are now recognized as one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music. The provocative subject matter, musical experimentation, and often nihilistic attitudes explored in the band's work would prove influential in the development of punk rock and new wave music. Title: If the Kids Are United Passage: "If the Kids Are United" is a song by Sham 69. The single, backed by the B-side "Sunday Morning Nightmare", was a success and reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart on July 1978. The song was also featured on their 1980 compilation album, "The First, the Best and the Last". The song was covered by the German punk rock band Die Toten Hosen in 1991 for their cover album "Learning English, Lesson One". Released as a single in 1992, it features Jimmy Pursey as a guest musician. Both the B-sides are Sham 69 covers. The CD single is designed to resemble a sawtooth. Title: Sunday Morning (Maroon 5 song) Passage: "Sunday Morning" is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on December 2, 2004 as the fourth single from their debut studio album, "Songs About Jane" (2002). Released in 2004, the single peaked at number 31 in the United States becoming Maroon 5's fourth Top 40 single; it also peaked at number 27 in the United Kingdom and Australia. Title: Sunday Morning (No Doubt song) Passage: "Sunday Morning" is a song recorded by American rock band No Doubt. It was released as the sixth single from their third studio album "Tragic Kingdom" (1995). The single was made available as a CD single, cassette single, and VHS single on May 27, 1997 through Interscope. Lyrically, the song is about Gwen Stefani's relationship with Tony Kanal, and their breakup that followed. The track was written by band members Kanal, Gwen Stefani, and Eric Stefani, while production was handled by Matthew Wilder.
New York City
B-Sides Ultra
The Velvet Underground
Who is the boyfriend of the animated female duck voiced by Clarence Nash?
Title: Daisy Duck Passage: Daisy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1940 by Walt Disney Productions as the girlfriend of Donald Duck. Like Donald, Daisy is an anthropomorphic white duck, but has large eyelashes and ruffled tail feathers to suggest a skirt. She is often seen wearing a hair bow, blouse, and heeled shoes. Daisy usually shows a strong affinity towards Donald, although she is often characterized as being more sophisticated than him. Title: Clarence Nash Passage: Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor. He is best known for the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck, whose distinctive voice he provided for 50 years, also known as the voice of Daisy Duck in 1940. He was born in the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and a street in that town is named in his honor. In 1993, he was posthumously made a Disney Legend for his contributions to Walt Disney films. Title: The Dognapper Passage: The Dognapper is a 1934 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The cartoon stars Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck as police officers who chase Pegleg Pete after he dognaps Fifi, Minnie Mouse's pet Pekingese. The film was directed by David Hand and features the voices of Clarence Nash as Mickey and Donald and Billy Bletcher as Pete. This was the first and only time that Mickey was voiced by Nash; Walt was in Europe at the time and was unavailable to record his lines for Mickey, thus, Nash took over. Title: A Day in the Life of Donald Duck Passage: "A Day in the Life of Donald Duck" is a 1956 episode of the "Disneyland" TV show. As the name of the episode implies, viewers experience Donald Duck himself as he struggles through a typical day at the Walt Disney Studios. In the process, he meets up with Jimmie Dodd, Roy Williams, the Mouseketeers and even his own voice, Clarence Nash. This episode introduces a song about Donald, "Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck." This episode was released on DVD in 2006 as a bonus feature in the Walt Disney Treasures line. Title: Three for Breakfast Passage: Three for Breakfast is a 1948 American animated short film directed by Jack Hannah. Part of the "Donald Duck" film series, the film was produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters by RKO Radio Pictures on November 5, 1948. The cartoon stars Donald Duck cooking himself a pancake breakfast at home. Donald is confounded by two chipmunks living in his stovepipe, Chip and Dale, who eventually succeed in stealing Donald’s pancakes. Clarence Nash stars as Donald while James MacDonald and Dessie Flynn voice Chip and Dale, respectively. The film includes original music by Oliver Wallace.
Donald Duck
Clarence Nash
Daisy Duck
Which retired British sprint and hurdling track and field athlete appeared on Bigheads?
Title: Kriss Akabusi Passage: Kriss Akabusi MBE (born Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi, 28 November 1958) is a retired British sprint and hurdling track and field athlete. Title: Bigheads Passage: Bigheads is a British television game show produced by Primal Media that has aired on ITV since 23 April 2017 and is hosted by Jason Manford with Jenny Powell and Kriss Akabusi as commentators. Contestants are dressed as celebrities with oversized heads, and compete in challenges and are eliminated until a winner is decided. Title: John Graham (hurdler) Passage: John Graham (born November 20, 1965 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a retired track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the 400 metres and in the hurdling events. John Was University of Calgary's Athlete of the Year in 1985 winning the 300m and 600m, 4 × 200 m and 4 × 400 m races at Canada West and the National Collegiate Championships. In 1989, he won those same events again claiming the Canadian athlete of the meet for the second time. He represented his Canada on the national team from 1985-1991 and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. John won three bronze medals in the Commonwealth games in 1986 and 1990. Along the way, John captured 11 National Championships and set numerous national records both indoor and outdoors. Title: Giovanny Fanny Passage: Giovanny Fanny (born 25 May 1965) is a Seychellois former hurdling track and field athlete. Title: Damien Greaves Passage: Damien David Greaves (born 19 September 1977 in Forest Gate, Greater London) is a sprints and hurdling track and field athlete who represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Kriss Akabusi
Bigheads
Kriss Akabusi
The son of the The Marvel Comics Character created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr in 1967 is what kind of character?
Title: Kingpin (character) Passage: The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., and first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #50 (cover dated July 1967). Title: Richard Fisk Passage: Richard Fisk is a fictional character, a criminal appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the son of the Kingpin and his wife Vanessa Fisk. Although he was originally a villain, he became an antihero. Title: The Comic Book Greats Passage: The Comic Book Greats was a 1991 documentary series produced by Stabur Home Video. The series was hosted by Stan Lee. Stan interviewed a different comic book artist for each episode. The artists interviewed include Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Sergio Aragones, Chris Claremont, Bob Kane, John Romita, Sr., John Romita, Jr. and Will Eisner. Title: Punisher Passage: The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru, with publisher Stan Lee green-lighting the name. The Punisher made his first appearance in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #129 (cover-dated Feb. 1974). Title: John Romita Sr. Passage: John V. Romita Sr., often credited as simply John Romita ( ; born January 24, 1930), is an American comic-book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' "The Amazing Spider-Man" and for co-creating the character The Punisher. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002.
originally a villain
Richard Fisk
Kingpin (character)
Which occupation did Gareth Evans and Michael Winner have in common?
Title: Michael Winner Passage: Robert Michael Winner (30 October 1935 – 21 January 2013) was an English film director and producer, and a restaurant critic for "The Sunday Times". Title: Gareth Evans (director) Passage: Gareth Huw Evans (born 1980) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter, film editor and action choreographer. Title: Yayan Ruhian Passage: Yayan Ruhian (born 19 October 1968) is an Indonesian martial artist and film actor, known for co-starring in Gareth Evans' films "" (2011), as Mad Dog, "The Raid 2" (2014), as Prakoso, and "" as Tasu Leech. Title: Holt by-election, 1999 Passage: The 1999 Holt by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Holt in Victoria on 6 November 1999. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, former Australian Labor Party deputy leader Gareth Evans on 30 September 1999. The writ for the by-election was issued on 1 October 1999. Title: V/H/S/2 Passage: V/H/S/2 (originally titled S-VHS) is a 2013 American anthology horror film from Bloody Disgusting and Producer . It features a series of found-footage shorts. It is the sequel to the film "V/H/S". The sequel involves a largely different group of directors: Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans, Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sánchez, and Gregg Hale, and franchise returnees Simon Barrett and Adam Wingard.
director
Gareth Evans (director)
Michael Winner
What was the name of the entomologist and grandson of the Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone?
Title: Graham Fairchild Passage: Alexander Graham Bell Fairchild (August 17, 1906–February 10, 1994) was an American entomologist, and a member of the Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford, Connecticut and one of two grandsons of the scientist and inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, for whom he was named, and son of David Fairchild, a botanist and plant explorer. Title: Alexander Graham Bell Passage: Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone and founding the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Title: Hector's clingfish Passage: Hector's clingfish, "Gastroscyphus hectoris", is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Gastrocyathus. It is found all down the east coast of New Zealand around the low water mark amongst seaweed, on rocky coastlines. Its length is up to 6.4 cm SL. It is named after Scottish-born scientist James Hector. Title: Lee de Forest Passage: Lee de Forest (August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American inventor, self-described "Father of Radio", and a pioneer in the development of sound-on-film recording used for motion pictures. He had over 180 patents, but also a tumultuous career—he boasted that he made, then lost, four fortunes. He was also involved in several major patent lawsuits, spent a substantial part of his income on legal bills, and was even tried (and acquitted) for mail fraud. His most famous invention, in 1906, was the three-element "Audion" (triode) vacuum tube, the first practical amplification device. Although De Forest had only a limited understanding of how it worked, it was the foundation of the field of electronics, making possible radio broadcasting, long distance telephone lines, and talking motion pictures, among countless other applications. Title: Charles F. Kettering Passage: Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 25, 1958) sometimes known as Charles "Boss" Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents. He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947. Among his most widely used automotive developments were the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline. In association with the DuPont Chemical Company, he was also responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrigeration and air conditioning systems. At DuPont he also was responsible for the development of Duco lacquers and enamels, the first practical colored paints for mass-produced automobiles. While working with the Dayton-Wright Company he developed the "Bug" aerial torpedo, considered the world's first aerial missile. He led the advancement of practical, lightweight two-stroke diesel engines, revolutionizing the locomotive and heavy equipment industries. In 1927, he founded the Kettering Foundation, a non-partisan research foundation. He was featured on the cover of Time Magazine on January 9, 1933.
Alexander Graham Bell Fairchild
Graham Fairchild
Alexander Graham Bell
Which band For Against or Aaroh was formed first ?
Title: For Against Passage: For Against is a United States post-punk/dream pop band from Lincoln, Nebraska. Despite numerous lineup shuffles and some periods of dormancy, the band has produced material steadily from its 1984 inception to the present. Title: Aaroh Passage: Aaroh (Urdu: آروح, literal English translation: "the ascending scale in eastern classical music") is an alternative rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 1998. The band was founded by keyboardist Kamran Khan and lead guitarist Nabeel Nihal . (This name was given to them by Shoaib Mansoor), who were joined by, Vocalist Farooq Ahmed, Bassist Khalid Khan and Drummer Adnan Hussain. Title: West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967 Passage: The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967 was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed first non-Congress government of the state. Title: Japp–Maitland condensation Passage: The Japp–Maitland condensation is an organic reaction and a type of Aldol reaction and a tandem reaction. In a reaction between the ketone 2-pentanone and the aldehyde benzaldehyde catalyzed by base the bis Aldol adduct is formed first. The second step is a ring-closing reaction when one hydroxyl group displaces the other in a nucleophilic substitution forming an oxo-tetrahydropyran. Title: Konstantin Vakulovsky Passage: Captain Konstantin Konstantinovich Vakulovsky (born 28 October 1894, died Summer 1918) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. A major general's son, he volunteered for aviation duty on 8 August 1914, six days after graduating from university. He taught himself to fly, and became one of Russia's first military pilots on 13 June 1915. After escaping the fall of the Novogeorgievsk Fortress in a hazardous flight, Vakylovsky flew reconnaissance missions, some through heavy ground fire. Given command of the newly formed First Fighter Detachment, he became a flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He died in a flying accident during Summer 1918.
For Against
For Against
Aaroh
Who wrote the lyrics of Portofino with a collaborator on "Fiddler on the Roof"
Title: Portofino (musical) Passage: Portofino is a musical with a book by Richard Ney, lyrics by Ney and Sheldon Harnick, and music by Louis Bellson and Will Irwin. Title: Sheldon Harnick Passage: Sheldon Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American lyricist best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as "Fiddler on the Roof". Title: Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof Passage: Cannonball Adderley's Fiddler on the Roof is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Capitol label featuring performances of material from the Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof" by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Charles Lloyd, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes. Title: A Shoggoth on the Roof Passage: A Shoggoth on the Roof is a parody musical of "Fiddler on the Roof" based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Published by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, it is credited to a member of the society who is referred to only as "He Who (for legal reasons) Must Not Be Named". Title: Alexandra Silber Passage: Alexandra Michelle Silber (born July 3, 1983) is an American actress, singer, writer and educator. She has performed roles on Broadway, in London's West End, on television and film, and concert stages. Among other stage roles, in London, she created the role of Laura Fairlie in "The Woman in White" (2005), played Hodel in "Fiddler on the Roof" (2007) and Julie Jordan in "Carousel" (2008). In New York, she appeared in "Hello Again" (2010), "Master Class" (2011), created the role of Sara Jane in "Arlington" (2012–14) and as Tzeitel in the Broadway revival of "Fiddler on the Roof" (2015).
Richard Ney
Portofino (musical)
Sheldon Harnick
Who inspired Megan Hart and wrote the novel The Stand?
Title: Megan Hart Passage: Megan Hart is an American author of romantic and erotic novels. Hart became interested in writing after reading the Ray Bradbury short story "Homecoming". Moved by this work, she rewrote her own version and began creating stories. She was inspired to write professionally after reading Stephen King's "The Stand". After a long break Hart resumed writing in 1998, publishing her first book in 2002. Title: The Stand Passage: The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel by American author Stephen King. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story "Night Surf" and outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic which kills off the majority of the world's human population. Title: One Night Stand (video game) Passage: One Night Stand is a visual novel developed by Kinmoku. In the interactive story, players wake up from a drunken one night stand beside a stranger and must piece together the events of the previous night. It was based on a free game Kinmoku wrote for a game jam at itch.io. "One Night Stand" was released on October 20, 2016. Title: Die Freie Bühne Passage: Die Freie Bühne, (German: "Free Stage") was a subscription-based theatre club founded in Berlin in 1889 by 10 writers and theatre critics supervised by Otto Brahm for the purpose of staging new, naturalistic plays that were either censored, not commercially viable, or not otherwise commonly produced. The 10 founding members were: Otto Brahm, Maximilian Harden, Theodor Wolff, Julius Hart and Heinrich Hart, Paul Schlenther, Julius Elias, Julius Stettenheim, Paul Jonas and Samuel Fischer. Inspired in part by André Antoine's Théâtre-Libre in Paris, Brahm's company gave private performances to subscribers only. Performances were held on Sunday afternoons. The "Freie Bühne" opened with a production of Ibsen's "Ghosts" (1881), in September 1889. Later productions included works by writers such as Gerhardt Hauptmann, Arno Holz, Émile Zola, August Strindberg, as well as dramatic adaptations of Tolstoy. The "Freie Bühne" closed in 1894, mostly due to the fact that larger, commercial theaters in Berlin had by then begun to embrace the new theatrical styles that the "Freie Bühne" had championed. Together with the Théâtre-Libre in Paris and the Independent Theatre Society in London, the "Freie Bühne" inspired a number of smaller, subscription-based theatres, known collectively as the Independent Theatre Movement. Title: Daniel Hart (musician) Passage: Daniel Frederick Hart is an American musician and composer. He is a classically trained violinist. Hart has released music as a solo artist and with his bands The Physics of Meaning and Dark Rooms. Hart has also toured with and recorded for numerous bands, including St. Vincent, Other Lives, John Vanderslice, Swans, The Rosebuds, Annuals, Glasser, Broken Social Scene, Pattern Is Movement, Mount Moriah, The Polyphonic Spree and Sarah Jaffe. In 2012, Hart wrote and recorded the score for David Lowery's film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints", which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013. In 2016, Hart composed the score for "Pete's Dragon". Hart currently resides in Los Angeles.
Stephen King
Megan Hart
The Stand
When did the magazine Wallace Hester work for run?
Title: Wallace Hester Passage: Robert Wallace Hester (1866-1942) was a British artist, engraver, and caricaturist who made witty illustrations of famous people for "Vanity Fair". He used the abbreviations and pseudonyms 'W. Hester', 'Hester', 'WH' and 'WH-'. Title: Vanity Fair (UK magazine) Passage: The second Vanity Fair was a British weekly magazine published from 1868 to 1914. Title: Chainsaw (Scream Queens) Passage: "Chainsaw" is the third episode of the horror black comedy series "Scream Queens". It premiered on September 29, 2015 on Fox. The episode was both directed and written by Ian Brennan. In this episode, the Red Devil continues the terror on campus using a chainsaw. Chanel (Emma Roberts) finds a new project in Hester (Lea Michele), and Dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) appoints a new Wallace University mascot while trying to separate Gigi (Nasim Pedrad) and Wes (Oliver Hudson)'s budding relationship as Chad (Glen Powell) and Earl Grey (Lucien Laviscount) lead their fraternity on a witch hunt for the Red Devil. Title: Benny Hester Passage: Benny Ray Hester (born May 3, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist. He is perhaps best known for his songs "When God Ran" and "Nobody Knows Me Like You", and for producing the groundbreaking tween/teen music-driven sketch comedy and dance television series "Roundhouse" on Nickelodeon. Hester received a television Cable Ace Award for the song "I Can Dream" and a collection of nominations for writing and producing a featured original song for each weekly episode of "Roundhouse" during its successful four-year run. He has written and recorded more than 25 number one and top ten songs. Title: Virginia's 89th House of Delegates district Passage: Virginia's 89th House of Delegates district, consisting of parts of Norfolk, Virginia, has been represented by Daun Hester since 2013, after she won a 2012 special election. Hester is stepping down to run for Norfolk City Treasurer, and Jerrauld "Jay" Jones (son of Jerrauld C. Jones, who held the seat for eight terms) is running for the seat. Joe Dillard, president of the Norfolk NAACP, is also running, as is Libertarian Terry Hurst.
1868 to 1914
Wallace Hester
Vanity Fair (UK magazine)
The Kwahu East District with the capital of Abetifi is in which country?
Title: Kwahu East District Passage: The Kwahu East District is one of the twenty-one (21) districts of the Eastern Region of south Ghana. The capital is Abetifi. Title: Abetifi Passage: Abetifi is a small town in south Ghana and is the capital of Kwahu East district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. Title: Ada Kasseh Passage: Kasseh is a town in the Ada East district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is a major town located between Sege and Sogakope on the Accra-Aflao road. Kasseh has the biggest market in four districts(Ada West, Ada East, South Tongu and North Tongu) in its area. Kasseh is connected to almost all the towns and villages in the Ada East district by road or path. It is the most easily accessible town in the district. It is connected by road to the district capital town of Ada Foah and the Town called Big Ada. Title: Nkwatia Kwahu Passage: Nkwatia Kwahu is a village in the Kwahu East district, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. Title: Daboase Passage: Daboase is a small town and is the capital of Mpohor/Wassa East district, a district in the Western Region of Ghana. <ref name="Mpohor/Wassa East District">Mpohor/Wassa East District</ref>
Ghana
Kwahu East District
Abetifi
Luis Gianneo was teacher to what composer who died February 18, 2010?
Title: Luis Gianneo Passage: Luis Gianneo (1897–1968) was an Argentine composer, pianist and conductor. As music educator, he was the teacher of composers Ariel Ramirez, Juan Carlos Zorzi, Virtú Maragno, Pedro Ignacio Calderón and Rodolfo Arizaga, among others. Title: Ariel Ramírez Passage: Ariel Ramírez (4 September 1921 – 18 February 2010) was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. He was considered "a chief exponent of Argentine folk music" and noted for his "iconic" musical compositions. Title: Richard Proulx Passage: Richard Proulx ("AmEng" [pɺu]) (born April 3, 1937, St. Paul, Minnesota — died February 18, 2010, Chicago, Illinois) was an American composer and editor of church music, including anthems, service music, hymn concertatos, organ music and music for handbell choir, formerly based in Chicago. The pronunciation of his name is suggested by the section of his catalog entitled "Noulx [new] from Proulx". Title: Marta Lambertini Passage: Marta Lambertini (born 13 November 1937) is an Argentine composer. She was born in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, and studied at the Universidad Catolica Argentina with Roberto Caamano, Luis Gianneo and Gerardo Gandini, graduating in 1972. She continued her studies in electroacoustic music in Buenos Aires, at the Centro de Investigationes de la Ciudad with Francisco Kröpfl, Gerardo Gandini, José Maranzano and Gabriel Brncic. Title: Johannes Matthiae Gothus Passage: John Matthiae Gothus (born December 29, 1592 in Västra Husby - died February 18, 1670 in Stockholm) was an Uppsala University professor, the rector of the Collegium illustrious in Stockholm (1626–1629) and the most eminent teacher in Sweden during the seventeenth century. He was Bishop of Strängnäs from 1643 to 1664.
Ariel Ramírez
Luis Gianneo
Ariel Ramírez
The elachista canapennella moth is found in this region which name comes from the latin words for Finland and Scandinavian.
Title: Elachista canapennella Passage: Elachista canapennella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to central Russia. Title: Fennoscandia Passage: Fennoscandia (Finnish: "Fennoskandia" ; Swedish: "Fennoskandien" ; Norwegian: "Fennoskandia" ; Russian: Фенноскандия "Fennoskandiya" ), Fenno-Scandinavia, or the Fennoscandian Peninsula, is the geographical peninsula of the Nordic region comprising the Scandinavian Peninsula, Finland, Karelia, and the Kola Peninsula. It encompasses Finland, Norway and Sweden, as well as Murmansk Oblast, much of the Republic of Karelia, and parts of northern Leningrad Oblast in Russia. Its name comes from the Latin words "Fennia" (Finland) and "Scandia" (Scandinavian). The term was first used by the Finnish geologist Wilhelm Ramsay in 1898. Geologically, the area is distinct because its bedrock is Archaean granite and gneiss with very little limestone, in contrast to adjacent areas in Europe. Title: Elachista pollinariella Passage: Elachista pollinariella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Finland and the Baltic region to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from France to Poland. Title: Elachista ripula Passage: Elachista ripula is a moth of the Elachistidae family that can be found in Finland and northern Russia. Title: Rimasuchus Passage: Rimasuchus is an extinct genus of crocodile from the Neogene period of Africa and the Middle East. Its name comes from the Latin words "rima", meaning "crack" (referencing the East African rift valley where it was discovered) and "suchus", which means "crocodile". "Rimasuchus" is a member of the subfamily Crocodylinae, which includes over 20 species, eight of which are extinct. The type and only species, Rimasuchus lloydi, lived alongside other crocodiles such as the Nile crocodile. It preyed on large mammals, including early humans.
Fennoscandia
Elachista canapennella
Fennoscandia
This catlike alien space pirate is arch enemies to Space Ghost. What is his name?
Title: Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que Passage: Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que is the first of two commercially available Cartoon Planet soundtrack albums, the second being Space Ghost's Surf & Turf. Featuring songs and skits by Space Ghost and his arch enemies Zorak and Brak. Title: Brak (character) Passage: Brak is a fictional character and supervillain on the 1966 Hanna-Barbera animated series "Space Ghost", portrayed as a catlike alien space pirate trying to conquer the galaxy. Brak appeared alongside his twin brother Sisto in such episodes as "The Lure" and "The Looters", and was also a member of the Council of Doom (an organization of "Space Ghost" villains which originally consisted of Zorak, Moltar, Metallus, Creature King, Black Widow, and himself). In the 1990s the Brak character Title: Space Ghost (TV series) Passage: Space Ghost is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It first aired on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 7, 1968. The series was composed of two unrelated segments, "Space Ghost" and "Dino Boy in the Lost Valley". An alternative title, "Space Ghost and Dino Boy", is used in official records to differentiate it from Cartoon Network's late-night talk show "Space Ghost Coast to Coast". The series was created by Alex Toth and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Title: George Lowe Passage: George Edward Lowe (born November 10, 1958) is an American voice actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as the voice of Space Ghost on the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim/GameTap animated series "Space Ghost Coast to Coast"; he also played the part for its spin-off "Cartoon Planet". He continued to voice Space Ghost in several cameos in other programs for several years, even following the conclusion of the series. He has also made recurring voice appearances on "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" and "Robot Chicken". Title: List of Bodacious Space Pirates episodes Passage: "Bodacious Space Pirates" is an anime series adapted from the "Miniskirt Space Pirates" light novels by Yūichi Sasamoto. The anime adaptation is produced by Satelight and directed by Tatsuo Sato. The anime follows Marika Kato, a normal high school girl in the far future who learns her recently deceased father was a space pirate captain. By law, only direct descendants can inherit her father's spaceship, the Bentenmaru, which her father's subordinates ask that she takes over as their new Captain, thus beginning Marika's adventures as a space pirate.
Brak
Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que
Brak (character)
Margarita Lozano acted in which movie directed by Claude Berri ?
Title: Manon des Sources (1986 film) Passage: Manon des Sources (] ; meaning Manon of the Spring) is a 1986 French language film. Directed by Claude Berri, it is the second of two films adapted from the 1966 two-volume novel by Marcel Pagnol, who wrote it based on his own earlier film of the same title. It is the sequel to "Jean de Florette". It won an award in 1989 as best french film. Title: Margarita Lozano Passage: Margarita Lozano (born 14 February 1931 in Tetuan) is a Spanish-born actress known for her career in Italian films. She has worked for Luis Buñuel in "Viridiana", Sergio Leone in "A Fistful of Dollars", Pier Paolo Pasolini in "Pigsty", the Taviani brothers in "The Night of the Shooting Stars", "Kaos" and "Good Morning Babylon"; Nanni Moretti in "La messa è finita"; and in Claude Berri's diptych "Jean de Florette" and "Manon of the Spring". Title: The Lover (film) Passage: The Lover (French: L'Amant ) is a 1992 drama film produced by Claude Berri and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Based on the semi-autobiographical 1984 novel by Marguerite Duras, the film details the illicit affair between a teenage French girl and a wealthy Chinese man in 1929 French Indochina. In the screenplay written by Annaud and Gérard Brach, the 15 1/2-year-old protagonist is portrayed by actress Jane March, who turned eighteen shortly after filming began. Her lover is portrayed by actor Tony Leung Ka-fai. The film features full-frontal male and female nudity. Title: Je vous aime Passage: Je Vous Aime (English title "I Love You All") is a 1980 French romantic comedy film directed by Claude Berri. Its cast comprises notable actors and actresses like Jean Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu and Serge Gainsbourg. It was first released in 1980 and it was shown in the US in 1981. Title: Germinal (1993 film) Passage: Germinal is a 1993 French epic film based on the novel by Émile Zola. It was directed by Claude Berri, and stars Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou and Renaud. At the time it was the most expensive movie ever produced in France. The film had 6,161,776 admissions in France making it the 4th most attended film of the year.
Manon des Sources
Margarita Lozano
Manon des Sources (1986 film)
In which country will you find the county-level city Gaozhou and the Jiangdu District which was formerly a county-level city?
Title: Gaozhou Passage: Gaozhou is a county-level city in southwestern Guangdong Province, China. Formerly the primary city in the area, it is now administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Maoming. At the time of the 2010 census, Gaozhou had a population of 1,288,665 living in its 3270.8 sqkm territory. The locals speak a variation of the Gaozhou dialect. It is best known in China for being the ancestral home of Leo Ku. Title: Jiangdu District Passage: Jiangdu District () is one of three districts of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. It was a county-level city under the administration of Yangzhou until November 2011, when it was converted into a district. Title: Taobei District Passage: Taobei District () is the main urban district of the prefecture-level city of Baicheng in China's northeastern Jilin province. It was formerly the county-level city of Baicheng until 1993, when the former Baicheng Prefecture became Baicheng prefecture-level city, while the prefectural capital Baicheng county-level city was renamed Taobei District. Title: Yizhou District, Hami Passage: Yizhou (; ), is the central district of the Hami prefecture-level city, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Its population was 472,175 at the end of 2010. It was known as Hami county-level city until February 2016, when it was merged with the Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city, and the county-level city was renamed Yizhou District. Title: Mengzi City Passage: Mengzi () is a city in the southeast of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. Administratively, it is a county-level city and the seat of the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located about 175 km south-southeast of the provincial capital of Kunming. It is situated in the centre of a fertile valley basin on a plateau 1000 m above sea level. Mengzi was formerly Mengzi County (蒙自县 ) until October 2010, when it was upgraded to a county-level city.
China
Gaozhou
Jiangdu District
Which singer also produced records, Eugene Hütz or Alex Chilton?
Title: Eugene Hütz Passage: Eugene Hütz (] Ukrainian: Євген Гудзь ] , "Yevhen Hudz′"; born Yevheniy Aleksandrovich Nikolayev-Simonov, Russian: Евгений Александрович Николаев-Симонов , 6 September 1972) is a Ukrainian-born singer, composer, disc jockey and actor, most notable as the frontman of the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. Title: Alex Chilton Passage: William Alexander Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for The Box Tops was never repeated in later years with Big Star and in his subsequent indie music solo career on small labels, but he drew an intense following among indie and alternative music musicians. He is frequently cited as a seminal influence by influential rock artists and bands, some of whose testimonials appeared in the 2012 documentary "". Title: Alex Chilton (song) Passage: "Alex Chilton" is a song by American rock band The Replacements from their fifth studio album "Pleased to Meet Me". The song is a homage to Alex Chilton, lead singer of The Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton was a guest musician on "Pleased to Meet Me", playing guitar on the song "Can't Hardly Wait". Title: Third (Big Star album) Passage: Third (reissued since 1985 as Sister Lovers) is the third studio album by American rock band Big Star. Sessions started at Ardent Studios in September 1974. Though Ardent created promotional, white-label test pressings for the record in 1975, a combination of financial issues, the uncommercial sound of the record, and lack of interest from singer Alex Chilton and drummer Jody Stephens in continuing the project prevented the album from ever being properly finished or released at the time of its recording. It was eventually released in 1978 by PVC Records. Title: Start Wearing Purple Passage: "Start Wearing Purple" is a song by gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, written by frontman Eugene Hütz. The song was packaged as a double single along with "Sally", and released as the band's second single in February 2006. It appears on their third album "". This version is a re-recording of the initial one which was featured in the band's first album, 1999's "Voi-La Intruder". It also appears in the soundtrack for the 2005 film "Everything Is Illuminated", in which Hütz stars as Alex.
Alexander Chilton
Eugene Hütz
Alex Chilton
What country in the Maghreb region of North Africa has the First Statement Stadium?
Title: First Statement Stadium Passage: First Statement Stadium (Arabic: ملعب البيان الأول‎ ‎ ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Benghazi, Libya. Built in 2008, it is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of numerous clubs in the city. The stadium holds 10,000 people, measuring 68m by 105m. Title: Libya Passage: Libya (Arabic: ليبيا‎ ‎ "Lībiyā ") is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. The country is made of three historical regions, Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 e6km2 , Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, and is the 16th largest country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. Title: Beidane Passage: Beidane or Beidan (Arabic: بيدن‎ ‎ ) is an Arabic term used in the Maghreb region of North Africa to refer to the Caucasian or white Moors. In contrast to Haratin, which refers to those with a darker complexion, or black. The Beidane inhabit most of what is now Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and to a lesser extent Egypt. Their descendants can also be found in Southern European populations, particularly (Spain, Portugal, Southern Italy, and Sicily). The Beidane refers to those of Arab, Berber, or Arab-Berber descent, however, large populations on the northern coast of North Africa, also have Iberian blood; going back to the Spanish Reconquista. The main language of the Beidane is Arabic and to a lesser extent Tamazight (Berber). Title: List of companies of Libya Passage: Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 e6km2 , Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, and is the 16th largest country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. Title: Maghrebi Jews Passage: Maghrebi Jews (in Hebrew Maghrebim or ) are Jews who had traditionally lived in the Maghreb region of North Africa ("al-Maghrib", Arabic for "the west") under Arab rule during the Middle Ages. Established Jewish communities had existed in North Africa long before the arrival of Sephardi Jews, expelled from Portugal and Spain. The oldest Jewish communities were present during Roman times and possibly as early as within Punic colonies of the Ancient Carthage period. Maghrebi Jews largely mixed with the newly arrived Sephardic Jews, beginning from the 13th century until the 16th century, eventually being overwhelmed by Sephardics and embracing the Sephardic Jewish identity in most cases.
Libya
First Statement Stadium
Libya
Seinsheim is known for its connection to the family that is extinct save for which Czech family?
Title: House of Schwarzenberg Passage: The House of Schwarzenberg is a Czech (Bohemian) and German (Franconian) aristocratic family, and it was one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the Bohemian nobility and German nobility and achieved the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. The family traces its roots to the Lords of Seinsheim during the Middle Ages. Title: Seinsheim Passage: Seinsheim is a municipality in the district of Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany. It is best known for its connection with the countly Seinsheim family, which died out in 1958 with the exception of the princely House of Schwarzenberg branch of the family. Title: Benda Chamber Orchestra Passage: Benda Chamber Orchestra is a Czech amateur music ensemble in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic. It is named after the renowned Czech family of musicians and composers of the 18th century - the Bendas (František Benda or Franz Benda, Jiří Antnonín Benda or Georg Anton Benda). Title: Jankovský of Vlašim Passage: Jankovský z Vlašimi is an old Czech family and a member of the House of Vlašim. In the 13th Century at Jankov in Bohemia, the family began to split into several branches. Title: Huťka Passage: Huťka is a Czech family name. In Slovakia the name is Hutka.
House of Schwarzenberg
Seinsheim
House of Schwarzenberg
Paul Auster and Jodi Picoult, have which occupation in common?
Title: Paul Auster Passage: Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and director whose writing blends absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, and the search for identity and personal meaning. His notable works include "The New York Trilogy" (1987), "Moon Palace" (1989), "The Music of Chance" (1990), "The Book of Illusions" (2002), and "The Brooklyn Follies" (2005). His books have been translated into more than forty languages. Title: Jodi Picoult Passage: Jodi Lynn Picoult ( ; born May 19, 1966) is an American writer. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Currently approximately 14 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages. Title: The Invention of Solitude Passage: The Invention of Solitude is the debut work of Paul Auster, a memoir published in the year 1982. The book is divided into two separate parts, "Portrait of an Invisible Man", which concerns the sudden death of Auster's father, and "The Book of Memory", in which Auster delivers his personal opinions concerning subjects such as coincidence, fate, and solitude, subjects that have become trademarks of Auster's works. Title: Perfect Match (novel) Passage: Perfect Match (2002) is a novel by Jodi Picoult. It deals with family issues and crime, primarily child sexual abuse and murder. It is one of Picoult's only novels not to follow her typical back-and-forth flashback format. Title: The Inner Life of Martin Frost Passage: The Inner Life of Martin Frost is a 2007 American romantic-mystery drama film directed by Paul Auster and starring David Thewlis, Irène Jacob, and Michael Imperioli. Written by Paul Auster, the film is about an author who having just completed his fourth novel travels to his friends' vacant country house to spend a few weeks alone. There he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman who inspires him to write a new story. Filmed in Azenhas do Mar in Sintra, Portugal in the spring of 2006, "The Inner Life of Martin Frost" is Auster's fourth film as director and writer. The film premiered at the New Directors/New Films Festival on March 21, 2007, and was released in the United States on September 7, 2007.
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Paul Auster
Jodi Picoult
Are Marie Fredriksson and Bada both vocalists?
Title: Marie Fredriksson Passage: Gun-Marie Fredriksson, known as (born 30 May 1958), is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist, best known for forming one half of the pop rock duo Roxette, which she created together with Per Gessle in 1986. She and Gessle achieved international success from the late 1980s to the early 1990s with a total of six top 10 US hit songs such as "It Must Have Been Love," "Listen to Your Heart," "The Look," "Joyride," and "Dangerous." In 2002, after fainting at home, she was diagnosed with brain cancer. During her rehabilitation she continued to make music, resulting in the album "The Change." She later reunited with Gessle to record more Roxette albums, embarked on worldwide tour and continued to record as a solo artist in her native Sweden. Title: Bada (singer) Passage: Choi Sung-hee (born February 28, 1980), better known as Bada or Sea, is a South Korean singer and musical actress. She is a member of South Korean girl group S.E.S.. She has released four studio albums, one mini albums and five singles. She won Best Actress at the 3rd The Musical Awards and has starred in ten musicals to date. Title: Äntligen – Marie Fredrikssons bästa 1984–2000 Passage: Äntligen – Marie Fredrikssons bästa 1984–2000 "(Finally – Marie Fredriksson's best)" is the first greatest hits album by Swedish pop singer and songwriter Marie Fredriksson. Compiled by Marie herself from some personal favourite songs and from solo singles that were released between 1984 and 1997. Two new songs were specially recorded to be included on the album, "Äntligen" and "Det som var nu" (a duet with Patrik Isaksson). Title: Äntligen (song) Passage: Äntligen is a song written by Marie Fredriksson and Mikael Bolyos, and recorded by Marie Fredriksson on the album "Äntligen" in the year 2000, as well as released as a single the same year. Title: Sparvöga Passage: Sparvöga is a 1989 single by Swedish artist Marie Fredriksson, known internationally from the duo Roxette. The single was not originally part of an album, but was written for the TV-series "Sparvöga", which in turn was based on Ann-Charlotte Alverfors's book by the same name. The single was released in March 1989, and the next month peaked at number six on the Swedish charts. As such it was Fredriksson's highest charting single ever until the release of "Där du andas" in 2008, that reached the number one spot.
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Marie Fredriksson
Bada (singer)
When did the pawn shop, that Richard Benjamin Harrison owns, open?
Title: Chumlee Passage: Austin Lee Russell (born September 8, 1982), better known by his stage name of Chumlee, is an American actor, businessman and reality television personality, known as a cast member on the History Channel television show "Pawn Stars", which depicts the daily business at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas where Russell works as an employee. Chumlee came to work at the pawn shop five years before filming of the first season, having been a childhood friend of Corey Harrison, whose father, Rick Harrison, and grandfather, Richard Benjamin Harrison, opened the shop in 1989. Title: Richard Benjamin Harrison Passage: Richard Benjamin Harrison Jr., (also known by the nicknames The Old Man and The Appraiser) (born March 4, 1941), is a Las Vegas businessman and reality television personality, best known as the co-owner of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, as featured on the History channel series "Pawn Stars". Harrison was the co-owner of a pawn shop with his son Rick Harrison until he suffered a stroke, causing him to retire.They opened the store together in 1989. Title: Arrowhead Pawn Shop Passage: Arrowhead Pawn Shop is a pawn shop and part of the Iron Pipeline. It was founded in 1991 and is located in Jonesboro, Georgia. The store was described as the most significant source outside of New York State of guns recovered by the New York Police Department in 2009. After a gun from the shop was used in the murders of two New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers, the "New York Times" reported that Arrowhead ranked fifth on the U.S.-wide list of legal sources of guns used in crimes. The newspaper quoted an anonymous federal official as stating that "[Arrowhead] were like a Crazy Eddie of gun dealers. They had a lot of volume and they did a lot of business." The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence describes Arrowhead as a "notorious 'bad apple' gun dealer", having sold over 1720 guns that were subsequently used in crimes. Title: List of Pawn Stars episodes Passage: "Pawn Stars" is an American reality television series that premiered on History on July 19, 2009. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard "Old Man" Harrison, his son Rick Harrison, Rick's son Corey "Big Hoss" Harrison, and Corey's childhood friend, Austin "Chumlee" Russell. Title: Rick Harrison Passage: Richard Kevin "Rick the Spotter" Harrison (born March 22, 1965) is an American, Las Vegas-based businessman and reality television personality, best known as the co-owner of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, as featured on the History series "Pawn Stars". He co-owns the pawn shop with his father, Richard Benjamin Harrison, which they opened in 1989. Harrison dropped out of high school to pursue his "$2,000-a-week business of selling fake Gucci bags".
1989
Chumlee
Richard Benjamin Harrison
Live While We're Young is by the English-Irish boy band from what city?
Title: Live While We're Young Passage: "Live While We're Young" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released as the lead single from their second studio album, "Take Me Home" (2012). Written by Savan Kotecha and its producers, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk, the number was released by Syco Records on 28 September 2012. Falk, Kotecha, and Yacoub had collaboratively helmed One Direction's previous hits, "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing". The track is an uptempo, upbeat bubblegum pop song which features rock undertones, vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, and repetitive synthesizers. The chorus of the song is predominantly featured alongside the bridge, and is backed by wordless chants. Its opening guitar riff bears similarities with The Clash's 1982 single, "Should I Stay or Should I Go". Title: One Direction Passage: One Direction (commonly abbreviated as 1D) are an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 2015. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition "The X Factor" in 2010. Propelled to international success by social media, One Direction's five albums, "Up All Night" (2011), "Take Me Home" (2012), "Midnight Memories" (2013), "Four" (2014), and "Made in the A.M." (2015), topped charts in most major markets, and generated hit singles including "What Makes You Beautiful", "Live While We're Young", "Best Song Ever", "Story of My Life", and "Drag Me Down". Title: Moments (One Direction song) Passage: "Moments" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction from their debut studio album, "Up All Night" (2011). It was written by Ed Sheeran, and Si Hulbert, the song's producer. In 2011, as One Direction member Harry Styles told Sheeran that the boy band did not have enough songs for their album, Sheeran offered "Moments" as a track that Sheeran "was never going to use". Title: One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film Passage: One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film, also known as One Direction: Where We Are - Live from San Siro Stadium is the second concert film by English-Irish boy band One Direction and the sequel to "". The film takes place during the 28 and 29 June 2014 shows of the band's Where We Are Tour at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy. It contains a 15-minute interview with the band with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. Title: On the Road Again Tour Passage: The On the Road Again Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction. It promoted the band's fourth studio album, "Four". The tour began on 7 February 2015 in Sydney, Australia and ended on 31 October 2015 in Sheffield, England. The majority of the tour venues were sold out, bringing in revenue of $208 million from 80 shows total.
London
Live While We're Young
One Direction
Scrabble and Sentinels of the Multiverse, is which form of entertainment?
Title: Sentinels of the Multiverse Passage: Sentinels of the Multiverse is a designer card game published by Greater Than Games and released at Gen Con 2011. It is a cooperative game in which players control a team of comic book-style heroes battling a villain. Each player controls one or more heroes, while a villain and environment deck each run themselves. A given game includes 3 to 5 heroes, 1 villain and 1 environment, which can be mixed and matched to create a number of different scenarios. The core game comes with 10 heroes, 4 villains, and 4 environments. Title: Scrabble Passage: Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles bearing a single letter onto a board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words which, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downwards in columns, and be defined in a standard dictionary or lexicon. Title: Straja Țării Passage: Straja Țării (Romanian - roughly, "The Sentinel of the Motherland"; also known as Străjeria - translatable as "The Sentinel") was a youth organization in the Kingdom of Romania, created in 1935 by King Carol II to counter the growing influence the Iron Guard had over the youth of Romania. Its members were known as "străjeri" ("sentinels"), and used a form of the Roman salute as greeting. Title: UFO Moviez Passage: UFO Moviez India Limited is India’s largest digital cinema distribution network and in-cinema advertising platform (in terms of numbers of screens). UFO operates India’s largest satellite-based, digital cinema distribution network using its UFO-M4 platform, as well as India’s largest D-Cinema network. UFO Moviez is a pioneer in the electronic delivery of digitized full length feature films and content in theatres via satellite and has transformed the way content is distributed and exhibited across geographies. UFO has also contributed to the revival of single screen cinemas in India and its secure technology has substantially reduced Piracy. Most importantly, UFO has ensured that audiences have ‘day of release’ access to films everywhere. UFO Moviez has so far released more than 11000 films in 22 languages, on its UFO M4-Platform & DCI Network and has conducted over 21 million shows. As on March 31, 2017, UFO Moviez' global network, along with its subsidiaries and associates, spans 6,579 screens worldwide, including 5,105 screens across India & Nepal and 1,474 screens across the Middle East (UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan), Israel, Mexico and the USA serviced by its subsidiary Scrabble Entertainment Ltd. Scrabble’s international deployment includes UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. During the fiscal year 2016, UFO digitally delivered 1,738 movies in 25 languages to 5,034 screens with an aggregate seating capacity of approximately 2.15 Mn viewers spread across 30 States and Union territories in India and in Nepal. Title: Sentinels of the Multiverse: The Video Game Passage: Sentinels of the Multiverse: The Video Game is a 2014 video game developed and published by Handelabra Games. It is an adaptation of the board game of the same name. The game was released for iOS and Android on October 15, 2014 and for Steam on December 22, 2014.
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Scrabble
Sentinels of the Multiverse
Vic & Anthony's Steakhouse is located at what property that is owned by Landry's, Inc.?
Title: Golden Nugget Las Vegas Passage: The Golden Nugget Las Vegas is a luxury hotel and casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada on the Fremont Street Experience. The property is owned and operated by Landry's, Inc. Title: Vic &amp; Anthony's Steakhouse Passage: Vic & Anthony’s is an American steakhouse restaurant chain with locations in Downtown Houston, ]and inside the Golden Nugget Casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. A fourth location is scheduled to open inside the new Golden Nugget Lake Charles in late 2014. Vic & Anthony’s is owned and operated by Landry’s, Inc. Title: Landry's, Inc. Passage: Landry's, Inc., is an American, privately owned, multi-brand dining/hospitality/entertainment/gaming corporation. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Landry's, Inc. owns and operates more than 600 restaurant/hotel/casino/entertainment destinations in 37 states and the District of Columbia. The company also owns and operates numerous international locations. Title: LongHorn Steakhouse Passage: LongHorn Steakhouse is an American casual dining restaurant chain that is owned and operated by Darden Restaurants, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, Florida. As of 2016, LongHorn Steakhouse generated $1.6 billion in sales in its 481 locations. Title: Morton's The Steakhouse Passage: Morton’s The Steakhouse is a chain of more than 78 steak restaurants with locations in the United States and franchised abroad. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landry's, Inc.. founded in Chicago in 1978.
The Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Vic &amp; Anthony's Steakhouse
Golden Nugget Las Vegas
Are Jesus Jones and The 77s both rock bands?
Title: The 77s Passage: The 77s (alternatively spelled The Seventy Sevens or The 77's) are an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar, Mark Harmon on bass and Bruce Spencer on drums. Title: Jesus Jones Passage: Jesus Jones are a British alternative rock band from Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, formed in late 1988, recorded and performed in the late 1980s into the 2000s. Their track "Right Here, Right Now" was an international hit which was subsequently globally licensed for promotional and advertising campaigns. They also achieved chart success with the songs "Real Real Real", "International Bright Young Thing" and "Info Freako". Title: London (Jesus Jones album) Passage: London is the fifth album by the British rock band Jesus Jones in 2001 through Koch Records. Following the commercial failure of 1997's "Already" which led to the band and EMI parting ways, the band took a hiatus before regathering for the recording of "London" for Koch/Mi5 Recordings, with a more alternative rock approach as opposed to the techno sounds on their previous albums. The album had low-key promotion, initially only being released in the United States. Two EP's were released from the album, "Nowhere Slow" and "In the Face Of All This". Title: Simon Efemey Passage: Simon Efemey ) is a record producer, most noted for his work with metal and hard rock groups, including Napalm Death, Paradise Lost, Obituary, Amorphis, Deceased and The Wildhearts. He has also provided live sound mixing with bands including The Wonder Stuff, Jesus Jones, Diamond Head, Orson, Obituary and Napalm Death. Title: Right Here, Right Now (Jesus Jones song) Passage: "Right Here, Right Now" is a song by British alternative dance band Jesus Jones from the album, "Doubt". It was released as the album's second single in September 1990 (approximately four months before the release of "Doubt"). Despite spending only 9 non-consecutive weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at number 31, it became a top ten hit in the United States; it topped the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart and reached number 2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in July 1991, only behind "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" by Bryan Adams.
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Sarabande and Danse is a ballet made by Jacques d'Amboise to which song, by who?
Title: Sarabande and Danse (d'Amboise) Passage: Sarabande and Danse is a ballet made by Jacques d'Amboise to Debussy's "Sarabande" (1901) and "Danse" (1890). The premiere took place May 29, 1975, as part of New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival at the Lincoln Center. Title: Jacques d'Amboise (dancer) Passage: Jacques d'Amboise (born July 28, 1934) is an American danseur and choreographer. Title: The Goldberg Variations (ballet) Passage: The Goldberg Variations is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's ballet master Jerome Robbins to Johann Sebastian Bach's eponymous music from 1742, BWV 988, his only work in the form of theme and variations; the theme is a sarabande he wrote for his second wife. The premiere took place on May 27, 1971 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Joe Eula and lighting by Thomas Skelton. Title: Pas de Deux (d'Amboise) Passage: Pas de Deux is a ballet made for New York City Ballet by Jacques d'Amboise to Webern's "Six pieces for orchestra". The premiere took place May 29, 1969, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Title: Sarabande and Danse (Clifford) Passage: Sarabande and Danse is a ballet made by John Clifford to Debussy's "Sarabande" (1901) and "Danse" (1890). The premiere took place on 21 May 1970, with New York City Ballet at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
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Which Walt Disney production was based on Jules Verne's 1868 novel "Captain Grant's Children," The Misadventures of Merlin Jones or In Search of the Castaways?
Title: The Misadventures of Merlin Jones Passage: The Misadventures of Merlin Jones is a 1964 Walt Disney production starring Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello. Kirk plays a college student who experiments with mind-reading and hypnotism, leading to run-ins with a local judge. Funicello plays his girlfriend (and sings the film's title song written by brothers Robert and Richard Sherman). Title: In Search of the Castaways (film) Passage: In Search of the Castaways is a 1962 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Hayley Mills and Maurice Chevalier in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley based upon Jules Verne's 1868 adventure novel "Captain Grant's Children". The film was Mills' third of six for the Disney Studios. Title: In Search for Captain Grant Passage: In Search for Captain Grant (Russian: В поисках капитана Гранта , "V poiskakh kapitana Granta " , Bulgarian: По следите на капитан Грант ) is a 1986 Soviet 7-part television miniseries adaptation of Jules Verne's novel "In Search of the Castaways" directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. It was shot on the Odessa Film Studio and Bulgarian Boyana Film in 1985. Title: Mysterious Island (1961 film) Passage: Mysterious Island (UK: Jules Verne's Mysterious Island) is a 1961 science fiction adventure film about civil war prisoners who escape in a balloon and then find themselves stranded on a remote island populated by giant mutated animals. Based very loosely upon the 1874 novel "The Mysterious Island" ("L'Île mystérieuse") by Jules Verne (which was the sequel to two other novels by Verne, 1867's "In Search of the Castaways" and 1870's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"), the film was produced by Charles H. Schneer and directed by Cy Endfield. Shot in Spain and at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, England, the film serves as a showcase for Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animation effects. Like several of Harryhausen's classic productions, the musical score was composed by Bernard Herrmann. Title: Tom Ayrton Passage: Tom Ayrton is a fictional character who appears in two novels by French author Jules Verne. He is first introduced as a major character in the novel "In Search of the Castaways" (1867–1868). He then reappears in a later novel, "The Mysterious Island" (1874), in which his fate, left unknown at the ending of the previous novel, is resolved, and during the course of which his character undergoes change and achieves a redemption.
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In Search of the Castaways (film)