Context: Siegfried Line |   The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall, was a German defensive line built during the 1930s (start 1936) opposite the French Maginot Line. It stretched more than 630 km; from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands, along the western border of Nazi Germany, to the town of Weil am Rhein on the border to Switzerland – and featured more than 18,000 bunkers, tunnels and tank traps. From September 1944 to March 1945 the Siegfried Line was subjected to a large-scale Allied offensive.

Prompt: The German's called it the Siegfried Line, what did the allies call it?

Answer: THE HINDENBERG LINE


Context: Bishop of Rochester | " The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was founded as a cathedral in 604. During the late 17th and 18th centuries, it was customary for the Bishop of Rochester to also be appointed Dean of Westminster: the practice ended in 1802. The diocese covers two London boroughs and West Kent, which includes Medway and Maidstone. The bishop's residence is Bishopscourt in Rochester. His Latin episcopal signature is: ""(firstname) Roffen"", Roffensis being the genitive case of the Latin name of the see. The office was created in 604 at the founding of the diocese in the Kingdom of Kent under King Æthelberht."

Prompt: Which Bishop of the Church of England signs his first name followed by Roffen?

Answer: Bishop of Rochester


Context: Little Women |  Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, Alcott wrote the book over several months at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters,  it is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. Little Women was an immediate commercial and critical success, with readers eager for more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed a second volume (titled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, though the name originated with the publisher and not Alcott). It also met with success. The two volumes were issued in 1880 as a

Prompt: The March sisters are the central characters in which 1868 novel?

Answer: Professor Friedrich Bhaer


Context: Fox squirrel | " existing trees lack cavities, leaf nests known as dreys are built by cutting twigs with leaves and weaving them into warm, waterproof shelters. Similar leafy platforms are built for summer litters and are often referred to as ""cooling beds."" Tree squirrels develop slowly compared to other rodents. At birth, the young are blind, without fur and helpless. Eyes open at 4 to 5 weeks of age and ears open at 6 weeks. Eastern fox squirrels are weaned between 12 and 14 weeks but may not be self-supporting until 16 weeks. Juveniles usually disperse in September or October, but may den either together or with their mother during their first winter."

Prompt: What are young squirrels known as?

Answer: Kitten (animal)


Context: List of edible insects by country | Vespa velutinia auraria ; Vespa tropica ducalis ; Vespa analis nigrans ; Vespa variabilis ; Vespa sorror ; Vespa basalis ; Vespa magnifica ; Vespa mandarinia mandarinia ; Vespa bicolor bicolor ; Provespa barthelemyi ; Polistes sagittarius Tenebrio molitor (mealworm) ; Omphisa fuscidentalis (bamboo borer) ; Bombyx mori (silkworm pupa) Wasp species eaten in Yunnan, China: Other insects consumed in China:

Prompt: Which insects live in a vespiary?

Answer: Wasp venoms


Context: Three Men in a Boat (1979 film) |  Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (Трое в лодке, не считая собаки) is a 1979 Soviet two-part musical-comedy miniseries directed by Naum Birman and based on the eponymous 1889 novel by Jerome K. Jerome.

Prompt: "What was the name of the dog in the novel 'Three Men in a Boat""?"

Answer: Montmorency (disambiguation)


Context: Downton Abbey (film) |  Principal photography started in London in late August 2018. By 20 September, some filming was under way at Highclere Castle, Hampshire, which had been the main location for the television series. Also in September, filming was under way in Lacock, Wiltshire, with Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Michelle Dockery as well as two new cast members, Imelda Staunton (wife of Jim Carter) and Geraldine James; scenes shot in Lacock included a celebration with horses from the Royal Artillery. Exterior scenes set in York were filmed on location at Beamish Museum, complete with operational trams. The Heritage Railways scenes were filmed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with Pickering terminus representing Kings Cross. The Royal Mail Sorting Office Coach was borrowed from the Great Central Railway at Loughborough. Filming concluded in November 2018.

Prompt: Highclere Castle in Hampshire is the filming location for which current ITV1 series?

Answer: Donton Abbey


Context: Fortified wine |  Marsala wine is a wine from Sicily that is available in both fortified and unfortified versions. It was first produced in 1772 by an English merchant, John Woodhouse, as an inexpensive substitute for sherry and port, and gets its name from the island's port, Marsala. The fortified version is blended with brandy to make two styles, the younger, slightly weaker Fine, which is at least 17% abv and aged at least four months; and the Superiore, which is at least 18%, and aged at least two years. The unfortified Marsala wine is aged in wooden casks for five years or more and reaches a strength of 18% by evaporation.

Prompt: Which island produces Marsala wines?

Answer: Trinacrian


Context: List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories |  categories, with 21 nominations between 1979 and 2018. Streep's total includes a record 17 best actress nominations. Seven actors have won three or more Oscars in the acting categories, with Katharine Hepburn being the only person to win four acting Oscars, winning best actress for the fourth time at the 1982 ceremony. Ingrid Bergman and Meryl Streep both have two best actress and one best supporting actress win, and in 2021, Frances McDormand became only the second woman to win three best actress Oscars. Thelma Ritter has a record six best supporting actress nominations. The only women to have won two

Prompt: Who is the only actress to win 4 Oscars for Best Actress?

Answer: Catherine Hepburn


Context: Slivovitz |   Slivovitz, slivovitza, slivovitsa, sliboviță, šljivovica, śliwowica, Schlivowitz, slivovice, slivovica or slivovka is a fruit spirit (or fruit brandy) made from damson plums, often referred to as plum spirit (or plum brandy). Slivovitz is produced in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, both commercially and privately. Primary producers include Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. In the Balkans, slivovitz is considered a kind of rakia. In Central Europe it is considered a kind of pálinka (Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine—pálenka, or Greece, Romania and Italy-pălincă), and similar to Romanian țuică, corresponding to the distilled spirits category.

Prompt: Slivovitz is a brandy distilled from which fruit?

Answer: Prunus subg. Prunus


Context: Exosphere | " The most common molecules within Earth's exosphere are those of the lightest atmospheric gases. Hydrogen is present throughout the exosphere, with some helium, carbon dioxide, and atomic oxygen near its base. Because it can be hard to define the boundary between the exosphere and outer space (see ""Upper boundary"" at the end of this section), the exosphere may be considered a part of the interplanetary medium or outer space."

Prompt: What is the most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogens


Context: Gloster Meteor |  The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to achieve combat operations during the Second World War. The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle and his company, Power Jets Ltd. Development of the aircraft began in 1940, although work on the engines had been under way since 1936. The Meteor first flew in 1943 and commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with No. 616 Squadron RAF. The Meteor was not a sophisticated aircraft in its aerodynamics, but proved to be a successful combat fighter. Gloster's 1946 civil

Prompt: Britain's first jet fighter, The Meteor was made by which company?

Answer: GLOSTER


Context: Richard Hadlee |  the first Test of the series. In the second Test a 10 wicket haul helped New Zealand to a rare Test win in India, although the series was eventually lost 2–1. In a home series against India in 1989/90, Hadlee become the first bowler in history to take 400 Test wickets when he dismissed Sanjay Manjrekar in the second innings of the first Test on his home ground in Christchurch, while a group of Old Boys from his former school sang their school song. Shortly after helping New Zealand to another Test victory over Australia at Wellington by taking his 100th first class 5 wicket

Prompt: Who was the first bowler to take 300 test wickets?

Answer: FRED TRUMAN


Context: Farfalle |  Farfalle are a type of pasta commonly known as bow-tie pasta or butterfly pasta. The name is derived from the Italian word farfalle (butterflies). In the Italian city of Modena, farfalle are known as strichetti. A larger variation of farfalle is known as farfalloni, while the miniature version is called farfalline. Farfalle date back to the 16th century in the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions of Northern Italy.

Prompt: The pasta, farfalle, is named after which creature?

Answer: ButterFly


Context: Maus Gatsonides | " Gatsonides is primarily known for inventing the speed camera, but his primary interest was in motor racing. Maurice was passionate about racing and raced in many events. In 1949, he built his own car. It was nicknamed the ""Platje"" (English: ""Flatty"") because of its aerodynamic shape. The car caused a sensation at the Dutch Zandvoort Racetrack, passing all of the opponents including MG's. Maurice was forced to sell the Flatty to pay creditors after trying to put his own V8 sportscar into production. The Flatty however, survived. It was found abandoned in the 1970s and has now been restored by Joop Bruggeman. It is the last-known surviving Gatso car. Gatsonides won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1953 driving a Ford Zephyr."

Prompt: Dutch Motor Racer Maurice Gatsonides invented which aid to racing that has become a curse to drivers?

Answer: Photo radar


Context: Hans Langsdorff |  Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (20 March 1894 – 20 December 1939) was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay in 1939. After the Panzerschiff was unable to escape a pursuing squadron of Royal Navy ships, Langsdorff scuttled his ship. Three days later he committed suicide in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Prompt: Hans Langsdorff commanded which pocket battleship in WWII?

Answer: Graf Spee


Context: Platypus |  The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species appear in the fossil record. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like other monotremes, it senses prey through electrolocation. It is one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom, capable of causing severe pain to humans. The

Prompt: The duck billed platypus is one egg laying mammal - what is the only other one?

Answer: ECHIDNA OR SPINY ANTEATER


Context: Len Johnson (boxer) |  a rally featuring his hero Paul Robeson in support of the Trenton Six, which were both attended by 10,000 people. He was instrumental in influencing the dissolving the British colour bar in 1947, wherein Dick Turpin became Britain's first Black boxing champion in 1948; the decolonisation of Africa taking place in the 1950s to 1970s, with Ghana becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to gain its independence from European powers, led by Kwame Nkrumah, a delegate alongside Johnson at the 5th Pan-African Congress; and the implementation of the Race Relations Act 1965, making racial discrimination in public places unlawful.

Prompt: Who was Britain's first black boxing champion in the 1950's?

Answer: Dick Turpin


Context: Citizen Smith | " Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980. It starred Robert Lindsay as ""Wolfie"" Smith, a young Marxist ""urban guerrilla"" in Tooting, south London, who is attempting to emulate his hero Che Guevara. Wolfie is a reference to the Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone, who used the pseudonym Citizen Smith in order to evade capture by the British. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the revolutionary Tooting Popular Front (the TPF, merely a small bunch of his friends), the goals of which are ""Power to the People"" and ""Freedom for Tooting"". In reality, he is an unemployed slacker and low-life criminal whose plans fail through his own laziness, cowardice and incompetence. Wolfie dresses in a stereotypical fashion for rebellious students of the period: logoed T-shirt, denim jeans and Afghan coat. He supports Fulham F. C. and occasionally wears a Fulham scarf. He rides a scooter and spends most of the time at his girlfriend's house, which means he constantly clashes with her parents."

Prompt: 'Citizen Smith' was the creation of which TV writer?

Answer: John Sullivan (sailor)


Context: Cold Comfort Farm | infobox name: Cold Comfort Farm ; image: File:ColdComfortFarm.jpg ; caption: First edition ; author: Stella Gibbons ; country: United Kingdom ; language: English ; genre: Comic novel ; publisher: Longman ; release_date: 8 September 1932 ; media_type: Print (hardback) ; pages: xii, 307 pp ; isbn: 0-14-144159-3 ; isbn_note: (current Penguin Classics edition)

Prompt: What name connects 'Cold Comfort Farm, stamp collecting and ancient Rome?

Answer: GIBBONS


Context: Thomas Hardy |  Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, he gained fame as the author of novels such as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and

Prompt: Author Thomas Hardy trained for which profession?

Answer: The Architects (band)


Context: Two roll rubber mill |  Natural rubber, which is harvested from a rubber tree, hevea brasiliensis is the base for many rubber compounds made using a two roll rubber mill. Rubber trees are tapped to remove the latex that is stored in their trunks. This material can then be mixed with additional ingredients to create rubber. Other natural sources of rubber are obtained from the Sapotaceae and Palaquium trees native to the Malay peninsula, as well as the Mimusops globoosa tree native to Panama. Synthetic rubbers have also been created and are also used to create rubber compounds. In the 1830s, Edwin Chaffee developed a

Prompt: What product is obtained from the tree Hevea Braziliensis' (amongst others)?

Answer: LaTeX


Context: Magical creatures in Harry Potter |  Over the course of the series, Hagrid cares for a large number of animals, many of them dangerous, including Aragog (a giant talking spider or 'Acromantula'), Buckbeak (Hippogriff), Fang (boarhound), Fluffy (Three-Headed Dog), Norbert (Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon; later revealed by Charlie Weasley to actually be female and renamed Norberta), and Tenebrus (Thestral). Hagrid's love for animals gets him the teaching job for Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts beginning in Prisoner of Azkaban, following the retirement of the course's previous instructor. In their fourth year, Harry and his classmates take care of Hagrid's Blast-Ended Skrewts (a crustacean-like predator), one of which (grown to giant size) is placed in the hedge maze for the final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Although its exoskeleton can repel spells, Harry is able to pass it unhurt. They also have lessons on Nifflers, Unicorns, Fire salamanders and Flobberworms.

Prompt: In the Harry Potter books, what type of creature is Aragog?

Answer: Giant spider


Context: Thanksgiving (Canada) | " Thanksgiving (Action de grâce) or Thanksgiving Day (Jour de l'Action de grâce), is an annual Canadian holiday, held on the second Monday in October, which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Outside of Canada it is sometimes called Canadian Thanksgiving to distinguish it from Thanksgiving in the United States, held in late November. Thanksgiving has been officially celebrated as an annual holiday in Canada since November 6, 1879. While the date varied by year and was not fixed, it was commonly the second Monday in October. On January 31, 1957, the Governor General of Canada Vincent Massey issued a proclamation stating: ""A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed – to be observed on the second Monday in October."""

Prompt: What is the second Monday in October called in the USA?

Answer: Festa Nacional d'Espanya or Dia de la Hispanitat


Context: Albert Roux |  Albert Henri Roux (8 October 1935 – 4 January 2021) was a French-British restaurateur and chef. He and his brother Michel operated Le Gavroche in London's Mayfair, the first restaurant in the UK to gain three Michelin stars. He helped train a series of chefs that went on to win Michelin stars, and his son, Michel Roux, Jr., continues to run Le Gavroche.

Prompt: The London restaurant Le Gavroche is run by which chef?

Answer: Michel (Albert) Roux


Context: Figure of speech | " second use of the verb makes the reader think harder about what is being said. ; ""Painful pride"" is an oxymoron where two contradictory ideas are placed in the same sentence. ; ""An Einstein"" is an example of synecdoche, as it uses a particular name to represent a class of people: geniuses. ; ""I had butterflies in my stomach"" is a metaphor, referring to a nervous feeling as if there were flying insects in one's stomach. ; To say ""it was like having some butterflies in my stomach"" would be a simile, because it uses the word like which is missing in the metaphor. ; To "

Prompt: What name is given to a figure of speech by means of which contradictory terms are combined?

Answer: Oxy moron


Context: Monarchy of Liechtenstein | " on 23 January 1719 Emperor Charles VI decreed Vaduz and Schellenberg were henceforth united and raised to the status of a Fürstentum (principality) under the name ""Liechtenstein"" for ""[his] true servant, Anton Florian of Liechtenstein"". Although the family continued to own larger territories in various parts of central and eastern Europe, it was in right of Liechtenstein's status as an Imperial Estate that the family of wealthy noble Austrian courtiers became a dynasty of imperial princes, continuing to dwell in the imperial capital of Vienna or on their larger estates elsewhere, not taking up permanent residence in their principality for more than 300 years, moving into their Alpine realm only in 1938, after dissolution of both the Holy Roman Empire and Austria-Hungary."

Prompt: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI created which principality in 1719?

Answer: Transport in Liechtenstein


Context: Opel Agila | " The Opel Agila (from Lat. agilis, ""agile"") is a city car produced under the German marque Opel from 2000 to 2014, as a rebadged variant of the Suzuki Wagon R+ (first generation) and the Suzuki Splash (second generation). It has been marketed under the Vauxhall marque in the United Kingdom. Its first generation was classified as a city car, whereas the second generation is a mini MPV, and the car was replaced in March 2015 by the Opel Karl, which is known as the Vauxhall Viva in the United Kingdom."

Prompt: Who produces the 'Agila' car model?

Answer: Renault Trafic Passenger


Context: The Hay Wain | " The Hay Wain – originally titled Landscape: Noon – is a painting by John Constable, finished in 1821, which depicts a rural scene on the River Stour between the English counties of Suffolk and Essex. It hangs in the National Gallery in London and is regarded as ""Constable's most famous image"" and one of the greatest and most popular English paintings. Painted in oils on canvas, the work depicts as its central feature three horses pulling what in fact appears to be a wood wain or large farm wagon across the river. Willy Lott's Cottage, also the subject of an eponymous painting by Constable, is visible on the far left. The scene takes place near Flatford Mill in "

Prompt: Whose cottage features in Constable's painting 'The Hay Wain'?

Answer: WILLY LOTT


Context: Lake District |  The Lake District is a roughly circular upland massif, deeply dissected by a broadly radial pattern of major valleys which are largely the result of repeated glaciations over the last 2 million years. The apparent radial pattern is not from a central dome, but from an axial watershed extending west–east from St Bees Head to Shap. Most of these valleys display the U-shaped cross-section characteristic of glacial origin, and often contain long narrow lakes in bedrock hollows, with tracts of relatively flat ground at their infilled heads, or where they are divided by lateral tributaries (Buttermere-Crummock Water; Derwent Water-Bassenthwaite Lake). Smaller lakes known as tarns occupy glacial cirques at higher elevations. It is the abundance of both which has led to the area becoming known as the Lake District. The mountains of the

Prompt: Which lake in the Lake District is separated from Crummock Water by a narrow alluvial flat?

Answer: Buttermere


Context: 1956 Grand National | " E.S.B.'s jockey Dave Dick said of his unexpected win: ""Devon Loch had me stone cold. I was a terribly lucky winner."" Devon Loch's owner Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother famously said of the incident: ""Oh, that's racing!"" For jockey Dick Francis, his mount's bizarre collapse on the run-in to victory in the world's most famous steeplechase remained a ""terrible memory, even after all these years."" Devon Loch's was not the first time a horse had seemed to jump some form of ghost fence on the run in of the National. In 1901, Arthur Nightingall's race was well won on board Grudon when his mount also made to jump a fence that wasn't there. On that occasion the pair recovered and had sufficient time to continue and win the race."

Prompt: Which jockey, later famous in another sphere, rode Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National?

Answer: Shattered (Dick Francis novel)


Context: Helen Keller | " to become Keller's instructor. It was the beginning of a nearly 50-year-long relationship during which Sullivan evolved into Keller's governess and eventually her companion. Sullivan arrived at Keller's house on March 5, 1887, a day Keller would forever remember as my soul's birthday. Sullivan immediately began to teach Helen to communicate by spelling words into her hand, beginning with ""d-o-l-l"" for the doll that she had brought Keller as a present. Keller was frustrated, at first, because she did not understand that every object had a word uniquely identifying it. When Sullivan was trying to teach Keller the word for ""mug"", Keller became so frustrated she broke the mug. But soon "

Prompt: Which teacher taught Helen Keller to communicate?

Answer: Anne sulavan


Context: Grinling Gibbons |  Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other country houses, Trinity College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Gibbons was born and educated in Holland of English parents, his father being a merchant. He was a member of the Drapers' Company of London. He is widely regarded as the finest wood carver working in England, and the only one whose name is widely known among the general public. Most of his work is in lime (Tilia) wood, especially decorative Baroque garlands made up of still-life elements at about life size, made to frame mirrors and decorate the walls of churches and palaces, but he also produced furniture and small relief plaques with figurative scenes. He also worked in stone, mostly for churches. By the time he was established he led a large workshop, and the extent to which his personal hand appears in later work varies.

Prompt: Give a year in the life of the sculptor and wood carver Grinling Gibbons.

Answer: 1648 TO 1721


Context: Jordan River |  The Jordan River or River Jordan (نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-Urdunn, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nahar ha-Yarden; ), also known as Nahr Al Sharieat (نهر الشريعة), is a 251 km river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee (Hebrew: כנרת Kinneret, Arabic: Bohayrat Tabaraya, meaning Lake of Tiberias) and on to the Dead Sea. Jordan and the Golan Heights border the river to the east, while the West Bank and Israel lie to its west. Both Jordan and the West Bank take their names from the river. The river holds major significance in Judaism and Christianity. According to the Bible, the Israelites crossed it into the Promised Land and Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John the Baptist in it.

Prompt: The River Jordan flows into which sea?

Answer: Life in the Dead Sea


Context: Chronology of Shakespeare's plays |  his first play. However, stylistic and linguistic analysis (proportion of verse to prose, amount of rhyme, use of colloquialism-in-verse, and a rare word test) has placed it closer to the composition of Richard II and Romeo and Juliet, both of which were written in 1594 or 1595. More specifically, the limited setting (it is one of only two Shakespeare plays to observe the Classical unities) and the brevity of the play (Shakespeare's shortest at 1777 lines), along with the great abundance of legal terminology, suggests the play may have been written specifically for the Gray's Inn performance. This would place its composition in the latter half of 1594.

Prompt: What was Shakespeare's shortest play - written in 1594?

Answer: The Comedie of Errors


Context: Young Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud | " Mrs Eglantine is the housekeeper at Holmes Manor; she is sinister and does not welcome new guests. Mycroft Holmes told Sherlock in a letter, that she is ""no friend to the Holmes family""."

Prompt: Who was housekeeper to Sherlock Holmes?

Answer: Mrs hudson


Context: Sully Prudhomme |  René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme (16 March 1839 – 6 September 1907) was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901. Born in Paris, Prudhomme originally studied to be an engineer, but turned to philosophy and later to poetry; he declared it as his intention to create scientific poetry for modern times. In character sincere and melancholic, he was linked to the Parnassus school, although, at the same time, his work displays characteristics of its own.

Prompt: Which French winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, famously dedicated it to his primary school teacher?

Answer: The Blood of the Hungarians


Context: Portrait painting |  than wood. Early on, the Northern Europeans abandoned the profile, and started producing portraits of realistic volume and perspective. In the Netherlands, Jan van Eyck was a leading portraitist. The Arnolfini Marriage (1434, National Gallery, London) is a landmark of Western art, an early example of a full-length couple portrait, superbly painted in rich colors and exquisite detail. But equally important, it showcases the newly developed technique of oil painting pioneered by van Eyck, which revolutionized art, and spread throughout Europe. Leading German portrait artists including Lucas Cranach, Albrecht Dürer, and Hans Holbein the Younger who all mastered oil painting technique. Cranach was one

Prompt: Who, in 1434, painted 'The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini' which now hangs in the National Gallery, London?

Answer: J. Van Eyck


Context: Montmorency cherry |  The Montmorency cherry is a variety of sour cherry (Prunus cerasus) grown in Europe, Canada, and the United States, particularly in the Grand Traverse Bay region of Northwest Michigan and in Door County, Wisconsin. Montmorency cherries are part of the lighter-red Amarelle cultivar of sour cherries, rather than the darker-red Morello cultivar. Michigan produces over 90,000 tons of Montmorency cherries each year.

Prompt: Montmorency is a variety of which fruit?

Answer: Che.r.ry


Context: Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners |  Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ to his Poor Servant John Bunyan is a Puritan spiritual autobiography written by John Bunyan. It was composed while Bunyan was serving a twelve-year prison sentence in Bedford gaol for preaching without a license and was first published in 1666. The title contains allusions to two Biblical passages: 'Grace Abounding' is a reference to the Epistle to the Romans 5:20, which states 'Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound' (KJV) and 'Chief of Sinners' refers to the First Epistle to Timothy 1:15, where Paul refers to himself by the same appellation.

Prompt: What was the name of John Bunyan's autobiography, written in Bedford Gaol and published in 1666?

Answer: Grace Abounding


Context: Informal romanizations of Cyrillic |  letters are covered by the GSM seven-bit alphabet, allowing up to 160 such characters in a message, while Cyrillic letters are not, requiring a 16-bit encoding that limits messages to 70 characters. In this case, the focus is of course on getting one Latin character (of which there are 26) for each Cyrillic character (of which there are 33 in Russian, and additional characters in Ukrainian and other languages using Cyrillic script). Only those used for Russian are exemplified here. Where variants are given, the first is most common and the last is less common, although trends change quickly and differ from person to person. Lack of standardization is the biggest weakness of this informal transliterations, as different styles contradict each other and can make reading slower than necessary.

Prompt: How many characters are there in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet?

Answer: 33


Context: Port of Immingham |  The Port of Immingham, also known as Immingham Dock, is a major port on the east coast of England, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary west of Grimsby, near the town of Immingham. In 2019, the Port of Grimsby & Immingham was the largest port in the United Kingdom by tonnage with 54.1 million tonnes of cargo passing through that year. The port was established by the Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Company in association with the Great Central Railway; the dock company incorporated and the works permitted by the Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act of 1901. Construction of the dock started in 1906 and was completed by 1912. The original main purpose of the dock was export of coal.

Prompt: The port of Immingham is to be found on which estuary?

Answer: Humber Estuary


Context: The Shard | " Renzo Piano, the project's architect, designed The Shard as a spire-like sculpture emerging from the River Thames. He was inspired by the railway lines next to the site, the London spires depicted by the 18th-century Venetian painter Canaletto, and the masts of sailing ships. Piano's design met criticism from English Heritage, who claimed the building would be ""a shard of glass through the heart of historic London"", giving the building its name, The Shard. Piano considered the slender, spire-like form of the tower a positive addition to the London skyline, recalling the church steeples featured in historic engravings of the city, and believed that its presence would be far more delicate than opponents of the project alleged. He proposed a sophisticated use "

Prompt: Which architect designed the new London building known as the 'Shard'?

Answer: Renzo Piano


Context: 1996 in Scotland | 13 March – Dunblane school massacre – a gunman kills sixteen children, their teacher and himself at a primary school in Dunblane, Stirling. The killer, who wounded thirteen other children and another teacher, is quickly identified as 43-year-old former scout leader Thomas Watt Hamilton. ; 1 April – The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 takes effect with 32 unitary councils replacing the 9 Regional Councils, 53 District Councils and 3 unitary authorities that had been established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. ; 18 May – Rangers F.C., who have already won the Scottish Football League title, complete the Scottish double by beating Hearts 5–1 in the Scottish Cup final. ; 5 July – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to have

Prompt: Name the year; Dunblane massacre, IRA bomb in Manchester city centre, the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, was born?

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-six


Context: Bonn |  of the Electorate of Cologne, and residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. From 1949 to 1990, Bonn was the capital of West Germany, and Germany's present constitution, the Basic Law, was declared in the city in 1949. The era when Bonn served as the capital of West Germany is referred to by historians as the Bonn Republic. From 1990 to 1999, Bonn served as the seat of government – but no longer capital – of reunited Germany. Due to a political compromise (Berlin-Bonn Act) following the reunification, the German federal government maintains a substantial presence in Bonn. Roughly a third of all ministerial jobs are located in Bonn, and the city is

Prompt: What was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990?

Answer: Castra Bonnensis


Context: Bronx (cocktail) | " The Bronx is a cocktail. It is essentially a Perfect Martini with orange juice added. It was ranked number three in ""The World's 10 Most Famous Cocktails in 1934"" behind the Martini (#1) and the Manhattan (#2). In the movie ""The Thin Man"" 1934, the lead actor (William Powell) compared the methods for shaking the Manhattan, Bronx, And Martini."

Prompt: What is added to a martini to make a 'Bronx' cocktail?

Answer: Orange juice


Context: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | " The novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is split into two unequal parts: the bulk of the book, Saturday Night, and the much smaller second part, Sunday Morning. Saturday Night Saturday Night begins in a working man's club in Nottingham. Arthur Seaton is 22 years old, and enjoying a night out with Brenda, the wife of a colleague at work. Challenged to a drinking contest, Arthur defeats ""Loudmouth"" before falling down the stairs drunk. Brenda takes him home with her and they spend the night together. Arthur enjoys breakfast with Brenda before her husband Jack gets home from a weekend at the races. Arthur works at a lathe at a bicycle "

Prompt: Arthur Seaton is the hero of which 1958 novel set in Nottingham?

Answer: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning


Context: Suffragette | " Terror""; newspaper headlines referred to ""Suffragette Terrorism"". One suffragette, Emily Davison, died under the King's horse, Anmer, at The Derby on 4 June 1913. It is debated whether she was trying to pull down the horse, attach a suffragette scarf or banner to it, or commit suicide to become a martyr to the cause. However, recent analysis of the film of the event suggests that she was merely trying to attach a scarf to the horse, and the suicide theory seems unlikely as she was carrying a return train ticket from Epsom and had holiday plans with her sister in the near future."

Prompt: Who was the suffragette killed during the 1913 Derby?

Answer: Emily davidson


Context: Scientific drilling |  deep as 2,212 m (7,257 ft) in Veryovkina Cave, the world's deepest known cave, located in the Caucasus mountains of the country of Georgia. Gold miners in South Africa regularly go deeper than 3,400 m, but no human has ever descended to greater depths than this below the Earth's solid surface. As depth increases into the Earth, temperature and pressure rise. Temperatures in the crust increase about 15 °C per kilometer, making it impossible for humans to exist at depths greater than several kilometers, even if it was somehow possible to keep shafts open in spite of the tremendous pressure. Scientific drilling is interdisciplinary and international in scope. Individual scientists cannot generally undertake scientific drilling projects alone. Teamwork between scientists, engineers, and administrators is often required for success in planning and in carrying out a drilling project, analyzing the samples, and interpreting and publishing the results in scientific journals.

Prompt: The world's deepest known cave is in which country?

Answer: Western Georgia


Context: Vinnufossen |  Vinnufossen or Vinnufallet is the tallest waterfall in Europe and the sixth-tallest in the world. The 865 m tall tiered horsetail waterfall is located just east of the village of Sunndalsøra in the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The falls are part of the river Vinnu which flows down from the Vinnufjellet mountain and it is fed from the Vinnufonna glacier. The falls flow into the river Driva near the village of Hoelsand.

Prompt: In which country is Europe's highest waterfall?

Answer: Norvège


Context: List of UK hit singles by footballers | " Novello Award-winning songwriter Tony Hiller. The first FA Cup final single to reach number one was ""Come on You Reds"", released in 1994 by Manchester United. The single, adapted from the song ""Burning Bridges"" by Status Quo, who also performed on the recording, topped the charts on the weekend of United's victory over Chelsea in the final, but has been described as ""so bad it's good"". Although cup final singles have fallen out of fashion in recent years, Cardiff City collaborated with singer James Fox on a single to mark their appearance in the FA Cup final in 2008. Other clubs, such as Lincoln City, have released singles to raise money in times of financial difficulties. In addition to the hits scored by teams "

Prompt: What was the title of Status Quo's first UK No. 1 hit?

Answer: Down Down (song)


Context: Italian colonization of Libya |  The Italian colonization of Libya began in 1911 and it lasted until 1943. The country, which was previously an Ottoman possession, was occupied by Italy in 1911 after the Italo-Turkish War, which resulted in the establishment of two colonies: Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica. In 1934, the two colonies were merged into one colony which was named the colony of Italian Libya. In 1937, this colony was divided into four provinces, and in 1939, the coastal provinces became a part of metropolitan Italy. The colonization lasted until Libya's occupation by Allied forces in 1943, but it was not until the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty that Italy officially renounced all of its claims to Libya's territory.

Prompt: Libya was a colony of which country from 1911 to 1947?

Answer: Environment of Italy


Context: Nazism |  Party of Germany (KPD) was the largest Communist Party in the world outside of the Soviet Union, until it was destroyed by the Nazis in 1933. In the 1920s and early 1930s, Communists and Nazis often fought each other directly in street violence, with the Nazi paramilitary organisations being opposed by the Communist Red Front and Anti-Fascist Action. After the beginning of the Great Depression, both Communists and Nazis saw their share of the vote increase. While the Nazis were willing to form alliances with other parties of the right, the Communists refused to form an alliance with the Social Democratic Party of Germany,

Prompt: What was the name of the democratic government of Germany in the 1920s and early 1930s, destroyed by Adolf Hitler?

Answer: Weimar rep


Context: Braille pattern dots-123456 |  The Braille pattern dots-123456  is a 6-dot braille cell with all six dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both dots in the top three rows raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+283F, and in Braille ASCII with the equal sign.

Prompt: What is the maximum number of raised dots in a cell in Braille?

Answer: Six


Context: Cairo |  Cairo's Tahrir Square was the focal point of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution against former president Hosni Mubarak. Over 2 million protesters were at Cairo's Tahrir square. More than 50,000 protesters first occupied the square on 25 January, during which the area's wireless services were reported to be impaired. In the following days Tahrir Square continued to be the primary destination for protests in Cairo as it took place following a popular uprising that began on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 and continued until June 2013. The uprising was mainly a campaign of non-violent civil resistance, which featured a series of demonstrations, marches, acts

Prompt: Which square in Cairo became the focal point for the uprising against President Mubarak?

Answer: Tahrir Square


Context: Operation Barbarossa | " the operational objective of any invasion of the Soviet Union. This assault would extend from the northern city of Arkhangelsk on the Arctic Sea through Gorky and Rostov to the port city of Astrakhan at the mouth of the Volga on the Caspian Sea. The report concluded that—once established—this military border would reduce the threat to Germany from attacks by enemy bombers. Although Hitler was warned by his general staff that occupying ""Western Russia"" would create ""more of a drain than a relief for Germany's economic situation"", he anticipated compensatory benefits, such as the demobilization of entire divisions to relieve "

Prompt: Operation Barbarossa, Hitler invades Russia.

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and forty-one


Context: 2011 Epsom Derby | "} {| class=""collapsible collapsed"" cellpadding=""0"" cellspacing=""0"" style=""clear:right; float:right; text-align:center; font-weight:bold;"" width=""280px"" ! colspan=""3"" style=""border:1px solid black; background-color: #77DD77;"" | Also Ran The 2011 Epsom Derby was the 232nd running of the Derby horse race which took place at Epsom Downs Racecourse, England, on 4 June 2011. The race was won by second-favourite Pour Moi, the first Derby winner to have been trained in France since Empery in 1976. The winning horse was ridden by jockey Mickael Barzalona and was trained by André Fabre. Pour Moi beat Treasure Beach by a head; Carlton House, the pre-race favourite at 5/2, finished third by three-quarters of a length. Carlton House was owned by Elizabeth II."

Prompt: What was the French sounding winner of the 2011 Epsom Derby?

Answer: Pour Moi


Context: 1887 in art | " Vincent van Gogh arranges an exhibition of paintings by himself, Émile Bernard, Louis Anquetin, and (probably) Toulouse-Lautrec in the Restaurant du Chalet, 43 Avenue de Clichy, Montmartre, Paris. Bernard and Anquetin sell their first paintings; van Gogh exchanges work with Gauguin. ; Vincent van Gogh begins his first Sunflowers series of paintings in Paris. ; Walter Crane illustrates ""The Architecture of Art"" (included in his Claims of Decorative Art, printed later). ; Charles Lang Freer's first Asian art purchase is a painted Japanese fan. ; Sir John Everett Millais' painting Bubbles is acquired for advertising purposes by Pears soap. "

Prompt: Which artist's-works include Sunflowers and Pears and Street in Tahiti?

Answer: Paul Gaugin


Context: National flag |  is part of the Romanian coat of arms) was placed in the centre of the flag. All Nordic countries, with the exception of Greenland, use the Nordic Cross design (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, in addition to the autonomous regions of the Faroe Islands and Åland), a horizontal cross shifted to the left on a single-coloured background. The United States and United Kingdom both have red, white, and blue. This similarity is due to the fact that the first 13 states of the U.S. were formerly colonies of the United Kingdom. Also, Australia and New Zealand have very similar flags, which stems from their joint British heritage. Both of these flags feature the Union Jack in one corner, both have royal blue background, and both have the Southern

Prompt: Which European country's flag is a blue cross on a white background?

Answer: FinlanD


Context: Big Brother (British series 12) |  Big Brother 2011, also known as Big Brother 12, was the twelfth series of the British reality television series Big Brother and the first not to be broadcast on Channel 4. It was broadcast on Channel 5 for the first time since the show's transfer from Channel 4. It launched on 9 September 2011 with an hour and a half-long special launch show, the day after the final of Celebrity Big Brother 8. It was hosted by Brian Dowling, the winner of Big Brother 2 and Ultimate Big Brother. The series ran for 64 days, ending on 11 November 2011 when the winner, Aaron Allard-Morgan, won half of the £100,000 prize fund, with the remainder split between the five finalists. The runner up was Jay

Prompt: Who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2011?

Answer: Paddy Doherty


Context: Metz |  Metz (, , , then Mettis) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany and Luxembourg, the city forms a central place of the European Greater Region and the SaarLorLux euroregion. Metz has a rich 3,000-year history, having variously been a Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman city, the Merovingian capital of Austrasia, the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty, a cradle of the Gregorian chant, and one of the

Prompt: Metz is the capital of which region of France?

Answer: Lorraine (France)


Context: F.A. Euro |  FA Euro New York's USL League Two team played its home matches at Belson Stadium, on the campus of St. John's University in Queens, New York from 2013 to 2018. The venue can seat 2,168 fans. For the 2018 season, the club moved its home matches to the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn. In 2019, the Club moved to the Dyker Heights campus of Poly Prep Country Day School. In 2021, the club played the majority of their home games at Calvert Vaux Park, though their first home game was played at Central Park's Field #2.

Prompt: Which League 2 football team play home games at the New York Stadium?

Answer: Rotherham FC


Context: Chifley Government |  When Labor Prime Minister John Curtin died towards the end of the Second World War in July 1945, Frank Forde served as Prime Minister from 6–13 July, before the party elected Ben Chifley as Curtin's successor.

Prompt: Who was British Prime Minister at the end of the Second World War?

Answer: Premiership of Clement Attlee


Context: Fyodor Karamazov | " Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov (Фёдор Павлович Карамазов) is a fictional character from the 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. He is the father of Alexei, Ivan, and Dmitri Karamazov, and his conflict with the latter comprises a major part of the book's plot. At the trial following his murder, the prosecutor Ippolit Kirillovich describes him as follows: ""Beginning life of noble birth, but in a poor dependent position, through an unexpected marriage he came into a small fortune. A petty knave, a toady and buffoon, of fairly good, though undeveloped, intelligence, he was, above all, a moneylender, who grew bolder with growing prosperity. His abject and servile characteristics disappeared, his malicious and sarcastic cynicism was all that remained. On the spiritual side he was "

Prompt: Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei are the eponymous central characters of which 1880 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?

Answer: The Brothers Kazamarov


Context: Triple sec |  Triple sec is an orange-flavoured liqueur that originated in France. It contains 15–40% alcohol by volume. It is made by macerating sun-dried orange skins in alcohol for at least 24 hours before undergoing a three- step distillation process. Triple sec is rarely consumed neat but is used in preparing many popular mixed drinks such as Margaritas, Cosmopolitans, Singapore Slings, Long Island iced tea, and Mai Tais.

Prompt: What is the flavour of the liqueur Triple-Sec?

Answer: Orange (album)


Context: Timeline of United States inventions (1946–1991) | " in cross-section, allows it to fly by generating lift as it moves through the air while rotating. First known as the ""Whirlo-Way"", the flying disc was invented in 1949 by Walter Frederick Morrison who combined his fascination with invention and his interest in flight. Carved from a solid block of a plastic compound known as ""Tenite,"" Morrison sold his flying disc invention to WHAM–O, which introduced it in 1957 as the ""Pluto Platter."" In 1958, WHAM–O modified the ""Pluto Platter"" and rebranded it as a Frisbee flying disc to the world. It became an instant sensation. 1948 Video game A "

Prompt: "Which recreational item was, in its early days in the USA, known as""The Whirlo-Way"" and ""The Pluto Platter'?"

Answer: Physics of flying disks


Context: History of the Republic of Ireland |  Enda Kenny, became the new Prime Minister after the election to succeed  Brian Cowen. In the 2016 general election, Fine Gael remained the largest party in parliament, but lost seats. After the resignation of Enda Kenny, Leo Varadkar became the new Prime Minister and leader of Fine Gael, in June 2017. The background of Varadkar, as gay son of Indian immigrant, made his choice historical In early 2020, the general election was an unprecedented three-way race, with the three largest parties each winning a share of the vote between 20% and 25%. Fianna Fáil finished with 38 seats (including

Prompt: Who is the present Prime Minister of the Irish Republic?

Answer: Finnuala Kenny


Context: King Power Stadium |  The King Power Stadium (also known as Filbert Way or Leicester City Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations and formerly known as the Walkers Stadium) is a football stadium in Leicester, England. It has been the home stadium of Premier League side Leicester City since 2002, and was the stage as the club were crowned Premier League champions in 2016. The all-seater stadium has a capacity of 32,261, the 20th largest football ground in England. It is named after travel retail group King Power, a company owned by the club's owners.

Prompt: Which Championship Football League club is based at the King Power Stadium?

Answer: Leicester Fosse FC


Context: John Sell Cotman |  John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, author and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters. Born in Norwich, the son of a silk merchant and lace dealer, Cotman was educated at the Norwich Grammar School. He showed an early talent for art. It was intended that he followed his father into the family business but, intent on a career in art, he moved to London in 1798, where he met artists such as J. M. W. Turner, Peter de Wint and Thomas Girtin, whose sketching club he joined, and whom he travelled with to Wales and Surrey. By 1800 he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy, showing scenes of the Welsh countryside there in 1801 and 1802. His drawing expeditions took him throughout southern Britain, and to Yorkshire, where he stayed with the Cholmeley family during the three summers of 1803–5. His sons Miles Edmund and John Joseph Cotman became notable painters in their own right.

Prompt: John Sell Cotman was a leading member of which group of artists?

Answer: NORWICH SCHOOL


Context: Henry IV of England |  The later years of Henry's reign were marked by serious health problems. He had a disfiguring skin disease and, more seriously, suffered acute attacks of some grave illness in June 1405; April 1406; June 1408; during the winter of 1408–09; December 1412; and finally a fatal bout in March 1413. In 1410, Henry had provided his royal surgeon Thomas Morstede with an annuity of £40 p.a. which was confirmed by Henry V immediately after his succession. This was so that Morstede would 'not be retained by anyone else'. Medical historians have long debated the nature of this affliction or afflictions. The skin disease might have been leprosy (which did not necessarily mean precisely the same thing in the 15th century as it does to

Prompt: Give a year in the reign of King Henry IV

Answer: 1399-1413


Context: Shakin' Stevens | " one of the celebrities to appear in an advertising campaign for Heineken in the late-1980s. The slogan ""refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach"" was confirmed in the advert as he stops shakin' after consuming the product. It was in the 1990s that Stevens took a lengthy break from recording and was stung by a court ruling that related to unpaid royalties from the Legend album, which had been re-released to some commercial success, requiring a substantial payout to former band members of the Sunsets. In 1999, Stevens returned to performing live and undertook tours all that year and the following year."

Prompt: In advertising what is said to refresh the parts others fail to reach?

Answer: Heineken beer


Context: A Couple of Swells | " ""We're a Couple of Swells"" is an American comedy duet song performed by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in the film Easter Parade (1948). It was written by Irving Berlin. Berlin originally wrote the song Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk for the scene but the film's producer, Arthur Freed, convinced Berlin to change this for a song that would highlight Garland's comedic talent. Berlin wrote the song in about an hour drawing on his experience as a Tin Pan Alley popular songwriter."

Prompt: "From which film musical does the song ""A Couple of Swells"" come?"

Answer: Easter parade


Context: Echeveria elegans |  Echeveria elegans, the Mexican snow ball, Mexican gem or white Mexican rose is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to semi-desert habitats in Mexico.

Prompt: White Gem is a variety of which vegetable?

Answer: Parsnips


Context: You Are the Universe (book) |  You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters is a new-age philosophy book co-written by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos. The book delves into questions pertaining to existence, human existence, consciousness, reality and perception. It was published on February 7, 2017 and became a New York Times best-seller.

Prompt: Whose 1995 best seller argues that our universe is part of a super universe?

Answer: STEPHEN HAWKING


Context: List of UK top-ten singles in 2020 | " the public to buy and stream it instead of ""Blinding Lights"" to give the single a final boost. Captain Tom became the oldest person to have a number-one single on the UK Singles Chart in the sixty-eight years since it launched in 1952, at the age of 99 years and 11 months, while his co-performer Michael Ball also entered the record books as the eighth oldest (57 years and 9 months). Moore also became the first centenarian to celebrate a chart-topping single, as he was still at number-one on the day of his 100th birthday. The song itself was the fastest "

Prompt: Who is the oldest person to have a number one hit in Britain?

Answer: Armstrong, Louis %22Pops%22


Context: National Trust |  The National Trust is the largest private landowner in the United Kingdom. The Trust's land holdings account for almost 250,000 ha, mostly of countryside. A large part of this consists of parks and agricultural estates attached to country houses, but there are many countryside properties which were acquired specifically for their scenic or scientific value. The Trust owns or has covenant over about a quarter of the Lake District; it has similar control over about 12% of the Peak District National Park (e.g. South Peak Estate and High Peak Estate). Most National Trust land, about 200,000 ha, consists of tenant or in-hand farms, where public access is restricted to rights of way and sometimes additional routes. At Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, the home farm is open to the public. The Trust also owns forests, woods, downs and moorland. These areas are generally open to the public free of charge, as are some of the parks attached to country houses (others have an admission charge). The Trust owns or protects roughly one fifth of the coastline in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (780 mi), and has a long-term campaign, Project Neptune, which seeks to acquire more.

Prompt: Which organisation is the largest private land owner in Britain?

Answer: The National Trust


Context: Tybalt | " Tybalt is a character in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. He is the son of Lady Capulet's brother, Juliet's short-tempered first cousin, and Romeo's rival. Tybalt shares the same name as the character Tibert / Tybalt ""the prince of cats"" in the popular story Reynard the Fox, a point of mockery in the play. Mercutio repeatedly calls Tybalt ""prince of cats"", in reference to his sleek, yet violent manner. Luigi da Porto adapted the story as Giulietta e Romeo and included it in his Historia novellamente ritrovata di due Nobili Amanti published in 1530. Da Porto drew on Pyramus and Thisbe and Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. Da Porto gave it much of its modern form, including the lovers' names, the rival families of Montecchi and Capuleti, and their location in Verona. He also introduces characters corresponding to Shakespeare's Mercutio, Tybalt, and Paris. Da Porto presents his tale as historically true and claims it took place in the days of Bartolomeo II della Scala (a century earlier than Salernitano). Montague and Capulet were actual 13th century political factions, but the only known connection between them is a mention in Dante's Purgatorio as an example of civil dissension."

Prompt: Tybalt is a character in which of Shakespeare's plays?

Answer: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet


Context: Oven glove |  An oven glove, or oven mitt, is an insulated glove or mitten usually worn in the kitchen to easily protect the wearer's hand from hot objects such as ovens, stoves, cookware, etc. They are similar to pot-holders. Fabric gloves consist of heat insulation surrounded by cotton fabric, usually consisting of decorative patterns. Newer oven gloves are often treated with silicone, which makes them resistant to water and stains, or made of stronger synthetic materials such as Kevlar or Nomex. Oven mitts are often sold singly rather than in a pair, designed to be worn on either hand.

Prompt: We use oven gloves in the kitchen, what do Americans call them?

Answer: POT HOLDERS


Context: Wooden Heart | " ""Wooden Heart"" (""Muss i denn"" lit. Must I then) is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and featured in the 1960 Elvis Presley film G.I. Blues. The song was a hit single for Presley in the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 1 for six weeks in March and April 1961."

Prompt: "From which musical film does the song ""Wooden Heart"" come?"

Answer: G I BLUES


Context: Result (cricket) | " A ""no result"" is recorded if a limited over match which has been started cannot be completed, which usually occurs if weather or light interrupts play. In the case of rain playing a factor, this is often known as the match being ""washed out"". The result is effectively the same as a draw. Limited overs cricket formats require that each team has to have the opportunity bat for a minimum number of overs in order for a result to be possible: 20 overs in One Day International cricket and five overs in Twenty20 cricket. If each team is able to face at least this number of overs, a result is possible and can be calculated using the Duckworth–Lewis method or other competition rules."

Prompt: If a cricket match is curtailed because of inclement weather, what system is used to determine a result?

Answer: D-L Method


Context: List of characters in mythology novels by Rick Riordan |  caduceus' Laser Mode, in reality a giant rocket launcher that fires energy blasts. ; Centaur – Half-man, half-horse creatures, often depicted as wild and drunk. Chiron is the only truly civilized centaur. Many of his kin are part of the Party Ponies. There are other centaurs who work for Gaea's army. ; Chiron – A centaur with a white stallion body and a son of Kronos. He is the mentor of Percy Jackson and the activities director at Camp Half-Blood. In The Lightning Thief, he first appears, disguised as a Latin teacher at Percy's school. He uses an enchanted wheelchair

Prompt: Which mythological creatures are half horse and half man?

Answer: Centaurs


Context: Stella McCartney |  In September 2010, McCartney was appointed Team GB's Creative Director for the 2012 Olympics by Adidas — the first time in the games' history that a leading fashion designer designed the apparel for a country's team across all competitions for both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games. In March 2012, the Team GB kit was publicly displayed. McCartney continued in this role for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Prompt: Who designed the Adidas sportswear for the British Olympic and Paralympics teams at the 2012 London Games?

Answer: Stella Nina McCartney


Context: Joan Ganz Cooney | " was called ""one of the most important television developments of the decade"". Sesame Street premiered on PBS on November 10, 1969. In its first season, the show won three Emmys, a Peabody, and was featured on the cover of Time magazine. According to Newsday, ""Scores of glowing newspaper and magazine stories fluttered down on Mrs. Cooney and her workshop like confetti onto the heads of conquering heroes"". Les Brown of Variety called Cooney ""St. Joan"". Cooney later reported, ""The reception was so incredible. The press adored us; the parents adored us."" The first year Sesame Street was on the air, Cooney was, as Davis "

Prompt: Which children's TV programme, which first appeared in November 1969, has won a record 122 Emmy Awards in all categories?

Answer: The Furry Arms


Context: Antelope (shipwreck) |  Antelope was a Great Lakes steamship that later was converted into a schooner barge) and sank in Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands in 1897.

Prompt: Which fictional character was shipwrecked when the 'Antelope' sank?

Answer: Quinbus Flestrin


Context: Lily the Pink (song) | " The Scaffold's record, released in November 1968, became No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for the four weeks encompassing the Christmas holidays that year. Backing vocalists on the recording included Graham Nash (of The Hollies), Elton John (then Reg Dwight), and Tim Rice; while Jack Bruce (of Cream) played the bass guitar. The lyrics include a number of in-jokes. For example, the line ""Mr Frears had sticky out ears"" refers to film director Stephen Frears, who had worked with The Scaffold early in their career; while the line ""Jennifer Eccles had terrible freckles"" refers to the song ""Jennifer Eccles"" by The Hollies, the band Graham Nash was about to leave."

Prompt: According to the Scaffold song 'Lily the Pink', who had 'terrible freckles'?

Answer: Jennifer Eccles


Context: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury |  The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus, London, erected in 1893, was designed to commemorate his philanthropic works. The fountain is crowned by Alfred Gilbert's aluminium statue of Anteros as a nude, butterfly-winged archer. This is officially titled The Angel of Christian Charity, but has become popularly if mistakenly known as Eros. It appears on the masthead of the Evening Standard.

Prompt: How is the London statue 'The Angel of Christian Charity' more commonly known?

Answer: Eros (god)


Context: Green | " Green is often associated with jealousy and envy. The expression ""green-eyed monster"" was first used by William Shakespeare in Othello: ""it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on."" Shakespeare also used it in the Merchant of Venice, speaking of ""green-eyed jealousy."""

Prompt: From which Shakespeare play does the phrase 'the green-eyed monster' originate?

Answer: Othello (film)


Context: Whirlpool | " The Corryvreckan is a narrow strait between the islands of Jura and Scarba, in Argyll and Bute, on the northern side of the Gulf of Corryvreckan, Scotland. It is the third-largest whirlpool in the world. Flood tides and inflow from the Firth of Lorne to the west can drive the waters of Corryvreckan to waves of more than 9 metres, and the roar of the resulting maelstrom, which reaches speeds of 18 km/h, can be heard 16 km away. Though it was classified initially as non-navigable by the Royal Navy it was later categorized as ""extremely dangerous"". A documentary team from Scottish independent producers Northlight Productions once threw a mannequin into the Corryvreckan (""the Hag"") with a life jacket and depth gauge. The mannequin was swallowed and spat up far down current with a depth gauge reading of 262 m with evidence of being dragged along the bottom for a great distance."

Prompt: What is the name of the whirlpool in the Hebrides between Scarba and Jura, the third largest in the world?

Answer: Coire Bhreacain


Context: Catherine Lacoste |  Lacoste is the daughter of French tennis player René Lacoste (1904–1996), winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles, and his wife Simone de la Chaume (1908–2001), in 1927, first French winner of the British Ladies Amateur. They married in 1930. She has been a member of the board of Lacoste, the major fashion company, founded in 1933 by her father, who invented the crocodile trademark. The management of the company was transferred in 1963 from her father to her brother Bernard Lacoste (1931–2006). The family sold the company and the brand in November 2012 to Swiss family-held group Maus Frères. The Chantaco Golf Club has always been managed by a member of the Lacoste family. In 1974, Lacoste succeeded her mother

Prompt: Which tennis player founded the fashion label Aneres?

Answer: Serena Williams


Context: Goodge Street tube station |  Goodge Street is a London Underground station on Tottenham Court Road in Fitzrovia, West End, London. It is on the Northern line's Charing Cross branch between Tottenham Court Road and Warren Street stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.

Prompt: Goodge Street tube station is on which London Underground line?

Answer: Northern (disambiguation)


Context: 1987 in sports | Cheltenham Gold Cup – The Thinker ; Grand National – Maori Venture Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Kensei ; Canada – Queen's Plate won by Market Control ; France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Trempolino ; Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Sir Harry Lewis ; Japan – Japan Cup won by Le Glorieux ; English Triple Crown Races: ; 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Don't Forget Me ; The Derby – Reference Point ; St. Leger Stakes – Reference Point ; United States Triple Crown Races: ; Kentucky Derby – Alysheba ; Preakness Stakes – Alysheba ; Belmont Stakes – Bet Twice ; Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships: ; Breeders' Cup Classic – Ferdinand ; Breeders' Cup Distaff – Sacahuista ; Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Success Express ; Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Epitome ; Breeders' Cup Mile – Miesque ; Breeders' Cup Sprint – Very Subtle ; Breeders' Cup Turf – Theatrical Steeplechases Flat races

Prompt: In which year did Reference Point win the Derby and Maori Venture win the Grand National?

Answer: 1987


Context: Dowsing | "  Dowsing is a type of pseudoscientific divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites, malign 'earth vibrations' and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus. It is also known as divining (especially in reference to interpretation of results), doodlebugging (particularly in the United States, in searching for petroleum ) or (when searching for water) water finding, water witching (in the United States) or water dowsing. A Y-shaped twig or rod, or two L-shaped ones—individually called a dowsing rod, divining rod (Latin: virgula divina or baculus divinatorius), ""vining rod"", or witching rod—are sometimes used during dowsing, although some dowsers use other equipment or no equipment at all. Dowsing is a pseudoscience and the scientific evidence is that it is no more effective than random chance. Dowsers often achieve good results because random chance has a high probability of finding water in favourable terrain. The motion of dowsing rods is now generally attributed to the ideomotor phenomenon,  a psychological response where a subject makes motions unconsciously. Put simply, dowsing rods respond to the user's accidental or involuntary movements. Dowsing remains popular among believers in Forteana or radiesthesia."

Prompt: What is the name for the practice of water divining by deploying a deflecting stick?

Answer: Dowsing/Rhabdomancy


Context: Borders of Denmark |   The Kingdom of Denmark has existed with its current territory since 1920. The only land border of Denmark (proper) is that with Germany, with a length of 68 km. The border along the territorial waters (12 nmi zone) with Sweden runs along the Øresund for a length of about 115 km. The exclusive economic zone (EEZ, 200. nmi zone) of the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland, Denmark (proper), Faroe Islands) borders those of Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Canada. Maritime borders in the Baltic Sea were delineated with West Germany and Sweden in the 1980s and with Poland in 2018.

Prompt: Denmark has a single land border; with which country?

Answer: United States of Germany


Context: History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |  Mikhail Gorbachev became the party's general secretary in 1985 following an interregnum after the death of Leonid Brezhnev in 1982 when the party was led first by Yuri Andropov and then by Konstantin Chernenko. When Brezhnev died Andropov was proclaimed General Secretary within days and by the official coverage in the Soviet media it was clear that he was the leader. Andropov died on February 9, 1984 and Chernenko was elected his replacement on February 13 but Chernenko was a compromise stopgap candidate as Gorbachev – Andropov's protege – lacked sufficient support in the Politburo. However, Chernenko was already an ill man and his duties were increasingly carried out by others, particularly Gorbachev, who was nominated by Andrei Gromyko

Prompt: Who became Secretary -General of the Soviet Communist Party in 1985?

Answer: M. Gorbachev


Context: La Brabançonne | " ""La Brabançonne"" (""De Brabançonne""; ""Das Lied von Brabant"") is the national anthem of Belgium. The originally-French title refers to Brabant; the name is usually maintained untranslated in Belgium's other two official languages, Dutch and German."

Prompt: La Brabanconne is the national anthem of which country?

Answer: Belguim


Context: Origins of the International Space Station | " The Russian Orbital Segment (ROS or RS) is the eleventh Soviet-Russian space station. Mir (""Peace"") and the ISS are successors to the Salyut (""Fireworks"") and Almaz (""Diamond"") stations. The first MIR-2 module was launched in 1986 by an Energia heavy-lift expendable launch system. The Energia's core stage and boosters worked properly, however the Polyus spacecraft fired its engines to insert itself into orbit whilst in an incorrect orientation due to a programming error, and re-entered the atmosphere. The planned station changed several times, but Zvezda was always the service module, containing the station's critical systems such as life support. The station would have used the Buran spaceplane and "

Prompt: What was the name of the Russian Space Station, launched in 1986?

Answer: Mir Space Station


Context: Don't be evil | " The motto was first suggested either by Google employee Paul Buchheit at a meeting about corporate values that took place in early 2000 or in 2001 or, according to another account, by Google engineer Amit Patel in 1999. Buchheit, the creator of Gmail, said he ""wanted something that, once you put it in there, would be hard to take out"", adding that the slogan was ""also a bit of a jab at a lot of the other companies, especially our competitors, who at the time, in our opinion, were kind of exploiting the users to some extent"". While the official corporate philosophy of Google does not contain the words ""Don't be evil"", they were included in the prospectus (on Form S-1) of Google's 2004 IPO (a letter from Google's founders, later called the ""'Don't Be Evil' manifesto""): ""Don't be evil. We believe strongly that in "

Prompt: """Don't be evil"" is the motto of which intemet company?"

Answer: Google community


Context: 2010 FIFA World Cup |  The final was held on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City, Johannesburg. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0, with an extra time goal from Andrés Iniesta. Iniesta scored the latest winning goal in a FIFA World Cup final (116'). The win gave Spain their first World Cup title, becoming the eighth team to win it. This made them the first new winner without home advantage since Brazil in 1958, and the first team to win the tournament after having lost their opening game. A large number of fouls were committed in the final match. Referee Howard Webb handed out 14 yellow cards, more than doubling the

Prompt: Who scored Spain's winning goal in the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup?

Answer: Andrés Iniesta Luján


Context: 1990 Open Championship |  The 1990 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 119th Open Championship, held from 19 to 22 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Nick Faldo won the second of his three Open Championships by five strokes over runners-up Mark McNulty and Payne Stewart. Earlier in the year, Faldo won the Masters; this was the fourth of his six major titles.

Prompt: In which year did Nick Faldo win both the Open and the US Masters Championships?

Answer: 1990


Context: The Moon and Sixpence |  The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is, in part, based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.

Prompt: On whose life is Somerset Maugham's 'The Moon and Sixpence' loosely based?

Answer: Paul Gaugin


Context: Anna Mae | Anna Mae Aquash (1945–1975), Mi'kmaq activist and member of the American Indian Movement ; Anna Mae Bullock, better known as Tina Turner (born 1939), American singer ; Anna Mae Hays (1920-2018), brigadier general in the United States Army ; Anna Mae He (born 1999), the subject of a custody battle between He's biological parents and foster parents ; Anna May Hutchison (1925–1998), American baseball player ; Anna Mae Routledge (born 1982), Canadian actress ; Anna Mae Winburn (1913–1999), African-American vocalist and jazz bandleader ; Anna May Wong (1905–1961), Chinese American movie star Anna Mae (also Anna May) is a feminine double name, composed of Anna and Mae. Notable people with the name include:

Prompt: How is the American singer Anna Mae Bullock better known?

Answer: Anna Bullock


Context: Carlo Del Prete |  for Brazil. On the morning of 5 July, they were within radio range of Pernambuco. Crossing the Brazilian coast near Natal, they continued south, hoping to reach Rio de Janeiro. However, poor weather forced the aviators to turn back towards Natal. Now running low on fuel and with the weather still against them, they were forced to abandon landing there as well, since the aerodrome lay behind a row of hills. Instead, they continued north for another 160 km (100 mi) and made a forced landing on a beach at Touros. During the flight from Italy, the S.64 had

Prompt: If you were to fly due east out of Rio de Janeiro, which country's coastline would you fly over first?

Answer: Culture of Namibia


Context: 38th G8 summit |  The Group of Six (G6) was an unofficial forum which brought together the heads of the richest industrialized countries: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. This select few became the Group of Seven (G7) starting in 1976 when Canada joined. The Group of Eight was formed with the addition of Russia in 1997. In addition, the President of the European Commission has been formally included in summits since 1981. The summits were not meant to be linked formally with wider international institutions; and in fact, a mild rebellion against the stiff formality of other international meetings was a part of the genesis of cooperation between France's President Giscard d'Estaing and West Germany's Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

Prompt: Which country joined the G7 government forum which then became the G8 in 1997?

Answer: Russia (1991-1993)


Context: Stephen Kinnock |  In 1996, Kinnock married Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who later became Prime Minister of Denmark. They met when both attended the College of Europe. The couple have two daughters. Kinnock is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society. When his father was created a life peer in 2005 as Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty, Kinnock was granted the prefix The Honourable as the son of a baron. As it is a life peerage rather than a hereditary peerage, Kinnock will not inherit his father's title.

Prompt: Neil Kinnock's son Stephen is married to the Prime Minister of which Country?

Answer: Eastern Denmark


Context: 2008 Football League One play-off Final |  in a tackle with three minutes to go and the match finished goalless. The second leg was held a week later at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster. The visitors hit the crossbar in the opening minutes through a James Walker strike but Doncaster took the lead on 11 minutes with a penalty from Brian Stock. Adam Barrett scored an own goal ten minutes later before James Coppinger struck a third to see the home side leading 3–0 at half-time. Coppinger completed his hat-trick with two more goals after the interval and with a consolation goal from Southend's Nicky Bailey made it 5–1 to Doncaster at the final whistle.

Prompt: Which football league championship side plays home games at Keepmoat Stadium?

Answer: Doncaster Rovers F. C.


Context: Warner Bros. Cartoons |  by Schlesinger's brother-in-law, Ray Katz. From 1936 until 1944, animation directors and animators such as Freleng, Avery, Clampett, Jones, Arthur Davis, Robert McKimson, and Frank Tashlin worked at the studio. During this period, these creators introduced several of the most popular cartoon characters to date, including Daffy Duck (1937, Porky's Duck Hunt by Avery), Elmer Fudd (1940, Elmer's Candid Camera by Jones), Bugs Bunny (1940, A Wild Hare by Avery), and Tweety (1942, A Tale of Two Kitties by Clampett). Avery left the studio in 1941 following a series of disputes with Schlesinger, who shortly after closed the studio

Prompt: Which enduring cartoon character was created by Bob Clampett for the 1938 cartoon Porky's Hare Hunt?

Answer: BUGS BUNNY


Context: Michelle (name) | Michelle Obama (born 1964), Former First Lady of the United States of America ; Michelle Odinet, American lawyer ; Michelle Ongkingco (born 1978), American actress ; Michelle Payne (born 1985), Australian jockey and horse trainer ; Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1958), American actress ; Michelle Phillips (born 1944), American actress, singer, and member of The Mamas & the Papas ; Michelle Rodriguez (born 1978), American actress ; Michelle Rohl (born 1965), American race walker ; Michelle Rojas (born 1987), American voice actress ; Michelle Ruff, American voice actress ; Michelle Ryan (born 1984), British actress ; Michelle Sawatzky-Koop (born 1970), Canadian volleyball player ; Michelle Senlis (1933–2020), French lyricist ; Michelle Ray Smith (born 1974),

Prompt: What was Michelle Obama's maiden name?

Answer: Robinson (disambiguation)


Context: Vice President of the United States |  The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over Senate deliberations at any time, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president is indirectly elected together with the president to a four-year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College. The modern vice presidency is a position of significant power

Prompt: Who is the vice President of the,USA?

Answer: Jean Biden


Context: Copenhagen | " Copenhagen's name (København in Danish), reflects its origin as a harbour and a place of commerce. The original designation in Old Norse, from which Danish descends, was Kaupmannahǫfn (cf. modern Icelandic: Kaupmannahöfn, Faroese Keypmannahavn), meaning 'merchants' harbour'. By the time Old Danish was spoken, the capital was called Køpmannæhafn, with the current name deriving from centuries of subsequent regular sound change. An exact English equivalent would be ""chapman's haven"". The English chapman, German Kaufmann, Dutch koopman, Swedish köpman, Danish købmand, and Icelandic kaupmaður share a derivation from Latin caupo, meaning 'tradesman'. However, the English term for the city was adapted from its Low German name, Kopenhagen. Copenhagen's Swedish name is Köpenhamn, a direct translation of the mutually intelligible Danish name."

Prompt: The name of which European capital city means Merchants Harbour?

Answer: København, Denmark


Context: Kenneth Kendall | " was voted best-dressed newsreader by Style International and No.1 newscaster by Daily Mirror readers in 1979. He left the BBC in 1961, and from 1961 to 1969 was a freelance newsreader, working occasionally for ITN and presenting Southern Television's Day By Day. He appeared as himself in the Adam Adamant episode ""The Doomsday Plan"", in which he is kidnapped and impersonated. He also appeared in the Doctor Who serial The War Machines. He rejoined the BBC in 1969 and finally retired from news reading on 23 December 1981. Kendall's retirement allowed him to work on the popular Channel Four programme Treasure Hunt throughout its first run (1982–1989), which featured Anneka Rice as a ""skyrunner"". He also presented the television programme Songs of Praise."

Prompt: Which popular newsreader resigned from ITN in 1979?

Answer: Reginald Bosanquet


Context: 1071 | The English rebels under Hereward (the Wake) and Morcar, Saxon former earl of Northumbria, are forced to retreat to their stronghold on the Isle of Ely. They make a desperate stand against the Norman forces led by King William I (the Conqueror), but are defeated. ; Edwin, earl of Mercia, rebels against William I, but is betrayed and killed. His castle and lands at Dudley (located in the West Midlands) are given to William's Norman subjects.

Prompt: Who led a revolt against the Normans in 1070 from stronghold on the Isle of Ely? ,

Answer: Hereward the Wake


Context: History of British Airways |  British Airways (BA), the United Kingdom's national airline, was formed in 1974 with the merger of the two largest UK airlines, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA), and including also two smaller regional airlines, Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines. The merger was the completion of a consolidation process started in 1971 with the establishment of the British Airways Board, a body created by the British government to control the operations and finances of BOAC and BEA, which initially continued to exist as separate entities. British Airways acquired the supersonic Concorde in 1976, operating it on transatlantic services. The same year it assumed sole operation of international flights to North America and Southeast Asia from rival British

Prompt: Which company merged with BOAC in 1974 to form British Airways?

Answer: Bea (disambiguation)


Context: Venezuelan bolívar |  The Venezuelan bolívar is the official currency of Venezuela. Named after the hero of Latin American independence Simón Bolívar, it was introduced following the monetary reform in 1879, before which the venezolano was circulating. Due to its decade-long reliance on silver and gold standards, and then on a peg to the United States dollar, it was considered among the most stable currencies and was internationally accepted until 1983, when the government decided to adopt a floating exchange rate instead. Since 1983, the currency experienced a prolonged period of high inflation, losing value almost 500-fold against the US dollar in the process, the depreciation became manageable in mid-2000s (it still stayed in double digits, however). It was then, on 1 January

Prompt: The currency of Venezuela is named after which revolutionary?

Answer: Santiago Bobadilla


Context: Esztergom |  Esztergom (, Gran, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city in northern Hungary, 46 km northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there. Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda. Esztergom is the seat of the prímás (see Primate) of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. The city has a Christian Museum with the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary. Its cathedral, Esztergom Basilica, is the largest church in Hungary.

Prompt: Esztergom was once the capital of which country?

Answer: Maďarsko


Context: Alan Shepard |  On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite. This shattered American confidence in its technological superiority, creating a wave of anxiety known as the Sputnik crisis. Among his responses, President Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the Space Race. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established on October 1, 1958, as a civilian agency to develop space technology. One of its first initiatives was publicly announced on December 17, 1958. This was Project Mercury, which aimed to launch a man into Earth orbit, return him safely to the Earth, and evaluate his capabilities in

Prompt: In which year was Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, launched?

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-seven


Context: Hunter Region | "  The Hunter Valley Wine Zone Australian Geographical Indication was registered on 1 May 1996 and is approximately the entire Hunter River catchment. It contains only one named wine region, Hunter. The Hunter Wine Region Australian Geographical Indication was declared on 18 March 1997. It is not as large as the Hunter Valley zone, but includes most of the significant vineyards. It does not extend east of the Pacific Highway. Some of the oldest vines in the Hunter Valley were planted in 1924 around the village of Fordwich. Pokolbin, located in the ""Lower Hunter Valley"", is the centre of the Hunter Valley wine country, which claims to be Australia's oldest wine region. It is located between the towns of Cessnock and Branxton, about 50 km west of Newcastle. The wine country is "

Prompt: The Hunter Valley is which country's oldest wine region?

Answer: Australia (Commonwealth realm)


Context: Woodentop (The Bill) | " ""Woodentop"" is an episode of the Thames Television series Storyboard, which comprises a series of one-off plays on different themes. The episode was originally broadcast on 16 August 1983. Woodentop became the first-ever episode to long-running British police television series The Bill. The name woodentop is a colloquialism for beat policemen who traditionally wear helmets; the nickname is itself an allusion to the Children's TV series The Woodentops."

Prompt: Which long-running British TV series, now disappeared from our screens, began as a 1983 one-off drama called Woodentop'?

Answer: The Bill


Context: 2011 Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election | " The election was triggered on 5 November 2010 after sitting MP Phil Woolas was reported personally guilty of ""knowingly making false statements"" about the personal character of his Liberal Democrat opponent, Elwyn Watkins, during the 2010 general election campaign by an election court consisting of two High Court judges. In consequence, Woolas ceased to be an MP on 5 November and was banned from holding public office for three years. Woolas applied for a judicial review of the decision: his initial application was rejected, but he entered a second request for a review. Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow stated that a date for the by-election would not be set until all legal proceedings were complete. Woolas's second request for review was heard at the High Court on 16 November 2010; the Court of Appeal announced on 3 December 2010 that, although one of "

Prompt: Which former cabinet minister was debarred from Parliament because of irregularities in his 2010 election campaign for his Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency?

Answer: Woolas


Context: History of Ethiopia |  to power. In 1977 Somalia invaded, trying to annex the Ogaden region, but were pushed back by Ethiopian, Soviet, and Cuban forces. In 1977 and 1978 the government tortured or killed hundreds of thousands of suspected enemies in the Red Terror. Ethiopia experienced famine in 1984 that killed one million people and civil war that resulted in the fall of the Derg in 1991. This resulted in the establishment of the Federal Democratic Republic under Meles Zenawi. Ethiopia remains highly impoverished, although its economy has become one of the world's fastest-growing. Civil conflict in the country, including the Metekel conflict and the Tigray War, are still ongoing.

Prompt: Which arid region of Ethiopia was invaded by Somalia in 1977?

Answer: Ogadēn


Context: Radio receiver |  Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) is an advanced radio technology which debuted in some countries in 1998 that transmits audio from terrestrial radio stations as a digital signal rather than an analog signal as AM and FM do. Its advantages are that DAB has the potential to provide higher quality sound than FM (although many stations do not choose to transmit at such high quality), has greater immunity to radio noise and interference, makes better use of scarce radio spectrum bandwidth, and provides advanced user features such as electronic program guide, sports commentaries, and image slideshows. Its disadvantage is that it is incompatible with previous radios so

Prompt: In radio technology, what does the 'A' represent in 'DAB'?

Answer: AUDIO


Context: Styal |  Styal village grew during the early years of the Industrial Revolution when industrialist Samuel Greg built a cotton mill and textile factory, Quarry Bank Mill. The mill was situated on the bank of the River Bollin in order to use the water current to power the waterwheels. By the 1820s, the mill was expanding, and because of its rural location, Greg found the need to construct a new model village nearby to provide housing for his workers. Samuel Greg died in 1834 and Quarry Bank Mill was taken over by his son, Robert Hyde Greg, who remained in charge for nearly 40 years and introduced a number of technological innovations. Ownership of the mill subsequently passed through several generations of the Greg Family.

Prompt: Which model village did Samuel Greg build to house workers at his nearby Quarry Bank Mill?

Answer: Styal


Context: Gunder Hägg |  Gunder Hägg (31 December 1918 – 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s. He set over a dozen middle distance world records at events ranging from 1500 to 5000 meters, including three at both the 1500 meters and the mile, one at 3000 meters and one at 5000 meters. Hägg and fellow Swede, Arne Andersson, lowered the record for the mile to just over four minutes (4:01.4) – accelerating the progression of the world record in the mile run. Both athletes set three world records for the mile. Hägg first set the record in July 1942 at 4:06.2, a time which was equalled by Andersson

Prompt: Swede Gunder Hagg held the athletics world record for which event until the 6th May 1954?

Answer: Mile (Scottish)


Context: Hangover |  1878 Paris World Exposition, calls for raw egg yolk mixed with Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper. By 1938, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel provided a hangover remedy in the form of a mixture of Coca-Cola and milk (Coca-Cola itself having been invented, by some accounts, as a hangover remedy). Alcoholic writer Ernest Hemingway relied on tomato juice and beer. Other purported hangover cures include cocktails such as Bloody Mary or Black Velvet (consisting of equal parts champagne and stout). A 1957 survey by an American folklorist found widespread belief in the efficacy of heavy fried foods, tomato juice and sexual activity. Other untested or discredited treatments include:

Prompt: Supposedly a hangover cure, which drink consists of a raw egg, Worcestershire sauce and typically a hot sauce with condiments?

Answer: Prairie Oyster


Context: St Asaph |  The award of city status is typically granted to a local authority, whose administrative area is then considered to be the formal borders of the city. By this definition, the whole community area of St Asaph is considered to be the extent of the city, including its urban and rural areas. St Asaph contains the second lowest population of all the cities of the UK, and has the second smallest urban area of 0.5 sqmi, both measures behind St Davids which has 1,841 residents and covers 0.23 sqmi. However, with the formal city sizing defined by its community council area of 2.49 sqmi, two other UK cities are smaller than St Asaph by boundary: the City of London smallest at 1.12 sqmi and Wells second with 2.11 sqmi. In Wales, St Asaph is the smallest by council area, with Bangor a close second at 2.79 sqmi.

Prompt: On obtaining city status, St Asaph became the second city in the UK; which is the smallest?

Answer: Smallest?


Context: John F. Ross (author) | " at the center of it. As I got older I began to wonder: Who was this guy? How did he stay alive and what drove him? What was his nature and how did he look at life? Where did his courage come from?"" The Wall Street Journal has praised Ross for skill in depicting the reality of World War I air combat and how pilots' dangerous experiences differed from the more romantic ideas surrounding flight at the time. The Wall Street Journal similarly hailed Ross' earlier book, War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America's First Frontier, as a ""lively, evocative and at times moving biography"" of the man who is the godfather of Special Operations."

Prompt: Who wrote about his life in the army during World War 1 under the pseudonym 'Aircrafiman Ross'?

Answer: T E Lawrence


Context: Il Paradiso |  Around two decades into the 16th century, a cloth-dyer in Venice, Italy by the name of Battista Robusti conceived a son who would be known as Jacopo Robusti. Little to nothing is known about the childhood of Jacopo because his father's business as a dyer was not significant enough to be well documented. The boy was known to his peers as Tintoretto. Carlo Ridolfi, who was born around the same time frame as Tintoretto's death near the end of the 16th century, would write a biography of Tintoretto. He revealed that Tintoretto had begun to practice drawing at an extremely early point in his life. He used the products and materials that his

Prompt: By what name was the artist Jacopo Comin (or Jacopo Robusti) better known?

Answer: Tintoretto, Il


Context: Gas laws | The volume of a given mass of a gas is inversely related to pressure when the temperature is constant. where P is the pressure, and V is the volume of a gas, and k1 is the constant in this equation (and is not the same as the proportionality constants in the other equations in this article). In 1662 Robert Boyle studied the relationship between volume and pressure of a gas of fixed amount at constant temperature. He observed that volume of a given mass of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure at a constant temperature. Boyle's law, published in 1662,

Prompt: Who gave his name to the scientific law that states that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature?

Answer: Boylean


Context: Isabella, Countess of Bedford |  Isabella of England (16 June 1332 – c. April 1379) was the eldest daughter of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and the wife of Enguerrand de Coucy, Earl of Bedford, by whom she had two daughters. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1376.

Prompt: Which King of England had two wives, both named Isabella?

Answer: John (disambiguation)


Context: World War I in literature | " the Lines (1930). Morris served in the British army during the war. A Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (""Tenente"") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The novel is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of World War I, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of A Farewell to Arms cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first "

Prompt: In what capacity did author Ernest Hemingway serve during the First World War?

Answer: Ambulance Driver