Context: Units of textile measurement | A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or man-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of fiber. Various units are used to refer to the measurement of a fiber, such as: the denier and tex (linear mass density of fibers), super S (fineness of wool fiber), worsted count, woolen count, linen count (wet spun) (or Number English (Ne)), cotton count (or Number English (Ne)), Number metric (Nm) and yield (the reciprocal of denier

Prompt: Which unit of weight, equal to one gram per 9,000 metres, is used to measure the fineness of nylon?

Answer: DENIER


Context: Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | " The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is scheduled to take place at the PalaOlimpico in Turin, Italy, and will consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 10 and 12 May, and the grand final on 14 May 2022. According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the ""Big Five"", consisting of, , , and the , are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final."

Prompt: In which country is the Eurovision Song Contest to be held later this month?

Answer: Сърбия


Context: Lasagne |  made with various combinations of ricotta or mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce, meats (e.g., ground beef, pork or chicken), and vegetables (e.g., spinach, zucchini, olives, mushrooms), and the dish is typically flavoured with wine, garlic, onion, and oregano. In all cases, the lasagne are oven-baked (al forno). Traditionally, pasta dough prepared in Southern Italy used semolina and water; in the northern regions, where semolina was not available, flour and eggs were used. In modern Italy, since the only type of wheat allowed for commercially sold pasta is durum wheat, industrial lasagne are made of semolina from durum wheat. Nonetheless, in the north and especially in Emilia-Romagna, the tradition of egg-based dough remains popular for artisanal and home-made productions.

Prompt: Which vegetable is added to Lasagne to make 'Lasagne Verdi'?

Answer: Eulithis mellinata


Context: Luigi | " Luigi is portrayed as the taller, younger brother of Mario, and is usually seen dressed in a green shirt, dark blue overalls, and a green hat with a green ""L"" insignia. Although Luigi is a plumber like Mario, other facets of his personality vary from game to game; Luigi always seems nervous and timid, but is good-natured and can keep his temper better than his brother. A baby version of the character named Baby Luigi debuted in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, who is held captive by Kamek. He also appeared in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time as a "

Prompt: Also a plumber, what is the name of 'Super Mario's' older brother?

Answer: Mr. L


Context: Place des Quinconces |  The Place des Quinconces, located in Bordeaux, France, is among the largest city squares in Europe (approximately 63 ac or 25.6 ha ). It was laid out in 1820 on the site of Château Trompette and was intended to prevent rebellion against the city. Its guns were turned towards the centre. Its current shape (lengthened rectangle rounded off with a semicircle) was adopted in 1816. Trees were planted (in quincunxes, hence the name of the square) in 1818. With the installation of a tram system in 2003, the place has become the most important public transport hub of the area, with Quinconces tram stop serving three tram lines, 21 bus lines (including 3 night buses), an electric shuttle, and 12 coach lines through Gironde as well as a reception area in the south.

Prompt: The Esplanade des Quincones and the Colonnes des Girondinsare famous landmarks in which French city?

Answer: Bordelaise


Context: Fifth National Government of New Zealand |  National Party leader John Key was Prime Minister between when the government was elected in the 2008 elections, up until his resignation on 12 December 2016. The National Party held a leadership election to determine Key's successor as National Party leader and Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister Bill English announced that he would be standing for the leadership on 6 December 2016. Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Police and Corrections Minister Judith Collins also announced their intention to seek the leadership, but dropped out due to low support from National Party colleagues. After Coleman and Collins' withdrawal, English was sworn in as the 39th Prime Minister on 12 December 2016. State Services Minister Paula Bennett and Transport Minister Simon Bridges announced they would contest the consequential vacancy for Deputy Leader; Bridges dropped out of the race after it was clear Bennett had greater support.

Prompt: Elected in 2008, who is the current Prime Minister of New Zealand?

Answer: John Key


Context: Keira Knightley | " period drama The Duchess (2008), based on the best-selling biographical novel, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman. The film tells the story of Georgiana's rise in society as a sociopolitical tastemaker after her marriage disintegrates. The script Knightley was sent was covered in ""huge white ostrich feathers"" and a gold ribbon. Gabrielle Tana, the film's producer, stated Knightley ""brought an instinctive understanding"" of such aspects of Georgiana's life as a celebrity from her own experiences. Knightley was attracted to her character's strength and status as a political influence and fashion prowess, while being inwardly vulnerable and isolated. Simon Crooke "

Prompt: Based on a true story, which 2008 film starred Keira Knightley as the tragic Georgiana Cavendish?

Answer: Duchess (disambiguation)


Context: Londonbeat | " Londonbeat's career started in the Netherlands where ""There's a Beat Going On"" reached the top 10, and then ""9 A.M (The Comfort Zone)"" which subsequently became a modest success in the United Kingdom. They are best known for their song ""I've Been Thinking About You"", which hit Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in 1991, and for their close harmonies. Their follow-up single, ""A Better Love"", became a Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 hit, and they returned to Number 1 on the dance chart with ""Come Back"" (Hot 100 number 62)."

Prompt: Although they are best known for their only top five hit ,'Amateur Hour' and 'Beat The Clock' were other chart singles for which '70's group?

Answer: 'SPARKS'


Context: 1986 in Wales |  Wales National Ice Rink opens in Cardiff. ; November – Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Conwy and Harlech Castles and Caernarfon and Conwy town walls, designated collectively) become the first Welsh sites designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, in the first tranche of U.K. designations. ; December – Bersham Colliery, the last deep mine in the Denbighshire Coalfield, is closed. ; date unknown – A planning application is turned down at Llanrhaeadr, Clwyd, on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the Welsh language. It is the first time such a decision has ever been made.

Prompt: Which town in southeast Wales became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000?

Answer: Blaenavon


Context: Packie Bonner |  Bonner became the Republic of Ireland's most capped goalkeeper with 80 appearances for his country. He held this record until it was surpassed in 2007 by fellow Donegal native Shay Given who, by the end of 2011, had achieved 120 caps. Bonner remains a cultural icon in Ireland for his role in some of the most memorable moments in Irish sporting history, including the win over England at Euro 88, the draws with England and the Netherlands at the 1990 World Cup and the penalty save that sent Ireland to the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first and, to date, only time.

Prompt: Winning 102 caps between 1988 and 202, who is the Republic of Ireland's most capped player?

Answer: STEVE STAUNTON


Context: List of World Heritage Sites in Scotland | " and other nearby sites. It was inscribed in 1999 and is managed by Historic Scotland. New Lanark was inscribed in 2001. It is a restored 18th century industrial cotton mill village in South Lanarkshire constructed by Robert Owen as an experiment in utopian socialism. Restoration was organised by the New Lanark Conservation Trust, which was formed in 1974. The Antonine Wall was inscribed in July 2008. It is an extension to a wider series of sites in Austria, Germany and Slovakia entitled ""Frontiers of the Roman Empire"". The Wall is the remains of a defensive line made of turf c. 20 feet high, with "

Prompt: Which village in south-central Scotland became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001?

Answer: New Lanark


Context: Casablanca, Chile |  The Casablanca Valley is a wine-producing region 75 km (47 mi) northwest of Santiago. It is a Denomination of Origin (DO) defined by the Chilean Appellation system, the legally defined and protected geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown. The valley takes its name from the commune of Casablanca and stretches roughly 30 km (19 miles) east-west from eastern border of the Valparaíso province in the Valparaíso region. Vines were first planted here in the mid-1980s during the revitalization of the Chilean wine industry and quickly became known for its white wines, most notably Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, as well as Pinot Noir, which thrives in its cooler climate. Although the valley is located at 33°S, much closer to the Equator than any European vineyard, viticulture here is possible because of the cooling influence of the Pacific Ocean, in the shape of cool morning fog and greater cloud cover than is found elsewhere in the north of Chile.

Prompt: In which country would you find the wine-producing region known as 'Casablanca Valley'?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:CL


Context: Jim Rockford (television character) |  James Scott Rockford is a fictional character on the television series The Rockford Files. The character, played by James Garner, is a struggling private investigator operating in the greater Los Angeles area. Rockford is the principal character of the series, and Garner was the only actor to appear in every episode of the series.

Prompt: Who played the title role in the TV series 'The Rockford Files'?

Answer: James Scott Bumgarner


Context: Catherine Ashton | "  On 19 November 2009, Ashton was appointed the EU's first High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security policy. Her appointment was agreed at a summit by 27 European Union leaders in Brussels. Having initially pushed for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to become President of the European Council, Gordon Brown eventually relented on the condition that the post of High Representative be awarded to a Briton. Ashton's relative obscurity prior to her appointment prompted comment in the media. The Guardian newspaper reported that her appointment as High Representative had received a ""cautious welcome... from international relations experts"". The Economist "

Prompt: Who was appointed as the first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union in 2009?

Answer: BARONESS ASHTON (of Up Holland)


Context: Jean Passepartout | " Jean Passepartout is a fictional character in Jules Verne's novel Around the World in Eighty Days, published in 1873. He is the French valet of the novel's English main character, Phileas Fogg. His surname translates literally to ""goes everywhere"", but this is an idiom for 'skeleton key' in French. It is also a play on the English word passport, the French equivalent, and the French word (everywhere)."

Prompt: Who is the valet to 'Phileas Fogg' in the novel 'Around The World In Eighty Days'?

Answer: Jean Passepartout


Context: Unseen Academicals | " Unseen Academicals is the 37th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. The novel satirises football, and features Mustrum Ridcully setting up an Unseen University football team, with the Librarian in goal. It includes new details about ""below stairs"" life at the university. The book introduces several new characters, including Trevor Likely, a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can; Glenda Sugarbean, a maker of ""jolly good"" pies; Juliet Stollop, a dim but beautiful young woman who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been; and the mysterious Mr Nutt, a cultured, enigmatic, idealistic savant. According to the publisher, Transworld, the ""on sale"" date for the hardback was 1 October 2009 although the official publication date is 8 "

Prompt: Which 2009 Terry Pratchett novel features 'Mustrum Ridcully' setting up a University football team?

Answer: 'UNSEEN ACADEMICALS'


Context: Anne Collins (contralto) | " Brent Walker Productions telefilms of Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience (as Lady Jane), Iolanthe, (the Fairy Queen), Princess Ida (Lady Blanche), The Mikado (Katisha), and The Gondoliers (Duchess of Plaza-Toro). She participated in several of the BBC broadcasts of the Savoy operas in 1989, singing the roles of Blanche and Duchess, as well as Dame Carruthers in The Yeomen of the Guard and Dame Hannah in Ruddigore. Grove comments that Collins was a ""versatile singer with a strong, even voice … equally at home in Wagner and in Gilbert and Sullivan""; Opera praised her beautifully warm and wide-ranging timbre, and impeccable diction. Collins died of cancer in Sussex, aged 65."

Prompt: Which work by Gilbert and Sullivan features the 'Duke of Plaza Toro' and his daughter 'Casilda', who becomes the 'Queen of Barataria'?

Answer: Barataria (Gondoliers)


Context: List of foods named after people |  and also for an orange-based sweet, Corbeilles à la Peg Woffington. ; Eggs Woodhouse - Named after Woodhouse, long suffering valet of Sterling Archer in the animated sitcom Archer. It is a variation of Eggs Benedict, with the main differences being the addition of artichoke hearts, creamed spinach, bechamel sauce, Ibérico ham, black truffle and beluga caviar. ; Woolton pie – Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton. Lord Woolton was the British Minister of Food during World War II. This root vegetable pie created by the chefs at London's Savoy Hotel marked Woolton's drive to get people to eat more vegetables instead of meat.

Prompt: Which root vegetable pie was named after a Minister of Food during World War II?

Answer: WOOLTON (Pie)


Context: Donald Pleasence |  Returning to acting after the war, Pleasence resumed working in repertory theatre companies in Birmingham and Bristol. In the 1950s, Pleasence's stage work included performing as Willie Mossop in a 1952 production of Hobson's Choice at the Arts Theatre, London and as Dauphin in Jean Anouilh's The Lark (1956). In 1960, Pleasence gained excellent notices as the tramp in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker at the Arts Theatre, a role he would again play in a 1990 revival. Other stage work in the 1960s included Anouilh's Poor Bitos (1963–64) and Robert Shaw's The Man in the Glass Booth (1967), for which he won the London Variety Award for Stage Actor of the Year in 1968. Pleasence's later stage work included performing in a double bill of Pinter plays, The Basement and Tea Party, at the Duchess Theatre in 1970.

Prompt: In which play by Harold Brighouse is 'Willie Mossop' employed at a shoe shop?

Answer: 'HOBSON'S CHOICE'


Context: Alan Sillitoe | " Sillitoe was born in Nottingham to working-class parents, Christopher Sillitoe and Sabina (née Burton). Like Arthur Seaton, the anti-hero of his first novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, his father worked at the Raleigh Bicycle Company's factory in the town. His father was illiterate, violent, and unsteady with his jobs, and the family was often on the brink of starvation. Sillitoe left school at the age of 14, having failed the entrance examination to grammar school. He worked at the Raleigh factory for the next four years, spending his free time reading prodigiously and being a ""serial lover of local girls"". He joined "

Prompt: In which novel by Alan Sillitoe is 'Arthur Seaton' employed at a bicycle factory?

Answer: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning


Context: Logie Awards | " In Melbourne Tonight. Only Melbourne television personalities were nominated and awards were given in eight categories, including two for American programs. The most prestigious award in 1959 was Star of the Year presented to IMT host Graham Kennedy. The following year, Kennedy coined the name Logie Awards, to honour the Scottish engineer and innovator who contributed to the development of television as a practical medium, John Logie Baird. The Logie statuette was designed by Alec De Lacy, chief designer for Melbourne-based trophy makers KG Luke Ltd. The first Gold Logie, the equivalent of the Star of the Year Award, was presented in 1960, and again won by Graham Kennedy. The record for most ""Gold Logie"" wins—at 5 apiece—is a tie between Kennedy and Ray Martin. The 2020 and 2021 ceremonies were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic."

Prompt: The LOGIE Awards in Australia are the equivalent of which awards in the USA?

Answer: Emmies


Context: Araucaria araucana |  Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, pewen or Chilean pine) is an evergreen tree growing to 1–1.5 m (3–5 ft) in diameter and 30–40 m (100–130 ft) in height. It is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria. Because of the prevalence of similar species in ancient prehistory, it is sometimes called a living fossil. It is also the national tree of Chile. Its conservation status was changed to Endangered by the IUCN in 2013 due to the dwindling population caused by logging, forest fires, and grazing.

Prompt: Araucaria araucana is the national tree of Chile. Although it is not a true pine it became known as the 'Chile Pine'. What is its current common English name?

Answer: Monkey Puzzle


Context: Hart to Hart |  Hart to Hart is an American mystery television series that premiered on August 25, 1979, on ABC. The show starred Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers as respectively Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a wealthy couple who lead a glamorous jetset lifestyle and regularly find themselves working as un-paid detectives in order to solve crimes in which they become embroiled. The series was created by novelist and television writer Sidney Sheldon. The series ended after five seasons on May 22, 1984, but was followed by eight made-for-television movies, beginning in 1993.

Prompt: Who played 'Jonathan Hart' in the TV series 'Hart to Hart'?

Answer: Robert Wagner


Context: Abel Muzorewa | " Muzorewa died aged 84 from cancer at his home in Harare on 8 April 2010. The Director of Christian Care, Reverend Forbes Matonga, described Muzorewa's legacy as including ""his role in the country's transition to independence, the Methodist Church and the founding of Africa University in the eastern Zimbabwean city of Mutare"". Political commentator John Makumbe said Muzorewa's legacy in Zimbabwe would be that of ""a man of peace"". Bishop Muzorewa and his wife are buried at the Old Mutare Mission Station, Mutare, Manicaland Province."

Prompt: Bishop Abel Muzorewa who died in April was a leading figure in the politics of which African country?

Answer: Zimbabwean cultural practices


Context: Andy Capp (TV series) |  The sitcom Andy Capp was based on the cartoon strip of the same name that had run since 1957 in The Daily Mirror. Andy Capp is a slothful man from Hartlepool, whose life consists of drinking, sleeping, watching TV, betting, going to the pub and occasionally playing football (as opposed to rugby, which was Andy's sport in the comic strip). His wife, Flo, is constantly annoyed by her lazy husband and frequently uses a rolling pin as a weapon.

Prompt: What is the name of comic book character 'Andy Capp's' wife?

Answer: 'FLO' (accept 'Florrie')


Context: Inspector George Gently |  Inspector George Gently (also known as George Gently for the pilot and first series) is a British television crime drama series produced by Company Pictures for BBC One, set in the 1960s and loosely based on some of the Inspector Gently novels written by Alan Hunter. The series stars Martin Shaw as the eponymous Inspector and Lee Ingleby as Detective Sergeant John Bacchus, with Simon Hubbard and Lisa McGrillis in supporting roles as police constables in the fictitious North East Constabulary. The series moved the setting of the stories to North East England, centring on Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and County Durham, as opposed to the Norfolk setting in the books. The death penalty is still in effect in Britain as the series begins, and it is used as a plot feature in some early episodes. The abolition of the death penalty in 1965 is noted

Prompt: Which detective, played on TV by Martin Shaw, was created by Alan Hunter?

Answer: Inspector George Gently (TV series)


Context: Sam Taylor-Johnson | " In August 2008, Taylor-Johnson was chosen to direct Nowhere Boy, a biopic about the childhood of John Lennon. Speaking about her experience directing the film, in September 2010, Taylor-Johnson said, ""'I thought, I'm in too deep and if I mess this up I'm just never gonna make a film again, and I went into a panic. I got into the car and said, I just have to call these producers and pull out. I got into the car and I put the key into the ignition and Lennon's voice came straight out of the radio and it was Starting Over. It was one of those moments where I thought it was a sign: OK I'm gonna do it.'"" The 53rd annual London Film Festival screened the film as its closing presentation on 29 October 2009. The film was released in the UK on Boxing Day in 2009 to positive reviews. Taylor-Johnson was nominated for a BAFTA award on 21 January 2010, but lost out to Duncan Jones."

Prompt: Which 2009 film is a biopic of John Lennon?

Answer: 'NOWHERE BOY'


Context: Order of Merit |  1935 to include members of the Royal Air Force and, in 1969, the definition of honorary recipients was expanded to include members of the Commonwealth of Nations that are not realms. From its inception, the order has been open to women, Florence Nightingale being the first woman to receive the honour, in 1907. Several individuals have refused admission into the Order of Merit, including Rudyard Kipling, A. E. Housman, and George Bernard Shaw. To date, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, remains the youngest person ever inducted into the Order of Merit, having been admitted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1968, when he was 47 years of age.

Prompt: The youngest ever member of the Order of Merit was admitted in 1968 and is still a member. Who is he?

Answer: PRINCE PHILIP or DUKE OF EDINBURGH


Context: Cortina d'Ampezzo |  an elite destination for the first British tourists in the late 18th and early 20th centuries, after World War I Cortina d'Ampezzo became a resort for upper-class Italians, too. Cortina d'Ampezzo was chosen as the venue of the 1944 winter Olympics, which did not take place due to World War II. Thanks to finally hosting the winter Olympics in 1956, Cortina grew into a world-famous resort, with a substantial increase in tourism. With a resident population of 6,150 people in 2008, Cortina has a temporary population of around 50,000 during peak periods such as the Christmas holidays and mid-August. The Ford Cortina, the UK's best-selling car of the 1970s, was named after Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Prompt: Which model of Ford is named after the Italian resort which was host to the 1956 Winter Olympics?

Answer: Cortina


Context: David Paradine Productions |  David Paradine Productions is a television production company founded by David Frost as 'David Paradine Ltd' in 1966.

Prompt: Who founded the TV production company 'David Paradine Productions'?

Answer: DAVID FROST


Context: Joe McGann |  McGann was born in Kensington, Liverpool to a metallurgist father also named Joe, and a teacher mother named Clare. His three younger brothers – Paul, Mark and Stephen – are also actors. He also has a younger sister named Clare after their mother. Together with Stephen and Mark, he starred in Tom, Dick and Harry, a play by Ray and Michael Cooney at the Duke of York's Theatre, in 1995. That same year, all four brothers starred in the BBC drama The Hanging Gale. In 1989, he portrayed Lord Glozelle in the BBC version of Prince Caspian. The following year, he started playing the role of Charlie Burrows in the

Prompt: Which of the four acting McGann brothers is missing from Mark, Stephen, Joe and .....?

Answer: Paul food chain


Context: The Playboy of the Western World | " Riots occurred in January 1907 during and following the opening performance of the play. The riots were stirred up by Irish nationalists and republicans who viewed the contents of the play as an offence to public morals and an insult against Ireland. The riots took place in Dublin, spreading out from the Abbey Theatre and finally being quelled by the actions of the Dublin Metropolitan Police. The fact that the play was based on a story of apparent patricide also attracted a hostile public reaction. It was egged on by nationalists, including Sinn Féin leader Arthur Griffith, who believed that the theatre was not sufficiently political and described the play as ""a vile and inhuman story told in the foulest language we have ever listened to from a public platform"". With the pretext of a perceived slight on the virtue of Irish womanhood in the line ""a drift "

Prompt: When it was a first performed at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in 1907, which play caused rioting in the streets because of objections to the portrayal of rural Irish Catholic immorality?

Answer: Sara Tansey


Context: Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe |  The Portuguese explorers João de Santarém and Pêro Escobar discovered the islands around 1470, which they found uninhabited. The São Tomé island was named by the Portuguese in honor of Saint Thomas, as they discovered the island on his feast day, while the Príncipe island (Prince's island) was named in honor of Afonso, Prince of Portugal, his father's favorite. The first attempt of settlement in the islands began in 1485, when the Portuguese Crown granted to João de Paiva the São Tomé island. However, this attempt was not successful, because the settlers were unable to produce food in the specific conditions and climate that the islands offered, and because of the tropical diseases

Prompt: Which African island is named in honour of the saint upon whose feast day the island was discovered in 1471?

Answer: São Tome


Context: Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley |  gave its name to the Cro-Magnon, the generic name for the European early modern humans. Many of the sites were discovered or first recognised as significant and scientifically explored by the archaeologists Henri Breuil and Denis Peyrony in the early twentieth century, while Lascaux, which has the most exceptional rock art of these, was discovered in 1940. The decorated caves in the region were instrumental in ending the debate about the nature of prehistoric art, which was still considered by many to be modern fakes. The late 19th century discoveries of first the Chabot cave (in 1879), Cave of Altamira (in 1880) and Pair-non-Pair (in 1881) were widely discussed, but no definite

Prompt: In which country are the 'Cro-Magnon Caves', after which a type of early humans were named?

Answer: La Republique francaise


Context: 1780 Epsom Derby |  At the previous year's Epsom May race meeting, Lord Derby had instigated a 1 1/2 mile race for three-year-old fillies, which he had named the Oaks after his nearby estate. His filly Bridget had won the race, and it had been a great success. Accordingly, a post-race celebration was held by Lord Derby, at which it was decided to hold another new race for both colts and fillies the following year. The matter of naming the race was discussed, with the options being naming it after Derby himself or naming it after Sir Charles Bunbury, a member of the Jockey Club, who was Derby's guest at the Oaks. According to legend, the matter was settled in Derby's favour on the toss of a coin, although it seems likely that Bunbury actually deferred to his host. This first Derby was set to be run over only 1 mile, as were the next three. It was not until 1784 that the race was run over its now familiar distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs. Colts were to be allotted a weight of 8 stone, fillies 7 stone 11 lbs, another difference between this first race and subsequent runnings.

Prompt: Which of the 'Classic' horse races, run at Epsom for three year old fillies on the Friday after the derby, is named after the estate then owned by the Earl of Derby?

Answer: Khost Airfield


Context: Verdigris |  Verdigris is the common name for a green pigment obtained through the application of acetic acid to copper plates or the natural patina formed when copper, brass or bronze is weathered and exposed to air or seawater over time. It is usually a basic copper carbonate (2), but near the sea is a basic copper chloride (Cu2(OH)3Cl). If acetic acid is present at the time of weathering, verdigris may consist of copper(II) acetate.

Prompt: Verdigris is a green deposit that develops on which metallic element when exposed to air or seawater?

Answer: COPPER


Context: Ivory Coast national football team |  At the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations, Ivory Coast beat Algeria 3–0 and drew 0–0 with Congo to finish top of their group. An extra-time victory over Zambia and a penalty shoot-out win over Cameroon took them to the final for the first time, where they faced Ghana. The match again went to a penalty shoot-out, which became (at the time) the highest-scoring in international football; Ivory Coast eventually triumphed 11–10 to win the title for the first time. They were unable to defend their title in 1994, losing to Nigeria in the semi-finals. The Ivory Coast team is notable for having participated in (and won) the two highest-scoring penalty shoot-outs in international football competition — the 24-shot shoot-out in the final of the 1992 African Cup of Nations when Ghana was defeated 11–10, and the 24-shot shoot-out in the quarter-final of the 2006 African Cup of Nations, when Cameroon was defeated 12–11. In 2015, Ivory Coast once again defeated Ghana in the final of an 2015 African Cup of Nations with a 22-shot shoot-out, winning 9–8.

Prompt: Which country defeated the Ivory Coast to win football's Africa Cup of Nations?

Answer: Zamibia


Context: After the Fall (play) |  After the Fall, one of Miller's more personal plays, is a thinly veiled personal critique centered on Miller's recent divorce from Marilyn Monroe: the plot takes place inside the mind of Quentin, a New York City Jewish intellectual who decides to reexamine his life, in order to determine whether or not he should marry his most recent love, Holga. The play has been roundly criticised by some for being too similar to Miller's actual life because Maggie's suicide is similar to the accidental overdose death of Miller's former wife, Monroe. The feelings of the protagonist, Quentin, are often believed to be Miller's own reflections about his failed marriage. For example, according to Sarah Bradford, in her biography America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, “Jackie, who had admired Arthur

Prompt: The plot of which Arthur Miller play takes place entirely within the mind of a new York Jewish intellectual called 'Quentin'?

Answer: After the Fall (album)


Context: The Blind Beggar |  The Blind Beggar is a pub on Whitechapel Road in Whitechapel in the East End of London, England. It is where Ronnie Kray murdered George Cornell in front of witnesses, and is the location of William Booth's first sermon, which led to the creation of the Salvation Army. It was the nearest outlet (or brewery tap) for the Manns Albion brewery, where the first modern Brown Ale was brewed. The pub was built in 1894 on the site of an inn which had been established before 1654, and takes its name from the legend of Henry de Montfort.

Prompt: Which pub on Whitechapel Road was the site of William Booth's first sermon and the murder of the mobster George Cornell by Ronnie Kray?

Answer: The Blind Beggar


Context: Foggy Bottom | " Foggy Bottom is one of the oldest late 18th- and 19th-century neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., located west of the White House and downtown Washington, in the Northwest quadrant. It is bounded roughly by 17th Street NW to the east, Rock Creek Parkway to the west, Constitution Avenue NW to the south, and Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the north. Foggy Bottom is thought to have received its name due to an atmospheric quirk of its low lying, marshy riverside location, which made it susceptible to concentrations of fog, and later, industrial smoke. The United States Department of State gained the metonym ""Foggy Bottom"" when it moved its headquarters to the nearby Harry S Truman Building, originally planned and constructed to be the new United States Department of War headquarters building, from the State, War, and Navy Building (now known as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building) near the White House in 1947. Foggy Bottom includes the main campus of the George Washington University (GWU), and residents have convenient access to the nearby historic Georgetown area. In 1877 the moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos) were discovered from the old Naval Observatory in Foggy Bottom, which was located here until 1893."

Prompt: Thought to have received the name because its riverside location made it susceptible to concentrations of fog and industrial smoke, Foggy Bottom is one of the oldest and best known neighborhoods of which US city?

Answer: Government of D.C.


Context: Arrecife |  Arrecife is a city and municipality in the Canary Islands (Spain) situated in the centre-east of the island of Lanzarote, of which it has been the capital since 1852. The city owes its name to the rock reef ('Arrecife' is Spanish for 'reef') which covers the beach located in the city. The city also gives its name to the nearby Arrecife Airport. The population of the municipality was in 2018 61,351, in 2020 it had a population of 64,645, its area is 22.72 km2. It is south of Teguise, east of San Bartolomé and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to its southeast. Arrecife is a port town on the east coast, served by ferries to the other canarian islands and Europe as well mainland Africa. The LZ1 road connects Arrecife to the northeast of the island, the LZ2 road connects the capital to the island's southwest, and the LZ3 road serves as the city's beltway. The tallest building in Lanzarote is the Arrecife Gran Hotel, which is located on the seafront alongside the harbour.

Prompt: Arrecife is the largest city on which of the Canary Islands whose name is derived from that of a Genoese navigator?

Answer: La Gería


Context: Alfie (2004 film) | Liverpool, England ; Manchester, England ; Port of Tilbury, England (some dock scenes) ; Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, US ; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Manhattan, New York City, US The film was shot throughout England, mostly locations doubling for New York City, along with on-set shooting in Manhattan.

Prompt: In which US city did the 2004 remake of the film Alfie take place?

Answer: New Yourk State


Context: Crisis (charity) |  Crisis is the UK national charity for people experiencing homelessness. The charity offers year-round education, employment, housing and well-being services from centres in East London, Newcastle, Oxford, Edinburgh, South Yorkshire, South Wales, Croydon, Brent and Merseyside, called Crisis Skylight Centres. As well as year-round services Crisis runs Crisis at Christmas, which since 1972 has been offering food, warmth, companionship and vital services to homeless people over the Christmas period. In 2016 almost 4,600 homeless people visited Crisis at Christmas, which was run by about 10,500 volunteers. Since its inception Crisis has been a campaigning organisation, lobbying government for political change that prevents and mitigates homelessness based on research commissioned and undertaken by the organisation. Jon Sparkes has been the chief executive of Crisis since 2014.

Prompt: The charity "Crisis" supports who or what?

Answer: Bomzh


Context: Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela) | " Simón Bolívar International Airport or Maiquetía ""Simón Bolívar"" International Airport (, Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía ""Simón Bolívar"") is an international airport located in Maiquetía, Vargas, Venezuela about 21 km west of downtown Caracas, the capital of the country. Simply called Maiquetía by the local population, it is the main international air passenger gateway to Venezuela. It handles flights to destinations in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East."

Prompt: Which South American city is served by Simon Bolivar (Maiguetia) airport?

Answer: Metropolitan District of Caracas


Context: Moon |  word for the Moon, σελήνη selēnē, and used to describe the Moon as a world rather than as an object in the sky, is rare, while its cognate selenic was originally a rare synonym but now nearly always refers to the chemical element selenium. The Greek word for the Moon does however provide us with the prefix seleno-, as in selenography, the study of the physical features of the Moon, as well as the element name selenium. The Greek goddess of the wilderness and the hunt, Artemis, equated with the Roman Diana, one of whose symbols was the Moon and who was often regarded as the goddess of the Moon, was also called Cynthia, from her legendary birthplace on Mount Cynthus. These names – Luna, Cynthia and Selene – are reflected in technical terms for lunar orbits such as apolune, pericynthion and selenocentric.

Prompt: Which chemical element is named after the Greek word for the Moon?

Answer: Selenious


Context: National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) |  a senior government presence, and with the retirement or death of former leaders, only six with the National Liberal label were elected in the general election of 1964. A further four who had sat with this label preferred to be elected under a 'straight' Conservative label. The post of chairman of the parliamentary party was filled by the former junior minister David Renton, the MP for Huntingdon since 1945, with veteran National Liberal Herbert Butcher (who sat for the seat of Holland with Boston) remaining their chief whip. Butcher retired before the 1966 general election, in which the National Liberals were reduced to just three MPs (including the future Conservative Party cabinet minister John Nott). Two others (Joan Vickers and

Prompt: Which former leader of the Conservative Party was MP for Huntingdon?

Answer: John major


Context: Cancer phobia |  Cancer phobia, also known as carcinophobia, is a common phobia and an anxiety disorder characterized by the chronic fear of developing cancer. It can manifest in tremendous feelings of sadness, fear, panic, and distress. In some cases, the phobia can be so extreme that it prevents the individual from living a normal life.

Prompt: What is carnophobia the fear of?

Answer: Lean Meat


Context: There Goes the Neighborhood (Sheryl Crow song) | " The song, along with the album The Globe Sessions, and the first single (""My Favorite Mistake"") received nominations on the 1999 Grammy Awards. Crow won only Best Rock Album, and the single lost in the field Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (to ""Uninvited"" by Alanis Morissette). With the release of the album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park, Crow won the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for second year in a row with the track, after taking the prize with her rendition of Guns N' Roses hit ""Sweet Child o' Mine"" at the 2000 Grammy Awards."

Prompt: Which song was a hit for both Guns 'n' Roses in 1988 and Sheryl Crow in 1999?

Answer: Sweet child of mine


Context: Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency) |  Sedgefield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. From 1983 to 2007, the constituency was represented by Tony Blair, who became Leader of the Labour Party in 1994, and later as Prime Minister in 1997. Blair resigned as Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party, and as the MP for Sedgefield in 2007, triggering a by-election which was retained for the Labour Party by Phil Wilson. In the 2019 general election, the Conservatives took the seat from Labour, ending Labour's continuous hold on the seat since 1983 (and in its previous incarnation since 1935). Paul Howell became the new MP with a majority of 4,513.

Prompt: What was the parliamentary constituency of Tony Blair when he was leader of the Labour Party?

Answer: Segfield


Context: List of Shakespearean characters (L–Z) |  forces against the Volscians in Coriolanus. ; Launce is a clownish servant of Proteus, in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. He and his dog, Crab, have a tendency to steal the show. ; Launcelot Gobbo is a clown in The Merchant of Venice, a servant to Shylock, and later to Lorenzo. ; Friar Laurence is confessor and confidant to Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. He instigates the unsuccessful plot involving the potion drunk by Juliet. ; Lavatch is a clown in the service of the Countess of Rousillion, in All's Well That Ends Well. ; Lavinia is the daughter of Titus in

Prompt: In a Shakespeare play, Lancelot Gobbo is whose servant?

Answer: Shylock (Shakespeare)


Context: Matthew (ship) |  The captain of the Matthew was an Italian explorer named Giovanni Caboto who is better known as John Cabot. After a voyage which had got no further than Iceland, Cabot left again with only one vessel, the Matthew, a small ship (50 tons), but fast and able. The crew consisted of only 18 men. The Matthew departed 2 May 1497. He sailed to Dursey Head (latitude 51°36N), Ireland, from where he sailed due west, expecting to reach Asia. However, landfall was reached in North America on 24 June 1497. His precise landing place is a matter of much controversy, with Cape Bonavista or St. John's in Newfoundland the most likely sites. There is a statue of John Cabot located on the Cape of Bonavista, Newfoundland in his honour. Cabot went ashore to take possession of the land, and explored the coast for some time, probably departing on 20 July. On the homeward voyage his sailors incorrectly thought they were going too far north, so Cabot sailed a more southerly course, reaching Brittany instead of England. On 6 August he arrived back in Bristol.

Prompt: What was the name of John Cabot's ship which he sailed to North America in 1497?

Answer: Matt Hardy Version 1


Context: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust |  Durrell worked with local governments, communities and other conservation organisations in countries across the globe to save animals and their environments. The Trust began working in Mauritius during the 1970s. In 1998 it announced that the Mauritius kestrel – a species once reduced to only four birds – had been saved from extinction. Durrell is also working to save critically endangered species such as the pink pigeon, echo parakeet, Round Island boa (Casarea dussumieri) and Mauritius fody. It has also helped in the restoration of Round Island – a small island about 12 miles north east of Mauritius. The Trust is managing

Prompt: Which bird is the symbol of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, which began its overseas work in Mauritius in 1970?

Answer: Raphus


Context: Bob Crow |  In 1990 the National Union of Railwaymen merged with the National Union of Seamen to form the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), and the following year Crow became the London Underground representative on the National Executive. In 1991, he became assistant general secretary, and on 14 February 2002 Crow was elected by the membership to succeed Jimmy Knapp as general secretary. He received 12,051 votes in the election – nearly twice as many as the other two candidates put together (Phil Bialyk received 4,512 votes and Ray Spry-Shute received 1,997). Six weeks earlier on 1 January 2002, Crow was attacked outside his home by two men wielding an iron bar. He speculated that he was the victim of hired employer muscle, although it is

Prompt: Which Scot did Bob Crow succeed in 2001 as General Secretary of the RMT Union?

Answer: Jimmy Knapp


Context: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics |  his fourth consecutive Gold medal, this time in the Finn ; , Crown Prince Constantine winning his first and only Gold medal, in the Dragon with two of his teammates. He would become king of Greece (1964–1973) as Constantine II ; , Peter Tallberg, future President of the International Yacht Racing Union (1986–1994), in the 5.5 Metre ; , Francisco Paula Gonzales, future mass murderer for crashing Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 (1964) ; , Birabongse Bhanudej, Prince of Thailand, in the Star During the sailing regattas at the 1960 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

Prompt: In which sport did the future King Olav V of Norway in 1928 and the future King Constantine II of Greece in 1960 win Olympic Gold Medals?

Answer: Heeling forces


Context: Goalball |  IBSA goalball rules require the field of play to be 18 m long by 9 m wide. Goals span the width of the pitch. The court is divided into six even sections, 3 by. At either end, just in front of the goal, is the team area. Beyond that is each team's landing zone. The middle two sections are collectively referred to as the neutral zone. The lines of the court are made by placing tape over lengths of twine. This makes the line both visual (for officials) and tactile (for players). The team area and landing zone, including the boundary, goal lines

Prompt: Which ball sport is played on a court 18 metres long by 9 metres wide?

Answer: Court (volleyball)


Context: Yingluck Shinawatra | " Yingluck Shinawatra (ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร,, , , Јинглак Шинаватра / Jinglak Šinavatra; born 21 June 1967), nicknamed Pou (ปู, , , meaning ""crab""), is a Thai businesswoman, politician and a member of the Pheu Thai Party who became the Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 election. Yingluck was Thailand's first female prime minister and its youngest in over 60 years. She was removed from office on 7 May 2014 by a Constitutional Court decision. Born in Chiang Mai Province into a wealthy family of Hakka Chinese descent, Yingluck Shinawatra earned a bachelor's degree from Chiang Mai University and a master's degree from Kentucky State University, both in public administration. "

Prompt: Of which country is Yingluck Shinawatra the Prime Minister?

Answer: Muang Thai


Context: Jim Hacker |  James George Hacker, Baron Hacker of Islington,, BSc (Lond.), Hon. D. Phil (Oxon.) is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom Yes Minister and its sequel, Yes, Prime Minister. He is the Minister of the (fictional) Department of Administrative Affairs, and later the Prime Minister. He was portrayed by Paul Eddington in the original show. In the 2013 revival a new version of Hacker was portrayed by David Haig.

Prompt: What is the name of 'Jim Hacker's' department in the TV comedy, 'Yes Minister'?

Answer: ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS


Context: River Wye |  The source of the Wye is in the Welsh mountains at Plynlimon. It flows through or past several towns and villages, including Rhayader, Builth Wells, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford (the only city on the River Wye), Ross-on-Wye, Symonds Yat, Monmouth and Tintern, meeting the Severn estuary just below Chepstow. The lower 16 mi of the river from Redbrook to Chepstow forms the border between England and Wales.

Prompt: Having risen in Plynlimmon, which is the only English city through which the River Wye flows?

Answer: Hereford, England


Context: List of FIFA World Cup finals |  side of the trophy. Throughout the twenty-one editions of the World Cup, thirteen nations have reached the final, and eight have won. Brazil is the most successful team having won the title five times; Italy and Germany have four titles each; Uruguay, Argentina and current champion France have two each; while England and Spain have one each. Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands and Croatia have played in the final without winning. The team with the most appearances in the final overall is Germany, with eight. No team from outside Europe (UEFA) or South America (CONMEBOL) has made it to the final.

Prompt: "Which nation's record in the final of football's World Cup, reads ""played one - lost one""?"

Answer: Swedish sin


Context: Bleak House |  the power his control of their secrets gives him. He learns of Lady Dedlock's past and tries to control her conduct, to preserve the reputation and good name of Sir Leicester. He is murdered, and his murder gives Dickens the chance to weave a detective plot into the closing chapters of the book. ; Mr Wallace Snagsby is the timid and hen-pecked proprietor of a law-stationery business who gets involved with Mr Tulkinghorn and Inspector Bucket's secrets. He is Jo's only friend. He tends to give half-crowns to those he feels sorry for. ; Miss Annie Flite is an elderly eccentric. Her

Prompt: 'Sir Leicester and Lady Dedlock' appear in which Charles Dickens novel?

Answer: 'BLEAK HOUSE'


Context: East Haven, Angus |  East Haven is a fishing village in the council area of Angus, Scotland. It is situated 1.5 mi east of Carnoustie and 5 mi south west of Arbroath. The closest city, Dundee, is 13 mi to the west. East Haven has a long history and is first recorded (as 'Stinchendehavene') in deeds granted in 1214 by Philip de Valognes, Lord of Panmure, to the Cistercian monks of Coupar Angus, which gave them rights to build on the land there, to use the haven and to impose a toll on the fishings. East Haven can be seen on Pont's map of Lower Angus, c1583-96., spelled 'East Heaven'. It has been known under various other names including 'Ross Haven', 'Mauleshaven' and 'Stinking Haven'. Formerly,

Prompt: Which famous fishing town of east Scotland lies roughly half-way between Montrose and Dundee?

Answer: Arbroath, Scotland


Context: October 1964 | " Brezhnev as First Secretary of the CC CPSU."" ; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice in the United States. ; A Boeing B-50D-80-BO Superfortress, 48-065, converted to KB-50J, of the 421st Air Refueling Squadron, Takhli RTAFB, crashed in Thailand shortly after takeoff on a training mission while supporting Yankee missions over Laos. Corrosion found in the wreckage would lead to early retirement of the KB-50 fleet and its replacement with Boeing KC-135s. ; The Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion made its first flight, at the Sikorsky plant in Stratford, Connecticut, several months behind "

Prompt: In 1964, who became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer: MARTIN LUTHER KING


Context: List of sauces | Black Polish sauce (Czarny sos polski) – Based on honey, vinegar, ginger and black pepper. This sauce is not very common today. ; Ćwikła – Made of horseradish and cooked, minced beets. Very common during Easter . Served with various meats to eat with bread. ; Cranberry horseradish sauce – Consists of horseradish, minced cranberries, sour cream and mayonnaise. ; Dill sauce – Sauce which can be made hot or cold. Cold is made of dill, yoghurt and spices. Hot consists of roux, single/double cream or is starch thickened instead of a yoghurt. Hot version can be served with golabki or meatballs, cold one with cooked fish. ; Horseradish sauce – Made with sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice and minced horseradish. It may be eaten with hard-boiled

Prompt: With which common fish is Gooseberry sauce most often served?

Answer: Macquerel


Context: New Testament |  27-book canon of the New Testament has been almost universally recognized within Christianity since at least Late Antiquity. Thus, in almost all Christian traditions today, the New Testament consists of 27 books: The earliest known complete list of the 27 books is found in a letter written by Athanasius, a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria, dated to 367 AD. The 27-book New Testament was first formally canonized during the councils of Hippo (393) and Carthage (397) in North Africa. Pope Innocent I ratified the same canon in 405, but it is probable that a Council in Rome in 382 under Pope Damasus I gave the same list first. These councils also provided the canon of the Old Testament, which included the apocryphal books.

Prompt: How many books are there in the New Testament of the Bible?

Answer: 27


Context: Blarney |  Blarney  is a town and townland approximately 8 km north-west of Cork city centre in Ireland. It is the site of Blarney Castle, home of the legendary Blarney Stone. Originally administered by Cork County Council, following the 2019 Cork boundary change, Blarney is within the administrative area of Cork City Council. Blarney is part of the Dáil constituency of Cork North-Central.

Prompt: In which Irish county is the castle that contains the famous 'Blarney Stone'?

Answer: Cork County


Context: The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok |  Loki, the Norse god of mischief, has been exiled to the human world by the god Odin for reasons that he doesn't understand. Along with being exiled, Loki is forced to take the form of a human child, and the only way he can return to the realm of the gods is by collecting the evil auras which take over human hearts. In order to do this, he starts a detective agency which specializes in the paranormal. Loki is assisted by his loyal companion Yamino and the pair are soon joined by a human girl named Mayura Daidouji who is manic for mysteries and often unwittingly assists him in catching the auras. As time passes, however, other Norse gods and characters appear; some befriend Loki and others are intent on assassinating him.

Prompt: Who was the Norse god of mischief?

Answer: LOKI89


Context: Labour council |  A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or state level. They may also be based on a particular industry rather than geographical area, as for example, in the Maritime Council of Australia which co-ordinated the waterfront and maritime unions involved in the 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute. Affiliates of labour councils are trade union branches or locals, and occasionally other labour movement organisations. Citywide or provincial councils may have district or

Prompt: Give one of the three areas in which the Trades Union BECTUwas formed to represent?

Answer: BROADCASTING / ENTERTAINMENT / CINEMA


Context: Attlee ministry |  Cripps was initially President of the Board of Trade but replaced Dalton as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1947; Hugh Gaitskell held several minor posts before replacing Cripps as Chancellor in 1950; Nye Bevan was Minister of Health; Arthur Greenwood was Lord Privy Seal and Paymaster General while future Prime Minister Harold Wilson became the youngest member of the cabinet in the 20th century (at the age of 31) when he was made President of the Board of Trade in 1947. The most notable of the few female members of the government was Ellen Wilkinson, who was Minister of Education until her early death in 1947.

Prompt: Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in Clement Atlee's government from 1947 to 1950?

Answer: STAFFORDCRIPPS


Context: Cultural depictions of Belshazzar | " Feast (Belsazars gästabud), op. 51, by Jean Sibelius composed in 1906. Incidental music to Hjalmar Procopé's play with the same name. ; Belshazzar's Feast by William Walton, composed in 1931. An oratorio based on the biblical text. ; The 1937 musical Pins and Needles added Harold Rome's song ""Mene, Mene, Tekel"" in 1939. The song is based on the Book of Daniel and described as ""Rome's musical send-up of bellicose dictators"". ; Johnny Cash wrote a gospel song about and named Belshazzar, first recorded in 1957. The song is included on the album The Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash (1964). ; Wormwood: Curious Stories from the Bible, a 1998 album by The Residents, includes the song ""God's Magic Finger"". The song tells of the feast. "

Prompt: Who composed the music for the oratorio, 'Belshazzar's Feast'?

Answer: Will Walton


Context: David Garrick |  Garrick was born at the Angel Inn, Widemarsh Street, Hereford in 1717 into a family with French Huguenot roots in the Languedoc region of Southern France. His grandfather, David Garric, was in Bordeaux in 1685 when the Edict of Nantes was abolished, revoking the rights of Protestants in France. Grandfather Garric fled to London and his son, Peter, who was an infant at the time, was later smuggled out by a nurse when he was deemed old enough to make the journey. David Garric became a British subject upon his arrival in Britain, and later Anglicised his name to Garrick. Some time

Prompt: Which town was the birthplace of David Garrick?

Answer: Hereford, England


Context: Manchego |  In Costa Rica, three companies (Dos Pinos, Los Alpes, and Monteverde) produce a manchego-type cheese (queso tipo manchego), which can come with a drawing of Don Quijote on the labels. One company also makes a manchego-type cheese with basil added. These Costa Rican cheeses can come dipped in paraffin wax, and some have the pleita pattern pressed on the side.

Prompt: From which country does 'Manchego' cheese come?

Answer: Islands of Spain


Context: Shrek 2 |  on May 19, 2004. Met with highly favorable reviews like its predecessor, the film grossed US$928.7 million worldwide. It scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in U.S. history and the largest opening for an animated film at the time of its release. It went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2004 worldwide. Shrek 2 is also DreamWorks Animation's most successful film to date, and it held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide until Toy Story 3 surpassed it in 2010. The film received two Academy Award nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, and its associated soundtrack charted in the Top 10 on the US Billboard 200. A sequel to the film, Shrek the Third, was released in May 2007.

Prompt: Which animated film, created by Dream Works Animations, is the highest-grossing film worldwide of 2009 so far? (May 2009)

Answer: Monsters vs Aliens


Context: Cast (band) | " UK charts, reaching double platinum and went on to become the fastest selling debut album in the history of the Polydor label, outselling the likes of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who and The Jam. A further two singles were taken from the album in ""Sandstorm"" (#8) and ""Walkaway"" (#9), both top ten hits. A stand-alone single was released in October 1996 titled ""Flying"", which reached No. 4 on the UK singles chart, giving the band their highest chart position in the UK yet. With their second album Mother Nature Calls, released April 1997 the ""rockier material was now sounding looser and "

Prompt: 'Sanstorm', 'Walkaway' and 'Flying' were top ten hits for which group in the mid '90's?

Answer: CAST


Context: Jonathan Swift |  Jonathan Swift was born on 30 November 1667 in Dublin in the Kingdom of Ireland. He was the second child and only son of Jonathan Swift (1640–1667) and his wife Abigail Erick (or Herrick) of Frisby on the Wreake. His father was a native of Goodrich, Herefordshire, but he accompanied his brothers to Ireland to seek their fortunes in law after their Royalist father's estate was brought to ruin during the English Civil War. His maternal grandfather, James Ericke, was the vicar of Thornton in Leicestershire. In 1634 the vicar was convicted of Puritan practices. Some time thereafter, Ericke and his family, including his young daughter Abigail, fled to Ireland. Swift's father joined his elder brother, Godwin, in

Prompt: To within ten years either way, in which year was author Jonathan Swift born?

Answer: 1657 - 1677 (actual year 1667)


Context: The Death of Germanicus |  Poussin is probably the first painter to examine this subject. This episode in the history of ancient Rome is taken from the Annals of Tacitus. It describes the military successes of the roman general Germanicus, elder brother of Claudius, in the service of the Emperor Tiberius, especially against the Germans, which earned him his nickname. He was sent to fight in Syria, but there was opposition from Governor Cnaeus Calpurnius Piso. He died suddenly on the spot, in Antioch, accusing Piso of having poisoned him on the orders of Tiberius. He made his wife Agrippina the Elder and the rest of his family swear to avenge his death, enjoying great popularity among the Roman people. Poussin undoubtedly learned of Tacitus' text through an Italian translation, which was numerous at the time in Rome.

Prompt: Which title, referring to an episode in the legendary history of early Rome, is shared by paintings by Poussin, Rubens and Picasso?

Answer: Rape of the Sabine Women (Giambologna)


Context: Clash of the Titans (2010 film) |  Clash of the Titans is a 2010 action fantasy film and remake of the 1981 film of the same name produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (the rights to which had been acquired by Warner Bros. in 1996 through its purchase of Turner). The story is very loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. An Australian-American production directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Travis Beacham,  Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi, starring Sam Worthington, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Alexa Davalos, Ralph Fiennes, and Liam Neeson, the film was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010. However, it was later announced that the film would be converted to 3D and was released on April 2, 2010. Clash of the Titans grossed $493 million worldwide, though it received generally negative reviews from critics and received two Golden Raspberry Awards nominations. The film's success led to a sequel, Wrath of the Titans, released in March 2012.

Prompt: Which 2010 3D fantasy film, starring Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson, is loosely based on the Greek myth of 'Perseus'?

Answer: Clash of the Titans (film)


Context: Metal |   The modern era in steelmaking began with the introduction of Henry Bessemer's Bessemer process in 1855, the raw material for which was pig iron. His method let him produce steel in large quantities cheaply, thus mild steel came to be used for most purposes for which wrought iron was formerly used. The Gilchrist-Thomas process (or basic Bessemer process) was an improvement to the Bessemer process, made by lining the converter with a basic material to remove phosphorus. Due to its high tensile strength and low cost, steel came to be a major component used in buildings, infrastructure, tools, ships, automobiles, machines, appliances, and weapons.

Prompt: Which metal is created by the 'Bessemer Process'?

Answer: Steel


Context: Symphony No. 3 (Schumann) | " The Symphony No. 3 in E major, Op. 97, also known as the Rhenish, is the last symphony composed by Robert Schumann, although not the last published. It was composed from 2 November to 9 December 1850 and premiered on 6 February 1851 in Düsseldorf, conducted by Schumann himself, and was received with mixed reviews, ""ranging from praise without qualification to bewilderment"". However, according to Peter A. Brown, members of the audience applauded between every movement, and especially at the end of the work when the orchestra joined them in congratulating Schumann by shouting ""hurrah!""."

Prompt: 'Spring' and 'Rhenish' are the popular names given to symphonies by which composer?

Answer: Schumann, Robert Alexander


Context: Shakespeare in Love |  Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 romantic period comedy-drama film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard, and produced by Harvey Weinstein. It stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck and Judi Dench. The film depicts a fictional love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) and Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow) while Shakespeare was writing Romeo and Juliet. Several characters are based on historical figures, and many of the characters, lines, and plot devices allude to Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare in Love received acclaim from critics and was a box office success, grossing $289.3 million worldwide and was the ninth highest-grossing film of 1998. The film received numerous accolades, including seven Oscars at the 71st Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow), Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), and Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

Prompt: Which British playwright wrote the screenplay for the 1998 film 'Shakespeare In Love'?

Answer: Tom Straussler


Context: Titan (moon) |  Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System. It is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere, and the only known moon or planet other than Earth on which clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found. Titan is one of seven gravitationally rounded moons in orbit around Saturn, and the second most distant from Saturn of those seven. Frequently described as a planet-like moon, Titan is 50% larger (in diameter) than Earth's Moon and 80% more massive. It is the second-largest moon in the Solar System after Jupiter's moon Ganymede, and is larger than the planet Mercury, but only 40% as massive. Discovered in 1655 by the Dutch astronomer

Prompt: One of only two moons in our soar system larger than Mercury, which is the largest satellite of Saturn?

Answer: The Titans (disambiguation)


Context: Vuvuzela |  The vuvuzela is a horn, with an inexpensive injection-molded plastic shell about 65 centimetres (2 ft) long, which produces a loud monotone note, typically around B♭ 3 (the B♭ below middle C). Some models are made in two parts to facilitate storage, and this design also allows pitch variation. Many types of vuvuzela, made by several manufacturers, may produce various intensity and frequency outputs. The intensity of these outputs depends on the blowing technique and pressure exerted. The vuvuzela is commonly used at football matches in South Africa, and it has become a symbol of South African football as the stadiums are filled with its sound. The intensity of the sound caught the attention of the global football community during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in anticipation of South Africa hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The vuvuzela has been the subject of controversy when used by spectators at football matches. Its high sound pressure levels at close range can lead to permanent hearing loss for unprotected ears after exposure, with a sound level of 120 dB(A) (the threshold of pain) at 1 m from the device opening.

Prompt: The 'Vuvuzela' is traditionally made from the horn of which antelope?

Answer: KUDU


Context: Albanian cuisine |  served as a side dish to various meat dishes. Japrak is a stuffed vegetable dish made with grape leaves, olive oil and stuffed with rice, grilled beef and chopped onions and generally served cold with bread and tarator.  Tarator is a cold appetizer and usually served cold as a side dish during the hot summer months. The ingredients of tarator include cucumber, garlic, olive oil, salt and yoghurt. Fried and grilled vegetables and seafood are usually offered with tarator. Large white kidney beans (fasulle plaqi) are a typical appetizer or side dish, baked in an earthen pot with tomatoes, onions, peppermint, oregano, bay leaves and black pepper. A

Prompt: Also containing Garlic and salt, what is the name of the Greek appetiser, the primary ingredients of which are yoghurt and cucumber?

Answer: Tsatsiki


Context: Anne Elliot | " Anne is the overlooked middle daughter of a narcissistic and extravagant baronet, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall. Unique among Jane Austen heroines, she is, already, 26/27-years-old at the beginning of the novel and seemingly a confirmed spinster. Her mother is dead; her father and older sister are vain and selfish; and her younger sister is a manipulative hypochondriac but not quite so beyond Anne's influence as her elder sister Elizabeth. With few to appreciate her sweet nature and refined, elegant mind, Anne is somewhat isolated, living in a narrow social sphere where she ""was nobody with either father or sister; her word had no weight; her convenience was always to give way; she was only Anne."" Lady Russell, her late mother's best friend, is her only real confidante; and although Lady Russell means well and "

Prompt: The daughter of the extravagant baronet 'Sir Walter Eliot', 'Anne Eliot is the central character in which of Jane Austen's novels?

Answer: Inveigling


Context: The Witchfinders | " Towards the end of the episode, when entering the TARDIS, the Doctor says ""A brilliant man once said, 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.'"" This is a reference to the third of British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke's three laws, which was also referenced by the Seventh Doctor and his companion Ace in the episode ""Battlefield,"" Captain Jack Harkness in the Torchwood episode ""Immortal Sins,"" and to a degree by the Twelfth Doctor in the episode ""The Girl Who Died."""

Prompt: "Who devised the science-fiction law that states ""Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic""?"

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Context: Zero Minus Ten |  Zero Minus Ten, published in 1997, is the first novel by Raymond Benson featuring Ian Fleming's James Bond following John Gardner's departure in 1996. Published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in America by Putnam, the book is set in Hong Kong, China, Jamaica, England and some parts of Western Australia. Benson's working title for the novel was No Tears for Hong Kong; this was eventually used as the title for the last chapter in the novel.

Prompt: The character 'James Bond' was created by Ian Fleming, but who wrote the book 'Zero Minus Ten' featuring 'James Bond'?

Answer: Raymond Benson


Context: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten | " Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten is a short canon in A minor, written in 1977 by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, for string orchestra and bell. The work is an early example of Pärt's tintinnabuli style, which he based on his reactions to early chant music. Its appeal is often ascribed to its relative simplicity; a single melodic motif dominates and it both begins and ends with scored silence. However, as the critic Ivan Hewett observes, while it ""may be simple in concept...the concept produces a tangle of lines which is hard for the ear to unravel. And even where the music really is simple in "

Prompt: The Estonian, Arvo Part wrote a Cantus to mourn which English composer, who died in 1976?

Answer: Britten, Benjamin


Context: Chelidonium majus |  Greater celandine is a perennial herbaceous plant with an erect habit, and reaches 30 - 120 cm high. The blue-green leaves are pinnate with lobed and wavy margins, up to 30 cm long. When injured, the plant exudes a yellow to orange latex. The flowers consist of four yellow petals, each about 18 mm long, with two sepals. A double-flowered variety occurs naturally. The flowers appear from late spring to summer, May to September (in the UK), in umbelliform cymes of about 4 flowers. The seeds are small and black, borne in a long, cylindrical capsule. Each has an elaiosome, which attracts ants to disperse the seeds (myrmecochory).

Prompt: What colour is the flower of the Celandine?

Answer: YELLOW


Context: Rodney Trotter |  Rodney Charlton Trotter is a fictional character in the long running BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst.

Prompt: What was the middle name of the character 'Rodney Trotter' from the t.v. series 'Only Fools And Horses'?

Answer: Charlton (disambiguation)


Context: Uma Thurman | " Thurman met English actor Gary Oldman on the set of State of Grace; they married in 1990 and divorced in 1992. On May 1, 1998, she married American actor Ethan Hawke, whom she met on the set of the 1997 film Gattaca. Hawke's novel Ash Wednesday is dedicated to ""Karuna"", Thurman's middle name. Together, Thurman and Hawke had two children, a daughter, Maya (born in 1998), and a son, Levon (born in 2002). The couple separated in 2003, and the divorce was finalized in August 2005. Thurman began dating London-based French financier Arpad Busson in 2007, and they announced their engagement in June 2008. In late 2009, they called off their engagement, but reconciled soon after. The couple called off the engagement for the second time in April 2014. Thurman and Busson have a daughter, Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson, known as Luna (born in July 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts). In January 2017, Thurman and Busson began child custody negotiations in relation to their daughter, which resulted in Thurman receiving primary physical custody later that month."

Prompt: Which Hollywood actor was married to Uma Thurman 1998 - 2004?

Answer: ETHAN HAWKE


Context: Sycosis |  Sycosis is an inflammation of hair follicles, especially of the beard area,  and generally classified as papulopustular and chronic.

Prompt: What type of ailment is 'Sycosis'?

Answer: SKIN DISEASE (of the beard or face)


Context: Transit of Mercury |  explained in 1882 by Newcomb, the interval between passages of Mercury through the ascending node of its orbit is 87.969 days, and the interval between the Earth's passage through that same longitude is 365.254 days. Using continued fraction approximations of the ratio of these values, it can be shown that Mercury will make an almost integral number of revolutions about the Sun over intervals of 6, 7, 13, 33, 46, and 217 years. In 1894 Crommelin noted that at these intervals, the successive paths of Mercury relative to the Sun are consistently displaced northwards or southwards. He noted the displacements as: !

Prompt: Approximately how long is a Mercury year (+ 1 day)?

Answer: EIGHTY EIGHT DAYS (88)


Context: Embakasi |  Kenya Airways has its head office in Embakasi. African Express Airways has its head office on the grounds of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Embakasi. JetLink Express has its head office in the Freight Complex in Embakasi.

Prompt: Embakasi is the international airport of which African capital city?

Answer: Nairobi Errata: The airport is situated in the suburb of Embakasi but is now known as Jomo Kenyata airport


Context: Jarrow March | " The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the English town of Jarrow during the 1930s. Around 200 men (or ""Crusaders"" as they preferred to be referred to) marched from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town following the closure in 1934 of its main employer, Palmer's shipyard. The petition was received by the House of Commons but not debated, and the march produced few immediate results. The Jarrovians went home believing that they had failed. Jarrow had been a settlement since at least the 8th "

Prompt: In which year was the Jarrow Crusade march to London?

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-six


Context: Eliza Manningham-Buller |  Elizabeth Lydia Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller, (born 14 July 1948) is a retired British intelligence officer. She was Director General of MI5, the British internal Security Service, from October 2002 until her retirement on 20 April 2007, aged 58. She became a crossbench life peer on 18 April 2008. She is co-president of Chatham House, alongside Sir John Major and Alistair Darling, Lord Darling of Roulanish. As of 2020, she is listed as #86 in Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Prompt: Which post was held by Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller from 2002 to 2007?

Answer: Head of MI5


Context: Cobra Beer |  Cobra Beer is a beer brand manufactured in the United Kingdom and India. The group's primary product is a premium beer with an alcohol strength of 4.5% by volume (originally 4.8%). The beer was founded in 1989 by Karan Bilimoria, and Arjun Reddy. A blend of water, malted barley, yeast, rice, maize wheat and four varieties of hops is used to produce the required characteristics. In June 2011, Molson Coors bought a controlling interest in Cobra. As of 2014, Cobra Beer is primarily produced in Burton upon Trent, Rodenbach in Belgium and in Patna in the Indian state of Bihar.

Prompt: Cobra Beer originates in which Commonwealth country?

Answer: India Note: though originally brewed in India, the Cobra company was formed in London in 1989


Context: St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda |  St. John's is the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda, part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 22,219, St. John's is the commercial centre of the nation and the chief port of the island of Antigua.

Prompt: What name is shared by the capital city of Newfoundland and the capital city of Antigua and Barbuda?

Answer: St.John's


Context: Enid Blyton bibliography |  This is a list of 762 books by Enid Blyton (1897–1968), an English children's writer who also wrote under the pseudonym of Mary Pollock. She was one of the most successful children's storytellers of the 20th century.

Prompt: How is children's author Mary Pollock better known?

Answer: The Little lose hen


Context: Messalina |  Valeria Messalina (c. 17/20–48) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot. Her notorious reputation probably resulted from political bias, but works of art and literature have perpetuated it into modern times.

Prompt: Who was the scheming wife of the Roman emperor Claudius?

Answer: Valeria Messallina


Context: Richard Caldicot | " Richard Caldicot (7 October 1908 – 16 October 1995) was an English actor famed for his role of Commander (later Captain) Povey in the BBC radio series The Navy Lark. He also appeared often on television, memorably as the obstetrician delivering Betty Spencer's baby in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. His father was a civil servant and he attended Dulwich College prior to training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He then appeared in repertory theatre and on the London stage from 1928. Among numerous West End appearances, he played Lance-Corporal Broughton in the original production of Journey's End from 1929-30, Harry Soames in Edward, My Son (1947-49) and Mr Bromhead in No Sex Please, We're British from 1971 to 1976. His film debut was in The Million Pound Note (1954). Caldicot's television appearances include The Four Just Men, The Prisoner: ""Many Happy Returns"", Steptoe and Son, Vanity Fair, Fawlty Towers and Coronation Street. He was also seen in the United States on The Beverly Hillbillies. Caldicot worked virtually right up till his death in October 1995."

Prompt: "What was the name of the Spencers' baby in the 1970's sitcom ""Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em""?"

Answer: Jessica


Context: The Green Mile (film) |  The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on Stephen King's 1996 novel of the same name. It stars Tom Hanks as a death row prison guard during the Great Depression who witnesses supernatural events following the arrival of an enigmatic convict (Michael Clarke Duncan) at his facility. David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, Doug Hutchison and James Cromwell appear in supporting roles. The film premiered on December 10, 1999, in the United States to positive reviews from critics, who praised its visual style and performances, although its length received criticism. It was a commercial success, grossing $286 million from its $60 million budget, and was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Duncan, Best Sound and Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.

Prompt: The 1999 film, 'The Green Mile' was directed by whom?

Answer: FRANK DARABONT


Context: French Connection II | " French Connection II is a 1975 American action thriller film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a sequel to the 1971 Academy Award for Best Picture winner The French Connection. The film continues the story of the central character of Detective Jimmy ""Popeye"" Doyle, again played by Gene Hackman who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the first film. In the film, Doyle travels to Marseille, France, where he is attempting to track down French drug-dealer Alain Charnier, played by Fernando Rey, who escaped at the end of the first film. Hackman and Rey are the only returning cast members."

Prompt: Who directed the 1975 film 'French Connection 2'?

Answer: The Rainmaker (1982)


Context: The Magnificent Seven | " A-Team was initially devised as a combination of The Dirty Dozen and The Magnificent Seven. The show's pilot film plays much on the plot of The Magnificent Seven, and there are similar plot echoes in various other episodes. James Coburn was originally approached to play John ""Hannibal"" Smith, the team's leader, a role that ultimately went to George Peppard in the series; and Robert Vaughn was added to the cast in the final season as part of a revamp attempt to boost fading ratings. Also in the 1980s, the British Television Series, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, specifically the second series, heavily references the film. The first two episodes are called, ""The Return of the Seven (Parts 1 and 2)"" and the cast have a discussion during a stop on a motorway service area, each choosing an actor from the film that they feel best represents them."

Prompt: Which member of the 'Dirty Dozen' was also in 'The Magnificent Seven'?

Answer: Karolis Bučinskis


Context: Julian Dicks |  in England squads due to concerns over his indiscipline and he was not called into the Euro 96 squad. In 1997 with Glenn Hoddle now manager of England, Dicks met, by chance, his assistant, John Gorman whilst on holiday. Dicks claims Gorman had told him he would stand a better chance of being picked if he had grown his hair. Dicks frequently shaved his head sporting a skinhead hairstyle. Gorman also said that Dicks had been a candidate for selection for a game against Mexico in 1997. By this time Dicks had said he no longer wished to be considered for international selection.

Prompt: Which Scot was Glenn Hoddle's assistant in the 'England job'?

Answer: John Gorman (disambiguation)


Context: Red-breasted merganser | " The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. The genus name is a Latin word used by Pliny and other Roman authors to refer to an unspecified waterbird, and serrator is a sawyer from Latin serra, ""saw"". The red-breasted merganser was one of the many bird species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, where it was given the binomial name Mergus serrator. "

Prompt: In nature, what sort of bird is a 'Red Breasted Merganser'?

Answer: Ducks (disambiguation)


Context: The Beach (film) |  In a 2019 interview with The Independent, Danny Boyle revealed that a television series based on his film has been written by Amy Seimetz. The proposed series is set to take place before the events from the 1996 novel, although it will be updated to occur 20 years later, in 2016.

Prompt: Who wrote the novel 'The Beach' on which the film was based?

Answer: Alex Garland


Context: John W. Bryant |  John W. Bryant (born 1946) was the founder and first leader of a Mormon fundamentalist sect that is today known as the Church of the New Covenant in Christ and is headquartered near Salem, Oregon.

Prompt: Who was the founder of the 'Mormon Church'?

Answer: Joseph Smith Junior


Context: M1 Frangible Grenade | " could also be used as a harassing or casualty agent if it was thrown inside an enclosed vehicle or structure, filling it with acrid, toxic smoke. ; M1 (1942–1943): B Chlorvinyldichlorarsine (or ""Lewisite""), a dark brown liquid that turns into a colorless gas that smells like geraniums upon exposure. It is a powerful vesicant, chemically burning the surfaces of exposed skin and lungs. It also contaminates the effect area, requiring it to be decontaminated before it can be safely used. The chemical grenades were extremely brutal. Even the smoke and tear-gas grenades had deliberate side-effects that would maim enemy personnel exposed to them. (Listed in alphabetical order)."

Prompt: Which colourless, poisonous gas, with a smell like Geraniums was used in chemical warfare during World War II?

Answer: Lewesite


Context: Cable machine |  A cable machine is an item of equipment used in weight training or functional training. It consists of a rectangular, vertically oriented steel frame about 3 metres wide and 2 metres high, with a weight stack attached via a cable and pulley system to one or more handles. The cables that connect the handles to the weight stacks run through adjustable pulleys that can be fixed at any height. This allows a variety of exercises to be performed on the apparatus. One end of the cable is attached to a perforated steel bar that runs down the centre of the weight stack. To select the desired amount of resistance, move the metal pin into the labelled hole in the weight stack. The other end of the cable forms a loop, which allows the user to attach the appropriate handle for the exercise. Most cable machines have a minimum of 20 pounds (~9 kilograms) of resistance in order to counterbalance the weight of the typical attachment.

Prompt: Which piece of athletics equipment has a wire 1.2 metres length?

Answer: BFBB


Context: Louise Redknapp |  Louise Elizabeth Redknapp (née Nurding, born 4 November 1974), is an English singer, songwriter and media personality. She was a member of Eternal, a R&B girl group which debuted in 1993 with their quadruple-platinum studio album Always & Forever. In 1995, she departed from the group for a solo career, in which she released the platinum-selling albums Naked (1996), Woman in Me (1997) and Elbow Beach (2000). Redknapp has sold over five million records in the UK, and 15 million records worldwide. Aside from music, Louise has presented several television shows and was a judge on the UK version of So You Think You Can Dance. She was married to the English former footballer and television pundit Jamie Redknapp. In 2016, she reached the final in the fourteenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. Heavy Love, her first studio album in almost 20 years, was released on 17 January 2020.

Prompt: What was Louise Rednap's maiden name?

Answer: Nurdin (disambiguation)


Context: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | " In the third series (novelised as The Better World of Reginald Perrin), after seeing two men arguing pointlessly in a queue at the bank, Reggie and his wife open a community called Perrins for the middle-aged, middle class, designed to help them become ""better, happier people"". The project is a success until a group of people who have fallen afoul of the ""Perrins Peace Keeping Force"" trash the place. Reggie is then hired by CJ's brother FJ at Amalgamated Aerosols, working directly under CJ. Reggie instantly returns to his eccentric ways and the final scene shows him contemplating another trip to the Dorset coast. In the third series, the role of Reggie's son-in-law Tom is played by Leslie Schofield, replacing Tim Preece who had played the role in the first two series. Preece returned to the role for The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (see below). Theresa Watson also became a regular cast member, playing David Harris-Jones's (Bruce Bould) wife Prue, who was only mentioned in previous series."

Prompt: What was the name of the company that 'Reginald Perrin' worked for in 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'?

Answer: Companies featured in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin


Context: English Football League |  United (1968–69). Tottenham Hotspur became the first club in the 20th century to win the League and F.A. Cup 'Double' in 1960–61, a season after Wolverhampton Wanderers had come within a whisker of achieving the feat themselves (Wolves won the 1959–60 F.A. Cup and were runners-up to Burnley in the League by a single point). Post-Second World War changes in league football included the use of white balls in 1951 and the first floodlight game (played between Portsmouth and Newcastle United) in 1956, opening up the possibility of midweek evening matches. By far the biggest change for league clubs during this era was a new cup

Prompt: Football. In which decade of the 20th century did the white ball come into official use?

Answer: The Fifties


Context: Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) |  Gotham marks the third live-action portrayal of the Penguin. Burgess Meredith and Danny DeVito previously portrayed the character in the 1960s Batman television series and in Tim Burton's 1992 film Batman Returns, respectively. Robin Lord Taylor took inspiration from Danny DeVito's interpretation for his portrayal.

Prompt: Who played the part of 'The Penguin' in the TV series 'Batman'?

Answer: BURGESS MEREDITH


Context: Mervyn O'Gorman |  Government, resulting in the first version of the Highway Code, published in 1931. In December 1934 O'Gorman presented a case for funding urgent research into measuring and recording traffic flows, traffic density and accidents to the British Science Guild so that measures could be taken to eliminate road accidents. Another contributor suggested that accidents were not a result of excess speed as four fifths of the motor accidents occurring in the metropolitan area involved vehicles travelling at less than 15 miles per hour. O'Gorman was also a frequent contributor to the letters page of The Times, mainly on motoring issues. O'Gorman died at his home, 21 Embankment Gardens, Chelsea, on 16 March 1958.

Prompt: In which year was the Highway Code first published by the government?

Answer: 1931


Context: Central African Republic |  The Central African Republic is roughly the size of France and is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan and South Sudan to the north and east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) and the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) to the south, and Cameroon to the west. The capital, Bangui, is situated on the southern boundary, formed by the Ubangi River, a tributary of the Congo River.

Prompt: Which African country is bordered to the east by Chad, to the south by Nigeria and Benin, to west by Mali, and to the north by Algeria and Libya?

Answer: Rhopalocystis nigra


Context: Henry Blofeld | " Blofeld was a regular commentator for TMS from 1972 to 2017, except for a period at BSkyB from 1991 to 1994. Blofeld's cricket commentary was characterised by his plummy voice and his idiosyncratic mention of superfluous details regarding the scene, including things such as construction cranes or numbers of pink shirts in the crowd; as well as pigeons, buses, aeroplanes and helicopters that happen to be passing by. After the tea and lunch breaks he was also known to talk for extended periods of time about the food on offer, in particular cakes, with occasional interruptions to describe the situation on the field. He also used the phrase ""my dear old thing"". In 1995, Blofeld was censured for an allegedly antisemitic comment made live on-air on Test Match Special, when "

Prompt: Which Cricket broadcaster is famous for his observations of passing traffic?

Answer: Henry Blofeld


Context: Owen Finlay Maclaren |  Owen Finlay Maclaren, MBE (26 May 1906 – 13 April 1978) was the inventor of the lightweight baby buggy with a collapsible support assembly and founder of the Maclaren company.

Prompt: In the late 60's, Owen Finlay Maclaren pioneered what aid to mothers and young children?

Answer: Baby Buggy


Context: Oldenlandia umbellata |  Oldenlandia umbellata (called chay root or choy root, from its Tamil name, chaaya ver) is a low-growing plant native to India. A colour-fast red dye can be extracted from the root bark of (preferably) a two-year-old plant. Chay root dye was once used with a mordant to impart a red colour to fabrics such as calico, wool, and silk. It is grown on the Coromandel Coast in India.

Prompt: What is the name of the tropical shrub from which the reddish dye is extracted to colourhair?

Answer: Mylaanchi


Context: Carlisle |   Carlisle (, ; from ;  Cairel, Cairl, Caeril; Cathair Luail ) is a border  city and the county town of Cumbria, as well as the administrative centre of the City of Carlisle district in North West England. Carlisle is located 8 mi south of the Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril. It is the largest settlement in the county of Cumbria and serves as the administrative centre for both Carlisle City Council and Cumbria County Council. Carlisle is also in the historic county of Cumberland. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Carlisle was 71,773, with 100,734 living in the wider city.

Prompt: Where is the administrative centre of Cumbria?

Answer: Carlisle (disambiguation)


Context: Hoisin sauce |  The key ingredient of hoisin sauce is fermented soybean paste. Some hoisin sauce ingredients include starches such as sweet potato, wheat and rice, and water, sugar, soybeans, sesame seeds, white distilled vinegar, salt, garlic, red chili peppers, and sometimes preservatives or coloring agents. Traditionally, hoisin sauce is made using toasted mashed soybeans.

Prompt: What is the main ingredient of Hoysin Sauce?

Answer: Soya (disambiguation)


Context: May Day |  become a major event in the town calendar. A traditional sweeps festival is performed over the May bank holiday in Rochester, Kent, where the Jack in the Green is woken at dawn on 1 May by Morris dancers. At 7:15 p.m. on 1 May each year, the Kettle Bridge Clogs morris dancing side dance across Barming Bridge (otherwise known as the Kettle Bridge), which spans the River Medway near Maidstone, to mark the official start of their morris dancing season. The Maydayrun involves thousands of motorbikes taking a 55 mi trip from Greater London (Locksbottom) to the Hastings seafront, East Sussex. The event has been taking place for

Prompt: What holiday is particularly associated with Morris Dancing?

Answer: Whitsun


Context: Dave Rowntree | " Rowntree had played in bands with Graham Coxon while the two were growing up in Colchester, and knew Coxon's father who taught jazz classes at Landermere. In 1989, Coxon introduced Rowntree to Damon Albarn, who was forming a band around Goldsmiths, University of London. Rowntree was asked to join, and left his job to move to London. With the addition of Alex James, and after two name changes, the band settled on Blur and were signed to Food Records, which was distributed through EMI. EMI later acquired Food Records and Blur were absorbed into EMI. On 31 July 2018, Rowntree appeared in the video for Slaves' newly-released single, ""Chokehold"", as a drummer auditioning for a part in the band. Rowntree is a computer animator, and owns an animation company called Nanomation. He directed two series of "

Prompt: Daman Albarn, Graham Coxon,Alex James and Dave Rowntree form or formed which band?

Answer: Kal (Smallville)


Context: James Dougherty (police officer) |  James Dougherty (April 21, 1921 – August 15, 2005) was an American police officer, the first trainer of the Special Weapons and Tactics and the first husband of Norma Jean Baker, who became known as actress Marilyn Monroe.

Prompt: Whose first husband was a policeman called Jim Dougherty?

Answer: Marilyn monroe


Context: Pritzker Architecture Prize | " The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually ""to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture"". Founded in 1979 by Jay A. Pritzker and his wife Cindy, the award is funded by the Pritzker family and sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation. It is considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes, and is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is said to be awarded ""irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology"". The recipients receive US$100,000, a citation certificate, and, since 1987, a bronze medallion. The designs on the medal are inspired by the work of architect Louis Sullivan, while the Latin inspired inscription on the reverse "

Prompt: What is the 'Pritzker Prize' awarded for?

Answer: Architecturally


Context: Kid A |  Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with producer Nigel Godrich in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and their hometown of Oxford, England. After the stress of promoting Radiohead's acclaimed 1997 album OK Computer, songwriter Thom Yorke wanted to diverge from rock music. Drawing influence from electronic music, ambient music, krautrock, jazz, and 20th-century classical music, Radiohead used instruments such as modular synthesisers, ondes Martenot, brass and strings. They processed guitar sounds, incorporated samples and loops, and manipulated their recordings with software such as Pro Tools and Cubase. Yorke wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random. Radiohead considered releasing the material as a double album, but decided it was

Prompt: Which band released the album 'Kid' in 2000?

Answer: Dead Air Space


Context: The Smiths |  The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. Their best-known line-up comprised singer Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. They are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. The Smiths signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records and released their first album, The Smiths, in 1984. Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Marr, the Smiths' focus on a guitar, bass and drum sound, and fusion of 1960s rock and post-punk, were a rejection of the synth-pop sound that was predominant at the time. Marr's Rickenbacker guitar work was reminiscent of the

Prompt: Mike Joyce, Johnny Marr, Stephen Morrisey and Andy Rourke were members of which pop group?

Answer: Dale Hibbert