Context: People's capitalism | " ""People's capitalism"" was an American propaganda meme popularized in the mid-1950s as a name for the American economic system by the Ad Council's Theodore Repplier. It was endorsed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower for worldwide use by the United States Information Agency, which employed the term to trumpet the successful aspects of the American economy worldwide during the Cold War. The propagandists depicted the United States as a classless society of prospering workers versus societies of ""slaves"" in the Soviet Union and China. Repplier had come to believe that capitalism had been marked by ""an unpleasant odor"" and felt that an international campaign hailing the American capitalist "

Prompt: "Who coined the phrase ""the unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism""?"

Answer: Sir Edward Heath


Context: Angie Baby | " In 1975 a Finnish rendering of the song retaining the English title was recorded by Cascade and also by Päivi Paunu while Zandra - the duo of Örjan Englund and Liza Öhman - recorded a Swedish version which renamed the title character ""Carolina"". Alan O' Day recorded his composition for his 1977 album Appetizers. ""Angie Baby"" has also been recorded by Barbara Dickson. The song was covered by Robin Fox on her 2000 album I See Stars. The song was sampled in the song ""Radio"" by Backini. It was covered by The Uncle Devil Show for their record A Terrible Beauty."

Prompt: Who sang about 'Angie Baby' in 1975?

Answer: Helen Reddy


Context: Thermodynamic temperature |  to be indistinguishably close to 0.01 °C), the difference between the Celsius scale and Kelvin scale is accepted as 273.15 kelvins; which is to say, 0 °C equals 273.15 kelvins. The net effect of this as well as later resolutions was twofold: 1) they defined absolute zero as precisely 0 K, and 2) they defined that the triple point of special isotopically controlled water called Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water was precisely 273.16 kelvins and 0.01 °C. One effect of the aforementioned resolutions was that the melting point of water, while very close to 273.15 kelvin and 0 °C, was not a defining value and was

Prompt: What name is given to the temperature of -273.15 degrees Celsius?

Answer: -273.15 °C


Context: Essex Cricket Board |  The Essex Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Essex. From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.

Prompt: By what name are the Essex one-day cricket team known?

Answer: Eagle


Context: Reginald Maudling |  In 1972, Maudling's business activities were causing considerable disquiet and speculation in the press. In 1966, he had obtained a directorship in the company of John Poulson, an architect Maudling helped obtain lucrative contracts. Poulson routinely did business through bribery and in 1972 was made bankrupt. The bankruptcy hearings disclosed his bribe payments, and Maudling's connection became public knowledge. Maudling came to the decision that his responsibility for the Metropolitan Police, which was beginning fraud investigations into Poulson, made his position as Home Secretary untenable. He resigned on 18 July, to general sympathy from the press. Shortly after receiving Maudling's resignation, Edward

Prompt: Involvement with which corrupt architect led to the resignation of Home Secretary Reginald Maudling in July 1972?

Answer: Poulson affair


Context: Brodick Castle |   Brodick Castle is a castle situated outside the port of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It was previously a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The castle is a Category A listed building and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.

Prompt: On which Scottish island is Brodick Castle?

Answer: Arran (disambiguation)


Context: Saqqara Bird |  Some think the Saqqara Bird may be a ceremonial object because the falcon, the bird after which the Saqqara Bird is modeled, is the form most commonly used to represent several of the most important gods of Egyptian mythology, most notably the falcon deity Horus and the sun deity Ra Horakhty. Others have posited it may have been a toy for an elite child, or that it could have functioned as a weather vane. Some have also speculated it may have been used as a sort of boomerang, as such technology was common and well known in ancient Egypt in the form of a throwing stick used for hunting waterfowl. Another hypothesis is that this bird was positioned on the masthead of sacred boats used during the Opet Festival. Reliefs showing those boats are found in the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak and date to the late New Kingdom.

Prompt: As which bird is the ancient Egyptian god Horus represented?

Answer: Falcon (missile)


Context: 19th-century London |  the purchase of the land, which was intended to host a complex of cultural, scientific and educational institutions. The first of these was the South Kensington Museum (now known as the Victoria & Albert Museum), which opened to the public in 1856. The South Kensington Museum at that time inhabited the 'Brompton Boilers' building designed by William Cubitt, and consisted of the collections of manufactures and decorative art from the Crystal Palace Exhibition and the collections from the Museum of Ornamental Art, previously held in Marlborough House. In 1899 Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone for the current building, designed by Sir Aston Webb, and christened the official change of name to the

Prompt: Founded as The Museum of Manufacturers, it then became known as The South Kensington Museum. What is its present name, given in 1899?

Answer: VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM (the V & A)


Context: Moremi Game Reserve |   Moremi Game Reserve is a protected area in Botswana. It lies on the eastern side of the Okavango Delta and was named after Chief Moremi of the BaTawana tribe. Moremi was designated as a game reserve, rather than a national park, when it was created. This designation meant that the BaSarwa or Bushmen that lived there were allowed to stay in the reserve.

Prompt: In which country is the Moremi Game Reserve, a National Park, part of the Okavango Delta?

Answer: Country BWA


Context: Paper size |  ISO 5457 specifies drawing paper sizes with a trimmed size equal to the A series sizes from A4 upward. The untrimmed sizes are 3 to 4 cm larger and rounded to the nearest centimeter. A0 through A3 are used in landscape orientation, while A4 is used in portrait orientation. Designations for preprinted drawing paper include the base sizes and a suffix, either T for trimmed or U for untrimmed sheets. The withdrawn standard ISO 2784 did specify sizes of continuous, fan-fold forms based upon whole inches as was common for paper in continuous lengths in automatic data processing (ADP) equipment. Specifically, 12 inches (304.8 mm) were considered an untrimmed variant of the A4 height of 297 mm.

Prompt: This quiz is printed on A4 paper which has a length of 297mm. How wide, in millimetres, is A4 paper?

Answer: two hundred and ten


Context: Vanessa atalanta | infobox name: Red admiral ; image: Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Hungary.jpg ; image_caption: Dorsal view ; image2: Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) underside 3.jpg ; image2_caption: Ventral view ; status: G5 ; status_system: TNC ; taxon: Vanessa atalanta ; authority: (Linnaeus, 1758) ; subdivision_ranks: Subspecies ; subdivision: *V. a. atalanta ; *V. a. rubria (Fruhstorfer, 1909)

Prompt: Which British butterfly has the scientific name Vanessa atalanta?

Answer: Papilio atalanta


Context: Turner Prize |  Mark Leckey was the winner of the Turner Prize of 2008. For the second year running, Sir Nicholas Serota did not chair the Turner Prize jury; instead Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain, was the chair. The other members were Jennifer Higgie, editor of frieze, Daniel Birnbaum, rector of the Städelschule international art academy, Frankfurt, architect David Adjaye, and Suzanne Cotter, senior curator, Modern Art Oxford. The prize winner received £25,000 and the other three nominees £5,000 each. In recent years the prize has attracted commercial sponsorship, but did not have any during the 2008 events. The nominees were Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga, and Cathy Wilkes; the Prize exhibition opened at Tate Britain on 30 September and the winner was announced on 1 December.

Prompt: What first name is shared by Turner Prize winning artists Wallinger and Leckey?

Answer: The Mark (disambiguation)


Context: Lewis Carroll | " In 1876, Dodgson produced his next great work, The Hunting of the Snark, a fantastical ""nonsense"" poem, with illustrations by Henry Holiday, exploring the adventures of a bizarre crew of nine tradesmen and one beaver, who set off to find the snark. It received largely mixed reviews from Carroll's contemporary reviewers, but was enormously popular with the public, having been reprinted seventeen times between 1876 and 1908, and has seen various adaptations into musicals, opera, theatre, plays and music. Painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti reputedly became convinced that the poem was about him."

Prompt: In a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll for what were a crew of ten led by a bellman and including a butcher, a baker and a billiard-marker hunting?

Answer: 'THE SNARK'


Context: The Killing (Danish TV series) | " Following both its critical and ratings success in the United Kingdom, the BBC began importing and broadcasting more subtitled programmes from a number of different countries. In 2012 the popular Danish drama Borgen and the more popular joint Swedish-Danish venture The Bridge both aired on BBC Four with similarly high viewing figures, while in the same year ITV3 also acquired the original TV2 series Those Who Kill. In late 2011 digital channel Sky Arts also broadcast the Italian series Romanzo Criminale, while FX bought the rights to popular French cop show Braquo. Although BBC Four had shown subtitled dramas before, notably the Swedish version of Wallander and French police procedural Spiral, controller of the channel Richard Klein described The Killing as ""a game-changer"". Vicky Frost of The Guardian noted how it was The Killing which ""paved the way for a wave of subtitled European crime dramas"" appearing on UK television, while head of programming at FX Toby Etheridge also confirmed his belief that ""The Killing proved it was possible [to successfully show subtitled drama]""."

Prompt: The crime drama 'The Killing' shown on BBC 4 earlier this year is set in which European capital city?

Answer: København, Denmark


Context: Charles Warrell |  Charles Warrell (23 April 1889 - 26 November 1995) was an English schoolteacher, and creator of the I-Spy books, a series of spotters' guides written for British children and first published in 1949. In his role as creator and publisher of the books, Warrell was known pseudonymously as Big Chief I-Spy.

Prompt: Which series of spotters guides was named after a children's game - a complete book was sent to a 'Big Chief', one of whom was David Bellamy the botanist?

Answer: I-Spy


Context: Extreme points of the European Union | The EU's highest peak is Mont Blanc in the Graian Alps, 4810.45 m above sea level. ; The lowest point (man-made) in the EU is Tagebau Hambach, 293 m below sea level, Niederzier, North Rhine-Westphalia, ; The lowest natural point in the EU is Étang de Lavalduc in Southeastern Metropolitan France, at 10 m (33 ft) below sea level.

Prompt: What is the highest peak in the EU?

Answer: Mt. Blanc


Context: Paddy Kirk |  Paddy Dingle (also Kirk) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Dominic Brunt. He has been married four times: to Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley) in 1999, to Emily Dingle (Kate McGregor) in 2002, to Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) in 2012 and to Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) in 2020. He has also had several affairs since arriving, notably with Viv Hope (Deena Payne) and Tess Harris (Nicola Stephenson). His other storylines in the series have included discovering his biological father and dealing with the loss of his child. He also went on to marry Chas Dingle.

Prompt: What is the profession of 'Paddy Kirk' in 'Emmerdale'?

Answer: Vet


Context: Ray Mallon |  Ray Mallon (born 1955) is a British politician who served as the independent Mayor of Middlesbrough from 2002 to 2015. Prior to his political career he served in the police until he resigned after pleading guilty to charges of misconduct.

Prompt: Nicknamed 'Robo Cop' when a policeman, Ray Mallon is the directly elected Mayor of which town?

Answer: Port Darlington


Context: 1996 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles |  Richard Krajicek defeated MaliVai Washington in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. Krajicek had originally been unseeded, but he replaced 7th seed Thomas Muster in the draw when Muster withdrew from the tournament. Pete Sampras was the three-time defending champion, but lost to Krajicek in the quarterfinals, in his only loss at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000. For the first time since the 1990 French Open, none of the semifinalists had previously won a major title. Of these four, only Todd Martin had reached a Grand Slam final before. A number of high-seeded men were eliminated early, including 1992 champion Andre Agassi (No. 3), reigning French Open champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov (No. 5), Michael Chang (No. 6), and 1993 finalist Jim Courier (No. 9), all in the first round. Three-time champion Boris Becker, seeded no. 2, was eliminated in the third round when he withdrew from his match with Neville Godwin with a wrist injury.

Prompt: Pete Sampras won the Men's Singles at Wimbledon every year from 1993 to 2000 except one. Who won in 1996?

Answer: Richard Krajicek


Context: Tom Ripley |  Thomas Ripley is a fictional character in a series of crime novels by American novelist Patricia Highsmith, as well as several film adaptations. The character is an anti-hero: he is a career criminal, a con artist and serial killer. The five novels in which he appears—The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley, and Ripley Under Water, were published between 1955 and 1991.

Prompt: The first was published in 195. Whose series of five novels featured the conman murderer 'Tom Ripley'?

Answer: Mary Patricia Plangman


Context: Commonwealth | " to mean ""a state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or democratic state"". The term evolved to become a title to a number of political entities. Three countries – Australia, The Bahamas, and Dominica – have the official title ""Commonwealth"", as do four U.S. states and two U.S. territories. Since the early 20th century, the term has been used to name some fraternal associations of states, most notably the Commonwealth of Nations, an organisation primarily of former territories of the British Empire. The organisation is not to be confused with the realms of the Commonwealth."

Prompt: Name one of the four states in the USA which have the word commonwealth in their official title?

Answer: KENTUCKY, MASSACHUSETTS, PENNSYLVANIA or VIRGINIA


Context: Republic of Sudan v. Harrison |  In October 2000, the USS Cole, a United States Navy destroyer, was attacked by suicide bombers in the port of Aden in Yemen. The blast killed 17 American sailors and injured 39 others. Though the attack was attributed to the terrorist group al Qaeda, family members of the slain sailors filed a lawsuit against the government of Sudan, accusing it of complicity and providing material support to the attackers. Foreign governments are generally immune from lawsuits in United States courts; however, an exception exists under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976. This law allows for lawsuits against entities listed by the US State Department as state sponsors of terrorism. In addition, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act of 2016 allows for punitive damages against state sponsors of terrorism, and can be applied retroactively to incidents that took place before the law was enacted.

Prompt: Which American naval destroyer was attacked in Aden in October 2000?

Answer: U.S.S. Cole


Context: Seals Stadium | " the Rainier (later Hamm's) Brewery. The roof of the brewery contained a sign depicting an enormous foaming glass of beer that was lit up at night and was visible from inside the park. Also nearby was the Langendorf Bakery, which sent the smell of baking bread into the ballpark. At the corner of 16th Street and Bryant was the Double Play bar and grill, which opened in 1909 and is still in operation today. It has been described as a ""shrine to baseball."" The Seals drew well at Seals Park. In 1948 they set a minor league attendance record, drawing 670,000 fans. This showcased the feasibility "

Prompt: At the football stadium in which city is the 'Baseball Bar and Grill'?

Answer: The Derby Stakes


Context: The X Factor (Australian TV series) | " 3 May 2015, it was announced that Sebastian would be returning to the panel along with two new judges James Blunt and Chris Isaak. Minogue was the only judge from the previous season who returned. On 12 June 2016, Iggy Azalea was announced as a new judge for the series. On 20 June 2016, Guy Sebastian was confirmed to be returning as a judge. The following day, Adam Lambert was announced as the third judge for the eighth season. In October 2016, it was confirmed that former judge Mel B would be joining the show as the fourth and final judge for season 8, as ""The Underdog Judge""."

Prompt: Who was the only judge on 'X Factor' to return for series eight in 2011?

Answer: Michael Louis Vincent Walsh


Context: Texas Rangers all-time roster |   The Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team has played in Arlington, Texas, since 1972. The team began in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an American League expansion team based in Washington, D.C., before relocating to Texas. Since that time, over 1,100 players have competed in at least one game for the Senators/Rangers.

Prompt: Complete the name of the MLB (Baseball) team based in Arlington, Texas - 'The Texas....'?

Answer: Rangers (baseball)


Context: Beckett Hall |  Beckett Hall (or Beckett House) is a country house at Shrivenham in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire). The present house dates from 1831.

Prompt: In Which English town or city is Becketts Brewery?

Answer: Basingstoke, Hampshire


Context: Eddy Shah |  Selim Jehan Shah (born 20 January 1944), commonly known as Eddy Shah or Eddie Shah, is a Manchester-based businessman, the founder of the then technologically advanced UK newspaper Today in 1986, and of the short-lived tabloid The Post. He is also the former owner of the Messenger Group.

Prompt: Which now defunct newspaper was originally owned by Eddy Shah?

Answer: Today! (album)


Context: Glossary of American politics |  gerrymandering: Deliberately arranging the boundaries of electoral districts so as to bias the results of elections held in those districts and thereby favor a particular political party or demographic. Grand Old Party (GOP): See. guillotine: See.

Prompt: What name is given to the practice of arranging voting districts to favour one candidate or party above another?

Answer: The gerry-mander


Context: Bourrée | "  The bourrée (borrèia; also in England, borry or bore) is a dance of French origin and the words and music that accompany it. The bourrée resembles the gavotte in that it is in double time and often has a dactylic rhythm. However, it is somewhat quicker, and its phrase starts with a quarter-bar anacrusis or ""pick-up"", whereas a gavotte has a half-bar anacrusis. In the Baroque era, after the Academie de Dance was established by Louis XIV in 1661, the French court adapted the bourrée, like many such dances, for the purposes of concert dance. In this way it gave its name to a ballet step characteristic of the dance, a rapid movement of the feet while en pointe or demi-pointe, and so to the sequence of steps called pas de bourrée. The bourrée became an optional movement in the classical suite of dances, and J. S. Bach, Handel and Chopin wrote bourrées, not necessarily intending them to be danced."

Prompt: "Meaning ""double step" in Spanish, which dance actually originated in southern France but is modelled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish bullfight?"

Answer: Pasodoble (dance)


Context: Austrian schilling |  The schilling (German: Schilling) was the currency of Austria from 1925 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 schilling to replace it. The schilling was divided into 100 groschen.

Prompt: Until the introduction of the Euro, what is the unit of currency in Austria?

Answer: Schilling (disambiguation)


Context: The Night of the Hunter (novel) |  In 1955, the book was adapted by Charles Laughton and James Agee as the film The Night of the Hunter. The film version has earned ranks in numerous movie lists  and was added to the National Film Registry in 1992. Despite its critical success, The Night of the Hunter remained the only film ever directed by Laughton. Lyricist-librettist Stephen Cole and composer Claibe Richardson started working on a musical adaptation sometime in the late 1990s, releasing a concept album in 1998 through the Fynsworth Alley label. Cole wrote preliminary forms of the book and lyrics, which earned him the 2000 Kleban Award for Most Promising Librettist, while Richardson composed a

Prompt: The 1955 film Night of the Hunter was the only one directed by which famous actor?

Answer: Charles Loughton


Context: July 1922 |  U.S. athlete Johnny Weissmuller, who would later become more famous as an actor portraying Tarzan (in 11 films) and Jungle Jim (in 13 films) became the first man to swim 100 metres in less than a minute, covering the distance in 58.6 seconds. ; The Australasian bent-wing bat was discovered by British naturalist Oriana Wilson, who caught the animal in Australia near the port of Darwin. British zoologist Oldfield Thomas, who first described the bat as a new species, gave it the scientific name Miniopterus orianae in her honor. ; Born: Sir Phillip Bridges, British lawyer who became Attorney General and later the Chief Justice of the Gambia; in Bedford, Bedfordshire (d. 2007)

Prompt: Who was the first man to swim 100 metres in under a minute?

Answer: Johnny Weismuller


Context: Initiation ritual (mafia) | " The most important rule is the Omertà, the oath of silence. It is a frequently broken rule, as seen by FBI informants, but also punishable by death. Biagio DiGiacomo emphasized the severity of Omertà when he said, ""It's no hope, no Jesus, no Madonna, nobody can help us if we ever give up this secret to anybody, any kinds of friends of mine, let's say. This thing cannot be exposed."""

Prompt: What is the name of the Mafia's vow of silence?

Answer: Omereta%60


Context: Chain (unit) |  The chain is a unit of length equal to 66 feet (22 yards). It is subdivided into 100 links or 4 rods. There are 10 chains in a furlong, and 80 chains in one statute mile. In metric terms, it is 20.1168 m long. By extension, chainage (running distance) is the distance along a curved or straight survey line from a fixed commencing point, as given by an odometer. The chain has been used for several centuries in England and in some other countries influenced by English practice. In the United Kingdom, there were 80 chains to the mile, but until the early nineteenth century the Scottish and Irish customary miles were longer than the statute mile; consequently a Scots chain was about 74 (imperial) feet, an Irish chain 84 feet. These longer chains became obsolete following the adoption of the imperial system of units in 1824.

Prompt: How many 'Chains' are there on a 'Mile'?

Answer: 80 (eighty)


Context: Singulative number | " A collective form such as the Welsh moch, ""pigs"", is more basic than the singular form mochyn, ""a pig"". It is generally the collective form which is used as an adjectival modifier, e.g. cig moch (""pig meat"", ""pork""). The collective form is therefore similar in many respects to an English mass noun such as ""rice"", which in fact refers to a collection of items which are logically countable. However, English has no productive process of forming singulative nouns (just phrases such as ""a grain of rice""). Therefore, English cannot be said to have singulative number."

Prompt: What is the collective noun for a group of pigs?

Answer: The Herd (disambiguation)


Context: Animal welfare and rights in China |  476 million pigs comprise half of the world's pig population. China produces 37 million tons of farmed fish—more than 60% of the world's total. In 2017, one of the country's largest agricultural producers, Da Bei Nong, signed an agreement with the International Cooperation Committee of Animal Warfare to improve the quality of life for its millions of pigs through increased roaming space and better flooring. A 2016 survey from the committee also suggests that two thirds of Chinese shoppers would pay more for pork that had been treated well while another one from the World Animal Protection indicated that almost 90% of respondents would be willing to change their purchasing habits for pork from pigs that had lived better lives.

Prompt: Still on pigs. Which country rears 40% of the world's total of around 764 million pigs?

Answer: Chinese People's Republic


Context: Gas mark |  Gas mark 1 is 275 degrees Fahrenheit (135 degrees Celsius). Oven temperatures increase by 25 °F (13.9 °C) each time the gas mark increases by 1. Below Gas Mark 1 the scale markings halve at each step, each representing a decrease of 25 °F. For temperatures above 135 °C (gas mark 1) to convert gas mark to degrees Celsius ( It is usual to round the results of such calculations to a round number of degrees Celsius. Note that tables of temperature equivalents for kitchen use usually offer Celsius values rounded to the nearest 10 degrees, with steps of either 10 or 20 degrees between Gas Marks.

Prompt: 190 degrees Centigrade on an electric cooker, is equivalent to 'gas mark' what?

Answer: 5 (five)


Context: Roses Match |  Lancashire finally surpassed their 1926 record total of 509 for 9 declared in 2005 in another high scoring draw when they posted 537 thanks to skipper Mark Chilton and Iain Sutcliffe's opening partnership of 223. This was their side's highest first-wicket stand against Yorkshire, beating Reggie Spooner and Harry Makepeace's 181 at Old Trafford in 1912. In 2021 Lancashire matched the exact total from 2005 going 509/9(dec) with huge efforts from Keaton Jennings 114(260) a rapid fire 52(57) from Alex Davies & Josh Bohannon 127(277). In an effort to break the dominance of the batsmen on such featherbed pitches, and years before the infamous bodyline series, Ted McDonald, an Australian fast bowler, used a version of 'leg theory' in the Roses match at Old Trafford the following year in 1927, bowling to a 4-man leg trap with no slips.

Prompt: Which was the highest placed Lancashire side in the 2006/7 Vauxhall Conference?

Answer: Morecambe


Context: War poet |  Greek dialects. The Iliad is set during the ten-year siege of the polis of Troy (Ilium), ruled by King Priam and his sons Hector and Paris, by a massive army from a coalition of Greek states led by King Agamemnon of Mycenae. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Furthermore, the Greek gods not only watch the war as it progresses

Prompt: Who was the King of Troy during the famous siege?

Answer: Priam of Troy


Context: Eurasian sparrowhawk |  bird in his book Demian and the bird is also referred to in One Thousand and One Nights by Richard Francis Burton: Good sooth my bones, wheneas they hear thy name Quail as birds quailed when Nisus o'er them flew The Eurasian sparrowhawk was written about by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: A sparhawk proud did hold in wicked jail Music's sweet chorister, the Nightingale To whom with sighs she said: 'O set me free, And in my song I'll praise no bird but thee.' The Hawk replied: 'I will not lose my diet To let a thousand such enjoy their quiet.' In Ursula K. Le Guin Earthsea novels, the main character is a boy called Duny who is nicknamed Sparrowhawk.

Prompt: "What type of bird did William Wordsworth address with the words, ""Shall I call thee bird, or but a wandering voice""?"

Answer: The cuckoo


Context: London Borough of Croydon | " a stack of pre-decimalisation Threepence coins, which were 12-sided. It is now most commonly called The Octagon, being 8-sided. Lunar House is another high-rise building. Like other government office buildings on Wellesley Road, such as Apollo House, the name of the building was inspired by the US moon landings (In the Croydon suburb of New Addington there is a public house, built during the same period, called The Man on the Moon). Lunar House houses the Home Office building for Visas and Immigration. Apollo House houses The Border Patrol Agency. A new generation of buildings are being considered by the council as part of Croydon Vision 2020, so that the borough doesn't lose its title of having the ""largest office space in the south east"", excluding central London. Projects such as "

Prompt: How many sides did the pre-decimal British threepence have around its edge?

Answer: TWELVE


Context: The Third Man | " The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten), who arrives in the city to accept a job with his friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to learn that Lime has died. Viewing his death as suspicious, Martins elects to stay in Vienna and investigate the matter. The atmospheric use of black-and-white expressionist cinematography by Robert Krasker, with harsh lighting and distorted ""Dutch angle"" camera technique, is a major feature of The Third Man. Combined with the iconic theme music, seedy locations and acclaimed performances from the cast, the style evokes the atmosphere of an exhausted, cynical post-war Vienna at "

Prompt: Who directed the 1949 film, 'The Third Man'?

Answer: Carol Reid


Context: Kangha |   A kangha is a small wooden comb that Sikhs usually use twice a day. It is supposed to be kept with the hair at all times. Combs help to clean the hair, and are a symbol of cleanliness. Combing their hair reminds Sikhs that their lives should be tidy and organised. The kangha makes the uncut hair neat and keeps away tangles. Kanghas were traditionally made of wood, but many modern Sikhs employ ones made of plastic.

Prompt: What in Sikhism, is a Kanga?

Answer: COMB


Context: 1968 Summer Olympics |  as separate teams, after being forced by the IOC to compete as a combined German team in 1956, 1960, and 1964. ; Al Oerter won his fourth consecutive gold medal in the discus to become only the second athlete to achieve this feat in an individual event, and the first in athletics. ; Bob Beamon leapt 8.90 m in the long jump, an incredible 55 cm improvement over the previous world record. It stood as the world record for 23 years, until broken by American Mike Powell in 1991; yet it has stood as the current Olympic record for  years. Jim Hines, Tommie Smith and Lee

Prompt: Between 1956 and 1968, the American athlete Al oerter won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in which filed event?

Answer: DISCUS


Context: 1969 Libyan coup d'état | infobox conflict: 1969 Libyan coup d'état ; partof: the Arab Cold War ; image: Nasser Qaddafi Atassi 1969.jpg ; image_size: 390px ; caption: Gaddafi at an Arab summit in Libya, shortly after the September Revolution that toppled King Idris. Gaddafi sits in military uniform in the middle, surrounded by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser (left) and Syrian President Nureddin al-Atassi (right) ; date: 1 September 1969 ; place: Libya ; result: Free Officers victory ; *Overthrow and abolition of the Monarchy ; *Establishment of Libyan Arab Republic ; *Start of Muammar Gaddafi's rule ; combatant1: Kingdom of Libya ; * Cyrenaican Defence Force (CYDEF) ; combatant2: Free Officers Movement Supported by: Greece ; commander1:  Idris I  Abdel Aziz El Shalhi  Hasan as-Senussi ; commander2:  Muammar Gaddafi Abdessalam Jalloud  Umar Muhayshi  Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr  Abdullah Senussi  Abdel Fatah Younis  Khalifa Haftar ; strength1: Unknown ; strength2: 70 ; casualties1: CYDEF: 1 killed, 15 wounded ; casualties2: 0

Prompt: Who was the King of Libya who was overthrown by a military coupled by Colonel Qaddafi in 1969?

Answer: Idris ibn 'Abd Allah


Context: Take a Bow (Rihanna song) | " In the United States, the song leaped 52 positions from number 53 to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on May 14, 2008, with digital download sales of 267,000 copies, which prompted the song to debut at number one on the US Hot Digital Songs chart. With ""Take a Bow"" jumping fifty-two positions to number one, this marked the second largest leap to number one in the history of the chart as of May 2008, second only to Maroon 5s ""Makes Me Wonder"", which leaped from number 64 to number one in May 2007. Additionally, at the time of "

Prompt: Which singer had a 2008 number one hit with the song 'Take A Bow'?

Answer: RihRih


Context: Portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini |   Portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini is a small c. 1438 portrait by Jan van Eyck believed to be the same person as in the famous 1434 Arnolfini Portrait due to the similarities of facial features. Thus, the work is van Eyck's second portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini, a wealthy merchant from Lucca, a city in Tuscany in central Italy, who spent most of his life in Flanders. The painting was long thought a self-portrait; in colourisation, costume and tone, it is very similar to the signed and dated Portrait of a Man in a Red Chaperon in London, which is generally accepted as a self-portrait. It was only later that the current work was associated with Arnolfini and the double marriage painting. It is

Prompt: Which 15th century artist painted the famous 'Arnolfini Portrait'?

Answer: JAN VAN EYCK (do not accept Van Dyck)


Context: 2008 in England | 7 January – RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 and MS Queen Victoria leave Southampton for last and first world cruises respectively. ; 12 January – The city of Liverpool officially becomes European Capital of Culture for 2008, a title it will share with Stavanger, Norway. ; 18 January – Last working of Tower Colliery, the last deep mine in the South Wales Valleys (official closure: 25 January).[1] pig

Prompt: In November 2008, RMS Queen Elizabeth II will depart Southamptonon her last voyage. To which city will she travel?

Answer: Dubai (city)


Context: 47th British Academy Film Awards |  The 47th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1994, honoured the best films of 1993. Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List won the award for Best Film (and previously won the Academy Award for Best Picture). The film also won the awards for Best Director (Spielberg), Supporting Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing and Original Music. Anthony Hopkins won the award for Best Actor (The Remains of the Day) and Holly Hunter was voted Best Actress for her role in The Piano while The Age of Innocence won one award—Best Supporting Actress (Miriam Margolyes). Additionally, Shadowlands was voted Best British Film of 1993.

Prompt: For which 1993 film did Steven Spielberg win his first 'Oscar' for Best Director?

Answer: Schindler's List (film)


Context: Emphysema |  Panlobular emphysema also called panacinar emphysema affects all of the alveoli in a lobule and can involve the whole lung or mainly the lower lobes. This type of emphysema is associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD), and Ritalin lung, and is not related to smoking.

Prompt: Which part of the body is affected by Emphysema?

Answer: Pulmonary surgical procedures


Context: Anna of the Five Towns | " In reality Stoke-on-Trent is an amalgamation (in 1910) of six towns: in order from northwest to southeast, the towns are Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton. ""The Five Towns"" is a name given to it in novels by Arnold Bennett, who was born in Hanley and lived in the district. He said that he believed ""Five Towns"" was more euphonious than ""Six Towns"", so he omitted Fenton (sometimes referred to as ""the forgotten town""). He called Stoke ""Knype"" but used recognisable aliases for the other four towns."

Prompt: How are the towns of Hanley, Burslem, Stoke, Longton,Tunstall and Fenton collectively known?

Answer: Staffordshire potteries


Context: MartinLogan | " In October 2005 ML was acquired by a subsidiary of ShoreView Industries. ShoreView is a financial firm that makes investments in companies. ShoreView is a passive investor that is not from the loudspeaker or audio business and is not involved in day-to-day operations. Production of Martin Logan Electrostatic loudspeakers was moved to the Paradigm manufacturing facility in Mississauga Ontario, Canada post this acquisition. Conventional loudspeakers by Martin Logan, the Motion line, are manufactured in China. On May 13, 2019, Paradigm Electronics in Mississauga Ontario, issued a press release that stated ""Scott Bagby and John Bagby announced the purchase of Paradigm Electronics, Anthem Electronics, and MartinLogan Loudspeakers, effective May 10, 2019."" Scott Bagby, one of the original founders of Paradigm Electronics, will continue as Chairman and will assume the role of CEO. John Bagby, who has always been active in Paradigm daily business, takes on the role of Managing Director."

Prompt: With which area of manufacturing are 'Linn', 'Martin Logan' and 'Krell' associated?

Answer: EN 61305


Context: Between Hope and History | " Between Hope and History: Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century is a 1996 book by then-incumbent United States President Bill Clinton. It was published by Random House in September 1996 in the lead up to the 1996 US presidential election, partly as a means to reach out to the electorate. The New York Times Book Review described it as ""A snapshot of President Clinton's ""New Democratic"" philosophy as he segues from his first to (he hopes) his second term."""

Prompt: Which politician wrote the book 'Hope and History'?

Answer: Adams, Gerard


Context: Folding Boat Equipment |  and quick to erect, which led in 1939 to its becoming the standard light bridging equipment, initially of the British armies, and the Allied armies during World War II. The Mk III equipment was capable of providing class 5 and 9 pontoon rafts, or a class 9 bridge. The equipment provided anchoring facilities and a full width trackway. It performed well even in fast currents and could be maintained and kept in use indefinitely. The FBE Mk III was used extensively during World War II by both British and American forces as the standard class 9 bridge. The FBE was widely used in both the European and South-East Asian theatres of war.

Prompt: During World War II, what was the name of the bridge made of portable sections and capable of speedy erection?

Answer: Bailey Bridge


Context: Audemars Piguet |  Audemars Piguet Holding SA is a Swiss manufacturer of luxury mechanical watches and clocks, headquartered in Le Brassus, Switzerland. The company was founded by Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet in the Vallée de Joux in 1875, acquiring the name Audemars Piguet & Cie in 1881. The company has been family-owned since its founding. Audemars Piguet is a highly regarded watch manufacturer. The company is best known for introducing the Royal Oak wristwatch in 1972, which helped the brand rise to prominence within the watchmaking industry. One of Audemars Piguet's early achievements was creating the world's first minute-repeating movement for wristwatches in 1892. In addition, the company developed the first skeleton watch in 1934 and has manufactured some of the thinnest watches in the world, such as the 1986 ultra-thin automatic tourbillon wristwatch (Calibre 2870).

Prompt: With what area of manufacturing are the names 'Audemars Piguet and Cie','Zenith' and 'Ulysse Nardin' associated?

Answer: Watch-maker


Context: Derbyshire Constabulary |  house much of the force's central administrative services. The Ops Divisions HQ at Wyatts Way Ripley (adjacent to force Headquarters) is now the home of Operational Support Division which encompasses the Road Policing Unit (with bases at Cotton Lane in Derby, Beetwell Street in Chesterfield and Chapel-en-le-Frith), ARU (Armed Response Unit), Dog Section, Uniform Task Force and Road Policing Support (Collision Investigators). The Constabulary is led by the chief constable assisted by a Deputy and two assistant chief constables. Each division is headed by a chief superintendent - the divisional commander - and each division is divided into Sections, which are led by an inspector. The force has an authorised establishment of 1,827 police

Prompt: Where are the administrative HQ of Derbyshire?

Answer: Matlock


Context: Caulk | " Traditional caulking (also spelled calking) on wooden vessels uses fibers of cotton and oakum (hemp fiber soaked in pine tar). These fibers are driven into the wedge-shaped seam between planks, with a caulking mallet and a broad chisel-like tool called a caulking iron. The caulking is then covered over with a putty, in the case of hull seams, or else in deck seams with melted pine pitch, in a process referred to as paying, or ""calefaction"". Those who carried out this work were known as caulkers. In the Hebrew Bible, the prophet Ezekiel refers to the caulking of ships as a specialist skill. Modern marine sealants are frequently used now in place of the pitch, or even to supplant the oakum and cotton itself."

Prompt: Traditionally with what were the seams of wooden ships caulked?

Answer: Oakum


Context: Operation Overlord |  Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy Landings (D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August. The decision to undertake a cross-channel invasion in 1944 was taken at the Trident Conference in Washington in May 1943. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, and General Bernard Montgomery was named as commander of the 21st Army

Prompt: In World War II, what was the code name given to the artificial harbours towed across the English Channel after the D-Day landings?

Answer: Mulberry tea


Context: List of Greek phrases | "Deîmos kaì Phóbos ; ""Horror and Fear"" ; Deimos and Phobos, the moons of Mars, are named after the sons of the Greek god Ares (Roman Mars): Deimos ""horror"" and Phobos ""fear"". Deimos and Phobos, the moons of Mars, are named after the sons of the Greek god Ares (Roman Mars): Deimos ""horror"" and Phobos ""fear"". Déspota, mémneo tôn Athēnaíōn. ; ""Master, remember the Athenians."" ; When Darius was informed that Sardis had been captured and burnt by the Athenians he was furious. He placed an arrow on his bow and shot it into the sky, praying to the deities to "

Prompt: Which planet has moons with Greek names meaning 'Fear' and 'Terror'?

Answer: MARS (Phobos & Deimos)


Context: National Piping Centre |  The National Piping Centre is an institution in Glasgow, Scotland, dedicated to the playing of the bagpipes, to include not only the Great Highland Bagpipes, but also the Scottish smallpipes and Irish uileann pipes, as well as other traditional musical instruments. The institution includes practice spaces, an auditorium, and the Museum of Piping. It is located in the Cowcaddens district of the city, in the former Cowcaddens Free Church. The building is Category B listed.

Prompt: The National Bagpipe Museum is not in Scotland, in which English town or city is it?

Answer: The Morpeth


Context: 2015 Daytona 500 |  Gordon, allowing the pack to catch up to the leaders again. Gordon continued to maintain the lead until the next green flag pit-stop sequence that began on lap 85; he surrendered the lead on lap 87 to make his stop and Carl Edwards assumed the lead. Denny Hamlin took the lead after driving past teammate Edwards on pit road the next lap. Johnson was forced to serve a drive-through penalty for his crew being over the wall too soon. Edwards, Bobby Labonte, Kyle Larson, Truex. and Mike Wallace all served drive-through penalties for speeding. After stops were complete, Gordon reassumed the lead on lap 90.

Prompt: Complete the sequence: Johnson, Nixon, Ford....?

Answer: James Earl Carter Jr.


Context: Primula veris | " The common name cowslip may derive from the old English for cow dung, probably because the plant was often found growing amongst the manure in cow pastures. An alternative derivation simply refers to slippery or boggy ground; again, a typical habitat for this plant. The species name veris (of spring, referring to the season) is the genitive case form of Latin ""ver"" (spring). However, primrose P. vulgaris, flowers earlier, from December to May in the British Isles. Other historical common names include cuy lippe, herb peter, paigle or pagil, peggle, key flower, key of heaven, fairy cups, petty mulleins, crewel, buckles, palsywort, and plumrocks."

Prompt: Primula veris is the Latin name for which common meadow flower?

Answer: Cowslips


Context: SEAT |  SEAT S.A. (, ; Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo) is a Spanish car manufacturer, which sells its vehicles under the SEAT and Cupra brands. It was founded on 9 May 1950, by the Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI), a Spanish state-owned industrial holding company. It quickly became the largest supplier of cars in Spain. In 1986, after 36 years being publicly listed as an independent automaker, the Spanish government sold SEAT to the Volkswagen Group of which it remains a wholly owned subsidiary. The headquarters of SEAT S.A. are located at the company's industrial complex in Martorell near Barcelona. In 2020, annual production was over 468,000 units, with more than 427,000 cars sold in just one year, exported to over 75 countries worldwide.

Prompt: Which other car company owns Seat?

Answer: Folksvagon


Context: VC-137C SAM 26000 |  On January 22, 1973, Lyndon B. Johnson died. Two days later, SAM 26000 brought the former president's body from Texas to Washington, D.C., for the state funeral the following day. After the funeral, over which Nixon himself presided, the aircraft returned his body to Texas for burial, landing at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, the airfield Johnson flew into and out of when president. As the former president was interred at his ranch, retired Brigadier General James U. Cross, pilot of SAM 26000 during part of the Johnson presidency, presented the flag to Lady Bird Johnson at her request. He also escorted her during the state funeral, again, at her request, saying that she did not know Army Major General James Adamson, then commanding general of the Military District

Prompt: Which famous US political figure died on January 23rd. 1973?

Answer: Rebekah Baines


Context: Red Brick Road | " Red Brick Road is a Clerkenwell, London based advertising agency. It is best known for producing advertisements for Tesco during the late 2000s, including the well known slogan ""Every little helps""."

Prompt: "Which company uses the advertising slogan ""Every Little Helps""?"

Answer: Tesco direct


Context: Newbury, Berkshire |  be produced by the end of the day from wool taken from a sheep's back at the beginning. The local legend was later immortalized in a humorous novel by Elizabethan writer Thomas Deloney. Newbury was the site of two battles during the English Civil War, the First Battle of Newbury (at Wash Common) in 1643, and the Second Battle of Newbury (at Speen) in 1644. The nearby Donnington Castle was reduced to a ruin in the aftermath of the second battle. The disruption of trade during the civil war, compounded by a collapse of the local cloth trade in the late 16th century, left Newbury impoverished. The local economy was boosted in

Prompt: Which town in Berkshire was the site of two Civil War battles - in 1643 and 1644?

Answer: Newbury


Context: Double squeeze |  The double squeeze is a type of squeeze play in the card game of bridge. Double squeezes are a combination of two simple squeezes carried out against both opponents. If both squeezes are executed by the same trick, that is the same squeeze card, the double squeeze is called simultaneous. If both opponents are squeezed on different tricks (the squeeze card is then a card in the suit that was menacing the opponent squeezed first) the double squeeze is called non-simultaneous. As there are only four suits in contract bridge the two simple squeezes can only be combined by using a menace for both opponents, the squeeze card being in the fourth suit.

Prompt: In which game could you be faced with a 'Simple or Double Squeeze'?

Answer: Bridges


Context: Nigel Short |  first International Master norm; Bellin won the title on tiebreak. Later in 1979, Short tied for first place in the World Championship for players under age 16, the World Cadet Championship, at Belfort, France, but lost to Argentinian Marcello Tempone on tiebreak. He became (at the time) the youngest International Master in chess history by scoring 8/15 in the Hastings Premier in 1979/80, breaking Bobby Fischer's record from 1958. Participating in four World Junior Championships (1980–83), Short achieved his best result during his first attempt, when he placed second to Garry Kasparov in 1980 at Dortmund. Short represented England in international team play for the first time at the 1983 European Team finals in Plovdiv. He was awarded the grandmaster title in 1984, aged 19—becoming the youngest grandmaster in the world at the time, being later supplanted by Simen Agdestein.

Prompt: Who in 1980, aged 14, from Bolton, England, became the youngest International Master in the history of chess?

Answer: Nigel David Short


Context: Champale | " Print advertisements chiefly depicted African Americans enjoying the beverage, with slogans such as ""Live a little on very little"". The drink was pitched as a ""poor man's champagne"". The beer's packaging and label resembled that of wine."

Prompt: "Which company uses the advertising slogan ""Spend A Little, Live A Lot""?"

Answer: Aldi Süd


Context: Gowk stane |  Gowk in Scots means a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), but also a stupid person or fool. The word derives from the Old Norse 'gaukr', a cuckoo. Other explanations and origins for the term are also found. The word derives from Anglo-Saxon (Old English) 'gouk' and was replaced in the south and central England by the French loan word 'coucou' after the Norman Conquest. The cuckoo family gets its English and scientific names from the call of the bird. The Scottish Gaelic names for a Cuckoo are Coi, Cuach, Cuachag (poetical name) and Cuthag. The Welsh for cuckoo is cog.

Prompt: The 'Gowk' is an old dialect word for which bird?

Answer: The cuckoo


Context: All that glitters is not gold | " The phrase first originated from The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, ""All that glisters is not gold."" (William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7) It later became a song, ""All That Glitters Is Not Gold,"" in 1901, with words by George A. Norton and music by James W. Casey. The song is perhaps best remembered today for its inclusion in Bowery Bugs (1949), a Bugs Bunny cartoon based on the story of Steve Brodie. Neil Young used the phrase in his song ""Don't Be Denied"" (""Well, all that glitters isn't gold/I know you've heard that story told""), from his 1973 album Time Fades Away, to express his ""realization that even success wouldn't make him happy"", even after he "

Prompt: "In which play by William Shakespeare does the quote ""All that glisters is not gold"" appear?"

Answer: TMOV


Context: So It Goes (TV series) | " In the movie 24 Hour Party People, the set of So It Goes was recreated, with Steve Coogan playing the part of Tony Wilson. Some Wilson references in the film are not historically accurate however: for example, Coogan as Wilson introduces The Sex Pistols singing ""Anarchy in the UK"" by saying it is ""two minutes of the most important music since Elvis walked into The Sun Studios"". Wilson's actual introduction to them on the show was that they were ""one of the most reviewed and most reviled rock phenomenon [sic] of recent weeks""."

Prompt: Who played the part of Tony Wilson in the film '24 Hour Party People'?

Answer: Tony Ferrino


Context: Wildebeest |  Wildebeest, also called gnu ( or  ),  are antelopes of the genus Connochaetes and native to Eastern and Southern Africa. They belong to the family Bovidae, which includes true antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, and other even-toed horned ungulates. There are two species of wildebeest: the black wildebeest or white-tailed gnu (C. gnou), and the blue wildebeest or brindled gnu (C. taurinus). Fossil records suggest these two species diverged about one million years ago, resulting in a northern and a southern species. The blue wildebeest remained in its original range and changed very little from the ancestral species, while the black wildebeest changed

Prompt: To which species does the Gnu or Wildebeest belong?

Answer: 23 U.S. 66


Context: An Idiot Abroad |  An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary comedy television series broadcast on Sky One, as well as a series of companion books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel, so Merchant and Gervais make him travel while they stay in the United Kingdom and monitor his progress. The title of the show may be a reference to The Innocents Abroad, although Pilkington, who did not name the show, has suggested it is not.

Prompt: Who on television is the 'Idiot Abroad'?

Answer: KARL PILKINGTON


Context: November 1981 | " Died: William Holden, 63, American film actor died at his home, apparently after drinking heavily, tripping on a throw rug, and striking his head on the edge of a nightstand. Holden, who had won the 1953 Academy Award for Best Actor (for the film Stalag 17) had been the best man at the March 4, 1952 wedding of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan. His body wasn't found until November 16. Film director Billy Wilder would later comment to the New York Times, ""To be killed by a bottle of vodka and a night table! What a lousy fadeout for a great guy!"" "

Prompt: Which screen tough-guy won a Best Actor Oscar for the 1953 film 'Stalag 17'?

Answer: William F. Holden


Context: Hagues Peak |  Hagues Peak is the highest summit of the Mummy Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13573 ft thirteener is in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, 15.9 km northwest (bearing 318°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States. Hagues Peak is the highest point in Larimer County, Colorado.

Prompt: Mount Ranier is the highest peak of which North American range?

Answer: Cascades


Context: Note by Note cuisine |  of the chef  Jean-Pierre Biffi, served a wonderful menu  : Sur une idée d'huitres : huitres de tapioca, bavarois d'amylopectine, tapioca de citron vert, eau de mer gelée, crème d'huitres, vapeur cristallisée Soufflé au homard, sauce wöhler et gelée de framboises Fibres de bœuf, capellini, cylindres orange Boule de cassis This menu was also served at the Michelin Star Ceremony organized by the journal L'Hôtellerie-Restauration, the same year in Paris. - October 2011, another note by note dinner was served by the chefs-teachers of the Cordon bleu School, in Paris. The chefs were Patrick Terrien, Patrick Caals, Philippe Clergue, Frédéric Lesourd, Patrick Lebouc, Franck Poupard, Bruno

Prompt: If you ordered huitres in a French restaurant what would you be served?

Answer: Namagaki


Context: Spider-Man Unlimited | Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voiced by Rino Romano) – A photographer for the Daily Bugle newspaper who was bitten by a radioactive spider and received spider-like abilities, becoming the superhero known as Spider-Man. The series begins with Spider-Man attempting to stop Venom and Carnage from escaping in a rocket piloted by John Jameson. Failing to stop them, Venom and Carnage took the ship Counter-Earth, with Jameson hostage. Peter borrowed nanotechnology from Reed Richards to design a new suit to counter the symbiotes' powers. He travels to Counter-Earth where he learns that Jameson has fallen in with a band of freedom

Prompt: Peter Parker alias Spiderman worked for which newspaper?

Answer: DB (comics)


Context: People's Dispensary for Sick Animals |  Maria Dickin instituted the Dickin Medal in 1943 to acknowledge outstanding acts of bravery by animals serving with the Armed Forces or Civil Defence units. It has become recognised as the animals' Victoria Cross, and is administered by PDSA. The PDSA created a second animal bravery award, the PDSA Gold Medal, in 2002, which is now recognised as the animal equivalent of the George Cross. In 2014, the PDSA Order of Merit was instituted to recognise outstanding examples of animal devotion to their owners or society; it is the animal equivalent of the OBE. , it has been awarded to 12 horses, the first being police horse Grace, and 20 dogs, the latest being Springer Spaniel Max, the first pet to receive the award.

Prompt: Which organisation awards the Dickin Medal?

Answer: PDSA


Context: Alfred Noyes |  In 1957, Noyes published his last book, The Accusing Ghost, or Justice for Casement (US title: The Accusing Ghost of Roger Casement). In 1916, the renowned human rights campaigner Roger Casement was hanged for his involvement in the Irish Nationalist revolt in Dublin known as the Easter Rising. To forestall calls for clemency, the British authorities showed public figures and known sympathizers selected pages from some of Casement's diaries – known as the Black Diaries – that exposed him as a promiscuous homosexual. In an era of institutionalised homophobia, this underhand tactic worked and the protests and petitions for Casement's reprieve

Prompt: Which prominent Irish Nationalist was hung for treason in 1916 due to his involvement in the Easter Uprising?

Answer: Roger Casement


Context: Recursant |  In heraldry an animal show recursant, tergiant, or (rarely) tergant has its back shown to the viewer. The terms are most often employed to describe an eagle in flight, but may also describe such animals as a crab, lobster, frog, lizard, scorpion, spider, turtle, or insect.

Prompt: In heraldry which word is used to indicate an animal is flying

Answer: Volant


Context: Charles Coe | " Charles Robert Coe (October 26, 1923 – May 16, 2001) was an American amateur golfer who is considered by many to be one of the greatest American amateurs in history. A two-time U.S. Amateur winner, Coe never turned professional either because, as he stated in 1998, ""When I was growing up, golf was a gentleman's game,"" or because his wife said, ""if I thought I was going to raise three children out of a suitcase, I was crazy"". He had a successful career in the oil business. Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Coe served as a pilot during World War II, and later attended the University of Oklahoma "

Prompt: Which American golfer is nicknamed 'Crazy?

Answer: Corey Pavin


Context: One O'Clock Jump | " The melody derived from band members' riffs—Basie rarely wrote down musical ideas, so Eddie Durham and Buster Smith helped him crystallize his ideas. The original 1937 recording of the tune by Basie and his band is noted for the saxophone work of Herschel Evans and Lester Young, trumpet by Buck Clayton, Walter Page on bass, and Basie himself on piano. The song is typical of Basie's early riff style. The instrumentation is based on ""head arrangements"" where each section makes up their part based on what the other sections are playing. Individuals take turns improvising over the top of the entire sound. Basie recorded ""One O'Clock Jump"" several times after the original performance for Decca in 1937, for Columbia in 1942 and 1950 and on a number of occasions in the fifties. ""One O'Clock Jump"" became the theme song of the Count Basie Orchestra. They used it to close each of their concerts for the next half century. It was reportedly titled ""Blue Ball"" at first but a radio announcer feared that title was too risqué."

Prompt: "Written and first recorded in 1937, ""One O'Clock Jump"" became the theme tune of which orchestra?"

Answer: COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA


Context: The Simpsons | " voices for Mr. Burns, Mr. Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy and formerly Dr. Hibbert. Every main cast member has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance. With one exception, episode credits list only the voice actors, and not the characters they voice. Both Fox and the production crew wanted to keep their identities secret during the early seasons and, therefore, closed most of the recording sessions while refusing to publish photos of the recording artists. However, the network eventually revealed which roles each actor performed in the episode ""Old Money"", because the producers said the voice actors should receive "

Prompt: Who is the voice of Principal Skinner and Mr Burns on The Simpsons?

Answer: HARRY SHEARER


Context: Anne-Marie Duff |  Duff married Scottish actor James McAvoy in 2006, and gave birth to their son, Brendan McAvoy, in 2010. On 13 May 2016, Duff and McAvoy announced they were getting a divorce. To minimise disruption to their son's life, they initially shared a home in North London when not working elsewhere.

Prompt: Who has been married to actor James McAvoy since 2006?

Answer: Anne-Marie Duff


Context: No Count Sarah | " No Count Sarah is a 1959 studio album by the American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan. The title refers to the fact that Vaughan was accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie. Reviewing the album for Allmusic, Scott Yanow gave it a four-and-a-half stars rating and called it ""one of the best of all Sarah Vaughan recordings. Highly recommended"". It features ""astounding vocalese"" from Vaughan on tracks including ""Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"" and ""No 'Count Blues""."

Prompt: """No Count Sarah"" is a 1958 studio album by which singer accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, but without Count Basie?"

Answer: Sarah Vaughan


Context: Thomas Lawrence | " Lawrence arrived back in London 30 March 1820 to find that the president of the Royal Academy, Benjamin West, had died. That very evening Lawrence was voted the new president, a position he would hold until his death 10 years later. George III had died in January; Lawrence was granted a place in the procession for the coronation of George IV. On 28 February 1822 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society ""for his eminence in art"". The royal commissions continued during the 1820s, including one for a portrait of the king's sister Sophia, and one of Sir Walter Scott (along with Jane Austen, one of "

Prompt: In the nineteenth century Benjamin West, Thomas Lawrence and John Millais were President of which institution?

Answer: Royal Academy (disambiguation)


Context: Flag of the Isle of Man | " The flag of the Isle of Man or flag of Mann (brattagh Vannin) is a triskelion, composed of three armoured legs with golden spurs, upon a red background. It has been the official flag of Mann since 1 December 1932 and is based on the Manx coat of arms, which dates back to the 13th century. The three legs are known in Manx as ny tree cassyn (""the three legs""). The triskelion is an ancient symbol, used by the Mycenaeans and the Lycians."

Prompt: The flag of the Isle of Man is a triskelion on what colour background?

Answer: Red (comics)


Context: Road Trip (film) |  The fictional 'University of Ithaca' is based on both Ithaca College and Cornell University, each located in Ithaca, New York. Filming took place from October 16, 1999 to December 27, 1999 on the campuses of Woodward Academy, Georgia Tech, Emory University, and the University of Georgia. The university seen in a flyover in the opening scene is actually Harvard University; the same footage was later used in the film Old School in 2003. The diner scene was shot in Lawrenceville, Georgia at the Gwinnett Diner, as it says on the coffee mugs. One of the final scenes of the tour was filmed at Founders Park at the University of Southern California.

Prompt: Which American University is situated in Ithaca, New York?

Answer: Cornell University, Ithaca


Context: 2014 in Wales | 27 December – The Welsh Grand National at Chepstow Racecourse is won by Emperor's Choice, trained by Venetia Williams and ridden by Aidan Coleman.

Prompt: Which racecourse hosts the Welsh Grand National?

Answer: Chepstowe


Context: The Bash Street Kids |  defend those he feels have been unjustly treated; he once calms Danny down after he loses patience with Smiffy's stupidity. He has on one occasion fainted from seeing his own reflection (after polishing the handles of Teacher's bicycle), and considers himself the most handsome boy in Beanotown. Plug had his own comic from 1977 to 1979 featuring him and his two pets (Pug from Pup Parade and Chunkee the Monkey), and was the first Beano character with a spin-off. Plug was later incorporated into The Beezer. He has two sisters, Plugella and Plugena, who closely resemble him. However, in earlier strips his father was shown to be quite handsome (to the confusion

Prompt: In which street would you find 'Smiffy', 'Wilfred', 'Danny' and 'Plug'?

Answer: When the Bell Rings


Context: Barcarolle | " A barcarolle (from French, also barcarole; originally, Italian barcarola or barcaruola, from barca 'boat') is a traditional folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers, or a piece of music composed in that style. In classical music, two of the most famous barcarolles are Jacques Offenbach's ""Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"", from his opera The Tales of Hoffmann; and Frédéric Chopin's Barcarolle in F-sharp major for solo piano."

Prompt: What name is given to the song of a Venetian Gondolier?

Answer: Barcarolle


Context: Wimpole Street | " The most famous resident was the poet Elizabeth Barrett, who lived at 50 Wimpole Street with her family from 1838 until 1846 when she eloped with Robert Browning. The street became famous from the play based on their courtship, The Barretts of Wimpole Street. The play starred Katharine Cornell, and when she retired, she moved to E. 51st St. in New York. As she was now neighbour to two other actors who also starred in the play, the street was nicknamed ""Wimpole Street"". The first complete English performance of Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem was performed on 10 July 1871 at 35 Wimpole Street, the private residence (from 1851) of the composer and pianist Kate Loder. The arrangement, which "

Prompt: Which famous family lived at '50 Wimpole Street, London'?

Answer: Barrett's esophagus


Context: United States documents leak of the War in Afghanistan | " a spokesman for Defense Secretary, Robert Gates. However, a letter, written by General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Jeh Charles Johnson, in reply to WikiLeaks' attorney, Timothy Matusheski, was later released (either by the Department of Defense or WikiLeaks ), in which Johnson identified the names of Afghan informants as 'sensitive items' but, in keeping with Bryan Whitman's later public statement, stated that: ""the Department of Defense will negotiate some ""minimized"" or ""sanitized"" version of a release by WikiLeaks of additional U.S. Government classified documents. The Department demands that further be released by WikiLeaks, that  of the U.S. Government classified documents that "

Prompt: Who was US Defence Secretary during the 'war' against Afghanistan?

Answer: Don Rumsfeld


Context: 1961 in rail transport | June – The last of the Bradshaw railway timetables, first published by George Bradshaw in 1839, is published in Britain. ; June 1 – Dr Richard Beeching takes office as chairman of the British Transport Commission and British Railways Board. ; June 17 – A Paris–Strasbourg train derails near Vitry-le-François; 24 are killed, 109 injured.

Prompt: What could you have looked-up in 'Bradshaw's' between 1839 and 1961?

Answer: TRAIN TIMETABLES


Context: List of England national football team hat-tricks |   Since the inception of international association football matches in 1872, 58 England male footballers have scored three or more goals (a hat-trick) in a game. The first players to score a hat-trick for England were Howard Vaughton and Arthur Alfred Brown, both Aston Villa players; in a friendly match against Ireland in 1882, they scored nine goals between them. Four players, Vaughton, Steve Bloomer, Willie Hall and Malcolm Macdonald, have scored five goals in one match. Jimmy Greaves has scored the greatest number of hat-tricks, with six. Five players, Albert Allen, Frank Bradshaw, Walter Gilliat, John Veitch and John Yates, have scored hat-tricks on their only international appearance. In the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, Geoff

Prompt: Which footballer scored a record six international hat- tricks for England?

Answer: Greavsie


Context: Islamic architecture |  The minaret is a tower that traditionally accompanies a mosque building. Its formal function is to provide a vantage point from which the call to prayer, or adhan, is made. The call to prayer is issued five times each day: dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and night. In most modern mosques, the adhān is made directly from the prayer hall and broadcast via microphone to a speaker system on the minaret. The earliest mosques lacked minarets, and the call to prayer was often performed from smaller tower structures. Hadiths relay that the early Muslim community of Medina gave the call to prayer

Prompt: Who in the Muslim faith proclaims the hours of prayer from a minaret?

Answer: THE MUEZZIN


Context: Journals of legislative bodies | " The journals of the British Houses of Parliament, alongside the Hansard, contain an official record of the Houses of Parliament. The journals are a lengthened account written from the ""Votes and Proceedings"" (in the House of Lords called ""Minutes of Proceedings""), made day by day by the Clerks at the Table, and printed on the responsibility of the Clerk of the House. In the Commons the Votes and Proceedings, but not the Journal, bear the Speaker's signature in fulfilment of a former order that he should ""peruse"" them before publication. The journals of the British House of Commons begin in the first year of the reign of Edward VI in 1547, and are complete, except for a short interval under Elizabeth I. Those of the House of Lords date from the first year of Henry VIII in 1509. Before that date the proceedings in parliament were entered in the Rolls of Parliament, which extend from 1278 to 1503. The journals of the Lords are ""records"" in the judicial sense; those of the Commons are not. The Hansard, which is available from 1803, contains printed transcripts of parliamentary debates."

Prompt: How is 'The Journal Of The House Of Commons' better known?

Answer: Hansard


Context: 1987 FA Cup Final |  awards. Mabbutt became the third person to score both for and against his own club in an FA Cup final, the others being Bert Turner (Charlton Athletic in 1946) and Tommy Hutchison (for Manchester City in 1981). Tottenham had been knocked out of the Football League Cup in the semi-finals by North London rivals and eventual winners Arsenal and had finished third in the league, and so, having spent most of the season challenging for a unique domestic treble, they ended it with no major trophies at all. The day after the match, Coventry paraded the trophy on an open-top bus tour of the city.

Prompt: Which player scored for both teams in the 1987 FA Cup Final?

Answer: Gary Mabbutt


Context: Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs |  In UK politics, the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected, the person serving as shadow foreign secretary may be designated to serve as the new Foreign Secretary. The current shadow secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs is MP David Lammy. The Shadow Secretary (usually with one or more junior shadow ministers) holds the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and other FCDO ministers to account in Parliament. Although DFID and the role of International Development Secretary was abolished by the second Johnson government in 2020, the Shadow Secretary of State did not have responsibility for development until Lammy was appointed in November 2021. His predecessor, Lisa Nandy, served alongside the Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Preet Gill. This however is no longer the case after the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle.

Prompt: As at February 2003, who is the Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs?

Answer: Baron Kerr of Monteviot


Context: Life of Adam and Eve | After being banished from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve go to the East and live there for eighteen years and two months. Eve gives birth to Cain and Abel. Eve dreams that Cain drinks the blood of Abel, but that it then came out of his mouth. Cain kills Abel. Michael promises to Adam a new son, and Seth is born in place of Abel. (chapters 1–4) ; Adam begets 30 other sons and 30 daughters. As Adam falls sick and is in pain, all his sons and daughters come to him, and he briefly recounts to them the story of the

Prompt: Where was Cain banished to after murdering Abel?

Answer: Land of Nod


Context: The Other Side of the Rainbow |  The Other Side of the Rainbow: The Autobiography of the Voice of Clannad is Máire Brennan's (Moya Brennan) 2001 autobiographical account of her life until 2000. In the book, Brennan gives a details and full account of her life and musical success.

Prompt: Which actress and singer's biography was entitled 'The Other Side Of The Rainbow'?

Answer: Joey Luft


Context: Blind Faith |  Blind Faith were an English supergroup featuring Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. They were eagerly anticipated by the music press following on the success of each of the member's former bands, including Clapton and Baker's former group Cream and Winwood's former group Traffic, but they split after only a few months, producing only one album and a three-month long summer tour. The group originated with informal jamming by Clapton and Winwood in early 1969 following the break-ups of Cream and Traffic. Baker joined them in rehearsals and they decided to form a group. Grech joined as the fourth member from the band Family in May, and they began recording their eponymous debut album. It drew controversy for featuring a photograph of a topless 11-year-old girl on the front cover,

Prompt: Which 1960's British group originally comprised EricClapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech?

Answer: 'BLIND FAITH'


Context: Diana (name) | " Diana recalls the Greek and Roman goddess Diana. Diana translates to Artemis form latin. The name can be traced back to the Proto-Indo-European root dyeu or dyeus and div- meaning ""to shine"" or ""sky"", dius, deus and diwio, ""deity, god, godlike"" and dium meaning Universe. The meanings are therefore ""heavenly"", ""holy"", ""divine"", ""demonic"", ""celestial"", ""cosmic"", ""nebulous"", ""chaotic"", ""abyssal"", ""void"", ""luminous"", ""shining"", and in a broader sense ""which brings the day"", ""which has light"", ""which has divine power"", ""which belongs to the void/abyss/chaos"" and ""which comes from the Universe/outer space"". Diana was already in use as a given name in ancient Rome, but exclusively outside Christian circles, in which it was seen as a pagan name. In Italy, the variant ""Daiana"", an adaptation based on the English pronunciation, is also common. The French variant ""Diane"" gained popularity during the 19th century."

Prompt: Name the Greek equivalent to the Roman goddess, Diana?

Answer: THEMIS


Context: Pigeon Post |  Pigeon Post is an English children's adventure novel by Arthur Ransome, published by Jonathan Cape in 1936. It was the sixth of twelve books Ransome completed in the Swallows and Amazons series (1930 to 1947). He won the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising it as the year's best children's book by a British subject. This book is arguably the only Swallows and Amazons books that does not feature sailing (Winter Holiday does not feature sailing on water but does feature sailing of ice yachts). All the action takes place on and under the fells surrounding the Lake, as the characters attempt to discover gold in the Lake District hills.

Prompt: Who wrote the children's books 'Pigeon Post' and 'Coot Club'?

Answer: Arthur Michell Ransome


Context: Richard Nixon 1968 presidential campaign | " as his running mate. In the general election, Nixon emphasized ""law and order"", positioning himself as the champion of what he called the ""silent majority"". Running well ahead of his opponent, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, his support slipped in the polls following his refusal to partake in presidential debates, and following an announcement from President Lyndon B. Johnson that a halt in the bombing of Vietnam had been negotiated. Winning a close election on November 5, 1968, Nixon and Agnew were inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States and 39th Vice President of the United States, respectively, on January 20, 1969. He was the first vice president since Martin Van Buren in 1836 to be elected president without first having succeeded to that office through the death of his predecessor, and the first non-incumbent vice president to be elected president."

Prompt: Who was Richard Nixon's Democratic opponent in the 1968 US Presidential campaign?

Answer: Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr.


Context: Largest organisms | Frogs (Anura) The largest member of the largest order of amphibians is the African goliath frog (Conraua goliath). The maximum size this species is verified to attain is a weight of 3.8 kg and a snout-to-vent length of 39 cm. The largest of the toads, the cane toad (Rhinella marina), is also the second largest member of the frog order. This infamous, often invasive species can grow to maximum mass of 2.65 kg and measure a maximum of 33 cm from snout-to-vent. Rivaling the previous two species, the African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus) can range up to a weight of 2

Prompt: What is the appropriate name of the largest type of 'frog'?

Answer: Goliath (La Ronde)


Context: Wedding anniversary |  The names of some anniversaries provide guidance for appropriate or traditional gifts for the spouses to give each other; if there is a party these can be brought by the guests or influence the theme or decoration. These gifts vary in different countries, but some years have well-established connections now common to most nations: 5th Wood, 10th Tin, 15th Crystal, 20th China, 25th Silver, 30th Pearl, 35th Jade, 40th Ruby, 45th Sapphire, 50th Gold, 60th Diamond, and 70th Platinum. In English-speaking countries the first, wooden, gift was cut on the day of celebration and then presented to the wife as a finished article before the next two quarter days had passed. In 1937, the American National Retail Jeweler Association (now known as Jewelers of America as a result of an organizational merger) introduced an expanded list of gifts. The revamped list gave a gift for each year up to the 25th, and then for every fifth anniversary after that.

Prompt: The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary should be made from which material?

Answer: POTTERY


Context: Controversial issues surrounding Slumdog Millionaire |  The film Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight Academy Awards in 2009, has been subjected to a number of criticisms, notably regarding how it portrays Indian society and alleged exploitation of some of the actors.

Prompt: How many 'Oscars' did the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' win?

Answer: 8


Context: Higher education in the United States |  At the beginning of the 20th century, less than 1,000 colleges with 160,000 students existed in the US. The number of colleges skyrocketed in waves, during the early and mid-20th century. State universities grew from small institutions of fewer than 1,000 students to campuses with 40,000 more students, with networks of regional campuses around the state. In turn, regional campuses broke away and became separate universities. To handle the explosive growth of K–12 education, every state set up a network of teachers' colleges, beginning with Massachusetts in the 1830s. After 1950, they became state colleges and then state universities with a broad curriculum. Major new trends included the development of the junior colleges. They were usually set up by

Prompt: How many American states were there at the beginning of the twentieth century?

Answer: 45


Context: Ion Idriess |  Ion Llewellyn Idriess, (20 September 1889 – 6 June 1979) was a prolific and influential Australian author. He wrote more than 50 books over 43 years between 1927 and 1969 – an average of one book every 10 months, and twice published three books in one year (1932 and 1940). His first book was Madman's Island, published in 1927 at the age of 38, and his last was written at the age of 79. Called Challenge of the North, it told of Idriess's ideas for developing the north of Australia. Two of his works, The Cattle King (1936) and Flynn of the Inland (1932) had more than forty reprintings.

Prompt: Which author, who died in 1932, published his first book in 1905, wrote 175 books and 15 plays in all? His last work was part authorship of a film screenplay.

Answer: EDGAR WALLACE (it was 'Hong Kong')


Context: David Jason |  and his performances caught the attention of Ronnie Barker. Jason was recruited to appear in Hark at Barker (LWT, 1969), starring opposite Barker's Lord Rustless, as Dithers, the 100-year old gardener. There was also a sequel, His Lordship Entertains (1972) for the BBC. Jason played idealistic employee Granville in the first programme of the comedy anthology Seven of One (1973), called Open All Hours (BBC) and starring Barker as the curmudgeonly proprietor of a corner shop. Four series of Open All Hours were made from 1976 to 1985. He featured in Barker's Porridge (BBC), a prison comedy, as the elderly Blanco

Prompt: In the TV sit-com 'Porridge', a youngish David Jason played the part of which old man?

Answer: 'BLANCO' (Webb)


Context: Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom |  In England and Wales, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, is the most senior person outside of Royalty, and after the Lord Chancellor, immediately followed by the Archbishop of York, Primate of England, and immediately followed by the Archbishop of Wales. Primates, archbishops and bishops of the Church of England in England and the Church in Wales rank immediately above Peers. First come the Bishops of London and Durham, followed by the Bishop of Winchester, followed by the other diocesan bishops in order of seniority, and then the suffragan bishops in order of seniority. The Bishop of Sodor

Prompt: In the Church of England, what position is ranked immediately below a bishop?

Answer: ARCHDEACON (not Deacon)


Context: Druk | "  The Druk (འབྲུག, ་) is the ""Thunder Dragon"" of Tibetan and Bhutanese mythology and a Bhutanese national symbol. A druk appears on the flag of Bhutan, holding jewels to represent wealth. In Dzongkha, Bhutan is called Druk Yul ""Land of Druk"", and Bhutanese leaders are called Druk Gyalpo, ""Thunder Dragon Kings"". During the Bhutanese mock election in 2007, all four mock parties were called the Druk [colour] Party. The national anthem of Bhutan, Druk tsendhen, translates into English as ""Kingdom of Druk"". The druk (also known as a ""duk"" or ""dug"") was adopted as an emblem by the Drukpa Lineage, which originated in Tibet and spread to Bhutan. According to traditional accounts, when the sect's founder, Tsangpa "

Prompt: The flag of which Asian country contains an image of the mythical Thunder Dragon?

Answer: Bhután


Context: Pembrokeshire | " From mediaeval times, Rhys ap Gruffydd (c. 1132-1197), ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth, was buried in St Davids Cathedral. and Gerald of Wales was born c. 1146 at Manorbier Castle. Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) was born in 1457 at Pembroke Castle. In later military history, Jemima Nicholas, heroine of the so-called ""last invasion of Britain"" in 1797, was from Fishguard, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton GCB, born in Haverfordwest, was killed at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and Private Thomas Collins is believed to be the only Pembrokeshire man that fought in the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879. In the arts, siblings Gwen and Augustus John were both born in Pembrokeshire, as was the novelist Sarah Waters; singer Connie Fisher grew up in Pembrokeshire. Stephen Crabb, a former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales, was brought up in Pembrokeshire and is one of the county's two Members of Parliament, the other being Simon Hart, who is also the current Secretary of State for Wales."

Prompt: Which English king was born in Pembroke Castle in West Wales in 1457?

Answer: Solomon of England


Context: Jimmy Choo |  Datuk Jimmy Choo (born 15 November 1948) is a Malaysian fashion designer of Chinese descent based in the United Kingdom. He co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd, which became known for its handmade women's shoes.

Prompt: The fashion designer Jimmy Choo is best known for designing which item of clothing?

Answer: Orthopaedic footwear


Context: Hestia | " In the Ancient Greek religion, Hestia (, ""hearth"" or ""fireside"") is the virgin goddess of the hearth, the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. In Greek mythology, she is the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Customarily, in Greek culture, Hestia received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain, the hearth of the prytaneum functioned as her official sanctuary, and, when a new colony was established, a flame from Hestia's public hearth in the mother city would be carried to the new settlement. The goddess Vesta is her Roman equivalent."

Prompt: In Greek mythology, which virgin goddess of the hearth, home and cooking gave up her seat as one of the Twelve Olympians to tend to the sacred flame on Mount Olympus, for Dionysus?

Answer: HESTIA


Context: Eleonora Ehrenbergů |  Eleonora Ehrenbergů (sometimes spelled Eleonora Ehrenbergová or Eleonora Ehrenberg) (1 November 1832 – 30 August 1912) was a Czech operatic soprano. In 1854 she made her professional opera debut at the Estates Theatre in the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. In 1866 she created the role of Mařenka in the world première of Bedřich Smetana's The Bartered Bride, and in 1868 she portrayed Jitka in the premiere of Smetana's Dalibor. She retired from the stage sometime in the 1880s.

Prompt: How is the peasant girl 'Marenka' known in the title of an 1866 opera by Bedrich Smetana?

Answer: Bartered Bride (disambiguation)


Context: Alice in Wonderland (2010 film) |  three consecutive weekends at the North American box office. Alice closed in theaters on July 8, 2010 with $334.2 million. Outside North America, Alice is the thirteenth-highest-grossing film, the highest-grossing 2010 film, the fourth-highest-grossing Disney film, the second-highest-grossing film starring Johnny Depp and the highest-grossing film directed by Tim Burton. It began with an estimated $94 million, on top of the weekend box office, and remained at the summit for four consecutive weekends and five in total. Japan was the film's highest-grossing country after North America, with $133.7 million, followed by the UK, Ireland and Malta ($64.4 million), and France and the Maghreb region ($45.9 million).

Prompt: Which Tim Burton film is the highest-grossing film of 2010 and, already, the fifth highest-grossing film of all time worldwide?

Answer: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland


Context: Viv Richards | In 1986, Richards became the first batsman to score a Test century at a strike rate of over 150. ; Richards scored the fastest century in Test history (56 balls) in 1986, being sole record holder until his feat was first equalled by Misbah-ul-Haq in 2014 and then eclipsed by Brendon McCullum's 54-ball ton in 2016. ; Richards set a record for being the fastest batsman to 1,000 ODI runs (21 innings); this record has subsequently been equalled by Kevin Pietersen, Babar Azam, Jonathan Trott and Quinton de Kock. ; Along with Michael Holding, Richards holds the record for the highest ever 10th wicket partnership in ODI history.(106*) ; He also holds the record for the highest individual ODI score when batting at number 4 position (189*) ; He became the first player to score a fifty and to take a five wicket haul in the same ODI. He also became the first cricketer to score a century as well as to take a five wicket haul in the same ODI match. ; Richards was the first player to complete the double of scoring 1000 runs and taking 50 wickets in ODI history.

Prompt: In 1986, whilst facing England which West Indian batsman scored the fastest ever Test century in just 56 balls?

Answer: Sir Vivian Richards


Context: Phoenix Park Murders |  The Phoenix Park Murders were the fatal stabbings of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, on 6 May 1882. Cavendish was the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Burke was the Permanent Under-Secretary, the most senior Irish civil servant. The assassination was carried out by members of the rebel group Irish National Invincibles, a more radical breakaway from the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

Prompt: Known as the 'Phoenix Park Murders', the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke in 1882 occurred in which city?

Answer: UN/LOCODE:IEDUB


Context: Daniel Solander |  June the following year. In 1768, Solander gained leave of absence from the British Museum and with his assistant Herman Spöring accompanied Joseph Banks on James Cook's first voyage to the Pacific Ocean aboard the Endeavour. They were the botanists who inspired the name Botanist Bay (which later became Botany Bay) for the first landing place of Cook's expedition in Australia. Solander helped make and describe an important collection of Australian plants while the Endeavour was beached at the site of present-day Cooktown for nearly seven weeks, after being damaged on the Great Barrier Reef. These collections later formed the

Prompt: Who was the renowned English botanist who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his first voyage in 1768 and is credited with introducing Eucalyptus, Mimosa and Acacia to Europe?

Answer: Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet


Context: Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis |  Constantinos A. Doxiadis (also Konstantinos; 14 May 1913 – 28 June 1975), often cited as C. A. Doxiadis, was a Greek architect and town planner. He was known as the lead architect of Islamabad, the new capital of Pakistan in the 1960s, and later as the father of ekistics, which concerns the science of human settlements.

Prompt: The Greek architect Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis is best remembered for designing which Asian capital city?

Answer: PK-IS


Context: List of fictional computers | " fragment of the alien Eye of Zarnov crystal (1988) ; Priscilla, a sentient supercomputer based on the mind of Priscilla Bauman in Earth Star Voyager (1988) ; Holly, the onboard computer of the spaceship Red Dwarf in the BBC television series of the same name (1988) ; Gordon 8000, the AI computer aboard the Space Corps starship SS Scott Fitzgerald, that Holly plays a game of postal chess with in the Series II episode of Red Dwarf, ""Better Than Life"" (1988) ; Queeg, Holly plays a practical joke on the remaining crew of Red Dwarf acting as a smarter yet very strict computer (Queeg) making the "

Prompt: In the TV sit-com 'Red Dwarf', what was the name of the ship's sentient computer?

Answer: 'HOLLY'


Context: Mornington Peninsula |  On 17 December 1967, Prime Minister Harold Holt went swimming at Cheviot Beach on what is now Point Nepean National Park. At the time, however, it was still a restricted area. Holt, who was 59 and had had a recent shoulder injury, plunged readily into the surf. He disappeared from view and was never seen again. Despite an extensive search his body was never found. He was officially presumed dead on 19 December 1967.

Prompt: Which Australian Prime Minister went for a swim in 1967, never to be seen again?

Answer: Harold Holt


Context: Camp David |  Camp David is the country retreat for the president of the United States. It is located in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park, in Frederick County, Maryland, near the towns of Thurmont and Emmitsburg, about 62 miles (100 km) north-northwest of the national capital city of Washington, D.C. It is officially known as the Naval Support Facility Thurmont. Because it is technically a military installation, the staffing is primarily provided by the Seabees, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC), the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. Naval construction battalions are tasked with base construction and send detachments as needed. Originally known as Hi-Catoctin, Camp David was built as a camp for federal government

Prompt: In which American state is Camp David, the mountain retreat of the President of the U.S.A.?

Answer: Education in Maryland


Context: River Spey |  The River Spey (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Spè) is a river in the northeast of Scotland. It is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, as well as the second longest and fastest-flowing river in Scotland. It is important for salmon fishing and whisky production.

Prompt: Associated with salmon fishing and whisky production, which is the second longest river in Scotland?

Answer: Spey (disambiguation)


Context: Sei Shōnagon |  Sei Shōnagon (清少納言) was a Japanese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) around the year 1000 during the middle Heian period. She is the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子).

Prompt: Sei Shonagon was a Japanese court lady who served the Empress Teishi around the year 1000 AD and who is best known as the author of which book of courtly observations and musings?

Answer: Makura no soshi


Context: Brian De Palma |  Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and screenwriter. With a career spanning over 50 years, he is best known for his work in the suspense, crime and psychological thriller genres. His prominent films include mainstream box office hits such as Carrie (1976), Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987), and Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Blow Out (1981), Body Double (1984), Casualties of War (1989), Carlito's Way (1993), Femme Fatale (2002), and Passion (2012). De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors. His directing style often makes use of quotations from other films or cinematic styles, and bears the influence of filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard. His films have been criticized for their violence and sexual content but have also been championed by prominent American critics such as Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael.

Prompt: Which American film director and writer is best known for his suspense and thriller films, including 'Carrie'. 'Scarface', 'Carlito's Way' and 'Mission: Impossible'?

Answer: BRIAN de PALMA


Context: Cable length | "International: 185.2 m, equivalent to 1⁄10 nautical mile ; Imperial (Admiralty): 185.32 m, or 1⁄10 nautical mile, about 101 fathoms ; The traditional British fathom varied from 5+1/2 to 7 ft in the Merchant Navy, making the ""historical"" cable 169 m to 215.5 m. ; U.S. customary (US Navy): 219.5 metres, 120 fathoms (720 feet) A cable length or  length of cable is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or approximately 100 fathoms. Due to anachronisms and varying techniques of measurement, a cable length can be anywhere from 169 to 220 metres, depending on the standard used. The unit is named after the length of a ship's anchor cable in the Age of Sail. The definition varies: "

Prompt: Which unit of measurement is equal to one-tenth of a nautical mile?

Answer: Data Cable


Context: John Sherwood (athlete) | " Sherwood won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 for the 400 m hurdles. His time was 49.03 seconds, and he was third behind fellow British athlete David Hemery, who took gold, and German Gerhard Hennige (silver). The commentator, David Coleman, who in his great excitement after Hemery won, made the rather unfortunate remark ""who cares who's third - it doesn't matter!"" It was an early example of so-called Colemanballs. Sherwood also won a silver medal in the European Athletics Championships in 1969 and a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in 1970. He also represented England in the 400 metres hurdles event, at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was a regular on the popular BBC sports programme The Superstars in the '70s and early '80s and in 1980 came 2nd in the World Superstars Final in America. He had to turn professional to compete in the 100 metres of the 1980 UK grand final of the programme, as he would not have been able to keep his amateur status if he competed. He had the option not to run but chose to."

Prompt: Which British athlete won the Men's 400 metre Olympic Gold Medal in 1968?

Answer: DAVID HEMERY