Context: Scratch hardness |  Scratch hardness tests are used to determine the hardness of a material to scratches and abrasion. The earliest test was developed by mineralogist Friedrich Mohs in 1820 (see Mohs scale). It is based on relative scratch hardness, with talc assigned a value of 1 and diamond assigned a value of 10. Mohs's scale had two limitations: it was not linear, and most modern abrasives fall between 9 and 10. Raymond R. Ridgway, a research engineer at the Norton Company, modified the Mohs scale by giving garnet a hardness of 10 and diamond a hardness of 15. Charles E. Wooddell, working at the Carborundum Company, extended the scale further by using resistance to abrasion, and extrapolating the scale based on seven for quartz and nine for corundum, resulting in a value of 42.4 for South American brown diamond bort. Resistance to abrasion is less affected by surface variations than other methods of indentations. There is a linear relationship between cohesive energy density (lattice energy per volume) and Wooddell wear resistance, occurring between corundum (H=9) and diamond (H=42.5).

Prompt: In 'Moh's Scale' of hardness, Talc is at number 1, but what is number 2?

Answer: CaSO4·2H2O


Context: 1916 in British music | "28 March – Sir Hubert Parry's choral setting of William Blake's poem ""And did those feet in ancient time"" (which becomes known as ""Jerusalem""), is premièred at the Queen's Hall, London, having been written on 10 March. ; Gustav Holst completes composition of his orchestral suite The Planets, Op. 32. "

Prompt: Who wrote the music for 'Jerusalem'?

Answer: C. H. H. P.


Context: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex |  Harry entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 8 May 2005, where he was known as Officer Cadet Wales, and joined the Alamein Company. In April 2006, Harry completed his officer training and was commissioned as a Cornet (second lieutenant) in the Blues and Royals, a regiment of the Household Cavalry in the British Army. On 13 April 2008, when he reached two years' seniority, Harry was promoted to lieutenant. In 2006, it was announced that Harry's unit was scheduled to be deployed in Iraq the following year. A public debate ensued as to whether he should serve there. Defence Secretary John Reid said that he should be allowed to serve on

Prompt: What name is given to the lowest commissioned officer in a cavalry regiment, such as Prince Harry?

Answer: The Cornet


Context: Holy Lance |  In his opera Parsifal, Richard Wagner identifies the Holy Spear with two items that appear in Wolfram von Eschenbach's medieval poem Parzival: a bleeding spear in the Castle of the Grail and the spear that has wounded the Fisher King. The opera's plot concerns the consequences of the spear's loss by the Knights of the Grail and its recovery by Parsifal. Having decided that the blood on the Spear was that of the wounded Saviour – Jesus is never named in the opera – Wagner has the blood manifest itself in the Grail rather than on the spearhead.

Prompt: What was the name of the eponymous 'Knight of the Holy Grail' in an opera by Wagner?

Answer: Parcifal


Context: Fucus radicans |  Fucus radicans is morphologically similar to bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) which is dichotomously branched, and has brown leathery fronds known as thalli with a prominent midrib and globular air bladders. The main differences between the two are that plants of F. radicans are smaller and more bushy than F. vesiculosus and have narrower thalli. Bladderwrack is common on the foreshore on both sides of the temperate North Atlantic and the subarctic. F. radicans is endemic to the Baltic Sea, where it grows alongside F. vesiculosus.

Prompt: What sort of plant is 'Bladderwrack'?

Answer: Macroalgal


Context: Maintenance actions |  theme was repeated later in a cinematic form more recently in the movie Crimson Tide which pitted a task action oriented Captain (played by Gene Hackman) against a maintenance action Executive officer (played by Denzel Washington) in a battle for the crews' hearts and minds on a fictitious U.S.  naval submarine. A more popular view among group leaders and facilitators today is that groups rarely see leaders who exclusively choose one extreme of task actions versus the other extreme of maintenance actions, and are more likely to see a leader whose style is to combine the two styles of leadership in varying ways in relation to  their own understanding of their ability to lead.

Prompt: Which film about a submarine had as one of its stars Denzil Washington, whose character had violent disagreements with his Captain played by Gene Hackman?

Answer: 'CRIMSON TIDE'


Context: Abrázame Fuerte | Il Divo, the vocal quartet of male singers; Swiss tenor Urs Buhler, Spanish baritone Carlos Marin, American tenor David Miller and French pop singer Sébastien Izambard, along with Colombian producer winner of multiple Grammy Latino Julio Reyes Copello, recorded the song for the album Amor & Pasión from Il Divo (2015).

Prompt: Urs Buhler, Sebastian Izambard, Carlos Martin and David Millercomprise which singing group?

Answer: Il DIvo


Context: Regency Acts |  to succeed to the throne before his 18th birthday on 22 July 2031, his uncle, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (the Prince of Wales's younger son), would serve as regent (if domiciled in the United Kingdom, as required by the 1937 Act), as George's younger siblings Charlotte and Louis (currently fourth and fifth in line, respectively) would also be minors. In the event that Prince Harry would be unable to serve as regent (a possibility since his 2019 decision to take up residence in the United States), the next in line would be his uncle (Prince George's grand-uncle) Prince Andrew, Duke of York, followed by the Duke of York's elder daughter Princess Beatrice.

Prompt: Who is currently fifth in line to the Throne?

Answer: Princess beatrice of york


Context: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian season 3) | " The third season of Australia's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, which was commissioned by Network Ten on 1 August 2016, premiered on 29 January 2017. Casey Donovan won the series, beating Natalie Bassingthwaighte and footballer Dane Swan, and was crowned the first ever ""Queen of the Jungle"", the $100,000 prize money, was won for her selected charity, the Starlight Children's Foundation."

Prompt: Who was the first winner of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here'?

Answer: TONY BLACKBURN


Context: Chansonnier Cordiforme |   The Chansonnier Cordiforme (1470s) or Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu is a cordiform (heart-shaped) music manuscript, Collection Henri de Rothschild MS 2973, held in the Bibliothèque Nationale, in Paris, France. The manuscript was commissioned in Savoy between 1460 and 1477 by canon Jean de Montchenu, later Bishop of Agen (1477) and Bishop of Vivier (1478-1497). An edition was prepared by Geneviève Thibault de Chambure in 1952, and the complete manuscript was recorded by Anthony Rooley and the Consort of Musicke

Prompt: What shape is something that is 'Cordiform'?

Answer: Heart shaped


Context: Everything Changes (Torchwood) | " ""Everything Changes"" is the first episode of the British science fiction television programme Torchwood, which was first broadcast on 22 October 2006. The story was written by show creator and executive producer Russell T Davies as an introduction to the show's mythos. The episode re-introduces Captain Jack Harkness, who had proved popular in the first series of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, as the leader of Torchwood, a team of alien hunters. The story is told from the perspective of Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), who comes across the Torchwood team through her job as a police officer with the South Wales Police, who are investigating a series of strange deaths in Cardiff. Through "

Prompt: What is the name of the Welsh television producer and writer who created 'Torchwood'?

Answer: Stephen Russell Davies


Context: Joseph Crosthwait |  Joseph Crosthwait was chief assistant to John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal. Originally from Cumberland, Crosthwait came to the Observatory in 1708 and remained there until Flamsteed's death in 1719. Along with Flamsteed's widow, Margaret, and Abraham Sharp, he finalised publication of Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis Britannica and Atlas Coelestis.

Prompt: Who became the second Astronomer Royal upon the death of John Flamstead in 1619?

Answer: Sir Edmond Halley


Context: South Park (franchise) |  South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their bizarre adventures in and around the titular Colorado town. Much like The Simpsons, South Park uses a very large ensemble cast of recurring characters and became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a wide range of topics towards a mature audience. The pilot episode was produced using cutout animation, leading to all subsequent episodes being produced with computer animation that emulated the cutout technique. Parker and Stone perform most of the voice acting for the show's male characters. Since 2000, each episode has typically been written and produced in the week preceding its broadcast, with Parker serving as the primary writer and director. There have been a total of episodes over the course of the show's 23 seasons. The show's twenty-third season premiered on September 25, 2019. A special aired on September 30, 2020 and another special aired on March 10, 2021.

Prompt: The animated televisionseries 'South Park' is set in the fictional town of 'South Park' in which American state?

Answer: The Colorado River


Context: Oasis (1955 film) | infobox name: Oasis ; image: Oasis 1955 poster.jpg ; director: Yves Allégret ; producer: Gerd Oswald Luggi Waldleitner ; writer: Joseph Kessel Ben Barzman Georges Kessel ; starring: Michèle Morgan Cornell Borchers ; music: Paul Misraki ; cinematography: Roger Hubert ; editing: Claude Nicole ; studio: Criterion Productions Roxy Film ; distributor: 20th Century Fox (USA) ; released: 20 April 1955 (France) 17 April 1957 (USA) ; runtime: 104 minutes ; country: France / West Germany ; language: French

Prompt: Which film, released in 2008, and starring Ryan Reynolds and Rachel Weisz, shares its title with an album released by 'Oasis' in 1994?

Answer: Digsy's Dinner


Context: 2008 UEFA Cup Final |  The 2008 UEFA Cup Final was a football match that took place on 14 May 2008 at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England. It was the 37th annual final of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second tier club football tournament. The match, which was contested by Zenit Saint Petersburg of Russia and Rangers of Scotland, was billed as a battle between former Rangers manager Dick Advocaat, then the manager of Zenit, and incumbent Rangers boss Walter Smith, both of whom had completed the Scottish domestic treble; Smith in 1993, Advocaat in 1999. Zenit won the match 2–0 with goals from Igor Denisov and Konstantin Zyryanov, to claim their first UEFA Cup title, making them only the second Russian side to win the competition, after CSKA Moscow in 2004–05. The fixture is notable for having the largest travelling support in football history, with close to 200,000 Rangers fans travelling to Manchester for the occasion.

Prompt: At which English footballstadium is the UEFA Cup final to be held next month (May 2008)?

Answer: CITY OF MANCHESTER STADIUM or EASTLANDS


Context: July 1902 | "Joseph Chamberlain, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, sustained head injuries in an accident while a passenger in a horse-drawn carriage and under convalescent care for the next 10 days. A historian would later note of Chamberlain that ""during that time two events took place which, if he had been up and about, might conceivably have taken a different turning."" The British Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, chose the moment of Chamberlain's absence to resign and to ask King Edward VII to appoint Salisbury's nephew, Lord Balfour, as his successor. "

Prompt: Which British Prime Minister who came to office in 1894, took to riding around London in a carriage at night in an attempt to cure his lifelong insomnia?

Answer: EARL OF ROSEBERRY or ARCHIBALD PRIMROSE


Context: Frederick Lothrop Ames | " Ames was known widely as an art collector. He was a trustee of Boston's Museum of Fine Art, and gave the museum a number of artworks including several large jades and crystals. Ames also donated two Rembrandts, portraits of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp and his wife dated 1632. Ames' collection also included ""Pointer Dog"" by Constant Troyon, ""Tiger Hunt"" by Eugène Fromentin, several landscapes by Charles-François Daubigny, and several other paintings by French Romanticists. On October 6, 1885, the Ames estate in North Easton was robbed of several paintings, including ""Teybeck at Brousic"" by Stanisław Chlebowski, and ""Goose Girl"" by Jean-François Millet. In 1882, "

Prompt: William Milbourne Ames was the model for which painting of 1886?

Answer: 'BUBBLES' or 'A CHILD'S WORLD'


Context: Macedonia (region) |  NATO and an invitation for those three countries was planned to be issued on the NATO summit in Bucharest (Romania), in April 2008. Before the beginning of the summit, the American president Bush said that NATO would make a historic decision on the admission of three Balkan nations: Croatia, Albania and Macedonia; and that the United States strongly supported inviting these nations to join NATO. However, during the summit NATO leaders decided not to extend a membership invitation to Macedonia because Greece vetoed the move after the dispute over the name issue. The Macedonian representative and negotiator with Greece in

Prompt: Name either of the two European countries that were invited to join NATO earlier this month (April 2008)?

Answer: ALBANIA or CROATIA


Context: Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (UK Parliament constituency) |  The first Member of Parliament after the seat's creation in 2005, was the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown; who had previously represented Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005, and later succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister in 2007. At the general election of 2010, Brown was re-elected as an MP, but was defeated as Prime Minister, and soon resigned as Leader of the Labour Party. He announced that he would continue to serve as an Opposition backbencher, and did not retire from the Commons until the 2015 general election, which he did not contest. On that occasion, the SNP won parliamentary representation in the area for the first time, in line with the party's landslide victory throughout Scotland at that election. In 2017, Labour regained the seat from the SNP, with Lesley Laird winning over the SNP incumbent

Prompt: Prior to Gordon Brown, who was the last British Prime Minister to represent a Scottish constituency?

Answer: Alec Douglas-Home


Context: Canaletto | " Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or vedute, of Venice, Rome, and London, he also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut. He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756 he worked in England where he painted many views of London and other sites including Warwick Castle and Alnwick Castle. He was highly successful in England, thanks to the British merchant and connoisseur Joseph ""Consul"" Smith, whose large collection of Canaletto's works was sold to King George III in 1762."

Prompt: Give any year in the life of the painter Canaletto?

Answer: 1839 - 1906


Context: The Firm (2012 TV series) |  Both the novel and the film recount the story of an upstart attorney who unknowingly was hired by an organized crime enterprise's legal team. He became a whistleblower to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and brought down the corrupt Memphis law firm with Chicago mob ties. The TV series begins as the McDeere family emerge from witness protection to encounter old and new challenges. The novel sold seven million copies. The film starring Tom Cruise grossed over $158 million ($0 million in dollars) domestically and $111 million internationally ($270 million worldwide in 1993 dollars). It was the largest grossing R-rated movie of 1993 and of any film based on a Grisham novel. The week the film was released,

Prompt: Which 1993 film starring Tom Cruise, was about a young lawyer who eventually realised that the wealth of the Memphis law firm he worked for emanated from the Mafia?

Answer: Business and industry


Context: Perth Racecourse |  Perth Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue adjacent to the ancient Scone Palace, near Perth, Scotland. Perth Racecourse at the site in Scone Palace Parklands opened in 1908 and is the northernmost track in Britain. However, horse racing in Perth has taken place since 1613 and was moved to Scone Palace due to a drinking law ban in the North Inch park. Lord Mansfield subsequently offered his land for the construction of a racecourse. The course is right-handed and ten furlongs in circumference. The steeplechase course consists of eight fences per circuit, with the water jump situated in front of the grandstand. The hurdle course is located on the inside going away from the stands, but switches to the outside of the chase course turning into the home straight.

Prompt: Scone Castle shares its grounds with which racecourse?

Answer: Perth, AU-WA


Context: Mulligan (games) |  A mulligan is a second chance to perform an action, usually after the first chance went wrong through bad luck or a blunder. Its best-known use is in golf, whereby it refers to a player being allowed, only informally, to replay a stroke, although that is against the formal rules of golf. The term has also been applied to other sports, games, and fields generally. The origin of the term is unclear.

Prompt: In which sport may a 'Mulligan' be awarded?

Answer: Scramble (golf)


Context: Enemy at the Gates |  Enemy at the Gates (L'Ennemi aux portes) is a 2001 war film directed, co-written and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942-43. The screenplay was written by Annaud and Alain Godard. The film's main character is a fictionalized version of sniper Vasily Zaitsev, a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. It includes a snipers' duel between Zaitsev and a Wehrmacht sniper school director, Major Erwin König. The cast includes Jude Law as Zaitsev, Rachel Weisz as Tania Chernova, and Ed Harris as König, with Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman, Eva Mattes, Gabriel Marshall Thomson, and Matthias Habich in supporting roles.

Prompt: Which 2001 film starring Joseph Fiennes and Ed Harris is about two opposing snipers facing each other during the Battle of Stalingrad?

Answer: Enemy at the gates


Context: Anne Bancroft |  Bancroft's first husband was lawyer Martin May; they married on July 1, 1953, separated in November 1955 and divorced on February 13, 1957. She had previously been engaged to actor John Ericson in 1951. In 1961, Bancroft met Mel Brooks at a rehearsal for Perry Como's variety show Kraft Music Hall. Bancroft and Brooks married on August 5, 1964, at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau near New York City Hall, and remained married until her death. Their son, Max Brooks, was born in 1972. Bancroft worked with her husband three times on the screen: dancing a tango in Brooks's Silent Movie (1976), in his remake of To Be or Not to

Prompt: Which actor and producer married Anne Bancroft?

Answer: Mel Brookes


Context: Falsistrellus |  Falsistrellus is a genus of vespertilionid family of bats, small predatory flying mammals. They are known from Australia. The poorly researched species have been variously placed by authors, and revised again by studies of their distinct characteristics, consequently the falsistrelles may also be referred to as pipistrelles or false pipstrelles.

Prompt: Pipistrellus is a genus of which mammal?

Answer: BAT


Context: Half Man (band) | infobox name: Half Man ; origin: Sweden ; genre: Stoner rock Blues rock ; years_active: 1986–1988 1990–2002 ; label: Border Records Beard of Stars ; current_members: Janne Bengtsson Peter Lilja Patric Carlsson Roger Bengtsson Mats Nilsson Gunnar Andersson

Prompt: Which word completes the name of the rock band 'Half Man Half...'?

Answer: Nuclear launch codes


Context: Donald Keyhoe |  Keyhoe was born and raised in Ottumwa, Iowa. Upon receiving his B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1919, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. In 1922, his arm was injured during an airplane crash in Guam. During his long convalescence, Keyhoe began writing as a hobby. He eventually returned to active duty, but the injury gave Keyhoe persistent trouble, and, as a result, he retired from the Marines in 1923. He then worked for the National Geodetic Survey and U.S. Department of Commerce. In 1927, Keyhoe managed a very popular coast-to-coast tour by Charles Lindbergh. This led to Keyhoe's first book, 1928's Flying With Lindbergh. The book was a quick success, and led to a freelance writing career, with many of Keyhoe's articles and fictional stories (mostly related to aviation) appearing in a variety of leading publications. Keyhoe returned to active duty during World War II in a Naval Aviation Training Division before retiring again at the rank of Major.

Prompt: "Which 1968 book by Richard Hooker begins ""When Radar O'Reilly, just out of high school left Ottumwa, Iowa and enlisted in the United States Army...""?"

Answer: M.A.S.H.


Context: Berliner (format) |  The Indian business daily Mint, a collaboration with the Indian media house Hindustan Times Media Limited (HTML) and The Wall Street Journal, was among the first newspapers to use the Berliner format, starting from 1 February 2007. In Nepal, the Nepali Times became the first and the only newspaper using this format. In Pakistan, the English daily Pakistan Today is published in the Berliner format. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has been published in this format since 18 February 2007. Though very rarely used in Metro Manila, the Berliner is the most popular format in the Philippines. In the Ilocandia, some of the well-known names are the Zigzag Weekly, the Northern Dispatch—commonly called as Nordis—and the Northern Philippine Times.

Prompt: Which British daily newspaper is published in the Berliner format?

Answer: Guardian News


Context: Proboscidea |  species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. Elephantidae is the only surviving family of the order Proboscidea; extinct members include the mastodons. The family Elephantidae also contains several extinct groups, including the mammoths and straight-tusked elephants. African elephants have larger ears and concave backs, whereas Asian elephants have smaller ears, and convex or level backs. Distinctive features of all elephants include a long proboscis called a trunk, tusks, large ear flaps, massive legs, and tough but sensitive skin. The trunk is used for breathing, bringing food and water to the mouth, and grasping objects. Tusks, which are derived from the incisor teeth, serve both as weapons and as tools for moving objects and digging. The large ear flaps assist in maintaining a constant body temperature as well as in communication. The pillar-like legs carry their great weight.

Prompt: Which is the only mammal of the order Proboscidea?

Answer: Elephantinely


Context: László Almásy |  László Ede Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós (Almásy László Ede; ; 22 August/3 November 1895 – 22 March 1951) was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert explorer, aviator, Scout-leader and sportsman who served as the basis for the protagonist in both Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient (1992) and the movie adaptation of the same name (1996).

Prompt: Who according to the title of a 1992 novel was 'Count Lazzio de Almasy'?

Answer: The English Patient


Context: Tom Jones (Edward German) |  olde-English fa-la-las, and the patter songs are pallid lists. That leaves Edward German's music, which is for the most part very accomplished, beautifully orchestrated and redolent of both the English countryside (Somerset) and London's pleasure gardens (Ranelagh) in the eighteenth century. Somehow, this composer of antique incidental music for the stage ... feels more at home in the operetta world with the Elizabethan setting of his patriotic Merrie England. One wants a saucier treatment for Tom Jones, perhaps along the lines of The Beggar's Opera. But that would deprive us of hearing German's fine martial songs; his convoluted, challenging chorus writing;

Prompt: Who composed both 'Merrie England' and 'Tom Jones'?

Answer: Edward German Jones


Context: Anouk Aimée |  Aimée has been married and divorced four times: Edouard Zimmermann (1949–1950), director Nico Papatakis (1951–1954), actor and musical producer Pierre Barouh (1966–1969) and actor Albert Finney (1970–1978). She has one child, Manuela Papatakis (born 1951), from her second marriage.

Prompt: Which famous British actor is/was married to Anouk Aimee?

Answer: Albert Finney


Context: February 1976 | Hua Guofeng, the Minister of Public Security and a relatively obscure Deputy Premier in China, was appointed by the Chinese Communist Party as the Acting Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China, to fill the vacancy left by the death of Zhou Enlai on January 6. Western observers had expected that the senior Deputy Premier, Deng Xiaoping, would be appointed to the position.  At the same time that he was passed over by Chairman Mao Zedong to become the new Premier, Teng became the subject of a campaign against him in the form of 45 big-character posters, reminiscent of the Cultural

Prompt: Who was Prime Minister of China from 1949 to 1976?

Answer: Chao En-Lai


Context: Cordwainer |  British tradition distinguishes the terms cordwainer and cobbler, restricting cobblers to repairing shoes. In this usage, a cordwainer is someone who makes new shoes using new leather, whereas a cobbler is someone who repairs shoes. Medieval cordwainers used cordovan leather for the highest-quality shoes, but cordwainers also used domestically produced leathers and were not solely producers of luxury footwear.

Prompt: What, traditionally, would a Cordwainer make?

Answer: Orthopaedic footwear


Context: Yazoo (band) |  Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America) were an English synth-pop duo from Basildon, Essex, consisting of former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke (keyboards) and Alison Moyet (vocals). The duo formed in late 1981 after Clarke responded to an advertisement Moyet placed in a British music magazine, although the pair had known each other since their schooldays. Over the next 18 months the duo released two albums, Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both, which received critical acclaim for their production, particularly the blending of Clarke's synthesizer melodies with Moyet's blues- and soul-influenced vocals. Yazoo enjoyed worldwide success, particularly in their home country, where three of their four singles reached the top three of the UK Singles Chart and both their albums made the top

Prompt: Who together with Vince Clarke, formed the pop duo 'Yazoo'?

Answer: Alf Moyet


Context: List of capitals in Pakistan |  Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14 August 1967, exactly 20 years after the country's independence. The first capital of Pakistan was the coastal city of Karachi in Sindh, which was selected by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Karachi was and still is the largest city and economic capital of Pakistan. It remained the seat of government until 1959, when the military president, Ayub Khan, decided to build a new capital, Islamabad in the north of Pakistan, near the general headquarters of the Pakistani Armed Forces which is in Rawalpindi. During this process, Rawalpindi was the interim capital. It's believed the name of Islamabad was influenced from the Mughal name of the Bengali port city

Prompt: Between 1959 and 1967 which city was the capital of Pakistan (Islamabad was being built)?

Answer: Rāwalpindi, Pakistan


Context: Jaguar XK engine |  The pre-injection cars had either two or three SU, Weber, Zenith or Zenith-Stromberg carburettors of various sizes depending upon the model and market, although Weber carburettors were only available from the dealer or on the aftermarket, and not supplied by the factory. The exception to this was 2.4 litre cars up to the introduction of the 240, these earlier cars having twin Solex downdraught carburettors. Some D-Type sports racing cars received fuel injection, but it did not become available on the road cars until 1978, beginning on certain US market models in order to comply with government fuel-efficiency standards. It was eventually extended across the range and to all markets.

Prompt: In a car, what can be an 'SU', a 'Weber', or a 'Zenith'?

Answer: Four barrel carburetor


Context: Steptoe and Son |  The two main characters in the show are Albert Steptoe (Wilfrid Brambell) and Harold Steptoe (Harry H. Corbett). They have a large extended family who appear occasionally including many of Albert's brothers and sisters, among them Auntie May (Rose Hill), Uncle Arthur (George A. Cooper) and Auntie Minnie (Mollie Sugden).

Prompt: What was the middle name of the character 'Albert Steptoe' from the t.v. series 'Steptoe and Son'?

Answer: Ladysmith


Context: Liberal Democrat Federal Conference |  Conference is held twice per year, in Spring (usually March) and Autumn (September or early October). It is held in locations across the UK, at conference and convention centres in cities such as Sheffield, Glasgow and Cardiff. In recent years, locations have included the Brighton Centre, the York Barbican, and Bournemouth International Centre. The duration is usually three to four days. The party's first Conference was held in Blackpool, in September 1988. All locations are accessible on public transport by rail and road.

Prompt: The Liberal Democrats' 2011 Party Conference was held in which city?

Answer: County Borough of Birmingham


Context: Pillar box | " The advent of the British wayside letter box can be traced to Sir Rowland Hill, Secretary of the Post Office, and his Surveyor for the Western District, and noted novelist, Anthony Trollope. Hill sent Trollope to the Channel Islands to ascertain what could be done about the problem of collecting the mail on a pair of islands. The problems identified in the Channel Islands were caused by the irregular sailing times of the Royal Mail packet boats serving the islands due to weather and tides. Trollope subsequently arrived in Jersey in the early Spring of 1852 and proceeded to survey both islands. His recommendation back to Hill was to employ a device he may have seen in use in Paris: a ""letter-receiving "

Prompt: Which 19th century British novelist, who worked as a Surveyor for the Post Office, was reputedly instrumental in the introduction of the pillar box in 1852?

Answer: A Trollope


Context: Arsenal firm | " There are two Arsenal hooligan firms, The Gooners (a mutation of the club's nickname, The Gunners) and The Herd. The Gooners were a violent football hooligan firm mainly active in the 1980s and 1990s. However, the name is now used by most non-hooligan Arsenal supporters. The Herd was mainly active between the late 1970s and early 1990s, it still exists but prefers to stay undercover. The Herd are a violent football hooligan firm and have the distinctive war-cry E-I-E. The main rivals of The Herd in the 1980s and in the present day are West Ham's I.C.F., Tottenham Hotspur's Yid Army, Chelsea's Headhunters and Millwall's F-Troop (later known as the Millwall Bushwackers). Although The Herd was mainly considered to be a violent firm, a few members were not physically violent. Dainton Connell (aka Dainton ""The Bear"" Cornnell) was considered a folk hero by many Arsenal fans, but died in a car crash in 2007, with 3,000 mourners attending his funeral including several ex players. The Herd's two most notorious clashes were with Millwall fans at Highbury in 1988 and with Galatasaray fans in City Hall Square, Copenhagen in 2000."

Prompt: The 'Yid Army' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which London club?

Answer: Tottenham Hotspurs F.C.


Context: Milky Way (chocolate bar) | " A long-running advertising slogan for the product in the United Kingdom and Australia was, ""The sweet you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite"". In 1991, the Health Education Authority and anti-sugar lobbyists both complained, without success, to the Independent Television Commission that such advertising encouraged children to eat sweets between meals. The ITC agreed with Mars that its advertisements in fact encouraged restrained eating. Once marketed as a snack food that would not intrude on regular meals, modern marketing portrays the Milky Way as a snack reducing mealtime hunger and curbing the appetite between meals. A widely known advertisement was debuted in 1989, featuring a red 1951 Buick Roadmaster and a vehicle that resembles a blue "

Prompt: Which of the 'Spice Girls' advertised 'Milky Way' ob t.v.?

Answer: EMMA BUNTON (Baby Spice)


Context: Chinglish | " English first arrived in China in 1637, when British traders reached Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou (Canton). In the 17th century, Chinese Pidgin English originated as a lingua franca for trade between British people and mostly Cantonese-speaking Chinese people. This proto-Chinglish term ""pidgin"" originated as a Chinese mispronunciation of the English word ""business"". Following the First and Second Opium War between 1839–1842, Pidgin English spread north to Shanghai and other treaty ports. Pidgin usage began to decline in the late 19th century when Chinese and missionary schools began teaching Standard English. In 1982, the People's Republic of China made English the main foreign language in education. "

Prompt: Which language - originally a form of Anglo-Chinese jargon was used by traders and businessmen on the China coast?

Answer: PIDGIN ENGLISH


Context: James Hanratty |  James Hanratty (4 October 1936 – 4 April 1962), also known as the A6 Murderer, was a British criminal who was one of the final eight people in the UK to be executed before capital punishment was effectively abolished. He was hanged at Bedford Jail on 4 April 1962, after being convicted of the murder of scientist Michael Gregsten, aged 36, who was shot dead in a car on the A6 at Deadman's Hill, near Clophill, Bedfordshire in August 1961. Gregsten's mistress, Valerie Storie, was raped, shot five times, and left paralysed. According to Storie, the couple were abducted at gunpoint in their car at Dorney Reach, Buckinghamshire, by a man with a Cockney accent and mannerisms matching Hanratty's. The

Prompt: Who was hanged in 1962 for the murder of Michael Gregson?

Answer: A6 murder case


Context: First Battle of Ypres |  In 1925, Edmonds recorded that the Belgians had suffered a great number of casualties from 15–25 October, including 10,145 wounded. British casualties from 14 October – 30 November were 58,155, French losses were 86,237 men and of 134,315 German casualties in Belgium and northern France, from 15 October – 24 November, 46,765 losses were incurred on the front from the Lys to Gheluvelt, from 30 October – 24 November. In 2003, Beckett recorded 50,000–85,000 French casualties, 21,562 Belgian casualties, 55,395 British losses and 134,315 German casualties. In 2010, Sheldon recorded 54,000 British casualties, c. 80,000 German casualties, that the French had many losses and that the Belgian army had been reduced to a shadow. Sheldon also noted that Colonel Fritz von Lossberg had recorded that up to 3 November, casualties in the 4th Army were 62,000 men and that the 6th Army had lost 27,000 men, 17,250 losses of which had occurred in Armeegruppe Fabeck from 30 October – 3 November.

Prompt: 2004 is the 300th anniversary of Britain's first victory on European soil since Agincourt when Marlborough defeated the French in which battle?

Answer: Nixon (cocktail)


Context: List of rock formations in the United States | Mount Rushmore ; The Needles, Custer State Park

Prompt: In what US state is Mount Rushmore?

Answer: South dakota


Context: Tivoli (Copenhagen) |  Tivoli, also known as Tivoli Gardens, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark, and Wurstelprater in Vienna, Austria. With 4.6 million visitors in 2017, Tivoli is the most visited amusement park in Scandinavia and second-most popular seasonal amusement park in the world after Europa-Park. Tivoli is also the fifth-most visited amusement park in Europe, behind Disneyland Park, Europa-Park, Walt Disney Studios Park and Efteling. It is located in downtown Copenhagen, next to the Central rail station.

Prompt: In which capital city are the Tivoli gardens?

Answer: København, Denmark


Context: Animal husbandry | "  Pigs, for example, appear in several of Beatrix Potter's ""little books"", as Piglet in A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories, and somewhat more darkly (with a hint of animals going to slaughter) as Babe in Dick King-Smith's The Sheep-Pig, and as Wilbur in E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. Pigs tend to be ""bearers of cheerfulness, good humour and innocence"". Many of these books are completely anthropomorphic, dressing farm animals in clothes and having them walk on two legs, live in houses, and perform human activities. The children's song ""Old MacDonald Had a Farm"" describes a farmer named MacDonald and the various animals he keeps, celebrating the noises they each "

Prompt: In which Children's book does the character Wilbur the Pig appear?

Answer: Charlotte A. Cavatica


Context: Kalahari Desert | " The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savannah in Southern Africa extending for 900000 km2, covering much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa. It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African Namib coastal desert, whose name is of Khoekhoegowab origin and means ""vast place""."

Prompt: The Kalahari Desert lies chiefly in which country?

Answer: Country BWA


Context: Dunstanburgh Castle |  Dunstanburgh Castle is a 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland in northern England, between the villages of Craster and Embleton. The castle was built by Earl Thomas of Lancaster between 1313 and 1322, taking advantage of the site's natural defences and the existing earthworks of an Iron Age fort. Thomas was a leader of a baronial faction opposed to King Edward II, and probably intended Dunstanburgh to act as a secure refuge, should the political situation in southern England deteriorate. The castle also served as a statement of the earl's wealth and influence, and would have invited comparisons with the neighbouring royal castle of Bamburgh. Thomas probably only visited his new castle once, before being

Prompt: In which county is Dunstanburgh Castle?

Answer: Northd


Context: Boléro |  Ravel's composition is the centrepiece of Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto's 1976 film Allegro Non Troppo, a parody of Disney's 1940 film Fantasia. The animated accompaniment to Boléro is a parody of Disney's dinosaur sequence. The piece gained new attention after it was prominently featured in the 1979 romantic comedy 10, costarring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek. This resulted in massive sales, generated an estimated $1 million in royalties and briefly made Ravel the best-selling classical composer 40 years after his death. The ice dancing pair Torvill and Dean danced to a six-minute version of the work in winning the gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics, receiving perfect 6.0s for artistic merit. It is also used by Kamila Valieva in her Record-breaking 2021-22 season's free skate program. The eight-minute short film Le batteur du Boléro (1992) by Patrice Leconte concentrates on the drummer, played by Jacques Villeret, and the problems of his musical part. The film was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. This song played during the torch-lighting ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Prompt: What was the forename of the composer of the 'Bolero', which featured in the film '10' starring Bo Derek and Dudley Moore?

Answer: Maurice Joseph Ravel


Context: Dom Reardon |  Noted for a sketchy, deliberately rough black-and-white style, Reardon is often connected with fellow Brits Jock and Henry Flint. His work is clearly influenced by Mike Mignola, though other influences are said to include Kent Williams, Sean Phillips, Duncan Fegredo, Dean Ormston and Eduardo Risso.

Prompt: What connects Ray Reardon, Geoff Capes and Christopher Dean?

Answer: ALL FORMER POLICEMEN


Context: Isaac Kungwane |  There were soft road closures on 12th, 13th Avenues between Roosevelt Road and Vincent Tshabalala Road (London Road) in Johannesburg for his memorial service which took place at Three Square in Alexandra. Kungwane was buried in Fafung, Brits in North West.

Prompt: In which London Square will you find the Roosevelt Memorial?

Answer: Eisenhower Platz


Context: Iceland Sea |  The Iceland Sea is a small body of water delimited by the Jan Mayen fracture zone to the north, Greenland to the west, the Denmark Strait to the south, and the Jan Mayen Ridge to the east. Depths usually range from 500 to 2,000 meters but can be shallower on the Continental shelf of East Greenland. The Kolbeinsey Ridge crosses the Iceland Sea, dividing it into eastern and western parts. According to the International Hydrographic Organization, in its 1953 edition of the Limits of Oceans and Seas standard, which as of 2021 is still in force, the Greenland Sea comprises the area of the Iceland Sea. The proposed 2002 edition defines the Iceland Sea as a zone of its own.

Prompt: Which stretch of water lies between Iceland and Greenland?

Answer: Denmark Strait


Context: Jean Patou | " Jean Patou is credited with inventing the ""designer tie"" in the 1920s when men's ties, made in the same fabric as the women's dress collection, were displayed in department stores next to Patou's perfume counter. The designer tie style is still prominent amongst contemporary fashion designers, such as Louis Feraud, Timothy Everest, Duchamp and Paul Smith and Patrick McMurray. In 1925 Patou launched his perfume business with three fragrances created by Henri Alméras. In 1928, Jean Patou created ""Huile de Chaldée"", the first sun tan lotion."

Prompt: Which fashion designer wrote the book, 'Men Without Ties'?

Answer: GIANNI VERSACE


Context: Bruce Allan Clark | " critical constitutional question of the court's jurisdiction to proceed at all, i.e., habeas corpus. Habeas corpus, a Latin term meaning ""you have the body,"" refers to the right of every prisoner to challenge the terms of his or her incarceration in court before a judge, Habeas corpus A defendant normally must disclose an objection going to jurisdiction at first opportunity. When Clark asked to file a habeas corpus objection to the court's assumption of jurisdiction, the judge answered by citing him for criminal contempt of court. The essence of contempt of court is that the misconduct impairs the fair and efficient "

Prompt: "Which Latin legal term means ""You should have the body""?"

Answer: Writ of habeas corpus


Context: MALOVA |  The MALOVA (MALignant OVArian cancer) study is a multidisciplinary Danish study of ovarian cancer and encompasses epidemiology, lifestyle factors, biochemistry, and molecular biology with the purpose of identifying risk factors and prognostic factors for ovarian cancer.

Prompt: Of what is Malocology the scientific study?

Answer: Testaria


Context: RAF Lakenheath SSSI |  RAF Lakenheath is a 111 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest covering parts of RAF Lakenheath Royal Air Force base, east of Lakenheath in Suffolk. It is in the Breckland Special Area of Conservation. This grassland site on well-drained sandy soils has more rare plants than any other site in the county, including perennial knawel, Breckland thyme, wild grape hyacinth, sand catchfly, drooping brome and smooth rupturewort. There are also 22 nationally rare and 47 nationally scarce invertebrates. The site is private land with no public access.

Prompt: RAF Lakenheath is situated in which English county?

Answer: Wyverstone Street


Context: Wars and battles involving Prussia |  The War of the Bavarian Succession was fought between Prussia, Saxony and Bavaria on one side and Austria on the other.

Prompt: The War of Bavarian Succession was fought between Austria and which other country?

Answer: P:RUSSIA


Context: BDO World Darts Championship |  The women's World Championship started at the Lakeside in 2001 and Trina Gulliver has won ten championships. Her seventh title in 2007 took her overall record at the Lakeside to 20 match wins and having only dropped four sets in the history of the championship – one each in the finals of 2001, 2002 and 2007 and one in the quarter final of 2003. She managed a long run of 13 consecutive matches without dropping a single set, which started the semi-final of 2003 and ended in the final of 2007. In 2008, Anastasia Dobromyslova won the championship, becoming the first player other than Trina Gulliver to take the title. Following her appearance at the Grand Slam of Darts in November 2008, Anastasia Dobromyslova joined the Professional Darts Corporation, hence leaving the BDO and did not defend her title. 2009 saw five-time runner-up Francis Hoenselaar complete the Masters/World Championship double by beating Gulliver 2–1 in the final. 2012 was the first final without Gulliver, who lost in the semi-final to the eventual champion Dobromyslova. The finals:

Prompt: Who became the first BDO Women's World Darts Champion in 2001, winning her sixth world title in January 2006?

Answer: Catrina Gulliver


Context: Rastaman Vibration |  Rastaman Vibration is the eighth studio album by the reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers, released in April 1976.

Prompt: Which group recorded the 1976 album 'Rastaman Vibration'?

Answer: Bob Marley and the Wailers (band)


Context: Creative Energy Homes |  A ground-air heat exchanger, supplied by Rehau, lies to the front of the house and this consists of a network of horizontal pipes buried approximately 2m underground. At this depth the soil temperature only varies between 8-12 °C throughout the year. Therefore, in winter cold air can be pre-heated before being drawn into the house and in the summer the air can be cooled. A rainwater harvesting system has also been installed, which consists of a 3500 litres tank buried under the car parking space. It collects the run-off water from the roof. This water can be used for washing clothes, watering the garden, flushing the toilet and general cleaning. Water efficiency is also an important factor of the code for sustainable homes and using a rainwater harvesting

Prompt: What is the general term for heat energy that has been drawnfrom under the ground?

Answer: Geothermic gradient


Context: Wind |  Historically, the Beaufort wind force scale (created by Beaufort) provides an empirical description of wind speed based on observed sea conditions. Originally it was a 13-level scale (0-12), but during the 1940s, the scale was expanded to 18 levels (0-17). There are general terms that differentiate winds of different average speeds such as a breeze, a gale, a storm, or a hurricane. Within the Beaufort scale, gale-force winds lie between 28 kn and 55 kn with preceding adjectives such as moderate, fresh, strong, and whole used to differentiate the wind's strength within the gale category. A storm has winds of 56 kn to 63 kn. The terminology for tropical cyclones differs from one region to another globally. Most ocean basins use the average wind speed to determine the tropical cyclone's category. Below is a summary of the classifications used by Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers worldwide:

Prompt: With a 'Beaufort Scale' number of 8, and a wind speed of 39 - 46mph. How is this wind force described?

Answer: Galactose epimerase


Context: Rout of Ludford Bridge |  The Rout of Ludford Bridge was a largely bloodless confrontation fought in the early years of the Wars of the Roses. It took place on 12 October 1459, and resulted in a setback for the Yorkists. Although this seemed to be a triumph for the rival Lancastrians at the time, they had thrown away their advantage within six months.

Prompt: Which battle, the first of the War Of The Roses, took placein 1455 and saw the Yorkists victorious over the Lancastrians?

Answer: ST. ALBAN'S (1st battle of..)


Context: Minamikawara Stele |  An Itabi (板碑), also known as a Tōba (塔婆) or Ishitōba (石塔婆) is a type of pagoda or stupa in pre-modern Japanese Buddhism. These were flat stone stelae in various materials and shapes, but typically made from granite or blue-grey schist with a flattened surface and a flat, triangular or pyramidal shaped top, which is separated from the body by a pair of engraved grooves. The flattened area provided a surface which was engraved with Buddhist texts, symbols and/or bas-reliefs carvings. Common motifs included Sanskrit characters in a circle above a lotus decoration, poetic and religious texts, the date of commemoration, and information about the builder and

Prompt: A 'Tope', also known as a 'Stupa', is a domed structure erected as a burial place in which religion?

Answer: Búdachas


Context: Joy to the World | " The words of the hymn are by English minister and hymnist Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98, 96:11–12 and Genesis 3:17–18. The song was first published in 1719 in Watts' collection The Psalms of David: Imitated in the language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship. The paraphrase is Watts' Christological interpretation. Consequently, he does not emphasize with equal weight the various themes of Psalm 98. In first and second stanzas, Watts writes of heaven and earth rejoicing at the coming of the King. An interlude that depends more on Watts' interpretation than the psalm text, stanza three speaks of Christ's blessings extending victoriously over the realm of sin. The cheerful repetition of the non-psalm phrase ""far as the curse is found"" has caused this stanza to be omitted from some hymnals. But the line makes joyful sense when understood from the New Testament eyes through which Watts interprets the psalm. Stanza four celebrates Christ's rule over the nations."" The nations are called to celebrate because God's faithfulness to the house of Israel has brought salvation to the world."

Prompt: Which hymn, based on Psalm 90, by Isaac Watts to a tune by William Croft, is particularly associated with Rememberance Sunday?

Answer: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past


Context: English claims to the French throne |  he himself has), and the throne was given to the male line heir, Philip, Count of Valois, a first cousin of the deceased king. At the time, Edward paid homage to Philip VI for his Duchy of Aquitaine. In 1337, however, Edward, in his capacity as Duke of Aquitaine, refused to pay homage to Philip. The French king's response was to confiscate what was left of lands in English-held Aquitaine, namely Gascony, thus precipitating the Hundred Years' War and Edward's revival of his claim to the throne and title of King of France in 1340. The decision to assume the title

Prompt: In 1337 which English king claimed the throne of France, precipitating the '100 Years War'?

Answer: Edward III of England


Context: Eve |  Eve (حَوَّاء; Εὕα; Eva, Heva; Syriac: ܚܰܘܳܐ romanized: ḥawâ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman, yet some debate within Judaism has also given that position to Lilith. Eve is known also as Adam's wife. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam's companion. Adam is charged with guarding and keeping the garden before her creation; she is not present when God commands Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit – although it is clear that she was aware of the command. She decides to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil after she hears

Prompt: According to the Bible, what was Eve made from?

Answer: ADAM'S RIB


Context: Flying and gliding animals |  as hovering, either by rapidly flapping the wings, as do hummingbirds, hoverflies, dragonflies, and some others, or carefully using thermals, as do some birds of prey. The slowest flying non-hovering bird recorded is the American woodcock, at 8 km/h. ; Highest flying. There are records of a Rüppell's vulture Gyps rueppelli, a large vulture, being sucked into a jet engine 11550 m above Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa. The animal that flies highest most regularly is the bar-headed goose Anser indicus, which migrates directly over the Himalayas between its nesting grounds in Tibet and its winter quarters in India. They are sometimes seen flying well above the peak of Mount Everest at 8848 m.

Prompt: What kind of bird can fly the highest?

Answer: VULTURE (Ruppel'sGriffon Vulture)


Context: Top of the Pops | " and during the countdown stills in the Top 30 and Top 20 sections which were moved later on in the programme. From the edition of 7August 1980 to the edition of 2July 1981, ""Whole Lotta Love"" was heard only during the chart rundowns. ; 9 July 1981 to 27 March 1986: ""Yellow Pearl"" was commissioned as the new theme music. From May 1983 to July 1984, a re-recording of ""Yellow Pearl"" was played over the chart rundown and a soft rock version from August 1984 to March 1986. ; 3 April 1986 to 26 September 1991: ""The Wizard"", a composition by Paul Hardcastle. ; "

Prompt: 'Whole Lotta Love', 'Yellow Pearl', 'The Wizard', and 'Get Out Of That' have all been theme tunes to which television programme?

Answer: Top of The Pops


Context: Judeo-Christian ethics | " The first inaugural address of Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR), in 1933, the famous speech in which FDR declared that ""the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"", had numerous religious references, which was widely commented upon at the time. Although it did not use the term ""Judeo-Christian"", it has come to be seen by scholars as in tune with the emerging view of a Judeo-Christian tradition. Historian Mary Stuckey emphasizes ""Roosevelt's use of the shared values grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition"" as a way to unify the American nation, and justify his own role as its chief policymaker. In the speech, FDR attacked the "

Prompt: "Correct this quotation from FD Roosevelt.""The only thing we have to fear is the enemy""?"

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933 presidential inauguration


Context: Lidice massacre |  The Lidice massacre was the complete destruction of the village of Lidice, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, now the Czech Republic, in June 1942 on orders from Adolf Hitler and Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. In reprisal for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich in the late spring of 1942, all 173 men from the village who were over 15 years of age were executed on 10 June 1942. A further 11 men from the village who were not present at the time, were later arrested and executed soon afterwards, along with several others who were already under arrest. Out of a total 503 inhabitants, 307 women and children were sent to a makeshift detention center

Prompt: In 1942, which town was destroyed by Nazis in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrick?

Answer: Liditz


Context: 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles |  and Henman were in the same half of the draw and played each other in the semifinals. In one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history, seven-time champion Pete Sampras was eliminated by George Bastl in the second round, in what would be Sampras' last appearance at Wimbledon. The 1992 champion Andre Agassi suffered a second-round defeat to unseeded Paradorn Srichaphan, while future eight-time champion Roger Federer was defeated in the first round by qualifier Mario Ančić, his last defeat at Wimbledon before his record-tying five straight Wimbledon-titles between 2003 and 2007. This was the last major for 1997 finalist and former world No. 4 Cédric Pioline, losing in the first round to Marat Safin, and the last appearance for 1996 champion Richard Krajicek, reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Xavier Malisse.

Prompt: Who was the last man to wim the Men's Singles Championship at Wimbledon prior to Roger Federer?

Answer: Leyton Hewitt


Context: A21 road (England) | " For other roads with the same name see List of A21 roads. The A21 is a trunk road in Southern England, one of several which connect London and various commuter towns to the south coast. It provides a link to Hastings, East Sussex and parts of Kent. Half of the distance covered is over gently undulating terrain, with some hills and bends. Often traffic is slow-moving, particularly on weekdays on the short single carriageway stretches; and in summer with holiday traffic. Because of this, people have described the A21 as ""a joke"" and businesspeople have been reported to ""hate coming down the A21"". There have been many proposals to upgrade parts of the A21 in "

Prompt: The A2 connects London to which other town or city?

Answer: Dover RFC


Context: The Blues Brothers (film) | "infobox name: The Blues Brothers ; image: Bluesbrothersmovieposter.jpg ; border: yes ; alt: Movie poster with two of the main characters on the right-side of the image: They are both wearing black suits, hats, and sunglasses and facing forward. The man on the right is resting his arm on the shoulder of the man on the left. A police car is present on the left side of the image behind them. At the top of the image is the tagline, ""They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God."" At the bottom of the poster is the title of the film, cast names, and production credits. ; caption: Theatrical release poster ; director: John Landis ; producer: Robert K. Weiss ; writer: Dan Aykroyd ;  ; John Landis ; starring: John Belushi ;  ; Dan Aykroyd ;  ; James Brown ;  ; Cab Calloway ;  ; Ray Charles ;  ; Carrie Fisher ;  ; Aretha Franklin ;  ; Henry Gibson ; cinematography: Stephen M. Katz ; editing: George Folsey Jr. ; studio: Universal Pictures ; distributor: Universal Pictures ; runtime: 133 minutes ; country: United States ; language: English ; budget: $27.5 million ; gross: $115.2 million ; name: The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording ; type: Soundtrack ; artist: The Blues Brothers ; released: June 20, 1980 ; recorded: 1980 ; studio: Universal, Chicago; Record Plant, New York City ; genre: Blues, blues rock, blue-eyed soul ; length: 40:27 ; label: Atlantic ; producer: Bob Tischler ; prev_title: Briefcase Full of Blues ; prev_year: 1978 ; next_title: Made in America ; next_year: 1980"

Prompt: "Which movie of 1980 used the tag-line ""They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God""?"

Answer: Blues bros


Context: Voluntarism (action) | William Penn, who established the Quakers in the late 17th century, preached taking responsibility for others and improving the world. ; Cotton Mather, who lived during the colonial period, encouraged the formation of associations and causes. ; Benjamin Franklin organized a voluntary militia in Quaker-controlled Pennsylvania, whose pacifist legislature refused to support the American revolutionary war. ; Alexis de Tocqueville noted the unusually large number of voluntary associations in America. ; The Underground Railroad was a network of volunteers who helped slaves escape from their captors in the South. ; Dorothea Dix, a nurse, recruited and trained other women as nurses during the Civil War. ; Clara Barton also served as a Civil War nurse and went on to establish the American Red Cross in 1881 for relief of natural disasters, such as earthquakes. ; Jane Addams opened a settlement house in 1889 to teach volunteers how to help the poor improve their lives. ; In 1995, 93 million Americans volunteered an average of 4.3 hours per week. Voluntary provision of services to the religious, civil, medical, educational, environmental and other private or governmental organizations doubtless has a long history.

Prompt: Who founded the 'Quakers' in the 17th century?

Answer: George Fox


Context: Mu Librae |  μ Librae (Latinised as Mu Librae) is the Bayer designation for a probable triple star system in the zodiac constellation of Libra. They have a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.32, which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. With an annual parallax shift of 13.71 mas, the system is located at an estimated distance of around 240 light years. The inner pair consists of two A-type stars that, as of 2006, had an angular separation of 1.79 arc seconds along a position angle of 5.5°. They have an estimated physical separation of 139 AU. The primary, component A, is a visual magnitude 5.69 magnetic Ap star showing overabundances of the elements aluminum, strontium, chromium, and europium. Hence, it has a stellar classification of A1pSrEuCr. It is a photometric variable with periods of 25.399 d and 1.887 d. The surface magnetic field strength is 1,375 Gauss. The secondary, component B, is an Am star with a stellar classification of A6m. It has a visual magnitude of 6.72. The tertiary member, component C, is a magnitude 14.70 star at an angular separation of 12.90 arc seconds along a position angle of 294°, as of 2000.

Prompt: The Zodiac sign 'Libra' belongs to which element?

Answer: Air (film)


Context: Norton 650 Dominator |  The Norton 650 Dominator was a 650 cc vertical twin motorcycle manufactured by the British Norton Motorcycle Company from 1962 to 1967. Initially production was at Norton's Bracebridge St, Birmingham factory, but following the factory's closure in 1963, production was transferred to parent company AMC's works in Plumstead, London. Initially produced in single and twin carburettor versions, the single carb version were soon discontinued. The twin carb version, the 650SS, was described as the 'Best of the Dominators'.

Prompt: Which manufacturer produced a motor cycle called the 'Dominator'?

Answer: Nortonz


Context: List of Dickensian characters | Fagin is the leader of a group of pickpockets in Oliver Twist ; Fan Scrooge's sister in A Christmas Carol, mother of his nephew Fred. She has died before the story begins but lives again in the 'shadows' shown to Scrooge by the Ghost of Christmas Past. She is based on Dickens' own sister Fanny who died of consumption at age 38. ; Feeder, Mr The assistant to Dr Blimber in Dombey and Son, at the school in Brighton which the younger Paul Dombey attends. Later marries Blimber's daughter Cornelia and takes over the management of the school. ; Fezziwig, Mr hosts a Christmas party that Scrooge visits with the Ghost of Christmas past in A Christmas

Prompt: In which novel by Charles Dickens does 'Miss Cornelia Blimber' appear?

Answer: Dombey & Son


Context: Michael Jackson | "  Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, near Chicago, on August 29, 1958. He was the eighth of ten children in the Jackson family, a working-class African-American family living in a two-bedroom house on Jackson Street. His mother, Katherine Esther Jackson (née Scruse), played clarinet and piano, had aspired to be a country-and-western performer, and worked part-time at Sears. She was a Jehovah's Witness. His father, Joseph Walter ""Joe"" Jackson, a former boxer, was a crane operator at U.S. Steel and played guitar with a local rhythm and blues band, the Falcons, to supplement the family's income. Joe's great-grandfather, July ""Jack"" Gale, was a US Army "

Prompt: In which city was Michael Jackson born?

Answer: Gary Indiana


Context: United States one-hundred-dollar bill |  The United States one-hundred-dollar bill ($100) is a denomination of United States currency. The first United States Note with this value was issued in 1862 and the Federal Reserve Note version was launched in 1914, alongside other denominations. Statesman, inventor, diplomat, and American founding father Benjamin Franklin has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1914. On the reverse of the banknote is an image of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, which has been used since 1928. The $100 bill is the largest denomination that has been printed and circulated since July 13, 1969, when the denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000,

Prompt: Which US statesman is on the $100 bill?

Answer: A Tradesman of Philidelphia


Context: Outline of Virginia | " The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Virginia: Virginia (officially, the Commonwealth of Virginia) –  U.S. state located in the South Atlantic region of the United States. Virginia is nicknamed the ""Old Dominion"" due to its status as a former dominion of the English Crown, and ""Mother of Presidents"" due to the most U.S. presidents having been born there. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's estimated population as of 2013 is over 8.2 million."

Prompt: Which US state is called 'Old Dominion'?

Answer: The Virginia


Context: Retail format |  Hawkers also known as peddlers, costermongers or street vendors; refer to a vendor of merchandise that is readily portable. Hawkers typically operate in public places such as streets, squares, public parks or gardens or near the entrances of high traffic venues such as zoos, music and entertainment venues, but may also call on homes for door-to-door selling. Hawkers are a relatively common sight across Asia.

Prompt: What was the difference between a 'Hawker' and a 'Peddler'?

Answer: A HAWKER RIDES: A PEDDLER IS ON FOOT


Context: Events leading to the Falklands War | " The President of France, François Mitterrand, gave full support to the UK in the Falklands war. Sir John Nott, the British Secretary of State for Defence during the conflict, has acknowledged in his memoirs that ""in so many ways Mitterrand and the French were our greatest allies"". A large part of Argentina's military equipment was French-made, so French support was crucial. Sir John has revealed that France provided Mirage and Etendard aircraft, identical to the ones that the country had supplied to Argentina, for British pilots to train against. It is also disclosed in Sir John's memoirs that France provided intelligence to help fight the Exocet missiles that she had sold to Argentina, including details of special electronic "

Prompt: Who was the President of France at the time of the Falklands War?

Answer: Francois Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand


Context: 2010–11 in German football |  Hoffenheim, Pezziauli had managed several of Germany's youth national teams. 7 January 2011 – For a record-breaking transfer fee between €31–35 million, Bosnian striker Edin Džeko leaves VfL Wolfsburg to join Manchester City. 7 February 2011 – Having won only 1 of the previous 11 matches, VfL Wolfsburg sack Englishman Steve McClaren as manager. McClaren had taken the reins at Wolfsburg at the beginning of the season. He is replaced by his assistant, Pierre Littbarski. 13 February 2011 – In eighteenth place in the Bundesliga since late November, Borussia Mönchengladbach sack manager Michael Frontzeck. Frontzeck had managed the club for a

Prompt: What is the nationality of Manchester City's £27 million striker Edin Dzeko?

Answer: Bosnia-Hercegovnia


Context: List of books of the King James Version | " There are 80 books in the King James Bible; 39 in the Old Testament, 14 in the Apocrypha, and 27 in the New Testament. When citing the Latin Vulgate, chapter and verse are separated with a comma, for example ""Ioannem 3,16""; in English bibles chapter and verse are separated with a colon, for example ""John 3:16"". The Psalms of the two versions are numbered differently. The Vulgate follows the Septuagint numbering, while the King James Version follows the numbering of the Masoretic Text. This generally results in the Psalms of the former being one number behind the latter. See the article on Psalms for more details."

Prompt: In the King James Version, which eponymous book of the Old Testament follows 'Esther' and precedes 'Psalms'?

Answer: Vacancy (economics)


Context: Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner |  The Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner began on 10 December 2007, when she became President of Argentina. She was an Argentine Senator for the Buenos Aires Province at the time of her victory in the 2007 Presidential election. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the second female president of Argentina, and the first one directly elected as such (Isabel Martínez de Perón was elected as vice president, and became president after the death of Juan Domingo Perón). In elections of November 2015, she was succeeded by Mauricio Macri as President.

Prompt: Christina Kirchner was elected as the first female President of which South American country, in 2007?

Answer: Arxintina


Context: Flag of Sweden |  It is one of five flags that use the ratio 5:8, the others being Argentina, Guatemala, Palau, and Poland. It is one of only four flags that currently use the colour scheme of blue and yellow, the others being Kazakhstan, Palau, and Ukraine.

Prompt: Which are the only two colours to appear on the flags of Ukraine and Palau?

Answer: The Yellow & Blue


Context: List of foods named after people |  to work for the New York branch of Rothschild's. He became an extremely wealthy banker, married the daughter of Commodore Matthew Perry, and was a leading figure in New York society and American horse racing. This dish was created at Delmonico's by Charles Ranhofer, probably for a dinner given there in Belmont's honor. ; Eggs Benedict – at least two main accounts. Lemuel Benedict, a New York stockbroker, claimed to have gone to the Waldorf Hotel for breakfast one day in 1894 while suffering a hangover. He asked for a restorative in the form of toast, bacon, poached eggs, and Hollandaise

Prompt: Which dish, consisting of toast, bacon, poached egg and Hollandaise sauce, is named after a 19th century New York stockbroker?

Answer: Eggs Benedict


Context: Cucking stool |  A tumbrel, or tumbril (F tombereau) was a tipcart—usually used for carrying dung, sand, stones, and so forth—which transported condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.

Prompt: What name is given to the open carts used during the French Revolution to transport the condemned to the guillotine?

Answer: TUMBRELS


Context: 2012–2013 escalation of the Syrian civil war | " On 23 February 2012, the evening before an international ""Friends of Syria"" conference organised by the Arab League in Tunisia, The United Nations and the Arab League together appointed Kofi Annan as their envoy to Syria. 70 nations were present on the conference, Russia and China not among them; Syria called those nations attending ""historic enemies of the Arabs"". On 16 March, Kofi Annan submitted a six-point peace plan to the UN Security Council (see below), basically asking the Syrian government ""to address the legitimate aspirations and concerns of the Syrian people"", stop fighting, pullback military concentrations from towns, while simultaneously the Envoy would seek similar commitments from the Syrian opposition and other “elements”. On 5 April 2012, Annan told the UN General Assembly that the cease-fire deadline for the Syrian government would be 6 a.m. local time on Tuesday 10 April, and for the rebels 6 a.m. on 12 April. On 12 April 2012, both sides, the Syrian Ba'athist government and rebels of the FSA and some other factions, entered a UN-mediated ceasefire period."

Prompt: Who is the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria?

Answer: Kofi A Annan


Context: 2012 in the United Kingdom | 3 March – A meteor is seen over most of the United Kingdom at about 21:40 GMT. ; 14 March – It is announced that the towns of Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are being granted city status to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. ; 15 March – Unemployment now stands at a 17-year high of nearly 2,700,000 for January. ; 16 March – Dr. Rowan Williams announces he will retire as Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of the year having headed the Anglican Church since 2003. He will subsequently take up the role of Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. ; 17 March – Personal documents released from the papers of Margaret Thatcher show the former British Prime Minister

Prompt: Which English town was awarded city status in March this year?

Answer: Chelmsford, England


Context: Peter O'Toole |  award another seven times – for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). In 2002, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements. O'Toole was the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA Award for Best British Actor and one Primetime Emmy Award. Other performances include What's New Pussycat (1965), How to Steal a Million (1966), Supergirl (1984), and minor roles in The Last Emperor (1987) and Troy (2004). He also voiced Anton Ego, the restaurant critic in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007).

Prompt: Two of Peter O'Toole's nominations for Best Actor 'Oscar' were for playing which English king in two different films?

Answer: Henry II


Context: Nicole Kidman | " Nicole Mary Kidman was born on 20 June 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, while her Australian parents were temporarily in the United States on student visas. Her mother, Janelle Ann (née Glenny), is a nursing instructor who edited her husband's books and was a member of the Women's Electoral Lobby; her father, Antony Kidman, was a biochemist, clinical psychologist and author. Having been born in the American state of Hawaii to Australian parents, Kidman holds dual citizenship of Australia and the United States. She also has Irish and Scottish ancestry. Being born in Hawaii, she was given the Hawaiian name ""Hōkūlani"", meaning ""heavenly star"". The "

Prompt: Although both her parents are Australian, in which US state was Nicole Kidman born?

Answer: Haiwii


Context: 1986 FA Cup Final |  Liverpool won the match 3–1, thus completing the Double in Kenny Dalglish’s first season as a player manager. Everton led at half-time through Gary Lineker, before the second half saw Ian Rush score two goals and Craig Johnston one. As Liverpool had already won the league, Everton would have claimed a place in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup, but the ban on English clubs in European competitions following the Heysel disaster the previous season meant that they were unable to do so (in addition to Liverpool not claiming a place in the European Cup for their league win). This was Liverpool's third FA Cup Final victory, and their first since 1974. Everton, meanwhile, were playing in their third consecutive FA Cup Final and suffered their second consecutive defeat; notable changes from the side that had lost to Manchester United the previous year were

Prompt: Which Liverpool player scored two goals in both the semi-final and final of the FA Cup in 1986?

Answer: IAN RUSH


Context: International draughts | The game is played on a board with 10×10 squares, alternatingly dark and light. The lower-leftmost square should be dark. ; Each player has 20 pieces. In the starting position (see illustration) the pieces are placed on the first four rows closest to the players. This leaves two central rows empty.

Prompt: How many pieces does each player have at the start of a game of Draughts?

Answer: TWELVE


Context: Sleipnir | " In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse: ; ""slippy"" or ""the slipper"" ) is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Sleipnir is Odin's steed, is the child of Loki and Svaðilfari, is described as the best of all horses, and is sometimes ridden to the location of Hel. The Prose Edda contains extended information regarding the circumstances of Sleipnir's birth, and details that he is grey in color. Sleipnir is also mentioned in a riddle found in the 13th "

Prompt: Whose horse was called Sleipnir?

Answer: Odin (disambiguation)


Context: When Father Papered the Parlour |  When Father Papered the Parlour is a popular song, written and composed by R. P. Weston and Fred J. Barnes in 1910. It was performed by comedian Billy Williams, and was one of his most successful hits.

Prompt: Which word is missing from this music hall song 'When father papered the ......... You couldn't see pa for paste'?

Answer: PARLOUR


Context: Summer Holiday (1963 film) |  Don and friends Cyril, Steve and Edwin are bus mechanics at the huge London Transport bus overhaul works in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. During a miserably wet British summer lunch break, Don arrives, having persuaded London Transport to lend him and his friends an AEC Regent III RT double-decker bus. They convert the bus into a holiday caravan, which they drive across continental Europe, intending to reach the South of France. On the way, they are joined by a trio of young women Sandy, Angie and Mimsie, who are a singing group Do-Re-Mi, and change their destination to Athens in Greece, which means passing through Yugoslavia. They are also joined by a runaway singer Barbara pretending to be a boy, herself being pursued by her mother Stella and agent Jerry.

Prompt: In the 1963 film 'Summer Holiday' the four boys are joined by a girl trio during their journey. Name any of the three actresses in the trio.

Answer: UNA STUBBS, PAMELA HART or JACQUELINE DARYL


Context: Friedrich Wieck |  won. Wieck was forced to pay the couple a large sum, and he was sentenced to jail for 18 days for unruly courtroom behaviour, although it is not clear whether he actually served the sentence. Clara and Robert married on September 12, 1840, the day before her twenty-first birthday. For several months Wieck refused to release to Clara the piano from the Wieck home on which she had played since childhood; finally he was forced to do so by court order. By 1843 Wieck was a grandfather, Clara having given birth to the first two of her eight children, and Schumann was winning a growing reputation as a serious composer. Wieck invited Schumann to

Prompt: Which composer was married to Clara Wieck from 1840 until his death in 1856?

Answer: Schumann, Robert Alexander


Context: National emblem of East Germany | " The national emblem of East Germany featured a hammer and a compass, surrounded by a ring of rye. It was an example of what has been called ""socialist heraldry"". It was the only heraldic device of a European socialist state with a ring of grain which does not contain a red star."

Prompt: The flag of which extinct European country contained its coat-of-arms (a hammer and compass surrounded by a ring of rye) on the traditional tricolour from 1959 until 1990?

Answer: EAST GERMANY (accept GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)


Context: Three Men in a Boat | " (the narrator Jerome K. Jerome) and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who would become a senior manager at Barclays Bank) and Carl Hentschel (the founder of a London printing business, called Harris in the book), with whom Jerome often took boating trips. The dog, Montmorency, is entirely fictional but, ""as Jerome admits, developed out of that area of inner consciousness which, in all Englishmen, contains an element of the dog"". The trip is a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. Following the overwhelming success of Three Men in a Boat, Jerome later published a sequel, about a cycling tour in Germany, titled Three Men on the Bummel (also known as Three Men on Wheels, 1900)."

Prompt: What is the name of the dog in Jerome K Jerome's 'Three Men in a Boat'?

Answer: Montmorency (disambiguation)


Context: La Tosca (1973 film) |  who commits suicide rather than being taken in. Scarpia then arrests the painter for high treason. Lusting after Tosca, the baron blackmails her: he will have the painter freed if she yields to his sexual advances. She accepts, whereupon he makes a show of ordering his minions to have the painter shot with blanks. The letter of safe conduct written, Scarpia is then stabbed by Tosca, who then bolts off to Castel Sant'Angelo to be reunited with her lover. However, Cavaradossi is executed for real, and Tosca, in despair, throws herself off the ramparts of the castle. Life in Rome continues seemingly unchanged, with the clergy oblivious to the new times looming, and the changes about to overtake the world.

Prompt: Which operatic heroine dies by throwing herself from the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome?

Answer: TSCA (disambiguation)


Context: John Hannah (actor) |  In 2007–08, he played a starring role in the ITV crime drama Cold Blood. On 24 December 1997, Hannah and Scottish Films producer Murray Ferguson established a production company called Clerkenwell Films. Clerkenwell's first big production was the Rebus series, including Black And Blue and The Hanging Garden. However, Rebus was later taken in-house by STV Productions, and Hannah was replaced in the leading role in the series by Ken Stott. He is the voice of the Co-operative Group adverts in Europe. He played the part of Quintus Lentulus Batiatus, the owner of a gladiator training house, in Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Hannah played the recurring role of scientist Holden Radcliffe on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a recurring role during season three and got promoted to series regular during season four.

Prompt: Born on this day in 1962 John Hannah played which detective on TV, the role being taken over after the first series by Ken Stott?

Answer: The Inspector Rebus novels


Context: Incitatus | " Incitatus (, meaning ""swift"" or ""at full gallop"") was the favourite horse of Roman Emperor Caligula (reigned 37–41 AD). According to legend, Caligula planned to make the horse a consul."

Prompt: Whose horse was called Incitatus?

Answer: Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus


Context: Francis Xavier | " on Shangchuan Island. He was beatified by Pope Paul V on 25 October 1619 and canonized by Pope Gregory XV on 12 March 1622. In 1624, he was made co-patron of Navarre. Known as the ""Apostle of the Indies"" and ""Apostle of Japan"", he is considered to be one of the greatest missionaries since Paul the Apostle. In 1927, Pope Pius XI published the decree ""Apostolicorum in Missionibus"" naming Francis Xavier, along with Thérèse of Lisieux, co-patron of all foreign missions. He is now co-patron saint of Navarre, with Fermin. The Day of Navarre in Navarre, Spain, marks the anniversary of Francis Xavier's death, on 3 December 1552."

Prompt: Which saint was known as "The Apostle of the Indies"?

Answer: St Francis Xavier


Context: La Blanche Hermine | " The song is a rhymed seven-syllable laisse. The ermine from the title was the heraldic animal of the Duchy of Brittany, a sovereign feudal state. The lyrics are about a villager who meets ""a band of sailors, workers and peasants"" who are going to ambush the ""Franks"" and win their freedom. He joins them and sings about the plight of his wife, visiting her and children in secret during the war, and possibly dying for his homeland. The chorus mentions the fortresses of Fougères and Clisson, which seems to point to the feudal wars of the Bretons against the French at the border of the duchy. However, the rebels' ""charged guns"" indicate a more recent past; therefore, the only plausible period is believed to be the Chouannerie war of the French Revolution, popularized by La Villemarqué in Barzaz Breiz. The song is often found in collections dedicated to the Chouans, the War in the Vendée, and the Legitimists, but also in general collections of military songs."

Prompt: Herisson is the heraldic name of which small animal?

Answer: Domestic Hedgehog


Context: Pope Adrian VI |  Pope Adrian VI (Hadrianus VI; Adrianus/Adriaan VI), born Adriaan Florensz Boeyens (2 March 1459 – 14 September 1523), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 January 1522 until his death on 14 September 1523. The only Dutchman to become pope, he was the last non-Italian pope until Polish John Paul II 455 years later. Born in the Episcopal principality of Utrecht, Adrian studied at the University of Leuven in the Low Countries, where he rose to the position of professor of theology, also serving as rector (the equivalent of vice-chancellor). In 1507, he became the tutor of the future Holy Roman

Prompt: What nationality was Pope Adrian the sixth, the only man from that country to have held the position?

Answer: Dtuch


Context: List of unusual units of measurement |  in a space its size; in 2018, it was estimated that approximately 2.6 billion people could fit on the Isle of Wight, at a population density of six people per square metre. In Denmark, the island of Bornholm (588 square kilometers) is often used to describe the size of an area. In Germany, the Saarland (2569.69 km2) is often used to define areas. In Brazil, it is common to compare relatively small areas to the state of Sergipe (21910.4 km2), the smallest in the country. Smaller areas are sometimes compared to the cities of São Paulo (1521.11 km2) or Rio de Janeiro (1221 km2).

Prompt: Which word can mean a unit of measurement of a small island?

Answer: English inch


Context: Plato |  timocracy, the ruling class is made up primarily of those with a warrior-like character. Oligarchy is made up of a society in which wealth is the criterion of merit and the wealthy are in control. In democracy, the state bears resemblance to ancient Athens with traits such as equality of political opportunity and freedom for the individual to do as he likes. Democracy then degenerates into tyranny from the conflict of rich and poor. It is characterized by an undisciplined society existing in chaos, where the tyrant rises as a popular champion leading to the formation of his private army and the growth of oppression.

Prompt: A democracy is a society ruled by the people. What name is given to a society ruled by the wealthy?

Answer: Plutocrats


Context: Symphony No. 5 (Mendelssohn) |  The Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor, Op. 107, known as the Reformation, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1830 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession. The Confession is a key document of Lutheranism and its Presentation to Emperor Charles V in June 1530 was a momentous event of the Protestant Reformation. This symphony was written for a full orchestra and was Mendelssohn's second extended symphony. It was not published until 1868, 21 years after the composer's death – hence its numbering as '5'. Although the symphony is not very frequently performed, it is better known today than when it was originally published. Mendelssohn's sister, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, chose the name Reformation Symphony.

Prompt: Whose fifth symphony is known as "The Reformation"?

Answer: Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy


Context: Glossary of nautical terms | " (CPOs and POs were issued with neat rum.) From the British Admiral Vernon who, in 1740, ordered the men's ration of rum to be watered down. He was called ""Old Grogram"" because he often wore a grogram coat, and the watered rum came to be called grog. Specific quantities of grog were often traded illegally as a form of currency; a sailor might repay a colleague for a favour by giving him part or all of his grog ration, ranging from ""sippers"" (a small amount) via ""gulpers"" (a larger quantity) to ""grounders"" (the entire tot). Additional issues of grog were made on the command "

Prompt: Nicknamed "Old Grog", which 18th century Admiral ordered the watering down of Royal Navy rum rations?

Answer: Admiral Edward Vernon


Context: Roland Charmy |  Roland Charmy (12 January 1908 in Paris – 1987) was a French classical violinist and academic of the Conservatoire de Paris. He was the son of the homonymous writer (1885–1959), whose real name was Charles Touchet. He was a teacher of Patrick Bismuth. In 1936, he married the celebrated harpist Lily Laskine. They are both buried, along with Roland Charmy Sr., at the Saint-Ouen Cemetery.

Prompt: What wa American composer Hoagy Charmichael's real full Christian name?

Answer: Hoagland


Context: Sentry box |  The sentry box at the entrance to Buckingham Palace features in the poem of the same name by A. A. Milne in the collection When We Were Very Young and in the illustration by E. H. Shepard which accompanied it.

Prompt: Which name is the last word of the second line of each verse of the poem Buckingham Palace by A A Milne?

Answer: ALICE (They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice)


Context: Enigma Variations | "  Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen variations on an original theme. Elgar dedicated the work ""to my friends pictured within"", each variation being a musical sketch of one of his circle of close acquaintances (see musical cryptogram). Those portrayed include Elgar's wife Alice, his friend and publisher Augustus J. Jaeger and Elgar himself. In a programme note for a performance in 1911 Elgar wrote: ""This work, commenced in a spirit of humour & continued in deep seriousness, contains sketches of the composer's friends. It may be understood that these personages comment or "

Prompt: How many Enigma Variations did Edward Elgar compose?

Answer: FOURTEEN


Context: Lynn Redgrave |  Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, to actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Her sister is actress Vanessa Redgrave; her brother was actor and political activist Corin Redgrave. She was the aunt of writer/director Carlo Gabriel Nero and of actresses Joely Richardson, Jemma Redgrave and Natasha Richardson, and the sister-in-law of director Tony Richardson, actress Kika Markham and Italian actor Franco Nero. Her grandfather was silent screen leading man Roy Redgrave.

Prompt: By what first name was the actor brother of Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave known?

Answer: CORIN


Context: London Zoo |  disease in 1938. His skeleton and skin were purchased by Leeds Museums and Galleries and are on display in Leeds, UK at Leeds City Museum and Leeds Discovery Centre. Guy, a western lowland gorilla, arrived at the zoo on Guy Fawkes Night (hence the name) 1947 from Paris Zoo, and lived at the zoo until his death in 1978. Over his 32-year life, he became one of the zoo's best-loved residents. After years of trying to find a mate, in 1969 five-year-old Lomie arrived from Chessington Zoo. They were kept separated for a year to adjust to each other, until they were finally united. Although they got on

Prompt: What was the name of the western lowland gorilla that arrived at London Zoo in November 1947, living there until his death in 1978?

Answer: Air Guyane


Context: Charlie Chan | "The House Without a Key (1925) ; The Chinese Parrot (1926) ; Behind That Curtain (1928) ; The Black Camel (1929) ; Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) ; Keeper of the Keys (1932) The character of Charlie Chan was created by Earl Derr Biggers. In 1919, while visiting Hawaii, Biggers planned a detective novel to be called The House Without a Key. He did not begin to write that novel until four years later, however, when he was inspired to add a Chinese-American police officer to the plot after reading in a newspaper of Chang Apana and Lee Fook, two detectives on the Honolulu police force. Biggers, who disliked the Yellow Peril stereotypes he found when he came to California, explicitly conceived of the character as an alternative: ""Sinister and wicked Chinese are old stuff, "

Prompt: Which writer created the detective Charlie Chan?

Answer: EARL DERR BIGGERS


Context: Hereditary peer | " The ranks of the Peerage in most of the United Kingdom are, in descending order of rank, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron; the female equivalents are duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness respectively. Women typically do not hold hereditary titles in their own right, one significant change to this however was in 1532 when Henry VIII created the Marquess of Pembroke title for his soon to be wife, Anne Boleyn. Anne held this title in her own right and was therefore ennobled with the same rank as a male Viscount. In the Scottish peerage, the lowest rank is lordship of Parliament, the male holder thereof being known as a lord of Parliament.<ref name=""DCA"" A Scottish barony "

Prompt: Which is the lowest rank of the Peerage?

Answer: BARON


Context: Paparazzi | " translation by Italian poet Margherita Guidacci of By the Ionian Sea, a 1901 travel narrative in southern Italy by Victorian writer George Gissing. He further states that either Fellini or Flaiano opened the book at random, saw the name of a restaurant owner, Coriolano Paparazzo, and decided to use it for the photographer. This story is further documented by a variety of Gissing scholars and in the book ''A Sweet and Glorious Land. Revisiting the Ionian Sea''. By the late 1960s, the word, usually in the Italian plural form paparazzi, had entered English as a generic term for intrusive photographers. A person who has been photographed by the paparazzi is said to have been ""papped""."

Prompt: "What is the English translation of the Italian word ""paparazzi""?"

Answer: LITTLE FLEAS


Context: Endymion (poem) | " This poem is quoted by Monsieur Verdoux in Charlie Chaplin's homonymous film, before committing a moonlit murder. ""Our feet were soft in flowers..."". The first line (""A thing of beauty is a joy for ever"") is quoted by Mary Poppins in the 1964 Disney movie, while she pulls out a potted plant from her bag. It is also referenced by Willy Wonka in the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory upon introducing the Wonkamobile, and in the 1992 American sports comedy film White Men Can't Jump, written and directed by Ron Shelton."

Prompt: "Which classic poem's first line is ""A thing of beauty is a joy forever""?"

Answer: ENDYMION (Keats)


Context: Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom) |   Warrants are currently granted by the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Warrants issued by the Queen Mother automatically expired no later than 2007, five years after her death. Upon the death of the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in April 2021, warrants issued in his name became void; however warrant holders were permitted to continue to use the Royal Arms and the Legend for up to two years. Royal Warrants are only awarded to tradesmen, such as carpenters, engravers, cabinet makers, dry-cleaners, even chimney sweeps. Some are well-known companies; many are not. The professions, employment agencies, party planners, the media, government

Prompt: Which Duke is the only person allowed by Royal Warrant, to keep a private army in Great Britain?

Answer: Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle


Context: Battle of Flodden |  The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor ) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English victory. The battle was fought near Branxton in the county of Northumberland in northern England, between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by the Earl of Surrey. In terms of troop numbers, it was the largest battle fought between the two kingdoms. After besieging and capturing several English border castles, James encamped his invading army on a commanding hilltop position at Flodden and awaited the English force which had been sent against him, declining a challenge to fight in an open field. Surrey's army therefore carried out a circuitous march to

Prompt: The battle of 'Flodden Field' took place in which English county?

Answer: Northd


Context: District 5, Düsseldorf |  The district is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Düsseldorf Airport is located in Lohausen, part of District 5. Stations include Düsseldorf Airport, Düsseldorf-Angermund and both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn light rail- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. The district can also be reached via Bundesautobahn 44, 52 and 59 as well as Bundesstraße 7 and 8.

Prompt: Which German city is served by 'Lohausen Airport'?

Answer: Duesseldorf


Context: Characters in As You Like It |  Sir Oliver Martext is a vicar who is called to perform the marriage of Touchstone and Audrey.

Prompt: 'Sir Oliver Martext' is avicar in which of Shakespeare's comedies?

Answer: Oliver Mar Text


Context: National Gallery |  The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The Gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Its collection belongs to the government on behalf of the British public, and entry to the main collection is free of charge. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic it attracted only 1,197,143 visitors, a drop of 50 per cent from 2019, but it still ranked eighth on the list of most-visited art museums in the world. Unlike comparable museums

Prompt: Which art gallery is in Trafalgar Square?

Answer: National Gallery, London, England