Context: List of footballers with 500 or more goals | " are other claims to the record; the Guinness World Records credits Pelé as the scorer of the ""most career goals"", with 1,279, and in 2007, Brazilian striker Romário celebrated scoring what he claimed was his 1,000th goal but later admitted his tally included friendly matches; they are reported to have scored 767 and 772 goals, respectively,   with Pelé's total including one goal for the military team and nine goals for the state team of São Paulo at the State Team Championship. The Encyclopædia Britannica notes that Brazilian Arthur Friedenreich is ""officially recognised"" by FIFA to have scored 1,329 goals, although there is little evidence for, and no documentation of, this claim."

Prompt: Which footballer, with 77 goals, has scored the most goals in internationals for Brazil?

Answer: Pel%5CxC3%5CxA9


Context: Penguin (character) | " The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character made his first appearance in Detective Comics #58 (December 1941) and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. The Penguin is one of Batman's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman's rogues gallery. The Penguin is a Gotham City mobster who fancies himself the ""Gentleman of Crime"". He is most often seen wearing a monocle, top hat, and tuxedo while carrying his signature umbrella. The character appears most times as a short, fat man with a long nose. Penguin uses high-tech umbrellas as different tools. His umbrellas have been used "

Prompt: Oswald Cobblepot is a devious crime-boss who is seldom seen without one of his trick-umbrellas. How is this Batman villain better known?

Answer: Penguin (comics)


Context: Presidency of Benjamin Harrison | " Benjamin Harrison's term as the president of the United States lasted from March 4, 1889, until March 4, 1893. Harrison, a Republican, took office as the 23rd United States president after defeating Democratic incumbent President Grover Cleveland in the 1888 election. Four years later he was defeated for re-election by Cleveland in the 1892 presidential election. Harrison is the only president to be preceded and succeeded by the same individual. Harrison is also the only president to be the grandson of another president. Harrison and the Republican-controlled 51st United States Congress (derided by opponents as the ""Billion Dollar Congress"") enacted the most ambitious domestic agenda of the late-nineteenth century. Hallmarks of his administration include the McKinley Tariff, which imposed historic protective trade rates, and the Sherman Antitrust Act, which empowered the federal government to investigate and prosecute trusts. Due in large part to surplus revenues "

Prompt: Which US President succeeded Grover Cleveland in 1889 and was succeeded by Cleveland in 1893?

Answer: B. Harrison Administration


Context: Meryl Streep |  For Kramer vs. Kramer, Streep won both the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, which she famously left in the ladies' room after giving her speech. She was also awarded the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress, National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress for her collective work in her three film releases of 1979. Both The Deer Hunter and Kramer vs. Kramer were major commercial successes and were consecutive winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Prompt: Meryl Streep has won 2 Oscars for Best Actress but for which 1979 film did she win Best Supporting Actress?

Answer: Kramer v kramer


Context: Wilma Flintstone |  Wilma Flintstone is a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones. Wilma is the red-headed woman married to caveman Fred Flintstone, daughter of Pearl Slaghoople, and mother of Pebbles Flintstone. Her best friend is her next door neighbor, Betty Rubble. Wilma's personality is based on that of Alice Kramden, married to Ralph Kramden on the 1950s television series The Honeymooners. Much like Alice, Wilma plays the strong-willed, level-headed person in her marriage, often criticizing Fred for pursuing his various ill-fated schemes. Wilma is often the one to bail out Fred when one of his schemes lands him in trouble or brings up the problem.

Prompt: What was the name of the daughter of Fred and Wilma Flintstone?

Answer: PEBBLES


Context: Presidency of Millard Fillmore |  The presidency of Millard Fillmore began on July 9, 1850, when Millard Fillmore became President of the United States upon the death of Zachary Taylor, and ended on March 4, 1853. Fillmore had been Vice President of the United States for 22 years, 4 months when he became the 13th United States president. Fillmore was the second president to succeed to the office without being elected to it, after John Tyler, as well as the last Whig president. His presidency ended after losing the Whig nomination at the 1852 Whig National Convention. Fillmore was succeeded by Democrat Franklin Pierce. Upon taking office, Fillmore dismissed Taylor's cabinet and pursued a new policy with

Prompt: Which US President died in office in July 1850 to be succeeded by his Vice President Millard Fillmore?

Answer: Zachary Talor


Context: Málaga Airport |  Málaga Airport, officially Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport (Aeropuerto de Málaga-Costa del Sol) since June 2011, is the fourth busiest airport in Spain after Madrid–Barajas, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca. It is an important airport for Spanish tourism as it is the main international airport serving the Costa del Sol. It is 8 km southwest of Málaga and 5 km north of Torremolinos. The airport has flight connections to over 60 countries worldwide, and over 14.4 million passengers passed through it in 2015. In 2017, 18.6 million passengers passed through Málaga Airport. The airport operates with three terminals. The third terminal adjacent to the previous two opened on 15 March 2010,

Prompt: The name of which Spanish city is in the full title of Costa del Sol Airport?

Answer: Pedregalego


Context: List of international goals scored by Ferenc Puskás |  Ferenc Puskás was a footballer who represents the Hungary national football team as a striker between 1945 and 1956. He is his country's top scorer in international football, having scored 84 goals in 85 appearances for Hungary.

Prompt: Who, with 84 goals in 85 games is Hungary's highest international goal scorer?

Answer: Ferenc Puskas


Context: List of least concern mammals | Golden jackal ; Coyote ; Gray wolf ; Black-backed jackal ; Crab-eating fox ; Culpeo ; South American gray fox ; Pampas fox ; Hoary fox ; Raccoon dog ; Bat-eared fox ; Gray fox ; Bengal fox ; Blanford's fox ; Cape fox ; Corsac fox ; Tibetan sand fox ; Arctic fox ; Kit fox ; Pale fox ; Rüppell's fox ; Swift fox ; Red fox ; Fennec fox}} {{#invoke:biglist|columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Side-striped jackal

Prompt: Which animal has the varieties Arctic, Bat-Eared and Fennec?

Answer: Fox (network)


Context: 1960s in fashion | " 1960s. Mary Quant, A British designer, was one of the pioneers of the miniskirt during 1960. She named the skirt after her favorite car, the Mini Cooper. Quant introduced her design in the mid 1960s at her London boutique, Bazaar. She has said: "" We wanted to increase the availability of fun for everyone. We felt that expensive things were almost immoral and the New Look was totally irrelevant to us."" Miniskirts became popular in London and Paris and the term ""Chelsea Look"" was coined. Andre Courreges was a French fashion designer who also began experimenting with hemlines in the early 1960s. He started to "

Prompt: "Which fashion designer popularised the mini skirt and ran a Chelsea boutique called ""Bazaar""?"

Answer: Mary Quant Cosmetics


Context: Abraham Van Helsing | The Thames Television 1988–1993 children's animation Count Duckula featured the character Dr. Von Goosewing, voiced by Jimmy Hibbert. A mad scientist and vampire hunter, Von Goosewing is a parody of Van Helsing. He is a goose that speaks in a German accent, and wears an outfit not unlike that of Sherlock Holmes. He pursues Count Duckula relentlessly, never able to comprehend that Duckula is actually completely harmless. He is a terrible scientist, often getting injured by his own crackpot inventions, and he is supremely unobservant, often bumping into Duckula and conversing with him for several minutes without realising to whom he is speaking. ; The 1990 series Dracula: The Series

Prompt: Who voiced Count Duckula in an animated 1980's and 1990's television series of the same name?

Answer: David Jason filmography


Context: Our Town | " Our Town is a 1938 metatheatrical three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. Throughout, Wilder uses metatheatrical devices, setting the play in the actual theatre where it is being performed. The main character is the stage manager of the theatre who directly addresses the audience, brings in guest lecturers, fields questions from the audience, and fills in playing some of the roles. The play is performed without a set on a mostly bare stage. With a few exceptions, the actors mime actions without the use of props. Our Town was first performed at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey in 1938. It later went on to success on Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Described by Edward Albee as ""the greatest American play ever written"", the play remains popular today and revivals are frequent."

Prompt: "The fictional setting Grover's Corner, New Hampshire, for the 1938 Broadway play ""Our Town"" was created by which Pulitzer Prize winning playwright?"

Answer: Thornton Wilder


Context: David Shore | " to the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes. That hero was Dr. Gregory House, the main character of House, M.D played (with an American accent) by the British actor, comedian, and musician Hugh Laurie. Although NBC took a pass on the series, Fox picked it up, and by the end of the first season, it was their biggest new hit of 2004–05. Shore wrote or co-wrote five episodes of that first season, including its pilot and the Season One pre-finale, ""Three Stories"", in which he intricately wove the stories of three patients, while also revealing the reason for Dr. House's limp and Vicodin (hydrocodone) addiction. The latter "

Prompt: "Which British comedian and actor played Dr Gregory House in the US TV series ""House""?"

Answer: Hugh Laurie


Context: Doves as symbols | "  According to the biblical story (Genesis 8:11), a dove was released by Noah after the Flood in order to find land; it came back carrying a freshly plucked olive leaf (Hebrew: עלה זית alay zayit), a sign of life after the Flood and of God's bringing Noah, his family and the animals to land. Rabbinic literature interpreted the olive leaf as ""the young shoots of the Land of Israel"" or the dove's preference for bitter food in God's service, rather than sweet food in the service of men. The Talmud compares the spirit of God hovering over the waters to a dove that hovers over her young. "

Prompt: In the book of Genesis, Chapter 8, verse 11, when the dove returned to Noah's ark, what was it carrying in its beak?

Answer: Olive leaf extract


Context: Marchioness of Bath |  Marchioness of Bath is the principal courtesy title of the wife of the Marquess of Bath.

Prompt: What courtesy title is held by the heir to the Marquis of Bath?

Answer: Viscount Weymouth


Context: Orrery |   There is an orrery built by clock makers George Graham and Thomas Tompion dated c1710 in the History of Science Museum, Oxford. Graham gave the first model, or its design, to the celebrated instrument maker John Rowley of London to make a copy for Prince Eugene of Savoy. Rowley was commissioned to make another copy for his patron Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, from which the device took its name in English. This model was presented to Charles' son John, later the 5th Earl of Cork and 5th Earl of Orrery. Independently, Christiaan Huygens published in 1703 details of a heliocentric planetary machine

Prompt: The orrery, invented in 1710 by George Graham was in use for several centuries despite its inaccuracies in size and distance. What is it a model of?

Answer: Inner Solar System


Context: Euronext Amsterdam | " The Amsterdam stock exchange is considered the oldest ""modern"" securities market in the world. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was established in 1602 by the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or ""VOC"") for dealings in its printed stocks and bonds. It was subsequently renamed the Amsterdam Bourse and was the first to formally begin trading in securities. The Sephardic Jewish writer Joseph de la Vega's Confusion of Confusions (1688) is the first full length work about the stock exchange, its participants and shareholders. Prior to that, the market existed primarily for the exchange of commodities. In 1602, the States General of "

Prompt: Which European city has the world's oldest stock exchange formed in 1602?

Answer: Classis of Amsterdam


Context: List of mammals of Argentina | Suborder: Feliformia ; Family: Felidae (cats) ; Subfamily: Felinae ; Genus: Herpailurus ; Jaguarundi, H. yagouaroundi ; Genus: Leopardus ; Pampas cat L. colocola ; Geoffroy's cat L. geoffroyi ; Kodkod, L. guigna ; Southern tigrina L. guttulus ; Andean mountain cat L. jacobitus ; Ocelot L. pardalis ; Oncilla L. tigrinus ; Margay L. wiedii ; Genus: Puma ; Cougar, P. concolor ; Subfamily: Pantherinae ; Genus: Panthera ; Jaguar, P. onca ; Suborder: Caniformia ; Family: Canidae (dogs, foxes) ; Genus: Dusicyon ; Dusicyon avus EX ; Genus: Lycalopex ; Culpeo, Lycalopex culpaeus LC ; South American gray fox, Lycalopex griseus LC ; Pampas fox, Lycalopex gymnocercus LC ; Genus: Cerdocyon ; Crab-eating fox, Cerdocyon thous LC ; Genus: Speothos ; Bush dog,

Prompt: Kodkod, margay, oncilla and caracal are all types of what?

Answer: (Wild) at


Context: Mona Lisa | " Mona Lisa of Cubism"". The avant-garde art world has made note of the Mona Lisas undeniable popularity. Because of the painting's overwhelming stature, Dadaists and Surrealists often produce modifications and caricatures. In 1883, Le rire, an image of a Mona Lisa smoking a pipe, by Sapeck (Eugène Bataille), was shown at the ""Incoherents"" show in Paris. In 1919, Marcel Duchamp, one of the most influential modern artists, created L.H.O.O.Q., a Mona Lisa parody made by adorning a cheap reproduction with a moustache and goatee. Duchamp added an inscription, which when read out loud in French sounds like ""Elle a chaud au cul"" meaning: ""she has a hot ass"", implying the woman in the painting is in a "

Prompt: In 1919, which Dadaist created L.H.O.O.Q., a parody of the Mona Lisa, in which a moustache and goatee beard were added to a reproduction of the painting?

Answer: Marcel du Champ


Context: Sanctified Lady | " one woman who is untainted and incorruptible."" Regarding the earlier receptions of the song and its title, Gaye once stated to ex-wife Janis that ""Some say the song is beneath me. And yes, there is humor implicit in the title. But it is no joke. To find a church girl, pure and innocent... I need a woman as flawless as my own mother.” Years later, guitarist and longtime collaborator Gordon Banks (Gaye's brother-in-law) helped to finish the track by adding a choir and an electronic beat throughout the song, plus a vocodered chant of the title at the beginning."

Prompt: Who said "I married beneath me. All women do."?

Answer: Nancy astor


Context: Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé |   The interior has wood veneering that wraps around the 8/9ths top portion of the cabin from coach door to coach door and ends in a crafted convertible tonneau cover, finished in teak panelling sandwiched between an interior band of contrasting hardwood and the bare stainless steel motif of the car's upper exterior bodywork. Like the 100EX and 101EX, the dashboard and the steering wheel are from the Phantom. Triangular A-pillars with quarter glass, and spring-loaded pop-up rollover hoops behind the rear seats, provide additional strength and protection for the convertible body.

Prompt: Rolls Royce dashboards are traditionally finished in the veneer of which type of wood?

Answer: Akhrot


Context: Charles J. Guiteau |  Charles Julius Guiteau (September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882) was an American writer and lawyer who assassinated James A. Garfield, president of the United States, on July 2, 1881. Guiteau falsely believed he had played a major role in Garfield's election victory, for which he should have been rewarded with a consulship. He was so offended by the Garfield administration's rejections of his applications to serve in Vienna or Paris that he decided to kill Garfield, and shot him at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. Garfield died two months later from infections related to the wounds. In January 1882, Guiteau was sentenced to death for the crime, and was hanged five months later.

Prompt: Which American president was assassinated by Charles Guiteau in 1881?

Answer: Presidency of James Garfield


Context: Pott's fracture | " tibia is known as a ""trimalleolar fracture"". An example of Pott's fracture would be in a sports tackling injury. The player receives a blow to the outside of the ankle, causing the ankle to roll inwards (so that the sole of the foot faces laterally). This damages the ligaments on the inside of the ankle and fractures the fibula at the point of contact (usually just above the tibiofibular syndesmosis). A better way to visualize this is the two hands of a clock, with one hand facing 12 and the other facing 6. The vertical line they form represents the fibula of the person's right leg. The lateral force approaches from 3 o'clock, sending the lower hand snapping outwards to point at 5 o'clock. Bimalleolar fractures are less likely to result in arthritis than trimalleolar fractures."

Prompt: In which part of the body might one sustain a Pott's Fracture? \

Answer: Ancle


Context: Soup du Barry |  Soupe DuBarry (Potage DuBarry or Velouté DuBarry or Crème DuBarry) is a French soup made from cauliflower, potatoes, and stock (traditionally veal stock). The use of stock makes it a velouté; the addition of cream and an egg-yolk makes it a crème.

Prompt: "The culinary term ""Du Barry"", indicates the presence of which vegetable?"

Answer: Purple cauliflower


Context: Venues of the 2014 Commonwealth Games |  Ibrox Stadium, in the South Side, was the venue for the Rugby Sevens tournament. Mountain biking was held on the Cathkin Braes in Rutherglen, the Royal Burgh neighbouring the City. The Hampden Park hosted all the track and field events as well as the closing ceremony.

Prompt: In which stadium was the 2014 Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens tournament held?

Answer: The Hunnery


Context: The Everly Brothers | " own music in 1956, and their first hit song came in 1957, with ""Bye Bye Love"", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. The song hit No. 1 in the spring of 1957, and additional hits would follow through 1958, many of them written by the Bryants, including ""Wake Up Little Susie"", ""All I Have to Do Is Dream"", and ""Problems"". In 1960, they signed with the major label Warner Bros. Records and recorded ""Cathy's Clown"", written by the brothers themselves, which was their biggest selling single. The brothers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1961, and their output dropped off, though additional hit singles continued through 1962, with ""That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)"" being "

Prompt: """Bye Bye Love"" in 1957 was the first hit single for which duo?"

Answer: Isaac Donald Everly


Context: Paul Bayes |  On 7 July 2010 it was announced that Bayes would succeed Christopher Foster as Bishop of Hertford upon Foster's translation to Portsmouth. Bayes was duly consecrated a Church of England bishop on 21 September 2010 at St Paul's Cathedral and installed at St Albans Cathedral on 25 September 2010. On 7 May 2014 it was announced that Bayes was to become the next (8th) Bishop of Liverpool; his canonical election was confirmed on 23 July 2014. Bayes was installed at Liverpool Cathedral on 15 November 2014. Bayes is the Visitor of St Peter's College, Oxford; he was chosen from among the Church's diocesan bishops, and may serve until he ceases to be one.

Prompt: Who was installed as Anglican Bishop of Liverpool in November 2014?

Answer: (Rt Rev) Paul Bayes


Context: Limehouse |  election, Attlee became Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Limehouse, which he represented while Deputy Prime Minister. After WWII he moved constituencies to Walthamstow West. On 25 January 1981, MPs Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins, William Rodgers and David Owen made the Limehouse Declaration from the bridge over Limehouse Cut in Narrow Street: it announced the formation of the Council for Social Democracy in opposition to the granting of block votes to the trade unions in the Labour Party to which they had previously belonged. They soon became leading politicians in the Social Democratic Party. Today, Limehouse is part of the constituency of Poplar and Limehouse and has been represented in the House of Commons since 2019 by Apsana Begum MP (Labour), and in the London Assembly since 2016 by Unmesh Desai AM (also Labour).

Prompt: Which British Prime Minister served the constituencies of Limehouse and Walthamstow West?

Answer: Premiership of Clement Attlee


Context: Raphanus | " Raphanus (Latin for ""radish"" ) is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. Carl Linnaeus described three species within the genus: the cultivated radish (Raphanus sativus), the wild radish or jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum), and the rat-tail radish (Raphanus caudatus). Various other species have been proposed (particularly related to the East Asian daikon varieties) and the rat-tail radish is sometimes considered a variety of R. sativus, but no clear consensus has emerged. Raphanus species grow as annual or biennial plants, with a taproot which is much enlarged in the cultivated radish. Unlike many other genera in the family Brassicaceae, Raphanus has indehiscent fruit that do not split open at maturity to reveal the seeds. The genus is native to Asia, but its members can now be found worldwide. Growing wild, they are regarded as invasive species in many regions. Raphanus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including cabbage moth, Endoclita excrescens, the garden carpet, and the nutmeg. The genomes of Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish) and Raphanus sativus (cultivated radish) have been sequenced."

Prompt: Raphanus Sativus is the Latin name of what vegetable, which has varieties including Cherry Belle, Sicily Giant and Daikon?

Answer: Icicle radish


Context: Call for the Dead | " Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel, published in 1961. It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters, in a story about East German spies inside Great Britain. It also introduces a fictional version of British Intelligence, called ""the Circus"" because of its location in Cambridge Circus, that is apparently based on MI6 and that recurs throughout le Carré's spy novels. Call for the Dead was filmed as The Deadly Affair, released in 1966."

Prompt: Whose debut novel was the 1961 book Call of the Dead?

Answer: John le Carre


Context: Narendra Modi |  After the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance won a landslide in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. He became the first Prime Minister born after India's independence from the British Empire in 1947. Modi started his second term after the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance won again in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Modi became the 4th longest serving Prime Minister of India and the longest serving Non-Congress Prime Minister in 2020.

Prompt: Who was elected Prime Minister of India in 2014?

Answer: Narendra Modi bibliography


Context: Thousand-bomber raids | "30–31 May 1942 : First thousand-bomber raid, 1,047 aircraft dispatched in ""Operation Millennium"" against Cologne. This saw the first use of the ""bomber stream"" to overwhelm enemy radar and defences by flying in a narrow dense formation. Bomber Command recorded 868 bombers attacking the target with 1,455 tons of bombs. Over three thousand buildings were destroyed and another nine thousand damaged. Number of dead = ? ; 1–2 June 1942 : Second thousand-bomber raid on Essen, 956 aircraft were dispatched but the target was obscured and bombing was not effective ; 25–26 June 1942 : Third thousand-bomber raid on Bremen. Bomber Command assembled 960 aircraft including aircraft from No. 2 Group RAF's day bombing force to which RAF Coastal Command added 102 aircraft. The attack was spread across the Focke-Wulf factory, the A.G. Weser shipyard, the Deschimag shipyard, and an area attack on the town and docks. GEE radio navigation partially offset cloud cover over the target and just under 700 aircraft bombed Bremen. "

Prompt: "Which city was the target of the first ""Thousand Bomber Raid"" on May 30th/31st 1942?"

Answer: UN/LOCODE:DECGN


Context: Flavian dynasty |  The Flavian dynasty ruled the Roman Empire between AD 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian (69–79), and his two sons Titus (79–81) and Domitian (81–96). The Flavians rose to power during the civil war of 69, known as the Year of the Four Emperors. After Galba and Otho died in quick succession, Vitellius became emperor in mid 69. His claim to the throne was quickly challenged by legions stationed in the Eastern provinces, who declared their commander Vespasian emperor in his place. The Second Battle of Bedriacum tilted the balance decisively in favour of the Flavian forces, who entered Rome on December 20. The following day, the Roman Senate officially declared Vespasian emperor of the Roman Empire, thus commencing the Flavian dynasty. Although the dynasty proved to be short-lived, several significant

Prompt: Roman Emperor Vespasian came to power in 69AD - the Year of the Four Emperors. Name any of the other three Emperors that year.

Answer: Galba, Otho, Vitellius


Context: Behavior Genetics Association |  The association gives several yearly awards for accomplishments in the field of behavioral genetics. The Dobzhansky Award, named after its first president, is given for lifetime accomplishments and is chosen by the three most recent past presidents. The Fuller & Scott Award is an early career award for accomplishments by researchers that are within seven years of receiving their terminal degree. The award is named after former presidents John L. Fuller and John Paul Scott and the award committee is the same as for the Dobzhansky Award. The Thompson and Rowe awards, are named after former president W. R. Thompson (1977), and David C. Rowe,

Prompt: David Copperfield and Ali Bongo have been recent winners of the David Devant Award, named after the first President of which society?

Answer: Magic Circle


Context: 1350s in England | Monarch – Edward III

Prompt: Who was King of England in 1350?

Answer: Edward III of England


Context: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |  Soviet Union was established so that Gorbachev still retained his role as leader of the Soviet Union. Following the failed August coup of 1991, Gorbachev resigned as General Secretary. He was succeeded by his deputy, Vladimir Ivashko, who only served for five days as Acting General Secretary before Boris Yeltsin, the President of Russia, suspended all activity in the Communist Party. Following the party's ban, the Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP–CPSU) was established by Oleg Shenin in 1993. The UCP–CPSU works as a framework for reviving and restoring the CPSU. The organisation has members in all the former Soviet republics.

Prompt: Who did Michael Gorbachev succeed as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?

Answer: Constantin Chernenko


Context: Colchester |  Colchester is a historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex, in the East of England. Colchester occupies the site of what was Camulodunum, the first major Roman city in, and sometime capital of, Roman Britain. Colchester lays claim to be Britain's oldest recorded town. Colchester has been a military garrison since the Roman era and is currently home to the 16th Air Assault Brigade. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 138,131. Situated on the River Colne, Colchester is 50 mi northeast of London and is connected to the capital by the A12 road and its railway station which is on the Great Eastern Main Line. It is seen as a popular town for commuters, and is less than 30 mi from London Stansted Airport and 20 mi from the passenger ferry port of Harwich. Colchester is home to Colchester Castle and Colchester United Football Club. The demonym is Colcestrian.

Prompt: Colchester stands on which river? The river shares its name with a Lancashire town.

Answer: Colne


Context: Nadiya Hussain | " Hussain appeared in and won the sixth series of The Great British Bake Off which aired from 5 August to 7 October 2015. During the final she baked 16 iced buns in three hours, as well as raspberry-flavoured mille-feuille, to one of Paul Hollywood's recipes, in two hours, and a multi-layered presentation cake which took the form of ""My Big Fat British Wedding Cake"", in a time of four hours. During her acceptance speech, she said: ""I'm never gonna put boundaries on myself ever again. I'm never gonna say I can't do it. I'm never gonna say 'maybe'. I'm never gonna say, "

Prompt: Which competition was won by Nadiya Hussain in 2015?

Answer: Edd Kimber


Context: Kaye (surname) | Sir Emmanuel Kaye, British businessman ; John William Kaye, British military historian ; John Lister-Kaye, British naturalist ; Jonathan Kaye (linguist), linguist ; Judith Kaye, American judge ; Martin Kaye (1919-1977), British Anglican priest ; Mel Kaye, programmer of legend ; Nora Kaye, American ballerina ; Otis Kaye, American artist ; Paul Kaye, British comedian ; Wendy Kaye, American model

Prompt: Which original surname is shared by Mel Brookes and Danny Kaye?

Answer: Kamiński


Context: Adelén | infobox name: Adelén ; image: Adelén MGP 2013.jpg ; caption: Adelén, in 2013 ; birth_name: Adelén Rusillo Steen ; birth_date: November 4, 1996 ; birth_place: Tønsberg, Norway ; instrument: Vocals ; genre: Pop · dance-pop · Latin pop ; occupation: Singer ; years_active: 2013–present ; label: Sony · Eccentric · Universal ; associated_acts: Mileo ; website: http://www.adelenmusic.com

Prompt: What is pop singer Adele's surname?

Answer: Adkins


Context: Pasha Kovalev | Green number indicates Caroline & Pasha were at the top of the leaderboard For the twelfth series of the show in 2014, it was announced that Kovalev would partner former The Xtra Factor presenter, Caroline Flack. The couple earned the first perfect 40 of the series for their salsa in the semi-finals, followed by an additional 3 in the finals giving them a perfect total of 120 points, a feat unmatched in the history of the competition. On 20 December 2014, the couple were crowned the champions of the series. As the reigning Strictly champions, The couple performed their Salsa routine a second time during the launch show of Series 13.

Prompt: Which competition was won by Caroline Flack in December 2014?

Answer: People's Strictly


Context: Monkey hanger | " The local football club, Hartlepool United F.C., capitalised on their ""Monkey Hangers"" nickname by creating a mascot called ""H'Angus the Monkey"" in 1999. Two of the town's six rugby union clubs use variations of the hanging monkey, Hartlepool Rovers crest being a beret wearing monkey hanging from a gibbet, while Hartlepool RFC neckties sport a rugby ball kicking monkey suspended from a rope. One wearer of the monkey suit, Stuart Drummond, unexpectedly became the first directly elected mayor of Hartlepool in 2002 while in the guise of H'Angus, but was forbidden from wearing the costume while in office. A statue of the monkey has been erected on the Headland; another at Hartlepool Marina (formerly in West Hartlepool) also serves to collect "

Prompt: H'Angus the Monkey is the mascot of which English football club?

Answer: Hartlepool F.C.


Context: Ananus ben Ananus | " Ananus ben Ananus (Hebrew: Hanan ben Hanan Greek: Ἀνάνου Ἄνανος ""Ananos son of Ananos"" var: Ananias, Anani Ananus or Ananus filius Anani), d. 68 CE, was a Herodian-era High Priest of Israel in Jerusalem, Iudaea Province. He was the High Priest who ordered the execution by stoning of James the brother of Jesus (James the Just), according to the surviving manuscripts of The Antiquities of the Jews. A delegation sent by citizens upset over the perceived breach of justice met Albinus before he reached Judea, and Albinus responded with a letter informing Ananus that it was illegal to convene the Sanhedrin without Albinus' permission "

Prompt: According to the Bible, who was the high priest of Judea at the time of Christ's arrest and execution?

Answer: Joseph ben Caiaphas


Context: Die Another Day (song) | " ""Die Another Day"" is the theme song from the James Bond film of the same name by American singer and songwriter Madonna. The song initially leaked onto the internet in early October 2002 prior to the official release, prompting radio to play the track. It was released commercially as a single on October 22 by Maverick Records. The single was then included on her ninth studio album American Life (2003) as well as on her greatest hits compilation, Celebration (2009). Following the release of the previous Bond single, ""The World Is Not Enough"", MGM wanted a high-profile artist for the theme of Die Another Day, and Madonna was their choice. She "

Prompt: "Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film ""Die Another Day""?"

Answer: Madonna


Context: Ovicaprid |  In zooarchaeology and paleontology, ovicaprids or caprines are domestic sheep and goats taken together. Distinguishing sheep and goats from post-cranial skeletal remains has historically been difficult, so in many archaeological reports, the two are often reported in a single ovis/capra category. This is problematic because of their different roles in early animal husbandry. Nonetheless, experienced analysts using systematic criteria can distinguish the two with high reliability. They can also be distinguished using DNA analysis or collagen fingerprinting. Collagen has the advantage of surviving longer than DNA.

Prompt: To which animal does the adjective caprine refer?

Answer: Nanny goat


Context: List of Taiwanese automakers |  San Yang manufactures Hyundai vehicles in Taiwan, including the Hyundai Verna, Hyundai Getz, Hyundai Matrix, Hyundai Elantra, and Hyundai Tucson.

Prompt: The Getz and the Elantra are car-models made by which manufacturer?

Answer: Hyundae


Context: Chocolat (novel) |  Chocolat is a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris. It tells the story of Vianne Rocher, a young single mother, who arrives in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes at the beginning of Lent with her six-year-old daughter, Anouk. Vianne has arrived to open a chocolaterie—La Céleste Praline—which is on the square opposite the church. During the traditional season of fasting and self-denial she gently changes the lives of the villagers who visit her with a combination of sympathy, subversion and a little magic. This scandalises Francis Reynaud, the village priest, and his supporters. As tensions run high, the community is increasingly divided. As Easter approaches the ritual of the

Prompt: "Who wrote the 1999 novel ""Chocolat"" set in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes?"

Answer: Joanne Harris


Context: Schnitzel | " Wiener schnitzel is a popular Viennese dish made of veal and traditionally garnished with a slice of lemon and either potato salad or potatoes with parsley and butter. In Austria and Germany, Wiener Schnitzel is a protected geographical indication and must be made of veal. When other meats are used, it can be called Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein/Pute/Huhn (""Viennese schnitzel of pig/turkey/chicken"") or Schnitzel nach Wiener Art (""Schnitzel Viennese style"")."

Prompt: What meat is traditionally used in a Wiener Schnitzel?

Answer: Ray Veall


Context: Brut (cologne) |  Brut is the brand name for a line of men's grooming and fragrance products launched in 1964 by Fabergé, and now owned by the British multinational company Unilever. The Brut line grew to include aftershave, balms, and deodorant. Packaged in a green glass bottle with a silver-coloured medallion, it is still sold as of 2021.

Prompt: "The men's aftershaves or colognes ""Encounter"" and ""Euphoria"" are marketed under which perfume company's name?"

Answer: Calvin klein


Context: Ishmaelites | " According to the Book of Genesis, Abraham's first wife was named Sarah and her Egyptian slave was named Hagar. However, Sarah could not conceive. In chapter 16 Sarah (then Sarai) gave her slave Hagar in marriage to Abraham, in order that Abraham might have an heir. ""And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian...and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife."" Hagar conceived Ishmael from Abraham, and the Ishmaelites descend from him. After Abraham pleaded with God for Ishmael to live under his blessing, chapter 17 states: ""But as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation."" Chapter "

Prompt: Which man, according to the Holy Bible, fathered Ishmael by sleeping with his wife's servant, Hagar?

Answer: Abraham/Proposed Chronology Edits


Context: Rondò | " The rondò became the most fashionable showpiece aria type in Italian opera during the last three decades of the 18th century. Although Mozart was far from being the first composer to use the rondò, he was certainly the most important. He refined and deepened the form, particularly by creating smoother transitions between the slow and fast sections. He first adopted it for Belmonte’s ""Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen"" in his 1782 Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Subsequently he began using them in opera seria, first in the 1786 revival of Idomeneo, when he inserted a new aria, ""Non temer, amato bene"", in rondò form. In the same year he provided another one for Der Schauspieldirektor, and initially sketched (but ultimately "

Prompt: "Which composer wrote the musical for the 18th-century opera, ""Idomeneo""?"

Answer: Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart


Context: Paolo Uccello |  The sources for Paolo Uccello's life are few: Giorgio Vasari’s biography, written 75 years after Paolo’s death, and a few contemporary official documents. Due to the lack of sources, even his date of birth is questionable. It is believed that Uccello was born in Pratovecchio in 1397, and his tax declarations for some years indicate that he was born in 1397, but in 1446 he claimed to have been born in 1396. His father, Dono di Paolo, was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio near Arezzo; his mother, Antonia, was a high-born Florentine. His nickname Uccello came from his fondness for painting birds. From 1412 until 1416 he was apprenticed to the famous sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti. Ghiberti was the designer of the doors of the Florence Baptistery and his workshop was the premier

Prompt: By which name meaning 'little bird' is the artist born Paolo di Dono at Pratovecchio in 1397 known by modern art-lovers?

Answer: Paolo Ucello


Context: Marble Arch (Libya) |  The arch was designed by architect Florestano Di Fausto in response to a request by the Italian Governor-General Italo Balbo. It was unveiled on 16 March 1937 in a lavish night ceremony attended by Benito Mussolini. The arch, which was 31 meters high, with an opening 15.75 m high and 6.5 m wide, and made with travertine stone (Rome's typical building material), was located some 30 km west of the possible borders between Carthage and Cyrene, the locality called in Antiquity Altars of the Philaeni (Arae Philaenorum) which was located approximately halfway between Ra's Lanuf and El Agheila. The landmark was named after the legendary Philaeni brothers of Carthage, who chose to be buried

Prompt: Who was the architect of Marble Arch?

Answer: John nash


Context: Mineral |  hydroxides, the dominant anion is the hydroxyl ion, OH−. Bauxites are the chief aluminium ore, and are a heterogeneous mixture of the hydroxide minerals diaspore, gibbsite, and bohmite; they form in areas with a very high rate of chemical weathering (mainly tropical conditions). Finally, multiple oxides are compounds of two metals with oxygen. A major group within this class are the spinels, with a general formula of X2+Y3+2O4. Examples of species include spinel (MgAl2O4), chromite (FeCr2O4), and magnetite (Fe3O4). The latter is readily distinguishable by its strong magnetism, which occurs as it has iron in two oxidation states (Fe2+Fe3+2O4), which makes it a multiple oxide instead of a single oxide.

Prompt: What is the chief ore used to make aluminium?

Answer: Aluminocrete


Context: Lydd Airport |  Lydd Airport is 1 NM east of the town of Lydd and 12 NM south of Ashford in the district of Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent, England. Originally named Lydd Ferryfield, it is now also known as London Ashford Airport, but is 60 miles from London and which name officially refers only to its operator. The airport is operated by London Ashford Airport Ltd, controlled by Saudi businessman Sheikh Fahad al-Athel. Lydd Airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P858) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (London Ashford Airport Limited). The airport is currently able to handle aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 737 or Airbus A319, but the runway length means that such aircraft can only take off with a restricted payload. Lydd Air is based at the

Prompt: In which UK County is Lydd Airport?

Answer: K249DR


Context: Lateran Treaty |  of Italy. There was nothing they wanted less than to govern it or be burdened with a papal kingdom. What they wished was independence, a foothold on the earth that belonged to no other sovereign. Negotiations for the settlement of the Roman Question began in 1926 between the government of Italy and the Holy See, and culminated in the agreements of the Lateran Pacts, signed—the Treaty says—for King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy by Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and for Pope Pius XI by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri, on 11 February 1929. It was ratified on 7 June 1929. The agreements included a political treaty which created the state of the Vatican City and guaranteed full and independent sovereignty to

Prompt: What was created by the Lateran Treaty of 1929?

Answer: Geology of the Vatican City


Context: Ennio Morricone |  Greatest Hits. Morricone composed the music for The Best Offer (2013) by Giuseppe Tornatore. He wrote the score for Christian Carion's En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait (2015) and the most recent movie by Tornatore: The Correspondence (2016), featuring Jeremy Irons and Olga Kurylenko. In July 2015, Quentin Tarantino announced after the screening of footage of his movie The Hateful Eight at the San Diego Comic-Con International that Morricone would score the film, the first Western that Morricone scored since 1981. The score was critically acclaimed and won several awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

Prompt: Who wrote the original music score for the 2015 film the Hateful Eight his first complete western score for 35 years, winning a Golden Globe ?

Answer: Ennio moricone


Context: British Columbia |  British Columbia (BC; French: Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 5.2million as of 2021, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the fifteenth-largest metropolitan region in Canada, named for Queen Victoria, who reigned over the British Empire at the time of Confederation. The largest city is Vancouver, the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada, the largest in Western Canada, and the second-largest in the Pacific Northwest. In October 2013, Greater Vancouver had an estimated population of approximately 2.5 million. Since 2017, the province has been governed by the New Democratic Party, led by John Horgan, first with a minority government elected in

Prompt: Name the capital city of the Canadian Province of British Columbia?

Answer: CIVI-TV


Context: The Joy Luck Club (novel) |  The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club known as The Joy Luck Club, playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The book is structured similarly to a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters. The three mothers and four daughters (one mother, Suyuan Woo, dies before the novel opens) share stories about their lives in the form of short vignettes. Each part is preceded by a parable relating to the themes within that section. In 1993, the novel was adapted into a feature film directed by Wayne Wang and starring Ming-Na Wen, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, France Nguyen, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, Lisa Lu, and Vivian Wu. The screenplay was written by the author Amy Tan along with Ronald Bass. The novel was also adapted into a play, by Susan Kim, which premiered at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in New York.

Prompt: Who wrote the 1993 novel "The Joy Luck Club"?

Answer: Tan En-mei


Context: Shepherd Neame Brewery |  Shepherd Neame is an English independent brewery which has been based in the market town of Faversham, Kent, for over 300 years. While 1698 is the brewery's official established date, town records show that commercial brewing has occurred on the site since 1573. Since the brewery’s formation back in the 16th century, ownership has passed in unbroken succession through five families. The brewery produces a range of cask ales and filtered beers. Production is around 180,000 brewers' barrels a year. It has 320 pubs and hotels in South East England, predominantly in Kent and London. The company exports to 44 countries including India, Sweden, Italy, Brazil and Canada.

Prompt: In which town in Kent is the Shepherd Neame brewery located?

Answer: Faversham


Context: List of English monarchs |  The Acts of Union 1707 were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed during 1706 and 1707 by the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland to put into effect the Treaty of Union agreed on 22 July 1706. The acts joined the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland (previously separate sovereign states, with separate legislatures but with the same monarch) into the Kingdom of Great Britain. England, Scotland, and Ireland had shared a monarch for more than a hundred years, since the Union of the Crowns in 1603, when King James VI of Scotland inherited the English and Irish thrones from his first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I. Although described as a Union of Crowns, until 1707 there were in fact two separate crowns resting on the same head. There had been attempts in 1606, 1667, and 1689, to unite England and Scotland by Acts of Parliament but it was not until the early 18th century that the idea had the support of both political establishments behind it, albeit for rather different reasons.

Prompt: Who was on the thrones of England and Scotland at the time of the Act of Union in 1707?

Answer: Anne


Context: X (Ed Sheeran album) | " × (pronounced ""multiply"") is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran. It was released on 20 June 2014 in Australia and New Zealand, and worldwide on 23 June through Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. The album received positive reviews from music critics. It was an international commercial success, peaking at No. 1 in 15 countries, while topping both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. x also reached the top five in seven other countries and was the best selling album of 2014 in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Five singles were released from the album: ""Sing"", ""Don't"", ""Thinking Out Loud"", ""Bloodstream"" (a collaboration with Rudimental), and ""Photograph"". The lead single, ""Sing"", became Sheeran's "

Prompt: Stylised as a lower case x, the album 'Multiply', which topped the UK charts for 8 weeks in 2014, is by which Brit award-winning singer-songwriter?

Answer: Edward Christopher Sheeran


Context: SNCF |  2009, SNCF assisted Korea in maintaining its high-speed. ; Spain: Signalling System. SNCF partnered with ADIF (Spanish railway infrastructure provider) in the study, supply, installation, and maintenance of the standard EU railway signaling system along the Madrid-Lleida high-speed line. On behalf of the Spanish Government, SNCF designed and led maintenance operations on this line over a two-year period. ; France: Lead Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Maintainer – The SNCF maintains 32,000 km of track, 26,500 main sets of points and crossings, 2,300 signal boxes, 80,000 track circuits, over 1 million relays, etc. It also maintains 3,900 locomotives and 500 high-speed trains. Each of SNCF's TGV trains travels more

Prompt: As the letters SNCF represent the rail system in France, what are the initials for the equivalent system in Spain?

Answer: Renfe Operadora


Context: The Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office |  office was established in the building. This is the origin of the term hallmark – struck with the king's mark at Goldsmiths’ Hall. In 1544 the Goldsmith's Company adopted the king's mark as their town mark and the mark of the leopard's head is now internationally recognised as the mark of this assay office. Precious metals are rarely used in their pure form, as they are too soft. Gold, silver, platinum and palladium are generally mixed (alloyed) with copper or other metals to create an alloy that is more suitable to the requirements of the jeweller or silversmith. The hallmark indicates the amount of precious metal in the alloy in parts per thousand (the millesimal fineness). In addition to indicating the town where the item was marked, a unique sponsor's or maker's mark identifies the item's origin and a date letter to represent the year of marking.

Prompt: As well as gold, silver and platinum, objects made of what other material have to be hallmarked by an Assay Office?

Answer: The Palladium


Context: Alexis Tsipras |  Alexis Tsipras (Αλέξης Τσίπρας, ; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician serving as Leader of the Official Opposition since 2019. A member of Syriza, a party over which he has presided since 2009, he served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019. Tsipras has led the Coalition of the Radical Left, known as Syriza, a left-wing political party, since 2009. He was the fourth Prime Minister who governed in the course of the 2010s government-debt crisis. Tsipras was born in Athens in 1974. He joined the Communist Youth of Greece in the late 1980s and in the 1990s was politically active in student protests against education reform plans, becoming the movement's spokesperson. He studied civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens,

Prompt: The Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, is the leader of which political party?

Answer: Coalition of the radical left


Context: E. Martin Browne |  Elliott Martin Browne (29 January 1900 – 27 April 1980) was a British theatre director, known for his production of twentieth century verse plays. He collaborated for many years with T. S. Eliot and was first producer of many of his plays including Murder in the Cathedral.

Prompt: Who wrote the 20th century verse play Murder in the Cathedral?

Answer: TS Elliot


Context: Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime |  Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime is a 1983 British television series based on the short stories of the same name by Agatha Christie. It was directed by John A. Davis and Tony Wharmby and starred Francesca Annis and James Warwick in the leading roles of wife and husband sleuths Prudence 'Tuppence' and Tommy Beresford. Reece Dinsdale co-starred as Albert in all but two episodes. The series follows the adventures and exploits of the Beresfords, who have recently taken over the running of a detective agency based in London. Each episode features one of the stories from the book. Among these are a quest for missing jewels, the investigation of poltergeists and

Prompt: By what first name is the wife of Tommy Beresford known in the Partners in Crime stories by Agatha Christie, recently adapted by BBC TV?

Answer: Tuppence


Context: Assay office |  Only precious metal watch cases must be hallmarked in Switzerland. Swiss hallmarking for other articles such as jewelry and cutlery is optional. In addition to the Swiss hallmark, all precious metal goods may be stamped with the Common Control Mark of the Vienna Convention. Switzerland recognizes platinum, gold, silver and palladium as precious metals which may be hallmarked and thus are subject to assay.

Prompt: When hallmarking articles made of platinum, what pictorial mark is stamped into the article?

Answer: ORB


Context: SNCF | " The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (abbreviated as SNCF ; French for ""French National Railway Company"") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic along with Monaco, including the TGV, on France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight (through its subsidiaries SNCF Voyageurs and Rail Logistics Europe), as well as maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure (SNCF Réseau). The railway network consists of about 35,000 km of route, of which 2,600 km are high-speed lines and 14,500 km electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2020 had €30 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 275,000 employees in France and around the world. Since July 2013, the SNCF Group headquarters are located in a Parisian suburb at 2 Place aux Étoiles in Saint-Denis. The president of SNCF Group has been Jean-Pierre Farandou since 2019."

Prompt: As SNCF is the French railway system, what are the initials for the German Rail network?

Answer: D-b


Context: Norwegian Civil Aircraft Register |  Aircraft registration markings have five letters. Norwegian aircraft are given the LN- prefix, followed by a three-letter code. Only the letters A through Z are available; the Norwegian letters Æ, Ø and Å cannot be registered. The general principle is that aircraft owners may select any available registration code. Airlines may also reserve series of codes to allow for a consistent marking scheme. Aircraft retain their markings if they change owners or operators within Norway. Some series are reserved for special classifications of aircraft. Due to similarities with emergency callsigns mayday and pan-pan, three markings are not available – LN-PAN, LN-SOS and LN-XXX.

Prompt: What is the five-letter name for Norway as used on its stamps?

Answer: Norge


Context: Pairs in Test and first-class cricket |  A pair in cricket refers to when a batsman is dismissed for a duck (without scoring) in both innings. It is called a 'king pair' if the batsman gets out for a golden duck [getting out on the first ball he faced] in both innings. The name originates from the two noughts together being thought to resemble a pair of spectacles; the longer form is occasionally used.

Prompt: In test and county cricket, which two-word phrase means a player has been out first ball in both innings?

Answer: KING PAIR or GOLDEN PAIR


Context: Great Britain at the 2015 European Games |  to echo the achievements of Anthony Joshua in the 2012 Summer Olympics. On the taekwondo mat, Jade Jones added the European Games gold to her Olympic title, only months after a controversial loss at the World Championships. Newcomer, and converted kickboxer Charlie Maddock also won gold, but Bianca Walkden was unable to repeat her World title success. Meanwhile, the publicised rivalry between former Great Britain athlete Aaron Cook, now fighting for Moldova, and Olympic bronze medalist Lutalo Mohommad failed to materialise as both lost early in their competition. However, as in 2012, Mohommad recovered to take bronze through the repechage.

Prompt: Which British 2012 Olympic Gold medallist won two events at the 2015 World Athletics Championships?

Answer: Mo Farrah


Context: Herdwick | " The Herdwick is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Lake District in North West England. The name ""Herdwick"" is derived from the Old Norse herdvyck, meaning sheep pasture. Though low in lambing capacity and perceived wool quality when compared to more common commercial breeds, Herdwicks are prized for their robust health, their ability to live solely on forage, and their tendency to be territorial and not to stray over the difficult upland terrain of the Lake District. It is considered that up to 99% of all Herdwick sheep are commercially farmed in the central and western Lake District. The wool of a Herdwick "

Prompt: Herdwick sheep are native to which area of Britain?

Answer: English Lakeland


Context: Laputa |   Laputa is a flying island described in the 1726 book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It is about 4+1/2 mi in diameter, with an adamantine base, which its inhabitants can manoeuvre in any direction using magnetic levitation. The island is the home of the king of Balnibarbi and his court, and is used by the king to enforce his rule over the lands below.

Prompt: What was the name of the flying island in Gulliver's Travels?

Answer: LAPUTA


Context: Dienstag aus Licht |  Dienstag aus Licht (Tuesday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting and two acts, with a farewell, and was the fourth of seven to be completed for the opera cycle Licht: Die sieben Tage der Woche (Light: The Seven Days of the Week). It was begun in 1977 and completed from 1988 to 1991, to a libretto by the composer.

Prompt: In English what day of the week is the German dienstag?

Answer: TUESDAY


Context: Steve Rowe (businessman) | " Rowe has spent almost his entire career at Marks & Spencer, starting in Croydon working on Saturdays, aged 15. Aged 18, Rowe joined Topshop as a trainee, and soon became a store manager, but returned to M&S, ""frustrated with the lack of career development at the company"". On 7 January 2016 it was announced that Marc Bolland, who was CEO since 2010 would step down on 2 April 2016, and be replaced by Rowe, who was then head of clothing, and had previously been head of the food business. On 2 April 2016, he became the CEO of M&S."

Prompt: Marc Bolland has announced that he is to stand down as Chief Executive of which Major High Street Store?

Answer: Mands


Context: Robert Thompson (designer) | "  Robert (Mouseman) Thompson (7 May 1876 – 8 December 1955), also known as Mousey Thompson, was a British furniture maker. He was born and lived in Kilburn, North Yorkshire, England, where he set up a business manufacturing oak furniture, which featured a carved mouse on almost every piece. It is claimed that the mouse motif came about accidentally in 1919 following a conversation about ""being as poor as a church mouse"", which took place between Thompson and one of his colleagues during the carving of a cornice for a screen. This chance remark led to him carving a mouse and this remained part of his work from this point onwards. Thompson was part of the 1920s revival of craftsmanship, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement led by William Morris, John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle. More specific to furniture making in this genre and era include "

Prompt: The oak furniture maker Robert Thompson included a carving of which animal on almost every piece he made from the 1920s until his death in 1955?


Context: 1994 Labour Party deputy leadership election |  A deputy leadership election for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom took place in 1994, after the sudden death of incumbent leader John Smith. Margaret Beckett was the serving Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, having been elected in 1992, and following Smith's death became the acting leader. On 25 May she announced that a contest for the deputy leadership would take place alongside the leadership election, which allowed her to stand for both positions. Nominations opened on 10 June and ballot papers were sent out on 30 June. Elections were held concurrently for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Party, with the results announced on 21 July 1994. There were three candidates for Leader: Margaret Beckett, Tony Blair and John Prescott, but out of these three, only Blair did not simultaneously stand for Deputy Leader. Blair went on to win the leadership election, and Prescott won the deputy leadership. Both Prescott and Beckett held roles in Blair's cabinet for his entire time in office.

Prompt: Who became the acting leader of the Labour Party following the sudden death of John Smith in 1994?

Answer: Margaret Becket


Context: Dotted I (Cyrillic) | " J/j), the dot above the letter appears only in its lowercase form and then only if that letter is not combined with a diacritic above it (notably the diaeresis, used in Ukrainian to note the letter yi of its alphabet, and the macron). Even when the lowercase form is present without any other diacritic, the dot is not always rendered in historic texts (the same historically applied to the Roman letters i and j). Some modern texts and font styles, except for cursive styles, still discard the ""soft"" dot on the lowercase letter, because the text is readable without it."

Prompt: What is the name for the dot on the lower case letters I and J?

Answer: Tittles


Context: Oil painting | " known as ""glazes"", a method also simply called ""indirect painting"". This method was first perfected through an adaptation of the egg tempera painting technique (egg yolks used as a binder, mixed with pigment), and was applied by the Early Netherlandish painters in Northern Europe with pigments usually ground in linseed oil. This approach has been called the ""mixed technique"" or ""mixed method"" in modern times. The first coat (the underpainting) is laid down, often painted with egg tempera or turpentine-thinned paint. This layer helps to ""tone"" the canvas and to cover the white of the gesso. Many artists use this layer to sketch out the composition. This first layer can "

Prompt: In art, what term is given to the technique where paint is mixed and bound with egg yolk?

Answer: Tempera grassa


Context: Florence Airport |  Florence Airport, Peretola, Aeroporto di Firenze-Peretola and formally Amerigo Vespucci Airport, is the international airport of Florence, the capital of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is the second-busiest Tuscan airport in terms of passengers after Pisa International Airport.

Prompt: Amerigo Vespucci international airport serves which European city?

Answer: UN/LOCODE:ITFLR


Context: Wichita, Kansas | " Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River. Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. It became a destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to Kansas railroads, earning it the nickname ""Cowtown"". Wyatt Earp served as a police officer in Wichita for around one year before going to Dodge City. In the 1920s and 1930s, businessmen and aeronautical engineers established aircraft manufacturing companies in Wichita, including Beechcraft, Cessna, and Stearman Aircraft. The city became "

Prompt: Which US city began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860's and is now the largest city in Kansas?

Answer: Wichita


Context: Edward de Bono |  Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono (19 May 1933 – 9 June 2021) was a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor, philosopher, and consultant. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book Six Thinking Hats, and was a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.

Prompt: What is the name of the Maltese physician and psychologist who coined the term "Lateral Thinking" in the 1960s?

Answer: Edward DeBono


Context: Norwich Union | " Norwich Union was the name of insurance company Aviva's British arm before June 2009. It was originally established in 1797. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. On 29 April 2008, Aviva announced that the Norwich Union brand would be phased out and disappear over a period of two years, on the grounds that a consistent Aviva brand would bring ""global impact"". On 1 June 2009, Norwich Union was rebranded as Aviva."

Prompt: In 2009 to what did the United Kingdom's largest insurance company, Norwich Union, change its name?

Answer: Aviva Plc


Context: Birding with Bill Oddie |  Species seen: Dartford warbler, Cetti's warbler, Montagu's harrier, great spotted woodpecker, redstart, spotted flycatcher, stonechat, linnet, tree pipit, nightjar, mute swan, chaffinch, reed warbler and Sandwich tern. With a rich variety of habitats and a mild climate, the counties of Hampshire and Dorset offer a wealth of birdlife. Sites visited include Radipole Lake and Brownsea Island.

Prompt: Sardinian, Cetti's and Dartford are among varieties of which bird?

Answer: Warblers


Context: The Planets discography |  This is a discography of The Planets, Op. 32, an orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916, and first performed by the Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult on 29 September 1918. It includes the composer's own recordings made in 1922-23 and 1926.

Prompt: The Planets suite, written between 1914/1916, is a work by which composer?

Answer: Gustav von holst


Context: Goan cuisine |  eaten with sannas or pão (Goan bread – spelled the same way as in Portugal) ; Vindalho – A spicy curry traditionally made with pork. The name is derived from the Portuguese term for a garlic and wine (vinho e alho or vinha d'alhos) marinade. Contrary to popular versions made outside Goa, a traditional vindalho does not contain any meat besides pork. It also does not contain any potatoes nor is its name related to aloo (potato) ; Xacuti – Type of curry made with roasted grated coconut and pieces of chicken or lamb Popular Goan Catholic dishes include:

Prompt: Taking its name from the Portuguese words for wine and garlic, which hot curry originated in Goa?

Answer: Tindaloo


Context: Sudeley Castle |  after the king's death. Parr is buried in the castle's church, making Sudeley the only privately owned castle in the world to have a Queen of England buried in its grounds. Sudeley soon became the home of the Chandos family, and the castle was visited on three occasions by Queen Elizabeth I, who held a three-day party there to celebrate the defeat of the Spanish Armada. During the First English Civil War the castle was used as a military base, by King Charles I and Prince Rupert, and it was later laid to siege and slighted by parliament, remaining largely in ruins for the following few centuries until its purchase in 1837 by the Dent family, who restored the castle and turned it into a family home.

Prompt: Which Queen is buried in a chapel in the grounds of Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire?

Answer: Katheryn Parre


Context: Arbroath |  Arbroath smokies, known nationally and internationally, have been made solely in Arbroath since the award of Protected Geographical Indication in 2004, which limits their production to within 4 km of Arbroath. Smokies are made from haddock by traditional methods dating back to the late 19th century. The fish are first salted overnight to preserve them, then left tied in pairs to dry. Next, the dried fish are hung in a covered barrel containing a hardwood fire. After about an hour of smoking, the fish are golden brown and ready to eat. The preparation of smokies remains a cottage industry in Arbroath, centred almost exclusively on the harbour area. However, one larger processor, RR Spink, supplied Arbroath smokies to several UK supermarket chains. It appears that, nowadays, the firm concentrates on smoking other fish such as salmon or trout and no longer supplies the Arbroath Smokie. The company holds the Royal Warrant as a fishmonger to the Queen.

Prompt: Which type of fish is used to make an Arbroath Smokie?

Answer: Haddock


Context: Lisbon |  city of the new Portuguese territory in 1255. The first Portuguese university was founded in Lisbon in 1290 by King Denis I; for many years the Studium Generale (General Study) was transferred intermittently to Coimbra, where it was installed permanently in the 16th century as the University of Coimbra. In 1384, the city was besieged by King Juan I of Castille, as a part of the ongoing 1383–1385 Crisis. The result of the siege was a victory for the Portuguese led by Nuno Álvares Pereira. During the last centuries of the Middle Ages, the city expanded substantially and became an important trading post with both Northern European and Mediterranean cities.

Prompt: Coimbra was the former capital of which European country from 1131 -1255?

Answer: Portogało


Context: Battle of Poitiers |  The Battle of Poitiers was a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It was fought on 19 September 1356 in Nouaillé, near the city of Poitiers in Aquitaine, western France. Edward, the Black Prince, led an army of English, Welsh, Breton and Gascon troops, many of them veterans of the Battle of Crécy. They were attacked by a larger French force led by King John II of France, which included allied Scottish forces. The French were heavily defeated; an English counter-attack captured King John, along with his youngest son, and much of the French nobility who were present. The effect of the

Prompt: In which war did the battles of Crecy and Poitiers take place?

Answer: 100 Years War


Context: Game, Set and Match |  Game, Set and Match is a 1988 television serial directed by Ken Grieve and Patrick Lau and written by John Howlett. It is based on the books Berlin Game (1983), Mexico Set (1984), and London Match (1985) by Len Deighton. The two directors worked separately on different episodes. Filmed on location in Berlin and Mexico, the project included a large international cast with 3,000 extras and a budget of $8 million. While critically acclaimed, the ratings for the series were a disaster. Ian Holm was nominated for a BAFTA award for his portrayal of Bernard Samson. It was aired in 1989 in the United States as part of the PBS show Mystery!

Prompt: "Who wrote the novels ""Berlin Game"", ""Mexico Set"" and ""London Match""?"

Answer: Leonard Cyril Deighton


Context: Koh-i-Noor | " The Koh-i-Noor ( ""Mountain of Light""), also spelt Kohinoor and Koh-i-Nur, is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing 105.6 carat. It is part of the British Crown Jewels. Possibly mined in Kollur Mine, India, during the period of the Kakatiya dynasty, there is no record of its original weight – but the earliest well-attested weight is 186 old carats (191 metric carats or 38.2 g). It was later acquired by Afghan Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji. The diamond was also part of the Mughal Peacock Throne. It changed hands between various factions in south and west Asia, until being ceded to Queen Victoria "

Prompt: Koh-I-Noor, as in the diamond, means what in English?

Answer: Mountain of Light


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

Prompt: Regarded as its Nobel Prize, in what field is the annual Pritzer Prize awarded?

Answer: Architecturally


Context: The Miraculous Mandarin |  The Miraculous Mandarin (A csodálatos mandarin, ; Der wunderbare Mandarin) Op. 19, Sz. 73 (BB 82), is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918–1924, and based on the 1916 story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered on 27 November 1926 conducted by Eugen Szenkar at the Cologne Opera, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned on moral grounds. Although more successful at its Prague premiere, it was generally performed during the rest of Bartók's life in the form of a concert suite, which preserves about two-thirds of the original pantomime's music.

Prompt: "Who composed the music for the 1924 ballet 'The Miraculous Mandarin""?"

Answer: Bela Bartók


Context: Dioptre |  A dioptre (British spelling) or diopter (American spelling) is a unit of measurement of the optical power of a lens or curved mirror, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in metres. (1 dioptre = 1 m−1.) It is thus a unit of reciprocal length. For example, a 3-dioptre lens brings parallel rays of light to focus at 1⁄3 metre. A flat window has an optical power of zero dioptres, and does not cause light to converge or diverge. Dioptres are also sometimes used for other reciprocals of distance, particularly radii of curvature and the vergence of

Prompt: The unit the Dioptre is used to measure the power of what?

Answer: LENS or MIRROR


Context: South African Republic | " The flag of the South African Republic featured three horizontal stripes of red, white and blue (mirroring the flag of the Netherlands) with a vertical green stripe at the hoist, and was known as the Vierkleur (English: ""Four colour""). While the only legislation describing the flag required that the green panel be inscribed ""Eendracht maakt macht"" (""Unity makes strength,"" the motto of the republic), this was in fact rarely seen, and instead the motto was displayed with the republic's coat of arms. The Vierkleur was later incorporated into the flag of South Africa between 1928 and 1994."

Prompt: Which South American country's flag has three equal vertical stripes of red, white and red?

Answer: Name of Peru


Context: Florentine biscuit |  A Florentine biscuit (or simply, a Florentine) is a sweet pastry of nuts and fruit. Florentines are made of nuts (typically hazelnuts and almonds) and candied cherries mixed with sugar melted together with butter and honey, cooked in an oven. They are often coated on the bottom with chocolate, which is traditionally scored in a wave pattern with the tines of a fork for decoration. Other types of candied fruit are used as well. They typically contain neither flour nor eggs.

Prompt: Of what does the usual base of a Florentine biscuit consist?

Answer: Operation: ZERO


Context: Postage stamps and postal history of Senegal |  This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Senegal. Senegal is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. It is externally bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, and Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south; internally it almost completely surrounds the Gambia, namely on the north, east and south, exempting Gambia's short Atlantic Ocean coastline.

Prompt: Apart from an Atlantic coastline, what country is surrounded by Senegal?

Answer: The Gambia


Context: Cherry Red Records |  Since July 2018, Cherry Red has been the main shirt sponsor for English Championship club Wycombe Wanderers. They are also the longstanding stadium sponsor for League One club AFC Wimbledon, both at their original Kingsmeadow ground from 2003 and at the new Plough Lane since 2021.

Prompt: Which Football League club play their home games at Kingsmeadow, also known as the Cherry Red Records Stadium?

Answer: A. F. C. Wimbledon


Context: Nick Leeson |  Nicholas William Leeson (born 25 February 1967) is an English criminal and former derivatives trader whose fraudulent, unauthorized and speculative trades resulted in the 1995 collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest merchant bank, for which he served time in prison. Between 2005 and 2011, Leeson had senior management roles at League of Ireland club Galway United. After it suffered financial difficulties, he resigned from his position as chief executive officer. He is also active on the keynote and after-dinner speaking circuit, where he advises companies about risk and corporate responsibility.

Prompt: For which bank was Nick Leeson working at the time of his criminal dealings?

Answer: Barings Bank collapse


Context: The Observer |  The first issue, published on 4 December 1791 by W.S. Bourne, was the world's first Sunday newspaper. Believing that the paper would be a means of wealth, Bourne instead soon found himself facing debts of nearly £1,600. Though early editions purported editorial independence, Bourne attempted to cut his losses and sell the title to the government. When this failed, Bourne's brother (a wealthy businessman) made an offer to the government, which also refused to buy the paper but agreed to subsidise it in return for influence over its editorial content. As a result, the paper soon took a strong line against radicals such as Thomas Paine, Francis Burdett and Joseph Priestley.

Prompt: First published in 1791, which was the world's first Sunday newspaper?

Answer: The Sunday Observer


Context: Michael Caine filmography |  Michael Caine is an English actor who has appeared in over 130 films and has had multiple television appearances. Caine's acting career began in the 1950s, when he was cast in many small, often uncredited roles in British films. Caine gained recognition as one of the most famous actors of the 1960s through his breakthrough role in the film Zulu (1964). He then portrayed spy Harry Palmer in the films The Ipcress File (1965), Funeral in Berlin (1966) and Billion Dollar Brain (1967). He also had starring roles in The Italian Job and Battle of Britain (both 1969). His role in Sleuth (1972) led him to an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. Caine has won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the films Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and The Cider House Rules (1999). More recently, Caine has gained a new following through his collaborations with British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan in The Dark Knight Trilogy films, as well as Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014).

Prompt: What was the name of the character played by Michael Caine in a total of five films, the first of which was 'The Ipcress File'?

Answer: Palmer, Harry


Context: National Motor Museum, Beaulieu |  The National Motor Museum (originally the Montagu Motor Museum) is a museum in the village of Beaulieu, set in the heart of the New Forest, in the English county of Hampshire.

Prompt: In which Hampshire village is the National Motor Museum?

Answer: Beaulieu


Context: Small crow |  The small crow (Corvus samarensis) is a Passerine bird of the family Corvidae, in the genus Corvus. The small crow has been split from the slender-billed crow (Corvus enca) It is found in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

Prompt: Which is the smallest bird of the crow family?

Answer: Graculus


Context: Esch-sur-Alzette |  Esch-sur-Alzette (Esch-Uelzecht ; Esch an der Alzette or Esch an der Alzig) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg. It is the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants,. It lies in the south-west of the country, on the border with France and in the valley of the Alzette, which flows through the town. The town is usually referred to as just Esch; however, the full name distinguishes it from the village and commune of Esch-sur-Sûre which lies 45 km further north. The country's capital, Luxembourg City, is roughly 15 km to the north-east. The city was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2022, alongside Kaunas and Novi Sad.

Prompt: The second largest town or city of which country is Esch-sur-Alzette?

Answer: Luxemborg


Context: Be Careful What You Wish For (Archer novel) |  Be Careful What You Wish For is the fourth novel in Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicles. It was published on 13 March 2014.

Prompt: Whose 2014 best-selling novel 'Be Careful What You Wish For' is the fourth in the Clifton Chronicles series?

Answer: Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare


Context: Portrait of Dr. Gachet |  Portrait of Dr. Gachet is one of the most revered paintings by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. It depicts Dr. Paul Gachet, a homeopathic doctor and artist with whom van Gogh resided following a spell in an asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Gachet took care of Van Gogh during the final months of his life. There are two authenticated versions of the portrait, both painted in June 1890 at Auvers-sur-Oise. Both show Gachet sitting at a table and leaning his head on his right arm, but they are easily differentiated in color and style. There is also an etching. The first version was acquired by the Städel in Frankfurt in 1911 and subsequently confiscated and sold by Hermann Göring. In May 1990, it was sold at auction for $82.5 million ($ million today) to Ryoei Saito, making it the world's most expensive painting at that time. It then disappeared from public view and the Städel was unable to locate it in 2019. The second version was owned by Gachet and was bequeathed to France by his heirs. Despite arguments over its authenticity, it now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris.

Prompt: Dr Paul Gachet was the subject of two famous paintings by which artist?

Answer: Vincent Willem Van Gogh


Context: Planter's punch |  Planter's punch is an IBA Official Cocktail made of Jamaican rum, fresh lime juice, and sugar cane juice. The cocktail has been said to have originated at the Planters Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, but actually originated in Jamaica. The September 1878 issue of the London magazine Fun listed the recipe as follows: A wine-glass with lemon juice fill, Of sugar the same glass fill twice Then rub them together until The mixture looks smooth, soft, and nice. Of rum then three wine glasses add, And four of cold water please take. ADrink then you'll have that's not bad— At least, so they say in Jamaica.

Prompt: Which spirit is the base of the cocktails Planter's Punch and Sundowner?

Answer: Spiced Rum


Context: Azulejo |   Azulejo (, ; from the Arabic al-zillīj, الزليج) is a form of Portuguese and Spanish painted tin-glazed ceramic tilework. Azulejos are found on the interior and exterior of churches, palaces, ordinary houses, schools, and nowadays, restaurants, bars and even railways or subway stations. They are an ornamental art form, but also had a specific functional capacity like temperature control in homes. There is also a tradition of their production in former Portuguese and Spanish colonies in North America, South America, Goa (India), Lusophone Africa, East Timor, Macau (China), and the Philippines. Azulejos constitute a major aspect of Portuguese architecture to this day and are fixtures of buildings across Portugal and its former territories. Many azulejos chronicle major historical and cultural aspects of Portuguese history.

Prompt: What, in Portugal, are azulejos?

Answer: (Decorative blue) Tiles


Context: Estelle Parsons |  she starred in Israel Horovitz's new play Out Of The Mouths Of Babes along with Judith Ivey directed by Barnet Kellman at The Cherry Lane Theater in New York City. In 2004, Parsons was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Her film career includes an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and a nomination for Rachel, Rachel (1968). She received a BAFTA Award nomination for her role in Watermelon Man (1970), and appeared in I Never Sang for My Father (1970), Two People (1973), A Memory of Two Mondays

Prompt: Estelle Parsons won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role in which 1967 film?

Answer: Prentiss Oakley


Context: Geology |   A rock is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloids. Most research in geology is associated with the study of rocks, as they provide the primary record of the majority of the geological history of the Earth. There are three major types of rock: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. The rock cycle illustrates the relationships among them (see diagram). When a rock solidifies or crystallizes from melt (magma or lava), it is an igneous rock. This rock can be weathered and eroded, then redeposited and lithified into a sedimentary rock. It can then be turned into a metamorphic rock by heat and pressure that change its mineral content, resulting in a characteristic fabric. All three types may melt again, and when this happens, new magma is formed, from which an igneous rock may once more solidify. Organic matter, such as coal, bitumen, oil and natural gas, is linked mainly to organic-rich sedimentary rocks.

Prompt: There are three types of rock. Sedimentary is one, give one of the others.

Answer: IGNEOUS OR METAMORPHIC


Context: Lancia Ypsilon |  The Lancia Ypsilon is a supermini manufactured and marketed by Lancia, now in its third generation, and — as of 2021 — the marque's only model. The Ypsilon was released in 1995, as a larger and more expensive replacement to the Y10. Between 1995 and 2005 Lancia produced more than 870,000 Ypsilons in the Melfi plant in the Potenza region. The third generation Ypsilon, sharing its platform with the Fiat 500, was marketed also as the Chrysler Ypsilon in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Japan. Fiat Group discontinued the Chrysler variant in 2017, having marketed 2,000 units in 2014. It is also no longer sold in Japan, with the discontinuation of both the Lancia Voyager and Lancia Thema branding on Chrysler-built vehicles in 2015. It is currently only available in the Italian market.

Prompt: Which company produces the supermini car the Ypsilon?

Answer: FCA US


Context: Maureen O'Hara | " the late 1970s, O'Hara helped run her third husband Charles F. Blair Jr.'s flying business in Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, and edited a magazine, but later sold them to spend more time in Glengarriff in Ireland. She was married three times, and had one daughter, Bronwyn, with her second husband. Her autobiography,  'Tis Herself, published in 2004, became a New York Times bestseller. In November 2014, she was presented with an Honorary Academy Award with the inscription ""To Maureen O'Hara, one of Hollywood's brightest stars, whose inspiring performances glowed with passion, warmth and strength"". In 2020, she was ranked number one on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors."

Prompt: "Tis Herself' published in 2005 was the autobiography of which Irish-American actress?

Answer: Maureen FitzSimons


Context: Susie Dent |  Dent's first job was as a waitress. When she began work on Countdown in 1992, she had just started working for the Oxford University Press on producing English dictionaries, having previously worked on bilingual dictionaries. Dent is well-known as the resident lexicographer and adjudicator for the letters rounds on Channel 4's long-running game show Countdown. On each episode, she also provides a brief commentary on the origin of a particular word or phrase. Dent is the longest-serving member of the show's current on-screen team, first appearing in 1992; she has made more than 4,500 appearances. While she was on maternity leave over the winter of 2007–08, she

Prompt: Who is the lexicographer, adjudicator, and longest-serving member of the on-screen team on Countdown?

Answer: SUSIE DENT


Context: The Naked and the Dead |  The Naked and the Dead is a novel by Norman Mailer. Published by Rinehart & Company in 1948, when he was 25, it was his debut novel. It depicts the experiences of a platoon during World War II, based partially on Mailer's experiences as a cook with the 112th Cavalry Regiment during the Philippines Campaign in World War II. The book quickly became a bestseller, paving the way for other Mailer's works such as The Deer Park, Advertisements for Myself, and The Time of Our Time. He believed The Naked and the Dead to be his most renowned work. It was the first popular novel about the war and is considered one of the greatest English-language novels. It was later adapted into a film in 1958. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Naked and the Dead 51st on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.

Prompt: Who wrote the novel The Naked and the Dead?

Answer: Maileresque


Context: George Henry Lewes | " George Henry Lewes (18 April 1817 – 30 November 1878) was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He was also an amateur physiologist. American feminist Margaret Fuller called Lewes a ""witty, French, flippant sort of man"". He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious skepticism. However, he is perhaps best known today for having openly lived with Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, as soulmates whose lives and writings were enriched by their relationship, though they never married each other."

Prompt: Which British Victorian writer lived with George Lewes for 24 years but never married him?

Answer: Mary Ann Evans


Context: Nick Owen |  Nicholas Corbishley Owen (born 1 November 1947) is an English television presenter and newsreader, best known for presenting the breakfast television programme TV-am and the BBC's local news show Midlands Today since 1997. He was also the chairman of Luton Town Football Club between 2008 and 2017.

Prompt: Famous as a presenter on TV-am with Anne Diamond, who is the chairman of Luton Town FC?

Answer: Nick Owen


Context: Arapongas |  The Tropic of Capricorn is a parallel situated south of the equator and her imaginary line crosses the territory of Arapongas, in BR-369, exit to Apucarana. On site there is a composite structure of shoulders and a landmark, where travelers from different parts of Brazil and South America usually stop to register his year here, through photos and videos, or out of curiosity.

Prompt: The Tropic of Capricorn crosses the west coast of South America in which country?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:CL


Context: Shakoor Rana |  In a Test match in Faisalabad in 1987, Rana and Mike Gatting argued after Rana decided Gatting had made an alteration to the fielding positions as Eddie Hemmings ran in to bowl. The argument stopped the match, and footage of the English cricket captain and the umpire shouting at each other with fingers pointed in each other's faces was widely broadcast. Rana accused Gatting of cheating and both were accused of using foul language, much of which was heard by a worldwide TV audience via the stump microphone. Shakoor refused to stand again in that Test until he received an unconditional apology from Gatting for the language used in the dispute. Gatting was threatened with being stripped of the England captaincy and was forced into issuing a written apology to Rana. Gatting issued a written apology and has since expressed regret at his part in the row.

Prompt: Which England cricket captain had a row with umpire Shakoor Rana at Faisalabad in December 1987?

Answer: Michael %22Mike%22 William Gatting OBE


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

Prompt: What was Tony Blair's constituency?

Answer: Segfield


Context: Ipswich Town F.C. in European football |  Ipswich's record at Portman Road is peerless in European football. For 45 years, Ipswich held the record for the longest unbeaten run of games at home in UEFA-sanctioned European competition. The team's absence from such tournaments in recent years had seen the record overtaken by AZ Alkmaar, whose home undefeated run was finally broken by Everton in 2007.

Prompt: Which football team plays its home games at Portman Road?

Answer: Ipswich Town F.C.


Context: Jenni Murray |  Dame Jennifer Susan Murray, (née Bailey; born 12 May 1950 ) is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour between 1987 and 2020.

Prompt: Which 'Dame' is one of the main presenters of Women's Hour on Radio 4?

Answer: Dame Jenni Murray


Context: Spaghetti alla puttanesca |  The sauce alone is called sugo alla puttanesca in Italian. Recipes may differ according to preferences; for instance, the Neapolitan version is prepared without anchovies, unlike the version popular in Lazio. Spices are sometimes added. In most cases, however, the sugo is a little salty (from the capers, olives, and anchovies) and quite fragrant (from the garlic). Traditionally, the sauce is served with spaghetti, although it is also paired with penne, bucatini, linguine, and vermicelli. Garlic and anchovies (omitted in the Neapolitan version) are sautéed in olive oil. Chopped chili peppers, olives, capers, diced tomatoes, and oregano are added along with salt and black pepper to taste. The cook then reduces this mixture by simmering and pours it over spaghetti cooked al dente. The final touch is a topping of parsley.

Prompt: Which Italian sauce for pasta contains tomato, black olives, capers, anchovies and red peppers? The name translates as 'whore's style'?

Answer: Sugo alla puttanesca


Context: Cabaret (1972 film) |  In 1931 Berlin, young American Sally Bowles performs at the Kit Kat Klub. A new British arrival in the city, Brian Roberts, moves into the boarding house where Sally lives. A reserved academic and writer, Brian wants to give English lessons to earn a living while completing his doctorate. Sally tries to seduce Brian, but he tells her that on three previous occasions he has tried to have sexual relationships with women, all of which failed. They become friends, and Brian witnesses Sally's bohemian life in the last days of the Weimar Republic. When Brian consoles Sally after her father cancels his meeting with her, they become lovers, concluding that

Prompt: In the 1972 film Cabaret, Sally Bowles is working in which club?

Answer: Kit-Kat


Context: Jane Seymour (actress) |  achieved international fame in her role as Bond girl Solitaire in the James Bond film Live and Let Die. IGN ranked her as 10th in a Top 10 Bond Babes list. In 1975, Seymour was cast as Princess Farah in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, the third part of Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad trilogy. The film was not released until its stop motion animation sequences had been completed in 1977. In 1978, she appeared as Serina in the Battlestar Galactica film and in the first five episodes of the television series. Seymour returned to the big screen in the comedy Oh Heavenly Dog

Prompt: "Which actress played the Bond Girl, ""Solitaire"" in the film ""Live and Let Die""?"

Answer: Jane Seymour


Context: Leisurecorp |  Among the sites owned by Leisurecorp are PGA European Tour venues Pearl Valley Golf Estates in South Africa, and Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. It bought the Turnberry Resort in Scotland in October 2008, which hosted the 2009 Open Championship, and sold it to Donald Trump in April 2014. Leisurecorp also has major shareholdings in Island Global Yachting, Troon Golf, GPS Industries, and Snowmass, Colorado.

Prompt: Which golf course, which has hosted the Open Championship, was bought by Donald Trump early in 2014?

Answer: Virgil's Aeneid


Context: Women at the crucifixion |  The presence of a group of female disciples of Jesus at the crucifixion of Jesus is found in all four Gospels of the New Testament. There have been different interpretations how many and which women were present. Although some Christian traditions hold that there were Three Marys at the cross, only one gospel claims this, and these names differ from the other gospels.

Prompt: According to the Bible, which was the only one of the twelve disciples who was actually present at the foot of the Cross as Jesus was crucified?

Answer: Saint John


Context: Angkor Wat |  Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត, Ângkôr Vôtt ; lit. 'Temple City' or 'City of Temples'), located in northwest Cambodia, is the largest religious structure in the form of a temple complex in the world by land area (more than three times Vatican City's area), measuring 162.6 ha. At the centre of the temple stands a quincunx of four towers surrounding a central spire that rises to a height of 65 m above the ground. The temple has three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. It lies within an outer wall 3.6 km long and a moat more than 5 km long. The temple was built at the behest

Prompt: In which country would you find the temple of Angkor Wat?

Answer: Srok khmer