Context: Bowes |  headmaster of The Bowes Academy, and is said to have been the model for Wackford Squeers in Nicholas Nickleby – they share the same initials. And George Ashton Taylor, who died in 1822 aged 19, apparently inspired Dickens to create the character of Smike in the same novel. From 1861 to 1962, the village was served by Bowes railway station. Just to the north of the village at Stoney Keld, is the site of the former RAF Bowes Moor, a chemical warfare agent storage site between 1941 and 1947. The Bowes Loop of the Pennine Way goes through the site. The village is also home to possibly the smallest former working men's club in the country. Now known as Bowes Social Club, it is run by volunteers and is often used as a venue to raise money for local events.

Prompt: "In the novel, ""Nicholas Nickelby"", by Charles Dickens, what was the name of the school, run by Wackford Squeers?"

Answer: Nicholas Nickelby


Context: Yom HaShoah |  In 1981, members of the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs FJMC, a branch of the mainstream Conservative/Masorti movement, created a special memorial project specifically for Yom HaShoah. A dedicated yahrzeit candle was conceived, with yellow wax and a barbed-wire Star of David logo reminiscent of the armbands Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust. This object has come to be known as the Yellow Candle (TM). Approximately 200,000 candles are distributed around the world each year, along with relevant prayers and meditations. In 1984, Conservative Rabbi David Golinkin wrote an article in Conservative Judaism journal suggesting a program of observance for the holiday, including fasting. In his article he noted that

Prompt: Which organisation uses barbed wire and a candle as its symbol?

Answer: Protect the Human


Context: Volcanic Seven Summits |  Although Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America and the highest peak in the western hemisphere, does have a volcanic origin, its current high point is due to geological processes rather than being strictly volcanic. Due to this, Aconcagua is not considered to be a volcano on its own, at least not as a member of Volcanic Seven Summits. Topographic maps of the Argentina and Chile border region which contains the highest peaks suffer from poor accuracy, with elevation errors exceeding 100 m in many cases. However, the current consensus based on the most recent measurements places Ojos del Salado as the 2nd highest peak and highest volcano in South America, significantly higher than Monte Pissis.

Prompt: Mt. Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, stands in which South American country?

Answer: Arxintina


Context: 1948 in music | " Miller in the film version. ; ""Wunderbar"" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison in the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Performed by Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson. ; ""You Came A Long Way From St Louis"" w. Bob Russell m. John Benson Brooks ; ""You Can't Be True, Dear"" w.(Eng) Hal Cotton (Ger) Gerhard Ebeler m. Hans Otten ; ""You Say The Nicest Things, Baby"" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh ; ""You Was"" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sonny Burke ; ""You're All I Want For Christmas"" w.m. Glen Moore & Seger Ellis ; ""You're Breaking My Heart"" w.m. Pat Genaro & Sunny Skylar "

Prompt: The song 'Wunderbar' comes from which Cole Porter musical?

Answer: Kiss Me, Kate (musical)


Context: Olney, Buckinghamshire | "  Since 1445, a pancake race has been run in the town on many Pancake Days, the day before the beginning of Lent. Tradition records that in 1445 on Shrove Tuesday, the ""Shriving Bell"" rang out to signal the start of the Shriving church service. On hearing the bell a local housewife, who had been busy cooking pancakes in anticipation of the beginning of Lent, ran to the church, frying pan still in hand, tossing the pancake to prevent it from burning, and dressed in her kitchen apron and headscarf. The women of Olney recreate this race every Shrove Tuesday (known "

Prompt: In which town does the traditional Pancake Race take place on Shrove Tuesday each year?

Answer: Olney, Bucks


Context: Alice in Wonderland (1949 film) |  which she spies the Rabbit. In her attempt to get inside the door, Alice uses magical objects that mysteriously appear in the room to change her size. She grows enormously tall and cries at her predicament, then shrinks until she is small enough to enter the door but finds herself floating in a sea of her own tears. Alice meets a mouse, to whom she relates her feelings of delight at the fantastic world she has found herself in. Upon washing ashore, Alice sees animals having a Caucus Race and debating on the best way to get dry. Blaming Alice for the flood, the animals begin to chase her.

Prompt: How did Alice get into Wonderland?

Answer: Down a rabbit hole


Context: Victoria Falls | " Victoria Falls (Lozi: Mosi-oa-Tunya, ""The Smoke That Thunders""; Tonga: Shungu Namutitima, ""Boiling Water"") is a waterfall on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, which provides habitat for several unique species of plants and animals. It is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe and is one of the world's largest waterfalls, with a width of 1708 m."

Prompt: On which river are the Victoria Falls?

Answer: Zambesi


Context: Alice in Wonderland (1999 film) | " He informs Alice that he once sang the same piece during the Queen's concert but was sent away because she was offended by his performance. The Mad Hatter was also called as a witness to the Knave's trial, where he reprised his performance, further angering the queen and causing her to chase him away as she shouted ""off with his head!"" Presumably, he and the March Hare escaped decapitation again due to their speed. ; Whoopi Goldberg as the Cheshire Cat – A grinning cat who teaches Alice ""the rules"" of Wonderland. She was also one of the few characters who was nice to "

Prompt: In 'Alice in Wonderland', who wanted to decapitate anyone who offended her?

Answer: Queen of Hearts (disambiguation)


Context: Ithaca | Odysseus (13th century BC), legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey ; St. Joachim Papoulakis (1786–1868), Athonite monk and an Orthodox Saint ; Nikolaos Galatis (1792-1819) pre-revolutionary figure and member of the Filiki Eteria ; Odysseas Androutsos (1788–1825), fighter in the Greek War of Independence ; Dionysius Rodotheatos (1849-1892), composer ; Platon Drakoulis (1858–1934), philosopher, writer, politician ; Lorentzos Mavilis (1860–1912), poet ; Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), general and dictator of Greece. His family descended from Cephalonia. ; Panagis Lekatsas (1911–1970), writer, journalist

Prompt: Odysseus was King of which Greek state?

Answer: Ithake


Context: Plate lifter | " A plate lifter or plate wobbler is a novelty item consisting of a tube with a small flat bladder on one end and a bulb on the other. The bladder is to be placed under a plate; inflating it will make the plate wobble. This fake demonstration of psychokinesis is intended to provoke surprise and merriment. A free plate wobbler was included with the first issue of the British comic magazine Monster Fun and promoted as a ""monster mirth maker""."

Prompt: Which device, now a plaything, has a lift end, a dingle end and an elbow?

Answer: Boomerang world cup


Context: Kenneth W. Rendell | " In the spring of 1983 the West German magazine Stern published excerpts of what were purported to be Adolf Hitler’s diaries, which had reportedly been found in a wrecked German transport plane. The cover story of the May 2, 1983, issue of Newsweek was: ""Hitler Diaries Discovered, Are They Genuine?"" Hired by the magazine as a consultant, Rendell ""said he would investigate everything—from paper to ink to handwriting to bindings. He would also check into the alleged provenience of the documents."" He revealed the results of his efforts in Newsweek's May 16, 1983, cover story, ""Forgery — Uncovering The Hitler Hoax."" The diaries, he asserted, were fake. That week "

Prompt: What is the name of the German magazine which claimed in 1983 to have found Hitler's diaries?

Answer: Fashion timber


Context: Modern understanding of Greek mythology | " lack of linguistic evidence makes it difficult to prove, as in the case of the Greek Moirai and the Norns of Norse mythology. Archaeology and mythography, on the other hand, has revealed that the Greeks were inspired by some of the civilizations of Asia Minor and the Near East. Adonis seems to be the Greek counterpart — more clearly in cult than in myth — of a Near Eastern dying god. His name is related to the Semitic invocation ""adon"" (Lord) and appears in other cultures as Dumuzi, Tammuz or Attis. Cybele is rooted in Anatolian culture, and much of Aphrodite's iconography springs from the Semitic goddesses Inanna, Ishtar and "

Prompt: Who were the Greek equivalents of the Norns of Norse mythology?

Answer: Fates (disambiguation)


Context: June 6, 1944, order of the day | "  The June 6, 1944, order of the day was issued by Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Eisenhower to Allied forces on the eve of D-Day, the first day of the invasion of Normandy. The message was intended to impress upon the troops the importance of their mission which Eisenhower called a ""Great Crusade"". Eisenhower had been drafting the order since February 1944 and recorded a spoken version on May 28, that was broadcast on British and American radio on D-Day."

Prompt: Who was the General in charge of the American forces on D-Day?

Answer: Omar Bradey


Context: Emily Brontë |  in a man and rarer indeed in a woman... impairing this gift was her stubborn tenacity of will which rendered her obtuse to all reasoning where her own wishes, or her own sense of right, was concerned. The two sisters were committed to their studies and by the end of the term had become so competent in French that Madame Héger proposed that they both stay another half-year, even, according to Charlotte, offering to dismiss the English master so that she could take his place. Emily had, by this time, become a competent pianist and teacher and it was suggested that she might stay

Prompt: Give a year in the life of Emily Bronte.

Answer: 1818-1848


Context: Maxime Carlot Korman | " as Speaker by the government's parliamentary majority. Ironically, as ""Senior Member of Parliament"" (Father of the House), he was then called upon to preside over the election of a new Speaker, which he reportedly ""readily agreed"" to. The government's candidate, Dunstan Hilton, was elected unopposed. A few days later, the government introduced a motion to suspend Korman from Parliament altogether for the remainder of its term, which Radio New Zealand International described as the government's way of ""punish[ing him] for his controversial rulings"". The motion was passed by twenty-six votes out of fifty-two. Korman announced he would appeal to the courts."

Prompt: In the British Parliament, who presides over the election of a new Speaker?

Answer: The Father of the House


Context: BBC Sports Personality of the Year |  In 1991, angler Bob Nudd received the most votes following a campaign in the Angling Times. However, the BBC deemed this to be against the rules and refused to acknowledge his votes, allowing athlete Liz McColgan to win the award. The following year racing driver Nigel Mansell became the second person to win the main award twice, having won his first in 1986. Sue Barker presented the show for the first time in 1994, at which racing driver Damon Hill won the first of his two awards, the second coming two years later. Boxer Frank Bruno was the inaugural winner

Prompt: Who was the only person to win the BBC TV Sports Personality of the Year twice during the 1990's - in 1994 and 1996?

Answer: Damon Hill


Context: Mo Mowlam |  On 4 September 2000, Mowlam announced her intention to retire from Parliament and relinquished her seat at the 2001 general election. After retirement from the House of Commons, she became a critic of government policy on various issues, especially the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She took part in the anti-Iraq War protests alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Tony Benn, Tariq Ali, Ken Livingstone and Bianca Jagger. Following her retirement, Mowlam became agony aunt for the men's magazine Zoo. She said she missed her constituency work as an MP. She also set up a charity, MoMo Helps, to help drug users who are successfully completing their rehabilitation and provide support for the parents or carers of disabled children. Her political memoirs, entitled Momentum: The Struggle for Peace, Politics and the People, were published in 2002. She was the subject of This Is Your Life in January 2003 when she was surprised by Michael Aspel.

Prompt: "Who published her political memoirs entitled ""Momentum""?"

Answer: Mo (Marjorie) Mowlam


Context: Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan |  The combined Ningbo-Zhoushan Port handled a total cargo volume of 744,000,000 metric tons of cargo in 2012, making it the largest port in the world in terms of cargo tonnage, surpassing the Port of Shanghai for the first time. The port is part of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast to Singapore, towards the southern tip of India to Mombasa, from there through the Red Sea via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub of Trieste with its connections to Central Europe and the North Sea.

Prompt: In terms of tonnage of cargo handled, which is the world's largest port?

Answer: Rotterdam South


Context: Because We Want To | " Selling over 80,000 copies during its opening week, ""Because We Want To"" made Billie the youngest artist to debut at number one on the UK Singles Chart, aged 15. However, Helen Shapiro still holds the record as the youngest solo female singer to have topped the UK Singles Chart; ""You Don't Know"" rose to number one in 1961, when Shapiro was 14 years and 10 months old. Outside the United Kingdom, the song became a top-ten hit in Ireland, New Zealand, and Sweden, peaking at numbers nine, nine, and eight, respectively. Although the song became a hit in Canada, peaking at number 30 on the RPM Top Singles chart in September 1998, it did not chart in the United States."

Prompt: Who is the youngest female singer to have a UK No. 1 hit?

Answer: Helen Shapiro


Context: Boletus edulis |  many other dishes. In France, they are used in recipes such as cèpes à la Bordelaise, cèpe frits and cèpe aux tomates. Porcini risotto is a traditional Italian autumn dish. Porcini are a feature of many cuisines, including Provençal, and Viennese. They are used in soups and consumed blanched in salads in Thailand. Porcini can also be frozen—either raw or first cooked in butter. The colour, aroma, and taste of frozen porcini deteriorate noticeably if frozen longer than four months. Blanching or soaking and blanching as a processing step before freezing can extend the freezer life up to 12 months. They are also one of the few mushroom species pickled and sold commercially.

Prompt: In food and drink terms, what are porcini (poor-chee-nee) and straw?

Answer: Types of mushrooms


Context: Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 |  Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich completed his Symphony No. 7 on 27 December 1941 and dedicated it to his native Leningrad. At the time the city was about 16 weeks into its 872-day siege by Nazi German forces, which would kill about a third of the city's pre-war population. Shostakovich wanted the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra to première the symphony, but that group had been evacuated to Novosibirsk as part of the government-led cultural exodus. The world première was instead held in Kuybyshev on 5 March 1942, performed by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra under conductor Samuil Samosud. The Moscow première was given by

Prompt: "Which Russian (in 1941) composed the ""Leningrad Symphony""?"

Answer: Dimitri Shostakovitch


Context: Cowdray Park, West Sussex |  The estate is home to the Cowdray Park Polo Club, one of the leading polo clubs in the United Kingdom. The sport has been played here for over 100 years. Over 450 polo matches are held at the park each season. The highlight of the polo season is the annual British Open Polo Championship, for the Gold Cup, sponsored for many years by Veuve Clicquot, and now by Jaeger-LeCoultre. The Gold Cup tournament starts at the end of June and runs until the Final late in July. The 2017 Final is on Sunday 23 July 2017.In 2020, the King Power Gold Cup, which is the culmination of the tournament for the British Open Polo is the premier polo tournament in the world at 22 goal (high goal) level. Semifinals and final match will be played between July 15th and 19th.

Prompt: In which county is the polo venue of Cowdray Park?

Answer: West sussex


Context: The Twelve Days of Christmas (song) | " run, in full, as follows: ""On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to meA partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to meTwo turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree. On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to meThree French hens, Two turtle doves, And a partridge in a pear tree."" Subsequent verses follow the same pattern. Each verse deals with the next day of Christmastide, adding one new gift and then repeating all the earlier gifts, so that each verse is one line longer than its predecessor. "

Prompt: According to the song, what did my true love send to me on the eighth day of Christmas?

Answer: Eight Maids 'a-Milking


Context: 10-mile run |  The 10-mile run is a long-distance road running event over a distance of ten miles (16.1 kilometres). Also referred to as a 10-miler or 10 miles run, it is a relatively common distance in countries that use the mile as a unit of reference. It is roughly an intermediate distance between the 10K run and the half marathon (21.1 km). The level of endurance required to run the distance means it attracts more seasoned runners than shorter events do and usually requires a period of preparation for first-time attempts. Given its measurement in imperial units, the event does not have official recognition from the International Association of Athletics Federations for championship competition. For this reason, it is a distance mostly used in non-international, low-level road races. Races that attract international-standard athletes are mostly based

Prompt: What is the imperial distance of a marathon race?

Answer: 26 miles, 385 yards


Context: 1877 in the United Kingdom |  off the Isle of Portland; over 120 persons die from both ships with only 12 survivors. ; 13 September – new Manchester Town Hall, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, officially opened. ; 3 October – W. S. Gilbert's farce Engaged, starring Marion Terry, opens at London's Haymarket Theatre. ; 22 October – Blantyre mining disaster kills 207, Scotland’s worst-ever mining accident. ; 24 November – Anna Sewell's novel Black Beauty published. ; 4 December – American suffragette Victoria Woodhull delivers her first public lecture in London after she and her sister Tennessee Claflin settle in England following their involvement in sensational legal cases in the United States.

Prompt: "In which decade was the Manchester Ship Canal opened; Anna Sewell's ""Black Beauty"" published; James Naismith invents basketball?"

Answer: Eighteen-nineties


Context: Glenn Miller Orchestra |  Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the swing era and one of the greatest singles charting acts of the 20th century. Miller began professionally recording in New York City as a sideman in the hot jazz era of the late 1920s. With the arrival of virtuoso trombonists Jack Teagarden and Tommy Dorsey, Miller focused more on developing his arrangement skills. Writing for contemporaries and future stars such as Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman, Miller gained prowess as an arranger by working in a variety of settings. Later, Miller

Prompt: Glenn Miller played which musical instrument?

Answer: Harmonic glissando


Context: Yvette Cooper |  Cooper was reappointed as Shadow Home Secretary on 29 November 2021 by Keir Starmer, replacing Nick Thomas-Symonds in a shadow cabinet reshuffle.

Prompt: As at November 2007, who is the Shadow Home Secretary?

Answer: David L. Davis


Context: Eggnog | " made with hot milk that was curdled with wine or ale and flavored with spices. In the Middle Ages, posset was used as a cold and flu remedy. Posset was popular from medieval times to the 19th century. Eggs were added to some posset recipes; according to Time magazine, by the ""13th century, monks were known to drink a posset with eggs and figs."" A 17th century recipe for ""My Lord of Carlisle’s Sack-Posset"" uses a heated mixture of cream, whole cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, eighteen egg yolks, eight egg whites, and one pint of Sack wine (a fortified white wine related to sherry). At the end, sugar, ambergris and animal "

Prompt: Which drink, popular in the Middle Ages, is prepared by curdling hot milk with wine or ale, and adding spices?

Answer: Posset


Context: Outline of Harvard University |  This outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to Harvard University: Harvard University – private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country.

Prompt: In which U.S. State is the University of Harvard to be found?

Answer: Masachusetts


Context: Hydrogen cyanide |  Hydrogen cyanide is a linear molecule, with a triple bond between carbon and nitrogen. The tautomer of HCN is HNC, hydrogen isocyanide. Hydrogen cyanide is weakly acidic with a pKa of 9.2. It partially ionizes in water solution to give the cyanide anion, CN−. A solution of hydrogen cyanide in water, represented as HCN, is called hydrocyanic acid. The salts of the cyanide anion are known as cyanides. HCN has a faint bitter almond-like odor that some people are unable to detect owing to a recessive genetic trait. The volatile compound has been used as inhalation rodenticide and human poison, as well as for killing whales. Cyanide ions interfere with iron-containing respiratory enzymes.

Prompt: What is the distinctive odour of the gas, hydrogen cyanide?

Answer: Almond tree


Context: Tasmania | " believed that the name is more properly applied to Cape Barren Island, which has had an official dual name of ""Truwana"" since 2014. Tasmania is named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who made the first reported European sighting of the island on 24 November 1642. Tasman named the island Anthony van Diemen's Land after his sponsor Anthony van Diemen, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies. The name was later shortened to Van Diemen's Land by the British. It was officially renamed Tasmania in honour of its first European discoverer on 1 January 1856. Tasmania was sometimes referred to as ""Dervon"", as mentioned in the Jerilderie Letter written by the notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly in 1879. "

Prompt: What was the first name of the Dutch explorer, Tasman, after whom Tasmania is named?

Answer: ABEL


Context: Demi Moore |  Demi Gene Moore (née Guynes; born November 11, 1962) is an American actress. She has been credited as an influential figure in the movement for equal salary for women in Hollywood, and was one of the highest-paid actresses through the 1980s and 1990s. Her accolades include nominations for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is recognized as a sex symbol for her looks and media image. After making her film debut in 1981, Moore appeared on the soap opera General Hospital (1982–1984) and subsequently gained recognition as a member of

Prompt: Which actress was born Demetria Gene Guynes in 1962?

Answer: Demetria Moore


Context: Coat of arms of Norway |  On 4 November 1814, the Norwegian Storting elected King Charles XIII of Sweden as King of Norway. This personal union with Sweden lasted until the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905. Without legitimate heirs of the body, King Charles adopted the French marshall Bernadotte, Prince of Pontecorvo, who took the name Carl Johan. The union arms introduced by King Charles XIII and Crown Prince Carl Johan were never used officially in Norway. Only the lion coat of arms of Norway appeared on coins and on seals of official documents signed by the King in his capacity as Norwegian king. The union arms introduced by King Oscar I in 1844 was used by members of the royal family, by the common diplomatic service of both kingdoms, and on official documents concerning both countries. In Norway, the union arms was never used on coins or official documents. In Sweden, Crown Princes and Princes bore the coat of arms belonging to his duchy. See Duchies in Sweden (but these titles and arms were never used in Norway).

Prompt: Name either Scandinavian nation that Charles XIII (Carl II) ruled by the 1814 union of the two countries.

Answer: Sweden or Norway


Context: Ding Dong Bell | "  The most common modern version is arguably already a moderation of the theme of the original rhyme. The fear that children might be affected by the violence of the rhyme and specifically that children might be tempted to put cats in wells, led to several attempts to reform the rhyme. In his New Nursery Rhymes for Old (1949) Geoffrey Hall published the following alternative: A modern version replaces the word ""pussy"" with ""kitty""."

Prompt: In the nursery rhyme, who pulled pussy out of the well?

Answer: Little Tommy Stout


Context: British Isles |  London Heathrow Airport is Europe's busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic, and the Dublin-London route is the busiest air route in Europe collectively, the busiest route out of Heathrow and the second-busiest international air route in the world. The English Channel and the southern North Sea are the busiest seaways in the world. The Channel Tunnel, opened in 1994, links Great Britain to France and is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world. The idea of building a tunnel under the Irish Sea has been raised since 1895, when it was first investigated. Several potential Irish Sea tunnel projects have been proposed, most recently the Tusker Tunnel between the ports of Rosslare and Fishguard proposed by The Institute of Engineers of Ireland in 2004. A rail tunnel was proposed in 1997 on a different route, between Dublin and Holyhead, by British engineering firm Symonds. Either tunnel, at 50 mi, would be by far the longest in the world, and would cost an estimated £15 billion or €20 billion. A proposal in 2007, estimated the cost of building a bridge from County Antrim in Northern Ireland to Galloway in Scotland at £3.5bn (€5bn).

Prompt: In December 2006, the second longest motorway tunnel in Europe was opened connecting the port to the airport in which capital city?

Answer: UN/LOCODE:IEDUB


Context: List of painters in the National Gallery of Art |  ; Milton W. Hopkins (1789–1844), American : Aphia Salisbury Rich and Baby Edward, oil on wood, ID: 1958.9.12 ; Edward Hopper (1882–1967), American : Cape Cod Evening, oil on canvas, ID: 1982.76.6 ; John Hoppner (1758–1810), British : The Hoppner Children, oil on canvas, ID: 1942.9.35 ; Jacob van Hulsdonck (1582–1647), Flemish : Wild Strawberries and a Carnation in a Wan–Li Bowl, oil on copper, ID: 2013.1.1 ; Charles S. Humphreys (1818–1880), American : The Trotter, oil on canvas, ID: 1953.5.95 ; Daniel Huntington (1816–1906), American : Dr. James Hall, oil on canvas, ID: 1947.17.56 ; Justus van Huysum (1659–1716), Dutch : Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, oil on panel, ID: 1996.80.1

Prompt: Which American scene artist painted 'Cape Cod Evening'?

Answer: Edward Hopper


Context: Smooth North West |  aired in the North West. The station was relaunched again as Smooth Radio 100.4 on 26 March 2007. The launch occurred at the same time as London based 102.2 Smooth FM, however Smooth Radio 100.4 continued with its own unique soul music based format. On 5 July 2007, GMG Radio announced that it was requesting a change of format from Ofcom, which would bring Smooth Radio 100.4 in line with the rest of the network. It proposed an easy listening music service mixed with speech for the over 50's, coupled with an improved local news service. Ofcom approved the changes on 11 October 2007. In March 2008, GMG requested a format change to remove its jazz commitments it has in place

Prompt: 100.4 Smooth Radio, and 105.4 Century FM, etc, are based where?

Answer: Salford Quays


Context: 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony |  The opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on February 12, 2010, beginning at 6:00 pm PST (02:00 UTC, February 13) at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This was the first Olympic opening ceremony to be held indoors. It was directed by David Atkins. The event was officially opened by Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, the representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. The opening ceremony was dedicated by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) to Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who had died earlier in the day in a training run. An audience of 61,600 was in attendance at the venue, and there were an estimated 4,500 performers.

Prompt: The 2010 Winter Olympics will be held where?

Answer: Vancouver, Canada


Context: Old Faithful |  Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States. It was named in 1870 during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to be named. It is a highly predictable geothermal feature and has erupted every 44 minutes to two hours since 2000. The geyser and the nearby Old Faithful Inn are part of the Old Faithful Historic District.

Prompt: The Old Faithful geyser is in which American national park?

Answer: Yellowstone National Park Archives


Context: Stephen King |  In the late 1970s and early 1980s, King published a handful of short novels—Rage (1977), The Long Walk (1979), Roadwork (1981), The Running Man (1982) and Thinner (1984)—under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The idea behind this was to test whether he could replicate his success again and to allay his fears that his popularity was an accident. An alternate explanation was that publishing standards at the time allowed only a single book a year. He picked up the name from the hard rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, of which he is a fan. Richard Bachman was exposed as King's pseudonym by a persistent Washington, D.C. bookstore clerk, Steve Brown, who noticed similarities between the works and later located publisher's records at the Library of Congress that named King as

Prompt: Which famous novelist also wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman?

Answer: Stephen King


Context: Aesculus hippocastanum |  Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is a large deciduous, synoecious (hermaphroditic-flowered) tree. It is also called horse-chestnut, European horsechestnut, buckeye, and conker tree. It is sometimes called Spanish chestnut. This name is typically used for Castanea sativa.

Prompt: Aesculus hippocastanum is the Latin name for which tree?

Answer: Common horse chestnut


Context: Agatha Christie | " Christie published six mainstream novels under the name Mary Westmacott, a pseudonym which gave her the freedom to explore ""her most private and precious imaginative garden"". These books typically received better reviews than her detective and thriller fiction. Of the first, Giant's Bread published in 1930, a reviewer for The New York Times wrote, ""...her book is far above the average of current fiction, in fact, comes well under the classification of a 'good book'. And it is only a satisfying novel that can claim that appellation."" It was publicized from the very beginning that ""Mary Westmacott"" was a pen name of a well-known author, although the identity behind the pen name was kept secret; the dust jacket "

Prompt: Which famous novelist also wrote under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?

Answer: Christie Estate


Context: Candlestick |  Candles and candlesticks are also used frequently in religious rituals and for spiritual means as both functional and symbolic lights. In Jewish homes, two candles are lit to mark the beginning of the Sabbath at sundown every Friday, hence, candlesticks are often on display. A seven-branched candelabra, known as the menorah, is the national symbol of the State of Israel, based on the candelabra that was used in the Temple in Jerusalem in ancient times. Another special candelabra found in many Jewish homes is the Hanukiah, the Hanukkah menorah that holds eight candles plus an extra one for lighting the others. Tall candlesticks and altar lamps are often found in Christian churches as well, while a special set of two- and three-branched candelabras called the dikirion and trikirion is used by Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox bishops to bless people at worship services.

Prompt: What is the name of the seven-branched candelabra used in the Jewish religion?

Answer: Menorah


Context: Adam Faith |  Terence Nelhams Wright (23 June 1940 – 8 March 2003), known as Adam Faith, was an English teen idol, singer, actor and financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly.

Prompt: What was the stage name of singer/actor Terence Nelhams?

Answer: Terry Nelhams-Wright


Context: Gresham's law | " In economics, Gresham's law is a monetary principle stating that ""bad money drives out good"". For example, if there are two forms of commodity money in circulation, which are accepted by law as having similar face value, the more valuable commodity will gradually disappear from circulation. The law was named in 1860 by economist Henry Dunning Macleod after Sir Thomas Gresham (1519–1579), an English financier during the Tudor dynasty. Gresham had urged Queen Elizabeth to restore confidence in then-debased English currency. The concept was thoroughly defined in medieval Europe by Nicolaus Copernicus and known centuries earlier in classical Antiquity, the Middle East and China."

Prompt: "In economics, whose law states that, ""Bad Money Drives Out Good""?"

Answer: Thomas Gresham


Context: The Man from Laramie |  The Man from Laramie is a 1955 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, and Cathy O'Donnell. Written by Philip Yordan and Frank Burt, the film is about a stranger who defies a local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals. The film was adapted from a serial of the same title by Thomas T. Flynn, first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1954, and thereafter as a novel in 1955. Shot in Technicolor, The Man from Laramie was one of the first Westerns to be filmed in CinemaScope to capture the vastness of the scenery. The

Prompt: "Who played the title role in the 1955 film, ""The Man From Laramie""?"

Answer: James Stewart (actor)


Context: The Sound of Music | " the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, including ""Edelweiss"", ""My Favorite Things"", ""Climb Ev'ry Mountain"", ""Do-Re-Mi"", and the title song ""The Sound of Music"". The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, out of nine nominations. The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961. The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The Sound of Music was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein; Oscar Hammerstein died of stomach cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere."

Prompt: """The Sound of Music"", in 1959, was the last Broadway musical of which famous duo?"

Answer: Rodgers & Hammerstein


Context: Mercury (element) |  Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is commonly known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum. A heavy, silvery d-block element, mercury is the only metallic element that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure; the only other element that is liquid under these conditions is the halogen bromine, though metals such as caesium, gallium, and rubidium melt just above room temperature. Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as cinnabar (mercuric sulfide). The red pigment vermilion is obtained by grinding natural cinnabar or synthetic mercuric sulfide. Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, float valves, mercury switches, mercury relays, fluorescent lamps and other devices, though concerns about the element's toxicity

Prompt: Which is the only element, from the group known as the Halogens, which is liquid at room temperature?

Answer: Bromeen


Context: Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles) | " On June 5, 1968, the winner of the California Democratic presidential primary election, United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy, gave a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel to supporters. After the speech in the Embassy Room, Kennedy was shot three times along with five other people in the pantry area of the hotel's main kitchen soon after midnight. Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan was arrested at the scene and later convicted of the murder. Kennedy died the following day at a nearby hospital; the other victims all survived. During the demolition of the Ambassador Hotel in late 2005 and early 2006, portions of the area where the 1968 shooting occurred were eliminated from the site. The section of Wilshire Boulevard in front of the hotel has been signed the ""Robert F. Kennedy Parkway""."

Prompt: Who was assassinated in 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles?

Answer: Robert F. Kennedy


Context: Axilla |  The axilla (also, armpit, underarm or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the joint where the arm connects to the shoulder. It also contains many sweat glands. In humans, the formation of body odor happens mostly in the armpit. These odorant substances have been suggested by some to serve as pheromones, which play a role related to mating. However, this is a controversial topic within the scientific community. The underarm regions seem more important than the genital region for body odor, which may be related to human bipedalism.

Prompt: The axilla is the anatomical name for which part of the body?

Answer: Underarm


Context: Interpol | Buenos Aires, Argentina ; Brussels, Belgium (special representative office to the European Union) ; Yaoundé, Cameroon ; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire ; San Salvador, El Salvador ; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (special representative office to the African Union) ; Nairobi, Kenya ; Bangkok, Thailand ; New York City, United States (special representative office to the United Nations) ; Harare, Zimbabwe In addition to its General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, Interpol maintains seven regional bureaus and three special representative offices:  Interpol's Command and Coordination Centres offer a 24-hour point of contact for national police forces seeking urgent information or facing a crisis. The original is in Lyon with a second in Buenos Aires

Prompt: Where are the headquarters of Interpol?

Answer: Lyon (France)


Context: Brontë family |  The three sisters and their brother, Branwell (1817–1848), were very close and during childhood developed their imaginations first through oral storytelling and play set in an intricate imaginary world, and then through the collaborative writing of increasingly complex stories set therein. The deaths of first their mother, and then of their two older sisters marked them profoundly and influenced their writing, as did the relative isolation in which they were raised. The Brontë birthplace in Thornton is a place of pilgrimage and their later home, the parsonage at Haworth in Yorkshire, now the Brontë Parsonage Museum, has hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

Prompt: Who was the brother of the Bronte sisters?

Answer: Branwell Brontë


Context: Tenerife South Airport |  Tenerife South Airport (Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur), also known as Tenerife South–Reina Sofía Airport, is the larger of the two international airports located on the island of Tenerife (the other being Tenerife North Airport) and the second busiest in the Canary Islands (after Gran Canaria Airport). It is located in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona and handled over 11 million passengers in 2018. Combined with Tenerife North Airport, the island gathers the highest passenger movement of all the Canary Islands, with 12,248,673 passengers, surpassing Gran Canaria Airport.

Prompt: On which island is Reina Sofia Airport?

Answer: Tenerife, Canary Islands


Context: Fidelio |  Fidelio, originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera. The German libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, with the work premiering at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805. The following year, Stephan von Breuning helped shorten the work from three acts to two. After further work on the libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke, a final version was performed at the Kärntnertortheater on 23 May 1814. By convention, both of the first two versions are referred to as Leonore. The libretto, with some spoken dialogue, tells how Leonore, disguised

Prompt: What is the name of Beethoven's only opera?

Answer: Leonore


Context: Salford City F.C. |  At each home game the team walks out to The Pogues' cover of Dirty Old Town, the 1949 Ewan McColl song inspired by the singer's childhood in Salford. Following the takeover by the Class of '92, Salford's fanbase and resulting attendance figures has steadily grown; ahead of their début season as a Football League club, Salford had sold over 1,900 season tickets, an increase of approximately 800 from the previous season. The rise in fanbase has in part been attributed to many Manchester United supporters opting to attend games at Salford due to the cost of attending games at Old Trafford and the relative affordability of a season ticket at Moor Lane. Since their promotion to the Football League, the club do not

Prompt: Which city was the subject of the 1949 song 'Dirty Old Town' by Ewan McColl?

Answer: Salford


Context: List of unproduced television projects based on Marvel Comics | " In the 1990s, a planned Captain America animated series from Saban Entertainment to air on Fox Kids proposed that Captain America's true name was Tommy Tompkins, with ""Steve Rogers"" being a cover name assigned to him by the U.S. Army. The Red Skull would appear as the main antagonist. The series was cancelled during production with scripts written, characters designed and a one-minute pitch film produced, because of Marvel's bankruptcy."

Prompt: Which US comic superhero has the real name Steve Rogers?

Answer: Captain America (comic book)


Context: Arthur Fiedler |  Arthur Fiedler (December 17, 1894 – July 10, 1979) was an American conductor known for his association with both the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops orchestras. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Boston Pops one of the best-known orchestras in the United States. Fiedler was sometimes criticized for over-popularizing music, particularly when adapting popular songs or editing portions of the classical repertoire, but he kept performances informal and sometimes self-mocking to attract a bigger audience.

Prompt: With which orchestra was Arthur Fiedler (who died in 1979) most associated?

Answer: The Boston Pops Orchestra


Context: Figure of speech |  for emphasis or effect ; hyperbole: Use of exaggerated terms for emphasis ; hypocatastasis: An implication or declaration of resemblance that does not directly name both terms ; hypophora: Answering one's own rhetorical question at length ; hysteron proteron: Reversal of anticipated order of events; a form of hyperbaton ; Illeism: is the act of referring to oneself in the third person instead of first person. ; innuendo: Having a hidden meaning in a sentence that makes sense whether it is detected or not ; inversion: A reversal of normal word order, especially the placement of a verb ahead of the subject (subject-verb inversion).

Prompt: As a figure of speech, what is a statement made in exaggerated terms?

Answer: Overstatement


Context: Merrythought | " Merrythought is a toy manufacturing company established in 1930 in the United Kingdom. The company specialises in soft toys, especially teddy bears. It is the last remaining British teddy bear factory to still make its products in Britain and is located at Ironbridge in Shropshire. The company's site in Ironbridge has a small museum and shop open to the public, and is where the toys are made. The site is a former iron foundry building on the banks of the River Severn, less than half a mile (0.7 km) upstream from the world-famous Iron Bridge itself. The vicinity is known as Dale End, lying at the bottom of the Coalbrookdale valley, and falls within the wider Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. The origin of the firm's name is uncertain but possibly derives from an archaic word for ""wishbone"" – the company has used a wishbone as an emblem since 1992."

Prompt: A merrythought is one of the popular names for which part of a bird?

Answer: Wish bones


Context: 1675 in science | "March 4 – John Flamsteed appointed as ""astronomical observator"", in effect, the first Astronomer Royal of England. ; Giovanni Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division. "

Prompt: Who was appointed as England's first astronomer royal?

Answer: Flamsteed


Context: Old World sparrow |  Old World sparrows are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, a name also used for a particular genus of the family, Passer. They are distinct from both the New World sparrows, in the family Passerellidae, and from a few other birds sharing their name, such as the Java sparrow of the family Estrildidae. Many species nest on buildings and the house and Eurasian tree sparrows, in particular, inhabit cities in large numbers, so sparrows are among the most familiar of all wild birds. They are primarily seed-eaters, though they also consume small insects. Some species scavenge for food around cities and, similarly to gulls or rock doves, will happily eat small quantities of virtually anything.

Prompt: To which family of birds do sparrows belong?

Answer: Sparow


Context: Songs from Les Misérables |  Les Misérables is a sung-through musical based on the 1862 novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. Having premiered in Paris in 1980, it has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, with an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer. The London production has run continuously since October 1985 – the longest-running musical in the West End, and the second-longest-running musical in the world (after The Fantasticks).

Prompt: "The musical ""Les Miserables"" is based on whose novel?"

Answer: Hugo, Victor


Context: White House | " On Saturday, November 1, 1800, John Adams became the first president to take residence in the building. The next day he wrote his wife Abigail: ""I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this House, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."" President Franklin D. Roosevelt had Adams's blessing carved into the mantel in the State Dining Room. Adams lived in the house only briefly before Thomas Jefferson moved into the ""pleasant country residence"" in 1801. Despite his complaints that the house was too big (""big enough for two emperors, one pope, and the grand lama in the bargain""), Jefferson considered how the "

Prompt: Who was the first American President to live in the White House; he moved there in 1800?

Answer: John Adams Inaugural Speech


Context: Wren | " ('king of the fence (or hedge)') and in Dutch, the name is winterkoning ('king of winter'). The family name Troglodytidae is derived from troglodyte, which means 'cave-dweller'. Wrens get their scientific name from the tendency of some species to forage in dark crevices. The name ""wren"" is also ascribed to other families of passerine birds throughout the world. In Europe, kinglets are commonly known as ""wrens"", with the common firecrest and goldcrest known as the ""fire-crested wren"" and ""golden-crested wren"", respectively. The 27 Australasian ""wren"" species in the family Maluridae are unrelated, as are the New Zealand wrens in the family Acanthisittidae, the antbirds in the family Thamnophilidae, and the Old World babblers of the family Timaliidae."

Prompt: What is the more common name for birds of the Troglodytidae family?

Answer: Wren


Context: Joseph Priestley | " Joseph Priestley (24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist who published over 150 works. He has historically been credited with the independent discovery of oxygen in 1774 by the thermal decomposition of mercuric oxide, having isolated it. Although Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele also has strong claims to the discovery, Priestley published his findings first. Scheele discovered it by heating potassium nitrate, mercuric oxide, and many other substances about 1772. During his lifetime, Priestley's considerable scientific reputation rested on his invention of carbonated water, his writings on electricity, and his discovery of several ""airs"" (gases), the most famous being what Priestley dubbed ""dephlogisticated air"" (oxygen). Priestley's determination "

Prompt: Which English clergyman/chemist discovered oxygen?

Answer: Priestley, Joseph


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

Prompt: The flag of which European country is a blue-white-red horizontal tricolour with the coat of arms centred vertically but located left of centre horizontally?

Answer: Сърбия


Context: House of the Vettii |  On the south wall in the cubiculum is the painting Hero and Leander. This painting depicts the lovers Hero and Leander who lived on opposite shores of the Hellespont. Leander wished to be with his lover so he swam the strait each night, guided by torches Hero placed in a tower on the beach. One night a storm extinguishes the light, causing Leander to drown. Distraught, Hero throws herself into the sea after him. Leander is depicted in the water, wearing only a wreath of yellow leaves. He swims to the right with his left arm extended towards the circular tower occupying the right section of the painting. Hero leans out of

Prompt: Who swam the Hellespont every night to meet Hero?

Answer: Leander (disambiguation)


Context: Ghosts (Pac-Man) |  Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde are a quartet of characters from the Pac-Man video game franchise. Created by Toru Iwatani, they first appear in the 1980 arcade game Pac-Man as the main antagonists. The ghosts have appeared in every Pac-Man game since, sometimes becoming minor antagonists or allies to Pac-Man, such as in Pac-Man World and the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures animated series.

Prompt: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde are four ghosts in which arcade game?

Answer: Pakman


Context: Theatre of Japan |  This article is an overview of traditional and modern Japanese theatre. Traditional Japanese theatre is among the oldest theatre traditions in the world. Traditional theatre includes Noh, a spiritual drama, and its comic accompaniment kyōgen; kabuki, a dance and music theatrical tradition; bunraku, puppetry; and yose, a spoken drama. Modern Japanese theatre includes shingeki (experimental Western-style theatre), shinpa (new school theatre) and shōgekijō (little theatre). In addition, there are many classical western plays and musical adaptations of popular television shows and movies that are produced in Japan.

Prompt: There are two forms of classical Japanese theatre, 'Noh' is mostly spoken, but what name is given to the singing and dancing form?

Answer: 歌舞伎


Context: Dunkirk evacuation | " The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation commenced after large numbers of Belgian, British, and French troops were cut off and surrounded by German troops during the six-week Battle of France. In a speech to the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called this ""a colossal military disaster"", saying ""the whole root and core and brain of the British Army"" had been stranded at Dunkirk "

Prompt: What was the code name for the British retreat from Dunkirk in World War 2?

Answer: Dynamo


Context: Road signs in Wales |  Bilingual signs in Wales were permitted by special authorisation after 1965. In 1972 the Bowen Committee recommended that they should be provided systematically throughout Wales. Throughout Wales, instructions for drivers appear on the road itself. One of the most common painted instructions is araf – slow.

Prompt: The word 'Araf, painted on the road surface in Wales means what in English?

Answer: Slow


Context: Zygomaticus major muscle |  The zygomaticus major muscle is a muscle of the human body. It extends from each zygomatic arch (cheekbone) to the corners of the mouth. It is a muscle of facial expression which draws the angle of the mouth superiorly and posteriorly to allow one to smile. Bifid zygomaticus major muscle is a notable variant, and may cause cheek dimples.

Prompt: Where in the body is the zygomatic major muscle?

Answer: Jowl


Context: Perseus | " Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius, King of Argos. Disappointed by his lack of luck in having a son, Acrisius consulted the oracle at Delphi, who warned him that he would one day be killed by his daughter's son. In order to keep Danaë childless, Acrisius imprisoned her in a bronze chamber, open to the sky, in the courtyard of his palace: This mytheme is also connected to Ares, Oenopion, Eurystheus, and others. Zeus came to her in the form of a shower of gold, and fathered her son Perseus. Soon after, their child was born; Perseus—""Perseus "

Prompt: Which hero was the son of Zeus by Danae?

Answer: Περσεύς


Context: Broom | " indicate that they had ""swept"" the seas clean of enemy shipping. The tradition has been devalued in recent years by submarine crews who fly a broom simply when returning from their boat's shake-down cruise. This tradition may stem from the action of the Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp who tied a broom to his main mast after defeating the British admiral Robert Blake at the Battle of Dungeness in 1652. This has often been interpreted as a message that he would ""sweep the British from the seas"". This story remains unsubstantiated, but may have its origin in the tradition of hoisting a broom as a sign that a ship was for sale, which seems more likely as Tromp had captured two of Blake's ships in the battle. "

Prompt: Which Dutch admiral boasted in 1667 that he had swept the British from the sea?

Answer: Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp


Context: History of nursing in the United Kingdom |  In March 1902, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was established and was named after Queen Alexandra, who became its President. In 1949, the QAIMNS became a corps in the British Army and was renamed as the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. Since 1950 the organisation has trained nurses, and in 1992 men were allowed to join. The associated Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association is a registered charity. Queen Alexandra was President from 1902 until her death in 1925. The following year she was succeeded by Queen Mary.

Prompt: Which service was originally known as Queen's Nurses?

Answer: District Nursing


Context: Keane (band) |  one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. Their second album, Under the Iron Sea, released in 2006, topped the UK album charts and debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200. Their third album Perfect Symmetry was released in October 2008. In May 2008, both Hopes and Fears (number 13) and Under the Iron Sea (number 8) were voted by readers of Q magazine as among the best British albums ever, with Keane, The Beatles, Oasis and Radiohead the only artists having two albums in the top 20. In 2009, Hopes and Fears was listed as the ninth best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the

Prompt: Which group has had hits with the albums 'Hopes and Fears', and 'Under the Iron Sea'?

Answer: Keane


Context: Alias Smith and Jones | " Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973. The show initially starred Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah ""Kid"" Curry, outlaw cousins who are trying to reform. The governor offers them a clemency deal on two conditions: that they keep the agreement a secret, and that they will remain wanted fugitives until the governor decides that they should receive a formal amnesty."

Prompt: Hannibal Hayes and Kid Curry were the central characters in which 1970s American TV series?

Answer: Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)


Context: List of British singles finalists at Grand Slam tennis tournaments |  Despite being the founders of the sport of tennis, Britain has not enjoyed much success in the four Grand Slams; namely the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The most recent British winner was Emma Raducanu, who won the 2021 US Open Women's Singles, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final. The last man to win a Grand Slam tournament was Andy Murray, who won Wimbledon in 2016, beating Milos Raonic in the final. The most successful British tennis player of all time was Fred Perry, who is the only Briton to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments. Angela Mortimer, Ann Haydon-Jones and Virginia Wade each won three of the Grand Slams. Andy Murray is the only British player, apart from Fred Perry, to have reached the final of all four Grand Slams. This table lists British Grand Slam singles tennis finalists. Competitors normally only competed in their home countries in the early years of the championships, and British players always won the men's tournament at Wimbledon until 1906, and the women's tournament until 1905.

Prompt: Who was the last British male to reach the final of a Grand Slam tennis singles tournament?

Answer: Greg Rusedski


Context: Alfred, Lord Tennyson | " In 1850, after William Wordsworth's death and Samuel Rogers' refusal, Tennyson was appointed to the position of Poet Laureate; Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Leigh Hunt had also been considered. He held the position until his own death in 1892, the longest tenure of any laureate. Tennyson fulfilled the requirements of this position, such as by authoring a poem of greeting to Princess Alexandra of Denmark when she arrived in Britain to marry the future King Edward VII. In 1855, Tennyson produced one of his best-known works, ""The Charge of the Light Brigade"", a dramatic tribute to the British cavalrymen involved in an "

Prompt: Who was Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892?

Answer: A. tennyson


Context: Stephen Demainbray |  Triboudet Demainbray. That same year he read a public course of lectures in the concert-room in Panton Street, and later gave private courses to members of the royal family, including the future King George III. In 1768, he was appointed Superintendent of the King's Observatory (or King's Astronomer) in Richmond, which King George III had commissioned from Sir William Chambers. He arranged for George III to see the Transit of Venus on 3 June 1769. He held that appointment until his death on 20 February 1782. His assistant there was James Stephen Rigaud, who married Demainbray's daughter Mary in Richmond in 1771. His instruments were combined with the King's collection and given to King's College London and then, in 1927, to the Science Museum.

Prompt: Who was the German born private astronomer to George 3rd?

Answer: William H. Herschel


Context: Elmer Gantry |  Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of America in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. The novel's protagonist, the Reverend Dr. Elmer Gantry, is initially attracted by booze and easy money (though he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol) and chasing women. After various forays into evangelism, he becomes a successful Methodist minister despite his hypocrisy and serial sexual indiscretions. Elmer Gantry was first published in the United States by Harcourt Trade Publishers in March 1927, dedicated by Lewis to the American journalist and satirist H. L. Mencken.

Prompt: Who wrote the book 'Elmer Gantry'?

Answer: (Harry) Sinclair Lewis


Context: Joint | fibrous joint – joined by dense regular connective tissue that is rich in collagen fibers ; cartilaginous joint – joined by cartilage. There are two types: primary cartilaginous joints composed of hyaline cartilage, and secondary cartilaginous joints composed of hyaline cartilage covering the articular surfaces of the involved bones with fibrocartilage connecting them. ; synovial joint – not directly joined – the bones have a synovial cavity and are united by the dense irregular connective tissue that forms the articular capsule that is normally associated with accessory ligaments. ; facet joint – joint between two articular processes between two vertebrae. Structural classification names and divides joints according to the type of binding tissue that connects the bones to each other. There are four structural classifications of joints:

Prompt: What is the name of the strong fibrous tissue that joins one bone to another at a joint?

Answer: Ligamentum


Context: Urtica dioica | " Urtica dioica, often known as common nettle, burn nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, or just a nettle or stinger, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. Originally native to Europe, much of temperate Asia and western North Africa, it is now found worldwide, including New Zealand and North America. The species is divided into six subspecies, five of which have many hollow stinging hairs called trichomes on the leaves and stems, which act like hypodermic needles, injecting histamine and other chemicals that produce a stinging sensation upon contact (""contact urticaria"", a form of contact dermatitis). The plant has a long history of use as a source for traditional medicine, food, tea, and textile raw material in ancient societies such as the Saxons."

Prompt: What is the common name of the garden weed urtica dioica?

Answer: Nettle


Context: Tony Holden (director) |  Tony Holden is a television producer and director. He has been involved in New Zealand television since the 1970s. In the 1970s, he directed episodes of the sketch show A Week of It. In the 1980s, he produced and directed The Billy T. James Show (the 1984 season) and episodes of the Roger Hall sitcom Gliding on. He has produced soap opera Shortland Street, and served as executive producer on numerous specials.

Prompt: Who was the deviser, producer and director 'That Was The Week That Was'?

Answer: Ned Sherrin


Context: Alton B. Parker 1904 presidential campaign |  After U.S. President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became the new U.S. President. Roosevelt's first term was notable for his trust busting, his successful arbitration in and resolution of a 1902 strike of 150,000 Pennsylvania coal miners, his advocacy against lynching, his conservation efforts, and the Panama Canal Treaty. In 1904, Roosevelt easily defeated Bourbon Democrat Alton Parker and won a second term as U.S. President.

Prompt: Who became President of the USA following the assassination of William McKinley in 1901?

Answer: T Ros


Context: Henry I of England |  Henry was probably born in England in 1068, in either the summer or the last weeks of the year, possibly in the town of Selby in Yorkshire. His father was William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who had invaded England in 1066 to become the king of England, establishing lands stretching into Wales. The invasion had created an Anglo-Norman ruling class, many with estates on both sides of the English Channel. These Anglo-Norman barons typically had close links to the Kingdom of France, which was then a loose collection of counties and smaller polities, under only the nominal control of the king. Henry's mother, Matilda

Prompt: In which English county was Henry 1st born?

Answer: County Yorkshire


Context: Eemnes | " Until 1932, when the Afsluitdijk sealed off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea, the weak dykes in this part of the country would occasionally break during storms. This resulted in the formation of pools, which in Dutch are called ""waaien"" or ""wielen"". Because they could be tens of meters in diameter and several metres deep, landowners often did not make the effort of filling them up. Because they symbolize man's battle against the sea and are relatively rare, provincial authorities designated them ""geological monuments"" in June 2005."

Prompt: What is the name of the lake formed in 1932 when the Zuider Zee was cut off from the North Sea by a dyke?

Answer: IJselmeer


Context: Poison Study | infobox name: Poison Study ; image: Poison Study.jpg ; caption: First edition ; author: Maria V. Snyder ; country: United States ; language: English ; series: Study Series ; genre: Fantasy ; publisher: Luna books ; release_date: October 2005 ; media_type: Print (Hardcover, paperback and Trade Paperback ; pages: 361 ; isbn: 0-373-80230-7 ; oclc: 60787293 ; followed_by: Magic Study

Prompt: What name is given to the science or study of poisons?

Answer: History of toxicology


Context: Isle of Mull Railway |   The Isle of Mull Railway was a gauge line, 1+1/4 mi long, which ran from the ferry terminal at Craignure to Torosay Castle, on the Isle of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. Originally it was known as the Mull and West Highland Railway (Mull and West Highland (Narrow Gauge) Railway Company Ltd). The line was marketed as Scotland's original island passenger railway. The line opened in 1983 and closed in October 2010. A limited service operated over the 2011 Easter holiday and during summer 2011. The company's lease expired in October 2011. The track was lifted in October 2012.

Prompt: On which island does a narrow gauge railway run from Craignure to Torosay Castle?

Answer: Isle of mull scotland


Context: Will Shakespeare (TV series) |  In 1977 Hodder and Stoughton Ltd published Will Shakespeare as written by John Mortimer, author of the Rumpole series. Coronet published the paperback edition in 1977, ISBN: 0 340 21979 3

Prompt: Who wrote the autobiography 'Rum, Bum and Concertina' published in 1977?

Answer: George Melly


Context: Adisham | " The Rector of Adisham in the archdiocese of Canterbury, Master John ""The Martyr"" Bland. Bland was a Protestant minister during the reign of Queen Mary I, who had him burned at the stake on July 12, 1555, being found guilty of heresy. The agricultural pioneer John Reynolds, who introduced the Swedish turnip, or swede, into England, lived at Adisham."

Prompt: Name the Archbishop of Canterbury who was burnt at the stake in 1556?

Answer: Thomas Cranmer


Context: Seb Sanders |  entire Royal Ascot meeting. Sanders was one of Britain's most successful flat race jockeys for several years, riding over 100 winners every year from 2002 to 2010. In the 2007 championship season Seb Sanders shared the British flat racing Champion Jockey's title with Jamie Spencer. On the final day of the season at Doncaster, their seasonal totals finished level at 190-190, when Spencer won the last race of the season. He struggled with his weight in the latter stages of his career, even riding in just socks rather than boots. Sanders did not ride in Britain in 2016 and it was announced early the following year that he had taken a work-rider role with Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby. Sanders' agent was Newmarket-based Gareth Owen.

Prompt: Which sporting title was shared in 2007 by Jamie Spencer and Seb Sanders with 190 wins each?

Answer: Flat Racing Jockey's Championship


Context: Leopard torpedo |  Torpedo panthera also known as the leopard torpedo is a species of fish in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Its natural habitat is open seas.

Prompt: Which shocking fish is also known as a torpedo?

Answer: Torpediniformes


Context: Bullfighting | " In the next stage, the tercio de banderillas (""the third of banderillas""), each of the three banderilleros attempts to plant two banderillas, sharp barbed sticks, into the bull's shoulders. These anger and agitate the bull reinvigorating him from the aplomado (literally 'leadened') state his attacks on the horse and injuries from the lance left him in. Sometimes a matador will place his own banderillas. If so, he usually embellishes this part of his performance and employs more varied maneuvers than the standard al cuarteo method commonly used by banderilleros. "

Prompt: In which activity are banderillas used?

Answer: Bullfighting and animal rights


Context: Coronation of the Russian monarch | " Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow was the first Russian ruler to break free of the Tatar Yoke; he claimed the title ""Grand Prince of All Russia"" and used the title ""Tsar"" in diplomatic correspondence. His grandson, Ivan IV, was the first to be formally crowned as ""Tsar of All Russia"", as opposed to his predecessors' formal title."

Prompt: Who was the first Tsar of all Russia?

Answer: Ivan IV the Terrible


Context: Achillea erba-rotta |   Achillea erba-rotta, common name simple leaved milfoil, is a perennial flowering plant of the genus Achillea, belonging to the sunflower family.

Prompt: Which perennial herb is also known as milfoil?

Answer: Stanchweed


Context: Cephalogram |  A cephalogram is an X-ray of the craniofacial area. A cephalometric analysis could be used as means for measuring growth in children. The lateral cephalogram is a profile x-ray of the skull and soft tissues and is used to assess the relation of the teeth in the jaws, the relation of the jaws to the skull and the relation of the soft tissues to the teeth and jaws. In children, growth predictions can be made and we can also determine the changes that have occurred with treatment. In adults, treatment can be predicted with varying degrees of accuracy and results quantified.

Prompt: An encephalogram is an X-Ray photograph of which part of the human body?

Answer: Brain cell


Context: Charlie Drake | " Drake made a number of records, most of them produced by George Martin for the Parlophone label. The first, ""Splish Splash"", a cover version of a rock and roll song originally recorded by Bobby Darin, got into the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, reaching number 7 in 1958. In 1961, ""My Boomerang Won't Come Back"" became a mid-chart UK hit (No. 14) and an edited, more politically correct, version (with one word overdubbed) was a No 21 US hit, a follow up  to ""Mr. Custer"" (No. 12 UK charts). In 1972 Drake recorded a spoof song called 'Puckwudgie' on Columbia records. It referred to a 2-or-3-foot-tall (0.61 or 0.91 m) being from the Wampanoag folklore. It reached number 47 in the BBC Top 50 in early 1972. Peter Gabriel, after leaving Genesis in late 1975, produced a single ""You Never Know"" for Drake (UK Charisma), it was not a chart success."

Prompt: "Which English comedian had a minor hit in 1958 with his cover version of the Bobby Darin song, ""Splish Splash""?"

Answer: CHARLIE DRAKE


Context: St. Luke (Notre Dame sculpture) | " St. Luke is the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, who has been identified with St. Paul's ""Luke, the beloved physician"" (Colossians 4:14). According to the early Church historian named Eusebius, Luke was born at Antioch in Syria. The collection as a whole illustrates, in St. John’s Chapter 4 in the Gospel, the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman. “One day Jesus was walking to Galilee with His disciples, who continued on into the nearby Samaritan town while Jesus waited for them at Jacob’s Well. In the heat of the day, a local woman came to draw water, and she was surprised when Jesus requested a drink from her— a despised non-believer. He revealed such remarkable knowledge, even of her own life, that she asked if He were the Messiah, and He replied that He was. She hurried away, whereupon the disciples rejoined Jesus, dismayed that He had conversed with a woman of the scorned sect.”"

Prompt: According to Colossians, Ch 4 v 14, what profession was followed by St Luke?

Answer: The Physician


Context: Herbal | " The ancient Egyptian Papyrus Ebers is one of the earliest known herbals; it dates to 1550 BCE and is based on sources, now lost, dating back a further 500 to 2000 years. The earliest Sumerian herbal dates from about 2500 BCE as a copied manuscript of the 7th century BCE. Inscribed Assyrian tablets dated 668–626 BCE list about 250 vegetable drugs: the tablets include herbal plant names that are still in use today including: saffron, cumin, turmeric and sesame. The ancient Greeks gleaned much of their medicinal knowledge from Egypt and Mesopotamia. Hippocrates (460–377 BCE), the ""father of medicine"" (renowned for the eponymous Hippocratic oath), used about 400 drugs, most being of plant origin. However, the first Greek herbal of any note was written by Diocles of Carystus in the fourth century BC—although nothing remains of this except its mention in the written record. It was Aristotle’s pupil Theophrastus "

Prompt: Which preparation still in use today, was known in 4th century Egypt? Then, it was made from salt, pepper, iris flowers and mint leaves, but now mostly comprises Sodium Fluoride.

Answer: Tooth pastes


Context: Uilleann pipes | " The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as ""union pipes"", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms píobaí uilleann (literally, ""pipes of the elbow""), from their method of inflation. There is no historical record of the name or use of the term uilleann pipes before the 20th century. It was an invention of Grattan Flood and the name stuck. People mistook the term 'union' to refer to the 1800 Act of Union; this is incorrect as Breandán Breathnach points out that a poem published in 1796 uses the term 'union'. The bag of the uilleann pipes is inflated by means of a small set of bellows "

Prompt: Named from the Gaelic for elbow, what is the name of the Irish bagpipes played by squeezing air with the arm?

Answer: Uilleann


Context: List of roles and awards of Catherine Zeta-Jones |  BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Velma Kelly in the musical Chicago (2002). As the highest-paid British actresses in Hollywood at the time, she took on the parts of a serial divorcée in Intolerable Cruelty (2003), a flight attendant in The Terminal (2004) and a Europol agent in Ocean's Twelve (2004). A sequel to The Mask of Zorro, entitled The Legend of Zorro (2005), was a failure, following which Zeta-Jones played an ambitious chef in the romantic comedy No Reservations (2007). Zeta-Jones significantly decreased her workload in the late 2000s. She made her Broadway debut in 2009 with the role of an ageing actress in the musical A Little Night Music, which won her the

Prompt: For what role in the film musical 'Chicago' did Catherine Zeta Jones win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar?

Answer: Velma (disambiguation)


Context: Songs from the Labyrinth |  Songs from the Labyrinth is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Sting. On this album, he collaborates with Bosnian lutenist Edin Karamazov. The album features music by John Dowland (1563–1626), a lutenist and songwriter. It entered the UK Official Albums Chart at #24 and reached #25 on the Billboard 200, strong charting peaks for a classical record on the pop album charts. The release was a slow seller for a Sting album, his first since 1986's Bring on the Night to fail to break the UK top 10. The album was released and re-released in several versions: LP vinyl

Prompt: "Sting's 2006 album ""Into the Labyrinth"" is a collection of songs by John Dowland who was a 16th-17th century virtuoso on what instrument?"

Answer: Lutanists


Context: Cash-for-questions affair |  The Guardian's report alleged that Al-Fayed had approached the paper and accused Ian Greer of paying then-MPs Neil Hamilton and Tim Smith to table parliamentary questions on his behalf at £2,000 a time. Smith resigned immediately after admitting to accepting payments from Al-Fayed himself, but not from Greer as The Guardian had alleged. Hamilton and Greer immediately issued libel writs in the High Court against The Guardian to clear their names. The furore prompted the then-prime minister John Major to instigate the Nolan Committee, to review the issue of standards in public life. Six weeks later in December 1994, in a private letter to the chairman of the parliamentary watchdog the Members' Interests Committee, Mohamed Al-Fayed alleged that

Prompt: In the 1994 Cash for Questions affair, in which the Guardian exposed two Tory MPs taking payments from Mohamed Al-Fayed, who was the MP for Beaconsfield implicated?

Answer: Tim Smith (disambiguation)


Context: Becky (slang) | " In USA Today in 2016, Cara Kelly suggested that the term dates to the social climber Becky Sharp, protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair (1848) and the 2004 film of the same name. In Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Tom Sawyer falls in love with Becky Thatcher, with her ""yellow hair plaited into two long tails."" ""Becky"" is the title and subject of the fourth segment of Jean Toomer's Harlem Renaissance novel Cane (1923), about a white woman with two black sons. Daphne du Maurier's novel Rebecca (1938) features another woman ""who will always be in a man's head"", Kelly wrote."

Prompt: In literature, whose girlfriend is Becky Thatcher?

Answer: Thomas Sawyer


Context: Synod of Whitby |  In the Synod of Whitby in 664, King Oswiu of Northumbria ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome rather than the customs practised by Irish monks at Iona and its satellite institutions. The synod was summoned at Hilda's double monastery of Streonshalh (Streanæshalch), later called Whitby Abbey.

Prompt: The Synod of Whitby took place in which century?

Answer: 7th AD


Context: Pound sign | "(on older keyboards without an AltGr key) (on older keyboards without an AltGr key) followed by + (keeping Alt pressed until all 4 digits have been typed on the numeric keypad only) ; + (this also works in MS-DOS) On Microsoft Windows, Linux and Unix, the UK keyboard layout has the ""£"" symbol on the 3 number key and is typed using: On a US-International keyboard in Windows, the ""£"" can be entered using: On a US-International keyboard in Linux and Unix, the ""£"" can be entered using: In Windows, it can also be generated through the Alt keycodes, although the results vary depending on factors such as the locale, codepage and OS version: The Character Map utility and Microsoft Word's Insert Symbol commands may also be used to enter this character."

Prompt: On a computer keyboard you need to press 'shift' and which number to produce the £ sign?

Answer: 3


Context: Cassiterite |  Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but it is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite was the chief tin ore throughout ancient history and remains the most important source of tin today.

Prompt: Cassiterite is a principal ore of which metal?

Answer: Tin Processing


Context: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard |  in the Worlds?” is written by Hunding the bellhop. He doesn’t really want to write anything for the book, but his boss Helgi is making him do it. He explains the universe from the Norse perspective: nine worlds held in the branches of Yggdrasil the World Tree. The first of these worlds, Asgard, is home to the Aesir, and the location of Hotel Valhalla, where Odin’s einherjar live. Vanaheim is the home of the Vanir, and the ream of Folkvanger, the peaceful Norse afterlife. Midgard is the Norse name for Earth, home of the humans, and is connected to Asgard by the Bifrost.

Prompt: What was the name of the home of the Norse gods?

Answer: Asguard


Context: Naomi Watts | " is played by Watts with courage, fearless observation and a gift for timing that is so uncanny it can make points all by itself."" Watts starred in the sequel to The Ring, The Ring Two (2005), which despite a negative critical response, made over US$161 million worldwide gross (equivalent to US$0 million in 2022). In 2005, Watts also headlined the remake of King Kong as Ann Darrow. She was the first choice for the role, portrayed by Fay Wray in the original film, with no other actors considered. In preparation for her role, Watts met with Wray, who was to make a cameo "

Prompt: In the 2005 remake of the film 'King Kong' who played the part of Ann Darrow, originally played by Fay Wray?

Answer: Naomi Watts


Context: James Garner | " actor Noah Beery Jr., nephew of screen legend Wallace Beery, played Rockford's father ""Rocky"" in numerous episodes. Garner appeared with Mariette Hartley, who guest-starred in an episode of Rockford Files, in a lengthy series of extremely popular Polaroid Camera commercials. After six seasons, The Rockford Files was cancelled in 1980. Although low ratings were primarily to blame, the physical toll on Garner was also an issue. Appearing in nearly every scene of the series, doing many of his own stunts—including one that injured his back—was wearing him out. A knee injury from his National Guard days worsened in the wake of the continuous jumping and rolling, and he was hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer in 1979. When Garner's physician ordered him to rest, the "

Prompt: "In the TV series, ""The Rockford Files"", which actor played Rockford's father, ""Rocky""?"

Answer: Noah Beery, Jr.


Context: Barouche |   A barouche is a large, open, four-wheeled carriage, both heavy and luxurious, drawn by two horses. It was fashionable throughout the 19th century. Its body provides seats for four passengers, two back-seat passengers vis-à-vis two behind the coachman's high box-seat. A leather roof can be raised to give back-seat passengers some protection from the weather.

Prompt: What is, or was, a barouche?

Answer: A (FOUR WHEELED) CARRIAGE


Context: Edward Everett (artist) | "infobox name: Edward Everett ; image: File:1847_watercolor_of_The_Alamo_in_San_Antonio.jpg ; alt: Drawing of a ruined 19th century Mexican church ; caption: ""Ruins of the Church of the Alamo, San Antonio de Bexar"" by Edward Everett, ink and watercolor on paper, 1847 ; birth_date: March 13, 1818 ; birth_place: London ; death_date: July 24, 1903 ; death_place: Roxbury, Massachusetts ; resting_place: Forest Hills Cemetery ; resting_place_coordinates: 42.295°N, -71.106°W ; nationality: Anglo-American ; spouse: Mary A. Billings ; field: Painting, drawing ; patrons: United States Army"

Prompt: Which nineteenth century artist had the Christian names John Everett?

Answer: Millais (disambiguation)


Context: Connie Williams (Trinidadian) |  Connie Williams was born in Trinidad. She was a restaurateur, culture-bearer, and community organizer. She opened the Calypso Restaurant in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1943. The restaurant, first located at 146 MacDougal Street, served West Indian cuisine in an ambiance of music from Trinidad. Among the early integrated establishments in the Village, It sponsored costume balls and galas throughout the 1940s and early 50s, often at Irving Plaza, off Union Square. it served as a Bohemian gathering place where intellectuals and artists could hear West Indian music and eat West Indian food. Williams was a mentor for the young James Baldwin., who worked for Williams when he was 19 years of age, after moving from Harlem to Greenwich village when his stepfather died. In the early 1960s,after relocating to the West Coast, she opened Connie's Restaurant in the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco. She later moved her restaurant to the Fillmore District, San Francisco, after the Hippie movement in the Haight-Ashbury her clientele diminished.

Prompt: On which West Indian island did the Calypso originate?

Answer: Island of Trinidad


Context: Cannon (TV series) | " Cannon is an American detective television series produced by Quinn Martin that aired from 1971 to 1976 on CBS. William Conrad played the title character, private detective Frank Cannon. The series was the first Quinn Martin production to run on a network other than ABC. In total, there were 122 episodes, plus the series' two-hour pilot and a 1980 ""revival"" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon."

Prompt: On T.V. who played Frank Cannon?

Answer: Bill Conrad


Context: Hilda Ogden |  Hilda Ogden (also Crabtree) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, one of the best-known of all the regular characters in the serial, whose name became synonymous with a classic hard-working Northern working-class woman. She was played by Jean Alexander from 1964 to 1987. For much of her period as a character in the Street, Hilda worked as cleaner of The Rovers Return Inn. A gossip and busybody, many of her storylines were used for comedic purposes, though the character was equally used for dramatic effect; a scene in which she wept over the spectacles of her recently deceased husband Stan (Bernard Youens) has been hailed as one of the most moving images in television history. Alexander quit the role of Hilda in 1987 after 23 years but was persuaded to reprise the part in 1990 for

Prompt: "Who played the part of Hilda Ogden for many years in the TV series, ""Coronation St""?"

Answer: Jean Alexander


Context: Fiji |  Fiji (Viti, ;, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1100 nmi northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about 18300 km2. The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population of live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts: either in the capital city of Suva; or in smaller urban centres such

Prompt: Which Pacific nation consists of over 800 islands and islets, the largest being Viti Levu?

Answer: Fiji (disambiguation)


Context: Personality and image of Elizabeth II | " Private Eye, the British satirical magazine, has given the royal family working-class nicknames, as though they were characters in a soap opera. Queen Elizabeth II's nickname is ""Brenda"". The Crown, a biographical story about the reign of the Queen by Netflix, was released globally on 4 November 2016. It is based on an award-winning play, The Audience, and is a biopic drama television series, created and written by Peter Morgan and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix. The show received critical accolade and has won many awards, including that of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards for Claire Foy."

Prompt: The magazine Private Eye refers to Her Majesty the Queen by which name?

Answer: BRENDA


Context: Pennies from Heaven (TV series) | " Pennies from Heaven is a 1978 BBC musical drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from the song ""Pennies from Heaven"" written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials (another being The Singing Detective) to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into extended performances of popular songs."

Prompt: "Who wrote the TV series ""Pennies From Heaven"", and ""The Singing Detective""?"

Answer: Dennis C. G. Potter


Context: History of South Africa (1910–1948) |  The Union of South Africa was tied closely to the British Empire, and automatically joined with Great Britain and the allies against the German Empire. Both Prime Minister Louis Botha and Defence Minister Jan Smuts, both former Second Boer War generals who had fought against the British but who now became active and respected members of the Imperial War Cabinet. (See Jan Smuts during World War I.) South Africa was part of significant military operations against Germany. In spite of Boer resistance at home, the Afrikaner-led government of Louis Botha unhesitatingly joined the side of the Allies of World War I and fought alongside its armies. The South African

Prompt: Which South African soldier / statesman fought against the British in the Boer War, then on the side of the allies in both World Wars, and was instrumental in the founding of the League of Nations in 1919?

Answer: JAN SMUTS


Context: Charlotte Rose |  Theatre. The show, which included elements of opera, hip hop and poetry to tell women's stories, went on its first UK tour in 2017. Rose is also the presenter of Rose Talks Sex, a long-running radio talk show discussing sex and sexual matters. Rose stopped doing escort work following the death of her partner in a motorcycle accident in 2019. She then bought a motoring home and set herself a challenge to break a Guinness World Record by visiting 150 pubs across England, Scotland and Wales in 12 months. Shortly after she began her journey, her plans were curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, although she was able to continue on a smaller scale, visiting and reviewing pubs for her blog. She continues to present her radio show.

Prompt: Rose Diamond is the long time partner of which British TV and radio presenter?

Answer: Desmond Lynam


Context: Bewick's wren |  In 1827 the American ornithologist John James Audubon included an illustration of Bewick's wren under the binomial name Troglodytes bewickii in his The Birds of America. In the companion Ornithological Biography, published four years later, Audubon explained that he had shot the specimen near St. Francisville, Louisiana in 1821 and had chosen the specific epithet bewickii in honour of his friend the engraver Thomas Bewick. Bewick's wren is now the only species placed in the genus Thryomanes that was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1862. The Socorro wren was formerly also placed in Thryomanes, but is now known to be a close relative of the house wren complex, as indicated by biogeography and mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 sequence analysis, whereas Thryomanes seems not too distant from the Carolina wren.

Prompt: Which type of bird is named after Thomas Bewick, an English engraver and ornithologist, who specialised in illustrations of birds?

Answer: The Swan


Context: Hovis | " featured the slow movement of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 rearranged for brass. Filmed on Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, Scott's advert has been voted Britain's favourite advertisement of all time. An original film print was restored by the BFI in 2019 and is available on their Advertising Collection. This advertisement was repeated on British television for a 10-day run in May 2006 to commemorate the firm's 120th anniversary. The soundtrack had to be re-recorded to meet advertising standards. The boy on the bike, Carl Barlow, then aged 13, left acting and eventually became a firefighter in East Ham in 1979. In 2008 Hovis departed from the ""boy on a bike"" format by commissioning Go On Lad, a retrospective advertisement documenting the 122 years of British history since the brand's launch. Go On Lad was voted ""Advert of the Decade"" by the British public in December 2009."

Prompt: Which advert on TV, showed a young boy pushing a bicycle up a steep hill, to the strains of Dvorak's Ninth Symphony?

Answer: HOVIS


Context: Albrecht Dürer |  Albrecht Dürer ( 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini, and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I.  Dürer's vast body of work includes engravings, his preferred technique in his later prints, altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, watercolours and books. The woodcuts

Prompt: Give a year in the life of German painter Albrecht Durer.

Answer: 1471-1528


Context: Kurt Waldheim |  message from then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Waldheim was the first Secretary-General to visit North Korea, in 1979. In 1980, Waldheim flew to Iran in an attempt to negotiate the release of the American hostages held in Tehran, but Ayatollah Khomeini refused to see him. While in Tehran, it was announced that an attempt on Waldheim's life had been foiled. Near the end of his tenure as Secretary-General, Waldheim and British popular musician Paul McCartney organized a series of concerts for the People of Kampuchea to help Cambodia recover from the damage done by Pol Pot. Waldheim ran for an unprecedented third full term as Secretary-General in the 1981 selection. China was

Prompt: In what year did Kurt Waldheim become UN General Secretary; Bloody Sunday happened in Derry, NI; President Nixon visited China.

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and seventy-two


Context: The Master (Doctor Who) |  The Master has made regular appearances in various audio plays produced by Big Finish. Geoffrey Beevers, Derek Jacobi, Michelle Gomez, Eric Roberts and John Simm have all reprised the role from the television series. While Mark Gatiss, Alex Macqueen, Gina McKee and Milo Parker portray versions of the Master original to Big Finish. Jon Culshaw has performed as the Roger Delgado and Anthony Ainley incarnations of the Master. The Master appears in the Big Finish Productions Dust Breeding, where Geoffrey Beevers reprised the role. The story reveals that at some point after Survival, the Master's Trakenite body is damaged when he attempts to

Prompt: Which Dr. Who villain has been played by Roger Delgado, Anthony Ainley, Eric Roberts, etc?

Answer: Master (band)


Context: Astronomical naming conventions | " controversy. For example, Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, and originally called it Georgium Sidus (George's Star) in honour of King George III of the United Kingdom. French astronomers began calling it Herschel before German Johann Bode proposed the name Uranus, after the Greek god. The name ""Uranus"" did not come into common usage until around 1850. Starting in 1801, asteroids were discovered between Mars and Jupiter. The first few (Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta) were initially considered planets. As more and more were discovered, they were soon stripped of their planetary status. On the other hand, Pluto was considered to be a planet at the time of "

Prompt: Sir William Herschel discovered which planet, calling it 'George's Star', in honour of King George the Third?

Answer: Magnetosphere of Uranus


Context: Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940) | " James Michael Smith (17 October 1940 – 10 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager. As a player, he made 249 appearances in the Fourth Division of The Football League, representing Aldershot, Halifax Town, Lincoln City and Colchester United, and played for three-and-a-half years for Boston United of the Northern Premier League. He began a long managerial career with Boston United, and went on to take charge of top division clubs such as Birmingham City and Newcastle United. Smith served as a member of the board of directors of Oxford United for three years from 2006–09. He served as the League Managers' Association's chief executive and was inducted into their Hall of Fame for managing over 1000 matches. He was nicknamed ""The Bald Eagle""."

Prompt: Which football manager as the nickname the bald eagle?

Answer: Jim Smith


Context: Rings of Saturn |  System. In 1675, Giovanni Domenico Cassini determined that Saturn's ring was composed of multiple smaller rings with gaps between them; the largest of these gaps was later named the Cassini Division. This division is a 4,800-km-wide region between the A ring and B Ring. In 1787, Pierre-Simon Laplace proved that a uniform solid ring would be unstable and suggested that the rings were composed of a large number of solid ringlets. In 1859, James Clerk Maxwell demonstrated that a nonuniform solid ring, solid ringlets or a continuous fluid ring would also not be stable, indicating that the ring must be composed of numerous small particles, all independently orbiting Saturn. Later, Sofia Kovalevskaya also

Prompt: What name is given to the gap between the A and B rings of Saturn, after the Italian astronomer who first discovered it in 1675?

Answer: F Ring of Saturn