Context: Brian Cox (physicist) | " on CBBC. Cox also presented a three-part BBC series called Science Britannica which sees him explore the contribution of British scientists over the last 350 years, as well as the relationship between British science and the public perception thereof. BBC Two commissioned Cox to copresent Stargazing Live, a three-day live astronomy series in January 2011 – co-presented with physicist-turned-comedian Dara Ó Briain and featuring chat show host Jonathan Ross – linked to events across the United Kingdom. A second and a third series featuring a variety of guests ran in January 2012 and January 2013. Since November 2009 Cox has co-presented a BBC Radio 4 ""comedy science magazine programme"", The Infinite Monkey Cage with comedian Robin "

Prompt: Who presents the new BBC documentary Science Britannica?

Answer: Professor Brian Cox


Context: Joseph Hume |  The Combination Act 1799 and its sequel Combination Act 1800 were repealed by the Combination of Workmen Act 1824, promoted by Hume and other radicals, in line with Benthamite principles on industrial harmony. Hume had packed a parliamentary committee on the issue, to support his artisan associate Francis Place. There was an immediate surge in disputes. The Combinations of Workmen Act 1825 backed by William Huskisson then removed the legal right to strike, which remained the situation until the 1870s. Hume brought about the repeal of the laws prohibiting the export of machinery, and of the act preventing workmen from going abroad.

Prompt: The Combination Acts of 1799-1800 were repealed in 1824 – what had they banned?

Answer: Trade Unionist


Context: William Leechman | " the ... character of a minister of the gospel"", which was published, and passed through several editions. In July 1743 he married Bridget Balfour of the Pilrig family, connecting him to her brothers James Balfour and the bookseller John Balfour, and also Robert Whytt and Gavin Hamilton who had married Bridget's sisters. At the end of the year he was elected professor of divinity at the University of Glasgow by the casting vote of the lord rector, in a closely contested election with William Craig and John MacLaurin also candidates. He resigned Beith on 3 January 1744 upon his election. The presbytery of Glasgow refused to "

Prompt: Which entertainer had a gospel minister character called Brother Lee Love?

Answer: Kenny Everett


Context: I Drove All Night | " Jeff Lynne sampled Roy Orbison's 1987 recordings for the 1992 posthumous album King of Hearts, on which ""I Drove All Night"" was one of the tracks. However, Orbison's version of the song first appeared on the 1991 compilation album Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin'. It was released as a single in 1992. The song was a significant hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number 7 on the UK Singles Chart, matching the peak position of Lauper's version three years earlier. King of Hearts and ""I Drove All Night"" were generally well received in the United States, returning Orbison to the Billboard charts and receiving a Grammy Award. A music video featuring Jason Priestley and Jennifer Connelly was also made for the single, mixed with archive footage of Orbison. The song is featured in the film Paperback Hero starring Hugh Jackman."

Prompt: I Drove All Night in 1993 was the last solo UK chart entry for which singer?

Answer: Wesley Orbison


Context: Brickwork |  This bond is exactly like English cross bond except in the generating of the lap at the quoins. In Dutch bond, all quoins are three-quarter bats—placed in alternately stretching and heading orientation with successive courses—and no use whatever is made of queen closers. To the Dutch this is simply a variant of what they call a cross bond.

Prompt: If you were using Dutch or Diaper Bonds what would you be doing?

Answer: Running bond


Context: Suicide Squad (hooligan firm) |  The Suicide Squad was an association football hooligan firm linked to Burnley Football Club. The self-imposed title is derived from previous behaviour at away games where the single-minded involvement in violence against overwhelming odds could be described as suicidal. The name became synonymous with the group during the early 1980s. The Suicide Squad officially disbanded in 2011 when 12 members of the squad received prison sentences totalling 32 years, following a high-profile incident with local rivals Blackburn Rovers in 2009. The firm had longstanding rivalries with fans of Blackburn Rovers, Millwall, Plymouth Argyle, Preston North End, Stoke City, and Bolton Wanderers.

Prompt: In which sport might you see the 'suicide squad'?

Answer: U.s. football


Context: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences | " and the public generally."" Critics cite the apparent snub of Joan Robinson as evidence of the committee's bias towards mainstream economics, though heterodox economists like Friedrich Hayek (Austrian School) and Ronald Coase (associated with new institutional economics) have won. Milton Friedman was awarded the 1976 prize in part for his work on monetarism. Awarding the prize to Friedman caused international protests. Friedman was accused of supporting the military dictatorship in Chile because of the relation of economists of the University of Chicago to Pinochet, and a controversial six-day trip he took to Chile during March 1975 (less than two "

Prompt: Which 1976 Nobel laureate popularised Monetarist theory?

Answer: Milton freidman


Context: Scriptural Way of the Cross | " Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. One of the maids came over to him and said, ""You too were with Jesus the Galilean."" But Peter denied in front of everyone, saying, ""I do not know what you are talking about!"" As he went out to the gate, another girl saw him and said to those who were there, ""This man was with Jesus the Nazorean."" Again he denied it with an oath, ""I do not know the man!"" A little later the bystanders came over and said to Peter, ""Surely you too are one of them; even your speech gives you away."" At that he began to curse and to swear, ""I do not know the man."" And immediately a cock crowed. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: ""Before the cock crows you will deny me three times."" He went out and began to weep bitterly. Matthew 26: 69-75"

Prompt: The Bible. Who 'denied with an oath, I do not know the man'?

Answer: Peter of Jesus


Context: Sar (surname) | Abdoulaye Sar ; Edwin van der Sar (born 1970), Dutch association football goalkeeper ; Franco Sar (1933–2018), Italian Olympic decathlete ; Maya Sar (born 1981), Bosnian singer-songwriter ; Nikhilananda Sar (born 1936), Indian politician ; Pol Pot (1925–1998, born Saloth Sar), Cambodian dictator Sar is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Prompt: Saloth Sar was the real name of which infamous dictator?

Answer: Polpot


Context: 1987 in Wales | Timothy Dalton makes his debut as James Bond in The Living Daylights. ; On the Black Hill, adapted from the novel by Bruce Chatwin and set in Wales, stars Bob Peck, Gemma Jones and Mike Gwilym.

Prompt: Whose first appearance as James Bond was in The Living Daylights?

Answer: Timothy Peter Dalton


Context: Chris Martin | " According to one source, Martin previously had a relationship with live events producer Lily Sobhani around the Parachutes album release. Martin and American actress Gwyneth Paltrow married on 5 December 2003 in a quiet ceremony in the presence of their friends and family. Their daughter Apple was born in May 2004 in London. Martin and the band released a song called ""I am your baby's daddy"" under the name ""the Nappies"" in anticipation of her birth. Coldplay's ""Speed of Sound"" was also inspired by Martin's experience and awe at becoming a father, being the lead single for the band's X&Y album. His second child, Moses, "

Prompt: To whom is Gwyneth Paltrow married?

Answer: Moses Bruce Martin


Context: War and Peace characters order by appearance |  bet of 43,000 rubles to the smirking Dolokhov and is greatly relieved when he can return to this regiment and the comradeship of the army. He goes to great lengths to obtain a reprieve from the emperor for a serious charge against his friend Denisov, but Alexander declines, saying he cannot place himself above the law. He returns home on leave to sort out his parents' disastrous financial situation and literally kicks Miten'ka out of the house. In Book xx, his becomes enchanted by Prince Andrei's pious and sincere sister, the shy and homely Princess Marya Bolkonskaya. They later marry.......... In the

Prompt: The characters Denisov and Dolokhov appear in which famous novel?

Answer: War+Peace


Context: Piano Mover | infobox name: Piano Mover ; image: Krazy in Piano Mover.jpg ; caption: Screenshot Krazy Kat (left), Kitty (right) ; director: Manny Gould Ben Harrison ; story: Manny Gould ; animator: Allen Rose ; music: Joe de Nat ; producer: Charles Mintz ; studio: The Charles Mintz Studio ; distributor: Columbia Pictures ; released: January 4, 1932 ; color_process: Black and white ; runtime: 6:27 ; language: English

Prompt: In the piano-moving ad, what was the name of the 'man' in charge?

Answer: Scottish Blend


Context: 2014 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping |  on 17 May by the vigilante Civilian Joint Task Force group in the Sambisa Forest, along with her baby and Mohammad Hayyatu, a suspected Boko Haram militant who claimed to be her husband. All three were suffering from severe malnutrition when they were found. She was then taken to house of the group's leader Aboku Gaji who recognised her. The group then reunited the girl with her parents. She met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on 19 May. Government officials announced the same day that the Nigerian army and vigilante groups had killed 35 Boko Haram militants, freed 97 women and children and claimed one of the

Prompt: In May, in which US state were three kidnapped women discovered and freed?

Answer: State of Ohio


Context: Betty Crocker |  Betty Crocker is a brand and fictional character used in advertising campaigns for food and recipes. The character was originally created by the Washburn-Crosby Company in 1921 following a contest in the Saturday Evening Post. In 1954, General Mills, an American Fortune 500 corporation, branded the red spoon logo, giving various food-related merchandise the Betty Seal of Approval. A portrait of Betty Crocker, first commissioned in 1936 and revised several times since, appears on printed advertisements and product packaging. On television and radio broadcasts, Betty Crocker was portrayed by several actresses, on radio by Marjorie Husted for twenty years, and on television by Adelaide Hawley Cumming between 1949 and 1964. The

Prompt: Betty, Earl and Joyce are the puppet pensioners in ads for which company?

Answer: Wonga


Context: Rhyming slang | " Many examples of rhyming slang are based on locations in London, such as ""Peckham Rye"", meaning ""tie"", which dates from the late nineteenth century; ""Hampstead Heath"", meaning ""teeth"" (usually as ""Hampsteads""), which was first recorded in 1887; and ""barnet"" (Barnet Fair), meaning ""hair"", which dates from the 1850s. In the 20th century, rhyming slang began to be based on the names of celebrities — Gregory Peck (neck; cheque), Ruby Murray [as Ruby] (curry), Alan Whicker [as ""Alan Whickers""] (knickers), Puff Daddy (caddy), Max Miller (pillow [pronounced ]), Meryl Streep (cheap), Nat King Cole (""dole""), Britney Spears (beers, tears), Henry Halls (balls) — and after pop culture references — Captain Kirk (work), Pop Goes the Weasel (diesel), Mona Lisa (pizza), Mickey Mouse (Scouse), Wallace and Gromit (vomit), Brady "

Prompt: 'Hampsteads' is Cockney rhyming slang for what?

Answer: Tooth root


Context: June 1959 | The first satellite communication was made when a radio message from U.S. President Eisenhower was bounced off of the Moon to Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who was dedicating the new Prince Albert Radio Laboratory (PARL). ; Born: Marwan Barghouti, Jordanian-born Palestinian leader instrumental in launching the 1988 intifada; in Kobar on the West Bank

Prompt: Who made the first telephone call to the Moon?

Answer: I'm not a crook


Context: S.H.I.E.L.D. | " being the translation for the word (as opposed to the acronym) ""shield"". In Greek, the organization name is Α.Σ.Π.Ι.Δ.Α. (pronounced ASPIDA, meaning ""shield"" in Greek). The initials stand for Supreme Military and Political Foundation of International Counter-espionage (Ανώτατο Στρατιωτικό Πολιτικό Ίδρυμα Διεθνούς Αντικατασκοπείας). In Portuguese, the name S.H.I.E.L.D. remains, but it is translated as ""Superintendência Humana de Intervenção, Espionagem, Logística e Dissuasão"", i. e., Human Superintendence for Intervention, Espionage, Logistics and Dissuasion. In Dutch the name S.C.H.I.L.D. (schild = shield) has been used by the publisher Williams, but was dropped by Junior Press in favor of S.H.I.E.L.D. In Mexico, it was translated by La Prensa and later Novedades, as C.I.D.E.L., "

Prompt: In the world of politics and international affairs, what do the initials S.A.L.T. represent?

Answer: Strategic Arms Limitation


Context: Pulex | infobox image: PulexIrritans.jpg ; image_caption: Pulex irritans (human flea) ; taxon: Pulex ; authority: Linnaeus, 1758

Prompt: Pulex irritans is the Latin name for which insect?

Answer: 3,4-methylenedioxyhydroxymethylamphetamine


Context: Permanent account number | The first five characters are letters (in uppercase by default), followed by four numerals, and the last (tenth) character is a letter. ; The first three characters of the code are three letters forming a sequence of alphabetical letters from AAA to ZZZ ; The fourth character identifies the type of holder of the card. Each holder type is uniquely defined by a letter from the list below: A — AOP (Association of persons) ; B — BOI (Body of individuals) ; C — Company ; F — Firm ; G — Government ; H — HUF (Hindu Undivided Family) ; L — Local authority ; J — Artificial juridical person ; P — Person (Individual) ; T — Trust (AOP)

Prompt: What was the five-letter surname of the Major, one of the permanent residents?

Answer: Gowen


Context: Orison (The X-Files) | " Any Further"" everywhere she goes, soon believing it is a sign. The agents find and question Orison, who is himself an ex-convict and claims that he is doing the work of God. After a medical exam, Mulder finds out that Orison has three times the bloodflow capacity of the brain due to a hole he has drilled into his own head, allowing him to perform mental tricks by hypnotizing people. Orison hypnotizes the security guard in his room and easily escapes. Meanwhile, at Orison's apartment, a prostitute escapes when Pfaster attacks her for wearing a wig. Orison then finds Pfaster and takes him at gunpoint. In the woods, Orison digs a grave for Pfaster, who morphs into a demonic beast and kills him, burying him in "

Prompt: If you were performing an orison what would you be doing?

Answer: Prayed


Context: Birmingham Assay Office |  A story about the origins of this hallmark goes that meetings prior to the inauguration of both Birmingham and Sheffield Assay Offices in 1773 were held at a public house called the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the Strand, London. It is said that the choice of symbol was made on the toss of a coin which resulted in Birmingham adopting the Anchor and Sheffield the Crown (which was changed in 1977 to the White Rose of York). Services provided by the office include nickel testing, metal analysis, plating thickness determination, bullion certification, consultancy and gem certification. Platinum was brought within the Hallmarking Act 1973.

Prompt: An anchor hallmark on a valuable metal item denotes it was made in which city?

Answer: County Borough of Birmingham


Context: Monopoly (game) |   In the 1930s, John Waddington Ltd., known as Waddingtons, was a printing company in Leeds that had branched out into packaging and the production of playing cards. Waddingtons had sent the card game Lexicon to Parker Brothers hoping to interest it in publishing the game in the United States. In a similar fashion, Parker Brothers sent over a copy of Monopoly to Waddingtons early in 1935 before the game had been put into production in the United States. Victor Watson, the managing director of Waddingtons, gave the game to his son Norman, head of the card games division, to test over a weekend. Norman was impressed by

Prompt: What was the name of the old Waddington's game based on newspapers?

Answer: Scoop


Context: Glossary of jazz and popular music |  too low. In Britain, this is the term for an onstage monitor speaker that helps performers to hear their singing and playing. Strong (i.e. to be played or sung loudly) Strong-gentle (i.e. 1. loud, then immediately soft) (see dynamics), or 2. an early pianoforte Very loud (see note at Pianissimo) As loud as possible The speaker system which faces the audience (and the sound engineers who control it). Studio slang describing every quarter-note being struck on the bass drum or 'kick drum' of a trap drum kit, typically with force and usually in a 4/4 derived time signature.'Disco' music of the mid-1970's employs this pattern almost exclusively on

Prompt: Which musical term means 'very loud'?

Answer: Forzato


Context: Fourpence (British coin) | " The pre-decimal fourpence (4d), sometimes known as a groat (from Dutch grootpennig = ""big penny"") or fourpenny bit, was a coin worth one sixtieth of a pound sterling, or four pence. The coin was also known as a joey after the MP Joseph Hume, who spoke in favour of its introduction. It was a revival of the pre-Union coin. Before Decimal Day in 1971 there were 240 pence in one pound sterling. Twelve pence made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. Values less than a pound were usually written in terms of shillings and pence, e.g. forty-two pence would be three shillings and six pence (3/6), abbreviated to ""three and six"" in common speech. Values of less than a shilling were simply written in terms of pence, e.g. eight pence would be 8d."

Prompt: Which old English coin was equal to four pence?

Answer: Groat (disambiguation)


Context: James Bolam |  James Christopher Bolam (born 16 June 1935)  is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Arthur Gilder in Born and Bred, Jack Halford in New Tricks and the title character of Grandpa in the CBeebies programme Grandpa in My Pocket.

Prompt: The TV characters Jack Ford, Trevor Chaplin and Jack Halford link which actor?

Answer: James Christopher Bolam


Context: List of mineral tests |  scale to measure mineral hardness. Finger nail is 2.5, copper coin is 3.5, glass is 5.5 and steel is 6.5. Hardness scale is Talc is 1, Gypsum is 2, Calcite is 3, Fluorite is 4, Apatite is 5, Orthoclase Feldspar is 6, Quartz is 7, Topaz is 8, Corundum is 9 and Diamond is 10. Odor ; Not always recommended. Does the mineral have an odor of oil, sulfur or something else or is there no odour? Electric resistance Every mineral has a different electrical resistance which is done by passing an electric current through the mineral which is received by a receiver. Relief ; Shape and structure of mineral. Fracture ; Type of fracture and fracture pattern. Shape

Prompt: On what can Gypsum, Calcite, Fluorite, Apatite and six others be classified?

Answer: Mohs Scale


Context: Nicola Walker | " in Halifax, but the award was won by her co-star Sarah Lancashire. In 2015, she appeared as Jackie ""Stevie"" Stevenson, the colleague of DI John River played by Stellan Skarsgård, in the BBC drama series River. Walker starred, alongside actor Sanjeev Bhaskar, in series one through four of the ITV drama series Unforgotten as DCI Cassie Stuart. From 2018 to 2020 Walker starred as Hannah Defoe Stern, a divorce lawyer, in the two series of the BBC drama series The Split and as Reverend Jane Oliver in the BBC2 serial Collateral. Walker was number 10 on the ""Radio Times TV 100"" list for 2018, a list said to be determined by television executives and broadcasting veterans."

Prompt: Which actress featured in both autumn dramas River and Unforgotten?

Answer: Nicola Walker


Context: The Bridge (2011 TV series) |  to the city's problems with antisemitism, which had made his decision to leave the series easier. Filming started during September 2014. The Scandinavian launch of the third series was on 27 September 2015. Sofia Helin is credited alone in the first episode's opening titles, with Thure Lindhardt listed alongside her thereafter. The names, along with the Swedish and Danish titles, were separated by three lines, indicating the third series; they had been separated by one line in the first, and two in the second series. When the fourth series started broadcasting on 1 January 2018 in the Nordic countries, Rosenfeld confirmed that this was to be the final series; it was written so as to bring the previous story-lines to a satisfactory conclusion.

Prompt: Sofia Helin returned on BBC4 in the third series of which Scandinavian drama?

Answer: The Bridge (documentary film)


Context: Falkland Islands |  the 1766 foundation of Port Egmont on Saunders Island by British captain John MacBride. Whether or not the settlements were aware of each other's existence is debated by historians. In 1766, France surrendered its claim on the Falklands to Spain, which renamed the French colony Puerto Soledad the following year. Problems began when Spain detected and captured Port Egmont in 1770. War was narrowly avoided by its restitution to Britain in 1771. Both the British and Spanish settlements coexisted in the archipelago until 1774, when Britain's new economic and strategic considerations led it to voluntarily withdraw from the islands, leaving a plaque claiming the Falklands

Prompt: Which islands were ceded to Britain by Spain in 1771?

Answer: Malvinas/Falklands


Context: Diamond Dogs |  Diamond Dogs is the eighth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 24 May 1974 by RCA Records. Bowie produced the album and recorded it in early 1974 at Olympic and Island Studios in London and Ludolph Studios in the Netherlands, following the disbanding of his backing band the Spiders from Mars and the departure of producer Ken Scott. The absence of Mick Ronson led Bowie to play guitar on the record. The album featured the return of Tony Visconti, who had not worked with Bowie for four years; the two would collaborate for the rest of the

Prompt: Released in 1974, what was the title of David Bowie's eighth studio album/LP?

Answer: DIAMOND DOGS


Context: Tony Hancock | " James. His last BBC series in 1961, retitled simply Hancock, was without James. Two episodes are among his best-remembered: ""The Blood Donor"", in which he goes to a clinic to give blood, contains some famous lines, including ""I don't mind giving a reasonable amount, but a pint! That's very nearly an armful!""; in ""The Radio Ham"", Hancock plays an amateur radio enthusiast who receives a mayday call from a yachtsman in distress, but his incompetence prevents him from taking his position. Both of these programmes were re-recorded a few months later for a commercial 1961 LP, produced in the same manner as "

Prompt: Who played the doctor in the famous Hancock sketch on blood doning?

Answer: Patrick Cargill


Context: 'Allo 'Allo! | " Allo Allo! is set during the Second World War, between the occupation of France by German Axis powers in 1940 and its eventual liberation by Allied forces in July 1944. The story of the sitcom focuses on René Artois, a café owner in Nouvion and a reluctant member of the town's local French Resistance cell who operates under the codename of ""Nighthawk"". Because of the occupation of the town by German forces, led by the dictatorial Major-General Erich von Klinkerhoffen, René finds himself caught up between dealing with four problems – the scheme and plots of the town's corrupt commandant, "

Prompt: In the tv sitcom 'Allo Allo!', what was Rene's surname?

Answer: Artois


Context: 1936 Summer Olympics | " Führer, save the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the Commonwealth of the Philippines. (The United States doing this was explained later as an army regulation. ) Writer Thomas Wolfe, who was there, described the opening as an ""almost religious event, the crowd screaming, swaying in unison and begging for Hitler. There was something scary about it; his cult of personality."" After a speech by the president of the German Olympic Committee, the games were officially declared open by Adolf Hitler who quoted (in German): ""I proclaim open the Olympic Games of Berlin, celebrating the Eleventh Olympiad of the modern era."" Hitler opened the games from his own box, on top of others. Writer David Wallechinsky has commented on "

Prompt: Who declared the 1936 summer Olympic Games open? (Both names required.)

Answer: Hitlerian


Context: Glossary of tennis terms |  Colloquial term for winning or losing a set 6–1, with the straight shape of the one supposedly being reminiscent of the straight shape of a breadstick. See also bagel. ; Break back: To win a game as the receiving player or team immediately after losing the previous game as the serving player or team. ; Break point: Point which, if won by the receiver, would result in a break of service; arises when the score is 30–40 or 40–ad. A double break point or two break points arises at 15–40; a triple break point or three break points arises at 0–40. ; Break: To win a game as the receiving player

Prompt: In tennis, losing two sets 6-0 is known as a double what?

Answer: New York bagel


Context: Latte macchiato |  Latte macchiato is a coffee beverage; the name means stained or marked milk which refers to the espresso stain on the milk used. It is a play on “Espresso macchiato” which is an espresso with a dollop or two of milk or cream.

Prompt: What type of food or drink is a macchiato?

Answer: COFFEE


Context: Alice and Jerry | " The ""Alice and Jerry"" books followed a sister and brother, Alice and Jerry, as well as their dog Jip, through a series of simple events in relatively plain settings. The ""Alice and Jerry"" series followed patterns similar to the Dick and Jane readers, which are now better known in the United States. The sentences in the ""Alice and Jerry"" readers were short, and used repeating words to build reader's stamina and familiarity. For instance, here is the text from the book ""Skip Along"": ""One, two three. Come and see. Come and see. See my umbrella. Look, Jerry. Up. // One, two three. Come and see. Come and see. See my airplane. Up, up, up. Down."""

Prompt: The books were Alice and Jerry in the USA – what were they here?

Answer: Janet and John


Context: Amanuensis |  An amanuensis is a person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another, and also refers to a person who signs a document on behalf of another under the latter's authority. The term is often used interchangeably with secretary or scribe.

Prompt: Amanuensis is an archaic word for what profession?

Answer: Admin assistant


Context: Meet the Tiger |  is in pursuit of the Tiger and his minions (dubbed Tiger Cubs). Carn and Templar form an uneasy alliance, and the character appears to be a template for the later character of Inspector Claud Eustace Teal, who would become a recurring ally/adversary of Templar's in later Saint adventures after making his debut in the 1929 non-Saint novel Daredevil. Meet the Tiger was a commercial success when it was published, and in 1930 Charteris decided to turn the adventures of Simon Templar into a series, writing three novella-length adventures featuring the character that were initially published in magazines and then in 1930 as Enter the Saint; this was followed

Prompt: Inspector Claude Eustace Teal was a regular adversary of which free-lance detective?

Answer: The Saint/Simon Templar


Context: Ray Kroc |  Raymond Albert Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) was an American businessman. He purchased the fast food company McDonald's in 1961 and served as its CEO from 1967 to 1973. Kroc is credited with the global expansion of McDonald's, turning it into the most successful fast food corporation in the world. Due to the company's growth under Kroc, he has also been referred to as the founder of the McDonald's Corporation. After retiring from McDonald's, he owned the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1974 until his death in 1984.

Prompt: Which company was built into a world-wide organisation by Ray Kroc?

Answer: Mackey D's


Context: Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan |  in Abu Hamad. Kitchener ordered General Archibald Hunter to advance from Merawi and eliminate the threat. Hunter's forces travelled 146 miles in eight days and took Abu Hamad on 7 August 1897. Work could then proceed, and the railway eventually reached Abu Hamad on 31 October. (see also Battle of Abu Hamed) There were major problems in undertaking a major construction project in a waterless desert, but Kitchener had the good fortune to locate two sources and had wells dug to provide the water needed. To keep within the tight budget limits set by Lord Cromer, Kitchener ordered that the first

Prompt: Which battle of 1897 brought Anglo-Egyptian control of Sudan?

Answer: Omdurman, Sudan


Context: Fireworks bans in China |  The pollution of fireworks on the environment has become more apparent in time. Fireworks cause serious pollution environments in a short time. Although fireworks are not the most common source of pollution in the atmosphere, they are a source of ozone, sulfur, dioxide and nitrogen oxide, as well as aerosolss. Fireworks also contain tiny metal particles. These metals are burned to produce color for fireworks: copper for blue, strontium or lithium for red, and barium compounds for bright green or white. When fireworks are set off in the air, a large number of incomplete decomposition or degradation of metal particles, dangerous toxins, harmful chemicals remain

Prompt: Fireworks that burn red contain which element, the only one named after a place in UK?

Answer: Strontium


Context: George VI | " the face."" The royal family were portrayed as sharing the same dangers and deprivations as the rest of the country. They were subject to British rationing restrictions, and U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remarked on the rationed food served and the limited bathwater that was permitted during a stay at the unheated and boarded-up Palace. In August 1942, the King's brother, the Duke of Kent, was killed on active service.  In 1940, Winston Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as prime minister, though personally George would have preferred to appoint Lord Halifax. After the King's initial dismay over Churchill's appointment of Lord Beaverbrook to the Cabinet, he and Churchill developed ""the closest personal relationship in modern British history between a monarch and a Prime Minister"". Every "

Prompt: Which of the King George VI's brothers died in 1942?

Answer: Dukes of Kent


Context: Big Apple | "  ""The Big Apple"" is a nickname for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph. Its popularity since the 1970s is due in part to a promotional campaign by the New York tourist authorities."

Prompt: If New York City is the 'Big Apple', which US city is the 'Big Pineapple'?

Answer: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA


Context: Sin City (description) | Canada ; Montreal, Quebec, which earned a reputation for vice through American tourists fleeing the prohibition laws. ; United States ; Alabama ; Phenix City, was notorious during the 1940s and 1950s for being a haven for organized crime, prostitution, and gambling. Many of its customers came from the United States Army training center at Fort Benning, Georgia. ; Florida ; Miami, during the 1970s and 1980s (organized crime, drug trafficking, gangs, strip clubs, clubbing, drinking, police corruption, prostitution, brothels and political corruption) ; Illinois ; Chicago in the 1920s to 1930s (prostitution, bootlegging, cabarets, speakeasies, illegal gambling, bank robberies,

Prompt: Which American resort is nicknamed 'Sin City'?

Answer: Las Vegas City Council


Context: English Cocker Spaniel |  Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge owned an English Cocker Spaniel called Lupo, and Lupo was bred from Ella, a dog owned by her parents Michael and Carole Middleton. He was a working-type English Cocker Spaniel. Lupo was born in a litter just prior to Christmas 2011, and was given to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. Following the birth of Prince George of Cambridge, Lupo was featured in one of the first official photographs. He was subsequently featured in a family portrait with the Duke and Duchess and Prince George in March 2014.

Prompt: Which cryptic heptarchy owned a Cocker Spaniel called Scamper?

Answer: Secret Seven on the Trail


Context: Torture chamber | "There is a torture chamber in George Orwell's famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), Room 101. ; In Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera (serialised in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909, to January 8, 1910), Erik (the Phantom's) chamber of torture consisted of a hexagonal room lined with mirrors on each wall. Temperatures vary inside the room, and soon, without food or water, people trapped in there begin having hallucinations.  There is an iron tree in there with a lasso under it with which one can commit suicide, which is the only way out. ; Harold T. Wilkins' article in the September 1929 issue of Popular Mechanics, titled ""Secrets of Ancient Torture Chambers"", describes the [fictitious] shrinking torture chamber "

Prompt: Which torture chamber was invented by George Orwell?

Answer: Room101


Context: Whisky Galore! (1949 film) |  The inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday in the Outer Hebrides are largely unaffected by wartime rationing until 1943, when the supply of whisky runs out. As a result, gloom descends on the disconsolate islanders. In the midst of this catastrophe, Sergeant Odd returns on leave from the army to court Peggy, the daughter of the local shopkeeper, Joseph Macroon. Odd had previously assisted with setting up the island's Home Guard unit. Meanwhile, Macroon's other daughter, Catriona, has just become engaged to a meek schoolteacher, George Campbell, although Campbell's stern, domineering mother refuses to give her approval. During a night-time fog, the freighter SS Cabinet Minister runs aground near Todday in heavy fog and begins to sink. Two

Prompt: Which 1949 film was set on the Scottish island of Todday?

Answer: Whiskey Galore


Context: Hebrides | "J.M. Barrie's Marie Rose contains references to Harris inspired by a holiday visit to Amhuinnsuidhe Castle and he wrote a screenplay for the 1924 film adaptation of Peter Pan whilst on Eilean Shona. ; The Hebrides, also known as Fingal's Cave, is a famous overture composed by Felix Mendelssohn while residing on these islands, while Granville Bantock composed the Hebridean Symphony. ; Enya's song ""Ebudæ"" from Shepherd Moons is named after the Hebrides (see below). ; The 1973 British horror film The Wicker Man is set on the fictional Hebridean island of Summerisle. ; The 2011 British romantic comedy The Decoy Bride is set on the fictional Hebrides island of Hegg. "

Prompt: Which film is set on the remote Hebridean island of Summerisle?

Answer: The Wicker Man (disambiguation)


Context: Cagliari |  Cagliari (, also, ,   ; Casteddu ; ) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu means castle. It has about 155,000 inhabitants, while its metropolitan city (including Cagliari and 16 other nearby municipalities) has more than 431,000 inhabitants. According to Eurostat, the population of the Functional urban area, the commuting zone of Cagliari, rises to 476,975. Cagliari is the 26th largest city in Italy and the largest city on the island of Sardinia. An ancient city with a long history, Cagliari has seen the rule of several civilisations. Under the buildings of the modern city there is a continuous stratification

Prompt: Cagliari is the capital of which island?

Answer: Sardic


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: When first discovered what name was given to Tasmania?

Answer: Van Dieman's Land


Context: Amy Johnson | " her plane was repaired. Jason was later flown to Mascot, Sydney, by Captain Lester Brain. G-AAAH ""Jason"" is now on permanent display in the Flight Gallery of the Science Museum in London. She received the Harmon Trophy as well as a CBE in George V's 1930 Birthday Honours in recognition of this achievement, and was also honoured with the No. 1 civil pilot's licence under Australia's 1921 Air Navigation Regulations. Johnson next obtained a de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth G-AAZV which she named Jason II. In July 1931, she and co-pilot Jack Humphreys became the first people to fly from London to Moscow in "

Prompt: Which early aviator flew in a plane christened Jason?

Answer: Amy Johnston


Context: HM Prison Dartmoor | In the 1963 James Bond movie From Russia with Love, the main villainous henchman, SPECTRE assassin Red Grant (played by Robert Shaw) is described as a psychopathic paranoid and a convicted murderer, who once escaped from Dartmoor Prison. ; The adventure story A Rogue by Compulsion. An Affair of the Secret Service (1915) by Victor Bridges begins with a dramatic escape from Dartmoor. ; In Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Mr. Christian states to Captain Bligh that Seaman Burkitt chose service in the Royal Navy as an alternative to imprisonment at Dartmoor. ; In the John Galsworthy play, Escape, Dartmoor is the prison whence the hero,

Prompt: Red Grant was a villain in which James Bond movie?

Answer: From Russia With Love (album)


Context: Robert Catesby | " of the Virgin Mary. This and his gold crucifix were sent to London, to demonstrate what ""superstitious and Popish idols"" had inspired the plotters. The survivors were taken into custody and the dead buried near Holbeche. On the orders of the Earl of Northampton however, the bodies of Catesby and Percy were exhumed and decapitated. John Harington made an opportune study of the heads while en route to London, and later reflected: ""more terrible countenances were never looked upon"". Placed on ""the side of the Parliament House"", Catesby's head became one of the ""sightless spectators of their own failure""."

Prompt: Whose head was stuck on the roof of parliament after his body had been exhumed?

Answer: Cromwell


Context: Pleochroism | Citrine (very weak): different shades of pale yellow ; Chrysoberyl (very weak): red-yellow / yellow-green / green ; Corundum (weak): yellow / pale yellow ; Danburite (weak): very pale yellow / pale yellow ; Orthoclase (weak): different shades of pale yellow ; Phenacite (medium): colorless / yellow-orange ; Spodumene (medium): different shades of pale yellow ; Topaz (medium): tan / yellow / yellow-orange ; Tourmaline (medium): pale yellow / dark yellow ; Zircon (weak): tan / yellow ; Hornblende (strong): light green / dark green / yellow / brown ; Segnitite (weak): pale to medium yellow

Prompt: Celandine, topaz and gamboge are shades of which colour?

Answer: Yellowest


Context: Conservation of energy | is the internal energy per unit mass of the added mass, measured in the surroundings before the process. For a closed thermodynamic system, the first law of thermodynamics may be stated as:

Prompt: The Conservation of Energy is the first ……..what?

Answer: Thermodynamic principles


Context: French Community of Belgium | " In Belgium, the French Community (Communauté française; ) refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Since 2011, the French Community has used the name  Wallonia-Brussels Federation (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles), which is controversial because its name in the Belgian constitution has not changed and because it is seen as a political statement. The name ""French Community"" refers to Francophone Belgians, and not to French people residing in Belgium. As such, the French Community of Belgium is sometimes rendered in English as ""the French-speaking Community of Belgium"" for clarity, in analogy to the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The Community has its "

Prompt: What are the French speaking citizens of Belgium called?

Answer: Wallonian


Context: Drosophila X virus |  Although widely used in the laboratory, DXV has never been found as a natural infection of Drosophila, and was originally identified in laboratory cell culture. DXV can infect fruit flies of the genus Drosophila and is commonly used to study innate immunity in the common model organism Drosophila melanogaster. The virus is also often used to study RNA interference as a mechanism of viral immunity in Drosophila. DXV was a contaminant that was isolated in infectious studies with a member of the Rhabdoviridae family, the Sigma virus. Since then, DXV has been widely used in research and has significantly contributed to the current knowledge of insect specific immune system. Infection studies with DXV has shed light on the

Prompt: Used frequently in laboratories what is the common name of Drosophila?

Answer: Fruitfly


Context: Mary Poppins (book series) | " in the Park, ""She cannot forever arrive and depart."" The books were adapted by Walt Disney into a musical film titled Mary Poppins (1964), starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. The film Saving Mr. Banks (2013) depicted the making of the 1964 film. Disney’s sequel to the 1964 film, Mary Poppins Returns, was released in 2018, and stars Emily Blunt as Poppins. In 2004, Disney Theatrical in collaboration with Sir Cameron Mackintosh (who had previously acquired the stage rights from Travers) produced a stage musical also called Mary Poppins in London's West End theatre. The stage musical was transferred to Broadway, in New York, in 2006, where it ran until its closing on 3 March 2013."

Prompt: Which 2013 film is a development of the 1964 film 'Mary Poppins'?

Answer: Saving Mr Banks


Context: Parklife (song) | " ""Parklife"" is the title track from English rock band Blur's third studio album, Parklife (1994). When released as the album's third single in August 1994, it reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and number 30 in Ireland. The song contains elements of spoken word in the verses, narrated by actor Phil Daniels, who also appears in the song's music video. The choruses are sung by lead singer Damon Albarn. The song won British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year at the 1995 Brit Awards and was also performed at the 2012 Brit Awards. The Massed Bands of the Household Division performed ""Parklife"" at the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony. The song is one of the defining tracks of Britpop, and features on the 2003 compilation album Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop."

Prompt: Who narrates the spoken verses on Blur's top 10 hit 'Parklife'?

Answer: Phil Daniels


Context: Triple Crown of Cycling |  Some cyclists have been close to winning the triple crown of cycling, winning two of the three requirements. Among those who came close are Italian Fausto Coppi, Frenchman Bernard Hinault, and later Spaniard Miguel Indurain, who finished second in the World Championships in 1993.

Prompt: One question, three answers. Which three cyclists have won this award? (In any order.)

Answer: TOM SIMPSON


Context: List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign | " The High King of Ireland (846–1198) was primarily a titular ruler (with the exception of Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair who was regarded as the first ""King of Ireland""). The later Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1800) came into being under the Crown of Ireland Act 1542, the long title of which was ""An Act that the King of England, his Heirs and Successors, be Kings of Ireland"". In 1801 the Irish crown became part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland."

Prompt: In the year 1800, who was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland?

Answer: George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland


Context: Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend? | " ""Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend?"" is an English music hall song from 1913, with music by Harry Fragson and words by Worton David and Bert Lee. The song was recorded by Fragson in 1913, and by both Stanley Kirkby and Ted Yorke in the following year. It became a popular marching song among soldiers in the First World War. It was later performed and recorded by many other singers."

Prompt: In the lyrics of 'Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend?', Margate is mentioned in the verse.

Answer: Brighthelmstone


Context: American College Personnel Association |  universities in the United States. Editor: Jane Fried (Central Connecticut State University). ; Empowering Women in Higher Education and Student Affairs addresses the experiences and position of women students, from application to college through graduate school, and the barriers they encounter; the continuing inequalities in the rates of promotion and progression of women and other marginalized groups to positions of authority, and the gap in earnings between men and women; and pays particular attention to how race and other social markers impact such disparities, contextualizing them across all institutional types. Editors: Penny A. Pasque (University of Oklahoma), Shelley Errington

Prompt: What term is used for a society of female students in an American college?

Answer: Fraternities and sororities


Context: Charles Davidson Bell |  in the Library of Parliament in Cape Town, the University of the Witwatersrand and the Africana Museum in Johannesburg. The book Travels in the Interior of South Africa (1868) by James Chapman, was illustrated by Bell. His Reports of the Surveyor-General, Charles D. Bell Esq., on the copper fields of Little Namaqualand (1855) was written after a three-month visit to the area. He gave his name to the town of Bellville in the Cape, and Bell, a small village between Peddie and Hamburg, near the mouth of the Keiskamma River in the Eastern Cape. John Bell was a traveller and the

Prompt: Who wrote the 1790's work "Travels in the Interior of Africa"?

Answer: Mungo Park (disambiguation)


Context: Monastir, Tunisia | " Monastir, also called Mistīr (منستير , from the Greek ""hermit's cell, monastery""), is a city on the central coast of Tunisia, in the Sahel area, some 20 km south of Sousse and 162 km south of Tunis. Traditionally a fishing port, Monastir is now a major tourist resort. Its population is about 93,306. It is the capital of Monastir Governorate."

Prompt: In which African country is the popular resort of Monastir?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:TN


Context: Thumper (Bambi) | " to name a young skunk. Thumper tried to correct Bambi but the skunk said, ""That's alright. He can call me Flower if he wants to. I don't mind"". The three animals go on to become friends and this encounter provides another moral lesson in the virtues of tolerance and an easy disposition. In the winter, Thumper tries to teach Bambi how to skate on the ice but Bambi is wobbly again. In Bambi II, Thumper again appears hiding from his sisters and trying to help Bambi learn to be brave in the hopes of impressing his dad. Thumper is the main protagonist in a video storybook, Thumper Goes Exploring, which was released with the Platinum Edition of Bambi on March 1, 2005. The young "

Prompt: What was the name of the skunk in Bambi?

Answer: Flowering transitions


Context: List of Assassin's Creed characters |  Pope Alexander VI (voiced by Manuel Tadros) appears in Assassin's Creed: Lineage, Assassin's Creed II, and Assassin's Creed: Renaissance. Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (Italianized name) (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503), born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja, was the leader of the Knights Templar during the Renaissance in Italy. He appears as a minor character in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which takes place in 1503, the last year of his papacy. He is killed by Cesare, who is poisoned by Rodrigo only seconds before.

Prompt: Which infamous character became Pope Alexander VI?

Answer: Rodrigo de Borja y Dams


Context: A-line (clothing) | " The term was first used by the French couture designer Christian Dior as the label for his collection of spring 1955. The A-Line collection's feature item, then the ""most wanted silhouette in Paris"", was a ""fingertip-length flared jacket worn over a dress with a very full, pleated skirt"". Although an A-shape, this silhouette was not identical to what is now understood to embody the A-line idea. That idea was given its definitive expression and popularized by Dior's successor, Yves Saint Laurent, with his ""Trapeze Line"" of spring 1958, which featured dresses flaring out dramatically from a fitted shoulder line. A-line clothes remained popular in the 1960s and 70s, disappeared from fashion almost completely by the early 1980s and were revived by the retro trend of the late 1990s. By that time, ""A-line"" was used more loosely to describe any dress wider at the hips than at the bust or waist, as well as a number of flared skirt styles. ""True"" A-line shapes on the pattern of Dior and Saint Laurent saw a revival in the early 2000s."

Prompt: Who created the 'A' Line in 1955?

Answer: Dior Monsieur


Context: Lemon drop (cocktail) |  A lemon drop is a cocktail with a lemony, sweet and sour flavor, whereby the sweet and sour ingredients serve to contrast and balance one another. It is a vodka-based cocktail that is prepared with the addition of lemon juice, triple sec and simple syrup. Plain or citrus-flavored vodka may be used in its preparation, such as citron vodka. Lemon-flavored vodka is also sometimes used. Lemon juice that has been freshly squeezed may be used, which can produce a superior drink compared to using commercially prepared lemon juice. Some versions are prepared using the juice from Meyer lemons. Cointreau-brand triple sec is used in some versions, and it may be prepared using a simple syrup that has been infused with lemon juice.

Prompt: Which drink is advertised as 'charcoal mellowed, drop by drop'?

Answer: Jack Daniels


Context: Wuriupranili |  In the mythology of the Aboriginal people of northern Australia, the Sun Woman Wuriupranili (or Wuriunpranilli) is a solar goddess whose stringybark torch is the Sun. When she wakes each morning in the east she lights a small fire, which mankind sees as the first glow of dawn. She then decorates her face and body with red ochre. Often the pigment is blown into the air where it stains the clouds, resulting in a red sunrise. As Wuriupranili prepares herself for her journey across the sky the birds break into song, waking the men and women. Finally, she lights her stringybark torch from the campfire, then travels across the sky to her evening camp in the west. When she disappears below the western horizon she puts out her torch and redecorates her body with ochre, causing brilliantly-coloured sunsets. As night settles, she returns to her eastern morning camp via a tunnel.

Prompt: The Sun Woman provides the first light of dawn in which people's mythology?

Answer: Australian Aboriginal


Context: Assassination of John F. Kennedy |  The United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States was set up under President Gerald Ford in 1975 to investigate the activities of the CIA within the United States. The commission was led by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, and is sometimes referred to as the Rockefeller Commission. Part of the commission's work dealt with the Kennedy assassination, specifically, the head snap as seen in the Zapruder film (first shown to the general public in 1975), and the possible presence of E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis in Dallas. The commission concluded that neither Hunt nor Sturgis was in Dallas at the time of the assassination.

Prompt: Which commission was set up to investigate the assassination of JFK?

Answer: Warren Commission Report


Context: Luncheon of the Boating Party |  Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881; Le Déjeuner des canotiers) is a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Included in the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. It was purchased from the artist by the dealer-patron Paul Durand-Ruel and bought in 1923 (for $125,000) from his son by industrialist Duncan Phillips, who spent a decade in pursuit of the work. It is now in The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering light.

Prompt: Who painted Luncheon of the Boating Party?

Answer: Pierre Auguste Renoir


Context: St John's Wood |  St John's Wood was among the first London suburbs with lower-density villa housing and frequent avenues but fewer communal garden squares. Most of the villas have since been subdivided and replaced by small apartment blocks or terraces. This pattern of development has made it one of the most expensive areas of London. Lord's Cricket Ground, home of Middlesex County Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), is an international test cricket ground known as the Home of Cricket on account of its role as the original headquarters of cricket. Abbey Road Studios are located on Abbey Road, where The Beatles recorded, notably the Abbey Road album, the cover of which features the band crossing the road. RAK Studios, founded by producer Mickie Most, are located near Regent's Park. A number of notable songs were recorded there,

Prompt: Which London residential suburb is the site of Lord's Cricket Ground?

Answer: St. John's Wood


Context: General Prologue |  The General Prologue is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It introduces the frame story, in which a group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury agree to take part in a storytelling competition, and describes the pilgrims themselves.

Prompt: Whose is the first tale in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales?

Answer: The Knight


Context: Period 2 element |  contain other elements in functional groups. Hydrocarbons are used as fossil fuels and to manufacture plastics and petrochemicals. All organic compounds, those essential for life, contain at least one atom of carbon. When combined with oxygen and hydrogen, carbon can form many groups of important biological compounds including sugars, lignans, chitins, alcohols, fats, and aromatic esters, carotenoids and terpenes. With nitrogen it forms alkaloids, and with the addition of sulfur also it forms antibiotics, amino acids, and rubber products. With the addition of phosphorus to these other elements, it forms DNA and RNA, the chemical-code carriers of life, and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the most important energy-transfer molecule in all living cells.

Prompt: Which element is integral to all organic compounds?

Answer: Carbon atom


Context: Twist (dance) | " earlier novelty hit ""The Class"". Released in summer 1960, Checker's rendition of ""The Twist"" became number one on the singles chart in the United States in 1960 and then again in 1962. In 1961, at the height of the craze, patrons at New York City's Peppermint Lounge on West 45th Street were twisting to the house band, a local group from Jersey, Joey Dee and the Starliters. Their song, ""The Peppermint Twist (Part 1)"" became number one in the United States for three weeks in January 1962. In 1962 Bo Diddley released his album Bo Diddley's A Twister. He recorded several "

Prompt: Whose 1960 recording "The Twist" spawned a craze for the dance of that name?

Answer: Chubby Checker


Context: FBI mnemonics |  The various FBI mnemonics (for electric motors) show the direction of the force on a conductor carrying a current in a magnetic field as predicted by Fleming's left hand rule for motors and Faraday's law of induction. Other mnemonics exist that use a right hand rule for predicting resulting motion from a preexisting current and field.

Prompt: Whose "left hand" rule can predict the direction of motion of an electric motor?

Answer: Fleming, Sir John Ambrose


Context: Galaxy (chocolate bar) | " The Galaxy and Dove brands cover a wide range of products including chocolate bars in milk chocolate, caramel, Cookie Crumble, and Fruit & Nut varieties, Minstrels, Ripple (milk chocolate with a folded or ""rippled"" milk chocolate centre), Amicelli, Duetto, Promises, Bubbles and Truffle. Related brands in other parts of the world include ""Jewels"", and ""Senzi"" in the Middle East. The Galaxy and Dove brands also market a wide range of products including ready-to-drink chocolate milk, hot chocolate powder, chocolate cakes, ice cream and more. A vegan Galaxy range launched in 2019."

Prompt: Which confectionary manufacturer markets Galaxy milk chocolate?

Answer: Fourth planet


Context: (143649) 2003 QQ47 | " On 3 September 2003 a NASA press release wrote, ""Newly discovered asteroid has received considerable media attention over the last few days because it had a small chance of colliding with the Earth in the year 2014 and was rated a ""1"" on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which goes from 0 to 10. The odds of collision in 2014, as estimated by JPL's Sentry impact monitoring system, peaked at 1 chance in 250,000, a result which was posted on our Impact Risk Page on Saturday, August 30, 2003. Impact events at the Torino Scale 1 level certainly merit careful "

Prompt: The chance of which hazardous natural event occurring is expressed on the Torino scale?

Answer: Comet or Asteroid encounter


Context: Tara (plantation) |  In Gone with the Wind, Tara was founded by Irish immigrant Gerald O'Hara after he won 640 acre or one square mile of land from its absentee owner during an all-night poker game. An Irish peasant farmer rather than the merchant his elder brothers (whose emigrations to Savannah had brought him to Georgia) wanted him to be, Gerald relished the thought of becoming a planter and gave his mostly wilderness and uncultivated new lands the grandiose name of Tara after the Hill of Tara, once the capital of the High King of ancient Ireland. He borrowed money from his brothers and

Prompt: What is the name of the O'Haras' plantation in 'Gone with the Wind'?

Answer: Kaze no You ni


Context: Battersea Power Station |  likely reasons for the power station's worldwide recognition is its appearance on the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 album, Animals, which sold millions of copies worldwide. The cover photograph showed the power station with the group's inflatable pink pig floating above it. The photographs were taken in early December 1976 and the inflatable pig was made by the German company Ballon Fabrik and Australian artist Jeffrey Shaw. The inflatable pig was tethered to one of the power station's southern chimneys, but broke loose from its moorings and, to the astonishment of pilots in approaching planes, drifted into the flight path of Heathrow Airport. Police

Prompt: The cover of which of Pink Floyd's LP covers features Battersea Power Station?

Answer: Animal Phylogeny


Context: Second Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman |  On 13 May 2015, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon announced that she would be stepping down as Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords. Baroness Smith of Basildon was elected unopposed as her successor by Labour peers on 27 May 2015, and thus took her place in the shadow cabinet. In May 2015, Rachel Reeves went on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her second child. Stephen Timms became Acting Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Prompt: Where has Baroness Royall of Blaisdon led the opposition since May 2010?

Answer: House of Peers of the United Kingdom


Context: Word of the year |  Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary and many other dictionaries, announces an Oxford Dictionaries UK Word of the Year and an Oxford Dictionaries US Word of the Year; sometimes these are the same word. The Word of the Year need not have been coined within the past twelve months but it does need to have become prominent or notable during that time. There is no guarantee that the Word of the Year will be included in any Oxford dictionary. The Oxford Dictionaries Words of the Year are selected by editorial staff from each of the Oxford dictionaries. The selection team is made up of lexicographers and consultants to the dictionary team, and editorial, marketing, and publicity staff.

Prompt: Last month, what word was named by Oxford Dictionaries as the word of the year?

Answer: Selfies


Context: American football plays | " A flat route is named after the area of the field where it takes place. During a typical play, due to the routes of other receivers, there is an area of the field that is vacated. This area known as the ""flats"" is typically from the hash marks to the sideline and from the line of scrimmage to 3-5 yards downfield. The route itself may be executed several ways. The most common is also known as the arrow. This consists of a receiver lining up near the offensive tackle and then taking a short angled path directly to this area. Running backs often will execute a special flat route that involves them running toward the sideline without the ball from the backfield and then turning upfield as a receiver. This is often referred to as a swing route."

Prompt: What is the name for the playing area in American football?

Answer: Grid iron


Context: Billy Bunter |  William George Bunter is a fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards. He features in stories set at Greyfriars School, originally published in the boys' weekly story paper The Magnet from 1908 to 1940. The character has appeared in novels, on television, in stage plays, and in comic strips. He is in the Lower Fourth form of Greyfriars School, known as the Remove, whose members are 14–15 years of age. Originally a minor character, his role was expanded over the years with his antics being heavily used in the stories to provide comic relief and to drive forward the plots. Bunter's defining characteristics are his greediness and overweight appearance. His character is, in many respects, that of a highly obnoxious anti-hero. As well as his gluttony, he is also obtuse,

Prompt: In the Billy Bunter stories, what is the surname of Bunter's form teacher?

Answer: QUELCH


Context: Christmas traditions | " a triangular shape, which he said was symbolic of the Trinity. The English language phrase ""Christmas tree"" is first recorded in 1835 and represents an importation from the German language. From Germany the custom was introduced to Britain, first via Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, and then more successfully by Prince Albert during the reign of Queen Victoria. By 1841 the Christmas tree had become even more widespread throughout Britain. By the 1870s, people in the United States had adopted the custom of putting up a Christmas tree. Christmas trees may be decorated with lights and ornaments.  Since the 16th century, the poinsettia, a native plant from Mexico, "

Prompt: In Britain, a Christmas tree is traditionally of what species? (Two words.)

Answer: European spruce


Context: 1961 in the United Kingdom | 1 January ; The farthing coin, used since the thirteenth century, ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom. ; The Conservative Monday Club is established. ; Betting and Gaming Act 1960 comes into force, permitting operation of commercial bingo halls. ; 7 January ; Members of the Soviet Portland Spy Ring are arrested in London (and charged 2 days later). ; The Avengers television series first screened on ITV. ; 5 February – The Sunday Telegraph newspaper first published. ; 9 February – The Beatles at The Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the

Prompt: What coin of the realm ceased to be legal tender in Britain at the end of 1960?

Answer: Farthing (disambiguation)


Context: Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation | " Moosebumps: An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation is the fifteenth solo studio album by American recording artist Kool Keith, who released the album under the alias Dr. Octagon. It was released on April 6, 2018 via Bulk Recordings. The set was produced by Dan ""The Automator"" Nakamura and featured the work of turntablist DJ Qbert."

Prompt: Which physical phenomenon is properly called 'Horripilation'?

Answer: GOOSE PIMPLES/BUMPS


Context: Napoleon |  in Haiti, Napoleon decided in 1803 to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States, instantly doubling the size of the U.S. The selling price in the Louisiana Purchase was less than three cents per acre, a total of $15 million. The peace with Britain proved to be uneasy and controversial. Britain did not evacuate Malta as promised and protested against Bonaparte's annexation of Piedmont and his Act of Mediation, which established a new Swiss Confederation. Neither of these territories were covered by Amiens, but they inflamed tensions significantly. The dispute culminated in a declaration of war by Britain in May 1803; Napoleon responded by reassembling the invasion camp at Boulogne.

Prompt: Which ruler sold the Louisiana Territories to the USA in 1803?

Answer: NAPOLEON or BONAPARTE


Context: Polygamy |  Polyandry, the practice of a woman having more than one husband at the one time, is much less prevalent than polygyny and is now illegal in virtually every country in the world. It takes place only in remote communities. Polyandry is believed to be more common in societies with scarce environmental resources, as it is believed to limit human population growth and enhance child survival. It is a rare form of marriage that exists not only among poor families, but also the elite. For example, in the Himalayan Mountains polyandry is related to the scarcity of land; the marriage of all brothers in a family to the same wife allows family land to remain intact and undivided. If every brother married separately and had children, family land would be split into unsustainable small plots. In Europe, this outcome was avoided through the social practice of impartible inheritance, under which most siblings would be disinherited.

Prompt: What would a polyandric woman have more than one of?

Answer: HUSBAND


Context: 1930s | Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto in 1930, which goes on to be announced as the ninth planet in the Solar System.

Prompt: Clyde Tombaugh discovered which celestial object in our solar system in 1930?

Answer: Operation PLUTO


Context: The longest suicide note in history | " ""The longest suicide note in history"" is an epithet originally used by United Kingdom Labour MP Gerald Kaufman to describe his party's 1983 general election manifesto, which emphasised socialist policies in a more profound manner than previous such documents—and which Kaufman felt would ensure that the Labour Party (then in opposition) would fail to win the election."

Prompt: "What did MP Gerald Kaufman describe in 1983 as ""the longest suicide note in history"" ?"

Answer: LABOUR Party MANIFESTO


Context: Sofia Coppola |  to win the Original Screenplay award, after Campion in 1994 (Wertmüller was also nominated), thus establishing a pattern for the female directors to be nominated for both awards. Her win for the best original screenplay in 2003 made her a third-generation Oscar winner. Coppola was the second woman, after Edith Head, to be nominated for three Oscars in one night. In 2004, Coppola was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her third film was the biopic Marie Antoinette (2006), adapted from the biography by British historian Antonia Fraser. Kirsten Dunst plays the title character, who marries King Louis

Prompt: At the Oscar ceremony in 2004, Sofia Coppola was up for 'Best Director' for which film?

Answer: Lost in translation


Context: John D. Rockefeller |  John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the  richest person in modern history. Rockefeller was born into a large and poor family in upstate New York that moved several times before eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio. He became an assistant bookkeeper at age 16 and went into several business partnerships beginning at age 20, concentrating his business on oil refining. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870. He ran it until 1897, and remained its largest shareholder. Rockefeller's wealth soared as kerosene and gasoline grew in

Prompt: In which 'business' did John Davidson Rockefeller make his fortune?

Answer: Oil (disambiguation)


Context: Energy policy of China |  billion metric tons, with total greenhouse gas emissions reaching about 6.1 billion metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent. In 2002, China ranked 2nd (after the United States) in the list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions, with emissions of 3.3 billion metric tons, representing 14.5% of the world total. In 2006, China overtook the US, producing 8% more emissions than the US to become the world's largest emitter of emissions. However per capita China was ranked 51st in CO2 emissions per capita in 2016, with emissions of 7.2 tonnes per person (compared to 15.5 tonnes per person in the United States). In addition, it has been estimated that around a third of China's carbon emissions in 2005 were due to manufacturing exported goods.

Prompt: Which country overtook the USA as the world's biggest emitter of CO2?

Answer: Chinese People's Republic


Context: Bernard Manning |  Manning's wife, Veronica Finneran, died of a heart attack on 11 November 1986, aged 57. His son Bernard Jr. had already moved out of the family home, so Manning moved back in with his mother. His brother John had died in 1944 at the Battle of Arnhem and in 1995, his elderly mother and two remaining brothers, Jackie and Frank, also died. Manning was a lifelong Manchester City supporter. He was the subject of This Is Your Life on 27 November 1991. For many of his later years, he was a teetotaler and a diabetic. Having been admitted two weeks earlier for a kidney complaint, Manning died in North Manchester General Hospital at 3:10 pm on 18 June 2007. He was 76. He wrote his own eulogy, which appeared as an obituary in the Daily Mail two days later.

Prompt: Which 80 year old Irishman read the eulogy at Bernard Manning's funeral in June?

Answer: Hugh Francis Carson


Context: Bayreuth | " The town is best known for its association with the composer Richard Wagner, who lived in Bayreuth from 1872 until his death in 1883. Wagner's villa, ""Wahnfried"", was constructed in Bayreuth under the sponsorship of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was converted after World War II into a Wagner Museum. In the northern part of Bayreuth is the Festival Hall, an opera house specially constructed for and exclusively devoted to the performance of Wagner's operas. The premieres of the final two works of Wagner's Ring Cycle (""Siegfried"" and ""Götterdämmerung""); the cycle as a whole; and of Parsifal took place here. Every summer, Wagner's operas are performed at the Festspielhaus during the month-long Richard Wagner Festival, commonly known as the "

Prompt: "Which composer's operas are famously staged in the town of Bayreuth (say ""Bye-royt"")?"

Answer: Wagner's


Context: Nellie Melba | " Dame Nellie Melba GBE (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931) was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century, and was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym ""Melba"" from Melbourne, her home town. Melba studied singing in Melbourne and made a modest success in performances there. After a brief and unsuccessful marriage, she moved to Europe in search of a singing career. Failing to find engagements in London in 1886, she studied in Paris and soon made a great success there and in Brussels. Returning to London she quickly established herself as the leading lyric soprano at Covent Garden from 1888. She soon achieved further success in Paris and elsewhere in Europe, and "

Prompt: Born in 1861, which famous opera singer's real name was Helen Mitchell?

Answer: Helen Porter Mitchell


Context: Little Italy | "North Beach, San Francisco, California ; Little Italy, San Diego, California ; Spaghetti Hill, Monterey, California ; Thompsonville (Enfield), Connecticut ; Town Plot in Waterbury, Connecticut ; Wooster Square in New Haven, Connecticut ; Italia in northern Florida ; Pompano Beach, a section is partially an Italian neighborhood ; Taylor Street Archives, Chicago, Illinois (The port-of-call for Chicago's Italian Americans) ; Heat of Little Italy, Chicago, Illinois ; Little Sicily, Chicago, Illinois ; Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois ; Dunning, Chicago ; Indy Little Italy, Indianapolis, Indiana ; Des Moines, Iowa, South Des Moines is an Italian neighborhood ; Independence, Louisiana ; Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (Also known as ""The Pizza Capital of the World"" for their pizza) ; Little Italy, Baltimore, Maryland ; North End, Boston, Massachusetts ; Columbus Park, Kansas City, Missouri ; The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri ; North East, Kansas City, Missouri (formerly Columbus Square) ; "

Prompt: Which Italian city is known as the pizza capital of the world?

Answer: Neapel


Context: Spanish Florida |  In 1763, Spain traded Florida to Great Britain in exchange for control of Havana, Cuba, and Manila in the Philippines, which had been captured by the British during the Seven Years' War. As Britain had defeated France in the war, it took over all of French Louisiana east of the Mississippi River, except for New Orleans. Finding this new territory too vast to govern as a single unit, Britain divided the southernmost areas into two territories separated by the Apalachicola River: East Florida (the peninsula) and West Florida (the panhandle). Notably, most of the Spanish population departed following the signing of the treaty, with the entirety of St Augustine emigrating to Cuba. The British soon began an aggressive recruiting policy to attract colonists to the area, offering

Prompt: In a 1763 swap, what expanse of land did Britain gain from Spain in exchange for Havana?

Answer: Rear View (song)


Context: Europe |  primarily in Georgia. Two other language families reside in the North Caucasus (termed Northeast Caucasian, most notably including Chechen, Avar and Lezgin; and Northwest Caucasian, most notably including Adyghe). Maltese is the only Semitic language that is official within the EU, while Basque is the only European language isolate. Multilingualism and the protection of regional and minority languages are recognised political goals in Europe today. The Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the Council of Europe's European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages set up a legal framework for language rights in Europe.

Prompt: Which is the only Semitic language that is an official language of the EU?

Answer: Maltese


Context: String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5 (Boccherini) | " The minuet has been used extensively in popular media including movies, television and video games. It has often been used to depict late 18th / early 19th century society in the United States, most especially during the Revolutionary War. It was most notably used in The Time of Their Lives (1946), the British black comedy The Ladykillers (1955) with Sir Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers, and as the music box music in Two Rode Together. It was also used in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). It was quoted by fictional rock guitarist Nigel Tufnel (portrayed by Christopher Guest) in the closing measures of the song ""Heavy Duty"" in the motion picture This is Spinal Tap (1984), spoofing the classical pretensions of heavy metal groups. The British children's television programme ZZZap! used the movement in the sketches featuring Neil Buchanan's ""Smart Arty"" character. In the late 1960s, the pioneering predecessor of Minnesota Public Radio used the opening section as the intro to its evening classical program. It is used by Bryan Bishop as a ""drop"" on the Adam Carolla podcast. Arrangements of the minuet are also used in the Suzuki Method. Also used in Soviet cartoon Alice in Wonderland (1981 film)."

Prompt: In which 1955 film does Boccherini's String Quartet in E play a significant part?

Answer: The Ladykillers


Context: Corinth Canal |  The Corinth Canal (Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου) connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island. The canal was dug through the isthmus at sea level and has no locks. It is 6.4 km in length and only 21.4 m wide at its base, making it impassable for many modern ships. It is currently of little economic importance becoming mainly a tourist attraction. The canal was initially proposed in classical times and a failed effort was made to build it in the 1st century AD construction recommenced in 1881, but was hampered by geological and financial problems that bankrupted the original builders. It was completed in 1893, but, due to the canal's narrowness, navigational problems, and periodic closures to repair landslides from its steep walls, it failed to attract the level of traffic expected by its operators.

Prompt: Which canal separates the Peloponnese peninsula from the Greek mainland?

Answer: Corinth canal


Context: Royal Australian Navy (march) |  Royal Australian Navy is the official march of the Royal Australian Navy. It replaces the previous march Heart of Oak. The march, Royal Australian Navy, was composed to celebrate that momentous occasion in Australia's history when the Australian Fleet first entered Sydney Harbour on 10 October 1913. Royal Australian Navy is now the official march of Australia's Navy, and was composed by the Australian band leader, Alex Lithgow.

Prompt: What is the official march of the Royal Navy?

Answer: Heart of Oak


Context: Major suit | " In the card game contract bridge, the major suits are spades and hearts. The major suits are of prime importance for tactics and scoring as they outrank the minor suits while bidding and also outscore them (30 per contracted trick for major suits—compared to 20 for minor suits). Much of the tactics of bidding in bridge revolves around the attempt by partners to find a ""fit"" in one of the major suits that will allow them to make a game contract. Another reason why the major suits is more desirable than the minor suits is that they need one less trick to make game. Of the two major suits, spades rank higher than hearts."

Prompt: What are the major suits in the card game Bridge?

Answer: Hearts and Spades


Context: Defence of the Realm Act 1914 | " The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) was passed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 1914, four days after it entered the First World War and was added to as the war progressed. It gave the government wide-ranging powers during the war, such as the power to requisition buildings or land needed for the war effort, or to make regulations creating criminal offences. DORA ushered in a variety of authoritarian social control mechanisms, such as censorship: ""'No person shall by word of mouth or in writing spread reports likely to cause disaffection or alarm among any of His Majesty's forces or among the civilian population'"" Anti-war "

Prompt: Which Parliamentary Act was abbreviated to DORA?

Answer: Defense of the realm act


Context: Natalia Annenko |  Natalia Valeryevna Annenko (Наталья Валерьевна Анненко, born April 17, 1964) is a Russian former ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union. She won the 1982 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with partner Vadim Karkachev. She later went on to compete with Genrikh Sretenski. With Sretenski, she is the 1988 European silver medalist and three-time (1986, 1987, 1989) European bronze medalist. They placed fourth at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Annenko teamed up with Sretenski in 1982. They were coached by Ludmila Pakhomova and Tatiana Tarasova. After leaving eligible skating in 1989, they skated with Stars on Ice for four seasons. Annenko was married to Peter Tchernyshev but they divorced after seven years. She is remarried and now known as Natalia Deller or Natalia Annenko-Deller. She coaches at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Prompt: Born Natalia Zacharenko, under what name did she find fame?

Answer: Nathalie Wood


Context: Alatina alata |  Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830), often called a sea wasp, is a species of box jellyfish found in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans and in the Caribbean and Arabian Sea.

Prompt: What sort of creature is a Pacific Sea Wasp?

Answer: Jelly-fish


Context: Terry Hanck | " smoky saxophone in the spirit of Junior Walker"". Andersen has appeared on, and co-produced all Hanck's releases, since I Keep On Holdin' On. However, in 2004, Johnny “Cat” Soubrand replaced Andersen in Hanck's backing ensemble. In 2008, Always, showcased Hanck's humor when it included his self-penned track entitled, ""Deep Fried Twinkies."" In 2011, Look Out! was Hanck's first outing on the Delta Groove Productions label. His album, Gotta Bring It On Home to You (2014), included contributions from guitarists Kid Andersen and Debbie Davies. It incorporated an equal mixture of Hanck's own compositions and cover versions of others' work. The covers included "

Prompt: Who were the backing group of Junior Walker?

Answer: AllSTARS* (band)


Context: When a Man Loves a Woman (song) | " ""When a Man Loves a Woman"" is a song written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright and first recorded by Percy Sledge in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. It made number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. Country singer John Wesley Ryles had a minor hit with his version of the song in 1976 while Singer and actress Bette Midler recorded the song 14 years later and had a Top 40 hit with her version in 1980. In 1991, Michael Bolton recorded the song and his version peaked at number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart."

Prompt: Who had a hit in 1966 with When a Man Loves a Woman?

Answer: Percy sledge


Context: William III of England |  Mary II died of smallpox on 28 December 1694, leaving William III to rule alone. William deeply mourned his wife's death. Despite his conversion to Anglicanism, William's popularity in England plummeted during his reign as a sole monarch.

Prompt: From what illness did Mary II die in 1694?

Answer: Small pox


Context: Amphipoda |  Compared to other crustacean groups, such as the Isopoda, Rhizocephala or Copepoda, relatively few amphipods are parasitic on other animals. The most notable example of parasitic amphipods are the whale lice (family Cyamidae). Unlike other amphipods, these are dorso-ventrally flattened, and have large, strong claws, with which they attach themselves to baleen whales. They are the only parasitic crustaceans which cannot swim during any part of their life cycle.

Prompt: Specifically, What is the only mammal that could be described as parasitic?

Answer: The Vampire Bat


Context: Leaving on a Jet Plane |  The song was used on various TV shows and movies, such as The Rock (1996), Girls' Night (1998), Armageddon (1998), Superstar (1999), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and in the end credits of the 2011 Irish film The Guard.

Prompt: In which disaster film do the heroes take off to the song Leaving on a Jet Plane?

Answer: Amargeddon


Context: Nick Traina |  Nick Traina (born Nicholas John Steel Toth; May 1, 1978 – September 20, 1997) was an American singer, who was lead singer for the punk band Link 80.

Prompt: Nick Begs was lead singer with which 80's pop band?

Answer: Kaja Googoo


Context: Fleet Street |   Fleet Street is named after the River Fleet, which runs from Hampstead to the River Thames at the western edge of the City of London. It is one of the oldest roads outside the original city and was established by the Middle Ages. In the 13th century, it was known as Fleet Bridge Street, and in the early 14th century it became known as Fleet Street. The street runs east from Temple Bar, the boundary between the Cities of London and Westminster, as a continuation of the Strand from Trafalgar Square. It crosses Chancery Lane and Fetter Lane to reach Ludgate Circus by the London Wall. The road ahead is Ludgate Hill. The street numbering

Prompt: After what is Fleet Street in London named?

Answer: Fleet river


Context: Sowerby's beaked whale |  Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic or North Sea beaked whale, is a species of toothed whale. It was the first mesoplodont whale to be described. James Sowerby, an English naturalist and artist, first described the species in 1804 from a skull obtained from a male that had stranded in the Moray Firth, Scotland, in 1800. He named it bidens, which derives from the two teeth present in the jaw, now known to be a very common feature among the genus.

Prompt: Which whale (not James) is most commonly known as the Singing Whale?

Answer: Humpback (fish)


Context: M61 motorway |  The M61 has one service station: Rivington services (formerly Bolton West services), located between Junctions 6 and 8 (as Junction 7 was never built). This motorway service area was used in the filming of The Services, a pilot episode for the Farnworth-born comedian Peter Kay series That Peter Kay Thing, a spoof documentary of a day in the life of the services staff.

Prompt: Just north of Bolton, on which English motorway will you find Rivington Services?

Answer: M61


Context: Offa of Mercia |  In the first half of the 8th century, the dominant Anglo-Saxon ruler was King Æthelbald of Mercia, who by 731 had become the overlord of all the provinces south of the River Humber. Æthelbald was one of a number of strong Mercian kings who ruled from the mid-7th century to the early 9th, and it was not until the reign of Egbert of Wessex in the 9th century that Mercian power began to wane. The power and prestige that Offa attained made him one of the most significant rulers in Early Medieval Britain, though no contemporary biography of him survives. A key source

Prompt: Of which Saxon kingdom was Offa a King?

Answer: MERCIA


Context: The Guns of Navarone (film) |  In 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island of Kheros, where 2,000 British soldiers are marooned, to display their military strength and convince neutral Turkey to join them. Rescue by the Royal Navy is prevented by two massive radar-directed large-calibre guns on (fictional) nearby Navarone Island. When aerial bombing efforts fail, Allied Intelligence gathers a commando unit to infiltrate Navarone and destroy the guns. Led by Major Roy Franklin (Anthony Quayle), the team is composed of Captain Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck), a renowned spy and an officer with the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG); Colonel Andrea Stavrou (Anthony Quinn) from the defeated Greek Army; Franklin's best friend Corporal Miller (David Niven), an explosives

Prompt: The crux of which novel is enabling 2,000 Allied soldiers to evacuate the island of Kheros?

Answer: Guns of Navarone


Context: Rabbit |  Male rabbits are called bucks; females are called does. An older term for an adult rabbit used until the 18th century is coney (derived ultimately from the Latin cuniculus), while rabbit once referred only to the young animals. Another term for a young rabbit is bunny, though this term is often applied informally (particularly by children) to rabbits generally, especially domestic ones. More recently, the term kit or kitten has been used to refer to a young rabbit. A group of rabbits is known as a colony or nest (or, occasionally, a warren, though this more commonly refers to where the rabbits live). A group of baby rabbits produced from a single mating is referred to as a litter and a group of domestic rabbits living together is sometimes called a herd. The word rabbit itself derives from the Middle English rabet, a borrowing from the Walloon robète, which was a diminutive of the French or Middle Dutch robbe.

Prompt: In past times a rabbit was what we'd call a baby bunny. What were adult bunnies called?

Answer: Coney (disambiguation)


Context: Seppuku |  While the voluntary seppuku is the best known form, in practice the most common form of seppuku was obligatory seppuku, used as a form of capital punishment for disgraced samurai, especially for those who committed a serious offense such as rape, robbery, corruption, unprovoked murder or treason. The samurai were generally told of their offense in full and given a set time for them to commit seppuku, usually before sunset on a given day. On occasion, if the sentenced individuals were uncooperative, seppuku could be carried out by an executioner, or more often, the actual execution was carried out solely by decapitation while retaining only the trappings of seppuku; even the tantō laid out in front of the uncooperative offender could be replaced with a fan (to prevent the

Prompt: Carried out by a military man it's called Seppuku. What other name is it known by?

Answer: Harikari


Context: Shadowlands (1993 film) |  Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical drama film about the relationship between academic C. S. Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) and Jewish American poet Joy Davidman (played by Debra Winger), her death from cancer, and how this challenged Lewis's Christianity. It was directed by Richard Attenborough with a screenplay by William Nicholson based on his 1985 television film and 1989 stage play of the same name. The 1985 script began life as I Call It Joy written for Thames Television by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone. Sibley later wrote the book, Shadowlands: The True Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. The film won the 1993 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. The film marked the last film appearance of English actor Michael Denison.

Prompt: The love story of which writer is portrayed in the film Shadowlands?

Answer: C. S Lewis


Context: Pistachio ice cream | "  Pistachio ice cream or pistachio nut ice cream is an ice cream flavor made with pistachio nuts or flavoring. It is often distinctively green in color. Pistachio is also a flavor of sorbet and gelato. Pistachio ice cream is a layer in spumoni. At the Bakdash in Damascus, Syria, a pounded ice cream covered with pistachio called Booza is produced. It has an elastic texture made of mastic and sahlab and is famous around the Arab World. Tripoli's Al Mina district is known for its Arabic ice cream including ""ashta"" with pistachios. It is widely produced including by Brigham's Ice Cream, Ben & Jerry's, Graeter's and major brands."

Prompt: What colour is pistachio flavoured ice cream?

Answer: Greenishly


Context: Anglican Pacifist Fellowship | " Some prominent members of APF were at the forefront of resistance to nuclear proliferation. ""Canon John Collins from St. Paul's Cathedral was in the forefront of the founding leadership of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). The Revd. Sidney Hinkes was an early Chairman of CND"". Hinkes' ""theology was conservatively Catholic in what he regarded as essentials, yet his parochial and pastoral practice was radically open, both to the working-class culture and the ethnic diversity of the people in the areas in which he served"". Hinkes was a leading member of APF during his lifetime, known for leading peace rallies and prayer vigils with his distinctive, large-sized version of the APF's emblematic blue and gold cross. He worked with the "

Prompt: Who co-founded CND with Canon Collins?

Answer: Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits


Context: Buddleja alternifolia |  Buddleja alternifolia, known as alternate-leaved butterfly-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family, which is endemic to Gansu, China. A substantial deciduous shrub growing to 4 m tall and wide, it bears grey-green leaves and graceful pendent racemes of scented lilac flowers in summer.

Prompt: Which plant is known as the butterfly bush?

Answer: Buddleia acc Buddleja


Context: Punkah |  came to be used in British India and elsewhere in the tropical and subtropical world for a large swinging fan, fixed to the ceiling, and pulled by a punkah wallah, during hot weather. To cover a larger area, such as in an office or a courthouse, a number of punkahs could be connected together by strings so that they would swing in unison. The material used could range from utilitarian rattan to expensive fabrics. The date of this invention is not known, but it was familiar to the Arabs as early as the 8th century. It was not commonly used in India before

Prompt: In the British Raj what was the job of a 'punkah wallah'?

Answer: Waving a Fan


Context: Thomas & Friends (series 22) |  Series 22 introduces new characters Nia and Rebecca and retires the narration, with Thomas now talking directly to the audience about today's episode and during the learning segments. In addition, the show has a brand new theme song. The series is set directly after the events of the Big World! Big Adventures! movie. Episodes are split into two halves; the first half sees Thomas travelling around the world, while the second half takes place back on the Island of Sodor. The series was released on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu in the fall of 2018.

Prompt: Which title characters adventures took place on the Isle of Sodor?

Answer: Thomas the Train


Context: Proteus (moon) |  Proteus is the second-largest moon of Neptune and is the largest of its regular prograde moons. It is about 420 km in diameter, larger than Nereid, Neptune's third-largest moon. It was not discovered by Earth-based telescopes because Proteus orbits so close to Neptune that it is lost in the glare of reflected sunlight.

Prompt: Proteus and Nereid are among the moons of which planet?

Answer: 8th planet


Context: Penny Black | Holyoake, Alan. The World's First Postage Stamp. London: Royal Philatelic Society, London, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-900631-73-3, 159p. ; Jackson, Mike. May Dates: A survey of Penny Blacks, Twopenny Blues, Mulreadys and caricatures used during May 1840. Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire: Mike Jackson Publications, c1999. ISBN: 0-952827-41-7. ; Litchfield, Percy C. Guide Lines To The Penny Black: a detailed description of each one of the 2880 stamps and the plates from which it was printed. London: R. Lowe, 1979. ; Muir, Douglas N. Postal Reform and the Penny Black: A New Appreciation. London: National Postal Museum, 1990 ISBN: 0-951594-80-X ; Nissen, Charles. Great Britain: The Penny Black: Its Plate Characteristics. Kent, [England]: F. Hugh Vallancey, 1948. ; Nissen, Charles and Bertram McGowan. The Plating of The Penny Black Postage Stamp Of Great Britain, 1840: with a description of each individual stamp on the eleven different plates, affording a guide to collectors in the reconstruction of the sheets. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1998 ISBN: 0-85259-461-5 ; Proud, Edward B. Penny Black Plates. Heathfield, East Sussex: International Postal Museum, 2015. ; Rigo de Righi, A.G. The Story of the Penny Black and Its Contemporaries. London: National Postal Museum, 1980 ISBN: 0-9500018-7-2

Prompt: In 1840 the world's first postage stamps printed were the Penny Black and which other?

Answer: Twopenny Blue


Context: Statute Concerning Diet and Apparel 1363 |  A Statute Concerning Diet and Apparel (''37 Edw. III c. 1, 3 - 19'') was a sumptuary law introduced by the Parliament of England in 1363. It was one of a series of laws over a couple of centuries that form what are known as the Acts of Apparel. The Act detailed the style of dress that people of each class were allowed to wear. It was created to tackle a burgeoning trend for the lower classes to wear similar fashion to the elite. This was triggered by the sudden rise in personal wealth that followed the Black Death, caused by the consolidation of property following the drop in population and the considerable rises in wages which liberated many previously bonded labourers.

Prompt: The 1363 Statute of Apparel forbade people from what?

Answer: Dressing above their station in


Context: FC Barcelona | " official Barcelona anthem is the ""Cant del Barça"", written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona traditionally play in dark shades of blue and red stripes, leading to the nickname Blaugrana. Domestically, Barcelona has won a record 75 trophies: 26 La Liga, 31 Copa del Rey, thirteen Supercopa de España, three Copa Eva Duarte, and two Copa de la Liga titles, as well as being the record holder for the latter four competitions. In international club football, the club has won twenty European and worldwide titles: five UEFA Champions League titles, a record four UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, a joint record five UEFA Super Cups, a record three Inter-Cities Fairs Cups, and three "

Prompt: Which football team are nicknamed the Blaugrana?

Answer: The weather in Barcelona


Context: Acid rain |  sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the atmosphere. These efforts have had positive results due to the widespread research on acid rain starting in the 1960s and the publicized information on its harmful effects. The main source of sulfur and nitrogen compounds that result in acid rain are anthropogenic, but nitrogen oxides can also be produced naturally by lightning strikes and sulphur dioxide is produced by volcanic eruptions. Acid rain has been shown to have adverse impacts on forests, freshwaters, and soils, killing microbes, insects and aquatic life-forms, causing paint to peel, corrosion of steel structures such as bridges, and weathering of stone buildings and statues as well as having impacts on human health.

Prompt: Which element is the main polluting substance in acid rain?

Answer: Sulpher