Context: Step Inside Love | " ""Step Inside Love"" is a song written by Paul McCartney (credited as ""Lennon–McCartney"") for Cilla Black in 1967 as a theme for her TV series Cilla, which first aired on 30 January 1968."

Prompt: "Whose autobiography was entitled ""Step Inside Love""?"

Answer: Priscilla Maria Veronica Willis


Context: Fire of Moscow (1812) |   During the French occupation of Moscow the 1812 Fire of Moscow persisted from 14 to 18 September 1812 and all but destroyed the city. The Russian troops and most of the remaining residents had abandoned Moscow on 14 September 1812 just ahead of French Emperor Napoleon's troops entering the city after the direful Battle of Borodino. The Moscow military governor, Count Fyodor Rostopchin, has been blamed to have organised the destruction of the sacred former capital to weaken the French army in the scorched city even more.

Prompt: The 1812 Fire of Moscow, on 14 September 14 1812, broke out after most residents and Russian troops had abandoned the city, and whose troops had entered it?

Answer: Napoleon Buonaparte


Context: My Brother Is an Only Child |  My Brother Is an Only Child (Mio fratello è figlio unico) is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is based on an Antonio Pennacchi novel. The title comes from a song by Rino Gaetano from 1976.

Prompt: Which 2007 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti is based on Antonio Pennacchi's novel?

Answer: Mio fratello è figlio unico (film)


Context: Chinese alligator | " a synonym of Alligator sinensis. There is still not a consensus among biologists that the American and Chinese alligators belong to the same genus, despite multiple studies comparing the biochemistry, histology, and various other aspects of the two crocodilians. The genus, Alligator, is based on the Spanish word el lagarto, which translates to ""the lizard"". The specific name, sinensis, is from the Latin plural possessive sinaensis, meaning ""belonging to China"". The oldest definitive record of the Chinese alligator is from the late Pliocene of Japan, around 3 million years old. Pleistocene fossils show that its range was once much more extensive, extending northwards to Shandong and southwards to the Taiwan Strait."

Prompt: What reptile, of which there are two living species, the American and the Chinese, got its name from the Spanish for lizard?

Answer: Alligator


Context: Thomas Gordon (Royal Scots Navy officer) |  campaign, it was left like that. The next day Peter called the two admirals together and made them drink a glass of wine together hoping that this would end their bickering. In 1726 Admiral Gordon took out a fleet to meet the powerful British fleet under Admiral Sir C. Wagner that had been sent to the Baltic Sea to anticipate or prevent any action of Russia as a party to the Treaty of Vienna. However, since Gordon had told Catherine I that action was hopeless, courtesies were exchanged instead of cannonballs. On 6 May 1727 he was promoted to admiral and in November he became

Prompt: Which Scotsman was given a ship by Americans to harass English shipping near Great Britain, and later became an admiral in the Russian Navy of Catherine The Great?

Answer: I have not yet begun to fight


Context: List of dry communities by U.S. state | " Kansas had prohibition longer than any other state, from 1881 to 1948, and continued to prohibit bars selling liquor by the drink until 1987. Both the 1948 amendment to the Kansas Constitution that ended prohibition and the 1986 amendment that allowed for open saloons provided that the amendments only would be in effect in counties that had approved the respective amendments, either during the election over the amendment itself or subsequently. All 105 counties in Kansas have approved the 1948 amendment, but three counties (Wallace, Stanton, and Haskell) have never approved the 1986 amendment, and therefore continue to prohibit any and all sale of liquor by the drink. Public bars (so-called ""open saloons"") are illegal in these dry counties. Another 63 counties approved the 1986 amendment, but with a requirement that to sell liquor by the drink, an establishment must receive 30% of its gross revenues from food sales. 39 counties in Kansas have fully approved the 1986 amendment without any limitation, allowing liquor to be sold by the drink without any food sales requirement."

Prompt: Which US State ended prohibition in November 1948, a law that had been in place there for 68 years?

Answer: Kans.


Context: Face-off |  A similar technique, known as a bully-off, is used in field hockey. The two opposing players alternately touch their sticks on the ground and against each other before attempting to strike the ball. Its use as the method of starting play was discontinued in 1981.

Prompt: "In what sport would one ""bully off""?"

Answer: Hockey positions


Context: Blood |   Blood is circulated around the body through blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart. In humans, blood is pumped from the strong left ventricle of the heart through arteries to peripheral tissues and returns to the right atrium of the heart through veins. It then enters the right ventricle and is pumped through the pulmonary artery to the lungs and returns to the left atrium through the pulmonary veins. Blood then enters the left ventricle to be circulated again. Arterial blood carries oxygen from inhaled air to all of the cells of the body, and venous blood carries carbon dioxide, a waste product of metabolism by cells, to the lungs to be exhaled. However, one exception includes pulmonary arteries, which contain the most deoxygenated blood in the body, while the pulmonary veins contain oxygenated blood. Additional return flow may be generated by the movement of skeletal muscles, which can compress veins and push blood through the valves in veins toward the right atrium. The blood circulation was famously described by William Harvey in 1628.

Prompt: What carries the blood flow of the human body from the periphery to the right side of the heart?

Answer: Vein valves


Context: Hallmark |  In the modern world, in an attempt at standardizing the legislation on the inspection of precious metals and to facilitate international trade, in November 1972 a core group of European nations signed the Vienna Convention on the Control of the Fineness and the Hallmarking of Precious Metal Objects. Articles which are assayed and found by the qualifying office of a signatory country to conform to the standard, receive a mark, known as the Common Control Mark (CCM), attesting to the material's fineness. The multi-tiered motif of the CCM is the balance scales, superimposed, for gold, on two intersecting circles; for

Prompt: What is the name for a set of marks stamped on gold and silver articles to attest to the genuineness of the metal and the year of testing?

Answer: Hall-mark


Context: Daguin machine |   The Daguin machine was one of the first cancelling machines used by the French postal administration. It was created by (1849-1888). Its first official use took place in June 1884 in Paris. It could cancel three thousand covers per hour. Two datestamps were printed in one move by the postal clerk: the first cancelled the postage stamp and the second was a readable proof of date on the cover. Until 1949, the datestamp centers were 28 millimeters away from one another. In the 1900s, more efficient machines replaced the Daguin. But it came back to service in the 1920s: the second datestamp was replaced by a commercial message inscribed in a round cornered quadrilateral. The official retirement of the Daguin machines was declared in the 1960s, with some exceptional use until the 1970s. Philatelists discovered and studied the machine and its twin cancellations in the 1950s.

Prompt: What machine devised to move people was first demonstrated in Paris in 1900?

Answer: Electrical staircase


Context: Ernst T. Krebs | " Amygdalin, C20H27NO11, is a glycoside initially isolated from the seeds of a cultivar of the almond tree, Prunus dulcis var. amara, also known as bitter almonds, by Pierre-Jean Robiquet and Antoine-François Boutron-Charlard (1796-1879) in 1830, and subsequently investigated by Liebig and Wöhler in 1830, and others. It was promoted in a modified form called laetrile as a cancer cure by Ernst T. Krebs, Jr. under the name ""Vitamin B17"", but studies have found it to be ineffective. It is also not a vitamin, and can cause cyanide poisoning. The promotion of laetrile to treat cancer has been described in the scientific literature as a canonical example of quackery, with Irving Lerner of the University of Minnesota describing it as ""the slickest, most sophisticated, and certainly the most remunerative cancer quack promotion in medical history."""

Prompt: What is prussic acid, found in bitter almonds and laurel leaves, also known as?

Answer: Formic anammonide


Context: Stamata Revithi | " Stamata Revithi (Σταμάτα Ρεβίθη; 1866 – after 1896) was a Greek woman who ran the 40-kilometre marathon during the 1896 Summer Olympics. The Games excluded women from competition, but Revithi insisted that she be allowed to run. Revithi ran one day after the men had completed the official race, and although she finished the marathon in approximately 5 hours and 30 minutes and found witnesses to sign their names and verify the running time, she was not allowed to enter the Panathinaiko Stadium at the end of the race. She intended to present her documentation to the Hellenic Olympic Committee in the hopes that they would recognize her achievement, but it is not known whether she did so. No known record survives of Revithi's life after her run. According to contemporary sources, a second woman, ""Melpomene"", also ran the 1896 marathon race. There is debate among Olympic historians as to whether or not Revithi and Melpomene are the same person."

Prompt: What was unusual about Stamata Revithi running the marathon course at the 1896 Olympics, in Athens?

Answer: Female athletes were not allowed to compete at all


Context: William Vitruvius Morrison |  He was born at Clonmel, County Tipperary, second son of Sir Richard Morrison (1767–1849) and Elizabeth Ould, a granddaughter of the celebrated physician and author Sir Fielding Ould. His middle name derives from the first century B.C. Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. Sir Richard headed a successful private architectural practice and was architect to Trinity College, Dublin. He joined his father's practice in 1809. In 1821 he made an extensive tour of Europe, including visits to Rome and Paris. Upon his return he built up a successful practice, but later his health broke down. After a second visit to the continent he died in his father's house at Bray, County Wicklow, on 16 October 1838 and is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.

Prompt: The name of which person born in Dublin is connected in English history with the locations of Vimiero, Talavera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes and Waterloo?

Answer: First Duke of Wellington


Context: French Baroque architecture |  The most important showcase of the French Baroque was the Palace of Versailles. It was begun in 1624 by Louis XIII as a hunting lodge. In 1634, Louis XIII had it enlarged into a chateau by his chief architect and engineer, Philibert Le Roy. In 1661, Louis XIV decided to enlarge it further, without destroying the original. He commissioned Louis Le Vau and Charles le Brun as his architect and designer, and assigned André Le Nôtre to create a grand formal garden that could be viewed from the Chateau, on the model of Vaux-le-Vicomte. When Le Vau died in 1670, the project was given to his assistant François d'Orbay, who completed the initial phase in 1674. The new palace surrounded the old brick chateau, with new wings the north, south and to

Prompt: Who built the original Palace of Versailles that was enlarged by Louis XIV?

Answer: Lewis XIII


Context: Fulgencio Batista |  government, which culminated in his eventual defeat by rebels under the command of Che Guevara at the Battle of Santa Clara on New Year's Day 1959. Batista immediately fled the island with an amassed personal fortune to the Dominican Republic, where strongman and previous military ally Rafael Trujillo held power. Batista eventually found political asylum in Oliveira Salazar's Portugal, where he first lived on the island of Madeira and then in Estoril. He was involved in business activities in Spain and was staying there in Guadalmina at the time of his death from a heart attack on August 6, 1973.

Prompt: From which country was Fulgencio Batista ousted in 1959?

Answer: Republic of Cuba


Context: Shingles | " The family name of all the herpesviruses derives from the Greek word herpēs, from herpein (""to creep""),  referring to the latent, recurring infections typical of this group of viruses. Zoster comes from Greek zōstēr, meaning ""belt"" or ""girdle"", after the characteristic belt-like dermatomal rash. The common name for the disease, shingles, derives from the Latin cingulus, a variant of Latin cingulum, meaning ""girdle""."

Prompt: What is another name for shingles?

Answer: Disseminated herpes zoster


Context: Wizadora |  A pilot show starred Fawlty Towers writer and actress Connie Booth, who had been alerted to the character by John Cleese who had taken an interest in the production. The pilot was never broadcast. The concept was then developed into a language teaching tool for children to learn the English language published by Oxford University Press in 1991. Books, audio, and media were produced alongside the series. Originally the title role of Wizadora was initially played by Connie Booth in an unaired pilot before Maria Gough played the title role for Oxford University Press. Cathy Lawday was the writer and editor of the books and media produced for Oxford. In 1992,

Prompt: """Fawlty Towers"" was written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, who played main characters. Which character did Connie Booth play?"

Answer: Polly


Context: Washington–Franklin Issues |  Watermarks occur in paper and are made during the paper making process by means of various devices that impart an impression in the wet paper pulp, the impression usually consisting of an official emblem or letter(s). The actual watermark portion of the paper is thinner than the surrounding paper. The difference in paper thickness can usually be detected by holding the stamp up to a light, however some countries have issued stamps whose watermarks are very difficult to detect in this manner and require watermark detection fluid. Watermarks were originally used by governments for documents, currency and other applications to help prevent counterfeiting. The U.S. Post office began using a double-line watermark bearing the initials USPS in 1895, when

Prompt: What is the name given to a distinguishing device stamped into the substance of a sheet of paper when it is wet?

Answer: Watermarked


Context: Herbert Pell Cup |  The Herbert Claiborne Pell Cup, established in 1958, is presented by the Ida Lewis Yacht Club, of Newport, Rhode Island, to the winner of the Challenger Selection Series for the America's Cup. The Cup is named for Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr.. The America's Cup was held in Newport through 1983. The Pell Cup, dating from 1958, is the senior most trophy presented to the Challenger and has all the Challengers engraved on it since 1962. Since 1983 and the advent of sports marketing, the Cup has been accompanied by the Louis Vuitton Cup until 2017, and the Prada Cup since 2021. Emirates Team New Zealand won the Herbert Claiborne Pell Cup in the 2017 Bermuda competition.

Prompt: The America's Cup trophy was held by America from 1852 until 1983 when the Cup was won by which challenger?

Answer: Australia II of Australia


Context: October 1956 | The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston as Moses and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, is released in the United States. It becomes one of the highest-grossing films of all time.

Prompt: "In the 1956 film ""The Ten Commandments"", who played Moses?"

Answer: Holly Heston Rochell


Context: Barry Briggs |  He won the World Individual Championship title four times – in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966. He appeared in a record 17 consecutive World Individual finals (1954–70), and a record 18 in all, during which he scored a record 201 points. He also won the London Riders' Championship in 1955 whilst riding for the Wimbledon Dons. He is also a six-time winner of the British Championship. He won the first final in 1961 and then dominated the sixties titles by winning in 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1969. Briggs also twice won his home title, the New Zealand Championship, winning in 1959

Prompt: Who won the World Individual Championship Speedway title four times in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966?

Answer: Barry briggs


Context: European goldfinch |  The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western and central Asia. It has been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay. The breeding male has a red face with black markings around the eyes, and a black-and-white head. The back and flanks are buff or chestnut brown. The black wings have a broad yellow bar. The tail is black and the rump is white. Males and females are very similar, but females have a slightly smaller red area on the face. The goldfinch is often depicted in Italian Renaissance paintings of the Madonna and Child.

Prompt: Which bird, that breeds in northern Europe in pine and beech forests, has a chestnut brown back, grey head, dark tail, buff breast and a striped black throat?

Answer: Fieldfare


Context: Albatross |  Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. They are absent from the North Atlantic, although fossil remains show they once occurred there and occasional vagrants are found. Albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and species of the genus Diomedea (great albatrosses) have the longest wingspans of any extant birds, reaching up to 12 ft. The albatrosses are usually regarded as falling into four genera, but disagreement exists over the number of species. Albatrosses are highly efficient in the air, using dynamic soaring and slope soaring to cover great

Prompt: Which seabird that ranges widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific has the largest wingspan of any existing birds?

Answer: אלבטרוס


Context: Steve McQueen |  He followed his Oscar nomination with 1968's Bullitt, one of his best-known films, and his personal favorite, which co-starred Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn and Don Gordon. It featured an unprecedented (and endlessly imitated) car chase through San Francisco. Although McQueen did do the driving that appeared in closeup, this was about 10% of what is seen in the film's car chase. The rest of the driving by McQueen's character was done by stunt drivers Bud Ekins and Loren Janes. The antagonist's black Dodge Charger was driven by veteran stunt driver Bill Hickman; McQueen, his stunt drivers and Hickman spent several days

Prompt: Which film starring Steve McQueen featured a car chase through the streets of San Francisco?

Answer: Bullitt


Context: Sandy Hook Light |  The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by Isaac Conro. At that time, it stood only 500 ft from the tip of Sandy Hook; however, today, due to growth caused by littoral drift, it is almost 1+1/2 mi inland from the tip. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, for its significance in commerce and transportation.

Prompt: What is the oldest existing lighthouse in America, built in 1764?

Answer: Sandy Hook Lighthouse, New Jersey


Context: Right triangle |  A right triangle (American English) or right-angled triangle (British), or more formally an orthogonal triangle, is a triangle in which one angle is a right angle (that is, a 90-degree angle). The relation between the sides and other angles of the right triangle is the basis for trigonometry. The side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotenuse (side c in the figure). The sides adjacent to the right angle are called legs (or catheti, singular: cathetus). Side a may be identified as the side adjacent to angle B and opposed to (or opposite) angle A, while side b is the side adjacent to angle A and opposed to angle B. If the lengths of all three sides of a right triangle are integers, the triangle is said to be a Pythagorean triangle and its side lengths are collectively known as a Pythagorean triple.

Prompt: What word best describes a triangle where one angle is equal to 90 degrees?

Answer: Right angled


Context: Joseph Nathan Kane | " known as the president of the United States. Thomas McKean of Delaware was first to be named ""President of the United States"" in 1781.  Washington became president April 30, 1789. After Kane collected all this information he decided to publish his material in a large reference book that could be used by libraries and others. Kane first tried to publish his lengthy detailed manuscript but was rejected by eleven publishers. On his twelfth approach he contacted Halsey W. Wilson, the founder and president of the publishing company H. W. Wilson Company. Wilson was also hesitant. He was not sure there would be "

Prompt: Who was the first of these to become US President?

Answer: Father of the Constitution


Context: Swedish Armed Forces radio alphabet |  The Swedish Armed Forces' radio alphabet was a radiotelephony alphabet made up of Swedish two-syllable male names with the exception of Z which is just the name of the letter as pronounced in Swedish. The Swedish Armed Forces are since 2006 instructed to use the NATO alphabet instead of the original Swedish alphabet, along with and adaption of the NATO voice procedures to communicate, since most activity is in various international UN and NATO missions. This has been changed back again since the administrative authorities are required to use the Swedish language according to Swedish law even the Swedish Armed Forces.

Prompt: In the International Radio Alphabet, how many are traditional male given names

Answer: five


Context: Henley Royal Regatta |  Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the three other regattas rowed over approximately the same course, Henley Women's Regatta, Henley Masters Regatta, and Henley Town and Visitors' Regatta, each of which is an entirely separate event. The regatta lasts for five days (Wednesday to Sunday) ending on the first weekend in July. Races are head-to-head knock out competitions, raced over a course of 1 mi. The regatta regularly attracts international crews to race. The most prestigious event at the regatta is the Grand Challenge Cup for Men's Eights, which has been awarded

Prompt: Which English rowing event is held every year on the River Thames for 5 days (Wednesday to Sunday) over the first weekend in July?

Answer: Henley Royal Regatta


Context: Sunflowers (Van Gogh series) |  Sunflowers (original title, in French: Tournesols) is the title of two series of still life paintings by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. The first series, executed in Paris in 1887, depicts the flowers lying on the ground, while the second set, made a year later in Arles, shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase. In the artist's mind both sets were linked by the name of his friend Paul Gauguin, who acquired two of the Paris versions. About eight months later van Gogh hoped to welcome and to impress Gauguin again with Sunflowers, now part of the painted Décoration for the Yellow House that he prepared for the guestroom of his home in Arles, where Gauguin was supposed to stay. After Gauguin's departure, van Gogh imagined the two major versions as wings of the Berceuse Triptych, and finally he included them in his Les XX in Bruxelles exhibit.

Prompt: "Which Dutch artist painted ""Sunflowers"" and was the subject of a pop song by Don McLaine?"

Answer: Vincent Willem Van Gogh


Context: South America |  longest mountain range, the Andes (whose highest mountain is Aconcagua at 6,962 m); the driest non-polar place on earth, the Atacama Desert;  the wettest place on earth, López de Micay in Colombia; the largest rainforest, the Amazon rainforest; the highest capital city, La Paz, Bolivia; the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, Lake Titicaca; and, excluding research stations in Antarctica, the world's southernmost permanently inhabited community, Puerto Toro, Chile. South America's major mineral resources are gold, silver, copper, iron ore, tin, and petroleum. These resources found in South America have brought high income to its countries especially in times of war or of rapid economic growth by industrialized countries elsewhere. However,

Prompt: Which continent has the world's highest waterfall, largest river by volume, longest mountain range, driest place, largest rainforest, highest capital city, and highest commercially navigable lake?

Answer: South amerika


Context: Portuguese Army |  The Portuguese Royal Court and Government install themselves in Brazil from 1808, with Rio de Janeiro becoming the de facto capital of the Portuguese Empire. In 1815, Brazil is raised to the status of Kingdom, with the whole Portuguese Monarchy becoming the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves. As a retaliation against the Napoleonic invasion of the Portugal, the Portuguese forces in Brazil invaded and conquered the French Guiana in 1808. In 1811, the Portuguese Army in Brazil invaded the Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay), to retake Portuguese claimed territories that were under Spanish occupation. In 1816, the Portuguese forces invaded again the Banda Oriental, defeating the forces

Prompt: What was the capital of the Portuguese empire from 1808 to 1815?

Answer: São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro


Context: Kandahar |  Kandahar (کندهار Kandahār,, Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of 1010 m. It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the capital of Kandahar Province as well as the de facto capital of the Taliban, formally known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. It also happens to be the centre of the larger cultural region called Loy Kandahar. In 1709, Mirwais Hotak made the region an independent kingdom and turned Kandahar into the capital of the Hotak dynasty. In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani dynasty, made Kandahar the capital of the Afghan Empire. Kandahar is one of the most culturally significant cities of the Pashtuns and has been their traditional seat of power for more than 300 years. It is

Prompt: In which country is the city of Kandahar?

Answer: Afghanistan


Context: Paraguayan War | " The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was a South American war that lasted from 1864 to 1870. This war was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, the Empire of Brazil, and Uruguay. It was the deadliest and bloodiest inter-state war in Latin American history. Paraguay sustained large casualties, but even the approximate numbers are disputed. Paraguay was forced to cede disputed territory to Argentina and Brazil. The war began in late 1864, as a result of a conflict between Paraguay and Brazil caused by the Uruguayan War. Argentina and Uruguay entered the war against Paraguay in 1865, and it then became known as the ""War of the Triple Alliance"". After Paraguay was defeated in conventional warfare, it conducted a drawn-out guerrilla resistance – a strategy that resulted in the further destruction of the Paraguayan military and the civilian population. Much of the civilian population lost their lives due to battle, hunger, and disease. The guerrilla war lasted for 14 months until President Francisco Solano López was killed in action by Brazilian forces in the Battle of Cerro Corá on 1 March 1870. Argentine and Brazilian troops occupied Paraguay until 1876."

Prompt: The War of the Triple Alliance (1864 - 1870) was fought between the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay and which other country?

Answer: Administrative divisions of Paraguay


Context: City Hall station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) |  vaults needed to be poured in concrete, which was difficult to pour during winter. The contractors were given temporary permission to use the vaults underneath the post office, and accordingly were able to excavate that section of the loop in 1902. The City Hall station opened on October 27, 1904, as the southern terminal station of the original 28-station New York City Subway line to 145th Street on the West Side Branch, now the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. The opening ceremonies, held the day before, were attended by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr.. More than 15,000 people were issued passes for the first series

Prompt: What engineering work was opened by Mayor McLellan on 27 October 1904?

Answer: NYSubway


Context: Catskill Mountains |  The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, located in southeastern New York. As a cultural and geographic region, the Catskills are generally defined as those areas close to or within the borders of the Catskill Park, a 700000 acre forest preserve forever protected from many forms of development under New York state law. Geologically, the Catskills are a mature dissected plateau, a flat region subsequently uplifted and eroded into sharp relief by watercourses. The Catskills form the northeastern end of the Allegheny Plateau (also known as the Appalachian Plateau). The Catskills were named by early Dutch settlers. They are well known in American society as the setting for films and works of art, including many 19th-century Hudson River School paintings, as well as for being a favored destination for vacationers from New York City in the mid-20th century. The region's many large resorts gave countless young stand-up comedians an opportunity to hone their craft. Since the late 19th century, the Catskills have been a haven for artists, musicians and writers, especially in and around the towns of Woodstock and Phoenicia.

Prompt: In which US state are the Catskill Mountains?

Answer: New Yourk State


Context: Navelwort | Omphalodes ; Umbilicus Navelwort is a common name for two different plant genera:-

Prompt: What is a more common name for the umbilicus?

Answer: Belly Button


Context: Roaring Twenties | " Charles Lindbergh gained sudden great international fame as the first pilot to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Roosevelt Airfield (Nassau County, Long Island), New York to Paris on May 20–21, 1927. He had a single-engine airplane, the ""Spirit of St. Louis"", which had been designed by Donald A. Hall and custom built by Ryan Airlines of San Diego, California. His flight took 33.5 hours. The president of France bestowed on him the French Legion of Honor and, on his arrival back in the United States, a fleet of warships and aircraft escorted him to Washington, D.C., where President Calvin Coolidge awarded him the Distinguished Flying Cross."

Prompt: Charles Lindbergh became famous by flying which aeroplane?

Answer: Spirit of Saint Louis


Context: List of deists |  Twain (1835–1910), American author and humorist ; Jules Verne (1828–1905), French author who pioneered the science fiction genre in Europe. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. ; Voltaire (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer and philosopher ; George Washington (1732–1799), American soldier, statesman, and Founding Father, who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. ; James Watt (1736–1819), Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution

Prompt: "Who was the author of ""Around The World In 80 Days"" and ""20,000 Leagues Under The Sea""?"

Answer: Verne, Jules


Context: List of countries and territories by land borders | Longest land border: 🇨🇳 China: 22,147 km ; Longest land border between two countries: 🇨🇦 Canada – 🇺🇸 United States: 8,891 km (Canada–United States border) ; Longest single segments of land borders: ; 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – 🇷🇺 Russia: 6,846 km ; 🇨🇦 Canada – 🇺🇸 United States: 6,414 km ; 🇦🇷 Argentina – 🇨🇱 Chile: 5,150 km ; Shortest land borders between two countries: ; 🇮🇳 India - 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 45 m at Ram Setu ; 🇧🇼 Botswana – 🇿🇲 Zambia: 155 m near Kazungula ; 🇬🇮 Gibraltar (UK) – 🇪🇸 Spain: 1.2 km ; 🇬🇱 Greenland (Denmark) – 🇨🇦 Canada: 1.2 km at Hans Island (disputed) Shortest single segments of land border: ; 🇮🇳 India - 🇱🇰

Prompt: What is the greatest distance between the capitals of two sovereign countries that share a border?

Answer: pyongyang and moscow


Context: All Day and All of the Night | " Like their previous hit ""You Really Got Me"", the song is based on a power chord riff. Both songs are similar in beat and structure, with similar background vocals, progressions, and guitar solos. Dave Davies claimed that the song was where he ""found his voice"": ""I liked the guitar sound on ""All Day And All of the Night"", the second single we had. When they tried to develop amplifiers that had pre-gain and all, I thought it wasn't quite right, and I struggled with the sound for a while. I never liked Marshalls, because they sounded like everybody else. Then in the mid '70s I started using Peavey, and people said, ""Nobody uses Peavey – country and western bands use them"" [laughs]. I used to blow them up every night. I used two Peavey Maces together, and it was brilliant."" Billboard described the song as a ""potent entry,"" stating that the ""raw, gutsy delivery is maintained along with raunchy guitar sound."""

Prompt: "Which group had hits with ""You Really Got Me"", ""All Day And All Of The Night"", ""Waterloo Sunset"" and ""Lola""?"

Answer: The Kinks


Context: Siege of Paris (1870–1871) |   Late in the siege, Wilhelm I was proclaimed German Emperor on 18 January 1871 at the Palace of Versailles. The kingdoms of Bavaria, Württemberg, and Saxony, the states of Baden and Hesse, and the free cities of Hamburg and Bremen were unified with the North German Confederation to create the German Empire. The preliminary peace treaty was signed at Versailles, and the final peace treaty, the Treaty of Frankfurt, was signed on 10 May 1871. Otto von Bismarck was able to secure Alsace-Lorraine as part of the German Empire. The continued presence of German troops outside the city angered Parisians. Further resentment arose against the French government, and in March 1871 Parisian workers and members of the National Guard rebelled and established the Paris Commune, a radical socialist government, which lasted through late May of that year.

Prompt: Which war, engineered by Bismarck, included the siege and surrender of Paris and ended in the union of German states with William I as emperor?

Answer: Invasion of France (1870)


Context: Big Bang | " English astronomer Fred Hoyle is credited with coining the term ""Big Bang"" during a talk for a March 1949 BBC Radio broadcast, saying: ""These theories were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at a particular time in the remote past."" However, it did not catch on until the 1970s. It is popularly reported that Hoyle, who favored an alternative ""steady-state"" cosmological model, intended this to be pejorative, but Hoyle explicitly denied this and said it was just a striking image meant to highlight the difference between the two models. Helge Kragh writes that the evidence for the claim that it was meant as a pejorative is ""unconvincing"", and mentions a number "

Prompt: What was the name of Sir Fred Hoyles theory, an alternative to the Big Bang, that said that there was continuous creation of matter between galaxies, so that as galaxies get further apart, new ones develop between them?

Answer: Steady state concentration


Context: Imperial Russian Navy |  On the night of 8 February 1904, the Japanese naval fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo opened the war with a surprise attack by torpedo boat destroyers on the Russian ships at Port Arthur, badly damaging two Russian battleships. The attacks developed into the Battle of Port Arthur the next morning. A series of indecisive naval engagements followed, in which the Japanese were unable to attack the Russian fleet successfully under shore batteries (coastal guns) of the harbor and the Russians declined to leave the harbor for the open seas, especially after the death of Admiral Stepan Osipovich Makarov on 13 April 1904. After the attack on Port Arthur, the Japanese attempted to deny the Russians use of the port. On the night of 13/14 February, the Japanese attempted to block the entrance to Port Arthur by sinking several cement-filled steamers in the deep water channel to the port. But the steamers, driven off course by Russian gunfire were unable to sink them in the designated places, rendering them ineffective. Another attempt to block the harbor entrance on the night of 3/4 May with blockships also failed.

Prompt: The navy from which country destroyed the Russian fleet at Port Arthur after a number of attacks in 1904 and 1905?

Answer: 日本國


Context: Emma Albertazzi |  Albertazzi was born in Streatham, London, the daughter of Francis Howson (died 1863), an English music professor, and his wife Sarah, née Tanner (died 1839). She had three brothers and a sister, several of whom became performers and some of whom established a musical dynasty in Australia; her niece was Emma Howson. As a child, Albertazzi studied with a music teacher, Andrea Costa. In 1827, she moved in with Costa, and her parents signed a contract with him. Her first public performance was in 1928 at the New Argyle Rooms, London, and she performed in a concert the following year at the King's Theatre Concert Room. In 1829 a young Italian, Francesco Albertazzi (died 1857), also began to study with Costa, and the two married in London on 25 November 1829; the bride was 14 years old. Her husband signed additional contracts with Costa. Sources variously report Albertazzi's activities over the next year or so, but she performed in Milan, Italy, in a concert at the Teatro Rè in September 1831.

Prompt: "What is an Australian talking about if he says ""Emma Chizzit""?"

Answer: The price of something


Context: Edinburgh's Hogmanay |  Hogmanay is the Scots word for New Year's Eve. In Scotland, New Year's (Hogmanay) is celebrated with several different customs, such as First-Footing, which involves friends or family members going to each other's houses with a gift of whisky and sometimes a lump of coal. In Edinburgh, it now covers four days of processions, concerts and fireworks, with the street party beginning on Hogmanay. Alternative tickets are available for entrance into the Princes Street Gardens concert and Céilidh, where well-known artists perform and ticket holders can participate in traditional Scottish céilidh dancing. On New Year's Day the celebrations continue with the Stoats Loony Dook parade. The Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations are among the largest in the world. Celebrations in Edinburgh in 1996–97 were recognised by the Guinness Book of Records at the world's largest New Year party, with approximately 400,000 people in attendance. Numbers have since been restricted due to safety concerns.

Prompt: What is the Scottish word that applies to New Year's Eve?

Answer: Hogmanay


Context: Republic of China at the 1976 Winter Olympics | " The Republic of China (Taiwan) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The ROC would not return to the Olympics until 1984 and under the name ""Chinese Taipei"" due to objections by the People's Republic of China over the political status of Taiwan. The PRC boycotted the Olympics due to the Taiwanese participation under the name ""Republic of China""."

Prompt: The Republic of China (ROC) did not compete at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 because the People's Republic of China (PRC) pressured the organisers to stop them competing under that name. What name did the ROC use when it next competed in 1984?

Answer: Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy, and Matsu


Context: Little Jack Horner | " The song’s most common lyrics are: <poem style=""margin-left:24px>Little Jack HornerSat in the corner,Eating his Christmas pie;He put in his thumb,And pulled out a plum,And said, ""What a good boy am I!"" It was first documented in full in the nursery rhyme collection Mother Goose's melody, or, Sonnets for the cradle, which may date from 1765, although the earliest surviving English edition is from 1791. The melody commonly associated with the rhyme was first recorded by the composer and nursery rhyme collector James William Elliott in his National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs (1870)."

Prompt: In the nursery rhyme, who put in his thumb and pulled out a plum?

Answer: Jack (fish)


Context: Helsingør |  Helsingør (,  ; Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore , is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern reaches of the Øresund Region, centered on Copenhagen and Malmö. The HH Ferry route connects Helsingør with Helsingborg, 4 km (2.5 miles) across the Øresund. It is known for its castle Kronborg, which William Shakespeare presumably had in mind for his famous play Hamlet.

Prompt: What is the former name of Helsingor, Denmark?

Answer: Elsinor


Context: Liz & Dick | Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor ; Grant Bowler as Richard Burton ; Theresa Russell as Sara Taylor ; David Hunt as Ifor Jenkins ; Bruce Nozick as Bernard ; Tanya Franks as Sybil Burton ; Andy Hirsch as Eddie Fisher ; Charles Shaughnessy as Anthony Asquith ; David Eigenberg as Ernest Lehman ; Creed Bratton as Darryl Zanuck ; Adam J. Yeend as The VIP's 1st AD ; Taylor Ann Thompson as Kate Burton, age 10 ; Trevor Thompson as Christopher Wilding, age 7 ; Brian Howe as Joseph Mankiewicz ; Henry Hereford as London Hotel Manager ; Michael Matucci as Gianni Bulgari

Prompt: What is the next in this series: Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton?

Answer: Richard Burton


Context: Economy of Japan |   Japan is the third biggest producer of automobiles in the world. Toyota is currently the world's largest car maker, and the Japanese car makers Nissan, Honda, Suzuki, and Mazda also count for some of the largest car makers in the world.

Prompt: What is the world's biggest car maker?

Answer: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.


Context: Valletta |  Valletta is the capital city of Malta, and is the country's administrative and commercial hub. The Parliament of Malta has been housed at the Parliament House near the city's entrance since 2015: it was previously housed at the Grandmaster's Palace in the city centre. The latter palace still houses the Office of the President of Malta, while the Auberge de Castille houses the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta. The courthouse and many government departments are also located in Valletta.

Prompt: What is the capital of Malta?

Answer: Valetta, Malta


Context: 1910 in New Zealand | Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship

Prompt: Anthony Wilding, who won the Wimbledon men's singles from 1910 to 1913, was from what country?

Answer: N Z


Context: Vatican during the Savoyard era (1870–1929) |  the Catholic world come to the Pope's aid as Pius IX had expected. The provisional capital of Italy had been Florence since 1865. In 1871, the Italian government moved to the banks of the Tiber. Victor Emmanuel installed himself in the Quirinal Palace. Rome became once again, for the first time in thirteen centuries, the capital city of a united Italy. Rome was unusual among capital cities only in that it contained the power of the Pope and a small parcel of land (Vatican City) beyond national control. This anomaly was not formally resolved until the Lateran pacts of 1929.

Prompt: Which city was the capital of Italy from 1865 to 1871?

Answer: UN/LOCODE:ITFLR


Context: Uneven bars | " The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is made of a steel frame. The bars are made of fiberglass with wood coating, or less commonly wood. The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is UB or AB, and the apparatus and event are often referred to simply as ""bars"". The bars are placed at different heights and widths, allowing the gymnast to transition from bar to bar. A gymnast usually adds white chalk to the hands so that they can grip the bar better."

Prompt: What is the standard length of the bars in the uneven parallel bars or asymmetric bars, an artistic gymnastics apparatus used only by female gymnasts?

Answer: 240 distance


Context: Australia (2008 film) | " Originally, Baz Luhrmann was planning to make a film about Alexander the Great starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman, with a screenplay by David Hare. The director had built a studio in the northern Sahara but Alexander made by Oliver Stone was released first and after several years in development, Luhrmann abandoned the project to make a film closer to home. The visual effects were done by Animal Logic and The LaB Sydney. Luhrmann spent six months researching general Australian history. At one point he considered setting his film during the First Fleet, 11 ships that sailed from Britain in 1787 and set up the first colony in New South Wales. The director wanted to explore Australia's relationship with England and with its indigenous population. He decided to set the film between World Wars I and II in order to merge a historical romance with the Stolen Generations, where thousands of mixed-race Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their families by the state and integrated into white society. Luhrmann has said that his film depicts ""a mythologised Australia""."

Prompt: "After he had directed ""Australia"", it was reported that Baz Luhrmann's next project was a film based on which book by F Scott Fitzgerald?"

Answer: George Wilson (Gatsby)


Context: Close-up | "Medium Close Up (""MCU"" on camera scripts): Halfway between a mid shot and a close-up. Usually covers the subject's head and shoulders. ; Close Up (""CU""): A certain feature, such as someone's head, takes up the whole frame. ; Extreme Close Up (""ECU"" or ""XCU""): The shot is so tight that only a detail of the subject, such as someone's eyes, can be seen. ; Lean-In: when the juxtaposition of shots in a sequence, usually in a scene of dialogue, starts with medium or long shots, for example, and ends with close-ups. ; Lean-Out: the opposite of a lean-in, moving from close-ups out to longer shots. ; Lean: when a lean-in is followed by a lean-out. There are various degrees of close-up depending on how tight (zoomed in) the shot is. The terminology varies between countries and even different companies, but in general, these are: When the close-up is used in the shooting, the subject should not be put in exactly the middle of the frame. Instead, it should be located in the frame according to the law of the golden section."

Prompt: In a film script, what do the letters ECU mean?

Answer: Extreme Close Up


Context: Bone fracture | Linear fracture – a fracture that is parallel to the bone's long axis ; Transverse fracture – a fracture that is at a right angle to the bone's long axis ; Oblique fracture – a fracture that is diagonal to a bone's long axis (more than 30°) ; Spiral fracture – a fracture where at least one part of the bone has been twisted ; Compression fracture/wedge fracture – usually occurs in the vertebrae, for example when the front portion of a vertebra in the spine collapses due to osteoporosis (a medical condition which causes bones to become brittle and susceptible to fracture, with or without trauma) ; Impacted fracture – a fracture caused when bone fragments are driven into each other ; Avulsion fracture – a fracture where a fragment of bone is separated from the main mass

Prompt: What is the name given to a bone fracture when one part of it is driven into another?

Answer: Impacted


Context: McCarthyism | " The 1951 novel The Troubled Air by Irwin Shaw tells the story of the director of a (fictional) radio show, broadcast live at the time, who is given a deadline to investigate his cast for alleged links to communism. The novel recounts the devastating effects on all concerned. The 1952 Arthur Miller play The Crucible used the Salem witch trials as a metaphor for McCarthyism, suggesting that the process of McCarthyism-style persecution can occur at any time or place. The play focused on the fact that once accused, a person had little chance of exoneration, given the irrational and circular reasoning of both the courts and the public. Miller later wrote: ""The more I read into the Salem panic, "

Prompt: Whose play about the Salem witch trials in the 17th century drew parallels to McCarthyism in the 1950s?

Answer: Agnes Barley


Context: Madagascar |  Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, ; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 250 miles off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At 592800 km2 Madagascar is the world's second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation consists of the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world) and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 88 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar

Prompt: Which previously independent country, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 2550 km (1530 miles) off the coast of Africa, united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964?

Answer: Committee of Six


Context: Emma, Lady Hamilton |  Emma gave birth to Nelson's daughter Horatia, on 29 January 1801 at 23 Piccadilly, who was taken soon afterwards to a Mrs Gibson for care and hire of a wet nurse. On 1 February, Emma made a spectacular appearance at a concert at the house of the Duke of Norfolk in St James' Square, and Emma worked hard to keep the press onside. Soon after this, the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) became infatuated with Emma, leading Nelson to be consumed by jealousy, and inspiring a remarkable letter by Sir William to Nelson, assuring him that she was being faithful. In late February, Nelson returned to London and met his daughter at Mrs Gibson's. Nelson's family were aware

Prompt: Who, after marrying in 1791, and living in Naples, became the mistress of Lord Nelson, having his child, Horatia, in 1803?

Answer: Lady Hamilton Emma


Context: Beach volleyball |  and attempting to hit the ball so it passes over the net on a course such that it will land in the opposing team's court. The opposing team must use a combination of no more than three contacts with the ball to return the ball to the opponent's side of the net, and individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively except after a block touch. The three contacts usually consist first of the bump or pass by the receiving player, second of the set by the receiving player's teammate so that the ball's trajectory is aimed towards a spot where the receiving player can hit

Prompt: In beach volleyball and indoor volleyball, what is the maximum number of contacts that a team can have with the ball before it crosses the net?

Answer: 3


Context: Borough of Princeton, New Jersey |  Princeton is the setting for the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in the TV series House.

Prompt: Which US TV series is set in the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital?


Context: Queen Elizabeth's Oak, Hatfield House |  Hatfield Palace was acquired by Henry VIII in 1538 and served as a nursery for his children including Mary, Elizabeth and Edward. When the Catholic Mary came to the throne in 1553 she kept Protestant Elizabeth under house arrest at the palace to prevent her from plotting to seize the throne. Elizabeth would often sit beneath the oak tree which came to bear her name as, being 1 mi from the house, it marked the farthest point she was permitted to travel. When Mary died on 17 November 1558, Elizabeth succeeded to the throne. It is said that the messenger from London bearing this news imparted it to Elizabeth while

Prompt: Which of Queen Elizabeth's children is the lowest in succession to (i.e. furthest away from) the throne?

Answer: Anne


Context: London Borough of Merton |  Each year The Championships, Wimbledon, better known as simply Wimbledon, one of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments (along with the US, French and Australian Opens) is held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Church Road Wimbledon. The event takes place over a fortnight at the end of June and beginning of July and is the largest annual sporting event to take place in the United Kingdom with over 200,000 visitors during the Wimbledon fortnight.

Prompt: The Wimbledon tennis tournament is held at which tennis club in London?

Answer: All england lawn tennis and croquet club


Context: Donnybrook Fair |   Donnybrook Fair was a fair that was held in Donnybrook, Dublin, from the 13th century until the 1850s. It has given its name to an Irish jig, an upscale supermarket chain, a broadsheet ballad, and is a slang term for a brawl or riot.

Prompt: Where does the word donnybrook, synonymous with a riot, come from?

Answer: A fair in Ireland


Context: List of A1 Grand Prix drivers |  This is a complete list of drivers who raced in the A1 Grand Prix series, from its inception in 2005–06 until its final season in 2008–09. Over the series' 39 rounds (totaling 78 races), 134 different drivers entered at least one A1 Grand Prix race. Switzerland's Neel Jani holds the records for most rounds entered (30), most race starts (60), total wins (10), and points (413). Jani is tied with Nico Hülkenberg for most feature race wins (6), and with Alexandre Prémat and Jonny Reid for most sprint race wins (4). A1 Grand Prix pointscoring systems varied according to seasons. If necessary, a small flag indicates the nationality of the driver if it is different from the associated A1 Team.

Prompt: Which driver won the most races in the A1GP championship in its first 3 years (2005-06, 2006-07 & 2007-08)?

Answer: Nico Hlkenberg (Germany)


Context: 1987 Women's World Open Squash Championship |  Susan Devoy won her second World Open and would go on to win four in total.

Prompt: Which womens squash player won the World Open four times (1985, 1987, 1990 & 1992) and the British Open eight times?

Answer: Susan Devoy


Context: Harihara |  The diversity within Hinduism encourages a wide variety of beliefs and traditions, of which two important and large traditions are associated with Vishnu and Shiva. Some schools focus on Vishnu (including his associated avatars such as Rama and Krishna) as the Supreme God, and others on Shiva (including his different avatars such as Mahadeva and Pashupata). The Puranas and various Hindu traditions treat both Shiva and Vishnu as being different aspects of the one Brahman. Harihara is a symbolic representation of this idea. A similar idea, called Ardhanarishvara or Naranari, fuses masculine and feminine deities as one and equivalent representation in Hinduism. Depending on which scriptures (and translations) are quoted, evidence is available to support each of the different arguments. In most cases, even if one personality is taken as being superior over the other, much respect is still offered to both Vishnu and Shiva by the other's worshippers (i.e. Shiva is still regarded as being above the level of an ordinary jiva and 'the greatest of the Vaishnavas' by Vaishnavas who worship only Vishnu).

Prompt: Vishnu and Shiva are gods in which religion?

Answer: Sanatana-dharma


Context: Calvados |  Calvados often nicknamed Calva, is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or, sometimes, from apples with  pears.

Prompt: Calvados apple brandy is traditionally produced in which country?

Answer: La Republique francaise


Context: Poppa of Bayeux |  of the Khazars, the Rus' promised the Khazars half of their spoils. They sailed down the Dnieper River into the Black Sea, then into the Sea of Azov, then up the Don River past the Khazar city of Sarkel, and then by a portage reached the Volga, which led them into the Caspian Sea. The Rus' attacked in the Gorgan region around Abaskun, as well as Tabaristan, pillaging the countrysides as they went. An attempt to repel them as they lay in anchor near islands in the southwestern part of the Caspian Sea proved unsuccessful; and they were then able to roam and raid

Prompt: If you sailed from the Aegean through the Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and followed the Volga-Don canal, where would you end up?

Answer: Apsheron Threshold


Context: November 2004 in sports |  banned from football grounds in England and Wales for five years. (BBC) ; UEFA Champions League, Group Stage, Matchday 5 ; Group E: PSV 1 – 1 Arsenal ; Group E: Rosenborg 2 – 2 Panathinaikos ; Group F: FC Barcelona 1 – 1 Celtic ; Group F: A.C. Milan 4 – 0 Shakhtar Donetsk ; Group G: Anderlecht 1 – 2 Valencia ; Group G: Werder Bremen 1 – 1 Inter Milan ; Group H: Chelsea 0 – 0 Paris Saint Germain ; Group H: CSKA Moscow 0 – 1 F.C. Porto ; NFL: A lawyer for Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams announces he will serve

Prompt: What traditional sport was banned in Britain in 2004?

Answer: Fox-hunter


Context: Summer Olympic Games |  gold medals by United States swimmer Mark Spitz, Lasse Virén (of Finland)'s back-to-back gold in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters, and the winning of three gold medals by Soviet gymnastic star Olga Korbut - who achieved a historic backflip off the high bar. Korbut, however, failed to win the all-around, losing to her teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva. There was no such tragedy in Montreal in 1976, but bad planning and fraud led to the Games' cost far exceeding the budget. The Montreal Games were the most expensive in Olympic history, until the 2014 Winter Olympics, costing over $5 billion (equivalent

Prompt: At the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich, who won back to back gold medals in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres, defeating American distance runner Steve Prefontaine in the former?

Answer: Lasse Virn


Context: Ambidexterity |  Ambidexterity is the ability to use both the right and left hand equally well. When referring to objects, the term indicates that the object is equally suitable for right-handed and left-handed people. When referring to humans, it indicates that a person has no marked preference for the use of the right or left hand. Only about one percent of people are naturally ambidextrous, which equates to about 70,000,000 people out of the world's population of 7 billion. In modern times, it is common to find some people considered ambidextrous who were originally left-handed and who learned to be ambidextrous, either deliberately or as a result of training in schools or in jobs where right-handed habits are often emphasized or required. Since many everyday devices (such as can openers and scissors) are asymmetrical and designed for right-handed people, many left-handers learn to use them right-handedly due to the rarity or lack of left-handed models. Thus, left-handed people are more likely to develop motor skills in their non-dominant hand than right-handed people.

Prompt: What word is applied to someone who is equally capable with both hands?

Answer: Ambidexterity


Context: Course of the Colorado River | " The Colorado River meets the Mexico–United States border at the Northern International Boundary (NIB), where the Morelos Dam diverts nearly the entire remaining flow into the Reforma Canal and the Tijuana Aqueduct. Most of this water is used for irrigation in the Mexicali Valley, one of Mexico's most fertile agricultural regions. Below the Morelos Dam the Colorado forms the international border for a short distance, between Baja California and Arizona, before reaching the Southern International Boundary at San Luis Rio Colorado, where it crosses entirely into Mexico. For the remainder of its course to the Gulf, the river forms the boundary between Baja California (west) and Sonora (east). ""River"", however, is a misnomer as the Colorado is dry or small stream most of the year, "

Prompt: Which river begins in the Rocky Mountains in south-west Colorado, crosses New Mexico and forms the border between Mexico and the USA before reaching the Gulf of Mexico?

Answer: Rio Grande del Norte


Context: Sled dog |  A sled dog is a dog trained and used to pull a land vehicle in harness, most commonly a sled over snow. Sled dogs have been used in the Arctic for at least 8,000 years and, along with watercraft, were the only transportation in Arctic areas until the introduction of semi-trailer trucks, snowmobiles and airplanes in the 20th century, hauling supplies in areas that were inaccessible by other methods. They were used with varying success in the explorations of both poles, as well as during the Alaskan gold rush. Sled dog teams delivered mail to rural communities in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Sled dogs today are still used by some rural communities, especially in areas of Russia, Canada, and Alaska as well as much of Greenland. They are used for recreational purposes and racing events, such as the Iditarod Trail and the Yukon Quest.

Prompt: What type of dog is traditionally used above the Arctic Circle to pull sleds over snow?

Answer: Huskys


Context: Double Duty |  Double Duty also referred to as the Indy-Charlotte Double or Memorial Day Double, is an auto racing term centered around two events held on Memorial Day weekend in most years. The two events are the annual Indianapolis 500, which is the most important Indycar Series race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana, and the annual Coca-Cola 600, which is a NASCAR Cup Series race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina. These two events are regarded as significant events for their respective series, as the Indianapolis 500 is the most prestigious race for Indycar while the Coca-Cola 600 has for years been considered

Prompt: What is the term used for a driver on Memorial Day weekend attempting to race in the Indianapolis 500 during the day and the Coca-Cola 600 during the night?

Answer: The Double (film)


Context: Demand-pull inflation | "  Demand-pull inflation is asserted to arise when aggregate demand in an economy is more than aggregate supply. It involves inflation rising as real gross domestic product rises and unemployment falls, as the economy moves along the Phillips curve. This is commonly described as ""too much money chasing too few goods."" More accurately, it should be described as involving ""too much money spent chasing too few goods,"" since only money that is spent on goods and services can cause inflation. This would not be expected to happen, unless the economy is already at a full employment level. It is the opposite of cost-push inflation."

Prompt: "What is ""Too much money chasing too few goods""?"

Answer: Inflation rate


Context: 1966 FIFA World Cup Final |  The 1966 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 30 July 1966 to determine the winner of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth FIFA World Cup. The match was contested by England and West Germany, with England winning 4–2 after extra time to claim the Jules Rimet Trophy. It was the first – and to date only – occasion that England has hosted or won the World Cup. This remains England's only major tournament win and last final at a major international football tournament for 55 years, until 2021 when the nation reached the UEFA Euro 2020 Final at the new Wembley Stadium

Prompt: In 1966, Germany and England played in the World Cup final for which sport?

Answer: International club football


Context: Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești | " and, upon his arrival to Bucharest, began organizing artists' reunions at the Kübler and Fialkowski coffeehouses. In 1896, with Post-Impressionist artists Constantin Artachino, Ștefan Luchian and Nicolae Vermont, he founded Salonul Independenților, the Romanian replica of the French Société des Artistes Indépendants. They were soon joined by painter Nicolae Grant and caricaturist Nicolae Petrescu-Găină. The exhibits featured some of Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești's own drawings, which he intended to use as illustrations for his book of French-language poems, Sensations internes (""Internal Sensations""). He planned for his art movement to reach outside Romania, and, also in 1896, financed an international exhibition of independent and avant-garde artists. Salonul was "

Prompt: Which French artist joined a Post-Impressionist group, started the Synthetist movement and worked in Tahiti from 1891 to 1893, and 1895 to 1901?

Answer: Paul Gaugin


Context: Charley Fusari | " great Tippy Larkin. Fusari had two world title shots during his career. He lost a one-sided decision to defending welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson on August 9, 1950 and lost a split decision to Johnny Bratton for the vacant National Boxing Association World welterweight title on March 14, 1951 after Robinson had left the title after winning the world middleweight title from Jake LaMotta a month earlier. He defeated such boxers as Attilio ""Rocky Castellani, Maxie Berger, Freddie Archer, Pat Demers, Al ""Red"" Priest, Terry Young, Joey Carkido, Jimmy Flood, Frankie Palermo, Vince Foster and Tony Pellone. He retired from boxing in 1952."

Prompt: Which boxer relinquished his world welterweight title after defeating Jake La Motta in 1951?

Answer: Walker Smith Junior


Context: Lunar orbit |   In astronomy, lunar orbit (also known as a selenocentric orbit) is the orbit of an object around the Moon. As used in the space program, this refers not to the orbit of the Moon about the Earth, but to orbits by various manned or unmanned spacecraft around the Moon. The altitude at apoapsis (point farthest from the center of attraction) for a lunar orbit is known as apolune, apocynthion, or aposelene, while the periapsis (point closest to the center of attraction) is known as perilune, pericynthion, or periselene, from names or epithets of the moon goddess. Lunar orbit insertion (LOI) is the adjustment to achieve lunar orbit, as undertaken by Apollo spacecraft for example. Low lunar orbit (LLO) are orbits below 100 km altitude. They have a period of about 2 hours. They are of particular interest in exploration of the Moon, but suffer from gravitational perturbation effects that make most unstable, and leave only a few orbital inclinations possible for indefinite frozen orbits, useful for long-term stays in LLO.

Prompt: What is the name for the point in the lunar orbit when the moon is nearest to the earth?

Answer: Apihelion


Context: Sinn Féin (slogan) | " Sinn Féin (""ourselves"" or ""we ourselves"") and Sinn Féin Amháin (""ourselves only / ourselves alone / solely us"") are Irish-language phrases used as a political slogan by Irish nationalists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. While advocating Irish national self-reliance, its precise political meaning was undefined, variously interpreted as the aim of a separate Irish republic or (as advocated by Arthur Griffith) that of a dual monarchy. Its earliest use was to describe individual political radicals unconnected with any party and espousing a more ""advanced nationalism"" than the Irish Home Rule movement represented by the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP). In the 1890s ""Sinn Féin, Sinn Féin amháin"" was the slogan of the Gaelic League, which advocated the revival of the Irish language."

Prompt: "What does the Gaelic phrase ""Sinn Fein"" mean?"

Answer: Pro-Treaty Sinn Fein


Context: Consider Yourself | " ""Consider Yourself"" is a song from the 1960 original West End and Broadway musical Oliver! and the 1968 film of the same name. It was introduced on Broadway by Davy Jones and the ensemble. In the 1968 film version, it is performed in the market and led by Jack Wild's Artful Dodger. In all versions, Dodger sings it when he first meets Oliver, after offering to get the destitute and alone boy food and lodging. Lyrically, it is an enthusiastic gift of friendship from Dodger and his as-yet-unseen gang to Oliver, assuring him warmly he can consider himself ""our mate"" and ""one of the family"" as ""it's clear we're going to get along"". The 1968 film builds it to a spectacular extended song-and-dance routine involving the street crowd, market workers, policemen and chimney sweep boys."

Prompt: "The song ""Consider Yourself"" is from what musical?"

Answer: Oliver!


Context: Stolbovoy Island |  Stolbovoy Island (Столбовой остров) is a long and narrow island off the southwest side of the New Siberian archipelago in the eastern part of the Laptev Sea. It is located 184 km away from the Siberian coast and 100 km southwest of Kotelny Island, being thus quite detached from the New Siberian island group, although it belongs to the Lyakhov Islands subgroup of the New Siberian Islands.

Prompt: What is the name of the long narrow island off the east coast of Russia?

Answer: Sakhalin Island


Context: Dry Dock Complex (Detroit, Michigan) |  building in what was at the time a novel method. Steel frame construction had emerged in 1880s Chicago in the construction of office buildings, the first being the nine-story Home Insurance Building, constructed in 1884. However, the first building to be completely supported by a riveted all-steel frame was the 1889 Rand McNally Building. The steel frame allowed the exterior walls to be reduced to a simple curtain covering the frame, rather than supporting the weight of the building. The Berlin Iron Bridge Company, already experienced in riveted steel construction through their bridge construction, moved into the design and construction of steel-framed industrial buildings at some time in the late 1880s.

Prompt: Which building, built in 1884, was the first to use structural steel in its frame and the first to be supported inside and outside by a fireproof metal frame, and is therefore considered to be the first skyscraper?

Answer: Home Insurance Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA


Context: Richard DeBaptiste |  held numerous leadership positions in local and national Baptist organizations. He was elected corresponding secretary of the Wood River Association, serving from 1856 to 1887. He was elected recording secretary of the Northwestern and Southern Baptist convention in 1865 in St. Louis, Missouri. At the 1866 annual meeting, he was elected corresponding secretary. He was elected president of the consolidated American Baptist Missionary convention in Nashville, Tennessee in 1867 and reelected for the following four years, including in 1870 at Wilmington, North Carolina, although he did not attend. In 1870, he was elected president of the Baptist Free Mission Society, a white organization, at

Prompt: To which organisation, formed in Tennessee in 1865, was Brian A Scates elected as Leader and President in 1867?

Answer: Klansmen


Context: Sweet Home Alabama (film) |  Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart, and Candice Bergen. It was released in the United States on September 27, 2002, by Buena Vista Pictures. The film takes its title from the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name.

Prompt: Which film starring Reese Witherspoon had the same title as a hit by Lynyrd Skynyrd?

Answer: Sweet Home Alabama


Context: Thermohaline circulation |  The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates at the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The process of western intensification causes the Gulf Stream to be a northward accelerating current off the east coast of North America. At about 40°N, -30°W, it splits in two, with the northern stream crossing to northern Europe and the southern stream recirculating off West Africa. The Gulf Stream influences the climate of the east coast of North America from Florida to Newfoundland, and the west coast of Europe. Although there has been recent debate, there is consensus that the climate of Western Europe and Northern Europe is warmer than it would otherwise be due to the North Atlantic drift, one of the branches from the tail of the Gulf Stream. It is part of the North Atlantic Gyre. Its presence has led to the development of strong cyclones of all types, both within the atmosphere and within the ocean. The Gulf Stream is also a significant potential source of renewable power generation.

Prompt: What is the ocean current that flows from Florida to Europe?

Answer: Gulf Stream


Context: Olympic Village (Montreal) |   The Olympic Village is a twin-tower structure in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built as the athletes' residence for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Designed by architects Roger D'Astous and Luc Durand, it was built massively over budget by a consortium of architects, including Joseph Zappia, who was later convicted of fraud in connection with his involvement with the building. Construction was overseen by René Lépine, Chairman of Groupe Lépine, and his associates through the company Zarolega Inc. Construction overruns were so drastic that the Olympic Installations Board seized the complex after its original estimate of $30 million ballooned to $90 million. The Olympic Village is situated in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, with the entrance on the northeast corner of Sherbrooke Street East and Viau Street and the building extending along Sherbrooke Street as far as De L'Assomption

Prompt: What is the name given to the official residence provided for the Olympic athletes?

Answer: Paralympic Village


Context: Rhinitis |  Rhinitis, also known as coryza, is irritation and inflammation of the mucous membrane inside the nose. Common symptoms are a stuffy nose, runny nose, sneezing, and post-nasal drip. The inflammation is caused by viruses, bacteria, irritants or allergens. The most common kind of rhinitis is allergic rhinitis, which is usually triggered by airborne allergens such as pollen and dander. Allergic rhinitis may cause additional symptoms, such as sneezing and nasal itching, coughing, headache, fatigue, malaise, and cognitive impairment. The allergens may also affect the eyes, causing watery, reddened, or itchy eyes and puffiness around the eyes. The inflammation results in the generation of large amounts of mucus, commonly producing a runny nose, as well as a stuffy nose and post-nasal drip. In the case of allergic rhinitis, the inflammation is

Prompt: Rhinitis is inflammation of the mucus membranes of what?

Answer: Noses


Context: British television science fiction |  television by the producer Jan Bussell, who had also been responsible for the screening in 1938. The BBC did begin producing more science fiction, with further literary adaptations such as The Time Machine (1949) and children's serials like Stranger from Space (1951–1952). In the summer of 1953, the six-part serial The Quatermass Experiment was broadcast live. An adult-themed science-fiction drama specially written for television by BBC staff writer Nigel Kneale, its budget consumed the majority of the finances reserved for drama that year. This successful serial ultimately led to three further Quatermass serials and three feature film adaptations from Hammer Film

Prompt: What remake of a British science-fiction serial broadcast by BBC Television in the summer of 1953 was staged live by BBC Four in 2005 with actors Jason Flemyng, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Tiernan, Indira Varma, David Tennant and Adrian Bower?

Answer: Quatermass experiment


Context: All You Need Is Love | " On the Beatles' recording, the song starts with the first few bars of the French national anthem, ""La Marseillaise"", and contains elements from other musical works, such as Glenn Miller's 1939 hit ""In the Mood"". This use of musical quotations follows an approach first adopted by the Beatles in Harrison's composition ""It's All Too Much"", which similarly reflects the ideology behind the hippie movement during the 1967 Summer of Love. George Martin recalled that in ""All You Need Is Love"" ""the boys ... wanted to freak out at the end, and just go mad"". During the long coda, elements of other musical works can be heard, including ""Greensleeves"", Invention No. 8 in F major (BWV 779) by J. S. Bach, ""In the Mood"", and the Beatles' own songs ""She Loves You"" "

Prompt: "Which national anthem appears in The Beatles song ""All You Need Is Love""?"

Answer: The Marseillese


Context: Niccolò Paganini |  named Pasini. Other instruments associated with Paganini include the Antonio Amati 1600, the Nicolò Amati 1657, the Paganini-Desaint 1680 Stradivari, the Guarneri-filius Andrea 1706, the Le Brun 1712 Stradivari, the Vuillaume c. 1720 Bergonzi, the Hubay 1726 Stradivari, and the Comte Cozio di Salabue 1727 violins; the Countess of Flanders 1582 da Salò-di Bertolotti, and the Mendelssohn 1731 Stradivari violas; the Piatti 1700 Goffriller, the Stanlein 1707 Stradivari, and the Ladenburg 1736 Stradivari cellos; and the Grobert of Mirecourt 1820 (guitar). Four of these instruments were played by the Tokyo String Quartet. Of his guitars, there is little evidence remaining of his various choices of instrument. The aforementioned guitar that

Prompt: The name of Niccolo Paganini is associated with which instrument?

Answer: Violinist (disambiguation)


Context: Brooke Mueller |  On May 30, 2008, Mueller married actor Charlie Sheen, having been engaged since 2007. The couple were introduced in 2006 by mutual friend Rebecca Gayheart. Mueller gave birth to their twin sons, Bob and Max, on March 14, 2009. On December 25, 2009, Sheen was arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse. The couple filed for divorce in November 2010. In March 2011, police removed the children from Sheen's home after Mueller obtained a restraining order against Sheen. The divorce settlement – with Sheen paying her $750,000 per their prenuptial agreement, plus $55,000 per month in child support for their two sons – was approved by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge and

Prompt: Who is the father of the twin boys born to Brooke Mueller on 14 March 2009?

Answer: Bi-winning


Context: Summer Paralympic Games |  The first official Paralympic Games was held in Rome, Italy, in 1960. 400 athletes from 23 countries competed at the 1960 Games though only athletes in wheelchairs competed. At the 1976 Summer Games athletes with different disabilities were included for the first time at a summer Paralympics. With the inclusion of more disability classifications, the 1976 Summer Games expanded to 1,600 athletes from 40 countries. The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first to be hosted in the same venues (and thus use the same facilities) as the Olympics of that year. Since then, all Paralympic Games are now held in the same city that hosted the Olympics, with a two-week gap between each. Rio de Janeiro held the 2016 Summer Paralympics, becoming the first Latin American and South American city to host either the Summer or Winter Games. Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Paralympics becoming the first city to host the games twice.

Prompt: The first Paralympic Games to officially tie in with the Summer Olympics were held in 1960 in which city?

Answer: Capital city of italy


Context: Music geography | " Music geography is a sub-field within both urban geography and cultural geography. Music geography is the study of music production and consumption as a reflection of the landscape and geographical spaces surrounding it. It became evident that individuals associate music with space. Historically, music was purely an oral tradition that was replaced by the introduction of radio broadcasting in the 1920s. Folk music was the first genre of music to be researched and analyzed by scholars due to its nature of movement across regions in its style. John Connell suggests links between: ""music, tradition and authenticity, reinvented in the public space of the city; it demonstrates how technological changes (notably the digitization of music) have informed local music production, generated new home recording cultures and small scale entrepreneurialism."" John Strait's studies of the migration of blues in the Mississippi Delta shows the association of and circulation of musical culture across the globe."

Prompt: "The musical ""The Sound of Music"" is associated with which geographical area?"

Answer: The Republic of Austria


Context: Service Dress (British Army) |  During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the bright red tunics worn by British infantry regiments had proved to be a liability, especially when during the First Boer War they had been faced by enemies armed with rifles firing the new smokeless cartridges. This had been exacerbated by the white carrying equipment worn by the line infantry, the cross straps of which formed an X on the soldier's chest. The term Khaki (Urdu for dusty) had come from India and was used to describe the 'Drab' uniform first worn in 1848 by the Corps of Guides. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857 many British regiments took to staining their white tropical uniforms with tea leaves or other makeshift dyes in order to camouflage them. Rifle regiments had long used dark green uniforms (with blackened badges, buttons,

Prompt: What was first worn by British soldiers in India in 1845?

Answer: Khaki


Context: Santa Croce, Florence |  The Basilica is the largest Franciscan church in the world. Its most notable features are its sixteen chapels, many of them decorated with frescoes by Giotto and his pupils, and its tombs and cenotaphs. Legend says that Santa Croce was founded by St Francis himself. The construction of the current church, to replace an older building, was begun on 12 May 1294, possibly by Arnolfo di Cambio, and paid for by some of the city's wealthiest families. It was consecrated in 1442 by Pope Eugene IV. The building's design reflects the austere approach of the Franciscans. The floorplan is an Egyptian or Tau cross

Prompt: What is the name of the world's largest church, that was begun in 1450, finished in 1600 and consecrated by Pope Urban XIII in 1626?

Answer: Saint Peter's Basillica


Context: Landmarks of Caracas |  Altamira is a neighborhood in the Chacao municipality of Caracas. It has its own Metro Station, many hotels, malls and restaurants, and is an important business and cultural centre. The Francisco de Miranda avenue (a major avenue in Caracas) and the Distibuidor Altamira (a congested highway exit) are both in Altamira.

Prompt: What is the main attraction at both Altamira and Lascaux?

Answer: Cave drawing


Context: Kingdom of Sardinia |  the island was bought out. After the union of the crowns of Aragon and Castile, Sardinia became a part of the burgeoning Spanish Empire. In 1720, the island was ceded by the Habsburg and Bourbon claimants to the Spanish throne to the Duke of Savoy Victor Amadeus II. The Savoyards united it with their historical possessions on the Italian mainland, and the Kingdom came to be progressively identified with the Mainland states, which included, besides Savoy and Aosta, dynastic possessions like the Principality of Piedmont and the County of Nice, over both of which the Savoyards had been exercising their control since the 13th century and 1388, respectively. The formal name of this composite state was the

Prompt: Which island has belonged to Carthage, Rome, the Saracens, the King of Aragon, the Dukes of Savoy, United Italy under Victor Emmanuel and was granted autonomous government in 1947?

Answer: Sardic


Context: Apollo 11 |  and Space Administration (NASA), and initiating Project Mercury, which aimed to launch a man into Earth orbit. But on April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, and the first to orbit the Earth. Nearly a month later, on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, completing a 15-minute suborbital journey. After being recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, he received a congratulatory telephone call from Eisenhower's successor, John F. Kennedy. Since the Soviet Union had higher lift capacity launch vehicles, Kennedy chose, from among options presented by NASA, a challenge beyond the capacity of the existing

Prompt: Who was the first man sent into space, in 1961?

Answer: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин


Context: Rose window | "  Rose window is often used as a generic term applied to a circular window, but is especially used for those found in Gothic cathedrals and churches. The windows are divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery. The term rose window was not used before the 17th century and according to the Oxford English Dictionary, among other authorities, comes from the English flower name rose. The name ""wheel window"" is often applied to a window divided by simple spokes radiating from a central boss or opening, while the term ""rose window"" is reserved for those windows, sometimes of a highly complex design, which can be seen to bear similarity to a multi-petalled "

Prompt: What is the name for a large circular stained glass window found in Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals that is divided by elaborate tracery into a central compartment with others radiating from it?

Answer: Rosenfenster


Context: Ewald Straesser | 5 string quartets (Nos. 1 and 2, pub. 1901 ; no.3, pub.1913; no.4, published 1920; no.5, pub.1927) ; other chamber works (including a piano sonata (Kleine sonate), violin sonata, piano quintet, clarinet quintet and piano trio) ; 6 symphonies (at least 3 unpublished) ; concertos for piano, violin, and cello (1901, UK premiere 1903) (This last possibly lost. The piano concerto has been broadcast.) Ewald Straesser (Sträßer) (27 June 1867 – 4 April 1933) was a German composer. Straesser was born in Burscheid, near Cologne. He was a student of Franz Wüllner at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and later counted Georg van Albrecht among his own students, also Erwin Schulhoff (teaching him instrumentation/orchestration) At the Hochschule he succeeded Joseph Haas as professor of composition in 1921. He died in 1933 in Stuttgart. Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hermann Abendroth and other conductors and ensembles featured works by Straesser in their concerts. The conductor Karl Panzner (1866–1923) championed Straesser's symphonies early on (and premiered his 5th symphony.) Major works by Straesser include: There is an Ewald-Sträßer-Weg (Way/Street) in Burscheid.

Prompt: Which Austrian composer, whose works include 104 symphonies, 84 string quartets and 42 piano sonatas, received a D Mus degree at Oxford University, England?

Answer: Franz Josef Haydn


Context: Airship |  so a deal was made where the Admiralty would design any future military airships and the RAF would handle manpower, facilities and operations. On 2 July 1919, R34 began the first double crossing of the Atlantic by an aircraft. It landed at Mineola, Long Island on 6 July after 108 hours in the air; the return crossing began on 8 July and took 75 hours. This feat failed to generate enthusiasm for continued airship development, and the British airship program was rapidly wound down. During World War One, the U.S. Navy acquired its first airship, the DH-1, but it was destroyed while being inflated

Prompt: What was the first airship to cross the Atlantic, in 1919?

Answer: R34


Context: Strait of Messina |  The Strait of Messina (Stretto di Messina, Sicilian: Strittu di Missina) is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of Sicily (Punta del Faro) and the western tip of Calabria (Punta Pezzo) in Southern Italy. It connects the Tyrrhenian Sea to the north with the Ionian Sea to the south, within the central Mediterranean. At its narrowest point, between Torre Faro and Villa San Giovanni, it is 3.1 km wide. At the city of Messina it is 5.1 km wide. The strait's maximum depth is about 250 m. The strait has strong tidal currents that create a unique marine ecosystem. A natural whirlpool

Prompt: Where is the Strait of Messina?

Answer: "Between Sicily and the ""toe"" of Italy"


Context: Samuel Plimsoll |  appearance to the Plimsoll line on boats. In Whitehall Garden, a Victoria Embankment garden, there is a monument to Samuel Plimsoll in front of the railings. A monument bust of Plimsoll is located in his native Bristol, on the banks of Bristol Harbour in the Canons Marsh area. British writer Nicolette Jones published The Plimsoll Sensation, a highly acclaimed biography – getting the idea for it from living in 1995 in Plimsoll Road in Finsbury Park, north London, but knowing hardly anything about whom it was named after. Samuel Plimsoll appears in the third series of the BBC historical television drama The Onedin Line, portrayed by actor David Garfield.

Prompt: "Where would you find a ""plimsoll line""?"

Answer: On a ship


Context: The Avengers (TV series) | " the voice-over explains: ""Extraordinary crimes against the people, and the state, have to be avenged by agents extraordinary. Two such people are John Steed, top professional, and his partner Emma Peel, talented amateur. Otherwise known as The Avengers"". During this voice-over, Steed pours two drinks from the wine bottle and Mrs. Peel replaces her gun in her boot. They clink glasses and depart together as the screen fades to black and the opening titles begin. In contrast to the Gale episodes, there is a lighter, comic touch in Steed's and Peel's interactions with each other and their reactions to other characters and situations. Earlier series had a harder "

Prompt: On British television, John Steed and Emma Peel were known collectively as what?

Answer: Avengers (cartoon)


Context: 88th Academy Awards | " new set for the show. Fatima Robinson was in charge of choreography for the broadcast. For the first time, the Oscar statuettes were manufactured by Polich Tallix Fine Art Foundry in Rock Tavern, New York. In a further effort to streamline acceptance speeches, dedications were displayed on an on-screen ticker, rather than read by the winner. Prior to introducing singer Lady Gaga's performance of Best Original Song nominee ""Til It Happens to You"" from the documentary film The Hunting Ground, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden pleaded with viewers to sign an online pledge supporting ""It's On Us"" to end campus sexual assault."

Prompt: In which city are the Oscar statuettes made?

Answer: Chi-Beria


Context: Wonders of the World | Great Pyramid of Giza, in El Giza, Egypt, the earliest of the wonders to be completed, as well as the only one that still exists in the present day. ; Colossus of Rhodes, in the harbor of the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name. ; Hanging Gardens of Babylon, in Babylon, near present-day Hillah, Babil province, Iraq; or Nineveh, Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. ; Lighthouse of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt. ; Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in Halicarnassus, a city of the Achaemenid Empire in present-day Turkey. ; Statue of Zeus at Olympia, in Olympia, Greece. ; Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, in the city of Ephesus, near present-day Selçuk, Turkey. The Greek historian Herodotus (484 – c. 425 BC) and the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (c. 305–240 BC), at the Museum of Alexandria, made early lists of seven wonders. These lists have not survived, however, except as references in other writings. The classic Seven Wonders were:

Prompt: What is the collective name for The Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pharos at Alexandria, the Pyramids of Egypt, Pheidias' Statue of Jupiter at Olympus, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus?

Answer: Seven wonders of ancient world


Context: History of Hertfordshire |  challenged. England's oldest surviving pub is in Hertfordshire and dates to this period. Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, which is in St Albans, was rebuilt in 1485. Some of the foundation stones are even older, allegedly going back to the 8th century. One of the first three printing presses in England was in St Albans. England's first paper mill, which was the property of John Tate, stood in Hertford opposite today's County Hospital from 1494; visited by Henry VII twice and producing a star and circle watermark on some versions of the Papal Bull recognising his right to reign over England.

Prompt: What, the first of its kind in Britain, was established by John Tate in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in 1489?

Answer: Papermill


Context: Rhinthon | " Rhinthon (, gen.: Ῥίνθωνος; c. 323 – 285 BC) was a Hellenistic dramatist. The son of a potter, he was probably a native of Syracuse and afterwards settled at Tarentum. He invented the hilarotragoedia, a burlesque of tragic subjects. Such burlesques were also called phlyakes (""fooleries"") and their writers phlyakographoi. He was the author of thirty-eight plays, of which only a few titles (Amphitryon, Heracles, Medea, Orestes) and lines have been preserved, chiefly by the grammarians, as illustrating dialectic Tarentine forms. The metre is iambic, in which the greatest licence is allowed. The scant fragments of his plays are collected in R. Kassel and C. Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci, vol. 1, pp. 260–70."

Prompt: "Which Greek dramatist, who lived from 485 to 406BC, wrote ""Medea"", ""Orestes"" and ""Iphigenia in Tauris""?"

Answer: Εὐριπίδης


Context: Skull |  Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures—synarthrodial (immovable) joints formed by bony ossification, with Sharpey's fibres permitting some flexibility. Sometimes there can be extra bone pieces within the suture known as wormian bones or sutural bones. Most commonly these are found in the course of the lambdoid suture. The human skull is generally considered to consist of twenty-two bones—eight cranial bones and fourteen facial skeleton bones. In the neurocranium these are the occipital bone, two temporal bones, two parietal bones, the sphenoid, ethmoid and frontal bones. The bones of the facial skeleton (14) are the vomer, two inferior nasal conchae, two nasal bones, two maxilla, the mandible, two palatine bones, two zygomatic bones, and two lacrimal bones. Some sources count a paired bone as one, or the maxilla as having two bones (as its parts); some sources include the hyoid bone or the three ossicles of the middle ear but the overall general consensus of the number of bones in the human skull is the stated twenty-two. Some of these bones—the occipital, parietal, frontal, in the neurocranium, and the nasal, lacrimal, and vomer, in the facial skeleton are flat bones.

Prompt: In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones, which are joined together by sutures, rigid articulations permitting very little movement, except for which one?

Answer: Jaw bones


Context: 25 (number) |   It is a square number, being 52 = 5 × 5. It is one of two two-digit numbers whose square and higher powers of the number also ends in the same last two digits, e.g. 252 = 625, the other is 76. It is the smallest square that is also a sum of two (non-zero) squares: 25 = 32 + 42. Hence it often appears in illustrations of the Pythagorean theorem. 25 is the sum of the five consecutive single-digit odd natural numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. 25 is a centered octagonal number, a centered square number, and an automorphic number. 25 percent (%) is equal to 1⁄4. It is

Prompt: What is the median of 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 25?

Answer: six


Context: Survival (Doctor Who) | " Survival is the final serial of the 26th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 22 November to 6 December 1989. It is also the final story of the series' original 26-year run; it did not return regularly until 2005. It marks the final regular television appearances of Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace, and is also the final appearance of Anthony Ainley as the Master, the latter appearing alongside McCoy's Doctor for the only time. Journalist Matthew Sweet has described Survival as ""a parable about Thatcherism"" that shares multiple characteristics with the later David Tennant era of Doctor Who. In the serial, the Doctor brings Ace home to Perivale, where her friends have been transported to the planet of the Cheetah People."

Prompt: Which series ended on UK television in 1989 after a 26 year run, and returned in 2005?

Answer: Dr Who


Context: List of sports idioms | "par for the course : Golf: Typical; what is expected. Derived from the literal meaning of par for the course in golf. ; Political football : Association football: an issue in politics that is continually debated but is yet to be resolved. ; pull one's punches : Boxing: To use less force than one is capable of; to be gentle or lenient. In boxing, a boxer who holds back from using all his strength is said to pull his punches. Often used in a negative sense, in the phrase ""pull no punches"". The boxing term dates to 1934, the figurative to 1937 (OED). ; punch-drunk : Boxing: dazed, bewildered, or confused; or behaving in such a manner. In boxing, "

Prompt: "From which sport do we get the expression ""par for the course""?"

Answer: Scramble (golf)