Context: Silent film | " Milla Jovovich, will premiere in 2013. The film is based on the life of the silent screen icon Rudolph Valentino, known as the Hollywood's first ""Great Lover"". After the emergency surgery, Valentino loses his grip of reality and begins to see the recollection of his life in Hollywood from a perspective of a coma – as a silent film shown at a movie palace, the magical portal between life and eternity, between reality and illusion. The Picnic is a 2012 short film made in the style of two-reel silent melodramas and comedies. It was part of the exhibit, No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man, a "

Prompt: Who was known as the Great Lover of the Silent Screen?

Answer: Rudolph Valentino


Context: The Missing (2003 film) |  The Missing is a 2003 American Revisionist Western film directed by Ron Howard and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett. It is based on Thomas Eidson's 1996 novel The Last Ride. The film is set in 1885 New Mexico Territory and is notable for the authentic use of the Apache language by various actors, some of whom spent long hours studying it. The film was produced by Revolution Studios, Imagine Entertainment, and Daniel Ostroff Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures (Sony Pictures Releasing).

Prompt: Which actor plays Cate Blanchett's father in the 2004 film "The Missing", a story set in 19th century New Mexico where the father works with estranged daughter Blanchett to get her kidnapped child back?

Answer: List of awards and nominations received by Tommy Lee Jones


Context: Gumm | Frances Gumm (1922–1969), better known as Judy Garland, American actress, singer, and vaudevillian ; James Gumm, Australian explorer ; Jay Paul Gumm (born 1963), American politician Gumm is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Prompt: How is Frances Gumm the actress better known?

Answer: Joey Luft


Context: The Accused (1988 film) |  At the 61st Academy Awards, Foster won Best Actress. This was the film's sole nomination, thus marking the first occurrence of such an event since 1962 (when Sophia Loren won for Two Women) that the winner of the category won for a film with a single nomination. In 2006, Foster's performance was ranked #56 on Premiere's 100 Greatest Film Performances of all-time.

Prompt: Who won the Best Actress Oscar for the 1988 film, The Accused?

Answer: Jody Foster


Context: Regulus | " Regulus, designated α Leonis (Latinized to Alpha Leonis, abbreviated Alpha Leo, α Leo), is the brightest object in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, lying approximately 79 light years from the Sun. Regulus appears singular, but is actually a quadruple star system composed of four stars that are organized into two pairs. The spectroscopic binary Regulus A consists of a blue-white main-sequence star and its companion, which has not yet been directly observed, but is probably a white dwarf. HD 87884 is separated from Regulus by 176 "" and is itself a close pair. Regulus, along with five slightly dimmer stars (Zeta Leonis, Mu Leonis, Gamma Leonis, Epsilon Leonis, and Eta Leonis) have collectively been called 'the Sickle', which is an asterism that marks the head of Leo."

Prompt: Which  constellation contains many bright shining stars, such as Regulus?

Answer: Leo.


Context: River Fleet | " statue of George IV and quickly replaced by the ""lighthouse"" building that still stands today. From there, it heads down King's Cross Road and other streets, including Farringdon Road and Farringdon Street. The line of the former river marks the western boundary of Clerkenwell, the eastern boundary of Holborn and a small part of the eastern boundary of St Pancras. In this way it continues to form part of the boundary of the modern London Boroughs of Camden and Islington. At Farringdon Street the valley broadens out and straightens to join the Thames beneath Blackfriars Bridge. In the lower reaches, the valley slopes in the surrounding streets which explains the presence of three viaduct bridges (at Holborn Viaduct across Farringdon Street, another over Shoe Lane, and another on Rosebery Avenue where it crosses Warner Street)."

Prompt: Which London river, now flowing underground, rises in Hampstead, flows through St. Pancras, down Farringdon Street and enters the Thames by Blackfriars Bridge?

Answer: Fleet river


Context: Kings Cross, London | " Britons includes a map showing the supposed positions of the opposing armies. The suggestion that Boudica is buried beneath platform 9 or 10 at King's Cross station seems to have arisen as urban folklore since the end of World War II. The area had been settled in Roman times, and a camp here known as The Brill was erroneously attributed to Julius Caesar, who never visited Londinium. There is still a small area named ""Battle Bridge Place"" between King's Cross and St Pancras stations, and ""Brill Place"", a road leading towards Euston from St Pancras Station. An art installation named the Identified Flying Object (IFO) stands in Battle Bridge Place, part of the RELAY King's Cross Arts programme. St "

Prompt: Which British Queen is reputedly buried under Platform 8 at Kings Cross railway station?

Answer: Boudicea or Boudicca


Context: June 6 |  The date is most famously associated with D-Day on Tuesday, 6 June 1944, when the Western Allies carried out landing and airborne operations in Normandy to begin Operation Overlord during World War II. D-Day (codenamed Operation Neptune) was the largest seaborne invasion in history. It began the liberation of German-occupied France to lay the foundations of Allied victory over Nazi Germany, finally achieved in May 1945.

Prompt: -Day in 1944 was the greatest sea-bourn invasion in history. What was the code name for the operation?

Answer: Battle for Normandy


Context: Rùm | " The main range of hills on Rùm are the Cuillin, usually referred to as the ""Rùm Cuillin"", in order to distinguish them from the Cuillin of Skye. They are rocky peaks of gabbro, forming the Rum layered intrusion. Geologically, Rùm is the core of a deeply eroded volcano that was active in the Paleogene era some 60 million years ago, and which developed on a pre-existing structure of Torridonian sandstone and shales resting on Lewisian gneiss. Two of the Cuillin are classified as Corbetts: Askival and Ainshval, (Old Norse for ""mountain of the ash trees"" and ""hill of the strongholds"" respectively) and Rùm is the smallest Scottish island to have a summit above 762 m. Other hills include Hallival, Trollaval ('mountain of the "

Prompt: On which island are the Cuillin Hills?

Answer: Isle of Skye


Context: Pamela Salem | " In film, she played the role of Miss Moneypenny in the 'unofficial' 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery. She also appeared in Michael Crichton's The First Great Train Robbery (1979, another film which starred Connery), as well as supporting roles in The Bitch (1979), Night Train to Murder (1983), After Darkness (1985), Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Salome (1986), God's Outlaw (1987), Succubus (1987), Gods and Monsters (1998), Quicksand (2002) and April's Shower (2003). She can also be heard as the Queen in the English dub of ""Hellsing Ultimate OVA IV"" (2008)."

Prompt: Which dancer has only one notable film cameo, appearing with Sean Connery in the 1979 movie The First Great Train Robbery, breaking into a guarded station office.

Answer: Wayne Sleep


Context: Saturday Night Fever |  The film's relatively low budget ($3.5 million) meant that most of the actors were relative unknowns, many of whom were recruited from New York's theatre scene. For more than 40% of the actors it was their film debut. The only actor in the cast who was already an established name was John Travolta, thanks to his role on the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. His performance as Tony Manero brought him critical acclaim and helped launch him into international stardom. Travolta researched the part by visiting the real 2001 Odyssey discotheque, and claimed he adopted many of the character's swaggering mannerisms from the male patrons. He insisted on performing his character's own dance sequences after producers suggested he be substituted by a body double, rehearsing his choreography with Lester Wilson and Deney Terrio for three hours every day, losing 20 pounds in the

Prompt: What was the first name of the character played by John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.

Answer: Tony (Manero).


Context: Stanley Caine | " Stanley Caine (born Stanley Victor Micklewhite; October 1935 – 13 January 2013) was an English actor and the younger brother of actor Sir Michael Caine. He was known for his role as ""Coco"" in The Italian Job, a film released in 1969 starring Michael. In addition to his older brother Michael, Stanley had an older maternal half-brother David whom Stan and Michael only knew of after their mother's death in 1989. Their half-brother died in 1992. Caine was diagnosed with leukaemia in early 2008. He died in his sleep in January 2013 in Ruislip, West London."

Prompt: In which 1969 movie did Michael Caine appear with his brother Stanley.

Answer: The Italian Job (1969 film)


Context: Interlagos Circuit |  The Autódromo José Carlos Pace, better known as Interlagos, is a motorsport circuit located in the city of São Paulo, in the neighborhood of Interlagos. It was renamed after Brazilian Formula One driver Carlos Pace, who died in a plane crash in 1977. It has hosted the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix since 1973. It also hosted the Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix in 1990, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft in 1996, the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010, and the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2012. As the major racetrack in the country, it also hosts national championships such as Stock Car Brasil, Campeonato Sudamericano de GT, Fórmula Truck, Copa Truck, Formula 3 Sudamericana and Mil Milhas Brasil. In addition, the Prova Ciclística 9 de Julho road cycling race was held at the venue from 2002 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2013.

Prompt: The Grand Prix circuit of Interlagos is in which Brazilian City?

Answer: SÄo Paulo


Context: Altamont Raceway Park |  The park is well known for its December 6, 1969, hosting of the notorious and ill-fated Altamont Free Concert, featuring Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and The Rolling Stones. Many people were beaten by members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, who were hired to provide security for the stage. During the Stones' set, Meredith Hunter, a concert-goer high on methamphetamine and brandishing his revolver, was stabbed to death by a Hells Angels member in front of the stage as the band played. The death was captured on film and appears in the 1970 documentary Gimme Shelter.

Prompt: In 1969, a man was stabbed to death by a member of the Hell's Angels at a Rolling Stones concert. Where was the concert held?

Answer: Altamont


Context: Earth's circumference |  Earth's circumference is the distance around Earth. Measured around the Equator, it is 40075.017 km. Measured around the poles, the circumference is 40007.863 km. Measurement of Earth's circumference has been important to navigation since ancient times. The first known scientific measurement and calculation was done by Eratosthenes, who achieved a great degree of precision in his computation. Treated as a sphere, determining Earth's circumference would be its single most important measurement. Earth deviates from spherical by about 0.3%, as characterized by flattening. In modern times, Earth's circumference has been used to define fundamental units of measurement of length: the nautical mile in the seventeenth century and the metre in

Prompt: The circumference of the Earth at the Equator is approx. A) 30,000km (18,642 miles), B) 40,000km (24,856 miles) or C) 50,000km (31,069 miles)?

Answer: B) 40,000km


Context: Ole Rømer |  a century of increasingly precise observations, the astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre reported the time for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth as 8 minutes and 12 seconds. Depending on the value assumed for the astronomical unit, this yields the speed of light as just a little more than 300,000 kilometres per second. The modern value is 8 minutes and 19 seconds, and a speed of 299,792.458 km/s. A plaque at the Observatory of Paris, where the Danish astronomer happened to be working, commemorates what was, in effect, the first measurement of a universal quantity made on this planet.

Prompt: How long does it take, approximately, for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth?

Answer: About 8 minutes


Context: Long Island iced tea |  A Long Island iced tea or Long Island ice tea is a type of alcoholic mixed drink typically made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola, which gives the drink the same amber hue as iced tea. A popular version mixes equal parts vodka, tequila, gin, rum, triple sec, with 1 1⁄2 parts sour mix and a splash of cola. Lastly, it is decorated with the lemon and straw, after stirring with bar spoon smoothly. Most variants use equal parts of the main liquors, but include a smaller amount of triple sec (or other orange-flavored liqueur). Close variants often replace the sour mix with lemon juice, replace the cola with diet cola or actual iced tea. Most variants do not include any tea. The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration (approximately 22 percent) than most highball drinks due to the relatively small amount of mixer.

Prompt: A Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail based on vodka, gin, tequila, and which other spirit?

Answer: Spiced Rum


Context: Anelli |  Anelli (also known as anelletti) are small, thin, rings of pasta. They are generally used for soups and pasta salads. A smaller version of anelli is anellini, which is about one-quarter of the size. Anelli pasta is used in the production of Campbell's Franco-American SpaghettiOs.

Prompt: Anellini pasta is what type of shape?

Answer: Ring (album)


Context: Dreaming of Julia |  Dreaming of Julia (Cuba Libre) is a 2003 film directed by Juan Gerard. The debut film by the director, the story is based on Gerard's childhood life in Cuba. The film was released as Cuban Blood in the US. This film was initially released on 27 January 2006 at Mexico, which directed by Juan Gerard with a budget of 108.6 million USD.

Prompt: A Cuba Libre is based on which spirit

Answer: Spiced Rum


Context: Supermarine Spitfire |  already busy building Walrus and Stranraer flying boats, and Vickers was busy building Wellington bombers. The initial solution was to subcontract the work. Although outside contractors were supposed to be involved in manufacturing many important Spitfire components, especially the wings, Vickers-Armstrongs (the parent company) was reluctant to see the Spitfire being manufactured by outside concerns, and was slow to release the necessary blueprints and subcomponents. As a result of the delays in getting the Spitfire into full production, the Air Ministry put forward a plan that its production be stopped after the initial order for 310, after which Supermarine would build Bristol Beaufighters. The managements of Supermarine and Vickers were able to convince the Air Ministry that production problems could be overcome, and

Prompt: Which company were responsible for the production of the Spitfire?

Answer: Supermarine Aviation


Context: If I Were a Rich Man (song) | " ""If I Were a Rich Man"" is a show tune from the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof. It was written by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock. The song is performed by Tevye, the main character in the musical, and reflects his dreams of glory. The title is inspired by a 1902 monologue by Sholem Aleichem in Yiddish, Ven ikh bin Rothschild (If I were a Rothschild), a reference to the wealth of the Rothschild family, although the content is quite different. The lyric is based in part on passages from Sholem Aleichem’s 1899 short story ""The Bubble Bursts."" Both stories appeared in English in the 1949 collection of stories Tevye's Daughters."

Prompt: The lyric Always sunny in a rich man's world', is from which song?

Answer: Money Money Money


Context: Martín de Azpilcueta |  Azpilcueta allegedly invented the mathematical concept of the time value of money.

Prompt: Which 18th century inventor and founding father of the United States coined the phrase 'time is money'?

Answer: Benjamin Franklyn


Context: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles |  Pat Cash defeated Ivan Lendl in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–5 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships. Boris Becker was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Peter Doohan. Future champion Andre Agassi made his first appearance in the main draw at Wimbledon, losing in the first round to Henri Leconte. Agassi would not compete at Wimbledon again until 1991 due to his disagreement with the All England Club's dress code.

Prompt: Who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987?

Answer: Cat Pash


Context: Borderlands (novel) |  on the harsh prairie. Completely broke, and now without a roof over their heads, the two brothers set out for the town of Lookout, Texas in hope of getting some jobs working on Sam Clark's cattle drive. However when they arrive in Lookout, they discover that they have missed the Cattle Drive by three days. The town marshal informs them that they still can catch Joe Dutton's cattle drive if they hurry. Bo and Ben manage to catch up and hired by a reluctant Dutton; given the standard cowboy equipment. During the cattle drive, the two brothers bond with the other cowhands, and their African American cook. Throughout the drive, Ben begins to gain respect for black Americans; he

Prompt: A cowboy came into town on friday stayed 3 days and left on friday. How is this possible?

Answer: His horse is called friday


Context: Magical objects in Harry Potter | " seen to evaluate two foreign wands: Viktor Krum's, whose wand was crafted by Gregorovitch, was unusually thick and had a dragon's heartstring core; Fleur Delacour's, created by an unknown wandmaker, was made of rosewood with a core of Veela hair. Ollivander believes Veela hair produces ""temperamental"" wands and does not use it. Salazar Slytherin's wand contained a fragment of a basilisk horn, which allowed Slytherin and other Parselmouths who possessed it to cast spells with it at a distance by speaking to it in Parseltongue. In the United States, wand cores are created from the horn of river serpents, Wampus hair, "

Prompt: Who made Victor Krum's wand?

Answer: Sanguini


Context: Magical creatures in Harry Potter |  Firenze is a centaur and, after Order of the Phoenix, a Divination teacher at Hogwarts. He is described in the book as a palomino centaur with astonishingly blue eyes. He first appears towards the end of Philosopher's Stone, in which he rescues Harry from Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest. Having carried Harry to safety on his back, Firenze quarrels with other centaurs who object to the symbolic suggestion that centaurs are subservient to humans. The character does not make another appearance until Order of the Phoenix, in which he is appointed by Dumbledore to teach Divination at Hogwarts in place of Sybill Trelawney, who has been sacked by Dolores Umbridge. For this, he is ostracised by his fellows. In Half-Blood Prince, he shares

Prompt: What kind of creature is Firenze?

Answer: Centaurs


Context: John Shields (explorer) | "  In 1799 the famous American pioneer Daniel Boone (1734-1820) moved to what is now St. Charles County, Missouri, where he lived about 50 miles up the Missouri River from St. Louis, Missouri, where the expedition started and finished. ""In 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark visited Boone before embarking on their expedition, gathering valuable information about the lands to the west, which Boone had not been able to resist exploring."" The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed near Boone's residence on the way up the Missouri River in 1804 and again on the way down the river in 1806. When Shields returned from the expedition to the Oregon Coast he hunted and trapped in Missouri with Daniel "

Prompt: Who were the American explorers who travelled from Missouri to the Oregon and back between 1804 and 1806?

Answer: Lewis and Clark, William Clark & Meriwether Lewis.


Context: Hernán Cortés |  Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish explorers and conquistadors who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Born in Medellín, Spain, to a family of lesser nobility, Cortés chose to pursue adventure and riches in the New World.

Prompt: Who was the Spanish adventurer and conquistador (he was also a failed law student) who overthrew the Aztec empire and claimed Mexico for Spain (1519-21).

Answer: Hernán Cortes, Marqués Del Valle De Oaxaca.


Context: Rosslyn Chapel |  the rites of the Scottish Episcopal Church, a member church of the Anglican Communion. The chapel was the target of a terrorist bombing in 1914, when a suffragette bomb exploded inside the building during the suffragette bombing and arson campaign. Since the late 1980s, the chapel has been the subject of speculative theories concerning a connection with the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail, and Freemasonry. It was prominently featured in this role in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code (2003) and its 2006 film adaptation. Medieval historians say these accounts have no basis in fact. Rosslyn Chapel remains privately owned. The current owner is Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn.

Prompt: What building in Scotland is said to house the Holy Grail and features prominently at the end of The Da Vinci Code?

Answer: Cathedral of Codes


Context: Terminology of the Low Countries | "  The Low Countries comprise the coastal Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta region in Western Europe, whose definition usually includes the modern countries of Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Both Belgium and the Netherlands derived their names from earlier names for the region, due to nether meaning ""low"" and Belgica being the Latinized name for all the Low Countries, a nomenclature that went obsolete after Belgium's secession in 1830. The Low Countries—and the Netherlands and Belgium—had in their history exceptionally many and widely varying names, resulting in equally varying names in different languages. There is diversity even within languages: the use of one word for the country and another for the adjective form is common. This holds for English, where Dutch is the adjective form for the country ""the Netherlands"". Moreover, many languages have the same word for both the country of the Netherlands and the region of the Low Countries, e.g., French (les Pays-Bas) and Spanish (los Países Bajos). The complicated nomenclature is a source of confusion for outsiders, and is due to the long history of the language, the culture and the frequent change of economic and military power within the Low Countries over the past 2,000 years."

Prompt: The Low Countries historically included parts of which 5 modern day countries.

Answer: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany and France.


Context: Penelope Wilton | " not become a household name until she appeared with Richard Briers in the 1984 BBC situation comedy, Ever Decreasing Circles, which ran for five years. She played Ann, long suffering wife of Martin (Briers), an obsessive and pedantic ""do-gooder"". In 2005, Wilton guest starred as Harriet Jones for two episodes in the BBC's revival of the popular TV science-fiction series Doctor Who. This guest role was written especially for her by the programme's chief writer and executive producer Russell T. Davies, with whom she had worked on Bob and Rose (ITV, 2001). The character of Jones returned as Prime Minister in the Doctor Who 2005 Christmas special ""The Christmas Invasion"". In the first part of the 2008 series finale, ""The Stolen Earth"", she "

Prompt: In which sitcom did Penelope Wilton play the wife of Richard Briers?

Answer: Ever Decreasing Circles


Context: Jane Horrocks |  Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is a British actress who played the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012), and reprised the role of Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in the stage play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, and received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for the role in the 1998 film adaptation Little Voice. Her other film roles include parts in The Witches (1990), Life Is Sweet (1990), Chicken Run (2000), Corpse Bride (2005) and Sunshine on Leith (2013).

Prompt: Who plays the role of Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous?

Answer: Jane Horrocks


Context: Hazell (TV series) | " James Hazell was a cockney private detective character created by journalist and novelist Gordon Williams and footballer Terry Venables, who wrote under the joint pseudonym of P.B.Yuill. The first book, Hazell Plays Solomon, appeared in 1974. ""Hazell Plays Solomon"" was also the first episode of the TV series. The wise-cracking private detective was played by Nicholas Ball. Hazell was a smart parody of earlier film-noir detectives such as Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade, the casting of Ball in the title role made for a younger TV Hazell than the printed Hazell. A Thames Television Network Production, Hazell ran for 22 one-hour-long episodes (50 minutes without adverts). Its theme music was composed by Andy Mackay; the end credits incorporated the theme music with added lyrics, written by Judy Forrest and sung by Maggie Bell. An academic work, Hazell: The Making of a TV Series by Manuel Alvarado and Edward Buscombe (BFI Publishing) appeared in March 1978."

Prompt: Which cockney private detective, co-created by Terry Venables, was portrayed on TV by Nicholas Ball?

Answer: James Hazell


Context: Compact car |  By 1970, Nissan released its first front-wheel-drive car that was originally developed by Prince Motor Company which had merged with Nissan in 1966. This was introduced in 1970 as the Nissan Cherry. In 1972, the Honda Civic appeared with the CVCC engine that was able to meet California emission standards without the use of a catalytic converter.

Prompt: Launched in 1970, which model was Nissan's first front wheel drive car to be marketed?

Answer: Datsun or Nissan Cherry


Context: 1975 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles |  Arthur Ashe defeated the defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships. He became the first Black man to win the singles title at Wimbledon.

Prompt: Who in 1975 became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title?

Answer: Arthur Ashe, Jr.


Context: Allan Donald |  Allan Anthony Donald (born 20 October 1966) is a former South African cricketer who is now a cricket coach. Often nicknamed 'White Lightning', he is considered one of the South Africa national cricket team's most successful pace bowlers. Donald was one of the top fast bowlers in Test cricket, reaching the top of the ICC Test rankings in 1998, peaking with a ranking of 895 points the next year. In One Day Internationals (ODIs), he reached 794 points in 1998, ranked second behind teammate Shaun Pollock. He shared the new ball with Pollock from the 1996/1997 tour of India until his retirement in 2002. Since retiring Donald has been a coach with a number of teams, including international sides. From 2018 to 2019 he was the Assistant Coach at Kent County Cricket Club in England. In 2019, Donald was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Prompt: Which South African fast bowler had the nickname White Lightning

Answer: Allan Donald


Context: Edmund Hillary |  Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal. Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a navigator during World War II and was wounded in an accident. Prior to the Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of

Prompt: In 1953, Edmund Hillary was half of the famous pair to first do what?

Answer: Climb Everest


Context: Orlando Furioso |  century and well into the 17th. Orlando is the Christian knight known in French (and subsequently English) as Roland. The story takes place against the background of the war between Charlemagne's Christian paladins and the Saracen army that has invaded Europe and is attempting to overthrow the Christian empire. The poem is about war and love and the romantic ideal of chivalry. It mixes realism and fantasy, humor and tragedy. The stage is the entire world, plus a trip to the Moon. The large cast of characters features Christians and Saracens, soldiers and sorcerers, and fantastic creatures including a gigantic sea monster called the Orc and a flying horse called the hippogriff. Many themes are interwoven

Prompt: Another name for the Holy Wars between the  Christian states of Europe against the Saracens

Answer: Kreuzzuege


Context: List of female American football players | "Shannon Beiste, head football coach fictional McKinley High School: played by Dot-Marie Jones on the television series Glee ; Bella Dawson, quarterback fictional West Silverado Middle School Bulldogs: played by Brec Bassinger in the television series Bella and the Bulldogs ; Lucy Draper, placekicker fictional Texas State Armadillos: played by Kathy Ireland in the 1991 film Necessary Roughness ; Emily Durabo, tight end in the fictional Tennessee Coastal League in the multimedia story 17776 ; Dizzy Flores, quarterback in SciFi movie Starship Troopers: played by Dina Meyer ; Molly McGrath, head football coach fictional Prescott High School Wildcats: played by Goldie Hawn in the 1986 film Wildcats ; Nancy McGunnel, running back who plays for Wyoming in the multimedia story 17776 ; Christina Pagniacci, owner fictional Miami Sharks: played by Cameron Diaz in the 1999 film Any Given Sunday ; Becky ""Icebox"" O'Shea, main character in comedy film Little Giants: played by Shawna Waldron ; Doris Sherman, owner of fictional Orlando Breakers: played by Katherine Helmond on the television series Coach. ; Pepper Ann Pearson, placekicker fictional Hazelnut Middle School: voiced by Kathleen Wilhoite in the television series Pepper Ann These are noteworthy fictional appearances of women in football."

Prompt: 1986 film starring Goldie Hawn as a High School football coach.

Answer: Highland Tiger


Context: Next Generation 9-1-1 |  In order for a useful connection to be made between the Public Safety Answering Point and person reporting the emergency, a number of changes need to be made to the existing infrastructure. For example, if a user is sending a text message, perhaps with video attached, the data needs to be routed to the PSAP that serves the area where the person is currently, and the location of the wireless device must accompany the message. The person's wireless carrier will receive the message first, then forward the message to the appropriate NG9-1-1 system, which routes to the appropriate PSAP along with the location information. Since several different protocols may

Prompt: What connects the answers 1-9

Answer: Rugby Super League nicknames.(Bradford Bulls,Castleford Tigers,Catalans Dragons,Salford City Reds,Celtic Crusaders,Wakefield Wildcats,Huddersfield Giants,Warrington Wolves,Wigan Warriors


Context: Coast FM (West Cornwall) |  On 19 May 2012, from 6:00 am, there was a special 'Good Morning Penwith with Martin Holland' with live reports at the historic start of the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay from Land's End. Presenters reported live from along the route and for the first time, Penwith Radio collaborated with two other Cornish community radio stations, Source FM and Radio St Austell Bay to cover more of the torch relay. Penwith's coverage was simulcast on both other community stations. This was one of the first times the station had broadcast live coverage of a local event.

Prompt: At 7am on Saturday 19 May 2012 which gold medalist started the torch delay in Lands End?

Answer: Sir Ben Ainslie


Context: W. E. Johns | " he created the magazine Popular Flying which first appeared in March 1932. It was in the pages of Popular Flying that Biggles first appeared. The first Biggles book, The Camels are Coming (a reference to the Sopwith Camel aeroplane), was published in August 1932 and Johns would continue to write Biggles stories until his death in 1968. At first, the Biggles stories were credited to ""William Earle"", but later Johns adopted the more familiar ""Capt. W. E. Johns"". While his apparent final RAF rank of flying officer was equivalent to an army (or RFC) lieutenant, captain is commonly used for the "

Prompt: Which Captain wrote the Biggles stories

Answer: Captain W E Johns. (Although he never was a Captain).


Context: List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots |   The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, took place on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., at about 10:15 PM. The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was a well-known actor and a Confederate sympathizer from Maryland; though he never joined the Confederate Army, he had contacts within the Confederate secret service. In 1864, Booth formulated a plan (very similar to one of Thomas N. Conrad previously authorized by the Confederacy) to kidnap Lincoln in exchange for the release of Confederate prisoners. After attending an April 11, 1865, speech in which Lincoln promoted voting rights for black people, Booth decided to assassinate the president

Prompt: Who was the 16th president of the U.S.A.,assasinated in 1865

Answer: Abaraham lincoln


Context: Santa María (ship) | " very noses of the authors of the Inquisition, the Don and Dona of Spain, and the staunchest advocates of Catholicism, Columbus, Juan de la Cosa and all his Basque countrymen, who were indispensable to the expedition, the patron saint of the expedition and the entire new Spanish Empire could be so insulted by a salacious ship name, and the same can be said of those who postulate salacious overtones for the Nina and Pinta. The 1571 Italian text of the Biography is: ""... traversarano ad un'altra isola, a cui l'Ammiraglio pose nome Marigalante, per hauer la nave Capitana tal nome ..."""

Prompt: Which Italian explorer had ships named Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria?

Answer: Christoffa Corombo


Context: John Denver | " with Rocky Mountain High, with its title track reaching the Top Ten in 1973. In 1974 and 1975, Denver experienced an impressive chart dominance, with a string of four No. 1 songs (""Sunshine on My Shoulders"", ""Annie's Song"", ""Thank God I'm a Country Boy"", and ""I'm Sorry"") and three No. 1 albums (John Denver's Greatest Hits, Back Home Again, and Windsong). In the 1970s, Denver's onstage appearance included long blond hair and wire-rimmed ""granny"" glasses. His embroidered shirts emblazoned with images commonly associated with the American West were created by the designer and appliqué artist Anna Zapp. Weintraub insisted on a significant number of television appearances, including a series of half-hour shows "

Prompt: Who had chart hits which included Annie's Song and Rocky Mountain High?

Answer: Henry Deutschendorf, Junior


Context: ThunderCats (2011 TV series) |  the two managed to escape during the chaos, before eventually teaming up with Lion-O, Tygra, Cheetara and Snarf on their journey. Wilykit uses a special melodic instrument that can hypnotize their opponents. ; Snarf (voiced by Satomi Kōrogi) - A creature of unknown origin and species who was originally Lion-O's personal caretaker when he was a baby. Now that Lion-O is fully grown and can take care of himself, Snarf is more of a pet to the young lord, but still cares very much about Lion-O and is very protective of him. Snarf speaks in a strange language that only Lion-O seems to understand.

Prompt: Which cartoon series featured the characters Lion-o, Cheetera, Tygra and Snarf/

Answer: ThunderCats (1985 TV series)


Context: Top Cat |  The lead character, Top Cat (T.C.) (voiced by Arnold Stang) is the leader of a gang of Manhattan alley cats living in Hoagy's Alley: Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, Brain, and Choo-Choo. Top Cat and his gang were inspired by the East Side Kids, mischievous, street-wise characters from a series of 1940s B movies, but their more immediate roots lay in The Phil Silvers Show (1955–59), a successful military comedy whose lead character (Sergeant Bilko, played by Silvers) was a crafty con man. Maurice Gosfield, who played Private Duane Doberman in The Phil Silvers Show, provided the voice for Benny the Ball in Top

Prompt: Who was the leader of the gang whose members included Benny the Ball ,Brain and Choo Choo?

Answer: Brain (Top Cat character


Context: Highgrove House |  Highgrove House is the family residence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. It lies southwest of Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England. Built in the late 18th century, Highgrove and its estate were owned by various families until it was purchased in 1980 by the Duchy of Cornwall from Maurice Macmillan. The Prince of Wales remodelled the Georgian house with neo-classical additions in 1987. The duchy manages the estate and the nearby Duchy Home Farm. The gardens at Highgrove have been open to the public for 25 years. The gardens of the late 18th century home were overgrown and untended

Prompt: Which famous resident resides at Highgrove House?

Answer: HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay


Context: Indian rupee | " The Indian rupee (symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency of India. The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (singular: paisa), though as of 2019, coins of denomination of 1 rupee is the lowest value in use. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve Bank manages currency in India and derives its role in currency management on the basis of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. In 2010, a new rupee sign (₹) was officially adopted. It was derived from the combination of the Devanagari consonant ""र"" (ra) and the Latin capital letter ""R"" without its vertical bar (similar to the R rotunda). The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) are said to make an allusion to the "

Prompt: What is the currency of India?

Answer: रू


Context: Arc de Triomphe |   The Arc de Triomphe is located on the right bank of the Seine at the centre of a dodecagonal configuration of twelve radiating avenues. It was commissioned in 1806, after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon at the peak of his fortunes. Laying the foundations alone took two years and, in 1810, when Napoleon entered Paris from the west with his new bride, Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria, he had a wooden mock-up of the completed arch constructed. The architect, Jean Chalgrin, died in 1811 and the work was taken over by Jean-Nicolas Huyot. During the Bourbon Restoration, construction was

Prompt: How many avenues radiate from the Arc de Triomphe?

Answer: twelve


Context: Dubrovnik |  Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa (see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Situated in an exclave, it is connected to the rest of the country by the Pelješac Bridge. Its total population is 42,615 (2011 census). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in recognition of its outstanding medieval architecture and fortified old town. The history of the city probably dates back to the 7th century, when the town known as Ragusa was founded by refugees from Epidaurum (Ragusa Vecchia). It was under the protection of the Byzantine Empire and later under

Prompt: In which country is Dubrovnik?

Answer: Croácia


Context: Dakar Rally | " The Dakar Rally (or simply ""The Dakar""; formerly known as the ""Paris–Dakar Rally"") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal, but due to security threats in Mauritania, which led to the cancellation of the 2008 rally, events from 2009 to 2019 were held in South America. Since 2020, the race has been entirely in Saudi Arabia. The rally is open to amateur and professional entries, amateurs typically making up about eighty per cent of the participants. The rally is an off-road endurance event. The terrain that the competitors traverse is much tougher than that used in conventional rallying, and the vehicles used are typically true off-road vehicles and motorcycles, rather than modified on-road vehicles. Most of the competitive special sections are off-road, crossing dunes, mud, camel grass, rocks, and erg among others. The distances of each stage covered vary from short distances up to 800 - 900 km per day."

Prompt: The Dakar Rally (previously known as the Paris Dakar rally) is an annual event, but of which country is Dakar the capital city?

Answer: Republic of Sénégal


Context: Miller Brewing Company |   Miller Brewing Company was founded in 1855 by Frederick Miller after his emigration from Hohenzollern, Germany in 1854 with a unique brewer's yeast. Initially, he purchased the small Plank Road Brewery in Milwaukee for $2,300 ($66,736 in 2018). The brewery's location in what is now the Miller Valley provided easy access to raw materials produced on nearby farms. In 1855, Miller changed its name to Miller Brewing Company, Inc. The enterprise remained in the family until 1966. The company was one of the six breweries affected by the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike. In 1966, the conglomerate W. R. Grace and Company bought Miller from Lorraine John Mulberger (Frederick Miller's granddaughter, who objected to alcohol) and her family. In 1969, Philip Morris (now Altria) bought Miller from W. R. Grace for $130 million, outbidding PepsiCo. In 1999 Miller acquired the Hamm's

Prompt: The Miller Brewing Company got its start in what U.S. city?

Answer: UN/LOCODE:USMKE


Context: Simple Simon (nursery rhyme) | Simple Simon met a pieman, ; Going to the fair; ; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, ; Let me taste your ware. Says the pieman to Simple Simon, ; Show me first your penny; ; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, ; Indeed I have not any. Simple Simon went a-fishing, ; For to catch a whale; ; All the water he had got, ; Was in his mother's pail. Simple Simon went to look ; If plums grew on a thistle; ; He pricked his fingers very much, ; Which made poor Simon whistle. He went for water in a sieve ; But soon it all fell through ; And now poor Simple Simon ; Bids you all adieu! The rhyme is as follows;

Prompt: Who did Simple Simon meet on his way to the fair?

Answer: Pieman (disambiguation)


Context: 1951 in comics | March 4: The final episode of Jules Feiffer's gag comic Clifford is published. ; March 5: Malang is sued by the Filipino police for defamation over a cartoon ridiculing them. ; March 12: ; Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace makes its debut. ; David Law's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher makes its debut in The Beano. ; March 13: In Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey Beetle Bailey joins the army, which changes the overall concept of the comic strip, originally premiered in 1950. ; March 16: In Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts Charlie Brown and his friends play their first baseball match. ; A-1 Comics (1944 series) #32

Prompt: Which cartoon strip character first appeared in The Beano in 1951?

Answer: Denis the Menace


Context: Cremation |  The magnitude 9.0–9.3 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake triggered a series of lethal tsunamis on 26 December 2004 that killed almost 300,000 people, making them the deadliest tsunamis in recorded history. The tsunamis killed people over an area ranging from the immediate vicinity of the quake in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, and the northwestern coast of Malaysia), to thousands of kilometers away in the Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives), the Horn of Africa (Somalia), and the African Great Lakes (Kenya and Tanzania). Authorities had difficulties dealing with the large numbers of bodies, and as a result, thousands of bodies were cremated together out of fear that decaying bodies would cause disease. Many of these bodies were not identified or viewed by relatives before cremation. A particular point of objection was that the bodies of Westerners were kept separate from those of Asian descent, who were mostly locals. This meant that the bodies of tourists from other Asian nations, such as Japan and South Korea, were mass-cremated, rather than being returned to their country of origin for funeral rites.

Prompt: The Asian Tsunami or Boxing day tsunami that hit Thailand, Indonesia and many other countries happened in what year?

Answer: two thousand and four


Context: Premium Bond | " The term ""premium bond"" has been used in the English language since at least the late 18th century, to mean a bond that earns no interest but is eligible for entry into a lottery. The modern iteration of Premium Bonds were introduced by Harold Macmillan, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his Budget of 17 April 1956, to control inflation and encourage people to save. On 1 November 1956, in front of the Royal Exchange in the City of London, the Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, bought the first bond from the Postmaster General, Dr Charles Hill, for £1. Councillor William Crook, the mayor of Lytham St Anne's, bought the second. The Premium Bonds office was in St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, until it moved to Blackpool in 1978."

Prompt: Following that year's April Budget, Alderman Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, who later became Lord Mayor of London, bought the first what on 1 November 1956?

Answer: ERNIE


Context: Bond Bug |  The Bond Bug is a small British two-seat, three-wheeled automobile which was designed by Tom Karen of Ogle Design for Reliant Motor Company, who built it from 1970 to 1974, initially at Bond Cars Ltd factory, but subsequently at Reliant's Tamworth factory. It is a wedge-shaped microcar, with a lift-up canopy and side screens instead of conventional doors.

Prompt: Produced between 1970 and 1974, what is a Bond Bug?

Answer: Automotive vehicle


Context: Jacques Cousteau |  In 1949, Cousteau left the French Navy. In 1950, he founded the French Oceanographic Campaigns (FOC), and leased a ship called Calypso from Thomas Loel Guinness for a symbolic one franc a year. Cousteau refitted the Calypso as a mobile laboratory for field research and as his principal vessel for diving and filming. He also carried out underwater archaeological excavations in the Mediterranean, in particular at Grand-Congloué (1952). With the publication of his first book in 1953, The Silent World, Cousteau correctly predicted the existence of the echolocation abilities of porpoises. He reported that his research vessel, the Élie Monier, was heading to the Straits of

Prompt: What was Jacques Cousteau's mobile oceonagraphic laboratory.

Answer: Calypso


Context: Army One |   Army One is the callsign of any United States Army aircraft carrying the president of the United States. From 1957 until 1976, this was usually an Army helicopter transporting the president. Prior to 1976, responsibility for helicopter transportation of the president was divided between the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps until the Marine Corps was given the sole responsibility of transporting the president by helicopter. During its presidential service, the helicopter was known either as Marine One or Army One, depending on whether Marine or Army pilots were operating the craft. The helicopter, with seats for sixteen, has a seat reserved for the president and the first lady, and single, smaller seats for the two Secret Service agents who always flew with the presidential party. Wherever the helicopter carrying a U.S. president flies, it is met on the ground by at least one soldier in full dress uniform. An Army aircraft carrying the vice president is designated Army Two.

Prompt: What is the name of the helicopter used to transport the President of the United States

Answer: Marine Two


Context: Hever Castle |  Hever Castle (pronounced ) is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 mi south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539, it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family. Anne Boleyn, the second queen consort of King Henry VIII of England, spent her early youth there after her father, Thomas Boleyn, inherited it in 1505. The castle passed to him upon the death of his father, Sir William Boleyn. It later came into the possession of King Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. The castle is now open to the public as a tourist attraction.

Prompt: Which queen consort of England is associated with Hever Castle in Kent?

Answer: Anne Boylen


Context: Lower Manhattan |  last British forces left the city. Starting in 1785, the Congress met in New York City under the Articles of Confederation. In 1789, New York City became the first national capital of the United States under the new United States Constitution. The Constitution also created the current Congress of the United States, and its first sitting was at Federal Hall on Wall Street. The first United States Supreme Court sat there. The United States Bill of Rights was drafted and ratified there. George Washington was inaugurated at Federal Hall. New York City remained the capital of the U.S. until 1790, when the role was transferred to Philadelphia.

Prompt: What was the capital of the United States between 1785 and 1790??

Answer: New Yourk State


Context: Cinzano | " Cinzano vermouths date back to 1757 and the Turin herbal shop of two brothers, Giovanni Giacomo and Carlo Stefano Cinzano, who created a new ""vermouth rosso"" (red vermouth) using ""aromatic plants from the Italian Alps in a [still-secret] recipe combining 35 ingredients (including marjoram, thyme, and yarrow)"". What became known as the ""vermouth of Turin"" proved popular with the bourgeoisie of Turin and, later, Casanova. Cinzano Bianco followed, based on a different combination of herbs that included artemisia (wormwood), cinnamon, cloves, citrus and gentian; it was followed by an Extra Dry version. Exports began in the 1890s, to Argentina, Brazil and the USA, among others. In Paris in 1913, Cinzano was the first product to be advertised with "

Prompt: Which country does the drink Cinzano come from?

Answer: Environment of Italy


Context: Fatboy (EastEnders) | " Arthur ""Fatboy"" Chubb (also credited as Fat Boy) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders and its Internet spin-off EastEnders: E20, played by Ricky Norwood. He made his first appearance in EastEnders on 5 January 2010 before appearing in the spin-off. Fatboy is one of four main characters in the first series of E20 and makes cameo appearances in the second and third series. He was created by the EastEnders: E20 writing team during a BBC summer school in August 2009. He frequently uses London street slang and is described as brash, confident, caring, a hustler and a womaniser. Norwood won the Best Newcomer award at the 2010 Inside Soap Awards and Most Popular Newcomer "

Prompt: Who was known as the Fat Boy of the Reserve

Answer: Bunteresque


Context: St Trinian's School |   St Trinian's is a British gag cartoon comic strip series, created and drawn by Ronald Searle from 1946 until 1952. The cartoons all centre on a boarding school for girls, where the teachers are sadists and the girls are juvenile delinquents. The series was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series of comedy films.

Prompt: Which fictional girls' boarding school was created by the cartoonist Ronald Searle

Answer: St. Trinians School


Context: Goodbye, Mr. Chips | " A television film adaptation was produced by STV Studios (then known as ""SMG TV Productions"") in 2002. It aired on the ITV Network in Britain and on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre in the United States. It starred Martin Clunes and Victoria Hamilton with Henry Cavill, William Moseley, Oliver Rokison and Harry Lloyd."

Prompt: Who played the character Mr Chips in the 2002 TV adaptation of Goodbye Mr Chips

Answer: Philippa Braithwaite


Context: Bushism | """Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"" – Florence, South Carolina; January 11, 2000 ; ""You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."" ; ""As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured."" – September 2007 "

Prompt: Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?

Answer: George Walker Bush


Context: Ear protection |  ear protection can be used together to increase the NRR. For example, foam earplugs can be worn in-conjunction with earmuffs. Electronic ear protection is available as earplugs or earmuffs. Electronic earplugs detect and amplify quiet sounds while blocking loud noises. Electronic earplugs are useful in several situations such as hunters or shooters who need to protect their ears from the loud report of a hunting rifle but still need to hear the noises around them. Electronic hearing protection allows the user to carry on a normal conversation or listen for game while still blocking out external noises that can damage hearing. Each type of ear

Prompt: Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?

Answer: Spike Milligan


Context: German Bight | "  The German Bight (Deutsche Bucht; tyske bugt; Duitse bocht; ; ; sometimes also the German Bay) is the southeastern bight of the North Sea bounded by the Netherlands and Germany to the south, and Denmark and Germany to the east (the Jutland peninsula). To the north and west it is limited by the Dogger Bank. The Bight contains the Frisian and Danish Islands. The Wadden Sea is approximately ten to twelve kilometres wide at the location of the German Bight. The Frisian islands and the nearby coastal areas are collectively known as Frisia. The southern portion of the bight is also known as the Heligoland Bight. Between 1949 and 1956 the BBC Sea Area Forecast (Shipping Forecast) used ""Heligoland"" as the designation for the area now referred to as German Bight."

Prompt: Which shipping forecast area is directly north of German Bight?

Answer: Fisher


Context: Niigata Nippo Media Ship |  Niigata Nippo Media Ship (新潟日報メディアシップ) is a skyscraper in Chūō-ku, Niigata, Japan. It is 105 m tall, and has 20 floors. On the 20th floor, there is an observatory, offering a 360-degree view of the city, Shinano River, Sea of Japan, and Sado Island.

Prompt: Where on a ship would you find a skyscraper?

Answer: Top of the mast ie the highest sail


Context: Mark Twain bibliography | "  Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), well known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), which has been called ""the Great American Novel,"" and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He also wrote poetry, short stories, essays, and non-fiction."

Prompt: By what name did Samuel Langhorne Clemens publish his novels under?

Answer: Mark Twain


Context: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia | " At the age of fifty, Johnson wrote the piece in only one week to help pay the costs of his mother's funeral, intending to complete it on 22 January 1759 (the eve of his mother's death). Johnson is believed to have received a total of £75 for the copyright. Though this is still popular belief, Wharton and Mayerson's book, ""Samuel Johnson and the Theme of Hope,"" explains how James Boswell, the author of Johnson's biography, was ""entirely wrong in supposing that Rasselas was written soon after his mother's death"". It wasn't a way of ""defraying"" the expenses of the funeral. In fact, Johnson wrote Rasselas instead of going to see his mother while she was "

Prompt: Who wrote the novel Rasselas in a single week in 1759 to pay for his mother's funeral?

Answer: Johnsonism


Context: Girl with a Pearl Earring |  Girl with a Pearl Earring (Meisje met de parel) is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. undefined 1665. Going by various names over the centuries, it became known by its present title towards the end of the 20th century after the earring worn by the girl portrayed there. The work has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1902 and has been the subject of various literary and cinematic treatments.

Prompt: Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

Answer: Johannes Vermeer van Delft


Context: MIX | " For the Roman numeral, see the number or year 1009. For other uses, see MIX (disambiguation) MIX is a hypothetical computer used in Donald Knuth's monograph, The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP). MIX's model number is 1009, which was derived by combining the model numbers and names of several contemporaneous, commercial machines deemed significant by the author. Also, ""MIX"" read as a Roman numeral is 1009. The 1960s-era MIX has since been superseded by a new (also hypothetical) computer architecture, MMIX, to be incorporated in forthcoming editions of TAOCP. Software implementations for both the MIX and MMIX architectures have been developed by Knuth and made freely available (named ""MIXware"" and ""MMIXware"", respectively). Several derivatives of Knuth's MIX/MMIX emulators also exist. GNU MDK is one such software package; it is free and runs on a wide variety of platforms. Their purpose for education is quite similar to John L. Hennessy's and David A. Patterson's DLX architecture, from Computer Organization and Design - The Hardware Software Interface."

Prompt: What is 1009 when expressed as Roman Numerals?

Answer: MIX


Context: Nights in White Satin | " ""Nights in White Satin"" is a song by the Moody Blues, written and composed by Justin Hayward. It was first featured as the segment ""The Night"" on the album Days of Future Passed. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and number 103 in the United States in 1968. It was the first significant chart entry by the band since ""Go Now"" and its recent lineup change, in which Denny Laine and Clint Warwick had resigned and both Hayward and John Lodge had joined. When reissued in 1972, the single hit number two in the United States for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind ""I Can See Clearly Now"" by Johnny Nash) and hit number one on the Cash Box Top 100. It earned a "

Prompt: Who had hits with Go Now and Nights in White Satin?

Answer: Moody Blues


Context: Bismarck monument (Bremen) | " Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), the Prussian politician and, from 1871 till 1890, the German Chancellor (leader of the government), was celebrated as the ""iron chancellor"", above all because of the central part he played in creating the German state. His reputation survived his dismissal in 1890 by the new emperor, William II. His relationship with Bremen's political establishment was not always a smooth one. This reflected divergent interests over important issues involving colonial policy and trade and tariff issues. Nevertheless, in Bremen, just as in other parts of the new country that were not part of Prussia, Bismarck was revered as a symbol of national unity. Hundreds of memorials exist across Germany, some of them erected while their subject was still alive, but most of them postdating Bismarck's death on 30 July 1898."

Prompt: Which statesman was known as the Iron Chancellor?

Answer: Count von Bismarck-Schoenausen


Context: Pandora's box |  myth to say: countless evils fled Pandora's jar and plague human existence; the hope that humanity might be able to master these evils remains imprisoned inside the jar. Life is not hopeless, but human beings are hopelessly human. It is also argued that hope was simply one of the evils in the jar, the false kind of hope, and was no good for humanity, since, later in the poem, Hesiod writes that hope is empty (498) and no good (500) and makes humanity lazy by taking away their industriousness, making them prone to evil. In Human, All Too Human, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche argued that

Prompt: What was left in Pandora's Box after all the evil escaped?

Answer: Hopes


Context: Northern bald ibis | " According to local legend in the Birecik area, the northern bald ibis was one of the first birds that Noah released from the Ark as a symbol of fertility, and a lingering religious sentiment in Turkey helped the colonies there to survive long after the demise of the species in Europe, as described above. This ibis was revered as a holy bird and a symbol of brilliance and splendour in Ancient Egypt, where, together with the sacred ibis, it was regarded as an embodiment of Thoth, scribe of the gods, who was usually depicted with a man's body and the head of an ibis. The Old Egyptian word akh, ""to be resplendent, to shine"", was denoted in hieroglyphs by a bald ibis, presumably "

Prompt: What type of bird was the first released by Noah?

Answer: Corbies


Context: Tallahassee, Florida |  Tallahassee is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population was 181,376, making it the 8th-largest city in the U.S state of Florida, and the 126th-largest city in the United States. The population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area was 385,145. Tallahassee is the largest city in the Florida Big Bend and Florida Panhandle region, and the main center for trade and agriculture in the Florida Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions. Tallahassee is home to Florida State University, ranked the nation's eighteenth best public university by U.S. News & World Report. It is also home to Florida A&M University, the fifth-largest

Prompt: What is the state capital of Florida?

Answer: Tallahasee


Context: Suenga (river) |  Kinterep (2 km), Mostovka (11 km), Kamenka (22 km), Bolshiye Taily (31 km), Drazhny Taily (44 km), Poldnevaya (57 km).

Prompt: How long is the Suex Canal to the nearers 5 kilometers?

Answer: 161.9 kilometers


Context: Berengaria of Navarre | " Berengaria never visited England during King Richard's lifetime; during the entirety of their marriage, Richard spent less than six months in England. There is evidence, however, that she may have done so in the years following his death. She is believed to have been present at the translation of St Thomas Becket's remains at Canterbury in 1220. The traditional description of her as ""the only English queen never to set foot in the country"" still would be true because she did not visit England during the time she was Richard's consort. She certainly sent envoys to England several times, mainly to inquire about the pension "

Prompt: Which is the only English queen never to have set foot on English soil?

Answer: Berengaria of navarre


Context: Ringo Starr | "  Starr quit Rory Storm and the Hurricanes in January 1962 and briefly joined Sheridan in Hamburg before returning to the Hurricanes for a third season at Butlins. On 14 August, Starr accepted Lennon's invitation to join the Beatles. On 16 August, Beatles manager Brian Epstein fired their drummer, Pete Best, who recalled: ""He said 'I've got some bad news for you. The boys want you out and Ringo in.' He said [Beatles producer] George Martin wasn't too pleased with my playing [and] the boys thought I didn't fit in."" Starr first performed as a member of the Beatles on 18 August 1962, at a horticultural society dance at Port Sunlight. After his appearance at the Cavern Club "

Prompt: Who was sacked as the Beatles' drummer and replaced by Ringo Starr?

Answer: Pete Best & The All Stars


Context: Hair (musical) | " Hair makes many references to Shakespeare's plays, especially Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, and, at times, takes lyrical material directly from Shakespeare. For example, the lyrics to the song ""What a Piece of Work Is Man"" are from Hamlet (II: scene 2) and portions of ""Flesh Failures"" (""the rest is silence"") are from Hamlet's final lines. In ""Flesh Failures/Let The Sun Shine In"", the lyrics ""Eyes, look your last!/ Arms, take your last embrace! And lips, O you/ The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss"" are from Romeo and Juliet (V: iii, 111–14). According to Miller, the Romeo suicide imagery makes the point that, with our complicity in war, we are killing ourselves. Symbolically, the running plot of Claude's indecision, especially his resistance to burning his draft card, which ultimately causes his demise, has been seen as a parallel to Hamlet: "

Prompt: In which is Shakespeare's plays are the title character's last words the rest is silence?

Answer: The Murder of Gonzago


Context: Our Lady Derzhavnaya | " At the end of the ""February Revolution"" of 1917 (February in the Old Russian Calendar), on 2 March (Julian Calendar)/ 15 March (Gregorian Calendar) 1917, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the throne after riots in Petrograd spiraled out of control. That same day, Evdokia Adrianova, a peasant woman in the village of Pererva in Moscow Province, dreamed that the Blessed Virgin appeared and spoke to her. She was instructed to travel to the village of Kolomenskoye, where she would find an old icon which, ""will change color from black to red."" Upon her arrival, the parish priest took Evdokia at her word and together they searched until they found, in an old storage room, an icon covered with candle soot. But as they took the icon outdoors, the sunlight revealed that the Mother of God was wearing the scarlet robes of a monarch. She also wore the Imperial crown and held a sceptre and globus cruciger — the symbols of regal authority."

Prompt: Tsar Nicholas I abidacated in 1917, who was the other monarch to abdicate during this period?

Answer: Constantine I of Greece


Context: Comparative dental analysis | 1) The identification of Lollia Paulina in 49 AD was the first reported case of dental identification of an individual. Agrippina, the wife of Roman Emperor Claudius ordered her soldiers to kill Lollia who was the first wife of the Emperor. After killing Lollia Paulina, the soldiers bought her head to Agrippina who identified her with her unique teeth. ; 2) John Talbot, the first Earl of Shrewsbury was identified based on his missing left molar by his personal herald. ; 3) Dr. Joseph Warren was identified with his ivory and gold prosthesis made by Paul Revere when he was killed in the Battle of Bunker hill. ; 4) John Wilkes Booth who assassinated Abraham Lincoln was identified by

Prompt: Which Roman Emperor was allegedy killed by his wife, Aggripina, in AD54?

Answer: Claudius


Context: Last words of Julius Caesar | " The phrase ""Et tu, Brute?"" which was used by William Shakespeare in his famous play Julius Caesar as part of Caesar's death scene has become synonymous with betrayal in modern times due to the play's popularity and influence; this has led to the popular belief that the words were Caesar's last words. Even in the play itself the words are not Caesar's last, as he exclaims ""Then fall, Caesar"" afterwards before he finally dies. Despite this the words have become popularly used as his last words in media which adapts Caesar's life or that period in time. There have been "

Prompt: Whose last words were Et Tu Brute according to Shakespeare?

Answer: Julious caesar


Context: Ian Holm |  continued to perform Shakespeare, and appeared with Kenneth Branagh in Henry V (1989) and as Polonius to Mel Gibson's Hamlet (1990). Holm was reunited with Kenneth Branagh in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), playing the father of Branagh's Victor Frankenstein. Holm raised his profile in 1997 with two prominent roles, as the stressed but gentle priest Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element and lawyer Mitchell Stephens in The Sweet Hereafter. In 2001 he starred in From Hell as the physician Sir William Withey Gull. The same year, he appeared as Bilbo Baggins in the blockbuster film The Lord of the Rings: The

Prompt: Mel Gibson (1990) and Kenneth Branagh (1996) have both played which character in movies?

Answer: The Murder of Gonzago


Context: Isles of Scilly | " The Isles of Scilly (Syllan or Enesek Syllan) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over 4 mi further south than the most southerly point of the British mainland at Lizard Point. The total population of the islands at the 2011 census was 2,203. Scilly forms part of the ceremonial county of Cornwall, and some services are combined with those of Cornwall. However, since 1890, the islands have had a separate local authority. Since the passing of the Isles of Scilly Order 1930, this authority has had the status of a county council and today is known as the Council of the Isles of Scilly. The adjective ""Scillonian"" is sometimes used for people or things related to the archipelago. The Duchy of Cornwall owns most of the freehold land on the islands. Tourism is a major part of the local economy, along with agriculture—particularly the production of cut flowers."

Prompt: What is the most southerly tip of Britain called?

Answer: Lizard Point


Context: List of United Artists films |  United Artists (UA) is an American film and television entertainment studio founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. This is a list of feature films originally produced or distributed by United Artists.

Prompt: The original United Artists film studio was founded in 1919 by D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and who else?

Answer: Roy Export Company Establishment


Context: Bee | "A pair of large compound eyes which cover much of the surface of the head. Between and above these are three small simple eyes (ocelli) which provide information on light intensity. ; The antennae usually have 13 segments in males and 12 in females, and are geniculate, having an elbow joint part way along. They house large numbers of sense organs that can detect touch (mechanoreceptors), smell and taste; and small, hairlike mechanoreceptors that can detect air movement so as to ""hear"" sounds. ; The mouthparts are adapted for both chewing and sucking by having both a pair of mandibles and a long "

Prompt: How many eyes does a bee have?

Answer: 5 (Five): 2 compound eyes and 3 simple eyes


Context: Macaulay Culkin |  a frequent guest of RedLetterMedia, appearing in multiple episodes of their Best of the Worst, re:View, and Half in the Bag webseries, as well as Angry Video Game Nerd, where he appears as either himself, a character, or a parody of himself. In an advertisement for Google Assistant published on December 19, 2018, Culkin reprised his Home Alone role as Kevin McCallister after 28 years. It recreated scenes from the movie where McCallister shaved his face, jumped on the bed, and decorated the Christmas tree, all while asking Google Assistant to set reminders for him. The advertisement quickly went viral. In 2019, he had a role in Seth Green's movie Changeland with Brenda Song, which was released on June 7, 2019.

Prompt: Which Holiday movie favourite featured a character called Kevin McCallister?

Answer: Home Alone House


Context: The Chronicles of Narnia |  The four Pevensie siblings are the main human protagonists of The Chronicles of Narnia. Varying combinations of some or all of them appear in five of the seven novels. They are introduced in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (although their surname is not revealed until The Voyage of the Dawn Treader), and eventually become Kings and Queens of Narnia reigning as a tetrarchy. Although introduced in the series as children, the siblings grow up into adults while reigning in Narnia. They go back to being children once they get back to their own world, but feature as adults in The Horse and His Boy during their Narnian reign. All four appear in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian; in the latter, however, Aslan tells Peter and Susan that they will not return, as they are getting too

Prompt: Name the four Pevensie children in the Chronicles of Narnia books.

Answer: Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy


Context: Bendor Grosvenor |  Bendor Gerard Robert Grosvenor (born 27 November 1977) is a British art historian, writer and former art dealer. He is known for discovering a number of important lost artworks by Old Master artists, including Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Claude Lorrain and Peter Brueghel the Younger. As a dealer he specialised in Old Masters, with a particular interest in Anthony van Dyck. From 2011 to 2016 he carried out specialist research for, and appeared in, the BBC1 art programme Fake or Fortune?. He now presents, with Emma Dabiri (Jacky Klein in Series 1), the BBC4 series Britain's Lost Masterpieces, which began in 2016.

Prompt: Which British artist achieved notoriety in 1976 after confessing to faking old masters?

Answer: Tom Keating


Context: Pygmalion (Rousseau) |  Pygmalion (Pygmalion) is the most influential dramatic work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, other than his opera Le devin du village. Though now rarely performed, it was one of the first ever melodramas (that is, a play consisting of pantomime gestures and the spoken word, both with a musical accompaniment). It is formed of spoken monodrama with instrumental musical interludes and thus can be credited with spreading a new theatrical genre, especially in German-speaking areas of Europe. He wrote it in 1762, with music by Horace Coignet. It was first performed at the Hôtel de Ville, Lyon in 1770. The work is considered a turning point for its author, who also wrote The Social Contract that same year.

Prompt: Who was the author of Pygmalion'?

Answer: G. B. Shaw


Context: Committee of Five | John Adams, representative of Massachusetts, who later became the second president ; Thomas Jefferson, representative of Virginia, who later became the third president ; Benjamin Franklin, representative of Pennsylvania, known as one of the most famous intellectuals of the Founding Fathers, whose academic writings and press publications had a very significant influence in the American Revolution ; Roger Sherman, representative of Connecticut, the only person to sign all four of the U.S. state papers: the Continental Association, the Declaration, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution ; Robert Livingston, representative of New York, who later served as the first United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs, administered the presidential oath of office at the First inauguration of George Washington and negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as the minister to France. The members of this group were:

Prompt: Who was the third President of the USA, following on from George Washington and John Adams was also famed for his numerous inventions?

Answer: Thomas Jefforson


Context: Age of candidacy |  In the United States, a person must be aged 35 or over to serve as president. To be a Senator, a person must be aged 30 or over. To be a Representative, a person must be aged 25 or older. This is specified in the U.S. Constitution. Most states in the U.S. also have age requirements for the offices of Governor, State Senator, and State Representative. Some states have a minimum age requirement to hold any elected office (usually 21 or 18).

Prompt: What is the minimum age of someone running for the office of President of the United States?

Answer: 35 years of age


Context: July 1966 | England defeated West Germany, 4–2, to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup in front of 97,000 spectators at Wembley after extra time.   In the 89th minute of the 90 minute regulation time, Wolfgang Weber tied the score, 2-2, after rebounding Roger Hunt's block of a free kick. In the 30 minutes of extra time, Geoff Hurst scored both goals in the extra 30 minute period.  The go-ahead point came in the 101st minute on a shot that actually bounced off of the bar of the goal; after a conference with a linesman, the referee ruled that a goal had been scored. The other extra time goal by Hurst came on the final kick of the match. ; The United States began its first bombing of the six-mile wide Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) intended as a buffer between North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

Prompt: England won the 1966 World Cup beating Germany 4-2. Hurst scored 3 of England's goals who scored the other?

Answer: Martin Peters


Context: Barbarella (character) | "1980s British pop band Duran Duran takes its name from a character in the 1968 film Barbarella: Barbarella's mission in the film is to find a scientist named Durand Durand (pronounced ""Duran Duran""). In addition, the band's first single from 1997's Medazzaland is entitled ""Electric Barbarella."" ; Belgian pop singer and actress Lio took this stage name from a character in the Barbarella comic books. ; American rock band Clutch details a meet-up between the singer and Barbarella in which a Motel 6 is destroyed, among other exploits, in their song ""In Walks Barbarella"". ; Scott Weiland's only single from his debut album 12 Bar Blues is titled ""Barbarella"" as an homage to the iconic character. "

Prompt: From which 1960s sci-fi movie did 1980s pop sensation Duran Duran take their name from a character from the movie?

Answer: Barbarella (disambiguation)


Context: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |  $724,340 in 8 days from 14 screens, setting 13 weekly highs. In France it opened December 1 and had 930,000 admission in its first 5 days on 250 screens, setting an all-time record in Paris for most daily admissions (Saturday, December 4). It opened Saturday, December 4, 1982 in Japan and grossed $1,757,527 in two days from 35 theatres in 11 cities, setting 10 house records on Saturday and 14 on Sunday. It opened December 9 in the United Kingdom after a charity performance in London on the Thursday. It added another 138 screens in Japan on Saturday, December 11, with advance sales of 1.3

Prompt: What year did E.T. Hit the cinema screen?

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-two


Context: Indian Ocean |  coast of Africa, the Mozambique Channel separates Madagascar from mainland Africa, while the Sea of Zanj is located north of Madagascar. On the northern coast of the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden is connected to the Red Sea by the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb. In the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Tadjoura is located in Djibouti and the Guardafui Channel separates Socotra island from the Horn of Africa. The northern end of the Red Sea terminates in the Gulf of Aqaba and Gulf of Suez. The Indian Ocean is artificially connected to the Mediterranean Sea without ship lock through the Suez Canal, which is accessible via the Red Sea. The Arabian Sea is connected to the Persian Gulf by the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz. In the

Prompt: The Red Sea is connected to the Indian Ocean by which gulf ?

Answer: Gulf of Aden


Context: Jim Hanna (loyalist) |  James Andrew Hanna (c. 1947 – 1 April 1974), also known as Red Setter, was a senior member of the Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary organisation, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) until he was shot dead by fellow members, for being an alleged informer. Journalists Joe Tiernan and Kevin Myers described him as having been the senior military leader of the UVF. Tiernan also suggested that he was part of a UVF unit that planted car bombs in Dublin in December 1972 and January 1973 which left three people dead and 145 injured. Tiernan claimed that Hanna was controlled by four British Army Intelligence Corps officers who frequently visited his home in Lisburn.

Prompt: The Red Setter is more properly known by which name?

Answer: Irish Setter


Context: The Red Fighter Pilot | " The Red Fighter Pilot (German: Der rote Kampfflieger) is a book written by Manfred von Richthofen, a famous German fighter pilot who is considered the top scoring ace of the First World War, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen's most common German nickname was ""Der Rote Kampfflieger,"" which roughly translates to ""The Red Battle Flyer"" or ""The Red Fighter Pilot."" Today he is better known as the Red Baron. The book details some of Richthofen's experiences during World War I. He finished the book in 1917, and as it was written during World War I, it was "

Prompt: What was the name of the World War I fighter ace nicknamed the Red Baron?

Answer: Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen


Context: Hartford, Connecticut |  Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the 2010 United States census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut with a 2020 population of 121,054, behind the coastal cities of Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford. Hartford was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the Hartford Courant), and the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School). It is also home to the Mark Twain House, where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant

Prompt: What is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut?

Answer: Hartford.


Context: History of the Catholic Church in Spain |   After centuries of the Reconquista, in which Christian Spaniards fought to drive out the Moors, the Spanish Inquisition was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, to complete the religious purification of the Iberian Peninsula. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the medieval inquisition which had been under papal control. The new body was under the direct control of the Spanish monarchy. The Inquisition, as an ecclesiastical tribunal, had jurisdiction only over baptized Christians, some of whom also practised other forms of faith and at the time were considered heretics according to the Catholic Church and recently formed kingdoms at the time. The Inquisition worked in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of recent converts. In the centuries that followed Spain saw itself as the bulwark of Catholicism and doctrinal purity.

Prompt: What was founded by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile to keep Catholic orthodoxy as the major religion of their kingdoms?

Answer: The Spanish Inquisition


Context: Par (score) | " A hole score of three strokes fewer than par (three under par, −3) is known as an albatross (the albatross being one of the largest birds); also called a double eagle in the US, e.g. 2 strokes to complete a par 5 hole. It is an extremely rare score and occurs most commonly on par-fives with a strong drive and a holed approach shot. Holes-in-one on par-four holes (generally short ones) are also albatrosses. The first famous albatross was made by Gene Sarazen in 1935 on the 15th hole at Augusta National Golf Club during the final round of the Masters Tournament. It vaulted him into a tie for first place and forced a playoff, which he won the next day. The sportswriters of the day termed it ""the shot heard 'round "

Prompt: In golf, what name is given to a score of three under par on a given hole?

Answer: אלבטרוס


Context: Calculus (dental) | "  In dentistry, calculus or tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque. It is caused by precipitation of minerals from saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in plaque on the teeth. This process of precipitation kills the bacterial cells within dental plaque, but the rough and hardened surface that is formed provides an ideal surface for further plaque formation. This leads to calculus buildup, which compromises the health of the gingiva (gums). Calculus can form both along the gumline, where it is referred to as supragingival (""above the gum""), and within the narrow sulcus that exists between the teeth and the gingiva, where it is referred to as subgingival (""below the gum""). Calculus formation is associated with a number of clinical manifestations, including bad breath, receding gums and chronically inflamed gingiva. Brushing and flossing can remove plaque from which calculus forms; however, once formed, calculus is too hard (firmly attached) to be removed with a toothbrush. Calculus buildup can be removed with ultrasonic tools or dental hand instruments (such as a periodontal scaler)."

Prompt: In dentistry, what is the name given to hardened dental plaque?

Answer: BFBB


Context: Jareth | " According to Henson, Jareth was at one stage going to be a creature in the same vein as his goblin subjects, which were portrayed through the use of puppets and animatronics produced by Henson's Creature Shop. Deciding that the role should be filled by a live actor, Henson initially considered offering it to Simon MacCorkindale or Kevin Kline. After Labyrinth score composer Trevor Jones proposed the idea of using contemporary music for the film, Henson decided he wanted a big, charismatic pop star to sing and act as the Goblin King, ""someone who could change the film's whole musical style"". Several contemporary singers were considered for the "

Prompt: Which singer played the Goblin King Jareth in the film Labyrinth'?

Answer: Hermione Farthingale


Context: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | "Mel Gibson as Max ""Mad Max"" Rockatansky, a former MFP officer and lone warrior. Max roves the desert aimlessly, his existence entirely based around self-survival. ; Tina Turner as Aunty ""Entity"", the ruthless, determined ruler of Bartertown. Entity is a glamorous, Amazon-like figure who recognises a strength of character in Max, and hopes to exploit him to gain sole control of Bartertown from Master. Despite her brutality and Bartertown's chaos, Entity is an intelligent, cultured woman, who holds a hope of one day rebuilding society to its former glory. In regard of the character, Miller said, ""We needed someone whose vitality and intelligence would make her control over Bartertown credible. She had to be a positive "

Prompt: Who played Aunty Entity' in the film 'Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome'?

Answer: Anna Bullock


Context: Fantasy film |  1980s fantasy films were initially characterised by directors finding a new spin on established mythologies. Ray Harryhausen brought the monsters of Greek legends to life in Clash of the Titans while Arthurian lore returned to the screen in John Boorman's 1981 Excalibur. Films such as Ridley Scott's 1985 Legend and Terry Gilliam's 1981–1986 trilogy of fantasy epics (Time Bandits, Brazil, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) explored a new artist-driven style featuring surrealist imagery and thought-provoking plots. The modern sword and sorcery boom began around the same time with 1982's Conan the Barbarian followed by Krull and Fire and Ice in 1983, as well as a boom in fairy tale-like fantasy films such as Ladyhawke (1985), The Princess Bride (1987), and Willow (1988).

Prompt: Name the fantasy movie directed by Terry Gilliam, where 6 dwarves have stolen a map.

Answer: Tiny Ross


Context: Porridge (1974 TV series) |  On 29 December 2003, a mockumentary follow-up to Porridge was broadcast on BBC Two. It looked back on Fletcher's life and how the various inmates of Slade had fared 25 years after Fletcher's release from prison. Warren is now a sign painter, Lukewarm is married to Trevor, McLaren is an MSP, Grouty has become a celebrity gangster, Horrible Ives collects money for non-existent charities, Godber is now a lorry driver and still married to Ingrid, and Fletcher runs a pub with his childhood sweetheart, Gloria.

Prompt: Which TV comedy had characters McLaren, Blanco & Warren

Answer: Porridge


Context: Breakaway (Space: 1999) |  The date is 9 September 1999. An Eagle transporter has landed at Nuclear Disposal Area Two on the far side of the Moon. The isolated site is a vast repository for atomic waste shipped from Earth. Automated handling equipment unloads numerous lead drums from the craft, lowering them into one of the many storage shafts dug into the lunar surface. During this operation, two space-suited technicians enter the restricted area. The men begin a methodical survey of the radiation-proof synthocrete covers sealing the shafts, searching for the slightest indication of radiation leakage. The operation is under the supervision of Professor Victor Bergman

Prompt: In which TV series would you find an Eagle Transporter

Answer: Alpha1999


Context: Charlie Parker | " Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed ""Bird"" or ""Yardbird"", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. Parker was a blazingly fast virtuoso and introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. Primarily a player of the alto saxophone, Parker's tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber. He was known for the very clear, sweet and articulate note he could produce from the saxophone. Parker acquired the nickname ""Yardbird"" early in his career on the road with Jay McShann. This, and the shortened form ""Bird"", continued to be used for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as ""Yardbird Suite"", ""Ornithology"", ""Bird Gets the Worm"", and ""Bird of Paradise"". Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer."

Prompt: Which jazz saxophonist was nicknamed Bird

Answer: Charlie Parker


Context: God Bless America | " Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at Camp Upton in Yaphank, New York, but decided that it did not fit in a revue called Yip Yip Yaphank, so he set it aside. The lyrics at that time included the line ""Make her victorious on land and foam, God bless America..."" as well as ""Stand beside her and guide her to the right with the light from above"". Music critic Jody Rosen says that a 1906 Jewish dialect novelty song, ""When Mose with His Nose Leads the Band,"" contains a six-note fragment that is ""instantly recognizable "

Prompt: Which patriotic Irving Berlin song includes the line  From the mountains to the prairie to the oceans white with foam ?

Answer: God Bless America (Celine Dion song)


Context: Miss Teen World |  Miss Teen World pageant was launched in the year 2001 in Ecuador and was continued in the coming year as well. Its founder César Montecé, businessman of beauty with more than 40 years of experience in the field, died in 2010. Gaspar Cruz created a pageant called Miss Teen World, without any relation to the original contest, but changed its name due to litigation with Miss World, claiming that the pageant was infringing on their trademark in the US. In October, 2012, Cesar Montecé's sister, who was listed as a partner in her brother's company, sold all the rights of the contest in front of the notary public, however the international competition was officially relaunch in Ecuador, in 2014.

Prompt: Who created the Miss World pageant?

Answer: Eric Morley


Context: Nehebkau |  chaos in Egyptian myth. Additionally, as a visiting god of Heliopolis and an ancient deity, Nehebkau was often associated with Atum: the creator god who calms his chaotic nature. Nehebkau was represented as a consort of the minor goddess Nehmtaway, who is also a known partner of the wisdom god Thoth. She was depicted as a goddess holding an infant, with a distinguishing headdress shaped like a sistrum - an Ancient Egyptian musical instrument. He sometimes appeared as a consort to the scorpion goddess Serket, who protected the deceased King and was often evoked to cure poison and scorpion stings. Some myths also

Prompt: In Egyptian myth who was the God of chaos and disorder?

Answer: Seth (Bible)


Context: Ctenophorus pictus |  Ctenophorus pictus, commonly known as the painted ground-dragon or painted dragon, is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae. It is endemic to the drier areas of southern and central Australia.

Prompt: What type of creature is a Painted Dragon?

Answer: Lizard Peninsula


Context: Buon fresco |  Buon fresco is a fresco painting technique in which alkaline-resistant pigments, ground in water, are applied to wet plaster. It is distinguished from the fresco-secco (or a secco) and finto fresco techniques, in which paints are applied to dried plaster.

Prompt: Which method of painting consists of applying pigment to wet plaster?

Answer: Fresco painting


Context: Albert Lythgoe | " In November 1922 the British Archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, a unique find of a pharaonic tomb with its contents largely intact. On hearing of the discovery Lythgoe, who was working at the Metropolitan's nearby Deir al Bahari excavation, sent a congratulatory telegram to Carter. Carter later wrote: ""In my reply [to Lythgoe] I somewhat diffidently inquired whether it would be possible — for the immediate emergency at any rate — to secure the assistance of Mr Harry Burton, their photographic expert. [Lythgoe] promptly cabled back, and his cable ought to go on record as an example of disinterested scientific cooperation: "

Prompt: Who is credited with the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922?

Answer: Howard Carter (archaeologist)


Context: King of Wishful Thinking | " ""King of Wishful Thinking"" (titled ""The King of Wishful Thinking"" on Chrysalis releases ) is a song by British pop duo Go West, written by Peter Cox, Richard Drummie and Martin Page. It was featured in the film Pretty Woman and appeared on its soundtrack. It was later featured on Go West's third studio album, Indian Summer, in 1992. The song reached number three in Canada, number six in Australia, number eight in the United States, and number 18 in the United Kingdom. At the 1991 Brit Awards the song was nominated for the Brit Award for British Video of the Year. In 2018, actor Paul Rudd and late-night host Jimmy Fallon made a shot-for-shot recreation of the music video for The Tonight Show."

Prompt: The King of Wishful Thinking was a hit song used during the opening credits of the movie Pretty Woman. Who sang it?

Answer: GO WEST


Context: Marie Curie |   Marie Salomea Skłodowska Curie (, born Maria Salomea Skłodowska ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. Her husband, Pierre Curie, was a co-winner on her first Nobel Prize, making them the first ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. She was, in 1906, the first woman to become a professor at the University

Prompt: What nationality was Marie Curie?

Answer: Polish - born Marie Salomea Sklodowska


Context: Faggot (food) | " Faggots are meatballs made from minced off-cuts and offal, especially pork (traditionally pig's heart, liver, and fatty belly meat or bacon) together with herbs for flavouring and sometimes added bread crumbs. It is a traditional dish in the United Kingdom, especially South and Mid Wales and the English Midlands. Faggots originated as a traditional cheap food consumed by ordinary country people in Western England, particularly west Wiltshire and the West Midlands. Their popularity spread from there, especially to South Wales in the mid-nineteenth century, when many agricultural workers left the land to work in the rapidly expanding industry and mines of that area. Faggots are also known as ""ducks"" in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Lancashire, often as ""savoury ducks"". The first use of the term in print was in the Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser of Saturday 3 June 1843, a news report of a gluttonous man who ate twelve of them."

Prompt: What dish, especially popular in parts of Wales and the English Midlands,  is traditionally made from pig's heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes bread crumbs

Answer: Faggots


Context: Shari Lewis |  Shari Lewis (born Phyllis Naomi Hurwitz; January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998) was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, and television show host. She was best known as the original puppeteer of the sock puppet Lamb Chop, first appearing on Captain Kangaroo in March 1956 and then Hi Mom, a local morning television show which aired on WRCA-TV (now WNBC-TV) in New York City.

Prompt: What was the name of Shari Lewis' sassy sock puppet?

Answer: Lamb Chop