Context: The Moon's a Balloon |  The Moon's a Balloon is a best-selling memoir by British actor David Niven (1910–1983), published in 1971. It details his early life. There have been several editions and many translations of the book over the years. Niven followed it with a sequel Bring on the Empty Horses in 1975. The book is a funny yet tragic tale, detailing everything from the loss of Niven's father to his knowledge of how to lead a good life.

Prompt: Bring on the Empty Horses was the sequel to which other David Niven Autobiography/Memoir ?

Answer: The Moon's a Balloon


Context: Unusual types of gramophone records | " needle is dropped in the lead-in area, it will catch more or less randomly in one of the grooves. Each groove can contain a different recording, so the record ""magically"" plays one of several different recordings. Victor marketed a few 10-inch 78s with two concentric grooves (called Puzzle Record). Columbia also issued a few 10-inch 78s in 1931 with concentric grooves for their cheap Harmony, Clarion, and Velvet Tone labels. In the blank edge of the record, there was a stamp 'A' and 'B', which indicated where each of the concentric grooves started. A 1950s RCA Victor 45 rpm single by The "

Prompt: How many grooves are there on a 45rpm record?

Answer: 2


Context: 1932 in British music | 7 October – The London Philharmonic Orchestra, recently founded by Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent, gives its first public concert. ; date unknown – Henry Hall becomes Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra.

Prompt: Who founded the 'London Philharmonic Orchestra' in 1931?

Answer: Thomas Beecham


Context: Denis Healey | " to the People's Republic."" The controversy may have contributed to a poor performance when he fought for the Labour leadership following Harold Wilson's resignation. His long-serving deputy at the Treasury, Joel Barnett, in response to a remark by a third party that ""Denis Healey would sell his own grandmother"", quipped, ""No, he would get me to do it for him"". On 14 June 1978, Healey likened being attacked by the mild-mannered Sir Geoffrey Howe in the House of Commons to being ""savaged by a dead sheep"". Nevertheless, Howe appeared and paid warm tribute when Healey was featured on This Is Your Life in 1989. The two remained friends for many years, and Howe died only six days after Healey."

Prompt: "Can you name the Labour politician who said, ""Being attacked by Geoffrey Howe is like being savaged by a dead sheep?"

Answer: Denis Healy


Context: Mahinda VI of Polonnaruwa |  Mahinda VI (?–1187) was a king of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa who came to the throne by killing his predecessor Vijayabahu II. He only reigned for five days, being killed by his successor and Vijayabahu II's sub-king, Nissanka Malla. During his short reign, he wrote the Madigiriya inscription to show regards to Maharaja Samara of Srivijaya for his deeds to free the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa from the Cholas.

Prompt: Which King reigned for only 325 days?

Answer: Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor


Context: Himalayan cat | Blue point: A cat whose blue coat color is confined to the points: the feet, ears, tail, and face mask. ; Lilac Point: A diluted, brighter version of blue point. Body color is whiter and brighter than on a blue point cat. ; Seal Point: Seal brown color on the points. ; Chocolate Point: Chocolate brown color on the points (face mask, ears, tail, and legs), as opposed to the darker seal brown. Body color is whiter and brighter than on a seal-point cat. One distinction between the chocolate point and seal point is the color of their paw pads. The chocolate point will have pink paw pads, whereas the seal point will have dark brown paw pads. ; Red or Flame Point:

Prompt: If you had a seal point and/or a blue point, what breed of cat do you have?

Answer: Siamese


Context: Palme d'Or |  The Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the highest prize at the festival was the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film. In 1964, The Palme d'Or was replaced again by the Grand Prix, before being reintroduced in 1975. The Palme d'Or is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry.

Prompt: At which film festival could you be awarded the 'Palm d'Or'?

Answer: Cannes, France


Context: List of Scarface characters | " Antonio ""Tony"" Montana was the main character in Scarface and the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours, portrayed by Al Pacino in the film and by André Sogliuzzo in the video game. Oliver Stone came up with the name by combining the last name of his then-favorite football player (Joe Montana) and the first name from the main character of the 1932 film version, Tony Camonte, played by Paul Muni. In the film's ending Tony Montana's mansion was raided by Alex Sosa's (Alejandro Sosa's) gang in retribution for not killing a Bolivian anti-drug journalist with his wife and children, resulting in his death, but in the video game Tony Montana could survive the assault, regain his criminal empire and exact revenge on Sosa. In the game and the movie, Tony carries an M16 rifle with an M203 grenade launcher strapped to the barrel."

Prompt: In 'Scarface' which character was played by Al Pacino?

Answer: Antonio %22Tony%22 Montana


Context: 1937 in sports | 22 June – Joe Louis defeats James J. Braddock at Chicago by an eighth round knockout to win the World Heavyweight Championship. ; 30 August – in his first title defence, Louis defeats Tommy Farr at Bronx on a fifteen round decision World Heavyweight Championship – James J. Braddock → Joe Louis ; World Light Heavyweight Championship – John Henry Lewis ; World Middleweight Championship – vacant ; World Welterweight Championship – Barney Ross ; World Lightweight Championship – Lou Ambers ; World Featherweight Championship – vacant → Henry Armstrong ; World Bantamweight Championship – Sixto Escobar → Harry Jeffra ; World Flyweight Championship – vacant → Benny Lynch Events Lineal world champions

Prompt: Who did Joe Louis beat to take the world heavyweight boxing title in 1937?

Answer: James Braddock


Context: The Medicine Bottle | " companioncopies of the shorts finally arrived in the United States territory of Alaska, in the port town of Skagway. There the thriller was advertised in January 27, 1910 issue of The Daily Alaskan as a ""Remarkably good drama"" and promoted as an upcoming attraction being presented at the local Elks' Hall with the ""screaming farce"" Jones and His New Neighbors, which the newspaper misidentifies and misspells in its advertisement as ""Mr. Jones in the W[r]ong House"". Five additional motion pictures were promoted as well on the same bill, with the main feature being footage of the heavyweight championship fight between boxers Jack Johnson and Stanley Ketchel, a bout that had occurred three months earlier in Colma, California before a crowd of 10,000 spectators."

Prompt: Complete this boxing phrase 'The Thriller in'?

Answer: Manila, Phillipine Islands


Context: Shirley Crabtree |  Shirley Crabtree (14 November 1930 – 2 December 1997), better known as Big Daddy, was an English professional wrestler with a record-breaking 64-inch chest. He worked for Joint Promotions and the original British Wrestling Federation. Initially appearing on television as a heel, he teamed with Giant Haystacks. After splitting with Haystacks, he became a fan favourite and the top star of Joint Promotions from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

Prompt: In British Wrestling who was Shirley Crabtree?

Answer: Big Daddy


Context: List of Toy Story characters |  Bullseye is an extremely loyal toy horse and is part of the Woody's Roundup collection. In the fictional Woody's Roundup television series, Bullseye is portrayed as Woody's horse. In Toy Story 2, he was very happy to finally see Woody after a long time in storage. Bullseye is shown to loathe fights as he hides in a can when Jessie jumps on Woody. He is also upset at Woody's intention to abandon the Roundup gang to return to Andy. When Woody decides to return to Andy's room, it is Bullseye's loyalty that causes Woody to try to get the other Roundup toys to join him. Unlike most of the other toys, Bullseye cannot communicate in clear speech but sounds like an actual horse and uses body language to speak. He is also very brave, gentle, sweet and rather sensitive. Bullseye returns in Toy Story 3 as one of the remaining toys in Andy's room. Bullseye reappears in the short films Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex.

Prompt: In 'Toy Story 2' what was the character 'Bullseye'?

Answer: Lightning (game)


Context: Steven Spielberg | "  After a brief setback in which the director felt ""artistically stalled"", he returned in 1991 with Hook, about a middle-aged Peter Pan, played by Robin Williams, who returns to Neverland. During filming, Williams, co-stars Dustin Hoffman and Julia Roberts clashed on set due to their personalities; Spielberg told the 60 Minutes program that he would never work with Roberts again. Nominated for five Academy Awards, the studio enjoyed the film but most critics did not, calling it ""bloated"". Writing for The Washington Post, Hal Hinson described the film as ""too industrially organized"", and thought it was mundane. At the box office, it earned over $300 million worldwide from "

Prompt: Who played 'Peter Pan' in Spielberg's 'Hook'?

Answer: Robin Willaims


Context: The Da Vinci Code (film) | Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon ; Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu ; Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing ; Alfred Molina as Bishop Aringarosa ; Jürgen Prochnow as André Vernet ; Jean Reno as Police Captain Bezu Fache ; Paul Bettany as Silas ; Hugh Mitchell as young Silas ; Étienne Chicot as Lieutenant Jérôme Collet ; Jean-Yves Berteloot as Remy Jean ; Jean-Pierre Marielle as Jacques Saunière ; Charlotte Graham as Mary Magdalene ; Seth Gabel as Michael the Cleric ; Marie-Françoise Audollent as Sister Sandrine ; Francesco Carnelutti as Prefect ; Rita Davies as Elegant Woman at Rosslyn ; Denis Podalydès as Flight Controller ; Author Dan Brown and his wife make cameos (forefront) in the first scene of the book signing scene. ; The Templar Revelation authors Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince make a brief appearance as passengers on a bus.

Prompt: Who played 'Robert Langdon' in 'The Da Vinci Code'?

Answer: Sandra Hanks Benoiton


Context: Jane Eyre (1983 TV serial) |  Jane Eyre is a 1983 British television serial adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Julian Amyes. The serial stars Zelah Clarke as the title character, and Timothy Dalton as Edward Rochester. It was originally broadcast in eleven 30 minute weekly episodes. Deene Park, located near Corby, Northamptonshire was used as the setting of Rochester's Thornfield Hall.

Prompt: Which former Bond star played the part of Mr. Rochester in a 1983 TV mini series of Jane Eyre?

Answer: Timothy Peter Dalton


Context: The Krankies | " programme, Ian Tough revealed the couple had enjoyed a colourful sex life at the time when their profile was at its highest in the 1980s, admitting to episodes of swinging. He told the story of one amorous incident where the pair almost sailed off course to France in a small boat while partaking in a sex act. In December 2015, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie sparked controversy and accusations of racism when it was announced that Janette Tough would be playing a male Japanese character named Huki Muki. Korean American comedian Margaret Cho accused Janette Tough of ""yellowface"", which she described as ""when white people portray Asian people. And unfortunately it's happening in this film."" Upon "

Prompt: What is the stage name of double act 'Ian and Janet Tough?

Answer: Jeanette Krankie


Context: Frankie Vaughan | " Love (1960), and was an actor in several other films, but his recordings were never chart hits in the US, with the exception of ""Judy"", which reached No.100 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1958. In 1961, Vaughan was on the bill at the Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Coventry Street, London. That December, Vaughan hit No. 1 in the UK again, with ""Tower of Strength"", written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard. The rise of beat music eclipsed Vaughan's chart career before he returned to the Top 10 in 1967 with ""There Must Be a Way"". Chart success "

Prompt: Released in 1961, what was the last No.1 hit for Frankie Vaughan?

Answer: Tower of Strength (disambiguation)


Context: Carbon dioxide |  phase diagram). The critical point is 304.128 K (30.978 degC) at 7.377 MPa (72.808 atm). Another form of solid carbon dioxide observed at high pressure is an amorphous glass-like solid. This form of glass, called carbonia, is produced by supercooling heated CO2 at extreme pressures (40–48 GPa, or about 400,000 atmospheres) in a diamond anvil. This discovery confirmed the theory that carbon dioxide could exist in a glass state similar to other members of its elemental family, like silicon (silica glass) and germanium dioxide. Unlike silica and germania glasses, however, carbonia glass is not stable at normal pressures and reverts to gas when pressure is released. At temperatures and pressures above the critical point, carbon dioxide behaves as a supercritical fluid known as supercritical carbon dioxide.

Prompt: Carbon dioxide in solid form is called what?

Answer: Cardice


Context: Knickerbocker glory |  A knickerbocker glory is a layered ice cream sundae that is served in a large tall conical glass, and to be eaten with a distinctive long spoon, particularly in Great Britain and Ireland. The knickerbocker glory, first described in the 1920s, may contain ice cream, cream, fruit, and meringue. Layers of these different sweet tastes are alternated in a tall glass and topped with different kinds of syrup, nuts, whipped cream and often a cherry. The existence of these layers, which create red and white stripes, distinguish the dish from a tall Sundae, and lends the Knickerbocker glory its name. In the United States, this dish is more commonly known as a parfait, though Knickerbocker glory is occasionally used.

Prompt: If you were eating a 'Knickerbocker Glory' - What would you be eating?

Answer: An ice-cream sundae


Context: Sushi |  fall apart. If it is difficult to turn the sushi upside-down, one can baste the sushi in soy sauce using gari (sliced ginger) as a brush. Toppings that have their own sauce (such as eel) should not be eaten with soy sauce. Traditionally, the sushi chef will add an appropriate amount of wasabi to the sushi while preparing it, and etiquette suggests eating the sushi as is, since the chef is supposed to know the proper amount of wasabi to use. However, today wasabi is more a matter of personal taste, and even restaurants in Japan may serve wasabi on the side for customers to use at their discretion, even when there is wasabi already in the dish.

Prompt: What would you be eating if you were having sushi?

Answer: Raw fish!


Context: Nick Griffin | " In an interview with the BBC on 8 July 2009, during a discussion on European immigration, he proposed that the EU should sink boats carrying illegal immigrants, to prevent them from entering Europe. Although the interviewer, BBC correspondent Shirin Wheeler, implied that Griffin may have wished the EU to ""murder people at sea"", he quickly corrected her by saying: ""I didn't say anyone should be murdered at sea—I say boats should be sunk, they can throw them a life raft and they can go back to Libya"" (a staging post for migrants from Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa)."

Prompt: It is said that you can't sink in this sea, what sea is it?

Answer: Life in the Dead Sea


Context: Brian London | " Brian Sidney Harper (19 June 1934 – 23 June 2021), known professionally as Brian London, was an English professional boxer who competed from 1955 to 1970. He held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight title from 1958 to 1959, and twice challenged for the world heavyweight title, losing to Floyd Patterson in 1959 and Muhammad Ali in 1966, both times via knockout. He was one of a quartet of British boxers, with Henry Cooper, Joe Erskine, and Dick Richardson, who dominated the British boxing scene throughout the 1950s and 1960s. An orthodox fighter, London was 6 feet tall and fought at about 14 stone 12 pounds (208 lbs). His nicknames in the ring were ""The British Bulldog"" and ""The Blackpool Rock""."

Prompt: Name the British heavyweight Boxing champion who held the title between 1959 and 1969?

Answer: Cooper, Henry


Context: Beaufort scale |   The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale.

Prompt: What is the Beaufort Scale?

Answer: It measures the speed and strength of winds


Context: Epifrog |  The core of the game mechanics is commanding. The Players become Epifrog who is leading his frog troops. They can issue commands, making their kin charge into an attack, defend the designated position, approach it or run away. Each command has a more powerful version which buffs his party members according to the action they perform. In the village, our magic pond is where all the tadpoles live. Epifrog can feed them, allowing them to grow into different forms, depending on the provided ingredients. Players will gather their party, and explore the wilderness outside the village where they will find valuable resources which help

Prompt: What does a tadpole become?

Answer: Frog spawn


Context: Richard Burton | " Richard Burton, (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable performance of Hamlet in 1964. He was called ""the natural successor to Olivier"" by critic Kenneth Tynan. A heavy drinker, Burton's purported failure to live up to those expectations disappointed some critics and colleagues and added to his image as a great performer who had wasted his talent. Nevertheless, he is widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation. Burton was nominated for an Academy Award seven times, but never won an Oscar. He was a recipient of BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Tony Awards for Best Actor. In the mid-1960s, Burton ascended into the ranks of the top box office stars. By the late 1960s, Burton was one of the highest-paid actors in the world, receiving fees of $1 million or more plus a share of the gross receipts. Burton remained closely associated in the public consciousness with his second wife, actress Elizabeth Taylor. The couple's turbulent relationship was rarely out of the news."

Prompt: Richard Burton was nominated 7 times for an Oscar. How many did he win?

Answer: 0


Context: Brian Aherne | " Theatre (1959). In 1957, he went on a national tour of My Fair Lady, playing Professor Henry Higgins. In 1960, he played the title role of The Trouble with Templeton on the television series The Twilight Zone. Aherne was invited back to 20th Century Fox for a sizable supporting role in the big budget The Best of Everything (1959). Aherne's final Broadway appearance was in Dear Liar (1960) with Cornell, where he played George Bernard Shaw (""with great vivacity"" according to The New York Times ) opposite Cornell's Mrs Patrick Campbell. He acted in the movie Susan Slade (1961). He did ""The Bruce Saybrook Story"" on Wagon Train (1961), and ""The Gentleman's Gentleman"" on Rawhide (1961). He also appeared as guest host on the TV panel show The Name's the Same."

Prompt: Who played 'Professor Henry Higgins' and what was the title of the 1994 movie?

Answer: Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady


Context: Malta Philharmonic Orchestra |  The orchestra was founded in April 1968, when musicians from the defunct “Commander-in-Chief” (C-in-C) orchestra of the Malta-based British Mediterranean Fleet regrouped as the Manoel Theatre Orchestra. It continued to serve as the theatre’s resident orchestra until September 1997, when it became an independent orchestra, taking up the name National Orchestra of Malta. The orchestra became the MPO in 2008 when it expanded into a full-size symphony orchestra, bringing together the best of Maltese talent and musicians from Europe and beyond. Joseph Sammut, the C-in-C’s last conductor, was the orchestra’s first conductor, remaining at the helm until 1992. Since then, the orchestra has also been under the direction of Joseph Vella, John Galea, Michael Laus, and Brian Schembri. In 2019, the MPO has appointed Sergey Smbatyan as Principal Conductor, joining Resident Conductor Michael Laus as part of the orchestra’s Artistic Team. The MPO also works with local and international

Prompt: Which Mediterranean country's orchestra is bigger than its army?

Answer: Principauté de Monaco


Context: Kingdom of Great Britain | " The name Britain descends from the Latin name for the island of Great Britain, Britannia or Brittānia, the land of the Britons via the Old French Bretaigne (whence also Modern French Bretagne) and Middle English Bretayne, Breteyne. The term Great Britain was first used officially in 1474. The use of the word ""Great"" before ""Britain"" originates in the French language, which uses Bretagne for both Britain and Brittany. French therefore distinguishes between the two by calling Britain la Grande Bretagne, a distinction which was transferred into English. The Treaty of Union and the subsequent Acts of Union state that England and Scotland were to be ""United "

Prompt: What was Britain called - before it was Britain?

Answer: Albion's shore


Context: May 1926 | The nationally famous Christian evangelist preacher Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared at a beach in Venice, California. She was widely believed at the time to have drowned. ; Born: Dirch Passer, Danish actor (d. 1980)

Prompt: What's unusual about evangelist Amy Semple McPherson coffin?

Answer: Contains Telephone


Context: List of Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series) characters | " Angus Hudson (1856–?) is known as ""Hudson"" to the Bellamys, and as ""Mr. Hudson"" to the servants. Hudson originally came from Scotland, born to Ian and Margaret Hudson; he also has a brother Donald and a sister Fiona. He works as the butler of Eaton Place, and is known for his conservative views. He is portrayed by Gordon Jackson, who won an Emmy (Supporting Actor, Single Performance, Comedy or Drama Series, for ""The Beastly Hun."")."

Prompt: What was the fist name of Hudson in Upstairs Downstairs?

Answer: Angus, Scotland


Context: Aberavon RFC | " Small red toy wizards adorn the tops of the rugby posts at their ground, and the figure of a wizard has adorned the players' kit as the club's emblem since the mid-1970s. One theory of the nickname 'The Wizards' is thought to have been based on the many workers who came to Port Talbot in the 19th century from the Carmarthen area, strongly associated with the legendary wizard Merlin. So many of them lived in one street that it was named 'Carmarthen Row'; Talbot Athletic Ground was built near Carmarthen Row. The more generally accepted view, however, is that the nickname was coined by South Wales Evening Post reporter Bill Taylor during the 1920s, when he dubbed the highly successful Aberavon team of that era ""The Wizards of the West""."

Prompt: Which rugby side are also known as the Wizards of the West?

Answer: Aberavon, Neath Port Talbot


Context: Inspector Clouseau |  A Shot in the Dark (1964) was based upon a stage play that originally did not include the Clouseau character. In this film, Sellers began to develop the exaggerated French accent that later became a hallmark of the character. The film also introduces two of the series regular characters: his superior, Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), who is driven mad by Clouseau's blundering of the investigation; and his long-suffering Chinese manservant, Cato (Burt Kwouk), who is expected to improve Clouseau's martial arts skills by attacking him at random. Sellers stepped away from playing the character following this movie, but returned in The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) and its sequels.

Prompt: Who was Inspector Clouseau's manservant?

Answer: Kato


Context: African Continental Free Trade Area |  Nigeria was one of the last nations to sign the agreement. At 200 million people, Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and has about the population of the second and third most-populous countries, Ethiopia and Egypt, combined, each of which have a population around 98 million. With a nominal GDP of US$376 billion, or around 17% of Africa's GDP, it is just ahead of South Africa, which accounts for 16% of Africa's economy. Because Nigeria is such a significant country in terms of its population and its economy, its absence at the initial signing of the agreement was particularly conspicuous. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa underscored that in comments on 12 July

Prompt: What is Africa's most populated country?

Answer: Nigerian Independence


Context: Morecambe and Wise | " Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholomew, 14 May 1926 – 28 May 1984) and Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman, 27 November 1925 – 21 March 1999), known as Morecambe and Wise (and sometimes as Eric and Ernie), were an iconic English comic double act, working in variety, radio, film and most successfully in television. Their partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984. They have been described as ""the most illustrious, and the best-loved, double-act that Britain has ever produced"". In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, "

Prompt: Which comedy duo were born Bartholomew and Wiseman?

Answer: Morcambe and Wise


Context: Cumberland sausage | " Cumberland sausage is a pork sausage that originated in the ancient county of Cumberland, England, now part of Cumbria. It is traditionally very long, up to 50 cm, and sold rolled in a flat, circular coil, but within western Cumbria, it is more often served in long, curved lengths. Seasonings are prepared from a variety of spices and herbs, though the flavour palate is commonly dominated by pepper, both black and white, in contrast to more herb-dominated varieties such as Lincolnshire sausage. Traditionally no colourings or preservatives are added. The distinctive feature is that the meat is chopped, not ground or minced, giving the sausage a chunky texture. In March 2011, the ""Traditional Cumberland sausage"" was granted Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status."

Prompt: Which British sausage is traditionally sold in a coil?

Answer: Cumberland, England


Context: Pays de Caux | " lighter from minute to minute, the countryside seemed to be waking, to smile, shake itself and throw off, like a girl rising from her bed, its shift of white vapour. The Comte d'Etraille, on the seat, cried; 'Look, a hare' pointing to the left towards a patch of clover. The animal darted away, almost hidden in the field, showing only its long ears; then it bolted over some plough-land, stopped, set off again in a mad race, changed direction, stopped again, troubled, listening for any danger, undecided which way to go; then started to run again with big bounds of his hindquarters, and he disappeared in a wide square of beet. All the men marvelled, following the creature's progress and gait."""

Prompt: Which creature disappeared leaving only a smile?

Answer: Cheshire Cat


Context: The Murder on the Links | Hercule Poirot - The famous Belgian detective called in by the man who would be murdered. ; Captain Arthur Hastings - Poirot's assistant on the case, accompanying him at his request, and the narrator of the story. ; Monsieur Giraud - Detective of the Paris Sûreté and the investigating officer. Considers Poirot to be his rival and resents his involvement in the investigation. ; Monsieur Hautet - Examining Magistrate, and Giraud's assistant. More respectful of Poirot's reputation, and thus more helpful to the Belgian detective. ; Paul Renauld/Georges Conneau - The victim of the case. Requested Poirot's assistance for an unknown matter, prior to his murder. Involved in the Beroldy murder 22

Prompt: What is the surname of the captain who assists Hercule Poirot?

Answer: County Borough of Hastings


Context: Leyton |  The town is the home to the football club, Leyton Orient F.C., viewed by many residents as one of the most important parts of Leyton's identity. Orient came to Brisbane Road, Leyton in 1936 from Clapton. The stadium has recently been re-constructed and renamed the Matchroom Stadium. Although they reached the top flight of English football when promoted to the Football League First Division in 1962, Orient currently play in League Two. Leyton Orient's future in the heart of Leyton is uncertain. In October 2011, Orient submitted a request to the Football League to move into and become tenants of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, following complaints

Prompt: What was the home ground of Leyton Orient called before it became the Matchroom Stadium?

Answer: Brisbane Road Stadium


Context: List of foods named after places |  Pippin (apple) — the village of Allington, Lincolnshire ; Beauty of Bath (apple) — the city of Bath, Somerset ; Beauty of Kent (apple) — County Kent ; Blenheim Orange (apple) — the parish of Blenheim, Oxfordshire ; Chelmsford Wonder (apple) — the city of Chelmsford, Essex ; Claygate Pearmain (apple) — the village of Claygate, Surrey ; Cornish Aromatic and Cornish Gilliflower (apples) — the county of Cornwall ; Flower of Kent (apple) — County Kent ; Kingston Black Apple — the village of Kingston St Mary, Somerset ; Norfolk Biffin and Norfolk Pippin (apples) — the county of Norfolk ; Oxford Marmalade — a brand named after

Prompt: Named after a town in Lincolnshire, what is a more common name for bath metal?

Answer: Pinchbeck


Context: Milk | " In Australia and New Zealand, prior to metrication, milk was generally distributed in 1 pint (568mL) glass bottles. In Australia and Ireland there was a government funded ""free milk for school children"" program, and milk was distributed at morning recess in 1/3 pint bottles. With the conversion to metric measures, the milk industry was concerned that the replacement of the pint bottles with 500mL bottles would result in a 13.6% drop in milk consumption; hence, all pint bottles were recalled and replaced by 600mL bottles. With time, due to the steadily increasing cost of collecting, transporting, storing and cleaning glass bottles, they were replaced by cardboard cartons. A number of designs were used, including a tetrahedron which could be close-packed without waste space, and could not be knocked over accidentally "

Prompt: When free school milk was given out what size were the bottles?

Answer: Third of a pint


Context: Czechoslovakia at the 1992 Winter Olympics |  Reigning European Champion Petr Barna won his only Olympic medal behind Ukraine's Viktor Petrenko and United States' Paul Wylie. During his free program, Barna was the first skater to land the quadruple jump in the Olympic competition. The program was choreographed on the Hamlet soundtrack and was Barna's artistic masterpiece. Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný teamed up after Novotný's 1988 Winter Olympics medicine problem. They beat Shishkova and Naumov of the Unified Team in the competition, but lost to Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler of Canada in a close battle for the bronze medal, feeling a sort of injustice. Kateřina Mrázová and Martin Šimeček finished 10th in the ice-dancing competition, while Lenka Kulovaná finished 11th. She was fifth in the 1992 European Championships, but lost to two European opponents only in Albertville.

Prompt: At which sport could you win the Victor Barna Award?

Answer: Ping-pang Ch'iu


Context: New Zealand women's national cricket team |  The New Zealand women's national cricket team, nicknamed the White Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of international women's cricket), the team is organised by New Zealand Cricket, a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). New Zealand made its Test debut in 1935, against England, becoming the third team to play at that level. With Australia and England, New Zealand is one of only three teams to have participated in all ten editions of the Women's Cricket World Cup. The team has made the final of the tournament on four occasions, winning in 2000 and placing second in 1993, 1997, and 2009. At the Women's World Twenty20, New Zealand were runners-up in 2009 and 2010, but are yet to win the event.

Prompt: What is the nickname of the New Zealand women's cricket team?

Answer: New Zealand national women's cricket team


Context: Phobophobia |  Phobophobia is a phobia defined as the fear of phobias, or the fear of fear, including intense anxiety and unrealistic and persistent fear of the somatic sensations and the feared phobia ensuing. Phobophobia can also be defined as the fear of phobias or fear of developing a phobia. Phobophobia is related to anxiety disorders and panic attacks directly linked to other types of phobias, such as agoraphobia. When a patient has developed phobophobia, their condition must be diagnosed and treated as part of anxiety disorders. Phobophobia: is the fear of fear itself, but more specifically, of the internal sensations associated with that phobia and anxiety, which binds it closely to other anxiety disorders, especially with generalized anxiety disorders (free floating fears) and panic attacks.

Prompt: What is phobophobia the fear of?

Answer: -Â  Fear itself


Context: History of the aircraft carrier | "  During the Falklands War the United Kingdom was able to win a conflict 8,000 miles (13,000 km) from home in large part due to the use of the light fleet carrier (1959) and the smaller ""through deck cruiser"" carrier. The Falklands showed the value of STOVL aircraft, the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, both the RN Sea Harrier and press-ganged RAF Harrier variants, in defending the fleet and assault force from shore-based aircraft and in attacking the enemy. Sea Harriers shot down 21 fast-attack jets and suffered no aerial combat losses, although six were lost to accidents and ground fire. Helicopters from the carriers were used to deploy troops and for medevac, search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare. Another lesson from the Falklands War resulted in the withdrawal of Argentina's aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo with her A-4Qs. The sinking of the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano by the fast attack submarine HMS Conqueror showed that capital ships were vulnerable in nuclear submarines' hunting grounds."

Prompt: What was the fastest aeroplane used in the Falkland's War?

Answer: -Â  Mirage


Context: William G. Brownlow | " ""Tennessee's worst governor,"" and the ""most hated man in Tennessee History."" A 1981 poll of fifty-two Tennessee historians that ranked the state's governors on ability, accomplishments, and statesmanship, placed Brownlow dead last. Journalist Steve Humphrey argued that Brownlow was a talented newspaper editor and reporter, as evidenced by his reporting on events such as the opening of the Gayoso Hotel in Memphis and Knoxville's 1854 cholera epidemic. The Capitol Committee of the Tennessee General Assembly removed the official portrait of Governor William G. Brownlow that had only been briefly installed during April 1987 within the Legislative Library of state capitol building, upon the recommendation of Democratic Tennessee state Senator Douglas Henry."

Prompt: In a poll conducted in the early 1970's who was voted the most hated man in history?

Answer: Hitlerian


Context: Grace Darling |   Grace Darling was born on 24 November 1815 at her grandfather's house in Northumberland. She was the seventh of nine children (four brothers and four sisters) born to William and Thomasin Darling, and when only a few weeks old, she was taken to live on Brownsman Island, one of the Farne Islands, in a small cottage attached to the lighthouse. Her father ran the lighthouse (built in 1795) for Trinity House, and earned a salary of £70 per year (UK£ 0 in 2022) with a bonus of £10 for satisfactory service. The accommodation was basic, and the lighthouse was not located in a good place to guide

Prompt: What was Grace Darling's father's job?

Answer: Lighthouse-keeper


Context: Ugly (Jaira Burns song) | " ""Ugly"" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Jaira Burns. It was released on June 16, 2017 by Interscope Records as a single. ""Ugly"" was featured in a commercial for Beats Electronics and Balmain headphone collaboration starring Kylie Jenner. It was written by Henry Walter, Alexandra Hughes, Brett McLaughlin, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine and produced by Cirkut and Billboard. Lyrically, the song talks about a hookup gone wrong. To promote the song, an accompanying music video for the track was released on June 28, 2017. It peaked at number 13 on the Spotify U.S. Viral 50 chart."

Prompt: O UGLY NINE is an anagram of which singer songwriter?

Answer: Godfather of Grunge


Context: ORF 1 | " From 1968 until 1992, ORF 1 prominently featured the red ""ORF eye"" logo in its television idents alongside several stylised number ""1"" logos. In 1992, the first version of the ""green cube"" ORF 1 logo was introduced, designed by Neville Brody. In 2000, ORF 1's logo was updated into a moving, soft-edged, gelatinous cube with the number 1 inside. This particular logo has been nicknamed ""Jelli."" In 2005, there was another update to ORF's on-screen design: to avoid the logo being burnt in to plasma screens, it was changed from green to grey all-over. In 2010, it was announced that ORF 1 would be rebranded as ""ORF eins"" from 8 January 2011. On 26 April 2019, ORF eins was renamed back to ORF 1 with a brand new logo and on-screen design by design agency Bleed."

Prompt: In the early 2000's The Birds Eye brand had a make-over, losing it's famous logo in favour of the now familiar red eye logo. What was the old logo, was it A- Albatross, B - Whale or C - Shark?

Answer: A - Albatross


Context: Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency) |  The ensuing by-election, held in February 1989, was won by William Hague: this was the last by-election won by a Conservative candidate during the Conservative Government of 1979–1997. Hague's win has been attributed in part to the decision by the remnants of the Social Democratic Party (those members that objected to the merger with the Liberal Party the previous year) to contest the election as well as the newly merged Social and Liberal Democrats (who subsequently renamed themselves the Liberal Democrats). The SDP candidate, local farmer Mike Potter, came second, and Hague's majority of 2,634 was considerably smaller than the number of votes (11,589) for the SLD candidate Barbara Pearce. Despite the Labour landslide of 1997, they did not come close to winning the seat, which stayed Conservative with a majority of 10,000. Hague retained the seat at every general election from then on, building the Conservative majority to 23,336, until his decision to step down at the 2015 election.

Prompt: Which constituency does William Hague represent?

Answer: Richmond (Nova Scotia electoral district)


Context: Shilling (British coin) | " The shilling (1/-) was a coin worth one twentieth of a pound sterling, or twelve pence. It was first minted in the reign of Henry VII as the testoon, and became known as the shilling from the Old English scilling, sometime in the mid-16th century, circulating until 1990. The word bob was sometimes used for a monetary value of several shillings, e.g. ""ten-bob note"". Following decimalisation on 15 February 1971 the coin had a value of five new pence, which was minted with the same size as the shilling until 1990, after which the shilling no longer remained legal tender. It was made from silver from its introduction in or around 1503 until 1946, and thereafter in cupronickel. Before Decimal Day in 1971 there "

Prompt: fifteen 'bob' in old money is worth what in our current currency?

Answer: seventy-five pence


Context: List of discoveries influenced by chance circumstances |  In his book, Roberts recounts Sir Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity (using Newton's own descriptions and notes). Newton was sitting in his yard when he noticed an apple fall from a tree. The apple fell straight down, perpendicular to the ground, and Newton found himself wondering why the apple never falls upward or off to a side. Newton soon realized that it was a property of all matter to have an attractive force, including the apple, and even the moon – which moves as one would expect if it was passing the earth but nevertheless being attracted. It was another 20 years before Newton published his detailed theory of gravity, but he later visited the tree that helped him provoke the idea. Gaughan elaborates that Newton only had the opportunity to reflect on his orchard because of other chance circumstances: Newton was home because his university was shut down due to an outbreak of plague.

Prompt: What type of tree was Newton supposedly sitting under when he formulated his theory of gravity?

Answer: Apple Blossom


Context: Art of Belgium |  as the courtiers of the Duke of Burgundy. In the Renaissance Antwerp Mannerism was an early attempt by Flemish artists to respond to Italian Renaissance art, with Romanism a later phase. Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting culminated in the work of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in one direction, and the Flemish contribution to Northern Mannerism in a very different one. Flemish Baroque painting is dominated by the figure of Rubens, though like his pupil Anthony van Dyck, he spent much of his career abroad. There was also a great development of specialized genres in painting, paralleling those in Dutch Golden Age painting to the north, but with many differences.

Prompt: Breugel; Van Dyck and Rubens were all citizens of which country?

Answer: Belguim


Context: Trampolining terms |  Full – A single back somersault with four twists. ; Quint Full – A single back somersault with five twists. ; Sextuple Full – A single back somersault with six twists. ; Septuple Full - A single back somersault with seven twists. ; Octuple Full - A single back somersault with eight twists. ; Barani ballout (BBO) – the same as a Ball out, but with one half twist. May also be performed with varying degrees of twist: e.g. rudolph/randolph/adolph ballout. ; Adolph – A single front somersault with three and a half twists. ; Full Half – A

Prompt: On what would you perform a Rudolph; a Randolph or an Adolph?

Answer: On a trampoline


Context: Jimmy James (singer) |  also played as support for the Who, Sonny & Cher, Rod Stewart (who was also on Pye Records at the time) and the Rolling Stones. The band often used the Abbey Road Studios, once being there at the same time the Beatles were recording. Their live performance was captured in the album London Swings – Live at the Marquee Club, also featuring the Alan Bown Set. Jimmy James and the Vagabonds were labelmates and rivals of Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band. The Vagabonds disbanded in 1970, but James, who owned the name, enlisted Alan Wood to form a band with a new,

Prompt: What was the name of Jimmy James' backing group?

Answer: Vagabond(album)


Context: Romeo and Juliet (Love and War) |  In the Italian town of Verona, Romeo and Juliet are teenagers from feuding families who fall in love.

Prompt: Which Italian city is the setting for Romeo and Juliet?

Answer: San Michele Extra


Context: Canonical hours |  Book of Common Prayer, first published in 1549 and revised down the centuries, constitutes the basis of the liturgy for Anglicans and Anglican Use Roman Catholics. All Anglican prayer books provide offices for Morning Prayer (often called Mattins or Matins) and Evening Prayer (colloquially known as Evensong). The traditional structure of Matins and Evensong in most Anglican prayer books reflects the intention by the reforming Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, to return to the office's older roots as the daily prayer of parish churches. For this purpose, he followed some German Lutheran liturgies in eliminating the lesser hours and conflating the medieval offices of Matins

Prompt: What name is used in the Roman Catholic Church for evensong?

Answer: Lucernarium


Context: Transatlantic flight |  The Handley Page team was in the final stages of testing its aircraft for the flight in June, but the Vickers group was ready earlier. During 14–15 June 1919, the British aviators Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. During the War, Alcock resolved to fly the Atlantic, and after the war he approached the Vickers engineering and aviation firm at Weybridge, which had considered entering its Vickers Vimy IV twin-engined bomber in the competition but had not yet found a pilot. Alcock's enthusiasm impressed Vickers's team, and he was appointed as its pilot. Work began on converting

Prompt: What type of aircraft was used by Alcock and Brown when they became the first men to fly the Atlantic non stop?

Answer: Vickers Vimy Commercial


Context: November 1938 | The Lions Gate Bridge opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ; The U.S. Supreme Court decided Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.

Prompt: In which Canadian city is the Lion's Gate Bridge?

Answer: Vancouver, Canada


Context: Daily Mirror | The 3AM Girls (gossip columnists) ; Anne Robinson (columnist and deputy editor) ; William Connor (opinion under the pseudonym Cassandra (1935–1967)) ; Caradoc Evans (1917–1923) ; Richard Hammond (motoring and Saturday columnist) ; Oliver Holt (sports columnist) ; Kevin Maguire (UK politics) ; Penman & Greenwood (investigators) ; Fiona Phillips (Saturday columnist) ; Brian Reade (Thursday columnist; also does a sports column on Saturdays) ; Keith Waterhouse (largely humorous (1970–1986, previously a reporter.) ; Chris Hughes (security and defence) ; Geoffrey Goodman (1969–1986) Notable former and current columnists of the Daily Mirror include:

Prompt: Cassandra was the pseudonym of which writer in the Daily Mirror?

Answer: William Neil Connor


Context: Lake District |  and Rydal Mount (1813–50). Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey became known as the Lake Poets. The poet and his wife are buried in the churchyard of Grasmere; very near to them are the remains of Hartley Coleridge (son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge), who himself lived for many years in Keswick, Ambleside and Grasmere. Robert Southey, the Poet Laureate and friend of Wordsworth (who would succeed Southey as Laureate in 1843), was a resident of Keswick for forty years (1803–43), and was buried in Crosthwaite churchyard. Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived for some time in Keswick, and also with the Wordsworths at Grasmere. The Lake

Prompt: Which poet is buried in Grasmere churchyard?

Answer: Wordsworth, William


Context: Rex-Acme |  William Williamson formed the Birmingham Motor Manufacturing and Supply Co in mid-1901. William was described as having entered the motor trade a few years before and as being well known in racing circles, and was an ex-winner of the Catford Hill-Climb (on a bicycle). The firm used the Rex trademark for their light car, and for their 1.75 hp Rex motorcycle. They had their registered office at 189 Broad Street, Birmingham, but their works was in Coventry. In March 1902 the assets and goodwill of the company were bought by Allard & Co, who had made a motor tricycle and a light car but had originally manufactured bicycles. In June 1902 they changed their name to the Rex Motor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Osborne Road, Earlsdon, Coventry. They enlarged the factory,

Prompt: Which company registered Father William as a trademark?

Answer: Sir William Younger, 1st Baronet


Context: Carry On Sergeant |  Carry On Sergeant is a 1958 British comedy film about National Service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of Carry On films, with 31 entries released from 1958 to 1992. The film was based on a play The Bull Boys by R. F. Delderfield and was adapted into a script by Norman Hudis with John Antrobus contributing additional material and replacing the conscripted ballet dancers of the novel into a married couple. It was directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers, a partnership which would last until 1978. Actors in this film, who went on to be part of the regular team in the series, were Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Terry Scott.

Prompt: Who played the sergeant in Carry On Sergeant?

Answer: William Hartnel


Context: Jaguar Cars |  The Swallow Sidecar Company was founded in 1922 by two motorcycle enthusiasts, William Lyons and William Walmsley. In 1934 Walmsley elected to sell-out and in order to buy the Swallow business (but not the company which was liquidated) Lyons formed S.S. Cars Limited, finding new capital by issuing shares to the public.  Jaguar first appeared in September 1935 as a model name on an SS 2½-litre sports saloon. A matching open two seater sports model with a 3½-litre engine was named SS Jaguar 100. On 23 March 1945 the S. S. Cars shareholders in general meeting agreed to change the company's name to Jaguar Cars Limited.

Prompt: Who founded the Jaguar motor company?

Answer: Sir William Lyons


Context: D.I.V.O.R.C.E. | " ""D.I.V.O.R.C.E."" is a 1975 UK number-one single by Scottish folk singer and comedian Billy Connolly. A comedy song, it reached No. 1 for one week in November 1975, and was one of the few songs of its genre to reach this milestone. The song is a parody of the Tammy Wynette song ""D-I-V-O-R-C-E"", and Connolly's version to date has been his only No. 1 UK single, though in the late 1970s he had a further two UK hits which parodied contemporary songs. He later dropped musical performances from his act. ""D.I.V.O.R.C.E."" has a similar theme to Wynette's original in that the events in the song lead to a couple divorcing, however in Connolly's song the words are spelled out to withhold the truth from a dog rather than a child as in Wynette's version, and the divorce is sparked by a riotous visit to a veterinarian that results in the husband being bitten by both the dog and his wife. Some versions of the song, such as the live performance included on the album Get Right Intae Him!, are censored, with the letters ""f'ing c"" being bleeped."

Prompt: What was Billy Connolly's only No. 1 hit?

Answer: D-I-V-O-R-C-E


Context: Walk Tall (country song) | " ""Walk Tall"" is a country music song written by American songwriter Don Wayne. It was a number 3 hit on the UK singles chart in 1964 for Irish singer Val Doonican, becoming Doonican's first British chart success. Doonican's version also reached no.2 in Ireland and no.29 in Australia. In the US, the song was recorded by Faron Young, whose version reached no.10 on the country music chart in late 1965. The Val Doonican version was used in the 1965 episode of the Irish television show Reeling in the Years."

Prompt: Who's chart hit 'Walk tall' Started his career in 1964?

Answer: Michael Doonican


Context: Regent's Park |  the Grand Union Canal to London's historic docks. The 166 ha park is mainly open parkland with a wide range of facilities and amenities, including gardens; a lake with a heronry, waterfowl and a boating area; sports pitches; and children's playgrounds. The northern side of the park is the home of London Zoo and the headquarters of the Zoological Society of London. There are several public gardens with flowers and specimen plants, including Queen Mary's Gardens in the Inner Circle, in which the Open Air Theatre stands; the formal Italian Gardens and adjacent informal English Gardens in the south-east corner of the park; and the gardens of St John's Lodge. Winfield

Prompt: In which London park would you find the Zoological Gardens?

Answer: Regent's Park


Context: Savile Row | infobox name: Savile Row ; image: Saville Row from Burlington Gardens.jpg ; image_map: Savile Row, London.jpg ; caption: Savile Row from Burlington Gardens ; type: Street ; owner: Pollen Estate ; maint: Westminster City Council ; location: London ; north: Conduit Street ; south: Vigo Street ; completion_date: 1735 ; designer: Henry Flitcroft ; known_for: Traditional bespoke tailoring for men

Prompt: For which trade is Saville Row best known?

Answer: Tailored


Context: Guy's Hospital |  Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre. It is a large teaching hospital and is, with St Thomas' Hospital and King's College Hospital, the location of King's College London GKT School of Medical Education. The hospital's Tower Wing (originally known as Guy's Tower) was, when built, the tallest hospital building in the world, standing at 148.65 m with 34 floors. The tower was overtaken as the world's tallest healthcare-related building by The Belaire in New York City in 1988. As of June 2019, the Tower Wing, which remains one of the tallest buildings in London, is the world's fifth-tallest hospital building.

Prompt: On which London street will you find Guy's Hospital?

Answer: St. Thomas Street, close to the London Bridge station


Context: Grey's Monument |  of the statue was knocked off by a bolt of lightning. In 1947, sculptor Roger Hedley (the son of painter Ralph Hedley ) created a new head based on the preserved fragments of the original. The monument lends its name to Monument Metro station, a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro located directly underneath, to the Monument Mall Shopping Centre and to the Monument local authority ward. The surrounding area is simply known as Monument. A spiral staircase leads to a viewing platform at the top of the monument, which is occasionally opened to the public. Old photographs indicate that the monument was originally on a traffic island and was surrounded by railings. These railings are no

Prompt: Known usually just as the Monument, or the name of a tube station. Who designed the Monument and for a bonus what does it commemorate?

Answer: Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate 'The Great Fire of London'


Context: National Lottery (Ireland) |  In 1986, the Irish government initiated a public tender process, inviting bids for the licence to run the National Lottery. The operators of the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake were among the bidders, but failed to win the licence. After operating since 1930, the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake entered voluntary liquidation in March 1987 when its operators decided it could not compete with the new National Lottery. The National Lottery licence was awarded to the An Post National Lottery Company (Comhlacht Chrannchur Náisiúnta An Post), which was 80 percent owned by Ireland's state-owned postal services provider An Post and 20 percent by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The An Post National Lottery Company retained the licence until 2014. In 2011, amid a financial crisis, the Irish government included the National Lottery licence

Prompt: Which British entrepreneur failed to win his bid to run the National Lottery?

Answer: Richard Branson


Context: Leg warmer |  films Fame and Flashdance and the concurrent aerobics craze. They were worn with leggings, jeans, and tights or as part of aerobic wear. They were internationally popular in the 1980's. Recently, leg warmers have become popular with new parents as a way to keep babies and toddlers warm while making it easy to change diapers. They also have become popular again with girls, tweens, teens, college students and women. They are worn over leggings, tights or jeans and then a pair of riding boots is worn and the leg warmers are slouched at the top of the riding boot.

Prompt: Which fashion craze was made popular by the film 'Flashdance'?

Answer: Leg-warmers


Context: Reseda, Los Angeles |  The 1994 Northridge earthquake struck at 4:31 a.m. on January 17 and measured 6.7 on the moment magnitude scale. It remains the only large earthquake to originate directly under a major U.S. city in modern times as well as the most damaging earthquake to strike the U.S. since the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Its epicenter was between Arminta Street and Ingomar Street, just west of Reseda Boulevard. This was the second time in 23 years the area had been affected by a strong earthquake. On February 9, 1971, the San Fernando earthquake (also known as the Sylmar earthquake) struck the area with a magnitude of 6.5.

Prompt: Which American city experienced an earthquake in the early hours of January 17th 1994?

Answer: City of Los Angeles, California


Context: List of rivers of the United States: W |  A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – XYZ This is a list of rivers in the United States that have names starting with the letter W. For the main page, which includes links to listings by state, see List of rivers in the United States.

Prompt: What are the names of the US States starting with 'W'?

Answer: Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin and Wyoming


Context: 19th century | 1867: The Marquess of Queensberry Rules for boxing are published. ; 1872: The first recognised international soccer match, between England and Scotland, is played. ; 1877: The first test cricket match, between England and Australia, is played. ; 1891: Basketball is invented by James Naismith. ; 1895: Volleyball is invented. ; 1896: Olympic Games revived in Athens.

Prompt: When was basketball invented: 17th, 18th or 19th century?

Answer: 19th century AD


Context: June 1979 | The first direct elections to the European Parliament began, allowing citizens from across all nine (at that time) member states of the European Union to elect 410 MEPs in the first international election in history. Voting in the nine European Community nations was staggered over four days, based on national preference for the day of the week for voting, and the first votes took place in Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. ; India's second orbiting satellite, Bhaskara-I, was launched from the Soviet Union as part of its Intercosmos program to gather Earth observation data. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had launched the first satellite designed and built in India, Aryabhata, on April 19, 1975; Bhaskara-I orbited earth for 10 years and re-entered the atmosphere in 1989. ; Egypt conducted its first multiparty parliamentary elections since 1952, when the monarchy

Prompt: When did the first election for the European Parliament take place?

Answer: 7th June, 1979


Context: Cardiff |  A third river, the Rhymney, flows through the east of the city directly into the Severn Estuary. Cardiff lies near the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, stretching westward from Penarth and Barry – commuter towns of Cardiff – with striped yellow-blue Jurassic limestone cliffs. The Glamorgan coast is the only part of the Celtic Sea with exposed Jurassic (blue lias) geology. This stretch of coast with its reefs, sandbanks and serrated cliffs was a ship graveyard; many ships sailing to Cardiff during the industrial era were wrecked on this hostile coastline during west/south-westerly gales. Smuggling, deliberate shipwrecking and attacks on ships were also common.

Prompt: Can you name the river that flows through Cardiff?

Answer: Taff Valley


Context: Marty Klein | " In a 2012 interview with Your Tango, Klein stated that in America, children are raised to have negative feelings about sex and their sexuality. In Europe most beaches are clothing optional, yet in America nudity on beaches is a crime. ""When children in the United States grow up learning that their sexuality is bad, when every institution that children have contact with reminds them that their sexuality is bad or dirty or shameful or dangerous — when those kids grow up to be adults, they carry those lessons with them. And one of the things those kids decide when they are adults is that 'if there's something "

Prompt: Who said sex is a bad thing it rumples the clothes?

Answer: Jackie O.


Context: Harry Potter |  Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people). Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, on 26 June 1997, the books have found immense popularity, positive reviews, and commercial success worldwide. They have attracted a wide adult audience as

Prompt: Who is the author of the 'Harry Potter' books?

Answer: J.K.Rowlings


Context: List of Capsicum cultivars | Capsicum annuum, which includes bell peppers, cayennes, Friggitello, jalapeños, paprika, and serrano. ; Capsicum annuum New Mexico Group, common name Hatch or Anaheim, which includes Big Jim, Chimayó, and Sandia peppers. ; Capsicum baccatum, which includes the South American varieties, such as ají amarillo, ají limón, and criolla sella. ; Capsicum chinense, which includes all of the Habaneros, Scotch Bonnets, Trinidad Scorpions, the Bhut Jolokia, and the Carolina Reaper. ; Capsicum frutescens, which includes the Tabasco pepper and many of the peppers grown in India; sometimes not distinguished as a species separate from C. annuum. ; Capsicum pubescens, which includes the Rocoto and Manzano pepper, are distinctive plants, having violet flowers, black seeds, and hairy dark green leaves, and grow as a large, multi-stemmed vine up to 5 meters long. There are perhaps fifty thousand Capsicum

Prompt: Anaheim, Bell, Hungarian Wax, Poblano, and Scotch Bonnet are all types of what?

Answer: Chili Pepper


Context: James Stockdale |  James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam. He had led aerial attacks from the carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. On his next deployment, while commander of Carrier Air Wing Sixteen aboard the carrier USS Oriskany (CV-34), his A-4 Skyhawk jet was shot down in North Vietnam on September 9, 1965. He served as President of the Naval War College from October 1977 until he retired from the Navy in 1979. As vice admiral, Stockdale was the president of The Citadel from 1979 to 1980. Stockdale was a candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1992 presidential election, on Ross Perot's independent ticket.

Prompt: December 23, 1923 was the birthday of Vice Admiral James Stockdale, one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the US Navy. He was also the running mate of what 1992 presidential candidate?

Answer: H Perot


Context: Action Man | " Action Man is an action figure launched in Britain in 1966 by Palitoy as a licensed copy of Hasbro's American ""movable fighting man"", G.I. Joe. Action Man was originally produced and sold in the United Kingdom and Australia by Palitoy Ltd of Coalville, Leicestershire from 1966 until 1984 (Palitoy also offered sub-licences to various toy manufacturers in various markets). The figure and accessories were originally based on the Hasbro (US) 1964 G.I. Joe figure (for 1966–1969 production). Hasbro's G.I. Joe figure was patented in 1966. Even the specific method of attaching the appendages was patented as a ""Connection for Use in Toy Figures"". "

Prompt: Known as Action Man in the UK, what 1964 Hasbro toy is responsible for the coining the phrase action figure?

Answer: Kung Fu Grip


Context: Denise Richards | " note struck by the game group of players."" In 2016, Glamour praised the film's female characters by describing Richards and Neve Campbell as ""two of the most well-rounded, fascinating, and exciting characters to ever grace the screen."" Richards was cast as the nuclear physicist Christmas Jones in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Though she considered her role ""brainy"", ""athletic"", and having depth of character, she was criticized as not credible in the role. Her outfit, which often comprised a low-cut tank top and tight shorts, elicited unfavorable comments. Richards stated that a lot of viewers ""made fun "

Prompt: Portrayed by Denise Richards, in which James Bond film, who you find the character Dr. Christmas Jones?

Answer: TWINE


Context: 2012 phenomenon | "  The idea that the year 2012 presaged a world cataclysm, the end of the world, or the end of human civilization, became a subject of popular media speculation as the date of 21 December 2012 approached. This idea was promulgated by many pages on the Internet, particularly on YouTube. The Discovery Channel was criticized for its ""quasi-documentaries"" about the subject that ""sacrifice[d] accuracy for entertainment""."

Prompt: 21st December, 2012, according to those of us who go in for this sort thing, is the date of the End Of The World. A faulty interpretation of which civilizations calendar system accounts for this?

Answer: Mayan, Iran


Context: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 15) | " Meldrick Lewis (Clark Johnson). Kirk Acevedo appeared as Eddie Garcia in ""October Surprise"", a childhood friend of ADA Rafael Barba (Raúl Esparza). Originally, Acevedo played District Attorney investigator Hector Salazar in the short-lived Law & Order spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury. He had made an appearance on SVU in the sixth season's TBJ-SVU crossover episode ""Night"". Tony Award winner Billy Porter guest starred in ""Dissonant Voices"" as singing coach and television personality Jackie Walker, who was accused of sexual abuse by his students. The X Factor season 2 contestant Carly Rose Sonenclar portrayed Grace Belsey in this episode. Ashanti, Clay Aiken and Taylor Hicks "

Prompt: Eddie, Lou, and Clancy are the face of law and order on what long running tv show?

Answer: Promulent


Context: 1937 in film |  The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Prompt: December 21, 1937 saw the premiere of what feature film, the first full length animated feature film?

Answer: Snowhite


Context: Frosty the Snowman (TV special) |  corporate executive whose spray product wipes out snow. ; The Legend of Frosty the Snowman – This 2005 straight-to-video film was produced by Classic Media, the previous rights holder for the original Rankin/Bass special, and the remainder of their pre-1974 library. This movie has been bundled with the original 1969 Rankin/Bass special and the CBS sequel and aired on Cartoon Network. The story features almost entirely new characters and there are some inconsistencies in continuity, but Frosty's appearance closely resembles the Rankin/Bass character design, and Professor Hinkle appears in a flashback cameo role. Frosty is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, best known as the voice of Patrick Star on SpongeBob SquarePants. Frosty returned in several sequels:

Prompt: According to the Rankin-Bass TV classic of the same name, who brought Frosty the Snowman back to life?


Context: Fez (hat) | "  The fez (fes, ), also called tarboosh (طربوش, derived from ), is a felt headdress in the shape of a short cylindrical peakless hat, usually red, and sometimes with a tassel attached to the top. The name ""Fez"" refers to the Moroccan city of Fez, where the dye to colour the hat was extracted from crimson berries. The modern fez owes much of its popularity to the Ottoman era. The Fez became a symbol of the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century. In 1827, Mahmud II mandated the Fez as a modern headdress for his new army, the Asakir-i Mansure-i Muhammediye. The decision was inspired by the Ottoman naval command, who had previously returned from the Maghreb having embraced the style. In 1829, Mahmud issued new regulations mandating use of the Fez by all civil and religious officials. The intention was to replace the turban, which acted as a marker of identity and so divided rather than unified the population. The fez was subsequently outlawed in Turkey in 1925 as part of Atatürk's Reforms."

Prompt: Fez is an African city which gives its name to a type of hat. In which country is it?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:MA


Context: Poopdeck Pappy |  Poopdeck Pappy is a fictional character featured in the Popeye (Thimble Theatre) comic strip and animated cartoon spinoffs. Created by E. C. Segar in 1936, the character is Popeye's father, who is between the ages of 85 and 99.

Prompt: Who was Poopdeck Pappys most famous son?

Answer: Popeye Cigarettes


Context: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (picture book) |  Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a 1997 retelling of Rudyard Kipling's classic story by Jerry Pinkney about a mongoose that protects a family from two cobras.

Prompt: In the Kipling story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the title character defends his adopted family from a pair of murderous cobras. What type of animal is Rikki?

Answer: Herpestidae


Context: January 1924 | Howard Carter and his work team discovered the stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in his tomb near Luxor, Egypt. ; The boxing-themed comedy film The Great White Way premiered at the Cosmopolitan Theatre in New York City. ; The German film New Year's Eve premiered.

Prompt: January 3, 1924 saw Howard Carter discover what famous Egyptian pharaoh?

Answer: King Tut


Context: Gibson Kalamazoo | " panel; and a vertical configuration with a wood finish slanted panel like the guitar amps. The final models were simply labeled ""Bass"" without a number. The last run was apparently solid state instead of tube driven. In its 1969 album Willy and the Poor Boys, the band Creedence Clearwater Revival's song ""Down on the Corner"" tells the story of a street corner band with hodge-podge instruments like a washboard, gut bass and kazoo. Also included is the line:  ""Poorboy twangs the rhythm out on his Kalamazoo"" a reference to the budget line of guitars that Gibson produced. The song peaked at #3 on the Hot 100 on 20 December 1969."

Prompt: What band is playing music for nickels in Creedence Clearwater Revival's hit "Down on the Corner"?

Answer: Willy & the Poorboys


Context: Poison |   In biology, poisons are substances that can cause death, injury or harm to organs, tissues, cells, and DNA usually by chemical reactions or other activity on the molecular scales, when an organism is exposed to a sufficient quantity. In a metaphorical broader use of term it may refer to any thing deemed harmful. The fields of medicine (particularly veterinary) and zoology often distinguish a poison from a toxin, and from a venom. Toxins are poisons produced by organisms in nature, and venoms are toxins injected by a bite or sting. The difference between venom and other poisons is the delivery method.

Prompt: What is the difference between venom and poison?

Answer: Poison is ingested or inhaled, while venom is injected


Context: Client (prostitution) |  they were outed (name and shame) on billboards which included photos and names. According to a study by Shared Hope International and Arizona State University, 21.6% of clients had professions commonly perceived as one of a position of authority or position of trust such as law enforcement, attorney or military personnel. In Canada, the average age of a client is between 38 and 42 years old who has purchased sex roughly 100 times over their lifetime. Roughly 70% have completed university or college and earn over 50,000 Canadian dollars a year. The clients of prostitutes in most countries are overwhelmingly male. The most common age cohort of clients in developing countries are vicenarians (those in their twenties).

Prompt: A vicenarian is what age range?

Answer: 20-29


Context: 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) | " Bowman and Dr. Frank Poole onboard, along with three other scientists in suspended animation. Most of Discoverys operations are controlled by ""HAL"", a HAL 9000 computer with a human personality. When HAL reports the imminent failure of an antenna control device, Bowman retrieves it in an extravehicular activity (EVA) pod but finds nothing wrong. HAL suggests reinstalling the device and letting it fail so the problem can be verified. Mission Control advises the astronauts that results from their twin 9000 computer indicate that HAL is in error about the reporting. HAL attributes the discrepancy to human error. Concerned about HAL's behaviour, Bowman "

Prompt: In 2001: A Space Odyssey, what was the name of the computer that took control of the spaceship Discovery?

Answer: AE-34 unit


Context: Royal Tobacco Factory |  of them at the peak in the 1880s before numbers began to decrease because of mechanization. Labor unrest was less common among the women than it had been among the men, though by no means was it unknown. There were revolts or strikes in 1838, 1842, and 1885, but none of them were sustained for more than a few days. With mechanization, the labor force reduced to 3,332 in 1906, about 2,000 in 1920, and by the 1940s only about 1,100. The title character of Bizet's opera Carmen is a cigarrera at the Royal Tobacco Factory. In his autobiography, published in 1915, Hiram Maxim wrote of a visit he made to the factory:

Prompt: What popular opera, penned by George Bizet, is a story about a female cigarette factory worker?

Answer: Les tringles des sistres tintaient


Context: History of North Carolina |  Protestants) from what is today Northern Ireland were the largest immigrant group from the British Isles to the colonies before the Revolution. In total, English indentured servants, who arrived mostly in the 17th and 18th centuries, comprised the majority of English settlers prior to the Revolution. On the eve of the American Revolution, North Carolina was the fastest-growing British colony in North America. The small family farms of Piedmont contrasted sharply with the plantation economy of the coastal region, where wealthy planters had established a slave society, growing tobacco and rice with slave labor. Differences in the settlement patterns of eastern and western North Carolina, or the low country and uplands, affected the political, economic, and social

Prompt: The capital of North Carolina was named for what famed 17th century English explorer and lover of tobacco?

Answer: Lord Walter Raleigh


Context: I, the Jury |  I, the Jury is the 1947 debut novel of American crime fiction writer Mickey Spillane, the first work to feature private investigator Mike Hammer.

Prompt: The 1947 novel "I, the Jury", by New York author Mickey Spillane, was the first to feature which famous detective?

Answer: Mike Hammer


Context: James Cook Collection: Australian Museum |  Captain Cook first visited the Hawaiian Islands on 18 January 1778 on his third voyage, and his ships spent three months there, mostly anchored off Kauai and Hawaii. Cook considered them his most important discovery for England, and named the group the Sandwich Islands after his patron Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty. The objects acquired reflect the fact that the Hawaiians initially treated Cook as a god and presented him with high status goods such as feathered capes, hats, ornaments and images. As this was a point of first contact between Europeans and Hawaiians, a thriving trade developed, and a large number of artefacts, mostly those that were carried or worn, were brought back to England. Hawaiian collections from

Prompt: January 18, 1778 saw Captain James Cook discover what island group, which he named the Sandwich Islands, in honor of his sponsor, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich?

Answer: Hawaiian ridge


Context: Stockholm syndrome |  An inversion of Stockholm syndrome, called Lima syndrome, has been proposed, in which abductors develop sympathy for their hostages. An abductor may also have second thoughts or experience empathy towards their victims. Lima syndrome was named after an abduction at the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru, in 1996, when members of a militant movement took hostage hundreds of people attending a party at the official residence of Japan's ambassador.

Prompt: Named after an abduction at the Japanese Embassy in a South American city in 1996, what syndrome, the opposite of the Stockholm Syndrome, is characterized by the abductors developing sympathy for their hostages?

Answer: Stockholmsyndrome


Context: It takes two to tango | " them [the Russians] and not any words to back them up. And we need some action that they — it takes two to tango — that they want to tango also."" Since that time, the tango metaphor has appeared regularly in the headline of the international press. The phrase has gained currency as a proverb in loan translation in other languages. This expression has become a familiar proverbial expression; and it has also found its way into American legal writing, as in: More generally in instances involving a dubious transaction, like a bribe, conventional wisdom in America and in the United Kingdom presumes that if one is guilty, both are."

Prompt: According to the proverb, it takes two to what?

Answer: Tango dance


Context: Wilhelm Röntgen |  Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. In honour of Röntgen's accomplishments, in 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named element 111, roentgenium, a radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes, after him. The unit of measurement roentgen was also named after him.

Prompt: By what name are Rontgen rays more commonly known?

Answer: Röntgen field


Context: 1892 in basketball | "January 15 – James Naismith's rules for basketball are published for the first time in the Springfield YMCA International Training School's newspaper, in an article titled ""A New Game."" ; January 20 – The first official basketball game is played in the YMCA gymnasium in Springfield, Massachusetts. ; March 11 – First basketball game played in public, between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA.  The final score was 5–1 in favor of the students, with the only goal for the faculty being scored by Amos Alonzo Stagg.  A crowd of 200 spectators watched the game. ; June 1 – Senda Berenson appointed athletic director at Smith College. "

Prompt: The Springfield, Mass YMCA saw the first game of what played on January 20, 1892, when 9 players ended the game with a 1-0 score?

Answer: Basketball


Context: Beetle Bailey |  Halftrack. He is most often simply a sounding-board for the general, reacting to his superior's shenanigans instead of causing his own. ; Private Julius Plewer—fastidious fussbudget, who eventually became Halftrack's chauffeur. ; Corporal Yo—the strip's first and only Asian character, introduced in 1990. Like Major Greenbrass' relationship to General Halftrack, Cpl. Yo is most often simply a conversation partner for Sarge or one of the lieutenants. He is rarely, if ever, shown to be goofing off like the rest of the enlisted men. ; Dr. Bonkus—Camp Swampy's loopy staff psychiatrist, whose own sanity is questionable. ; Sergeant 1st Class Louise Lugg—a tough soldier who

Prompt: What is the name of the Sergeant who constantly harasses the goldbricking Private Beetle Bailey in the comic strip of the same name?

Answer: Snorkle


Context: January 1933 | The day after Adolf Hitler and his coalition partners formed the new ministry, the Reichstag was dissolved and new elections were called for March 5. ; Died: John Galsworthy, 65, English novelist and playwright, famous for The Forsyte Saga; a month after receiving the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Prompt: January 18, 1936 saw the death of what English writer and youngest recipient of the Nobel prize in Literature, responsible for such classics as The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, Gunga Din, and If?

Answer: Joseph Rudyard Kipling


Context: Cattle |  Cattle, taurine cattle, Eurasian cattle, or European cattle (Bos taurus or Bos primigenius taurus) are large domesticated cloven-hooved herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. In taxonomy, adult females are referred to as cows and adult males are referred to as bulls. In colloquial speech however, cow is used as a common name for the species as a whole. Cattle are commonly raised as livestock for meat (beef or veal, see beef cattle), for milk (see dairy cattle), and for hides, which are used to make leather. They are used as riding animals and

Prompt: If cows are bovine and horses are equine, what type of animals are ursine?

Answer: Ursine


Context: West Side Story |  West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The members of the Sharks, from Puerto Rico, are taunted by the Jets, a white gang. The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang's leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of

Prompt: The Sharks face off against what gang in Leonard Bernsteins musical West Side Story?

Answer: J.E.T.S.


Context: Popeye |  Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years. The character has also appeared in theatrical and television animated cartoons. Segar's Thimble Theatre strip was in its 10th year when Popeye made his debut, but the one-eyed sailor quickly became the main focus of the strip, and Thimble Theatre became one of King Features' most popular properties during the 1930s. After Segar died in 1938, Thimble Theatre was continued by several writers and artists, most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf. The strip continues to appear in first-run installments in its Sunday edition, written and drawn by Hy Eisman. The daily strips are reprints of old Sagendorf

Prompt: January 17, 1929 saw the pride of Chester, Il, Elzie Segar debut what iconic cartoon character in a Thimble Theater strip?

Answer: Popeye Cigarettes


Context: 2nd United States Congress | December 15, 1791: The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified by the requisite number of states (then 11) to become part of the Constitution.

Prompt: The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution are collectively know as what?

Answer: Bill.of.Rights


Context: History of Apple Inc. | " it) as a means of saving humanity from ""conformity"" (Big Brother). These images were an allusion to George Orwell's noted novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, which described a dystopian future ruled by a televised ""Big Brother."" The commercial ended with the words: ""On January 24th, Apple Computer will introduce Macintosh. And you'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984.” On January 24, 1984, the Macintosh went on sale with a retail price of $2,495. It came bundled with two applications designed to show off its interface: MacWrite and MacPaint. On the same day, an emotional Jobs introduced the computer to a wildly enthusiastic audience at Apple's annual shareholders meeting held in the Flint Auditorium; Macintosh engineer Andy Hertzfeld described the "

Prompt: January 23 saw the anniversary of the introduction of the Apple Macintosh. In what year did this event happen?

Answer: 1984


Context: Twenty-eight (card game) | "Jacks = 3 points each ; Nines = 2 points each ; Aces = 1 point each ; Tens = 1 point each ; Other cards = (K, Q, 8, 7) no points 28 is usually played by four players in fixed partnerships, partners facing each other. 32 cards from a standard 52-card pack are used for play. There are eight cards in each of the usual ""French"" suits: hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades. The cards in every suit rank from high to low: J-9-A-10-K-Q-8-7. The aim of the game is to win tricks containing valuable cards. The total number of points in the deck is 28, hence the name of the game. The values of the cards are: "

Prompt: The rules for what card game state: A standard 52 card deck is used, with the cards in each suit ranking as usual from ace (high) down to two (low). Each heart is worth one penalty point and the queen of spades is worth 13 penalty points. The other cards have no value. The object is to avoid scoring points. On the first hand after a deal, each player any 3 cards to the person to their left. On the second hand, cards are passed to the right, across on the third hand, and no cards are passed on the fourth. The cycle continues. The person who holds the 2 of clubs must lead the first trick. The game continues until a player has scored 100 points.

Answer: Rickety Kate


Context: The Dukes of Hazzard |  The Dukes of Hazzard is an American action-comedy television series that was aired on CBS from January 26, 1979, to February 8, 1985. The show aired for 147 episodes spanning seven seasons. It was consistently among the top-rated television series in the late 1970s (at one point, ranking second only to Dallas, which immediately followed the show on CBS's Friday night schedule). The show is about two young male cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, who live in rural Georgia and are on probation for moonshine-running. The young men and their friends and their female cousin Daisy Duke, and other family (such as patriarch Uncle Jesse), have various escapades as they evade the corrupt law officers Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. The young men drive a customized 1969 Dodge Charger nicknamed the General Lee, which became a symbol of the show. The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, about a bootlegger family which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts. The show was the basis for a film of the same title in 2005.

Prompt: The Dukes of Hazzard, the CBS TV series that debuted on Jan 26, 1979, featured the exploits of which 2 cousins, all under the watchful eye of their Uncle Jesse?

Answer: Bo and Luke Duke


Context: Maxwell House | " In 1915, Cheek-Neal began using a ""Good to the last drop"" slogan to advertise their Maxwell House Coffee. For several years, the ads made no claim of Theodore Roosevelt being the originator of the phrase. The company was then sold to General Foods which took over the Maxwell House brand. By the 1930s, the company was running advertisements that claimed that the former president had taken a sip of Maxwell House Coffee on a visit to Andrew Jackson's estate, The Hermitage, near Nashville on October 21, 1907, and when served the coffee, he proclaimed it to be ""good to the last drop"". During this time, Coca-Cola also used the slogan ""Good to the last drop"". Later, Maxwell House distanced itself from its original claim, admitting that the slogan was written "

Prompt: Allegedly coined by one Theodore Roosevelt, what product advertised itself with the slogan "Good to the last drop"?

Answer: Good to the last drop


Context: Women in space |  Payload Specialist Christa McAuliffe and mission specialist Judith Resnik became the first women to die on a space mission when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than 2 minutes after launch with the loss of all hands. In the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster the crew was lost on re-entry, including mission specialists Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark.

Prompt: Killing both the second US female astronaut in space, Judith Resnik, and the first participant in the Teacher in Space project, what NSA shuttle was lost on January 28, 1986?

Answer: Challenger


Context: The Ballad of Jed Clampett | " During the original run of The Beverly Hillbillies, special lyrics were inserted into the beginning theme, advertising regular sponsors such as Kellogg's cereals and Winston cigarettes. ""Weird Al"" Yankovic merged the first two stanzas of the Ballad with the instrumentals to the Dire Straits song ""Money for Nothing"" for his 1989 single ""Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*"", which was composed for his movie UHF. During the late 1970s, the television series Saturday Night Live featured a spoof of the Beverly Hillbillies as a skit about a wealthy family from an oil-rich Mideastern country relocating to Southern California. The theme song for the skit was termed ""The Bel-Arabs."" During "

Prompt: In the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies, by what names is the oil discovered by Jed Clampett known?

Answer: Black gold and Texas tea


Context: Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) |  allow drainage, injection of fluids, or access by surgical instruments. Prior to the mid 18th-century, catheters were made of wood or stiffened animal skins which were not conducive to navigating the anatomical curvature of the human urethra. Extending his inventiveness to his family's medical problems, Benjamin Franklin invented the flexible catheter in 1752 when his brother John suffered from bladder stones. Dr. Franklin's flexible catheter was made of metal with segments hinged together in order for a wire enclosed inside to increase rigidity during insertion. Also known as the glass harmonica or glass armonica, Benjamin Franklin invented a musical instrument in 1761, an arrangement of glasses

Prompt: Which 18th century polymath invented the lightning rod, the flexible urinary catheter, and coined the phrase 'time is money'?

Answer: A Tradesman of Philidelphia


Context: United States Marshals Service |   The Marshals Service is responsible for apprehending wanted fugitives, providing protection for the federal judiciary, transporting federal prisoners, protecting endangered federal witnesses, and managing assets seized from criminal enterprises. The Marshals Service is responsible for 55.2% of arrests of federal fugitives. Between 1981 and 1985, the Marshals Service conducted Fugitive Investigative Strike Team operations to jump-start fugitive capture in specific districts. In 2012, U.S. marshals captured over 36,000 federal fugitives and cleared over 39,000 fugitive warrants. The Marshals Service also executes all lawful writs, processes, and orders issued under the authority of the United States, and shall command all necessary assistance

Prompt: Which branch of the US federal police, the oldest, is charged with court security, prisoner transport, serving arrest warrants and seeking fugitives?

Answer: U.S. Marshals Service


Context: Wooden toy train | " Orel filed U.S. patent #2847798 in 1956 and was granted the patent for his ""snap coupling"" system two years later. He describes how the track could be rotated to create a ""rail"" and a ""road"" side in U.S. patent #3013726 submitted in 1960 and granted in 1961. This is similar to the idea that Learning Curve later used for their ""Thomas & Friends"" range. He also submitted a patent for magnetic couplings in 1958. This patent was granted in 1960. It may have been the earliest attempt to use magnets with a wooden toy train system. Production stopped in the mid-1960s and the company disappeared from the toy market."

Prompt: 28th January, 1958, saw the patenting of "moderately famous" toy, made possible by a unique stud-and-tube coupling system?

Answer: Lego AT-AP


Context: Outline of Earth sciences |  Mineral physics – The science of materials that compose the interior of planets ; Paleontology – Scientific study of prehistoric life ; Palynology – The study of dust ; Petrology – The branch of geology that studies the origin, composition, distribution and structure of rocks ; Physical geodesy – The study of the physical properties of the Earth's gravity field ; Sedimentology – The study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed ; Seismology – The scientific study of earthquakes and propagation of elastic waves through a planet ; Paleoseismology – The study of earthquakes that happened in the past ; Stratigraphy – The study of rock layers and their formation ; Volcanology – The study of volcanoes, lava, magma and associated phenomena

Prompt: What ology is the scientific study of the structure of Earth?

Answer: Physical geology


Context: Western Canada |  Western Canada consists of the country's four westernmost provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It covers 2.9 million square kilometres – almost 29% of Canada's land area. British Columbia adjoins the Pacific Ocean to the west, while Manitoba has a coastline on Hudson Bay in its northeast of the province. Both Alberta and Saskatchewan are landlocked between British Columbia and Manitoba. The Canadian Prairies are part of a vast sedimentary plain covering much of Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and southwestern Manitoba. The prairies form a significant portion of the land area of Western Canada. The plains generally describes the expanses of largely flat, arable agricultural land which sustain extensive grain farming operations in the southern part of the provinces. Despite this, some areas such as the Cypress Hills and Alberta Badlands are quite hilly

Prompt: What Canadian province lies between British Columbia and Saskatchewan?

Answer: Albertans


Context: Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1984–85 | "Appearances: Billy Crystal played a parody of Fernando Lamas as the character Fernando, who would interview various celebrities, often confusing them with someone else (e.g. confusing actor Johnny Yune for football player Johnny Unitas). During each interview he would say, ""You look mahvelous"", and frequently the sketch would end with, ""It's better to look good than to feel good."" Debuted November 3, 1984. "

Prompt: Which Saturday Night Live cast member was known for his "You look… mahvelous!" send up of Argentinian born actor Fernando Lamas?

Answer: Billy crystal


Context: New York Yankees |  retired in Major League Baseball history. Beneath the numbers are plaques with the names of the players and a descriptive paragraph. The number 42 was retired throughout Major League Baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson on April 15, 1997, the 50th anniversary of his breaking the color barrier. The day was declared Jackie Robinson Day, and was later observed by all of baseball, with select players from every team wearing the number 42. Players who wore No. 42 at the time were allowed to continue to wear it until they left the team with which they played on April 15, 1997; Mariano Rivera was the last active player covered under that grandfather clause. While other

Prompt: Every major league baseball team has retired the number 42, in honor of what player who was born on January 31, 1919?

Answer: Jack Roosevelt %22Jackie%22 Robinson


Context: Robert Corn-Revere | " The Trials of Lenny Bruce, by Ronald Collins and David Skover. Beginning in 2004, Corn-Revere successfully defended CBS Television and Viacom in an FCC proceeding resulting from the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy, the so-called ""wardrobe malfunction"" during the half time show with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake. The FCC imposed a then-record fine of $550,000 under its broadcast indecency rules, but the penalty was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. After a second trip to the Third Circuit, where the fine was again struck down, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in "

Prompt: Commonly known as nipplegate, whose wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl 38 half time show earned a record $550,000 FCC fine?

Answer: Janet Jackson's New Album


Context: We Didn't Know | infobox name: We Didn't Know ; cover: WhitneyHouston_StevieWonder_WeDidntKnow.jpg ; type: single ; artist: Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder ; album: I'm Your Baby Tonight ; released: April 14, 1992 ; recorded: November 1989 ; genre: R&B · soul · funk · new jack swing ; length: 5:32 (album version) ; 4:26 (album edit) ; label: Arista ; writer: Stevie Wonder ; producer: Stevie Wonder Vincent Herbert · Klyamma Griffin (remix) ; chronology: Whitney Houston ; prev_title: I Belong to You ; prev_year: 1991 ; next_title: I Will Always Love You ; next_year: 1992

Prompt: Name the artist and title of this 1992 one-hit-wonder output: "I'm a model you know what I mean. And I do my little turn on the catwalk. Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah. I do my little turn on the catwalk'

Answer: I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred


Context: Super Bowl |  The Buffalo Bills played in a record four consecutive Super Bowls, losing in each. The Patriots and Broncos are tied for the most Super Bowl losses (five). The Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans are the four teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl, although the Browns and Lions won NFL Championships before the merger. The Jaguars, established in 1995, are officially the third-youngest NFL franchise (along with the Carolina Panthers) and the Texans, established in 2002, are the youngest. The Browns were also reactivated as an expansion franchise in 1999 after the team's 1996 personnel became the Baltimore Ravens.

Prompt: As of today, name the 5 NFL teams that have never actually played in a super bowl?

Answer: New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans