Context: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | " as either funny, or as gaffes: awkward, politically incorrect, or even offensive, but sometimes perceived as stereotypical of someone of his age and background. In an address to the General Dental Council in 1960, he jokingly coined a new word for his blunders: ""Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, a science which I have practised for a good many years."" Later in life, he suggested his comments may have contributed to the perception that he was ""a cantankerous old sod"". During a state visit to China in 1986, in a private conversation with British students from Xi'an's Northwest University, Philip "

Prompt: Which nonagenarian is one of the foremost exponents of dontopedalogy?

Answer: HRH Prince Philip


Context: 2009 World Snooker Championship | Michaela Tabb made history by becoming the first woman to referee a World Snooker Championship final. ; This was the first final contested by two former world champions since 2003, when Mark Williams defeated Ken Doherty 18–16. ; After the first session ended all-square at 4–4, John Higgins opened up an 11–5 lead over Shaun Murphy, winning the second session 7–1. After the third session, Higgins led 16–8, having won that session 5–3. ; The second frame of the fourth session was Higgins's 1000th frame in the Crucible Theatre. ; The fourth and final session lasted only three frames before John Higgins defeated Shaun Murphy 18–9. In doing so, Higgins became only the ninth player to lift the trophy more than twice, and only the sixth player to have won more than two titles in the modern era (Ray Reardon, John Spencer, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan being the others). ; By winning the title two weeks before his 34th birthday, Higgins became the oldest World Snooker Champion since 36-year-old Dennis Taylor in 1985.

Prompt: In 2009, who became the first woman to referee the World Snooker Championship final?

Answer: Michaela Tabb


Context: 2014 Ryder Cup |  Tom Watson was named the USA team captain on 13 December 2012. At 65 he became the oldest Ryder Cup captain; a record previously held by J.H. Taylor who was 62 when he captained the Great Britain team in 1933. Previously the oldest United States captain had been Sam Snead who was 57 when he was captain in 1969. Paul McGinley was named the Europe team captain on 15 January 2013. He was the first Irishman to captain the Ryder Cup side. McGinley had previously always been on the winning side in the Ryder Cup; as a player in 2002, 2004 and 2006 and as a vice-captain in 2010 and 2012.

Prompt: Who was captain of the US team for the 2014 Ryder Cup?

Answer: Tommy Watson


Context: Turnberry (golf course) | " Donald Trump purchased the hotel and golf courses from Leisurecorp in 2014 for $60 million, and the resort was renamed Trump Turnberry. Trump resigned his directorship of the companies which own Trump Turnberry in 2017, just before he was inaugurated as President of the United States, and passed control to his sons Donald Jr and Eric. The Trump Organization claims to have spent about two hundred million dollars on renovating the course; $18m were accounted for in 2016. Donald Trump remains the owner of Golf Recreation Scotland, which in turn owns SLC Turnberry. Financing for Trump's golf courses came under scrutiny in the Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Glenn Simpson testified before Congress that ""enormous amounts of capital [was] flowing into these projects from unknown sources "

Prompt: Which US property tycoon bought Turnberry Golf Course in April?

Answer: Donald J. Trump Sr.


Context: James Burge | """Sir John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey"" by Geoffrey Robertson guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 January 2009 ; ""BBC Four Film and Drama"", Rumpole of the Bailey "

Prompt: Who created Rumpole of the Bailey?

Answer: John Mortimer QC


Context: Teddy Bears' Picnic | " later a television series called The Secret World of Benjamin Bear. ; Teddy Bears' Picnic Day is July 10. ; The track ""Gruntilda's Lair"" from the video game Banjo-Kazooie is inspired by the melody. ; The semi-final of the 2021 Bake Off: The Professionals (UK; Channel 4) had “Teddy Bear’s Picnic” as the theme for the final ShowPiece Challange ; The song was used in a 2021 episode of American animated comedy series Family Guy. It was used in Season 20's fifth episode ""Brief Encounter"", when Doug sneaks into Stewie's bedroom to ""murder"" a stuffed monkey named ""Chi-Chi"" given to him by Lois. ; An upcoming soundtrack from the video game Dark Deception, named ""Trigger Teddy Picnic"", is based on the melody. "

Prompt: What day did the Teddy Bears have their picnic?

Answer: Today's the day the……


Context: List of UK top-ten singles in 2001 | " remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. Seventy-three artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2001. Blue, Daniel Bedingfield, Linkin Park, Nelly Furtado and Outkast were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2001. The 2000 Christmas number-one, ""Can We Fix It?"" by Bob the Builder (voiced by Neil Morrissey and the theme song from the children's television series), remained at number-one for the first week of 2001. The first new number-one single of the year was ""Touch Me"" by Rui da Silva. Overall, thirty-one different singles peaked at number-one in 2001, with Atomic Kitten, Blue, Bob the Builder, Robbie Williams, S Club 7, Shaggy and Westlife (all 2) having the most singles hit that position."

Prompt: Which UK band had 2 top ten singles in the same week in 2001?

Answer: Manic Street Preachers


Context: Curaçao and Dependencies |  The Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (Kolonie Curaçao en onderhorigheden; Kolonia di Kòrsou i dependensianan) was a Dutch colony in the Caribbean Sea from 1815 until 1828 and from 1845 until 1954. Between 1936 and 1948, the area was officially known as the Territory of Curaçao (Dutch: Gebiedsdeel Curaçao; Papiamento: Teritorio di Kòrsou), and after 1948 as the Netherlands Antilles. With the proclamation of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 15 December 1954, the Netherlands Antilles attained equal status with the Netherlands proper and Suriname in the new Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Prompt: Curacao was a colony of which country?

Answer: NETHERLANDS


Context: Ipswich River | 1) of North Reading and the town of Lynnfield ; 2) of Middleton and the city of Peabody ; 3) of Middleton and the town of Danvers, and ; 4) the town of Boxford and the Town of Topsfield. Ipswich River is a small river in northeastern Massachusetts, United States. It held significant importance in early colonial migrations inland from the ocean port of Ipswich. The river provided safe harborage at offshore Plum Island Sound to early Massachusetts subsistence farmers, who were also fishermen. A part of the river forms town boundaries and divides Essex County, Massachusetts on the coast from the more inland Middlesex County. It is 35 mi long, and its watershed is approximately 155 sqmi, with an estimated population in the area of 160,000 people. Historically, the settlement of Essex County began at the oldest community there,

Prompt: On which river does Ipswich stand?

Answer: Orwell (disambiguation)


Context: The Producers (1967 film) | " Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel) was once the toast of Broadway, but is now an aging, fraudulent, corruptible, and greedy Broadway producer who ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence romancing lascivious, wealthy elderly women in exchange for money for a ""next play"" that may never be produced. Accountant Leopold ""Leo"" Bloom (Gene Wilder), a nervous young man prone to hysterics, arrives at Max's office to audit his accounts and discovers a $2,000 discrepancy in the accounts of Max's last play. Max persuades Leo to hide the relatively minor fraud, and while shuffling numbers, Leo has a revelation—a producer can make a lot more money with a flop than a hit by overselling shares in "

Prompt: Which play is featured in the film The Producers?

Answer: Springtime for Hitler


Context: Garlic |  Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to Central Asia and northeastern Iran and has long been a common seasoning worldwide, with a history of several thousand years of human consumption and use. It was known to ancient Egyptians and has been used as both a food flavoring and a traditional medicine. China produces 76% of the world's supply of garlic.

Prompt: Of what family are Onion, garlic, shallot, leek and chive?

Answer: Raphione


Context: Cathy Freeman | " She joined with actress Deborah Mailman on a road trip, a four-part television documentary series Going Bush (2006) where the pair set off on a journey from Broome to Arnhem Land spending time with Indigenous communities along the way. In 2008, Freeman participated in Who Do You Think You Are? and discovered that her mother was of Chinese and English heritage as well as Aboriginal. As a result of a 1917 Queensland policy that Aborigines could serve in the military if they had a European parent, her paternal great-grandfather, Frank Fisher served in the 11th Light Horse Regiment during World War I. On her right arm, the side closest to the spectators on an athletics track, she had the words ""Cos I'm free"" tattooed midway between her shoulder and elbow."

Prompt: What word refers to an extended trip through the Bush, taken by an aborigine?

Answer: Walkabout (Bar)


Context: Cherie Blair |  Cherie Blair (born 23 September 1954), also known professionally as Cherie Booth, is an English barrister and writer. She is married to Tony Blair, who was the British prime minister from 1997 to 2007.

Prompt: What was journalist Richard Littlejohn's nickname for Cherie Blair?

Answer: Wicked witch


Context: Cycle polo |  The UK based Pukka Chukkas won the 2012 Acumen Energy Bicycle Polo Cup held at Tiger Tops Karnali on the fringes of the Bardia National Park in Nepal, beating EFG Switzerland in a thrilling final in front of a crowd of over 5,000. The bicycles used in the tournament were donated to local schools and social clubs, and money was raised for the prevention and cure of elephant tuberculosis.

Prompt: What was unusual about a polo world cup tournament held in Nepal in 2012?

Answer: Rode on ELEPHANTS


Context: Daily Herald (United Kingdom) |  The Daily Herald was a British daily newspaper, published in London from 1912 to 1964 (although it was weekly during the First World War). It was published in the interest of the labour movement and supported the Labour Party. It underwent several changes of management before ceasing publication in 1964, when it was relaunched as The Sun, in its pre-Murdoch form.

Prompt: A British newspaper was relaunched as 'The Sun' in 1964. What was its name prior to that?

Answer: Daily Herald (disambiguation)


Context: LGBT rights protests surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics | " and on-stage personas (live appearances often featured the singers kissing each other), their name is a corruption of a shortened Russian phrase meaning ""this girl loves that girl"", and the duo made a statement in support of LGBT rights in the wake of Yuri Luzhkov's objection to the 2007 Moscow Pride parade. Organizers noted that t.A.T.u were chosen because they were well known to an international audience, denying any relation to the LGBT movement. ; (7 February 2014) During the opening ceremony IOC president Thomas Bach made a speech which made strong statements against discrimination: ""Yes, Yes, it is possible – "

Prompt: When people talk about LGBT rights, what does the 'T' represent?

Answer: Hegirl


Context: Mandibular fracture |  A compound fracture is one that communicates with the external environment. In the case of mandibular fractures, communication may occur through the skin of the face or with the oral cavity. Mandibular fractures that involve the tooth-bearing portion of the jaw are by definition compound fractures, because there is at least a communication via the periodontal ligament with the oral cavity and with more displaced fractures there may be frank tearing of the gingival and alveolar mucosa.

Prompt: What is the chief defining characteristic of a compound fracture?

Answer: Broken BONE PIERCES SKIN


Context: Hawley Harvey Crippen |  Hawley Harvey Crippen (September 11, 1862 – November 23, 1910), usually known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser. He was hanged in Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of his wife Cora Henrietta Crippen. Crippen was one of the first criminals to be captured with the aid of wireless telegraphy.

Prompt: Harvey was one of Dr. Crippen's first names. What was the other?

Answer: Hawley


Context: Erith Island |  Erith Island, the second largest island in the Kent Group, is a densely vegetated and unpopulated 323 ha granite island with steep slopes, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. The island is contained within the Kent Group National Park, Tasmania's northernmost national park, which was gazetted in 2002. Erith was highly modified for cattle grazing and is mainly covered by exotic pasture. Grazing ended with the acquisition of the lease in 1997 by the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, which subsequently relinquished it to the Tasmanian Government for incorporation in the national park.

Prompt: Which island in Kent is the second largest of England's isles?

Answer: Shurland Hall


Context: Electric battery |  Italian physicist Alessandro Volta built and described the first electrochemical battery, the voltaic pile, in 1800. This was a stack of copper and zinc plates, separated by brine-soaked paper disks, that could produce a steady current for a considerable length of time. Volta did not understand that the voltage was due to chemical reactions. He thought that his cells were an inexhaustible source of energy, and that the associated corrosion effects at the electrodes were a mere nuisance, rather than an unavoidable consequence of their operation, as Michael Faraday showed in 1834. Although early batteries were of great value for experimental purposes, in practice their voltages fluctuated and they could not provide a large current for a sustained period. The Daniell cell, invented in

Prompt: Which Italian demonstrated the first modern electric battery?

Answer: Alessandro, Count Volta


Context: New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition |  It contains all the canonical books of Scripture accepted by the Catholic Church arranged in the traditional Catholic order. Thus, all the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament are returned to their traditional Catholic order: the books of Tobit and Judith are placed between Nehemiah and Esther, the books of 1 Maccabees and 2 Maccabees are placed immediately after Esther, the books of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) are placed after the Song of Songs, and the book of Baruch (including the Letter of Jeremiah as Baruch chapter 6) is placed after Lamentations. The deuterocanonical additions to the Hebrew books of Esther and Daniel are included at their proper places in these protocanonical books: the Greek additions to Esther are interspersed in the Hebrew form of Esther according to the Septuagint, while the additions to Daniel are placed within chapter 3 and as chapters 13 and 14 of Daniel. The apocryphal books (that is, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, the Prayer of Manasseh, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, and Psalm 151) are not included in the NRSV-CE. There are no other significant changes in the text.

Prompt: Which family's name appears in the title of the last two books of the Catholic edition?

Answer: Makkabaioi


Context: Captain Pugwash |  Captain Pugwash's fearsome arch-enemy, captain of the Flying Dustman (a pun on the Flying Dutchman combined with a reference to the occupation of dustman). When he is not scheming to bring about Pugwash's downfall, he is a rather more competent pirate than his enemy, and always seems to have plenty of treasure. He speaks with a stereotypical West Country accent, and is easily recognisable by his eye patch and enormous black beard.

Prompt: Captain of the Flying Dustman, what was the name of Captain Pugwash's mortal enemy?

Answer: Cut-throat Jake


Context: Convex curve | " Any straight line L divides the Euclidean plane into two half-planes whose union is the entire plane and whose intersection is L. We say that a curve C ""lies on one side of L"" if it is entirely contained in one of the half-planes. A plane curve is called convex if it lies on one side of each of its tangent lines. In other words, a convex curve is a curve that has a supporting line through each of its points."

Prompt: "What ""C"" is a name given to any straight line that joins two places on a curve?"

Answer: Chord


Context: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics |  Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics took place at the Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won gold for Great Britain, receiving twelve perfect scores (6.0) for artistic impression in the free dance segment of the ice dance competition, a feat that was never matched.

Prompt: In which Winter Olympics city did Torville and Dean win gold in 1984?

Answer: Saraievo


Context: Mr. Tickle |  Mr. Tickle is the first book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves, which was published on 10 August 1971. The character of the story was originally based on a question by his son, Adam Hargreaves, who asked him what a tickle would look like; the claim of which is currently being disputed. Adam Hargreaves said that it was one of his most impossible questions, as said in the show 50 Years of Mr. Men. Mr. Tickle is an orange Mr. Man who has long, bendy arms and a small blue hat.

Prompt: "Roger Hargreaves was once asked ""what does a tickle look like?"" Which books followed?"

Answer: 'Mr Men' books


Context: Geography of Dorset |   Chesil Beach is a barrier beach on the southwest coast of the county. It is 29 km long and stretches between West Bay and the Isle of Portland, although the name Chesil Beach is often only applied to the stretch south-east of Abbotsbury, where it is separated from the land behind it by the large body of brackish water called The Fleet. Chesil Beach is composed of shingle and pebbles which are graded in size from the smallest particles in the west to the largest in the east.

Prompt: In which county would you find Chesil Beach?

Answer: County of Dorset


Context: Noah | " After the flood, the Bible says that Noah became a farmer and he planted a vineyard. He drank wine made from this vineyard, and got drunk; and lay ""uncovered"" within his tent. Noah's son Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his brothers, which led to Ham's son Canaan being cursed by Noah. As early as the Classical era, commentators on Genesis 9:20–21 have excused Noah's excessive drinking because he was considered to be the first wine drinker; the first person to discover the effects of wine. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, and a Church Father, wrote in the 4th century that Noah's behavior is "

Prompt: Who was the first person in the bible to get drunk?

Answer: Noah (Hebrew Bible)


Context: Celebrity Big Brother (British series 13) | " Evander Holyfield is a retired American professional boxer. He is a former Undisputed World Champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname ""The Real Deal"". He also represented the U.S. in the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1984 Summer Olympics, winning silver and bronze medals respectively. He entered the house on Day 1, handcuffed to Luisa Zissman. On Day 2, Evander received a formal warning from Big Brother, after he said that gay people are not normal and can be fixed, during a conversation with Luisa. Ofcom later announced that they may launch an inquiry over Holyfield's comments. He and Luisa were released from their handcuffs on Day 3, but since they lost the immunity tasks, the two were automatically put up for the first eviction. Evander became the first housemate to be evicted from the house on Day 8, following a twist which involved Casey and Lee deciding who would be evicted out of him and Luisa."

Prompt: Which ex-World Heavyweight Champion boxer signed up for Celebrity Big Brother 2014?

Answer: Evander Hollyfield


Context: Honduras |  In 1969, Honduras and El Salvador fought what became known as the Football War. Border tensions led to acrimony between the two countries after Oswaldo López Arellano, the president of Honduras, blamed the deteriorating Honduran economy on immigrants from El Salvador. The relationship reached a low when El Salvador met Honduras for a three-round football elimination match preliminary to the World Cup. Tensions escalated and on 14 July 1969, the Salvadoran army invaded Honduras. The Organization of American States (OAS) negotiated a cease-fire which took effect on 20 July and brought about a withdrawal of Salvadoran troops in early August. Contributing factors to the conflict were a boundary dispute and

Prompt: What provoked the war between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969?

Answer: A Football Match


Context: List of Carry On films cast members |  played, among others, the put-upon husband (Camping), the barking sergeant (Up the Khyber) and lusty doctor (Matron). Additionally, he appeared in two of the four Carry On Christmas TV specials. He also filmed a scene for At Your Convenience as union big-wig Mr Allcock, which was not used in the finished film. ; Leslie Phillips (born 1924) (4) appeared in three early films – Nurse, Teacher and Constable – after which he left the series only to return 32 years later for Columbus as the King of Spain. The following actors are considered to be the core members of the Carry On team:

Prompt: Which ex-Dr Who appeared in four Carry On films?

Answer: John Pertwee


Context: Smashing Time |  the party Brenda meets Tom, who asks her out to dinner. The restaurant does not seem to serve any food and has a barber-shop theme, being named Sweeny Todd's. A custard-pie fight starts at the party and spreads to the streets. Yvonne (in Nell Gwynne garb) is blamed for starting the pie fight and fired. The girls watch a Candid Camera-style TV show on a television in a shop window entitled You Can't Stop Laughing in which an old lady's house is demolished as a joke. The girls wander on to the set and Yvonne inexplicably wins a cheque for £10,000. She decides to

Prompt: The thoroughfare where fictional Sweeny Todd had his barber shop?

Answer: Fleet Street


Context: Noddy, Toyland Detective |  Noddy, Toyland Detective (French: Oui-Oui, Enquêtes au Pays des Jouets) is a computer animated series featuring the character Noddy created by Enid Blyton. The series was produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and Gaumont Animation. Commissioned by France Télévisions, it premiered on March 26, 2016, on the platform Zouzous, and aired on France 5, on April 2, 2016.

Prompt: Which kiddies story book character is called Oui Oui in France?

Answer: Noddy


Context: Who's on First? | "  ""Who's on First?"" is a comedy routine made famous by American comedy duo Abbott and Costello. The premise of the sketch is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team for Costello. However, the players' names can simultaneously serve as the basis for questions (e.g., ""Who is the first baseman?"") and responses (e.g., ""The first baseman's name is ""Who.""), leading to repeated misinterpretations and growing frustration between the performers."

Prompt: Which duo are associated with the classic comedy routine "Who's on First"?

Answer: Abbott and costello


Context: List of Open All Hours characters | " Nurse Gladys Emmanuel is a fictional character played by Lynda Baron in the British sitcoms Open All Hours and  Still Open All Hours. Gladys is a district nurse (midwife in the first series) who lives opposite the shop with her elderly mother. She is informally engaged to Arkwright but feels unable to go through with the wedding due to caring for her mother. Gladys can be short-tempered with Arkwright due to his miserly ways and mistreatment of Granville, but she does show concern for their welfare. By the events of Still Open All Hours, Gladys reveals that she and Arkwright didn't marry before his death, joking that he died ""to save the cost of the church""."

Prompt: Who played Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, Arkwright's love interest in Open All Hours?

Answer: Lynda Baron


Context: Annie Wilkes |  to fear that he is Wilkes' next victim. Sheldon doesn't know it, but Wilkes has known all along that he has been sneaking around her house. This sets off one of the film's most infamous scenes, in which she breaks his ankles with a sledgehammer to stop him from escaping. In the book, she chops off his foot with an axe and cauterizes it with a blowtorch and later cuts off one of his thumbs with an electric knife when he complains about a missing letter on his typewriter (neither of these things happen in the film). In the book, Wilkes brutally murders a Colorado state trooper who

Prompt: In which film does psychopath Annie Wilkes wield a sledgehammer to horrific effect?

Answer: Misery (disambiguation)


Context: Deaths in June 2014 |  and attorney. ; Francis Matthews, 86, English film and television actor (Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Paul Temple, Heartbeat). ; Jamie McEwan, 61, American Olympic bronze medallist slalom canoeist (1972). ; Ivor Mendonca, 79, Guyanese cricketer (West Indies), throat and prostate cancer. ; Terry Richards, 81, British actor and stuntman (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Princess Bride). ; James E. Rogers, 75, American educator and media owner (KSNV-DT, IWCC), Chancellor of Nevada System of Higher Education (2005–2009), cancer. ; Telangana Shakuntala, 63, Indian film and stage actress, cardiac arrest. ; Seymour Slive, 93, American art historian. ; Rodney Thomas, 41, American football player (Texas A&M Aggies, Tennessee Titans), heart attack. ; Maria Wonenburger, 86, Spanish mathematician.

Prompt: Which actor, who died in June 2014, provided the voice of Captain Scarlet?

Answer: Frances Matthews


Context: Red Headed Stranger | " Red Headed Stranger is the 18th studio album by American outlaw country singer Willie Nelson, released in 1975. Following the success of his recordings with Atlantic Records, coupled with the negotiating skills of his manager, Neil Reshen, Nelson signed a contract with Columbia Records, the label that gave him total creative control over his works. The concept for the album was inspired by the ""Tale of the Red Headed Stranger"", a song that Nelson used to play as a disc jockey on his program in Fort Worth, Texas. After signing with Columbia, he decided to record the song, and arranged the details during his return to Austin, Texas, from a trip to Colorado. It was recorded at low cost at Autumn Sound Studios in Garland, Texas. The songs featured sparse arrangements, largely "

Prompt: Which country singer released the 1975 concept album Red Headed Stranger?

Answer: Willie Hugh Nelson


Context: Songs of Innocence and of Experience | " Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases: a few first copies were printed and illuminated by Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. Blake was also a painter before the creation of Songs of Innocence and Experience and had painted such subjects as Oberon, Titania, and Puck dancing with fairies. ""Innocence"" and ""Experience"" are definitions of consciousness that rethink Milton's existential-mythic states of ""Paradise"" and ""Fall"". Often, interpretations of this collection centre around a mythical dualism, where ""Innocence"" represents the ""unfallen world"" and ""Experience"" represents the ""fallen world"". Blake categorizes our modes of perception that tend to coordinate with a "

Prompt: Who produced the illustrated collection of poems Songs of Innocence and Experience?

Answer: W. Blake


Context: The Crucible | " The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists. Miller was questioned by the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities in 1956 and convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to identify others present at meetings he had attended. The play was first performed at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway on January 22, 1953, starring E. G. Marshall, Beatrice Straight and Madeleine Sherwood. Miller felt that this production was too stylized and cold, and the reviews for it were largely hostile (although The New York Times noted ""a powerful play [in a] driving performance""). The production won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play. A year later a new production succeeded and the play became a classic. It is regarded as a central work in the canon of American drama."

Prompt: What is the historical subject matter of Arthur Miller's 1953 play The Crucible?

Answer: Salem Witch Trials Memorial


Context: Giant Haystacks | " Martin Austin Ruane (10 October 1946 – 29 November 1998) was an English professional wrestler of Irish parentage. Best known by the ring name Giant Haystacks he was one of the best-known wrestlers on the British wrestling scene in the 1970s and 1980s. He also worked in both Canada and the United States under the name ""Loch Ness Monster"" or simply ""Loch Ness"". Ruane was known for his massive physical size, billed as standing 6ft 11in tall and weighing from 31 stone (434 lb; 196 kg) at the beginning of his career to 48 stone (672 lb; 304 kg) by the end of it; at his heaviest, he weighed 49 stone 13 lb (699 lb; 317 kg). In the 1970s he formed a heel (those that portray the villains) team with Big Daddy and later had a long-running, high drawing feud with a face Big Daddy as the team broke up. During his career, he held the European Heavyweight Championship and British Heavyweight Championship in the UK, and won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship twice in Canada, with the Dynamite Kid and Bret Hart."

Prompt: Weighing-in at up 48 stone, who wrestled under the ring-name Giant Haystacks?

Answer: Loch Ness (wrestler)


Context: Stephen Gallacher |  Gallacher was born in Dechmont, West Lothian and is the nephew of former European Ryder Cup captain Bernard Gallacher and cousin of Sky Sports news presenter Kirsty Gallacher. He won the 1994 European Amateur and a couple of important amateur tournaments in Britain. He played in a victorious Walker Cup side in 1995 and turned professional later that year.

Prompt: The nephew of a former captain, who was the only Scottish player in the Europe team?

Answer: Stephen Gallacher


Context: Spilling salt | " Latin salarium was originally salt money (Lat. sal, salt), i.e. the sum paid to soldiers for salt. One widespread explanation of the belief that it is unlucky to spill salt is that Judas Iscariot spilled the salt at the Last Supper and indeed Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper depicts Judas Iscariot having knocked over a salt-cellar. This is often taken as a questionable explanation because spilling salt was generally considered a bad omen already and indeed the imagery predates Leonardo's usage. Some have scoffed at the omen. Herbert Spencer wrote that ""A consciousness in which there lives the idea that spilling salt will be followed by some evil, "

Prompt: In Leonardo's painting, what is Judas seen to spill as a symbol of his treachery?

Answer: Salt crystal


Context: List of English football champions |  Division as the highest level of football in England, and due to a series of progressively larger television contracts, put unprecedented wealth into the hands of top flight clubs. The first five champions in the Premier League era – Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United – had all won the title at least once prior to 1992. Leicester City were champions for the first time in 2016, becoming the first team to win the Premier League without having previously won the First Division. All the clubs which have ever been champions are still in existence today and all take part in

Prompt: Which is the only team to have won football's Premier League once and once only?

Answer: Blackburn Rovers F.C.


Context: Hygrometer |   A hygrometer is an instrument used to measure the amount of water vapor in air, in soil, or in confined spaces. Humidity measurement instruments usually rely on measurements of some other quantities such as temperature, pressure, mass, a mechanical or electrical change in a substance as moisture is absorbed. By calibration and calculation, these measured quantities can lead to a measurement of humidity. Modern electronic devices use temperature of condensation (called the dew point), or changes in electrical capacitance or resistance to measure humidity differences. A crude hygrometer was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480. Major leaps came forward

Prompt: "Instrument for measuring the humidity of air or gas." A definition of what?

Answer: Wet-and-dry-bulb thermometer


Context: Sara Keays |  Parkinson was forced to resign on 14 October 1983 after it was revealed that Keays was bearing his child, Flora Keays. Subsequently, as a result of a dispute over child maintenance payments, Parkinson (with Keays' initial consent) was able to gain an injunction in 1993, forbidding the British media from making any reference to their daughter. At the time of the revelation of his relationship with Sara Keays in 1983, Parkinson made much of what he described as the volume of supportive letters which he had received. By 2001, however, the media focused more upon Flora and her difficulties than in protecting Parkinson's reputation, so more voices were raised in criticism of Parkinson. Keays published her own book about the controversy, A Question of Judgement, in 1985.

Prompt: Who resigned in October 1983 after a scandal over his 'lovechild'?

Answer: Cecil Parkinson


Context: Bianca (Othello) | " a young woman. Thanks to Iago's impeccable planning (and some bad luck), neither speaker mentions the name of the woman in question; it is in fact Bianca, but Othello tragically assumes it to be his wife, Desdemona. Bianca suddenly enters, and her suspicions of Cassio are even greater than before. She is convinced that the handkerchief belongs to another woman, and throws it contemptuously at Cassio's feet. In Othello's eyes, her apparent jealousy confirms his wife's infidelity. This ""evidence"" completes Iago's manufactured case against Desdemona, and thereafter Othello is determined to murder both her and Cassio. In Act 5, Scene 1, Bianca arrives just after Cassio has been stabbed "

Prompt: In 'Othello', what is the name of Iago's wife?

Answer: Emilia


Context: Incident on 57th Street | " with him, saying ""Johnny don't cry."" They sleep together, but when his old companions call to him asking him to join them in making ""some easy money,"" he leaves Jane to join them. Jane tells him that ""you can leave me tonight but just don't leave me alone."" Johnny agrees to return to her tomorrow, although he doesn't actually know if he will be able to, telling her that ""We may find it out on the street tonight, baby/Or we may walk until the daylight maybe."" Springsteen leaves the ending ambiguous, leaving to the listener's imagination whether Johnny's adventure that night meets with a tragic end, "

Prompt: "And in the end you wind up dying all alone on some dusty street. For what? For a tin

Answer: High noon


Context: Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven) |  The Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German: Pastorale ), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1808. One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content, the symphony was first performed alongside his fifth symphony in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808 in a four-hour concert.

Prompt: Which number Beethoven symphony is known as 'The Pastoral'?

Answer: The Sixth


Context: St. Elmo's fire | "In Moby Dick (1956), St. Elmo's fire stops Captain Ahab from killing Starbuck. ; In The Last Sunset (1961), outlaw/cowhand Brendan ""Bren"" O'Malley (Kirk Douglas) rides in from the herd and leads the recently widowed Belle Breckenridge (Dorothy Malone) to an overview of the cattle. As he takes the rifle from her, he proclaims, ""Something out there, you could live five lifetimes, and never see again,"" the audience is then shown a shot of the cattle with a blue or violet glow coming from their horns. ""Look. St. Elmo's fire. Never seen it except on ships,"" O'Malley says as Belle says, ""I've never seen it anywhere. What is it?"" Trying to win her back, he says, ""Well, a star fell and "

Prompt: Who had parts in 'St. Elmo's Fire', 'About Last Night …' and 'Wayne's World'?

Answer: Rob Lowe


Context: Anne, Princess Royal |  In spring 1971, Princess Anne finished fourth at the Rushall Horse Trials. At the age of 21, Anne won the individual title at the European Eventing Championship and was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971. She also rode winners in horse racing, competing in the Grand Military Steeplechase in Sandown Park Racecourse and Diamond Stakes at Royal Ascot. For more than five years, she also competed with the British eventing team, with her home-bred horse, Doublet suffering an injury during the 1972 Badminton Horse Trials, and winning a silver medal in both individual and team disciplines in the 1975 European Eventing Championship. The following year, Anne participated in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as a member of

Prompt: Which woman was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971?

Answer: Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise


Context: Publican |  In antiquity, publicans (Greek τελώνης telōnēs (singular); Latin publicanus (singular); publicani (plural)) were public contractors, in whose official capacity they often supplied the Roman legions and military, managed the collection of port duties, and oversaw public building projects. In addition, they served as tax collectors for the Roman Republic (and later the Roman Empire), farming the taxes of the Roman provinces, and bidding on contracts (from the Senate in Rome) for the collection of various types of taxes. Importantly, this role as tax collectors was not emphasized until late into the history of the Republic (c. 1st century BC). The publicans were usually of the class of equites. During the republican era, civil service, which was the size of modern middle-sized city governments, dealt with organising public policy for nearly thirty

Prompt: In Roman times what was the occupation of a publican?

Answer: Exciseman


Context: List of Dickensian characters | "Gamp, Sarah or Sairey is a nurse in Martin Chuzzlewit. ; Gargery, Biddy see Biddy above ; Gargery, Joe is Pip's ""best friend"" and care-giver, an illiterate blacksmith who tolerates his wife's abuse in Great Expectations. Pip is raised in the expectation that he will be apprenticed to Joe and take over the family forge. ""Joe was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes of such a very undecided blue that they seemed to have somehow got mixed with their own whites. He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow--a sort "

Prompt: Joe Gargery is a character in which Charles Dickens novel?

Answer: Herbert Pocket


Context: Adar Rhiannon | " In the earliest prose stories in Britain in the Mabinogi, the Adar Rhiannon; ""birds of Rhiannon"", are specifically three magical birds, whose song can ""wake the dead and lull the living to sleep"". They also have a non-rational effect on space as they can be remote but seem very near. They are connected with Rhiannon the Queen of Dyfed who is thought to be a British euhemerized horse goddess, so part of Welsh mythology. The Adar Rhiannon were demanded by the giant Ysbaddaden Bencawr as a marriage task for Culhwch to complete. The giant wanted the Birds to soothe him as he faced his last night of life, prophesied as the consequence of his daughter's wedding."

Prompt: Legend has it in Britain that which bird never uses its voice until it is dying?

Answer: Cob (bird)


Context: Johnnie Cochran |  Johnnie Cochran defended 17-year old Stanley Tookie Williams in a robbery trial in the early 1970s. Williams at the time was a known member of the Westside Crips street gang. After less than 10 minutes on trial, Williams was acquitted of all charges. Years later, Williams was arrested for assaulting LAPD personnel and was acquitted with Johnnie Cochran as counsel. Cochran did not represent Williams at his multiple murder trials in the 1980s.

Prompt: Who did Johnnie Cochran defend in a famous 1990s trial?

Answer: Orenthal James


Context: List of Jurassic Park characters | Appears in: Jurassic Park (novel and film) ; Portrayed by: Wayne Knight  Dennis Nedry is one of the main human antagonists in the novel and film. In the novel, he is described as an obese and messy computer scientist. Nedry works for Hammond as the system's programmer and is in charge of networking Jurassic Park's computers. Although he was not given any details about InGen's operation, Nedry was expected to fix numerous bugs and issues without understanding the ultimate goal. After InGen blackmails him to make changes to the system without further payment, he makes a deal with Dodgson of Biosyn to steal embryos of the park's 15

Prompt: In which film does crooked computer programmer Dennis Nedry cause havoc?

Answer: Jurassic World II


Context: Demoiselle crane |  The demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurosiberia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory birds. Birds from western Eurasia will spend the winter in Africa while the birds from Asia, Mongolia and China will spend the winter in the Indian subcontinent. The bird is symbolically significant in the culture of India and Pakistan, where it is known as Koonj or Kurjaa.

Prompt: The demoiselle is a small variety of which wading bird?

Answer: Cranes


Context: Linda Thorson |  Thorson is best known for her role as Tara King (succeeding Diana Rigg as Emma Peel) in the last series of the British TV adventure series, The Avengers, with the original star Patrick Macnee. She was reunited with Macnee in a commercial for Laurent-Perrier champagne in the mid 1970s which led to the series reappearing as The New Avengers, although Thorson did not regain her role. Since then, she appeared in character roles in many TV series and films, including Thriller, Return of the Saint, Valentino, The Greek Tycoon, the cult horror film Curtains, Blind Justice, Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty, and Marblehead Manor. She appeared from 1989 to 1992 in the daytime drama One Life to Live

Prompt: Which character was played by Linda Thorson in The Avengers?

Answer: Tara King


Context: David Allen (rugby union) | National League 1 all-time top try scorer: 147 tries Capped by England Counties XV: 2013 Blackheath England Counties XV

Prompt: With a total of 49 who is the England team's all-time top try scorer?

Answer: Rory Underwood


Context: Candide | " Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes Candide with, if not rejecting Leibnizian optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, ""we must cultivate our garden"", in lieu of "

Prompt: Which doctor - an eternal optimist – features in Voltaire's Candide?

Answer: Dr Pangloss


Context: Islam | " In Arabic, Islam (Arabic:إسلام, ""submission [to God]"") is the verbal noun originating from the verb سلم (salama), from triliteral root س-ل-م (S-L-M), which forms a large class of words mostly relating to concepts of wholeness, submission, sincerity, safeness, and peace. Islam is the verbal noun of Form IV of the root and means ""submission"" or ""total surrender"". In a religious context, it means ""total surrender to the will of God"". A Muslim (Arabic:مُسْلِم), the word for a follower of Islam, is the active participle of the same verb form, and means ""submitter (to God)"" or ""one who surrenders (to God)"". The word ""Islam"" (""submission"") sometimes has distinct connotations in its various occurrences in the Quran. Some verses stress the quality "

Prompt: What literally means 'submission to God' in Arabic?

Answer: Islami


Context: Bloodthirsty Butchers (film) |  An updated version of the Sweeney Todd legend, this melodrama tells the tale of a murderous barber, Sweeney Todd, who supplies raw meat for his neighbor, Mrs. Lovett, who runs a pie shop. Amid the resulting carnage is a romantic sub-plot, although the film focuses mainly on the gore.

Prompt: Who in legend provided pie fillings for Mrs Lovett?

Answer: Sweeny tod


Context: Appian Way | "  The Appian Way (Latin and Italian: Via Appia) is one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi, in southeast Italy. Its importance is indicated by its common name, recorded by Statius, of Appia longarum... regina viarum (""the Appian Way, the queen of the long roads""). The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who began and completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC during the Samnite Wars."

Prompt: Which Roman road led from Rome to Brindisi?

Answer: Appian way


Context: Smallest organisms |  The vulnerable Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), also known as the bumblebee bat, from Thailand and Myanmar is the smallest mammal, at 3-4 cm in length and 1.5-2 g in weight. The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), is the smallest mammal by mass, weighing about 1.8 g on average. The bumblebee bat has a smaller skull size. The smallest mammal that ever lived, the shrew-like Batodonoides vanhouteni, weighed 1.3 g.

Prompt: The bumblebee or hog-nosed is the smallest mammal in the world - what is it?

Answer: Bat Conservation


Context: The Black Cat (short story) | " wife stops him; instead, the narrator murders his wife. He conceals the body behind a brick wall in his basement. The police soon come and, after the narrator's tapping on the wall is met with a shrieking sound, they find not only the wife's corpse but also the black cat that had been accidentally walled in with the body and alerted them with its cry. The story is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's ""The Tell-Tale Heart"". In both, a murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt. ""The Black Cat"", which also features questions of sanity versus insanity, is Poe's strongest warning against the dangers of alcoholism."

Prompt: In which Poe tale is a wife murderer exposed by an ill-treated pet?

Answer: Black cat (disambiguation)


Context: Indian cricket team in England in 2014 |  The India national cricket team toured England from 22 June to 7 September 2014 for a five-match Test series, five One Day International matches and one Twenty20 International. England won the Test series 3–1 and received the Pataudi Trophy. This was the first time since 1959 that India had played five Test matches on an England tour. The third Test, held at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, was the first Test match played in England to start on a Sunday.

Prompt: Which international cricket side had its best year ever in 2014 with five Test wins?

Answer: N Z


Context: 492nd Fighter Squadron | " While stationed at Chaumont Air Base, France, the Madhatters were seen wearing berets. Upon being relocated to England the squadron adopted the bowler hat, a traditional English hat with a rounded crown. The tradition of wearing the bowler hat has continued to present day despite the lack of official uniform regulations authorizing such wear. Despite the usual spelling of the ""bowler"" hat, the squadron uses the flight callsign ""Bolars."" The practice of adopting the headgear indicative of the various geographic regions the Bowlers are sent to has been continued. In Turkey, each deployed Madhatter had a blue fez hat."

Prompt: What fruity name do the French call a bowler hat?

Answer: Casaba


Context: 2014 Carling Black Label Cup | " The FNB Stadium was chosen to host this once a year event. The FNB Stadium, known as Soccer City during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is a stadium located in Nasrec, the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located next to the South African Football Association headquarters (SAFA House) where both the FIFA offices and the Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup were housed. Designed as the main association football stadium for the World Cup, the FNB Stadium became the largest stadium in Africa with a capacity of 94,700, However its maximum capacity during the 2010 FIFA World Cup was 84,490 due to reserved seating for the press and other VIP's. The stadium is also known by its nickname ""The Calabash"" due to its resemblance to the African pot or gourd."

Prompt: Football World Cup venue Soccer City is in which city?

Answer: Joberg


Context: Cricket in Iceland |  Iceland's first purpose-built cricket ground, the most northerly in the world, opened in Hafnarfjörður in May 2019 and was officially inaugurated by Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Prime Minister of Iceland. Previously the country had no turf wicket, with matches being played on astroturf football pitches.

Prompt: In which town is the most northerly cricket Test venue in the world?

Answer: Conganium


Context: Professor |  to his fellow castaways. John Houseman's portrayal of law school professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr., in The Paper Chase (1973) remains the epitome of the strict, authoritarian professor who demands perfection from students. Annalise Keating (played by Viola Davis) from the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) legal drama mystery television series How to Get Away with Murder is a law professor at the fictional Middleton University. Early in the series, Annalise is a self-sufficient and confident woman, respected for being a great law professor and a great lawyer, feared and admired by her students, whose image breaks down as the series progresses. Mysterious, older men with magical powers (and unclear

Prompt: In which film did teacher John Keating break all the rules?

Answer: Dead Poets' Society


Context: Theropithecus | Theropithecus brumpti ; Theropithecus darti ; Theropithecus oswaldi Theropithecus is a genus of primates in the family Cercopithecidae. It contains a single living species, the gelada (Theropithecus gelada), native to the Ethiopian Highlands. Additional species are known from fossils, including:

Prompt: A Gelada is a species of which primate?

Answer: Baboon acc old world monkey


Context: Defence Secretary (India) |  The Defence Secretary (IAST: Rakṣā Saciva) is the administrative head of the Ministry of Defence. This post is held by a senior Indian Administrative Service of the rank of secretary to the Government of India. The current Defence Secretary is Ajay Kumar. As a secretary to the Government of India, the Defence Secretary ranks 23rd on Indian order of precedence, along with all other Secretaries to the Government of India, and Lieutenant Generals in the grade of Army Commander.

Prompt: Who holds the post of Defence Secretary?

Answer: Michael Cathal Fallon


Context: Blue Mountains (New South Wales) |  Following European settlement of the Sydney area, the area was named the Carmarthen and Lansdowne Hills by Arthur Phillip in 1788. The Carmarthen Hills were in the north of the region and the Lansdowne Hills were in the south. The name Blue Mountains, however, was preferred and is derived from the blue tinge the range takes on when viewed from a distance. The tinge is believed to be caused by Mie scattering which occurs when incoming light with shorter wavelengths is preferentially scattered by particles within the atmosphere imparting a blue-greyish colour to any distant objects, including mountains and clouds. Volatile terpenoids emitted in large quantities by the abundant eucalyptus trees in the Blue Mountains may cause Mie scattering and thus the blue haze for which the mountains were named.

Prompt: What produces the coloration that gives New South Wales's Blue Mountains their name?

Answer: Oil from eucalyptus/gum trees


Context: Green Mountains | " The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont. The range runs primarily south to north and extends approximately 250 mi from the border with Massachusetts to the border with Quebec, Canada. The part of the same range that is in Massachusetts and Connecticut is known as The Berkshires or the Berkshire Hills (with the Connecticut portion, mostly in Litchfield County, locally called the Northwest Hills or Litchfield Hills) and the Quebec portion is called the Sutton Mountains, or Monts Sutton in French. All mountains in Vermont are often referred to as the ""Green Mountains"". ""Green"" because even with winter snow the trees hide the snow and they still appear ""Green"". However, other ranges within Vermont, including the Taconics—in southwestern Vermont's extremity—and the Northeastern Highlands, are not geologically part of the Green Mountains."

Prompt: In which US state is the Green Mountains Range?

Answer: Sports in Vermont


Context: Clinesmith | Kevin Clinesmith (born 1984), former FBI lawyer convicted in Crossfire Hurricane investigation ; Stacy Clinesmith (born 1978), American basketball player and coach Clinesmith is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Prompt: Who was born in a cross-fire hurricane and raised by a toothless bearded hag?

Answer: Jumpin' Jack Flash (song)


Context: Ken Stott |  (BBC One, 2005). 2006 saw him take over the title character in detective series Rebus, a television adaptation of the Ian Rankin novels which had previously starred John Hannah. In 2008 Stott was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for his performance as comedian Tony Hancock in BBC Four's Hancock and Joan. He played the father of cookery writer Nigel Slater in the BBC One adaptation of Slater's autobiographical novel Toast, opposite Helena Bonham Carter and Freddie Highmore. In 2015, Stott played Arthur Birling in Helen Edmundson's BBC TV adaptation of J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls. On the big screen, he

Prompt: John Hannah and Ken Stott have both appeared in the role of which fictional detective?

Answer: Insepctor Rebus


Context: Funchal |  Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 111,892, making it the sixth largest city in Portugal, and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries. Because of its high cultural and historical value, Funchal is one of Portugal's main tourist attractions. It is also popular as a destination for New Year's Eve, and it is the leading Portuguese port on cruise liner dockings.

Prompt: What is the largest city and capital of Madeira?

Answer: Funchal


Context: Roman Empire | " The early Empire was monetized to a near-universal extent, in the sense of using money as a way to express prices and debts. The sestertius (plural sestertii, English ""sesterces"", symbolized as HS) was the basic unit of reckoning value into the 4th century, though the silver denarius, worth four sesterces, was used also for accounting beginning in the Severan dynasty. The smallest coin commonly circulated was the bronze as (plural asses), one-fourth sestertius. Bullion and ingots seem not to have counted as pecunia, ""money,"" and were used only on the frontiers for transacting business or buying property. Romans in the 1st and 2nd centuries counted coins, rather than weighing them—an indication that the coin "

Prompt: Which Roman coin was equivalent in value to four sesterces?

Answer: Denarius


Context: Monument to the Battle of the Nations | " in the struggle against Napoleon, seeing a growing desire for a German national state as an attack on their royal and noble positions. Ernst Moritz Arndt, a leading liberal and nationalistic writer, called for a commemoration of the battle throughout Germany. The anniversary on 19 October should be marked by festivities with ""burning fires, festive 'folk' clothing, oak wreaths, and the ringing of bells"". In fact, the first anniversary of the battle was marked by celebrations across the German countries, including bonfires. However, in some territories such as Baden and Württemberg, such celebrations were prohibited, while in the Kingdom of "

Prompt: 15 October will mark the 600th anniversary of which famous battle?

Answer: Ajincourt


Context: List of British desserts | Lardy cake ; Liverpool tart

Prompt: Which fruit is traditionally used in the recipe for the dessert dish Liverpool Tart?

Answer: Lemon


Context: Scrabble letter distributions |  C ×6, N ×6, L ×5 ; 3 points: M ×5, D ×4, P ×4 ; 4 points: B ×4, F ×4, G ×4, U ×4, V ×4 ; 8 points: Z ×3, H ×2 ; 10 points: Q ×2 Italian-language Scrabble applied a special rule that when a player exchanges tiles on his turn, he could request opponent to pass his turn. Both players have one chance each for one game. The sets consist of these 120 tiles:  Diacritic marks are ignored. The letters K, W, X, and Y are absent since these letters do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, although they are sometimes used in loanwords. The letter J

Prompt: What is the value of the letter 'K' in the game of Scrabble?

Answer: five


Context: Cerro Maravilla murders |  justice, four of which were convicted of second-degree murder in 1984. The convicted officers, who were no longer on active duty, and their status with the Puerto Rico Police were:  That same year, in the general elections held in November, Romero Barceló lost his gubernatorial seat against former governor and opposing party rival Rafael Hernández Colón (PPD). It is widely accepted that Romero Barceló lost the elections because of this case, since his public opinion rating had deteriorated substantially during late 1984 as the investigations progressed, and since his political rivals used his defense of the officers as an indication of a possible conspiracy.

Prompt: Which politician, facing charges of murder, lost his seat in a General Election?

Answer: Jeremy Thorpe


Context: Boroughs incorporated in England and Wales 1882–1974 |  Eleven boroughs were incorporated in the 1920s. This only represented a net increase of ten, however as Port Talbot was formed from the merger of the borough of Aberavon and the urban district of Margam.

Prompt: Which South Wales town was formed when Margam and Aberavon combined in the 1920s?

Answer: Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot


Context: Entrecôte | "  In French, entrecôte is a premium cut of beef used for steaks and roasts. A traditional entrecôte is a boneless cut from the rib area corresponding to the steaks known in different parts of the English-speaking world as rib, rib eye, Scotch fillet, club, or Delmonico. The muscle group concerned is the longissimus dorsi, which runs down the back of the animal adjacent to the vertebrae and above the rib cage, and continues into the hind quarter. Once past the rib cage into the area adjacent to the lumbar vertebrae, this muscle group is no longer called an ""entrecôte"" - at that point it becomes a sirloin/strip steak (UK/N.Am, respectively), or a ''contre-filet' in French."

Prompt: What is the French name given to a steak that has been cut from between two ribs?

Answer: Entrecôte


Context: Ethics of uncertain sentience | " conventional practices in animal welfare science. Simon Knutsson and Christian Munthe argue that from the perspective of virtue ethics, that when it comes to animals of uncertain sentience, such as ""fish, invertebrates such as crustaceans, snails and insects"", that it is a ""requirement of a morally decent (or virtuous) person that she at least pays attention to and is cautious regarding the possibly morally relevant aspects of such animals"". Shelley A. Adamo argues that although the precautionary principle in relation to potential invertebrate sentience is the safest option, that it's not cost-free, as thoughtless legislation employed following the precautionary principle could be economically costly and that, as a result, we should be cautious about adopting it."

Prompt: What do we call the selfless and virtuous practice of concern for the welfare of others?

Answer: Altruist


Context: Love Hurts (1990 film) |  Love Hurts is a 1990 American comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Jeff Daniels, Cynthia Sikes, Cloris Leachman, Judith Ivey and John Mahoney. Daniels plays a womanizer who goes home to Pennsylvania for a wedding and finds his past catching up with him. The film has been released on DVD by Lions Gate Home Entertainment as a double feature with You Can't Hurry Love.

Prompt: Which former pop star, now deceased, played a rich businessman in Love Hurts?

Answer: Adam FAITH


Context: Isabel Rodríguez |  accompany the soldiers consistently. She trained and coordinated young women, from both Spain and the allied native nations, that desired to take part in the conquest to treat war wounds and form a corps of nurses that followed the conquerors and intervened after, or even during, battle, to assist the wounded. She might have also served as a woman soldier, as several of her underlings also did. Some of the women under her command were Beatriz Palacios, Juana Mansilla and Beatriz Muñoz. It is likely that Isabel took over other management duties regarding settlements or food rationing. Her healing ability was

Prompt: Which noted woman from the Caribbean tended wounded soldiers during the conflict?

Answer: Mother Seacole


Context: List of mammals of Thailand |  Genus: Ursus ; Asiatic black bear, U. thibetanus ; Genus: Helarctos ; Sun bear, H. malayanus ; Family: Mustelidae (mustelids) ; Genus: Martes ; Yellow-throated marten, M. flavigula ; Genus: Mustela ; Yellow-bellied weasel, M. kathiah ; Malayan weasel, M. nudipes ; Siberian weasel, M. sibirica ; Back-striped weasel, M. strigidorsa ; Genus: Arctonyx ; Greater hog badger, A. collaris ; Genus: Melogale ; Burmese ferret badger, M. personata ; Genus: Lutra ; Eurasian otter, L. lutra ; Hairy-nosed otter, L. sumatrana ; Genus: Lutrogale ; Smooth-coated otter, L. perspicillata ; Genus: Aonyx ; Asian small-clawed otter, A. cinereus There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.

Prompt: Sumatran, Malayan and Siberian are all species of which mammal?

Answer: TIGER


Context: Half a Sixpence |  Half a Sixpence is a musical comedy based on the 1905 novel Kipps by H. G. Wells, with music and lyrics by David Heneker and a book by Beverley Cross. It was written as a vehicle for British pop star Tommy Steele.

Prompt: The musical 'Half a Sixpence' was based on which 1905 novel?

Answer: KIPPS


Context: List of proverbial phrases | A bad excuse is better than none ; A bad penny always turns up ; A bad workman blames his tools. ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ; A cat may look at a king ; A chain is only as strong as its weakest link ; A dog is a man's best friend. ; A fool and his money are soon parted ; A friend in need (is a friend indeed) ; A friend to everyone is a friend to no one. ; A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step ; A little learning is a dangerous thing ; A leopard cannot change its spots. ; A mill cannot grind with the water

Prompt: According to a traditional English proverb, what is better than none?

Answer: HALF A LOAF


Context: Sports in Canada | " Sports in Canada consist of a wide variety of games. The most common sports are ice hockey, lacrosse, gridiron football, soccer, basketball, curling and baseball, with ice hockey and lacrosse being the official winter and summer sports, respectively. Ice hockey, referred to as simply ""hockey"", is Canada's most prevalent winter sport, its most popular spectator sport, and its most successful sport in international competition. Lacrosse, a sport with Indigenous origins, is Canada's oldest sport. Canadian football is Canada's second most popular spectator sport, being the most popular in the prairie provinces. The Canadian Football League's annual championship, the Grey Cup, is one of the country's largest annual sports events. While other sports have a larger spectator base, Association football, known in Canada as soccer in both English and French, has the most registered players of any team sport in Canada. Statistics Canada reports "

Prompt: What is the official summer sport of Canada?

Answer: Lacrosse


Context: South West Africa |  South West Africa (Suidwes-Afrika; Südwestafrika; Zuidwest-Afrika) was the name for modern-day Namibia when it was under South African administration, from 1915 to 1990. It borders with Angola (Portuguese colony before 1975), Botswana (Bechuanaland before 1966), South Africa, and Zambia (Northern Rhodesia before 1964). Previously the German colony of South West Africa from 1884–1915, it was made a League of Nations mandate of the Union of South Africa following Germany's defeat in the First World War. Although the mandate was abolished by the United Nations in 1966, South African control over the territory continued despite its illegality under international law. The territory was administered directly by the South African government from 1915 to 1978, when the Turnhalle Constitutional Conference laid the groundwork for semi-autonomous rule. During an interim period between 1978 and 1985, South Africa gradually granted South West Africa a limited form of home rule, culminating in the formation of a Transitional Government of National Unity. In 1990, South West Africa was granted independence as the Republic of Namibia with the exception of Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands, which continued to remain under South African rule until 1994.

Prompt: By what name was the African state of Namibia previously known?

Answer: Southwest Africa


Context: Smith chart |  A transmission line with a characteristic impedance of The SI unit of impedance is the ohm with the symbol of the upper case Greek letter omega (Ω) and the SI unit for admittance is the siemens with the symbol of an upper case letter S. Normalised impedance and normalised admittance are dimensionless. Actual impedances and admittances must be normalised before using them on a Smith chart. Once the result is obtained it may be de-normalised to obtain the actual result.

Prompt: The SI unit the ohm is often represented by the upper-case form of which Greek letter?

Answer: OMEGA (disambiguation)


Context: Walford |  Walford is a fictional borough of east London in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is the primary setting for the soap. EastEnders is filmed at Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, towards the north-west of London. Much of the location work is filmed in nearby Watford, which was chosen for many of the exterior scenes due to its close proximity and the town's name being so similar to Walford. Thus, any stray road signs or advertising boards which are accidentally filmed in the back of shots will appear to read Walford. Locations used in Watford include most interior and exterior church scenes of various churches, the snooker club, the County Court and Magistrates' Courts courtrooms, and the cemetery (where most of the deceased characters are interred). The name Walford is both a street

Prompt: What is the fictional location of the tv soap 'Eastenders'?

Answer: Walford East tube station


Context: Moose (dog) |  Moose (December 24, 1990 – June 22, 2006) was a wire-hair Jack Russell Terrier who portrayed Eddie Crane on the American television sitcom Frasier.

Prompt: How was Moose the dog better known when he starred in a popular US sitcom?

Answer: Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational in Memory of Eddie Aikau


Context: Billy Elliot the Musical |  Billy Elliot: The Musical is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around Billy, a motherless British boy who begins taking ballet lessons. The story of his personal struggle and fulfilment are balanced against a counter-story of family and community strife caused by the 1984–85 UK miners' strike in County Durham, in North East England. Hall's screenplay was inspired in part by A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel about a miners' strike, The Stars Look Down, to

Prompt: Who composed the music for 'Billy Elliot, the Musical'?

Answer: Sir Elton


Context: Oona O'Neill |  Oona O'Neill, Lady Chaplin (14 May 1925 – 27 September 1991) was an actress who was the daughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born writer Agnes Boulton, and the fourth and last wife of English actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. O'Neill's parents divorced when she was four years old, after which she was raised by her mother in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, and rarely saw her father. She first came to the public eye during her time at the Brearley School in New York City between 1940 and 1942, when she was photographed attending fashionable nightclubs with her friends Carol Marcus and Gloria Vanderbilt. In 1942, she received a large amount of media attention

Prompt: Oona was the last of his four wives, and he died in 1977. Which famous film star?

Answer: Roy Export Company Establishment


Context: Brazil |  Brazil is a federation composed of 26 states, one federal district, and the 5570 municipalities. States have autonomous administrations, collect their own taxes and receive a share of taxes collected by the Federal government. They have a governor and a unicameral legislative body elected directly by their voters. They also have independent Courts of Law for common justice. Despite this, states have much less autonomy to create their own laws than in the United States. For example, criminal and civil laws can be voted by only the federal bicameral Congress and are uniform throughout the country. The states and the federal district may be grouped into regions: Northern, Northeast,

Prompt: As well as municipalities, which country is made up of 26 states and one federal district?

Answer: Brazil


Context: Volkssturm | " The Volkssturm (""people's storm"") was a national militia established (levied) by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was not set up by the German Army, the ground component of the combined German Wehrmacht armed forces, but by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler and established on 25 September 1944. It was staffed by conscripting males between the ages of 16 and 60 years, who were not already serving in some military unit. The Volkssturm comprised one of the final components of the total war promulgated by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, part of a Nazi endeavor to overcome their enemies' military strength through force of will. Volkssturm units fought unsuccessful futile battles against the Allied forces at the end of the war and on several occasions, its members participated in atrocities accompanied by German civilians and the Hitler Youth, which were overseen by members of the SS or Gau leaders."

Prompt: During WWII, the volkssturm was the German version of what in Britain?

Answer: Home guard


Context: Archery |   Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus, meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who practices archery is typically called an archer or a bowman, and a person who is fond of or an expert at archery is sometimes called a toxophilite or a marksman.

Prompt: What is the more correct term for the sport of archery?

Answer: Toxophilite


Context: Ellen (TV series) | " In 1997, Ellen made television history when the title character came out as a lesbian in the famous ""Puppy Episode"" (DeGeneres herself came out concurrent with the episode on The Oprah Winfrey Show and in Time). To ensure a memorable moment, the coming out scene was made into a gag where, at an airport, Ellen turns and tells Laura Dern's character ""I'm gay!"" – only to realize that she had turned right into the public address microphone, announcing her sexuality to the entire terminal. Ellen DeGeneres's mother Betty can briefly be seen as one of the people in the terminal with a shocked reaction to the announcement. The episode was ranked No. 35 on TV Guides 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. The revelation ignited a storm of controversy, prompting ABC to place "

Prompt: She was the title character on TV's 'Ellen', who 'came out' on the front of Time magazine?

Answer: Ellen deGeneres


Context: Then Play On | " On, is taken from the opening line of William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night — ""If music be the food of love, play on"". Then Play On is Fleetwood Mac's first release with Reprise Records after being lured away from Blue Horizon and a one-off with Immediate Records. All subsequent Fleetwood Mac albums were released on Reprise Records up to the self-titled 1975 album. The album's original UK release had an unusually long running time and was released with four different song line-ups. The original CD compiled all the songs from the two US LP versions, both of which omitted tracks from the original UK version. In August 2013, a remastered edition of the album was reissued on vinyl and CD, restoring its original 1969 UK track listing and adding four bonus tracks from the same era."

Prompt: Subtitled 'What You Will', which play begins: 'If music be the food of love, play on'?

Answer: TWELFTH NIGHT


Context: Short loin | " Short loin is the American name for a cut of beef that comes from the back of the cattle. It contains part of the spine and includes the top loin and the tenderloin. This cut yields types of steak including porterhouse, strip steak (Kansas City Strip, New York Strip), and T-bone (a cut also containing partial meat from the tenderloin). The T-bone is a cut that contains less of the tenderloin than does the porterhouse. Webster's Dictionary defines it as ""a portion of the hindquarter of beef immediately behind the ribs that is usually cut into steaks."" The short loin is considered a tender beef. In Australian, British and South African butchery, this cut is referred to as the sirloin (sometimes as the striploin in South Africa)."

Prompt: What name is given to a double loin of Beef; ie not split at the backbone?

Answer: BARON


Context: Brno | " In December 1805 the Battle of Austerlitz was fought near the city; the battle is also known as the ""Battle of the Three Emperors"". Brno itself was not involved with the battle, but the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte spent several nights here at that time, and again in 1809. In 1839 the first train arrived in Brno from Vienna; this was the beginning of rail transport in what is now the Czech Republic. In the years 1859–1864 the city fortifications were almost completely removed. In 1869 a horsecar service started to operate in Brno, the first tram service in what would later become the Czech Republic. Gregor Mendel conducted his groundbreaking experiments in genetics while he was a monk at St. Thomas's Abbey in Brno in the 1850s."

Prompt: Which celebrated battle was fought near Brno on 2nd December 1805?

Answer: Austerlitz (disambiguation)


Context: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | " The studio's official motto, ""Ars Gratia Artis"", is a Latin phrase meaning ""Art for art's sake"". It was chosen by Howard Dietz, the studio's chief publicist. The studio's logo is a roaring lion surrounded by a ring of film inscribed with the studio's motto. The logo, which features Leo the Lion, was created by Dietz in 1916 for Goldwyn Pictures and updated in 1924 for MGM's use. Dietz based the logo on his alma mater's mascot, the Columbia University lion. Originally silent, the sound of Leo the Lion's roar was added to films for the first time in August 1928. In the 1930s and 1940s, the studio billed itself as having ""more stars than there are in heaven"", a reference to the large number of A-list movie stars under contract to the company. This second motto was also coined by Dietz   and was first used in 1932. On March 8, 2021, the studio unveiled a rebrand centered on the ""Ars Gratia Artis"" motto across its social media and marketing platforms and a photorealistic CGI version of its Leo the Lion emblem and logo."

Prompt: What is the Latin motto of the film company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has the motto?

Answer: Art for art's sake


Context: Jean Paul Gaultier |  in homesoil. He commented the final of Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with Julien Lepers on France Télévisions. He designed the dress that Anggun wore as she represented France during the grand-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan. In Eurovision Song Contest 2013 he dressed the host Petra Mede. Starting in 1993, he co-hosted the Channel 4 programme Eurotrash with Antoine de Caunes. Gaultier hosted the show until 1997. In 2012, he was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This was the first time a fashion designer was called to sit on a jury at the festival.

Prompt: Which French fashion designer regularly co-hosted UK TV's 'Eurotrash'?

Answer: Jean Paul Gaultier


Context: St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai |  1860, in order to provide choristers to the church. The cathedral is a landmark in South Mumbai and is one of the oldest churches in India. It is used by the school for its Founder's Day Service on 14 November every year, Carol Service on the last day before the school's Christmas vacation and other special occasions. The Churchgate railway station derives its name from the St. Thomas Cathedral, as the station was linked to the cathedral by a road way leading through one of the three gates of the fortified island city of Mumbai. The walls of the Bombay Fort were demolished in 1862 and the gate leading to the church was replaced by the Flora Fountain in 1864.

Prompt: What is nicknamed 'The Cathedral of the Railways'?

Answer: St. Pancras


Context: Lancelot Ware | " Lancelot Lionel Ware OBE (5 June 1915 – 15 August 2000) was an English barrister and biochemist. He co-founded Mensa, the international society for intellectually gifted people, with the Australian barrister Roland Berrill in 1946. It was originally called the ""High IQ Club""."

Prompt: Which society was founded in 1946 by barrister Roland Berrill & scientist Dr Lance Ware?

Answer: MozaIQ (magazine)


Context: Hinduja Group |  In February 2005 Ashok Leyland, an India-based flagship company of the brothers' Hinduja Group, announced an agreement to supply 100 army vehicles to the Sudanese Defence Ministry. It was alleged by arms campaigner Mark Thomas that this contravened UK arms export legislation, as a number of the company's directors were UK residents or citizens.

Prompt: Which equipment-free sport did Ashok Das introduce to the British Army in 2005?

Answer: Indoor kabaddi


Context: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre | " The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the 1929 murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of that feast day, February 14. They were lined up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants, two of whom were dressed as police officers. The incident resulted from the struggle to control organized crime in the city during Prohibition between the Irish North Siders, headed by George ""Bugs"" Moran, and their Italian South Side Gang rivals led by Al Capone. The perpetrators have never been conclusively identified, but former members of the Egan's Rats gang working for Capone are suspected of a role, as are members of the Chicago Police Department who allegedly wanted revenge for the killing of a police officer's son."

Prompt: In which city did the gangland St Valentine's Day Massacre take place?

Answer: Chi-Beria


Context: Marine Corps Base Quantico | " Marine Corps Base Quantico (commonly abbreviated MCB Quantico) is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly 55148 acres of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, and southeastern Fauquier County. Used primarily for training purposes, MCB Quantico is known as the ""Crossroads of the Marine Corps"". Quantico Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William and Stafford counties in the U.S. state of Virginia, used by the Census Bureau to describe base housing. The population was 4,452 at the 2010 census. The U.S. Marine Corps' Combat Development Command, which develops strategies for U.S. Marine combat and makes up most of the community of over 12,000 military and civilian personnel (including families), is based here. It has a budget of around $300 million and is the home of the Marine Corps "

Prompt: With its own command structure, which of the US armed forces has a base at Quantico?

Answer: MARINE CORPS, or MARINES


Context: George Eastman |  George Eastman  (July 12, 1854March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of motion picture film stock in 1888 by filmmakers Eadweard Muybridge and Louis Le Prince, and a few years later by their followers Léon Bouly, William Kennedy Dickson, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers, and Georges Méliès. He was a major philanthropist, establishing the Eastman School of Music, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and schools of dentistry and medicine at the University of Rochester and in London Eastman Dental Hospital; contributing to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the construction of several buildings at the second campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the Charles River. In addition, he made major donations to Tuskegee University

Prompt: Who helped bring photography to the masses with his Kodak roll-film technology?

Answer: George Eastman


Context: You're So Vain | " The song was a No.1 hit in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and reached No.4 in Ireland and South Africa. Entering at No.99 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 December 1972, the song took five more weeks to rise to the top of the chart, where it stayed for the first three weeks of 1973. It was replaced by Stevie Wonder's ""Superstition"" and spent the next month in the runner-up spot. It also spent two weeks at the top of the Easy Listening chart in early 1973, her first No.1 on either chart. ""You're So Vain"" was Simon's breakthrough hit in the United Kingdom, reaching No.3 on the UK chart on its original release in 1973. The song was re-released in the UK in 1991 to cash in on its inclusion in a commercial for Dunlop Tyres, peaking at No.41."

Prompt: Who got to no. 3 in the UK charts with 'You're So Vain' in 1972?

Answer: Carly Simmon


Context: Mr Sowerberry | " Mr Sowerberry is a fictional character who appears as a supporting antagonist in Charles Dickens' 1838 novel Oliver Twist. He is an undertaker and coffin maker who owns and operates a small dark shop in a small town some 75 miles from London. This shop also serves as a dwelling for himself, his wife, a maidservant named Charlotte, an assistant named Noah Claypole, and, for a short period, as an apprentice, the protagonist of the novel, a young boy named Oliver Twist who has been ""purchased"" from the local parish workhouse."

Prompt: What was the occupation of Mr. Sowerberry, in 'Oliver Twist'?

Answer: Personas of The Undertaker


Context: John Dierkes |  played a soldier next to Audie Murphy in the classic film, Red Badge of Courage. In the 1953 film Shane, Dierkes portrays the callous Morgan Ryker with great effect, director George Stevens making good use of Dierkes' craggy features. Alongside his 'brother' Rufus (Emile Meyer) and Jack Wilson (Jack Palance) he makes up a trio of villainous characters who are despatched by the title character, Shane, in the final bar room shootout. One of his more memorable scenes is in the 1960 film, The Alamo. Dierkes portrays a Tennessean named Jocko, who is torn between leaving before the attack to care for his blind wife, or staying to support the Texans' cause. Understanding that if Jocko stays to fight she will

Prompt: Who played the title role in the 1953 film 'Shane'?

Answer: Alan Lad


Context: John Whitaker (equestrian) |  The Whitaker family is well known for its showjumping prowess. John is married to Clare Barr and has three children – Joanne, Louise and Robert. Robert Whitaker has successfully show jumped at the highest levels. John's niece Ellen Whitaker, nephew William Whitaker and younger brother Michael Whitaker are also show jumpers. John began riding at the age of 6, taught by his mother, who ran a riding school. As children, John and his brother Michael delivered milk using a horse and cart until they were 16 and began to show jump professionally.

Prompt: What surname connects equestrians Michael, Ellen, William, Robert and John?

Answer: WHITAKER


Context: Cell Block Tango | " accused of killing their significant others. ""He had it coming"" is a refrain throughout the number, as each think their crime was justified. Each murder suspect is identified with a particular word that punctuates the song: ""Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz!""  On Broadway, the song was originally performed by Chita Rivera, with Candy Brown, Cheryl Clark, Graciela Daniele, Michon Peacock and Pamela Sousa. In the 2002 film, this musical number is performed by Catherine Zeta-Jones (as Velma Kelly), Susan Misner (as Liz), Denise Faye (as Annie), Deidre Goodwin (as June), Ekaterina Chtchelkanova (as Katalin Helinszki nicknamed the Hunyak) and Mýa (as Mona)."

Prompt: His name comes from the refrain of what pop song?

Answer: Strangers in the night


Context: Scooby Snacks (song) | " ""Scooby Snacks"" is a song by American band Fun Lovin' Criminals from their debut album, Come Find Yourself (1996). Most of the song is rapped, with the exception of the chorus, which is sung. The ""Scooby Snacks"" in the song is a reference to diazepam, also known as Valium. ""Scooby Snacks"" is the band's biggest hit single to date, reaching the top 40 in Australia, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, the song originally peaked at number 22 in August 1996, but after being reissued with a cover of the 10cc song ""I'm Not in Love"", it reached a new peak of number 12 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1997. In 1996, it was voted number 14 on the list of the Hottest 100 songs of that year by listeners of Australia's Triple J radio station."

Prompt: What was the title of Fun Lovin' Criminals' 1996 song that nearly made the Top 20?

Answer: Scooby Snax


Context: Uncle Tom's Cabin |   Simon Legree is a cruel slave owner—a Northerner by birth—whose name has become synonymous with greed. He is arguably the novel's main antagonist. His goal is to demoralize Tom and break him of his religious faith; he eventually orders Tom whipped to death out of frustration for his slave's unbreakable belief in God. The novel reveals that, as a young man, he had abandoned his sickly mother for a life at sea and ignored her letter to see her one last time at her deathbed. He sexually exploits Cassy, who despises him, and later sets his designs on Emmeline. It is unclear if Legree is based on any actual individuals. Reports surfaced after the 1870s that Stowe had in mind a wealthy cotton and sugar plantation owner named Meredith Calhoun, who settled on the Red River north

Prompt: Simon Legree is the villain in which famous novel?

Answer: Uncle Tom's Cabin


Context: Terminology of the British Isles | " as ""the North of Ireland"", ""the Six Counties"" or (in extremist usage) the ""occupied six counties"", especially by Irish Nationalists. The ""Northern"" in ""Northern Ireland"" is not completely accurate. The most northerly point on the island, Malin Head, is in the Republic of Ireland—in County Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula. ; Ulster is the name of one of Ireland's four traditional provinces. The province contains nine northern counties, six of which make up Northern Ireland, and three of which are part of the Republic of Ireland. It is also often used by Unionists to refer to the smaller Northern Ireland. Though Ulster has not "

Prompt: Which is the most northerly county in the Republic?

Answer: Dun na nGall


Context: Germany national football team | " In 1971, Franz Beckenbauer became captain of the national team, and he led West Germany to victory at the European Championship at Euro 1972, defeating the Soviet Union 3–0 in the final. As hosts of the 1974 World Cup, they won their second World Cup, defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final in Munich. Two matches in the 1974 World Cup stood out for West Germany. The first group stage saw a politically charged match as West Germany played a game against East Germany. The East Germans won 1–0. The West Germans advanced to the final against the Johan Cruijff-led Dutch team and their brand of ""Total Football"". The Dutch took the lead from a penalty. However, West Germany tied the match on a penalty by Paul Breitner, and won it with Gerd Müller's fine finish soon after."

Prompt: Which national team introduced 'Total Football' at the 1974 World Cup in Germany?

Answer: Holland/Netherlands


Context: Bluebird of happiness |  The symbol of a bluebird as the harbinger of happiness is found in many cultures and may date back thousands of years.

Prompt: Which bird is the international symbol for happiness?

Answer: Sialia


Context: List of years in the environment | 1962 - Silent Spring, the widely acclaimed book by Rachel Carson which documented the effects of indiscriminate use of pesticides, is published. ; 1963 ; 1964 ; 1965 ; 1968 ; 1969

Prompt: Which 1962 ecological classic was written by Rachel Carson?

Answer: Slient spring


Context: Calcutta Cup |  In 1884 Calcutta Cricket and Football Club again set up a rugby section and in 1890 set up an inter club trophy, the Calcutta Rugby Union Challenge Cup, promptly christened the Calcutta Cup. The Cup is currently held by Jungle Crows who beat CC&FC. The second division trophy was won by Calcutta Cricket and Football Club Panthers. The original and oldest Calcutta Cup is a silver trophy played for annually by the members of Royal Blackheath Golf Club. It was a gift from the Royal Calcutta Golf Club in response to the presentation of a medal given by Blackheath. It is made from melted down silver rupees, reputedly from the same batch of melted down silver rupees as the Rugby Union Cup played for between England and Scotland. The cup arrived in

Prompt: Which sporting trophy is made of melted silver rupees?

Answer: Calcutta Cup


Context: Piste | " A piste is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. This European term is French (""trail"", ""track"") and synonymous with 'trail', 'slope', or 'run' in North America. The word is pronounced using a long ""e"" sound so that it rhymes with ""beast"". North Americans employ its common European antonym, 'off piste', to describe backcountry skiing, especially when referring to skiing outside officially approved areas of a ski resort."

Prompt: Which sport uses the terms 'plastron' 'piste' and 'riposte'?

Answer: European Fencing


Context: Marcella Detroit | " Detroit met Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey through a friend in common and songwriting partner Richard Feldman. At the time, Fahey had been contemplating leaving the band for her solo brainchild project Shakespears Sister. Feldman had invited Detroit as a songwriting aid. During this period, Fahey suggested to Detroit that she change her name to ""give me a sort of new lease of life and to get me disassociated with my background vocal past/entity"". Detroit continued to work as a ""hired hand"" until Fahey's husband David A. Stewart suggest the two form a band, which was backed by Feldman, Fahey's management and her record company, London Records. Detroit officially became a member of the band "

Prompt: Which band featured Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit?

Answer: Shakespeare's Sister


Context: List of fictional computers | " fragment of the alien Eye of Zarnov crystal (1988) ; Priscilla, a sentient supercomputer based on the mind of Priscilla Bauman in Earth Star Voyager (1988) ; Holly, the onboard computer of the spaceship Red Dwarf in the BBC television series of the same name (1988) ; Gordon 8000, the AI computer aboard the Space Corps starship SS Scott Fitzgerald, that Holly plays a game of postal chess with in the Series II episode of Red Dwarf, ""Better Than Life"" (1988) ; Queeg, Holly plays a practical joke on the remaining crew of Red Dwarf acting as a smarter yet very strict computer (Queeg) making the "

Prompt: What was the name of the computer in the sitcom Red Dwarf?

Answer: Ilex species


Context: Room 101 (British TV series) |  The radio series was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1992, where it was hosted by Nick Hancock. Hancock was also the first presenter when the series transferred to television two years later. The first ever guest on the TV version was comedian Bob Monkhouse who cast the French into Room 101. In 1999, Hancock was replaced as host by Paul Merton (who was also the first ever guest on the original radio version). Merton's first guest was Nick Hancock and his last was his fellow regular team captain on Have I Got News for You, Ian Hislop. Usually, there were five nominations discussed in each show – represented by several surreal props. The last item usually goes in, sometimes for a forfeit. Following Merton's departure in 2007, it was announced that a replacement would be sought; however, it was not until 2012 that a twelfth series, now fronted by Frank Skinner, was aired. In July, 2018, Skinner announced that, after 24 years, the show had been cancelled by the BBC.

Prompt: Who was the first presenter of Room 101 when it opened in 1994?

Answer: Nick Hancock


Context: Wikimedia Foundation |  Internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales and online community organizer/philosophy professor Larry Sanger founded Wikipedia in 2001 as an Internet encyclopedia to supplement Nupedia. The project was originally funded by Bomis, Jimmy Wales's for-profit business. Since Wikipedia was depleting Bomis's resources, Wales and Sanger thought of a charity model to fund the project. The Wikimedia Foundation was incorporated in Florida on June 20, 2003. It applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark Wikipedia on September 14, 2004. The mark was granted registration status on January 10, 2006. Trademark protection was accorded by Japan on December 16, 2004, and, in the European Union, on January 20, 2005. There were plans to license the use of the Wikipedia trademark for

Prompt: Which Internet site was founded by Jimmy Wales in 2001?

Answer: Wikkippedia


Context: Paul I, Prince Esterházy |  Paul was an accomplished musical amateur, composer, and patron of the arts. He composed numerous cantatas, the most notable of which are Harmonia Caelestis. Harmonia Caelestis is a cycle of 55 sacred cantatas composed in the Baroque style published in Vienna in 1711. Paul was one of the chief compilers of the Trophaeum Domus Inclytae Estorationae. Paul used his great wealth in the liberal patronage of art and literature. He founded the Esterházy private chapel, famous for its solo singers, chorus, and orchestra.

Prompt: Which famous composer's patrons were the Esterhazy family?

Answer: Franz Josef Haydn


Context: Milltown, New Jersey | " became the leader of the Vichy France government during World War II. The Vichy Regime willfully collaborated with Nazi Germany, taking state action against ""undesirables"", including Jews, Protestants, gays, gypsies, and left-wing activists. In total, the Vichy government participated in the deportation of 76,000 Jews to German extermination camps, although this number varies depending on the account; only 2,500 survived the war. After the war, Petain was charged with perjury and sentenced to death, though this was commuted to life imprisonment due to his advanced age. France has since changed the name of every street formerly known as Petain."

Prompt: Who was the leader of France's Vichy Government during World War II?

Answer: Henri Phillippe Pétain


Context: Blighty (film) |  Blighty is a 1927 British World War I silent drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ellaline Terriss, Lillian Hall-Davis and Jameson Thomas. The film was a Gainsborough Pictures production with screenplay by Eliot Stannard from a story by Ivor Montagu.

Prompt: In World War I what was 'a blighty one'?

Answer: Wound allowing repatriation