Context: A. J. Cronin |  Cronin was born in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the only child of a Presbyterian mother, Jessie Cronin (née Montgomerie), and a Catholic father, Patrick Cronin. Cronin often wrote of young men from similarly mixed backgrounds. His paternal grandparents had emigrated from County Armagh, Ireland, and become glass and china merchants in Alexandria. Owen Cronin, his grandfather, had had his surname changed from Cronague in 1870. His maternal grandfather, Archibald Montgomerie, was a hatter who owned a shop in Dumbarton. After their marriage Cronin's parents moved to Helensburgh, where he attended Grant Street School. When he was seven years old, his father, an insurance agent and commercial traveller, died of tuberculosis. He and

Prompt: Give either Christian name of the writer A.J. Cronin?

Answer: Archibald Joseph


Context: Amazon Lab126 |  Lab126's name derives from the arrow in Amazon's logo, which points from A to Z—the 1st and 26th letters in the English language alphabet.

Prompt: The first 'A' in the Amazon logo has an arrow under it that leads to which other letter in the word?

Answer: 𝓩


Context: Our Mutual Friend | "John Harmon – is heir to the Harmon estate, under the condition that he marry Bella Wilfer. He is presumed dead throughout most of the novel, though he is living under the name John Rokesmith, and working as a secretary for the Boffins in an attempt to better get to know Bella, the Boffins, and people's general reaction to John Harmon's ""death"". Harmon also uses the alias Julius Handford upon first returning to London. Harmon's ""death"" and subsequent resurrection as Rokesmith/Handford is consistent with Dickens's recurring theme in the novel of rebirth from the water. His upward social mobility through "

Prompt: Which Charles Dickens novel, his last completed work, features' John Harmon' and the title character 'John Rokesmith'?

Answer: John Harmon (character)


Context: Baikonur Cosmodrome |  Many historic flights lifted off from Baikonur: the first operational ICBM; the first man-made satellite, Sputnik 1, on 4 October 1957; the first spacecraft to travel close to the Moon, Luna 1, on 2 January 1959; the first crewed and orbital flight by Yuri Gagarin on 12 April 1961; and the flight of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, in 1963. 14 cosmonauts of 13 other nations, such as Czechoslovakia, East Germany, India and France, started their journeys from here as well under the Interkosmos program. In 1960, a prototype R-16 ICBM exploded before launch, killing over 100 people. Baikonur is also the site from which Venera 9 and Mars 3 were launched.

Prompt: What nation put the first manmade satellite in orbit, the 3 first man in space and the first woman in space?

Answer: The U.–S.–S.–R.


Context: List of Apollo missions |  The Apollo program was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. During the Apollo 11 mission, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Apollo Lunar Module (LM) and walked on the lunar surface, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command and service module (CSM), and all three landed safely on Earth on July 24, 1969. Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last in December 1972. In these six spaceflights,

Prompt: What mission was the fifth human space flight of 'Project Apollo', the third human voyage to the Moon and the first manned mission to land on the Moon?

Answer: S-IVB upper stage for Apollo 11


Context: Dombey and Son |  Dombey and Son appeared in monthly parts from 1 October 1846 to 1 April 1848 and in one volume in 1848. Its full title is Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. Dickens started writing the book in Lausanne, Switzerland, before returning to England, via Paris, to complete it.

Prompt: Which Charles Dickens novel has two title characters, both called 'Paul' and a full title that ends with the words: 'Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation'?

Answer: Dombey & Son


Context: Disney Village |  Disney Village is a shopping, dining, and entertainment complex in Disneyland Paris, located in the town of Marne-la-Vallée, France. Originally named Festival Disney, it opened on April 12, 1992, covering an area of approximately 18,000 m2 inside what was then known as Euro Disney Resort. Based on Walt Disney World's Disney Village Marketplace (now Disney Springs), Disney Village was designed by architect Frank Gehry with towers of oxidized silver and bronze-colored stainless steel under a canopy of lights. It is adjacent to the two theme parks of Disneyland Paris and the Lake Buena Vista hotel area.

Prompt: What is the name of the new town on the outskirts of Paris which is the site of 'Euro Disney', opened in 1992?

Answer: Marne-la-Vallée


Context: Scoville scale | "  The Scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency (spiciness or ""heat"") of chili peppers, as recorded in Scoville Heat Units (SHU), based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component. The scale is named after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, whose 1912 method is known as the Scoville organoleptic test. The Scoville organoleptic test is the most practical method for estimating SHU and is a subjective assessment derived from the capsaicinoid sensitivity by people experienced with eating hot chilis. An alternative method, using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), can be used to analytically quantify the capsaicinoid content as an indicator of pungency. As of 2011, the subjective organoleptic test has been largely superseded by analytical methods such as HPLC."

Prompt: In culinary terms, what is the Scoville Scale used to measure?

Answer: HOTNESS OF CHILI PEPPERS


Context: The Birth of Venus |   The Birth of Venus (Nascita di Venere ) is a painting by the Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, probably executed in the mid 1480s. It depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown (called Venus Anadyomene and often depicted in art). The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Although the two are not a pair, the painting is inevitably discussed with Botticelli's other very large mythological painting, the Primavera, also in the Uffizi. They are among the most famous paintings in the world, and icons of the Italian Renaissance; of the two, the Birth is better known than the Primavera. As depictions of subjects from classical mythology on a very large scale they were virtually unprecedented in Western art since classical antiquity, as

Prompt: 'The Birth Of Venus' is probably the most famous work of which Renaissance painter?

Answer: Alessandro Filipepi


Context: Giants (Greek mythology) | " ""missiles of red-hot metal"" from his forge. Athena crushed Enceladus under the Island of Sicily and flayed Pallas, using his skin as a shield. Poseidon broke off a piece of the island of Kos called Nisyros, and threw it on top of Polybotes (Strabo also relates the story of Polybotes buried under Nisyros but adds that some say Polybotes lies under Kos instead). Hermes, wearing Hades' helmet, killed Hippolytus, Artemis killed Gration, and the Moirai (Fates) killed Agrius and Thoas with bronze clubs. The rest of the giants were ""destroyed"" by thunderbolts thrown by Zeus, with each Giant being shot with arrows by Heracles (as the prophecy seemingly required)."

Prompt: Which giant hunter of Greek mythology was shot dead with an arrow fired by the goddess Artemis?

Answer: Orion (music)


Context: International Committee of the Red Cross Library | "  The ICRC – or rather its predecessor, the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded – was founded in February 1863 in Geneva by five men: businessman-turned-activist Henry Dunant, who had laid out the basic ideas in his much-acclaimed book A Memory of Solferino; lawyer and philanthropist Gustave Moynier; the medical doctors Louis Appia and Théodor Maunoir; and the General Guillaume Henri Dufour. The exact date of the creation of the library is unknown. It is first mentioned in the records of 1875, but ""'we may suppose that it was born at the same time as the organization, initially perhaps simply taking the form of a collection of works belonging to the Committee’s founders.'"" The actual address of the "

Prompt: Which organisation was founded in 1863 after the publication of the book 'A Memory Of Solferino' by the Swiss businessman Henri Dunant?

Answer: Red Cross


Context: Diocese of Bath and Wells |  The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese covers the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the city of Wells in Somerset.

Prompt: Complete the name of the Church of England diocese: 'Bath and .....'?

Answer: Wells (disambiguation)


Context: Sing (Gary Barlow song) | " ""Sing"" is a song written by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow, of Take That, and British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, and performed by a number of artists assembled by Barlow from across The Commonwealth, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The track was released via digital download and CD single on 28 May 2012, and was performed as part of the Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Concert celebrations on 4 June 2012."

Prompt: Who wrote the lyrics for 'Sing', written to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee?

Answer: Gary Barlow


Context: The Barbara Vine Mysteries |  The Barbara Vine Mysteries is a British television mystery drama series, principally written by Sandy Welch and Jacqueline Holborough and directly solely by Tim Fywell, that first broadcast on BBC1 on 10 May 1992. Adapted from a series of novels written by Ruth Rendell under the pseudonym of Barbara Vine, the series was the BBC's attempt to rival ITV's ratings winner The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, which was set to lose its lead actor, George Baker, in the same year. Three series were broadcast, with the final episode broadcasting on 3 January 1994, shortly before The Ruth Rendell Mysteries went back into production, adapting Rendell's novels without the character of Inspector Wexford for the first time. Certain aspects of each of the novels were modified for their television adaptations; the most notable of these being A Dark-Adapted Eye, which saw its storyline significantly altered, including the introduction of an entirely new character, an Italian lawyer played by Ciarán Hinds, who does not feature in the book. All three series were released as a complete box set via 2|Entertain DVD on 31 October 2005.

Prompt: Who also writes using the pseudonym 'Barbara Vine'?

Answer: Baroness Rendell


Context: 1854 in poetry | "Some one had blunder'd: Rode the six hundred. 'Forward, the Light Brigade!' Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldiers knew Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die: Into the valley of Death — From ""The Charge of the Light Brigade"" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, first published this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France)."

Prompt: In the poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Tennyson, how many 'rode into the valley of death'?

Answer: SIX HUNDRED (600)


Context: List of fictional United States presidencies of historical figures (P–R) | " to be elected President of the restored United States, Roosevelt prefers to go back to England, marry Queen Alexandra with whom he had fallen in love at first sight, and become Royal Consort and the progenitor of future British royalty. ; In the alternate history world state depicted in H.G. Wells' A Modern Utopia, Theodore Roosevelt is arrested by police for his ""disruptive influence"". The rulers of this Utopian society consider Roosevelt to be ""unstable"" and unfit to be entrusted with any position of authority. ; On the online timeline of the 2004 mockumentary CSA: The Confederate States of America, Theodore Roosevelt served "

Prompt: Who was the British monarch when Theodore Roosevelt was the US President?

Answer: Eduard VII


Context: London is the Place for Me | " ""London is the Place for Me"" is a 1948 calypso song by Aldwyn Roberts. Roberts, under his calypso stage name Lord Kitchener, sang the first two stanzas of ""London is the Place for Me"" on camera for reporters upon arrival at Tilbury Docks on the HMT Empire Windrush, and was recorded by Pathé News cameras. Roberts, as Lord Kitchener, did not record the song until 1951. The song was also popularised during the 1950s (1954) by bandleader Edmundo Ros. London is the Place For Me is also the name of a series of compilation albums from Honest Jon's, featuring the music of young Black London in the years after World War II, particularly the music of West Indian and West African expatriates. As of 2019, the label had released eight titles in the series."

Prompt: 'London Is The Place For Me' which was sung by Lord Kitchener as he disembarked from the 'MV Empire Windrush' in 1951 is what type of song?

Answer: CALYPSO


Context: Kings Cross, London |  St Pancras International station is in the district. St Pancras is Eurostar's London terminus. International destinations include Amsterdam, Brussels, and Paris. The station is also the terminus of Southeastern High Speed services from Kent and Stratford International (where London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is situated). Other long-distance National Rail services are operated by East Midlands Railway to cities such as Leicester and Sheffield. Thameslink operates regional services across London, South East England, and East Anglia. Trains serve key UK destinations including Bedford, Brighton, Cambridge, and Luton. They also serve several major London destinations, including Farringdon, Finsbury Park, and London Bridge. These routes provide the King's Cross area with direct links to Gatwick and Luton Airports.

Prompt: Which station is the Paris terminus of Eurostar?

Answer: Gare du nord


Context: Opel Corsa |   The Opel Performance Center in 2011 launched a hardcore version of the Corsa OPC – Corsa OPC Nürburgring Edition. The engine is the same, 1.6 litre turbo, but it has been tuned to punch out 210 PS and 250 Nm (280 Nm with overboost function) of torque at 2,250 to 5,850 rpm. The 0–100 km/h time is 6.8 seconds and top speed is 230 km/h. New upgrades include Brembo brake packages, recalibrated ABS, traction stability management system, Remus exhaust, and a mechanical limited slip differential, which in this segment of cars (supermini/B segment), only the MINI Cooper JCW has. This Corsa comes with a standard 18-inch alloy wheels and low profile tires, lowered suspension, dual tipped stainless steel exhaust, and special Nurburgring badge at B pillars and inside on gear knob and instrument dials. Also included is a new front spoiler, and different rear bumper. This Corsa is available in Henna Red, Grasshopper Green, Graphite Black (available as matte colour), and Casablanca White.

Prompt: Which manufacturer has produced a 'Nurburgring' edition of the 'Corsa'?

Answer: VAUXHALL (accept General Motors/Opel)


Context: Alfred North Whitehead | " In addition to numerous articles on mathematics, Whitehead wrote three major books on the subject: A Treatise on Universal Algebra (1898), Principia Mathematica (co-written with Bertrand Russell and published in three volumes between 1910 and 1913), and An Introduction to Mathematics (1911). The former two books were aimed exclusively at professional mathematicians, while the latter book was intended for a larger audience, covering the history of mathematics and its philosophical foundations. Principia Mathematica in particular is regarded as one of the most important works in mathematical logic of the 20th century. In addition to his legacy as a co-writer of Principia Mathematica, Whitehead's theory of ""extensive abstraction"" is considered foundational for the branch of ontology and computer science known as ""mereotopology,"" a theory describing spatial relations among wholes, parts, parts of parts, and the boundaries between parts."

Prompt: Which philosopher, 1872 - 1970, co-wrote 'Principia Mathematica' with A.N. Whitehead?

Answer: Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits


Context: List of Tour de France general classification winners |  Tour was won by Joop Zoetemelk. Hinault returned in 1981 and won that race as well as the one after that. Hinault sat out the Tour in 1983, and another Frenchman—Laurent Fignon—achieved victory. Fignon won again the following year, beating Hinault; Hinault recovered in 1985 to win his fifth Tour. American Greg LeMond became the first non-European to win the Tour in 1986. LeMond missed out in 1987 and 1988, but returned in 1989 to win the Tour by finishing eight seconds ahead of Laurent Fignon, the smallest winning margin in the Tour's history. LeMond also won in 1990. In 1991, Spaniard Miguel Indurain won his first Tour.

Prompt: Which Spaniard won the Tour de France five times in the 1990's?

Answer: Big Mig


Context: Bill Maynard |  he returned to Yorkshire Television as lovable rogue Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in Heartbeat, a new ITV drama series set in the 1960s. It was a major success, consistently drawing over 10 million viewers. Maynard published a new book, Stand Up...And Be Counted, in 1997 with Breedon Books. He remained with Heartbeat until December 2000, when he was forced to retire from the programme following a series of strokes. Despite this, he returned to acting in 2002 to reprise his character in spin off series The Royal until 2003. Maynard made a comeback to radio in March of that year on BBC Radio Leicester. His programme

Prompt: The first ten series of which long running TV drama featured the character Claude Jeremiah Greengrass?

Answer: Heart · Beat


Context: Hacker T. Dog |  Hacker T. Dog (born 27 October) is a dog puppet who appears on the CBBC television channel in the United Kingdom. He is described as being a Border Terrier who was born and lives in Wigan. He is the half-brother of Dodge T. Dog and is the son of Mrs. T. Dog (his father is never mentioned or seen).

Prompt: Which town is the home of CBBC presenter Hacker T Dog?

Answer: Wigan, Lancashire


Context: Honey badger |  The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel ( or ), is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Because of its wide range and occurrence in a variety of habitats, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is the only living species in the genus Mellivora and in the mustelid subfamily Mellivorinae. Despite its name, the honey badger does not closely resemble other badger species; instead, it bears more anatomical similarities to weasels. It is primarily a carnivorous species and has few natural predators because of its thick skin, strength and ferocious defensive abilities.

Prompt: What is the alternative two-word name for the Ratel, a member of the weasel family?

Answer: Mellivora


Context: February 1959 | "American singers J.P. Richardson, 28, ""The Big Bopper"", Buddy Holly, 22, and Ritchie Valens, 17, were killed in the crash of a private plane on their way to Fargo, N.D. They had boarded the plane at Mason City, Iowa, along with pilot Roger Peterson. Waylon Jennings had given his seat to Richardson, and Valens and Holly's guitarist Tommy Allsup had flipped a coin to see who would get the other seat on the plane.  The plane, a Beechcraft Bonanza, took off at 12:50 a.m. and crashed minutes later on the farm of Delbert Juhl, killing all four persons on board.   This became popularly known as ""The Day the Music Died"". ; American Airlines Flight 320 from Chicago crashed into the East River while trying to land at La Guardia Airport, killing 65 of the 73 persons on board. ; Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King and Lawrence D. Reddick departed from Idlewild Airport New York for a tour of The Middle East and India. ; Died: Vincent Astor, 67, American philanthropist who inherited a fortune after the death of his father on the RMS Titanic in 1912, then donated most of it to various charities. "

Prompt: American country singer Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on a plane in February 1959 to J P Richardson. How was Richardson commonly known?

Answer: J. P. Richardson


Context: West Pennine Moors |  include High Bullough Reservoir, built in 1850 supplying water to Chorley. The Upper Roddlesworth Reservoir was built in 1867–75. Yarrow Reservoir was begun in 1867 and designed by Thomas Duncan, the Liverpool Borough Engineer. The Rivington watershed comprises 10,000 acres (40 km2) of land and the average flow rate through the filter beds at Horwich is 8.96 million litres/day (2.24 million gallons/day). To the east of the area can be found the separate chains of Belmont, Delph, Turton and Entwistle, Wayoh and Jumbles reservoirs. Situated in the northeast is Haslingden Grane, a glaciated valley with three reservoirs, Calf Hey, Ogden and Holden Wood. There is a car park and information centre at Clough Head.

Prompt: Situated in the West Pennine Moors, what are Turton and Entwistle, Jumbles and Wayoh

Answer: Artificial lakes


Context: No Country for Old Men (film) | " No Country for Old Men was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won four, including Best Picture. Additionally, Javier Bardem won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role; the Coen brothers won Achievement in Directing (Best Director) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Other nominations included Best Film Editing (the Coen brothers as Roderick Jaynes), Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins), Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. Javier Bardem became the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar. ""Thank you to the Coens for being crazy enough to think I could do that and put one of the most horrible hair cuts in history on my "

Prompt: Who was the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar, for his role in the film No Country for Old Men?

Answer: Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem


Context: South Carolina in the American Civil War |  South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860, and was one of the founding member states of the Confederacy in February 1861. The bombardment of the beleaguered U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861 is generally recognized as the first military engagement of the war. The retaking of Charleston in February of 1865, and raising the flag (the same flag) again at Fort Sumter, was used for the Union the symbol of victory. South Carolina provided around 60,000 troops for the Confederate Army. As the war progressed, former slaves and free blacks of South Carolina joined U.S. Colored Troops regiments for the Union Army (most Blacks in South Carolina were enslaved at the war's outset). The state also provided uniforms, textiles, food, and war material, as well as trained soldiers and leaders from The Citadel and other military

Prompt: Which was the first US state to secede from the Union in December 1860; the first action of the Civil War took place in that state in April the following year?

Answer: Eighth State


Context: Stockholm | International and domestic: ; Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Sweden with 27 million passengers in 2017. It is located about 40 km north of Stockholm and serves as a hub for Scandinavian Airlines. ; Stockholm Bromma Airport is located about 8 km west of Stockholm. ; Only international: ; Stockholm Skavsta Airport is located 108 km south of Stockholm. It is located 5 km away from Södermanland County capital Nyköping. ; Stockholm Västerås Airport is located 103 km west of Stockholm, in the city of Västerås.  The Arlanda Express airport rail link runs between Arlanda Airport and Stockholm Central Station. With a journey of 20 minutes, the train ride is the fastest way of traveling to the city center. Arlanda Central Station is also served by commuter, regional and intercity trains. Additionally, there are also bus lines, Flygbussarna, that run between central Stockholm and all the airports. there are no airports specifically for general aviation in the Stockholm area.

Prompt: Which capital city is served by Arlanda Airport

Answer: Stockholm, Sweden


Context: Turkish Angora |  The gene responsible for the deaf white cat occurrence is present in most Turkish Angora cats.  Some Turkish Angora kittens suffer from hereditary ataxia, a rare condition thought to be inherited as an autosomal recessive. The kittens affected by ataxia have shaky movements, and do not survive to adulthood. Another genetic illness that is rare but known to the breed is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is a cardiac condition usually found in cats between the ages of 2 to 6 years old, with males being affected more commonly and more severely than females. In the Turkish Angora, the disease has not yet been studied at length, primarily due to its rarity of occurrence.

Prompt: What is the unfortunate defect inherent in Angora cats?

Answer: Partial loss of hearing


Context: February 3 |  bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post. ; 1966 – The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon. ; 1971 – New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. ; 1972 – The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. ; 1984 – Doctor

Prompt: Who made the first 'golf shot' on the Moon in February 1971?

Answer: Alan Shepherd (motorcyclist)


Context: Splish Splash (song) |  British comedian Charlie Drake scored a top ten hit with a comedy version of the song in 1958, produced by future Beatles producer George Martin on the Parlophone label. The song was remade in 1979 by Barbra Streisand for her album Wet. It features new lyrics by Streisand and backing vocals from Toto lead singer Bobby Kimball and Chicago keyboardist Bill Champlin. A short extract from the song also appears in the video for the 1812 Overture featuring Charlie Drake playing both the conductor and all the musicians. A Brazilian Portuguese version of the song was recorded in 1963 by Roberto Carlos. On 1965, Quebecois group César et les Romains broadcast a French cover of the song on

Prompt: Which comedian, whose real name was Charles Springall, reached number one in 1958 with 'Splish, Splash'?

Answer: CHARLIE DRAKE


Context: Black beret |  In the Sri Lankan Army, the Armoured Corps, Mechanized Infantry and the Special Forces wear black berets. In the Sri Lankan Navy, the black beret is worn by the Members of the elite Special Boat Squadron.

Prompt: The Black Berets are an elite paramilitary force from which country?

Answer: Russia (1991-1993)


Context: 2009 Formula One World Championship |  Prix, for an incident where Alonso's tyre came loose on the race track following a pit-stop error. An appeal overturned the decision, and the team raced in Valencia. During the summer break, BMW Sauber announced their withdrawal from Formula One racing due to poor results and lack of financial sustainability. The team would compete until the end of the season, while BMW attempted to sell the organisation. Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher was originally set to replace the injured Massa, but the seat was taken by test driver Luca Badoer due to Schumacher's neck injuries. Also replaced was Renault driver Nelson Piquet

Prompt: Motor Racing. Which team has announced that they are to withdraw from Formula One racing at the end of the year?

Answer: B.M.W


Context: Hard Times (novel) |  Hard Times: For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirises the social and economic conditions of the era. Hard Times is unusual in several ways. It is by far the shortest of Dickens's novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it. Also, unlike all but one of his other novels, Hard Times has neither a preface nor illustrations. Moreover, it is his only novel not to have scenes set in London. Instead the story is set in the fictitious Victorian industrial Coketown, a generic Northern English mill-town, in some ways similar to Manchester, though smaller. Coketown

Prompt: As Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' is generally considered to be a short story, what is Dickens' shortest novel?

Answer: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times


Context: Able Archer 83 |  On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KAL 007) was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor over the Sea of Japan near Moneron Island (just west of Sakhalin island) while flying over prohibited Soviet airspace. All 269 passengers and crew aboard were killed, including Congressman Larry McDonald, a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia and president of the anti-communist John Birch Society.

Prompt: Benigo Aquino murdered in the Phillipines, a Korean Boeing 747 shot down over Sakhalin Island, and John McEnroe wins at Wimbledon for the second time. Which year?

Answer: 1983


Context: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | " ""Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"" is a show tune and popular song from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Pal Joey. It is part of the Great American Songbook. The song was introduced by Vivienne Segal on December 25, 1940, in the Broadway production during Act I, Scene 6, and again in Act II, Scene 4, as a reprise. Segal also sang the song on both the 1950 hit record and in the 1952 Broadway revival. It was performed by Carol Bruce in the 1954 London production."

Prompt: The song 'Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered' came from which musical?

Answer: Pal Joey (disambiguation)


Context: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories titled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" was first published in 1819. Along with Irving's companion piece Rip Van Winkle, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle. In 1949, the second film adaptation was produced by Walt Disney as one of two segments in the package film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad."

Prompt: Who wrote 'The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow'?

Answer: Kickerbocker's History


Context: Daily Sketch |  the Daily Mirror, and in 1971 it was closed and merged with the Daily Mail. The Sketch was Conservative in its politics and populist in its tone during its existence through all its changes of ownership. In some ways, much of the more populist element of today's Daily Mail was inherited from the Sketch: before the merger, the more serious Mail, previously a broadsheet, was also right-wing. The Sketch notably launched a moral panic over Daniel Farson's 1960 television documentary Living for Kicks, a portrait of British teenage life at the time, which led to a war of words between the Sketch and the Daily Mirror. It also participated in the press campaign against the screening of the BBC film The War Game.

Prompt: Which daily newspaper was merged with the daily Mail in 1971?

Answer: The Daily Sketch


Context: Wet Wet Wet | " 1986, he discarded it as a poor effort. The band decided at this point that they could no longer work with him. Six months later, the band and their new A&R Manager, Nick Angel, released the single, and it reached number six in the UK singles chart. ""I was in a queue in a fish and chip shop in Glasgow when it came on Radio Clyde,"" Cunningham remembers. ""I felt like shouting to everybody, 'That's me and my mates!' It was an incredible feeling I've not forgotten."" The parent album, Popped In Souled Out, also became a hit and produced three more hit singles, namely ""Sweet Little Mystery"", ""Temptation"", and ""Angel Eyes"". They supported Lionel Richie on his UK tour."

Prompt: Which group had UK top ten hits in 1987 with 'Sweet Little Mystery' and 'Angel Eyes'?

Answer: Wet wet wet


Context: Rogation days | " Rogation days are days of prayer and fasting in Western Christianity. They are observed with processions and the Litany of the Saints. The so-called major rogation is held on 25 April; the minor rogations are held on Monday to Wednesday preceding Ascension Thursday. The word rogation comes from the Latin verb rogare, meaning ""to ask"", which reflects the beseeching of God for the appeasement of his anger and for protection from calamities."

Prompt: In the Christian church, (Major) Rogation Days are days of prayer for what?

Answer: A SUCCESSFUL HARVEST


Context: Washington Wizards |  The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at the Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The franchise was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers based in Chicago, Illinois, and were renamed to Chicago Zephyrs the following season. In 1963, they relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, and became the Baltimore Bullets, taking the name from a previous team of the same name. In 1973, the team changed its name to the Capital Bullets to reflect their move to

Prompt: Which American city is home to the Basketball side 'The Wizards'?

Answer: Washington


Context: Black on Maroon | " The painting comes from one of three series of canvases, painted by Rothko in 1958–59, produced in the Seagram murals commission for The Four Seasons Restaurant, in New York's Seagram Building on Park Avenue. Rothko's original conception for the work became increasingly sombre. He later said, ""After I had been at work for some time I realised that I was much influenced subconsciously by Michelangelo's walls in the staircase room of the Medicean Library in Florence. He achieved just the kind of feeling I'm after ..."" The murals were eventually withheld from installation at the restaurant, reportedly because Rothko did not wish his pictures to be a background to the eating of the privileged. In 1965 he suggested making them a gift to the Tate Gallery; this was finalised in 1969. On the day of their delivery, in 1970, as the crates were being unpacked, a cable was received from New York announcing that Rothko had been found dead in his studio."

Prompt: Which artist painted the 'Seagram Murals' which were originally commissioned by the Four Seasons Hotel in New York in 1958?

Answer: Marcus Rothkovich


Context: Burlington Royals |  The Burlington Royals were a minor league baseball team in Burlington, North Carolina, United States. They were a Rookie-level team in the Appalachian League. The team was affiliated with the Cleveland Indians from 1986 to 2006 as the Burlington Indians. They were known as the Royals during an affiliation with the Kansas City Royals from 2007 to 2020. The Royals played their home games at Burlington Athletic Stadium. Opened in 1960, Burlington Athletic Stadium held 3,500 fans. Major League Baseball alumni of note are featured on the wall inside the men's restroom at the Burlington Athletic Stadium in the form of painted jerseys: Manny Ramirez (#22), Jim Thome (#25), Bartolo Colón (#40) and CC Sabathia (#52). The start of the 2020 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic before ultimately being cancelled on June 30. In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball beginning with the 2021 season, the Appalachian League was reorganized as a collegiate summer baseball league, and the Royals were replaced by a new franchise in the revamped league designed for rising college freshmen and sophomores.

Prompt: In which US city do the Baseball team known as the 'Royals' play their home games?

Answer: Kansas City Metro


Context: Geography of North Carolina |  flatness of the surrounding terrain. The tallest of the Appalachian Mountains is Mount Mitchell. Mount Mitchell is also the tallest point east of the Mississippi River. The section enclosed within these limits is in shape somewhat like an ellipse. Its length is about 180 miles; its average breadth is from 20 to 50 mi. It is a high plateau, from the plane of which several high mountains rise, including the Roan, the Grandfather, and the Black. Between the mountains are scenic fertile valleys, plentifully watered by streams. The mountains lie within the Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests ecoregion and are heavily forested. They often feature thick underbrush, except a few which have prairies on their summits, called balds.

Prompt: Located in North Carolina, which is both the highest mountain in the Appalachians and the highest mountain east of the Mississippi?

Answer: Mount Mitchell


Context: Plethodontidae | " Another distinctive feature is the presence of a vertical slit between the nostril and upper lip, known as the ""nasolabial groove"". The groove is lined with glands, and enhances the salamander's chemoreception which is correlated with a higher degree of olfactory lobe and nasal mucous membrane development in plethodontids. The presence of this specialized structure is likely related to the absence of lungs in these salamanders. Though some lunged salamanders do exhibit similar structures, they are reduced in size and are not arranged near the nostrils (i.e. nares) in the same fashion as plethodontids. Due to the fact that plethodontids cannot generate air pressure via expulsion of air from the lungs and through "

Prompt: What is the name given to the vertical groove that runs between the top lip and the nose?

Answer: Sniffleridge


Context: Lucky Jim |  Lucky Jim is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis’ first novel and won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. The novel follows the exploits of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctant lecturer at an unnamed provincial English university. It is supposed that Amis arrived at Dixon's surname from 12 Dixon Drive, Leicester, the address of Philip Larkin from 1948 to 1950, while he was a librarian at the university there. Lucky Jim is dedicated to Larkin, who helped to inspire the main character and contributed significantly to the structure of the novel. Time magazine included Lucky Jim in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

Prompt: What is the surname of the title character in Kingsley Amis' novel 'Lucky Jim'?

Answer: 'DIXON'


Context: Mawazine |  Mawazine was held this year from 30 May until 7 June. Many artists performed starting with Justin Timberlake, for the opening (The 20/20 Experience World Tour) on 30 May which marked his first performance in Morocco, Jason Derülo as part of Tattoos World Tour on 31 May, the mythic French hip-hop group IAM on 1 June, the Belgian house producer and singer Stromae promoting his new album Racine Carrée on 2 June, Kool & the Gang on 3 June, the R&B sensation Ne-Yo on 4 June.Robert Plant the former vocalist of one of the best rock bands ever Led Zeppelin with his new founded band The Sensational Space Shifters on 5 June, the Latino icon Ricky Martin on 6 June, and the finale of this season the strong-voiced R&B diva Alicia Keys on 7 June.

Prompt: Which member of Led Zeppelin appeared at Glastonbury this year with his current band The Sensational Space Shifters?

Answer: Karac Plant


Context: 3905 Doppler | " This minor planet was named after Christian Doppler (1803–1853), Austrian physicist in Vienna and well known for the Doppler effect, which he first described in 1842, in his book ""Ueber das farbige Licht der Doppelsterne"". The naming was proposed by Jana Tichá and M. Šolc. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 August 1996 (M.P.C. 27734)."

Prompt: What nationality was Christian Doppler after whom the famous 'effect' is named

Answer: Austrian


Context: Ming dynasty |  The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by Han Chinese. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the Shun dynasty, soon replaced by the Manchu-led Qing dynasty), numerous rump regimes ruled by remnants of the Ming imperial family—collectively called the Southern Ming—survived until 1662. The Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398) attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system

Prompt: Which dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644

Answer: Ming Empire


Context: 1975 in Ireland |  two paramilitaries were killed in an Ulster Volunteer Force ambush in County Down as they returned home to Dublin from playing at a dance in Banbridge, Northern Ireland. ; 29 August – Former revolutionary, Taoiseach, and President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera died in Dublin aged 92. The government announced a day of mourning. ; 3 October – Dutch industrialist and Limerick factory owner Tiede Herrema was kidnapped. ; 12 October – Oliver Plunkett, the 17th-century Archbishop of Armagh, was canonised by Pope Paul VI in Rome. ; 21 October – Tiede Herrema was located with his kidnappers in Monasterevin, County Kildare and a police siege began. ; 18 November – The Tiede Herrema kidnap siege ended. ; 28 December – George Best played a League of Ireland match for Cork Celtic against Drogheda.

Prompt: Which former Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland died in August

Answer: Reynolds, Albert


Context: North Uist | " North Uist is the tenth-largest Scottish island and the thirteenth-largest island surrounding Great Britain. It has an area of 117 sqmi, slightly smaller than South Uist. North Uist is connected by causeways to Benbecula via Grimsay, to Berneray, and to Baleshare. With the exception of the south east, the island is very flat, and covered with a patchwork of peat bogs, low hills and lochans, with more than half the land being covered by water. Some of the lochs contain a mixture of fresh and tidal salt water, giving rise to some complex and unusual habitats. Loch Sgadabhagh, about which it has been said ""there is probably no other loch in Britain which approaches Loch Scadavay in irregularity and complexity of outline"", is the largest loch by area on North Uist although Loch Obisary has about twice the volume of water. The northern part of the island is part of the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland."

Prompt: Which island of just over 30 square miles lies between North Uist and South Uist?

Answer: Benbecula


Context: Submechanophobia |  Submechanophobia (and and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is a fear of submerged man-made objects, either partially or entirely underwater. These objects could be shipwrecks, statues, or old buildings, but also more mundane items such as buoys and miscellaneous debris.

Prompt: Of what is selenophobia a fear?

Answer: The Moon (accept moonlight or darkness on a moonless night)


Context: Halogen | " The halogens are a group in the periodic table consisting of five or six chemically related elements: fluorine (F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), iodine (I), and astatine (At). The artificially created element 117, tennessine (Ts), may also be a halogen. In the modern IUPAC nomenclature, this group is known as group 17. The name ""halogen"" means ""salt-producing"". When halogens react with metals, they produce a wide range of salts, including calcium fluoride, sodium chloride (common table salt), silver bromide and potassium iodide. The group of halogens is the only periodic table group that contains elements in three of the main states of matter at standard temperature and pressure. All of the halogens form acids when bonded to hydrogen. Most halogens are typically produced from minerals or salts. The middle halogens—chlorine, bromine, and iodine—are often used as disinfectants. Organobromides are the most important class of flame retardants, while elemental halogens are dangerous and can be lethally toxic."

Prompt: Alphabetically which is the first of the five halogens in the periodic table

Answer: Asstatine


Context: Gloucester |   Gloucester Cathedral, in the north of the city near the river, originates in the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter in 681. It is the burial place of King Edward II and Walter de Lacy. The cathedral (mainly its cloisters) was used for corridor scenes in the films Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The crypt was used for a scene in Sherlock Christmas special. Attached to the deanery is the Norman prior's chapel. In St Mary's Square outside the Abbey gate, the Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop John Hooper, was martyred under Queen

Prompt: Which English King is buried in Gloucester Cathedral

Answer: Edward II, King of the English


Context: Tencteri |  long been some doubt. Caesar describes a confluence of the Rhine and Maas rivers, but there is no such confluence. Archaeologist Nico Roymans has announced in 2015 that convincing evidence has been found that it was in fact in the confluence of Waal, a branch of the Rhine and not the Rhine itself, and the Maas/Meuse, near Kessel. On the other hand, the 3rd century historian Cassius Dio described the place as being in the country of the Treveri near the Moselle, which had the same name as the Maas in Latin (Mosa) and does enter the Rhine in that region. This is however

Prompt: Which city lies at the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Moselle

Answer: Bailiwick of Koblenz


Context: Genuphobia | " Genuphobia (from Latin word genu meaning ""knee"") is the fear of one's own knees or someone else's knees or the act of kneeling."

Prompt: Of what is genuphobia a fear?

Answer: Knees (accept Kneeling)


Context: Ernest Lehman | " In 1958, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had hired Hitchcock to make a film called The Wreck of the Mary Deare, based on Hammond Innes' novel of the same name. Collaborating with Lehman, Hitchcock produced North by Northwest (1959) instead. This was one of Lehman's few original screenplays (rather than adaptations). The film starred Cary Grant as Roger O. Thornhill, a Madison Avenue advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of menacing spies (led by James Mason and Martin Landau). Lehman later said he intended North by Northwest to be ""the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures."" The writing process took Lehman a year, including several periods of writer's block, as well as a trip to Mount Rushmore to do research for the film's climax. North by Northwest was one of Lehman's greatest triumphs in Hollywood and a huge hit for Hitchcock. For his efforts, Lehman received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, as well as a 1960 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay."

Prompt: "Who plays advertising executive Roger Thornhill in the 1959 film North by Northwest""?"

Answer: Archibald alec leach


Context: Krakatoa |  The most notable eruptions of Krakatoa culminated in a series of massive explosions over 26–27 August 1883, which were among the most violent volcanic events in recorded history. With an estimated Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) of 6, the eruption was equivalent to 200 MtonTNT—about 13,000 times the nuclear yield of the Little Boy bomb (13 to 16 kt) that devastated Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, and four times the yield of Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated at 50 Mt. The 1883 eruption ejected approximately 6 mi3 of rock. The cataclysmic explosion was heard 3600 km away in Alice Springs, Australia, and on the island of Rodrigues near Mauritius, 4780 km to the west. According to the official records of the Dutch East Indies colony, 165 villages and towns were destroyed near Krakatoa,

Prompt: In which year of the nineteenth century was the most notable eruption of Krakatoa

Answer: one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-three


Context: The Report of the Investigation Commission of Althing | " Following the collapse of the Icelandic banking system, Prime Minister Geir Haarde began referring to ""a white book"" intended to reveal the truth about the operations of the fallen banks' on December 11, 2012. On December 12, 2008, by legal act 142/2008, the Icelandic parliament established an investigation commission to, in the words of the law, 'seek the truth behind the events leading to, and the causes of, the downfall of the Icelandic banks in October 2008, and related events', 'granting the Commission 'exceptional investigative powers in order to appease the demonstrators and to meet the public's demand for answers as to why their three largest banks, Glitnir, Landsbanki, and Kaupthing, had collapsed'. As well as arising from popular pressure, the "

Prompt: Name any p *e Icelandic Banks that collapsed in October 2008.

Answer: Glitnir, Kaupthing or Landsbanki


Context: Iqaluit | " Iqaluit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ (meaning ""place of many fish""); ) is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, its largest community, and its only city. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the large bay on the coast of which the city is situated. In 1987, its traditional Inuktitut name was restored. In 1999, Iqaluit was designated the capital of Nunavut after the division of the Northwest Territories into two separate territories. Before this event, Iqaluit was a small city and not well known outside the Canadian Arctic or Canada, with population and economic growth highly limited. This is due to the city's isolation and "

Prompt: The capital city of Nunavut, Iqaluit lies on which large island?

Answer: Baffin Island


Context: The Infidel (2010 film) |  Mahmud Nasir is a husband, father and a British Muslim who listens to rock music, particularly the long deceased pop star Gary Page, and occasionally drinks alcohol. His son, Rashid, wishes to marry his fiancee Uzma, but they need the blessing of her devout Muslim cleric stepfather, Arshad Al-Masri, something Mahmud is initially resistant towards, given Al-Masri's supposed links to Islamic extremists. However, he agrees to put on the act of devout Muslim for the occasion. Mahmud, while clearing out his recently deceased mother's house, stumbles across an adoption certificate with his name on it. He later learns he was actually adopted by his Muslim parents when he was two weeks old; his birth

Prompt: Who plays 'Mahmud Nasir', a Muslim who finds out he was born Jewish, in the 2010 film 'The Infidel'?

Answer: Hopeful: The Autobiography


Context: Asterism (astronomy) | "The Big Dipper, also known as The Plough or Charles's Wain, is composed of the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major. These stars delineate the Bear's hindquarters and exaggerated tail, or alternatively, the ""handle"" forming the upper outline of the bear's head and neck. With its longer tail, Ursa Minor hardly appears bearlike at all, and is widely known by its pseudonym, the Little Dipper. ; The Northern Cross in Cygnus. The upright runs from Deneb (α Cyg) in the Swan's tail to Albireo (β Cyg) in the beak. The transverse runs from ε Cygni in one wing to δ Cygni in the other. ; The Southern Cross is an asterism by name, but the whole area is now recognised as the constellation Crux. The main stars are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and arguably also Epsilon "

Prompt: The seven brightest stars of Ursa Major form 'The Plough'. What is this called in North America?

Answer: 'BIG DIPPER'


Context: Rhianna (singer) |  Rhianna Hannah Louise Kenny (born 1983) simply known as Rhianna, is an English R&B singer.

Prompt: What nationality is singer Rhianna?

Answer: Barbadian


Context: Rules of snooker | " (yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black), and one white. Usually none of the balls are numbered, though the six colour balls often are in the US, where they are easily mistaken at first glance for pool balls (the design is similar, but the numbering does not match pool's scheme). At the beginning of a frame, the balls are set up in the arrangement shown in the illustration. The six colours (a term referring to all balls except the white and the reds) are placed on their own spots. On the baulk line, looking up the table from the baulk end, the green ball is located where the ""D"" meets the line on the left, the brown ball in the middle of the line, and the yellow ball "

Prompt: What is the name of the line on a Snooker table on which the yellow, green and brown are placed at the start of a frame?

Answer: BAULK LINE


Context: Derwent Park |  Derwent Park is a Speedway and Rugby League Stadium in Workington, England situated beside the Cumbrian River Derwent. It is used mostly for rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Workington Town who play in League 1 the 3rd tier of Northern Hemisphere rugby league Derwent Park has a capacity of 12,000 people with 1,200 seats.

Prompt: Which Rugby League team plays home games at Derwent Park?

Answer: Workington Town


Context: 1973 in literature | Nobel Prize in Literature: Patrick White

Prompt: Which Nobel Prize did Patrick White win in 1973?

Answer: Ltierature


Context: Siege of Metz (1870) |  The Siege of Metz was a battle fought during the Franco-Prussian War from August 19 to October 27, 1870 and ended in a decisive Allied German victory. The French Army of the Rhine under François Bazaine retreated into the Metz fortress after its defeat by the Germans at the Battle of Gravelotte on 18 August 1870. The fortress was promptly surrounded by German forces under Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. The French Army of Châlons was sent to relieve the Army of the Rhine but was itself encircled and annihilated by the German armies at the Battle of Sedan on 1–2 September. Unable to capture the fortress by bombardment or storm, the

Prompt: In the 1870 'Siege of Metz', the French were besieged by which army?

Answer: Freistaat Prussia


Context: The Cabin in the Cotton | " When producer Darryl F. Zanuck urged Michael Curtiz to cast Bette Davis as Madge Norwood, the director responded, ""Are you kidding? Who would want to go to bed with her?"" Angry that he was forced to use her against his will, Curtiz fumed throughout the shoot, loudly deriding her as ""a goddamned lousy actress"" or calling her a ""God-damned-nothing-no-good-sexless-son-of-a-bitch!"" under his breath during her love scenes with Richard Barthelmess. In later years, Davis observed, ""Mr. Curtiz, I must say, monster as he was, was a great European moviemaker. He was not a performer's director . . . You had to be very strong with him. And he wasn't fun . . . "

Prompt: "About which of her contemporary actresses did Bette Davis say, ""She has slept with every star in Hollywood, except Lassie""?"

Answer: Joan Crawford


Context: Some Other Rainbow | " Some Other Rainbow is a joint memoir written by John McCarthy and Jill Morrell and first published by Bantam Press in 1993. It deals in separate chapters with the individual and parallel experiences of McCarthy and Morrell, during McCarthy's captivity in the Lebanon, which lasted from 17 April 1986 until 8 August 1991. While McCarthy was held by Hezbollah, along with Irish hostage Brian Keenan, he was unaware of the campaign being run by Morrell to keep his name in the public eye and help secure his release; only after his release did he discover that she had formed the ""Friends of John McCarthy"". Some Other Rainbow is often compared with Keenan's memoir, An Evil Cradling, published a year earlier. The book topped the Independent on Sunday's bestseller list for autobiography and made the couple enough to live on for a time. The couple split up in 1995. McCarthy later wrote another memoir, A Ghost Upon Your Path (2002), dealing with later experiences."

Prompt: Who co-wrote 'Some Other Rainbow' with Jill Morrell?

Answer: John McCarthy (Australian footballer)


Context: State of Franklin | " The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession to Congress to help pay off debts related to the American War for Independence. It was founded with the intent of becoming the 14th state of the new United States. Franklin's first capital was Jonesborough. After the summer of 1785, the government of Franklin (which was by then based in Greeneville), ruled as a ""parallel government"" running alongside (but not harmoniously with) a re-established North Carolina bureaucracy. Franklin was never admitted into the union. The extra-legal state existed for only about four and a half years, ostensibly as a republic, after which North Carolina reassumed full control of the area. The creation of Franklin is novel, in that it resulted from both a cession (an offering from North Carolina to Congress) and a secession (seceding from North Carolina, when its offer to Congress was not acted upon and the original cession was rescinded)."

Prompt: Which US state was known as the 'State of Franklin' from 1784 until 1788?

Answer: Tennessee (river)


Context: Universities in the United Kingdom |  and Cambridge. After London opened its degrees to women in 1878, UCL opened its courses in Arts, Law and Science to women, although it took the First World War to open up the London medical schools. By the end of the 19th century, the only British universities not granting degrees to women were Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin. Non-Anglicans were admitted to degrees at Oxford in 1854, Cambridge in 1856 and Durham in 1865. The remaining tests were (except in theology) removed by the Universities Tests Act 1871, allowing non-Anglicans to become full members of the university (membership of Convocation at Oxford and Durham or the

Prompt: Which British university was the first to throw open all degrees to women (in 1878)?

Answer: London (UK)


Context: Women's Prize for Fiction |  The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes. It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year.

Prompt: What is the name of the UK Women's Prize for Fiction?

Answer: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction


Context: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. | " hooligans in the 1960s. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, a hooligan firm named ""The Subway Army"" would often ambush fans in the subway adjacent to the ground. The group was gradually broken up and virtually ceased to exist due to a large number of arrests – many as part of the police's nationwide ""Operation GROWTH"" (or ""Get Rid of Wolverhampton's Troublesome Hooligans"") in the late 1980s. The club invites interaction with its supporters and has a Fans' Parliament, at which independently selected candidates meet with club officials discuss issues relating to the club. An independent fanzine named ""A Load of Bull"" (ALOB), in part a reference to leading goalscorer Steve Bull, published supporters' views between 1989 and 2012."

Prompt: The 'Subway Army' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which Midlands club?

Answer: Wolves FC


Context: Kit Kat |  Kit Kat is a chocolate-covered wafer bar confection created by Rowntree's of York, United Kingdom, and is now produced globally by Nestlé (which acquired Rowntree's in 1988), except in the United States, where it is made under license by the H. B. Reese Candy Company, a division of the Hershey Company. The standard bars consist of two or four pieces composed of three layers of wafer, separated and covered by an outer layer of chocolate. Each finger can be snapped from the bar separately. There are many flavours of Kit Kat, including milk, white, and dark chocolate. The original four-finger version of the bar was developed after a worker at Rowntree's York factory put a suggestion in

Prompt: Kit Kat is manufactured throughout the world by Nestle except in the USA, which company makes it under license there?

Answer: HERSHEY


Context: Brett Polegato |  Brett Polegato (born 1968 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) is an operatic baritone. In 1999 he made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Peter Niles in Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra followed by his La Scala debut in 2000 as Ned Keene in Britten's Peter Grimes. He is particularly known for his interpretation of the title role in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande which he has performed with many companies including the Bavarian State Opera, Opéra National de Paris, Oper Leipzig, and Opéra National du Rhin among others. Other European appearances include Ubalde in Gluck's Armide at Opéra de Nice, the title role in Monteverdi's Orfeo at Opéra d'Avignon, and Frère Lèon in Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise at Opéra National de

Prompt: In which opera do the characters 'Ned Keene' and 'Bob Boles' appear?

Answer: Ellen Orford


Context: Milwaukee | " Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The seat of Milwaukee County, the city is located on Lake Michigan's southwestern shore, and was incorporated in 1846. As of the 2020 census, Milwaukee had a population of 577,222, a decrease from 594,833 in 2010. It is the 31st largest city in the United States and the fourth-largest city situated along one of the Great Lakes. It is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwest. Milwaukee is considered a ""Gamma −"" global "

Prompt: Milwaukee is the largest city in which American state?

Answer: Badger State


Context: Moll (slang) | In the United States, an archaic term for a gangster's girlfriend. See gun moll. ; In Australia and New Zealand, usually pejorative or self-deprecating, for a woman of loose sexual morals, or a prostitute. ; In Western Australia, circa 1970-1990s and less commonly after, Mole can be both an insult or friendly term of endearment for women. A Mole used as an insult describes an unlikeable female who is annoying. Moll/Mole/Molly is a slang term with two different meanings in two places: For the American sense, see gun moll. The remainder of this article describes the Australian sense.

Prompt: What word can mean loose broken rocks or someone who is vulgarly self-assertive?

Answer: Brash


Context: Jess Willard | " On April 5, 1915, in front of a huge crowd at the new Oriental Park Racetrack in Havana, Cuba, he knocked out champion Jack Johnson in the 26th round to win the world heavyweight boxing championship. Johnson later claimed to have intentionally lost the fight, despite the fact there is evidence of Willard winning fairly, which can be seen clearly in the recorded footage, as well as the comments Johnson made to his cornermen between rounds and immediately after the fight, and that he bet $2500 on himself to win. Willard said, ""If he was going to throw the fight, I wish he'd done "

Prompt: What politically incorrect phrase was used to describe boxer Jess Willard when he fought Jack Johnson in 1915?

Answer: (Great) White Hope


Context: Canterbury, New Zealand |  Canterbury (Waitaha) is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island. The region covers an area of 44508 km2, and is home to a population of The region in its current form was established in 1989 during nationwide local government reforms. The Kaikoura District joined the region in 1992 following the abolition of the Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council. Christchurch, the South Island's largest city and the country's second-largest urban area, is the seat of the region and home to 0/0*100 percent of the region's population. Other major towns and cities include Timaru, Ashburton, Rangiora and Rolleston.

Prompt: The largest region in New Zealand is Canterbury. Which city is the seat of government?

Answer: Port Cooper Plains


Context: Unknown Pleasures |  Joy Division formed in Salford in 1976 during the first wave of punk rock. Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook had separately attended a Sex Pistols show at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall on 4 June 1976 and both embraced that band's simplicity, speed and aggression. Forming a band with their friend Terry Mason on drums, Sumner on guitar and Hook on bass, they advertised for a singer. Ian Curtis, whom Sumner and Hook already knew, applied and, without having to audition, was taken on. After a number of changes of drummer, Stephen Morris joined the band—at that time called Warsaw—in August 1977. To avoid confusion

Prompt: Which band, formed in Salford in 1976, contained Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook?

Answer: 'JOY DIVISION'


Context: Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib |  Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب; c. 546-570) was the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim and Fatimah bint Amr of the Makhzum clan. He was married to Āminah bint Wahb. Muhammad was their only offspring.

Prompt: Who was the father of the prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam?

Answer: Abd Alláh


Context: Electrical wiring |  The United Kingdom requires the use of wire covered with green/yellow striped insulation, for safety earthing (grounding) connections. This growing international standard was adopted for its distinctive appearance, to reduce the likelihood of dangerous confusion of safety earthing (grounding) wires with other electrical functions, especially by persons affected by red-green colour blindness. In the UK, phases could be identified as being live by using coloured indicator lights: red, yellow and blue. The new cable colours of brown, black and grey do not lend themselves to coloured indicators. For this reason, three-phase control panels will often use indicator lights of the old colours.

Prompt: What colour is the live wire in an electric plug?

Answer: Orangeish blacks


Context: Ryan Brougham |  Lindbergh's successful trans-Atlantic flight led to a slightly modified Ryan Brougham being ordered for the first attempted trans-tasman flight between Australia and New Zealand. Named 'Aotearoa', the Māori name for New Zealand, and crewed by New Zealanders John Moncrieff and George Hood the aircraft left Richmond, near Sydney on 10 January 1928, on a flight expected to take about 14 hours. Radio signals were heard from the 'Aotearoa' for 12 hours before abruptly ceasing. The aviators failed to arrive in New Zealand, and no trace of them or their aircraft has ever been found.

Prompt: Who in 1928 piloted the first flight between Australia and New Zealand?

Answer: Charles Edward Kingsford Smith


Context: Eddy Grant | " In 1965, Grant formed the Equals, playing guitar and singing background vocals, and the band had two hit albums and a minor hit with the single ""I Get So Excited"" before having a number one hit in 1968 with his song ""Baby Come Back"". The tune also topped the UK Singles Chart in 1994, when covered by Pato Banton featuring Robin and Ali Campbell of the reggae group UB40. The Equals had five further top 40 hits in the UK up to the end of 1970. The Baby Come Back album featured a song by Grant titled ""Police on My Back,"" which "

Prompt: 'Baby Come Back' was a number one hit in 1968 for which group, founded by Eddy Grant?

Answer: Equally


Context: Paleozoic |  There are six periods in the Paleozoic Era: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous (alternatively subdivided into the Mississippian Period and the Pennsylvanian Period), and the Permian.

Prompt: Which period in the Paleozoic era came between the Silurian and the Carboniferous?

Answer: Emsian


Context: Sudoku |  squares. Various other grid sizes have also been enumerated—see the main article for details. The number of essentially different solutions, when symmetries such as rotation, reflection, permutation, and relabelling are taken into account, was shown to be just 5,472,730,538. Unlike the number of complete Sudoku grids, the number of minimal 9×9 Sudoku puzzles is not precisely known. (A minimal puzzle is one in which no clue can be deleted without losing uniqueness of the solution.) However, statistical techniques combined with a puzzle generator show that about (with 0.065% relative error) 3.10 × 1037 minimal puzzles and 2.55 × 1025 nonessentially equivalent minimal puzzles exist.

Prompt: How many squares are there in a standard 'Sudoku' grid?

Answer: eighty-one


Context: Rathfriland | "Agnes Macready Australia's first war correspondent was born here in 1855. ; Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam. ; Patrick Brontë, the father of the Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne) was born in 1777 in a cottage in Edenagarry on the outskirts of Annaclone, where he lived until a local vicar paid his way to Cambridge University in 1802. While studying at Cambridge, he changed his name from Brunty to Brontë. He preached and taught at Drumballyroney Church and School House, between Rathfriland and Moneyslane. The Brontë Homeland Interpretative Centre is at Drumballyroney. ; Andrew George Scott (alias ""Captain Moonlight"") was born in Rathfriland in 1842 in a house on Castle Hill. A "

Prompt: What was the first name of the father of the Bronte sisters?

Answer: Patrick (disambiguation)


Context: Scott Adams |  Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is an American author and cartoonist. He is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. Dilbert came to national prominence during the downsizing period in 1990s America and reached a worldwide audience. Adams worked in various business roles before he became a full-time cartoonist in 1995. He writes in a satirical, often sarcastic way about the social and psychological landscape of white-collar workers in modern corporations.

Prompt: Which comic strip is the most famous creation of Scott Adams?

Answer: Ashook


Context: Jacob (name) |  From 1999 through 2012, Jacob was the most popular baby name for boys in the United States.

Prompt: According to figures released by the ONS what was the most popular name for baby boys in 2012?

Answer: Harry (disambiguation)


Context: Year of the Six Emperors |  The Year of the Six Emperors was the year 238 AD, during which six men made claims to be emperors of Rome. This was an early symptom of what historians now call the Crisis of the Third Century, also known as Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis (235–284 AD), a period in which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of barbarian invasions and migrations into the Roman territory, civil wars, peasant rebellions, political instability (with multiple usurpers competing for power), Roman reliance on (and growing influence of) barbarian mercenaries known as foederati and commanders nominally working for Rome (but increasingly independent), the devastating social and economic effects of the plague, debasement of currency, and economic depression. The crisis ended with the ascension of Diocletian and his implementation of reforms in 284.

Prompt: 238 AD is known in Roman history as the Year of the ........ (how many) Emperors?

Answer: SIX


Context: Emirate |  An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir, a title used by monarchs or high officeholders in the Muslim world. There are three emirates that are independent states (Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Qatar); and the unrecognized Taliban state in Afghanistan is (and was) also styled as an emirate. A great number of previously independent emirates around the world are now part of larger states, as can be seen in Nigeria.

Prompt: There are three independent emirates in the world. United Arab Emirates and Qatar are two. Which is the third?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:KW


Context: Perfection (game show) |  Perfection is a BBC quiz show which was hosted by Nick Knowles. It was first shown on BBC Two from 17 January 2011 to 10 February 2012, then shown on BBC One from 2 January 2013 to 31 October 2014 and then back on BBC Two from 2 to 30 March 2015.

Prompt: Who presents the BBC quiz show 'Perfection'?

Answer: Nick Knowles


Context: 2003 in Portugal | International Sand Sculpture Festival established; held annually in Pêra, Algarve

Prompt: In which country is the annual International Alphorn Festival held?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:CH


Context: Yevgeny Leonov | " Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as Gentlemen of Fortune, Mimino and Striped Trip. Called ""one of Russia's best-loved actors"", he also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Vinny Pukh (Winnie-the-Pooh)."

Prompt: Which character is known as Ursinho Puff in Portugal and Vinni Pukh in Russia?

Answer: Winnie-the-pooh


Context: Carpe Jugulum | " Carpe Jugulum (Latatian for ""seize the throat"", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy novel by English writer Terry Pratchett, the twenty-third in the Discworld series. It was first published in 1998. In Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett pastiches the traditions of vampire literature, playing with the mythic archetypes and featuring a tongue-in-cheek reversal of 'vampyre' subculture with young vampires who wear bright clothes, drink wine, and stay up until noon."

Prompt: Who wrote the fantasy novel 'Carpe Jugulum' published in 1998?

Answer: TERY PRATCHETT


Context: Matalan |  John Hargreaves opened the first Matalan store in 1985 at Bamber Bridge, near Preston, Lancashire. There were fifty stores by 1995, and in 1997, the company moved its headquarters from Preston to Skelmersdale, also in Lancashire. The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1998, but taken private again by the Hargreaves family in October 2006. During 2009, John Hargreaves sought to sell off Matalan, but by February 2010, had failed to find buyers willing to meet the £1.5 billion price. Jason Hargreaves was appointed managing director in July 2013. The headquarters moved to a purpose built site at Knowsley, Merseyside in 2014. The company won approval for this scheme in October 2012.

Prompt: Which chain store founded by John Hargreaves opened its 200th UK outlet in Croydon in September 2006?

Answer: Matalan plc


Context: Charlotte, North Carolina |  Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 as of the 2020 census, making it the 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-largest city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida, and seventh-largest city in the Southern United States. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose population ranks 23rd in the U.S., and had a population of 2,660,329, in 2020. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2020 census-estimated population of 2,846,550. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was ranked as the country's fastest-growing metro area, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population

Prompt: Charlotte is the largest city by population in which American state?

Answer: N. Carolina


Context: Maentwrog Road railway station |   Maentwrog Road railway station  was on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Gwynedd, Wales.

Prompt: What station is at the western end of the Ffestiniog railway in Wales?

Answer: Borth-y-Gest


Context: Mount Meager massif |  The geomorphology of the Mount Meager massif resembles that of Glacier Peak, another Cascade Arc volcano in the U.S. state of Washington. It consists of at least four overlapping stratovolcanoes that are younger from south to north. With a total volume of 20 km3, the massif is older than most volcanoes in the Cascade Arc, tracing its history back to 2,200,000 years ago. In the Cascade Range, the oldest volcanoes are generally no more than a million years old. This includes Mount Rainier (500,000 years old), Lassen Peak (25,000 years old), Mount Jefferson (290,000 years old) and Mount St. Helens (50,000 years

Prompt: In which country is the volcano Mount Meager?

Answer: Canada


Context: Newel | " A newel, also called a central pole or support column, is the central supporting pillar of a staircase. It can also refer to an upright post that supports and/or terminates the handrail of a stair banister (the ""newel post""). In stairs having straight flights it is the principal post at the foot of the staircase, but the term can also be used for the intermediate posts on landings and at the top of a staircase. Although its primary purpose is structural, newels have long been adorned with decorative trim and designed in different architectural styles. Newel posts turned on a lathe are solid pieces "

Prompt: In Architecture what are a series of short upright pillars supporting a coping or rail called?

Answer: Baluster


Context: God Only Knows | " track, ""Here Today"", ""Sloop John B"", and ""Wouldn't It Be Nice"". Responding to the group's growing popularity among the British, a promotional film for the song, directed by band publicist Derek Taylor, was filmed for the UK's Top of the Pops on April 25. The film featured the group (minus Johnston) at Lake Arrowhead, flailing around in grotesque horror masks and playing Old Maid. The clip originally ran for five minutes and incorporated excerpts of ""Wouldn't It Be Nice"", ""Here Today"", and ""God Only Knows"". Due to concerns from the BBC over the horror masks, the clip was later trimmed and re-cut to feature only ""God Only Knows"". It premiered on BBC-1 on August 4, with a repeat airing on September 1."

Prompt: """Wouldn't it be nice"", ""God only knows"" and ""Sloop John B"" were songs from which 1966 album?"

Answer: Pet Sounds


Context: Discovery of the neutron |  Robert Bacher (1933) at Ann Arbor and I.Y. Tamm and S.A. Altshuler (1934) in the Soviet Union from studies of the hyperfine structure of atomic spectra. By the late 1930s accurate values for the magnetic moment of the neutron had been deduced by the Rabi group using measurements employing newly developed nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. The large value for the proton's magnetic moment and the inferred negative value for the neutron's magnetic moment were unexpected and raised many questions.  The discovery of the neutron immediately gave scientists a new tool for probing the properties of atomic nuclei. Alpha particles

Prompt: Which scientist discovered the Neutron in 1934?

Answer: Sir James Chadwick


Context: History of the camera |  After Niépce's death in 1830, his partner Louis Daguerre continued to experiment and by 1837 had created the first practical photographic process, which he named the daguerreotype and publicly unveiled in 1839. Daguerre treated a silver-plated sheet of copper with iodine vapor to give it a coating of light-sensitive silver iodide. After exposure in the camera, the image was developed by mercury vapor and fixed with a strong solution of ordinary salt (sodium chloride). Henry Fox Talbot perfected a different process, the calotype, in 1840. As commercialized, both processes used very simple cameras consisting of two nested boxes. The rear box had a removable ground glass screen and could slide in and out to adjust the focus. After focusing, the ground glass was replaced with a light-tight holder containing the sensitized plate or paper and the lens was capped. Then the photographer opened the front cover of the holder, uncapped the lens, and counted off as many minutes as the lighting conditions seemed to require before replacing the cap and closing the holder. Despite this mechanical simplicity, high-quality achromatic lenses were standard.

Prompt: Who invented the first practical camera in 1839?

Answer: Henry Fox-Talbot


Context: List of national capital city name etymologies | " Etymology unknown. Addis Ababa: From Amharic ኣዲስ ኣበባ, meaning ""New Flower."" ; Entoto (1880–1889): Named after Mount Entoto. ; Magdala (1855–1880): (from Aramaic מגדלא Magdala, meaning ""elegant"", ""great"", or ""magnificent""; and Hebrew Migdal, meaning ""tower""; Arabic قرية الممجدل, Qaryat Al Majdal) ; Gonder (1636–1855): Etymology unknown. ; Danqaz (?–1636): Etymology unknown. ; Tegulat (1270–?): Etymology unknown. ; Lalibela (11??–12??): From Amharic ላሊበላ, meaning ""A person who talks too much."" ; Nazaret (????–????): Named after Nazareth, Israel. ; Axum (250–?): Etymology unknown.  East Timor: 🇪🇨 Ecuador: 🇪🇬 Egypt: 🇸🇻 El Salvador: 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea: 🇪🇷 Eritrea: 🇪🇪 Estonia:  Eswatini: 🇪🇹 Ethiopia:"

Prompt: "Which African capital city's name means ""New Flower""?"

Answer: Ethiopian Natural History Museum


Context: Champion of Champions (snooker) |  The Champion of Champions is a professional non-ranking snooker tournament. It was held in 1978 and 1980 and was then revived in 2013 by Matchroom Sport. The reigning champion is Judd Trump. The Champion of Champions features winners of World Snooker events over the preceding 12 months, with the field topped up, if necessary, from the current World Rankings. In 2020, the tournament had a prize fund of £440,000, of which £150,000 went to the winner.

Prompt: Who is the current World Snooker Champion?

Answer: Stewart Bingham


Context: Meat Loaf |  Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday, September 27, 1947), better known as Meat Loaf, is an American singer and actor. He is noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide. More than four decades after its release, the first album still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. After the commercial

Prompt: What is the stage name of musician Marvin Lee Aday?

Answer: Michael Aday


Context: Liz McClarnon | " In 1997, while McClarnon was still in secondary school, her music teacher arranged for her to take part in an audition with OMD frontman Andy McCluskey, who was aiming to create a new girl group. The group became Atomic Kitten, made up of McClarnon, Kerry Katona and Natasha Hamilton, and they released their first record in 1999. Katona left the group in 2001 and was replaced by Jenny Frost. Atomic Kitten have had three UK number one singles, ""Whole Again"", ""Eternal Flame"", and ""The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"". They also had two UK number one albums, Right Now, and Feels So Good, both being certified double-platinum in the UK for sales of over 600,000 copies each. The total worldwide sales are estimated at 6.2 million singles and 4 million albums. Liz is the only member of the group to write any material. On 4 March 2012, it was confirmed that the original line-up of Atomic Kitten – McClarnon, Hamilton and Katona – would reform for The Big Reunion, along with five other pop groups of their time – 911, Honeyz, B*Witched, Five and Liberty X."

Prompt: Whole Again and Eternal Flame were Number Ones for which girl group in 2001?

Answer: Atomic Kitten


Context: Monday's Child | " over the days. Halliwell had 'Christmas Day' instead of the Sabbath. Despite modern versions in which ""Wednesday's child is full of woe,"" an early incarnation of this rhyme appeared in a multi-part fictional story in a chapter appearing in Harper's Weekly on September 17, 1887, in which ""Friday's child is full of woe"", perhaps reflecting traditional superstitions associated with bad luck on Friday – as many Christians associated Friday with the Crucifixion. In addition to Wednesday's and Friday's children's role reversal, the fates of Thursday's and Saturday's children were also exchanged and Sunday's child is ""happy and wise"" instead of ""blithe and good""."

Prompt: According to the rhyme which day's child is 'full of woe'?

Answer: Hump of the week


Context: San Marino Grand Prix |  The San Marino Grand Prix (Gran Premio di San Marino) was a Formula One championship race which was run at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, near the Apennine mountains in Italy, between 1981 and 2006. It was named after nearby San Marino because there already was an Italian Grand Prix held at Monza. In 1980, when Monza was under refurbishment, the Imola track was used for the 51st Italian Grand Prix.

Prompt: On which Italian track was the Formula One San Marino Grand Prix held?

Answer: Imolensis


Context: Brookside (TV series) |  low ratings eventually led to its cancellation in June 2003. The final episode was broadcast on 4 November 2003 and was watched by around two million viewers. The first episode of Brookside was repeated as part of Channel 4 at 25 on 1 October 2007. The episode aired on More4 in a season of celebratory Channel 4 programmes to mark the channel's 25th anniversary. Several classic episodes have also been available to view on All 4 since 2009. After years of campaigning by fans, the special DVD Brookside Most Memorable Moments was released in November 2012, just over 30 years after the series originally began. It features clips and episodes from the programme's 21-year history.

Prompt: In which year did Brookside first appear on Channel 4?

Answer: one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-two


Context: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills |  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). It was disbanded on the creation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 14 July 2016.

Prompt: For what does the I stand in the Government Department known as BIS?

Answer: Department for Business Innovation and Skills


Context: Ardbeg distillery |  Ardbeg Distillery (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh-staile na h-Àirde Bige) is a Scotch whisky distillery in Ardbeg on the south coast of the isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides group of islands. The distillery is owned by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, and produces a heavily peated Islay whisky. The distillery uses malted barley sourced from the maltings in Port Ellen.

Prompt: Ardbeg is whisky distillery on which Scottish island?

Answer: Isle of Islay


Context: Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue |  The show was hosted by band leader Paul Whiteman at the same time as he was also hosting a Saturday talent show called Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club. The Goodyear Revue, sponsored by Goodyear, also showcased Junie Keegan from the TV Teen Club. The show was a typical variety show, with several well-known performers of the time making appearances. Performers who made appearances on the show include Victor Borge, Jane Froman, Mel Tormé, Charles Laughton, Mindy Carson, and Peggy Lee. Singers Earl Wrightson and Maureen Cannon were regulars late in the show's run. In Summer 1951, Wrightson and Cannon took over hosting duties while Whiteman was on vacation during, and renamed The Goodyear Summertime Revue.

Prompt: Geoff Keegan was leader at which youth club on TV throughout the 1990s?

Answer: Geoff Keegan


Context: Hugo Montenegro |  From A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More & The Good, The Bad And The Ugly – RCA Victor LSP-3927 – 1968 ; Lady In Cement (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album) – 20th Century Fox Records S4204 – 1968 ; Magnificent Hugo Montenegro – Pickwick – SPC-3190 – 1968 ; Music From The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – RCA Victor-LPM/LSP-3927 – 1968 ; Hang 'Em High – RCA Victor-LPM/LSP-4022 – 1968 ; Moog Power – RCA LSP-4170 – 1969 ; Good Vibrations – RCA Victor-LSP-4104 – 1969 ; Colours of Love – RCA Victor–LSP-4273 – 1970 ;

Prompt: Who wrote the music for the films A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

Answer: Ennio moricone


Context: Rotator cuff |   In anatomy, the rotator cuff is a group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the shoulder and allow for its extensive range of motion. Of the seven scapulohumeral muscles, four make up the rotator cuff. The four muscles are the supraspinatus muscle, the infraspinatus muscle, teres minor muscle, and the subscapularis muscle.

Prompt: The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons that act to stabilize which part of the body?

Answer: Shoulder


Context: Multiple equilibria in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation |  Dansgaard-Oeschger events are the most relevant paleoclimate phenomena associated with the instability of the AMOC in the past. They occur approximately every 1470 years. Recent research suggests that they are due to changes in ocean circulation. These changes could be induced by North Atlantic freshwater perturbations.

Prompt: A duodecennial event occurs every how many years?

Answer: Twelve


Context: Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio |  Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio is a live album by Paul McCartney released in 1991 and his first major foray into classical music. Composed in collaboration with Carl Davis to commemorate The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's 150th anniversary, the project received a large amount of media attention upon its unveiling in June 1991.

Prompt: Who composed the Liverpool Oratorio in collaboration with Carl Davis?

Answer: Gladys Jenkins


Context: Trainspotting (film) | "Ewan McGregor as Mark ""Rent Boy"" Renton ; Ewen Bremner as Daniel ""Spud"" Murphy ; Jonny Lee Miller as Simon ""Sick Boy"" Williamson ; Robert Carlyle as Francis ""Franco"" Begbie ; Kevin McKidd as Thomas ""Tommy"" Mackenzie ; Kelly Macdonald as Diane Coulston ; Peter Mullan as Swanney ""Mother Superior"" ; Fiona Bell as Diane's Mother ; Pauline Lynch as Lizzy ; Susan Vidler as Allison ; Eileen Nicholas as Mrs Renton ; James Cosmo as Davie Renton ; Shirley Henderson as Gail Houston ; Stuart McQuarrie as Gav Temperley/American Tourist ; Irvine Welsh as Mikey Forrester ; Kevin Allen as Andreas ; Keith Allen as Hugo the Dealer, reprising his role from Shallow Grave (1994) ; Dale Winton as Game Show Host ; Lauren and Devon Lamb as Baby Dawn (uncredited) "

Prompt: In which 1996 film were there characters known as Rent Boy, Spud, Sick Boy and Franco?

Answer: Trainspotting (disambiguation)


Context: Karachi |  Karachi (ڪراچي; ALA-LC: Karācī,, ) is the largest city in Pakistan and the twelfth-largest city in the world. It is the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of $164 billion (PPP). Karachi is Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse, as well as one of Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal cities. With its location on the Arabian Sea, Karachi serves as a transport hub, and is home to Pakistan's two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, the

Prompt: Which is the largest city in Pakistan?

Answer: Anklesaria Hospital


Context: Shayne Ward | " Shayne Thomas Ward (born 16 October 1984) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Aidan Connor in Coronation Street from 2015 to 2018 and 2021. He rose to fame as the winner of the second series of The X Factor. His debut single, ""That's My Goal"", was released in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2005 and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and was that year's Christmas number one. It sold 313,000 copies on its first day of sales, making it the third-fastest-selling single of all time in the UK, behind Elton John's ""Candle in the Wind 1997"" and Will "

Prompt: Which X Factor winner is currently playing Aiden Conner in Coronation Street?

Answer: Shayne Ward


Context: Jikininki |  where the headman welcomed him and promptly supplied him food and a place to sleep. A little before midnight that night, Muso was awakened by a young man, one of the villagers, who informed him that, earlier that day, before Muso had arrived, that his father had died. The young man had not told Muso earlier so he would not feel embarrassed or obliged to participate in ceremonies. However, the entire village was now leaving their homes for a nearby village, as it was custom to leave the corpse alone for the night or-else bad things would befall the village inhabitants. As a priest, Muso told

Prompt: """It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when father wolf woke up from his day's rest"" is the first line from which 1894 book?"

Answer: The Jungle Book


Context: A66 road |  From its eastern terminus between Redcar and Middlesbrough it runs past Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington mainly as two-lane dual-carriageway and single carriageway past Darlington, becoming motorway standard as the A66(M) shortly before meeting junction 57 of the A1(M). It shares the A1(M) route south to Scotch Corner, from where it continues west across the Pennines, past Brough, Appleby, Kirkby Thore, Temple Sowerby and Penrith until it reaches Junction 40 of the M6 motorway at Skirsgill Interchange, where traffic going towards Western Scotland turns onto the northbound M6. The A66 continues past Blencathra to Keswick and Cockermouth and on through the northern reaches of the Lake District before arriving at the coastal town of Workington. There is a short stretch of dual carriageway along the northern part of Bassenthwaite Lake between Keswick and Cockermouth. Whilst the eastbound section follows the straight line of the disused Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway, the westbound section has numerous bends with climbs and dips. The westbound section was closed due to flood damage in December 2015 and when it re-opened in May 2016 had been permanently reduced to a single lane. This section has a 50 mph limit monitored by average speed cameras.

Prompt: Which road runs from Workington to Middlesbrough?

Answer: A.66


Context: List of Turkish wine regions |  The Thrace and Marmara wine region is situated south of Bulgaria and southeast of Greece, bordering the Black Sea, Marmara Sea and the Aegean Sea. The climate is characterized as typical Mediterranean climate showing maritime conditions with hot summers and mild winters. Annual precipitation is between 400 - 1000 mm with 550 mm in average. The observed mean temperature over a long term lies between 12 - 16 C with an average of quite high humidity of 73%. The soil of the region is composed mainly of limestone, gravelly loam and dense cracking clay. The grape varieties typical to this region are Adakarası, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cinsaut, Gamay, Kalecik Karası, Merlot, Papazkarası, Riesling, Sauvignon blanc, Semillion, Syrah and Viognier. The Marmara wine region contributes to all the wine produced in Turkey with 13.6%.

Prompt: In which country are the wine areas of Suhindol and Thrace?

Answer: Balgariya


Context: Alexander Agricola | " equal notes of eleven minims duration each in first statement, followed by a statement of five minims duration each, or in the second Salve Regina setting, offsetting part of the statement of the cantus firmus by a quaver for its entire duration, in both cases with the other voices proceeding in a more strict quadruple meter above. Other ""games"" played in the music include posing puzzles of mode and musica ficta for the performers (e.g. the Kyrie of the Missa Le serviteur plays with the expectations of the very well known plainchant cantus firmus by setting up some knotty issues of the implied possibility of modal inflection with consistent "

Prompt: In music how many quavers make a minim?

Answer: Four (4)


Context: Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band song) | " The song became a worldwide hit, charting in ten countries and topping the charts in six. In the U.S., the song was on the Billboard Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks, becoming the band's third number one hit in the U.S. along with ""The Joker"" and ""Rock'n Me"". It was knocked off the top by Chicago's ""Hard to Say I'm Sorry"", only to return to two weeks later. A similar occurrence happened in 1976, when ""Rock'n Me"" knocked Chicago's ""If You Leave Me Now"" out of the spot. The song also showed substantial longevity, spending fourteen weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100 chart. ""Abracadabra"" is listed at on Billboard Greatest Songs of all time."

Prompt: """Abracadabra"" (1982) and ""The Joker"" (1990) were big hits for which group?"

Answer: The Steve Miller Band


Context: Anthrax vaccines |  In the 1870s, the French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) applied his previous method of immunising chickens against chicken cholera to anthrax, which affected cattle, and thereby aroused widespread interest in combating other diseases with the same approach. In May 1881, Pasteur performed a famous public experiment at Pouilly-le-Fort to demonstrate his concept of vaccination. He prepared two groups of 25 sheep, one goat and several cows. The animals of one group were twice injected, with an interval of 15 days, with an anthrax vaccine prepared by Pasteur; a control group was left unvaccinated. Thirty days after the first injection, both groups were injected with a culture of live anthrax bacteria. All the animals in

Prompt: Which French chemist produced the first vaccine against Anthrax?

Answer: L. Pasteur