Context: Norman J. Grossfeld | " grossed over $600 million worldwide. Grossfeld is credited with writing the Pokémon franchise's tagline, ""Gotta catch 'em all!"" He was also an executive producer for the anime One Piece. An accomplished lyricist and musician, Grossfeld contributed to several tracks on the Pokémon 2.B.A. Master soundtrack album, the first released for the English localization of the Pokémon anime. The album was a commercial success, rising to the top of the US Billboard Kids Albums Chart and garnering RIAA Gold certification with over 500,000 units sold. He also wrote both the main and ending theme songs for Sonic X and Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, and "

Prompt: In which children?s cartoon series have you 'gotta catch em all'?

Answer: The Legendary Bird Pokemon


Context: Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums | infobox name: Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums ; image: School of Hard Sums.png ; genre: Comedy ; writer: Sarah Morgan Ged Parsons George Sawyer Colin Swash ; director: Mike Bradley Samuel Wilkinson Richard Valentine ; presenter: Dara Ó Briain ; starring: Marcus du Sautoy ; theme_music_composer: Marc Sylvan ; country: United Kingdom ; language: English ; num_series: 3 ; num_episodes: 24 ; list_episodes: #Episodes ; executive_producer: Richard Watsham Katherine Parsons Phil Morrow ; producer: Mike Bradley Samuel Wilkinson Helen Younger ; editor: Simon Hornbrook Malcolm Finch ; location: BBC Television Centre, London ; runtime: Series 1: 30 minutes Series 2: 36 minutes Series 3: 45 minutes ; company: Fujisankei Productions Wild Rover Productions ; distributor: UK Gold Services Ltd. ; channel: Dave ; picture_format: 16:9 (1080i HDTV) ; first_aired: April 16, 2012 ; last_aired: April 22, 2014 ; website: http://uktv.co.uk/dave/series/tvseries/257755 ; website_title: Official website

Prompt: Who is the presenter of the TV series The School of Hard Sums?

Answer: Dara Ó Briain


Context: Tiger Electronics |  Tiger Electronics (also known as Tiger and Tiger Toys) is an American toy manufacturer best known for its handheld LCD games, the Furby, the Talkboy, Giga Pets, the 2-XL robot, and audio games such as Brain Warp. When it was an independent company, Tiger Electronics Inc., its headquarters were in Vernon Hills, Illinois. It has been a subsidiary of Hasbro since 1998.

Prompt: Which handheld electronic toy had to be treated as a pet?

Answer: Saaiko! Tamagotchi


Context: New Model Army | " The Oxford English Dictionary dated the earliest use of the phrase ""New Model Army"" to the works of the Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle in 1845, and the exact term does not appear in 17th- or 18th-century documents. Records from February 1646 refer to the ""New Modelled Army""—the idiom of the time being to refer to an army that was ""new-modelled"" rather than appending the word ""army"" to ""new model""."

Prompt: In which decade of the 17th Century was the new model army created?

Answer: 40's


Context: Shipyard |  (Spain)]]Devonport Dockyard, located in the city of Plymouth, England in the county of Devon is the largest naval base in Western Europe. It has 15 dry docks, 4 mi of waterfront, 25 tidal berths, five basins and covers 650 acres (2.6 km2). It is the main refitting base for Royal Navy nuclear submarines and also handles work on frigates. It is the base for seven of the Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarines and many frigates, exploiting its convenient access to the Atlantic Ocean. It supports the Vanguard-class Trident missile nuclear ballistic missile submarines in a custom-built refitting dock. It houses, a nuclear-powered submarine used in the Falklands War

Prompt: Which US Naval Shipyard shares its name with an English county?

Answer: Norfolkshire


Context: Ulrica Arfvidsson |  Ulrica Arfvidsson is a character in Daniel Auber's opera Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué (Gustave III, or The Masked Ball), which used a libretto by French playwright Eugene Scribe. In preparing his opera Gustavo III between 1857 and 1859, the Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi, had his librettist, Antonio Somma, use Scribe's libretto as its basis. As a result of changes imposed by censors in both Naples and Rome, the title of the opera became Un ballo in maschera and it premiered in Rome on 17 February 1859. She is also mentioned in the famed novel The Queen's Tiara by Carl Jonas Love Almquist.

Prompt: Who wrote the opera A Masked Ball?

Answer: G. Verdi


Context: List of Diagnosis: Murder episodes |  Diagnosis: Murder is an action comedy/mystery/medical crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman. The series originally aired from October 29, 1993, to May 11, 2001, and a total of 178 episodes aired. In addition, a total of five Diagnosis: Murder television films were made, with the first three (Diagnosis of Murder, The House on Sycamore Street and A Twist of the Knife) being produced before the television series began. The final two movies (A Town Without Pity and Without Warning) were produced in 2002 after the television series had ended.

Prompt: Who played the part of Dr Mark Sloan in the TV series Diagnosis Murder?

Answer: Dick Van Dyk


Context: Mikhail Gorbachev |  Congress of People's Deputies. He chose this over a public vote because he thought the latter would escalate tensions and feared that he might lose it; a spring 1990 poll nevertheless still showed him as the most popular politician in the country. In March, the Congress of People's Deputies held the first (and only) Soviet presidential election, in which Gorbachev was the only candidate. He secured 1,329 in favor to 495 against; 313 votes were invalid or absent. He therefore became the first executive President of the Soviet Union. A new 18-member Presidential Council de facto replaced the Politburo. At the same Congress meeting,

Prompt: Name the year in which Driving Miss Daisy won the Best Picture Oscar, Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive President of the Soviet Union and Iraq invaded Kuwait?

Answer: 1990


Context: Challenge Cup |  one of the larger club grounds in the north, however, noting the excitement in Huddersfield that the town's football team were playing at Wembley in the FA Cup Final and the increasing difficulty for any of the rugby league grounds to satisfy spectator demand to see the final tie, the rugby league authorities voted 13–10 to move to the recently built Wembley Stadium in London, aiming to emulate the FA Cup's success and to put the game on the national stage. The first final held at Wembley was in 1929 when Wigan beat Dewsbury 13–2 in front of a crowd

Prompt: Which town or city was the first to supply the winners of both the FA Cup and Rugby League Challenge Cup in the same year?

Answer: Wigan (2013


Context: 1787 in the United States | October 27 – The first of The Federalist papers, a series of essays, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, is published in a New York paper. ; December 7 – Delaware ratifies the Constitution and becomes the first U.S. state (see History of Delaware). ; December 8 – Mission La Purisima Concepcion is founded by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, becoming the 11th mission in the California mission chain. ; December 12 – Pennsylvania becomes the second U.S. state (see History of Pennsylvania). ; December 18 – New Jersey becomes the third U.S. state (see History of New Jersey).

Prompt: Which US state is known as The First State as it was first to ratify the Constitution in 1787?

Answer: Religion in Delaware


Context: Allianz |   Allianz provides naming rights for the Allianz Arena, a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany. The two professional Munich football clubs Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005–06 season. TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena until the 2016–17 season. Other stadiums associated with Allianz include the Allianz Parque football stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Allianz Riviera football stadium in Nice, France, the Allianz Stadium football stadium in Turin, Italy, the Allianz Stadion football stadium in Vienna, Austria and Allianz Field soccer stadium (for Minnesota United in Major League Soccer) in Minnesota, United States. Allianz had been in negotiations with the New York Jets and the Giants to buy naming

Prompt: Which top German football club play home games at the Allianz Stadion?

Answer: FC Bayern München


Context: Gene Hunt | " DCI Gene Hunt is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama Life on Mars and its sequel, Ashes to Ashes. The character is portrayed by Philip Glenister in both Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, whereas in the American version he is portrayed by Harvey Keitel. His younger self, also known as the ghost of Gene Hunt, is portrayed by Mason Kayne. The character is portrayed as politically incorrect, brutal and corrupt - but fundamentally good. Hunt is often displayed to maintain a love–hate relationship with both Sam Tyler (John Simm) and Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes), the leading protagonists of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, respectively. The character received critical and public acclaim for his role in Life on Mars, being dubbed a ""national hero"", an unlikely sex symbol and a ""top cop"". A third and final series of Ashes to Ashes was said to ""reveal all about Gene Hunt and what his alternative world really means in a stunning finale"" and that the ""truth  out"". The character is ultimately revealed to be an integral part of the strange world that both Sam Tyler and Alex Drake inhabit."

Prompt: Who played Gene Hunt in the TV series Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes?

Answer: Philip glenister


Context: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus |  Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus is a 1992 concept album produced and composed by Jeff Wayne with Lyrics by Gary Osborne, telling the story of Roman gladiator, Spartacus. It starred Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones (in her first recording role), Fish, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Scots singer Alan King as Spartacus. It was also the first Jeff Wayne release that is not related to his musical adaptation of The War of the Worlds. Based on a story outline by Jeff Wayne, the script was written by writer Brian Sibley and playwright John Spurling with Sibley responsible for the script of 'Animal & Man', 'The Eagle & the

Prompt: In Jeff Wayne's 'Musical Version of Spartacus' released in 1992, which later Oscar-winning British actress sings the principal female role of Palene?

Answer: Catherine ζ-Jones


Context: Fisher King |   In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King (Roi pêcheur; Brenin Pysgotwr), also known as the Wounded King or Maimed King (Roi blessé, in Old French Roi Méhaigné, Welsh: Brenin Clwyfedig), is the last in a long bloodline charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of the original story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin and incapable of standing. All he is able to do is fish in a small boat on the river near his castle, Corbenic, and wait for some noble who might be able to heal him by asking a certain question. In later versions, knights travel from many lands to try to heal the Fisher King, but only the chosen can accomplish the feat. This is achieved by Percival alone in the earlier stories; he is joined by Galahad and Bors in the later ones.

Prompt: In Arthurian legend, the Fisher King is is the keeper of which relic?

Answer: Sangrael


Context: Sachin Tendulkar |  two matches be played at Kolkata and Mumbai so that the farewell would happen at his home ground. He scored 74 runs in his last Test innings against West Indies, thus failing short by 79 runs to complete 16,000 runs in Test cricket, the next man to bat after him was the future captain Virat Kohli. The Cricket Association of Bengal and the Mumbai Cricket Association organised events to mark his retirement from the sport. Various national and international figures from cricket, politics, Bollywood and other fields spoke about him in a day-long Salaam Sachin Conclave organised by India Today.

Prompt: Which is the home city of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, where he recently finished his career?

Answer: Bomaim


Context: Octopussy |  him since both worked in the series Ivanhoe. Brown had previously played Admiral Hargreaves in The Spy Who Loved Me, six years earlier. The first actor to be cast in the film was Vijay Amritraj, a popular professional tennis player whom Broccoli met watching The Championships in Wimbledon. His character of Bond's ally in India was also named Vijay and used a tennis racket as a weapon. For the villains, Broccoli brought in his friend Louis Jourdan as Kamal Khan, while his daughter Barbara suggested Steven Berkoff for Orlov after having seen him perform his own play, Greek, in Los Angeles.

Prompt: Former tennis player Vijay Armitrage apears in which James Bond film?

Answer: Kamal kahn


Context: George Brown, Baron George-Brown | " victory at the snap 1966 election, Wilson moved Brown to the role of Foreign Secretary, a job he had always coveted. Despite this, Brown continued to struggle with his alcoholism, and after several arguments with Wilson in 1968, the two agreed that Brown would resign. Brown lost his seat of Belper in 1970, and shortly thereafter was elevated to the House of Lords; he insisted, having always been known simply as ""George Brown"" and, that upon taking his peerage in November 1970, he would combine his first name and surname to create his title, Baron George-Brown, of Jevington in the County of Sussex."

Prompt: Which businessman on his elevation to the House of Lords, by Gordon Brown, in 2000, took the title Baron of Clapton?

Answer: Alan Michael Sugar


Context: Samson and Delilah (1949 film) |  Samson and Delilah is a 1949 American romantic biblical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures. It depicts the biblical story of Samson, a strongman whose secret lies in his uncut hair, and his love for Delilah, the woman who seduces him, discovers his secret, and then betrays him to the Philistines. It stars Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr in the title roles, George Sanders as the Saran, Angela Lansbury as Semadar, and Henry Wilcoxon as Prince Ahtur. Pre-production on the film began as early as 1935, but principal photography officially commenced in 1948. The screenplay, written by Jesse L. Lasky Jr. and Fredric M. Frank, is based on the biblical

Prompt: In which book of the bible is the story of Samson and Delilah?

Answer: Judge (disambiguation)


Context: The Iron Bridge |  in the river, a single span iron bridge was proposed by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard. After initial uncertainty about the use of iron, construction took place over 2 years, with Abraham Darby III responsible for the ironworks. The bridge crosses the Ironbridge Gorge with a main span of 100 ft, allowing sufficient clearance for boats to pass underneath. In 1934 it was designated a scheduled monument and closed to vehicular traffic. Tolls for pedestrians were collected until 1950, when the bridge was transferred into public ownership. After being in a poor state of repair for much of its life, extensive restoration works in the latter half of the 20th century have protected the bridge. The bridge, the adjacent settlement of Ironbridge and the Ironbridge Gorge form the UNESCO Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site.

Prompt: Which river is spanned by Abraham Darby's Iron Bridge?

Answer: Seven Boar


Context: Oona King |  On 26 January 2011, King was created a life peer as Baroness King of Bow, of Bow in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. She was introduced in the House of Lords on 31 January 2011, where she sat on the Labour benches. When her appointment was announced in November 2010, she resigned as a constituency representative to the Labour National Executive Committee, to which she had recently been elected, before attending her first meeting. Upon taking her seat in the Lords, King stood down from her Diversity Officer role with Channel 4. From 7 January 2020 King has been listed as ineligible to take part in the business of the House of Lords as she is on leave of absence. In 2012, King was elected to the Progress strategy board as a parliamentarian. In 2016, she took a leave of absence from the Lords to take a role as YouTube Diversity Director. In 2019, she left Google to join Snap, Inc. as their first VP of diversity and inclusion. King was also listed in the annual Powerlist as one of the most influential people of African/African-Caribbean descent in the UK.

Prompt: Which former Labour MP took the title Baroness of Bow on her elevation to the House of Lords, by David Cameron, in 2010?

Answer: Oonah King


Context: Noah's Ark (Pinkney book) |  Noah's Ark is a 2002 book by Jerry Pinkney. It is the biblical story of Noah's Ark, from construction of the vessel and gathering of the animals, to first harvest and the appearance of rainbows.

Prompt: In which book of the bible is the story of Noah's Ark?

Answer: Génesis


Context: Phosphorus |  The name Phosphorus in Ancient Greece was the name for the planet Venus and is derived from the Greek words (φῶς = light, φέρω = carry), which roughly translates as light-bringer or light carrier. (In Greek mythology and tradition, Augerinus (Αυγερινός = morning star, still in use today), Hesperus or Hesperinus (΄Εσπερος or Εσπερινός or Αποσπερίτης = evening star, still in use today) and Eosphorus (Εωσφόρος = dawnbearer, not in use for the planet after Christianity) are close homologues, and also associated with Phosphorus-the-morning-star). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the correct spelling of the element is phosphorus. The word phosphorous is the adjectival form of the P3+ valence: so, just as sulfur forms sulfurous and sulfuric compounds, phosphorus forms phosphorous compounds (e.g., phosphorous acid) and P5+ valence phosphoric compounds (e.g., phosphoric acids and phosphates).

Prompt: The name of which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for light-bringing?

Answer: Phospho


Context: Imagine (TV series) |  Imagine is a wide-ranging arts series first broadcast on BBC One in 2003, hosted and executive produced by Alan Yentob. Each series usually consists of 4 to 7 episodes, each on a different topic. Episodes have been directed by, among others, Geoff Wonfor, Lucy Blakstead, Jill Nicholls, Roger Parsons and Zoë Silver.

Prompt: Who produces and presents the BBC arts programme Imagine?

Answer: Alan Yentob


Context: Claude Demetrius | " Claude Demetrius made a reasonably good living but in 1956 his income would change dramatically after he began writing for Gladys Music, Inc.. Newly formed by Jean and Julian Aberbach, the company owned the exclusive publishing rights to the music of Elvis Presley. Working for Gladys Music, Demetrius co-wrote a song called ""I Was The One"" that was the B-side to Presley's first RCA single, ""Heartbreak Hotel."" In 1957 he composed ""Mean Woman Blues"" for Presley's 1957 motion picture soundtrack, Loving You that was released on the record album of the same name as well as on Side 2 of "

Prompt: Which American singer's music publishing company was called Gladys Music?

Answer: Elvis Aron Presley


Context: Stop Messing About | " ... Revisited, using three of the same actors and even the same theatre. But it was welcomed by critics with less enthusiasm. In the Independent, Michael Coveney headed his review ""Carry-on that's short on laughs"" and wrote: ""'Infamy, infamy... they've all got it in for me!' It's typical of this so-called 'Kenneth Williams Extravaganza' ... that the funniest line actually comes from a Carry On movie."" Kevin Quarmby of the British Theatre Guide called it ""an evening of loud whistles and bangs, cringingly dated, sexist and, ultimately, sadly pseudo-homocentric banter."" And in the Daily Telegraph - under the title 'Williams Misses His Horne' - Charles Spencer concluded that ""Too many of the sketches here simply aren’t funny enough."""

Prompt: In which film did Kenneth Williams say infamy infamy they've all got it in for me?

Answer: Carry on Cleo


Context: Frédéric Chopin |  20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising. At 21, he settled in Paris. Thereafter – in the last 18 years of his life – he gave only 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon. He supported himself by selling his compositions and by giving piano lessons, for which he was in high demand. Chopin formed a friendship with Franz Liszt and was admired by many of his other musical contemporaries, including Robert Schumann. After a failed engagement to Maria Wodzińska from 1836 to 1837, he maintained an often troubled relationship with the French writer

Prompt: Give a year in the life of composer Frederic Chopin.

Answer: 1810-1849


Context: Anne Elliot |  Anne Elliot is the protagonist of Jane Austen's sixth and last completed novel, Persuasion (1817). Anne Elliot was persuaded, when she was 19 years old, to break off her engagement with Frederick Wentworth, a promising young lieutenant in the Royal Navy but a commoner without fortune, and she has never married. Lonely, unloved by a stuck-up and pretentious father and older sister, little considered by a family circle incapable of recognising her value, she leads a dull life of an almost-old maid. And yet here it is that, 7/8 years after the naval war with France ended, in September 1814, the young man whom she has never forgotten returns to England, having earned epaulettes, prestige and fortune in the navy. The first contacts are painful. He has retained an image of her as a person too easily influenced and she sees clearly that he is

Prompt: In which Jane Austen novel is Frederick Wentworth the lover of Anne Elliot?

Answer: Inveigling


Context: My Boy Jack (play) |  My Boy Jack is a 1997 play by English actor David Haig. It tells the story of Rudyard Kipling and his grief for his son, John, who died in the First World War. The title comes from Kipling's 1915 poem, My Boy Jack.

Prompt: Which author?s son was killed in World War I, events depicted in the TV film called My Boy Jack?

Answer: Joseph Rudyard Kipling


Context: Globe Arena (football stadium) |  The Mazuma Stadium (formerly known as the Globe Arena for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, which is the home of Morecambe F.C.     The stadium replaced the old Morecambe F.C. stadium, Christie Park, which was Morecambe's home from 1921 to 2010. The stadium holds up to 6,476 supporters, with 2,173 seats available in the Main Stand, which runs the length of one side of the pitch. Opposite the Main Stand is an uncovered terrace with a capacity of 606, giving a similar feel to the ground as that at Christie Park. At either ends of the pitch are the home and away stands, with the home end holding a maximum of 2,234 supporters and the away end having a capacity of 1,389. In the north east corner of the stadium is the Tyson Fury Foundation, which is split between two floors. The building also houses a gym, which was purchased by Tyson Fury in August 2020.

Prompt: Which Lancashire football club plays home games at the Globe Arena, moving from Christie Park in 2010?

Answer: Morecambe


Context: 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles |  Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first and only player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Muguruza dropped just one set the entire tournament, to Angelique Kerber in the fourth round. Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to pregnancy. Venus Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon when she defeated reigning French Open

Prompt: Who is the only Spanish winner of the Ladies' Singles at Wimbledon?

Answer: Conchita Martinez


Context: Family Guy (franchise) |  Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children, Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog, Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humor in the form of metafictional cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture. The family was conceived by MacFarlane after developing two animated films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve. MacFarlane redesigned the films' protagonist, Larry, and his dog, Steve, and renamed them Peter and Brian, respectively. MacFarlane pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox in 1998, and the show was greenlit and began production. Shortly after the third season of Family Guy had aired in 2002, Fox canceled the series with one episode left unaired. Adult Swim aired that episode in 2003, finishing the series' original run. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns on Adult Swim convinced the network to renew the show in 2004 for a fourth season, which began airing on May 1, 2005.

Prompt: What is the surname of the TV sibling characters Chris, Meg and Stewie (and pet Brian)?

Answer: Griphon


Context: Amber Peebles |  and celebrities alike for four years. In 2010, she became a host of Red Bull Chronicles on Sky Sport 1. Amber was frequently featured on the Paul Henry Show's panel and is currently the host of Sky TV's 'All Access', a job that has her traveling and interviewing actors about upcoming projects. Peebles is also an active Voice Over artist. From 2011 to 2012 she hosted the morning show for More FM with Marc Ellis and Stu Tolin. She spent 2014–2017 as the Fashion Editor at large for Remix Magazine; she is the New Zealand ambassador for Westfield Group and American Express, and is a Moet ambassador.

Prompt: My Colourful Life: From Red To Amber is the autobiography of which local sports personality who died in 2011?

Answer: Ginger McCain


Context: Labour Day |   In the United States, Labor Day is a federal holiday observed on the first Monday of September. It is customarily viewed as the end of the summer vacation season. Many schools open for the year on the day after Labor Day.

Prompt: Which public holiday is celebrated on the first Monday in September in the USA?

Answer: Labor Day


Context: 1963 in music | " in the United Kingdom by the Beatles, with ""Ask Me Why"" as the B-side. ; January 12 – Bob Dylan portrays a folk singer in The Madhouse of Castle Street, a radio play for the BBC in London. ; February 16 ; The Beatles achieve their first No. 1 hit single, when ""Please Please Me"" tops the charts in the UK. ; Paul Anka marries Marie-Ann DeZogheb. ; February 22 – The Beatles form Northern Songs Publishing Company. ; March 5 – 1963 Camden PA-24 crash: Patsy Cline is killed in small plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, while on her "

Prompt: Who had a 1963 hit with The Folk Singer?

Answer: Tommy Roe


Context: Capri |  Capri is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The main town Capri that is located on the island shares the name. It has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic. Some of the main features of the island include the Marina Piccola (the little harbour), the Belvedere of Tragara (a high panoramic promenade lined with villas), the limestone crags called sea stacks that project above the sea (the faraglioni), the town of Anacapri, the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra), the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas, and the vistas of various towns surrounding the Island of Capri including Positano, Amalfi, Ravello, Sorrento, Nerano, and Naples. Capri is part of the region of Campania, Metropolitan City of Naples. The town of Capri is a comune and the island's main population centre. The island has two harbours, Marina Piccola and Marina Grande (the main port of the island). The separate comune of Anacapri is located high on the hills to the west.

Prompt: The Isle of Capri is close to which Italian resort?

Answer: Sorrento


Context: Gunnar Gunnarsson |  Gunnar Gunnarsson was considered for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1918, 1921, 1922, 1955, 1960, and 1961 with 1955 the year he had the most nominations.

Prompt: Who was the last Briton to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Answer: Jane Somers


Context: Rose |  Rose perfumes are made from rose oil (also called attar of roses), which is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals of roses. An associated product is rose water which is used for cooking, cosmetics, medicine and religious practices. The production technique originated in Persia and then spread through Arabia and India, and more recently into eastern Europe. In Bulgaria, Iran and Germany, damask roses (Rosa × damascena 'Trigintipetala') are used. In other parts of the world Rosa × centifolia is commonly used. The oil is transparent pale yellow or yellow-grey in colour. 'Rose Absolute' is solvent-extracted with hexane and produces a darker oil, dark yellow to orange in colour. The weight of oil extracted is about one three-thousandth to one six-thousandth of the weight of the flowers; for example, about two thousand flowers are required to produce one gram of oil. The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and L-citronellol and rose camphor, an odorless solid composed of alkanes, which separates from rose oil. β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.

Prompt: What is the name of the fragrant essential oil obtained chiefly from the Damask Rose?

Answer: Attar


Context: Exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England |  After the discovery, Leicester City Council set up a temporary exhibition about Richard III in the city's medieval guildhall. The council announced it would create a permanent attraction and subsequently spent £850,000 to buy the freehold of St Martin's Place, formerly part of Leicester Grammar School, in Peacock Lane, across the road from the cathedral. The site adjoins the car park where the body was found, and overlies the chancel of Greyfriars Friary Church. It was converted into the £4.5 million King Richard III Visitor Centre, telling the story of Richard's life, death, burial and rediscovery, with artefacts from the dig including

Prompt: Which visitor attraction is in Exploration Drive, Leicester?

Answer: National Space Centre


Context: The Great Exhibition of the North | " The Great Exhibition of the North was a two-month exhibition, celebrating art, culture, and design in the North of England, held in Newcastle and Gateshead between 22 June and 9 September 2018. Culture Minister Ed Vaizey described the event as ""a fantastic opportunity to promote the very best of Northern art, culture and design"", adding that ""Investment in our arts and culture not only benefits these sectors but, as we have seen from Hull being named UK City of Culture 2017, can drive regeneration of whole towns and cities."" The competition to host the exhibition was launched in April 2016, and bids were taken from the North of England (defined as Yorkshire and the Humber, the North West, and the North East). Nine bids were received, including Halifax, Harrogate, Scunthorpe, St Helens and Whitehaven with Blackpool, Bradford, Newcastle and Gateshead and Sheffield selected as the shortlist. "

Prompt: In which north west town is there a penny-farthing museum? A 'Great Race' is held there every ten years.

Answer: Knuttesford


Context: Southern Football League |  clubs, Southampton (in 1900 and 1902) and Tottenham Hotspur (in 1901) reached the final of the FA Cup around the turn of the twentieth century. Tottenham Hotspur remain the only club from outside the Football League (and since its inception, also the Premier League) to have won the FA Cup. Several of the best players in England moved from the Football League to the Southern League around this time, due to the restrictions on their freedom of movement and wages implemented by the Football League between 1893 and 1901, and the failed efforts of the Association Footballers' Union (the AFU) to relax the restrictions. This ended in 1910 when the League came to a

Prompt: Since the foundation of the Football League which is the only team from outside the League (or Premier League) to win the FA Cup, doing so in 1901?

Answer: Tottenham Hotspurs F.C.


Context: Vasily Zaitsev (sniper) | " A feature-length film, Enemy at the Gates (2001), starring Jude Law as Zaitsev, was based on part of William Craig's book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad (1973), which includes a ""snipers' duel"" between Zaitsev and a Wehrmacht sniper school director, Major Erwin König. Zaitsev indicates in his own memoirs that a three-day duel did occur and that the sniper he killed was the head of a sniper school near Berlin; however, historian Sir Antony Beevor states that the Russian Ministry of Defence archives contradict this and the duel had been created as Soviet propaganda."

Prompt: In which film did Jude Law play a sniper at the Battle of Stalingrad?

Answer: Enemy at the gates


Context: The Tales of Para Handy | " The Tales of Para Handy is a Scottish television series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. It starred Gregor Fisher as Captain Peter ""Para Handy"" MacFarlane, Sean Scanlan as first mate Dougie Cameron, Rikki Fulton as engineer Dan Macphail and Andrew Fairlie as Sunny Jim. These four made up the crew of the puffer Vital Spark which was employed by the Campbell Shipping Company, headquartered in Glasgow and run by Andrew Campbell (Paul Young), Para Handy's brother-in-law and owner of the Vital Spark. The series followed the Vital Spark's adventures around the coastal waters of west Scotland and the various schemes that Para Handy would get himself and his crew involved in. These involved transporting a bull aboard the Vital Spark, trying to marry Sunny Jim off, avoiding the sale "

Prompt: Played on TV by Gregor Fisher, whose boat was called The Vital Spark?

Answer: Para Handy


Context: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | " Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865. It was inspired when, three years earlier on 4 July, Lewis Carroll and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed up the River Isis in a boat with three young girls. This day was known as the ""golden afternoon,"" prefaced in the novel as a poem. The poem might be a confusion or even another Alice-tale, for it turns out that particular day was cool, cloudy and rainy. The three girls were the daughters of scholar Henry Liddell: Lorina Charlotte Liddell (aged 13; ""Prima"" in the book's prefatory verse); Alice Pleasance Liddell (aged 10; ""Secunda"" in the verse); and Edith Mary Liddell (aged 8; ""Tertia"" in the verse). The journey began at Folly Bridge, Oxford and ended five miles (8 km) away in the Oxfordshire village of Godstow. During the trip Dodgson told the girls a story that featured a bored little girl named Alice who goes looking for an adventure. The girls loved it, and Alice Liddell asked Dodgson to write it down for her."

Prompt: Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland was originally published in 1865 as Alice?s Adventures .. where?

Answer: (Alice?s Adventures) Underground


Context: English Football League |  open to all the members of the League, the Football League Cup, which was held for the first time in 1960–61 to provide clubs with a new source of income. Aston Villa won the inaugural League Cup and, despite an initial lack of enthusiasm on the part of some other big clubs, the competition became firmly established in the footballing calendar, although it was not until the dawn of the 1970s that all 92 Football League clubs regularly participated in the competition season after season. Substitutes (1 per team per match) were first allowed for injured players in 1965 and for any reason the next year.

Prompt: In which decade was the English League Cup first contested?

Answer: Sixties Revolution


Context: 27 Club | " Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until Kurt Cobain's 1994 death, at age 27, that the idea of a ""27 Club"" began to catch on in public perception. Blues musician Robert Johnson, who died in 1938, is the earliest popular musician who has been included in the members of the 27 Club. According to Hendrix and Cobain's biographer Charles R. Cross, the growing importance of the media—Internet, magazines, and television—and the response to an interview of Cobain's mother were jointly responsible for such theories. An excerpt from a statement that Cobain's mother, Wendy Fradenburg Cobain O'Connor, made "

Prompt: How old were Jimmi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison when they died?

Answer: 27


Context: Contras | " north. Largely financed, trained, equipped, armed and organized by the U.S., it emerged as the largest and most active contra group. In April 1982, Edén Pastora (Comandante Cero), one of the heroes in the fight against Somoza, organized the Sandinista Revolutionary Front (FRS) – embedded in the Democratic Revolutionary Alliance (ARDE) – and declared war on the Sandinista government. Himself a former Sandinista who had held several high posts in the government, he had resigned abruptly in 1981 and defected, believing that the newly found power had corrupted the Sandinista's original ideas. A popular and charismatic leader, Pastora initially saw his group develop quickly. He confined himself to operate in the southern part of Nicaragua; after a press conference he was holding on 30 May 1984 was bombed, he ""voluntarily withdrew"" "

Prompt: The revolutionary group the Sandinistas were active in which country?

Answer: Nicarugua


Context: Orrery | The construction system Meccano is a popular tool for constructing highly accurate orreries. Model 391, the first Meccano Orrery, was described in the June 1918 Meccano Manual. ; In the backstory of the 1982 film The Dark Crystal, the UrSkek TekTih made a giant automatic orrery, with the help of his fellow UrSkek ShodYod, for Aughra, in the mountaintop observatory where she lives. ; In the 2000 science fiction film Pitch Black, an orrery was used to demonstrate a pending eclipse of the planet. ; In the 2020 historical novel A Room Made of Leaves by Kate Grenville, a makeshift orrery made from scraps found in the early colony of New South Wales by the first astronomer of the colony, William Dawes, serves as the metaphor for the desire of human love in general, and the evolving fictional relationship of Elizabeth Macarthur to Dawes in particular.

Prompt: An orrery, popular in the 13th and 19th centuries, was a model of what?

Answer: Inner Solar System


Context: Eleanor of Provence | " Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223 – 24/25 June 1291) was a French noblewoman who became Queen consort of England as the wife of King Henry III from 1236 until his death in 1272. She served as regent of England during the absence of her spouse in 1253. Although she was completely devoted to her husband, and staunchly defended him against the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, she was very much hated by the Londoners. This was because she had brought many relatives with her to England in her retinue; these were known as ""the Savoyards"", and they were given influential positions in the government and realm. On one occasion, Eleanor's barge was attacked by angry Londoners who pelted her with stones, mud, pieces of paving, rotten eggs and vegetables. Eleanor had five children, including the future King Edward I of England. She also was renowned for her cleverness, skill at writing poetry, and as a leader of fashion."

Prompt: Eleanor of Provence was the wife of which long-reigning English king?

Answer: Henry III


Context: Chevrolet Spark |  In Iran, the Matiz was produced (first imported and later assembled) and known as Daewoo Matiz. In Israel, UMI (Universal Motors Israel) announced on January 18, 2011 the marketing commencement of the 1.2L Chevrolet Spark model.

Prompt: Which car manufacturer originally made the model known as the Matiz?

Answer: Taeu


Context: Penny Black |  The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was first issued in the United Kingdom (referred to in philatelic circles as Great Britain), on 1 May 1840, but was not valid for use until 6 May. The stamp features a profile of Queen Victoria. In 1837, British postal rates were high, complex and anomalous. To simplify matters, Sir Rowland Hill proposed an adhesive stamp to indicate pre-payment of postage. At the time it was normal for the recipient to pay postage on delivery, charged by the sheet and on distance travelled. By contrast, the Penny Black allowed letters of up to 1/2 oz to be delivered at a flat rate of one penny, regardless of distance.

Prompt: The 1 penny black was the first British stamp, which was the second?

Answer: THE TWOPENNY BLUE


Context: Ode to the West Wind | " ""Ode to the West Wind"" is an ode, written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1819 in Cascine wood near Florence, Italy. It was originally published in 1820 by Charles in London as part of the collection Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama in Four Acts, With Other Poems. Perhaps more than anything else, Shelley wanted his message of reform and revolution spread, and the wind becomes the trope for spreading the word of change through the poet-prophet figure. Some also believe that the poem was written in response to the loss of his son, William (born to Mary Shelley) in 1819. The ensuing pain influenced Shelley. The poem allegorises the role of the poet as the voice of change and revolution. At the time of composing this poem, Shelley without doubt had the Peterloo Massacre of August 1819 in mind. His other poems written at the same time—""The Masque of Anarchy"", Prometheus Unbound, and ""England in 1819""—take up these same themes of political change, revolution, and role of the poet."

Prompt: Who, c1819, wrote the poem Ode to the West Wind?

Answer: Percy Bysse Shelley


Context: Postage stamps and postal history of Albania |  Postage stamps from Albania are marked Shqiperia, Shqiperise and Shqiptare.

Prompt: The name Shqiperia appears on the postage stamps of which country?

Answer: Republic of Albania


Context: Sylvester the Cat |  Sylvester James Pussycat, Sr. is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. He appeared in 103 cartoons in the golden age of American animation, lagging only behind superstars Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. Three of his cartoons won Academy Awards, the most for any starring a Looney Tunes character: they are Tweetie Pie, Speedy Gonzales, and Birds Anonymous.

Prompt: What is the name of the cartoon cat that is always chasing Tweety Pie?

Answer: Sylvester


Context: Vandalism of art |   The Little Mermaid is a statue of the mermaid from the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The statue is located in the harbor of Copenhagen and is an icon and a major tourist attraction of the city. The statue has been damaged and defaced so many times since the mid-1950s that in 2007, Copenhagen officials announced that the statue may be moved further out in the harbor to avoid further vandalism and to prevent tourists from climbing onto it. The main focus of vandalism for the statue has been decapitation. On 24 April 1964, the statue's head was sawn off and stolen by politically oriented artists of the Situationist movement. The

Prompt: The statue of the 'Little Mermaid' is in the harbour of which city?

Answer: København, Denmark


Context: Bubba Watson | " Gerry Lester ""Bubba"" Watson Jr. (born November 5, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. One of the few left-handed golfers on tour, he is a multiple major champion, with victories at the Masters Tournament in 2012 and 2014. In February 2015, Watson reached a career-high 2nd place in the Official World Golf Ranking. Watson is among the longest drivers on the PGA Tour; in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yd and can hit a ball over 350 yd, capable of generating a ball speed up to 194 mph. He has finished top of the driving distance statistics five times in his career, during the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, and 2014 seasons."

Prompt: By what first name is golfer Gerry Lester Watson better known?

Answer: Bubba


Context: Concerns and controversies at the 2012 Summer Olympics | " On Friday, 27 July, the same day as the opening ceremony, but after the first sporting events outside London had started (in football), there was confusion and disappointment in some Olympic fans when they were denied access to what they thought was the first competition event in London. They had misunderstood the use by LOCOG of the phrase ""non-ticketed"" to mean that an archery qualification round at Lord's Cricket Ground was going to be open to the public for free, in a similar fashion to some other events like the road bike races or marathon. In addition, some had been sold fake tickets for the event by an illegal website. LOCOG stated ""Tickets have not been advertised or sold by LOCOG for the archery ranking event...We have always made it clear that the preliminary rounds are not open for spectators. There are a number of unofficial websites claiming to sell tickets; we therefore advise people to be extremely cautious and vigilant when attempting to buy tickets and only purchase from an official source""."

Prompt: Which Olympic event starts using a ?deny'?

Answer: Keirin


Context: Princess Fiona |  Fiona's parents are inviting them to the kingdom of Far, Far Away to celebrate and bless their marriage. Shrek is apprehensive about meeting his parents-in-law, but Fiona insists. Fiona's parents, King Harold and Queen Lillian, are surprised to find that their daughter married an ogre, with Harold acting particularly coldly towards his new son-in-law, which in turn strains Fiona and Shrek's relationship. When a tearful Fiona unintentionally summons her Fairy Godmother, who discovers that the princess married someone other than Prince Charming – her own son – she conspires with Harold to kill Shrek and trick Fiona into falling

Prompt: In a film who married Princess Fiona, the daughter of King Harold and Queen Lillian of Far, Far Away?

Answer: Shrek One


Context: Ezra Pound | " as ""incomprehensible"". Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot by Italian partisans on 28 April 1945. Their bodies were displayed in the Piazzale Loreto in Milan, abused by the crowd, then left hanging upside down. ""Thus Ben and la Clara a Milano / by the heels at Milano"". On 3 May armed partisans arrived at Rudge's home to find Pound alone. He picked up the Confucian text Four Books and a Chinese–English dictionary and was taken to their headquarters in Zoagli, then at his request to the U.S. Counter Intelligence Corps headquarters in Genoa, where he was interrogated by FBI agent Frank L. Amprin. "

Prompt: Who was shot and killed along with his mistress Clara Petacci on 28th April 1945?

Answer: Moussolini


Context: Yonge Street |  the Performing Arts and the Hockey Hall of Fame, the latter housed in a former Bank of Montreal office, once Canada's largest bank branch. Beyond Front Street, the road passes through the east side of the Financial District, which holds many of Canada's tallest buildings, and passes an entrance to the Allen Lambert Galleria. Between Front Street and Queen Street, Yonge Street is bounded by historic and commercial buildings, many serving the large weekday workforce concentrated here. These include the flagship Toronto locations of the Hudson's Bay Company and Saks Fifth Avenue, both in the historic Simpson's building. Yonge Street's entire west side, from Queen

Prompt: Once the longest street in the world Yonge (pronounced Young) Street has its southern end in which city? The ice hockey Hall of Fame stands on a corner with Front Street.

Answer: Torontonians


Context: Top Hat (musical) |  The musical is based on the 1935 film of the same name, with music by Irving Berlin. It took the show's producer, Kenny Wax, sixteen months to obtain the rights from Berlin's estate to adapt the film into a stage musical. A first read-through of the adapted script was held at Sadler's Wells in November 2010, and it was performed for the first time 76 years after the original film. The show features fourteen songs by Berlin, six more songs than the original production. Featuring a 31-person cast, the production was adapted from the original screenplay by Matthew White and Howard Jacques. The show was directed by White with choreography by Bill Deamer, set designs by Hildegard Bechtler, costume design by Jon

Prompt: Who wrote the songs for the musical Top Hat?

Answer: Ellin Mackay


Context: Eurasian dotterel | " The Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds. The dotterel is a brown and black streaked bird with a broad white eye-stripe and an orange-red chest band when in breeding plumage. The female is more colourful than the male. The bird is tame and unsuspecting and the term ""dotterel"" has been applied contemptuously to mean an old fool. The Eurasian dotterel is a migratory species, breeding in northern Europe and Eurosiberia and migrating south to north Africa and the Middle East in the winter. It nests in a bare scrape on the ground and lays two to four eggs. The male does the incubation and rears the chicks, the female having gone off to find another male and lay another clutch of eggs. It is a common bird with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of ""least concern""."

Prompt: The dotterel belongs to which family of birds?

Answer: Plover


Context: Bear Island (New Brunswick) | " Named ""Island of the Bear"" by the Maliseet people, the location takes its name from islands (Big Bear and the Little Bear Islands) in the Saint John River. One story claims that bears fished in the narrow channels between the islands, while others claim that bears would frequent the butternut trees native to the islands. With the development of the downstream Mactaquac Dam in 1968 and the consequential rise in water levels, Bear Island is technically a misnomer, as the islands no longer exist, and the entire area referred to as Bear Island is on the shore of the dam's 96-kilometre headpond. Many of the area's homes were razed in order to make way for the headpond. The first "

Prompt: Which island is named after the world's largest bear?

Answer: Kodiak (disambiguation)


Context: Kid Ory | " Edward ""Kid"" Ory (December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973) was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans jazz. He was born near LaPlace, Louisiana and moved to New Orleans on his 21st birthday, to Los Angeles in 1910 and to Chicago in 1925. The Ory band later was an important force in reviving interest in New Orleans jazz, making radio broadcasts on The Orson Welles Almanac program, among other shows. In 1944–45, the group made a series of recordings for the Crescent label, which was founded by Nesuhi Ertegun for the express purpose of recording Ory's band. Ory retired from music in 1966 and spent his last years in Hawaii."

Prompt: What was the first name of the jazz trombonist Kid Ory?

Answer: Eadweard


Context: El Greco | " Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos (Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco (""The Greek""), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. ""El Greco"" was a nickname, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos), often adding the word Κρής (Krḗs), which means Cretan. El Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete), which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, Italy, and the center of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before traveling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570, he moved to Rome, where he opened a workshop and executed a series of works. During his stay in Italy, El Greco enriched his style with elements of Mannerism and of the "

Prompt: By what name is the painter Domenikes Theotakopoulos known?

Answer: Doménicos Theotocópoulos


Context: List of Peppa Pig characters |  Grandpa Pig's granddaughter, Peppa & George's cousin, Mummy & Daddy Pig's niece and Alexander's older sister. Her best friends are Belinda Bear & Simon Squirrel and they like to tease Peppa. She is 8 years old (10 by the events of Season 6) and wears a yellow dress. Since she is older than the other kids, she does not go to Peppa's playgroup and instead is presumed to go to a different school. She and her family did not appear at all in series 5, but they return to series 6. ; Baby Alexander (voiced by Oliver May in series 2, Harley Bird in series

Prompt: In the Children?s TV series Peppa Pig who is Peppa's best friend?

Answer: Suzy (disambiguation)


Context: Royston and Hitchin Railway | " Sir Ebenezer Howard published his book ""Tomorrow a Peaceful Path to Real Reform"" in which he put forward the notion of a Garden City; his work included heavy reliance on a railway connection. As a direct result, the world's first Garden City was founded at Letchworth in 1903. Construction workers used a wooden halt there from 1903. Regular passenger services were provided at the halt from 15 April 1905; a goods depot was added on 19 August 1907, and a permanent station on 18 May 1913. This station had two island platforms, giving four platform faces, but they were never used as such."

Prompt: Established in 1903, what was Britain's first designated Garden City?

Answer: Letchworth Garden City


Context: Malcolm Allison |  Joe Mercer was named Manchester City manager in July 1965. As ill health had hindered him in his previous job as manager of Aston Villa, Mercer sought a younger, energetic man to be his assistant. He offered the position to Allison, whom he knew from coaching courses at Lilleshall. Allison was due to meet Raich Carter to discuss a position at Middlesbrough, but Mercer was able to arrange a meeting the day before, and persuaded Allison to accept his offer. The Mercer–Allison era is believed to be the strongest in Manchester City's history before the 2010s. They were surprise winners of the First Division in 1967–68 against the odds, some at a long 200–1 for City

Prompt: What name is shared by a former Manchester City FC manager (1965-1971) and a champion flat jockey who used to ride for the Queen?

Answer: Joe Mercer


Context: Xerophyte |  A xerophyte (from Greek ξηρός xeros 'dry' + φυτόν phuton 'plant') is a species of plant that has adaptations to survive in an environment with little liquid water, such as a desert or an ice- or snow-covered region in the Alps or the Arctic. Popular examples of xerophytes are cacti, pineapple and some Gymnosperm plants. The structural features (morphology) and fundamental chemical processes (physiology) of xerophytes are variously adapted to conserve water, also common to store large quantities of water, during dry periods. Other species are able to survive long periods of extreme dryness or desiccation of their tissues, during which their metabolic activity may effectively shut down. Plants with such morphological and physiological adaptations are. Xerophytes such as cacti are capable of withstanding extended periods of dry conditions as they have deep-spreading roots and capacity to store water. Their waxy, thorny leaves prevent loss of moisture. Even their fleshy stems can store water.

Prompt: From the Greek words for dry and plant what word is given to a plant that has adapted to survive in an environment with little available water?

Answer: Drought-tolerant plant


Context: Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act |   Typhoon Haiyan, known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines, was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, on November 8, 2013. It is the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record, killing at least 6,201 people in that country alone. Haiyan is also the strongest storm recorded at landfall, and unofficially the strongest typhoon ever recorded in terms of wind speed. As of January 2014, bodies were still being found. The cyclone caused catastrophic destruction in the Visayas, particularly on Samar and Leyte. According to UN officials, about 11 million people have been affected and many have been left homeless. The United States government gave the Philippines $52 million worth of aid and deployed the United States Marines, United States Navy and United States Air Force in order to assist with the humanitarian operations. This was seen by observers as part of the Asia pivot that the United States government had previously announced. The Philippine government had been discussing with the U.S. plans regarding the deployment of U.S. military troops within the country. Aid contributions of the U.S. was seen as a sign of goodwill in order to further strengthen relations.

Prompt: What was the name of the Super Typhoon that devastated the Philippines and Southeast Asia in November 2013?

Answer: Haiyan (disambiguation)


Context: Guillotine |  A number of countries, primarily in Europe, continued to employ this method of execution into the 19th and 20th centuries, but they ceased to use it before France did in 1977. In Antwerp, the last person to be beheaded was Francis Kol. Convicted of robbery and murder, he received his punishment on 8 May 1856. During the period from 19 March 1798 to 30 March 1856, there were 19 beheadings in Antwerp. In Switzerland, it was used for the last time by the canton of Obwalden in the execution of murderer Hans Vollenweider in 1940. In Greece, the guillotine (along with the firing

Prompt: When was the guillotine last used in France?

Answer: 1977


Context: 2009 British Grand Prix |  The 2009 British Grand Prix (formally the 2009 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, on 21 June 2009. The 60-lap race was the eighth round of the 2009 Formula One season. It was scheduled to be the last British Grand Prix to be held at Silverstone, before the event moved to Donington Park for the 2010 season. However, due to Donington being unable to raise the required funds the event returned to Silverstone again in 2010, on a new layout. The race was won by Sebastian Vettel, who started on pole, with championship leader Jenson Button finishing in sixth position.

Prompt: Where in Northamptonshire is the British Formula 1 Grand Prix held?

Answer: SilverStone


Context: Abraham Lincoln: The Man |  Replicas of the statue stand at Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, Parque Lincoln in Mexico City, and Parliament Square in London. The Parliament Square statue was given to Britain in July 1920. The American Ambassador made a formal presentation at Central Hall, Westminster, where Prime Minister David Lloyd George accepted the gift on behalf of the people of Britain; after a procession to Parliament Square, the statue was unveiled by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught. The Mexico City statue was presented by United States President Lyndon Johnson to the people of Mexico in 1964. Later, Johnson received a small copy of the bust from the statue, which since then is often seen displayed in the Oval Office of the White House. In 2016, a newly cast replica of the full-height statue was installed in the garden at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish.

Prompt: Which US President has a statue in Parliament Square?

Answer: The Kennedy


Context: Gordon Brunton |  A well known racehorse owner and breeder, most notably Indian Queen winner of the 1991 Ascot Gold Cup.

Prompt: Who was the winning owner of the Ascot Gold Cup in 2013?

Answer: Q.U.E.E.N.


Context: Abernethy biscuit |  The Abernethy biscuit was invented by doctor John Abernethy in the 18th century as a digestive improver and hence aid to health. Abernethy believed that most diseases were due to disorders in digestion. The Abernethy biscuit is a type of digestive biscuit, a baked good originally designed to be eaten as a support to proper digestion. In creating his biscuit, Abernethy was following a trend of other medical practitioners like English William Oliver of Bath, Somerset (invented the Bath Oliver) and the American preacher Sylvester Graham who was a nutrition expert (the Graham cracker). The Abernethy biscuit is an adaptation of the plain captain's biscuit or

Prompt: Digestive biscuits were invented as a cure for what?

Answer: Indigestion


Context: Plant collecting | " Plant ""discovery"" means the first time that a new plant was recorded for science, often in the form of dried and pressed plants (a herbarium specimen) being sent to a botanical establishment such as Kew Gardens in London, where it would be examined, classified and named. Plant ""introduction"" means the first time that living matter – seed, cuttings or a whole plant – was brought back to Europe. Thus, the Handkerchief tree (Davidia involucrata) was discovered by Père David in 1869 but introduced to Britain by Ernest Wilson in 1901. Often, the two happened simultaneously: thus Sir Joseph Hooker discovered and introduced his Himalayan rhododendrons between 1849 and 1851."

Prompt: Which Himalayan garden shrub was first brought to the UK by Joseph Hooker?

Answer: Rhododendron


Context: 1619 in science | May 21 – Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist and embryologist (born 1537) ; September – Hans Lippershey, Dutch lensmaker, credited with inventing the telescope in 1608 (born c. 1570) ; Olivier de Serres, French soil scientist (born 1539) ; Caterina Vitale, Maltese chemist (born 1566)

Prompt: Who invented the telescope in 1608?

Answer: Hans Lipperhey


Context: Joseph Huntley |  Joseph Huntley (1775–1857) was a 19th-century biscuit maker and innovator, who lived in the English town of Reading. In 1822 he founded a small biscuit baker and confectioner shop at number 72 London Street.

Prompt: From the late 19th Century, which English town was known as Biscuit Town?

Answer: The Reading (Manet painting)


Context: Banoffee pie | " Credit for the pie's invention is claimed by Nigel Mackenzie and Ian Dowding, the owner and chef, respectively, of The Hungry Monk Restaurant in Jevington, East Sussex, England (now closed). They claim to have developed the dessert in 1971 by amending an unreliable American recipe for ""Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie"" with a soft toffee made by boiling an unopened can of condensed milk for several hours. After trying various changes including the addition of apple or mandarin orange, Mackenzie suggested banana and Dowding later said that ""straight away we knew we had got it right"". Mackenzie suggested the name ""Banoffi Pie"", and the dish proved so popular with their customers that they ""couldn't take it off"" the menu. The recipe was published in The Deeper Secrets of the Hungry Monk in 1974, and reprinted in the 1997 cookbook In Heaven with The Hungry "

Prompt: Which popular dessert was invented at the Hungry Monk in Alfriston, Sussex?

Answer: SUSSEX POND


Context: Les Huguenots |  Les Huguenots is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in Paris on 29 February 1836.

Prompt: Who composed the opera The Huguenots?

Answer: Meyerbeer


Context: Science and engineering in Manchester |  In 2010, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, physicists at the University of Manchester won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on graphene. Successfully isolated in 2004, research and development continues on the 'miracle material' today to find practical, everyday uses for the material. The following year in 2011, the British government announced £50 million of funding to allow further development of graphene in the United Kingdom.

Prompt: Which British university first developed grapheme?

Answer: UN/LOCODE:GBMNC


Context: Arthur Wynne |  Arthur Wynne (June 22, 1871 – January 14, 1945) was the British-born inventor of the modern crossword puzzle.

Prompt: What did Arthur Wynne invent?

Answer: Cross word


Context: Nicolas Anelka |  that he was not anti-Semitic and had not intended the gesture to express or promote anti-Semitism. After West Brom suspended him pending their own investigation, Anelka was given notice of termination of his contract by the club due to the club and player being unable to come to terms over the conditions required for the suspension by the club to be lifted, as well as comments made by Anelka on Twitter. In 2020, Anelka said the quenelle was only a protest against his former manager Steve Clarke, who is not Jewish. Anelka has been the subject of the 2012 Canal+ documentary L'Entrée des Trappistes about his friendship with Sy and Debbouze, and the feature-length 2020 Netflix documentary Anelka: Misunderstood.

Prompt: The contract of footballer Nicolas Anelka was terminated after he made an offensive gesture, what name was given to the gesture?

Answer: Quenelle


Context: Marc Isambard Brunel |  Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (, ; 25 April 1769 – 12 December 1849) was a French-British engineer who is most famous for the work he did in Britain. He constructed the Thames Tunnel and was the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Born in France, Brunel fled to the United States during the French Revolution. In 1796, he was appointed Chief Engineer of New York City. He moved to London in 1799, where he married Sophia Kingdom. In addition to the construction of the Thames Tunnel, his work as a mechanical engineer included the design of machinery to automate the production of pulley blocks for the Royal Navy. Brunel preferred the given name Isambard, but is generally known to history as Marc to avoid confusion with his more famous son.

Prompt: What was the first name of the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a French engineer who moved to England and constructed the Thames Tunnel?

Answer: Marc (disambiguation)


Context: Rock Follies |  Rock Follies (together with its sequel, Rock Follies of '77) was a musical drama shown on British television in the 1970s. The storyline followed the ups and downs of a fictional female rock band called the Little Ladies, as they struggled for recognition and success. The series starred Rula Lenska, Charlotte Cornwell and Julie Covington as the Little Ladies, with support from Emlyn Price, Beth Porter, Sue Jones-Davies, Bob Hoskins, Stephen Moore, Derek Thompson, Denis Lawson and Little Nell among others. The series was made on a small low budget for Thames Television, with a style inspired by fringe theatre. It was based on an original idea by Annabel Leventon, Diane Langton and Gaye Brown. The series was a success and won three BAFTA Awards, and the soundtrack album reached No. 1 in the UK chart. A second series with its own soundtrack album followed.

Prompt: Which TV series was about a pop group called 'Little Ladies' featuring Charlotte Cornwell, Julie Covington and Rula Lenska?

Answer: Rock Follies


Context: Helen Petousis-Harris | " Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly infectious airborne respiratory disease that often shows as uncontrollable coughing causing breathing difficulties and can result in death, with infants and young children being particularly vulnerable. Because pertussis is known to be caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, vaccination is effective. A paper co-authored in 2019 by Petousis-Harris, however, noted: ""that in spite of vaccination having reduced mortality rates, there are an estimated 16 million pertussis cases and 195,000 child deaths occur globally every year, with the greatest burden in low and middle-incomecountries. Furthermore, many high-income countries with high and stable vaccination rates, such as New Zealand, Australia and the United States, "

Prompt: The disease pertussis is more commonly known by what name?

Answer: 100 days' cough


Context: Arlene Phillips |  In Britain, Phillips first became a household name as the director and choreographer of Hot Gossip, a British dance troupe which she formed in 1974, using students she was teaching at the time. Hot Gossip spent two years performing in a London night club where Phillips and her manager developed the group's dance act.

Prompt: Who was the choreographer of the dance troupe Hot Gossip?

Answer: Arlene Philips


Context: Eton College |  of the Body ; James Fiennes, another member of the Royal Household ; William Tresham, another member of the Royal Household  Eton College was founded by King Henry VI as a charity school to provide free education to 70 poor boys who would then go on to King's College, Cambridge, founded by the same King in 1441. Henry took Winchester College as his model, visiting on many occasions, borrowing its statutes and removing its headmaster and some of the scholars to start his new school. When Henry VI founded the school, he granted it a large number of endowments, including much valuable land. The group of feoffees appointed by

Prompt: Which English monarch founded Eton College in the 15th century?

Answer: Hendrik VI


Context: Ganglion |   A ganglion is a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. In the somatic nervous system this includes dorsal root ganglia and trigeminal ganglia among a few others. In the autonomic nervous system there are both sympathetic and parasympathetic ganglia which contain the cell bodies of postganglionic sympathetic and parasympathetic neurons respectively. A pseudoganglion looks like a ganglion, but only has nerve fibers and has no nerve cell bodies.

Prompt: In anatomy, what is a ganglion?

Answer: Nerve Cell Cluster


Context: Arkham Asylum | " Chemicals. ; Arkham Asylum appears in the TV series set in the Arrowverse: ; Arkham Asylum appears in the second of the three-part Arrowverse crossover Elseworlds In the crossover, Supergirl, The Flash, and Green Arrow travel to Arkham Asylum to find Dr. John Deegan, an insane doctor who was given the means to alter reality by Monitor. Psycho-Pirate and Nora Fries are shown as the notable inmates when Deegan releases all the inmates on Green Arrow, Flash, Supergirl, and Killer Frost. By the end of the crossover, Deegan is remanded to Arkham Asylum and has his cell next to Psycho-Pirate's cell. ; Arkham Asylum is featured in Batwoman. In the episode ""The Rabbit Hole,"" "

Prompt: The fictional Arkham Asylum featured in which 70's TV series?

Answer: BatMan


Context: Squash (sport) | " After the serve, the players take turns hitting the ball against the front wall, above the tin and below the out line. The ball may strike the side or back walls at any time, as long as it hits below the out line. It must not hit the floor after hitting the racket and before hitting the front wall. A ball landing on either the out line or the line along the top of the tin is considered to be out. After the ball hits the front wall, it is allowed to bounce once on the floor (and any number of times against the side or back walls) before a player must return it. Players may move anywhere around the court but accidental or deliberate obstruction of the other player's movements is forbidden and could result in a let or a stroke. Players typically return to the centre of the court after making a shot, as it is the optimal position in the court to receive the opponents shot. The centre of the court is typically referred to as ""the T"", named after the shape of the floor lines."

Prompt: Which indoor sport includes a side wall, front wall, and a tin?

Answer: Squash (disambiguation)


Context: Laburnum |  The Laburnum trees are deciduous. The leaves are trifoliate, somewhat like a clover; the leaflets are typically 2 – long in L. anagyroides and 4 – long in L. alpinum. They have yellow pea-flowers in pendulous leafless racemes 10 – long in spring, which makes them very popular garden trees. In L. anagyroides, the racemes are 10 – long, with densely packed flowers; in L. alpinum the racemes are 20 – long, but with the flowers sparsely along the raceme. The fruit develops as a pod and is extremely poisonous. The yellow flowers are responsible for the old poetic name 'golden chain tree' (also written as golden chaintree or goldenchain tree). All parts of the plant are poisonous, although mortality is very rare. Symptoms of laburnum poisoning may include intense sleepiness, vomiting, convulsive movements, coma, slight frothing at the mouth and unequally dilated pupils. In some cases, diarrhea is very severe, and at times the convulsions are markedly tetanic. The main toxin in the plant is cytisine, a nicotinic receptor agonist. It is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the Palearctic moth, the buff-tip.

Prompt: The laburnum tree has what colour flowers?

Answer: Yellowest


Context: Canal+ |  new pan-African TV channel - A+ - was announced. Based in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), it aims to become the leading television company in French-speaking Africa. In September 2015, Vincent Bolloré -Chairman of Vivendi- was appointed as chairman of Canal Plus. He changed several former executives and aligned Canal +'s operations with Vivendi's. On 15 November 2017, Quebec cable system Videotron began carrying Canal+ International, marking it the first provider to carry the channel. It is also the second attempt at making Canal+ available in Canada since the former paid Canal+ Canada channel on Dailymotion, launched in 2013. As of August 2018, Canal+ International is on U.S. satellite provider DirecTV in HD on channel 2010.

Prompt: Canal+ TV is based in which country?

Answer: La Republique francaise


Context: California Mille |  The California Mille is an annual historic and classic car tour run on public roads in California. It is inspired by the Mille Miglia, a former Italian open-road endurance race covering some 1500 km (or roughly 1000 miles) from Brescia-to-Rome-to-Brescia and ran twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957. The event was founded by Martin Swig and Ken Shaff in 1991. Collectible car insurance company Hagerty became the organizer in 2020.

Prompt: What F1 event is now for vintage and classic cars, run from Brescia to Rome?

Answer: Mille Miglia


Context: Caravaggio |   Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi) was born in Milan, where his father, Fermo (Fermo Merixio), was a household administrator and architect-decorator to the Marchese of Caravaggio, a town 35 km to the east of Milan and south of Bergamo. In 1576 the family moved to Caravaggio (Caravaggius) to escape a plague that ravaged Milan, and Caravaggio's father and grandfather both died there on the same day in 1577. It is assumed that the artist grew up in Caravaggio, but his family kept up connections with the Sforzas and the powerful Colonna family, who were allied by marriage with the Sforzas and destined to play a major role later in Caravaggio's life. Caravaggio's mother died in

Prompt: Michelangelo Merisi (or Amerighi) is the birth name of which artist?

Answer: Morigi, Michaelangelo (Caravaggio)


Context: Scarling. | " Troubadour. On October 21, 2004, John Peel, English disc jockey and radio presenter, invited Robert Smith to stand in for him while he was in Peru as a guest DJ on what turned out to be the last Peel Session show. Smith played Scarling's Crispin Glover as one of the tracks in his eclectic set. Scarling. were also chosen by Smith to be part of his Celebrity Playlist on iTunes along with Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Supergrass, Nirvana, Placebo, The Psychedelic Furs, and several bands that played on the Curiosa tour earlier that year. Smith wrote a quote about each song and wrote ""Beautiful shadows"" next to the Scarling. track."

Prompt: Which Wirral-born Radio 1 disc jockey died in Peru in 2004?

Answer: Margrave of the Marshes


Context: Gatcombe Park |   Gatcombe Park is the country residence of Anne, Princess Royal between the villages of Minchinhampton and Avening in Gloucestershire, England. Built in the late 18th century to the designs of George Basevi, it is a Grade II* listed building. It is a royal residence as it is home to the Princess Royal, and is privately owned. Parts of the grounds open for events, including horse trials and craft fairs.

Prompt: HRH Princess Anne?s Gloucestershire country home is called what?

Answer: Gatcombe Park


Context: Gateway Arch | " The Gateway Arch is a 190 m monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, it is the world's tallest arch and Missouri's tallest accessible building. Some sources consider it the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States and officially dedicated to ""the American people"", the Arch, commonly referred to as ""The Gateway to the West"" is the centerpiece of Gateway Arch National Park and has become an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis, as well as a popular tourist destination. The Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in 1947; construction began on February 12, 1963, and was completed on October 28, 1965 at an overall cost of $13 million (equivalent to $ in 2018). The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967. It is located at the site of St. Louis's founding on the west bank of the Mississippi River."

Prompt: The Gateway Arch, aka Gateway to the West, America?s largest man-made monument, is in which city?

Answer: Missouri St. Louis


Context: Culture of Qatar | Terrestrial television Pay television ; Teledunet ; Mozaic TV ; MyHD ; Mivo TV ; Sky (Qatar, UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman and Iran only, Pakistan, Palestine, Syria and Iraq opening soon 29 May 2017) The multinational media conglomerate Al Jazeera Media Network is based in Doha with its wide variety of channels of which Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, Al Jazeera Mubasher, beIN Sports Arabia and AlrayyanTV with other operations are based in the TV Roundabout in the city. Terrestrial television stations now available on Nilesat include:

Prompt: Which TV network is based in Doha, Qatar?

Answer: AI Jazeera


Context: Steve Cram | " Stephen Cram, (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed ""The Jarrow Arrow"", after his home town, Cram set world records in the 1500 m, 2000 m, and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985. He was the first man to run 1500 m under 3 minutes and 30 seconds. He won the 1500 m gold medal at the 1983 World Championships and the 1500 m silver medal at the 1984 Olympic "

Prompt: Which athlete was nicknamed The Jarrow Arrow?

Answer: Stephen Cram


Context: Women in Hinduism |  for women in Hinduism, since early times. A married Hindu woman typically wears a red pigment (vermilion) in the parting of her hair, while a never married, divorced or a widowed woman does not. A Hindu woman may wear a Bindi (also called Tip, Bindiya, Tilaka or Bottu) on her forehead. This represents the place of the inner eye, and signifies that she is spiritually turned inwards. In the past, this was worn by married women, but in the modern era, it is a fashion accessory and has no relation to the marital status for women in Hinduism. Cultural customs such as Sindoor are similar to

Prompt: Where on the body would a Hindu woman wear a bindi?

Answer: Hairline


Context: Fulham F.C. Academy | Sean Davis v Cambridge United (Division Three), now retired due to injury. Only player to have played in all the top four divisions of English football with one club (Fulham). Scored once in twelve games for the England U21s, has been a non-playing squad member for the full national team.

Prompt: Which is the only English football team, in the top four divisions, to have a Latin word in its name?

Answer: Aston Villa


Context: Gwyneth Paltrow | " habits that Paltrow herself has been accused of—a kind of meta character trait that balances the power in [the main roles'] budding relationship."" In April 2013, Paltrow was named People magazine's annual ""Most Beautiful Woman."" In 2014, she had a two-episode arc in the improvised online series Web Therapy, as Maya Ganesh, ""a new-age caricature."" In 2015, she starred in Mortdecai, alongside Johnny Depp, Olivia Munn, and Paul Bettany. In it, she portrayed the wife of an unscrupulous art dealer and swindler (Depp). Budgeted at $60 million, the film only grossed $7.7 million in North America and $47.3 million internationally. Paltrow was featured on the track "

Prompt: America's People magazine named which actress as the World's Most Beautiful Woman in 2013? She plays Pepper Potts in the Iron Man series of films.

Answer: Gwynyth Paltrow


Context: List of United Kingdom MPs by seniority (2017–2019) | " who abstain from taking their seats at Westminster, have never been sworn in. They are ranked (in this list) after all other members who have taken their seats. Between themselves they are ranked by the first date of election, for the current period of continuous service. If they are equal on that criterion, then they are ranked in alphabetical order by surname. In the House of Commons, the sole mandatory duty of the Father of the House is to preside over the election of a new Speaker whenever that office becomes vacant. The relevant Standing Order does not refer to this member by the title ""Father of the House"", referring instead to the longest-serving member of the House present who is not a Minister of the Crown (meaning that if the Father is absent or a government minister, the next person in line presides)."

Prompt: In the House of Commons, what is the sole mandatory duty of the Father of the House?

Answer: (to preside over the) Election of the Speaker


Context: England national rugby union team |  1980 Grand Slam – England's first since 1957. Later that year, he captained the British Lions to South Africa – the first time an Englishman had captained the Lions since 1930. Furthermore, Beaumont represented the Barbarians FC on fifteen occasions. At 22 the youngest England captain of modern times was Will Carling who represented England in 72 Tests, and as captain 59 times between 1988 and 1996. He was best known as a superlative leader, motivating England to a remarkable three Grand Slams in five years, including back to back slams in 1991 and 1992. He also led England to the final of

Prompt: Who captained the England rugby union team 59 times between 1988 and 1996?

Answer: William David Charles Carling


Context: Umbrella |  and wonders why a similar practice did not occur in England. About the same time, umbrellas came into general use as people found their value, and got over the shyness natural to its introduction. Jonas Hanway, the founder of the Magdalen Hospital, has the credit of being the first man who ventured to dare public reproach and ridicule by carrying one habitually in London. As he died in 1786, and he is said to have carried an umbrella for thirty years, the date of its first use by him may be set down at about 1750. John Macdonald relates that in 1770, he used

Prompt: What was invented by Jonas Hanway in the late 1750s?


Context: William Boyd (writer) |  In April 2012 Ian Fleming's estate announced that Boyd would write the next James Bond novel. The book, Solo, is set in 1969; it was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in September 2013. Boyd used Bond creator Ian Fleming as a character in his novel Any Human Heart. Fleming recruits the book's protagonist, Logan Mountstuart, to British Naval Intelligence during World War Two.

Prompt: Who wrote the James Bond novel Solo?

Answer: William Boyd


Context: Rubik's Cube |  the central squares, there will always be an even number of centre squares requiring a quarter turn. Thus orientations of centres increases the total number of possible Cube permutations from 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 (4.3×1019) to 88,580,102,706,155,225,088,000 (8.9×1022). When turning a cube over is considered to be a change in permutation then we must also count arrangements of the centre faces. Nominally there are 6! ways to arrange the six centre faces of the cube, but only 24 of these are achievable without disassembly of the cube. When the orientations of centres are also counted, as above, this increases the total number of possible Cube permutations from 88,580,102,706,155,225,088,000 (8.9×1022) to 2,125,922,464,947,725,402,112,000 (2.1×1024).

Prompt: How many coloured squares are there on the surface of a Rubik's cube?

Answer: 54


Context: Gaga (plant) | " Gaga (gaga lipfern) is a genus of 19 species of ferns in the family Pteridaceae named after American singer and songwriter Lady Gaga. Two of the 19 species are newly-described: Gaga germanotta from Costa Rica, named after the family of the singer (she was born Stefani Germanotta), and Gaga monstraparva, in honor of Gaga's fans, whom she calls ""little monsters"". According to biologists, the ferns bear a close resemblance to Gaga's costume from the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and also bear a distinct DNA sequence spelling GAGA. Except for the two new species, the rest of the Gaga ferns were reclassified, having previously been assigned to the genus Cheilanthes, based on their outward appearance. Biologists at Duke University explained that they listed the ferns with the name Gaga, due to the singer's active support of equality and individual expression. The decision received widespread attention from the science community and the media."

Prompt: Little Monsters are Twitter followers of which female singer-songwriter? ;

Answer: @ladygaga


Context: Oboe | " In English, prior to 1770, the standard instrument was called a hautbois, hoboy, or French hoboy. This was borrowed from the French name, hautbois, which is a compound word made up of haut (""high"", ""loud"") and bois (""wood"", ""woodwind""). Literally translated, the French word means 'high-pitched woodwind' in English. The spelling of oboe was adopted into English c. 1770 from the Italian oboè, a transliteration of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French name. The regular oboe first appeared in the mid-17th century, when it was called a hautbois. This name was also used for its predecessor, the shawm, from which the basic form of the hautbois was derived. Major differences between the two instruments include the division of the hautbois into three sections, or "

Prompt: Which standard orchestral instrument has a name which derives from the French for high wood?

Answer: Conservatoire oboe


Context: December 1902 | Born: Frances Bavier, American stage and television actress, in New York City (d. 1989) ; Died: Julia Grant, 76, 18th First Lady of the United States (as wife of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant) (b. 1826)

Prompt: Which first lady of the USA was born in Southampton, New York in 1929 and died in Manhattan in 1982? She became the third youngest first lady.

Answer: Jackie O.


Context: Anus | " The anus (from Latin anus meaning ""ring"", ""circle"") is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to control the expulsion of feces, the residual semi-solid waste that remains after food digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, includes: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones; food material after the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts. Amphibians, reptiles, and birds use the same orifice (known as the cloaca) for excreting liquid and solid wastes, for copulation and egg-laying. Monotreme mammals also have a cloaca, which is thought to be a feature inherited from the earliest "

Prompt: What name, meaning sewer in Latin, is given to the singular bodily orifice found in birds, reptiles and amphibian that is used for both excretory and reproductive functions?

Answer: Cloacae


Context: Frankel (horse) |  Frankel (foaled 11 February 2008) is a retired champion British Thoroughbred racehorse. Frankel was unbeaten in his fourteen-race career and was the highest-rated racehorse in the world from May 2011. In 2010 he defeated a field including subsequent Group 1 winners Nathaniel and Colour Vision on his debut before winning the Royal Lodge Stakes by ten lengths and the Dewhurst Stakes in which he defeated the Middle Park Stakes winner Dream Ahead. As a three-year-old, he won the Classic 2000 Guineas by six lengths, the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, defeated the outstanding older miler Canford Cliffs in the much-anticipated

Prompt: Which racehorse, unbeaten in 14 races, won an unprecedented 9 consecutive Group One races including the 2,000 Guineas in 2011 and is the highest ever rated by Timeform?

Answer: Frankel


Context: Mexican street food |   Tamales are one of the most popular street foods in the world. They feature a filling and are wrapped in corn-based masa dough and steamed in corn husks. Tamales come in sweet and savory versions, some spicy and some bland. Versions with pork or chicken with a salsa or mole sauce are the most popular along with a version called 'rajas' which are strips of poblano chili pepper and cheese. It is one of the safer street foods for novices to try as it is cooked and kept in a steam vat while being sold. Corundas are a variety of tamale in Michoacán

Prompt: Which Mexican dish is a steamed corn husk filled with meat or vegetables coated in masa dough?

Answer: Tamale


Context: Steven Spielberg's unrealized projects |  Also in 1991, Spielberg bought the rights to William Steig's 1990 children's book Shrek!. Spielberg originally envisioned his adaptation as a traditional animated film from Amblin Entertainment, with Bill Murray as the voice of the titular character and Steve Martin as the voice of Donkey. Despite co-founding DreamWorks Animation—the eventual owner of the Shrek franchise—in 1994, Spielberg moved on to other projects.

Prompt: Who voices Donkey in the Shrek series of films?

Answer: Eddy Murphy


Context: Hibernian F.C. |  having been built since 1995. The most recent redevelopment was the construction of a new East Stand in 2010. Scotland have played seven of their home matches at Easter Road, between 1998 and 2017. Scotland women played their first match at Easter Road in August 2019, a Euro 2021 qualifying match against Cyprus. The ground has hosted one international not involving the Scotland teams, a friendly played between Ghana and South Korea preceding the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Easter Road has also sometimes been used as a neutral venue for Scottish League Cup semi-final matches   and once hosted a Scottish Challenge Cup final.

Prompt: Which Scottish football team plays home games at Easter Road?

Answer: The Hibernian


Context: Lourenço Marques (explorer) |  Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, was named after Marques before the Overseas Province of Mozambique became independent from Portugal in 1975; it got its present name on 3 February 1976. It was the seat of the governor-general of Portuguese East Africa and gave its name to one of the six districts into which the province was divided.

Prompt: What was the previous name of the city of Maputo?

Answer: Maputo, Mozambique


Context: Longevity | The quahog clam (Arctica islandica) is exceptionally long-lived, with a maximum recorded age of 507 years, the longest of any animal. Other clams of the species have been recorded as living up to 374 years. ; Lamellibrachia luymesi, a deep-sea cold-seep tubeworm, is estimated to reach ages of over 250 years based on a model of its growth rates. ; A bowhead whale killed in a hunt was found to be approximately 211 years old (possibly up to 245 years old), the longest-lived mammal known. ; Possibly 250-million year-old bacteria, Bacillus permians, were revived from stasis after being found in sodium chloride crystals in a cavern in New Mexico.

Prompt: The greatest confirmed age for any living creature is for a species of quahog (pronounced ko-hog) at over 500 years old. What is the common name for this species of creature?

Answer: Clams


Context: Katie Melua | " Ketevan Melua was born on 16 September 1984 to Amiran and Tamara Melua in Kutaisi, Georgia, which was then part of the Soviet Union. She spent her first years with her grandparents in Tbilisi before moving with her parents and brother to the town of Batumi, where her father worked as a heart specialist. During this time, Melua sometimes had to carry buckets of water up five flights of stairs to her family's flat and according to her, ""Now, when I'm staying in luxurious hotels, I think back to those days"". In 1993, when Melua was eight, the family moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the aftermath of the Georgian Civil War. Her father, a heart surgeon, "

Prompt: Katie Melua was born in which republic of the USSR, now anindependent country

Answer: Western Georgia


Context: Appalachian Mountains |  The mountain range is mostly in the United States (U.S.) but it extends into southeastern Canada, forming a zone from 100 to 300 mi wide, running from the island of Newfoundland 1500 mi southwestward to Central Alabama in the United States. The range covers parts of the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, which comprise an overseas territory of France. The system is divided into a series of ranges, with the individual mountains averaging around 3000 ft. The highest of the group is Mount Mitchell in North Carolina at 6684 ft, which is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. The term Appalachian refers to several different regions associated

Prompt: Which mountain range stretches for 1500 miles and has Mount Mitchell at 6,684 feet as its highest point?

Answer: Appalachian mountain range


Context: Battle of Austerlitz |  The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon, the Grande Armée of France defeated a larger Russian and Austrian army led by Emperor Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. The battle occurred near the town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire (modern-day Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic). Austerlitz brought the War of the Third Coalition to a rapid end, with the Treaty of Pressburg signed

Prompt: The site of the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz, also called the Battle of the Three Emperors, and a major success for Napoleon Bonaparte, is in which modern day country?

Answer: CzechRepublic


Context: Anne Elliot |  Anne Elliot is the protagonist of Jane Austen's sixth and last completed novel, Persuasion (1817). Anne Elliot was persuaded, when she was 19 years old, to break off her engagement with Frederick Wentworth, a promising young lieutenant in the Royal Navy but a commoner without fortune, and she has never married. Lonely, unloved by a stuck-up and pretentious father and older sister, little considered by a family circle incapable of recognising her value, she leads a dull life of an almost-old maid. And yet here it is that, 7/8 years after the naval war with France ended, in September 1814, the young man whom she has never forgotten returns to England, having earned epaulettes, prestige and fortune in the navy. The first contacts are painful. He has retained an image of her as a person too easily influenced and she sees clearly that he is

Prompt: In which 1816 novel do we meet the characters Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth?

Answer: Inveigling


Context: Lafayette, California |  Mydland, musician, lived in Lafayette for a time before his death in 1990. buried at Oakmont Memorial Park in Lafayette. ; Josh Reddick, Major League Baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics ; Hideo Sasaki, American landscape architect. ; Glenn T. Seaborg, University of California at Berkeley chemist and Nobel laureate (1951) prominent in the discovery of Plutonium (in 1941) and several transuranic elements. Element 106, Seaborgium, is named in his honor. Worked on Manhattan Project developing first atomic bombs. Died in 1999. ; Emilio Segrè, an Italian physicist and Nobel laureate who discovered the elements technetium and astatine, and the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1959 ; Alexander Shulgin, chemist best known for discovery and use of hundreds of psychoactive compounds. Died June 2, 2014. ; Charles Tickner, Olympic bronze medalist figure skater in the 1980 Winter Olympics

Prompt: Which chemical element is named after a university in Oakland, California?

Answer: Berkellium


Context: Brooke Magnanti |  Brooke Magnanti (born 5 November 1975) is an American-born naturalised British former research scientist, blogger, and writer, who, until her identity was revealed in November 2009, was known by the pen name Belle de Jour. While completing her doctoral studies, between 2003 and 2004, Magnanti supplemented her income by working as a London call girl known by the working name Taro. Her diary, published as the anonymous blog Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl, became increasingly popular as speculation surrounded the identity of Belle de Jour. Remaining anonymous, Magnanti went on to have her experiences published as The

Prompt: Under what name did Dr Brooke Magnanti write her blog about her life as a call girl?

Answer: Belle du Jour