Context: Tessa Sanderson |  When Sanderson won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the javelin, it was Great Britain's first Olympic win in a throwing event since the instigation of the modern Olympics in 1896. She set a new Olympic record with her throw of. Whitbread won bronze. She also became the first black British woman to have won an Olympic gold medal. Sanderson also won gold at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, with Whitbread taking silver. In March 1987, Sanderson announced that she would be focusing on the heptathlon rather than the javelin throw. Shortly before that, she had moved to London, and was looking for a career change to television or

Prompt: Which British athlete won the gold medal in the Women's Javelin at the 1984 Olympic Games?

Answer: Tessa Sanderson


Context: Battle of Omdurman |  Khartoum thirteen years earlier. On the morning of 2 September, some 35,000–50,000 Sudanese tribesmen under Abdullah attacked the British lines in a disastrous series of charges; later that morning the 21st Lancers charged and defeated another force that appeared on the British right flank. Among those present was 23-year-old soldier and reporter Winston Churchill as well as a young Captain Douglas Haig. The victory of the British–Egyptian force was a demonstration of the superiority of a highly disciplined army equipped with modern rifles, machine guns, and artillery over a force twice its size armed with older weapons, and marked the success of British efforts to re-conquer the Sudan. Following the Battle of Umm Diwaykarat a year later, the remaining Mahdist forces were defeated and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was established.

Prompt: In the Sudanese wars, which British general won the Battle of Omdurman?

Answer: (Sir Herbert) Kitchener


Context: Birding with Bill Oddie |  Species seen: Dartford warbler, Cetti's warbler, Montagu's harrier, great spotted woodpecker, redstart, spotted flycatcher, stonechat, linnet, tree pipit, nightjar, mute swan, chaffinch, reed warbler and Sandwich tern. With a rich variety of habitats and a mild climate, the counties of Hampshire and Dorset offer a wealth of birdlife. Sites visited include Radipole Lake and Brownsea Island.

Prompt: Willow, Reed, Grasshopper, and Dartford are species of which bird?

Answer: Warblers


Context: Stump (cricket) | Off stump is the stump on the off side of the wicket (the same side as the batsman's bat). ; Middle stump is the centre stump, the middle of the three stumps. ; Leg stump is the stump on the on side of the wicket (the same side as the batsman's legs). The stumps are three vertical posts which support two bails. The stumps and bails are usually made of wood, most commonly ash, and together form a wicket at each end of the pitch. The overall width of each wicket is 9 inches (22.9 cm). Each stump is 28 inches (71.1 cm) tall with maximum and minimum diameters of 1 inches (3.81 cm) and 1 inches (3.49 cm). They have a spike at one end for inserting into the ground, and the other end has a U-shaped 'through groove' to provide a resting place for the bails. In junior cricket the items have lesser dimensions. Each stump is referred to by a specific name: These names are relative to the batsman, so a right-handed batsman's leg stump becomes the off stump when a left-handed player is batting.

Prompt: From which common English tree are cricket stumps traditionally made?

Answer: Ash (disambiguation)


Context: Catalan shawm |  There are many shawms throughout the world (many of them in the Middle East and Asia) but Catalonia is one of the few places in Europe where they are still frequently used, and the only place where they have been given a modern mechanism (keywork) like orchestral woodwind instruments. Shawms used to be widespread in Europe up into the Renaissance. They were chiefly of two types: shawms that evolved from bagpipe chanters, and shawms that evolved from Middle Eastern instruments. The Italian ciaramella is an example of the former, and the tible and tenora of the latter. The oboe features aspects of both designs.

Prompt: Which modern musical instrument was developed from the shawm?

Answer: Conservatoire oboe


Context: Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile |   In 1170 Eleanor married King Alfonso VIII of Castile in Burgos at the age of 12. Her parents' purpose in arranging the marriage was to secure Aquitaine's Pyrenean border, while Alfonso sought an ally in his struggles with Sancho VI of Navarre. In 1177, this led to Henry overseeing arbitration of the border dispute. Around 1200, Alfonso began to claim that the duchy of Gascony was part of Eleanor's dowry, but there is no documented foundation for that claim. It is highly unlikely that Henry II would have parted with so significant a portion of his domains. At most, Gascony may have been pledged

Prompt: Which English king was married to Eleanor of Castile?

Answer: Edward Longshanks


Context: Transuranium element |  The transuranium elements (also known as transuranic elements) are the chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than 92, which is the atomic number of uranium. All of these elements are unstable and decay radioactively into other elements.

Prompt: In chemistry, what are elements called when they have a greater atomic number than uranium?

Answer: Transuranium


Context: Catherine Earnshaw | " that Catherine would never marry him, Heathcliff goes on a three-year hiatus from Wuthering Heights which is not elaborated on in the book. During Heathcliff's absence, Catherine marries Edgar Linton and moves into Thrushcross Grange, where she lives peacefully, her every desire indulged. Upon his return, Heathcliff pays a visit to Thrushcross Grange, which causes Catherine great excitement, and Edgar deepest dread: ""Mr. Linton walked to a window on the other side of the room that overlooked the court. He unfastened it, and leant out. I [Nelly] suppose they were below, for he exclaimed quickly: 'Don't stand there, love!  "

Prompt: In which book did Edgar Linton marry Catherine Eamshaw?

Answer: Wutherin heights


Context: Narwhal | " The narwhal, also known as a narwhale (Monodon monoceros), is a medium-sized toothed whale that possesses a large ""tusk"" from a protruding canine tooth. It lives year-round in the Arctic waters around Greenland, Canada, and Russia. It is one of two living species of whale in the family Monodontidae, along with the beluga whale. The narwhal males are distinguished by a long, straight, helical tusk, which is an elongated upper left canine. The narwhal was one of many species described by Carl Linnaeus in his publication Systema Naturae in 1758. Like the beluga, narwhals are medium-sized whales. For both sexes, excluding the male's tusk, the total body size can range from 3.95 to 5.5 m; the males are slightly larger than the females. The average weight of an adult narwhal "

Prompt: Which Arctic whale has a long, straight, helical tusk extending from its upper left jaw?

Answer: Narwahl


Context: Hosta sieboldiana |  Hosta sieboldiana, Siebold's plantain lily, is a species of hosta native to Japan. A putative variety, Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans (called the giant blue hosta), has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, as has a putative variety of its synonym; Hosta fortunei var. aureomarginata, the gold-edged plantain lily. The cultivars 'Blue Angel', 'Blue Mammoth', and 'Olive Bailey Langdon' have also gained the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Prompt: Which vegetable has varieties called Royal Favourite and Walton Mammoth?

Answer: LEEK


Context: Roger Christian (songwriter) | " Christian suffered from periodic depression. He was the only original KHJ ""Boss Jock"" not to appear at the 25th reunion on May 9, 1990. He died July 11, 1991, of complications of kidney and liver failure, eight days after his 57th birthday, in Tarzana, California, said his ex-wife, Joanne Christian of Canoga Park."

Prompt: Which pop singer shot himself to death in 1990 whilst suffering from depression?

Answer: DEL SHANNON


Context: Macintosh Performa |  American Heritage Dictionary, The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, TIME Almanac (on models equipped with a CD-ROM drive), Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, or Mario Teaches Typing, and a selection of games such as Spectre Challenger, Diamonds, and Monopoly. Another software package that only the Performa was equipped with was called Megaphone, by Cypress Research. MegaPhone is a screen based telephony application (SBT) that provides a powerful way to manage your telephone calls from your computer desktop. In addition to drag-and-drop dialling, callerID display, and call logging, MegaPhone includes features like VoiceMail, TouchTone Navigator, and Smart Speed Dial and facilitates Fax communications via a separate software package included in the Performa. https://www.megaphoneco.com/mpmac.htm

Prompt: What do Americans call what we call a megaphone?

Answer: Loudhailer


Context: Flag of the Central African Republic | " The design consists of four horizontal stripes and one vertical stripe, and a single yellow five-pointed star in the upper left. The colours chosen are intended to be symbolic of France (blue and white) and Africa (green and yellow) with the red vertical stripe connecting them both in unity, and the respect that Europeans and Africans should have for each other. The yellow star is intended to be indicative of independence. The Constitution of the Central African Republic describes the flag as ""four equal sized horizontal bands of the colours blue, white, green and yellow, perpendicularly barred in their centre by a red band of equal size and marked in the upper left corner by a yellow five-pointed star."""

Prompt: Which African country's flag is red with a green star in the centre?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:MA


Context: Getting to Know You (song) | " ""Getting to Know You"" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. It was first sung by Gertrude Lawrence in the original Broadway production and later by Marni Nixon who dubbed for Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film adaptation. In the show, Anna, a British schoolteacher who has been hired as a governess, sings the song as she strikes up a warm and affectionate relationship with the children and the wives of the King of Siam. This song is one of the cases during the Rodgers and Hammerstein partnership when Rodgers re-used a melody he had written for an earlier show and then discarded. In this case the melody was a tune he wrote for South Pacific, called ""Suddenly Hungry and Sad"", which he originally intended for the character of Nellie to sing but replaced it with the song ""(I'm in Love with) a Wonderful Guy"". Mary Martin, the star of South Pacific, who had proposed that Rodgers should cast Yul Brynner as the King, reminded Rodgers of this tune, and so Hammerstein wrote new lyrics to it."

Prompt: """Getting to Know You"" is a song from which film?"

Answer: King & i


Context: Iconoscope | " November 1931, and it was issued in 1935. Nevertheless, Zworykin's team was not the only engineering group working on devices that use a charge stage plate. In 1932, Tedham and McGee under the supervision of Isaac Shoenberg applied for a patent for a new device they dubbed ""the emitron"", a 405-line broadcasting service employing the super-emitron began at studios in Alexandra Palace in 1936, and a patent was issued in the US in 1937. One year later, in 1933, Philo Farnsworth also applied for a patent for a device that use a charge storage plate and a low-velocity electron scanning beam, a "

Prompt: Which invention made Carlton C McGee famous in 1935?

Answer: Parking meter


Context: 400 metres |  seconds is held by Oscar Pistorius. An Olympic double of 200 metres and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Marie-José Pérec of France and Michael Johnson from the United States on the same evening in 1996. Alberto Juantorena of Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first and so far the only athlete to win both the 400 m and 800 m Olympic titles. Pérec became the first to defend the Olympic title in 1996, Johnson became the first and only man to do so in 2000. From 31 appearances in the Olympic Games, the men's gold medalist came from the US 19 times.

Prompt: Who was the first man to win Olympic Gold Medals at 200 metres and 400 metres?

Answer: Michael Johnson (football)


Context: Cleverdicks | " Cleverdicks was a British television quiz show for Sky Atlantic, hosted by Ann Widdecombe. Running for 30 episodes, it was later repeated on Challenge. Four contestants competed in each episode for the right to call themselves ""cleverdicks"" and play for a roll-over cash jackpot. As explained by Widdecombe at the beginning of the first episode, a cleverdick is a person who is ""irritatingly and ostentatiously knowledgeable or intelligent."" The question material was therefore primarily academic in nature. The show deliberately featured Britain's top quiz players, including former contestants on other quiz shows. The first edition featured future 'Egghead' Steve Cooke and future 'Brain of Britain' David Stainer. The first established cleverdick was Rob Hannah, who reached the final several times and beat several other top quiz players including Alan Gibbs (who also was in a team that won), Nic Mortimer (the youngest contestant of the series) and Brian Pendreigh (who was in the news after Eggheads a few weeks before - which his team won)."

Prompt: Who hosts the TV quiz show 'Cleverdicks'?

Answer: Anne Widdecombe


Context: May 2006 in sports | "Football: Pre-World Cup friendlies ; With only nine days to go to the start of the World Cup, coaches are fine-tuning their teams and tactics. (Guardian) ; 🇦🇷 argentina 2 – 0 ; 🇨🇮 côte d'ivoire 1 – 1 ; 🇨🇿 czech republic 1 – 0 ; 🏴 england 3 – 1 🇭🇺 hungary ; At 17 years and 75 days, Theo Walcott becomes the youngest person ever to play for the senior England team. ; 🇯🇵 japan 2 – 2 🇩🇪 germany ; Japan take an unexpected 2-goal lead over Germany before being pulled back. ; 🇵🇱 poland 1 – 2 🇨🇴 colombia ; Colombian goalkeeper Luis Enrique Martinez scores a goal with a goal kick that went the entire length of the pitch. ; 🇹🇳 tunisia 3 – 0 🇧🇾 belarus ; 2006 NBA Playoffs ; Western Conference Final, Game 4 ; Phoenix Suns 106, Dallas Mavericks 86 Series tied 2–2 ; NHL 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs ; Eastern Conference Final, Game 6 ; Buffalo Sabres 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (OT): Danny Briere's overtime power play goal forces a seventh game Thursday (June 1) at Carolina. Series tied 3–3  <div id=""29_May_2006"">"

Prompt: Who, in May 2006 when aged 17 years and 75 days, became the youngest footballer to play for England?

Answer: Walcott, T


Context: Big Brother and the Holding Company |  The latest incarnation began in 1987, and has been touring part-time ever since with most of its classic line-up; including Sam Andrew, Peter Albin, Dave Getz, and James Gurley. Gurley left in 1997 because he did not support his colleagues' idea to hire a female singer to replace Joplin. He was replaced by Tom Finch. Big Brother did not have a fixed lead singer until 2011; Michel Bastian, Lisa Battle, Halley DeVestern, Lisa Mills, Jane Kitto (Aus), Andra Mitrovich, Kacee Clanton, Sophia Ramos, Mary Bridget Davies, Duffy Bishop, Lana Spence, Chloe Lowery, Jane Myrenget, Lynn Asher, Kate Russo Thompson, Darby Gould, Maria Stanford, Jeri Verdi, and Superfly's Shiho Ochi were among the singers that have played in concerts with them. Cathy Richardson became the band's official lead singer in 2011, with Ben

Prompt: Which woman was the singer with Big Brother and the Holding Company?

Answer: Janis Joplin discography


Context: Gary Busey |  In 1974, Busey made his major film debut with a supporting role in Michael Cimino's buddy action caper Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, starring Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. In 1976, he was hired by Barbra Streisand and her producer-boyfriend Jon Peters to play Bobby Ritchie, road manager to Kris Kristofferson's character in the remake film A Star is Born. On the DVD commentary of the film, Streisand says Busey was great and that she had seen him on a TV series and thought he had the right qualities to play the role. In 1978, he starred as rock legend Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story with Sartain as The Big Bopper. For his performance, Busey received the greatest critical acclaim of his career and the movie earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and the National Society of Film Critics' Best Actor award

Prompt: Gary Busey played which pop star in a 1978 film?

Answer: Charles Hardin Holley


Context: Vincent Nichols |   Nichols was appointed the eleventh Archbishop of Westminster by Pope Benedict XVI on 3 April 2009, and solemnly installed on 21 May 2009. The diocese, the principal see of the Church in England and Wales, serves 472,600 Catholics. It was reported that Benedict XVI personally selected Nichols for the post after the Congregation for Bishops failed to reach a consensus. In the time leading up to the appointment, Nichols' name had been repeatedly mentioned as a possible successor to Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, and his name was the only one to be on both ternas, or shortlist of candidates submitted to the Congregation for Bishops. A group of English Catholic bishops, as well as a member of parliament, had even expressed their concerns of promoting Nichols to Westminster to the Apostolic Nuncio, Faustino Sainz Muñoz, citing the archbishop's ambition. In his decision

Prompt: Appointed in 2009 who is the Archbishop of Westminster?

Answer: Vincent Nicholls


Context: Carmen | " On 9 January 1884, Carmen was given its first New York Metropolitan Opera performance, to a mixed critical reception. The New York Times welcomed Bizet's ""pretty and effective work"", but compared Zelia Trebelli's interpretation of the title role unfavourably with that of Minnie Hauk. Thereafter Carmen was quickly incorporated into the Met's regular repertory. In February 1906 Enrico Caruso sang José at the Met for the first time; he continued to perform in this role until 1919, two years before his death. On 17 April 1906, on tour with the Met, he sang the role at the Grand Opera House "

Prompt: The opera Carmen was first performed in which decade?

Answer: 1870s


Context: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |  Kemal Atatürk (or alternatively written as Kamâl Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1934, commonly referred to as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; c. undefined 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, author, and the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938. He undertook sweeping progressive reforms, which modernized Turkey into a secular, industrializing nation. Ideologically a secularist and nationalist, his policies and theories became known as Kemalism. Due to his military and political accomplishments, Atatürk is regarded as one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century. Atatürk came to prominence for his

Prompt: Political leader Mustafa Kemal is better known by what name?

Answer: Mustafa Kemal Pascha


Context: List of sharks |  Freckled catshark ; Frilled shark ; Fringefin lanternshark ; Frog shark ; G ; Galapagos bullhead shark ; Galapagos shark ; Galbraith's catshark ; Ganges shark ; Garrick's catshark ; Gecko catshark ; Genie's dogfish ; Ghost catshark ; Ginger carpetshark ; Goblin shark ; Graceful catshark ; Graceful shark ; Granular dogfish ; Great hammerhead ; Great lanternshark ; Great white shark ; Green-eye spurdog ; Green lanternshark ; Greenland shark ; Grey bamboo shark ; Grey sharpnose shark ; Grey smooth-hound ; Grinning catshark ; Guadalupe lanternshark ; Gulf catshark ; Gulf of Mexico filetail catshark ; Gulf

Prompt: Crocodile, goblin and greenland are types of which fish?

Answer: Sharks


Context: Yigal Amir |  Yigal Amir (יגאל עמיר; born May 31, 1970) is an Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin. At the time of the assassination he was a law student at Bar-Ilan University. The assassination took place on November 4, 1995, at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. Amir is serving a life sentence for murder plus six years for injuring Rabin's bodyguard, Yoram Rubin, under aggravating circumstances. He was later sentenced to an additional eight years for conspiracy to murder.

Prompt: Yigal Amir assassinated whom in 1995?

Answer: Yitzhak Rabin


Context: Jim Bowen |  James Brown Whittaker (born Peter Williams; 20 August 1937 – 14 March 2018), known professionally as Jim Bowen, was an English stand-up comedian, actor and television personality. He was the long-time host of the ITV game show Bullseye, which he presented from its beginning in 1981 through to the end of its original run in 1995. Bowen grew up in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, and went to Accrington Grammar School. In his early adulthood, he became a teacher, and took part in local dramatic groups. He eventually devoted himself to comedy full-time, having been influenced by Ken Dodd, and first appeared on television in The Comedians. This led to other television work during the 1970s. He achieved national attention after becoming host on Bullseye, which was a ratings success throughout the 1980s. He subsequently worked for various radio stations, and continued to perform stand up tours. Towards the end of his life, he was affected by a number of strokes which made performing difficult.

Prompt: What was the previous occupation of comedian Jim Bowen?

Answer: Teachings


Context: Apollonius of Perga |   Apollonius of Perga (Apollonius Pergaeus; c. 240 BC) was an Ancient Greek geometer and astronomer known for his work on conic sections. Beginning from the contributions of Euclid and Archimedes on the topic, he brought them to the state prior to the invention of analytic geometry. His definitions of the terms ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola are the ones in use today. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz stated “He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times.” Apollonius worked on numerous other topics, including astronomy. Most of this work has not survived, where exceptions are typically fragments referenced by other authors. His hypothesis of eccentric orbits to explain the apparently aberrant motion of the planets, commonly believed until the Middle Ages, was superseded during the Renaissance. The Apollonius crater on the Moon is named in his honor.

Prompt: The ancient Greek writer Apollonius of Perga wrote on which subject?

Answer: Mathematic


Context: Laila Morse | " Morse's stage name was suggested by the Italian actress Isabella Rossellini, who was dating Morse's brother, actor Gary Oldman. ""Laila Morse"" is an anagram of ""mia sorella"" which is Italian for ""my sister"". Morse was married to Gerald Bromfield from 1963 to 1970 and they had two children, Gerry and Tracy Bromfield. Morse is a breast cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with the illness in May 2001 and recovered within a year. During the evening of 29 June 2008, Dano Sonnex and Nigel Farmer attempted to burgle her home, just hours before they committed the New Cross double murder. In August 2013, Morse was declared bankrupt."

Prompt: Laila Morse is the sister of which actor?

Answer: Oldman, Gary


Context: Carnac |  Not to be confused with Karnak. Carnac (Karnag, ) is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France. Its inhabitants are called Carnacois in French. Carnac is renowned for the Carnac stones – one of the most extensive Neolithic menhir collections in the world – as well as its beaches, which are popular with tourists. Located on a narrow peninsula halfway between the medieval town Vannes and the seaside resort Quiberon, Carnac is split into two centres: Carnac-Ville and Carnac-Plage (the beachfront). In total there are five beaches, including la Grande Plage, and further to the east, Plage Men Dû and Beaumer.

Prompt: What ancient monument and tourist attraction would you see at Carnac in northern France?

Answer: Bautasten


Context: Bernie Ecclestone |  On 3 September 2007, it was announced that Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore had bought Queens Park Rangers (QPR) Football Club. In December 2007, they were joined as co-owners by businessman Lakshmi Mittal, the fifth richest person in the world, who bought 20% of the club. On 17 December 2010 it was announced that Ecclestone had purchased the majority of shares from Flavio Briatore becoming the majority shareholder with 62% of the shares. It was announced on 18 August 2011 that Ecclestone and Briatore had sold their entire shareholding in the club to Tony Fernandes, known for his ownership of the Caterham Formula 1 team.

Prompt: Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore were at one time co-owners of which Premier League club?

Answer: Queens' Park Rangers FC


Context: Buster Keaton | " Joseph Frank ""Buster"" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname ""The Great Stone Face"". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's ""extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929"" when he ""worked without interruption"" as having made him ""the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies"". In 1996, Entertainment Weekly recognized Keaton as the seventh-greatest film director, and in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema. Working with independent producer Joseph M. Schenck, Keaton made a series "

Prompt: Give a year in the life of silent comedian Buster Keaton.

Answer: 1895 TO 1966


Context: Compare the Meerkat |  he phones his father, his full name is confirmed to be Sergei Vladimanov. The 2011 campaign focused on a fictional Russian village named Meerkovo, which was actually filmed in the British county of Suffolk. The adverts featured new characters complaining about the danger caused to the town by confusion over Comparethemeerkat.com and Comparethemarket.com. The new characters were Maiya, Yakov, Vassily and Bogdan. A companion website was set up for the campaign containing a map of the town. They appeared on Coronation Street bumpers until 2015 when they’d slipped into obscurity though toys were still made. In 2018 they made a return in Coronation Street bumpers. More recently, the

Prompt: What is the name of the town in which the Meerkats live in the adverts for comparethemarket.com?

Answer: Compare the Market


Context: The Fox and the Weasel |  The Fox and the Weasel is a title used to cover a complex of fables in which a number of other animals figure in a story with the same basic situation involving the unfortunate effects of greed. Of Greek origin, it is counted as one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 24 in the Perry Index.

Prompt: In which organisation would you find people nicknamed The Fox, The Snake, The Bull and The Weasel?

Answer: Mafia of the United States


Context: Summer Olympic Games |  host its third Summer Olympic Games in its capital, making Paris the second city ever to have hosted three Summer Olympics. And in 2028, Los Angeles will in turn become the third city ever to have hosted the Games three times. Australia, France, Germany, Greece and Japan all hosted the Summer Olympic Games twice (with France and Australia planned to host in 2024 and 2032, respectively, taking both countries to three each). Tokyo, Japan, hosted 2020 Summer Olympics, and became the first city outside the predominantly English-speaking and European nations to have hosted the Summer Olympics twice, having already hosted the Games in 1964; it is also the largest city

Prompt: Which was the last non-capital city to host the Summer Olympic Games?

Answer: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia


Context: Burgundy |  The regional council of Burgundy was the legislative assembly of the region, located in the capital city Dijon at 17 boulevard de la Trémouille until its merger to form the regional council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Prompt: What is the capital of the French region of Burgundy?

Answer: Dijon


Context: Symphony No. 4 (Sibelius) |  The Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63, is one of seven completed symphonies composed by Jean Sibelius. Written between 1910 and 1911, it was premiered in Helsinki on 3 April 1911 by the Philharmonia Society, with Sibelius conducting.

Prompt: How many symphonies did Jean Sibelius complete?

Answer: seven


Context: Crystal Palace Dinosaurs | "  Charles Dickens's 1853 novel, Bleak House, begins with a description of muddy streets, whose primordial character is emphasized by a dinosaur in the streets of London: """"Implacable November weather. As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill."""" In H. G. Wells's 1905 novel Kipps, Kipps and Ann visit Crystal Palace and sit ""in the presence of the green and gold Labyrinthodon that looms so splendidly above the lake"" to discuss their future. There is a brief description "

Prompt: Which Dickens novel's opening chapter is 'In Chancery' with a description of a foggy and muddy London street?

Answer: Reverend Chadband


Context: Capital city of Warsaw (1919–1939) |  In interbellum Poland, Warsaw was not only the capital of the Warszawa Voivodeship, but also it was a voivodeship itself, called “Miasto stoleczne Warszawa” (“The Capital City of Warsaw”). With the area of 141 km2. (134 km² of the four counties' area, plus 7 km² of the Vistula river) and population of 1 179 500 (as for 1931) it was considered a separate unit, just like any other voivodeship.

Prompt: What was the capital of Poland prior to Warsaw?

Answer: Krakau


Context: Croczilla |  Croczilla (also known as Million Dollar Crocodile or The Crocodile) is a 2012 Chinese monster movie directed by Lin Lisheng. The film stars Barbie Shu, Guo Tao, Lam Suet and is about a group of people seeking a crocodile that has swallowed a million yuan. The film was released on June 8, 2012 and was promoted in some media as China's first monster movie.

Prompt: 2012 is the Chinese year of which creature?

Answer: Mythical dragon


Context: 1964 Ballon d'Or |  The 1964 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Denis Law from Manchester United, the first Scotsman to win the honour.

Prompt: Who is the only Scotsman to have been European Footballer of the Year (now called the Ballon d'Or)?

Answer: Denis Law


Context: British Army during the Napoleonic Wars |  colours), with regimental badge to designate rank. An 1810 order stipulated that subalterns wore one epaulette, on the right shoulder, while captains wore one of a more ornate pattern on the right shoulder. Field officers wore one on each shoulder, badged with a star (for majors), a crown (lieutenant colonels) or star and crown (colonels). Grenadier, fusilier and light infantry officers wore more ornate versions of the shoulder wings their men wore on both shoulders; trimmed with lace, chain or bullion. Generals, from 1812, wore an aiguillette over the right shoulder, and rank was denoted by the spacing of buttons on the coatee: Major generals

Prompt: In the British Army, which commissioned rank is indicated by a crown on each shoulder?

Answer: Major


Context: All Things Must Pass | " All Things Must Pass is the third studio album by English rock musician George Harrison. Released as a triple album in November 1970, it was Harrison's first solo work after the break-up of the Beatles in April that year. It includes the hit singles ""My Sweet Lord"" and ""What Is Life"", as well as songs such as ""Isn't It a Pity"" and the title track that had been overlooked for inclusion on releases by the Beatles. The album reflects the influence of Harrison's musical activities with artists such as Bob Dylan, the Band, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends and Billy Preston during 1968–70, and his growth as an artist beyond his supporting role to former bandmates John Lennon and Paul "

Prompt: Following the break-up of The Beatles, what was the title of George Harrison's first solo album?

Answer: It's Johnny's Birthday


Context: Princess and dragon |  One of the earliest examples of the motif comes from the Ancient Greek tale of Perseus, who rescued the princess Andromeda from Cetus, a sea monster often described as resembling a serpent or dragon. This was taken up into other Greek myths, such as Heracles, who rescued the princess Hesione of Troy from a similar sea monster. Most ancient versions depicted the dragon as the expression of a god's wrath: in Andromeda's case, because her mother Cassiopeia had compared her beauty to that of the sea nymphs, and in Hesione's, because her father had reneged on a bargain with Poseidon. This is less common in fairy tales and other, later versions,

Prompt: In Greek Mythology who was the princess rescued from the Sea Monster by Perseus?

Answer: Andromena


Context: Strait of Bonifacio |  The Strait of Bonifacio (Bouches de Bonifacio; Bocche di Bonifacio; Bucchi di Bunifaziu; ; Buccas de Bonifatziu; Bocche de Bunifazziu; ) is the strait between Corsica and Sardinia, named after the Corsican town Bonifacio. It is 11 km wide and divides the Tyrrhenian Sea from the western Mediterranean Sea. The strait is notorious among sailors for its weather, currents, shoals, and other obstacles. The most famous disaster in the Strait of Bonifacio was that of the French frigate Sémillante on February 15, 1855. Sémillante had left the port of Toulon the day before on her way into the Black Sea to supply the Crimean War with troops. A storm caused her to hit a reef; the ship sank and none of the 750 soldiers on board survived. After a tanker disaster in 1993, the passage through the Strait of Bonifacio has been prohibited for French and Italian flag ships with dangerous goods. Passage for ships with dangerous goods sailing under other flags is strongly discouraged and subject to mandatory piloting. Its maximum depth is 100 m.

Prompt: What is the name of the stretch of water which separates Corsica from Sardinia?

Answer: STRAIT OF BONTFACIO


Context: French Empire mantel clock | " There was also a kind of mask devised to inhale the air from behind the head. None of these measures were sufficient counter-measures against mercury poisoning. Consequently the use of mercury was outlawed by French legislation after around 1830, although its use continued commonly until circa 1900 and it even was still in use in a very few workshops around 1960. To replace ormolu, other gilding techniques (like electroplating from the mid-19th century on) were utilized instead. Regarding the mechanism, towards the end of the 18th century, round clock movements became a reliable mass-produced product. Known as ""Pendule de Paris"" (Paris, "

Prompt: An 18th century innovation what is the method of gilding furniture and clocks known as?

Answer: Ormolu


Context: Groat (coin) |  The groat is the traditional name of a defunct English and Irish silver coin worth four pence, and also a Scottish coin which was originally worth fourpence, with later issues being valued at eightpence and one shilling.

Prompt: What was the value of the former British coin the groat?

Answer: FOUR (OLD) PENCE


Context: Crispin and Crispinian |  Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the Christian patron saints of cobblers, curriers, tanners, and leather workers. They were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their execution is given as 25 October 285 or 286.

Prompt: Who is the patron saint of cobblers?

Answer: Crispin and Crispinian, Saints


Context: Romansh language |  Romansh (sometimes also spelled Romansch and Rumantsch; Sursilvan: romontsch ; Vallader, Surmiran, and Rumantsch Grischun: rumantsch ; Putèr: rumauntsch ; Sutsilvan: rumàntsch, , ; Jauer: ) is a Romance language spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden). Romansh has been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938, and as an official language in correspondence with Romansh-speaking citizens since 1996, along with German, French, and Italian. It also has official status in the canton of the Grisons alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. It is sometimes grouped by linguists with Ladin and Friulian as the Rhaeto-Romance languages, though this is disputed. Romansh is one of the descendant languages of the spoken

Prompt: In what country is Romansch an official language?

Answer: ISO 3166-1:CH


Context: Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream) |   Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Based on the Puck of English mythology, Puck is a mischievous fairy, sprite, or jester. He is the first of the main fairy characters to appear, and he significantly influences events in the play. He delights in pranks such as replacing Bottom's head with that of an ass.

Prompt: Which mischievous fairy, also called Robin Goodfellow, appears in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

Answer: PUCK


Context: Camille Saint-Saëns | "  Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello Concerto (1872), Danse macabre (1874), the opera Samson and Delilah (1877), the Third Violin Concerto (1880), the Third (""Organ"") Symphony (1886) and The Carnival of the Animals (1886). Saint-Saëns was a musical prodigy; he made his concert debut at the age of ten. After studying at the Paris Conservatoire he followed a conventional career as a church organist, first at Saint-Merri, Paris and, from 1858, La Madeleine, the official church of the French Empire. After leaving the post twenty years later, he was a successful freelance pianist and composer, in demand in Europe and the Americas. As a young man, Saint-Saëns was enthusiastic for the most modern music of the "

Prompt: Which French composer and pupil of Saint-Saens is best known for his requiem?

Answer: Gabriel Faure


Context: Dorneywood |  Dorneywood is an 18th-century house near Burnham in southern Buckinghamshire, England. Originally a Georgian farmhouse, it has Victorian and later additions, and following a fire in 1910, was remodelled in 1919 by Sir Robert Lorimer. It was given to the National Trust by Lord Courtauld-Thomson in 1947 as a grace-and-favour country home for a senior member of the Government, usually a Secretary of State or Minister of the Crown. The Dorneywood Trust has the objective of 'maintaining the mansion house and gardens of Dorneywood'.

Prompt: In which English country is the country house Dorneywood?

Answer: List of settlements in Buckinghamshire by population


Context: Carrie Fisher |  with bipolar disorder and drug addiction. Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She and her mother appear in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a documentary about their relationship. It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Fisher died of a sudden cardiac arrest on December 27, 2016, at age 60, four days after experiencing a medical emergency during a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles. One of her final films, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, was released on December 15, 2017, and is dedicated to her. Fisher appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) through the use of unreleased footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

Prompt: Which actress is the mother of actress Carrie Fisher?

Answer: Debbie Reynolds


Context: The Nine Nations of North America |  Alaska down through coastal British Columbia, Washington state, Oregon, and into California just north of Santa Barbara. Capital: San Francisco. ; The Empty Quarter – most of Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and Colorado from Denver west, as well as the eastern portions of Oregon, California, Washington, all of Alberta and Northern Canada (including what is now Nunavut), northern Arizona, parts of New Mexico (mainly the area controlled by the Navajo Nation), and British Columbia east of the Coast Ranges. Capital: Denver. ; Quebec – the primarily French-speaking province of Canada, which held unsuccessful referenda on secession in 1980 and 1995. Capital: Quebec City. Washington, D.C. and its surrounding

Prompt: Which capital city of the Americas lies furthest west?

Answer: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico


Context: Ronald Ross |  Sir Ronald Ross  (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside Europe. His discovery of the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito in 1897 proved that malaria was transmitted by mosquitoes, and laid the foundation for the method of combating the disease. He was a polymath, writing a number of poems, published several novels, and composed songs. He was also an amateur artist and natural mathematician. He worked in the Indian Medical Service for 25 years. It was during his service that he made the groundbreaking medical discovery. After resigning from his service in India, he joined the faculty of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and continued as Professor and Chairman of Tropical Medicine of the institute for 10 years. In 1926 he became Director-in-Chief of the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, which was established in honour of his works. He remained there until his death.

Prompt: Who was the first Briton to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on malaria?

Answer: SIR RONALD ROSS


Context: Hafez | " for their Indian mole I will give Samarkand and Bukhara. Samarkand was Tamerlane's capital and Bokhara was the kingdom's finest city. ""With the blows of my lustrous sword"", Timur complained, ""I have subjugated most of the habitable globe... to embellish Samarkand and Bokhara, the seats of my government; and you would sell them for the black mole of some girl in Shiraz!"" Hafez, the tale goes, bowed deeply and replied, ""Alas, O Prince, it is this prodigality which is the cause of the misery in which you find me"". So surprised and pleased was Timur with this response that he dismissed Hafez with handsome gifts."

Prompt: If you had a Shiraz, a Baluch or a Bokhara in your house what would they be?

Answer: Silk rugs


Context: History of Oslo's name | " was included in Christiania municipality. The entire city was named ""Oslo"" by a law of 11 July 1924, effective 1 January 1925—a decision that caused much debate. The change was proposed in 1918 by 29 civil servants. Morgenbladet compiled a list of 28,000 signatures against the proposal. Sigrid Undset wrote that she would be ashamed if the city would try to cheat and pretend to be its predecessor on the other side of the Aker river. When the city in general now took up the name of Oslo, the eastern district of the city that had preserved the name became known simply as Gamlebyen ""the Old Town of Oslo"" in the borough (district) of Gamle Oslo ""Old Oslo"". The old square "

Prompt: Prior to 1925, how was Oslo known?

Answer: Christiania


Context: Adnams |  Adnams is a regional brewery founded in 1872 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, by George and Ernest Adnams. It produces cask ale and pasteurised bottled beers. Annual production is around 85,000 barrels. In 2010, the company established the Copper House distillery for the production of gin, vodka and whisky.

Prompt: Which brewery is based in Southwold, Suffolk?

Answer: Adnams


Context: Lake Ontario |  Lake Ontario is the easternmost of the Great Lakes and the smallest in surface area (7,340 sq mi, 18,960 km2), although it exceeds Lake Erie in volume (393 cu mi, 1,639 km3). It is the 13th largest lake in the world. When its islands are included, the lake's shoreline is 712 mi long. As the last lake in the Great Lakes' hydrologic chain, Lake Ontario has the lowest mean surface elevation of the lakes at 243 feet (74 m) above sea level; 326 ft lower than its neighbor upstream. Its maximum length is 193 smi, and its maximum width is 53 smi. The lake's average depth

Prompt: Which is the smallest of the Great Lakes in area?

Answer: Ontario (canada)


Context: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | "  The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (often referred to as the Four Horsemen) are figures in Christian religion, first appearing in the Old Testament's prophetic Book of Zechariah and in the Book of Ezekiel, where they are named as punishments from God, and later in the New Testament's final book, Revelation, an apocalypse written by John of Patmos. Revelation 6 tells of a book or scroll in God's right hand that is sealed with seven seals. The Lamb of God/Lion of Judah opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons four beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses. Zechariah describes them as ""the ones whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth,"" causing it to rest quietly. Ezekiel lists them as ""sword, famine, wild beasts, "

Prompt: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are described in which book of the New Testament?

Answer: Revelation (game)


Context: 4th Wall Theatre, Inc. |  4th Wall Theatre, Inc. (aka 4th Wall Musical Theatre) is a non-equity theatre company in residence at the Westminster Arts Center on the campus of Bloomfield College, in Bloomfield, New Jersey, approximately 10 miles from Manhattan. The group derived its name from the theatre term the fourth wall coined by Denis Diderot which describes it as “the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play”.

Prompt: The term 'the fourth wall' would be used for an imaginary wall in what type of building?

Answer: Theatrical


Context: 5 | "According to ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle, the universe is made up of five classical elements: water, earth, air, fire, and ether. This concept was later adopted by medieval alchemists and more recently by practitioners of Neo-Pagan religions such as Wicca. ; The pentagram, or five-pointed star, bears religious significance in various faiths including Baháʼí, Christianity, Freemasonry, Satanism, Taoism, Thelema, and Wicca. ; In Cantonese, ""five"" sounds like the word ""not"" (character: 唔). When five appears in front of a lucky number, e.g. ""58"", the result is considered unlucky. ; In East Asian tradition, there are five elements: (water, fire, earth, wood, and metal). The "

Prompt: According to ancient Greek philosophers the universe was made up of five basic elements, earth, air, fire, water and which other?

Answer: Alkoxyalkane


Context: David Beckham |  kept away from the ceremony, as the Beckhams had an exclusive deal with OK! Magazine, but newspapers were still able to obtain photographs showing them sitting on golden thrones. 437 staff were employed for the wedding reception, which was estimated to have cost £500,000. David and Victoria Beckham have four children: sons Brooklyn Joseph (born 4 March 1999 at Portland Hospital, London), Romeo James (born 1 September 2002 at Portland Hospital, London), Cruz David (born 20 February 2005 at Ruber International Hospital, Madrid), and daughter Harper Seven (born 10 July 2011 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles). Elton John is godfather to Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham; their godmother is Elizabeth Hurley. Beckham's three sons have all played football in the Arsenal Academy. Like their

Prompt: Harper Seven, born in 2011, is whose daughter?

Answer: David & Victoria Beckham


Context: Taxus |  Taxus is a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs known as yews in the family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 2.5 –, with trunk girth averaging 5 m. They have reddish bark, lanceolate, flat, dark-green leaves 10 – long and 2 – broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem. The oldest known fossil species are from the Early Cretaceous.

Prompt: Which tree has the Lath name Taxus?

Answer: Yew (disambiguation)


Context: Boundary (cricket) |  Cricket and Athletic Club at the Army Ground in Panagoda, Army Sports Club's captain Perera hit six sixes in one over off the bowling of Dilhan Cooray. This was only the second instance in a List A match, and first in a domestic match. ; 7) On 16 March 2007, in a match between South Africa and the Netherlands in Basseterre at the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Gibbs became the first person to hit six sixes off an over in a One Day International match. The over was bowled by Dutch leg-spinner Daan van Bunge. ; 8) On 19 September 2007, during a match between England and India in the inaugural

Prompt: Who hit six sixes in one over at 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies?

Answer: Herschelle Gibbs


Context: Wheel arrangement |  the United Kingdom and Ireland. For diesels and electrics, North America uses the AAR wheel arrangement scheme while British practice uses a slightly simplified form of the European UIC classification scheme (except for small diesel shunters, where Whyte notation is used). In mainland Europe, the UIC classification scheme is generally used for all locomotive types including steam, with some exceptions. In France, the UIC classification is used for diesels and electrics while a scheme similar to the Whyte notation, but counting axles insteads of wheels, is used for steam locomotives. Notably, Switzerland had its own separate notation system until 1989, with the Swiss locomotive and railcar classification now only retained for its narrow gauge railways.

Prompt: In transport what is classified using the Whyte Notation or the UIC Classification?

Answer: WHEEL ARRANGEMENTS


Context: Forsyth–Edwards Notation | " Forsyth–Edwards Notation (FEN) is a standard notation for describing a particular board position of a chess game. The purpose of FEN is to provide all the necessary information to restart a game from a particular position. FEN is based on a system developed by Scottish newspaper journalist David Forsyth. Forsyth's system became popular in the 19th century; Steven J. Edwards extended it to support use by computers. FEN is defined in the ""Portable Game Notation Specification and Implementation Guide"". In the Portable Game Notation for chess games, FEN is used to define initial positions other than the standard one. FEN does not provide sufficient information to decide whether a draw by threefold repetition may be legally claimed or a draw offer may be accepted; for that, a different format such as Extended Position Description is needed."

Prompt: In which pastime/game would you use the Forsyth-Edwards Notation or the GBR code?

Answer: Chess (disambiguation)


Context: Lennox Lewis |  Lewis was the seventh Olympic gold medallist to become world heavyweight champion after Floyd Patterson, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Leon Spinks and Michael Spinks. He holds the distinction of being the first professional heavyweight champion to win a gold medal in the super-heavyweight category, which was not created until the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is also the only boxer to represent Canada at the Summer Olympics and subsequently win a professional world title. Lewis was the first boxer to hold the British heavyweight title and subsequently win a world title. Although three fighters have since repeated this feat (Herbie Hide, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua), only Lewis also won the Lonsdale belt outright.

Prompt: Who was the first Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medallist to become world professional heavyweight boxing champion?

Answer: Joe Speedo Frazier


Context: Mark Birley |  In 1963, Mark Birley founded Annabel's at Berkeley Square in the Mayfair district in central London. The club was named for his wife, the former Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart, and it was the first of its kind: a member-only nightclub that catered to an exclusive clientele, including the Prince of Wales. In 1972, Birley opened Mark's Club and continued to expand his portfolio in the restaurant, nightclub and hotel business. He became the owner of the Annabel's Group, which includes Mark Birley Holdings Limited. He launched a men's fragrance line, Mark Birley for Men, in 1996, in collaboration with the perfumers Frédéric Malle and Pierre Bourdon. Birley also designed the former family offices of Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo in the City of London into a member's club, The Walbrook Club, which opened in 2000.

Prompt: Opened in 1963, which London nightclub did Mark Birley name after his then wife?

Answer: Annabel's


Context: Moosach (river) |  Moosach is a 38 km left tributary of the river Isar near Munich in Bavaria, Germany. It could also be described as a tributary of the river Amper, because of the stream Mühlbach that splits away carrying about 30% of the water just before the Moosach joins the Isar. After passing through Freising, the main flow enters the Isar near Oberhummel. The Mühlbach branch continues through Moosburg and enters the Amper close to its confluence with the Isar.

Prompt: Which is the main river that flows through Munich?

Answer: ISAR


Context: Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire |  Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, (born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford and latterly Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite. She was the youngest and last-surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of English society in the 1930s and 1940s.

Prompt: Deborah Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire is the last survivor of which family of siblings?

Answer: Tom Mitford


Context: Ruddigore |  Ruddigore; or, The Witch's Curse, originally called Ruddygore, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas and the tenth of fourteen comic operas written together by Gilbert and Sullivan. It was first performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre in London on 22 January 1887. The first night was not altogether a success, as critics and the audience felt that Ruddygore (as it was originally spelled) did not measure up to its predecessor, The Mikado. After some changes, including respelling the title, it achieved a run of 288 performances. The

Prompt: "Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is sub titled 'The Witches Curse""?"

Answer: Ruddigore


Context: Barrel (unit) | " In the oil industry, an oil barrel is defined as 42 US gallons, which is about 159 litres, or 35 imperial gallons. Oil companies that are listed on American stock exchanges typically report their production in terms of volume and use the units bbl (one barrel), or kbbl or Mbbl (one kilobarrel, one thousand barrels), or MMbbl (one million barrels), and occasionally for wider comprehensive statistics Gbbl (or sometimes Gbl), for giga-barrel (one billion barrels). There is a conflict concerning the units for oil barrels (see ). For all other physical quantities, according to the International System of Units, the uppercase letter ""M"" means ""mega-"" (""one "

Prompt: How many Imperial gallons are in a barrel of oil?

Answer: THIRTY FIVE


Context: List of birds of New England |  Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata (R) ; Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus (R) ; Least tern, Sternula antillarum ; Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica (R) ; Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia ; Black tern, Chlidonias niger ; White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus (R) ; Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii ; Common tern, Sterna hirundo ; Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea ; Forster's tern, Sterna forsteri ; Royal tern, Thalasseus maxima ; Sandwich tern, Thalasseus sandvicensis (R) ; Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (R) ; Black skimmer, Rynchops niger Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, terns, kittiwakes, and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet.

Prompt: Common, Arctic and Sooty are all varieties of which bird?

Answer: TERN


Context: Patience (opera) | " Patience; or, Bunthorne's Bride, is a comic opera in two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera is a satire on the aesthetic movement of the 1870s and '80s in England and, more broadly, on fads, superficiality, vanity, hypocrisy and pretentiousness; it also satirises romantic love, rural simplicity and military bluster. First performed at the Opera Comique, London, on 23 April 1881, Patience moved to the 1,292-seat Savoy Theatre on 10 October 1881, where it was the first theatrical production in the world to be lit entirely by electric light. Henceforth, the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas would be known as the Savoy Operas, and both fans and performers of Gilbert and Sullivan would come to be known as ""Savoyards."" Patience was the sixth operatic collaboration of fourteen between Gilbert and Sullivan. It ran for a total of 578 performances, which was seven more than the authors' earlier work, H.M.S. Pinafore, and the second longest run of any work of musical theatre up to that time, after the operetta Les Cloches de Corneville."

Prompt: Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is sub titled 'Bunthornes's Bride'?

Answer: Impatience


Context: John Stonehouse |  On 25 March 1988, Stonehouse abruptly collapsed on set during an edition of Central Weekend in Birmingham during the filming of a programme about missing people. He was given emergency medical treatment at the studio and an ambulance was called. He was diagnosed as having suffered a minor heart attack and kept in the city's general hospital overnight. Just under three weeks later, early on 14 April, he suffered a massive heart attack at his house at Dales Way in Totton, Hampshire, where he had moved six months earlier, having lived in London since his release from prison, his last address there having been at 20 Shirland Mews. This time Stonehouse could not be saved, and he died in hospital at 2.30am. He was cremated in Bassett Green, Southampton, on 22 April 1988. The former MP Bruce Douglas-Mann paid tribute. In 1989, his fourth novel was published posthumously. He left under £70,000 according to his will published on 17 August 1988.

Prompt: In which year did John Stonehouse disappear and the Flixborough chemical plant exploded?

Answer: 1974


Context: Helianthus ambiguus |  Helianthus ambiguus is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name ambiguous sunflower. It is found only in the Great Lakes region of the United States, the states of New York, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Helianthus ambiguus is an herb up to 80 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, lance-shaped, up to 15 cm long. One plant produces a few flower heads, each 7 - 8 cm across.

Prompt: "Which of the United States is known as the ""Sunflower"" state?"

Answer: Kans.


Context: Disaster tourism |  On the morning of April 26, 1986, the number four reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, producing airborne radioactive materials and a fire that burned for ten days. The Chernobyl explosion caused dozens of direct deaths and thousands of deaths due to long-term exposure. In the aftermath, 350,000 residents were displaced from Chernobyl and the nearby city of Pripyat. The other three reactors at Chernobyl power plant continued running at the time but were gradually lessened until the power plant’s shutdown in 2000. The Ukraine-based tour company SoloEast Travel currently runs daylong tours through Chernobyl’s exclusion zone, a 2600 square-kilometer area that includes the plant. The highlights of the tour include visiting Red Forest, a pine tree woodland destroyed by radioactive contamination, exploring Kopachi, a nearby village that was demolished due to high contamination levels, and finally coming within 305 meters of the remains of the number four reactor. These tours are met with some controversy because despite that SoloEast Travel claims that publicly accessible areas surrounding the power plant contain low levels of radiation and are deemed safe, a number of third party scientists disagree.

Prompt: In which year was Olaf Palme assassinated and the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded?

Answer: 1986


Context: Luke Skywalker | " Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. Portrayed by Mark Hamill, Luke first appeared in Star Wars (1977), and he returned in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). Three decades later, Hamill returned as Luke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, appearing in all three films: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017), and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He reprised the role in The Mandalorian episode ""Chapter 16: The Rescue"" (2020), voicing the character that was portrayed by a body double with digital "

Prompt: "Who played Luke Skywalker in the 1977 original ""Star Wars"" film?"

Answer: Mark Hammil


Context: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) |  The sequel to Phantom, written by Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth and Glenn Slater, is called Love Never Dies. It was loosely adapted from the 1999 novel The Phantom of Manhattan, by Forsyth. Set in 1907 (a decade after the conclusion of Phantom according to the production's announcement, but actually 26 years later, as the original show was set in 1881 ), Christine is invited to perform at Phantasma, a new attraction at Coney Island, by an anonymous impresario. With her husband Raoul and son Gustave in tow, she journeys to Brooklyn, unaware that it is the Phantom who has arranged her appearance at the popular beach resort. The original production was

Prompt: "Which musical is the sequel to ""The Phantom of the Opera""?"

Answer: Love Never Dies (disambiguation)


Context: Toyota Corolla (E210) |  The Toyota Corolla (E210) is the twelfth generation of the Corolla, a compact car (C-segment) manufactured by Toyota. Introduced in 2018, this generation has also grown to include hatchback and estate (station wagon) configurations in addition to the saloon (sedan).

Prompt: Which car company manufacturers the Corolla model?

Answer: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.


Context: Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer |  This song makes reference to the Stonehenge, a monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, which is believed to have mainly been built between 2500 BC and 2000 BC. Due to the uncertainty regarding the origins of the monument, Arjen Lucassen proposes the fantasy explanation that a group of druids was turned to stone by means of magic, and thus became the Stonehenge. Vocals on this song were provided by Damian Wilson.

Prompt: In which English county is Stonehenge?

Answer: County of Wiltshire


Context: Oescus |   Oescus, Palatiolon or Palatiolum (Улпия Ескус, ) was an important ancient city on the Danube river in Roman Moesia. It later became known as Ulpia Oescus. It lay northwest of the modern Bulgarian city of Pleven, near the village of Gigen. For a short time it was linked by the longest and most famous stone bridge across the Danube, Constantine's Bridge, with the ancient city of Sucidava (modern-day Corabia, Romania). The city seems to have at one point reached a area of 280,000 m2 and a population of 100,000. Archaeological excavations have brought to light parts of the ancient city and are continuing.

Prompt: Which city is known as the 'Pearl of the Danube'?

Answer: Budimpešta


Context: Genadendal |  Genadendal Residence, the official Cape Town residence of the President of South Africa, is named after the town.

Prompt: Which African country's capital is named after an American president?

Answer: Liberia


Context: Tinta Barroca |  Tinta Barroca is a Portuguese red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Douro region with some plantings in South Africa. In Portugal, it is a common blending grape in Port wine while in South Africa it is normally made into a varietal wine or blend with other grapes. The vine was introduced to the Douro region in the late 19th century and has the advantages of being able to withstand cool conditions while planted on north-facing slopes.

Prompt: The Tinta Barroca grape is chiefly used to make which drink?

Answer: Sea port


Context: Kronborg | " Kronborg is known to many as ""Elsinore"", the setting of William Shakespeare's famous tragedy Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, though ""Elsinore"" is actually the anglicized name of the surrounding town of Helsingør. Hamlet was performed in the castle for the first time to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, with a cast consisting of soldiers from the castle garrison. The stage was in the telegraph tower in the southwest corner of the castle. The play has since been performed several times in the courtyard and at various locations on the fortifications. Later performers to play Hamlet at the castle included Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Christopher Plummer, Derek Jacobi, David Tennant, and in 2009 Jude Law. In 2017, Hamletscenen presented a production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet at Kronborg castle, directed by Lars Romann Engel; the role of Hamlet was played by Cyron Melville and Ophelia by Natalie Madueño; music for the production was composed by Mike Sheridan."

Prompt: In which castle is Shakespeare's' Hamlet' set?

Answer: Elsinore, Sweden


Context: Pablo Picasso |  Picasso was born at 23:15 on 25 October 1881, in the city of Málaga, Andalusia, in southern Spain. He was the first child of Don José Ruiz y Blasco (1838–1913) and María Picasso y López. Picasso's family was of middle-class background. His father was a painter who specialized in naturalistic depictions of birds and other game. For most of his life, Ruiz was a professor of art at the School of Crafts and a curator of a local museum. Ruiz's ancestors were minor aristocrats. Picasso's birth certificate and the record of his baptism include very long names, combining those of various saints

Prompt: In which city was Pablo Picasso born, in 1881?

Answer: Pedregalego


Context: Église Saint-Leu-Saint Gilles (Saint-Leu-la-Forêt) |  It was intended that the entire Bonaparte family, including Emperor Napoleon I, would be buried in the church. There are four sarcophagi in the crypt. Louis Napoleon was reburied here in 1851 after first buried in Livorno and on 29 September 1847 in the chapel of Saint Leu, of Baroness de Broc (1784-1813), as well as his sons Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, Prince of Holland, and Napoleon Louis Bonaparte, who was King of Holland from 1 July 1810 to 9 July 1810. The fourth crypt is empty. Here from 1851 Carlo Maria Buonaparte (French: Charles-Marie Bonaparte) was buried, whose remains were transferred on 28 April 1951 to the Imperial Chapel in Ajaccio. Charles-Marie (Carlo Maria) Bonaparte Born March 27, 1745, February 24, 1785 died in Montpellier from stomach cancer. He was buried in Montpellier in the vaults of the Convent

Prompt: In which building is Napoleon Bonaparte buried?

Answer: Invalides


Context: The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film) |  The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Robert Donat and Elissa Landi. Based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the story concerns a man who is unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him. When he finally escapes, he seeks revenge against the greedy men who conspired to put him in prison. This is the first sound film adaptation of Dumas' novel—five silent films preceded it.

Prompt: In the novel by Dumas, where was the Count of Monte Cristo imprisoned for 14 years?

Answer: Castle d'If


Context: December 1980 |  a serial killer in the Soviet Union, was captured in Uzynagash after murdering at least nine people in the Kazakh SSR over almost two years. ; Martin Scorsese's film Raging Bull, starring Robert De Niro as the boxer Jake LaMotta, was released nationwide. Although not a financial success, De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor, and the film would later be selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.  Released on the same day was The Jazz Singer, a remake of the 1927 film of the same name that originated sound in motion pictures, was released, with singer Neil

Prompt: In which 1980 film did Robert De Niro play the boxer Jake La Motta?

Answer: Ragin bull


Context: South Korea at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics |  The Republic of Korea competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea as the host nation.

Prompt: Which South Korean city was the venue of the 2011 World Athletics Championships?

Answer: Gu Nam Middle School


Context: 2011 Cannes Film Festival | " Film Palme d'Or: Cross by Marina Vroda ; Short Film Jury Prize: Swimsuit 46 by Wannes Destoop The Palme d'Or was won by the American film The Tree of Life directed by Terrence Malick. Two of the film's producers, Bill Pohlad and Sarah Green, accepted the prize on behalf of the reclusive Malick. The Tree of Life is the first American film to win the Palme d'Or since Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004. Head of the jury, Robert De Niro, said it was difficult to choose a winner, but The Tree of Life ""ultimately fit the bill"". De Niro explained, ""It had the size, the importance, the intention, whatever you want to call it, that seemed to fit the prize."" The following films and people received the 2011 Official selection awards: In Competition Un Certain Regard Cinéfondation Golden Camera Short films"

Prompt: Who directed the 2011 Palme d'Or winning film 'The Tree Of Life'?

Answer: Voyage of Time (film)


Context: Asa Gray |  as On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection. By summer 1859 it was obvious to Gray and others working with Darwin that On the Origin of Species would be a ground-breaking book. Darwin published On the Origin of Species on November 24, 1859. The first printing was 1,250 copies, with some having been sent to America via ship, one of which was for Gray. Gray's copy arrived just before Christmas, and he read it between Christmas and New Year. Since there was no international copyright law at the time, Gray worked to

Prompt: In what decade was Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' first published?

Answer: 1850s


Context: Joseph Stilwell | "infobox name: Joseph Stilwell ; image: Stilwell001.jpg ; nickname: ""Vinegar Joe"", ""Uncle Joe"" ; birth_date: March 19, 1883 ; birth_place: Palatka, Florida ; death_date: October 12, 1946 ; death_place: San Francisco, California ; allegiance: United States ; branch: United States Army ; serviceyears: 1904–1946 ; servicenumber: 0-1912 ; rank: General ; commands: 7th Infantry Division ; III Corps ; China Burma India Theater ; Chinese Expeditionary Force (Burma) ; Chinese Army in India ; Northern Combat Area Command ; Army Ground Forces ; Tenth United States Army ; Sixth United States Army ; Western Defense Command ; unit: Infantry Branch ; battles: World War I ; *Western Front ; *Battle of Saint-Mihiel ; World War II  ; *Burma Campaign 1942–1943 ; *Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan ; *Burma Campaign 1944 ; awards: Distinguished Service Cross ; Army Distinguished Service Medal (2) ; Legion of Merit ; Bronze Star Medal ; laterwork: Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek"

Prompt: What was the nickname of United States General Joseph Stilwell?

Answer: VINEGAR JOE


Context: List of accolades received by 127 Hours |  127 Hours is a 2010 British independent biographical adventure film directed by Danny Boyle. It stars James Franco in the principal role as real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston, whose hand was trapped under a boulder in a Utah ravine for more than five days in April 2003. Adapted from Ralston's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 127 Hourss screenplay was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy. Distributors Fox Searchlight and Pathé gave the feature limited releases in the United States and United Kingdom on 5 November 2010 and 7 January 2011, respectively. It grossed £35.8 million at the box office by the end of its worldwide theatrical run. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator surveyed

Prompt: Name the Danny Boyle biopic about a climber trapped by a boulder for more than five days?

Answer: 127 HOURS


Context: Assured Food Standards | " is charged to bear the logo. The union flag displayed as part of the Red Tractor logo gives a guarantee that the produce was farmed, processed and packed in the UK. To qualify as ""farmed"" animals must be born, reared and slaughtered in the UK. This is in contrast to a simple union flag logo without the Red Tractor which is often used to simply denote UK based processing-a BBC investigation in 2013 revealed that there was a less than 1 per cent chance that a pack of Tesco pork chops labelled as British came from the British Isles."

Prompt: Often seen of food packaging, what is the symbol for the British Farm Standard?

Answer: Little Red Tractor


Context: Rhubarb Triangle |   The Rhubarb Triangle is a 9 sqmi area of West Yorkshire, England between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell famous for producing early forced rhubarb. It includes Kirkhamgate, East Ardsley, Stanley, Lofthouse and Carlton. The Rhubarb Triangle was originally much bigger, covering an area between Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield. From the 1900s to 1930s, the rhubarb industry expanded and at its peak covered an area of about 30 sqmi. Rhubarb is native to Siberia and thrives in the wet cold winters in Yorkshire. West Yorkshire once produced 90% of the world's winter forced rhubarb from the forcing sheds that were common across the fields there. In February 2010, Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb was awarded Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Commission’s Protected Food Name scheme after being recommended by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

Prompt: What name is given to the nine square mile area of West Yorkshire, between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell, famous for growing a certain vegetable?

Answer: Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb


Context: Stone of Scone | " In 1296, during the First Scottish War of Independence, King Edward I of England took the stone as spoils of war and removed it to Westminster Abbey, where it was fitted into a wooden chair—known as King Edward's Chair—on which most subsequent English and then British sovereigns have been crowned. Edward I sought to claim the status of the ""Lord Paramount"" of Scotland, with the right to oversee its King. Some doubt exists over the stone captured by Edward I. The Westminster Stone theory posits that the monks at Scone Palace hid the real stone in the River Tay, or buried it on Dunsinane Hill, and that the English troops were tricked into taking a substitute. Some proponents of this theory claim that historic descriptions of the "

Prompt: Which English king stole The Stone of Scone from Scone Palace?

Answer: Edward the First


Context: Dance marathon | " Dance marathons (or marathon dances) are events in which people dance or walk to music for an extended period of time. They started as dance contests in the 1920s and developed into entertainment events during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Before the development of ""reality shows"", dance marathons blurred the line between theatre and reality. Also known as endurance contests, dance marathons attracted people to compete as a way to achieve fame or win monetary prizes. The 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, based on the 1935 novel of the same title written by Horace McCoy, a bouncer at several such marathons, popularized the idea and prompted students at Northwestern University, Pennsylvania State University, Indiana University, Ohio State University, the University of Florida, the University of Kentucky, the University of Iowa, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to create charity dance marathons. Marathons could last anywhere from a few hours to several weeks."

Prompt: Which 1969 film concerns the dance marathon competitions during the Depression Era in America?

Answer: They Shoot Horses, Don't They


Context: Frogmore |  Frogmore is an estate within the Home Park, adjoining Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, England. It comprises 33 acre of private gardens managed by the Crown Estate. It is the location of Frogmore House, a royal retreat, and Frogmore Cottage. The name derives from the preponderance of frogs which have always lived in this low-lying and marshy area near the River Thames. This area is part of the local flood plain. It is also the site of burial places for members of the British royal family – the Royal Mausoleum containing the tomb of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Royal Burial Ground, and the Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum (the burial place of Queen Victoria's mother). The gardens are Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

Prompt: Name the private gardens adjoining Windsor Castle which housed the Royal Mausoleum, the burial place of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert?

Answer: Frogmore


Context: Geography of Ireland | " Beara peninsula. The Ards peninsula is one of the larger peninsulas outside Kerry. The Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head and several important towns including Buncrana on Lough Swilly, Carndonagh and Moville on Lough Foyle. Ireland's most northerly land feature is Inishtrahull island, off Malin Head. Rockall Island may deserve this honour but its status is disputed, being claimed by the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Denmark (for the Faroe Islands) and Iceland. The most southerly point is the Fastnet Rock. The Hebrides off Scotland and Anglesey off Wales were grouped with Ireland (""Hibernia"") by the Greco-Roman geographer Ptolemy, but this is no longer common."

Prompt: Cardonagh, the most northerly town in Ireland is in which county?

Answer: Dun na nGall


Context: Unite the Union |  Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union which was formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Unite is the second largest trade union in the UK, with over 1.4 million members across construction, manufacturing, transport, logistics, and other sectors. The general secretary of Unite is Sharon Graham, who was elected on 25 August 2021 with 46,696 votes (approx 3% of Unite's claimed membership) on a turnout of 124,127 (approx 9% of claimed membership), with her term beginning on 26 August 2021.

Prompt: Name either trade unions which merged in 2007 to form the union Unite?

Answer: T & G or AMICUS


Context: Nantucket Forests |  Nantucket Island lies 30 miles off the southern coastline of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In 1775, Nantucket was the largest whaling port in the world, and the third largest port in Massachusetts. However, dominance in this most adventurous, dangerous and potentially lucrative of all maritime trades was not supported by an extensive, local, ship building industry. Early Nantucket forests were unusual and determined the scope of indigenous and colonial wooden ship building on Nantucket Island.  In spite of numerous statements about island forests as a source for lumber (see 1889 USGS report which only repeats local oral tradition), a strong case can be made that Nantucket has not been

Prompt: Which island off Cape Cod was once the site of the world's biggest whaling port?

Answer: Town of Nantucket


Context: 1993 in sports | April 30 – during a changeover at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany, Monica Seles is stabbed in the back by a deranged fan of rival Steffi Graf. Seles would not play competitively for more than two years after the incident. ; Grand Slam in tennis men's results: ; Australian Open – Jim Courier ; French Open – Sergi Bruguera ; Wimbledon championships – Pete Sampras ; US Open – Pete Sampras ; Grand Slam in tennis women's results: ; Australian Open – Monica Seles ; French Open – Steffi Graf ; Wimbledon championships – Steffi Graf ; US Open – Steffi Graf ; Davis Cup of world tennis won by Germany 4–1 over Australia

Prompt: Which woman's Wimbledon runner up was stabbed on court in Hamburg in 1993?

Answer: Mónika Szeles


Context: Liam Fox | " During October 2011, Fox's close friendship with Adam Werritty attracted extensive media attention and eventually led to Fox's resignation. Werrity had been best man at his wedding, had lived rent-free in Fox's flat, and been involved with him in business and in the conservative Atlanticist think-tank The Atlantic Bridge. While Fox was Secretary of State for Defence, Werrity had visited Fox at the Ministry of Defence on many occasions, had accompanied Fox on numerous official trips, attended some of his meetings with foreign dignitaries, and had used official-looking business cards which said he was an ""advisor"" to Fox, without having a government post or security clearance. The media raised questions about Fox's judgement "

Prompt: Defence Secretary Liam Fox resigned in October 2011, who was his best-man and adviser whose presence at many official engagements led to the resignation?

Answer: Adam Werritty


Context: Sam Tomkins |  year he made his league début, Tomkins was named in the Super League Dream Team at stand-off, and was also voted by journalists in the Rugby League Writers' Association as Super League Young Player of the Year. At the Wigan's own awards evening, he was named Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year. Tomkins would go on to play for England during the 2009 Four Nations. He ended the domestic season with twenty-seven first-grade appearances, twenty-three of which in the league, as well as fifteen tries. In doing this, Tomkins had more than doubled the estimation of ten league games made by Wane during the previous season. He was given a five-year contract from the club.

Prompt: In November 2011, Wigan rugby league player Sam Tomkins made his rugby union debut in a 'one-off' game playing for which team?

Answer: BARBARIANS


Context: Totally Wicked Stadium |  St Helens played their first league game at the ground in 2012, when they won against Salford. Their record victory at the stadium was 76–0 against Oldham in the Challenge Cup. The highest recorded attendance for a match so far was 17,980 against Wigan on 6 April, with an average attendance of 14,212 for the 2012 season. The venue hosted the first of two Rugby league International Origin Match in 2012 between England and the Exiles. Langtree Park held a group match in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup between Australia and Fiji. The stadium will play host to three group games of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The stadium played host to the Challenge Cup Semi Final between Warrington and Leeds on 9 August 2014.

Prompt: Which rugby league team will play at Langtree Park in 2012?

Answer: St.helens


Context: Pearl |   A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate (mainly aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite) in minute crystalline form, which has deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes, known as baroque pearls, can occur. The finest quality of natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable. The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild, but are extremely rare. These wild pearls are referred to as natural pearls. Cultured or farmed pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the

Prompt: Pearl is composed of minute crystals of which compound?

Answer: E170 (E number)


Context: Puff, the Magic Dragon | " After the song's initial success, speculation arose—as early as a 1964 article in Newsweek—that the song contained veiled references to smoking marijuana. The word ""paper"" in the name of Puff's human friend Jackie Paper was said to be a reference to rolling papers, the words ""by the sea"" were interpreted as ""by the C"" (as in cannabis), the word ""mist"" stood for ""smoke"", the land of ""Honahlee"" stood for hashish, and ""dragon"" was interpreted as ""draggin'"" (i.e., inhaling smoke). Similarly, the name ""Puff"" was alleged to be a reference to taking a ""puff"" on a joint. The supposition was claimed to be common knowledge in a letter "

Prompt: Who was the friend of Little Jackie Paper?

Answer: Honalee


Context: Fritz Spiegl | " As a composer, Spiegl scored a popular success with the original theme from the TV series Z-Cars, based on ""Johnny Todd"", a Liverpool sea shanty. He also composed the original theme for the Z Cars spin-off series Softly, Softly; the song was also released as a single on Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate record label in 1966. Another signature tune was 'Conversation Piece' for In the Psychiatrist's Chair, which was based on music from Mozart's Les Petits Riens transcribed for wind instruments. His BBC Radio 4 UK Theme, in which national songs from each of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom are combined, was heard on Radio 4 at the beginning of each morning's broadcasting from November 1978 until April 2006. His Eine kleine Beatlemusic was performed in London and later recorded, as was Valkyrie And The Rhine Maidens - On The Bayreuth Beat."

Prompt: The folk song Johnny Todd is the signature tune for which 60s TV cop series?

Answer: Z Cars


Context: Premier League Manager of the Season |  championship in 50 years. Chelsea finished the season with a league-record 95 points, 12 points ahead of runners-up Arsenal, scoring 72 goals and conceding 15 in the process. Mourinho won the award a second successive time the following season – the first foreign manager to do so – as Chelsea won their second Premier League title. Ferguson collected the award for the 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, in a period when Manchester United regained the domestic title after a four-year drought and retained the trophy for a further two years. Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was presented with the award at the end of the 2009–10 season, having guided the club

Prompt: Who was the first overseas manager to win the Premier League title?

Answer: Arsen Wenger


Context: Dulcie Gray |  Gray was born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1915, although she would later shave four years off her age, and attended school in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, later returning to Malaya to teach. After her father's death, she came back to Britain. Following a brief period at art school, she enrolled at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she met fellow actor Michael Denison, whom she married in 1939. The couple were together for 59 years before his death from cancer in 1998. They had no children. The couple's professional careers were intertwined and they frequently appeared on stage together. Between them they starred in more than 100 West

Prompt: Actress and writer Dulcie Gray was married to whom?

Answer: Michael Denison


Context: La Dame aux Camélias |  La Dame aux Camélias (literally The Lady with the Camellias, commonly known in English as Camille) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, first published in 1848 and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage. The play premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris, France, on February 2, 1852. The play was an instant success, and Giuseppe Verdi immediately set about putting the story to music. His work became the 1853 opera La traviata, with the female protagonist, Marguerite Gautier, renamed Violetta Valéry. In the English-speaking world, La Dame aux Camélias became known as Camille, and sixteen versions have been performed at Broadway theatres alone. The title character is Marguerite Gautier, who is based on Marie Duplessis, the real-life lover of the author.

Prompt: Which Verdi opera is based on La Dame aux Camellias by Alexandre Dumas fils?

Answer: Addio del passato


Context: Ecological Society of Australia |  The Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) is a professional association of ecologists in Australia, with more than 1100 members. ESA is more than 60 years old. The current president of ESA is Don Driscoll. ESA publishes two journals: Austral Ecology and Ecological Management and Restoration. The society holds an annual conference with approximately 600 delegates in attendance.

Prompt: The ESA was 35 years old in 2010. For what does the S stand?

Answer: Space


Context: H.M.S. Pinafore |  H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical theatre piece up to that time. H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan's fourth operatic collaboration and their first international sensation. The story takes place aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Pinafore. The captain's daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty. She

Prompt: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera has the alternative title 'The Lass that Loved a Sailor'?

Answer: H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor


Context: John Donne | " a combination of a cold followed by a period of fever. During his convalescence he wrote a series of meditations and prayers on health, pain, and sickness that were published as a book in 1624 under the title of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. One of these meditations, Meditation XVII, contains the well known phrases ""No man is an Iland"" (often modernised as ""No man is an island"") and ""...for whom the bell tolls"". In 1624 he became vicar of St Dunstan-in-the-West, and 1625 a prolocutor to Charles I. He earned a reputation as an eloquent preacher and 160 of his sermons have survived, including Death's Duel, his famous s:sermon delivered at the Palace of Whitehall before King Charles I in February 1631."

Prompt: Who in 1624 wrote the line 'No man is an island'?

Answer: John Dun


Context: Lomé |  Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437 while there were 1,477,660 permanent residents in its metropolitan area as of the 2010 census. Located on the Gulf of Guinea at the southwest corner of the country, with its entire western border along the easternmost point of Ghana's Volta Region, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center, which includes an oil refinery. It is also the country's chief port, from where it exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and oil palm kernels.

Prompt: What is the capital of Togo?

Answer: Lome


Context: Beatification of Pope John Paul II |  Pope John Paul II reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State for 26 years from October 1978 to his death, on 2 April 2005. Since his death, many thousands of people have been supporting the case for beatifying and canonising Pope John Paul II as a saint. His formal beatification ceremony took place on 1 May 2011.

Prompt: In what year did Pope John Paul II die?

Answer: two thousand and five


Context: Paternalistic conservatism |  One-nation conservatism was first conceived by the Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who presented his political philosophy in two novels, Sybil, Or The Two Nations and Coningsby, published in 1845 and 1844 respectively. Disraeli's conservatism proposed a paternalistic society with the social classes intact, but with the working class receiving support from the well off. Disraeli emphasised the importance of social obligation rather than the individualism that pervaded British society. Disraeli warned that Britain would become divided into two nations (of the rich and poor) as a result of increased industrialisation and inequality. Concerned at this division, he supported measures to improve the lives of the people to provide social support and protect the working classes. Disraeli justified his ideas by his belief in an organic society in

Prompt: Which British prime Minister wrote two novels 'Coningsby' and 'Sybil' in the 1840s?

Answer: Benjamin disreali


Context: ISO 31-8 | " This annex contains a list of elements by atomic number, giving the names and standard symbols of the chemical elements from atomic number 1 (hydrogen, H) to 109 (unnilennium, Une). The list given in ISO 31-8:1992 was quoted from the 1998 IUPAC ""Green Book"" Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry and adds in some cases in parentheses the Latin name for information, where the standard symbol has no relation to the English name of the element. Since the 1992 edition of the standard was published, some elements with atomic number above 103 have been discovered and renamed."

Prompt: What name is given to the elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103 in the periodic table?

Answer: Actinide Series


Context: 2011 World Series |  The 2011 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2011 season. The 107th edition of World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Cardinals defeated the Rangers in 7 games to win their 11th World Series championship and their first since 2006. The Series was noted for its back-and-forth Game 6, in which the Cardinals erased a two-run deficit in the bottom of the 9th inning, then did it again in the 10th. In both innings, the Rangers were one strike away from their first World Series championship. The Cardinals won the game in the 11th

Prompt: Which baseball team won the World Series in 2011?

Answer: St. Louis Cardinals roster


Context: Mornay sauce |  A Mornay sauce is a béchamel sauce with shredded or grated cheese added. Some variations use different combinations of Gruyère, Emmental cheese, white cheddar or even Parmesan cheese. A Mornay sauce made with cheddar is commonly used to make macaroni and cheese.

Prompt: In French cookery what name is given to a Béchamel sauce with shredded or grated cheese?

Answer: Mornay (disambiguation)


Context: Corinth Canal |  The Corinth Canal (Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου) connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island. The canal was dug through the isthmus at sea level and has no locks. It is 6.4 km in length and only 21.4 m wide at its base, making it impassable for many modern ships. It is currently of little economic importance becoming mainly a tourist attraction. The canal was initially proposed in classical times and a failed effort was made to build it in the 1st century AD construction recommenced in 1881, but was hampered by geological and financial problems that bankrupted the original builders. It was completed in 1893, but, due to the canal's narrowness, navigational problems, and periodic closures to repair landslides from its steep walls, it failed to attract the level of traffic expected by its operators.

Prompt: Which canal links the Ionian and Aegean seas?

Answer: Kórinthos


Context: Cranford (novel) | " The fictional Cranford is based on the small Cheshire town of Knutsford in which Elizabeth Gaskell grew up. She had already drawn on her childhood memories for an article published in America, ""The Last Generation in England"" (1849), and for the town of Duncombe which featured in her extended story ""Mr. Harrison's Confessions"" (1851). These accounts of life in a country town and the old-fashioned class snobbery prevailing there were carried over into what was originally intended simply as another story, published as ""Our Society in Cranford"" in the magazine Household Words in December 1851. Seeing the possibilities of a longer work in the piece, which eventually formed the first two chapters of her novel, Charles Dickens, the magazine's editor, encouraged the author to write more episodes. Thereafter Mrs "

Prompt: Elizabeth Gaskill based her fictional village 'Cranford' on which place in Cheshire?

Answer: Knuttesford


Context: Timeline of astronomy |  Amateur astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus, although he at first mistakes it for a comet. Uranus is the first planet to be discovered beyond Saturn, which was thought to be the most distant planet in ancient times.

Prompt: Who discovered the planet Uranus?

Answer: William H. Herschel


Context: Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency) |  The Member of Parliament since a 2011 by-election is Paul Maskey of Sinn Féin, who succeeded Gerry Adams, the party president. Adams previously held the seat from 1983 to 1992 when he lost it to Joe Hendron of the Social Democratic and Labour Party but regained it in 1997. In November 2010, Adams announced his intention to contest the imminent election in the Republic of Ireland. Although the Disqualifications Act 2000 permits MPs to sit in Dáil Éireann, he submitted a letter of resignation to the Speaker in January 2011. However, the prescribed procedure for vacating a parliamentary seat involves applying for the post of Crown Steward and Bailiff

Prompt: As at 2010 who is the MP for Belfast West?

Answer: Adams, Gerard


Context: Acute radiation syndrome |  Where radioactive contamination is present, an elastomeric respirator, dust mask, or good hygiene practices may offer protection, depending on the nature of the contaminant. Potassium iodide (KI) tablets can reduce the risk of cancer in some situations due to slower uptake of ambient radioiodine. Although this does not protect any organ other than the thyroid gland, their effectiveness is still highly dependent on the time of ingestion, which would protect the gland for the duration of a twenty-four-hour period. They do not prevent ARS as they provide no shielding from other environmental radionuclides.

Prompt: Kwells tablets are taken to prevent which ailment?

Answer: Carsicky